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Show AROUND THE HOUSE MATTERS-OF GENERAL INTERE8T AND IMPORTANCE. Effective Method of Drying the Small Articles That Are So Bothersome To Preserve Cook Book-Laundry Book-Laundry Convenience. A Drying Hint. Every washerwoman washerwom-an knows tho nuisance of hanging out n large family's doilies, and other small articles. To pin thorn to the lino takes time and patience. One old colored woman has hit on a plan nt drying that saves her many minutes. Sho had her mistress mako her a long, shallow bag of strong, whlto mosquito netting, with n drawstring draw-string at the top and tapes sowed at the corners and at intervals of threo or1 four inches between. When tho Bmnller articles wero ready for hanging on tho line thoy wero laid carefully In tho bag, tho string drawn up so they would not blow out, nnd tho bag pinned to the lino by tho tapes for tho sun and air to filter through the open meshes of tho net. To Preserve a Cook Book. Every housekeeper knows how her cook books suffer If thoy must be taken to tho kitchen. Somo women write off favorite recipes rather than glvo a valuablo cook book to careless servants. serv-ants. Whon this Is out of tho question'or too much trouble, try tho plan of having hav-ing a sheet of transparent Isinglass cut a little larger than tho book when opened. Tho corners can be wolghtcd by gluing on a heavy Hat button to each corner. These help to koop tho book open nt tho desired place. Insist In-sist upon having tho sheot placed over the open pages while tho recipe is being be-ing used. A pane of glass can bo used in tho snmo way, but there Is danger of cutting cut-ting the fingers unless the edges nro bound with heavy paper or a piece of colored muslin. Laundry Convenience. A woman who Is doing over her house adding a now laundry has hit upon a plan for Indoor drying thnt will mean less terror ter-ror on rainy wash days. Around two sides of her laundry sho has run a shelf about six or eight inches wide, nt tho height of a low plate rail. Under this shelf are hooks, any number of them, on which tho clothes can bo hung whon thoy cannot go on the lines out of doors. Tho shelves are convenient places to stow irons, pots and pans that aro not in everydny uso, boxes of soap, and all the other odds and ends that arc so cluttery In n closot. |
