WHEN YOUR FREEZER BREAKS DOWN

      When power failure hits your place unplug the refrigerator and all those appliances.
      Don't get tempted to open the refrigerator if you have nothing important. to get.
      Keep the door closed; opening it lets the cold air out and the warm air in.
      Food in a partially full freezer will stay frozen for 24 hours; a fully packed freezer for
             two days.
      If breakdown will be longer, buy some dry ice to put in the freezer and some other
             parts of the fridge.

CLEANING THE FLAT IRON

      To remove burned-on spots on your flat iron with a heated solution of vinegar and salt.
      To remove wax build-up, rub with very fine sandpaper then polish with a piece of fine
            soapless steel wool and wipe off with a damp cloth.
      Toothpaste or silver polish will do a great cleaning job.
      And to remove mineral deposits from the inside of your steam iron, fill it with equal
           parts of whites vinegar and water.
      Let it steam for a few minutes then disconnect and set for an hour.
      Empty and rinse with clean water.

GREEN THUMB TIPS

      The sky-high prices of vegetables should give you the signal it's time grow your own.
      To start with, we give you a couple:
          1.   Plant tomatoes, they rich in vitamin C.
             They can be grown in your backyard or in pots where the sun shines.
          2.   And don't be afraid to prune those tomato vines and prune them hard.
             When the plans  reach a height of 12 inches, cut off the ends of their
                 branches as illustrated.
             Continue to snip back suckers every few days leaving only the main stems.
             That will make you the proud owner of the ugliest tomato plants in the world.
             But wait and see, the yield will be amazing.

       

ATTRACTIVE DOORKNOBS

      Give your doors a beauty treatment for the season.
      Here's how to have new doorknobs for free.
      Just take all the knobs that are on the inside of closets
            or other doors where they don't get much wear and
            tear and put them on the outside.
      The outside ones go on the inside.
      After all, who sees an oil knob on the inside of a door?
      All it takes is a little time and a trusty old screwdriver.

CHAPPED LIPS

      Dry chapped lips are not only irritating; they look bad enough to drive away your
boy next door!
      What to do?
      Place a warm, wet face towel between your lips to get water into the skin.
      Leave towel for at least five minutes.
     Then apply a coating of petroleum jelly.
      Repeat until your lips turn soft and inviting..

ECONOMIZE ON MATTRESS

      Probably not all of us can afford new mattresses once the old ones get deformed
because of deep paddling at a place or two.
      A good salesman will suggest that you turn your new mattress once a month for the
first few months.
      More often than not, deep 'holes' form because you are prone to sleep on your
favorite side of the bed.
      Turning the mattress regularly helps even-up padding.

REMOVING STARCH FROM IRON

      An easy way to get rid of burned starch on the sole-plate of your iron is to iron over table salt sprinkled
onto waxed paper.
      And smoother sole-plate you can depend on practical grandma's sure-fire technique.
      She runs iron over banana leaf before ironing clothes.
      The natural oil the leaf contains adheres to the plate.