Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 18, 1914, Page 14

! BOCIAL CORNER POEM. Awakening. to write last week, but most of my time was put to a good service for . |1 expected company for the Fourth. L H. K: I am going to try to go wosdl to ' Norwich Fair this vear. Look ealling to me, | or the “Yellow bow,” and we will be sure to meet. In the liit of the brown thrush, Pop Over”: DId you get wet go- ©Oh, Nature 'uy Mother, I'm coming to thee! ing back to the cottage? I hope I didn’t delay you. Clover Leaf: My husband says he Springtime and time, knew all those different parties we h, wealth of the t‘;l:edst! were 'fif&kmg' of well. Also says f¥ith freedom to wander o'er valley|he would like ‘to meet them again for *“Old time's sake.” And il Here are several refreshing summer arinks: ‘What bursting of blossoms, ‘What roaring of waters, s the freshet turns wheel T Orangeade The juice of three oranges and 1 cup of sugar squeezed out into_a picture. Cover this with a layer of ecracked ice and ice water. Let stand ten minutes and it is ready to drink. Raspberry Wine Look over 1 quart of ‘red raspberries and put two cups of ‘sugar and let it make juice, and r standing about four or five hours 'skim off the ‘liquor and put over the fire and let come to a boil Add to ‘this the juice of a lemon. Bottle and put in a cool plage. Ginger Ale One cup of molasses, one-half cup of vinegar and, one cup sugar, one half teaspoon &f cream tartar and two teaspoons Hquid ginger. Mix all together and put in a cool s s i ust close now, with to o best r s me roam in they wildwood, me watch thy renewing, Deep, desp In the forest to welcome 8 they birth. s . - Loyer of gone days, Heart true through long days, m’:!uu-mromuu-mrm Oc-bndfi:ofgemwhna. Across leagues e ocean, Wafting sweet notes of thy love song to me. 3 HELEN T, WOODS, “AUNT HESTER. #Pray For One Another™ -] ela;a tell why there should come me ! XA thoght of some one miles and miles eway, fn_ewift insistence on the memory, Unless a need there be that I shoul pray, Too hurried oft are we to spare the - thought, ' ¥eor days together, of some. friends, away; Perhaps God does it for us, and we GREETINGS = FROM RAMBLER. Dear Cornerites: Just a line this very ‘hot morning. How do you all feel after such a muggy week as we have had? Aunt Abby: I am sending you a card so you will receive an answer to your question, I am so very busy just now it will ‘be impcssible for me to glve you a/all this week: but trust to receive CRIMSON answer to my card in re- ought gard ton{;\e 21st. Shall you be on To read his signal as & call to|hand? ‘Hope we may have a pleas- prav. ant day. Betsey. Bobbett: Your card at hand e am sending you one in reply. “Perhaps, just then, my friend has flercer fight |g;l you be on hand at Aunty's? now Ball: I am still here at home. And more appalling weakness, and I have not heard much about “you Of courage, -hrha-, some lost sense| people” in your automobile. Is it up 3 for repairs, or have you lost your li- An ;o in case he needs my.prayer,}cense? What did I hear you say /| about your collection? I am think- *Friend do the same for me, if I in- trude ing may be, you are intending to change your station in life? How are Unmaek upon you, on some crowd- ed day, you progressing with the rest of the things? ~Shall you have any oranse ©ive me a moment's prayer as inter- lude; 'blossoms? Don’t be bashful. Clover Leaf: Your card at hand. Be very sure I need 1it, therefore pray. Many thanks for the same. Do you ‘think you will be at home in time for “MARIANNE FARNINGHAM.” ANSWERS AND INJUIRES. the second picnic I hope to meet you there. Yes, indeed, we had a lovely time comming down in the car from REDWING: Cards received and imailed as you directed. Thanks for ¥ind wishes and personal card. Coventry. Aunty. No. 1: T hope you will have BLANCHE: Cards recelved and as you wished. a pleasant day for yvour picnic when Cards received and the day arrives; aisc hope vou will GRANDMA pent to the writers indicated. not /overtax your nerves. Shall you haxg out the yellow banner? Hope you Wor't forget to keep the flag fiying. Aunt Hester: Shall you make an attempt to be with us once more?” Hope so, but sorry you have to make AUNT ABBY: Cards at hand