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(Continued from Page Fourtesn) but succeeded in getting snother nurse to Al her place. The d1d mot {he new nurse and the ohe who had been an atten: the Zomily hag her doom sealed: The plain truth is the unex) e oemiialiy b Sonsidered. shiet of % cons! the vlrtu;,"’h\n it 1s well to know it the way Is clear £ u he clear for a guest. . RULES FOR HOUSEHOLD ECON- OoMmY. Dear Soctal Corner Sisters:—As gour Social Comer has helpe 4 me in many ways , w o re: L One of the problems confronting the average housekeeper is that of adapt- ing the housekeeping expenses to the family income. Each must settle the question for herself as the same con- itions do not exist in any two house- holds. However, five general rules applicable to all housekeepers Wil help. Never buy what you can't afford. To attempt to regulate your hosehold by someone else's standard is folly. Divide your income, specifying cer- tain amounts for food, clothing and pleasure, not forgetting the emergency fund for doctor's fees, etc. Set aside something - toward a rainy day fund each month. Keep account of all expenses. Have a day account and at the end of each week balance 1t up in the regular ac- count. This serves as a reference, en- abling one to profit by past mistakes. Do not economize on f0od at the ex- pense of health. However, nine women out of ten might serve less ex- pensive food and at the same time more nutritious meals by studying their menus, seeing that they are well- balanced and contain the proper amounts of protein, fat, carbohydrates, ete. Be foresighted. Keep a list of “needs” watch the advertisements and take advantage of sales on needed ar- ticles. To buy summer goods in late winter and winter goods in the spring is in many cases, good policy. Best wishes to all. GRANDMA NO. 2. NOT A FICTION. Dear Social Corner Sisters:—The §th anniversary of the Social Corner brings many pleasant memories of the past. Are we mindful and thankful enough for the forethought, and care on the Editor's part for his increasing family of writers, who he keeps in pleasant social relations. May the Social Corner exist for many genera- tions to come. Married and Happy, organizer and promoter of ciubs, may you dance around in honor of this anniversary and may the pretty white slipper be Kept from flying on the table. Ha! Ha! Theoda: I am a shut-in and cannot come. Shall don a better suit and ‘wear the nice emblem you sent me on the $th. If thoughts could take wings ana fiy I would visit you ail. Nedra: Received vour tard. Thanks You wonder if I am a real Great Grandma. I answer by saying I am &4 years young and have eight grand- children and_six great-grandchildren to love and have room for them in my heart. Loving kindness to each member of the Social Corner, and many others. Lovingly, GREAT GRANDMA. AN IDEAL HOME—HOW TO MAKE 1T, The ideal home need not necessarily be a costly one. The basic corner- stone is the union of two people with hearts so full of true love they are willing to bear and forebear with a sincere desire to make each other happy as long as life lasts. They seek above all things the blessings of God upon their union, that their home may have for its ruling infiluence unselfish- ness and reverence for all that is holy and uplifting to its inmates, If they are blessed with boys and girls they are so thankful that they earnestly seek wisdom from God that they may wisely lead them in the right way, so they may early love the Saviour and be truthful and loyal to all_that is good and honorable. . Children are close observers and read people as an open book. Woe to that parent who thinks he can teach hig children to be honest and truth- ful by precept, if his daily example is not so. They are great imitators and will follow Cclosely where they have perfect trust. Tt is a sad thing to destroy the con- fidence of a child. In the ideal home the father and mother while maintaining their pa- ternal dignity are eo chummy with their children that the children con- fide in_them and are thus saved from much danger. Every mother should ever be her daughter's dearest chum and counsellor. AUNT MARY. HOW TO MAKE .BAKER'S POUND CAKE. Dear Editor: Will you let a new member enter The Social Corner cir- cle. T am waiting for Candy Girl to send in the recipe she mentioned in her first letter. Try wiping up the stove zinc with cloth moistened with kerosene to brighten it To take out blood stains from cloth when you prick your finger when sew- ing, use starch moistened with cold water and allow to remain until dry, and Erush off. 1t flannel is hung on the line with- out wringing, the nap will not mat to- gether. Buy beef suet and try out to fry doughnuts_in and fritfers, they wiil not soak fat or burn as readily. The remainder makes fine meat scraps for chickens. Baker's Pound Cake: Two cups of sugar, one cup milk, three cups flour, one cup butter, scant two teaspoons lemon, two teaspoons baking powder, three eggs. _ This keeps moist and better after the first day. Chacolate