Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 15, 1910, Page 13

THE FARMERS TO FARMERS Cheerfulness a Valuable Farm Asset (Written Specially for The Bulletin.) Il there is any one mental asset wore valuable to the average farmer than anether, it is the quality of cheerfulness. You've all heard of Mark emon’s famous treatise on “How to e Happy, Though Married.” One of t daye I am going to write one How to Be Jolly, Though a ¥arm- =ometimes I think it would be a deal T to write that treatise than to i ” u Of course, I'm thinking of the com- mon, everyday, New England farmer. We'll count out, for the time being, the city capitalist who comes to the ountry and buys “a little place” of five or ten thousand acres and sinks more capital in getting it ready to on than all the real farmers of the county could get together, were 1l their holdings piled in ome heap. We'll also count out the self-sufficient gentlemen who kindly undertake to w us how to “farm it” by creating so-called “model farms” on which ten- L — ple die laughing. T never heard ol any one who died because of it. You will say to me that people aren’t born alike in their characteristi and that it is easier for some to be cheer- ful than for others. Bless you, of course it is. Which makes the merit of those who train themselves to a cheerful habit greater than that of those to whom it comes natural Ducks take to the water; they are born to paddle; men are not, but that’s no reason why men whose business is near the river shouldn’t learn how to swim. _One boy is dowered from birth with an excess of strength and animal spirits; another comes into life with a seéming predisposition to weakness and ill health. It's no es- pecial credit to the first boy if he grows up into a vigorous and useful man. But it's a mighty big credit to the weakling if, knowing his Hmita- tions, he sets to work by careful train- ing and wise nutrition and upbuilding exercise to make the utmost of his latent capacities. Why, I have read of a young man, rather slight when he rtoan emte and 25 A SoSt of | entered college, with weak eyes and a t of $2.75 We'll also count out | PoOr digestion, who simply refused to e iy talon whith come te un from | stay in the back seat to which it seem- the boundless west and the exuber- | €d Ias)n Hature h:lxuhasslzn;d_(\h(;n‘;g n: e, oxubel- | took himself and his deficiencies i e a o aqd meually by heople |hand and so managed them that be- e ine moner hand bees | fore he had really passed middle life Withont work he had become a mightier hunter than is little doubt that cheerful- vess comes fairly easy to these folks ere’s no why it shouldn't. Most any us can be comfortable, so long as we get the pie and pud- and it's somebody else who wrastle like sin just for a ipbone. We are built that ioesn't tire us much to see the oth- ng. We are so consti- never feel hungry when without his dinner. We can ariably bear somebody else's nes much more stofcally than There's never any difficulty jolly when everything is It all the agricul- ome out of some it is no wonder t the farmers in that other place alas! always “some other place and not the one wa knc if, as I say these yarns of distant rural prosper- sty are all true, it is no wonder their heroes and beneficlaries are jolly. is w W almost misfort in being coming our wag tural romances that other place are n Why, | read the other day of some- ®ody In some Oregon frait valley who seven rs ago, planted an orchard and this season mada a trip to Chicago with his wife, stopping at the best ho- | tels and traveling on a Pullman, being | gone two weeks—and paying all the trip's expenses from the apples that grew on five trees. Then 1 read of | another im Colorado who paid $4,000 an acre for ten acres of irrigated Jand and is now oclearing $2,500 an more, net profit, from it. There, also, was the widow who had to “take n her husband died and who made 800 the first year off ons onlom-bed. And the North Caro- Moa yaeralser who was making so ranch money that he counldn’t find safe fveatmants for # all. And the Nor- folk troek gmrdeger who had just bought an ocean-going yecht for his amusement. And the New York hen man who 1y makes $1,500 a year clear off the fowls kept in a ten-oy-forty-foot city back yard. Now, say, Brother Hayseed of ¥ranklin or North Stonington, is there Aoy reason on earth why you and I counl@n’t be cheerful if we were dolng that sort of thing? But we are not. ‘We arew’t In the same class with these «hape; we aren’t even in the same = Nimrod, as good a horseback rider as the average cavalryman, an author of a score of successful books, a govern- or, and a president of the United States. that we can all do a big our own characters and own habits. If we get The point is lot in forming modifying our accustomed to seeing everything from the shady side, and if we keep on in that uncomfortable habit, it will, of course, become fixed upon