Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1915 — GOOD USES FOR KEROSENE [ARTICLE]

GOOD USES FOR KEROSENE

Excellent for Cleaning Glassware— Will Remove Rust From Kitchen Stove—For the Refrigerator. A little kerosene added to very hot water will make windows, looking glasses and picture glasses bright and clear. Use a small, clean cloth, wring it dry and rub it over the glass, after wiping down the framework with an oiled cloth. Then proceed to the next window and treat it similarly on both sides. After that go back to the first one and-wipe It dry with a large clean cloth. No real polishing is required and the window or glass will look clear and shiny. Kerosene will clean your hands better than anything else after blacking a range or stove. Pour a little in the water, wash your hands In it, then wash them In tepid water, and finally with plenty of soap and a stiff brush Ip hot water. If possible finish up by m bbing the hands with lemon and rosewater and glycerin. When your kitchen sink Is rusty rub it over with kerosene. Squeaks in shoes may sometimes be prevented by dipping the soles In kerosene. ’7?'' The white spots appearing in the spring on the lining of your refrigerator will disappear If you rub the sine with kerosene. Leave the refrigerator open several hours, then wash with water, soap and ammonia. The refrigerator will then be clean and sweet and all spots will have disappeared. To clean painted walls wipe them first with a cloth wet in kerosene and let stand 15 minutes. Then wash the walls with good warm soapsuds, but do not-rub soap on the doth, or the paint will be streaked. Rub spots of tar or pine pitch on clothing In kerosene before washing them.