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Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: To re- move nildew, boil in buttermilk; rinse well.
 When you wish to send home made candy to a friend butter a tin box, pour in candy while hot; mark while cool, and send.
 For a burn there is nothing better than carrom oil, which is nothing more than linseed oil and lime water, equal parts.
 Fine emery will clean white felt hats: also take the shine off of coats.
 When baking potatoes, if you place pan of hot water under them they will be nice and soft.
 If you haven't funnel handy when you fill salt and pepper boxes. an oF-- velope with the corner cut off will do.
 To remove grease from wool and silk, cover with powdered chalk (French) and put in sun. Then brush |. off the spot, cover with fresh chalk and repeat until spot disappears. AL cohol is good, but there are. some shades that are too delicate for it's use.
 A small steel crochet needle kept in your machine drawer will be found invaluable vixen pulling hastings, rip ping or catching the under thread to yonr machiue..
 Cut flowers. especially roses, will last longer if given a good bath up to their neck.
 To use a tall vase when flower stems are short. roll newspaper in a
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UNCLE SAM NEEDS us-WE NEED
 UNCLE SAM.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: I was impressed last week with the letters from Liberty Bell and Rowen. Mo- body ever spoke a truer word than Rower when she said that buying Liberty Bonds was having our cake and eating it, too.
 When you lend neighbor a sauce pan or hammer, or anything else he happens to want but doesn't own do you sometimes wonder how soon yod will see your belongings again, or if you ever will (Of course there are neighbors and neighbors) But SUD- pose your neighbor not only return ed the saucepan or the hammer as promptly as he said he would. but gave you a pound of sugar and a bag of nails to boot? I guess we would all be hanging over that particular neigh bor's fence willing to lend him any thing he wanted, wouldn't we?
 We'll, that's the kind of a neighbor that our Uncle Sam is. Do you see what I mean? I mean that if we buy Liberty Bonds we lend money to the government so that our boys can have the equipment that they need to be good. strong, confident, victorious fighters. And when I say "our boys" 1 mean the ones from your house and from mine. There are very few wo- men these days who have not got at
 least a small share in the service fag in somebody's window.
 Uncle Sam asks us to lend him two
 things-our money and our boys. He
 pays us interest on our money and promises to return it at the end of g certain time. And he will. If he can not promise so surely to return
 our boys, one very good reason is that we are not helping him to give the boys every best possible chance for protection and defense. No matter how brave a man is he cannot dc much with empty hands against the enemy with a gun. And it costs moy. 1 ey to buy guns and ammunition ana airships and balloons and uniform: and gasmasks and all the other thing! necessary for the army and the navy l The sooner our boys get those thing, the sooner the war will be won. Bu i it cannot be done without our mon | ey, and it cannot be done quickly un less we are willing to buy Libert Bonds now. The Americans must h,1r
 ry."
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GREETINGS FROM SISTER READY

Dear Social Corner Sisters: How do you all do, and how did you all enjoy the ice storm? Just now the sun is trying very hard to shine and I hope it does. It has been so gloomy.
 1 enjoyed the last two gatherings on Valley street, and I must kill two birds with one stone, so as not to take up too much space.
 I thank the hostesses for their kind ness and also Hilda. my friend, whom have known for some time, not knowing she was Hilda.
 I have been very much pleased to read letters from some of our old prize winners
 I could feel Social Corner interest soaring high as I read their interesting letters.
 miss our Leonard Bridge writers. We all had good time together. then. spent part of the Easter holiday with Sweet William. I enjoyed my visit very much.
 I must close, with best wishes to all. SISTER READY.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20
MEETING OF CLUB No. 3.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: Club No. of the Social Corner met Wednes day, the 17th, in the chapel of the Baptist church at Lebanon. We were favored with beautiful spring weather which helped to make it an ideal day. On arriving we were met at the door of the beautifully decorated room in national colors and the Social Corner colors by the hostesses, Dorinda, Peg BY Ann, Aunt Sarah and Tiny.
 After registering, a soclal time was enjoyed by all. Then we were in vited to be seated at the loaded ta- hles where a dinner consisting of naked beans, salad. war breads cake and pie and coffee was enjoyed by the company of fifty present.
