Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 23, 1922, Page 8

" THE SOCIAL CORNER ~GRATITUDE IS ONE SOCIAL OORNER w‘. What Mosms This Hely Christmosthio? **When the fulmess of the time was esmse, God sent forth His Son, made of o - womas."—Galatians, 4:4. Whet means this great rejoicing, far and wide, A3 ewce again retqrns the Christmas- R tde? It means that God loeked upon this earth, And saw it faHen from worth ; That, owt of His great love for sinful ‘wenderful redemption plan ; sent His coly Son on earth to s ant .!-'gmmum-w‘-m.m:m R mesms that Fle a littfe child became, OF THE RAREST OF VIRTUES. them, jumped and ran toward the candy sbhop next door. “Oh, look at that doll, Louise! Isn't she pretty?” exclaimed the younger of them. . “Yes, n 2 way,” replied the elder, a girl of sixteen, “but ail dolls look alike with their staring eyes and shiny ringlets.” Im they passed into the candy shop. The shabby little giri l1ooked at them first with envy—for those lucky creatures could purchase the doll if they wishea— and then with amasement, to find they didn't want it. She was glad they didn't —for it was something to come and look at the doll even though the cold window pane and she always stopped to gaze when she passed the shop every morn- ing and then again at night before ths shades were grawn. It was almost closing time now and the new boy, Who bad to come to help with the Christmas trade climbed into the window. He =tood -there ‘with one ®: | toot an each of the Blue Doll’s and, as he - Divine_ He was, yet shared humaoky. And mgre doth Christmas mean: Realing brought, A A»d wonmdrous things by Jesus Christ ught ;— lame, the butdemed and 1t to Fim, His healing Ner scught they this in vain: He heal- ed ‘them all, Aiike the rich and poor, the great and V. swalli— B but. their fingers did His garmeats press, fhe mystic virtte flowed to heal, to bless. ol mare ‘remched the pain, And Browght the wand'rer back te God D ;- Whis “wAs His mission; this His eon- stant care: TSat to ‘His Father He the last might emr— Yea, and He suffered more than we can +Ev'n pnto death™; and bitter was His NS ‘woe ‘When friepd forsook Him; and “The ‘Undefiled™ z ‘Whs seolfed and spat upem, and sore re- . viied. leaned forward to lower the shade, he knocked her over. In her excitement she ran to the door and tried to opea it, but it was iocm- ed. “I am sure she is broken; oh, dear,” and then a wild hope thrilled her heart. “Perhaps she will be marked down.” The new boy had climbed out of the window before he was aware of the ac- cident. When he saw the “Blue Doll” ly- ing of the floor, he anxiously examined her and discovered 'that her Dbeautiful dress was‘badly torn, and ome of her fingers was broken. He picked up the poor little finger and tried to fasten it on with chewing gum, but the operation was unsuccessful, so he stood ‘the doll on the shelf and turned out all the lights but one and went home. The “Blue Doll” found herself on a high Qusty shelf beside a charming little dollie girl, carved from a solid block of wood, she wore a little wooden hat with a tiny wooden feather perched on his wooden head; her jaunty skirt and high laced boots were exfuisitely carved in wood ; ‘80 were her lips, which parted in a winsome smile. The Blue Doll had often seen ornaments carved in wood, but ncver so life-like as- this.and she smiled at the wooden doll, who said very sweet- ‘That was too bad! I saw your ac- cident and T am afraid you will never .| be sold again now—and your poor finger, 1 mantide— Wess Jodd”Him to the Cress, whereon He Wy mccked Him, pierced Him, nafled And'this He bore that we from gufit be Yes, meanings many ecsrved upon M Jid_ Yght breaks in, and healing for its 0 gt 5 ‘Axd . Christmas joys abound:—He who . was shls fzih barst the bars of death, and rent s twals moanitest. His love, Chbrist left' His walfered, bied, zhd died for every . -, . move glorious meazning comes I clearty roe and d; (] i! ean Bdex's bliss shall be 1. f re- i war shall WO dound, and Christ Do death,” and “me The . smow-clad, winter hiMs are calling | mres oach weary mile of whitening ‘wante / does it hurt much?" “Oh, no!” said Blue Doll, smiling te hide the pain. “Tm afraid it does; it is so badly mended. The same thing happened to me ‘when my master was making me; but-he mended me so carefully no one knows it Perhaps he could fix mine for me. Tm afraid not. He is far away in