Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 25, 1918, Page 13

The E £ letters of any kind the. s _,g...fi&'. Write on & ROLL OF HONOR i Sonms of Social Corner Writers Walter F. Moran, of Norwich. Richard C. Moran, of Norwich. Alien Williams Hovey Sterry, Unjon, Conn. Earl L. Sparks, of Norwich. Arthur T. Knowles, of Wethersfield, Coan. Floyd Mitchell of Central Village, nn Willard A. Madley of Lebanon. SOCIAL CORNER POEMS. ®ur Home Maker. Where the wes! And their purple chalices hold The new made wine of the sunset— Crimson and amber and sold— In_this one wide-opened doorway ith the elm -bouzhs overhead— e all garnished behind her, plentiful table spread, An the ng our upward climb sweet June weather ought us Oh, many and many a time! her goorway opened, house Is Put she silently waits for our coming And we with silent feet. A Mttle while she is waiting: Ngt where she has met us before, For over the pleasant threshold he is only 1o cross once more. The smile og her face is quiet, And a lfty is on her breast; Her hands are folded together, And the word on her lips is “rest.” And yet it looks like a welcome For her work ANl things are seemly and ready, Ang her summer is just begun. It is we who may not cross over, Only with song and prayer, A way into the glory, We may reach, as they there. But we need not think of her idle, She must be a home-maker still, God giveth that work to the angels Who fittest the task fulfill. And somewhere yet, in the hilltops Of the country that hath no pain, She wi! way bid us welecome again. —Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney. Leove. not of me, love, what is love? what is good of God above, of the great sun what is light, what is darkness of the night, sin of what may be forgiven, what is happiness of Heaven, k what is folly of the crowd, what is fashion of the shroud, what is sweetness of thy kiss, of thyself what beauty is. —Bailey. IYQUIRIES AND ANSWERS, BALSAM FTR: Thanks for cards. ENTD sends greetings from Phila- delphia, where she has been located for some time. THANKS. Dear Social Cormer Sisters: hostesses of Social Corner Club No. the meeting of May cess. We were glad there. and hope ail had come to dinn rmer’s Boy: Have » v W N ho™ 0 i€ Wh S SISTER. ED CROSS PARADE. - sence. of President EVERY WOMAN'S OPPORTUNITY lletr. wants good homo letters; good business letters: good nelp- ! may suggest. They should be in hand by of mountains slope to the ra as stood to welcome our coming that zarnished and i3 compassed and done, leave her watch in her beautiful door- The helped make of The Social Coner: Wilson, ‘Jearned it from a professiona washer of Hartfor X 'LINA. PRESERVING, CANNING. AND © JELLY MAKING. . " Dear Social Corner §isters: In pre- serving, canning and jelly making iron or tin utensils should never be used. The fruit attacks these metals and 5o give a bad color and metallic taste to the products. 'Ir‘g;l m‘fmed enameled, or ol'b: orcelal , et , etal that will ‘not form troublesorhe chemical _ combinations with _fruit Jellies, The kettles should be broad Tather than deep, as the fruit should not be cooked in deep layers. Near- | iy all the necessary utensils may be but one side of the paper. ress, SOCIAL CORNER EDITOR, Bulletin Office, Norwich, Cons FIVE PRIZES EVERY MONTH OF ONE DOLLAR EACH, Award made the last Saturday of sach:month. members of the Community Chorus added to the ‘occasion by singing Na- tional hymns as they passed on. The French soldiers and sailors as ever received tremendous applause. The workers in.the Wool Division carried knitted socks spread over a wooden frama, others held in their outstretched hands skeins of wool, while some knitted and when the pa- rade halted for a moment plied their needles vigorously. There were many beautiful floats showing the work of the Red Cross in cutting and making bandages, and thirty or more ambulances with driv- ers which will be used later on the battle fields of France, were in line. Every form of amusement, shop, h tel or business organization will be en- listed this week in subscriptions for the Red Cross fund, and will be brought before every individual in this city Some of the large department | stores have given over their display | windows to a fine exhibition of Red Cross flags and posters. Everyone will be asked to help in the Red Cross Drive, because it is un- ood that just as long es the war the work of the Red Cross will be absolutely indispensable. THE LITTLE SPINSTER. THE SOCIAL CORNER'S ANNUAL PICNIC Dear Social Corner Friends: A long time since I've written, is it not? I have been a very busy woman and now I have a little girl eleven months old that takes up a lot of my Fe tme. But as the time is fast ap- proaching