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Alpaca Dresses
To Remove Wrinkles and Brighten their Luster. —Dust them nicely with a brush and spread them upon an ironing-board, or press-board, as referred to above, then, having wet the sponge-cloth with the ammonia water, as directed for pressing clothing above, pass a moderately warm iron over them quickly a few times, and the work is complete.
4. Renovating Dye for Black Clothing, to be Applied Only on the Outside—Cheap Ink, etc. — Logwood chips, 1 lb.; soft water, 1 gal.; bichromate of potash, 24 grs.; prussiate of potash, 12 grs. Put the logwood into the water and let stand 12 hours, then boil 1/2 hour, strain while warm, and having dissolved the potashes in a little boiling water, add them to the dye. Bottle, cork, and keep in a dark place. This is to be applied to spots on black clothing, coat collars, etc., where the color has been injured or faded out, the spots having been renovated and dried as given under the head of renovation; then, first having sponged the spots with suds, or the whole garment, if it is to be applied to the whole, applying the dye with a brush, and dry again before the pressing is done. This dye may be used also to color worn or injured spots upon black kid gloves, black kid boots, etc., in place of ink, spoken of under those heads; in fact, this makes a very good, cheap ink for school children.
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