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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-10
RECIPES FROM NoKoMIS.

Dear Editor and Social Corner Sis
ters: The helpful suggestions we care
fully read each week and think they
are all right. Will you admit new
member to your CHEEKY Circle? Here
with are a few recipes:
Apple SaIad-Take six good sized
tart apples. pare and scoop out a good
portion of inside. Fill this cavity with
finely chopped, tender celery and
ground nuts. Serve on lettuce leaf
with salad dressing or whipped cream.
The cream is preferable.
Banana SaIad-A strip Of the peel
of nice large banana may be turned
back and most of the pulp carefully
scooped out. To fill the space left by
the removal of the pulp prepare a mix
ture of thinly sliced banana, shredded
orange or grape fruit, seeded white
grapes and a few pecan or any kind
of nut meats in small pieces. In their
season. cherries may be added. Mix
all we'll in bowl with whipped cream
and fill banana peel. Serve on let
tuce leaf.
Fruit Dessert-Cut sweet oranges
| coanut, put layer of each until the
dish Is we'll filled and cover with 7Ghip-
ped cream.
Nut Standardization very fine two
hard-boiled eggs with double the guam
tity in walnuts, mix with salad dress
ing or thick cream, pepper and salt.
Spread between very thin slices of
| white bread
Tomato Sandwich-Cut slices Ct
white bread very thin, then spread let
tuce finely cut with sliced tomato
mixed with salad dressing. This should
be eaten soon after preparing.
Sardine Salad-Mix the contents of
| a can sardines with one cupful of cold
| washed potato and one minced onion.
Pour French dressing over all and
serve on a lettuce leaf.
Breakfast Pie-An appetizing and
substantial breakfast dish can be
| made from any leftover meats.
| Grease a baking dish, cover the bot
tom well with hot mashed potato and
| add a layer Of the meat chopped fine
or ground, and highly seasoned. Top
off with a thin layer Of the mashed
potato. If there was gravy with the
| meat this may be poured over the pie,
| otherwise moisten it with water in
| which little butter has been dis
solved. Set in the oven and bake
| brown.
NOKOMJS
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-10
THE NAMING OF AN APPLE

Take a teacup of flour, a pinch Of
salt, a nut OF grease, IL your horse
likes spice, ginger, or cloves, and wet
up with water spread on board. 1t
will soon be ready for use"
AS he was leaving he heard one of
the ladies say: &" should think he
was a coothead."
What that was he knew not. Some
what disheartened he just mused:
three times then QUIT" but 1 have
doubled it and been called stmpleton,
, idiot, imposter, and now a greenhorn,
coothead and been given a recipe. l
must be on the wrong track! Wen!
there is luck in odd numbers, and is
a Bible number. This l will do: Make
one more trial and quit"
Coming to a place where things
| looked well kept he stopped. The
daughter of the house met him at the
door, invited him in, and as he STAN
mered out his want her mother said:
my board!"
Then the daughter said: GAS he
only wants a teaspoonful 1 think we
can get it. The board was brought
and scraped and the quantity obtained
| This raised his hopes and he asked
| if he could get a dinner with them.
All was soon ready. On the table
was a. dish of nice looking apples
| Eating one he asked the name. They
said it had no name but was wilc
| S6eOllng tree we'll CSIe0 4OT d11O CIllS
apple was the product.
Such a good apple as this ought tc
| have a name, he remarked.
| The daughter said: We'll, you give
| it a nameT'
AS he was leaving he said he was
coming that way again soon and would
| bring a name for the apple.
According to promise he came ant
was invited to dinner. AS the subjecr
| of the apple was continued he said:
/ 81 will make a confession He the1
| told them Of his home and parents
and said: Il was seeking for wife
on my first visit. Your kindness ha:
| favorably impressed me. To the daugh'
| ter he said. IF this meets your ktnt
regards 1 will seek no father" ant
| they gave that name to the apple.
AS in the story of David Copperield
Banks was willing" the apple was
named, and plans began for the soo1
to be welded couple to commence the
| journey of life together in content
ment and happiness.
| AL is well that ends we'll"
] GREAT GRANDMA
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-10

