Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 4, 1916, Page 19

EVERY WOMAN Address, SOCIAL COINER EDIT! THREE PRIZ Award made the last Saturday in eac] s H H The Bulletin wants good home letter: ful letters rf any kind the mind may sugge: ‘Wednesda: of each week. Write on but one side of the paper. MONTHLY: $250 to first; $1.50 to uund;'flm to third. grated cheese. goy i s B0 R BT O A b " MOUNTAIN LAUREL. HANDSOME PRESENTS MADE AT 4 HOME 'S OPPORTUNITY £00d business letters; good help- They should be in hand by OR, Bulletin Office, Norwich, Conn. h month, SOCIAL CORNER POEM. S THE POEM THAT HELPED JIM. £ We are too stupla about death. S Wo will not leern 2'How it is wages pald to those Who earn, S How it is the gift for which on earth = we yearn. ’ 2 To be set free from bondage to the H flesh: How it is turning seed-corn into pain, = How it means freedom ever more from pain. How it untangles every mortal mesh. We saang We are so selfish about death, count our grief Far more than we consider their relief ‘Whom the great Reaper gathers in the sheaf, No @uore to. know the seasons’ stant change And we forget that it means only con- life, Lite with all joy, peace, rest, and glory rite, The victory. won, and ended all the strife, And heaven no ionger fer away or strange. Their Lent Is over and their Easter won, Waiting till over paradise the sun Shall rise ¥, majesty, and life begun Shall_grow in glory ‘as the perfect day Moves on, to hold its endless, death- less sway. INQUIRIES. Dear Social Corner Sisters: 1 have kept still for aong time. It s time I moved around and let Club No. 2 know I am waiting to guess In those lovely Bean games. What has become writers? I want to thank Aunty No. 1 for the good time ‘we had at'her home, and all the other kind sisters, and the Bul- letin for the ice cream. Crimson Rambler: Were the little stars shining when you arrived home last Thursday evening? Pansy—Where art thou? Doctor: We have not heard a word I from you for so long. What is the % matter? Do they keep you busy night < and da: Joan: It is a long time heard from you. Aunt Abby: T was glad to see that you dear husband arrived home. Autumn greeting to all. GOLDEN GLOW. of all the old AT e 348 since we HOME-MADE CANDIES. Dear Social Corner Members: The voungest child will like to make a clove apple, such as his great-great- grandmother used as a sachet in bu- rean draws amd linen closcts, and as a preventive agalnst mildew and mold. Stiek a firm, ripe apple, without bruise or speck, as full of cloves, “blossom end out, as posible. Set it In a cool, airy place for a fortnight to dry, or even longer. Many people enjov home-made can- dles better than those bought from the store. One teason is because they are pure. Sour-Cream Candy: Cook three cup. “fuls of brown sugar and one cupful of sour cream until the syrup forms “a ball when dropped into cold water. “Add o plece of butter the size of a _walnut, and one teaspoon of vanilla. ‘Remove the mixture from the fire and beat it vigorously. Just before it is hard, add _ one cup of hickory nut meats. When it is partly cool cut into cubes, Paste: Boil one pound of figs in two cups of water in a -covered aucepan, and be careful that the mass does not burn. When it is soft, .press it through a rather coarse sieve. Add three pounds of powdered sugar, for slicing or form into_ bonbon shapes. If not quite stiff enough, add powdered sugar to make of the right consistency to mold nicely. These can be rolled in yowdered sugar or dipped in colored melted fondant o: coated with chocolate. Strawberry Divinity Fudge: Place in a saucepan” two cups of granulated sugar, haif a cup of water and a fourth teaspoon of cream of _tartar. Boil to the hard-ball stage. Add ol glass of whole preserved strawber- ries and boil up again. Pour the mix- ture pver the stiffly beaten whites of two aggs_and beat until light and foamy. When the mixture begins to harden pour into greased pans and when cold cut into squares. Any thick preserved fruits can be used in the same way. Preserved strawberries and pineapple preserve are good com- bined, half and half of each being used.” If pear preserves are used a little chopped ginger will be an im- } provement. ~ i EASTER LILY. A WORD FROM ALFARA. Dear Social Corner Sisters:—As the time is drawing near for our social | athering, I will write a few lines to you all, hoping to see your smiling faces at my home Wednesd Guylena wants to know if I live in Norwich or Willimantic, so do not for- get that 1 live in Willimantic, 30 Pear] st—no_hills to b, thres minutes’ walk from trolley if you do not stop to look in the windows to much Who is Hanna Who? Please come to this social iime and make yourself known, for we will give up. beat; but will try to give you a pleasant time and plenty to eat. Ketwiak: Should like to see you at this next meeting: we are coming up your way soon. . Do not forget plate, cup and fork, with cake and sandwiches, as usual. Good by till next Wednesday. ALFARA. Willimantie, RECIPES THAT WILL STAND THE ‘ TEST. Dear Editor and Social Corner Sis- ters: Eggs make a nice breakfast dish this time_of the year and are nour- ishing. Here are a few breakfast sug- gestions: Frothed Eggs: Take the required number of egss and separate the yolks from the whites. Add to the whites a pinch of salt and beat stifi. Have ready a buttered platter, spread the bexten whites on this, and with a £poon make as many hollows in the froth as there afe y Into these hollows drop carefully the