Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 29, 1913, Page 14

GOOD WORDS COST NOTHING AND ARE WORTH MUCH. 3 EVERY WOMAN’S OPPORTUNITY. The Bulletin wants good home letters, good business letters; good help- #u! letters of any kind the mind may suggest. They shuuld be in hand by Wednesday of each week, Write on but one side of the paper. Address, SOCIAL CORNER, SDITOR, Bulletin Office, Norwlch, Conn. THREE PRIZES MONTHLY: Award made the last Saturday in each $2.50 to Arst; $1.50 to secord; $1.00 to third. month. NOVEMBER PRIZE WINNERS First Prize $2.50. To Ella of Canterbury for letter e Second Prize $1.50. ntitled ‘““Puddings and Desserts.” To Maine Lover for letter entitled “A Few Old Fashioned Recipes.” Third Prize $1.00. To Patience for letter entitled “Old Weather Sayings.” SCCIAL CORNER POEM. Yeur Secret Thought. ®corn not the day of humble things, But make the small things serve the great— Mven the earth-worm finds its wings In the dim cell it helps create. The common tasks which you must do, Seem insignificant and mean, But love them, and they bring to you A joy and glory unforeseen. The perfect good, for which you toll, Lies at the heart of simple deeds; As virtue in the air and soil Léves in the flower and fruit it feeds. Ir _the pinin @uties of your day, There sounds no trumpet blast of fame— But straight along the guty way May run g glory-path of flame. A lofty spirit, brave and true, Gives wings to life’s most sordid facts. The germ of greatness dwells in you, ‘When it evolves in splendid acts. Your work has all the power and light, That burned within you, as you wrought; Tt holds the breadth and depth, and height And_ greatness of your secret thought. —Annie L. Muzzey. ANSWERS AND INQUIRIES, BETSEY BOBBETT—Cards received and mailed to membe: indicated. READY—Thanks for card recetved. RURAL DHELIVERY—Card received and mafled to Frank. ELLA OF CANTERBURY—Card re- cefved and forwarded to Bee. AUNTY NO. 1—Cards recelved and malled as you directed. PEGGY ANNBE—Cards received and mailed as you directed. . AUNT SERENAThanks for the cute. seasonable card sent the Editor. expensive Boston ferns; and mine only cost me a few carfares. Around the room, on hooks, I have good sized branches of the bright red and orange bittersweet berries, bright- ening with their cheeriness the whole place. prinkle my plants twice a week, and watch over them with loving care, for I truly love them. Perhaps some other Cornerite has found solid enjoyment in these simple m[z}e everyday things as well as my- self. We pass the thought of it on to any- one who wishes to try the experiment. It is not yet too late in the season. e FERN LOVER. Norwich. GREAT GRANDMA'S BAKED SWEET POTATOES. Dear Editor and Sisters: What love- ly Thanksgiving weather. I am just finishing up bouse cleaning. I like to wait just as late as I can in the fall, because the winter is so long. There are so many ihings one cannot do in the cold weather and the house being closed all winter makes so much dust and smoke, S0 my maxim is clean late in the fall and early in the spring. Aunt Mehitable asks us to tell what we are thankful for. Now it is easy cnough to think. but when one begins to write the innumerable blessings it is 2 task. T can second evervthing she has said and add I am thankful my lot has fallen on pleasant places, al- though T have wondered a good man: iimes if T was placed in some places have witnessed wouldn't my faith and frust be strengthened. I had another delightful call on Great Grandma the other day, and was treated on some of her delicious baked sweet potatoes served in a paper nap- kin. Try it. Sisters, and you will al- ways want to eat them that way. Elizabeth: 1 passed your house the other day. Waved my hand, but got no answer, as you was interested in the one ‘in the carriage. Enid: I enjoyed reading your de- scription of Franklin park. Will re- member to call there the next time I go_to Boston. Potlatch: What a lovely visit and SOCTAL CORNER STORY FRANK—Card received and mailed to Jim. BELIZABBTH—Cards malled as you wished. Thanks for the | beautiful card sent the Editor. i SOCTAL CORNER WRITERS—Let- | ters received later than Wednesday are very likely to be held over to the week following. The Bulletin has bright illustrated Fancy Christmas work directions which it will print daily and also in the Corner for two weeks. | JIM—You have been booked for | *“yellar paper.” SUN-BONNET SUE—You under- stood correctly. Original poems are for various reesons forbidden. | BROWN BEE—Cards received and | mailed as you