Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1893 — Do You Know? [ARTICLE]

Do You Know?

Do you know that you can drive nails into hardwood without bending them if you dip them first in laid? That corks warmed ih oil make excellent substitutes for glass stoppers? That a lump of camphor in your clothes press will keep steel from tarnishing? That stale bread will clean kid gloves? That bread crumbs cleanse silk gowns? That milk, applied once a week with a soft cloth, freshens and preserves boots and shoes? That gloves can be cleaned at home by rubbing with gasoline? That weak spots in a black silk waist may be strengthened by “sticking” court plaster underneath? That tooth powder is an excellent cleanser for fine filagree jewelry? That a little vaseline, rubbed in once a day, will keep the hands from chapping? That gum arable and gum tragacanth in equal parts, dissolved in hot water, make the best and most convenient mucilage you can keep in the house?