Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 20, 1917, Page 14

WORWICH BULLETIN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1917 EVERY WOMAN’S OPPCRTUNITY wants good home letters; good business lettsrs; good nelp- any kind the mind may suggest. They should be in hand by nesday of each week. Write on but one side of the paper. Address, SOCIAL COINER EDITOR, Bulletin Office, Norwizh, Conn. Tie Bulles letters «. H P §° SOCIAL CORNER POEMS. A Prayer. { Lotd, let me live ‘With Regular friends and true; ‘Let me play the game plan, — And play it that way all through; lose with a Regular Let me win or smile o And never be known to whine, For that is a “Regular Fello 2 And I want to make it mine! ©Oh; give me a Regular chance in life, e same as the rest 1 pray, LA help me along the way; | Le€ us know the lot of humanity, ! "Ifs Regulr woes and joys, raise a Regular family ©Of Regular girls and boys! . Let me live to a Resular good old age, With Regular enow-white hair, Having done my labor and earned my waze And played my game for fai An fy_face on its peaceful bier, They'll sa " Man a_drop a Resular tear! of poems, Things As They published by Co., New York. Sent in by HATTIE. = ¥ > Souls. My jsoul goes clad in gorgeous things, rlet and gold and blue; And at her shoulder sudden wings Like long flames flicker through. And she is swallow-flect, and free . _ From mortal bonds and bars, She laughs, because Eternity Blossoms for her with stars! © folk who scorn my stiff gray My ‘dull and foolish face— Can ye not see my A singing flame throuch space? Ana folk, whose earth-stained looks I hate, ‘Why may I not divine Your souls, that must be passionate, Shining and swift, as mine! ~—Fannie Stearns Dav: ‘State Journal Sent In by BILLIE. INQUIRIES AND ANSWERS. BUMBLE BEE—Thanks to you and the Sisters for daintily decorated box It satisfied the eve and the of cake. palate. CLARA OF CANTERBURY: No, my and, Da initials are not R. C.; Canterbury, they are not M. C., either. but I do not think because I have lived in Canterbury only about four and one- having come from New meet you both some They are L. L. you khow me, Balt vear SMART AND STYLISH MODELS. Dear Social Corner Sisters: The mil- |t liners have a large and handsome dis- Some smart play of hats this season. g HERSELF FIVE PRIZES EVERY MONTH OF ONE DOLLAR EACH. the last Saturday of each month. s — ke a Regular Man, on a Regular style glve me a Regular Girl for wife so at last when the people scan “Well, he was a Regular | Berton Braley, from his new book Are, the George H. Doran gown, soul flash down, , in the Ohio Award HEZ GETS PATRIOTIC. You may all have noticed when a married man gets his dander up he has to get it down again, or white- winged peace will not dwell in the family. So I calmed down and regu- lated myself as all family men should. The next day my patriotic feelings got to cavorting and I says: “Hope, Tve been thinking I would buy a Lib- erty bond to help Uncle Sam out. Don't you think I ought to subscribe and put down $2 for a $50 Liberty bond?” “Hez" says she, “you are a well- meaning man, but your thinker is a short-distance affalr. Where do you expect to get the other 482" “I thought you and I might get it | tosether.” "said 1”“for you're attend- !ing the food conservation lectures and these well-to-do women will tell you how we can eat less and save more to help Uncle Sam.” “Yes,” said she, “a financier told us to wear our old bonnets this winter to save money, and you said that was a poor way, to knock out trade and ex- pect to raise revenue. Why don't the patriot cut out smoking? Hez, you do say something sensible sort of acci- | aentally now and then!” “Then you will not help " says L “I think we better talic 1t over,” 's she. “We have got two weeks to decide. I think we better discuss it further. We mustn't do things in haste to repent at leisure.” “I've been repenting at leisure more'n half my time, now,” said I. HEZ HARMONDY. KITTY LOU SIGHT SEEING. Dear Social Corner Sisters: My lit- tle trip to Staten Island is rather amusing as thcre are several incidents i which to me seemed humorous. It was a delightful day, one of those days when the trees are beginning to ched their leaves and cverything looks brizht except the lawns and the ver- anda flower boxes. The wire fences were being removed and the plazza furniture was climinated, also the vas- es were being taken in. The potted ants looked as if Jack Frost had sipped them. N I left Norwich about 7.30 2. m. and arrived in New York about 11, and I think it was about 2 o'clock when I arrived in Brooklyn. Why, I am rot certain about the time, I looked for my timepiece and lo and behold, it had gone (the way of the flowers, piazza furniture, etc.). removed it from my belt. Well, T thought I would visit the Eden Musee the next day as *hey Pld me there were