Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 7, 1913, Page 14

THE REMEDY FOR INJURIES—DO NOT REMEMBER THEM EVERY WOMAN'S OPPORTUNITY. The Bulletin wants good home letters, good business letters; good help- ful letters of any kind the mind may suggest. They should be in hand by Wednesday of each week. Write on but one side of the paper. Address, SOCIAL CORNER, EDIT THREE PRIZES MONTHLY: SOCIAL CORNER POEM. How Buttons Were Discovered. Ok, how must Adam and Fve have felt On that spring morning fair, When they awoke to find they had No garments fit to wear, But glancing ‘round they chanced to see A fig leaf growing there, Amd straightway Eve began to make Some olothes for both to wear. She pinned them all together with Sharp twigs from off a thorn, And Adam was a happy man In his new shirt next morn; 5l he began to squirm around, And those thorns began to prick, And then he cried, Ouch, Mrs. Eve, How these blamed things do stick. And as they through the garden roamed, They saw a curious sight, The button-wood tree before them stood, With buttons, both green and ripe. Then Adam never grumbled more, And Eve's was a happy mood, As long as the button-tree flourished And the button crop was good. —Marcia. Sent in by AUNTY. Willimantie. ; ANSWERS AND INQUIRIES. LUCLILE DREW—Please send In ag; full address. The one sent has mistaid. POTLATCH—Card mafled to Frank. —— —Card received and forwarded o Ready. JOAN_—The lost coin dropped from & folded paper in its original shape was immediately mailed to Diana. T2 will be just as welcome five months after. Because of its misplacement Diana realized double. There’s no &reat loss, they say, unless there is =ome slight gain, received and THE CULTURE OF TUBEROSES. Battor Social Corner: I am not sur- prised Aunt Judy desires information upon the culture of the tuberose, for 1t is a most finnicky bulbous plant. It is obtained in Central Africa, but most of our commercial bulbs are grown in the south of France. It requires a rich leaf mold and sand for its nurture and a high temperature. Where it is cultivated In conservatories a heat of from 60 degrees to 70 degrees is required. A cold, clayey loam is no place for its growth and the seasons in this latitude are not always warm enough to bring it to perfection. Tt needs a warm soil, high culture and after it reaches the bud should be stimulated with liquid fertilizer. It fails about as often as it comes to perfection. Tt is in demand because of Hs strong odor, but the reason it is not cultivated more is because new bulbs are requireq every season. The cprnus do not multiply like those of the lily in northern climates. It fs 2 worthy ambition on the part of Aunt Judy to want to grow it and she may succeed if the average temperature of the season meets its requirements. It is well to bring in from the woods for the shady places in the yard ferns, violets, crane’s bill, hepatica and other hardy plants which thrive in the shade. They readily take root and continue to reproduce themselves year after year. JOSEPH DOE. Norwich. FLEUR-DE-LIS ENJOYS THE SEA- SON. Dear Editor, Brothers and Sisters of the Social Corner: Spring has re- turned; summer is here, and so am 1 once more. What a lot of nice writers have Joined the Social Corner in the last year: glad to read all the nice letters and get acquainted with you all, I was glad to read R. D.’s nice letter in last Sat Bulletin; also to hear from L. H. K, C. E. S. and other old time writers. I hope Ready will hurry up and write her new addr: or else send a letter to the Corner, for I miss her kind, cheery letters so much. Hg. E. Don't you live near L. T. | How is Samanthy? Think your | riubarb must he Have heard my friend speak of vou lovely place vou have. Blue Bells: What has become of ¥ou. Don’t see any letters in the Cor ner from you. You and I began writ- ing about the same time. Are you stfll living at the same place, or have | Hope to wvou moved? hear from you Guaranteed Eczema Remedy. Many mothers think their children are suffering from indigestion, head- ache, nervousness, weakness, ness, when they are victims of most common of all children’s ail- ments—worms. Peevish, ill-tempcred, fretful children. who toss and grind their teeth, with bad breath and col- pains, have all the symptoms of g worl and_should be given Kickapoo Worm Killer, a pleasant candy lozenze, which expels worms, reculates the bowels, tcnes up the sys- that tem., and makes children well-. and bappy. Kickapoo Worm Killer is guaranteed. Al} druggists, or by mail, Price Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co.. Philadelph & Osgood Co. and St. Louis. Lee Most Children Have Worms. ¢ constant ltching, burning, red- rash and disagrceable effects of cczema, tetter, salt rheum, itch, piles and irritating skin eruptions can be readily cured with Dr. Hobson's Ecze- ma Ointment. Mr. J. C. Eveland of ath, IIl, say “1 had eczema twen- tv-five vears and had tried everything. Ail failed. When I found Dr. Hobson' Eczema Ointment I found a cure, This ointment is the formula of a phy- sician and has been in use for years— not an experiment. That s why we can guarantee it. All druggists, or by mail, Price B0c. Pfeiffer Chemical Co., Philadelphia and St. Louls. Lee & Osgood C- $2.50 to first; $1.50 to second; $1.00 to third. Award made the last Saturday in each month. 