Show HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS starching curtains Cur lains if curtains curt alna oro are thoroughly dried before being starched they will keep clean longer wrinkled hands from the family wash can bo be made smooth by washing in water to w which a 0 little vinegar has been added washing pearl handled knives never allow bone bona or pearl handled knives to sonic soak in dish water dip tile tho blades into liot hot soapy water then dry them well ferns grown in the house will have a rich green color if a tea spoon of household ammonia la is added in a quart of water and po poured U red over tho the ferns once or twice a month care of house plants keep the temperature of tho the room in which house plants arc grown at 60 or 65 05 degrees they do not thrive in a room that la Is too warm to remove a stopper from a glass jar pour warm water into a pan and in invert vert jar in it gradually add warmer water until it is quite hot but not so hot as to break jar leavo leave in water for some time occasionally trying stopper to see sec if it is loose tasty apple sauca eAdd add one eighth teaspoon of cream of tartar to cinnamon and sugar used in apple sauce it gives it a delicious flavor for a sweet muffin to servo serve with hot beverages try adding a fourth of a cup each of chopped candled candied orange peel and candied pineapple to your regular muffin recipe or try using a fourth of n cup of chopped dates and a third cup of broken pecans A third combination is a fourth cup each of citron and figs |