St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-23
WOMAN AND HOME.
Etiquette of Visiting and Manage.
ment of Callers.
HOW to Keep a Husband Modifying
q ROOrn---About Women and Their
Work---A Chapter on
Stains,
indiana Cor. Detroit Free Press. !


To remove wax stains from silk, mix
powdered French chalk with lavender water
to the thickness Of mustard. Put it On the
stain, and rub gently. Put a sheet Of blot
ting-parer over it and smooth it with a warm
iron. When dry, remove the chalk and dust
the silk gently With piece of linen. If the
wax stain has fallen thickly on the silk 1t
should be removed first carefully with pen
knife. To remove wax from cloth scrape or
with knife as much as you can without in
Jury to the fabric; drop benzine on the spot,
then with a sponge rub it gently; repeat 1t
till the spot disappears.
To remove grease spots without injury to
the color of the cloth is sometimes easy and
sometimes cutie difficult. Much may depend
upon skillful treatment and although vari-
Gus agents are oftenti1nes valuable, yet good
soap is the chief reliance. Grease spots may
generally be removed by the patient applica-
ton Of soap and soft water, but other means
are also used. Ox-gall is a good and delicate
cleansing agent. It is said to fix and brighten
colors, though it has a greenish tInge, winch
is bed for white articles. Ammonia Is also
good. Use it nearly pure, and then lay WHITE
blotting paper over the spot and iron 1t
lightly. The yolk of an egg is also excellent.
Stretch the fabric on board, and with
soft clothes brush dip into the yolk and 3db
the spot with it until the grease seems
loosened The yolk will not injure the most
delicate colors, but the rubbing may, If too
severe. Rinse with rain water, rub the
edges with damp cloth and clap the whole
between dry towels If the stain is not gone,
repeat the process. This is a good recipe for
cleansing silk goods,
To take grease out of velvet, pour little
tu1pentina over the spot, then rub briskly
with a piece of dry flannel Hang the article
in the air to remove the smell.
To remove oil stains from paper or leather,
apply pipe-clay, powdered and mixed with
water 10 the thickness Of cream; leave it on
for four hours. This viii not injure the best
colors.
To remove acid stains from linen tie up in
the stained part some pearlash, then scrape
sone soap into cold, soft lather and boil the
hpen till the stain disappears.
Fruit stains may be removed from linen by
rubbing the spot on each side with soap, then
laying on mixture OF starch in cold water,
very thick; rub it well in and expose the
linen TO the sun and air till the stain comes
out If not removed III three days renew the
process.
Oh marks and other marks where people
have rested their beaGS cen % taken from
wall paper by mixing pipe-olay with water
to the consistency of cream, laying it on the
spot and letting it remain till the following
day. when it may be easily removed with
brush.
To clean mirrors take part of a news
paper, fold itsnall, dip it in basin OF clean
cold water, and when it is thoroughly wet
squeeze it out as sponge, and then rub it
hard over the face of the glass, taking care
that ii is not so wet as to run down In
streams After the glass has been well
rubbed With the wet paper, let it rest few
minutes and then 60 over it with dry
paper till it looks clear and bright.
Wash oil-cloth. once month in skim milk
and water, equal quantities of each. Rub
them once in three months with boiled linseed
oil. Put on very little, rub it well in with
reg, and polish with piece of old silk. An
oil-cloth should never be scrubbed with
brush, but, after being first swept. should be
cleaned by washing with soft flannel and
lukewaTp water. On no account use soap or
water that IS hot.
To clean painted woodwork provide a plate
with some OF the best whiting to be had, and
piece OF flannel, which dip into the water
and squeeze nearly dry; then take as much
whiting as will adhere to it, apply it to the
ntedsurface when little rubbing will
instantly remove any dirt or grease. After
which wash the part well with clean water,
rubbing it dry with a soft channels