A very beautiful whitening for walls and ceilings
may be made by shaking the best lime in hot water,
covering up to keep in the steam^ and straining the milk
of lime through a fine sieve; add to a pailful half a
pound of common alum, two pounds of sugar, three
pints of rice-flour made into a thin, well-boiled paste^
and one ponnd of white glue dissolved slowly over the
fire. It should be applied with a paint-brush when
warm.
Paint should be cleaned by using only a little water
at a time and changing often; a soft flannel cloth or
sponge is better than cotton or a brush ; a pièce of pine |
wood with a sharp point should be used for the corners.
Where the paint is stained with smoke, some ashes or
potash lye may be used. A soft linen towel should be
used for wiping dry. Glass should not be cleaned with
soap; a little paste of whiting and water should be
rubbed over, and with another cloth it should be rinsed
off, and the glass polished with a soft linen or old silk
handkerchief. Alcohol or benzine is a good thing to
cléan glass, and clean paper is probably better than
258 LA CUISINE CREOLE.
any cloth, sponge or towel ; dry paper leaves an excel-
lent polish. Marble ma; be cleaaed with a mixture of
two parts of commoti soda, one part of pumice stone, and
one of chalk, finelj powdered and tied ap in a âne mus-
lin rag; the marble is wetted with water, the powder
shaken over it, and it is rubbed with a soft cloth ontîl
clean, then washed in clean water and dried with a
soft linen or silk handkerchief. No soap or potash
should be allowed on marble. A good furniture polifih
is made by meltîng two onnces of beeswax, one oonce
of turpentine, and one dram of powdered rosin to-
gether, with a gentle beat, and nibbing on when cold,
with a soft flannel cloth, and polishing with a soft
lioen or silk cloth. If for mahogany, a little Indian
red may be used. Cracks in fumitnre may be filled with
putty, mLxed with Indian-red or bumt umber, to get the
desired shade. When dry it will take an equal polisli
with the wood.
H&BD SOAP FOR HOUSEHOLD PURPOSES. ÂGEEE&BLE AND
CLEAN.
To seveii pound of tallow, or other clean grease. nse
three ponnds of rosin, add six gallons of water t<
and stîr in two ponnds of potash✪ Hard Soap for Household Purposes; hoil this togeth
fiye hours, then tum the soap, while hot, into a
tub and let it stay ail night ; when cool eut into
and lay on a board to harden. This qiiantity s
he sufficient for a family of four persons for one yi
WASHING MIXTURE.
An excellent and harmless washing mixture m
made by cutting up a large bar of soap and diM(
it with two ounces of borax✪ Washing Mixture in a half gallon of i
LA CUISINE CREOLE. 259
Boil the mixture till the soap is soft, and put it awaj
to be used when required. There is nothing in it to
take the color out of goods, and it saves labor and soap.
FRUIT STAINS.
Fruit stains may of ten be removed f rom clothing by
plunging the latter înto boiling water, letting it remain
immersed for a few minutes, and then washing it out
în the ordinary way.
TO PRETENT GOODS PROM FADING.
Drop into a pail of water a teaspoonful of sugar of
lead, and let it dissolve. Soak the goods in this mix-
ture for half an hour before washing them in the ordi-
nary manner.
IVIES FOR INSIDB DECORATIONS.
It is not generally known that the varions evergreen
ivies will grow and flourish to perfection in the shade^
and that, therefore, any room may be most charmingly
decorated with them. Such is the fact, however. Put
the plants in large pots, fiUed with rich and mellow
garden soil kept at a suitable régulation of moisture;
and you will hâve no trouble about the matter. The
vînes may be trained on wire trellises fastened to the
wall or eeiling; or upon any other convenient arrange-
ment. In a treatise on this subject the Rural New
Yorker says:
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
A very beautiful whitening for walls and ceilings may be made by shaking the best lime in hot water, covering up to keep in the steam, and straining the milk of lime through a fine sieve; add to a pailful half a pound of common alum, two pounds of sugar, three pints of rice-flour made into a thin, well-boiled paste, and one ponnd of white glue dissolved slowly over the fire. It should be applied with a paint-brush when warm.
Paint should be cleaned by using only a little water at a time and changing often; a soft flannel cloth or sponge is better than cotton or a brush ; a piece of pine
wood with a sharp point should be used for the corners. Where the paint is stained with smoke, some ashes or potash lye may be used. A soft linen towel should be used for wiping dry. Glass should not be cleaned with soap; a little paste of whiting and water should be rubbed over, and with another cloth it should be rinsed off, and the glass polished with a soft linen or old silk handkerchief. Alcohol or benzine is a good thing to clean glass, and clean paper is probably better than
any cloth, sponge or towel ; dry paper leaves an excellent polish. Marble may be cleaned with a mixture of two parts of common soda, one part of pumice stone, and one of chalk, finely powdered and tied up in a fine muslin rag; the marble is wetted with water, the powder shaken over it, and it is rubbed with a soft cloth until clean, then washed in clean water and dried with a soft linen or silk handkerchief. No soap or potash should be allowed on marble. A good furniture polish is made by melting two ounces of beeswax, one ounce of turpentine, and one dram of powdered rosin together, with a gentle beat, and rubbing on when cold, with a soft flannel cloth, and polishing with a soft linen or silk cloth. If for mahogany, a little Indian red may be used. Cracks in furniture may be filled with putty, mLxed with Indian-red or bumt umber, to get the desired shade. When dry it will take an equal polisli with the wood.
HARD SOAP FOR HOUSEHOLD PURPOSES. AGREEABLE AND CLEAN.
To seven pounds of tallow, or other clean grease. use three pounds of rosin, add six gallons of water t< and stir in two pounds of potash; boil this together five hours, then turn the soap, while hot, into a tub and let it stay ail night ; when cool cut into and lay on a board to harden. This quantity should be sufficient for a family of four persons for one year
WASHING MIXTURE.
An excellent and harmless washing mixture m made by cutting up a large bar of soap and dissolve it with two ounces of borax in a half gallon of water
Boil the mixture till the soap is soft, and put it awaj to be used when required. There is nothing in it to take the color out of goods, and it saves labor and soap.
FRUIT STAINS.
Fruit stains may of ten be removed from clothing by plunging the latter into boiling water, letting it remain immersed for a few minutes, and then washing it out in the ordinary way.
TO PREVENT GOODS PROM FADING.
Drop into a pail of water a teaspoonful of sugar of lead, and let it dissolve. Soak the goods in this mixture for half an hour before washing them in the ordinary manner.
IVIES FOR INSIDE DECORATIONS.
It is not generally known that the varions evergreen ivies will grow and flourish to perfection in the shade, and that, therefore, any room may be most charmingly decorated with them. Such is the fact, however. Put the plants in large pots, filled with rich and mellow garden soil kept at a suitable regulation of moisture; and you will have no trouble about the matter. The vines may be trained on wire trellises fastened to the wall or ceiling; or upon any other convenient arrangement. In a treatise on this subject the Rural New Yorker says:
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