Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 24, 1914, Page 14

of the writers for the Social Corner. No-return is expected and there are no hard feelings if there is mot an ac- knowledgement of them. < Interested ~ Reader has received through the courtesy of the Editor ards forwarded to aiim from Ma, Bee, Janet, Crimson Rambler,” Married and Happy, Glenwood, Azalea. Billle, Faye Verna, Aunt Abby, Betsy Bohbett, Diana, Rural Delivery, and others for which' he returns thanks. He received from Bee a very pretty postcard calendar, and from Ma a to- bacco pouch for himself and a straking- brilliant calendar for Mrs. L. R., all of which were impressed with the wood taste of the donors and were much ap- preciated. One Sister notices that a dozen were sent out, but my recollection is that about five dozen were mailed. No ob- ligation attaches to the recipients and the donor does not exact thanks. INTERESTED READER. " GOOD THINGS FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. Sisters of the Social Corner: Mother has been sending me weekly clippings from the news of Franklin, Yantic, Lebanon, Goshen and other neighbor- ing towns, and also from The Social Corner, until now the whole of the lit- tle paper comes to me at Los Angeles regularly. I have enjoyed your hinfs and little stories, not only in an un personal way, but also because I know a_few of vou, having lived in that vi- cinity for fifteen years; and I am re- lated to Great Grandma, who is my great-great aunt. I was very glad to learn this the other day for a Placket Pr When sewing the hooks and eyes on the placket of a dress or a skirt, place one at the very bottom, hook it, and then with the hammersor some similar implement press the hook down flat. It can never unhook and the placket will not tear down. As a matter of economy we have found that a good substituie for Cream of Wheat is Primrose Wheat. For those growing, restless boys, and some other people, if you pin the turn- over part of the sheet securely down CHERISH LIFE'S GOOD THINGS—FORGET EVERY WOMAN'S OPPORTUNITY. - The Bulletin wants good home letters, good business leiters: zood help- ful letters of any kiné the mind may suggsst. They shuuld be in hand by WedrLesday of each week. Write on but one side of the paper. Address, SOCIAL CORNER. £D!TOR, Bulletin Osice, Norwich, Conn. THREE PRIZES MONTHLY: $250 to arst; $1.50 to secops. $1.00 to thira. ‘Award made ihe last Saturday in each month. $OCIAL CORNER POEM. Assume a Little Smile. When things have gonme against you and you've felt a trifie wild, vou hidden from your fellows your discomfiture and smiled? Not a real honest smile, of course, but just a pleasant look— Such as you were ask’d to try on when you had your photo “took.” | & buttered spider very hot; pour in; | bake in a quick oven five minutes. Egg Toast—Beat the eggs thorough- ! ly; put two tablespoons of butter into a saucepan: melt slowly; then pour in the eggs. Heat over a slow fire, stir- ring constantly: add a little salt. When hot spread on slices of nicely browned toast. Serve at once. Shirred Eggs— eggs, three table- spoons gravy, enough fried toast to cover bottom of a flat dish; a very lit- tle grated cheese; a teaspoon butter; melt_the. butter in a frying pan; when hot break into this the eggs; stir in gravy and season; stir quickly ana well up from the bottom until the whole is soft, vellow mass; have ready in a’fitt dish the fried toast: heap the shirred eggs upon this and serve before it hardens, Have There’s a world of consolation you may find when things go wrong it you wear a little smile while pass- ing through the busy throng, For the folks who chance to see you will return a real smile, And you may forget your troubles if it's only for the while. and will clean, To Make a Dustless you used the absorbent dusting cloths? They are simply dandy, but seem rath- er expensive to buy at a quarter apiece, and this is the way to make them at home: Take one yard or more of cheesecloth or any soft material. Sqak thorenghly in equal parts of coal oil, olive ofl and vinegar. Hang 'on the line over night and it is then ready for use the next day. You can make several for the same price vou would pay for a dustless dquster. I am going to try making a dustless floor mop in the same solution. To Make Chapped Hands Well—I used to be much humiliated by the worst chapped hands I ever saw, but since T have used equal parts of glyc- erine, bay rum, rose water, and a few drops of carbolic acid my hands have become like other folks. I have used it off and on for over two years. Also, it is fine after washing in hard water. In my first experiences of housekeep- ng my fingers were a sight—rough with dirt, impressed deep. Now. I keep a spint bottle by the sink handy, and use keep blankets and quilts You are only one, remember; there are thousands falling down All around vyou, quite exhausted, yet how many of them frown? They would have their fellows glad- dened, spur them on another mile: They're God's heroes! Heed their pre- oept and—assume 2 little