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Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24
WHOLESOME DISHES.

Dear Editor and Social Corner Sis tersf l wonder if any of you have tried my way of cooking.
 Steak and Spaqhsttiz-Cut one-half pound of round steak into small bits and put it in a frying pan with T spoonful Of butter and an onion. minced. Fry until the onion is good brown in color. then add q can Of tomato soup and boil for fifteen min utes in salted water. Cook all toeeth- CT for ten minutes more and season to taste with salt and raprilla.
 Spaghetti Fry three slices of salt pork until crisp. cut in titt.e dice, and add 10 ihis oae large or two small onions. When lhese are tender aed one pint can of tomatoes and cuob nfitu 3 tl:n taSie Meanwhile cook one halt package ur spaghetti and drain and add to this grated cheese Mix all well together and serve hot
 Hot SIaw-Shred very fine o.,e small head of cabbage and put il in q granite kettle or pan. Pour over ii 2 little not wafer. enough to steam well: add 7 piece of butter and some salt. o.,L until tender. stirring often to keep
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24
WAYS. TO UTILIZE LEFT-ovERs.

Dear Editor and Sisters: have been very busy entertaining and getting ready for the holidays. so have not written for some time, but have taken time each week to read the Social Cor her. Am glad to see so many new writers. Hope there will be more
 What cold weather we are having especially ihe past week.
 1 thought the calendar of Norwich was fine have qnire few. friends in that ciiy
 Marsot-l for one one was glad to welcome you to The Corner Come again soon. have never tried the cake filling Yon speak of buf think ii must be fine. Your butter is loVefv. Heard of you at a fair one Saturday night. that is if you are the one I tbink YOU are. You wanted to know howl liked my new heme. IT is grand Hope | can entertain yorI in il some time Think l did inNuv e!d ono
 Social Corner PnssI wish to thauk
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24
ANSWERS AND INQUIRIES.

HOPEFUL: Card received and maiI- cd to Elizabeth.
 CRIMSON RAMBLER: Cards re- ceived and forwarded as you desired. POINSETTIA: Thanks for splendid letter: We know the Sisters will cor dial1y welcome you and be glad to exchange souvenir cards
 SARAH HANBY: We have to draw the line on original rhymes.'' No admission is a permanent placard for them.
 FRANK: Cards received and mailed to the writers you indicated.
 B., B-Please send in your full ad- dress.
 AUNT HESTER-Card received and mailed to Brown Beauty.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24

five minutes with three or four slices of lemon peel. Put the apples in this and as soon as they boil, push them to the back of the stove or put them over a very low heat and let them simmer gently, uncover until they are transparent and tender Don't cook them too long and don't cover them, or else they will become mushy, like apple sauce. Chill and serve with whipped cream.
 Stuffed AppIes-Cut off the tops of tart, firm apples and remove as much firm wall. Stuff the cavities with a mixture of chopped raisins, walnut and almond meats, blanched, and cin- namon and sugar. Put them in
 them cake batter. Bake in a mod
 crate oven. Serve hot with lemon
 sauce.
 Apple Fritters-Remove the cores
 and skin from some tart, firm ap
 pies and cut in slices almost half an juice and then with powdered sugar Cover them with a piece of cheese cloth for half an hour and then drain. Dip each piece in fritter batter, rather stiff. so that it covers all the apple
 Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve hot. Apple Sausaee-Cut some apples i in half and put each half, after the core has been removed on a little cake of sausage meat. Cook slowly for fifteen minutes and then turn the | halves of apple and the cakes or
 sausage over. Cook slowly for n1- ! teen minutes more.
 I think some of the Sisters will find something palatable in these recipes. | Try the one which most impresseS you.
 HANNAH WHO. ] WiIlimantic,
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 of the writers for the Social Corner. No return is expected and there are no hard feelings if there is not an ac- knowledgement of them.
 Interested Reader has received through the courtesy of the Editor cards forwarded to him from Ma, Bee, Janet, Crimson Rambler. Married and Happy, Glenwood. Azalea. Billie, Faye Nerna Aunt Abby, Betsy BoDbett, Diana, Rural Delivery, and others for which he returns thanks
 He received from Bee very pretty postcard calendar. and from Ma a to- bacco pouch for himself and a straking- brilliant calendar for Mrs. l. R.. all of which were impressed with the good taste of the donors and were much ap- preciated.
 One Sister notices that dozen were sent out, but my recollection is that about five dozen were mailed. No ob- iigation attaches to the recipients and the donor does not exact thanks.
 INTER ESTED READER
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24
+ YOU ARE A
 DRINKING MAN

