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Show AROUND rHE HOUSE Light and Heavy Salads. Originally Orig-inally salads were made of greens with a light but restful dressing. Gradually they were modified to fit the occasion. Fruits, cheese, eggs, fish, and meat are now put into salads and used as the main dishes at luncheon and supper. A good rule to follow is to use light salads with heavy meals, heavy salads with otherwise light meals. Soaking Clothes. Do not soak clothes so long that the dirt is distributed through the fabric and gives an ugly color to the clothes. If soaking in hot water, never allow al-low the water to become cold before be-fore washing. If you are going to soak the clothes over night, be sure the sudsy water is cold, else your clothes will be a poor color. Starching Curtains. Some laundresses laun-dresses claim that if curtains are dry before being starched they will keep clean longer. Moths Like Soiled Cloths. Moths do not attack clean woolen articles as readily as soiled ones. Drying Striped Blankets. When drying blankets that have colored col-ored stripes, hang them bo that the stripes era perpendicular to the ground; any dye that runs is then less apt to go into the rest of the blanket. Tarnished Silver. Moist table salt will remove egg tarnish from silverware. Filling Nail Holes. A mixture of sawdust and glue can be used to fill nail holes lii woodwork. The Right Vase. It is so important im-portant to note the colors in the vase and the colors of the flowers to be put into it and be sura they are in their proper settings. The right type and color of vase in contrast to the blossoms is what completes the picture. For the Tourist's Comfort. Little Lit-tle things that make a tourist room more comfortable are: a metal waste basket, ash trays, a drinking glass, a bedside mat to step on, a towel rod, and a pitcher of cool drinking water. Hemming Curtains. Hems and rod casings of curtains should be made the same width so the curtains cur-tains may be reversed to distribute distrib-ute the wear. |
