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IN TINS rashion, ne blushed-for IN
could blush distinctly now-and his
mother looked upon him with pleasure,
though the reference to Midas and
ROSTERS was Of cours targOn to her.
did you ever see anybody Improve
the way that child hasr' she exclaimed,
81 declare, Bfbbs, sometimes lately you
look right handsone"
"He's got to be such . gadabout,s
Edith giggled.
II found something Of his on the
floor upstairs this morning. before any
body was up" said Sheridan. II
reckon II people lose things In this
house and expect to get 'em back, they
better get up as Don as l do"
"What was 1t he lost?" asked Edith.
He knows" her father returned.
Seems to me like I forgot to bring IL
home with me. I looked II over
thought probably 1t was something
pretty important, belongsn' to a busy
man like him." He affected to search
his pockets. "What did / do with II,
now? Oh yes! Seems to me like l re-
oAo iSuNlH u uONu at Ilc ULutC-
in the waste basket.
Good place for IT," Bibbs muir
INJURED, still red.
Sheridan gave him a grin. perhaps
pretty soon you'll be gettin' up early
enough to find things before 1 do!'
1t was a threat, and Bibbs repeated
the substance Of it, later in the eve
ming, to Mary Vertrees-they had come
to know each other that well.
MY times here at last" he said, az
they sat together in the melancholy gas
light Of the room which had been de-
nuded of its piano. But the gas light.
though from a single Jet, shed no
melancholy upon Bibbs. nor could any
room seem bare that knew the glow
ing presence Of Mary. He spoke
lightly, not sadly.
Yes, it's come. rye shirked and
put 1t off. but l can't shirk and put of
my longer. It's really my part to go
to him-at least 1t would ave my face.
He means what he says, and the times
come to serve my sentence. Hard labor
for life, l think"
Mary shook her head. al don't think
so. He's too kind"
"You think my fathers kind?" And
Bibbs stared at her.
yes. I'm sure Of Il. I've felt that
he has a great, brave heart. It's only
that he has to be kind in bis own way
because he can't understand any
other way"
"Ah yes" said Bibbs. "If that's
what you mean by 'kind'l"
She looked at him grayely, earnest
concern in her friendly eyes. ITS go
ing to be pretty hard for you, isn't IT."
"Oh-self-pityw he returned, smiling.
"'This has been just the last flicker Of
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CHAPTER xvI-continued.

"Won't you come in?" urged Mrs.
vertrees, cordially, hearing the sound
OF a cheerful voice out Of the darkness
beyond the approaching glare Of auto
mobile headlights. do! There's Mary
now, and she"
But Sibyl was halfway across the
street. mo, thanks" she called. 81
hope she won't miss her piano." And
she ran into her own house and
plunged headlong upon a leather divan
in the hall, holding her handkerchief
Over her mouth.
The noise of her tumultuous entrance
was evidently startling, for there fol-
lowed the crash of a decanter upon the
floor OF the dining room, and, after a
rumble of indistinct profanity, Roscoe
came forth. holding a dripping napkin
In his hand.
whats your excitementY he de-
handed. "What do you find TO go into
Mysteries over? Another death In the
famiiyT
"Oh, it's funnyw she gasped.
''Those old frost-bitten people! / guess
they're getting their comeupancer'
Lying prone, she elevated her feet In
the air, clapping her heels together re-
peatedly, In an ecstasy.
"Come through, come through"
said her husband, GROSSLY. "What you
been up TOT"
"Me?" she cried, dropping her feet
and swinging around to face him.
"Nothing. It's them! Those vertreeses!"
She wiped her eyes. They've had to
sell their pianow
"Well, what Of it?"
THAT Mrs. Kittersby told me all
about 'em a week ago." said Sibyl.
'sThey've been hard up for a long time.
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CHAPTER XVIII.

