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Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18
PRIMROSE
EXERCISE FOR aoon COMPLEX.
 ION.

Dear Social Cornerftes:@The- best completion under the sun Is that which results from the natural action of the body; and the worst is that re- sulttng from physical impairment
 The cream Of uncumber. rouge and burnt cork never make up a natural looking face. The stage face will al- ways be the stage face to the end of time
 A eiogged liver, a fiuttering heart and mental anxiety cannot be over come by nostrumS. He was a wise doctor who told his dyspeptic and dis figured patient to take her mirror five miles from home and bury 1t and then to visit the spot every day to see that 1t remained in the hole Keeping the mirror in the holde would pull her out of the hole. It is lack of energy that dtsturbs and destroys most people. Women who bestir themselves lack neither beauty of form nor face. Ex- erctse in the open air is not sacrifice of time or strength. Those who fec too tired to go out should be, too sem sibie to stay in. since the open air in- vigorates the whole body and, drives out the very feeling of weariness which is depressing.
 A good walk in good company is one of the most agreeable methods oi smartening up and getting a complex ion money cannot buy.
 Get into the open, air for exerciss and you will soon have an elastic step and an expression which radiate: joy.
 MARTHA wELLMAN.
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70 be sure and have a pan that win allow For thfs- Now remove from fire and set aside over night. In morning add the -four. stirring until smooth: grease nat pans and spread the dough with noured hands. pressing t In bake in moderate hexfs when cold, ice With confectioner's sugar rubbed smooth with hot water; cut in blocks when serving. If you have the time to make if. chocolate frosting makes a delicious top for this cake.
 Apple Sno~-Six tart apples. sugar to taste. white of one egg: stew and strain the apples and sUeefen 10 taste;
 when cold. add the stHdly whipped
 cold.
 Marsusrites-w-hite of one esx. one hnlf cup of powdered sugar. one-ha1f cup of ground nuts. beat white of egg well add the sugar and beat until thick: add nuts When weH mixed spread on crackers and bake in mod crate heat until golden color.
 Fruit Tapioooa with custard-One and one-half cups of water, pinch of
 salt. four tablespoons of minute tap
 ioca, fruit and sugar as needed: place
 water and salt in double boiler: add tapioca and stir so 1t win not lump;
 now let it cook until clear in a pudding dish; put a liberal layer of fruit. sugar, | lightly pour the tapioca over and shake
 little sugar over the top: bake in l moderate heat until fruit Is soft Of course. the main meal of the day
 when an the family assemblies, is gen healthy child past the Kindergarten | age should share this meal with the PARKWAY DAME
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wage and salary standards of men
 6. The conditions under which women are employed in domestic ser vice and in agriculture, merit the att tentfon of the nation no less than does their employment in manufacturing and trade. Not only is the economic condition of women employed in agri- culture and domestic service matter of grave concern. but they are subject to overMork. unreasonable hours. and personal abuse of various kinds. from which they have been largely relieved in factories and stores through agita- ton and legislation.n
 This report goes on to say:
 1. The recognition both by pub lie opinion and in such legislation as may be enacted, of the principle that women should receive the same conn pensation as men for the same service. F 3. Until this principle is recognized and women are accorded equal polftf- cal rights, the extension of state pro- tection of women. through legtslH- hours of service, and minimum wages. is highly desirable"
 There are many noble women, who are heart and soul in sympathy with suffering humanity, who are so occu- pied with the interests of women and children in lands across the ocean, they do not really know of the sore need of their active interest right at home. They have not time to study into the reasons why so many women and men. too, are asking for the vote They are not strictly antis. neither are they suffragist. Now can they ques-
 ton the report of this commission; appointed by the President of the United States?
 To this let us add the testimony of one of the most eminent judges in the country, Chief Justice Isaac Franklin Russell, of the court of special ses- sions in New York. said in a recent ad- dress: ''The one great argument for woman suffrage is that justice de
 mands it" Moreover. expediency de- mands that women vote. Less thar five per cent of the inmates of states prisons are women. The same is true as to arraignments in the children't courts for Juvenile delinquency. Lasi year in New York TIT Boys were ar.
 raigned and only 181 girls If wOmer are the most moral half of the eitfzeni why should they not have a part in thu government?
 MARINDA c. BUTLER, ROBINSON
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FIXING UP AROUND THE HOUSE

Dear Sisters of the Socaai Corner:- The fall cleaning calls for attention to all the things neglected during the warm weather.
