Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 1, 1912, Page 14

A GOOD LAUGH IS SUNSHINE IN THE HOUSE EVEPY WOMAN’S OPPORTUNITY. The Buretin wants goed home letters, good business letters; gond help- ful letters of any kind the mind may euggest. They should be in hand oy Wednesday of each week. Write on but one side of the paper. Address, SOCIAL CORNER EDITOR, Builetin Office, Norwick, Conn THREE PRIZES MONTHLY: $250 1o first; $1.50 to second:; $1.00 to third. Awerd made the last Saturday In each mentk. SOCIAL CORNER POEM. ‘Be a Friend to a Man, There are hermit souls that live with-~ drawn T the place of their self-content; There are souls like stars, that dwell apart In a fellowless firmament; There are ploneer souls, that blaze their paths Where highways never ran— But let me live by the side of the road, And be a friend to man. Let me live In 2 house by the side of the road, ‘Where the race of men go by, The men who are good and the men who are bad, As good and as bad as I I would not sit in the scorner’s seat, Or hurl the cynic's ban— Let me live in a house by the side of the road, And be a friend to man. 1 see from my house by the side of the road, By the side of the highway of life, The men who press with the ardor of hope, The men strife; But I turn not away from thelr smiles nor their tears, Both parts of an infinite plan— Let me live in my house by the side of the road, And be a friend to man. —Sam Walter Foss, (Sent in by Getrrude.) ANSWERS AND INQUIRIES. + SYMPATHY—The card was for- warded- &8 you directed. The Wide- wake Circle does not encourage dis- onesty, and Uncle Jed is aware many wtories are not original, but if they are expressed in the child’s own way there s no objectfon to that. Our rule in re- gard to this is, if the manuscript is clean and neat and creditable to the child, to award a prize book. The | ‘Wide-Awake Circle prefers simple lit- tle stories, as children tell them, of their daily life, and most of the books | are awarded to these writers. The | children make a very interesting page, and very few of them are dishonest. ‘The child who cheats injures itself, not | The Bulletin. Let your little boy write if he desireg to. No harm can come to him under the supervision of such a mother. A YOUNG MOTHER—The was mailed to you. DAUGHTER—The postal been forwarded to Buttercup. F.- B. P—Papers left for mailing have remarks written on margin—a viclation of the postal laws, and calls for letter postage. who are faint with the postal card has Inquiry from Wild West. Editor Social Corner: Hope wo don't tire you with our foolishness. Balsam Fir—I believe it was you that asked for that poetry. I am afraid I shall have to ask you to re- peat the name, because 1 am afraid [ overlooked that paper. Elizabeth—I think 1 know you. Did ¥ou get the “poetry?” Will close now with best wishes toj the sisters. WILD WEST. LITTLE THINGS THAT ARE NO TRIFLES. Dear Sisters of the Social Corner:— Now I am thinking of the statistics of infant mortality in the Month of Roses, and wondeying which of the mothers are with me in thought. Do you know that more babies die in June than in any other month of the year? Our doctor’s bills are heavier, too, @uring these “perfect” thirty days than for the rest of the entire year, or half year. I wonder why? Today I am prepared to discuss the question from a practical standpoint. Our American winters are long and trying. We have an absurd way of counting March among the spring months, all the time knowing in our shivering souls that it is, for the most part, winter at its wintry worst. April has gentler moods, and “the long season in May” hag in the mid- dle states the prettler name of the “blossom storm.” In the three months T have nameq we have had no protracted period of warm weather to act continuously up- on systems congested by six months of winter and bile making foods.. For those slx months we have been laying in caloric, as we put in coal and wood in the late autumn. Red meats, pork in all its varfeties, buckwheat and grid- dle cakeg of all shape nd sizes, de- voured by the dozen at a meal when made savory with wausage and butter, or sweetened by evrup: mince, pump- kin zand apple ples; all sorts of cakes, and outspoken “devil's food:” Welsh rehbits as nightcaps, and doughnuts b;l' the dozen—these have been the chief of our diet while the mercury coquetied with Zero for weeks at a time. A blle-meking dietary all this, which may do no visible harm while | the system ¢ keyed up to concert pitch by echilled ozons, The