The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-27
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

To sweep bare floors and those COW
cred with mating, / first sprinkle
damp sawdust around and then sweep
briskly. No dust is raised and the
floor is streakless and much cleaner
than when swept with q dry or even
dampened broom. The sawdust must
not be wet, only dampened.
When baking used to lose many
valuable minutes glencing at the
clock for the time to open the oven,
and then very often 1 would forget
until a suspicious odor of burning
was waited from the kitchen. All
trouble is avoided now, as 1 set the
alarm clock for the scheduled time
and it's warning ring is never mtstak-
en-.
In putting lace insertion into tub
dresses in such a way as to bear a
strain, as in attaching hounce to q
skirt or In the yoke Of a waist, cut
strips of bobbinet a little wider than
the insertion and place 1t under the
lace. This strengthens the lace with
out spelling it's beauty, and adds much
to the wearing quality OF the gowns.
Baked bananas are sometimes US
ed as vegetable. Peel and cut in
half, lengthwise. Divide If large. To
each banana allow tablespoonful of
sugar, two tablespoonfuls of water, a
teaspoonful each Of lemon juice and
melted butter and pinch of salt.
Put slices in shallow casserole and
bake slowly for half an hour, keeping
them we'll basted.
fine garment by hand it is easiest to
fold them first with the machine; ad-
lust the trimmer to the correct size;
then adjust the stitch. Remove the
thread from the needle and stitch
your tucks exactly as though you were
using thread; thus your tucks are
nicely marked and the hand sewing
can follow the holes pierced by the
needle.
In making all-over embroidery. or
other corset covers having draw
strings at the top and waistline, stitch
the shoulder straps to the upper edge
Of the back. In the front, fasten
these to the garment on the under
side with a small safety-pin or a
button and buttonhole. This is to
be undone when laundering and the
cover opens out fat and is as easily
ironed as handkerchief.
When fry doughnuts I have a pan
of boiling water on the stove and
when 1 take doughnut from the hot
fat 1 dip it for an instant in the
boiling water. All the surplus fat is
removed and I have a brown, crisp
doughnut that anyone can eat without
ill-effects. When the water is cold I
remove the fat from the surface to
use again and you, would be surpris-
ed to see the quantity that rises.
with the care OF the refrigerator
the thought must always come that
butter and milk take on the fiavors
of all that they come in contact with,
and should be kept in the ice cham
Der alone and covered carefully at
that. The cream cheeses are suscep-
tible to strong f1avors and have to be
carefully protected. Wrapping in
parafine paper is often an effective
protection for delicate food from
strong odors.
Some people do not care to sleep
with their bedroom windows open In
the winter for fear of catching cold.
The following plan works splendidly:
Procure a piece of wood an inch or
two in thickness and exactly the
length of the bottom ledge of the
window frame. Raise the lower sash
insert the wood, then press down the
sash. This allows a current ofsair to
pass through the room without caus-
ing a draught.
Flushing our waterpipe with hot
water has saved us many plumbers
bills, besides the Inconvenience of be-
ing without water for several weeks
at a time during zero weather First
close the shut-of in the cellar. Then
open the faucet to let the water run
back. AT the same time hold under
the faucet a dipper of boiling water
submerging the mouth of the faucet.
AS the pipe empties, the hot water
is sucked in and runs the length of
the pipe heating it all the wav
and melting the frost and ice.
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