New Britain herald., 1915-11-15

sidc as it they amounted to nothing. Household Notes
 Cream soups are in place only at I luncheon.
 It is always a poor plan to bribe ] a child to do things.
 Heavy salads are better served with light luncheons.
 Potatoes or hominy should never be used when a cereal appears. | With fat meats, fresh vegetables and tart f1avors should be served. A very practical way to finish a floor is to paint it with linseed oil. l One starchy food and one acid food should be served in every din- ! ner.
 If fried foods, like fritters or griddle 1 cakes are served, an acid fruit should appear.
 Lemons are so unexpectedly useful that the well-equipped pantry is never without them.
 The bone should be left in roast, it will help to keep the juice in and will add flavor and sweetness.
 Don't forget to close the refriger- ator door each time you use the box, the ice will last much longer.
 Never make a guest feel that the entire family has been incon- venienced by the arrival of an extra one.
 In winter a substantial breakfast is necessary as the body fires are al- ways at low ebb in the morning.
 Oysters chopped and served in the gravy of a particularly juicy porter house steak, ale very delicious.
 If dumplings are kept boiling steadily from the time they are in the pot until they are taken out, they will be much lighter. Do not take the lid l off oftener than necessary. To remove rust from steel, cover it With sweet oil and let it remain covered for a day; then rub it with d lump of fresh lime anl it will then polish in the ordinary way
 Window washing is hard work for the average woman. ard if she can- not afford to have q man do it, she should plan to wash only the win I uows in one room each week.
 Butter will keep better if it is re- moved from it's wrapping, placed in a clean dish and put in the bottom of the refrigerator.
 Peppers are great means of using up leftover meat. Mix the ground meat with rice and stuff the peppers, then bake them.
 A uniform width of hem for all pillow cases and all curtains is an idea which saves the housewife a good deal of trouble in matching
 One great aid to economy is the going over the refrigerator every morning and planning and buying &C., cording to what you have on hand. | Boiling vegetables in wire basket, which is set inside the ordi- nary stewing pan, means much saving of labor when dishwashing time comes.
 Spread a damp cloth over the cold-air registers when sweeping and you will find that the dust will cling to it instead of going down through them.
 When making sauces, etc., in which there are flour or cornstarch and su gar. mix the two together before add ing to the liquid and the flour will not lump.
 cooked together. Put a layer of oys- ters in the bottom of the baking dish then a layer of cooked macaroni and so on until the dish is full, the last ! layer being macaroni. Cover the top with bits of butter, put on enough milk to keep it moist season and bake until brown
 Sweetbreads spoil very quickly. They should be removed from the paper as soon as they come from the market, plunged into cold water and allowed to stand for an hour then drained and punt into boiling water, into which you have put lemon juice , and salt Allow them to cook very slowly twenty minutes; drain again and plunge into cold water, then they will keep firm and whitk. Sweetbreads should always be treated in this way