_Wash silver next._ Hot suds, and instant wiping on dry soft cloths, will retain the brightness of silver, which treated in this way requires much less polishing, and therefore lasts longer.

If any pieces require rubbing, use a little whiting made into a paste, and put on wet.

Let it dry, and then polish with a chamois-skin.
Once a month will be sufficient for rubbing silver, if it is properly washed.

_China comes next_--all plates having been carefully scraped, and all cups rinsed out.

To fill the pan with unscraped and unrinsed dishes, and pour half-warm water over the whole, is a method too often adopted; and the results are found in sticky dishes and lustreless silver.