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Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-07
HOUSEHOLD HELPS.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: Here are a few helps which may be of use to someone:
 An excellent way to keep the chim- ney free from scot is to sprinkle an occasional teaspoon of saltpeter over the fire.
 To keep eyeglasses from steaming in cold weather, rub with Vaseline and polish with a silk handkerchief
 Hot alum water is a good insect de- stroyer. Put the alum into hot wa ter and let 1t boil until it is all dis solved. then apply the solution hot with a brush to all cracks, closets, bedsteads and other places where in sects are found. Ants, cockroac ches and creeping things are killed by it. If you want your candles to burn slowly and evenly during dinner, keep them stored away in the icebox dur ing the whole afternoon before.
 Paint stains, no matter how hard and dry, can be taken out of woolen clothing with equal parts of turpen- tine and ammonia.
 Rice may be substituted for maca- roni as a dinner dish. Prepare 1t with grated cheese and bake it in the oven. To pick up little pieces of broken glass, wet a woolen cloth. lay it on the floor where the fragments are and pat it. The little particles will ad- here to the damp cloth.
 Best wishes to all.
 v T
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-07
THE CONSERVATION OF FOOD.

Dear Social Corner Editor: Is there room for one more? I have long been an interested reader and have received much help from The Social Corner. Now I would like to con- tribute my mite. hoping it may ben eft some one else.
 As we are told we must save the wheat and conserve the food supply, I have been experimenting a little with bread. I find I can use one part white bolted corn meal to five parts white flour in making white bread, and not one can tell the difference.
 In oatmeal and graham bread I al- so use corn meal with good result.
 Oatmeal BreadLScaGd one pint milk; add one pint hot water and one pint rolled cats, two tablespoons shortening, two teaspoons salt three fourths cup molasses. When suffi- ciently cool add one compressed yeast cake dissolved in one-haIf cup water. Then add four pints sifted flour and one pint bolted corn meal, thoroughly mixed while dry. Let rise over night This makes two large loaves.
 Will tell you about my graham bread later.
 Hope to meet the Sisters at Aunt Marys picnic.
 ANN THINNER
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-07
THINGS THEY ARE EATING IN
 ENGLAND.

Dear Social Corner Sisters:-This is the way our British cousins are in dulging in these days:
 Toad in the Hole-Cold meat, 6 ounces flour, pint milk. half teaspoon baking powder, salt Put four, bak- egg and milk together; then mix into the four, making with the milk very fine batter. Grease pie dish; cut meat into small pieces, and put into dish; sprinkle over little chopped parsley, with pepper and salt. Pour in batter, put few pieces clarified fat on top, and bake for about one hour.
 tf.s, ounce fat, chopped onion, mixed herbs. pepper and salt. Wash lentils, cook slowly with onion and herbs un- til soft and all moisture is taken up. Season with salt and pepper, put in jars and cover with a little melted fat. An excellent substitute for meat, the paste makes good sandwiches.
 Thin Oatcakes-Three ounces med iun oatmeal, l ounce fine oatEaal, pinch salt. teaspoon melted fat, pinch bi-carbonate of soda, boiling water. Mix oatmeal, soda, and salt. Add fat and hot water to make soft mix ture. Sprinkle board with fine oat- meal. Turn out mixture and form in to ball Knead slightly, and with knuclzles f1atten paste until it forms a round about one-half inch thick. Rub in some fine oatmeal to whiten cakes. Roll out very thinly, and rub again with oatmeal. Cut into four or eight pieces. Bake on hit griddle un- til edges begin to curl. Toast in front of fire or in moderate oven until cakes are crisp. Whe ncold store in tin.
 The curious among you might try them.
 VICTORIA.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-07
ro MAKE AM icE go.x

Dear Social Corner Sisters Here ir q nice way to make an fce box When money is az scarce aa ft iB n0r ar you don't have Co buy fee Get large box ft. 2 ft ff.. or aa near as you can. anf put lf fn cool. shady place and cover tho bottom of the box with clean saw duet about q or { inches deep. then get another boN 3 or 1 Inches smaller than anoTe and place within the large box on the ra7 dust. Fill the margin between fn0 two boxes with saw duet firmly pack ed in Make a lid for che amaff b0r and cover this place with fre or 4ir wet newspapers tuEe very cold Ha terl: then cover up with another cover and tEe box is done uUieFT -04 ViTtr to place few shelves within.
 For n substitute for ice uso large pail filled with rer- cold water and place in the small hoX. Taiz v01 T..i have 10 change about twice fa or when water bccomo~ -T-m- f'. sure and air your box and !. T-.'f Poo sweet and clean
 I wish YOU good frrt. dear F'sfars
 MRS EAT<EHTttf
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-07
SOCIAL CORNER POEM
The Daisy.