Sauce For Cottage Pud- ding: Almost everybody knows how to make cottage pudding, but they do not know how to make the South- ern Chocolate Sauce. Here are the di- rections Three tablespoons sugar, three ta- blespoons milk, one tablespoon butter one-half cup hot water, two squares chogolate, one-fourth teaspoon nut- meg. pinch of salt; when bofling stir ing two teaspoons ‘corn starch stirred up with a little milk. Best greetings to all. B.E E [ A FEW USEFUL HINTS FOR SICK- NORWICH BULLETIN, SA MARCH 11, 1916 SOCIAL CORNER a sick person comfortable in a warm or qulet room, or a resting place for the nurse; and in these days of up- stairs bedrooms save many steps when mother must act as nurse. Plain, half worn garments are most comfortable in sickness and a short kimona and a worn woolen blanket or shawl are among the needed comforts. Every mother nurse needs a warm kimona or loose wrapper to slip on quickly and a palr of soft, warm shoes. Many children (and some older peo- ple), have died becauses of sudden ill- ness in the night when a hot drink, or applications were needed. It Is not muct extra expense to_keepa little warm fire and kindlings to make quick heat it needed, and a few simple rem- edies for croup, cramps, etc., are worth more at the time than several doctors after it is “too_late.” i NANNIE HAWKINS. LOOKS BACK WITH PJEASANT MEMORIES. Social Corner Editor. ana Dear Friends: As we pass the sixth mile- stone, T should like to remember vou, algo, should like to be remembered. 1 'wish to thank Interested Reader for the pretty calender. 1t is with pleasant memoriies, indeed that we look back over the past six vears. This department of The Bulletin means a great deal for each of us. The spirit_of good cheer and of helpful- ness for one another. the kind words spoken, the good that has been done. Let us aspire to humble but high ser- vice, 1if it is but a cup of water in His name. JIAL Yantic. A LITTLE TALK. Dear Sisters: 1 enjoy reading the letters in The Social Corner very much. T am always in a hurry for Saturday to scme so that I may read them. I hope all the Social Corner ters are all well. T hope the Sisters are all enjoving themselves. You may meet me some- time in your travels. Here is a very good way to make brown. bread. Brown Bread: Two cups meal, one- half cup flour, one-half cup sugar, one- half teaspoon salt, one teaspoon soda, and two cups sweet milk. This will make one good sized loaf. 1 hope some of The Social Corner Sisters will try this. STILL Sis- WATERS. SAMANTHA’S LEMON PIE. Dear Editor and Sisters: T don't ex- pect 1 shall be able to attend the sixth anniversary party, so 1 just thought I'd send a few words to ap- pear on the Annivers\y page. Josiah and I air ploddin’ along thig airthly way at about the same gait as usual, exceptin’ a few times when one of these February gales has got ‘behind us and obleeged us to travel a leetle faster. I jest want to say that in waterin® house plants, use a long necked bot- tle, it is so much handier than the tunnel arrangement some one sug- gested. 5 It an invalid objects to white of an egg in milk, because the egg don't mix easily, try squeeging the egg through cheese cloth, and it will blend with the milk so vou'd mever know it was there. 1 want to 2dd one more ple to Hul- dy's list: Lemon Pie: Two lemons bolled un- til the skin is tender; cut open and remove seeds, then run the peels, with one cup of raisins through the meat grinder (using a rather fine cutter). two eggs, two heaping tablespoons of flour. two cups sugar and four cups water. Three large, or four small pies. Best wishes to all. SAMANTHA. A YEAR OF MUCH PLEASURE. Dear Social Corner Writers: An- other Social Corner Anniversary is at hand. It has been a vear of much pleasure as wel as profit in thous- ands of homes as The Corner page has been read by the old. the middle aged and the voung. It would be hard to find a paper or magazine that would bring more, comfort to the household thar The Bulletin with The Corner page. Six vears ago a little band of writ- ers entered to make The Social Corner a success and now a fine corps of writers are registered on the Editors book. The Editor has shown much patience with the fast growing family. While mary new writers have come in, who are always welcome, some of the old writers have been called home, and they will be greatly missed. Tt is well to remember the Editor cannot make The Social Corner a suc- cess alone. _ It is all in the hands of the writers to furnish letters st in- terest to make The Corner page bet- ter from year to vear. The Social Corner has heen much Dleasure to me the past vear, and T have met many of the writers at the picnics: alsA received letters and cards from many I hope to meet in the future. As long as time lasts The Corner page will be a most welcome visitor. RURAL DEL! Sterling. VR HOW TO RAISE TURKEYS. Sisters of the Social Corner: Much has been written on chicken raising and the large profits made on poultry: but few realize that there is equally as much money in