Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-15
Home Activities for Spring
There Are Numerous Quick and Effective
Methods to Be Used for Renovating and
Repairing in the Household

| To wash carafes, narrow vases anC
| bottles, half fill them with hot soap
suds to which has been added one tea
spoonful Of washing soda. Put in some
newspaper torn into small pieces, ano
let stand for half an hour. occasionally
shaking. Empty, rinse with hot water
drain, wipe the outside and let stand
| to dry the inside Spirits of ammonia
in hot water is an excellent wash for
cut glass. Polish with a chamois skin
Salt mixed with baking soda will re-
move stains from chinaware without
| injuring the decorations in any way.
If you have trouble keeping your coffee
pot clean and sweet. boil in 1t water
containing baking soda.
Mending Hints.
To make a cement for china or
glassware. make a thick solution of
gum arabic, and stir in some plaster
of Paris until the mixture is of the
consistency of cream. Apply with a
brush to the broken edges of the china
or glass and join together. IN about
three days the mending will be COM
plete and firm.
To repair very heavy chinaware,
clean the fractured edges. then smear
one piece with white lead. Press well
together and use adhesive tape to keep
the pieces in close contact for several
weeks to allow for the setting of the
white lead. The repair will then be
more satisfactory than if the article
is riveted.
To make good cement for marble
take half cupful of new milk and
turn it into whey by adding a little
vinegar. Carefully remove all the curd
and mix the whey with the whites OF
tnnnfhor rThnr1
add sufficient quicklime to make the
mixture into a thick cream. Brush
and clean the edges of the broken mar
BILE and apply the mixture to both
edges. Press tightly together and
quickly remove any superf1uouS cement.
The Joint will be solid in half an hour.
Sometimes a butcher knife gets so
that it can't be Sharpened. Do not
throw it away, but take file and file
notches in the blade from both sides,
saw fashion. and 1t will then make an
excellent bread knife for home use or
camping.
In the Laundry.
There are many ways whereby the
hours in the laundry can be shortened.
For instance, if the clothes are plled IN
basket as they are taken from the
line. it requires more time to iron out
the extra wrinkles. If, instead, they
are folded neatly and smoothly, the
ironing can be done in half the time.
Late in the afternoon on wash Gay,
when the weather is not cold and when
the clothes are ready to be taken from
the line, turn the nozzle on the water
hose so as to make fine spray and
sprinkle the clothes while they hang on
the line. Then fold them down in
basket and they will be just right to
iron the following morning. In freez-
ing weather dip a cloth in strong So
luton of salt and water and, just be-
fore hanging out your clothes. go over
the line with the wet cloth. This will
prevent the clothes from freezing to
the line.
If you find fruit stains on a table
cloth or napkins, wet the stains with a
little camphor. If this is done before
the spot has been wet with water the
stain will entirely disappear. To remove
rust from white goods boil the material
in solution of one tablespoonful of
cream of tartar to one gallon of water.
Ink stains on linen can be removed by
dipping the article in pure melted tall
low. Wash out the tallow and the ink
will come with it.
If you have badly soiled curtains that
are old and likely to split wash them in
the following way: Gently shake out
the dust. fold the curtain once length
wise and several times crosswise, then
tack them together with a fine thread
in long baSting stitches. Soak in warm
sudS for an hour or so, then rinse and
squeeze as you would silk hose. Put on
line and when dry clip each stitch
and pull out the threads. Unfold care
fully and press.
to make soap chips use a vegetable
crater to CRATE from bar of soap. It
takes less time to shave it this way
and less time for it to dissolve than
add