East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-18
REALM FEMININE

If there is nothing else handy to
with kerosene, then use plain water,
polishing quickly with crumpled news
paper.
Wash all the sash and sill of the
window before tackling the glass, as
the dust from these points, when
brushed off, would fly over the clean
panes. Then use borax suds for Scrub
bing the paint, drying quickly and
polishing with soft cloth.
Turpentine will remove putty or
paint from the window panes.
Hard soaps sadly disfigures painted
surfaces; hence in washing room
holdings borax water should be used
A good, hard white paint will respond
to a little powdered window brick,
mixed with the borax suds. But the
brick must be powdered very fine
or it will scratch. Rub hard with
flannel afterward, so the paint will
shine
When cleaning mating sweep it
first with a stiff broom along the
grain of the straw, then crosswise
with softer broom dipped first in
nearly dry. Then dissolve a handful
of salt in pail of tepid water and
wash the mating, rinsing quickly
with clean water. This brightens col
ored mating and, to some extent,
saves it from fading. Very light mat
ting, the sort usually called white, af-
ter good sweeping should be washed
with weak borax water, or, rather,
wiped over with soft rags and wrung
out of it.
Turkish rugs can be put in the tubs
and washed like rags. Make a soap
jelly with a white soap, dissolve a
good deal of this in big tub of warm
water-not hot-and put the rug in
after it has been we'll swept and shak-
en-. The colors will come out like
new after this bath. Shake the rug
about the tub, letting it soak first
several hours, and then rinse in the
ordinary way. Hang it right side up
over the line without attempting to
wiring.
Carpets on the floor, if they are OF
good sort, can be splendidly cleaned
with ammonia and water. After
sweeping every part of the carpet
thoroughly leave it with the windows
wide open for several hours. Then
go over it again with sweeper, dig
ging into corners and edges with a
stiff whisk. About half cup of am
monia is needed for a large pail OF
water and when this is soiled it must
be renewed at once. Wiring the rag
out, although still leaving it wet
enough to be of service, and after
rubbing over one place dry it Instant
ly with another rag. Work with the
grain of the carpet.
To clean brasses quickly and eco-
Eomically, rub them well with vine
gar and salt, or oXalic acid and salt.
Wash Immediately after the rubbing
and polish with tripoli and olive oil.
Unless the acid is washed from the
brass at once it will tarnish more
quickly and be further harmed
Copper cooking vessels of all sorts
brass andirons, candlesticks and traps
are best cleaned with vinegar and
salt
Oxalic acid and salt is the proper
cleanser for bits of brass on furniture
If it touches the wood it only bright
ems it. In fact whole sets of oak fur
niture are often scrubbed off with
oxalic acid-about tablespoonful OF
the crystals to a basin of tepid water.
Before wetting any species of Chi
ma bric-a-brac carefully remove the
dust.
If lamp bowl is loose in the stand
ard mend 1t with sifted plaster Of Par
u.s. mixed into very soft paste with
beaten white of egg. Have everything
ready before mixing the plaster, and
work quickly, so 1t will not dry be-
fore the mending is done.
Use whiting and alcohol on the sill
yer, polishing with dry whiting.
Clean very soiled bathtub with a
little Kerosene on a rag. This acts
like magic.
Crockery is made very brittle with
great changes of temperature Wash
the good things in tepid water with
out soap.
Throw away the dishes which are
cracked and discolored and Clipped
with long use. Doctors say that q