directed. | CRIMSON RAMBLER—Cards at | hand and mailed as you wished. FROZEN—Cards came duly to hand | and were forwarded as you indicated. | ENID—Card received and forwarded | to Aunty. Thanks for card to the Edi- | tor. A PRETTY FERNERY. Dear Sisters: It has been a long time since I wrote a letter to the Social Corner. Now 1 want to tell all you Cornerites about my ferns and wood- sies which I have made ready for,win- ter enjoyment. Some of you, I kno: live where you can have all the pretty green growing things you want. I do not; live within trolley distance from them, and can go out with basket and trowel into the very heart of things and help myseif. Let me teil you about what I am pleased to call my fern room. This is a small room at the end of the hall up- =tairs, with two good sized windows— one north, the other east. I have a long wire flower stand at north win dow filled with Christmas green: mosses of many kinds. rattlesnake plantain and ever so much.of the par- tridge berr¥ Vine, with quantities of aright red berries which will keep dright red all winter if kept moist, and many other.viney things which fill the bed of the stand. It is pretty and anybody can have one wi very little trouble. My east window ledge is fllled with pots of mtrawberries, taken up from the gar- den last week. me some bright red berries in Febru- ary: both ornamental and good to the taste. This is something which I have experimented with before, and know the glad surprises they have given me. On one side of this window are two brackets. On one side is a pot of fine | dark parsley—so feathery and pretty [ couldn't bear to let the frost kill it. Resting on a bed of moss, in a glass dish with a little water, are several | very small turnips, carrots and sweet potatoes, with their delicate, beautiful green sprouts all over them. Words will not express their beauty. 1 go into ecstasies over them. This bracket suggests many other possibilitles, but T have to be content and enjoy what T have On a low bracket on the other side of the window i8 a box with morning glories just beginning to climb. Just imagine what they will be when they fill my window with their pink, whi and blue blossoms. So much for my windows. In the darkest corner of the room is ‘a ‘large flower stand filled with every conceivable kind of ferns that the woods produce. Large ferns in pots on, the floor, small ferns, even the little’, polypods, are tucked in in every possi- ble space. My Christmas ferns are quite as pretty in their way as are the received and S but I have the good fortune to ! I expect they will give | trip you had. Am glad along with you (on paper). Married and Happy: I was glad to ou took us ee a letter from you after so long a time. Hope you are much stronger no apa’s Boy: I am glad to know you do vour chores before dark, as there is s0 much danger with lanterns around a barn. Theoda T suppose vou are flying around like one in a hornets’ nest, preparing for Thanksgiving. Do take fime to write us, it will strengthen you in every way Samantha: up; crown Am glad your “rocket” hope it won't winter kill. My of thorns” locks rather slim, | but it think it will leaf out again. Monday morning, and the sun is shining, which means a busy day for the housewife, so I will get to work. As ever, AUNTY NO. 1. FEW ABLE vTO TAKE THE TRIP. Dear Hditor and Social Corner ‘riends: Potlatch’s trip to Vancouver was fine. She gave a good description of the beautiful country she loves so well. Very few our our New England people will ever be able to take such a trip In a far-off land. In your letter in the Social you write that Violet has me cornered. Well, I don’t mind being cornered in Violets, for they are numbered among my favorite flowers. Many thanks to the Sisters of the Social Corner who have sent me sgiving cards. Violet: You are a gcod New England Yankee for guessing. ou will not have to try again. 1 was named after corge Washington (quite-a number of years after he received his first name) 1 was ad to see Balsam TFir once more come back to the Social Corner family Hope other old writers will net forget the family tie which binds the writers close together. With best w! es to all. RURAL DELIVERY) Sterling. Dear Sisters of the SocialCorner:— d any of visit the state ary in F nd the capitol? noi you have at deal out sour -life, o had that sure ently the larg dome lig up with its hundreds of tric lights. the ghsten of i llars and floors, old guns and nect Dleasure to visit the up. per part and see the senate chamber, the old Charter Oak chair, in which #0 many different governors have sat, the carpet woven to represent the seal |of this state to sce the steel locke v the different ones put their { clothing and private papers, an priy apers, and the different offices around the dome, and es' parlor and meeting room. Then we took the elevator and in a !