us, sooner or later. Thenceforth we live contin- ually in the Valley of the Shadow. and around us and before us are always filled with growlings and screechings of imps and beasts. But if with fixed determination we re- fuse to keep our eyes turned that way the dark hollows and rather insist upon seeing the bright side, it won't be long before we shall get fairly well out of the fog- banks in the valley and into ths sun- shine which energizes the heights. Don’t misunderstand me as preach- ing a doctrine of jeliyfish-like satisfac- tion with things 2s they are. Heaven forbid! There ara times when it is necessary to dotble up your fists and pound with ‘em as if fighting were the one object life. But it's just as <y to go into even a fight with a n as with a groan. * You'll enjoy your victory more if you win, or feel your defzat less if vou lose, provided you can keep on your smile even when you're punching the other fellow in the mug. Moreover, you'll have the sym pathy of the onlookers at the fight, if you go at it gaily while the other fel- low comes up sourly. And, still fur- ther, you're more likely to lick him. - The habit of cheerfulness tends to physical as well as mental and moral health: it helps one to live longer and makes life botter worth living while it lasts; it ls the very most potent as- sistant to success of all the weapons in the armory; it keeps your own self supple and alert, while it also grease: the ways on which the world is being slowly and too painfully pushad for- ward. When 1 see a fellow farmer in the very doldrums of discontent and despair, T feel like slapping him on the back and fairly velling at him to cheer up. When things are at their darkest thay must brighten: they can’t hemisphers with them. We are work- ing pretty hard, day by day and day after day, under constant difficulties and W the face of {requent unpleasant emergencies, just to make both ends mect. We are confronted by a stead- ily rising market on all we have to buy and & pretty nearly stagnant mar- ket for what we have to sel. Wae are having to face dally and next-door ecampetition of the kind properiy called “ocutthroat.” We have to work cruelly long hours, because we cannot get ad- equate or efficient help. We are mulct- ed of practically all our profits in the hig wages demanded even by the poorest workers. We are, a whole lot of us, forever kept dodging hetween the devil and the deop sea, and never quite sure Wl any day begins whe ome or the other won't get us sunset When a man's in that shape, it's something of a trick for him to be jolly. It's not so easy as “rolling off 2 log,"—not by a long shot. Never- theless and notwithstanding, I stick to my first statement that the ability to keep joll ider such conditions is ms valnable an asset as the farmer an can have. Futhermore, I be- I’ t is a state of mind which can be tivated and kept in tolerable ac- 1 n nine cases out of ten. Once, hundred or so years ago, there were r- boys the then Farmer family. Pre boy noted for his ability to Yiscover 1 ns in the way.” you know. He could always give even his dders points on why it wouldn't do to ® ke any job. The other lad was » noted for his one pet phrase » set at any task and asked if he yught he could do it. “T'll try, sir.” Ihe first chap, who seems to have been 4 ouraged, died before he was borty: t I'll try” youngster lived e ninety-five and was, at hegrt, a youngster for at least ninety of those ¥ Now this wasn’'t merely a coinci- ¥ence. “Laugh and grow fat,” is one »id saying. “Laughter is the best aft- » ner pill,” Is another. Whether pe 1o you helieve in “Christian sci- » or in the “mind cure,” or in ’ uggestion,” or in any . ism, matters little: ons & s cerfain, and that is that cheer- filness is an a moter of ¥ of health and a pro- longevity. Mighty few peo “Just Say”’ HORLICK’S It Means Original and Genuine The Food-drink for All Ages. More healthful than Tea or Coflee. Agees with the weakest digesiion, Deliciows, wvigorating aud autritious, A quick lunch prepared in a minute. Take no substitute. Ask for HORLICK'S. D% ' Others are imitations. LT help it. When no way té6 turn seems visthle, the more reason for lighting up some untried murky corner with a smile to see if there isn't an unsus- pected door out in its shade. What if it is a blackboard before which we are set to “do our eums;” where's the sense in taking biack paint to work them with? White chalk will show better and make even the dingy blackboard look livelier. old Above all, brethren, don't any of you get into the pesky habit of magnifying out of all proportion merely temporary adversit Tides ebb as well as flow and if you've hitched your hoat to a stump at flood with a short painter, she'll be lying in the mud at low water. But there'll be another flood tida: don’t doubt it. Just because sun, moon and stars are out of sight In a black, rainy midnight is no cause for despairing of the