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Show H HOUSEHOLD IHlNTSffi When serving grapefruit and oranges or-anges in salads, use scissors and cut off all the white portion. Never empty the water in which spinach and other sandy vegetables vegeta-bles are washed into an enameled sink if you wish to keep it looking well. To soften shoe polish that has hardened pour a little turpentine over it. - - - To remove whitewash from ceiling, ceil-ing, dissolve one pound of alum in one gallon of strong vinegar. Apply Ap-ply with a brush and let it soak in well. Then scrape and wash as usual. To prevent bacon curling notch the edges, before cooking, with a knife or scissors. Leaking faucets can waste gallons gal-lons of hot or cold water in a few months. See that faucets are tight. Turn gas burners down when foods have begun to boil. Nothing Noth-ing is gained by too-rapid boiling. Do not sprinkle all your linen napkins when preparing for ironing. iron-ing. Dip every third napkin into clear warm water, place one between be-tween two dry napkins, fold and roll together. Napkins dampened in this way are ironed easily. |