The Butterick Book of Recipes and Household Helps

The pattern people's household book, 1927 — five hundred recipes, then how to lay a table, take out a stain and stock a first-aid cabinet.

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Save Temper When Opening Bureau Drawers

What housekeeper has not been irritated and delayed by having the drawer of a bureau stick? Unless the sticking is caused by swelling of the wood, it can be overcome by the use of floorwax, wax or tallow from a candle or even soap. The edges of the drawer and the space above them where the drawer slides into the space should be rubbed with the lubricant. The drawer will then slide very easily.-R. N. B., Greene, N. Y.

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