Switzerland. I-am the only dollie he ever made. He called me Annette. “The only doll, how 'lovely, that is ‘what T always wanted to be. Did he kiss Fou, and take you to bed with him every might. Neo, boys don't do that. I am afraid I shall never be sold, though I have been marked down to fifty cents. The man who bought me praised his work, but they don’t appreciate me in this country. I do see this world, dén’t 'you. - 4 I jost t a little girl mother.” Then let us ge tickets.” That would be lovely for me,” said the Blue Doil. Do you think any one would give five dollars for you? “Who knows?” said the Swiss doll with her charming smile. “At least I shall feel a sif I were worth something.’ So they exchanged. tickets and 'Blue Doll could not sleep all night—she was 80 excited. Early next merning the clumsy boy came, cleaned the windows and dusted the shop. A great many toys had been ®0ld on the previous doy, so be 10oked on the “sbelf“for othérs to- replace them. “Jimminy ™ he cried, “I ‘fomgot - all about that doll;" what will the boss He examined the Blue Doll. “Peoh” be ‘said,” “only fifty ‘cents anyway.” want to “No, NORWICH BULLETIN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1922 using bad. I have in mind three of them who enlisted in the Civil war, which was-in 1861, and they never wame back, only in:thew coffirs. At that lime we sang at.their funeral ‘as it.was held in the church. Long ago the church was removed and & large brick business block has.been built on the site... So many changes .gince the time of my choir I wonder if any of the sisters lived at the time. when the -mode of. traveling. was vy, stage coach, -I.nave ridden in them many times,.as.it was-the only way.to get to the steam car line. ‘It was a ride of five miles. There were.throe: seats The back seat was filled, them a strap went across and this formed a back.for taose sitting. in the middle—another seat —eo the ones occupying that rode -back- wards The gnes in the back sedt had il the strap was. removed at ons end before. they were able to leave the stage. This strap was of wide leather with an iron Dar at either end. There went to Eastford, Comn., to see my great- grandfather's inn, as it was where stage coaches put up and changed horses after the long drives, sometimes remaining over night. = At this inn my grandfather found his wife, who -had come by stage with her father from Rhode-Island. In the oid stage.coach days-there was not the hustle a=d hurry. thai.goes on.in the world at the present time... Péople lived more simple. There was no running for curs until out. of breath and the héart 5.ving out as has been the case. But in-many things at the.present time we_note improvements. < And in the next oentury. what- will be. ascomplished . with eectrigity I It is-only in‘its i ) 5O Wishing a very happy Christmas to the membery of The Corner, not Torgetting the editor, too. i TROTTIE. MERREY, MERRY CHRISTMAS. - Bditor of .Soctal Corner: I wisk the editor amd, Social' Corner wistersia:mer- ry, merry Christmas, and the happiest of all New Years. et I thank you-for.the yellow slip..Was pleased - that you . ,thought . my - letter worth a prize. 3 7 CADY. THANKFUL. FOE MANY BLESSINGS Dear Social Corner Sisters: Just a little friendly chat with you-all ‘at'this Christmas time. - AMthough it'has been & long ‘time- since T have ‘written -to help fill the- Corner- page. - Yet 1'have-not forgotten you:all, and.:the~many sotwme chats ‘we.have had -together at the:zadh- erings. .-And now as' it.4s ‘my lot-to be shut in -for ‘a.season I-am trying t thankful for the many blessings receiv- cd- :through the /hands. of- kind-- friends and neighbors,” especially - Queen Bliza- beth’s dear little -children. wko .visit“me often and: do: their best to cheerrmae, : Thanks to:Golden -Glow for-Christmas card. “'Tis sweet to be. remembered as through . the world we go.” =2 “As I read.in the Corner -page .last week ' of - the - grest . affliction. of . one -of our sisters, .