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Show Pour a little paraffin over the sliding groove in the drawer to make it slide easier. a When storing empty fruit jars, replace lids to keep tops of jars smooth and free from nicks. Place a piece of gum camphor inside the piano case when going away from home. It will keep the moths from getting inside the felt. a Keep such small things as salts and peppers, sugar and creamer, cups and saucers, and napkins on a large tray. Place conveniently near, when ready to set table. a To waterproof rope so it will last longer, treat it with a tar and tallow tal-low mixture. Add 20 per cent tallow tal-low to the tar and melt both materials mate-rials so. they will spread over the rope easily, using an old paintbrush. paint-brush. The rope will also be more pliable. To make thickening for gravy, put the flour and water into a wide-mouthed jar, with a screw top, and shake well. . If you keep an extra dust mop and dust-cloth upstairs you can save yourself many trips carrying them from one floor to the other. i If you try to keep tin shiny you won't have a shine or the tin. The thin coating .comes off and leaves the metal open to rust. To mix cheese with other ingredients ingre-dients to be cooked, cut . the cheese into small pieces or grate it. If the cheese is soft, press it through a coarse sieve. Keep cake fresh by fastening . slices of bread over the cut ends with toothpicks. When the bread has served its purpose it may be used for toast or bread crumbs, or any stale-bread dish. |