day; it will come agaln. “Captain, will it EVER stop raining?” asked a bedraggled woman of the master of a trans-Atlantic liner after three lomg days of steady drizzle. “It always has, madam,” was the gruff but no less wise response of the experfenced mari- ner. There's always another day, another season, another vear coming. The chances are at least even that it will De better than this has been. Tr we g0 at it with the determination to avold as many mistakes as possible, seize as many opportunities as possi- ble, and, anvway take it with the best grace possible, the chances are much more than even that it will be better. THE FARMER. At Home and Abroad. e adverse comment the fact that our post is made on office issues money orders payable in Sweden to the value of $6 for avery dollar sent to our country from Sweden. The won- der is that the difference is so small. Few Americans emigrate to Sweden many Swedes come to Amor 1 oand it 1s a conclusive sign that we have ac- suired a good citizen if he takes meas- ures to support his parents in the old country in their old age. But to put it on the vulgar ground of trade, Furepe has mora labor than it can profitably employ; America has less. Consequently it is to the advant- age of Hurope to export labor and to the benefit of America to import it The money returned to Burop- is earned by those who send it. If they did not give sweat or skill or honest business against sagacity for it they would not hava it, and the fact is that everybody is advantaged by the trans- action. It is not the amount of cash money in a country that measures its |[ S JOB JOLT SEES IT | The farmer who intends to get his work started early in the spring does not forget to get his potting soil un- der cover, It is & good time to get some of the deadwood out of the trees in the fall months. — Cy Cymbal cam't se> whats the £00d of planning 1911 gardens now. Cy says he may be dead by 1911. The geraniums that are sharply cut back and potted to grow in a light cellar during winter are surest to live. Bill Bangs says he never fusses over keeping tools. He always knows where he used his last. Scrape the fungus off the pear trce and paint it over, and increased fruit will b2 your reward. A little frost is better than mnone. After the ground has frozen a bit i the time to cover and protect hardy plants. Inexperienced people cover their plants too early. The weeds raked together wet in the fall and dried make a good bon- fire and decrease the work for the following year. Late greens are better after the frost has freed them from insect life and sweetened them up a little. Samantha Psalter says the girls who have the most beautiful hands are the ones who wash the dishes for their mothers three times a d. The farmer who yawps at his herd yawps at his family. Do not culti- vate a habit that cheapens you. A dog is just as liable to get out of sorts as a man. This is why we should be gentle toward all God's creatures. Parson Dawson says wisdom is better than strength, but szem to be when you are plow down. Sariah tells me that absence cupation is not rest. I've always mis- trusted it was mostly worry with her. The seed saved this fall should be the best. No man ever got phenome- nal ‘crops from poor seed. MUSIC AND DRAMA “The Speckled it doesn't holding a of oc- Band, an Adventure of Sherlock Holmes,” ‘will be put on at the Boston theater in Boston, the 25th, with a company headed by Hd- win Stevens. Kiaw & FErlanger's production of “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm,” under the direction of Joseph Brooks, has scored a_big success at the Republic theater, New York. About 75 characters appear in Mau- rice Maeterkinck’'s Blue Bird.” now running at The New theater New York. Of this number, two- thirds are children. Not in many seasons has New York witnessed so complete and striking a success among comadies as that achieved at the Comedy theater by he Little Damozel.” Joseph Brooks has obtained for Lillian Russell in the Charlotte Thompson play, “In Search of a Sin- ner.” a vehicle in which Miss Russell's acting attracts more attention than her beauty. The managing committee in St. Louis that is arranging the perform- ances of the Chicago opera company there in January next has stipulated that the first shall be a representation of Strauss' “Salome.” Oscar Hammerstein's success with comic opera at the Manhattan opera house gives him some consolation for having been elbowed out of the srand opera field. “Hans, the Fiute Player, seems likely to have a lengthy run. Mrs, Mr now New ment Davis, in Cr Stuart Bannan in running at Robeson. who plays “The Country Boy." the Liberty theater, York, secured her first enga on the stage through Will manager of the I theater icago. Mrs. e's Chicago engagement which will end on the 29th, will mark the conclusion of her summer and au- tumn tour, but on the following Mon- day at Buffalo the regular tour