Show s l Cut an old rubber stair tread or doormat into strips and tack these to the steps of your step ladder These treads prevent slipping Then tack other pieces on the bot bot- bottom bott bottom tom t m of each ladder leg These pre pre- prevent prevent prevent vent the ladders ladder's slipping e eIf If Il you are able to obtain a yam southern sweet potato prop it up in a jar of water covering about half the yam and watch it sprout into a vine from from- one to two yards in length Its life will be limited to toa toa toa a couple of months e Binding scallops may give you a little trouble until you learn in basting to ease the binding gently over the scallops and draw it tight at the inner corners Single bind bind- binding binding binding ing should always be used The amount of light and glare in a room should determine the tone of paper used on the walls a alight alight alight light tint which reflects well for a adark adark adark dark room and a restful shade for fora a brilliant room e Apply a little colorless nail pol pol- polish polish polish ish in the area where a buttonhole is to be worked As the polish dries it stiffens v the cloth and working the holes is thus made easier C Inasmuch as nuts absorb moisture mois mois- moisture moisture ture they should be placed in boil boil- boiling boiling boiling ing water for a few minutes be be- before before before fore adding them to cake or bread dough Otherwise they will make the baked product dry If a load of gravel or chat is placed around the well curb and packed down well the soil will not wash away from the curb allow allow- allowing allowing allowing ing rabbits and rats to get under the curb and into the water e Fingernails are a menace to rubber gloves To prevent their cutting through the rubber insert wads of cotton in the finger tips of the gloves Try trimming an old whiskbroom into a sharp V-point V for cleaning to hard-to-get-at corners and crevices crevices crevices ices in furniture and floors C CA A paste p ste made of baking soda and water will remove coffee stains from enameled kitchen ware Spare that brassiere by washing it after each day or two of wear Twill last longer fit better Arrange canned foods so last years year's cans are in front where they will be used first |