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Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-21
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WHAT WON'T VINEGAR DO?

Dear Sisters of the Social Corner: Few of us really understand the econ omfcs of vinegar in our houseWOrk. Nettie Rand Miller. in The Housewife, tells us the various uses to which it can be put.
 She says vinegar is used for clean ing smoke and dirt in general from walls and woodwork especially vel low pine. vinegar works like magic. Put q pint in basin, wet d flannel cloth in this and wipe the thing to be cleaned When the cloth becomes soiled wash it out in clear water be- fore wetting again in the vinegar. In this way no vinegar is wasted and there is no wettins of clothing. For removing fly specks from woodwork. picture frames and windows there is nothing equals vinegar.
 To take the odor of fish and onions from cooking utensils boil little vim cgar in them after washing them; then rinse thoroughly.
 Vinegar will take shoeblacking from clothing, and if the hands become rough or chapped rinse them well and apply a little vinegar, letting it dry on.
 To make the roast tender, rub it with vinegar. A tablespoon of vinegar add ed the fast thing to sponge cake improves it.
 Use vinegar and a copper cent to clean Taint from windows.
 The best way to clean zinc is to wash with vinegar until the stains are off; then wipe and SCOUT with any securing material. Warm white vine gar is good for removing stains made by brass, on white goods.
 Boil your lamp wicks in vinegar: dry them thoroughly, and you will have no trouble with smoking lamps
 If your iron scOrches dip a cleaE cloth in vinegar, and rub on the spot until it disappears: then use tNah water the same way and re-iron Use vinegar instead of water to mix your plaster of paris. The resultant mass will be like putty and will not set for twenty or thirty minutes, whereas if you use water the plaster will become hard almost immediately.
 A couple of drops of vinegar added to the water in which eggs are being poached will keep the whites from sep arating. When frying doughnuts, they will use up less grease if about a tablespoonful of vinegar is added to the hot lard.
 When polishing furniture add a lit tie vinegar to the polish, and it will give great brillianCy to the surface To polish copperware, tea kettles and reservoirs use a teacupful of vinegar | and a tablespoonful of salt Heat 1t hot and apply with a cloth, rubbing until dry.
 In winter weather you can hang out | the weekly wash with perfect com l fort: if you wet your hands well in vinegar, letting it dry on. | Vinegar can never be out of mind or out of use if we make the most | of 1t. RUTH. 1 Norwich.
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SWEET LAVENDER.
A CHRISTMAS BOX FOR BABY.

