isn't it tedious to cut the celery into
such small bits?"

"Not at all, with my kitchen scissors. I just slash the stalk into
several lengthwise strips, then cut them crosswise all at once into
very small pieces."

"You always have such helpful ideas about new and easy ways to do
your work. And economical, too. Why, celery for a dish like this
could be the outer stalks or pieces too small to be used fresh on
the table."

"That's the idea, exactly. I use such celery in soups and stews of
all kinds; it adds such a delicious flavor. It is especially good in
poultry stuffings and meat loaf. Then there is creamed celery, of
course, to which I sometimes add a half cup of almonds for variety.
And I use it in salads, too. Not a bit of celery is wasted around
here. Even the leaves may be dried out in the oven, and crumbled up
to flavor soups or other dishes."

"That's fine! Celery is so high this season, and much of it is not
quite nice enough for the table, unless cooked."

A number of new uses for adhesive plaster were suggested by a writer in
the _New York Tribune_, who, in the excerpt below, employs effectively
the device of the direct appeal to the reader.

Aside from surgical "First Aid" and the countless uses to which this
useful material may be put, there are a great number of household
uses for adhesive plaster.

If your pumps are too large and slip at the heel, just put a strip
across the back and they will stay in place nicely. When your
rubbers begin to break repair them on the inside with plaster cut to
fit. If the children lose their rubbers at school, write their names
with black ink on strips of the clinging material and put these
strips inside the top of the rubber at the back.

In the same way labels can be made for bottles and cans. They are
easy to put on and to take off. If the garden hose, the rubber tube
of your bath spray, or your hot water bag shows a crack or a small
break, mend it with adhesive.

A cracked handle of a broom, carpet sweeper, or umbrella can be
repaired with this first aid to the injured. In the same way the
handles of golf sticks, baseball bats, flagstaffs and whips may be
given a new lease on life.

If your sheet music is torn or the window shade needs repairing, or
there is a cracked pane of glass in the barn or in a rear window,