Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 29, 1916, Page 14

i CUT I CAN'T OUT OF YOUR LIFE AND INCREASE YOUR CAN-NERY! b, 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 Ot each week. Write on but one e of the paper. Address, SOCIAL CCRNER EDITOR, Bulletin Office, Norwich, Conn. ‘TH’REE PRIZES MONTHLY: $2.50 to first; $1.56 to second; $1.00 to third. “Award made the last Saturday in each month. “THE WINNERS OF PRIZES FOR JANUARY First Prize $2.50 To Frozen for letter entitled: “Frozen's Trip from Coast to Coast™ ‘Second Prize $1.50 Third Prize $1.00 To Loretta for letter entitled, OUT OF THE SILENCE. what can you say when the: day is .done And you've gone to your bed to rest? ‘When. the shadows come and the light * has gone O'er the rim of the goldewm West, And a silvery beam of - the moon creeps in As if in an aimless quest? " What do you say ‘When a kindly voice that you seem to know, [ = = =tatows speaks solft and ow, “Well, what And did you do tod ©, what can you say when you're all alone . With the Master of all the tasks?— How much of a sin do you have to own When the voice of the Master asks? How many things that you have left undone Your studied answer makes? ‘What do you say ‘When out of the shades of the silent night The Master speaks with the Master's right: “Well, what did you do today?” Thrice blest is he of the humble way Who sinks to his bed of rest— The rest he earned with a toiling day With love of his labor blest— ‘Who hears the voice of his Master ask And can truthfully say “My best!” The man who can say “T've tried the way of my best in- tend, Tve belped a friend and I've made a friend” To “What did you do today?” —John D. Wells, in Buffalo Evening Express. FATHER. F is for Favors that he shows us: s for the Aches he knows each day: ie for the Times that we forget him; is for the Heedless"things we say; is for the Easy road we travel; R is for the Rough spots he destroys; Put them all together, they spell FATHER, ‘The fathers are the grand old boys. INQUIRIES AND ANSWERS. WHY Doesn’t your Letter Appear? ‘Well, if it is composed of 20 pages of ~ mote paper or 10 pages of fool's cap, or three type written pages of flat . it is because the Editor cannot fit it in. Such a letter surprises the Editor more than it pleases him. When Frank was well enough to write reg- ularly it was her single-page letters ~ which were a delight. J. E. T.s i Ready's, Etta Barber's, Married and Happy's, Rural Delivery’s, Theoda’s : _, Aunty No. 1's, and every short letter Were sources of joy. We have at least 25 letters a column and a balf long or lorger, which are never likely to ap- pear because five of them would make & page, when our ambition is to get 25 letters to the page. Short letters ~ are read and enjoved, and long letters _ generally skipped. With rising 500 ~ members in this department it should borne in mind all should have a ~ “chance _MRS. C. C. L—Letter received and mailed to Brown Bee. AS TO TAKING THE GRIP. _Editor Social Corner: I suppose if 2 person is in an inviting physical ~ condition precautions against the grip _are of little account. It is_not. well to give this old-fash- joned disease which was first heard of in sunny Italy and renamed in gay Paree. la grippe too much thought. Disease {s something if you watch out _ too much for will surely get you 'You have been warned to avoid the weeper and the sneezer on the street _ and in all places where promiscuous | crowds assemble, which may have ex cited in you a little fear. Forget if ~ Live healthfully and merrily and eat ‘with .the caution of a cat and sleep as contentedly and no disease is like- to wrack your nerves with pain or “your bones with chills. Precautions: Keep the temperature of your house not above 70 degrees— most steam-heated houses are from 76 to 90 degrees, a heat which would kill fHe plants in a conservatory; ev- ery morning and evening open win- HOW’S THIS? ~_We ofter One Hundred Dollars R for eny case of catarrh that can- ‘not ‘cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. 's Catarrh Cure has been taken 7 catarrh sufferers for the past thirty- , and has become known as the faose ‘rellablo remedy for catarrh: 11 Catarrh Cure lcfil throu‘hu‘lht “the mucous surfaces, expelling n from the blood and healing ns. taken Hall's Catarrh I see a eral g tarrh “at once and get rid of Catarrh. B atimontals, free. ST .50 0 e To Huldy for letter entitled, “Huldy's Recipes for Ples.” chool Lunches.” dows or doors and let fresh air reduce the temperature to 45 or 50 desgrees; when you bathe in warm water fol- low it with cold water on face and peck and rub to a glow before going out of doors; use your over-boiled and dead water to clean with, and make your warm drinks from live, hot wa- ter; eat rationally, not inordinately; cat what you know agrees with you, not everything you like; chew your food to fluid consistency instead of swallowing it as a coarse mash, and you will escape indigestion, colds and related cold weather troubles. The doctor can inform you that a cold is not a disease, only a menacing and very uncertain symptom, nine times in ten of something that may be