You had better stop at once or you'll lose your job. Every line of business is closing it's doors to Drinking" men. IL may be your turn next. By the aid of ORRINE thousands of men have been restored to lives of sobriety and industry.
 We are so sure that ORRINE will benefit you that We say to you that if after t trial you faii to get any benefit from it's use. your money will be re- funded.
 When you stop "prinlzing." think of the money yeu'H save; besides, sober men are worth more to their employers and get higher wages.
 Costs only sf0o a box. We have an interesting booklet about ORRINE that we are giving away free on request Call at our store andAtaik it over
 N. l.. Seviu x Son, l IS Main Street.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24
I socIAL CORNER POEM.
Assume a Little Smile.

ASSQfHC q EikItC 0HiilSs When things have gone against you and you've felt a trif1e wild, Have you hidden from your fellows your discontinue and smiled? Not real honest smile. of course, but just a pleasant look Such as you were asl'd to try on when you had your photo took" There's d world of consolation you may find when things go wrong If you wear a little smile while pass ing through the busy throng, For the folks who chance to see you will return a real smile, And you may forget your troubles if it's only for the while. You are only one. remember; there are thousands falling down All around you, quite exhausted, yet how many of them frown? They would have their fellows glad dened, spur them on another mile:
 They're Gods heroes! Heed their pre- @ept and-assume 8 little smile!
 Sent in by JIM.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24
WHY WITCH HAZEL HASN'T BEEN
 HEARD FROM.

Dear Social Cor-er Members: I wish to express thanks for cards and cal endar which ] received They were beautiful have had the rheumatism In my hands so bad ] could not write. Can only use them little. I have SS letters to answer as well as a couple of dozen Christmas cards to acknoWf- edge, and many beautiful presents from dear friends far away to ac- knowledge. but cannot write. and have n't any one to write for me.
 Hope the New Tear will bring you all many blessings and much happi- ness.
 WITCH HAZE.I
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24

Dear Editor and Cornerites: I wish to thank you for calendar and cards. which Were beautiful. l was in too poor health to prepare any presents. and too sick to get to the stores to buy any presents, but hope by next year to return all favors.
 Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and will all have a Happy New Year
 The sisters I owe letters to should be patient 8 little longer. As soon as 1 feel able to write l will answer ali their kind letters.
 p ArrIENNrCsIN
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24

roast eggs. as the old saying is; but don't believe anyone was ever in jured yet by sleeping in room warm enough to be comfortable without feel ing chilly.
 This is a nation that runs to ex- tremes and having somehow got the idea that it is necessary to health to freeze themselves half to death they will try to sleep in a snowbank, so to speak; and probably in few years that will be forgotten and some other fad will take it's place. Meanwhile, I propose to be comfortable whenever I can.
 There are times enough in the lives of most of us when we can't take quinine. or think we can't. which amounts to the same thing. Perhaps we take too much at once, which will affect the head Take small doses.
 LOLA.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24

To the Members of the Social Cor Eel" IL has pleased me 10 act as q cal endaf distributor 10 stfch members aa l econld call to mind for the past two wears and have been someW hat amused by the curiosity which thereby has been excited.
 The Interested Reader has no motive In this except to please the recipients. iud ae efIStributcs calcndafss hecatfsc they arc easily made and eau be readily adapted to the individual tastes
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24
WAYS TO COOK APPLES.

Dear Sisters of the Social Corncr:- Since tirerc are a hundred ways to cook potatoe- 1 should noi be sur- prisSd if there were 2 hatf hundred ways to cAo.l apples. In the cities good eating apples cost more than oranges, hnI in the coantry home they are cheap and wholesome.
 shall venture io tell the farmers wives a few ways te cook good ap- ples
 Clear Apples Gore and pare nc ,ljum sizcd apples. Boil T cupuIl -nT w;,tor and half a tispfti ef sugar for
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24
CHERISH LIFE's GOOD THINGs-FoRGET
 THE REST
EVERY womAn,s OPPORTUNITY.


