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Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26
TIMELY RECIPES.

Social Corner Sisters: The following recipes are timely: +.-.- ;
 Compete of Apples: Peel four ap- Dles and remove cores. Make g, syrup from one small cup of honey and a cup of water, let cook for three or four minutes, then put in the apples, cover the kettle and cook the fruit until ten der and transparent. The apples should be turned while cooking and slice Of lemon and a bit of stick cinnamon may be added to the syrup. Remove the fruit with skinner. place in a glass dish. boil down the syrup until reduced to one cup and pour over the fruit. Remove the lemon and cinna- mon before serving.
 Apples with Fluff Dumpiines: One quart apples, one-half cup brown sugar, one teaspoon. cinnamon or grat- ed ginger one cup four two teaspoons baking powder one-half teaspoon salt milk as needed shortening. Wash pare and core the apples: quarter and place in saucepan, which has a close fitting lid; add one cup of wa Sprinkle over with sugar. and ,cinna-
 mon or nutmeg; place dumplings or top of apples; cover and boil for ter minutes without lifting the lid, Serve with milk. Dumplins: Sift flour, sal1 and baking, powder into a bowl: ado one teaspoon of shortening and rut it in lightly; add the milk slowly Take teaspoon into floured hands roll and when all finished, place or ton of the apples.
 This pudding may be made witf canned or dried apples. If dried ap. ples are used, soak over night and boi 1 until soft in the same water in whicl they have been soaked then add tht dumplings and finish as above.
 I wish to thank Interested Readel for the very pretty calendar so kindly sent me- I have it hung in my room
 MOUNTAIN LAUREL.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26
MOTHERS PRoRLEM-HoovER'
 ZINC CLOTHES.

They tell me your income is eigh- teen per week. Now how do your ciothe you girls so neat. I know you will pronounce me egotistical and queer, when I claim it's because I'm a good 'financier.
 There is Gladys, Grace, Kate, Mar guerite. and Bes5; six months te feed and bodies to dress and buy them cornmeal and good whole wheat but clothes I buy for the oldest, Margu- erite.
 When Marguerite,s dress for her gets small I just make it over and give it to Poll: when for Poll, who is twelve, they have gone out-of-date. then make them over for Kate, who is eight.
 When for Kate they have become !! too far gone to fit, I keep on making them for Jean, who is six. And when Jean can wear them no more I make them for Grace, whc is only four. | And when for Grace they no longer
 will do, fix them for baby who is | only two; then again I go around the circle complete, by making them in
 to petticoat5 for Marguerite. | When for petticoats they will dc
 no more. I select from the best the
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26
NEW RECIPE FROM sPRY BIRD.

Dear Sisters of the Social Corner:
 c. E. s.: Sorry I did not get your letter. Be sure and put East" on next time. Rather unusual 10 hear the spring bird in January.
 L. H. K: I reached home safely. Cricket was glad to see me.
 Here is a new kind of recipe for a change: Take twelve fine, ful1-grown
 months, see that these are thoroughly free from all old memories of bitter ness, hate and jealousy; cleanse them completely from every c1inging spite; pick off all specks of pettiness and months are as fresh and clean as when house of Time.
 Cut these months into thirty or thir- ty-o equal parts. This batch will keep for just one year. Do not at tempt to make up the whole batch at enc time (so many persons spoil the entire lot in this way). but prepare one day at time as follows: Into each day put twelve parts of | faith. eleven of patience. ten of cour- age, nine of work, eight of hope, seven of fidelity; six of hberality, five of
 kindness, four of rest (1eaving this out | is like leaving the oil out of the salad
 don't do ft). three of prayer (some | people omit this ingredient and spoil the flavor of the rest) two of medita- | ton and one well-selected resolution
 Put in a teaspoon of good spirits (this
 kind is harmfess) 8 dash of fun, a
 snrinkling of play, and heaping cur
 of good hunor.
 | Pour into the whole love and miz
 with vim. Cook thoroughly in a fer.
 vent heat: garnfsh with few smiles
 and a sprig of joy. Then servo with
 ouietness, and cheerfulness, and 6 Happy New Year is 8 certainty. | Best wishes to all the Sisters. | SPRY BIRD.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26
SOFT MoLAssEs CAKES.

