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netting of any kind, fasten beneath, and fill with water, then push the stems through the mesh into the water making mass of pretty blooms.
 I send a few housekeeping hints which hope may be a help to some of the sisters:
 Dust may be removed from the fur niture with damp cloths. Place damp cloths over the upholstered parts un- til they are black with dust and then remove; and repeat until no more dust is gathered, and the work is done. A damp cloth is one that has been dipped in hot water and wrung out as dry as possible and then been shaken in the air.
 4 flannel cloth used in this. way will be found just right for cleaning paint with a little whiting added; and with light rubbing all kinds of stains may be removed. Follow the cleaning by rubbing with dry cloth and il will leave the polish as good as when new; and will not injure the most delicate coloring.
 Bread two days old is good foY cleaning old wall paper. It should be rubbed gently downward and as soon as soiled should be sliced off and this should be repeated until the work is completed. Always make the strokes downward, as horizontal stroke plays the dickens with the work. Moosup. FRANK.
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THINGS THAT MAKE THE MOUTH
 WATER.

Editor Social Ccrner:-Here are a few recipes for using corn meal that arc worth trying:
 Brown 6sead-Four cups of unboIt- cd yellow meal, one cup graham flour, one cup buttermilk, one mixing spoon molasses, one teaspoon soda and a little salt. Add sweet milk to make a soft batter. Steam three or four hours.
 Indian Pudding-Eight heaping ta- blespoonskul meal and two of either graham or white flour. Wet with a little milk, add pint of boiling water and scald; then add one teaspoonful salt, one-half teaspoon ginger, two thirds cup, of molasses, two mixing spoonsfui sugar; fill basin with cold milk and bake. Will fill two and a half quart basin.
 Swestsnsd Johnny Cake-Two cups buttermilk, Aone-half cup sugar, two teaspoonflls soda, little salt, one cup nour, two cups meal.
 Rhode Island Johnny Cake - One cup white bolted meal. one tablespoon butter, little salt. Mix all together with boiling water to thick smooth batter and fry on a griddle to a golden brown, on each side.
 We prefer the unbolted meal in making corn breads; but to use for a breakfast food, the bolted white meal is unsurpassed, in my opinion by even the best of the wheat preparations Try it, sisters, some morning, and see if you do not find it both delicate and delicious.
 CoDNru-r nyuu,D
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THE PEAC CEFlJI. DREAM OF 3. B.A.
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4.A pleasant dream always see.sas to mo to be worth telllrGs r satd Fl. B. A.. as she was sitting by the dfeSide ene windy March evening. dotng her Rosamond, who was there, said real good dreams sometimes make helpful stories; and were nice to read or lis- ten to. z .
 B. B. A. said she could not tell q sfory; but she would try to tell her
 Prank said she hoped It was some thing they would all enjoy; and that if B. B A. thouuiaf enough of 1 to repeat 1t, she thought 1t must bef.
 When l went to bed last nikht," said B. B. A.. the March winds were Ing through the bare braneheA of the trees, and the proverbial March h&res must have retired to the remote1t cor ner of their burrows to escape the bleakness of the night. There seemed to be no comfort out of doors and no sleep in doors. Whcn I was In great nervous distress over my. wakefuIness suddenly fell into a picture-slumber which gave me a fun night pf joy.
 T hesitate to attempt q descfiption or the scene. it was so eutrancinE to my spirit I seemed to awake in q sylvan dell, where thers were flowers in bloom and an embowered spring with pure running water beaides which the vfOlets carpeted the banks; and on side-hfll to my right there WAS an ocean of blooming laureis; and to my left drippy, mossy ledx&. such as pewees build upon; and about me ferns and brakes; and the landscape to the westward was | delight Tor it extended far over 2 level stretch of country with fields of waving graS4es and sr.ins and flowers; with blue wa ter skfrting the horizon beneath q bluer sky. I heard the near birds singing, and saw the far-birds play ing in the sky on swift and graceful wings; and there was an atmosphere of peace which seemed to make 0nN'B fore had a chance to feel Lonesome, saw a lady present. who turning round said cheerily.:
 This is Q beautiful spot.
 It is almost divine said [; it impresses me so of the loveliness of nature and the goodness of God
 This is the Social Corner, said she; and you. seem so much at homo here you must be one of us; pray, what may call your
 T replied modestly, B. B. Az
 - remember you, she said. and the nice letter you wrote the Corner about your mother and the ono truth she impressed upon your mind!s
 What may l call you. please said
 I am Ma said she, and she looked so bright and kind hearted that felt a twinge of shame that had not rec ognized her.
 Then she showed me a group of women gathering flowers in the. dis tance, and said they were M. Hoena, Faye Verna and Sweet Lavender, all Social Corner folks.
 While I was looking intently at these busy women, sAwilda cAn1e in and introduced herself, and she wont and hung a placard on a tree. which read as follows:
 The thing that goes tho farthest Toward making life worth while; Which costs the least and does the most,
 Is just q friendly smile;
 There Is no room for sadness When we see 9 cheery smile
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THE QUEST FOR WILD FLOWERS.

