The Boston cooking-school cook book

=Tie Strands of a New Broom= closely together, put into a pail of boiling water, and soak two hours. Dry thoroughly before using. Never wash the inside of =Tea or Coffee Pots= with soapsuds. If granite or agate ware is used, and becomes badly discolored, nearly fill pot with Cold water, add one tablespoon borax, and heat gradually until water reaches the boiling-point. Rinse with hot water, wipe, and keep on back of range until perfectly dry. Never put cogs of a =Dover Egg-beater= in water. Never wash =Bread Boards= in a sink. Scrub with grain of wood, using a small brush. Before using a new =Iron Kettle=, grease inside and outside, and let stand forty-eight hours; then wash in hot water in which a large lump of cooking soda has been dissolved. To clean a =Copper Boiler=, use Putz Pomade Cream. Apply with a woollen cloth when boiler is warm, not hot; then rub off with second woollen cloth and polish with flannel or chamois. If badly tarnished, use oxalic acid. Faucets and brasses are treated in the same way. A bottle containing =Oxalic Acid= should be marked poison, and kept on a high shelf. To keep an =Ice Chest= in good condition, wash thoroughly once a week with cold or lukewarm water in which washing soda has been dissolved. If by chance anything is spilt in an ice chest, it should be wiped off at once. Milk and butter very quickly absorb odors, and if in ice chest with other foods, should be kept closely covered. =Hard Wood Floors and Furniture= may be polished by using a small quantity of kerosene oil applied with a woollen cloth, then rubbing with a clean woollen cloth. A very good furniture polish is made by using equal parts linseed oil and turpentine. =Polish for Hard Wood Floors.= Use one part beeswax to two parts turpentine. Put in saucepan on range, and when wax is dissolved a paste will be formed. To clean =Piano Keys=, rub over with alcohol. To remove old =Tea and Coffee Stains=, wet spot with cold water, cover