and imailed to members of Soclal Corner|foT You if only you had some other .. sister to ecome with you on your lons - 3 ride. Why don't you get some of your BETSY BOBBETT: Cards received | ncighbors to join the Soclal Corner ®end mailed to Enid. with you, then when you come this RUTH: Card received and eent to W‘g‘ Tou won’t have to come alone! olin? ‘Hope so, and trust you may be CORDELIA: Card came to hand |called the Social Corner violinist! Has ‘Bnd was forwarded to Enid. Married and Happy gone to the hos- 4 _ | pital? If so, how is she progressing? aavm: Gard was recelved and mail- | fop. sne will not have too serious a x #| time. NNA: -Please send in yoar the trip alone. How nice it would be Bnid. Do you still play your MARIANN. Ready: What is the reuson we do full address to the Editor. not see anything more from your pen” PBGGY ANNE: Card received ana’| HOPe You are not sick or are you so forwarded to Enid. : busy making tattin that you ocan't ‘REFRESHING SUMMER DRINKS. spare us a few minutes. Folly Peppermint: Hope I may see you again soon, as I very much, en- D Fattor Sis T | ik oved our little chat on the veranda ®d home safely after spending one of | %0 FlSmore coltage o o o g most dému{’l times of my life at 2t bl B Social Corner 13 Sty e oema” dpionic at South Cov- | sersev BOBBETT GOES BERRY- ters and Editor for helping to make June 27th a delightful day for me and ING. for all our friends. It will always| Sisters of the Corner: I have just be 2 “Red Letter Day” in my memody | finished reading the accounts of the o _live over that day of pleasure. picpic, and as it was not my good The lake is & very beantiful one|fortune to be able to attend, I shall with its green, shady banks covered |have to join the ranks of thosg who with laurels and)trees and just the|would, but could not, and who had to % to have a pienic. be content to attend in spirit rather Rambler: My day of pleas-|than in the flesh. ure ended wel, arrived home about| I thowght of Tirza Ann the other ::Riem" Just missed one car in Groton|day while out trying to find blueber- h delayed me about 45 minutes.|ries for supper. Walked all around But missed my jolly friends after you|the farm and dldn’t get a handful of Aunty No,.1: I am sorry to say I live so far from you that it will be im- Dossible for me to attend your picaic. 1 would like to very much, for I know ¥ou all will have a nice time, Aunt Mehitable: I will answer your card soon, now ‘I have your address. :xvm try and have it reach you next ime. ‘With best wishes to all. T join the chorus with the rest, “Three cheers or the Social Corner emblem, the lit- tle yellow bow.” C. E. 8. Scot‘ll.nd. = HQUSEHOLD HINTS OF VALUE. Dear Editor and Social Corner Sis- ters: I send a number of household hints which I think will be useful to many of the sisters in their work, who have not hearg of tpem. Hot water bottles are expensive, and if used often will soon leak, even if they are of good rubber. A" splendid ‘substitute is a two quart vinegar jug which can be bought in any ten cent store. This filled and well corked and stood on back of stove, or in oven, will be always ready for use. The jug itself holds considerable heat besides the water itself. It is fine for heating a bed, for it can be kept up straight and the feet kept close to It. When baking cookies place a plece of clean, white muslin over your bread board, stretching it tight. ~Flour the muslin well and youPcan roll the dough as soft and thin as you please. A piece of muslin around the rolling pin is still another improvement, Tq inhale the smoke from burning sugar will frequently relieve a cough when other remedies fail. Burning sugar will also unpleasant odors in a room. When a cork is too large for a bot-' tle, cut a piece out of the middle. It can then be pressed together and con- tents will not be spilled as they would if pieces were cut from sides of cork. To prevent clothes from freezing to a wire line in winter, which makes them hard to take off without tearing, 1wet a rag in strong salt water and rub the line well” Previous to canning time save all gummed flaps in unsealed envelopes to label fruits and jellies. It saves cut- ting and paste making. T To clean brass chandeliers, candle- sticks and oth