Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 15, 1918, Page 9

- WOMAN! Arthur T. Kagwles, of Wethersfield, Conn SR % Floyd Mitchell, pf Cétral Village, Willard A. Madley- of: Lebanon. SOCIAL CORNER POEMS. That Fighting Man of Mine. I'm just a simple serving maid who works for board and wage, A sag yet merry sort of soul that's caught in Love's strong cage. My lowly lot I'd not exchange to wed a reigning king, if you'd know the reason, pray listen while I sing: And My heart is in the trenches with the boy that I adore, A brave and noble soidier lad who'll help to win the war. him, if he shirked T never ogy, the o] It made o ‘lose him, that 2 !xghtn\ fin of mine?. { 3 My boy he is so sturdy and stands near six feet high, His teeth are white and pearly, he has a roguish eye, &, He never will forget me while &'er the Top he tears, For really I'm a portion of the unmi- form he wears! My heart is in the trenches with the boy that I adore, A rezal son of Uncle Sam, who'll help to win the war. lorg it over Kaiser Bill, Guck him in the Rhine— That's what I made him promise, that fighting man of mine! Hell then My mistress often stands agape the way 1 swirl the mop, She doesn ;(:n %, i, faney, d'm; ioing “O'er the Top;" And when the table cloth I grasp the Kaiser's in my grip, Then 1 always start to la “Hoch der wedding trip! and My love is in the trenches to help and win the war, A loyal son of Uncle Sam—the lad that I adore! He'll catch hold of Hunnish Fritz and with him wipe the floor; He's gone to do his duty—he's gone to win the war! —Anna Wall Edwards, in_the New York Sun i ¥ Be d to All. Be kind to everybody You meet today. 1t costs but yery little To live this way, And what is llfe; it ‘coldly We meet #nd part, And fail to ive out: fellows A touch of heart? The Christ touch is upon you, ‘Then live to bless; Like Him bring help and healing oo all in J‘Egfi.fi* is _day i§ service~" Bach lite’s a afl. Just do your part, be faithtul, *And good to all. ;- —L Mench Chambers. INQUIRIES AND ANSWERS. WIFE—Letter received d t6 Pnele Sam's Daughter. THE BACK YARD HEALTH GAR- JPEN. Dear Social Corner Editor: The back vard garden is not only a good conservation but a good heaith meas- ure when the right ones venture to profit by . . 4 o Nervous padhle fwho hare made a hobby of back'yafd' gardéning’ “have found that they were soon improving in physical condition. A celebrated h}:fl_ fan says: “Gar- dening is cnt’p:l “best ‘of cures for tired nerves ‘afd’ “diStressed minds. Therefore, they set their patients gar- dening, with resuits of “healing “that sometimes aré almost unbelievable. “Cases of severe mentai depression hawe been helped back # -n 3 Neurasthenic , patients ha¥e, lost their aches and pains. Psychasthefic fzsuf- ferers have rained new sf: courage for the struggles’y “If, then, you who read are a victim of ‘nerves, a person who dops not get enough of outdoor exer- cise, T urge you in especial to join' the army of those who will be working in back yards and va this summer. be beiping yourseif to ~‘gain better ‘health 2 3 The bagk vard garden is for economy in more ways than yeu think. = THE CRANK. HOW TO MAKE A STAR. —— Dear Social Corner sg:u: In thez days of conservation, when everyone t0 save ‘the” pennies. I thought some mother who has a suit make for a child, would like to how to make's star. I will to explain the way they were made in the Civil War times, when' the - sailors' did their own sew- the stars.on their My brother, who was a time taught me to make ‘Bétg Jetters; good business letters: “mind may suggest. Waite on but one side of the paper. 3 R EDITOR, Bulletin Office, Norwich, Conn. ERY MONTH OF ONE DOLLAR EACH. of sach month. gardenst, e i -board. msmu-mm" to wash and a plate pose quite as well. i : ~ Atid Flavoring: ~ Vinegar, lem Jjuice and sour jelly, like currant, serves the pur- often used to flayor the thick Zravies | which are a part of a meat stew or which are served with it. Vinegar .i§ an old fashioned relish which was of- ten added to baeon. or salt pork and greens, pork and beans, corned beef and cabbage, and - similar dishes. These flavors combine well with that 10f brown flour, but not withtonions or other vegetables of strong flavor. The {idea that vinegar used in small quan- 'S OPPORTUNITY 4 g0od. nelp- They should be in hand Award bobbin, and No. 50 thread on top; stitch on wrong side of collar. I used the small star on the Gold Star coffee can for a'pattern, on a col- lar, for seven year ol boy. Make a dot at each point, and one in the cen- ter of the star; then draw With.pendil, a