Dear Social Corner Friends: Now the holidays are over and there seems to be more time: to write than before, will try and remember that I am still one of the Sisters who help each other through The Corner. read the Social Corner news first of all when gettthe paper, as it seems the most Important to me. la4 E& .~4 -i 5' Enid: Was much pleased to see something from, your pen, and hope some time to have the pleasure of a personal meeting.
 North Dakota: Your last letter l liked very much. Some way it ap- pealed to me. ,-.-
 Interested Reader: Many thanks for pretty calendar I have it placed where we meet often in the days of the year
 Rob White: The account you ygave of the Social Corner meeting of, Jan | 2d. I read with. pleasure; | am going to try to get out to some of the meet fngs before long. -. -@'- &f
 Balsam. Fir: Haven'tsheard from yor for, a long time Have you also lost your pen; or are you otherwise len gagged? t - ' 4s> ''s-'s 'A-.'js, .~@
 M. F.. Boy: In answer to your in quiry for recipe for Molasses Cookie. or. drop, cakes. will send in several have which 1 ftnlnk- Will dHSWeF- you wants: - , -s ,.-- Z
 Soft. Molasses Cookies-One cup O sugar, one cup of molasses, one -hal cups sour milk, four and one half O cops sour. milk, four and .one-half .ol five cups of flour, two, teaspoons 0 soda dissolved in the molasses ant heat in well one tablespoon of ginger Bake in moderate oven.
 Drop cakes-One cup of molassee one-half cup of sugar; ,one-half cup o lard or butter, one-half cup of swee milk, one egg, one teaspoon of ginger one-third spoon of cinnamon one tea spoon of soda dissolved in the milk three cups of flour; mix well toSethe and bake 10 to 15 minutes in hot oven taking care not to burn on top. .
 Ginger Drops-One cup of brown su gar, two thirds cup of butter one -hal cup cold water, one egg, gtwo-third cup of molasses, one tablespoon of gin ger, one teaspoon of soda, four eneug to make a.thick batter. Bake in muf fin rings or tea; cake pans. They ar very good if made by recipe as reads. ~ VI
 May each and every member of tk Social Corner enjoy g. bright and hap py New Year, and many more to come is the wish of Deleothy. s.a t..-
 thank The Bulletin Co. for all pas favors; also the Social Corner Editor
 DELEOTHY.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26
SHALL OUR SOLDIER DEAD LIVE
 AGAIN?

Dear Social Corner Sisters: The un- believer however independent in thought, could not have been else than impressed by the eloquent address given by Rabbi Stephen S. Wise in Carnegie hall on Sunday morning last, Will Our Soldier Dead Live Again, and How?'' based. or the ethical stan dards of tie Hebrew scriptures
 Even an unaltruistic thinker like myself was not only visibly touched by. the eloquence of the speaker, but by the attitude of the vast audience who leaned forward in breathless .si- lence eager to catch every word that fell from his lips. Tears were silently brushed away, and I stealthily tried | to overcome my own emotion, notwith- standing 1 was not immune. In Dr. Wise's opening words he re- ferreA. to the British soldiers who fre- quently speak of death as Going l west" Not forgetting the grim real- | ity, nor the stark nakedness of death, they poetically speak of entering the ! land of romance, crowned with the i halo of the gathering western sunset.
 Never in the English language has
 there been a term so beautiful given
 to death as the two words Going I vest
 I
 peace, but to the young who have just I begun to live, who are going forth to 1 die-to give their lives as a sacrifice 1 comes the question If a man die shall | he live again?" When we ask our l selves the question: we are baffied. We 1 stand before a closed gate of darkness We don't know. There are mysteries l too precious for the human mind tc
 know, these have been left for the future to reveal.
 The Hebrew Bible is a book of eth ical religion It is rot a book of hope but a book of trust-"Though He slaJ me, yet will I trust in Him. The Jew kases his hope of immortality in his
 infinite trust in his God and that he
 is part of the divine creation of hi.
 God, that he is not a being created by chance, that this present worlt
 conflict is not that of chance, and a! he trusts his God day by day, can h. not trust one step further and trus in his immortality? An! just one stel further. Not reasonable conjecture but the firm belief that If a man di : he shall live agan.''
 I cannot take tEe space to give"
 complete synopsis of Dr. Wise's ad dress, but I would like to repeat on
 verse of the poem Going Vest whicl : was published in the New York Time :, a few months ago.
 Going West. o my comrade, . In a long peace-a brave peace-th end we may not know, Brothers, we've been through all tn stormy weather
 Brothers we'll be as we lie down to !, gether-
 And strong winds from the Westlan
 over the trenches blow!''
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26
GREETINGS FROM M. RoENA.

