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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-04
WAYS TO MAKE PUFFs.

Editor and Social Corner Sisters: AS
it is raining this morning, thought ]
would have a chat.
Ready: How nice it is that you live
near by now. Was glad you could join
with the rest at the fine gathering at
the hall, if you could not stay long.
Glad to hear that the man of the
house has another woodboX. l suppose
you will have it The Corner color.
Roxanna Vince: Hope you won't get
Polly will help you out. l shall try
hard to get there. Don't you think l
am renewing my age, getting out so
often? l do enjoy the gatherings; we
always have such sociable times when
we meet.
Tidy Addly, Theoda, Hulda and all
others: Hope you enjoyed a happy
Thanksgiving.
Biddy: Did you do lots of cackling
on that day?
Aunt Jerusha: Sorry you could not
go to the last gathering; also L. H. X,
was quite disappointed in not seeing
you there.
Aunt Hester: What has become of
you? Hope you are not lost, you live
so far away.
Mayfayre: Would be glad to have
you take your hubby and come up and
call on me, so we could get more ac-
quainted.
With this chat 1 will send in a few
ways for making Puffs which are nice:
Raisin Puffs-Cream one-half cup of
butter with three tablespoons sugar,
two eggs, one cup milk, two cups flour,
sifted with two teaspoon baking pow
der; lastly stir in one cup raisins.
Steam one-half hour in custard cups.
Serve with any kind of sauce.
Jelly Puffs can be made like the
above, leaving out the raisins, and put
in the cups one tablespoon of any kind
of fruit, either fresh or canned, then
put the batter on top and steam the
same.
Chocolate Puffs-One cup sugar one
egg, one cup milk, one teaspoon vanilla
and flour enough to make it as stiff as
for layer cake. Sifted with the -four
one teaspoon baking powder, two ia
blespoons of cocoa or grated chocolate;
butter the cups well with butter, then
half fill; let steam one-half hour.
Sauce for the same-One-half cup
| butter creamed with one cup sugar;
, flavor with vanilla; then heap a little
on each puff just before serving.
VIII close by wishing all much joy
and happiness in the coming Christ
mas season. As ever. S. c. Sister.
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MEATS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

Dear Social Cornerites: 1 hope you
all had as pleasant Thanksgiving as
did. didn't have turkey, but
think you can hear me crow way
down to Norwich l think hear some
gobbIng up here, but am up and
around and doing some work We did
have a beautiful day, didn't we?
Betsy Bobbit: I thank you so much
for your kind invitation to go with
you to the next doings, and 1 sure
will go or see you there. l wish some
more Of the sisters would send sug-
gestions for Christmas gifts
Here are some suggestions for meat
and their accomplishments: With roast
beef, grated horse radish roast mutton,
currant jelly; boiled mutton, caper
sauce; roast pork, apple sauce; boiled
chicken, bread sauce, roast lamb, mint
sauce; roast turkey, cranberry sauce:
ven;'son or wild ducks, black currant
jelly; broiled fresh mackerel, sauce of
stewed gooseberries; boiled bluefsh,
white cream sauce; broiled shad, boil
ed rice and salad; compete of pigeons,
mushroom sauce; fresh salmon, green
peas, cream sauce; roast goose, apple
sauce.
Soft Gingerbread-One cup molas-
ses, half cup cold water, pinch salt
three tablespoons melted lard, -four to
make stiff as cake, teaspoon soda and
little ginger if you like.
With best wishes,
MEXICAN PRIMROSE.
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RECIPE FOR RAIsIN CAKE.

Dear Cornerites: Just a line this
morning to let the sisters and broth
ers know I am still alive after cele-
brating Thanksgiving.
Grace: You are a Yankee for guess
ing.
Tidy Addly: Was glad to see you at
church Sunday. Should like to see you
there oftener.
Olive: 1 will meet you at the station
just below your house December Sth
at minutes of IL.
Aunty No. 1: Bring your tatting
shuttle with you the Sth and I will
make tatting with you.
Recipe for Raisin Cake-Boil 2 cups
of raisins 20 minutes, stir together
cup of sugar, 2 eggs. IL cup of but
ter, drain 1 cup of water from raisins,
and add that and 1 teaspoon of nut
meg, 1 teaspoon of soda and cups
of flour.
With best wishes,
CLIO
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BILL OF FARE FOR SATURDAY.