straight line from each dot,: thet represents a point to centér dot. Be- gin by drawing the threaded’ needle up through one of the dotted pojnts, hold the collar so the working pattern' will be away from you; take a small back stiteh in next point-to the.right, and so on in each outside point all around the star, leaving the _threads very loose. The next row make inside the first, as near to it as possible; take the ‘small back stiches on the marked lines; proceed round and round till the star is filied. It will then look like & spider web. Put the® needle “-down through the center;and up again, not in_the same place, but just enough difference to fasten. Then draw down the loose threads ‘to form the star, by placing the needle between two points, and under the thfeads to the cente land out to wrong side, draw the thread cnough to form the point. Do the same between all the points. With alittle practice one can make a very pre- sentable star. . With best wishes, New Haven. ISABELLE. WHAT 18 YOUR GOSPEL? Dear Social Corner Friends: What is vour Gospel? No ook was ever big enough to hold ali of the Gospel of Truth. The Gospel of the Saviour will touch our hearts through all time and be a comfort for gltyeternity; but the written _Gospel * doest not comprehiend all of the Gosel of God. Hugh Miller says: “The Gospel is the fulfillment of all hopes, the per- fection of all philosophy, the interpre- ter of all revelations, and a key to all the seeming contradictions of truth in the physical and moral world#*“and Luther declared: “God writes the Gos- el not in the Bible alone, but on the trees and flowers, and clouds . and sta He put the Gospel of Good Cheer in the heart of e and made it too [precious to Be cast out; but it |has bee: wofully _ neglected. . A7 2loomy 118 misinterpreta- tion of Truth and Mercy. What com- mand of C rist_to His disciples has izht to he placed before His “Be 0od_Cheer 7" The Gosped does not . consist .~ of words, but feeling. We do not get our| {impulses from the spelling book or_the | | dictionary, but from the heart of which the Bible has so much to say. In the truly divine Gospel there s 200d humor and good nature, and good sense, as well as good cheer. The gospel of goodness is the only gospel of salvati zmg,\ Basil: _“A zood deed is nev t, He Who/Sows urtesy reaps fileffd€ip: he - who nts kindness gathers love: pleas- ire bestowed upon a grateful :mind s never sterile, but generally grati- le begets reward.” ‘001 cheer is good hope, and good is as dependable a star to the soul as is the North Star to zer of unknown seas, JOE'S BROTHER. HAS ATTENDED TWENTY-SEVEN MEETINGS, Dear Social Corner Sisters: When I g0 anywhere and have a good .time, I like to talk it over with someone, and as there is no one living near me in- terested in Social Corner meetings I will have to write. When I had my husband I would talk to him so long about the good time I had, he wpuld very quietly say: “Guess I have heard enough about that” But®if I write you cannot say it to me, 1 do not think those of you who went to South Coventry had any better time than we at Buckingham Memo- any of rial. T have attended twenty-seven.in all, I think, ami all so friendly and social. Met a lovely Sister from Leonard Bridge, and one from Jewett City who was undecided which meeting to at- tend, but decided in favor of Club No. 2's_gathering. We had a fine dinner. Don’t knaw what the cake was made of, barley or white flour, but it was delicious. And the salads were very nice, Had music, singing, reading and speakinz, Silver Locks' speaking was enjoyed very much, as was the speeches of others. Aunt Mary thought she met a kin- dred spirit. Wish I could write the interesting letters she does, and get a prize. Wouldn't T be some “chesty 7" Prouder than I was when 1 took first premium at the grange fair for white bread and raised cake. ‘Haven't gotten ‘over it to this day; but that is “ancient history.” Married and Happy: Ho -1 ighed chiffon sleeves hefors 3"‘;.