4 and what a | costive- | OR, Bulletin Office, Norwich, Conn. either by letter to me, or through So- cial Corner pages. he weather is Wwarm now so your ink won’t freeze. What lovely days for auto trips through the country to see nature in all its glory. How tame the quail are —hardly getting out of the way of the wheels as vou pass by. How good their whistle sounds; and all the other birds so happy; and the flowers of all. kinds blooming so charming in all their bright colors. How happy we all should be with such beauty around us. Think of peo- ple in the crowded cities and how the little ones would enjoy it out in the country with the birds and flow- ers. Dreamer: Your letter~was very in- teresting to me. It brings to mind the old song, “Tenderly Bury the Dead.” I hope some time to visit that grand spot where those gallant heroes lie. Rurel Delivery: Your letter about orders is all right, and I think you belong to a high order, for all the good you are always planning for others. How is Diana and her dear sister getting along? Hope your health is returning and you will be able to be outdoors now With best wishes to all Corner writ- ers, I will say aurevoir and sign FLEUR DE LIS. FACTS WORTH KNOWING. Dear Editor: 1 was a member of the Wide Awake Circle and I won six ‘books. As I am 16 years old now, please may I join the Social Corner? Table of Digestibility of Food. DIFFICULT OF DIGESTION. Fish: Anchovies, hake, mussels, conger eel, haddock, salmon, crab, lob- sters, skate, flounders, mackerel. Poultry and Game: _Duck, rooks, goose, rabbit, turkey. Meat: Bacon, pork (especially roast), suet, beef (salt), veal. Vegetables: Heets, cucumber, pota {toes (boiled), cabbage, horseradish, radishes, carrots, lettuce, turnips, cel- hare, ery (raw), parsnip. Fruit: Almonds, figs, nectarines, ap- | ricots, grapes pineapples, chestnuts, | melons, plums (all), currants, nuts| (all), raisins. | EASY OF DIGESTION. Fish: Dace, oysters, turbot, eels | (stewed), soie, whiting, mullet. Poultry and Game: Fowl, partridge, | venison, grouse, snipe, woodcock. Meat: Mutten, lamb, tripe, calves’ feet, calves’ brains. | Vegetabl, paragt potatoes | (baked), spinach, brussels sprouts, rice (boiled), vegeiable marrow, lecks, sea- kale, watereress. Fruit: Banan cherries, lemons, prunes, gooseberries, medlars, strawberries MOUNTAIN LAUREL. greengages, A GREETING FROM JIM. Kind Editor and Social Corner ends: A greeting to you, on th beautiful morning. How sweetly the birds sing, and the dewdwops are sparkling like emeralds in the sunlight after the rain; surely I think this is time of all the year. hank you; may be a tle bashful, but I like the Soci: | company so well T hope to “keep keeping on” with them. Just now th words come to me: it- Corner on | It takes so little to make us glad, Just the cheering word of a friendly hand, Just a word from one who can under- stand; And we fin | h the task we long had | | planned, | And we lose the we had— | So little it takes to make us giad. | { _ Nat: I enjoved your story. I had a | doubt and the fear | similar experience with the lunch | problem when 1 went to Newport once. | Wish ‘you would tell some time' how you fat pork for profit every year. It is about nip and tuck with me, and | often the largest figures are on the | ! wrong side of the account. | | The best of wishes to | dear helpmeet, Jane Ann, all the other fi | home circle. Yantic. ou and your | to | ends of Social Corner | I | COUNTRY BOYS AND CITY BOYS. | | G { We hear so much of the superior dvantage of the city boy over his | cou cousin that | was interested | | to read an article on What My Boy { Knows in a well known mag ne re- | centiy in which a father gives some of the disadvantagzes of city lif | The city boy certain ny ad- |} vantages in music, nd so- | clal life at are impossible to the boy on a farm. biui how many boys content with the best? H many « boys reach the age of 12 years with attending some show that would not be cof ered uecent for their mothers | | to see? In all cities and large villages boys | of just good spankaFle size can he found on the streets any evenine. | | standing on the corners, making ind cent rema to women and often in | | the company of women of the lowest class: and after a tomec | arink beer | allow love-m: can he be ng the bo; rusted h an innocent | | young girl, even his own sister? | In the country young chiidren are obliged to g0 so far to attend an en | tertainment that some older person | usually goes with them, but in th city or village young children are seen on the streets or at the pictures | long after farmers' bedtime. | A country boy is taught to respect motherhood in éven the farm anim: | because cruelty would mean a loss | money to the farmer; but many }and village boys look on the hirth of {an immortal soul as a disgrace or | subject for rude jokes. The farm b i foo far removed from town io get | his ideas from the colored pages of the Sunday papers, and some of them can | be taught that old people have some | rights, and that mother has almost as much knowledge of world the boys, Only a few days ago T heard 7 year old boy telling my boy what “old 'man D" bor. The average farm boy has home