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Show I AROUND M"ems of ,n, k house HEfeas To make cut glass sparkle, dip a small brush in lemon juice and scrub the glass with it. Excellent pads for the stair-carpet stair-carpet can be made by covering a fairly thick pad of newspaper with hessian, felt or cloth. If bread has gone stale, hold the loaf over steam from the kettle for a few moments, then place in a hot oven for 10 minutes. Dry on a wire tray. Cooling Oven. Sometimes an oven that always overheats can be cooled by putting open pans of water in it during baking. Water absorbs considerable heat and may reduce the oven temperature as much as 50 degrees. Keeping Cool. If your home is heated by warm air ducts, get the furnace man to install a proper prop-er fan in the basement which will drive the cool cellar air up into the house through the ducts. Lime marks on bath tub, caused by hard water, can be removed by rubbing with peroxide of h. drogen. Save left-over toast for use aj bread crumbs. Run it once through the food chopper or roll it out with the rolling pin. Store in a covered glass jar. |