care that
the fire, if any, is safe, before she retires to rest herself.

2282. Ironing is a part of the duties of a lady's-maid, and she should
be able to do it in the most perfect manner when it becomes necessary.
Ironing is often badly done from inattention to a few very simple
requirements. Cleanliness is the first essential: the ironing-board, the
fire, the iron, and the ironing-blanket should all be perfectly clean.
It will not be necessary here to enter into details on ironing, as full
directions are given in the "Duties of the Laundry-maid." A lady's-maid
will have a great deal of "Ironing-out" to do; such as light evening
dresses, muslin dresses, &c., which are not dirty enough to be washed,
but merely require smoothing out to remove the creases. In summer,
particularly, an iron will be constantly required, as also a
skirt-board, which should be covered with a nice clean piece of flannel.
To keep muslin dresses in order, they almost require smoothing out every
time they are worn, particularly if made with many flounces. The
lady's-maid may often have to perform little services for her mistress
which require care; such as restoring the colour to scorched linen, &c.
&c. The following recipe is, we believe, a very good one.

To restore Whiteness to scorched Linen.

2283. INGREDIENTS.--1/2 pint of vinegar, 2 oz. of fuller's-earth, 1 oz.
of dried fowls' dung, 1/2 oz. of soap, the juice of 2 large onions.

_Mode._--Boil all these ingredients together to the consistency of
paste; spread the composition thickly over the damaged part, and if the
threads be not actually consumed, after it has been allowed to dry on,
and the place has subsequently been washed once or twice, every trace of
scorching will disappear.

2284. _Furs, Feathers, and Woollens_ require the constant care
of the waiting-maid. Furs and feathers not in constant use
should be wrapped up in linen washed in lye. From May to
September they are subject to being made the depositary of the
moth-eggs. They should be looked too, and shaken and beaten,
from time to time, in case some of the eggs should have been
lodged in them, in spite of every precaution; laying them up
again, or rather folding them up as before, wrapping them in
brown paper, which is itself a preservative. Shawls and cloaks,
which would be damaged by such close folds, must be looked to,
and aired and beaten, putting them away dry before the ev