Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 5, 1915, Page 14

i «ORWICH BULLETIN, SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1915 THE"WAY TO-KEEP A .SECRET: SAY NOTHING } EVERY WOMAN'S OPPORTUNITY The Bulfetin wants good home letters; good business letters; good help- ful letters of any kind the mind may suggest. They should be in hand by | Wednesday of each week. Write on but one sids of the paper. 3 Address, SOCIAL CORNER EDITOR, Bulletin Office, Norwich, Conn. THREE PRIZES MONTHLY: $2.50 to first; $1.50 to second; $1.00 to third. @ward made the last Saturday in each month. iJudge not! Judge no May rest on_thee, SOCIAL CORNER POEM. Judge Not. jJudge not! though clouds of seeming " guilt may dim thy brother’s fame: (For fate may throw suspicion's shade { " upon the brishtest name: {Thou canst not tell what hidden chain of circumstances may | Have wrought the sad result that takes an honest name away. the vilest criminal may rightfully demand A chance to prove his innocence by jury of his land; And, surely, one who ne‘er was known to break his plighted word, #Should not be hastily condemned to obloquy-unheard, thou canst not tell how soon the look of bitter scorn though pure thy heart as dew drops in the morn. fThou dost not know what freak of fate may place upon thy brow WA cloud of shame to kill the joy that rests upon it now. Judge not! who but rather in thy heart let gentle pity dwell; Man’s judgment errs, but there is One “doeth all things well.” Ever, throughout the voyage of life, this precept keep in view: *Do unto others as thou wouldst that they should do to you.” Judge not! for one unjust reproach an honest heart can feel iAs keenly as the deadly stab made by the pointed steel The worm will kill the sturdy oak, though slowly {As gurely as the lightning stroke swift Tushing from the sky. it may die, Judge Not! Sent4n by POLLYANNA: INQUIRIES AND ANSWERS, POLLY WINTERGREEN—Cards re- weived and mailed as you directed. POLLY—I find five Pollys on the lst and Polly Peppermint, 1 think, was the first to write for The Corner. DOM_ PEDRO—Cards received and forwarded to writers indicated. QUEEN ELIZABETH—Card Te- celved and mailed to Paula. HOUSEHOLD INFORMATION. " Tabloid Recipes: Ink stains re- gnoved by solution of oxalic acid: Acid stains, apply pearl ash: in soap water, Iron stains, use oxalic acld or butter- milk. Fruit stains, Purning sulphur. Grease spots, equal parts-ether, am- smonia and alcohol. iron removed by kerosene Rust ol Paint on glass cleaned by in boil wet cloth, hold over using Strong hot vinegar, Smoked mica cleaned by washing ‘with vinegar, Dry putty removed by applying hot imetal, Steel cleaned by unslackened lime. Metals cleaned by of turpentine. Marble cleaned by Spirits muickl Brass cleaned by half ounce Doiled in one pint of water. cleaned by using common P. nt ime. Awhiting. Silver cleaned by weak solution of #mmo: Gold cleaned nia. by dry in magnesia. Wells cleaned by throwing in a peck ©of unslacked lime, Colors rottenstone and strong lye and alum soap and wate: in fabrics set by spoonful oxgall to gallon of water. Lamp smoking prevented by-soaking wick in vinegar. Caneseat chairs tightened, with hot water. ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES. For Fainting—Loosen the clothing, ‘bathe the temples with admit plenty of fresh a hot water bag to Bleed—Roll No: sponge cold water, air, and apply the feet, a piece of soft paper hard and place between the up- per lip and gums and in a few min- utes the bleeding will stop, Hoarseness—Beat the white of an egg, add the juice of a sweeten with white sugar: spoon at a time. Best wishes to all. lemon and take a tea- PAULA THE PICNIC AT COVENTRY LAKE. Dear Corntrite; have written me, 'phoned written through The Corner in Quite a number me, and re- gard to the picnic; and some do not care to say anything in regard to the matter. 1 think ‘the majority rules, and the date will have to be June 16th, Wed- nesday. The that we have our annual picnic “Postmaster” has informed us & motion has been made and seconded June 16th. 1 want a bj, on I think it my duty to carry this motion, as the time has been long enough for remarks. If anyone is disatisfied they have them{eives to blame for they have had & month or more to talk it over. crowd there, and _ 1 know we will always do, don’t we? 1 have been asked “Why don’t you ut oft your picnic until lome Week In Willimantic?” ave a good time. We after Old They Don’t Visit the California Expositions without a supply of Allen’s Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powder to be shaken into the shoes or dissolved in the foot- th. The standard remedy for the feet for 35 vears. mn.f_ achin; ne lady writes 1t gives instant relief to feet and prevents swollen “I enjoyi minute of my stay at the exposi- thanks to Allen’ shoes.” Get it today. Foot-Base in say the schools will be out then, and the teachers can come. I am sure I want to please everyone. Some say everybody will be too tired from the Old Home Week celebration to come to a picnic; but I have set the day for June 16th. If anything comes up I will get it to the Editor just as soon as I can so you can be prepared for a change. Each one brings their own lunch, a cup, a napkin, a knife and fork and a Paper plate. If anyone has a nice short sto (laughable) or a nice short monologue please come prepared to give it while at lunch. Doctor: You want to be sure and come and have your medicine chest well stocked, for there will be someone there who will need you; Polly Pep- permint and Polly Wintergreen. 