Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 28, 1912, Page 13

IT IS EASY TO PROMISE AND EASY TO FORGET ‘EVERY WOMAN’S OPPORTUNITY. The Bulletin wants good home letters, good business letters; good help- ful letters of any kind the mind may Wednesday of each week. Write on but one side of the paper. Address, SOCIAL CORNER, EDITOR, Bulletin Office, Norwich, Conn. THREE PRIZES MONTHLY: Award made the last Saturday in each THE PRIZE WINNERS FOR DECEMBER First Prize—$2.50— To Etta Barber, of Plainfield for letter entitled “Mrs. Burton's Economi- cal Way.” 34 prize $1.50— To Ol 3rd prize $1.00— To Frank of Moosup, for letter entitled “A Gift for a Baby.” —_— THE SOCIAL CORNER POEM. There s No Death. There is no death! The stars go down To rise upoa some fairer shore, And bright in heaven's jeweled crown They shine forevermore. There is no death! The dust we tread Shall change beneath the summer showers To_golden grain or mellow fruit Or rainbow-tinted flowers. The grantte rocke disorganize To feed the hungry moss they bear; [he forest leaves drink daily life From out the viewless air. There is no death! The leaves may fall The flowers may fade and pass AWAY—— They only wait through wintry hours The coming of the May. Thers is no death! An angel form Walks r the ‘earth with silent tread; e bears our best loved things away, And then we call them “dead.” He leaves our hearts all desolate— He plucks our fairest, sweetest flow- ers; Transplanted into bliss, they now Adorn ‘mmortal bowers. The birdlike volce whose joyous tones Made glad this scene of sun and s ll!‘lfli daatt now in everlasting song, Amid the tree of life. L And whem he sees a smile so bright, Of hearts too pure for hate and vice, He bears it to that world of light To dwell in Paradise. Born into that undying life, They leave us but to come again; With joy we welcome them—ths same Except In sin and pain. And ever near us, though unseen The dear immortal spirits tread; For all the boundless universe, Is life—there are no dead —Edward Bulwer Lytton. Solf and Life. Self, 1 comrade, Life of mine, we {wo must part, I will tell thee, thou shalt say, What thou hast been and art; Ere I lose my hold of thee Justify thyself to] ‘r;m ife. I was thy warmth upon thy mother's Cl e When light and life within her eyes were one; ‘We laughed together by the laurel tree, Culling warm daisies ’‘neath the sloping sun; We heard the chickens’ lazy cloon ere the trellised woodbines grew; And all the summer afternoon Mystic gladness o'er thee threw, Was it person? Was it thing? Was it touch or whispering? It was bliss and it was I; was what thou knewst me by. —George Eliot. ANSWERS AND INQUIRIES, THEODA—Cards received mailed as you directed. nice card. BALSAM FIR—The coin for Diana was .promptly forwarded. Thanks for pretty card and kind wishes. SAMANTHA—The coin for Diana ::;h received and promptly mailed to er. POTLATCH—Cards were recelved in the 24th and promptly remaliled to the addresses you indicated. SUNSHINE—Cards received and mailed as vou directed.. Thanks for your expression of kind regards and good wishes, ‘CHATTERBOX—Cards recelved and mailed as you directed. FROZEN—Cards received and mail- ed as you wished, BBECCY—Cards received and for- ~warded to the addresses suggested. and Thanks for DIANA’S CHRISTMAS BOX. '"’he proposed Christmas purse for ‘Diana finally resolved itself into a Christmas box of fdir proportions and it was forwarded as registered mail from the Norwich post office on De- cember 2ist, so it would be sure to reach her by Tuesday as she lives on a Rural Delivery Route and there 13 no malil on Christmas, As the contributions came in it dawned upon the editor that a cheque, draft or money order would not afford the pleasurs to Diana that the sending of the eontributions, they came to the editor would. So a pretty Christ- mas box was procured and the six- teen or more gifts in envelopes, with # nice Christmas card in each envelope, and necessarily, a_written 2 card from the editor, .and ribboned and bowed, just as if Santa Claus himself had acted as clerk for us. The postage and: reg- {stering fee pald and away it went by rail and team up grade and across .dale to Diana’s home in & far off New ‘Hampshire valley. The reason the change was made ‘was because the editor Mlm.’ the of sesing and handling the de. l-?u'- separately as they camo in is #p added doy. $2.50 to first; $1.50 to