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added. If the goods are green, I use alum; 
and if red, sugar-of-lead to set the colors. In 
washing very fine prints and lawns that are 
known to fade with soap, I make a starch the 
same as for starching, and put it in the water, 
using no soap. I wash through two waters 
and rinse well. I use good starch well boiled. 
To a quart I use a piece of spermaceti the 
size of a common marble; or a spoonful of 
coal-oil will answer very well, and rub the 
starch well into the goods. I dampen my 
clothes with warm water about two hours 
previous to ironing. Iron until perfectly dry. 
FROM MRS. A. A. RICE. 
I observe five principles in the cleansing of 
colored cotton goods to prevent fading and 
preserve a clear and bright appearance,viz.: 
1. I use warm water—not hot—both for 
washing and rinsing. 2. I wash with the best 
soap (generally the Ivory), making good suds 
and I do not rub soap on the goods. 3. In the 
last rinse water for the washing of new goods 
for the first few times I put fine salt in the 
proportion of a good cupful to two pails of 
water, and let the goods stand in it half an 
hour. With black calicoes, stockings, etc., 
I reverse the order and let the goods stand in 
warm salt water before washing. 4. There is 
less fading when the goods are dried in the 
shade; an open shed is excellent for air with¬ 
out sun. 5. The ironing should be done on the 
wrong side of the goods, with irons not too 
hot. 
FROM MRS. M. S. DRUM. 
My method of washing and ironing colored 
cotton goods is as follows: I take soft water 
as warm as the hands can bear; shave up some 
white soap, add a little water and set it on 
the stove. When the soap is dissolved I add 
the suds to the water in the tub, making it 
quite soapy. I prefer the Ivory soap. I 
know from many years’ experience that it will 
not fade or injure the most delicate color. 
Rub the clothes through this water; if they 
are much soiled rub through another water. 
Then I rinse them thoroughly in plenty of cold 
water, adding a little bluing, and a small 
quantity of common salt, which brightens the 
colors, giving them a fresh look. Wring 
them dry, using a good clothes-wringer, 
starch, bang up immediately, and do not al¬ 
low them to freeze in cold weather. As soon 
as they are dry, dampen, roll up tightly, let 
stand a few hours, then iron. If you wish 
them extra nice, iron on the wrong side. 
FROM MARY J. LYON. 
Wash the goods as quickly as possible in 
warm soap-suds made with hard soap; rinse 
them in cold water, starch, wring quickly, 
and hang out to dry, not in the sun, but 
where the wind will dry them quickly. 
Iron on the wrong side as soon as dry enough. 
It is best not to sprinkle. If I suspect that the 
goods will fade, I use a table-spoonful of ox¬ 
gall to a sufficient quantity of hot water for 
washing one dress; let that article remain in 
this a few minutes, then when cool enough 
wash os usual. Or dissolve half an ounce of 
alum in sufficient water to rinse two dresses; 
when every part is wet, wring out and wash 
as usual. 
FROM MRS. S. C. T. 
I find it more difficult to wash some colored 
cottons, particularly calicoes, than ginghams, 
without causing them to fade. I never want 
clean water for washing them in first,as clean 
water, with fresh soap in it is quite apt to 
fade the dark shades of prints, and]will some¬ 
times spot the goods, should the soap not be 
dissolved. After washing my white clothes, I 
put my dark cotton goods through the same 
water without adding any more soap to it. 
As I always put my white clothes through 
two waters before scalding, I serve my 
colored cottons in the same way. r I use some 
of my scalding water, adding cold-water, to 
put them in for the last time before rinsing. 
Don’t let them remain in this, only rinse them 
up and down'to get the dirty suds out before 
rinsing.tkem for the last time. Should they 
need any rubbing, do it] in this]water, and if 
you need any soap on extra soiled spots, use 
some good hard kind. I always want good 
bluiDg water for the last. A handful of fine 
salt added to the water is good, especially for 
black-and-white goods. Hang in the shade to 
dry, and if the colors are inclined to run,keep 
changing the position of the garments on the 
line, hanging them differently every time. 
It is best to starch them by turning them 
wrong side out. As to the ironing, most of 
the dark prints, blue and red in particular, 
will look better and more like new goods if 
ironed on the wrong side. They will iron 
better and easier if sprinkled and let stand 
over-night. Do not have the irons too hot, as 
that will sometimes change the color. 
FROM EMILY A. PITT. 