 If the kitchen stove Is rusty rub it with kerosene-before there is fire in it, of course. Then mix strong soap suds with the polish and blacken in the usual way.
 If any fabric has become mildewed dip it in citric acid, diluted, and then lay in the sun until the mildew disap- pears.
 A good furniture polish for polish ing furniture that has become dull and dusty is made by mixing three parts of 1inseed oil with one part of turpentine. Rub on with woolen cloth and rub the furniture until the polish is dry.
 An old fashioned method for clean ing porcelain kettles that have become discolored is to boil new potatoes in them. But a more modern method is to boil them with washing soda dis solved in water.
 If water pipe has become clogged dissolve a pound of potash in boiling water and pour this solution into the sink or bowl where the, trouble is. It will soon cut out the obstruction in the pipes. In couple of hours flush the pipes with boiling water. Rust stains on marble should be first rubbed with lemon juice. If this does not remove them, use a coarser cleaning powder.
 To clean a bathtub that is discolored from standing all summer use ann monia or else sift together an ounce of baking soda, and apply this moist, to the stains. Rub thoroughly and wash with hot soap and water. When one knows what to do it does not take>so long to do it. ROxANNA.
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EscALLoPEo TOMATOES.

Dear Social Corner Sisters:-with children at school, the rest at play, will venture to send you just a line.
 Great Grandma: Where is your pen? We miss you
 Elizabeth: Can 1t be that you are so busy with household duties you have forgotten The Corner? look in vain for. you.
 Papa's Boy: You dear child, how is the little sunbeam? Shall run in and see someday. Now, Who Is Who p
 Lonesome Pine: How did you hap pen to choose your name2 I cannot think of you, as being lonesome. Hope your nearest and dearest neighbors are well.
 Dorothy Perkins: Did we not see a picture of you sitting near The Bulle- tin tent?
 As it is the season for tomatoes how many of the sisters are familiar with this recipe?
 Escalloped Tomatoes@Cover bottom of baking dish with buttered crumbs. put in a layer of tomatoes, season with salt pepper, a little sugar and onion juice, another of crumbs, so on. until dish is full, having last layer of crumbs. Bake one-half hour in mod ELoIsE.
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CAKE.

Dear Social Corner Sisters:@ enjoy your letters very much. Surely there is no need of any of us going hungry for lack of knowing how to make good things. Why not have a Social Corner cook book? The Mystery Sup per sent in by Ruth is all right. I would like to hear more new ideas for money making entertainments.
 Saturday Eve: I do not know you and am at a loss how to find out .'Who Is Who?" But Where there's a will there's a way" According to your first letter we are from the same town. so cannot be far apart
 I send few recipes which may be new to some of the Sisters. Try them.
 Scripture cake-one cup of butter, Judges V, 25; 2 cups of sugar, Jere- miah, VI, 20;' 1-2 cups of flour, pre- pared with 1 teaspoon of yeast pow ders. l Kings, ". P; 2 cups of rais- ins, 1 Samuel, xxx. F; 1 cup of al- monds, Genesis, XLuI, Il; cups of figs, 1 Samuel, xxx, 12; cup of wa ter, Genesis, XxIv, 20; eggs, Isaiah X, fl; little salt, Levfticus. II. 13; l large iron spoon of honey, Exodus XVI 31; sweet spices to taste. 1 Kings x. 2; follow Solomonts advise for making good boys, first clause of Proverbs. XXIII. Ii; and you will have a good cake. This has been tried and found very good.
 Devil Cake-Five tablespoons cocoa, Take out teaspoons and put the rest into one=half cup cold water. Cook until smooth. Cake part. 1 cup. sugar scant tablespoon hlttar. Then add
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18
HULDY's PICNIC.

Dear Editor and Social Cornerites: Methinks can hardly do justice 1T: de- scribing the Social Corner gathering at the home of our genial hostess Huldy. conveyed to the house by way of an auto through the kindness of the brother of Huldy.
 Maine Lover, Wandering Jew. Molly and Trottie being the first to arrive. Soon another auto-load came; and
 last but not least Mary France put In an appearance. Only one came to represent Club No 2.
 Of the disappointment to hostess and Club No. in not having Club No. 2 join us on that day. need not speak. ,. Surely the hostess had planned for
 many of Club No. 2. Though the day was the hottest of the season, it did not deter the Cor nerites from having right fine time; and the table which was spread with l cookery, under the shade of the trees
 was enough to make one forget the | heat for a time. As the afternoon waned-the heat becoming less teuse-games were. in
 order.
