The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-21

good paste for the purpose.
If you get ink on your fingers, wet
the head of a match and rub it on
the spots. It is a much quicker meth-
cd than allowing it to wear off.
To remove the yellow stains caused
in bath tubs and basins by the drip
ping of the faucets, use pulverized
chalk moistened with ammonia.
Combs will soon warp if washed
with soap and hot water. 1t is best
to put a little ammonia in Iukewarm
water and scrub the comb with nail
brush.
When taking spots out with gaso-
line, put a piece of plotting paper I'M
der the cloth, and no circle will re-
main after the material has been
cleaned.
When the fruit jar lids are difficult
to remove, try holding the tops in
warm water for a minute. You will
be surprised how easily they will come
off,
Baked potatoes are delicious if
slice of bacon is put inside. Make
hole in the potato with an apple corer,
| roll piece OF bacon and place it in
/ the hole.
A good way to clean patent leather
shoes is to remove all the dirt and
then wipe them over with a soft cloth
dipped in milk. Polish with a dry
| cloth.
| The skin of a grapefruit, after re-
moving the bitter white pulp, can be
crystallized and cooked in the same
manner as orage and lemon rinds are
| prepared.
If vinegar and olive oil in equal
/ parts are rubbed on both sides of a
1 tough steak and allowed to stand for
| two hours before cooking, the steak
| will be tender.
| To make the beaten eggs in which
| you dip croquettes go further, use hot
&I7n n
proportion is three tablespoonful OF
| water to one egg.
When the sandal rubbers break
| where the narrow strip goes around
the back of the foot, mend them with
| adhesive plaster. This comes in mar
| row strips and lasts forever.
| When washing cream wool or cot
| ton goods try putting in the water a
| few onion skins which have been
boiled in the last running water. You
| will be insured a clear, bright cream
color.
| Croutons for soup can easily be
| made in the corn pepper. They will
| crisp in a moment. Cut the bread
| into SQUARES the desired size, place in
the pepper and thrust them into the
| furnace.
To remove oil paint from the hands,
| take equal parts of kerosene and al
| cohoI Shake well and rub well into
| the skin which has been daubed with
paint. Then wash the hands Win
soap and water.
To make mock whipped cream, use
| one cup of milk, sweetened, a scant
teaapoonfuI of flour, cook to a cream,
| beat the whites of two eggs stiff, pour
| the boiling cream over them and peat
| for a, minute two.
| Clothes that have become yellow can
be whitened by soaking in buttermilk
for five days. Use stone jar or
wooden bucket for this purpose. AT
| the end of this time, rinse thoroughly
| and boil in a light suds
In making cookies, try forming the
| dough into long roll about one inch
| in diameter and cut in one-inch slices
| with a sharp knife. F1atten each slice
slightly with the hand, as you place
| them in the pan to bake
dissolve one handful of salt in a
| pint of vinegar and wash the stove
| with the solution. Wipe dry with a
flannel cloth and put a few drops of
turpentine in the backing with which
YOU finish it Off This will put rusty
stove in good condition.