Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 23, 1912, Page 11

The Bulietin wants good home lstters, good busin ; g00d help- | :J l'gLL m‘ qe :\lc“n:;r:;j ful leiters of any kind the mind mey sugsesc 'f onlp t Maad by [ Bve & ch Wednesday of each week. Wriie on byt one side | M Address, SUCIAL CORNER RDITC alletin . Conn. - | Of coi { v 6 had you would have us be! THREE PRIZES MONTHLY: $250 w X secand; $1.00 to third. Avsrd made the last Sarurday i-each mootk. ”» SOCIAL CORNER POEM. | milk half cup hot beet | © : e — { broih e . | - cannot Tha Neillows pitt o Pae L One cup Il she writes, I do ihink kitchen broke NO SENSIBLE PERSON EVER MADE AN APOLOGY--EMERSGN EVERY WOMAN'S OFPORTUNITY. Beity in the a willow | pattern plate. 1 spoke to her severely, but T sooke a moment late To eave these little people from a very dreadful fate o | TWhose fortune’s told in blue upon the ~ willow pattern plate, 2 Two biue little people come running toge Across blue bridge, in the sun- weather, from a garden, a blue tree biue house of a wealthy a ahiny They run where stands Above the Chinee, The one is a malden, the other her ver— » weeping willow hangs half the bridge over. Ab Behind, in pursult, comes papa, with a whip. But they're over the bridge, and aboard the blue ship That her lover has moored by strand of the sea— With a shove off the shore, from his wrath they are fres. Now (eep in the water they are plying, While high in the heaven the blue doves are flying. To his blue island home her lover \xl)l waft her, the the oars And r2 they will happily Ive \,\er after. This ie the story of the willow pattern plate, be very careful—though it's sne and elght— ind remember that you have in hand a very precious freight, vou carry from the kitchen a willow pattern plate, —HORACE HUTCHINSON. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. FROZEN: The photo was not tlearly defined, so it would not make + clear picture for the Corner. We should have been pleased to have had a cut made had it been clear enough. OEME RECEIVED—Wa pa which will Nhen have re- half-dosen nice poems the appear in their turn. BUSY BODY —The Corner, of ourse, misses Ma, who did such splen- 14 werk, and all the other old writers. Jt presumes they are taking a well- carned rest and have not lost ther intarest. If Pusy Body could ses the good things wae have on hand, she would realize that there was a crush on. The shorter the letters the more we can get in each week. BALSAM FIR—No Bulletin people writa for the Soclal Corner; but The Bulletin recognires talent in the Social Corner and has found able assistants for special work therein. ~ Hannah Iomespun was thus honored, ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT—Oge of the sisters says there is room for mprovement in the Secial Corner, We eoogmize that thero is, and sugges- tions along new lines are always wel- voms. The Social Corner aisters ap- pear to be largely made up of pro- gressives. HOW BLACK PANSY CLEANS WANDOWS. Dear Béttor and Siugtern: =n m in last weeic's paper for me, il one or two recipes to try and lmn & welcoma. Samentha: Your walnut bread reo- ipe must be very mice. I mean to try it goon. 1 think you'd better hang out your shingle. Such a skilful sur- geon surely could find patients. 1 like this way of weshing windows Detter than using kerosene: Wuh thoroughly, first with hot sospy tar, then rinse with hot water in which a little ammon!a has besn mixed. Will polish beautifully. have been so many nice apron patterns gent In, don‘t know as this will meet approval, but any mize equare of cloth (light prints are pretty) fold in center, fold over lower corners and cut so as to form thres points with ruffie, or bias fold, makes g very dainty apron. 5 ‘Who of the Sonial Clorner sisters can pay they approve Mre, Pankhurst and her followers® T fafl to see where they have bettered the cause of suf- As 'Y found rage. Havae read the letters in the Corner with a g00d deal of Interest, but am far from oconvinced, yai. Should like very mucn to hear Mrs, speak of ihe disturbances in Lendon. 