for my annual pienic I thought I would write and tell the date. I thank Interested Reader for my lovely calender and the Sisters one and all who sent me post cards on my birthday, May 22. To the Sisters in bereavement I seryl my sympathy; and extend a cordial invitation to them to attend the pic- nic. For all 1 know now I will have the annual picnic on Wednesday, June 5th. 1t will be at my home. | have moved and am & living in a large house with & beautiful iarge lawn that will accommod:its tire whole Corner. So to_this home I invite you on this date. I thought once | would have it a basket lunch, but have decided to have it the old way. We have so much room to work in. So every one who comes please bring their own plate, cup, knife, fork and spoon. = My two | daughters are here to help me, and we can have a great time, I live on the trolley line to South Coventry and the conductor will tell you where to get off. The car stops at my door. I will try to make it just as pleas- ant for you as though it was up to the lake. There is a large pond at the back of our house and it makes a nice view from the yard. I thought at one time I could not have the annual picnic sthis year as there 5 so much suffering. So many sad hearts, and our boys fighting for our country; in all I thought it was not right. But now I am going to have this go under the Red Cross this way: I am going to ask all who will, to bring ten cents to give to the Red Cross. I will then write up a piece or have some one else do it for me, and have it put in different papers with the amount given and in that way we will be doing something for our country and helping to win the war. Bring food, as usual, and don't for- get your dishes, “Come early and stay late” as the old fellow said. Let us try to make this picnic one long to be remembered. Come one, come ali. Bring food the same as you always @ done and dishes, too. T will have ot coffee. Don't forget the date, Wednesday. e June 5th, BIDDY. WAR TIME RECIPES. Dear Social Corner Frlends: How are you all this lovely spring weath- 3 I am sending a few recipes, made mostly of wheat substitutes. T wog.- der if you have to scratch as lively as I find ways to use them? They are original o if you don't like them vou will know who's to blame. -We st _tha head of the seventy-|like them. five thousand Red- Cross marchersion| Autumn Joy: You have my sympa- Saturday afternoon. 'ast,” foushed the| thy. / Bearts of New Yorkers. As the snowy thoroughare, the cheering and the wild scramble to obtain point of advantage, undeniably spoke their admiration. President Wilson, smiling and with bared head, walking as man with man through the mass of waving flags and wilderaess of enthusiasitc people, 100k~ od well his.part—that of the world's cader The pageant in many respects was Iike that of last fall, except alarg- was passing one given er number of marchers, as it about five houfs pein it But Red Cross flags were avery- vildines: filling every available space and the where, covering the fronts of hands of the onlookers Body of marchers, the pageant. ‘whom biue 001 sch tHelr elders, and great oyation all along’ . swung._along line swept down the became louder and louder, und as ‘the’ word was passed along. “President Wilson, President Wilson walking in the pa- rade” instantly the burst of applause that came from the waiting throngs be- ¢ forming a huge Cross, was one of the fine fea- children, Of tha “tes any rr.. képt. o |Someone writes The Bulletin of May ith greater pre-|1sth that she uses nine’ 1.m<, Katzenjammer: Have you mov- ed Griddle Cakes: Two cups sour milk, one teaspoon soda, corn flour and wheat flour half ‘and half, one-haif teaspoon salt. Stir soda in milk, add salt, and flour enough to drop easily from spoon. Wheat, Corn and Barley Biscuits: Two cups wheat flour, one cup corn flour, one cup barley flour, four tea- spoons melted shortening, ilttle salt, sweet milk to mix soft enough to roll, Plain Cake: One egz, one scant cup sugar, ore heaped tablespoon short- ening, one cup milk, one teaspoon lem- on flavoring, two teaspoons making powder, one cup wheat flour, ene cup barley flour. Sugar Cookies: One-half cup short- ening one scant cup sugar, one egg, one-half teaspoon flavoring, one-third cup milk, one-quarter teaspoon salt. two teaspoon baking powder, one cup corn flour, one cup barley flour. Roll or_pat out and bake in a. quick oven. I shall watch for recipes with subs a The varfous|in them. Of course I use oats ground nurses and auxiliary workers, | in bread and some times potatoes; am were dressed in white, | going to try some with half barley and or red veils, some in|half wheat. Wish me luck. lined with red, pass- SCRATCH. HOW TO SAVE SOAP. Dear