languorous heats of June loosen the tensions of all organs. The diges- tive apparatus acts siuggishly and is inadequate te the task of throwing| off morbid and ilent humors; com- plexions are sallowed by bilious secre tions diverted from their legitimate functions; one is eppressed in the morning, and semetimes all day, by a low, dumb nausea, Appetiteless and listless, we drag ourseives in a sort of a purposeless fashiea abeut our daily tasks, and complain of “spring fever,” and all the while we go on with the same bill of fare we used all winter long. We order amnd eook as much meat and the same kind; we serve and gwallow as much pastry, We might eool The blsed somewhat and purify the allmeatary canal with freshly gathered berrles; hut we elm;r,‘ to cook strawberzies and currant carly ehergies in crust, made fHaky crisp with plenty of Writer. Our soups must have an added touch of savori- ness to temapt jaded appetites, and what so savory as meat? New pota- foes are eedily devoured. We are weary of 15 rank old tubers and hail with joy the appearance iu the market | one to the waiting ambulance or wh o o 4 1 On top of of the June crop of ba sizes, sold at fancy prices, and as un- fit for human consumption as so many They are drenched with melted butter, to get the flavor they mothers wax marbles. lack In themselves. Then marvel that the rate of infant mortal- . ity and illness in general runs up so high in the “leafy month of June." Nature is a faithful teacher to one who has studied her moods and tenses. men and women should eat gt certain times and seasons. she had made audible proclamation in the market place, she ordains that the first course of the spring menu shall be ealads, a trifle tart; biliary secretioms, or throw them off, and quicken appetite. .Next fruits and berries, pleasanly alterat easy of digestion, delicious to the palate; they at on supply a “course of spring medicine” and gratify our longing for something more delicate and stimulating than the grosser fouds upon which ‘we have lived for half a year, (To be continued.) CENTENNIAL SQUARE. HELPS AND HINTS FROM DIANA. Dear Editor and Sisters of the So- cial Corner: 1 thank you for your hearty welcome and will try not to intrude too often; but from time to time I would like to pass on some aids and helps to others that have been very beneficial to myself. Aids and Helps for the Sick—This device can be resorted to, when it is absolutgly necessary to remove a seri- ously sf person who ought not to be moved, to another room, or to a hospital, Slip a stout sheet under the patient and have ready two long stout es upon which wind the side of the H n have four persons of near Iy the same height take hold of th ends of the poles and convey the sic ever he or she is t6 be taken. T mode of moving one will least annoy or injure the patient. If the nearby city is not the posses- sor of an ambulance, a modern, cov- ered, good-springed laundry wagon can be utilized for a substitute. A mat- tress can be placed within to provide a bed for the k one. The position of a sick person who cannot move or be lifted can be slight- ly changed to ease one by the nurse| grasping the nightrobe just below the body and giving an easy twirl, as one does to a small infant. The bed of a seriously sick patient can bé lightened and freshened by the nurse placing her hands beneath the mattress and softly puffing it up; the hands can also bhe placed under the pillows and the same result can be effected, thus giving ease and relief to | one. When preparing a patient night at home, rub one's back cohol, and in place of in hospitals, one will find starch will serve the purp: away the sore and tired for in the al- that of tak whicn is experienced by those who are con- fined to their beds. A cup'of hot milk will often attract sleep to the weary and w ferer who needs a stimulant, i strengthener, to procure ti needed’ repose, Some strips of canvas or denim can be fastened on the -inside back of a reclining chair, or at the back of the head of a couch or bed behind the pillows; into the loops thus made ns. rt a sun umbrella and turn it from to side to prevent the sun from noying a patient on the veranda. vill be convenient watcher to draw down a curtain to pick up some article that ha: en, without rising. The convalescent will also find it will save the care- taker many steps by having one lean- ing chair or cot. A hatpin will fall- sliver off bits of fce {from time to time from a piece which is kept wrapped up.in flannel to keep from melting quickly. A