Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 14, 1914, Page 14

WHATEVER IS BEGUN IN ANGER ' SHAME ENDS IN EVERY WOMAN’S OPPORTUNITY. The Bulletin wants good home let ful lstters of any kind the mind may ters, good business letters; xood help- suggest. They should be in hand by Wedresday of each week. Write on but one side of the paper. Address, SOCIAL CORNER, £DIiTOR, Bulletin Office, Norwich, Conn. THREE PRIZES MONTHLY: $25C to 4rst; $150 to sccopal $1.00 to thira. Award made the last Saturday in each month., SOCIAL CORNER POEM. Passing Out of the Shadow, . Passing out of the shadows Into & purer light: Slipping behind the curtaim, Getting a clearer light. laying aside a burden, This weary mortal coil; Done with the world’s vexations; Done with its tears and toil Tired of all earth's playthings; Heartsick and ready to sleep— Ready to bid our friends farewell, ‘Wondering why they weep, Passing out of the shadow Into eternal day— Whay do we call this dying, This sweet going away? —Anon. We Know Not Yet, ‘We know not yet what life shall be, ‘What shore beyond earth’s shore be sat; What grief awaits us, or what glee, We know not yet. Still, somewhere in sweet converse | met, | Qld friends, we say, beyond death’s | sea Shell meet and greet us, not forget. Those davs of yore, those years when we Wa'la loved and- true—but will death ot Our eyes the longed-for vision see? We know not yet. Samuel Waddington. INQUIRIES AND ANSKERS. OLD SOL—Card received and for- warded as you directed, RUTH—Card received and mafled as you wished. HANNAH WHO—Card received and sent to destination indicated. ROSBLEIGH—Card received and sent to Grace. CRIMSON RAMBLER—Cards Te- ceived and mailed to the writers whose pen-names they bore. POLLY WINTERGREEN—Card re- celved and forwarded to destination you @estred. MAPLE LEAF—Cards recetved and sent to their destination. MA—Cards and packets and sent to those for whom they were designed. THBODA—Thanks for calling atten- tion to the fourth anniversarv of the Social Corner. Your suggestion is ap- proved and your hope that the first writers may be heard from is shared by the Editor. BLANCHE—Cards and letter re- cefived and mailed as you directed. AUNTY—Card and letter received and sent to their destination HALF A DOZEN WAYS TO SERVE DRIED CODFISH. a Sisters of the Social Corner: For change from fresh foods and for 2 quick dinner there are few things bet- ter than dried codfish which may be iept in the house all of the time. Here are a half dozen ways of cook- ing it: Codfish Loaf—Crumb enough of the inside of a loaf of bread to measure a cupful and soak these crumbs in a cupful of sweet milk. Shred dried codfish enough to measure a pint, and after it is shredded soak it in cold water to freshen it. Add it to the soaked crumbs, and add three beaten eggs. Season with cayenne pepper. Put the mixture in a buttered mold and set the mold in a pan of water in the open. Bake until firm and serve with Hollandaise sauce. Escalloped Codfish—Freshen a pint | of finely-shredded codfish and add to it & pint of hot mashed potatoes, three cupfuls of mitk, half a cupful of but- ter, & quarter of a cupful of cracker crumbs and two well beaten eggs. Beat | these ingredients together and put the mixture in a puttered baking Jover with buttered bread crumbs and bake for forty minutes in a moderate oven, Codfish Hash—Shred enough codfish to measure a cupful and chop enough cold boiled potatoes to measure two cupfuls. Fry a couple of slices of salt | pork or fat bacon solden brown and o ————————————————— A Winter Cough. A stubborn, cough hangs on, racks the body, weal ene the lungs, and often leads to se- ripus results. The firét dose of Dr. King’s New Discovery glves relief. Henry D, Sanders, of Cavendish, V- was threatened with consumption, af- ter hawving pneumonia. He writes “Dr. King’s New Discovery aught to be in ewery family; it is certainly the ‘nest of all medicines for coughs, colds or lung trouble.” Good for children's cough#. Money back if not satisfled. Prigs B0c and $1.00. At all druggists. H. E. Buckien & Co., Philadeiphia or St. Louis, or The Lee & Osgcod Co., Norwich, Conn, Feel Miserable? . Out of sorts, depressed, pain in the back-—Tieciri Bitters renews your health aud strength. guaranteed ldver and Kidney reme AMloney nack #f net iisfied, complete! cured Rabert Madsen, of Wesi Bur- iington, Yewa, who sufeved from vir- ylent liver iyeihle for eight months. After feur desiors save him up he 1eok Blactric Bitters and is now a well man. Get a botile today; it will do ihe same f6r you, Keep in the house for all liver and kidney complaints. Perfectly safe and dependable. Its Y its wijl surprise you. 50c and s(.00. H. B, Busklen & Co., Phila- delphia or 8¢. Leuls, er The Les & Osgood Co., Nerwich, Coan, The Joy of Dancing Exercise Very fow wemen or men geem to care to Tangp or get Dancing Exerelse nniess they are assured the freedom irom aghing feet that Allem’s Hoot- ), the antiseptic pewder (o be fix.::nc a - -nymax:sd 3‘)‘3‘%3‘“{“" Rein 3 .