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Show It Makes Cents BY VI JUDGE By VI Judge Dear Vi: May I share a few ideas that MAKE CENTS. 1. Substitute your washing machine for an ice chest when storing a lot of ice for a party. Afterwards, when the extra ice has melted, simply spin out the water. 2. When you've tried everything to remove a stain from a white garment, don't give up. Try Rit color remover. It should do the trick. 3. For stubborn spots on white shoes, try typewriter correction fluid before polishing. 4. To clean rope-trimmed canvas shoes, apply rug shampoo with a toothbrush. 5. Keep tennis shoes looking like new by spraying them heavily with spray starch. 6. If you don't want the color to fade from new-designer jeans, soak them for an hour in salt water and turn them inside out before laundering. 7. To give a delicious flavor to barbequed foods, sprinkle the coals with herbs that have been soaked in water. 8. If you want to preserve your daughter's prom corsage, you can do it beautifully with a kit of silica gel. (Available at craft shops.) Carnations will dry naturally in open air. 9. Curtains will look as bright as springtime if you add a half cup of Epsom Salts to the final rinse. Mrs. Beaulah Pierce, Provo, Utah Thank you bundles, sweet lady, for those nine useful hints to help us. We love you for your though tf ulness. Were you ever given a dose of Epsom Salts as a laxative? Ughl Thank goodness we now use more gentle and less bitter remedies. HOWEVER, as Beulah's suggestion reminds us, there are neat uses for the stuff. To draw out infection must go at the top of our list. I doubt that there's a better remedy. Use hot water and about a heaping tablespoonful of ES per gallon. Soak infected finger, toe, or whatever every few hours. Bath salts. This comes next on my list. So refreshing and economical. Beauty treatment: While in the bath or sauna, or with skin wet, rub some Epsom Salts over face, neck, hands, arms, legs, and feet. Makes the skin feel deliciously smooth. These are only a few of the uses for Epsom Salts. Perhaps you have some favorites you'd like to share. Dear Vi: I used to live in Salina, Utah but I still subscribe to the Richfield Reaper and always enjoy your column. Today in the San ' Diego Union newspaper there's an article which I think you should see since in one of your columns you recommended the use of the brown bag for roasting turkey. I had planned on roasting our turkey this way but now I think I should not do so. If just one person is saved from some difficulty by this information it will be worth the effort of sending the article to you. Mrs. Ellen C. Ardinger, Escondido, Calif. Quoting from the article: "Years ago this (cooking turkey in a paper sack) was done with limited success, but today we are warned not to use this method as present-day grocery sacks contain chemicals which, under the influence of heat and moisture, may permeate the turkey." This distresses me because I like cooking turkey in a brown bag and have done so many times with excellent results. Also pies. No spills in oven, pies brown nicely, etc. Thank you for the warning, Ellen. I guess we'll have to scrap that otherwise good idea. When deaiirig With the Incessant demands of young children, does it sometimes occur to you that this may be the origin of the old expression, "Minding the kids?" Readers: Some of you wonder where to send your suggestions and questions. Simply jot yours down on a piece of paper and mail it to IT MAKES CENTS, co newspaper. It will be forwarded to me. And thanks to all of you who share your expertise. Hugs and kisses, Vi |