The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-13
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

HOUSEHOLD NOTES Clam boullion, served cold, is deli cious on a hot night. To prevent needles from trusting. keep them in waxed paper
 When making salmon salad, add hard-boiled egg or two. carefully die ed.
 Never stir sponge cake better. If that is done the air is allowed to escape.
 Finger nails, soak them in liquid quin- Y Underwear should be ironed on the right side, colored clothes on the wrong side.
 Apples and onions shredded togeth- CT make a sandwich filling that many people like.
 Green peppers, stuffed with fresh
 green corn and baked make a. tasty luncheon dish.
 Cold slaw,. served in green pepper shells, is a suggestion for summer luncheon addition. To keep a. veil crisp, dip it several times in alcohol and hang it up in- doors to dry. A fine grater is better than a knife for removing the surface of anything that is burned.
 To quickly prepare horseradish or cococanut, pare it and put it through the chopping machine. In sleeping keep the head as low as possible, so that the blood may have unimpeded circulation. A mixture of cream cheese and dates makes a delicious filling for a brown bread sandwich. It is much easier to climb stairs if the head is held erect and deep, regular breaths are taken | Pecans and almonds may be chopped coarsely and sprinkled over dressed lettuce for a dinner salad. | In ironing fine silks and muslins, r,1a a riaca fine CannhriC hefWQen the iron and the material. l Powdered yellow ochre mixed with rice flour and rubbed on lace will give 1t the creamy tint so much desired.
 Olives and English walnuts, ground together and moistened with mayon- naise, make a tasty luncheon sand wich.
 Handles of table knives should new inevitably discolor and become loose To freshen stale cake, dip it for a moment in cold milk and then re- lRke it in an oven at low tempera-
 when a receipt calls for a. cupful of anything. it means halfpint,f an or oinary cup filled level Old hot water bags. split open and cut into circular pieces, are good to | make mats for house plants. Try serving macaroni with a sim pie cream sauce, as one would aspara- gus or coulif1ower. It is delicious.
 
 a few slices of sweet green pepper, chopped fine, and cook in a little but | ter
 Half a lemon, squeezed into a. glass | of warm water and drunk before
 breakfast is said to be good for the complexion. .
 Vegetables like beets and green corn l that contain sugar do not keep we'll
 and should be eaten as soon as pos l sible.
 | . Young chickens for broiling may be given a pleasant and unusual flavor tby rubbing them on the inside with powdered ginger.
 Ice water is very bad for the stom-
 ach and for the complexion. Cool
 water, kept in a pitcher in the refrig-
 orator, is not unhealthful. | A teaspoonful of salt and one of pull
 verized soap added to every two cup
 fuls of starch will give a fine glaze to
 starched clothes.
 | Always stretch out the body fully
 when sleeping. When the limbs are crossed or the body curled the rest is not of so much benefit | To make a refreshing hot drink, mix grape juice with a quarter as much lemon juice, add water and sugar to taste, and serve with cracked ice. | If linen on which ink is spilled is
 promptly soaked in sour milk and left for a. few hours, then rinsed in cold
 water. the stains will be removed. | A relish made of one can of pimen- toes, mixed with finely chopped eel i cry, is well liked. It is covered with
 French dressing and served on lettuce leaves. | A delicious extract of either oranges
 or lemons may be had by pairing the
 rinds off as thin as paper and putting
 them into a bottle of alcohol. | If clothes are sprinkled at night to
 be ironed the next day. cover the
 ket, and it will prevent mildew or souring.
 | If the cuticle around the nails seems
 dry and stiff and there is tendency
 to hangnails, rub in well a little vas
 cline or cold cream every night before going to bed.
 The air of room may be wonder fully freshened by putting few
 drops of oil of lavender into bowl of boiling water and letting it stand un- ltil the water is quite cold. To preserve mating covering any | floor and to keep it perfectly sanitary, go over it first with a. damp cloth, let dry thoroughly, and then give it a | thin coat of clear varnish. To make sure a table cloth is pure
 linen. moisten the goods with the tip | of the tongue. Tt it is linen the wet | spot will immediately show through | on the other side. The most convenient and cheapest | of all disiiifectants to use in the eel dishes, in bins or cupboards, or scat tered loose in dark, damp corners. Save one or two turkey wings. They are the best brushes in the world to use around a stove, and splendid for sweeping closet shelves. Weight the | wing tip with iron until it dries. Novel sandwiches for afternoon tea are made by mixing cream cheese and shredded salmon steak. The mixture | is spread on salt waters. hot toast or | thin buttered slices of rye bread. | Salmon, well minced and mixed with yolk of egg and sufficient lemon, pepper and salt to season we'll, makes | a delicious filling for sandwiches. It | is equally good with white or brown bread.
 When kid gloves show signs of | breaking. press the edges close togeth- | CT and apply court plaster on the wrong side. If this is properly done | it will have much better appear ance than stitching.