Show AROUND TT THE HOUSE light and heavy salads originally salads were made of greens with a light but zestful dressing gradually they were modified to fit the occasion fruits cheese eggs fish and meat are now put into salads and used as the main dishes at luncheon and supper A good rule to follow is to use light salads with heavy meals heavy salads with otherwise light meals soaking clothes do not soak clothes so long that the dirt is distributed through the fabric and gives an ugly color to the clothes if soaking in hot water never allow the water to become cold before washing if you are going to soak the clothes over night be sure the sudsy water is cold else your clothes will be a poor color starching curtains some laundresses claim that if curtains are dry before being starched they will keep clean longer moths like soiled cloths claths moths do not attack clean woolen articles as readily as soiled ones a 4 drying striped blankets when drying blankets that have colored stripes hang them so that the stripes are perpendicular to the ground any dye that runs run s is then less apt to go into the rest of the blanket tarnished sit silver ve I 1 moist table salt will remove egg tarnish from silverware filling nail holes A hixt mixture ure of sawdust and glue can be used to fill nail holes in woodwork the right vase it is so important to note the colors in the vase and the colors of the flowers to be put into it and be sure they are in their proper settings the right type and color of vase in contrast to the blossoms is what completes the picture a for the tourists comfort little things that make a tourist room more comfortable are a metal waste basket ash trays a drinking glass a bedside mat to step on a towel rod and a pitcher of cool drinking water a hemming curtains hems and rod casings of curtains should be made the same width so the curtains may be reversed to distribute the wear |