turkeys. Turkeys are not as easily raised as chickens, but if one understands their nature and knows how to care for them, there is no reason why one may not be suc- cessful. Five or six hens and a tom are le,m:ugh l:m- ox;le flock, and usually do etter than when a larger number together. oh A turkey hen four or five years old is preferable to one a year old. She wiil not lay as many eggs, but they will be larger, consequently the little turkeys will be larger and stronger. The first of June is the best time for the hens to hatch. Occasionally one may have fair success setting turkey eges under hens, but the little turkeys when hatohed are weak and if allowed to run with their foster mother will seldom if ever go out of the chicken yard and soon become distempered and e. The turkey Is naturally a wild bird and must be kept by itself, apart from the other ;m‘ffl ile the turkey hen and her brood should be allowed to wander over the flelds 4 the day, they should be housed at night, and in wet weather: “The best food for them is cornmeal wet with sour milk, adding cracked corn as they grow older. GRANDMA. ONE WAY OF EARNING PIN MONEY, “The man who started horseradish in that field is a fool! The plow cuts it lterally to pieces and the harrow Arags it hither and vom. anA eve—v plece as big as your thumb takes root and grows. It's about jthe worts pest yet!” But you like horsermdish.” protest- ed the little wife, whowas hurrying the dinner on to the table. “In its place, yes," inned the hus- band, helping himself to a generous quantity and epreading it on his meat. The wife did some quick thinking. That afternoon she took the children and went to the fleld where the men were plowingjand together they ‘gath- ered all the \houseradish they could find, cleaned it thoroughly and ground it ih her meaz chopper, mixed it with strong home-made vinegar and filled small jelly glasses. Next day she drove to town and sold every glass before she had gonekthe length of one street, for ten cents a glass, or two for a quarter, if the buyer kept the glass. Today the little farm woman earns her spending money from the horse- radish, and her husband doesn't call it a pest anyfmore... ELIZABETH. E. T/S'FIRST SOCIAL CORNER LETTER. Dear Editor \and Soctal Cornerites: What a family the Editor has, and what well brought up children of six years, and they do eay no twins. He don’t use the rod. Wonderful! How well I remember when I was born into this Social Cormer family. After reading ‘the invitation to write, 1 got my pad and pencil, drew up to hubby’s old desk, got as far as “Social Corner Editor,” then I turned around this way and that, but not a thing came into my mind. No use, I thought, for me. Some one knocked at the door. Two old friends had come to spend the day. On Monday, of all days® No butcher, baker or fishman. Well, I got Dy, some way, as 1 always have, thank the Lord! That evening I wrote my day's experience and sent the letter to the Editor, but till Saturday 1 wish- ed I had not written. O, joy, there it was printed, with some improvements. I do not think I was ever more elated. The folks said round here: *“That page won't last long,” but they did not guess right that time.. Later some of them wrote for it. It was, and has been, and is a pleasure to all—some- thing to break the monotony of the tied-up housekeeper's days. Oh. Mr. Editor, you did more good than you know; and you writers, by giving you have received, more ways than one. ‘We Cornerites are young vet, but may our thoughts and gatherings give pleasure and do good, is the wish of your Social Corner Sister, J. 3BT HOUSEKEEPING NO TRIVIAL AC- COMPLISHMENT. Housekeeping, Wwhatever may be the opinion of the butterfiies of the period, is an accomplishment in comparison to which in its bearings on woman’s rela- tion to real life and to the family all other accomplishments are trivial. If girls were taught to take as much pride in dusting a room well, hanging curtains gracefully, or broiling a steak to a nicety, as they feel when they have mastered one of Mozart'’s or Beethoven’s grand symphonies, there would be fewer complaining husbands and unhappy homes. There is no luck in housekeeping; everything must be done by rule. Try these suggestions: Monday, wash; Tuesday, iron; Wednesday, bake and scrub kitchen; Thureday, clean silver, examine pots and kettles, look after storeroom and cellar; Friday, de- vote to general sweeping and dusting: Saturday, bake, scrub kitchen and pantry floors, and prepare for Sunday ‘When_the clothes are folded off the frame after ironing, examine each piece to see that none are laid away that need a button or a stitch. Clean all the silver on the last Fri- day of each month and go through each room and closet to see if things are kept in order and nothing going to waste. Have sitting room tidied up every night before retiring. Make_the most of your brain and eyes. Study the recipes in The Bulle- tin's Social Corner, and let no one dare tell you you are devoting yourself to a low sphere of action. KITTY LOU. HER