“’;\. and were in time for marriage cere- mony. Yours for a good time< at eeting. next BELLE. VEGETABLE AND ACID FLAVOR- ING, Dear Sociel Corner Sisters: The flavor of green peppers gives an ac- ceptable variety. The seed should’ waye be removed. The peppers should be chopped and added to thopped meat or other meat dishes. Meat mix- ed with bread crumbs may be baked in the pepper shells and the stuffed pep- pers served as a separate dish. Onion Juice: May be obtained in the following simple way: Peel the onion and extract a few drops of juice by pressing one side with the dull edge of a knife. \ |straw when_ dry | will get one-sided and tities is unwholesome seems to be vithout foundation. © Pickles Chopped pickles are some- fimes added to theé gravy Served with | Uoiled mutton. They are cheaper than tapers and serve somewhat the same purpose. They are commonly used fn | sauces for fish and in many others to give a distinctive flavor. “Ofives: Chopped olives also make a | Wwelcome variety in meat sauce, and are not expensive if they are bought il bulk. They will not spoil if a little olive oil is poured on-the top of the liquor in which they are kept. It should - cover them. © MOUNTAIN LAUREL AFTER WEANING BABY. Dear Social Corner Sisters: After weaning, mistakes in feading often upset a haby's digestion; Some do not haye the facilities for keeping mil therefore it weuld be better’ to pas teurize the milk, especially weather, This is just as: ed as raw milk and j will keep better. G b2 Either boiled water, or barley gruel the latter. preferable, because the srue! has a decided tendency to Soften the curds.of a cow's. milk, apd make it easily digested. 3 Sometimes a new born baby cannot digest the gruel starches very well, es- pecially if the baby be poorly nourish- ed. In such cases it is better to use boiling water instead of gruel for the first two months. ~How to_pasteurize mil Take a large sauce pan in the bottom of which has been placed an inverted tin pi¢ plate, with a/number of holes punch- ed in it. In this pot stand the bottles of prepared food, with enough water (cold) in it to come up to and a very little and above the bottle. Let the wa- ter come to a boil rapidly as possi- bie. " The moment the boiling point Is reached, remove the pot from the stove and let the hottles remain in it for fifieen minutes. Then remove them and cool as rapidly as possible. First, by placing in luke warm water—then place in cooler water, finally in cold or iced water. If you haven't ice, hold in cold water from faucet. When suf ficiently cool, place in refrigerator or in a cool, dark place. The way to prepare the food: Into one pint of boiling water, stir one tea - spoon of barley flour, whieh has been previously rubbed to a’ smooth paste, in a little cold water. Let boil ‘from 15 to 20 mfnutes then strain if Mmpy. Thére'is a pearled barley you. can use if you are not able ko get a pre- parefi barley. Four' tablespoons to two quarts of water, and boil until reduc- ed to one-half of the amount. - This tak ty minutes. Remove from the stove and strain. T use a cheese cloth, for a sieve is too course. Many advised the use of lime wa- ter, but never use lime water unlese ou have a good reason fdr so doine. Pabies whose food is carefully pre- pared, and who are fed at regular in tervels, are not usually babies who vomit. When there is a tendency to vomit, then use lime-water in this propor tion: One ounce of lime-water to six- teen cynces of milk. Bicarbonate of soda is aiso excellent and is not near s0 to constipate. This can b used in the proportion of one le teaspoon of soda to thirty-two ounces of_milk. T alw ‘weather vs prepared the entire quan- tity of food required for the 24 hours at one time, having as many bottles as there are meals, tRen put the exact amount of food for each meal in eaeh bottle, every bottle having a clean q not opened until time to feed the child. Boil the cork every day to 'S DAUGHTER. CARE OF BROOMS. Dear Soeial Corner Sisters: Broom is brittle and easily broken. It is also stiff and wears the carpets. Hence before using a new broom set it in & pail of boiling suds and let it stand until the water is cold. Hang it out of doors to dry. When /not in use a broom should always be hufiz upside down so that the straws will fall apart. Hawe dif- ferent brooms for different pyrposes. Use the newest for the finest carpets, the mext older broom for kitchen use, and the oldest broom for the pave- ment and other rough places. When through sweeping pick all the . lint from the broem, shake the dust out of it,'and rinse in hot water before hang- ing it up. Make a paeket in which to hang the broom upside down or put two large clotheshooks facing each other, or two nails, and hang the head of the broom between these or drive nailg through two iarge spools to protect the “straw, A new broom sweeps clean because the straws are straight and the broom is square, hence a broom thus treated (sweep first with one side ~bf the broom, then with the other), else it have to be tarown away. EASTER LILY. TIMELY RECIPES. . Dear Social Corner Sisters: These timely recipes may pleass you: Canned