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Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-23
A FEW SUGGESTIONS.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: For a year or more I have been an interest ed reader of the Social Corner and am wondering if you have room for an other member?
 I thank the Sisters for the help I have derived from their contributions The raisin pies and raisin cookies were both fine.
 In the last issue of The Bulletin I notice Katydid asks how to make a meringue that will not fall. First, dust with powdered sugar, then shake little cornstarch over it, beat quick ly again and spread.
 am sending a few suggestions some Sister might try.
 A new use for Parsley: If when making soup or stew you find the flavor of some one vegetable toea strong you can neutralize f. by add ing sprig or two of parsley.
 To make corks as good as new: Af- ter corls have been used awhile they sometimes become so compressed that the contents of the bottle leaks out corks in boiling water and leaving them until the water cools.
 To darn Linen: The travelled threads from old linen will be found best for alarming table cloths or napkins
 A cure for Hiccoughs: A teaspoon of sugar moistened with vinegar and eaten slowly will often stop hiccou ghs.
 For Ivy Poisonins: One of the best remedies for ivy poisoning is to rub the afflicted parts with slices of a raw onion.
 To make Glue moist: Dried-up glue can be made moist and fit for use by the addition of d little vinegar.
 Best wishes to all.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-23
A TRUE LIFE STORY

bors and set we'll back from the road at the end of a long lane.
 Sam was kind to her. and as neigh borly as she was, so their crops and when drinking he was often absent for several days.
 One winter Aunt Sally was known to have bad cold and neighbors had heard Sam was drinking, but there was a severe storm aHd no one got around to look her up for several days, and then she was found very i'll with pneumonia. She had been alone without fire, food, or care, for three days. The end came a few hours after help arrived.
 At her funeral, at which the whole town was present, the old pastor who had presided over the village church from the Scripture and looked over the assembly: "I don't believe" he said solemnly, there is a person in this room who has not in times past received help and comfort in sick ness or trouble from Aunt Sally. our lives or the life of a loved one to her faithful care, and she received little, If any, pay from any of us. When her time came she died alone for want of care, surrounded by those srs, had served all her long life. Ii but most of us knew during the past week he was not fns condition to do it. Many times he has willingly left his work to help a neighbor or to spare his mother when she was need ed. We were attending to our own business, but Aunt Sally always made it her business to find out if any oi the neighbors needed help. Let us pray.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-23
THE KINDS AZ MEATS.


 Dear Social Corner Sisters: No meats: and the fact stares us in the there Is still a great variety of pric- es.
 But it is a good thing to be able ts tell the butcher what kind of meat you are looking for. so he may readi- ly bring it to light.
 Here are what are called the cheap CT cuts of beef:
 Rump-Roasts braising. a ia mode. stewing.
 Chuck ribs (1 and 2)-Roast, steak. Chuck ribs Oast 3D-Stewiug. brais- ing.
 Brisket-Corned 9nd pot roast Skirt steak-Rolled, stew.
 Plank steak-Rollcd. stew. a Ia mode.
 Cross ribs-Pot roast.
 Short ribs-Soup, stew. sliced cold These are the cheaper cuts of nut ton:
 Brea ast-stew, braising. soup. Neck-Soup. stew. meat for ero- quettes, etc.
 Veal: Breast-soup. stew. made dishes, veal loaf.
 A slow oven can be used. or. above all, the "fireless cooker" which cooks without heat. Here, too, the freproof Or earthenware dishes can be used to best advantage, for then the food may be cooked and served in the same dish. Tn all cooking of inexpensive cuts one needs must be economical with fuel
 MARY JANE. |
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-23
HINTS AND HELPS.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: here with enclose a few hints and helps:
 Tack an empty spool on the outside Of the screen door low enough down for the children to reach it when they want to come in
 Before you begin making your jams and Jellies, buy some small glasses about two inches high and wide in proportion. Then as each variety is made, fill a few of these glasses. You will be glad to have them next win winter when you want to send a ut- tie remembrance to a sick friend. or wish to pack a box for Christmas. The individual size Is daintier in ap- pearance than the larger sized glasses and allows one to send several kinds instead of only one
 To remove a splinter from the fn- ger large mouthed bottle Ca milk bottle Is good) with very hot water Hold the finger in the bottle and steam 1t well. The splinter will be drawn to the surface
 A sprig of mint boiled with new po tatoes improves their flavor
 MOUNTAIN IAJJREC,
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-23
BIRTHDAY STONES.

