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FRIENDSHIP. | ! Sisters of the Socls Social Corner: is vmwut mnl-i were called o true, l.nl lflead-hb. w- S i & flatter ourselves Ir.x responstve s will come to you as birds beautiful singing mates without fault? Qur own In- ‘1M.¢tu oth th g Priondenis dship 0 others, m my frien « album I gquote: v 'Wnosm looks for a friend wlfinr -imperfections will never find what seeks. ‘We love ourselves with all pur hnlu and we ought to love our friends ‘naen u:t“ be 1 respect, and m mutual an without this there can be mno &nulno friendship. When we en! ?fi i»«;"'“‘ 's has & t0 affairs. - ; it is t as reliable in, m uom friend was -u.llhl - al. Friendship is never selish, bu - n( many thmmn ‘What greater vid and Jona- Naomi? ~When there was famine in the land of Moab, woman had an 6pportunity to’ help woman, and to. manifest a true and lasting friendship. ‘How faitbful was Ruth to Naomi! < No distrust had én< tered efther of their hearts. No Mty secrecy or underhand work dfa th know ner practjoe; and how belull!nl this fe: “Entreat me not to leave theo or te return from following after thee, for whither thou goest I will lodgest 1 will i hall be my people d thy God n;{ Y mlfld 4ll the Ruths, nor.all e, Naomis have passed on. 1 believe e women this very day we have sam more) Juat ‘as_faithful (wish_we M ust as willing to help, to xoflm and to cheer as was Ruth. Stoningten. - BILLIE. SELF HELPS FOR THE SISTERS. D‘It Sisters .of the Bocial Comr ere is good remedy for Mx Take pure alcohol, -olive oit .nS Hmo ‘Water -(equal parts. I také ones each) ’M!x ‘well and wash b &fi.’f-.. a day for s The Falling. Hair—Get at any dru =tore 10 cents’ worth of bitter n'ue' pour over this one pint of beiling water; ‘ let" stand until. coid: _¢hen sirain and edd one pint of witch hazel, Ru® ft into scalp every day. ! Salt Baths for Nervous Pgeple— For tired-and nervéus people t! :\lne; ':'f sea ufi}t tiwlo ol’- s of mmd same of spirits of sight of pure alcohol (98 per z i enough"hot tater té mdke m fiu Pour ammonia and camvhor in alcohol; add the sea sait: (dflunlv. “)q shake well agd boftle for use, a soft .over the ‘It Is very re: ou and, re[xe-hlns Massaghui Deu llner of the s To decorate the Easter A cover of crepe paper. This .can be had at any bookstore, ull covered with Easter ofgs and bunnies with heatiti- ful borders of Taster lilies, eto, \They two vards square, or over. and m n trifile. Then yi || can get apd. . doil Hlve )Iri- yelldw egg ln m cen- ter :‘sru'ron; bu;lmh- on the side guar {, For the place car o fittle ciicks with fllap:l;m- 3‘ h‘{i written on a card and beld in -their mouthe. At equal, distances from the ;?Intcr have two nloP vases of daffo- i, ¢ Theri, serve an m solid . mude By poaching the eggs in rings. Take' the’ yolk done, mix with c nuts and cheese; season with butter, pepper and salt: roll up into the same shape again, place on the whites a serve on lum‘;’luvm with breid ing hard-beiled eszs with ien, one egg-sized onion to & mix with yonnaise dressing - serve with lettiice leaves, in & sheet tin and cut frost with yelks of the esgs i: yowmntpreciouq u-k he | used b; I Cory g e “‘hn """s. paper. ; OR, unucu- ,Olc\ Norwich, ColL thlwlizu. Ahmakecanbocov- ered. with lmvhne mcunt‘ !g the oenter put the frosting on in heavy R e s L8 -n-uyd.mnuan to copy and expensive e. Have the moa.n-: and cream or ices can be out the same way. ' If you ‘have wine or punch, put a tiny candy -1. €ach glass. favors, give the lzdle- tho ch)rlmu;:uk u”u‘::nm for. he i e Ol' T -nt. I she enjoyed Nq-\vlel ¥ 3 MY-HY, Edftor Social Corner:—The very letter on Homre Government, by b, suggests the system of home rule which has been adopted 'in one femily and wuch may interest read- ers of ‘the Social Corner. . The mental sickness of the mother the government of the three small|" ‘children, all girls, fo the father, and nz a-time he was hard put to it to m the little and bl. matters of ‘which came %o his atten- punishment was look- uwn with