Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-05
Things Worth Knowing.
"A HANDY table may be made out Of
~ an ordinary cheese box, which one

| A HANDY table may be made out of
| ~ an ordinary cheese box, which one
could obtain from the grocer. The
| cover of the box, inverted. may be form
| ed for the top of the table. Nail this
| to the legs, so that the top of the legs
come to the top of the cover on the out
side. making it appear as though the
| cover sat down little bit. The table
will stand about three feet high. Place
,, the cheese box about half way to the
| floor. This may sound little crude, but
II the legs are made pretty shape and
the Whole thing. is painted a pretty green
makes an excellent workable, with
plenty of room for your work The box
ana cover may be covered with a pretty
material, and a pincushon and com
partments for spools and other workiny
materials made, thus making the work
basket more complete
Putting new ticking on a pillow is usu-
ally accompanied with feathers flying all
over everything. This is unnecessary
Inc right way to proceed is to shake all
the feathers well into one end of the pill
low covering and haste the ticking firmly
together about three inches from the
empty end before ripping it. Make the
new ticking the desired SIZE leaving one
end OPEN Basic this end firmly to the
open end of the old cover Then rip out
the Blasting which was three inches from
the end of the old cover and shake all the
feathers from the old ticking into the
new ticking. Be careful to get all the
feathers well shaken into the new cover
and then basic three inches from the end
OF the new cover before ripping the two
pillows apart. Sew the end up before
removing the basting three inches from
the end. The old covering may be wash
ed and used again.
Cane-seated chairs often sag and be-
come uncomfortable even before the cane
breaks To prevent this rub wet sponge
over the cane on the under side fire.
quently. This will cause the cane to
shrink and become taut. 1t will last
longer. Do not put paint or varnish on
the cane. as this will make it brittle.
A cup of water sprinkled over a bucket
of coal prevents the too rapid consump-
ton of the fuel and does not lessen the
amount of heat given out Either soft
or hard coal may be thus doused just be-
fore 1T is to replenish the fire.
To save labor and at the same time
keep the household silverware bright with
Bile. If lump of 1t is placed on each
shelf Of the closet or cabinet where the
silver is kept a thorough cleaning and
polishing is necessary only every few
months. A lump Of camphor the size of
an egg should be kept in the drawer or
chest with the fiat silver. 5
boz OF fresh. dry sand is an excel
lent thing to have in corner ofVkhe
storeroom or pantry. If apples are care
fully packed in the sand they will keep
fresh and unshriveled for months.
Usually a rubber plant grows straight
UP in one stalk. To make 1t throw out
numerous branches take a sharp knife
and cut the stalk about six inches from
the top; then take q little mud and place
1t over the end of the stalk and tie a
little piece of cloth over 1t in order to
prevent the mud from sliding off, This
will prevent the plant from bleeding to
death" AS result the plant will put
forth new shoots all the way up the
stalk. Take the part that was cut or