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Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09
Preston City.
Tho Popular Fruit Salads.

Editor Social Corner: Salads are re- freshing at all seasons of the year and possible to the farmers family. It Is a little help that daughter or son might render. There are a variety of ways that fruits may be combined, served and garnished, added to the fact that they. can be made at any time of the year from whatever fruit happens to be in season-berries, pineapples and peaches in summer; malaga grapes, apples, oranges celery and nuts in winter.
 Cream dressings. with sharp condi- ments omitted, are used instead of a gives a white dressing that contrasts attractively with the bright-colored fruit. Where fruit and cream are not eaten together the stif1ly- beaten whites of eggs are substituted; the eggs should be well favored with lemon and may be tinted a delicate tint with cake or fruit coloring.
 When apples and celery are used the addition of a tiny bit of cinna mon or some candiedi ginger gives the de- sired spicy flavor.
 Olives cream cheese, crisp crackers, or rich cookies are propee accompanf- ments for salads.
 Where there is originality 1t is pos sible to have combinations of ones own that are palatable and refreshing. There is not so much work in making salads as those unaccustomed to mak- ing them ina zine
 MATILDA TOOTHSOME.
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Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09
DeHcdfely
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and gently reared, women will find in all the seasons of their lives, as maid ems, wives and mothers, that the one simple, wholesome laxative remedy, which acts gently and pleasantly and naturally and which may be taken at any time, when the system needs a laxative, with perfect safety and real ly beneficial effects, is Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna.
 It has that true delicacy of flavor which is so refreshing to the taste, that warming and grateful toning to the stomach which responds so favor ably to its action and the laxative eff. feet which is so beneficial to the sys- tenn when, occasionally, it's gentle cleansing is required.
 The genuine, always bearing the name of the California Fig Syrup Co.,, may be purchased from all leading druggists in original packages of one size cnIy. pries hfty cents per bottle.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

cd checking. I may be old-fashionsd. out-of- date. back number: but my father was the ruler of his family and ruled well. and do not think he made a mistake. fashioned ideas are not always the best; and do not sec that modernized familiees turn out any better than the families of other days. Now, do you? AARON.
 Norwich.
 IWe're going to be frank. We do not think they are any better, neither are they any worse The difference be- tween the old days and the new is just the difference between aubJectior and equality. The spirit of the mod ern home is not of fear. but of conf dence. do not like to think that am the master of a dog. A relation of comradeship between man and his dor mestic animals is better To have the confidence of a brute is to have nine commands out of ten promptly rer sponded to. Where love abides there is no need of a consciousness of pow CT, or of self f-assertfveness. Evory- thing goes right because a spirit of equality and harmony abides. To play the part of e boss is petty tyranny Editor Social Corner.1
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09
Not Evidence of Good Taste.

Newspapers aim to serve their pa irons and the editor generally knows what the public likes. From a news paper mans standpoint the first pages of the Boston papers are prop er1y made up today. In one of them the President of the United States gets fairly good sized two column head upon the occasion of his visit to Boston and vicinity; Chief Justice Fuller's demise is discussed with an ordinary one-column head, but the Johnson -Jeffries prize fight draws an immense f1ve-column head Ieaded text and d three column cut of the vic torious puSliist! Undoubtedly d ma jority of the people read the fight story first, but it is certainly a sad commentary on the public tastes Portland Express.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09
Th, HabituaI crlninaI.

"An habitual. incorrigible enemy of society should be soleznnly ad1udged to Holt Of the United States district court of New York. in an address before Che Wisconsin State Bar association. Con- tinuing Judge Holt said:
 'T would give him fair trial, sn %op1a sabitaSi lre eriminal rG for M ionF % term of years. I would give hfm an cppor- tunity to make a full defense, and h finally it were established by clear proof that the man was one of those. ciety, whose nature haR been hegraded by a life of undertaking wickedness Into that of wild beast. incapable of any substantial improvement or alteration, solemniy adjudged to be put. to deata. But if, inview of the sQueamish seTsh- mentality of this age. such course be deemed impracticable, should Shut him up for life where he could do no more evil to society" f"t 9sf r
 Judge Holt my consider it ''sQueaun- ish sentimentality" because society iB not willing to begin a ruthless Milling of ha.bitual criminals. hut tho optn1on of the most learned penologists of the world Is against the turist. Those who are making a careful study of ths con : nrmed criminal are not inclined 60 m : load the entire responsibility on the unfortunate, and there is a view being steaoiiy more ieIfeIy HScePseo enzI tIte social orga nization Itself. perhaps, should be held responsible for the pres ence of the criminal. Society is now beginning to learn and to admit that criminality and degeneracy are often the results of an underfed, overwoxked poorly houses or alcohoFized and some- times diseased percentage. Shoe the habitual criminal was condemned at birth in many cases. thoughtful ana kindly people oppose such drastic action as that proposed by Judge Hoit,-fn- dianapolis Star. TFg
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09
Little Household Helps.

