To Open a Jar of Fruit or Vegetables Which Has Stuck Fast—­ Place the jar in a deep saucepan half full of cold water; bring it to a boil and let it boil for a few moments.  The jar can then be opened easily.

To Identify Dishes Which Have Been Loaned—­When taking dishes or silver to a picnic or other public gathering, place a small piece of surgeon’s plaster on the bottom of each dish and on the under side of the handles of spoons and forks.  On this plaster mark your initials (in indelible ink if possible).  The plaster will not come off during ordinary washing, but can later be removed by putting it in a warm place until the adhesive gum melts.

Tablet or Slate for Kitchen Memoranda—­Keep in the kitchen a tablet with a pencil tied to it, or a ten-cent slate and pencil hung upon the wall.  The day’s work is easier and smoother if you plan each morning the special tasks of the day and jot them down, checking them off as accomplished.  Planning the day’s meals in advance results in better balanced menus.  Writing down all groceries and household supplies as needed will save time when you go to the store or the order boy calls.

To Fasten Food Chopper Securely—­Before fastening the food chopper to the table, put a piece of sandpaper, large enough to go under both clamps, rough side up, on the table; then screw the chopper clamps up tight and you will not be bothered with them working loose.

To Remove Insects from Vegetables which are being washed, put a pinch of borax in the water.  It will bring any live insect to the surface at once.

To Clean Rust and Stains from Tin—­Tins that have become rusty or stained may be cleaned by rubbing well with the cut surface of a raw potato which has been dipped in a fine cleaning powder.

To Polish Glass—­After washing glass, polish with dry salt.

Lemon Juice for Cut Glass—­Lemon juice is fine for polishing cut-glass tumblers.  These pretties are so delicate there is always danger of breaking the stems.  Fill a pan half full of cold water, place a cloth in the bottom and then add the juice of an entire lemon.  Just dipping a tumbler about in this cleans and polishes it and it only needs drying with soft linen.

Many Uses of Ammonia—­As a time saver it is unequalled when washing woodwork and windows.  It is fine for cleaning carpets on the floor.  They should be swept well and the broom washed; then brush again with water.  They will look much brighter, and if there is a lurking moth in the carpet this treatment will destroy it.  Ammonia will set color, remove stains and grease, and soften fabrics.

A light soap suds with a few drops of ammonia added will give a sparkle to ordinary pressed glass and china impossible to secure without it.

Hints for Oil Lamps and Chimneys—­The five following paragraphs contain some good suggestions for the use of oil lamps: 

Put a Small Lump of Camphor Gum in the body of an oil lamp and it will greatly improve the light and make the flame clearer and brighter.  A few drops of vinegar occasionally is said to give the same results.