Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1911 — Useful Hints. [ARTICLE]

Useful Hints.

Milk will clean piano keys satisfactorily. It will take out ink spots of long standing. Used in starch It will give a fine gloss. It will remove discoloration from gilt mirrors and picture frames. Used with bluing for lace curtains It ylll make them look like new. To cloud quickly the windows In a hath room, etc., apply with a brush a strong solution of epsom salts mixed In vinegar. This gives a beautiful frosted appearance and becomes permanent If varnished over with white varnish. Mahogany or any other colored wood may be darkened by polishing with cold drawn linseed oil.