If you are unfortunate enough to spill pepper in the soup, drop a piece of bread into it, and remove it. The pepper will cling to the bread.
Bread that is in danger of molding may be sliced and baked again, making a good zweibach [zwieback] of it.
Smoked fish may be baked by wrapping it in two thicknesses of paper, folding the ends and placing in a hot oven from 15 to 30 minutes, according to the size of the fish. Turn several times to insure its being well cooked.
If screens slam or even doors, tack a piece of rubber from an inner tire on the point of contact. It is a good shock absorber.
The small section of a divided mattress may be used as a cover and pad for a window seat, covering with a slip cover to match the hangings of the room.
White felt hats may be cleaned successfully with a paste of magnesia and cold water. Apply it with a rush and allow it to dry perfectly, then brush it off, and the soil will be removed.
Light velvet hats as well as gloves may be cleaned with a paste made of flour and gasoline. Rub it in to the hat with a brush, renewing the paste as it becomes soiled, then give the hat a good brushing with a clean dry brush. In cleaning gloves put them on the hands and wash the gloves in the flour and gasoline paste, rubbing the soiled spots if necessary with an old tooth brush.
Old stockings make fine floor mops. Cut them open and fasten them onto a mop stick. They may be oiled, taking the place of an oiled mop.
The Alamance Gleaner, Graham, N.C., Thursday, June 1, 1922
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