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Show II V J71 II ft J v " 'I I CHAT articles which havo become yellowed with age, and which for any reasbn cannot bo boiled or blcachod in tho sun in tho usual way may bo whitened by putting them in an old pillowcase which has been dipped In strong bluing water and thoroughly dried. Then hang the pillowcaso in good strong sunlight for two or three day& Articles embroidered embroid-ered in colors may be rendored white in this way without endangering the tints of the Bilk. THAT when cream will not whip add a drop or two of glycerin to It and all difficulty will immediately be overcorao THAT If bread is kept in cold storage stor-age it retains Its freshness much longer long-er than when It Is" placed In the usual tin box and tho tin box on the pantry shelf. Many housewives havo dls-. covered this for themselves but what somo cooks do not know ls that tho dough of light bread may bo kept in tho lco box and cooked as wanted, and that tho last baking will bo as dollclouB as tho first. She says that onco upon a tlmo thero was a colored cook who gavo tho family hot rolls for dinner overy evening though she seemed to "sex." bread only twice a week. Questioned as to how she managed man-aged this magic sho finally confessed that sho always saved a great lump of dough and placed It In the refrigerator, refrig-erator, and from It she made her rolls THAT the woman who likes to embroider em-broider might begin her Christmas gifts now by making luncheon napkins nap-kins for somo friend whom sho cstoems highly, for the Job ls no easy one. Uso very fine linen and have the borders stamped In tiny scallops and tho three Initials of tho potential recipient put In a lozengo In one corner. When theso napkins havo been carefully worked they will form a present that any housekeeper will delight in If the worker has plenty x of tlmo a spray of ombroldory may bo put In tho corner with tho initials THAT putting a cloth molstenod with vlpegar around checso will koep the choeso soft for many days. THAT Japaneso runners, having either a blue or a yellow pattern on a white ground aro exceedingly attractive at-tractive for the table at breakfast or luncheon. When the blue ones are uted with bluo Japaneso china, with yellow nasturtiums as a centerpiece, tho effect ls vory artistic THAT for tho horaemaker who uses mata for her polished tablo at lunch-con lunch-con or supper time, nothing could be prettier nor moro reasonablo than thoso mado of the sort of fllei laco which soll3 in tho curtain department de-partment of tho shops at 51.50 a yard or thereabouts. The piece selected should bo of moderately fine mesh, divided Into rather small squares by rows of beading. The pleco which sho bought, tho young housckoepcr says, had squares of such a slzo that four of them made a suitable mat for tho plate dollies, and one for the tumbler dollies, while sho used a square of eight for a ccnterploco. When theso had been cut sho whipped narrow filet lace, costing seven cents a yard, around the edges, and soon, with little work, and at a total cost of a little moro than $3 had a beautiful beau-tiful luncheon set which- looked very handsomo on her mahogany tablo and elicited many admiring comments from guesta who thought It to bo much moro cxponslvo than It was. |