The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-07
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

Root vegetables which have with cred can be revived by slicing off the ends and placing them in cold water for a few hours.
 Tomato sandwiches are delicious in the school lunch and a little eel cry salt sprink1ed over the tomato makes them more dehvious.
 If something you are cooking hap pens to scorch, set the kettle in cold water mmediately, and there will be no scorched taste.
 A large, clean marble put into milk or poFridge, custards or sauces will automatically do the stirring while the liquid cooks.
 It is said that if people insisted on having every meal appetising and savory, it would make a tremendous difference to their health.
 If boiled frosting becomes rough and crumbly, beat a lump of butter into it. The frosting will become smooth and creamy again.
 Mice will not reopen a hole which has been filled with any mixture con- taintng I've. Flour and lye make a good paste for the purpose.
 Flowers can be sent by post in a mailing tube. They should be rolled in wax paper and have little moist ened cotton tucked in the tube.
 If you find that your feet get tired about the middle of the day, try
 
 see how rested your feet will feel. Spanish salad Is composed of small pickled onions, drained and coated with Mayonnaise sauce, placed inside a border of slices of tomatoes
 To remove the yellow stains caused in bathtubs and basins by the drip ping of the faucets. use pulverized chalk moistened with ammonia.
 A chtld's shoe-bag is charmingly made of heavy linen with figures of little Dutch children outlined with delft blue embroidery cotton at the top.
 When washing cream wool or cot ton goods, try putting in the water a few onion skins which have been boiled in the last r1nsing water. You will be insured a clear, bright cream color.
 Combs will soon warp if washed with soap and hot water. It is best to put a little ammonia in lukewarm water and scrub the comb with a nail brush.
 Baked potatoes are delicious if a slice of bacon is put inside Make a hole in the potato with an apple corer. roll piece of bacon and place it in the hole.
 A good way to clean patent leather shoes is to remove all the dirt and then wipe them over with a soft cloth dipped in milk. Polish with a dry cloth.
 The skin of a grapefruit, after re- moving the bitter white pulp, can be crystalhzed and cooked in the same manner as orange and lemon rinds are prepared.
 If vinegar and olive oil in equal parts are rubbed on both sides of a tough steak and allowed to stand for two hours before cooking, the steak will be tender.
 To make the beaten egg in which you dip croquettes go further, use hot water, beating all the while The proportion is three tablespoonfuIs of water to one egg
 Do not tack the oi1cloth or HnoIeum in place when it is laid, but let it lie in place and be walked over. for a few days. There will then be no difd- culty in getting it to lie smooth.
 Croutons for soup can easily be made in the corn pepper. They will crisp in moment. Cut the bread into squares the desired size, place in the pepper and thrust them into the furnace.
 Try having a supply of paper nap k1ns and a roll of oiled paper on hand if there are lunches to pack. The paper napkins save washing and the oiled paper keeps the lunch from dry ing out.