DOMESTIC ECONOMY AND FAMILY RECIPES. 723 



on they will be set by it so that no subsequent washin-^ ^vlll re 

 move them. ° 



To Wash Calicoes.— Put wheat bran in a bag, boil and take 

 half the water to wash in. half to rinse in ; use no soap. This will 

 cleanse without fading, and stiffen them without starch. Iron on 

 the wrong side and they will look as if just out of the store. 



To Clean Cloth Garments. —Upon the collars and wristbands 

 of coats rub benzine plentifully, and after 'some ten minutes ruh 

 on goap. Have ready some hoi: water and a sponge ; wash tho- 

 roughly, and rinse in warm water. Then get some clean suds, 

 and with a brush go over the whole garment, brushin-- it in the 

 right way of the cloth. Pull and stretch them into sliape, and 

 hang them up to dry. 



Washing Scarlet Flannel.— A handful of flour mixed with a 

 quart of cold water and boiled ten minutes. Add it to the water 

 you have ready to wash in. The articles will require many rin- 

 sings in clean water after being washed in this mixture ; but if 

 carefully don"*, the most brilliant scarlet will lose none of 'its 

 brightness. If flannel is soaked in pure cold water before making 

 it up, it never shrinks at all. Get a washing trough fdled from 

 the pump, and in this the flannel is placed. As soon as it sinks to 

 the bottom it is taken out and hung up, without any squeezing. 

 It drains itself, and does not lose the appearance) of new flannel 

 when dry. 



To Starch Cuffs and Collars. — To make them look glossy as 

 when first bought, add to the starch a little gum arable dissolved 

 in warm water. Iron wet, with a cloth over them. To prevent 

 the iron from sticking, stir a little salt in the starch while hot. 



A Clothes Line Keel is a great convenience, and easily made. 

 A strong box nailed to the end post, or against the building, with 

 a crank through it, is all that is required. P\asten one end of the 

 line to the crank in the box, and you can always have your lii.e in 

 good shape when washing day comes. 



Preserving Furs. — Ladies are often anxious about keeping fur? 

 free from moths during the summer months. Darkness is all that 

 is necessary. The "miller," from whose eggs moths are hatched, 

 only moves in light; the moths themselves work in darkness. 

 Hang the furs in a very dark closet, and keep the door shut ; keep 

 It always dark and you can have no trouble. But, as closet doors 

 are sometimes left open, the better way is to enclose the articles 

 loosely in a paper box; put this in a pillow case, or wrap around 

 with cloth, and hang up in a dark closet. Camphor, si^ices, or 

 perfumes are of no use; continual darkness is suflicient. And do 

 not take out the furs in June or July to give them an "airing," 

 for even then cometh the enemy, and it may be that in fifteen min- 

 utes after exposure it has deposited a hundred eggs. If you cou- 

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