du- said, referring to. a nelgn- | widening points. | be worked. tles which keep him busy before and after school, and there is nowhere for him to go in the evening, so he has | time to read the hooks or papers, as he would not if he could take in a show or go out with the boys. 1If we read the history of our country we shall find that the hayseeds have done their part In all offices of trust | | and’ honor, ‘and that there are many city youths who will never enjoy the honor and respect of the people that was given to their country grand- fathers in the past. It is a sad fact that beth country and city boys are growing into men too fast in some ways, and that one of the dangers to our country is the loose morals of her young men. 3 ETTA BARBER. THE - PECULIARITIES OF THE GUINEA FOWL. Dear Sisters: While it need not amount to a hobby, it seems to me that everyone who keeps a flock of hens ought to have a few guineas to break the monotony. There are two varieties —the white and pearl. The pearl get their name from the white spots.on each feather resembling pearls. It one lives away back in the coun- try they are always making a noise and are lots of company; and if any - thing unusual happens they set up a great cry. They are supposed to keep away hawks, as the cry of the guinea warns the other fowls of danger and they run to cover. The hen makes a noise that sounds like “buckwheat!” She will not do well in confinement and can fly over any fence. It is com- mon to see her on the roof. Their nature Is to roost in trees, but if train- ed early they will roost in the hen- house, and sometimes lay there. They like a secluded place to lay in, usual- ly in tall grass or brush, and the nests would be hard to find; but the mals watches while the hen is laying, and If anything comes near Kkeeps up a screeching. If the nest is found the eggs should be taken out with a spoon. as they can tell if the hand touches the eggs. Always leave three eggs, as they will ind a new nest if all the oggs are taken out. It Is best to set the eggs under common hens, as the guineas are great foragers and lead the little ones through the wet grass in search of bugs and insects, of which they devour enough to more than pay for their keep. The young guineas are delicate and much like turkeys in their care. They need not be hatched till June, as they are spring and summer layers. They mate in pairs. Guinea eggs are small but rich in flayor. The fowl should not be fattened for the table, as it spoils the good gamey fiavor. There is | always a sale for them. No picking is required, as they hang in the markets with the feathers on. The eggs require four weeks to hatch. Crimson Rambler: I keep Rhode Isl- and Reds. Guess again. 1 know of no _one who keeps large white hens. Ready: Have vou flown to Dickey Doan? Fairy Godmother: Will be for that card. Potlatch: Did you get my card some time'ago? Aline: Cuba. Interested Reader: T don’t think Pa ever had such a eulogy written up on looking Was much pleased to see him before. He is your friend for- ever. Hope T have answered all questions. MA. Waterford. HOW TO KNIT RUGS. Editor and Social Cornerites: Well, here I am again once more, after an absence of two weeks, working and hustling with my chiciens. Oh, such a time as I've had with them, I went to call on Mrs. L., on North Main street. She has some very fine rds, so thought I would have some just likef hers. Well, after much fuss- ing and fuming I succeeded in getting nine of them built. No one can guess what a time 1 had with my chickens till T secured what I wanted. I wonder if many of the Cornerites who arc chicken fanciers are much troubled with hawks. They are very troublesome at our place. Often I see as many as three at a time sailing around overhead. Theoda and Lucy Acorn: Did you re- ceive the cards I sent vou. I have not| ‘heard whether you did or not. In your next letter please let me know. How many of ihe dear folks have got | their plants set out of doors? | Dear Friend in Fitchville: I received | your ry pretty card. L. also received hers, which I think was very pretty. Isn't it about time you were taking a run out this way again. Remember it was in April you were out here last. I kept wondering what had become of you until I received ycur card. | Here is a good hint for those doing| tatten: Break back one side of the shuttle from the end about one-eighth | inch, and point the other, using this| instead of a pin, when required. | v it and learn the advantage. I want to tell any of the good folks sh to know how they can make | serviceable rugs from rags.