Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 6, 1915, Page 14

LLRTRTESTRIIELER REAE (AR At P L At EVERY WOMAN THERE IS PARTNERSHIP IN FRIENDSHIP The Bulletin wants good home letters; good business letter: g letters of any kind the mind may suggest. > 'S OPFORTUNITY good help- They should be in hand by “Wednesday f each week. Write on but one side of the paper. Address, SOCIAL CORNER EDIT PTI THREE PRIZES MONTHLY: $2. Sdward mads the last Saturday in eac - 1 :Jo]“ cark, . - cross & stranger sea: UL.Xh know I shall land on that brizht S SOCIAL CORNER POEWMS. - Beyond. 3 sball eteer my baris where the waves X strand AL % Where my loved ones are waiting for = me. rbere are faces there divinely fair, ¥ The earth lost long ago, ZAnd foreheads white, where curis = ‘bright, Like sunbeams over snow. “There are sunny eves like their own blue skies— Eves that I've seen before— ¥rhat will grow as bright as the etars of night ‘When I pear the welcome here are litile feet that I me=t . When the world was sweet to me; know they will bound when the Tip- pling sound Of my boat comes o'er the sea. ore. A Mg loved to shall see them stand on sand, Their white arms o'er the tide aiting to twine their hands in mine When I reach the farther side. ke House by the Sids of the Road. t me live in my house by the side = of the road, 2 Where the race of men g0 ! ey are good, they are bad, - weak, they are strong, I Wise, foolish—so am I ¥hen why should I s Z seat, Or hurl the cynic's ban? ZLet me live in my house by the side of the road, And e e friend to man. m Walter Sent in by VIOLA. teaming PEBETEE RS g 9 rog they are the scorner’s F'c INQUIRIES AND ANSWERS. READY: Card received warded to Potla LETTER for Mummer received and forwarded to her address. VIOLA: Thanks for sendi “Walter Foss' “House Beside the R at request of Sweet Sixteen. DEPENDABLE MEAL RECIPES. Dear Soctal Corner Fditor Friends: Here T am again with a well tried recipes which may com handy in these day flour is &0 high; try Tecipes in place of by Corn Meal Gems—Two cups vell corn _meal, two spoons of butte cup flour, one egg (or not, just please), one cup sweet milk (cold) ne milk, two spoons baki powder. Put corn meal in dish, ac butter; pour over it the hot milk; st and let it stand five minut beating the ezg, add cold milk, salt egs; and stir in well. Drop in hot gem ti and make in hot oven a half hour. 'Brown Bread—One pint sour wilk, es, three cups corn meal, one and a half cups flour, one- half teaspoon salt, two teaspoons soda. Steam three hours. Rhode lIsland Brown Bread—Three cups corn meal, two cups rye meal, ona teaspoon salt and two heaping tea- s, Mix with water or ough to pour in a pan three hours, or steam two ours and bake one. Rhode Island Johnny Cakes—Two cups white bolted meal, one teaspoor Scald well and salt with boiling 'n_with sweet milic so and fo i drop off of a spoon Have griddie hot and fry in plenty of fat. Johany Cake No, 1—One cup flour, ome-half cup corn meal, one-half cup sugar, one-half teaspoon salt, two level teaspoons baking powder, one cup milk onc egg and one tablespoon meited butter. Mix all dry ingredients; at add milk, and add to dn beat well and add melted butter. Beat agaln and bake In shallow pan 2§ minutes. Johnny Cake No. 2—Two curs meal ene cup flour, one-half cup sugar, on large teaspoon baking powder, one smai] teaspoon ealt, one large table- spoon shortening. Mix with sweet milk Bake 20 minutes. Corn Cake—Two cups white Tndian meal, one cup flour, one pint water, DON PEDRO—Thanks for old papers just received. LUCY ACORN—Cards and lstters received and forwarded to destination ‘Thanks for pretty card. DOTTIE—Please send in your full ®adress. A souvenir card from Lucy Acorn awaits it. e Prempt Action Will Step Your Cough. ‘When you first catch a cold (often indicated by a sneeze or cough), break it up at once. The idea that “It does not mattar” often leads to serious com- plications. The remedy which imme- diately and sasily penetrates the lining of the throat is the kind demanded. Dr. ‘King’s New Discovery soothes the irri- tation, loosens the phlegm. You feel better at-once. “It seemed tc reach the very spot of my cough,” is one of many }:gn'zst testimoniala. 