Editor Social Corner:-Have any of tile sisters been looking for early wild flowers yet? Last year the earliest blossoms were out by the first of April, but this year my first find was on April 18th, not counting the. odorous skunk's cabbage in it's nottled hood. CT the glistening pussy willows that bring us tidings of spring when frs, the snows begin to melt
 The 18th of April was a shnny day, though hardly warm enough, one would think, to coax out the delicate little yellow violets; but there they were. dotting the sheltered bank by the brookside, cheerfu11y making little spots of sunshine under 1he ash tree that shaded them. Not far away gay ly nodded a solitary adder's tongue, as if laughing at my surprise at seeins him out go soon.-. I looked in vain for more, but the rest must have been too wise to risk their frailness in the half warm sunshine.
 Tuesday, April 25th, the glistenine white bloOdroot blossoms were dottin2 tho dull bank along the roadside. Trailing arbutus is biossOming for those who are fortunate enough to know where to find 1t. and hepaticas bluets fire-fingers, anemonies, dande- lions .ind host of violets must be hid ing somewhere ready to surprise us some warm day. c. G. Yantic.
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TO MAKE 4 WAIST OF INSERTION

Dear Sisters of the Social C5rner:- Perhaps it may interest some to know how to make a waist of insertion, and left over. Cut a proper pattern, baSte the insertion and strips on, cutting off every length as you go along. Then stitch on the machine and tear out the paper. There is no insertion wasted, or stitch-ripping, as when the waist is cut after sew ing the cloth and insertion together. Or small strips may be pieced fogeth- CT, and have tuck go over every piecing. Another pretty way Is to put seam beading between each strip. Most all French garments have '1oads' of seam beading.
 Waterford. MA.
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Wrete hems, sweet Heme.

eIn 1852, on the tenth of April, in Africa, died an American. They put him to sleep beneath the sod. and there he slept until 1882, when they sent a United States man-o'war, and, there, in the lonely little cemetery at Tunis, in Africa, they dug up his bedy, placed his ashes on board the battle ship and headed fer his native land. And as the ship entered the harbor at New York the guns in the forts 7 thundered out their welcome, the flags flew at half mast. On a special train they bore his remains to Washington, and on Pennsylvanta avenue there stood the president, the vice president. members of the house of congress. secretaries and representatives of the supreme court of the United States, army and navy off1cers, the rich and the poor. All departments in Wash ington were closed; business was sus- pended flags flew at half maAt: everybody, from the president down i'd the hur1blest citizen, stood with un, covered head as the funeral procss, sion went by.
 What battle had he won? None. s What picture had that man in his cofin painted? None.
 ..All he had done a-was to write thai dearest. of old songs. Home, Sweet Home. Billy Sunday.
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Edward A. MoseIex.

It has been said of Edward A. Nose ley, the secretary of the interstate commerce commission, who died this morning, that seo him the posi- tion wes snothins except as an op- ,portunity to serve" Few men in the history of law making in this coun- try who are not actually members of either house of congress have been so instrumental in framing 1egislation as MT. Moseley. He was in many ways a pioneer in the effort to secure pre- lection for railroad employees.
 Personally he was very we'll known to many men in Boston. He was q Bay State boy by birth, having first seen the light in Newburyport, and was at one time a member of the Massachusett legislature. Of Irish ancestry, he kept up his interest in this cause by becoming the president general of the American Irish His- torical society, and by his biography of John Boyle O'Reilly and in a great many other ways. He dies at the age of sixty-five. which seems like a fairly long life, but there is no doubt that this period was shortened by his in tense devotion to his work, which, indeed, absorbed all his energies and all his time One of the most useful citizens that Massachusetts ever rave to- the nation has passed away.-iBos- ton Transcript.
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BACK FROM HER VACATION.

