Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-07

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restore them TO their original
condition and beauty, thus max
ing their care easier and extend
ing their use for years.
Silverware, it was pointed out.
especially flat table silver,
candlesticks, serving dishes, and
so on, could be taken TO silver
smiths specializing in such work.
Here, silver or other metal crafts
men would first repair such
pieces by removing dents, mend
ing. Strengthening, ETC., or sup
plying missing handles and other
parts; and second, they would
restore the finish by various
processes of polishing or replat-
ing.
In short, any metal article
whether a piece of flat" table
ware, or a "hollow-ware" article
such as vase or sPsrts trophy,
can be completely remade and
finished as it was when new.
Now, with this lovely silver at
hand, what must the home-maker
do to keep such silver shining?
To her comes the responsibility
Of daily and periodic care after
the best techniques.
First, daily care: % Separate
different types, as forks from
spoons, 10 avoid all possible
scratching. Never place steel or
tin cooking utensils in with sill
yer and never wash at the same
time. (2) Wash in mild white
soapsuds and tepid water, rinse,
and dry each piece thoroughly
on soft old linen towel 81 Re-
move salt from any silver piece
MS soon as possible, as nothing
so pits" silver as salt. Hostesses
who serve sailed nuts in small
silver dishes. keep this in mind!
az Remove tarnish made by
egg, mustard, mayonnaise. and
other foods, as soon as possible
after serving, using a swab Of
soft cloth dipped in cream sill
yer polish. then wash and dry as
above. 60 Avoid soaking any
silver knife in water. especially
hot water, as this may loosen the
fine cement which soldiers blade
into handle
And now a word as TO periodic
care. In the old books on house
hold management, in h ON c s
where service was plentiful,
Thursday forenoon was desig-
mated as the traditional period
for the butler 20 clean the silver;
or was 1t on the Thursday after
noon when the maid stayed in?
No matter, for now, with no
buffers and few maids TO serve
us. we can clean silver any time
we choose.
The pieces which are used
with care daily require almost
no heavy silver cleaning day"
But when and if they do. follow
this method: use a special
creamy silver polish; apply light
ly with a soft swab, rub length
wise only. and polish with a
clean soft or wool cloth. Wash
in white suds in tepid water.
rinse, and hand-rub with another
soft cloth until you achieve the
soft, low CLEAN Of your home
made butler polish"
The choice of the right silver
polish is very important because
IL the silver cleaning agent be
thick. and pastelike, il will sure
w stick in and adhere I'M
pleasantly 10 the chasing and en-
craving which beauties the
piece OF silver Cor other metal.
II, on the other hand. a clean
ing and polishing agent with the
consistency of vanishing face
cream be selected the polish,
like the cream, will disappear
while the piece is rubbed.
Many of the most decorative
articles in our homes are made
of copper, or Of brass, and these
also must be kept shining. Trays,
vases. pitchers, candlesticks, the
base of a living room lamp, a
small wall mirror are but
few of the copper or brass pieces
which are either useful or orna-
mental, or which may be both.
Are articles made of these
metals worth keeping and restor-
ing? Or are they useless and
can we dispose of them TO save
space, and care? Each house
wife must decide for herself; but
il may be suggested that all
pieces, save those with sentiment
tai associations, should be weed
ed out with relentless hand, If
we are to free ourselves of the
accumulation and responsible
ties of mere material things"
and possessions" when so many
more vital, living, and urgent de-
mands confront us.