for this ssason will oven. “Becky Sharp” alone will be given. William Faversham will make two productions in Ne: ri in Decembe The first will be Fawn,” by Ed- ward Knoblauch, the author of “The Shulamite” and “The Cottage in the ir.” Thiz will be followed by a alkespeare evival. The director: of the annual musical festival at Litchfield, Ct. have com- missioned Coleridge Taylor, the Eng- lish composer, of mnegro blood, to writs a fantasia for violin and orches- tra upon American airs, and Mme. Powell has agreed to play it With the specially-granted permis- on of the czar's govarnment, and for the first time on the American vaude- ville stage. a genuine troun of Imperial Russian dancers will make their debut 8 the featurss extraordinary of the bill at Perey G. Williams’ Colonial theater, New York, Monday afternoon, October 17 Ethel Ciayton, this season empl ed by Henry B. Harris as general un- derstudy, to be rzady at a moment's notice to play any leading female role in the large number of attractions un- der Mr. Harris' control, holds herseif In readiness to answer a hurry night or day. Resides this, she memorized 12 d ent parts. Quinine and Men. The world’s quinine markat is some- thing about which the world doesn't know a great deal. The source of auinine has usually been considerec the corner drug store, wher it grows in little glass bottles or gelatin cap- sules. But there is quite a disturb- ance in the quinine market. Thirty vears ago th> principal supply auinine came from the western coast South America. A small amount was obtained in India and Ceylon. The average quinine content of the cin- chona bark was 2 o 3 per cant. Bet- ter methods of handling the cinchona bark, however, have resulted in recent vears in yields of from 6.5 to even 17 per cent. Monthly sales of quinine bark are held in Amsterdam, Java. which was scarcely in the market at first, now sends from 35 to 70 tons of quinine sulphate a month there. These enormous increasss in prcduction have of prosperity, but the activity of that|brousht down the price money. A single dollar passing daily | Tt is thought, however, that the cor from hand to hand is be for the | tinued opening of dark nlaces and th community than a double gold cagle crease in the population will suci hoarded.—Washington Post causing the dsmand to m R e supply Antonio Expres ! Cleveland’s Reputatior It may be that Cleveland's sreat Edille Girls gain in popuiation duz to the num- ‘Thz dally abnouncemant in our want er of people who have moved there | columns of “Wantedea white girl to in order to live near Mr. Rockef <60k i3 elpguent recognition of our alveston News claim that the Houston girls are g. e e & nough to cat. —Houston Post, The A half-cent uable addition if there could bought First Necessity. piece might be a val- 1o our coinage system he effective lezislation me article that could be ft—~Washington Stax with New Honors for Doc Cook. N Doc Ceok’s interviews are doubtad. It may yet come that the ldmmr himself will he classed as a myih. - Pittsburz Dispatch THREE PRIZES MONTHLY: third. Award made the last Saturday in each month. The Mass of Trifles Makes Magnitude $2.50 to first; $1.50 to sccond; $1.00 to EVERY WOMAN'S OPPORTUNITY. The Bulletin wants good home letters, good business let ful letters of any kind the mind may suggest. Wednesday of cach week. ars; good help- They should be in hand by Write on but one side of the paper. Addvess, SOCIAL CORNER EDITOR, Bulletin Office, Norwich, Conn. FHE THANKSGIVING DINNER COMPETITION We have decided to give two prizes of Thanksgiving dinner letters a fully served Thanksgi possible cost in money and work. be palmed off upon an unsuspecting is not an imitation which we invite, We hope the members others. this w There are many people who would as soon have a turkey, and for these we would haves a good substitute. ute to its columns, or profit by the subject. Thosy tions how to prepare the full meal wi to the writers of the best In a sense thers can be nothing cheap about ng turkey dinner at present day prices. will be awarded to the writer who presents the fullest bill of fars at least The prize have something else as to if pork can public as sliced turkey in cans, it should not be difficult to get up a mock-turkey dinner of rare merit; but it but something just as palatable and Jjust as satisfying to those who prefer something different. of the Corner, and this means all who contrib- its contributions, will take an interest In who do not feel like preparing a bill of fare with direc- h estimated cost, may render valuable aid by describing a nice little side-dish which will be a change of fare to ' and Uncle Jedediah” give a little new coloring to the Corner A Talk About German Men and Wo- men. Editor Social Corner: Life among the Germans shows a marked differ- ence between them and our own peo- ple. In German poetry the woman is an ideal creature, in actual life she