Lye Soap

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   Be careful in your selection.

2. 2

   Do not choose too young.

3. 3

   When once selected, give your entire thoughts to preparation for domestic use.

4. 4

   Some insist on keeping them in a pickle, others are constantly getting them in hot water.

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   This makes them sour, hard to get along with and sometimes bitter.

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   Even poor varieties may be made sweet, tender and good by garnishing them with patience, well sweetened with kisses.

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   Wrap them in a mantle of charity. Keep warm with a steady fire of domestic devotion and serve with peaches and cream.

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   Thus prepared, they will keep for many years.

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