Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 252, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1912 — LAUNDRY HINTS OF VALUE [ARTICLE]

LAUNDRY HINTS OF VALUE

For Best Results and the Lightening of Labor These May Be Recommended. When washing cream wool or cotton goods, instead of using bluing, try putting the water in which a few onion skins have been boiled in the last rinsing water, and you will be insured of a clear, bright cream. Mildew stains can very often be removed quite successfully In the following way; Mix a small quantity of Soft soap with the same proportion of powdered starch and salt and the juice of a lemon. Apply thlß mixture to both sides of the stain with a small brush, and, if possible, let the article lie on the grass all day and night until the stains have quite disappeared. Then wash it in the usual way. Soiled lingerie parasols will respond to a good scrubbing of soap and water with a soft brush. Rinse thoroughly after they have been scrubbed clean. A good way to .bleach handkerchiefs, when it is not convenient to hang them out of doors, is to wash them and let them soak over night in water in which a little cream of tarter has been dissolved.