 A delightful programme next in or der, an instrumental solo by Chore Girl, a song by Mrs. F. N. Taylor. duet by Peggy Ann and Aunt Sarah's Daughter, a vocal solo by Mrs. George
 Wetmore, an instrumental piece by Mrs. David Pitcher, 8 song by Mrs. Taylor and a song by Mrs. Wetmore Several of the sisters were busy with their knitting, some with tatting and all were busy visiting with old friends and making new ones. One visitor remarked that we were rightly named.
 A small collection was taken and after paying expenses the balance
 was turned over to the Free Wool
 Fund of the Red Cross Society oi
 which our historic town of Lebanon is so proud.
 There were a number of guests present and some came from Willi- mantle.
 We hope when we have our next meeting in May to see many from the other clubs.
 We wish to extend our thanks tc the hostesses for their genial hospi- tality andsthe good time which they l helped to make possible PAPA'S BOY.
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THE ENGLISH WAYS.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: It iss in- teresting to read the domestic notes in the London papers:
 The Value of the Casserole: It is far more difficult to produce savory satisfactory meals for two or three than for half a dozen. Steak, cut into small pieces and grill Ga great many people are doing this), will be found tae most filling plan. Cook your por- tions in a casserole, varying your stews by using different vegetables and beans each day. Beef with rice and onions. beef with butter beans or rnacaroni, or peas Q. e., the dried va riety).
 The Virtues of Soup: Always serve soup first when you are providing for two or three. It fills up empty spaces and chinlls as nothing else can do. The most feeding soups are pea soup made 1 with either split peas or the dried green peas, lentil soup, potato soup, and hodge, -podge. All these are a meal | in themselves. Now that eggs are getting cheaper, try a small portion of l leftover mince with a couple of l poached eggs on top and 9 wall of l mashed potato. Butter, of course, can not be spared now for mashed pota- ! toes, but if a wineglass of boiling milk 1 is used instead the butter will not be missed. If milk cannot be spared use i stock or potato water, and season with ! pepper and a little powdered mace.
 Meat RoIy Poly: This. either baked 1 or boiled, but especially baked, is de- licious: all these help to make the meat go quite twice as far. If there i should chance to be any left over run it through the mincing machine, first straining off any superf1uouS gravy. Mix in an egg with the mince If the mixture still seems too moist, run a crust of bread through the mincer; ! this helps to clean it and add to the minced meat and vegetables. Shape into rounds; dip into rough oatmeal and fry. If you have no fat or oil pour some of the leftover gravy into l soleS and bake very hot in the oven This gives an excellent breakfast, or with the addition of baked or boiled potatoes, luncheon dish.
 New Way With Rice: Try this
 French way of serving rice. Well
 wash and cook four ounces of rice til very tender. Drain off the water. Dc not throw it away. use for the days soup. Add a full quarter of a bottle of strawberry or raspberry syrup to the rice. Mix well. If you can get it Iadd a little grated cocoanut on tor and serve. This is equally good, hot
 or cold. Maize meal is excellent cook cd in the same way.
 Fish Hot Pot: Two pounds of any
 kind white fish, one pound peeled
 sliced onions, three pounds peeled
 quartered potatoes and seasoning
 Parboil fish first, cook onions till sof1
 in little fat. add fish and cooked po-
 tatoes, one half pound cooked rice
 and one. pint of rice water or stock; two tablespoons flour to thicken ant
 season. Allow four hours for all fresl meat hot pots. one and one-half hours for liver. sausage or fish hot pots one hour for meat previously cooked | RUTH
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sas4F "A Ss7s was not satisfied. I kept thinking about it. This home that I loved and strived for-what was it? Just one of millions of such little hor1es, scattered through our broad land; each one an integral part of our great national life. Each one a little group of home folks, whose peace and happiness, whose freedom of thought. word and action, depended wholly upon the stability of our liberal national government.
 Now, when the very foundations of that government were threatened, could longer refuse to listen to the call for help? No! I came to realize that 1t was not only my duty to do my part, but that it was mY great privilege to have little sum to iof- fer.
 So, have bought my Liberty Bonds. With them have acquired greater peace of mind. For, you see, feel that I have fallen into step with those who are marching onto uphold the cause Of liberty and right.
 If there are other Sisters wavering between duty and inclination, I say to you, Put your savings into bonds now. Act quickly When you have joined the ranks of the Liberty Bond Legious, you will receive the reward that comes to those who can say, have done what I could.
