Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 14, 1920, Page 2

THE SOCIAL CORNER OF WORTH ABOVE RUBIES ARE GOOD FRIENDS WORK, THE BLESSING. Once T thanked God for many a glittering thing Which now I know was worthless ‘which passed 1 With things forgottén amd béhind mé cast. As T moved onward, borne by time's sWwift . wing, Bt never thought T then that work could be God's gift, bat rather, punishment it seemed ; And often in my lenely héurs I dreamed Ot days when from its bonds I should be free. But now I know that wérk is man's best friend. Heaven's highest blessing t6 4 world like this; 3 And new I ask no longer ease and bliss, But sniy this: “Give mé wntil the end Strength for the needed toil as each day pas=es by, When 1 can work no loniger let me die.” —Ninette M. Lowater. NORTH DAKOTA'S TENTH ANNIVER- SARY. Dear Sisters of the Soeial Cormer: 1 wrote you a leng letter some weeke ago. but Uncle Sam is not a reliable postboy any more, and the letter was lost on the trail. So I will try again, heping for Better luck. 3 We have had a good deal of rain, and also warm weather, so that erops have grown well It has beem 90 egrees in the shade today, but the dry air and strong breeze make the heat endurable. The haying is well under way—some have now begun to cut their grain. Help i scarce and wages high. One -of our neighbors did not put in any crop him- self this spring. so is Werking for others. He and his son, 17 years old, have en- zaged harvest work at 3§ a day .each. The zardéns are good, and we have early vegetables, but no one has tomatoes yet. The new .potatoes are fine, and a good crop is premised. A friend in Newark, N. J., wrote in 4 letter which came yesterday that they were paying 66 cents a pound for steak, and asked if our farmers were getting the benefit of such prices. They certainly are net. In the Minneapolis market July 24 heavy steers brought $8 per hundred- weight. and heavy fat cows $9. This wouid not pay for their keep one winter, at the present prices of hay and grain. 1 suppose the sisters are still hoping that they may be able to vote for prési- dential electors. I am, but fear we will not be able to. I have always wanted to —but we may have to wait another four vears. 1 have worked and written for equal suffrage all my life—but alwavs deplored the picketing and heckling tac- ties of some of the women. I considered such things as unwomanly and injurious to the causs. Sugar i three pounds for a dollar, and can only be bought in smail quantities sven at this price. Yet many women are asing it for camnifig, and others are not canning anything becatse of this price. Now it is not necessary to put sugar in froit when canning. 1 never have, and seldom had can spoiled. I have opened fruit put vo thrée or four yvears before, without sugar, and found it as fresh as it was when first cannéd. And the flavor of fruit canned without sweetening is better than that where sugar is used. The only exceptions to this are cranber- ries, currants and geoseberries, and they are no better. T do not know whether the sastern peo- ple will be asked to vote for a “farmer- iabor” party this fall or nét. If you are, remember than when the Non-Partisan league failed to carry its candidates through ‘he primaries they changed them 1o a “farmiér-labor” party and will try to yet some of them elected under thatyname. Do not be deceived—it is the seme old mon-partisan party, with the same red- wocialist, camoufiaged-soviet principles it always had. North Dakota has found them out through a costly experience whose regults will injure her for years— 1o not repeat her mistake. We had 2 big erop of June berries here this year. These ate huckleberries, a Ht- tle larger, more juicy and sweeter than Yie New England berry. They are not tuite as black, the black has a brown cast —they are very nice, fresh or canned. The “lady of ¢he house” celébrated the enth anniversary of hér marriage a week €0 by inviting her neighbors and friends sear by—a few from town—to visit her rom 210 T p. m. that day. It-was a busy ime and_a few could not come. There The two acres v use was mowed and raked. On tme west side of this lawn is 2 row of farm buildings, gramary, garage, péar the house, and others further