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Show "J! AROUND PTHE HOUSE Uw- 1 Use for Old Christmas Cards. When you are through with your Christmas cards, the children will enjoy cutting, pasting and redecorating redeco-rating them. Cleaning Isinglass. Apply vinegar vine-gar on a cloth to the stains on isinglass on stoves. With a little rubbing, the stains will come off. Lowering High Ceilings. One way to help make a ceiling look lower is to use simple valances at high windows. Flavoring Mashed Potatoes. One teaspoon of onion juice or half a sliced raw onion added to mashed potatoes gives them a different dif-ferent flavor. For Coffee Stains. Remove coffee cof-fee stains from table linen with glycerin. Apply glycerin and let stand three or four hours or until stain disappears. For Gravy or Soup. When you wish to make gravy or soup with the water in which meat has been cooked, wring a cloth out in cold water and strain the liquor through it. No grease will go through. The Child's Chair. A child's dining chair should be only deep enough to support his back and yet shallow enough to allow his knees to bend, and it should have a support if the child's feet do not reach the floor. Safety Measure. Chemical fire extinguishers have . saved many homes from being reduced to ashes. Even a bucket of sand or damp sawdust is effective if used before a fire gets too much start. |