brass articles that have become tarnished and discolored, wash in water in which onions have been bolled. A little vaseline well rubbed "into shoe ‘leather softens it, and gives it a good black finish while shoe black- ing often hardens and discolors leath- er. If troubled with moths put a few drops of oil of cedar on a piece of cotton and with the furs or woolens place in a tight box or trunk. Care should be taken not to breathe the oil. To make a “dustless duster” sprinkle crude oil on a soft cloth, roll the cloth tightly together and put away for several hours, To sharpen shears cut them around the neck of a medium-sized glass bot- tle, Greasy marks on wall paper may be removed by mixing pipe clay to a paste, rubbing on. spots and leaving till dry, then brush off. SPRING CHICKEN. | Tolland County. destroy WILDWOOD’S 78TH ANNIVERSARY To the Editor and Social Cornerites: It has been a long .time since you have heard from me." I intended to write and tell you of my visit to Seattle to spend my 78th birthday with my daughter and granddaughters on April 25th, but after my return from a visit of ten days I found so much to take up my time that I could not seem to find time to write even to my friends nearby. My daughter and one granddaughter | got up a swell dinner for me, consist- ing of all the good things to be had at that season, and we had a very enjoyable time. ~ _ My other granddaughter, her hus- band and the cute little great-grand- son, I have written about, onesbrother, an old soldier from the home at Bre- merton, near here. In all there were nine at dinner. I had quite a few presents and some very' pretty cards, though not to be compared with what Hettie Maria had. 1 think she fared fine. I visited several parties, among them our friend Potlatch, with her nice home and lovely flowers and had a very pleasant time, but was ready to come home. There is no place ke home, especially when one gets to be my age. ; house affairs, as “the Ratch” who h; been with me over four years is a model housekeeper (a good chance fibr some single party who is looking for < Jefi me. 1 felt quite tired aftér o |berries; but I did find two orchids, a ?n“oh icnlumem. but otherwise wWas|Calopogon and an Arethusa. a1 o. When a child I used to pick quan- Aunt Abby:. I tried to find time|tities of the whaite and pink lady’s slippers, but they are not so common around here. I have also seen the yellow moccasin, but not growing. Tirza Ann: There's Stéps Neuralgia—Kill Sloan’s Liniment gives from Neuralgia or It goes .tn:m to the painful Y #he Nerves and Stops the Pain. It is|ever seen one? good eumatism, was so uniucky in finding ber- Paine and Sprains. You|ries that we begged the privilege of don't need to rub—it penetrmtes. ir.|going on a neighbor's farm. There we R. Swinger, Louisville, Ky, writes: | found the blueberries just’ beginning suffered with quite a severe Neu-|to ripen, but such lots of June berries, Headache for four months with- | that we picked those instead, and got I used Sloan’s Lini- |enough to have for supper, and made ith m; in. instant ef 's a rose-Dreasted oor| srosbeak down by the road. 1 think hé may have a nest near. Have you 'S nights and I!a ple beside: Perhaps some of you. y head since.”|may know as shad berries, or Keep in the house | sugar plums. Like the rose they are and- all hurts.]as sweet under one name as another. at_yeur Druggist.| I am hoping many of the sisters Salve for all|will be at Aunty’s the 21st, as I think I may be there, also. - BRETSY BOBBETT. HAD A FINE TIME AT THE PICNIC “Dear Editor and Soclal Cerner Sis- ‘of | ters: This is rather late to send in my thanks to the Editor and Theoda, and all who took part in helping at Social Corner picnic held on the h of June at Coveniry Lake. We had such a good time, T will agree | h_ Crimson Rambler, “It was rea SEE s rien remem! Y- me | think it e ., You're Bilious and Costivel ana Indiges: o o gos- | a 2i Dr. King's New Life Pills teday and | mpty. the stomach and bowels of fory ives a matisfied "3 of the {have The a good companion). I found him in a fever on my re- turn to go to Oregon on a trip to look up a-homestead. Another party was going with him. Their plans did not work very well and they only got started last