 First a wheelbarrow race, the prize going to Married and Happy, consist | ing of a fine bead necklace. Second carrying an egg on the bot tenn side of plate which was quite laughab1e, Wandering Jew receiving | the prize of cup and saucer.
 She also got the beans off from a plate first.
 ~Trottie was at that trial, but of course, she knows she is such Ca little one) Hal Hal How could she beat any game2 To try the ~wheelbarrow was wholly out of the question. It soon came time to depart for our
 several homes. Those who came first were the first to go. Again the auto was brought into
 requisition, all expressing their thanks
 for the help thus given. l Club No. 2: Don't you wish you had i come? Was it for fear it might rain or some other cause that prevented your being present?
 Crimson Rambler: Where weri | thou?
 Always a well wisher. | TpOTTIE
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sI AT THE FAIR.

MT. Editor and Social Corner Sis- ters: Thinking perhaps you would some of you think I would not let Si go to the fair. and as some of you in- Quired about him. I just want to say that Si went Monday. for I knew SO many of you Sisters would go Tues day that just told him after Ma had such a crfcik in her hack that she could not go. I knew I would have to stay at home. too. so I said:
 .Si. you better go Labor day, for it is going to raint- So he dsd-
 picked yellow sunfiower and put in his buttonhoie and gave him a yell low bow. If he should lose the flower, and he started gave him a whole dollar and I knew he would not bring back any of it. Si Is very careless over money.
 We'll he can1e home about 5 D. m., tired. but I think happy. He found one Sister. the one he fell over at Aunt Abby's picnic. and he had peanuts and loilypOps. yardsticl<s and rings. c1fi buttons. watch chains and enough jew elry to start a store
 He had his fortune told twice, and one said he would be a widower (and think that made him SO happy), but the Social Corner tent and the baby show. don't know whether he took the Sisters or not. for when he got home and I reckoned up found he | spent more money than gave him and, come to find out. he had been saw ing up since the picnic all his spare ] change to treat the Sisters with My heart is most broke to think he would deceive me so. but no more picnics foI Sfias. or county fairs for a whole year Crimson Rambler: Have you found the one you thought you knew on thu | square?
 Annette: Certainly. Had f1ne tim. | at your home and thank you all for mn | good time.
 Rural Delivery: Si certainly had tt | work harder the next day. Too baS you did not meet at the fair: nigh have saved him trouble If you haS looked the coat over.
 Lucinda. Lucy Acorn and others What was the prize fighter doing ii your picture taken at the fair2
 Blanche: Should not have know you>in your new dress unless you hal a Biddy under your arm
 From MANDY. SITS WIFE.
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ter pound butter. nutmeg and cinnm- mon. one gill rose water. one pound rAlzina- Soak bread in one quart of milk. put through seive. add eEE and sugar beaten together. then add but ter. nutmeg and cinnamon. raisiRs. rose water and the remaining pint of mx1k Bake three-Quarters hour.
 indinn Pudding. One and one haH plnts milk. sEren tablespoons flswe0 Indian meal. one half cup moiasBea, one egE. one cup chopped rzislns. cin- namon to tazte. pinch salt zrunn ptace butter. Scnid milk. add meal and ccck a few minutess tnke oH stove and 16d rnolasses. egg. raistns. salt. cinnamon and butter. Bake In very slow even about two h0urs- To be eaten Wlth cream.
 Salt RisiBs Bread: Al evening soald spoon each of sugar and salt. with enough hot milk to make a u1ush. Bgt in a warm piace until morning, then pour one pint boiling water over one teaspoon each of salt and sugar, and one half teaspoon tscant) soda Add cold water untfl luke warm. add four to make a stiff batter. stir in the mush and beat well Put this tr a covered bucket set in a dish of wa ter keeping the water as warm as the hand can bear. When light and foau1y add one big spoon of lard; mix stiB and mould Into loares When | raised sufficiently bake about @ | minutes This is a delicious bread althoOgh some object, to tho odor. Brown Bread: Two quarts lndiAn meal one quart rye meal, two tea spoons salt one third cut rnsiassen. I Mix meal thoroughly Cry and Indien), | Add salt and molasses. scalt wffh boiling water until sufficiently swollen | Then add one teaspoon of soda 10 one \ cup of sour milk and mix thoroughly. | put into old fashioned Iron pan, pat
 down the top with water so as to form
 a hard crust when baked Bake
 slowly for several hours. This crus, | fs good for crust coffee You cnunol
 use this recipe unless you have rys and Indian meal ground by the old
 fashioned stone process
 ELIZA |.
