Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 20, 1912, Page 14

EVERY WOMAN'S OPPORTUNITY. THINK WRONGLY YOU MAY; BUT FOR SELF-INSPECTION IS THE BEST CURE The Bulletin wants good home letters, good business leiters; good help- fu] letters of any kind the mind may suggest. They should be in land by Wednesday of each week. Write on but one side of the paper. Address, SOCIAL CORNER EDITOR, Builetin Office, Norwick, Coan THREE PRIZES MONTHLY: bird. Award made the last Saturday $250 to first; $1.50 to second; $1.00 to in each montk. SOCIAL CORNER POEM. Life's Mirror. BY MADELINE S. BRIDGES. There are loyal hearts, there are spir- its brave, There are souls that are pure and true. Then give to the world the best you have, And the best will come back to"you. Give love and flow, A strength in your utmost need; Have faith, and a score of hearts willy show i Their faith in your word and deed. @Give truth, and your gift will be pa.idl in kind; And hondr will honor meet; Amd a smile that is sweet will surely | find A smile that is just as sweet. love to your life will Give pity and sorrow to mourn; You will gather, in flowers, again, The scattered seeds from your thought, outbourne, i Though the sowing seemed but vain. those who Por life is the mirror of king and slave; 'Tis just what we are and do. Then give to the world the best that you have, And the best will come back to you. —Sent in by Centennial. s ANSWERS AND INQUIRIES. | THEODA—No trouble to forward eards to members. They were all mail- ed as you directed. READY—The editor finds he has a letier of yours that has been in the Wide-Awake pigeonhole. It is the only | Jetter that ever slipped in there from the Sooia] Corner. Tt may have recog- nized its affinity in the title. AUNTY—Cards mailed as directed by you. PAPA'S BOY—Souvenir card mailed | as you wished. A SALUTATION FROM PAPA’S BOY. Dear Editor and Social Corner Ones: I have been busy haying and have had no time to write. Merry Farmer’s Boy: Don't you live next door to me, and haven't I seen you haying 1t? Maybe I am mistaken. A Maine Lover: Your story was fine! Hurrah for the Cornerites! Elizabeth: Do you remember one day, not long ago, I was passing by your home and you wez out hanging clothes? A Jarge stone Avall separated us, and I thought to myself: “Isn't your name Elizabeth ——7' 1 got out of my machine and said: “How do vou do?” You sald: “I see you wear on your coat a button having on it S. C. B, meaning Social Corner Button. Aren't you Papa’s Boy I have read so much about 7 I said: “T am he.” You replied: “Won"t you come in and have some of my pingpong crisps?” In T went: and, my! They were | good. I left you with a good-day and good luck. Cherisette: Didn't T see you at Ocean Beach a while ago, and Elizabeth, Ready, Somebody, and some more? You carrying a flag saying on it “Hur- rah for the Cornerites! We are some of them!” Ready: Did you live through the | heat? May T have the pleasure of sit- ting beside you at the next picnic? Good-bye, dear ones, PAPA'S BOY. Leonard Bridge. A GOOD RADISH RELISH. Pear Cornerites: Haying has Just‘ ended. T am endid. We finished our uplamd hay Saturday and Sunday. The most glorious showers came to re- vive gardens and fields, which shows us the Promiser of seed time and harvest is still looking out for His children; and all in His own good. time everything comes out. all right. I wound those ants up with a dose of paris green anfl molasses, and al- though the effect wasn't magical, I can see they are decreasing in num- bers, and I am still feeding them all they want of it. Radishes are fine just now, and this is one way we like them: One Cup of Chopped Radishes, one cup of chopped onions, drained and chilled; arrange on lettuce leaves and dress with one teaspoon mustard, one teaspoon sugar, salt and vinegar; mix and drop in tablespoon of cream a lit- tle at a time, stirring the dressing all the while. Try and see how you like it. Huckleberries are getting ripe, and everything looks quite promising just now. REUBEN'S WIFE. PICNIC SANDWICHES — HOUSE- 1 " HOLD HINTS. Dear Editor and Social Corner Sis- ters: Some time ago Theoda asked for recipes for children’s lunch baskets. As I have a few, will send them along, for they will eome in handy for pic- nickers as well: ‘ Meat Sandwiches—Take any cold meat scraps, chop fine; to the amount of twocupfuls add two eggs, half cup of hot water, two tablespoohs of bread crumbe: let cook ten minutes, stirring constantly; season with butter - salt and pepper or a good salad dressing; spread between thin slices of bread well buttered. - Chicken Sandwiches—Spread thin slices of bread with cold boiled chick- en mixed with mayonnaise. Nut