Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 13, 1918, Page 15

nmu_‘ qum-xunmw-uum. n.y-u.nangnm_cv Wednesday of eath wesk. Write on but one side of the paper. ucnqzlgcn.n CONNER EDITOR, Bulletin Office, Norwich, Coun. [ZES EVERY MONTH OF ONE DOLLAR sm Award Saturday of each month. -oém CORNER POEMS. , The Day’s Work. da; Tt isn't what Teu mean to do a week ahead; It isa’t what you know you'll gain; It a8t what and ned— are but a phantom band— e day's work counts. The day's work counts— The foot you gained Sincs yonder sun dispelled the dark, Nt ‘week, nekt month, next year present summons hark; ve you fared ahead since morn ering life's oil and corn? The day's work counts. The day’s work counts— It isn't much, of those few painful houss, content if there is shown product of those sacred lsflvm ‘Which guld. each mind, uphol . ban Btrive. with the best at your com- and The day's work counts, —Denver Repiblican. The Old Barn. The anclent barn with its clapboards Has far well-nigh fifty years Sheltered ite: weslth of fragrant hay th of golden ears. s dart thro' the open doer as in yvears gone by, je around o'er the thrash- t the wheat and rye. foft a merry throng eggs and games and ng, > The gloom ga! In its lofty mo In the days of ago And peered ‘neathy, the d, 1aut S goaiid &.rned below. Hailt gear old barn. ‘nealps thy shelt- | g eav Sweet echoes dwe!L an To my list'ning ear, and way to'cheer. rafters hml\xr Garfleld and ’hu.r( re- Fond mem'ries glad ~~Farm Journal. Sent in by RUTH. INQUIRIES AND ANSWERS. NORTH DAKOTA—Letter received and malled to Aunty card. . 1. Thanks for BLANCHE—Card received and for- warded to Wildwood. PRIMROSE — Card mailed to Co-Bar. MARRIED AND HAPPY is a shut- in, and we must not fail to give her a shower of cheer-up carde, and a few good letters might be enjoyed by her. _Methitable — Letter and card*forwarded to Co-Bar. and received BLANCHE | —= % Dear Social Qoger Friends: item added to my subject of mending shoes. Whoever is inténding to do garden- ing_will find that the soles of dis- carded rubbers as well as those cut from the inside of automobile ‘tires, or even thin pieces from the outside ones, can be fastened to leather shoes with' rubber cement. ‘- I am testing one pair indoors and 1 they are inclined to come off, I can use more cement and put a weight on them over night. Two more pairs are being renovated to_do their bit. Glad to leamn that den was a success les good and plenty. Come again with vyour good letters. You remind me of a funny old story. A man planted his horse horeeradish, planted his cow 2a raised lanted - hig. pig and Tafsgd beans are coming up in he cherry tomato to seed, and have sent away for a plck- .receive a prize last 1o pass it along to Our first crop came the March, nineteen -little Bve Easter chicks—haven't scratched yet; no slackers, soll, eépecially genuine natural tillers of the willing to help in the n, or_elsewhere, Enough for this time. JIM’'S VIEWS ON SIGNS. Editor Soctal Corner: I was brought up to the rule that if you forget any- , don't return for on it.‘z' it is an omen of bad luck. FOODSTUFFS 'AND BUGAH EOR Deat Social cdfiwr The ‘women of this Qfllm are posed to win the war. ~ A eonstant’ery has. nne out Il over tha land. woi is woman's extmmu nr’ is it nln': contrari. négs?. Heve you peda a8y muf cut eflt | his bger or smokes? lslopp to think MWM&- ques- tion? ‘We. women ' are trying to get what barley. we want, m l‘:d ‘what makes it so ,h-w' muck ook ‘into the 1 ing of beer. Do you 'realize t.hnt fifty-four million bushels is used in one year? . Think of it, Sisters, warse than. Did you etop to think when you were trying to get sugar that seventy mil- lion pounds are used for beer, or thir- 'i';nve thousand - egual a distance of more than seven miles, according to the 1910 census, Liquor men employ 62,820 men of persons (which does’ not include bars tenders and saloons) to make drunk- ards of our men and boys. Is not that a great warfare? Those men better be' employed in-shipyards, I think. Did you ever think what three heers per day would buy in a week’s time for fuel and other needs? There were children standing in line in New York on one of those cold days last winter to get a pail of coal to keep from freezing. One child was so lroun she Qiéd. When asked why l e sta; when ‘o0 cold, she said: 1 went home . without’ the ' coal Pfl.pt ‘would whip mt Do you doubt that parent wae a beer drinker? It takes a pound of coal to make a pint of beer. Would it not' be as well:for us to take some of the time e are thinking of a way | to conserve, to write the president and r. Hoover that the | products may not go to the brewers? Qh, yes, it is up to the women to win the war, and we are going