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ssf5 a. m and going south at 11:1o. Tn the ?. m going nofth s:4b; south Now if you could come on the train would give you more time to stay
 | have tried to give you an time enough to plan for your own convent ence.
 If I. could know senething about walk from the station. which is about three quarters of a mile, would try Go have a way for them to rida-
 If possible, as far as you can. please drop me a card addressed Annty No. I, Yantic, Conn It will reach me. am hoping for good number. l don't want to hire team to meet the train. if not necessary. This is n general invitation. and if the writers have friends they wish to bring with them All are welcomed That is the way fc get people interested
 Tourine:- I hope you can be here that day. Too late for red Easpberries but think T could find some without much trouble. Valentine: I wonder if you didn't serve me at the missionary meeting a few weeks ago. If so. you were quite mum
 Lonesome Pine: You must try to bt on hand at the picnic here. and orkne that Silent Sister Midget with you Enid: do hope you can meet witf
 us this time. You have been so quie1 since coming home. feared you wal
 sick; or gone away again It Is al right about the card. We are all lia'
 ble to such mistakes. We wouldn't b'
 here if otherwise.
 Doctor: am sorry for you in youl
 loss Will that keep you and you | mother from coming to the picnic2 hope not Do try and come. Faye Verna: You have my heart
 felt sympathy. We have the promis' that -An things work together for ou good" We can't always see 1t. but i must be some way.
 With best wishes and hoping for good time Oct. 7th. remain as ever, AUNTY NO. 1.
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REFRESHING DRINKS.

Dear Editor of the Social Corner: Herewith I send a few refreshing drinks:
 Common Small Besri Add to a pail full of water handful of hops, a pint of bran, half pint Of molasses, a cup of yeast, and one large Spoonful of sugar. f-5
 Molassss Beer: To six quarts of water add two quarts of molasses, half pint of yeast. two spoons of cream tartar Having stirred thoroughly, add the grated peel of a lemon. Bottle aft CT standing for twelve hours.
 White Spruce Beer: Mix together three pounds of loaf sugar, five gallons of water, Q cup of. good yeast, adding a small piece of lemon peel. and enough of the essence of spruce to give 1t flavor When sfermented. pre- serve in close bottles. Molasses or common brown sugar can be used iii necessary, instead of loaf; and the lemon peel left out. Sometimes when unable to obtain the essence of spruce we have boiled down twigs. This will be found delightful home drink.
 Annette: I should have liked very much to have attended your Socia Corner picnic Thank you for the birthday card.
 ELLA OF INTER- RTTRYj
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GREETINGS FROM L. T. x.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: I have not had time of fate to write. but I am with you again Merry Widow I beg your pardon While WAS away q nice card came from you and I found ft short lime ago. on looking up my book of Cor ner writers addresses. I found the mice hked them very much and had made n nice bed out of the book so your address and all the rest were destroyed I will send you q card | soon through the Editor and then want your address again. Shall put I 1t where mice can't eat it-
 Jim: Was glad to see yo1r letter and know you haG not deserted The Cor ner. We wish you would write often | CT.
 Aunt Hester: I was sorry sickness prevented me from attending Aunt Abhy's picnic and seeing you; have lost your address; will write when I yourself SO much How is the man of the house? Can't you get him to be brave like Si and write to The Corner? Perhaps he could give poor Si a few tips on getting through the lcrowd with all those big boxes of gum and peanuts go the sisters couldn't take all away from him
 Crimson Rambler: Did you have any raised d0ughnuts at the fair3 Weren't those nice we had at the doctors pic | haven't sent In the club yell yet; or is that private properJy2
 Rural Delivery. Am glad to see your name in The Corner once more. and to know you are among the living l Blue Bell says you have not written this way since Aunt Abby's picnic a year ago, and thinks you must have taken Burners advice about It. ! Am glad to see all the nice recipes
 for pichllng and preserving in the diff |
 ing to try some of them
 l.. H. K: Will you send in youl
 recipe for sour milk pie? A friend
 was here and told us of your deliciouI
 sour milk pie eaten at a supper: and
 they spoke so highly of it. 1t makes
 me want some: hope your health h
 better and you can attend some of ths
 nice picnicS.