60c at your drug- gist. A Test for Liver Complaini—Mentally Unhappy—Physically Dull. The liver, sluggish and inactive, first zhows itseif in 2 mental state—unhap- py and critical. Never is there joy in ilving, as when the stomach and liver are doing their work. Keep your liver active and healthy by using Dr. King's New Life Pilis; they emptry the bowels freely, tone up your stomach, cure your constipation and purify the biood. 25c 2t druggist. Bucklen's Arnica Salve excellent for piles. YOU WANT t0 put your bus- iness ore the public, there Is no medinm better than thro: the ad- weritsing columns of The lletin, sift baking powder in the flour | 'OR, Bulletin Office, Norwich, Conn. 50 to first; $1.50 to second; $1.00 te third. h mounth. cup sugar, two one teaspoon butter and a Corn Bread No. 1—One cup flour., I 1p yellow corn meal, one alt, one heaping tea- spoon two heap teaspoons of baging powder, epffons melted butter, sweet milk to make thin batter. Bake 20 minutes in quick oven; also nice baked in gem pans. Corn Bread Ne. 2—One quart boited Indian meal, scalded with boiling wa- when €00l add one cup of t, 1eal, three table- of molasses, n water, mouid over tea- two or three spoon Mix with lukev d the a in.morn -half on soda and Mush—Have kettle of add corn 1 time to avoid back of stove. Mush and e is 0 mu ake. £ cheap me Tom liquor tle and grind in salt, Pour pep- into nd.sage -to s . QA nice br blespoa | brown Dbefore ser | Corn "Meal | meal, one cu | Che Children's I will enclose S her 100k um t1 :A PRACTICAL DISHWASHER'S VIEWS, dou ways c no dou ow particu- know eme, one 1 1em upside down 1an onc : do T hear you say? 1 better to he g this house- an it is to be careless and housekeepers will probably hing is the mos ave. It done, may ble one. a3 disagresable eed not be and if even be a most properly 2 Theso e of hot towels and dish cloths. Then more hot water. Second—A good, ligl e in which your s dar’ dishwashin, tions front of a window. You expect to get dishes clean alf see. Third—Have si drain pans clean and Fourth—Fill di water, put in a 1 pan, rinse 3 eo from grease, pan half full of hot tle soap or soda, hut ing in hot the water. Have ple: water in the rinse Fifth—Wash_ 1 dishes sets ¢ it out and g soiled, throw You cannot cleanse anything - water. eventh—If there are m dishes, first rinse them over in cool water to . ihen wash 7 hot Boilix mi in soapy soda water and wash z are dome, then proceed to wash out the dish and rinse pans, then wash the wiping towels and hang up to dry. Be sure to wash dishcloth. also, and hang it up to dry. never throw it in 8 heap under the sink, or it will sour and smell badly. Wipe out and hang up the dishpans and wash the sink. 1t takes a little more time to do dishes carefully, but at least one has the satisfaction of having clean dishes to eat from and of knowing there are no disease germs on them. A few more hints may bhe useful: Keep a cake of Bon Ami handy, to rub off tea stains and discolored spots on the chira. A box of siiver polish kept on the sink shelf and used whensver a piece is discolored, will lighten the task of silver cleaning, A wire dishcloty, {s almost a neces- sity -to’ clean the “sticky kettles and and remove | [Da:\s. 1t also should be washed and rinsed well each time it is used. Get a toothbrush and keep it to wash ware, and polish the silver, much r than a cloth. \ A PRACTICAL DISHWASHER. FAIRY GODMOTHER’'S GREETING. Dear Editor and Social Corner Chil- dren: It is some time since I wrote to you. When I opened the paper this weels and turned to the Social Corner page and saw so many old and familiar names I just felt as if 1 was at home with my children. There are €0 many new members added to my family I feel a stranger to some of them, and I presume it is safe to say they feel a stranger to me, and perhaps do not know they have a Fairy Godmother. 