Hints for the busy housewife
1939-05 1939 1930s 50 pages : illustrations HINTS FOR THE BUS HOUSEWIFE SORT CAREFULLY When all the dirty clothes have been collected and turned out of the linen-bags or baskets they must be carefully sorted. Household linen, flannels, and blankets must be separated from cotton, linen, and silk unde...
| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
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| Language: | English English |
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London : Health & Cleanliness Council
May 1939
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/77D3C7C4-8EB1-4C0F-AF65-F7C5DEDFAFA7 http://hdl.handle.net/10796/C6DEF5EB-5909-4D19-ADBB-EE4B5D2AC4E4 |
| Summary: | 1939-05
1939
1930s
50 pages : illustrations
HINTS FOR THE BUS HOUSEWIFE SORT CAREFULLY When all the dirty clothes have been collected and turned out of the linen-bags or baskets they must be carefully sorted. Household linen, flannels, and blankets must be separated from cotton, linen, and silk underwear. Hose and handkerchiefs, of course, go in different piles, as do the cleaning cloths, dusters, rubbers, tea-cloths, and oven-cloths. Men's dirty overalls, after soaking, are generally given their first wash in suds already used for washing less soiled garments. SOAPING AND SOAKING Soiled garments may be soaked in a soap solution for ten or twelve minutes, or longer if very heavily soiled. This loosens the dirt without hard rubbing, which, although sometimes unavoidable, tends to wear out the fabrics. It is very important, of course, to use a thoroughly good washing preparation for soaking and to follow carefully the directions given on the packet. PREPARE BEFOREHAND Meanwhile the wash-boiler has been filled and the fire lighted, or if an electric wash-boiler is used, the current switched on at full heat so that the water will be brought to the boil by the time it is required. The tubs are then set in order and filled. There should, if possible, be three of these — one for the washing, one for rinsing, and one for blueing. Soap, the blue-bag, washing-board, bowl, washing-brush, copper-stick, and all necessities, should be ready in their proper places near the wash-tub. Nothing tends more to make work go smoothly than a Page Twenty
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