to do it. For when a woman sets out to do a thing she accomplishes it or it is an impossibility. We will do. all we can to help Mr. Hoover. We want to; we will make all kinds, of food for the men to eat, ond eat it ourselves and not kick about it, T close with A HUSBAND'S WAIL, On Tuesday wife to me did say “Now (hls must be our wheatless So all day long T've fed on bran And washed it down the best I can; But sleep for me s quite remote, Because the husks stick in my throat. And, oh, the dishes served for me Just make me groan in agony— Of what they are made I cannot guess, But, ph, they are an awful mess! Wife says we must not grumble, for 'Tis Hoover's way to win the war— But “Draft! oh draft me!” is my cry, | And let me like a hefo die! One) AMY. AN EXPERIENCE OF MARRIED AND HAPPY. Dear Social Corner Sisters: The world is such a small place. I want to tell you about my experience, When I wrote last week I desired to tell you then of the people I met on Sunday from everywhere; but there did not seem to be space. Last Sunday morning, when I stood > | watch, an ensign, wife and two little daughters came in the church. 1 asked the ensign to sign the reg- ister, and while he was doing so I !poke to the wife and little (h‘ll. Did they expect to stay long? Wou they like to be put on the church vis- iting list? ete. I noticed the lady had lovely red hair, and the two liftle girls were exe actly like their mother. Today when I was down street I imet Mrs. Emsign (Pll eall her). We recognized each other, and as I turned I found we were both going the way, so we walked up the street to- gether. 1 Now I have found this to be true: Officers, their wives and any enlisted town. So I asked my usual question: “Where is your home?” This. after we had exchanged comments on the ‘weather, etc. Mrs. Ensign (not her name, but her husband’s title) said: New Hamp- shire. - 1 remarked: “Well, I come from northern New Hampshire, myself.” Mrs. Ensign replied: “I come from Portsmouth.” 1 sald, “Oh! T know someons there, or at least, that is her pclt office address—a Miss Pickering— (Diana won't mind, I am sure, to calleq by her real name in this story). T believe she is an invalid.’ Mrs. Ensign said: “You don't mean Abbie Pickering of Newini'!on"‘ 1 answered: “Yes! of The lady looked n zasped, aia: "My goodness! ' How did. you know her? Abbie’s sister is Mary Pickering (that name), and I lived with my two Bl‘l. cles, next house to those sisters i Newington when 1 was a little rL They will remember me for sure hem th: at used to call me Chatterbox. Tell,thgl\ call ‘miy seeond girl Cha are distan Then 1 explainea to l(l‘l. bl? PAU’LA. magic of the friendly Social Corner, T and said, *Today ('ll“u:-h 9) Diana, ‘n A FEW HELPS. . "y a story in number which I will| Dear Social Gorner Sisters: These bring over to you thé first of the week, |6unshiny spring days prompt me to for she is staying only a short dis- |pay a visit by latter to our most help- other 5q; tnl Corner. 1 have only within a year from my home. As the el n_say, | become a mucum, but it has proved hmnlet have a mufin, which time tea (without "," ‘muffing, jam, she had eaten any food jn. house since she had b il ce rs. Ensign ‘me md tnlfl ms she was 55 4 after the party I was ‘u’n’nuumo m~ r"'l‘gh kttar ugfl mr L Mr. M. o mn of me l expect to be as sood as ever soom. “Ethelyn: Yes, 1 remember the days we went to Hroadway school also, 1 have had at yonr I see_that voi REs 2 %Egg?g it B § Do you re- I feel quite grateful that ersonality of my younger days J 1] so pronounced that you ree- y nlng to Yantic. ‘member it? the is sf /| ogmizea it -.mr all these se_years. ARRIED AND HAPPY. HOW TO OVEHOOME JOLTS, . ‘Dear Eon}hl :xnm" Sisters: T :xi not thmko coming so soon again, bu! the kind welmma!nfllw;:;fl me has 0 iy reading. the, frank.and n oy e and in- teresting -discussions fn- our -gepart- .| ter the crops were marketabl §oon put poison in her. c.ké as & whigky, 1 presume, has & of | we are not all of the same our lives ars all. made bent. T n’“'fi’:m;w?r ”Ifl e’ the mestings, but living m a8 I do; "1 get. very little ups’ it i ?