The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-26
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

Coffee stains should be treated with boiling water when fresh.
 When fish are fresh the flesh is firm, the eyes and gills are bright
 To remove chocolate stains, soak in Kerosene and wash in cold water.
 Fried food should never be allowed to become cold before serving.
 Fish should never be put into the ice-box with other food unless closely covered.
 It is a wise precaution to pour boil ing soda water down the sink every morning.
 Pure glycerine is very good rem edy for cleansing a cut and causing 1t to heak
 Twice the quantity of coffee should be used when making after-dinner coffee.
 ], Coffee should be bought for fam fly use in small quantities, freshly roasted and ground.
 A cupfuI of liquid is all the cup will hold. A tea or table spoonful is all the spoon will hold.
 Long white gloves that are worn out can be cut. up into convenient pieces for the nail buffer.
 The curtain and portiere poles will allow the hangings to- slip easily if rubbed with hard soap.
 When sauces are set away, p1t a few bits of butter on the top to pre- vent crust from forming. SS four and the best shortening, thor oughly chilled, should be used. Hard-boiled eggs will open more smoothly if before cutting them open you dip the knifelfn cold water. Cut flowers will Srevive if plunged [ into boiling water and allowed to re- main there until the water is cold.
 Finger marks can easily be renov- ed from furnitures with a. cloth which has been dipped in sweet oil
 When measuring buttersor lard. or any solid fat, pack so1fdly into the cup or spoon, IeveIing with a knife
 If you are so unfortunate as to scorch linen, try an application of peroxide. lightly dabbing the stain. Jelly bags. pudding cloths and strainer cloths should be put into Lclear, warm water, Immediately after using.
 When brown sugar has become hard and Iumpy, put it in a pan and stand it over a vessel of boiling water.
 Tortoise-sheH objects that have be- come dull will regain their beauty if cleaned with little olive oil or vase line.
 "A little soap added to the starch water will prevent the irons from sticking. The soap will also make the things glossy.
 Paste for pies should be one-fourth of an inch thick and rolled a little larger than the plate to allow for shrinking. -,
 The gloss on the table cloth is the result of ironing the article while 1t is Ethefoughly damp and not allowing it f to become. dry @sssss Sa6 sz5s Irons should never be allowed to be come red hot, as this makes them ], rough, and they never retain the heat l throughout afterward. H.. A glass jar filled with water and Iplaced in the bottom of the piano is | 1 fT~>s vent the wood from wearing. Coal when red hot has parted with l most of it's heat It the dampers are kept open too long, most of the heat l will escape up the chimney
 Brick floors can be cleaned with little trouble if you sprinkle the floor with washing soda, then pour boiling water over it and scrub with a stiff broom.
 After peeling onions the unpleasant l odor may be removed from the hands by rubbing plain table salt over them, then washing in the usual manner. ] Eggs for meringues4 should be thoroughly chilled and beaten with a silver fork. Flavoring extracts should be added, if possible, when the mixture is cold.
 | The objectionable sputtering and flying of hot fat when eggs are, drop ped into itAmay be prevented if a, lit tie four is sifted into the fat just be- fore they are added.
 The new broom will last much longer if the strands are tied closely 1 together, put into a. pail of boiling l water and soaked for two hours. Dry l thoroughly before using. i When you wish to take a cake from the pan,s turn the pan upside down when you take it out of the oven and lay a wet cloth over it. The cake will drop out easily. Chickens are good when the feet are soft, the skin smooth and the cartil- age at the end of the breastbone soft Abundance of 'pinfeathers always in dicates young bird.
 Pure cider vinegar applied to the hands after they have been in dish water or the scrubbing pail will coun- teract the i'll effects of the I've anc make the hands comfortable and soft
 Before. beefsteak is broiled | should be wiped with a cloth wruns out of cold water and all the super
 huous fat should be trimmed off Grease the broiler with some of tn, fat
 . It is worth remembering that { sauce of average thickness is mad, by allowing two tablespoons each O.
 butter and flour to one cup of liquid whether it be milk, stock or othe liquid.
 To prevent cream soups from sep arating, bind them by adding melted butter ana, when bubbl1ng. an eQua quantity of flour; when well mixed
 add to boiling water, stirring con : stantly.
 I To keep 9 fire over night, renov, the ashes from under the fire, put ol
 enough coal to fill the box, close tn
 dampers and lift the back cover
 enough to admit air. This is bette
 than lifting the covers over the fire
 box. and prevents poisonous gases
 Needlewomen who suffer iron
 damp hands will find 1t an exceIIen
 plan to rub the palms of the hand
 occasionally with a solution of bora.
 in a little alcohol. When sewing
 keep sponge saturated with the so Hutton at hand and occasionaII squeeze it in the palms of the hands
 Ones hands can be kept from be
 coming red by taking precautions