Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 5, 1916, Page 14

EAT RATIONALLY—DO OWN STOMACH EVERY WOMAN’S OPPORTUNITY NOT PARALYZE YOUR 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 >t each week. Write on but one side of the paper. THREE PRIZES MONTHLY: Address, SOCIAL CORNER EDITOR, Bulletin Offigé, Norwich, Conn. $2.50 to first; $1.50 to second; $1.00 to third. Award made the last Saturday in each month. —_— SOCIAL CORNER POEM. People Will Talk. {We may go through the world, but *twill be very slow, If we listen to all that is sald as we We'll Bo worried, and fretted, and kept in a stew, For meddlesome tongues must have something to do— For people will talk. If quiet and modest, 'twill then be presumed That your humble position is only as- sumed; i You're a wolf in sheep's clothing, or else you'r a fool; But don't get excited. Keep perfectly cool— 2 For people will talk. 1¢ generous and noble, they'll vent out their spleen, You'll hear some loud hints that you're selfish and mean; It upright and honest, and fair as the day, Theyl call you a rogue in a sly, sneaking way— For people will talk. Then if you show the least boldness of heart, Or a slight inclination to take your own part, s They'll call you an upstart, conceited and vain; ut keep straight ahead, don’t stop to . explain— 5 For people will talk. 1f threadbare your coat or old-fashion- ed your dress, Some one, of course, will take notice of this, And hint rather close that you can't pay your way; But don't get excited, whatever they say— For people will talk. If your dress is in fashion, don’t think to escape; For they criticize them in a far differ- ent shape. You're ahead of your means, or your bills are unpaid, But mind your own business, and keep straight ahead— For people will talk. They'll talk fine before you, but then at your back Of venom and epite there is never a How kind and polite in all that they say, But bitter as gall when you're out of the way— For people will talk. Good friends, -be advised, and do as you please, For your mind (if you have one) will nm%mu: o wn t with all you will meet el sorts of abuse, But don’t think to stop them, ’twill be of no use— For people will talk. —Sent in by JOAN. INQUIRIES AND ANSWERS. TIDY ADDLY: Letter received and forwarded to Lucy :Acorn. BNID: Card received and sent to In- terested Reader. ATTENTION has been called to the Sixth Anniversary of the Soclal Cor- mer,which falls due on Saturday, March 1ith. The Editor hopes to hear from some of the old writers on that occa- sion, when he will try to add pleasing special features. Let all the letters be short and to the point. Thanks to Tidy Addly. 3 ‘A good wish for a fellow can never be a misfit. ‘The bird was pretty and bore witness of your talent. 3 A CHAT FROM BEE. Soclal Corner Members: It has been & long time since I wrote, not because _have forgotten you, but eomehow 1 always too busy or too tired. I do enjoy reading the letters and always glad to see a letter from of the old writers. Was glad to Etta Barber back in line, aldo fe. few weeks ago, at Christmas time, received a calendar and I wondered who could have sent it, but I have read of so many sending thanks to_ Inter- ested Reader that I imagine 1 have in_that direction, The calendar is very pretty and 1 have hung it over my deskc. where my eve often rests t. 1 think the club members must have delightful times. I wish I were near enough to attend, or that there were enough members in this vicinity to start a club. It was my pleasure last summer to w a lady who said ehe lived near ay. I asked her if she knew many of thie members and she said.only two or HOW’S THIS? ‘We offer One Hundred Dolla: ward for any case of catarrh that can- be cured by Hall's Catarrh Gure. R e S cat erers for Tty years, and has become known as most reliable remedy for catarrh. s h_Cure acts through the ‘mucous surfaces, expelling ison from the blood and healing + ons. you heve taken Hall's Catarrh s for @ short time you will see a it w:';‘;fi‘ in_your general tarrh once ot ¥id of Catarrh. W froe” 4 €O, Toledo, Ohlo. e Liven Up Your Torpid Liver. - come and o ; three. I do mot think she is a member herself. 1 should like to know if a lady who lives in a village near Westerly, her husband works for a firm whose name begins with K., and whose daughter worked at a summer resort last sum- mer, is a Social Corner member. I wish all members would place tke name of their town at the end of their letters. Sunshine (of N. S, formerly): Do you still write to The Corner? I often ‘wonder how you are getting along and if vour real mame is the same. 1 hope more of the old members will write, and many new ones. BEE. Westerly. GREETINGS FROM A NEW MEM- BER. Dear Editor gnd Sisters of the Social Corner: While at work, I accidentally stumbled across a member of yuor So- cial Corner who invited me to join, and, as you see, I accepted the invita- tion. Clio: Have you got your oysters yet? Roxanna Wince: Why did I not see you on the ice the other Saturday af- ternoon? Ready: You see, I accepted your in- vitation. Jane: Do you ever