The Boston cooking-school cook book

quickly, and rub over spot with a dry cloth. Repeat if spot is not removed. Alcohol or camphor quickly applied may be used. =Tumblers= which have contained milk should be first rinsed in cold water before washing in hot water. To keep a =Sink Drain= free from grease, pour down once a week at night one-half can Babbitt’s potash dissolved in one quart water. Should =Sink Drain= chance to get choked, pour into sink one-fourth pound copperas dissolved in two quarts boiling water. If this is not efficacious, repeat before sending for a plumber. Never put =Knives= with ivory handles in water. Hot water causes them to crack and discolor. To prevent =Glassware= from being easily broken, put in a kettle of cold water, heat gradually until water has reached boiling-point. Set aside; when water is cold take out glass. This is a most desirable way to toughen lamp chimneys. =To Remove Grease Spots.= Cold water and Ivory Soap will remove grease spots from cotton and woollen fabrics. Castilian Cream is useful for black woollen goods, but leaves a light ring on delicately colored goods. Ether is always sure and safe to use. =To Remove Iron Rust.= Saturate spot with lemon juice, then cover with salt. Let stand in the sun for several hours; or a solution of hydrochloric acid may be used. =Iron Rust= may be removed from delicate fabrics by covering spot thickly with cream of tartar, then twisting cloth to keep cream of tartar over spot; put in a saucepan of cold water, and heat water gradually to boiling-point. =To Remove Grass Stains= from cotton goods, wash in alcohol. =To Remove Ink Stains.= Wash in a solution of hydrochloric acid, and rinse in ammonia water. Wet the spot with warm water, put on Sapolio, rub gently between the hands, and generally the spot will disappear. =Cut Glass= should be washed and rinsed in water that is not very hot and of same temperature. In =Sweeping Carpets=, keep broom close to floor and work with the grain of the carpet. Occasionally turn broom that it may wear evenly.