| | ingly Glenwood: We are waiting to hear i from you. P, U. T.: It is an age since we had a Crochet in double stitch, using a large wooden or steel hook. Cut your rags from one-half to an inch in width, ac- | cording to the thickness of your goods, | keeping the rags of one width togeth- | er: alsc cotton and woolen tosether. The may be of any desired shape | —round, oval, square or oblong—an with points. For the latter begin as round rug, at the center, anad| to keep the work flat until | the mat is eight inches in diameter; iden by putting two stitches in, one at equal distance, making seven Continue ' working, in the same places always, widening | until_the rug is of the size desired. If vou find the work is widening too rap idly. and is likely. to be a full, go! around once without widening occa- | sionally. By placing the straight edge | of a mirror diagonally across a Strlpi of crocheted lace, you can very easily determine how the turned corner is to CRIMSON RAMBLER. - | A LETTER FROM TOPSY. | Editor and Social Corner Sisters: I| enjoy reading the Corner leiters eve week, Have found some nice recipes which T have tried, and all have proved good 1 like to try new recipes | M ns: 1 will try vour lemon pis‘} for it's my favo d. When mak- ing prune pie I use one-third apple. | Glad C. E. S. is through house clean-i ing 1 am not { Frank: 1 have heard of burdocks rm-i drafts, for headache and nervousne Simon’s Wife: 1 have little chicks, | and like to watch them grow. Here are a few good tested recipes Plain Cake—Two eggs, one cup su- gar, iwo tablespoons shortening, three- fourths cup of milk, one teaspoon cream of tartar, one-half teaspoon so- da, pinch of salt, one teaspoon flavor- two cups flour. Bake in loaf or | rs. 3 Steamed Pudding—One cup molasses, one cup milk, one cup raisins, one tea. spoon salaratus, one-half teaspoon | each of cinnamon, nutmeg and clove, ! one teaspoon sait, flour to thicken. Steam three hours, Serve with sauce. TOPSY. Canterbury. A WORD FROM BON AML. I o | ‘ove the opportunity to| write a few lines to our Corner. Believe me, we are some family,-and as 1 am | writing a little brown eved lassie is| standing by my side, eating bread and | peanut butter. She is one.of the lively kind—mot still many minutes in the da We are not having much sunshine of | la Rains today. T suppose it is good ! for the grass. Our Dobbin will appre- | clace that. Our garden Is not all planted, but | singer, and when she passed awa; | this { us about? { one-half cup raisins chopped fine, two | alternately with one-half cup milk. | Bake, in moderate oven, Kind wishes to all. VICOLIA, One beautiful Jure evening as Pa and Ma were reading the papers on the verandah of their spacious home Pa ejaculated: “What unpatriotic folks.” “Who is unpatriotic?” inquired Pa. “The people of Willimantic. They do not want any parade this Fourth of July.” “You can hardly blame them,” re- plied Ma, “the last time they had a arade some people were overcome y the heat. But I wonder Why par- Ades cannot start earlfer. It is so hot at 10 o'clock of a July morning. Six o'clock woulg be a more comfortable time.” “Who cver heard of a parade start- ing at 8 o'clock in the morning,” ob- Jected Pa. “I should like to get up one that would be heard of and not forgotten,” asserted Ma. “How could you do that?” “Get the Social Corner folks terested.” ““There are not enough of them,” dis- puted Pa. “But,” persisted Ma, “each one could bring friends and relatives.” When Pa laid down the Bulletin before he had finished reading it Ma knew that she could count on hi Interest and ! cooperation. “Which one of the Willimantic members,” began Pa, “shall we ask to in- take charge of the arrangements there?” “Married and Happy,” replied Ma, “you surely have not forgotten how successfully she engineered the Dis- covery Day picnic which you and I were unfortunate enough to miss. Al- though we do not know many of the ‘Willimantic members I guess we can trust them to do something nice.” During the weeks following this con- versation the Social Cornerites were even more sociable than usual; many telephone conferences were held and letters and Dpostals were exchanged between the distant members. e ‘Willimantic members entered heartily into preparations for a fine float. A few days before the Fourth Ma received a letter from Married and Happy in which she stated that owing to unforeseen complications the Wil- Hmantic members would be unable to take part in the parade. “But” she added, “we are glad that you are com- ing and shall hope to see you after it is over.” As she finished reading the letter Ma sank into the nearest chair; Pa sniffed—"that is what comes of putting your trust in a bunch of strange women.” The discouragement caused by the defection of the Willimantic ~mem- bers was dispelled by the good re- ports received from other towns. The days, filled with work and anticipa- tion, passed so rapidly that it hardly seemed time for the Fourth, when it dawned bright and clear. At a very early hour Social Corner- ites were approaching Willimantic from every direction and in_every imaginable sort of conveyance. Doubt- less some of those whose homes were quite distant could tell stories of ob- stacles overcome and dangers encoun- tered which would fill the hearts of their hearers with courage and patriot- ism. If any of the citizens of Willi- mantic were too indifferent or indolent to turn out they were not missed for every available space was fllled with spectators. Promptly at 6 o'clock the proces- sios started, led by the Hditor of the Bulletin and his family in a_ carriage gaily decorated with flags. Some ad- miring contributor had fastened on the back of the unsuspecting Editor a placard bearing the inscription In letters of red, white and plue: “The most patient man since Job.” Following the Editor's carriage was a_float filled with the first division of Samantha’s “Singing Skule” melo- diously