‘mnc the day wma.,“ s few days ago and it wai 3 Hke 2 tflp to the “Sandwich Islan 3 I know the good rule fm- life {8: vou feel as though vou ought to-de'a thing, do it. I have,not alw#s fo lowed this rule, but I am going, this time. 1 have a topic in mind today,that seems of vital importanse to me, fir discussion. TFirst, I want to ask were 5o nice in taking up my former topic, T thought I would suggest an: gther., Some of you might ask’ .X was always happy and T answer f ly, No! Sometimes a contrary | stubborn. spirit .gets possession of me to my discomfiture; but I am :hi most of the tme; and I do not helleve: any of our lives are so full of sad~ ness that we cannot find something fo Be thaniful for. We all have some gbstacle to fice, such as aur bays ing to war, the high cost of Tiving, dis~ appointments and failures: but we are neyer ruined so long as we keep our dreams. Money is not mueh, after ali; and failure is merely a2~ schooling. - 1 think our greatest trouble is imagin- ary. Dear Sisters consider it-a min- ute and you will think .. the same. Sometimes there is an injustice done us; nine time out of ten if would not hurt us if we refused to dweil on it: but wo are so apt to think it over un- til we make a mountain out of a mole hill I was reading an editorfal in “To- like a burst of sunshine and sh “I use the same method to make peo- ple smile as I do.to flayor my dook- ing. When people look sour and vin- egary. 1 use my sugar of consider- ation and when they are’ rude and peppery, I bring out -my’- sugar of courtesv and kindness.” T could not help thinking it was only a substitute for Kitty Leu's flower earden of the mind—exactly the same idea expressed in a different manner. The “mind garden” - written by Kitty Lou, and “the sugar of consid- eration,” written by this magazine ‘ed- itor, how much better it is to glve sugar of consideration or a- flower out of our mind garden than to let pride and dignity and natural resentment ery out against taking it kindly, when human kindness will ‘defeat the at- tack, and it will not succeed in doing its injurious work upon us, for anger once started blinds us, inflames us, embitters and reduces us to a con- dition worse than useléss = But should we ignore the affront and ‘do right it is-powerless against us: I think our greatest happiness comes from doing our duty to all ang feel- ing that we have treated everybody homestly and unselfishly. 1f we are busy trying to make some one else happy we shall be happy ourselves. This is the way to live and get real happiness. Kitty Lou Your flower surely was acceptable. tainly appreciated '.hl: produet from your mind garde Now 1 am a member of The Corner, T am goins to return the compliment and ‘welcome You, apd say I seldom piek up The Bulletin and turn to The Social Cor- ner but I find myself looking for your letter, as your experiences seem sim- ilar to my own. the Sisters. 8. .: I thank you for your lit- tle_echo in my letter. Best wishes to all. HILLSIDE. RECIPES FROM PAULA, Dear Social Corner Sisters:'T am #ending a few reeipes for rye cakes: sweet milk. 2 little salt and one tea- spoon soda: mix very soft and bake in a rofl pan. Rye Muffins: One pint of rve, Mnt flour, two teaspoons b-kln: pot der, one fablespoon of sugar, one tea- spoon of salt and one egg, one eup of Rice Muffins: One cup boiled riee, one-haif tablespoon of sugar, one ta- near | PIESPOON of melted butter, one cup gcalded milk. one-half yeast cake, two eggs. flour. Mix ingredients thorough- ly. When the milk is luke warm dis- uolve the yeast in it and add to the to rice mixture; use flour enough make a stiff dough. Rise until light. fthen add the eggs well heaten; half 1l well buttered muffin pans and raise ana | until very light; bake ten minntes in a hot oven. Cure For Rheumatism: Alecohol and ‘Wwas my mother's | musterole is very good for rubbing arms or f Take ome cup cornm ‘water over it and mnke put het cornmeal | many are always happy? The Sigtérs] ‘day’s” magazine about a Tady who was | je, forget-me-not I cer- T shall be glad to hear from any of Two cups of rve meal, ome cup: of man likes to talk about his home|molasses, one and one-half cups of one eal, pour -hot paste, then betvecn cloth and their brother Will | put on spot wherever pains are as This will re- Pproposed, congress made :.oh tt to them from the land over y passed, of each alternate Settion: of land Tor twenty miles on both sides of the road. That is, half a strip of Jand tnrty miles wide across the continent i to the rail- and has determined the entire social, moral and civil conditions of the i | northwest, The railroads realized that the land ‘would not begin to" make money for them umtil it was settl turns from normal and legitimate im- migration. They made contracts with ocean passenger 'ships which enabled mem to take a person from his home in Europe, bring him to this country, then by rail bring him {a their land beside the railroad, fop the sum of $60-—less than the rate charzea one American from New York to_the same place. They furnished him with food, lumber for building, farm machinery, seed, and land for a homestead, letting him pay for all in easy payments af- These people were mostly ignorant peasants who came in colonies, generally an entire village at a time, knowing nothing of American standards or ideals, not a