3832. Wash-leather and a bowl of suds are all that are necessary. Wipe the glass first with the wet cloth or leather, and after it has become dry, with the clean cloth; and it will look clear, and far more so than if rinsed in a dozen pails of water.
3833. Cleaning Kid Gloves.—Lay the gloves flat on a towel, and wash them with a piece of clean flannel and the best yellow soap, being careful to squeeze the flannel as dry as it is possible to use it. When the dirt is removed, with another piece of flannel wash them lightly with plain milk.—(See page [53].)
3834. Stains may be removed from the hands by washing them in a small quantity of oil of vitriol and cold water without soap.
3835. Cleaning Velvets.—A very simple method of cleaning velvets is to procure a small square of pipe-clay (such as the soldiers use to clean their uniforms with) and scrape a little off upon the velvet; then take a brush, made of the same material as the carpet-whisk, and lightly brush it off. This raises the pile, and restores the bloom.
3836. Silk articles should not be kept folded in white papers, as the chlorid of lime used in bleaching the paper will impair the color of the silk.