The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-16

Mold can be kept from the top or preserves by putting few drops of giycerine around the edge of the jar before screwing down the cover cap
 Individual tarts are much served nowadays with fruit or pumpkin fill- ing and with ice cream or whipped cream on top; with them serve cof- fee.
 Peoeple who suffer from heat in hands and feet will obtain relief by putting inside their stockings and gloves a small amount of very fine oatmeal.
 When frying anything in deep fat have the flour sitter full of flour handy If the fat catches fire, sprinkle thickly with flour and save
 Marble washstands that have be- come discolored may be secured first with wet salt, and if this does not re- move the stains, then with salt and lemon juice.
 house is a duck or goose wing, which on account of it's feathery softness, will not scratch the furniture as some dusters do.
 For lemon cake filling, beat one egg, add a. cupful of sugar and the juice and rind of one lemon. Cook in enameled pan until rather thick. When cool, spread.
 For fried squash, take the small green and yellow variety, peel and cut into half-inch slcies. Dip in eggs and flour or crumbs and fry in plen- ty of fat until brown.
 4 paste of olive oil and salt smeared on spots on furniture and al- lowed to remain a few minutes, and then rubbed off with a soft cloth, will often remove the spots.
 Greese on the kitchen floor can be softened by pouring kerosene over it and letting it remain for fifteen or twenty minutes Later scrub with hot soda water or borax and water.
 The coarse parts of lettuce and celery which are unfit for salad should be placed in the stock kettle or chop ped up and put into the dinner soup. Use the celery leaves as well.
 To serve with hot chocolate, deli. cious sandwiches may be made of brown bread with a filling of chopped dates and pecan nuts, blended with a few drops of honey and lemon juice.
 If potatoes are greased thoroughly before being put into the oven to bake they will have a rich, satiny look and the skins will peel off as thin as, tis> sue when they come to the table.
 Good black lawn should not change color in washing if it is washed uuicly in suds made of white coar and warm water and then passed through clear lukewarm rinsing water
 When a collar a linen or ~batiste be cleaned with a little naptha or benzine in the same way as silk or satin. With this process the collar will not need pressing.
 To bake fish without watery flavor, do not place it on the bottom of the pan, but in an old plate, we'll greased. Set this in the pan and pour enough hot water in the pan to reach nearly to the edge of the plate.
 When making chocolate frosting, try stirring the grated chocolate in the milk and sugar syrup after taking it from the fire or just before putting it on the cake. The rich flavor of chocolate is lost when it is allowed to boil.
 A generous supply of eggs should be allowed for a custard that is to be turned from the mold. Six eggs to a quart of milk is about the usual number. A cup custard on the oth- CT hand, needs but four eggs to a quart of milk.
 To cook canned corn without burn ing, remove the paper from the can, place the can in the teakettle and boil for fifteen minutes. Open and pour the corn into hot buttered dish Season with salt, pepper and a little cream.
 A tube of white oil color is good for mending china. The broken edges should be wiped quite dry, the color then applied and the parts pressed together This takes several weeks to dry, but it will then hold perfectly.
 Place clothes in two piles when ironing to avoid sorting them later. Those which need mending may be put into one pile and those which are whole on the other. When ironing it is easy to notice a torn place or where a button is missing.
 To salt almonds. first blanch and dry in the oven to a golden brown. Take the white of an egg and twice n much flour and beat we'll. Stir in