Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1913 — TO TAKE OUT STAINS [ARTICLE]

TO TAKE OUT STAINS

SIMPLE AGENTS THAT MAY BE* EMPLOYED BY HOUSEWIFE. Good Idea Is to Have a Set of Rules _That May Be Posted In a Conspicuous Position About the House. It is hard for even the housewife! of large experience to remember ex-< actly the simple agents for removing! various stains. Knowlege of the av-i erage maid or laundress is still more limited, hence a device which serves in one house as a constant jog to the memory. -It' is a set of rules printed upon a yard of the blackboard cloth j used on schoolroom walls. Instead of writing with chalk, print! the rules neatly' in the form of ai table in white oil paint, thinned with; turpentine. This medium, if properly! is permanent;, it cannot be dls-i turbed either by steam or by rubbing. After allowing it to dry forfour or five days it may- be lacjied, on the kitchen wall, inclosed in ai frame of plain pine picture molding. Here is a copy of the table for any) one who may care to make one: Ink Stains —Soak in sour milk. If a dark stain remains, rinse in a weak! solution of chloride of lime. Blood Stains—Soak in cold salt water, then wash in warm water with! plenty of soap; afterward boil. Grass Stains—Saturate the spot! thoroughly with kerosene, then put< tn the washtub. lodine Stains —Wash with alcohoL then rinse in soapy water. __ Hot Tea and Coffee Stains—-Soak the. stained fabric in cold “water, wring,, spread out and pour a few drops of! glycerine on each spot.' Let it standi several hours, then wash tvith coldi water and soap. Iron Rust —Soak the stain thoroughly with lemon juice, sprinkle with salt and bleach for several hours in thei sun. Grease Spots—Hot water and soap generally remove’ these. |f fixed by long standing, use ether, chloroform or naptha. All three of these must be> used away from either fire or artificial light. Pitch, Wheel Grease, Tar Stains — Soften the stains with lard, 1 then soak in turpentine. Scrape off carefully with a knife all the loose surface dirt; sponge clean with turpentine and rub gently till dry. ' Mildew —Soak in a weak solution of chloride of lime for several hours. Rinse in cold water. Sewing Machine Oil Stains —Rub with lard. Let stand for several hours, then wash with cold water and soap. Scorch Stains—Wet the scorched place, rub with soap and and bleach in the sun. Fruit Stains —Stretch the fabric containing the stain over the mouth of a basin and pour boiling water on the stain. In cold weathe* fruit spots can frequently be removed by hanging l the stained garments out-of-doors over night. If the stain has been fixed by time, soak the article in a weak solution of oxalic acid or hold the spot over the fumes of sulphur.