Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 2, 1916, Page 14

NEVER LET PTOMAINES GET IN THE ICE CREAM. EAT IT! EVERY WOMAN’S OPPORTUNITY 5 The Bulletin wants good home letters; good business letters; good help- ful lotters of any kind the mind may suggest. ‘Write on but one side of the paper. ‘Wednesday of each week. They should be in hand by Address, SOCIAL CORNER EDITOR, Bulletin Office, Norwich, Conn. THREE PRIZES MONTHLY: $2.50 to first; $1.50 to second; $1.00 to third. Awerd made the last Saturday in each month. SOCIAL CORNER PRIZES FOR AUGUST First Prize $2.50 To Elnora for letter entitled: Second Prize $1.50 To Eithylyn for letter entitled: Third Prize $1.00 To Loretta for letter entitled: “How to Can Meats.’ “How to Arrange Pictures in a Room.” “Ways of Cooking Green Corn.” SOCIAL CORNER POEM. If You Have a Friend. If you have a frined worth loving, Love him. Yes, and let him know That you love him, ere life’s evening Tinge his brow with sunsetiglow. Why should good words ne'er be said Of a friend—till he is dead? If you hear a song that thrills you, Sung by any child of song, Praise it. Do not let the singer Wait deserved praises long. ‘Why should one who thrills your heart | Lack the joy you may impart? If you hear a praver that moves you By its humble, pleading tone, Join it. Do not let the seeker Bow before his God alone. Why should not your brother share The strength of “two or three” prayer? in If a silvery laugh goes rippling, Through the sunshine on a face, Share it. 'Tis the wise man's saving— For both grief and joy a place. There's heaith and goodness in mirth In which an honest laugh has birth. the Scatter thus your seeds of kindness Ai} enriching as you go Leave them. Trust the Harvest Giver. He will make each seed to grow So, until the happy end Your iife shall never lack a friend. —Author U Contented. If T have planted home today in any hopeless heart, 1t someone’s load has lighter because T did my part, I haply I have caused a laugh that chased some tears awa And if tonight my name be named where someone kneels to pray 1 claim my day has been well spent, Not lived in vain, and am content. grown It cup, or crust, or covering has been dispensed by me, It I have heiped the weak to stand, Or warmly clasped some angry hand In friendship it may be; Or it some lonely little’ c Fas known my comra smiled, ‘Then, humble though T be, T know 1 have been helping God, and £o Serene, 1 claim my nightly Just giad that I have done my best —felvin _Mortimer wherg, ‘Waterbury American. INQUIRIES AND ANSWERS. ETHLY mailed to Blanche. DEAR SOTTAL CORNER SISTER: 1 sincerely thank each one of the ters for the kindly, message sent to me. WILTWYCK. LUCY ACORN: Letter for Photog- rapher recelved. PHOTOCRAPHER: your full address. A card awaits you. DOM PEDRO: The exhibit for the Soeial Corner at the county fair had to be omitted this year for pruden- tial reasons. C. M.: Letter for Ethelyn received and mailed to her address, reccived and Please send in THE SOCIAL CORNER TENT. The Bulletin's Social Corner Tent will be set up at the Fair Grounds ang all writers of the Social Corner will be welcome to use it for a visiting place, or for wraps, etc. WAYS TO SERVE BEETS. Dea-: Sisters of the Social Corner:— Did you ever make a Beet Pudding? Take one pint of boiled bects, four weil beaten eggs, one quart of milk. one tablespoontul of butter; salt and pepper to seascn. Stir well together and bake one-half an hour. Sweet Pickled Beets.—Cook, skin und slice into a jar. Poyr over them u_syrup madc by boiling one pint of vinegar and one cup of brown sugar with half a teaspoonful each of cloves, allspice and cinnamon. Mashed Beets.—Boil and skin young, tender beets, mash together with new boled potatoes, season with a generous amount of bu‘ter and salt and pepper to_taste, ‘Buttered Beets—Boil whole, skin and lay in a hot dish; spread with butter and sprinkle with sugar and lergon juice. Now T guess I will beat it. LUCY ACORN. I in the the mouth | SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD. Dear Sisters of the Social Corner: It is pleasant to turn occasionally to something new in the way of food. Perhaps the following recipes may meet a long felt want for some of the Sisters: Brown Bread Sandwiches—If there is a part of a loaf of brown bread left, slics it up and trim off the crusted edges. Butter the pieces liberally and make sandwiches of them, using sliced banaras and a little suzar for the - ing. Lay the sandwiches in a buttered pan, arrange mo d bananas on oven unti her with pl whipped crea in cream This dessert is so good that few will pect that it is om such homely ingredients. French Toast—Add one-half tea- and two-thirds cup_of two lightly beaten eggs. Dip le bread in ture. ‘Brown hot, well buttered namon aand D of boiled rice is k. Add a le#l in a hot to boil Balced Kidney EBeans'—Th RUTH THE PEACH AND THE PLUM iced peache hot, we a cup of nd remove Fal in it a% t them hem in zar en quite dry, ith sugar ches are melt in transparent uits may still be preserved syrup in pr Iy this way. Plum Gumbo—Wipe five pounds of | plums, remove the stones, and cut the it in Chop two pounds of hree oranges and s removing Put the prepared fruit in a > kettle and add fiv epounds of Bring it to the boiling point and ner until of the consistency of a ade. Fill sterilized jelly glasses mixture, cover and seal. Serve unswectened wafers for lunch- in teay con Oil of Lavender for Flies—A drop of 1 of lavender in a small dish of water offensive to flies and agreeable to the average pers A little of the above dabbled on one’s ckings at the ankles makes it pos- sible to sit on a “mosquito-y” piazza with comfort—a condition absolutely impossible ordinarily. HANNAH