|ricg were up cn the main building looking in every direction and seeing the large buildings of Hartford ang the views up and down the Connecti cut river valley. On a pleasant day can be seen Li Island Sound and its islands, s Teking the elevator down and speed- ily alighting at the bottom of the [ shaft, you feel thankful ygu are once more standing on a firm foundation On the floor at ihe entrance of the main door is the seal of the state in. laid in copper and hammered so flat that it seems to have grown in those blocks of marile. Entering the main Toom which is all steeled like a large vault, hangs the pictures of most of the governors of the staté. At the Iback of this foom is a steel vault con- taining the original charter, written 1 SILA'S WIFE VISITS/THE CAPITAL! with a qujll pen as plain as and containi a plcture of m‘fle:f the Second; the different kinds of money used in various coun tries, the table President Lincoln used when he put his name on the paper. which made so many down-trodden fellow beings free, with the Grand 0ld Flag draped above it, which makes one feel as though she should bend the knee. Here also was the silver spade that the governor broke the gr#und with for the library, the trowel-and other things priceless, for they never could be obtained again. Passing out into the vestibule and turning to the right we enter the Law Library, and each row of books illuminated by electric lights touch a button” and each division.is lighted. The ceiling represents clouds so_per- S[98UT oy} GUIFEII] ISOWE UBD NOA 100F must be coming out from behind them. An air space around the cases of books ventilates and kee the books from getting musty. Glass and | Steel compose all of this building in side. We was sorry when the time came to take our train home. Our journey home was made inter- esting by the autumn foliage and a Dbeautiful sunset, and we could not help feeling life’ was worth living. All true Americans should know the beauties of their own state before treveling in foreign lands. Devil Cake—Into a saucepan put yolk of one egg, 1-2 cup of milk, 3 squares of chccolate shaved or two heaping tablespoon of cocoa. Cook until thick as cream, stirring allj the time-put in a plece of butter as large as a small egg. As you remove from | the fire and let it melt. Then pour it | into the following mixture—white of one egg, one cup of sugar, 1-2 tea- spoonful of cloves, 11-2 cups of flour, one of soda. There is no. cream of tartar in the recipe. Bake in a sheet tin and frost with a white frosting. SILA’S WIFE.. HELPS FROM A FAT CONTRIBU- TOR. Dear Editor and Soclal Corner Sis- ters: I though I should like to chat awhile with some of you. I do enjoy reading the letters from the sisters. I try and get my work all done sSo when the paper comes I can sit right down and read it. Grace: Where are you? I did en- _lioy Your recipes, thought they were ne. Hopeful: _You wanted to know who 1 was? You say'I am a puzzle to many. Well, I am a puzzle to my- self,” sometimes. I live just on the | outskirts of a thriving village in the richest town in the state of Little Rhody. If you know where I liv perhaps yvou will know now who I as Now who are you? Do you live Willimantic ? Auntfe: You ask me to come see you. I do mot know where you live. Are you married or single? Arrawanna: Where are you- Come again. T enjoyed your rule how to cook husbands. Have you one? If so, 1 suppose you have him cooked by this time. Have any of the sisters ever tried Yum Yum Cake? T made one with all kinds of fruit in it for my thanksgiv- 1 ing cake. Here are some recipes for Cooking Egg Plant: “ut a good sized egg plant in six slivesleasing the skin on one side of each piece to hold the slices together; cook in salt and water for tne minutes, then lay in iced salt water for half an hour; make an incision in each slice and fry in boiling fatscoop out the fleshy part of the plant, stuffing the pleces with a force meat of sausage and bread crumbs minced veal and crumbs or minced boiled ham, parsley, onion juice, galt and pepper; make into paste with a beaten egg, a little cream, soft bread crumbs, and bils of butter are sprinkled over the egg plant, which is set in a hot oven to become very brown. To Clean Silver—Put a quantity of