unbroken yolks, sprinkle with salt and pepper, nd place in a hot oven uniil the eggs re set. Serve immediately. Breakfast Rolls: Scoop out the crumbs from the center of stale rolis, first cutting an even slice from the top of each. Toast or fry the shells thus formed, or rub freely with butter and place in a very hot oven until crisp and brown. Have ready some creamed fish—finely shredded cooked halibut added to cream sauce is good— fll the roll shells, sprinkle a little parsley over the top, heat in the oven, replace the covers, and serve imme: diately Mexican Relish: Split two or three sweet green peppers lengthwise, one for each person to be served, and take out the seeds. Fry for two minutes in very hot butter. Fry four or six thin slices of streaked bacon and place these on ovals of toast cut from slices of bread half an inch thick, and top with the prepared peppers. ~Serve at once. “Sunset Eggs: Select nicely streaked bacon, sliced very thin, and fry until crisp. Cut the slices while hot into two or three pieces, and with a York dispose on serving plate in ecircular form. Drop the required number of eggs carefully into the bacon fat, and enclose in rings to prevent spreading. i »mix thoroughly, and cook in an un- covered double boller until the mix- -ture reaches the consistency of a ~smooth paste. ‘Turn it into a dish, and set it aside to cool. When it is ~cold, cut it into small pleces, and on «a board dredged with confectioner's sugar, roll the pleces first into balls, ~then press the balls flat to make round ~cakes, completely covered with sugar. wPack the cakes in boxes with plenty of sugar between the layers. Nut-and- Raisin-Daint Dissolv three cups of granulated sugar in one -cup of milk, and let the mixture come to a boil. 'Add a plece of butter the size of a small egg, and cook with as Cook until the eggs are done, but on one side only, and remove each egg and drop into the prepared bacon cups, which have been kept hot. Serve im- redlately. Mush Rings with Fruit: Make a cornmeal mush in_the proportion of two cups of salted boiling water to little more than a cup of cornmeal. When done, pour into a_shallow pan to the depth of an inch or an inch and a half, and set away to harden. When cold and solid cut with a doughnut cutter into rings. Ery the rings in hot fat until delicately browned. Serve surrounding a mound of fresh or pre- served fruit. Serve ring or two with a spoonful of the fruit to each person. A Pocket Book in Handkerchief Crochet a small medallion or make a rose of Irish croehet with filet around the edge and sew on corner of the hgndkerchief, leaving about the width of a five-cent plece; a 100p, then sew on button to match the loop on the handkerchiet and slip your nickel in and button the loop 3 A very protty necklace can be made violin stitch, leaf stitch or bean stitch. They are beautiful. I could not write directlons for all of these for the Cor- ner as it would take up too much fRace: but If any of the Bisters woaid like, will send full directions and what the ‘necklaces are made of. I have a number of different style aprons. Iam willing to send you sample of trim- mings used for a novelty apron, or for those small colored aprons, black and white percaline, or plain white aprons. Iam willing to send any Sister who will send me a sample, and self-addressed stamped envelope, and advise them about making it. (This is for the Sis- ters of the Social Corner). A nice little holder for cord or twine: Buy & smail funnel, painted or piain, place the twine in funnel with th loose end protruding between stems, hang it up by the ring. very unique. A handsome silver fern dish—Take an old fashioned five-bottle castor, re- move the bottles and unscrew the tall handle, then Take the receptacle that held the bottles to a tinsmith and have a piece of tin fitted into it, to cover the holes, put back upon the base and fill with rich soil and small fern plants. This makes a beautiful centreplece for a dining room table and a very pretty present. Quite a handy and useful present: Take a plece of mosquito netting and make into a bag for your pieces, then run a string at the top. When you want piece they will show through from the outside and save you the trouble of opening the bag every time. A Letter Band: Take a piece of cardboard and cover it neatly with silk or satin; then make a fine cord. Idiot’s Delight: A pretty flower de- sign done in stenciling or water col ors on the top; a narrow white elas- tic may be attached to the ovals which firmly holds the letters in a neat pock- et. Pale yellow stenciled with pink roses makes a very pretty band. You can neatly letter them: “Old Letters.” A Pair of Pretty Blouse Hangers: You can stencil a pair of pretty blouse hangers. Two 100ps of narrow rib- bon, 2 1-2 inches long, are attached separately to a safety pin. The ribbon can be painted with smaller designs. A Strawberry Emery Bag: Make this from a piece of silk and decorate with strawberries. Bodkin Holder: Piece of narrow rib- bon folded together and stitched each side, the top turned down and finished 1t is with two rows of stitchinz throush them: run a piece of ribbon to draw together. This forms a tiny bag for the bodkin. You can paint {his. Powder Puff Bag: There is a dainty satin bag that holds the powder puff. It is. fashioned of satin ribbon, the rners rounded and one may paint upon It a pretty design of daisies. All of these useful presents can be made of pieces of silk or with mater- fals that you have at home, and takes very ljttle time. About the houseplant: If you keep until Christmas get a pretty bas- Ket, put it in and tie with u handsome bow of ribbon.’ 