smile! —Sent in by JIM. Scalloped Eggs—Six eggs five spoon- fuls minced ham, a little parsiey chop- ped, a very little minced onion, three spoofifuls ‘of cream and one of melted butter. Season to taste; 1-4 cup of bread crumbs moistened with milk and a spoonful of melted butter: line bot- tom of a small deep dish, well buttered withs, soak bread crumbs; put upon these a layer of chopped ham with the onion and parsley set in the over cov- ered until smoking hot; beat the eggs to a stiff froth, stir in the cream and a spoonful of melted butter; pour upon the ham; put the dish uncovered back into the oven and bake until the eggs are set, _ Eggs Cooked in Maple Syrup—This is ‘a-Freneh recipe. Pour your syrup into the frying pan and heat real hot: then drop ‘an egg into it“and cook it exactly the same 2s you would if drop- ping it in water; a dish of eggs cook ANSWERS AND INQUIRIES. HOPEFUL: Card received and maii- od to Elizabeth. CRIMSON RAMBLER: Cards re- ceived and forwarded as you desired. Thanks for splendid the Sisters will cor- dially welcome you and be glad to exchanige souvenir cards. - SARAH HANBY: We have to draw the line on “original rhymes.” “No admission” is a permanent placard for | ed in this w: for dessert not only | the mixture twice a day, or any time them. | tastes good, but looks tempting. my hands feel dry after using our al- FRANK: Cards received and mailed | Baked Eggs—Set into the oven z | Cali 1aden water, and they are soft and clean now. Are the with you as they are here? Fine net ruffles or plaiting give winter dresses a summery touch, and there are lots of other ways to. use it. I saw a coat collar of double net embroidered, whigh was very neat. Another new idea w a pleated strip of net about five inches wide and a yard long} should guess, with-a narrow strip of fur along the center. This extended around the neck and down the front almost to the waist line. Velvet could be substitut- ed for the fur. My letters from to the writers you indicated. white platter large enough to hold the eggs to be cooked: when quite hot put into it a small piece of butter, and a tablespoon o break each egg carefully in a saucer into the plaatter; sprinkle lightly with pepper and salt i and bake for 4 or 5 minutes. Egg and Beet Salad—Hard . boiled eggs and beets quartered and arrange I on lettuce leaves. Egg' and Sardine Salad—Slice one head- of celery and four hard boiled eggs and place in salad bowl; mash Yolks of the eggs 4 sardines, salt and pepper -together and use enough cream to form a maste; thin with vinegar; B. B.—Please send in your full ad- dress. AUNT HESTER—Card received and mailed to Brown Beauty. A CHATTY LETTER FROM CRIM- SON RAMBLER. Deayr Hditor and Social Corner Sis- ters: How are you after the awful wind and cold spell we had last weelk Aunt Abby: You are quite a Yan- kee at guessing. How vou must have had to work to prepare dinner.for so | home tell of cold | | 1 g00d:* Did you pluck that goose? If {and white of eggs and over that pour | royguor moert v orecEs o %0, hope you were more successful than S % e are having idea he cream dressing. Egg Salad—Remove the volks of six hard boiled cggs leaving the whites in rings; mash the volks and add an equal amount of cold cooked ham, veal or lamb, cut in small pieces; moisten with French dressing, add one tea- spoon of chopped chives: shape into ball ahnd .arrange on bed of lettus wi 1 ! | I the, first time I ever plucked one. I} plucked and plucked all day till I was | nearly frantic and my fingers seemed to be all thumbs. Just let any of the Sisters or Brothers of The Corner that have never tied it, try it, and see how much.fun there is in.it, and I'll warrant they won't be in a hurry to pluck an- other. Glad vou had a nice time. days, sunny and neither too cool nor too_warm. New Year's we went to the Tourna- ment of Roses at Pasadena, a beauti- ful millionaire suburb, this year more Three miles of radiant spectacle cap- tivated 150,000 people. Arrayed in white and gold and royal Thanks for your kind jnvitation to tall. ' 8ar h white egg rings. purple, sat the ng and queen on a Perhaps 1 will some timc when the Ego s, olden’ throne raised above a bower > I uce—One egg, one cup su-| >, e weather is not so cold: would 1ike 10 zur 2%y ell heaten Witk the cun: ona: | Of roses and gilded palm branches. bo abie to see the tree, but don’t think I can this time, as I don't like to Eo much this severe weather. Biddy: Your story was all right; was very much pledsed to have the call from Grace, the Minister’s Daugh- | ter, Joan and Faye Verna; only wish it had been in reality. Sorry to hear you have been indisposed; but trust Youw are all right now. I wondered what had become of You; hardl thought you-were still scraiching the ground is frozen so hard. Quite an. idea, that hot grate from the oven. Rural Delivery: I think all the mem- bers of our large family are with vou in the voting list. I think each and every one of us will try to help the Edifor, as indeed I for one think he dees all in- his power to make our Corner a