Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-20


water, or dosed with the
wrong remedy. it becomes set
and obstinate, just like child that is
unjustly or unwisely treated.
Here are some of the right remedies
for spots of various sorts:
To clean brass, first wash 1t with
strong ammonia soapsuds and rinse
with hot wator. Dry thoroughly. Then.
II 1t Is not clean. rub It with vinegar
and salt mixed to a paste. Then poi
ish with tripoli and sweet oil. House.
hold articles OF brass cleaned in this
way.jardinieres, candlesticks, bowls
and the like-will stay clean for
months.
To clean brass that Is fastened on
wood. like a door plate or bell. use
oxalic acid and salt, as this mixture
does not injure the wood, and. in
fact, tones it.
Wood ashes and lemon juice mixed
to a paste and applied with a cloth
also remove spots from brass, which
should then be polished with a dry
channels or a dry flannel.
To Remove Rust.
Cover the rust spots with sweet oil,
well rubbed in, and allow 1t to remain
for forty-eight hours. Then rub with
powdered unslacked lime. Rust can
often be removed from Knives and
scissors by soaking them in kerosene
for ten or twelve hours. Lemon and
salt or a hot solution of oxalic re-
moves rust spots from clothes or
other fabrics.
To Remove Mud Stains.
II you are 80 unfortunate as to get
your gown mud-stained- be sure to
wait until 1t is entirely dry, and then
brush or with a whiskbroom and
sponge the marks until they disap-
pear. II the marks are still persistent
try other means.
To clean black silk from mud stains.
the following process is often very
successful: Peel and cut into very
small pieces one potato and pour over
1t a pint of boiling water, cover and
let it stand overnight. Then add
enough spirits Of wine to give it the
Sponge the silk rapidly with this
liquid and rub each spot carefully.
letting the liquid wet the material
thoroughly. Press thes silk dry on the
wrong side. running the iron up and
down the silk. not across it. To clean
mud from white or colored cotton
fabrics, soak in kerosene for few
hours.
Grass Stains.
Soak grass stains in molasses, then
wash in the usual way.
Pour actively boiling water through
coffee stains as soon as possible after
the coffee is spilled. The best way is
to spread tho stained article over a
bowl and then pour the water through
it.
Cocoa and Chocolate.
Soak the stained articles in cold wa
ter. These stains, like coffee. can
be most quickly removed when fresh.
For ice cream stains, especially on
silk, try .chloroform. Several appiica-
lions may be necessary, and be sure to
If you spill milk on your clothes.
wash out the spot at once with white
soap and warm water.
Ink spots can sometimes be removed
by soaking them in milk However, the
milk should never be allowed to dry
on the ink-spotted article, as it leaves
dirty yellow stain which Is marc 70
wash out Various ink eradicators sold
by druggists are useful A simple
remedy-one. too. when mas proSe1
defied other treatments peroxide OF
hydrogen. This, of course. should ne
used carefully on colored materia,s,
as il has a bleaching effect. 1t can be
dropped on the spot from "a medicine
dropper, or poured slowly from al
spoon.
There are several other metnods LOT
removing ordinary INK from Wniee
wash goods One of them is by the
use Of chiorinated soda. which can be
procured at any drug store and viii
take out ink If the spot has not been
washed with soap ana wafer II
sho,,ld no rinsed out as soon as the
spot has disappeared by the applica-
tfon Of the soda.
# candle or other grease falls upon
them use French chalk or benzine. or
take the spot out with an iron and