The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-26
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

4Nolnlng makes finer pOllSn TOT tinware than good wood ashes.
 Medicine should never be left in sight of the invalid in the sickroom. ! A mixture of borax and red pepper is good to rid closets of insects.
 Jonquils or daffodils are placed to advantage in brass or copper urn or vase.
 Undue consumption of tea. coffee, cocoa and chocolate will make the skin sallow.
 To make sure that bread will rise in cold weather. warm the flour be- fore mixing.
 A small quantity of chopped efigs added to a nut and apple salad gives an. excellent flavor
 Shoes will last much longer if oc- casionally rubbed with vaseline when they are new.
 Chiffon. velvet is a most excellent thing for brushing a felt hat; Whether a mans or wonran's. i
 A long handled buttonhook should be kept in the laundry to clean the lint from the tub outlets. E,
 Boiled rice or baked potato will go excellently with sweetbreads, and this dish is good for the sick
 For obstinate nosebleed, put an ice pack or a. cloth :" wrung out in ice water at the back of, the neck.
 
 winter and lighter your bread when you bake in a gas range.
 To insure that potSS plants will thrive, always have. a little water in the saucer under the flower pot.
 A cloth skirt should never be hung up inside out as this tends to crease it more than anything else. @
 Bronzes should be cleaned by rub ping. with sweet oil Rub dry with a soft cloth and polish with chamois.
 Cruel, when properly prepared, should be a little thicker than cream and should be absolutely free from Jumps.
 After putting buttered paper in. the cake pans, sprinkle in just a little flour. This will keep the cakes from sticking.
 A little alcohol rubbed on quickly will clean a dirty window better than soapsuds;s. anlonia in wash water is equally good.
 To make a candle burn low for sickroom use, put salt around the wick under the flame. < 1t will give a soft steady light and will burn all night.
 Remove the scale from palms by washing them in water to which has been added few drops of cedar oil If the scale is not all gone in a week wash them again.
 Pecan sandwiches always win popu- iarity Cut even slices of graham or rye bread, butter, lay on halves Of shelled pecan nuts, salt slightly and serve. sEtse
 Instead of throwing away the un- sealed envelopes that bring circulars, cut off the gurnnled strips and save them They will serve a hundred household uses- s,.s.s,
 Sew hangers inside the bottom ruff f1es of silk petticoats and. hang them upside down. They will retain their freshness longer, wear longer and lok much better.
 { Cold water soothes the pain of any sudden inflammation of. the eye; hot water will help a. dull pains and weak solution of boric acid Is always good for the eye.
 To clean silver, apply kerosene with either a brush or soft cloth, then rinse in scalding water. No other method is So easy and no othe method will give such a. luSter.
 If half bottle of olives has been used. and you wish to keep the rest add a. pinch of salt to the brine, pour a teaspoenful of olive oil in the liquid and replace the cork.
 In making a fruit cake, pour half the batter in the pan before adding the fruit; then the fruit will not be found all at the bottom of the cake as is often the way.
 E. Delicious. sandwiches for the after noon are made of raisins and nuts chopepd together very fine, n1oistened with a little whipped cream and sea soned with a little salt.
 When. milk boils over on the stove, sprinkle on some salt at once. ThlS will coua1teract the disagTeeab1e sOdor.
 A delicious filling for layer cake IS made by mixing a pound of finely minced shelled almonds with two eggs, a cupfull of confectioner's sugar and a teaSDOonflll of vanilla.
 To destroy ants, dip an old sponge in sweetened water and lay Where they can get on it. They will swarm upon it, and the sponge may be drop ped into scalding water.
 After washing a china silk dress, do not hang it out to dry at all, but roll it up in a cloth for half an hour to absorb most of the moisture and then iron on the wrong side.
 A novel filling for pillows to serve as bacgers on divan is the cork dust that comes as packing fruit. 1t should be washed and dried in the sun before putting into the pillows:
 Rice may be substituted for maca- roni as a dinner dish. Prepare It with grated cheese and bake in the oven, serving with tomato sause. It is especially fine with ham or fish. To arrange an attractive after-d1n- ner dish, pile large, handsome punches of raisins on a dolly in glass dish and fill in the creviceS with shell and blanched nuts of all kinds. Fasten stockings together in pairs with coarse thread before sending out for laundering in that way; otherwise l it may never be possible to mate them again.
 1 When cutting materials on the bias, 1 it is part Of wisdom to lay the goods smoothly on a sewing table or sewing | board Pin if necessary so as to avoid danger from slipping or pulling, Perfectly clear cold coffee will reno- vate black silk much better than beer It is applied to the right side of the