Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1883 — To Cleanse Silk Goods. [ARTICLE]

To Cleanse Silk Goods.

None but ribbons of excellent quality and of one color, with plain surface of silk or satin, will bear washing, but such Vibbons can be made to look “amaist as gude as new” by this method: Take half a pint of cold water, half a teaspoonful of strongest alcohol, and dip the ribbons into it several times and draw them through the fingers. Then make a lather of white-curd soap and lukewarm water, and dash the ribbons up and down in it several times or until all the soiled spots and creases are gone, and rinse thoroughly in cold water, squeezing carefully in the hands. Pull out straight, and snap through your fingers, until nearly dry; then iron under brown or white paper with a moderately-heated flat-iron. To set the colors: If green, add a table-spoon-ful of vinegar or a little bit of alum to the water it is rinsed in; if pink or blue, four or five drops of oil of vitriol; if cream-white, a salt-spoonful of cream tartar should be mixed with th* soapsuds and rinsing water. Silk handkerchiefs and neckties, if unfigured, can be cleaned by the same process.— Country Gentleman. Waltkrboro.B. a—Dr J. M. Klein says: -Brown’s Iron Bitters have given universal satisfaction.*