dh(’gvm- and was never v. the paremnt without a feeling ” mt afterward. N’ cing thie success of the school ty plan of pupil self-government in tHQ local school, he decided to adopt l Inod cation of the plan ‘for use in suggestion was made to s, who were ten, eight and years old, respectively, they en- l!. and the home rule system . When any matter came attention , the four were and when the guilt of fled with misconduct W & careful inquiry, the members = of the court m matter over and put the on probation, or gave her an sentence, (deprivation of wvucn unti] evidence of & sfn- cere deaire to do better was noted), or ounced the penaity for the mis- ‘The penalties followed, in the rasin, those usually inflicted by the but in ‘some cases the mere recital-and talking over of the brehch of conduct was entirely sufficient, as the guilty one would burst into tear: md no further punishment was suy BT AIS tho\uht or desire for corporal yunfihmm was removed in the effort deal justly with those wha had erred. and it was wonderful to Sée the intérest of ‘the three-vear-old and her fertility of resource in handling difi- cult .cases. . The family group lent it- self nicely to the plan, and it is re- comvpanded to those who are placed in a position where they can use it. A mother can co-opeérate in this self- government plan more cdonveniently thah the father, as a rule. FATHER. EVERY ITTLE HELPS. Editor Social Corner:—I untied alt those paper bags and 81a not find what I wanted; ‘then I found a lot of old envelopes that had laid around some time and cut off the ‘flap, or nrhat- ever you care to call it. that had any gl\ye on, and wet them and put on each ng. I tied them again, with the name of ‘the contents written on. and now I ean run my eyves aver them and know in @ minute what is ‘What! and not feel vexed. Am ounce. of prudence fis wortht 8 pound of cure. Yantic. 1 E T THE, MORNING MEAL FOR CHIL- DREN. Fdlto:,lpclal Corner:—I read of the new departure for the Social Comn in the wav of an original story occasionally and think it will be very flil‘llo 'l hope .all will contnibute enunt and profitable. cy Lee, in’ your letter ot ome wg_e #ince 1 notice you made ‘mention of my subject in _relation to the numerous Housdehold duties, care of childréy, etc. Thanks for your kind u_innm«m of .my “letter. meal _for children s of Nnnethint light and simple; dd ’cn .more healthy th.h S \ruklnt hearty food. 1 mg with. you: yet 1 sometimes think ot ehildren must get pretty hun- noon, especiglly, if they distance {0 go to school. “Jiot - new ~the ' mother of a » @8 you supposed, but having friends.and relatives with families who have: ¢; closely under my obse tion .and for whom I have had mu. sympathy ‘and given much thought; thus I express my views. The many contributions for the Cor- Jler are pleasant and belpful. We seem Nke a-heme circle in our daily life, ! ideas or making sugges- l.np u! 1o ome:another. ARETHLSAA MONTVILLE'S OATMEAL BREAD B NEVER FALLS. uhor Social Corner —The story of 6 was very amusing; I en- 1s | &4 great ralief in a salt bath. T: h!oni’ ; ’oy I was also much interested in the lelhr from “Rutl n rmrd to “Hom ,‘Iud to hear from “Sywaet In reply to her inquiry, my oatmeal bread never Magic Yeast, mix hard and il it does not stick—rise I never use any shorten- use - either. - molasses " or Whlzdl i § in,l“‘u a\; st plece is just as goo first. It never dfleu up, MONTVILLE. hmn WITH “THE DOIN'S AT SOCIALVILLE” e -recipe without [The distinctive cba.rnciu of Delivery’s” story petition. There can be story Iike that, and it was as amusing to the editor as the readers. “Rural De- livery” is the Corner’s auxilliary—the one gentleman who came in at the opening and has ‘stayed with ul-—- Editor Social Corner.} [“Rosamond” extends congratula- tions to “Rural Delivery” and adds “You have done well."—Ed.