second; $1.00 to third. of Norwich, for letter entitied “Christmas Candies” 7| Christmas box, but were mailed on the Tl Cheer, to Disha and “an interested | suggest. They should be in hand by month. or a money order and a note would not carry with it the warmth of ex- pression the box and the coins and the | cards ‘would. [ There were fifteen contributors from | the Soclal Corner. They were Mar- | wfed and Happy, Frank, Wild Cherry, | Pink Rose, Theoda, Aunty, Rural De- livery, Blanche, Silver Sixpence, Un- known, Friend, Sweet Lavender, Lucy, Acorn, Aunt Mehitable, Samantha and Balsam Fir—and their total contribu- tion in coins was $5.30, The Editor added $1.00, the Bulletin Business. Manager $2.00, other friends | dollar -bills and coins enough to make | up $10.50, which is a neat little sum. | The gifts of Samantha and Balsam | Fir arrived too late to get into the | | | morning’ of December 23, and doubt- less hayve reached their before this . Maine Lover sent a booklet of Good | destination | i | reader of The Corner sent a very pret- | ty calendar for the vear 1913. The Editor has found it a pleasure to aid in making Christmas pleasant | for’ Diana, also to forward cards for | such members as desired to exchange Christmas greetings. To those who have remembered him | with a card he would say that he ap- | preciates their thoughtfulness and | kindness and wishes them, and all| writers and readers of the Social Corner a happy and prosperous New | Year. A postal card received from Diana | on Christmas day said: Dear. Editor: 1 will write a letter to The Builetin next week, it is too ate| for this week. You cannot imagine pleasure and surprise your gave me, and I have not words | press my gratitude to you all. I may | find a few by next week; but you all| package | s to ex- | certainly have my heartfelt thanks for | your generous gifts to me. 1w all the Merriest of Christmas A ‘COUNTRY CHRISTMAS. It was real country—two miles from | the village where the m m and clectric cars, schools, churches, stores | |and post office were located and just ! [missed by the R. D. Just some se ttering farm-houses and a littl jcountry school house where Sunday | school and an occasional prayer meet- ing had been held before it came un- der “town rule.” | The young teacher had planned a | Christmas tree and entertainment for | her twenty little folks but it did not | meet, the approval of the superintend- | ent and the children, few of whom | could go to the village in the ("enins.] were bitterly disappointed. ! The Ashton family were new com- | ers in the neighborhood, but as they had children in the school the news | soon reached the ears of Mr. Ashton. | On the farm was an old wagon shop | that had once been a busy place, but ‘Wwas now used as a store house for the | old furniture from the attic. This she | looked over and found two old kitchen | tables and a few old chairs and old | discarded curtains for the winaows.[ After sweeping and dusting the room ! and arranging the few pleces of furniture she had a talk with the teacher, and found that she had plan- | ned a ten cent present for each child, | beside a treat of candy. i Then she talked with the mother and | found several ready to furnish cake; also, that a number had unused pieces of furniture that would help make | the old shop a pleasant place for so- cial gatherings. Then came the fathers, and they donated apples, popcorn, a few native nuts, a quart of cranberries and some | milk, besides money for coffee sugar, and a present for every in _the neighborhood. Now came the work. It was agreed to hold the tree on Christmas eve so | as to leave Christmas day for home gatherings; and, also, that no one should hang a present for their own ! family. The children brought ever- | green to cover the rough walls, on| Which were tacked several cheap, | bright pictures. The old stove was| blackened and some rough shelves were covered with bright paper and | held bunches of evergreen and scar- | let berries. “Mrs. Ashton and the teacher took a | shopping trip which resulted in two | small gifts for each school child, and one for each one too young for school, | besides some oranges and candy and | bright screen cloth for bags. Christmas eve the children and their mothers, with quite a few fathers. gathered to see the result. The rough walls were covered with evergreen except where bright pictures had been | tucked; two bracket