Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 190, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1914 — TO WASH DELICATE LINEN [ARTICLE]

TO WASH DELICATE LINEN

Handkerchiefs Can Be Done Easily at Home by Following These Simple Hints. Delicate handkerchiefs can be done easily at home, and careful handling causes them to wear much better. Wet them, rub each gently over with good white soap, and soak in tepid water over plght Squeeze out (do not wring), put them in a small enameled pan, cover with cold water and half a teaspoonful of powdered borax. Boil slowly, pour into a basin, add cold water and squeeze out all soap. Next immerse them in clean, tepid water rinse out in this, then plunge into cold water tinged with blue. Leave in this for half ah hour, squeeze and dip in a slight stiffening (one teaspoonful of corn flour to a cupful of boiling water). Squeeze and roll carefully each handkerchief in a towel, and iron with a moderately hot iron. • For ordinary handkerchiefs it is a good rule to drop them before washing into cold water to which has been added a little borax and plenty of soap. 801 l thoroughly. Rinse in two waters. They will be white as snow and' perfectly clean. To whiten handkerchiefs which have become discolored through careless washing, dissolve some pipeclay in warm water and leave them to soak in the solution qj) night Next day wash and boll the handkerchief in the usual manner, and they will, be wonderfully Improved in appearance.