The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-19
FASHIONS AND PADS

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 Washing soda will remove grease from cooking utensils.
 Eggs poached in milk instead ot wa ter make a delicious dish.
 Vinegar will remove lime spots and soot from an open chimney. When rubber overshoes become din- gy. ammonia will brighten them. Mullins left over from breakfast may be cut and toasted for luncheon: Stains made by medicine and line ment may often be removed with
 Flax cloth is much used this sea- son for curtains and portieres for the | summer home.
 A black chip hat may be easily cleaned with a piece of soft cloth dip ped in alcohol.
 A milk bottle should always be washed on the outside before any milk is poured from it.
 dingy, wash with water that contains a great deal of salt.
 When iodine. after being applied to the skin. smarts too much. it can be removed with ammonia
 A little sugar added to the salted water used for basting roast beef will give it a rich brown color.
 A teaspoonful of pulverized alum cause it to give brilliant finish.
 A pleasant disinfectant for the sick room is essence of cinnamon. allowed to- evaporate in a shallow dish.
 Ammonia water. after it, is used for washing, may be used to water house plants, as it is good fertilizer.
 Fatigue that prevents sleep may of ten be relieved by rubbing the body gently with a towel wrung out in hot salt water.
 One or two onions, eaten with bread and butter, short time before re- tiring. will act as sedative and in ell
 Wet paint on white goods will of ten easily be removed by simply soap ing it well and then pouring boiling water over 1t.
 Dry fiannels quickly after washing and when nearly dry press with q moderately warm iron, and they will shrink but little.
 Cold water dashed on the face and chest each morning gives nearly the same effect as the cold plunge, with out danger of shock.
 A good lotion for moist hands is a mixture of two ounces of cologne, donna, used after washing.
 When the skin becomes overheated as 1t often does in summer. try put ting little baking soda in the water
 A few drops of oxalic acid should be added to water in which white stockings are washed to remove the stani at is eausso sood 1y idea snoet to keep wet sponge in the cabinet with ivory cu- rios or carvings. It will prevent them cracking from dry heat.
 To remove grass stains from dan- ses and leave 1t on for two days. Wash out and repeat if necessary.
 When it is desired to make tea in large quantities use four ounces of tea to each gallon of water. This will make very strong infusion.
 Learn to relax if you would be free from lines in your face and cheat old age. Most of us keep ourselevs at much of the time.
 Vanilla ice cream, served in half a ripe cantaloupe, is beautiful and de- also goes well with melons.
 A few drops of ammonia fn water will take the grease off of dishUans. a little put into warm water for washing paint will make it look like
 Remove ink stains with milk and after soaking up all that seems pos sible. either sprinkle thickly with salt or wash with pure white soap.
 For refreshing hot weather drink mix grape Juice with quarter. as much lemon juice, add waaer and sus- ar to taste and serve with cracked ice.e 1s
 To make a spanish omelet, add sliced olives, mushrooms and pffnen- toes to a tomato sauce and put this in the fold and around the plain om- elet !. Dusting g should be done not with feather brush, but with cheesecloth that has been dipped in water to which little kerosene has been add ed
 Currants and raspberries, mixed in the proportion of two cups of rasp- berries and. one of entrants and sprink- led with sugar make a delicious sauce.
 To protect woolens from attacks by moths, scatter English lavender on closet shelves, in drawers and trunks. It is one of the best preventives.
 Add a piece of wax the size of a bean and a teaspoonful of powdered borax to your starch while it is boil ing if 1t is desired to brighten the polish.
 To cut a loaf of hot brown bread, take piece of twine, place it around the loaf, cross the ends and pull. There will be a clean cut without crumbs.
 When jelly is put into a kettle to boil, drop in a. small agate marble. It will keep in consant motion in the bottom of the kettle and prevent burning.
 Eggs are good baked. Cover the bottom of a pie plate with good gravy, break the eggs and drop the whole into the gravy Bake until the whites are set.
 When carrying oranges for a train or a picnic luncheon, a good way is to remove the skin and seeds at home and carry the sections wrapped in waxed paper.