eat cara- mels? I wonder if any of the Sisters have ever tried to make Oatmeal Macaroons. We like them very much, THE CANDY GIRL. (Recipe omitted. Not complete— S. C. Editor.) A USEFUL POLISH. Dear Editor and Social Cornerites: 1 have been very much interested in reading the different letters from So- cial Corner Sisters, especially Frozen's trip from coast to coast. I should liked to have been with her. Here is something that will interest any one who is the owner of an au- to. (Pollyanna has one I think.) Floor polish made of turpentine and beeswax may be used on the body of an automobile. It is more satisfactory than the average commercial polishes and certainl costs considerably less. Put beeswax in a dish and set the dish in a pan of hot water; when the wax is melted, remove it from the fire and pour in sufficient turpentine to make a soft paste when cold. Wash the body of the car thorough- Iy and dry with soft cloth; apply a thin coat of wax and turpentine; when dry polish with soft cloth. It es a finish that makes the machine look like new, and can be easily dust- ed. Laundering Chiffon Waists: Make warm suds with gopd white soap, gently dip. the waist up and down un- til the dirt is dislodged; rinse in clean water and pat as much water from it as possible; shake gently till almost dry and press with a cool iron. Best wishes. SCOTTIE. ALFARE’S CRUSTED CRANBERRY PIE. Dear Sisters of the Social Corner, if I may €0 call you. This is my first letter, but I have heard the call to ‘write, and wish to join the clan. \ Loretta: I have picked out your sample of lace and think it very pret- ty. 1f you come to Willimantic to the next meeting, bring a sample of it with you. I should like to see if I have got mine just right. I have enjoyed reading the letters from all of the Sisters every week, and have often wanted to write, buf my courage would fail me. Have any of the Sisters tried putting a little butter in the pan and letting it melt hefore they boiled milk. The milk will not stick to the bottom of the pan as quickly. One of my recipes for Cranberry Pie: One cup cranberries, three apples put through meat cutter, one cup raisins, one cup sugar and a little cinnamon; mix all together and bake with two crusts. We like them. Best wishes to you all. ALFARE, SEASONABLE RECIPES. Dear Editor and Sisters of the So- cial Corner: What a nice time we all had at the January meeting with a nice program and lots of good things to_eat. I send a few recipes some sister may like to try: Chocolate Cake—Two cups _sugar creamed with 1-2 cup of butter, 2 eggs, 3-4 cup cocoa dissolved in 1-2 cup boiling water 1-2 cup milk, 2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons Baking Powder, 1 teaspoon vanilla; bake in layers. This makes a very nice cake; put together with white frosting. Raisin Filling—One cup chopped raisins, 1-2 cup water, 1 dessert spoon of flour, 1-2 cup sugar, cook until thick cool and spread on layers. When_trying out leaf lard try this plan: Instead of cutting up the leaf lard in pieces and then being obliged to squeeze the lard out when done, put the leaf lard through the meat grinder, using the coarse knife. Fill the kettle nearly full and use very lit- tle water; put on cover, stir occasion- ally and when done there will be no moisture on the underside of cover. Pour all out into a cheesecleth, put in cotander over the jar. The scraps will drain dry and will not need to be squeezed. They are in nice shape, elther to eat or for the hens. FRANCIS. AN ANNIVERSARY INQUIRY. Dear Cornerites: Have not written for a few weeks, leaving room for old- er writers, but we do not seem to hear from them. In a few more weeks comes the sixth anniversary of the Social Cor- ner. How shall we celebrate it? Blossom: If you know where I live, th me to Valley street, Teb. 9th. I'm thinking ovu know the way. Have you not met with us? Aunt Rebecca: Be sure and col this time. T not tell if I. have guessed. Who is who? Primrose: I heard you possibly might have attended our last meeting. Hopo to see you Feb. 9th at the club mm d He both and Ready: Hope you are teeling well again. TIDY ADDLY. HOW TO SERVE OYSTERS. Dear Editor and Social Corner Sjs- ters: It is a_ long-time since I have written, but I have not forgotten you and have enjoyed the letters you have written. I wonder how many of you like oysters as well as I do for I just “love 'em”; and when properly cooked are digestible, nourishing and tasty, and especially good for convalescents. Oysters come nearer in composition to cows’ milk than do most other meats, Try the following ways of cooking them. You all know how to stew them: Pick over the oysters (a quart), bring to a boil a pint of water, then add the oysters and the juice and a good teaspoon of salt, boil five min- utes, meantime skim off the scum. Milk added is good, but do mnot boil in milk as it toughens them. Maryland Stewed Oysters—Bring a pint of water to Toil, then rub to a paste the yolks of three hard boiled esgs, a tablespoonful of flour and stir into the boiling water, also a quarter of a pound of butter, half a