Evening star., 1898-07-30
THE CARE OF yEwELRY.
How to Keep Clean and Bright
Valuable Litt1e1Trinkets.

From the ST. Louis Republic.
Gold jeyyelry may be cleaned by washing
/. in lather of warm soapstIds, to which
a few drops of sal-volatiie have been added.
This inparts briiiiance@, and the articles
should then be dried with a soft cloth and
rubbed with chamois leather
Silver jewelry should also be washed in a
little warm, soapy water. 1t may then be
polished with a very little of the best whit
ing or hartshorn powder and finished off
with a soft leather. Maltese silver orna-
ments of fligree work do not require a
powder to be used; they should be brushed
with a small brush and soapy water, dried
carefully and rubbed with a soft leather
After gold jewelry has been cleaned. it
should be placed in a bag of lockwood saw
dust, to be procured from a jewelers.; shake
and rub the ornaments thoroughly in the
dust, and they will look beautifully bright
and clean when taken out. Chains and
necklets may be treated In this way
Pearls should never be dampened They
should be exposed to air as much as possi-
BILE. Turquoises must not be wetted, and
are liable to change color. Opals must be
kept from fire and heat, as a high tenn
perature renders them liable to split and
fall from their setting. Coral may be
washed with soap and water. Jet must be
repaired by means of jewelers. cement
livery may be washed and exposed to air
and sunlight to keep It good white color
Steel jewelry must not be worn at the sea-
side. 1t is extremely susceptible to damp,
and easily rusts To remove rust, buy a
little crocus powder, and mix turpentine
with 1t until 1t forms fine paste. Rub this
well on the steel and allow it to dry on.
Then remove the powder by means of a
brush, and polish with leather If the
rust has eaten deeply in. apply a mixture
Of tripoli with half its quantity of powdered
sulphur. Mix, and apply with a soft rag;
brush off. and polish with a dust of dry
whittier ing. If almost hopelessIy rusty, soak
the ornament in strong vinegar for a few
hours. Then wipe it dry, rub it with
sweet oil and emory powder and polish
with crocus powder on leather.
A watch should be wound up every day
at the same hour. Avoid putting it on a
marble slab, or near anything excessively
cold, as the sudden change Of temperature,
contracting the metal, may sometimes
coagulates the oil, and the pivots and
wheels working less freely affect the regu-
larity of the timekeeper In laying aside a
watch, be sure that it rests on its case. If
suspended, the action of the balance may
cause oscillation, which will interfere with
it's going. To keep your watch clean. take
care that the case fits closely, and see that
your pockets are free from fluff, which is
so often given off by cotton, cloth or calico
Innings.
To remove a tight ring from the finger,
grease or soap the finger, and then gradual
ly move the ring. If this fails, pass
strong thread or thin twine between the
ring and the finger, by means of a needle
If by no other way, and pull the thread
toward the hand. Then wind the other
end of the thread tightly and evenly round
the finger toward the tip Next hold the
other end of the thread by the hand, and
unwind the thread upward; by this means
the ring will be gradually passed along the
finger over the tightly wound thread.