word of its language, hrlngmg their religious and social ad- hi, visors, and their low standard of mar- als, especially of sexual relations, and what was still worse, fllled with hate of the American nation, and suspicion alof the motives of every American, To- day, in the third and fourth genera- tlon; there is little chanze, Most of ouniger people speak English, but mrp’orfeeuy, read- only papers printed in their own language, and have noth- irg o do with “Yankees” if they can : pmb!y avoid -it. -so-called “American schools" \-mch the state has established among them, ‘are a farce. English is only nsed, in reciting from the text books, ana--is- often taught by one of ‘their own people, who has managed to. ac- quife. Just' enough English to get a third-gradé certificate, or a _“permit” to, ‘téach ‘a_certain school for three months-—and knows very little of the meaning of English words. They keep entirely to themselvés—even where rericans have come in, they live in entirely separate communities, never naying common interests. Most of these men took out their first naturali- zation papers, because they must do so in order to get land, but they re- garq the whele thing as a meaning- less ceremony. They vote, they hold the balance of power—in some states they are in the majority; but they vote for the man whom their own leader selects, knowing nothing at ali of the issue. These people aré the common work: ers of the I. W. W,, are' the bulk of the socialist and anarchist organiza- tions, and are almost all opposed to the war. Most of the non-partisan League ‘members ‘are found among them, and nearly cvery slacker and draft evader comes from their colon- . Many of the New Engiand and mid- dle west people \who came to these states to take 1ip land, found the con- ditions intolerdble, and went on to Canada. Many of our best people are now (Capadians, because their own righteul h-tun“%alm over fo ag | Cup of ot e Unu:d n At first, they n!uqd ng ' (o enlist, why h%‘"um: of shun said. had visited some respect W It is my epinion, bm_ on a know!l- edge of econditions in many parts of the northwest, nm wmun ten years |, we should have had a bitter Civil war, growing out of social and industrial friotion between the nationalities. If this country is wise enough to stop all immigration for at least fifty years, we ml?. possibly, u-!mhta afl- ‘enor- of . its vflefilr. o American can. uv is hnycon:d youngest say: “Eyer cheat undw m-—-x i1 hg\'e nothing to. do with: them. Every time an attempt is made to restrict immigration, there are many who say, “These people hear of our free land, and they'want to come hero so_that mgy may, be free, and their children become ~American: There 2y be such peeple; but I have never known_ them, I have lived among them in three states, and have known many different nationalities; but never one who pretended that he came for anything hut to get tke free land and {Be Sood Wadts hia could nat get sl nhome. A count, trained in the oldest and most polished court of Europe, who wrote and spoke thirteen languages, fold me, “Your schools'are sinks' i iniquity, you people are atheists, and because you came here a few years before us, you have no right to say that we must Jearn your language and obey your laws. There are thirteen millions of us here, and we will have a country of our own.” This is the sentiment from him to the kitchen maid of another national- ity, whom I heard say, “Every Yankes Is a cheat and a liar, and you will all 80 to hell” All voite the same hate of Americans, Now this sfate of things has had a tremendous influence upon every phase of development in the northwest. It would be impossible to make anvane realize conditions unless he knew of this great allen element, hostil: and opposed to every form of deveiop- ment, whether of schools, or of fail routes and telephones, Possibly we shall emerge from this war a united and homogenous nation —that is, when the friction it causes is passed. As the result of the Civil war was to make us a natfen. where we''had before been but a collection of loosely connected states, it may be that this war will make Us a natlon of Amerjcans, instead of a collection {of hyphenated nationalities. At all events. it is teaching a respect for the law never before known. At first sym- pathy for Germany was openly ex- pressed by many, but no one now says anything in its favor—at least openly, The northwest is destined to play an important part in the future his- tory of the country. When its open lands are covered with homes and dotted with trees, when railroads are built to bring markets and elevators to the farmer, instead of his spend- ing long days with his team 4o cari the products of his labor to a mar- ket, then