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cold water and let them come to a scald. Take them from this and rinse them
thoroughly in luke-warm water, blued a very little, then dip them into a very
thin, clear starch, allowing a teaspoonful of starch to a pint of water, so thin
that it will be scarcely perceptible. Now roll them in a clean, fresh towel
without taking out the bastings; let them lie for an hour or more; iron over
several thicknesses of flannel, taking out the bastings of one piece at a time,
and ironing on the wrong side, with a moderately hot iron; the laces should be
nearly dry, and the edges and points pulled gently with the fingers into shape,
before ironing.
TO WASH WHITE THREAD LACE. No. 2.
To wash white lace, cover a bottle with linen, stitched smoothly to fit the
shape. Wind the lace about it, basting both edges to the linen. Wash on the
bottle, soaping and rinsing well, then boil in soft water. Dry in the sun. Clip
the basting threads and do not iron. If carefully done, it will look like new
lace.
TO CLEAN SILKS OR RIBBONS.
Half a pint of gin, half a pound of honey, half a pound of soft soap, one-eighth
of a pint of water.
Mix the above ingredients together; then lay each breadth of silk upon a clean
kitchen table or dresser, and scrub it well on the soiled side with the mixture.
Have ready three vessels of cold water; take each piece of silk at two corners,
and dip it up and down in each vessel, but do not wring it; and take care that
each breadth has one vessel of quite clean water for the last dip. Hang it up
dripping for a minute or two, then dab in a cloth, and iron it quickly with a
very hot iron.
Where the lace or silk is very much soiled, it is best to pass them through a
warm liquor of bullock's gall and water; rinse in cold water; then take a small
piece of glue, pour boiling water on it, and pass the veil through it; clap it,
and frame to dry. Instead of framing, it may be fastened with drawing-pins
closely fixed upon a very clean paste, or drawing-board.
TO CLEAN BLACK DRESS SILKS.
One of the things "not generally known," at least in this country, is the
Parisian method of cleaning black silk; the modus operandi is very simple, and
the result infinitely superior to that achieved in any other manner. The silk
must be thoroughly brushed and wiped with a cloth, then laid flat on a board or
table, and well-sponged with hot coffee, thoroughly freed from sediment by being
strained through muslin. The silk is sponged on the side intended to show;
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