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Title: American etiquette and rules of politeness
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Houghton, Walter R. (Walter Raleigh), 1845-1929
Subjects: Etiquette
Publisher: New York : Standard Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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INGROWING TOE NAILS.
Cut a notch in the centre of the nail, or scrape it
thin in the middle.
Put a small piece of tallow in a spoon and heat it
over a lamp until it becomes very hot. Drop two or
three drops between the nail and granulations. The
pain and tenderness will be at once relieved, and in a
few days the granulations will all be gone. One or
two applications will cure the most obstinate cases.
If the tallow is properly heated, the operation will
cause little, if any, pain.
TO REMOVE WARTS.
Dissolve two or three cents worth of sal ammoniac
in a gill of soft water, and wet the warts frequently
with this solution. They will disappear in a week
or two. Apply a weak solution of potash in the same
manner. Wash the warts two or three times a day with
strong brine.
REMEDY FOR CHILBLAINS.
Apply common tar to the parts affected, and bind
it up with cloth, so as not to interfere with wearing the
stocking. Wear this five or six days.
Dissolve one ounce of white vitriol in a pint of
water, and bat<brhe the afflicted parts very often.
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TOILET RECIPES. 415
Dissolve three handfuls of common salt in warm
water, and bathe the hands and feet in this three times
a week.
Bathe the chilblains in strong alnm water, as hot as
can be borne.
When indications of chilblains first present them-
selves, take three ounces of vinegar, one ounce of
camphorated spirits of wine, mix and rub the parts
affected.
TO REMOVE STAINS FROM SILK.
A fluid for removing greasy stains from silk, may
be prepared by mixing two ounces of rectified spirits
of turpentine, one-fourth ounce of absolute alcohol,
and one-fourth ounce of sulphuric ether.
Apply spirits of ammonia with a soft rag to remove
acid stains from silks.
TO REMOVE STAINS AND SPOTS FROM SILK.
If the soiled part is washed with ether, the grease
will disappear.
Faded color may be restored by passing the silks
through a mixture of fine soap lather and pearlash.
Boil five ounces of soft water and six ounces of
powdered alum for a short time, and pour it into a
vessel to cool. Warm it for use, and wash the stained
part with it and leave it to dry.

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