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Show A wet, gooey paste of laundry starch and water can .be used to ;lean plaster of paris statuary. Just smear the paste all over every part of the surface until he whole thing looks like such a ness you wish you hadn't started .t in the first place. Then forget rt until the starch paste is completely com-pletely dry. After you think it's 3ry, wait another half hour just to make sure, and brush the dry stuff off. To prevent mattresses from picking up rust marks from the springs, give the springs a coat )f paint when the original paint shows signs of wearing thin. Ivory objects, all in one piece, :an be safely cleaned with soap and water. If several pieces are glued together, though, better take a piece of raw lemon, dip it in salt and rub the surface with it Let the juice dry on the ivory before be-fore you wipe it off with a damp :loth. Paste moleskin on the bottom 3f heavy ornaments and flower pots to prevent scratches on table tops. Old felt hats can be cut up, and the pieces used for the same purpose. When a miror breaks, you may nave seven years' bad luck; but pou can also have several attractive attrac-tive things to put under vases and bowls if you get a glazier to out the unbroken portions of the mirror into squares and bevel the sdges. For marble objects, whip up a strong solution of sal soda and combine that with fuller's earth. Coat the marble with this paste, and let it stay at least twenty-four hours before removing it. |