Sandwiches—Mix equal parts of grated cheese and chopped walnut‘ ments; season with salt and pepper. Sardine Sandwithes—Take sardines, remove bones and rub to a paste, with & small quantity of creamed butter; season to taste. Stuffed En&:‘—Buu Lard as 1 hell g8 48 requ ; remove from shells, :flf'ln halves, take the yolks, mash fine; season to taste with butter, salt ) -, or use salad dressing; fill % With the yellows; serve in Ry | tents "of the inner vessel will | water before using them. halves or pin together with tooth- picks. A Few Household Hints: Let the plan of housework be a movable one. Some of us may have a mania for scrubbing brushes and dusters that drive the members of the family nearly distracted. Keep good tempered. It is far more important than to set the nerves of the famiy on edge because of some omission, Asbestos mats are handy to place under dishes on the stove or in oven, to prevent burning. Stains from perspiration should be removed by rubbing with soap and lay- ing the garment in the hot sun. Oxalic acid diluted with water will remove leather shoe stains from white stockings. Keep the wax-coated boxes that crackers come in, as they make excel- lent polishers for irons. Mix eornstarch with salt to prevent lumping, to the teaspoons of starch to one cup of salt. ‘Water bottles that have become stained may be cleaned by using shredded mnewspapers, then half fill bottle with hot soapy water in which has been dissolved a little washing soda; let stand for about a half hour, shaking oceasionally; rinse with clear water, drain and dry. When a screw is rusty and can't be removed by a screwdriver, heat a piece of metal red hot and when the screyw itself is hot it can be removed. Put salt in the water of the outer vessel of a double boiler and the con- cook more rapidly. The ravelings cut from a new table- cloth are worth saving to darn places in older ones. Soak new brooms in strong hot salt 1t toughens the bristles and makes the brooms last lontger. AUNTY. ‘Willimantie. WHY CRUSOE HAS BEEN SILENT, Dear Editor and Social Corner Friends: There is generally a reasen for everything, so in the first place 1 want to give you my reason for stay- ing away from the Social Corner for quite a period. I once knew a prosperous farmer who when asked about his crops, re- ‘I am all the time fighting, Why, s a bug and a worm for every- i thing we grow, and this year the plow Jjiggers have my garden on their backs,” It is because of this bug and worm and plow jigger that the writer has been more than busy, and of course unable to find time to do any corre- spondence. 1 do, however, take time to read The Bulletin every day, and find the Social Corner one of its in- teresting features, Speaking of crops, etc., reminds me that while the farmers are complain- ing that Hungarian oats are not show- ing up in theif usual good form this season, . the wild oats. crop, in past Yyears, will from present i ations produce a bountiful harvest. Serious- 1y, however, we do not believe the wild oats business is as popular or as allur- ing as it was a quarter of a century or 50 back, The only’ fortunate sowers of wild oats are those who die quickly after the crop is in. God pity those who are forced to undergo a long, lingering harvest time! If you will stop to think of it, there is no more reason in the world why a young man should sow wild oats than that his sister should; and I predict this is one of the things equal suffrage will accom- plish. It will place men and women, in more ways than one, too, on an ‘equal footing. There will not be one moral law and standard for the women to live up to and another for men. If, however, there is a man on earth who can advance any valid reason why a licentious booze fighter should be recognized in good soclety when a woman who falls is kicked out by the madside, 1 would invite him to hold up his right hand and tell the Social Corner all about it. Sowling wild oats, we are told, is a very pleasant pastime. It really isn't work at all, as you might say, and the beauty of it is a man does not require any previous experience asg a farmer.to eéngage in the business. In fact, the crop dees not seem to appeal to the farmer at all; but it is especially at- tractive to young men who are the owners of rich, careless- fathers, also foolish and indulgent mothers. | In Chicago and Baltimore, not long ago, big and little politicians were sowing wild oats. What else There were a few patriots, net many among the turmoils, but the wild oats fellows far outnumbered them—some with big badges and somge wearing little badges, and they spilled much violent language and hurled many hot invectives each at the other and the