The Irish standard., 1914-12-26
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By Celia Hord Kenny

SsOS>N SONSA
dry salt, and let stand for little
While. 1t may then be cleaned up
without the slightest stain being left,
and the carpet will not be ruined.
Cleaning up the kitchen Utensils
Every day should be clean up day in
the kitchen and scullery; it will save
lots of time in the end. Saucepans,
stewpans, and frying pans, if attended
to Immediately after use, will need
only slight scour with silver sand
and plenty of rinse water. Tinware, if
stood aside for any length of time in
soiled condition, soon gets furnished,
and will take lot of cleaning to get
them right again, but if washed at once
in strong soda water with clear water
rinsings, and good polish with dry
buster, only an occasional extra scour-
ing will be wanted. Wooden spoons,
ladies', hair sleeves, chopping boards,
and rolling pins are best thoroughly
cleaned right away.> Knives, forks,
spoons, strainers, and metal goods
should be cleaned each day. Plate
racks, draining boards by the side of
the sink, should be swilled round when
cooking and washing up is over, it only
/ takes few moments. The sink and
pipe are all-important, for if attended
to at once by swilling with hot suds
and good scrub, there will be very
little chance of grease-choked sink
and it's attendant evil smells. Waste
bins should, for health's sake, be
cleared out each day, the refuse depos-
tied in the hog tub or on the waste
heap, away from the home. These
| waste bins should be of galvanized
/ iron, and on no account should wooden
ones be used.
Top-heavy breakable flower and
other vases should have little silver
sand put into the bottoms, and so save
them topping over and breaking.
To prevent the sink getting cIossed.
Never use ragged or linty dish
cloth. The bits from these collect
round the sink spout and often cause
serious and dangerous distractions.
Cleaning lamp gIobes.-A little salts
of lemon dissolved in warm water will
make capital cleaning solution for
stained gas and lamp globes and
shades. Rinse in cold water, then
stand them on clean board out of
harms way to drain and dry. A polish
with tissue paper afterwards will make
them brilliant.
The feet.-Before going a long dis.
lance walk get the feet right to start
with. Give them hot foot-bath, re-
move as much corn and hard skin as
possible. Dry the feet thoroughly,
and trim the nails property; then
smear the soles and sides of the feet
with little vaseline or pure tallow
Wear good thick wooden socks, with
out darns, and put on boots or shoes
with stout soles. If these little atten-
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wear a greater distance will be COW
cred easily and enjoyably than would
otherwise be the case, and footwear.
ness and soreness will not be expert.
enced.
| furnished silver should be immersed
in sour milk and let remain there for
some time. Use a soft toothbrush to
clean out any embossed work. Rinse
afterwards in clean warm water, and
when the article is quite dry polish
with nice soft piece of old silk. A
good way to clean silver cutlery is to
wash them in soapy water directly at
ter use. Rinse in clear warm water
to be followed with a brisk polish with
a soft clean rag. Silver goods should
never be placed away in damp con
dition.