The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-11
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

To mend and umbrella take a small piece of black sticking plaster and | soak it in water until quite soft. Place this carefully under the hole inside and let dry. If there are stains from machine oil on a white garment, rub the spot we'll with a cloth wet in ammonia be- fore washing with soap, and they will disappear.
 Few people seem to know, when preparing dried peaches, the skins can be easily peeled off if the peaches are allowed to stand in cold water for several hours.
 | If loaf of bread has become stale hold it under the water for one sec ond; then place in a brisk oven for 1 a quarter of an hour. It will taste l like new bread.
 l An excellent way of keeping a black ! leather handbag or travelling bag In condition is to rub it well occasion | ally with milk. Wipe with a cham ois until perfectly dry.
 | To dry parsley, wash the parsley
 and shake it well. Then set in a
 warm oven, and when it becomes
 crisp let it cool. Put into tins or bot
 ties and exclude the air from it. 1 If there is danger of color running i in a garment, soak it we'll in solu- | ton of turpentine and water for 12
 hours, half pint of turpentine being used to three gallons of water. | w non you are ironing any Qdrk ma | terjal do not put @ linen cloth under
 meath, as the line will come on the
 stuff, and you will have great diffi
 culty in brushing it off again. | The old-fashioned way for remov- ing spots from vanished furniture was this: Heat a shovel pretty hot
 and hold it over and about three in-
 ches above the spot. The heat will
 cause the defect to disappear.
 If the handle of a table knife be- | comes loose, make a, cement of one
 part sealing wax and two parts resin. the handle of the knife into the mix
 ture. Replace immediately in the handle.
 To purify rancid butter melt and skim the butter, and then put into it
 a piece of well-toasted bread. In a minute or two the bread will have ab- sorbed all offensive taste and smell, and the butter will be perfectly swee-. In order to make 8 thoroughly sat isfactory curry, uncooked meat should be used, but good results can be ob-
 tained by the use of cold lamb, beef, game, rabbit or chicken, provided that an extra supply of stock or gra-
 wy is at hand.
 In cleaning bric-a-brac it is we'll to
 use a soft brush, so as to get into
 to lodge. The same plan should
 be followed with cups. Otherwise it
 is quite impossible to get the china
 bright about the handles.
 There are some practical make
 shifts for mucilage. White of egg
 will be found quite as good as mucil-
 age for sealing a letter. Another sub- ! stitute is a bit of cold boiled pota- to rubbed over the paper, the paper then being held in place as firmly as possible.
 If 8 paint brush is stiff from paint l or varnish do not throw it aside as useless. Instead fmmerse it time ana } again in boiling vinegar, and soon it : will become pliable. Then wash it in warm soapsuds, rinse in tepid wa , ter and the brush is ready for use. ! In washing hosiery, first turn each l stocking inside out and shake thor
 oughly to remove all dust. Then let them soak for a quarter of an hour l be rinsed in two waters. If they are ironed see that the iron is not too 5 hot.
 When making fritters cook sections
 of orange in water and sugar until ii
 begins to thicken like syrup. Dip 1 batter and fry in boiling lard to a
 golden brown. Dust with powdered
 sugar and serve in a ring around 1 orange marmalade.
 To make French dressing take half
 6 teaspoonful of salt, quarter tea . spoonful white pepper. Put in a bowl and add gradually three to five . ta ablespoonfuls of oil. Rub until the salt is dissolved, then add one table , spoonful of vinegar or lemon juice
 Beat well flor a moment. Better , if used at once.
 A fig sauce is delicious with ba.k cd
 custard Take five figs and chop or cut them very fine; just cover with . water and simmer slowly for two 7 hours or longer in a double boiler , Add the juice of half a lemon and a very little sugar and let it cool. Pour
 over the custard. For those who
 like flavor, sherry may be substitut-
 ed for the lemon
 To clean ivory, brush with a soft , tooth brush, using lukewarm water If the ivory is discolored use a little alcohol
 : Always keep two large sponges for s house cleaning purposes, one to wash woodwork with and one to use in rins-
 ing.
 , There is no better way to remove egg stains from silver than by rubbing l vigorously with a damp cloth dipped in salt.
 ) Save your pound powder tins tc
 steam brown bread in, to mold your , pressed veal or beef and cornmea 2 mush to fry.