The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1910-12-23
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

| To scale hSh easily, DIP them IN
boiling water.
For the dark collar line around the
| throat use peroxide.
Cocoa butter well rubbed in, will
| fill up the hollow of the neck.
If your hair is naturally dry add
| an egg to your liquid shampoo.
| 1t may not be generally known that
| wood ashes are a good fertilizer.
Srtong aluminium caps are now be-
ling sold as covers for milk bottles.
Soften the elbows with olive oil
and massage with good cold cream
Boiled cabbage is much sweeter
when the water Is changed in boil
ing.
Tough meat may be made tender
| by laying it few minutes in vinegar
| water.
| =. 1T half Of a raw potato will
brighten dull knife blades upon which
| it is rubbed.
! IT, lite of an egg answers very
al N place of niue lage when the
+, latter is not at hand.
A nice little cheese scoop in new
| pattern is of nickel. mounted with
| black rubber handle.
! If a burn is sprinkled freely with
powdered charcoal the burning sensa-
J ton is relieved almost Immediately.
The latest in nut crackers is Ike
| tiny press. The nut is placed under
| screw, which is pressed until the
| nut cracks. =,
Small pieces of raw potato in a lit
| tie water shaken vigorously inside
| bottles and lamp chimneys will clean
| them adm, rably.
Butternut shells burned in a little
| cylinder coal stove will remove elm
kers. leaving the brick as clean as
J when new.
In baking bread or rolls put a
saucepan Of boiling water into the
oven. The steam will keep the crust
| smooth and tender.
Before beginning to seed raisins
| cover them with hot water and let
them stand Is minutes. The seeds
can then be removed easily.
To prevent del cate white fabrics
from becoming yellow when packed
away sprinkle BITS of white wax free
~ among the folds
Porcelain or earthware that has be-
come dingy or stained is greatly Inn
proved BY rubbing or securing with
salt busted upon cloth.
Much Of the heavy cake and bread
Is the result Of the oven doors be-
ing banged in closing. They should
be closed as gently as possible.
To avoid unpleasant odors that
arise from cook ng cabbage, cover 1t
with slices of bread about half an
inch thick during the boiling process.
Cheese scoops in nickel are now to
be had In the shops. They have ebony
handles and are, naturally, much less
Boiling liquids. jellies or fruits may
be turned INTO glass without breaking
the vessel X you press the bowl or q
spoon up the bottom while filling.
TO remove rust from steel articles
them soak a hours. Make paste OF
emery dust and kerosene and rub on
to give q polish.
K'd gloves may be cleaned. when
slightly soiled with small piece or
oiled silk wound tightly about the
finer and rubbed vigorously over the
surface OF the glove.
Glass which, has grown dull can be
restored to q fairly bright condition
by washing with diluted hydrochloric
acid and afterward rubbing with
moistened chalk or whiting.
The birthday candles will burn
grease If they are kept on the ice
for 12 hours before using. and not
removed. until Just ready to be Light
ed.
To keep linens and white goods
from turning yellow during the winter
and when not In use. wash all starch
out. rinse In strong blue water, dry
and put away unironed.
If the house Is infested with reaches
try this remedy: Strew the floor with
pieces OF cucumber peel cut very thin.
One or two nights of feeding on these
Will destroy the pests.
For sthrching muslins, ginehams.
and cal'coes. dissolve piece OF alum
the size Of q hickory nut for every
mint Of starch. This will keep the
colors bright for long time.
A little cup shaped Ike very long
thimble attached to a slender wire is
useful for taking cream from milk
bottles without trouble or waste, or
without pouring out the milk.
An inrrrovea sr'tcheu "n'fe "a Of al
minimum, handle and back cut In one
piece mating 1t much stronger tina, than
keeps clean and lasts al.Iost forese..
A small churn for VIII piping cream
is shaped like q butter churn, with
the same kind of dasher inside. A
few turns Of the handle does the work
while the lid is closed not a drop
can escape.
For washing silver put half tea
spoonful ammonia into suds; have the
water hot; wash quickly, using a
small BRUSH rinse in hot water and
dry with clean linen towel; then
rub very dry with chamois skin.
When putting away silyerware that
is not in use all the time, do not neg
lect to sprinkle in few bits of cam
phor gum in each case before rolling
il up Then II the silver is put away
in a closed box it VIII not discolor.
When an umbrella is worn out, do
not throw it away before you have
removed the ribs. They are just the
things to use to support flowers In
stead of stakes, because they are just
as strong and can hardly be seen.
An easy way to toast crackers that
have lost their crispness, or bits of
bread for croutons is to place in
cornpopper and shake over the hot
Goals. They brown much more quick
ly and evenly in this way than by
placing in the oven.