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Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-25
SOCIAL CORNER POEMS.
Our Home Maker.

Where the mountains slope to the
 westward
 And their purple chalices hold The new made wine of the sunset Crimson and amber and gold In this one widespread doorway With the elm bou=hs overhead- The house all garnished behind her, An the plentiful table spread, She has stood to welcome our coming Watching our upward climb In the sweet June weather that
 brought us
 Oh. many and many a time! Again in her doorway opened, And the house Is garnished and
 sweet.
 But she silently waits for our coming And we enter with silent feet. A little while she is waiting: Not where she has met us before. For over the pleasant threshold She is only 10 cross once more. The smile oH her face is quiet, And a lily is on her breast; Her hands are folded together. And the word on her lips is rest" And yet it looks like a welcome For her work is compassed and done All things are seemly and ready, And her sumner is just begun. lt is we who may not cross over, Only with song and prayer, A little way into the glory, We may reach. as they leave her
 there. ..- But we need not think of her idle, She must be a homs-maker still, God Eiveth that work to the angels Who Attest the task fulfill. And somewhere yet, in the hilltops Of the country that hath no pain, She will watch in her beautiful door
 way
 To bid us welcome again.
 Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-25
HUMOR OF THE DAY

"Are you a general houseworker2"
 well, I did housework for a gen., eral.-Life.
 ''Do you think you could learn 10 love me, Christopher?
 well, I passed Calculus."-Jack- o'-Lantern.
 His Wife-There isn't a single thing fit to eat in the house, dear.
 The Brute-Whati Have you cooked everything then?-Ideas.
 He (after he had watched her knit ting for an hour)-What are you knit ting?
 She-I don't know yet-Panther.
 "They say he's a confirmed som anmbulist.''
 "Yes. I hear he once walked out of church. Courier-JournaL
 Mighty few women are sincerely observing as many sweetless days as they should.'
 My wife is. She hasn't eeen sweet to me for a month. Judge.
 The ble-My boy, do you realize how great is the solemnlty oa an oath. before you commit yourself :? The Boy-Why-why, yes, sir. l i caddied for you fast Sunday-Widow.
 Smith is a lucky man." said Brown.
 "He certainly is," agreed Jones. He has raised six daughters and he doesn't have to support even one of his sons law" - Cincinnati En- | quirer.
 Friend Husband-Do you think it would be conceited of me, dear, to say that I am a self-made man 1 Friend Wife (sweetly) = Not con ceited, my dear, merely superiuous- Awgwan.
 'Muriel feared the other girls fr the Gaiety chorus wouldn't notice hel engagement ring
 Did they? Four of them recog- nized it at once e"-London Opinion. Pardon me for asking you about your war garden, but is it proving what you thought it would be-"
 "Yes," replied MT. Jibway, bitterly
 I'm not on speaking terms witf anybody in my neighborhood. ."-B1r- mingham Age-Herald.
 Miss Ro1leyI IOldun-One thing wor- ries me and that is the wedding trip It will be horrid to have people know
 Her Dear Friend-Oh, don't worry Get him to call you Ma" when you're travelling and they'll think you art his ruother-Boston Transcript.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-25

