Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 23, 1917, Page 14

SRR S e R & ™, THREE PRIZES MONTHLY: EVERY WOMAN'S OPPORTUNITY The Bulletin wants good home letters; good business letters; good nelp- fu) letters of any kind the mind may suggest. /They should be in hand by Wednesday of each week. Writs on but one side of the paper. Address, SOCIAL COIINER EDITOR, Bulletin Office, Norwich, Coun. $2.50 to first; $1.50 to sscond; $1.00 to third. Award made the last Saturday in each month. SOCrAL. CORNER POEM. HOUSECLEAN®NG. The melancholy days have come, the saddest of the year, Of cleaning paint and scrubbing floors, and scouring far and near; ‘Heapen'd in the corners of the room, the ancient dirt lay quiet, Nor rose up at the father's tread, mor at the chiidren's riot. But now the carpets are all up; and from the staircase top "The muistress calls to man and maid to wield the broom an® mop. Where are those rooms, those quiet rooms, the house but late pre- sented? Wherein e dwelt, nor dreamed of dirt, so cosy and contented; they’re turned all upside down, that quiet suite of rooms, With slops, and suds, and soep, and Alas! sand, and tubs, and pails, and brooms; Chairs, tables, stands, all standing round at sixes and at sevens, While wife and housemaids go about like metecrs through the heav- ene! And now, when comes the master home, as come he must o nights, To find all things are “set to wrongs” that they have “set to rights.” the sound of driving tacks is heard and the house is far from still, And the carpet man is on the stairs, that harbinger of ill; He looks for papers, books, or bills, that all were there before. And sighs to find them on the desk or in the drawer no more, And then he grimly thinks of her who set this fuss afloat, And wishes she were out to sea in & somewhat leaky boat; He meets her at the parlor door, with hair and dress awry, With sleeves tucked up, and broom in hand, deflance in her eve; He feels quite small and knows full well there's nothing to be said, So holds his tongue, ahd drinks his tea and sneaks away to.bed. —Anon. —Sent in by BALSAM FIR. INQUIRIES AND ANSWERS. PAULA: Card received and mailed to Peggy Ann HEZ WRITES A LETTER. As I thought the matter over I con- cluded to giye it to that old curmud- geon straight. I sat down and wrote him Dear Pop (not in a loveable but in a pecuniary sense): Your claim against me is about as good as Jim Duffy’s deeds to his Florida plantation. Imag- inary claims have no boundaries, no merestones, no skylines. What you see back of me is the treasure your poor abused wife wrought with love and tears and suffering. We can’t hang your picture on the wall. When Hope paints your picture in words it does not seem as if the rogues’ gallery could tolerate it. You are You are just what you know yourself to be. Yours until death. HEZ HARMONDY. HOW TO PRESERVE RHUBARB. Dear Social Corner Sisters: Can the rhubarb now and later, when putting up fruits. use some with pineapple, strawberries or red raspberries. These are more expensive but stronger flavor- ed, and when added to the rhubarb impart their flavor. This makes a cheaper product than the expensive fruits, but none the less delicious. Rhubarb Conserve—I: Five peunds rhubarb, four oranges, four pounds su- gar. three the quarts water. rhubarb into one-half inch pieces. Scrub the oranges, slice through the rind into very thin sec- ons, being careful to remove all seeds. ook the rhubarb and sliced oranges ogether for 15 minutes, adding a very little water, if necessary, to prevent the fruit from burning. Add the three guarts water and four pounds sugar nd allow the mixture to boil gently ntil syrup is thick and jellylike. Rhubarb Conserve—Il: Four pounds rhubarb, one pound seedless raisins, four pounds sugar, one lemon, two or- ges. Wash and cut rhubarb into one- half inch pleces. Boil rhubarb, raisifs and sugar gently 20 minutes, add juice of oranges and lemon and the rind of an orange. Boil until syrup is thick and jellylike. RUTH. THINGS YOU MAY LIKE. Wash and Dear Sisters of The Social Corner: This will acquaint you with sorme of the good things the daughters of South Carclina make in the warm months: Tea Frappe: Boil one pint of water and pour over four teaspoons of tea, and let stand for five minutes. Add one cup of sugar, two cups of water and boil for five minutes. Add the grated rind and juice of two oranges, the juice of two lemons and one of " grated pineapple or the equivalent of fresh fruit. Straln, freeze and let stand for three hours. Stickers: Take a plece of biscuit dough ad roll thin, spread on (aft- er creaming together) a half cup of sugar and a half cup of butter. Roll up and cut with a knife, one-inch- thick pleces. Set around in a deep pan and grate nutmeg over them. Cover with water and bake in a mod- erate oven. This makes a good dish for summer when cold. Stickies: Cut rich biscuit