lamps were In| place and several lanterns hung on| nafls In different parts of the room, | and the old benches that had been dis- | carded when the school house was re- | paired were arranged around, as were | some of the old desks, One table was covered with a white | cloth and held a big dish of oranges, anather of apples, and a third of pop- | corn balls; the other table had a red and white cloth and held a fancy, ‘basket of nuts and a pan of candy, 1 The Jong work bench at one side o1 the rgorp was covercd with clean browf pupers and held a pile of cups and sagcers, small plates knives and child | {ers, pin ¢ | and sang Christmas | pleasing manner, ¢ { teacher were of real meri { membered {out once cn the pond. | paper. and | c: | spoons at one end, and several cakes at, the other. | The chief attraction was the tree, which was wreathed with strings of snowy popcorn with scarlet cranberries scattered among the white, apples and oranges were hung with bright strings and vellow bags of nu nd pink and white bags of candy helped in the decoration. | Each of the twenty school children | had a book from the teacher and some little gift from the common fund bright pencils, games, bozes sia- tlonery and toys for the little ones. Then there were home-made gifts pretty blotters and pen wipers for schoolmates, bright dust bags, hold- hions, etc., for the moth- | ers; pipes, shaving paper and tobacco bags for the fathers and a book of poems for the teache On the stove W and the programme was rise. The children ig coffee pot a real sur- e recitations ! gs in the most solos by the | Mrs, Ashton, whose reading in past had charmed more critical au- diences than this, gave several appro- priate selections, and her ghbors were surprised to find Mr. Ashten a banjo player of unusual ability. After the programme and refresh- ments the tree was unloaded and the company separated promising to meet again soon in the “club house,” for a social evening. The whole cost was about $5.00. 1 thank Samantha for the card I re- ceived from her. Plainfield, 'TA BARBER. | CHRISTMAS FESTIVALS IN MAINE. | Dear Editor and Soc ters: 1am thinking of : | Christmas time and wondering if you | all are as busy as myself. I want to thank all for cards received. | Some 1 have been able in my rush to answer, others I will finish later when things are quieted down. Last Wednesday night, Christmas exercises at schools. ) music was furnished by the city mu- sic teacher, Violin solos, with recitp- tions from the scholars ,also songs. they had a living Chris as tree that was beautiful. I have heard of them before, but never saw one. Santa Claus made his appearance and all the little folks, wh made them very happy. We wer in hope up a straw sled ride, not come. We went storm that was any able. The roads were and horges had hard work to keep on | their feet. Some couldn't do that. As far as 1 know, no cne came to harm by their horses falling dow Our team was moving most of the way, as the smooth. Tod: ve, had our Sunday hich passed off ve ary class had a c speaking the 23rd Psalm. A won the prize book. The had gift booklets for th are now ready for another contest on something else. I like their plu and think I shall get them at work for Easter, I can see some of you smile when I am looking so far ahead, but time goes S0 ith me, 1 don't put off for an- what can be done today. is getting so long, I can't| go into details in regard to Elddy, but I have found she is an old friend of mine. She and her little | girl attended the Christmas concert for | old time's sake. We have had no snow as vet, when it comes it will stay all w Skating couldn’t be better, After holidays are over, 1 intend to little of this #kercise for health, best wishes to you all, this Ne ea Augusta, Me. FROZEN. 