On the Toilet Table by M. A. H.

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jan 6, 1909

On the Toilet Table.

By M. A. H.

No matter how expensive or beautiful the toilet articles may be, they will not add to the appearance of the table unless they are kept shiningly clean. Any girl can keep everything that belongs to her in perfect order, and order is itself beauty.

Such a simple thing as an uncared-for hair brush may be the means of communicating a serious disease of the scalp from one to another. The bristles of the brushes can easily be cleaned by rubbing them through gasoline, and the silver backs can be cleaned with whiting moistened with a little alcohol. The backs of ebony brushes should be rubbed over with a little boiled linseed-oil, and then rubbed with a very soft cloth until all of the oil is removed.

Brass ornaments may be kept shining by rubbing with a paste made of rottenstone and turpentine.

The pretty table covers and bureau scarfs can be kept a beautiful white with very little rubbing by putting them in warm suds made by stirring enough pearline in soft water to make a nice lather, but if there are colors in the embroidery, the pieces should be washed, rinsed, and dried as quickly as possible. The white pieces are improved if they are allowed to soak in the suds for at least half an hour.

Keep a bottle on your toilet table of a mixture of equal parts of glycerine and lemon juice, and rub on your hands on retiring to keep them soft and white.

M. A. H.