The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-04-13
THE CARE OF CUT GLASS.
Explicit Directions About the I'm
portant Matters Of Washing,
Rinsing and Drying.

To preserve glassware and keep It
looking its best, great care must be
taken in handling, cleaning and polish
Ing. If the best ways OF doing this are
understood, the life Of the piece will be
prolonged and each will be ornamental
as long as it remains in use.
Wash fine glass as quickly as possible.
Standing in water for any length of time
tends to take the luster from its cutting
Put one piece at a time into the water,
wash, raise and set to dry. If a dish 70
sticky inside, fill it with lukewarm soda
and shake until the surface begins to
clear.
Several receptacles are needed to prop
erly clean fine glassware. The dishpan
should be hotter at least half boiling,
broad shallow tray, covered with a
:lean, soft double thickness of cloth. Col
lect the soiled glassware on this, face
down. Just in front have deep recep-
tacle of hot water for rinsing. Before
filing the pan to begin washing, lay in
the bottom Of it wife soft towel folded
four double Halt gallon of boiling
water to three quarts of cold will give
the right temperature for the first bath.
The rinsing water should be hotter at
least half boiling Wash with white
soap and a tablespoonful Of ammonia to
the gallon. Never use yellow soap, for
the rosin that is in it clouds the surface
of the glass.
Taking piece of glass at a time,
cleanse 1t, using clean, soft cloth and
very soft brush. Quickly dip it in the
rinsing water and then put 1t by,
turned upside down on rinsing board
covered with towel
There let it drain until the next dish is
| ready, and then take the first and plunge
| 1t in a deep box Of sifted sawdust, either
oak or whitewood. Jewellers sawdust'
is good. None that Is gummy Is fit to
use Hot dust will dry glass quickest,
and after being removed from it light
polish with dry, soft cloth should make
1t ready to go back to the shelves. Never
let glass get cold before wiping, and al
ways use the best linen crash toweling,
after softening it by two or three wash
ings New towels are too hard, and very
common ones shed lint. Use enough tow
els TO have them always dry.
Decanters and claret jugs often need
special treatment. If not too finely cut
they can be cleaned with half dozen
buckshot dropped into warm soda water
inside them. Shake these about vigor-
ously If much incrusted the bottles
should be filled with soda water the
shoppers put on and left to stand for six
hours. The crust will come off with this
treatment, but afterward a little vinegar
must be poured in and also shaken.
More fragile, deeply cut bottles should
be cleaned with alcohol and coarse
brown paper. Make very small pellets
and drop in six. Pour in half cup Of al
cohol and shake hard holding the bot
tie sideways and shaking 1t round and
round. Pour off the alcohol and keep
for future use. Next repeat the shaking
with water half boiling hot and wash
like any other piece of glass.
All the dishes stained with milk or gel
atine desserts must be thoroughly rinsed
In cold water. If traces then remain
give a second rinsing in blood-warm
water and still again in even hotter If
needed. What is absolutely necessary is
that they do not go into the wash water
filmed over. Be sure that no food Of this
nature is left to stick between the cut
ting, for not only does 1t cloud the sur
face, but lodges a great deal of dirt-Cin-
cinnati Commercial-TribuRe