U I 1 NJ 0 D items of interest pie to the housewife th eHOUSE E saving on boots working boots will last longer if laid on their sides after being taken off when heating milk put a spoon or pie funnel into the sauce pan and when the milk boils it will not run over the sides when painting A handful of hay placed in a bucket of water which should be changed every few hours will help to absorb the smell of fresh paint removing paper labels you can readily remove the paper label from a bottle if you wet the label and hold it near the flame of the stove soda for cleaning baking soda will keep your refrigerator clean and sweet at all times whether it is an electric oil gas or ice re friger ator clean it inside and out with a damp cloth sprinkled with baking soda or wash it with a baking soda solution a handful to a basin of water 0 for nervous fingers if you are continually breaking eggs when trying to separate them try breaking the eggs one at a time into a funnel which has been placed over a jelly tumbler the white will pass through the funnel leaving the yolk in the funnel drying shoes to dry wet shoes so that they will retain their j shape and not become stiff and hard stuff with crumpled paper and allow them to dry slowly never dry them near a hot stove or radiator polish thoroughly as soon as they are completely dry when tintin tinting before tinting or dyeing fabrics be sure to have them clean and free aiom spots or stains which may show up afterwards