teaspoon of allspice, the juice of a lemon, or a teaspoonful of the extract; salt and pepper to taste. Simmer for ten min- utes, add a quart of oysters, bring to a boll and serve. Oyster Soup—To a pint of bolling water add salt and pepper to taste, a quart of oysters with juice and a few blades of mace, boil for five min- utes, then pour in a quart of milk, thickening to suit the taste with cracker crumbs. Fried Oysters—Use large oysters. Pick out bits of shell, then roll in cracker crumbs seasoned with salt and pepper. - Let them stand for half an hour, then roll in cornmeal and fry brown In deep fat. Oyster Potpie—Put a pint of oysters with their juice and a cupful of water in a saucepan and bring slowly to a simmering point; add a tablespoon of butter, and salt and pepper to_taste. When' the butter is melted thicken th a little flour and cook for six minutes with gentle stirring. Have ready rich biscuit dough, cut in small squares and drop in the broth; boil till done, or put the biscit crust over all, but make a slit so the steam can escape, and bake in the $ven until the crust is brown. Scalloped Oysters—One quart of chopped oysters, rat coarse, one quart of cracker crumbs, one cup of melted butter, one and one-half pints of milk, salt and pepper to taste, stir all the ingredients together, put them in a buttered baking dish and bake to 30 minutes. Oyster Fritters—Drain a pint_ of oysters and bring the liquid to a boil. Skim and to a cup (f there is not enough liquid add cold water to make a cup), one cup of milk two beaten eges, salt and pepper and flour enough to make a Stiff batter. Take z spoon- ful of the batter with one oyster and drop into_ boiling fat. Fry a good brown and_drain, Frozen: We enjoyed your letter very much, the description’ of your jour- ney was good and I certainly think you deserved the prize. Ready: I hope to meet you some time, have heard so much about you. Loretta: You still have me guessing. Are your initials M. K.? I will try your crochet edging. Kitty: Why don’t you write? Has your ink frozen up? T will close with best wishes to all. H K FROM AUNT ME- HITABLE. GREETINGS Dear Cornerites: Although 1 have not written for some time. I've always found time to sit in The Corner and read the letters and, in amigantion look into the friendly, cheerful faces of the writers. I want to ®hank all who so kindly sent me cards at Christmas. They have been much appreciated and, en- joyed. The calendar from Interested Reader also is giving me great pleasure. It is so pretty and of very convenient size. Possibly this exceedingly tardy acknowledgment may be better than none at all. During the holidays there was sick- ness in the family and since that time I have been trying to pick up a num- ber of “dropped stitches.” Several recent letters have contain- ed very nice messages for me. 1 par- ticularly remember that Theoda and Tidy Addly urged me to attend the January picnic at our happy hunting grounds on Valley street, and that Tidy Addly, bless her dear heart, sent a speclal message to your Uncle Zol- vale. 1 herewith return thanks for these invitations, and so would your Uncle Zolvale only that, at present, he is an absent member of the fam- ily. Owing to circumstances that were beyond my_control, I was unable to attend the January picnic but am hop- ing to be at the next one. Polly Peppermint: Yes, I still am in T,120d with every indication of being a fixture for the present at least. sorry you could not catch me that day. We all have missed you from our gatherings. Do try to come in February. Etta Barber, my dear, I, too, have missed you from The Corner and won- der at my negligence in not speaking of it. But it seems to me that you are mistaken in thinking that no one in- quired for you. I remember quite dis- tinctly, at least one letter that con- tained inquiries for you. Will you not improve this shining opportunity to “heap coals of fire” on our heads by writing often? Your letters always contain helpful suggestions. My sentiments in regard to giving are much the same as those expressed by Aunty No. 1 and another sister. It is such a pleasure to give and often hard to accept gifts when we feel that We cannot return them in the same kind and measure. But let us remem- ber that always the spirit in which it is given out values the gift. And since we so enjoy giving should we not be willing to allow others that pleasure? It seems to me that many people make the mistake of trying to remem- ber too many people at Christmas. A woman who, because of this remark, seems one of the wisest of my ac- quaintances, said: “I never make presents at Christmas time. I cannot crowd it all into the last two or three weeks before Christ- mas. I glve through the year, when- ever T feel like it” 1 think she meant she did not give at Christmas time outside her imme- diate family. I do not want to make my list quite so short, but do aim to remember only relatives and intimate friends. The shorter one's list the less danger of getting into that “Christmas rush.” Others are remembered on Faster, on birthdays or at any time