-u..E.. e almsesi a daily anfi by in v_eommiunit ot {em’s TFoeti-{lase, se msé * has reacied,ihe high % evervwhers 2sc. Address Allen S = RS received | dish. | annoying, depressing | remove them; in the fat that remains | stir the hash, with seasoning of pep- per and a little mace. When it is| | hot, press it down with g wooden spoon | and let it brown slowly. ‘When it is | thoroughly brown serve it with slices of browned bacon. Codfish Cakes—Mix flaked codfish with twice its measure of mashed po- ! tato; season with pepper, a little thyme and minced parsieys, Mold in little cakes; roll in beaten egg and fine crumbs, and fry in deep fat. Gar- nish with parsley or cress. Creamed Codfish—The codfish should | be tender, freshened to taste and | shredded. Make a sauce from equal | parts of butter and flour, melted to- gether, and enough rich milk to malke | the sauce of the right consistency; season with a little celery salt; mix in a few extra tablespoonfuls of but- ter at the last minute and pour over the codfish, which should be drained thoroughly. Garnish with a few capers | and a little parsley. PRUEL FIVE REMEDIES FOR COLDS. Editor of the Social Corner: In these | days of changing temperatures and sudden or persistent cold a few home-y and safe remedies may be in order. Hop Syrup—Take one large handful of dried hops and steep for one hour | in a quart of boiling water. Strain and add to the liquid four cupfuls of dark | brown sugar. Boil slowly one-half | hour, then add one flve cent stick of | licorice, broken into small pieces, Stir | occasionally and boil about thirty min- utes longer, or until the mixture is the consistency of table syrup. This | amount equals three or four times that | ‘which is sold in bottles, _ Wild Cherry Drops, pure and de- | lightful, can be made at home. To make these you require four pounds of sugar, one pint of water, twenty- four grains cream of tartar, three drams powdered orris. Cook sugar, water and cream until mixture strings. | Pour on oiled slab and let cool a lit- ! tle. Add extract orris and enough red vegetable color to tint. When suffi- ciently cool, work thoroughly and worlk into “drops.” | Licorice Drops also require | pounds of sugar and one pint of wa- | ter, one-third dram cream of tartar, | one-third ounce powdered extract of | licorice, one-third dram = powdered charcoal, enough extract wintergreen and anise to flavor. Cook sugar, wa- ter and cream until it strings. Pour on oiled slab: add other ingredients, | fold and knead until well mixed; mark | into -squares and let cool. Linseed Syrup—Take a pint and a half of water, one ounce of whole lin- seed, the juice of a small lemon, thin | strips of the yellow part of the rind, a stick of licorice, two dozen raisins, and a sweetening of honey or sugar candy, Simmer this mixture for an hour, and then strain it. It can be | made. thicker or thinner by adding to or lessening the water, four | 1 Lemon Syrup—Take the juice of one | lemon and the white of one egg and ! beat together in a cup and a half of hot water, sweeten to taste, add 5 drops of camphor, go without eating for 24 hours, and take a teaspoon once | an hour. Extra good where there is | | a little sore throat and usually & sure | cure. ! There is nothing injurious about anjy of these recipes. EXPERIENCHE. | HOW TO GROW SEEDLING PLANTS. | Dear Editor and Cornerites: Ag I} am a little improved in health, I willj try and write a litile for the flower | lovers. | All who love salvias or sages should | | plant them this month in shallow box- ! es (I use cigar boxes) in a warm room. The last of this month, or first of | next (March), I plant dahlia seed; take | a little larger and deeper boxes if 1} can get them. 1 All should have a perennial bed and | by planting now (same as for dahlias) {1 find playcon or Chinese bell flower and delphiniums will bloom the first! season. For oriental poppies, take egg shells | i and put in box and fill with rich soil | and plant the seeds in them; then | place each shell, when the weather is | warm and the plants large enough, | where they are to remain; under a pear tree 1 find they do best. Pansies i do best under a cherry tree; and any plant will thrive under an apple tree, if the tree is not too large. I find small fruit trees do much bet- . ter if flowers are planted around the