Dear Social Corner Editor:-No doubt some of your readers would like to know more about birthday stones.
 There have been several lists of stones given as marking the months, and while these are alike in many essentials, there are some points of difference. The best order and the oldest, so far as known, is the follow ing:
 January, the garnet
 February, the amethyst.
 March, the b,oodstone.
 April, the sapphire.
 May, the agate.
 June, the emerald.
 July, the onyx.
 August, the comedian.
 September. the chryeolite.
 October, the aquamarine.
 November, the topaz.
 December, the ruby.
 In ancient times these were called the zodiac stones, and they were set together in an amulet, so as to be sure to have the one in connection with or corresponding to the particu- lar sign or month of the year. This superstition was evidently connected with the twelve stones in the breast plate of the high priest, and 1t is from this that the present superstition arises.
 Coming down to a later time there
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-23
THINGS YOU MAY LIKE.

Dear Sisters of The Social Corner: This will acquaint you with some of the good things the daughters of South Carolina make in the warm months:
 Tea Frappe: Boil one pint of water and pour over four teaspoons of tea, and let stand for five minutes Add one cup of sugar, two cups of water and boil for five minutes. Add the grated rind and juice of two oranges, the juice of two lemons and one of grated pineapple or the equivalent of fresh fruit Strain, freeze and let stand for three hours.
 Stickers: Take a piece of biscuit dough ad roll thin, spread on (aft- CT creaming together) a half cup of sugar and a half cup Of butter. Roll up and cut with a knife, one-inch- thick pieces. Set around in a deep pan and grate nutmeg over them. Cover with water and bake in a. mod crate oven. This makes a good dish for summer when cold.
 Stickies: Cut rich biscuit dough rolled thin into about four-inch squares. Put a teaspoon of cream ed brown sugar and butter (half and half proportions) on each square. Wrap the edges securely and fasten with wooden toothpick Pour over a little water and sprinkle plentifully with cinnamon. Bake in quick oven.
 Young housewives who like to try Eomsthing new will find these worthy If their attention and efforts.
 JOAN OF ARC.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-23
CANNING RECIPES.

Dear Social Corner Friends:-Am sending in a few seasonable canning recipes, that some of the Sisters may be looking for, at this time of the
 Strawberries and Cherries-Can the fruit and pack in glass jars, add boil ing hot sirup (for sirup a scant cup of sugar to a cup of water), place tighten, then place In a kettle of hot water and boil sixteen minutes; re- move, tighten covers, wrap jars in paper to prevent bleaching.
 Another way of canning strawber- ries is to mash every berry, and put a cup of sugar to a cup of mashed berries, fill the fruit jar and tighten tops; no cooking. This way is very nice.
 For canning greens both wild and cultivated. Swiss chard, kale, spinach, asparagus, beet tops. dandelions, can all be canned the following way
 Place in a kettle and steam fifte N1 minutes Gin a regular steamer or take g. tin plate that will fit in the bot tom of your kettle and p4ake holes in 1t, and then put a little water in the bottom of kettle for steaa) remove and place in cold water; then pack tight in. jar; add hot water to fill crevices, and level teaspoon of salt to each quart. pace rubber and top in position, do not tighten; place jars in a kettle of hot water and boil one hour and a half; remove from kettle, tighten covers. ..-.
 For canning string beans and peas, place them in boiling hot water for two to five minutes, remove and place in cold water, pack in jar until full, add boiling hot water to fill crevices; add one level teaspoon salt, to each quart, place rubber and top in posi- tion, place jars in kettle of hot water and boil two hours; remove and tighten covers.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-23
HOW TO PRESERVE RHURARe.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: Can the rhubarb now and later, when putting up fruits. use some with pineapple strawberries or red raspberries These are more expensive but stronger flavor ed. and when added to the rhubarb impart their flavor. This makes a cheaper product than the expensive fruits, but none the less delicious
 Rhubarb Conserve-I: Five pounds rhubarb, four oranges, four pounds su- gar, three quarts water Wash and cut the rhubarb into one-half inch pieces Scrub the oranges slice through the rind into very thin sec tions, being careful to remove all seeds. Cook the rhubarb and sliced oranges together for Is minutes, adding very little water, if necessary, to prevent the fruit from burning. Add the three quarts water and four pounds sugar and allow the mixture to boil gently until syrup Is thick and je1lylike
 Rhubarb ConserVe-II: Four pounds rhubarb, one pound seedless raisins four pounds sugar, one lemon, two or anges. Wash and cut rhubarb into one half inch pieces. Boil rhubarb. raisirfs and sugar gently 20 minutes. add juice Of oranges and lemon and the rind of an orange Boil until syrup is thick and jellylff1e.
 PTnTEJ
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-23
OUR SILVER ANNIVERSARY.