when the “spirit moves” me, or I chance to know of a wish or need which it is in my power to gratify or supply. It is great fun to give or receive at un- expected times. Jennie: Your motto is fine and as appropriate to any other part of the house as it is to the pantry. The following motto found in some book often has helped me: “What gets crowded out day - by day is the test of our lives” ‘When ‘time and energy seemi made greater for all the things we are com- el e o o we t is to be able o distinguish between the essential and the non-essential and between those of temporary value and those whose worth is great and last- ing. "&an some sister send in recipes for using ¥rench chestnuts? With kind regards to all the Cor- ner family. AUNT MBEHITABLE. TWELVE DINNER MENUS. Dear Editor and Social Corner Sis- ters: I am sending twelve dinner menus made from ealt pork, potatoes, onions and biackberries, just to show what can be done by way of variety: ‘Was glad to see Lucy Acorn in last Saturday’s paper. Bakes potatoes, fried salt pork with gravy, friend onions, white bread, blackberry ple. Potatoes (boiled with skins on), salt pork fritters, creamed onions, graham bread, blackberry flummery. Vegetable soup of potatoes, onions and salt pork (all chopped), blackberry dumplings, crouton: Fried potatoes and onions, boiled salt pot% corn bread, blackberry steamed pudding. Boiled salt pork, with potatoes and onions cooked whole with it, graham gems, blackberry shortcake. Shepherd’s Pie (potatoes, onions and salt pork cut into cubes, bolled gravy thickened, crust on top), cornstarch pudding with blackberry sauce. Hash (cold boiled pork, potatoes and onlons chopped, seasoned and baked), toast, blackberry cobbler. Escalloped potatoes, salt pork sliced, buttered onions, white muffins, black- berry jelly. Creamed potatoes, salt pork cro- quettes, raw sliced onions, steamed corn bread, blackberry fritters. Potato salad with onions, cold sliced salt pork with catsup, baking powder biscuits, blackberry bread pudding. Potatoes roasted in oven with slices i of salt pork over them, stuffed onions, cornmeal biscuits, blackberry sauce. Parsley Potatoes, salt pork freshened in milk and fried like pork chops, steamed onions, johnny cake, black- berry cottage pudding. Best wishes to one and all. DAISY OF CANTERBURY. GOOD TESTED RECIPES. Dear Social Corner Editor and Sis- ters: I was very much disappointed not to be with the Sisters at the last meet- ing and will try to be there next time. I know they had a good time. I do like the letters The Corner Sis- ters and Brothers write every week, they are so helpfl in many ways. I try quite a few of the recipes and have very good luck with them. T keep on sending a few of my recipes and hope someone will try some of them. I think they will find them all right. Raisin Bread—Make a sponge of one quart milk boiled and cooled (water will answer, but.use more lard), a ta- blespoon of lard added to the warmed milk; when cool, stir in two well beat- en eggs, three cups sugar, a yeast cake, and flour to make a soft batter; let rise until night, then add a tablespoon of salt, and ‘a’ package of seedless raisins. In the morning mould into four loaves, sprinkle with cinnamon and bake in moderate oven. Currant Loaf—Tablespoon of butter, cup sugar, one esg, a little more than half cup milk, one and one-half cups flour, teaspoon of baking powder; when well mixed, add three-fourths of cup of currants, lightly dusted with flour; bake in one loaf. Roxanna Wince: I tried your nut bread and had splendid luck. Dewdrop: Why don’t you send in your recipe for ginger cookies? You need not be ashamed of them. They are fine. Hope the Sisters and Editor have escaped the grip. There have been a good many who have had a tussle with t. MEXICAN PRIMROSE. Dear Editor and Cornerites: We are having nice winter weather. Hope are some nice raisin, recipes I hope you will try: 3 Raisin Chutney Sauce: Scald and peel twenty-four ripe tomatoes; re- move the seeds from four green pep- pers and cut out the pulp; cut four onfons fine; shred an ounce of dried ginger. Mix and add four tablespoons each of sugar and salt, three cups of vinegar, and one half pound of raisins; boil slowly three hours and put away in wide mouthed bottles. Raisin Fruit Cheese: . One pound each of raisins, figs, dates, currants, blanched almonds, and two pounds walnuts; grind fine and mix well and compress tightly, and let stand for two or three days; then cut into squares and roll in powdered sugar. Raisin Salad: One cup celery cut in pleces, one half cup walnuts cut in pieces, one half cup chopped raisins. combine and serve on lettuce leaves with cream or mayonnaise dressing. Raisin and Fruit Salad: Chop fine one cup of apples, one cup celery, one banarna, eight English walnuts, one balf cup raisins, and cream salad. Servc on lettuce leaves. Raisin and Cranberry Pie: One cup raisins, two cups cranberries, two cups sugar; put all together and chop fine, then add one cup water, a little salt, a teaspoon of vanilla and bake in a shallow tin with two erusts. Raisin and Cocoanut