The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-06
Efficient Housekeeping
 By LAURA A. HERMAN.
ANSWERED LETTERS.

A. M. F.-"I bought a bolivia cloth coat and it got wrinkled, so I tried to press it. But the iron was too hot and now there are iron marks all over the coat. How can I remove these ?''
 Answer: Unless you have actually you have) you can remove the marks as follows: Go over the entire coat with either gasoline, naptha or ben zine, dipping a cloth into one of these fluids and rubbing it lightly on the bolivia cloth. Then let the coat hang in stiff breeze until the odor has evaporated. Do not do this work near heat nor flame, as all of these fluids are very inf1ammable.
 Mrs. P. R.: T have two old-faShion-
 ed solid walnut beds which l prize very highly. I want to make them show up
 the grain as only piece of walnut can, but do not know how to go about
 this. I can easily remove the paint
 which is on them, but what shall I do then ?"
 Answer: After removing the paint, simply polish with turpentine and lin seed oil in equal proportions; this will polish like wax, if you rub long enough. If you prefer, however, you can apply a good wax oil such as can be pur- chased at most hardware stores. Try | polishing an inconSpicuous portion Of the bed first, for practise. If you can not buy a wax oil at a local store, send
 me a stamped self-addressed envelope and will gladly send you the name of 2 firm that will sell you a can of it by mail.
 Daily Reader: would you kindly print a croquette recipe containing i peas, grated onion, bread crumbs and some other ingredients? I have heard 1 of such a recipe, but haven't it. l Answer: happen to have the recipe, 1 [ am glad to say. Here it is: Vegeta ble Croquettes: l cup hot mashed potatoes, spoons melted butter, F teaspoon salt,
 g. dash of pepper, E teaspoon celery | salt, F small onion grated or finely 1 chopped, 1 egg-yolk well beaten, 1
 tablespoon minced cooked carrot (this | may be omitted) and l tablespoon i sweet milk. Mix ingredients in the
 order given and beat well. Add a lit tie more milk if necessary. Shape in
 to balls, roll these balls first in flour,
 then in raw egg, then in crumbs, and
 place them in the frying basket. Low
 seconds-unttl a golden brown. Unsigned Letter Friend: Please
 tell me how a lunch cloth is made from | -four sacks; are they hemstftched to-
 each way and a hem one inch wide | And what kind of design should one | put in the corners?''
 Answer: Yes, they are made as you describe in regard to the hemStitching. | A pretty design to use is a basket filled with flowers. You can make this design
 yourself by tracing picture of a | basket from a chi1d's story book, put | ting a piece of tissue paper over the ! picture then drawing the picture on 1 the tissue with pencil. Then cut out | the tissue paper basket and pin this
 to the lunch cloth; outline around it in ] black. The flowers are made of tiny | circles of French knots (each circle a | different co1or) close together at the i top of the basket.
 | Tomorrow-''What Shall I Serve My 1 Weekend GueSt?"
 All inquiries addressed to Miss | | Housekeeping department will be | answered in these columns in their l turn. This requires considerable time | however, owing to the great number l receiNed So if a nersnnal nlliclrer