3 ETHELYN. HAVE YOU A MEAN STREAK. Deaf Editor and Cornerites: After | a silence of several months 1 now take up my pen for a_social chat. Being a woman of one idea I could not write and attend to other matters of vital importance. Ready was very prompt answering the call. Wanted to do so myself, but could not get my thoughts together. Have been thinking all day, “What I shall write about?” And I have concluded to ask: “Have you a mean streak?” My opinion is that everybody has a mean streak somewhere. The most generous, the most charitable. The old Adam is in us all, and shows him- self somewhere. The richest and the poorest; the most extravagant and the most economical, all in some way or other have a meanness so small, per- haps, that it would astonish them to have it pointed out to them. Some have more than others and many per- sons do not realize the truth of it. Not long ago I read a piece in a newspaper and it said this man was the .meanest on earth. He gathered a number of children around him, heat- ed pennies on a shovel, tossed them into the crowd and had the children scramble for them, ana when they burhed their little hands he looked up- on his act as smart and amusing. I was wondering if that man could outclass a man I knew years ago who would give his children a penny each night to go to bed without their sup- per, and when the chrzaren were fast asleep would go up stairs and steal the pennies. J hope some of the Ststers will relate instances that they know. With regards to all I am as ever, BILLIE. A WORD FROM THE WIDOW. MERRY Dear Social Corner Sisters: Just a few lines to thank Aunty No. 1 for the good time I had at her home Oc- tober 1ith, also The Bulletin for love- 1y ice cream. I thought I was coming home minus a shoe when I got on the train at Franklin station. Delight: Was glad to hear that you ¢njoyed your first Soclal Corner ple- nic. It was in a country village of the past, on the corner of the old time stage turnpike. There were a dozen farmhouses within a mile of the “Cor= ner;” @ church ;na;:’ 2n old minister preac every Sun ‘morning for a very small salary, and farmed his land lke his neighbors during the week; a schoolhouse, a blacksmith shop and a very small country store. The R. F. D. “The Corner,” and the rhil- station was five miles away. The electrics passed a crossroad two miles from the village, e day in autumn the crowd at the store waiting for the mail was sur- prised to see a st; ‘woman with a suitcase coming up the road from the electrics. She was pretty, stylish and seemed to know where she was going, but she halted at the steps and asked iff they would tell her which house Wwas Deacon Walkers. “Well, if that ain't Nettle Walkers girl 1 don't know who it Is,” said ‘old Mr. Tucker after she left ~the store. “Nettio never came back after she married that Eldridge fellow and went to Chicago. She only lived a year , and his mother took the baby and the Deacon and his wife never caw it. He married again soon.” The girl walked briskly up to the low unpainted farmhouse and knock- ed at the side door. An old woman came and looked in surprise at the stranger. ‘Are you Mrs. Walker? If you are I am your granddaughter, Janet Fid- ridge, and I have come to visit you. 1 never heard about you until my stepmother died a year ago, for she ‘wanted me to think she was my own mother because her babies ali died. Now papa had to go to California on business this winter, so I have come to bother you.” “Bless my soul, child, T never ex- pected to see you! Samuel, just come here! But, child, it 1s a poor home for you, after vour pa’s home. How ald of it. you get here? Take your things right Off in the parior. Il start a fire.” “For the land sake, Mother, do let the child get in & word; -1 want to know how ’ man. “Well, 1. expressed my trunk from the Junction to the nearest station and I took the electrics and walked from the crossing, but I don't want any fire in the r. I want to sit in the kitchen with you. Janet slipped into a plain house dress, and before night had siipped in- to her place in the plain gld-fashioned home life. ~She dropped ‘Some maga- zines on the sitting room table, hung up a picture of her father and sev- eral of herself in the sitting room; par- lor and chamber—the one Lhat had been her mother's; gave Grandma some new aprons, trimmed over her bonnet and touched up everything in a qulet way. She cleaned up the old church, trim- med it with green and added some new books and a pack of papers to the Sunday school bookcase. She sang in the choir, told of city ways in the prayer meeting, and woke up the sleepy Ladies’ ‘Aid soclety. She got friendly with the teacher and started & farmers’ club. She helped the girls make over their dresses, wot up a Thanksgiving__service, a Christmas tree and a _Watch meeting for the church; a Harvest Supper for the Farmers' club, and she helped Mr. Tucker arrange his store stock and get the things most used in the coun- she went home it as only until summer vacation and lctters, postals, papers and magazines came every week and the busy world seem- ed more real. She had helped by help- ing them to help themselves. They had given up money and work that they could, and she had helped them get the result. For the time she was one of themselves. and family as comfortable as possi- ble. The housewife s also busy mak- ing