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Show A bit of flour sifted into hot fat will put a stop to spattering in a jiffy. To remove face powder from a satin or velvet dress, brush lightly with a woolen cloth. To tell at a glance which are your good handkerchiefs, iron them into triangles and plain ones into squares. For cleaning a coffee-stained percolator, put in a cup of salt, fill with water, and let the mixture percolate as for coffee. Vhen your old broom is worn to the hilt, cut the straws evenly across, cover them with an old felt hat or old woolen sock and use it to polish the floors. To help in remodeling dated garments, gar-ments, try grandmother's custom of having a "piece bag." In it put all saved zippers, bits of ribbon rib-bon and lace, and scraps of fabric. |