numerous figures there made up in wax that looked perfectly ratvral, also curiosities, > I was very much pleased with the idea of being able to take in so many sights in a short time. T found the buflding in a little while as I did a number with the same bump of curiosity as myself. After entering the door I looked vain- ly around in search for a neutral face to which T might address an inquiry about “The Chamber of Horrors.” At last T saw a qulet-looking man, with o Bulletin in _his hand. He at- tracted my eye. He was dressed in sober suit of brown and wore a pe- sham top coat; as he stood up there he had an Inquisitive sort of air, and his appearance would remind you of a of Someone had [* dozen cloves, and & int of vinegar. Into each pear stick two cloves. Have the syrup hot and cook until tender. Watch carefuily, so that it- will not cook to pleces. One-half pound Eng- sk mustard, one- 'f Jdozeh tumeric, two tablespoons mustard seed, one 2ct . string beans, ore-half vinegar, one cup sugar, one gill salad of], one head caulifiower, one quart tiny cucumbers, one quart Dbutton onfons. Boil the caulifiower, beans, and onions separately until tender. Cover the cucumbers with strong salt and water, and soak for 24 honrs. Then mix all together. Put the vinegar in a poreefain lined kettle. Mix mus. tard and tumeric together and moist- en with a little cold vinegar and stir continually until it begins to thicken; thes adé the sugar, mustard seed and ofl, stir again and pour this, whtle hot, over the vegetables. Put away In glass or stone jars. Plokled Red Cabbage: Slice into a colander, and sprinkle each layer with salt; let it drain two days, then put it into & jar, and put in a few slices of red beet root. Observe to choose purple-red cabbage. ‘Those who like the flavor of spice will boil it with the vinegar. Gauliflower cut In_bunche and thrown in after being salted, wilt look of a beautiful red. Plokled Apples: Take fhedium stzed sweet appley, pare and stick 4 or § cloves in each one. To ten pounds of apples, allow three pounds of sugar, cne quart vinegar and spice (onc cup). Beil the apples. Remove them as fast as they become tender. ‘When al are done, bofl the vinegar down to just a sufficient quantily to sover the fruit. Put all carefuily in a stone jar and seal % MOUNTAIN LAUREL. CONNECTICUT CHOWDER. Dear Sisters of The Social Corner: Four pounds cod or hadiock, four cups potatoes cut in three-quarter inch cubes, one and one-half inch cubes fat salt _pork, one sliced- ouion, two and one-half cups stewed and strained to- matoes, three tablespoons butter, two- thirds cup cracker crumbs, sait and pepper. Prepare as fish chowder, using liquor drained from bones for cooking po- tatoes instead of aditional water. Use tomatoes in place of milk and add the cracker crumbs just before serving. Clams a Ia Newburg: One pint clams, sufficlent bufter, one-hai? tea- spoon salt, few grains cayenne, three tablespoons milk, one-half cup thin cream, yolks of three eggs. Clean the clams, and.remove soft parts, and fine- 1y chop hard parts. Melt butter, add chopped clams, seasonings, and milk. Cook eight minutes, add soft part of clams and cream. Cook two minutes, then add egg volks lightly beaten, di- luted with some of the hot sauce. EASTER LILY. WINTER MEETINGS. Dear Social Sisters—It s some- time since I have written, but have taken time to read The Corner page. 1 thank those who so kindly remem. bered me with birthday cards: Selin- da, Practical Polly, Roxanna, Tidy Addly, Eliza Jane, Anna Mell and Dearfe. I hope I have not left any- one out. I was sorry I could not meet you all at Auntie No. I's gathering: should liked to have met Great Grandma once more before cold weather. Hope _to meet many at Fumble Bee's the 17ih. I think Club No. 2 should zet to- gether and plan for the winter gatn- erings. Several of the Sisters favor getting the hall spoken of last winter. It would be more central for thuss coming from a distance. Hoping to hear from some of the others soon, Yours for The CBrner. SCOTTIZ. RELISHES. Dear Social Corner Sisters: — You will find these recipes first class: Pepper Hash-—Remove the seeds, chop very fine twelve sweet red pep- pers, twelve green peppers, twelve very small onions and add three table- spoons of salt, allow the mixture to simmer for ten minutes, then drain and add a qrart of vinegar and a cup of brown sugar. Let the hash come to a boiling heat then pour it into pint jars and seal them. Canned Cooked Squash—Pare the squash, boil or steam it until it is thoroughly ~ done, ~ then mash the squash and pack it into jars; salt. fill them to overflowing with cold water. Proceed as with canned corn. Spiced Tomatoes—Mix together two quarts of tomatces skinned and sliced; cne quart of sugar spices to suit the taste; boil the mixture until it is the and stylish models are seen. man who had good common sense as|COnsistency of jam; seal the spiced ) Popular colors are brown, black, pur- [ hia dress was not joud His nat wog| tomatoes in jars. This is excellent ple, navy blue, taupe and bordeaux.