11, children, T trust you are all well and are enjoying the nice winter days. I have not had a sleigh ride eo far | this winter. Last winter T was more | fortunate. As I write I can hear little {children laughing and talking. Noth- {ing to fret and worry them. 1 think it is good to have a sweet remem- brance of a happy childhood. At present it is snowing and a large flock of quail has just flown past. They looked fat-and sleek. M. Roena: 1 was glad to see and have a picture of your snug and pleas- home. I always enjoyed your let- -rs and I wish it was so you could te us another of your inspiring let- sl Dbet "ay Verna: I was glad to read your Christmas greetings. Write often. Glenwood: Where are vou? Dreamer: How are the little winter? Well, I trust. Sunshine: It is so long since we had a glimpse of you that we have almost forgotten how vyou look Cannot you shine in The Corner once more? rozen: How are Y 1 hope vou are improving fast. When you come to Connccticut, look me up, C. E. S.: Was glad to he: Do you see L. H, K. often’ Married and Happy, Theoda, Aunt Mehitable, Biddy, Aunty No. 1: Always I to see if you have written us a ones r from you. 1sing letter, Papa’'s Boy: wint How . is the auto this was fine. among the istmas stor eat timo pence u jingle again, Acorn ure and call again. Your Emergency Dinner »d to me. vas delighted to, i runded der how many remember in the 1 offered a souvenir to the t one who would call on me? As 1 for,it, the offer ave had no one ca i the receiver will . 1 think d with nd regar to all, I remain as FAIRY GODMOTIER. STILLWATER'S WHO'S WHO. Pear Corner Folis, 1 come for another chat. ving winter weather? cold down to our hous 1 see 1 have -aroused Your Am wondering if you know have Known you for a long heard lots about vou, and meet you personaily All: Aren’t 1t is One and 1 gatherings; clf to vou. vicinity some of The ve started Social Corner ear you are away up in Wish T & I sce you are trying to Now see if 1 you live with at Avery all in to my when you are over you where Paula How do Isn't vou like it_awful? Hope it STILLWATER. won't stay long. LOOKING FOR A YELLOW BOW. Dear Editor and Sist | ter appeared in The Corner, again 1o see what luck I meet with thi vear. I read a great deal about a yel- low bow. I travel off and on and I am lalwavs on the lookout for one, and as I ive never seen one. I have - been lucky eanough to hear a So- “orner conversation. If there are 1e sa time I amy they are tle yellow bow 1 p and say “How do I and but perhaps’ rec perhaps cold stare ive a the cold I wonder who will be the first all address? My eves are sharp 1 always keep my ears open. Crimson Rambler; Did ypu find it | cold up in Maine? Too bad:you could not have met the other Sisters. | Stillwater: Have you frozen up this | cota w er? Aunne: Do as I am doing. Call again Morning Glory: I h T had a birth- card for you. ke my best wish- happy returns of the da; st you are improving. 1 am fond of rice and think i you seht in were fine. ood wishes for ail. PICCIOLA. { HOW TO DO THINGS. Dear Editor and Cornerites: I am sending a few articles on how to do things: . Try this way of cocking beans: Take one pint of dry white beans, boil them until tender as for baked beans: allow the water tg boil away, season, and mash with the potato masher, pack them tightly in a dish, and when cold | cut in slices and serve. | Boiled Ham will be improved in fla- vor and appearance by removing it from the water in which it boils as soon as it is done and immersing it in water—the colder the better. The sult will be firm white fat and red iean meat. If there is one thing more than an- other that should be thoroughly done, it is the dish washing. Dish Washing is often looked upon as a work of drudgery, but any work, Dpoorily or improperly done, whether it be teaching school, painting a picture or washing dishes, is drudgery. Suc- cess is each case means proper know- ledge of snd right attitude toward the worl st collect, sort and scrape all dishes to be washed; fill sticky dishes which have been used for milk, esgs or starchy foods with cold water. Use hot water for sugary substances. ‘Wipe the greasy dishes with paper and burn the paper, or use a rubber food s er made for that purpose. the aishpan one-third full of hot, soapy water and wash the dishes thor- oughly in this; them pour a hot clean water over them to wash off any suds that might remain on them. Have an ample supply of clean, dry dish towels. Wash the glassware first, then the silverware, cups and saucers, plates, platiers and vegetable dishes; follow with the cooking utensils, if théy were not washed as soon as used. Dishes that feel rough and sticky are unfit for use. <Clean @ishes can only come fram a clean dishpan, clean wa- ter, a clean dish cioth and clean, dry towels. = Balsam Fir: How did you lke that card I sent you? When I saw it I thought it a.good ove to send to you. Merry Widow: fer your pret- By