The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-12
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

. It is more pleasant for the guest if the hostess will not make plans for every minute of the day, rushing her about from place to place.
 It is best to buy fresh meat and vegetables. A can of salmon costs as much as a beef stew, and is not half as nourishing or satisfying.
 If the enamel inside a rusty tea kettle is not cracked, it may be thor oughly cleaned by putting in soda and cold water and bringing to boil.
 A small sewing bag with needles, thread, thimbIe, etc., and hooks, eyes and buttons, is a great convenience to the occupant of the guest chamber.
 To clean a brass plate without soil ing the woodwork around it, cut a. piece of cardboard the shape of the plate and place 1t around it when cleaning.
 Clean white enameled furniture by dissolving one tablespoonful of baking soda in a pint of warm water. Sat urate a soft cloth and wash the fur niture.
 To keep milk toast from becoming soggy, serve the boiling buttered milk in covered pitcher, so that each person may himself pour it on his toast.
 Fur coats should be packed on their hangers; it is mistake to put them back in their boxes. Don't use a wool padded hanger; a stout wire or wooden one is best.
 Aluminium ware can be polished with a. mixture of borax and ammonia and water applied to the article with a soft cloth. Rinse well through several waters.
 A very good filling for layer cake is made by mixing a pound of finely minced she1Ied almonds with two eggs, 8 cupfu1 of confectioner's sugar and a teaspoonful of vanilla.
 
 linen with half a raw onion, then wash in the usual way, and if the scorch is not a very bad one, the linen will be white again. Delicious sandwiches for the after noon are made of raisins and nuts chopped together very fine, moistened with a little whipped cream and sea- soned with a little salt. When icing runs, put it back on the stove, on top of asbestos mat, and stir until proper consistency is restored. This can be done after syrup is added to the white of the egg. Stains on blankets and other wool 1 en goods can often be removed by us i ing mixture of equal parts of gly- cerine and yolk of egg. Spread this on the stain, leave half an hour and wash.
 Cream cheese lends itself to gar nishing as well as being palatable. | Its softness makes it easy to mold | in any shape, and it can be mixed with various condiments into delicious sandwich paste.
 l A fresh mildew spot can be remov- ed with lemon juice and exposure to the sun. If it is an old spot, dissolve 1 a tablespoonful of chloride of lime in four quarts of cold water and soak the fabric.
 Blankets should be washed in, soap studs and rinsed thoroughly in cold water, then hung on the line. When 1 nearly dry beat them with a furniture | beater. They will be soft and fluff 1 fly like new.
 There are two leaks in the house. hold which will bear watching: First | the cooking of too much each meal | having a little to throw out; second the dessert habit - rich cakes, and pies, and buildings are expensive and lindigestible.
 To renovate navy blue serge, pu- 1 two ,handfuIs of bran into a baisin Epour over it boiling water and lei EcooI. Brush the garment free from
 dust, dip a piece of rough serge intl f the bran. water, and rub well over the article; roll up for an hour. Ther I press the, article on the wrong side
 with a. hot iron B.