1 agrea aimost exmctly with Qnesn Mears, Ll am umable to »fpruqu my viows as vicely as she has. Wih beet regards to all BLACK PANSY, HINTS FOR ThE SICK ROOM. Dear Editer nmi H"l:\ll Corner Ris- tere: I send this week a fow hints for the sick room. They may be of help to gomeone. As T at ono tiive mado mursing my profession, I can guarantee them to be good and beneficlal. To Relieve Headaches: Compresses 1o tha back of the neck. with very hot water, will often rellave headache due %0 songestion of the blood vessels of the brain. The hot foothath alco re- Heves this kind of headache, Head- ache due to indigestion may be re- Jleved with ise bags or fca water com- r-n-, These may be applied to the ead and neclk, and also the face. Heavy Hot Water Compresses or hot ater bottles should never ha applied 10 the eves. To wring compresses out of water too hot to borne by the Bends, ftry pressing Dbetween two plates. A fow waye o which aggw may be Werved o invalids Egg Broth: Yolk one oge, one o Bot .mk. tableapeon sugar, upcct nl ur the as de- Beat oge, add sugar and salt. P hot mitk on carefully. Mavor mired. Egg Nog: Ona ogg. one-half oup of miik, one tabiespoon sugar, one tan- ‘blespaon brandy, a speck of sait. Sep- arate egg, heat volk. add sugar and oii. and beat uniil creamy:; add the milk and brand) Beat the white (il ey and fold it .in lightly, SNerve Dimadiaiais, Men. nasd sl BAS. BELLi weel from Soclal Corner sisters | v Girl voic ) ed. it may a n glad the @ | ed if desired. sirain and se wen must be still. Yet, diately. t important of all is i) ieavenly lrather ev- Albumenized Clam Water: One cup t Fisratioe B ey cold water, clam bouillon, white ot we have the oppor ty, \ egg. To the wat { jred (be guided by Him, whether it leads amount of clam bouilion {0 make the |US out on the woman's rights line or! strength r add the unbeaten 'not. . HL g;(;mmr astray white of egg. e all in covered 'if our on I glass fruit g r a ake ur | Centennial Sq I have tried the oughiy blended. coaled paper bas coukery and jind it O. K, shake again; s it separ it ty my sorrow when cooking roast ; | beef the bags bursted both times, and Albumenized Orange: White one e22. '] had nothing bul gravy. lave aiso 1 can gi an intelligent deseript E ‘ S a0uLY it. Tho bag was made, presumably, ot silk ribbon or pleces. The peculiar- lity which I remember most distinctly is that there were one or_two smail crocheted rings In it somewhere, 2 s, when y°“ aye Cuq ng mael wesk. 1 feel lie copying a few, with this home-loving company it the song which will kive forever, which NORWICH BULLETIN, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1912 words, inclosing what an old school- mate of mine years ago wrote in my autograph album. Dear girl. early in Jife she was cailed higher. She was & have reud been a greal Silver Belle, I cannot re- ave switched off from one \‘ egs, Havorine vered glass { many good points o sugar, juicq one oring To the un- used Cizco; there is nothing like it beaten white the gorange juice. 5 ich fried potaioes, eggs, etc. Evision o taste and blend tharoughly, | Where have you gone to? I miss Strain and set on ice 1o cool; serve lyou so much. Come, Oh, come back cold. to the Corner. 1 am so busy myself I do not find much (vmne for writing; al- Albumenized Grape Juice: Two T v child or other in blespoons grape juice, white one egs, W read with one c r Isn;;:lr. z)m;;v\-d Put the my arms. Trust | have not taxed your Jjuice in a dain he patience too much, so Wwill close fir white of ezg i e this time. . ice; sprinkle sugar over the lrp and BUSYBODY. se L4 TESTED RECIPES FROM FLORILLA Custard Suited for a Diabetic: A L Two eggs, sp! salt. sweeten to taste, 1| Cream Cake—One cup sugar, 2-3 pint mil scald the milk and add the loups of cream and 2 eggs; beat it liquid sweetening to taste; pour on 0 o @ cream; salt to taste; sift 1 tea- en cggs. Pour into dou on soda into 11-2 cups flour and ble boiler and stir constantly until it 1 together; flavor to taste, Sweet looks creamy or it co: the spoon n be used by adding 2 tea- 1‘1u foam hus d € i then Te- |spaons cream tartar. Vi iately from hol water, e Cranberry Pie—sOne cup cranberries I thank the siaters who answered &nd 1 cup raisins chopped together; my inquiry. -2 cup sugar, 1 cup boiling water, 2 ‘Samanti I should very much like | tablespoons cornstarch. This makes a sample of vour know the Scotland quite sure of you. Bluebells, will you think me mlncl(« { I think I one pie. W 4 2 If I see this in print I will call on | you all again. Hope the