Dear Social Corner Editor and
Friends-Among the many things
want to do today is to write to you
all. We are having a nice rain.
1t has been some time since l have
written to The Corner, but think Of
you all and mean to write; but We'd
nesday comes and goes.
1 enjoy reading the letters and
what a big family we are getting to
be. I miss the older writer's.
Dear NJ. Roena: If you knew how
hubby and 1 enjoyed the glimpse Of
your home. What a pretty bungalow
it must be. We were both glad You
got the first prize.
Where is Sister Glenwood?
Sally Muggins: Your bungalow is
very nice, also.
Aunty No /: Am going to give you
a surprise. Hope you will enjoy it.
You may think I've forgotten you, but
[ have not.
1t seems 1 have lote of time and
| ought to send in a word more often
! Gam alone all day., but there is al
ways something doing.
| I have been "shut-in' since last
| of January, up to within two weeks
| Now, 1 am feeling better, and it seems
| good to be able to go out of DOORS
| Grandma: 1 enjoyed your poetry OF
| last week.
| Hoping you all enjoyed your Easter
as l did, am as ever,
| SWEET LAVENDER.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-10

rib 2 IL or 3 pounds, at about 80
cents.
Sunday it is served cold with tur-
nips and potatoes and hot gravy.
Monday, served hot with baked pO-
tatoes and boiled onions.
Tuesday, L buy a shank bone with
not much meat on it, costing about Is
cents, making a rich soup, with dump
lings.
Wednesday, the same is served. with
vegetables added.
Thursday, I buy a pound of sau-
sage, or hamburg steak; 20 or %
cents.
Friday, Goldfish creamed with boiled
potatoes Cor baked); cost 10 cents.
Saturday, use what is left of fish.
and potatoes for fish balls, or bake
1-2 pint of beans, IL lb. of salt pork,
at 10 cents each
The expense of meat for a week by
this method costs from $1.25 to $1.50
which is small.
1 have found, if one plans and tries
to save, there will be successful re-
suits.
Meats are high, and 1 find a family
can live and be well nourished, even,
at a small cost.
NELL.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-10
81 CAN'T AFFORD IT.D

Laura Blake wants to go with a bet
ter set Of girls, but she cant af-
ford to dress like them and attend
their entertainments" but she spends
cents every day for candy, ice cream
or soda-s1S.25 year. She could get
a neat dress, coat and hat for $11;
join Girls club for 8 cents a week,
$3.50: have 5 cents a week ($2.6O) for
church and Sunday school and then
have $2.05 for the entertainments
Mr.. Gray wishes he could afford to
go to church." but it costs so much
to dress a family of six and then you
must help the church. He smokes
three cigars a day, Is cents: $54 a
year. This would "fx up the whole
family and then have some pennies
for the church.
Walter Harper wants an education
but he cant afford it, He takes a
glass of soda and treats a. friend every
day-$36.50 a year. He could pay 81
for a library ticket, subscribe for a
good magazine for 50 and have $335 so
to buy the books needed for evening
study.
Mr.. c. wants a, home for his family
but he cant afford it," so he spends
30 cents a day at the saloon-$109 20
year. This in a few years if placed
at interest would buy a very COM
Portable home
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-10
HOW ROSARY PRAcTIcED ECON.
OMY.

Dear Editor and Sisters. AS I have
been very busy. I have not written
for long time. but have enjoyed
reading the interesting letters Of the
Social Corner every week. I am so
sorry that Aunt Mehftable has broken
her arm and hope that it will soon be
all right again.
When I first began work with small
wages, I decided to save a certain
sum each year; then saved the
amount, even If I went without some
things which I thought I needed. The
best way to save is to pay cash for
everything and keep a strict account
of all money received and spent.
AS far as possible food should be
bought in large quantities., or at
wholesale prices. Small packages OF
crackers, breakfast foods and other
things bring exorbitant prices pei
pound.
Oatmeal, rice, Indian meal. peas
beans and milk are cheap and nour-
fishing foods. Milk is a cheap food
even. at ten cents a quart and every
family ought to use plenty of this
good food.
Homemade food is more economical
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-10