butts. How many have tried perennial; phioxes? They are- beautiful. I have over 40 kinds. I started with five seedlings and one root of very large dark crimson and have over 40 varie- ties from them (even a double white one); but I have to keep thém growing / by division, for the soil is 8o paor and | | bakes so I can get no seediings to | arow where I live now. I take a hand-saw and saw the clumps in two, then 1 take fertilizer | and soll and fill the holes and little | tiny ones will spring from the old | 100 My roots, the majority or them, | are 1 old.. Every year I buy | from If to one dozen choice oues; b ey are so small the cut- | worms generally eat them off, but the next year 1 try again. Well, Nat, it seems good to hear from you once more. I didn’t know but that new job kept you so busy we | weren’t going to hear from you again. Come often! Yoy do us good. If I hadn’t been sick should have sent | you a Christmas present. : Enid: Your story is all right. Bome Sister spoke of a book she read, Checkers. She certainly musts read its mate, The Girl of the Limber- logt. Ii's fine. Ella of Canterbury: Leok for a let- ter I ment. Bita, Barber, Iola and Silver Six- pence: I agree with you en overwork- | ed fads, whether it i8 one thing or an- other. Libbie: I am gind yeu saved yeur plants those cold nights. Wish I could say the same. Wonder how many 4are in our-Circla? members there " PATIENCE, | to papa.” | death, and persuaded her | died heartbroken, I s'pose, and made a | i It ain’t going to cost him anything. | “My hospitality! TY'S ‘VICTORY. Judge Jordan sat in his study read- ing his mail of two days’ delay on ac- count of the roads being assa- ‘ble. Only a short while before this he had made his monthly trip to Rich- mond to be with “the boys” for a day or two. His plantation was one of re- markable beauty, a most beautiful drive of three mliles out froim the town of Wayne. Bnow was ouf of the usual in this part of Virginia, but now the roads were just at their best for sHighing, and the tip-iop thing was a sleighing party. “Papa,” sald Betty Jordan, “can't I have a St. Valentine party this year?” Old Judge Jordan turned slowly around on his office chair, as slowly as if he had been the world turning on its axis, and fixed a pair of oddly speckled hazel eyes on his daughter. It like a fusillade of brown shot on Betty, but she stood it bravely. It had not been the first time she had been the target for this open fire. “A party!” he repeated. “Yes, papa, a party!” said Beity. “It's my turn this year. Jennie Wal- ton had it last Valentine’s eve, and Adele Pierson year bbfore, and you know, papa, dear, this will be my 18th ‘birthday. I cannot go on forever ac- cepting other people’s hospitality.and doing nothing myself. Please, papa, can I have them here?” “No, you can't!” said the judge, swinging back again so as to face his law books. “But, papa, why not?” ¥ “Betty, do you remember what I said to you about the necessities of strict economy ?” growied the judge. “This year of all vears, when the New Hav- en railway shares were nothing, and business’in the legal line isn’t worth a! picayune.” Betty’s lip quivered; the mosture came into her eyes. The disappoint- ment was enough, but to have the| judge’s business matters thrust in her| face was more than she could stand. “It won’t cost much, papa! You don't know how economically I can manage it” “I shall take care,” said the judge, “that it doesn’t cost anything! Not| anything at all! Be so good, my dear, | as to put it entirely out of your head. I bave no money to throw away on St. Valentine nor birthday parties. Not one cent.” “Oh! but papa!” “That will do,” said the judee. “If you would only—" “That will do!” repeated the judge, in tones of such thunder that the poor girl fled in terror to the kitchen. “But what am I to do? Oh, what am I to do?" “What are you to do? Why what| is the matter with my po’ 1i'l lamb?’ | “Q, Polly! 1 am heartbroken!” Then she related to her staunch friend Polly, the one she had always gone to in trouble’ since her earliest recollection. “What are you going to do?” repeat- ed Polly. “Don’t say that! The ques- tion is not what are we going to do, but what we will do.” Polly was busy making soap. With her soap stick in hand she gave Bet- ty’'s nose a rub. This put Betty into a good humeor, and with her large wide opened eyes, which were like her fa- ther's, she felt by this that all the| judges in Henrico county could not| thwart the purpose of her old mammy. | “What do you mean, Polly?” | “I'd hev the St. Valentine’s pawty, if I died for it.” | “But papa says he won't have them | in the house.” “Then hev them somewhere else.” “Where, Polly?” Polly