Dissolve 20 grammes of borax in water, and a third as much ammonia as you have of water. Shake well together, apply, and polish until the white glittering effect is seen that is al- ways on new aluminum articles. GILDING MIXTURE Take equal parts of copal varnish and turpentine, and enough Japan drier to give a glisten. Add bronze powder enough to bring to the consistency of mucilage and apply with a sizing brush. TO WRITE ON METALS Muriatic acid, 1 ounce, Nitric acid, % ounce, Beeswax. To write on iron, steel, silver or gold, mix the above acids and use as follows: Cover the place in which you wish to write with melted beeswax, and when the wax is cold, write the name^ or words plainly with a file-point, or with an etching needle, carrying the writing through the wax, and cleaning all the wax out of the letter. Then apply the mixed acids with a feather, carefully filling all parts of each letter. Let the acid remain for from 1 to 10 minutes, according to the appearance desired, and then put on some water, which will dilute the acid and stop the process. Either of the acids separately would cut iron or steel, but it requires the mixture of the two to take hold of either gold 318 AROUND THE- WORLD COOK BOOK or silver. After the acids are washed off it is well to apply a little oil. IMITATION OF GROUND GLASS In many rooms, especially in apartments, where windows or door should have }yoei\ furnished with ^ound ^lass, a ^'ood imitation of ground glass may \>e made as follows: Take a soft piece of putty and tie it closely in a piece of clieese-cloth, and pat the plain glass with it until every part is covered with a thin white coating. When this covering has dried so that it will not rub off, brush the putty over with one coat of white varnish. The window may then be cleaned like a pane of plain glass. TO CLEAN SPOTS FROM MAHOGANY Mahogany tables and desks are freipiently disfigured by white marks caused by the standing of hot dishes upon them without a mat between. To remove the stains, rub on a few drops of sweet oil, and afterward polish with a little spirits of wine, using a soft cloth. PUTTING RODS IN CURTAINS When running brass rods through window, or sash curtains, put an old glove-finger over the end of the rod that is being pushed through the hem. It will prevent the rod from tearing the material. TO DESTROY SILVER-BUGS Oil of pennyroyal, 2 ounces, Oil of sassafras, 2 ounces, Alcohol, 4 ounces✪ To Destroy Silver-Bugs. Let it mix well and then sprinkle where the bugs have been congregating. 319 AROUND-THE-WORLD COOK BOOK TO RID A CLOSET OF MOTHS Place some bricks in the closet, and take a tin or iron pan and after having heated the pan red hot, pour into it hot vinegar✪ To Rid a Closet of Moths, and placing the pan on the bricks, close the door as soon as the vinegar commences to hiss on the heated sur- face of the pan, and keep the closet-door closed for the re- mainder of the day. 320 CARE OF THE HAIR FALLING HAIR Glycerin, Vli ounce, Eau de Cologne, 14 pint, Liquid ammonia, 1 dram. Oil of rosemary, Vi dram, Oil of organum, Vj dram. Tincture of cantharides, 1 ounce. Mix and agitate well for 10 minutes. A few drops of es- sence of musk, or other perfume, may be added if so desired. HAIE TONIC, NO. 1 Cologne, 8 ounces, Tincture of cantharides, 1 ounce. Oil of lavender, % dram, Oil of rosemary, % dram.

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Dissolve 20 grammes of borax in water, and a third as much ammonia as you have of water. Shake well together, apply, and polish until the white glittering effect is seen that is always on new aluminum articles. GILDING MIXTURE Take equal parts of copal varnish and turpentine, and enough Japan drier to give a glisten. Add bronze powder enough to bring to the consistency of mucilage and apply with a sizing brush. TO WRITE ON METALS Muriatic acid, 1 ounce, Nitric acid, % ounce, Beeswax. To write on iron, steel, silver or gold, mix the above acids and use as follows: Cover the place in which you wish to write with melted beeswax, and when the wax is cold, write the name or words plainly with a file-point, or with an etching needle, carrying the writing through the wax, and cleaning all the wax out of the letter. Then apply the mixed acids with a feather, carefully filling all parts of each letter. Let the acid remain for from 1 to 10 minutes, according to the appearance desired, and then put on some water, which will dilute the acid and stop the process. Either of the acids separately would cut iron or steel, but it requires the mixture of the two to take hold of either gold or silver. After the acids are washed off it is well to apply a little oil. IMITATION OF GROUND GLASS In many rooms, especially in apartments, where windows or door should have been furnished with ground glass, a good imitation of ground glass may be made as follows: Take a soft piece of putty and tie it closely in a piece of clieese-cloth, and pat the plain glass with it until every part is covered with a thin white coating. When this covering has dried so that it will not rub off, brush the putty over with one coat of white varnish. The window may then be cleaned like a pane of plain glass. TO CLEAN SPOTS FROM MAHOGANY Mahogany tables and desks are frequently disfigured by white marks caused by the standing of hot dishes upon them without a mat between. To remove the stains, rub on a few drops of sweet oil, and afterward polish with a little spirits of wine, using a soft cloth. PUTTING RODS IN CURTAINS When running brass rods through window, or sash curtains, put an old glove-finger over the end of the rod that is being pushed through the hem. It will prevent the rod from tearing the material. TO DESTROY SILVER-BUGS Oil of pennyroyal, 2 ounces, Oil of sassafras, 2 ounces, Alcohol, 4 ounces. Let it mix well and then sprinkle where the bugs have been congregating. TO RID A CLOSET OF MOTHS Place some bricks in the closet, and take a tin or iron pan and after having heated the pan red hot, pour into it hot vinegar, and placing the pan on the bricks, close the door as soon as the vinegar commences to hiss on the heated surface of the pan, and keep the closet-door closed for the remainder of the day. CARE OF THE HAIR FALLING HAIR Glycerin, Vli ounce, Eau de Cologne, 14 pint, Liquid ammonia, 1 dram. Oil of rosemary, Vi dram, Oil of organum, Vj dram. Tincture of cantharides, 1 ounce. Mix and agitate well for 10 minutes. A few drops of essence of musk, or other perfume, may be added if so desired. HAIR TONIC, NO. 1 Cologne, 8 ounces, Tincture of cantharides, 1 ounce. Oil of lavender, % dram, Oil of rosemary, % dram.

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