other at each, while friends were being turned into enemies and enemies were becoming more bitter and-violent in thelr hatred. A man lay dying down_in a little Mis- souri town who during his lifetime had been a prominent actor i many simi- lar scenes. As his friends, at his re- quest, read to him the newspaper ac- counts of the great (?) events, he turned his head wearily and sald: “It doesn’t pay, boys: it doesn't pay. Life is too short to be filled with fight- ing and bitterness. When you come to where T am now you will realize that it is better to be a qulet citizen, plant flowers and be at peace with your fellowmen than to be a prominent man, cultivate thistles and live in dis- cord.” Suffragettes, beware of the toil, the snares and pitfalls that are sure to come into active political sfrife. It may not all appear among Yyourselves, it will appear in the home, amaong those who should be nearest and dear- est. Keep plugging, Sister. Do not become discouraged because your little world does not acclaim you a hero, be- cause it does not cover your breast with jewels or run your picture on the front page of the morning edition. The newspapers in which the names of prominent women frequently appear are sold to the ragman, soaked (o pulp, the ink washed off and then go hack to paper again—dust to dust, etc. Men ‘don’t lke women fighters, but man was born for that purpose, not wholly, but that is one of his func- tions, Woman admires men fighters— and it's natural and right they should. “ This reminds me a woman down in Kalamazoo said: “The man who appeals io\ me must 4 > proportion of three rand fully appreclated by | take ai,hh blinders, drive with &verchlek and wear spurs - all the me.” 7 > ¥ So there vou are, boys. You can look pleasant and take your choice. If you want to die happy, live a quiet, peaceful #ife. If you want to have the respect of your wife and her mother and her female cousins and aunts and’ all the other members of the suffra- getie ‘ciub, you must kick over the traces once in a while. Wi Anyway, it “kinda” looks as though the men folks were cut out for a pretty bua; kind of a life, don't it? ell, girls, you are never a fallure until you admit it—so don’t do Iit! CRUSOE. Lebanon. HINTS FOR THOSE \ATHO LIVE IN A TRUNK. Dear Editor and Sisters:! I wonder how vou have all been during the hot wave? I fled to the coolest spot I know—a small village on Long Island with a quaint Indian name. . My own name for It is The Village of Tran- quility. Even here it has been what the in- Rabitants call hot. I, fresh from the stifling heat in Connecticut, think it quite comfortable. We are very sel- dom without a cooling breeze. 1 am sifting on the highest point of one of the dunes. Before me stretches for miles the shore of the Atlantic. Between the sentences I watch the ocean and listen to the never ending noise of the waves. The scene which lies back of me is so beautiful I am at intervals constrained to turn and look at it. Scattered through the bright green meadows are groups of beautiful trees. Farm houses, supplemented by numer- ous outbuildings and picturesque wind- mills, and a few cottages belonging to the summer people, give the human touch to the scene. I long to can or bottle some of the breeze and send a portion”to each one of you. That being impossible, I will send_some useful hints. To prevent white silk gloves from turning yellow after washing, dry them in a dark place. If your lace curtains are torn, cut a piece of the same material an inch or more larger on every side than the tear, being careful to match the pat- tern. Dip in cold starch, lay it over the tear and iron into place. Then with few and emall stitches fasten the edges of the patch to the curtain. If they do not slip on to the rod easily, tie an old glove finger over the rod. Probably many of the Sistefs are planning a summer’s vacation. If you expect to live in a trunk for any length of time, be sure to take plenty of bags of various shapes and sizes. Have a bag for your stockings, one for your | collars, a bag for twine, a large stout bag for articles to he mended, one for such sewing materials as are not kept in your workbag, bags for different kinds of fancy work, etc. I With best wishes for summaer. a pleasaft AUNT MEHITABLE. TO STOP NIGHT SWEATS. Social Corner Editor: If My Hy will get 10 cents’ worth of red rose leaves at the drug store, divide them into three parts, pour boiling water, one pint, on one part and steep to half a pint and drink warm on going to bed, repeat for three nights, she will have no further trouble with night sweats. 