The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20
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HOUSEHOLD NOTES

l It is not generally known that Q l tablespoonful of vinegar, put Into che water when poaching eggs, win keep them from breaking. To make faded cotton dress pure white, boil it in water which has half a cupfuI of cream of tartar to two of water
 Muslin tubing makes pillow eases which are little trouble either to make or to launder. They should be ieft open at both ends. Have reserve stock of the disheg generally used by the Family. and lot of trouble will be saved when there are guests at a meal
 Tn pressing articles, instead of uslue a cloth to cover them, try a, sheet of newspaper. It gIosses silk, and @ scorch does not matter.
 A good furniture polish is eight ounces of sweet oil, ounces turpen~ tine. 2 ounces ammonia Apply wifh cloth and polish with a wooden cloth After washing a white knitted jersey put it on a coat-hanger to dry, aud hang it on a line in the air. It will keep a better shaI'e than if pcgsed on the line.
 Have a good steam cooker if y0u possibly can-you can cook i've veg etables and a ham shoulder at once in the very dishes you may set on your table.
 Rusty irons. should be heated, rubbed on a piece of beeswa1 tied in linen and then with coarse flannel cloth. sprinkled with household salt. This will give a polish like glass.
 Ground rice is excellent for cleaning white cloth. It should be applied with a piece of clean white flannel left for two or three hours, and then well brushed and s1aIkenG
 Certain provisions are much chearer bought in bulk and stored-such as sugar, soap, raisfns. rice, tapioca, dried peas and beans. These should all De kept in screw-top glass jars.
 A useful little case to lay dollies away in is made of two pieces of card board, round or square, and a. utlls larger than the doilies- Cover neatly with linen and connect by means of elastic.
 When potting plants, pat a piece oe coarse muslin over the hole fin the pot before putting in the bits of stone and sod. which keeps the drainage good. The muslin prevents the earth from washing away.
 Shabby leather bags, etc, may Dc improved in appearanee by befrr rubbed over with WeIi-beaten white o1 egg, and then polished with beeswax and turpentine, the final rubbing belun given with a soft clean cloth
 To preserve brass without taking lacquer and to stop from rustlns. mlE together little beeswax and spirllg of turps- Apply a small quantity. and then rub off with a soft cloth. This will make brass like new.
 To make light sponge cake, take one cupfu1 Of flour, one cupGuI suear. two eggs Mix flour wel1 together, then add the eggs. well beaten Beat all together and bake in d hot oven about fifteen minutes.
 Raisin Bread.-To ordinary dough. made with one quart of Whole-Wheat flour, add one cupfu1 Of seeded raisLrn. Part of the -four should be reserved for dredging them. Do not put ths rafsins in until just before 1neadine.
 To keep coffee pot sweet, put e tablespoonful of baking soda. into lt fill it two-thirds full of water and Jet 1t boil for an hour. Then rfnse very thoroughly Do this once a week, and the pot will always smeI fresh and clean.
 Cruel for colds is made with one pint of milk one tab1espooufuI of oafu1eal with little milk, heat the rest Of ths milk. Cook for ten minutes and add sugar and one teaspooufu1 of sherry
 Prune Salad--This ia delicions Cor luncheon. Stew one pound Of large prunes until soft, without sWectauimN Drain and pit; then h1l the cavfties with nut-meats or cream-cheese, aur serve on lettuce leaves with mayor naise dressing.
 When putting fresh paper into eide
 
 each corner with a drawing pin This keeps the paper in position and keeps it getting torn or lcrumpleds beside1 preventing small articles from s1iDDing underneath.
 The most delicious rice puddfnz fa made with one cup of boiled rice. E cup of sugar, one teaspoon salt two teaspoons butter, one quart milk and a. little nutmeg Place in a. buttersd baking dish and bake slowly, stirrsnr occasionally. till all the milk Co ab- sorbed-
 Scotch Short Bread.-To one auart of flour add one-fourth as much buster and a quarter cupfuI of brown sugar Work gradually together. when well blended, roll into cakes half an inch thick and cut in rounds or squares Bake in a slow oven for forty minute
 When buying new boots. do not walt until you require them, but order them some months beforehand, and wear them for day or two, in order to gee them shaped to your feet then hang them up in a press. When required. they will be found to wear much longer than if the kid or leather were quite new.
 When one Is nervous or tired. a. sponge bath in water, either hot or cold, will often prove stfmoiaxfnE ana refreshing. Elderly people and tho1s whose circulation is feeble shonld avoid the cold plunge so delightful C. the young, because 1t robs them Of vitality. But those in advanced yeara. ias. well as boys and girls, are better for the daily bath from head to foot A bathtub and a, copfous amount Of water is not prerequisite if all that one has to depend on are basin and pitcher.