MAKE IT YOURSELF

Chronicle (Levin), 19 August 1946, Page 3

MAKE IT YOURSELF

(Contributod byr the Sarah Anne Rhodes Fdllowaliip* in Home Science.) Here is an assortment of recipes that the housewit'e may find useful to have haady : — The Treated Dust Cloth Half-yard square of soft, dark-coloui> ed elotli, 2 tablespoons of boiled linseed oil, mild "ivhite soap, 1 quart of hot water. Do not heni the edges of the cloth, but cut oll the selvege. Make suds of the warm water and soap, and add the oil to the suds. Mix thoroughly. Immerse the cloth several times, then squeeze out and liang to dry. When no.t in use keep in a closed tin or gluss jar. Cloths ean b'e washed and retreated. Silver Cloth Mix plate powder with amnionia until to a thin past'e. Cut squafes of flannclctte and immerse in thc paste. Let soak until all the liquid is absorbed. Hang out to dry. Javelle Water (Bleach for Cottons and Linens) Dissolve 11b. of washing soda in 1 quart of eold water. Add 11b. of bleaching powder. Stir well and strain through muslin. Put in glass stoppered bottle. To use: Stretcli stain across mouth of cup and drop javelle water on with a glass rod. Dip another glaas rod into dilute oxalie aeid solution and drop on stain alternately. Pinse and rejxeat proeess. When stain is removed wasli material well to remove bleaeh. Skido (Excellent i'or cleaning pots) Oue bar of sandsoap; grate thit • finely. Put in 1 paeket of soap extraet, Put in tight-lidded tins. VrATich Polish

Dissolve 6oz. of shellac in 1 pint of methylated spirits; thin or thieken by addiiig spirit or 3hellac respeetively. The orange or reddish brown shellac produces the ordinary brown polish, thc wliite or "blaeked" shellac ihe white Preneh polish. Direetions for use: It is usually applied to a pad of eotton wadding — this is, in tuni, eoyered by a soft calico rag. A thin smear of linseed oil is 'given to the surfaee of the pad. A regular cireular motion is 'given to the pad whieh must never be allowed to rest or stop on the surfaee being polished otherwise the pad would stick and spoil the effect wantod. Work out the pad pretty dry before applying niore polish to..it. Tlie whole objeet is to get a thin eoating of shellac on the surfaee, the thinner the .better. The great risk is letting thc pad stick. If you do it will take a lot of rubbing to get the surfaee smpoth again. Polishing should be done in a warm place free from dust. When a satisfaetory polish is aequired, leave it to dry or i'or the spirit to evaporate. To remove the surfaee oil take a clean pad, put a very 3mall quantity of spirit and liglitly rub the surfaee. _ If you uso over-niuch spirit or rub lieavily you will remove the shellae already applied. Hand Lotion One oz. witeh hazel, loz. glycerine, loz. aleohol, loz. Eau de Cologne, ^oz. I guin of Tragacanth powder. j Put all the ingrediehts into a very i large bottle and shake well. Bath Salts Crusli 31b. of washing soda and put through a sieze, picking out the nicest pieces. Golour with coehineal. Put in bottles and pour oil of verberna over. Any perfunie may be used instead of i- verberna.