The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-08

fles of silk petticoats and hang them upside down. They will retain their freshness longer, wear longer and look much better.
 Cold water soothes the pain of any sudden inflammation of the eye, hot water will help a dull pain. and a weak solution of boric acid is always good for the eye.
 To destroy ants. dip an old sponge in sweetened water and lay where they can get on it. The will swarm upon it, and the sponge may then be dropped into scalding water.
 Delicious sandwiches for the after noon are made of raisins and nuts chopped together very fine, moistened with a little whipped cream and sea- soned with a little salt.
 In mafing a fruit cake. pour half the batter in the pan before adding the fruit, then the fruit will not be found all at the bottom of the cake as is too often the way. e.
 To clean silver. apply kerosene with either brush or soft cloth. then rinse in scalding water. No other method will give such luster.
 After washing a China silk dress. roll 1t up in a cloth for half an hour to absorb most of the moisture and then iron on the wrong side.
 A delicious filling for layer cake is made by mixing a pound of finely minced shelled almonds with two eggs a cupful of confectioner's sugar and a teaspoonful of vanilla.
 Rice may be substituted for mac aronia as dinner dish. Prepare it with the grated cheese and bake in the oven. serving with tomato sauce. It is especially fine, with ham or fish
 To arrange an attractive, after din- ner dish. pile large, handsome punches of raisins on a dolly in a glass dish. and fill in the crevices with, shelled and blanched nuts of all kinds.
 If half bottle of olives has been used and you wish to keep the rest, add a pinch of salt to the brine, pour a te2spoonful of olive oil in the liquid and replace the cork.
 A novel filling for pillows to serve as packers on a divan is the cork dust that comes as packing for fruit. It should be washed and dried in the sun before putting into the pillows.
 When cutting materials on the bias, 1t is the part of wisdom to, lay the goods smoothly on a sewing table or sewing board. Pin if necessary so as to avoid any danger from slipping or pulling.
 Very useful cover bags for books may be made of linen and embroider- ed either with a conventional design, the name of the book. or with mon ogram- Stitch on strap handles if for use in travelling.
 Cheese balls to serve with lettuce salad are delicious if made of a com of parmesian and cottage cheese. The two should be thorough ly mixed and seasoned before being | formed into the balls.
 Perfectly clear cold coffee will rem ovate black silk much better than | beer. It is applied to the right side | of the silk. which should be ironed on | the wrong side. over a heavy blanket, l when half dry.
 Instead of pouring custard over slic- | ed bananas, try pressing the fruit | a sieve and stirring in the GUS | tard just as it comes from the fire. | The consistency as we'll as the flavor | will prove most pleasing.
 To touch up an old and faded rug, | get dyes of the various colors in the | rug, and a number of camels' hair | brushes. Dissolve a little of each dye | in boiling water and after the rug has been we'll cleaned paint the dyes on where they are needed.
 For a refreshing sickroom disinfec- tant, put little freshly ground coffee In a saucer and in the center place small piece of camphor gum- Light with a match and as the gum burns allow the coffee to be consumed with | 1t. It is pleasant, healthful and cheap.
 An excellent breakfast dish is bak- cd apples with figs or dates. Core the apples, fill holes with chopped figs or | dates. packed in tightly, sprinkle with powdered sugar and haste often with | butter. lemon juice and hot water. Serve separately or with cream
 To split a short cake without burn ing the fingers. fill the pan half full of the batter, then spread 1t over with a teaspoonful of melted butter. Then put in the rest of the batter and spread It out so that one of the batter shows. When the cake is baked it will split | easily.
 To make orange salad for dinner, peel and separate the oranges into | sections. remove the pulp from the breaking as little as possi- + ble, mix two cupfuls of pulp with ,upful of broken nut meats. Serve on | ettuce leaves with rich mayonnaise-
 Busters can be easily made at home by soaking squares of old flannel in paraffin or floor oil over night and Yringfng them out tightly. If they are washed in lukewarm water they will last indefinitely without re-oil- Ing. They will gather up every parti- cle of dust and leave a nice polish on the furniture.