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Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-02
FRANK IS FEEBLE.

Dear Editcr ana Social Corner
 Folks: I wish one and all or our circle
 a Happy New Year.
 I fear it will be rather blue to me,
 as the season has brought sorrow and
 sickness to my path.
 am so feeble 1 am not able to do as should like to. I thank Annty No.
 I, TheoGa and Ready for nice cards which I much appreciate. Some time since ] received papers from BalsGrn FiT. Thanks. Til not promise returns, for it's hard to tell. Lucy Acorn: -Four biTdseye view or MOoSup did not catch a glimpse of me. was sick. It seems to stay on me yet.
 Annette: The FUakin9 bee was fine. Pleased to attend the roli call. It was sad to learn of the death cf l our Brother Bromley. We have his poem, Where the White Birches Crow
 send little hints: If the hot water bottle Is not badly cut, you can mend it with surgeon B | plaster
 Traps haited win pu;nipl1ii zsed and ] bird seed are attractive to r3.ce and ! will soon destroy Sne little peats i To clean steel knives, mix baking soda with the brick dust and use half ! a raw potato to rub them with CrdnEerries are astrinGent and cor rect the liver when l. Is suffering from l reaction caused bT ove-eating. | Good luck to all Cornsrites FRANK.
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HOW SHE MADE cHRlsTmAe TIES

Dear Editor and Social Corner Sis ters: Although 1t has been quite @ while since I have written for the SO- cial Corner, I have not missed read ing the goed helpful letters from the different Sisters.
 send Hearty Greetings for the New Year to each one. Whyi how are you? Give uIe your hand! Right heartily I shake st. May your paths in life be just as bright as health and joy can make tileIni
 l was very much interested in the conpndrum given by Aunty No, 1. and will give the answer. The Whale that swallowed Jonah.
 l think I will give you something to guess:
 'sWho was the Straightest man in Bible times ?''
 We'll Christmas is over and we have all been very busy trying to give cheer and comfort to all around us.
 Saint Nick and Mrs. Santa were both in our town and the children were very much pleased to see them.
 1 crccheted a number of ties for Christmas. I thought they were quite pretty and will give you the directions. I used white silkaleen for all the ties, with pink, blue, lavender, and red for the edges.
 It takes a whole spool of white for tic. This makes it a good length, Make ch of 22 stitches, 1 SC in 4th st from hook. . 2 oh skip Est, SC in the next repeat fro to the end, 3 ch, turn. Second row, sc under loop of oh, oh, 1 SC under next loop, repeat from to end. ch, turn, re- peat second row until the tie is the desired length. For the edge with the color, make 1 sc under a loop on the edge, ch 1 SC in the next loop. re- peat from all around. Second row, 1 ch under ch, oh. l SC under next 2 oh, oh, 1 dc in top of last sc 1 SC under next ch, repeat from c all around. For the hing. mark sc with the color used for the edge of tie, over a bone ring 3-4 of an inch in di- ameter. Second row, 1 sc in each a st of 1st row
 To fasten the tie. draw 8 loop of the tie through the ring, run the other end of the tie through the loop and draw the loop tight. All silk thread and any color preferred may be used instead of the cotton. AUNTY NO. ?.
 Echo Glen.
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ana where there are few sudden cli- matic changes.
 This is what the medical authorities
 say aboT-' the germ of colds:
 Pneumonia is by no means it's only role. The pneumococcus plays a thousand and one parts in productions running an the way from light com eGy to the most dreadful tragedy. Practically every man, woman or child who has decayed teeth, inf1amed gums, enlarged or diseased tonsils or nasal catarrh harbors pneumoccoCci in a ! more or less viruleut form. That is. nearly 90 per cent of the community carry cold germs in stock at all times So long as the "cold" carrier lives Under fairly good hygienic conditions his crop of pneumococcl will remain at | peace with him and with the world in general. But just so soon as the host l tallS from grace, sins against hy- l Gtene, an uprising occurs among the enemy billeted upon him, and whether the result is coryza (head cold), sore thoat. bronchitis, pneumonia or sys- tanlic infection depends entirely upon the state of the hosts defenses'' Those who have an intelligent idea of colds and their causes avoid them. 1 Because salt is death to the germ | is why salt water snuffed up the nose persistently will cure 8 cold in the head quicker than most anything else You do not believe 1t! It would be better for you if you did.
 THE CRANK.
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CHRISTMAS IN HAVANA


