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Show Cut an old rubber stair tread or doormat into strips and tack these to the steps of your step ladder. These treads prevent slipping. Then tack other pieces on the bottom bot-tom of each ladder leg. Those prevent pre-vent the ladder's slipping, j -- 1 If you are able to obtain a yam (southern sweet potato) prop it up in a jar of water covering about half the yam, and watch it sprout into a vine from one to two yards in length. Its life will be limited to a couple of months. I - 1 Apply a little colorless nail polish pol-ish in the area where a buttonhole is to be worked. As the polish dries, it stiffens the cloth and working the holes is thus made easier. Inasmuch as nuts absorb moisture, mois-ture, they should be placed in boiling boil-ing water for a few minutes before be-fore adding them to cake or bread dough. Otherwise they will make the baked product dry. 'If a load of gravel or chat is placed around the well curb and packed down well, the soil will not j wash away from the curb, allowing allow-ing rabbits and rats to get under the curb and into the water. Try trimming an old whiskbroom into a sharp V-point for cleaning t hard-to-get-at corners and crevices crev-ices in furniture and floors. A paste made of baking soda and water will remove coffee stains from enameled kitchen ware. Spare that brassiere by washing it after each day or two of wear. Twill last longer, fit better. |