4 MRS. L. S. LEACH. The Perilous Fly—Wholessome Bread 2 and Milk. Dear Dreamer: Your letter on “Swat the Fly” was very timely, and as Iy had a letter written on the same lines will send it in. The Fly and Infanti Paralysis.— Dr. Thos. D. Wood, professor of phys- ical education. Teachers’ college, Co- lumbus University, says: “while much is vet to be learned with reference to all of the sources of the contagion in infantile paralysis . (anterior poliom- velitis), it is now believed that the germs ‘may be conveyed by some of the domestic animals. We are coming to realize what a dirty and deadly enemy of mankind the house fly is, although it has been considered quite harmless and only a bit disagreeable and annoying. Millions of bacteria have been found on the feet of a sin- gle common fly. It is now believed that it is responsible for many cases of typhoid fever, tuberculosis, infan- tile paralysis and other serious com- i le diseases, and that germs of infantile paralysis may live for forty- eight 'hours at least in the hody of Iso, that this germ may live veral days in the dust and more ally in the floor dirt of a room in a house in which there is a case of this disease.” The collected dirt should be burned and moist cloths thoroughly disinfected. The fly can be eradicated. It is not difficult, only troublesome to get flies out of the house, and you can keep them out. Twenty drops of carbolic acid poured on a hot shovel in a tight- ly closed room will give off fumes that will kill all the flies in the room. Once a house is clear of flies, screens will keep them out. A mixture of car- bolic aelq and kerosene swabbed over a screen door will drive away the flies that usvally congregate there waiting for some one to open and let them in. If the garbage c is equipped with a fly trap, as can be bought in most house furnishing shops, the flies will gather there for the most part and be caught before they can enter the house. Then if food is kept screened and everything that goes into anyone’s mouth, spoons, tumblers and baby’s nursing bottles are scalded after a fly has walked on them, there will be lit- tle danger of infection. The test of a good housekeeper used to be the fly- less house. Later it was the amount of fresh air and sunshine she let in. Now it is the combination of both— a task more difficult than that which grandmother faced, but not impossible. Dear Marinda Johnson Butler Rob- inson: For some time I have thought I should write you.stating that youi writings have been very interesting me, and es- pecially your reply to Co-solid and with such facts and more knowledge which time alone will give. I'm sure she, too, will at least be a sympa- thizer and perhaps an ardent worker in the cause of suffragists. Now dear, I hope you won't take it amiss when I send in an argument for white bread. Prof. Sherman says lime starvation is becoming almost universal among Americans because of their use of white bread. While recently published reports of the department of agri- culturg say that white bread is su- perior’ in nutritive value to whole wheat bread, and the public who read these contradictions of competent au- thorities are naturally confused. The modern milling of Wheat removes some of {ts essential elemenjss™ There is foun\ times a much lime in the whole wheat as in fine, white flour, so that if one were live on bread alone it would be- bétter to use the entire grain, but entire grain soon spoils when ground and it is practically im- possible to furnish a bread made from the entire grain, so that the bread that is commonly sold in stores as whole wheat or graham is not really made from the entire grain. i It is true that from.the chemical Vi ewpoln\t the white bread is the more atritious and the more digestible be- cause it contains a smaller percent- age of waste, but the bran i3 valuable in preventiug the massing of the starch, nm.m% the bread more open to the digestive juices and therefore less liable to cause fermentation. But the advantage of bLread over cereals cooked in the double hoiler or fireless cooker, lightness, is greater In the white bread and if milk be eaten with it, which contains for the adult an ex; cess of lime and of some of the other salts, stale.white bread ig better than 2, 1 = S w2 One night not long ago, as I was preparing for bed, I fell to thinking about commencement, which was not very far distant, and wondering when it was all over, and the class of 1904 had disbanded, and gone their several ways, what would become of the dif- ferent girls. What life work would theg7wuvh and how would they suc- cee: s These thoughts: so completely filled my mind that I was not at all sur- prised to find myself dreaming about them all after I had fallen asleep. It was in the year 1914, a pleas- ant