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Red Wash for Bricks

To remove the green that gathers on bricks, pour over the bricks boiling water in which any vegetables (not greasy) have been boiled.

Do this for a few days successively, and the green will disappear. For the red wash melt 1 ounce of glue in a gallon of water; while hot, put in a piece of alum the size of an egg, and 1 gallon sweet milk. The salt and the pound Venetian red, and 1 pound Spanish white vitriol should be dissolved before they are added, when the whole should be thoroughly mixed with sufficient water to give the proper consistency. The sooner the mixture is then applied the better. brown. Try a little on the bricks, let it dry, and if too light add more red and brown; if too dark, put in more water. This receipt was contributed by a person who has used it for 20 years with perfect success. 2803. Whitewash for Fences or Out- Buildings. Slack the lime in boiling water, and to 3 gallons ordinary whitewash add 1 pint molasses and 1 pint table salt. Stir the mxiture frequently while putting it on. Two thin coats are sufficient. aper Hanging.

In cities, this is either a trade by itself, or is 2804. Το Mix Whitewash. Pour boil- carried on as an adjunct to the painter's trade. ing water on unslacked lime, and stir it occa- In rural districts, however, there are many sionally while it is slacking, as it will make housekeepers who do this work for themthe paste smoother. To 1 peck of lime add selves. The following receipts are given for a quart of salt and 1/2 ounce of indigo dis- the guidance of housekeepers. solved in water, or the same quantity of 2811. To Prepare a Wall for Paper- Prussian blue finely powdered; add water ing. A new unwhitewashed wall will abto make it the proper thickness to put on a sorb the paste so rapidly that, before drying, wall. 1 pound soap will give gloss.