worse. It may fore-run the grip or pneumonia, though both those diseases do occur sometimes without what is called a cold as a preceding symptom. It is a risky business to resolve to wear out a cold by disregarding it; and more dangerous for aged or mid- dle-aged people than for the young. The modern medical theory is that we catch cold in heated rooms, not out-of-doors; that hot air breeds the germs and cold air kills them; you cannot catch a cold; the cold catches vou. I do not know whether this is so or not, although a celebrated natur- alist says he cured a severe attack of the erip the doctors failed to cure by breaking through thin ice and being obliged to sleep on a glacier without clothing in a sleeping bag, which ought to be considered pretty good evidence. THE CRANK. SUGGESTIONS FOR DYSPEPTICS. Dear Social Corner Brothers and Sisters: It is such a long time since I had a chat with you, but I have been so busy with my work I haven't had time to sleep: but you know both eating and_sleeping are essential. My love for The Corner is not dim- inished in the least, and if I fail to 26t my paper cn time, I am as un- easy as a duck out of water. How fast the winter is going. The snow which fell a week before Christ- mas is still on the ground. The 12 inches is settling fast as it is very warm and a heavy fog hangs over us: and I suppose ‘t will he called the January thaw. My grandfather used to tell us chil- dren that when the snow laid on the ground all winter it was called the Poor man’s manure. This winter, so far, has been a very pleasant one. We have had some cold ‘weather, but not as bad as a year ago. We read of ever so many having grip colds, and ever so many passing out with pneumonia, but we have es- caped even a light cold, but must knock on wood when we besin to bras. For we cannot tell what tomorrow may have in store for us. I trust if any of the Social Corner family is ill they may soon be well. Really, to read all the good recipes makes a body hungry—think I would enjoy being at one of The Corner pic- nics just to see the variety of zoodies. Nedra: T am going to write you soon, . E. S.. Are you snowbound and have you forgotten how to write? Potlatch: Your card was a beauty. I will write_ soon. C. of C.: No doubt vou are looking for a reply to your ever welcome card, but you are not the only one waiting. Someone has asked for Frozen. I am wondering how her eves are, also her health. Becey: I owe you a card, and Diana also. Guess I won't try to name them all, for I am thinking it would take in the whole shooting match. Crimson Rambler: Did You get the paper and pattern for bedspread? T thought if anyone could make one like it, you could, vou are so handy. C. S. P.: Where are you dear? Your namesake is wondering. Trust you are well. Many thanks to Interested Reader for my calendar. It was a beauty, be- lieve me. Someone has asked for a remedy for indigestion. I will send one which is reliable, although there are a great many good remedies. Soda mint tab. lets, or Triopeptine tablets, are good, for T have used them. A friend of mine who was 94 when she died never used anvthing but bak. ing soda in milk—e half teaspoon to soda to half cup of milk. For the Dyspsptic—Mrs. S. T. Rorer firmly believes in dletingand hot wa- ter as a cure for dyspepsia, and in a recent lecture cn dishes for the sick she said the followin “Milkk is the accepted diet in many forms of disease. One-third rice or barlev water will frequently aid in its digestion. White of an egg shaken with a giass of milk gives a very con- centrated form of nourishment. White of an egg and water 15 an- other admirable food Where albumen is_allowed. ‘Use meats sparingly and those that are used must be carefully cooked. | “Nut milks may be used in many cases where cow’s milk disaprees. For intestinal indigestion the com- mon American disease, eat sparingly, and cut off one meal a day; or take & tast.” e R Trust you will get some benefit from these suggestions. WBest_wishes to.all for a prosperous New Year. BALSAM FIR. PRETTY CROCHETED EDGING. Dear Editor and Sisters of the Cor- mer: I'have found time to write again. Interested Reader: I want to thank you for my pretty calendar. I noticed other ‘sisters were sending thanks for with tr in 3rd, of ch and 6 tr of center. Seventh row—Ch artichoke cups on leaves of lettuce arranged a bed of onnaise. Or a glass or cup filled with mayonnaise can be placed in the center of the dish :{and the individual portions arranged Hope somé of the sisters will try this, as it is very pretty. I heard Olive say she was interest- ed in crocheted articles. LORETTA. 