success, for when you stop and give him a thought, see what a lot_of his time we take in sending so many letters, packages and cards to be addressed and mailed; then again what a trying ordeal it must be for him to select the best letters out for | surrounded by a brilliant court. aitending pages were attired tumes of rose and gold. At the front of the float were the six ladies in waiting, in rose colored costumes trin- med with white ermine. harpist, playing on a great golden harp, was seated at the foot of the throme. Tour dapple gray horses. with harness trimmed with gilded fringes of palm leaves. drew the roval float. . half cup of beiling water; The serving season to taste, Eggs in Tomato Cups—Select small, firm, ripe tomatoes, cut piece from stem end and scoop out seeds and center; sprinkle with salt, turn upsi down and drain awhile; then sprinkle | with pepper and finely chopped par- sley and drop a fresh raw egg in each tomato: dust with salt and pepper; a range in a buttered pan and place in & hot oven until eggs are set; serve each tomato on a slice of buttered toast, or pat of fried mush, and pour over some of the dish gravy MAPLE LEAF. HELPS AND HINTS FROM FRANX.' Dear Friends of the Social Corner: | Since my last letter winter has crept | con us and made ice rapiddly, and | 1 al days were too cold for man or | beast to work out of doors. The milk- | white birches and oak wood make a warm fire, but just before | children played amid masses of smi- lax and pink flowers of every kind. Little tennis girls, tossing flowers from their raquets, Maypole girls in a world of pink roses and pink ribbons, peek-a- boo girls lookieg so cute = through round holes in the lattice where roses clambered, and little tots high and low on see-saws. The Hawailan musi ans, singing na- tive songs to the accompaniment of strange instruments, rode in a in their float covered pampas plume: smilax and _yellow hile bright red leaves 3 1 none too hot for the s: s ! the'prizes at the end of each month. | weather: but that hi H | santhemums formed a5 1w gh winds cannot| the o F At e, | {‘!:: x‘f;.sxi?tl,Lf’:nedlfifseslo?i‘:lmfi:og:girlsaxfgf | last forever Is a happy thought. i High d?e;:nw":lll{é part of i may they Sl 1ive tong and be tan. | . The vear 1914 cxcels years gone by | Chinese coolies, carried iwo basbets ! o Pv.Hopo. the. Editor dort have:tis | ib this=—sthey are of the dehd past, and| of flowers on & pole across the shoul. to feel lonely or blue. ;‘m_lsuq;'f l_]l_e 5 present, and wiml der, laboring to keep them balanced. Blanche: . Your “Een-Puttin’-it-off” ongh onr 1 Corner bring forth | Then came one of the pretii New Year's resolutions were ail right. | ™ { of all—the girls has. In case of | The Joul S i Poor fellow! Hope even at this late | severe cuts, such as may | was just a bit of the fashion and beau- hour it won't be too late for him to | NaPPen in the woods to choppers, get a | ty of Tokio passing—ziris in robes of . on e | piece of sole leather such as is used | the Flowery Kingdom of the Orient, set Diana: Was glad to see another let- | ‘0% Shoe taps and serape the raw side | amidst the flowery kingdom of the Ge- tor from vour pen; glad you fcel well | 2nd Pind on the wound, and it will stop | eident, The wheels were witeles of wHHORD o wiite | the, bleeding. 1 think T have twice| flowers, the rute litte backs of the Rural Delivery: How was the story | $aved life-by this method—the tanning | ‘rikshas were lost in zreen, or purple, | about the “Hayseed ” Did it appear | I the leather does the worl | or pink. 5 fo you as it did to me I -very often | PUta handful of salt in your rinsina| The most beautiful floral exhibit in thifik of it; that last-letter of the; Waler and the clothes on the line Will| the pageant, entered by a Mrs. Me- £2th was short and sweet. but reached | 10t freezs so quickly Lk was a huge peacock, made Here ‘in due time: everything is right | on of bluc-black ink. or so0-| of white r na lilies of the valley - new—no more mistake: ¥ 1 l. wilt set the color{ I gon't see how 10 make suc RIMSON RAMBLER. |0 Tabries of questionable permancnce| a perfaet piece. The other bird rep e in the wash. and they will ever afler| resentations were a swan and a bis VARIOUS WAY§ TO SERVE EGGS. | *1 hamenent | American eagle. The Tatter was made I hope none of the Cornerites lack ' of plam lea: nexi I certainly am: I'would like to ex- i chapge cards with you very much. ; Crimson Rambler: Will send you a | cdrd‘in the near future.| Should like to rece the. other turt “the vear to return all favors. ¥ Hope you all had a Merry Christmas ' ang will all have a Happy New Year. ! : The sisters 1 owe letters to should: re2dy for ihe holidavs so have be patient a little longer. As soon as| Written for some time, but have taken T feel able to write T will ansmer oa | time each week to read the Social Cor- Lafesluple 10 us ner. wm glad to see 5o many new —— fuel, ' Fire is a good servant i B e eularediby tieiJan: ; . 