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THE USE OF TURPENTINE IN WASHING

Turpentine should never be used when washing is done with the hands, as it is very injurious to the health; but when the clothes are pounded in a barrel in the old fashioned way, or when the rubbing is done by a washing-machine, a table-spoon of turpentine added to a pint of soft soap, taking enough of the mixture to make a good suds for each lot of clothes aids in removing the dirt. Care must be taken not to handle the turpentine with the hands, or to breathe the fumes of it, as it is very injurious to some persons, and great care should be taken to rinse the clothes very thoroughly, or the clothing may retain enough of the turpentine to be injurious, when worn next the skin.