WHO. A WELL TRAINED HUSBAND. Dear Sisters of the Soclal Corner:— When men and women are traveling Logether is the time to observe whether the wife has her husband weil trained, or the husband has his wife afraid to say her soul is her own. You can readily tell a beau or an unmarried couple by their open regard for one another’'s weifare, and the average mprried couple by the lack of t. I do not know how many people I saw when .1 was on the North Shore, they ran into the thousands, but I only saw one well trained husband. He was it. He was $0 attentive that he became the point of interest for many people, and especially for those women who have only remembrances of sweeter days. He brought the can- opied chairs to the beach and set'them up. It was quite a task for the striped hood always botherg an amateur. She sat down and watched - the white- crested waves and the bathers the moment the first chair was ready and she hadn’t stirred in:the several hours she was under observation; he hadn’t been still a moment. He took care of the baggage, he brought the water in antiseptic _paper cups over ' the hot sands four or five times, he served the funch; he took care of her wraps and his own: he took a picture of her sitting -on'.the - beach; he fanned her to keep 'theiflles away. and never stopped{to wipo’ off his'own chin. He was no' tobacco ueer, for he didn't work his jaws, or spit or take out a cigar case or.cigarette packege and Hght .up. « 't <o ¥ {with fe- {hot sun will shine on_them - for voted himself to her, and she was so used to him that she seemed to expect him to keep the sand out of her sandals and the flies off the canopy which pro- tected her {rom the mid-day sun. An old maid who sat beside me said he was not married, married men were never quite all devotion and he was. He was either a beau o* a widower just fooling a maid. About this time two boys who were about 15 years old and locked like twins came and completed the famlly group, handsome boys they were, too; and one remained still like ma. and the other was as filgety as a child booked to go to the dentist’s. He couldn’t keep still_ any more than pa could. The old maid took notice of this and said I was right in my conclusions that this was & well trained married man. “Isn't that a shocking sight” ex- claimed the old maid, “I never saw the like ¢' that in all the years I've been to Nantasket Boach!" I looked and saw & woman turning the “stretchy shirt of a four-year-old kid into a bathing euit by pulling it down and putting a safety pin in where it coud be transformed to a legged garment. “That's cunning!” said 1. Then the old maid gazed at me and moved her seat. SARA ANN TIGHE. EFFECTIVE METHOD OF HOUSE- CLEANING. Autumn {s-almost here, while its at- tending duties in Houschold affairs means that the woman who has system in her plans will accomplish more work than the erratic malkeshift housekeep- er. An easy way to clean house: First remove the linen coverings from the furniture, place in a tub of water in which naphtha and borax have been added; while these aditions are doing the washing for you, the furniture should be taken out of doors and thor- oughly brushed with a stiff brush. If the covering be durable, a beating with 4 rattan beater should be given and the woodwork wiped with warm water and chamois. Paint should be cleaned with castile s0ap and borax. Cut up in onme quart of warm water, one tablespoon of soap and add a teaspoon of borax. ‘Wall paper can be cleaned with bread crumbs, art gum _or kneaded rubbers. Carpets can be br tened after hav Ing them cleaned by putting ammonia In water and going surface with a cloth. Gas globes are br a bath in soap and ammoniz, The curtains and other hangings are temper, a rested body, the knowledsze of work well and thoroughly done war- rant making haste slo; d sure method this the slow ar ETHELYN. A FEW GOOD THINGS. Dear Social Corner Friends:—I come agzin with a few 200 s T know some of you will enjoy. Rolls for Supper.—If you want rolls for supper, make the bread up at abeut 10 o'elock in the forenoon. Boi three good si Irish potatoes and h them smooth, add t them on liquid yeast, one oon of one tablespoon of one of Sift_into this iarts of nd add enough c ater to a dough stiff enough to work without sticking to the hands. Work | for ten minutes; grease and.put in a warm place to rise. When well risen {take out and form the loaf or_rolls. t them away to rise again. If the a rises before y ant to bake vou can put it in ice box. Cook i steady heat for about forty Tapicca—Cover bottom of with peaches. Cover one cuptul coid water; eoak for two ana put into pan, add upfuls boiling tor and one-half teaspoonful salt, until traraparent. Add one-half ugar and one tablespoon lemon ar over pe ke twenty hot or cold with sugar ol m Apple Salad.—C: lcs, paved, and red skin lef: on and a cupfu 3 bowl o salad dressin a spoonful of thiz on a lettuce 2 dot of 1 dressing on top. Us the rest of the lettuce kead for lettuce sandwicl Jper time, One pint of sifted ilk. 1 gill of rich altspoonful the lery in Pila lea with of « St 1t meat i cream, of suif. Par: the cora without divi the apples. Mix the batter very srooth and pour over the Eat with liquid sauce. This pudding requires 1 hour to TA [INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOME CAN- NING, . ¢ 2 gills 4 ezzs, a the apples and take out Dear Social Cor riends busy canning time is here somie instructions reliable. For Canning Apples, Pears or Quinces.