The daisy like a Quaker sits
 Among the grasses, The while the Vasrant sunshine hits
 The shadow passes; She does not fiirt upon the wind, I!ke blossoms of a lighter mind. BIuebeIIs and buttercups, they try
 The cowslipz, too To smile at every passer-by
 As pansies do; The daisy scorns those airs and graccs She does not care for such grimaces- Her simple gown is starched and
 white,
 And frilled precisely; She keeps it clean by day and night,
 And holds it nicely; She does not Haunt her frills around, Nor let them draggle on the ground. She has a wide and limpid eye,
 But all her glances Are given to the distant sky,
 And no one chances To find her nodding 'SainSt her will, Like primrose or like daffodil. She Is, indeed. a dame discreet.
 A Quaker lady; Not knowing any walled retreat,
 Nor corner shady; But living on a common earth Not all unconscious of her worth. Agnes GrOzier Herbertson, in the Windsor Magazine.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-07
ASPARAGUS ON TOAST.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: Rinse well in cold water to remove all grit Tie the stalks together loosely so they may be lifted out easily when cooked. Pour over the asparagus about a quart of boiling water, salted. and cook gently for about twenty minutes Lay the stalks on a platter with the heads resting on well toasted slices of white bread; make a sauce of a tablespoon of butter, one of flour. little salt and pepper and one-half cup of the water in which the as paragus was cooked. Cook for few minutes and pour over. This makes q nice dessert.
 Washer Woman: Any drug store Is supposed to have stone lime in stock You must be sure to get lime that has not been air slacked as that is no good; 1t must be hard and like q stone.
 If you succeed in making the prep aration l know you will find it great help. Wash your colored clothes in the same studs where you wash your white clothes; it will not destroy any color of the fabric
 Please let me know how you suc- ceed.
 DOM PEDRO
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-07
COOKING RULES.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: Here with l send a few rules for boiling things:
 Asparagus-15 to 20 minutes BaSS-10 minutes. Beans, string-1O minutes Beef-3 to 4 hours. Beets, young-45 to 60 minutes. Bluefsh-10 minutes to each pound. Brown Bread-Steam hours. Cabbage, young-30 to 45 minutes. CaulifCWer-30 to 45 minutes. Carrots-45 to 60 minutes Celery-30 to 45 minutes. Celery-30 to 45 minutes Chicken-45 to 60 minutes. Clams-3 to 5 minutes Cod Fish-6 minutes to each pound. Coffee-S to 5 minutes. Corn, green-5 to minutes Corned Beef to hours. EggsE3 to minutes Eggs-Hard boiled, Is to 20 minutes Fowl-2 to hours.
 FARMER DAUGHTER.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-07
Daybreak.

The pale, sweet morning lifts her drowsy eyes, And all the east is tinged with opal fire; A shaft of gold has touched each tree and spire, While still the valley in the shadow lies. Slowly, above the far casts farthest rim The sun lifts, riding to his monday throne: The stars have fled, the moon has ghostlike grown, And night is but a memory, faint and dim All fair and still the great trees watching stand, All pure and clean the earth awaits the day: So came that morning from the Makers hand, When first the sun assumed its mighty sway. Enough I have watched the newborn day for many years, fits glory awes me still and fills my eyes with tears.
 NINETTE M. LOWATER.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-07
RECIPES FROM KATY DID

Dear Social Corner Sfsters:-Many thanks to Jennie for her kind wei come. Thanks to Aunt for the mer- ingue recipe.
 l am like my pen name; green; and did not know how to make one.
 Lemon Pie-Two cups hot water, juice of one lemon, one cup sugar, three rounding tablespoons corn starch, dissolved in a little water; four eggs (save two of the whites for the meringue) cook in a double boil CT two minutes and turn into baked crust. Make a meringue by Aunt's recipe and you will have a pie if for a king
 Before wearing silk hose rub a Mt tie wax on each toe and heei where the wear comes and repeat after zach laundering and they will wear well a. cotton.
 PoPovers- cup four one cup milk, one egg, one teaspoon butter; beat well and bake in hot gem tins. Sponge Cake - Four eggs beaten separately, scant cup sugar, half in the white and half in the yellow: one teaspoon vanilla, one cup flour, folded in, bake three-quarters of an hour. I can almost see how neat and trim Jennie looks in her carefully laund- cred dress and apron. I know she is my friend.
 Mountain Laurel: think your idea is good for the children to open the screen door. How much comfort we take with the little ones. I haH three.
 Kind regards to all Social Corner friends.
 KATY DID
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-07
RULES FOR BRANCHING CANNED
 FRUIT.

