Blood-stains on silk, satins, &c., can be easily removed by mak-
ing a thick paste of starch and water and co^'ering the stain with it.
Leave till quite diy, and then brush the starch off with a soft brosh,
and all traces of blood will have gone and no harm will be done the
material.
Use soda water for washing anything greasy. The alkali turns
the grease to soap which will do its own cleaning.
Ink-Stalns on Wood.
For ink-stains on fumiture add six drops of nitre to a teaspoon-
ful of water, and apply it to the stain with a feather. I^ the wood is
polished, rub with sweet oil immediately after. If the stain does nob
yield to the first application, make it stronger, and repeat the process.
To renovate tops of writing tables and leather chairs, sponge lightly
with warm soap suds, and then wipe off with whites of eggs whipped
stiff.
To Clean Furs, Tapestry, &c.
Warm bran in oven. Rub well into fur sevei’al times. Shake and
bi-ush free from dust. Rub light furs witli magnesia.
Stains on the Hands
will disappear at once if rubbed with fresh lemon juice. The refuse
that has been left over from cooking will be quite sufficient for this
pui-pose if lemon is not at hand ; a little flour of mustard will do
equally well. The stains that appear so readily when peeling onions
rnay be altogether prevented by cleaning that vegetable under water.
To remove whitewash marks from floors, furniture, and windows,
apply a small quantity of parafldn on a soft cloth. The stains will dis-
appear completely, and this does not injure the most delicate paint.
The white spots that appear on mahogany when a hot dish has
been placed on it may be greatly improved by rubbing with kerosene.
Kitchen Tables and Shelves.
You will be able to keep these very white and clean if you have
this mixture used for scouring them : — | lb. of sand, ^ lb. of soft soap,
J lb. of lime. Work all well together into a paste. Put this on the
scrubbing brush, then wash it off with plenty of clean water.
To Absorb Damp in a Cupboard.
Fill a small box with lime, and place upon a shelf. This will
result in the air in the cupboard being kept both dry and sweet.
232 TRIED FAVOURITES COOKERY BOOK.
Lamps.
Clean lamps early in the day, then turn wick down. Clean daily,
or flame may dance and flicker. Keep burner very clean, inibbing off
burnt oil with emery from time to time. Fill lamps 3 parts full only,
and use good oil. It is false economy to use cheap paraflSn, which
gives an inferior light, smells badly, dirties the lamp, and is decidedly
dangerons.
In lighting lamp, turn up flame gradually. To extinguish lamp,
turn flame down till it begins to flicker, then give a shai-p puff across
4op of funnel. Never refill lamp while lighted.
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Blood-stains on silk, satins, &c., can be easily removed by mak-
ing a thick paste of starch and water and co^'ering the stain with it.
Leave till quite diy, and then brush the starch off with a soft brosh,
and all traces of blood will have gone and no harm will be done the
material.
Use soda water for washing anything greasy. The alkali turns
the grease to soap which will do its own cleaning.
Ink-Stalns on Wood.
For ink-stains on fumiture add six drops of nitre to a teaspoon-
ful of water, and apply it to the stain with a feather. I^ the wood is
polished, rub with sweet oil immediately after. If the stain does nob
yield to the first application, make it stronger, and repeat the process.
To renovate tops of writing tables and leather chairs, sponge lightly
with warm soap suds, and then wipe off with whites of eggs whipped
stiff.
To Clean Furs, Tapestry, &c.
Warm bran in oven. Rub well into fur sevei’al times. Shake and
bi-ush free from dust. Rub light furs witli magnesia.
Stains on the Hands
will disappear at once if rubbed with fresh lemon juice. The refuse
that has been left over from cooking will be quite sufficient for this
pui-pose if lemon is not at hand ; a little flour of mustard will do
equally well. The stains that appear so readily when peeling onions
rnay be altogether prevented by cleaning that vegetable under water.
To remove whitewash marks from floors, furniture, and windows,
apply a small quantity of parafldn on a soft cloth. The stains will dis-
appear completely, and this does not injure the most delicate paint.
The white spots that appear on mahogany when a hot dish has
been placed on it may be greatly improved by rubbing with kerosene.
Kitchen Tables and Shelves.
You will be able to keep these very white and clean if you have
this mixture used for scouring them : — | lb. of sand, ^ lb. of soft soap,
J lb. of lime. Work all well together into a paste. Put this on the
scrubbing brush, then wash it off with plenty of clean water.
To Absorb Damp in a Cupboard.
Fill a small box with lime, and place upon a shelf. This will
result in the air in the cupboard being kept both dry and sweet.
232 TRIED FAVOURITES COOKERY BOOK.
Lamps.
Clean lamps early in the day, then turn wick down. Clean daily,
or flame may dance and flicker. Keep burner very clean, inibbing off
burnt oil with emery from time to time. Fill lamps 3 parts full only,
and use good oil. It is false economy to use cheap paraflSn, which
gives an inferior light, smells badly, dirties the lamp, and is decidedly
dangerons.
In lighting lamp, turn up flame gradually. To extinguish lamp,
turn flame down till it begins to flicker, then give a shai-p puff across
4op of funnel. Never refill lamp while lighted.