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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When Painting Stairs

Paint every other step first; when dry, paint the others. This affords a place to walk without touching wet paint. - Miss E. C., North Buxton, Ont., Canada.

A NEW BED FROM AN OLD ONE

Old brass beds which have become unsightly may be made most attractive by using a walnut finish. I had two such beds. I first gave them two coats of flat cream paint, and, when they were dry, covered them with a good walnut stain.-C. K., Chicago, Ill.

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