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Show If you use thin oilcloth as a lining lin-ing for dresser drawers or shelves and want it to stay put until it wears out, give the surface to be covered a thin coat of shellac and place the oilcloth on while the shellac is still wet. The shellac will serve as a glue when dried. The attractive sea shells you find this summer will make fine ornaments and ash trays. Clean them thoroughly and dry. Then apply two thin coats of fresh white shellac, allowing each coat to dry first. If aluminum sink edges blacken aprons of persons standing against them, rub the aluminum with steel wool. Then apply two thin coats of fresh shellac. Discolored glass flower vases can be cleaned by filling them with a solution of warm water, baking soda and a few potato peelings. peel-ings. Let this remain for several hours, then rinse in clear warm water to which ammonia has been added. An attractive bedroom has walls painted a soft cactus green with woodwork done in a grayed coral tone. At the window, which serves as a dressing table site, there are small folding shutters instead of draperies. The blond wood of the furniture blends with the beige tone of the ceiling and chair upholstery up-holstery echoes the coral of the coral of the woodwork. A novelty hanging vine can be grown from sweet potato by planting plant-ing in a hanging basket or pot of sand or sand loam and watering occasionally. The leaves are dark green and resemble certain types of ivy |