gave the soap another stir. “Ain’t thar the manor where Sena- tor Simpson has occupied and has gone to Washington for the winter. Tt's all| furnished. Why, many a time Jim | Jinkins and the Jones gals and I danced in the kitchen.” “0, I know, Polly, but that belongs | “Belongs to your papa, nothin'! It belongs to you.” “To me, Polly?” “Why, ves! Haven't you ever heard by the will of your Uncle Leslie when he went away to war, and was engaged to your ma; that in case he did not| return it was to be her’'n, and after he had been gone for some time didn't| your pa tell her that he never would ! return that those northerners had cap- | tured him and he would be put to to marry him! TUmp! I know do histry of dis har fambly and yvour ma married your D and about a Year after dat your You were a| | Uncle Leslie returned. wee mite of a baby. How he cried when he found his letters had not| reached your ma, and she thought him unfaithful. “Leslie Jordan was never a well man, will leaving Belle Manor to the daugh- | ter of Felix Jordan, to be kept in trust until her 18th birthd: judge don’t know Polly knows all this So write to Senator Simpson at once | and ask his permission to open Belle | Manor for Feb, 14th, to give your com. | ing out pawty. % In the meantime the judge was in correspondence with Senator Simpson. | Of course, no one knew the nature Ofl their correspondence, but they did' know that the senator’s lease had neot | 1 guess the { explired. “O, but Polly, the thermometer is below zero.” “Well, what ef it is? Ain't thar fireplaces, and two in the large par- lors, and each of them is big enough to hold fire to roast en ox; and what wood is not in the woodhouse, I am sure thar is plenty around, and my Sam can go build fires and you shan't lose your pawty, ef old Polly knows it. The old woman chuckled and Betty thrust her arms around Polly’s neck and said: { “O, Poily, what would I do without you But papa!” “He won’t hear of it until it's all done; and if he does, what matters it? | guess I will make a big fruit cake, fry crullers and brew coffee enough for a | regiment. The music for dancing Why, Jim Long will bring his fiddie | and them two boys of Clifton’s who have been up north will bring their guitar and banjo.” With this Betty went away humming a love song. “i .ain’t no patience wiih master.” she muttered to herself. “Cross and stingy, pinching a dollar = until he makes the eagle holler, and where did | he get his money? Why, from Missus. His brother Leslie always said he was a spendthrift, and now just at the time Betty wants nice things to wear and a pleasant home to ask her friends to, he is tighter than the bark is to the tree. Thnat's what the judge is! But she shall have that pawty!” The judce had some time before this joined a club in Richmond called “The Top Knotch.” _In looking over his mail was a letter from the secretary | stating that the roads were so fine for sleighing that the club had decided to | come to Fern CIliff on St. Valentine's | eve, and to throw itself upon his hes- pitality. “Ump! Thirty of them!” said he. And after what I said to Befty. She shall never know this, I will at once write to Senator Simpson asking him to allow me te use Bells Manor for the evening, and| with Betty here at Fern Cliff and the | Manor half a mile away, she will never know the first thing about it.” In the next meorning's mail there were thpee leiters, two to Senator Simpson and one to the secretary of “The Mep Knoteh” club, to bid them welcome to Belle Manor, where the judge would receive them. The tweo letters to Senator Simpson—one in & very few words asking permission te use the Maner for a small party for | Oh, how nice of them! They are all | this rheumatiz in my knees." They | the driver he said: the judge, and the other from Betty, stating it being her 18th birthdz,‘ ' could she haye the privilege of using it St. Valentine's evening? Senator Simpson had understood from the start that the Manor went to, Betty on her 18th birthday, and by re- turn mall sent Betty word. He would #adly acquiesce in her regquest and | congratulating her. Only a few words to the judge, saying: “By all means! Enjoy yourseif!” Then the judge began to regulate his airs. *“Must see Malnatti, the cater- er, and obtain his services. Let me see, the menu must consist of oysters, chicken salad, tongue san@wiches, cof fee and champagne. Yes, and cigars Why, it will cost me one hundred dol- lars, if it will cest a cent. And Betiy! I wish I had let her have that v folks’ party of hers. I would not let her know this for a silver sixpence. 