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Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-27
A WORD FROM BLACK PANsY.

Dear Social Corner Sisters and Ed itor: I am afraid you all think I am ungrateful for your kindness in send ing cards, but I shall have to plead sickness as my excuse for not writing sooner.
 The cards were all lovely and are highly prized, I assure you
 Aunt Judy: I have been looking over old papers, but fail to find where anyone has mentioned Wind Before the Dawn" I should certainly be pleased to explain further about it if could. Am very fond of books, but like some of the old authors best-E. P. Roe, Burnham Carey, Phelps. Will try to find out more concerning that book first chance I get
 Cherisette: Why don't we hear from you once more? Are you still making patchwork?
 Sweet Lavender: Was sorry to hear of your troubles. Can sympathIze Golden Rod: I think we have a nlu- tual friend whose name begins with E. Get after her and make her write. She has some fine recipes, but Is bash full Hope to meet you sometime.
 Aunty No. 1: Many thanks. l don t see how you could have found much prettier card.
 Ruth, Interested Reader, Aunt Sarah, Peggy Anne, Theoda, Frank, Hannah Who: I thank you all and hope soon to return compliment.
 BLACK PANSY.
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always look at the Social Corner page drst of all when get The Bulletin.
 I thank all those who remembered me in their stories, and they may be sure Bluebird was 8 willing messenger. I was very serry I could not be at the picnic. shall try to be at the next. l have been doing quite 8 lot of can ming. It Is work I enjoy. I have near Iy finished all I shall do this year-all but apple jell and citFon preserve.
 Fat Contributor: Yoar recipe for gin- gered pears looks very good, and I shall try 1t the next time l have any pears
 o. E. S.: wanted to see you again before you went home from the Willi- mantle fair. Hope you got home all right.
 Aunt Sarah: I like you, looked for The Bulletin tent, but failed to find it. Are your initials s. P.
 Black Pansy: I heard you had a birthday party. I think all present had a very pleasant time
 I think Golden Rod would be a nice Social Corner flower. It surely sug gests sunshine.
 I send my recipe for
 Preserved Citron-Cut in cubes and cook until tender; drain; put in cold water and leave over night; in the morning drain; make a syrup of su- gar and water; 3-4 h. of sugar to 1 Ib of citron; add sliced lemon and citron and cook I weigh the fruit before cooked.
 JEBJRD =
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-27
THE LUNCH BOX PROBLEM.

Dear Cornerites One and All: I was greatly interested in Crimson Ram bler's letter on Amusements for Chil- dren My little ones take great deal of pleasure in cutting out pic lures, especially making dolls from the fashion papers. Also, Etta Barker' $ letter on School Clothes, although that had never been my experience. You can buy such pretty ginghams for 10 cents a yard and the Galilea and Won derland cloth for IT cents it seems as though one could dress their children well if not as expensively as their neighbours.
 I prefer to dress mine extra warm underneath and use either of the ma tertals I've mentioned all the year round Then their school clothes are always fresh and clean. Others may not think as I do.
 My greatest difficulty has been with the lunch box which is a square lunch box, tin lined, drinking cup and bot tie for either milk, or on real cole day in winter, cocoa
 First l use a clean napkin and place the food neatly in. My little one would often bring home bits of lunch all mussed up, fit only for the chicken pail-soOn tired of cake sliced 50 when I bake I make little individual layer cakes baked in baking powder can covers and vary the filling as much
 
