Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-05-27
Cleaning and Renovating
Aids in Meeting Emergencies of All Sorts
When Painting Is Done-Ireatment OF
Stains-In SickrOOms.

glvcerin before sending the clothes to
the laundry.
To freshen up black clothes, wooden
goods, and crepe de chine especially,
there is nothing better than alcohol.
Naphtha and gasoline often leave things
around the parts cleaned, but alcohol
does not good rubbing over with a
cloth wet with alcohol, and pressing
after it is dry, will make a black crepe
de chine look like new. If wooden blan-
kets and other wooden articles have be-
come hard and shrunken, they may be
restored to their former sottneSs by
soaking them in gasoline.
To remove special spots, put an alb
sorbent cloth on your ironing board
Take the material that is soiled. mark
the spots with a thread. and place the
right side of the material next to the
cloth on the board. Apply your cleaner.
You will find that in this way you rub
the spot onto the cloth instead of far
Their into the material. as is the case
with material rubbed on the right SIDE.
The most obstinate spots of grease,
tar, or axle grease, which yield to al
most nothing else. may be removed by
applying a few drops Of eucalyptus oil
and rubbing slightly. There is no
danger of injuring the most delicate
fabrics with this The oil will all
evaporate in a short time. leaving no
trace. An application Of talcum poWder
or French chalk will hasten the
process ,;ooe
To remove water spots. take piece
of the same material as that spotteo
and dampen it in lukewarm water
Place over the water spots on the righ'
side and press with a moderately warm
not ClOf1
and material are dry. The spots VIII
then disappear.
When linen pieces or small articles
of clothing are placed upon the grass
to whiten them much trouble may be
avoided by spreading a strip OF cheese
cloth over them and fastening this
down with wooden pegs or halrpnS
While this does not prevent bleaching
it keeps off worms and bugs and pre-
vents the articles from being blown
away If there is wind.
To remove iron rust without sun
shine, wet the stain with lemon juice
cover with a damp cloth, then press
with a hot iron.
A clothesline may be conveniently
cleaned by wrapping the rope around
a washboard and thoroughly scruoblng
it in soap suds.
Many WOMEN are tIOuUitu DceauSN
there are grease spots on their Kitchen
floors and they have found that water
with scrubbing will not remove them
They should try alcohol to remove the
grease spots and they will be delighted
to see the stains disappear.
After cleaning brass or copper with
salt and vinegar. rub with olive oil and
the metal will not tarnish again for
a long time.
A Fireiess Ironer.
This ironer may consist Of 10 pieces
of white blotting paper. each 20 by 80
inches wide, but it could be made up
in any size or number Of pieces. The
method is to moisten the article to be
ironed, then place 1t in between the
blotters. then place a weight on top.
In very few minutes the article will
be dry and well ironed. Again, if you
have an article on which you do not
care to use an iron, or do not care to
get wet, moisten a cloth and pass 1t
over the blotter lightly, then put the
article down with dry blotter on top
and the article will come out as smooth
as can be desired Let the blotters dry
after each use and before putting them
away and they can be used again. This
is good idea for the girl or woman
who boards or travels.
When a hole in silk stocking Is to
be mended use piece of silk the same
color as the stockings and somewhat