Show 8OLUDLE OLA8B tl II I < tilllteil In I rranev for nlh l Linen According tn M Oelsenhelmer tn the Compte Itemtus an entirely new ds imrtliro has lately been made In France In the application ot solubln glass to thll bleaching of linen In explanation ot this III Is staled that tn Insure the com llete bleaching process the proces nrose nf Increasing the rnuitlctty nf the lp and irnlnnRlng Hie time nf boiling In the Injury of the fabrla though Improving Im-proving the colors nnd though the production pro-duction nf yellowtsh or brownish patches nn the linen Is I usually attributed attri-buted lo Impurities In the chemical It la I chiefly due lo Ihe presence In the water nf calcium and magnesium salts which nre precipitated nn the fabrics and net 8A mordants fixing the yellow Mi coloring matter nf the UP an tIt t-It preventable by nddlng tn Ihe water n inlxtum of sodium carbonate ami soluble glass Calcium and magnesium silicate nre Hum precipitated a floe culent form which iietlles rapidly doe not ndhire In the fabric nnd become granular and pulverulent nn bnlllngi nnd thus purified only n very small quantity nf cnustle nlkall Is I necemnry the greater part of the saponlflcation being effected by means of the lens I Injurious In-jurious alkali carbonate A convenient form In which II have the soluble glass for this purtHite la I said to be obtainable obtain-able by adding from ten to twenty percent per-cent of anhydrous sodium carNmate la ii saturated solution of the soluble glass |