In motoring over the = island .of Cuba, on passing through by railway trains one catches repeated glimpses of certain gigantic trees, which form a characteristic figure of the Cuban landscape. These forest and roadside monarchs, in some instances tower up- wards of ane hundred feet toward the sky, their trunks rising smooth and straight without limb or kmnot, for a distance of seventy-five feet. Long pods of cotton hang from the bran es which spreading outward for a dis- tance of one hundred feet, form 2au umbrelia-like figure. : Th trees are supported at their base by immense buttresses. It is no small wonder the tourist's inter- est is.aroused. and that he is eager to know the name of this wonderful and remarkable looking tree. When told it is the Ceiba he very naturally con- gratulates himself upon having seen with his own eyes what is considered the most magnificent tree of the tropics, The wood of the Ceiba tree is val- uable and the cotton, of some speci is used for textile purposes. In Cuba however, it is only used for ctuffinc pillows, etc. Many interesting traditions handed down by the West Indian negro re- garding the fearful and terrible spirits called “Dippies,” who make their albode in the shadows of the Ceiba. These_traditions are not confined to the West Indies, however, but orig- inated -in the African forest where every Ceiba has its Duppy. These malignant spirits are sup- posed to rush out on the wayfarer and either devour him, or throw such a terrible spell. over him that he dies soon after. Kingsley in her “Travels In frica,” tells of the Sasobon- he most malignant of all the Duppies, who makes his haunt in tae loftiest Ceiba trec and which has earth around the roots. The of the earth is said to be due to blood that drips from the Duppy his return to his roosting place, r a night's earnage. particular Duppy is ck the blood of his victim, said to y are fine and 1 view cards. Thi like them very mu Theoda: Your ver hand.. Thanks for ting such a good one; but then, is just like you, for you write such lovely letters. CRIMSON RAMBLER. nice letter is at SAW A BLUE GROSBEAK. Dear Friends of The Corner: It is some time since I have had the pleas. ure of talking with you, but ¥ see that the. interest is still being kept up from week to week. Miss some of the familiar writers, however. Where are you all Interested Reader: T have had it in my mind to write you a personal letter; but I have not done so—and will give you through the column most hearty “Thank You.” - The wee birdie is dear. Have you seen v birds this winter? I I that it was a blue grosbealk. no business here in December. due to migrate in September. Here i his discription. Deep blue on back, wings and tail black, just edged with blue, wings marked with chestnut, bill heavy and bluish. I think that this grosbeak is rarely seen in New England. This is the first that I have ever seen. X. Y. z.: Come back ner. We miss you! Poinsettia: Did you receive my letter? The cards are giving pleasure to many. Wish I were where the r are in bloom. It is snowing furio 1y here. Great Grandma: How are Yo saw in Hartford paper the notic the death of Uncle Charles F. leaves the two ladies alove. One Who Was There: Glad you so happy a time at the club-meeti Sorry I could not be present Aunt Mehitable: Some night after the cares of thesday are all ended, I am_ going to et at the- peak and find vou out. Will wait until the days are a bit lohger. Kind wishes to you all. POLLY PEPPERMINT. to The Cor- 1 of That had HOUSEHOLD HELPS. Editor and Friends of the Social Corner: Scarcely a day passes but one finds some new or’ better way of do- ing a thing or makes some helpful discovery, and 1 am sending a few things I have found out, hoping they may prove useful to someone, I have discovered: That Cream of Wheat is zreatly im- proved as a cereal if Indian meal is added to it while cooking. That to have the lower crust of a pic brown and crisp the plate must be greassd and sprinkled with flour. That olive oil added to baked beans, two tablespoons to a quart, improves them, and does away with pork. That delicious coffee rolls can be made by adding to a small bowl of bread dough, 1-2 cup sugar, 1-4 cup shortening, 1 egg and a few currants. Shape, let rise like biscuit and be- fore baking rub butter over tops and sprinkle on sugar and