piece of ice passed over the dry, parched and burning lips by the nurse of a fevered patient, who is too ill to hold a piece of ice in one's mouth, will give relief. DIAD New Hampshire, HOUSECLEANING TIME AT NAT'S. To Socfal Corner Folks: yeu? for here are we: How are {"Mid mops and stepladders woefully I roam, And gaze on ¢ called h curtains are wreck which once I ne, are The down, the carpeis rrel we dine and we sup. (Blamed we git a barrel all the time.) I don’t bt nk mueh of pemes mostly: hits nail plum on the head to my < Jane Ann's cleaning heu. she says she is—but it ’pears te me and Jeke (he's my new hired hand) eousiderably Jike she’'s making things loek wusser and wiisser, Now, Jane Ann has her good pints, &s wimmen go: generally peaceable and such, and I kalkulate she’ll de jest as I say—mostly; but ’leng in plant- ing, time, somehow, she breaks loose. Ne-ow, we've argued that 'ere qu uys hill and down, this e, eating d Foltigatai. sashay through doors— fear of paint; me chairs on deck, but some eold, rickety things; even the old dog goes 'round dazed lik But 'tain’t no use to say nuthin'—when that house around Jai jest as wel sun bunnit you might low—or lite out—and 1 generally ¥Heans to lite out. was plowing down in that ‘ere ccra log tuther day, and sent Jeke to ihe house for a wrench, He comes back—middling quick—Ilookin’ over his shoulder mow and then. When he handed me ihe wrench I seen he looked sorg of swhite around the giils, Le: “Boes Mis: “What!” sis has them fits often?” 8yl says he, jerking his thum oxer his shaulder, Ginger! tcok: bad this time—ain’t no fire nw nuthin'--and she's got the yard pile full ol truck aud adding more con lo lls of varying methods, her In nothing is she! more faithful than in indicating what As plainly as if they correct come | he powder used | A long stick with a hook in the end | for the nurse or | or | ing bee gets buzzing ! | grabbed | | | { | it you wanis | {laff; but I guess they thought I wus | cieaning house!” | Was | bury jan auction I heared of, next day. Like | By PIGS AND OTHER THINGS Ma Pa’s sister, what lives In the eity, says there must be times in a farmer’s Lic when the outside world ecalls loudly. But me and pa ain’t seen no such time. Yit, maybe, we will. We wouldn't go off the farm if it warnt_for gittin’ feed for the critters and sellin’ aigs and vegetables. When we do go the kows is allus gittin’ out, or suthin’ or nuther gits upset. Well, last week wus one o' them times. T had to do go to town to du a lot o tradin’. Well, Jest as I got onto State street and took my weight out to hiteh, as I allus had, a policeman comes up an’ sez: “Can’'t hitch here. You're headed he wrong way. Yeu're on the wrong side o' the street. On the right side head up, left side head down.” ‘Well, I didn’'t know what talkin’ abeut, anyway. I sez: “I guess I know what side o’ the street I want to be on, without you he was tellin’ me. I alus have hitched here. Where shall I hitch when I cum to town?” He sez: “Over on seme side street.” “Well” 1 sez, “if a body's got to back ali their bundles they'd better leave their teams to home. I s’pose you want the room for them old au- tomohbiles that kills folks off so . We can’t take no'comfort ridin’ no more sense they come round here.” “Say, eows is high, ain’t they?” says he. . “Well, I sot there quite a spell—jest es long’s I wanted tu, and then I drove acrost the street an' staid there till T got good an’ ready tu ge; and he dldn’t say nuthin’, neither. There was sum young fellers stand- in* there, They wus grinnin’ to hear me talkin’ to him. Course they didn't goeod for him. I was mad, but—gosh! 1 wus too much of a lady to show it. Now, if it had a-been anybody like p2 I'd a-sailed Into him. I heard a man talkin’ an’ wavin’ his hands in front of a crowd, an' I heard him say sumethin’ about “our beautiful har- bLor! Jest then I went into a store te procure some sassage, so I sez to | the feller I wus tradin’ with: “What they goin’ tu du, fix up the herbor? There's a man out there said | sumpthin’ about our beautiful harbor.” No.” he gez, “that’s ome o them city fathers a-spoutin'—they allers sa that.” Well, then T went down tu git my sister to go out with me an’ show me | aroun’, as I wouldn’'t ask no police- | man where I wanted to find a street. | No, I'd- git. lost first, besides I wouldn’t | want 'em to know I was frum the | country. I brace right up in the city, | and vou'd never know but I knew all | the city ways. 1 did git lost two or; three times; once when [ wus lookln‘] for Gallows lane, Say, hew does yer hens ~lay this spring? Well, she wus tu heme; and we went 'way down town to Mn Swartzberger's meat market to git sum pig pork to salt down. It's real nice to cook with greens an’ gar@ien sass:. It tastes real good—not ke heg pork, Whien we got there we went right In an’ se#i “@eod mernin’, Mr. Swartzberger, Got any nice little plg pork tu sen? 1 had sum last year from Mr. Bullinses’ farm. I like Mr. Bulllnses’ pork. It's so sweet an’ nice. When will you be havin’ any of Mr: Bullinses' pork?” He sez: “lLady, that's Mr. Bullinses’ pork, right there, you're lookin’ at.