Household Hints.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 136, 4 March 1909, Page 3

Household Hints.

To Clean and Restore Velvets.— Light velvet? arc eieaiiod by gently rubbing with a flannel previously dipped in paraffin; or if the material be soiled in spots only, by rubbing with a piece of fat bacon or butter, when the wrong side requires drawing over a hot iron in order to raise the pile; or they may be cleaned by brushing with cornflour until the soil is removed. Black and coloured velvet if not dirty, but only creased, is freshened by holding wrong side down close to, but not on, a flatiron, on which has first been placed a damp cloth. The stsam eradictaes the creases and raises the pile. When it has been steamed all over, remove the wet cloth a draw the velvet on the wrong side over the iron to dry it. { To clean mud-spotted black velvet, a i solution of equal parts of spirits of wine, ox gall, and water will be found : efficacious. The method employed to clean light and dark veveUer. is a very simple one. A lather of white .--cap is made, into which the velveteen is dipped, then placed on a ho;-.;- : or table and scrubbed the same way a.- the pile with a clean nail br.ish :':'.'. ah "he dirt has been rcmov< d. who:-, it is rinsed in cold wat-T. but ;."t sowoexod or wrung, as this wo.;, i .-:■-;; the- pile. (t is dried in the air. and sometimes the back is draw r < ,•<•: a hot iron, but this is not necessaiw. To clean and brighten iight satin chloroform or benzine i:;ay be used. To Remove Mildew from Linen.- - First of ail take- some yellow soap and rub it wdi into t•-.•_• iin-n. tin-.-. scrape sum'- chalk v. ry line ami r;; ' :i t j lKt j n also. Lay '!o- iirw:: on the prass and as ii ''.:•;>•:- wot it attain : this done two or thr. e time,; shouk; remove them soap and powdered starch with half the .(uanii'iy "•" a 't .mi tin. .iuico of a i' n.e-:. i.ay the- mixum-- or. with a brush and Lt the- ii:.on Ho out on the grass lor a few frosty nights and the stain wi;l soon disappear. Ail linen will turn yeliow it kept long unused'or locked up in a lemon press and excluded from light and air.