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Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-10
HOW TO BUY AND SERVE LAMB.

Sisters of the Social Corner: When I have lamb I plan a lamb stew for Mondays dinner. My method of pur- chase is to get a foreQuarter or lann on Saturday. By taking the whole piece, which weighs from seven to eight pounds. can buy it more req sonaEblc. I obtain at the same low figure the roast, also the French enough for Saturdays dinner.
 This purchase furnishes me with three absolutely different and freshly cooked dinners.
 Your can have the shoulder roast on Sunday and the neck and breast pieces for the stew Monday.
 The parts which are to be stewed parboii as soon as they come in the house for thus they are certain to keep well. and I like to skim off the fat before warming my stew before serving.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-10
A CRITICISM.

Dear Cornerites: Bill came ho4ne today and he says I'm glad the Editor wants to improve the Social Corner. US time them women knew guthin' oesfoes raisin doe and doenuts. They seem ter think more of eats than thsS, do of their etarna1 saavatfon. A yvonl- an who'll write about putting n eEgs In a loaf O cake and onions in d broth and a pint bole of diced 'taters Tn stew these times Is too eNtrava- gant to eddicate other folks. Why don't they tell us how to git stch things 50 we can use emp
 says: William, ft's a mans duty 70 pervIoe Tor the family rite before he grumbeis about the cook. You never d1d pervfde much wheng things wag ehePpi but you ken get asttood feed for t1aruaR if you have faith and attend these Social Corner meetfn's.'
 "I declare" says BilG. "you're a fen,s Tor giving man advice I get ye.0
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-10
SOME READAsLE pooks.

Bdftor of the Social Corner: have from time to time seen the wish ex- pressed that someone might commend some good boolrs
 I think readers who bye the garden will find pleasure inr An Island Garden, by CeftA Thazter; and in The Human Side of Plants, by, Rodney Dixon.
 Those who like wholesome stories may read with profit Mary Carey, by Kate Langley. Bosher; Old Lady, No. S1, by Eoufse Forshend; and Aunt Ab- by's Neigihbors, by Anne Trumbul SloSson.
 For three well written, entertaining and instructive books I can commend Tn the Courts of Memory. by Mrs. Charles Moulton; My Beloved South, by Mrs. T. P. O'Connor; and Great Books as Life Teachers, by Newell Dwight Hills, D. D.
 JAnm.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-10
BEGINNING OUR HEAVEN BELOW

Dear Social Cornerites: think if we could carry the true Christmas spirit with us all through the year instead of a week or so. maybe, we might then understand the meaning of Beginning our Heaven here below'' and on the fair white pages of the New Year brought to each one of us, we would write each day only happy thoughts and kindly deeds. so that when the it's lessons we should find we had been living e more worthwhile life by for getting self and trying to make those around us happy.
 My wish for every Social Corner writer or reader is health, happiness and prosperity through all the year.
 A 6CRIBBuRR
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-10
SOCIAL CORNER POEM.
, Anniversary Song.

Air-Auld Lang Syne. For Social Corner friends today We sing a greeting song; To brothers, sisters, tried and true, Our giaddest notes belong. Not ours the tie Of kith and kin X dearer bond is ours; True Friendships links are strong as And light as wreathing flowers Chorus for the first two stanzas: With greeting glad and cheerful smiles We meet today, With kindly words to smooth each Upon nfe's weary way.
 Third stanza: And though we only meet to part, Wel thread each hour of gold Epon the rosary of life, For memory to hold Chorus for last stanza: with friendly words and clasping
 hands
 We part today; Dear words of cheer our hearts will
 keep
 For milestones on life's way.
 -Ninette M. Lowater.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-10
AckNoWuEpeMENTs FROM
 CRIMSON RAMBLER.

