o8 Woodcraft Manual for Boys
Laundry Expert (Kisibigaige-Winini)
The Degree of Laundry Expert may be conferred on any one who takes fourteen of these tests: I. Do a family washing of mixed white and colored clothes ; know how sorted, soaked , boiled, etc. (Modern washing machinery allowed.) . Do family ironing for total time of eight hours in two months. . Cover two ironing boards or one ironing table ready for use. . Use yellow and white soap, explaining different qualities of each. Use two other means besides soap for softening water. . Prepare and use, satisfactorily, hot and cold starch.|^ . Use two methods of blueing, tell which is more successful and find out why. . Use one method for bleaching, also use Javelle Water and explain results. . Remove successfully such stains as coffee, tea, rust, and oil from the family washing. . Explain iron mould; what is the cure for it? 10. Explain blue mould; what is the cure for it? ii. Wash and launder a dozen dress ties. . Wash and launder six soft collars for men. . Wash and launder six sport shirts. . Wash and launder three negligee shirts with coUars and cuffs attached. . Wash and launder a waist and skirt using starch suitable to material. . Wash and launder a fancy or lingerie dress.
7. Why do we hang white goods in the sun and colored goods
in the shade? . Know how blankets should be washed and dried and also other woolens. . State how silk should be laundered and know why it should not be thoroughly dried. . State the advantage of dry cleaning and how is it done? . Remove four different kinds of spots from woolen and silk. . Press a skirt and coat and teach some one else to do so. . Press a man's suit four times, thoroughly cleaning before pressing.
