Ingredients
- half cup rain water
- one tablespoon spirits of wine
- a cup of hot water
- one tea- spoonful borax
Directions
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Half cup rain water or very soft spring water, one tea- spoonful borax, one tablespoon spirits of wine. Squeeze the lace through this three times, then rinse in a cup of hot water, in which a black kid glove has been boiled. Pull out the edges of the lace until almost dry ; then press it for two days between the leaves of a heavy book.
By Gibson, Marietta Fauntleroy Hollyday, "Mrs. C. H. Gibson." ·
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