|decent but evidently not his best. a|Served with cold meat. ~American bea tumnal tint, Wilson red, Wil n. The ‘most popular shapes are large and sailor effects of plush ‘mushroom or velvet with soft pleated crowns Gold and silver laces l]\" ‘::uhl xln;: tism in their knees. silver brocaded satin will be muc T walked leisurely toward him and used this fall. These materials are|gaiq, “Beg pardon, but are there any combined w hats. Trimmings consist principally of | "¥o aia* not reply. There were sev- gold or silver ribhons bright colored cral standing near me pretending to e, omers be in a very animated discussion, but e wna ¢ with felt brime |1 n0ticed they were also somewhat cu- Rl heavs JYith felt brime|rious as to what I was about to do, seen. The colors are sand and brown. | 7 Imagine how amazed I was whe: A ‘miiitary_turban of black satin is|Mformed It was one of those wax fig ST Kand ant & very lntge bow of | -Never!® said I, and T strode up ana Dlack velvet risbon in an airplane | Pinched him. s wing e T Stopped there, but & it Tarthar 1 ere is 3 larze assortment of miss- | I St . es’ ana cilidrena hats of velver. velour |50 2 policeman sitting down reading o e e e o ohich LGI9UT |a paper and I went over to look et consist of ight saflors, rolied brim | the fisure and was very near him. I sailors, mushrooms and pokes with soft | thousht everything about anpearance crowns, shirred crowns and soft edges, | Made certaln he was a wax figure, and <es’ hats with bshon's erowns | Stood still admiring him, wken he pted, as are velours in continental | "@Fe right up and walked away. oteqy T could not tell the imitation men \iliquea flowers, velvet flowers, | from the real and I was very careful . beaded. nrmaments, winge |"ow I governed myself after that. 1 pompons, rithon bows and SEIBIEEOUC streamers are used jor trimmings | el pEUL HINTS TO i N e YOUNG HOUSEKEEPERS COFFEE CAKE. = Dear Soclal Corner Sisters: These I send a reeipe which is very mice: |hints are for the inexperienced: Coffee Cako—One cup of sugar, one- | -To scald Milk: Pnt in top of double ha't cun lavd. cream together: one tea- | hoiler, having water boiling in under spoon of salt four level teaspoons of [part. Cover, and let stand qn top of bakinz powder mixed with flour, one|range until milk around edge of ‘the cun ik two ezgs broken into bat- | double bofler has a bead-like appear- ter eaten: pour into sreased pan; | ance. ift over top w0 tiblespoons of suzar| To Cream Butter: Put in a howl and and one teaspoon of cifnamon. Take |vork with a wooden spoon until soft in moderate oven and of creamy consistency. _Should Legnard v and the gay new au- is noted. The latter is named in honor of President h fur and telvet for dress folded cravat wisely protected his throat and one thing T noticed more n the rest of his make-up was a r of doeskin caps buttoned over his knees. 1 learned afterward that peo- ple wore them to defend these essen- tial hinges from contracting rheuma- policemen around here 2" uttermilk exude from butter it should be poured off. To Extract Juice from Onion: Cut «_slice from root end of onion, draw back the skin, and press onion on a coarse grater, working with a rotary motion L. M. B, A FEW RECIPES FOR PICKLES. Dear Soctal Corner Sisters: These recipes seem to me to be serviceable now to those having the materials on hand, or who can buy them: Mixed Piokles: One quart raw cab- bage, chopped fine; one quart boiled hects, chopped fine: two oups sygar, tablespoon of salt, one teaspoon red pepper, gne cup grated horserndish: cover with, cold vinegar and keep from the air. < Pear of ickles: For six pounds Tomato Marmalade—To a_ quart of ripe tomatoes skinned and sliced, add 2 half cup cider vinegar, a third of a cup of sugar, a teaspoon of salt and a teaspoon of mixed spices. Cook the mixture slowly; etir with a wooden spoon until it is reduced half in bulk. Seal in pint jars. PAULA. GREETINGS. Dear Social Corner Sisters—Having bad the blues all day, thought I would drive them away by writing a letter to_the Soclal Corner Sisters. Dajsy of Canterbury: As I heard you and Sisters Clara and Farmer’s Daughter. had been visiting on I'#*s Hill a short time ago, was surprised to | think that you met “R. H.” down town and did not notice her penname on that little pin of hers worn on her coat. Clara of Canterbury: You looked hard. have not | Oleander. Am sorry you had to rémind me to write, but as 1 sce it drives away the blues will try and write more_ often. Would like to hear from Married ard Happy. Crimson Rambler: Your dougienut recipe is fine. But tell your mother I have never forgot the