morning in early fall. I was walking along an avenue, in a strange city, deep in thought, when a fash- ionable coupe drew up alongside the curbing, and a young woman attired in a neat, blue costume jumped light- ly from the carriage and came to- wards me with: “Derothy, can it be\ possible ?” At a glance I recognized my ol classmate, known in our school days as Jessie Dwight McCall; but now the wife of a prominent banker. After expressing my\ delight at seeing her, after ten long years, I gladly aocepted her gracious 1invitation to ride and was pleasantly entertained with an account of her recent trip abroad. Jessie had finally realized her great- est ambition when in school and had become a society lady. By this time we had reached the business portion of the city and while driving through one of the principal streets I noticed a very tall stone bullding, the front of which was lit- erally covered with posters, and which I soon discovered to be & theatrs, let- ting my eyes fall carelessly over the different announcements the following met my gaze: “Miss Jennie Marie Thorndyke will give her fifth annual concert this af- ternoon at 2.830. She will render with her usual sweetness her favorite piece, “When Angels Dream.” After the per- formance Miss Thorndyke will be obliged to take the Colonial express for Washington, where she is to sing at a charity social tonight"” After this unexpected declaration of Janette's abllity it was at onoce plain to us both that our much loved class- mate had fulfilled her youthful prom- izes and was now a noted singer and pianist. As we continued our drive I notlced at some distance ahead a large book store, outside of which a blazing pos- ter caught my eye; and drawing Jes- sle’s attention to it, we drove in that direction, only to be met by the an- nouncement: “The world’s greatest typewriter. Miss Hlizabeth Hartnett writes 250 words a minute.” ‘We paused, when to my amazement I saw in the store window a figure seated at a desk writing, which looked very familiar and sown saw that my supposition waa ‘correct, when I read on another sign: “We have secured Miss Hartnett at ten dollars an hour, to sit in this win- dow and show to the public with what facility she uses the keys of a type- writer. She is now engaged in copying for the press “T'he Morning Bulletin,” for which she will receive one dollar a word.” It was nearing lunch hour now, so we drove to my hotel, where I bade Jessie good bye, with the promise of calllng upon her before leaving the city. On entering the wide hall of the building, I was accosted by a news- boy who wore such a pleading look that I purchased a “Courier,” and on reaching my room sat down to look over the different advertisements while awaiting the summons for lunch. I had no sooner opened the paper e By .Jweet Sixteen ' when the heading, “Private Day School,” attracted my attention, and ding on further, I uttered a cry of astonishment when the following greeted me: “Miss Arline Bingham will reopen her school on the first of October; lessong will be resumed on the follow- ing day. Those desiring a certificate in French and Latin will receive spe- cial attention. Further information may be obtained’ at Miss Bingham's apartment, 190 Cleveland avenue.” After this announcement of Arline's brilliant success, curiosity led me to turn the page where lawyers’ “ads” occupied a prominent place, and I wondered if any of the class of 1904 could have taken the law as a profes- slon, after the aversion shown to thap study while pupils at school. Yet, surely, it was there in great black letters, reading: ‘“Miss Jane Dunham, attorney-at-law. Consultation at all bours. Advice free™ Next to this was the announcement that Bernice J. Rentis’s class in elocu- tion will give its closing recital for the year at Hargrave's Auditorium this evening. The pupils have been well instructed in branches of the study under the careful supervision.of their teacher, and will have an opportunity to show their efficiency in the same. The bell ringing at this moment, I went down to the dining room and was no sooner seated than a tall, dark complexioned young woman en- tered and came towards the table at which I was sitting. Something about her led me to think that I had seen her befere, and so it proved to be, for this tall, dignified young woman was none other than my old friend Ethel Lord. After a hearty dinner we re- paired to my room, where we entered into a lengthy conversation and soon found ourselves dwelling on pleasant school days in our seminary home. It was then I learned that Ethel had just returned from the south, where she was soon to open a select boarding school for young girls, who having