Dear Sisters of The Social Corner: These are rules for blanching which have been a great help to me. Unless prepared by the open kettle method, all vegetables and most fruits need be blanched before being packed in jars.
 Peas beans and the like five to ten minutes.
 Corn on the cob, fifteen minutes.
 Pumpkins and squash, five minutes Cabbage, okra and sweet potatoes, five minutes.
 Asparagus ten minutes. Greens ten minutes. Rhubarb, beet tops, and the like, ten minutes.
 Tomatoes, plums. peas, peaches and apricots, sca.d for ten minutes.
 To can tomatoes so they won't spoil select tomatoes that are ripe, but not overripe. There should not be a par ticle of green on them. Wash and scald the jars. tops and rubbers; aft water until needed. Wash tomatoes thoroughly, place in cheesecloth bag and plunge into water for one-haIf to two minutes. Dip the scalded tomato at once into cold water. Remove the skin. FA tz>e jar carefully with whole toma toes until the fruit comes to within a half of inch of the top of the jar. Press tomatoes close togeth- CT Is you can with a spoon; cover the closely packed tomatoes with juice mot water until the jar is filled to within one-quarter inch of the top. To each pint can of tomatoes add one half teaspoon salt and one-half tea spoon sugar. Place rubbers and tops on jars, adjust the wire clamp, but do not snap it.
 Nearly cover the jars with water by pacing them in your boiler having put water in your boiler and boil fifteen minutes; seal jars by fastening down the clamp; boil the sealed jars in the canner about 20 minutes; re- move them from boiler unseal them and cover over with cloth or paper and keep from the draught
 Test the jars after several days by loosening the clamp and picking up the jar, by the edge of the glass cover. If the seal is perfect the cover will not come off. In that case snap the camp back into place.
 If the cover comes off supply addi- tional juice and repeat whole opera ton.
 I use the open kettle method
 DRESSMAKER
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-07
ATTENDING CHURCH

Dear Social Corner sisters:-A few say their children are quiet and contented to study their Sunday les sons and read their Sunday school papers all day without any special ef fort being made to entertain them. Others described their plans which necessitated the attention of the mother during the whole day.
 I believe every one who can, except the smallest children, should go to church at least once on Sunday. It Is pretty much a matter of habit. If you expect to go every Sunday you think will if-you are going to stay home one-1nalf to two thirds of the time. Church organizations nor min isters are not perfect, but so long as world, as we know it, the only square thing is to support it both financially and by attendance.
 I believe children should be brought up to attend church even if much ef fort must be made to accomplish it.. have small patience with the people who stay away because they can't sub scribe to quite all of their church's creed. or because the ministers ser mon is dry the choir squawky. They belong to political parties without accepting every tenet in their particular party. One thing is there would have to be individual po- litical parties and churches. Many non-church goers have for their ex- cuse that they are as good or better than those in the church.
 Maybe so. But only God knows what saints they might become If their spiritual life were given some outside direction or expression: nor how bad many in the church might be if they were not propped up again and again by the churc:is influence.
 Il is well to remember the Lord Jesus himself stated that He came to hep the sinners as He didn't seem to ex pect perfection to get 1t even among His own disciples. one He had shown every favor to lied three times. denying Him the last night once with oaths. It is rather presumptuous fo= us to expect perfection.
 As we grow older we usually are slower to judge. I always think of the saying: To know all Is to forgive all.'
 Much of the children's attitude to- ward going to church depends on that of their parents. Hold church going up as a priviledge not something to be dreaded and they will regard it as such.
 PAULA.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-07
FIVE PRIZES A MONTH.