It was the month of roses and our silver anniversary near at hand It that we thought of 1t for those with whom we hoped to spend it had gone from us and the plans we once made could not be carried out.
 We felt, however, that we had been Married and Happy twenty-five years the day. Acting upon the suggestion of MT. Primrose, we decided to take an automobile trip and call upon a few of the Social Corner Sisters.
 Accordingly, we arose early upon the morning which marked the event and after breakfasting and feeding Biddy and her chickens were Ready to start on our way Old Sol shone minding us of the morning twenty five years before, when we started out upon 1ife's journey, taking each other for better or for worse.
 Our first call was upon Keziah. She said she had planned to Doolittle that day and urged us to tarry awhile and enjoy the Pleasant View from her home. She showed us a beautiful Pansy bed and sent us on our way with a bag of Highland cookies
 Leaving there, we motored to the little city which was for many years our home and saw the house where we used to live The Crimson Ram bier and Dorothy Perkins we set out
  welcome to us as we passed.
 Our second call was upon Joflan We found her sitting in the orchard on the Opposite Side of the street from the house reading Pollyanna We fingered awhile and talked over old times, then wended our way to the Thread City and out to Coventry Lake, where to our surprise we found Tidy Addly, Theoda, Polly Winter green and several others, enjoying their first outing of the season.
 We accepted their cordial invitation to lunch with them and enjoyed to the utmost such sandwiches, salad, cake and coffee, as only Social Cor neriteS can make.
 We were forced to eat and run Past the house with the Lonesome Pine and the home of Aunty No. 1, we motored to the Rose of New Eng land, where we called upon Kitty Lou and Lucy Acorn. Then homeward bound, we stopped for few minutes at the hospitable home of Aunt Mary, where the Bluebird was singing and the Farmers Daughter wedding her garden.
 Our last call was upon Rural De- livery, who gave us a cordial welcome that day. for wherever he found a yellow bow on the mail box, he had to stop awhile and Gadabout We reached home just as the sun was setting and voted the day a Bright Ray in our lives.
 We are now looking forward to oslr Golden anniversary when on th1. Sat urday Eve of our lives we nope to take an extended trip to the beautiful Golden West and visit Wildwood Potlatch and North Dakota
 PRIMROSE
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-23
CUTTING THE HIGH COST OF
 LIVING,

Dear Social Corner Sisters: Every wise housekeeper Is on the outlook nowadays for ways and means of cutting the high, cost of living. With eggs soaring in the forties and but ter in the same locality and the high prices of other things, it behooves womankind to pSt on thinking caps.
 Bananas, frequently spoken as the poor mans fruit" are we'll deserving of this title, as they may be pur- chased at a reasonable price at all seasons of the year. Comparatively few people, however, know the value Of the cooked banana, which Is truly delclous, when dafntily prepared and served as a dessert, vegetable or sup per dish.
 Banana Fritters: Beat the yolk of one egg and add half a cup of flour into which has been sifted a teaspoon CT baking powder; add a teaspoon of sugar, teaspoon of olive oil and lastly, the well beaten white of the egg. Cut bananas in two, lengthwise. then crosswise, squeeze lemon juice over each piece, dip in fritter bat ter and fry in hot fat. Drain on pa- per, sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve hot.
 rather slender fruit, peel and cut into sections about three inches long. Fry in hot butter, and the bananas cook sprinkle with a little sugar and roll about carefully in the frying pan until light brown all over. Transfer to hot dish, pouring over them any butter that may remain in the pan. Serve at once.
 Banana Pudding: Two bananas cut small, half a loaf of bread, crumbed, one of a cup of sugar, two tablespoons of butterine, one cup of milk. Mix all together and bake thir- ty minutes.
 EASTER LILY.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-23
DELICIOUS RHUeARB.

