The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-08
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

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 make them shine.
 Coal soot is easily removed from tin artice es or porcelain if they are first coated with kerosene.
 NCream cheese. mixed with canned currants or jeIlied cranberries, makes a good sandwich filling.
 The flavor of a cup of cocoa is often made more delicate if the least bit of vanilla is placed in it.
 To keep insects away, wipe the floors of closets after they are scrubbed with gasoline or benzine.
 To remove ink strains from the hands rub the juice of ripe tomatoes over them and rinse in warm water.
 An eggshell or two or, better still. teakettle. Then no rust will ap- pear.
 Instead of sewing hangers to towels make small buttonholes. They will last as long as the towel and cans
 If six to ten drops of spirits of cam phor are taken on lump of sugar when sneezng starts bad cold may
 If you cannot get into the deep re- cesses of a refrigerator with a scrub brush, try using a small, stiff paint brush.
 If your corn does not pop well it may be that it is too old. Soak in cold water for Is minutes, drain and try again.
 wash it with a clean flannel wet tn turpent;ne, and rub lightly afterward with linseed oil.
 To remove rust from kettles HI them with hay, packed tightly. fill in with boiling water and let boil for several hours.
 The darkest strain on a mirror or window pane can generally be routed by rubbing with flannel wet in spir-' tE oF amUhOr
 Figs and dates chopped with diced apples make a delicious combination for salad with mayonnaiSe. Serve on lettuce leaves.
 When serving poached eggs instead of the usual slice of toast place the eggs on rounds of bread cut thin and sauted in butter.
 The juice of stewed cranberries, with the addition of lemon and sugar to taste, makes delicious drink, diluted with cold water.
 steads with corrosive subl'n1ate and turpentine, five cents worth of the former to a pint of the latter.
 Bric-a-brac should be carefully dust water or soapsuds in which little arroria has been dissolved.
 Cover plaster of parts figures with thick coating of starch and water: will brush off with the powder.
 Most modern brassware is lacquered and needs only to be wiped off with damp cloth. Work quickly and do not let the surface get wet.
 Never darn knitted underwear with wool. as it will shrink and make hole larger than the orir5nal one UEe loosely twisted knitting silk.
 To prevent hard-boiled eggs from turning dark, place them in cold wa ter for few minutes as soon as they are taken from the boiling wa ter
 When ger-nails show a tendency to brittIeness. soak them in warm olive oal and let 1t stay on over nieht- Petroleum ointment is nearly as good.
 Unlacquered brass can be washed in warm soapsuds, then rubbed with salt and vinegar; put on with piece or flannel Polish with dry whiting.
 Don't rinse laces in blued water un- der a mistaken notion that 1t will improve the color. Rinse in skinned milk, which win give ai soft, creamy color.
 gotten when making the batter, try sprinkIing the required amount over the cake as tt stands in the pan be- fore baking.
 For hurts of scalds, nothing is more soothing than the white of egg, which may be poured over the wound. It is softer as varnish for burn than collodion.
 ed to an equal quantity of canned sal mon and a few chopped olives, make a foundation for tasty salad. Serve with mayonnaise.
 In building or remodeling a house, before the final boards are put on the pantry have it lined throughout with mosquito wire. It will make it fore ever mouseproof.
 little at time with camefs hair brush wet in alcohol. Don't let it dry but rub off with flannel, which should be changed frequently.
 fIes kind. \ Clean them out as much as possible. fill with water and washing soda, cover and allow them to steam. They win then clean easily.
 Before washing silk stockings, soak in borax- water, then wash gently En tepid soapsuds. Don't wiring, but squeeze out and after rinsing in sew eral water hang up to dry,
 In cooking broilers all the juice Is saved and much of the flavor other wise lost is retained by completely brushing over the fowl with olive Ctl before submitting it to the flames up they can be greatly freshened by washing with water to which little ammonia has been added-not over tablespoonful to a pail of water. if sprinlzled and packed Gn a tin boiler the night before ironing day They should be packed as tight as possible and the top placed on the boiler.
 Croutons for soup are most easily made by cutting stale bread about half an inch thick, buttering it thickly on both $ 'des, cutting in Nhaf-inch- squares and baking. in the oven until brown
 After washing wooden socks, dry them on frames to prevent them shrinking. They should be washed In warm studs of white soap with a little borax added, but should not be rubbed on 2 board.
 To keep an iron sink in good condi- tion scrub tt once or twice a week with soap and kerosene. Every night put little chloride of lime over the and pour through it kettle of boiling water.
 There is nothing better for cleaning copper utensils than hot vinegar, salt and milk. Take a cupfu' of warm milk; add a quarter of a cupful of hot vinegar and a tablespoonful of salt. Rub on hard with 8 flannel rag.
 To iron 8 handkerchief so that the corners will come out exactly even and square, iron it out flat, then fold it's lower corners back almost to the upper corners, leaving little space. Then when the second fold is made the corners will push up and be ex-