The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-20
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

To remove coffee stains first put into lukewarm water and soak about 15 minutes. Then wash in warm studs.
 Paint stains should be removed as quickly as possible. Rub with turpen- tine or alcohol and wash in warm sudS . A solution of boraoic acid is the best known remedy for infamed, weak or tired eyes. Apply with eye-cup or dropper.
 When making puff paste or any pie crust in hot weather fill a bottle with ice water and use for a rolling-pin. The pastry will be delicate and faky.
 In making childrens clothes, sheer underwear or inge.Ie waists a neat seam can be turned by putting through the smallest hemmer on the sewing machine.
 To remove wine stains on tablecIoths sprinkle salt on it until 1t is possible to take out the stain. Then pour boil, ing water through the cloth until the stain is removed
 Cut the pineapple off in slices. peel them and cut out the heart. Put the pieces through your meat chopper and they will be uniform size. Pineap- pie prepared in this way is much bet ter for canning than when shredded.
 To, make covers to place over food that Is cooling take embroidery hoops and squares of hemmed cheesecloth the right size to slip into the hoops. They are fine to put over bowls of food that must stand for some time.
 To remove ink stains on white ma terial rub the stained portion gently with sour milk until the stain arts or place in skinned milk and let re- main until the milk sours. If this fafls to act, apply salt and lemon juice and place in sunlight.
 A strip of eyelet cut from an old lace shoe will furnish new straps for an otherwise useless pair of gsfters. They are quickly attached with a few stitches of stout thread and the metal than punched hole.
 Try to find a small quantity of ce- dar Shavlngs or saWdust and use 1t to fill a small bag of bright-colored cretonne. Give this cedar bag to grandma for Christmas. It will keep moths out her woo ems and has more pleasant odor than moth balls.
 For nice sandwiches bake your bread in the round covered bread pans. Press chicken, beef or salmon roll, whichever is desired for filling, in a pound cof- fee can and both bread and filling are the same size and shape when slices are cut from them.
 If the slope of the kitchen draining board is made sleeper, the water Will drain from the dishes that much fast CT. To prevent the dishes themselves from sliding down such a steep slope,
 
 long and set an inch apart across the lower end of the board.
 If your Brussels stair carpet is worn down to the warp or unfit for use, but not worn through, do not throw it away. c can it thoroughly, get out on each edge of the back, or wrong side, of the carpet. Relay your car pet, and you will be well paid for your trouble.
 You can save time by winding the machine bobbin while you are stitch ing, put an extra spool of thread on the spOol-pin; run the thread through the eyelet on the arm and thread in the usual way. Do not turn the stop notion on the balance-wheel, but continue sewing. Your bobbin will be flied without any effort.
 Beef broth is one of the best reme- dies for constipation in children. Use a pound of lean boiling beef, salt and cover with co water; allow to cook slowly three or four hours until the meat is nice and tender; then set aside to cool. When cold skim off all the grease. strain and give cup just be- fore the meal.
 For quick lemonade take the juice of 12 lemons and grated rind of one Let 1t stand overnight. Make a thick syrup of four pounds of sugar and when cool add the lemon juice, bottle and keep in cool place Ths makes two quarts of syrup and two table spoonfuls added to a glassful of ice water makes a refreshing drink at short notice.
 Never set rie on a flat surface when removing from the owed. Use a f1at-iron stand or wire teapot-stand This prevents steamed and soaked and soggy under pie crust. Three table forks placed co that the tines meet in one point in the centre will let the air circulate under when one has not the stand.
 Beside the ever-ready newspapers for the kitchen have wall pocket made from oil cloth, ticking or cretonne. h. to this tuck odds and ends of clean cloth to be used for wiping out bak- ing-tins and wiping off fingers when baking and for many other purposes. Burn when through with each piece. This saves time and washing. C1ldren who dress themselves us- ually have difficulty in holding down the legs of their flannel drawers while pulling on their stockings. Sew a narrow piece of tape on one side of the edge of the drawers leg; slip it under the foot and tack it onto the edge of the other side. This little foot-strap holds the drawers leg down securely, ] and the ankle is ways we'll covered. Fold your sheets once, with the wrong side inside. Put a clothes-pin at each corner and one at the centre. When sheets are hung in this manner there is no possible chance of their having a mark through the centre. when otten occurs when they a'e hung over the clothes-Tne. Then. if sheets are folded with the hems inside, the wind cannot whip them out. Before putting stockings into the wash each week, if each person will tack the two stockings of each pair together at the hems Ca half-dozen stitches over and over are suffident). she will save much time and annoy ance trying to mate them afterward. This is especially helpful in a large family, where different colored thread may be used by each person.
 Before attempting to remove a stain from any fabric consider the charac' CT Of the stain and pf tho ,,,a&ar.,, r>,sS