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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-11-13
SOME THANkselvlNe RECIPES

Dear Editor and Sisters of the Social
Corner: AS Thanksgiving is drawing
near. thought these recipess would Sba
seems to belong tot thanksgiving din
ners.
Pumpkin Pie: Beat well together
one egg, one half cup sugar, one ia
blespoon butter, one teaspoon flour.
and one half cup stewed pumpkin. Add
one half teaspoon each of cinnamon,
cloves and nutmeg and one half pint
milk. Bake in one crust.
Squash Pie: Two thirds cup sugar,
pinch of salt and one of ginger, one
half teaspoon cinnamon and a dash of
nutmeg. Stir all together and one
beaten egg, one and one half cups of
stewed squash, and one cup milk. Bake
in one crust.
Fruit Cake, or Wedding Cake:
Cream one pound sugar and one pound
butter, add twelve eggs, one at a
time, one pound sifted -four, four
pounds raisins. three pounds currants,
one or two nutmegs grated, one table,
spoon cinnamon, one teaspoon cloves
three wine glasses brandy and two
wine glasses milk. Mix well and bake
at once in moderate oven. These
cakes will keep a year. Do not bake
in too large fins. This makes one large
or two small loaves.
Plum Pudding: To. one well beaten
egg. add one half cup brown sugar,
one half cup New Orleans moIasses,
one cup sour milk in which dissolve
one teaspoon solar, one cup chopped
suet, one pound each raisins and cur
rants dredged with flour, one half
pound chopped citron, scant three cups
flour. mixed with one half teaspoon
ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg. Steam
two and one half hours and serve with
the following sauce:
One cup white sugar. butter size of
an egg, juice and grated rind of lemon,
white of one egg. Rub all to cream
and add to it little boiling water.
Baked Oysters: Butter a baking dish
and cover bottom with a layer of
bread or cracker crumbs and add a
layer of oysters and sprinkle with salt
and pepper and darts Of butter. Repeat
until you have used all the oysters and
have a layer of crumbs on top. Bake
in hot oven thirty minutes and serve
at once.
+ Hope these will be found useful.
LORETTA. e.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-11-13
A CHAT FROM BLANCHE.

Dear Editor and Corner Family:-A
short call and say "howdy'' to ALL
have a few pressed leaves to remind
me of some of the colors of last month.
November has been very kind to us
so far. s
Ruth, 1 think you have expressed the
thoughts of many about Merry An
drew. The answers have added fun,
spice and almost sprinkle of pepper.
Maybe she can weave them into eci:ic
kind of a story by twisting and turn
ing about
Trust the brothers will continue to
write interesting and instructive let
tiers, even if some of them are passing
out sisters names and the latter broth
ers names. Who can decide Who is
Who?" But let the letters come.
Rural Delivery: The readers of The
Courier must have wondered about tht
figure of the man On the tent at the
fair. but you have explained it well to
them.
my guessing. The auto runs in any
direction. The lover takes a bee line
to his best girl and the monkey shins
up a tree.
Had the pleasure of meeting Great
Grandma and we were all sweet six
teen in spirit. Now we shall be look
ing for letters telling of her pleasant
visits among friends and journeys to
former scenes and the rugs will grow
faster than the green house plants.
. Must be going. Will call again.
BLANCHE.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-11-13
PAPA,s BOY CALLS ON SOME OF
THE SISTERS.

Dear Editor and Social Cornerites:
This is chilly morning. Let's take
a drive and call on some of the sis
tiers.
Sister Potlatch: Card received and
a letter is coming to you.
Chore Girl Did she call on who
you said? I had a nice call.
Pollyanna: Next time you pass l
am going to wave if see you in
time
Dorothy Perkins No. 2: Maybe 1
don't know you, but think your last
initial Is wv" Am I right?
Remember Me: Am coming some
time to see you when hubby has time
to bring me. Have put the auto up
for winter.
Fringed Gentian: Saw you pass by
sunday and talked with you Thurs
day. who is who ?''
Tiny: Have got you for sure this
time. Can see your home from my
parlor windows.
Mother Hubbard: Give me a clue
SO /, may guess you.
Your brother
PAPA'S BOY.
Lebanon,
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and beat add water and vinegar; put
in double boiler and cook until thick;
then add butter. When ready to use.
thin with milk or cream. This will
keep long time.
Poliyanna: Shall be glad to have yotf
call any time for the plate, There Is
still one more not claimed, and one
fork
Practical Polly: II Ia possible that
ore of these haudkerchiefs left here il
yours. as you exchanged. No one has
claimed them at yet. ~, 80
Tourfne: Was that bar pin yours?
hope SO. Come again. Shall be glad
drive 49, - :, - = - 4
Clio: Hello. Glad to welcome you
in The Corner Shall look for your
letter often. Uncle wasn't so lonesome
as he was confused that day While
IN the other side Of the bufldifig, the
sounds came to him, he thought there
must be hornets nest s6mewhere.
H. Ready 1 was SO glad of another
chance to meet you, but did think at
the first glance you didn't know me.
wish you could meet some of the Sis
tiers in Club No. e. They are another
5oily set. What would the Editor say
IL he could see us all together orce2
| Married and Happy: trust you
found your mother considerably better.
Don't forget US while YOU are away.
Eliza Jane: Your have my sympathy.
but that don't help much. I wish ]
could run in. often and see you. /
can't tell when Iacan get there.
~ AUNTY NO. l..
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-11-13
NOVEMBER ETIQUETTE.