Dear Corner Folks: I hope the Corner may be improved.
 Aunt Abby, Chrysanthemum, Rural Deltvery, Maple Leaf. Aunt Hester, Chatterbox, Paula and Balsaxn Fir: Please accept thanks for past favors. You truly are good Sisters of The Corner
 Balsam Fir: Many thanks for the sachet bag. It was very kind of you to remember me. wish you could attend some of our meetings and en- joy our good times
 Aunt Hester: have not forgotten. You will hear from me soon.
 thank Blanche for pretty valen- tine sent me.
 Paula: Sorry I was not at home the day you called Come again.
 CRIMSON RAMBLER.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-10
THE BUSINESS METHOD.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: can see but one way for any Improvement to The Social Corner, and that is to adopt up-to-date business methods" If a concern is dissatisfied with any department, do they close it up. with out first giving it Q thorough invesd- gation? Certainly noti They set to work to build it up. and everyone is told to do their duty and set their shoulders together for the welfare of the department.
 This method if earnestly applied, would enlarge The Corner. give us a larger number of writers and coEse- quent1y a greater source and variety
 PILL ROLLER.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-10
THE KNIcI( ERB K ERs HAD GOOD TIME WITH ecRATcH.

Social Corner Sisters I enjoy read ing the Social Corner very much. Glad you all seem to have such a good time.
 The knackerbOclSer club met with Scratch and had very good time. We afvays have a good time when we meet with Scratch. We had a Coddsh- Wlegie For lunchs with aE the rest of the good things.
 hope to meet with Scratch again some time.
 A way to save steps when going down cellar or up gtairs-thinlc what tg needed through the day and bring up or down what is wanted
 Rice Pudding without eees-Two- thirds cup Of rice:. wash well, put into two quarts Of milk, add one-half cup sugar, oneE haR teaspoon of cinnamon. one-hah Scup of raisins, pinch of salt; p1ltatn oven to baite bake until rice Is tender. then let eimmer a little longer. h n
 Wisn1nS everyone much pleasure I remain asss<. Rssy-as sss yl.-.aa4ss-
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-10
THE SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY.

7th-FIgure to cultivate good fellow
 ship. Avoid discussing the food Never attempt to eat all there is on
 your plate. Never pick your teeth at the table. 1t is not proper to drink with a spoon
 in the cup. Very good table decoration Is a bou-
 quet of flowers. Everybody is always out of bread;
 prevent it if you czn- Rise when the hostess rises. Sip soup from the side of the spoon. A gentleman should see that a lady is
 served first. Remove your knife and fork when you
 rass your plate for anything. Your own knife or fork should never
 be used in taking butter or any
 other food.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-10
A sAMPLE FRoM 1sd1.

Friends of The Social Corner: Today chanced across a Social Corner page of 1911 and was most forcibly struck with the way it illustrates my point of view. There were about a dozen on a variety of interesting topics which could hardly fail to find ap- preciative readers
 Do we notice that the Editor asks for good home letters. good business letters. good letters of any kind the mind may suggesty
 ONE OF THEM.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-10
sow eEEns IM pooRe.

Dear Social Corner Friends: Those who gre without greenhouse facilities should make up hotbeds as early ag possible this month and soon sow the onion, leek, artichol1e. celery. egg plant, pepper, caulifiower and early cabbage seeds; with care they will not be far behind when planting out time arrives.
 Sow now. also Brussels sprouts. let tuce, parsley and the main crop of tomatoes. Plants should be nice and thrifty when the time comes to plant out. es..-..9s.g .-.. a
 a good plan to start some peas in box es with removable bottoms. then plant them out, As soon as the frost is out of the ground and dried enough to walk without sticking. Sow@ carrots, beets. spinach parsley and peas ~ / ssr1sTT EASTER LILY
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-10
INQUIRIES AND ANSWERS.

J. J. S.: Letter received and for warded to Kitty Lou
 F. M.:. Card received and mailed to Kitty Lou.
 DOM PEDRO expresses the wish she might attend the 7th anniversary gath ering this month and expresses regret that 1t Is impossible. She will be missed by the Sisters.
 AUNT MARY: Letter received and mailed to Princess Pat.
 LETTER for Aunt Juie received and forwarded to her poStozffce address.
 s. A. I. M: Letter received and mail ed as you directed.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-10
A GOOD TOPIC SUGGESTED BY
 GRANDMA.