Editor Social Corner: As one of the objects of the Corner is to make do- mestic work easier as well as to make the home brighter. I am going to play a helpers part The sisters like to know the little household helps and will contribute few:
 Slightly dampen roll of tissue pa . per with WOOD alcohol and rub the mir TOT with 1t. Sprinkle little whiting on e roll of clean per and polish with H. This will make the glass clear and brilliant.
 Do not put milk into cut glass gob- let's. Milk clouds glass so that it's original briiliancy ca mot be restored.
 A small broom made of stiff wire is convenient in cleaning skillets- Such a brush is easily kept clean
 To kill heas on a pet dog. if the anil maj is small, place him in a small bathtub of water and comb the hair with fine comb. Water drowns these pests.
 fe elsAn nntfk vssssls. rinse first with cold water. thto vash with tep
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09
Priceless Cooker.

Firsfess Cooker.
 Editor Social Corner: I agree with Aunt Jemima": it is surprising how few know about the cooker
 We made ours two years ago from butter tub. The outside>can be cov- cred with anything to suit ones taste. For the packing I make cotton cloth ticks and partly fill with feathers. as they are one of the best non-conduct- OTIS of heat.
 In the center place a tin pail or granite kettle. Those with straight sides are best. and use paper to keep ticks clean. A round cushion for the top is best.
 Heat a soapstone and put it at the bottom just before setting in your pail that contains the boiling edibles.
 Experience will be the best teacher for the length of time to cook different kinds of food. They can be put into the cooker in the morning or at night. When the nights are cool set a pail of hot water in cooker with bread dough over it and cover with a folded cloth. It will be nice and light
 I often cook my dinner in the morn ing when using a wood fire for other purposes. At noon the dinner is warm and the rooms are cool. Have the hot soapstone and food put in together in small dishes.
 An ideal cooker can be made in the ice-box of an unused refrigerator. Two pails can be used in a common-sized one and packed with anything most convenient.
 Norwich. BLANCHE.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09
eestowina Rags Upon the Poor.

Editor Social Corner: The other day scrub lady in whom I am interested, asked me for pieces to mend her shirt waist. At the same moment she show ed me the waist. It had been given her the day before by a lady for whom she scrubs. When I saw it. I wondered who the donor could be. but l did not ask, for really. I would rather not know. I might be compelled to re- adjust my estimate of some one whom sort known as lingerie, of fine stuff. all tucks and lace; a pretty enough waist in its day. But there were three long slits down the back. and numberiess bracks all over the two fronts. To me it looked hopeless. fit only for the rag man, or the backyard bon-fire. But what could I say or do? What I did do, finally, was to fish out from my piece-bag a strong piece of lawn. and then, because my scrub lady still look ed pathetic and helpless. to line the entire back, mend the rents, darn the bracks. knowing 1t all to be but the veriest waste of time and effort, and to bless CD the lady CD who bestowed the worthless rag upon a woman too poor to resent her charity CD. Truly I think 1t outrageous to bestow rags upon the poor. who have not the ma terials to mend with, nor time nor skill for such intricate repairing. I object to the word mean" and rarely use it, but I cannot refrain from say Ing that it is mean to give rags to the poor. More than anybody else they need durable and dependable garments terial is permissible; also the old fashioned and the un-pretty of cut But to give garments that are noth- ing but rags and tatters seems con- temptibly mean to your friend,
 THE WAYFARER.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09
A Little Sugar Helps.