Social Corner sisters will braids, ters, but am not inent if I ask, Have you a hub try them. They are very good. Best wishes for all. FLORILLA. QUEEN BESS. Moosup. "CENTENNIAL SQUARE'S CORN |TESTED EGGLESS RECIPES FROM ! BREAD. FROZEN. Dear Sisters: Here is my way for| Dear Editor and Social Corner Sis- | meking a Corn Bread: Two cups of sifted cornmeal, on half cup of flour and one teaspoon o #alt mixed together. Mix in smoothiy two cups of sour milk, then two table- spoons of melted butter and one-half cup of molasses or sugar; then two well beaten eggs, and lastly dissolve a level teaspoon of baking soda in a little milk and beat thoroughly all together. ters: When hens are on a strike try |these tested recip | Water Cake—One cup cup butter, pinch of salt, one cup of slightly warm water, one teaspoon va- nilla, two and one-half of flour, three teaspoons baking powder. sugar, half Apple Sauce Cake—One cup sugar, quarter cup shortening, one cup apple Bake in a 9x12 pan in a rather hot gsauce, ome cup raisins, onc teaspoon oven 30 minutes, | salt, one teaspoon saleratus dissolved Dear Blue Bells of Scotiand: No, T in hot water, one-half teaspoon cinna- have never used 'risco, but have seen mon, clove, nutmeg each, two cups of it demonstrated in one of the largest flour. stores in Boston with good results. In 5 !fact, I have never used any substitute _ Gingersnaps—One cup molasses, one- for lard or butter. I do not think it half cup butter, one teaspoon soda, one good enough for our stomachs. I go teaspoon ginger, flour to make a stiff to the big market, Faneuil hall, and dough. get leaf lard, rendering it out myself, 80 as to be sure I get pure lard. Since writing you about the fireless cooker, I had the pleasure of seeing the Cookies Without Eggs or Butter— |One cup sugar, one cup sour cream, It, Jewell cooker demonstrated and thinik | Cispootl “exfrant; ot in mome respects it surpasses the other. | 5 Tn fact, all others we seem to know Seed Cookies—Two cupfuls suga about. . How this column grows, and is it | not a fine way for women to exchange 'dc‘:\ls besides getting nice resding as well? one-half cup of butter, half cups flour, one teaspoon of soda and caraway seed; roll about a halt inch thick and bake in quick oven. four and on Where is Sweet William keeping Write oflPn to himself? Hope we shall hear from him NTENNIAL S(UARE. soon. Re&d\me‘ \]a« Rural Delivery: T hear you are in- STy te: ed in t violin. When I have A KNITTING BAG PATTERN ASK- ED FOR. re_time will tell you how | friend of mine picked it up hc can do on it, in one year, a bling and what of the Tditor octal Corner: At Lot auletios Sl e Christmas time 1 saw, among the .. EH Christmas ideas of the different w: s ers for the Corner, directions for m: ; ing a bag which was to be u PATIENCE'S WAY OF holding knitting or crochet w my memory ig rather ha this bag, 1 am not at a THINGS through which the yarn came from the nd of a dress for your childre ball in the bag, the rings also being t“""‘ Pleces, no maticr how used to hold the knitting needles when it in strips, crossw or not in use. all that will make a strlp I am very desirous of directions for making thi It inches; if callico one-half other materlals to 3 the ecuring the bag, but do not recall the name of the writer; Put in paper bag, and however, if she recognizes her own is com- | idea In this vague description, T will ™ 1 at the top. tart in a be very grateful to her if she will give little on the slant and cut round and me the directions, either through the | round clear to the toe, and put in an columna of the Social Corner or|other Take all the old clothe through the editor. | nildren's walsts and DESIRE. | the shorter the piec the Willlmantie, effect, Take dress old Dpiecy 1 and wh commence Jim SENDS IN TWO RECIPES. lg fujl get {or mi o more the v Daar Fdilor fends of the So- | ter don't forget to mix I 1 Corner: Will send t(wo toested |plack in, as it gives it a richer look). recipes. | Get large wooden crochet needle and For a change we like oatmeal hread '.