1 will tell her that I have business in Richmond that night.” Everything seemed to be moving along as merry as a marriage bell The festal time was fast approaching, and, as Polly said: “Sam was as busy at the manor as a bee-in a tar bar- rel.” At last the time arrived. \ “I believe,” said Polly. “the falries have been at work or the brownies, or some of them unaccountable -creetus that you read of in books. “Nonsense,” cried Betty. “Make haste with the candles, Polly. I} wouldn’t have them come and find the! place dark.” dark, Miss Betty. “It ain’t there!” She drew Betty aside where there were no tall pines to obstruct the view. The manor was like it was all ablaze and could easly be seen, as it sat on a hill. Betty was wild with de- light. i “They have done #t to surprise me. Look | there! Run, Polly, run! We shall nev- er get there” “It ain’t so easy for me to run with ain’t all there, for I hear young folks laughing and sleighbells jingling.” The crowd of youn merry-makers assembled and Old had dome everything to make it warm and cheer- | ful. Lights sparkled from mantels and corners, great logs blazed and cracked on the heart of the large open fire places. Suspended from door ways, chandeliers and every conven- jent place was red hearts. One large one and smaller onés surroundiag It. Suggestive of Betty’'s warm heart for her guests. When the dining room was visited to Betty’s surprise was roast | turkey, salads of many kinds, the most | tempting jellles, glittering cakes and | bonbons, instead of the cake and coffee | that Betty and Polly had planned. | ‘With colored waiters flitting here and | ihere with dress suits on. And above | all a pyramid of hot house fruit in the center of the table. “Who sent you?” Betty asked the] head-waiter. “We had our orders| Miss—" he said with a twinkle in his| eye. A few minutes later than the ap pointed time “The Top Notch Club” arrived to find the ground already occupied. “Hello!” said Stanley Fergusop the secretary. “What does this mean” Toared Judge Jordan appearing on the scene. “It's Miss Betty and her company sir,” explained old Polly bustling about. “And she’s awful obleeged to vou for making such a pleasant sur- prise for her. Though how you found out she was coming here she ca_n't} tell for her life; and when you sald | she couldn’'t have her pawty I just| thought you didn't mean it. Won't | you come in? You and the other) gentlemen * “No,” roared Judge Jordan grind- ing his teeth. “I won’t—" turning to “Take us to the This way gentle- hotel men.” “O let us go in and see the young | in Wayne. people” urged Stanley Ferguson who was a handsome bachelor not over thirty. “Driver stop!” said he. “Driver go on”, said the judge. Mr. Ferguson and the young mem- | bers of “The Top Notch” prevalled, and in half a minute Betty was kiss- ing her father fervently. “Dear papa, all this is so good of you,” said she with sparkling eyes and fresh pink cheeks. “And so un- expected.” “The Top Notch Club” and the young people of Wayne proved to be a jolly good crowd. Mr. Ferguson danced four times with Betty, and de- clared he would come to Wayne every day as long as the sleighing lasted; | and when she went to sleep that night she dreamed of a tall man with a silky mustache. “So good of papa” | she murmured “and such an elegant | dancer Mr, Ferguson is.” | “The Judge tossed on his pillow counting up the cost. | Old Polly chuckled to herself as she | | sorted the cups and saucers, and put hem away. For the gentlemanly | head waiter had let her into the| . a moment of confidence. "he stingy old fellow” she sald to| herself. “I maight have known there ' wasn't a generous bone in his body, | but it turned out all right and that's| a blessing.,” Betty had a good time and Mr. Ferguson just over head and ears in love with her.” By next Valentine’s day friends announcing Mr. and Mrs. | Stanley Ferguson, At Home—Belle ! Manor Henrico County, Virginia. BILLIE. cards to| AS THE TWIG IS BENT. Dear Sisters of the Social Corner: 1 am much interested in the care and early training of children; for on the! care and training of the present gen- eration rests the future weifare of our, beloved cauntry. It seems to me that | for the past two or three decades there has been a noticeable change in the environment and influence in the| education of the young people in these ! New England homes. H If, as some think, in the early days| there was too much sternness and | strict obedience through fear of pun-! ishment in ithe home government, now it seems as if the pendulum of govern- ment in the home had swung too far the other way, and where once there was respect and reverence for all that was good and hely, and for the ed, and a conformance to the laws of the land, now the young people