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Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24
TESTED RECIPES FOR HOME
 MADE BREADS.

Lebanon.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24

Cream Pie-Take a large cup of sweet cream, add to it the beaten white of an egg, and sweeten to taste. Bake between two lcrusts- This is ex- ceIlent
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24
GOOD THINGS FROM SOUTHERN
 CALIFORNIA,

INTERESTED READER.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24
PATIENCE HAS BEEN IN POOR
 HEALTH.

Moosup.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24
WORD FROM INTERESTED READER.

PATIENCE
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24

Here are two recipes which great. great grandmother used many years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-16
\ GOOD FIXER

From the Popular Magazine,
 The vice president of a big corpora ton in the city of New York heard one day that an old friend of his had fallen on unfortunate days, and stood a fine chance to be indicted by the grand jury. Accordingly, he hastened out and found a political friend
 John" he said, giving him the name of the man threatened with indictment this fellow is a close friend of mine, and I don't want him indicted. Can you fix it for me with the next grand jury"
 Leave it to me-" said John. I'll fix it.''
 Fix 1t sure?'
 Absolutely sure. Leave it to me, I tell you"
 A few weeks later the rich man read in a newspaper that his old and unfor- tunate friend was on the grand jury. He immediately called up friend politician.
 Pm afraid you misunderstood me-" he said excitedly, 'I didn't ask you to put that fellow on the jury'
 Now, listen." said the politician, very bored, you asked me not to let him be indicted. Well, I've fixed it. There Il be no mistake. Grand juries are grand to themselves"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-16
THE WORN NICKLE

From the Omaha Bee.
 Did you ever stand on the rear of q street car and listen tu a wrangle be- tween passenger and conductor over a Ncrn nickel? Did you ever think of the trials and tribuations this little coin causes the man whose business it is to collect fares for the corporation? Why is he so captious about the looks of nickel. Sometimes he refuses to take bark. Well, the answer is easy enough. In the first place, bank tells are expert in money and know a defective coin as soon as they see it. and you never think of disputing the question with them. The conductors authority in numismatics does ply with the number of supposedly bad coins he handles. But his vigilance is whetted by the fact that the company holds him responsible for the integrity of all cash turned into it's strongbox. The pay-as- -you-enter car makes his task the hours, it is hard for him to make change, hand out transfers and keep his eye on every nickel dropped into the box No wonder. therefore, he pans off his bad Eloney on a passenger whenever possible But, as a matter of fact, it is probably q siand-off between him and the passen- ger, because the worin coin merely con- tinues to travel in a circle from the pas senger to the fare box and back again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-16
FEMINISM

From the New York Sun.
 The time has come to define feminism, says Robert Sterling Yard, editor of the Century Magazine. In the current num- Der of the magazine, after discussing what feminism is not, he sums up what it is, thus:
 "To meet life undaunted; to labor. to succeed or to fail, as human individuals not by men; to seek their own success in self-chosen appropriate paths unham- pered by laws or conventions from which men are exempt-these, we take it, con s!itute the ultimate object of the revolt of the women.
 And that sums up feminism, consid- cred as a great instinctive human move ment. It, is another and very great step toward the realization of human freedom. Freeing the women follows naturally, and in civilizations own good time, upon freeing slaves.
 "Feminism, then, is in essence and fact a spiritual attitude. But it follows, as the night the day, that, to be effect i've, there is involved the power as we'll as the principle of freedom. Women must become the civic and the social equals of men. It makes little difference whether or not they shall use this power; i; they should not be forbidden it's pos session, Is the magic that will break the shackles. The object of feminism is to make women equal stockholders with men in the business of life.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-16
Raised to Third Class

