listener--an old tip for those who would school their children at home and teach them to use nib pens. This came from the old school teacher in the hamlet where we lived when I was born. Instead of ink, she put Mrs. Stewart's Bluing into the ink wells at the students' desks--it was far more economical.
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ReplyDeletelistener--an old tip for those who would school their children at home and teach them to use nib pens. This came from the old school teacher in the hamlet where we lived when I was born. Instead of ink, she put Mrs. Stewart's Bluing into the ink wells at the students' desks--it was far more economical.
--Alan
How cool is that?!
DeleteI wonder what the bluing was made of.
listener--you can read all about Mrs. Stewart's concentrated liquid bluing (whitening whites saftely since 1883) at the
Deletecompany web site [Click]
and also (in much less detail) at
Wikipedia [Click]
It is colored with
prussian blue. [Click]
I can remember my mother making one of the crystal gardens described at the company web site for me.
--Alan
Did I just hear Kim Davis' husband say, "We don't hate nobody."?
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