Suggestions for Washing.
By H. T.
SEEING many suggestions in your columns in regard to washing, I am moved to add my experience. Late Sunday evening I sort out my clothes, and put the finest to soak in hot suds. As I use a pounder, very little work is necessary. I wring these clothes out, and put them on to boil (as boiling is a purifier); and so continue until the white clothes have all been boiled. I put them in my rinsing tubs, and immerse with cold water, then fill my boiler with fresh water for the morning's work. This takes about an hour and a half for a large wash. I rise two hours earlier Monday morning, rinse out my white clothes, and hang them to dry. Then come my flannel and colored clothes. This work is accomplished in about two hours. After breakfast I straighten up my wash room, which consumes another half hour. For me it makes washing much easier to divide time and labor. H. T.