5 3 vant in suc . — Dear Editor and Corner Sisters: Here | cold ‘weather: but hard to master —remre oooiitol™ majanowed consid Iam again after a week of silerice. | when it gets the best of us, i bt ot cals p MGy Yon il Bave besht Sess | S Musical-bands at intetvals passed to A ¥ ! Moosup. L 2 i L OvEn Y recipe foryorange | - —= and graciously staved behind a cloud fling fo: laver cake js fine; have often | PATIENCE HAS BEEN IN PooR N} Sraciopsly staved behing a io Marvied and Happy: Shall he | HEALTH. Suns California, T will \gladly o Biasiii to mee > dbr rinein 1he waner | chanze with you in return for the ol once mor Dear ‘Editor “ornerites: 1 wish time scenes. Rosieleigh: Your little helps all | to thahk you lendar and cards, | _ Wishing ~all the sister Happy should know ar e. because I have | Which were beautiful. 1 was in tog New Year. I close. = o ofien tried some of them myself | poor healih to wrepare any presents, POINSETTIA. “Rural Deliver Am glad yvou think | and (oo sick to get to the stores to I am_a good friend to the horse, for | buy any ° presents, but hcoe by WAYS. TO UTILIZE LEFT-OVERS. i si entertai ditor and Sisters: T have beeu biisy ing ~and getting cards from sisters and will iry to re- favor, T send a few tesied recipes for o PATIENCE, Hove, therg ‘will befmore; & fasis S 2 ler we are having, Soiled Eggs—Slip ihe eges off ihe 3 ot he eek Lison “gently info-boiling Water: bai, (A WORD' FROM INTERESTED “P/Oaliy (B NI, o varwien for sofe cgzs r White READER. {wae fine, [ have quite u few, frien 3 ,3%‘“""3 for b T in that cily, ~ Pdched Eggs— Fu into simmieri of the Margol I for Gue one was well: salted. cr: carefully drop d me to ac you o The Corne not 1o break, one ege at'a time o sidel membe Ve mever (ried dip water fro# side npon eggs: remot e | the past two 3 1i peak of ) hefore bard upon separate pieces of | i been somewhai wusl be fine. Your-ou ‘thin hot buttered toast. s H curiosity which ther of vou al a fair one Saturds ; > excited. - - i ., that is if vou are the one . _Omelette—Six egzs, one cup of m The Interested Reader has no motive ' think 'yvou. ar You wanted to know afe” tablespoon fluur,.a pinch bf salt; Lin this oxe se the reci L how 1 diked my ndw-heme. Tt ois grand, heat the whites and volks separaiely thesflour. milk and =alt: add the | ihey “fi}lifll add: beaten whites; hais readil cnteriain ve K1 did insany I Corner Puss—I wish (o thank enda s he are casily and an be dapted to the individuai Lasies in- it with three safety pins it will not tear | Duster—Have ! pretty net fischus popular | radiant, smiling and ample than ever. | in cos- | In the Children’s Paradise fifty little | st things ; It was one of those mornings when everything goes back end foremost. I set out to do some cooking and be- gan with a cake. The kind of cake I was making required that the whites of the eggs should be beaten seperate ly. I had just turned the ege beater twice when it broke. I tried to mend it, but could not. 50 I took a fork and went at those eggs with a will which dared to do or die. Now I never could beat an egg with a fork, but I beat and I beat, first with a fork, then with a knife, until thought my arm would drop off, but I kept on beating and saying to myseilf: “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” 1 had been beating on the whites of those eggs steady for one-half hour, and they were no nearer stiff tham they were when I began, when I heard someone at the door. I sat the dish with the- eggs in it down and dropped the fork-and started for the door, trying to look pleasant, and when I opened the door and saw one of those agents who are always happening along at the wrong time, I nearly lost my temper and I said “Good morning!” not very pleasant. 3 The. agent said “.Good morning, madam, can I sell— No, yvou cannot sell me any eye- glasses today, or any other day, either. There was an agent.here last week trying to sell me eyeglasses and if you think I could not see anything; but I gave him to ,understand I could see just as good as I ever could, and if I cotldn’t I had not forgot how to talk, and he had better be moving” 1 paused for breath. No sooner had I stopped than he began with selling eveglasses or b—" “Books! How dare you try sell me any books! We take The Norwich Morning Bulletin, and there is enough good reading in that paper for any sensible woman to read. I would give more for one Saturday’s Bulletin thén I would give for all the' hbooks you have in that suit case. there is - the Social Corner! When | vou read that you know that you are reading about foiks who are real, and not some make believes; and The Farmer’s Talk to Farmers, and The Man Who Talks, and The Idler writes some good stories; and we get it ail for two cents. got one book in that suit case you would sell for less than fifty cents. “Say, if you are the same man who was along last week selling books vou had better keep away from Dea- con Smith's, over there. I went over to call on the deacon’s wife one day last week, it being her birthday anni- versgry. She and I sat there with our sewing: T always take my work right along