* Turnin’ to my sister, I sez: “Now, ain’'t that nice? I can get it teday an’ not bether cumin’ down again.” I sez: “How much is {t?” an' I thought the price was a little steep, so sez: “I guess you'll shade that a little, won't you?” (Pa allus sez that when he's buyin’ kows an’ horses.) Mr. Swartzberger sez: “Now, lady, vou don't want no swill-fed perk, do you?” “No; ecourse not!” “These are grain-fed, and of course cost a little more.” ‘Well, T thought I'd better look aroun’ a little to see If I couldn’t do better, We went into anether store an’ T was wise on the feed business, so after looking at sum I sez I like Mr, Bul- linses’ pork, it is so sweet, He sez: “Lady, that pork you're look- in’ at right there's Mr. Bullinses’ pork.” 1 sez: “You don't eay?"” An’ [ sez tu my sister; “Now, aln't that niee?” When he told me the price it was higher than Mr. Bwartzberger's, an’ then T put on a wise look an' sez: “What was these pigs fed on?” He looks at me a minnit an' sexz: “Oh, chestnuts!” I mez tu my rister: “Did you ever hear tell o' chestnut-fed pigs?” She sez: “No, but we've et acorn-fed pigs. T s'poese there ain't much differ- enc, Well, T went back to Mr. 8wartzber- ger's an’ bought sum o’ Mr. Bullinses's porle—Iit 1s so sweet! It dldn't seem to be guite so good as usual, so when I met Mr. Bulllns I sez: “Say, vour pork wasn't quite mo good thls year., T guess 'cause you fed ‘em on chestnuts,” He sez: “Why, what do you mean?” I sez: “I mean that I bought some of your pork of Mr. Swartzberger.” He sez: “I aidn’t sell no pork this spring.” . An' I sez: “As my boy would say: ‘What do you know about that? " P. 8.—Read carefully. Say, we've got a little calf. He's 8o Cunnin’ he makes us laff. He's a winner. We've named him Taft. e EE———— it every minute,” says he. “You'd bet- ¥ tes ! | , “what day is it ays he, scratching his head, | “Wednesday day of May.” i “Um ys I, “We-ll, Jane's a “leaning!” says he, dazed like. e sure be ring it all right. | safe, do yer?” ya- says Jzne she 'lows house germs and such, and I, “Go-long, Bill chuck full of | ain't clean ’til | she’ painted and whitewashed nigh about every'all-fired thing in it.” 1 Shuc I never scen none on und.” | 1sh dinner that [ we took a snack afore buttery winder, and next d: we sot on the chopping block in the \\'uul' shed and held a plate on our Knee. | (Ready’s be them germs runni We-ll; we had a day. Next day 3 . air woodbox would all-fired Oh,” she savs, “I've been polishing pele ready, for the fishing season 1s oven. We can go out in a boat and {have clear sailing from the brush and trees, Instead of your getting caught, you can learn to catch. Ready: Yes, I did get badly sun- burnt, but it wasn't a circumstance to what my friend was. Red neckties den’t go with that complexion. Sweet William: Do you have many ? I am getting to be a good hand killing them. T can remember a time when they did bother me a good deal one night. I guess my friend who was with me thought I had rats on the brain, I wonder if Ready en- joys chasing them around the organ. Maine. FROZEN, ra at EUSYBODY SHALL NEXT TIME. BE FIRST riding in an airship. handy ’bout ) House looks like Dear Editor, Sisters and Brothers of a full grown tornado struck it. Jane | Social Corner: Now that you all en- Ann's bound to kill germs at an joved your trip in the flylng machine rate! Yes-sir-ee! If you want to|with our good editor to guide and read The Bulleiin you can walk a|manage the affalr, I want to tell you two-inch slat into the settin' room.