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Hints from Heloise

Heloise

DEAR FOLKS:
We all seem to know that we
have to clean our gas cooking

stoves, and we usually get to it

at one time or another.

But do we clean it right?
(Especially when we get to the
gas burner itself.)

Turn your burners on full
blast. and look at the flame! Is it
uniform? Are any of the flames
higher than the others? Are
some smaller when you turn the
gas on medium?
~ Tf so, turn the gas off, and
when the burners are cool,
remove them from your stove
(bet it’s been a long time since
you've done anything like that,
eh?) and let's get ‘em going
correctly.

First, they must be scrubbed
and cleaned good. Then use a
toothpick (I use the Icepick
whena toothpick is too thin) and
push it in eack little hole. This
will clean out the burned food
stuff that has boiled over and
‘tepoked”’ into the hole itself.

YOU are going to have a
mighty big surprise...

Let dry thoroughly. (If you
have a dishwasher, run the
whole kaboadle through the
entire cycle.) I find it dries
better that way and also gets
more gook off.

Replace the “plate” and turn
ou burners again. Test at both
full blast and on medium, and
then simmer. Your burner
should work as if it were a new
stove.

lf you see any flames not
working properly, use that
icepick once again.

The burner will not have to be
removed todo this, but Heaven-
help-a-duck be sure to turn off
the flame before sticking your
hand in it. But then we've ail
been burned once before and
know how to keep our hands out
of flames. Eh, what? love —
Heloise

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HINTS FROM HIM

_ DEAR HELOISE:,

I bought a pair of scissors
some years ago only to have
them come unscrewed, and
when the screw was tightened it
would not stay.

So the other day I got the idea
to put a couple drops of super
glue on the thread end and let
dry, Works like a charm.

Be sure the screw is tightened
to where the scissors cut the
way you want them to before
putting on the glue. A ‘‘Like-

new” pair of scissors! — Paul
E. Smith
+ ¢

DEAR HELOISE:
My hint, which my husband
taught me, will save lots of

WOITy.

When closing your nail polish
bottle or glue, etc. give it two or
three turns around (just ¢ill it
stops —not that “extra twist”),
and it will never stick;
therefore, will open easily next
time. Just try it! — Claudine
Monroe

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DEAR HELOISE:

For all of us who wear rubber
gloves for washing dishes:
before putting on gloves, apply
a generous portion of hand
lotion (even petroleum jelly),
then wash dishes.

The heat from the dishwater
opens your pores and you ab-
sorb all the lotion, Quick and
easy way to soften dry hands, —
Debbie a

DEAR HELOISE:

After years of cooking for a
family, now that I'm living
alone, cooking for one became a
problem.

I used to freeze leftovers in
TV dinner trays for future
meals, Now I just grease the
tray compartments with
margarine, add a chop, small
steak or piece of chicken,
canned frozen or fresh potatoes
and choice of vegetables,
season and dot with margarine.

I have already set my litile
toaster-broiler oven to 425
degrees, so plop my dinner in
and sitand unwind with a cup of
coffee while catching the
newscast on TV.

Depending on entree, it is
usually ready in 30 to 45 minntes
(no turning or basting
necessary). If I think the
vegetables might overbrown or
dry oul, I cut another tray into
sections and invert over the
corresponding bottom section
with a tablespoon or two of

liquid added. hee

After a tiring day at the office
this Is simple as well as
nutritional. Easy on the dish-
washing, too! I cook and serve
in the same tray and they are
reusable. —,&. HM.

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THIS COLUMN is written for you...

the homemaker. if you have @ hint or a
problem write to Heloise in care of this
hawspaper. Because of the fremen-
cous volume of mall, Heloise Is unable
to answer individual letlers. She will,
however, answer your questions In har
column whenever possible.

@ 1977 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

On the lighter side

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Your Individual
Horoscope

Frances Drake

FOR WEDNESDAY,
OCTOBER 12,1977

ARIES
(Mar. 21 to Apr, 20) eS

Introduce a new note —
perhaps a new approach — to
give more spark to day's doing.
Output will improve sub-
stantially.

AURUS
(Apr. 21 to May 21) Oey

Look well into proposed
suggestions, or you may find
yourself involved where you
least desire it. Some definite
“no” answers will be required.
GEMINI .

