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Show In the Laundry. Wash day is the bete noir of many a household. There is really no reason why it should be. The results of the day make everyone sweeter, neater and cleaner. Here are a few suggestions that will make the day easier and happier: hap-pier: Fine clothes need no rubbing. They should be first wrung out of cold water and then boiled fifteen minutes In water in which plenty of soap has been dissolved. Two rinsings should make them pure and white. Clothes look better from which the water is dripping when hung upon the line than those which have been tightly wrung. When clothes are very soiled the spots Bhould be rubbed with a fibre bristle brush. An excellent washing fluid is made by adding to the water in the boiler one tablespoonful of spirits of turpentine and one teaspoonful of ammonia. nl washing curtains put them in the tub and wet them with coal oil. Then pour hot suds upon them. They should be drawn many times through the fingers fin-gers to strip them of . dirt and then rinsed, twice. Ginghams soaked in salt water will not fade. Silk handkerchiefs should be washed alone in luke-warm water and rinsed three times in cold water. Then blue them and iron them before they are dry. Dainty doilies, tray cloths and centerpieces center-pieces should be washed with castile soap. Always iron them on the wrong side. |