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Show To make picture nails hold in plaster: Bore a hole with a gimlet, gim-let, then fill with plastic wood. Insert In-sert nail and let dry before hanging hang-ing the frame. - To keep a gilt picture or mirror frame from drying or cracking pat a little lemon oil on gently once or twice a year. Do not rub. If the paint job is to be interrupted inter-rupted for several days, or if a new shade of paint is required, the brush should be thoroughly cleaned in a solution made for that purpose or in turpentine. Leaves steal the nutrition from carrots once they are pulled from the ground. Clip leaves when carrots car-rots are pulled out of the ground. Keep old pieces of fine, soft wool. They make excellent dusting dust-ing cloths. Before storing away your galoshes, ga-loshes, turn them inside out and dunk them in a tub of warm, soapy water. Scrub them with a brush, then rinse and , dry them away from heat. Next season they will not dirty your shoes, j It is less difficult to thread a needle if the thread is cut diagonally. diago-nally. For substantial buttonholes, first make a row or two of machine stitching around the spot where the buttonhole is to be. You may give an inexpensive paint brush the beveled edge of a more costly one. Dip the brush into glue and let it harden. 'Then lay it on a flat surface and shape with a sheet of sandpaper. When the beveling has been completed, wash out the glue. Steam chopped onions in butter or margarin until tender. Use as seasoning for mashed potatoes. |
