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Show TO FRESHEN GILT FRAMES Havoo Wrought In Hot Days of Summer Sum-mer Shown to Be by No Means Hard to Overcome. Summer is hard on gilt frames, moldings and mirrors. Tho humidity In tho air, oxcesslvo dust and files ,qulokly work havoc Tho old way waa to shroud all glH In mosquito nottlng'tflth tho approach of Bprlng. Thla Is too dismal for the modem housokcopor. What she cannot can-not put away sho does not worry ovor, for sho knows gilt, especially good gilt, Is clcanablo. A cloth slightly damponod In alcohol will romovo blur and dulnoss. This must bo delicately and quickly dono or ugly spots result Fly specks and tho soil of soot can bo romovod by rubbing with frosb broad, or If tho dirt Is oxtrn bad, with bread on which n drop or two of am-monln am-monln has been sprinkled, Should tho gilt flnnlly get too bad reglldlng Is posslblo at homo with Bomo of tho Jnpanoso liquid gilts that aro easily handled by tho novtco. Whoro thoro uro old mirrors that noOd reglldlng bo caraful to ask tor a I gilt that haa a dull finish; othorwlua moBt of tho charm of tho antlquo look Is ost. Tho framo Is distinctly cheapened cheap-ened by a high luster. |