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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16408, 9 December 1916, Page 6 (Supplement)

CLEANING BRASS ARTICLES. Objects of polished copper, bronze, and other alloys of copper tarnish through water and it is sometimes necessary to give them again their bright appearance. 10 obtain good results it is by no means indifferent what- method is pursued. Experience has taught us that the best way consists in pickling the articles in an acid bath, to wash them next in a neutral bath, to dry them, and subsequently to rub them with a polishing powder. Such is tne general formula; the processes indicated below are but variants adapted to divers eases and recommended by disinterested experimenters. Polished " copper. —Make a mixture of powdered charcoal, very fine, four parts; spirit of wine. three parts, and essence of turpentine, two parts; to this add water in which onethird of its weight of sorrel salt or oxalic acid has been stirred, and rub the objects with this mixture. Bronze Articles: Boil the objects in soap lye, wash in plenty of water, and dry in saw-dust. Brass Articles: It would not suffice to pickle brass objects, the brilliancy thus produced would not be durable. To obtain a good polish, the surfaces have to be rubbed with very fine tripoli mixed with olive oil; next rinse with soap water, and wipe dry with tine linen. Gilt Frames: Mix and beat the whites of three eggs with one-third, by weight, of javelle water and apply to the gilt work, which will be quickly restored to newness. Highly Oxidised Bronzes: First dip in strong soda lye, then in a bath containing one part of sulphuric and to twelve parts of water. Rinse in clean water, and next in water containing a little ammonia. Dry and rub with a polishing powder or paste. Delicate Objects: Rub them with a sponge charged with a mixture 01" twentyeight parts of alcohol, fourteen of water, and four of lavender oil. Cleaning Piano Keys: When piano kevs a suite a yellow hue they may be cleaned by being carefully rubbed with fine sandpaper. Another method is to dilute nitric acid in soft water, in the proportion of 1 joz. of acid to soz. water. Apply this to ' the keys with a brush, and wipe off with a flannel dipped in clean water.

SUMMER COMPLEXION TROUBLES. Few ladies can face the summer weather in these islands of ours without some complexion trouble arising;. The sun and the winds are the greatest enemies to facial attractiveness, and red noses, rough or tei der skin, and fvecklc.. are. alas, only tot. common. Yet with a 1.. daily fare all such troubles may be entirely done away with. Tf just i little of the Valaze Beautifying Russian Skin Food, 4/- and 7,'-. i«' ■-.it on the face nightly, the skin will be already protected for ordinary pur po-;s. For times of exposure to the sun or wind, however, it will be found necessarv to protect the skin by rubbing some No vena Sunproof and Wine proof Cr-eme, 2/- and 3/6, which entirely prevents all discolouration due to wind or weather. If powder is used, let it be the Valaze Powder, or the special No vena Poudre for dry skins. 2/6. Cleansing the face requires the utmost care, and Novena Cerate, 2/- and 3/6, is indispensable in this connection. Mile. Rubinstein, cvr J^^dir,?Complexion Specialist, has other wond-'i fill p-epa. 4t'ons for every skin blemish. A r.i ...ste y- it of the--" prep!i«at;<»r.» wili th; h'U'J Ml I' bvro!., *' Otd'.:ls j» Making," which will be sent to" any address. sk*; tree. «in application. V a!«i::e preparations obtainable all leading Chemists, •->!• direct, post free, from Mile. Helena Rubinstein,' Dept. 51, Strand Arcade, Auckland. Merchants throughout New Zealand report jncreasi&g deruPDd Jor " No Kul.b.ns Larndry Help. ' It has practically abolished »v ash-board slavery.