| Show If you're wearing shorts around the especially during canning protect yourself from flying and spattering hot stuff by pinning a turkish towel to waist so it will hang down in front of your bare Sliced fingers can be prevented when you pare vegetables if you slap a piece of adhesive tape on your thumb before you A variation of the old colonial custom of spicing can be worked in your linen closet and linen drawers by purchasing quantities of toilet soap in advance of your needs and storing it unwrapped among the flower-scented soaps go well in the lord and master's shirts and pine-scented cakes are suggested for bed linens and Onions are probably the most dangerous vegetable lo slice thin because they have a way of slipping out of the knife's way and leaving your fingers there to take the Avoid this by setting the onion on a flat metal grater while you slice The grater won't allow the onion to slip out from under at the crucial When fat flares up on the quickly throw a handful of salt on If no salt is clap a magazine or newspaper over the use an empty pot as a In any cose do not throw water on the flames It's not likely to extinguish the and there's a good chance it will splash some of the flaming grease onto To prevent grease from sputtering sprinkle a little salt or flour in the pan before the grease is If it's too late for such a preventive turn a colander upside down over the frying This will stop the flying but will still allow air to come in contact with what's In storing clothes of any name your own brand of moth As for contact sprays which are actually sprayed right into the cloth seem to prove most regardless of what you it'll be of little use unless the clothes are first Dry-cleaning solvents are positive death to any moth larvae roosting in the When you need extra closet and drawer let an old attic trunk take care of it for Clean the trunk with stel soap and spruce it up with two coats ot enamel to match the color scheme of the garnish with decal transfers from the and find a place for the trunk in the room that needs the closet It's particularly handy for storing the baby's woolens and extra blankets and saves a lot of running up to the attic for DECORATING WALLS We live in a new home and it is now a year since it was How do we go about preparing the walli for paint or Is it advisable to use a water emulsion Your own newspaper probably has many helpful suggestions on You can also find many articles in home magazines and books at your public If you are going to hang the walls must first have a coat of good glue assume the plaster is free of dirt and Some of the wallpaper and paint manufacturers issue printed instructions on how to paper a and give a list of tools and equipment that will be If you wish to use water you will not need If you use an oil you can apply the first or priming coot as a Most painters not care for before a paint BAMBOO SHADES Are bamboo shades suitable for an open porch where they should be exposed to a bamboo shade can be used as a porch The wood is not affected by or to improve the appearance and to keep the wood from it is advisable to give it an occasional coat of spar |