1 ne attended of the . The = ich to have made but snow would | home in an ice ing but agree- a glare of ice, | tty fast horse was others all trying—and but ter. been | these SALLY HAS BEEN THERE. Dear Sisters of the So am sorry if I p to Josiah on ¥ be will be. ment is the lot of all people, and some men! | I think at Christmas time we should | be glad and cast sorrow away. sympath with all the lonely on: know how cheerless these holiday to them. Look up! Better day come. I have been th SALLY Jewett City. 1 Corner: 1 a hindrance | but what is to Dear Sisters of the Social Corner: Many a holiday feast has been spoiled by a cook who did not understand the | art of properiy cleaning, s roasting the turkey. To and unexperienced, he send the following directions Remove all pin-feathers by pulling them out with the aid of a paring- knife. Take off one of the covers of your range angd put in a crushed ne Take the fowl by the legs and thoroughly singe ii, then with sharp knife ct off the head and neck as close to the body as possible, push- | ing the skin' back from the neck, leaving aboGt two inches of t pushed over on the back, to be pu back and tied later. Pull the crop out, bag and all, being very careful not to break the outer ski Pull it carefally away from the on the neck: and breast, leaving clear space in which to place the stuf- fing for for ‘the breast. Remove the windpipe. Always pull the crop out from the end of the neck, rath through a slit in the skin, made has to Le sewed up r break off the legs below the joint. After roasting, this extra length can be easily broken off, leaving a clean, unburned joint.. Cut out the oil bag on the upper side of the tail. Make an incision in rent about two inche: in length, insert the fingers, and loc en the insides from both sides of the body. Loosen everything before draw- ing out, and everything will come out whole. Remove the lungs nd kidne; for everything that can come, must out. Wash the bird} inside and out and wipe| Wash and clean the h t, liv- and gizzard, called the giblets, very fully, To stuff the fowl, giblets in cold salted water the heart and live the gi pe st boll the | and chop ¢ quite fine, reserving g for the gravy. Chop enough | dry bread to stuff the fowl and season |’ with salt, peppe;, sage and celery | salt, add one beatén egg, a butter size of an egi and the chopped | heart and liver. Pour boiling water over all until of the right consistency Do ngt get too dry, the bread | crumbs will absorb the moisture. Fill the breast of the turkeyin at the open- ing where the neck was taken out until plump and even, draw the neck | skin together and tie closely. Place | remainder of stuffing in at the other| opening, and sew up the ' incisions Draw _the thighs up close th the body | and firmly tie the legs with twine,| crossing them over the taif. Take a| steel skewer and thrust thirough the| thighs using another for, the wings. | Now bring the string fromi the tail to | the ring in end of steel skewer on the thighs, then to the one on the wing, across to the other wing, then back to thigh ,and tle irmly to tafil. Rub the turkey with a\little melted butter and sprinkle over|a little fine salt. Dredge well with |flour. Place in the dripping-pan on the raised grate | two or three thin slices|of fat, salt| pork, then place the tusked on the| grate. Place on the breas{ and thighs thin slices of fat salt pork, keeping them in place by sticking a wooden toothplek in each slice. jHave the as | NORWICH B | the | ™ | | ed, turn the the other finding | piece of | . ULLETIN, SATUR 28, 1912 t «Suffer the Littie Children” An Original Story By Queen Bess (An original story by Queen Bess.) A lady about a great deal looking for objects of ch and any she might reached pper tenement house was saw a ladder pushed thro in the ceiling. T ng that perhaps some poor creature had gone up there, he clim \dder and found her- Looking care- cap of chips and on them was a of age. at are you doing who wer i ail or na Sh ving about ten vear poor boy, W don't tell hiding.” plea I'm are 3 “Don’t te “Where's “Pleas “Wher “Hush, anybody, ma'an dead.” r father dom’t tell him, but look.” If child's flesh broken. poor boy, who beat was t ibly my you did, ma'am.” d he beat you for?” “Father was drunk, me ’cos I wouidn't “Did you ever steal Y am, I And why won't “Please, ma'am, I & thief once.” u steal now went to a ‘Sund. help, | hole | , and through the | clothing the lady could ses | | m, and beat | schiool, and they told me there of God and of Heav taught m I'll never k me for Vell, my here. You al it.” child, you wait patientl again, I will hear seq himself on upon my simplicity, ffer me to come to Th child, F le chiid a plac he lady medicine and hurried help aw to o the child still I “Oh,” sh | saviour said, come U A for of su mustn't a 1 my her minutes while I go for help oon take you to a better place than Gentle Jesus, meek and mild, e to a more comfortable place. turned in about an hour and found ying there, 3 a, "I a and of Jesus, and they ou shalt not steal,’ 