Dear Social Corner Sisters:-I am sending in a nice recipe for cooking rhubarb.
 Wash and cut into small cubes, but do not peel, sprinkle with baking soda and pour boiling water over 1t; let stand a few minutes; then pour all the water off, cover the bottom of a baking pan with a layer of the rhu- barb, then a .ayer Of sugar and re- peat. Let the top layer be sugar do not boil any water, bakes water: cover until tender. This is delicious. We are all very fond of it cooked this way. A great improvem from the old way, of peeling and stewing.
 l was very sorry not to be able to meet with you at Coventry Lake: but could not walk from the car my feet have been very bald, swollen and one of them has been so I could not wear a shoe. I wished for you ali a pleas ant day, and I know you had a pleas time.
 DOM PEDRO.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-23
STRAWBERRY RECIPES.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: I am sending in a few recipes:
 Strawberry DumpIings: Into a pint of sifted flour rub two rounded table spoons of butter, add a teaspoon of salt, one egg, well beaten, one heap ing teaspoon of baking powder and sufficient milk to moisten. Mix quick ly and roll out into a thin sheet about quarter of an inch thick; cut out with a round biscuit cutter, place four berries in the center of each fold the edges over and steam about 25 min utes.
 Strawberry Pie Line a deep plate as for any berry pie, fill with straw berries and sift in a little flour and two thirds of cup of sugar. Cover and bake in a moderate oven. Serve with or without cream.
 Strawberry Custard: Line a glass dish with fresh strawberries and fill the center with a custard made as follows: Scala two cups of sweet milk, pour over two egg yolks beaten with one-half cup sugar; cook in dou- ble boiler till thickened; flavor with vanilla when cool; pour in center of of the eggs to stiff froth; add two ta- blespoons sugar; heap over the top of the custard and dot with berries.
 Strawberry Shorteake, No. 1: Two cups flour. two teaspoons Of baking powder; sift all together: a piece of butter the size of a small egg: work the butter nicely in with the hand; mix all with sweet milk, using a knife; do not mix too hard; knead as little as possible: divide in two parts; roll out and put one part in pie tin: have some warm butter and spread thoroughly on top; roll out the other half, put on top and bake about twen- ty minutes, not too brown as the crust will be brittle.
 Strawberry Shortcake No. 2: Half cup of butter, cup sugar, three cups and quarter of flour, one cup of milk, three eggs. three teaspoons of baking powder and the juice of half a lemon. Beat the butter to a cream and gradually beat the sugar into 1t: add the lemon juice, the eggs we'll beaten and finally the flour; mix with baking powder. Bake in pans in a moderate oven for twenty minutes
 Hull and mash three pints of straw berries and mix them with a cup of sugar. Spread the berries and sugar on two of the cakes, and over the fruit spread whipped cream just be- fore the cake is to go to the table; put the remaining cakes over first and spread thin layer of strawberries, sugar over each and cover with whip ped cream
 PATT,A
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-23
TO MAKE A oooD CUP OF COFFEE

Dear Social Corner Editor: Coffee is something we do not want too strong or too sweet.
 Always scald pot before brewing coffee and do not use the grounds or any leftover coffee a second time if you wish a good cup. Cold coffee may be used in place of milk in a cake or in gingerbread.
 Now take one cup Of boiling wa ter for each cup of coffee and one table spoon of coffee. Coffee varies. SO you may have to use quite a heaping ta- b.espoon or a scant one. Try it out and see. If you use small cups. two measuring cups will make three small cups of coffee. Now have pot clean and put in coffee, pour the boiling wa ter over the coffee let boil up till it commences to run over. then put where ir will keep warm but not boil any more for several minutes, until it has sett.ed, then pour out at once and serve with cream or top milk. Tt Is not necessary to t.se white of egg
 Condensed milk is preferred for cof- fee by people who can afford cream.
 A little pinch of salt gives piquancy to the taste of coffee or cocoa.
 MARIE
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-23
SALTTNE
TO USE UP STALE BREAD.

Dear Cornerites: There are tots of ways to serve stale bread and 10 make it as edible as any bread.
 In many families it is served only for breakfast, luncheon or supper, but the custom which many high grade restaurants have adopted of serving thin. crisp. hot toast with the more substantial meals might well be fol- lowed at home. Such dishes as chopped meat with gravy, creamed chicken or fish. poached eggs. melted cheSse. cooked asparagus, Swiss chard. baked tomatoes. etc, are served very com monly on toast. Cream or milk toast (that is. toast with a cream sauce or milk gravy, perhaps favored with a very little clipped beef. salt fish or other savory) may be used as the main dish at breakfast, luncheon or supper. Slices of toast may also be dipped in water or milk and beaten eggs and lightly Drowned on a hot greased pan.
 ..-- SOPHIE
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-23
HOW DOES SHE KEEP UP WITH
 PROCESSION.