|kcw happy I was to know our dear She's got a chair on an island in the | sister chose me, instead of going to see middle of the room (been painting | Irozen, sixty miles away. 1 assure floor). Keep your feet under your !you the pleasure is all mine. chair, and hold the lamp in your | Poor Nat, I felt sorry for him; but, hand Last night 1 ’lowed I'd rea.Ji Ien, accidents will happen; and you the news. jden’t meet such a jolly crowd every Vs “Where's my chair, Jane?” | day. Nor have the great privilege of | “Where in tarnation is the one that granddad’s ” “That's polished, Now, I was some my hat, and, says I: ain’t painted the milking stool, has| yer?’ i “Ah, no, but if you want it }'mmed—l if there's any left after I| the piazzay done, I'll—" But I shet the door—middling—"bout then, and, thinks I, T'll be chawed up if you paint another biame thing. Il sort of reckoned I'd snoop 'round and what paint cans was handy. I went to the barn and hung the lantern en a peg and sot on a stocl and ruminated. “Kurious how blame rious these wimmen folks do be” | Si come over and sot on a nail keg al spell, and we argued on who'll be next | peesident. He figures no man on face of the earth but Teddy to fill the chair. I ’lows I ain’t goin’ to have him no how for president. Bill's got the chair and he’s going to keep it, tew. 1 labored with him nigh onto an hour, till Jeke rolled off the meal box, and we agreed 'twas bedtime. I told Jeke, says, It “That when fac that S tew,” says | | wrought up ‘\ | man Is all-fired pigheaded, it’s plain as the nose on his , and he's got a sizeable one, tew, 's the only man for Uncle m’s sarvant. Yes, sir—all-fired sot!” I told Jeke I guessed I'd lite out to as not there might be a dung fork or hoe, or something goin’ cheap, and I wanted to see them hogs, tew., Signs were favorable to a let-up of the cy- clene in a day or two, I 'lowed he better sort of hang around; help get things to rights, Can't have Jane | down with ketch or suth’ till we's had somethin’ to eat and things sel- | tled, says I. Balsam Fir: T tell Jame 1t afn't a | mite of to he sick with all tha| ree gratis medicine, That there re- | eeipt for rheumatiz is all right; mucn oblesged | Ma, I'll hs jiggered if that e nld rooster of yourn dem’t look | as 1 felt wnen I—er—had—was ieck a spell ago. Say, new! Yeu 1st hin took powerful when yeu had at ther sickness -must be mighty expensive having that ’‘ere, tew, Is! “constitutional psyehopathic instabii- ity” fashionable down yeur way?| 'Spese you took ether and had it saw- | ed out, didn’t you? Hope I don't git it, er Jane Ann; nuther? | Aline, Jim, Ready, Busybedy: | them pietur’ cards all right. When I sells them hegs I'll buy yeu onse, | 3lue Bells of Scotiand: I wouldn't | : you tack that ‘ere | on pestal and | send to edilor, he'd send it to oid Nal, | He's a real accommodating feller. NAT. FISHING SEASCN OPEN IN MAINE Dear Editor and Social €orner Sig- ters: I am very glad Shut-in couid come with you all, om your trip te Maine; and hope next time your stay will be Tonger, as Maine people are good at entertaini There’s nothing they like better than a good crowd, Maine lover: So yon tbink Beeey | and I are sisters—I wish T knew her, he M. M. you speak of is a - jittle iriend of mine. Whal part of Maus- field do you live in? [ am well ac- quainted at the Center and Holiow, Mamie. I live between Bangor and Portland. Does your last name com- mence with P? Lucy Acorn; Gat You want lo gel your’ I do believe you could actually hear me laugh when I read what Rural De- livery said about climbing a tree. And Aunt Judy’s automoblile trip—I just laughed until 1 cried. But again, to my visitors. You may be sure I enjoyed the eatables—a good- Iy supply, wasn't there? and if I en- joy anything, it is to eat something gomeone else has made. Love to go visiting, just to get a change. Was sorry Busybody was forgotten, but don't you mind, girlle, you will come first next time. Well, T guess that was the last moonlight night, for the rain comes down everv night, if not through the day; and the 20th there was hail and snow for a few minutes, Ma: I received the card O.K. and am pleased to have Pa's photo. Thanks for same, Arline: Have not heard from you for some time., Hope you haven't lost my address, One of the sisters wants to know if I live near Willimantic, Me.; and I asked the postmaster {f there was such a place and he says “No.,” I never heard of the place. C. H. 8. 