Monday. They have a one-horse covered wagon with a reg- ular camping outfit. They expect to be gone two or three months. I am alone nearly all the time. I have a little girl staying *with me part of the time, but I get pretty lonely at times. I have from 75 to 80 chickens and hens to see to, and that takes up some of my time. T I am alone celebrating this glorious Fourth as the little girl is in town. I am in the country on the old military road and there are-autos passing all of the time carrying peo. ple to the beach four miles from here. We also have an auto stage which ®oes past our door and takesg people to the station, so we don’t have to climb the long, steep hill as we used to. We sure enjoy it I have a very pretty, pleasant home with plenty of flgwers and plants of all kinds, and a very nice garden with vegetables galore. I wish some of the Social Corner sisters could be here to enjex them with me. I don't like to be alone, especially at meal times, Well, I.guess you will think I am writing a history to make up for lost time, . all, as T e I keep in touch with ‘cmm-r-ne’-.fly,,ymflx time. T | will be answered now. Am of a mother's love, I became the prop- of the child. Soon after my little girl came to Brooklyn, N. Y., to live, and of course . 1 was not one bit sea- For many years I lived a very quliet life, laid carefully away in a émall box for safe keeping. Some- times I was just a trifle lonesome, but I knew I was never forgotten. At times loving fingers would take me out of the box, give me a squeeze, then put me back again; and so I lived for a iong, long time. Then came a day I shall always re member. It was such a cold, snowy, January day, My little girl was little no longer. She was now a wife and mother, .and she woke me from my long sleep to give me to lww little girl on her birthday. How bright and hap- py 1 made her, and how pleased I felt. Now, I should live\again, but T little knew how great a change was coming to mie. I little knew the many adventures that lay before me, the many smiles and the many tears I should cause, So many things happened I hardly know which happened first. One day when my little girl was cracking nuts under some walnut trees, amongst a pile of loose stones, I quietly slipped off her finger. I am sure I did not mean to. I was dreadfully sorry when it happened. I just gave myself up for lost I knew I never should be found again. And how my little girl did cry! First she cried and then she hunted, and then she hunted and next she cried, then cried and hunted all at once. In fact the whole family hunted. Not until the next day was 1 found. A brother found me, and the tears stopped and smiles began, just like sunshine after rain, Byt, oh dearie me, it was not long before 1 was lost again. This time the children were playing in the attic, when all at once I just dropped off and rolled into the darkest cormer. 1 made no noise and it was some time before I was missed. Then how quickly the playing stopped and what search- ing began. They did not find me for several days, I resolved then. not to be lost any sometimes_ quickly, sometimes after many days. Perhaps the biggest adventure I ever was in, occurred one autumn day when I had been for a bicycle ride with my young lady and a young man. They stopped to rest, my owner pull- ed off her glove and off I came, fall- ing amongst some leaves. They hunt- ed and hunted, but it was near dark and they could not find me. There I stayed all night. Early the next morning, that same ‘younz man came,; out on his wheel and bunted until he found me. In a very short time I was back on my young lady’s little finger. How pleased she was, for I had been her grandma's wedding ring and soon she wanted me to take part at her wed- ding. This I did and enjoved it, too, only I was just a little finger ring at this time. Now T lived in a new home, and I liked the change. I know I never was intended for a quiet life. AN chang- es pleased me. And so my story is! nearing the end. 1 have seen much| joy and much serrow. I am living! on a little boy’s finger. He is| years of age, and his mother gave | me to him when he was only six months old. hat a fat little hand he has. Once he lost me out doors: and his mamma found me. Once he