GOLDEN GRAINS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1687, 29 June 1904, Page 41 (Supplement)

GOLDEN GRAINS

J Tlie- lustre of mofocco may be- restored y applying - the.' white fof •an ;egg -with a sponge. v:'';'W : .yyvy; ■■,/£ O To Gfcefc Hid of Jbits.-r-Try cayenne pepper. • Sprinkle i shelves, £ and; also fill up . any . holes’ which seem , infested. V T.o cfieeseclotfi, Sctiin, or lace 1 curb, tains' -retain tfieii’ look, ! add a • -'small \ quantity .of saffron - tea (made by

■ steeping saffron in water) to the water in which they are rinsed. \ ■j To clean black cashmere, dissolve, ail ounce of ammonia in half a'gallon of water.. Lay the cashmere in it.for hah an hour, dip up and down, rub in any dirty places, hang to drain, and when still damp iron on the wrong side. To Freshen Gilt Frames.—Put enough flowers of sulphur into a pint of water to give a golden tint, and in this boil four or five bruised onions. Strain, and when cold: paint the. frames—using a soft, brush. This will make them like new.' Spots on Carpets.—Clean these with ox gall. .Allow, one gill to a gallon of rainwater, stirring it into the water with a stick. With a soft brush rub the carpet, making a white lather. Wash the lather off with clean water. Dry with clean cloths. . Borax is an excellent bleacher. Used in the rinsing water during the process of blanket washing, at the rate of two ounces to two and a half gallons of water, it has a wonderous effect in improving the colour of the blanket. Soap and soda turn blankets yellow, whereas borax or liquid ammonia makes them white. Plain curd soap and ammonia should be added to the first water, and borax (in powder) to the final bath. Marking ink may be made from the following:—Dissolve four parts of aniline .black in sixteen parts, by weight, of alcohol, with sixteen drops of strong hydrochloric acid, and dilute the dark blue solution thus made with ninety parts, wieght of water—distilled or rain—in which six parts of gum arabic have bee*, previously dissolved. The ink is no+ acted upon by steel pens, neither is it acted upon by alkalies or acids, . White chiffon, when soiled, may be nuite renewed by being soaked and lightly nibbed between the palms of th° hands in luke warm soapsuds. It must be afterwards rinsed lightly in clear

warm water to which hasheenaddeda little ammonia, well ’ squeezed, and' hung i out to dry: It will’ appear to shrivel yup; to half its width, but if, before com--pletely drying, it be pressed upon white flannel.with,a warm iron it will; fesumA its original compass:- ; A complaint niay :often be, heard ffoiii persons, who are wearing new boots and > shoes to the. effect that. they dQ:;.npt)‘fit ; as easily; as when : first They reason i s. that, in all probability.'? they have been iri.thehaj;ly ,phihbt;tbe;’i;

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;out.quickly, and the articles, be put into v. the waterysihgly and . washed, ’ liihmedi ately.; Bran,' boiled in. water' and; strained, suffa- • ; . ciently. softens ; the water; / - Mauve: . and . > violet. may be preserved : byputting Va,. little . spda . in. the , wa.ter. : ;Green is -kept ‘; ' , by'. the "use of alum, while.; ex-gall' preh;: yy; serves, all Colours. f