Dear Social Corner Sisters: did not realize the value of knowing how to make paper flowers until recently. Flowers have always been rather ir- expensive. but now that they have gone up in price I find that paper flowers are fully appreciated by my friends; not only the cost of manu- lecture is slight, when one has plenty of time, but the property of durabil- ity which they possess is so far in ex- cess of that possessed by the natural flowers that they outdo them when you wish them for table decorations, etc. When get them all made I dip them in perafine wax and they look natural. and are easy to make. When the season arrives when natural flowers are practically unobtainable. and they are sadly missed by ladies who are used to them.
 I find that you must be acquainted with the flower you are to make If not, get the natural flower and study it.: but much depends upon individual taste and judgment
 The following directions may help you. If you wished to make earna- tiens q made a great many Mothers day for the children), cut five circles at once, following the outlines of the pattern, fold so as to make eight lobes, notch the top of each: when cut and notched. take the thread and dip in parrafine wax Then make the center by fastening the stem over. You want 1e divisions. for each pink; paste each division on the stem. pressing it tight.
 Make the stem long. I make the calyx of parafne. cut pieces out of green paper and place over them I make the leaves on the stem same as in natural pink. The pinks are made in all colors. and are used great deal. | make q great many sweet peas. You can get the natural flower and make them exactly like the flower; and as the Social Corner editor re-
 marked: You will find them all there
 except the fragrance"
 Roses. large. soft roses, make by cutting several thicknesses of paper about four inches wide, then cut down about two inches every third inch (cut with a knife), lay them around your finger lsoftlya. Draw the lower parts
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of the petals together (yery firmly) with the wire, and finish with calyx and leaves.
 But Jack Rose I make a little diff ferent for I fasten a Wad of cotton to the end of a stiff wire, place a hood Of heavy flower paper, and around this place eight or ten smaller petals. first curling the edges with a penknife; then place ten larger ones in the same way. in making roses the petals should be in sets of five each. and there should be five in each row.
 I would advise you to study the natural flower then you will find that the arrangement of the petals of a rose is somewhat peculiar. In the first place one edge of the petal is al ways over that of it's neighbors on one side. while the other edge is under that of it's neighbor on the other side. In the second place no one petal is directly in a line with that in the row next to it. but is placed beneath the edges of two. then put on the calyx and cut spray make my cups of the rose with paraf1ne wax and cover with green paper. then I dip my flowers in Iparafine wax. Having melted the wax dip your flower in quick and let drip this will cool and you have a hand some flower. Of course I have been careful to mention the parts which may seem trifiing, but ''trif1es make perfection, and perfection is no tri- fle"
 Violets are so pretty and such a ia
 vorite, I have made them for little ia vors. Cut several divisions, then take | two of these and place one inside the
 ether, so the petals will alternate, fix
 the centre on the wire. then pinch from the centre these two that you
 have pasted together. I would twist the stem with dark green paper. I should like to send directions fol
 making sunfiowers and chrysanthe-
 nuns, Easter lilies. etc, but if yeu get the natural flowers you will have
 a better teacher than I could be.
 To the Sister who suggested buyine a Liberty bond, am willing to dt my share.
 JTNCT.E SANpS nATTCuTEP
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-25

tatoes and cabbage, prepared in soup, furnishes sixty adults with all the vegetables they care to use at a meal.
 It is interesting to know that bar rel of these dried vegetables, weighing one hundred pounds, provides vege- table soup stock for battalion of 1iX thousand persons, and that the raw; unprepared vegetd bles, which make up this combination, would fill thirty barrels, and would weigh appromi- mately three -quparters of a ton
 The tremendous importance of all this from the standpoint of liet and economics can hardly be overestima- ted. But what concerns us even more vita1ly at the present time is the vast saving effected in transportation costs and labor, and the influence these may have in helping to win the war. Physical Culture.
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COINS AND SOL DER BOYS.

Dear Social Corner Editor: A Sis- ter inquired if anyone remembers the half-cent. I remember the half-cent and the nine pence which was 12 1-2 cents and in their value to the buyer know no good of them. The half cent is a device to counterbalance the craft of trade whereby they plan to get something for nothing. The half cent, however, has better excuse for it's existence than the old silver three cent piece. or the 25-cent goldpiece, which served principally as curiosity in coinage. Everybody was glad when these coins ceased to circulate, but the cupidity of trade is mena acing the pub lie once more and the 15-cent milk and the 6-cent trolley fafes are lead- ing to demand for a resumption of this old coinage. The hals-cent which is rare, like the rare postage stamp, brings high price among collectors.
 There is nothing about the rum ra- tiens in the army to worry mothers Or anyone else. The men who handle armies know too much to weaken man power by serving liquor to the troops. It is only on special occasions rum is served out to men in the army, and then the quantity is medicinal dose rather than a drink.
 While in the service I knew rum to be served twice in a year, and the quantity was not on either occasion enough to befood1e an infant. If 2 comrade with a thirst could get the rations served to half dozen men who didn't care for dose he might show a slight collaboration in his speech,
 but he couldn't get enough to make
 him stagger. A drunk is no more pop
 ular in the army among his comrades than he is at home among his neigh
 bors. Army life doesn't make drunk ards but keeps tInbibers mighty thirsty.
 Don't worry about demoralizing habits in the army. The army never injured the morals of d good man and
 it is difficult for it to improve the hab- it's of a bad one.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-25
PRESERVE THE RHuBARB.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: Rhu- barb may be preserved in other ways than canning. In preparing for all uses the skin should not be removed. Pink skinned varieties are preferable. Rhubarb juice, either sweetened or unsweetened, one cup of sugar to one quart of juice, may be brought to a boil, skinned, poured into sterilized bottles and sealed. This makes a pleasant acid drink either alone or favored with grape juice, mint juice, lemon or other fruit juices, or iced tea. This juice may be used in place of lemon for sherbets and geiatine des- serts. To extract it nearly cover the cut rhubarb with cold water and pro- ceed with it as in jelly making.
 Dried rhubarb makes satisfactory pies. Prepare by stringing the stalks and hanging in the sun until brittle or cut in short pieces and dry or eva porate like apples. Stalk may be cook ed before drying. To use prepare as dried apples for sauce or pies. Used
 in combination with tasteless apples it improves the flavor of both.
 Canned Rhubafb Good for Pies)
 Carefully select and wash rhubarb.
 Cut it in nearly even lengths. Pack it into clean jars. Fill the jars with COta "dlCI cAU 0Odls WAoPR1A5 Joi . in paper helps to prevent the rhubarb from bleaching.
 Canned Rhuharb Good for Saucel |: Wash rhubarb. Cut in pieces. Blanch one or two minutes in boiling water. Plunge it into cold water and pack at once into jars. Pour over 1t hot sy- rtip, using one cup sugar to one quar;
 water. Adjust rubber and partly seal Set the jars in hot water bath and steam twenty minutes. A richer sy- rup may be used if desired.
 Rhuharb Punch: Cook rhubarb unti soft if fresh, otherwise use canned Mash through sieve. To each cup oi rhubarb juice add three cups of water
 and one-quarter cup sugar. The juice of a lemon. half cup of strawberry juice or other fruit may be added Ii desired. Serve ice cold in glasses witt a bit of mint leaf or rose geraniun
 in each glass. This is delicious sum, 1 uer drink.
 Rhubarh lee; Two stalks rhuharb one lemon, one and or1e-haf cups SUI. gar, six cups water, one tablespoon l gelatin soaked in one quarter cup O.
 cold water Cook rhubarb until ten. der and run it through a sieve. Cool
 sugar and water until it makes goot syrup. Add the gelatine and the cool
 ed rhubarb. When cold add 1emo1 juice. Strain and freeze.
 HANNAH WHO.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-25
A WORD FROM SILENT PARTNER