broke me; and his mamma had me mended. He loves to hear my story and often, at bed time, his mamma tells him about me, and how long, long ago I was his grea-grand-mother’s wedding ring. Norwich. “MARIANNA" SUMMER DRINKS FOR ALL. Dear Editor and Corner Sisters: What a lovely day you had for the pie- nic. The Editor certainly deserved thanks for eontributing so generously to the happiness of the writers who were able to be present. Besides the different accounts given by the Sisters in The Corner, Aunt; Mehitable described the scene so| clearly in a letter that I almost feel that I, too, was present. Anyway, on the day of picnics and lawn parties I shall always wear my bow of yellow ribbon. Maybe some of these cool drinks can be tried for some of the outings. They | are good and refreshing at all times: A quickly prepared nectar iz made by dissolving two lumps of sugar in the juice of a large lemon and adding to this one tumbler of water and haif a small teaspoon of carbonate of soda. Pour¥nto a high glass and drink whiie | | effervscing. Other fruit juices can be| used in like manner. Lemon Ginger Beer—This should e made two or three days before using. | Pour two gallons of cold water over | six lemons sliced thin, one and one-half pounds of sugar and a scant ounce of ginger root. Let it come to a boil, then add a tablespoon of cream of tartar. Strain and set in a cool place. When nearly cold, add a yeast cake dissolved | in a little lukewarm water, stir thor- JELLIES, JAMS AND FRUITS. Dear Editor and Sisters of the Social Corner: I regret very much not beiig | able to attend the Coventry lake pil.'-' nic. Have been reading an account of it and know the Sistere must have had a lovely time, for it is & most beauna- ful spot. Have been boating several times on the lake. Have in mini once in particular when the waves were so high we had all we could do t5 get to the shore; but as the one who nad charge of the boat knew how to handle it she landed us safely but with many blisters on her hands. Auntie No. 1: I should like so much to be present at your lawn party and meet some of the Sisters; but you say the distance is about' three-quarters of a mile, and as I am not much of an uphill climber will have to give it up and simply think what a good time the rest of you are having. Am not as SPICED | I found everyvthing O, K. ‘In the | voung as I used to be, and as we grow old of course we expect to take a bazk seat. Wonder if Great Grandma wul be there? Should like to see her. Hore you will tell us about it in The Corner later. Poinsettia: Your raisin salad recipe is excellent, and many of the others sound just as well. Fat Contrihutor: You certainly gave us a fat codtribution for our Social Corner recipe book. Have already tried some of them which proved, as you | said, worth trying; and shall try, oth- ers later on. Hope you will send more just as good. Wonder how many have a Social Corner recipe book? prize mine very highly Ella of Canterbury: recipe for rhubarb jelly. I will tell you how I have done mine: Afler canning rhubarb I used the red skin and ends which were left; put them on stove in a granite kettle and covered well with water; cook till tender aad | the color well extracted, then strain and to each cup of juice add two- thirds cup of sugar, then proceed 1s with other jelly. It has a lovely color and a fine flavor. Of course, you can wse the stalks in the same way. ~Here is a recipe for rhubarb jam which is lovely. Have made several tumblersful. Rhubarb Jam—Two and ome-half pounds of rhubarb cut into inch bits, one cup vinegar, two pounds of sugar and tablespoon cinnamon and ¢loves. Put into kettle nad boil one-half hour. Put in jelly glasses as you wouid Jelly. Canned Rhubarb . Select medinm sized etalks of rhubarb and cut them long enough to fit, standing on end, in a fruit jar. Put them into a glass jar, filling it, but not packing tightly enough to bruise. Put jar under the cold water faucet and let the water run in slowly until it overflows and until | there is not a bubble to be seen in the | jar and until no more bubbles form. “Then, while the jar is still overflowing, & cover and seal. Keep the jars in a dark | Raspberry and Currant Shrub—Mash place, so that e contents Wwill not | together three quarts of red raspbe.