~ummrn: > by 1ain about one foot it is wholesome and nutritious long; turn and put needis in each Oatmeal Bread—Tvwo cups oatmeal, !stitch (sinzle crochet at ), two | four cups bolling water, one yeast- i ‘same stitch with o h be- 1p brown sugar, two table- | tween—that is, if you wish squs tier, two quarts flour, half|per; if not, keep pust teaspoon soda. Scald the oatmeal with boiling water; let cool; then add the veast and other ingredients. Beat well together; add flour slowly: form into | loaves, let rise, and bake slow ona hour. Crullers—8ix tablespoons suzar, tablespoons melted butter, stitch now and After you have ¢ rows done, nd white fow fo two eggs, aleven tablespoons milk, nutmeg and| e print piece salt, two heaping teaspoons baking iy 4 bas for A Stene Wall Qui powder; as much flour as one thi “"“\\hhn thera is ner); 18 needed. {au shapes Rural Delivery: Which way did you | pave a piece Guarters of take when you went on that etraw-|. yard, eut a st 1ches wide ride to+C-—— If you went on the gor ruffle and =t etween two turnpikd road through Yantic you|pjeces cut length « nd a Mi- must have gone not a great waysfrom | {je wider; run a pull n to slip | where [ ltve. I can almost magine I)gver broom, to clean s and heard thw big wagon as it went thun- | \wajje dering by.. Nat: I must eonfess that dried ap- ple pies are not se awful bad after all. Aline; I enjoyed your stery very much. Ruwth esks what my favorite song it? I have a number, “Annie Laurie,” “The Sweet By-andBye,” but while T am it is One can also cut size of tea apron, and cut anether half way up and stitch on and bind for Clothespin Bag. Both of these makes a nice Christ- mas present. I cut al} such things in- ito semething: roll up, put in peach basket, put a label or each, what it is, an whem 1 wish te give it to. 1 do think anyone appreciates a Christmes present we have made much more than a boughten onmec: at least I is “Home. Sweet Home,” 1 imagine that the shove words are |dq, in a framed picture which graces the| Always keep a piece of white mus- wails of the ha memory’s fancy |1in among vour mending things, and where the Secial Corner fnends meet when your sh them over, rtwaists are soiled look 4nd”if there gre any tears MAKING | | By gum!” mu Bis plac r, so many of i ° pped out, Why | it LI o | “Neitker did 1" sa b b cheery 1en hie slapped his knce and begun to a great elephant. tlumb 3 says he, aper round I thought “Leonard bLridge nutmeg, salt, cne cup raisins, one tea- spoon soda, one cup sour apple sauce, two cups flour, 'S PLEASURE TRIP : 3 e > A | Cofiec Cake—A big spoonful o :‘i‘:lt.x_m of the dread disease, conswnp: HU P chortening, ene-haif cup of sngar, one- hae | o : hall cup of coffec, one-half cup. of ey 1 ca g it § & PR o) molasses, two and one-half cups o S Dr((t:mx\t‘htuu\zrt’l';(; same; fiour, sa't, two and nne»hnl!”lm:spn:;l; here, for your dear sake, Jehiel and me aiways read the So- | p powder, cinnamon, allspice e Ll e G e el | nutmeg, and one cup of Taisins, Jrilis JIM. land then talk it over the vest of tife ihe station agent came up | Cookies—One egg, one cup of ,ug.r, e i ! ed him if that was all thers ig spooniul of butter, o | = > we set rmmd the | was of the ‘place. * cottolene, one-half cup sour une BUSYBODY - MISSES THE OLD’g toasting ou s he, “there's more houses spoon soda, Flour for a stiff dough. WRITERS. et ng ‘“h“\:; lt-]hv‘lli road, but they donm't grow | JFor fruit cookics, add 1aisins, cur- = {who write, when Jehial by ery ' thick.” | rents and spice. { Dear Editor ar up the ones from Leonard Bri e | 'The next train back didn't go till % W 5 cial Corner Wi eight counted right off quick. | three o'cloelz, he said. Three ho Best Cookies—inme cup cream, one utier or cottolene, two CUPE ‘SU- two eggs, one teaspoon soda, salt nutmeg, stiff dough. Pound Cake—Cne cup cup X e{and a half fo spend there. Trul (bezutiful prospect! There wasn't a | store, no place to get any dinner, and | nothing to do to pass away the 1 asked the station agent wh the folks that wrote Lo the Soc aer. Why, if vou belleve me, never heard on it. When I explained to him was, he t0l@ me ‘the folks sig because that sugar, one one big speonful 2 | | ETTA BARBER. A. B. C'S THOUGHT OF IT. what ‘d Le‘vn e address. He said a R. 1‘ ), | I'rank: Have you th m'bht about who | route gtarted there that was the g- are lie re T army of est in tRe eastern states. He said 'twas drunkirds? few, per- where for pleasure tils winte hirty miles through two ha v thirst. The What!” says I. “I can’t go; u and by und teach them tlook 20od enough. 