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Show Crumble a dry newspaper, wet, and rub your windows and mirrors with this instead of a cloth. Paperhangers always do the ceiling ceil-ing before the walls. Ceiling paper should not run across the windows save in cases where this can not possibly be avoided. . .; When removing a pane of glass, or if fitting a new one, it often becomes be-comes necessary to give the glass a few light taps to loosen it or to push it into place. If a rubber crutch tip is placed over the handle of the putty knife there will be little danger of breaking the pane. Try a "Blue Book," hung on the kitchen wall. In it list all articles that you store, and the place you put them. When Dad or the children chil-dren tramp in and demand to know where this or that is, tell them to look in the Blue Book. This book also gives you a chance fc make notations when and where you store summer or winter clothing, and the date these things should be gotten out and examined. Cut all the big letters from cereal and other heavy boxes. On rainy days, or when you are very busy around the house, the letters will keep the children happy and busy. Older children use them for playing play-ing anagrams and find them fun too. Keep a mirror hanging in the kitchen. - Glance into it before you go to answer the door-bell. When paints and varnishes fail to dry you can rest assured the trouble is the result of dirty or oily surface or a surface that has been washed with soap and water, some of the soap having remained on the porous surface of wood. - Soak clothes in cool or lukewarm water rather than cold. Cold water wa-ter causes the fabric mesh to close and hold the dirt. Glue pieces of felt under chair legs to prevent scratching painted floors. It's a good way to cut down on noise too. |