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Show HLJOUSEHOLD llllNTSte If needles are scarce, open up one of the old pin cushions and doubtlessly you will find a number num-ber of needles embedded there. j Adjust the cover of the ironing board onto the board while it is , still wet after washing. It will then fit tight. A clean tea towel, pinned smoothly over my rolling pin, substitutes sub-stitutes for a sleeve-board very satisfactorily. Both large and small sleeves can be ironed nicely and quickly on it. If a small article has fallen into some hard-to-get-at place, use a wad of chewing gum stuck on the end of a long stick to get at it. If, when you decide to make a cake or spread sandwiches, the butter is hard as a rock, invert a warm bowl over the butter plate, and this will soften but not melt the butter. If you haven't a warm bowl, pour some very hot water into the bowl for a few minutes. ' An easy way to coat doughnuts with sugar is to place them in a paper sack with powdered sugar. Shaking the bag will do the rest. Never put food in paper bags in the refrigerator. Air should circulate cir-culate freely around the food if it is to be preserved at a safe temperature. tem-perature. Do you have an old eye-glass case around that isn't in use? . Employ it as a red and blue ration ra-tion token holder. If that rinse-and-risk policy has been carried to an extreme in cleaning the coffee pot, and you have sour milk you can't use, put it in the coffeepot, leaving the gadgets in place. Allow to stand a day or two, then pour out, and that awful brown will drain away with it. Wash the pot well with soapy water, scald thoroughly and allow to air. It's good as newl |