chanting Count Your Many Blessings. Im a lumbering, old fash- ioned stage coach drawn b; four horses rode Clara of Canterbury, Bid- dy, Pink Rose, The Idler, The Farmer, the Parson ang Nat. At regular in- tervals the word Bulletin was pleas- pictured by a shining tin ple plate fastened to the coach with strips i Social Corner’s 4th " By Aunt Mehitable | aispersed the Editor of duly AParx.ide of surgeon's adhesive plaster and sur- mounted by the word bully. A spacious old sleigh mounted on wheels and decorated with cotton bat- ting snow and icicles contained Bal- sam Fir, Frozen, Diana, Maine of Hampton and several of theit friends. _The delegation from Lebanon wese in two locomobiles. In the first were Uno and her Sunday school class. Uno carried a banner embroidered with her favorite sentiment: “Life is & perfect picnic if we look at it that way." The city fathers of Lebanon rode in the second locomobile. A large float drawn by six oxen was filled with Mrs, Robinson, Sun- flower, Centennial Square, Muggins, A Dreamer and Tirza Ann_waving Votes for Women banners. They were fol- lowed by the second divigion of Sa- mantha's “Singing Sknle” patriotically shouting Columbia the Gem of the Ocean. In the Social Cormer float Ready, Patlence, Hepatica, Billy and Bee were arinking tea at a cosy round table. The anti-suffrage brigade rode on motorcycles and was led by Grand- ma. Among those noted in its ranks were Co-Solid, Lucy Acorn, Cora of Norwich, A Young Mother, Hulda and Fairy Godmother. Papa’'s Boy and Merry Farmer's Boy, dressed in Little Lord Fauntle- roy suits were on bicycles and carried dainty dust and green proof baskets filled with various kinds of compress- ed food tablets. They wheeled hither among the paraders wares, free of charge, to any who 10ok- ed tired or humgry. The rest of the population of Leonard’s Bridge were on_horseback. Lusty crowing of roosters and cluck- ing of hens and vigorous flapping of wings which seemed to come from the heavens above were found to proceed from an aeroplane in which Busybody, Aline and Etta Barber were frantic- ally trying to prevent their feathered passengers from tumbling overboard. Tn a second aeroplane C. E. S. of ! Scotland, J. E. T. and Roena were skilifully and soulfully playing upon jewsharps and accordions. Pa and Ma kept a general over- sight of the procession as they oir- cled around in their aeroplane, There were many othezgz whom the limita- tions of time an{ space conmstrain us to omit. After marching through the prin- cipal streets of the town the proces- sion disbanded on High street oppo- site the town hall. As the paraders were avout to start for the numerous | and palatial restaurants they” noticed that the town hall was decorated with 1l and banners bearing the word “Welcome.” _Welcome beamed from the faces of Marrted and Happy, Han- nah Who, Aunty, Desire, Theoda and Aunt Mehitable, who stood waiting to Tecelve them. 1In a brief and eloquent speech Married and Happy Invited them to partake of breakfast in the town hall. When Ma heard the invitation she significantly remarked to Pa: “That is heaping coals of fire.” A Corner- ite who iy a trifle Qeaf eagerly re- marked: “I don’t care whether it is cooked by coal or wood, gas or_eleo- tricity, or not cooked at all. While we were marching I was so full of patriotism I forgot all about break- fast, but now I know I am as hollow at Teddy's pretensions that he did not_want a_third_term.” 4 “Yes,” echoed Frank of Moosup, “T am both full and hollow. Those com- pressed beefsteak and malted milk tablets are filing, but not satisfy- ing. I am hungry, vet too full to eat.” However, he joined the procession into the hall. The beautifully decorated tables held an appetizing and bountiful breakfast, which was served by the Willimantic Cornerites assisted by ladies from each church in town. Breakfast was followed by a de- lightful social hour. Before the guests expressed the gratitude of the Social Cornerites and their friends to the people of Will mantic. When, in conclusion, he saic “You have given us a delightful dem onstration of your hospitality and patriotism,” Pa fervently exclaimed “Amen.” and thither offering their we have in a goodly number of seeds, and some are coming up. We have a large strawberry garden. Strawberries and cream.’ Yum, yum. me in and have som We receive our paper before 11 a. m. Am glad we receive it so early. | letter from your pen. | Aunty: I read the Social Corner “Christmas Tree” togay. I found it just as interesting as the first time I | Tead it. Am glad you are rested. Daughter: You must be busy. We have not heard from you in a long time. Witch Hazel: vour birds. I had a lonely singer. He | would walk out of his cage and perch | on my finger and sing so sweetly. A ! member of the family had a 1 was interested in | ely the Dbird missed her so much that he soon followed. Faye Verna: I always look for your letter. | L. T. H.: How are vou? Write soon | again. Kind regards to all. BON AML i i TESTED CAKE RECIPES. ‘I Dear Editor and Cornerites: T reallvi s a dose of medi- | cine to see a letter in the Corner with my name signed to it. ~As long a3 my other letter was not discarded I will try again. T think our Corner was so interesting | weels. Diana: T am collecting