Sisters of the Social Corner: quarts of were | water to one quart of water glass in the | putting down eggs, I get water glass from a well known firm and the direc- tions on the quart can are to use fif- a long ways to Berlin,|teen (15) quarts of water to one can 11_hammer s A out of thelof water glass; also o lnqat {ht cool it before adding the. water found in some ware not subject to chemical action. - ‘A list of the most essential articles follows: Two preserving kettles, one colander, one fine strainer, one skim- mer, one ladle, one large-mouthed’ funnel, knives for paring fruit (plated if possible), wooden or willow_rack to put in bottom of boiler, one wire fry- ing basket, one wire sieve, four long- handleq wooden spoons, one. wooden masher, a fow large pans, flat-bottom- ed clothes boiler, iron triped. or ring, equares of cheesecloth. p In addition, it would be well to have a flannel straining bag, a frame on which to hang ‘the bag, a syrup gauge and a glass cylinder, a fruit prickes, and plenty of clean towels. The regular kitchen pans will answer for holding and washing the fruit. Mixing bowls and stone crocks can be used for holding the fruit juice. When fruit is to be plunged into boiling water for a few minutes before paring, the ordinary stewpans may ‘be em- ployed for this purpose. The wooden rack on which ‘the bgt- tles rest in the wash boiler is made in this manner: Have two strips of wood ‘measuring one inch high, one inch wide and two inches shorter:than the length of the boiler. On these pieces of wood tack thin strips of w that are one and a half inches shorter than the width of the boiler. These cross strips should be about one inch wide, and there should be an inch between two strips. This rack will support the jars and will admit the free circula. tion of boiling water about them. Young willow branches, woven into a mat, also make,a good bed for bottles and jars, The wire basket is a saver of time ang strength. The fruit to be peeled is put into the basket, which is low- ered into a deep kettle partially filled with boiling water. After a few min- utes the basket is lifted from the boiling water, plunged for a moment into cold water, and the fruit is ready to have the skin drawn oft. A fruit pricker is easily made and saves time. Cut a piece half an inch deep from a broad cork; press through this a dozem or more coarse darning needles; tack the cork on a piece of board. Strike the fruit on the bed of needles and you have a dozen holes at once. When work is finished, re- move the cork from the board, wash and dry thoroughly. A little oil on the needles will prevent rusting. With needles of the size suggested there is little danger of the points breaking, but it is worth remembering that the use of pricking machines was aban- doned in curing prunes on a commer- cial scale in California because the steel needles broke and remained in the fruit. To make a flannel straining bag, take a square piece of flanmel (27x27 inches is a good size), fold it to make a three-cornered bag, stitch one of the sides, cut the top square across, bind the opening with strong broad tape, stitch on this binding four tapes with which to-tie the bag to the frame. Be- fore using it ehould be washed and boiled in clear water. MOUNTAIN LAUREL. COINS AND SOLDIER BOYS. Dear Social Corner Editor: A Sis- ter inquired if anyone remembers the half-cent. I remember the half-cent and the nine-pence wnich was 12 1-2 cents and in their value to the buyer I know no good of them. The half- cent is a device to counterbalance the craft of trade whereby they plan to get something for nething. The half- cent, however, has a better excuse for its existence than the old silver three- cent piece, or the 25-cent goldpiece, which served principaily as a curiosity in coinage. Everybody was glad when these coins ceased to circulate, but the cupidity of trade is menacing the pub- lic once more and the 15-cent milk and the 6-cent trolley fages are lead- ing to a demand for a resumption of this old coinage. The half-cent which is rare, like the rare postage stamp, brings a high price among collectors. There is nothing about the rum ra- tiens in the army to worry mothers or anyone else. The men who handle armies know too much to weaken man power by serving liquor to the traops. It is only on special occasions rum is served out to men in the army, and then the quantity is a medicinal dose rather than a drink. ‘While in the service I knew rum to be served twice in a year, and the quantity was not on either occasion enough to befoodle an infant. If a comrade with a thirst could get the rations served to a half dozen men who didn’t care for a dose he might show a slight exhileration in his speech, but