 Ela9 l;!Sylest ACfne u tMe leaovrs to kTso7y how. ChT1StInas Is spent in Cuba.
 Imagine one going forth to do ones Christmas shopping, clad in a thin, srmme-3a goW4a, carrying a, fan Gin fact, evers ene carries a fan herel. I have eEen seen < feTg men with fans suspended fro-n q chain which they wore around their neck. and stopping
 acca casional!y for Q fraited Iced drink for which Havana is justly famous. It certainly seems incongruous to be ; buying Christmas trees when the tenn perature registers -79 degrees. Still 4ess can one eonjure up a vision for down the chimney with his pack, for should he arrive by an aeropiane in- steGd of the traditional sleigh ! there are no chjmneys to the Cuban l houses. As there is only 10 degrees difference betW cen summer and win ter there are no heaters used in the houses, and cooking Is done on porce- lain stones built into the wall and charcoal js used almost universally for fuel.
 The numerous lace stores are throng- ed with Americans at this season of the year. all anxious to get bit of the handmade lace and beautiful em- broidery to send home to their friends In these stores one can pick up bargains in embroidered and drawn NCFh, 1NnSnSOu sets, uDlley2, haflGkST- chiefs. collars, bags, and laces by the yard.
 There are a few American stores where the Denisou novelties, latest novels. Page & Shaw's candy in one two and five pound boxes, etc., etc, can 1 be bought.
 To see unique sight. however one
 that cannot be seen on any other day in the year, one should visit the big Tacon market on Christmas eve. Here can be found anything that suits the purchasers fancy or pocketbook On all sides of the market are built pens for pigs. turkeys and guinea hens. They are sold alive in this country and eaten a few hours after killing The roast pig has been described as the national bird" of Cuba The ap- pearance on the streets Christmas eve of Cubans carrying home small pigs l under their arms seems to corrobOrate this statement. To a Cuban who can afford it, he will not only have roast pig, but a turkey as we'll The poor soul with only a few cen tavos (pennies) can find a vendor who
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A NEW YEAR's RESOLUTION.

Social Corner Editor and Sisters: Leaning over my husbands chair 10 tell him l knew he was infatuated with that other woman. saw my face ir the pupils of his eyes. and for 6 Is30- Tnent I was stunned to see the dig forted expression of nv CoEnterance Really, ] thought quickly. he could hardly be blamed if he wsre tirea e the ugly looks and ways ! had assumed lately. After he had gene down to the office I sat down to think t over, and bringing myself to task, l nave made LID my mind that if | wish to hold my husbands love and respect I must not fly into q passion and make his home a place to hurry from and find pleasure tu other company.
 Dear Sisters. would it not he better now for our New Years resolutions to try the other way. to hold OUT ton gIse, and by making ourselves attractiva, by heinz so pleasant and kind that he will be Ioath tO go 10 his other friend 10 find pleasure when it is So pleasant at home. M. c.
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spare, so will try to be more prompt during the New Year.
 BETA BARBSR.
JUST FOR AN EVENING.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: All who live in the country and have to look for some new method of social entertainment realize how difficult it is to make old thip~s seem new.
 "A Travel Evening in which every one participating tells about some ex- perience of travel which is funny and presents pretty postal cards of views seen may be common enough; but if the invitations are made to resemble railroad tickets, coupons for refresh ments may be attached, and refresh = ments served at 3. lunch-counter, made to look like those found in railroad stations. 4 man dressed as a porter can announce that the train is about to stop at ''SaIadville,'" ,'" where ample time will be allowed for refreshments A candy stand may adjourn the lunch counter.
 A series of travel evening entertain ments, real or ima~inary, will be 9 source of enjoyment and profit to any village society.
 These I feel sure would be very
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much enjoyed as & new thing.
 HANNAH WHO. WYllin1autfc
Arms Before Ores.

For the first time within living mem ory the cali of the river' has com Dletely lost it's charm at Oxford. and no longer is the O. U. B. c. clubhouse the center of life and activity. It's place has been taken by the hitherto modest and retiring headquarters of the Oxford University Officers Train ing corps. In the varsity miniature war office there is much business being done of the very first importance. The evenings are devoted to lectures on
 tactics and organization, and three af- ternoons a week are being devoted to drill. These undergraduates also be-
 gin their day at a. m. with parades on four mornings in the week.
 In these arrangements the authori- ties of the college acquiesce and give to the movement their ready sympa- thy and active support. All under graduates in the O. T. c. are allowed to attend lectures in uniform, and khaki 1 is recognized as ''academic,'' and 1 placed on a level with cap and gown ] at all university functions-Pall Mall Gazette.
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INQUIRIES AND ANSWERS.

