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Show Clean out cellar and attic to avoid undue fire hazards. Turn the old rags and papers over to organizations conducting defense salvage campaigns. Celery tops should never be thrown away. They may be used as stock in soup or may be boiled with turnips, carrots, or cauliflower. cauliflow-er. Remove them from the pan before serving. A new flavor will be added to vegetable stand-bys. The ideal way to put linens away is to roll them. Mailing tubes are excellent, so are broom handles, window-shade rollers or sections of poles on which rugs may have be enrolled. Store linens in a cool not hot or dry place. Do not add salt to the water when boiling corn on the cob it would toughen the corn. Boil corn 10 minutes, drain and serve immediately imme-diately tucked in the folds of a napkin. Never let corn stand in water after it is done; that would impair the flavor and texture. After use, dry steel wool in sun to prevent its rusting. Cheese wiJl stay moist longer if the edge is thinly spread with butter but-ter before the cheese is placed in the refrigerator. Take especially good care of pots and pans now that metal is needed for war industries. Often old ones can be repaired. Heat them slowly and do not use too hot a fire, thereby reducing the strain on the metal and amount of heat used. Colorless lacquer can help you cut down a lot of cleaning on large ornate pieces of silver used only for decoration. Thoroughly clean, polish, wash and dry the silver, then cover it with a thin coat of lacquer. When the lacquer begins to wear off, remove all of it by rubbing with a cloth dipped in denatured de-natured alcohol. Wash in warm water and soapsuds and polish again, then repeat the lacquer treatment. |