- lose their color. ., - ® | ries and four quarts of currants, heat- | Jellied Rasp jes—Mash one quart of currants and one pint of sugar to the juice. Let it simmer for five ! utes and strain. Mash one quart of raspbérries and add to the juice and cook slowly without for: one hour. Pour in glasses while hot aad seal. Spiced Cherries—One pound pitted cherries, one-half cup of cider vinega , one-half pound brown sugar, one-half teaspoon whole cloves, one-half tea- oughly, then set in the cellar over | night. ' In the morning mix well, bottle, | corking air tight, and lay the bottles | on their sides in a cold place. A small | bottle of Jamaica ginger may be used | in the place of the ginreg root if pre- ferred. Currant Jelly Water—Into four cups of cold water put 12 teaspoons of cu rant jelly. Dissolve by mixing with a fork. Sweeten to taste. Other jellies | can be used. | Soda Cream—Dissolve one pound of | brown sugar in a pint of water; let ‘t boll; add the whites of three eggs, beaten to a stiff froth; boil four min utes, stir and strain. When cold, add four tablespoons of lemon extract and bottle. When wanted for use, put four tablespoons into a glass of ice water, | add to it one-third of a spoon of soda, stir and drink. Oatmeal Water—Put one cup of oat- meal in stone jar, add & cup of sugar | and the juice and rind of three lemons cut thin. Cover with three quarts of | bolling water and let it stand until the | sugar is dissolved and the water cold. Strain and put on ice. - Harvest Drink or Farmers' Drink— Mix one quart of water, one tablespoon of sifted ginger, three tablespoons of | sugar (some prefer molasses) and one- | half pint of vinegar. Serve cold. When the juice of fruit forms the | basis for the drink, just press it from | any fresh ripe fruit and add enough ! sugar to sweeten. Several kinds f fruit which blend: well may be used together. Save all the syrups left over | from canning fruit to use for drinks. ‘The syrup should be heated to the boil ing point, bottled and wanted. Pineapple Lemonade—One pint of ' water, one cup sugar, ome quart ice water, one can grated pineapple and the juice of three lemons. Make a syrup by boiling water and sugar 10 minutes; add the pineapple and lemon Jjuice; cool, strain amd add the cold Wwater. | of the Sisters | I You ask for a again to the boiling point. Remove toe scum and seal In ‘sterilized bottles. | Cherry Shrub—Mash two quarts o(; ripe pitted cherries through a fruit press; make a syrup of two pounds of | sugar and two quarts of water and | cook five minutes. Add the cherriés ' and the juice of two lemons; strain and | spoon whole cinnamon, Heat all but cherries to boiling and drop in pitted cherries,, Cook 15 minutes, fill glasses with cherries and pour over hot spied syrup. Seal. Currant Jelly (that never fails)— ‘Wash, drain and mash six quarts cur- rants; boil 20 minutes. Put through a colendar and then through a cheese- it and ha-d set aside until very cold. Serve with some of the fresh or canned cherries floating on top of the shrub. Fruit Punch—One pineapple or of grated pineapple, three cups boifing water, one cup of tea freshly made, the juice of six lemons, the juice”of t=n oranges, one quart of strawberry, cur- rant or grape juice, one bottle of charged Apollinaris water, one quart of uul%.l.nfl four quarts of watar. Grate pineapple and boll with tue water 30 minutes; ougn EE) Ty ypoorly since I wrote last, my right | to skin, break, cook, until tender, put| {jJar and seal all L e ‘llufleun was very prompt in What a lovely time we did have month. Polnsettia’s card showing the talks the picnic last* 1 tell you yucca fifteen feet high and wild flowers planting corn and oats in every Iittle place where they will grow, sc! the biddles will have “messes o’ greens” when the grass has gone by. 5 The 4th of last September I sowod oats,” and they were sixteen inches high when I cut them. £ Hubby made a grass cutter from wide plane knife, fastened to a handle and it does the work all righ BLANCHE. J. A. K. STILL SHUT IN. only have this cottage and have a picnic there every year on this date. I will do my part in carrying it out. What do_you say? Black . Pans; I am sending you & P. C. Hope you