The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-15
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

porch is a towel rack, such as is used
in the bathroom, screwed to the side
of the house about thirty inches from
the floor. A zine tray should be put
beneath to catch the drip.
A bill file with it's point protected
with cork is a useful object to hold
spool of carpet warp for crocheting.
If boiled frosting has been cooked
too long, it may be rendered smooth
again by adding piece of butter the
size Of a walnut before beating it.
Iron rust can be removed by wetttng
with lemon Juice, covering it with a
hot iron.
To do away with the sound of
watch in a sickroom, place the watch
under a tumbIer.
A practical trunk lining is made of
tlue chambray of medium shade;
Pockets may be made in it, and will
be very useful
A little tree from the woods makes
nents. Cut off the little limbs and
paint the whole tree white, with gold
knobs for the ends of the brackets
Always turn salt fish skin side up
when soaking it to freshen.
Inside window boxes for flowers
should always have drip pans under
Sew a large safety pin inside your
shopping bag. It is great conven-
fence for hanging things on, from
house KEYS to small safety pins, the
latter to hold samples.
At the seashore it is often a question
of how to save DeQQ1ng from fuBI1ng.
Try painting the springs with the same
aluminium paint used for the radiators.
To keep a baby covered in its crib,
double a sheet or blanket lay it length
wise in the crib under the mattress,
and then, after baby is in, fold each
and tuck it in.
wicker telescope makes a good
bed for very tiny baby on the train.
His belon gings can be packed in the
lower half and the bed arranged in the
upper half; then the upper half can be
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to sleep.
Alcohol will take ink stains out of
light wool materials
Excellent school sandwiches are made
of large ripe olives stoned and chopped
fine and spread on bread and butter
| sandwiches with Tnayonnaise.
Another good sandwich is bread and
butter with chopped dates.
To save shirtwaists that are worn at
the wrists and collar. cut the sleeves
TO three-quarter length and make V
cuffe
White or graham animal crackers
are very attractive for chi1dren.s par
ties.
Apple cream is made of apple sauce
put through sieve to cream 1t. and
which has first been beaten till nearly
stiff. A teaspoonfu1 of lemon juice Will
improve it.
Handy fixtures for bathroom are
the ena me1ed steel medicine closet
| with shelves and mirror and the sitz
| ba tn
j Brass polished with oil and rotten
stone will have a deep rich yellow tone.
| The whittier, more brilliant tone is
/ caused by acid po1ishes.
To wash coloreG silks. use cold water
| and a moderate amount of soap
! If you have to pack bottles in q
| trunk. tie in the corks and wrap them
place them in the middle OF the trunk.
If you get your shoes wet, stuff them
with soft paper before putting them
| away.
To make a cement which will be
found handy in the kitchen, add tea
| spoonful of gIycerine 10 a gill of glue.
/ This is particularly good for fastening
paper, leather or wood to metal
! Wooden materials can be cleaned
with a dry rubber sponge, care bein G
| taken to rub the wrong side of the
/ nap.
If a stove is not equipped with a
! broiler, try heating pan piping hot.
! Put the steak into this without greas-
! ing, and turn as soon as it is scared
| at the bottom Keep turning until the
| meat is done.
! A good cologne is made of one-half
| ounce bergamot, one-quarter ounce oil
| of lemon one half ounce English Law
| ender, one-half drahm oil of merolia
| and quart of alcohol Shake daily
| for four or five days.
When box of sardines is opened
| it should be drained of its oil - once
and the feh turned out.
|
! rooms and so should grown people
A flannel dipped in turpentine will
| clean porcelain tub excellently.
| Always, when pressing a skirt, iron
| it on the wrong side
| Cookies should be put into a cloth
| lined stone jar when hot if you would
keep them from melting and crumb-
! ling.
Clean white gloves with fullers earth
and alum.
When cleaning a CRATE. mix the
blac!elead with a little turpentine.
Apples pared, cored and set into
dish with sugar and water, to bake
until tender, but not broken, are de-
licfous.
Chutney-One teaspoonful of cayenne
pepper, quarter pound of mustard seed,
one pound brown sugar one ounce of
ground ginger. one pound stoned raj
sins, one pound onions, three pounds
apples, quarter pound salt. three pints
vinegar, mixed we'll together. and sim
rner for two hours or until it is soft.
If a felt hat is faded or shabby. the
crown may be cut off to form a toque
foundation.
Juice is excellent for the complexion if
taken just before going to bed.
Old corks are good to make a low
fire burn up. and pine needles to
those who live in the country-malxe
one of the best kindlings.
To pad the edges of doilies before
embrOidering them, work them in
coarse chains itch.
A fine bit of emery board. such as
comes FOR manIcurlrg, makes a good
substitute for an eraser when you
make an inkspot on paper
Chamois mittens, worn while doing
homework, are great saving to the
hands.
Put a thinnb1e on the curtain rod
when slipping it through the hem of
the curtain.
Two teaspoonsfuI of baking powder
to one cup of flour.
For salad dressing, three tablespoon
fUls of oil. one and half of vinegar,
rf of f11J of
eighth of pepper
When weighing treacle for cooking
purposes, if the scale is we'll Toured
first, the treec1e will run off quite
smoothly without leaving any sticki-
ness behind.
To make jelly more nourishing,
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