dough rolled thin into about four-inch squares. Put a teaspoon of cream- ed brown sugar and butter (half and half proportions) on each uare. Wrap the edges securely and fasten with wooden toothpick = Pour over a little water afid sprinkle plentifully with cinnamon. Bake in quick oven. Young housewives who llke to try somsthing new will find these worthy 3f their attention and efforts. JOAN OF ARC. WHAT OUR ENGLISH ALLIES ARE EATING. Dear Social Corner Sisters: The recipes show what our English sisters doing: Maize Porridge—Cup of maize semo- lina or flaked, two cups of water, pinch of salt. Boll water in saucepan, sprin- kle in maize, and cook for five minutes quickly, stirring often. Serve with milk and sugar or condensed milk ard margarine. . Parkin—Two breakfast cups coarse oatmeal, six tablespoons margarine, teaspoon ground ginger, saltspoon of salt, eix tablespoons treacle, a little milk. Mix all the dry ingredients, Tub in the fat, melt treacle in little hot milk and stir in. Work to firm paste. Roll out and cut into biscuits. Bake in slow oven. Fish Kedgeree—Boil six ounces of rice for 20 minutes and strain thgr- oughly. Melt two ounces of marga: or dripping in a pan and add 12 ounces of pieces of cooked fish broken up small, two hardboiled eggs (if avail- able), chopped up, the rice, and salt and pepper. Cook for 10 minutes, stir- ring all the time. VICTORIA. A NICE CAKE AND PUDDING. Dear Sisters of the Social Corner: Those of you who like new recipes may find these palatable: Fig Pudding—Soak two cups of fine bread crumbs in two scant cups of milk, 2dd three eggs beaten lightly with' half a cup of sugar, half a tea- spoon of salt. half a cup of _finely minced beef suet, 4 pinch of baking soda. dissolved in 2 little hot water and half a pound of shredded figs. Beat the mixture for three or fou? minutes, turn into a greased mould with a wa- tertight cover and place on a rack in a kettle of boiling water. Set a weight on top of the cover to prevent the mould from upsetting and boil steadily for three hours. Serve with a liquid or hard sauce, flavored with lemon and nutmeg. lcebox Cake—Three dozen lady fin- flers, a half pound of unsaited butter, one cup of sugar, two eggs, one lemon, 2 half pint of whipped cream. Cream the butter and sugar, add the eges and cream again, then stir in the grated rind of the lemon and the juice, and cream all together. Place a layer of lady fingers in a square pan or dish, spread with the foresoing filling, then another layer of lady fingers, covered with the filling. Place in the ice chest for at least 24 hours. Whip the cream and pour over the top when ready to serve the dish. RUTH. STRAWBERRY RECIPES. Dear Social Corner Sisters: sending in a few recipes: Strawberry Dumplings: Into a pint of sifted flour rub two rounded table- spoons of butter, add a -teaspoon of salt, one egg, well beaten, one heap- ing teaspoon of baking powder and sufficient milk to moisten. Mix quick- Iy and roll out into a thin sheet about a quarter of an inch thick; cut out with a round biscuit cutter, place four berries in the center of each, fold the edges over and steam about 25 min- utes. + Strawberry Pie Line a deep plate as for any berry pie, fill with straw- berries and sift in a little flour and two-thirds of a cup of sugar. Cover and bake in a moderate oven. Serve with or without cream. Strawberry Custard: Line a glass dish with fresh strawberries and fill the center with a custard made as follows: Scald two jcups of sweef milk, pour over two egg volks beaten with’ one-half cup sugar; cook in dou- ble bofler til] thickened: flavwor with vanila when cool; pour in center of @ish of strawberries: whip the whites of the eggs to stiff froth; add two ta- blespoons sugar; heap over the top of the custard and dot with berries. Strawberry Shortcake, No. 1: Two cups flour, two teaspoons of baking powder; sift all together; a piece of butter the size of a small egg: work the butter nicely in with the hand; mix all with sweet milk, using a knife; do not mix too hard; knead as little as possible; divide in two part: roll out and put one part in ple ti have some warm butter and spread thoroughly on top: roll out the other half, put on top and bake about twen. ty minutes, not too brown as the crust will be brittle. Strawberry Shortcake No. 2: Half a cup of butter, cup sugar, three cups and a quarter’ of flour, one cup of milk, three eggs, three teaspoons of baking powder and the juice of half a lemon. Beat the butter to a cream and gradually beat the sugafr into it: add the lemon juice, the eggs well beaten and finally the flour: mix with baking powder. Bake in pans in a moderate oven for twenty minutes. Hull and mash three pints of straw- berries and mix them with a cup of sugar. Spread the berries and sugar on two of the cakes, and over the fruit spread whipped cream just be- fore ‘the cake is to go to the