he couldn’t get enough to make him stagger. A drunk is no more pop- ular in the army among his comrades than he is at home among his neigh- bors, Army life doesn't make drunk- ards but thirsty. Don't worry about demeralizing hodits in the army. Tne army never injured the morals of a good man and it is difficult for it to improve the hab- its of a bad one. JOE'S BROTHER. TO DO UP SILKS, RIBBONS AND WOOLENS. Dear Social Corner Sisters: These directions may be a hel elp: To lIren Silks: Lift silk from the ringing water, shake and snap them to remove as much water as possible without squeezing or wringing, and smooth them out on pieces of old cot- ton cloth or towels. Roll them up in these and iron as soon as possible without drying. Smooth pieces oqut while wet on the ironing board, lay over them a piece of thin white muslin and iron on the wrong side with a moderate iron to prevent emutting. Now remove the cloth, iron perfectly dry on the wrong side and smooth slightly, if desired, on the face with a warm, not hot, iron. The whole process of washing and ironing should be done as quickly as possible after the silk is wet, as the colors may be affected by lying in that condition. To Iron Colored Silks: Like other colored goods, silk should net be al- lowed to dry, but ehould be ironed while still damp with a warm, not hot, iron, Place between two cloths and iron on the wrong side. keeps imbibers mighty llh‘:‘. - tween two pieces of. cloth, pressing on the wrong side with a warm, not hot, iron. To Store Away Silks: Do not wrap silks in white paper. The chloride of lime ‘used to bleach the paper will at- tack the colors of the silk, To lron Flannel and Woolen Goods: Iron flannels > d‘g they are washed, if possibe, and before they become quite dry. Take from the line when still damp, roll up in a dry cloth, and press on the wro eide with an iron not too hot. If they e dry they should be dampened slightly by -rolling upon a damp cloth to await their furn. _To Iron Blankets: Iron blankets be- fore they are quite dry, and air thor- oughly before storing nway.L e PRESERVE THE RHUBARB. Dear Social Corner Sisters: Rhu- barb may be preserved in other ways uses the skin should not be removed. Pink skinned varieties are preferable. Rhubarb juice, either sweetened or unsweetened, one cup of sugar to one quart of juice, may be brought to a boil, skimmed, poured into sterilized bottles and sealed. This es a pleasant acid drink either alone or flavored with grape juice, mint juice, lémen or ether fruit juices, or iced tea. This jutce may be used in place of lemon for sherbets and serts. To extract it nearly cover the cut rhubarb with cold water and pro- ceed with it as in jelly making. Dried rhubarb makes satisfactory pies. Prepare by stringing the stalks and hanging in the sun until brittle or cut in short pieces and dry or eva- porate like ap) Stalk may be cook- ed before dry{ns To use prepare as dried apples for sauce or pies. Used in combination with tasteless apples it improves the flavor of both. Canned Rhubatb (Good for Pies): Carefully select and wash rhubarb., Cut it in nearly even lengths. Pack it into clean jars. Fil| the jars with cold water and seal. Wrapping jars in paper helps to prevent the rhubarb from bleaching. Canned Rhubarb (Good for Sauce): ‘Wash rhubarb. Cut in pieces. Blanch one or two minutés in boiling water. Plunge it into cold water and pack at once into jars. Pour over it a hot sy- rup, using one cup sugar to one quart water. Adjust rubber and partly seal. Set the jars in- hot water bath and steam twenty minutes. A richer sy- rup may be used if desired. Rhubarb Punch: Cook rhubarb until soft if fresh, otherwise use canned. Mash through sieve. To each cup of rhubarb juice add three cups of water and one-quarter cup sugar. The juice of a lemon. a half cup of strawberry juice or other fruit may be added if desired. Serve ice cojd in glasses with a bit of mint leaf or rose geranium in each gl This is a deliclous sum- mer drink. Rhubarb lce: Two stalks rhubarb, one lemon, one and one-half cups su- gar, six cups water, one tablespoon gelatin soaked in one-quarter cup of cold water, Cook rhubarb until ten- der and run it through a sieve. Cook sugar and water until it makes a good syrup. Add the gelatine and the cool- ed rhudarb. When cold add lemon Jjuice, Strain and freeze. HANNAH WHO. WINDOW SHADES. Dear Social Corner Sisters: A double set of window shades—an inner dark shade to harmonize with the color scheme of the room, aid an outer white shade—are desiraiile, but both are not necessary. It saves carpets and other things from fading to ex- clude the sunshine when a room is not in use, and also assists in keep- ing sunny rooms cool in summer. Hence, a