} TEBTED REGIPEB FOR PL 'DDINGS. Dar Ed:tor uf ,the Social Corn Herewith T send Feeipes for puddln:s Indisn Rice Pudding—To two quarts of milk add two tablespoons of un- cookied rice, one-helf cup of molasses and one-quarter teaspoon of salt. Bake in a buttered dish in a slow gven for four or five hours, stirring occasional- 1y. Old-Fashioned Railroad Pudding— Warm one cup of molasses and stir into one teaspoon Boda; mix four cups of flour, one teaspoon of salt with one cup of suet or pork, then stir all to- gether. Add one cup of chopped rai- puts it out of com- but HOME-DYING flF Ll'n'l.! sodpc. Dear Sisters of! nm Boeial ‘Corner: ‘dyeing small pleces laces at particulay shade. that yeu could mot procure at the drug store? If so, here arz a few hints thet may be of use in such cases: First you must test all the shades and know that chiffon and fine take less dye'than cotton or a-thick Fellow-feeling makes us wondrous kind.—Garrick. Kind looks foretell as kind a heart within.—Pollok. To cultivate kindness is 2 valuable part of the bus- iness of life.—Anon. s s (1 Love is not one of the attributes of God b\lt the: sum of them all.—Rev. J. M. Gibbon. sing and one cup of currants and steam four hours. Cocoanut Pudding—Soak one cup of cocoanut in one pint of milk for 15 minutes. Place on the stove and, when it comes to a boil add two cups ot cold milk, two-thirds cup of suger and one teaspoon of vamilla or lemon. -Suet Pudding—One cup of sust chop- ped fine, one cup of molasses, little salt, one cup of milk, one teaspoonful of soda, one cup of chopped raisins, three and a half cups of flour. Steam | brow: three . hours. Prune Pudding—Mix three and a half cups of flour, one teaspoon of sait, one-half teaspoon of cinnamon, and nutmeg. Rub into it one cup of suet chopped, two cups of prunes, stoned and chopped, one cup of sweet ‘milk, one cup of molasses, with one teaspoon of soda in it. Turn into‘a mold and steam three hours. with snow sauce. CLARA® OF CANTERBURY. South Canterbury. Serve TO MAKE SIMPLE LACE—TO MAKE AMENDS. Editor Social Corner:—I am going to try and give a little help in- The Corper. 3 First, TNl glve directions for a simple lace, easy to make, but very pretty: Ch. 6, turn, 3 .tr. in, third stitch of ch., ch. 2, 3 tr. in same place; ch. 3, fasten in last stitch of beginning; ch. 3, turn, shell in shell; ch.' 5, fasten ot beginnis de. in_loop, shell in shell; turn ch. 2, sheil in shell, single in 10 des., turn ch. 2, slip st. in every two of single stitch, shell in shell; 1 tr. in top. Nice to make .for Iittle trim- mings. 4 Also let me give a simple Icé Cream eggs and with skim For a three-quart freezer, ugar two cups, milk two cups and a half; a little Aalt, Navoring about one- hsalf teaspoonful. ILet warm and have diesolved three junkets, which pour into warm milk; let this set where it is warea until set, then .freeze. It's nice. Let me put in fl/ pléa_for deughter- in-laws ‘to speak their - hiusband's mother as “\lother " and not as Mrs. So yand So. It hurts mothers, ang ngt only them, but the lady who, calls her Mrs. So and So; an& ln wblic eye she is ro lady. Dear danghters, give gt duowped mother a little token for Easfer. Simp- Iy “Mother, from your daughter.” 1f you thirk she has not beem a moth- er to you, just be a kind daughter to her. You would not only give joy to her, but to your Maker. It is'a sad mistake rhany are making. God bless those who give comfort to mother h s by the simple word: “Mether! ‘e all may want the same title some day ourselves. PBut I must go. I shall come’ again, if not sent to the wastebasket. I care not.for rewards, but likce to help. MOTHER-IN-LAW'S YRIEND. Columbla. mllk GOOD THINGS TO KNOW. Editor ‘Social Corner:—1I “send for the sisters tested recipes: Grapefruit Salad—Two grapefruit, one red pepper, two green Deppers, one cupful of dized relery; remove pulp from grapefruit in séctions, by removing the skin first; remove thq stems and seeds. from TS finely shred; mix together apdnflt. peppers and celery and Gombing with a French dressing made in the usual way, only substituting grapefruit Jjuice ‘in place of vinegar: place the mixture on a bed of’ vatercren os small crisp lettuce