action of the boiling water.

Rub iron rust with lemon and salt, and lay in the sun, repeating until
the spot disappears. This is usually all that is necessary, but if the
stain is very stubborn, spread over a bowl containing one quart of
water and one teaspoonful of borax. Apply hydrochloric acid, drop by
drop, to the stain until it brightens, then dip at once into the water.

If an ink stain is fresh, soak in milk, renewing the milk when it
becomes discolored. If very dry and well set use lemon and salt or the
Javelle-water treatment.

Mildew, which results from allowing damp clothes to lie in the basket
for a length of time, is obstinate and difficult to remove. Boil in
salted buttermilk; or wet with lemon juice and stand in the sun. If
these treatments are ineffectual, resort to diluted oxalic acid or
Javelle water, a careful rinsing to follow the application. Grass
stains may be treated in a like manner, or washed in alcohol. Ammonia
and water, applied while the stain is fresh, will often remove it.

Remove paint stains with benzene or turpentine, machine oil with cold
water and Ivory soap, vaseline with turpentine.

Peroxide of hydrogen applied to blood stains while they are still moist
causes them to disappear at once. Soaking in cold water till the
stains turn brown, then washing in warm water with soap is the usual
treatment. If the stain is on thick goods, make a paste of raw starch
and apply several times.

Pencil marks on linen should be rubbed off with an eraser, as hot water