Dear Sisters of the Social Corner: A useful holiday gift for baby who is putting everything into his mouth, is store box, a foot and a half deep set upon caSturS with WaShab cushion to fit it. Sandpaper the sides and edges to free it from splinters and stain it dark wood color. The box should be big enough for baby to move about in with freedom. Simply toys like rattles, knitted dolls may be tackled on the sides for the little fel- low to look at while mama is busy with her work. l know a little fellow who contentedly occupies himself by the hour with such a box and fails to sleep in it.
 Let us hope Santa Claps will not forget a single sick ct.i,id this year. Perhaps some do nr-- have any rela- tiyes to look aft~r them.
 m Dettlng that the children who ate ate or the olue ribbon turkey with a SiilacA.~,nought it was more than a leH enter and gave three cheers for
 ".e Bulletin Company.
 A moth proof nox to pack away summer or winter clothing in for pro- lection against moths. Get a large packing box and line it lid and all with tar paper, overlapping it so that no i light can get into the box. These boxes have proved to be as good as 1 the best moth-proof boxes.
 Sister Sunshire-I am so glad You 1 were able to get out and around, was 1 first to discover Ready. sit on her | woodboX and won the cup and saucer l That cup in my mind was mine until | you won it and now l feel better than | if had won it myself.
 1 Ready-Where gre you? Not in the mud up to your chin! Has your pen gone to smash? Can't you. write one 1 of those nice letters for us? We Corneritcs are looking for it. FRANK. Q
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stiff, add gradually one third cupful of powdered sugar while continuing the beating; then add 12 teaspoonful of vanilla, IA teaspoon of salt and fold lightly into the mixture the nuts dates and IA cupful of sugar Drop from tip of spoon on a buttered sheet one inch apart. sprinkle with powdered sugar ard bake in a moderate oven from F to 15 minutes.
 Almond Paste Designs Mix IT cup tul of almond paste, 3 tablespOonfuls of confectioners' sugar and 1-2 table spoonful of white of egg. Flour cloth with cornstarch and confectioners' su- gar mixed. roll thin. color, then shape IS desired. Miss Farmer colored the paste with leaf green and cut it into leaves and stems to represent mistle-
 toe. Tiny rolls of the white paste were
 the berries. Red candies can be used if one undertakes to make holly.
 After Dinner Mints-Put in sauce pan 9 cupfuls of sugar, 1-2 cupful of
 boiling water l4 teaspoonful of cream
 of tartar aI~i 1-2 tablespoonful of vim
 egar. Bring to boiling point and boil
 without stirring until mixture will be-
 come brittle in cold water. Pour on
 a buttered large platter, cool slightly,
 pull until white and while pulling
 flavor with oil of mint or wintergreen.
 Cut in small pieces into a bowl of pow
 dered sugar. Stir until well coated
 and when cold put into a glass jar Cover and let stand for several days Cream Nut Balls-Melt ? 1-2 squares of chocolate in saucepan. Add 2 cup i fuls of sugar alternately with 1 cupful of sour cream Bring to boiling point
 and let boil until soft ball is formed in cold water. Pour on marble slab and work until creamy. then add 1 tea spoonful of vanilla and Is teaspoonful of salt Knead with the hands, shape and roll in chopped nut meats.
 PePpermints-One pound of flour, one | pound of sugar, four eggs, three | ounces of candied lemon peel, one nut meg, one tablespoon of ground cinna- mon, one teaspoon of cloves and one | teaspoon of baking pwder. Beat eggs | and sugar together. Add baking DOW | der and spices and beat thoroughly. | Add four and llnead together on board. 1 Shape into small balls and bake in | slow oven,
 These are all excellent recipes for l up-to-d date candies. Care and patience
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why spend so many precious hours over it? 1 have seen costumes worn several seasons with very little change that did not look doWdy enough to make anyone abhor the wearer; but they were not made in the extremes of fashion.
 What we need is not so much a change in fashion as common sense in wearing the fashions we have.
 A pretty llimona in the seclusion of the home is restful. but on the street and worn on a car, or in a crowded depot Gas l have seen them) they look out of place, to say the least.
 Because a woman who tips the scales at 200 looks crowded in a close fitting dress is no reason why her sister who weighs 90 should wear a full skirt
 Why scheme and plan There are dozens of incOnspicuous costumes for us to choose from that change very little from one season to the next.
 If we realize that our homes and children are more important than dress why scheme to keep up with the changes in fashion? A heavy coat and no head covering but a bow of ribbon, looks little odd on a cold day. but is about as warm as the tiny bonnets worn some thirty years age We certainly do need a little P, od- esty and lot of common sepge. ETTA BARBER
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A CHRISTMAS GREETING FROM
 M. HOENA.

Dear EditpIl' and Sisters of the So- clal Corp@r: Christmas is coming. yes, is almost here, and if dear old santa Claus would only loan me his relp1eer or even ask me to take d mid nIsnt ride with him, l would visit each Che of your homes and our kind heart ed EGitor's, too. and leave a small token of love.
 How 1 would plead with Santa to visit the homes of the poor little chil- drcn, that they might receive Christi mas cheer and bring joy and sunshine into their young lives.
 Then. too, l would remember those who are growing old, whose joys and pleasures are less than they were in years past, whose homes have been broken up by the death angel There are so many dark places that I would love t. enter and make glad. for we all welcome Christmas. It is always beau ulul. alNaNs new, no other day in all the year has the same beautiful charm the real joy, the real brightness.
 W hen has nome such joys, love such sweetness, as on Christmas day?
 Peace on earth. good will toward man. was proclaimed by the angels many years ago. when God so loved the world that He gave His only be- loved Son; and the angels sang:
 Joy to the world-the Lord is come;
 Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare Him room And heaven and nature sing!" Wishing you all Merry Christmas and a Glad and Happy New Year, | am your Buckeye Sister. M ROENA. Alexandria, Ohio.
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DOMESTIC HINTS.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: Have just finished reading the many inter- esting and helpful letters of the So- Cial Corner. Quite a long time has elapsed since l last wrote and as have not seen many letters from this part of the country lately. l am going to write a few lines and perhaps it will encourage the rest of the sisters from this way to get busy and let us hear from them. as | know We all are waiting eagerly for their letters
 Have any of the sisters ever tried removing tarnish from silver by plac- ing the articles to be cleaned in an aluminium kettle and boil until the tarni8h disappears. and then take each piece separately and rub bliskiy? The result will be surprising.
 I will send a few hints which will save money and also time in the kitchen.
 In buying soap the wise housekeeper should watch oHi for the sales and buy hoV when it is cheap. Cuwrap the bars and set away tu harden IS old sodp lasts muyh longer than new.
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FACT
Local Evidence

