Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 203, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1910 — The LAUNDRY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The LAUNDRY

White Floating Soap.—Four quarts fat, any kind will do; two ten-cent cans of lye, and ten quarts of water. Put water in an old boiler, next the fat, then the lye. Let this come to a boil and boil three hours, slowly. When the soap becomes flaky and the liquid looks clear and boils over the soap, it is ready to skim. Line a wooden box with a piece of wet muslin, skim out soap, and put in the box to. drain about 12 hours, and cut in bars. This will make 12 large bars of hard, white soap. It may be used for any kind of washing. Take a little of the soap and press in the hand. If it sticks to the hand and looks greasy, it needs a little more lye, if too flaky, more fat. The liquid can be used for scrubbing. To Remove Iron Rust. —I am a laundress and I iron rusted a fine night dress of a rich bride and was almost frightened to death. I had a basket of tomatoes and I knew the material wouldn’t stand anything strong, so I cut a tomato and rubbed each spot and put the gown out in the hot sun for a while and when I went out to see, to my delight the Iron rust had disappeared as if by magic, and has been tried often with best results.