Show HOUS fl H A little paraffin on an a sticky window cord will be found helpful 0 0 when you have an old clock that refuses to run any more it can be a sick room to tell when it is time for the next dose of medicine by moving the hands to the time it is to be taken this makes it easy to remember A handy receptacle for sundry tacks nails and screws that will be polite to your fingers is a large cork kept in the kitchen cutlery drawer for convenience 4 0 when having difficulty in open ing a fruit jar with a metal top place it upside down in hot wat water r and leave for a minute or two and try again the metal top will usually expand and loosen readily to keep cookies fresh longer add a tablespoon of jam or jelly to the dough C coarse 0 arse sawdust put in a hens nest is more satisfactory than straw or hay for the hens do not pick or scratch the sawdust out Is there an old blackboard around the house that the children have outgrown if so why not draft it into use as a bulletin board for the family place it in m the kitchen and use it as a reminder of household chores dates daes that must not be forgotten or n notes tes to the family when called ao way away with the use of a hand spray or even the garden hose starched clothes may be sprinkled right on the line roll them up as they are taken from the line 0 one should keep a small bag of fine sand in the kitchen if coal oil or gasoline stoves are used in case of an explosion or fire the sand can be thrown over the hames flames which will probably extinguish them and save the destruction of the home |