1913: I received card and returned favor. Come again. A Maine Lover: I sent you a card and am sending another, Trust to bhear from you outside of Corner, The editor wants short stories; but he will forgive us, Our hearts are so full of our good time at my house. Let me know when you are coming next time and I will take you for an excursion to Cape Blizabeth. I shall be pleased to exchange post cards with the sisters, Montvilla: 'Where are you, dear? Stuck in the mud, or are you mo busy with flower garden that you ecannot find time to write Samantha; How about my jolning that singing skewl, and we wiil sing “Auld Lang Syne” Arlin: If yeu cannot get the words “Dying Califernian.” I would be pleased to send them io you, Thought of you all Sunday, for 1 had dandelion ng prepared by J. B, T, s method, Yantie, They were great, and 1 sent my theughts flying in a great many directiens; and as I believe in transmission of theught have ne deubt some of you get it, I will close with best wishes to all, and goed luek te Seeiai Corner, £ Loy BALSAM FIR, Seuth Windham, Me, A WORD OF COUNSEL FROM BYMPATHY, Bear Bditer and Frieads of the Se- cial Corne I hepe np one will think my interest is waning pecause I've not writien for menths. Yeu see, I read, but cannot write (often), and with so many letters waiting ta be printed guess the editer won't miss mine wery much. How we do enmjoy the Beecial €er- ner! ™Pwo neighbors with myself have some lively discussions on the varleus subjects from time jo time, Now, I must tell you what a pleasant surprise | had a few days ago. Some weeks ago | sent In (fer the Bocial Corner), a little sketch; hazdly during to hope it might even be prini- ed; my delight was genuine “when I beheld it at the top of the Soeeial Cer- ner page: then came a bit of fun 3or my befter half (at”my expemse), say- ing “He supposed I wonld receive a small fortune for the story.” A few duys ago came a check frem The Eulletin office and 1 bad (hc joks en { from your letters: now 1 wi your fnitials are R. R.7 And we attend a Iittle kitchen danee in._the winter of 1905, Am sure I knew Faye vl do think ehildren should have a o thin en hance to earn their spending menéy. y 10-year-old boy- has a regular ameunt of work to do each day, and receives a glven sum each week, extra work he has a few extra nles, and when he fails te deo his Werk we make a reduction accordingly, tbureh h" avelding any tendency to shir! I was greatly troubled since he was very emall by a wel;gu habit ef leav- ing his clothes on chairs floor, though I have always had bim put them away since he was eold to do it; and right there eame o ' trouble—must I alwaxs tell him in or- v der to have 1t done? So I told him I as ng to deduect a cent each time }'h to hang up his coats, etc. At first I got a good many penmies, but now seldom gét one from bhim. It is givi him a good habit, and teaching him to think for h A I would like to ask the sisters If they approve of the 'Wide Awake Cir- cle in The Bulletin, 1 allowed my boy to write, at the beginning of this de- partment, but as time went on.l saw so many cepled stories which were supposed to be eoriginal, that I have decided not to allow him to continue writing, lest the temptation to copy comes to him also. In the deslre to win a book, the hoys and girls should rot copy word for word, as one stery in this morning’s paver was. Little original storles and letters written are a great help to the chil- dren; and the taiks Uncle Jed gives to them each week ere flne and in- struetive, too. 1 think the methers should be very waichful of the writ- ings; and even then the oppertumity comes so0 easlly to copy, as the school readers have so many ‘nice little stor- fez which most mothers have not read; side of walst the next mern! tied the ends. ravelings of & them with the tiny bits which ome trims off round armhoies and neck. Quite pretty, JLET Yantic, — { and so do not realize that they are|, ygse FoR WORCESTER SALT cepied. Biizabeth: Many thanks for the BAGS. . pretty card, Sg—— i I do not seem Inspired with any Dear Réitor: A thought has helpful ideas, but we cannet all be | struck me regarding t pigeouhole. alike; B0 I get help from the other sisters’ letters, and enjoy a privilege of writing once in a while. . SYMPATHY. THE WOMAN—MAYOR OF HUNNE- ‘Juut afldu"n prize for the M‘i lot- or, &n wowld look n no time; for, of courss, all :‘m“ will wish to comapete. Betsy Bobbett: Allow me to con- gratulate you. Your story was fine. Also, Shut-Tn'e “Sky Ride to Mains ™ WELL, KANSAS. Sorry you @M not call for me, though. | Huolda: You @id not soewer myv Editor of the Bocial Cormer: IAke | qpestions, Is it because 1 guessed Co-solid, I drift back to the Corner a# an outcome of my liking for folks. I must inquire of Co-solid If her investl. gations of the workings of woman suf- frage Is confined to what she has read or has ghe personal acquaintance with it on its ground in the setates where it has been adopted? In sifting out the various views of this question we