Universal Stain Table.

Showing at a glance what means to employ in removing any kind of stain from any kind of fabric. Red acid stains are destroyed by ammonia, followed by thorough washing with water. Burn stains of nitric acid are permanent. Great care must be observed when ether and benzine are used. Keep the open bottle and the fabric being cleaned away from an open fire or blaze. The ether especially is so volatile that an open bottle will take fire from a gas-jet or blaze several feet away if the draft is right. You cannot be too careful.

UNIVERSAL STAIN-REMOVING TABLE.

KIND OF STAIN.	From Linen.	COLORED FABRICS.		Silk.
KIND OF STAIN.	From Linen.	Cotton.	Wool.	Silk.
Sugar, gelatine, blood, albumen.	Washing simply in water.
Fat	Soap-water, alkaline lyes.	Tepid soap-water.	Soap-water, spirit sal-ammoniac.	Benzine, ether, spirit of sal-ammoniac, potash, magnesia, chalk, yolk of egg.
Varnish and oil-paint.	Oil of turpentine, benzine, and finally soap.			Benzine, ether, soap; careful rubbing.
Stearine.	Alcohol of 95 per cent.
Vegetable colors, red wine, fruits, red ink.	Sulphurous vapors, warm chlorine water.	Washing in warm soap-water or liquid ammonia.		As above, rubbing gently and carefully.
Alizarine ink.	Tartaric acid; the older the stain the more concentrated the solution.	Diluted solution of tartaric acid, if the fabric permits.		As above.
Rust and gall-nut ink.	Warm oxalic acid solution, diluted hydrochloric acid, and finally tin filings.	Repeated washing with dissolved citric acid, if the fabric is dyed well.	The same as for cotton, but diluted hydrochloric acid if the wool is naturally coloured.	Nothing can be done; all attempts only increase the evil.
Lime and alkaline lyes.	Washing simply in water.	Pouring diluted nitric acid drop by drop upon the stain. The previously moistened is rubbed off with the finger.
Tannin, green nut shells.	Eau de Javelle, warm chlorine water concentrated solution of tartaric acid.	More or less concentrated chlorine water, according to the nature and tint of the fabric, and alternate washing with water.
Coal-tar, wagon-grease.	Soap, oil of turpentine, alternating with a jet of water.	Rubbing with lard, then soaping, and after a while washing alternately with oil of turpentine and water.		Same as for colored fabrics; use benzine instead of turp.; jet of water must fall on back of stain.