will these great states take tieir proper ptace amone their sistegs. Even now, there are many compen- sations for their deprivations. NINETTE M. LOWATER. Nerth Dakota, filling, grease Your pan with butter: it prevénts the chocolate from sticking. ‘White lead will mend your china. It ig, one of the fey cements that resist both water and'heat. Apply to the edges of the broken pieces, tie them together with strong twine and thus hold them until the lead “sets” Put aside and dry thoroughly. To exterminate rats, mix equal parts brown sugar, cornmeal and plaster of paris, and place this mixture where the troublesome ‘animals can get it. The worst case of colic can be cured by administering lime-water in teaspoonful doses, If mustard plaster is mixed with the white of an egg it will not burn the skin. “Borax' as a gargle will cure sore throat—dissolved: in- the mouth, re- lieves hoarseness. R B. APRIL MEETING OF CLUB No. 2. Dear Social Corner Sisters: Wed- nesday, April 3, we spent a most de- lightful day in the rooms of the Buck- ingham Memorial, Norwich, Willimantic club members favored us with their presence. How much we enjoyed their company they cannot realize, Tt certainly was very kind of them. There was a large delegation and it seemed as though they came from everywhere, and must have started before sunrise, for some of them came long distances. I know {hey must have been dead tired when they reached their homes at night, for it was an all day’s journey; bu: what a nice time we did have visiting with ene another. Everyone was pleased to_see everybody. 3 “There Wam’i ‘much 'time for faney work. One of the Sisters brought sev- eral handsome . pieces for exhibition Which were greatly admired, Club No. 2 was well repreuem.ed n all think' there were more than fifty. The _delicious -scallopgd oysters served by the charming hostesses and their untiring efforts for a social good time made .the day one of the most successful of the season. Grandma: 1. hope you and yours @idn't get very wet be(ore you reach- cd home. Selinda. and Bachelor Maid: I greatly enjoyed our book conversation, didn’t you? BOB WHITE., PARSNIP HASH. room for one more? silent reader of the Social Corner for some time and have enjoved the let- ters and recipes very much. T am sending one of my econormlcsl meatless dishes: or five large parsnips and peel six or together and fry in drippings or lard as IJW hash. Season with salt and NORTH STAR. OLD soL'S REPLY TO ENID. ‘Dear Social Corner Sisters: When Bnid invited Old Sol to write what he thinks of Mr. Wells' book entitled “God L)l' Invisible King,” she may not have ‘thought Mr. Wells' “doxy” is not his “doxy.” Some readers are dilmrbed hecause he is not orthodox, but #e he orthodox or to_me, H. G. Wells is recognized as a great Intellectual, and by some he is said to hus the power to make the im- look probable; but I find no @ w e omfldi bh‘l’a “whimsies, By, qulnchs and fertilities of thought.” Mi: Ha ix o bald thinker and writer, a Dear Social Corner Sisters: Ts theré T have been a Parsnip Hash—Clean .nd wash four eight large potatoes; cook the pavenips and potatoes until done, then chop all eterodox, it matters not challenger of able men to discussion. It has been truly said of him that he writes with the vim of a. born insur- gent. He doesnt’ pander—he advocates and reveals—his epigramatio wit spar- les: y He stirs vp the theologians because he is a breaker up of their idols and points an accusing finger at their con- ventional finalities: Mr. Wells is very well described when spoken .of as somethinz of 2 socialist, a, bit of a humorist and very much of a philosopher. I have no. quarrel with Mr. Wells because of his religious ideas. We all have ’em, and we cherish them prin- cipally because they are ours. Mr. Wells thinks we must become sufficiently conscious of the Infinite God to be inspired with an eternal hope or we are lost. To be content with earth’s turmoils is fo be eternally | damnea. The ancient Hebrews designated the Infinite Ruler as “God, or The Good.” and Jesus of Nazareth told us He was our Heavenly Father. Having a Heavenly Father, Enid, 1 discover I need no “Invisible King.” An Infinite Fatherhood the world needs. already had too much of kings. OLD SOL. It has TO CUT FLOUR IN TWO. Déar Social Corner ‘Sisters: Word came from Washington last week that we must cat-in two the amount of white flour we are at present using. One and one-half pounds of white flour per person a week is the amount we are to use. I am sending recipes to The Corner where they can save 16 cups of flour in one week Indian'/Meal Bread—One egg, two cups’ Indfan meal, one tablespoon of shortening, one pint of milk dnd a little salt, three teaspoons baking