—Place them in hoiling water and one-half minutes, then plunge kly in cold water, core or remove ins, if necessary: pack whole quartered or sliced, as desired, pour over them bofling hot sirup (medium thin), place rubbers and top in posi- tion, but not tight: place jars in kettle and boil twenty minutes; remove jare. tighten covers, when cool wrap g1 jars in paper fo prevent bleaching. Peaches are done the same, except they are boiled in jars sixtcen minutes instead of twenty. The syrup for near- Iy all kinds of fruit is made with one cup of boiling water ard one cup and one-half of sugar, dissolved in same. Tomatoes—Scald hot water to loosen skins. plunge quickly In cold water; remove core and skin, pack in jars whole or cut as you wish, until jar is full, add one level teaspoon of salt to each quart, place top in posi- tion, but not tight; place jars in kettle of water and boil for twenty-two min- utes: remove jars and tighten covers (the tomatoes 2re packed in glass jars untl full, without adding water). Sweet Corn—Remove husks and silks, place on the cob in boiling water fifteen minutes. remove and _plunge quickly in cold water, cut the corn from the cob, pack corn in jar tightly until full, add onme level téaspoon of salt to each quart, and sufficient hot water to fill (but be sure you pack it hard enough 5o the milk will run out of corn when you are packing it in jars); place tops in position but not tight; place jars In kettle of hot water and boil for three hours. Canning Sweet Corn on Cob.—This vou will enjoy eating next winter when you are peeping out to see the snow banks. Five ears of corn can be packed in a quart glass jar; place in bolling water fiftecn ininutes, plunge quickly in cold water, pack ears alter- nating butts and tips, pour over hot water and add one half teaspoon salt to each quart jar, place tops in positlon but not tight: piace jars in hot water and bofl for three hours; remove jars and tighten tops: wrap jars in paper. FARAWAY DAME. A DISCOVERY BY BETSY BOB- BETT, Dear Social Corner Sisters:—T still retain my interest in The Corner even though I do not write often. Have .not known what to write about; but lately have made a discovery ~ that may be of use to som@ther sister, to It:— Place crackers wich have lost their crispness in a window where a1 :—As the that will 1t Into cubes two ap- | I will send | be found | Grace Ladd was left an orphan at the age of eight yegrs, and after her parents’ expenses were pald, their daughter’s only possession was a plece of land on the outskirts of a suburb of a town near Boston, land wni¢h no one would buy and which was then called worthless, for the place was not then a city, only a small country town. Mr. and_Mrs. Allen, friends of Mr. and Mrs. Ladd, knowing that the lit- tle girl had mo relatives to care for her, took her for a little while, but that little while lengthened ~Into vears. After Mr. Allen’s death, his wife moved to Gorham, Me. Financially but a small sum of money remained for the widow and adopted daughter after her husband’s bushmess, which had been badly managed during his long sickness, had been closed and all the bills settled. Mrs. Ladd managed most economi- cally but she was obliged to take summer boarders and to do fine laun- dry work for some of the normal students to help to defray expenses as she did not want to draw from her capital any more than she was obliged to. Grace's affection for her adopted mother grew stronger and stronger as the years passed on, for when older she Tealized the sacrifices that had been made for her. After granduating from the high school she entered Gorham Normal to fit herself for a_teacher. After which she salq “that her mother should sit with folded hands all the time or else run about making calls.” Her mother laughingly replied, “I think I should be very happy sitting with folded hands all the time, but belng together and doing for each other and for others whenever we can will bring happiness to both of us,” and T must admit that I do not fecl as strong as I did a few years ago.” Grace’s countenance grew pale as she quickly and anxiously asked “Are vou sick, mother dear “Oh_no, I am not swk, only I feel that 1 cannot always continue such strenuous work.” I will leave my studies right now and care and provide for you, as you {have for me.” But Mrs. Ladd soon convinced her that she would be bet- ter able to do so if she finished her course, then boarders and outside work could be given up. t Man proposes but God for it was years before Grace was able to carry out her plans, for just as she had completea half of her ‘course she became suddenly. quite helpless. On awaking one morning she felt numb on her right side and found that she dragged her Jeg after ner when she walked, and things whicn sne took hold of with her hand dropped. The family physictan was called at once, but her limbs gradually grew worse. She did not appear and was not sick, but the power to grasp and hold things was gone, and she could not step out or up, butdragged her right foot in walking. They called a_consultation of doc- tors who called the trouble inaction of he nerves, and spole Lopefully of her recovery. After she was unable to dress herself or feed herself, even after her food had been cut for her. She was ced in a private hospital mn Eos- ton. At first she responded to treatment and the doctors thought she would re- cover much socner than they first jexpected she would; but after three months she had a relapse. She would gain « litte, then have a setback, and £0 it continued. When her hands were Detter she could not walk without as- sistance, and when she could, . her hands were worse. She tried many different treatments; then went to a vine at Jamaica Pl For over two years Mrs. 1add de- frayed these enormous expenses and did additional work to increase her income, then suddenly her strength failed and although not sick she w not able to do any work. As she had withdrawn her money from the bank to defray Grace’s expenses at the hos- pital and nervine, she had nothing left for_ hersclf. Several friends offered her a home, but as she knew she would not be able jfor a while to help themn, she refused { this kindness; but ske did accept from them the amount which was required for her to enter an old ladies’ home. This news caused Grace much sor- row, and a bad relapse. Good Dr. Lane with her both helped and cheered He told her that what had nap uld not be helped, but it would not matter very much, for he thought that her mother's removal to the heme was only for a time, for he was convi that she, Grace Ladd, going 10 recover the use it might be quite a time yet, but in time she surely would. BBut, oh, Doctor!” she cried in a v voice. “If only T could get well; but how can I stay here now there is no_one to defray my expenses?’ “Why, my dcar ,your case has been talked over by the board of trustees and you are to remain here free of charge as long as you need to: so brace up and believe me when I say that I think in time vou will fully recover the full use of your limbs. Grace endeavored to words failed her. e gave 00d man as she glanced up to him with tearful eyes spoke more elo- quently than words and more than re- paid him for securing the free treat- ment for her. Grace many times despaired that her hopes and desires would ever he ful- filled; but she tried to be hopeful and to think that they were only checked or deferred for a time, Slowly, verv slowly, she improved. The thotight would come to her at times: “Don’t be tco sanguine, for you but hour or two, fresh ones. Put the box of cornflakes or puffed wheat in the same place. It 1s much less bother than heating in the oven. Set the salt shaker in the sun, it will help to keep it running freely. A good ointment to heal sores is made of vaseline and ofl of tar, using about one-third as much oil as vase- line. Heat and mix well. Especially £o0d for the farm animals. For winter blossoming plants—Take slips on the new moon in June. Too late for this year, but try it next. Blanche: Let us know next winter how the plants you experiment on this fall do in the-blossoming lin Old Maid Schoolma’am: Anyone suffering from headache should see a doctor. Try ‘taking a dose of castor oil, salts, or a-Seidlitz powder. Try applications-of camphoror hot water. But remember that headache may in dicate eye strain or some serlous dis- order, and a doctor"will be the cneap- est and best remedy. Aunt Mehitable: “Will_you please send the recipé for<the dish of salmon ‘which you brought:to the'March meet- ing atthe W. C. T./U, hall? Bscal- loped salmon’ wasi't {t? and they will be like C. F 8. .or Loretta: Can you tell was: that. brought the chicken plesto Corner;; “the day sisters were'tho .hostess- you' do know -@leask tell me so 1 can ask for the recipe. I have asked once already through The Corner but received no have been better before and then grown worse again. Maybe you will now!” But she endeavored not to dwell upon this unpleasant aspect of her case and bravely and courageously followed the doctor’s directions. One day she overheard a conversa- tion between the doctor and a patient about the town of N. which had be- come a eity and of how much had been done there within the past twen- ty vears. They spoke of how the outstanding land had been purchased for fabulous sums and that now every bit of land was monopolized excepting a large building lot which was want- ed by several persons because as the street was laid out it had become a corner lot; but the lady added. our officials have never been able to lo- cate the owner. For a few moments Grace was stu- pefied for she had forgotten all about her property, being so voung, and the property valueless as was supposed, she had been exempted from taxation, as there had been nothing to draw her attention to it. She soon realized that she must be the owner of that valuable property and could hardly restrain her impa- tience and wait unttl the doctor came to her room. She told the doctor of the land left her by her father in the town that was then a city. He immediately procured the deed and the proofs from Mrs. Ladd and placed them in the hands of the city officials, who very soon placed a large sum of money in the bank in Grace Ladd's name. Both Grace and Mrs. Ladd wished to pay her expenses at the mervine, but the trustees refused”to accept any compensation, for they felt that it would still be well and able to resume her studies again and other emergen- cies might arise. Mrs. Ladd boarded with a friend in | Roxbury, so she could visit her daughter often. After flve yeaN' treatment Grace was pronounced cur- ed with no danger of any recurrence of_the They re-rented the house in which they had lived in Gorham, Me. Grace | laughingly remarked, “I am rather ola now to go to schooi, but I believe I should do so, if I was forty, instead of _twenty-five vears of age.” She tock the full course for her teachers thought it would be better than 1o try to resume her studies where she droppeq them. Although mother Ladd did not sit with folded hands or spend her time making calls, she did help to make it a happy home for the child sne so i dearly loved. Grace graduated with honors and the succeeding vear because of her et- ficlency in her studies, patience and perserverance, she wi chosen to fill a vacancy in the teaching staff «by the. trustees of the normal school where she became a faithful and a dearly beloved teacher. AMrs. Ladd rejoiced that the seed that she had sown so many years be- fore, and had for a while been choked with weeds (difficulties of life) was now bearing good fruit. Boik mother and daughter thought that theyv would never again doubt God's