HOMELY ADVICE.

Thames Star, Issue 14664, 19 April 1915, Page 7

HOMELY ADVICE.

; White paint is* now often employed where a generation back it« use was extremely limited. To clean white plaint without risk of removing paint as well, as dirt, make some Very fine whiting into a cream with water. Dip a soft cloth in it, and tub finger marks, stains, etc., until they disappear, then rinse with clean water. Never use soda to any paint. A safe cleanser consists of two tablespoonfuls of powdered borax dissolved in a little boiling water, then add. sufficient cold soft water to make three pints. After dusting the paint, sponge it gently but thoroughly with the solution, then rinse in tepid water and dry with a soft cloth. To scrub paint is to destroy it.

"'That party who gavi» up the third floor hall-room was a vindictive man," says the landlady. "Mr. Gimslie ?" answers the se-cond-foor front. "Why, he impressed me as a very quiet, inoffensive sort of person !" "He seemed so : but what did If, do but tack up* 1 a motto on ill? wall over the bed, reading, ' J ook Refon you Sleep !' "