been spoiled by fond and indulgent parents, were placed under her care- ful protection. I was very glad to hear this, for remembering Ethel’ youthful days, I knew she had now ac. complished what she most desired. ‘While thus engaged the porter came to the door with a letter, the hand- writing on which I knew to be Alice Goodman's. I opened it and was sur- prised to find it headed “Laurel Glen”; but still more so when I learned that Alice was to become a missionary and would soon sail for China. This was an invitation to her farewell dinner. As it was impossible for me to be present under the circumstances, we started out to the nearest telephone exchange to send regrets to Aljce. When we entered the large room of the building, I heard a familiar giggle, and glancing round to see from whence it came, who should I see but two more of my classmates doing the telephone act in the most approved manner, This was not to be wondered at, knowing their propensity for talk- Ing when in school. As we prepared to leave one of the girls informed me that she had re- cefved a letter from Rose Bretton the day before, stating that she was now a Red Cross nurse in Rooseveit hos- pital, New York City, where she had charge of the children's ward; and it is needless to say that while taking the tem e and administering the medicines the little ones received hourly lessons in opriety. At this moment ghe loud peal of the seminary bell aréused me from my slumbers, and I found that none of the things I had been dreaming about had ocome to pass, though how many of them will I cannot say. the so-called whole wheat or graham bread that is commonly sold. The chief objection to the white bresd ap- plies ‘only to {he fresh bread. Dear Ready: Where are you these days? I have been so dulled by rou- tine and sorrow that I could not write you sooner, and I am ashamed when I think how ready you were to send me a cheering word when my cross seemed most heavy. Belleve me, it shall never be forgotten, and across the space I extend a loving hand-clasp and hope it is not your intemtion to step down and out. CENTENNIAL SQUARE. GREETINGS FROM PATSY. Dear Editor and Soclal Corner Friends: I have been a reader of the Social Corner since it first started. I enjoy reading the letters from the dif- ferent sisters. Hope you have all enjoyed the rain. I often wonder why we don’t hear from Glenwod and the other sisters. A Meine Lover: Thought your story was fine. ‘Witch Hazel: Next time I make rhu- barb pies T'll try your recipe. As this is my first letter I won't write much. Best wishes to the editor and sis- ters. PATSY. BRAN MUFFINS AND NO-MAT- TERS. Dear FEditor and Sisters of Sgcial Corner: As I have mnot written for some time, have still kept a lookout for the letters, which I ses are getting few. Where are all of the Ma's and Grandma's, and all the rest? Have they retired? Now, I will send many thanks to the kind one for my dear little song book. In looking it through I see many songs which I had forgotten were in it, and some I heard when I was § years old. I was glad to hear Somebody trl my shortcake, I will try her pie some time. ] am going to send a recipe for Bran Muffins, as I have never seen anyyvet in the letters. Bran Mumqs are nice for constipation, if anyone is troubled that way. Bran Muffins—Two cups of bran, one cup of flour, half teaspoon of sal- eratus sifted with it, half teaspoon salt, half cup of molasses; mix with sweet milk about as soft as for johnnycake. This makes a dozen muffins. Bake in cup tins about 25 minutes. The No-Matters—Take two cups of buttermilk, two tablespoons of sugar and two of cream, add half a teaspoon of soda and half teaspoon of salt; mold in flour as for doughnuts; cut in rounds the size of a teaplate and fry in hot lard; lay on a plate with apple sauce or jelly between several Layess thick. Cut up and serve warm. No matter if company comes unexpectedly these can be got soon. T agree with Aunt Nanecy about children eating more johnnycakes, and such old-fashioned things. They would me more healthy, for too many nick- nacks spoil their appetites. I suppose all_ sisters will have to send Blue Bells of Scotland congratu- lations for her grandson. George Mil- ton—a very pretty name. I send my ‘best wishes along. 2 # 1f 1 was acquainted in Willimantic I would try and guess who “Hannah Who” is. think her drinks might be nice. = 1 wish I knew how to make some home-made beer with roots and a few hops. The old-fashioned folks used to make it for themselves. 