Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 31, 1921, Page 8

- — THE SOCIAL CORNER MEAN TO BE SOMETHING WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT SOCIAL CORNER PRIZE WINNERS FOR DECEMBER One Dollar Each To CREATIA, for letter entitled Keeping Children's Stockings Whole. To THIRYTY-TWO,for letter entitled Packing Down Farm Raised Meat Pro- dusta, T To BACHELOR GIRL. for letter entitled The True Spirit of Christmas. To THEODA, for letter entitled Educational Achievements of Boys and Girls To DIANA, for letter entitled 'Our Duty at Christmas Time. SOCIAL CORNER POETETY. THE LITTLE OLY LOG CABIN IN THE LANE. I'm gittin old an fs-ble now, I eannot werk ro more. T've laid the rusty Yiaded hoe to rest. Ole Marser and Ole Miss am dead, They're sleepin side by side, THeir spirits are roamin blest Da scene am changed about de place De darkies am all gone, 1 neber hear dem singin in de cane, An de only friend that's left me 1s dis little dog of mine, Is dis little old log cabin in de lane, Chorus. on the subjsct when I was too young probably to appreciate them. 1 also knew very well Miss -Allen’s grandfath- er,” Allen, and her aunt Sarah and Ursle Charles, who were neighbors of ous “across lots.” Miss Sarah was the leading soprano in the Westminister choir for a great many vears. Also a notable housekeeper and one of the kind- est of neighbors. I remember well the beautiful drawn rugs she used to.make. Some had a deer's head on them, one & pair of cats and the one I admired most had a basket of flowers made of wor- sted in the natural colors.in the cen- ter. It was really a work of art, and then her flower garden in my- chilihood days seemed to' me like a glimpse into wid de Oh, come ye darcies, come, the flower gardens of the far east that An gather round de door, I had reag of. An listen to dis darkey's sad refrain. I can almost imagine I smell the fra- For the only friend I have now grance of the great clump of June lilacs fis dis little dog of mine, and rose geranium, heliotrope and lantana n de little old log cabbin in de lane. |now. The front .yard was always full There was a happy time to me, of plants and shrubs. The place has Twas many years ago, passed into other hands now and they When de darkies used to gather round de | are all at rest, but their memories will door. linger in the hearts of thoss who knew them. I often wonder whers Bug lives. When she wrote of seelng the spires of Hamp- ton and Canterbury chrurches, T thousght of my old home in Weswninister, where from all the north wintows we could see the spire of Hamptom cnurch outlined agalnst the sky, alsoc some of the hous- es on the street there and just below on the southeast, what is called Bige- The to dance and sing at night, played de old banje, But alas, 1 cannot play J)a hinges dey got rusty, De dnor has tumbled in, Tig root lsts in de sunshine and de rain. And de only friend I've got now Is Adis little dog of mine, e little old log cabin Sent it any more. in de lane nby L L. M. low. That being 11 a vall didn’t THE BOOK OF TIME. show much only enough to know it was Time has gathered another year; there. And when we looked to the west Winter and summer, spring and fall— | there was the sharp line of Pudding hill, Some are they beyond recall, where on a clear day I could even see Fled like mists when the sun shines |a washing hung out. Well, I have prob- clear ably dug far enough into the past for one letter, so will close for now. IOLA. Time has opened his Book of Davs, One more page s there to read; Nothing of purpo: ly the deed— THE WAY OF GROWTH. That ig all that his balance weighs. Dear Social Corner Sisters: We have reached the end of another year with'a Time hag soread a snowy leaf variety of experiences and repetitions. Over it walts his tireless hand; The world is not so ‘different with the Soon on. his page will the New Year passing of the years, It may affect the stand individual gifferent but it averages about In tadeless colcrs—its Joy and Grief. | the same. There are pessimists of