them imps, and I told Jane a thing
or tew.
SEE I, Jane if it hadn't bin for
you and your old Mother Eve,
catterpillers and pig weed and army
worms and wild carrot! No-sir- ee.
Most likely I'd bin settin on the
piazzy likes not wearing that Their
spotted vest and green necktie,-a
watchin of that corn grow, eatin
peaches you didn't git jest by the skin
of your teeth,-or likes not riding
round in an orty-mobile watchin the
Majors.
Jane, she sort of snapped me up
then and lowd I'd better be a fggerin
where I'd bin if twant for her and
lounge round. Jane gifts right down
upstropulous sometimes.
After that Their army raid, we got
chanel tew git under cover what
craps hadn't bin ct up or dried up OF
kilt by weeds or such. got where
I'd got a chance teW lean on the pig
pen and watch them pigs grow.
say l had some right down fine pigs
some times 1 low if twant for them
Their pigs I'd quit farmin', but them
Their leetle tykes grow whether it
rains or droughths, caterpillers nor
worms don't bother them none. I'd
even got a spell to argufy with 81.
Then 1 up and heard bout that Their
hoof and mouth desease Fust off 1
ter bout. Then one day I seed where
some fellers had kilt and buried a
hull drove of hogs.
You jest bet l was madder'n a wet
hen. SEE l., I'm goin to put a lock
| on that Their pig-pen to once. Jane,
SEE I, IF any whipper-snapper with
| brass button onto his coat come nos
| ing round that pig-pen, I'll boot him.
I'll Old felt him, clear into the road
and likes as not help him along the
road a piece!"
Nathaniel, what you amin to do
SEE Jane. Go agin the law and git
the rheumatic to boot most likely
| Well! PH stand the law and
the rheumatic, tew. Is had one, and
some one with a Ieetle spunk waists
to go agin such fool laws that, any
how. How somever amt no Teller
gotn' to kill them hogs, that's set
tied. Well, no one show'd up. 1 kali
ka!ate. He heard, what 1 gin out.
| So, we've pulled along till meow
One pig is in the barrel and Their are
few pertaters in the bin. 1 seen d
| couple of pumkins kickin round thel
celler luther day SO I lows with
some cow-slips and dandyions wee
pull through till gardensass comes.
But I tell UNI if they hadn't hat
Old Nat a steering, they been ditchet
quite a spell back!
1 see by what I read some of Thu
| Corner folks has Their ups and downs
| and rheumatic and SUCH, same as me
I reckon some folks dew. rs heard o
folks who set the big end of the tel
eperscope on their troubles, but whel
they look at luther Teller they tur1
on small end, sort Of human natu
amt it?
rs see you had all fired big cele
bration a sort of three layer ONT
Well, that's all right fur them ca
CAD about. Ouch! my old back i
hopping it up. Well, I lows when
git over this spell I'll be already t
pitch in like time. and git that the
| farm work done.
Well, as this leaves me, the sam
: ter you.
So long.
NAT (short for NathanieD.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-10
EGeLEss RECIPES FROM REccY

Dear Editor and Social Corner Sis
ters-1 am sending in some recipes that
1 find very useful when eggs are high:
'EseIess Cake with moIasses-One
cup sugar. II cup molasses, 1 cup sour
milk 1 cup chopped raisins, u cup
butter, 1 teaspoon Of soda; spices may
be added to taste.
Eggless Cake-One cup sugar, 1-3
cup shortening. cups -four 1 cup
sweet milk, 8 teaspoons of baking
powder: beat thoroughly to make this
light, and flavor with any extract.
Water cake-One cup sugar, cup
slightly warm water. cups sifted
-four " cup of butter; 8 teaspoons of
baking powder. and a pinch of salt;
flavor with nutmeg. This makes one
large loaf bake in a shallow tin and
cut in squares.
Little Raisin Cakes without Eggs
One cup butter, cups sugar, 2 cups
of sweet milk, cups flour, cup
ing, 2 teaspoons OF baking powder;
bake as drop cakes in little tins; frost
tops and sides and put large raisin in
the center.
Pork Cake without Eggs. Butter or
Milk-Chop one-half pound of fat
pork very fine. pour on 1 pint of boil
ing water, let stand until cool; add y
pound raisins chopped. fine, 2 cups
sugar, 1 cup molasses, 1 teaspoon
cloves, n nutmeg. 2. teaspoons of soda,
and flour enough to make little sitter
than ordinary cake mixtures
Apple Sauce Cake without Eggs-One
cup of apple sauce, u cup butter, 1 cup
sugar. 2 cups pastry flour, cup
raisins, teaspoon soda dissolved in
little hot water; teaspoon nutmeg, tea
spoon Of cloves, l teaspoon cinnamon,
1 scant teaspoon salt.
New England Election Cake without
Eggs-One cup sugar, 1 cup yeast, 8
cups milk and sufficient flour to make
a soft dough; let rise over night: the
next morning add another cup sugar,
1 cup butter, little nutmeg, CHINA
mon and raisins; let rise again and
then bake.
EggIess Fruit Cake-One cup butter,
8 cups sugar. 2 cups sour milk, scant
cups flour, 1 cup chopped raisins, 4
cup chopped citron, u teaspoon Gin
namon, Il teaspoon cloves, II nutmeg,
1 teaspoon soda
Cookies without Eggs or Butter
One cup sour cream, 1 level teaspoon
of soda pinch of salt, 1 cup of sugar
and any havoring you wish and flour
enough to roll. BECCY.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-10
GREETINGS FROM BRIGHT RAY.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: 1 just
want to say a few words to you. For
the past few weeks 1 haven't been ds
excitement, so 1 had to stay away
from the anniversary party of Social
Corner club No. 1. 1t seems as if
have had more invitations to social
affairs lately, just because 1 can't go.
Nan: Have you recently moved to
the Coventry road? I think last fall
that you came and looked at a small
cottage. you liked the looks of it SO
well from the outside.
Sweet Sixteen: 1t was only three
years ago that 1 played on a basket
ball team, so I am still interested In
the game.
1t is SO springlike out this morning.,
except for the snow. 1 hope everyone
can get out and take a walk. I am
going out now, and l am so thankful
that 1 can do that.
BRIGHT RAY.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-10