Cherries: Six quarts cher- ries, - three pints sugar, one-half pint ‘water.. Measure the cherries after the stems have been remaved: stone them or not, as desired. Put the sugar and watér in the preserving kettle —and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Add the cherries, bring slowly to a boil and cook ten minutes. Canned Rhubarb: Wash the rhu- barb thoroughly in pure water; cut it in pieces and pack it in sterilized jars. Cover with cold water; let it stand 10 minutes; -pour off the water; fill again to overfiowing with fresh cold water; seal with sterilized rubber rings and cover, and set away in a cool, dark place. : Corn Chowder: Two cups swéet corn, four cups milk, four cups diced potatoes, two tablespoons butter, one onion, eight crackers, salt and. pepper and two cups of boiling water. Put one-half of the butter in the pan, add the sliced onion and cook slowly for five minutes. Then add potatoes and corn with the boiling water. Cook 20 ‘minutes and add salt and pepper. Break crackers into the dish and pour the chowder over them. L M B ATTENDED THE ANNUAL PICNIC. Dear Social Corner Friends: You have always made me S0 welcome as a visitor at your gatherings, I thought I would like to become a member of The Corner and be entitled to wear a yel- low ribbon. o Parsley: It is easy to grow 'parsiey in a pot in the kitchen window and thus haye it always on hand, fresh, or the leaves may be kept'a long time it sealed up in a fruit jar and stored celery tops may all be dried, rubbed into finé bits, and Kept in air tight Jars. Recipes usually say to chop fresh parsley with a sharp knife on a Scottie: Was very sorry 1 could not accept your invitation to meet with you last Wednesday, but as Lonesome Pine and Olga were mto South Coventry, I thought I go along. and spend the day with Biddy. 2 Calla Lily: When you pass our house again in your auto, stop and give us a call, - Aunt Mary: I enjoy reading y;onr let- “sorry t to see you ‘Hope you will all make me as Wi come as a Social Corner Sister as you R wil 3 E e GRANDNMA H. ANNUAL JUNE PICNIC, ~ By invitation, the clan gathered Wednesday, June 5th, at™he pleasant home of Biddy in Coventry—about. 0 guests, including 10 children, .enjoyed the day on the large lawn under the grang old elms, It is but a step from the trolley station, making it very convenient for those who do not care | to far. : Biddy's new home was decorated in all_colors with lovely pegnies. We had i to enter any room s o the door. The hostess was assisted in gerving the excellent dinner by Aunty I Slim_ Jim, Popover, Fairy, and other Coventry friends. Think, perhaps, Sis, our new Sister, was among the guests’ Anyway, I saw-a Dusty Miller.’ Per~ haps it flew-and lit on the Red Cedar. A number came from Club No. 3. We were sorry the date was the same as the Norwich gathering. <The rea- son fér this: Polly Wintergreen was leaving in a few days for her new home in Groton, where she will live with her daughter, so the party was helq early, that she might attend. It is wonderful how our appetites improve at these gatherings. The salad, excellent baked beans, escallop- ed corn, cakes, etc, disappeared be- fore our onslaught. - The coffee Wwag delicious, with nice cream; and after all these good things came ice cream, presented by The Bulletin company, for which we extend thanks. After lunch Biddy ° exhibited two knitted coverlets for invalid soldiers, the work of school children under her direction. A musical program by Popover was enjoyed. One number given: The Chimes of Trinity. A collection was then taken amount- ing to $4.50, which was presented to the Willimantic chapter of the Red Cross in the name of the Social Cor- ner. 1 have not attended a meeting for three months, and we enjoyed every moment in this quiet, restful place. The club voted to have an outing at Coventry lake in July. Think it will be held the third week, to which Clubs No, 2 and 3, also_friends, are invited. This will be a basket lunch. Very likely all who wish can buy hot cof- | fee or tea; also ice cream. Watch out for the date. welcome. . Everybody TIDY ADDLEY. Willimantic, June 10th, 1918, WHAT A CONTRAST. Dear Sécial Corner Sisters: While waiting for my family.to come to din- ner, I sat down for a few minutes to glance at the Social Corner. The let- ters always help to cheer me up. To. day, though, is a letter that doesn't sound like a Social Corner letter. It is written by Jerusha. 