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All you have to do is soak the unmarked sheets in a solution of camphor and alcohol. (Make sure you dissolve as much of the crystalline substance in the liquid as it will hold . . . and wash your hands well after you`ve finished!)

Once it dries, this "poor man's isinglass" can be used to make lampshades or—when dyed—an attractive imitation stained-glass window.

A STYROFOAM CUP "COFFEE-MAKER"

When you crave a cup of java and—for one reason or another—your percolator of "Mr. Caffeine" is elsewhere (or when you don't want to brew up a whole pot for just one serving), a plain old styrofoam "hot cup" is all you really need.

Just cut four small holes (1/8 inch across or so) in the bottom of the plastic tumbler. Then, line the inside of the container with a dripmachine filter—or a clean white paper towel—and add a couple of tablespoons of ground coffee. Finally, hold your "homemade espresso pot" over a suitable receptacle and (watch your fingers, now) fill it with boiling water. The finished brew will then drizzle through the openings in the foamed cup's bottom and into your mug

TAKE OFF THAT TOO TIGHT RING!

Removing a ring can sometimes be a problem . . . especially when changes in temperature or humidity have caused the finger it's on to swell. A string or thread, though, can sometimes do the job when the usual soap treatment fails.

Run one end of a length of thread or light string under the hand ornament . . . and wind the other end—in tight, closely spaced coils—down the finger and over the knuckle. It's then usually a simple matter to slip the offending bauble off over the wrapping. And if that doesn't work, grasp the loose end of the thread (the one pointing toward your palm) securely in your other hand, pull the "tail" up against the back of the ring, and—while exerting continued "forward" pressure on the wrapping—start to uncoil it from around the finger. As the thread unwinds, it should gently push the ring ahead of it . . . right off over the knuckle!

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