Beeton's housewife's treasury of domestic information : comprising complete and practical instructions on the house and its furniture, artistic decoration economy, toilet, children, etiquette, domestic and fancy needlework, dressmaking and millinery, and all other household matters : with every requisite direction to secure the comfort, elegance, and prosperity of the home : a companion volume to "Mrs. Beeton's book of household management" : profusely illustrated (1879)
Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865 · London ; New York : Ward, Lock & Co., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C. · leaf 383
od white and rather thick lather. Put the feathers in and pullthem gently through and through your hands ; the dirt and grease (andyou will be surprised at the quantity you will have got off them) willvery speedily be removed. Get fresh water (warm in both cases) puta quarter of a tea spoonful of… … third water it will be all the better as no suds or lather must be left inthem. We will suppose you wish to dye them blue. To three quarts ofquite boiling water put a 6d. bottle of blue dye. Dip each featherin separately, holding them by the stems (you will not require thesticks). Dye each one by…
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