Social Corner Editori If | was to suggest any Improvement of the So- c1al Corner would ask that we write you the Ways of Earning Pin Money. l should like to see a number of let ters on this subject for if one should try only few of the recipes and make only a small number of the Fancy articles described in the letters, one would need quite d little of what is sometimes called "tdlthy iucre."
 GRANDMA
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-10
I'is g. A Ia M.
TO CURE A CONFIRMED soR.
 srs. ROVER.

Dear 5ocfaI Corner wr,tAr.. Al, Betsey BobOett has asked for help to cure confirmed borrower, will suG- gest remedy: One woman after be- lng Dotnered by a borrowing neigiTbor Wno never returned as good things aR she borrowed, or as much concSi,,e6 Lne idea. when anything was returned. oL putting it by itself so as to iend what had been returned. Soon there was compaaint that the tea was nOf as good as they used to have, and the cups of sugar and pals of flour were not as full as they used to be.
 The borrower was told that fbav were just what had been returned for sugar and flour, and tf1e fault v-ss 4i,-Sj- own, and they need not come any .E s-lt z AUNT nHAH3Y
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-10
Norwich.
A FEAST OF REASON AND FLOW
 OF WIT.

Dear Social Cornerites: Let us give kindly criticism if any, and in such a spirit I would suggest the elimination of meeting with bounteous dinners as the most important feature. "Bettef a feast of reason and a flow of wit' now and then, than to have so much cater ing to the palate.
 Tidy Addly's recent suggestion of q Donation Party for one of the gather ing was a fine one-something really worth whi1e-the joy of helping others. Let the good work go on!
 CORNER READER
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-10
A KINDLY sUoGEsTtoN ERoM
 DOM PEDRO.

Social Corner1tes: I wou1d sue1a.. that all the Social Corner Brof6erS and Sisters, who have autos. rnieI,t give two free rides, during the year to AL ,. InYaIid or rshutin. who IS able to out It would give them somethfng to think about for long time and would be 7ifVihg up ytp the Golden i Isestb41F AeiWN1 # Would r,s,lal s,hl .,, .o.,,.., IeelT glad in their hearts that they nad' done such an act of Kindness.
 DOM PEDRO.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-10
STRIVE TO MANIFEST THE RIGHT
 sPFRIT.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: always want to please everybody. mean when say annual picnic it takes fin all Ehe writers of The Corner.
 Be kindly spokepi treat all alike. A kind word htiy spolEen is far better than rubies or gold.
 We are large family Of writers and we should eIpeOt to meet an kinds of people.
 We are all trying to be it for one pls ce-HeaVen.
 Let us try, dear friends, to make this year ti1e best eper:F Isstlua folio1s-
 (continuod on Page FiFtsonJ
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-10
AUNT ARsYs APPRECIATION OF
 THE CORNER.

Dear Cornerites: I have not lost my interest in the Social Corner although l do not write. Sickness and other duties have been the cause. The Corner has been one of my greatest comforts for the past five years or more. Long may 1t live and prosper.
 Thanks to Interested Reader for lovely calendar.
 Best wishes to all. t5ss5-5
 AUNT ABBIE.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-10
LOOKING FOR eoop RESULTS.

Dear Social Corner Members: The Corner is celebrating its 7th birthday Who can tel of the inspiration and comfort it has carried in its weekly messages to the shut-ins; and espe-
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-10
USING OVER MATERIALS

NORTH DAKOT1
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-10
A COMPARISON OF FOOD VALUES

