Four ounces sweet almond oil, two of rose water, two
of white wax, two of cocoa butter, two of spermaceti✪ Cold Cream;
put a bowl in a pan of boiling water ; cut the spermaceti,
white wax and cocoa butter in small pieces ; put them in
the bowl, also the oil and rose water. When melted, stir
contents until cold.
380
THE HOME COOK COOK.
TO BEAUTIFY TEETH.
Dissolve two ounces of borax in three pints of boiling
water, and before it is cold, add one teaspoon of spirits
of camphor✪ To Beautify Teeth; bottle it for use. A teaspoon of this with
an equal quantity of tepid water.
HAIE TONIC. .
Mrs. A. M.
One-half ounce sugar of lead, one-half of lac sulphur,
one quart of rose water, six tablespoons castor oil.
FOR OLEANHsTG HAIE BEUSHES.
Mrs. C. H. Wheeler.
Use spirits of ammonia and hot water ; wash them well
and shake the water out, drying on a coarse towel ; they
will look white and clean as new; little or no soap is
'needed.
TO CLEAN HAIE BEUSHES.
E. A. Forsyth.
Do not use soap, but put a tablespoon of hartshorn into
the water, having it only tepid, and dip up and down until
clean ; then dry with the brushes down, and they will be
like new ones. If you do not have ammonia, use soda;
a teaspoon dissolved in the water will do very well.
JAPANESE CLEANSING CEEAM.
One-fourth pound white castile soap, three ounces
ammonia, one of ether, one of spirits of wine, one of
glycerine; cut the soap fine and dissolve in one quart
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rain water; then add four quarts rain water, and then all
the ingredients. For cleansing silks.
FOE CLOTHES THAT FADE.
One ounce sugar of lead in a pail of rain water. Soak
over night.
TO WASH CALICO.
Mrs. Edward Ely.
Blue calicoes or muslins will retain their color if one
small teaspoon of sugar of lead is put into a pail of water
and the articles washed in the water.
BLACK CALICOES.
Wash black percales or calicoes as usual, rinse in water
with a strong solution of salt. This will prevent black
from running, and also colors.
TO WASH WOOLEIT BLAITKETS.
Mrs. J. A. Packard.
Dissolve soap enough to make a good suds in boiling
water, add a tablespoon of aqua ammonia✪ To Wash Woolen Blankets ; when scald-
ing hot, turn over your blankets. If convenient, use a
pounder, or any way to work thoroughly through the
suds without rubbing on a board. Rinse well in hot
water. There is usually soap enough from the first suds
to make the second soft ; if not, add a little soap and
ammonia; and after being put through the wringer, let
two persons, standing opposite, pull them into shape ; dry-
in the sun. White flannels may be washed in the same
way without shrinking.
382
THE HOME COOK BOOK.
TO WASH WOOLEN.
E. A. Forsyth.
To every pail of water, add one tablespoon of ammo-
nia, and the same of beef gall✪ To Wash Woolen; wash out quickly, and
rinse in warm water, adding a very little beef gall to the
water. This will remove spots from carpets, making
them look fresh.
TO WASH CAEPETS.
E. A. Forsyth.
Spread the carpet where you can use a brush; take
Irish potatoes and scrape them into a pail or tub of water
and let them stand over night, using one peck to clean a
large carpet ; two pails of water is sufficient to let them
stand in, and you can add more when ready to use; add
two ounces of beef gall✪ To Wash Carpets and use with a brush, as to scrub
a floor; the particles of potato will help cleanse; when
dry, brush with a broom or stiff brush.
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Presented as published in 1896. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
Four ounces sweet almond oil, two of rose water, two of white wax, two of cocoa butter, two of spermaceti; put a bowl in a pan of boiling water ; cut the spermaceti, white wax and cocoa butter in small pieces ; put them in the bowl, also the oil and rose water. When melted, stir contents until cold.
TO BEAUTIFY TEETH.
Dissolve two ounces of borax in three pints of boiling water, and before it is cold, add one teaspoon of spirits of camphor; bottle it for use. A teaspoon of this with an equal quantity of tepid water.
HAIR TONIC.
Mrs. A. M.
One-half ounce sugar of lead, one-half of lac sulphur, one quart of rose water, six tablespoons castor oil.
FOR CLEANING HAIR BRUSHES.
Mrs. C. H. Wheeler.
Use spirits of ammonia and hot water ; wash them well and shake the water out, drying on a coarse towel ; they will look white and clean as new; little or no soap is needed.
TO CLEAN HAIR BRUSHES.
E. A. Forsyth.
Do not use soap, but put a tablespoon of hartshorn into the water, having it only tepid, and dip up and down until clean ; then dry with the brushes down, and they will be like new ones. If you do not have ammonia, use soda; a teaspoon dissolved in the water will do very well.
JAPANESE CLEANSING CREAM.
One-fourth pound white castile soap, three ounces ammonia, one of ether, one of spirits of wine, one of glycerine; cut the soap fine and dissolve in one quart
rain water; then add four quarts rain water, and then all the ingredients. For cleansing silks.
FOE CLOTHES THAT FADE.
One ounce sugar of lead in a pail of rain water. Soak over night.
TO WASH CALICO.
Mrs. Edward Ely. Blue calicoes or muslins will retain their color if one small teaspoon of sugar of lead is put into a pail of water and the articles washed in the water.
BLACK CALICOES.
Wash black percales or calicoes as usual, rinse in water with a strong solution of salt. This will prevent black from running, and also colors.
TO WASH WOOLEN BLANKETS.
Mrs. J. A. Packard. Dissolve soap enough to make a good suds in boiling water, add a tablespoon of aqua ammonia ; when scalding hot, turn over your blankets. If convenient, use a pounder, or any way to work thoroughly through the suds without rubbing on a board. Rinse well in hot water. There is usually soap enough from the first suds to make the second soft ; if not, add a little soap and ammonia; and after being put through the wringer, let two persons, standing opposite, pull them into shape ; dryin the sun. White flannels may be washed in the same way without shrinking.
TO WASH WOOLEN.
E. A. Forsyth.
To every pail of water, add one tablespoon of ammonia, and the same of beef gall; wash out quickly, and rinse in warm water, adding a very little beef gall to the water. This will remove spots from carpets, making them look fresh.
TO WASH CAEPETS.
E. A. Forsyth.
Spread the carpet where you can use a brush; take Irish potatoes and scrape them into a pail or tub of water and let them stand over night, using one peck to clean a large carpet ; two pails of water is sufficient to let them stand in, and you can add more when ready to use; add two ounces of beef gall and use with a brush, as to scrub a floor; the particles of potato will help cleanse; when dry, brush with a broom or stiff brush.
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