gondness. Mavbe there never was again an occasion for thom to do so; but to all who may be. ¢r who sometime will be, helmed with irouble on_every would say: “Hope on, hope ever, for you can never tell n and in what vour heav- enly Father will cause the clouds to scatter, to carvy out His designs for you.” DIANA. N H. MAYFLOWER'S WAY, Dear Social Corner Sisters:—As it is cool out today and damp, I will drop in the Social Corner. My way for having new colors for bed auilt pieces and rug pieces is to_color any colored rags you have a different color with dyes, you can take new white pieces and color them any. color vou want. The way T make my cocoa £ very easy, for you de not have to boil it. ‘T take about 1 1-2 cups of frosting sugar and 2 tablespcons of cocoa. and hot water enough to wet and put on e stove and stir until smooth, and it s ready for the cake, Cucumber Pickles—Take small cu- cumbers and in salt and water over night till next morning, bring vin- egar just to hoiling point. then put in jars with the pickles. I use glass jars and a little powdered alum, about 1 Poon in 1 guart.. This makes them keep hard. You can take biz cucum- Ders and use them the same way, only T cut them up in small pieces Johnny Cake.—T take 1-4 cup of but- ter or any shortening, 1 cup of sweet milk, 1 1-2 ceps of vellow corn meal. 1-2 cup of fAour, 1 or 2 eggs, 1 cup of sugar, or anv one can use molasses, 3 teaspoons of haking powder. 1 mak the cake in loaves some times, and some times in thin cakes. My Cocoanut Pies.—Take 1 sweet milk. 1-2 cup of s osting 1s cup of redded cocoa- nut. 2 ezgs and make about like ct tard: with the cocoanut put in, with one crust, you can ecither leave off or put on frosting, just as on MAY. FROZEN SALADS. Dear Social Corner Sisters: to the fact that all salads should be served as cold as possible it naturally follows that the new frozen salads are growing in popularity. They can be made a couple of hours in advance of the meal at which they are to be serv_ ed. Florida Salad is most delicious, be- ing made entirely of fruit. Cut the pulp of half a grapefruit into small pieces and prepare one banana, half a pincapple and half a cup of canned cherries in the same way. Drain off the juice and pr/ the fruit on the ice, Owling so that it may become well chilled. Now extract the juice from as many oranges as will vield one pint; add the julce. cfained from the fruit, of one Jemon. Remove all seeds and add three-fourths of a cup of sugar and one teaspoon of gelatine that has been moistened with one tablespoon of cold water and melted with half a cup of boiling water. Chill, then freeze as you would icx, pack and allow to rip- en at least an hour. When ready to serve the salad place the broken fruit over the moynds of frozen ®uit juice. Tndividual molds are sometimes made from scooped-out shells of grapefruit, oranges or pineapples. These are pre. pared some hours in advance and filled with ice so that they may be very cold when it is time to serve the salad. Frozen Cherry Salad is made from one pint juice drained from canned fruit. Add a teaspoon of gelatine as in the preceding recipe, and sweeten the jiice to taste. Freeze as usual. Serve on leftuce leaves, pouring may onnaise dressing over the mounds and adding cherries, nut meats or chop- ped or shredded celery. This Frozen-Grape Salad will satis- £y the most critical on a_hot summer day. Extract the julce from two or- anges, one lemon and & pound and _a halt of Concord grapes. Add to the liquid one teagpoon of gelatine that has been dissolved in a tablespoon of boiling water; one clove, half a cup of sugar, half a pint of unfermented grape juice, and the same amount of water. Let the mixture stand at least one hour where it will become very cold, then strain through a fine | sieve and freeze. Before removing the dasher thoroughly whip in the stiffly beaten whites of two eggs. This salad should be packed in molds and allowed to stand two hours in ice and salt, then served with a tablespoon of old seltzer poured over each por- Sauce made from Green Appls siightly sweetened and pressed through a sieve. makes deliclous froz- en salad that is especially good for serving with meat. A teaspoon of gelatine added as in the other recipes will give a better consistency than the sauce alone. Celery, nut meats, cherries and pineapple cubes all add o the attractiveness of the dish it used as a garnish or mixed in with the mayonnaise dressing. Best wishes to all. EASTER LILY. WAYS TO SERVE POTATOES. Dear Sisters of The Social Corner: Here are a few more ways of serving potatoes: Potato with Eggs and Cheese: But- ter a fireproof dish, grate a lit- tle cheese over, then dust with cayenne and put it into the oven for seven or eight minutes to heat. Break carefully over this six eggs, grated potato, a riced potatw add a good sprinkling of salt and pepper, a little butter. Pake in a fairly hot oven for twenty minutes. Potato Snow: Put through ricer vith salt into a hot dish_the potato shaved (be like rice). Set In oven about three minutes, but do not let it crust or brown. Potato Pi One pound o fsteamed potato finely mashed; two cups of sugar, one cup of cream, one-half cup of butter, three well beaten eggs, flour, with nutmeg. Bake with a crust, Baked Potato: Take fair potatoes uniform in size, wash well and grease with lard, salt, then put in oven to bake on abestos mats. Potato Pancakes: Take four large votstoes, lay in salted water one- half hour, put potato through fine chopper or grate it. Ada pepper, salt. four eggs and a large spoon of flour. Beat well together and fry in hot lard. Potato Soup: Take about five large potatoes, put through the ricer. Then add two tablespoons of butter, a little dried celery