Evidence that can be verified.
 Fact is what we want.
 Opinion is not enough.
 Opinions differ.
 Here's a Norwich fact.
 You can test it.
 Mrs. Roland Ockery, 262 Franklin Street, Norwich, Conn, says: "Doan's Kidney Pills brought me great relief from pains in the small of my back that caused me great suffering When ever 1 stopped, sharp twlnges darted through my body and I was handi- capped in doing my housework. l felt miserable when I began using Doan's Kidney Pills, procured from N. D. Sevfn x Sons Drug Store, but their good effect was soon noticeable and I continued taking them until my trou- ble was entirely removed" The above statement was given August A, 1908, and some years later Mrs OCkery said: You may continue to publish my former statement in praise of Doan's Kidney Pills. They cured me of kidney trouble and I have l been in good health since. Other members of my family have taken this remedy with excellent results" For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co.,, Buffalo, New York. sole agents for the United l States.
 Remember the name - Doan's - and 1 take no other.
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SWEET LAVENDER's GREETINGS.

Dear Editor of Social Corner: Among my rush l must stop and send in word to our Corner this morning.
 How many nice Christmas suSges- tions our little Corner gave It wen- beyond anything l have ever read Surely we all ought to be able to re- member our friends with some of the pretty things.
 The busy time of year is upon us again and l want to wish you all, also the kind editor, very Merry Christ mas and Happy New Year.
 Thanks Tirsa-Ann for pretty card. We went through that street Gin the VieW) this summer by auto. Have not got one Jat present, but perhaps you may get a New Years gift. So lookout.
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BIRTHDAY CARDS for Chatterbex, five in number, were all mailed to her
 AUNTY-Haf dozen cards left in the business office for editor have been sent to destination. Thanks for very pretty card.
 BAL,SAM FIR-Send the old songs to C. s. Parker, Norwich, Conn, R. F. D. No. ?.
 MEM BERS who receive homemade calendars made by an interested read CT of the Social Corner will be amused as well as surprised They will be in the editors hands before Christ mas.
 FAYE VERNA-Cards received and mailed as you directed. Thanks for card.
 The contributors to Diana's Christ mas purse are Married and Happy, Frank Wild Cherry, Pink Rose, The ode. Aunty. Rural Delivery. Blanche, Silver Sixpence, An Unknown Friend, Sweet Lavender. Lucy Acorn, Aunt Mehitable.
 FRANK-Cards received and mailHd as you directed.
 MAINE LOVER-Book. letter and cards received and mailed as you di- rected. Thanks for pretty card.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-21
A FRENCH SMALLPOX REMEDY.

Social Corner Editor: I send a cure for smallpox and scarlet fever, said to be a sure cure.
 A Paris physician says: When Jennes discovered cowpox in England the world of science hurled an ava lanche of fame upon his head; but when the most scientific school of medicine in the world, that of Paris, published this recipe as a panacea for smallpox, it passed unheeded. It is declared to be as unfailing as fate, and conquers in every instance. It is harmless when taken by a well per- son. It will also cure scarlet fever. have cured scarlet fever and I have used 1t to cure the smallpox when learned physicians said the patient must die-it cured.
 Sulphate of zinc, one grain.
 Foxglove (digitalis) one grain.
 Half a teaspoonful sugar mixed with two tablespoons of water. When thor 0ughly mixed add four ounces of wa teer. Take a spoonful every hour. Either disease will disappear in twelve hours.
 HETTIE MARIA
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-21
THE REVIVAL OF BRAlp-

The revival of braid in various widths and makes as a trimming is very vel come. It is difficult otherwise to find variety for the finish of the many fabrics which are in vogue for tailor suits. Rateen, of course. is in Itself such a lovely material that it practical ly needs no trimming, A little wool work in oriental colorings is often in- troduced in the blouse and the coat of the three piece costume" Of that. however. more anon. I could write reams on the three piece costume. In- deed, it has become almost a necessity, but. for the moment I wish to call at- tention to a surprising return to ths tunic. No doubt the brilliancy of ths new waist bands suggested it's revival.
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WHAT IS NEEDED.