table, put the remaining cakes over first and spread a thin layer of strawberries, sugar over each and cover with whip- ped cream. I am PAULA. A WALK IN THE WOODS. The pleasure of a walk in the woods and flelds is enhanced a hundred-fold by some little knowledge of the flow- ers which we meet at every turn. So I venture to hope my letters on wild flowers will help someone to be- come better acquainted, or at least have a loving ackuaintance with a few of our wild flowers. Now is the time to look for orchis. I will des- cribe a few that grow in Connecticut. The Showy Orchis—Stem, four an- gled; with ~leaf-life bracts _issuing from fleshy, flberous roots. Flowers two in a loose spike, purple, pink with lower Hp white. Leaves two oblong, shinirg, three to six inches long. parted lip; its divisions num.dw' ‘We should search the wet and brooksides for these dainty pur- ple spikes. Adder’s Mouth—Six to nine inches long: flower pale pink, sometimes white, sweet -?med; on.lan: long lip bearded and fringed. lossom has been described as peach blossom red. The plant is found in bogs in company with the colopo- gons and sudews. Calopogen — Leaf linear, grass-like, flowers, two to six on each scape purple pink; about onme inch broad; the Np is hihged at its insertion; bearded toward the summit, with white, yellow and purple hairs. In the bogs side by side with the glistening Sundew, and the delicate Adders mouth one finds these beautiful flow- ers. White Fringed Orchis—About foot high, leaves oblong or lance shaped; flowers pure white: with a slender spur and fringed lip. This seems to me the most exquisite of our native orchids. The fringed lips give the snowy, delicate flowers a feath- ery appearance as they gleam from the shadowy woods of midsummer. Next time I will tell your of some of our more common flowers. WILD FLOWER. OUR SILVER ANNIVERSARY. It was the month of roses and our siiver anniversary near at hand. It was with mingled joy and sadness that we thodght of it for those with whom we hoped to spend it had gone from us and the plans we once made could not be carried out. ‘We felt, however, that we had been Married and Happy twenty-five years and ought in some way to celebrate the day. Acting upon the suggestion of Mr. Primrose, we decided to take an automobile trip and call upon a few of the Soclal Corner Sisters. Accordingly, we arose early upon the morning which marked the event and after breakfasting and feeding Biddy and her chickens were Ready to start on our way. OIld Sol shone brightly, not a cloud in the sky. re- minding us of the morning twenty- five years before, when we started out upon life’s journey, taking each other for better or for worse. Our first call was upon Keziah. She sald she had planned to Doolittle that day and urged us to tarry awhile and enjoy the Pleasant View from her home. She showed us a beautiful Pansy bed and sent us on our way with a bag of Highland cookies. Leaving .there, we motored to the little_city which was for many years our home and saw the house where we used to live. The Crimson Ram- bler and Dorothy Perkins we set out were in bloom and seemed to smile a welcome to us as we passed. Our second call was upon Johan. We found her sitting in the orchard on the Opposite Side of the street from the house reading Pollyanna. We lingered awhile and -talked over old times, then wended our way to the Thread City and out to, Covent Lake, where to our surprise we fourn Tidy Addly, Theoda, Polly Winter- green and several others, enjoying their first outing of the season. We accepted their cordlal invitation to lunch with them and enjoyed to the utmost such sandwiches, salad, cake and coffee, as only Socfal Cor nerites can make. We were forced to eat and run. Past the house with the Lonesome Pine and the home of Aunty No. 1, we motored to the Rose of New Eng- land, where we called upon Kitty Lou and Lucy Acorn. Then homeward bound, we stopped for a few minutes at the hospitable home of Aunt Mary, where the Bluebird was einging and the Farmer’s Daughter weeding her garden. Our last call was upon Rural De- livery, who gave us a cordial welcome. He said he was late In getting home that dav, for wherever he found a yeliow bow on the mail box, he had to stop awhile and Gadabout. We reached home just as the sun was setting and voted the day a Bright Ray in our lives. We are now looking forward to amr Golden anniversary when on the Sat- urday Eve of our lives we hope Yo take an extended trip to the beautiful Golden West and _visit Wildwood, Potlatch and North Dakota. PRIMROSE. HINTS AND HELPS. Dear Social Corner Sisters: I here- with enclose a few hints and helps: Tack an empty spool on the outside of the screen door low enough down for the children to reach it when they ‘want to come in. Before you begin making vour jams and jellies, buy some small glasses— about two inches high and wide in