The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-07
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

Two tablespoonsful of powdered sugar to the white of one egg will make an excellent nneringue
 Jewelry may be successfully wash ed in hot soapsuds in which a little ammonia
 The most economical way to cook mushrooms is to stew them, because all of the stalks can be used.
 When there is a slight leak in the sprinkler, try dropping a little hot paran on the broken place.
 The water that macaroni has been boiled in makes elegant starch for lingerie garments.
 be used for the lining papers that are put under straw mating.
 A tablespoonful of vinegar put into the water in which meat is boiled will make it deltctously tender.
 Apples cored and filled with chop ped dates or figs, then baked, make excellent lbreakfast fruit.
 A pure unscented soap is the only kind to use for Ibaby's bath or for people with very thin skins.
 Plain custard, cold and poured over three cupsfuI of sliced oranges, makes delicious summer pudding.
 Grapes and apples are among the most nutritious fruits and should be freely eaten, even by the most deli cate.
 Pyrethurn powder burned in a room stupef1es flies until they can be swept up and put where flies ought to be.
 Brown sugar is 9 delightful sweetening for ceria1s, as it gives them a much richer flavor than granulated sugar.
 Milk. will keep sweet longer if it is put into stone jar that has been thoroughly cooled than 1t will in a bottle.
 If your feet ache after a dance or for them than soaking in warm wa l ter.
 It doesn't take any more time to prepare ices than to make pies. and they are far better desserts for hot weather.
 Try rubbing the silver every day with dry flannel cloth. it will not have to be cleaned with silver polish so often.
 If you wish to serve caulofIower whole, boil it in a cloth. It can then be lifted out of the sauce pan with out breaking.
 Good sandwtches can be made Of bread cut thin. buttered, then spread with lettuce leaves and smeercase on the leaves.
 Where it Is impossible to get ice. food can be kept cool by placing it in | a basin of water.
 A bit of fine mosquito netting placed under the hole Of a stocking. and used as a foundation for. the darn, is a great help. In washing cotton crepes and ere I pons. have grease stains removed with naphtha or gasoline before putting the crepe into water. Tongue for sandwich filling should be mixed fine and rubbed into a paste with mashed boiled eggs, seasoned with vinegar and butter l Pineappleade is made with shred ded pineapple. Sweeten and pour a quart of fresh boiled water over the pine, cool, then chill; strain and then serve.
 When making apple pies. cut ths pieces irreguIarly instead of slicing them. The pieces will not lay so hat or pack together, and they will cook | more quickly.
 When iced tea is desired for lunch I con or dinner it should be prepare I in the morning. When ready to serve pour it on sugar, ice and lemon al ready in the glasses. Il A iba;by's bottle ought never to bt washed with soap, but the momen' f it Is empty it should be washed il cold water, then filled with veal solution of boric acid. I Graham gems are made with two cups of graham four one tablespoon fu1 of lard, two teaspeonsfp1 of sugtr two teaspoonsful of baking powder and salt. Mix stiff with milk. I All the left over vegetables, sucl as string beans, peas, beets, carrots etc., will make a delicious Luncheon salad. They should be chilled ans laid on salad leaves with Frencl dressing.
 To remove tan. an 1d-fashionet i remedy is to mix magnesta in sof T water, then apply the soap for a min ute or two. Wash off with soft wate and castiIe soap, and rinse with cIea,