Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-06
MONTHLY MEETING OF
 FAITH TRUMBULL CHAPTER

an ulStEuCIOT.
 MONTHLY MEETING OF
 FAITH TRUMBULL CHAPTER Mrs. W. Tyler Browne Tells of War Work Accomplished in Thirty three States.
 The regular monthly meeting of the Faith TrumbuI Chapter of the D. A.
 R. was held at the home of Mrs. F. Allen Bidwell, the regent. Mrs. w. Tyler Browne presiding. The meeting opened with the singing of America and the reciting of the collect after which the secretary and treasurer's report reports were heard.
 A vote of thanks was extended to Mrs. Edward Hunt for so generous ly opening her house for the musicale for the benefit of the War Relief fund and to the musicians w;to gave me amounted to $3S. Of this s36 50 was voted toward the support of a French orphan, the child of musician.
 Mrs. Brown spoke with regret of the who had been an active m a.n5sr up
 to her removal from this city two years ago.
 Mrs Browne. gave a report of the regents state meeting which sha re- gently attended, sessions being held iii New Haven and Hartford. Mrs. Browne also gave a summary of war work. accomplished by the chapters of different states from June
 21. 1917 to Oct. l, 1917. The total of thirty-three states have furnished the following articles: 373,00O knit ted articles, 9-721 comfort kit bags, i,973 sewing kits. barrack bags, 13- C64 glasses of jelly. mess fund, Bel gian relief. National Surgical Dress ings and Red Cross Training school scholarships, French orphans. miscel-
 laneous amounting to s207.2es;52. The first Liberty loan amounted to $2- 4i6,S2S. In addition many other forms of war relief have been kept up.
 Mrs. Charming Huntington report ed for the war relief committee the knitting of stockings and trigger init
 tens for the battleship Connecticut and read the following letter which had been inclcsed by the maker in pair of stockings: I, the knitter of these stockings, have lived for eighty to my grandmother, who knitted stockings for her sailor husband in the Revolutionary war My mother used them for her two nd other boys in the Civil war and I am now using them to knit stockings for our boys in the Worlds war. I pray our Heavenly Father to keep thee in the hollow of His hand and that the toes in these 1- mon enemy, the hated, the detested Bill Kaiser -rs f'7
 Mrs. Huntington spoke of the rum mage sale to be held in the Breed building Saturday. December 15. under the auspices of the National Lea gue for Wofnan's Service for the benefit of tho free wool fund, and asked for donations
 A very interesting and compreffen- sive paper was given by Mrs. BurriIl Tnr1 cnr~xyo lon1al Times. She spoke of the early conditions of rigor and peril in the colonies and the qualities of frugality and thrift developed by them Along the coast the clam, and Indian corn or maize became steady articles of diet and the great Indian Chief Powhatan sent some of his people to teach the English how to SOW -he grain of his country. As at the present day it controlled the stock market. Ih 1881 the price was ten shillings per bushe1, while at the beginning of the Revolu- tionary war it rose to one hundred hhillings or S24.50.
 Following Mrs. Hyde. Mrs. Hunting- ton spoke on Food Conservation of Today. Mrs. Huntington spoke of the subject as enc having no perspective lacking q past. It can be divided in to two principal parts, that of preserv- ing and t!e equally important one of substitution. In the way of preserv- ing we have had much experience this summer, canning, especially by the cold pack method. having been one of mer. Tn the Community Canning club alone. 2,542 jars of fruits and vegetables were preserved. The va rious drying methods have come into use again. Indeed, many of the old time habits and usages have come back to us this year.
 Subst1tuIon -1s a very large factor in the problem. It is not only inn portant and interesting but it plays a large share in present day economy should mean a good deal to us Mrs Huntington read the pledge which the Society of EIks have been asked to sien ce<lnending the very definite and sensible conditions specified.
 We should remember whv we are doing tlris thing. Our country is to feed the world. We may save those who. are suffering beyond our imag- every one of US to do cur best in this matter of saving food from our abun- dance that others may have their chance to live. There cannot be willing and anxious to do all she can.
 As part of the afternoons pro- aramme humorous and very enter taining selections on timely subjects, being an amusing account of two kinds of Thanksgiving dinners and Uncle Jerry's Colt another recital of the love of horse racing and clos ing with Paul Lawrence Dunbar's, The Bocgar Man.
 At the close of the business meet ing pleasant social time was en- joyed, tea being served Mrs. Gur6ion BidwefI and Mrs. George Preston pour ing.
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