Show If youre you're wearing shorts around th the kitchen especially during canning season protect yourself from flying and spattering hot bot stuff by pinning a turkish towel to your waist so it will hang down in front frent of your our bare legs Sliced fingers can be prevented when you pare vegetables if you slap a piece of adhesive tape on your thumb before you start i A variation of the old colonial custom of spicing can be w worked in your linen closet and linen drawers by purchasing quantities quantities quantities quan quan- of toilet soap in advance of your needs and storing it unwrapped unwrapped unwrapped un un- un- un wrapped among the linens White scented flower-scented soaps go well in the thelara lord lara and masters master's shirts and handkerchiefs handkerchiefs handkerchiefs hand hand- kerchiefs g green r e e n scented pine-scented cakes are suggested for bed linens and towels Onions are probably the most dangerous vegetable o 0 slice thin because they have a way of slipping slipping slipping slip slip- ping out of the knifes knife's es e's way and leaving leaving your fingers there to take the rap Avoid this by setting the onion on a flat metal grater while you slice it The grater wont won't allow the onion to slip out from under at the crucial moment When fat flares up on the store sto quickly throw a handful of salt on it If no salt is handy clap a magazine or newspaper over the flame Or use an empty pot as a snuffer In any case do not throw water on the flames Its It's not likely to extinguish the fire and theres there's theresa a good chance it will splash some of the flaming grease onto you To prevent grease from sputtering sputtering sputtering sputter sputter- ing excessively sprinkle a little littlesalt littlesalt littlesalt salt or flour in the pan before the grease is added If its it's too late for such a preventive measure turn turna a colander upside down down over the frying pan This will stop the flying flying flying fly fly- ing grease but will still allow air to come in contact with what's cooking In storing clothes of any kind name your own brand of moth pre pre- As for type contact contac sprays which are actually sprayed right into the cloth seem to prove most effective However regardless regardless regardless regard regard- less of what you choose it'll be o of little use unless the clothes are first dry Dry-cleaning Dry solvents are positive death to any moth larvae roosting in the cloth When you need extra closet and drawer space let an old attic trunk take care of it for you Clean Cleanthe Cleanthe Cleanthe the trunk with ste steal l wool soap and water spruce it up with two coats of ot enamel to match the color scheme of the bedroom garnish with decal transfers from the five- five an ten and ten and find a place for fOl the trunk in the room that needs the closet space Its It's particularly handy for storing the baby's woolens woolens woolens wool wool- ens and extra blankets and such saves a Jot lot of running up to the attic for things I DECORATING V WALLS ALLS Question We live in a new home home- and it is now a year s since it was plastered How do we go about preparing the wall walls for paint or wallpaper Is it advisable e to use a resin-base resin water emulsion paint Answer Your own newspaper probably has many helpful suggestions suggestions suggestions sug sug- on decorating You can also find many articles in home magazines and books at your public public public pub pub- lic library If you are going to hang wallpaper the walls must first have a coat of good glue size I assume the plaster is free of dirt and grease Some of the wallpaper wallpaper wallpaper wall- wall paper and paint manufacturers i issue ue printed instructions on how hove to paper a room and give a list of tools and equipment that will be needed If you wish to use water paint you will vill not need sizing If you you use an oil paint you can apply the first or priming coat as a size Most ost painters do not care for glue- glue size before a paint job BAMBOO BAl SHADES Question Are bamboo shades suitable for an open porch where they should be exposed to rain Answer Yes a bamboo shade can be used as a porch shade The wood is not affected by or dampness But to improve the appearance and to keep the woods wood from becoming soiled it is advisable advisable advisable advis advis- able to give it an occasional coat of spar varnish |