Ingredients
- two waters
Directions
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 wash- ing — 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 al- ways advisable when there are many flannels.
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