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proves the circulation, it gives larger proportion of oxygen in each inhala- ton. being condensed.
 Sunlight is without a peer among the remedies for anaemia- The aver age case of anaemia shows gain of 10 per cent. in hemogIobin or iron col bring matter in the first three days of exposure to sunlight, even when only @ limited area of skin Is exposed, as, for instance, the feet, legs and knees Sunlight Is the most powerful known stimuient to the blood making glands. No matter where you live, there is some sunlight which you can have free of charge. Every minute you spend bathing in sunlight is bound to do you good. and it will do good when iron and other medicines disappoint."
 If 1t was good business the doctor would tell you to depend less upon him and more upon yourself. He can give you good advice. but he cannot do your exercising in the open for you.
 In the open air is the place to get bright eyes, good complexion and a good appetite. The after-dinner pill is not as good for one as the after dinner exercise which prevents tor pidity.
 THE DOCTRESS,
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AUNTY No. EXPECTS TO ENTER.
 TAIN IN AUGUST.

Dear Editor and Corner Sisters:- I am rather tardy in acknowledging my good time at the Coventry Picnic. There isn't much to say about it more than already has been said.
 I was greatly surprised in meeting some of the Sisters, especially two old acquaintances who were among their number
 I don't think the Editor would think interest lacking could he see us to- gether once.
 As has been said by another, we cer- tainly forget our age.
 This last gathering beat all we have ever had. I shall try and have you all come out here again the first or second week in August, as that will be the most convenient time for me. I will give the exact date later. in time for all to know. Shall hope for a good number, but no thunder shower.
 Ready: I hope we shall meet this summer. Can't you plan to come to my place in August?
 Hopeful: Yes, I am busy at times The canning season is here; but in the long cold winter we appreciate all the fruits of hard labor done now.
 Trottie: I was sorry to know you didn't have another idea left in your head: but glad to know they have re- vived.
 Thanks to The Bulletin for my share of the picnic.
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TWO RELIABLE ToNIcs.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: The price Of health is exercise, the fruit of idleness and a violation of the laws of our being is a pale and weakened condition which a doctor might tell you calls for Bland's pills, but which tel you can be better overcome with pure air and sunshine.
 The woman who feels tired and run down all of the time should run out of doors instead of running for drugs at the apothecary's.
 Many feeble man and woman med icinc would not cure have been re- stored to health by stirring about in the sunshine and fresh air. Move slow at first, but keep moving.
 Get iron into your blood by the careful mastication of moderate amount of food, bracing up the mus- cles by moderately increasing exer- else, and taking on the color of health by sitting in the sunshine instead of In the shade.
 This ;s what an eminent physician has to say about air and sunlight:
 Fresh air necessarily means cold air. Warm air will not do-warm air can't be very fresh, anyway. Cold air Is stimulating to the appetite. it inn
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through a straw. as 1t makes the soda appear more realistic, and aI- SO keeps the child from drinking it too rapidly.
 When a child Is getting ready to go away it is generally too excited to eat. but would readily take a drink of this kind. and it would contain nourishment enough.
 You have to do a great deal of scheming and devising where there are children
 Whenever one of my children comes in with a finger to be bandaged or a splinter to be removed. l keep them busy answering questions so they hardly notice what I am doing. Sometimes after we have been out somewhere the children will begin to get tired before we get home. Then commence to talk of some of the things that we saw while we were out, and we talk over what we will each tell Daddy when we get home and the weariness Is all forgotten and home is reached almost before they realize it.
 Now, before close my letter will just add a few words about cleaning mems straw hats, in case some of the Sisters have never tried it. I generally remove the band, then | take some cream of tartar and ado a | little water to it, and scrub the hat | well with a small brush dipped into | the mixture, then rinse well with cold | water and place in the sun to dry. | This is, of course, the easiest way, but | if you do not care to remove the band you can scrub the hat without wetting the band and then wipe it all | off with a damp cloth. This beats | any hat cleaner that have ever seen and makes the hat look like new. .. If I see a man with a soiled straw hat on I shall know that his wife | is not a Social Cornerite." MunneI: Have you broken your pen? I have been hunting both the Social Corner page and the mail box. | Best wishes to all from
 NAN.
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WHO WERE AT THE PICNIC.