(May 22 to June 21) 2a

Avoid tendencies toward
restlessness and unruliness.
Note warning signals, Many
errors and misguided moves
can thus be averted. Shun ex-

CER
(June 22 to July 23) @€9

Go after the big gains, but do
not expect to have things your
way all along the line. Be
prepared for some opposition
and you can meet it more
easily.

LEO
(July 24 to Aug. 23) QER

Not much planetary help
here, How the day turns out will
be largely up to yourself. Use
your wits to project the ef-
fective and eliminate the
mediocre.

VIRGO
(Aug. 24 to Sept. 23) my

A‘good day for considering
future projects; also for
developing helpful contacts.
Just one admonition: Don’t let
emotions influence your
decisions,

LIBRA
(Sept, 24 to Oct, 23) ES

Some unpredictable

associates need watching now.

One or the other « wld try to

“muscle in” on one of your pet
solo ventures.
SCORPIO
(Oct. 24 to Nov. 22
One of those days |
decision could tu
prisingly well. Yo:
deliberate careft. ly in all
situation, but right nv a hunch
will pay off.
SAGITTARIUS a,
(Nav. 23 to Dec. 2]

Accentisnowont avel. Atrip -

taken in connect. n with a

financial matter co ld have an -

especially fortunat
CAPRICORN
(Dec. 22 to Jan. 20
If you maneuve
encugh, you can 5
advantageous fring: benefits in
a business negotiat on.
AQUARIUS
(Jan. 2] to Feb, 19°
Some disturbanc
matters could caus
unnecessarily abruy with loved
ones. Don't let thi: happen or
you will regret it li ‘er.

PISCES
(Feb. 20 to Mar. 2¢ MEX
Influences ; smewhat

misleading. Watch -ut for any
attempt to break o. default on
contracts, other + zreements.

YOU BORN T DAY are
unusually adept me tally, have
the ability to ov: ‘come dif-
ficulties with seemi: 2 ease and,
in all situations, cc 3¢ through
with flying col rs. Your
courage, fair-mind dness and
artistic abiilties are out-
standing. Because ot their fine
sense of balance, perception
and general under tandi
“‘rightness,'’ Lib. ns make
excellent judges and ar

bitrators: could als: succeed al .
physicians, painte: :, writers, -

musicians or er ertainers.
Birthdate of: Georg : W. Cable,
Amer. novelist.

By Abigail Van Buren

19] 1977 by The Chicago Tribune-N.¥.News Syd. Inc.

DEAR ABBY: We recently had my mother-i law over

for dinner. Afterwards she decided to show me h w i
Virgil (my husband) a back rub because he'd be n heving

some back problems.

I really wasn't in favor of it, but since Vir dl didn't

object, I didn't.

She ordered him to undress and lie face down « 1 the bed

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Ducks Unlimited (Canada)

TRAPPING DUCKS FOR BANDING — Banding of
waterfowl by DUCKS UNLIMITED and other
agencies provide valuable information on the
movement of waterfowl to and from their winter-
ing and breeding grounds. A duck banding trap
usually consists of a large box-like structure

with only a sheet over him, Then she massage: hi

and shoulders, and worked her way down his bi
she got to his lower back sha removed the
started kneading hia bare backside! That’s wh

_She yelled, “You can stay. Nothing is showi
didn’t return until I knew the massaga was over,
asked why Lleft, 1 told her I didn’t think it was
watch while a 60-year-old woman gave her 40-ye
a massage with no sheet on him. She insisted 1
nothing wrong with it. Meanwhile Virgil didn’t
mouth, but after she left he said maybe he sh
stopped her.

_ Now Virgil's mother is “terribly hurt” becaus
stay for the demonstration. (She is not a pr:
masseuse or therapist —she's just a mother.) WI
opinion of this whole episode?

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“made of welded steel pipe and chicken wire
isimesh. The trap is placed in shallow water and
baited with corn or barley. Ducks attracted by
_4he bait enter the trap through “one-way” wire
mesh funnels. The traps are visited twice or

DEAR WIFE: Virgil's mother probably meant
ahe shouldn't have gotten down te the bare basle “Via in
told both her and your husband what you thaug + of the
demoustration,” you should now forget it. ;

I BURN OUT

(ure 1S A GUT FEELING.
15 HORNY PLATES

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TO HEAR HM BITCH - and release the trapped birds. (or we hope you can settle for us, &
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