MISCELLANEOUS RECIPES. 



1. WASHING FLUID.— Labor-saving and Not Injurious— 



Concentrated lye, 1 lb. , muriate of ammonia, and salts of tartar, each 2 ozs. j 

 rain water, 2 gals. Directions — Dissolve the lye (here is a lie, indeed, as lye 

 proper is a fluid, but this concentrated lye is a solid potash) in 1 gal. of the 

 water and the salts of tartar, and muriate of ammonia in the other gal. of water, 

 and put all into a 2 gallon stone jug, cork and shake, when it is ready for use. 

 Put a suitable amount of water into your boiler for boiling your clothes; and 

 when it is of a proper heat to put in the clothes, if they are very dirty, stir in 

 I small teacup of the fluid, stirring well before putting in the clothes; if not 

 t^ery dirty, y^ cup will be plenty; add half as much more to each additional 

 boiler, if more than one is to be used at the same time. 



Remarks. — To soak clothes over night in cold water, use half as much oi 

 the fluid, stirred well into the water before putting the clothes into the tub 

 this saves very much in the labor of the washing, as it neutralizes 

 the grease, or sweat, and loosens the dirt, or rots its face; but re- 

 member, no soap should be put upon the clothes, nor into the soaking water, 

 unless you use our bar Stanley soap given below. If they cannot be soakecS 

 over night, soaking them from early-rising till after breakfast, will help const 

 derably, putting in some of the fluid, the same as directed for over night. Then 

 run through the wringer, soap dirty places, and they are ready for the boiler, 

 as in the directions above, boiling 10 to 20 minutes, after which but very little 

 rubbing on the board will be needed, rinse well in the bluing water, as usual, 



Mrs. Hardy, who gave me this receipt, and the foregoing instructions, is 

 my sister-in-law, who has spent most of her life in a hotel, or a large boarding 

 house, where much washing w;is to be done, and this is her favorite receipt 

 after trying many others, and hence, from her practical knowledge and my own 

 knowledge of the nature of the articles, I have every confidence it will prove 

 satisfactory to all ; still, as there are those who have tried other receipts, and 

 think so much of them, I will give a few more. 



2. Washing Fluid or Powder.— Sal-soda, 2 lbs. ; borax, 1 lb. ; salts 

 of tartar, 2 ozs.; muriate of ammonia, 1% ozs. 



Directions. I. For the Powder. — If it is to be used as a powder, pulver- 

 ize all, and mix thoroughly, put into a large mouthed bottle and cork for use, 

 and use one rounding tablespoonful in each boiler of clothes, and half as much 

 for each additional boiler, and this same amount to a tub of clothes for soaking, 

 to be well stirred in, in either case. 



II. For the Fluid.— ii to be used as a fluid, dissolve the sal-soda and 

 borax in 1 gal. of water, and the other articles in anotlier gaL of water, mix*ini 



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