stamps for | ou. Itis a pleasure to read your let- | ere. 5 Sunshine: Where are vou? Tt eems to me it is some time since T have heard | from you | L. H. K.: Your letter sounded gnnd; to me. Write anothor soou. | C. K. T.: What has become of you? Call me on the 'phone. Chatterbox: Is it not time for you to have a little chat with us? Aunty: Did_ you take your window garden that Married and Happy told | Cornstarch Cake — Cream one-half cup butter, add gradually one cup su- gar, one-half teaspoon almond extract, the whites of two eggs beaten to a stiff froth, and one-quarter cup corn- | starch mixed with one-quarter cup of milk. Sift together three-quarterscup | of flour and one-half teaspoon baking powder. Bake in narrow deep calke | pan 35 minutes. Light Fruitcake—Cream one-half cup | butter; add gradually one cup sugar, ounces citron cut fine, and one-third cup walnuts cut in pieces. Beat the whites of eight eggs to a stiff froth ana add. Mix and sift two cups of flour and two teaspoons baking powder; add FIGHTING THE HIGH COST OF LIVING. Advice from a Groder. In my experience as a grocer a num- ber of people have come to me about the high cost of living. I have sym- pathized with them, but as I appre ciated their trade I did not tell them | months. ¥pound lots. i creamery ~butter; | beginning her day's work. the honest truth, that they were living beyond their means. To the people with brains there is no such thing as “high cost of living,” but if porterhouse steak, olives, asparagus, salted almonds, mushrooms are their only thoughts, they should call it their own wasteful extravagance. My advice is to eat less canned | goods, g0 back to the way our parents | lived, and eat turnips, navy beans, cab- bage, spinach, carrots. squash, beets, onions, etc,which are as cheap as they Were vears ago. Another thing, buy in bulk in sta- ples ;a peck of parsnips hardly costs anything, and will keep for two| Sugar, in sales weeks often | can be bought cheaper in 10 or 20 When potatoes are two | pecks for 35 cents it is wrong to buy | on> peck and pay 25 cents rather than take the two pecks. So many people fry their meat In fry their omelets, their potatoes in it. There are so many substitutes now which taste so near like butter that for cooking pur- poses these should be used. My par- ents used lard, but times have change1 | —people live more extravagantly. People buy fruit for fruit salads and | pay 20 cents a dozen for the bananas, 45 cents a dozen for the oranges, etc. Every day I pick out five or six dozen blackened skin bananas, a couple doz en of slightly softened oranges. pin apples, etc., because people would scorn to buy ripe fruit at 5 or 7 cents a dozen who want to make a fruit salad 80 all these edible fruits and vegeta- i bles are thrown out by the grocer. customers they are I don’t want to tell my directly to their faces that extravagant, but T hope they will read | this. As to meats, I don't want peopl> to buy pickied tripe because it 1s 8 cents ‘a pound; but good lamb stew meat is also 9 cents a pound, good mutton chops are only 12 cents. pork shoulders and picnic hams are 12 1-2 cents, a pound, pork loins ¥2 1-2 cen and these only weigh four pounds at the most. Tf you must eat steak eat flank steak at 14 cents. Porterhou steak and pork tenderloin frenched al- | E’ays was expensive and always will e. Women Keeping House Together. I work downtown from 8§ a. m. till & p. m., and my sister teaches music at home from 3.30 till 8 or 9 o'clock p. m. This enables her to prepare breakfast in a leisurely way and to market eco- | nomically during the morning, and | also to get the rest she needs before When T get home all arrangements for dinner have been made and I merely attend to ths details and wash up after the meal. Without a large outlay we keep our little flat cozy and clean and. our penses at a minimum. I often thin women housekeeping together c plan for companions whose hours were different it would solve great deal of the quesiion of expe A woman working all day is unable to A woman working all day is unable for any long period to go home and work in the evening, and you must elther work or pay for service. Look up a music teacher without a home and with a wiiling heart and hand, The total immigration into Canada during the calendar vear 1912 was 804, an increase of 13 per cent., compared with the previous year. this total, 140,143 came from the vi‘fl United States. There were 5,172 adult males, 93,245 adult females, and ' 67,887 children. \ . The housewife who must assume.the innumerable duties of housekeeping and rearing a family :frequently. rifices her cherished dream flower garden to the everyd: mands made upen her time ener- gles. This is a grave ~ for there is nothing quite so or so conductive to helth as a ‘The busy woman s o de-~ garden. hould spend a portien of each day cultivating flow- ers, and her tired nerves will quickly respond to the change of occupation. Suppose you have only a small back yard; you can border this with a flower béd, plant vines or climbing roses to clamber over the fence, and spend & few hours each day weeding the beds or watering the thirsty plants. Dig your beds, and if the soil is impoverished, enrich it with well- rotted stable manure or have rich soil