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To Make Home-made Soap

the containing kettle covered, its contents be- Fill an iron kettle two-thirds full of the con- come gradually fluid, and in this state must centrated lye prepared according to the last be stirred with a crutch-which is a long stick receipt; add to it melted fat, a ladleful at a having the form of an inverted T-until the time, stirring constantly until the mass be- paste becomes uniformly consistent and comes creamy; next add small quantities of smooth throughout. It is then allowed to salt at a time, stirring without intermission cool, again melted, but without fragrant wafragrant wauntil a perfect ring can be made on the surface ter, and crutched as before. When the conthe conwith a stick; then let the fire go out and the tents of the vessel comprise several kinds of soap will rise to the surface and harden as it soap, great care must be observed not to put cools; the lye can be drawn from under it by tilting the kettle, or the soap may be lifted off and laid out to dry until hard enough to cut into bars. (See No. 549.) it in all at once, but to add and melt each successively, and to crutch constantly, so as to effect an intimate mixture. When the paste begins to cool, coloring matter as may be desired is then added, and subsequently the perfume, which is reserved to the last, to avoid any unnecessary loss by evaporation from the