Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 310, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1912 — TO TAKE OUT STAINS [ARTICLE]

TO TAKE OUT STAINS

NONE 80 BTUBBORN THAT THEY CAN’T BE REMOVEDI Grain Alcohol One of the Best Remedies to Employ, or In Bome Case* Tfavelle Water Will Do the Work Better. Alcohol will usually remove the stains made by grass and fruit juice, although it will not discourage in the least the stains of some kinds of fruit. Only grain alcohol should be used. It acts better if used warm, and can be heated by holding the bottle containing it in hot water. If patches of the stain remain pour bott~ ing water on them. If they still persist, dilute muriatic acid, in a one per cent, solution, can be applied. Care should be taken to rinse the fabric thoroughly afterward in several waters, with a very little ammonia in the last one, to counteract the effect of the acid and prevent it from injuring the cloth. Javelle water, which can be made at home, is a trustworthy means for removing almost any fruit stain. It is especially good for peach and pear stains, which are usually the most obstinate of all spots. Soak the 1 spots in it for three or four minutes, and then rinse in cold, clean water. Afterward launder the article as usual. Alcohol is usually a perfect solvent for the stain of green vegetable matter, whether or not the material be washable. Some housewives find ordinary kitchen molasses sufficient remedy for such stains upon any sort of fabric. It is rubbed thoroughly into the stain, allowed to stand ten minutes, and then washed out with warm water and soap. If the article cannot be washed, the molasses is left on, with the stain thickly covered, for two or three days. Then it is wiped and sponged off with clear water. If traces remain they will probably yield to a sponging with alcohol, or a mixture of equal parts of ether and alcohol with a dash of ammonia.