Dear Social Corner Sisters:-It has been a long, long time since l have paid the dear corner a visit. In fact, it has been so long I feel that I am almost stranger with you. There are so many new writers, and so few of the old ones that one can't help but exclaim: Where: oh where are they?
 I thought was forgotten by The Corner friends, but at Christmas received beautiful calendar frora In- terested Reader So immediately my interest in The Corner was revived and I said I will write again.
 The Courier comes to my little home every week and The Corner is read with delight; but I do truly miss the old writers. I did enjoy Enid S letter so much last week;s and Rural Delivery's of a few weeks ago. My little home is a continual joy to me. although we have had a very severe winter, the coldest in years, the mercury reaching 30 degrees be- low zero, a regular New England winter. have been so comfortable, and l feel that can hardly be thank full enough for such great bless ing. Our gas pressure has been the very best. We have had no freless days, as they have had in. many l places.
 If you should pass by my house, in one window you would see a conser- vation food card. Yes, we are ob- serving the meatless and the wheat less days, and feel that our sacrifice is nothing; but glad we can do our "bit"; and in another window you will see the Red Cross service card, | and I am happy to say am mem Der and am knitting socks for our soldier boys. I am also member of the French Relief Society that is do- l ing good work for the destitute and homeless in that country made deso- late by the cruel, cruel war
 am, also the proud owner of a Liberty bond, not a large one, but large enough to ease my concience for am surely trying to do my "bit' ir every way possible, and do you ask if I am still the bread winner" ir my house. I proudly answer "yes!' The high cost of living and the num- erous calls we have for money some times makes it difficult problem te solve how to make ends meet witt butter selling for fifty cents pound eggs fifty cents a dozen, pork forty cents a pound, cornmeal seven and z half cents a pound, lard thirty five cents a pound. the only way one car do is to pay cash and watch the lit. tie wastes and see that the platter i. clean.
 I know it is just awful hard, bu we can, we must economize until the war is over, then we will be so uset to it we will not want to go back tt our old extravagant ways:
 If any little word of mine l May make a life the brighter,
 If any little song of mine
 May make a heart the lighter,
 God help me speak the little word
 And take my bit of singing,
 And drop it in some lonely vale
 To set the echoes ringing"
 Best wishes to our kind Editor an, happy, prosperous New Year to al the Social Corner friends.
 M. ROENA. | Alexandria Ohio
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26

Dear Social Corner Editor: I mo- tice that Aunt Mary is Bible stu dent and cherishes the divine precepts, that Billie and Virginia are free lanc- es among books, and write occasional ly as though they would like to read more about books in The Social Cor ner.
 I often wonder what folks read books for. anyway. Sometimes I av- craze over book. a week the year round; and I have read the Bible through twice-once aloud But it is not the reader of many books that mankind is warned to look out for, for the legend reads: Beware of the man of one book" So far as I can perceive we shall have to look out for Aunt Mary.
 I am inclined to think I read books to discover how little I know arsl how much other people have found out in life that I haven't, or enjoyed in life that I should like to.
 I haven't read either of the books Billie mentioned, although I may have read a half hundred war stories; but I had heard of Christine, and asked for her several times; nut she is d high f1ier in the book world, and it makes little difference how many copies are in the library, they are always out! Instead of trying to read the books other people do, I must confess that, l
 read many books other people don't I have noticed that the more ideas there are in book the less it is in popular demand. and the easier it is to get it from the library
 I like knockers in the book world
 and hence, H. G. Wells, J. H. FabTe Cora Harris, Winifred James and l others. are in favor with me I like 1 Gene Stratton Porter's books be-
 cause they are full of flowers, birds
 and fresh air l What do you like?
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26
HOW TO GIVE AN ALLIED SOCIAL

To raise money and donations for relief funds and to bring Sunday school and church together for a so- ctal evening: All children of the Sun day school who are to take part enter free: others are charged admission.
 The platform of the Sunday school room should be decorated with the flags of America, France, England and the other allies, if they can be pro- cured. At o'clock an interesting pro- cession marched up the aisle, headed by Uncle Sam, seven of the church choir dressed to represent the differ ent allies, America, France, Great Britain, Belgium, Servia, Italy and Ja- pan. Ribbons will do in the national colors if costumes cannot be obtained. They take their stand on the plat form and lead the audience in singing The Battle Hymn of the Republic, On- ward. Christian Soldiers, America and the Star Spangled Banner.
 Then Uncle Sam, who is master of ceremonies will announce that each
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26

