South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-29
HAVE YOUR OWN
CLEANING PLANT
Can BE Done at Small Expense
of Time and Money, Saves
Bills.

For the removal of little stains or
the regular cleaning of wearing ap-
parel the most sensible and econom-
zeal plan is 10 establish your own
cleaning plant The expenses of
cleaning your possessions is crafty
ingly small in comparison with the
bills that mount up on your list TO
an alarming degree. There is no de-
lay. and a quick ability TO remove all
dirt. which you will remember is
matter out of place" will insure a
perennially fresh wardrobe. If you
are noted for faultlessly white gloves
shoes and accessories. you are either
an owner of a good bank account or
you are your own cleaner. 1t is for
the woman with limited means that
this article is written.
That spot of grease on your dress
or blouse is telling note against your
carefulness in matters of dress. There
is really no excuse for il.
Purchase five or ten cents worth Of
French chalk. This will last a long
time and will give a delightful sensa-
ton of security if you know that il is
on hand. Take the garment and place
the spot over a piece of blotting
paper. over the material sprinkle
the French chalk and place a piece
of plotting paper over ii. With a
warm iron press the paper down over
the material The French chalk alb
serbs the grease by the action of the
heat and the excess is absorbed by
the blotters.
TO Remove Grease
An excellent method for removing
grease from silk is 10 make paste
of equal parts of French chalk and
Fuller's earth with either turpentine
or water. Apply this to the spots
and allow it TO dry on for a day or
two. Brush off, and you will find
that the grease spot has also been re-
moved.
The greater number Of grease
stains may be removed by solvents.
Alcohol, ether, chloToform or gaso-
line are the ordinary solvents, and
should not be used near a fire or in
tense heat. Apply with a piece of the
same material if you can and rub
from the outside of the grease spot
in toward the center to prevent the
spreading of the grease. Place
blotter under the piece of material
which you are cleaning.
Machine oil is not an organic
grease. 1t can be removed while
fresh with cold water and a pure
white soap.
Wagon grease contains a great
quantity Of graphite This can be re-
moved by applying lard. which will
combine with the graphite and the
two can then be removed with warm
water and white soap.
If you are fortunate enough TO
find vaseline stains as soon as they
have been placed on material. re
move them with turpentine. If they
are overlooked and boiled into the
goods, there is very little hope of re-
moving them.
Clean Your Gloves.
Have you ever counted up your
glove-cleaning bill? 1t is far greater
than you suspect Here is a cheap
answer TO your puzzle:
Buy a quart or more of gasoline and
keep in cool place, of course. When
YOU need to clean your gloves, place
them on the regular wooden glove
forms, if you have them. or your
hands if you do not own the stretch
ers. With an ordinary nailbrush
make a suds of pure soap and gaso-
line in a basin and scrub the gloves
with it. Rinse in pure gasoline and
hang in the air to dry. You will be
delighted at the snowy wilderness of
the gloves. Count the cost. and you
will be a convert to home cleaning.
A well-known shoe dealer has
recommended powdered pipeclay for
white buckskin shoes The liquid
cleaners, he says, destroy the Velvety
nap which is the beauty Of buckskin.
Powdered pipeclay is purchasable in
any quantity at a drug store. There
should be a thorough brushing of all
loose dust from the shoes. and with
stiff brush the clay should be rub
bed into the skin. The buckskin
should be made to hold all that it
can. You will find that the surface
is as good as new.