'DIANA HAS A PLEASANT SUR- PRISE. Dear Editor and Cornerites: January has carried away nearly all our snow and ice. It has also interrupted the work of the persons who were filling their icehouses, many of whom will have to wait for another freeze before they will procure their summer's sup- ply. An occurrence recently has caused me to question and wonder if, amidst the hurrying and scurrying to accumu- late money, or to procure the necessi- ties of life, or to attain the goal of our ambition, we are not forgetting to be ‘as grateful and courteous to each other as our ancestors were in _the past. Many persons surely act as if an agreeable and pleasing manner is like a garment which can be put on and taken off at their own will and pleas- ure. They conform themselves accord- ingly in an affable manner, for some selfish or private: object, which -when obtained is cast aside, for they can see no apparent reason for continuing to be_helpful, agreeable or pleasant. These people lack the genuine cour- tesy and politeness which springs from the kindly heart of those who desire to cheer and help by a friendly smile, a pleasant word or some simple _act, those with whom they come in contact during the day. We are apt to forget. “It is the little things that count, for from little things great ones may spring.” Many people can accomplish more by spending all their ltves in filling in the crevices, as it were, than if they had waited for an opportunity which did not come until life was nearly spent, to carry out their desires. Aim high, but between whiles employ yourselves in doing what you can. We often cause much trouble and bring a sad and anxious look to the face of those whom we love and come in contact with, by our rudeness and uncivil manner of plain speaking, not meant for unkindness, but because we are so absorbed in our own work and thoughts that we do not consider others as we ought. Then through thought- lessness and carelessness we often commit some incivility not intentional and continue our course unconcernedly without apologizing as we should. I think it wrong to pay children for every little thing they do in the home, or for them to expect pay for doing a kindness for those outside the family | circle. c When a child I was told to always lend a hand to every one instead-of standing around until the task was completed, I was often sent on errands for neighbors and friends of my par- ents and their kindly smile and thank you fully repaid me. Children should be taught to look for opportunities to .help others, even if they are discommoded a bit and de- tained for a few moments. The boys and girls so trained will make desira- ble citizens, for they will be courteous and obliging men and women of the future. Each effort to respond quickly and cheerfully to helpful impulses opens our eyes to other opportunities and makes us more useful. We must always keep in mind if we learn to be faithful in doing the small duties of life, we shall gain strength for the larger ones. Young people should realize that there are more beautiful lives among the quiet, unpretending, faithful work- ers, who do not consider that they are doing anything worthy of notice, than among the worldly minded, who occa- sionally do a great and good thing in its way and leave trivial duties undone. Small duties are of a great variety and of such a nature that they are often overlooked because one does not realize that cheerfulness, pleasantness, helpfulness and kindness are essentials in one's life. On Thursday afternoon I was much surprised to receive a large package by mail. On opening it I found it to be a very pretty dress. As I unfolded it, it looked familiar, and I racked my brains to think where I had seen it before. I looked and found the post- mark was from Willimantic. At once the thought came to me, why, I have the picture of that dress! and recalled to mind the fact that early last spring a sister had a new dress made pur- posely to wear to a No. 1 club meeting. The sister who wrote me about the good time used her artistic skill and drew‘me a sketch of the dress, because being made in the newest fashion it had caused many comments. 1 think it adapted, as the wearer did, for a dressed up garment, notwithstanding the other sister’s opinion of it. Will the giver accept my heartiest thanks and think of me as wearing it on dressy occasions—on Sundays, on days that The Corner sisters meef, and on holidays. 1 have now some idea of how one of the sisters has looked at the club meetings. I often look at the group of sisters that I have, and perhaps I should recognize you if I were to see you ae I did the style of the dress. Best wishes to one and all. 3 DIANA. NICE SALAD RECIPES. Dear Editor and Social Corner Si ters: The following are a few nice recipes for making salads: Mashed Potato Salad—To a quart or a little more of mashed potatoes add three tablespoons of ofl, a teaspoon each of onion juice and salt, a dagh of nutmes, one-half teaspoon of pepper, a tablespoon of pickled beets chopped fine, and a tablespoon of vinegar taken from the pickled beet jar, a tablespoon of cucumber chopped fine. Beat all to- gether until the potatoes are light. The et vinegar will color it pink. If a deeper color is wanted, add a _little more of the red vinegar. The potato should be a moist puree. If the salad is too dry after the ingredients are in, add a little soup stock. Shape into a mound without pressing it, and garnish it with slices of beets, pickle and let- tuce. 1o - Tomato and Green Pepper Cut peeled tomatoes into slices eighth 9f &n inch thick, cover them with & ck layer of chopped green 8 and a little salt, Blace ‘D-m’::?:h&. center of a dish with a. border ot crisp lad— | fil around it. Russian Salad—A Russian salad is a mixture of cold ' beef, chicken, ham, tongue, lamb and veal, Wwith mush- rooms and anthovies ail: mixed after being finely chopped. Serve with French dressing. Asparagus and Shrimp Salad—To one cup of shrimps add two cups of cold cooked asparagus tips and shake lightly together. Season with salt and pepper. Make a dressing of the yolks of three hard boiled through a sleve, and, sufficis vinegar to make the consistency of cream, using twice as much oil as vine- gar; pour this over the asparagus and shrimps. Green Peppers on Toast—You can serve this with any of these salads, compound is crisp, thin slices of toast sprinkled with green peppers _that have been chopped to the last degree of fineness and covered highly with a lit- tle mayonnaise. Chestnut Sal d—Make a slight in- cision in the uter skin of 30 large chestnuts, put in a saucepan of hot water and boil 20 minutes; drain, plunge into cold water and peel off the | skins, cut into quarters and dust with salt and pepper, peel four sour apples and ‘cut into pieces of similar.size to nuts; cut some of the dark meat off aishculd take it. cold turkey, making pleces about the same size: arrange on lettuce leaves in a salad bowl, sprinkle over them two tablespoons of chopped yellow- pickle: Pour over a dressing and serve as cold as possible. Crab and Tomato Salad—Carefully strip the skin from six large, firm to- matoes and remove the centers. Fill the hollowed tomatoes with the chop- ped, seasoned meat of six boiled crabs. Set the stuffed tomatoes on lettuce leaves and put a spoon of mayonnaise on_each tomato. Best wishes to ail. MOUNTAIN LAUREL. USEFUL HINTS. Dear Editor and Social Corner Friends: Will send a few hints that may be useful to some of the readers: How to Pickle Beef—To three gal- lons of water add eight pounds of salt, two ounces of saltpetre and one pint of molasses—same proportion for larger quantities. Pack the meat without salt, prepare the brine as above, scald it, skim it, let it ccol and cover the meat. How to Pickle Ham—Take to 100 pounds of ham, four quarts of fine salt, one-half poupd of saltpetre and one quart of molasses and mix thor- oughly; rub the hams with the mixture and pack them closely; put the remain- ing mixture upon them and let them lie ten days, then turn them and let them lie twenty days, take them up and smoke them. How to Pack Pork—Pack the pork closely together and put in plenty of rock salt, then pour on cold water to cover the meat. - How to Pickle Tongues—For each tongue, take six ounces of salt, two| ounces’ of bay salt, one ounce of salt- petre, three ounces of coarse eugar, cloves and allspice to taste: keep the tongue in the above pickle two weeks or twenty days; put sugar into the water used for basting meats of all Kinds. It gives a_good flavor to veal more especially. Place on top of fish when baking_thin slices of salt pork. It will baste the fish and the seasoning is fine. When Flavoring has been forgotten in a pudding or cake, the fault may be remedied by rubbing the desired ex- tract over the outside of the cake as soon as it is taken out of the oven. Sliced Onion fried in butter or in butter and flour and rubbed through a sieve and put into soups just before serving gives a fine flavor and good color. Try Stuffing a Beef Heart—Boll un- til tender, then stuff with well seasoned bread crumbs and bake three-quarters of an hour. FARAWAY DAME. FROZEN'S TRIP FROM COAST TO COAST. Dear Editor ,and Social Corner Sis- ters: It is a long time- since I have been with you. T shall now give an account of myself. Leaving Boston, Monday, May 1915, I arrived-at St. Johns, 9.10 p. m., boarded a sleeper, and Tuesday morning we were weil on our way through Canada, having Lake Ontario on one side and green flelds, and cat- tle grazing on the other. Our train pulled into Toronto about elght in the morning. Not being al- lowed to leave the train, we did the next best thing, just watched people and some soldiers In the depot at train_time. Leaving Toronto, we still followed the lake for miles and the view was fine. We reached Dearborn station, Chicago, at 9.10 p. m. went by busi to the Union station, took a sleeper for Seattle, Wash., by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St.'Paul route. 17, Wednesday morning_our first stop was ot Winona, Iowa. We followed the Missiesippl river for miles—it was dirty, and rough. I Tiked the looks of St. Paul and Minneapolis very much. Had to change myv watch in Chicago _for Western time. 1 was one hour behind. Dutte, Montans, is a mining town. Four thousand men work there under ground. On a nice day think it might be a pretty place; but the down pour of rain they were getting, as our train pulled in, gave it a most gloomy look. T.was much interested in tho ranches and they were nice ong are much larger than the Houses seemed to be huts, shacks, not larger than houses and others would h: tages. slick looking animals. England we wouldn't think of turning our stock into mowing land, and it looked like that to me where these western_cattle were feeding. The Yellowstone riy takén its name from its color. We followed that some ways, then the Missouri river, so muddy. I don’t see how they use the water for any purpose, :(The water of all muddy rivers in tered or put in barrels to settle with an addition of alum. “becomens as ciear as. any water but does not taste as good as New England spring wa- ter.