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WILL' CE Yw “fia Rflm’ : W SOEIAL CORNEZR POEMS. Te Deuam. All thanks. O Lord of Hosts, Whose arm has made us M Forgive our random b ConfiFin “Sur trast in ee, Whose way is in the sca That' wards our coasts. of fat salt pork Into t out. To thése three stiv until weh on gradually, ly, one and ome-half Brlng to the bolll scraps, two Q G h and one: @nd ofle to cubés, which have been cooked in boil- ing salted water WREIl soft, then drain- ed. Serve very hot. REBECCA. SUGGESTIVE ECONOMIES, Dear Social Cornerites: In times like these the strictest rules- of eéconomy must be followed: These practical sug- gestions may be a help to some read- cups: rich’ milk. t . an .uid Give us prophetic To watch the dubfer ith her > triumpta hosts with our attle. Tor cani of Tormatoes: First of the juice in the can. To this add about one quart of water, salt, pepper and ome onion cut fire. When it comes to a boil add two cups of rice and when rice is about half cooked take out almost all of it and { put in a dish. Dot it on top with but- jter and put in the oven to brown. Then finieh cooking your Soup. The thick tomato which remains I put in i saucepan. with two-thirds cup sugar, onme-half teaspoon salt, pinch red pepper, one-third cup vine- gar. Let simmer (not boil) for about 15 minutes and you will have almost a pint of chili sauce for your beans or any other use. T get a large can of tomatces, as I find it goes farther. Out of this I have e to me, be it storm Ay treasure away ver comes?” you the treasure a nice soup, scaloped rice and a jar day, | of chili sauce at-a-very small.cost. iching | Sometimes [ add a teaspon of thick- ening to the soup. rom envy frée.! Suggsstions for Salt Pork Dinrers: » the world’s|Salt pork, fried crisp, fried -apples, boiled notatoes and turnips and ta- O s < heen to mie, | pioca pudding made our Sunday din- when my ship | ner. onday—I would have salt pork in cream’ gravy and potatoes, carrots, squash. apple pie. Tuesday—1 would make an old-fash- Tioned pork stew, dumplings and i squash pie. cditor’s| Wednesday—I could have pork frit- ; caroni and cheése and rice hot apple sauce. i could -have vegetable ud pork fried in a batter, gin- gerbread pudding and cheese. day—I could ‘have boiled pork and vegetables (a bofled dinner) and apple pudding furday—DPork W Reid. [INQUIRIES AND ANSWERS. . received and wiil WHAT IS »\7 GGCOD BOCK? ters: THis: is od and beans baked . THe e |and buka tndian puddisg ins out ideas, | HANNAH WHO. ! B Tt | A SOUR MILK PIE. | good for the| Dear Social Corner Sisters: T find this to be a very good pie. Try if: A Sour Milk Pie: raisins chopped, a seant oné-half cup | sugar, one cup thick sour miik, butter the size of a walnut, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon, one egg. If baked between two crusts wash with milk on top. 1 Jeave out the egg: if's just as good and eggs are high. 1 sift a little flour over when I don't use the egs. Hope you will like it. HATTIE. 16t} One cup seeded AN INTERESTING VISIT. Dear Sisters of The Social Corner: | ¥ hook | While in Norwich last week to attend good.| @ convention, T had the privilege of iting The Bulletin building, where your fetters ond miine are printed | weekly. I learmedl so much from my = \:'a::-‘:\ ow no¥ | hait heur of observation there that I| Thay. stmply | want you all to siare the pleasure and informatfon with e, Tarst of all, what I saw and heard | fae warnied e naver to be careless agafn._about sending The Social Cor- Ae- Fditer Jetters written on both <fes of the paper, of so faint that no- hody can road theém, or with lincs all erewded together, so that it s no - ikes creep in. I saw there e, clean_ “eopy” as they Written carefully either with ink or typewriter. too, I found out that it is the rtisements which make the money! rewspaner; so that it is only a ad wninformed person who will vou mental refse physies keep e MteNiectoal stm s keep out of that vafley of ur Hopes hieh aré good