1 think I will have to try to make some shelves, for 1 thiuk théy would be very handy and nice. Oh, yhow I laughed about Abijah Hard’s plecrust. I%cannot make a flakey crust, but an old lady said one day to me, when as a girl I was mak- jng some pies, they looked when done RS | { | | Boston they are about as if the cat had licked them. I never forgot It; but nevertheless, I have tried to change the looks, but never could. The old saying “You can't larn old dogs new tricks,” proves true, so they will have to eat them, or none. Good-night, with best wishes to all, both great and small AUNT JERUSHA. HOME REMEDIES OF VALUE. Dear Editor of the Social Corner: I am a newcomer, but perhaps you have room for a few of my helps. My Hy asks help for night sweats. One ounce of Epsom salts dissolved in two quarts of hot water—bathe guick- ly before getting into bed. It fs very refreshing and restful for tired nerves also. Epsom salts bought by the pound are cheapest. I have not bought any in Norwich, but in New York and 10 cents a pound. Black Pansy asks for remedy for black ants. For any kind of ants wash floors and shelves with turpentine, two tablespoons in g quart of water. Do not wipe up too dry. I think twice In the season will drive® them away. Kerosene is also good, but does not work so quickly as the turpentine. This seems to keep flles out of the house, too! - Anyone troubled with nose bleed is helped wonderfully if fountain syringe is used with one teaspoon of salt in a quart of warm water. Until I tried this my daughter had frequent attacks, sometimes three and four times a day, but the salt water seems to be strengthening to the membrane of the nose and now her nose seldom bleeds. For soft corns between the toes use powdered chalk and a little cotton bat- ting that has been saturated with alum water and dried. Change night and morning. It relieves pain in a few minutes and cures in a short time. For washing windows one table- spoon of kerosene in a quart of warm water and some old clean cloths will make them clear and shiny, and if dusted every time the room is they keep bright a long time. I hope these items will help others as they have me. A LANCASHIRE WITCH. COOL SUMMER DESSERTS. Dear Editor and Social CornerSis- ters: I heartily agree with Centennial Square in her article on change of diet for the spring and summer months, and when I read it said: “Them's jes’ | my sentiments, tew!” I think rich pastry, doughnuts and most fried foods should have no place on the table in hot weather. Some form of bread and cereals, with plenty of fruit and vegetables in their season, with milk and its products, eggs cook- ed in varlous ways, make a cooling and nourishing diet for these swelter- ing days when one's appetite is at its lowest ebb. F'rozen desserts are a refreshing fin- ish to a meal at any time of the year. In the winter ice can be easily ob- tained, and without cost. The ice is to be finely crushed and used in the proportion of three parts ice to one of salt, rock salt preferable. There are two distinct foundations for ice cretm—the French, which is cooked and has eggs in its composi- tion, and the Philadelphia, which is uncooked and contains no eggs. There are many variations to both founda- tions. For the French Ice Cream, scald one quart of milk and one pint of cream; break in a bowl four eggs and one ta- blespoon of flour; beat thoroughly with egg beater, add two scant cups of sy- gar, stir this into the scalding mijk and stir til thickened. Let e¢ool, add auother pint of cream, flavor and freeze. This can be altered to sult the taste or the circumstances by using less cream and more-eggs and milk. Chocolate syrup pourad over each dislr as it is servad is liked by some. Raspberry or strawberry frult syrup AT it SIS e MADRIS Sl till the juice is extracted and squeeze through a Iruit press or cloth; add a little milk to the ‘g:lp and squeezs again; do not use pulp; add this 1o the foundation cream and freese. Pineapple put through the food eut- ter and covered with suger to extract the juice and added to the foundation ther tasty ‘add when better added when the cream is partly frozen. For Philadelphia Ice Cream that re- quires no cedking, mix four cups of cream, one of sugar, pinch of salt any flavoring you wish and freeze. adding fruit, if that is used, when beginming to freeze. Fruit Cream—One pint of whipped cream, one-half cup of powdered su- gar, pinch of galt, flavor with two cups of any fruit pulp, add a tablespoon of lemon juice with banana. Sherbets Wwith wafers are nice ¥ serve on the plazza these hot after- noons or at an evening party. One cup of sugar tw two of water, boll five minutes, remove scum, cool, add two cups of any erred fruit juice and when beginning to freese stir in the -nm; beaten whites of two eggs and finish freezing. Lemon Sherbet—One quart of boiling water, one pint