Dear Editor and Social Corner Sis ters:-Those present at Coventry Lake on June 18th wish to thank the Ed itor and The Bulletin Company for their kindness in furnishing the cot tage, the steamer-ride and the ice cream, to help make the day one never to be forgotten by all.
 The poem written by Huldy and framed in a golden frame was hung on the wall so all might have a chance to copy or read it at leisure.
 Through the Kindness of Biddy, several nice boxes of food were put up for the different shut-ins, and sent to their destinations decorated with the bow of yellow.
 Especial mention must be made of the pretty tablec1oth designed by Biddy comprised of white napkins and rations of the ceiling and walls. that were draped with festoons and stream CTS of the club color.
 There were present at the picnic:
 Dom Pedro, Married and Happy. Samantha, Roxana Vince, Sally Syc- Widow, Aunty No. 1. Plain Nancy, Dew-drop, Polly Wintergreen, Aunt Abby, F1oradora. c. E. S., Tidy Addly, Crimson Rambler, Lucinda. Annette. Mayfayre, Dottie. Practical Polly, CaIla Lily. Aunt Hester, Huldy, Aunt Sdran, PegSy Anne. Joan, wandering Jew, Maine Lover. Paula, Violet, Kitty, Trottie, Aunt Mehitable, Aunt Jerusha, Rambler, Dorothy Perkins, Spring Chicken, Mella, Theoda, Merry Far mer, Popover. Grace, Fairy, Biddy. (Visitors) Misses Mabel Tracey. Mrs. Annie Gieser, Mrs. Annie S. Adams, MT. John G. Scott, MT. McCollum, James Kahn. Miss Mary Kahn, Little Peggy, Wilfred Duprey, two boys, three babies, and the mascot of Club No. 2.
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HOUSEHOLD INFORMATION.

Dear Social Corner Sisters;
 Soft butter the size of an egg weighs one once.
 One pint of coffee or sugar weighs One quart of sifted flour 6wen heap ed. weighs one pound.
 One pint of best brown sugar weighs thirteen ounces.
 Two teacups (weil heapedl of coffee or sugar weighs one pound
 Two teacups QeveD of granulated sugar weighs one pound
 One end one third pints of powder ed sugar weighs one pound
 One pound of wheat flour is equal to one quart.
 One pound and two ounces of In- dian meal make one quart.
 One pound and two ounces of best brown sugar make one quart.
 Egg Plant: One small egg plant two eggs, three quarters cup bread crumbs. salt. Remove the skin from the egg plant and cut in slces one each slice slightly with salt and pile on plate one above the other and set plate holding a weight upon the top. Let stand one hour and drain. Dip in beaten egg and crumbs and fry golden brown in hot fat.
 Preserved Grab Apples: Select per rect, well coiored crab apples, wash them thoroughly and remove the blossom ends, leaving them and skins. Place the apples in a heavy boiling syrup and stew them gently until they are we'll done. Lift them out of the syrup and put them into jars. Unless the syrup is very thick, boil it longer until it becomes like jelly, then fill the jars to overfiowing and seal them at once
 Spieed Grab Apples: Prepare the crab apples as for preserve Make a l heavy syrup and add to it a few slices of lemon and a bag containing cloves and cinnamon. Drop the apples into | the boiling syrup and continue the process as with preserved crab ap- pies.
 Grab Apple Catsup: Wash careful ly four quarts of crab apples and cook | them in granite kettle with a little water until they are soft Press them through course colander and add one and a half quarts of sugar, two | quarts of vinegar, one teaspoon of pepper, and two teaspoons of cloves, l two tablespoons of salt; cook the cat sup until it is thick and smooth and seal 1t in jars.
 Crab Apple Butter is same recipe as Sweet Cider Apple Butter Best wishes to all Cornerites PAULA.
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Editor and Sisters of the Social Corner-Ever since the world was created the handy man or Jack of all trades has been praised; but the handy woman is so taken for granted that she is in danger of being despised and neglected.
 This would be a shiftless and com fortless old world if there were no handy women, or shall we call them Jills of all trades. Just think for a moment of the varied occupations of an average womanS life. Cook, laun- deress, nurse and dressmaker, com prise only a. few of her trades.
 Jill is@ a skillful mender: not only do her clever stitches conceal the ugliest three -cornered rent, but she can mend almost anything. She has even been known to solder a hole in pane of glass. She can repair a broken toy when it would be consid- cred a hopeless task by any one else.
 What wonders she can work with a hair pin! She can lock bureau draw CTS unlock trunks. extract a bean from the baby's ear, and a reed from the organ, with that useful piece of wire.
 What a treasure the handy woman is in the kitchen, for she can make something out of nothing.
 While the rest of the family are worrying about dinner for the unex-
 
