1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

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No. 591. To clean French Kid Gloves.

Put the srloves on vour hands and wash them, as if you were washing your hands, in some spirits of tur- pentine, until quite clean ; then hang them up in a warm place, or where there is a current of air, and all smell of the turpentine will be removed. N.B. — This method is practised in Paris, and, since its introduction into this country, thousands of pounds have been saved or gained by it.

No. 592. How to clean Gloves.

Wash, them with soap and water, then stretch them on wooden hands, or pull them into shape without wringing them; next rub them with pipe-clay, or yellow ochre, or a mixture of the two in any re- quired shade, made into a paste with beer; let them dry gradually, and, when about half dry, rub them well, so as to smooth them and&put them into shape ; then dry them, brush out the superfluous colour, cover them with paper, and smooth them with a warm iron. Other colours may be employed to mix the pipe-clay besides yellow ochre.

No. 593. Hed Sealing- Wax.

Shel-lac, (very pale,) 4 ounces, cautiously melt in a bright copper pan over a clear charcoal fire, and, when fused, add Venice turpentine, J ounce ; mix, and further add vermilion, 3 ounces; remove the