dark or tan shade is to be preferred, unless the house is fitted with blinds. In that case only the white shade is necessary. To Remove Window Shades: Trim off the soiled or worn part at the bot- tom, making a néw hem, and put hack the stick. To do this lay it on an iron- ing board and press down the curled hem. To Hang Window Shades: To ad- just the spring on new window shades, roll thém tight, fasten them into the sockets, roll them up again by hand, and again draw them down until the spring is as strong as desired, To Prevent Blowing Shad vent the window shades To pre- m_being or blowing back and forth when tha upper sash is lowered for ventilation, attach the cord from the bottom of the shade to the back of a chair, and move it a sufficient distance from the win- dow 0 give a free circulation of air underneath it. Subsiiute For Window Shades: To economize on window shades, the up- per rooms of a house may be fitted with shades of white cotton, having tho selvage on one side and a very fine hem on the other. By the addition of a lit- tle glue, size or gum arabic to the starch, they can be made very equal to ordinary shades of Holland linen. ered when soiled. EASTER LILY. TO MAKE PAPER FLOWERS. Dear Social Corner Sisters: I did not realizé the value of knowing how to make paper flowers until recently. Flowers have always been rather in- expensive, but now that they have me up in price I find that paper owers are fully appreciated by my friends; not only the cost of manu- facture is slight, when one has plenty of time, but the property of durabil- ity which they possess is so far in ex- cess of that possessed by the natural flowers that they outdo them when you wish them for table decorations, etc. When I get them all made 1 dip them in paraffine wax and they look natural, and are easy to make. ‘When the season arrives when natural flowers are practically unobtatnable, and they are sadly missed by ladies who are used to them. I find that you must be acquainted with the flower you are to make. If not, get the natural flower and study it; but much depends upon individual taste and judgment. The following directions may help you. If you wished to make carna- tlons (I made a great many Mothers’ day for the children), cut five circles at once, following the outlines of the pattern, fold so as to make eight lobes, notch the top of each: when cut and notched, take the thread and dip in parrafine wax. Then make the center by fastening the stem over. You want 16 divisions, for each pink; paste each division on the stem, pressing it tight. Make the stem Ilong. I make the calyx of parafine, cut pieces out of green paper and place over them. I make the leaves on the stem same as in natural pink. The pinks are made in all colors, and are used a great deal. To Do Up Ribbons: Wash same as other colored silks, and if stiffness is required rinse in weak soapsuds con- taining a small amount of gum arabic. Now roll the ribbon about a glass bot- tle, or wind about a small relling pin, smoothing carefully, and dry in the shade. (Or smooth them out, face down, upon & piece of varnished wood. ‘When dry, they will require ne iron- Dboil the water and | ing.) To Remove Wrinkles from Silk: I make a great many sweet peas, You can get the natural flower and make them exactly like the flower; and as the Social Corner editor re- marked: “You will find them all there except the fragrance.” Roses, large, soft roses, I make by cutting several thicknesses of paper about four inches wide, then cut down a knife), arbund your M€ | In the second place no ,ome petal i than canning. In preparing for all|fl drawn out at the top of the window, | They can, of course, readily be laund- | But Jack Rose I make a little dif- ferent for I fasteh a wad of cotton to the end of a stiff wire, place a hood of heavy flower paper, and around this | place eight or ten smailer petals, first | curling the edges with a penknife; | then place ten larger ones in the same way, in making roses the petals should be in sets of five each, and there should be five in each row. I would advise you to study the natural flower, then you will find that the arrangement of the petals of .a rose is somewhat peculiar. 