with me, and we Were sewing and talking when in walked the dea- con and said: “‘Here is a little birthday surprise for you, Matilda, and I got it real cheap for you, too’ “I could see that the deacon’s wife was more than pleased, for the deacon with a gift. It was a book, but when she opened that book and read a few words I never saw a madder swoman in my life; across the floor. She said to me: “‘How dare that man buy such a book for me to read!’ will believe me he tried to make me ! ©0, no, madam, I am net | For imstance, | Then I bet you haven't ; did not often remember her birthday | that book went flying clear | “I saw it was a good thing the dea- ‘con had gone back to his work. _picked up the book and with one lpok snto it I dropped it as if it had stung ‘me, for if you will believe me it was some sort of a latter day saint book. 1 did not blame her for being mad: but JI-thought 1 would try and smooth ! things up a little, so 1 said: - **Matilda, T would not get =0 mad in ‘a minute if 1 was vou, for I cannot Delieve the deacon knew what he was buylng for you. He saw a chance to I!.get a book real cheap and he knew | Bake between two crusts. how well you liked to read, so he thought he would give you a little present, it being your birthday, so when he comes in do not say anything ~ou will be sorry for aftérwards.’ “I soon saw I had said the wrong thing, and 1 changed my mind about the deacon's wife not having any | spunk. i~ “She said she thought I was a woman of good sound common sense, {but she had changed her mind, for | when I\would take sides with a man ' who would make his wife a present of 1such a book as that she had lost her good opinion of me and never should ask my advice again about anything. “I was beginning to get frightened, for the deacon's wife and I had al- ways been the best of friends, and I [/d1d not want some old book to come | between us, so I told her I was not {taking sides with the deacon, for I should be just as mad as she was if my husband made me a presént of fsuch a book, and knew what he was giving me: bu’ I think the deacon took Just one look into the book and saw the word ‘saint’ and thought it was a real good book. When you tell him what the book I know he will be real sorry to thimk he bas treated you so, and it will be a real good time to et him to say ne will subscribe for The Norwich Bulletin the next time he is in town, and then you will have good reading all the time. She did not say much back. T could see I had calmed her a little. I thought T had better come away, and let them fix things to suit themselves, for I did pity the deacon. Yesterday she sent me word that she was sorry that she had spoken so sharp to me and hoped I would forget every word she had said, but I think Jou will be wise if you keep away from there today. Well, I can’t stand here talking to you any longer. So there is the street, and you had better be moving along, or you will not get far today. The agent turned to go, and as he started said: “I have a new kind of an egg beater here I warrant to beat the whites of an egg in six seconds.” ‘Man, alive! why couldn’t you have said so in the first place, instead of keeping me here for one half hour try- ing to find out what you were selling Yes, I will take an egg beater, but the next house you stop at you had better speak when you get there and not try to make them think you are seiling i eveglasses, books and every other | thing before you let them know you are only selling egg beaters.” 1 took an egg beater and the agent went down the path, saying to him- self: “When a woman once gets to talking, it is hard to get a word in edgeways.” But I am sure I had said nothing to make him say that about me. B. B. i i you for ha g me ride out In such state, especially on a load of good things. That was the first ride I have had in a team for a great many years. My rides are all in cars or autos, Sorry there was room for no one on the seat but me, Hopeful —Thanks for remembering me in ur story. I see you wonder if T am fat, or is it just a name I have. Think you would be surprised if you saw me. Be it fat or slim would have liked to have eaten some of those scallops vou wrote about— have not had any for a good many years. Polly Wintergreen: What has be- come of you?: have not seen a letter from vou since you sent in the n! Apple Sauce recipe. Haven't you some more nice ones_to send in Here are a few wa To Utilize Left-Overs—There are many peovle who balls at_the thought of cating left-over food. Their idea of hash is the limit of their culinary \knowledge. Now, hash Is a homely, old dish of our grandmothers' and is not to be despised. “There is hash and hash, out of all whooping,” as Shak speare says, but well made hash both palatable and wholesome. The careless, improvident person wasteful of small bits of food and ves- etables, which, if carefully combined make attractive dishes. Even a dish for one is better saved than wasted. In one family where there is nothing wasted and there are small dishes of food left. they are combined