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[KEEP THE HEAD COOL AND THE FEET WARM.] 474. Hints for Home Comfort. i. Eat slowly and you will not overeat. ii. Keeping the feet warm will prevent headaches. iii. Late at breakfast--hurried for dinner--cross at tea. iv. A short needle makes the most expedition in plain sewing. v. Between husband and wife little attentions beget much love. vi. Always lay your table neatly, whether you have company or not. vii. Put your balls or reels of cotton into little bags, leaving the ends out. viii. Whatever you may choose to give away, always be sure to keep your temper. ix. Dirty windows speak to the passer-by of the negligence of the inmates. x. In cold weather a leg of mutton improves by being hung three, four, or five weeks. xi. When meat is hanging, change its position frequently, to equally distribute the juices. xii. There is much more injury done by admitting visitors to invalids than is generally supposed. xiii. Matches, out of the reach of children, should be kept in every bedroom. They are cheap enough. xiv. Apple and suet dumplings are lighter when boiled in a net than a cloth. Skim the pot well. xv. When sheets or chamber towels get thin in the middle, cut them in two, sew the selvedges together, and hem the sides. xvi. When you are particular in wishing to have precisely what you want from a butcher, go and buy it yourself. xvii. A flannel petticoat will wear as nearly as long again, if turned hind part before, when the front begins to wear thin.