powder, two_tablespoons sugar. Method: Beat yolk and white sep- arate; add eugar, then meal, then milk, then 'shortening. baking powder in the meal; salt. of flour saved. Doughnuts made with egg, one-half cup sugar, one and one- one-half cup of flour. One pound of flour saved. cups cornmeal, cooked, diced, pressed yeast, four cups water. of water until they are soft; ening, stirring the mixture film, until it has cooled to body heat; 'water; dough thoroughly. next morning and put in.bread tins; bake 50 minutes. meal to flour the board. five and three-fourths cups of flour. riced potdtoes (baked), four slightly s f“beunn, one cup aunr. one. e mfl'fi fina*“o% %‘: lemon or top milk five minutes; pour into a baking dish meal for thickenin; gaves one cuj ’nopt e nu u,r.u, o | Bake i T always place my also the There is one and ene-half cups Meal—One half cups milk, a piece of shortening | the size of a nutmeg, also four tea- spoons baking powder and a little mace, salt, etc., one and one-half cups flour. one 'and one-half cups of meal, and use meal to roll them, which saves Fry in cod fat. Potato Bread (three loaves)—Two four cups flour, one nd one-half quarts: of potatoes, un- eight teaspoons ealt, two tablespoons sugar, one cake com- Method: Cook potatoes in three cups ‘mash them, and use any liquid that hasn't evaporated from the potato; combine the potate with the salt and the sweet- ofteéh enough to wokl the formation of any when it is lukewarm, add the yeast, which has been softened in one cup of add the flour and knead. the Mould it, place in par and let it rise over hight. Mould When kneading. from the. two. cups of cornmeal save out one cup of the 'his - saves White Potato Custard—Two cups of eggs, two c h and two fige of Indian .x-l jes and this Shorte, mw L lour, J.htee teaspoons baki: mix and pour in pan. in hot oven. ves one cup flour. Piecrust—One and one-half cups of flour, one and one-half cups meal, one teaspoon bfldnx mwfler. one cup af 1!{:1, one t salt, one any cme-‘h f cup our board with Cornlllrch and meal. Saves mre “and finbhq!!’ cuj q( flour, d eup In?hn ‘meal, . ane cup. of rye m one_teas] three-fourths oup mohsau, ne tahlauwon shorten- ing, one cup milk and one cup water. Steam four hours. Saves one and a half cups of flour. “This is_a . good way to utilize the méal and these are all delicious dishes when_baked, Graham Bml&—?hrsq cups graham flour, one cup water, one cup milk, one teaspeon “soda, -three-fourths cup-mo- lasses, .one- téaspoon ealt; mix. Steam four hours. . Saves one and one-half cups: flour, Custard Johnny—Two eggs beaten separate, one teaspoon-galt, two table- Spooms sugar, ‘one eup Jndian meal (no flour), oné pint milk. Bake 20 min- utes. Saves one cup flour. LTHbL\ N, THE HELL HAWKS. Wal've had another note from Pop and he writes: “If I want to be up to date I should get into this world war. He says ‘No Man's Land’ is hell, and that the flying machines are hell-hawks, - We are do- ing the worst kind of work and are enjoying the best of fellowship.-And the comb you sent—no Christmas dinner ever looked better. (reat was the need thereof. T shouid’ ‘like to write semething of real ‘interest, but they say I can't get by the cenpsor with -it. But I tell you, some of the best men on earth are paying a big price for the protection nad -assured comfort of future generations.” “I don’t suppose Pop thinks he is one of the best men on éarth,” T said to Hope, “but he seems to realize that be is in good company, and that's a blespoon t? ;gotef said “Pop was no slouch when it came to spouting. It has been his little set speeches which have made men set ‘em up so_often for. him.” “The old man always did have his winning ways,” said I, “Yes" observed Hope, “his. words won him applause and hig acts won him disrespect. There are too many of his kind in the world.” “That's so!” said I. HEZ HARMONDY. SEED SOWING IN DAKOTA. Dear Social Corner Sisters: T hope you are enjoying the return of spring. We have had very fine weather, and the farmers have been plowing and seeding for two weeks. Last night, however, it bepame quite cold, and the ground was frozen this morping, so this work is suspended for a day or_two. The warm weather turned our minds house-cleaning-ward, and ,some of, us have commenced. I wonder if the Sisters have,found, as I have, _that kerosene is one of the best Melps in this work? Half kerosene, half water, and a bit of soap pewder will make windows, paint, painted floors, and linoleum look 'like mew And it is good for dingy furniture of all kinds. 