in many homes and communities seem to act! as if the earth belonged to them and| everything must contribute to their happiness, without any special effort on their part. It makes me shudder to hear some young veople talk to their parents, and | to others outside of the home circle. | Some have no respect at all for the; aged or enfeebled. I do not lay all| the blame on the young people, al- though it seems as if they should have | some natural pride. If the influence surrounding these young people in their early life had| ‘been what it should have been in their | homes their conduct would be very dif- ferent today from what it is, it seems to me. If the little ones in the home | see the father and mother consld- | erate for the comforts of enchI other and all in the home, and ever respectful to all; and often giving up things for the comfort of others, they will learn by example: that one is not to receive all the beneflts regard- less of any one else. Those children whe are eariy taught to help each other and wait on them- selves when it is best for them to do so, and do what they can te help make the home pleasant, are the ones who will leve their home best and be the most loth to leave it when they grow older. Y Yeu can teach childmen when they \ | fuliy recovered by the time you see | card are very young to have a place for everything and to keep their play- things in their place when not them. It is not necessazy to order thend to do it; with suggesting to them some nice place for them to hive their things and how nice they look always in order when mot using them, H | much work for the mother is saved, and the little one is Deing taught a useful lesson that it 18 so much bet- ter to have everything in order than to not ever know where anything is to be found. Sister Grace: I.zeceived your postal and thank you for your words of a&p- preciation. Hope to know you better some time. I was glad to read Etta Barbers letter of Jan. 24th. It is high time schoolgirls knew how they impress others. ul enjoy the sisters’ and brothers’ let- TS, ‘We all ought to be grateful to the Ed&tor. who grants us so much free- \om. AUNT ESTHER. Jewett City. CRIMSON RAMBLER CHATS. Dear Social Corner TFolks: Here I come once more with my weekly con- tribution. Well, what peculiar weather We are having, a sort of hash, a little | of everything. Poinsetta: Your letter on good things from Southern California was very Interesting indeed. I am much interested in anything from there, for I had at one time three brothers in California. - I shall be pleased to Te- ceive a card from you at any time and will return the favor. Aunt Hester: Am glad to read that your cold is improving; hope you are ] this In print. Is your address on the R. F. D. No. 1, and does your brother- | in-law drive the mail? Please answer. | Sunbonnet Sue: Glad you are golng to send us more recipes for sandwiches of which I am very fond. I shouta uke to exchange cards with you. Patience: Was very sorry to hear You have been in poor health. You are better mow, I hope, for I don’t like to hear of the illness of any of the kind Sisters. Witch Hazel: Hope your Mieumatism is better now. I can sympathize with | you, as I have had it in mny hands my- self. Hope youls was no more pain- ful than mine, for my hands all| swelied up and were very sore, but are | all right now. Aunt Abby: I saw another account in The Bulletin of one of your big din- ners. You must be a professional at them. Did you prepare that one alone? If so, you must have to hustle. Mrs. M. M. and a Sister from the West: I am much interested in any ar- ticle that I see from Seaitle. Please Write more. Betsey Bobbeti: Did I return your I receive so many, I don’t mean | to overlook any. If I do, hope to have my memory jogged. Maple Leaf: Was unable to see you Sunday because it was so cold, but will see you later. I have not seen Snowbalil since the day you and I had such a pleasant call with her. I must call this off for this time. CRIMSON RAMBLER. A RECIPE FOR SPARKING CAKE.