When I was married and came to
my new home, found a different kind
of apple, fair and rosy, with a nice
flavor.
He said there was a story in con-
nection with the name.
Please tell me the story about it,
said l.
AS he was busy 1 waited till evening
then reminded him to tell the story,
and he began:
"Once upon q time" there lived in
the state of New York on snug little
farm, a man, his wife and one son.
AS the son helped his father, and the
time passed happily, he began to take
the responsibility of making many i'm
provements on the place. AS his pro-
gress continued and was satisfactory
a natural and ardent desire to see
more of the world and the ways Of
others took possession of his mind and
increased his secret desire for compan-
ionship.
Hearing his mother say: Flour
could be wasted on a moulding board, "
he thought to himself the idea was
worth considering, and the more he
clear and he determined to act. Sc
making preparations for a journey
one fine morning he left home with his
| team with buoyant hopes for better
| days to come.
At night he stopped in a small towr
and INDUCED in asking many questions
about families, and ways of doing
| things.
The next morning he was ready fol
action. Stopping at a house he
| asked the lady if he could buy, OF
get a few scrapings from her mould
| ing board for his horse.
He was told when she used her board
| it was washed and ready for use neXt
time.
At the next place the woman said:
You must be simpleton to ask fol
| food for a horse from my cooking
| board"
Thus he Travelled on calling at diff
| ferent places, with no better success
He was not discouraged but determ-
| ined, and on the morn of the third day
ventured to call where there were
some young ladies. The mother re-
piled: The scrapings Of my board
go into the pig-pail and not to horses
I have heard of greenhorns and think
| you must be one. If your horse wants
| scraping I'll give you a recipe:"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-10
THE ADVANTAGE OF CANNING.

Dear Social Corner Friends: I have
long been a reader Of this page and
have often thought I would like to
join the writer's. 1 have tried several
recipes and stored I'D much good adj
vice from your letters
I have a few little ways of making
some days work lighter than others.
When we have an extra. lot Of fresh
meat, spar-rfb pork roast, or saus-
age, I cook it and can it, using a can
with a large opening, or earthen jar
putting the meat in hot and pouring
the fat in to cover meat and sealing UP
while still hot.
This will keep nicely and is ready
for use in just a few minutes. Very
handy when you have company foI
dinner come in unexpectedly at nearly
the last moment; also, when you want
to spend day off and don't want to
cook all day before
Those who haven't tried this can't
realize how very convenient it is.
OF course, those of you who live
near store can easily obtain supplies
on short notice. I was thinking OF
butchering time when meat is always
cheaper
I have eaten home canned sausage
that had been canned two years and
it was fine. %!'
have kept house in city, village
and country, and find that the we'll
AAAOd SC1AdA with RiCAIy VI AIOAAC-CdA'
ned vegetables and fruit is a great re-
duction to the cost of living, and that
Is something most of US need to con-
slider.
I wonder how many Of the Socia,
Corner writer's have a garden other
than a flower garden.
used to raise nothing but flowers
and had such good luck with then
I wanted to try vegetables. I begar
with beans, as they are easy to raise
and were very profitable to me. We
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-10

