The Dixie Cook-Book

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Dish Drainer

After washing dishes, if before wiping the dishes are placed in drainer, and clean, hot water poured over them, it removes the disagreeable odor of the dish water, and gives them a clean, polished appearance.

Besides, the drainer will save breakages in wiping, as after rinsing the dishes are not slippery. The bottom is spaced so as to hold plates upright as represented in cut. The drainer may also be used as a bread-cooler, and the same frame, lined with pretty material, makes a nice family work basket.

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