I found this really neat old Eagle Lye pamphlet and wanted to share. I absolutely love the images.
*I’m posting this for entertainment purposes only. I am not recommending these uses for lye.
Old Eagle Lye Pamphlet
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ah, great pamphlets, I love vintage! Enjoy your blog as well even as a seasoned soapmaker, by no means do I know it all.
Interesting reading the uses of Lye. Many years ago when I told my grandmother I was making soap she was shocked and told me ladies don’t do that. lol. I guess she associated it with raw burned skin . She did however, tell me that she remembers her grandmother making it and she would help her as a young girl during the depression. Never again after that though!
I did cringe reading the pamphlet…those poor women and their hands, no wonder they really hated wash day. With boiling water no less from what I’m told!
Wow. Contact with skin was actually encouraged! I bet that contributed to a mess of things.
“In using grease, lard, butter or kitchen fat to make soap, the salt must be thoroughly washed out.” I actually just made use of this advice with some bacon fat I had been saving. The water was really brown and salty smelling, but better after a few “washes.” Maybe now I can use it for something.
Thanks for sharing these! Vintage marketing can be really fascinating.
Love to see these old vintage pamphlets! It is so interesting to see the uses way back when and how things have changed!
My dad, when he found out I was making soap, told me of a great song that was popular probably in the 40’s. Here is a link to the whole routine, but the song about lye soap starts about 3:30.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQA6tBYAvms&feature=related
But its even better to see it on the TV:
The problem with this link is that he only sings the last verse of the song, starting at about minute 4.
“That’s It” sell the little girl lye.
Thanks I love the Book.
Oh wow, I just came across this. How times have changed. When my “good man” tracks up the floor, I tell HIM to clean it up. And it might keep your hands white, but only because it removed the top layer of skin. Sheesh. I’ll bet it did clean pretty well though.
It was fun to read. Glad we don’t have to clean with lye! Thanks for sharing.
I think my hands shriveled while I was reading that, though if you think about it (not that I’d use lye in this way), the lye to water ratio is pretty small – 1 teaspoon per gallon. The directions for making soap were good; I guess the lady of the house is supposed to just whip out soap (without a stick blender!) in between mopping the floors where “the good man” has tracked in dirt, cleaning out the fridge and doing the laundry.
Love this vintage booklet…but after reading the fine print, I had to cringe…imagine giving it to a child gleefully… pouring it into the “bathroom closet” and possibly leaving some of the granules on the toilet seat! And can you imagine “leaving your hands clean & white”…good thing they probably didn’t think about too many lawsuits in 1870…poor hard working “women”!!
What a cool little booklet! I wonder if using lye in those ways was standard in that day?
Ouch – I think it would “hurt my hands a bit” ! Loved the images.
Love the graphics! It’s interesting how these layouts are reminiscent of today’s scrap-booking techniques. Thanks for posting these pages.
I absolutely love vintage! tfs
Oh My! That’s priceless! I love the last page, nice clean and white hands!
Wow, those are cool graphics for sure. I love it! Thanks for sharing it. =o)