Dear Sisters of the Social Corner: I agree with Mrs. A. A. of Wauregan in her letter of Nov. 30th so far as 10 think some of the present styles are abused by the wearers but to call the modes as 8 whole "abhorTently in- decent" I think is going too far. have been looking at well known woman's magazine of fashions and l think some of the costumes very pret- ty and graceful but anyone who is flair. fe,t and forty has to use com mon sense in choosing.
 The "hobble" skirt of today is a ,i.v fad like the "tieback" skirt of some twenty-five years ago, when no woman could sit down when dressed rasaieu. and those were not much
 :nan the big hoop skirts of our
 .timcs when 1t took more
 .r one dress than 1t does for
 r
 a waist that was worn just
 ls agO-not an evening dress,
 au ordinary best dress''-
 sleeves. like childs jump
 and a low square neck; also
 l oyer eighty years ago with
 ..vcs and a waist that ended
 sattorn of the "armlet."
 what could be more senseless
 !ong train on a street dress un-
 was the big ''bustles' worn years ago. .aan there were the big sleeves, lad some that were thought to be small at the time, and I made child's dress from one puff, and the corset! Not many girls of today tic their cor set string to the bedpost and pul hack to make a small waist, as many of their mothers did.
 R tha change of A sleeve is 50 trtha
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AN OLD FAvoRlrE SONG.
Kiss Me Mother-Kiss Your Darling

Kiss Me Mother-Kiss Your Darling. Kiss me mother. kiss your darling, Lean my head upon your breast, Fold your loving arms around me, am weary. let me rest. Scenes of life are quickly fading, Brighter seems the other shore; I am standing by the river, Angels wait to wait me OCT.
 Chorus Kiss me mother. kiss your darling, Lean my head upon your breast: Fold your loving arms around me, am weary. let me rest. Kiss me mother, kiss your darling, Breathe a blessing on my brow: For I'll soon be with the angels, Fainter grows my breathe ere now Tell the loved ones not to murmur, Say I died our flag to save, And that 1 shall slumber sweetly In a soldiers honored grave.
 Chorus. oh. how dark this world is growing, Harki l hear the angel band; How I long to join their number In that bright and happy land. Hear you not that heavenly music Floating OCT go soft and low? I must leave you. farewell mother, Kiss me once before l go.
 Chorus.
 Sent in by BAGSAM FIR,
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potatoes, and agrees with us better than salad dressing.
 l take about a pound of stew meat, brown in butter. make a thickened gravy, cut up three fair sized potatoes, one carrot and one onion, place in bean pot or casserole and cook slowly in an oven for two or three hours. A cheap nutritious dish is the result. try for a month. beginning Jan. lst, and set down the cost and figures as plan, and see if there aren't number ing Do not think l don't find gro ceries of all kinds high, for l do; but do you ever stop to think how much higher some things were in olden times and how small wages were then com pared with present.
 Wishing you all q Merry Christmas and Happy New Year for The Cor ner BLACK PANSY.
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hands. First bsthe them well in warm water, using a pure soap to remove an dirt particles. While the hands are damp from the bath, fill the palm of one with the lotion and rub 1t quick ly over both hands and the arms to the elbows. The open pores will ab- sorb much of the lotion. Do not wipe away any remaining portion. but draw on a loose pair of old kid or chamois gloves and keep them on until morn ing. when an ordinary soap and water bath will reveal soft white skin with d rosy flush at the tips of the fingers. If the gloves are too tight they will stop the circulation and cause iu- somnia. A well worn pair of white kid gloves that are not soiled inside ara ideal for this treatment. which every girl who wishes to appear at her best must try to appreciate.
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SHE LOVES THE OLD SONGS.

Dear Sisters of the Social Corner: The good old songs I always enjoy and as I learned them while sitting at mothers knee, I always sing them most of any. Would be glad to send some to everybody who loves the old songs. All have, no trouble to write them of, only a pleasure, as writing Is about all I do. I find such comfort in doing for others.
 I find people who will say, I don't like to write Not so with me. for l dearly love to write and my mother used to say she could follow me when out of her sight, for l was always writing, leaving my tracks behind me I agree with Rural Delivery. Let us make our dearly beloved Sister Di- ana twice happy on Christmas day.
 BALSAM FIR,
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MAKING SKIRTS.