1t does well | ousands of people. . them o drink. 1t isn't the | enough to wear round home, but in a | got 1hat number Bovs who t the saloons: it's just city ‘twould look kinder—wall—pas- | houses ain't no e other w ABE ay, like Jane Ann's f 1 | e see. Wall, we M o oing to say couutr Jehiel | thought we might as weil | THEODA'S METHODS OF ECONOMY we dow't llve in t! We | make th on it. D | 3 .him keep| A team up with a load of wood | _1ar Editor and “" 1al Corner Sis- and ancther come witha load of tles, ror®: Now that my fingers and ink Frrdos o {alk tothe men with T8¢ thaviod and the weather con- the. Ioats, o By ditions allow by brainy to act, 1 will : and it some. cards 't Auniy know, before I freeze up R so one to | 434 that I am still in tie ranks. der flustered when memory with 5 M ”)\:\h’ "““Agr:t id, “I mean s got another gadding i B v S 3 b ey e W Your bunnit does. i aoti poste i B i B M il v o “Thank yvou,” says 1, kinder crisp- ney didn’y no far e B e cause I was geiting mad. ST ol Dnateriod 1o it “Tarnation!” says he, 'I mean— The mail man el thate Bias ;sub:: Never mind what_you mean, I um while 1 was Kindly word or deed, instedd ot thimis :Tnsnl? cu will buy me a new bunnit, Lm“tvl‘alh;:“‘l} e hat wiil please themselves mo!‘i el a0 16 WHIBaaNH: “in, the | A0 sesgo OF e Hohsrs hen I come to Leonard Bridge I wil morning and buy the All right,” suit you, If for a bunnit, we went to 't ir e the train for the ci and see the whole of . and take dinner all, nnit and the anylhing t nd tew muc we'll hire a il to the hotel.” bed" early s n the mornin; aj confess I didn’t sleep” much a- thinking of my new busnit and riding | ce a house to house cail to #ind you. n “Cheristette ere 15 another one interested in b I enjoy doi it as well o stle blow. 8 uulate, and h You se (hrowp away. An n em On the ma- e uares or in brick nattern, e strips the length of the quilt s|and the s four inches wide by Seven I waved my arms, but no go. It jong and sew the strips tozether. t stop. Wall, here was a pretty = Greek cross pattern is pretty and Jehiel gone and me left! easy. in a auto, and maybe seeing some of | cd the station agent when the! JAunty: I have used that brown | the Social Corner sisters. i in left and he said 7.45 p. m. bread recipe for some time and wonder | Jehiel snored ht along, so 1 guess | r! thinks I; 'most five hours |if vou gave it to me. ! t pritty good. | more to spend in that awful place, and These lenglhening spriig days are 5 , it turned out to be a bead- | nothicg to eat. I was beginning to | just the ones to remodel last season's tifu! morning and we started early. | get pretty holler. I went in the depot garments and make a new supply of We drove to Willimantic and put the [and set down and thought of ali the shirtwaists and house dresses. It is & horse in the' livery stable and set oul to buy a bunnit. showed us! bouquets, feathers, and peac] and crotch Such bunnits as th, There was @ h pans h bas ed z00d things [ had to home to eat. Gingerbread and smckmwmfl and Baptist cakes and brown bread and pickles, The more 1 thought of 'em the hungrier 1 got. Finally a meat ! good plan to make two walsts like the rt, as the waists soil soomer and ar out more quickly. Waists may and easily made by the eve patiern, as there are w be quic Kiy wagon came along and 1 hailed it. I but two seams the under arm, and . What I liked Ji didn’t, and | could have et a raw dog by that may be finished square or round neck, what Jehiel liked I didn't. | time, but T aldn't have tv: he had und close at the left side and finished I sec’we was likely to be all | some bologna. I bought a hunk and h a bias band, or plain contras.ing buying a burnit at that rate, it was so peppery it most burnt m nd aro’ %k and down the rroposed he go down to the throat cff; but I felt better inside, | (ront or Gather the bot- and buy the tickets, and I would look | anywi y. By that time I was some | tom in a band or if preferred cut long in one more place. So he give me $5 | tired and I rold the station agent 1|°nough to go below the belt. and we separated. The very first bun- was going to have a nap, and to wake Garwu' e no longer useful i | nit I see in the next st Te 4 bou me up in time to take the train. If he t g€ "_'VQ in strips and put it on 'Twas real kinder pret. | lot me get