things clean and comfortable on the inside and preserving vegetables and fruit which is so delectable to the taste when they cannot be, had from the field and orchard. I presume this is the way that you are spending your time nowadays. Brothers and Sisters. I trust and hope that you will all pass a pleasant win- ter. One is not necessarily idle for different kinds of work is adapted to the seasons as they come and go. Ouf pleasures are also varied and adapt- able to the changing seasons. ‘We may dread winter in a sense and in another we gladly welcome it, for there are joys and pleasures that one participates 'ir. that cannot be cnjoy- ©d in the other seasons. ‘Then the two holidays that are looked forward to by both old and young. We give a hearty welcome and oh, no, not one, would truly wish win- ter to pass us b; Best wishes to one and all. DIANA. N. H 2 CHICKEN TERRAPIN, POULTRY STUFFING. Sisters of the Social Corner: I am sending in a few recipes: Chicken Terrapin—One and one- half cups dark meat, one cup cream or stock, two tablespoons butter, one tablespoon flour, taree egg yolks, one- half teaspoon dried mustard, one- quarter teaspoon salt, one-quarter cup of Madeira. Melt butter, add flour and seasoning, cook together; add a little at a time the cream or stocl Dilute the egg yolks with some of the sauce for two minutes and cook meat in this sauce for two minutes; then add wine and reheat and serve. The dark meat of cold turkey or grouse may be used. Chicken Souffle—Two cups of cold chicken chopped fine, two cups of scalded milk, two tablespoons butter, two tablespoors flour, one teaspoon of chopped parsley, one-half cup bread crumbs, onc teaspoon salt, a few grains cayenne pepper. four egss. Melt butter, add flcur and seasoning, cook, add gradually the milk, cooking to a smooth cream: add to_this the paridey and bread crumbs: add chicken com- bined with beaten yolks; lastly fold in the whites beaten stiff. Turn into a buttered baking dish and bake in a slow oven 35 minutes. Poultry Stuffing, No. 1—One cup of coarse cracker crumbs, cne-quarter cup butter, one-quarter teaspoon salt, one-third_cup milk, a few zraius of pepper. This rule wiil be suffieient for a roast chicken of three or four pounds. Sage. summer savory or par- sley may be added if liked. Poultry Stufiing, No. 2—Four cups stale bread crumbs, three-quarters of cup of melted Lutter, one teaspoon salt, one teaspoon pepper. This rule i3 sufficient for cight pound turkey. Fine herbs may be added if desired. If the fowl is very large and a good deal of stufing is liked, the body may be filled with thin slices of bread well buttered, sprinkle with seasoning, dip lightly fn stock and do not crowd cither crop or the stuffing will be heavy. Grilled Bones—Caut incision in the thighs and legs of chicken lengthwise to the bone, rub in mixture of butter, salt, pepper and mustard, place them in a broiler, the wires of waich have been well cleaned, and broil over a very hot fire. Roast Rabbit—First dress the car- cass very carefully, removing all hairs, then stuff with a drcssing of bread crumbs well scasoned with such herbs as are fancled, and moisten with a plece of butter. Baste with slices of salt pork. Bake in quick oven, having little water i dripping pan. Serve Plain Nancy: Am looking for that promised letter. Hope you haven't forgotten it. little stirring as possible, until the syrup ropes when dropped from' a knife or spoon. When it reaches that int, remove it from the fire, and stir in one teaspoon of vanilla extract and half a cup each of chopped nut meats and stoned raisins. Stir the mix-~ :’; Il?fll‘lt begins !,:,'thlak"n“.tthn v it immediately imto & buttered .pan. When it is cdld, cut it into »qt The secret of success in this candy, is to measure the i Serve with cream. Oatmeal Cutlets: In preparing the oatmeal, a double kettle should be used. FIll the outer.part, and in the inner kettle place three cups of water and a little salt. Place the kettle on the fire, and when it comes to a brisk boll add to water in inner kettle one and a half'cups of oatmeal. This should be prepared the night before. In the rm the oatmeal into Iiykit: When you have some more tomato soup, please call me up? Tell J— 1 think they ought to get out a patent on that fire extmguisher. Crimson Rambler: Was disappoint- ed not to see you at Aunty No. 1's, als s0_missed Aunt Abby. ing we shall all meet again, 1 ek remain as ever, MERRY WIDOW. NATURE ‘TAKING ON WINTER DRESS. with jelly. PAULA. WHAT TO DO. Dear Sisters of the Soclal Corner: t to do until the doctor comes: For burns: Bqual parts of lime wa- ter and linseed oil. Bruises: Apply hot cloth wrung out of hot water or paint with arnica. Cuts: Take beef-marrow and be sure and extract the ofl by setting it on the stove; when all through beat until i Chop the whites of twelve hard hgflfll egps, and mix the Dear Corner Sisters: We are hav- light; then add one-quarter teaspoon of oxide of zinc to one tablespoon of fat; let it get cool, then use for cuts. Many people do not xnow that de. liclous candies can be made with our home-preserved fruits, such as: Tutti Fruitti Cream: Melt one pound of fondant in w double boller, 244 one teaspoon of vanilla or "us favor: of preserved ):‘-mancznh- each and pear ition aiso” of a tea- cdndied orange and Chil l}&dren Cry yolks with a teaspoon and a half of melted butter and a cup and a quarter of sweet, Wwith onion, salt, pepper ahd m: Add to this mix- ture the whites of m-fln and one cup of soft-balled