pumpkin pie I ate at her home when I was a little girl, and would like the recipe, as I can’ taste it now. ‘Was very sorry I could nat attend ! the picnics at_Aunty No. 1; also the one this past Wednesday, the 17th. ROCK MAPLE. SUNSET PICTURES. Dear Social Corner Sisters:—I wish to thank all of the Sisters who re- membered me with letters, cards and messages, durinzg my illness. It was very kind of them and I appreciate thar thonghtfniness. I am gaining slowly and by the time this letter reaches the Sisters I shall hope to be downstairs again. While I was in exile. I had plenty of time for pleasant memories of the gummer, visiting and _entertaining friends, and oi two restful weeks at the shore. One of the dear Corner Sisters was there, also: and we spent many delightful hours on the rocks, watching the grand old ocean, and the gorgeous sunsets over it. No artist could do justice to the scene. It seemed as if tho Master's hand had thrown a bewildering mass of all col- ors of the rainbow, upan the sky, shading and tinting all with a golden &low from a dazzling golden ball, sus- pended above. Then a rippling path of red, tinted aleo by gold spread out gallorey [new yegst cake and start agal over the water, directly.at our feet, as though some invisible hand was beckoning 'us to-follow on after tht golden globe which was slowly sink- ing out of sight. "hnother. beautiful ploture wae siven us one night, while we were waiting on the rocks for the sunset and watch- ing. o group of sallor lads with their lassies having a merry time over a icnic lunch. There was a low rumb- ing sound overhcad, and the young folks uttered dismayed exclamations und gathered vp their belongings and then scurried to the autobus and were soon on their way to home and eafety. A few enthusiostic beach people, lngered to see & little of .God’s fire- works. First a blg black curtain was rolled into place and then a grand spectacle of zigzag lights were con- stantly flashed over the sombre screen. But the warnings grew louder and as my wings had mot sprouted, I dectded that I had better step lively toward sholter. The rest followed and wo Just barely esoaped the deluga; bt it Was well worth the risk of a wetting! I shall hope to try it over again next year; and I wish the Corner Sisters would establish a colony there. HULDY. HBELP THE QOVERNMENT. Dear Soctal Corner Sisters: — You and I have been helping the United States government all summer. Many of us have given our sons. Many have planted and cuitivaied and harvested cur gardens. All have canned and dried vegetables and fruits to feed our families. We have done all this patiently and often with much eac- rifice of time end oomfort. Now our government is asking all her people to help in one more di- rection. namely to loan. her $3,000,000. 000 for from ten to twenty-five years. She is net asking us to pay this sum tc her s would bo done were we taxcd. She I8 asking us to voluntar- ily let her have the use of this eum for a time and she will us inter- est_money for it every ‘months. We have furnished between four snd five hundred million men to de- fend the world Jiberty. These men must have camps in which to live and to give or recelve instruction. In duc time they mpst be transported across the water. In France they must have more camps. All of thi the United States government must pay for. She must also pay for clothes, food, medicines, and muni- tions. ‘She must keep an unceasing supply of these things ready. The ll;‘:k for even one day means catastro- phe. Do you wonder at the tremendous sum called for when besides providing for our own men we are lending to the Allles? ‘We Sisters wish to have some part in carrying this great burden. Can ot each one of us buy at least one $50 bond? Money is not plenty with us. but ‘with our characteristic New England thrift can we not manage? You know one can pay $2.50 wien subscribing for the bond and then $2.00 each week until the bond is pald for. It some onc of our family is ill we'd call the doctor and pay him $2.00 or more per visit. We'd find the money to do -this. It wouldn’t take long to pay him $50.00 eithen Just imagine that the United States ®overnment is ill. By paying $2.00 rer week we are helping to pay her doctor’s bills. Let's go to the city, every ome of us, within a week, g0 to one of the banks and eubscribe for a Liberty ‘bond. ‘With best wishes. A COUNTRY WOMAN. HOME-MADE YEAST. Dear Social Corner Sisters: * All those who could not be present at Auntie No. 1's picnic missed a rare occasion. The day was perfect and kLer place was an ideal spot for such @ large gathering. Its walls and flowers were beautiful and she gave us all a big treat of nice peaches, with all the rest of the good things that the Sisters had_donated and the excellent ice_cream from The Bulletin. That was my first vacation day this season. 