proportion. Then as each variety is made, fill a few of these glasses. You will be glad to have them next win- winter when you want to send a lit- tle remembrance to a sick friend, or wish to pack a box for Christmas. The individual size is daintier in ap- pearance than the larger sized glasses and allows one to send several kinds instead of only one. To remove a splinter from the fin- ®er a large-mouthed bottle (a milk bottle is good) with very hot water. Hold the finger in the bottle and steam it well. The splinter will be drawn to the surface. A sprig of mint boiled with new po- tatoes improves their flavor. MOUNTAIN LAUREL. CUTTING THE HIGH COST OF LIVING, one Dear Social Corner Sisters: Bvery wise housekeeper is on the outlook nowadays for ways and means of cutting the high cost of living. With €g8s soaring in the forties and but- ter in the same locality and the high prices of other things, it behooves womankind to pé€t on thinking caps. Bananas, frequently spoken as “the poor man’s fruit,” are well deserving of this title, as they may be pur- chased at a reasonable price at all seasons of the year. Comparatively few people, however, know the value of the cooked banana, which is truly delicious, when daintily prepared and served as a dessert, vegetable or sup- per dish. Banana Fritters: Beat the yolk of one egg and add half a cup of flour into which has heen sifted a teaspoon of baking powder; add a teaspoon of sugar, a teaspoon of olive ofl and, lastly, the well beaten white of the egg. Cut bananas in two, lengthwise, then crosswise, squeeze lemon juics over each plece, dip in_fritter bat- ter and fry in hot fat. Drain on pa- per, sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve hot. Fried Banan Select firm ana rather slender fruit, peel and cut into sections about_three inches long. Fry in hot butter, and as the bananas cook sprinkle with a little sugar and roll about carefully in the frying pan until light brown all over. Transfer to a hot dish, pouring over them any butter that may remain in the pan. Serve at once. Banana Pudding: Two bananas cut small, half a loaf of bread, crumbed, one-quarter of a cup of sugar, two tablespoons of butterine, one cup of milk. “Mix all together and bake thir- ty minutes. EASTER LILY. | flavor of some one ks E— Aunt Sally was plaih to ugliness, too ignorant to read or write her own name and she sometimes took a “sip ‘too much;” but for more than fifty years she had been nurse, doctor, newspaper and handy woman of all trades for miles around. A visit from the stork created no anxiety if Aunt Sally was on hand; if there was measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria, typhold, or even small Aunt Sally’s presence brought Robe of recovery: she was always on hand for funerals and weddings; no family could move #ithout her help and no houss was' proper 1y cleaned until e had inspec Every mother welcomed her help in getting the children ready for school, for she could rip ap, cut over, and press old garments to look like new, and she never “tattled.” She knew the past history of every family in town, back to the first set- tlers, but a secret of real importance was ‘as safe in her keeping as if con- fessed to a priest. She was a great talker, and could “set off” a story in a style all her own, although never a mischief-maker, but woe to the dweller of a glass house who threw stones in her presence. ‘When asked the price of her ser- vices her answer to rich and poor was always the same: “I don't ask any- thing for helping my nelghbors.” Sometimes she received clothing or household articles from the estates of those who had passed away; some- times meat or vezetables; and at rare occasions small sums of money. She was always satisfled with her recom- pense and ready to go again when needed. Aunt Sally lived with her son on a small farm some distance from neigh- NORTH DAKOTA THINKS HOME. Dear Social Corner Sisters:—It makes me feel lonely to read of your gatherings and excursions. I can see just how the lovely “Coventry Lake” as we used to call it, looked In the summer. I wish I could join you, but since I cannot, am glad that. the So- cial Corner will tell me about your outing. I would like to tell you this; if there is something vou would like to have me join, please be sure to write three weeks ahead or a month in win- ter. Last winter a sister invited me to join in sending a birthdav token, and I shouid have been glad to do so, but the letter did not reach me until after the birthday. I live fourteen miles from the postoffice and railroad, and mail from even nearby points was held up by snow blockades last win- ter. At one time, I had fourteen dail- ies at once. Just think of having to “catch up” with the news of fourteen days at once. It makes one realize how Robinson Crusoe must have felt. I wish each of the Sisters would tell her birthday, then those who can