| Dear Sisters: A few weeks ago one of the Sisters told us of a man who had tact; also of one who had not. There are a surprisingly few who pos- sess it—who know just what to say, and when and where to say it. A few days ago while I was calling on a friend, I will call her Lottle, be- | cause that 1s not her name, she spoke of having been ill with hemorrhages from the head. Naturally, she neceded | cheering up, which her family and friends tried to do. A neighberly old soul lived near her who thought it her | duty to come in nearly every day. She would start out something like this: “I have been hurrying to get over to see you. I know you must be lonely and blue. I needn’t ask you how you are feeling, for you look awfully. You smust be careful. I know of a woman who died while having a hemorrhage like that,” and continuing on in that cheerful strain. One day when Lottie was well enough to go out for a short walk she stepped into the nearby grocery. The proprietor said: “I'm glad to see you out again. Say! but you do look bad! Well, we're here today and don’t know where we'll be tomorrow.” Lottie went hobe discouraged and | told her family that she would have| to move into a new locality or she would never get well. { Her husband replied: “Human na- ture is the same the world over. Stay here and get well!” Which, strange to say, she did. I will send a recipe for the young folks® Sparking Cake—One ounce of smiles, | one ounce of sweet kisses, one pound of blushes, one delicious hug; mix in a solution of heart's ease, bake years, and cut when cold. Black Pansy: Your story was fine. I was pleased to be in it. 1. found a question from a Sister asking me if I eyer lived in West two i Neck. Am sorry I overlooked it. No, | I don't know where West Neck is. | Guess again! { Ready: Write again. MA. ‘Waterford. THE SOCIAL CORNER!S FOURTH ANNIVERSARY. Dear Editor and Sisters: How the days get by. Even the warm, un- seasonable days we have had were a| foretasie of the days we are to expect| in a few weeks, when Ma will be on the alert to get the first broody hen to eetting, and the annual epidemic of house cleaning breaks out in the fam- flies of our readers and writers; and| numerous packages of garden and| flower seeds brought forth for early planting. We associate planting and growing with the springtime, and development | later on; and so it was one time in spring that the thought of our Editor took root and produced this charming Social Corner. The growth has been steady and has reached proportions which we are proud of on its fourth anniversary. 1 Our first Corner was a tiny affair, taking up but one column and a small | part of another, with but six writers nevertheless a very social company and one which directly drew help and good cheer from others I have %Deen pleased Delivery's interest commenced with, the Ceorner and has been un- | abated. It would be pleasing to hear from- these first writers at this time, who so kindly gave The Corner a start and made it possible. Beside Rural Delivery were Aunt Sal- | 1y, J. I. C, L. M. Bach, Kitty Catnip. and Mrs. Eneerful Farmer. 1 Let’s have a good birthday party on | the first week in March on this page. Ready: Am glad to know that yours or Auniy's fingers will not get sliff if vou keep that shuttle going. I think if you keep on, your lace tatted dress will be a reality. Papa’s Boy: I wondered if it were you who was on an errand of mercy in Willlmantic lately with a 1813 marker on your auto? C. B, S.: Haven't seen a letter from you hefore in a long time. Poinsetta: Your letter was full of interest, and i{s an example of how The Corner is far-reaching in its help- fulness, ‘We welcome all the writers from the west and far west, and maybe it seems like getting back home to them to visit in The Corner with those who “tread the paths their feet have warn.” Petlateh, Elizabeth and others: I thank you fer the cards you sent, and you will hear fsom me later. Biddy: Serry yeu have had such a trying time. Pelly Wintergreen: Hepe te hear yeu have recovered from your iliness. Married and Happy; I wanted to see fast | to note Rural { have a cup of tea together. ! rule where I came from { could IF YOU ARE A - DRINKING MAN You had better stop at once or you'll job. Every line of business ;.t}lt.)lim‘".‘ldooflt to ‘men. 't be your turn next. By the aid u"o‘inmm thousands of memn have been restored to lives of sobriety and industry. We are so =ure that ORRINE will benefit you that we say to you that if after a trial you fail to get any benefit from its use, your money will be re- think besides, employers and get higher wages. Costs only $1.00 a box. We have an interesting booklet about ORRINE that we are giving away fres on request. Call at our store and talk it over. N. D. Sevin & Son, 1183 Main Street. — you again, but business was rushing. Perhaps you will see Dreamer and have visions instead of “seeing visions and dreaming dreams.” ‘Willimantic. AN INTERESTING LETTER FROM MARRIED AND HAPPY. Dear Soclal Corner-Sisters: My first thought is to thamk you all for your many kindnesses to me in the past few months, and *z *hose of you who have said: “It must be nice to be at home again.” I agree with youl . It certainiy will be, when I get there. Home, you know, with me is a sum- mer word. In winter I just stay. Just before I went to