“Fringed Gentian”.: I thought 1 hadn’t much “to"commplain_ -of. Hope many will send. her, -cards.. this Christmas’ time... And naw as. Christ- mas draws near. may. friendship . and good will' be :borne' anew: in. aH our * hearts. N * Wishing_you_.aM. 2 merry ' Christmas and happy New Year.. . . - Yours for -the. Cormer’s. success, Dear:Corner Sisters: I'have been much interested in some of. the letters: about home, home influences and _the chitdren. ‘We can’t do without the home. - Some: of us ‘have: thought that® ‘e could.” . We preached that home was archaie--matjn aqcordance with:the.trend: of the -times. Our life . work -was -what counted. - -All hotrs spent in the “drndgery” of caring for a-home.were’ worse' than wasted. .So we- rented : tiny -apartments-for sleeping, took . our .rieals ‘out.. sent ourchildren, more or less :unwelcome.:at. their comil to boarding sthools; and talked largely— and vaguely—of “larger duties” ‘igreater responsibilities,” “the nrge of the .ego,” and “nltra mbdernity’s new outlook.” Yes we did. - . . S Today we.are paying for our folly. Our chil rise up and do not call us bless- ed. ey. t0o, have ultra-modern ideas, of which reverence and ocbedience fo any law - whatever, save that.of their. own Sweet ‘wills, are no parts: ~ The Influencs ‘The:'Blue . doll wzs.very nervous—as | the red sleigh' that had -stopped beters the window the day before and looked n .the . window. 5 :“That doll isnt sold yet,” "said the little ane. . {“No wonder I said the elder, “her fing- ier is-broken. - But do look at that charm- |tn¢ little piece of carving. Let us buy it ‘for a Christmas present for Mother,” [said the. younger, “Feaily. Annette I be- lieve it Jooks.a tiny bit like you. - Then we must surely buy it =aid ihe hemlock branches, inter-|®Mer, smiling, and together they entered It.he ABA aBI"My heart 1 plodting, ser ‘the 4 it g { § i E‘, I g{?i Ji i (| phiak i ¥ f L ] T3 g jEge I i - 1 ;E i il i i 11 £ie il i [ 1] z. i T ‘| i £s X A Merry Christmas To All Members and Readers of THE SOCIAL CORNER. and the reaping is not altogether pleas- ant. ~How - fortunate for the good of the country that there were those of us who failed to see “life's larger possibilities,” and who satisfied their ideas concerning “large duties” and “great responsibili- ties” by caring faithfully and wisely for the children given them, who made their homes havens for all who came within, and whose new outlooks were largely coneerned with homely subjects. There's some elusive quality abomt a real home that's not equaled by anything else on earth. The unselfish love, the deference to each other's likes amd dis- likes, the sharing of interests, the feeling sure of instant understanding ard instant sympathy, the working together to Heau- tify a common dwelling place. We miss one of life’s greatest joys if we miss this. . May it be a Merry Christmas for all The ‘Corner members. S.E. D. OUR CHEISTMAS TEEE Dear Editor and Social Corner Sisters: ‘While looking at the paper and reading the nice letters from the sister which I enjoy very much, I thought I would write a little, for as has been sugNstes, we should write more often. Christmas which s most here is very dear to us and we have such nice time at our home, I must:tell you about it. We always have a tree ahd while we hardly ever have anyone but ourselves we énjoy it so muen, | {both in'buying gifts for each other (first ‘codxing it out of each other what each wishes) and then putting Them on the tree. We have a nice dinner and after that the present are given out by onme of our own number who chooses to do it We lové the spirit of Christmas and hope every one has as nice a time as we do. Old Fashioned Mothed: Yes, my dear, you are right, and what a dandy time we had to. Was s sorry to know you have been ill. Hope gou are all better now. We would love to have you spend the day with us before long. Sitverlocks: Why don't you write more often?. Your letters are so interest- mg especially. when you write of your girihood days. Best wishes to all, 3 5 YELLOW DAIST. FLOWER POT COVERS. *Dear ‘Cornerites: Perhaps some of you have #een’'the coverings for flower pots that are made of oilcloth and- decorated with 'a pretty design with tube oil paints. They are simple’ and effective. For a cover of this kind. buy black pebbled oil- clotk “in a dull finish and from this cut a'“éover for ‘the pot in the size desired. It'is fastened’ in-the back around the pot by sewing the edges together or fasteming them with little brass clamps which come for: fastening parchment lamp shades. Transfer a design with carbon paper to the front of the pot cover. It is filled 1n with tube oil paints. The flowers may be done in orange or red and the leaves and buds green. The stems are brown. Have you ever tried peanut butter bis- cuit? I am sending the rectpe: Peanut