1 cannot be- lieve that any Sister really will stand up for the awful custom of women smoking. Under that letter is Aunt Mary's. What a contrast! Aunt Mary, your| letters are splendid! There is always something in them to make us think of the best things in life. I have been reading an article in the Ladies’ Home Journal which I think is fine. I want to send you one of the messages it contains. “in all that Anferican army you can see no Jew, no Gentile, no Roman Catholic, no Protestant. ~Within their khak} uniforms, look as closely as you may, you will see nothing but a soldier-of this republic: AN AMERICAN BY THE GRACE OF GOD!” Would not we women at home do well to culti- vate such a spirit? 3 There is at least one more name which I think ought to be added to our Roll- of Honor, and that is the name of Royce McCall of Lebanon, son of Nat. He is onc of our eailor boys and just now is in France. He already has been across with transports sev- eral times. Shall hope to see you at the meet- ing of Club 3 Best wishes to all PRISCILLA. SOMETHING ABOUT BIRDS. Dear. Social Corner Editor: A sister wished someone would write about birds. I have always been a lover of | birds and one time had twelve birds to take care of. I had a topknot ca- rary that used to always come out on the table to bathe. It's name was Ke- to. But the cat caught him at last. A parrot is a queer bird. 1t can only love one person and that is most always the man of the house. I visit- ed once where there was a parrot and he just loved the man of the house and called him Papa! This parrot! talked very much. As soon as the lamp was lit he wanted to be covered up. He was twenty vears old. I watch the sparrows a great deal, They have built a nest in our blinds. I open the blinds, put up the window, and there were seedlings that had just started up they had stolen from a garden and as I destroyed the spar- rows’ mest it did not make a particla of difference, the birds went right to work and built another, 1 brought home a southern Oriole. They are found in Florida and are beautiful. I had onme for two vears, The red bird with black wings I like so much. The “Man-of-War Bird” seldom comes up our coast farther than South Carolina. On the Florida Keys this bird is very common. There is ‘a woodpecker thar eomes out in front of our house every morn- ing and we like to hear him drum- ming away on the trees. T would sit for an hour on the beach and watch the little sand birds. 1 called. them “tip-ups” and the s gulls, graceful and sharp-eyed, dive for their food. 1 tamed my canary by doing every- thing for him myself: fed him canary seed, and hemp seeds of which he is very fond. I.fed him from my fin- gers and lips.. After he got to know me I put my hand in his cage with a nice fresh bit of groundsel. The first few days he would not come on it, but by degrees he became tamer, then he eame. Then I took to letting him out in the room when there was mo fire, and hé got So after awhile he would come upon my arm and scold. He was so very tame we all loved him. Of all birds I think the goldfinch the most interesting of bird pets. It is a native of Furope, but large numbers are brought to this country. It is con- stantly in motion. and it song is sweet but low. Tt is a hardv little creature, is easily tamed and taught tricks. UNSIGNED. CLUB NO. 4 ORGANIZED. Dear Social Corner Sisters: As we are very small in number here (if not in size), and no one seemed to think it convenient to attend the annual meeting of Club No. 1 on: June 5th, or the one of Club No.2, on the same te at Norwich, we thought it a nice e to have one of our own and get acquainted, so we start Club No. 4 and for that purpose wWe were very pleasantly entertained at the home of Primrose at Killingly, which was pret- tily decorated with the Social Corner colors. 2 At noon a very appetizing lunch was served, at which Primrose was very|or less pathetic, than the verses of ably dssisted by a “Happy-zo-Lucky” |last weel’s issue, entitied, {of an-address she had lately listened who very Qflnm g J. D. 2d. ' At home- time one ex- pressed the “that at our future meetings Sisters of the other clubs will_be able to meet with us. 4 ‘We were very sorry that all of the Sisters in Killingly and vicinity could not be at our first meeting. Just Me: It was with pleasure I read your letter; and hope.to read many more of them. TWICE TWENTY. CLUB NO, 2S JUNE MEETING. ‘Dear Social Corner Friends: The meeting of Club-No. 2 June 5th was a very enjoyable one, although we miss. ed many that we had hoped would be there. . Many. of the Sisters were sorry that the annual Social,Corner picnic came thehwne day, as we could not attend both. 3 Scottie, of course, could not