The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-14
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

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 To keep milk toast from being sog- gy, serve the boiling buttered milk Tn covered pitcher, so that each in- dlvidual may himself pour it on his toast.
 After shampooing blonde hair, half the juice of lemon squeezed in the last rinsing water will cause the hair to dry more quickly and with less snarls.
 Instead of throwing away the un- sealed envelopes that bring circulars, cut off the gummed strips and save them They VIII serve hundred household uses.
 Sew hangers inside the bottom ruff upside down. They will retain their freshness longer, wear longer and look much better.
 Remove the scale from palms by washing them in water to which has been added a few drops of cedar oil. If the scale is not all gone in a week, wash them again
 Delicious sandwiches for the after noon are made of rais ns and nuts chopped together very fine, moistened with little whipped cream and sea- soned with little salt.
 Cold water soothes the pain of any sudden inflammation of the eye; hot
 
 weak solution of boric acid is always good for the eye.
 A delicious filling for layer cake is made by mixing a pound of finely minced sheIled almonds with two eggs cupful of confectioner's sugar and a teaspoonfui of vanilla.
 To clean silver. apply kerosene with either brush or soft cloth, then rinse in scalding water. No other method is so easy and no other method will rive such lustre.
 If half bottle Of olives has been used. and you wish to keep the rest add pinch of salt to the brine, pour a teaspoonful of olive oil in the liquid and replace the cork.
 In making 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.
 To arrange an attractive after-din- ner dish. pile large, handsome punches of ra sons on a dolly in a glass dish and fill in the crevices with shelled and blanched nuts of all kinds.
 Rice may be substituted for mac aroni as dinner dish. Prepare 1t with the grated cheese and bake in the oven, serving with tomato sauce. It Is especially fine with ham or fish. To destroy ants. dp an old sponge
  they can get on it. They will swarm upon 1t. and the sponge may then be dropped into scalding water.
 After washing china silk dress, do not hang it out to dry at all, but roll it up in cloth for half an hour to absorb most of the moisture and then iron on the wrong side.
 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.
 Fasten stockings together in pairs with coarse thread before sending out for laundering and they will come back in that way; otherwise it may
 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, when half dry.
 When cutting material on the bias, it is the part of wisdom to lay the sewing board. Pm. if necessary so as to avoid danger from slipping or pulling.
 Very useful cover bags for books may be made of linen and embroid- cred either with conventional design the name of the book or with a mouo- gram. Stitch. on strap handles if for use in travelling.
 Cheese balls to serve with lettuce salad are delicious if made of a com bination of parmesian and cottage cheese. The two should be thorough lv mixed and seasoned before being formed into the balls.
 Instead of pouring custard over sliced bananas. try pressing the fruit fhrOr Cin cf in ho custard just as it comes from the fire. The consistency as we'll as the fla vor will prove most pleasing.
 The careful laundress always keeps B small vegetable brush or comb at hand for the sole purpose of brush ing out the fringe on doilies and towels. This is a far better plan than the article to straighten the fringe.
 To touch up an old and faded rag, get dyes of the various colors in the rug and a number of camePs hair brushes. Dissolve a little of each i've in boiling water. and. after the rug has been well cleaned. paint the 1yes on where they are needed.
 An excellent breakfast dish Is bak- .d apples with figs or dates. Core he apples fill the holes with chop ped figs or dates. packed in tightly. sprinkle with powdered sugar and paste often with butter, lemon juice lnd hot water. Serve separately or with cream. For a refreshing sickroom disinfec- ant put a little freshly-ground cof- lee in a saucer and. in the centre place a small piece of camphor gum. Light with a match and as the gum burns allow the coffee to be consum- I'd with it. It is pleasant, healthful md cheap. To split a shortcake without burn ng the fingers. fill tn epan half full If the better then spread it over with ! teaspoonful of melted butter. Then put in the rest of the batter and ,pread if sut so that none of the batter sho~s. When the cake is baked it will split easily.
 To make orange' salad for dinner )eel and separate the oranges into 1 'ections. remove the pulp from the covering. breaking as little as possible 1 nix two cupfuls of pulp with a cup ul of diced celery and a cupful of broken nut meats. Serve on lettuce | caves with rich rnavnnnafse. Busters can be easily made at home ,y soaking squares of old flannel in ,araffin oil over night and wringing | hem out tightly. If they are wash 1 d in 1ukewarm water they will last l indefinitely without reo'ling. They l will gather up every part cle of dust | md leave a nice polish on the furni- | ure.