the present who are telling us that never be- fore was there so much of cheating, of crime, of suffering, of want. But a wave of all this has always followed war from time immemorial. And over fifty years ago some rhymester wrote: nette M. Lowater. SOCIAL CORNER EVENTS. Jan. 4—Clud No. Ingham Memorial. meets at Buek- N “'Tis a very good world to live in, To give or to lend or to stedl i: But to beg or to borrow or to get a man's e own, ANSWERS AND INQUIBIES. "Tis the very worst world that ever was ONONDAGUE 1302: 'Twas a known.” thought and it . Kindly y cept thanks and may the New Year be| The fact is. there's nothing hopeless but stagnation. There’s nothing =0 dis- ghted as smug sat- onp of kealth and happiness. 4 b oy couraging to the far KITTY LOU: Many thanks and the |, 4ion" witn what is. To sit: contin: best wishes for the coming New Year. « AT | yally down with no protests, no regrets CALLA LILY: Cards received with past, no eesires for the ' future, thanks Seasen's greetings are returned. R et bana ot Ve e AUNTY, No. 1 and RED CLOVER: or a jellyfish, possibly, but never Thanks for the card. ings in Teturm. STILLWATER: Card received and for- The season's greets | for a human being, Let the old world seethe and beil and ferment. Let humanity suffer and yegret | quently manags to epand entire davs DECEMBER 31, 1921 wornon BULLETIN, SATURDAY, hours and heavy loads. Who can realize how, muc iness has been carried in their ¥ The parcel nost and all have been Kent very busy, but it pays by the happy hearts and faces, and it only comes once a year. The children should also be taught the deeper meaning of this glad time, that our Saviour came to bring peace and joy, and is the Prince of MAY THE NEW YEAR BE ONE OF BLESSING AND HAPPINESS TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE SOCIAL CORNER e s e say,” They brood_over £mall errors they. make, and suffer keenly over public dis- approval ef some foolish thln[ they have done. I have known women.who have actually regretted for years some slight mistake they, have made which has ‘“gone reund the town.” Yet if those yame women had been able Peace. to jaunt off somewhere on a short trip 2 Then right after, follows the glad new and get 2 new ‘“perspective,” they would year, opening new prospeocts, each 2 2 out the sun. We know it remains un- e 2, Bestion That they. et eromisd . pies T | chaneod e i e e mere nothing. Indeed, I can cite just l”f””fi sod ‘;"“ e the flowers re- | fore. Faith and hove are great blessings such an instance from real life: Jolaedls o haipinesy and may they never go out of lives June—God sends So many roses that we cannot afford fo worry about the thorns, July—One Independence Day, but de- pendence on each other every day. No matter how fiercely ‘The Lord is thy keeper A friend of mine who lives in'a small town once made. the mistake of severely eriticizing the way one of her neighbors brought up her children; the woman to whom .she. made this criticiom was false and promptly told the neighbor what my friend had said of her way of training I trust you all had a happy Christmas and I d the editor and each individual member of The Corner wishes for a joy- ous, prosperous, healthy and happy New Year all through. the the SPRY BIRD. H " F shade upon thy right :‘:udrer:.h_'l;humsuneddl‘hfi.‘le Ie:d be- n ‘shail not, smite thee by day. WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR RED trean jthe familles —pod [ other. Women) “saptember—Autumn - d nd us, SPIDE took side.’ When my friend walked not of the Geparture of summer sunshine, but of its fruition. October—Now, if ever, we must rec- ognize that the world is a tabernacle of God. Truly the heavens and all crea- tion declare His Glory. November—Let us make this a month sun may.shile. we take comfort in the down street, the neighbor whom she had criticized. would no longer .bow to her. Naturally my friend was very unhappy. She wrote to me and .asked my advice. I replied, “Go away !or a little while. Things always blow over." My friend took my advice and went to nd now the shore for a month in the summer. ; 5 ound 1t of : thanksgi by filling the lives of | rany ¢ When she returned to her home, she $ e L Many t LA e those abyat us with that for whic Y | mas mirt must give thanks. December—Christmag comes but once a vear, but we may make its cheer ling- er in other hearts till Christmas comes agatn. That the old vear end hannily and the “I think I've discovered the secret of getting on with one's neighbors. - Ana that is—to get away from them for short Intervals, new and tnen. If one stays at home all the. time, one gets to magnify- ing everything they say and think. I T'll send you Three pounds of 4, et ——— e —— L e —— T e ————————————— Tl changed our minds for the house was oc- cupied. After hearing of the fire and ‘erriole end of a Mr. Miller w, drove to Hampton hill and took in a cousin who knew the man personally. We went by the south etery where that very day all that could be found of the good man was laid to rest. At some places on our years ago. Others were lost to me. Ar- riving at our destination sure enough the | attractive place we saw earlier in the ason was in ashes, The few choic shrubs which showed him to have been a man of refinement were badly scorched. I listened to a pathetic part of his life—or 1 50 considered it. He was engaged to a | young lady and in four days expected o .uake her his wife. They went to ride an e doing s0 she asked him to wromise her that if anything happened 0 her to never marmry agyone else. He ©romised he never would—and she died suddenly in a day or so—and he select- =d a new place unknown to him where he ould be quiet and unmolested only by | is own thoughts. He was an indust- ous man. But what an end in a state ed to be noted for ks steady hab- returned to Hampton hill by way clow hill which is much improved 1 rode down it on my own sled | yeun I never rode as fa and 1 was a bit afraid— and enjoyed it better brother's sled, but never for Cret ugain > circumsiances of Mr. New - Year -begin hannily -for von and yours, is the wish of vour Soctal Cor- | ner sister. | s was keeping too close to my housework and-to my Nmited littls life. I came home Wwith a. smile, and everybody was willing to smile with me. But if T'd stayed at home I'd never been able to smile at'all, and then nobody-would have smiled with me. Even the neighbor I iticized, likes me now.” All of which bofts down to this truth: that if a person wears a jaunty air—an alr thet says “My -Mttle mistakes aren't very bad, after all’—then the world is going to be conviriced; but it a person takes his fauks too seriously, then the world is going ‘to take them . seriously, cream, two PRIMROSE. SOME WELL TESTED RECIPES. Deay Social Corner ‘Sisters: Il health | has prevented me from writing for many months. Am getting about the house now and feeling better ,so Wil let you | near from me. Martha asked for a suet pudding re-| cipe some time ago. Here is one I have used for many years: English Suet Pudding: ke one hour cold, FOR COUGHS AND HOARSENESS One cup suet too. And one af the best ways to get|chopped flne, one cup raisins, one cup| that “jaunty air” is to gét a change of | currants, one cup mola: one cup of | scone and change of thought milk,” two and one-half cuns flour, one | I believe that housekeepers should | teaspoon .baking powder, one ainnamon, | make ‘more visits, should take a two|a little nutmeg and one cup candied lem- | weeks’' vacation each year just as the on chopped fine, mix thoroughly and boil business woman does, and #hould fre- three hours. English Plam Pudding (for One pound raisins, one pound currants, one-half pound citron, on pound beed isuet, chopped fine, 10 eggs. one pound su gar. one pint bread .crumbs, soaked in milk; -a little salt, one nutmeg, a little | mace and other spicas if liked, flour Scotide) away from the home for the purpose of shopping, going te ‘the theatre or sight- seeing. She, of 21l women. needs to “get a new perspective’ frequentl This is' gomething yoi might like to think over at the opening of a new yoar. H as follows Best ‘wishes to all for 1922. ed to make it stiff enough for the i e Uty : O. L C. ito stand up straight. Boil continually | .