and a bit of onion. Then take and beat one quart of milk, add to the potato, set on stove and heat up; beat up one egg and add to the sonp. | Boiling Old Potatoes: If they turn dark add a teaspoon of milk to one quart of water that you boil them in and they will be white like new ones. KITTY LOU. COLLECTING WILD BERRIES AND SEEDS. Dear Social Corner Sisters: The collecting of wild berries and seeds to string is a game that grows and srows after you start it. From _the berrics gathered from the linden trees in June or July you can make beauti- ful. sage-green, velvet bead strings. The canna Seeds from the garden can be used: the very ripe ones have to be boiled ang peeled before you can pass a needle through them, but that done, they are like beads of ebony, and strung with terra-cotta or some bright bead. they make very handsome chains. /The unripe cannas turn creamy yellow, and shrivel into a crisscross pattern, so that they look like carved ivory. If u live in California, vou can do much. with the little shinning black seeds from the acacia tree. You, perhaps, have seen strings of rose-hips. and sunflower seeds, and cranberries at Christmas time; but have vou tried stringing holly ber- ries, which dry to a dull old rose color, or orange-colored mountain- ash berries, or barberry, or four o'clock seeds, or nasturfums? By taking edzewise the little tan disks that are iris-seeds. vou can make a_ string like a chain of tiny coins. A string of beechnuts will cling to- gether like Japanese windbells. Some seeds are hard but still “stringable,” and some that same ltte irfs disk among them, have to be soaked for some time in water before they vield. The cannas have to be boiled_they will soften in cold water, but are very, cery slow -about it. Attractive strings mav be made of green pokeweed and little green el- derberries, strung before they are really ripe. Perhaps there are the fewest ber- ries and sceds in May. Then there comes the jack-in-tne-pulpit ber- ries. then linden, and liftle green kem- lock _cones. ater there are Solo- mon's seal, and partridgeberries, and niper. Be sure to stzng the bistersweet berries before the pods have cpened; they open afterward. and make one of the most beautiful strings of all. Many of these chains when they are Zell dried keep their color. Many e sweet-scented, from the winter- green berries and juniper to the odd perfumed eucalyptus: so a collection is as sweet-smelfing as a_ box _ of Oriental spices, as well as a delight to the eye. MOUNTAIN LAUREL. SOMETHING ABOUT SEEDLING DAHLIAS, Editor Social Corner:—With me this has not been a first class scason for seedling dahlias and if the season closes in September it is doubtful if I get one blossom, when in other seasons from 50 to 75 per cent. have made flowers. This will leave a lot of small roots to be carried tiro the winter and some of the Soclal Corner seedling growers may wish to know how to winter the Take boxes, pans or kettles, put in them an inch and a half of garden soil, then pack in the roots, - cover every laver with the soil and have about two inches of soil on top. Then set them in the shade out of doors un- til the temperature approaches 34 de- grees. Before earth freezing weather sets in place in a cool cellar. If the cellar is heated, pack them: as far away from the heater as possible. I have kept 100 of the tinlest roots imaginable in an iron kettle in this way and brought thro 96 for planting the following spring. This is a good thing for any dahlia grower to make a note of and to practice. JOSEPH DOE. Norwich, Ausg. 30, 1915. BOB WHITE AT OLGA’S PICNIC. Dear Social Corner Sisters:—What a delightful time we had at Olga's Dbeautiful home. I think it was _the most attractive country home I have ever seen. Should like to describe it, but am afraid I couldn't do it justice, so_won't try. When Lucy Acorn and I started for the picnic, we expected to have a long walk before ue, after we would leave the trolley; but When we arrived at the little station called Pleasure Hill crossing, we were greatly surprised to see a nice auto decked in our colors standing waiting for us, with a very fine looking chauffeur. So into the auto we jumped, became acquainted with the chauffeur and started for the picrile—Oilga’s home. believs it all true. ‘When we arrived we found some of the Sisters there, and they kept ar- riving. Isaw a great many new faces and heard a great many new names. We were a busy, happy, eocial party, We hardly Gared } bfl 11 lunch. when'we put away pick-up-work fo prepare ourselves for the zood things coming. Everything was_delicious. After lunch music, singing and reci- tatlons wero glven and greatly en-< joyed; and finisbed just in, time for the party to partake of thelucious fce- cream presented by the Norwich Bul: Jetin' Co FEEIeA" Y 3 Host, hostess and their friends were charming. The brothers and sisters unable to attend were greatly missed. ope Tidy Adly succeeded in mas- tering Idiot’s Delight. Hope Golden Glow was pleased with her prize. A happy day well spent. home in good season, BOB WHITE. OLGA’S PICNIC ON THE 24th. Dear Social Corner _Sisters:—An- other one of the most enjoyable meet- ings of the eeason was held on Aug. 24th at the lovely home of “Olga.” The house was attractively decorated inside and out with the Social Corner| color. We were met by the hostess and r ceived a hospitable welcome. All were busy for a while exchanging sreetings and meeting new members, as well as renewing old acquaintances. A social time was cnjoyed before lunch was served on the spacious ve- randa. Ae usual the waitresses were kept husy trying to satisfy the waiting ones. 1In all Cirections you could see the delicious baked beans, salads, sandwiches and