1 hear, have replenished their store of mints. Dom Pedro: If you think you could come out the day before the picnic. I will extend an invitation to you. You may bring a friend with vou, if you like. I live right on the trolley line; the car stops right in front of my door. I feel so sorry for anyone who is a shut-in. I have an empty bed walt- ng. Black Pansy: Do try and get there on time this year for lunch. The place isn’t found for our outing yet; but Lake Waugumbaug is the stopping place. Biddy or some “Guide” will be there with the yellow bow to guide vou all to the place, Polly Peppermint: Will you be out of school that day? Let me know, as I am going to appoint you to wrife a story of the day’s events for The Cor- ner. Drop me a card immediately, Please, for T must know, Ready: Now that you are back in the nutmeg state you can come to the picnic you know. Chrysanthemum: come this vear. I cannot promise you T will “fAddle”. for you to dance this Year for I am all out of practice; per- haps my “cackle” will do. Clover Leaf: Nearly a year has expired since 1 saw vou. Can't you come and bring “hubby” with you to the picnic? Aunt Sarah: The place we had last vear is rented at the present time. I shall see the agent soon to see if we can have it for that day. You know we cannot hire the cottage for one day only. too long a time in advance; but, T shall try to gef that cottage or some other. Trust me for that. Sunshine: Yes, you may join in our fun and come fo the picnic, for we need lots of sunshine there. We don't want any rain like we had last vear. J. E. T.: You have the date in time and Biddy has been practicing a long time, so her cackle will be right up to date. Am feeling fine at the present time. So look out. Maine Lover: Come this vear, sure, and bring along some “Spring Chick- en” for the “Wandering Jew” is “Trot- ty-ing” all around my “Azalea” bed. Popover says she will have the pic- tures (taken at the Rest Rooms in Willimantic) ready for all who ordered them at the annual picnic. She has had trouble In getting the solio paper to_print them on. You may hear from me again. It I only had the address of all Who take The Courier I could send them a card, for they donm't get the paper as soon as The Bulletin read- ers. Unless you hear from me again the date is June 16th, Come one, come all, Be sure and BIDDY. BIRDS SHE HAS SEEN. Dear Corner Friends: By all means have The Corner social on some other day besides Saturday if more people can make it convenient to attend, I cannot go, but there are many others who can, and perhaps some have not had an opportunity to see the lake and its beautiful surroundings. Wish it could prove to be the largest crowd yet responding to the “pipe o the clan.” The birds are plenty this year. I have been out on four tramps and have had opportunities to view at close range wood thrushes, tanagers, creeping warblers, yellow warblers, song sparrows, bobolinks, a palm war- bler, an oven bird, an orchard orlole and’a grosbealk. Wish I could have more time to spend in studying the songsters, Married and Happy spoke of a wood thrush which has & nest near her bungalow. Hope to seo the nest some ay, What a very popular name Polly is. Wonder who was_the first Polly of The Corner. Mr. Editor, was it 12 Eliza Jane: Are you coming to L— this summer? Hope so. I heard some- one sighing for a taste of your dan- delion greens once aeain. Have you a special recipe for cooking them? Aunt Mehitable: How about talked of tete-a-tete? POLLY PEPPERMINT. the __GREETINGS FROM READY. Dear Editor and Social Corner Sis- ters: I am calling often when T call once a week. I am glad to see a few more letters this week. Athought it is time some one sat up and took no- tice. It is a lovely morning. It really seems good to have it a liftle warm and not hear the wind blowing a gale. " Blddy:. I shall try and come to the picnic. Just now the man of the house is under the doctors care. If I come I shall have a traveling companio Fithome. She is quite proud of her ttle Zellow bow. C. E. S.: 1 have some pictures I want you to see. I shall bring them along with me, Dreamer: I was glad to be one of the party that called on our sister, M. Roena. Thanks. Annette and Lucy Acorn: The man of the house has resigned his job fill- ing the wood-box; but I presure it is safe to say. it hurts him more to sit quietly and see some one doing it than for him to try and fill it him- self, but I guess some one will have to flll it for some time. 1 trust all our shut-ins are enjoying the pleasant weather. Yesterday I took a walk. My little girl, as she calls herself, went with me.’ The flelds were just alive with Social Corner color—buttercups. She called my attention to them. With best wishes, READY. UP-TO-DATE ICE CREAMS. Editor Social Corner: As we are fast approaching hot weather I thought a few new ice creac recipes might please the Sisters. Following are dependabie recipes: Ginger lce Cream: One pint cream, yolks of 3 eggs, 1-8 jar (small size) preserved ginger. Scald the cream and pour it gradually over the beaten yolks. Return to double boiler and cook until thick. Chop the ginger fine. Add it and a third of the syrup to the custard. Freeze the mixture, us- ing three parts ice and one part salt, Coffee ltalian Cream: To one half cup of strong coffee add a half cup of mill, a half cup of sugar, and the| yolks of three eggs. Soak one table- spoonful of granulated gelatin in. a little cold water and add the other in- gredients. Cook in a double boiler un- til the mixture begins to thicken. Meanwhile beat the whites of the eggs toa stiff froth and when the pudding is thickened stir them into it. Add a teaspoonful of vanilla and set away in a mold wet with cold water. Leave it in a cold place until firm and eat with whipped cream. Milk Sherbet: One half cup lemon juice, 2 cups sugar, 1 quart milk. Mix juice' and sugar, stirring constantly while slowly adding milk. Put at once into a freezer and freeze as for ice cream. If lemon should curdle the milk, it will not harm the texture, as it will become perfectly smooth when frozen. Nougat Ice Cream: milk, 1 cup sugar, yolks 5 eges, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 1-2 cups heavy cream, whites 5 eggs, 1-3 cup each pistachlo, filbert, English walnuts and almond meats, 1 tablespoon vanilla, 1 tea- spoon’ almond extract. Make a custard of first four ingredi- ents, strain and cool. Add heavy cream beaten until stiff; whites of eggs, beaten stiff; nut meats, finely chop- ped; flavoring and then freeze. Macaroon Ice Cream: Scald 1 pint milk, reserving enough to make a smooth paste with 1-4 cup flour; mix with the hot milk and cook in the double boiler half an hour; add beat- en yolks of 3 eggs; cook 5 minutes longer, stirring constantly; then add 1 cup of sugar, a few grains of salt, and strain. When cool mix with a pint of thin cream; add 1 cup crushed mac- Three cups aroons and ' freeze. 1t will pay some of the Sisters to try some of these recipes. HANNAH WHO. SOMETHING ABOUT EATING. Editor Social Corner: It is as nec- essary to know how to eat as it is to know what to eat. Those who know how to eat seldom eat in a hurry; and those who know what to eat combine uncooked with cooked foods in the regular diet. The five classes of foods include water, proteids, carborhydrates, fat, and mineral salts. The five organs of digestion are the mouth, stomach, liver, pancreas and intestinal glands. The five digestive fluids are salvia, sasthic juice, bile, pancreatic juice and intestinal juices. The eustaining value of a pound of butter is 3.605 calories, the equivalent of three pounds of porterhouse steak, or nine pounds of lobster, or seven pounds_of bluefish, or three pounds of ham, of seven pounds of bananas. Food should not be eaten very hot or very cold. The cold drink habit is answerable for much stomach trouble. It is plain to be seen that bread and butter is truly the ‘staff of life. The prevailing sin is too much over- cooked food and too great a variety badly combined at table. The juices of vegetables and fruit when mixed create stomach dis- turbances, hence they should not be eaten at the same meal. It is as important to know when to stop eating as what to eat and how to_eat it. Food is properly masticated when it flows into the stomach as a fluid, not when it is swallowed in chunks. Everybody eats too much. Twelve ounces of food a day will support life —four pounds of food a day will pro- duce an invalid. DOCTRESS. FILLINGS FOR CAKE. Dear Editor and Social Corner Sis- ters: May I join your circle and be one of you? I have tried a number of the recipes given by the Sisters with good results and thought I would send in a few of min g for Cake—Pour one-half cup of cold water over one-fourth of a box of gelatine; soak until soft; whip half a pint of cream to a stiff froth; add one-half cup of fine sugar and six ripe (but not discolored) bananes, chopped or cut fine. Stand the dish of gelatine over a kettle of boiling water until melted; then strain into the cream and beat until it thickens. Lemon Filling—The juice and grated rind of one lemon and one orange. Stir fine sugar into it until it will spread easily and not run; then add two te- blespoons of eweet cream and beat thoroughly. Nut Filling—Boll one cup of white sugar and three tablespoons of lemon juice until it spreads; then stir into it the white of one egg beaten stiff, one-half cup each of raisins and Eng- lish walnuts chopped fine, Cocoa and Cream