left ag'in I'd haunt him | the braids together, i ty, black velvet and some ribbon and when I died. Wall, the next \hlnL 1| et rags and knit, some feathers on it. 1 started for the knew he was shaking me like all pos- | en 'N'n rogs. 1 depot to look up Jehiel and found him | sessesd. i <ot <goun MnwEA (Ene standing In line to buy his ticket, ake up, Aunty!” says he, “It's| 1 be made to do service fo Pretty soon his turn come and he | train time.” |t nembers of the family or brung me the“tickets and said the| He nelped me aboard and I tell you |? neighbor's child, ! train didn't go for hal we finally started. ard Bridge!” The train stopped, and the train went “Spirits of desolati L Jehiel 3 h chicken in sight. “Wall,” says I, mobile and hunt u to take dinner to. g0 one level teaspoon soda, | ‘What have we struck? “The city of Leonard Brid: f an hour, yiet. He went out and bought some pea- nuts to help pass away the time. Wall, We hadn't rode more'n twenty min- utes when the brakeman yells and we got ou on, When th smoke cleared away we took one look. on!"” says Jehiel b the hotel “Leon- we are » interested in the emergency s that time comes to most of Here is one I add to the list: Mock Clam Chowder—One-half cup salt codfish picked in pieces and put on to_cook in cold water. When the water Is add one pint of sliced potatoes dnd two sliced onions. Cook till ten- I wae glad to leave the place. Jehiel wa me in Will ish lgoking cI on the platform to meet antic and such a sheep- itter as he was. Seems | he was pusy talking to them ceamsters | and watching them unload when the train come., Not seeing me enywhere ke thought I had got aboard, so he t e | jumped cn. Went through all the cars | der, then add one pint of milk and and didn't see me, S0 when he got to n a little with flour stirred in 1. itic he pitched in to pepper and salt ime, He went to a re ack d got some dinner ctures, went to C THEODA 0 PAPA'S BOY. 1 have izl Cor- . So itten about t remem- t tobacco, and T will yat tobacco. ome man spends a few | or small breaks to t darn them muslin. If you look like the ol {ed, and T'l] defy anyo unless they are show: | I also go over all lin_curtains; {and I can darn it, but til lh.vlfl(—n*anel IS HOME “orn nigm dad 1s Kicked o dow I him. darns the heught the socks in th the needles and the Mother does up the he like mis made to ‘hief, Dad buys chickens for Sunday din- carves them himself, and draws ner; with rav FATHER n to them. take quu« a large place/ ters: I never walt un- Edit socks, but dad ¢ g With best e first plac nu, ers have them to give, although | NGIRLIE, varn after want the Sisters to think of the | fruit—wel Lhdl d\ut ins first, if there are any who ], and jars and sugar cost | that s 32 ] SmpoL terest lace, or muslin, ' biinds. The fad is on in dear old Eng. r cont. for }“. .riyign oo elings from the land. Selah!” 15 ahout 70 vears old, the total kiilful they will CRUSOE. | amount to more than $7 Lebanon, i ald of the tobaceo ‘hewing or enuffing uwm?fi to him. if not flest 2 Greeley A WORD FROM DOLLY. Dear rite a 1 me, long il it r their ki 1 never knew | » is so much | No one is t makes no rich or poor, got the sams love thinking nt and round to folks who of readin A TALK WITH VOUNG MOTHERS. Dear Young \Iothnrs want them. I need them very much in my work, and all such would be thankfully re- ceived, It is that you may profit by my mistakes that I tell the neck from the ruins after every- G 1 >u a - = you about them. {one elze is served, e aaanieas you all. WIll hear from | Cne of the greatest mistakes that What 1s home without 2. mother?! Ndrwich. * |2 young housekeeper, or a mother, can Yes, that is all right; but what is home e {Ee Sinan Nok without a father? Ten charces to one SURE, roQD RECIPES 1l after marriage it is a boarding house; fa ‘ is not so t as it is later | der a slab, and the landiady send a fe t besins to ow. Dad | \ere's may t, S ha hen vou're g Well I never other day to = r o e. wa, ‘m hear them. , of course, =he talked so fast, tave my dictionar rt, 1 toid her it v ment T wished s me ine writin; | set a chance to study pared to_live to | up for men, made some da marked: This is oniy il foliew m: “In prorauigating ou: tions or articulating a part of in giving suppress babblement. very much FuRpr who so that tnld her I thought it was sood eno and I wouldn't wonder i a prelimin not be quite sentimentalities, or phil chological,psychophysical observations, we will endeavor to beware of plati- tudinous ponderosity; eschew all con- glomerations of flatulent garrulity and But—if we are up. the the con me t r esote &eop hical, psy- t sure are good one cup r, a little ™ of alt ips taking powger a spoon soda. an hour; ngland—by % ; ernoon ior o and anotier = 3 v sugar, wo P gette, and mnatur £ cupn flour.