Show washerwomen washerwoman Washer women attention to launder woolen fabrics properly lequir Se quires cs a liberal education in the virtues of omis omi sAon ion whatever the quality in J texture of them the aini aim is to have thein come out without shrinking ur fulling with no harshness B to tile the touch with ith only tile hie faint odor of thoroughly clean cle an wool ard and of exactly the lint that the they klewin knew in their first e state with white bite atutis this last named perfection is not always possible is aa long ions usage invariably brings to them a yellow tinge more or less pronounced autv but holn holly different to the grimy dinginess resultant from bad cashing ashing never let soap touch a woolen i tFx textile tile this is the first commandment These the second condis is use none but borax soap to make the suds the third is to have blood warm water neither lot hot nor cold the last and greatest of all not to let the garments buffer a change of temperature pera ture while M vet et RS as from that springs the harsh thickening nine so disagreeable and so 80 destructive wash your blankets if possible always upon a clear summer day and do not begin until the euri bud shines hot tile first thing is to dissolve balfa halfa halt a pound of pure pure powdered borax in about five gal ions ions of of water so warm that you vou can lust st bear your hands in it pu put t in a blanket a t a time aud and wash quickly laving it il back and forth ind rub only especially dirt dirty spots wring lightly and wash through a lively suds of the same heat beat as the borax water to insure that tile suds shall hold no bit of soap first dissolve it a bar of the fill best borax soap in boiling water and use lise enough of the solution to make a white foam in your tub wash through the suds as rapidly as Ios possible sible wring ni well ell then rinse rinse in clear water vater also blood warm after th that at put it into blueing ni water ater bo be sure it is is pure indigo which must be of t the he same tem the rest naw have your line stretched east and vest nest so as to get ful full sunshine upon the alie drying surface have it also beung wun as high as you can conveniently reach thrown throw a bare edge of the blanket over tin i n it taut and smooth taking particular I 1 r pains to have it hang bang square and 4 level e v 1 properly in place almost the whole brea breadth tit of it will hang bang single thus insuring the rapid drying that is r BO 0 o essential for anything woolen in an hour it if the sun shines hot and the blanket has been properly wrung it will be dry enough to fold for ironing lit in ironine a blanket be as careful to steep tile fold true re as you you were N ere in hanging banging out cuse heavy very smooth irons not too hot and go over the surface with them at least three times but do noi dor iron except on one side I 1 very e ry often the stress of affairs makes ti blanket washing necessary in winter weather in that case it is ia better to u wash ash and tinse rinse in cold N water ater as it is the change alian e of temperature that contracts the fabre fibre fabre fibre after washing hane bang out single and allow to freeze dry jt I 1 t may take several days 1 but ut is far boiler better than any sort of houte boute or cloest drying if there is need if leaste though itt get a folding clothes tio livorse rieso so as to enclose the range or laundry fire spread the blanket single eingle upon it ii and dry watching continually so BO as not to let it scorch two to things most religiously avoid one is leaving blankets in in soak tile other letting them come in contact with boiling water As aa to which i aich is the worse it is hard to say as both ate aie simply pic ay ruinous to any pure woolen fabi fabric then comes equally shrinkage thickening roughness 11 ill snells v ells and discoloration herald |