Or rub salts of lemon upon the stain and soak in hot water. Or dip in a weak solution of chloride of lime with water. Afterwards rinse care fully. Or rub in starch with yellow soap, then apply starch thickly mois tened with water and expose to the sun. Or soak in sour buttermilk. Or apply oxalic acid.
Linen, Tea or Coffee Stains:—If tea or coffee stains are noticed at the time they are made, remove the table cloth as soon as convenient, stretch the cloth over a pan, and pour boil ing water through the stains.
Or, if they are small and the table cloth is clean, slip a saucer or small nappy containing boiling water un der the tablecloth and let the stain lie in the water. Rub gently with the fingers until it is removed. Re move the dish, put a folded napkin under the stain, and go over it with a warm iron. The cloth will then be as fresh as new without having been removed from the table. Add a little glycerin to the boiling water to re move coffee stains.
Or, if an old stain is found on a tablecloth in the laundry, first soak the spot in cold water without soap, and try to remove with boiling water and glycerin. If this is not effectual,
mix the yolk of an cgg with a table spoonful of milk and a little warm water. Add a few drops of alcohol or chloroform, if convenient, and use this as soap.
Linen, Wine Stains.—Pile a little dry salt on a fresh wine stain and it will absorb the wine. Afterwards rinse in boiling water. Dip old stains in boiling milk until removed.
Linen, Blood Stains. — For fresh blood stains on white fabric'S apply peroxide of hydrogen, which will im mediately remove the color from the, blood. This is a strong bleaching substance. Hence it must not be used on colored fabrics, and must be im mediately rinsed, especially from woolen' goods.
Or soak in warm water and cover with dry pepsin. This will digest the blood.
Or moisten the stain slightly with water and apply a thick layer of common starch. Afterwards rinse in cold water.