Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 122, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1914 — Wash Blankets on Windy Day. [ARTICLE]

Wash Blankets on Windy Day.

Wash your bed blankets on a’ clear, windy day, if possible, says the Dallas News. Prepare strong suds by melting half a bar of any good white soap and putting it into half a tubful of hot water, then add half a cupful of salt and two tablespoonfuls of ammonia. Shake the blankets free from dust and lint, then them in the tub of water and sop up and down until the dirt is removed; rub the dirty spots with the hands. Squeeze the water out, put the blankets in a second tub prepared the same as the first, and treat the blankets the same as when in the first tub of suds, Rinse in a third tub, then put the blankets through a wringer. Stretch them slightly while drying. When dry, lay on the ironing board and with a very stiff brush brush the blankets the same direction as the wool nap.