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To Remove Grease from Worsted

Take one-quarter pound of Castile soap, one-quarter pound ammonia, very strong, one ounce sulphuric ether, one ounce spirits of wine, one ounce glycerine. To mix this cut the soap fine and dissolve in one quart of soft water, and then add four more quarts of water and all ingredients. Two or three daily applications of benzine will also remove the grease spots. Apply with brush or woollen cloth. Do not make the application in a warm room, as the article is highly inflammable. - MAGGIE, Richland, Mich. XIII. Starching and Ironing.

STARCH and iron shirt bosoms as usual, and when the articles are thoroughly dry, place one at a time on a narrow, hard and very smooth board, which has one thickness of cotton cloth over it, sewed tightly; have the polishing iron heated so that it will not scorch, and rub it quick and hard over the surface, up and down the bosom, using only the rounded part on the front of the iron. A still higher polish may be obtained by passing a damp cloth lightly over the smooth surface, and then rubbing hard and quickly with the hot iron. It needs a good deal of patient practice to do this admirably, but when once learned, it is as easy as other ironing. A polishing iron is small and highly polished, with a rounded part, which allows all the friction to come on a small part at one time, which develops the gloss that may be in both linen and starch. Collars and cuffs look nicely done in this way.

For Lawns. Take two ounces of fine white gum Arabic powder, put it into a pitcher, and pour on a pint or more of water, and then, having covered it, let it stand all night. In the morning, pour it carefully from the dregs into a clean bottle, cork it and keep it for use. A teaspoonful of gum water stirred into a pint of starch made in the usual manner, will give to lawns, either white or printed, a look of newness, when nothing else can restore them, after they have been washed.