1In the tirst place one edge of the petal is al- ways over that of its neighbors on one side, while the other edge is under that of its neighbor on the other side. s directly in a line with that in the row | § next to it, but is placed beneath the edges of two. I then piut on the calyx and cut spray. I make my cups of the rose with paraffine wax and cover with green paper, then I dip my flowers in parafine wax. Having melted thé wax dip your flower in quick and let drip this will cool and you have a hand- some flower. Of course I have been careful tb mention the parts which may ‘seem trifling, but “trifles make perfection, and perfection’ jg no tri- e.” Violets are o pretty and such a f: vorite, I have made them for little f: vors, Cut several divisions, then take two of these and place one inside the other, so the petals will alternate, fix. the centre on the wire, then pinch from the centre these two that you have pasted together. I would twist the stem with dark green paper. I should like to send directions for making sunflowers and chrysanthe- munis, Easter lilies, ete., but if you get the natural flowers you will have 2 better teacher than I could be. To the Sister who suggested buying a Liberty bond, I am willing to do my share, UNCLE SAMW'S DAUGHTER. BALSAM FIR'S PET PIG. Dear Social Corner Friends: Just a few lines this beautiful morning. I am such a lover of nature nothing is quite so beatuiful in my estimation. The lovely green color of both leaves and grass, the sweet songs of the birds, of which' we have more than usual this year. Wrens have built in a house we have away up in the top of an ap- ple tree. Their sweet song ever re- minds us how thankful we should be for all the goodness our Heavenly Father bestows upon us. The lake is some times all ,white caps, and then again so calm and beautiful that my boat seems to stand still while T read a book or _paper, away out far from skvre. I often wish that others could enjoy once in a while what I have a privilege of en- joying all the time. This is a very healthy place. 1 wonder if any of our farmer friends and writers ever hal a pet pig, except myself? Well, I am going to make vou laugh, and some may frown. Surely he runs at will about the prem- ises and loves to have his face washed and wiped. Having a chanee to lay around on grass, he mever gets dirty like those confined in a pen. When I g0 out and sit on the stoop he usual- Iy lays down on the rug or nearby me. He loves to lay his head on a_pillow while he is stretched full length on a rug nd is quite partial to a soft bed. His name is Sweet Heart, nd he knows Bis_name, too. Yesterday I went down street. When I drove into the yard, on my return, be was so pleased he capered and Squealed, and rubbed up against me. I will say, “Can't you kiss me” and he will put his nose against my check. Who can beat it? Regards to all. BALSAM FIR. GREETINGS FROM AMELIA. Dear Social Corner Editor: Through the kinduess of a Social Corner Sis- ter I can once again send greetings to our beloved Corner. I did so much enjoy meeting Rith you at our place of gathering on Valley street. T have always read our page with in- terest and enjoyed its social part as well. 1 should be pleased to meet you all again, but at present I am unable to leave my bed. I am stiil trusting Him who said, “All the way from earth 4o heaven I will guide thee with mine eye.” T have been remembered with flow- ers and just now it does seem so good to have my friends drop in and have a friendly chat with me. I do enjoy the sunshine and I do so much enjoy the sweet songs of the birds. Trigiting we shall all meet in that benutiful land on high, where the sun never sets, and the leaves never fade, and where the eves of the faithful their Saviour shall see in that beauti- ful city of gold. Wi ng you all health and happi-| ness. | AMELIA. GREAT GRANDMA’S THANKS. Dear Social Corner Sisters: May 16 I was up with the sun and set my clock by Daboll's Almanac, 428, and planned to enjoy every hour of the day. A few remembrances had been received and the mail brought more. As I arranged the cards and read the sentiments there was a sweetness in jthe human love and friendship ex- pressed that is ever abiding. I extend thanks to all who sent birthday cards. Aunty No. 1: The pansies with their many beauteous faces seemed to say: “The heart never grows ol A pleasant call from X. to the pleasure of the day. her birthday. Thanks to the Lebanon Social Cor- ner club for the box of nice cake. | The day ended with gratitude to God for the blessings of the day. Not s day older—much younger in spirit and love to all mankind. Nu Kummer: I read your inquiries and looked in The Fool's Dictionary. It said: Tobacco, a native plant of Virginia, eaten only by large green worms and men. GREAT GRANDMA. GREETINGS FROM READY. Z. added It was Dear_ Social Corner Editor: Once| again 1 greet you. Does it not seem good to be able to sit out and enjoy the nice weather, as I am doing at the present time? T wish to thank the hostesses fos the nice way they attended to the wants of my friends and myself at the last gathering. We all enjoved it so much, | We were sorry we could not stay as| long as we wanted to. i Remember Me: You have my sym-| pathy. how a shut-in and in her invalided| condition it would be pleasant for her to have a card shower. Best wishes to all the Sisters. READY. A WORD FROM SILENT PARTNER, Dear Social Corner Sisters: T want | to thank the Sisters who are sending| recipes that help to conserve wheat. T have just tried one for gems made | with rye flour and corn meal, that is; very good. Another Sister who did not sign any name sent one for eggless rye muffing which is nice. I would like to ask Peggy Anne it she makes bread of all barley? I mike Sugzar cookies of barley and Amelia, one of our loyal members, is!