WASHING-UP
Begin by sorting out all the tilings to he. washed.
Pour away dregs from cups, glasses, etc., scrape all hits from plates and dishes, and, if greasy, wipe these with a piece of paper. Empty vegetable tureens, sauceboats, etc. ; keep odd basins and plates to put each remains on. Use really Hot water and plenty of it, cl anging it when necessary, if it is very hard it may he softened with a little soda or borax, and a little soap or soap powder must he used if required. Wash glass first, then silevr, then plates—all greasy things last of all. Usy.a dish-cloth made of some open material which will not retain the grease, and clean, dry towels of a thickness suitable to the kind of article being dried. When the washing-up is finished, rinse out tin' howl and set it on end to air, also wash out the dish-cloth, hang it in the fresh air to dry. and wash out any towels that require it. so that nil may i>e clean and ready when wanted again.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 15 June 1925, Page 5
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