~ °"¢ and five hours. T have made this pudding | THE LITTLE OLE LOG CABIN IN DE |for thirty vears. i LANE. Fruit Cake: Two-thirds cup butter, one |, To the Bditor "6 The Social Corner: | CUP Drown sugar, one cup molasses, one T e apdiag the iy, Thesnibtlerole | 57 B R KL NN e one tasevoon Log Cabin in D - i ® | egzs. one srated nutmes. e 5 in DeLane. which, like Car- | innamon, one of cloves and ailspice. two ry. Me Back to Ole Virginny, speaks so b i is vo of currants, one of much of the love of the old southern | CUPS of raisins. two o ts. o darky for -his old plantation home, and | Citfon. ope teaspoon soda. Mix well and | which has been requested by a Sotia] | PRke 45 to-50 minutes. It makes two Corner - reader: ioaves. T'm er gittin ole and feeble and I cannot| [ Miope some of the sisters wi work no more. and: report. =k Where are you, Liberty Ise laid dis rusty Ole Massa an Ole sleeping side Dar apirits now blest. De scenes-am changéd.about de place, de darklies am all gone never hear them lane, bladed hos to rest. Mit are dead . an’ by - side, are roamin’ mid de x:Lxcts: 8. of 1921 are as_thankful Nov.: 24. 0 n THE SEASON'S GREETING ar As I have for at just done a w my hands to dr; r singin® in de 2 by wishing you An T'm de only one that's left with dAl8| ng meere nric: ole dawg of mine e In dis little ale log cabin in de lane. De woods dat cover o'er de meadow roun | de hin, AR’ de fences am all gain’ tn decay. An de creek have all dried up where we used t6 go to m De time have turne Déliah Deal: 1 n fed amricots and they ? Ready: I meant to have sen address before this but but Vergason avenue, will locate me. i be glad 3 call any time. I wonder how far apart e courre another Tk Miller led me of “Darn Coat.” I had ten ouj but beir a litt nding in too often 1 held easant used to come to { at so ofte rnoon, ret after on ever came and did t as follows: Mr. Tompson a enzaged man, was a fu was udded la tment influenced t would walc around o the end of his days s found beside the ro: ay, 1 bel The coat he i wore which gave him He, us and threas in a the tf1 a mass Danielson smal on a voyage ‘ew London to New York whe to procurs her wedding ¢ days did thus 1 never knew lIncation of tavern parents did attend a few da ola: and TN add this, n T courageous than the few others, w he saw the man anpear hes name of God, D his cellar was done but Mr. aried § decently.” peacefu them | The house where Mr. Varnum. who committed suicide by cu was not in Howard's val »ad .from Hampton h un out of the vallev. ) the house being haunted as deed himself, T have an imag s neonle who read our gries r front halr (if they up slowly as I've sec is glad ¥ the enitanhs caused cluding Madam journey I could recall who occupied them | she was | Few | Jumel. who married Aaron Burr. On Christmas eve the ehil- dren go in a body dow 1 almost to where the “Hudso: flows past to lay a Christmas wreath on the grave of one W poem the ehil dren are all familiar with and love. Very aves and ber- when 1 saw ustom for the childr r one whe wrote it for his owr calling it A Visit From St 0 idea of i 0 faithfully years! A Whether good way or not, the gifts as we w in his work, we and greetings came to eart as a littl embered or wheth A BALANCED PLANNING er- < ol 3 way. > e gl cour k onion age | ¢ rd vy and aspire and attempt. It's the only e e .