is most” homespun: hers has been called a “cutting bread and butter exist- ence. To one who of a happy German family not agree with Baring-Gould, who calls German matrimony a “divorce of souls; but it surely is a concession on the one side, and that always from the “Ewig-Weibliche.” The Ger man lacks sympathy and unselfishness, because the woman does not bring out the real possibili- ties in his nature. She is content to look after his ma- terial welfare, and there seéems to be little mutual interest beyond the chew- ing and eschewing of chicken stews and fresh bits of leberwurst. Take the following characteristic illustration: A few vears ago a Ger- man-American returned to his old home America, bringing with him a4 German wife. She was all devotion to him, as the women of Germany are to their husbands: vet in America this was at times embarras gentleman, who found his own so com- fortable relationship in Germany rath- er a contrast to the position of the American husbands. He was constant- has lived in the heart one could Iy being brought into awkward situa- tions. Zum Beispiel (as the Germans say): One day a party started to climb a mountain, and, warmed by the exercise, the men removed t over- coats, when the German wife imme- diately stepped up to her sayving, iive we yours; I will carry ot here, not in America,” he quickly whispered, but the rest of the company mnoted the incident, and laughingly congratulated him on his wisdom in securing his wife in Ger- many, and thus havinz insured his own comfort and ease in married life. This little event is almost too homely to contempiate: it quite reminds one of Stevenson’s “Travels with a Don key,” we look upon her as a beast of burden and almost wish Mr. Germ American had thrown his coat upon her shoulders and allowed her to be is “Modestine” at home as well as abroad. Ts it not man lot? wo- her blessing. the G perfectly satisfied ‘man is with fall; they than the Kalb- linzdoms less n conc I of rise and ™ to her the price and fz fleisch.” The German as we do in s emy to & woman does not work America, and the German shocked wihen we make to do things for ourselve: ushi our clothes. In own little England town I a constant reminder of German yms. Jacob, a hale, ruddy cheeked Deutscher, goes by seated on his load of hay; at his side, enthroned in ap- parent biiss and very obvious hay, grass and stubb'e, sits Frau Jacob. She is his man and maid of all worl, New my have cus: indoors and out To quote Baring-Gould a men their The ded the women from In their clubs and tav they spend their leisure moments \d pour out their wealth of ideas among their llow men, it never in their homes. Both sexes suffer from the estrangement. The elimination of women from society 5 dete; rating effects upon men’s It is this which cau exterior and coarsenc German men, a rudene gai have society. cl minds and manners. of in s rudene: of grit and coar ness painfully ever present to the ob- servation of a foreigner. Women do not use their education. Their heads are filled, but it is never used. It is a pity that German men should not submit themselves to be kneaded and rolled into shape and gentility by the tender fingers of their wives and daushters. There can be no sweeter more tender refiners in the world than German women,” However, much writing or speaking canmot_explain nations to each other The American girl is considered “fast” lire.” Turopean men do not understand her way: so, on Furopean soil, it is he 1o conform to Buropean strictures. Our girls have been accustomed to men all their lives, aud naturally, cannot have the timidity, embarrassment, fear seen in the man_girl -vhen in the society of men Fearlegt, self-pos ssed. she nevertheless loses naught of modesty or womanliness. Here lies the difference not to be understood How much the German girl misses, that makes up much of the delight and pleasure of Ameri i girlhood! Our girls are accustomed to atten- tions, zallantries. The German girl knows only a form and such a form as this: The young oflicer at his post will salute her as she pusses, thus “Ie draws himself un in strenge, mil itairische flaltung, clicks his spurred heels logether, brings his head Lo the | level o s sqord b and if that is j pot devolion, chivalric behavior and splendld respect (he world has uon to show. and you are an irrational and an exacting rualcontent.” Of one thing we American wolmen are certain: that we, ifi the pride and hapy : own i ider Tiv ~ well dure the rep: cast upor nations unable recognize « ness of je to en- us hy rozive ach ta a higher life to its women GRETCHEN. sing to the | husband, | Social Corner Scrapbook. A remedy in case anyone cuts herself upon a rusty nail in the hand or foot. | Apply raw beets, scraped and repeal | It will take out the inflammation. | Salad dressing: Heat one cup of vin- | egar.” In another dish put one-quarter of a cup of sugar, one _tablespoonful each of