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Show HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONSjUIIfy For Best Results After putting water and soap into washing machine, ma-chine, let it run for a minute or two to dissolve soap before putting in clothes. Whea sweeping a room open all the windows and sweep toward the cerrter of the room. This prevents the dust from settling on the woodwork wood-work and the walls do not get so dusty as they otherwise would. Rickrack braid makes a gay finish fin-ish for bedroom, kitchen, bathroom bath-room or play room curtains. It's equally effective on plain, figured fig-ured or colored materials such as unbleached muslin, chintz, dimity or lawn. Let the dirt around a potted plant come within half an inch of the top of the pot. Then fill the pot with water every day for the average house plant. If you have unusual plants ask your florist about the amount of water they need. Witch grass, which is the bane of many garden makers, can be wholly eradicated by the simple process of cultivating with a wheel hoe, or, for that matter, any hoe, twice a week. Once a week will not be sufficient, but once every three or four days will certainly kill it out. All weeds can be dealt with more effectually now than earlier in the season, for much of their vitality has been expended. |