Show TO SOFTEN HARD WATER Many communities are obliged to serve their citizens with hard water that Is water wate containing lime line salts gathered up as the rain water passes through and over rock and mineral deposits deposits deposits de de- posits in the earth As every ery woman knows hard water is a trial for the housewife hard Indeed indeed in In- In deed on the skin and complexion for toilet purposes and hard to use in laundry work because of the difficulty of forcing it to too dissolve the grease and dirt in soiled clothing But there are various ways of softening softening soften soften- ing hard water All hard water may be softened by the addition of alkalis The best and most practical for this purpose are washing so soda a lye borax or ammonia The addition of any anyone one of these substances to the water just before laundry work is begun prevents the action of the lime which lime which makes th the th water upon ard ard upon the soap spoiling its solvent and cleansing properties The rhe various substances for softening wat water i- i should be used in the following proportions Of course only one ag agent agentis nt is used at a time It is a a a. good plan to test each of ot the agents at different washings to find out which Is best suited to the water and with which the housewife gets the best results In laundering WASHING SODA For each gallon of water use 2 tablespoonfuls ta ta- of a solution made by disI dissolving dis- dis I solving 1 pound of washing soda in 1 I quart of boiling water The sou solution ion 1 should be bottled and kept on h hand nd as I It Is a useful cleansing agent LV LYE E For each gallon of water use 4 1 tablespoonful tablespoonful tablespoonful ta- ta of or ly lye dissolved in 1 cupful cupful cup cup- ful of oC water i BORAX For each gallon of water use 1 tablespoonful tablespoonful table- table spoonful of borax dissolved in 1 cupful of water Where the water Is vary hard Indeed the portion of used must be In in- in creased |