the hospital I thought to write about “How to e Alone;” my advice now is “Don’t try!” It isn't at_all satisfactory. When I was in the hospital I thought to write and tell you of life.there, for really a hospital isn't such a bad piace, especially If you are only sick abed for three-quarters of each day, and the remaining quarter you are able to be up and around, as I was, and you go well fortified with a cheerful spirit to be happy yourself, and to do what you are able to help the more help- less pass the time away. Onse patient, an elderly man from the country, who was having his first hos- pital experience, told me, after he had been there several days: “When I came I felt pretty blue, but I heard you laughing and I thought this can’t be such a dreadful place. There's one patient having a cheerful time, and I felt better right away.” My friends were all lovely to me. I had beautiful flowers, a nice nurse, who was kindness personified, and not forgetting the many messages from the Social Corner. I really had six weeks of rest and quiet, which will prove very beneficial. But enough of this; just now I am en- joying the sights ef the Capitol City, staying with a friend; have been in Hartford four weeks. Am I right, Dreamer, don't you live here? If you do we should meet and That's the I miss the Social Corner friends 1 used to meet on the streef, but spring will be here soon, and I anticipate a genuine good time putting my house to rights for the summer. Those of you who went to the South Coventry picnic may be glad to know I am staying with the smail boy's mother. The small boy and I have good times together. My family get to see me every few weeks. I am busy finishing seme of the various kinds of work I had in some of those bags you have heard about, and altogether I am very comfortable and happy. MARRIED AND HAPPY. LOVES THE COUNTRY. Dear Editor and Social Corner Sis- ters: I enjoy the letters from the Sis- ters, also The Farmer's Talk to Farm- ers, as I was a farmer for over 20 years, and I love the farms and the country. I have no use for the city, only to go in and look around. I have lived in the city and can be contented anvwhere if I can have gooa books and papers for company. I always feel sorry for a person who has fo iock for excitement all the time in or- der to live. Maple Leaf's hints are very good. I should enjoy the items from the | Sister from the West. Sunbonnet Sue should be a fine cook. I would like to be at some of those dinners. I should have enjoyed attending the Cooking School, but could not; expect we all shall have the benefit of those lessons in the Social Corner, although my experience is that the plainer I ilve the less I have io do with doctors and meadicine. You -know thers is an old saying: “There are more people dig their graves with their teeth than any other way.” That means arink as well as eat. 1 was impressed the other day with a line T saw in the Farm and Home: “The sunshine that brightens our ev- ery day is chiefly of our own making, and the joys we miss as we journey along we could have for the simple taking.” DOROTHY PERKINS. THE CARE OF THE TEETH. Dear Social Corner Sisters and Editor: After & week of silence I once more joln your circle. 'What muddy weather we have Deen having? We have not had much snow, but an over- abundance of mud. If it was spring mud it would not be so dbad; but we shall get mud again later on. Never mind, we shall soon have the dear little birde with us agaln, and the beautiful spring flowers also. Rural Delivery: Was much pleased to receive a card from you. What has become of you? If you are nbdt stuck in the mud won’t you once more join vour sisters? You have certainly had bad weather to deliver the mail. Aunt Abby: You don’t know how pleased T was to receive a card from vou. Hope we may be better known to each other soon. Crimson Rambler: Am glad you en- joved your ride in my auto. It is certainly a fine machine, and I take lots of nice rides with it. 'Wish you have the same, but shall be pleased to take vou any time in mine. My sister is collecting all of those helpful little needs because she sayas they might possibly come in handy some time. Let us hope so. Give us a call soon while vou have the chance Libbi You did very well to s=ave (Continued on Page Fifteen) SPECIAL TO WOMEN The most economical, cleansing and germicidal of all antiseptics is Paxtine A soluble Antiseptic Powder to be dissolved in water as needed. As a medicinal antiseptic for douches in treating catarrh, inflammation or uleeration of nose, throat, and that caused by feminine ills it has no equal. Far ten years the Lydia E. 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