Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 285, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1910 — The LAUNDRY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The LAUNDRY

Nothing Is more effectual for bleaching purposes than borax. Dissolve some In boiling water and add a little of thfs to the water in which the clothes are steeped. Borax is safe to use and it has no harmful effect on materials. If is often used for giving a gloss to linen. The proportion employed is one tablespoonful to every eight tablespoonfuls of starch. Kerosene is sometimes useful for the washing of very dirty articles, mixing one tablespoonful of kerosene to four gallons of boiling water with one ounce of washing soda and a quarter bound shredded soap. Boil the articles in this for an hour and rinse in three different hot waters containing a little soda. Ammonia, if judiciously used, renders woolens soft and elastic.