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Show NJ & X. & A f I 1 0 X & 0 TTF you lay linoleum on your floors this i' spring cut It a trifle longer than the ii length of the room. Do not tack It y down for scvcrtil days, thus allowing It to eettlo properly. The edges 6bould then bo pasted down to the floor In order to keep dirt from working under It. Another An-other good suggestion Is to put a narrow strip of molding around the edges next to the wall aud paint It an npproprlato color. In lighting a new gas range tho Instructions Instruc-tions to first turn on the gas nnd then strike tbo match most bo followed in-I in-I variably. Unless this la done tho flame will roar nod pouDd and bo yellow loslend of blue. Besides It will glvo out very little hent The explanation of this Is tbnt the space between the burner and tbe stopcock Is full of nlr, which must bo allowed to flow out before lighting. It Is no pleasant Job to keep tbo kitchen sink clean. If H Is of golvnnl.ed Iron cover Its surface completely with soap powder. After It has remained od at least 15 minutes scrub tbo sink with a strong brush In boiling hot water. Cnro mubt bo taken In keeping the soap powder pow-der from touching the woodwork of tbo sink, as It will eat oil the paint off. If you hnvo uo stationary tubs In tho room In which your laundry work Is done, ocd If you are compelled to Oil ench tub with water from tbo kitchen boiler, get hold of an old ,lccc of garden hose aud attach one cod of It to tbo faucet bo used advantageously In mending tho heels of stockings. A surprlslugly attractive lit tV book for vour baby may be fashioned out of a Hour sack. The cloth 6bould be cut Into pieces the size of a double page In tae average nursery book. Then stitch down tbo middle aDd paste In It postal cards and various pictures from tho magazines or newspapers In which '.ho baby has taken an Interest. It may not work In every case, but there Is a certain baby In n largo city, who la no lunger afraid of water when he has to take his bath. His mother mndo his tub alluring to him by pluclng In the water miioI) toy turtles and fish, iiost of thera made of light tin or wood, and all of them sufllclently bouyant to flont. She experienced no moro trou-bl trou-bl thereafter. Here Is n good wny to keep your stockings stock-ings up. Fasten together, with a piece In back and one In froDt, two pieces of tape loug cuoiifih to reach over the shoulders. Tbon fasten on each of tbeso four ends a piece of elastic fixed with n pirter fastener. This will hold the elocklug up In both front nnd back and does away with the necessity of fastening fasten-ing the garters to tho waist. If tho water In your laundry Is not very clear, drop in a sack filled with equal parts of charconl nnd saltpeter. Tbo charcoal char-coal should be broken Into small pieces, and will hold tbo soot after tho saltpeter salt-peter has drawn It to tho suck. on your boiler i d rua tho other end into 3-our tub. If your polished table has been spotted by drops of water, etc., pour a smnll quantity of liquid camphor or spirits of camphor on the stain, rub it In well with tho palms of the hands. Tho camphor will not Injure the polish of tho table and tbe white Fpot will dlsnpp- r. An odd way of mending tbe winter underwear before you put It away In moth balls for the summer Is to cut uwoy u 11 the worn part and crochet around In a plain stitch, narrowing every second or third tlmo around, according to tae size of the holo. This same c'bed muy |