Show RECIPE FOR CLEANING SILK violet vano vane favors her lady readers with the following in these days of high prices people like to bo be economical and economy can be practiced to a great extent by bv making over old dresses sacs cloaks and mantillas cantillas man tillas especially if they were originally of a superior quality A recipe which we have seen tested for the cleaning of silks is as follows for black silk take a black kid glove boil it in in a quart of soft water until the liquid is diminished to one pint then take a sponge or soft piece of flannel and sponge it over then iron it on the wrong side having beneath a very even and soft blanket covered with a nice white cloth the dress or whatever it may be will look quite new and have its primitive stift stiffness ness for light silks the same process will answer but the glove enst be white and add the whole operation a more careful one but generally it is less successful cess ful to remove grease stains from silk lay it upon an ironing blanket the right side downwards and cover the spot with a piece of brown paper to which apply an iron hot enough to slightly scorch tile the paper but not the silk if the strain is not out take a fresh piece of paper it should be of soft quality and continue as before |