Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1945-06-29 | Page 4 | Household Hints

BLJOUSEHOLD Hot water is better than cold to soak dried fruit and requires only half the time for soaking. To remove cigarette stains from brass ash trays, rub the trays with a paste of salt and vinegar. Then wash well in hot water and soap suds. The roasting pan will not be such a task to wash if it is greased well before the roast is put into it. All the essence of the meat goes into the gravy, then, and not into the pan. A little turpentine on a soft cloth will remove all dirt film from and give a gloss to an enameled bedstead. bed-stead. Stacking cups one on top of the other is not good practice. Prevent Pre-vent breaking handles off by hanging hang-ing them on hooks in the cupboard. When you tear the lining of your coat and cannot match it with a patch, turn your coat sleeve inside out and cut a patch from the lining there. Mend original tear with this, the sleeve with any other suitable material.