find time can send her a card. I will state, in this connection, that my birthday anniversary is July 29. I wonder if any Sister has the same day Of course, the war casts its shadow here, even as it has with you. Twelve \have enlisted from our neighborhood of less than twenty-five familles, and more will go soon, without waiting for draft. Life moves on about the same here as it does with you, so very far away. NORTH DAKOTA. OF A FEW SUGGESTIONS. Dear Social Corner Sisters: For a year or more I have been an interest- ed reader of the Social Corner and am wondering if you have room for an- other member? I thank the Sisters for the help I rave derived from their contributions. The raisin_pies and raisin cookies were both fine. In the last issue of The Bulletin T notice Katydid asks how to make a meringue that will not fall. Tirst, dust with powdered sugar, then shake a little cornstarch over it, beat quick- ly_again and spread. I am sendinz a few suggestions some Sister might try. A new use for Parsley: making soup or stew It when you find the vegetable tora strong vou ecan neutralize it by add- ing a sprig or two of parsle: To make corks as good new: Af- ter corks have been used awhile they sometimes become so compressed that the contents of the bottle leaks out. This may be remedied by putting the corks in boiling water and leaving them until the water cools. To darn Linen: The ravelled threads from old lnen will be found best for darning table cloths or napkins. A cure for Hiccoughs: A teaspoon- of sugar moistened with vinegar and eaten slowly will often stop hiccoughs. For Ivy Poisoning: One of the best remedies for Ivv poisoning is to rub the afflicted parts with slices of a raw onlon. To make Glue moist: Dried-up glue can be made moist and fit for use by the addition of a little vinegar, Best wishes to all. . AUNT. TWO LITTLE SUGGESTIONS. Dear Social Corner Sisters: Since the speculators are pinching the country ouj of a million a week, we are all forced to pinch about every- thing in the kitchen we are not forced to_omit. Since milk increased in price I have found it an advantage from an econ- omic stendpoint, to use evaporated milk (not condensed) in the follow- ing manner: To one can of evaporated milk, cost- ing 12 cents, add one and one-half quarts of boiling water, stirring it in slowly. Then add two level tea- spoons of sugar and one level tea- spoon of salt. When cool use as fresh milk. It is richer and will keep lons- er. This is the way to make a delicious pudding quick: Three crackers roll- ed fine, pine of milk. yoke of two eggs, not quite one-half cup of sugar, a bit of butter, pinch of salt, nutmeg and raisins if liked. Bake twenty min- utes. Frost top with egg whites, and brown. With crackers at 18 cents a pound and eggs st 45 cents a dozen with a prospect of being 50 cents, this is not as cheap as it was once, but it is still comparatively in the economlcal class. SUSIE. SOMETHING ABOUT FLOUR. Dear Social Corner Sisters: We do not all know as much about flour as_we might. Hard wheat flour is best for white bread. Pastry flour is milled so that a fine white product is secured, and this makes the best pastries and cakes. Self-raising pastry flour is not recommended as _every house- keeper should add the Ingredients herself. Besides “these ordinary flours one can buy rice flour for griddle cakes, buckwieat flour, pea meal, for thick- ening stews, breading chops and for soups, barley flour for barley bread, A TRUE LIFE STORY for several davs. One winter Aunt Sally was known to have a bad cold and neighbors had heard Sam was drinking, but there was a severe storm axd no one got around to look her up several days, and then she was found very il with pneumonia. She had been alone without fire, food, or care, for three days. The end came a few hours after help arrived. At her funeral, at which the whole town was present, the old pastor who had presided over the village church for twenty years, read a few verses from the Scripture and looked over the assembly: “I don’t bellevs he said solemniy, “there is a person in this room who has not in times past reecived help and comfort in sick- ness or trouble from Aunt Sally. Many of us, I among the number, owe our lives or the life of a loved one to her faithful care, and e received little, if any, pay from any of us. When her time came she died alone for want of care, surrounded by those sty had served all her long life. It was Sam’s business to care for her, but most of us knew during the past week he was not in’ a condition to do it. = Many times has willingly left his work to help a neighbor or to spare his mother when she was need- ed. We were attending to our own business, but Aunt Sally always made it her business to fAnd out if any of the neighbors needed help. Let us ray. % ETTA BARBER. JOHNNY CAKES AND DOUGH- NUTS. Dear Social Corner Sisters:—Some of