in tasty small dishes and placed on a | where each member of the family ma { choose~ which he likes best, may take turns in having choice, Even a stalk of celery with an apple and a few pieces of nuts and a table- spoon of salad dressing will make a | nice dish of salad for one. 2 A tablespoon of chicken in a “dish e will flavor the whole dish and e a pleasant change. The coarser stalks of celery, not nice enough is which to use on - be cooked until tender and | served in a white sauce on.toast, or | used as a flavor for soup stock. Knowing how to utilize left-overs | is a science in itself, and will help ont ! many a housewife when unexpected { company arrives. Left-over mashed be made into potate pu motato may | for croquettes or simply saute in a lit- { tle butter after making them into flat cales, ! 77A “@elicious cream of potate seup | {may he prepared with a cupful of | mashed poiato oiled potatoes masy be hashed, browned er ercamed |~ Fvery bone left from the steaks or cuts of meat may be utilized in Sauces and many dishes ! other | soup stocks. Arrawanna: Where are you? Hope | when you get your husband cooked | enough you will write another letter | to the cial Corner. How long does } it take to cook them? Please let us| | know. is the | Toast eggs, as the old saying is; but I don't believe anyone was ever in- jured yet by sleeping in a room warm enough to be comfortable without feel- ing_chill a nation that runs to ex- tremes and having somehow got the idea that-it is n ssary to health to freeze themselves half to death they will try to sleep in a snowbank, so to speak; and probably in a few years that will be forgotten and some other fad will take its place. Meanwhile, T propose to be comfortable whenever can. There are times enough in the lives of most of us when we can't quinine, or think we can't, amounts to the same thing. ~Perhaps we take too much at once, which will affect the head. Take small doses. TOLA. Lebanon, TESTED RECIPES FOR HOME-! MADE BREADS. Dear Editor of the Social Co Herewith I send a few odd recipes er: | Brown Bread—Two cups of sour milk, 2-3 cup of molasses, 2 teaspo soda, 2 tablespoons melted butter, 4 cups graham fiour or 2 cups of white and 2 cups of graham, 1 cup of ralsins Bake 1 hour in a slow oven. makes 2 loave: i Mut Bread i cup of sugar, 4 tabl spoon well; of an Four cups of flour, 2 cups of milk, bons of baking powder, 1 cup chopped nu e 20 minutes in a slow let r hour and bake 3-4 | oven. H Johnny Cake—One cup flour, 1-2 ¢ corn meal, 1-2 cup sugar, 1-2 teaspoon salt, 2 level teaspoons baking powder. 1 cup milk, 1 egg, 1 tablespoon melted | butter, Mix all dry ingredients, beat | | ezg, add milk and put in dr ngre- | | dients, beat well and add melted bui- ter. Beat well again and bake in mu fin tins, or shallow pan, for 2v minutes Buns—Soak 1 veast cake in ups water from noon until evening, then | 2dd 1 cup warm water, 1 cap sugar and half cup lard: make into a spong, | | 1y and serve. Finnan H. thick finnan hi ie and with a sharp knife'cut the fins clean off. Heat the skin a few minutes before the fire so it can be removed ea cut up in goad sized pieces and il five min- utes; then dish on a platter with small pieces of butter on each piece and place in oven for five minutes and serve. Here arve two recipes which grea great-grandmother used many years ag “Cream Pie—Take a large cup of sweet cream, add to it the beaten white of an egg, and sweeten to taste. This is ex- cellent, Beet What Is I1t?—Take an even amount 6f cooked beets and potatoes, cut in dice, put in granite stew pan and pour over it cream or rich miliz erfough to cover; season with sait and pepper. If milk is used instead of cream add a lump of butter; cook all together and serve. Grace: I want to thank vou for the lovely Christmas card. You spoke of eating watermelons in a garden once with me. Did we ever eat grapes to- gether? How about green corn? Theoda: Thanks for Christmas pos tal. It was so kind of you to taink of me. 1 often think of you and won- der when we will meet again. Great Grandma: Am glad you liked the pudding and sauce made from my recipe. I also had some of it for my Christmas dinner. Social Corner Pus: Your story was fine. 1 recognized you at once when I read it. Are you as busy as ever? Elizabeth: Thanks for card. The view was very familiar. Marget: Where are you? Aren't you coming again? Also begin to feel anx- jous as 1 have not received a letter for so long. Hope you are mot sic Polly Wintergreen: What has becomc of you? Am afraid vou have been working too hard. Arrawanna: Someone has said that [they: (feared you had cooked your husband to death, as vou never ap- peared again after sending the re- cipe How to Cook Husbands: but I had no fears about it, for.I knew if he was cooked after that recipe he would come out all right Gertrude: Will write later. Was much surprised when I received vour letter speaking of scallops. I couldn’t think what you meant but it was made plain the following Wednesday when I received my paper. Married and Happy: I suppose you are at your home before this, and hope you are improving fast. I wish you and all the members of the Social Corner a very Happy New Year. HOPEFUL, RECIPES FROM AUNT HESTER. Dear Editor and Social Corner : After being idle for a long while will try and write you a few te lines. 