FIRST TRIAL. When leaving dear old Ireland, In the merry month of June, The birds were sweetly singing— The shamrocks were in bloom. These were the last words that upon my ears as I left my dear old home in Ireland to sail across the foam to America as a young bride. How homesick 1 was every day, trying to bear my lot as best I could. How they all tried to make me reconciled, but it was of no avail. One gloomy day in winter it was storming out. 1 was so lonesome! Then I thought of my box of pictures I brought with me in my trunk. T openeq the little box and found a little three-leafed shamrock. How beautiful it looked ,lying there (three leafs of shamrock). ~ Next 1 saw the family group, my brothers, sisters, myself and old dog Carlo. I could almost hear him barking; and little Mary with _her dolly, and Jack with his drum. How grand it all did seem! Yet I was with them in memory only. Next the picture of my friend Joan. How you cried when I left you! What Jolly times we had together. Here is my old lover, Ned. I loved you once, Ned; we didn’t quite agree, that's all, and parted a long, long time ago. The last one is my dear mother, my beau- tiful mother, who is dead. T close the little box with moistening eves, and I'm alone again. BO-PBEP.. fell HOW TO MAKE A DRESS FORM. Dear Social Corner Sisters: I won- der if the Sisters will extend the glad hand to one who has been a silent member for nearly six years? On this Sixth Anniversary it would be nice to have a reunion, just a short letter from each member. I miss the old writers, whose letters were so interesting and _helpful. Where is Eliza Jane? 1 want to thank her for the eggless recipes ehe sent in so long ago. Have tried them all and find them excellent. The Sisters who make their own dresses will find this dress form easy to make, and a great help: Take new heavy cotton cloth, a good fitting prin- cess dress pattern, and cut to fit very tight to below the hips. Trim armseye and neck to fit and eew up firmly. Fit pleces into armhole and neck; also one to the lower part of form: sew only part of way in and stuff tightly with bay, straw or cotton. Sew up and mount on pedestal made the proper height for your skirt measure. As another Sister has adopted my former pen name, I will choose an- other. May the new year bring health and happiness to each and every member, and may we all be permitted to meet a year hence. MADGE MORTON. HOUSEHOLD HELPS, Dear Sisters of the Soical Corner: Here are a few ideas which may prove of benefit to some of you: Napkins of Cotton Crepe—A set of napkine that can be washed easily and do not require ironing are a treat to the busy housewife. Buy a good quali- ity of white cotton crepe 30 inches in width (napkins to be 15 inches), and a yard and a quarter will make six napkins. Snaol Holdar #o Use whan Groshatira —To make a convenient ‘which can be placed on a near you, take a square or ten-inch board. In the center of this nail a six-inoh square board. On opposite sides of the smaller square nail upright arms, four inches high. About one inch from the top of these arms make holes through which a lead pencil or other round stick may be placed, on which the spool will turn as the work on. Paste Made at Home—An inexpen sive paste is made from one small po- tato grated fine, add bolling water enough to make it clear and boil five minutes. This is much better than cornstarch or flour paste, for all kinds of pasting Best wishes to all. LORETTA. IF YOU'HAVE A KINDNESS. Dear Social Corner JSisters: Like Pollyanna, I am glad for everything this’ morning. Glad for the beautiful, bright sunshine, glad 1 am a membe: of the Social Cornen, and glad I at- tended the February meeting of Club No. 1, and had such, a nice timé. Keziah Doolittle: You say you have never met me to know me. Possibly not; but if you are the one I think, we are pretty well acquainted. Olga: Weicome to The Cormer. I remember you. Nelia: Look in_your wonder glass and tell me who 1 am and when you are coming to visit me Brownie: If you are the one I think, have kmown of you for vears. Didn't you change your name, but not your letter, when You took up your present abode? Minnie Hawkins: I have home-made rugs like some you mentioned. Instead of knitting, did vou ever crochet one of soft wool or cotton ra A long narrow one is pretty’ with several rows of black at each end, and will lay down without bindins. Willclose with a favorite quotation: If you have a kindness shown, Pass it on. *Twas not given yoi Pass it on. Let it travel down the vears, Let it dry another’s tears, Till in heaven the deed appears, Pass it on. alone, PRIMROSE. FILLING FOR SANDWICHES, Dear Social Corner Sisters: As so many have asked me to tell them how I make my filling for sanGwiches, w take time this morning to tell them. Filling for Sandwiches — One-half pound of boiled ham (I buy it all boil ed), one 20-cent can red pimentoe put through meat cutter, and mix soft with salad dressing. Many thanks to Interested Reader for my pretty California_calendar. . POLLYANNA. TO