flour and mustard, one egg. one | teaspoonful of salt. Beat well, add one | cnp of sour milk or cream, turn into | hot vinegar slo cook till it is thiclk |and smooth. Celery seed may be add- | ed if you like. A folded Turkish towel is the best and most convenient thing on which to iron embroidery and wash buttons Lace curtains apparently passe may be made to look respectable by ironing pieces of net or old curtains that have been dipped in cold starch over ti places. T've just put up a set iss that for three successive years T've been sure could never go up again nd when draped a casual observer would never dream how hopeless th looked on the frame. Pineapples cut up and packed solid- |1v in sugar (about one cup to one jar) over night: then set in cold water an. | brought to a boil—boiled 20 minutes, | the jars filled with boiling water and sealed, are about as near like the fresh fruit as anything cooked cgn be. | Kerosene in clear washer and polisher. water is a fine Pea coal will often wor beautifully in a range where a coarser coal is un- satisfactory. better less flank v and is flavored and expensive than the so-called cheap cuts. Small hags made of strong cloth and illed with bayberries make the nicest | kind of flatiron smoothers. 1 | | | | | | | i | Gentleness an Asset. | Editor Social Corner: It seems to me ! ¥ mother ought to recognize the |value to a child of gentleness in .;.\]wm'h and in action. It have noticel | i that life would be much more enjoy- ped in milk and sliced apples sprinkled with sugar, sultanas and a little butter. On the top layer. which should be bread, put several pieces of butter. Bake in a moderatz oven for thirty minutes. Turn out and serve. It is well to know how to malke Divinity Candy when the days are cold and the evenings long: Take one cup- ful of granulated sugar, one cupful of light brown sugar, one cupful of water: boil until a little dropped into cold water forms a ball. Pour upon the beaten white of an egg, beating until light and creamy. Put in unbuttered plates with a teaspoon or in a square pan and cut into squares. Nuts may be added if desired. . When taken from the fire flavor to taste. The candy must be beaten long or it will not form or ‘set. Hoping the Corner will grow better and better, 1 subscribe mysaIf HELENE. Norwich. Uncle Jedediah's tntroduction. Editor Social Corner: I suppose that it is necessary for a man’to In- troduce himself in such noble sogiety as The Bulletin's Social Corner fis made up of. 1 am Uncle Jedediah and have only a pleasant word for the ladies, for 1 have the highest respect for them all. I just enjoy the Cor- ner, it is so hearty along culinary lines, as well as other lines. For fear I may be mistaken for a bachelor I may as well say I'm an object of more respect among women—I have been the partner of as g:uo(l a lr{flte as any man need have. She wasn't a saint any more than I, but she was good at forgetting and forgiving as well as at_other pointg which con- vinced me that a man’s best.fortune is a good wife. She taught me many ex- cellent lessons and some ways } was as much of a trial to her as a ducklng is to a hen who has been made its foster-mother without her consent. It bas been said that “when the. hus- band is fire and the wife is tow, the devil easily sets them in a flame.” There was none of that in our chim- ney corner. She just kept my heart right, and my toes afways turned to- ward home, not my heel: Some wo- men do keep their husbands’ heels to- ward the door by their lack of tact and volubleness of speech: but I'm not going to preach, for Miranda taught me few men were cut out for preach- ers, and I was not an exception. A little lesson like this is of more use than a wife can imagine. I do not know as I shall ever be heard from again, but I made up my mind to tell the members of the Corner how much I enjoyed their letters. Preston. UNCLE JEDEDIAFL geeeecesssssssecascsansecsesessennsasassesciess Thanksgiving Dinner Prizes The readers of the Corner are invited to send in descriptions of a Thanksgiving dinner to meet the requirements of those who can afford turkey and those who cannot. This calls for a Straight Turkey Dinner and a Substitute Thanksg.ving Dinner. The prizes to be awarded will be for the,best lay-out at most reasonable cost — the estimated cost being .stated in each com- peting letter. The Editor of the Social Corner is of the opinion that there is ething just as good for Thanksgiving feasting as the turkey and pumpkin pies and things. The Bulletin will give a prize of $2.50 each for the best letters on these subjects, the contest to « be closed the 12th of November. Hallowe'sn Games Wanied. Dear Young Companions: 1 wonder if any of you know how to play some t it inside of the bed over nldm—fhn pben“ place to keep it warm. As a lit- tle one I used to wonder if the bread slept alone. Hard Sheldon pears are fine when ‘baked, but require much longer time % Primitive Chinese Currency. = | a’traveler says: tive to a degree. Lump silver only is used and copper “cash.’ Coined money is not current. Even in Honau city, which 1s distant only two days by rail from Pekin, lump silver, the eam: | able in some families if there was less | §00d Hallowe'en games, something vawping and _slamming of doors. 1|full of fun and life. o | never envy people because of their po- | I expect to entertain a few friends tion or money, but I find myself en- | the latter pary jof the month and us now and then of the sweet voic- | thought I would like to have a Hal- ed gentle lady so graceful in all her |lowe'en party if I only knew how to movements and so quiet in all she | Play some good games and carry them vou ever lived in the same| I any of you know some. will you Juse with one whose habit it was|Kindly let me know through the So- | to slam doors? There may be occasion | ¢ial Corner and I will greatly appre- | more, but in closing every one will be Wasmit | Jack: fhe Fpnte slammed one after another. The walls | 00d? [ though thesdop. bag {quiver and vour nerves throb, but the been \;‘;"L ISRE LIRS IARECRfior ATTORS | slamming continues. Re;colild Bidve had: one eye ouK] | An aged matron for a long time be- {1 the Nt iedolher waioned | fore her death was obliged to live in a | the rabbits and foxes. | house where there was a “door slam- | T hope Jack | mer.” This elderly woman retired ear- fell asicep soon after 8 and was | 3 2 | Fogularty awakened at 8 by the loud| Sunshine—The Real Happy Life. | slammiing of a nearby door. She could | Dear Sisters of The Social Corner not sleep again for hours, but the one | The sunshine of a happy disposition who wakened her never knew, for she |creates a healthy atmosphe n the never complained. {home and elsewhere A determination | There is no merit in being noisy. It [to make the best of every circumstance is the quiet people who are of good ad- | contributes to long life as well as does {dress and in popular favor. Gentle- |obedience to the laws of he A {ness is an asset and should always so | good heart makes even a sick person be considered feel bett It sometimes seems to me Norwich. POLLY POE. |as if most of the unhappiness of life alg a2 | results from our not knowing what we An| inskbenbive Butadl | meat—end wile ourselvea o get.it] Sgafel - Corter |6 AWhent gl e 080 SO0 e e | the nksgiving contest to begin? 1|y s S PGS L NGT O Dleasurd | think we are all anxious to get at it. | woulg make life monotonous. Gocoanut | and you know if our hubby’s salary is | fuke every day is no treat at ail. Real |but ten dollars a week it will take py life is made v work for self | some “little time, I think, if we do |ani others, sweet (riendships, endur- | not want to bear the expense until the |inz affcetion. a yme. restiul | next holiday comes on. s ety 1 good books. Still. if we have a family of five 0 ki riiat 1t of clothAvet | for dinner, we might make believe | with Lerosene with an iron | that some of them “are wage earners|pot too hot. The oil rubbed on tha | ana nelp out in this wa rauge, or iron any kind, with 2 One of our sisters asks for an in- | \eaalen rae will st sxpensive recipe for salad dressing.: | o m nalse dross- | Take four tablespoonsful of olive {ina heat one-fourth cup of water, one- oil; one tablespoonful lemon juice or | 1iaif cup of vinegar, one teaspoonful | vinegar if preferred, a little sait and | each of celery salt and sugar, one- { pepper. This can be used on all kinds | quarter teaspoon of peppe Uf tea | of vegetables and is very nice. | spoon of mustard, and the well heaten | Norwich A. L. 8. {yolk of one egg d well beaten wihite Sister Helene's Contributions. Editor Social Corner: It is a pleasura | for me fo a2 in promoting the interest fin the Soctil Corner. [ have been helped by the letters of the eisters a good deal and herewith submit a few recipes. Little, safe home W useful to bear forget this: A tea of quince seed is ex- cellent for sore throat, and why not for allaying the inflamed membrane of remedies are al- in mind. Do not the There is intimate connec- tion between the membraneous lining )f eyes, ear and throat. If you desire confirmation of this, note how red pep ber taken Into the inouth sends the | water to the eyee To maks Pan Cakes with Fr Take four cggs, a cupful of rich milk and enough dour to make a thin bat | ter; add a little fine sugar and nutmeg Bake on a griddle, having the pancakes | a6 large as a diuner plate. Have ready | sumie rich preserva or jum, spread on l(hn pancake, roii up, sift with sugar and serve at once, Here is a good recipe Chariorte RButter a flat ran and aprinkle with hread crumbs. Fili with alternate layers of slicas of bread dip- s for Apple wh cool, and a tablespoonful of cream or milk, and stir well. Sprink Wwith grated yolk of hard hoiled eses and serve 4 Jov to the nsers of the iron Lar, if it is hard on