TO REMOVE STAINS FROM COTTON AND LINEN GOODS.
To remove stains from linen and cotton, wet spots with luke warm water, then squeeze the juice of a lemon over the stain, sprinkle with salt, then place in the sun to hasten bleaching. If one application is not sufficient to remove the stains, repeat until thoroughly cleaned.
To remove scorch from cotton, place in the hot sun until scorch disappears.
To remove machine oil from white linen, cotton, or light goods. Rub with pure white lard, then wash with warm water and soap.
To remove iron rust.—Dip in medium strong solution of oxalic acid, then hold over the spout of a boiling tea kettle. Rinse the spot in two or three waters, then wash in the usual way.
To remove Fruit and Berry Stains.—Place spot over a bowl and pour boiling water through the cloth until stain disappears.
To remove Mildew.—Rub soap on the damaged article then salt and starch on that; rub well in and place in the sun until spots entirely disappear.
Fruit, ink, blood and other stains should be removed before the clothes are wet in the laundry. Tea, coffee, wine and most fruit stains, can be taken out with clear boiling water, by stretching the stained portions over a bowl and pouring hot water through. If they do not come out, use a solution of borax, ammonia and chloride of lime, or burn some sulphur and hold the stains over the fumes. Fresh ink stains may be removed by an application of dampened salt, allow to remain for several hours, or soak in warm milk or vinegar and water. Lemon juice and salt placed on the spots will often suffice.
Grass stains are most difficult to remove. Dip the spots in molasses; let it remain until thoroughly saturated, then wash out in clean water. Repeat if necessary.
Mud Stains—May be removed by soaking spots in a solution of oxalic acid. Rinse in several waters; then in ammonia and water last.
Cocoa stains may be removed by sprinkling borax over the spot. Then soak in cold water, and pour on boiling water.
Obstinate blood stains—Should be saturated in kerosene, then rubbed with soap and washed in luke warm water.
To prevent muslin from fading—Use a weak solution of sugar of lead.