516 DE. CHASE'S RECIPES. 



put into a 2 gal. jug and keep corked for use. To be used in the same quantity 

 And in the same way as No. L 



3. Washing Fluid.— Sal-soda, 1 lb. ; potash (or concentrated lye), 1 lb,; 

 each dissolved in 1 gal. water respectively, then mix together and bottle. — ' ' Josie," 

 of New York City, in Blade. 



Remarks.— She does not tell how, nor how much to use ; but the author 

 says, use the same as No. 1, and a two gal. jug will do to hold it in. It will be 

 found good and no trouble to make. 



4. New Mode of Washing, Saving Time, Iiabor and Fuel.— 



"The ill effects of soda on linen have given rise to a new method of washing, 

 which has been extensively adopted in Germany, and introduced into Belgium. 

 The operation consists in dissolving 2 lbs. of soap in about 3 gals, of water as 

 hot as the hand can bear, and adding to this 1 teaspoon of turpentine and 3 of 

 liquid ammonia; the mixture must be then well stirred, and the Unen steeped in 

 it for 2 or 3 hours, taking care to cover up the vessel containing them as closely 

 as possible. The clothes are afterward washed out and rinsed in the usual way. 

 The soap and water may be reheated and used a second time, but in that case 

 %. teaspoonful of turpentine and 1 teaspoonful of ammonia must be added. The 

 process is said to cause a great economy of time, labor and fuel. The linen 

 scarcely suffers at all, as there is little necsssity for rubbing, and its cleanliness 

 and color are perfect. The ammonia and turpentine, although their detersive 

 (cleansing) action is great, have no injurious effect upon the linen; and while 

 the former evaporates immediately, the smell of the latter disappears entirely, 

 during tlie drjing of the clothes. — Rural New Yorker. 



Remarks. — This writer speaks of the " ill effect of soda on linen," etc.; but 

 the author must claim if soda is proi>erly used in washing, it will not injure 

 clothes, i. e. , if it is combined with potash or lime, which give it its causticity, 

 detergent or cleansing powers. For, during the past 20 years or more, I think, 

 of my wife's life, she always kept a washing fluid ready for use, made of sal- 

 soda and stone-hme, some of which was always put into the water to soak the 

 clothes in, and also into the water to boil them in, and I never saw a yellow 

 shirt, nor heard of any discoloring nor rotting of the clothing. I will guaran- 

 tee that by none of the processes here given will they be injured, nor become 

 yellow. Borax, which is particularly the thing used in the next, I know to be 

 en excellent article to cleanse clothing, as well as to cleanse the scalp from 

 dandruff. A teaspoonful of powdered borax, to water enough, washing the 

 head daily, will soon remove the dandruff, and leave the scalp in a smooth and 

 healthy condition, 



5. Washing— The Use of Borax in Washing Linen, Flannels, 

 etc., — The following suggestions as to the use of borax in washing is from a 

 correspondent of the Western Rural who had tested them. She says: 



"For an ordinary washing, use 1 teaspoonful (the author would say 2, for 

 borax is a neutral salt and it has no excess of alkali, nor acid, and therefore 

 does not injure clothing) of borax to 5 gals, of water and 2 ozs. of soap (it 

 would have to be soft soap, else dissolved); soak the clothes in this over night; 

 give them a thorough boiling, without wringing before the boiling. When the 

 clothes are very much soil«J, see that the water is made soft with borax. 

 [Made to feel soapy.] 3 tablespoonftils to a pail. Clothes thus washed will 

 not turn yellow." 