Dear Editor and Social Corner Sis
ters: 1 thank the Social Corner page is
becoming more interesting to read
each week, and it must be fine to hold
club meetings.
Sometimes it is rather hard to tell
what to buy and prepare for meal.
SO for the convenience of all 1 will
write the bill of fare for Saturday in
December:
Enthusiastically, sage, buckwheat
cakes, stewed rabbit, potato cakes,
coffee
Dinner-Bean soup, broiled venison
steak, mashed potatoes, string beans,
beets, celery, vinegar pie, pudding,
fruits, nuts. coffee. or tea.
supper-Toasted graham bread, cold
sliced tongue, Saratoga chips, floating
island, cake tea. ..s
A few of the recipes 1 mentioned in
the bill of fare are as follows:
Buckwheat Cakes-One pint butter
milk buckwheat flour, one-quarter cake
yeast, pinch of salt, one tablespoon Of
nolasses. one-quarter teaspoon baking
soda. Into the buttermilk stir enough
flour to make a soft batter; add the
yeast cake dissolved in a little warm
water and the salt and beat thorough
ly; let rise over night and in the morn
ing stir in the molasses and baking
soda.
Bean Soup-One cup beans two
quarts water, small onion, two stalks
celery, one tablespoon salt, one-quarter
teaspoon pepper, two tablespoons but
ter. Soak beans; drain and add two
quarts of cold water; add chopped cell
cry and onion, also salt and pepper;
boil slowly for IS minutes. Place in
cooker for four hours. Rub through
sieve, add butter and serve.
Venison Steak-Have the steak cut
half an inch thick; broil over a bright
fire, turning frequently. When done,
season with red pepper and salt. Melt
over the fire a tablespoon of currant
jelly with a piece of butter the size of
an egg; pour over the steaks and
serve.
Vinegar Pine = One egg. one heaping
tablespoon flour, one teacup sugar !;
beat all well together, and add one
tablespoon sharp vinegar and one tea
cup cold water; flavor with nutmeg,
and bake with two crusts.
Saratoga chips-Pare the potatoes
and throw them into cold water until
needed. Dry them with towel; cut
into small pieces lengthwise of the po-
tato, drop them into hot fat and remove
when lightly Drowned. 1t is better to
fry only a few al time, letting those
done stand in a colander in the oven
to keep hot When all are done,
sprinkle with salt and serve at once.
1 hope these recipes will be found
useful
Best wishes to all
EASTER LILY
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many little duties about the houses
hold that ofttimes we have to neglect
them and many times these things
become to us what we term an EYE
sore"
For an example: Whenever 1 call
for the first time at a strange home. I
always observe the condition. OF and
around the front door, while stand
waiting for a response from the door
bell. II the door itself needs a new
window Hight that has not received
portion of Bonami recently, / con-
clude this Is sample Of how 1t may
look throughout the house. But most
imp ns6 Of al ba1 KIND o. f Sop
door2 Is it not worth whileato pay
little heed to the tidiness at the
front entrance of our homes2 How
much better to see clean, respectable
though not expensive curtain. in place
of dirty. perhaps torn and insight
ly-looking specimen not worthy to be
called a curtain.
The first impressions that we re-
ceive are from the first appearances
that We see at the front door. Many
times we are misled, and. it, is really
amusing at the contrasts we find.
However, I would not advocate that
any home should present the front of
the house from the style of Queen
Anne, while around the back door we
In regard to the front porch, more
especially in the summer time, it can
be made a very pretty and attractive
looking place, homemade rustic
chairs or hammocks of any kind. add
much to the atmosphere of welcome.
| Nothing more enjoyable to the FAM
lily than nice large veranda If it is
Kept in good order and rubbish and
wasted fruit are not scattered all about
| the floor
AS it is n little late in the season
to speak about peach stones. apple
cores, banana skins. etc, being swept
from the porch. let us not forget to
| take off the screen door, before Santa
/ Claus comes, so that he and our other
| guests will find our front doors up
| to-date and that we need not apollo
| gize for the shabby sash curtain.
A clean globe for the gas let or cleo
| trio lamp in the hallway or reception
room will make a. brighter light to
shine through the front door from this
corner" of the house 3
Yours for Queen Anne.
| JENNIE
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LEVEL-HEADED VIEWS OF AUNT
NANCY.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: Billie's
letter. has aroused in my mind a SUBJ
ject that has often been discussed in
my family. For my part, and 1 have
always tried to instill the sameidea
in the minds of my children / would
ask, why should a person expect a
reward for doing their duty? WHY
should one not return to its lawful
owner what belongs to him and new
er belonged to the finder? To know
you have done what is right and made
the unfortunate lives happy, should
be reward enough. is my way of think
ing.
believe expectations of reward is a
vice which is fast spreading, and have
no doubt the time will come when it
is cultivated in youth it grows up
with a person. and is, I think, re-
sponsible for much of the so-caIIed
graft going on in the world today.
Dear Starlight: l am sure you will
have the sympathy of all the Social
Corner Sisters in your family troubles
but have you ever thought dear that
each and every one of US in this world
have our crosses to carry, and this
perhaps, IL yours. Do you think you
viii be any happier, or have gained
anything, by exposing the faults of
your family? You know the saying,
Laugh and the world laughs with
you, Weep and you weep alone" If
Your husband is a drinking man this
is perhaps the cause of his neglect for
his family. You say you are perfect
~ willing to cook for him at home,
still he takes from his own table to
supply that of another, which shows
some thing is wanting, for no mat
ter how good a repast you may place
before a man, if your personality is
disagreeable, or you are constantly
nagging him, and reminding him of his
SHORTCOMINGS, all your labors are In
vain. Patience may be a hard thing
to practise, but 1 believe it will get
better results than all the tongue
thrashing that one may do.
have a very dear friend whose
family troubles are similar to yours.
but no one ever heard her speak an
unkind word of her husband; but
when life with him became unbearable
she placed her three little ones in an
institution and obtained a position for
herself and paid for their keeping as
fas as she was able. They have
grown to manhood and today their
mother keeps hEuse for them and all
enjoy the comforts of life.
AUNT NANCY.
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CLUB NO. rs DECEMBER MEETING