rice, b light brown. Breakfast unti] ] let them €hopped -ham, moistened with a cup of cream; put potatoes, oggs and ham in & buttersd baling ; sprinkle bread crumbs ‘with small pieces of ‘butter and chop- ped parsley on top. Brown in the oven. Ing delightful fall weather, but soon Wwe ghall realize that winter is at hand. The bright colored is fast ing and the ground is covered ith brown leaves, ‘,W here and there. Most of the lmbs the shade trees are brown and bife and will remain dormant, inactive un- til the Haster thrill revives them into are ufm-a %‘:m from Mw-a the leaves. en they, too, will be to sleep d%flw h‘:: ‘winter. grass, which been unnfl green during the s and has drooped and lays fiat. 0. serve as a covering to protect m“n'o‘l: from severe cold long 1 love to watoh the variable If then you should be unable to have that heal or if you have a cut that won't heal or a Sore take equal s of bismuth and boracic acid and put that on; there is nothing better. Nose Bleed: Take a clean plece of White blotting paper made into a_roll which permits you to breathe; sniff up cold water from the paim of the hand; compress the nose between the thumb and finger. . Frosted Feet, Etc.: Teke a turnip, Scrape it and extract julce. It is a sure cure, If clothing should get afire: Lie down and roll over and over on your carpet or throw a rug tightly about the body to smother the fire. -Fainting: Keep pattent lying down; Iogsen clothing and dash a little cold Sur on the templés; give plenty of To the wound (the side of the wound to- wards the heart). Wash the wound with pure water; bring the parts to- gether as neatly as possible and band- age. For a bru Paint with arnica, if the skin is broken aprly cloths wrung out of hot water. In all cases send for a doctor first, but there are times when you can't get a doctor, and you will find this more than a help. Frost bites: Rub the affocted part with snow or ice; avoid sudden heat. BETTY BROWN. GOOD RECIPES Dear Social Corner Sisters: I think vou will find sémething good in these recipes: Breakfast Toast: One egs, 1 cup of milk, beaten together: soak in mixture four or five slices of bread, then fry in butter. This has been called delic- ious. Breakfast Meat Cakes: Fifteen cents’ worth of ground beef, as for beef loaf; a half teacup of browwmed breaderumbs, a level teaspoon Of salt, pepper to taste, a tablespoon "of ba- con fryings. a half teacup of water to moisten; then work into cakes. This amount makes several good sized cakes. Fry quickly and brown on one side; turn them over. Cover the fry- ing pan an@cook slowly until done. Preston Doughwuts: One teacup of sour cream or milk, two teacu] f su- gar, one teacup of butter, foiir egss and one nutraeg, two teaspéons of sal- eratus, flour enough to roll. Cut into diamond ecakes and boil in hot lard. Eggless Squash or Pumpkia P Stew the squash or pumpkin till very dry, and press through a colander; to cach pint of this allow one teaspoon butte”. Beat in while warm one cup brown sugar or molasses, a little salt, one tablespoon cinnamon, one fea- spoon ginger and one-half teaspoon soda. Roll a few crackers very fine and add a handful to the batter, thin with sweet milk to the right consis- tency. Mocha Cake Icing: One =up of pow- dered sugar, a_tablespoon of cocoa mix well and add a tablespoon of but- ter, a tablespoon of hot coffee and beat until smooth. This requires no cook- ing. as the coffee melts the butter and cocoa, Chili Colorado: Take two chickens, cut up as if to stew; when pretty well done, add a little green parsiey and a few ' onions. Take one-nalf pound large pepper pods, remove seeds and pour on boiling water: steam 10 or 15 minutes, pour off water and rub them in a sieve until all the juice is out, add the juice to the chicken; let it cook for half an hour; add a little but. ter, flour and salt. Place a border of rice around the dish before setting on table. This dish may also be made of beef, pork or mutton. It is to be eaten in cold weather and is a favorite dish with all people on the Pacific coast. HANNAH WHO. HOW TO CROCHET A RIBEON CASE. Dear Social “orner Sisters: I haven't written to you in a long while. Bthelwyn: I am glad to see you received the prize. I will tell you how to make a Rib- bon Case for Christmas. This makes a simple and useftul little gift. It holds two bolts of ribbon, and the sides can be lined to protect the rib- bon from soiling. Lace tie two me- dallions together. Pull ribbon through rings, one on each side. Two_medallions: st R. 30 t. under 9 ch. 2d R, ch 5 #k, 2t. I dc in next t, ch sk 2't 1 de in mext, up no. 3d, 1de, 15t 3¢t ch3 3¢t 1nt1 (’c’r:nder 1st 5 ch, 1 do in next 5 ch, T, fro. 4th R. ch 4 2 dt cl under 5 ch. bel 2 sh, ¢l. 7, 1 dc'in 8 ch. on sh, 1 ch_under next 5 ch To. 5th R. ch 5, 8 t under 9 ch, ch 5, 1 dc in _center of c! chain 5, 3 t. under next 7_ch, rp. ro. 6th R. ch. 5, 1 de in 5 ¢h, ¢h 5 sk 8 t. 1 dc in next 5 ch, 1 t. 1 dc In cen- ter of cl, ¢h 5, 1 de in next § ch., rp. ro. 7th R 1 dc chain § 1 dc in 8 ch. rp. ro, Kitty Lou: What has become of you? Betty Brown: Havem't seen any of your writing latety. $ DAISY. THE GLADIOLUS AS A CUT FLOW- ER. Editor of The Social Corner: Y can endorse all that L.H. K.said in praise of the gladiolus. Lemoine, the celebrat- ed French florlculturist first showed its susceptibllity to hybridization and brought out a variety of brighu colored flowers; and Mr, m‘ the Canadian began - to experimen with 1t and I*M% |:wt the vtiw; largs waxy looking