, take out
and place in the hot sun; or, put lemon juice on and treat in the same
way.

TO WASH WOOLEN GOODS.

Many woolen goods, such as light-colored, heavy sacques, nubias, etc.,
may be washed in cold suds and rinsed in cold water. The garments
should be well shaken out and pulled into shape.

TO WASH FLANNELS IN TEPID WATER.

The usefulness of liquid ammonia is not as universally known among
housewives as it deserves to be. If you add some of it to a soapsuds
made of a mild soap it will prevent the flannel from becoming yellow
or shrinking. It is the potash and soda combined in sharp soap which
tend to color animal fibers yellow; the shrinking may be partially due
to this agency, but above all to the exposure of the flannel while wet
to the extremes of low and high temperature. Dipping it in boiling
water or leaving it out in the rain will also cause it to shrink and
become hard. To preserve their softness, flannels should be washed in
tepid suds, rinsed in tepid water, and dried rapidly at a moderate
heat.--_Buckeye._

CHAPTER XVI.

HOW TO DO YOUR OWN STAMPING AND MAKE YOUR OWN PATTERNS.

In the following chapter are given full instructions for dry and wet
stamping, explaining how to make stamping powder, how to mix white
paint for stamping dark goods and black paint for stamping light
goods.

The articles necessary are a sheet of writing paper and a piece of
transfer paper. The transfer paper can be made by rubbing white paper
with a composition consisting of two ounces of tallow, one-half ounce
powdered blacklead, one-quarter pint linseed oil, and sufficient
lampblack to make it of the consistency of cream. These should be
melted together and rubbed on the paper while hot. When dry it will be
fit for use.

In order to make a perforated pattern of any engraving, procure a
piece of writing paper larger than the design to be traced and put a
piece of transfer paper on the writing paper, then place both sheets
directly under the engraving and pin the three sheets together at one
end, having the transfer paper between and dark side facing the
writing paper. You then take a quill with a fine point (a knitting
needle will do nicely) and without leaning too hard go over all the
outline of the engraving. You must be careful not to press your
fingers on the engraving, as this would cause a deposit of powder the
same co