—S, C. Editor.) - ‘At Othello I changed my watch, again stop for ten minutes which gave us chance to stretch ourselves, get freshments, pick wild. flowers, batch- elor buttons, daises, etc. Spokane, our next stop was a clean, nice city, with as excellent bridge work I ever saw. 'The river in one place 1s bottomless. They have: triéd many times but gave it up in putting 8 bridge across by the depot. Changed watch here to Pacific time. At eight in the evening of Friday e arrived at Seattle, Wash. It was all bridges until we got into the de. pot. We had an hour to wait before going on the sleeper, bo went out and had supper. 1 liked the appearance of the city very much and my intentions were 1o see more of it. The train pulled into Portland, Ore., Saturday morning about 7 o'clock a. m. Here we waited until eight thirty for a train to Salem, Ore. Every one seemed to carry roses and such beau- tiful bouguets. I didn’t know then it was “the Rcse City.” Along _our route every house had roses of all descriptions and kinds; saw one beau- tiful bush in a pig pen. 1 thought they must be pretty plenty when such 2 bush was left there; and the roses were as large as a quart dipper. At Oregon City, they were having some kind of a celebration, boys car- ving cloth baskets full of roses. When we came into Salem, it was all roses the air was full of the perfume. I man aged before the next week was out to have a iarge bouquet given me. I was just wild over them, and told the lady o qhe house, unless T could get one, I She told me I could have all I wanted of them any time. I wouldn't try to describe the beauty, and size, of some of them. We don't sec any thing like them here gn the Fast. Salem is the capitol city of Ore- Also the county seat of Marion county The S. Indian Training School is'a few miles out: also the state in- stitutions, are only a short distance from the city. Penitentiory, Tubercu- losis Hospital, Deaf Mute, [Blind, Boys' and Girls’ Reform Schools, Hos- pital for the Insane. The grounds are the finest I've ever seen, anywhere, and the flowers, and fountains make the place attractive. The buildings are all up-to-date, and in fine condi- tion. The capitol and new supreme court buildings are near the center of the city. These are fine buiidings too. City Park is between the state grounds and postoffice. I heard _the new electric fountain is the fourth in the United States. It is beautiful, playing . water constantly, and chang- ing in form and color. This is the Cherry City. They hold a cherry fair every vear. Some cherries are ~as large as plums, and there are cherry trees in most yards. The fruit is delicious, The strawberries grow very large. You have to cut them in two— they ‘are rich flavored. The convicts work on the roads, al- 50 in the flax fields. I dom't think they have been raising flax very long. This industry seemed to be something new, they were trying to make suc- cessful. Oat fields and wheat looked great. They cut three crops a year. At the insane farm, the last crops were heavier than the first. The thirty-day corn, is the only corn they can raise. Turnips are no good, but they have a Chinese radish that beats anything I ever ate. I had one that was eighteen inches long, six inches through, tender and sweet. They have a cannery and hop flelds where a good many find employment, but work only lasts for a short time. For a stranger to go there and get work, it's pretty hard, as they take old hands in preference to green ones. It is a beautiful climate in the dry season. Old settlers don’t ‘mind the rainy season, they take to it as ducks to_water. Left here September 1st, 1915, for Portland, Ore. I was much’ interested In that beautiful city, so clean, and everything about it, would give you a home feeling. . The Willamette river runs through the city, dividing it east side and west side. Grain vessels come in and load up for foreign ports. It has a nice harbor, The Spaulding building Chamber of Commerce, all the department stores, Portland Acad- emy, Washington High school, Oregon Dental College, are beautiful buildings. The armory, library, postoffice, city hall, are grand. Hotels are all up-to- date. Take it right through as a whole, Portland is O. K. There are in the city 175 churches of all denom- inations, Portland has the largest Young Men's Christian Association in the world. And the third largest Young_Woman's Christian _ Associa- tion. Five magnificent bridges span the Willamette river. Also have a large meat-packing plant. About six big lumber manufacturing plants. The rainy season started in about the middle of November. 