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Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-01
BORROWED WORDS,

After supper when we Tad cleaned up and sat down for social evening I said: a."- :, Hope, you remind me of the razor grass 1 read about in the book I had from the library, Travels in Brazil That grass will cut anybody that runs up against it,'' :,
 ''Hez, I'm not quite as sharp as that!" said she. "You meant that for compliment, OF I should be angrvi It doesn't pay to be as pointed as a toothpick!"
 T wish I could be real tart," said I T suppose Sarah Little says .Au re- voir!' and Fin de seicle' and so forth and so on, just to surprise us natives, Them words to our amtitious people be just as catching as the measles"
 Don't you catch them, Hez," said people who use them are just jokes to real French people. When you do a thing you want to do it right, don't your"
 Well if I can't get up next door to it, I'll fight shy" said I.
 You cannot get within thousarN rows of apple trees," said Hope. Tackle Chinese, but don't never at tempt the French nasal" said she. What's born in a French nose is misfit for all other noses"
 Whats the nose' to do with it?" said I.
 "The French language, Hez," said she. lis. alf nose and half larangitis!"
 '1t must be worse than the meas sles. then" said I.
 'Verily,"- said she B HEZ HARMoNDY.
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with the runners or scarfs, crossing in the centre. There are only two of us and through the month of August we not only have these used for lunch, dinner.
 have been without a maid now for eight years and find that 1 have thrown away Q great many stones, Sis ters. What rocks have you that you can throw away?
 Remember the test of whether a thing is really needfM, will 1t add or distract from home comfort and home sanitation? If it will not interfere with either of these prime essentials throw out your stones with a will! Let your neighbors keep carrying theirs if they desire to, but Social Corner Sisters let us see what rocks in the pile can be eliminated letters?
 DRESSMAKER.
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SOCIAL CORNER PoEM

I said, aLet me walk fnE the felds;'
 He said, "Nays walk in the town" I said. "eThere are no flowers there;'
 He said, ''No flowers, but Q crown T .said,s s"But the sky is black. - There's nothing but noise and din; ' :, But he~wept-~as He sent me back .- "There, is more" He said, there is sin." -.----- I said, "But the air fs.thickz : And fogs are vielipg. the sun" He answered. Yet souls are sick,
 And souls in the dark undone1'' T said, kI shall miss the light,
 And friends will miss me, they say;" =He answered me. Choose tonight If I am -tos miss you, or they" : T. pleaded for time to be given; - He said, tIs it hard to decide It will not seem hard in heaven,
 To have followed the steps of your = guide"
 I. cas. one look at the fields, Then set my face 10 the town. He said, "Ts 1t hard to decide? sWilT you leave the flowers for the 4 - crown
 TAen into. His hand went mine, = And into my heart came He, And I walk in a Iieht divine
 The path had feared to see.
 N7 ~< ". L. B.
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Publicity Bureau ,s CONNECTICUT STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE Committee of Food Supply

quart of vinegar and continue boiling
 until a teaspoonful placed in a saucer will not give off any water. Remove the bag containing the spices, put the cork while hot. If paraffin is conven- l tent, melt a small quantity in sauce pan, invert the bottle of catchup and dip the cork and upper part of the bottle neck in it. The paraffin will help to keep out mold pores. Green Tomato Pickle. Wash and sslice without peeling peck of green tomatoes. Put these into a wide mouthed jar in layers, sprink i ling each layer well with salt. Let stand over night. In the morning drain off all the liquid.
 Prepare some spiced vinegar by tak- ing 1 quart of vinegar, putting it into a saucepan and suspending in it a bag containing 1 level tablespoon of whole cloves, 1 level tablespoon of whole all- spice and 1 level tablespoon of stick cinnamon.
 Bring to a boil and boil one-haH -Four. Chop up 24 medium sized onions and builnose peppers.
 In a large porcelain kettle place 6 layer of the sliced tomatoes; then layer of onions. Sprinkle with black pepper and add some of the chopped red peppers. Pour over this some oi the spiced vinegar and continue this until all the material is used up. Press the mixture down and cover with vim egar. Cook until tender cut not toe soft. Empty into a jar and cover well. This will not spoil if kept in cool place.
 A cup of brown sugar added to thts will make a sweet tomato pickle.
 ChiIi Sauce.
 ScaId and peel "A ripe tomatoes; chop these up with 2 red bullnose pep pers. green bulNnose peppers and 5 large onions. Put Into an enameled n n vi 1 1-2 cups brown sugar, level table spoons salt, lever tablespoons whole allspice ? level teaspoons whole cloves, ? level teaspoons cinnamon, level teaspoons ground ginger, level tea spoons ground nutmeg.
 Bring to a boil. stirring frequently to prevent scorching, and boil until the saucc begins to thicken. - The on> ions will then be done. This should not take over an hour Remove the into jars and seal while hot. This will keep in 9 wide mouthed bottle if 1t is well corlsed' and dipped in paraff1sI. o,
 We arN indebted to Mrs. P. H. Smith, Falls Church, Va, fe- this recipe.
 Tomato Minoemeat.
 Slice up a quantity of green tomatoes and sprinkle well with salt Put into ! bag and hang up to drip all night. The salt which is left on the tomatoes will not need washing off. Tn the morc- nS take equal weights of sugar and ,omatoes and cook until the tomatoes Ire thoroughly done. To . pounds of he mixture of tomatoes and sugar add pounds of seedless raisins. with mace Ind cinnamon to suit the taste. Cook \ l. short time after adding the season. nG and put into jars. This will keep without being sealed and will make pies, which many consider as sood as those from ordinary mince-
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ECONOMICAL WAYS TO CAN.