 they can't have, Jill has been out to the chicken coop, killed a hen and has it half picked.
 If she hasn't everything that the recipe calls for she knows how to sub stitute something else, and so skill fully does she cover the deception that it is scarcely noticeable.
 Although Jill declares she has not single accomplishment, there are people who would rather hear hhr read aloud than to hear any one else sing.
 Jill does not draw. but her sketches keep the children happy on a rainy day. She is not a trained nurse, but when she enters a sick room she seems to belong there, and if death comes, her presence is a comfort to the whole household.
 From the cradle to the grave Jill is the right woman in the right place, and the world cannot spare her. Best wishes to each and every one of the Social Corner Sisters. GRANDMA
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she might enjoy some of the natural beauty of our State.
 It was my pleasant privilege to motor through the little town with her pointing out it's attractions and apol- ogizing for its deficiencies. The Spring was late in coming; the flowers were a little slow in their part of the well come; we had planned for our guests, and the towering trees of more than a half century's growth. bordering our state highway on either side, and pass ing through the center of the town, were only beginning to leaf out Everything was beautiful" and very thing pleased her.
 We spent a most delightful morning together, although we didn't ind just the right bungalow on the first trip. I felt, however, that our ride had in- deed been worth while. for learned much of your dear old Norwfchtown that Is good to know, and had made a most charming acquaintance
 The noon hour came too soon, and after a pleasant cup of tea together, we bade goodbye, promising to see each other again. The next week the Norwich Bulletin was in my post ofhce since.
 cannot tell you how much I enjoy its newsy columns, and the cosy chats in the Social Corner.
 Most or all. enjoy the memory oI that pleasant visit with your dear friend, who is able to scatter pleasure with her Norwich Bulletin, even as far as California.
 Perhaps, sometime, if you should care for it. I may write you again and tell you something of our beautiful Panama Pacific Exposition. Until then, as we Californians say: Adios.
 SAN JOSE.
 San Francisco.
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Yantich
TIME GETS SWEET SIXTEEN.

Dear Editor and Social Cornerites: Sweet Sixteen is dead. Cause of death: That most fatal of all diseases -old age. Old Father Time is laugh ing behind his spectacles.
 Yes, I am now really and truly sev- enteen years old. Can't you imagine me-dignified and serious, burdened with the responsibility of having lived sixteen summers and sixteen winters :?
 The Jolly Girl: Yes. I can take a hint; but-you didn't hit the nail on the head. Your letter, though, was a good tonic
 Pontaic: You are; a dear girl Thank you for writing that little par agraph to me. You should have told me that I ought to be ashamed of myself for coming to The Corner with poor little tale of loneliness. am learning "Thanatopsis" by heart now when I feel gloomy.
 I am glad for those who went to the picnic. I thought of you during the day. I think picnics are fine for getting together and having a good time.
 Here is a verse like very much: Life is before youI from the fatal You cannot turn: then take ye up the Not yours to tread or leave the un-
 known way.
 Ye must go OCT it. meet ye what ye
 may.
 Gird up your souls within you to the
 deed,
 Angels and fellow spirits bid you
 speed!"
 Don't you like it, too?
 I can't decide what to take as new name, but I'll pop up in The Cor ner again, all right.
 If you see a letter signed by a long, high-f1own name that you have to spell backwards and forwards, and then can't make 1t out, just don't try to pronounce it, but call it
 SWEET SIXTEEN, That Was"
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MANDY.
A FEW NEW THINGS.