Frosting—Beat the white of one egs, two teaspoons of cocoa and one cup of confectioner's sugar together; epread on cake; then beat a cup of sweet cream until stiff; then drop spoonfuls over the cocoa frosting. I think I know Aunt Sarah. Guess she lives on a hill in L. LONESOME PINE. TO WASH BLANKETS AND FEATH- ER PILLOWS. Dear Cornerites: The glorious sunny days make the houeskeeper aware that it is time to wash the blankets and other woolens. Following are a few simple direc- tions: Blankets are made of wool, which is a fibre particularly affected by two things—temperature and rubbing. The wool fibre shrinks when it comes in contact either with very cold or very hot water. The fibre also becomes broken if squeezed or rubbed too vio- lently. The best way to wash blankets is to keep in mind that we can neither squeeze nor rub hard, nor wring them, nor use too hot or too cold water, with- out making them shrink. Unless there are some very soiled apots, it is best to use a soap solution. This is pre- pared as follows: A Soap Solution—Four quarts cold water, one large bar white soap shav- ed, twh tablespoons borax. The soap should be shaved and added with the borax to the cold water, then heated to boiling or till perfectly liquid. The water for the blankets should be tepid or about 110 degrees. The tub may be filled partly full of such water and about one quart of the above soap so- lution used. The blankets should then be im- mersed in this water sud washed by a WHAT HAPPENED TO PETER A number of the men folks had gath- ered in the post office for their usual Saturday evening chat. Nat occupled the center of the ring, comfortably tilted back in the only avallable chair, his feet resting on the top ‘of the stove, which he declared made a good foot rest if it wasn't needed @s a foot-warmer. The rest had disposed themselves in various at- titudes on sundry boxes and barrels which lined the front of the counters. Jane Ann stood over by the dry- g0ods counter, inspecting a pile of cal- icoes and calculating audibly on how much 'twould take to make her a dress in the new full style and allowing for it, to be considerable shorter than usual. Just then the door swung open and in marched A Merry Farmer's Boy, Whistling the latest popular song, and followed by his big collie pup. The dog on his tour of inspection round the room. stopped by Jane Ann and she immediately became alarmed “Go_away, from.me, sir! Go awa: she cried, The .dog’s master called him away, but Nat began to laugh. “Reminds me of Hennery Jones and the ghost” he said. “Ever hear tell on it? Jane Ann acted mighty scart, but what dew yew ’spose would hev happened tew the dorg if she'd only got her dander up? Might hev done like Hennery did,” and Nat's sides shook with mirth. “Tell us about it, do,” said Billie. “Wal” said Nat, “’twas a good many years ago_when Hennery was a workin’ for Mr. Brown about the other end of the village. He uster come up ter_the post office ter get the mail, and then he'd stop down ter Peter's on his way home, an’ stay everlast- ingly. “Ole Brown, he got sick o' settin' up fer him so he up an’ ast Peter ter send him home nights. “Naow Hennery never was overly bright, an’ he warn't sposed to be very brave either, so being as Peter ki o' hated ter tell him right out ter go home, -he thought he'd up an’ scare him, So he wouldn't want tew stay out ‘nights. “The next night Hennery came down to the post office, Peter he rigged up in an’ ole sheet, an’ hid down in the hollow in the bushes by the bridge. “Peter was rigged up some classy, now, believe me. He had one ol' sheet tied up under his arms so it draped his manly form tew perfection, an’ trailed *bout a yard behind him. Also, ay incidentally, the front of it kept trailin’ under his number twelve cow- hides, an’ made him look as if he was doin’’ the “hesitation” to a funmeral march. ‘Another ol' sheet was put on'Dbias over his head, so when he flopped, his larms around’ it looked like he was flappin’ some enormous wings. Guess he callated he was a sight tew keep most any timid pusson off the roads arter nightfall, “He had ter wait sum time, fer Hennery never was in no - hurryin' mood, an’ it must hev bin all of ten o'clock before he seen him a comin’ down the hill. “Then he got out in the middle of the road an’' began ter walk slowly towards him, groaning and wawin' his arms. “Hennery stopped. sir, he said. ‘Peter advanced a few feet. “‘Go away from me, sir/ Hennery said again. “Peter kept a comin’. He began to wonder if Hennery was so scart he couldn’t run. By this time he was pretty close, ‘Go away from me, sir, Hennery repeated for the third time. “Peter was right on him now, when, biff! Hennery's fist took him right on the jaw with such force that it pretty nigh knocked him over, comin’ so en- tirely unexpectedly like. “An’ then Hennery sailed in—an' ith every punch he’'d remark, calmly, ‘Go_away from me, sir. Wal, Peter was some handicapped by his sheet riggin’ arrangement, an’ he got knocked down an’ out in only ‘Go