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Show HOUSEHOLD SL 'QUESTIONS lf-- Grouping Furniture. Groupings of furniture, including pictures and lamps, should generally balance bal-ance each other in height, width and effect of lightness or heaviness, heavi-ness, housing experts say. Thread Needle This Way. Always Al-ways thread the end of cotton broken off the reel into the needle, nee-dle, not the loose end, and it will never knot. When using double thread knot the two ends separately separate-ly this prevents any tiresome twisting and knotting. Furniture Coverings. Zipper fasteners cn furniture coverings j make the coverings easy to remove re-move for laundering. Washing Walls. When washing dirty painted v aiis with soapy water wa-ter containing a cleaning powder, the job is made easier if a little flour is added to the water to make a paste. The paste wii! hold the mixture to the wall lor. enough for the pewder to dissolve j the dirt. |