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Show It Makes Cents BY VI JUDGE DearVi: If you don't have a cedar chest, get some cedar shavings from a lumber yard or cabinet maker for drawers and closets or wherever moth protection is needed. Or just for that good cedar odor. Love it! It's as fragrant as moth balls are malodorous. Fran Cardwell Dear Vi: Here's an itty-bitty energy saver I'll bet you haven't thought of yet. Instead of heating the iron when you need a hair ribbon pressed, rub the ribbon over a hot electric light bulb. And how's this for yet one more use for baking soda? Grandma told me about this one. When an old broom gets stiff and out of shape, dip it in boiling water to which baking soda has been ! added. (A half cup per , gallon is about right.) Dry in the sun. I was amazed at the difference 1 this made in an old straw I broom I was about to 1 throw away. I like straw brooms better than , plastic ones. Do you? LaVern Larsen I Yes, I do like straw ' brooms better than ' plastic. The plastic ones ' get static electricity that I makes the dirt difficult to i gather. If you hang a I broom, any kind, rather , than letting it stand upon . its bristles, it will last ' longer and not get out of ' shape. And try to rotate it ) so that one side doesn't get worn down. ) Dear Vi: , I've been baking pies j all my life but I didn't ' know until recently when my new neighbor told me ' that the pie shell won't shrink, if you put it in a ) very hot oven, then im-i mediatley reduce the heat to 350 deg. I don't understgand why, but this v works for me. Could it be ' J that hitting the high heat instantly evaporates the ) moisture and this prevents the shrinking? Judy Poole I don't know, but I'm glad you shared this trick. It's still wise, I think, to let the dough relax in the pan before shaping and trimming it. It seems to shrink more if stretched. Dear Vi: I hope you know that lots of teenagers read IT MAKES CENTS. In fact, we often discuss ideas from your column in our homemaking class at school. Now I want to make a suggestion that will probably make you laugh. Sometimes most of the time it's hard to get my hands in my pockets after I put on my jeans so I use a long comb or a 12-inch ruler to push the pockets down nice and smooth. Candice I'm still laughing, Candice. You young people wear your jeans so tight I wonder how you endure sitting. Jeans do stretch as you wear them, though, don't they? Here's a cute idea I saw in a home the other day. This young couple, in restoring an old house, had done a beautiful job on the kitchen, even down to place mats. These were nothing more than cardboard mats covered with wallpaper left over from the kitchen walls. They were protected with clear adhesive-backed plastic, which makes them easy to wipe off. Dear Vi: I use my tie-around-the-waist aprons for bibs when grandkiddies come to dinner. They make wonderful bibs and catch a lot of crumbs as well. B. Allred Readers: This is your feature. Sharing ideas is fun. Also write if you have a problem and we share experiences to help you. Write to IT MAKES CENTS, co this newspaper |