away from| m one round, that probably dldn’t last mor'n ten seconds. ““Hennery never stopped to find out who he was, but when Peter warn't in any_ condition to bother him an more, he just went along about his own. business, only saying before he started: You 1 go away from me, sir, next “It isn't exactly known how folks found out about it, but they did, an’ Peter couldn’t meet any o' the boys for a long time, but theyd say with a grin: Go away from me, sir!” ‘We never heard of his trvin' to play any more jokes on Hennery, no, sir. He'd concluded it warn't alwus safe tew assume that a feller warn't any braver than he looked tew be. THE POSTMASTER. gentle squeezing or sousing motion un- ti] they appear clean. Take from this first water and re- peat in two other soap waters. if neces- sary. The last water should be tepid but clear, with one-half cup of borax added to whiten them still further. The blankets should then be squeezed or pressed dry. They may be wrung through a wringer, if carefully done, but should never be wrung by twist- ing. The whole washing should be done as quickly as possible, and the blankets at once hung in a sunny, windy place. If the two opposite edges of the blankets are pinned together after the manner of large tablecloths, there will be less danger of the blanket drying unevenly. To Wash Feather Pillows—Choose a bright, windy day. Fill the tub with hot suds and plunge the pillows (with feathers) in them. Put them through several waters, shaking them about briskly, then hang on the line in the open air. When perfectly dry, shake well. They will be light, fresh and sweet. After they have been washed in this way, they should be hung out in the warm, fresh air every day for a week, but they must never be put di- rectly in the hot sun. Moving Mattresses — In cleaning chambers, moving the' cumbersome mattresses is the hardest task. It is not because of their great weight, al- though they are heavy, but on account of the difficulty in getting hold of the unwieldy things. Just try roping them with a clothesline and see how it sim- plifies matters. Put the rope around, bookstrap fashion, knottiig in such a way that you have rope handles to get hold of, and then see how easily the mattresses can be moved. Quick Way to Launder Curtains— Shake the curtains end spread them out carefully upon the Jawn. Pin them down at each scallop with toothpicks. Put on your rubbers and with the hose spray the curtains thoroughly. This method will not injure them. The sun will soon dry them, and you will be surprised at the result when you hang them again. This way is especially adapted to heavy curtains. MEGDA. SOCIAL GAMES. (Continued.) Dear Social Corner Sisters: I con- tribute a few more games: How do you like it? When do you like it? And where would you put jt? This is played by choosing a noun that has two meanings. One goes out of the room and the company chooses a word. For instance, the word Bell, an instrument of sound, and Belle, a fashionable ycung lady. When the player is recalled she asks: “How do you like it?” One answers: “Very much indeed.” Another: “I don't like it early in the morning. Another: “It's too noisy and it's too fond of fine clothes. Then she asks: ‘When do you like : “Always.” “When I'm hungry. “When I want to go to again when I want some walk, and wood brought in.” Lastly, she asks: “Where would you put it?” One says: “I should heng it Another: “I would shut it up in a church tower.” Another: “I would take it to the ball room.” Many words can be used, as see, sea, beer, bier, pear, pair, reign, rain, date, a fruit, and date, a period of time, etc. Rachel and Jacob—The players atand in a circle holding hands. One player in center blindfolded. The players march around three times then stop; but must keep hold of hands. The one in center points o someone, who must g0 in the circle, and the one who is blindfolded calls: “Where art thou, Rachel?” Who answers: “Here I am, Jacob!” 4 Jacob tries to catch Rachel, who must keep speaking so as to guide Jacob by her voice. When caught, if he can guess Who sh eis, she must take his place. Another Game—Have the players all take pencil and paper and see how many can give the right enswers to the following. They Tepresent parts of the body: ‘There was once an eccentric old gentleman who always carried around the following articles: 1—A trunk (trunk of body), 2—Two trees (palms). 3—Member of deer family (hart). 4—A kind of fish (soles). 5—A product of the camphor tree (sum). 6—A number (hairs). 7—A place of worship (temple). 8—A flower (tulips). 9—Two scholars (pupils). 10—Some things used by carpenters of small animals (nails). 11—Whips withoutghandles (lashes). 12—Musical instruments (drums). 13—Weathercock (velns). 14—A number of shell fish (muscles). 15—Top of a building (roof). 16—Two large animals (calves). 17—Branches of a tree (limbs). 1S—The steps of a public house (in- steps). 19—Part of a comb (teeth). 