-ome | BOUr, perhaps, find when a8 mostly on i . & Jitfle salt urd: nigk many things st S all the talk Among | ¢ o TR Rt aaa & A:‘;.\nm‘_ Mrs, Margaret ther things, she mentioned that she 1¢ eup of hoiling water. ngster savs P was writing up some by s for i f boiling, wates “it isn’t the thing you do, dear, 1 wouldn't Duugh" uts—Oune cup sugar, one an In the thing you jeave undone milk, one teaspoon ou a bit of a heartache | sodia, am a good listener, but ttle salt and 4 setting of the au 14 as 1 did not | mes. X have iiads thbenw I was many 1 nbarra learned by | €8s and they were good. this wax until ¥ hit on a plan. J cu- | - his: 1 kept o sow S Hm"n"; U=| Plain Cake—One egg, oms cup of|pait, | Mept on myisewing lable & my wife could | SUEAT; one cup of sweet milk or But- | yepied or made. Scissors, needles and it and be pre. | (STMiIK, a blg spoonful of butter, ot | hregq wera there also, and ,when s t e O BN S 1 teaspoon | gpvone dropped in 1 would take -my h‘“”" and a neaping teaspoon cream |y s e 100 and find gomothing €1 | tartar, a little salt and flavoring. | . L taai had to be dor without having to a wonderfui holp, If T went out in ti I could, my work my arm; and I s a pieasant time, us well as a useful one. Those,are oniy little things, dear, but you winl find that they all count. One other thing I would like to sey to raothers is: Try always to be weil shod, for a woman that is on her right at my hand ook for it. It was ! Bake In two H s, Meit chocolate and | powdered ®ugar in a litte water, lot } it come to a ‘uw and put bexwoon the s 2nd on top: or m milic or and on and currants, afternoon when was hanging on P or add rax«h 5 or figs chopped fine, or dates in the frosting for the middle, or use jelly. Divide the dough in three parts and add fruit and spice to one for the middle if you want a ribbon cake, all day cannor waik around with un- Apple Cake—One cup sugar, one-,buttoned shoes or crovked heels. You halfl eup whorteming, eclove, cinnamen, w'nl soou Gind that the ligaments of your limbs are strained, grow oider it will all Ho' many womcen wi the age of fifty will feel talte a five-mile walk”? Notice as go aleng the etroets now many women go hobbling aiong. Yoeu can tell by woldng at their faces that their feer trouble them, and all because they did not take eare of their feet in their younger days, A MOTHER Resbary. BECCY'S THANKS FOR JONNNY CAKE. Dear Kditor and Soclal Cermer Sis- ters: I was much surprised, as well as pleased, that the guod Bditor was kind enough to print my letior and that the Social Corner Sisters responded so soon, so we have beem able to have some of {hose Johnmy cakes that ! have been jouging for, and | guess they think I heve beem & busy making them that T have not bad time to send in a_Thank you: but not auite as bad as that, although ¥ have tried severa! and found them OK. Shall try the rest in twm. I want to thank Austy, snd also Ready, for the weloume ey have fiv en me to their circla. I wonder 1 womld know who is wao Wish 7 could have 2 good bundshake with them and see, for T am much intarested in the letters from Mossachvsetts and Connecticut, a8 the latter was the state of my hirth, ond 1 spent all my vounger days in both efates; also have vigited In Willimantic a sre!l many times, so have friends and acquaint- ances there as well as in several of the surrounding towns. T read with interest Aunt Jule's and Frozen's remedies for burns, but the Packwoods Mother is the best I have ever tried for children, and it fs also excellent to grease the chest to loowen up a cough, but my remedy {s, as soon as I receive a burn, to hold it over the hot stove until 1 draw all the firs: but if the burn is a severs one it will be impossible to hold it there only a fow minutes at a time, the smarting wifl bs almost unbearable. 