away. The garage was opened and seats made inside. A long table of boards was made on the lawn, ®ith long séats on each sige. .The ecars that came were parked near the garage and table. Everyone came to the hotise fr#t, and when the rooms filled they went 16 the seats outdoofs. Supper was servad at § o'clock_and consisted of thres kinds of sandwiches—meat, cheese and saimbn —baked Beans, petito salad, relishes, sev- eral kinds of cake, tea and coffee, and ice eream. manager $aid that she should have only a féw kinds of food, all ain, but an abundance of each kind. The_ older people all found seats at the fabie, except the waiters. Those whe did not were the young peo- ple and children. and ‘théy sat down in a Ting on the grass and were served thers, They seemed te hive the miost enjorable time of ail, judging from the laughter and talk. The bride and groom 6f ten years 2g0 were seated at the head of the table and were offered crowns of feses. (They tompromised by pinning these on the thoulder.) Theyr were treated as guests > homor, and each family left a tokea of remembranee when they went away, There have been several sueh celebrations here lately—one was a golden wedding, with 75 guests. - T have described this, thinking the sis- lers would like to know how we find eur leasurés here. We haves a2 Ladies’ Aid society which meets every two weeks. Tts tervice is really fer the community, and lifferent chiirches are représented by its members. | T'm afraid our editor will think this is 1 serial unlése 1 stop, so 1 will just say hat I have just received.a gosd letter rom Samantha which T &hall answer o0m. NORTH DAKOTA. ENCOURAGED BY PRIZE. Dear Social Corner Editor and Sisters: First I wish te tell you how very muéh surprised and delighted 1 was t6 see my adme in the list of awards of ene dollar. It certainly dees encourage ome to do it again. Thank you so much, Mr. Biiter. I really thimk y6u are a very clever man. I alss wieh to thank Canterbury Bén for the good advice about Lupinus. I think I shall mark it and Jeave until spring. It is eoming in bloom now. I have both the rose and the blue. THey are h_beauti- ful. My dahlias are levely, too, this year. Tt has been a beuntiful year of flowers for me. They pay for all the care one ha sto give them. = Here is by Tutti Fruitti: Twe pounds rhubarb, ome pound of figs, three large oranges (I put in rind and ail), one pound of Bngligh wainuts. Cheép all te- gether. 1 run through chépper. Add ‘hree pounds sugar and stew slowly whtil thiek. Good for sasdwiches in wihiter, Wwith 2 hot eup of tea. | }PMD‘I‘ICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR THE some of the sisters send rme\a recipe for a rich cake calling for sour cream? I want éggs in it and large enough to make a good loaf. A FLOWER LOVER. HOUESWIFE Dear. Corner SiStérs—Vegetables to be tender should cook slowly. A soft bag moistened with lémon juice then dipped in silver whiting will be found excellent to elean piano keys. To Keep layer cake from slipping while icing the top and sides, take a new hat pin to be kept for the purpose and stiek through the three layers and al- 16w to remain until frosting has hard- éned. Handy Box—Take a collar box fiill with strings, tags, library paste, pads and pencils, place on each floor. You have no_idea how handy. Remove cocoa or bléod stains with cold water. If a ring is left on a material that has been cleaned with a cleaning fluid, it may be entirely rémoved, by holding it in the steam from a kettle for a few mi utes. The material should be perfectly dry befere it is held in the steam. To remove ink and fruit stains from the fibor, wash the stained part with cold water and then cover with bak- nig soda, rubbing it gently with the hand, when dry wash off with soda and you will find the stain will disappear as if by magic. Ethlyn GOOD POULTRY RESULTS Dear Corner Writers: Last spring Sweet Lavendar inquired in regard to the poultry business, but T do mot think anyone responded. Perhaps grain heing so high many have disposed of their business. I have taken a vacation in one line and have not ratsed any chickens this vear. Al- though it was so cold last winter our 17 hens did not_stop laving. This re- cord from Decenfber first to the present