KEZIAH D0OTTTTTJE- re- ceived and forwarded.
 ELIZA ARET4-Cards received and sent to their destination.
 BALsAM FIR writes the Social Corner Editor: New Years is here and with it dreadfu1ly cold weather; hot water pipes have up and burst beside the others. Good s1eiEhing here and still showing. Best wishes to the Social Corner sisters and brothers.
 ENID writes the editor of the so- CiaI Corner: As write l can gaze out over the Gulf of Mexico and catch 9 view to seaward- It is a glorious nor. ing and we are sitting on the broad stone porch dressed in thin summer clothing. It is very beautiful out here in the Nidado. The beautiful gardens filled with brilliant hued tropical plants and the grand looking houses built of cement and tinted in delicate co1ors form 9 beautiful pie tIlre There are more visitors in Hav- ana than usual for this season of the year. The tourist season does not open until next month.
 JOAN-Thanks for card and kind wishes.
 PEGGY ANNE-Thanks for card and the seasonable sentiments there in.
 OLD GLORY-Card received and forwarded to their destination. Thanks for card and the sentiment thereof
 4 HAPPY NEW YEAR for all writers for and readers of The Social Corner. May these who are we'll keep so, those who are depressed find pleas l7re and those who are ill receive their strength and usefulness, is the wish Of the Social Corner Editor.
 AUTSTY NO t-Cards and letter TO- ceived and mailed to the writers in- dfceted.
 CIIALA LILLY: Thanks for card and good wishes.
 BRYSANTHEMUM Thanks fo1 card aud seasons greetings.
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POTATO SALAD.

Dear Editor and Social Corner Writ CTS: Here am back again. I wonder if The Corner writers missed me? If so, excuse me this time
 Recipe for Potato Salad-One quart potatoes boiled with skins on: one small onion; two teaspoons olive oil; pepper and salt, and a little parsley; one-half cup weak vinegar. After po- tatoes are cold cut up in small pieces chop onion and parsley fine and mix all together.
 I hope The Corner writers wifi try this and find if true.
 Snowfall: ] don't think you had bet ter walk much more nights, if you do so you will freeze up.
 Maple Leaf: How are you? Haven't heard from you in a long time.
 Merry Farmer: Where are you keep ing yourself? Want to hear from you soon.
 RATSAzE RTTn
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NEW YEARS THOUGHTS.

Editor Social Corner: There is a habit rather prevalent of dwelling in thought rather respectfully upon the old year ard hopefully upon the new if we are in health and if not per haps dismally. Why should anyone think dismally if life is eternal and he has striven to live a clean, whole some life and to do by his fellowrnan as he would be done by?
 These serious backward and for ward glanceS at the close of the year through training have become a, habit and the conscious guilt or innocence Of every thinker gives color to lis thoughts. It Is true none of us are quite as bad as we think we are or as good as we feel we are, for God has not provided us with 8 true measure of ourselves and most of US are so busy measuring our neighbors that we seldom feel the need of one. The result of this habit has been to make many people think they are somehow more acCGuntable-nore in | the presence of God on the first day 1 of the year than upon any other day ] which is an illusion.
 must say I have been surprised by the length and character Of some of 1 the prayers sent out this year as be- l fitting the season, for they jingle with 1 the scholastic pride of the writers when they should ring with the sincerity of the heart.
 What is the use of uttering from one hundred to three hundred words i'll prayer when 70 Lord, forgive the CT TOTS of the past and be my leader and helper in my future desire to live 1 lighteOusly before Thee and my fel- 1 lowmen," is sufficient.
 Long prayers like long sermons re- Quire too much excelsior in their up- 1 holstery.
 Why should we say for instance: ! "Old Year, we bid you go. Wen meet again in that great day when all 1 our years shall open as 8, scroll. Fare we'll You've taught us much. We've ] loved you long; and for you now we 1 send our thanks to God.
 1 New Year, we greet you. Hail all ] hail! And ever loud and clear and sweet your voice falls on our ear; for | this. another page is here.'' l It strikes me that a simple expres- sion from the heart is quite as accept ] able to God as one of these windy, l dramatically framed petitions. i What the heart yeafnS for looks bet ! ter as naked truth than it does dressed up for exhibition purposes. 1 We need no dismal thoughts for the : new year. It is no ones duty to be- moan the past. but it is everyones 1 duty to act righteously now. Knowing 1 the law it is up to us to strive with all our hearts to obey it.
 OLD SOL
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,,I.l se.a ulI4. a bl4cs UI poTn loT rnc
 same few pennies.
 The grocery stores or 'vivGres.n s-s
 they are called. are open until midnight
 Christmas eve. In fact, sNEchs Bue- na' Christmas eve) is CubG's big night. 1t is the holiday most oele- brated by citizens of this country. It is the one time that the native forgetB
 his troubles and thinks only of having a good time.
 It is celebrated here like Christmas day in the United States and England
 An important feature of Nache Buena This takes place in the principal Ro-
 man Catholic churches of the city promptly at F o'clock. It is necessary
 to go early if one would obtain a seat because the churches are crowded to
 the doors for the ceremony. For social amusements, there are various dances given in different sec tions of the city, notably the annual dinner given by the members of the Havana Country club at their beautiful clubhouse at Mariano. g suburb of Havana.
 The poor children are not forgotten
 by any means at this season. A Christmas festival is held for them under the auspices of The Band of Mercy. of which an American woman is president, and toys, candy, oranges and clothing are distributed with a generous hand.
 This season a big candy factory. La EstrelIa, distributed one thousand l packages of sweets to as many poor children.
 A curious custom at this season of the year is that of tine butcher, baker and candlestick maker not forgetting the laundryman, iceman and policeman on your beat, who appear at your door with outstretched hand, or else present a card requesting an aguinaldU Christmas present). It is surprising the number of oeopIe who on the plea of some imaginary service present l themselves at your door at this sea- son.
 I am sure you would all enjoy a bunch of the beautiful dewy roses which the flower vendors are selling on l the streets for % cents. Tn closing, I wish to extend my heartiest greetings to the Social Cor ner Editor and all readers Of the So- cial Corner page, and trust that health and happiness will be your portion for
 the new year-the year of 1915. ENID.
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GREETINGS FROM CRIMSON
 RAMBLER.

