The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-04

An efficient and economical house
wife will always welcome suggestions
in matters of cleanliness and removal
ton. To begin with, the best cleanser
of hair brushes is spirits of ammonia
and warm water. Take a tablespoon
full of ammonia to a quart of water, dip
the bristles up and down in the water
without wetting the back Of the brush,
mad rinse in clear warm water, then
shake we'll and dry in the air, but not
in the sun. Soap and soda soften the
bristles and will turn an ivory-backed
brush yellow, so in the case OF the lat
ter the following treatment is recon-
mended: Rub plenty of flour we'll H.
wrap up in paper and leave all night,
give a good shaking and remove the
remaining flour by blowing the brush
All brushes and combs should be kept
in the dressing case, or in bag MADE
for the purpose, when not in use, SO
as to keep them as much as possible
from the dust. Ivory that mas become
yellow from age or usage may be whit
ened by good rubbing with fine sand
paper or moist powdered pumice stone.
Tortoise shell combs or ornaments
that have lost their polish may be rem
ovated by rubbing them with very
finely powdered rotten stone mixed
with a little olive oil. The rotten stone
should be sifted through a piece OF
fine muslin before mixing it with the
OIL When all marks are removed pol
fish again with a piece of very SOFT
chamois leather and little jeWelers
rouge.
Every house should have on hand
certain things for instant use, kept al
ways in one place, and known 10 De III
good order. Two two-Quart lndla-rup-
Der hot-water bags, a fountain syringe
roll of soft old cotton or linen, roll
of cotton batting, fever thermometer
camphor, brandy, mustard, ana some
good-siZed pieces of flannel, are Things
never to be looked for, but always TO De
at hand. An alcohol lamp and small
saucepan are also wonderful com
fort A yard of India-rubber sheetlns,
a yard of oiled silk and paper basin
are also very valuable to have WITHIN
immediate reach
To sugar cranberries put them in a
fat dish closely covered and set In
boiling water till the berries snap, then
remove and cover with sugar, return
ing the pan to the fire till the sugar
melts. These are nice to serve with
bananas, oranges or pineapples snced.
Candied cranberries, which are an ex-
cellent substitute for candied cherries
both in taste and effect, are prepared
by heating them to the swapping point,
then dipping them IN the pink crystals
formed by the sugaring process just
described. This sugar must be timely
powdered before the hot chanberrles
are dipped in it. Candied cranberries
mix prettily with dates and figs. The
pink sugar is also itself useful color
effect. Canned peaches, pears, or white
cherries served without juice on fiat
dish sprinkled and surrounded by the
sugar present a specially attractive APP
pearance.
Dust may be removed from velvet
much more thoroughly and expedi-
tiously by rubbing with a piece of Grape
rather than by using a brush, although
it be soft one.
Glass which has become dull may be
brought back to its original brightness
by washing with diluted hydrochloric
acid and afterward rubbing with moist
chalk or whiting.
Stick three of four cloves of garlic in
a leg of mutton that is to be roasted, or
slice half an onion in the basting juice,
and note the improvement in the flavor
of the dish.
Marble may be cleaned with common
dry salt, which requires no prepare
ton. but may be rubbed directly in the
soiled surface, leaving tA marble
beautifully clean. Alabastef may be
washed with soapsuds. If stained,
whitewash the stains and let it remain
for several hours, then clean it off.
Take the finest quality of ground pun
ice stone and mix it with verjuice; let
It stand two hours. then take n sponge
and rub the alabaster with the mixture.
Wash it with a linen cloth and fresh
water, and dry it with clean linen
rags.
The raised corners of rooms frequent
1y seen on the stage and always pro-
nounced effective are possible in almost
any large room. 1t is a particularly good
way to break the somewhat unmanage
able expanse of a big country house
drawing-room. A window should be
taken as the inspiration of the corner
and fitted with a wide and comfortable
seat, running, If desired, somewhat be-
yond it's space. A platform perhaps
four inches above the room floor and OBJ
long rather than square stretches out
from the window bench with low rail-
ing running part way across, the scheme
being completed with a tent draping of
Bagdad or other Eastern curtains across
one end, with the usual accessories of
corner, Moorish stand, hanging Pom
peiian lamp, potted plants and cushions.
Ormulu articles and trimmings of fur
riture should be washed with plain soap
and water and polished with chamois
leather. To clean brass and copper a
mixture of oil and rotten stone applied
with a piece Of leather and then rubbed
bright with clean chamois skin will give
q beautiful polish. Furniture to be
polished should be washed with soap
and water little by little, and each lit
file o1ickly dried. Afterward the cream
should be applied. Here are two good
REGIMES: Boil thoroughly in a gallon of
water one pound of beeswax, four ounces
of rr~l