Editor Social Corner: Perhaps every hurried wife does not know that s a general rule green vegetables should be boiled in abundance of well -salte'd boiling water. in roonny pot and without lid. and they will retain their green color much better.
 In cooking string beans, or cabbage, or any other vegetab ble which may sometimes have a slightly bitter taste. due to accident of culture or what not. it is always best to put teaspoon of sugar as means of counteracting a bitter taste, should there be any.
 A little sugar helps green peas and is not used amiss with boiled cabbage. Where the broth of a clam stew Is rather strong, a dash of sugar added after the milk will make 1t much more palatab ble-
 Those who add a little sugar to the oyster stew know how it helps the fla vor, although it is not discernible.
 A little sweet in things, like a little sweetness added to every-d day life, makes them much better.
 MERRY MARTHA.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09
Painheld.
Satisfied with Country Life.

Editor Social Corner: This is my first attempt to say I enjoy reading the many good and helpful letters of the Corner It seems friendly and near kind like. though miles and miles divide us. Everything in this good world of ours Is not as merry as a marriag ge bell. Nobody is on the out side exactly what they are within, and I've my faults like others. If there's a ripple on the surface it is for us to strive to make it smooth. Hold thy patience, for blessed are the peace makers. I was born on a farm where the Creator placed rocks and noun tains and valleys. If one has the price he can buy in the city any of the bodi- ly comforts and luxuries, but that doesn't appeal to m< On the farm, with a wood fire, within reach a dish of baked apples. pitcher of cream. a loaf of bread, plate of butter-no. thank you. gentlemen and ladies; l wouldn't change with you for the most expensive dinner your club can afford.
 Moosup. F. J. c.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09
BLOCK ISLAND
Arohdsacon J. E. Brown Conducts Service at Episcopal churoh-Big Swordfish in Lobster Pot-WhaIes Scouting.

The first service this season at the Episcopal church, St. Ann's-by-t the Sea, was held last Sunday. Archdea- con Brown of Norwich conducted the services. There will be services each Sunday during July and August
 There will be a ball game today on the Spring House grounds, Ocean View vs. Manisees club.
 Hon. Christopher E. Champlin has been here several days.
 Burned Power Boat Reached.
 The Bashd Bazouk. & power boat burned just off the southeast of the island early Monday rnorningis beach, ed near the Vafll cottages
 Charles Rowland has left the schoon- CT Clara E. to engage in business for himself.
 Arrivals at Ocean Spray include Charles Holdredge, Miss Lotta Smith. Miss Grace Hagan, Miss Ethel Stark, John Edwards. Mir. and Mrs. G. H. Holt and son, Providence: Frederick Radcliffe of Pawtucket, Edward Davis of Marlboro, and Miss Josephine Fox of New York.
 Winfield Potter and family are at their summer residence on Green Hill.
 swordfish in Lobster Pot.
 When Addison Rose was hauling Iob- ster pots one morning this week he warp. a rope which attaches the buoy to the trap. The swordfish had been bitten by a shark, losing blood enough to weaken it, making it easy to kill. It was dressed and brought to the old harbor. It weighed 290 pounds. Ed ward Davis is the possessor of the sword. given him by MT. Rose.
 A United States gunboat lay in the west harbor over the Fourth. The sailor boys came ashore and celebrat- ed in royal style.
 There was the largest number of people here over the Fourth ever known. The hot wave drove them out of the cities to get the refreshing sea breeze.
 Big Whales Seen.
 Monday evening just off the shore in front of the Ocean Spray a large whale was seen. Tuesday morning another, not so large was noted. For several days there have been great schools of yellow fins in this locality, where quantities are being caught dai- ly. Whales will follow a school of the power boats they were seen spout ing for several hours. They were larger than usually seen around here
 Dr. Campbell of New York arrived Saturday at his bungalow on Mohe- gan Bluff.
 The Clark bungalow is occupied this season by k. Corsa of New York.
 Burril Sharp recently purchased an auto of the runabout style
 An auto demonstrator is at one of the big hotels. No doubt autos will soon replace carriages on the island
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09
My Dinner Tor th. Fourth. {