§ [ _N_ew Store, Majestic Building OPPOSITE LAUREL HILL BRIDGE Vudor Porch Sl_zades. Porch Cbairs/and Rockers Refrigerators OUT OF THE HIGH PRICE DISTRICT ' You Contribute To The Red Cross Now Your Insurance Man Will Insure Everything Insurable. There are some things you can't insure and should they be destroyed you would be unable to replace them. Your insurance man keeps his papers in a STEEL FILING CABINET. Let us know what you wish to file and we will show you the File you need. iy The Cranston Co. AGENTS FOR ART METAL STEEL FILES all-wheat floyr. I should like to hear of the experience of others. Yours for conservation. SILENT PARTNER. Preston. Boy Scouts to Help Government Find Biack Walnut. President Wilson's appeal to the Boy Scouts of America to help win the war by locating supplies of black walnut trees has been followed by arrange- ments under which the War Depart- ment, the Forest Service, and the Boy Scout organization have joined efforts to find the needed timber. As President Wilson pointed out, War Department program makes the securinz of black wanut lumber for upse in manufacturing airplane pro- pellers and gunstocks of the utmost importance. ‘War ‘Department _and Forest Service officlals are ecombing the country for black walyt timber, which can no longer be found in abundance anywhere but has to be culled, often as single trees, from mixed forest growths. Much of the black walnut that is left is in far- mer's woodlots, and it is primarily to locate this that the Boy Scouts have been called into service. In the aggregate, there are said to be large supplies. Many thousands of blanks and let- ters of instructions are being printed by the Government for distribution to scouts and scout masters through- out the region in which black walnut occurs in commercial quantities. On- dividual trees may be found as far east as Connecticut, nortliward in New York to and beyond the Canadian line, southward almost to the Gulf of Mexico, and westward far into the prairie States, but the Ohio and Mies- issippi Valley States, the Middle At- lantic States, and the Southern Ap- palachian region are expected to fur- nish most of the supply. As reports are turned in by the scout masters, they will be tabulated by the Forest Service and reported to the War De- partment. Dry the Vegetables to Help Win the ‘War, It has been determined that a pound of dried carrots, onions, turnips, po- tatoes and cabbage, prepared in soup, furnishes sixty adults with the vegetables they care to use at a meal. 1t is interesting to know that a bar- rel of these dried vegetables, weighing one hundred pounds, provides vege- table soup stock for a battalion of afx thousand pereons, and that the raw; unprepared vegetables, which make up this combination, would fill thirty barrels, and would weigh appromi- mately three-quparters of a ton. The tremendous importance of all this from the standpoint of liet and economics can hardly be overestima- ted. But what concerns us even more vitally at the present time is the vast eaving effected in transportation costs and labor, and the influence these may have in helping to win the war. | —Physical Cuiture. The world is probably a little iarger than you think it is. and you are probably a little smaller than you thought you were. Every Woman Wants DR.A.J.SINAY DENTIST Rooms 18-19 Alice Building, Norwich Phone 1177-3 For the Parisian use it some in cake, but can't make very good bread with the substitutes. 1 think the substitutes must require more yeast and baking jer, BIG MILLINERY SALE WHITE TRIMMED AND UNTRIMMED HATS BIGGEST VALUE EVER THIS IS ONLY FOR TODAY $5.00, $6.00 and $7.00 Hats = $2.98 SCHWARTZ, Proprictor 10 Main Strect Holiday Millinery all} B clectric lamp There. §inot been used World, I love you; i aot khow me;: gan -hhfllx ,:v. me. ou ‘ ot because T 3'1“1 :g‘be‘"fi; =t ecause g Shen x oty common way nest man, e straight and narrow way. Narrow but high as heaven And bright with rocks and stars, Asa yauth 2 1 !ongye% to be great, To be praised. 