Dear Social Corner Sisters: I want to thank the Sisters who are sending recipes that help to conserve wheat. I have just tried one for gems made with rye four and corn meal, that is very good.
 Another Sister who did not sign any name sent one for eggless rye mullins which is nice.
 would like to ask Peggy Anne if she makes bread of all barlev?
 I make sugar cookies of barley and use it some in cake, but can't make very good bread with the substitutes.
 think the substitutes must require more yeast and baking powder. than
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-25
ED CROSS PARADE.

t,rs of The Social Corner: I'm .escnce Of President Wilson, walking at tha head of the seventy five thousand Red Cross marcherss on Saturday afternoon last touehed the hearts of New Workers.
 As the snowy line swept down the fhoroughtare. the cheering became louder and louder, and as the word was passed along. President Wilson, President Wilson walking in the pa rade.r instantly the burst of applause that came from the waiting throngs and the wild scramble to obtain a point of advantage, undeniably be- spoke their admiration.
 President Wilson, smiling and with bared head. walking as man with man through the mass of waving flags and wilderness of enthusiastic people look cd well his part-that of the worlds leader. - .-.-...--
 The pageant in many respects was like that of last fall. except a larg- CT number of marchers, as it was about five hours passing one given point -4'-e 6
 But Red Cross flags were,s every where. covering the fronts of buildings. filling every available space and the hands of the onlookers.
 A body of nnarchers, forming a huge Red Cross, was one of the fine fea- lures of the pageant. The various units of nurses and auxiliary workers many of whom were dressed in white wearing blue or red veils, some in hospitoi caps lined with red, pass cd on in endless file.
 The division of a school children representing ths pubic schools. of the city, alI in white with red ties anI white shoes and, stockings, kept to fhesr marching step with greater pre- ci1ion than their elders. and were gfren a great ovation all along the line
 The soldiers and sailors swung along singing. It's a long ways to Berlin bu. we'll hammer the hell out of the entser when we get there" and the
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Preston.
Boy Scouts to Help Government Find
 Black Walnut.

President Wilson's appeal to the Boy Scouts of America to help win the war by locating supplies of black walnut trees has been followed by arrange ments under which the War Depart ment the Forest Service and the Boy Scout organization have joined efforts to find the needed timber.
 As President Wilson pointed out
 War Department program makes the securing of black walnut lumber for upse in manufacturing airplane pro- pellers and gunstocks of the utmost importance. War Department and Forest Service officials are eornbing the country for black walnut timber, which can no longer be found in abundance anywhere but has to be culled, often as single trees, from mixed forest growths. Much of the ] black walnut that is left is in far
 mer's woodlots, and it is primarily to locate this that the Boy Scouts l have been called into service. In the aggregate, there are said to be large supplies. Many thousands of blanks and let l ters of instructions are being printed 1 by the Government for distribution
 to scouts and scout masters through
 out the region in which black walnut
 occurs in commercial quantities. On- dividual trees may be found as far east as Connecticut northward in New
 York to and beyond the Canadian line southward almost to the Gulf o1
 Mexico, and westward far into the
 prairie States, but the Ohio and Miss issippi Valley States, the Middle At lantic States, and the Southern Ap- 1 palachian region are expected to fur
 nish most of the supply. As reports are turned in by the scout masters they will be tabulated by the Forest
 Service and reported to the War De- partment.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-25
TIE xEw AMBITION.

