y to clean any color of kid gloves is to pour a little
benzine into a basin and wash the gloves in it, rubbing and squeezing
them until clean. If much soiled, they must be washed through clean
benzine, and rinsed in a fresh supply. Hang up in the air to dry.

STARCH POLISH.

Take one ounce of spermaceti and one ounce of white wax; melt and run
it into a thin cake on a plate. A piece the size of a quarter dollar
added to a quart of prepared starch gives a beautiful lustre to the
clothes and prevents the iron from sticking.

FOR CLEANING JEWELRY.

For cleaning jewelry there is nothing better than ammonia and water.
If very dull or dirty, rub a little soap on a soft brush and brush
them in this wash, rinse in cold water, dry first in an old
handkerchief and then rub with buck or chamois skin. Their freshness
and brilliancy when thus cleaned cannot be surpassed by any compound
used by jewelers.

TO CLEAN SILVER PLATE.

Wash well in strong, warm soap-suds, rinse and wipe dry with a dry
soft cloth; then mix as much hartshorn powder as will be required into
a thick paste, with cold water; spread this over the silver, with a
soft cloth, and leave it for a little time to dry. When perfectly dry
brush it off with a clean soft cloth, or brush and polish it with a
piece of chamois skin. Hartshorn is one of the best possible
ingredients for plate powder for daily use. It leaves on the silver a
deep, dark polish, and at the same time does not injure it. Whiting,
dampened with liquid ammonia, is excellent also.

TO REMOVE STAINS FROM MARBLE.

Mix together one-half pound of soda, one-half pound of soft soap and
one pound of whiting. Boil them until they become as thick as paste,
and let it cool. Before it is quite cold, spread it over the surface
of the marble and leave it at least a whole day. Use soft water to
wash it off, and rub it well with soft cloths. For a black marble,
nothing it better than spirits of turpentine.

Another paste answers the same purpose: Take two parts of soda, one of
pumice stone and one of finely-powdered chalk. Sift these through a
fine sieve and mix them into a paste with water. Rub this well all
over the marble and the stains will be removed; then wash it with soap
and water and a beautiful bright polish will be produced.

TO WHITEN WALLS.

To whiten walls, scrape off all the old whitewash, and wash the walls
with a solution of two ounces of white vitriol to four gallons of
water.