Butter Biscuits: Two cups flour, four teaspoons baking powder, one-half teaspoon salt. three tablespoons butter or shortening, one cup milk, ome-half cup peanut ‘butter, two tablespoons water, one-balf cup seedless raisins. Sift fiour and baking powder and salt together. Cut in butter with a knife or rub’in with fingertips. Add 'milk and mix to a smooth dough. Turn out on a floured board and roll” in' thin rectangular sheet. Spread “with peanut butter moistened to a paste with water. Sprinkle with caisins and roil like jelly roll.. Cut off one and one-ha¥ inch pieces. Stand on end In pan and bake in hot oven 15 to 20 min- utes. “A’Merry Christmas and 2 Happy New Year. NORMA. PRACTICAL POLLY HITS NAIL ON : HEAD. Dear Social Corner Members: Several of the sisters have mentioned the scarci- ty of lefters~on the Corner page. Rose Lee ‘said last week, we must not, expect a turkey dinner for a ten cent loaf of cake, neither: will the Corner page be filled" if. each. one waits for another to filll' it. We have always had a few * CHRISTMAS DINNERS AND HOW TO PREPARE THEN faithful ones, but how many have sent in letters asking to become members whose name has never been seen on the page again? That is all right for the social side, we all emjoy meeting new members, the more the merrier, ,but we must remember that if there had been no Corner page there would have been ! no social gatherings. When the page | was started yvears ago for the exchange | of ideas that would be helpful to its| readers, it was expected that those who sent in their letters to become mem- bers would try to do their share to make it a page of interest. As an incen- | tive prizes were offered and are still | siven. Some equivalent is only fair for that money expended. Few stop to think of the value of the space we are allowed to use. We do know how it counts up to insert a short adv. just for a few days. Our editor spoke a while ago of banquet members. We don't want it said of us that we have more banquet members than helpers. nor should we feel that asking for an ad- mittance to the Cormer page is a sort of free pass to all our good times with- out any return on our part. We are not asked to assume any obligations, but some good suggestion or idea, mow and then, is not much to give in return for all the good times we enjoy by being a Soctal Cormer member. We should feel 2 pride in our part ownership of the page and try and make it worth while. Some say they would write more often if they knew what to write about. We all have that trouble. You hear it said “write just as you would talk.” I'm sure that if one could listen to the buzz and_ chatter at our gatherings as ideas are exchanged on fancy work, general topics of the day and even politics, and then transfer it to the Corner page, the readers would indeed sit up and take notice. By reading the headings to the page we find many good subjects furn- ished by our editor. Jennie made good use of one of them. I did not mean to {write such a lecture, and am willing to jtake it home to myself, for I know i1 do not write as often as I ought, but I have always had the best interest of the Corner at heart and do try to write occasionally. We are such a large fam- ily now that if each one would send in a letter once in a while the page would be filled. So let's get busy, old and new members, and show that we are “true blue” in our interest for the Cor- ner page. As Christmas approaches we are alt 3 dollars to make them go as possible, so T was much pleas- ed with the yellow slip last month, and also for the great surprise given me by ur club members. 1 know I must have scemed_stupid in showing my apprecia- tion. My “opening speech” was unpre- pared. Many thanks-to both editor and club sisters, and Merry Christmas to all, PRACTICAL THE JOKE TREE, Dear Sisters: A great deal of fun and many a hearty laugh can be gotten out tof “The Joke Tree.” The last one 1 attended was quite the oddest _collection of things that old San- ta Claus ever gazed upon. All the presents appeared in disguise. For in- stance, take one-half dozen handker- chiefs. These were folded in four, and then twisted up in the brown paper that hardware stores generally use for par- cels. These paper rolls were fastened together by string that had been dipped in_ weak coffee. These handkerchiefs looked like a string of sausages. A silver mounted whisk broom mas- POLLY. i queraded as a doll