1 have attended only one pic- nic besides the annual picnic at the lake. I regret I could not attend more of them, but living so far away I could 1ot get there: but I know that all who Lave had the chance to attend them had a nice time as we have a sociable and jolly company that renews nur youth and also we learn many ways of doing and making things. How many of the Sisters make their own yeast? I find it quite a saving to make my own. The recipe I have is one that has been-passed down for al- most a century and I will pass it on to you and hope it will help you, if you care to try it: Hop Yeast: One pint of hops put in a thin cloth bag. Then put in a kettle and add three quarts cold water, set on stove and boil to get the strength and then squeeze bag and measure the water. If it has boiled awav put in enough hot water to make . three quarts. Then set it back and let- it boil again. While boiling take one £ood yeast cake and set a hatter as you would for bread and let stand to_rise. When the hop water gets to boil- ing put in two tablespoons of salt; two of sugar and one tablespoon of ginger; then stir in flour tos thick- en. Have it not quite as thick as the batter for griddle cakes: then pour in a pan and beat it a littie to break up lumps: then let stand and cool. When luke warm stir in the veast batter and let. stand and rise for twenty minutes. Have a good, clean jus; put the yeast in and let stand over night uncorked in a warm room. In ihe morning cork tght and tie cork. Then take it care- fuily down cellar wHere it is cool and you can keep it good for three months. When you wish to wet up bread, have a care when you untie the cork. Don't shake up your veast jug until vou have looweried the cork, as it is lively. Then shake up and use one cup of the liquid yeast for five or six loaves of bread. Set it to sponge as you do any other veast. You can when your yeast is get- ting old as there will be white specks on the tep of it. If there are white specks on the top don’t try to bake a new batch of yveast with it. Get a : but if it is good use one large cup of yeast | and set the sponge the same as you aid the yeast cake. If any care to try it I hope they have as_good luck as I do. T wishes fo all. C. E S DO YOU KNOW THIS? Dear Sisters of the Soclal Corner: These suggestions may be a help to scme of vou: When _bacon is good and sweet the lean is firm and red, and the fat quite white. Strong ammonia water is excellent for removing iodine stains from the sKin, Sliced raw potato can be baked in- stead of fried, if put in a hot oven, and they will be crisp and nice. You can always have fresh mint in your house by growing it in water. if salt is added to flour for thick- cning gravies, it helps to keep it from lumping. Take plants out of the ground and place in boxes, close together, with earth shaken in to cover the roots and about half fill box. Place boxes in cool part of cellar and water abcut ouce in a fortnight. Leaves will drop off but in the spring set them out and they will live and blossom freely. Ge- raniums require lots of sun when growing. If o frock becomes spotied with fain, press it under a cloth. The pro- cess is leng and t: but. the rain spcts will disappedr. Press aiways un- tii the damp cloth Is dry, ‘then wet and move to another place. To keep the skin of the neck in Bood condition there should be a compléx- ion scrub at least once a week. Make a suds of hot water and some mfild soothing soap and scrub the neck with a complexion brush. After the scrub the neck should be well aplashed with cold water to harden the tissues and prevent flabbiness. A fluld for the removal of spots on furniture and all kinds of fabrics with- out injuring the color is made of four ounees of aqua ammonia, one ounce of glycerine, one ounce of castile soap, and one of spiFits of wine. Dissolve the soap in two quarts of soft water, and the “other ingredients. Apply with a soft sponge and: rub out. Very good for cleaning silks. MARY JANE. THE PRESERVATION OF QUINCES. * Doar Social Corner Friends: The following quince .recipes may find fa- vor with some of you: To can Quinces. blanch them two minutes in boling water. Then plunge quickly in cold water. Halve or quar- tor and remove skins and core. Be sure and remcve all of the core which is very bitter If cooked. Pack into sterflized jars and add bolling sirup medium thin. Adjust caps and ilize twenty minutes in het water bath or ten minutes in a pressure cooker. Quince Jelly can be made of some of.the skins and the inferior fruit. Also use the cores which contain a large quantity-of a natural gummy mucilaginous substance, often inci- dentally used for making toilet lotlons. Cover with cold water and cook slow- ly three hours or until very soft. Place Pulp in muslin jelly bags and let hang over night. Boil and skim juice in the morning for