1 got enough of rain, night and day, no let up to speak of; so decided I'd’ make tracks back East, where there was a little sun- shine once in three days, anyway. December 12th, 1915, 1 took the Limited at 7:10 ' for Spokane. Got there 7 o'clock Monday morning and it was snowing hard. Then the Great Northern thundered into the depot, and I starteq for a new route home. It was a wild ,snowy country, all that day. About four o'clock in the after- noon we commenced climbing the Rockies, and it was fine. In the eve- ning the porter called attention to the fact we were nearing Glacier National Park. What could be seen was grand. Should liked to have seen it by day- light. We left the snow somewhere in the mountaine, and Tuesday morn- ing we were on the plains of Mon- tana, no snow, cattle eating from the hay stacks. About six in the evening two of us went to step out at a station in North Dakota, and saw that a blizzard whs raging, so decided we were better looking out, than being out and look- ing in. The train was delayed over an hour. It was 80 cold they couldn’t river of the l!h.illln?l of ice, but viéw of plenty The train was three hours late in arriving in Chicago; but as our as soclates left for dif ent destinations I found my train for New _York leaving. Chicago by the Fort Wayne route, pulled into Pittsburgh, Thursday night, made good connec tions there on the Pennsylvanialine. left at 7:10 p. m. Oh, how it rained. Harrisburgh, Penn., 2:30 a. m.: Phil- adelphia 4:30 a. m.: through Trenton and Newark, N. J. to Jersey (Y:uyk and through the tunnel to New ork. Hero take the was all ice as I went to electrics across to, the Union i %; i elf i R i E&%‘ i i 3 T S Faades ‘In_Augusta, Me., there was good slelghing, but most of our way the wheels were better. It was a grand night and not cold I could see the difference in the air, as 1 neared the Pines of good old Maine. The climate here has bullt me READY'S CHEERFUL CHAT. Dear Editor and Social Corner Sis- ters:—I trust you are all feeling bet- ter then I am. I had the grip and then I had its grip. The second at- tack was much worse than the first. All 1 can say is I thought I was well, but I was very much mistaken. I hope now 1 shall soon be able to spell well with' capital letter. I went to the gathering on January 12th and enjoyed it very much.- I had & very pleasant walk and a chat with y Two Shoes, and 1 guess _that was the last walk Goody Two Shoes had. She fell the next day amd hurt herself very badly. 1 thought she wa: quite comfortable when 1 heard she was in the hospital sick with grip. C. of C.: I received card. Thanks. It traveled some before it found me: Ask Theod I will say right now if any .one wants to find me and see the wood- box, just think of something “pleas- ant” ‘add “eighty-eight” and there I am. Lucy Acorn: What has happened? Can you take the hint? How is taaten? Have vou made a yard vet? Married and Happy I lghted. . Aunt’ Mehitable: 1 mies_ thee. C. E. S.: I looked Kitty Poliyanna: Was_glad to see you just a minute and Peggy Anne. Papa’s Boy: Come to our mnext gathering and bring the little one. Interested Reader: Many thanks for very pretty calendar. I return thanks to those who sent nice cards. I will return them later. Best wishes to all. SISTER READY was de- Where art thou? for you and GRAHAM BREAD AND COARSE MEAL GRIDLES. Dear Social Corner Friends:—This is a bright but very cold day. Just the kind to stay in by the fire and have a chat with the Corner Sisters. Huldy: I hope your dear father is improving. Hope fo see you at the next meeting. Trottle: 1 have missed you very much indeed. I would like to see you trotting across the meadow coming to spend the day with me. Maine Lover: I hope the traveling will be better, so you will be able to attend the next luncheon. Blddy: 1 too, am looking forward to the picnic at Lake Wamgumbaug. Last Friday Hubby and I took a ride, drove both sides of the lake. It was too cold to think about picnics; when the beautiful month of June comes, we all will be ready to enjoy a good luncheon, a sail on the pretty lake, and listen to the songs of our Sister: 1 enjoyed the picnic at Aunty Ne 1's. The place reminded me of Pro pect Park, Brooklyn. N. Y. Married' and Happy: We were agreeably surprised to see you at last luncheon. I hope your - dear mother will be so you may attend the next meeting. Don't forget your sweater. Roxanna Wince: I wish you lived near, so we could call. I suppose we shall_have to be contented with our telephone. Peggy Anne: Yes, I did enjoy that shake down. I am looking forward to another good step with you. Here is a_recipe for Quick Graham Bread:—Sift two cups wheat flour, two cups graham flour, one teaspoon soda, cream tar- tar. ‘Salt one tablespoon lard; one- half cup sugar, one egg; use water or milk; bake slow one hour. Corn Meal Griddles:—Ten table- spoons corn meal, one teaspoon salt, one tablespoon sugar; scald and bake n griddle. This Is for three people. Greetin; MARY FRANCE. AUNT JERUSHA'S OUTING. Dear Editor, Brothers and _Sisters of Soclal Corner:—As I seemingly am growing young in my old age and get- ting in the habit of gadding, I thought I must tell the Sisters of my trip with my better half. By special in- vitation went to visit a friend, and we enjoyed the ride greatly and were met at_the place of