1 and ather stay e a few We will ank you ma’am, but please would vou like to hear me sing my little you sing your little his elbow and | mechanical apparatus for demonstrat- “That’s the little hymn, ma'am, good- obtain | the boy he re- dead. salt, with ed baste in the do not add more e oven has been allow- poon of butt occasion b When this s occasionally with dripping pan, t water unless | ed to get too hot, and there is no r liquor. In this case add a half. cup- ful of boiling water :if more is added ; the turkel will be stewed or not roasted. i When one sic on the back till breast is also n browned. If you have a covered roas er do not puf a drop of water into the | pan, as it bastes itself. Remove the turkey from and if there is too much fat, some. Put the pan on top of the range, and to the remainder of the fat add dry flour, a scant desertspoon to a tablespoon of fat is about the right jroportion. It will at first, but pour on slowly hot water, stirring thoroughly becomes the right consistency. Have the gizzard cooked tender and chop- ped fine in a hot saucepan. Strain the hot gravy into it. Allow about fifteen minutes to a pound for roasting. Re- move string, skewers and thread used in sewing up incisions, break off the ends of legs below the joint, place on platter, nish, and the fowl is ready to serve. his is the way 1 always roast a turkey and in all my long years I have the pan, turn off boiling till it 'never failed, and I think that I can| 4 truthfully that I have roasted as many 's as some of you have | seen years A Merry Christmas and a Bright and Happy New Year to you all. GRANDMA. CAKE AND PUDDING RECIPES! Dear Edftor and Sisters: Thank you, Theoda, for your kind words. Am sending a few more recipes that 1 hope you will like . Fruit Cake—One cup buttermilk, 1-2 cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup chop- ped cloves, 1 teaspoon each cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, soda, salt and agout two cups flour. Very good, and alsi very cheap. turk [ | Rice Pudding—Wash one cup rice, and put in a two quart agate basin, add about a pint of boiling water, and set on stove. When it boils, add 1-2 cup raising, 1 cup shredded cocoanut, 1 teaspoonful salt, a little nutmeg, and 1 cup sugar, fill basin with sweet milk. When the mi is hot, stirring often until it is creamy. Take out and let it cool; when cool cover with whipped cream, flavored and sweetened. Gingerbread—One cup molasees, 1-2 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon lard, 1 tea- spoon ginger, a little salt and nutmeg. Pour in 1 cup boiling water and stir until the lard is melted, then add 1 teaspoon soda, and flour to make a medium batter. sweet mil} together cup sweet mil sugar, |4 -ter or lard the walnut, salt .1 teaspoon soda, add to this the mixture that has been boiled, and add about 1 1-4 cups flour, Have | quite thin. One cup flour often j enough. | together with Chocolate Fudge Frost- }ing: Ome cup sugar, | tablespaon co- coa, 2 tablespoons thick, sweet cream. 30il for about from stove and stir briskly until begins to thicken. Put in on the cz before the frosting begins to cool or | it will not spread. | | A BEAUTIFUL CARPET FOR THIR. TY CENTS. 1 cup | is 9 it AUNT SE VA, | . | doesn't look cents, either. promised ¢ ike the proverbial a long time new rug for my carpet, while almost as s the day it was bought (years | #g0), had not a remnant of the orig- | inal color. It always seemed some- | thing needed more than the i rinter we thought we'd buy it in spring, and then when svring came the postponement would again go into effect. Finally last week I de- | termined to try dyeing it. I thought, I take the carpet up it might , and T'll never get It back. S | T removed everything from the room. I had bought three ten cent packages f green dyve. I boiled it according to | dire .1 filled a Big pan with the v dye. equipped myself with rub- | gloves and a_ big scrubbing brush nd went to work. In about an hour 1 had rubbed the carpet to a beautiful een. In two days it was thor- dried and. the result is simply nning. Mother was decidedly pessimistic before I started. but is most thoroughly izhted now. T hope this suggestion 1 prove of use to some of the Cor- wish you all a very Happy New Year. STENOGRAPHER. SUNSHINE'S GREETINGS. Dear Social l‘or];“l‘ greetings for a Happy Y Sisters: My New Year, May and happiness awalt each one of 1 in