sour milk in a shallow pan and place the article in the milk, allowing them to remain there until they become bright. Afterward wash them in warm water which contains a few drops of ammonia and the silver will be bright and clean. A great many persons find it difficult to wrap up cakethat a Soft frosting without having the frosting stick to the paper. If you stick a few tooth picks into the cake and then wrap it up, you will find the picks will be hold up the paper very nicely. To make corks fit a bottle take those which are a little large and boil them in water for twenty minutes. This de- creases their size. Inaert them in the mouth of the bottle while hot as they expand in cooling, thus making them perfectly tight stoppers. Have put up grape juice for the win- ter in this way, pounding the cork in carefully and dipping in hot paraffine. A few ddrops of alcohol rubbed on the inside of lamp chimnevs will re- move all trace of smoke which water will not. When ironing tablemats, doilies, handkereiefs begin in the middle. When the edges are ironed first the middle is apt te swell up like a bal- loon, making it dificult ti iron prep- erly. A stick of cinnamon placed inside a piano or organ will keep moths away. Oil of peppermint dropped in rat holes will entirely rid a house of rats. If a sprig of parsley dipped in vine- s eaten after eating onions no bad s detecsed. poached egg i smore delivate if A cooked in water. To stop a chimney from smoking turn kerosene on a piece of paper and put as far back in the stove as possible ! light it and let it draw up the chim- ney quick. -aystheturn b To clean windows take a piece of chamois and wring it out of hot wat- er and rub over the windows, then dring out again and wipe with the chamois. AT CONTRIBUTOR. NEW FUNCTION OF WOMEN IN ' THE HOME. It has been a long and devious route by which women have come into their | new function, that of converting mon- {'ey, the essence of labor, into the things | of life. Time was when both men and wo- men could learn wisdom from experi- | ences of former generations: but a { new age and new problems-are upon us. and there has been little or noth- ing in the past experience of the rate, | to prepare women fc e new and | pe; exing dut that now confronts them. Changes so profound have be gun within the last few ger ations hat the entire mode of human life has | been altered. would he'difficult to decide which had been most profoundly affected, men or women by the changes that have taken place within the last cent- ury. H It was easily proved that the home self is an evolution, subject to the same laws of growth and change that govern other institutions. Once the home and the world were one, women were the chief laborers, Women working in and around thei homes were in charge of the indus- tries that now comprise the world and of which men are now matmly in con- trol. It was the woman who was the spin- ner, the weaver, the seamstress, the tailor; she was cook and server, nurse and doctor. and she was the druggist who searched for healing roots and leaves and manufactured them into remedies for the sick. Truly, in those early days the world was her home | and her home was the world. In ad- dition to all these labors, she was the mother and tender of children. In those early days the cost of living must hayve heen y high, for the mistress of the home and her problems could only fbe-solved by the most strenuous and painful exertions; but if there were any complaint in those Some of the sisters though that as, we had been to the West Indies on two pleasure trips, we might take time to L glve her a surprise for Thanksglving, so_temptingly. < ‘We had a great desire to see It, but as there are so many ways to get there, it was difficult to decide whi way to go. Some who love the water thought best to go by steamer, but this idea was vetoed as there had been so many accldents on the water lately. There was uone among the crowd who cared to risk being burned or drowned. Then the aeroplane and auto were discussed, only to be cast aside, as no one cared to die in the air or to run up a telephone pole or run off some precipice out west. Finally it was decided to go by rail, as there are accidents everywhere nowadays. We had Just as well run our chances on the cars; and then, as there were upwards of four hundred among us, we could hire speclal cars— Pullmans at that, and we could take along alhocol. lamps and chafing, dishes, and with so many cooks among us we could board ourselves. The appointed time drew near, and the day dawned bright