The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-25
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

HOUSEHOLD NoIEnS
 When boiling fish always water enough to cover it.
 Serve apple. sauce or fried apples with roast-pork or pork chops. ea
 Pies will be Fsoggy if set on top of a hot stove after being baked.
 Tooth brushes may be washed in a strong solution of salt and water.
 Sprinkle salt on the bottom of your oven. and your cakes will not burn.
 Kerosene will remove grease from set bowls and porcelain lined sinks.
 After cleaning ivory expose to the sun. This assists in bleaching it.
 A reliable relief for mosquito bite is the cut side of a raw onion.
 Wine stains on table linen should be covered with salt, wet and rinsed out.
 A great many blemishes- may be re- moved from wall paper with the rub- Der on a lead pencil.
 To prevent the umbrella jar from being broken. put a small rubber mat in the bottom.
 To Hull one to slumber when tired. there is nothing like the odor of law endar flowers
 Dried lemon peel sprinkled over coals will destroy any disagreeable odor about the house.
 Linen stained by ink should be im- mediately dipped in buttermilk. Re peat this until the stain disappears.
 A cupful of ripe olives added to beef stew just before it is taken up will make an astonishing improve ment.
 Seeded raisins, cut into pieces, broken nut meats and a small part of celery in thin bits make up a delicious salad.
 Any brick work rinsed off with ann monia and water and then carefully by the process.
 For aching feet, due to walking, change the shoes at least twice a day. This will give both feet and shoes a refreshing rest.
 Bread will keep moist much longer if kept in a crock, wrapped in several thicknesses of cloth, than if kept in a tin box
 used last year put them in a can of coal oil. When soft they can be wash ed in warm suds-
 For a refreshing dinner salad toss white cherries. bits of orange and ba- mana in French dressing, and serve on lettuce leaves. A few drops of alcohol rubbed on the inside of lamp chimneys will remove all trace of greasy smoke when water alone is of no avail. t
 A little muriatic acid added to the rinsing water after a blue or white lire rug is scrubbed with soap and water will help to restore the color
 A perforated rubber mat is almost an essential when the drain board of the sink Is of porcelain. It. saves many an ugly chip on the fine china.
 Arrowroot is excellent for thickening sauces made of fruit juices. as it nei- ther clouds the mixture nor destroys the flavor of the fruit.
 The small jars in which candy some times comes should be saved for pic nic use and lunches, as they are ex-
 For almond cake filing blanche pound of almonds. add two eggs, a cupful of sugar and teaspoonful of vanilla and spread between layers.
 Cooked beats. hollowed out and pick led in spiced vinegar, may be filled with minced celery and apple and served on lettuce leaves with oil and vinegar.
 A delicious flavor Is added to the cherries used in or as for fruit or other salad by stufhng them with pecan nuts, chopped rather coarse. It is a good plan to place pieces of canton flannel between plates when they are piled in the china closet. Ut reduces the danger of breakage and prevents rattling.
 A clean cloth dipped in hot water, then in a saucer of bran, will speedily it in the least The soft bran acts like soap on the dirt.
 For falling hair try massaging the scalp nightly with a lotion made 4of ounces of lime water and half an ounce of tincture of cantharides.
 Cushion covers, especially designed for piazza use, come stencilled in most artistic designs, and may be had in a variety of colors- They are in denim, crash. burlap. mons cloth and linen.
 Boiled radishes are dainty. Cut them into rounds about half an inch thick boil ten minutes in slightly salt ed water and fry in butter until ten der. They should be highly seasoned. |
 If the colored candies used for guest tables and other festive occasions be- come soued before they are consumed they can sbe nicely washed with a soft hrgsAh, white soap and warm water. NEfnged napkins look worn because tffe fringe is thin and uneven. cut it | oH draw a few threads and hem stfch the napkin. They will make vAEy attractive doilies and will last a long time.
 A, sticky. bread or cake pan should | nots,be cleaned with a knife or anything | that will scratch the surface and make | more sticking probably A crust of bread is the best. cleaner to use.
 A good silence cloth for the dining | table can be made of double thick | ness of white flannel. laid with the soft | side on the inside and quilted on the | edge with binding of white | tape.
 When making a solid black choco- | late cake it is well to take fl from the | oven a moment before 1t seems done | A few minutes too much heat dries out | the cake and it loses much of the fla vor.
 Green riayonnaise is tempting nov city to serve with cold-boiled white l fish or vegetable salads. It is made in l the usual way, tinted with scalded and 1 chopped parsley and with a few chop ped olives mixed in.
 A nice sandwich mixture that is par l tlitafble for summer teas is made from ripe red entrants mixed with cream cheese. Strain the juice | from the entrants and mix with the | cheese to a soft paste.
 A fiat trunk tray kept in the laundry will prove great convenience. The doiIies, lunch cloths, etc., may be laid out on it in neat separate piles.
 AS water evaporates from the plum more boiling water should be added, so as not to check the cook ing, which must go on steadily all the time.