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-28
RALLYING ROUND THE HOE.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
 Patriotic songs are being written every day now. and some of them are spirited enough for "ral1y round the flag" but a poet, writing in the Bos- ton Post, tunes his harp to a Rally Round the Hoe" in the home fields. where the boys have enlisted for the food fight.
 "We'll rally round the hoe, boys and join the ranks of toll, shouting the bat crops to grow, boys, as tillers of the soil. shouting the battle cry of Feed 'emv Where there Is work to do, boys, we'll gather on the spot; shouting we'll be true, boys, and till the va cant lot, shouting the battle cry of Feed 'em' Nature, kind mater, will aid in our need. Down with the 'tater; up with the weed! So we'll rally round the hoe, boys, and train the crops to grow, shouting the battle cry of Feed 'em!"
 Disguised in a prose-setting, the au- thor has nevertheless written patri- otic song which will be welcomed by those who have joined the ranks that .rally round the hoe" and may stim- ulate recruiting in the army of the fields, fighting for the flag as truly as be the boys at the battle fronts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-28
REMARKABLE HOTEL MAN
From the Montgomery Advertiser.

l From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 | "A LABAMA has produced the most | A\ remarkable hotel keeper known
 . to hostelry history in America.
 Either that or Alabama has produced the most remarkable body of travelling
 men known to the country. We are persuaded that the lions share of the glory must remain with the former, albeit we know that our travelling men are not outelassed anywhere.
 1 In the news columns of The Ad- evrtiser today will be found an &C., count of a movement instituted by a committee of travelling men to collect funds for monument to the memory of the late Ctpt. P. F. Matheson of Snow Hill, Wilcox county, who died several months ago.
 Captain Matheson and his wife, who survives him, conducted hotel at Snow Hill for many years. It was such a hotel as induced travelling men, finding themselves near Wilcox coun-
 ty at the weekend, to fly to the Math- eson place as & martin to his gourd to remain over Sunday
 Captain Matheson and his wife min istered to their guests in time of sickness, making home folks of them at all times. They loaded the dining table with choice country foods, delf- ciously prepared. Moreover. they pur- sued the extraordinary policy of sun ming all the beds in the house every day. The hosts mixed human kindness with efficiency and skill. They won the hearts of their guests.
 Now that Captain Matheson has gone to his reward, the beneficiaries of his generous hospitality, even though they paid for their food and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-28

lodging, are in a compact to per- petuate his memory, not only as token of their own appreciation of him but perhaps. as an example to other hotel keepers.
 The travelling man, living on the road and in hotels, knows what he wants in the matter of service, and has not been found to be timid in in- timating his wants. Traveling men naturally are exacting of railroads and hotels. They not only expect comfort, but the Snow Hill story indicates that the travelling men, like the rest of us at home, are not averse to a measure of betting. It Is not merely the mem ory of the hot, "floury" biscuits drip ping with yellow butter, nor the fat legged friars, ingratiating country cured hams, greaseless pork chops, crisp, light battercakes and cane syrup nor the steaming hot coffee, nor yet the many quarts of perfect buttermilk, nor even the downy beds, which in- memorial to this hotel keeper. These irresistible forces have their own ap- peal, to be sure, but the thing which makes the memory of Captain Mathe- son fragrant is the touch of human kindness which his guests felt at his hands. He knew how to make men happy, and 1t pleased him To do it.
 That's why this memorial idea, alto- gether unique. has seized number of representative travelling men who have banded themselves together to raise the money with which to make a mon ument to P. E. Matheson, an unpre- tentious, fatherly man who made his living by taking in boarders. This is commendable spirit in the travel ing men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-28
'sGLORIOUS PIERCE

literature of sport. was Pierce Egan, who wrote in 1921 that scandalous com mentary on customs and manners called Life in London" This first great sport ing journalist was called Glorious Pierce" and his presentation in court was commanded by the prince regent, very enthusiastic patron of sport. Men of all classes bowed before Egan and eag- erly awaited his contributions to the journalism of the day The last desire of Thurtell, the famous murderer of Weare, was Ito read Pierce Egan's account of the great fight yesterday" His popular ity was so great that, in the summer of don'' ran in no less than 10 theatres in or near the British metropolis, and one dramatization continued into the next year. accomplishinf an engagement of 300 nights.
 But perhaps the most interesting fact about Pierce Egan is to be found in She description of his style. "Egan wasf master of the flash and the flashy" says the "Cambridge History of Litera- tLre" And we also learn that his writ ings contained "as many slang phrases as he could put into them" Can 1t be that the modern style of the contempor- ary sporting writer has not the original ity that we thought 1t possessed? Is 1t possible that Jones biffed to Smith, who waited the pill to first'' and Doe severed the ozone in futile wallops at Roe's elusive shoots" are but echoes of Pierce Egan's flashy and slangy style?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-28
LIKE M,LuKE SAYS

