The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-27
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

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 Cold raw starch will take out blood 1 stains.
 l Lard and olive oil are the best l remedies for brass stains. l Ether and chloroform are the best remedies for iodine stains. Boiling water will remove Soffee
 stains; dold water and borax. tea | marks.
 A cloth tree on which to hang un- finished garments Is a great conven- l fence in sewing room. | A spring of fresh mint in the cup | of afternoon tea, hot or cold, IS liked by many persons. A spoonful of fruit sherbert in iced tea is delicious. Precipitation marks can be removed by appling lemon juice and salt and leaving the blemish exposed to the sunshine. A favorite dish at certain tea room consists of pate shells filled with a mixture of chicken livers and mushrooms in a cream sadce. When powdered sugar gets hard,
 runt it through the food chopper. This
 is an easier way of breaking up the Jumps than using rolling pin. Fasten wire hook to the handle when hanging out clothes, and push along before you, thus saving much time. To simmer is te boil slowly; if the liquor throws, up bubbles above its surface it is boiling at gallop and will harden any meat that is cooking in it.
 To thicken gravies for pot roasts or stews, put a piece of brown bread
 in with the meat. When you go to
 make the gravy rub it up for the thickening.
 By adding the 1eftovers of kidney
 beans, peas or cold potatoes to flak-
 ed salmon, and mixing all with a good
 dressing, an excellent salad may be made.
 If the pan of boiled potatoes is
 drained as soon as the potatoes are
 done and it is then shaken for few
 minutes in the open air, the potatoes will become very white and feathery. To keep hydrant from freezing
 take piece of an old stove pipe and
 faucet exposed. Then fill the pipe
 with mulching from the barn. Ammonia and water will usually
 make grass stains disappear. When
 this is not effective try soapsuds with
 a little bicarbonate of soda. Molasses
 and alcohol are also effective
 To make albumenized milk for an
 invalid take one-half cup of milk and
 the white of one egg. Put white of
 egg into tumbler, add the milk, cov-
 CT tightly and shake until 1t is thor
 oughly mixed.
 A woman with badly-faded blue
 shawl gave it bath in cold water
 with which a tablespoonful of vinegar
 had been mixed. and the colcr return
 ed perfectly. Not all dyes yield to
 this treatment.
 If colored cottons are washed in
 bran Or starch water instead of soap
 suds they will keep their color If
 bran is used put it into a bag of loose-
 ly-woven cheesecloth-a handful of either is enough for small tub of
 water.
 Instead of frying mackerel in
 spider, place it in baking pan on
 piece Of old cotton cloth or thick
 brown paper. Sprinkle over a little salt and add several pieces of salt pork or butter if preferred. Bake in hot oven. In drawing threads for Mexican work or hemstitching, it saves much time and trouble to draw the thread from the middle Of the space first.
 after this two threads, one on each side of the drawn one, may be pulled out at once.
 Pieces of damask table linen rarely require any starch. If they are care. fully washed and ironed while damn they will be stiff enough and wear l much longer. Use irons as hot as possible without scroching the linen l and iron each piece until 1t is thor oughly dry.
 To clean white felt hats brush the hat thoroughly with a soft, clean brush. Take some flour which has been dried in a slow oven and mix if with oreadcrumbs; rub this into the felt with your hand. When all marks have disappeared. brush the hat briskly and it will look almost like new.
 An excellent way to clean soiled kid gloves is to put them on the hands and give them a thorough but careful rubbing with a dry rubber sponge The glove is not injured in the leas, by this treament, there is no danger of streaking and no disagreeable odor remains. This is a particularly good way to clean gloves that are slightly soiled
 When your lamps smoke badly and y uothink it necessary to buy new burners, try boiling the burners for half an hour in water, to which has been added a quantity of soda, remov- ing from water while hot, so that they may be easily dried This thoroughly cleans them and your light will be as bright as when the burners were new.