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Show 5L AROUND ITHE HOUSE When you boil potatoes and want them to be floury, put a heaped teaspoonful of sugar in the boiling water. They will taste delicious. A teaspoon of vinegar beaten into boiled frosting when flavoring is added will keep it from being brittle or breaking when cut. A generous-sized shoe bag hung on the inside of the downstairs hall closet door can serve for storing stor-ing many articles caps, mittens, rubbers, small brooms, hat brushes, etc. Slide fasteners are very convenient conven-ient for furniture coverings. They make it easy to remove and replace re-place the covers for cleaning. Such fasteners are available in washable, nonrust materials. If you like scented linens and use scented soaps store the soap, unwrapped, in the linen drawers or closet. Sachets, too, lend pleasing pleas-ing odors. Mildew can be avoided, if damp articles are never placed in clothes hampers. Dry all clothing cloth-ing and household linen thoroughly. thorough-ly. Don't let it collect in damp basements, dark closets or other spots that are likely to be damp. To clean bed springs use a long-handled, long-handled, moderate-sized bottle brush. Dip the brush in hot water quite often. Such a brush gets into corners much more easily than the dish mop which ordinarily is used for this purpose. |