how does one get "bleeding" leaked on to a white tablecloth from a shirt off?

Try this-soak the table cloth in peroxide, or if there is just spot stains just pour peroxide right on the stains. Either way, let it sit for 30 minutes. Rinse it good in cold water and spray with a laundry pretreater. I highly recommend Zout. You may not be able to spray the entire table cloth, but you can spray part of it and rub it in good, getting the Zout (or whatever you use) on the whole thing. Let that sit for 5-10 minutes, then wash on hot. Put clorox in with it, or you can use 1 cup of peroxide instead. Do not mix the two! Peroxide works great on whites. You may have to repeat those steps a few times. If you wash with clorox in one load, next time use peroxide. One can get out stains that the other didn't get out. Dont put in the dryer until the stain is gone. I hope this helps!