Dear Sisters: Take a number of beets and boil until done. Then peel, cut in quarters, leave the root and two in- ches of the top on, then make liquid of the following: Boil one-third cup sugar, one-half cup of vinegar: and one quart of liquor; put on stove in kettle and boil ten minutes; then place beets in liquor. and boil ten min utes more. If you do not boil the liquor beets are not so apt. to keep, and besides, beets are better season ed
 Preserved Beets: Take your beets and boil until done; cook about thirty minutes; peel, then put a layer N of beets, layer of sugar and let stand over night with the sugar; in the and -one-half teaspoon of salt and let boil ten minutes; can while hot. These are excellent served with tomato crou- tons. sr ..
 Canned Rhubarb: Wash but do not peel; cut the length of jar, then place in jar. Boil water and let it get cold; then fill jar and let stand for twenty minutes; then pour off and fill again this time place a knife or-<spoon in the jar until filled. Canned this way it will do away with the rhuharb con talni1g bacteria which softens it. You have heard so many, say I do not have any luck canning rhubarb in cold water. This is the secret of canning rhubarb iii cold water
 Carrots can be canned by bIanch- ing long enough to loosen the skin, and plunging immediately in cold wa ter: then scrape. cut into cubes and whole if you wish Fill jar with boiling water and place on cap. Screw lightly and stirilize for one and one- half hours; add one-ha1f teaspoon of salt to eveEX pint can. I always use pint cans.
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COFFEE CAKE

Dear Social Corner Sisters:-Agatn I am pleased to geet you.
 Dusty Miller: There is always room for one more. You are welcome. Did used it and had good luck.
 J. L. P. Your don'ts for babies were good. Just my mind. I cut it out for my scrap book. ..-.
 Olga: I like your letters and wish I knew where ycu live.
 Coffee Cake-Sponge at night; one cup warm milk. one-half compressed yeast cake, dissolved in one-fourth cup lukewar,11 water, two cups four. In the morning add one fourth cup but ter, one-half cup sugar, two eggs, little salt one and one-half cups four making a soft dough; let rise till night, sprinkle with sugar and cinna- mon, bake about twenty five minutes in moderate oven. It will scorch if too hot. ...
 KATYDID
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WHAT IS COD FAT?

Dear Social Corner Editor: Noticing the inquiry in last Saturdays Social Corner, What is cod fat?" I'll tell your inquirer what I have found it and how I use it.
 It is sort of suet taken from around the tenderloin of cattle and can be purcf ased from your butcher. q pay ten cents per pound.) Many are using 1t to lower the high cost of liv- ing.
 I usually purchase four pounds, run it through the meat grinder and try it out the same as leaf lard, clarifying it with slices of potato, mix one pound of lard with this heated mixture and get fine pail of shortening at half the cost of lard.
 use it for pie crusts and every thing that leaf lard is called for and have excellent results. MAR TY.
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til thick, stirring frequently. Turn into glasses and seal.