and fair. planned to meet at the Grand Central were all there on time, and such a time as we had getting aboard the cars. One might have thought we were a lot of suffragettes going to the poles—just to “have our own way.” At began to move. After awhile Theoda suggested that while Biddy, Married and Happy, Sa- mantha nad Maine Lover were getting dinner, the rest of us to keep out of mischief should find something to do. There were several things mentioned, ones give some idea of doing things in and around the house; advice, as there were not any among us too old to learn. We all stood ready for advice. Aunt Sarah was the first to spealk, and asked if anyone knew if in wash- ing fringed articles, just before hang- ing them on the line fo dry, they would shake the fringe out they would dry like new, and would save one so much trouble from brushing and combing when ironing? B. T. sald to keep bath towels white and from becoming grimy; never put them through the bluing water, or iron them. Hlizabeth exclaimed: “There, sisters, you have let those potatoes burn. Now just remove them to a clean dish, pour boiling water over them, let boil up and pour off; and they will be just as good | as though they never had been burn- ed. Don't lament over the burned dish. 1 know it looks _discouraging, but you just sprinkle Old Dutch Cleanser over it, put in some cold water, let heat up slowly, and it will wash off easil “We haven't the Dutch Cleanser!” “Well, any of the scouring powders will do. They are all abdut the same thing.” Said Nat: “Now, since your hands are in cold water, after paring ves- etables or fruit never put your hands into hot water or use soap on them, for it sets the stain.” Jim said the best way to sift squash or pumpkin is to put through a potato ricer, and then if hte vegtable is a little watery, drain it out Peggy Anne remarked: “If you have turnips that are a little strpng in flavor, when washing them add a liftle sugar with the seasoning, It will help to re- move the strong taste. Eliza Jane said: “Now, Biddy, if vou will just rinse that egg-beater in cold water, the egg will all rinse off. It will be much easier than to let it dry on.”’ Violet asked how many had trie using a 5 cent mop to wash lamp chim- neys with. : Maine Lover was wishing she had a salad for dinne when Great-Grand- mother replied: “Why, take some of that head of cabbage there, chop it up fine, add some of those lima beans you visit Potlatch at Beatle, Wash., and | well | as she has described her flower garden | salad We | in New York and start from there. We | last we were all aboard and the train | but finally it was decided that different | or give good! ‘{I have all cooked, a few pickled beets; cut them up in dice shape, and slice up one of those cold carrots. You have a good salad dressing, Mix it with the vegetables, and I don't know where you could get a better in so short a time. And in thelr season a little cold bofled green corn or a few stringbeans, added, would make an improvement.” Hannah Who asked if they knew that to add a pinch of soda to the vinegar would prevent it curdling when. cook- 1n¥ 5 he third day out, Josiah came through the cars and told us we were nearing our destination, and had better get our things gathered up. ‘Well, of all the scampering and hust- ling. Things would go wrong, and get mixed up in spite of all we could do, so Enid inquired: “Don’t you know ‘haste makes waste? Take a little more time and you will do better, and not be 80 tired when you get through.” We began to wonder where the time had gone to; as “time waits for no man,” it certainly didn’t wait for us that time. We arrived early on Thanksgiving morning, and we had no trouble in finding Potlatch, her flower garden was 50 prominent, and our sister was sur- prised when she came to the door and met such a jolly crowd. There weren't words enough in the whole English language to express her surprise and delight, as she had only been home- from British Columbia a short time. She said she was hardly settled in her new home, but we were welcome, for we shouldn’t make her any trouble. As we had hired the cars for the special trip we replied we should have to make an informal call and return at once, but we had come a good way to see her Soclal Corner flower garden, and we wouldn’t miss that for any- thing. Betsey Bobbett took the lead and we all followed. 