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Show TO WASH PRINT GOODS. Great Care Required to Prevent Them from Losing Color. Prints require great care In washing, wash-ing, or Ihoy will lose their color. To do those with fast colors, put enough melted soap' In warm but not hot vn-ter; vn-ter; have a second water ready with a little melted soap, nlso warm. There must bo no alkali at nil. Wash article quickly In first water, then In second. Hlnso well, fold, clap nnd hang up to dry. Hopeat till are nil finished. Prints with doubtful colors nro washed In tho samo way In tho first two waters. Into tho rinsing water put some salt or alum, which helps to fasten the colors. If the water looks dirty In tho case of black prints, rinse again and again until It looks clean. In blue, green, pink nnd red prints put vinegar In rinsing water to brighten tho colors. Colored cottons must on no account be soaked the day before washing, nor must they bo put Into wnter too hot. The very existence of soda must b Ignored. Prints should not bo washed until they can be dried ut onco, ns tho color Is npt to fndo while thoy are wet. |