SARA COMM‘NL AELE RECEIPTS ANY TIGHE [% Fricnds: These | <end the editors a_long, rambling let- pes wiil not come amies tof e and sav. “I know you want some- nfamiliar th thine to fill un your paper with! Grandma's Chili Szace: Chop 18 ripe| . WHY. A man whére told me that every tAree peppers onc OnioR to- omatoes, to H cums vine- teaspbor salt kind of“spic wo and one:half cup sumar. ene write any more today, to feil you what aspoon each f w: but may some other week. COUNTRY COUSIN. Conn. Killingly KEEPING ONE’S FIGURE.I Dear Friends of The Séefal Corner: Frv a mMineed on- At or leef dripping to a| The other day in a trolley car, a com- cc * into this a tea- | paratively woman with a small 7 vom Iike ir|som sat in the seat just in front of Stirywell. then ad dint water er stock. nepper. taste. Let it minute one-half | mine. The mother was so bulky «he t and | strained her thin waist to an. bofl while [ degree. T shivered, thinking wfin Strain and| must happen in case that car lurch- f the gravyfod. hep over on. that small boy. or carrcr|T ieft the ear b:for; fine et opped celery earrot | not read of am: ity, I con- > to o 1 Srude thaf the chiM ewaped crashing. That famous physician.. Dr. - Dio Lewis used to say that in this enlight- ened age ome should be as muck ashamed of having indigestion as of heing drunk: and I s®v a voung wow- marn Hke that should be ashamed to be a waddly Teddy-bear shape. For she could correct her t to- sver- fat if she persistently f Savory Salt Codfish: parate salt codfish into flakes. There should be sve cup. Cover with lukewarm wa- ter and let soak half hour to remove some of the salt. ' Cut a two-inch cube Then pour| while stifring constant- a2 ng':u and board, help, her vvwv( mother and youn‘ brothes héF home village, yeét she is promptly at her desk, lnlfrelh- Meundered shirt 2 keep it handy for ‘w’l w%m you% lud’ that! And then when the rheu. Tédny, Gladys Bed t6 ask f6r a leavé of absence, fi‘"m’h &6 tired from les, and so forth, and -cold on her lungs. she —.uanca, luflbago. tcl\. mfseles, m nc.vrd.-, he pain; -.nd reheve 1t wielt fim e Bt 1t Fubding. £ G Ji means -more money,. D‘ug;sm! there was a Hetle % some | of those girls Who are #iways ling that they never can get a promo- tion, or more salary, or any chance! T'm going to keep watch of that country girl, and maybe T'll have aw- i L«leliLk (lL Heep ir handy” .- a bottle of Sloga’s Linimcmt other story t ner Sisters a’bout her, lg"e ané b; Norwich. UNCLE JOE EXPLAINS. Dear Social Corfier Sisters: 1 giess some of ye do not understand Miran- dy and@ me, if you did you would not think we Were jAWIAg oF that Miran- | work, these dy was “henpeocked.” ., Mirandy | amuse them, for wtth their wives, likes to talk and I like to hear her. and girls, they g Let me say ‘right pussey-foot folks. spoken people; “a ternation fool” I kmow shé's hit- ting prétty close to the Bulls-eve. But Mirandy did flafe up when she read what Arabella had to say about her being “henpecked,” and she said: “That woman had better know more about Joseph before she forms an opinio abolit Ouf relations to one another!™ I said: “Mirandy, half the opinions| in the World are formed just like that and that's the reason he one should give an opiniofi until they are asked| to.” “Joseph,” said she,“Ton't you know to let some folks get and poultry. éxnbitions. Then, besides the knowledge in a slot machine each one plan each some of the fairs. Virginia: year to Best wi N’ GREETINGS FROM BILLIE. DIANA. it is nece an opinion they are not looking for? It is the little surprises of life that make it tart!” Mirandy, you see is a born why she didn't write to The Corner. She said @o not know what to good but I put off too long to have it appear in that week’s issue and will say “Plenty of time for next week. How many have seen those little books that reiate about your birth' month? Nok very long ago I bought one. “Were you bern in November?” When reading it 1 often think of Kural Delivery and Calla Lily, remembering, those €wo of The Cprts:mery born in ember. Theré are others, but I cam1 recall thém. Among many things mentioned in that little book is sométhing I just referred to—procras- wonderfully good some sort of folks, at all! took to me the ends of my nerves turn in instead of out, and I am always as calm as the dead sea! Up t6 make me laugh! there ain’t & Man 61 earth capable of henpecking her. She considers her- elf capable of making the best of ‘em wince! ought to have heard her talk the om- ¢r day about the work-gifl's “elegant lcisufe comeé high!” ft them girls had heard Rer they would have e{:j her three cheefs, I know they|. ou Mirandy says shé's glad I am tak- ing such an inteérest ¥n. The So¢ial Corner, and she doesn't Rfiow but = shall write sathin herself one these days. You sce, Mifandy is miore of a talk- er than a Writér, but I think she could write something worth reading if she should try. UNCLE JOE. SUGGESTION FROM TWICE TWENTY. Dear Social Cornerftes: Now that coldér weather is upon us and we have to stay indocors more, I hope to seé the | Social Corner page filled with Mten from the numerfous writers. forget to tell us about Some of ti ne things you are making for Christmns agreeable things with our remarkable Wwill power, of which they also tell, we will become “the salt of the earth.” If I remember correctly, Rural De- livery’s birthday is Nov. 8 and Calla Lily's is Nov. 25th. Miné comes be- ween somewhere. Speaking of Joan, I made two calls at her home and she played some very l recall days of long ago. 3. nlgm here thank the Editor for| ney. Joan can tell you at om o( the gatherings what I bought A em—a the pleasant voice of Janet over the 'phone. I caught a glimpse of Her as I passed her house when she Wes sitting by the window. Will call time I am in the city. !‘he Editor has fuily recovered | from that cold and can say “Richard is Rimself again.” BILLIE. 1t sure ended mv fishing trip in & very satisfactory way | | to me. Dear City Naficy: Please allow me to say that I think yon have & impression of & farmer's lie When you | thought it was our last “meet” for the (hink all they have to do to get a nice | season, outside of our meetings at dinner is to go to the garden and hen- | Buckifigham Memortal; But Rock Ma- house. Surely all those nice fruits and [ ple kindly invited us to_meet at her vegatables do nmot grow Without Rewns . cosy home. Those of you of hard labor expended on them, ud who were not there dom’t know what during that time the farmer ang you_missed. Forty-nine were there, in- family have to €at, and the gnna M cluy thiree brothers. butcher bills' have to be pai L %fim Price, who gave an in- The farmer is sare account of his trip to Colum- one line now, and fhat is the |1 in _Sterry from Norwich eggs, f6r this Is the flflv of the year lustration of when the hens go on & strike, and and the other don't seem to );cvedzuz‘fiifi to do only | but said fie eal sérateh an fartaér has to | was annoye: ister: = scratch, too. to feed themm. 2] e We gertainly do have etitcken dinners, but if you over ufii. oppor- tunify to watch thém deweur the grain (which certainly does net grow wild), you Would realize that the farmier has to work with his Wead as well as his hand& to feed and clothe hie fami Surely there must be a wife; for wh: would the hgrnafmmom to mtho-t one to do of the mdnagemen and hard work? Me for the farm [ A GOOD TIME AT ROCK MAPLE'S. Dear Social Corner Sisters: When There was an interesting programme: First: The little old lady on the hill side dry, , with Her broom will try ta “sweep the cobwebs from the sky.” Second: Genm. Lafayette in suit and mask, was pompous as ome could be. st: Came honest, little Boy Blue, whe read his little piece through. Was glad to meet Little Spinster. iShe did not take her pfe in her fin- Zers to eat (as she has been seen to do) pecause there was nome to take! Lonher good things, plenty of them. I heard cream cake mentioned; but for there is always something to learn | sorry