class in the Sunday school has been asked to contribute money or other donations to the war relief fund and to make it's contributions in a unique way. The classes are seated together, at the back of the room and each class numbered, and they go forward or their members are called and present their donation to Uncle Sam who turns it over to the ally for whom it is in-. tended. First comes up the aisle class of toys bearing a stretcher on which lays a dummy composed entirely of food. The head is pumpkin; the body a bag of flour. the legs made of cotton filled with potatoes, the feet bags filled with sugar. s t, Two small boys represent the next class, one very thin the other very. | fat. They go through with a comical pantomime, during which the thin boy calls the fat one fatty (by gestures) {. The fat boy intimates he can easily reduce himself and proceeds to remove his overcoat. sweater. and one suit af- ter another, until he gets down to his natural size The clothes are turn ed over to France for her refugee chill dren.
 An amusing way for girls to give clothes is to put on everything back ward, comb their hair over their faces, wear masks on the back of their heads, or sunbonnets hind side before The girls walk backwards up the. aisle. Then remove their coats, jackets and dresses (which are worn over their other clothes), and to present them to Cncle Sam.
 A class of small girls who can make a Complete baby kit, dressing a big f kI- oy~ olr. 4I-- rest of the kit in a small suitcase. The baby's mother and another as nurse; the rest follow behind as the children of the family. The baby is wheeled up to the platform and with the suitcase is presented to Uncle Sam.
 ."The old woman who lived in a shoe," carrying a huge switch. leads up all her children, switched them all and collected a pair of shoes from each cne.. These she presented to Uncle Sam, who turned them over. to Bel eium.
 A small boy drawing an express wa son fitted with old linen collected for the Red Cross. marches up the aisle yelling Justify, Any rags, any bones gift on the platform
 Everybody will exclaim when they see a small dog trotting up the aisle wearing a Red Cross band around his hody. He ascends the platform ant waits while Uncle Sam opens a pocket il; the band, takes out check whict reads: For the American Red Gross Fund.-
 A funny performance is given by class of small boys. dressed as dudes each swinging cane, while they art strutting about the platform, as COW boy rushes in, grabs the canes ant with sweep of his hat, presents then to Uncle Sam who turns them ove to France and says that one of tn, greatest needs of the relief workers i canes for the crippled soldiers.
 The last number is ''The three iittl Kittens who lost their mittens'' Thre ! very small girls, dressed like "Chees Cats" march up the aisle to the plat form and present Uncle Sam wit three pairs of mittens So he canno say the girls never gave him the init
 ten.
 The entertainment closes bys tn
 singing of The Star Spangled Banne, the people standing. The food is auctioned off after tn ,, entertainment. & DOM PEDRO.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26
TESTED RECIPES.

{ Dear Sisters of The Social Corner: These tested recipes may find favor with some of you:
 Cheese Straws: One cup grated sharp cheese, -one-half cup starch, one half cup four one rounded teaspoon baking powder, two tablespoons lard, one teaspoon Worcestershire sauce, one half teaspoon salt, dash of papri- ka one egg and one-quarter cup of milk Sift the corn starch, flour. salt and baking powder into bowl: add the cheese and mix lightly with. fork; then add the lard (which must be cold), very slowly and rub lightly. until well mixed Beat the egg with two tablespoons of milk, Worcester shire sauce and add If not enough to moisten, add a little more milk so the mixture can be put on foured board ard rolled out one quarter inch ! thick. Cut strips one-quarter inch wide and four inches long, Dron in deep, hot fat, and fry, a nice light brown; drain on paper and serve with l salad. iss ?. --. .---.. si-z7 ~ A novel way is to make few rings about the size of silver dollar then l put tone-half dozen straWs through | each one. .s*-1 s''~
 sauted Bananas: Remove the skins and scrarS off the flores, csst in halves each way. Cover the bottom of. 8 frying nan with butter, and fwhe1 | Drowned on both sides, thoroughly serve on toast or as a garnish with an appropriate dish.
 i Corn Cakes: One-half cup granu lated com meal. one cup four. one half teaspoon salt. two teaspoons o1 baking powder: two teasDoons sugar one egg, one scant cup milk; one ta- hlespoon butter Mix the meal, four l salt. baking powder and sugal thoroughly Beat the egg until light add the milk and lard tor hntter). ana 1 blend by beating well. Fake In { | shallow pan about 20 minutes.
 Use sour milk if you prefer, ant oelv one teaspoon of baking powde with one-ha1f teaspoon Of soda
 Spanish MackereI: Wash and spIi
 the fish down the back. dust with sal
 and pepper, brush, over with butter
 and put on wire broiler and. broi
 fesh side down. When brown, turl
 and brown the skin side. Chop fine on
 tna snoon parsley, mash with one ta hlaspoor hltter, add slowly the 5iuic Il of. o1e-half lemon. When fish i
 cooked, place on hot plate, garnisl
 with water cress and quarter of lem on, and pour sauce over. Best wish
 es to all. '.
 EASTER LILY.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26