A woman will never forgive a man If he doesn't apologize to her every time she insults him.
 It is diffeernt with man. But 8 wom- an can find a whole lot of news in a newspaper that is a week old.
 It may sound paradoxical. But it takes a man with staying qualities to make a go of a thing.
 If some of the prohibitionists had their way, they would fix it so that the sun couldn't shine on Sunday, and so that the lambs couldn't frolic on Sunday, and SC that the birds couldn't sing on Sunday and so that the flowers would have to hide their faces on Sunday.
 The average man doesn't mind being generous if he can get dollars worth ot publicity out of each dime he gives to charity.
 woman to advise girl to get married The girl wants to discover the reason fol herself.
 Too many of us are in favor of con scription for the other fellow.
 The big-mouthed jingo who was always singing the "Star-Spangled Banner" ha! cut it out and is now huning, Home Sweet Home
 The fact that war has a wrinklet front doesn't keep our women folks from trying to get into 1t.
 It isn't a desire to lay up bodies of use less wealth that keeps the average mar hustling. It is the fact that his wifi, needs the money.
 Just for change, why doesn't som' cartoonist represent Mars as big-chest ed, sawed of man who Is wearing a hel met and carrying a short, broad -bladet sword?
 Away down in his heart the averag, man believes that the rest of the work couldn't get long without him.
 Isn't it wonderful what interest a mal takes in the good roads question after Ii, gets a motor car
 Another difference between men an, women is that woman doesn't have t. join the uniform rank in order to ge to wear willow plum. It is hard to make newly wedde, woman understand that she will have t be economical because her husband i going to be so extravagant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-28
From the Cincinnati Times-star.

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
 lM NEWSPAPERS are often accused of UN making too much of sport Thars was rather critical surprise in 1910, when Johnson and Jeffries met at Reno, that syndicates rushed to the ringside some of the most popular novelists, men like Jack London and Rex Beach, that their throbbing prose might convey the scenes vividly to millions of readers. The journalistic attention given to baseball Is another phenomenon of the times. Newspapers have their Phelons and their Drydens to relate with color and adroit phrase the hits and errors of the expo- nents of the national game. A new vo- cabulary has arisen, new style has sprung into being, under the influence of the modern school of baseball writers. And whatever may be said against it by the purists, it must be admitted that It breathes the air of the grandstand and the cries that hail the victories or heap igrominy on the defeated.
 But has our literature of sport at taiLed an unprecedented eminence? Do we give it more attention than did for mer generations? A very interesting chapter on "The Literature of Sport" in the final volume of the Cambridge His tory of English Literature" would indi- cate that the Sport writer occupied far more influential place in the early decades of the nineteenth century than he does now. The leader of them all, and, indeed, the founder of the modern
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-28
THE SUBMARINE CHASER

OHASEH From the Rochester Democrat and
 Chronicle
 The United States navy now has two boats of the new standardized type of submarine chaser launched within about six weeks from the laying of their keels. How nearly completed they are at the launching stage is not made known, but apparently the number of these speedy motor craft that can be put in commission very quickly is limited only by the capacity of the plants to build them.
 The boats are 110 feet long, as com pared to the British type, 80 feet, for which the utmost speed in construction and efficiency in operation are claimed. The British admiralty has purchased between 500s and 600 of these wasps from single American builder, and the whole fleet is said to have been de- livered in 535 days from the time the contract was signed. The boats now being launched for our navy will prob ably all be employed for the patrol of our own coasts. The British fleet is well supplied, with an estimated 4000 sub- marine chasers of many types.