to say it didn’t come my way. i ¥ T and that i ie wisé to kKeep good stock Your card was received. ‘Write again ad give me your address. Dear Social Corner Sisters: No won-{} der Joan answered me as she did when: I asked her the day I called on her’ I think it is true with many | fine selections for me ‘that made me: we met at Aunty No. 1's picnic wel Many & man and boy we. believe be- cemes miore interested and suecessful if_farming beeause of these annual they| gbtain, they enjoy aftor their e:;rgetic ch to, boss sho? d d t"l’d bit if omeo;l here, we are not WS, and on't mind a St We are just plain| fhefa are fakirs. They find pleasure when shé calls me| even in dropping a penny or a dime and at sundown wend their way homeward, rested and benefitted by the day’s outifg. So !edt. atten Very pretty vari in Phlishes; “Mikt?res‘, Pompon, Polo Cloth, Broadcloth, Ve ES ECIALTY SHC - vaDresus, value $34.50— Serge Dresses, Valued at $22.50 to $35.00— Speclal Saturday at $18.50 to $29.50 - Of Serge, Tncotme, Velours, Broadcloth, Etc.,E Dmses, valie 544,50 _&)ecial Saturday at $37.50 Speclal Saturday at $28.50 SUITS ety of Coats just arrived, 'firs, Tinsel Stripe, Etc., cleanse the cans before they leave the factory to refied again. All the floors were well oiled, no dust what- gre arismg. - Syt e of evaporai mil S mors SION anid sclontint than that of the condensed milk. As it is intended the netural milk should retain its fla- vor and quality, much care is required to produce this juct, _ After . it_is canned and sealed it is withheld in ‘the storsliouss for six weeke, then tested again and ship; Dhe: easily Wefllred. there it is drawn into the which hold, 7,000 pounds; but only 3,000 is drawn at a time. The milk is heawd up to 180 or 190 degrées and up inte the vacuum: pan. When 20000 ‘pounds have been drawn into one pan it is finished off. The purpose of the vacuum, pan is to “evaporate the water out of the milk, whivh takes about an hour and a quarter. Then sugar is added, 170 pounds: t0-1,000 pounds of milk; then it is boiled in a lafge round vat by mieans of coiled steampipes in the center. I could.See"the boiling white mixture throush the glass window of the vat. It certainly was very interesting and attractive. After sufficient boiling it is then a d to cool; then pumped: into a tank, and from there into a machine called the filler, which fills 14 cans every five seconds. . The cans then ar capped and labeiled by machinery. which_was especiaily interesting. It is wonderful to note how thésc up-to-date machinery operations act ally perform what hpman hands have always done, and we of ordinary per- ception_could net realize that an thing would ever be substituted for hands and fingers. From the- perfection of automatic machigery the cendemsed milk is put up in a few hours. fn the morning when the cows a milked, many dairymen using the a tomatic milker, which I was also priv- ileged to see, and through the several changes it becomes ready- for the gro- ceryman’s shelf in his store by noon. Anether most{ interesting. study at this Borden’s plant was making the tin cans by complicated machfnery. The there. 1 was D to see new writers. Daisy: Tried your fudge recipe and 3 ¥ou have been a long found it very nice. fimié deciding. but hope you will not ‘A LETTER FROM DIANA. ‘ al Best wishes to all fr ot jeining. TWICE TwenTY. | TR omias cheery Dear Secial Cormer Sisters: I-trust Kunt Mary, we nfissed that m are emnjo; this mm ‘We mtssed yunr lmr glad “T befong” as I do emjoy B i e e o s it et i my Fath ished ganmnting, deyi xre putting, 5 their house 1;! gag for vna;. The | ®T's house where many mansions are.” farme ? BELLE. A VISIT TO NORWICH, N. Y. Dear - Sisters of the Social Corner: Sometimes we feel interested in an- oflier ¢ity or town which bears the name as that of our own place of residence, located in another state. factory one, fer it is them that we reap what we have sown. A!tnaugh crops are similar to a lottery, for some while others are in a city" or Although some people, even mow im fhis time of progress, profest | minutes morning and night to vigor- throu the! m - taught e-vm Busy? W and go to bed the same time later, but reducel etite, “or lnherkxm phants—but just great r-.sm—- plain English, lumm' 2 AX Windham. A MERE MAN'S OPINIONS. Dear Ladies: Will you let a Mere Man break into your charmed cirefe, mrdtell z‘.'