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Show ( HOUSEHOLD I QUESTIONS Upr For Creaking Shoes. Rub the sole of a creaking shoe with a flannel dipped in boiled linseed oil. . Lintless Tea Towels. Tea towels tow-els will not leave lint on china and glassware if they are passed through a weak starch solution when laundered. Removing1 Indelible Ink Marks. Equal parts of turpentine and ammonia will remove indelible ink marks from white fabrics when everything else fails. Repairing Torn Clothing. Triangular Tri-angular tears in garments may be neatly mended if the edges, are first worked with a buttonhole, stitch, then caught together through the stitches instead of the material. Removing Smell. A piece of lemon peel in the washing-up water wa-ter will take away the smell of onions, fish, burnt meat. It will add a gloss to china, soften the water, and keep the hands smooth and white. To Judge Grapefruit. Notice its firmness, weight, and shape as well as the thickness of the skin. Good quality fruit is firm yet springy to the touch. It is well shaped, thin skinned and heav. for its size. . When Fruit Cake Becomes Dry. Fruit cake that has become dry may be moistened by saturating a clean cloth with spiced fruit juice, wrapping the cake in the cloth and returning it to its airtight container for a day or two. |