Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-18

Salt will do great deal toward fixing
the color in silk that is to be washed. Let
| the silk soak in cold water, to which has
! been added pinch of salt, and there will
be no danger of the color running.
After using a part of a bowl Of starch
do not throw away what remains, but
leave 1t to settle. After that pour of the
clear water and dry the residue in the
oven. The starch will cake, and may be
used again.
Put a mixture of -four and plaster of
paris in places infected with cockroaches.
The plaster sets after they have eaten
1t. and the insects "are no more"
To protect hardwood floors from
scratches fit corrugated rubber to the bot
tom of chair and table legs and fasten it
with strong glue. The tips are not no.
ticeable.
Turpentine and ammonia In equal
quantities will take the paint out Of
clothes, however hard and dry 1t may be.
Wet the spot several times, then wash 1t
out In soapsuds. little bit Of oxalic
acid dissolved in pint of hot water will
remove the paint stains from windows.
Put little in n cup and apply with
swab, being careful not to let the acid
touch the hands. Brasses as well may
be cleaned with it, but the bottle must
be carefully labelled and put out of reach
of children, as 1t is deadly poison. 1t
Is quite inexpensive and plenty can be
had for ten cents.
If wicker chairs painted white become
yellow after being washed with soap and
water, wiped well and dried In the sun.
they can be bleached with sulphur
candle. Light the candle near the chair.
and cover both with a large box. When
the woodwork of room is white, plenty
of sunlight should be let in, as an absence
of sunlight will turn the paint yellow.
A very attractive table cover for
simple bed room table is a denim square
with a white fringe edging. Any solid
color material left from sewing can be
utilized by cutting it into conventional
leaves and COUGHING them on as border.
When dishes are washed in the sink,
cut two pieces of white rubber tubing, a
little more than two inches In length,
and stretch them over the end of the
faucets, letting them extend about two
inches below. This will prevent the
breaking and nicklng of the china and
glass, caused by knocking them against
the spigot.
Pongee curtains are used very eff
fectively with oak bookshelves. The cur
tains should be shirred on two rods. one
at the top and one at the bottom. and
they will afford as much protection as
glass doors The curtains should run
easily, as otherwise access to the books
Is difficult.
Soft cheese cloth, wrapped rather
loosely around broom, passed over the
wall paper now and then, will serve to
remove all dust Thick stale bread crusts
rubbed downward will also remove soil.
To remove grease stains from wall
paper spread on the spots powdered pipe
clay mixed with water, and let 1t remain
over night. In the morning It can be
readily brushed or scraped off, 1t should
be of the consistency of cream.
Brooms which have become round-cor-
nered from long use will look better and
do better work II they are cut of across
the bottom until they are as square as
when new.
Very few housekeepers take proper care
of bedding. 1t is considered too expensive
to send the mattresses to the shops. so
they remain in the same condition for