you seem interested in _cooking cornmeal, so I am going to add a few suggestions. This is my way of making Johnny Cakes on the griddle—Take the required amount of cornmeal and salt. Be sure the water is boiling and the meal warm, if it isn't the water wiil cool instead of scalding the meal. Use water so it will not be too stiff, and after letting it stand a short time thin with sweet milk to the consis- tency of stiff cake batter. Drop on a hot griddle and brown nicely on both sides. Brown Bread—Two cups ach of corn meal, flour and sour milk, 1-2 cup molasses, salt and a heaping tea- spoon soda. Mix well and steam four or five hours at least. If you have a fire, steam all day. Place in a hot oven a short time. When you are tired of trying these, here is something you never tire of, either to make, or eat. Raised Doughnuts—Some afternoon stir 1 yeast cake into a batter and let rise. At night take 2 cups warm milk, 1 cup sugar, salt and the yeast. Stir ‘all together adding flour to make a little stiffer tha ncake. Let rise in a warm place over night, in the morning add 1 egg, L cup sugar, 3 tablespoons shortening, 1-2 teaspoon soda, dissolved, cinnamon and nut- meg to taste and flour enough to knead 1like bread. Let rise again, when light cut out and place on a board. When raised enough fry in Dot too hot fat as they will brown very quickly. Do not let them get too light or they will fall by hand- ling. This amount makes two pans full, but will not last long unless they are closely hidden. Ethelyn: Your method of cleaning must be fine, but do tell us next how many you have in your famty and whether you live on a farm or not. Sickness in my family would upset these rules most of the year. Here is an original conundrum:— What was it that made its first ap- pearance at the Soctal Corner gath- ening and in the sky on May 9th? RAINBOW. DELICIOUS RHUBARB. Dear Social Corner Sisters:—I am sending In a nice recipe for cooking rhubarb. ‘Wash and cut into small cubes, but do not peel, sprinkle with baking soda and pour boiling water over it; let stand a few minutes; then pour all the water off, cover the bottom of a baking pan with a layer of the rhu- barb, then a .ayer of sugar and re- peat. Let the top layer be sugar, do not boil any water, bake, water: cover until tender. This is delicious. We are all very fond of it cooked this way. A great improvement from the old way, of peeling and stewing. I was very sorry not to be able to meet with you at Coventry Lake: but could not walk from the car, my feet have been very bald, swollen and one of them has been so I could not wear a shoe. I wished for you ali a pleas- ant day, and I know you had a plea: time. DOM PEDRO. BIRTHDAY STONES. Dear Social Corner Editor:—XNo doubt some of your readers would like to know more about birthday stones. There have been several Iists of stones given as marking the months, and while these are alike in many essentials, there are some points of difference. The best order and the oldest, so far as known, is the follow- ing: January, the garnet. February, the amethyst. Warch, the bloodston April, the sapphire. May, the agate. June, the emerald. ‘drew by the sardonyx, , Ji the emerald, Philip by the cornelian, Matthew the chrysolite, Thomas by the beryl, Thaddeus by the chrysoprase, James, the lesser, by the topaz, Simeon by the jacinth and Matthias the amethyst. It is scarcely ple that these humble men of Galllee, followers of the meek Nazarene, U'"u:! ‘f-h. lxl-t‘encehzi this bolism, but it shows in w Valued estimation they were held by those who had been led by their teachings. &% Ao HOW DOES SHE KEEP UP WITH PROCESSION. . 2o Dear Social Corner Sisters:—While no one has ever ventured to regard housekeeping as a profession, it is an open question now, with the Presiden counselling economy and the specula- tors pushing prices to the limit, if it has not been elevated to the plane of Art. It is the housewife who is expected to turn scraps into dainties, to change water into milk, and to make a dol- lar with three-fourths of its buying power gone look better than fifty cents. Ten cents used to buy a good pound of cheese, and now it buys a slice so thin that it looks like parafined paper; and any one desiring a five- pound bag of navy beans has to buy them on easy payments. No one can teil how the woman in the kitchen keeps up with the pro- cession. Jon by the THE CRANK. AN INQUIRY. Dear Social Corner Sisters:—I have always been a Sociai Corner reader and often thought I would writ but never got to it until now, and this is to ask Dom Pedro a question. I was interested when I read about something to make washing easy, as that is the hardest task I have to do, and I wanted to prepare some of Dom Pedro's washing fluid: but I can't get any stone lime. Will she please tell me where I can get some? WASHER WOMAN. CANNING RECIPES. Dear Social Corner Friends:—Am