TO CLEAN SILKS, SATINS, COLOURED WOOLLEN DRESSES, ETC.—Quarter pound of soft soap, a quarter of a pound of honey, the white of an egg, and a wine-glassful of gin; mix well together, and the article to be scoured with a rather hard brush thoroughly, afterwards rinse it in cold water, leave to drain, and iron whilst quite damp.—Mrs. J. D. R. remarks that she finds this receipt an excellent one, having used it for a length of time, and recommended it to friends, with perfect success. TO CLEAN WHITE SATIN AND FLOWERED SILKS.—1. Mix sifted stale bread crumbs with powder blue, and rub it thoroughly all over, then shake it well, and dust it with clean soft cloths. Afterwards, where there are any gold or silver flowers, take a piece of crimson ingrain velvet, rub the flowers with it, which will restore them to their original lustre.—2. Pass them through a solution of fine hard soap, at a hand heat, drawing them through the hand. Rinse in lukewarm water, dry and finish by pinning out. Brush the flossy or bright side with a clean clothes-brush, the way of the nap. Finish them by dipping a sponge into a size, made by boiling isinglass in water, and rub the wrong side. Rinse out a second time, and brush, and dry near a fire, or in a warm room. Silks may be treated in the same way, but not brushed.—M. TO SMOOTH A CREASED OR RUMPLED RIBBON.—Lay the ribbon evenly on a clean table or board, and, with a very clean sponge, damp it all over, missing no part. Next, roll it, smoothly and tightly, on a ribbon-block that is wider than the ribbon, and let it remain till dry. Afterwards, transfer it to a fresh block (which must be perfectly dry), rolling it round that. Wrap it up closely in coarse _brown_ paper, and keep it thus till you want to use it. Ironing a ribbon is apt to discolour it, and give it a faded look even when new. Ribbons, and other silks, should always be put away in coarse brown paper; the chloride of lime used in manufacturing _white_ paper frequently produces spots and stains. Coarse brown paper, being made of old ropes picked to pieces, the tar still lingering about them, preserves the colours of the silks.—J. T. TO CLEAN SILK STOCKINGS.—First wash the stockings in the usual manner, to take out the rough dirt. After rinsing them in clean water, wash them well in fresh soap liquor. Then make a third soap liquor, which colour with a little stone-blue; then wash the stockings once more, take them out, wring them, and particularly dry them. Now stove them with brimstone, and draw on a wooden leg two stockings, one upon the other, observing that the two fronts or outsides are face to face. Polish with a glass bottle. The two first liquors should be only lukewarm; but the third as hot as you can bear your hand in. Blondes and gauzes may be whitened in the same manner; but there should be a little gum put in the last liquor before they are stoved.—B. R.