Original White House Cookbook

Crack the glue and put it in a bottle, add common whisky ; shake up, cork tight, and in three or four days it can be used. It requires no heating, will keep for almost any length of time, and is at all times ready to use, except in the coldest of weather, when it will require warming. It must be kept tight, so that the whisky will not evaporate. The usual corks or stoppers should not be used. It will become clogged. A tin stopper covering the bottle, but fitting as closely as possibly, must be used. GLUE. Glue to resist heat and moisture is made as follows : Mix a handful of quick-lime in four ounces of linseed oil, boil to a good thickness, then spread it on tin plates in the shade, and it will become very hard, but may be easily dissolved over the fire as glue. A glue which will resist the action of water is made by boiling one pound of common glue in two quarts of skimmed milk. FURNITURE CREAM. Shred finely two ounces of beeswax and half an ounce of white wax into half a pint of turpentine ; set in a warm place until dissolved, then pour over the mixture the following, boiled together until melted ; Half a pint of water, an ounce of castile soap and a piece of resin the size of a small nutmeg. Mix thoroughly and keep in a wide-necked stone bottle for use. This cleans well and leaves a good polish, and may be made at a fourth of the price it is sold at. CEMENT CRACKS IN FLOOR. Cracks in floors may be neatly but permanently filled by thoroughly soaking newspapers in paste made of half a pound of flour, three quarts of water and half a pound of alum mixed and boiled. The mixture will be about as thick as putty, and may be forced into the crevice with a case knife. It will harden like papier-mache. A POLISH FOR LADIES’ KID SHOES. A FINE liquid polish for ladies’ kid shoes, satchels, etc., that is easy of application, recommended as containing no ingredients in any manner injurious to leather, is found by digesting in a close vessel at gentle heat, and straining, a solution made as follows: Lampblack one drachm, oil turpentine four drachms, alcohol (try methyl) twelve ounces, shellac one and one-half ounces, white turpentine five drachms, saudarac two drachms. PASTE FOR SCRAP-BOOKS, ETC. Paste that Will Keep. — Dissolve a teaspoonful of alum in a quart of water. When cold, stir in flour, to give it the consistency of thick cream, being particular to beat up all the lumps. Stir in as much powdered resin as will lie on a dime, and throw in half a dozen cloves to give it a pleasant odor. Have on the fire a teacupful of boiling water ; pour the flour mixture into it, stirring well all the time, In a few minutes it will be of the consistency of molasses. Pour it into an earthen or china vessel, let it cool, and stir in a small teaspoonful each of oil of cloves and of sassafras ; lay a cover on, and put in a cool place. When needed for use, take out a portion and soften it with warm water. This is a fine paste to use to stiffen embroidery. TO REMOVE INDELIBLE INK.