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Show Stretch your meat balls by adding add-ing oatmeal to the hamburger. To keep slip-covers new looking, iron them on the wrong side. Flat stones pressed beneath a porch that rests directly upon the earth will retard wood decay. If brown sugar becomes lumpy, place a damp cloth in the jar with the sugar and cover it tightly. When boiling potatoes for mashing, mash-ing, cut them as for french fries. Much time and fuel will be saved. Two spools nailed to the wall about two inches apart makes a good place to hang the broom (upside (up-side down). That old piano stool in the attic ran be painted to match the kitchen kitch-en and used there as an adjustable adjust-able chair. It's handy. Do not allow your vacuum cleaner clean-er bag to become filled with dirt before you empty it. It should be emptied frequently so as not to interfere with the flow of air. Cut blotting paper to fit the bot-,om bot-,om of the large salt shaker. This will take up the dampness, leaving .he salt dry and free running. Boil a cracked dish for about i'.hree-quarters of an hour in Enough sweet milk to cover it. The track in the dish will become al-nost al-nost invisible. Place a small hand brush, bris-'.le bris-'.le side up, in the soap dish. Keep :he soap on top of the brush and when you need to use the brush 't will already be full of soap. Don't be annoyed by a food chopper chop-per that won't stay firmly anchored an-chored to the table. Put a piece of sandpaper, gritty side up, on the :able before screwing the chopper n place above it. ' An old turkish towel is good for emoving dust from upholstered ."urniture. Wet the towel, wring it Iry, and spread over piece to be :lcancd. Beat with a broomstick. Escaping dust clings to the towel. |