One day I had to pull some tacks but had no tack puller at hand. An idea came to me to use the kitchen spoon, and I found that it worked even better than a regular tack puller. The ordinary kitchen spoon usually has an edge sharp enough to get under any tack.-Contributed by H. D. Harkins, St. Louis, Mo.

Ill: The Point of a Spoon will Easily Pull a Tack from Soft Wood