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Show TIMELY TIPS. Cut off tho leather top of an old soft shoo and sew It between several thicknesses thick-nesses of cloth. Then you can Iron with perfect comfort and without burning the hands. To clean pots and pans, take one ordinary or-dinary clothespin, split In two. The soft wood will not scratch them as metal docs, and it can bo burned "when, soiled. If you need to keep cheeso any length of time, you may prevent mould from appearing on the cut curfaco by coating it thinly with butter. When cooking very Bour fruit, such as cherries or cranberries, add a very little salt to each quart and it will take about onr-half as much sugar. Often, when boiling eggs, the white comes through tho shell and spoils the taste of the egg, through Its appearance. This may be prevented If a teaspoonful of salt Is put into the water beforo boiling boil-ing If, after washing and drying your fruit Jars, you will put a small piece of paper in each Jar beforo screwing on the top, they will not havo that musty smell when opened. Tho paper collects all the moisture. |