Mixture for Cleaning Black Cloth, or Worsted Dresses
Equal quantities of strong black tea and alcohol.
Fine scented soap.
Dip a sponge in boiling water, squeeze as dry as you can, and rub while hot, upon the sweet soap. Wet with the mixture of tea and alcohol, and sponge the worsted material to be cleaned, freely. Bub the spots hard, washing out the sponge frequently in hot water, then squeezing it. Finally, sponge off the whole surface of the cloth quickly with the mixture, wiping always in one direction if you are cleansing broadcloth.
Iron, while very damp, on the wrong side.