had green beans for the table, a few
to sell and some to can for winter
Tomatoes are also easily raised and
return so much for the time expended
used the best ripe ones for slicing
and canning while and the poor
est ones for straining to can up and to
be used in making tomato soup; also
for catsup and the the green tomatoes
for various kinds of pickle.
I began this year by canning and
hope to keep it up right through the
year. Many of my friends use the
tin cans and solder them up, but 1 use
glass, they cost more but look good,
and feel safer in using them.
The next thing 1 expect to can is
apples, then 1 will have apples for
pies and sauce till apples come again.
OF course, the farmers and gardeners
have these things in abundance, but all
might If they would buy a quantity
when they are in season, and the price
is low. 1t seems a shame to waste
food when there are SO many needing
to be fed and no means of obtaining
food
It is my wish that a canning factory
could be located in this vicinity and
the large crops of fruits and vege-
tables be canned when the markets
are low and saved in times Of album
dance.
The incest way I find of canning
berries, peaches, pears or very ripe
1rulC is 10 I'LL can with Derr1eS, nave
syrup of one cup sugar to one quart
| of berries and pour over berries hot
Seal and place in kettle of boiling wa
| ter on back of stove till cold.
Since flour is so high 1 use one hall
| rye flour in making raised bread. AL
| so put on one half cup of rye flour and
| one half cup corn meal in making
| pancakes.
A Good Rule for Gems: Use one
| cup rye flour, one of corn meal and
| one of flour, one egg, two cups sour
milk, butter size Of walnut, one hall
| cup molasses, one teaspoon soda.
Oatmeal Waters: One cup sugar
one tablespoon butter, two eggs, beat
| en- separately, and combined, two and
| one half cups rolled oats, two heap
ing teaspoons baking powder, one tea
spoon vanilla. Drop with teaspoon or
| buttered pan far apart. Bake in slow
| oven. Take out of pan Immediately
with sharp knife and lay on cloth to
cool. Very good.
Success to all the Social Corner
| friends.
| GEM
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-10
GREETINGS FROM CRIMSON RAM.
BIER

Dear Sisters of the Social Corner:
Here I come again as usual for a lit
tie chat.
Gala Lily: Your nice letter received
Many thanks for recipe, hope it will
prove beneficial
Enid: Thanks for card with Ceiba
tree on it. The view is lovely. Your
nice long letter T. also at hand.
found it really very interesting Will
answer soon.
Merry Widow: Yours at hand, also
No. / certainly cannot guess. Have
been Duzzling my brain. but must give
1t up for a bad job this time unless
you come to the rescue.
Balsam Fir: Where art thou? Why
SO silent? Have you gone to that
wedding yet? If SO, hope you will
write all about it SO the sisters will
enjoy reading the account.
Betsey Bobbett: Your card is a;
hand You will hear from me soon
Dom Pedro: Your card is at hand
Thank you for the pretty Easter SEN
timent- Glad to hear you are feeling
better. Hope when the good old sum-
mer time and warm weather gets here
you will feel even better. 1t must be
very lonely to be a shut in.
I think the sisters were all much
pleased to read the Social Corner Rec
ord Myi What a large family ou1
Editor has to look after. Am won
dering how he can keep us all where
we belong, and in our right places.
CRIMSON RAMBLER
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-10
PALM SUNDAY IN CUBA,

Dear Editor and Sisters of the Social
Corner: Last Sunday the Trinity EpiS-
copal cathedral distributed palm leaves
and tiny palm leaf crosses to the con-
gregation. The cathedral was trimmed
with majestic palm branches from the
doors to the chancel. The music waS
especially fine. The Palms was render
ed as an offertory solo, and in fact were
it not for the dignitaries in the chancel
one would have imagined ones self III
Christ church, Norwich. There was a
bishop, a dean, two canons and al.
archdeacon present.
l wish l could express to you the
pleasure l derived in reading the Ami =
versary letters.
| felt guilty not to contribute my
mite towards the anniversary page, but
L reflected there were three hundred Or
more members, and that doubtless m.
expressions of good will and appre-
citation of all that The Bulletin has
members would be better and more
concisely expressed by plenty of others
SO, having quieted my conscience,
enjoyed to the utmost the nice letters
that We're written on that occasion, and
which were read by me so many hun
dreds Of miles away from home exactly
four days after they were printed
At the eleventh hour, however, 1 am
sending just nne-a message to each
one of you--filled with good wishes and
| derived from your letters.
| To our Social Corner Editor 1 would
say the growth of the Social Corner
is an eloquent tribute of his general
| ship. When 1 think of the materia
the proof reader has had to wade
through on my account, 1 groan IN
wardly and cast about for some means
to propitiate this much abused person
Realizing my tendency, however, e
write long letters, l will close at onot
with a few messages for the SoCia
| Corner Sisters and happy Easter greet.
| ings to the Social Corner Editor, anC
| to the readers and members of the So.
! cial Corner.
| Dom Pedro: Many thanks for Easter
| card. 1t is the first one 1 have re-
| ceived this season.
| NJ. Roena: Your letter including
plans of your bungalow were very in
teresting. 1 hope the porch hammt 4
is an assured fact by this time.
| Aunty No. 1: I was glad to know
| You were well and able to attend til,
Social Club No. 1 meeting. Are you
too busy to drop me a line?
| Merry Widow: The women's gui:t
meetings are held mornings in Havana
| Can you imagine our busy housekeep
| ers at home starting out at 8 o'clock t,
attend guild meeting?
1 ENID