32 THE VANCOUVER BRIDE

Get into the habit of applying the aids to counteract the damage done im-
mediately after doing your work. Do not wait until your hands have become
so old-looking, chapped and stained that it is impossible to bring them back to
their former state of attractiveness. |

Wear gloves to do your work and thus prevent the dirt and grease from
grinding their way into the skin. Wear them at night, too, after you have
applied your hand cream. By morning a smooth texture and white loveli-
‘ness will take the place of the redness—roughness and puffiness that so an-
noys you.

To remove the brown stains nothing surpasses a mixture of cornmeal,
peroxide and lemon juice. After the pack, a bleaching lotion should be
applied. These aids, together with the right hand cream, will keep your hands
in a condition that does not reveal your occupation.

Systematic care always achieves beauty against the most impossible odds.

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REMOVING STAINS, CLEANING, ETC.

Dry powdered fuller’s earth, moistened with le-
mon, to which a little pearl-ash has been mixed,
made into.a paste and formed into a ball and leit to
dry, will give you an excellent cloth ball.

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Odd pieces of soap boiled down and rolled in
sand, will take stains from the hands on anyone
who is used to the grimy dirt resulting from motor
work, etc.

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Linseed oil and vinegar greatly improves the
appearance of leather trunks, etc. Stir the vinegar
into boiling oil, keep it well mixed, and use it as you would an ordinary polish.

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Cold tea rubbed on varnished furniture will give it a brilliant polish.
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Windows and mirrors have a brilliant polish if cleaned with newspapers
wrung as dry as possible out of cold water to which a little ammonia and
jaundry blue have been added. Finish with soft newspaper.

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To take out mud stains, rub with a raw potato.
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Freshen up your dingy over shoes by rubbing with a cloth wrung out of
ammonia water.
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To clean a rusty knife, plunge the blade into an onion and leave it for a
short time.

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Use kerosene to remove paint spots from porcelain or glassware.
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Scratches on mahogany may be retouched effectively with a little per-
manganate of potash dissolved in water.