Evening star., 1928-10-12
Homes Kept in Condition
Implements Require Constant Attention to Be
Effective in House Cleaning and Polishing.

! the stain will not be noticed. If neces-
sary, a second application should be
applied. The starch mixture dries in
the form of a dense white powder,
which hides the deepest stain.
To clean wall paper. take four cup
fuls of flour and half a cupful of soap
! chips and make a very stiff dough with
little water. Divide into four parts
and form into balls. Rub lightly over
the wall paper. turning in the dough
as it gets soiled. To clean wall paper
/ ceilings. take a long-handled dust mop,
| tie clean gunny sack over it, and go
over the surface briskly. The coarse
texture of the sack acts like a brush,
and you can easily shake the dust out
of it.
If wall paper is torn. or the corners
are cracked. mend with adhesive tape
The tape may be secured in various
widths and cut into the desired lengths,
then applied over the torn paper. Sc
cure the correct shade of crayon colors
and tint to blend with the wall paper.
This is easily done and such repair
can scarcely be detected When re-
papering room in which damp patches
show through the old wall paper, strip
the walls and lay pieces of silver paper
or tinfoil over the patches Paste on
in the usual way, pressing out the
creases. When dry, hang the wall
paper 1t will be found that the damp
ness will not penetrate the tinfoil
Discarded phonograph needles make
splendid nails for mailing pictures in
frames, as small headless nails are
needed for this purpose, and very often
one docs not have that particular kind
of nail in the house.
To clean windows, pour into a gallon
OF cold water one cupful of denatured
alcohol, no soap or washing powder
being used. Dip sponge or a piece
OF old Knitted underwear into this Solu-
ton and wipe off the windows. You
VIII be surprised and pleased to find
how easily they will dry and sparkle,
and no frost will collect on them.
Cleaning and Repairing.
When putting the ice cream freezer
away. after washing the can and thor
oughly drying itarub meal over the in
sloe. After months of idleness there
VIII not be the least indication of any
rust. If metal objects are covered with
starch they will not rust. Starch is eS-
peclally useful in preserving needles.
pen points and other small objects
When nail or screw becomes rusted in
wood it may be easily removed by pour
ing over the head little hot praraffin.
Let stand for minute or two. then
remove In the usual way.
10 clean very dirty or neglected
brass, use ammonia and whiting. Damn
a cloth with ammonia, dip it in the
whiting and rub we'll The brass will
then look like new. To remove tobacco
stains from brass or copper ash trays,
apply little denatured alcohol with
brush.
Plaster of paris is useful for mending
jobs around the house, but it will not
Wltnstand water. 1t is good idea when
preparing the plaster to mix it with
milk instead of water but it must be
absolutely fresh milk. Plaster prepared
IN this way will resist damp to a re-
markable degree. The only difference
In the working is that the plaster does
not set hard quite SO rapidly, which is
really an advantage, for it allows longer
Time In which to do job.
II you have a, length of copper or
other wire which is twisted and has
kinks in it, do not attempt to get it
straight by hammering, as this will
damage the wire. Instead, fix one end
In vice, then hold the wire taut and
rub it up and down with the edge of a
square piece of hard wood In a very
snort tlme the wire will thus be made
perfectly straight.
One of the most effective ways of
extracting cork when no. corkscrew is
available is to hold the bottle firmly
by the neck and sharply tap the bot
tom OF 1t against a cap or pad of soft
material held by the other hand on
tree or wall. The cork will then grad
ually come out If tumblers become
fXed in one another, fill the inner glass
With cold water and place the outer one
In warm water. In a minute or so the
tumblers will come apart quite readily.