After having washed the fine white goods, 
I wash colored cotton goods in the cool suds, 
especially if there is danger of their fading 
—and rinse them in clean water. If there are 
dark blues and browns, I wash them in clean 
suds. I use hard soap for all. Then I wet my 
starch (1 use Silver Gloss usually) with a 
small quantity of cold, soft water. Add a 
lump of borax the size of a walnut for two 
table-spoonfuls of starch, and a tea-spoonful of 
kerosene oil. Let it boil five minutes. Wring 
the goods out of the rinse water, and put them 
in the starch. (I use bluing for only very 
light goods.) Wring dry and hang out as 
soon as possible. When dry, take from the 
line. Dampen at night and iron early in the 
morning. For very dark prints 1 use very 
thin starch, as I do not think a very stiff kind 
improves a garment. 
from e. w. 
I have had excellent results from the follow¬ 
ing simple method: Before I wash cotton 
goods that I am not certain will hold their 
colors, I let them stand for about 30 minutes 
in a strong solution of salt water, which will 
set the colors. Wash out quickly in strained 
suds to remove any lumps of soap; and use no 
soap on the goods. Rinse well in clear water, 
and hang out where they will dry quickly yet 
be in the shade. Before they are thoroughly 
dry, bring them in, sprinkle tbem lightly, 
and roll them ready to be ironed next day. 
I also find it an advantage to put them 
after ironing, where it is rather dark and 
where they can be thoroughly dried. 
When dry, sprinkle with warm water, roll up 
tightly and let remain a couple of hours, iron 
on the wrong side, till perfectly dry, and the 
goods will look almost if not quite as well as 
when new. 
FROM MRS. R. MORRILL. 
My way of wash mg colored cotton goods to 
prevent fading, is so simple that it seems 
hardly worth explaining, but it will do for 
seersuckers, chambreys, some ginghams and 
the best prints. Make suds with soft water 
and hard soap, let the clothes remain in this 
just long enough to soak thoroughly, then rub 
lightly, without putting soap directly on the 
goods. Hard rubbing on the board destroys 
the color and the goods. I prefer a washing 
machine that will cleanse without the board. 
Then rinse well, turn, and if very choice, dry 
in the shade. Iron on the wrong side with a 
moderately warm iron, for if it be hot it will 
fade the goods as much]as the washing. 
FROM MATTIE F. BROWNING. 
1 think it very important to have water 
and starch not too hot, and to wash, rinse and 
dry the goods as quickly as possible. One 
should not rub soap on them, but make some 
suds to wash them in. Do not use very hot 
iions. Any colored cotton goods which I 
know are likely to fade, I soak in a solution of 
salt and water (say, a handful of salt to a 
gallon of water) before washing. Though 
this will not always entirely prevent fading, 
I have found it to help very much. 
FROM ANNIE EVENDEN. 
I am afraid my short]experience of laundry 
work will be of little use to you, in compari¬ 
son with that of older housekeepers, having 
only bad four years experience in any kind of 
laundry work. I have, however, found that 
with colored cotton goods, if you wash them 
in quite cool water, and put one table-spoon¬ 
ful of salt to one gallon of water, the color 
does not come out nearly so much as it does 
with warmer water and no salt. As far a3 
ironing them is concerned, l damp and iron 
as 1 do other clothes. 
FROM MRS. W. J. WALKER. 
Into clean warm water in a tub I put one 
table-spoonful of pearlino and one tea-spoo»ful 
of powdered borax to three pails of water. 
Wash the light-colored cottons first, rinse and 
starch, then the dark ones in the same water, 
adding a handful of salt in rinsing if the 
colors tend to fade. A little vinegar in the 
water that is used for rinsing pink, red, and 
green cotton, is good to brighten the colors 
and keeps tbem from mixing. As soon as 
washed, rinsed and starched, I turn them 
wrong side out, and hang in the shade. Iron 
on the wrong side, and they will look as good 
as new. 
FROM LIZZIE JOHNSON. 
1 would first soak them for a few minutes in 
weak salt-and-water; take them from this to 
warm suds and rub them on the wrong side. 
Add a little salt to the first rinsing water, 
rinsing them in clear water the last time, and 
hang them to dry wrong side out. If no gloss 
is desired, iron on the wrong side. 
FROM MRS. PATIENCE STILES. 
Make some good suds with hard soap 
and warm soft water, put a few pieces 
in at a time. Wash the goods out 
quickly. Avoid rubbing soap on them as 
much as possible. Rinse in warm, soft water 
to remove any suds; then place in bard water. 
This sets the colors, or prevents them from 
running together. When all are washed, 
rinsed, and placed in hard water, wring out 
one piece at a time, starch, (if necessary), 
wring perfectly dry; then dry quickly. I find 
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