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Convention doesn’t forbid your standing up to carve, so, if it’s easier, stand up.

The bones get in your way if you don’t know where to expect them; a little investigation tells you just where they are.

Carving is unduly complicated by a dull knife. And remember the first rule of carving…

“Cut across the grain”

If you cut with the grain, long meat fibers give a stringy texture to the slice. Steaks are the exception.

Keep a toothbrush around the kitchen sink – you will find it useful in cleaning rotary beaters, graters, choppers and similar kitchen utensils.

Instead of trying to iron rickrack on the right side of the garment, turn the article. The rickrack can be pressed perfectly.

When your hands are badly stained from gardening, add a teaspoon of sugar to the soapy lather you wash them in.

Use paper cups as handy containers for your “drippings” in the refrigerator as they take up little room and can be thrown away when empty.

Before emptying the bay of your vacuum cleaner, sprinkle water on the newspaper into which it is emptied, and there will be no scattering of dust.

To whiten laces, wash them in sour milk.

To remove burned-on starch from your iron, sprinkle salt on a sheet of waxed paper and slide iron back and forth several times. Then polish it with silver polish until roughness or stain is removed.

Dip a new broom in hot salt water before using. This will toughen the bristles and make it last longer.

Dryer Sheet pinned to clothes works as a mosquito repellent.

Try waxing your ashtrays. Ashes won’t cling, odors won’t linger and they can be wiped clean with a paper towel or disposable tissue. This saves daily washing.

Plant a few sprigs of dill near your tomato plants to prevent tomato worms on your plants.

Marigolds will prevent rodents.

Spray garbage sacks with ammonia to prevent dogs from tearing the bags before picked up.

You can clean darkened aluminum pans easily by boiling in them two teaspoons of cream of tartar mixed in a quart of water. Ten minutes will do it.

Fresh lemon juice will take onion scent from hands.

Wash old powder puffs in soapy water, rinse well and dry thoroughly Then use them for polishing silverware, copper and brass.

Soak colored cottons overnight in strong salt water and they will not fade.

To dry drip-dry garments faster and with fewer wrinkles, hang garment over the top of a dry cleaner’s plastic bag.

If a cracked dish is boiled for 45 minutes in sweet milk, the crack with be so welded together that it will hardly be visible and will be so strong it will stand the same usage as before.

Here are some really nice tips for first aid in your home.

POISONING: When a poison has been taken internally, start first aid at once. Call doctor immediately. Dilute poison with large amounts of liquids – milk or water. Wash out by inducing vomiting, when not a strong acid, strong alkali or petroleum. For acid poisons do not induce vomiting, but neutralize with milk of magnesia. Then give milk, olive oil or egg white. Keep victim warm and lying down. For alkali poisons such as lye or ammonia, do not induce vomiting. Give lemon juice or vinegar. Then give milk and keep victim warm and lying down. If poison is a sleeping drug, induce vomiting and then give strong black coffee frequently. Victim must be kept awake. If breathing stops, give artificial respiration.

SHOCK: is brought on by a sudden or severe physical injury or emotional disturbance. In shock, the balance between the nervous system and the blood vessels is upset. The results is faintness, nausea, and a pale and clammy skin. Call ambulance immediately. If not treated the victim may become unconscious and eventually lapse into a coma. Keep victim lying down, preferably with head lower than body. Don’t give fluids unless delayed in getting to doctor, then give only water. (Hot tea, coffee, milk or broth may be tried if water is not tolerated.) Never give liquid to an unconscious person. Patient must be alert. Cover victim both under and around body. Do not permit victim to become abnormally hot. Reassure victim and avoid letting him see other victims, or his own injury. Fainting is most common and last form of shock. Patient will respond in 30-60 seconds by merely allowing patient to lie head down if possible on floor.

FRACTURES: Pain, deformity or swelling of injured part usually means a fracture. If fracture is suspected, don’t move person unless absolutely necessary, and then only if the suspected area is splinted. Give small amounts of lukewarm fluids and treat for shock.