&“ that he reads your Sat- urday ers om - house: other problems With m# Men are far from being as bn;;-al and Tt isn’t all ap or sweets v.lut * many s&m andm)p Woubles; a The; pre!erihbtcauscnudqmcklyslop !fl"'fi others, itching an! rning, and clears away redies. zwn ss, crustsorscales. They bo:t‘ {;u'h:’wnv'fi::'sn‘: <o knew, too, that it contains only the pnl.ex ofh.: ngrnatemls which could mot injure or irtitate the tenderest ‘Why not try it for your skin ? raoney longest, with prices(so high, Maybe you might gain, an fiu from two girls doing com: whom 1 see every day. plans e At these plsess we find only the ehoic-. hat in Iime the highest degree of perfection. the furttiest and last Che thlnaa; nx& whers eondweted as “ weork, : One, a city| dofng and resident, let us call her Gladys, comes| moods. t against fem and declare that . the|Though ool £ resident Managers are ouly momey-coiners.. m agil with ‘Endchrma w‘;}:}:‘mm’ fl:‘ -.m“eunu Iyw:;imle"ndmed o e .. o a few agantly while realize tBat ~&| About half way Between Utica and Y n s a. beautiful dection of of Norwich, iation | the the 1 T pretg." tu’law:wm u,”&m wide shad- ed and-fne.steres. The locality icut. of Norwich, N. ¥, e . We are all so familiar with the Borden condensed milk that perhaps most of us have.not given a- thought as to how or whers its s carried on. The Bordens have “Targe condenseries scattered | Ci !hm the United States, of which are in New York state and the of Norwi vegetables, rious kinds of stock and posltry, uso the mamy deviess to save time nd labor. It proves what cam e . and emulates and spurs us on fo re- newed axertmn. lhd wc br.uhte imrprove ous soil, wlhltwm mumem-. for est and best productions, i be shown around, with Soncefping this interesting plant. Fiost of all, my sttention was drawn to ti cleanliness and sanitary condi both suteide and inside the large wm painted bufldings. About 200 hands Ore lholld consider farming % Bos- profession, € much &x other 3 suett. | are men, women and chil- dren, in the various departments. Some of the milk is brought there by neigh- We st study into farmers, but largest quantities into nature’s mifk trais. - Wen.l-ole‘.rnunnmafm— tise soil, soil, of procuring gues sheets tin are received i n large quantities. First it is cut imto strips first it is stamped for the seam, then sliding along ft receives an applicatior. of hot solder as it is rolled into circu- lar shape the edges are joined, then the top and bottom pleces added by electric heat and solder, and at the farther end of the room the miniature railway drops a full-fledged, bright clean Mttle milk can. After the cans are filled with milk and soldered they are taken into another room to be. labelled. This” simple process appealed to me as amusing. There was a long rail- way just the width of the can where the cans were entered sideways and rolled along. and soon a daub of some- thing adhesive next revolution carried it over a label (face down). which was captured for [ its destiny’ fo bear witmess of Borden condensed milk. As I watched these needed to aid) until received by the packer, who must place them info the we boxes and thence into the - waiting freight -car at the very “door. and then to be carried for its wide au}gnzu:irnbem over the world. st_wishes to.all. . .. o i e JENNIE. ROCK MAPLE'S PARTY.: Soetal ~Cormer Sisters: Long hlv. I uok'ed torwznl to meeting The ers find.this my. do- cmid onpdi-nm Rock me' thering, Oct. nm.. was _especially’ Favorspie, as her Mome - was within | walking distl:}ce and aléng the route | of exrly s days. As ;an:mud one of the hills which LT of Nowwich %fi&m" Tringed - with tlawm of sutumn awoke the for time charm, tion of the long,: pealed as eloguently as of old. My eye the forest line bomsewm._evesy path-long since -each hamiet frevived: wistful | wider and “tiwe vision of tha world glorified and veri- fed by Poet’s truthfal lne: was_applied and_the |, “There’s no place like home.” But_I enjoyed the thése Sisters who livi visible transformatis v can only; fabr! artificiality abides with those who live among the typical impersonators of the pan_ Utider the HII” Blie,” beld a primer, the ag ea Sunday. They visited Mrs. real welcome of | lum’s two daughters at Connectidul; e close to earth’s | College. (63 ot which city| ucorge Jacobs has begun work fat He will the farm and has upy Crystal Spring Farm. .m.v«l- from Dayville and of the houses on Joseph Merrow Mary Merrow of ate.and dream. and’ absence of homelands. The “Little Old Wom- ,and “Little Boy |their mother on Ple dreséed’ in ‘HaHowe'en colors, [day. i e of which would | lLeon Woodworth of Hartford spdnjJ Iy have antjcipated any,member of | the week-end with Mr. and Mrs urmifii nu ‘A7 Bold the story (L. Usher. of those rustlc days to the pleasure of their listeners. General Lafayette made an inspiring figure with majestic t was apparent that strong hand would have timely effect. Commander Price told of ‘his trip to Columbus, O. Betsey Bray, Bob and Happy and Scottie were old com- Belle' twitted me for crude ple- cating (a la Yankeé) and Other New gland frailties; but she is forgiven, des. 1s 1 know she means The three men of the party were just beseiged by the engaging ladi they managed to keep them all” spirits and peaceful. But as fie sun touched the horizon lighted anew the succession of we parted ways with and painted hills, rnest farewells and till we meet again.” 1a te, . Torrington, nd Eagleville. Robert. Wood and Mortord Thompson o fennie Bennett of Ro ma, Ford of New Ha Mrs. George Tiffany vere entertained at Farm on different davs last week. sited ose cCollum to THE LITTLE SPINSTER. MERROW Mr. and Mrs. I. . Wilcox entertain- ~d.’a’ dinher party of fiftéen 6n Sun- Guests were present from York South: Willington “Dimock ! PRESTON CITY Earl Bennett has installed ing machine in his dair; Mrs. Sarah Starkweather has spending a few days in Hartford iting her daughter, Mrs J The second in a . series of Bikpe school sociables of the I n Baptist church was held Fr ing. A mixed programme and included an address by Prindle of Shelton on The ers’ ‘Council in a._Bible .School. freshments were'served. The local grange will observe Neis bors’ Night Tuesday evening, O Norwich, Bozrah and eLdyard grang] will furnish the programme in lecturer’s hour. frontispiece, and a grip from his a mirg White, Married wa, to put me»right. s;* but n good incere greetings ANTISEPTIC POWDER: FOR PERSONAL HYGIENE Dis-olved in water for douches stops pdv-c catarrh, ulceration and inflam Recommended by Lydia EJ Pi*l-— Med. Co, for tem years.| A healing wonder for nasal catarrh, sore throetand sore eyes. Economicaly Has and germicidal powers m’ga-’%fldcuu\n 3P vl his_sister, Mrs. - Ellington, Mrs. ckville, Mrs. Em- ven and Mr. and of New London Winding Brook his parents in accompanied, New London on biness of your- sxble f°r ‘yon to your penmz.. ” b T R S | Isn’t It a Fact Madam, that you hesitate to ask your friends to dinner because you are ashamed of your dining-room °utfit?. ita fact that you cannot accept a great many invitations to -places you'd love to g° because you do not feel that you can return the compliment on account of the general shab- | - gét #fi touch with. . 'Our immense stock of handsome home “furnichings and our very liberal credit terms malk- “arid one ‘you need not be asharmed to invite th 1 m'd»‘yfifil"friefids‘io. Make the dinning roar d,}i‘e st lh“ught, do without a few of tho trifizs that ‘4 “akas to pay‘f?;r necsssities. Isn’t” place?. We are just the people for you t° it oS have as tasteful a home 2s any in the ¢ and you won i miss the gzl