476 • STANDARD RKCEIPTS. 



half pints of water. Dissolve in a separate vessel twenty ounce of or- 

 dinary washing soda and pour into the first solution. When cold add 

 two more pints of water, making eleven pints in all. Strain through 

 muslin and allow it to settle and pour off the resulting clear liquid. 



Candle Grease. Parafine or tallow is best removed with chloro- 

 form, though every housekeeper knows the old trick of ironing over a 

 piece of blotting paper. 



Grease and Oil. Grease and oil spots in wash goods may be re- 

 moved with soap, ammonia, and water. For silks try first absorption, 

 which is done by sprinkling the spot heavily with chalk or magnesia, 

 placing a piece of blotting paper on both sides and ironing with a warm 

 iron. Many a man who thinks he knows the best way to eradicate this 

 most common of all stains finds that within a few weeks after treatment 

 the garment has an unsightly ring where the spot was. This is due to 

 the fact that when the stain was rubbed and the grease loosened, it, 

 lacking an absorbent, spread itself into the surrounding fabric. 



This is the right way to remove a grease spot. Take benzine, turpen- 

 tine, gasolene, or best of all, ether, and moisten a large ring around the 

 grease spot, gradually working towards the center; when this is reached 

 immediately saturate two pieces of blotting paper with the spirit, place 

 one beneath and the other above and press with a weight. By this 

 means the grease will be absorbed as soon as dissolved. Care must be 

 taken in the use of ether, gasolene, or benzine, not to bring it near a 

 flame, as the vapors of all three are highly inflammable. 



HARNESS AND LEATHER. 



To Preserve Harness. First remove the dirt with a moist sponge. 

 Do not- use too much water, nor any soap. No harness gets so muddy 

 that a moist sponge will not remove the dust, if cleaned while the mud 

 is moist. Now give the leather a good coat of lampblack and castor or 

 neat's-foot oil. Then with a good warm soap-suds sponge the harness 

 thorougly removing all the dirt. When the harness becomes dry, rub it 

 over with a mixture of oil and tallow.equal parts, with which has been 

 mixed lampblack or Prussian blue to give it color. Do not use more of 

 this last compound of oil and tallow than is actually necessary, and rub 

 it in thoroughly. 



l/cather Blacking. Take one ounce of copperas and one and one- 

 half pints of water, and thoroughly mix. This is used by harness mak- 