He emerged only upon a second sum.
mons to dinner. two hours later, and
came to the table SO white and silent
that his wife made her anxiety mani
fest and was but partially reassured
by his ~explasation that his lunch had
disagreed with him a little.
Presently. however, he spoke effec-
lively. Bibbs, whose appetite had be-
come hearty, was helping himself to a
second breast Of capon from white
Jackets salver. "Here's another diff
ference between Midas and chicken"
Sheridan remarked, grimly. II reckon
you overlooked that. Midas looks to
like be had the advantage there"
a Bibbs retained enough presence Of
mind to transfer The capon breast to
his plate without dropping 1t and to
respond, "Yes-he crows over It,"
Waving rstuEned NJ aatag0nist's arU
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keep %telephoning him you want to see
him since he stopped coming here"
She made a long. low sound of COM
~prehension before she said, "And what
else did Edith want you to ask me2"
Il want to know what you say over
the telephone to Lamhorn," he said,
fiercely.
as that all Edith told you to ask
me? You saw her when you stopped
In there on your way home this eve
ming, didn't you? Didn't she tell
you then what | said over the tele-
phone to Mr.. LamhornY"
mo, she didn'tr' he vociferated, his
voice growing louder. "She said, You
tell your wife to stop telephoning Rob-
ert Lamhorn to come and see her, be-
cause he isn't going to do IT. That's
what she said! And 1 want to know
what it means. l intend"
A maid appeared at the lower END of
the hall. DINNER is ready" she said,
and, giving the troubled pair one
| glance, went demurely into the dining
room. Roscoe di~sregarded the inter
ruption.
Il intend to know exactly what has
been going on" he declared. II mean
to know just what"
Sibyl jumped up, almost touching
him, standing face to face with him.
"Oh, you dol! she cried, shrilly. you
mean to know just what's what, do
you? You listen to your sister inslnu-
ating ugly things about your wife, and
then you come home making a scene
before the servants and humiliating
me In their presence! Do you suppose
that Irish girl didn't hear every word
you said? You go In there and eat your
dinner alone! Go on! Go and eat your
dinner alone-because I won't eat with
you!"
And she broke away from the detain-
ing grasp he sought to fasten upon
her, and dashed up the stairway, pant
ing. He heard the door of her room
slam overhead, and the sharp click of
the key In the lock.
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CHAPTER XVII.

At seven o'clock on the last morn
ing Of that month, Sheridan, passing
through the upper hall, found a cou-
pie Of scrubbed sheets Of note paper
lying on the floor. He recognized the
handwriting and put the sheets in his
coat pocket, intending to give them
to George or Jackson for return to the
owner, but he forgot and carried them
downtown with him. At noon he
found himself alone in his Office. and.
having a little leisure, remembered the
bits OF manuscript, took them out, and
glanced ut them. Having satisfied
himself that Bibbs' scribblings were
only a sample of the kind of writing
his son preferred to the machine shop,
he decided, %innocently enough, that he
would be justified in reading them.
1t appears that q lady viii nod pleas
antly upon some windy generalization OF
a companion. and wn wear the most
agreeable expression OF accepting It AZ
the Law. n ~then-days afterward. when
the thing Ia q mummy to its promulgator
-she WIN inquire out Of . clear sky:
why did you say that the people down.
town have nothing In life that a chicken
hasn'tf What did you meant" And she
may say It In q manner that makes q
sensible reply very difacult-you win be
30 full Of wonder that she remembered
20 seriously
Yet. what does the rooster lackf He
has food and shelter: he n warm IA WIN
ter; his wives raise not one fine family
for him. but dozens. He has . clear sky
over him; he breathes sweet ART he walks
In his April orchard under q roof Of now
era. He must die. violently perhaps. but
quickly. II Midas cancer . batter wayf
The ROSTERS wives and children must die
Are those Of Midas immostaif His We =
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"You changed; you didn't took the
same. You were all strung up and ex.
cited and idgety; you got to looking
peakid and run down. Now then, Lam
horn had been going with us a good
while, but ! noticed that not long ago
you got to picking on him about every
little thing he did; you got to quarrel
ing with him when I vas there and
when / wasn't. i could see you'd been
%quarreling whenever / came In and he
was here"
"Do you object to that?" asked
Sibyl, breathing quickly.
"Yes-when 1t Injuries my wife's
health!" he returned, with q quick lift
of his eyes to hers. "You began to run
down just about the time you began
falling out with him." He stepped
close TO her. "See here, Sibyl, I'm GO
ing to know what 1t means"
oh, you are?" she snapped. 'That
was what you were going to say the
other day. Yes. What else have you
to say tonight?"
Tonight" he replied, with grim
81 want to know why you
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Tomorrow ri Be 4 Day Laborer."