fifteen minutes. Then strain _again, measuring and plaging in a clean agate utensil. Heat sugar in oven and add in the prqportion of three-fourths sugar to the welght of the juice. Cook quickly twenty mfn- utes. If desired flayor with lemon, mint or a tiny bit of cinnamon. Quince Marmalade may be made by slicing nnpeeled quinces, barely cov- ering with water and cooking until tender. Press through a sleve and re- placo on stove; allowing one and one- fourth pounds of sugar to each pound of pulp. Cook slowly, stirring fre- quently. Tf desired, ginger root or ¢dn- died ginger or lemon peel in the pro- portion of one lemon to each pint of pulp may be added. Best wishes to all. TOLA. WAYS OF USING CHEESE. Dear Social Cornerites: Those of you who are fond of cheese may find these recipe useful:. Cheese Omelette: Beat the yolks and the whites of four eggs separately until light. Pour together and add three tablespoons of grated cheese, & dash of pimento and salt to seaso: Finish as with any omelet and gar- nish with points of well buttered toast. Baked Potatoes with Cheese: Cut cold baked potatoes in halves, and mash the inside fine, add a teaspoon of grated cheese and a teaspoon of butter to each half of potato. Fill the shells with this and set them in a hot oven until brown. Serve in the Jackets. Cheese Butter to spread on wafers and to be served with salad at din- ner: Use any high flavored, creamy package .cheese. Crush one-half of it with two tablespoons of butter, season with paprika, salt and dry mustard. s may also be spread on thin slices of whole wheat bread and be served with cold fish like tinned tunny, sal- mon or smoked sardine: Potato Cakes: Into a cup of mashed potatoes, beat one egg. ~Season with salt and pepper. - Shape into small cakes, and roll In finely sifted oatmeal or cornmeal. Put hot beel drippings into frying pan. Brown on one side, turh and brown on the other. Griddle Cakes: One egs, three and one-half cups flour, one-half teaspoon salt, two cups sour milk, one and" one- quarter teaspoons soda. Mix and sift flour, salt and soda; and sour milk, and egg well beaten.” Drop by spoons on a greased hot griddle: cook on one side, turn and cook on the other. Serve with maple or_corn_syrup. SARAH ANN TIGHE. SOMETHING GOOD. Dear Soclal Corper Sisters: These are good things to eat: Pear Honey: Peel and grate four quarts of pears in water, so they will not discolor; boil with four cups of water and add four cups of granulated sugar, boiling about 20 minutes, then add one-half cup of lemon juice. The pear honey should be clear and of about the thickness of strained honey. Put into glasses and cover with par- affin. Peach Marmalade: Boil 10 pounds of 1fpe peaches in a little water until reduced to a pulp, press through a colander, add five pounds of granu- lated sugar and the juice of half a lemon, boil until thick, stirring con- stantly, turn into jelly tumblers and seal when cold. Spinach and Egg Salad: To two cups eof cold, boiled, chopped spinach add two_teaspoons of salt, one-fourth cup of mayonnaise. Cover the yolks of three hard-boiled eggs Wwith this mix- ture and roll the balls in the chopped cgg whites and sprinkie with chopped peppers or parsley. Serve on lettuce leaves with mayonnaise. Rice Muffins: Press one cup of boil- ea rice through a sieve and add one cup of milk, two beaten eggs, one- half cup of melted butter and one and one-half cups of flour mixed and sift- ed with “three teaspoons of baking powder, one-half teaspoon of saltand one_tablespoon of sugar. Beat thor- cughly and bake in hot buttered muf- fin pans for about 25 minutes. Brown Sugar Brownies: Beat to- gether thoroughly one egg and one cup of brown sugar, add five table- spoons of flour sifted with one-fourth teaspoon each of sale and soda, then add one cup of chopned nut meats. Pake in a moderate oven and cut into small squares while warm. JOAN OF ARC. GRAPE RECIPES. Dear _ Social Cornerites: These methods of using and preservins srapes may be found useful: Grapes Preserved by Sealing Wax Select choice specimens of freshly gathered grapes. Do not separate from bunches. ~Melt the end of a stick of sealing wax in a candle flame and completely cover the ends of the grape stems with hot wax. This excludes the alr and retains the juice. Pack the grapes in a wooden box, separating the bunches from each other by layers of cotton batting. Store in a cool place. Grape Jam: Remove grapes from the stems and wash. Separate ths pulp from the skin and heat the pulp over a slow fire until it softens and changes color a little. Remove the seeds by pressing pulp through a sieve. Add the skifis to the pulp, weish and allow an equal quantity of su- ®ar to that of the skins and pulp. Mix together and cook 15 minutes. Turn into glasses and seal. Grape Sweetmeat: Wash and re- move the skins from four pounds of