leaves. Grapefruit- for B ut move seeds (fully 20.or found in emch fruit), knif te. ‘the: | the land. material. The material to be -dyed should be aipped in water and ‘wrung out and a small piece of soda dissolved in water I& :Eh:m“ d;‘v:h ‘1. mized will prevent streaks ness. . ¢ To make a pretty i’:hn-n shade ad a little cream dye to pink. A rich dlrk coral, so fashionable this sejwon, is made by -umn a little btown to_the pink dye. qvn-o ean be made by zflxin: a vary little vue green to plle -rrlvedA -:ltg{ mlxiln( yellow wm‘; n. apple green. mixe with mid-blue gives & mk?l and Tor peacesk green you'must gdd touch of pale m. to t_he Appla gree: The popular shadeé o grean mude by sdding a very "ietle Biack to dark green. Gray is a Toixture of black and white, the quantity depending on the shade of gray. ¥ ELOISE. Norwich. —— » PRECAUTIONS IN CASE OF FIRE, Editor Social Corner: Wh%:l there is a fire discoverad the first thing done is usually the worst thing that is pos- sib] Everythi should be' cloged tight to keep out. the drafts, for that checks the ress of the flames. Shut the room up where the fire is and close the door if the house is left to give an alarm and summons help. Where in- flammable matter like benzine or kero- sene has been thrown on the floor, by explosion or otherwise, do nét pour, on water, but ashes or sand, water, tends to spread it, while sand and ashes smother it at onee. Try to avold doing anything that will spread the flames or Increai their _fury. First of all, kesE cool; then do. every- thing te hold fames. in check If you cannot:subdue them. Work deilb- erately and with a lavel head and by prompt action four out of five fires may be put out without much damage. ‘;&Decl the worst and study 13 ao the est. HENS AND “HUMEROUS.” —_— Dear Editor and Sisters of the So- cial Corner: me 300n be here, and then it will time to’give the houses and coops a thorough eleaning. Plow up the runs and disinfect with some good disinfectant, for soil where fowls have be'n . Jept. breeds . gape- worm. Our houses with figors have dirt to about four lmr deep,. with a litter for thel min be put into— the fowls ‘to scratch 1 The dirt sl all be taken out .nd new nut Ln ’-n on_ dirt floors it 'hould 2 out and new houses momul;“hry yltb carbolic in it. 1y necessary to xo though = brush whitewash at al!. mu dropping boards; - dtol s!‘:hbeml:(‘l 14 the and let the 1wl oM on’ M‘uuo to keep out the hpt un“ it ev- ery spot is touchéd, so to. tm lice and germs.. A good powder can he made cheaply to -yrlnku in nests, etc., by mixing 1 pound plaster paris, c and gasoline ta make a powder. covered:so it will not lo-e the st The dirt from the floors is the land. i Our man, “B&L" was puttihg it on sa “You are not. goi to put that around, are you? m’t looks hwmfiu with ail these feathers!” : l%: !:“;at have been md hu-;g up o At pepen ang Rt his mind, fof Ne. sk 9“1’ nat's best stuff on the nhee. Whv. M' humerous.” a So now when we n.y ] {:r n. doesn’t de- well nwwhntmdo!w(t.th-ytn ow they a I x and et, and the dikes Aclent’ since. siye work of tg e on that line in the some | it s proposed to theiy property family. . Th is a .proverb In , ‘You may urge your oppouent |' to smoke 0] nm if you want to_ be ayvenged.’ Ching. But Some who smolie opium may say, re many things more import- ant than to prohibit oplum.’ We are not sure but that the writers of these ‘papers are not mnh.u of oplum them- selves, ‘s they ust the same é Chinese inted some | as the voking our unpleasant you know that if the agree - to an immediate stopping of the oplum trade, we shall be greatly thankful towards them? Tt is also dificult for us to understand why the oplum traders want to trade in opium, -while they know it is s0 pn onous. Alas! Koreigners are all icising us and saying we are only re on paper and do not wish really to throw off oplum. Ah! That’ 1s not so, and how can they continue to fmport it into our country when We do mot wish to buy it?” (Signed) SUNG SHOU HANG. Not Enough Cadets. It ‘must