must elect to form our judgment from the word of those who have lived long in these states and are thoroughly ac- quainted with the conditions before and after the adoption of woman suf- frage. Now I will accept the testi- mony of no one who does not belong to this staff of informers, for we have abundant rellable testimony in favor of the unquestionable advantages which have accrued from woman suffrage in these states. Let us look at the real facts in regard to Mrs. Wilson, mayor of Hunnewell, Kas.,, of whom Co-colld speaks. I have followed this case care- fully from the moment she comsented to accept the position until two months ago, and it seems to me that Co-solld has a most erroneous conception of the whole matter, Mrs. Wilson is a plain, kindly, strong woman, Intellectually and physically, who through the ili- nesg of her husband has had to rear and support her three children, which she has done so efficlently that the womet of Hunnewell picked her out as the one woman to run their town on high principies. This is high pralse for a woman of 45 to have won from her townspeople. When she was in- right? What has bacome of Frozem? It must be warm down that way now. Bisters: et me tell you what 1 do with Worcester salt bags. 16 cent sizes. water and put to boll in coM water and hard somp to tske out the print: then hem on macliine and have nice soft handkerchiefs for the chfldren's use. Just ae as better ones to lose. My are always losing their handkerchiefs. This letter is ef, not because of coneclentious of that stuffed pigeonhole, but becauss 1 haven't time to write more. MAINE LOVER. | FRANK'S DELIGHTFUL RIDE, Editor Soclal Corner and Sisters: I do enjoy all the letters and stories of | the Social Corner. ! Granite Btate Shut-In: We are glad to have you in the Bocial Cormer, Dear Shut-In: T was overjoyed with the sky ride. It was d. We Shut- Ins, seated side by side, saffng around the stars that twinkle wo at night Three cheers to the Professor and his atrship. Ready, dear: Thanks for Willimantio card. If a rap comes at your door it is I, be not afraid. Shall be fust de- lighted to wipe your dishes. Ma: T have some little chicks. 1f they take on age to be garnished In sage, you are all invited. lose, mot forgetting amy of yo vited to become the candidate for e mayor, she declined the honor. She Cmfl;;'.' TRARK was implored by the best people to re- consider and after due consideration she looked at her children, 6 and 9 vears old, respectively, and reviewed the temptations which beset the boy she had raised and sent out into the world. She said to herself: “How can you expect to raise your children in a clean town unless you help to make it clean?” So this noble hearted mother who had raised one son to become an honor to her and knew the awful temptations that must beset her two young chil- dren fearlessly took up the duty that had come to her unsought. ‘What were the conditions in this town that awakened the women to take this step? The previous mayor had been supported.by the women because he posed as a “dry” candidate. The night of his election he gave a ban- quet of crackers and cheese just to prove his good intentions, and the next day opened a saloon of his own. Things went from bad to worse until the women became desperate and decided they would run a woman,” said Mrs. Osborn, the marshal appointed by Mayor Wilson. The members of the common council were men who refused to do their duty because the mayor was a woman and In 8o doing proved their unfitness for the position which they had accepted. If they did not care to work with a woman It was their privilege to resign, not to kick., They were not liberty- loving men. They seemed to pe urtter- ly devoid of all sense of justice. Mayor Wilson appealed to the gov- ernor, who consulted with the attorney THE TROUBLE WITH BUSYBODY'S HENS. Dear Sister Busybody: Yeur hens have limber neck. The symptoms:.are: Fowls cannot hold their heads straight, they twist them around and sagger, ‘This condition s caused by the fowls eating putrid animal matter. Tt is necessary that birds be confined so as to keep them from the original cause, and that the premises be diligently searched for dead fowls, animals, etc., and when found that they be burmed and the immediate location be thor- oughly disinfected; and birds dylni from limber neck should be burne at once. At first I cut the heads off when I found one with the disease, until I had a nice hen which 1 didn't want to lose, so thought 1 would trv to save it and had the hen out