=Silk Hose= or =Silk Gloves= should be washed in warm suds made with white soap, and rinsed in cold water; they should then be stretched and rubbed with a hard-rolled flannel, till they are quite dry. Ironing them very much injures their looks. _Wash-leather_ articles should have the grease removed from them by French chalk or magnesia; they should then be washed in warm suds, and rinsed in cold water. _Light Kid Gloves_ should have the grease removed from them, and then wash them on the hands with borax water and soft flannel—a tea-spoonful to a tumbler of water. Then stretch and press them. Dark Kid Gloves wash in the same way. CHAPTER XXIII MISCELLANEOUS ADVICE AND RECIPES. =How to keep cool in Hot Weather.=—Sit in a room covered with matting or without any carpet, and keep the floor wet with pure water and a watering-pot. In hot nights, place a double wet sheet on the bed and a woolen blanket over it, and it will cool the bed which is heated through the day, and does not cool as fast as the evening air. A hot bed is often the cause of sleeplessness. Wear wristlets and anklets of wet flannel. Shut all doors and windows early in the morning to keep in cool air, and let in air only through windows that are on the shady side of the house. If chambers open upon the hot roofs of piazzas or porticoes, cover them with clean straw or hay, and wet them with a watering-pot. In all these cases, the heat is taken from the air and from all surrounding things by the absorption of heat as the water changes to vapor. =Indelible Ink.=—Put six cents’ worth of lunar caustic in a small phial, and fill with rain-water. To prepare the cloth, put a great-spoonful of gum-arabic into a larger bottle, with a drachm of salt of tartar, fill with water, and, when dissolved, wet the cloth, and press it smooth with a warm (not hot) iron. Put the articles, when marked, in the sun. =To preserve Eggs.=—Pack eggs in a jar small end downward, and then pour in a mixture of four quarts of slacked lime, two table-spoonfuls of cream tartar, and two of salt. This will cover about nine dozen for several months. =To prevent Earthen, Glass, and Iron Ware from being easily broken.=—Put them in cold water, and heat till boiling, and cool gradually. =A good Cement for broken Earthen and Glass.=—Mix Russian isinglass in white brandy, forming a thick jelly when cool. Strain and cork. When using it, rub it on the broken edges, and hold them together three or four minutes. =To keep Knives from Rust and other Injury.=—Rub bright, and wrap in thick brown paper. Never let knife-handles lie in water, and do not let their blades stay in _very hot_ water, as the heat expands the iron, and makes handles crack.