 dripping pan, frost or sprinkle su- gar over the top and cut in small squares. When baking I cut out a few small fancy ones, then every day put in whatever fresh fruit have. and when I go to the city I always try and bring a few cents worth of salted peanuts or figs, dates, crystal lized ginger, or a tin of Nabiscos, and then I have something to depend on when l start out to put up the lunch.
 l. wrap each article in wax paper and if any is left 1t comes home as neaty as when l placed it in the box. few lunches my little one is fond
 Egg sandwiches. individual choco- late cake, fruit, Nabisco
 Minced ham sandwiches, Saratoga chips, canned fruit (put in a jelly glass with a tight fitting cover) and cookies.
 Bread and butter sandwiches, salad in jelly glass, stuffed olives, ginger bread and fruit.
 Peanut butter sandwiches (crack- CTS spread well with the butter and sprinkled with salt-place in the oven until heated through), individual CO coanut cake and fruit
 Stuffed eggs, brown bread and but ter cheese, tarts. salted peanuts
 Sliced ham sandwiches, cup custard, nut meats and saltines with cheese between.
 There are so many dainties for the lunch box, baked apples, cold meats, tapioca, pudding, steWed prunes and even baked beans in glass go well for a change. Vary the diet as much as you can and your children's appetite will not give out during the nine months in close schoolroom
 I must stop coming to the Corner and go to sewing as I have six to fit out for cold weather.
 Fat Contributor-You have one on me. My childhood was spent in So many different places I cannot seem to place you. Give ne a better clue. One thing certain, I didn't even know l had a friend in Rillsgrove. Are not you mistaken? I had your ginger pear recipe. It is fine.
 GRACE,
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-27
SOCIAL CORNER POEM.
Gods Messenger.

I sat by an open window
 As the shadows began to fall, Wondering if this world of ours
 Was worth the living at all. Trying to see if the pleasures
 O'eTbalanced in any way The pain, the sorrow and heartache That come to us every day, ] sat till the stars came peeping Prom their hiding place in the sky, And l wished 1 had wings just then To another world to fly. And bird sang out in the darkness So near that l felt afraid: It seemed like d loud voice saying: All things by God were made If never a weed existed
 Should we love so dearly the flowers And say, would we value the sunshine Had we never been under the show
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 If there were no deeds of kindness, IT there were no acts of love, Should We know what was meant by
 Heaven
 When we speak of the world above? Twas silent again in the darkness And the bird had flown to it's nest, But another penitent heart was made Before it had gone to rest.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-27
PoLITENEss IN CHILDREN.

Dear Sisters of the Social Corner wish only few moments of your time We cannot give too much care or at tention to the little folks placed under our care, so 1 will write on politeness in children.
 Among the qualities of mind and heart which give worldly success there is none of more importance than cour4 tesy.
 Many children fail for years to get hold of the idea that they can be po- lite. Some children do not think it necessary for them to devote their time to the matter. They go out to tea as if they were going to jail. Polite ness is one evidence of good breeding The rich and the poor both share alike in good manners. To acquire the ease and grace of manner possessed by ev- cry well bred person, one must think of others rather than of ones self.
 The golden rule of life is the law of politeness boy or girl can acquire pOliteness by CultiVating benevolence and charity with a true spirit of meek ness, for without this no one can be polite.
 Good manners are necessarily a part of life's education.
 Children should enter the room qui- etly, and should not seek the best place, butt cave that for their elders.
 Politeness between brothers and sis ters should also be cultivated A boy who is polite and affecttonae to his sister will make a noble brave and courteous man.
 The truest politeness comes of sin cerity; it costs nothing, but gains friends.
 All social courtesies should come from the heart
 A polite boy is recognized by all. He respects others just as he wishes oth- CTS to respect him. In society he Is quiet and unpretending; he regards no one as his inferior because of his sta ton in life.
 Home is the best place for us to teach politeness to children. Members of the home circle lose nothing by be- ing polite to the little ones and inn pressing it upon their minds
 The home in which true politeness prevails is the happiest place on earth. Such home as this is filled with the spirit of love
 Politeness consists of every little thing, and should be practiced daily, as the boy and girl at home and school foretel1 the future man and woman.
 Little acts of self denial will make others happy as well as ourselves.
 People should not think that they alone are in the world because they only see themselves in it; but should look more to others and treat them with courtesy. Grace and manners are one thing, while politeness is another.
 Manners are different in every coun- try, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
 Beware as long as you live of judg- ing people by their outward appear
 CRIMSON RANTBT FER
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-27
THE TENOR AND TONE OF OUR
 LETTER WRITERS.

