Show ARU AROUND N D f Items of Interest fJ use to to the e H Housewife use ife the HOUSE 1 I I I I I You will find that fresh bread will cut easier if you heat the knife Before hanging on the theline theline theline line in freezing weather put pins pins' pinson pinson on the clothes in the house then snap on line with double clothes pins To keep muslin curtains even when laundering put two curtains together and iron as one curtain Winter Hands Hands It It is a good idea to have a bowl of fine oatmeal near at hand and to plunge the hands and wrists in this after drying The bowl can be kept covered cov cov- covered covered ered and the meal will last a long longtime time IFor For washing windows windows windows-an an old auto windshield wiper blade makes a good utensil to wipe water from I house windows after they have been washed A Towel Tip Tip Instead Instead of making kitchen towels roller shape put a adeep adeep adeep deep hem on each end and slip roller through When one end becomes be be- becomes becomes comes damp reverse the towel Less toweling is needed and it will willi dry much quicker A little vinegar put into soapy water when washing aluminum ware helps to keep it bright Iron scorches on white cotton silk or linen materials ma may be removed by dampening a cloth with peroxide of hydrogen laying it over the scorch then putting a adry adry adry dry cloth over the damp one and pressing with a warm iron To prevent the odor of cooking cabbage broccoli or onions from permeating the house cook these vegetables uncovered with two pieces of bread on the cooking water Whenever possible add flavoring extracts to a food when it is cool If I the food is hot much of the flavoring will vanish in steam This does not apply to baked foods however |