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Show ; 1 .. 1 I I V', 'tr. , Makes ' Cents 'kvf By -1 VI JUDGE BLAKE (SrM Dear Vi: This is your friend, Jed, again. I hope you can use these hints: To stuff fowl without making a mess, place a canning jar funnel in the opening and scoop in the dressing. (Generally one-half cup of stuffing is needed for each pound of the bird's weight.) Use waxed dental floss to truss the bird. You can tie knots in it without it tearing; it doesn't burn; and it's cheaper than trussing string. Love, Jed Smith (age 10) Dear Vi: I feel I must share with others my successful method of washing sheer curtains. I've had mine for about 20 years and they are still beautiful. When they first needed cleaning I sent a few panels to the dry cleaners, thinking water might wilt the buckram in the heading. That didn't remove any spots, so I put two panels in the washer in mild suds and ran them one or two minutes, then let them rinse and spin until the washer stopped. I hung ihcm immediately on their rods and they dried beautifully with no wrinkles. I have done my mother's lace panels the same way for years and they still look new. The bathtub method sounds back breaking and time consuming, so I hope all homemakers will enjoy cleaning their curtains this way. Just remember never put them in the dryer. Kay Baxter Hcber, Utah Thanks, Kay. I did mine in the bathtub because I feared spinning them in the machine would cause wrinkles. How nice to know your easier way. Years ago, our large group of friends who would get together monthly for a pot-luck dinner and social evening agreed to discontinue sending Christmas cards to each other and contribute the money thus saved (most of us gave even more) to a charity we selected. This made us feel so good that the next year and for the many years as we stayed together, instead of going to a restaurant for our annual Christmas party we had a pot-luck dinner in one of our homes so that we could add what we saved to our charity fund. I'm sure we all benefited more from this small sacrifice than did those who received our gift of love. Looking for an unusual yet inexpensive gift for someone special? Give the gift that will grow more valuable and appreciated with use a copy of my new booklet Kitchen Tricks. A carefully selected collection of over 300 practical time and money-saving money-saving ideas to help simplify meal and kitchen chores, Kitchen Tricks makes an appropriate gift for almost anyone on your list wife, mother, friend, neighbor, students, new bride. Moreover, this useful booklet, the first of a series, is attractively printed in loose-leaf form to fit any standard three-ring binder so that additional chapters can be added when they are ready. For your copy, send $2.49 plus one dollar postage to: It Makes Cents, 328 South 300 East, St. George, Utah 84770. Thought for the day: The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. Elbert Hubbard |