Washing Clothes

Ingredients

• one pound of washing soda
• ten ounces of fresh lime to pour over
• one gallon of boiling water
• half pints of the above
• four ounces of white gum arable
• one quart of water
• two pints of fine starch two table-spoonfuls of this gum arable water
• one gallon of flour paste
• two pounds of venetian red
• two table-spoonfuls of this gum arable water

Directions

1. Take one pound of washing soda, ten ounces of fresh lime to pour over it, one gallon of boiling water ; stir well ; when cold, bottle for use.

2. To a large boUer of water, put one and a half pints of the above, the fourth of a bar of soap. Take the clothes out of the tub, where they have been soaking all night, and put them into the boiler. Pound them often. When well boUed, put in more clothes ; then wash well, and scald them in the first rinsing water ; rinse them in this and one other water. The recipe washes calico beautifully, but it must not be allowed to remain long in the water.

3. A laundress gives the following recipe for doing up coUars, cufis, shirt bosoms, etc. : Four ounces of white gum arable, pounded fine ; put into a bottle and pour over it one quart of water, cork tightly and let stand all night. Pour it ofi" carefully the next morning into another clean bottle; keep it well corked. In using this, stir to two pints of fine starch two table-spoonfuls of this gum arable water. This is very fine for washing white dresses and colored lawns.

4. A NICE PAINT FOR PAVEMENT. One gallon of flour paste, not very thick, two pounds of Venetian red ; mix this thoroughly and apply to the pavement with a whitewash brush.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.