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Save Buying an Asbestos Pad

All housewives who even occasionally use a tablecloth on their polished dining-room table need an asbestos pad to protect the table-top from hot dishes. They are rather expensive; but I made mine at a cost of a little more than a dollar. Buy a square piece of wall-board the size of the diameter of the table. Then with a piece of string tied to a pencil draw a circle on the wallboard the size of the top of the table. Draw a line cutting the circle in half. Divide this line into three equal parts, and draw lines through these points perpendicular to the diameter. With a pair of tinner's shears or a saw cut the board on each of these lines. There are now six pieces. Cut a piece of Canton flannel the size of the table-top; next cut the flannel into half-circles. Fit the three pieces of wall-board closely together. Cover them with a half-circle of Canton flannel, the cloth and three pieces of board being exactly the same size. Cover the backs of the wall-board with glue, and fit them on the flannel. Proceed in the same way with the other three sections of wall-board and the half-circle of flannel. The flannel side of course goes next to the table-top.-E. A. A., Leadville, Colo.

SAVE THE LIFE OF FLOWERS (THE FLORIST'S SECRET)

A florist recently taught me a clever secret for prolonging the beauty of cut hothouse flowers, especially roses. When the flowers have reached their prime, at the first sign of fading drop an aspirin tablet into the water. The flowers will revive as if by magic and remain fresh and beautiful for several days longer.- C. L. M., Newark, Ohio.