Dear Editor and Social Cornerites:
Having been absent from The Corner a
short time. will venture to write
again. l am sending in an article
which appealed to me. and thought
perhaps some other Sister might find
1t interesting.
Remember at Thanksgiving time it
Is really the old folks time Make
grandmother and auntie and Uncle Joe
just as happy as ever you can. Be
quiet and respectful to them when you
sit at the table, the young people
should not seat themselves until the
older people first sit. If your chair
is next to that of an older person, help
her to be seated by drawing out her
chair and then pushing 1t under her,
before you take your place.
If you are not in the habit Of say
ing grace at your home, and there is
a stranger within your gates, who is
In the habit. out of Difference to the
guest, invite him to return thanks be-
fore the meal.
toms OF your home, turn them exactly
upside down. IL it will add to the COM
fort of your guest.
Dorothy Perkins: Glad to hear that
we are acquainted. I suggest that we
renew the acquaintance. Stop in the
next time you pass and We will COM
pare notes.
Whippoorwill: am acquainted over
your way. Can't you give me some
hint?
Bo Peep: Don't be surprised at any
thing. 1t doesn't always pay. Come
again.
Aunt Sarah: Sorry to hear that
you have been i'll. That squirrel was
just great. My handbag did the
stealing. not /.
Fringed Gentian: Where does thai
relation come in?
Papa's Boy: No, you didn't guess
right that time. You will laugh when
you hear. Ask him to join the next
time you see him.
Remember Me: Let me know when
the next meeting is, and 1 will try and
be on hand.
go TINY.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-11-13
THE SIZE OF MERRY ANDREWS
PALM.


Editor and Social Corner Brothers
and Sisters:-What beautiful weather.
Grace said to me, write something.
think Of many things but my pen
is not near or paper, and my thinking
cap gets away or OF.
i had some pie crust left this morn
ing and lean chop and two sausages.
SO l rolled out some pieces, size of
Merry Andrews palm, ground up the
chop and red pepper, put two table,
spoons of meat in each piece and one
of the pepper pinched the edges to-
gether and baked them. Eat hot.
When other things fail to suit on
your griddles. try this: One cup sugar
one of water, a teaspoon OF ginger, tied
in thin cloth, with white thread un-
less you have the root ginger, and
don't use twine that comes around
packages-too many fingers handle it.
My Scottish ancestors always said
can ounce Of precaution is worth a
pound of cure"
! hope Wednesday will be nice for
No One.
Say, Biddy, what particular breed
was that on the big Biddy cake? Grace
does 1t crow? want a sitting in the
spring.
I'hope Aunt Sarah is better.
Did Uncle No One make tine auto
start that day?
A smile that won't rub on for all OF
No. 8 club has budded. 1t is not a
flower that has thorns-our yellow
sunfiower salts verborurn.
J.E. T.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-11-13
STARLIGHT SEEKS COUNSEL.