Dear Sisters of the Social Corner: It surprises me to note the tenor and tone of many of the writers for this department. Perhaps you have noticed how the letters of Ready and Bon Ami teem with good cheer; and how sweet spirit tempers the letters of M. Roena, Faye Verna, Aunty, Betsey Bobbett, Papa's Boy, Jim and Rural Delivery; and what kindly, helpful spirit marks the contributions of The Dreamer, Ella of Canterbury, Etta Barber, Joseph Doe and all who lend themselves to our entertainment and instruction. It seems sometimes as though I can hear the heart of Saman- tha and Billie and Ma and Blanche, and some of the rest singing. We are souls calm sunshine, and the hearts 5 true joy.
 was specially interested in the let ter of Rural Delivery which he closed with the quoted titles of the songs, '-The Mistakes of My Life.' and Sometime We'll Understand" These songs were both born from the trials of life and illustrate how sunshine pierces shadows. The first was writ ter in 1871 by Mrs. Urania Locke Bailey and has been sung on two con tinents and has brought spiritual com fort to thousands in the 42 years Of it's existence; and Sometime We'll Understand was written by Maxwell L. Cornelius, D. D.. who was so in jured in his youth that his leg had to be amputated- the tide in the af- fairs of his life then turned and he went to college and became a, dis tinguished Presby terian clergyman and this hymn was first sung at the f1o- eral of Mrs. Cornelius at Pasadena, Cal. This hymn was beautifully en- crossed for the Princess of Wales, who was deeply affected by it when it was sung as a solo at a, service she was attending.
 The deepest grief has often inspired the mind to bring forth the most hope full and cheering sentiments as we'll as the harmonies of life. The divine spark which moves the heart to utter sweet and ennobhng sentiments can come only from one source.
 The origin of beautiful hymns re- veals that the sublimest hope is often manifested in seVerest storm and stress, RUTH,
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-27

or chaff, which absorbs the moisture which otherwise might favor moulding. Lemons and Times are often kept in brine, an old fashioned household method.
 cranberries, after careful looking over to remove soft ones, are placed in a frkin and covered with water. A plate or round board placed on top and weighted serves to keep the ber- ries under water. The water should be changed once q month.
 In winter large pieces of fresh meat may be purcnased and hung in the cellar. Thin pieces. as mutton chops, are sometimes dipped in mutton suet, which keeps the surface from drying and is easily scraped off before cook ing. Turkeys, chickens and other birds killed and without washing hung in the coolest available place.
 Smoked ham, tongue, beef and fish are best put in linen bags and hung in dark cellar.
 kept in brine in suitable jars, kegs or casks and 6ept well covered.
 Odds and Ends-An apple or orange
 
 keep them from drying out and inpart a delicious fruity flavor
 A cut apple in the cake box will keep cake fresh for a long time.
 A tin cupful of vinegar set at the back of the range and kept boiling while cabbage. onions, etc, are cook ing will prevent the smell from them getting through the house.
 To remove fl esh paint from the floor cover with vinegar at once and wipe off with a soft cloth.
 Glycerine will remove coffee stains; so will the yolk of an egg diluted with a little water.
 To prevent a lamp from smoking dip the wick in vinegar and dry before using it.
 To mend 8 crack in the inside of the range, fill with a paste made of sifted wood ashes anG common salt wet with water.
 To dispeI unpleasant odors from the sick room, burn dried orange peel upon a shovel of red coaIs. It will diffuse an agreeable perfume through the room.
 A few drops of essence of sassafras scattered about the room will keep flies away.
 HOPEFUL
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-27