Pudding: Put one half pound dessicated coacoanut into a pudding dish; break in pleces six small sponge cakes; over these pour one quart boiling milk, with one tablespoon of butter melted 'in it; add four tablespoons sugar. Let It stand an hour covered close; mix one pound of raisins with four well beaten eggs, and bake in a slow oven. This is delicious either hot or cold. Cracker and Raisin Pudding: One quart of milk scalded, one and one half cups rolled crackers, one half cup molasses, one third cup melted but- ter, one ‘cup sugar, one and one half cups raisins, half ‘a nutmeg, grated, one teaspoon cinnamon, and one-half teaspoon of cloves; four eggs; scald the milk and pour over the crackers, then let 1t cool; add the beaten eggs, etc. Parboll the raisins and add to the mixture; turn into buttered mold and place in & pan of water and bake slowly two kLours. Cough Medicine: Three ta- blespoons whole flax seed and one pint raisins; chop the raisins and put them into the flax seed; add three pints of water and cook down to a quart; squeeze the juice of a large lemon in the same and sweeten to This is an excellent cough one cup of brown sugar fo & cream with three-fourths cup of (half butter,. half lard); add two well beaten, one half teaspoon one-half cup hot water in which has been aissolved one-half sratus; thin add tm two cups oat-mean, raisins chopped, one half t and drop on floured bottoms of inverst- salf ed pans. Raisin lce Cream: There is° no finer fruit ice than finely chopped raisins added to ice cream of any flavor. 3 i Raisin Puffs: Two eggs, one-half cup butter, three teaspoons baking powder, two cups flour, one cup milk and one cup raisins, chopped find steam one-half hour in small cups an serve with lemon sauce. Raisin Bread Pudding: Make cus- tard of one quart milk, three cggs and four tablespoons sugar; add bread in small pieces and one cup raisins; flavor with vanilla and nutmeg and bake. Raisin Pudding: . One-balf cup boiled rice, one pint milk, two eggs, beaten light, three tablespoons sugar, one cup raisins, one-half teaspoon salt, one-half in dish and grate nutmeg over t bake until brown. BONNIE BRIAR. DESSERTS THAT TEMPT THE SICK. Dear Editor and Social Corner Sis- ters: Here are a few winter desserts that may temp the sick, "especially at this time of the. year: Conrecticut Apple paste as usual. Make puff ‘ut apples in irregu- lar pleces, not trying to keep them even in size@as shaped all alike and of equal size tends to make the fruit settle together closely. After cover- ing_plate with bottom crust fill plate with cut apples, but do not sweeten or add flavoring. Put on top crust, but do not fasten down very firmly on edges. Bake until of a nice even color. Remove pie from oven, take off top crust carefully without breaking and put in_the sweetening, one-half cup of sugar, a little bit of butter, cin- namon or grated lemon peel to taste. Put on top crust again and serve. Sunshine Orange: Soak an orange in hot water for half an hour, or so, until it’is heated to the core. The skin will loosen and come off like a glove, and the pulp will be sweet with the sweetness that come: not from svgar, but the sun. - Snow Eggs: To whites five eggs add pinch salt, and whip tosvery stiff froth; graduaily add ome tablespoon powdered sugar and ~ few drops flavoring. _Scald one quart milk in large pan. Shape whites in tablespoon, drop a few at a time in hot milk. Turn until cooked. Lift out with skimmer; lay on zlass dish. When all cooked make custard with egg yolks, milk, and three tablespoons sugar, and serve with cggs. Prune Puffs: Whip the whites of three or four eggs to a stiff froth, add slowly" one-fourth cup powdered sugar, beating al the time. Add one cup cooked prunes, stoned, chopped and beaten until very light. Put into pudding dish- and bake about minutes. Serve with soft custard made from yolks of eggs. Other soft fruits may be used in the same way and the puffs may be served hot with- out sauce or with whipped cream. Cornstarch Custard: Scald one quart milk. Dissolve two level teaspoons cornstarch in little cold milk. Turn quickly into hot milk; stir till thicken- ed, then cover and cook ten minutes. Beat two eggs with three tablespoons sugar, add to custard, stir a moment ten longer, strain. Add flavoring when partly cooled. Apples a la Portuga Eight cook- ing apples, one-half pint of water, six ounces of sugar, a little apple marma- lade and preserved cherries. Cream Puffs One cup flour, one- fourth teaspoon salt, one cup boiling water, one-half cup butter, four eggs. Add the salt and butter to the water. When boiling add the flour, all at once, stirring constantly until the mix- ture leaves the side of the pan; re- move from the fire and add the un- beaten eggs, one at a time, beating continually. Drop by spoonfuls onto a buttered pan, about two inches apart. Bake in a moderate oven for twenty- five minutes. When cool, with a sharp xnife make a cut in the side or top and with a pastry tube and fill with cream filling. Best wishes to all. + MOUNTAIN LAUREL. A CHAT FROM RURAL DELIVERY. Dear Editor