of the hospital in a few days as well ag ever. 1 gave nothing to eat at nighd and the next morning I gave a table~ spoon of turpentine to moisten the e tire inside of the crop. About 1 minutes after giving the turpentiné pour warm water down the throat into crop until it is completely filled, then held the bird by the feet and gradually work the entire contents of the crop through the mouth. I washed th crop twice, then gave two tablesp: castor oil and two of milk. Keep a quiet place and feed lightly with mashes. Peggy Anne: Not yet, You will have to guess again, I think you must general, and Mayor Wilson was as. |mean my cousin, who is a mimcr. sured protection. These councilmen | Vaterford: were warned If they did not do their duty they would be recalled. They | TESTED RECIPES FROM A FARM- still refused to listen to reason and a ER'S WIFE. petition was filed in the Kansas su- preme court by Attorney General Daw- son asking for the removal of three councilmen, alleging that Mrs, Wilson “wag elected mayor of Hunnewell at the regular election, the voters writing their names on the ballot; that she did not seek the office, but that the voters elected her involuntarily,” ete. The law-defying councilmen resigned when the state brought these ousting pro- ceedings agalnst them. Mrs. Wilson's friends were appointed as city clerk | and city marshal and affalrs have ! moved on emoothly since. The boot- legzers and other lawbreakers wera re- duced to order and ths town under it woman mayvor has been cleaned up and mads a safe place for {ts boys and girls, It was not the mayoer who re- signed, but the counciimen. This is no theoreticdl view but plain facts which our reputable papers have published, I do not remember to have seen any paper that has shown any sympathy with these councilmen. Women in Kansas have had mumicl- pal guffrage for years and have shown themselves eontent to let the men run affairs when they ‘fava them elean pol- | * Eita Barber; Your dinner must have ities. Why should & woman mayor in | heen geod. ] wish I had been thers to a republic be a surprise er a shock 1o | eat with you. anyone? It is no new thing for wom- 1 wish someone would send me & en te rule, and rule wisely, It ig curi- | reeipe for agg omelette, ous that during the 1,700 years that the B:It wllh:: to all, ! Bible has been the foundatien ef eur FARMER'S WIPFRL churches St, Paul's view of women Dear Editor and Bisters of the Socia} Corner: | am sending the Corner some tested recipes: Fried Apple Pies—Crust: One pint flour, one-half teaspoon of soda, on teaspoon of cream tartar, two table< spoons of sugar. Mix with milk. Roll out thin like pie crust in four inch squares. TFilling: Two cups of apple sauce. Sweeten and flavor to taste with nutmeg. Put about one tabie- spoon of appie to each square, Seft Gingerbread-—-One cup of thin sweat cream, one cup 6f sugar, ons egg, one-half teaspoon nutmeg, ons an, one-half cups of flour, one teaspoon of , cream tartar, one-half teaspoon of soda, Children's Cake—One-half of gu- gar, three tablespoons of butter, on agg, one-half cup of milk, one cup flour, one teaspoon of baking powder. Bprinkle with sugar and cinnamen on top, ’ | %.. of C.: T think I know you. Are | your Initialg C. M.? uth Canterbury, has been :slfd Cul{)ri“ the medel for all o qoimid 2 wemen, while st ehese a woman {e { herald his - resurreetion to the werld, | SHUT-IN WILL TAKE A S All threugh the Bible we have wemen NAME. ] chesen to represent the meblest and ’ I best in humanity, Hew rarely do we | Dear Editer, S and Brothers of ¢ hear Deberah speken of, and yet when there was net a man in all lsrael with backbone ensugh fa lead the army agalmst their enemy it was Deberah whe slopped sut of her hsme and led the akmy to vielory und for 40 yYears was the judge of Istael und maintained the Boejal Corner: I must say just fey werds te vou ail, | am sorry that any member should have miswed thet euling 1s Maine Busybody i You soall ? nex! #ime, Rural Dellveryy Yau were so biay playing an he vielin (het when you | peave. Rege is no fiRer, Ro braver, ne | more exalied chavacter in the whele Bible than this woeman, and she has never heen presented te the Christian womanheed as an example, Women have found out that fhey have brains equal 1a men and thal 8, Paul speke to women of his age and saw the airship yvou had fo slap play- ing and dresming. You should have been heeing evt yeur lutoes; then we were ad glad t6 have you go with us, 1 Yes, gy Anne . we did have n pang (Centinusd on Page Fifteen)