The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-03
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

Steel knives can be very well cleaned by a paste made of emery powder and | oil.
 Muslns must be ironed wet. If allowed to get dry, they will have a. rough appearance. All muslin should be starched wet. If they are starcheds dry. they never look so clean.
 Always use cotton instead of silk when mendings gloves. The cotton will not pull the kid.
 Fruit jars. can be easily opened if you will take hold of the top with
 piece of sandpaper-
 In starching colored muslins, do not allow the starch to be too hot; 1t will destroy the color.
 Food for late corners can be kept hot by covering it tightly and placing | it in a pan of@hot water.
 Scissors are excellent to shred let. tuce; they are much more convenient than using knife
 Itais good economy to save the bast- ing threads. Wind them around spool as you take them out. Stains on mirror glasses can be re- moved with flannel cloth dampened with spirits of eamphor-
 A little four sifted into the fat be- | fore frying nush will prevent the fat from sputtering and flying
 Cream soup IS Improved by adding a spoonful of whipped cream to the top of each cup befor serving. k When beating butter and sugar to a cream perforated spoon will be found more convenient than a fork. A piece of wire screen cut to fit and putt in the bottom of the oven will pre- ve1t it from burning things on the bottom
 A few drops of blue washing fluid added to the water in which glasses are rinsed will make them sparkle.
 It Is better not to put a bed spread through the wringer after the last rinsing; hang it on the line dripping wet.
 When lobster Newburg is to be made in the chahng dish. 1t should be pre- pared some time before and should be allowed to stand in a very cold place until used
 Patterns are conveniently marked by tying a piece of the material from which the garment was cut around the pattern.
 The cofree pot should. be thoroughly cleaned once a week. boil 1t for half an hour in "a strong solution of borax and water.
 Rancid butter can be svveetened by cutting it into two or three pieces and allowing 1t to stand in sweet milk for six or eight hours
 White discolorations on furniture are successfully removed by rubbing them lightly with a soft cloth moistened with essence of peppermint.
 Small boards on which to set sauce pans. kettles, frying pans, etc, can, easily be made and they are "a great saving to the kitchen table.
 F9atirons when put away for some time should be rubbed on the bottom when slightly warm with a. mixture of yase1ine and sweet oil.
 When a. sponge becomes siiny, soak 1t in strong borax water, wiring out and renew the water. Continue this until. the sponge becomes clean If a small amount of moist cotton is wrapped around the stems of flowers before the tinfon is put on the flowers can be worn much longer
 To keep a gas stove in good condi- tion, it should be wiped off each time 1t is used. and once a. week wipe it with a cloth dipped in turpentine-
 Rub your eyeglasses with vase1ine, then with a silk handkerchief. When you go out into the cold they will not become covered with steam
 Lemon syrup made by baking lem on for twenty minutes and then squeezing out the juice in half a cup of sugar. is very good for hoarse- ness-
 Never throw stale macaroons- away They can. be crushed and stirred into and sprfnk1ed on top of ice cream. giving it a most delicious flavor.
 After frying fish and onions, the odor can be removed from the pan by putting in vinegar and allowing 1t to heat to the scaldir1g point, then wash out the pan with soap and hot water. Chamois leather used for window cleaning needs frequent washing. Squeeze it in warm soapsuds. The addition of a little ammonia. is good Rinse in a fresh father of soap. then hang out to dry