change the day at Buckingham Memorial, as the rooms are engaged so long before, and are to be useq then, or no surety of some other day. I was looking forward with pleasure in’ anticipation of being at the annual | picnic_and te meet many I had not seen this year so far. I was sadly dis- appointed when I read the notice that | both were to De on .the same day as Club No. 2's. The first Wednesday in the month had been the, set time all through the winter and spring for the meeting of Club No, 2, 0 that there was no un- certainty about that only in regard.to the weather. There was a goodly number present, and such”a mutual good feeling pre- vailed ‘that we think that everyone present was glad to be there. Delilah Deal was there, it being her first meeting with the circle. She wae miuch pleased with the cordiality and friendlimess of the circle. Married and Happy helped make it interesting by telling us of her work rying to heip entertain the soldiers| and sailors in the city.on Sunday and evenings during the week. Mandy gave us an interesting report to in New London before the Relief corps. Silver Locks gave a very pleasing recitation, and Joan added very much to the enjoyment of the occasion by rendering-many old time hymns on the piano. - Each and all helped to make it a meeting not to be forgotten. A very attractive and delicious dinner was _enjoyed by all after sing- ing “Praise God, from Whom = All Blessings Flow.” It was voted to continue to meet there the first Wednesday in each month through ‘the summer, as it is so convenient not to have to carry dishes with yoy when you go. Hoping to meet many of the Social Corner friends during the summer months, I remain as ever interested in The Social Corner. AUNT MARY. THE NEXT MEETING OF SOGIAL CORNER CLUB No. 3. Dear Social Corner Sisters: The next meeting of Social Corner Club No. 3 will be held in the chapel of the Lebanon Baptist church June 19. The -hostesses will be Harriet, Ro- melia, Chrisette, Philuria. and ~Mel- vina. . Welcome. to -ali Social Corner Sis- ters, friends and neighbors, With. best wishes to all Sisters, and wishing You as many as can will be with us at.our June picnic. ROMELIA. Dear Social Cormer Sisters: Just a word in regard to the Social Corner picnic to be held at the Baptist cha- pel, Lebanon, Conn.. June 19. Delay in_publishing has been due to a slight misunderstanding. I hope you will come one and all. ‘We extend a cor- dial- invitation to zveryone. Bring what vou like to eot and -help swell the “free wool fund” by bringing vour ten cents. Ann: Thank you. 1 hope you will be able to at- Elnora: Was zlad to get your word Remember, June 19th, Baptist cha- rel. HARRIETTA. WHEAT AND CORN BREAD RECIPE. Dear Social Corner Sisters: One cake yeast, two cups luke warm water, two tablespoons sugar, one-quarter teaspoon salt and one-half cup boiled mashed potatoes. Set this over night. One cup scalded milk, cooled to luke- ‘warm, three tablespoons butter or lard, two cups corn meal cooked in three cups boiling water; six cups flour or enough to knead; mix milk, sugar, butter and salt, adding yeast mixture and flour to make a thin’ batter; final- ly adding the cooked corn meal, thoroughly cooked;” add remaining flour and knead to make firm dough. Let rise to double size, This makes fine bread. Soft Ginger Cake: One cup molasses one cup sugar, one cup water, one. cup butter, two teaspoons flour; then beat and add two eggs, ginger and cinnamon and bake. WILD FLOWER. TO CAN BEETS. Dear Social Corner Sisters: Thess ore good receipts. If printed will tell you about my garden next week. How many Sisters are caring for thelr very own. T can. These beets are mot| pickied bt if you want pickle jus put hot vinegar on instead of the wa- ter they are boiled in. Recipe: Cool beets in just enough salt and watJ- as you would to eat take beets out, peel them, put them in glass jars, cover with the water they are boiled in. They taste in winter like beets just out of the garden. Seal light. Do all kinds of greens the same way. P Best wishes from RED CEDAR. TO MAKE MUFFINS. Dear Social Corner Sisters: I enjoy reading this page so much. I wish some of “the Sisters would try_this recipe for muffins and report. Hope you will like it. I sometimes make it in a loaf like shortcake: Muffins—One cup rye flour, one cup wheat flour, one cyp sour milk, one- half cup sugar, one egg, one teaspoon soda, one-half teaspoon baking powder, one tablespoon shortening and a little salt. - Bake about 20 minutes in geod aven. Best wishes to all. Hartford. WAR TIME ECONOMY COOKIES. Dear Social