The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-10-19
H0USECLEANING HINTS.
How to Wash Woolens, Clean Carpets
and Scrub Floors.


In washing WOODEN blankets, to avoid
snrinkage, do not have the different
waters of widely different degrees OF heat
and do not apply soap directly to them
The best way is to Dissolve two tablespoon
fuls of borax in hot water, and add the
solution to tub half fun of very hot
water; put in the blankets and let them
remain one hour. stirring often and rub
bing with the hands, but never on a wash
board. Squeeze them out of this suds.
prepare another water of the same
temperature containing but one table
spoonful OF borax. and enough fine white
blankets and repeat the same process of
cleaning as at first. Afterward rinse
through two clean waters Of the same
temperature as the others and dry.
For Cleaning Windows
For cleaning windows and mirrors one
OF the best things is plain soft water and
channels leather. having dry channels,
leather as well TO polish with afterward.
because of the salt in the atmosphere.
scrnbbing Floors.
The scrubbing of floors should be done
with bath brick dust or sand and ordi-
nary household soap. The object Of the
brick dust or sand is to whiten the boards.
After washing leave all the doors and
windows open for it to dry very quickly,
which also helps to whiten the boards.
Cleaning Carpets.
Perhaps the most thorough way to
clean carpet. especially Brussels, says
Good Housekeeping, is to lay it on a clean
grass plot. face down, ana beat il as it
lies there. After being beaten thorough
ly 1t can be dragged by the corners over
the grass, which will brush of all adher-
ing dust, and the carpet will be cleaned
in the most approved manner. To beat a
carpet on line is but an imperfect way,
and the work is not as well done, unless
by the most patient beating, besides not
being as easy as the first mentioned way.
Don't let carpets be cleaned on the floor
as is being practiced in some cities. That
Shiny compound that is brushed on the
carpet is only soft soap. nothing else, col
ored aud perfumed. perhaps, with sassa-
fras. 1t is true that it makes the carpet
look clean. but it is well known that more
or less of that soap stays in the back OF
the carpet having worked its way through
along the sides and in the corners. Any
one yersed in chemistry knows that this
soap which stays in the carpet is resolved
OF flies, carpet bugs and insects of all
kind, besides decomposing and filling the
rooms with dangerous gases from this
disgusting compound of grease, wool and
dirt.
A Good Eye Wash.
Cold tea is a grateful eye wash. Wet
soft linen in it and bind over the eye,
bathing freely with the tea from time to
time.
Remedy for Ivy Poisoning.
Sweet spirits of inter is a simple rene
dy for ivy poisoning. Battle affected
parts two or three times during the day,
and the next morning little trace Of the
poison will remain.
To Sweep Rooms.
To sweep room without raising dust
scatter damp grass or dampened bits of
paper over the carpet This not only pre-
vents the flying of dust, but saves the
CARPET from wear and tear. Either grass
or paper is better than tea leaves or bran
(oftel recommended). as the former leaves
no stain or spot
To Remove Stains.
To remove the stains Of acids, vinegar,
sour wine, fruit juices, etc, from colored
goods, either cotton, wool or silk, use am
monia more or less diluted. according to
the deiicacy OF the material and color,
spreading it around on the spot, moist
ened drop BY drop with the tips OF the
finger.