August ninth is 1633 Their ages are from ane vear to four. We have kept the R eral vears and like them the an_all purpose fowl If they could lave free range the feed bill wonld be reduced one-half. 1t people would give them plenty of zrass and weed when confined in vards it would help to keep down the cost. Diana: 1 have not forgotten that there. is a letter unanswered. Your oCrner letter was good to read. BLANCHE 1. Reds for sev- best for BANANA FRITTERS NICE Dear Corner Friends: Many persons who like bananas but can not eat them without feeling distressed can digest them without feeling. distressed can digest them easily in the form of fritters: My rule is to mix and sift 1 cupful flour, 2 teaspoons haking powder, 1 table- #poon powdered sugar,, one-fourth tea- spoon salt: beat an egg till very light: add one-fourth cup milk. and when well stirred into the dry mixture 2dd a table- spoonful of lemon juice. Flavor to taste. Slice three bananas into the bat- ter; drop the mixture into hot fat; some prefer the patent mixture—but have it hot enough to brown a crumb of bread in 60 seconds. Any other fruit may be used instead of the bananes: but as noted. this is a good wayv to be sure of making this fruit digestible for delicate stomachs. MARY TQITE CONTRARY SURE TO PROVE USEFUL Déar Corner Readers: So many times when on vacation outings, long or short, I hpve discovered how useful two or three little helps are, T want to suggest that other Corner friends profit by my experience. First of all, I nver want to g0 away from home to a summer hotel without taking along a curtain of some opaque material—heavy ecambric, denim, or Wwhatever material one pleases this comes in s0 handy to pin across the, doorway, when you want to keep the door open, vet would shut out the in- terior of your room from passers| Take along a tiny box of thumb tac or brads—either will serve to keep the drawing-string of the curtain cure. Another valuable traveling companion is a “canned heat” outfi useful little arrangement upon which one can Reat water in a jiffy, heat a curling iron, or a tiny flat. or warm up a drink, etc. A half dozen of the little cans should he taken along, although one can buy the uffu] helps at any drug store. Then by all means don't forgef. Sisters, to tuek into the trunk or sunit-case several yarde of wide mosqueto netting. How- often have I landed in some shore place— hotél or private cottage—to find no screens, or broken screens, in the win- dows—maybe none at all in the door- ways. This netting— T prefer black— can be piuned over a doorw: quito rages. cah be rig over one's bed, thus preventinz a sieep- less night of maddening “drives against the singing pests—or cven agzainst flles— almost as great a nuisance UNT KATE TACATION HINTS Doar Sisters of the Corner: day I saw a 1 friend was 3 ed such a sensible Wwant to nass the ea alon, Out of dark chintz—but zny hand material will do—she had made 2 sort of pocket, into which she had fitted a hum- ber of little odds and ends which any traveller Js likely to want. There was a package of taleum powder—so useful to sprinikle on the skin after coming out of the salt water—extra safety pins of va- rious sizes, ditto hairpins, a roll of médium size tape, an envelope of court plaster, skeins of darning cotton—white black and tan; a bag of white shoe powder—so much easier to carry than a bottle of dressing. and several other lit- tle notions which individual taste will suggest. e whole was s0 arranged that it could be either hung up by the ribbons which tied it securely, or laid flat to do duty as a pincushion. It was a gift which any vacationist would prize, in the opinion of SALLY LUNN EEEPING POSTED Dear Corner Sisters: The French have a phrase “savoir fajre”—to know what to de. Most of us want to be sure we really do know what is right to be done: yet how.many times even in the most simple affairs of daily life in city or country are we not quite certain that wes are doing what is proper! For example, not so long ago, a dear, well-mieaning but not well-informed wo- man appearéd at a morning wedding without a hat and w{} a trained and short-sleeved gotwn! TLet us hope she never héard of the smiles and comments her ignotrance of social rule caused. A man