'Such a sight on Thanks- glving morning! Such huge blossoms! There was a bed of Sweet Williams with a border of pansies. Yes, and black pansies, too! A bed of Kentuck: Bells, and marigolds, with a border of forget-me-nots. A fine arbor covered with pink roses, called Dorothy Perkins. There were sunflowers and ferns, with morningglories entwined among them; a Crimson Rambler running up and over the porch; Sweet Lavender and Hepaticas mixed in evrywhere, On either side of the yard was a polly caged in among a bed of green, and on examining it we found it to be winter- green and peppermint. All along in the grass you could find myrtle. Grandma thought she had never seen anything like it. Glenwood asked if she kept bees, for if she did they could live high on those flowers. And right there we posed for a group picture, with all those flowers forea background. We thought it would be So nice to bring back 2 pic- ture to_the Editor, for he said with sa many letters on hand he hardly knew how he could spare time to go with us, but would attend to the Corner, so on our return we would have The Cor- ner to read. And if we didn’t see our letters In the first week, not to think they wouldn’t be printed, for when they cdome in so fast they have to wait their turn. Grace thought it a good idea, for all of us. When riting, to try and do our best. We can, she said help the Editor in his ork by doing so. Ma began to think her chickens would miss her if she tarried much longer. So all our minds began to run along the same channel for we all realized we had duties at home. Jane Ann Said it we were all Ready we might just as well start. BonAmi said she was ready and hoped we would get home without an accident. Jannet felt sure we were all Hopeful in that respect. After Potlatch had given us a description of her trip to British Columbia, and hearty hand- shakes, we turned our faces home- ward, arriving without an accldent. Another blessing we were thankful for. days of what it cost to live, they have not come down to us. If there ever was a time when such complaint would be fairly made, it was then. Gone forever are those early days of stern privations, of arduos toil and pain. To come down to more recent times within the memory of our grandpar- ents, women were still producers, and the home & busy place, a factory, in- deed. The whirr of the spinning wheel and the swish of the dasher in the churn, were familiar sounds. Candle moulds dyepots, distilling vessels were famillar sights; the kitchen garden was an important part of the family economy. Conditions have greatly ~changed, those former labors of women have be- come vast money-making Industries under the control of men. Great roar- ing machines now work tirelessly to make our cloth, our butter, our light. Where once the toughened mus- cles of patient women furnished suf- flcient power, now men with sweat- stained, blackened faces stand shovel ing coal into the maws of flery furn- aces, making motive power to turn the wheels of industry. Thus has the world broadened for men, by taking all this work from the home that they might earn the money with which to buy the products. For such ends did men build highways of steel and man them with steeds of iron and steam, that the wool might be carried to mills where waited ma- chines to dye, and spin and weave the wool into Bueh patierns of beauty as will_please the eve. All this activity came from taking the spinnine wheel away from proluc- ers into buyers, instead of dipping candles she must now contrive to pay the gas bill. The function of woman has changed. In marriage under present condi- tions the man Is the power furnishing motive power, the woman the helms- man helping to steer the boat. Thelr cargo is_the house-hold goods, and lat- er on the family. Blind and foolish is the rower who refuses to tell his mate the speed and progress of their course. | men under present social condltions, to spend money so -wisely that com- fort and helpfulness to all concerned will result. It is the problem of the workingman's wife, ‘the. wife of f business man, and the wife of salaried and professional men. As for the class living in apartments, forced to buy ever: from the use of shelter to the last par- ticle of food, this class is subject to many many temptations in ‘money- spending, the opportunities for lux- uries and paying on time, these some- times make easy the road that leads to ruin. Surely, the successful solving of this problem’is worthy the best intelli- gence, Is there any. doubt, that once the full significance of the new siiu- ation is realized, wonfen will prove themselves worthy of thre trust and high honor involved in the new func- tlons? Surely, to bhe exempted from such arduous toil as the brave and fearless | women of the pasi endured, and in its place to be made guardian of the purse, is cause for gratitude. It Is an emancipation for gratitude surpas- e the wildest dreams of the mothers of our race. WX P Leonard Bridge. 