and Social Corner Friends:—It is twenty-five years since the terrible disease La Grippe has taken such a deadly hold of the people in this part of the country and many dear friends have been laid away and hundreds are on the sick bed. Tet us hope no member of the Social Corner will be called to the other shore. By accident many inventions and secrets have been found out. It was by accident I have found out for sure who Keziah Doolittle and _Gadabout are, and where they live. No guess work this time. “Frozen’s Trip from Coast to Coast” was fine. It would have been nice if she could have visited Potlatch while in Seattle. I am very much interested ip the news of the day which we are sire to get in The Bulletin, but after all, when ‘Saturday’s paper comes 1 do have to turn first to the Social Cor- ner page. RURAL DELIVERY. Steriing. HOW TO CAN FRESH MEAT. Dear Editor and Cornerites:—I am Wwith you once more. I want to thank Interested Reader for calender. It is very pretty. ‘Brown Bee: Glad to see you in The ‘Corner again. How is the Doctor and the Boy? Come often. Tell us about the Island house. Dom Pedro: How are you? you were sick; am sorry for you. Hope you will be able to come to the March meeting in Willimantic. ‘Was surprised to see the death of our Social Corner Sister Goody Two Shoes. The father and sister have our sympathy. We shall miss her. Dorothy Perking No. 2.: Didn't you take a short ride with me one day, and open the big gate for me when the road was in bad shape? Where are the bracelets? Aunt Abble: How are you. I miss you from The Corner. I also miss many others. Are you sick, or have you changed names? Heard Two cups raisina, one-half teaspoon cinnamon, one-half 'teaspoon butter. one-half cup sugar, one table- spoon flour and pinch salt cover raisins with boiling water; add cin- namon and cook twenty minutes; mix sugar, salt and flour, and sprinikie one-half on lower crust; add raisins and sprinkle with other one-half of sugar, etc.; add few dots of butter and upper crust ana bake. i Layer Cake: Cream three- cup butter with two cups sugar; add yolks of four eggs well beaten: mix three cups flour, two and one-half teaspoons of baking powder; add, this alternately with one cup of milk and one teaspoon lemon extract; bake in four cake pans; put to- gether with cream made of the Jennie: Do you have an auto? Hettie Marie: Where are you? It is nearly a year since we heard from you. How many of the Sisters can meat at butchering time? We often have more fresh than we care for. I can it and find it very handy when company Comes unexpected; also at many other imes. thClvm.d .0:'].?_"-1? :lr Veal — Cut e raw meat in small pieces, sprinkle lightly with salt, pack into glass jars, press down, il the jar to the neck, put on rubbers and and the clamp over cover; but don't fasten down; place in kettle of cold water and bring to boil; boil three hours; put the clamp down about an be- done set kettle on of un- factory th or quality of loam “Fhe garden 1s the product of natural forces just as much as weeds are the product of the garden. Nature wrought mightyly tbrough thousands of years to produce the spot of earth you call your garden: and the grass that grows there was there before .other living things; and the toad which is such & help in the destruction of insects was there millions of years before man was capable of making a garden for. himself. It is more of a curiosity than the pyramids of Egypt which the cultured and the wealthy travel eo many thousands miles to see. Your little garden is a leaf in the book of nature and no one can con- ceive of the tales it contains, the record of mixtures and catastrophes it might reveal. It is as deep as the soil and who can tell how deep that is. The earth, like the trees, auto- matically keeps its own record. 1t was John Muir who looked at the record of a tree In Alaska, and he found within it this: ‘T grew 175 years a while Since I've written to The C time, will give 2 results and less labor any other method. ‘Best wishes to ail. JENNIE. HAVE YOU WIPED OFF THE © SLATE? Dear Bditor and Sisters:—Ite’ quite - ner, but the infirmities of age have prevented me. First of all I want to thank the sis- ters who said my letters were helpful -—that is what I want them .to be. - With the beginning of the new year how many have cleaned up. their slate of. the old year? Wipe off all the an- imosities, the fears and tbe. troubles, the worries and the grudges. Every- thing that isn't good. Keep the giad memories if you will, but it not wise to dwell on them too much. Let all the old things g0. No matter though you feel your grievance against your neighbor is a righteous one, let it g Give him a' glad “good morning” next time you meet to prove you have cleaned up the old record. Go out of your way to do alittle bit of kind- ness, of to show some courtesy to any- one ‘'who you think has not used you quite fairly. You will never regret it Don't be afraid of giving in—simply be yourself what you want others to be. My dear Neiala: What kind of morals would you expect to fing in a in the