1 have found that the oilcloth re- newers or restorers are fine dressing | for turniture, picture frames, etc, They give a fine” gloss, do mot injure even: gilt, dry immediately, - with a hard, fine finish, and are much cheaper than Jap-a-lac or any other varmish that I know of. They are especially good for willow, cane, or «ny woven furniture. In washing heavy woolens, carpets, rugs, or bedding, I have found it bet- ter not to wring them. I Jet them drain awhile after each, water, rinse until the water is clear, then hang them up, and they dry wrinkles, looking much Detter ‘when they are wrung. One of the Sisters told me last year that her birthday was the same as mine, July. 29, and we exchanged cards. 1 failed to make a note of her name, however, and do not remember it, T should be glad if she would tell us again. "We never realized how hard it is to be so far from ‘the railroads as we do now, when we know that our boys are fighting in France, and we can get mail but three times a week, and our papers are two days old, even then. Many have gone to war from this vi- cinity. Of course, the war casts a shadow over every life, everywhere— §0 we are not alone. ORTH DAKOTA. ALL MAY DO THEIR BIT. Dear Social Corner Sisters:. Coun- try Woman.js right. It is seldom that opportunity comes to us to eat our cake and have it, too. That, however. is just the opportunity that the Lib- v 1oan offers. The government uses the money that we subscribe for & hond, Wwe “uge’ the interest on that money, and we are, at the same time, making a gilt edged investment for the future. I wonder if others are haunted, as 1 than milk, one mea samm £ tt.le salt, one-fo t and two scant fi(l- ‘money, jneces-. n?“'h"‘:"‘nc"'fia‘ B a ‘whea lour] sfry for the care of our boys in. thed one-half cup ‘l‘)oel nd pass it on to our pur- muk, ane cup che vernm Thlt reminds me ymt 1 h man say .the other not our busins ment's to proyi So_few of us have th the intelligence, or the. strengfh mk! vdln ;dke us useful in ‘:;'f" but we nuur. all-have ~the eourage, and; I tho. dosire 1o, savg. ok dflllolv‘d one’ tablespoon . of ‘It W33! water, one teaspoon einmamon, et hul teaspoen clove and nutmeg, l flsink the barley fiour*could be in any kind of spice or chocalate and buy a Lib-| cake satisfactorily. vide for the soldiers. We' of The Em:lll Corner, wlth oth- ers are the volunteer our' Sorta erty bond, or must we wait and have them drafted later in the form of in- creased taxauon’ try, Waman, you sep what frred me up' te, but you Tmnst forgive: me for this i the big subjéct of the, PRESERVING DANDELIONS. Dear Social Corner Sisters: - As. the dandelion season is near, I - onth, tan't it o toll You how you can have @ aio Row! dinner of dandelions in the winter well as in the summer. i and washing, cut off most of the leaving only enough to string Try|and then hang up to dry. After are dry, hang up in cheesecloth When you want to cook them. Doiling water on them, lot stand. Use same water to ©ook in with g:)rk am'i‘ I ltmnk ydn agree with me when I say th lovely and uuté n:nsly if not. qum h well as when fresh dug. LAVENDER.. R THE NECESSITY FOR SACRIFICE. Dear Snnl“l Corner Sisters: I want to answer Collnt]d-womln‘ h.lf 1""1 of last Saturday, and say to me that each cne of us should herself whether she cannot buy, heln to buy, a bond? I have a friend whose Kitchen ran is old and unsatisfactory. I knew ng stove catalogues-all winter, and_asked her what rapge had selected to buy. i “I have bought a bond instead” she | “A new stove would not be of much use to.me in case the Germans were oble te invade this ouun':ry f3 will t:ke cle\’filmt o dof st the old one. at 1s hot In order !:dlnnkdf this h‘w‘ which will p the governmen! much, we must make sacrifices, e comfort of my qul't , even with her worn stove, compared with our bo} trenches; and when you nfices how about the mothers of boys I thhlk sacrifices look large or smait in proportion to the cause for M they are made. ‘Whatever effort we make now the liberty of our dear country, we know to be in great peril, and kitchen range does not look very h!l‘ compared with Free America. Does it You have probably all noticed M now whether it is an Englishman, a Frenchman, or an American ‘who talks to us from “over there,” George or Clemenceau or Pershing is quoted, the keynote of the message is “America must come quickly.” Americans must hurry.” This means immediately men, The equipment must be right. General Wood wrote the other day: -| “Men who are going to die have a right to the highest degree of efficiency im everything that pertains to their arm- heir equipment and their pro- SEWING HINTS, Dear Social. Corner Sisters: using -darning- cotton instead of the machine twist when mending under- wear, and save making thoso li holes that the hard twist cuts, Use the embroidered corner of 3 fine handkerchief for the pointed yoke in The opposite corner v be eplit.and used. for