3 WHAT TO DO IN ROUGH WATER. Editor Social Corner: I have learned that this is a gooed plan. When in rough water keep your This is the pecullar problem of wo- | the | rented | thing | mouth shut. Do you swim? Do you remember when you learned and did you have a teacher? If so, the first instzuction was to keep your mouth shut. If you struggled along alone it must have been taught to you by disagreeable experience, for it was necessary for you to grasp that fact somehow before you made much head- way. When in rough water keep your mouth shut. Do you see how that ap- plies to the struggle on the voyage of lite? Waves will come, though, perhaps, when you start out there may be only ripples on the tide of your ex- istence. Don’t decelve yourself; keep your mouth shut. ‘Adverse winds of misfortune will lash the waters about you fo a fury is the more or less often, and then time to apply my advice and do it early. Keep calm; breathe regularly; don't try to get vour footing, it isn’t there. Straighten out and don’t splash; the more you struggle the deeper you go. Never mind the shore, that's out of reach. Bend every energy towards meeting with perfect selficontrol, this one next wave. Don’t think about the tenth, or the theusandth for you there is only one ,and that’s this on Take long strokes. Give - veurself that tiny, almost imperceptible r with which every good swimmer meets the incoming wave. Kick! Kick vig- orously and regularly. There is no headway made without it. Never forget th kick. These things once! Oh, no! learn them: but are not learned at Some people never then same people never learn to swim. They splash and choke and drown. Some will learn partly, but the most of them fail on that one essential thing of keeping the mouth shut. The rest avail If vou neglect this. When in rough water keep vour mouth shut: and don’t forget to ap- | ply this advice in all troubles of life. MERMAID. FILLING FOR LAYER CAKE. Dear Sisters of the Social Corner: T come again to chat and contribute, Aunt Abby: Thank you for the card. 1 appreciate that particular view very much. Aunt Sarah: .Your nut mince pie | is excellent, had one Thanksgiving, | which means “nuff said” here. PEANUT 1 wonder if the sisters know how delicious peanut filling is for layer cake? Peanut Filling: One cup light brown sugar, milk to moisten, one spoon butter. 1 use cream instead of milk and butter. When this boils and begins thickening add one half cup of- finely ground peanuts, and one tea- spoon of vanilla, Beat until creamy. This burns easlly 5o must be care- fully made. Hope some of the sisters will try this and report. AUNT JUDY. WHAT SALT WILL DO. ditor Social Corner: A little salt | rubbed on the cups will take off the | stains. | "Put_into whitewash it will make 1t stiok better. ; {"&s o tooih powder salt will keep the gums hard and it Is one of the best gargios for sore throat .and will care diphtheria if taken in time, Use salt and water to clear willow (Continued on Page Fifteen.) | 1‘ i | i { i | is of no | ‘hteen-inch art handkerchiefs flu}"m make the attractive bag for fanck work that is showif here. one c“‘t;" cll;cla dlameter. Hem crcle and then sew lap. Everything necessary for mak- ing the cover can be secured in any department store at a cost of less than 50c. The accompanying cut gives an idea of how the postals may be arranged. on a dozen small brass rings through TR : which a cord or ribbon may be run. Opera Bag in Chamois p or if, preferred, turn the edge over a | Materials required for this artis- small embroidery hoop as here shown | tic bag are one-quarter of a yard of or sew on lace beading and a lace edge. Now put the two_handkerchiefs to- gether, e up so that the eight corners show as in the diagram. They can be sewed together, either at the hemstitched edges, making an octagon shape, or the line of the square, as indicated in the diagram by the’ broken line, or in a circle. The bag launders well, and is very inexpensive. Pin Case. Cut from cardboard two each of the following shapes about three to three and a half inches long—heart shaped, oveal, diamond and circle. Cover each piece (eight in all) with any silk you ‘happen to have, plain or_ figured. A half a yard will be needed. After cov- ering, pair the shapes and sew together | with overhand stitch. Buy two yards | of ribbon one-half to three-quarters of an inch wide, the same shade as | the silk or a harmonizing shade. At- | tach the ribbon to the shapes at un- | even lengths and finish at the top with | a bow. Buy two cubes of colored pins and place pins in shapes. Embroidered Tray for Dressing Table. | Every woman who embroiders is sure to have odd pieces of linen in | her work bag—scraps left over from fancy work—and no daintier way of | using these odds and ends could be found than by making little embroid- ered trays for the dressing table. The accompanying illustration gives a de- The scallops and | i |sign in miniwiure. (OO straight covers are to be button-holed | | and the rest of the design is in eye- | let embroidery. The sides and ends | are bent up and laced together at the | corners with ribbon, the sealloped edge | being bent over to form a little flat| | border, Underneath the bottom of the {tray a plain plece of linen is sewed, | one end being left open so that a piece | of cardboard previously covered with | | bright colored silk can be slipped in {the opening. The color showing | through the eyelets, and the accom- | panying bows at the corners, com- | pletes a' dainty tray that would de- | iight any feminine heart. Sewing Apron. Get one yard of Madras or other| | thin white goods, one yard wide. This | {will cost say 20c: get also two and | {a half yards of lace at 100 a vard {and a spool of white cotton at bc. | | This will total 50c as the cost of ma | terial. Double the Madras lengthwise down { the middle and cut the front gore and | |the two side cmes. Turn the front | section twelve inches up the right | slde and stitch up the middle of this| | flap, thus forming two pockets. Join | to the side gores, cutting them off to | match the front. Hem all around and | then add the lace edging. Finish the | top with a nerow beit and a button {and button-hole for fastening. Sofa Pillow Cover. Nearly every girl has an accumula- | tion of leather postal cards which may be combined with unstarched burlup | to make a very attractive pillow cover, { For an ordinary sized pillow, about { one-half yard of burlap is necessary, { This can be obtained in dark green, |dark red or brown. It is sufficiently wide to fold over to form the back of | the cover. Nine postals are required, but more fmay be used if liked. La the burlap out flat and pin the postals to the side meant for the top, ar- ranging them artistically. Then “cat stitch” them to the burlap with heavy | the same. | fancy work. it is very handy to carry | it in or carry thread, needles, scissors, { worms. | the most delicate children. satin, 13c; one piece of chamols, 10c; one pair of cord and tassels and an extra tassel, 15c; sateen to line the satfh bag, 2c. Make the satin bag first. Cut out the shape of the chamois, also pattern in same, then stitch around the outer edge of the bag. Place the tassel to the_apex, dnd line with the sateen. Make a draw strine at the top and run the cord and tassel through it A few sequins in different colors and shapes sewed on to the chamols and through to ithe inner lining will give the bag an enriched appearance. Opera Bag. The material required for making a bag like the one sketched here are one-half yard of five-inch satin rib- bon, at 35c; eighteen cents; one yard one card of gilt thread, c. Total 40c. The bag is made of the wide satin ribbon, the narrow being used for a draw string. The lower part of the bag is covered with a network of gilt thread crochetted. Use a bone needle. of half-inch ribbon, &c: Make a chain_of thirty-five stitches; turn catch in the third stitch, chain of* five, catch in third stitch. so on to the end of the chain; then crochet along th other side of the chain the same way. Second row; chain of five, catch in middle of chain on first row. Continue in this way till you have enough to cover the bag half way up. Bag for Ribbon and Runner. A dainty and useful gift cam be made for 50c by using half a yard of Dresden ribbon, five inches wide. This will cost about 30c. Hem both ends of the ribbon using feather stitch, Gather both sides and sew on brass rings covered with silk, buttonholed on. Hang up by one yard of narrow ribbon, leaving one end for the ribbon runner to hang by. Put inside two Pleces of No. 1 baby ribbon at 10c a piece, Birch Bark Sewing Bag. A pretty bag for holding thread, needles, etc, can be made by making | a little boat shape six inches long, out { of birch bark or bristol board,—any- thing that can bend. 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