 into glasses and seal. Sweet FickIed Pears-Pare three and one-half pounds of hard Duchess pears. For this quantity make syrup of two and one-taf pounds of sugar, one-half pint of vinegar and One-hal1 of a cup of water. If vinegar is very sour, take more water and less vinegar. Add one third of a cup of stick cinnamon, one tablespoon of cloves and boil slowly for .one-half hour. Press couple of cloves in each pear and cook in the syrup un- til tender. Put pears in jars, reduce the syrup and fill jars to overfowing. Adjust rubberS and covers.
 Stuffed Green Peppers-Six green peppers, two tablespoons bacon fat one rice, one-ha1f cup tomatoes, one half teaspoon salt, one-quarter cup buttered crumbs.
 Cut off one inch of the tops of pep pers, and chop the tops; remove seeds and veins from peppers, scald with boiling water and drain; cook chopped pepper with onion in the i,acon fat for five minutes; add rice, tomatoes and salt; fill peppers, cover with crumbs, place in a baking dish or in individual ramekins and bake in a moderate oven half an hour. -
 Fruit Sherbet-One pint water, one pound sugar, one-fourth pound large raisins, one-half stick cinnamon, three oranges, one-half pound figs, cut fine, three cloves, one lemon.
 Boil water and sugar to syrup. Cut raisins and figs fine and put in earthen bowl. Pour over these the boiling syrup and let stand until cold. Re- move cinnamon and cloves, add to sy- rup and other fruit the orange and lemon, then freeze.
 Best wishes to all.
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NEW TESTED RECIPES.

Dear Social Corner Friends: These recipes meet the need of these times:
 Corn Flake Kisses: Beat the whites of two eggs untfl stiff. and 1dd grad ua11y one cup of eranu1ated sugar. Beat well, tt1efl' add two cups of corn flakes. enc -teasroon Of vanilla, and one. cup of shredded cocoanut. Drop by teaspoons .ou oiled paper and bake in a moderate oven. T
 Liberty Cern Muffins: Scald two cups Of nnilks into which stir slowly two ctIrs Of seor1 ne al:: remove from the fro and add two tablespoons of -butter- and 5 oae-fot}zth- teaspoon of salt: beat well until smooth ard set aside to cool. Bet two eggs until stiff, and when the batter is cool stir and when the batter is cool stir them in. Bake i7 creased gem pans about thirty minutes.
 War=Tir.,e Puddina: Mix together one crp. of sour milk one beaten egg. one cup of maple or corn syrup, one tablespoon of soda. one teaspoon each of cinnaJnon- and al1spice. one and one half cups of erahafn Hour and one cup of seeded raisfns. Steam three hours and serte wit!f sauce.
 Potato Bread. Take abaut three large roasted yar1s.s or sufficient to make three cups of mashed potatoes. of the. dry, = close- grained -ootatoes are used~ they should be boiled) --- Re- move skins, and while still steaming hot place in bowl. and mash very HTte.- Add while s- still =EiOt -one-ha If cup of shnrtenings half lard and half butter or butter suhstitute: two cups of fine sifted corn meal is next added. After mixing this, thoroughly. add two eggs. doeating~ into mixture with a teaspoon Of salt and just enough sweet milk to make n stiff dough Grease a very hot pan Form into srnslis pones, place in pan, allowing room for slight swelling and bake in a very hot oven. When the crust is rich brown it is "a nIrf nd -nd inn q "a fn1y
 And while we are using corn meal, suppose you Keep this suggestion also. It is a epatriotfc one, judging from it's
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TOMATOES.

The following information is given out by the committee of food supply of | the state council of defense in regard to tomatoes:
 There is probably no succulent vege- I table which may be served in so many different ways as tomatoes, and if the housewife has a good supply put up for winter use she may congratulate herself, for she has means of making palatable the cheaper cuts and left overs of meat and fish. She has also a foundation for soups and salads and com mbination with other vegetables in scallopel dishes. There are almost endless ways of using tomatoes. To make them even more desirable from the housewife's point of view they are liked in some one way at least by all members of the family, and their acid and mineral properties make them a healthful food.
 They are easily and successfully canned, salted and pickled; may be used ripe and green; and at certain seasons are usually inexpensive.
 The following are a few, reliable recipes:
 Canned (by Cold Pack Method).
 Tomatoes: Scala 1 1-2 minutes or until skins looosen. Cold dip. Re directly into pans or hot jars. Fill spaces with crushed tomatoes or strained tomato juice. Add no water. Add level teaspoon salt per quart Put rubbers and caps of jars into po- sition, not tight. Seal tin cans com pletely. Steriiize in hot water bath 22 minutes.
 Tomato Paste.
 One quart thick strained tomato pulp, 1 slice onion, 4 tablespoons chop ped sweet red pepper or 1 teaspoon paprika, 1-2 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon sugar, 1 tablespoon mixed spices.
 Cook spices tied in bag with to- for about three hours or until paste is thick enough to hold the shape of spoon when tested by dipping out a spoonful. Pack while hot in jars IS for canning by cold pack method and process hot water bath for IS minutes.
 Bordeaux Sauce.
 Two gallons of cabbage, 1 gallon of green tomatoes, measured after chop ping, i dozen white onions, 6 sweet red ounce cloves, 1-4 pound mustard seed, 1 ounce celery seed, 1 3-4 pounds su- gar.
 Tomato catchup.
 Take one peck of red, ripe tomatoes, clean them, put them in g preserving kettle and cook until thoroughly done | Mash them through fine strainer to | this level tablespoons of salt and 1 | level tablespoon of cayenne pepper. | Suspend in the tomatoes a flannel bag  Two level tablespoons of black pep per; 6 level tablespoons mustardA 1 | olespoon unground allspice, 1 level ta- olespoon cloves.
 Boil as rapidly as possible until the ,atchuD begins to thicl1an: than add 1
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SERVING TOMATOES.

