Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-12
Making Materials Useful
Tested Methods From a Housewives Notebook
Are Suggested as Means of Increased
Home Efficiency

Use fresh rice frequently and discard
the cloth for a clean one when IL be
comes soiIed. The garment should
then be shaken ana brushed.
II you wish TO sti!fen silk or crepe
de chine slightly, add two or three
Jumps OF sugar 10 the last rinSinS
wafer. See that the sugar has COM
n,etely dissolved before putting i'll the
garments. Roll IN d cloth after rims
ing and iron While damp With.a piece
OF muslin on top. -Add salt I" tha
rius.nl; water whor washing coiored
fabrics. salt brifhten3 and preserves
the colorS.
Salt Water for Rugs.
Inhabitants OF Syria, Egypt and
Persia. the countries from which
come some Of the most exquisite rugs
l,rcCuTTibie. send their rug" down TO
the shore to lie cleaned. The natives
wade into the rea and draw the rugs
several times through the sea water,
then Iui. them we'll with the hands.
then dip them III the sea again. They
leave them on the dry sand IL the
sun until the rugs are dry, which,
strange ~ say, does not fade the beau
tifui colGrS. probably because they are
fast rulcrS from good DIVES. We can
not fellow this method of cleaning
but we can do the next hest thing.
which is 10 prepare Il brine hN boil
ing SIX ounces of salt in q quart Of
water. When this has cooled a it'll
wiring out = cloth in the brine and
rub the rugs aud carpets well con
stantlv dipping the cloth in She brine.
Finish Nv vigorous rubbing with Il dry
cloth and then hang the rugs in the
air To dry. Hang them in the shade
if they are cheap rugs, 20 prevent
fading. The rugs. Of c"ur&e. must he
shaken and brushed before the salt
water is, applied.
Care of Iron and Steel
If articles made of iron o. steel have
hercme rusty. they should receive the
following treatment: Cover the rusty
parts with sweet oil and leave this on
for ? hours. then rub with a cork.
and the marks will quickly disappear.
Finish bv publishing with cloth thai
has been InoiStened with paraffln.
The articles Wi! not I've likely To be
come rusty again fer long time.
When uniting away articles "f iron
or steel that are not to be used again
for a long time. It is we'll To subject
them 70 spe"ial treatment, in order
that they will remain in perfect con
clifton. Put a lump of camphor about
the size Of q marble into : or 3 ounces
ri lard and mix together in a tin
Ut. nSil over a SLOW fire. Finally add
sufficient black lead To bring the mix
ture up to an iron color. VI lille in
warm condition, the preparation
should he brushed over the iron or
steel and allowed to remain on for
about Il day. Then rub with Il soft
dry cloth and you vii! find that the
articles, even If they are not touched
for many months, will not show any
signs OF rust.
To Clean SiIver,yare.
Silver articles which have become
badly discolored may be cleaned in
the following way: Add camphorated
chalk To a deSSertSpoonful OF olive oil
until a fairly stiff paste i secured.
Rub this paste over the SilverWare
and then wash in warm Soapv water.
DIV with a soft cloth and polish
with channels skin. using n very
small quantity OF dry camphorated
chalk in the polishing.
III the Bathroom.
Sometimes q block occurs in the
waste pipe leading from the wash
basin owing to the accumula ton of
grease and other matter. There Is
a quick way to remove the bloCkage
when a special continuance is not at
hand. Let the basin be about half
full OF warm water and then take n
small mop and work this I'D AMI
down violently in The water Just over
the waste pipe. This Will set up i
pumping action which sooner or
later will bring the material that is
causing the blockage right up into
the basin. By adopting this simple
method 1t is usually possible to avoid
calling upon the services of
plumber.
1t is necessary 10 rims" and dr.
an enameleG hathtub after il has
been used in order 10 keen the sur
face free from marks ana St2ipt.
Any stains which do appear may
he removed by being rubbed with I,
paste formed Of whitening and water.
This should be allowed to dry on the
hatbtub and then rubbed away WIKI
a cloth. when it will be found that
the appearance of the enamel il much
improved. If any marks are obsti-
maze, rub them with salt moistcned
with para fin, finally riusinC thor
ouChly with hot water.
Tiled walls and floors should he
scrubbed. sponged with plain water
and then polished with a soft cloth.
Marks on walls covered with var
nished paper can be removed by
rubbing them with q cloth which
has d little inseed oil on it. All the
paper may, if desired. be treated in
this way, and then polished after
ward with a soft cloth.