To Wash Silk Lingerie

Ladies' Mirror, Volume 4, Issue 9, 1 March 1926, Page 20

To Wash Silk Lingerie

wmmmmmußßmmammmmmmmmmmmmm YOU will find that silk lingerie will be very little trouble to launder if you use dissolved soap. To make it, cut a quarter pound of soap into shreds, put the shreds in a saucepan, cover them with water, and allow them to melt slowly at the side of the fire. Turn the result into a jar or basin. Of course, it isn’t necessary to shred soap down for the purpose. You can use up any scraps you may have accumulated. Now add enough dissolved soap to the warm water required to make a stiff lather; then put in any white

silk garments, and squeeze them well until quite clean. You may have to use two or three soapy waters, and even have to gently rub the silk if it is very dirty, but remember not to use hot water. It has a yellowing effect on silk. Once the things are quite clean, work them up and down in perfectly clear warm water until all traces of soap have entirely disappeared,

putting a dash of blue into the last rinsing water to improve the colour. Then squeeze the garment as dry as possible, but do not wring it, and fold it in a cloth until your irons are ready. The best way to iron silk lingerie is to lay the garments flat on your ironing board, cover them with a large thin handkerchief, and iron them with a moderately-hot iron

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