with a skirt of gay tissue paper, 2 paper shawl and sun- bonnet, and paper hands appeared be- neath the shawl, one of which held held a card inscribed: “Merry Christmas.” A fountain pen was masked in the stem of a paper rose. , Paper flowers of all kinds had tiny sk bags inserted by removing the center petals. Thes receptacles were used for ‘brooches rings! and other trinklets. An elaborate work folded flat between .two round pieces of cardboard. The whole covered with red crepe paper and edged with a w of curled paper fringe after it had been fitted to a cardboard handle made a very good imitation of a round fan. A pretty knitted hood appeared in the center of & great green cabbage made of green tissue paper. One thing I never will forget. It was, an umbrella made into a very thin “Chinaman” with his cue, which start- ed in_ the crook handle, sticking straight out behind. Then there was all sorts of dolls made of candy, one with a gum drop for a head, a chocolate marshmallow for a body, speared together with wooden tooth picks. Carve with a penknife one side -of the gum drop in the semblance 2 fortupate thing that Christ-|uine article. Take half a pound of|are also a good addition. After such period . of the days ave.at their|and. let it stand until cold. Then add|country will find the “atits drear- ink' of and o H i milk. ‘Soak the crumbs in the milk onequarter of ‘2 pound of sugar, the he nlu’;?‘ of four eggs, half.a pound _oné-quarter of a pound of currants, the same of figs chopped fine and. a’ little fine cut citron. ' Then take so_there on fruit all’ the' festivals, | stale - bfead crumbs, one cup of hot|& hearty meat course a string bean sal- ad comes in well. Housewives in the canned string beans very good. Serve with a fruit ‘The ‘most’ orthodox dessert after plum pudding for Christmas.is mince pie.’m the old fashioned mince pies are so for- mndable, Bought mince meat canned i good and baked with a mice home-made crust is as nice a pie.as one need have. a rule for so-called cups- of sugar, one cup mo- lasses, the juice of half a lemon, one cup of * raisins - chopped, one-half cup of dates chopped, one-half cup of dutte, two eggs well beaten and spice to tasta. Bake in' a fairly quick oven. Nowr we have had two quite full and are {r::llh-’ who t hr:“wmmn are no to make such menus very practical nor their purses ‘long epough to make kind of dinner very, reasonable,.so us_see what we can find that i entirely.. correct for Christmas 4 within’the reach of modest means. saucepan and cook siowly until tender: Have ready a rather shallow baki ish. Put in the chicken and add th other pint of oysters, Cover plain pastry crust and bake. chicken-pile serve For dessert-try a Norwegian ne water for. an hour. x antil from and to ] B 4 EERRE gk 2E L8 .2 i JUST RECEIVED 10.INCH COLUMBIA RECORDS 27¢c " —47°*$1.00 NCH COLUMBIA RECORDS 47c EACH TANNEY CORPORATION 5¢, 10c, and 25¢ STORE FRANKLIN SQUARE | of a nose, gouge out a bit on each side of the nose, with a line for the mouth, then dress the odd thing in crisp crepe vaper skirts, with a bodice outlined with vaby ribbon and arms made of tooth picks. A neat, little cap can give a unished touch to the head. These trifles give the children much delight and are ereatly prized by them. Funny little peanut Chinamen, dang- ling by their ques, from the ends of voughs, created much merriment. These are quickly made, and are simply se- ries of peanuts strung together, one for uie head, then. a larger one for the wody; on each side, starting from the uneck, comes the arms, then two below we body for legs. Dress them in dark viue and black silk, Chinese fashion make eyes, nose, and mouth with ink, uad pse black darning cotton for the gueue, fastening it in place with a dish made of court plaster. Make a little mole in the center of the dish, put the cuds of strands through, moisten the imaster thoroughly and stick it onto the nead; when dry, braid the strands or ww the cue in place with a few suitches. You have no idea how many funny igeas will appear to you after come wencing to arrange these presents. ETHELYN. FOR THE MEETING. Dear Editor and Social Corner Sis- ters: As we are nearing the Christmas holiday, all are thinking, what will I &ive to this ome or that one, and be- fore Christmas day arrives one is all tued out. Also one is glad when it is over. Now in Bible times I never have read of any such remark as I heard the other day in ome of our department swres, by one of the men who said once in ten years would be often enough for him to hays Christmas. 