REDUCE THE DRUDGERY OF DISHWASHING. Dear Social Corner Sisters: Perhaps a few words on the homely but neces- sary task of dishwashing may relieve the work of its drudsery for some of the Sisters, for of all household tasks this is most worthy of the name—| drudgery. { 1- you are not so foriunate as to| possess one of the larse tray-carts| which are so handy. one can easily be made at home by an ingenious person by placing a box of the proper size on legs and inserting c: that it stors so may e be pushed wherever want-| ed. This expedites the carrying of the | dishes from table to sink and saves| many steps. Scrape each dish with a wooden scraper and stack according to size Wash in plenty of good soapy water as hot as the hands can comfortably bear, and place in a wire drainer in| which the dishes may stand upright and be separated from one another. Rinse well with scalding water. In a few moments the dishes will be | thoroughly dry, when they may again be placed on the tray cart and eled to the cupboard, ready for the next meal. This makes just one trip from | table to sink and oné from sink to cup- | board. Do not allow dishes to stand from one meal to another; but if it should be necessary, serape and cover with cold water. If in warm weather, cover them sccurely with another pan to keep them free from inquisitive flies. ROBERTA. LOOK BEFORE YOU Dear Social Corner Sisters many divorces we read of in the x LEAP. How papers. The old syaing: “If you do} not fail in love you cannot fall out:” but it seems now days not be much true love to = . #rue love is deep, and onme should think twice before leaping. Are they sure they desire to live with the man o1 choice all their life? I am writing from a woman's point of view for the contract says: *’Till death do us part.” he capable of supporting a wife? Does he know to spend his money wisely, or does spend it faster than he can earn Do not marry a man thinking you can reform his ways, for that is up- hill work, and does not always pay. Marry a man who has a strong character, who knows his own mind and sticks to it and is not easily in- fluenced. A man who is kind to his mother usually makes a good husband; or, if he is kind to dumb animals, this is a good trait. Do not marry for money. for money does not buy happiness; and what is the use of living together If you can- not be happy. It he comes up to these require- ments, and more, then leap, and stick togetker for better or for worse till death do you part. how he it? L. H. CORNER-COLOR RECIPES Dear Editor and Social Corner Sis- ters: As I saw we were to celebrate | the sixth anniversary of the Social Corner, I am sending a few Cornor- color recipes: Orange Cups: Take the required number of oranges, cut them in halves and scoop out the fruit: fill with orange or lemon jelly. The edges of the cups may be cut fancy as in points or scallops. Lemon Tarts: Mix well together the juice and rind of two lemons. two cups of sugar, two eggs, crumbs of sponge cake, beat until smootk; put in twelve patty pans lined with puff K. paste; bake until crust is done. Buttercups: Two tablespoons but- ter; 1 cup sugar, 9 eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 3-1 cup mil teaspoons baking powder: use only yolks of eggs. Bake In patty pans, ice with botled icing, tinted vellow. Orange Short Cake: One quart flour, 1 egs, 1-2 cup butter, 1 tablespoon su- gar, § teaspoons baking powder, milk for a soft dough. Roll one-half inch thick, bake in round tins in quick oven. I hope all will have a pleasant time. MOUNTAIN LAUREL. A FEW PRACTICAL HINTS. Dear Editor and Social Corner Sis- ters: 1 am sending in a few practl- cal hints: Cotton may be told from linen by moistening the tip of the fingers and pressing it on the article, if it wets through at once it is linen, while if any cotton is used in the article, it will take several seconds for it to become wet through. ‘The threads of linen are more uneven than in cotton. The whina an oloth mas ha ramaeed cups flour, { er half is and be restored to its former appear- ance Qy being Tubbed -with turpen- tine. Use only a litle, and rub the cloth very hard, going over it, and, finishing a small ‘portion at a Yime. The emeil is very disagreeable while it lasts, but this soon evaporates up- on exposure 1o the air. Ammonia used In a weak solution will also have the same effect, but is not so good, being liable to turn the cloth brown. To dry woolen garments, loosely woven shawls. jackets, or ~ sweaters, stretch and lose their shape when hung on lines to dry. To prevent this stretch a sheet between two clothes lines, fasten securely with safety pins and spread the woolens on it The garment dries evenly, keeps its shape, and there will be no yel- low water marks formed by suspending the wet, heavy clothes from the lines. Best wishes to the Editor and The Social Corner writers. Three cheers for all concerned. May all enjoy the sixth anniversary. Long may The Corner live and flourish. CRIMSON RAMBLER. SYSTEM IN REGULAR WORK. Dear Sisters of The