are feeling real weill Would like to see 'Wee Pansy. ‘Wish might enjoy the picnic at Aunty’s No. 1 on July 21. Aunty No. 1: Am undecided whetn- be at your picnic or not. The specialists I am doctoring with i takes up too much of my time and money. I am not feeling very wall now. Hope you will have a good day’ and lots of fun. Married and Happy: do since the picnic? I mean to get hot | d0Wn and see you sometime. Saw by | the paper you have been entertaining your father and mother. Wandering Jew: Didn't we have a great time at the picnic? My, my table cloth hasn't pulled out simos Dear Editor and Cornerites:—Well! here I am again, just to.let you know I am still alive. Have been v arm has been very bad: could not write at all; but it is beiter now; so I can use it again. I wish we could have some weather and bright sunshine. 1 think it would do me as much good as me i- icine. Havé not been out, except on the plazza. ailow I should have enjoyed that| D, ] cnic. thought so much about | Ha' 2 D ey any Of the Histaw 304 | adter ':flexx;imlxc el v::yn‘al;:: getting acquain! with them. e | g descriptions of it in The Corner letters | [2ox untll the cottage was cleared. last week were very interesting, and | ** IO o Do you "‘m‘"” made we wonder why it was so ord- | . -ally, SYCAmorer D - ered that I have to be shut in all tms | yiod 3t the plenic? I ,,"m"“’“‘"’ time and be deprived of the pleasures | "¢ found you wae a writer. an privileges ol TS are enjoying. Tt Crimson Rembler: Your letter re- I e ooy ope T ceived. Have been looking for you. = Hope: you will find time to come down | uhecda: Have you heard from the o Calla Lily: in your car Sunday? Thanks. The old church looks very C&?‘;",“‘..’" B8 ithe eventful day natural. I-have been there a 00d | 2 i Cogd ntremum: Ha many times yvears ago. You are half |, CRTYEARthEmume Tlave Doy here when you get down to your| "3unty No. 1.: Our reunion is put e Ly ey, you i Wue Lo until August 1 and it will be at Wishing success to the Editor and| W& PREMETY. Social Corner Sisters, I will say good | ,A‘:“;,:’,;’:;', me e o Bore: a good time? Hope I can attend all of them. I agree with you L. H K. on the temperance question. I am a strong temperance woman. I do mot like the saloon;’ and I do like to wear my little white ribbon. I tell you, if | you Sisters want §g do a kind act in this- world just wear a bow of white ribbon on_your waist or coat; a good way to d8 is to buttenhole a loop on all of your dress and coats the color of them, and then tie your white bow in it. When it becomes soiled take -t out and tie in another onme. Tnis is a plan of our State President of the W. C. T. U, Mrs, C. B. Buell Let me tell you of an incident of the little white ribbon, as told by Mrs. Dietrich, of New York, a Tem- perance Organizer and Lecturer on Temperance. She told this to my daughter and I One day while wait- ing on the street for a friend she stood {in front of a saloon. a young man came along and started to go into the saloon: she accosted him, and asked him why he was going in there? She asked: “How will your mother feel™ With that the young man turned and his_eye fell upon the bow cf white ribbon. He took from ‘us pocket a book. a Httlé old worn testa- ment, and from it took a soiled white bow of ribbon. . He said: “My mother wore this always: and.l have kept it ever since she died!” He cried and Mrs. D— gave him some sound ail- vice and he promised her with tears streaming down his face, never to touch the cup again. So you see what the little bow of white ribbon will do. I mean always to have one on, or my little white bow pin. BIDDY. WOMAN GOULD HARDLY STAND Because of Terrible Back- E. Pinkham’s V. ble Com, Philadelphia, Pa.— ‘I suffered from displacement and inflammation, and had - = such pains in my sides, and terrible backache so that I could hardly stand. I took six bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham” Vegetable Com- pound, and now 1 can do any amount of work, sleep good, eat good, and don’t have a bit of trouble. I recommend Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound to every suffering womam.”’—Mrs. HARRY FISHER, 1642 Juniata Street, Philadel- phia, Pa. Another Woman’s Case. Providence, R. I.