20—Some weapons of warfare (arms). School—Players stand in semi-circle with teacher in front, who numbers them in rotation. Teacher says: “You know what I heard about your num- ber —, sir?” N mber — says: “Who, sir? Me, “Yes, sir; you, sir.” 0, sir; not I, *twas number — (cails any num- ber he chooses), who quickly says: “No, sir; not I, sir,” ete. If the number called does not re- spond quickly, Teacher says: “Num- ber —, go to the foot.” The one who can keep his place the longest is the winner. This is more fun than it seems. Question and Answer—The players take paper and pencil and write a question and fold it over; then pass the paper all around, and write-an an- swer to your own question on the paper that you get in exchange. The papers are passed around again and each one reads the question and an- swer on the paper he holds, which are usually quite funny. Tucker — The players all march around in a circle two by two, with one extra one in the center; then the ones on the outside face the others and march backward, weaving in and out, till the one in the center calls “Tuck- er!” when they must instantly turn and march with the nearest one. The one left without a partner must go in center. Will send more some other time. Sister Ready: Am sorry I could not write to you before this, but sickness prevented. Potlatch: The card received. Thank you so much. It's the first one I have Teceived from the exposition. Young Thing: Do not stop with one letter to The Corner. Come again. Peggy Anne: When are you going to start that Social Corner club? I will meet with you any time. Crimson Rambler: I am very anxious to meet you. If I only knew when you were having ore of vour Social Cor- ner afternoons at home, I think I would surprise you all by walking in with my vellow ribbon. Chrysanthemum: If you knew who I was you would be surprised. Best wishes to all. POLLYANNA., WAYS TO SERVE STRAWBERRIES. Dear Sisters of the Social Corner— Now that native strawberries are coming into market, the different ways of serving them may be of interests to young housekeepers. Mashéd Strawberries—Thi; does not call for large strawberries. Mash the berries, sweeten and mix with the beaten whites of two or three eggs. Cool on ice, then serve. Strawberries and Oranges—Cover a quart of hulled ripe strawberries with powdered sugar; pour over them a half cup of orange juice and serve at once. This is delicious. Strawberries with Whipped Cream —A layer of nice ripe strawberries, then a layer of powdered sugar until the dish is filled; cover with whipped cream beaten together with the whites of two eggs and a spoonful of powd- ered sugar. Strawberries in Snow—Pour a cup of sugar over a package of gelatine. When soft add a cup of boiling water and the juice of two lemons; then add whites of four well beaten eggs; beat all together till light and frothy; just before it sets add one pint of whole strawberries and pour into e mold which has been dipped in water. Serve cold with cream. Strawberry Pyramid—Cook a pint of rice; place a layer of it well sea- soned with a tablespoon of butter and a half teasppoon of salt. Cover the rice with strawberries sprinkled lightly with sugar; and add another layer of rice and strawberries, and so on till the pyramid is complete. Garnish the edge of the plate with strawberries and top the pyramid with a pretty epray of the fruit. Strawberry Tapioca, with Sauce— Soak over night a teacup of tapioca in cold water. In the morning put half of it in a baking dish. Sprinkle half a cup of sugar over the tapioca; put on this a quart of berries (re- serving 12 for sauce), half a cup of sugar_and the remainder of the tapi- oca. Bake in moderately hot .oven until it looks clear; serve with sauce made of two ounces of butter beaten Established 1780 ~ A lesson of the European War Once more, among countless times, has the great food value of chocolate and cocoa been demonstrated, both serving as a part of the rations of the troops in ACTIVE SERVICE. BAKER’S SWEET CHOCOLATE has always had this guarantee “The ingredients of this Chocolate are guaranteed to be pure cocoas of superior blend and sugar.” The genuine has this trade-mark on the package, and is made only by Walter Baker & Co. Ltd. DORCHESTER, MASS. to a cream; gradually add a halfcup of powdered sugar erd the 12 large strawberries; mash and beat till light. Strawberry Balls—Roll large native strawberries in fondant or beaten egg and powdered sugar. These Snowy balls look protty on a platter edged with strawberry leaves. Strawberry Short Caie—Sift three cups flour, two teaspoons baking powder, one pinch salt and one tablespoon of sugar four times; then rub into the mixture onme-half cup of butter, and add one-half cup sweet milk, mixing as quickly and lightly as possible with a spoon. Bake in three layers in a quick oven. Butter each layer with good sweet butter and cover plentifully with berries and sugar. The finest berries should be reserved for the top layer. Dust over with powdered sugar. Serve with cream and sugar. SWEET TOOTH. GREETINGS FROM BLANCHE. Dear Social Corner Sisters and