The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-06
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

In making French dressing use twice
as much oil as vinegar.
Chicken soup is improved If a little
grated cheese is put into #.
Fermented ketchup makes an excel
lent polish to clean brazs article
If q bay leaf IS added to tomato
soup it will give it q delightful favor.
Chopped English WaInuts add an fn-
teresting flavor to vanilla ice cream
If vegetables are put to cook in hot
water the flavor Will be destroyed
Seeded rabsins out in half and addcd
to the nut salad will make It caste
much better.
Dingy overshoes can be made TO
shine if wiped off with a cloth Wr1nE
out Of ammonia water.
An old piano stool viii be found
useful in the kitchen, az # can be ed
justed to different heights.
White passepantout picture binding
is very useful in labelling fruit OF Jel-
les for the store closet.
When packing q trunk, waists viii
be less muased if they are put into q
fiat paste-board box
In cleaning painted wopodwcTt1 IL 90
better to use strong kerosene water
than any kind of soap.
Do not allow chicken or fowl Of any
kind to soak in water before cOOlCluN-
the flavor will be spoiled.
When it is difficult 20 turn ice cream
out of its can allow cold water 70 rzn
over the outside of the can.
Water can be softened By boiling
A little borax or baking soda AIDED
to the water will also soften IL.
holding the hands and wrists f. hot
water as long as you can stand st.
To daTnpen clothes quickly sprinkle
them with boiling Wa.ter instead o.
cold. They can also be irOned moro
quickly.
The brine in which salt beef has
been boiled can be poured on the gar
den walks. In this way weeds can be
Large clam shells Thoroughly soo1r-
ed make very handy scoops Tor Hour
and sugar; they Will not become
caked.
Cotton crepe waists are much NOR
thin starch and hung on a hanger 70
dry.
II a soft piece Of homemade bread
is rubbed on a scorch on wooden a-ools
it will remove it entirely.
On children's everyday garment
such as rompers, 1T IS a. good idea TO
buttonhoIes.
When cleaning the mop boards. the
wall can be protected with a piece Of
cardboard held at the upper edge q
the mop board
When polishing the stove, FIRST rub
the hands thoroughly with soap and
was off easily.
When putting coal on the fire in the
sick room, it should be put into paper
bags and laid gently on the fire TO
A pleasing and simple dessert is
made by adding a few chopped wal
nuts to apple sauce and serving 81
with whipped cream
Always bake the pastry Of a c5BtarI
pie before putting the custard in, puE
1t in the oven again until the crErard
is brown
Brittle nails should be rubbed with
vaseIine every night
When the knob comes of the tea
kettle lid, try putting IN a. cork e.
lect one larger than the hole, soak O..
and force 1T in while wet.
If rice is cooked in water It viii ab-
SOTb about three me.
If it is cooked in milk at least half as
much liquid will be necessary.
1inoleum which has been rolled Up
for some time should be placed before
the fire for a few minutes before I'M
rolling 1t will not crack
A fish that is to be boiled Will be
improved If it is placed In a dish con
tanning melted butter, and allowed to
stand for an hour before boiling.
After boiling salt beef, leave two or
three carrots in the liquor until cold
The carrots viii absorb the salt and
the liquor can be used for soup.
Precipitation stains can be removed
by solution of o1alic acid and v-ater
in a proportion of drop Of OUaiic acid
to twenty drops Of water.
When sheets wear thin in the mid
die, cut them in half down the middle
and sew the outside edges together-
the sheets will wear twice az long
If a few drops Of vinegar are AIDED
to the water in which eggs are poach-
ed they Will set properly, as the white
will be kept from spreading
sweet oil, well rubbed in, and IN forty
eight hours use unslacI1ed LIME finely
powdered and rub until ali the rJue
If you are mixing a, pudding OF cal4e
with a wooden spoon beat the nivbzr
with the back of the spoon It e. far
in half the time.
When a kettle is badly burned. Go
not fill it with water, but set f. aa1ds
to cool, then put in a handful Of wash
ing soda and water and allow 20 to
boil for an hour or more.
Paint, no matter how hard and DRY.
can be taken out of wooden clot1frsr
by using a solution Of equal paris oC
ammonia and tu~penGne- Sarurate
the spot two or three times, then wash
out with soap subs
Hands that are inclined to be red fro
cold weather should always be bethe1
in tepid water and pure soap, dried
and solution Of Elyc1--
inc and rOsewater rubbed In.
When a haze, caused by damDueea.
appears on mahogany furniture. rlb 90
with a soft linen cloth mOlStened with
olive oil The rubbing must De kept
up until the surface is dry
For economy, excellent lamp viclls
can be made from mems Old soft felt
hats cut into strips the proper ufdlh
and soaked in vinegar for two hours
and drying before using.
Sash curtains, after they have been
5tarched, should be folded down the
middle, length wise, and ironed dou-
bic, then opened out and the fold
ironed. They handle very well when
ironed in this way.
Before cutting outbonholes IN thin
haste piece Of India linen
underneath where the buttOnhOIes viii
be. Cut the buttonho1es through both
and work. When finished, cut away
the piece of goods underneath
To bake cakes at home succeEsfufIv
put the cake mixture into a. we'll
creased tin. then stand this inside an
other tin The cakes. VIII never burn
at the bottom or stick, and VIII DE-
whether baked in a large
Or small oven
BENNY FUILER VISITS