/, Dear Sisters of The Social Corner:
i have read a good many reliable hints.
and have often wondered If could
get any help from any Of the Sisters.
/ would like to have an opinion from
every one of the Sisters If can.
Il have also read the recipes Of how
ito cook a husband. Now see If you
can help me out. What could be done
for a cranky husband
Am sorry to confess that he Is a
lover of the bottle, and that good
many Of his faults lie in this habit;
and this same husband has peen
known to take food stuff from his own
family's table to bring to a neighbours
wife, so they could all partake of a
grand supper. Do you think that was
right? When his own wife was per-
fectly willing. to cook his meals, and
partake of the supper with the FAM
lily of little children. Do you think
that this neighbours wife was right in
accepting such a gift from this man
when she knew it came from a poor
little wife and her little children, who
has been giving the best years OF her
life to bring UP her little family and
willing to do wife's duty.
In The Social Corner we do not
need such men. Maybe 1t was one Of
this kind who stared SO much at
Merry Andrew, and do not blame
her one bit Il she did not like it.
~ i believe that men are very handy
ito have around a place If they know
where they belong and how to attend
to their own affairs. Such men are
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-11-13
HER CURIOSITY IS AROUSED.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: Merry
Andrew and Tiny have given me such
a good laugh that I want to belong
to The Corner.
Tiny: My curiosity is fully aroused.
should really like to know you, for
/ think you must be avery beauti-
full woman to get a hubby who has
made the study of women's faces a
habit. Such a man would be very
hard to please. I suppose when he
stares at the ladies now he has an
inward feeling of satisfaction that he
chose as he did. Do let him join The
Corner.
Merry Andrew: Please describe the
man to us. Does he answer, Tiny's
description of her husband. Maybe
it. was he, as he is in the habit of
staring at the ladies. Perhaps he is
trying to pick out sister who looks
strong enough and large enough to
help get his meals when Tiny is taken
up with her Social Corner duties. Do
you answer that description?
sPapa's Boy: Are you really boy ?
Goodbye.
DUPLICATE.
WiIlimantic.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-11-13

turkey may be made into croquettes.
land, If nicely served would never Sug-
gest warmed over meats.
The water in which fresh tongue or
mutton or chicken is boiled may be
fused for soup. or added to the stock
l,pot.
Whites Of eggs, saved one or two at
o time. and kept in a cool place. may
be used for angels food, cornstarch
cake or apple snow; the yolks for salad
dressing, grayies or soups.
A cup of boiled rice added to griddle
cakes, mullins or weffies makes them
lighter and more easily digested.
An economical dish can be made by
seasoning mashed potatoes with salt
ard pepper, butter and cream; spIace q
lSlayer in a pic. dish upon this place
I.laycr of cold meat or ash, finely chop
Eped. then alternate until dish is full;
then strew with bread crumbs over top
and bake brown.
/. Three pounds of beef chopped fine
three eggs beaten together, six crack
E.erx. rolled fine one tablespoon melted
butter, sage. to taste, will make g. fine
beef omelet. Mix well and make q
loaf of bread put q little water and
bits OF butter into the pan, invert pan
over it, haste occasionally. bake an
hour and a. quarter, and when cold
slice very thins
A breakfast stew can be- made OF
| ree-fourths OF g. pound OF cold roast
beef cut into small pieces. heat slowly
with half q pint cold water, one table,
spoon Chilli sauce, teaspoon salt and
half teaspoon pepper. Rub two table,
spoons flour with some butter and a
little of the hot gravy, add to the beef,
| let cook until the flour Is done, and
| then serve with bits Of dry toast.
Slices Of onions may be first cooked
] and the meat added to them, with or
without Chilli sauce.
To make essIess squash pie, take the
squash left from yesterdays dinner and
press through colander; to each pint
OF this allow one tablespoon butter,
beat in after warming. one cup brown
sugar or molasses, a little salt, one
teaspoon cinnamon, one teaspoon gin
ger and one-haif teaspoon soda; a lit
| tie allspice may be added, but it dark
ems the pies; roll few crackers very
| fine, and add handful to the batter,
or thiclxen with two tablespoons flour
or one ofTcornstarch. AS the 1thfcken-
ing property of pumpkin varies, some
| judgment must be used in adding milk.
To those who have to buy milk we
would say never waste drop, as a
little accumulated now and then (even
though it may sour in the meantime)
win make fritters, pancakes, etc.
| Best wishes to all.
MOUNTAIN LAUREL.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-11-13
AuNTY NO. SENDS IN FAvoRITE
RECIPES,

Dear Editor and Sisters: AS I am
home again and settled down to busi-
ness, I will answer the Sisters re-
quests.
AS Tiny wished for my doughnut
recipe, will send it. I hope you will
have success. Don't heap any meas
urements. y; E
Sour Milk Doughnuts-One cup SUI
gar one egg. a piece of butter the size
of a walnut, one cup sour milk, one
teaspoon soda dissolved in just enough
cold water to dissolve it, a little salt
and nutmeg. -four enough to roll easily;
fry in hot fat.
Keturah: I am glad to send in my
sslad dressing recipe. I missed you at
the last gathering the 18th.
Salad Dressins-Three-fo urths ta-
blespoon salt, one tablespoon mustard.
three of sugar, two Of -four. two of
butter. one-fourth teaspoon pepper, one
and one-ha1f cups of water. one-half
cur vinegar, two whole eggs. Mix dry
ingredients together; add broken. eggs
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-11-13
A CONFESSION.

