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Boil the mixture till the soap is soft, and put it away to be used when
required. There is nothing in it to take the color out of goods, and it saves
labor and soap.
FRUIT STAINS
Fruit stains may often be removed from clothing by plunging the latter into
boiling water, letting it remain immersed for a few minutes, and then washing it
out in the ordinary way.
TO PREVENT GOODS FROM FADING
Drop into a pail of water a teaspoonful of sugar of lead, and let it dissolve.
Soak the goods in this mixture for half an hour before washing them in the
ordinary manner.
IVIES FOR INSIDE DECORATIONS
It is not generally known that the various evergreen ivies will grow and
flourish to perfection in the shade, and that, therefore, any room may be most
charmingly decorated with them. Such is the fact, however. Put the plants in
large pots, filled with rich and mellow garden soil kept at a suitable
regulation of moisture; and you will have no trouble about the matter. The vines
may be trained on wire trellises fastened to the wall or ceiling; or upon any
other convenient arrangement. In a treatise on this subject the Rural New Yorker
says:
"It may also be stated that the room decorated with ivy should not be kept too
warm, but at a moderate temperature; such as is most healthful for a person is
the best. No one need to fear to make the room unhealthy
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