1 have often thought it is getting to be a burden in- swead of a pleasure. It is for many just gwve and take and expecting as much in return as you give. I gave that up years ago. Of course, in my own fam- ily we give just as we have always done. We could and would mot give it up for that is hubbys birthday, the same as our Saviours, so it has a double mean- ing to me; but I hope to give any time to any one of my friends who may have a birthday, or perhaps any time during the year, some little token of my love and esteem for them. Then they know that it is not because I do not think of them. . Now we are near the close of another year, and several of the club members have passed on to a better land, but they have left behind them pleasant memo- ries of the nice times e have enjoyed together. Now Club No. 2 meets at the Bucking- ham Memorial January 3. Let us hope for a nice day and as good a time as we had in_December. woody: Don't forget that sample you proinised. Hope Nannie Lou will be able to_wwme, too. ‘wishing you all a Merry Christmas ana a happy and prosperous New Year. SCOTTIE. PLANNING JANUARY SETTER BABIES. Social Corner Sisters: In reading in some of the Sunday papers-1 see that they have police stationed around in lumber yards and on new buildings to guard them from people stealing some- thing to burp. I think to myself, Oh, what a world when there is plenty to burn lying around in the woods, coal under the ground ready to mined and thousands of tons. ready for shipment and no facilities for shipping the same they say. In passing through the upper e o 5o Y H £ H L] I § i i | } § | B | as it is very near Christmas and right now, I wish all the Cormer sisters and the good editor a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and many of ad a four night bazaar at the al church last week and was a very busy, hustling time, but we had wonderful success and made quite a sum of money to go toward fixing the church. Today, December 17th. i= my birthday and I'm not going to tell how old 1 am. I am ¢ld cnough to vote but have mever been made a voter, but think 1 wiil be made one next year. I've received quite a few nice presents and cards from rel- atives and friends for which 1 am most thapkful. I was much pleased to re- ceive them Next week is Christmas and we will all be more than busy. We are to have a tree and will try and remember all the family. Tbers are cleven of us in the immediate family and we remember a good many friends outside. Still, I always wish I couw do more. I've not been zble to, go to a Corner meeting with you for & long time, but 1 hope to moon after Christ- mas. That is a great us. saying we will after Christmas ever say that this yexr 1 right after January 1 to get things ready for another Christmas, and it would be much better if we would and not bawe to do so much hustling at the last mime ute. But I always wait just the ssme. Many times during the year we see nioce little things which would make nice remembrances at Christmas bui neglect to get them and we could keep them pust as well as they could be kept cisewhere I think it would be a grand way to do. Aayway, I mean to try it mext year. Good-bye for this time. MA OF GR Congreg: do this ear. E GABLI LOSING LINKS IN CORNER CHAIN Dear Corner Members:' A merry Christmas and happy New Year to om+ and all. When we jook back over the past year and think of all the members that have passed on to their reward and think of the many homes with va- cant chairs it saddens our hearts While not personally acquainted with all of them, we have a Social Corner. tic that binds in mutual friendship as onr great family, and when one drope ow we have a feeling that a link = - great chain is broken, especiafly whes such prominent ones as Married and Happy aod Grandma H. go. Married and Happy was a great thinker and al- ways piaaning something mew. Hh¢ was one of the seven charter members of Clud No. 1 when the club was organ- ized in the spring of 1913 at my hdme and when we decided the color must be yellow as all checks from ofBce were yellow and the first pre- sented to our large yellow the flower was All season’s greetings from AUNTY No. 1. ————— STICK TO QUILTED QUILYS. Editor and Corner Sisters: I notioe [ 4 HE i i i bit . f E i 5 i} § { i