TO REVIVE FADED BLACK CLOTH.

Having cleaned it well, boil two or three ounces of logwood for half

a hour. Dip it in warm water and squeeze it dry, then put it into the

copper, and boil half an hour. Take it out and add a small piece of

green copperas, and boil it another half hour. Hang it in the air for

an hour or two, then rinse it in two or three cold waters, dry it and

let it be regularly brushed over with a soft brush, over which a drop

or two of oil of olives has been rubbed.