Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 268, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1911 — Cleaning Black Silk. [ARTICLE]

Cleaning Black Silk.

One of the cleaning processes for black silk that is far from being widely known is the coffee method. It is a* follows: Boil some coffee until there is no further aroma rising therefrom. Lay the silk article that is to be sponged on a table or board and sponge on the side that is to showAfter the sponging - is, thoroughly done turn on the wrong side and iron with fairly hot iron, preferably one that is kept at a constant hept such as the gas or electric iron variety, though the other will 'de if'Hgfig changes are made and those changes are as often as necessary, say, minute intervals. This will remove the spots far oftener than the malt liquor process that ha* long been tbe fashion, and not only will this give tone to tbe black materials but make th* 'article’s texture appear new. Let dry slightly before ironing. >