1346 The Cornell Reading-Courses 



Vinegar and alum mixture: 



2 oz. powdered alum 

 I qt. strong vinegar 



Boil the vinegar, add the alum, and stir until dissolved. Apply hot. 

 Badly stained nickel can be cleaned by boiling in this mixture until the 

 stains begin to disappear, before polishing. Keep in a tightly corked 

 bottle. 



the refrigerator 

 Apparatus: 



Two dishpans, the trap brush, a small scrub brush, two dishcloths, 

 a clean towel, soap, washing soda, and ammonia. 

 Procedure: 



1. Empty the water pan below and replace it. 



2. Fill the sink or a dishpan half full of strong, hot soapsuds. Put 



warm water into a dishpan to the depth of an inch and add a 

 half tablespoonful ammonia. 



3. Remove the ice to the other dishpan, using the dishcloths to pre- 



vent its slipping. Gather up any straws or dirt. 



4. Remove all food. Put the ice rack and the shelves into the soapsuds. 



5. Wash the ice box carefully and quickly with the ammonia water. 



Be sure to get all the comers clean, and scrub the waste pipe 

 with the trap brush. Rinse it down with the ammonia water 

 and then with a dipperful of fresh, clean water. Dry with the 

 dishcloth wrung out of clean water. 



6. If the waste pipe is movable, take it out of the food closet and put 



it in the soapsuds. Scrub the ice rack and the shelves with the 

 scrub brush, and the pipe with the trap brush. Let off the suds, 

 rinse the pieces in plenty of cold water, and dry with the towel. 



7. Replace the ice rack and the ice, and close the ice-box doors. 



8. Mix a fresh lot of ammonia water, and wash the walls and floor 



of the food closet. Be sure the comers are clean. Dry with 

 the towel. Be very sure that movable parts belonging to the 

 waste pipe are taken apart, washed thoroughly, and carefully 

 fitted back into place. Then replace the waste pipe and the 

 shelves. 



9. Replace the food, but do not close the doors. 



10. Wash out the pipe cap under the refrigerator most carefully with 



the ammonia water and soap. 



1 1 . Empty the water pan and wash it thoroughly, with plenty of soap 



in the ammonia water, before replacing it. 



12. Close the refrigerator doors. 



13. Wash out and put away the dishpan, brushes, and cloths. 



