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Show 1 1 If you thumb-tack waxed paper to the pastry board before rolling out the pastry, the dough won't stick. Machine stitch the drawstring on pop's and junior's pajamas firmly at center back. Then it's less likely to become detached and get caught in the washer. To curl a feather that, has been damaged by water, sprinkle it liberally with salt and shake before be-fore a fire or over a hot radiator until dry. Reinforce your heavy bath towels tow-els along each side with a binding bind-ing of one-inch tape. Strengthens them for the hard pulling men and boys give them rubbing hard after shower baths. When nuts need to be cracked with a hammer, hold them in place with an ordinary nutcracker. They crack more evenly, allowing less waste, and prevent many an injured finger. fin-ger. A bit of elastic will ease the strain on slip straps. Salvage bits from discarded garments and sew to the strap just where it fastens at back. Straps that give easily are less likely to pull holes in the lace at the top of the slip. If small bits of leftover foods are placed in small jars for the refrigerator, . several of them may be placed in one pan of water wa-ter and reheated for serving. This makes one pan do the trick instead of having several small ones to wash. |