The ladies best companion; or, a golden treasure for the fair sex. Containing the whole arts of cookery ... With plain instructions for making English wines ... To which is added The art of preserving beauty ... / by Amelia Chambers. To which are added Every lady her own and family's physician ... also The family instructor ... And a great variety of other articles too numerous to be inserted in a title page.

  • Chambers, Amelia.
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[1800?]
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Credit: The ladies best companion; or, a golden treasure for the fair sex. Containing the whole arts of cookery ... With plain instructions for making English wines ... To which is added The art of preserving beauty ... / by Amelia Chambers. To which are added Every lady her own and family's physician ... also The family instructor ... And a great variety of other articles too numerous to be inserted in a title page. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    over it all night* and in the morning it will look 2». frcfh as when new.. To make Lace that is turned yellow, appear white. Mix a quarter of an ounce of powder blue,, with a quarter of a pound of foft foap, rub it over the lace and put it; into the water while itis cold if it is very yellow,, it will require three boilings,, but if not two will be fufficient.. When you take it out,, rub it over with foap and blue mixed as before, then let it hang up to dry in the fun*, after, which you mull boil, it again*, and it. will.be as white as if new. 95o waft? Cnnrlricks. When you have foaped them well let them be wafhed in warm water* then mix fome foap and blue together, ana rub it on the cloaths,. then lay them in a tub, and pour boiling water upon, them.; when they have laid two hours in the water*, wafh them out,, and let them be rinfed. in cold pump water with blue^. Take great care how. you;fpon them,, othcrwife they will he apt to fmge.. •i in c * 'j v /^oc' Jji'// > j* To nxxajb Thread and Cotton -Stockings.. Let them be-well lathered twice, and once boiled in water mixed.with blue; then let.them, be wafhed out, and folded up without rinfing ;; put a; weight upon them,, and let them be preffed at lead half an hour,, then hang them up to dry ; let them be rolled without ironing, and they will look as well as if new. To wajh Worfied Stockings- Letthem be wafhed in a cool lather till they are quite- dean, but no foap mult be put to them,, only let them be rinfed out in cold water,, and hung up. to dry, fold them and they will be fit for- uie.. To 'wajh fine Mujh'ns When you* have folded upi_the mufliiis*. let them be put into, dean water that, is not: very hot,, otherwife • they