who has amassed wealth, does not know when he drinks his coffee While keeping the spoon in his cup other people stare at him. He has been about a good deal, but he has not noticed the ways of better-bred persons, so has fail- ed to pick up those table manners which beépeak the gentle-born. Another kindly but careless man eats with his knife, fiet even aware that everybody else about him is not doing the samie. darelessiess is to blame for many sueR faulis; but in some instances peo- plé are too timid to inquire, what is T am leaming to use sour eréam. WMl jroper o be dome, There ave tallors -to. tell the men, and dresmakeérs and ners to inform women WHat to not to wear en at social weddings, teas, eONoEfts, oOr any gatherings. A very dignified, newly}| rich woman whe went to & Sunday || school picnic one m¢ wéaring long |. diamond ear-drops, although in shirt- waist costume, was happily unaware that better informed ‘Wwere amused at| her evident lack of knowledgé of so- cial forms. Leét us réad, coby and ob- serve, so as not to do likewise. % FUSS AND FEATHERS ENJOYED THE CORNEE PICNIC, Dear Social )an'ner Friends: Our first meeting _with the Social Cornér Sisters at the Buckingham Memorial was very much enjoyed by Keziah Dobolittle and myself. We went by train, thinking we might reach there in better time than by trolley, but the train was hot and we thought a tedious ride, but the meéraing | Will be surprised how many you will ac- d we both left our cases | cumulate. was beautiful behind for soméone elss t6 pick up and fill the day. We lodked for Primrose and Flower Lever, but looked in vain. Our dinner was fine, the table loaded with goed food and, not much left we had finished. H. was there as it was her birthday and | here goes. a fine loaf of fruit cake was presented to | Central Village car and a her by Aunt Mary. 1 was sorry not to theet with the Sis- | one informed me it left at 9 o'clo, ters at Aunt Mary’s but I was expecting | Whén 1 went to take it found R at! company and you all kmow what that|quarter before 9, so the morning I wished | means. K. D. and I léft at 2.30 as we | to go to Bishop's Crossing to go to en | a I was glad Grandma |'picnic, but “better late than never, | i —MOUNTAIN. LAUREL i TWO JOLLY PICNICS. Dear Social Corner Friends: It ma le late to write about Aunt M. Once when 1 ductor what time it left Franklin sq it had to make a trip to Versailles and I|Mary's I wondered when the car left and | reached home at 9, pieaged with a day was informed there was no car. Thanking Club No. 2. ‘well spent. SATURDAY BVE. BECKY JOINS THE CORNER. Dear Social Cofner Sistérs: A& I was with you at your last meéeting held at Buckingham Memorial, Aug. 4th and en- joyed myself so much. I feel that T should like to be with you again. Not as a visitor but as a member, To the Sister who sugfestea Kitty Cat for a name for me I have decided not to take that as Hubby has given me another one. Hope fo be with you at your next meeting. Best wighes to each /‘member of the So- ctal Cornet. . BECKY. PASSES ON HER EXPERIENCES. I know the old idea is that a “thrifty woman” never has sevetal pieces of work on hand at one time but I really think it rests me to do this, so I have several work baskets and workbaga andi baskets, each holding a piece of neédle- work with the materials necéssary for it. Sometimes I work on one piéce, some- times on another, ds suits my fancy. The work does not get tirééome as when I have but one plece at a time, and I know I accomplish more. I also kéep a box of taloum powdér in my wotkbag, and when my hand becorhes moist and sticky I just rub a little pdwder on them. It works like magic. I find this a simple easy method to keep my work clean. I cannot knit lace With long needles, and T make them short by cutting them into two with steel cutters, exactly in the middie, and ofi each broken end put a little ball of sealing wax. This will prevent fiie stitches slipping off. I have another experience of my own to pass on to the “Corner” a5 I am glad to give as well recéive betefits. When putting a broad or nArfow hem on a skirt that is a least might goring, lay the hem as usual, but instead of taking up the fullness of the edge in tiny plaits to make the hem even, gather it, eltting the gathers exiend an ineh each side of the gore, then stiteh as usual. 