Housekeeping Made Easy 



Below: A strip 

 of lead ribbon 

 about one inch 

 wide, bent so 

 that it will hold 

 flowers upright 

 in a shallow 

 bowl filled with 

 water. It is used 

 for table deco- 

 ration and is in- 

 tended for small, 

 short - stemmed 

 cut flowers 



A convenient indoor clothes-dryer. It 

 is suspended from the ceiling by ropes 

 and pulleys so that it may be lowered 

 to within easy reach and then drawn 

 up again to the ceiling where the 

 clothes are out of the way and where 

 the warmest air is encountered 



A chair seat 

 with a cushioned 

 coiled spring 



Below: An egg 

 poacher that 

 takes care of two 

 eggs at a time. 

 A slide bottom 

 makes it possi- 

 ble tolifttheeggs 

 out of the water 

 and drop them 

 directly on the 

 prepared toast 

 without spoiling 

 their shape 



This non - tilt 

 picture hanger 

 has three points 

 of suspension 



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An electric iron with a 

 hinge joint which keeps 

 the pipe out of the way 



This electric student's 

 lamp has a miniature 

 cabinet as its base holding 

 stationery, pens, stamps, etc. 



A registering disk for the 

 nickel - in - the - slot tele- 

 phone. It checks the 

 number and length of calls 



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