Blossoms of o America In one of the best The gladiolus matures betjer in the house as a cut flower than any other and cut the moment the first bud opens it keeps in_splendid ' form from ten days to two. o} every flower. it first-class as a_table flower—second to no other bloom. L Too mu#‘ummt be said in praise JOSEPH DOR. Norwich. JANE ‘AND SILAS AT THE POUL- TRY CONVENTION Dear Editor and Social Friends:— Just these few lines, to make amends. At home I never got the time to sit down unmolested But now, I've been away two weeks, am getting somewhat rested. There's rest in change as you all know, And T've been going, going, Until I feel made over new, And one way it is skowing I's wishing that I hlmflwflh you The things that I've hearing, So, I'll begin, it's for you all, Without the special “Dear-"ing. Please give my statement your atten- tion: ‘Twas at a grand Poultry Conventlon An expert poulty man averred That he could make a model bird That on each day and every day A whité and sterile egg would lay. No man, my friends, egg can make All the constituents may take And with his chemists work away Making a mess and a dispiay Of stuff, that if the fowls would eat Might turn out feathers, egzs or meat. But, tho’, the égg you can not make, The hen you can, and you shotld take— And‘he ran on talking by rote ‘While eager listeners took sote. At length a farmer, old and gray Broke in: ‘“T've got a word to say. It's only jest a riadle old— As old as Adam, I've been told: Now, can you tell, you expert men Which was first, the egg or hen— If the hen came first why, then the egg; But was it sterfle let me beg? 1t the egg was first, whence the setting hen? It has been asked time and agen. Here stands the man who makes the Dbird— I've listened to him word by word— An ever producing hen to lay Eggs by the dozen, or by the day. “Come, Jane, we'll drive back to ‘Green Acres’ And_raise our fowls like good care- takers; Fine stock, best food, neat care, warm pens— We won't care for hens; We'd as 'soon depend on Teddy bears As watch dogs for our.small affairs. Thus far we've made our poultry pay Plain hens that laid one egg er day.” Then that expert began azen It takes ten years to make a_hen! Trap nest-culled eggs, all thorough bred, All hatched by heat and expert fed. But Jane and Silus couldn't wait— As each, or both, are seventy-eight. And best get eggs best way they can And do you blame ’'em? I don’ AN THE MADAM'S VIEWS. Dear Sisters'of the Social Corner:— Indeed, Valentine, there is more in- no man-made terest = manifested throughout this country in “The Pjuai Franchise Movement” than you can imagipe. When you think of it, really it is dis- couraging to some who have labored so diligently tc obtain the vote. But they keep nammering. Perhaps they think much will be gained by persist- ance. Do you actually believe that if women™ were o obtain the franchise that every woman would vote for pro- hibition? Dismiss those pipc dreams! There would he many who wouldn't, and some men who vote now against cense would say if the women all ed for prohibition that that issue is*too feminine. A man said in my presence not long age, if his wife voted (any ticket) he would not wote at all. That brings out the spirit ip man—that spirit of sel- fichness wanting something exclu- sive, something for men and men only. Take for instance the churches. Haven't many said: “Churches are for women. We won't go. Let the women take care of them.” This abhorence of things feminine scems to be born in boys; but many girls delight in be- ing called boyish, and many women de- light In being calied mannish. Have you ever heard of a boy wishing to be a zirl? Yet taere are many silly girls whe are alw. ishing to e bo: Men so often leave off what women take part in doing. Not long ago I read an article in a_paper. concerning women swearing. The writer thought it would be a good thing if women did swear for then men would leave it off, But Jaying all jokes aside I would much rather hear a woman say damn than “gosh A very religious mother taught her son that it was wicked to swear. When the little fellow was taunted and mis- used he would take It out in crying. One day his mother chastised him and called him “a cry-baby’ In desperaticn he screamed: vou won't let me swear!” This fall I was a voter on the school question and considered that a etep- ping stone to greater things—I would advise all mothers to avail themselves of this privilege for who should know more about schools than mother?— ‘Who will always find a friend in. THE MADAM. THANKS(;‘.IVING OR CHRISTMAS GAMES. “Well Sisters of the Social Corner who have children might be interested in giving them an entertainment as an enjoyable feature of the Thankssiving or Christmas holidays. A_very pretty game is to sketch lit- tle Noah's arks on children’s note pa- per and to invite the boys and girls to an evening in Noah's ark. Draw the arly itself with charcoal on an_old sheet between the folding doors with a large slit in the bottom to allow the passage of the beasties. First of all let the chidren select partners, and when all have been matched give each couple a slip of paper having the name of eome ani- mal written on it; or holding hands the little partners may hunt for a slip taking the first one that comes to hand.” This will add to the fun. After the slips have been found each couple becomes representatives of the class of animals whose names they have found. Now with cardboard, wooly good tinsel, and any scraps that are