The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-22
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

and dried with a soft clean cloth much of the work of polishing will be saved.
 To revive root vegetables that have, .rxithered, slice off the end of each and lay in cold water. In a few hours they will be as hardy and
 Always lower the teniperature of the oven somewhat fifteen or twenty minutes after a roast has been placed in it. This will insure that he juices win be retained.
 Water may be added to the beaten white or beaten whole egg used for a tablespoonsful for the white and twice as much for the whole egg
 Brown bread; cut into thin slices and spread with strawberry jam or peach marmalade, and covered with a layer of cream cheese, makes novel and delicious luncheon sandwiches
 Though steam heat is cleaner. gem erally than a furnace. it will soil the curtains and walls much more especially if the radiators are placed close to the wall or under the win
 A dry shampoo of cornmeal- is very cleansing If properly done. The meal should not be allowed to get too close to the scalp. and should be brushed out with a gentle. lifting stroke
 If few beans, either lima or string have been left over, make them into a salad, add few chopped olives. few capers and some Spanish red pepper. French dresisng is preferable to may OnHa1Se.
 Browped flour makes delicious brown gravies. Put it in a pie plate and set on top of the stove or in a very hot oven When it begins to red until brown all through.
 A teaSpoonfu1 of warm olive oil or camphorated oil poured into the ear, and held there for a few minutes. will destroy a bug in the ear. and 1t with it tNe dead insect.
 In ironing the plaft on the back Of a shirtwaist on which tiny buttons are sewed, try laying it on a flannel or heavy Turkish towel. as you do as the material is ironed.
 When beating white of egg for sponge cake, when it becomes dry and dish containing it upside down. If it is beaten to the proper point not particle will become detached.
 A delicious little apeptizer for the olives. cut in half. and with the stones replaced with caviare paste One is served to each person on a lettuce leaf, garnished with narrow sections of lemon.
 Dried wormwood, which may be had at the drug stores, is an excellent pro winter clothes away. It should be scattered lavishly between the folds and each article wrapped separately in a newspaper before packing.
  soups can easily be made. Take a few sprigs of parsley and wrap them around peppercorns. whole cloves, a bay leaf and other herbs that are at hand. Tie up tightly. This can be removed from the soup without trou- ble.
 To remove wallpaper, take warm water that is softened with borax or ammonia and apply with a sponge. The paper will soon become soaked and blistered and may be easily strip ped off It is we'll to do this a day or so before the new paper is put on.
 Pea or bean flour found att the gro- cer's may be used for a quick vege- table soup. Half a. cuPfu1 of the flour, three pints of boiling water, tablespoonful of beef juice. a small onion and two or three slices of ba- con. cut into tiny cubes, is an easy recipe.
 A wire basket, known as a salad shaker or drainer. should be used to dry greens after they have been thor or1gh1y washed. Leaves of lettuce often hold water after they have been thorouehly shaken. If they are not fully dry they will not hold dressing well.
 For whitening boards or cleaning marble take half a pound each rof soda powdered chalk and powdered pumice stone stir together in a small quantity of water and then add half a pound of soft soap. Mix it as a paste and apply with a scrubbing br11Sh