BEST METHOD OF WASHING.
By J. G. Yergin
As I have noticed, in the Home department, a number of recipes for making washing easy, I send directions for what I think the best way:— One bar of Fels-Naptha soap, cold water for the soak,—no boiling at all, no hot water, no steam, no rubbing to speak of, sudsing and rinsing. This requires that the clothes be soaked for half an hour or more, and the soiled places rubbed with the soap; after soaping, the pieces should be rolled up singly, and allowed to stand for a time in the tub, just covered with water. This soap takes out the dirt, and leaves the clothes white and clean. One half the work of wash day is saved by its use. The soap costs five cents a bar. The naptha in the soap loosens the dirt, naptha being a great cleansing agent.