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Show I AROUND Mgi,tems of ,n,erest , UrJ iCC OKnl to the Housewife Keep the sifter holes on spice boxes closed, otherwise the spices will lose much of their flavor. To keep books on shelves or in cases in good condition sprinkle them occasionally with powdered camphor. Save left-over pieces oi soap in small sugar or salt bags. Use the bags in cleaning the bathtub or lavatory. The bag and soap serve both as a sponge and a cleansing agent. When putting away clean clothes place the freshly ironed ones on the bottoms of the various piles. Then towels, handkerchiefs, napkins, nap-kins, etc., will be used in turn and some will not wear out more quickly than others. When separating the yolks from the whites of eggs, break them over a funnel. The whites' wil pass through, leaving the yolks in the funnel. If colored butters are desired for sandwiches, use pimineto combined com-bined with butter for red or pink, while watercress chopped fine will give the desired green and oranga or lemon rind blended with butter gives the yellow color. Select suitable bowls and vases in which to arrange flowers to decorate dec-orate the house. Do not crowd flowers into them, but carefully select different flowers for different differ-ent containers. A single rose in a bud vase is far more effectiva than several roses crowded into a bowl. |