grapes. Cook the pulp until soft and put through a sieve to remove seeds. Add ‘the skins to the seedless pulp and cook 15 minutes. Slice crosswise through the peel and pulp one orange. Add the orange, two pounds of suszar, and three quarters of a pound of seed- less raisins to the grapes and cook all together uhtil as thick as marmalade. Spiced Pickled Grapes: Rcmove the skins from seven pounds of srapes. Put the pulp in a porcelain-lined ket- tle and let simmer until softened. Re- move seeds by pressing through sieve. Grate one nutmeg, and add it, with one and ome-half tablespons ground cinnamon and one seant tablespoon ground cloves to the seedless pdllp and four pounds of sugar. Let all sim- mer together slowly for twp hours. Turn into small jars and seal. HANNAH WHO. CHRISTMAS GIFTS. Dear Social Corner Sisters:—I hope these suggestions may help yor Ladies Bedrcom Slippers—Very simple and makes a very- nice present. This direction covers No. 5 sole; Chi, 16 which allows 1 st for_turning, lst R, 1 dec_in each. ¢h, ch, 1 tr; 2 R, I dc, In 7 de, (take up back st, you will then have formed 1 rib vamp): 3 de, in 8 de. 7 de, ch 1 tr; continue until you have 42 rows for vamp - creasing 2 extra stitches in each cen- ter of ea, rib (for every other row). Continue ' around slipper making 14 rows de; make 22 more rows, adding 1 st, to each. 4th row, rp fr opp side, joining back on wrong sid Now make single crochet around bottom of slipper; make 1 dc around top of slipper, ch. 5; sk 2 de, 1 t. in rext dc, rp ro. 1 dc, in ist t sk 1 m, 8 t in next m, sk 1 m dc in mext t, rp_ro. p For 'Gentleman—A Thermos bottle; a nice razor or one dozen cigars (if a smoker).. A writing set, a fountain pen, a pMf of eilk stockings, neck- tie ‘to match; a handsome black silk cap to wear nights for an elderly man;: a smoking set; wrist watch; or alarm clock; handkerchiefs, a washing set; back ‘washer; brush and comb set; or a pair of brushes; wash mitten, which is used to good advantage ,and a sub- scription to a magazine such as Phy- sical Culture, etc.; a box to hold col- lar, cuffs and buttons, a necktie hold- er, sweater, a bag to carry papers in (should he be a lawyer, a man who would use such material). A Bath Robe—Last Christmas I ripped up a bath robe and made one just like the onc being worn and then 1 turned the ofc hubby was wearing and that made two. If you want to make a bath robe and would like a £ood pattern, T thnk this a nine way to_do; also, a snirt. If you want 1o make a nice shirt Tip up ons tnat exactly and then you wiil kava a nice pattern: buy the silk and neckbands and make one. You can make a handsome siik shirt for $2.50 where you would have to pay $5.50 to $7.00, and it makes a very nice present. You could muke a raincoas if vou wished. but this fs a large madertak- ing unless voi understand tailoring rome, and then jcu might zet into a little trouble. I vould hardly advise you to attempt i. I cam> - ing it 10 tha tailor and tell 1er: un- with mine by < and having im look it over me the little things I hal done. ETHELYN. COOKING OIL Dear Social Corner Sisters spring was so late that I have said many times, wouldn’t it be fine to have the warm weather til late in the fall. Frosts have come to exposed ani lower locations. but here on hizner ground the foliage is still free blight. Two ers of dahlia seedling bulbs survivad the winter and the blossoms are single, and striped with two shades of pink the other cream shaded. . For several years we have used cooking oil for shortening: the pres- ent price is 23 cents a pound, lard 30 and crisco 27. - Have wondered many times what the combinations of crisco could be, Used every weekday-Brings rest on Sunday The General All-‘Around Cleaner as it is a purc'y vegetable fat. Parafine was formerly made from beechwood tar. but of late it is one of the by-products of petroleum. Par- afine is used in candy making, why not one of the clements gf crisco. By adding two teaspoons - cooking oil to one of melted parafine and stir- ring a minute it becomes white and reminds one of crisco. I was much interested in the cooking lessons given by Emma Hanko when advertising crisco. BLANCHE. ¢+ OLDEN TIME RECIPES, Sisters of the Social Corner: — I have been looking over my old cook books today and one of them entitled “New York Cook Book” was a very popular book in my young days. It contains several recipes which may ipterest you. Plum Pudding—If you wish to make a pudding in svhich every one delights, ot six pretty new laid eggs you must take the yolks and whites; beat them all up well together, till they thor- oughly. combine; and be sure you chop the suet particularly fine; take a pound of well stoned raisins and a pound of currants dried; a pound of pounded sugar, «nd some candied peel beside; beat them all up well together with a pound of wheaten mlour, and let