BRILLIANT MHITEW ASH.
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Many have heard Of he brilliant stucco
whitewash on the east side OF the Presl-
dents house at Washington The fol-
lowing is a receipt for it, with some addi.
,ional Improvements learned by expert
mcnt.


Z. kc half bushel OF nice unslacsed
lime, slack il with boiling water, covering
it during the process to keep in the steam.
Strain the liquid through fine sieve or
strainer, and add to it peck of clean
salt previously we'll dissolved in warm
water; three pounds OF ground rice boiled
to thin paste. and stirred in boiling hot;
half pound Of powdered Spanish whit
ing. aud pound Of clean glue which has
been previously dissolved by first soak.
ing it we'll. and then hanging it over u
slow fire in small kettle, within a largo
one filled with water. Add five gallons
Of hot water to the whole mixture; stir it
we'll and let it stand a few days covered
from the dirt.--lt should be put on quite
hot, for this purpose, it can be kept in a
kettle on portable furnace. II is said
that about one pint of this mixture will
cover square yard upon the outside Of a
house, if properly applied. Brushes,
more or less small, may be used, accord
ing TO the nca,ncss Of the job required.
1t answers as vel as oil paint for brick,
wood or stone, and is cheaper. ltretains
its brilliancy for many years.


There is nothing Of the kind that will
compare with it. either for inside or out
side walls Coloring matter may be put
in Ind make it of any shadekou like
Spanish brown stirred in W make red
Or pink more or less deep, according 20
quantity. 4 delicate ,inge of this is very
| pleusan, for inside walls Finely pulver-
lied common clay, we'll mixed with the
Spanish brown, before it is stirred into the
mixture, makes lilac color Lamp black
in moderate quantities makes slate color.
very suitable to the outside Of buildings.
Lamp black and Spanish brown mixed
together produce reddish stone color
Yellow ochre stirred in makes yellow
wash; but chrome goes further, and makes
color generally estimated pretlier In
allthese cases, the darkness of the shade
willof course be determined by the guam
tity Of co!oring matter used.