Dear Sisters of the Social Corner Hele are few new things which may prove worth a trial:
 Gold Pack for Green Peppers-Greeu peppers are canned very well by the cold water method. Cut off stem end and remove seeds. Parboil peppers about 15 minutes or until the peppers are tender. They should not be cooked long enough to cause them to lose their shape. Pack them in jars, pour cold water over the peppers and seal. They are ready for use any time in the winter.
 The 1000 Islands Salad Dressing Take one cup of mayonneise dressing with one-half cup whipped cream, add terragcn vinegar to taste, one-half teaspoon imperial sauce, one hard boiled egg, one green pepper one pimento. one pinch chives chopped fine. Add squeeze of lemon before serv- ing
 To Make Soda craekers-Two quarts Of flour, one and one-half cups of but ter, one teaspoon of salt, three-quarters teaspoon of soda; rub all thoroughly together, wet with a little sour milk or cream, work well, having as hard and brittle as can be handled, then pinch on and roll out enough for only three or four at a time. It is we'll to take Cn!y half the recipe at first as the "art" in making crackers is to mix dry enough and roll thin enough.
 Sweet Potato Pudding-Boil two pot nds of sweet potatoes until Very soft and while hot mash, adding a cup of butter; beat until light To four well beaten eggs add a cup of sugar and stir into the potatoes, season with a little ground cinnamon and nutmeg. stir in two cups of cream and lastly the grated peel of one lemon; mix well, pour into a buttered dish and bake quickly. Serve with any good pudding sauce.
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NORWICH WELL REPRESENTED.

Dear Frie,.ds of The Social Corner:- There came to California last spring, from your own midst one Of the gen. uine womanly women 1t does us good to know. With ample time and plenty of means, she had been attracted to our Exposition. of which she may tell you, and of which we are justly proud.
 At this time, people in San Fran cisco, are living very else together, in order to make plenty of room for the crowds of visitors who are gather ing from every part of this broad land The festival spirit has cast its spell over us. There is a half suppressed excitement about us and we are, as 1t were "all keyed up" Each one feels impelled to keep going; to keep seeing. In this kind of an atmosphere, 1t is hard to relax If one consents to try to rest, there is always the feeling of missing something
 In spite of the alI-absorbing San Francisco, your dear, sensible friend came to California for a few things the Exposition could not give to her. She wanted some of our clean, pure Country Air, warmed with our sunshine and freighted with songs of birds. She wanted to see for herself, the wonder full budding and blossoming of our gardens and to sit beneath our tall the luscious fruits that come to you with only half of their native sweet ness.
 There came a time when she turned from the noise and confusion of our great Fiesta, to look for rest from all It's color and sounds. She motored down the peninsula to one of San Francisco's most attractive suburbs, looking for little restful spot where
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Dear Editor and Social Corner Sis ters: It is quite a long time since I have written, but I haven't lost inter est 4n Ire Corner. I read all the let and the stories also.
 Was sorry l couldn't attend the pie mic at Coventry lake
 Merry Farmer: How is it we don't hear any mere from you? Hope you ge ting along? I hope it is better. Will send you a card soon.
 Ba. a.saI.l Bud: How are you getting along Hope your geese don't bother you any more. Have you been to New York lately? have been looking for a card. How is your friends F. and B. getrir along? Wish you would come over and fix my ring
 Crimson Rambler: Where have you flown tc Hope you haven't gone far. Why haS en't you been down? Is the hot weather we are having too much TOT yeu2 We are coming up some af- ternoon.
 Hyaeinth: Now you can have time to write to The Corner. You are hay ing your vacation. I suppose you are glad school is out.
 Paula: I haven't found you out. I wish you would give me a clew. am anxious 10 know.
 Saltwater: I hope I will bring you warm weather this time, as I brought colo before. I guess the weather we are having now is enough for you. Pontiac: So you think you know who am! I will send you a card soon. Scnocl Girl: Doesn't your last name begin with AZ Please let me know Funny Face: Aren't you going to 1 write any more? I saw your sister a couple of weeks ago.
 R;sebud: I have been looking for | another letter from you. hope that one didn't scare you. Please come | again. There are a lot of rosebuds around here. Aunt Abby: Why don't you write some more of your interesting letters l am going to call you up on the 1 phone some time.
 With besi wishes to all the Corner | Sisters sId readers.
 eNrOurpA
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AUNT SARAH CHATS.