handy, make horns or plumage or the like for each bird or beast. The children will g0 wild over tnis dressing up feafure and will enjoy it as much as any part of_the evenin; When all have horns, feathery top- knots or wagging ears, Noah (some older person) calls them and the little animals prance in_line. Then begins ‘the grand march, ugh the rooms, during which each each couple imitate the cry of the animals they represent. Into the ark (in the adjoining room) they pass and hack ‘agam. Probably the per- formance will have to be repeated many times before the company is satiated. Another good gnme is t5 let all the little ones take different animal names acting singly instead of in pairs, The name is kept secret between the ani- mals and somo older person who eon- ducts the game. Seat all ‘the children in a circle wunatnmmuot:mm of ich the leader -stands: holding a small embroidery-boep in her hand. A little story is then related by the lead- er in which all-the little animhls are voven. 5 As the name of a beastie the leader = in’ order to get back the forfeit they must either sit still ten minutes with- out speaking or stand in the corner, or recite a verse. Comic races are a splendid stunt for a boy's stag affalr, and among these perhaps the. mackintosh is certaiwly the funniest. , Two boys race at once, when the signal is given both boys advance at & brisk walk iowards ihe mackintosh ‘which they are required to don in ad- dition to overshoes, then opening the parasol, each racer must husTy tq other end of the room and then back, after which he doffs the raincoat and | Last winter y fern was a “thing of the rubers, placing them in a neat pile, closes the parasol, returning to the goal. The boy who is first to go through all these maneuvres wins the race. KITTY LOU. SUGGESTIONS FOR NEEDLEWORK Dear Members of the Social Corner: Those of you who are contemplating making something pretty for your friends may be pleased to learn that the popular needlework dccorations are bluebirds and swallows. You can buy sheets and pillow cases embroid- ered with thers. You can buy bureau scarfs and table covers and cusnions showing them. And you can buy em- broidery transfer patterns and stencil patterns for them and with these you can decorate white enamelied futni- ture and serim, silk or linen window curtains. You can also buy various china and glass pieces decorated with these charming birds to match bedroom decorations. A pretty card table cover is made of heavy white linen, with a spread pack of cards in each corner, embroid- ered in black and red. Boudoir caps are good gifts for young girls. A new embroidered sort is made in the style of a Dutch cap, with the embroidery in delft blue of in black, on a sheer white muslin ground. For the young housekeeper a use- ful gift is a luncheon set, all in one picce, consisting of centerpiece and four plate doilies attached, in the form of a Greek cross. This is embroidered in various designs, in either white or| <olors. Fringe is in fashion and it has in- vaded the realm of art needlework. Some of the new sofa_cushions, which would make zdmirable gifts for the | boy or girl away at college. are of heavy tan llnen or crash, embroidered in_conventional designs in bright col- ors. and finished with wide tan cotton fringe. ‘The nightgowns cf the present time are so elaborate and so charmingly dainty that they needs must have a case fop themselves. Take a picce of linen and fold it in eavelope chape. The size is regulated accordin to taste. The Hap of the case is scailop- cd and a design of flower or a con- ventional design is embroidered on it. A touch of coior can be introduced by lining the case in any paste} shade. SUSIE. BREAD-MAKING. z Dear Social Corner Sisters: It used to be said: “Man cannot live by bread alone,” but it is doubtful If this can be said today, for the varicties of bread are many and the ingredients sustaining. Here are four kinds of bread I venture to commend: Graham Bread—One large teaspoon of salt, a teaspoon of soda, a_pint of hot water, a pint of milk, a half cup of New Orleans molasses, two pounds of graham flour, one cake of yeast dis- solved in one-third of a cup of water, 3 hglf cup each,of nuts and raisins. Putfin pans and lct rise. This quan- tity makes three loaves. Scotch Shortbread— One pound flour, one-half pound butter, one-quarter pound brown sugar and one tablespoon caraway seed. Mix butter and flour together, add sugar and seels mixed. | Knead smooth, roll one one-talf inch thick and cut in small pieces. Prick all over and hake one-half hour. Raisin Bread—Take three cups of yellow cornmeal, one and one-half cups of graham flour, one and one-half cups white flour, one cup New Orleans molasses, one heaping teaspoon _of soda dissolved in one-half cup of hot water, one feaspoon sait. enough sour milk to make a soft batter. Mix flour and salty then molasses with soda. Stir until foamy. tnen add milk ond one and one-half cups of raisins. Fill mold half full and steam three hours, Bran Bread —Three scant cups of bran. one heaping cup of flour, a scant teaspoon of salt, a heaping teaspoon of baking powder, four tabiespoons of Wesson oil, six tablespoons of New Orleans molasses, a half pound of raisins, a_third cup of chopped nuts, a teaspoon “of soda dissolved in a half cup of water, two cups of buttermilk to make a good thick batter. This may be baked in a loaf or as muflins in_tins. Hope some of the Sisters will try some of these breads. Best wishes to