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Show CLEANING YOUR TRINKETS JEWELRY does not need to bo cleaned clean-ed very often. Indeed, too much rubbing and scouring would be likely to spoil it, but once or twice a year you should have a cleaning day and burnish up every trinket in your possession. pos-session. Start by putting aside all tho pieces that have pearls in them, for pearl3 are very dellcato and need special treatment. Give each article a good rubbing with a soft cloth. If the gold or silver mount Is very dull or stained you may use a little plato powder, but this is not necessary In a general way. Have ready a small basin full of warm soapsuds. Drop the trinket into this, let It soak for a few minutes and then scrub it briskly with a toothbrush. tooth-brush. A tremendous amount of dirt will come away, making the suds qulto grimy. Rinse tho trinket In clean, warm water wa-ter and dry It thoroughly, working Into all the littlo corners. An old silk handkerchief hand-kerchief does excellently for this purpose. pur-pose. Now pour out into a saucer a few drops of spirits of wine, dip another toothbrush into this and scrub the trinket with it. Tho spirits of wine will take away any soap or powder that has clung to tho surface and will make the article quite clean. Dry the trinket, drop It Into a pile of sawdust and work it about there with your fingers till It is so completely dry that the grains of sawdust will no longer stick to It; then a very light rub with a cloth or leather will make It twinkle as brightly as It did when you first saw It In the Jeweler's case-Gold case-Gold and silver, real stones. Imitation stones, bead chains and enamel work can all be cleaned In this way, but pearls and pearl beads must not be put into spirits of wine and the mounts must not be rubbed with powder. Wash them first In soapsuds and then In clean water and finish by polishing them with a eoft cloth. |