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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 9, 1915

More Laundry Hints

By Mrs. J. H. E.

SINCE white corduroy is so much used for children's coats and daughters' skirts, a proper method of washing this material will be appreciated. A contributor to the “Discoveries” column of a recent number of Good Housekeeping says: “Wash in warm, soapy water until clean, then boil one-half hour in clean, soapy water. Rinse in clean water, changing the water three times, and rinsing again in cold bluing water. Don't wring or squeeze, but hang to drip dry, in the open air if possible. Do not iron.” If a good quality of white soap is used, and these directions are carefully followed, success is assured.

A great deal of the trouble that comes from starch “sticking” arises because it is not cooked long enough. One domestic science authority declares that starch should be boiled from half an

hour to an hour. This is certainly a contrast to the five-minute boiling which starch often receives; but it is safe to say that time spent in making the starch will save time in ironing later on.

For boiled starch the right proportion is half a cupful of the dry starch to a quart of boiling water. The starch should first be dissolved in a little cold water, and the boiling water then poured slowly over it, stirring all the time. Just before taking the starch from the stove, a teaspoonful of granulated sugar may be stirred into the starch, or a little paraffin or butter may be added.

For cold starch use one rounded tablespoon of starch to one third of a quart of lukewarm water, delicately blued. Some authorities recommend stirring the starch, after it is dissolved, with a piece of good white soap until a little suds is formed. Articles to be cold-starched should be dipped in boiled starch, thoroughly dried, then dipped in the cold starch, rolled up tightly, and allowed to stand at least half an hour before ironing.

MRS. J. H. E.