shade.” dirty house? ‘Think Bo Peep is right. A party of workmen sinking an ar- tesian well in a garden of the west struck at a depth of 1,700 feet a bed of fossilized oysters, and at 1,900 feet the drill passed through the trunk of a red cedar tree. That garden varied in its layers. Its surface indications were deep. Your garden was begun as sand and water ages before Adam was in the There must be cleanness or there never ‘will be*good morals. Will you let an old lady talk plain to you young writ- ers. Don't criticize each other, and try to see what disagreeable things you can say to each other, that is not the way to be helpful. If Bo Peep takes such pride in her home. I am sure we can all follow her example without telling her she has more nasty tricks than anyone else. I like to know a garden of Eden. JOSEPH DOE. A LITTLE ADVICE WANTED. Dear Social Corner Friends:—Thank vou Peggy Anne many times for your kind welcome. I have moved to a dif- ferent part of town. I was =o busy before T moved that I couldn’t get time to write. 1 will be in this house one week tomorrow, Wednesday). 1 wish I could guess who you are. Aunt Jerusha: Ho! Ho! I like cold weather Dbetter than this muggy weather we're having samples of late- ly. 1 wish I could guess who you might be. I am afraid you have mis- taken me for someone else. I thank you for your kind thought, even though it may not be meant for me. Balsam Fir: Thanks for the indi- gestion remedy. I live about six miles from a drug store, but the first chance I get I am going to try your remedy. If any of the Sisters are from Willi- mantic will they please give me a clue. 1 would like to get advice about to- mato and cabbage plants. How to safeguard them from bugs and worms. Goodbye for this time. NANCY FINNEGAN. NOTED WITH SORROW. Dear Editor and Members of the cial Corner Family:—It is with sorrow that we note the passing of one of the members of The Social Corner Sister- hood, and we would extend our sym- pathy to the bereaved. Hope all the sick ones will soon be well. Interested Reader: Probably I am the last to say thank you for the pretty Poinsettia calendar received at Christmas time, but not the least grateful I assure you. This was a sad Christmas for me, and the efforts of friends to please was much appreci- ated. With best wishes to all from FAYE VERNA. Norwich. DOES IT PAY TO BE HONEST? Dear Social Corner Editor:—Please may I have space in The Corner to quote the following in answer to the question, which I think was, “Does it pay to be honest?” ¢ A minister had been preaching upon the subject: “Goodness is always ‘worth while”. “Tell me this”, said an old man, “What would you do, what would you say if next time you stand in the pul- pit_there should come to you and to your congregation the absolute knowl- edge that all your hopes and beliefs about heaven are wrong: that this world is all that you have ever known and all you are ever to know? ~What would you say to your people?” “What would I say,” repeated the minister. “I might be too much dis- appointed and grieved to speak at all, for I believe in immortality, and the faith grows more dear and more sure. But 1 think I know what I should say if such sudden knowledge came to me and my congregation. 1 should sav, “Brethen, there will be service here as usual next Sunday morning, and this will be my text: ‘Godliness is profit- able * * ‘unto the life that now is.” Married_and Happy, Theoda and others: Your reward is sure for the kindly deeds at the time of the pass- ing_of “Goody Two Shoes”. Sincerely, ' C. SAW. DOMESTIC HELPS. Dear Sisters of the Social Corner:— As one month has just gone by, of the new year, we are prone to feel the spring s not far off, and with that season so close at hand there comes also the thought of many plans of work and changes, we would like to accomplish. " ‘As there are many preliminaries, be- fore the actual spring house-cleaning is begun, we are apt to question our- selves, as we look the various articles person who takes pride in their home, if we keep the home pure then the community will be pure, and home can never be what it should be unless it is clean; and the children that go out of such ‘a home will be clean and pure. Let us wipe our slate now if we haven’t before and fill it with the good and the true. Your Social Corner Sister, MOTHER HUBBARD. TO RAISE MARCH CHICKENS. Dear Social Corner Members:—The season is here for those having poul- try to make plans for the little chicks. I have learned that chicks can be suc- cessfully raised with hens during the winter months, but prefer March, then they will be so large that they can- not go through the fence to help cul- tivate the garden. If there is not a shed to shelter the cogps, they can be made rain proof. A Ory-goods box three feet wide and long ‘and two feet high is the open. Place it in a sunny location protected from north winds if convenient, and put bricks, or something under to raise it above the ground. If there are cracks paste paper over them on the outside and a hook over- head in the center to suspend a lan- tern from. For the