A couple eating breakfast and supper in their room used a chafing dish for cooking. A hard alcohol was used for fuel, and the expense seemed too high. So a fuel can was filled with pulverized asbestos pipe covering, and then saturated with wood alcohol. A quart of alcohol lasted about a month.—Charles A. King, Plymouth, N. H.
Attractive Table Stands for Hot Dishes
Attractive stands which will preserve the dining table from injuries, or heat marks made by hot dishes, can be easily made from thin pieces of board cut oblong or oval. After the board has been cut the proper size, cleats are fastened to the underside to which billiard-cue tips are attached to serve as supports. The stand should be varnished and waxed to match the table.—George L. Furse, St. Louis, Mo.
Cord Used as Spacer for Curtain Rings
To make the curtain rings space automatically along the curtain pole, tie a cord from one ring to the next, spacing the rings uniformly. Or the cord may be attached at uniform distances to the curtain. A pull at the edge of the curtain will space the rings evenly every time.—Frank L. Matter, Portland, Ore.
Device for Packing Earth in Transplanting
When tomato or cabbage plants are to be set out in considerable numbers, the simple implement shown here makes stooping over to press the dirt about the plants unnecessary. After a row of plants has been set in dibble holes and watered, the soil can be packed about their roots quickly while one is standing upright. The jaws of the device are actuated by means of the hinged lever.—A. S. Thomas, Amherstburg, Ont.