The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-29
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

Care should be taken not to break the jet.
 The best way to clean the beanpot: | Fill with cold water, put in some kind of washing powder and cover tight. Put on the stove and let it come to a | boil This will make it easy to wash. l To test silk, fray out the threads and break them. If they snap easily, l it is not good. The warp thread run ming lengthwise should be of equal | strength with the wool thread rum 1 ming crosswise.
 When frying doughnuts it is a | splendid scheme to have a dish of cake is done lift it out with 8 fork and l dash quickly into the boiling water and out again.
 If your kitchen is small and crow ded, take out the kitchen table and have a hinged shelf4 made. A shelf answers every purpose of a table and | can be put down out of the way when Gum arabic starch is made by put ting a quarter of a, pound of the best l white gum in a Iarge-mouthed bottle Set the bottle on a cloth in a pan of water over the fire to dissolve. Stir until it Iquif1es, then strain through a cloth.
 When alarming table linen it is best to use raveIing from the goods. Where there is a hole, put under it a piece of the same material, carefully matching the pattern. If the alarming is carefully done, the hole will not be noticeable
 Burning in soapsuds will make an oil lamp burn as good new When sweeping thick carpets always follow the weave of the pile. If for any reason you want a coal that burns rapidly, use nut coal.
 Stair carpets should be heavily pad ded if one desires them to wear well.
 Black stockings should be rinsed in blue water to make them a good col
 Vegetables which grow under the ground should be cooked with the lid on.
 To improve the light of a lamp, put a small piece of caInphor in the res ervoir.
 To banish reaches, use equal parts of plaster of paris and powdered sug-
 Damp -sawdust is an excellent sub stitute for tea, leaves when sweeping
 old gloves should always be saved to slip on the hands when dusting or sweeping.
 Good eggs will sink in a brine of two ounces salt to the pint of water; bad ones will float.
 If you wish to be sure of keeping the oiIcloth on the kitchen table smooth, paste it
 teeth, it should be removed at once by rubbing on a little salt.
 A slip for a balsan pillow is best made of tan linen with pine tree cross-s stitched upon it.
 When you wish to wrap presents in the prettiest, most unique fashion, use raffla in several shades.
 In preparing dates for dessert wash and drain them; they will foe much ju1cier and more pa1atable.
 Glasses or pitchers which have been used for milk should be rinsed in cold water before being washed in hot.
 If youngster gets his rubber boots wet inside, a good way to dry them is to fill them with hot yellow corn
 When stoves are about to be put away for the summer, apply kerosene to them with a rag; it will prevent rust.
 Cut flowers Especially roses) will last longer if they are given "a good bath up to their necks just after they are cut.
 If you haven't a funnel handy when you fill salt or pepper boxes, an en- velope with the corner cut off will do three dessertspoonsfuI for each pint of milk; let all soak two hours before cooking.
 When the sick room is being venti- lated, a screen should be placed in front of the window to prevent dan ger of a draught
 A bit of cloth or chamois should always be kept in the sewing machine drawer to wipe off the machine before beginning to stitch.
 When storing cutlery, wipe the blades lightly with a, little vasel4ne: Before using wash in soda water and clean in the usual way
 When you wash your door panels of lace or net applique, to fit the door and they will keep their shape.
 To make jam or marnaIade look clear withous skimming it, add a piece of butter the size of an egg before re- moving the fruit from the fire.
 Warm towels are a great comfort in the bathroom, and may be secured by having towel rack made Aof pipe connected with the heating system.
 Patent leather and kid boots will take on a brighter polish if they are first wiped over with a sponge dipped in milk. Let dry and apply backing.
 Tarnished silver can be fbrightened if placed for a. short time in boiling water in which a fair-sfzed lump of washing soda, has been dissolved.
 A weak solution of carboIic acid ap- piled carefully to ink stains on car pets will remove them- If this changes the color, it may be restored by am monia water
 To keep the table salt dry and soft, dry it, then crush it under a rolling pin till perfectly free from Jumps, and and sift into it a tablespoonful of cornstarch.
 A recipe for axle grease is a pound of talIow, half pound of castor oil, quarter of a pound of black lead well together.
 Vaselfne stains may be remaved from wash goods by soaking in wood alcohol and rubbing with the hands. Then wash in hot soapsuds. Keep the alcohol away from fire.
 A good play dress for a, child can be made from a hans worn shirt Gut it Dorothy style. and the work is very little, not to mention the saving inin the young gsters clothes.
 Before putting away spare silver clean it thoroughly, then wrap it in dark blue paper with camphor balls in the parcel, and it will be found bright even honths afterward
 Maple sugar frostfng will make a plain cake into something extra fine Use one cupfuI each of maple and granuIated sugar, teaspoonful of butter and three teaspoonsf1l of cream. Boil five minutes and stir till slightly thickened. Dip the cakes in.
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