First, the soiled laces should be carefully removed from the garment
and folded a number of times, keeping the edges evenly together, then
basted with a coarse thread without a knot in the end. Now put them in
a basin of luke-warm suds. After soaking a half hour, rub them
carefully between the hands, renewing the suds several times; then,
after soaping them well, place them in cold water and let them come
to a scald. Take them from this and rinse them thoroughly in luke-warm
water, blued a very little, then dip them into a very thin, clear
starch, allowing a teaspoonful of starch to a pint of water, so thin
that it will be scarcely preceptible. Now roll them in a clean, fresh
towel without taking out the bastings; let them lie for an hour or
more, iron over several thicknesses of flannel, taking out the
bastings of one piece at a time, and ironing on the wrong side, with a
moderately-hot iron; the laces should be nearly dry, and the edges and
points pulled gently with the fingers into shape, before ironing.