To Keep Srtx.—Silk goods should not be folded in white paper, as the
chloride of lime used in bleaching the paper will impair the color of the
silk. Brown or blue paper is better; yellow India paper is better still.
Silk intended for dress should not be kept in the house long, as lying
in folds causes it to crack or split, particularly if thickened with gum.
White satin dresses should be pinned up in blue paper, with coarse brown
paper on the outside, sewed together on the edge.
To KEEP PAINT-BRUSHES.—Turn a new brush bristles up, open, pour in a
spoonful of good varnish, and keep in that position until dry, and the bris-
tles will never “‘shed” in painting. The varnish also keeps it from shrinking
and falling to pieces. As soon as a job is finished, wipe brush clean, wrap
in piece of paper, and hang it in a small deep vessel containing Oil, letting
the brush descend into the oil up to the wrapping cord. This will keep
painting and varnish brushes clean and ready for use.
To Remove STaINns FROM THE Hanps.—Damp the hands first with water,
and then rub them with tartaric acid or salts of lemon, as you would
with soap; rinse them, and rub them dry. Tartaric acid or salts of lemon
will quickly remove stains from linens. Put less than a half tea-spoon of
salts or acid in a table-spoon of water, wet the stain with it, and lay it in
the sun for at least an hour; wet it once or twice in the time with cold
water. If it does not remove the stain, repeat and lay it again in the sun.
STAMMERING.—If not caused by malformation of organs, readiu ; aloud,
with the teeth closed, for at least two hours a day for three or fou months
will cure stam™merins.
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To Sorren Sponers.—A sponge when first purchased is frequently hard,
stiffand gritty. To soften it, and dislodge the particles of sea-sand from its
crevices, having first soaked and squeezed it through several cold waters, put
the sponge into a clean tin sauce-pan, set it over the fire, and boil it a quar-
ter of an hour. Then take it out into a bowl of cold water, and squeeze it
well. Wash out the sauce-pan, and return the sponge to it, filling up with
clean, cold water, and boil it another quarter of an hour. Repeat the pro-
cess, giving it three boils in fresh water, or more than three if you find it
still gritty. Take care not to let it boil too long, or it will become tender
and drop to pieces. .
Extras THRown 1n.—To purify a room of unpleasant odors, burn vinegar,
resin, or sugar; to make chicken gravy richer, add eggs found in chicken, on
if none, yolk of an egg; soak garden seeds in hot water a few seconds before
planting; to prevent cholera in chickens, put assafoetida in water they drink,
and let them pick at coal ashes; in using hard water for dish-water add a
little milk; to clean paint, add to two quarts hot water, two table-spoons tur-
entine and one of skimmed milk, and only soap enough to make suds, and
it will clean and give luster; iron rust on marble can generally be removed
with lemon-juice ; a thin coat of varnish applied to straw-matting makes it
more durable and adds to its beauty.
Buckeye cookery
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Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
To Keep Silk.—Silk goods should not be folded in white paper, as the chloride of lime used in bleaching the paper will impair the color of the silk. Brown or blue paper is better; yellow India paper is better still. Silk intended for dress should not be kept in the house long, as lying in folds causes it to crack or split, particularly if thickened with gum. White satin dresses should be pinned up in blue paper, with coarse brown paper on the outside, sewed together on the edge.
To KEEP PAINT-BRUSHES.—Turn a new brush bristles up, open, pour in a spoonful of good varnish, and keep in that position until dry, and the bristles will never “‘shed” in painting. The varnish also keeps it from shrinking and falling to pieces. As soon as a job is finished, wipe brush clean, wrap in piece of paper, and hang it in a small deep vessel containing Oil, letting the brush descend into the oil up to the wrapping cord. This will keep painting and varnish brushes clean and ready for use.
To Remove Stains from the Hands.—Damp the hands first with water, and then rub them with tartaric acid or salts of lemon, as you would with soap; rinse them, and rub them dry. Tartaric acid or salts of lemon will quickly remove stains from linens. Put less than a half tea-spoon of salts or acid in a table-spoon of water, wet the stain with it, and lay it in the sun for at least an hour; wet it once or twice in the time with cold water. If it does not remove the stain, repeat and lay it again in the sun.
STAMMERING.—If not caused by malformation of organs, reading aloud, with the teeth closed, for at least two hours a day for three or fou months will cure stammering.
MISCELLANEOUS, | 523
To Soften Sponges.—A sponge when first purchased is frequently hard, stiffand gritty. To soften it, and dislodge the particles of sea-sand from its crevices, having first soaked and squeezed it through several cold waters, put the sponge into a clean tin sauce-pan, set it over the fire, and boil it a quarter of an hour. Then take it out into a bowl of cold water, and squeeze it well. Wash out the sauce-pan, and return the sponge to it, filling up with clean, cold water, and boil it another quarter of an hour. Repeat the process, giving it three boils in fresh water, or more than three if you find it still gritty. Take care not to let it boil too long, or it will become tender and drop to pieces. .
Extras THRown 1n.—To purify a room of unpleasant odors, burn vinegar, resin, or sugar; to make chicken gravy richer, add eggs found in chicken, on if none, yolk of an egg; soak garden seeds in hot water a few seconds before planting; to prevent cholera in chickens, put assafoetida in water they drink, and let them pick at coal ashes; in using hard water for dish-water add a little milk; to clean paint, add to two quarts hot water, two table-spoons turpentine and one of skimmed milk, and only soap enough to make suds, and it will clean and give luster; iron rust on marble can generally be removed with lemon-juice ; a thin coat of varnish applied to straw-matting makes it more durable and adds to its beauty.