ake enamel for shirt bosoms, so
that any housekeeper can do them up as nicely as they do at the
laundry; to clean velvets and ribbons; to take grease out of silks,
woolens, paper, floors, etc.; to take out fruit stains; to take out
iron rust and mildew; to wash woolen goods and blankets so that they
will not shrink, etc.

The sixteenth chapter teaches how to do all kinds of Stamping.

In this chapter are given full instructions for wet and dry stamping;
for making stamping powder; how to mix white paint for dark goods, and
dark paint for light goods; it tells how to prepare all the necessary
articles for stamping; how to prepare transfer paper; how to transfer
any pattern you may see; how to make a distributor; how to enlarge
designs; how to prepare all kinds of stamping powder; how to do French
indelible stamping; what kind of a brush to use; and how to care for
patterns. If the directions here given are followed the stamping will
always be satisfactory.

Chapter seventeen teaches how to do Bronze Work.

Bronzing is the latest improvement in wax work, and if properly made
cannot be detected from the most expensive, artistic bronze. It is
used for table, mantel and bracket ornaments, and may be exposed to
dust and air without sustaining the slightest injury. It can be dusted
like any piece of furniture, and makes a very desirable, inexpensive
ornament. The colors it is made in are Gold, Silver, Copper, Fire, and
Green Bronze. Among the articles described are a vase in bronze, a
motto in bronze, a floral basket in bronze, animals and birds in
bronze, statuary in bronze, flowers and leaves in bronze.

The art of making each of the above articles is carefully described so
that any one can follow the directions.

The art of Decalcomania is also taught in this chapter. This is used
upon almost everything for which ornamentation is required, such as
Crockery, China, Porcelain, Vases, Glass, Bookcases, Folios, Boxes,
Lap desks, Ribbons, etc. It is a very pretty art, and is much admired.

Chapter eighteen gives twelve recipes for articles needed in every
household. It will tell you how to save a large percentage of
household expenses, and also how to have a great many of the articles
you use in your daily housework of a superior quality, vastly better
than the ones you are using at the present time.

It is a fact not generally known, that a great many of the articles
used in daily household work cost little more than o