it so as to obviate any chances of it
becoming heavy.

162. When the Top Cannot be Removed from Fruit Cans.--When the top cannot
be removed from a fruit can, if the lid is carefully pried at one point,
so the gum can be caught, the rubber can easily be removed. It is not
difficult to pull the band from beneath the metal cap.

163. Darning.--When darning must be done in the evening it is more easily
done if a light colored darning ball be used.

164. In Pressing a Plaited Skirt.--In pressing a plaited skirt one will
gain time and have more satisfactory results if the plaits are basted
before the pressing is done. Clean the skirt and brush it on the inside.
Next baste the seams, cover with a damp cloth and press on the right side
with a medium warm iron. Dampen the cloth, when necessary and press until
the cloth is dry.

165. Stitching Down a Seam.--After stitching down a seam, press with a hot
iron, and if no seamboard is at hand, it is useful to know that a rolling
pin, wrapped in a clean cloth, will answer this purpose equally as well.

166. The Color Meat Should be.--Meat should be red with the fat a clear
white. The fat besides being white should be firm, and suety, and never
moist. Good meat has very little smell. Bad meat shrinks considerably in
boiling. Meat which is fresh and good does not loose an ounce of weight,
but swells rather, when it is being boiled.

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167. Buying a New Oil Cloth.--When you are ready to buy a new oil cloth
for your kitchen table, take your old one and cut it up for aprons. Have
it cover the whole front of your skirt, and make a large bib on it, and
you will find, when you are through doing a washing, that you will be as
dry as you were before you began.

168. Galvanized Tub.--The popularity of the galvanized tub due to its
weight and durability, is the cause of a great many people discarding the
wringer on account of their inability to fasten it to the tub securely. If
a piece of heavy cloth is hung across the tub where the wringer fastens to
it, you will find that it will fasten and hold as securely as to the
old-fashioned wooden tub.

169. To Remove Mildew.--Mildew, if not of too long standing, can be
removed by the use of raw tomato and salt. Rub the stains with raw tomato,
sprinkle thickly with salt and lay in the sun. It may be necessary to
repeat the process two or three times.

170. Closed Cupboards in the Pantry.--If there are closed cupboards