4. _Boiling._ Put the soaped articles in clear cold water. Boil briskly for five minutes. Add enough soap to keep a suds while boiling; save small pieces for this purpose. Stir clothes and press with a stick. Remove from boiler, after boiling actively for five minutes. Put in clean hot water, then in cold. Rinse once or twice again thoroughly before bluing. 5. _Bluing._ Make the blue water from some good blue. Do not make it too deep. Test on a small doily. Stir the blue before each article is dipped, so it may not appear streaked on the clothes. If articles are very yellow it may be necessary to let them stand in the blue for a little while. If not yellow, dip two or three times. The next process is starching; but it is not as a rule necessary to starch napkins, tablecloths, or bed linens. 6. _Hanging._ Hang very straight after stretching. Do not pin at corners. Hang ⅓ of the napkin or tablecloth over the line. 7. _Sprinkling._ Table linen must be sprinkled evenly. Sometimes it can be taken from the line when half dry, and the process of sprinkling omitted. 8. _Ironing._ Linen should be ironed damp and until dry. This makes the pattern stand out and gives a shine and gloss to the linen. This takes the place of starch. 9. _Folding._ Iron napkins partly dry on wrong side; then turn to right side, and iron dry. Fold edges evenly. In the lengthwise fold do not fold quite to end, as in the final fold the napkin, handkerchief, tablecloth, or sheets will appear uneven at the edges. Fold the tablecloth, or napkins with selvedges together. Tablecloths may be folded with three, or four, long creases. EXERCISES AND PROBLEMS 1. Try to wash and iron the napkins for mother. 2. Try to wash and iron some towels or pillowcases. Is the process different? 3. Why is it unnecessary to iron some clothes if one is very busy. Can you give a good reason why it is hygienic not to iron them. LESSON 9 THE STORY OF THE MANUFACTURE OF LINEN YARN INTO CLOTH To-day we are going to study again about our linen tablecloths and napkins, and learn how the flax fiber is made into cloth after it has been cleaned at the scutching mill. [Illustration: FIG. 111.--The flax wheel.]