 AUNT PRUDENCE.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20
HUSBANDS SHIRTS EASILY
 MADE.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: In olden times the housewife always made her husbands shirts. Her skill in needle work was displayed to advantage in the fine hand tucks that adorned the bosoms of dress shirts The fine stitches necessary to finish neckbands, shoulder seams, yokes and cuffs were viewed with admiration by mothers. and daughters who knew the value of neat sewing.
 Now that you have a sewing ma chine you can make a shirt in one day, and even with the large variety of sizes turned out by manufacturers. There are men who cannot get a ready made shirt to exactly fit. If your husband has one of the odd sized shaped figures, why not make his shifts yourself?
 A good plan is to rip up an old shirt that fits him perfectly, using l that for a pattern
 First, press it so that you will in no way leave a wrinkle, then cut you a pattern, and follow exactly the lines 1 on which it is cut and made. The col 1 lar band you can buy for ten cents | Gin any size).
 1 If you make these yourself, use a good quality of linen and shrink it ! thoroughly before cutting the band out.
 Cut sleeves the proper length and
 finish completely with cuff before they are Sewed into place.
 l Buttons are applied. and buttons worked after the shirt is otherwise completed
 | When you stop to consider 9 really good .ready-made shirt cannot be
 bought for less than s2 or s2.50 that ! for 25 to -39 cents yard you can buy I the quality of madras that is utilized
 in the best shirts It takes only three
 yards of material to make a shirt
 You will sae the wisdom of maxine them yourself if YOU are under the necessity Of counting the pennies-7;
 cents for material. 10 cents for neck band , cents for spool cotton and
 cents for buttons g cents acJua frost; but the store price not less thar When it comes to the making of hi
 silk shirts it mems even more. ant i any man wants six shirts in hot wea- I ther. Silk shirts that cost $2.59 t
 make cost from $6 to $S when bough ready made.
 Hillside: You said "our department That sounds good and I want to tel ,l you that am glad you are in "our de partment." You say a whole lot = FTOulu lIh6 lO WIltC: PuL dIil AlOL dDp
 to express myself. I wonder if vol
 are not Hoover's friend? Regcnia O
 Imogene Graft you write like them S. much I thought maybe you had takel
 a. new name. 5'G
 Kitty Lou: looked for you the frs g thing this morning and haven't seel l your name. Hope you haven't change' 1t to something else for I love Kilt : RYE BRICKS.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20
WARTIME RECIPES.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: These recipes you will find worth trying:
 Twelve Scones-4 oz. four, 1 oz. lard or dripping. { oz. potatoes Cooked and rubbed through sievel, teaspoon bak- ing powder.
 Rub the lard into the flour, and lightly rub in the potatoes. Mix into soft paste with water and bake in a very sharp oven.
 Twelve Oatmeal Scones-2 oz. oat- meal. 2 oz. four. ? oZ. potatoes Cook ed and rubbed through sieve). 1-2 oz. lard or dripping, 1 teaspoon baking powder.
 Proceed as for plain scones.
 Potato Tozst-1 oz flour. oz. pota- toes Cooked and rubbed through sieve).
 Dry the potatoes well before mixing with the -four. then mix together with a pinch of salt. Roll out very thin cut into i5 squares, and make till crisp and brown. Let the toast remain in the oven for some time until it is quite crisp. otherwise it becomes soft
 Rice with Fruits-Cook oz. rice until soft in 1 pint milk and potato water, then add to this 1-2 pint GUS tard powder (after being cooked). Mix well with oz. potatoes. Put a layer in a soufiie dish. then a layer of any cooked fruits. Fill up with the rice custard and finish with another layer Of fruits. If you have only a little fruit use only one layer on the top This Is enough for six people.
 Carrot puree is made by cooking the carrots and rubbing them through g hair sieve.
 Oatmeal Fruit Meringu-Turn left over oatmeal into a round mold and cool. When cold. turn out, cut ir slices 1-2 inch thick, put one slice 1T a round dish, put layer of berries ol canned peaches on it, and on top ot this another slice or oatmeal. Beat tht whites of eggs until light, and tablespoons powdered sugar and bea until fine and glossy. Spread thii meringue over the top of the fruit dust with powdered sugar and stant in the oven until a golden brown (Yoll-s of eggs can be used to make ; -ustard.)
 Oatmeal Cookies-1 tablespoon vege table oil. 1-2 cup honey, 1 egg. l l., cups oatmeal, 1-4 teaspoon salt, 1 l. tablespoons rice flour. 1-2 teaspoon baking powder.