Dear Social Corner Sisters:-WhiIe no one has ever ventured to regard housekeeping as a profession, it is an open question now, with the President counselling economy and the specula- tors pushing prices to the limit, if 1t has not been elevated to the plane of Art.
 It is the housewife who is expected to turn scraps into dainties, to change water into milk, and to make a dol lar with three-fourths of its buying power gone look better than fifty cents.
 Ten cents used to buy a good pound of cheese, and now it buys a slice so thin that it looks like parafined paper; and any one desiring a five pound bag of navy beans has to buy them on easy payments.
 No one can tell how the woman in the kitchen keeps up with the pro- cession.
 THE CRANK
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-23
Every Woman Wants
kerosene; place in jar and. use ike

kerosene; place in jar and. use ike softsoap. aA
 Put in water, kerosene will wash mirrors, windows and by rubbing on window makes a fine polish.
 Dip a piece of cheesecloth in kerO- sene, makes a good duster for furni- ture.
 Sand soap made with sand, kerosene and white soap; shave soap and to one bar of soap add one-half pint wataG. two tablespoons kerosene and one cup of sand. Melt soap, add sand and ker- osene and let harden.
 Kerosene and oil citronella (equal parts), a good mosquito renovator. Equal parts of kerosene oil and boiled linseed oil make q good polish for floors; will clean painted walls, will clean nickel on the stove.
 Kerosene is good to put in water to wash oilcloth and linoleum.
 Kerosene will kill lice and ants. etc
 ETHEIlYE
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-23
LAUNDERING coLoRED FABRICS

Dear Sisters of the Social Corner:- Just a few lines concerning the laun- dry of colored fabrics. T find it is practical, when washing prints or ginghams, to rinse well. and wiring them thoroughly, then hang on the line soon as possible turn al pieces wrong side out, aprons, etc. reversed towards the sun. When they are dry. remove from the line a { once to pre- vent fading, and do not iron with too hot a, fiat.
 I always starch clothes after they are dried. fhey require less starch. and hold the stiffness much better when in use.
 Katydid: Greetings and welcome to The Corner; and thanks personally for your com pliments to me.
 Best wishes to all
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-23
socnAA CORNER POEM.
HousEcLEANeNo.

The melancholy days have come, the saddest of the year, Of cleaning paint and scrIbbing floors, and securing far and near; Heapen'd in the corners of the roorns the ancient dirt lay quiet, Nor rose up at the fathers tread, nor at the chEdren's riot. But now the carpets are all up; and from the staircase top The mistress calls to man and maid to wield the broom and mop. Where are those rooms. those quiet rooms, the house but late pre- sented?
 Wherein we dwelt, nor dreamed of dirt, so cosy and contented; AIasi they're turned all upside down, that quiet suite of rooms, With sIops, and suds, and soap, and sand, and tubs, and pails, and brooms;
 Chairs, tables. stands. all standing round at sizes and at sevens. While wife and housemaids go about like metecrs through the heav- engi
 And now, when comes the master home as come he must O nights, To find all things are "set to wrongs" that they have 'tset to rights When the sound of driving tacks is heard and the house is far from still,
 And the carpet man is on the stairs, that harbinger of i'll; He looks for papers, books, or bills, that all were there before And sighs to find them on the desk or in the drawer no more. And then he grinly thinks of her who set this fuss afloat And wishes she were out to sea in a somewhat 1ealzy boat; He meets her at the parlor door. with hair and dress awry, With sleeves tucked up, and broom in hand, defiance in her eye; He feels quite small and knows full we'll there's nothing to be said, So holds his tongue, and drinks his tea and sneaks away to, bed.
 Anon.
 Sent in by BAISANI FIR.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-23
NOT CAREFUL IN OUR JUDGE
 MENTS.

Dear Social Corner Friends:-I should like to shake hands with old Sol. His Cor her) idea of moulting to get rid of our prejudices is certainly a novel one. I am afraid there might still be a few fine feathers left.
 There is one thing we can try and do, avoid being influenced by the pre- judice of others, for we often form an opinion of a person from the likes or dislikes of another.
 We should be more true to our selves and more charitable toward others, if we waited to judge them from our own personal knowledge, rather than through the eyes of an other.
 PRACTICAL, POLLY