Take one or two pounds of spermaceti to every gallon of turpentine.
Melt the spermaceti, then gradually add the turpentine. Polish tioors
with this about every four weeks, after they are thoroughly cleaned.
This is an excellent polish to remove all stickiness in corners and crevices
caused by the use of wax, etc.; best applied warm. Peter Fox.
494 MISCELLANEOUS.
TO POLISH GLASS.
For glassware, mirrors, etc., mix calcine magnesia with enough
gasoline to make a liquid the consistency of cream. This will polish glass
to perfection. Jay Bogart.
POLISH FOR SILVER AND NICKEL=PLATED WARE.
One-half ounce of fine crocus martis two ounces of fossil silica, one-
half pound of prepared chalk. The fossil silica must be rubbed to a fine
powder and mixed well with chalk. C. I.
POLISH FOR BRASS AND COPPER.
One ounce of oxalic acid, two ounces of crocus martis, four ounces of
whiting, one pint of water. Mix all together thoroughly, bottle and
always shake well before using. Apply with a cloth, rub until clean, then
polish dry with whiting. R. N. F.
TO POLISH TIN.
All kitchen utensils should undergo an extra cleaning once or twice a
year. This is quickly and easily done by plunging them into a boiler of
strong soda water and letting them boil until all spots and blemishes are
easily removed; then polish with one part of oxide of tin and three parts
of whiting. Mix well, rub with the powder. A. U.
TO REnOVE RUST FROM STEEL.
Cover the steel with olive oil; after twenty-four hours rub it with
powdered unslacked lime until the rust disappears. P. Q.
TO SCOUR KNIVES.
Add a little soda to the scouring brick, Sapolio, or the ashes of wood
or hard coal, sifted. M. Clark.
TO REnOVE STAINS ON CHINA.
Moisten a flannel, dip in whiting and rub well or scour with Sapolio.
T. Kinney.
TO STRENGTHEN GLASSWARE.
All glassware that one wishes to keep from cracking must be put into
a dish of slightly salted cold water. Let it come to a boil slowly, then
boil well, and again cool slowly, the slower the process, especially that of
cooling the more effective will be the result. C. Z.
MJ^CRLLANhOU^. 495
TO TREAT NEW IRONWARE.
To prepare new iron kettles for use and prevent rust, fill chem with
potato peelings and boil for an hour, then wash with hot w^ater and rub
with a little lard. A. O.
DISH-CLOTHS AND TOWELS.
Add a little ammonia to the water in which dish-cloths and towels
are washed. Wash out those that need it after each meal, or at least once
a day, and hang up to dry. Jane P.
CANNED GOODS— HOW TO TREAT THEM.
Contents of tin cans must always be emptied as soon as opened.
Place in an earthen or glass bowl for one or two hours to draw back the
oxygen that heat has eliminated. Bell KaDell.
TO KEEP GLUE LIQUID.
Dissolve the glue in whisky instead of water. Pour it into a bottle
and cork it tight. This will keep for years. I. F.
WOODEN WATER PAILS.
A preventive of the bad taste which a wooden pail will impart to
water is obtained by varnishing the inside of the pail, when new, with
three coats of common copal varnish. H. S.
FURNITURE VARNISH.
Mix one-half pint of raw linseed oil, one-half pint of strong vinegar,
one teaspoonful of 4-ffff's ammonia. This last can only be obtained at
the druggists. T. Cregar.
TO RUB UP WOODWORK.
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Presented as published in 1917. 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
Take one or two pounds of spermaceti to every gallon of turpentine. Melt the spermaceti, then gradually add the turpentine. Polish tioors with this about every four weeks, after they are thoroughly cleaned. This is an excellent polish to remove all stickiness in corners and crevices caused by the use of wax, etc.; best applied warm. Peter Fox.
TO POLISH GLASS.
For glassware, mirrors, etc., mix calcine magnesia with enough gasoline to make a liquid the consistency of cream. This will polish glass to perfection. Jay Bogart.
POLISH FOR SILVER AND NICKEL=PLATED WARE.
One-half ounce of fine crocus martis two ounces of fossil silica, onehalf pound of prepared chalk. The fossil silica must be rubbed to a fine powder and mixed well with chalk. C. I.
POLISH FOR BRASS AND COPPER.
One ounce of oxalic acid, two ounces of crocus martis, four ounces of whiting, one pint of water. Mix all together thoroughly, bottle and always shake well before using. Apply with a cloth, rub until clean, then polish dry with whiting. R. N. F.
TO POLISH TIN.
All kitchen utensils should undergo an extra cleaning once or twice a year. This is quickly and easily done by plunging them into a boiler of strong soda water and letting them boil until all spots and blemishes are easily removed; then polish with one part of oxide of tin and three parts of whiting. Mix well, rub with the powder. A. U.
TO REMOVE RUST FROM STEEL.
Cover the steel with olive oil; after twenty-four hours rub it with powdered unslacked lime until the rust disappears. P. Q.
TO SCOUR KNIVES.
Add a little soda to the scouring brick, Sapolio, or the ashes of wood or hard coal, sifted. M. Clark.
TO REMOVE STAINS ON CHINA.
Moisten a flannel, dip in whiting and rub well or scour with Sapolio.
T. Kinney. TO STRENGTHEN GLASSWARE.
All glassware that one wishes to keep from cracking must be put into a dish of slightly salted cold water. Let it come to a boil slowly, then boil well, and again cool slowly, the slower the process, especially that of cooling the more effective will be the result. C. Z.
MISCELLANEOUS. 495
TO TREAT NEW IRONWARE.
To prepare new iron kettles for use and prevent rust, fill them with potato peelings and boil for an hour, then wash with hot water and rub with a little lard. A. O.
DISH-CLOTHS AND TOWELS.
Add a little ammonia to the water in which dish-cloths and towels are washed. Wash out those that need it after each meal, or at least once a day, and hang up to dry. Jane P.
CANNED GOODS— HOW TO TREAT THEM.
Contents of tin cans must always be emptied as soon as opened. Place in an earthen or glass bowl for one or two hours to draw back the oxygen that heat has eliminated. Bell KaDell.
TO KEEP GLUE LIQUID.
Dissolve the glue in whisky instead of water. Pour it into a bottle and cork it tight. This will keep for years. I. F.
WOODEN WATER PAILS.
A preventive of the bad taste which a wooden pail will impart to water is obtained by varnishing the inside of the pail, when new, with three coats of common copal varnish. H. S.
FURNITURE VARNISH.
Mix one-half pint of raw linseed oil, one-half pint of strong vinegar, one teaspoonful of 4-ffff's ammonia. This last can only be obtained at the druggists. T. Cregar.
TO RUB UP WOODWORK.