Dear Social Corner Sisters: Roxanna
Vince and Practical Polly hope to see
all members of Club No. l at the
monthly gathering to be held at the
w. C. T. u rooms on Valley street,
Willimantic, on Wednesday, Dec. Sth.
We would be glad to meet all the
other Sisters (and Brothers, too) who
can come. The latchstring is out and
all writers are welcome. each one to
bring as usual.
Aunt Mehitable: We have missed
you. Hope you can be with US this
time.
Ready: Many thanks for the card.
Bring the man of the house" We
will try and find woodbox for him to
sit on.
Scottie: Are you my long lost twin
whom found at Aunty No. ps?&
Married and Happy: Sorry you can
not be with US, as the idea was yours.
You have my sympathy. I know what
it means to watch dear mother
slipping away from US.
PRACTICAL POLLY
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SOCIAL CORNER POEM.
Separation.

Separation.
He giveth His beloved sleep.
Sleep on, dear one, and take thy rest,
Though 1 alone life's vigils keep,
An aching heart within my breast.
I weep in my rebellious grief
Because 1 could not ease thy pain,
But it would be sweet relief
To live those weary hours again.
Yet sleep, beloved one, sleep on,
So beautiful in deaths embrace,
The look of patient anguish gone,
A smile of peace upon thy face
Since we could not together climb
The heights above this vale of tears,
Thank God, thine is the joy sublime,
And mine the lonely waiting years.
He giveth His beloved sleep,
And wakes them in His home above,
So thou wilt be mine own to keep,
Through an eternity of love.
-Myra G. Plantz, in lions Herald
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NORWICH TOWN
VAR and Pleasing Programme at C
e. Entertainments - John Casey
Writes Writes From Panama
Memorial Mass For Miss Bridget
Brady.

Nearly every member of the First
Congregational Christian EndeavoI
society had q part in Friday evenings
entertainment the proceeds going to-
wards the church repairs made this
fall There were tableauS and dia-
logues: as the stage settings were
changed there were violin solos by
Theodore Sterry, Slumber Song. and
Mazurlxa: selections by the Sunday
School orchestra and a piano solo
Under the Leaves, by Miss Ruth l.
Potter, and another by Miss Bernice
Underwood, NEVIS. Venitian Love
Song.
In the dialogue, Lessons in Cookery.
Mrs. f. E. Sterry was admirable as
Bridget and the part of the novice
was we'll taken by Mrs. John Brown
ing / a Boys Explanation, a dinner
table scene was enliYened by the pre-
seriousness of the small boy in the
person of Philip Luther. The Bridal
Wine Cup was successfully given, the
PRINCIPAL parts being taken by Mrs.
John Browning and P. .. -Whaley.
The positions were admirable in the
tabIcaux. pleasing feature to illus
trate the pictures was the singing of
Miss Potter and Miss Underwood be-
hind the scenes. Columbia the Gem
Of the Ocean, accompanied the God
dess of Liberty: The Vacant Chair.
given. Tenting Tonight was n pref
ty scene with the red fire. the tent and
with the Boy Scouts singing the Choir
u.s. There were also southern songs.
| While the flag which had draped the
stage was lowered in the last scene,
| the orchestra played the Star Spangl-
ed Banner
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sEAsoNAsLE SUGGESTIONS.