With the end of June the old prize system was abolished and a new and what we believe to be a, more accept ible one introduced.
 Beginning with July we shall award five prizes each months, three of $1 each for domestic letters, and two of s1 each, for letters of travel or good descriptive letters of any sort.
 In the event there are no competing letters for the travel prizes, these will be awarded to the writers of do- -nestic letters.
 The prizes in the past have never been real evidences of superior merit of the letters winning. hence the fiat prize of S1 each corrects what has often been g mistaken inference.
 It has been noticeable that some of our non competing letters frequently excel in ability those which win the prizes.
 SOCIAL, CORNER EDITOR.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-07
SURE REMEDY FOR WHOOPfNG
 COUGH.

Dear Social Corner Sisters:-Now that whooping cough is among us again, no doubt some of you would like to know very good and effective remedy which l am using at the pres ent time for my children.
 Gather some good clean chestnut leaves and steep them until the liquid when poured off. is very dark (most blacll)- Then, to this liquid add about two thirds as much sugar and boil down to syrup about as thick as molasses in hot weather. To a baby give about one-half teaspoon; to an older child a teaspoon three or four times a day, or little when seized with coughing.
 l hope some of the sisters may be benefited by this recipe, as it is also very good in any case of cough.
 The one thing I regret is, that shall have to lose some of the pleas ant times among you that we have enjoyed in the past.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-07

this and use as a. 6uings Sardincs and cracker sandwiches are alao terJ g9pl for picnic lunch.
 Picnic cakes-crcam one cup of sugar with half a cup Of butter adi the yOIks of two eggs and bcateu #nifN of one. one half cup of sWeef milk t7o cups of flour slfted with fwo tea- spoons of baking foHders a1I one tea spoon of vanilla. Bake iu HWll cakes Cover with white frostihg t0pDee altn chocolate.
 Puzzle Turnovers- -One rrr of thi~h sour milk, one cup of sugar. one cup of chopped raisirs. one eEs well beaten. pinch of salt. a little nutmeE f0 flavor beat together rol 0lit yo8r cruft Into squares. putting a tablespoon of thie in the center: fold oyer the hiiius and mark into place with fork, make aiitH in the top SO that steam may escape
 English Walnut Pie Beat yoiks of two eggs and one-haf cup Of sugar to a cream. add one tablespoon of lem - on juice. juice and grated riHd Of one orange. one half cup of finely chopped walnut meats: cook unfH % tnicksHa. hll pie sheliH. bake. when brown, cover with merlnguc 70 which are stirred walnut meats ..-t
 BUSY FRIEND
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-07
HOW TO EARN EXTRA MONEY

Social Corner Readers: To those who like to earn extra money for personal use. I suggest the following means. The prices, however, may be affixed according to the ones prevalent or ac- cording to ones decision:
 l. Tempting homemade doughnuts or cakes and cookies sell to neighbors or friends for 20 cents a dozen. At food sales where individuals compete they sell quickly and in quantities.
 ?. Clear, nice looking jelljes sell for 10 and Is cents, according to size.
 3. Popcorn brings good profits and one can get five or ten pound box of candy at wholesale and retail 1t at 40 or 50 cents on a dollar. This is espe- cially wise for entertainment sales or booth work, as it takes little time to prepare.
 4 Embroidery Is a large neld to work in and quite salable from small doi1ies or articles to wear to large pieces or sets. Crocheted articles are also profitable.
 5. Learn to tat Sell it by the yard or put 1t on collars. It is tempting to women buyers.
 G. Hand made sewing bags or van ity or small crocheted bags, even silk ribbon ones, are acceptable for sale and are quickly bought.
 z. Take snapshots of popular peo- pie or buildings or streets in your vicinity. They will sell we'll Interior IS well as exterior views of the local churches will find welcome sale among the parishioners; also of the pastor or societies.
 g. In the summer time one can make pine pillows quickly by filling cotton covers with the fresh pine picked from the tree. Make an appro- priate design of embroidery on a crafVl cover and the summer visitors in tho place will buy supply to take back as souvenirs. They are inexpensive novelties that bring good money.
 9. If you like to fish and have good luck. you can dispose of them to those who haven't time to catch them
 SUNBONNET SUE.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-07
FOXY,
GREETINGS FROM NARRAGAS
 SETT.