the coming year and bring you one and all good luck in a hundred ways. May our Corner be a place of sweet content—a place to seek and find friends—a place of joy and good cheer and lnaded with good thinzs for one all. SUNSHINE. t nd TESTED RECIPES. Dear Editor and Sist cial Corner: Herewith tested recipes: Honey Cake—Mix very thoroughly one quart strained honey, one-half pound pulverized sugar, one-half pound butter and juice of two oranges; then stir in gradually enough sifted flour to make a stiff dough, so it can be rolled out easily. Turn out on moulding rs of the So- I send a few oven hot enough to cause (the port to| begin to sizzle and Lrown' soon after | belng put Into it. Do noy put any| water into the dripping-par. Pour cuplul of boillng water ovel a table- board, beat well for a few minutes with the rolling pin, then roll one-half inch thick. Cut in round cakes and bake in shallow buttered pans. and look curdled | Chocolate Fudge Cake—One half cup | 1 mixing spoon cocoa, boil | size of a7 Bake in two layers, and put! five minutes, then take ! one cu - wit brown add r two h on ) add to the f thin with buttered in a moderate | ter removing from ove | Kris Krinale Cookies—I flour and mix with i three well be2 currants and | til lght, ad nd drop bits ¢ oven. months. Cake of Gold—Cream butter with one cup ) ks of five eggs I colorec one teaspoon baking alternately with three milk to the egg mixture, teaspoon rose extract. | cake tin. in mediately af- ce cne six ounc fr esh f neces- ered tin ter on them ke in a brisk keep ne-half cu ® hen add | Married and Happy and all the other n one cup fl powde an t Chocolate Dipped Dates remove seeds of preserved dates open on one side, and fill sy i ginger or nut meats Press dates Into a one, in melted chocolate. ir ren p compact keep, in filiing, then dip them, one by [ ntil 1 for | ing and plait mats. | New Tersey. I returnell on December 14, Perhaps you would be interested in some of the experiencs of my week in New York city. Two afternoons were Bpent in visit- ing the Fresh Air class of the Hthical Culture school which 1s held on the roof of the fine bulldings on Central Park, West. It consists of a principal, three teachers and sixty children. Their school-room is enclosed on the north and west and open on the south and east. They obtain unlimited fresh air and sunehine. The class was etarted in September, already there is marked improvement in the health of the children. | Part of auother afternoon was spent | at an art exhibit. | One morning was given to the Mu- seum of Natural History. 1 was muc { impressed by the changes and provements which had | since my last visit several years ago. | A large and fine collection of materials {has been added. Also a wonderful ing the movement of the earth upon it saxis and the movement earth around the sun. A very recent acqg ion s Philippine exhibit. I will share with you my notes taken from cards at- tached to various portions of the ex- hibit. The tribes represented are the Mohammedan or Moro tribes; the christianized natives (Visayan Taga log and so forth); the Pagan (Igorot, Maggau and so on) and the Negrito _tribes.” The Negrito were the first inhabit- |ants of the Philippines Isiands. They number 250,000. Some of them have no fixed abiding place but sleep wherever night overtakes them, under some tree, or in a hut improvised from inpa palms and a few sticks. “Household utensils consist of co- coanut shells, bamboo dishes, large sea shells and rude wooden boxes. “The most highly civilized of the non-Christian tribes live in villages of and cleanly houses and are very 7 In person and dress. The women are ver dy housekeepers. After each meal they take the earthen { vessels in which the food has been | cooked to the river and scour them | with sand until they are so clean that | the finger tips will not be solled when drawn across them Some of the tribes build their huts in trees. There is such a hut in a tree in the exhibit | From even a casual study, gains the impression that most of the natives are very clever with their | fingers. | The men make excellent | The women make pott baskets. , weave cloth- There is a large ets beautifully decorat- and as for bags, why | number of jac | ed with bead ht | bag lovers, would be envious of the number and beauty of the bags owned and add | bY_the Philippine ladies poons of add one | Bake m a loaf referred. form to OF