of sugar, boil 15 min- utes. When cool add the juice of four lemons and when beginning to freeas add the stiffty bedten whites of two or three eggs. Lemon Sherbet is also made with gelatine; soak one tablespoon of gela- tine in a Ilittle cold water and dissoive it in & cup of boilling water: then add enough water to make a quart in all; gr“ pint of sugar, juice of five lemons, eeze. Currant is made the same way, using one pint of currant. juice. Pineapple Sherbet—One large pina- apple. small pint of sugar, pint of wa- ter, one tablespoon of galatine. Chop the pineapple fine and add the suger. Soak the gelatine as directed above, and add to the pineapple and freeze. THEODA. Willtmantic. A FINE TIME AT THE PICNIC, Dear Sisters of Social Corper: J. E. T.: Yes, I have been asking for rain, and God has fulfilled his prom- ise, a8 I knew he would. It may not have been as Soon as 1 wished, but of course he knows best. Criss Cross: I think I ghall have to own beaten as you say. How do you inspire your children to help with dighes and other things? My little boy of six does not like to wipe dishes. Maine Lover, What a delightful time we had at the picnic, and how we did enjoy it! I hear there is talk of having a husking bee at Nat’s this fall ,and I hope to meet you there. AN OBSERVER. REMEDIES FOR SLEEPLESSNESS. Dear Cornerites: 1 wish to thank Centennial Square for the information concerning the cold water process for preserving. [ had heard of it but never knew just how it was dome. These recipes will be faithfully tried in the far west before very long. Perhaps I can offer a few sugges- tions that will be'of use to the readers of Social Corner. There are two harmless remedies for sleeplessness. One s to wring out a handkerchief or piece of white cotton cloth In cold water and My it on the pit of the stomach. Anocther very good sleep producer is found in dissolving & lump of sugar In about a tablespoonful of water. In boiling cabbage do not cover ths pot, but instead lay pleces of drv bread on the top, and your meighbors will not know what you are going to have for dinner. Those who like to make things with ag little expense as possible will find this cake recipe about as cheap as one may have and have it good. Apple Sauce Cake—One cup of so- gar, onme-half cup butter creamed to- gether, one and one-half cups of un- sweetened apple sauce, into which has been mixed two even teaspoons of soda, one teaspoon cinnamon. one-half teaspoon of cloves, one large cup of raisins @redged with a Itttls flour, one- half teaspoon nutmeg, two even tea- spoons of baking powder mixed in two cups of flour that have been measured | before sifting. A cup of chopped nuts also dredged in flour can be added, or not, as one desires. A CALIFORNTIA VISITOR. HOW TO BLACK A STOVE. Dear Editor and Sisters: I would like to contribute a few helpful hints. If you do not bave time to black your kitchen stove often try this way: Scrape off a small quantity of black- ing (I use the Rising Sun), mix with vinegar or part vinegar and part wa- ter to the consistency of cream, add- | ing a small pinch of sugar; apply teo the stove sparingly and when dry, polish. There will be no :dust from blacking In this way, and you will have no trouble in getting it te stick to the iron, even though the covers are a rosy red. Before beginning work wet the hands and rub over with soap, espe- cially. around the finger tips and nails, letting it dry on; them when you are through work the blacking will wash off without leaving any stains on the hands. ‘When the fingers of your long gloves are worn _out save the wrists and eut | new feet for your stockings from them. Jim: T wonder whether you like dried apple cake. I have a recipe that we think equal to fruit cake. * EVBELIN, A SUGGESTION FROM HEPATICA. Dear Social Corner Sisters: Soma one suggested awhile ago that it would be nice to have a Social Corner de- partment at their county fair. I think it would be nice to have one at the ‘Willimantic fair. Don't you suppose that if all the sisters who live in, or near Williman- | tic and who expect to attend the fair | this year, were to write to the sec- | retary of the fair association, and re- !} quest that a special Social Corner de- partment and exhibit be arranged, that we might succeed in getting what we want? At least we'd give them some- thing to think of besides horse rac- ing. f wonder how many of the sisters would exhibit if they ot a chance, || Please speak up, 3 e HEPATICA. OLD-FASHIONED DRINKS. Spruce Beer—Eoll a small handful eufi of hops and boneset for an hour or two in a gallon of water; strain and dilute it to taste with cold water to taste; add small tablespoon of es- ~