The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-05
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

Use butter rather than milk if po-
 tatoes need extra thinning. The for
 mer makes them soggy, and nothing
 is worse than milky mashed pota- toes.
 When lobster Newburg is to be
 made in the chafing dish, it is well
 to prepare it some time before and
 let it remain in a very cold place un- til used.
 If eggs are to be stuffed, they
 must be put into cold water as soon as they are taken from the stove. | This will keep the whites in better To remove iron rust from white ma terial, wet the goods with lemon juice, rub on salt, and put out in the sun. If the first application fails, try If salt fish Is required for immed- fate use, it will freShen much more quickly if soaked in milk instead of water. Sour milk will answer as well
 as sweet.
 Mix stove polish with equal parts of household ammonia and turpentine
 and apply to the cool stove; rub off with a soft woolen cloth. It gives a high polish.
 It will be found a simple matter to mend @ hole in a small boys trou-
 ser's pocket if darning egg is slip
 ped into the pocket and the alarming done over it.
 Lemon syrup, made by baking a lemon for twenty minutes and then SQu+eZlHS out the JulC6 III naII a cup of sugar, is exec lent for hoarseness and to break up a cold. When baking an apple pie, put a teaspoonful or two of strong cold tea your apple sauce or baked apples, and
 notice the improved flavor. The white mayonnaise prepared by foreign chefs calls for cream, lem on juice and the white of egg, instead of the oil, vinegar and egg yolks of the ordinary mayOnnaiSe. Sandwiches prepared in advance of serving time can be kept as fresh as
 napkin wrung out In hot water and then placing in a cool place In baking biscuits, have the oven quite hot at first, but lower the tenn perature just a little before the bis suits are ready to take out. This will add materially in making the biscuits light.
 Mint sandwiches are tasty for SUD- leaves from one or two punches, sea- son with oil, vinegar, salt and paprika, and spread between slices of bread and butter.
 The objectionable sputtering and frying of hat fat when eggs, hominy, apples and like things are dropped into it to fry, may be prevented if a
 little flour is sifted into the fat just before they are added. Tie a narrow ribbon bow just above | the handle of yOur umbrella Leave a loop long enough to slip over your arm when you go shopping. This is
 good way to avoid losing your fa- vorite umbrella.
 Housekeepers who have tried both ways say that it is far better to trim the selvedge from material before king it into pillowcases- The cases will be much smoother and will not
 wrinkle along the seam. If picture be crushed in the mall, Gamp pen the creases, press with a warm iron and then place under a press or weight for a short time, hay | ing first protected the picture side by covering with white paper. Fish scales may easily be removed by pouring hot water on the fish slowly until the scales curl, then scraping quickly Wash in several waters, having the last cold and well saIted, and TO slime vii be left When buttons are taken from an old dress they should be loosely strung on a thread before being put into a button box. This is q ttn1e-saver and keeps the buttons from getting lost, or several of the set from being used.