Woolens should be squeezed, and not wrung, and the wrinkles straightened out while drying.
HOW TO WASH BLACK WOOLEN DRESSES.
Have the dress ripped apart, brushed, and all dust and dirt removed from the seams, also all the old stitches. Pour four gallons of water in a pail or basin, adding four ounces of ammonia. Dip each piece of the garment into the liquid, and swash up and down, and squeeze as dry as possible, then hang over a pole, and when almost dry, iron from the wrong side until dry, with an iron not too hot.
Woolen dresses, that are much soiled, may be washed in soap and water, and rinsed out before dipping in the ammonia water, which will improve the color to a great extent.
Any material, such as worsted, and wool garments should be sponged with ammonia and water.
When cleaning with gasolene, benzine or naptha, to remove the odor, the article should be placed as near a steam radiator as possible, or in a drying room heated by steam or otherwise, this removes the odor, the steam heat dries out whatever of the fluid may have remained in the material, and does so without the danger of explosion which makes it impossible to dry a garment cleaned with the above near a lighted stove, lamp, candle or gas.
HOW TO WASH CHAMOIS VESTS.
Wash with white soap and warm water, making a good lather and rubbing well between the hands. Lay flat on a table, and rub with a dry, clean cloth; rinse; then roll in another cloth and wring as dry as possible. Unroll and stretch well; hang up, and when nearly dry press with a warm iron, being careful not to have the iron too hot or it will spoil the chamois.
HOW TO CLEAN SILK.
Use hot gasolene, heated in a double boiler (never put gasolene on a stove) place the gasolene in the double boiler, after it has been removed from the stove and while the water is still boiling, place the silk to be cleaned in the boiler, and swash up and down until it is thoroughly cleaned, then remove and place in the open air to dry and evaporate.