Rules for Cleaning 1341 



5. Remove the clothes to a tub of soft, warm water, or a washing 



machine, and rinse the soapsuds well out of them. Only the 

 very dirty parts need to be rubbed. This rinsing water must 

 be kept as warm as possible. 



6. Rinse in clear cold water. 



7. Rinse in bluing water. 



Note — For a washing of about five boilerfuls, prepare twice the amount of 

 paraffin and soap, putting one half of it in the lirst boilerful and adding more to each 

 succeeding boilerful of clothes. 



To launder table linen 

 Apparatus: 



Tub, washboard or washing machine, soap, ironing table with blanket 

 and sheet, hot irons, and cloth for cleaning irons. 

 Procedure: 



Washing 



1 . Remove all stains. 



2. Soak over night if possible in softened water. 



3. Wash in hot water, using soap and the board or machine. 



4. Boil or scald fifteen minutes in soapy water, 



5. Rinse in cold water. 



6. Rinse in cold bluing water. 



7. Dry out of doors if possible. . 



Note. — For old linen add one cup of boiled starch to each gallon of bluing water. 



Dampening 



1 . Dampen well. 



2. Roll up tightly and let lie over night if possible. 



Ironing 



1. General rules: 



a. Pull well into shape. 



b. Have the irons very hot. 



c. Press heavily. 



d. Iron until perfectly dry. 



2. Ironing and folding a table napkin: 



a. Place the napkin on the table wrong side up, with the name 



on the upper right-hand corner. 



b. Fold the lower edge to within \ inch of the upper edge, and iron. 



c. Fold the lower edge even with the upper edge, and iron. 



d. Fold the left-hand edge to within | inch of the right-hand edge, 



and iron. 