Ed- itor:—How fast the weeks are pass- ing. Five months of the vear have already gone and we are having our longest days. Spring is such a busy time but the loveliest of the seasons. I have been to the door many times to listen to the chorus of birds in our large maple tree. The catbird wins the prize for his medley of sweet songs. A new note was added one day but proved to be a tree toad. I am giving the flower tubs and pails their annual coat of red paint; using boiled starch to mix with in place of oil, a little skim milk and salt improves the staying qualities. C. E. S.: Your butter milk these days must be fine. Should enjoy sam- pling it. How nice it would be if you could send some by parcel post. If you had enough could do quite a_ trade. Polly Wintergreen: Trust health’ is improving every day. your Don Pedro: Glad to learn you are feeling better. Janette: Accept much sympathy for the loss of your dear one. Billie: We are all busy sizing up our nails. Am glad you won the top prize. Hope you will write oftener. If the date of the picnic should be stormy the goodies will be ready for the next day. Good time coming. BLANCHE. A VOLLEY OF QUESTIONS. Dear Sisters of the Social Corner:— I must write and ask some questions this time. Eliza Jane: Was told you knew about a picnic for the Sisters. Where and when for pity sakes? They say they are to wear ribbons. Where are they to wear them and what ribbons and what for? Seeing you are pretty good at answering questions do write and answer mine. I may be green, but I don’t look it. Scottie: I hope you will practice getting out of a wagon so you can do_it right next time. Pontiac: You say you have tried using salt on carpets, but I like to squeeze out the wet tea leaves and use them best. I hear you are some runner. How is that? SUNSHINE. HOUSEHOLD HELPS. Dear Sisters of the Corner:—I am sending in a few items that may be of interest. In baking bread or rolls put a sauce- pan of boiling water in the oven with them. The steam will keep the crust smooth and tender. When boiling green vegetables put a small particle of soda or a lump of sugar in the water to keep the color fresh. To have custard pie of an even, nice brown when baked, sprinkle a little sugar over the top just before putting it in the oven. Doughnuts or biscuits may be made almost as good as new by putting them in a whole bag made of paper, sprinkling ' in a few drops of water, then twisting the end tightly, putting in a very hot oven for a short time, but raised from the bottom of the oven a little by a grate. When milk boils over in the oven, or ‘on the stove, sprinkle with a thick layer of salt, let it remain a few min- utes, then brush everything off. Tough meat may be made tender by laying it for a few minutes in vinegar and water. If it is a boiling piece, or a tough chicken, simply add a table- spoon of vinegar to the boiling water. Boiled cabbage is much better and sweeter flavored if the water is fre- quently changed once or twice. A little flour sprinkled over the top of a cake will aid in preventing the icing from running off. Dissolve copper and lye often in your drain pipes to cleanse and disin- fect them. To ¢lean ink stains from the fingers, rub with a match, the spots and then wash with soap and water. Do-not plunge the glasses that have had milk in them into hot water be- fore they have been well rinsed with cold, -or they will remain “cloudy” a long time. When you suspect your cooking has scorched a little because you have neglected it just a moment too long, lift the vessel of food quickly frof the fire and stand it in a pan of water for a few minutes. In almost every case the scorched taste will entirely disappear. CRIMSON RAMBLER. DRESS FORMS AND ASBESTOS MATS. Dear Cornerites:—A handy woman makes skill produce many things which cost good money. A friend of mine .makes quite a little extra money by meking dress forms for people. She first makes a tight waist lining to fit the woman, ex- tending it down to the largest part of the hips. _All seams are sewed up and plain tight sleeves just to fit she arm are sewed in. The lower part of the waist is then tacked to a ciroular board cut to fit it and the waist is stuffed tightly with sawdust or hay. Small round pieces of cloth are sewed in at the bottom of the sleeves and in the neck after the waist is stuffed. The form is then mounted on a ped- estal so that it will be just the height of the person for whom it is intended. Heavy unbleached muslin is used for the lining. She does most of the work evenings, and in the evenings also her husband makes the plain wooden pedestals to mount the forms on. These sell readily for $2.50, and she realizes a nice little profit. With one of these forms one can easily do all of their own fitting, even to turning up the hems of their dresses. No one knows what they can do or how well they can do it until they have tried. It is pleasurable to many women to venture a little—the women Who seem to sense the fact if noth- ing is ventured nothing can b