cinnamon. That my Salad Dressing never cur- it dles, but is smooth and creamy made with hot water instead of mi and that het water is fine to make ic ing for cake. That Sausage Fat is the best short- ening for gingerbread and cookies one can possibly use. That Left-Over Baked Potatoes are delicious creamed. That time and fuel are saved by cutting in small pieces polatoes to be mashed. That the vimeggr from my home- made pickle jar is excellent for salad dressing, That a Very Tasty Supper Dish can be made of cream toast by adding grated cheese to the miik just before serving, That Left-Over Bread and Butter sandwiches are very nice browned in 2 bit of buttér and served hot. That Left-Over Escalloped Oysters are deliclous sliced and browned in butter. That a Little Water poured over light brown sugar and boiled a few minutes, adding a few drops of van- illa, makes an excellent substitute for maple syTup, ONE OF THEM. DOMESTIC ACCOUNTS AND JOUR- NALS. Dear Editor and Social Corner Sis ters: T have wondered many times the sisters of The Corner were in the habit of Leeping account of the nu- merous expenditures of the home. When I have sometimes asked the question the reply would be: “Oh! It is too much trouble,” er “I_have not the time!” 1t only talkes a few minutes and may save quite a bill where groceries are charged and the housekeeper is cer- tain there are articles that have not been purchased but has uo account to prove the error, 3 Some will even admit they do not know the price of even an important article like susar. My books are quits economical, as THE STORY OF CEIBA TREE Enid' Some time the wayfarer escapes, ves to zel home and describe the ap- pearance of the Duppy, then expires. The African negroes who were brought to Cuba as slaves, naturally invested the Cuban Ceiba with Duppies. So by reason of carly education, there are thousands of people throughout the island to whom the Duppy is a real and terrible person. So_great is the black man’s fear of the Duppy it is almost impossible to get one to cut down a Ceiba. In Jamaica. when a nearo can be in- duced to cut one down he first pours a libation of rum over the roots, then chants a few propitiary words as he swings his a In Trinidad jt is a popular belizf, that to cut down a Ceiba tree is either to cause one’s death within a year, or bring some terribie calamity upon him, In Jamaica the little black children’s mothers teach them the alphavet by a set of rhymes which commence in the following manner: A, is for Assino; see him Stan’ E is for Buckra; bery bad man;: C, is for Pussy; him name Maria; 5 D, is for Dippy; him eye shine like ire. It is rio small wonder then that a black child having been brought up from infancy to believe in the Dupp) should retain the faith until the day of his death. The Ceiba tree also figures in his- tos In Havana, there is a Ceiba which was srown from slip of an orig- inal Ceiba under which mass was said when town was founded by Ve quez The original Ceiba when cut down was four hundred yvears old and still in blossom. The tree under which the Spanish forces surrendered to the United States is a Ceiba. It stands San Juan hill and one of the es visited DY _tourists. ssau, in_the Bahamas, has a Ceiba tree which is one of the wonders of the world, and if any of my reade; visit Kingston (Jamaica) T w gest that he ask a guide to take him out to see “Yom Cringle’s Cotton Tree:” they are made from wrapping paper and the blank pages of business let- ters. They are convenient to refer to when compar D or when ar- ticles were bought as the dates are kept. Of course the pouliry book and my own personal expenses are looked aft- er, and while setting them down I write the extrems temperature of heat or cold, and the depth of snowstorms: the water in the fruit can that duty for a rain-gauge. al years I have k pt a list ve sent me Ch and what they were; ven, making nother season | | ~The Bulletin has so much good read- ing t! I am reminded of those living somewhat isolated lives and working r et fortune comes slowly their w: en for reading matter. So the papers often find their way to distant homes, The journal goes back many ve: giving records when little strange: came to dwell in the families of rel- atives, or when the grown-up children find mates and commence home-build- ing for themselves Other items tell of