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Show Bo BY mm HALE A DD a tablespoon of kerosene to a gallon of soapsuds If you want to cut the greasy film on woodwork and make cleaning easier. Pour a film of paraffin over the bottom of your garbage container to prevent rust from forming. This makes it much easier to clean out, also. Paraffin also has another good use: for drawers and windows which stick, rub paraffin on the slides of drawers and ropes on windows. This same lubricant may also be used on tops and bottoms of doors which tend to be sticky. Tack some tiny corks on the backs of picture frames. This will prevent dark lines from forming on the wall paper or painted walls. Red ink may be removed from floors or desks by washing first with soapsuds. Follow this with a rinse of vinegar and water. RECIPE OF THE WEEK Dessert Dumplings (Serves 6) 1 cup orange marmalade i 6-ounce can frozen orange juice 1 6-ounce can water 6 maraschino cherries, quartered quar-tered 1 cup biscuit mix 3 tablespoons sugar cup milk Place orange marmalade, orange Juice, water and cherries cher-ries in saucepan Heat to boiling. boil-ing. Combine biscuit mix, sugar and milk, stirring just enough to moisten Ingredients. Drop batter bat-ter by spoonfuls on top of boiling boil-ing syrup. Turn down heat and simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes. min-utes. Wall plaster does not crack easily If you use some cellophane tape or adhesive tape over the spot where you want to pound a nail or Insert a tack. Sew a aquare of cardboard to the corners of rugs if you want to keep them from curling. Replace the cardboard on small throw ruga attar laundering. |