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Show AROUND I P THE HOUSE Use for Old Christmas Cards. When you are through with your Christmas cards, the children will enjoy cutting, pasting and redecorating redeco-rating them. Cleaning Isinglass. Apply vinegar vine-gar on a cloth to the stains on isinglass on stoves. With, a little rubbing, the stains will come off. Lowering High Ceilings. One way to help make a ceiling look lower is to use simple valances at high windows. Flavoring Mashed Potatoes. One teaspoon of onion juice or half a sliced raw onion added to mashed potatoes gives them a different dif-ferent flavor. For Coffee Stains. Remove coffee cof-fee stains from table linen with glycerin. Apply glycerin and let stand three or four hours or until stain disappears. s For Gravy or Soup. When you wish to make gravy or soup with the water in which meat has been cooked, wring a cloth out in cold water and strain the liquor through it. No grease will go through. s The Child's Chair. A child's dining chair should be only deep enough to support his back and yet shallow enough to allow his knees to bend, and it should have a support if the child's feet do not reach the floor. Safety Measure. Chemical fire extinguishers have saved many homes from being reduced to ashes. Even a bucket of sand or damp sawdust is effective if used before a fire gets too much start. |