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TO CLEAN BLACK LACE

Take the lace and wipe off all the dust carefully, with a cambric handkerchief. Then pin it out on a board, inserting a pin in each projecting point of the lace. Spot it all over with tablebeer, and do not remove the pins until it is perfectly dry. It will look quite fresh and new.

TO MAKE SOAP TO DO AWAY WITH RUBBING. - Dissolve five bars of soap in four gallons soft water, one and three-fourths pounds sal-soda, and threefourths pound borax; stir while cooling. Use one cupful to make suds to soak clothes in; wring out and put into the boiler; use same quantity of soap for boiling the same.