| we are? I would be glad of your to cook on 2 warded as requeste S B et asi o iact I ain't 1xm !mfl" to stay here, but what| grage Can't you meet with u. in a house two miles CLATRE: Your name has been added Loty = o i time T got, at Buckinzham Memorial rom any other. to Social Corner 1 pEgresn Deert aecoum e’ (netout s Tll try and he contented to remai 5 T 5 ry | ¥ the Social Corner . ferment. Tn the end the real truth—not |y s lirs, A7 be conter ° e‘mam.fl o Wishing you all a T wish every merson connected with or SAST ROSE OF SUMMER .AND|necessarily ‘what we. think is truth, but 2% 40, )l my. dox and me to ind| voy ang sympathy for all t Corner good health Anrine the com PRIMROSE: Many thanks. The 1¥es-|the wternal verities—will conguer amd| ' p0 % SWif "O08L . L o feot oo fones, 1'am a5 ever YEETe i son's greetings in return pravail, = Plojlog pabin ind AUNTY No. 1 CRETIA o The trouble is not with the world. It's CHORUS, e MORE RECOLLECTIONS OF WEST- | with ys. We had grown so accustomed | De chimbley fallin’ down, and de roof| THE MEANING OF THE SEASON. CHRISTMAS EVE MINISTER, to thinking that all mlst go right with am eavin’ in, s e Soctal Corner Editor ear Sisters of the Corner: When T |US that we resent and fight even ihe little | T ain't got long aroun’ here to remain o ae e > Madelene's letter in the Corner of | hardnesses of life as they come. 1Us|But de angels watches over me when | W'5 1€ Tth ention of Miss | time we got out of the primer class of lay down to sleen. Ve lel veny ‘ her mention Miss Agnes | L i iR B.. A and her grandfather, Lucien | lfe and learned our lessons like heroes| In dis little ole‘log cabin in de lanc. | 1€ TECOVEZD €0 ouf DOY (ro | Before Christmas! Burleigh, revived in my mind memories | —instead-of cravens. Life's trying to WHEABRE.- [ S et o ee the old poer of davs long gone, when he used to |teah us—shall we not learn? = 2 b 7 before Christmas, sone Shnen come Lo I hope that everyone had a merry | MISSAGES FOR THE MONTHS OF | Bi°% b not a creat cupy the pulpit. Christmas and that the new year will THE YEAR. e - even a mouse.” It He used to he considered an eloquent | Dring forth bountiful blessings, habPY| pyear mditor anc Sisters: The follow. | the : long ago by C | A2 s pia ike most children, I didn't | days and sunny hours. o Ing. suitable messanes’ for the manths of | of gifts, but the : woolen'| A% who wa in 17 d & 80: % "_;‘ ":" attes to what he sald | ¥ D |the vear-anpeal to me, just at this time, | around the world. The C It w st published—unknown . 1 ehe remember he | B e s : and T pass them along for. others to |in the windows. the beal Sentinel in 1823. Al-| T LoU temperance subject, | ;“-“‘“"“ THESFPERSPECTIVE. ) cnjoy: med and lighted, the fat stockings & urch all | most a century ago! He was the son of | TY LOU man of commanding ear Sisters of the Socfal Corner: Do January—T“ank Ged .for every new | happy faces of the children are a source | condition | a bishon—a teacher of note and a man | 1 had a |7ou happen to be numbered among those|day and for ~~arv new onportunits of great j i e owner | of wealth as well as a poet, and ¥ | PELIGHTED TO ATTEND CLUB George Burl was a | housekeepers who are' held so close t0| February-—""'= shortest month re-| T wish that all, no matter how poor. | is remembered after these ve 2 MEETING AGAIN srominent on the anti-slavery | the home, perhaps from choice, that you | tha; life is too short to be | might give their cf n a happy | Corner ers: T wish to those almost fqrgotten days |have too few diversions? There are s: for even a very ages the s s who sent 10 s over glavery {eral of my friends who are so situated| March—The stiong wind is a friend | so much. | the old Trin r Also thank all other ¢ war ; and it seems to me unfortunate to. him whose sails are. rightly set. Much .credit belongs to the faithful let- | v York, where s I remember reading some of his poems It is a pathetic fact that the inajority| April—The l:aden clouds do not blot | ter carriers at this time and their (Continued on Page Nine, Col. Three) il WILL REMAIN OPEN ALL DAY MONDAY BARGAINS $29.50 Coats ........... Shdkints............ $6.95 Georgette Waists $4.55 Georgette Waists $1.25 Silk Camisoles . $5.00 Siifk Skirts, Jersey and $2.25 Glove 3k Hoze Now $5.00 Now $1.95 Now $2.95 Now $1.95 veveveeen.. Now 59c Taffeta .................. Now $2.69 ....... Now $1.59 ) COME TODAY, AND BE PREPARED TO SAVE DOLLARS. NOTHING HELD BACK — EVERYTHING MUST GO— ENTIRE STOCK MUST BE SOLD IN 16 DAYS. 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