1-2 tablespoons flour; blend to- gether then add slowly 1 1-2 cups milk and stir until smooth; salt and pepper, then add 1 cup of fine chop ped ham and four tablespoons of grated cheese. Stir until the cheese is melted and serve it spread on toast ed bread or very nice with potatoes.
 Fried Shrimps-Rinse 1 can shrimps in cold water, drain and set on ice 1 hour; roll in powdered cracker crumbs, dip in beaten eggs, roll again in crumbs, dust with salt and pepper and fry.
 Rye Muffins-Sift 1 cup rye meal, 1 cup white flour, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1-2 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons baking powder, moisten with 1 cup milk to which 1 beaten egg has been added, and bake in buttered muffin rings.
 Graham Muffins-One and one-half cups graham flour. 1 cup white flour, Ia cup sugar, pinch salt, l 1-2 tea spoons baking powder; wet with cup milk to which 1 egg has been beaten in and bake in buttered muffin rings.
 Heavenly 5iscuits-Beat 1 egg in cup milk, cups bread flour, to, which teaspoons cream of tartar and 1 of soda have been sifted; Is cup melted butter; salt; mix in order given and bake in gem pans in hot oven. These are fine.
 I should dearly love to know Clara of Canterbury. Her fine picklings are just too great. I presume she is busy now. I only wish I could visit her cellar and have a taste of the many goodies she puts up for winter.
 Grandma and Aunty: Your recipes are fine I think.
 BROWN EYES.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-27
THANKS FROM RURAL DELIVERY

Dear Editor and Social Corner Friends: We wish to thank Sister Faye Verna for her kind words, ard we wish we had been at the Socia, Cor ner tent wearing the little yellow rib bon. We should have had no fear Of being talked to death, or shaken to pieces, as we have a strong arrt and a steady nerve, and have often been in company of ladies when they were all talking at the same time on differ ent subjects. It would take more than that to make me want to leave the tent.
 We were glad the sisters were a sensible, rather than a fashionable lot of ladies. and wore sensible skirts. We used to think the women ought t., vote but really think they should learn how to dress first.
 What a grand time the sisters had at The Bulletin tent at the fair Per ,haps the writers some time can all meet and know each other better before they meet Beyond the River. Let us hope so.
 RURAL DELIVERY.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-27
CLOSE ECONOMY.

Editor and Social Cornerites: That cay at the fair has made me feel younger, somehow, and better natured l have been using up the odds and ends in the garden-seed cucumbers, not all perfect-and one of my neigh bors gave me some green peppers-one side had been touched with frost, but rhe other side was good; partly gone by tomatoes. First ] peeled cucum- bers, cut in fCur parts, lengthWise; scTaped seed cut: put what would be six good sized ones through the meat cutter: one large onion; salt vine gar; a teaspoon of sugar; and put in can, covered just to keep out flies and dust. Quite good.
 Then ] used the peppers, green to- matoes and sCme cabbage leaves left standing where the head had been cut out put them through meat cutter, added salt. mustard seed. a little sugar and vinegar. Better vet.
 These are all generally left in the heId 10 waste. J. t. T
 BILLIE-Cards received and mailed 10 destination. Glad to hear from you. Sorry letter had to be held over till next week.
 AUNTY NO. 1.-Cards received and sent as you directed. Thanks for card. You have very attractive place.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-27
Grape Juice Time in Peaceful Valley

come to me for any more help"
 'Keturie," says. don't say thing you'll regret by tomorrow. know what will take that off, or we'll experi- ment until it does"
 She was all smiles in a minute and wanted to know what to try first.
 Tar soap, says I. Rub your hands good and rinse in cool water"
 That didn't make it budge, SO out came the vinegar bottle and | poured it on her hands and she scrubbed un- til she got tired and was about dis
 "oh. dear" says she, cant you think of something else?'
 Why, Keturie, I haven't begun to think" and she saw that I was bring ing out a cake of Bon Ami. a scrub brush the canphor bottle, the kero- sene can 8 bottle of witch hazel, a. can of ammonia, and another bottle filed with dioxygen. This struck her so funny she sat down and laughed and says she:
 If that don't remove the color, time nor nothing else will"
 We scrubbed and rubbed her hands and all the time we were laughing like children. When the ammonia was poured on the third time she just danced round the room, because 1t took every bit of the color that was made by the grape juice and left only a bright pink.
 Now, says L "Keturie, you may go to the dance tonight, and your hands are as white as mine, but wait a, min ute until I put some powdered almonds or almond powder on and you will have the hands of d lady"
 "Oh. Mrs Peaceful" says she, you don't know how much obliged I am for all you've done, and I want you to forget what I said little while ago"
 We'll she went to the dance with Pete and told him about our experi- ment, and she said he almost laughed his head off And that ain't all" says she, and, holding out her left hand, I saw encircling her thind finger a big opal engagement ring.
 BLACK BEAUTY.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-27
HOW TO KEEP ARTICLES OF FOOD