Editor Social Corner: bought three pounds of sirloin steak, laid on meat board. scraped with sharp knife one way till all was gone; salted and made into an oblong loaf; cut the fat into tiny pieces, placed on top, had the spider very hot. rubbed the spider inside with larded paper, turned the meat several times with broad tin pie. shovel: boiled some carrots. white and yellow. cut one white one In two lengths, took out most of the center, dlied with the yellow carrot in pieces Size of small slate pencil and hsaped full. Crowned large potato in hot beef fat. placed on dinner plate. carrots one side. potato on the other side. and three small red beets boiled, dapped in salted vinegar, at the bottom of the plate. little blue bowl of warm peas completed the bill of fare. For dessert I stirred some confectioner's sugar with some cold water, dropped a teaspoopfiu on plate and put one-haif of a walnut meat in the center of each dropped part J.. E. q.
 Yantic.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

water and rinse. Soda purifies the sour milk pitcher.
 Cut glass looks clearest when wash ed in tepid water anG brushed with a dry bristle brush A crystal polish in creases the brilliancy of old pieces.
 little white oilcloth apron can be worn while giving children their bath. It is also useful while washing dishes. Bind the edges with white tape.
 round bottle filled with hot water is superior to a fiatiron for pressing seams in delicate goods as it can be rolled over them like a rolling pin and will not leave a shiny streak as the iron does.
 Try these things and you will real ize the advantage of knowing how to be handy about the house.
 INDUSTRIOUS FLOSSIE.
 Preston
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09
AS JOB JOLT SEES IT

It does not pay to let gossip make an indeIlible mark upon you Bill Bangs says 1t is easier to ind fault than it is to make butter and that's why Sanantha Psalter does so l much of it.
 Cy Cyrnbai says he knows a great deal that he cannot prove. but he cannot make Parson Dawson believe it.
 When they get to talking politics down to the store, Deacon Sturgis says the truth gets lost sight of. A boy is contented on the farm when he gets as much pleasure as hard knocks out of it. Life is full of discouragements. and Sariah says the women face down most of them. Some of the men who think them- selves great would wilt some if they knew what their neighbors think of them.
 Jerusha Jones says it Is every won- ans duty to be as good-looking as she can, but no one is likely to mistake her for near beauty.
 Sowing wild oats is about the fool- ishest business the devil ever put a young person up to.
 An early apple tree will attract boys good ways from home and put them up to all kinds of mischief.
 No farmer should get his mind upon his "lot'' and then repine. He'd better put it on his harvest and rejoice.
 Meeting of tramp of dark night is like meeting a skunk on a busy day. It suggests tact, since some thing may be doing
 Sariah says she knows wouldn't have me.
 Every mans heart may have a se- cret drawer. just as Parson Dawson says, but it's better for them that they have lost the key.
 When Cy Clmbal said nobody but a lot of fools lived in our town, the parsons wife said, you live there, don't your" And Bill owned right up that he couldn't feel so much at home any place else on earth.
 Many a man who talks of ''my wife, with pride has his wife siIenced, be- cause she can't speak of her husband without feeling a sense of shame.
 Many a man who owns a good farm will go to meeting and sing just as if he believed 1t. NO foot of land do I possess. no cottage in this wilder ness" Pious people sing a great many things that are not so.
 
 If rich relatives didn't live so long life would not be quite so disappoint- ing to some folks.
 Deacon Downes is always saying it's our Christian duty to love our ene- mics. and Sally Saunders, who is an honest old soul. says she loves hers best after they are dead.
 Parson Dawson's boy says: Ut ain't the man who works his way through life who gets to be a millionaire, but the one who skins his way through" guess he earned his diploma
 Fretting Is a mighty poor quality in a horse and brings no favor to a hu- man being who has his way to make in this world.
 It is the June Wyandotte hens that i 'ake January layers If they are fed right and kept right.
 A hen that Is talked to lays more eggs than the hen who isn't petted. Hired men might be made more help full by a little eociability
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09
Kindly Counsel,