1 have been busy most of the time, have just found time to write. Hope this cold weather finds all of our Sisters and Editor enjoying good heaith and happy d 5 At present I am just getting over a hard cold which will soofi be gone, I hope. Crimson Rambler: Iam glad to note by vour letter you ars probably like myself were busy most of the time so could not write. Snowball: 1 tried your recipes for molasses candy as given in the So- cial Corner page for December 20 and liked it very much. Have kept the recipe for further use. Brown Beauty: Many thanks for pretty post card you sent. Am going to try vour recipe for suet pudding. Maine Lover: Your story for our Social Corner was just fine. Please Write another. Is it very cold up where vou are? It has been cold down here for a few days. Elia of Canterbur: I am going to try your recipe for chocolate sauce some time before long. Will let you know how it tastes. Chatter Box: Where rt thou? Haven't heard from you for|many a Please write us a line. How are you this cold Would like to hear from you. Have you found out who that was yon Corner mistook for me at the Social Here are two reciped which are very good: Corn Fritters: used, add one cup of milk, two tea- spoons of baking powder, and enough flour to make a thick batter ,and one exg, beat together and fry in hot fa to rich-brown color. Cream Sponge Cake: Beat up two icups of sugar with four eggs for twenty minutes, then stir in two sup of flour, two teaspoons of baking pow der and one cup of milk. = teaspoc of lemon. Pour the beaten mixtur into cake tins greased with lard and bake 15 t& 25 minutes in medium hot oven. I will bid you zood bye with New Year wish JOSIAH ADDRESSES GRANDPA GRUMPUS. Dear Cornerites: Once upon a time, without much excuse. I wrote a let- ter to the Social Corner. As I never heard any complaint from it I ventur another. am old I nd written my writ- ing this re- vle of for o today | let se over night and mix in the 3 oy : 10 & | morning to a stiff dough and let raise - e in: The rner. by = Grandpa and mold in the tins. | Grumpus of Bean Hill After read- | *"Bee: T do mot live in Westerly and | in§ his quaint remarks I concluded {'T never’was there. he had sworn off from tol | What has become of Wiich ELLA O Hazel BURY. WHY WITCH HAZEL HASN'T BEEN HEARD FROM. Dear Social Cormer Members: 1 wish to express thanks for cards and cal { endar which T received. T yore beautiful. T have had the rheumatism | in my hands 2o bad I could not write Can only use them a little. I have 33 letters to answer, well as a couple of dozen Christmas cards to acknowl are so much better flavored if made ¢dge, and many beautiful presents from stock rather than:wate from dear friends far away to ac- A most appetizing dish may be made | knowledse. hut cannot write. and have- of a little laft-over steak. Cut it In; 0t any one to write for me. bits to serve and piace it with a Hone the New Year will brins of rotatoes sprinkled with onion all many blesisngs and much i stock in a ‘ca role. Cover ness matoes and until the no- X WITCH HAZED are tender. S son every laver | » gt SRANIRE . Suras 96 | WHOLESOME DISHES. € or any kind of meat may he sefved this wav and the addition of a| Dear Editor and Social Corner Sis fow neas sprinkied aver the tod makes | ferss 1 wonder If any of you have tried a most tasiy and also nretty dish. | my way of cooking. hit of chicken combined with cold | 5 hu:\{rlfl] m\’ 0. an apple or two. a lit- | Steak and Spaghetti —Cut o ile celery and salad dressing makés a | Pound of steak into sma most apvetizing salad {and put i FAT C NTRIBUTOR. not | OVERWORKED FADS, foned 1 L 1 ara cor frees 1 feei b en 1 s Sleep in s: When I read Etta. er for te; on WarneFtonm v, Cold | to {aste v med sen- ; wxactly o Lady ! SRaghates Fr; in brown tomato soup und | utes in salted_ minutes -me antil ¢ Bt i Ta i a tiin Lo Mea 1 REAEl A bttty o B jone-half paciage of By }mosphere at nighi When We are aslgen | Gro; 1910 Facrage Of, St o in the d me. *While < [ hgye | 9r1, and o e my - senses 1 Eropose to make a c all well together and H of mysell sleeping, or trying Hot Slaw — d ver | to sleep. in & tent or out on the ve- | head of cabbuge and put if in a era nduwhen the mercury is - plaving | kelile I'our over ii a liitle hot | ag with 4 vater, 1o ste; ioadd » Om ahe Other 0 s i 8 onk irring Often. o keep ew Year hadn't y himself new & no Sams caution out in part cisms o 1 nfine a 1 one ur harm. A rather Jike around run monia or sts Summing it up Grampa’s cause of complaints is that J ho W un essary Josiah exempt fron the provisioas of said act. is Now fhere is nu dispiting faer th bt shonid unptio eukness ¢ d, led or d ba ot sed. JOSIA heti whini tire nd i ans of i WAYS TO COOK APPLES. 