Show HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS starching curtains 1 if curtains lare are thoroughly dried tle before f being starched arched Bt they will keep clean longer 0 0 0 wrinkled hands from the far family tilly wash can be made smooth by washing in water to which a little vinegar hasben has been added 0 washing pearl handled knives never allow bone or pearl handled knives to soak in dish water dip the blades into hot soapy water then dry them well ferns grown in the house will have a rich green color if a teaspoon of household ammonia is added in a quart of water and poured over the ferns once or twice tace a month care of house plants keep the temperature of the room in which house plants are grown at 60 or 65 degrees they do not thrive in a room that is too warm to remove a stopper from a glass jar pour warm I 1 water into a pan and invert jar in it gradually add warmer water until it is quite hot but not so hot as to break jar leave in water for some time occasionally occasion aUy trying stopper to see if it is loose 0 tasty apple sauce add one eighth teaspoon of cream of tartar i to cinnamon and sugar used in apple sauce it gives it a delicious flavor for a sweet muffin to serve with hot beverages try adding a fourth of a cup each of chopped candied orange peel and candied pineapple to your regular muffin recipe or try using a fourth of a cup of chopped dates and a third cup of broken pecans A third combination is a fourth cup each of citron and figs |