C. ANCIENT PROPHECY. To the Egditor Ststers Christmas, ry but New Year, one and all. ave had \ | I read wiih great { | | when T am in the sic my duties u | Black Pans | gesting my services. N | vet. It don’t look as tho! | get any. |71 have received a Aunti to | who ¥ | 1 will close for thi time a prophecy cailed Mothe st published in Ihs}wd in 1641 143 | Carringes | And accid A the pret than interes < room; out of health compels me to lay Now as I have someth! by & 3 and Soeial The year is going fast and I have neglected to wish you all a Mer- I will be sure you will get my best wisHes for a Happy w ca Corner I sympathize with these Sisters who b S0 much bereavement, such is life. and T feel sure the over- ruling power will stand by them. 11 of the | letters, and 1 want to tell Biddy right | here and now I am never happler than but being aside til my healith is improved for sug- here as gh we would from for A iving vou ipton’s inkiing of an eye man shal 1 be seen, k wonde be ride, 1 in green. Iron in t | As easy as a | Gold shall be found— e and water s ngland shall at | In eighteen This version of Prophecy wa t Star, printed at ily mo: Mot from Danvill fri cle. Many the poem. T wish ver to th pretty Soc warmest this time, especially to C il the world to her. ing void In my | dear friend of mine | 0, e sister,ready fc Say, will he fi ing and waitir come. Yantic. the sou 1 you and Dear ers of the S 1 have greatly appreclat ness of several of you me in your Bidd It 1l in loy traction was mutual The green bag, C use, does not always ance literature. 1 wish that when you the morning of October obeyed the impuise to c hardly needed to fear mistake you for a ¥ Cat. Even had that should have “felt it in £ K and friendly Rural Delivery I am made such sensible a Christmas present was good with bee m to Diana: beautiful and inspiring of real help in our effo noble characters. 1 greatly enjoyed the Ready, Theoda and Aunty oda I learned that Aun clever woman. complishments ing her housework Your Soclal Corner. On November 1l4th I dred cigh n we say we are re shall float ooden bo and found and that's not now known Vt. is dy, repub- t horses shall go, s fill the world with woe. orld thoughts shall fly han 60 years. ocial Corner people are a hap- , helping each other. BALSAM FIR. A GREETING FROM JIM. A Happy New Year to the Editor and nds of.the Social Corner Home Cir- the sender of the rner calendar. sympathy those in sorrcw and bereavement at for all ette and the large circle of friends of Leonard Bridge in the loss of the dearest one in There is an ach- | heart, for he was a oright home! I o ed in letters and stories, 1 the watch- | is ¢ when our Lord shall | JIM. Corner: kind but | thanks to Joan, who sent me , brother, | AUNT MEHITABLE'S VISIT TOE NEW YORK. Many of the jackets are made from very coarse, cheap looking cloth, which was evidently purchased from traders. one devoting so m to such course mate: One of the nev regret to say derful fish E breathes both in d out of water. 1 saw two of the best plays of the season—Julius Caesar and Mtilestones. Julius Ceasar was magnificently stag- ed. The scenery and costumes were all copied from paintings by the fa- mous artist, Alma Tadema. The act- ing was very good, and the entire per- formance a genuine feast for mind, eye and ear. Milestones is a very sweet and wholesome play. To quote from a citicism of it—“The play has cre- ated a sensation because of its remark- able boldness and entire novelty; scoring one of the most conspicuous | successes upon the stage iIn recent years. It has been called a satire, and it has been called a comedy; it is neither, exclusively, for it clings too closely to life. It is a story of the clash, ever in progress between the generous audacities of youth and the jealous cou- tion of old age” I would add that there is an abundance of wholesome fun, tears sometimes fill the eyes. It appeals to some of the noblest senti- ments of the human heart. I must close or you will think T am | like “Hippety heart who once got ago- | ing and never could stop.” With best wishes from Uncle Zol- van and myself for a very Happy New Year, Sin Al erely yours, T METHITABLE. BULLETIN'S PATTERN SERVICE. 