Dear Editor and Sisters of the Social Corner: The following hints regarding the keeping of different kinds of food may be found useful:
 Potatoes are kept without difficulty in a cool, dry and dark place. Sprouts should not be allowed to grow in the spring.
 Such roots as carrots, parsnips and turnips remain plump and fresh if placed in earth or sand-flled boxes on the cellar floor.
 Sweet potatoes may be kept until January if cleaned dried and packed in chaff so that they will not touch each other.
 Pumpkins and squash must be thor oughly ripe and mature to keep well. They should be dried from time to time with a cloth and kept not on the cellar floor but on a shelf and well separated from each other.
 Cabbages should be placed in bar rels, with the roots uppermost
 Celery should be neither trimmed nor washed, but packed heads up, in long, deep bcAes, which should then be filled with dry earth.
 Tomatoes may be kept until January if gathered just before frost. wiped dry and pla ced on straw covered racks in the cellar. They should be trm and we'll grown specimens not yet begin ming to turn As they ripen they may De taken out Tor table use. and any sort or decaying ones mus1 De Te- moved.
 Apples, if they are to be kept til late winter or spring. must be of a variety known to keep well and they must be hand picked and without bIemish or truise. They should be wiped dry and placed with little crowd ing on shelves in the cellar. As a fur ther precaution they may be wrapped separately in soft paper
 Pears may De kept for limited time ia tAs sasas eesa. ef Rasksa ta sA#aAst
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-27
THE VALUE OF RECREATION.

 Dear Editor and Corner Sisters: = l was delighted because you liked my story. and the yellow paper sent me i is the same shade as the Corner colOrS which were sent to wear. Many who have been away for a time during the not season are realizing that the vacation has not been spent for recuperauon.
 Persons differ regarding the ques- tlen of rest and recreation for it is becoming a Well-11nown fact that the human body must have rest, must re- lax from all tOil and care, yet there are still a large number who do not realize the real purpose of a, vacation They seemingly have had a good time following after Dame fashion; but have not rested at all. They are not inspired with new zeal to enter upon another years work and responsibiIi- ties.
 Many persons work for a living and during the greater part of the year work hard and continuously and can not take a day or two off occa sionalIy; put once year some persons have a week, others two or more, and this vacation should be spent in having d. good time; but also to put one in a working mood when play time is over. It should give zest for the old familiar tasks and new reserves of strength which will enable one to bear up un- der them without breaking down.
 In years past many mothers grew old immatureIy because there was. so much work for one pair of hands to do, but now by the aid of machines and modern improvements much time IS saved, and time can be spent with husband and children for an occasion al outing by those who cannot afford a long vacation.
 Mothers who see the necessity of pushing aside tell and care for awhile to arouse their energies quicken their perceptions and to give one renewed VigOr not only take the time to re- cuperate; but also teach the boys and girls to help mamma so that she can go with them for a pleasant drive, walk or a day in the country or at the seaside.
 Even little hands, for such reasons are stimulated 10 new efforts to make themselves busy and they take pleas ure in assisting and looking forward to another pleasant holiday
 It is time that all should realize that without rest and recreation there can be no real happy homes, filled with rosy cheeks and smiling faces. It is the bright things ahead that we and the children look forward to; and all work can be made pleasant and inter esting,
 Some lives are much harder than others, but whatever. we have to do, and bear let us do it as cheerfully as possible.
 Remember one has to learn how to use leisure time rightly. It can. be spent to improve the mind in ming ling and assOciating with the young, and it is not vanity to endeavor to look attractive. The result of thus doing enables one to always retain a youthful spirit.
 A change or an outing is good for pEPYNonp. blJf frIla b9DninaSS ran he found as one goes along whether it be summer or winter, for ones work and family are contributing to it ach day.
 DIANA