Editor and Sisters of the Social Corner:-Back from my vacation, ] come again to the Corner. Now, don't think I have missed reading some lovely letters. for we have very accommodating postman, and The Bulletin was only one day late in reaching me I hear some of our busy home keepers saying, rather a busy time to take a rest; but let me say to you that last season was so full of work and pleasure that found no time for vacation.
 months, in the clutches of the mon ster grip, and my strength was so reduced that rest was necessary When I left my home for the City ot Brotherly Love- left behind me snow banks and only a very few spring thing at all that reminded me that spring was here. But a days travel brought me into different climate. The farmers were ali busy-the early planting done It was a beautiful, sight to see those long rows of peas and large fields of cabbage, all green; and the promise of faithful harvest; and still more beautiful to me were the green velvety lawns with their rich beds of hyacinths and tulips, and the grand magnolia in the parks at Camden Were spreading their rich PcIIulIe S1uu SlFinS JOY anu DGduty LC all their surroundings. I said to myself why do stay in such a cold. bleak climate when 8 days travel will bring me into such a different atmosphere !: and the only answer I can give to tho query is:
 There is a little plot of ground on the hill that is sacred to my memory Around it centers many happy and many sad thoughts; but Is1ove to wait there, and there are two little Yam kee girls that always give mamma . glad welcome
 Now I am home, ready to begin housekeeping when thes weather is warm and plea sant. My flower seeds planted before I left home; they are up fine, and as soon as the weather will permit I will plant them out in the beds that have planned for them had the pleasure today Of cutting from my window garden a beautiful bouquet--a reward for all the love and care I have given my plants through the long winter: and what a comfor, and pleasure thy have been to me shut ir as have been. Who could live without them? Wishing the editor and all the writers success, and happiness.
 Colchester. NJ. ROWENA.
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CHAT AND HousEcLEANlNe
 HINTS.

Dear Sisters of the Social Corner:- The Easter story by Jane presented a lovely lesson of self sacrifice prompt cd by a&true~ Christian spirit.
 The last days of April are here and the May flowers will soon be in bloom and with them the fragrant arr butus. wish I could drop sweet bunch of them upon our kind Editors desk and around to every member of his helpful band.
 Doesn't the assurances of spring make life more cheerful and our daily burdens seem lighter? We must now brush away gloomy fore holdings end go about our work in good spirits, or else there is no help for us.
 To arrange violets or pansies or any other -stemmed flowers, cover a shallew glass or crockery dish with
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4 CURE CURE FOR THE. BLUES

Dear Sisters of the Social Corner:- I wonder how many of us can honest ly say we have never had "the blues P
 One sometimes sees q cheery soul who vii, deny all knowledge of dol drums, but she is usually a woman possessed of good health or one who is so busy that she has no time for moping.
 Such woman is proof against any fooiishness of the sort.
 But foclishness, or not, if things go wrong, and you feel tired and wor- ried and discouraged, one is apt to become Respondent and out of sorts with the world. It is then we have to look for that silver lining.
 Usually a good brisk walk will bring it to our notice.
 The physical exercise and mental diversion one finds. in the open air will sweep away the cotwebs off the brain as nothing else can. As a race Americans are not fond of walking. We exercise too little-we worry too much. We take life too hard. A good long walk every day Is the best tonic for mind and body, and an almost in- variable panacea for "the blues"
 LANE T.
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CHOCOLATE CAKE AND FILLING

Editor Social Corner:-I herewith send to- the sisters a recipe for T chocolate cake and filling:
 ..Chocofats Cake-Two cups of darl: brown sugar one-llalf cup of butter, two eggs, one-half cup of sour milk, one-nalf cup of hot water, one tea spoon of soda, -one-third cup of gra- ted chocolate and three cups of flour. Cream, suga- and butter. add the beaten eggs and beat all well togeth- CT: add milk and part of the flour and then the grated chocolate and soda dissolved in the hot water, and then the rest of the flour.
 The FiIIino-Two cups of brown su- gar, two-thirds of cup of sweet cream. butter the size of an egg; boil till thick enough to drop from spoon add vanilla and spread.
 Mystic. MRS. LEVI MAYNARD.
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CORNFLOWER
ALL TRY TO BE GOLDEN eossIPs

