Author : Lydia Maria Child
Release : 2020-03-20
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Book Synopsis The American Frugal Housewife by : Lydia Maria Child
Download or read book The American Frugal Housewife written by Lydia Maria Child. This book was released on 2020-03-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ox's gall will set any color, -silk, cotton, or woollen. I have seen the colors of calico, which faded at one washing, fixed by it. Where one lives near a slaughterhouse, it is worth while to buy cheap, fading goods, and set them in this way. The gall can be bought for a few cents. Get out all the liquid, and cork it up in a large phial. One large spoonful of this in a gallon of warm water is sufficient. This is likewise excellent for taking out spots from bombazine, bombazet, &c. After being washed in this, they look about as well as when new. It must be thoroughly stirred into the water, and not put upon the cloth. It is used without soap. After being washed in this, cloth which you want to clean should be washed in warm suds, without using soap.