Corner Sisters: Here is my recipe for War Time Oatmeal Cookies, which my big family enjoy: Rub together one and one-half cups sugar -and one - cupshortening,addone egg; one cup milk, two and ome-half cups flour, two and one-half cups oat- meal, one teaspoon £oda, one-half tea- spoon salt, one-haif teaspoon cinna- mon and one-half cuo chopped rais- ins. Mix -well and iet batter stand over might. - Drop by te on but. Sorad shecis mad bebe. (Buster shourd be quite -stiff). = - MOTHER OF FIVE. Norwich. HIS CLOTHES CAME HOME. Dear Social Corner Sisters: The poeme in The Corner are always one M E H fbut bearing a red Ccross, | Arthur Main, Use of Liberty Bonds, Clothes Came Home From Camp To- Gay.” It has been my experience, with many other mothers, to see my boy 2o from home dressed in his civilian clothes and in & few weeks the parcel post delivery returns the dark biue serge suit, also his collar, necktie, cuft buttons, éte,, all so familiar to his person, but their owner is absent. Again in a few months we are de- lighted to have a “limited” visit from our son, but this time he appears with amilitary uniform, of the elive drab. The next time he sends home his suitcase from camp -containing many little sifts, and remembrances he ba: received while in training and for hich he has no room to take them “overseas.” A letter accompanies the last returns he has to send, saving, “Mother, just put them away for me_till I come back.” Yes, we do_put them away, in his room, and In his trunk; but not with- out some tears and heartaches, and | we wonder when he will see them again. On the eve'of his departure from these shores he writes a farewell let- ter, making several -requests, plans has made hg wishes fulfilled, and thus and so, “in case 1 mever come back. One of his deepest regrets, that he must leave parents and iriends, in so short a space of time, vot beinz- able to receive from,them a parting word. . He leaves that fare- well message, which must be censored and. retained for five days, them al- lowed to the postal service, and when Mother reads those precious lines she knows her boy is on the high-seas many miles away. About a week later there comes glad tidings, just a plain postal card, with a few hip on which I printed_words, “The led has arrived, safely’—with our oldier boy's signature. This card he :ad signed before leaving port, and retained by the Red Cross society un- til the cable communicated they had reached a foreign shore. Later on a letter comes dated two weeks or more ago, written on the voyage, telling of many interesting in- cidents, both to the soldier in his new experience, and to his mother Who Teads it. As the young American. sol- dier approaches the harbor of an old, but nesw country to him, he sees a lighthouse at the early dawn of morn- ing; but it is noonday before they are ciose to the green hills of Trance. As the soldiers are landed, and they march on French soil, for the first time, unfamiliar sights and ecenes are all_about -them. The little children new comer: gaze upon though they see them of- ten, and Uncle, Sam’s soldiers are no longer a ecuriosity to them but the little “Frenchies” are dressed so queer, that they interest “Amerj The women wear white caps on their heads, which are very clean and too, pause to witness and troops that have come ated country, and have atready e men-in youth and welcome the: to helb their d which vast s been made of prime of life. So grateful are the French women and children that they give of the beautiful wild flowers to “our boys” s a tolen of good will and friendship, as they enter upon the coast, with a purpose to do their bit, to help “make the world a decent place to live in who has a soldier and her heart 4 with anxiety for his welfare and may their col ar as courage to say! to meet what- ¢ soldier’s JENNIE. LEDYARD ! n Delegates Chosen at Dem- ocratic Caucus—Graduating Exer- Gses of Town Schools—Prizes Awarded. The democrats held their caucus on fonday afternoon. Charles A, Gray was chairman and * S. -E. Holdridge clerk. The following delegates were nominated Thomas C. Nagle, Alonzo ional: Samuel E. Holdridge, George A. Montgome: County: Calvin R. Main, Joseph A. Clark. Senatorial: Charles E. Holdridge. The following justices of the peace were nominated: George A. Montgom- e Samuel E. Holdridge, Calvin R. | ‘g H H 4 Gray, Joseph | Main, Charles A. Gray. Representative: Leslie Judge of Probate ridge. Town committee: Charles A. Gray, Samuel E. Holdridge, George A. Mont- gomery. r . Gray. muel E. Hold- Funeral of Ammon Potter, Ammon Potter, 70, a