Editor Social Corner:-In looking ever one of the quotation books made when a schoolgirl I find this: "The tale-bearer and the tale-hearer should both be hung up back to back. one by the tongue and the other by the ear" Perhaps we have all seen some that we felt ought to be dealt with in some such summary manner But I think there are few that either listen to or repeat gossip with malicious intent. Isn't it rather that we are all interested in our neighbors and their. dojngs, and forget some times that it is best not to pass along every idle story we may hear? And We judge harshly sometimes maybe forgetting that we may be guilty of the faults we see in others. Let us all try to be golden gossips, thinking good things that will make people happier And if we do not feel that we can speak kindly of any one, let us keep siler t.
 Lebanon. HEPATICA-
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in two; squeeze the juice into a, glass, chop fine the two halves; best chop ped with knife in a wooden bowl; boil the chopped lemon in about a pint Of water Is niinntes; add water if it boils away, thicken like cream with flour dissolved in water, add 9 pinch, Of salt and one and a half cups Of sugar; when done add the juice of the lemon; it will spoil it to boil the juice of the lemon. Have a nice short buttered, cut in pieces, place in a deep dish and pour the liquid over it. an old-fashioned recipe.
 Strawberry Puddina-Two cups of four with two teaspoons of cream tartar, one of soda, pinch of salt, and half cup of sugar sifted into it: rub in one-haIf cup of butter, one cup of milk, or enough to properly mix it with yolk of one egg stirred in the milk; mix with spoon stfffer than cake, and bake.
 sauos-Beat one and a half cups of sugar and half a cup of butter to a cream: add the beaten white of one egg and pint of mashed strawber- ries.
 Pear Pudding-Three- -fourths of a cup of sugar, one-half cup of but ter, two and half cups of -four, one or two eggs, pinch of salt, one cup
 milk. three teaspoons of cream of tar tar and one and half Of soda sifted through the flour; drain the syrup from a pint jar of pears-some that are hard and firm are the best-cut in pieces. sprinkle with flour and stir lightly into the batter. and steam two and a half hours Make a liquid sauce. A fine delicate pudding. Mustard ReIish-Put a small spoon of salt, three heapfng spoons of mus tard and five of sugar into a bowl, gradually stir in a. half cup of vine gar; set the bowl in a pan of hot
 water on the stove; beat an egg and three tablespoons of sweet or sour cream together and stir in the bowl and cook until it thickens.
 Cheese and onians-Peel and slice a couple of quarts of onions, boil til done in water to half cover, with a couple of slices of nice pork to season. Do not let tke water boil away. When done spread the onions, minus the pork, in large shallow baking dish f: season with salt, pepper and butter to taste. Slice thin about a pound of cheese, spread over the onions; pour over all cup or two of rich milk
 and bake 20 minutes or until it looks like custard. While the onions are boiling make some nice biscuits and serve them with some of the baked cheese and onion dipped over them Fine and hearty
 When bothered with little red ants place tiny bags of sulphur around the places they frequent Simple and sure.
 Chestnut Hill ISABELLE.
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A LETTER OF EXCEPTIONAL IN.
 TEREsT.

Dear Sisters of the Social Corner:- The month now drawing to g. close has been disappointment to many sunshine and showers and have found instead cold winds. snow and frost. 1t has made ns think Of a year of which l often heard my father laugh fngly tell when there were 'ssix weeks s1eiehinr in March
 To the farmer with rapidly dilnin- nshing supplies of hay. and grain it has been month of anxiety, and ta the housewife. anxious to commence spring cleaning, it has been time requiring the exercise of patience
 But the Social Corner, as if trying to make up for other disappointments. has been brimfu1 of help and cheer. Rural Delfverv's excellent story would dispe1 more than one attack of the
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t always has the same good look
 1tn never out Of uty1e.

