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Show HOUJEHp A little paraffin on a sticky window win-dow cord will be found helpful. When you have an old clock that refuses to run any more, it can be used in a sick room to tell when it is time for the next dose of medicine by moving the hands to the time it is to be taken. This makes it easy . to remember. A handy receptacle for sundry tacks, nails and screws that will be polite to your fingers, is a large cork kept in the kitchen cutlery drawer for convenience. When having difficulty in opening open-ing a fruit jar with a metal top, place it upside down in hot water and leave for a minute or two and try again. The metal top will usually expand and loosen readily. a a To keep cookies fresh longer, add a tablespoon of jam or jelly to the dough. a a a Coarse sawdust put in a hen's nest is more satisfactory than straw or hay for the hens do not pick or scratch the sawdust out. a a a Is there an old blackboard around the house that the children have "outgrown?" If so, why not draft it into use as a bulletin board for the family? Place it in the kitchen and use it as a reminder re-minder of household chores, dates that must not be forgotten, or notes to the family when called away. , a a a With the use of a hand spray or even the garden hose, starched clothes may be sprinkled right on the line. Roll them up as they are taken from the line. a a a ' One should keep a small bag of fine sand in the kitchen if coal oil or gasoline stoves are used. In ! case of an explosion or fire, the ' sand can be thrown over the : flames which will probably extin- guish them and save the destruc-1 destruc-1 tion of the home. |