BURNS: Apply or submerge the burned area in cold water. Apply a protective dry sterile cloth or gauze dry dressing if necessary. Do not apply grease or an antiseptic ointment or spray. Call doctor and keep patient warm (not hot) with severe burns. If burn case must be transported any distance, cover burns with clean cloth. Don’t dress extensive facial burns. (It may hinder early plastic surgery.)

WOUNDS: Minor Cuts – Apply pressure with sterile gauze until bleeding stops. Use antiseptic recommended by your doctor. Bandage with sterile gauze. See your doctor. Puncture Wounds – Cover with sterile gauze and consult doctor immediately. Serious infection can arise unless properly treated.

ANIMAL BITES: Wash wounds freely with soap and water. Hold under running tap for several minutes if possible. Apply an antiseptic approved by your doctor and cover with sterile gauze compress. Always see your doctor immediately. So that animal may be held in quarantine, obtain name and address of owner.

HEAT EXHAUSTION: Caused by exposure to heat or sun. Symptoms: Pale face, moist and clammy skin, weak pulse subnormal temperature, victim usually conscious. Treatment: Keep victim lying down, legs elevated, victim wrapped in blanket. Give salt water to drink (1 tsp. salt to 1 glass water) ½ glass every 15 minutes.

Here are some cool tips on how to remove stains from you clothes.

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Presoak or sponge fresh stains immediately with cold water, then with cold water and glycerine. Rinse with vinegar for a few seconds if stain remains. These stains may turn brown with age. If wine stain remains, rub with concentrated detergent; wait 15 min.; rinse. Repeat if necessary. Wash with detergent in hottest water safe for fabric.

BLOOD Presoak in cold or warm water at least 30 minutes. If stain remains, soak in lukewarm ammonia water (3 tablespoons ammonia per gallon water). Rinse. If stain remains, work in detergent, and wash, using bleach safe for fabric.

CANDLE WAX Use a dull knife to scrape off as much wax as possible. Place fabric between two blotters of facial tissues and press with warm iron. Remove color stain with nonflammable dry cleaning solvent. Wash with detergent in the hottest water safe for fabric.

CHEWING GUM Rub area with ice, then scrape off with dull blade. Sponge with dry cleaning solvent; allow to air dry. Wash in detergent and hottest water safe for fabric.

CHOCOLATE AND COCOA Presoak stain in cold or warm water. Wash in hot water with detergent. Remove any grease stains with dry cleaning solvent. If color remains, sponge with hydrogen peroxide, wash again.

COFFEE Sponge or soak with cold water as soon as possible. Wash, using detergent and bleach safe for fabric. Remove cream stains with nonflammable dry cleaning solvent. Wash again.

CRAYON Scrape with dull blade. Wash in hottest water safe for fabric, with detergent and 1-2 cups of baking soda. NOTE: If full load is crayon stained, take to cleaners or coin-op dry cleaning machines.

DEODORANTS Sponge area with white vinegar. If stain remains, soak with denatured alcohol. Wash with detergent in hottest water safe for fabric.

DYE If dye transfers from a non-colorfast item during washing, immediately bleach discolored items. Repeat as necessary BEFORE drying. On whites use color remover. CAUTION: Do not use color remover in washer, or around washer and dryer as it may damage the finish.

EGG Scrape with dull blade. Presoak in cold or warm water for at least 30 minutes. Remove grease with dry cleaning solvent. Wash in hottest water safe for fabric, with detergent.

FRUIT AND FRUIT JUICES Sponge with cold water. Presoak in cold or warm water for at least 30 minutes. Wash with detergent and bleach safe for fabric.

GRASS Presoak in cold water for at least 30 minutes. Rinse. Pretreat with detergent. Wash, using detergent, hot water, and bleach safe for fabric. On acetate and colored fabrics, use 1 part of alcohol to 2 parts water.

