Show f On washdays wear an oilcloth apron made of an old tablecloth This keeps you dry from neck to hem If there is enough material you v-ou v can make a matching bag in which to carry clothespins e a Rugs cant can't take it If floor floorboards floorboards floorboards boards are poor never put rugs directly over them Use a rug pad or put several newspapers between between between be be- tween the floor and the rug When making makin jellies and preserves preserves pre pre- serves keep a small saucer on i the side of the stove to hold the i spoon after stirring the mixture If rested on the stove the frequently bakes to the stove and this hardened mass is difficult to remove I Convenient storage place for playthings for the convalescent child is a fabric shoe bag which can be hung beside the bed Crayons Cray Cray- ons pencils scissors and paper fit easily into the shoe pockets I Put a sponge in a bowl of leftover leftover leftover left left- over starch and let it absorb the starch Then when you have a petticoat ruffle ruffie that needs a bit of ot starch dampen the sponge and squeeze the sponge into water for sufficient starch It one key in an otherwise well- well behaved piano suddenly refuses to play dont don't send for the repair repair- man First look inside the instrument instrument instrument ment to see if it as so often happens some small object has fallen on the strings The traveler can safeguard her luggage from damage caused by spilling or leaking cosmetics by sealing bottles and boxes shut with a strip of Scotch tape Developing films in the sink or bathtub is risky Some of the chemicals may ruin the enamel surfaces It Is best to buy nutmegs cloves peppercorns and cinnamon cinnamon cinna cinna- mon man sticks whole and grind when needed |