The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-05
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

Coffee jelly. made with milk. is
 Caulifower cooks best with head downward.
 Pure rain water is fine for the com p1exion.
 To break an apple, use thread pulled through it.
 Amnonia will bring out the bril- lfancy of cut glass.
 Clean linoleum with warm water and polish with milk.
 A cloth moistened with alcohol will
 Sterilize jars and all utensils before putting up fruit.
 Use butter rather than milk is pota- toes need extra thinning.
 LinOleum on the kitchen table will last longer than oil cloth. Y When someone is burned or scalded, apply lime water and olive oil. half and half.
 make one of the most delicious des- serts of the season.
 Decorated china plates should be put away with round pieces of canton fan nel between them.
 Clean old glass by pouring strong ammonia on it: scrub we'll with brush and rinse in cold water.
 Don't put soap on the window panes i; rub with Seither alcohol or ammonia to make them shine.
 
 to prevent any accumulation of gar bage around the house.
 home made specific for tan and sunburn consists of a paste made of magneSia and lemon juice.
 Minced watercress and diced tart apples make a delicious salad with oil and vinegar for dressing. @
 Bfcarbonate of soda, if taken before meals. a small portion in a glass of water. will reduce flesh.
 eyiJ st ness to black lawn when laundering it, immerse in a starch made of bran.
 Place piece of butter in the vessel in which meat or poultry is cooked. It will give a richer flavor. Hard cooking pears. baked just Ike apples and served with cream, make an excellent addition to the menu. < If a soft piece of home made bread is rubbed on a scorch on woorlen goods. it will remove it entirely. If brine in which beef has been corned is used copiously in watering garden walks. there will be few weeds. The yolks of eggs will not turn dark when hardboiled if they are put in boiling water rather than cold at first The handles of knives should never be immersed in water, for after a time they will become discolored and loose.
 Halved peaches sprinkled with sugar and covered with whipped cream make as delicious a dessert as the season produces. Fasting threads when saved should be wound on a spool, otherwise they get hopelessly tangled and cannot be used again. z A teaspooneul of olive oil sprinkled about the roots of a rubber plant once a month will have a beneficial effect. 1 In toasting biscuit, they are much ! nicer if cut in slices across the grain instead of being sliced in the usual manner.
 l A nice relish to serve with fish is l cabbages, cut very fine and dressed with French dressing, beaten almost | to an emulsion.
 | The cushion back of the morris l chair has been found valuable in the sick room to place at the back of the | invalid in bed.
 When making cover for sofa pill | low it is we'll to have it at least an inch taller each way than the pillow | itself.
 Wipe off the woodwork of shelves and floors of closets or wherever dan ger of moths lies with a solution of carbclic acid.
 l If windows stick and are hard to open. pour a teaspoonful of melted lard between window frame and easing, put ting a little on the rope. This works like magic.