the dear who have passed on before. When we have referred to the jour- nal have been more than surprised to ones learn how far we were from the true fac Interested Reader many | thanks for the calen hite Dor- ve us a hint when your comes. hes to all and a prosperous ,if rather late. BLANCHE. THE MAKING OF RAG RUGS. Dear Editor and S While I hava bes d in the Social have never contribu now as the hol 1 Corner 1 much Corner_letter ed anythi re things of the 1gzestions whi , as to the making ter- I 1g rug is the one made hit and mis: f the rags are cut short and well mixed they are very pretty. T plenty of black and b colors for the border. An old suit of men’s clot g If it is of wool makes fine ru Have the center plain with the border of black and one bright color, preferably red. A mixed rug of men’s clothing is serviceable. As the colors are dull, mix in plenty of red and light ra; else it will be too made of old ingrain carpet are rviceable also. The carpet should be well cleaned and cut length- wise of the breadihs. Another way is to cut the carpet on the bias, then wash. When dry pull gently through the hands which ravels it and makes it fluffy Silk rags make beautiful rugs and portieres. Silk rugs are prettiest made hit and mies with a fancy border. The warp for rugs is usually red, although white or drab can be used. The warp for silk portieres is black linen thread. A preity way to have rugs woven that are not made of too heayy rags, is to have the weaver leave six threads of warp and take out four; they don't look so much like rag car- pets, and are much admired. The size of the rugs are usually three-quarters wide and a yvard and a half long: and some prefer them a vard wide and two yards long, With best wishes. MARIE JENKINS. SIMPLE RECIPE FOR SALT BEAD MAKING. Dear Editor and Sisters: I thought erhaps some of The Cornerltes would like a good recipe for salt beads, If so, here it is: Salt Beads—Take {wo tablespoons of salt. Mis it with enouzh water and flour to make a firm substance. Color or dye and form in an; e beaq de- sired. String on a hat pin or wire. I am sure any of the sisters who try’ this recipe will be pleased with the result. Let me know how ou make out. FUNNY FACE. SHORT AND SWEET. Dear Editor and Socfal Corner Sis- ters: Will you allow a new comer and sreenhorn to enter your Corner? This is my first attempt at writing. If this passes, perhaps I will cali again, ROSEBUD. FROM GLENWOOD. GREETINGS Dear Editor and Friends of the So- cial Corner:—Too late to wish you all 2 happy New Year. I hope that the year now passing may do the best of your lives. That it may hold many opportunities for usefulness, which bring joy into the lives of each. It has seemed so good of late, (o see so many letters from writers of the early days, for with them I feel a sense of comradeship, and their. let- ters seem like letters from dear absent friends. Y How our hearts were saddened last year by the death of our Social Cor- ner peet—Erother Bromley. His poems will long be cherished in our memory. Then, too, another, “Hannah Homespun” of the early days, later the “Idler,” with a department all her own, has paseed to the Great Beyond; and we hope, knows there, how much her work here was appreciated. May I express here just a word of appreciation of the valuable contribu- tions of “The Man Who Talks” and “The Parson”, in which we always find food for helpful thought. I often won- der if they have any idea how many read their weekly letters or how much good they do. When I commenced to write I in- tended to tell' vou what a good year last year was to me—one of the best of my life, for it brought me so many un- e cted blessings. ne of them was a delightful trip back to the home of my girlhood, and visits with friends whom I _had not seen for a number of years. Then too, I enjoyed a most exhilarating trip to Atiantic City from . which I returned refreshed and. with so.many pleasant esperiences to remember. It was my privilege also to try to bring bappiness into other lives, and so much of it came back to me, do you wonder I count it one of the best of years? To Frank I would extend sympath; and may she in her weakness realize the comferting presence of the best friend. Diana: May the future have unes- pected blessings in store for yvou, and a rift in the clouds which have sur- rounded