cake disappearing from view. # Later on the delicious ice cream so generously donated by The Bulletin was appreciated. One feature of the day was guessing how many beane there were in a glass dish. There scemed to be a tie be- tween Golden Glow and Whip-Poor- Will, each guessing 650, S0 zaining 2. prizé of a cup and saucer each. Scottle favored us with a Scotch song. There was vocal and instru- mental music which we all enjoved graatly, with Miss Florence Hoffman at the ‘plano. Recitaticns were finely given by Mrs. George Ladd. About 60 members and friends gath- ered to enjov the beautiful day after fogey and cloudy. morning, It was remarked: “Where will the next one be?” The answer was: “Paula’s, on the 30th.” May she have a good erowd. I wish to thanik all who so thought- fully sent me birthday cards. I had 26 in all. As Tidy Addly asked for directjons for a wrist bag I will send mine. Directions for a Crochet Wrist Bag: ‘Make a chain of 20 stitches join in a ring. Fifth row—) doubles in ring (a double by putting the thread over the hook once). Second row—S d. ch. 5, 8 d. ch: 6. Repeat until you have five groups join. We arrived = a-couid meet her. ‘Such a sweet old B ,ngfi._ welcome for Rt °€auam their work and we | few. o ‘worl W m!u D(‘ what other & .doing. ., - ad o lunch that was Just what the docto ans, cveryone orcered, likes, to :iaa& that tasted ‘morish; sandwiches of all kinds; olives. piciled beets; cake of all colors and kinds; banana salad, tea and_coffee. The tea was all right. 1 drank— £k Lucy “Acorn how much. “There were songs. Everybody san; and two recitations that were grand. T wish the Editor could have seen s eat the ice cream. He would have been more than paid for his thought- fulness: and 1 wish to (hank The Bul- letin Company for my share; and I know the others do too. Then we nll began to get ready to leave, all having had a splendid time and hoping to meet again come time. 1 wish to thank Mr. and Mrs. Olga and their ablé assistants for the pleas- ure tey afforded us all. It_was too bad Si was not there, for T would have been delighted to See Olga and Si dance the two step. : SELINDA. THINGS WORTH KNOWING. Dear Sisters of the Social Corner:— I am sending in a few things worth knowing. Cinnanmon enrinkled around = will keep away ants. Dry Bread is excellent to clean smoke from ceiling, wall paper, etc. Wken Pouching Egas add a little salt and vinegar to water before putting them in; helps to keep shape. For lvy Poison apply lime water out- wardy. Alum in paste for putting on wall paper will keep out shiners, Coffee {5 good to mix with stove blacking; helps it to stick. Take a pound Baking Powder Can and make six or eight holes in bottum and you have one of the best choppers for fried potatoes. Cooked Starch may he greatly tm- proved by tho addition of a tablespoon- ful of kerosene, It makes the clothes glossy when ironed, and keeps the flatirons from sticking. To relievs the smarting of a burn, dip in water then sprinkle thickly with flour, S0 as to form a paste over it. This keeps out the air and stops the smarting almost instantly. New Lamp Wicks, if boiled in vine- gar before using, then thoroughly dried will not smell bad when burning. Paint Stains that are dry and old may be renewed from cotton or woolen g00ds with chloroform. First cover the spots with olive oil or butter. Ginger Poultices instead of mustard, prepared in the same manner you would prepare mustard poultices will Third row—6G 4. 5 ch. Catch in the center of 5 ch. of preceding row. b ch. € d. repeat a round join. Fourth row—4 d. 5 ch,, catch in § ch. 5 ch. in mext, § ch. 4 d, repeat join. Fifth row—2 d. 5 c¢h. in 5 ch. 5 ch. a ball in next 5 ch. (ball made with 5 trebbles, leaving .the last st. of treb. on hook, malking § st. in all now with thread over hock draw then all 6 st. fasten with 1 st) 6 ch. in 5 ch. 5 ch. 2 a, repeat join, Sixth row—1 d. § ch. in 5 ch. 5 ch. 1 bal] im mext 5 ch. 5 ch. 1 ball in next 5 ch. 1 d. repeat join. Seventh row—5 ch. in every 5 ch. and 1 ball between every 2 balls, re- peat join. Eighth row—5 ch. in ch. all around join to make the handle. 5 ch. in $ ch. twice, back and forth until long enough, about 4 or 5 inches. Now thake another piece tho same, except the handle. When half around the eighth row-join the two bieces to- gether by 2 ch. catch in 5 ch. 5 ch, catch in 5 ch. repeat around to even number on “opposite side, having the handle in middle of opening. ' Joinm handle even on the top of opposite side. around, draw ribbon through the last chain made with bow at the joining parts. I hope 1 have made these directions plain. Success and best wishes. AUNTY No. 1. WHAT ETTA BARBER IS DOING. I suppose vou all dry corn for winter, or do you just can it. I like my old- fashioned way. I boil the corn and cut it from the cob, being careful to use only the tender. Spread It on a waxed paper in a tin and set in 2 warm not real hot oven. Stir often and dry thoroughly. After all is dried I give it a last heat and bag very close and dark for winter use. When T put on my beans to cook in winter T set the corn to soak on the back of stove and add when all is nearly cooked. Or soak it soft amd cook in milk. I made some sweet appie sauce for winter. I pared and cored the sweet apples and put the min my kettle with a cup of sugar, a cup of vinezar, a cup of water and a little bag of spice— clove, cinnamon and allsplee. I cooked slowly until the sauce was a beautiful rich color. I had two pint jars. Some weeks ago I looked In an “odds and ends box” in a store and bought four pleces—a brown cham- brey, a brown and white fancy stripe ginzham. a black and white (for men's shirts) and a blue and white gingham —striped. The whole cost 68 conts and