1he A ha shanld Ir not al potatoes 1 it thers - undred to cook %00d N pare - me- w pfril of sugoes for I think 5 i the vofis:-“m that promote h—hvfi‘ strength has stood the test . for ferty years. ' (A sex & B S Meombeld, .1 five minutes with three or four slices +of lemon peel. Put the apples in this and as soon as they boil, push them to the back of the stove or put them over a very low: heat and let them simmer gently, uncover until they are transparent and tender. Don't cook them too long and don't cover them, or else they will become mushy, like apple sauce. Chill and serve with whipped cream. Stuffed Apples—Cut off the tops of tart, firm apples and remove as much as possible of the inside, leaving a firm wall. Stuff the cavities with a mixture of chopbed raisins, wainut and almond meats, blanched, and cin- namon and sugar. Put them in a buttered baking dish and pour over them a cake batter. Bake in a mod- erate oven. Serve hot . with lemon sauce. Apple Fritters—Remove the cores and skin from some tart, mrm ap- ples and cut in slices almost half an nch thick. Sprinkie them with lemon juice and then with powdered sugar. Cover them with a_piece of cheese- cloth for half an hour and then drain. Dip each piece in fritter batter, rather Stiff, so that it covers all thé apple. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve hot. Apple Sausage—Cut some apples in half and put each half, after the core has been removed on a little cake of sausage meat. Cook slowly for fifteen minutes and then turn the halves of apple and the cakes or sausage over. Cook slowly for ni- teen minutes more. I think some of the Sisters will find something palatable in these recipes. Try the one which most impresses you. HANNAH WHO. Willimantic. AUNT JUDY'S PUDDING. Dear Sisters of the Corner:—I come once more. Bee: I have seen aluminum paint used on stove pipes, which looked very nice at first, but soon grew dingy— scaled off and Was very unsatisfactory 1 would advise you fo inquire of some one who has used it before trying it. Hayve any of the sisters ever tried white oil cloth, instead of paper in their kitchens and pantries? It is pasted and hung as paper, and said to be very nice and durable. I am thinking of using it, but ‘would like to know if it is really practic: Aunt Abb; Hope you have my let- ter ere this. “We seem fated as to letters. ® Maine Lover: Thank you for vour kind offer. Would like the books very much. Jill: Will you kindly tell where The wind before the Dawn can be obtained. Have wanted it for some time—have never seen it advertised. | | { Take one cupful of | cut corn, either boiled or raw may be cupinl a1 Will send a pudding we like very much. Entire Wheat Pudding—One-hail loaf v bread, $1-2 cups_ of cuo of molasses. cut_bread . butter- slices, cover with the and bake two hours or more er slow oven, stirring twice the hour: serve with cream. This is made, inexpemsive, and can be by those who cannot eat pud- made of Indian meal AUNT JUDY. easily eaten dings SCHOOLGIRLS OF TODAY MOTH- ERS AND TEACHERS OF NEAR FUTURE. I rede in the car & who from their | 1cud dressand manner I took to be actresses (and I think 1 was right), hut the same day 1 got into a car with a v of girls whom from their ac- | tions I thought to have escaped from ma:ic asylum, vet 1 was told they e high school pupils. Now, my vour fan.-was innocent and ege yell” sounds jolly in the place—the play grounds, but on rs every day you meet people v come into your lives and 10w vou as they saw you on the You may want a situation as and the person asked for a ecommend say 3 “I only know what I saw of her on (he cars. She was not the girl I want my daughter to be.’ You may have a daughter of your own in the future and .something un- kind may be said of her. Some friend ag A few weel with several may defend her and another person remark: She may be all right, but her moth: as loud and noisy in public, ot very familiar with the men on in her school days.” my dears, 1 wish you could e remarks those same men Cer the stang words and sen vou =ay to them. which are just ‘mitte words with littls or no | meaping to you, but which have a { Verv different meaning to men of the WOPId. gers will judge vou by what see and hear, not by your family | ar br vour marks at school, and often not by vour true character; but, by e X ¢t in -public. proud to he told that with strangers In they Wo i be n a yo (Continued on Page Fifteen.) IF YOU ARE A DRINKING MAN You had better stop at once or yow'll b. Every line of business < s doors to “Drinking” men. it may be your turn next. By the aid of ORRINE thousands of men have heen restored to Hves of sobriety and industry - 3 We are so sure that ORRINE will efit you that We say to you that it « trial you Tall 16 gel any benefit its use, your money will be re- you stop “Drinking,” think You'll sav ‘besides, are worth more. to their ployers and gat higher wages. Costs only $1.00 & box, - eresting hooklet abouf ORRINE that e are giving awayv free on-request. Call at our stofe-andutalk it over. N, L. Sevin & Son, 115 Main Strest.