hauled from the nursery or the woods. . If you decide to place a soil border about your beds, then plant a row of sweet alyssum above this. These fra- grant white flowers always make a good display and grow rapid Back of the alyssum can be planted other lovely annuals or perennials. Among the former are fuchsias, verbenas, cockscombs, lobelias, phlox, marigolds, candytuft, calliopsis, Doppies, snap- dragons, ~asters, butterfly flowers, wallflowers, periwinkles, balsams, larkspur, stocks, zinnias, nasturtiums and sweet peas. Annual vines are gourd, morning glory, hyacinth bean, wild cucumber, Japanese hop and cy- press. A Then there are the summer flower- ing bulbs and roots which the busy woman will find scarcely all after the first planting. dahlias, amaryllis, plant, gladiolus; cus, irls, hyacinth, lies. Among these are cannas, blue nile lily, coral narcissus, tulips, snowdrop and day A DAINTY BOKTEOIR SET. An exceedingly dainty boudoir set, consisting of three articles namely, cap, slippers and garters, s devel- oped in dotted net, and ‘embellished with lace ribbon and a delicate ribbon vine of tiny pink rosebuds and leaves. The cap is constructed entirely of the dotted net, lined with white chif- fon, and gathered on a plain straight band of pale blue satin Tibbon, about an inch and a half wide, covered With heavy lace insertion and outlined with the rosebud vine. This band extends halfway around the cap and is met by a frill of the net edged with lace, which finishes the back of the cap and produces the Dutch effect. Lamb's wool soles form the founda- tion for the slippers. The upper parts are made of blue satin, covered wita | the net, and finished with a rosette of blue satin ribbon, in the heart of which nestles a group of pink rose- buds. The garters are plain, round and narrow, made of blue satin covered with net, and ornamented with the rosebud vine. BATH SALTS. Bath salts are now becoming more popular than ever in America for use in the bath and they may be had in agsortments of all the well-known odors, rose, violet, lily-of-the-valley, verbenas and so on. EMBROIDERY HINT. If the large eyelets in French em- broldery are first worked in outline stitch as one would a stem, and then cut out and embroidered, they will hold their shape much better. CONCERNING WOMEN. Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt has on exhibition in New York her model flats, which are furnished, and very comfortably, it is said, at an expense of $250 only. The sums expended were as follows: Living room, $59; bed- room, $53; bedrcom, $48; dining room, $60; kitchen, $42. Of the 607 colleges reporting to the commissioner of education in 1904, 313 admitted both men and women, 121 admitted women only and 130 men only. Of these students 71,000 were men and 31.000 women. Even in the technical schools there were 1,000 women to 14,000 men. The propor- tion of women is very much greater now. OTHER PEOPLE’S WAYS. “Shoe shining parlor” seem to be unknown in London. An American writes to the Chronicle of that city: “Having occasion to cross London bridge every morning and having my boots generously bespattered iwth mud by the passing vehicles, I discovered a shop in King William street, opposite the monument, devoted solely to the polishing of boots and shoes. The cus- tomer, sitting cn_a comfortable arm- chair, places his feet on low pedestals and has his two boots polished at the same time if he is in' a hurry. I be- lieve this is the only shop of the kind in London. I am sure you could use more of them.” About forty years ago there was ad- vertised on London billboards a d called Robur, said to be good for every the long ailment and, incidentally, sought after elixir of life. One was invited to send for free samples, and its marvelous properties were the sub- Ject of everybody's conversation.Robur might h: been sold to this day had not some one, without the fear of a libel action before h eyes, divulged its secret formula—cold tea enlivened by rum. From that moment it fell as rapidly as it had risen, fOrAn(‘unk! could make their own Robur if they wanted it. Travelers report that in Italy the Sarsaparilla Acts directly and peculiarly on the blood; purifies, enriches and revitalizes it, and in this way builds up the whole sys- tem. Take it. Get it today. In usual 1i d form or in chocolate coated tablets called Sarsatabs. 'Overhauling and Repair Work —OF ALL KINDS ON— “UTOMOBILES, CARRIAGES, WA NS, TRUCKS and CARTS. Mechanical repalrs. painting, trim aing. upholstering and wood work _iacksmuthing tn ail its branches. Sooit & Clark Corp 507 to 515 Norih Main SL NEWMARKET HOTEL, 715 Boswll Ave. First-class Wines, Liquors and Clgars Moals and Welch Ravebit served te erder, John Ruckis Pron: Tel 4i-h any care at | Scratched in Sleep. Rapidly. Cuticura Soap and Ointment Worked Wonders, Stopped Itch= ing and In Less Than a Week Healed Entirely, Cost 75 Cents, 27 Whitney Ave.; Cambridge] Mass. — *My trouble was eczema. It began by my hose-supporter rubbing and poisoning the « skin on my leg just abaye the knee. The eruption ‘was small pimples which itched dreadfully. When 1 scratched them theg 7, would scab over and itched so nights that scratched the scabs off in my sleep. They spread rapidly. I used witch