destination. The next day we were taken to see moving pictures, our first experience, but enjoyed them. Sunday we went to the First Con- gregational church of the town and saw a pretty church, very different in style from what they used to build. The over-head was fixed in four arch- es and had electric lights . the whole length of each; and the services were carried on different from any we ever saw. One thing I will say, it was good for sleepy folks and helped them pay attention to the services. =~ We went to the evening meeting and saw Bible pictures on the canva: some- thing new to us, but very nice. Looking west from the house we could view the Berkshire Mountains, all ice and enow. -There was as nice steighing as you ever wish to have and colder by a good deal than down this side of Hartford. Aunt Jerusha, also, had her first trial at the telephone, and last of all a jitney ride, which capped the whole. Walking home from church it was but § e;-r":;‘:-r potato: : Soup—Three medium sized Potatoes, one pint milk, one teaspoon chopped onion, one-half - tablespoon flour, one teaspoon salt, one-Half ta- blespoon butfer. speck pepper, cook potatoes until done, cook onions in milk in double bofler, rub potatoes through strainer, add to bolling milk, let thicken, add 'more milk i?‘necu sary, very nice for supper on a cold night. Potato Salad—Cut. cold boiled pota- toes in small pieces, add a small piece of onion chopped very fine with a bit of sour apple,.pour. over salad dress- ing, and garnish.your dish. with slices of beet and _carrot boiled and cttiin fancy shapes, pretty to look at and very tasty. Potate Puff —Take two cups of cold mashed potato, into it six .tea- spoons of melted butter, beating all to a cream, add two well beaten eggs, and a teaspon-of cream or milk, salt to taste, beat again and brown in 2 quick oven. Potatoes au Gratin—Chop fine raw potatoes, put a iaver of potatoes in Daking dish, then add grated cheese, butter, salt and pepper, fill dish in this way, turn over milk, until pota- toes.are covered, bake.about one hour, or use boiled potatoes diced, a little boiled onion, with- grated cheese, but- ter, salt and pepper, = cover ~ with crumbs. turn over ‘a little milk and brown. Stuffed * Potatoes—Choose iarge smooth ones and bake until done, cut top off, remove inside without break- ing skin, mash, season with butter, pepper and salt, miolsten with a lit tle cream or milk, ad a well beaten egs, flll skins again and put in oven hot. Potato Croguettes—To mash potato add pepper and salt: with enough esg to make. a stiff batter, make in small balls, rol in crumbs, dip in beaten: egg, and again in crumbs, and fry in wire basket in hot fat. Lyon Potatoes—Use cold pota- toes cut in small pieces, season with salt and pepper, one spoonful of but- ter, one slice of onion cut fine, ohe 3otk s pentine B ~ H ach arepfomptly does of salte /uw it Ve lose win? [El e AUNT: RBBECCA. UNCLE PAR ¢ _‘pweri;';. g %) : [ Editor ‘o an ‘man ‘PubHehed M‘m " The e e ed'to are to- 7o may be s e St Fun G AT pibiiend in b um"wflkfl" fl:‘ war, hews ana ally output of " maa .old Dear it 1 3 ”M &odihm'xt the reports of the L &R R LY . =, L HEPRS s o g d an i to New Branadie i OF Ll ‘g?m it A et A While the special articles are cut and préserved.sith several-of the neon- talks in shops. :oThe Man~Who Talks; The Parson, ey Fagmer; The h and two of the.Shop Talks have: each -their spesial: screrp-book: deaves. 1. course, Uncle Jeds- gets an audi- ence: There is a-schoolmilding mear- * aehere .the children «who live far are brought te school ém a-public :?:mnc. These: children’ apprect- Storiesi. e . But this, old man-just now is in- teregtadhin the- Social. Corner circle. Lojalty to the department seems to what wosd in the English is.put to A more strained asses of péople love to e Word even when doing hurt. ful things. teaspoon chopped parsley, ffy &nlon in butter, then ad potatoes and pars- ley and fry. Scalloped Potatoes—Peel and cut thin, raw potatoes, butter ‘dish, put in a layer of potato, season with salt, pepper, and.a little chopped . onion, sprinkle on a little flour, continue in this way until the dish is full, pour over a cup of milk, bake three-quar- ters of an hour, or place a layer of seasoned mashed potato in e dish, then a layer of choped meat or fish well seasoned, alternate these layers until_dish is full, cover with¢crumbs and bake a.nice brown. . Old potatoes can be made white and mealy by putting a good pinch of salt and a little milk in the water they are boiled in. After turning off the water take them to an open door or window and shake the dish brisk- Iy for a minute and they will be dry and mealy. I hope some of the Sisters will try some of these dishes and find them as FIRST AIDS AND HELPFUL HINTS Dear Social Corner Friends:—It has been some time since I had a chance to chat with you 80 h batch of helpful recipes this stormy morning. > Etta Barber: I missed your name from The Corner, but whenever a par- ticularly - valuable contribution ap- peared I would think it was from your pen under a different name. Blossom: Am glad to be one to ex- tend the welcome to The