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 Housekeeping Made Easy

���How to Avoid Burnt Fingers

WHERE is the cook who has never burnt her hands draining scalding hot water from vegetables? Blis- tered hands nia>^ now become mere reminiscences, for there are upon the market excel- lent vegetable kettles of aluminum with lids held in place safely by clamps. On one side is a hand-hold for tipping the vessel and for holding the lid.

Cherry- Stoner Saves the Hands

AN automatic I. method of removing the stones from cher- ries without touching the fruit with the hands or soiling it in any way, is afforded through the ope- ration of the sim- ple little device illustrated. Press the finger on the spring-rod, so that it goes through the fruit and reaches the stone, and continue pressing until the stone is forced out.

An Electric Gas-Lighter

G A S - LIGHTER

which can be at- tached to an ordi- nary electric sock- et has recently been patented. A tubular insulating handle /I contains a bank of elec- trical resistance C to which is connected a metallic leaf spring. By pressing a push-button D on the side of the handle the spring is brought into contact with a carbon electrode E. Connecting with the re- sistance coil is a wire D which, in turn, connects with the house circuit.

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��Efficiency in the Kitchen HE cook, like

���most other responsible peo- ple, is depending less on her guess- ing apparatus and more on simple little instruments which insure ac- curacy. For in- stance, there is the kitchen clock,

the graduated pint measure, scales of one kind or another, thermometers, etc. The graduated measure has superseded the various sized teacup.

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��Two Cooking Vessels in One COOKLNG

���t e n s i 1 which comprises inner and outer vessels separated from each other and permanently connected togeth- er at their upper ends to provide a closed heating chamber which extends from the bottom of the outer vessel to the upper ends of both vessels, is able to distribute heat more effectively throughout the food in the upper portion of the inner vessel.

A Glue-Brush Like a Fountain-Pen

NOW comes a glue foun- tain that applies glue through a brush by pressure, doing away with the time consum- ing task of dip- ping and apply- ing. Liquid glue is contained in a long metal barrel in which an inner barrel fits piston-like. At the lower end of the outer barrel is a small curved tube which points towards a brush. Forcing down the inner barrel urges the glue into the bristles of the brush.

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