1 strove and failed. Cast forth a stranger . On desert, on mountain, { On bare and cold coast, My pillow has been a fock, By my dream the ladder to heaven And angels ascending, descending. In ascent or descent They found & soul, - I know noi wl‘:ure‘ 1 know not when, T know they brought it And it is all for you, And_your soul is for me, So God has come to you and to me. “-Harold W. Gammons in June Nau- tilus, OVER HERE. “T gave My life for three; what hast thou done for Me?” In the mire of the trenches, In he fog of No Man's Land. In_ the smoke of cannon belches, In the mud and rain and sand— They are dying by the thousands, So that YOU may never know All the horror and the evil Wrought by an inhuman foe. rough shot and shell and battle, T reh rivers. that run red: Through gas that chokes and stifies, Through rain of shrapnel lead. They fight their way undaunted With courage high and true. what will YOU—YOU—do for them Who_ have gone through hell for YOU? —OClara V., W. Mott. Baltimore, May 16, 1918 HUMOR OF THE DAY “Are you a general houseworker?” “Well, I did housework for a gen= eral.—Life. “Do you think you could lesrn to Ve Christopher?” e T passed Caleulus."—Jack- o'-Lantern. y His Wife—There isn’t a single thing fit to eat in the house, dear. The Brute—What! Have you cooked everything then?—Ideas. He (after he had watched her k‘nl ting for an hour)—What are you knit- Hhe—I don't know yet.—Panther. ay he's a confirmed som- bulis ‘es, 1 hear he once walked out of Louisville Courier-Journal. “Mighty few women are sincerely’ observing as many eweetless days as they should.” < “My wife is. She hasn’t teen sweet to me for a month."—Judge. The Honorable—My boy, do you realize how sreat is the Solemnity of an oath, before you commit yourself? The Boy—Why—why, ves, sir. I | caddied for you iast Sunday—Widow. “Smith is a lucky man,” said Brown. “Fle dertainly is,” agreed Jones. “He thas raised six daughters and he doesn’t have to support even one of his sons-in-law.” — Cincinnati En- quirer. Friend Husband—Do you think it uld he conceiteq of me, dear, to the other girls in wouldn't notice her Did they? Four of them recog- nized it at once."—London Opinion: “Pardon me for asking you about vour war gardem, but s it proving | what you thought it would be?” Yes” replied Mr. Jibway, bitterly. 'm not on speaking terms Wi h |anybody in my neighborhood. —Bir- mingham Age-Herald. Miss Roxley-Oldun—One thing wor- ries me and that is the wedding trip.{ It will be horrid to have people know: | Her Dear Friend—Oh, don't wo { Get him to call you “Ma” when you'rs, | fraveling and_they'll think you are| | his mother.—Boston Transcript. % | THE KAIEIZOSCOPE England sends over 7,000 men and 30,000 tons of supplies to France every day. In one week the aircraft around the British isles flies miles. patrol 30,000, During 1917 the British captured on | all fronts a total of 115,000 prisoners and 781 guns. In times of peace the finest poul- try that France produces is that fed in the vineyards. The water of the Antarctic Ocean | has been proved to be colder thamy that of the Arectic seas. £ SRR, 1 The eggs of the turtle vary in num- | ber from 60 to 100, and at first they L resemble damp parchment in their ! | texture. . Although it looks from the outside | like any other shoe, one invented in§ England has a separate compartment © for the big toe. in | id In an egg-laying competition Australia, a_Black Orpington hen 335 eggs in 12 months, which is claim-| ed as a world's record for any .nl.l Morgan Farley, age 17, is the young- est stage manager known. He is now [& | managing the Lyric Theater in Cin- cinnati. Previously he was manager | of the Seventeen in New York. b M. A. Riley, a draftsman employed [* i by the ShelbW Steel Tube Company at |* | Newcastle, Pa, was busy knitting a ! 1 sweater for the Red Cross during the | three days he served as grand juror. ‘= The town of Ashton, TIL, is looking |~ {the water tower and put a new ' The light has’; a year becauss - to climb the for nobody was willing tower, Peanuts, like potatoes, grow under- ground. When srowing a short bush §iforms above the ground, and _after: flowering. the branches, bend ddwn- ward and enter the ground, and the nuts grow beneath the surface in clusters, Awakened by a -eat erying and scraiching at his bedroom door/Pe- ter Bolsavage, a merchant, of John- son City, Pa. found the room filled with smoke. Rushing' downstairs, he discovereq a serious fire in his” gen- eral store. ® §! for some person to climb to.the top of | A firm is making alcohol “from & plant called sotol, nyh!eh abundantly in Northern’ Mexico Western Texas. It is said the p can be gathered at a cost of fi to §5 per ton, and that fi 0 of this plant from 18 to 2§ alcohol, 180 proof, { Cindad Jnarez can be t s ex] rod: i ‘.lfl:l? capg( produce, at its jci lons daily. e