sending in a few seasonable canning recipes, that some of the Sisters may be looking for, at this time of the year, for canning Strawberries and Cher: —Can the fruit and pack in glass jars, add boil- ing hot sirup (for sirup a scant cup of sugar to a cup of water), place rubber and top in place partialy tighten, then place in a kettle of hot water and boil sixteen minutes; re- move, tighten covers, wrap Jjars in paper to prevent bleaching. Another way of canning strawber- ries is to mash every berry, and put a cup of sugar to a cup of mashed berries, fill the fruit jar and tighten tops; no cooking. This way is very nice. For canning greens both wild and cultivated, Swiss chard, kale, spinach, asparagus, beet tops, dandelions, can all_be canned the following way:— Place in a kettie and steam fiftexn minutes (in a regular steamer or take a tin plate that will fit in the bo tom of vour kettle and make holes in it, and then put a little water in the bottom of kettle for steam) remove and place in cold water: then pack tight in jar: add hot water to fill crevices, and a level teaspoon of salt to each quart; p'ace rubber and top in position, do not tighten; place jars in a kettle of hot water and boil one hour and a half; remove from kettle, tighten covers. For canning string beans and peas, place them in boiling hot water for two to five minutes, remove and place in cold water, pack in jar until full, add boiling hot water to fill crevices; add one level teaspoon salt, to each quart, place rubber and top in posi- tion, place jars in kettle of hot water and boil two hours; remove and tighten covers. A BUSY FRIEND. NOT CAREFUL IN —OUR JUDGE- | MENTS. Dear Social Corner Friends:—I should like to ehake hands with OIid Sol. His (or her) idea of moulting to get rid of our prejudices is certainly a novel one. I am afraid there might still be a few fine feathers left. There is one thing we can try and do, avoid being influenced by the pre- Jjudice of others, for we often form an opinion of a person from the ‘fkes or dislikes of another. ‘We should be more true to our- selves and more charitable tow others, if we waited to judge them from our own personal knowledie, rather than through the eyes of an- other. PRACTICAL POLLY. STRAWBERRIES AND ROLY-POLY Dear Social Corner Sisters: two seasonable recipes: Sun-Preserved Strawberries — Slect large red ones, hull, add an weight of sugar, spread on a large dish, cover with glass and set in the hot sun. Bring them in about 4 o'clock and put out again next morning. In two days they should be transparent. Lift out each berry carefuily, put in small jars or glasses; add half a pound of sugar and a half pint of juice from fresh berries to the liquor from the plates, boil for 20 minutes, or until it jellies, pour over the berries and seal. These are for company preserves —when you want to show what a good housekeeper you are. Cherry Roly-Poly—Into a pint of flour mix half a teaspoon of salt and three leve! of baking powder. Rub in a tablespoon of butter and add enough milk to make a stiff douzh. Roll it out square and half an inch thick on & floured board: lay over it some cher- ries, stoned and well drained. Press them slightly into the dough, dredge Here are July, the onyx. August, the cornelian. September, the chrysolite. October, the agquamarine. November, the topaz. December, the ruby. In ancient times these were called the zodiac stones, and they were set together in an amulet, so as to be sure to have the one in_connection with or corresponding to the particu- lar sign or month of the year. This superstition was evidently connected with the twelve stones in the breast- plate of the high priest, and it is from this that the present superstition arises. Coming down to a later time there yellow and white corn meal, corn flour and dozens of cereals that may be combined in delicious breads. Pumpernickel, is a rye bread those. should make who are fond of rye flour products: Take a piece of sour dough saved from a Yormer bak- ing or a cup of sponge that has sour- ed and to it add a tablespoon of sugar and a teaspoon of salt, one cup of rye meal and a quart of warm water. Let this stand in a warm place two hours. Add more rys flour until the batter is thick. Work until the mixture is smooth. Cover and put in a warm place over night. In the morning work out all the air bubbles. Let rise three hours and bake slowly in an even temperature. SARAH ANN TIGHE. with flour, roll loosely, pinch the ends together, wrap in a floured cloth and steam for an hour. Make a sauce of the juice of the cherries by adding a littie water and sugar to taste, thicken slightly with cornstarch, boil, stir in a tablespoon of butter and pour the pudding. L. M. USES FOR KEROSENE OIL. One-half teaspoon of kerosene to a quart of starch will make the clothes look nice and smooth. A few drops of kerosene on the wood when building