Household. RENOVATING BLACK GOODS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume I, Issue 2, 17 April 1880, Page 3 (Supplement)

Household. RENOVATING BLACK GOODS.

The best way to cleanse black cashmere is to place the dresß or goods in strong borax water, made lukewarm. Let it remain in soak all night, then tahe out and hang on a line to drip until nearly dry, when it may be pressed off. Do noi rinse or wring. Or 1 wash in hot Ends with a little .borax in the water ; rinse in bluing water— lery blue— and iron while damp. It will look almoßt equal to new. ! „ , „ To dean 'black ribbon i Take an old kid glove, no matter how olji, and boil it in a pint of water for a short time ; then let U cool until the leather cm be taken in the hand without burning ; use the glove wet with the water to sponge off the ribbon. If the ribbon id very duty, dip it into water and draw it through the fingers a few times before sponging. Alter denning, lay a piece of paper over the ribbon ana iron; tftaper is better than oloth. The ribbon will look luce new. Chalk* or magnesia rubbed on silk or ribbon that has been greased and held near the fire will absorb the greaie so that it may be brushed off. „ , ... The best method of oleamDg black silks: First the silk must be thoroughly brushed and wiped with a oloih, then laid flat on a smooth board or table and well sponged with hot ooffee, thorouahly freed from sediment by being strained through muslin. The silk is sponged on the side intendwg to show, it is aUowed to become partially dry, and then ironed on the wrongs side. .coffee removes every particle of grease, and restores the brillianoy of silk, without giving it either the shiny appearance or cracbly and papery stiffness obtained by beer or any other liquid. The silk appears thickened by the process, and this good effect remains. '• To revive old orape, mourning': Places little water in a tea-kettle till there is steam from the spout ; then, holding the lace in both hands pass it several times to and fro through the steam. Slams are removed from mourning dresses — bombasines,' oloth. orape, etc.— by rubbing them with a, sponge dipped in' a little ammonia — diluted, of- course. To wash, velveteen :' Wash in cold water and do not -wring ; but shake thoroughly, spread on the line as much, as possible ; ■when partially dry take down and shake again. To wash corsets : Take out the steel ; use hot wafer; one tea spoonful of borax to, every pail of water; place the corsets on the washboard and scrub well with a clean brush, using very little. soap jdo not boil trie corsets, but it very yellow bleach, in the sun j rinse well j rub in a little starch j iron' when quite damp.