the rabbit FRANI Moosup. Brown and White Bread. Sisters of tha Social Corner: Our everyday brown bread is always wel- come af our table. Two cups graham flour. one-half cup each Iudian- and e meal, one-thivd cup molasses, salt > taste] one teaspoonful soda dis solved in one ands three-fourths cups of water. Bake in 4 bread tin. Im- proved by using milk In place of water. A generous tablespoontul of squash tan | be_added or some raisins | Since a ue rotold e the real | secret of wma wheat bread 1 am | more (han pleased ut the resalt. Never { use any dry taw four after it is mixed nearly hard enough to vlay ball with at night tin the morning by some shortening unen vour hands tie {loaves arve quickly made. It ix &0 mich better that 1 call it magic bread When I was a child a naighbor told mother that she mixed her bread and - take no substitute. than apples. I know what it is to use well and cistern water, and have appreciated the city water every day since residing here, peopla could waste more than they use. and have wondered that many Foping rain will come this way soon, will close with Best wishes to all the Corner friends. BLANCHE. Norwich. FROM THE CONSULAR REPORTS. Australia’s old-age pension scheme will cost it about $1,020,000 for its first fiscal year. to increase as the population grows. This amount is expected British cotton mills bought 5700 fewer bales of raw cotton in August. 1910, than in the same month last vear. But what they did buy cost them $2,000,000 ore. Norwegian shipping has fully re- covered from the decline of 1908-9. = | Writing from the interior of China, “Currency fs primi4 cumbrous currency that has been for centuries, is still employed. e T cut into smail s by or chisel. Every town and vilage has ita own welights and scales, and these @9 @0 pretense at unifowmity.” _Practical Joke Almost Fatal, | b ghastly practical joke is reported from-Corsica. Somemen weare hoisting; sacks of flour et & granery in thef (Comz=me of Loretto, when a womani came to the millito make = purchase. [Thinking that #& would be a goodi jols, one of the men placed the rope round the woman's neck, and the-next second she was swung off her feet. On reaching the frwt she 1 isenseless, end efforts ito-be.made-to bring her wound, .. {, Average Duratian " The average of buman life isvabout thirtyfhras yemrs. One-quar- fter-of the peaple of-¢he earth die be- fore the age of six, omehalf befors the age of gixtesn, and only about one person out of each 100 horn:liver fomEtase of sixty-five. Acquirement of Sympathy. | -iImost eweryone can love, but it is not everyone who can sympsthize. Sympathy is barn of suffering, and is only truly possessed by those who have been .educated fn the school of trouble and experience.—Jean Mao- lean. ! Hard Task Before Him. ! MIMonaire—Doctor, we are going to take the cure. I must be made thin- ner, my wife stouter ~nd my daughter kept just as she is. ou will cbserve those directions, if you please. I an’ rich and will pay you liberally. o A Slow Yauth, “You broke off the engagement!™ sald Maude. “Yes,” replied Mamie. “I was terribly disappointed in him. He came around for our elopement with a motor car instead of an aero- plane.” Even He Is Afraid. No bellboy has been daring enough as yet to dress in Rough Rider uni- form.—Washington Herald. Pneumonia to be feared more than death from gun shot. The frequent changes of temperatura i tha fall and winter months are the source of much discomfort and destruction of human i mp, cold air, snow, sleet and rain take s at producing a erop of golds and coughs. These lead 1o preumonia. Nearly every case has its beginning {n simple cough and cold that was neglected. 'Thousands of peopla dia as a result. It is more certain to result in death than'a wound from gun shot. A sudden chill, rising fever, sore throat, eness, runying nose, headache, cough nful breathing are the forerunners of meumon Avoid the danger. Try the one, certain, re- sle remedy for eolds and eoughs:namely, . Bull's Cough Syrup. It does not. contam any opiales. 1t is perfectly safe and reliable. 1t is the best remedy for soothing and sub- duing the inflamed conditions of the bron- chial tubes and lungs It checks cough and cold auickly and eompletely. Tast It fi bysendinga postal forafree sampla. Address A. C. Meyer & Co., Baltimore, Md, ‘But, o havenodelay gat a Tegular bottle of the ram- edy ; price 2., from your druggist today and This is the best advies we can give you to ayoid pneumonia. Individuality Is What Couzts In Photography. Bringing out ihe real personailty, the fine joints in character, the little traits that make us what we are. woued down by the natural splrit of an artist into perfect aceord. Not & thing of paper and pasteboard with & ready-made look. If you want = photo of your real self, or what your friends ses to love und admire, call on LAIGHTON, The Photographer, Norwich Savings Soclety, opposits augise