1 keep at it wntl] it ceases to smart and | so (Mu 1 nefther get any scars or hiisters. Best wishes to all. Maine. BALSAM FIR'S FAD. thank vou for vour ever-helpful sug- gestions, and such good letters all do_write, I Bulletin. Comes on the 9.20 train, 1 don’t do any more work until after I have read every letter, and sometimes tead them the second time, and then I think what can I eay, to help the sisters. 1 belleve it is m h(!“ than to receive; and so 1 will nk. and think, and get out my old scrap- books and look for gome old yet true and tried recipe: Don't always find just what I want, but am sending some that I Know 1o be O.K. 1 was pleased to note some new names; that is, new to me. The young lady in Chicopes, Mase., would llke some post cards, and as I love them myself, her wish will be gratified, I have 2,000 of them from about all over the world; and am yet looking for mere, One of the sisters says she wishes Cherisette and Balsam Fir every blessing; but I for one fesi lke this, we are on earth to & mission, and do as we would like to u done by, and I never tire doing for others. Would some of the aisters be kind enough to send in words to the old, but ever beantiful song, entitied, “Birdls, T am tired now”? 1 have some cf it, but would lke te know the rest. The Iolknnu verse expresses my wishes and desires | { { i "l live for those who lowe ma, For those who know me true, ¥or the heaven that smiles abave me, And the good that I can do.” ds' to all. BALSAM FIR BLACK BEAUTY'S PERTINENT INQUIRIEC HM Sisters of the i dp mot writs much T am not an expert like Papa's Bey, and, besidee, ] haven't aute to go riding i What Enow ? i wender if Merry Farmers Bey and Papa’s Poy are twins, Merry Farmers Boy: Do you like to cook? I see you have some reci| in your letter. De you werk in the house or outdoors most? BLACK BBRAUTY. Leonerd Bridge. QUESTIONS FROM O, N. O, Dear Soctal Corner: So sheuld 1 like to shake hands with Beocy, from Maine; and does she mean e has been in Union. Me, several times; or in Union, Conn. You know thers are lots of towns by the name of Unlon J¢ you mean Unlon, Conn, you have got me a-guessing as to who you are &3 much as they are guassing Who's Who. I used to live not far from the ruins of an old gristmill where my father sometimes ;la.d griet ground ia vears past. Do any of the Social Corner sisters belong to the Homestead olub? I think we wiil all be glad to ses the r‘lyl' i# this swte, Td Mie w fruit trees bloom agein and bear the birds sing. TUnlon. oORO ISABEL TRANSMIT§ HELPFUL THOUGHTS Dear Sisters of the Soclal Cormers am not going to wrile a very vb.m- letter this week; and yet, T have been #0 helped by the litila story 1 am go- ing to tell thet 1 want to pass !t em e others, I know the Sisters all seem to be & cheerful, happy ocompsny, but soomer or later discouragement, pain and losx come to all of us, and we feel that the struggle is hardly worth while. This story was told by an evangelist and has cheered and encouraged me many times. Thya eagle builds its nest on the high mountain, on the edge of & ce, and hers in this perilous home 1t rears its yvoung. Tt takes couraPe to make the voung ones fly when helow vawns the gfeat chasm, but as scon the mother thinks they are old she pushes them from the nest. Bet obliged to fly to keep from falilne. the voung birds do their best and struggl bravely, while the parent birds watch nd guard them from the nest, and | when they ses tlelr strength is falling | down dart the hig birds to fiy umder !and support them unth they aro in a safe position again. Se God watches over ne, and in the dark moments of our lives, when our courage e supports and strengthens us, thoagh we know it not. It must be a hiessed thing to he & natural horn optimist and always see the doughnut rather than the hole, but most of us hava tha *blues” at Hmes. Hera ts a stanza for ue to learn and repeat when wa feal the att coming xa [ Just haing happy Is a fine thing ta de, g at the bright side, rather then tho biue Sad or sunny, musing is l2rgely in the clioosink, And just being happr !s brave werk and true Our Fdite v are o print a tar that has 4 sermon flavar, an does this, but mext ttme T will chignge,the , 80 till then zood-h 4 so til then soa-bye A _“SWEETS TO THE SWEET" Take thres sups of and cream with one. Page 16