Popular Science Monthly 



953 



How to Dry Unsightly Scrub-Rags 

 T^HE cloths used 



X to mop the 



kitchen floor are 

 inevitably stained 

 and unsightly, even 

 when rinsed. To 

 dry them, and still 

 have them hidden 

 from view, bore 

 holes in the top and 

 bottom of a wooden 

 box, stain the out- 

 side to match the woodwork and hang 

 it in the warmest place in the kitchen. 

 The warm air rises through the holes 

 and dries the cloths hanging on hooks 

 on the inside. Tea towels and dish rags 

 may be similarly treated. — A. G. Vestal. 



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A Milk-Warmer Made From 

 a Lamp- Bulb 



,N electric milk 

 or medicine 

 warmer can be 

 made from a large 

 carbon electric 

 lamp by holding 

 the bulb over a 

 blow-torch and 

 slowly heating the 

 glass as shown in 

 the diagram. The 

 glass should be 

 wiped dry before 

 heating, and if 

 pains are taken in 

 heating the bulb, 

 the soft glass will 

 sag enough to form 

 a basin to hold a 

 small amount of water — Wm. Harrier. 



Broom Holder from Barrel Hoop 



BROOMS, 

 when not in 

 use, should be 

 stood on end. A 

 section of a wood- 

 en barrel hoop 

 cut and nailed in 

 place as shown in 

 the illustration 

 makes an excel- 

 lent holder for three brooms; and the 

 cost is nothing. 



How to Protect Sugar from Ants 



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A HANDY re- 

 ceptacle for 

 sugar may be made 

 from an ordinary 

 lard-pail with a 

 tight cover. Cut 

 a slot in one side, 

 a little above the 

 middle, and solder 

 on a spout or lip, 

 made from a scrap 

 of bent tin. The 

 pail may be suspended from a hook 

 on the under side of a shelf above the 

 table. To remove the sugar, the cook 

 simply tilts the pail over a dish on the 

 table. This arrangement effectually pre- 

 vents ants from molesting the sugar. 



How to Use Old Mantle Supports 



THE used sup- 

 ports for 

 Welsbach upright 

 gas mantles can be 

 utilized on a water- 

 faucet as a strainer 

 and also to prevent 

 splashing. Remove 

 the wire ends from 

 the sheet metal part or sockets which 

 hold them; place the cylindrical part 

 containing the screen over the end of 

 the faucet. Hold it in place by reinsert- 

 ing the wires in the sockets in the new 

 and reversed position. Sometimes an 

 extra turn of the wire is required to 

 prevent slipping down. Though this 

 strainer is not fine enough to filter out 

 bacteria, it will serve many uses where 

 particles of dirt and weeds get in the 

 water. — T. Glynn. 



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Rejuvenating Your Pipe 

 make 



TO maKe an 

 old tobacco 

 pipe as good as 

 new, plug the 

 stem with a bit of 

 match, fill the 

 bowl with alcohol, 

 light and let burn. 

 Do this three or four times and the 

 pipe will be as clean and as sweet as 

 when new, without the bother of break' 

 ing it in. — L. E. Fetter. 