Dear Cornerites One and All: wish you a Bright and Prosperous New Year.
 What mean weather we are having just now! Sheet ice so no one can get around with safety. Hope this ice and snow will soon break up. Paula: Have not had that promised call yet. Am looking for it, Why don't you take 8 run out. I am at home now. You can't get lost, every body up this way knows where I live. Snowfall: Thanks for your cards; will send you some in return as soon as I can get some. 1 am all out just now. Did Santa call at your place? We had a Christmas tree-thought maybe you would this year as little D. is large enough for one. Yes, think you can make ''snowballs'' now alright
 Merry Widow: On my return home 1 I found 8 whole stack of cards (25 in 1 get busy and send some in return. | Hope you received my letter all | right
 Old Glory: I found two cards from 1 you. Many thanks for the same. Will send you some later. What part of
 B. did your relatives came from? Won l der if I was anywhere near there? l Joan: I am sending you 8 card B. l F, said she would dearly love to have met you and wants you to come and 1 see her next summer. She has a beau = l tiful home near Crystal Lake. She had 1 same lovely views with her. They
 were well finished and I had a good l idea of her home. I found she knew 1 lots of folks I knew and was well ac- Guainted with. I used to live at one time next to a first cousin of hers. Balsan1 Fir: What has become of you? Was your trip up to E. too much ! for you? Did you receive my letter l and did you give the enclosed card to the party it was intended for? If
 so, what did they think of those mos
 Guitoes? Do you beat them up in 1Isi0e in the good old summer time [ enjoyed our trip to Saco very much ] If we had only kept on that car in stead of leaving it we could have gone dawn to Old Orchard then you could have taken 8 car there for Portland for iuet the same carfare. Never mind
 1 we VIII i71ow better next time. ha! ha! Hope ycu did not feel sorry for coming
 up to R.
 Afte- I left for home l stopped for
 a few days in Providence and while there spent one day in Selzonk, Mass and we had beautiful time; but the day got home if never stormed worse 1.-the first storm I had experienced
 while away.
 f~TYNTS3[FHJ R A NTRT FER
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COUNTRY MAID.
RECIPES THAT HAVE DONE GOOD
 SERVICE.