Editor Social Corner: After reading
the letters OF Ruth and Ready I can't
keep from owning up. I am the
guilty man Merry Andrew has warn
ed you all against
It is the first time in my life that
was ever charged with staring at
or annoying a strange woman and
think Merry Andrew will realize how
her own suspicious made her charge
me with ungentlemanly behavior and
being dangerous character.
Marcia asked me to look up the So
cial Corner tent and to make aenote
of how the ladies looked so J. could
tell her all about it. since she was not
able to go to the fair and / told her
I would. 1 found the tent and a group
for they all looked like kind, good
natured people. couldn't bring my
self to the point of speaking to one
of them till I saw a woman who re-
minded me of my mother. and she was
always a safe woman to speak to, so
ventured to ask her if she was a
Social Corner sister, and was trying
to tell her I felt like Social Corner
sister because my wife Marcia had
figured as a Mayf1ower, or something
of the kind, in The Corner several
times and was awfulfy interested in
it. was surprised when she wasn't
quite civil and began to act as if she
wanted to call the police. 1 was so
amazed 1 think 1 must have been
guilty of staring at her and staring
hard. She glared at me as any woman
is likely to who wants to horsewhip
a man.
I told Marcia what fine lot of
Social Corner ladies I saw in The
Bulletin tent, but 1 have never told
her about this experience of mine,
for I did not want her to think /
was guilty of such behavior: Marcia
tells me she is sorry the impudent
scoundrel who stared at Merry An
drew and annoyed her so was not
arrested for he deserves at least three
months in jail. She's down on that
man.
She will not know I am that man
when she reads this, because she don't
mistrust me and she knows l never
wrote piece for a paper in my life
and that l am too much of a gentle
man to be capable of annoying a
woman. L shall be surprised myself
when I see this in print and shall be
likely to hear what she thinks of this
story.
Merry Andrew looked so good to
me that 1 keenly feel the crushing
weights of her bad opinion. You snever
can tell what kind of suspicious fine
appearing folks are carrying around
with them. 1 wish she had been as
sweet and agreeable as I thought she
was going to be.
I hope this explanation will soothe
her troubled breast and help to make
her feel pleasanter toward her fellow
men.
Sincerely yours,
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-11-13
GREETINGS FROM FLOWER 10.
En-.

Dear Social Corner: viii some
of The Corner Sisters send a recipe
for making Paste?, I use quantity
and find Library Paste quite expen-
sive.
Aunt Abby: Received a fine card
from you recently although you may
not recall It. VIII return the kind
ness soon, =
As Thanksgiving day draws near.
we remember how many homes are
saddened by sorrow the past year. Ny
heart goes out to them In sympathy.
for dark cloud hung over my own
home for a time. but lifted. and a
loved one has fully recovered. which
is a special cause for thankfullness in
my home.
The Walk Over Girl: Your raised
cake is fine. Didn't meet you at q
Halloween party on Hin
few years ago? II am not mistak-
en- you changed your name but not
your letters few. months ago. Your
nom% de- plume is appropriate If you
can walk to the beach and back. Get
up your courage. and lets hear from
you again. a We need more from our
younger writer's.
FLOWER LOVER.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-11-13
DOM PEDRO SAW TWO NICE
LOOKING GENTLEMEN At
THE TENT.