you reveal the silver beyond. Rural Delivery: We are always glad to read the message from Yyour pen. May our Editor know the joy which comes through bringing happiness in- to other lives. GLENWOOD. Colchester. GREETINGS FROM ABSENT ONE. Dear Sisters of the Social Corner:— Am going to look in just long enough v, “Hello!” and answer Lucy Acorn’s conundrum. I think the an- swer must be Social Corner page as I am sure that is red (read) all over. Snow Ball: I think the answer to your first is “partnership”; to vour econd, “wedlock”; to vour fifth ‘monosyllable”; and -to your sixth, keeping it”. Are they right? The others I shall have to leave for some {other sister to answer. Here are a couple conundrums you. for hy does 2 hen cross the road?” It 2 d lost his 1, where would he go for a new one Country Maid: - Was -going to send e poem you requested, but some sister got the start of me. Keziah Doolittl ‘ANl things come to those who wait, to_you sometinie. What a stormy month January was, Think the New Year was born under an unlucky star; but let’s take heart, for each day brings us mearer spring. —a card will come Just lend me your car a moment, friend! Hark! ’tis a beautiful thing, friend The coldest month of the.year, E nearest to spring!” Is shorts Test wishes to all for a pleasant Febru ABSENT MIDJE. Whether or not you possess a daugh- ter or a grand-daughter, 1 feel sure every Corner reader cannot help be- ing interested in the case of this young girl T am about to tell of. Just because it is not her name, we'll call her Midje. Midje's father died when she was o vears old, leaving Midje in the care of her mother, an own brother, two step-brothers and a couple of step-sisters, together with less than a dozen dignified aunts and uncles, who way took it upon their shoul- to “bring up Midje.” Well, to make a short story alittle shorter, they made a complete failur of “bringing up” the fatherless Midje. Her mother never could get 2 grip on the girl after she was ten. Now she ecighteen and, ridiculous as it may und, Midje has fully outgrown her mother and more than half of all the interested relatives as well. She and her mother live together ir a modest little flat which rent is paid by the own brother who, while work- ing to win laureis for himself, is for- that his sister needs an ad- Christmas vacation ~ mother remo but as sual, Midje won out. She wants to work—at what she hasn't made us g0 to up ber mind. Of one thing only is she conVinced, she knowledg Several months ago a retired clergy- man employed Midje as a copyist and proof reader. He has since expressed a _desire to put her through some school, but Midje declined. The benevolent clergyman’s inter- est in Midje continues and is mani- fested by numerous costly gifts. He has taken the same fatherly interest in severa] young women, helping them through school and later into profit- able and responsible positions. The retired clergyman has passed the three-score years and' ten mile- stone, is unmarried, without kith or kin. He seems perfectly sincere, bat, oh, the relatives. Together they have arisen and in one voice they denounce Midje as a “bad girl”- and her mother as beinx “out of her mind” to allow Midje to accept gifts from the clergyman, Whenever a relative meets Midje in the city, or in any other place, Midje is forced to listen to a lecture on what a young lady’s behavior should pe. Now these same relatives, who ap- pear to be trying to reform Midje and her mother never visit them in their little home. Some of them are well endowed with this world's goods, vet all their help comes in the form of nagging lectures,” while it could come in many other ways. The question is “What would you do if Midje belonged to you, if she was your daughter, vour sister or your very dear friend? Midje loves to be amused and to amuse; she hes had pretty much her ownL way for ten years, 2 good many privileges because her mother was too busy, or too unmotherly, to take, an interest in Midje’s goings and com- ings, or in the friends she made; hence Midje's mind has matured bevond her years through no fault of her own. To conclude—about three months agu she “became acquainted with a young widower, who recently proposed marrige. What could possibly turn a young giri’s head more than to have attain- ed the age of eighteen with a probable husband in view, a benevolent clergy- man at her beckoning: a lot of seem- needs no more book- SPECIAL TO WOMEN The most economical, cleansing and germicidal of all antiseptivs is Paxtine A soluble Antisepiic Powder to be dissolved in water as needed. As a medicinal antiseptic for douches in treating catarrh, inflammation er ulceration of mnose, throat, and that caused by femtnine ilis it has no equal For ten years the Lydia B. Pinkham Medicine Co. hes recommended Paxtine in their private correspondence with women, which proves its superiority. Women who have been cured say it is-“worth its weight in gold.” A: druggists. 