Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 134, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1913 — FOR THE HOUSEWIFE [ARTICLE]

FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

How to Wash Winter Flannel So It Won’t Shrink. To successfully wash flannels take a two gallon pail of cold water and add one-third bar of any good soap except naphtha, dissolved, and one heaping tablespoonful of borax, also dissolved. Stir cold water, dissolved soap and borax well together and put in the flannels. Let stand two or three days and then rub the soiled parts lightly with the hands, rinse twice In cold water, wring, shake and dry qufckly. Flannels washed in this way do not shlnk, remain soft and wear longer. Blankets washed In this way never mat, but remain fluffy and soft until worn out Crocheted or knit shawls, jackets or caps washed in this way and dried on a sheet, not hung up, in a warm place will be like new again. When necessary to shrink flannels fold the material, place it in a tub, cover with boiling water and allow the goods to remain in it until the water cools. Hang the goods straight on a line and when partly dry press on the wrong side. , To wash an article made of ice wool, pr shetland wool, put a tablespoonful of borax in a large basin of warm water, let it' dissolve, then make a strong suds of white soap. Wash one article at a time through the suds, rubbing and squeezing gently, but never wringing. Rinse in warm Water, the same temperature as the suds, until free of all soap, then lay lightly upon a clean sheet stretched in the sun and turn it about many times until dry, alyjrgys keeping it in a loose pile. When quite dry hold for a few minutes in the steam of a boiling kettle. It will come out light-and fluffy. By not wringing or hanging, but drying in the pile, there’s no fraying or stretching out of -shape.