made four garments. The plain brown made a pair of pants for a small boy: the striped made a_waist with plain collar and plain_cuffs—whole suft for 28 cents: the black made two good Now chochet 6 ch. in every 5 ch. all|fs relieve neuralsia and will not blister. Ink Stains may be taken out by Soaking in seur milk. Best wishes to all. BROWNIE. SCRATCH RNTERTAINS THE KNICKERBOCKER CLUB. Dear Social Corner Sisters: 1 thought perhaps you would like to know about the pleasant time that our hostess, Scratch, made for the Knick erbocker club, Thursday evening, Au- gust 24th, at ber home. There were' seventeen. and the club certainly en- Joyed themselves, playing games and visiting. Katrina won the first prize. a box of chocolates, in the word game. Dutchy had the misfortune to win the booby prize. Greta, how arg vou after your frolic? Fine I hope. .I am splendid. 1 trust those chocolates you sick. Be sure and ¢ us at the mext frolic. Maybe Tour box of chocolates will ba bigger. I enjoyed your lovely play- Ing. f Dutchy: Poor girl getting left with the booby prize. Never mind, your luck may change. Your solo was splendid. Would have liked more. Scratch: I thank you for that love- Iy time. Never mind abcut the show- er, it didn't fool us. Kutchen: Did vou get home safe? I“hope vou did so. T shall see you g60n, The club is going to meet again. Let us hope so. The table was lovely, it fairly groan_ ea under its load of goodies. In the center was “Our Dutch Girl,” repre- senting our club. At each end were vases of vellow flowers carrving out the color scheme. Well! T just can't express how beautiful it was. 1 shall have to leave you all mow, dear sisters, hoping to see you all again. With best regards to the big family of_sisters. Best wishes to the Editor. MRS. KATSENJAMM: A CROCHETED WRIST-BAG. Dear Social Corner Sisters:—How do vou all do? What a beautiful rain we have had—, only one draw back and that's the lightning. Tidy Addly: Here is a very pretty wrist bag for spool or ball. Use coarse thread to make. 1 know you tat. Do you also knit? Anyone used to ero-' Chetirg can pick it out. Terms: ch, chain; st, stitch; s, sin- gle_crochet; d, double crochet; tr treble crochet; sl, siip stitch; p, picot. Crochet Wrist Bag.—ch. 10, join with a sl to form a ricg. 1st round—Ch 4, 7 tr. In ring, ch 6, aprons; and the blue and white made a boy's blouse. Every one washes good. I have been lald up for repairs and the children sampled too many green apples and my work. got all behind. Have thought of you all on ‘vellow bow” days, but T am thankful T could 20 to Aunt Abby’s and Aunt Mary's. Are all the sisters supplied with reading for the long evenings and stormy days that aré coming? Would any city sister like a bouquet of country flowers? ETTA BARBER. WHEN FRYING FISH. Dear Sisters of the Soglal Corner:— Here 1 am just for a little chat. i—Why don’t you give dancing les- sons? Der Kaiser.—You are not mistaken. Lucinda.—How do you Lke pop- corn? Saw you buying some the other Saturday night.. Did I not? Merry Widow.—How do vou like K? Have not seen you down this way vet. Hoosit.—I miss. you—call again soon. How many of the sisters have tried, when frying fish, before putting the fish in the grease, 2prinkling the bot- tom of the pan with salt. Your fish will fry nice and brown and will not stick to the pan.. | ILYKIT. i —— THE DAY AT OLGA'S. Dear Social - Corner thought I would tell you about Olga’s plenie. It was a lovely day and there Sisters: —1 x str in ring, ch 6 repeat from X in edch tr, with 1 ch between, ch 3, sl in center of § ch, ch 3, x § in each of next str, with 1 ch between, ch 3, el in-center of 6 ch, ch 3, repeat from x’twice, 3 30—l to 4th &, ch 6, x 12 tr under, ch 8, ¢h.2, @ In 4th s, ch 2, 12'tr under, next ch_ §, repeat from x twice, ch 2, 61 in third st of 6 ch. #h—2 s under ch, x s in cach of 12 tr, with 2 ch between, 2 s under 2 ch, 2's under next 2 ch, repeat from X three times the last: time leaving off the last 2°ch. - v 5th—Ch 6, X 5 in'first 2 ch, ch 4, & in same 2 ch for a.p ch 0, miss two 2 chs, 5 in next, p, ch G, miss one 2 ch, § in next, p, chi {; Miss one 2 ch, s in next,.p,.ch 6, miss to 2 chs, s in next, P, ch 6, repeat from'x around. Gth—After Jagt ¢ _ch of 5th row, s under first 6°¢hi of 5th row, p, x ch 6, s under next & -ch, p, repeat from x around. i Make 4 more of thése picot rounds or more if bag is desired larger. Make another circle Jike this except in"last Tound, where ch 6 twice, then ch 3 & under corresponding 6 ch of the other round or circle. 3, s under next 6 ch of unfinished circlé, p, x-ch 3, s under next 6 ch of the other circle, ch g, s under nest § ch of unfinished circle, p, repcat from x 14 tmes or more if you make more rows in the circles. The last three 6 chs of this round are not joined to the other circle, so there will be an opening to put in the spool or. ball. were about thirty-five there; and we all did have such a good time. Mr. and Mrs. Olga gave us such & warm welcome that it was worth while, Bveryhody was glad to see everybody. . The Socigl Cornerites came from east, west, nérth, and nmrmg in ail kinds of vehicles and automio 2] Aunt Sarah was there wifh her high stepper. 1 thought there was going to be a horse race. I know she would win the race, for she passed every- thing on the road. < . Grandma H. was there. I wish you AR e A For the strap, without breaking thread after last picot, ch 7, turn, s under 6 ch last made, p, ch 6, s under next 6 chi, p, ch 7, turn s and p under 188t 6 ch’ made, ¢h 6 s and p under 7 ch, c¢h 7, turn and continue working back and forth for 21 rows or as many 0 malke ap slip easily B “center of top d in center 3 7 ch, ch 4, 4 in same st, ch 3, s under next 7 ch, repeat from