The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-10
In Y our Home
- and Mine =
Simple and inexpensive Way of Keeping Your
House Clean.

their value. When silver Is badly
discoierd rub 1t with salt and rinss
1t in 4 basin Of water to which a
e blsspoep esf ammonia has been
: ldded Thsnaf Use whiting.
Bath brick. kind Of eartt con-
tanning lime and nodded like bricks
used BY house builders. 10 excellent
for removing dtscolorations from
steel knives. kitchen forks, etc. It
Is best applied by dipping cork
into water ana then into powdered
bath brick ana rubbing the article
to be cleaned for few seconds A
brick costs ten cents in this coun-
try. It may be powdered as 1t II
used by scraping it with the back
Of case knife, or 1t may be broken
into small pieces with hammer
and these run through the food
chopper.
Uses for White Sand.
White sand - used for securing
unpublished wooden floors. the
wooden choppins bowl. the pastry
board or any Of the wooden kitchen
utensils. 1t is also useful in clean.
ing iron muffin and roll pans or
dripping pans. A few handfuls
might be used avantageously
throughout the Winter.
Rottenstons and tripoli are both
forms OF decaysd limestone. and
may be used for cleaning tin. cop
per and brass.
Among the chemical cleaning
agents the most familiar are certain
substances known a. alkalies- Tho
housekeepers alkalies are washing
soda. ammonia, borax and potash or
I've. Any Of these are most effective
In removing grease. With house,
hold grease. bacteria and dirt are
usually combined. Grease cannot be
effectively removed by plain water.
But when little alkali Is added to
the water the alkali combines with
the grease and new compound 10
formed, which water dissolves.
In using washing soda or sal soda,
as it is frequently called, care should
be exercised. Dissolve a half pound
in two cups of water in an agate
saucepan over a flame. Allow 1t to
cool, pour 1t into crock or preserv-
ing Jar and label it. A tablespoon
or two Of this solution is sufficient
in q basin OF water for ordinary
cleaning purposes.
Sal soda may be purchased for
about two cents per pound. As 1t
forms . large percentage OF many
washing powders. a woman who
understands a bit OF household
Chemistry may wisely economize by
purchasing plain sal soda instead OF
a washing powder which often costs
many times its value.
Potash was used extensively until
the price Of sal-soda became low
enough to make the use Of potash
comparatively costly.
Borax and ammonia are much
used In nne laundry work, but may
be used for other cleaning purposes
IL it Is unnecessary to practise
strict economy Moreover, these
aikahes are less severe on the
housewives hands than Is sal soda.
A little Kerosene on a folded
cheesecloth is sometimes used to re-
move greases from polished wood
or any surface whose appearance
might be married by the use of an
alkaIi. A rusty smoothing iron or
q rusty iron sink may be cleaned
BY Kerosene. Any of the alkalies
as we'll as kerosene may be con-
sidered cheap and effective disinfec-
tants.
Any soap IS merely Z preparation
Of alkali la q convenient form. Soap
End water form . most effective
cleansing agent.
@ Suppose you try to. reduces your
bills for cieansers in the next few
months. With this bit of knowl-
edge on the subject l am sure you
can have your home just as clean
with less Of an expenditure for
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