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Show SkitcmenS Copyright, 192, Western Newspaper Union. Every atom in the universe can act on every otlior atom, but only through the atom next it. If a man would act upon every other man. he can do best by acting, one at a time, upon those beside him! Henry Drummond. THINGS THAT HELP Clean paint brushes which have become be-come stiff and dry by soaking them In hot vinegar. Sir Iff Jf shoes have a worn sole or are too thin slip a piece of wrapping paper pa-per cut to at the sole into the shoe. This will keep the feet from burning; burn-ing; and blistering. . A paste which will stick is made bv boiline i together one pint of flour, two table-; table-; spoonfuls of sugar and enough water to mix smootftly. Cook three minutes. A piece of sandpaper in the kitchen ! is a great help. Wrap it around a I fmlt jar and it can be grasped and held much easier when opening it. The belt of the sewing machine may be tightened by dropping on It a few drops of castor oil. Pun the machine and the belt will tighten. Millinery wire covered with white is a good substitute for a small curtain cur-tain rorl. The looped end may be run in as a bodkin and then slipped over a hook. The other end is twisted and made taut over the other hook. Cane-seated chairs which have begun be-gun to sag may be tightened by saturating sat-urating the cane with boiling water in which a tnblespoonful of washing soda has been dissolved. Use one quart of water. ' When jelly becomes sirupy and refuses re-fuses to jelly because too much sugar has been added, add a little cider vinegar. vine-gar. A rusty screw may be removed if heated very hot before turning it with the screw driver. Patterns found in oilcloth make fine morleis for patchwork quilts. When moths get into carpets: Use a rtnmp cloth nil around the edges, imninc with a hot iron. The steam will kill all ninths and eggs. If one has to take disagreeable medicine it helps to hold a piece of ice in the month a minute or two before be-fore taking. The cold dulls the sense of taste. If nnp carries a small needle bonk, thimble and thread with scissors In the apron pocket many stitches may he taken in time which will save much mending. |