revolt. Nobody minds work IL he
likes the kind Of work. There'd be no
loafers in the world IL each man found
the thing that he could DO best; but the
only work I happen to want to do Is
useless-so I have to gfre 1t up. To-
morrow I'll be a day labcrer."
What is 1t like-xactly?"
1T wasn't %muscularly exhau sting
not at all. They couldn't give me a
heavier job because I wasn't good
enough"
"But what will you dce I want to
know"
when I left" said Pibbs, 81 was
on what they call over there a clip
ping machine and that's what I'll be
sent back to. It's very simple and
very easy. ! feed long strips OF vino
into a pair Of steel jaws. and the Jaws
bite the zine into little circles. And
yet l was a very bad hand at it,
He had kept his voice cheerful as hs
spoke, but he had grown a shade
paler, and there was q latent anguish
deep In his eyes. He mxy have known
it and wished her not 70 see it, for hs
tumed away.
You do that all day iong!" she sx.
claimed. mo wonder-J. She broke
on, and then. after a Reeh glance at his
face. she said: II shoa,d think you
would have been a bad bend at it'r'
He laughed ruefully. 81 think fts
the noise, though I'm ashamed to say
1t. You see. lisa veEy powerful ma
chine, and there's a sort Of rhythmicai
c~rashing-a crash every time the jaws
bite of a circle"
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The Turmoil
BOOTH HARRINGTON
Copyright 1915. by Harper q B~rothers)
SYNOPSIS.

snstiden's attempt 10 make n business
man OF his son Bibbs by starting him in
the machine shop ends in Bibbs going TO
a sanitarium, q nervous wreck. On his re-
turn Bibbs find himself an inconsider-
able and unconsidered figure In the New
House" Of the Sheridans. The Vertreeses.
oid-town family next door and impover-
tshed, call on the Sheridans, newly-rich
and Mary afterward puts into words her
parents unspoken wish that she marry
one of the Sheridan boys. Mary frankly
encourages Jim Sheridan's attentions. Jim
tells Mary Bibbs is not a lunatic-"Just
queer" He ropos to Mary. who half
accepts him.. Sheridan tells Bibbs he
must go back 10 the machine shop as
soon as he Is strong enough, In spite OF
Bibbs' plea 10 be allowed to write. Edith.
Bibbs' sister, and Sibyl. Roscoe S~heridan's
wife, quarrel over Bobby Lamborn; Sibyl
goes 10 Mary for help 10 keep Lamhorn
from marrying Edith. and Mary leaves
her In the room alone. Bibhs has 10 break
20 his father the news OF Jtm's sudden
death. All the rest OF the family helpless
in THAR grief. Bibbs becomes temporary
master of the house. At the funeral he
meets Mary and rides home with her.
Bibbs ~purposely interrupts a tete-a-tete
between Edith and LAmhorn. He tells
Edith that he overheard Lamhorn maxi
Ing love 10 Roscoe's wife. Doctor Quincy
finds Bfbbs well enough 10 go back TO the
machine shop. Mary and Bibbs meet by
accident and form a pleasant friendship.
Roscoe Sheridan and his wife quarrel
desperately about Bobby Lamhorn.
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Imagine the feelings Of a
Woodworking, dutiful husband
when he learns that his wife ls
dangerously flirting with a
worthless baeheIor-and when
his wife defies him to do any
thing about the matter. Does
such a situation Justify divorce,
notwithstanding the "untll death
do US part" vow?
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-14
WAYS OF SERVING FRUIT.

Dear Social Corner Sisters:I am sending in a few seasonaole recipes:
 Chilled Peach ReIisF--Cut nice ripe peaches in halves and set away to chill thoroughly. Have ready some peach gelatin, chop it quite fine and arrange on the serving dish. Place the peaches on this, and fill each half with whipped cream.
 Peaches in JelIy-Drain canned peaches and place in cups. Fill with lemon jelly, on ice. and serve with custard sauce. s..,
 Pineapple Sponges-Pack a number of small molds with stale sponge cake crumbled quite fine, then fill with pineapple syrup in which a lit tie gelatin has been dissolved. When firm unrnold on slices of pineapple.
 Merjngued AppIes-Fill the centers of cold cooked apples with marma- Jade; cover with meringue of two egg whites and one-half pound sugar favored with lemon extract. Brown lightly. Serve at once.
 Frosted Apaie Slices = Pare, ,. core and slice sound apples and cook until tender in a sugar syrup, Cool and cover with a white icing. Make a stiff ~currant jelly and set to harden in shallow pans to the depth of ar inch. At serving time cut the jelly in rounds with cutter to peach with a frosted-apple slice. the center ot which is adorned with a tiny round of jelly. y..
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-14
AUNTY NO. i ENTERTAINED.