Dear Editor of the Social Corner: I
send few useful hints for the Sis
tiers:
Curing Meat-To 100 pounds beer
or pork. use two pounds of brown SUI
gar, two ounces saltpeter, eight pounds
salt and four gallons water. Boil,
skim and cool before pouring on meat.
Keep meat in the brine until salty
enough, then hang up to dry, covering
with a flour sack to keep out dust and
flies. Large pieces are much the best
for dry beef. The thigh is none too
large as it keeps from drying out too
much.
Toothache Remedy-When one is
suffering from toothache caused by
cavity, just drop a pinch of soda into
it. This will stop it aching until you
can go to dentist.
Cotton Bran Bags-After washing
these bags to remove the sizing and
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-04
DOES 1T PAY TO BE HoNEsTg

Dear Corner Friends: Billie asks:
Does it pay to be honest?"
My reply is, Yes, always.
Moreover, it pays to teach our own
children and all children we may come
in touch with that one of the essen
tlal foundation stones to character
building is honesty.
There are not many mothers like the
one Billie described, yet these few
may contaminate, through their own
children, the children of those parents
who, knowing honesty is the best pol
icy and are doing all in their power
to inculcate this ideal into the lives of
the young folks.
The individual who expressed her
gratefulness in the simple 'aThanlS
you," for the return of her money.
may some day feel as contemplate
when she thinks over the affair Gun
less she belongs to that class who
never allow themselves to think over
things), as Billie's honest friend would
have felt had she kept the money,
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PUDDINes AND DUMPLINes.

Dear Editor and Social Corner Sis
ters: l enjoy reading your interesting
letters and am sending a letter on pud-
dings and dumplings this time.
Puddings may be either steamed or
baked. and also boiled. Steaming or
boiling will take twice as long as
baking. The best cloth to tie up
boiled pudding is piece of unbleach-
ed shifting.
Bread Puddings should be tied very
closely to allow them to expand.
Puddings boiled in a cloth should be
moved occasionally to prevent them
from adhering to the kettle. A plate
or saucer placed in the bottom Of the
kettle will prevent the pudding from
burning or adhering.
Puddings boiled in a cloth should be
covered with boiling water; boiled in
reach the mould. Puddings boiled in a
cloth, basin or mould, when DONE
should be plunged suddenly into cold
water and turned out instantly; this
will prevent sticking; and dumplings,
boiled or steamed, should be served at
once. If it impossible to serve them
at once, cover with the cloth in which
they were boiled and serve as quickly
as possible.
Christmas Plum Pudding-One quart
seeded raisins. one pint currants, half
pint cltron cut up. one quart of apples
peeled and chopped, a quart of fresh
and nicely chopped beef suet, a quart
of sweet milk, heaping quart of stale
bread crumbs, eight eggs beaten sep
arately, one pint sugar, grated nut
meg, teaspoon salt; -four fruit thor
oughly from a quart of -four then mix
remainder as follows: In a large bowl
or tray put the eggs with sugar nut
meg and milk, stir in the fruit, bread
crumbs and Suet, one after the other
until all are used, adding enough flour
to make the fruit stick together; dip
pudding cloth in boiling water put in
pudding and tie tightly; boil from two
to three hours in plenty of hot water.
Serve with any pudding sauce. This
recipe furnishes enough for twenty
people, but if the family is small one
half the quantity may be prepared.
Plain Bread Pudding, Backbone
pint of bread crumbs, and one pint OF
milk; let the crumbs soak till soft
Beat two eggs and add two spoons of
sugar and a little melted butter; flavor
with lemon; add a few currants wlel
Toured; pour the mixture into buttered
round tins; CRATE little nutmeg over
each, and bake twenty minutes. Eat
with warm sauce.
Minute Pudding-One quart of milk
about a pint and a half of -four. But.
ter the saucepan and put in the milk;
when 1t boils, stir in the -four, lightly
let 1t cook well. 1t should be abou
as thick as corn mush. Serve with
rich cream, sweetened to taste, and
favored with grated nutmeg. A
Just before taking up.
FIorentine Pudding-Boil one quar-
of milk in custard pail set in boiling
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-04
HOUSEHOLD HELPS.

