Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-07
F1OUSECLEANING SUGGESTIONS
FOR INEXPERIENCED WOMEN
Helps in Frightening Rugs, Carpets and Mattings.
How to Clean Walls and Ceilings
Ways to Freshen Furniture

and warm water, and afterward polished
with that best of polishes, an equal ad-
mixture of boiled linseed oil and vinegar
Any amount of elbow grease improves
the appearance of the wood, and but lit
Tie OF the polish itself is necessary.
White paint wants washing, piece by
piece, with soap and water. and then
careful rinsing with clear water, before
being polished with dry busters. Any
remains of scapy water give a streaky
look to the paint. White enamel is yell
lowed by soap. and instead it should be
cleaned with a soft cloth dampened with
water and little whiting, if necessary
At the last it should be dried thoroughly
with soft flannel or chamois leather
Gritty soaps for washing paints must be
strictly tabooed.
'Flatted'' paint should be washed with
special care, and frescO color can only be
treated with bread crumbs.
Neither waxed nor vanished woodwork
stands any scrubbing with soap and wa
ter. but is improved by being wiped with
slightly damp cloth. A mixture of
equal parts of turpentine and llnseed oil
renews vanished woodwork and floors,
but little should be used, and what there
is should be rubbed until absolutely no
film of oil remains on the surface of the
wood.
A waxed floor needs only new coat
of wax and new polishing. If too much
wax is used the surface may be gummy
and should be thinned with turpentne It
is an extra improvement before the floor
Is waxed to treat 1t to mixture of tur-
pentine, linseed oil and little Japan
drier.
proved by being covered with a paste
made of alcohol and whiting This must
be rubbed off before it hardens
Mirrors shine brilliantly after an appli-
cation of methylated spirit and final
polish with a suspicion of blue powder.
An expeditions way to clean brass is to
pour cloudy ammonia on it, scrub with a
brush, rinse In cold water and polish with
a dry cloth. Lacquered brass should be
washed mere carefully with warm soapy
water and dried softly and polished with
chamois leather.
Glass bottles and other utensils should
not be put into warm water, and plentiful
douchings under the tap of cold water
help to make glass shine like diamonds
Salt put into the bottom of bottles with
little water helps to remove old stains.
AS to picture frames. white or colored
enameied ones after careful duSting may
be wiped with new channels and clear
water. The glasses, of course, must be
polished and the pictures removed. busted
and the margins cleaned with bread
crumbs.
Now as to knickknacks. OF course all
the china wants washing and polishing.
And paraffin, he it told under the rose,
by the way, is what jewelers. use for
cleaning delicate jewelry.
AS TO books-those harborers on their
shelves Of dust-they should be clapped.
slapped, busted and have their covers, If
of good leather. frightened up by rubbing
with a soft cloth, says the Queen.
One more word to the potential spring
cleaners. 1t is the day for discarding all
superfuities. Give away, then. or de-
stroy all worthless books, pictures, pho
tographs and all knickknacks Let the
dictum of William Morris be remembered,
who called upon his countrywomen to do
away with all objects belonging to them
in the home that they did not know to
be of either definite use or beauty.