The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-28
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

Cider may be kept sweet by the following recipe: One teaspoonful o1 ground mustard to a gallon of cider
 Dry sulphur sprinkled about in cup, boards or flour chests where small red ants frequent will rid the place fC these pests.
 Did you ever mix cream cheese with sherry wine and add chopped walnuts and oceans? It is delicious and diff. ferent
 To make bread and pastry take or a beautiful brown without overcook. ing, burn a little sugar on the bottom of oven on baking day.
 If, after washing a chamois, there seem to be harsh places, rub them steadily, but gently, through the hands, and soon they will quite dis appear.
 Wash and rinse, as usual, then rinse in skim milk. This simple substitute IS better than starch, because it will not stick to the irons nor rot the clothes.
 Discarded bedspreads make excel lent bath towels. Cut them the size desired, hem all around, and you will ind them as serviceable as a regular Turkish towel
 Watery custard is caused by cook ing in an oven that is too hot. Set the custard in pan of hot water and see that the water does not boil dur ing the baking.
 To remove peach stains from linen put cream of tartar on the water soaked stains and place the article in the sun. AfterWard wash in the regu- lar way and no stain will remain. In making baked or boiled custard scald the amount of milk to be used and set aside until cool, then make your custard and bake it as usual, it will be perfectly smooth.
 Blood stains on new white goods often come from pricking the finger, cold water and then soap and cold water; hot water sets the stains
 When potatoes or other vegetables are cooked, drain and cover tightly, then wrap in newspapers securely and set in oven without fire. They will keep steaming hot for an hour or longer.
 > Roller shades may be satisfactorily cleaned. Remove from the window spread on table and rub them thor oughly with heated corn meal, wiping them off with a cloth dipped in gaso- line.
 A good homemade furniture polish is composed of linseed or salad oil and vinegar. Mix we'll with a stick until the oil does not float on the surface Apply with a flannel and rub off with linen.
 Hair that has become tangled dur ing illness may be combed with little trouble if the hair is rubbed thorough ly with flour in the evening. In the morning the tangles will all have dis appeared.
 When the feet become tired lie down on a bed and raise them as high as possible, supporting them there with blanket Or comforter. In five Or ten minutes the blood is more even- ly distributed.
 Tile, mosaic, stone and brick floors require the same treatment-washine with warm soap suds whenever they are dirty, rinsing we'll and rubbing dry with thick, clean cloth fastened over a fiat mop.
 A soft rog Qinen is preferable), dampen with pure alcohol, or brandy apply to mirror and rub the soiled spots until they disappear. Take a soft rag or tissue paper and polish the mirror until it glistens.
 Patent leather shoes should be care fully wiped off with soft cloth when they are removed and then a few drops of olive oil should be rubbed into them. This will keep the leather soft and prevent them cracking.
 To clean burned kettle. turn out the burned contents, but do not fill with water. Set it aside Sto cool and then place in a handful of washing soda and water and let the solution boil for an hour or more.
 Saturate a small cloth with oil of sassafras and place on cupboard shelves, table or where the ants both CT. Renew every other day and in a for they seem-to dislike the odor very much
 To bleach faded colored cottons soak over night in solution of bichloride of lime, one heaping tablespoon to a pail of water; in the morning boil in water prepared in the same manner and then wash as usual; the result should be beautifully clear white goods.
 When cooking peas, squash or oth- CT green vegetables, add a teaspoon ful of sugar to each quart of water used in the boiling, which brings out the flavor of the vegetable and is very agreeable, especially with very young peas cooked with cream.
 The best scheme for keeping centre- pieces is to roll them over a paste- board roll about twenty-seven inches long and two and one-haf or three inches in diameter, then wrap the whole in blue paper or blue cloth to keep them from turning yellow.
 Many housewives will be very grate- ful to know that sulphur will rid their houses of rats. Sprinkle it in bureau drawers, closets, around the holes where they come in and in barns; the farmer will find his corn will not be troubled by rats.
 When you are cleaning your sewing machine and cannot reach parts of it with a cloth, try using a bicycle pump. The suction of the pump will drive away the dust and threads Use the pump first and, then wipe the more accessible parts with a soft cloth and end with thorough oiling.