hbazel, different carbolic it salves ‘but nothing did is eny good until a neighbor told me how her bands were cracked open and bleeding and that Outicura cured her. I had been to so much expense buying remedies that did no good that I sent for samples of Cuticura Soap and Ointment before using. They | worked wonders. They stopped the itchin and in less than a week’s time it had heal entirely, after using a full-sized box of Cuticura Ointment and a cake of Cuticura Soap, costing but 75c." (Signed) Mrs. W. E. Lewis, Nov. 25, 1911. For treating poor complexions, red, rough hands, and dry, thin and falling hair, Cuticurs Soap and Cuticura Ointment have been the world's favorites for more than a generation. Sold throughout the world. Liberal sample of each mailed free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Ad- dress post-card **Cuticura, Dept.T, Boston." AF-Tender-faced men should use Chticura Scap Shaving Stick, 25c, Sample free. devouring of raw meat in restaurants is now 8o common as to be—to women, at any rate— a public annoyance. The waiter brings the slab of becfsteak and exhibits It to the eyes of the man about to lunch, who watches the pro- cess of cutting and of sprinkling with a Httle oil and vinegar. Over the dish is then poured a raw cgg. STORIES ABOUT WORDS. “Tool” and “touch” are the words that Sir James Murray is at present pursuing for his great dictionary. “Man is a toolmaking animal’ is a saying attributed to Benjamin Frank- Hn but Sir James wants positive evi- dence. Franklin {s beHeved to have had his brother American man in his mind's ¢ when he sald that. “In touch Ith”” seems such an old and familiar pbrase that it is surprising to learn that no examples of its use earlier than 1884 can be discovered. In that year there was a run upon the phrase, and Eir James surmises that it was then “used by somebody of note and had caught on.” In the sixteenth century the word “imp” had a very different meaning from that which it bsars now. One sentence of a prayer composed under Henry VIIL for general use in church- es ran “Let us pray for the preserva- tlon of the king’s most excellent maj- esty, and for the Drosperous success of his entirely beloved son, Edward our Prince, that most angelic imp.” The word “brat” has alfo changed its meaning. A sixteenth century hymn writer, George Gascoine, refers to “Abraham’s brats, that brood of biess- eq seed.” They have been inventing som: new words and phrases in Australia lately. The principal of Wesley college, Mel- bourne, in the course of a paper read before the Australtan Association for the Advancement of Science, said that Australian_ girls were too fond of giv- ing the “look of encouragement” to casual young felows. This is some- what lfke “glad ey The secretary of the Melbourne Y. M. C. A. appeals to the members to “confront our dif- culties and problems with undiscour- ageable optimism.” FROM THE CONSULAR REPORTS. German typewriters are rapidly riv- aling the machines made in America for the German market. There is a growing feeling throughout the em- pire that home products should ra- ceive the preference wherever possi- ble. Fcuador offers no market for stoves. The natives cooks declare that the heat from them causes fever. India’s tobacco | great prosperity. Ordinances for the - protection off birds and animals in Federal territory and in the Northern Territory have been lissued by the Australian govern- ment. LIFE'S STRUGGLE WITH ILLNESS Mrs. Stewart Tells How She Suffered from 16to45 old™ How Finally Cared. Euphemia, Ohio.—*‘ Because of tof jgnorance of how to care for mysel when verging into womanhood, and frong taking cold when going to school, I sufs fered from a displacement, and eack month I had severe pains and nauseg ‘which always meant a lay-off from worl for two to four days from the time was 16 years old. “Iwent to Kansas to live with my sis« ter and while there a doctor told me of the Pinkham remedies but I did not use them then as my faith in patent medi- cines was limited. After my sister died 1 came home to Ohio to live and that has been my home for the last 18 years. ‘“The Change of Life came when I was 47 years old and about this time I saw my physical condition plainly describe: in one of your advertisements. Then began using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Veg-' etable Compound and I cannot tell you or any one the relief it gave me in the first three months. It put me right where I need not lay off every month and during the last 18 years I haye not paid out two dollars to a doctor,and have been blest with excellent health fora wo- ‘woman of my age and I can thank Lydia E.Pinkham’sVegetable Compound for it. *Since the Change of Life is over I have been a maternity nurse and being wholly self-supporting I cannot over estimate the va?ue of good health. I have now earned a comfortable littla home gl-xst by sewing and nursing since :hwn(s 2 yeursduld.' ave n_o:;)mm . e Com| nd to m wi - and after childbirth.”’—Miss EVELYN ADFLIA STEWART, Euphemia, Ohlo. If you want speclal advice write to Yydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confl- déniial) Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opep@{ read and answered by a woman and held in strict confidence. growers report