 Violet: How does that new sewing
 machine work2 Am anxious to heal
 as I never have tried one Of thai
 make: but think they must be verJ
 nice. because they are so simple tC
 thread for anyone that has poor eye
 sight: am glad to hear the sick ones
 are all better. and hope they win al
 keep well. Ut makes 1t hard to bs
 sick. This hot weather Is terrible fol the sick and well ones alike
 Peggy Anne: The picture of you house was fine. I nurEed near you
 home once and met you there and would like to meet you again soms time. l enjoy reading the Corner let ters so much It really seems like go-
 ing on a visit and having a nice time; while being in your own home all tn, time as so many people wish thel could do, when they go away for iday's outing
 Lucinda: The pictures taken at tn,
 doctors picnic were fine. I receive< 1, the set and was so pleased with them The three Aunties were so nice. Wtsl iyou lived near enough so could ge you to take some of a family group 3 L.. I'll.
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PEGGY ANNE RECOGNIZES FIVE.

Social Cornerites One and All:-l was very much disappointed in not go- ing to the fair and meeting the new Sisters. Perhaps it was for the best! Who knows? It is too bad more of the Sisters could not have had their pictures taken in the group. I recognized five of the Sisters. The others I haven't met, but hope to in the near futcre.
 Huldy: Was very sorry I couldn't attend your picnic. I didn't know of 1t until the day before, and it was too late to change my plans. canned g quarts of different fruit. pickles, etc. Tidy Addly: Did you know who It was waved to you Sunday afternoon in an auto. Where was Hubby?
 Tiny: I'm wondering if I rode to a whist party with you short time ago. Were your r@G@is before your mar riage tie same as mine now?
 Dorothy Perkins No. ?: I've been wondering who you are? Are you a member of the J. U. club?
 Pollyanne: Didn't I make a mess of it Sunday night, though?
 Remember Me: Went past your house Sunday afternoon. Saw the au- to in the yard, but no one in sight Your little girl did we'll in the Baby Contest.
 Aunt Sarah: Had your younger daughter over here to dinner Met your husband and little son, on our way to w.
 Great Grandma: envy you your callers of last week. Wish they'd get as far as my house.
 Mother Hubbard: Do you live near the Lebanon Baptist church? I've got my eyes open, even if my ears do play me false sometimes
 PEGGY ANNE.
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rRoTTIE-we have a hard and fast rule to print no anonymous comfnuni- cations. With. an average of a dozen letterE a day we do not get familiar enough with the stylo of the writer to identify her in the absence of the name.
 ANNETTE-Letter received and mailed to Saturday Eve.
 AUNTY NO. 1.-The old arrange ments for The Bulletins share of the expenses holds good. !
 HULDY-Next time we hope to have time to extend to you the same courte- sies The Bulletin has extended to others. We wish to obliterate all suspicious of partiality.
 L. H. K.-Cards received and for warded to the writers Indicated.
 LORETTA--Your full address is de- sired. A souvenir card awaits it.
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done three times A day. and every. day and thar ycu are going to enjoy it.
 2. Have ah pretty dishes as you can afford SO that von wiIl take <prida in keeping them clean mo Bh1niug. them scfr paFer may be used to wipe greasy silrerware and dishes. 60 that the dishwafer may be kept Tree From crumbs and grease
 {. Have your water a= hot as yUu can bear yonr hanas in. Have the rinsing water clear and hot.
 R. Wash the dissex in their order. einss f rFe. silver second. cups and saul cers next plates and larger dishes
 s. Have plenty of clean. dry wip-
 7 Have a good big tray. pr a slant ing board if possible to drain the dish- es on Have another tray 10 put the dishes on so as to carry them away 10 the cupboard or dining room This s. Make your dfshwashing a physf- cal exercise Keep the correct stand ing position, chest high. weight on the balls of feet Have plenty of Fresh air and hreathe deeply all the time You are working. You win soon notice the beneat of this practice in your health
 q Make your dishwasiling a nnsn- tai exefcfse- Sing while you work somrthfng cheery and helpful. also think of the words as you sing them Repent some poem q have leranec poems before now. but this ts mora dInicult) You win be surprised tt sec how much faster the work goes and it cheers and upiffts you as well lo- Make your dishwRshing a sptr- itual exercise Even so houaety a tasl | as washing dishes can be made q growth when one realizes that all dut1 we'll done brings it's blessings and |
 really a means of spiritual develop
 ment-