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spread them on the clean grass wrong side up; this prevents the colors running
into each other.
For chintz or lawn dresses have very nice starch, and clap it into them, after
they are hung on the line; they iron much better this way, and look almost like
new; sometimes to wash the cuffs and lower part carefully, and press it all
over, will do without washing the whole dress. For ironing the skirt have a
narrow ironing board, covered with a piece of blanket, to slip inside the dress.
Table Cloths.
When two or three spots get on a table cloth, dip a towel in clean water and rub
them off, and dry the cloth before it is put away; this saves washing, and if
done carefully it will look like a clean cloth. If table cloths are stained with
fruit, pour boiling water on the spots before soap is put on; when it is so deep
that this will not take it out, apply lemon juice and salt; dry it in the sun,
and put it on several times. You should always have cup-plates, as the marks of
a coffee-cup spoils the appearance of a cloth, and the stain is hard to get out.
When table cloths and towels get yellow, soak them in sour milk several days.
Unbleached table cloths are very good to save washing in winter, and can be laid
by in summer; care should be taken to hang them to dry in the shade, as that
will keep them from bleaching. New table cloths do not require any starch, but
those that are partly worn look better for a little; every thing washes easier
that has starch in. Nice table cloths, and all fine things, after being
sprinkled and folded, should be tightly rolled up in towels, and ironed till
perfectly dry, they will then retain their gloss. Large table cloths should be
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