 Combine the oil, honey and beatel egg. stir in the other ingredients Drop from a teaspoon on a grease, pan or baking sheet and bake in moderate oven 25 minutes.
 HANNAH WHO.
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Requiem for a Young Soldier.

Peace tonight, heroic spirit Pain is overpast, All the strife with life is ended; You may rest at last The devotion that, amazing, Welled from out the deep Of your being, no more needed, Quiet you may sleep; Sleep, who. giving all for others, Battled till the victory nigh, You, too, toll and heart-break over Had the right to diel We may guard the grave that holds
 you,
 As a shrine of Truth Lighted by the pure devotion Of your radiant youth. We. you died for, may forget you! You will have no care, Who. content, tonight are sleeping Painless, dreamless, there.
 Sent in by EASTER LILY. Hunting Sta, L. l.
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 cup molasses, one fourth teaspoon of salt, three-fourths teaspoon soda, three-fourths .cup milk Mix and ssft rye flour, corn meal, salt and soda. Mix the hot milk and molasses: add to the dry ingredients. Stir well and fill greasedf molds three-fourths full. Grease the covers and cover tightly. Steam for three hours.
 EggIess Rye Muffiins: Two cups rye flour, four teaspoons baking powder, one-haH teaspoon salt, one and one half tablespoon syrup, one cup milk, one tablespoon melted fat. Mix and sift dry ingredients. Add the milk and melted fat. Mix quickly and do not beat Bake in greased muffin pans for twenty m nutes in hot oven.
 Meat Cakes: One pound meat, three fourths teaspoon salt, one-sixth tea spoon pepper, one-half slice chopped onion, o1le-half tablespoon chopper parsley, three-fourths cup bread crumbs soaked in milk Wipe the meat with a cloth. Put through a meat chopper with the suet. Add seasoning; knead; add gradually the bread and milk mixture. Knead until spongy Shape into cakes.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20

the stripes run straight down che cen tre of the front. and straight oown the center of the back when cutting the bodice Always allow plenty or material for seams when stripes or checks or plaids are used. and be sure that the stripes match in the Jolnlns seams.
 Another thing worth knowing, II you wish artistic touches on your gowns and hats, by using gilt faces, etc, you car make them beautiful oy applying gilt paint.
 I first .experimented with old bits of lace and found the result so pleas ing and satisfactory that l had an order for gold lace to trim gown and could not fill it. My customer was willing to pay $10 a yard if l could procure it.. I had some coarse imitation of Irish lace in stock and gilded and used for the evening gown at the cost of about s5. To do the gliding, lay the lace per l fectly fiat over a piece of plotting paper and apply the gilt with a brush Let one side dry, turn and repeat the | process on the other side. If necessary l apply two coats.
 Silver and copper can be treated the same manner.
 Lace treated this way Is alSo loNtIy for all sorts of fancy work besides trimming for hats and gowns. Silver lace exquisitely embroidered | with colors, touched with jet, is beau tiful.
 Another good scheme if you want needleful of gold silk a thread in go!t or colors. and you don't have the de sired shade. paint them with water l colored paints or gilt. It will say, you a great many pennies.
 A few words about buttonholes Even such simple things as buttons
 and buttonholes reGuire proper treat
 ment to insure neatness. When but
 toning or unbuttoning garment
 forcing the button across the width o
 the hole will soon tear out the latter
 For this reason buttons with onl two holes are better than those wit four and should be so placed that tn
 holes will he on a line with the lengt of the buttonhole.
 UNCLE SAM'S DAUGHTER.
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FiIIet Edginx.

rVERY needle worker knows some form or other of this popular
 pattern. You'll find this one a good addition to your collection. Chain IS.
 1st RoW-1 t. in 4 st, from hook, 5 t. and sp to end of ch.. ch g. turn.
 End Row t. in 9th st. of chain g, just made, .ch. 2, 3 t. in 1st space, l t. on top of t, 2 t in next space, l [ in top of t, ch. 3, 1 t. on top of t, repeat [ times, turn.
 8rd Row--Ch. 5. t. in top of t. ch. 2. ] l. ch. 2, l., ch. 2, t., ch 2, t, ch. !. t. turn. -,,
 4th Rew-Ch. 5. spaces and t.. turn.
 5th Row-Like 1st, t and 6 spaces, ch. g, turn. sf
 9th Rsw-3 spaces, 2 t, then z t, 3 spaces, turn. @.
