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Show Macaroni should bo kept In an airtight air-tight receptacle nnd when cooked plunged Into boiling salted water. Buttermilk is excellent for cleaning sponges. Steep the sponge In milk for somo hours, then squeeze It out nnd wash It In cold water. Lemon Juice Is also good. V-f A Httlo orange or lemon Juice put l on tho blacking brush after It has been I ; dipped In tho blncklng of polishing cream will give n brilliant shine to tho boots or shoes. Tho latest In yacht pillow covers consists con-sists of two squares of gontskln, laced around tho four sides with silk cord I and decorated nt each corner with cluster of loop ends. To rid n room of llles It Is a good plan , a to heat a poker and lay it on a lump lMAfc f camphor, which will give off fumes r ' -1, most objectionable not only to llles, but to other insects also. To purify water, tie a small piece of nndyed llannel Into the tup, leaving It rather loose, und It will be found to absorb all Impurities from the wntcr. Renew tho flannel from time to time. Water In which potatoes have been boiled is very effective In keeping silver sil-ver bright. It can bo bottled for use, and If required to be kept n long time a tenth part of methylated spirits will 60 this. Fruit Jars, ten and coffee pots, stewing stew-ing pans, In fact all kitchen utensils with covers, should bo left open In the Intervnls of using. The same rule applies ap-plies to tho wash boiler and bread or cake box. Wat umbrellas should be stood on their handles to dry. This allows the water to run out of them, instead of Into tho part where tho ribs and the Ilk meet, thus cntwlng tho metal to rust and the sill: to rot. Many mothers takt tho Iroublo of having adjustable paper covers to slip I over tho books brought Into tho home from public libraries. In these dnys of mlcrobo fear such a courso lnMies peaco of mind, even If nothing clso is , gained. To clean the coffee pot nil It with A Hrater, put In n pinch of bornx nnd a piece of hard soap, nnd set on the stove, letting It boll for half an hour. It will bo as bright as now and should bo submitted Io this treatment fre-fluently, |