Show HOW TO LEAN OILCLOTH Methods Recommended in tho Industrial World Never use soap in the water when cleaning clean-ing oilcloth It fades the colors and breaks up the paint Ammonia also is to be avoided because it gives the cloth a dull dead look I a brush is I used it should be a soft one but it is better not to use any except in case when the oilcloth has been long neglected or noorlv washed for some time previously i previ-ously Take a clean flannel cloth and apply clean warm water which is finally to be removed by soaking i up into the house flannel again after it has been wrung out The oilcloth is then wiped dry with another piece of clean flannel After the oilcloth has become thoroughly thor-oughly dry apply to it some warm linseed 0 1 The housekeeper who tries this for the first time will probably use too much and make the cloth so sticky that every article dust will adhere to it Only avery a-very little is to be used and slightly rubbed into the cloth giving it a handsome hand-some gloss Skimmed milk is sometimes used in place of oil and gives the cloth a beautiful gloss Too frequent washing no matter how well it is done will nol improve oilcloth in the end Usually this is the kind of treatment it receives for few housewives seem to recognize the difference between dusty oilcloth and a dirty one and treat both the same After it has had a thorough thor-ough sweeping i it looks dull and dusty go over i a little at a time with a dry mop cloth and it will look as bright as though washed and will wear a great deal Ion per |