1908 The World's Drinks and How to Mix Them by Hon Wm Boothby

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USEFUL FORMULAS.

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THE CARE OF THE HANDS. 498 Borax water will instantly r emorn all soi ls, scra tches, and stains from the bands. To make it, put crude borax into a champagne bottle and fill it with water. ·when the borax is clissolYed acld more until the water has absorbed as much as possible and the rest r emain s at the bottom of the bottle. Pour enough of this into wa ter to render it soft, and wash. TO CHECK VOMITING. 499 GiYe a t easpoonful of whole black mustard seed. More may be giYen in severe cases. (See Stay Down, Reci1 e No. 296.) 500 Sweet oil ancl putty powder, followed by soap and water are efficient means for brightening brass and copper. 501 ·Take the whites of two eggs, two O\lI\Ces of chloride of potash or one of soda. Mix well, rub off the dust from the frames, and then go oYer them with a soft brush dipped in the mixture. To keep flies off gilt frames boil three or four onions 'in a pint of water and apply with a soft brush. To retouch a gilt frame wet t he rubbed spot with isinglass disso1"ed in weak spirits. When nearly dry Jay on gold leaf, and when dry polish with a hard burnisher. Give the frame, when new, a coat of white varnish aucl all specks can be washed without harm. 502 An oilcloth should neYer be scrubbed with a brush, but after being swept it should be washed with a soft fiannel ancl Juke wa rm or cold wa ter. On no account use soap or water that is hot, as either would have a bad effect on the paint. When the oilcloth is dry, rub it well with a small portion of a mixture of beeswax softened with a minute quantity of turpentine, using for this purpose a soft furniture polishing brush. TO CLEAN COPPER AND BRASS. TO CLEAN GILT FRAMES. TO CLEAN OILCLOTH.