The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-08
Efficient Housekeeping
MORE ANSWERED LETTERS
By LAURA A. HERMAN.

Entertainer: 1T suppose you will think am little too previous. but I want to give a Halloween party this year and thought I would not wait till the last minute to ask you for help. Is there any way that I could use my attic in such party? I would like some unusual, feature"
 Answer: You are not a bit too early to ask questions about Hallow- cen. I only wish all oI my readers who desire such help would write this early. When a, reader wishes an an- swer irony me for some timely event, she should allow four weeks to be on the safe S1de-for, remember, I re- ceive a great many letters and they must be answered in the order of their arrival. I would make your at | tic into Haunted House. Have it dimly lit with pumpkin heads and have sheet stretched across one corner; behind this sheet have a per- | son dressed in sheet and pillow case for ghost This ghost will tell each guests fortune in turn. The fortunes should be brief and cheerful, such as: | You will receive a letter containg good news," You are on the verge l of success. You are soon to be married.,' Make them up to suit yourself-and to fit the guests.
 Typical Housewife: Gan you give me a remedy for roaches?"
 | Answer: Plaster of paris and four mixed to paste with water is one method of extermination. the paste is put in a saucer and near it is placed | another saucer containing water. The reaches eat the plaster Of paris paste, 1 then go for the water and die.
 Bride: My kitchen is infested with ants. What shall I do?''
 Answer: Soak a sponge in sugar
 the kitchen through which you think 1 the ants enter. The insects will be-
 come entangled in the sponge and can
 be killed by pouring boii1ng water < 1-i1 IA7 sY
 this way is so large that the other ants
 forsake the, dwelling.
 Mrs. D.: Kindly give me recipe for Pica11illi and tell me how to pol Answer: Send stamped self-ad-
 dressed envelope for my printed ar tic1e entitled What Every Preserve Closet Should Have" This paper in | cludes Pical1i1l in it's recipes Nickel can usually be kept bright with hot soapy water, but when it becomes dis
 coIored it can be polished by rubbing
 with paste of whiting or any fine
 scourer.
 Constant Reader: What will take
 paint off Iinoleum? Also what will tak'
 an ice cream stain out of light blu'
 satin dress?"
 with either napttha. turpentine, ben zine or chloroform. These are al
 dangerous fuids-the three former i
 used near heat or flame, and the last I has more or less grease in it eff tht
 cream is rich and this must be re , moved by soaking in cold water witl , borax sprinkled on the spot ther washing in soapy water or pouring , hot water through it. The spot : ought to disappear with this treat ment. Experiment with a sample O the satin before submitting the dres E to thiA treatment. That is, put a lit 7 tie cream on a sample, let dry. the1 soak. wash in cold soapy water. an' let dry. If the color of the sampl , is unchanged, you can safely go aheat
 with the spots or the dress
 7 All inquiries addressed tn Ms = Kirkman in care of the "Eficien
 Housekeeping" department will be an , 1 swered in these columns in their turn . . This requires conside derable time, how , evef, owing to the great number re ,, ceived. Sc if a personal or quicke l ren1v is desired. a stamped and self addressed envelope must be enclose :, with the question.-The Editor