Social Corner: System, I find, is helpful in every day household duty 1 think most house- keepers dislike to “wash dishes,” and [ for one, am in that number, I realize the work must be done, so try to plan a way to do it quickly and best, and do it well and satisfactory. I first wash all kettles and frving pans. and | leave them for a few minutes on the back of the stove to thoroughly dry. Then I fill my dish-pan full of the smallest dishes and cover with hot wa- ter containing small pieces of soap, and let tFem stand for a few minutes. Aft. or wasbing them and draining, 1 put | in plates and small vegetable dishes to stand while I am drying the first atch; and so keep on till they are shed. rinse most of the dishes under the water faucet, and they drain and hot dry very quickly with a little aid from the dish wiper. The disposal of the kettles and pans first is to clean off the stove. to have room for the tin and enamel ware to dry. I think it is un- sightly to see the stove fillea up with dirty cooking utensils waiting and wating for their turn to be washed, while the china and other dishes are being treated T always feel when 1 have put away the ketties and pane. that about haif the dish-washing is done: and the oth- the easiest part. To Peggy Anne: You are mistaken if you think you have met me, for you 1ave not that I am aware of. My inl- tials are not J. E. Kind wishes to all. JENNIE. VEGETABLES AS MEDICINE. Dear Social tables, well s promote Corner Friends: Vege- relected, allay disease and alth. is an excellent blood purifier. Lettuce has a soothing effect on the nerves, and is excellent for sufferers from insomnia. Tomatoes are good for a torpid liver. but should be avoided by gouty people. Beet people are potatoes. Parsnips possess the same virtue as sarsaparilla. Raw carrots cure indigestion; when cooked they will cure asthma. Celery contains sulphur ana to ward off rheumatism. nerve tonic Bananas are beneficial from chest complaints. Onions furnish the most substantial cure for mervous prostration and all other nerve disorders; they have a soothing effect on consumptives, and are excellent for colds and cough They have been known to cure & nd pneumonia. Cranberries serve as a cure for ma- laria and erysipelas. Parsley is an excellent aid to di- mestion: when eaten with a hearty meal it will prevent dyspepsi trawberries and onions produce a my_whiteness to complexion. Neb Ben: Hope vou will read this. Loretta: Won't vou please bring some quilt patterns to the next Soclal <orner gathering? Aunty No. 1: Was sorry 1 been sick. wishes. LONESOME PINE root is fattening and good for who want to put on flesh, so helps It is also a to sufferers ip to learn Best SOCIAL CALLS. It is evident short visits make long friends, and if so, the basis depends largely on conversation, of whizh, topics and attitude are principal char- acters. To ridicule another's faults or weakness leaves an impression to be remembered against a visitor. Often the unkind words are repeated and from one to another they gain. If a visit cannot be helpful instead of detrimental, then the shorter the visit, the better for both parties. | If we would have friends, which we naturally desire, and enjoy their so- ciety we must study to gain their friendship. by every kindly effort. Much depends upon the person to whom we are talking, just the right word, and just the proper time to say it. Circumstances are essential to carefulness in conversation. It need not be but one word, perhaps only an emphasis on a syllable, to change one’s attitude towards us. It requires tact, to be on the alert and to know when to be silent, and when to speak the thought our mind would suggest We may often regret “a slip of the tongue” when it is too late; hence, guard the unspoken word. To con- dense this theme I will add the fol- lowing_line: If_wisdom's ways vou'd wisely seek ve thinzs observe with care. whom you speak, “to” you speak: Angd “how.’ and “when,’ and “where" JENNIE. “or’ ‘whom STILL AIRY! Dear Social Corner Sisters: — We hope March does not prove to be such a flerce month as February. Remember Me: Give me a_ clue. Are your initials A. D, and did I see vou in Hartford just before Christ- mas? Where is Theoda? Papa’s Boy: Wonder If T know vou? Do you answer to the letters F. S. L. T was very much interested in Kitty Lou's formula for cleaning coats. hats, et Yma: Did T talk with vou !undl,\'} afternoon over the phone. I belleve I know vou. | I seill. AIRY.. THE HOME LIBRARY. Dear Social Corner Sisters: The books to buy for the home library are an important item to consider, espec- fally if living far from a public u- ra We must needs place the Bible first and some good book of Bible stories, for the moral education has much to do with the development of good clti~ zens. An up-to-date standard dictionary comes next. Let all the children be some books on Flowers, Birds, But- terfiiss, Insects and Stars. - Ipother Goose Fairy Tales, Aesop's Fables, Robinson Crusoe, Swiss Fam- ity Robinson,” will all be read and re- read