1t always has the AANne good look
 1t's never out cf style.
 .sThe sentiment pleased me i'm mensefy; and as turned to Ma she seemed to see that was surprised and somewhat confused, 90 she said: Corner folks, and we are real glad you are able to be here,
 Then Arethusa came in and hung up g motto which read:
 The Promfses of God Are Better Than Ready Money.'
 and suspended to nearby branch:
 If h Upon the SmOothest Ice We Slip: the Toughest Path Is Often
 There seemed to be no chance for conversation. everybody was go busy. and began ste spread cloths upon tho ground and Ito decar4te the table as My-Hy directed; and it was apparent enough that . feast of good things was soon to be had, and I was to be among the EueBfs.
 sphere of companionship there. it WAS so restful, when all at once heard an invisible choir singing:
 We shall build us mansions in the sky; But what have we built today? l6 SW0SI 144 4gaxO VI e>AAAA1 tQ 0oohs But here and now do we our taak? Yes, this is the thing our souls must
 ask:
 What have we done today?
 And then there was great thrush of the Social Corner sisters and among them were A Friend. Aunt Sally. Mi nerva, Deborah. Canterbury Belle, My. tildn, Amelia. Aunt Mohitabel, Exper- fence. 4 willing Helper, and others. Rural Delivery and Fnther were the snly two men sAw there: although have been within the precincts; per haps they were making tho lemonade!
 And when tho feast Was served we had J. E. T.s original dishSs. savory dishes from Louise, ptlddings and pies from Clara of Canterbury, salads o1 from Bee. Everything edible was just delicious.
 And 1t was Glenwood, they paid who recited this nice little poem:
 Every ono who loves you
 Loves to see you smile--
 Loves to sec you cheerful
 And happy all the while.
 Smiling comes 50 easy,
 Do not wear . frown;
 If you feel ono rlsinG Always smile 1t down. And then Sweet Lavender passed a very pretty card to each one pres ent with tfis sentiment upon 1t: Let us fold away our fears. And put by our foolish tears, And through all tho coming years Just be Sladl There followed . great olappinx ol hands, and We all aeemed to bs I'm bued with joy and aspiration, whef suddenly I awoko refreshed to lind i wes dawn; and tho wind was stil whistlinx around the gables and roar. fng through the bare branches of th, trees"
 That's good enough to send to Tn, Bulletin 2" exclaimed Frank. And Rosamond said: You must! So have done ss I was bidden.
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A GONG WILL DRIVE AWAY
 GLOOM.

Dear Sisters of the Social Corner:- I wonder if you all realize the value of a song? If you are cross or dis oouraged sing one of the good old hymns. If you are having the blues then try something lively, and let the brothers" of the Corner whistle an accompaniment. It will help them, and you. also.
 The young farmer who whistles Yankee Dcodle'' while hoeing, is wise. Perhaps he would not work any faster than when whistling a dirge; but in all probability the hired man will, and not be as tired. either, when he reaches the end of the row.
 pIrSSY WITH OU
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 blues" and we hope he will write again. Like letters from old friends seemed the letters from Arethusa, Mrs. Maynard and J. D. T.
 Eagerly read and very helpful were the various letters of Frank, .Montvil1e,'' Bee <'My-Hy," "M. Roena." Billie" Ruth, ]" Sweet Lav- ender' and .sB. B. Az
 The letter from A Friend on Co., operative Family was very interest ing and we hope she will soon favor us with the promised letter on man. aging the home expenses. Certainly she and Faye Verna have taken the best way of training the little ones Best for parent and family, and best for the child, for habits of industry may be formed early and make for future happiness and success.
 The Maxins which have headed our department each week have been ex- cellent ones to bear sn mind, while the quotations upon Friendship and Kindness have revealed to us many new ones.
 Colchester. FLEETWOOD.
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A FHIENDsttlp GARDEN.

Editor Social Corner Some people fancy g Japanese garden and some an Italian garden: and still others a formal garden with box bordeFa and old fashioned flowers: and few thinGs flower fancier than the old fashioned flowers which lend stateHness ana beauty to the borders
 Some intelligent gardeners have found the friendship garden az inter
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THE VIEWS OF PATTY EMERALD.


 Dear Social Corner Editor:-It is a long time since have written a letter for the Social Corner, and think will choose a new name (haying used my own name before). have been very much interested in all the let ters, and have noted with pleasure the many helpful suggestions. I was es- pecially interested in the views of one writer on friendship-surely a friend is most valuable at all times.
 I wonder how many of the Social Corner sisters care to vote? I, for one, believe that if woman does we'll her work in the home and in the church and in her immediate neighborhood, she will find very little if any time for political matters.
 I am very willing to trust the ship of state to man, as I think he has shown himself fully capable.
 "PATTY ESNfERALD."