The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1892-08-13
HINTS TO HousE-cLEANERs.
Directions For Which Some Weary Women
VIII Be Very Glad.

Directions For Which Some Weary Women
VIII Be Very Glad.
A good way to clean paint, and one
which preserves as well as cleanses 1t,
is to put half pound of glue into an
old pot, pour about quart of cold wa
ter over it, and set it on the stove,
where it will dissolve slowly. A little
of this glue water should be added to
each pail or basinful, of fresh water
used. With fine wooden cloth (old
flannel shifting is capitaD wash about
yard of the paint at a time with only
this water and nothing else, then wiring
the cloth out of the water as hard as
possible, and dry the paint with it. OF
course it will not be quite dry, but that
does not matter as long as no drops OF
the dirty water are left Do not goover
too much at time. Any particularly
dirty bit of molding may be safely
scrubbed with an old nail brush with
out detriment to the paint if this water
only is used, This glue water also
cleans waxcloth and the vanished walls
of passages nicely, the glue acting as q
kind of soap, and removing all dirt inn
mediately.
The best way to clean mirrors, or any
glass, such as that in picture frames, is
to wash them lightly with q sponge and
clean water, then with another sponge
rub them over with spirits of wine.
After this dab them lightly with some
whiting tied up in a muslin bag, end
finish with an old silk handkerchief,
This sounds troublesome, but in reality
Is very quickly done, and does not entail
half the labor in polishing that channels
leather and water do, besides keeping
the glass bright Cor much longer time.
A quart of spirits of wine will last long.
China which has been lying aside and
has got smoked can be cleansed by rub
bing salt on it when washing it.
This will effectually remove the smoke
stain without hurting either the colors
or the glaze.
An old-fashioned but capital way Of
cleaning carpets is to use oxgal in the
proportion of about one part of gall to
three parts of water, rubbing the car
pet over with cloth dipped in this,
taking care not to wet the carpet more
than is absolutely necessary. This will
both remove stains and revive the col
ors. But as the smell of the gall is
atrocious and not to be got rid of for
twenty-four hours at least, even with
windows wide open, the process should
be carried on in an attic, or outside on
a plot of grass, where no Inconvenience
need arise from the odor.
The covers of albums and other draw
ing room books soon become worn and
faded if much used; but if the bindings
are of leather they can easily be re-
vived by the following process: Wash
the leather as lightly as possible with
water in which the smallest morsel of
soda has been dissolved, in order to
free it from grease. Then wash with
clean water to remove the soda, and let
it dry. Now dissolve bit of gum
arabic about the size of the little finger
nail in teaspoonful of water, and beat
this up with about the same quantity
of white of egg with no speck of yolk
in it. With bit of sponge wash the
leather lightly over with this CLAIR, and
let it dry Should the CLAIR, however,
froth up on the leather, as it will very
likely do If there is much fooled work
on the book, dab it with the palm of the
hand, or with the sponge squeezed as
dry as possible, till removed. Chicago
Trihuue