To Prevent a silver teapot, or one which is not used
very often, from becoming musty, wash it well and
dry with a clean cloth, then put either a teaspoonful of
d'ry tea or a few lumps of sugar at the bottom of the
teapot and leave the lid open.
When Spoons have become discoloured from eggs,
scour them with fine table salt. This will remove the
discolouration which has been caused by the sulphur
in the eggs.
To Give Gas Stoves a brilliant and lasting lustre,
mix with the stove polish a teaspoonful of pulverised
alum.
GAS COOKERY BOOK.
247
To Keep Insects out of Bird Cages.- — Tie up a
little sulphur in a silk bag and suspend it in the cage.
To Prevent Incursions of Mice. — Strew wild mint
where you wish to keep the mice out, and they will
never trouble you.
A Pound of Powdered Borax put into a tin with a
perforated lid and sprinkled nightly on floors, cup¬
boards, or any place where they are seen, will clear
a house of beetles.
Beer or Porter sweetened with moist sugar is an
effectual trap for slugs and snails. Place a few small
cups about a few inches deep, where slugs and snails
frequent, filled with this mixture, and many of these
pests will be found in the morning drowned.
Tea-Cloths can be made easily clean by adding a
little ammonia to the hot water when washing them.
Articles which have been scorched in ironing should
be laid in the sun and the scorch will disappear.
To Remove Walnut Stains. — The juice of a lemon,
or salts of lemon, will remove walnut stains from the
hands.
To Make Clothes Beautifully White, never put
soap in the first water, but dissolve some soda in boil-
. ing water, filling up the bath with cold or lukewarm
water. Soak the clothes in this for a time, and then
wash them with plain yellow soap, and boil them
with about two ounces of lump borax✪ To Make Clothes Beautifully White and a little soda.
Woollen garments should always be rinsed in soapy
water.
To Take Out Stains of Wine, Fruit, etc.— Wash
well, rub with starch, and expose the article to the sun
till the stains come out.
To Restore Colours Taken Out by Acids.— Drop
sal volatile or hartshorn on the spots.
248
THE HOUSEHOLD
To Remove Iron-moulds from Linen. — A small
portion of oxalic acid moistened with hot water will
remove ironmoulds. After applying it place the
article in the sun or before the gas stove. Oxalic
acid is poison.
To Clean Velvet, brush well to free from dust, and
then take a clean piece of rag, with a small piece of
butter on it, and rub the velvet until perfectly clean.
To Remove Fruit Stains, pour boiling water over
the articles and then wash them.
The Mildew may be removed from articles by soak¬
ing them for a few hours in a weak solution of chloride
of lime and then rinsing in cold water.
Methylated Spirit will remove tea stains from a
dress without touching the colour.
To Prevent Iron Mould. — Wet the spot and lay
it over a hot water plate; put a little salts of lemon on
the spot, and then wash it as soon as the stain is
removed.
Lemons which have been already used are excellent
for cleaning brass or copper. Dip the lemons in salt and
rub the articles, and dry instantly with a soft, dry
cloth, when a brilliant surface will be the result.
To Prevent Rust on Polished Steel. — The
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To Prevent a silver teapot, or one which is not used very often, from becoming musty, wash it well and dry with a clean cloth, then put either a teaspoonful of d'ry tea or a few lumps of sugar at the bottom of the teapot and leave the lid open.
When Spoons have become discoloured from eggs, scour them with fine table salt. This will remove the discolouration which has been caused by the sulphur in the eggs.
To Give Gas Stoves a brilliant and lasting lustre, mix with the stove polish a teaspoonful of pulverised alum.
To Keep Insects out of Bird Cages.- — Tie up a little sulphur in a silk bag and suspend it in the cage.
To Prevent Incursions of Mice. — Strew wild mint where you wish to keep the mice out, and they will never trouble you.
A Pound of Powdered Borax put into a tin with a perforated lid and sprinkled nightly on floors, cupboards, or any place where they are seen, will clear a house of beetles.
Beer or Porter sweetened with moist sugar is an effectual trap for slugs and snails. Place a few small cups about a few inches deep, where slugs and snails frequent, filled with this mixture, and many of these pests will be found in the morning drowned.
Tea-Cloths can be made easily clean by adding a little ammonia to the hot water when washing them.
Articles which have been scorched in ironing should be laid in the sun and the scorch will disappear.
To Remove Walnut Stains. — The juice of a lemon, or salts of lemon, will remove walnut stains from the hands.
To Make Clothes Beautifully White, never put soap in the first water, but dissolve some soda in boil- . ing water, filling up the bath with cold or lukewarm water. Soak the clothes in this for a time, and then wash them with plain yellow soap, and boil them with about two ounces of lump borax and a little soda. Woollen garments should always be rinsed in soapy water.
To Take Out Stains of Wine, Fruit, etc.— Wash well, rub with starch, and expose the article to the sun till the stains come out.
To Restore Colours Taken Out by Acids.— Drop sal volatile or hartshorn on the spots.
To Remove Iron-moulds from Linen. — A small portion of oxalic acid moistened with hot water will remove ironmoulds. After applying it place the article in the sun or before the gas stove. Oxalic acid is poison.
To Clean Velvet, brush well to free from dust, and then take a clean piece of rag, with a small piece of butter on it, and rub the velvet until perfectly clean.
To Remove Fruit Stains, pour boiling water over the articles and then wash them.
The Mildew may be removed from articles by soaking them for a few hours in a weak solution of chloride of lime and then rinsing in cold water.
Methylated Spirit will remove tea stains from a dress without touching the colour.
To Prevent Iron Mould. — Wet the spot and lay it over a hot water plate; put a little salts of lemon on the spot, and then wash it as soon as the stain is removed.
Lemons which have been already used are excellent for cleaning brass or copper. Dip the lemons in salt and rub the articles, and dry instantly with a soft, dry cloth, when a brilliant surface will be the result.
To Prevent Rust on Polished Steel. — The
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