Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 3, Number 6, DeMotte, Jasper County, 22 June 1933 — The Household [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The Household

By LYDIA LE BARON WALKER

The time to remove a spot or stain is just as soon as It is made. Then it comes out easiest. It does not set and the extraneous substance get ingrained, with the fibers of the weave. Another thing that helps in the ef-

fective removal of spots and stains is the knowledge of what made them, for one agent will be required for one substance, and a different one will be needed for another. This is why when taking a spotted or stained garment to a cleaners, the question is always asked, “Can you tell what made the discoloration?” One can see its importance. Here are some simple things to remember. Spots caused by egg, meat juices and blood, or gravy respond to cold water. Hot water sets the albumen and increases the difficulty of the work. To under-

stand this, one has only to realize the ease with which egg dishes are washed if cold water is first used, and how bothersome it is to get them clean quickly if, by accident, the hot water runs over them. If the substance is a textile fibre, the difficulty of removal is increased, for the same hardening of the albumen occurs. Gravy stains will require two treatments, but the cold water application should come first. The reason why two different processes are needed is that gravy consists of both meat juices and fat. The cold water takes out the blood, but it hardens the fat. So a second process to remove the grease is needed. Hot water will take out grease stains. Double and Triple Agents. Ice cream spots on textiles usually require two processes for removal, one for the fat in the cream, the other for the coloring and when eggs are an ingredient, the cold water treatment may make a third. Use cold water first for it will take out whatever responds to it. Then for fruit pour boiling water through the spot. Having done these things, wash the places with white laundry soap and warm water. The various remedies given are applicable to wash goods and those in which colors are fast. The textiles may be wool, cotton, linen, silk--any kinds which are not impaired by hot and cold water and white laundry soap. Encouraging Friendship. “All my friends like you,” I heard young woman say to another. “You say such nice things about

me,” was the reply. “Everyone is looking for the nice qualities you tell them I have.” This was all I heard, but it was enough to set me thinking of the influence on others that our remarks about people make. We can set the minds working to make friends or to break them, to make persons wish to know those of whom we speak, or to hesitate to meet them. We can light a torch of friendship and hand it to another, and it will lighten her mind to see the good points in those we love. We can dim the brightness of friendships by uttering comments derogatory of others. In such little ways as passing comments can we render persons agreeable or disagreeable to know. There is more said about the strife which unkindly remarks cause than about the harmony which kind words create. It is a mistake not to accent the good as much as the bad when the good is equally potent, and good words are as powerful as unkind ones. The nice things we say have as strong an influence as the disagreeable ones. ©, 1933, Bell Syndicate.--WNU Service.