Dear COrnerites:- October eleventh Was beautiful fall day when AunTy No. 1 entertained the Corner. A large company of Sisters and guests met together for the last out door gather ing of the season. We were met at the station by an outfit saily trimmed with yellow bOughs and the driver wearing the culors of the order on his cap, so we knew it was the Social Corner coach. Then a ride along a country road, each side and in the distance hills beautifully tinted with their autumnal foliage
 After being cordially welcomed by Aunty and Uncle, We spent d plea sant hour meeting old and new friends. Then a delicious lunch was served, Aurty No. Is famous baked beans, salad and coffee, with cakes, pies, doughnuts, fruit and the Bulletin Co. contribution to our feast of delicious ice cream, for which we extend thanks. our time was short IS trains leave early, 90 taEinG the rain at Franklin station for their homes.
 We missed the absent Sisters. who usually meet with us.
 Aunty, hope you are not i'll after your hard day. We thank you for all you did for Is. We had q fine time. ] had the pleasure of meeting Nurse Penny this fall.
 Good bye until we meet in our win ter quarters Un Valley street.
 SISTER rF
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-14
FINE FALL. RECIPES.

Dear Sisters of the Social Corner:- I am sending a few recipes: ...
 Picked Barberries-Soak nice large punches of .barberries in salt water for few hours. Remove from the water and pour scalding vinegar over them Spice them if preferred Place in jars and cover with hot vinegar. These will keep their color and are handsome for garnishing. -.
 Mulberry JeEIy-To each five quarts of berries add two quarts of cold water; let cook together slowly for a half hour: mash any berries that don't break easily and drain through a bag; measure the juice, put back over the fire, add sugar, a pint for each pint of juice. when the mixture has boiled three minutes begin testing it.. when ready to jell pour into jelly glasses and let stand in the sun until firm.
 Tomato Mince Meat-Take one peck of green tomatoes and chop them up fine; then drain of all juice and add as much water as juice; drained and boil; after this add six pounds gran i ulated sugar. three pounds raisins and two tablespoons each of cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, allspice and salt. Boil the mixture until well done; then add one cup of vinegar or take strong black coffee boiled. Boil the mixture until well done, then can in the usual way.
 Canned Sweet Potatoes-Peel and slice the potatoes and boil them in slightly salted water until they are tender; pack them in jars, adding a little salt water and sugar for season. ing if desired; boil 40 minutes, ss
 Canned Squash-Cut the squash into small cubes and pack in jars: fill them to overf1owing with cold water, steam for one hour or boil two hours PAULA
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-14
A TEA TABLE ACCESSORY,

Dear Social Corner Sisters: An exceedinIy useful accessory for the tea table is a cake cover. This should frame which comfortably fits over the lace CT embroidered linen are seen.
 Ordinary white milliner's wire should be used for the frame Make this ir the shape of an octa9on, about 12 inches across. Then make an- other frame the same size and shape and join the two together by wires about five inches lorg fastened a. the corresponding corners. This gives frmness to the shape. Any one with a, pair of pircers to assist in bending the wires can make the frame.
 When the frame is made, cut the lace to fit exactly over the flop of it; then cut the side of the cover, of a straight piece of lace five inches wide and long enough to fit around the octagOn. Overland the side to the top, taking care that the Joining ot the side comes at one of the points of the octagon.
 Hem the cover at the bottom and if desired run on 8 narrow band around the hem and at the top o1 the seam.
 Baste the cover to the frame, so il can be easily taken off to be laund- cred. crocheted ring placed In the center. makes the lid easy to raise.
 ! think you will find this lingerie cake cover quite attractive. especially so, if made to match the tea things.
 LORETTA.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-14
A FEW TIMELY RECIPES.

