Beeton's housewife's treasury of domestic information : comprising complete and practical instructions on the house and its furniture, artistic decoration economy, toilet, children, etiquette, domestic and fancy needlework, dressmaking and millinery, and all other household matters : with every requisite direction to secure the comfort, elegance, and prosperity of the home : a companion volume to "Mrs. Beeton's book of household management" : profusely illustrated (1879)
Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865 · London ; New York : Ward, Lock & Co., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C. · leaf 425
two ounces of glue in one pint of water, let it stand ina warm oven until melted, let it cool again, and if then it remains in aliquid state it is fit for use ; if it thicken add a little more warm water,glue not always being of the same strength. Clean your oil-cloth well,but without soap; let it… … The Economical Housewife. 379 may be dusted after this instead of washed, for some months. It, ofcourse, renders it rather slippery, but not dangerously so. 577. SCRAP TABLES AS SCREENS. Almost every lady is awarehow much can be done in the way of screens by means of scraps,coloured or otherwise;…
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