Dear Editor and Sisters: I want to thank The Bulleton and Biddy, The oda, Huldy and the others who help ed give the the good time June 18th. Words cannot express my apprecia- % tiodn of their kindness.
 Aunt Jerushy: Should love to meet you again. How is Uncle? Did he enjoy the picnic? What a good time we did have. Do try to come to the next
 Dom Pedro: I was glad you wera able to meet with us. I think we all owe a vote of thanks to The Bulle- tin. Hope you did not get sick. Shall try to call on you sometime
 Joan: Have been thinking of what you told me. Why not (burn them) Wouldn't that be better?
 Aunty No. 1: Think you and Grace will have callers some day. Shall bring the new Sister with me: hone you reached home safe.
 Huldy: Your poem was fine.
 Merry Widow: Glad to meet you
 Polly wintergreen: Am glad you were able to be at the picnic.
 Aunt Hester: Did you get my letter safe?
 Lonesome Pine: Yes, I live on that hill. Come and see me; was glad to see you at the picnic. Let us hear from you again.
 Diana: I love to read your letters. They are always helpful.
 Crimson Rambler; Do you ever re- ceive visitors at Social Corner Club No. g. If only knew when to come, would drive that way with our new Sister who came with me to the picnic.
 Aunt Abbie: We are going to try to find you one of these days.
 Paula: Did you sit beside Aunt Hester on the car. and Aunt Jesushy and Uncle in the seat ahead of You.
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TAKING REST AT HOME.

Dear Social Corner Sisters:-This letter is merely a suggestion for house wives, or women, when occupation at home keeps them busy. day in and day out, year in and out, with never day for recreation.
 That there are many such women is a fact. circumstances in life compels it. and 1t is to them that I would suggest this method of enjoying a vacation at home.
 This is not an experiment. for my self have enjoyed 1t, and at loss for words to express the good results de- rived from it.
 After school closes and you have the assistance of the children, remove from your living room. and bed rooms, all remove the stand cover, if it be a tap estry and substitute a plain or checked linen, even sash curtains l find keep out the fresh, cool air. No matter how thin they may be, leave only shades on the windows
 Take the pictures from the walls. and remove superfiuous furniture, for if there is an eye sore to a tired woman, it is to sit down in an over filled, hot room, and gaze at bricabrec and notions. that require a great deal of time for dusting.
 The idea is to change as far as pos sible the whole aspect of the room, have windows shining. and woodwork scrupuIously clean. and you have a place where you can truly rest.
 If it is to be your good fortune to possess a piazza. furnish it and live out of doors for the summer. for fresh air and sunshine are wonderful tonics.
 In many homes, the oldfashioned carpet lounge has occupied the same position in the room for years. Let the boys carry it out on the piazza. cover it with a cretonne cover, and add couple of sofa pillows. covered with cretonne, or linen that will laundry well; place it corner ways, it looks bet ter, and also leaves a nook in the op- posite corner where a small stand, hold ing an inexpensive jar or vase filled with the common field flowers can be placed. A small table, or stand. one with a drwaer, where fany work or sewing utensils can be kept, is best while on top may be piled a number oi magazines. and the daily papers. and a game or two for the young people with the addition of couple of chairs your piazza is furnished and is a rest ing place for the gods.
 When the hot season has come tc a close the chances are ten to one that you will be in better physical condition than your we'll to do neighbor who he: spent her summer at the seashore, en- tertaining, and being entertained.
 AUNT NANCY.
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you don't like the water, 1t makes you so sick; and you don't want to be left behind, for there is a Sister that Cackles just like a hen. and you don't like hens. Then you can't take your afternoon nap, for Lucinda will ment she is !? Then Crimson Rambler will be sure to put some. thorns in your way. Even if Gala Lily does talk to the Merry Widow about Joan and No Name and The Mascot; then Married and Happy will be sure to tell you to go to work, for she is never idle while Trottie and Dollie will tell you about Aunt Abby and what fun she would have with you talking and laughing. don't know what some be lone man among so many Sis ters.
 After thinking the matter over Silas said:
 Well Mandy, see I am not wanted. but will tell you one thing that I am going to write for that air Bulle- tin. then will be Sister and the next time they have picnic am go- ing, and I won't eat anything for a week. l will take a half a pint of castor oil and clean my liver of. and then will defy car sickness. Sea sickness, all the Cackling Biddies and hens, all the Merry Widows and the whole bunch of Lilies and Roses and all of you. I will buy a peck of pea nuts and a whole dollars worth of chewing gum. and the Doctor won't have to take any of her pills to the picnic, for they won't need them Now. remember what say, Mandy, I am goingl Do you understand ?'
 I listened to him and understood. So girls when we have our next pie mic look out for Si, for he will surely be there. and I shall not dare to say home to him again.
 From Sis wife,
 NANNY