the back This malies a very. neat trimming on- the little dress. wish o grochet an _edgze on 1 “readymade” handkerchief 1 find that considerable_time may be cutting off only half the crocheting «over the other- half into line of hemstitching. a baby's dress. It ndt only gives edge but makes the work even very little effort. while crocheting, rinse in cold water, adding a tiny bit of raw starch to the last water, and squeeze out as dry as possible; wrap up in a clean cloth for a time, lay a piece of muslin over it and iron. work is carefully done you cannot tell it has been washed. It used to be a trial to pull threads in stifi, firm goeds until T accidental- ly discovered that they are longer on the wrong side of table-linen and such Rub the linen between hands_until.the dressing or starch is out, then with a ‘long, heavy pin to pick up the thread you will find it very easy to pull it out, either hemstitching a hem i straighten the edge. Best wishes to all. EASTER LILY. had been study GINGERBREAD Dear Social Corner Sisters: very sorry I could not attend the-last gathering, as | know you all had an enjoyable time; was glad to hear there were so mony present from Williman- I enjoy reading the Social Corner page and hope some.day I will be able to_write a good interesting letter. Eliza Jane: Should like to have seen you and will probably in the near fu- ‘whether L!Wd Lucy Acorn: Hope you have recov- ered ang will come to-the next gath- , (Dearie, Rohin, Olga, and alt others, come. cup sugar, one-half cup butter or lard, one egg, one cup molasses, ane cup hot water, two level teaspoons soda, two teaspoons cinnamon, one teaspoon ~ginger, cups flour and ong-eighth teaspoon of Cream butfer and sugar, add egg well beaten, then molaéses; mix. and sift dry ingredients; add a little to the first. then the hot water, beat- then add remainder Bake 40 miautes.in The chances of war are nmh tor American husbands and brothers to take without lu.vin: to' de- fend themselves with revolvers German fighting machines, have done in this last battle. beflnn they had no air-guard of t.helr own! It is to buy these things, to safe- guard our boys, to safeguard our coun- try, to safeguard ourselves that unl sovernment wishes to and - one-hail without | of dry mixture. borrow our “To he fair and square, we must each | do every bit as much as our neighbor To shirk doing our full | duty is to make ourselves mendicants of patriotism, and drones in a land! that we have done nothing to LIBERTY BELLE. USE OF BARLEY FLOUR 'Ag A|in this crisis. SUBSTITUTE FOR WHEAT. Dear Sisters of the Social Corner: I wonder how many of you are experi. menting in your cooking these days? T am no.lover of cornmeal, graham or hran. T use rye dnd barley, lately bar- v, not because of economy as all these substitntes TI. find more ex- pensive, than wheat. flour; but-because if we cannot get the wheat flour, and. it looks as though it might not get any before the new crop is ready. T c least make things palatable with substitutes. T am sending a few recipes which I have used and enjoyed. made any -wheat doughnuts or gin- gerbread for a long while, and now am leaving ot the egg as I find T can do so and not migs it. Gem Gingerbread: cup of molasses and of sour milk, (soft) butter substitute, one-half- teaspoon soda, one-half tea. spoon ground ginger, about one-quarter teaspoon ctnnamon and clove, one full cup barley flour. Bake in gem pans in a rather quick HAVING A JOLLY TIME. Dear Social Corner Sisters: been a long time since I have written and I feel almost a stranger. j I have not been able to attend any of the meetings this winter, see some of the Sisters once in a while. A short time ago I was coming down on the train from Danielson saw two or three of the Sisters; I do; not remember their pen names, but I'{ think one of them.was Merry Widow (am T right?) and I can tell you they were having a jolly time. T certainly did want to go and join them, but didn't want to spoil their fun; but I do hope the next time they g0 on a good time they will just glanee | around and eee if they can't see & Wishing you all the best of luck, I GOOD HEART. done with ¢ strand flonel. using two ‘strands for the.knots and one hrm satin stitch work. * Embroidered and Scalloped Edge of Towel. ix in the order given; beat hard for the embroidery use lazy daisy +‘stitch with- centers- of -Freneh knots is the design as shown in this very attractive towel Thse daisy WINJFRED WORTH Crochet and Tatting Designs Bo Sure and Save These Exclusive Patterns As They Are Published From Time to Time. 0 toward each end, stitch on machine around in pink, but ths little branches feather stitcying from between' ‘petals,” are m ’l«-—ch.:p.an, "«-u.ah.m-n-fll*'