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Show timely household hints i Steam and hot-water boilers should not be drained at the end of each heating season. Contrary to popular belief, they should be kept full of water throughout the summer to prevent rust and corrosion. cor-rosion. Small holes in awnings can be easily and quickly repaired by applying those small press-on patches now available in variety stores. For a neat and unobtrusive unobtru-sive job, the patch should be placed on the under side. j 1 Before tackling that painting 5ob, make sure all blisters and scale are removed from the old surface because a new co:it of paint tends to loosen rather than bind the old coat. Grease and dirt also should be cleaned away with turpentine or soap and water before you wield the brush. Household brass ana copper can be relieved of winter's tarnish tarn-ish and corrosion by rubbing with a paste made of ordinary vinegar, mixed with as much salt as can be dissolved in it, and thickened with flour. Sticking windows can usually be freed merely by rubbir a bit of household paraifine or linseed oil in the channel grooves. Faded awnings may be given a new lease on life by dyeing tliein or painting them with ordinary house paint which should be thinned with one-fourth turpentine. turpen-tine. Paint should, be bnislici! out Hi i ii ar-1 Ml to Orv t! " ;h-ly ;h-ly before the awning is I'uld.: . f Class block, w.ui'.v r 4. .1 modem home , r.Td'm '. care. To clean, just v:.t ii.u panels with a I'ai'i-p chub. |