Show AROUND f Items of Interest to to the H Housewife ife the HOUSE r You will find that fresh bread will cut easier rf it you heat the knife Before hanging clothes on the theline theline theline line in freezing weather put pins pinson on the clothes in the house ho se then snap on line with double clothes clothespins pins To keep muslin curtains even when laundering put two curtains together and iron as one curtain Winter Hands It Hands It is a good idea to have a bowl of fine oatmeal near at hand and to plunge the hands and wrists in this after drying The bowl can be kept cov cov- covered covered covered ered and the meal will last a long time For washing windows windows windows-an an old auto windshield wiper blade makes a good utensil to wipe water from rom house windows after they have been washed A Towel Tip Tip Instead Instead of making kitchen towels roller shape put a adeep adeep adeep deep hem on each end and slip roller through When one end be be- becomes becomes becomes comes damp reverse the towel Less toweling is needed and it will dry much quicker A little vinegar put into soapy water when washing aluminum ware helps to keep it bright Iron scorches on white cotton silk Bilk or linen materials may be removed by dampening a cloth with peroxide of hydrogen laying it over the scorch then putting a adry adry adry dry cloth over the damp one and pressing with a warm iron Arctic Eiderdown A new industry which has sprung up in Arctic Canada should bring prosperity to the 1500 Eskimos living in that region The depart depart- department department department ment of mines and research at Ottawa has given permission to the Hudson Bay company to col col- collect collect col- col collect lect eiderdown on the bird sanc sanc- sanctuaries sanctuaries sanctuaries along the coast of Baffin island The collecting will be done by Eskimos in the slack period be be- between between between tween hunting and trapping sea sea- seasons seasons seasons sons and they are being taught to pick the down without scaring the ducks and causing them to abandon their homes To prevent the odor of cooking cabbage broccoli or onions from permeating the house cook these thesa vegetables uncovered with two pieces of bread on the cooking cookin water t Whenever possible add flavoring extracts to a food when it is cooL If the food is hot much of the tho flavoring will vanish in steam This does not apply to baked foods however |