Dear Social Corner Sisters; Let me sit and have q good chat with you all once more.
 Wouldn't you like to try some of my best recipes? Here are a few:
 Spice Coffee Cake-One and one-half cup molasses. one cup strong coffee, one egg one teaspoon soda, onc-haf teaspoon cloves one teaspoon salt one-quarter pound raisfns, one-eighth pound citron, flour enough to mix Bake about one hour.
 Fudge Cske-Put one cup sugar in bowl; add one-quarter cup butter, two tablespoons cocoa, one eSg, one tea spoon salt: beat to a cream, then add one-quarter cup cold water, one tea spoon soda dissolved in one-haIf cup sour milk, one teasDocn vanilla and two cups flour. Bake in loaf; when cold slice open and fill with marsh mallow filling.
 Marshmallow FilIin~-Heat two ta- blespoons milk and six tablespoons su- gar over fire: boil four minutes without stirring in double boiler; melt one quarter pound narshmallows with two tablespoons water, beat in hot sugar, Keep beating until partly cold; add one-half teaspoon vanilla; use at once.
 Favorite Cookies-CarefuIly mix one cup lard with two cups brown sugar, two squares melted chocolate, one egg, one teaspoon vanilla. one teaspoon so- da dissolved in one cup sour cream; flour to roll thin. Bake in quick oven, Bran muffins-One and one-half cups bran. one and one-Cups flour, one and one-half cups milk, two teaspoons baking powder, one-half teaspoon salt two mixing spoons sugar.
 Clam Fritters-One quart flour, two teaspoons baking powder. three eggs one can clans, one pint milk, rest clam juice, salt, pepper; this makes 40. Fry l in deep smoking lard.
 Wishing you all a Happy New Year SALLY MUGGINS.
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Moosup.
THE CAUSE OF COLDS.


 Editor Social Corner: If the people
 knew how Httls the mother has to do
 with colds they would be surprised
 For ages we having looking outside
 ourselves fer tiie caasa of our ills in
 stead of inside. Do not think you
 catch cold. the cold catches you. Instead of blaming the weather and the Almighty for our affIicttons it is time we blamed ourselves. Our bad
 habits are the cause of most of our ills. We know little about sanitation and care less. We overheat our rooms, overdresE ourselves, over-eat at table
 of an over mixed diet. shut out fresh air because we fear drafts
 The germ of colds and pneumonia, the medical scientists teach us is the pneumoncocciIs. which cannot live in cold air but thrives in air months. a personally kept and house. bred crea - ture.
 Pneumonia is not a cold climate disease. It rarely ocurs within the arctic circle and has been a common affiictioR in the canal zone at Pan
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CURE FOR COLDS AND FOR DAND. RUFF.

Dear Editor and Cornerites: Many
 times l have essayed to write to he
 Sisters, but many things have come
 into my life preventing me from Gu-
 ing so- find many new members
 lave taken their seats in The Corner
 or have assumed new nom de plumes,
 which certainly makes it bad for me
 to recognize the writers. Why rot
 keep the same old one?
 think it is pleasant to see Gin +he
 minds eye) the faces of the Sisters
 as we read the letters. I send 9, few recipes for your bene- fit as I find the Sisters like to re1i
 u em. (Some of the Sisters at lea { ) An Excellent Ointment: Equal parts Of mutton tallow, beeS-wax and p+ oh rine. This was used for wounds at the time of the Civil war, and have found it effective in using it in my family. I was first converted by Q 1aGy whose son came home with q wound which did not heal. But c.lis ointment healed the wound and aft2r returning to his regiment, the pint ncent recipe was asked for To Brighten Tile to make old
 tile a nice, bright, clear color, rub wall with a lemon dipped in fine salt. Leave it for a few minutes, then wash in the usual way. You will fiend this well worth the trouble, for when it is finished the
 
 stains removed,
 For a Cold: An excellent remedy the Germans use for curing a. cold is the yolk Of an egg beaten in a pint of water, a little butter, three Jumps of sugar and tablespoon Of whiskey When it begins to boil, pour it back and forth from one saucepany to an- other until smooth and frothy. Allow l it to cool, then take a, teaspoon every half hour.
 A CoIorIess Cement: Nix the best 1 powdered rice with a, little cold wa l ter. slowly add boiling water till the l bright consistency is obtained, ther l rour it into saucepan and boil it foI Q minute.
 This paste is almost transparent
 and well adapted for fancy paper work
 To Exterminate Ants:-To destroy ants nests near plants stick some sulphur matches into the ground | heads down. Along the Way: If when going uI
 stairs one lifts the knee as high as | Iscssilole standing erect, 1t will take | the place of an exercise of the thigh. To Cure Dandruff: First wet the ! hair we'll in warm water, then take the I juice of one half of a lemon, rubbing we'll into the hair. This is effective | in cleaning the scalp of dandruff an6 I lice from the hair. Tried ano proved.
 To Roast Onions: School Girl. would