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TO WASH FLANNELS IN BOILING WATER

-Make a strong suds of boiling water and soft soap-hard soap makes flannels stiff and wiry-put them in, pressing them down under the water with a clothes-stick; when cool enough rub the articles carefully between the hands, then wring-but not through the wringer-as dry as possible, shake, snap out, and pull each piece into its original size and shape, then throw immediately into another tub of boiling water, in which you have thoroughly mixed some nice bluing. Shake them up and down in this last water with a clothes-stick until cool enough for the hands, then rinse well, wring, shake out and pull into shape-the snapping and pulling are as necessary as the washing-and hang in a sunny place where they will dry quickly. Many prefer to rinse in two waters with the bluing in the last, and this is always advisable when there are many flannels.