—““1 cannot speak too highly of your Vegetable Compound as it has donc wonders for me and I w::celd noz&e without iL.u} hada d;:- 'men! down, backac €, Snn'l 1 could ndly stand and was thor- oughly run down w! 1 took Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. It helped me and I am in the best of health at present. I work in'a fs all day long besides doing un-eaflnfith-:xueforma. Toive ou Your card received you had J. A K TIMELY RECIPES Editor and Sisters of the Social Corner: The following recipes for canning may be a help to some of the Sisters. Canning String Beans—String and break a -kettleful of green beans, sav four or fite quarts; cook until tend then put in a half teacup of cider, vinegar. Put in glass jars and semi while boiling hot. Always ocook in granite vessel. When wanted for use, drain off liquor, put in boiling water with a pinch of soda for a few min- utes, then drain and add salt, pepper, butter and cream, or have cooked a | piece of meat, add the beans to the meat a few minutes, then serve. A | better way, if one has the tomatoes, is into glass jars boiling hot; have cook- ed and ready whole ripe tomatoes; put one tomato in top of each bean hot. They will be Tound fine if flavored as in first re- cipe. No vinegar is used where to-| matoes are available. Be sure to have | beans well cooked. Canning Sweet Corn—To eleven cups of corn (cut from the cob at the sper stage of growth) add one cup of sugar. one-half cup of sai and one pint of water. Use brown or soft white sugar. Boil twenty-five min- utes from the time it starts to boil Have your cans ready, good and hot, and be sure they are clean and sweet. Fill the cans ful right over the stove, do not remove the corn from the stove and perhaps allow it to chill. Seal cans with new rubbers as fast as they are filled, turn them top down on a table and let cool. If the eans do not get air they will keep for years, but if they suck air they will spoil. When cans are opened draw off the liquid, as this is a little salty, then heat and dress to suit the taste. Chow Chow—Prepare a mixture of string beans, tiny cucumbers, small peeled onions, a caulifiower cut in clusters, and sliced green tomatoes. Add four small, long red peppers and arrange the vegetables in -a wide- mouthed#jar, alternating each layer with one of salt. Let stand twenty- four hours. with weight over them to keep in the salt. Drain off all the brine at the end of this time. Put the vegetables in a preserving kettle with an ounce of turmeric for color- ing, four tablespoons of mustard seed, two of celery seed, two of whole all- spice, two of whole cloves, a coffee cup of sugar and two-thirds of a tea- cup of best ground mustard. Cover with cider vinegar and simmer well until all are tender. Seal hot .in glass jars. Sweet Pickles—Pick two gallons of rather small cucumbers, wiping them clean. Put a good handful of salt on them and cover them with boiling water. The next morning throw away the brine and cover with boiling water slightly salted; bring this same brine to the boiling point for seven | mornings and pour it over them. On | the eighth morning take half good cider vinegar and half water, boil, pour it over them and leave twenty- four hours. Then take vinegar enough to cover them, sweetening it well, small piece of alum, one-haif ounce ! each of cloves and allspice: bring to! a boil; have the pickles packed in| glass jars,_ pour ‘the hot vinegar over them and seal. ) Sweet Pickles from Rips Cucumbers | Select rather small ripe cucumbers of | uniform size. Steam them three hours in a closely covered preserving | kettle, lined with grape leaves. Put two of powdered alum in each kettle, scattering it over the cucumbers = evenly. When. steamed, drain off the water and put the cu- cumbers into very cold water, chanz- ed_every hour for four hours. ‘Weigh the cucumbers and to everv pound of them allow a pound of brown sugar and a falf a cup of cold water. Tleat the sugar and water and when | they are hot put in the cucumbers let them simmer very slowly until Take -them out and spreadl on platters while ¥ id to the syrup on -the_stove a pint of Vin tor every pound of the cucul and to every eight pounds a tablespoon each of ground cloves, cinnamon and ma-e. this syrup over the 1 give