Dear Social Cornerites. These are methods for serving tomatoes:
 Stewed: -Scald and skin tomatoes remove hard ends and cut up.e Stew in aeate saucepan till tender, add salt, pepper(and sugar to taste .= also tea r spoon butter -to each piflt.r If liked, tficken with fine crumbs with a little four dissolved ine cold water.,a
 Stuffed: Choose large tonna toes: cut of stem ends ands take out centers. Fill T<+h' desired stuffing; lay on but tered baking pan and bake in hot oven thirty minutes. etzx = r
 Peppers, summer squash large, ripe cucumbers, onions, and egg plant may be prepared in same way s-e
 Famed: Cut firm tomatoes in halves For four. heat one tabpeSpDon butter
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SPICED GRAPES,

Dear Social Corner Sisters: I have been real busy canning, preserving, drying, etc, always with suggestions of saving money and food in every paper I looked in until read Farmers Daughters cake recipes Aug. 18th, and nov I feel real saving.
 The Farmers hens must lay better than mine when she uses eight eggs in cake and then has to make two cakes to save the other part of the eggs. Eggs 50 cents a dozen, butter 50 cs.S it's a pound, milk 10 cents quart! My folks can't eat Gold and Silver cakes Two eggs ana a cup of butter in Mo- 1asses Cake. Eggs are too tigh to ea- pertinent, but can't see how two cups of flour and one of sugar can thicken-
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AN INQUIRY FROM IVY,

Dear Sisters of the Social Corner: Has anyone safe rule for canning string beans? I have tried them ac- cording to directions, but although they sealed nicely, in a week or two the tops Ioosened and they, became sour. Would like to hear from some one on this subject.
 I am going to try canning beets by Tidy Addly's method. It's just the recipe I had been looking for.
 What ideal weather for. motoring, and don't forget to take your cameras along. One can get pretty snatches of scenery and take a snapshot of Your friends when they are unawares. They will be rice to look over in the long winter. S
 How beautiful the sunsets are in late summer and fall, both at the shore and in the country.
 : Do. all the Sisters keep. box of
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you could resist a peep at the Social Corner though your dishes and baking are awaiting your attention. I can't blame you, I do the same thing my self, and some way the Saturdays work seems lighter and every task accom- p1ished more easily after my glimpse at the Social Corner.
 Since reading Dressmaker's letter of last week, I've been trying to throw away some of the stones on my load, and I really have few. Now I'm tug ging at a great big one, the stone call ed Unnecessary Worry"
 Next time I'll send some recipes for eggless cakes which I find very good, especially when eggs are 60 cents dozen, and ten in the family who like cake!
 LIST MOTHER
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PRiScILLA'S PICNIC.