Civil war vet- eran, died Monday afternoon at his residence near Lantern Hill. He had been in failing health for some_time. He was a member of Company K, 29th regiment, - Conn. Vol. infantry. He| leaves a widow, Eliza Potter, Who is | totally blind. The funeral was heid |§ Thursday afternoon and burial was in | ‘White Hall cemetery, near Old Mystic. Joseph A. Clark and E. Holdridge attended the 0dd_Fellows' memorial ailles M. E. church sday after- noon. work was done and refre: ere The next meeting will be held h Mrs. D. D, Taylor. Town School Graduating Exercises. The graduating exercises of the Ledyard schools were held in the Con= gregational church Wednesday after- noon. There was a very large attend- ance of parents, friends and school | children. ~Supervisor O. E. Lowell of { Norwich announced the following pro- gram: Music, Star Spangied Banner, and singing by entire echools; prayer, | Deacon Isaac G. Geer; prize speaking four-minute Juniors, grades 4-6: Mile ton Freedman, Church Hill district; | VirginiaGoodenough, Church Hill; | Mabel Main, Gallup; Phebe - Cooper, Cider Hill; Otis Main, Cider Hill; Nye, Drawbridge; Laura : Mabel Lee, Lamb- Leslie Holdridge, Geer HIll; Marion Geer, Geer Hill; music, Keep the Home Fires Burning, school; ‘senior group, four minutes, William Gray, William Burton. Gallup; Dora Drawbridge: Hilda Holmberg, Drawbridge; Madeline Birch, Gales Ferry; Gerirude Allen, Gales Ferry; | Lantern Hill; Lawrence. Pearce, Gales Ferry; presentation of diplomas, Judge S. E. Holdridge. The judges’ of the speaking contest were: Courtland Colver, Miss Nellie Geer and Miss Evelyn Whipple. The Fuilirio ANTISEPTIC POWDER FOR PERSONAL HYGIENE Dissolved in water for douches of the first ftems of interest to ma, but none has appeéaled more personal, “His Diamond Rings - All fine white snappy stones—cannot be beaten for pri CUFF BUTTONS BRCOCH PINS: BELTS SELF-FILLING FOUNTAIN PENS 'WHITE IVORY SETS Many atiractive pieces in Jewelry that would be ap-.§ ~ Wrist Watche GOLD BEADS preciated as a graduation gift. Give us a call and you will be convinced tlutym will make no mistake in buying here. F. W. GUILD, Jeweler | Phone 5514 . 21 BROADWAY, Wauregan Block i ~ PR / A g S0t oup. went to Marion Geer, with.honoral mention of Leslie Holdridge and M ton ¥reedman; the prize for the senior group went to Madeiine Birch, with honorable mention of Gertrude Allen and H¥la Holmberg. Singing, Amer- ica, By all, and benediction pronounced by Rev. G. F. Goodenough concluded the exercises. The graduates were Gertrude Allen Lawrence Pearce, Madeline Birch, Mil dred Gray and Daniel Arthur Main. Children’s Day. Children's day will be observed in the Congregational morning. church Sunday All schools have closed for the sum- Really, but doesn’t $5.98 for a ready-to-put-onjdress “sound ridiculously low? Seéms more like the priceifor- a yard of an expensive material nowadays. Has a‘tunic. pretty rice-flecked voiles, voiles in colored stripes, crepe- corded voiles, and ways. They are fresh and crisp asid aie-a bright spottodie eyes, aside from the _vu"yimpoflnnt—ffct that - they ‘are only $5.98. Other Dresses in pretty voiles in both plain .lnd figures at $6.95, $7.50, $7.95 to $12.50. Silk and Georgette Dresses beiter Dresses at $15.00 and $19.50. SUMMER HATS Distinguished, beautiful Hats in all that's new for Summer wear. Trimmed with the newest Summer nov- elty ranging in price from $3.98 to $7.95. White Seilor and Untrimmed Shpa,'nfiqyltyhlh 'B. GOTTHELF ‘The Store of Good Values” has of course plaids:combined in mer vacation. Nearly all the teachers gave their puplls picnics. teachef In district No. 4, was presented a June box by her pupils. ‘The probate court Dwight L. Underwood of Norwich and Miss Main, appointed rizes were a thrift stamp book with | Joseph A. Clark of Ledyard l-p]xl.hfl, ?our stamps for each junior and senior | on the estate of Clarence P. Knight. The prize for the junior gro: | Large Attendance at Speci on Children’s Day. A large audience greeted the dren’s day services last Sunday. decorated with ferns church was roses. Foul for baptism. all, BOZRAH 2 r children were presented . Three automobiles camé from East _Granby, thirteen friends in * from Rev. Mr. Hanna’s former parish, to attend the services. Sunday, June 23d, will be every- member canvass Sunday. Sermon at 1115 a, m. blessed tl house, the church, the Christian homey the flag. the baliot box and the bution box. Five institutions that have ‘world—Little red sthool« eontri- Any actress can paint, but only & few can draw. - various,, s | 4 fancy |