9371 LADIES’ WAIST. A Coal and Comfortable Blouse. Linen, lawn, corduroy, repp. voile be used for this design. The pattern with a coat closing, the right | htly lapped over the left. It six sizes: 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and es. bust measure. It requires yards of 36-inch material for a 38 inch size. A pattern of to an madras. crepe, cotton < or cloth may this lllustration mailed address on receipt of 10 cents in silver ¢ nps Order through The Bulletin Company | Pattern Dept., Norwich, Coun STEWED BANANAS. mentioning | lea me. a thi en i gh still in dall Contain temper- | AW m 1 n allowe’e the that at- arn The e ¥ 1 & me on you had You would 1 bones” that herefore Black | so glad you | ,. ty started on ug! to 1ls suggestion for Diana, that there was a good response ems of thought” are and 4 h to be » attain from rom The- is Among her many s the little tri with while the other hand is writing to the one Merry-Go-Round of visits am, Fairy Gincerbread Seuares—Cream tives and old friends in New very ac- k of do- hand, a rela- | ¥ew persons real | und nourlshing qualities of this fruit some people, been condemmed a unwholesome. It is the staple food of the South Ameri- , however, and is glven to their frequently as our hungry are given slices of bread As it disagre has most unj indigestible and with as ungsters and butter Banan: if they are unripe, may 1 with hdvantage as a vegelable, Cut the fruit in halves, stew it for minutes in just a little water, drain, cover with a cream sauce such as you use ‘or caulifiower, and serve hot. The ripe it is a deliclous garnish to meat ut round slices from ripe, firm bananas, fry them in butter, and Jay a few on top and round a broiled steak as it to the tables, be if a girl her, as it does some per sons, she 1 make a great many at- tractive things for her room besides the sewing for herself which must be done. But for many it is hard after the day's work to accomplish anything eyond the mending and darning and enovating which is necessary if one is to remain trim and neat. Yet the time and thought would bewell spent far it gives to every one a very real Of course, and it res! k and sense of freedom and independence and been made | of the | the | tribes | one it is pathetic to think of any | h time and labor | e the henefi(:ul‘ enjoys sewing | Hoods Sarsaparilla Cures all blood humors, all eruptions, clears the complex- ion, creates an appetite, aids digestion, relieves that tired feeling, gives vigor and vim, Get it today in usual liquid form or chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs. even happiness to have an ati { place of her own, something outsis and utterly different from office d or store counter. Almost any of the scraps of pri Ik ribbon that are in the famil ag bag may be fashioned into a needs le book small enough to go into thq | average sized purse without overs crowding the receptacle. At the innes side of one cover, which, of cou is mounted over thin cardboard, shoul: be a tacked down sheet of fine flan« nel in which may be stuck needles of several sizes, and at the inside of the opposite cover should be straps of the silk through which reels may be run. These reels, formed of silk covered matches or toothplcks,should be wound with a few yards of black and white ewing sill, black and white Iinen hread, black and white or tan sk floss, and thus equpped the shopper i | prepared to repair any ordinary mis- hap to her garb. PLUMBING AND STEAM FITTING Any Leaks in That Roof or Gutter Pipe ? If there is, it is tae very' best !ims right now to have theth repaired and | don't wait or put it oft. Call us up at once and let us put your roof and conductor plpes in first-class order for the winter. A. J. Wholey & Co., Telephone. 12 Ferry Street TuThS Sanitary Plumbin; A peep into an up-to-date bathroom 18 only less refreshing than the bath |itself. During the summer you will the more look to bath for bodily comfort. I will show you samples and plans of the porcelain and other tubg and give you estimates for the wark of putting them in in the best manner |trom a sanitary standpeint—and guar- antee the emtire job. J. E. TOMPKINS, 67 West Main Stree: S. F. GIBSON T. F. BURNS, Heating and Plumbing, 92 Franklin Strest ROBERT J.COCHRANE Gun Fittlag, Plumblog, Steam K 10 West n St., Norwich, Con Agent N. B. O. Sheet Packi i John and George H. Dliss JEWELERS LANG Ory Cleaner and Dyer 157 Franklin St SUITS PRESSED 500 Our Wagon Calls Everywhers | WINTER MILLINERY A fine assoriment of latest styles In Hats. Come in and ses them. MRS. G. P. 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