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Show lellowed ivory knife handles can be whitened by rubbing them with turpentine. Use a potato ricer to squeeze out that hot compress. With it you can use water much hotter than your bare hands can stand. Odors on the hands resulting from peeling and slicing onions can be removed by washing the hands in vinegar. To lengthen the service of a broom, as it wears down, cut 1 or 2 rows of the stitching. The space beside the freezing unit is the best spot in the refrigerator refrig-erator for storing milk. In grafting fruit trees in the spring, keep the grafting wax from sticking to your, hands by keeping a piece of pork rind handy and rubbing your hands on it occasional. occasion-al. Here is a way to prevent loose casters from dropping from the furniture when it is moved about. Put melted paraffin in the hole and insert the caster before it is set. Dirty clothespins leave their mak on otherwise clean clothes, and once in, the dirt is difficult to remove. Tub pins in warm, soapy water once a month, dry them in the sun and store them in a spotlessly spot-lessly clean bag from washday to washday. They deserve good care especially in wartime. . An old orange wood stick from your manicure kit will be found helpful to get at the dirt in the' corners when washing windows or floors. |