The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
HOUSEHOLD NOTES
{Ffpm Mrs. Maud E. Ciilex.)

HrOm MrS. Maud E. C1lley.)
 Keep white paper on each shelf of the nefrigerator. It gives clean ap- pearAnce and keeps things from drop. ping on the shelf below. o
 If rubber boots wear out at the feet, they may still be made quite useful by slipping pair of snuG-fitting rup. Der shoes over them. N
 Put plenty of bacon fat in your fry Ing pan. let 1t get very hot, then cut the bread rather thin and fry quick ly- Stale bread is best served at enoe
 By wetting spoon before serving jelly you will find that the serving more easily accomplished. This idea applies alaP 1EEa yieas sauces and
 Fringe Sn SnsasBe a easbbr ssa ssfiiif swiii not u get matted, but rather will be. soft and fluffy. if you hang the bedspread on the line without wringing, after it<has been washed. ses viT 1t tEgsf e9a
 When sharpening a lead pencil, first stick the knife blade through a guard on the knife and prevents the lead dust from s0iling the fingers.
 Let children play a flood, is. com ing when there is need to have a every top. piece of paper, etc, must be hurried to a place of safety, or it win be lost.
 If water is spilled on a bed when attending somebody who is sick, it may be easily dried by slipping be- tween the bed covers a water bag which has been filled with very hot water
 When making strings for the baby's caps, work buttoqholes in. thee ends and sew flat buttons to the inside of the cap. Then the strings may be easily changed when needing to be laundered.
 If new cake pans are put on top of the stove until they have a blu ish color. but not until they become during the baking, as it usually does to new tin. a
 To save pumpkin pie after it has bedn cut, put piece of plain white paper over the cut portion The pa per will stick tightly. excluding the where it will not mold. it will keep for a long time.
 A child who is using paste from a tube or jar can do his work more neatly if knife is provided for spreading the paste just as he would butter bread. Besides. he will use legs paste and be less likely to get it his clothing.
 To prevent shoes from creaking, p-t a small quantity of linseed oil on sole of the shoe in it for few hours. The creak will disappear and the shoe also will last longer on account of this treatment.
 For a homemade sweet, shell Eng fish walnuts or any other, nuts pre- ferred. and lay the kernels on waxed paper: soften sweet chocolate in a double boiler and pour this over the kernels. This is delicious, easily made and inexpensive.
 Friends of yours who are living abroad would appreciate more than you imagine occasional gifts of Uni- ted States postage stamps. Quite of which they could pay for with stamps if they only had the stamps.
 Kitchen aprons of the same material as your wash dresses always look heater than those made of some other stuff. Remember this the next time 2 white dress looks prettier with a big white apron to match.
 If'Yte alsrIp clock is too loud for the peac< of .fhe shousehoid, slip an elas- .ic- and. Around the bell to diminish the noise; the wider the band the stronger the suppression, and a few .xperiments will demonstrate just what width is most desirable.
 Have a pair of tweezers handy to aid in, pulling threads out of the can- ras when you are marking towels with cross-stitch embroidery. Any woman who has suffered from sore fingers after doing much work of this sort will recognize the value of this suggestion
 The danger of slipping when get ing out of a bathtub will be greatly secreasedS if nickel handle is screw d iS ixRs 5he ,Wsssl|5stHt Wsl|5 te rsnt grsseed nsees 'or- support Such an aid is especially aelpful. to anybody suffering from