Dear Sisters of the Social Corner: Is there room in The Corner for one more sister? I have read the letters from different sisters always enjoy ing them and getting helpful ideas. I entry Lake to your picnic and al though l was a stranger you all help ed to make tho day a pleasant c<e for me.
 Married and Happy: I hope You enjoyed the Fist of June as did. What a lovely dinner we had and it all tasted so good.
 Joan: Received your card. Many thanks. Hope you had a good time at the lake, as I did. I met many old friends; also new ones. on that day, and it was the incest picnic I had at tended for a long time
 I hope to be able to meet with you all on the 18th of July.
 ANSETT
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-07

with a lot of my best aluminium uten- sils went through the roof, and I've never found hide nor hair of them to this day. I went downstairs at a ri diculous speed for lady of my years and was shocked to hear MT. Curfew express his sentiments as he did. His whiskers were on fire and were prac- tically ruined. and this grieved him far more than the loss of the range and utensils. I never could under stand why men take such pride in their whiskers.
 T begged my husband when he had calmed down to take off my apron and let me do the work, but he said he wasn't built that way. When he un- dertOok a demonstration of efficiency he would carry it through like the Spartan youth who smiled when a fox was gnawing at his vitals or words to that effect. He said the explosion was a trifing accident thaS might happen to anybody and was no argu- ment against scientific efficiency.
 Then he lit the gasoline stove and got breakfast on that. and such a breakfast, The pancakes were like those little rubber mats we use to set hot dishes on. and the bacon was re- duced to ashes.
 ing the dishes, while I lowered around, hating myself for ever daring him to do my work. For he broke nearly every dish he took hold of and got the dish water too hot and scalded his fingers, and the remarks he made were too painful to be repeated at this writing.
 Finally, when he fell down the cellar stairs while trying to carry a pan of milk to the basement I man aged to convince him that he had hst- ter go downtown and talk horse trades, while I did the housework. but to this day he talks of scientific eff1ci- ency in the household. ."-Chicago
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-07
SUBSTITUTES FOR BUTTER FAT.

Dear Sisters: It is almost universal l. l55 conceded that vegetables require addition of fat in order that they may be at their best, and there is no fat majority of vegetables, judged by the texture of the dish, and also by the flavor.
 As a substitute for butter In season ing vegetables there is nothing bet ter than sweet, Savory drippingS. Not all meats supply fats that are savory in the sense in which the word is em ploycd here.
 The following fats may be employed alone or in combination for season. ing vegetables: The fat from fried sausage, ham, bacon, and pork, and from roast pork, veal, and chicken Fats trimmed from poultry, veal, pork, and ham may be fried out carefully and saved for use in cooking vegeta bles. Such fats have a flavor which comes from seasoning, as Tn sausage from smoke, as in ham and bacon, or from brown material, as in roast meat. The fat skinned from the water in which poultry has been boiled and the fats skinned from the gravies Of most meats may be clarified and also em- ployed in the preparation of vegeta- bles for the table.
 Great care must be taken that all these fats are clean and sweet, and that the temperature at which they are fried at shall not be so high as to impair the flavor. Burned or scorCh- ed fat is not only unpleasant in flavor, but is a frequent cause of indigeSti- tiOn.
 When rendering the trimmings of fat meat, add small onion or a shallot (do not cut them). A few leaves of summer savory, and thyme, a tea spoon of salt, and a little pepper. This seasoning is enough for half a pint of fat. Keep the Clippings covered, and in a cool, dry place.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-07
TO PROVIDE FOR ENTERTAINING

Dear Social Corner Friends: When arranging a special dinner or supper such as church societies often g1vo, it is as important to avoid having a large amount of food and drink left often as it is 70 provide enough.
 One thing to be borne in mind Is that an item which is part of a full menu will be served in smaller DOT tons than when it is part of a limited number Of dishes.
 The following are the quantities of materials which a famous chef recom- ,nends as sufficient for 100 guests.
 Three and one-haf pounds of cof- fee.
 Six gallons of cocoa made from three gallons each of mix and water and one pound of cocoa.
 Four pounds of loaf sugar.
 Five gallons of oysters.
 Two hundred and sixty sandwiche es made from Is loaves of bread and four pounds of butter.
 Thirty pounds of ham to boil and slice
 Ten medium sized cabbages for colo slaw.
 Twenty pies.
 Twenty -four baskets O. stra wber- ries.
 Five loaf cakes and five layer cakes.
 Eighteen quarts of ice cream
 Ten four-pound chickens and thirty heads of celery for salad.
 Five chickens and five tongues for sandwiches.
 Five quarts of dressing for salad Do you know that if a cake is given few hits on the table just before putting into the oven. it will never fali, as all the air bubbles win then