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Show The ink-written address on a package can be protected from being smeared by water or snow if you rub it several times with the stump of a white candle. To clean a stone or brick fireplace, fire-place, hot water and strong soap applied with a stiff brush are often adequate. If they're not, mix up a paste of powdered pumice pum-ice and concentrated ammonia and cover the smoked areas with it. Let it stay about an hour or two before scrubbing it off with . hot water and soap. If you burn pine wood and want to prevent the gum from collecting collect-ing on fireplace stones, bricks or tiles, coat them, after they're thoroughly cleaned, with boiled linseed oil. To save wear and tear on your tongue when you have a lot of envelopes and stamps to lick, wrap an ice cube in a thick rag and moisten with that. Before tying up a package, moisten the string. When the string dries, it will shrink and tighten up the knots. When vegetable glue gets dry and hard, it can be softened up with hot vinegar. Add the vinegar vine-gar drop by drop and keep stirring stir-ring until the glue is soft. Cold vinegar can be used, but it takes several days to soak through and become effective. |