''We inhabitants of Fairfield are quite proud of the fact that our postoffee has been advanced from fourth class to third class, which means that it is a presidon- tial office" said pr. Burr Ferguson.
 Robert Stevens who has been postmas- ter and most efficient one, has now an assistant to handle the business of the office. As fourth class postmaster MT. Stevens was appointed by the Postmaster General but when the office was made third class President Wilson appointed him. Fourth class postmasters receive a commission on the revenues of the office, but in the presidential classes a fixed sal ary is paid The minimum salary is siOO0. It goes up by hundreds until the salary reaches $40O0. After that the increases are by thousands. At the rate that Fairfield is growing 1t will not be very long until our postoffice is advanced to the second class. Second class postoffices have in addition to an assistant postmaster many clerks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-16
The Busy Farmer

"The farmers in Alabama have lad fine weather for planting and warm work Is well ahead" said William F. Redd, who, representing a large fertilizer fn- terest, keeps in close touch with agrit ul- tural sections.
 Tn south Alabama cotton was planted early and the plants are now up. In the northern part of the state planting is just now well under way.
 Corn production in this state has been increasing steadily, and 1t is interesting to know that a much larger crop will be cultivated this year than ever. Agricul- ture in the south is making strides, and Alabama has many farmers who are no~ tably progressive. higher grade Of fer- tilizer than usual has been used this sea- son, and while the first cost Is more, of course, than when lower grades are lsed there is a distinct gain in the end In other words. it pays the farmer to use the higher grades"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-16
VALUABLE AUTOGRAPH

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
 Gentle reader look over your collec- ton of papers, and if you find the sigma ture of Button Gwinnett on any docu- ment, rush to the nearest dealer in au- tographs and you can get a large sum for it. As much as s4OoO has been paid for such signature and the demand is constant.
 Gentle reader, we beg that you will not confess ignorance as to the person. ality of Button Gwinnett. He was one of the signers of the Declaration of Inde- pendence, was governor of Georgia, and had the misfortune to be killed in duel not long after his autograph was placed below that of John Hancock. It is sur prising that a man of such prominence though he evidently was as good a pen man as the famous man from Massa- chusetts, he apparently was not much given to writing or else his papers have mysteriously disappeared,
 Four thousand dollars is a good deal to pay for an autograph. You can get a large bunch of them for that sum, in- cluding those of every President of the United States There is always a law of compensation. Button Gwinnett strut ted his little hour on the stage and did his duty in a great crisis. Yet he has been doomed to almost complete Oblivion, from which he has been rescued by the fact that his signature is so rare
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-16
LEMONS GROW BIG IN CHICAGO

Chicago.-The botanical department of the University of Chicago announced to- day that they had produced a lemon two pounds in weight and a foot in cir conference. which is in strict violation of by-rule No. of the United Order of Lemon and Citron Growers of the West cru Hemisphere, Chicago local No. l. which says:
 "The fruit of the tropical or subtropi- cal tree. Citrus limonum, or Citrus nedica var. limonum of the orange fam fly (Aurantiaceae). It is usually ellipsi- cal, with a protuding point at each end. two to four inches long, bright yellow, with thick skin and very acid pulp ard juice."
 The new nonunion lemon obeys this by law in every respect except that it is more than two to four inches long. Ac- cordingly 1t will be boycotted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-16
President Wilson's Emphatic Reply

Although the Mexican situation looks extremely grave, armed inter vention on the part of this country may yet be averted.
 The administration at Washington has exercised the utmost forbearance toward Mexico. It has overlooked many irritating incidents. President Wilson is lover of peace and is ready to do everything consistent with na- tional honor to keep out of war. But he has given Huerta final warning that unless a salute was fired to the stars and stripes within a reasonable btime by way of amends for repeated offenses against the dignity of the United States "serious eventualities would result'
 Huerta, it seems, has argued that the episode growing out of the arrest of our sailors was a subject for arbi- tration at The Hague. President Will son is now most emphatic in his reply through Charge O'Shaughnessy to the effect that delay and evasion" on the part of Huerta will be tolerated no longer There can be mo further temporizing." The administration rightly holds that insults to the flag are not subjects for arbitration.
 It will be several days yet before the Atlantic fleet will arrive at Tam pico. In the meantime Huerta may comply with President Wilson's de- mand. If he persists in his defiant at titude, however, United States ma rines will be landed as speedily as possible in Mexico and the large body of troops now mobilized on the Texas border will march across the line.
 If the administration is forced to in- wade Mexico in order to maintain the dignity of this government, Congress will stand by the President to man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Festival Concerts in May