Dear Social Corner Sisters: Ruth, did you ask me if ] love butter? l must say I am very fond of bread and butter and have been accused of eat ing butter and bread. % 7+o
 I thank Interested Reader for my pretty calendar. do wonder how many he made. It looks as thougI there was a touch of woman's hand.
 With the war, the weather and "the wittles," it is enough to drive one crazy. So many of us hope for a speedy ending, and yet sometimes, it seems we are. hoping against hope. Did you ever hear of so many lieu tenants and all the girls seem to be marrying lieutenants. Well, I suppose we need them in: our business I cae- not say l. admire this wartime marry ing. I refer to these a"spur of the moment" marriages. When the war ends I am afraid there will be many ] widows, and orphans. My attention ] was called not long ago to contrast two war brides. One,I will call Sunshine 1 and the other Shadow.
 Sunshine came in the afternoon, un- usually animated, and upon inquirine the cause of her ,hilarity, she replied: Didn't you know he has been draft ed? Now there is nothing in the world | to keep me from having good time
 MT. - called me up today and we are going to the theatre and then tc
 the cabaret, and I won't have to gC
 home. till morning ..-. When she left me she was in more i sober frame of mind, and I was jus
 in the mood to welcome Shadow, who
 came at twilight.
 "Oh I feel so lonely! I have jus
 written him a long letter. I heard l that. they are going to be sent tt , France If so, shall store my thing. l and go home to mother, for I feel ht
 would be happier to know that wa.
 there."
 | With, a kiss and God bless you | Shadow" she. left me. .l | I compared these two girls anc l thought. It behooves a woman to ac l in such a way that if her husband l should win glory upon the battlefield
 he would proudly take her hand act
 say: My country and my wife wer, | my incentives" and she should let he
 actions so mould her character that i her husband is guilty of an ignobl,
 deed the world will say: "Too bad
 and he had such a worthy wife"
 | Enid: I am exceedingly prou&l tha my clarion call was effective of $,
 much good. know everyone enjoyed your letter. Let Us have another soon | I find it my imperative duty t | sound the clarion once more-this tim,
 for Etta Barber. You are not forgot.
 tan by any means. My aim is to ge
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26
HOMEMADE HARD SOAP.

Dear Readers of the Social Corner: One of the Sisters wanted my rule for hard soap, so | aim sending it to The Corner as others may like to use it. ,.e .4I-
 The papers tell us that in Germany only the very wealthy have real soap. They make substitutes called near soap," and some. of these have been found very injurious. The shortage is caused by the conservation of oils and other ingredients, made necessary by the war. Let. us hope the. same trouble will not reach this country we can by making cur own, for even now we are warned to, economize on all fats
 For several years I have made my own soap for all kitchen and laundry use, and have found it a. great saw ing as this rule makes eighteen large cakes of fine white soap at less than a penny a cake. It is easy to make as it requires no boiling. Do not use it too soon, as it is very hard when seasoned, and will not waste, save every particles of fresh or. salt grease (no matter if rancid), try out all 1 trimmings of meats, remove the fat from all boiled meats; in fact every thing that is not suitable for cook ing, goes into my soap grease, and ii | is surprising how soon you will find your five pound pail full.
 Some of my good neighbors add g | little now and then, and in return ] give some of the soap. Ask your grocer for a small square box that Jello comes in. It is just right tc turn your soap in. This is the rule Hard Soap-FTve pounds grease, good handful of bo-ax, 1-2 cup of Am nonia, 1 pound of lye, quarts o cold water. Put 1ye in galvanized pail, pour over water, let stand fol hour, stirring occasionally, then ado
 melted grease (srained through a cloth), borax and ammonia, stir ofter as it thickens When very thick tur1 in cloth-in box and when cool GU i in cakes
 l I thank Interested Reader for the pretty calendar. I shall prize i highly.
 i PRACTICAL FOLLY.