In making a seam with bias and a straight edge do not handle the gores any more than can be avoided; in basting, lay the gores flat on a table, the bias edge uppermost Pin the seam at the top and straighten the gore by smoothing down and across the thread of the material. The edges then may be pinned together as notched and pasted in a three eighths of an inch seam. If the bias edge or edges are stretched there will almost inevitably be a ripple along the seam. Begin the basting at the top of the skirt. Skirts of light weight materials are some times weighted so they will fall in around the feet and cling close to the figure. A leaded tape called a shot is sometimes used in the bands at the lower edge of skirts and tunics and just above the accordion plaited ruff fies on fountain skirts. Plaited and circular f1ounces and plain skirts are frequently faced with some heavier materials to weight them at the bot tom.
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A PRACTICAL SUGGESTION.

Dear Editor and Sisters: Receiving such a cordial welcome again has giv- en me the necessary courage to write about the high cost of living.
 In reading the last few numbers of Ladies Home Journal also the Com panion, l was very much interested in some of the letters. In one and all cash payment Is advocated, and l find from my own experience it Is the most satisfactory. Many times in ordering we will get things we could just as well have done without
 Another very good plan is to go to market yourself. Often you will find small pieces of meat you can use, or sales of various things you would have known nothing of But is living so much higher than in our grandmoth- CTS time, or is it that we demand bet ter things to eat2 Are we any health fer for all these fancy dishes2
 Plain old Fashioned codfsh gravy and dried beef gravy made with milk tastes pretty good, with nice mealy
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Colchester.
HOME MADE CHRISTMAS CAN.
 DIES.

Social Corner Editor: Those sisters who live far from confectioners. or lack the means of buying the best of candies, can make them for themselves if they will closely follow the fol- lowing recipes.
 Date and Almond Merinques- Blanch l-4 pounds of Jordan almonds. Remove stones from 1-4 pound of dates and put through meat chopper together. Beat whites of , eggs until
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-21
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS FROM FAYE VERNA,

Members of the Social Corner. One and All: Try as hard as I could I have not avoided the Christmas rush altogether and l have only time this morning to enter the Corner long enough to wish you ali Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
 FAYE VERNA. Ca1
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THE GIFTS I ASK

These are the gifts
 Of thee. $ pirt
 Strength for the daily task,
 Courage to face the road, Good cheer to help me bear the travellers load, And for the hours of rest that come between An inward joy in all things heard and seen.
 These the sins fain
 Would ha thee take away:
 Malice cold dsdain,
 Hot anger, sullen hate, Scorn of the IoWly. envy of the great, And discomfort that casts shadoWy gray On all the brightness of the common day.
 These are the things I prize
 And hold f dearest worth:
 Light of the sapphire skies,
 Peace of the silent hills, Shelter of forests comfort of the grass Music of birds, murmur of little rills, Shadow of clouds that swif ftly pass,
 And afte showers
 The smell flowers
 And of the good brown earth And best of all along the way friendship and mirth
 Henry Dyke.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-21

On children's garments, where there is need for very stout buttons, place a cotton tape back of the buttons be- fore you begin to sew, and place pin betwen the button and the material. Now stitch the button firmly. Re move the pin and wind the thread round and round the button so firm that it will never come off.
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DO NOT MAKE THINGS so HOT FOR YOUR
 ENEMY THAT YOU SINCE YOURSELF
EVERY WoMAN,s OPPORTUNITY.

Bulletin home letters business letters; help kind the They should hand of each one O
 Address EDITOR
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Boys Russian Suit With Knicker-
 lockers.

this model will readily be recommend ed The lei ~ont closes over the right a the side and is finished with two box plaits. The trousers are the regulation ''knickers." The design is suitable for corduroy, velvet, cloth. linen or gala tea. The pattern is cut in four sizes 2. I. and years. It requires 3-4 yards of 44inch material for year size.
 to any address on receipt of 10 cents in silver or stamps
 Order through The Bulletin Company, Pattern Dept, Norwich, Conn.
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MONTHLY: Awar made Saturday
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A correct combination of benzoin, glycerine and rosewater lends itself to the glove method of bleaching the
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in putting them together assures sue cess. HANNAH WHO.
 Willimantic