GREASE, OIL, TAR Method 1: Use powder or chalk absorbent to remove as much grease as possible. Pretreat with detergent or nonflammable dry cleaning solvent, or liquid shampoo. Wash in hottest water safe for fabric, using plenty of detergent.

Method 2: Rub spot with lard and sponge with a nonflammable dry cleaning solvent. Wash in hottest water and detergent safe for fabric.

INK – BALL-POINT PEN Pour denatured alcohol through stain. Rub in petroleum jelly. Sponge with nonflammable dry cleaning solvent. Soak in detergent solution. Wash with detergent and bleach safe for fabric.

INK – FOUNTAIN PEN Run cold water through stain until no more color with come out. Rub in lemon juice and detergent. Let stand 5 minutes. Wash. If a yellow stain remains, use a commercial rust remover or oxalic acid, as for rust stains.

CAUTION: HANDLE POISONOUS RUST REMOVERS CAREFULLY. KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN. NEVER USE OXALIC ACID OR ANY RUST REMOVER AROUND WASHER AND DRYER AS IT CAN DAMAGE THE FINISH. SUCH CHEMICALS MAY ALSO REMOVE PERMANENT PRESS FABRIC FINISHES.

LIPSTICK Loosen stain with a nonflammable dry cleaning solvent. Rub detergent in until stain outline is gone. Wash in hottest water and detergent safe for fabric.

MEAT JUICES Scrape with dull blade. Presoak in cold or warm water for 30 minutes. Wash with detergent and bleach safe for fabric.

MILDEW Pretreat as soon as possible with detergent. Wash. If any stain remains, sponge with lemon juice and salt. Dry in sun. Wash, using hottest water, detergent and bleach safe for fabric.

NOTE: Mildew is very hard to remove; treat promptly.

MILK, CREAM, ICE CREAM Presoak in cold or warm water for 30 minutes. Wash. Sponge any grease spots with nonflammable dry cleaning solvent. Wash again.

NAIL POLISH Sponge with polish remover or banana oil. Wash. If stain remains, sponge with denatured alcohol to which a few drops of ammonia have been added. Wash again. Do not use polish remover on acetate or triacetate fabrics.

PAINT -oil base Sponge stains with turpentine, cleaning fluid or paint remover. Pretreat and wash in hot water. For old stains, sponge with banana oil and then with nonflammable dry cleaning solvent. Wash again. -water base Scrape off paint with dull blade. Wash with detergent in water as hot as is safe for fabric.

PERSPIRATION Sponge fresh stain with ammonia; old stain with vinegar. Presoak in cold or warm water. Rinse. Wash in hottest water safe for fabric. If fabric is yellowed, use bleach. If stain still remains, dampen and sprinkle with meat tenderizer, or pepsin. Let stand 1 hour. Brush off and wash. For persistent odor, sponge with colorless mouthwash. RUST Soak in lemon juice and salt or oxalic acid solution (3 tablespoons oxalic acid to 1 pint warm water). A commercial rust remover may be used.

CAUTION: HANDLE POISONOUS RUST REMOVERS CAREFULLY. KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN. NEVER USE OXALIC ACID OR ANY RUST REMOVER AROUND WASHER OR DRYER AS IT CAN DAMAGE THE FINISH. SUCH CHEMICALS MAY ALSO REMOVE PERMANENT PRESS FABRIC FINISHES.

SCORCH Wash with detergent and bleach safe for fabric. On heavier scorching, cover stain with cloth dampened with hydrogen peroxide. Cover this with dry cloth and press with hot iron. Rinse well.

CAUTION: Severe scorching cannot be removed because of fabric damage.

SOFT DRINKS Sponge immediately with cold water and alcohol. Heat and detergent may set stain.

TEA

Sponge or soak with cold water as soon as possible. Wash using detergent and bleach safe for fabric.