ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 443, 27 February 1909, Page 11

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

■Recipe for Bleaching Co tton Goods: —Tho recipe H?: want for;bleaohing;cotton goods is.this: dissolve , chloride of lime in - warm' water in the proportion of two. tablespoonfuls of . lima to a' gallon of water, and soak tho faded cotton or muslin in this for throe . or four hours, .when all: the' colour may be faded: out.;'-This da; roughly speaking how , .tho recipe Went, but you will find it best to use a smaller proportion of lime, adding ,:. more later on-..if necessary. l Some colours fado quickly; palo blue and pink will, soon go,-but'yellow is- a difficult 'colour to remove, and grey is worst of all. In a ; .. flowered material, for instance, tho darkly.-. . mnvked stamens; will take a long whilo to fade -out., Too much lime will burn': the, ■.? material, and so 1 it is best to'go by easy --using, a iwonk solution at first and strengthening'it as-miy be necessary, andto . finish the,material should be boiled. -Seve.;ral people who have-experimented with this •f .':recipe : .say that-;.tho ; -result has been- perfectly satisfactory. To . Keep lemons for Two or Three •You should find no difficulty: in keeping ' lemons, for that, length, of. time, if you are careful to- select green ones and lay them ou a shelf, in some cool place, taking care that-they do hot touch each other. - It -is ;: wellto; -wrap ..: theni, separately in tissue !'ipaperas the'fruiterers db, and if tlieshelf : is an .open "one., so that-, the 'air comes : . through, from'. underneath, so'; much the better. •'. . . To Bottle-Tomatoes—Required':' Tomatoes and -.... water;;. Choose .medium-sized tomatoes,;' and ' be careful; that■ they are not .over ripe : Wipe-. thainj;'and- put. them into widenecked bottles; which must. be very dry. 'J :Cork;, the, bottles 1 , lightly, • and.. stand theni . inia :pan; of-cold water; put over the fire, bring gentlj to-the boil, and'continue ■ "boil for a' few, minutes. : Take the contents' of one tattle to fill up the others, as they will shrink. Cork the bottles down closely, . and cover all over : with resin. ■