WASHING.
Washing-day will insist upon making its unwelcome appearance once a week. $he linen for Monday's -wash should be Collected era Saturday) sorted and put to sodk ill (Sold water* according to the various kinds; The bddy linen should be But into oile tub, the bed and table linen into dndtherj and the fine things separately. Plain collars, cutts, and wristbands should be strung together through the button-holes, on a piece of bobbin long enough to allow for the articles to be easily divided for rubbing, starching, &c. Coloured muslins, prints, and 'flannels must be laid aside to be washed in a different manner from white calico or linen. Properly boiled suds are far better than soap for washing^ especially if a washing-machine be employed. The suds should be prepared in the following manner : — Shred into an earthenware pot the best yellow soap cut into fine shavirigsj aiidpour boiling waterto the quantity ie4ni*ed. One pound of soap is plenty frJt one 1 gallon of water. Add to this quantity half A poiind df the best Scotch sddaj and set the jar (covered) on a Stove Or at the back of the kitchen range till the sdap is quite dissolved. If this be done on Saturday evening, the soap will be a smooth jelly fit to use on Monday morning.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1253, 4 December 1875, Page 19
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219WASHING. Otago Witness, Issue 1253, 4 December 1875, Page 19
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