all. RUTH. HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS. Dear Social Corner Sisters: are a few helpful suggestions: Here the | are kept in the shade. STy with soapy water. With the tion of a little morning s;l‘nlhlw, I shouid not let the sun shine on them. beauty.” - 1 have other ferns, some gathered from our native woods, which make & pleasing contrast to the sword fermi but none I treasure so much. MADGE. | A _RECIPE WANTED. Dear Social Corner Sisters: For long time I have read The Social Cor= ner, and enjoyed it very much| I wish you would consider me a member of your Jolly Corner. » Will some kind Sister pleass give a recipe for Peanut Butter Cookies with flour measured 1 wonder if all the Brothers and Sisters enjoy these Autumn days as I do” Best wishes to all, MISS BILLIE. GREETINGS. Dear Social Corner Sisters: It has been a long time since I have written,' but T have read the Social Corner page every Saturday as soon as I could. Have a few minutes,so thought I would write. ) What beautiful weather we are ing? The trees are beautiful their leaves turning. Lucinda and Goddess of Liberty: Hope you will lke your new home. I always liked the place where you niows live, Now put on your guessing caps.| Crimson Rambler: Saw you and your| daughter in the city Thursday; but you did not see me. Would like very much to_come out and see you. | Black Beauty: Where are you? E Farmer: How's 'taters? { Aunt_Abby: - Suppose you are glad, hubby has returned. Hope he enjoyed his_ trip. Pumble Bee: T suppose you and the little bees will go to your winter, quarters soon. Hope to see you once more before you do. i Queen Elizabeth: Haven't seen yom! and Sunflower on the road lately. | Yours, as ever, FORGET- BEAR IN MIND NOV. 8TH. Dear Cornerites: We were jatending | to meet November Sth in the hall on Valiey stret. Alfara kindly offered to open her, home for our pleasure, and we hope for a good attendance. Come, wet or dry, on the 8th of November, Sisters.! All'be sure and remember, 30 Pearl| street, Alfara’s home. A hearty wal-{ come 'to all who will come. TIDY ADDLY. ! Willimantic. 1l | Brute of a Man. A Chicago man complains he cane, not support his wife on $20 a week when she buys perfume at $5 & bot- tle and stockings at $6 a pair. The brute!—Peoria Transcript. Thin Talk. “I was whipped by six men,” whim= pered 2 man today. “Had there beem only five T would have cleaned them.” That kind of talk is pretty thin.—Atche' ison Glob: bt The Principal Allies. £ According to the London view, Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy and Time are the principal allies on the| entente side—Chicago Herald. 1 — Easy Way to Get Don’t worry any more about itehing skin-trouble. Just get a jar of Resinol Ointment and a cake of Resinol! Soap at any drug store. With the Res- inol_Soap and warm water bathe the af- fected parts thor- oughly, until they are free from crusts and the skin is soft- ened. Dry very gent- ly, spread on a thin layer of the Resinol Ointment, and cover with a light bandage i —if necessary to protect the clothing. This should be donme twice a aay.l Usually the distressing itching and burning stop with the first treatment, and the skin soon becomes clear and, healthy again. For trial free, writej to Dept. 9-R, Resinol, Baltimore, Md.] How to Train the Lace Fern—Rc move the paper-of the Japanese para- <ol leaving ribs and cords to keep the shape; shorten the stick if necessary. | Put the stick firmly in the pot with | vine and in a short time you have | the parasol covered with the soft, pret- | ty green. | A few years ago I planted a taria in the center of a round flowc bed. As it grew I put up a light frame of wood, four uprights with cross- pieces to form a square, keeping the vine on top of the square, which was | three and a half feet from the ground. As soon as the vine became large | enough to hold its own weight the | frame was taken away. Now the vine | is like a smell round-headed tree or more umbrella-shaped, flat below round on top and giving some shade to the plants below. The frame was three feet square. i A Pretty Trumpet Creeper — It it very often the case that a large tree dies in & yard and must be cut down. A very pood way it to cut the tree off at the lowest limbs, leaving a tall stump, and plant at the base two or three trumpet creepers, which in o few years will wind about the tree bole and make a beautiful display of bright red flowers. - The Sword Fern—I want to_tell you of my beautiful sworG fern.. So many persons have scen and admired it and asked: “What do you do for it “How do you make it grow so0?” And the care of it is so much pleasure. 1 should like to have all lovers of flow- ' ors and plants know the enjoyment can be theirs with very little trouble. Fourteen months ago it was a little plant with only four fronds; now it is yery thick and forms a complete circle round the table; the longest fronds measure from % to 48 inches each. . Three smaller ferns taken from it are five months old, and have made rapi , the léngest frond meas- ing 42 inches. My treatment of them is very sim- ple: rich dirt from the lot, mixed with &ood garden soil, about half and half. THIS FLAG ‘YOU WANT good ser= vice from your selfe starter be. sure yous battery is in good shape. _ We specialize in storage- battery work. We are digs tributors for the famous “Exide’’ Battery, “the giant that lives in a box.” m:nmvanun& iness Detore_the puolie, medium _better than ‘wound: ‘There I water my ferns every day and often v Al oo SRR e