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Show A large paper bag slipped over the end of a furnace pipe will save a lot of dirt when cleaning the pipes. When cleaning the floor use a mop instead of a broom and you get the dust and dirt all at once. Glue thin sections of cork to the back lower corners of pictur frames to prevent a dust line on the wall, Fried or stewed chicken goes far when it is cooked, diced, and mixed with sauce or gravy to serve on top of biscuits or toast. To remove decalcomanias from your walls before painting, soften them a bit with denatured alcohol. Then sandpaper the surface carefully care-fully for its oat of paint. For a door or opening which appears ap-pears too small, the eye can be deceived with a wallpaper border of the right width around the door. For a change, paint your ordinary ordi-nary flower pots with black enamel. enam-el. You will be surprised how well they set off bright flowering plants such as pink petunias. Before stringing small beads dip the end of the thread in glue which will dry quickly. The beads will thread easily without the use of a needle. Nylon jabots make you a pretty frill and have the added advantage of being easy to launder. No ironing iron-ing is necessary. Just finger press the folds so they will fall in graceful grace-ful lines. Ever think of keeping strands of embroidery floss straight between be-tween pages of a book? Lay strands of one' color across one page, strands of another color across another page, and so on. Leave ends peek out the top to find the color you want. Sandburg on Washington Poet Carl Sandburg spent a week in Washington, D. C, as the guest of a friend. When he was ready to depart after seven days of intensive sightseeing, his host asked: "How did you like Washington?" "It is the only asylum I have ever seen," commented Sandburg, "that is run by the inmates." |