Dear Editor, Brothers and Sisters
of the Social Corner:-How are you
all this lovely weather? Haven't we
had & nice fall? So many bright days.
Il has been such warm, comfortable
weather, can hardly realize that
Thanksgiving is so near at hand.
saw in last weeks Corner that
Biddy and Theoda were to entertain
for Club. No. in new quarters. in
Winimantic. 1 wish knew what
club 1 belonged to. There seems to
be several clubs up that way, but
rome down this way. Will some of
the. Sisters please inform me where
l. belong; and IL I could bounce Into
No. l, 2 or g..
Aunt Sarah: Your letter received.
will answer it soon. Have, been away
OF should have answered it before,
Merry Andrew: 1 enjoyed meeting
You at The Bulletin Tent. Did you
receive the card I sent you. You
gard to the Sisters having any little
Brothers in The Corner. No pun in
tended.
1 want to say few words in regard
to that matter. l remember there
were two nice looking gentlemen each
wearing a bright yellow bow, who
came and looked into the tent as
though they would like to come in, but
did not hardly dare to, but 1t was not
for lack of an invitation, that they
turned away, 1or several sisters called
to them to come in. don't know who
they were. but they surely looked as
though they ought to have outlived
their bashfulness. l don't see why
there should not be brothers as well as
Sisters among The Corner writers.
think it makes it all the more inter-
esting. So brothers here is the glad
hand. of welcome to those who be-
long, also. to those who would, If they
dared to. ~
1 am sending in few connundrums:
|, An international calamity: If a
colored waiter at a hotel should hap
pen to- drop a dish containing roast
turkey on such a catastrophe, what
complication of international calami-
ties, fearful to contemplate would &C.
cur?
Is there word in the English Ian
guage that contains all the vowels?
What is the reason the man in the
moon never got married?
Whatsis it that never asks questions
and yet, has to be answered, very
often?
1 hope to see the answers to all
the above conundrums.
I think the Sister with the long
name must be partial to the latter G.
Kind wishes to all the Brothers and
DOM PEDRO
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-11-13
BILLIE STANDS BY MERRY
ANDREW.

Dear Social Cornerites:-Franeis
Bacon said: "A mans nature runs
either to herbs or weeds, therefore let
him seasonably water the one and
destroy the other
Have been thinking if do not write
THE Corner" some one may think /
have gone to weeds; or some one may
give me a greeting as a new conner.
Have anxiously looked for the return
of the old members. I wonder where
is Frank, Joan, Bee, Chatterbox and
many, many, others. II they haven't
changed the nom de plume, it is with
them as with rnyseh-procrastin
Wasn't it just elegant of. Cordelia to
write about 'the philosophy of Billie, "
in her story entitled: AN adventure in
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-11-13

Dreamiand., Well IL must have been
a dream fors1 remember sometime ago
| of very wide-awake person saying:
Anybody would know you were green"
To say the most 1T Is only a difference
Of opinion.
Merry Andrew: You certainly stir
red them up. You only spoke what
some one has often thought. but she
didn't have nerve to come right out
and say It. Don't take It to heart that
Old Sol got after you for expressing
your opinion. My soul. he did the
same thing with me, and not only him,
but the Editor too: but 1t hasn't
stopped me. just go right along ex-
since. You know what they say Of a
goose and water on its back. am on
your side and before the snow stops
flying / am going to stir Old Sol up
and want you. to come to my rescue.
Paul: Why cfdn't you send in
Things wen to know" last spring be-
fore planting time. One time my rad
| ishes were fine and the next planting
they went to tops. Now I know why
Shall preserve that article for next
spring. WIN be good to know for set
ting hens, tool
i want to ask the members: Does 1t
pay? For example: Last summer a
young woman from up state was here
visiting and lost her pocket book. A
i young girl found it. had I'VE dollars
in the post off1ce telling Of the find
/ Days came and went and no one claim
ed it. Finally II was learned to whom
1t belonged, but the young woman had
returned to her home. The girl mailed
the pocketbook and money hoping for
a reward. but all she received was a
letter of thanks.
4 On the other hand another young
friend answered an advertisement to
sell certain article and prize would
be given. The manufacturer sent goods
in good faith. The child sold the goods
gave the money to his parent for safe
keeping. That parent, being in need
of a few dollars. spent the money. Let
tiers one after another came from tht
firm. Send money or return goods
No attention was paid to. them. Fin
ally one came threatening the child
with arrest on the charge of enbezzle-
ment and / advised him to send the
money to save further trouble He in.
formed me his parent had spent thu
| money Then I asked the parent wha
she intended to do about 1t. She re.
. piled in the presence of the child: "Ol
, they will not do anything, others In m,
. family have done the same thing. ant
got by and / guess he Will tool"
compared. the two cases. The frs
one only Thank you"-the other on,
> the benefit Of the money. Again ask
Does 1t pay to be honest?p :.
Congratulations to Rural Delivery
,, Gala Lily and pat on my own bacl
! for another birthday in November.
Years ago a teacher of mine woul
say to me, NO fools born In Februar,
and my answer would come: az an
BILLIE