KinSource - Tale of the Week - Washing Blankets

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Minnesota Tales

The Sacred Heart Journal, November 30, 1905, p. 1

WASHING BLANKETS.

A housewife whose blankets always retain their softness without shrinking gives the secret. Make the suds in a tub with any good white soap, having the water hot. Dissolve in it a table spoonful of borax. Run threads around soiled spots on the blanket so that they may be found after they are wet. Rinse the blankets up and down vigorously, rubbing only the marked spots. Never rub soap directly on them. Prepare another hot suds with borax and put the blankets in it. Rinse up and down for several minutes, then rinse in clear hot water softened with borax. Rinse in as many hot waters as necessary, then run blankets through a wringer. -- The December housekeeper.