front half of 2 common sized window with a_small door completes the coop. Place the drinking fountain in a small box laid on its side to pre- vent the hen from tipping it over. If not a new lantern boil the burner and put in a new wick: two jills of oil will last nearly twenty-four hours when the weather is mild and a small flame is used. 1nough heat must be kept to keep them from getting chilled when not being brooded. When the sun shines in the lanterns can be re- moved and replaced when it leaves the coop. A small yard covered on top and sides with boards or old tin ex- cept the front which has chicken wire to protect from cats,. and hay to scratch in for grain will furnish the playground. When chicks are a week old move the sash enough so they will learn to run in and out when pleasant, when older let the hen out with them. She will not mind the cold and would remain out and chill them if left to herself and that would be the end of ber family, and the early chicks. Of course it is close work and care the first month which is the foundation of a healthy flock of chickens. Have given what can be done at little ex- pense. Improvements can be made. ‘We shall miss Goody Two Shoes from our circle. Laura: Wil write you later as my letter is getting long. Much sympathy for those in afflic- tion ang greetings to all. BLANCHE. MENDED WITH SURGEON’S PLAS- TER. Dear Cornerites:—I hope you are all feeling better and that Mr. Grippe has packed his dresssuit case and departed for a place’ unknowns We certainly are having some damp weather and plenty of mud. Was sorry to read of Goody Two Shoes’ death. Hope her father and sister are better. They have my sym- pathy in the loss of their dear one. Frozen: The description of your trip was very interesting. J. E. T.. Have you found your po- tato smasher yet? Tiny was glad to get a glimpse of you the other day. Out in front of the house the tulips are peeking out of the ground, the Columbine has nice large leaves and it makes you think of spring. I have used surgeon plaster for smashed fingers and heads. Toy el- ephant trunks, dols, boxes, mending the backs of books and broken plant of clothing, bedding, odd pleces of car- pet etc., and we say quite freely “What shall 1 do with this?” Many things that seem too good to be entirely dis- carded. Take for instance, bed sheets wken they begin to wear so thin in the center, that they tear easily, it's no use to mend them, just the outer edges are worth further service. T have found a good plan to take the best loose on the gfllo'q.rlnd avold strain when put on In c!.\fi-lnl’lllp' from oid sheets, i !E:i b g i ! 4 f d il it PAIN GONE! RUB SORE, RHEUMATIC AGHING JOINTS TRIAL BOTTLE OF OLD, PEN- ETRATING “ST. JACOP'S _than stalks Swede slippers. th on the side,:and BULLET! but the. iatest e a palr of an awful tear ‘telescope in a NEB BEN. IN'S ‘PATTERN SERVICE 1812 GowN FOR THE MATRON. A CHARMING A aistinctive dress is given in this design. It is especially attractive for the lovely combinations of material now in vogue. In_ blue serge with chemisette of tan faille. and 'vest of Oriental embroldery, this style 'will be smart. It is mice aiso for black satin relieved witn white. Broadeloth. voile, velour, mixed and plaid_suiticgs mas be used, likewise linen and other wash fabrics. { The pattern is cut in six sizes: 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 inches, bust meas” ure. Tt requires 5 7-8 vards of W4-inch material for a 36-inch size. The skirt measures aboug 3 yards at the lower edge. \ S pattern of this illustration matied to’ any address on receipt of:10 cents in_silver or stamps. { Order through The Bulletin Company, Pattern Dept., Norwlch. Conn. RUB PAIN AWAY WITH A SMALL| 1596 A SIMPLE, PRAURICAL STYLE. } Ladies’ House or Morning Dress. In linem: khakl, gingham, seersurker or percale this style will be most ser- viceable. 1t is made sith overlapping fronts, and round - neck outline, and has a’ four-gore skirt cut in_comfort- able fullness. The sleeve in _ wrist length is finished with a band cufr. In short length a neat turnback cuff forms a suitable trimming. The model could also_be developed in serge, flannel or flannelette, and is nice, too, Tor lawn. The pattern is cut In six sizes: 3 36, 33, 40, 42 and 44 inches, bust meas- ure.” Tt requires 6 3-8 yards of 35-inch material for a 36-inch size. The skirt measures about 3 yards at the lower edge. A pattern of this illustration mailed to any address on receipt of 10 cents In silver or stamps. Order through The Bulletin Company, Pattern Dept., Norwich, Conn, CATALOGUE NOTICE. Send 10 cents in silver or stamps for our up-to-date 1916 Spring and Summer Catalogue, containing over 400 designs of Ladles’, Misses' and Children’'s Pat- terns, as well as the latest embroldery designs, also a Concise and Comprehen- sive Article on Dressmaking, giving valuable hints to the home dressmaker. ad TR A v The duchess of Marlborough was the only woman speaker at the S meeting recently held in London to inaugurate a national campaign' to promote the welfare of motherhpod and infancy. ol ¥