Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1893 — AROUMD THE HOUSE. [ARTICLE]

AROUMD THE HOUSE.

To prevent starch from sticking, a good plan is to put a teaspoonful of clean white lard into a pint of thick starch while hot and stir it thoroughly through the mixture. To clean mahogany, take one pint furniture oil, mix with one-half pint, spirits of turpentine and one-half pin vinegar; wet a woolen rag with the liquid, and rub the wood the way of the grain, then polish with apieceof flannel and soft cloth. To clean plush invert a hot flat iron, place upon it a single thickness of wet cotton cloth, lay the plush upon the cloth, with the Wrong side downward, and rub gently with a dry cloth uDtil the pile is raised; then take the plush from the iron, lay it on a table, and brush with a soft brush.