Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-17
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GLYcERIN
Has Many Practical Pses Not Gener'
ally Understood.

ally Understood.
There are some articles which we
have about the house so much that we
almost cease to think what we can use
them for, says the Philadelphia Ledger.
We have had them so long and used
them in the same ways so often that
we rarely think Of trying them in
new way.
Perhaps the most common Of these
articles is glycerin. Coffee stains can
be removed from table linen and from
the most delicate silks by brushing the
spot with glycerin. Rinse with luke
warm water and press on the wrong
side. II the material is very delicate,
care should be taken not to wet more
of it than is possible and to have the
iron very cool.
Peach stains can be removed from
wash material by moistening the spot
with glycerin. Let it stand for awhile
and then wash. Glycerin is also used
to freshen book bindings. Dissolve one
ounce of pure white glue in a pint of
water, add a tablespoonful of glycerin
and a tablespoonful Of flour or rice
paste. Apply with a soft brush and
rub with a chamois skin. This prepar-
alton is only used for calf bindings.
linking pads for rubber stamps may
be reinked by means Of aniline dyes OF
suitable color mixed to the consistency
Of thick cream with glycerin, and this
valuable liquid may also be rubbed on
the window glass after it has been
washed to keep the windows from be-
coming steamy
To remove stains from white flannel,
take equal parts Of glycerin and yolk
of egg. Soak the spot and wash in soft
water. Glycerin has great softening
properties. It can be used to soften the
water. Try two tablesponfuls OF gly-
cerin in the water in which you soak
YOUR clothes, and two tablespoonful OF
glycerin in the boiling water.
Add a tablespoonful Of glycerin to
the water with which the foor is scrub
bed. 1t will not only soften the water,
help make the tables and floors white,
but will protect the hands and keep
them soft and white.
When the children's shoes are hard
after being wet, apply little glycerin'
after they have become dry, with
piece Of absorbent cotton. They Will
absorb it and the next day will be as
soft as ever. Patent leather shoes can
sometimes be kept from cracking II
glycerin is used to soften them.
But glycerin is also used in cooking
Did you ever try measuring a tea
spoonful Of glycerin to each pound OF
fruit when cooking jelly or preserves
to keep a sugary coat from forming on
top?
When fruit is stewed, use one table,
spoonful of glycerin to each pound OF
fruit either fresh or dried. Any frult
recurring sugar is improved by the ad-
dition Of glycerin.
A glycerin poultice softens hard
corn so that it can be peeled of In lay
ers without pain. Apply piece OF lin
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silk and bandage. This should be ap-
piled every night after the corn has
been bathed. If the corn is protected
during the day and the treatment ap-
piled steadily, the corn will soon be
cured.
Glycerin mixes with water readily. II
is said to be good wash and softener
for the hands. Glycerin is by-pro-
duct of soap and candle factories. All
fats contain it. For this reason a per-
son having greasy skin rarely finds
glycerin helpful or beneficial in soften
ing the skin; but those who have drier
skins and need the kind Of food that
glycerin contains find it very useful
and helpful.
There are so many uses to which II
may be put, such as softening leather
pocketbooks, bags and polishing dull
shoes. 1t pays to study and expert
ment with it whenever possible.