. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . filled with ashes, and MAKING SOAP water poured into the top, which, of course, tricklesdown until it runs, or, as some say, is leached, outthrough the spigot, into the bucket, or whatsoever youhave put there toreceive it. While runningslo\vly through theashes, it becomeswhat is called lye,and upon the mak-ing of this lye de-pends the qualityof the soap. Now, of course,as the water is poured upon the contents of thebarrel, the ashes settle down, and as fast as thiscomes to pass, yet more ashes are added and morewater thrown in, until
. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . filled with ashes, and MAKING SOAP water poured into the top, which, of course, tricklesdown until it runs, or, as some say, is leached, outthrough the spigot, into the bucket, or whatsoever youhave put there toreceive it. While runningslo\vly through theashes, it becomeswhat is called lye,and upon the mak-ing of this lye de-pends the qualityof the soap. Now, of course,as the water is poured upon the contents of thebarrel, the ashes settle down, and as fast as thiscomes to pass, yet more ashes are added and morewater thrown in, until one has leached the entiresix bushels, when the lye should be strong enough, asmothers receipt for soap-making has it, to bear up anegg, or a potato, so that you can see a portion of it onthe surface as big as a ninepence. If the lye is not of sufficient strength to stand thistest, it must be ladled out and poured over the ashesagain, until finally, as will surely be the case, it hasbecome strong enough. The next turn in the work is to build a fire out of. 132 RUTH OF BOSTON doors somewhere, because to make your soap in thehouse would be a most disagreeable undertaking. o o One needs a great pot, which should hold as much asone-third of a barrel, and into this is poured half ofthe grease and half of the lye, to be kept boiling until ithas become soap. Now just when that point has been reached I cannotsay, because of not having had sufficient experience;but mother is a master-hand at this dirty labor, andalways has greatest success with it. Of course, when one kettle-full has been boiled down,the remainder of the lye and the remainder of the greaseis put in, and worked in the same manner as before. SOAP FROM BAYBERRIES It is possible, and we shall do so when time can bespent in making luxuries, to get soap from the tallowof bay berry plums. I have already said that we stew out a kind of vege-table tallow from bayberries with which to make can-dles, and this same grease, when boi
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