Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 236, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1913 — Dyeing Hint [ARTICLE]

Dyeing Hint

If you are going to dye any material at home, dissolve a pinch of bicarbonate of soda in the water in which you mix the dye. This will prevent the color'from cracking and will insure its covering the material evenly. If you cannot buy the shade you wish, It can easily be mixed. For instance, mix blue with pink to make violet, a little yellow with green to make moss color, black with ecru for yellow smoke, etc. Be sure to rinse the material very well with oold water before hanging to dry after dyeing. Press while damp.