a fire kindles it right up nice and bright. Kerosene and whiting make a fine silver polish. Kerosene will clean brass; add a few drops of ammonia. Kerosene will clean rust off of flat- irons. A g0od machine ofl is a combination of kerosene and linseed oil. Kerosene will remove tarvia rubbed on the ofl spot. Kerosene will clean rolers of wring- ers and will clean clocks if you satu- rate a plece of cotton and place in a clock; the fumes will clean the gum- ming in the clock. Kerosene will remove dirt from paint —two tablespoons of coat oil in a bofler of clothes and one-half bar of soap, shaved; boil clothes $0 minutes. You will not have to rub. Jell can be made with kerosene and white soap. Shave soap, add water end e = - equal | kerosene; place in jar and use ifke softsoap. Put in water, mirrors, windows, kerosene and by will wasr rubbing on i | window makes a fine -polish Dip a piece of cheesecloth in kero sene, makes a good duster for furni- ¢ | ture. nd soap made with sand, kerosene and white goap; shave soap and Lo one bar of soap add one-half pint wate two tablespoons kerosene and one cug of sand.. Melt soap, add sand and ker osene and let harden. Kerosene '‘and ofl citr parts), a good mosquito Equal parts of keroser bolled eed oil make a for floors; will clean painted wa will clean nickel on the stove Kerosene is good to put in wate wash oilcloth and linoleum Kerosene will kiil lice LAUNDERING COLORED FABRICS Dear Sisters of the Social Corner Just a_few: lines concerning t dry of colpred fabrics. |l 4 it practical, ‘'when washing . ginghams, to rinse well wTing them thoroughly, then line soon as possible. wrong eide out, aprons, towards the sun. When remove from the line vent fading, and do not hot a flat. I always starch clothes after t are dried. 4They requ and hold the stiffnes; when in use. Kat; Greetings to The Corner; and thar for your compliments to me Best wishes to all THE REMEDIAL PROPERTIES OF SALT. Dear 'Social Corn is an ever ready reme inflamed eyes, for chron for cold in the head or It wi'l toughen up a weak as a gargle and tender feet bath And now a story France that night of the Red Cross h his charges a_patient made shell shock. He was taken " one night and nothing could the patient upo paper: ‘S salt brought, h owed tw and did not aft Old Parr tobacco to prolong the said he could make last a full hour had wrote smoke his sal SALTINE TO USE UP STALE BREAD. Dear Cornerites: The are iots o ways to serve stale b it as edible as any bread In many families ed for breakfast, It ) the cu restaurants have « thin, crisp, substantial m: lowed at home. St meat with gravy, creamed fish. poached eggs, me cooked asparagus, Swiss tomatoes, etc., are served / on toast. Cre: (that is. toast with a « milk gravy, perhaps fl very little chipped beef, sa't other savory) may be used as the ma dish breakfast, luncheon or s s of toast may also ¥ or milk and hes browned on a ho m or ice: water lightly TO MAKE A GOOD CUP OF COFFEE Dear Social Corner F [ something we do no too e weet. s scald pot befora brew coffee and do not use the ground any leftover coffee a s 1 time you wish a good « Cold eoffee m be used in place of milk ir in_gingerbread. Now take one cup ¢ for each cup of coffee spoon of coffee. Cof may have to use qu b'espoon or a scant and see. If you measuring cups will on use small cups of coffee. Now and put in coffee, pot ter over the coffee, commences to run ove it will keep warm b e for several min ‘ed, then pour e with cream ary to Condensed milk is prefe tee by people who can af A little pinch of sal : to the taste of coffee or co or milk THE KINDS AF MEATS Dear Social Corner Sisters doubt we all know too little about meats: and the fact stares us in the face that all cuts are dear although there is still a great varfety of pric o But it is a good thing to be able ta tell the bntcher what kind men you are looking for, so he may read bring it to light. Here are what are called the er_cuts of beef Rump—Roasts, stewing. cheap braising, a ia Chuck ribs (1 and 2)—Roast, steak Chuck ribs (last 3)—Stewing, bra ing. “Plate”—Soup, stew, rolled pleces Brisket—Corned 71d pot roast Skirt steak-—Rolled, stew Plank steak—Rolled, stew, a Ia mode. Cross ribs—Pot roast Short ribs—Soup, stew sliced col4 These are the cheaper cuts of m ton: Breast—Stew, braising. soup. Neck—Soup, ' stew, meat for ero- quettes, ete. Veal: Breast—Soup, stew, mads dishes, veal loaf. A slow oven can be used, or, above all, the “fireless cooker,” which cooks without heat. Here, too, the fireproof or earthenware dishes can be used to best advantage, for then the food mav be cooked and served in the same dish In all cooking of inexpensive cuts ¢ needs must be economical with fu MARY JANE A LAZY MAN'S PLANT. Dear Social Corner RBEditor: There are good things to eat that will grow in a lazy man’s garden, just as there (Continued on Page Fifteen)