1 have found the beading in the gauze undervest is apt to wéar 6ut. When this happens cut it off and eréchet a straight plain yoke. * Wooden button melds, are apt to stain through when uséd on laundered gowns. The cheap bone button is just as good. Turn them ovér, using the convex side for the top of the finished" button. To make pretty and inexpensive loops }the grand march. for dress buttons or edat, brald three strands of soutache braid. I have found a piecé of tape stitched along underneath the shouldér seams of a sweater will keep them from stretch- ing the shoulder. I have madé a discovery wheén tatting with two threads which has helped me very much, when using two threads it is easier, to not take the second or chain thread from the little finger. when wish- ing to use but one thread, for rings; simply leave wound amound the litte finger and drép it from over the mi=w one. This saves time as you can quickly pick it up again when required. KITTY LOU. HELPING TO KEEP COOL Dear Corner Readers and Writérs: During these sultry August days 1 won- der how many of You have taken every precaution to make your homes just as comfortable as possible? This is the season to “clear the decks” —take down every extra drapery from the windows, lest one breath of air be lost: to keep the rooms shaded, just as few rugs about as one barély meeds, un- necessary ornaments put out of sight. It is ¢ restful to eyes tired by the sun to enter a room in Which there is a lack of a ‘“cluttered-up” maybe a bare floor, with a rug before the door, another in the center of tha room; .shades only at the windows: a few pictures, a vase of flowers or two, just the books and papers Which the members of the family are actually reading. Alas! There are misguided housekeep- ers stili wearing themselves eut, these roasting weeks. dusting and meoving and fussinz with superfluous articles of fur- niture, keeping mavbe three sets of cur- tains at edeh window, ete. That's where camping helps us women—we learn how comfortable a family can be with just the merest actual necessities : and it does us good, if we put some of the things we learn during the sutamer into prac- tice when the outing season has come 1o an end. | Mary. appearance ; 1 So Tj but ju and some thought no picnic for me today; then Olga appeared on the scer one suggested steam cars to Jewett City, | : i from there take a chanee of gettins jithey. We had just time to get board when the train started. Two ot members saw us going and said “Wh thou goest, we go.” At Jewett City other member joined us, and we found jitney to take us the rest of the wa We rather surprised our friends there so early, but they brought out so old fashioned chairs and we were ver: conifortable resting before the other came. Have you ever been to Mary's? A grand old fashioned and an ideal place for a picnic 3 groiinds are shaded by the most beautiful | trees all the day long, and such a lovely | breeze. I think Aunt 3 kind to | have the members of the Social C meet with her. She and her nieces s her guests with hot tea or coffer, was abasket lunch picnic. After music and singing, with Joan at piano. Have you ever seen the dear Barbara? ' The sweeetest lit v doll of a girl you ever saw. Mary will miss her when she rpn b ball” as she sat in state in the' b chair with her subjects arqund to make her comfort pleased to have her with u: and the “lone man” very kind or she could not Too quickly the took Aunty No. 1, Olza, a self down to Norwich in and we parted. each one saying we had a good time?” Thanks to s t { i Very few members of Club No at our meeting at Bucki Aug. 4th, but there wer Wlitimantic, Plainfiel chaug and other plac was made up of hoys ent sizes and ages. 1 baby boy less than a young elderly lady 81 years of had our usual fine picnic di Mary, Scottie, Ne Bly were with Saturday Eve helping. attraction of the dinner w H's birthday cake gi Mary, being her birthd of Aunt Mary. The ca served. each one havi fine, very much After, the tables removed — [ S—— [;:% ale of Waists | $3.95 Values PURCHASED ESPECIALLY FOR THIS EVENT! to $10.00 Assortment comprises 23 dozen very fine quality Georgette