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��How to Dry Unsightly Scrub-Rags T^HE cloths used

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kitchen floor are inevitably stained and unsightly, even when rinsed. To dry them, and still have them hidden from view, bore holes in the top and bottom of a wooden box, stain the out- side to match the woodwork and hang it in the warmest place in the kitchen. The warm air rises through the holes and dries the cloths hanging on hooks on the inside. Tea towels and dish rags may be similarly treated. — A. G. Vestal.

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��A Milk-Warmer Made From a Lamp- Bulb

,N electric milk or medicine warmer can be made from a large carbon electric lamp by holding the bulb over a blow-torch and slowly heating the glass as shown in the diagram. The glass should be wiped dry before heating, and if pains are taken in heating the bulb, the soft glass will sag enough to form a basin to hold a small amount of water — Wm. Harrier.

Broom Holder from Barrel Hoop

BROOMS, when not in use, should be stood on end. A section of a wood- en barrel hoop cut and nailed in place as shown in the illustration makes an excel- lent holder for three brooms; and the cost is nothing.

���How to Protect Sugar from Ants

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���A HANDY re- ceptacle for sugar may be made from an ordinary lard-pail with a tight cover. Cut a slot in one side, a little above the middle, and solder on a spout or lip, made from a scrap of bent tin. The pail may be suspended from a hook on the under side of a shelf above the table. To remove the sugar, the cook simply tilts the pail over a dish on the table. This arrangement effectually pre- vents ants from molesting the sugar.

How to Use Old Mantle Supports

THE used sup- ports for Welsbach upright gas mantles can be utilized on a water- faucet as a strainer and also to prevent splashing. Remove the wire ends from the sheet metal part or sockets which hold them; place the cylindrical part containing the screen over the end of the faucet. Hold it in place by reinsert- ing the wires in the sockets in the new and reversed position. Sometimes an extra turn of the wire is required to prevent slipping down. Though this strainer is not fine enough to filter out bacteria, it will serve many uses where particles of dirt and weeds get in the water. — T. Glynn.

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��Rejuvenating Your Pipe make

��TO maKe an old tobacco pipe as good as new, plug the stem with a bit of match, fill the bowl with alcohol, light and let burn. Do this three or four times and the pipe will be as clean and as sweet as when new, without the bother of break' ing it in. — L. E. Fetter.

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