Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-07-27
HOW TO WASH GLASS
HANDLE WITH CARE AND DRY
WHEN WET.
Soft Towels, Ammonia, Snwdust and
Shot Are Requisites for
Good Effects.

Written for The Evening Star.
Standing in water or allowing water
to remain In cut glass. no matter how
clear, robs the cutting of luster and puts
1t almost on a level with pressed glass,
Still, one must make haste slowly. No
matter If there is but a single bowl, wash
1t apart from everything else and in per-
fectly clear water. II 1t is caked and
sticky inside from standing after use fill it
with warm soda water and shake vigorous
~ for a minute, then repeat until the glass
begins to show clear.
With any very fine or fragile glass, es-
pecially pieces that have slender stems.
necks or handles, set the pieces securely in
broad, shallow tray, covered with a
double cloth, and place 1t upon the table. at
the right of the dishpan. If the sink is
some way OF set a basin for rinsing in
front of the pan and a pitcher Of moder-
ate1y hot water between the basin and the
tray OF soiled glass. An agateware pan is
BEST Fold soft. wide, clean towel In four
and lay 1t at the bottom Of the pan. Then
pour In half a gallon strictly boiling
water to three quarts of cold for about
the right temperature. Put tablespoonful
OF ammonia to the gallon. Use also a lit
tie white soap. Never let the yellow soap
touch glass of any sort-the resin in it
makes cloudy, dull surface.
Put In the glass, piece at a time-thus
alone Is one Insured against chipping or
cracking. Have clean, soft wash cloth,
also very soft brush. Wash the glass
quickly, using the brush on all the cutting
Then pass it through the pan of rinsing
water. The rinse water needs TO be little
hotter-one-half, fully boiling, and the heat
kept up by adding more water from time
to time.
Do not keep the glass In 1t longer than a
minute; wash 1t vigorously about, then
turn upside down over the pan and set,
still upside down, upon the draining board,
covered like the pan bottoms with folded
towel. Let 1t drain until the next piece Is
ready for the board, then take up and
plunge in deep box of fine sifted sawdust
either oak or white wood. No resinous
or gummy woods give dust fit to use. If
the dust is hot, all the better. 1t should be
Kept In clean bag and hung over the
stove, or laid inside warm oven some
little time before 1t is wanted. After use,
1t must be dried, bagged and put away for
next time. The sort known as Jewellers .
sawdust is always SAFE The best jewelers.
use it for drying fine metal work after it is
washed and polished. Take the glass out
Of the sawdust, brush with very soft,
thick brush, and polish with a clean, soft
cloth. If there is no sawdust wipe and
polish, after a few minutes draining. Glass
must be by no means allowed to get cold
while damp. Use dry towels all the time,
wiping with a wet towel is worse than no
wiping. New towels are too hard and
wiry to take up every bit of moisture-old
ones shed lint, leaving their mark wher-
ever they touch. The very best linen
crash, specially softened by several wash
ings and bleachings and kept solely for
glass, is the thing to use.
To clean decanters and claret jugs drop
half a dozen buckshot inside, with half a
pint of warm soda water, and shake vigor-
ously. IT the decanters are much crusted
fill with soda water to the shoppers and let
stand six hours. This will remove the
crust, but must be followed by a little
vinegar, shaken well around. Fragile,
deeply cut bottles must be cleaned with
alcohol and coarse brown paper. Cut half
dozen squares three inches across from
the stiffest, toughest paper. Fold them
lightly and crowd them down the bottle
neck, then pour in half cupful of alcohol,
put in the stopper and shake hard. Pour
off the alcohol-it can be used again-fill
hard, let stand a few minutes, then shake
and wash, as directed. EMILY HOLT.