 7th Row. t. cad spaces, 2 t. be- ginning in center of 2 t. in 9th row, ch. 2. t. ch. s, turn.
 Sth R9W-1 t. in top of |. ch. 2. ] t. iu last of l., ch. 2, t, ch- 2, 1 l., ch. ?, t, ch- 2. t, ea. 2, t, turn. Re peat for desired length. The edge Is, 1 d.. 2t. ch. 3, 3 L. d. the entire length of work.
 Monkey-Face Insertion.
 A VERY odd and attractive motif A which does not get monotonous with repetition.
 Chain 35.
 lst Bowl t. in 4th st. from hook oh. 2. 1 t in same st, ch. g, 1 sl. st. in 9th st. from last t, turn. work and work up on ch. of g.. ' de-. oh. 2, skip [ ct ct ch-. dc.. ch. l. dc.. ch. | l de-.
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GREETINGS FROM SALLY sYcA.
 MORE,

Dear Social Corner Sisters: I see by the paper that some are wishing the old members will write and so here goes, as I must plead guilty of being one, as my first letter was number of years ago; and then Potlatch and had a nice time writing to each oth- CT, and I wish she would write.
 We have had cold and had winter.
 have been knitting for the Red Cross. I am glad to do my little; been disappointed in not attending the So- eial Corner meetings. Shall try again before long Always like to he with you and enjoy the pleasant times in your homes or on the lake or in the
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OVERCOMING PREJUDIcEs.

Years of dissipation" said Hope. "and the mental and other distresses which it creates in the human heart and sets up 8 prejudice it is difficult to overcome Hez, you have no idea what it is to have been drunkard's child.''
 "You are good enough for me-" said T. Perhaps you are a much more sensible and practical woman on &C., count of Pops incompetence than you ever could have been without it. Ad- verse conditions are sometimes a blessing, although they have been hard to bear" T wish could see it in that light lsaid Hope. Now do you make 1t out !"
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Well" sai@ I, you know the tears and hopelessness of those who weep and pray and wait to have depressing conditions overcome and what deep sympathy you have for all such, and what Q soldier you Yare in the tenn perance cause. There is compensation for those in diversity if they look for it."
 "Oh!' said Hope. "how that com mand: Seek and ye shall find,' looms up in the light of your conceptions of life.
 T, somehow. have always been ab1e to get some good out of hard luck. If yoU get knocked down get right up again. If sledding is hard, look for a better path"
 HEZ HARMONDY.
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hall at Norwich and WiIlimantic.
 l thank Interested Reader for the nice calender sent me and wish could return the favor.
 Hope the sick ones are better and prosperity will be with all. There is much sickness around, causing suffer ing and sorrow. May all hear the words saying Peace be stilr' over there and in other lands and there will be war no more.
 Shall. try to be at the next meeting.
 l expect to return to my summer home before long and then I can go to the Social Corner meetings.
 1 often wonder how many members birthdays come on April 25th-that is my birthday and I congratulate all the members who have April as birth day month.
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Dear Social Corner Sisters: I won- der if any of you have shared my perplexity regarding the purchase of Liberty Bonds.
 When the first calls came, asking the people to help by buying bonds, persuaded myself that the message was not meant for me.
 This was a rich country. was a poor womcn All I had to contrib ute was my hard-earned little savings account; my insurance against 8 day of need. I wished to leave it un- touched. So I shifted my share of the burden to other shoulders. But
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DELICIOUS DISHES FOR coNsER.
 NATION DAYS.

Rice Pancakes: One-half cup. rice, two cups milk, two tablespoons cot tonseed rl, pinch cinnamon, two eggs. two tablespoons grated cheese Boil quarter of a pound of rice in milk until it is soft, drain off the milk and add to the rice. the oil, two table, spoons grated parmesan and a pinch of cinnamon. Cool; add the eggs. Mix and cook.
 Boston Brown Bread: One. cup rye hour esae am nnrs, raaa1 th,.AA-fe---tl,s
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REMEDY FOR DiPHTHERlA.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: The fol- lowing is a dependable remedy for diphtheria:
 Place black oxide to the depth ot half an inch in an ordinary turnbier and put in enough muriatic acid to form a paste. This mixture should be put on the floor of the room. or what is even better, under the he'd occupied by the patient. The. fumes. of the mixture will rise and be breathed by the sufferer. in this way the germs of the disease will be killed and relief will be afforded in few hours time.
 BALSAM FIR.