too often to admit of leaving them from our list. The Poets, Pilgrim's Progress, Pol- Iyanna, also Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Little Princess by Burnett are particularly to bs recommended for forming high ideals in the younsg. Boys love Cantleman’s, Alger's, Cooper's ana Henty's books: Aleott's and Finley's aro loved equally well by the girls and Dickens by all. There are many others too zood to omit that may not be mentioned for lack of space, and I must close with regret, as all hobby-riders do. Yours with best wishes. BOOK LOVER Come again—S. C. Editor. ANNIVERSARY GREETINGS TO ALL. Dear Soclal Corner Friends:—Hav- ing had three delightful years in the “Corner.” I feel like a veteran, and from my happy experience, I appeal to all readers of our daily friend, The Builetin, to contribute to “our pagi often, with short letters, that wi may hear from many. New writers are ever welcome; all subjects are discussed, and we read to profit, mot to_judge. Many a sad heart or a shut-in has had her burden lightened, and her life made brighter by thoughful words, gifts, and visits from our good Sa- maritan sisters. We are far reaching, touching all classes, rich, poor, happy or sad. The best of friendship and good feeling exists in our harmonious fam-! ily, and aithough we reach from coast to coast, we are close together in our thoughts and letters, by which we chat weekly together. New friends have been made, friends re-united. Blessed be the originator of the Social Corner, for much happiness and jovful times have resulted. therefrom. There is a splen- did_chance for the inexperienced to profit by hints and advice of the ex- Pperienced. Numberless receipts, economical, wholesome, satisfying, and dainty ones too, appear on our page. Come and join us! We welcome yor ET SUE. SUNBOND THANKS AND CONGRATULA- TIONS FROM FROZEN. old Dear Social Corner Sister:—I want to thank the Sisters who sent me cards last year, when I was 1il for a few months. I came near losing my eve-sight and wasn't Sble to do anything. I am on the gain now. Silver Sixpence: call for me. Nancy Finnegan: For your indiges. | tion, drink a cup of hot water before breakfast, and throughout the day as you feel the need ofa drink. Get at the drug store, ten cents’ worth of soda mints. If distressed after meals take two to four. I recommend these highly, as I have used them in_ the hospital, have given them to friends| who needed the aid of indigestion. For gas, or sour stomach, there’s none better. Congrajulations and love to all So- I am glad you still | cial Corner writers on the sixth an- | niversary. | FROZEN. | Maine. OLDEN TIME COURTESIES GOOD | ENOUGH FOR AUNT JERUSHA. Dear Social! Corner Sisters:—Three cheers for The Social Corner's 6th an- niversary. | Hope it will have a well-filled house. | Am going to try to meet with them if all is well | | ster Bil As I was reading vour letter on being courteous it just minded me of things I heard iately in regard to speaking. | When I was a girl we were taught | to say: “No, maam”, and “Ye ma'am”™: “Yes" now it “Yep', you don peak re- is and if | several o tho: years younger with the “Mister” and | “Miss", then you will be hissed at Years ago, it was very polite to see | a boy or girl speak to an old n woman, or to aid them in any way. | helping to carry a bundle, or in such ways as to help them over rough | places, now it is for them to hel; themselves or run to help some young- | er_person. | My mother used to tell us to: “Re. spect old age for the gray hair sake.” [ It is my delight today to heip some | one else if it comes so I can. | T do hope I will sometime meet sis- ter_Billie, and also Nancy Fin | and one or two others, of whom 1| have a little idea I may know. Best wishes to al AUNT JERUSHA BULLETIN'S PATTERN SERVICE 1604 A PRACTICAL, SERVICEABLE GARMBNT. Ladies’ Apro: ‘Gingham. scersucker, percale. lawn, sateen, driil or alpaca may be used f this model. 1t is made with a box pl at the center front, under which closing may be fink The full pocket {sa hew and desirable feature. The pattern is cut in three sizes: Small, inedium and large. It requires 4 7-8 yards of 36-inch material for & medium size. A pattern of this fllustration mailed to any address on receipt of 10 cents in_silver or stamps. Order through The Bulletin Company, trained to use it whenever an unfa- miliar word is met with. From a good Encyclopedia in the home a family may gain a liberal edu- cation. Then there are books which add to a person's. efficiency In their chosen work. A knowledge of the common things all around us adds so mueh to the joy BT M thak yor e 5 S A N TR L B R Pattern Dept.. Norwich, Conn. Growth of Liquid Air. Liquid aid is no longer a mere curi- osity but a commercial product of great value. Most of it is used in making pure oxygen, and in this fluid it hnnpneonn driven the old- y e Prin's DEedrm meceeida meamams to ‘Wrens and robins and other birds|training in the public schecls. St. Paul Ploneer Press and D-p& that spend their summers around