Dear Social Corner Editor: should like to become one of the one hundred others to send a vote of thanks to Priscilla for the very pleasant time we had at her home at the Social Corner picnic Wednesday, Aug. 29th, also to The Bulletin company for the delicious ice cream.
 Not alone was the sumptueus din- ner served, the program of song and recitation, including the original poem by Great Grandma. The true spirit of genuine social hospitality predomi- mated.
 Long may the Social Corner live and may the cheering spirit it has al. ready attained never die out.
 JIM Yantic.
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DOMESTIC HINTS.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: When stewing meat always cover it with boiling water This makes the meat more tender and far more 9ourishing
 To keep cheese from becoming mouldy, wrap it in cloth which has been drenched in vinegar. -.-t
 Vinegar in washfng-up water re- moves grease. brightens china. and is Q good disinfectant
 Place in a bottle of dried-up glue, vinegar will moisten and make 1t li- quid again.
 There are many ways of cleaning knives but few of them remove every stain from the blades If you sprinkle a little bicarbonate of soda on cork
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HINTS ON COOKING TIMETABLES.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: Tn cook ing vegetables First-Have them fresh as possible. Summer vegetables. should be cooked on same day they are gathered.
 Second-Look them over and wash well, cutting out alF decayed or un- ripe parts. I--~tL
 Third-Lay them, when peeled. in cold water for some time before using. Fourth-Always let water boil before putting them in, and continue to: boil until done. -..I = Turnips-Boiled-4 minutes to an hour. -. .---..-
 Reets-BoiIed-1 to 2 hours
 Spinach-Boied-20 minutes.
 Parsnips- to 30 minutes Onions-Boiled-Bes boiled; in two or three waters, using milk the last time. String Beans-Boiled-1 1-2 hours. Shell BeansTBoiled-1 hour
 Green Corn-Boiled-10 or Is min utes.
 Green Peas-Boiied-28 minutes.
 -"EA STER LILY
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bandages ready and in d convenient place? Some day take an hour or so and take all old pieces of white cloth you have, tear or cut into strips of a convenient width, one can have several different widths, roll each piece sep arately and place in a box. They will be handy for cut fingers, etc, also a few narrow strips may be kept in a box in your pantry to place around berry pies, and so prevent the juice from running over the oven
 I fully agree with Dom Pedro about coffee drinking.
 Enjoyed The Little Spinster's letter on Central Park. Does it not remind us of the fact God made the country 2"
 IVY
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SEASONAL RECIPES.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: The following pecipes may be a delight to some of you:
 Pear tioney-Pare and cut the fruit in. small pieces. To each pound of the prepared fruit allow the grated rind of one lemon Add lemor rind to pears and cook quickly until water evaporates; then strain through sieve. To each quart of the pulp allow four cups of sugar and the juice of two lemons. Cook all together rapidly un-
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Dear Social Corner Sisters:-I was very pleased to meet so many of the Knickerrockers at Katrinas lovely home. Katrina do you like tongs?
 Do the Sisters know that wood ashes tied up in a cloth and soaked in boiling hot water, are the best thing to stop a runround on the fin ger. Soak the finger in the water when it is hot. Only don't keep ii there long enough to burn the fin ger. --,
 DUTCTY.
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OMENS HANDED DOWN.

Married in white,
 You've chosen all right Married in -sblIie. Your love will be true; ? Married in pearl;
 You'll live in a whirl; Married in gray, e You'll go far away; .-~ Married in piuk. Your spirit will sink; ' Married in yellow. Ashamed of the fellow; Married in green. : Not fit to be seen;
 Married in red, You'll wish yourself dead:. = Married in black, . -. . You'lt wish yourself back. = =
 Sent in by HATTIE.
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in frying pan. Dip tomatoes in four, put cut side down in pan, cover, and cook over hot fire until Drowned to o not rfir a6d 3ne cup milk: stir till thickened, season, boil one minute and pour around to- matoeS.
 EASTER I.uY
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 TRUTH IS NOT NOISY-ERROR MAY BE!
EVERY woMAN's oePcRtuMTY


 u ofea week. of the  PRIZES EVERY MONTH DOLLAR smadeth 1ast of -: '
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eight yo1ks Of eggs, three fourths cup of butter and one of milk when it takes two large cups for one egs and a cup of milk and two eggs, two cups of mo- lasses, two of butter and mi1k-equal to six tups-for three and one-half cups of four. I take bacl. seat. My sakes! That Sister certainly is in luck. Her family can't know much of hard times and high prices
 Spiced Green Grapes-Did you ever make spiced green grapes with walnut meats chopped fine and cooked in the sauce? Tie the spice in a bag and cook the sauce slow. Cut out the seeds before you cook the grapes. Make as sweet as you like. I have grape juice made a year ago just as sweet as when I put it in the bottle. I put the grapes, blackberries, elderber- ries or cherries in a two-quart jar and shake in all the sugar it will hold and let the juice come out. Keep the jar covered. AS the juice comes out I turn it off and seal the bottle. Keep dark and cool.
 ETTA BARBER.
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THROWING AWAY THE STONES.
 Dear Social Corner Sisters: Good morning, Dear Sisters! Yes, I know it is morning, for don't believe one of
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DO YOU kNOW-?

KATYDID.