Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-03-25
HOW TO CARE FOR SILVER.
Too Much Securing viii Wear Out
plate and Means Needless Work.

Plate and MEANS NeeoieSS WORN.
While all homemakers take genuine
pride in the handsome appearance or
their table silver, many find the care
of it a burden and give themselves an
unnecessary amount of labor over it.
The weekly cleaning, which is a bug
bear to many housewives, is not only
needless but real harm, since con-
slant securing will soon wear off sill
yer plate and has an appreciable eff
feet even upon solid silver. TO avoid
this it is hoped that the following
hints may prove helpful to some house
keepers:
Silver in daily use should be washed
as soon as possible after leaving the
table, following Immediately after the
glasses in the process of dishwashing.
After preliminary rinsing to remove
loose food lay aside any stained pieces
for future care and immerse the rest
in a pan of clean. hot. soapy water.
Wash such pieces as need 1t with
soft cloth and place them all in anoth-
er pan of hot water to which table
spoonful of ammonia and a dash or
soap have been added. Wipe the
pieces directly from this water with
out draining them. Plenty of dry soft
towels are required. Follow this by
rub with chamois skin or soft flannel,
rubbing briskly. but not heavily
enough to bend the handles.
Take the stained pieces next. Egg
stains are removed with wet salt. 9th
| ers with whiting moistened with alco-
hol or ammonia. After all stains have
been removed wash and polish pieces
1 as above. Two coarse, wide mouthed
/ pitchers will be found a convenience
/ In washing silver. Soap should never
be rubbed directly on the silver. but a
strong suds should be made with the
soap shaker. This program may seem
somewhat elaborate at first, but II per-
sisted in it easily becomes habit. and
the result is much more than worth
the trouble
For the grand cleaning choose
clear. dry day. Provide yourself with
a convenient table covered with oil
cloth or papers. Have whiting, sifted
three times. in a dish before you.
small bottle of alcohol, one of am
monia. a soft brush. flannel and cot
ton rags, chamois skin and plenty or
tissue paper.
Begin with the small pieces and sep
arate the sets. For the most part a
rub with cloth dipped first in alcohol,
then in whiting. will be all that is need
ed to clean. but if the articles are
much stained make paste of the
whiting and alcohol and apply thickly.
allowing it to dry on. After this clean
ing rub all the articles first with old
flannel. then with chamois. using the
brush to remove the whiting from the
ornamental work. In case there are
obstinate stains which do not yield TO
this treatment competent authority
advises touching them with oxallc
acid. washing it off Immediately and
then rubbing again with the whiting
and alcohol. Oxalic acid is a poison,
and all due precautions must be OBJ
served in its use If the spot looks
dull after the acid has been used rub
it hard with flannel rag moistened
with sweet oil and dry whiting
After everything is shining and clean
all that which is not in daily use
should be put away In canton flannel
bags. each containing a small bit OF
camphor gum. 1t is an added pro-
lection also if each piece Is previously
well wrapped in white tissue paper.
Paraftin paper is excellent for wrap
ping. as it helps to exclude gas. which
is the greatest household agent either
coal or Illuminating gas, in furnishing
silver
This thorough cleaning should not
have TO be done oftener than once or
twice Il year if the pieces to be put
away are properly protected ana the
daily care outlined above is bestowed
upon all the articles in daily use.