Waists, trimmed with real filet laces — colors white, flesh and bisque. Advance Fall models shown today for the first time— Both long and short sleeves. All sizes from 36 to 46. . ON SALE TODAY ONLY Ai $ 3.9 Actual Values to $10.00 * + I gathered up the crumbs, and playing Grandma H and Aunt Then by Olga and Nelly scales at a little over mind, as one of anythine that is good (forgotten her p hava a good timi good time but m usually there. from out of to A REQUEKT. Will the sister who sent in the cure f neuritis which was a tonic and linime that she used hers mother, please send I want to write her. paper that her ren r MRS. LILLI Canterbu CHAPLIN (Contributed.) Clarence E. Chester, formerly probate here, who has heen friends in town the pasteiwo wec returned to his home in Aibany. Miss Annie eland, who has teaching the past year in Linden, is spending her ¥ her parents. Miss as teacher during the cor large school at Scars Mr. and Mi Clarenc Methuen, Ma Stoughton, Ma Springfield, have W. Landon’s recently. Mr. and Mrs. Jam West Ashford were cal and friends hete Sun Mr. and Mrs. Flo; little son Howard w week-end and Sunday farm, Merrow. | Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Smith of N. J. who have been a ‘Welch’s, are taking judge visit N. N Winding Brook at motor .trip SARAH M. T. MARKING WITH INITIALS Dear Soetal Corner Editor: Nearly every one enjoys having undergarments, handkerchiefs, covers or litens nicely initialed. It is an excellent idea to plan to mark articles which come in - pairs like pilloweases with dinstinctive initials, for it makes them so much easier match when they are put into the /linen closet and they can be reeognizéd at & glance as belonging to each other. Any one, however, wWho has ever at- tempted this knews that after ten or a dozen pairs have been marked with em- broidered initials, it becomes quite a problem to find attractive lefters which are different. Then, too, the price of stamping or the original price of these letters, like everything else, has of ne- cessity gone up. Here is the methed used by ohe re- sourceful young housekeeper wWwhich has worked admirably in the wiy of mrovid- ipg a wonderful assortfient of artistic but simple initial lstter. As she reads magasines "and néws- papers, she keeps a watchful eve out for the handsomiély preportioned initial of her last name, amd it is surprising how many of these she finds, and all diffsrent. . The initial for which she happens to be on thé wateh is the let- ter W, and she finds it as the begin- ning of the n.ugngeeurnt of white goods sales, certain makes of silverware, furn) ture, and so on. She is ever at a loss for a pleasing letfer to use at any time. A carbon papér quickly tranmsfers it to the surface upen which she wishes it pldced. Sometime in advance of £ of birthdays she makes a list of the initial letters shé wishes to emibroider upon lit- tle gifts for her friends, and easily finds such initials for her use. of this work is dome by veéry good adtists and a saving in dollars and cents is effect- ed. o e, i % to Director Of War Plans | Division | i Major General Wm. G. Haan, di- ] régtor of the war plans division of ! the general staff, who has left | Washington on an extensive inspec- ] tien tour of the army educational in- stdustions throughout the country, : 1 1da and New | o hig An editor will be president of the| Parley F. Ch = Wil | ted States during the next four|er-Labor party will carry Rine westerr Wl | vears, b 1at won't prevent other edi-|gtates with the aid of the Non-y criticising the manner in|League. But he als ; hat they- believe dles his job—St. Paul| “carrying Pennsyivania wh li’mner"r-lre vote.”—Pittsburgh D! to believe it. it ur August TURE SALE ans Great Reductions 4 Fa fi During this August Furniture Sale which is now on, iz an ideal time to fit out your home for winter. Not only are the savings of worth while interest, but the quality of the Furniture offered is an added induce- N~ ment, When you see our display you will appreciate that it comprises most unusual values. Thrift;v Home Owners will take advantage of this opportunity. DONT FAIL TO PAY US A VISIT HOURIGAN BROS: COMPLETE HOME FURNISHERS .’ FINN'S BLOCK " ; JEWETT CITY 62-66 MAIN STREET NORWICH