Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1909 — To Launder Organdie. [ARTICLE]

To Launder Organdie.

Wash organdie is one of the most serviceable of light materials If It is properly “done up.’’ Here are directions for laundering it. To wash the dress make a suds with warm water, white soap and a little borax, possibly a teaspoonful to a gallon of water. Into this lay your dress and leave there to soak half an hour or less, depending upon the amount of soil. It should be left in the lpath sufficiently long to loosen all dirt. Then all bad stains should be rubbed gently, using the hands, not a board. Wring from this bath and remove to another prepared in the same way. Wash until the frock is thoroughly clean. Put through the wringer and- then pour boiling water over the garment until it is entirely covered. When cool enough to handle it is ready for rinsing. Run first through clean, cold water and lastly through cold water slightly blued. Starch while wet; make a very thin starch and lay the dress in it. Move it about so that every part Is saturated, then put through the wringer. It is a good plan to pass it through twice. The starch should he warm, but not hot, as this injures the rubber rollers and does no particular good to the dress. Hang up the dress until thoroughly dry, then dampen and iron. If there is ribbon on the dress or so much fancy trimming that it is difficult to iron, the gasoline process will be preferred. For this a very strong suds of warm water and white soap should first be made of the consistency of a thin jelly. When this is qeady add an equal amount of gasoline, making suds and gasoline half and half. Then lay the frock In this and rub any soiled places. When clean wring and rinse in clean gasoline. Keep away from fire or artificial light during the work. Hang out of doors and when quite dry press as necessary.