Sisters of the Social Corner: A good recipe is always welcome to the live housekeeper. I think these should meet the expectations of the best cooks:
 Indian Meal Biscuit-IMfx one pint of Indian meal, two heaping teaspoons flour. 1 pint Indian meal, heaping teaspoons cream of tartar, l level teaspoon of soda, a pinch of salt, and sift them together, working in one tablespoon of lard with the fingers. Moisten with cold water to make it of tartar biscuit, cut out and bake in hot oven.
 Mystic Clam Pie-Use one quart of clans chopped, eight crackers pound ed fine, half a pound of butter melted and a little pepper. Mix all together with clam water. Take six eggs vel! beaten, one quart of scalded milk and for pies and line the bottom of @ six quart pan. Place in a layer of the clam mixture and Q. layer of split crackers. Repeat once. Add milk and eggs, cover with a crust and bake.
 Vegetable Roast Cover three Add carrots, onions, turnips and oth- CT desired vegetables and cook until tender. When vegetables are done take them out and boil until the wa ter have nearly cooked away. Chop fine half a eupfu1 of salt pork, add a cupful of flour and milk enough to make a batter. Roll the meat in this dough and return to the pot, adding a little of the liquid left in the pot Place tn a hot oven until brown. Serve on a meat dish with the vegetables around it and pour all the thickened gravy from the pot.
 Quinee Honey-Wash, pare and grate five quinces. Put five pounds of granulated sugar and one quart l of water into kettle. Add a salt spoon of cream of tartar, stir until the sugar is dissolved, boil ten min utes, add the quinces, boil ten min utes more, and put at once into | numbers Cool before covering. .. HANNAH WHO
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-14
AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.

Dear Social Corner People:--As I seem to be unluclSy in getting an op- portunfty to greet you personally will send my greeting to all through the columns of The Social Corner.
 How interesting all your letters are, but is no one interested in the Equal Franchise Movement, because we are most of us home-makers? Do you think the question does not interest us. I think it should interest us all the more especially if we have sons and daughters growing. up. It is get ting to be a very serious matter when we see our young men growing up with taste for strong drink and this is one. Of the. reasons, why women should have the power. to vote; and this is the main, reason why she will never get the chance unless we pull together. H
 I can think of a hundred thing would like to say on this same lin but think our Editor is very patient with us and don't want to try him to far.
 Theoda: was SC pleased to think you knew me at the fair.
 Betsy Boboett: Hope you and yours are well.
 With kindest regards to all. VALENTINE.
 The United States has 3sO piano factories.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-14
DEPENDABLE RECIPES.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: - Old recipes like old and tried friends may seem to be the best; but a new recipe is never less than a delight if it stands the test.
 I send a few which will please you if you haven't them:
 - Poor Mans Rice Pudding-~T wo quarts of milk; one teacup of rice; four tablespoons of best brown sugar; one small stick of cinnanon; dried peel of half an orange.
 Put into an oven and bake slowly from .1-2 to 3 hours.
 Poor Mans Cake-One cup of cook ing molasses, onehalf cup of lard, one and one-haf cups of brown sugar, two teaspoons of soda dissolved in sour milk, one pound of raisins, ono cup of flour. Mix together and bake in a large pan for an hour, slowly. Shrimps and Tonatoes-Melt two tablespoons of butter, add one can of tomatoes, and simmer until of pure consistency. Season highly with salt,
 pepper and onion juice, and add two cups of shrimps which have been mar mated in French dressing for one hour.
 Boiled Green Peppers-Cut young green peppers into quarters, remove the seeds and partitions, place on a greaSed brOiler, cook over clear fire until the edges curl, sprinkle with | d dash of salt dot with bits of butter Graham Drcr Cakes-Use two cups of sugar, one cup of shortening, two eggs beaten light, one cup of sweet Or sour milk. one teaspoon of soda l if sweet milk and two teaspoons if sour milk, three cups of graham flou1 or enough to make stiff enough to f stay up well when dropped from 8 | spoon, one teaspoon of ginger, ah6 ] half a teaspoon of cinnamon. Raisine l may be added if desired.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-14

inS-for the placing of the button must be made to come directly under the button hole; before taking away the pin make a cross of stitches to hold in place the two folds of the material where the button is to be sewed, sew the button with a double thread, fast ening your thread on the right side of the material, placing the button over the knot. s.f.gs-.r
 Buttons with four holes with the thread forming crosses or squares on the upper side of the button; first place @ pin across the f&ce of the but ton over which the stitches may be made; this lengthens the thread and prevents it from being drawn tight and holding the button too close to the ma terial where it is sewed. When suffi- Cient stitches have been taken remove the pin and twist the thread around the stitches between the button and material several times, then faSten the under side knitting it securely.
 For buttons with shanks take the stitches over and over the shank they should be taken so thar the wear of the button should come on the shank and not the stitches.
 For linen or cloth buttons circle of running stitches may be used in the l centre; and a star stitch in the center or you can sew them on like a hole button if fancy stitches are used. You have to be careful and make them even or they will show.
 KTTTY T or