St. Paul, Minn, when they arrive this spring. sands of bird houses, neatly will mansions galore prepared for in and find them Thou- painted and equipped with such conveniences 2s & bird house should have will be found scattered in trees all over the city. cases janitor service wili be in. Three thousand St. Paul boys now are at Ferguson, superv or of Rent will be free and in many thrown school- work on the bird houses under the direction of Donald manual by whose courtesy the pictures are shown, offers a prize of $25 for the best complete ex-; hibit by any one boy, exhibit to com- sist of one wren house, one blue; house, gne martin house, oD shelter and one feeding box. prizes are for the best bird d and for the best feeding box. There! are also two essay contests in.whichl girls may compete. The picture shows| boys with bird houses made by theme MRS. BAKER I8 A GAIN - -1 the wall. In fact the sole competitor is the electrolysis of water, which Is a rival only hydrogen, when the other has a ready market. hardening or hydrogenation of product The liquid fats provides a limited market for this hydrogen. The great demand for oxygen is for the oxyacetylene blow-pipe for weld- arates |ing and cutting metals, Germany, France and Great Britain using 300, 0,000 cubic feet yearly. The pos- sibility of another great use for oOXy- gen was demonsirated in a Belgian steel plant just before the war. En- riching the air blast in a pig iron fur- nace with twenty-one per cent oxygen saved 100 pounds of coke to very ton of iron and increased output of |the furnace ten or fiftcen per cent. Liquid oxygen has also been used successfully in explosives. The evaporization of hquid air sep- the nitrogen and oxygen be- The covers are made of wood wadl painted on one side with one color and a different color on the other side,! €0 that when the sap is being the men at work gathering will which buckets have been emptied andi which have not. The covers are made’ 12 inches square. ! For a gathering tank, a cylindricall six barrel gelvanized iron tank, that| will stand on a short wooden sled, will be the most convenient are| rangement that can be made on the average farm. When emptying the gathering tank, much labor can be saved if it can be hauled where the eap | runs from the tank into the storage vat or_tank with a ruber hose. The storage tanks should be ar< ranged so that they will hold the sap s0 gathered and be convenient to the pan or evaporator. Large casks paint- ed inside and out will make suitable | storage tanks, but a galvanized irom cause of their different bofilng points. | tank that will hold the whole amouft The problem of a gen has been sol pure nitrogen is carbide heated nitrogenous fertilizer, mide, is formed. This is al e industry. Nitrogen can d at ten or twive A by-produ ed passed over indu is the rare gas, neon.— Worid's advance. Eguipping the Sugar Camp. For a maple sugar bush of 600 to 100 trees, the following equipment will be necessary to make t t quality of products. write Milton Kelly in Farm and He right number of heavy tin spe proper size to drive in the ho je by a 3-8 inch | bit and lat freshene me producers rim the seco; th a half-inch bit, and use ized iron spouts after the sec ing. The ing a hole en them to the s sale for the nitro- | When almost calcium 500 degrees C., the calcium cyan Iready a be pro- nts per kilo- | of the liquid air| by the use of | 16-inch bit for rimming the holes. nd time, galva will usually isfactory The evaporator should be & hea 4 X tin, and for a bush of 600 to 10 trees it will pay to buy one that takes | in the cold sap by a self-regulating T | ceiver at one end and runs off the fin- ished syrup at the other end. It should be large enough to evaporate a maxi- mum of five barrels an hour, and p with the sap gathering with working nights. be cleaner and more sate Wilson Making Progress. = Wilson is getting on. A little while was an abject academic,’ ago he frightened at every ehadow. N “the only men in the world afraid of are the Kaiser and M. Pretty soon the Kaiser may be only object of terror lt—New Evening Post. Precedent f89 Wilson. Abraham Lincoln also had his tors tures of doubt before he learned to! lean upon his own deep understand-| ing rather than upon the half-baked opinions of volunteer advisers~—Chi~ cago News ’ T, T Ex-Mayor Newton D. Cleveland whom President Wi appointed secretary of war, ceed Lindley M. Garrison, Miss Elizabeth Wells Leopold. Baker lson has to suc- married daught- er of Howard Leopold, a retired mer- chant of Pottstown, Pa, and chairman of the Montgomery county Prohibi- tion committee. Before her marriage Mrs. Baker, a talented soprano singer P —_" - b AR structor in music at Wilson collegs Chambersburg, Pa., of which she § a graduate. Mr. and Mrs. Baker havp three chil as Betty. I'en. Elizabeth Baker, knows, Newton D. Baker 3d. who called Jack. and Margaret Baker, baby, whose pet name is Pezgy: Baker will not go to Washingten the present preferring to remain Cleveland to supervise her G i Vo 44 </ PRGNS s N