The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-07
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

To- apply any lotion to the scalp without making the hair wet use medicine dropper.
 Rice will absorb three times it's measure of water and larger quan- tity of milk or stock
 One cup of sugar will sweeten quart of any mixture to be served chilled or frozen.
 Fingers roughened by sewing should be we'll washed in warm water and then gently rubbed with pumice.
 Though mere expensive, the very best way to fry fish is in olive oil: the next best way is in bacon fat.
 A whisk broom inclosed in a bag of cheese cloth is uneQualed for clean ing the corners of uncarpeted steps.
 If onions are covered over while frying they will retain more of their moisture, and will be of better flavor.
 Hatpins should never be left in wet hat, but should be taken out and rubbed perfectly dry to prevent rust ing.
 A gas stove can be kept nice and clean by wiping it each time it is used and washing it with turpentine once a week.
 A tablespoonful of flour put into kettle of ordinary boiled starch will cause cuffs. collars, etc., to be much stiffer v
 Milky tumblers should be washed in cold water; putting them straight in to hot water will cloud the glass per manently.
 For salad out of the ordinary mix cream cheese with chopped olives and a boiled dressing Serve on hearts of lettuce.
 If a lamp wick moves up and down with difficulty, a simple remedy is to pull out a few threads on either side of the wick.
 Two level tablespoonfuls of butter and two level tablespoonfuls Of flour to cup of liquid is the proper meas ure for thickening a sauce.
 When washing tins use soda ana with a little dry flour or powdered whiting and a clean cloth.
 Every kitchen should be provided with a small brush to be used for scrubbing potatoes. carrots, parspips, and other ground vegetables.
 Ink stains on handkerchlefs, etc, may be soaked out in milk, but the sooner they are dealt with the more easily will they be removed.
 To use up coal dust pile it carefully on piece of paper and lay it on the fire Tn this way it can be burned without smothering the fire
 If when cooking bacon one is care full not to let the fat burn it may be kept for frying, and for fish will an swer as we'll as the bacon itself.
 A tablespoonful of olive oil, taken after the evening meal. is great fat tener. A dash of sherry wine makes it much easier to swallow and re- tain.
 A tasty way of using leftover boil ed rice is to put piece of butter in the frying pan and adding the rice when the butter sizzles; Fry until brown.
 A clean fire for grilling purposes can ;vn1r inr 1 little powdered nitre. This is used by all first class chefs and grill cooks.
 A pinch of soda added to the boil ing water in which cabbage or caul1- flower is cooked improves the flavor and prevents much of the onensive odor.
 A handy kitchen device is a double flour sitter, which makes it possible to sift the flour twice with no more effort than would be expended in sift- ing it once.
 Many cooks wash macaroni and spaghetti in several waters. just as they do rice. They claim that there is no danger of its being ''pasty' when cooked.
 Tinted embroidery can be cleaned by rubbing the surface with piece of bread day old. Use small piece with the crust on and throw away as To prevent embroidery or sheer ma teriaI from puckering, baste tissue pa per under the part to be embroidered. It will easily pull away when the work is finished. Lemon peel may be used to make an excellent favoring Fill a bottle with rectified spirit and steep the peel in it. Orange essence may be made In the same way.
 For easy boot cleaning, brush the boots free from dust, then with bit of rag rub a little glycerine we'll into the leather. Let nearly dry, then rub with a soft brush. Many like just a suggestion Of on ion in mayonna1se or other salad dressing. This may be brought about by putting just tiny piece of onion in the vinegar crock. soft linen cloth and gently rubbing over the surface of mahogany furnf- ture and dust any white cOlored caus- ed by dampness will be removed. Carpets should be beaten on the wrong side first and then, more gent down on a damp floor, for this often results in the carpet becoming mill dewed.
 Never neglect to moisten linen that is to be drawn, using damp rag or small sponge. The threads will pull more easily if the line to be drawn Is rubbed with soap after being moist ened
 To prepare caramel swet potatoes, boil and slice the potatoes and dip them first in melted butter and then in granulated sugar. Put into a hot even until coating of brown cara mel Is formed
 A bottle that has contained catsup is difficult n clean If cold water is poured into it. and allowed to stand the work will be greatly simplified. Hot water has a tendency to harden the catsup.
 Lavender should be gathered before frost touches it, dried in the house, then cut into small pieces, stalks as we'll as flowers, and packed tightly in to smal bags to be put away among the clothing