Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 297, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1916 — Household Notes [ARTICLE]

Household Notes

Unbleached calico shrinks in the wash. Allow an extra inch to each yard in making it up, to allow foi this. To clean coat collars which often show white inside after a little wear •i:e a little ammonia in which enough salt has been put to make a soft mix titre. This used as a cleaner will remove discolorations. An obstinately fixed glass stopper which not only resists force, but also the usually prescribed hot cloths, s’ ould be treated with sweet oil. Place* a few drops of oil around the rim of the bottle, where it will set’le around the stopper. Let it stand a snort time and then you will find the stopper can be withdrawn quite easily. To clean white canvas shoes dissolve a quarter of a teaspoonful of oxaiic acid in half a cupful of not water. When cool enough to touch, dip into this a blue bag and squeeze it three oi four times, then stir in a couple of teaspoonfuls of ■ pipe clay. This mixture must be made quite smooth. Wipe the shoes over twice with a spon|te‘dipped in it, and when dry you will find they look like new, and the white will not rub off.