Vegetables should never be washed until immediately before prepared for the table. Lettuce is made almost worthless in flavor by dipping it in water some hours before it is served. Potatoes suffer even more than other vegetables through the washing process. They should not be put in water till just ready for boiling.

Ventilation of Sleeping-Rooms, Simple plan for. -a piece of wood 3 in. high, and exactly as long as the breadth of the window, is to he prepared. Lei the sash he now raised, the slip of wood placed on the Bill, and the sash drawn closely upon it. If the slip has been well fitted. then will be draft in consequence of this displacement of the sash at its lower part; but the top of the lower sash will Overlap the bottom of the upper one.

And between the two bars perpendicular currents of air, not felt as draft, will enter and leave the room.