50c, large bos. or by mail. The Paxton Tollet Co. Boston, Mass, — MidJe is no “conjured up dream , but a real live young girl who in her the makings of a goed has woman, and whom I truly wish to see started on the right course. A DREAMER. The Thanies Loan & Trust Co. Dividend Notice Depositors in th:_—cammoxial De- partment are hereby notified that checks for amounts equal to twenty- five percentum (25 per cent.) of their several proved and allowed, will be ready for delivery on and after Monday, February 15th, 1915 CHARLES F. THAYER, Receiver. claims, Norwich, Jan. 30, 1915. abies! Soon they will be big boys ind girls, and their faces will be only a memory. Bring the babies and we’il catch their smiles, ~ ILAIGHTON THE PHOTOGRAPHER Opposite Norwich Savings Society W. TYLER BROWNE, M. D, Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat, Electricity. X-RAY Vielet Ray, Mcchanical Massage. Hours: 10 a. m. to 4 and 6 to & p. m. 75 Broadway. Norwich, Conn. Take Franklin St. ¢ar te "Dr. Browne's." sepid MAHONEY BROS. Hack, Livery and Boarding Stable FALLS AVENUE We guarantee our service to be the best at ths most reasonable prices. DENTILIST DR. E. J. JONES Suite 46 Shannon Building Take elevaior Shetucket Strest en- trance. PLone. JOSEPH BRADFORD BOOK BINDER ingly envious relatives nagging her at every turn, and a mother who is no Blank Books Made and Ruled te Ordsr ws.afiomwu LEGAL NOTICES. ATTENTION! SDEWALKS OFFICE -OF THE STREET COMMISSIONER, Norwich, Dec. 21, 1914. The ordinances of the City of Nar- wich provide that the owner or own- ers, occupant or occupants, private corporations, or any person ha care of any building or lot of land, bordering on any street, square, or public place within the City, where there is a sidewalk graded, or graded and paved, shall cause to be removed therefrom any and all snow, sleet and ice within three hours after the same shall have fallen, been deposited or found, or within three hours after sum- rise when the same shall have fallenin the night season; also, that whepever the sidewalk, or any part thereof, ad- joining any building or lot of land, or any street, square or public place shail be covered with ice, it shall be the duty of the owner, or owners, occu- pant or occupants, private corpora- tion, or any person having the care of such building or lot to cause such side- walk to be made safe and convenient by removing the ice therefrom, or cov- crifig the same with sand or some other suitabie substance. The failure to do so for two hours during the daytime exposes the party more of 2 companion and adviser than |IR default to the penalty provided by her dead father. For the benefit of the * wili add oubters.” T HOTEL WODDSTO K 43D STREET, NEAR BROADWAY TIMES SQUARE, NEW YORK 380 ROOMS 270 BATHS EUROFTAN PLAN ONLY ROOM WITE JATH $2.50 & 33.08 DITTO FOR TWO $3.50 & 3400 COURTEOUS ATTENTION HOMELIKE ATMOSPHERE MODERATE PRIC] i —AND— IN THE CENTER OF XEW YORK W. H. VALIQUETTE, MGR. Alse THE BERWICK. RUTLAND, WA llctin for business that the above described |C2se of the ordinances. The ordinances also provide that in violation of any of the foregoing provisions, or refusal or neg- le_ct to comply with them, the party violating them or not complying with them $hall pay a penalty of five doHars for every four hours of neglect, after notice from any policeman of the city. The ordinances also make it the duty of the Street Commissioner to collect all penalties incurred under the foregoing provisions, and if they are not paid to him on demand, to report the case to the City Attorney, who shall prosecute the party offending. ERROLL C. LILLIBRIDGE, Strest Commissioner. — e T B is no advertising mstioe Eastern Connecticut S3uat to The Tesuits.