have surprised the general public considerably - when the war de- partment announced the other, dty that for a numbsr of years the t corps has been below its full-quota, and that on account of 129 vacancles, present or prospective, special examindtions for admiseion: will be held on May 2 at different military posts throughout the country. There has been so much talk about an insufficiency army officars that few supposed West Point itself was without a fuld enrollment, particu tlon are so eagerly sought for, at leas in this part of the country. Nine con gressional disfricts _in Pennsylvania and seven in New York @re unrepre- sented at West Point. It is pointed out | also that thg admission of New Mexico | and Arizona'as will increase the cadet corps, and if the house is en: larged to a membership of 433 there il e A atil Ereatér increase. The government maintains a superb and cosuy institution at West Point. | In a way,-it s almost as cheap to ed- | ucate the full quota as a partial bat- | talion. The expense does not increas: pro rata. It does not cost twice as much to eduecate 400 at West Point ae * to educate 200 There is a distinct loss. even financially, to the government,’ therafore, when there are a hundred or more vacancies. It is to be hoped that the enrollment wiil be complete after the special examinations are held in May.—Charleston News and Courier 1 sands of acres to of this commanw: done, there might be BEngland, with a view Hons of acres to the Worcester Telegram. he m: No creditor has| flu un:%rrnnteddnahflclty to a itor, an seams lhceposefa.lc derartent “iag Solrated thy 6 80 ;‘)renxé are other cards that well In- vite . the. censorship of the govern- ment.” These are of the suggestive and immodest sort that are .full. of underlying indecency, pnt technically S c‘e":“ B g rlvfleln. B‘::duxdu:; garity have no masquerade, th-f the United States po-loflke is bnlmd to respect.—Boston Pos Evolution in Farming. It is rather sigaificant that the last census showed ishing’ population in the agricultural sections oflmuw ot our richest western states. . Thi ing off in the numbsr of farmers. due to any decrease in. the prosperity al‘ agriculture: -On th PUR! LY VEGETABLE. ALWEAYS EF] ECTIVE vhimdh.\eud otlier depraved are & tonic ‘medicine that rc.nl-te,?mfy mi, P fiqulhwhdelym nation, .ll mm gl el """‘""‘mu ke n‘b’.uuyil-duhflom be general gratification | throughout the country over the action Dby congress during its closing hours in making ampje provision for raising the battleship Maine. not only be raised and removed, and the bodles of such sailors as may be found will receive proper burial, but an opportunity’ will be proyided to ex- amine the vessel before it has been disturbed in the bed shera it has lain for thirteen years. The cofferdam pro- cess will make this pesesible, and it will be recalled that in its report rec- ommending the removal of tha wreck by this process the board of army en- gineers stated that it was “absolutely essential that an opportunity should be given to examine the wreck thor- oughly just as it lies and befong there has been any cihange whatever in the relative locations of any of its parts or chance of such change” It is not certain, of course, that the actlon of -sait water, mud and rust has mot al- ready, wrought changes which.avill in- terfere with the positive determination of:the:manner in which the vessel was destroyed, but thee :will be & general agreement ; that - the; experiment - was well worth tryimgi-Manchester Union. Th. Hauhfuu’ Marsh ge has a promise fre thu fadera‘l dcpaument of lzflculture that it will send experts to Massachu- itality of your scalp have yw?hdr’;s Justrous. ‘and luxuriant as it {Shoutd he, i L pe dorr The wreck will «1 have used several makes of ‘ranges but consider the Crawford the dest. It uses less coal and gives a more. ever heat than any _range I ever saw,” The Single Damper (Datentcd) affords the zmly perfect control of fire and oven: \'The Oven has no “cold corpers nbi-' cuprjmnt hu!