Corner, al- though my own nom de plume is 2 new | one to all my friends, as they are “on” to all the different ones I have used heretofore. . That is why so many change their names I imagine after the Social Corner gatherings. We all want to keep the Sisters guessing “Who is Who?” as that is half the fun. very icy and you had to keep a sharp lookout. or you might be sitting in- stead of standing (fortunately no bones Were broken, nor others hurt). It seems funny to see the ground all bare here and think of so much snow there. . B. S.: You must have a liking for lemon dishes as well as I, my fav- orite ple is a lemon. Nancy Finnegan: -Ha! ha! . How: are you this cold : weather? Aren't you my old pal? - Johnny scake tells on you. Or is it Eagle's Mate? Am 1 right? Give me a clue in the next letter. 2 Aunt Helu';‘ How are you? Have not seen anything from your pen. J. E. T.: Guess. you would. think I oy Cekders 5y et iooke: oF Stove: but of falling on slippery walks may be overcome. From heavy felt or flannel, cut pieces large enough = to cover the ball of the foot, and attach these pieces to the sole of the rub- bers with rubber cement. Of course, the pieces will have to be renewed during the winter, but in my experi- ence not nearly so often as one might think. | wonder whether all good house- keepers know that when onions are used for flavoring soups, a deep rich color and a pleasant flavor- are ob- tained if the outside skin is left on, after being well Washed. pick up broken glass with wet al nt cotton. Even the smallest pieces will adhere to the wet cotton. It can then be destroyed by burning. s 4 Fruit stains can nearly. always be removed by pouring .boiling _water| through them. R Grass sfaing are-easily removed. by: alcohol or Tub’the stain with molasses- then wash in soap.and water.. - 7 nInk stains—Apply lemon juice and t and lay in _sun. Warm milk is also good to remove_fresh ink staips. When all other. things fail, try perox: ide of hydrogen. Pitch—Rub the spots with soft cloth wet in alcohol and they will disappear. Iike magic. lodine staine—Soap’in cold water, rug with naptha soap and pour boliling water through. X water then rub with warm soapy wa- ter. water, cut the 1 boil together two. hours. it will be fit for use. Put’ in soak the night before ‘Let's_seel There is race. lovaity, church ' loyalty, party. loyalty, colege loyalty, town loyalty, family loyalt: club_loyalty, societ’ Jdyalty, socfety, néighBiarhood ovaty and thefi this So- cla: Corner oyaty. Have we. _enough o¥alty to Cover all the demands? There Is only ore. kind of "loyalty that is geruine. The oply kind worthy of a’place in the Social Cornér.- The only- kind ‘that possesses the iciement of benefit. - 7 Just now maxy columns of cur dafly papérs are ‘demonstrating that there are peopie Wio do not understand that the good of ‘their race doés not demand prejudice and ‘hatred on their ~part ‘against’ other races; that ~the of their' political: party ‘does Tiof ge- mand consent to and acquiescence' in its wrong acts.and purposes; that-the good of _their :church - does not.-de- mand blind :devotion.. to its errors; that the good -of Any-school does not require ' either. -the feacher, board, or patron .to ‘make<a .nuisance of one's self just. because of some mental or Bhysionk icomtestyme s 8o pintiind part] and, .thus;. really defea the highes p‘ofm;ct of education; that the good.of their melghborhood dpes not demand a le of an . attempt o, defame anotber n thood; that the good of. one's family not .de- improper g t - Truth.is_the genuine lovalty. Any inatijntign that n fo live can nee sthing, better .than -the only true loy- 1. produce what.Is sood, o UNGLE PARKER. “ A LAMENTED SISTER. . . Editor. Social Corner amd Daar Sis- {orsiTTo-day. (Tuesday) our- Sister Goody, -Two: :Shaes - went homa. She and cher. siater were_taken (o St. 3 sephia-hospital last Friday, where the faihessnagew a patient for several weeks suffe - Thy-sister and father.are Hoth. seri- ously sick-and I am sure our ‘hearts 8o out to_them at this time with love andsympathy. = 2 * -Always a reader of The Corner, Goody Two Shaes was Fniich int g in its, 5 % 1 fluuu in January, ke N knows h she to me: “No e ows how et nad Tmeant " to me A _Btranger in a much, Tese ot iese Cornerites are strange land. my only friends.” After an acquaintance of years I feel Qear friend. MABRIED AND HAPPY. : Dear “Editor ‘and Cornér Sisters: he passing of “Goody Two Shoes* is rticlarly sad; ‘She-and’ her sister Were ‘taken to ‘St: Jéstph’s hospital only a few days ; “both suffering from pheumionia. . Not' being robust, she soon left us for a better world. She leaves an'aged fafier: and sister. both in thé hospital, the father having been there some weeks” - She_met with ‘us at Coventry Like (but was mot a writer "t” that ' time) and & few other 13th, 1915. ol “A{ or ‘December fnee brought ‘a box of artic ¢ fancy Blood_Stains—First ~ soak i 1a. her ‘fingers dearly loved o et tn oapy wa- | whtich wnd‘d't’udyhgc among mention this, ‘the unch® with you and to every pailful’ of water in which} you boil them, add a pound of _ g i Tncle Jed andsthe - Wide-Awake -