It seems to be practically assured that Birmingham will have two or three fes- tival concerts on a large scale in May The chorus of TO voiees Rienzi Thomas director. which has been rehearsing Par adise Lost" one of the most dramatic and beautiful oratories ever written-some say the most beautiful-will be a feature of unusual interest, and the St. Louis sym phony orchestra will be another important feature. The oratorio will be sung in its entirety. The orchestration is modern and gorgeous, and the performance prom ises to be most brilliant. The work is by Dubois, the composer who wrote the music for The Seven Last Words
 Arthur J. Gaines, manager of the St. Louis orchestra, is now in Birmingham comforting with representatives of the musical clubs. He said last night that he hoped to be able to have the contracts with the festival committee signed by to- morrow
 'The St. Louis orchestra, as all persons who keep up with musical affairs know, ranks among the foremost" said MT. Gaines. The men are paid for their full time and organization is second to none in individual artists l could name five or six of our players who are unequaed in any city of this country. We are making our first southern tour. We carry With us a larger orchestra than is usually seen on tour. We have to pay railroad fares for 60 people, including the solo quartet.
 "The orchestra is made up as follows: Ten first vioins, eight second volins, five violas, five violincelos, five basses, in- cluding tuba; one harp, two flutes, three clarinets, including bass clarinet; two oboes. including English horn; two bas soons, two trumpets, four French horns, three trombones and two percussion play ers-a total of 54 performers, not includ ing MT. Max Zach. our conductor. MT. Zach is great musician and conducts with masterful authority.
 Our southern tour Is limited to two weeks, but il will include New Orleans and Dallas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-16
Visit After 10 Years

Birmingham has developed more rapidly and more substantially than any city of the 100000 class with which am familiar and there are few cities that I have not visited" said S. w. Poynter of Boston.
 T was here for the first time 10 years ago and this is my second visit. When I was first in Birmingham l could see that the city had a good flu . ture. l recall it as quite an attractive place then. It had many beautiful resi- dences and in the business district there were two or three modern office buildings. But this is getting now to be city of skyscrapers. The business district has expanded very much and I am told that the fashionable residence sections have also been greatly extend ed.
 "If Birmingham has a population of 100000, as 1t probably has, it should have between 3O0,OO0 and 100000 when the next census Is taken.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-16
War on Malaria

The public health service in Wash fngton has just published a report relative to the prevalence of malaria in the south during last year and the figures show a most gratifying de- crease of diseases due to that scourge.
 In studying the situation the health service obtained it's data from six states only and tabulated its figures from the reports of physicians in Ala hama. Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, Florida and South Carolina. It IS to be regretted, however, that of the physicians asked to assist in the in- vestigation only about one-slxth re- sponded, but, while the research is far from complete, sufficient information was obtained to establish the fact of a marked decrease in malarial dis eases.
 Alabama reported from May to No vember, 1913, total of 12,08O cases; Arkansas from August to November, inclusive, 18,52S cases, and South Carolina for the same period, 12,O0O cases. Florida reported 9190 cases; Georgia from August to October, in- elusive, 9825 cases, and Mississippi for the entire year 61 ,S11 cases.
 Looking at the situation from an economic point of view the report places the average loss of time per man employed in sawmills and on cot ton plantations on account of the dis ease at at least two weeks in the season from June to November, both inclusive However, of the 91 ,061 cases of malarial fever reported, nearly one-third, or 27,394 cases, occurred among children under 15 years of age, which accounts for the small percent age in loss of time.
 The malarial tax upon the south is still heavy and work should be done to eliminate the disease entirely. The fact that only one-sixth of the physi- cians in the country reported cases closely approximating 100000 is a sufficient warning that the people must be up and doing.
 The work of banishment can be hastened by an effective warfare against the mosquito, the drainage of wet lands and the abrogation of swamps. Such work as this has com pletely banished malaria from the middle west, where it at one time pre- vailed to distressing degree, and the same results can be obtained in the south.