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Show Household Suggestions When too much salt ha been put Into -the soup add a potato and I boll the soup for ten minutes. Then remove the potato, aiui you 111 flp.il that the unpleasant flavoi haa gont'. A cheap cement for broken china If lime mixed with the white .-f an ; (zz. Only take sufficient while of an egg to mend one article at :v tlnT and mix thoroughly with i small quantity of lime. . V For mixing r;iko and pastry an old marble slab or pier.-, of plate- I glass Is better than a hoard. . i rersplrhur hands are often a 1 trouble to needlewomen They should try bathing tbem with 6trong alum-water. Cut flowers with woody stems will last much longer In water If the Stalks are act aped for about tlsree Inches up To mince cold moat when no mincing-machine is available, rub I it over a suet grater This will an- I swer the purpose quite well. Yolks of rfTTS wh'ch are not wanted for immediate use will keep good for several days if they are dropped Into i orl water and kept In a cool place the eooler the belter. To reinoxe the stains on enamelled saucepans, illssolve half a teaspoon-ful teaspoon-ful of Qhforide of lime In a .saucepan .sauce-pan full of water, and then boll till the stains disappear Then 1111 with pure water and boll. To dry-'lean cr-eam holland blinds, have plenty of , lean powdered pow-dered brick dust ready. Lay the blinris flat or tho table, and with R (lean, dry cloth rub the brlckdust well into the blind.-, renewing It as It gets- flirty. Shake well, then give them a final rub with a fresh clean cloth Taint on woollen or silk goods can he removed with spirits of turpentine tur-pentine Soak the spots In the spirits and let It stand for some hours, then rub the fabric between be-tween the fingers, and tho paint will fall away without Injury to the goods. |