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How to Clean Carpets

Carpets may be washed on tables or on the floor. In either case they must be taken up and well beaten and swept. Grease is taken out by hang in the air to dry. While drying, shake rubbing hard soap on the spot, and scrubbing the garment occasionally and pull it into it out with a brush dipped in clean cold water. shape to prevent shrinking. When still Each spot must be rubbed dry with a cloth as slightly damp, press it on the wrong side it is washed. Dissolve a bar of soap in 2 galwith a warm iron, and then finish airing. lons of water, by cutting it into the water Clothes cleaned in this way, if the directions and heating to a boil. Lay the carpet onbe strictly followed, look almost equal to new. The use of the patent wringing machine is a great improvement in this operation, as it hastens drying, and prevents shrinking. The editor has used this receipt in his family for the last 15 years with the most satisfactory the floor and tack it down, or have a heavy board, 3 feet wide by 12 feet long, laid on stout stands, or horses, and throw the carpet over that, keeping a clean board or sheet underneath to receive the carpet as it is cleansed. Provide brushes, and a quantity of coarse results. For dark-colored cloth garments, it cotton cloths, flannels, and a large sponge. is a common practice to add some fuller's Take 2 pails filled with blood-warm water, earth to the mixture of soap and gall. When put 2 quarts of the melted soap into one of nearly dry, the nap should be laid right, and the garment carefully pressed, after which, a brush, moistened with a drop or two of olive oil, should be passed over it several times; this will give it a superior finish. them to scour the carpet with, and use the other for rinsing. Dip the brush in the soap-suds, and scour a square yard of the carpet at a time, using as little water as possible, not to soak it through. When the