them stand to settle for a quarter of an hour; then tle the mixture in a cloth. and put it in the pot; some peo- ple like the water cold, and some pre- fer it hot. 1 don’t know which of these two things I ought to praise, but ¥ know it ought to boil an hour for every pound it weigh Pofato Yeast—Three good potatoes nicely scraped of common size will do, a quart of boiling water add, to cook completely through; of sugar use just half a cup, one tablespoon of salt, and that is all, though I believe the bakers put in malt. When this is. cool add cne cup yeast, if sach you have; if not, take one-half cake of compress- ed; in grocery stores °'tis bought; let this remain where it will be warm till it will rise no more; in jars of glass then put away upon the cellar fioor. The birthday cards were not intend- ed for me, for my birthday comes in the spring. What a real help it would be if some Sister would send in a lot of dates of all the birthdays. I have always intended to do this myseif, but there are so many writers now, that I will leave it for some younger Sis- ter, Best wishes to you all. GRANDMA. POOR ECONOMY. Dear Social Corner Writers: — It is a cold dreary morning, making us shiver in prospect of the approaching cold winter. It is not wise to put off being prepared to have a fire cool nights and mornings now. Many a severe cold has been con- tracted sitting in the unwarmed room while calling on a friend in the early fall before the stoves are set up in sitting room and parlor for the win- ter. It is poor economy to try to eave fuel by getting along without a fire when the evenings are cool enough to need onme for comfort; better save some other way. What has become of Tidy _Adaly, Saturday Eve. Huldy, :Etta Barber, ¥liza Jane, Theoda, Married and Hap- py and several others, who used to write ‘often and their letters were very interesting. I have refraired from writing for two weeks for fear that I was crowd- ing out some other one but none seemed to fill up the space so I will |write_a short letter to Inquire why the Sisters mentioned have been €o long silent. We wouid like to hear from them often. Hope they are mot siclk. 2 With kind wishies to all Social Cor- ner Friends. MARY. AUNT MARYLAND RECIPES. Dear Soclal Corner Sisters:—You may be interested in the southern way of cooking: Maryland Boiled Pot Pie — First | with enough take an old chicken or hen, parboil un- til more than half done, disjoint, place a layer in a kettle that is usuaWy used for a boiled dinner, then place a laye of dumpling (not dropped dumplings) then a few white medium pota- toes, then a layer of first one sized d the other until the kettle or pot is most full, two or three inches from top, thicken broth that has been I from the chicken when parboiled w a little flavored cream, then po through this; make a top crust, short as pie crust about 1-2 inch thick, st* in a few places, and put on the whole, but not so it will fall over th edge. Then bake. Boiled Oysters—Feat epider or skilllet. drop on liquor to see it until the liquor formed an edge around them Lave a hot dish ready with me butter; salt and pepper; stir the ters around before serving them Tea Cakes or short bread on a griddle, is usually served witl the oysters; .also, chow chow or pickle ot some kind. thoroughly the oysters run_off has th of them; brown cookex SOUTHERN «From the Commerce Reports. Extensive plans for the better and more economical utilization of straw are being prepared in Scotland Great Britain is giving much at- tention to the use of a coal gas as a substitute for gasoline. Sharks’ meat is expected to become & popular food Lefore long. Furniture manufacturing has been greatly stimulated in South Africa recent months. Because the stee tube factories of England e been engaged in making munitions th South African furniture market show many wooden bedsteads. A typical Ruesian requirement beeswax for church candles. Th must be pure beeswax, with no a mixture o ftallow or vegetable fat: Uniformg worn by Spanish bul fighters afe made by hand, usually of satin, silk or brocades heavily trim med with gold or er lace. British boot and shoe manufacty ers have been mesting successfull the competition of Americ®n They bought American machine copled Ameriear. lasts. An addition of one pound of pota- toes for every seven pounds of flour in the manufacture of bread has been authorized by the British food con troller. GIRLS! WOMEN! TAKE CASCARETS IF CONSTIPATED THEY LIVEN YOUR LIVER AND BOWELS AND CLEAR YOUR COMPLEXION. g00ds. and DON'T STAY HEADACHY, BILIOUS WITH BREATH BAD AND STOMACH SOUR. Get a 10-cent box now ‘0-night sure! Take Cascarets and enjoy the nicest, gentiest Ii nd bowel cleansing you ever experien Cascarets vour liver ciean you t of % & p out griping. You will wake up grand. 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