ewon. RUTH. USEFUL RECIPES. Dear Social Corner Sisters:—You may find the following recipes useful and wholesome: — Stuffed Cabbage—Cut out the stalk end of a head of cabbage, leaving a hollow shell. Grind two pounds un- cooked round steak with a slice of bacon and an onion. And one cup breadcrumbs, soaked and wrung dry one beaten egg, salt, paprika and mace. Shape into balls, arrange in the cabbage and steam until cabbage is tender. Serve with tomato sauce. Nut Rolls—One quart of flour, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, one scant teaspoon salt, one cup sugar; sift all together. One heaping tablespoonful of shortening creamed in one-half_cup nutmegs; one-half cup currant. Now add enough cold water to handle on molding board like biscuit. Roll half inch thick; spread well with melted butter; sprinkle another half cup of sugar ‘over all and plenty of cinna- mon. Roll up like a Jjelly cake; cut off in rings and bake upon greased tins. Fine! Preserving Fruit—We had so many peaches and apples and there was no market at home as every ome had their own frult, so I decided to make some money by preserving them with sulphur angd placing them in a_grocery for sale. I peeled the peaches, or apples, cut them in halves, removed the core and seeds, arranged them in a wooden tub, leaving a hole in the cen- ter for vessel containing sulphur. I used one teaspoonful of sulphur to each gallon of fruit. I placed it in an iron vessel in the center of a tub and covered the tub closely for four hours. I removed the fruit and placed it in stone jars, covered with a cloth. When ready to use I washed the fruit and cooked as usual. Fruit prepared in this way keeps all winter and tastes like fresh fruit. Tomatoes and pears are also delicious preserved this way. People are glad to buy them, as they are so much better than the evaporated kind. NANCY GRAY. THINGS WE SHOULD KNOW. Editor Social Corner:—There are a few things we should all realize and that is that colds, catarrh and pneu- monia are warm air complaints not cold air afflicti Unventilated rooms, impure air, are at the bottom of these physical disturbances. Acute. inflammation is the cause of these troubles created by the bacter! which breed in close and dusty room: The greatest preventive of catarrh ever discovered and one of the great- est remedies, says an eminent physil cian is the open bedroom window every night in the year, regardless of weather. Cold night air kills off the germs of acute and chronic catarrhal infections and reises the individuals resistance against renewed infection. The medical observers noted last winter that the soldiers in the trench- es of Europe were not afflicted with pneumonia because of their wet clothing and exposure to intense cald. More than 50 per cent. of the peo- ple in this country suffer from catarrh and there are hundreds of patent med- icines offered for its cure but nothing will break up & cold in the head or catarrh—whether acute or chronfe— like snuffing up the nostrils salt water. Persistent _ application has cured chronic cases. ‘The gargling of salt water is a method of cleansing the throat and making sore throat a most infrequent occurrence even for those who have been “addicted to it from childhood.” THE CRANK. A LITTLE CHAT. Dear Editor and Social Corner Sis- ters:—Is there a little space for an- other newcomer? Have read the So- cial Corner page for quite a while, about the good times the sisters have had and wes told by one who was there about the Jitney ride to'and from Crimson Rambler’s. Farmer: Think I know you. Did you not live in Baltic about thirteen Years ago? Queen Elizabeth: How do you like your new residence? I useq to call on your husband's folks years ago, and thought it _such a lovely view. Violet: Was by your home not long ago, and was going to stop, but did not see any one. FORGET-ME-NEVER. BULLETIN’S PATTERN SERVICE 1330—1329 A STYLISH SUIT. Comprising Ladies’ Waist With Sep- arate Bolero, Pattern 1330, and La- dles’ Skirt Pattern 1329. Several different developments are possible with the waist. It may have the bolero with or without the skirt lece or collar. The waist may be nished with long sleeve or in short length. The skirt has a smooth fit- ting goka over the front and sides, and the back is shaped to form a panel Gingham in 2 pretty plaid or checked pattern, or ratine in a new sand shade, would be nice for this, with the waist of dotted crepe, and a touch of a com- ‘trasting color on the bolero collar. The waist pattern is cut in six sizes: 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 Inches, bust meas- ure 'The skirt is cut in stx sizes: 22, 24, 26, 28. 30 and 32 inches, waist measure. "It requires 3 yards of 36- inch material for the walst, and 4 3-4 yards of 44-inch material for bolero and skirt for a 36-inch size. This illustration calls for TWO sep- arate patterns. which will be mailed to any address on receipt of 10 cents for JACH PATTERN in silver or stamps. 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