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To Wash Brown Linen.
Take enough good timothy hay to fill a 10-quart kettle two-thirds\ full when pressed down; cover it with soft water, and let it boil until the water assumes a dark greenish, color. Make flour starch in the usual way, and strain the hay water into it after it becomes cool or tepid; let the linen soak ten or fifteen minutes—not longer—then wash without soap. I divide the preparation into two parts, using one for rinsing. Linen dresses and dusters washed in this way will look new as long as they last
4. Fruit or Wine Stains, to Remove from Silk, Woolen, or Cotton Goods. —Fruit or wine stains can be removed from silk, woolen or cotton goods by sponging them gently with ammonia and alcohol— a teaspoonful of ammonia to a wineglass of alcohol. Finish with clear alcohol. The fumes of a lighted match will remove remnants of stains.
Washing Fine Under Clothing. —The Germantown Telegraph says that a leading firm of that city, importers and retailers of hosiery goods, gives
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