 Dear Wife of the Social corneryft you find that tiis letter in any way fits your case kindly take it as personal. Do not fall in the way of crittcising your husband. The chances are thai you was fattered at his attentions at first and as a result was gratffed at winning him. Do not make light of agreeable. Assist him in correcttnG them; if not, allow him to be an in - dividual. If you do not show respect for him no one else will. Is he un- tidy2 Make a place for his things and when you find them around put them where they belong. When he lapks for them, ask in turn if he hss looked In you are a long time dressing, the chances are that he is right. Learn to dress quickly Do not retort that he primps. Let him. Be glad to havs him neat and appropriately dressed, If he has, while single acquired habits as flag" or "boose" or dope" Do not be coarse Use your oommonsense. ft takes good supply to learn to live happily and every woman - ev9ry couple, I should say-has her own lae- son which often proves to be prob lem; but work together and show your wisdom by solving it. Be thankful for your husband. and try to make him happy. Be thankful for your home and make it the most desira ble place in the world for him. Be nice. ana neat. and dainty, and sweet. Keep your af- fairs, especially your trornies, to your self. Don't talk your husband over intimate friends. Be pleasant with all intimate with none. Be happy in your own place and in your own way
 WIDOW
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09
Shock for Boston.

ed Bostonian, John L. Sullivan, writ
 ing: He has proven that" Of course. Mir. Sullivan knows as well as Dr. Eliot that the correct form of the past
 participle is "proved."-Boston Globe.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09
The Master of His Own House.

Editor Social Corner: have read your comments with considerable in- terest and recognize that you are usu- ally Ievel-headed in your remarks: but where does the master of the house" come in If he has not the eu
 thority to open the letters addressed to his wife. if he thinks 1t necessary. or to open the letters sent to his mar riageable daughters I have opened letters on occasion, and not always without finding tendencies which need-
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09
Advant.a. of s.ins kine.

They may place the coronation of George of England ahead to next May or even further, but he ts the genuine king all this time. There is no call. al, so far az we have heard. fer . recount. Boston Advertiser.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09
THE GOSPEL OF THE SOCIAL CORNER.

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Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09
Make the Corner a Mothers Club.

Editor Social Corner: It is with pleasure and profit that we take up to the Social Corner. Already I have clipped several letters for the helpful things they contained. I was espe- cially interested in the letter signed Mrs. P. H w" She expressed many valuable suggestions. but the one ap- pealing to me most was her idea of making the Corner sort of Mothers club This is a many sided and deep ly interesting subject to every one who has children or is interested in chill dren. Perhaps nothing else admits so many and diverse views, and all equal ly good and helpful. I like what she says of the advantage in raising them more in pity to the little city children with only a narrow back yard or the city street than for all homeless cats and dogs or devastation of the birds. The child question looks like a big, important matter to me. And we should go for information in any and all possible ways; no one too humble or iliterate or old-fa shiened but can give valuable information in some physi- cal. mental or moral way. Our great watchword in trying to be true to our divinely appointed guardianship.- whether parent. teacher or friend.- is the freest. largest growth for body full to keep all taint and superstition away from the spotless white mentali- ties, at the same time pruning and en- couraging the natural growth as to keep their little hands and faces clean and bodies strong and robust
 One could go on writing volumes on this subject before one Is half through but the space fin The Bulletin, I am reminded. Is limited. Let me quote those sweet words. of our own dear Cambridge poet, and then l will stop, and let someone else have the floor: What would the world be to us
 If the children were no more7
 We would dread the desert behind us
 Worse than the dark before. What the leaves are to the forest
 With light and air for food
 Ere the sweet and tender juices
 Are hardened into wood,
 That to the world are children.
 And through them. feel the glow Of brighter, sunnier places.
 Than reaches the trunks below.
 MRS. E. P. R.
 Packerville.
 Motherhood and childhood are re- sourceful subjects: and as mothers are also intensely interested in all do- nestle questions to which the Social Corner is open, if in its entirety can a cooperating force for the good of the home and the betterment of every member of the family. That is what the members of the Social Corner are invited to contribute for. and The Bull letin is pleased to receive so many commeRdations of ft.-Editor Social Corner.l
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rh. F.minire P.s.imi.t.i :

The feminine peeeisnist worries bee | cause she is not as young as she ofson | was the opnnnist Of ths same se1 re1odcas that she n not 60 old ae eer l wall be.-IAfA
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09
The Reno Manarial.

JeffrieS had abused his endovrp e,'t of health and build by dissi puticn that left an ineradicable trace. He could not come back and he did not. The moral is plain for all nen.-Lawrence Telegram.