Dear Sisters of The Social Corner:
q lire.
How many of the Sisters use alcohol
instead of gasoline to clean spots
This leaves no circle where you have
stopped cleaning
If. when you are frying griddle
cakes you slice a raw potato and rub
it on the griddle it will not smoke
half as bad.
Remember Me: have not seen you
for several days. Where do you keep
yourself?
Eloise: Why were you not at our
last j. w? Saw you out to ride s..
With love and best wishes to all The
Social Corner Sisters and Brothers.
PATTY.
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GREETINGS FROM SUNSHINE
NO. 2
STARLIGHT,

Dear Social Corner Sisters: Here
am again.
Gala Lily: saw you coming UP on
New London car one Sunday eve.
You were near the back end You
were smiling, but you did not rec
ognize me.
Dreamer: guessed right for once.
You used to give me riddles when we
went to school. I always would an
swer them by a funny answer and IL
would not always be correct, either.
You would say Just like every
time" Did not live far from you.
Your mother would say 1t just sounds
like - dobelieve. 1 have relatives
and friends in Hartford and East
Hartford
Pollyanna: Someone thinks you and
I are about of size. A clip for fun,
too. Eth?
Crimson Rambler: Are you sick aft
er the hearty laughing? We did our
best didn't we, when we met with
you?
Mayfayrel MayfayreI Where art
thou? Come forward and recite your
poem.
Annette: Do you ever get shocked.
Your face looked once as If you might.
At laughing, 1 mean.
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TRY THIS FORA
COLD--ITS FINE!
aPAPE's COLD COMPOUND" ENDS
SEVERE COLDS OR GRIPPE
IN FEW HOURS.

You can end, grippe. and break up
a severe cold either in head. chest.
body or limbs, by taking dose of
."Pape's Cold Compound" every two
hours until three doses are taken.
1t promptly opens clogged-up nos
trils and air passages in the head,
stops nasty discharge or nose run
ming. relieves sick headache, dizziness,
feverishness. sore. throat, sneezing
soreness and stiffness
Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blow
ing and snufflingl Ease, your throb-
hing head-nothing else in the world
gives such prompt relief as "Pape's
Cold Compound" which costs only q
cents at any drug store 1t acts with
out assistance. tastes nice, and causes
no inconvenience, Be sure you gel
the genuine.
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water: add three tablespoons of corn
starch rubbed smooth in cold milk,
one-half cup of sugar and yolks of
three eggs; stir until the consistency
of starch, and pour into deep dish;
beat the whites of the eggs to a froth
and add one cup of powdered sugar;
spread over top of pudding and brown
in the oven. To be eaten when ice
cold. This pudding is excellent for
lunch or nice on a hot night for dinner.
Chocolate Pudding-Two eggs, one
cup graduated: sugar, one cup sweet
milk, two cups flour, two teaspoons of
baking powder, one tablespoon melted
butter, one-haIf square chocolate.
Steam two hours.
Best wishes and success to those
who may try these recipes.
MOUNTAIN LAUREL.
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like that she said. "Prancing round
in trousers / shouldn't have said to a
respectable woman and ! a stranger
at that, I'm a Social Corner Sister.
tool I should have expected her to
have called the police and had me
locked up for lunatic."
Il guess we'd better let Merry An
drew and Joe tombstone have it out
by themselves" says 1. 1t was for
tunate for me that she did not mis-
trust me. These nom de plumes are
great.
Marcia is like other women, awful
suspicious of all men except her hus-
band. She isn't half as harsh as she
thinks she is, but she has no patience
with suckers or sinners.
JOE TOMBSTONE.
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in the top and hang them in my kitch
en- closet to hold the rags which l sort
as they come from the clothlines: one
holds stockings. one white cotton rags,
one colored. one underwear and an
other wooden pieces. In this way can
quickly find the kind ! want for any
use.
Pipes in cold weather: An ounce of
coarse fine salt dropped in the trap of
the kitchen sink will prevent the drain
pipe from freezing over night. A ia
blespoon of common soda and a cup of
vinegar will clean out a clogged sink
pipe.
Star Light: Are your initials A. L. ?
and the recipe for crank husband is
to handle him with care.
FARMERS DAUGHTER
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GREETINGS FROM SATURDAY EVE

Dear Social Corner Friends: 1t has
been long time since 1 had a letter
in The Corner. 1 have been very busy
with household cares. and the time
goes fast 1t will soon be Christmas,
with its joys and sorrows.
1 thank Club No. 1 for the box sent
me from the gathering on Nov. 10th. 1
wondered where all that noise came
from, but it must have been the cheers
that went up in my behalf. 1 thank
you all.
Tidy Addly: The package came all
right and such a surprise! Watch
out for the yellow bow.
Lucy Acorn: Have you got through
smiling as the Saturdays come? ]
keep smiling.
~ SATURDAY EVE