World, love you; You do not know me; You shall know me. You shall love me- Not because l shall be great But because I will to be good, Such a lovely common way To greatness, Open to every honest man, The straight and narrow way Narrow but high as heaven And bright with rocks and stars. As a youth
 I longed to be great. To be praised.
 I strove and failed. I would have stolen my brothers
 birthright.
 Thank Godi I failed.
 Cast forth stranger
 On desert, on mountain,
 On bare and cold coast.
 My pillow has been a rock.
 By my dream the ladder to heaven And angels ascending, descending. Tn ascent or descent They found a soul. I know not where, I know not when, I know they brought 1t And it is all for you. And your soul is for me, So God has come to you and to me. Harold W. Gammons in June Nau- illus
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-25
GREETINGS FROM READY.

Dear Social Corner Editor: Once again I greet you. Does it not seem good to be able to sit out and enjoy the nice weather, as I am doing at the present time?
 I wish to thank the hostesses foS the nice way they attended to the wants of my friends and myself at the last gathering. We all enjoyed it so much. We were sorry we could not stay as long as we wanted to.
 Remember Me: You have my sym pathy.
 Amelia, one of our loyal members, is now q shut-in and in her inva1ided condition it would be pleasant for her to have card shower.
 Best wishes to all the Sisters.
 READY
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-25
THANKS.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: The hostesses of Social Corner Club No. 3 wish to thank all who helped make the meeting Of May 18th such sue cess. We were glad to see so many there. and hope all had a good time. r'-' Why not come to dinner next
 4r1er's Boy: Have you at
 nut Who is Who9's
 tGcs to all
 CHEFS SISTER.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-25
HOW TO SAVE SOAP.

Dear Sisters of the Social Corner:
 Someone writes The Bulletin of May 18th that she uses nine quarts of water to one quart of water glass in putting down eggs. I get water glass from well known firm and the direc- tions on the quart can are to Use fif- teen (15) quarts of water to one can of water glass; also boil the water and cool it before adding the water glass.
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I have put down eggs by this rule for years with good success.
 Do you want to economfze in using soap? If so, use just kerosene in water to wash windows and. paint-no soap. Just. try it. One-half cup of kerosene to six quarts of water. I learned 1t from professional window washer of Hartford.
 sSss2 siIINA
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Love.

Ask not of me, love, what is love? Ask what is good of God above, Ask of the great sun what is light, Ask what Is darkness of the night, Ask sin of what may be forgiven, Ask what is happiness of Heaven, Ask what is folly of the crowd, Ask what is fashion of the shroud, Ask what is sweetness of thy kiss, Ask of myself what beauty is.
 Bailey
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OVER HERE.

q gave My life for three; what hast thou done for Me?" In the mire of the trenches,
 In he fog of No Mans Land. In the smoke of cannon belches. In the mud and rain and sand So that YOU may never know All the horror and the evil
 Wrought by an inhuman foe Through shot and shell and battle, Through rivers that run red, Through gas that chokes and stif1es, Through rain of shrapnel lead, They fight their way undaunted
 With courage high and true. What will YOU-YOU-do for them Who have gone through hell for
 YOU? pa1tirnnre May 16 1918.
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ROLL OF HONOR
Sons of Social Corner writsrs

- .r-.s-4 Walter 2. Moran, of Norwich Richard C. Moran, of Norwich. Allen Williams Hovey sterry, of Union. Conn. Earl L. Sparks, of Norwich. Arthur T. Knowles, of Wethersfield, Conn
 Floyd Mitchell of Central Village, Conn.
 Willard A. MadIsy of Lebanon.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-25

Although it looks from the outside like any other shoe, one invented in England has a separate compartment for the big toe.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-25
THE KALEIDOSCOPE

England sends over 1000 men and 3O,OOO tons of supplies to France every day.
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IsoUiRIEs AND ANSWERS.

RALSAM FIR: Thanks for cards.
 ENID sends greetings from Phila- delphia, where she has been located for some time
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-25

The world is probably little larger than you think it is, and you are probably a little smaller than you thought You were.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-25

The eggs of the turtle vary in num- ber from 50 to 100, and at first they resemble damp parchment in their texture
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-25

The water of the Antarctic Ocean has been proved to be colder than that of the Arctic seas.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-25

In an egg laying competition in Australia, a Black Orpington hen laid 335 eggs in 12 months, which is claim ed as a. worlds record for any breed.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-25

Morgan Farley, age 1T, is the young est stage manager known. He is now managing the Lyric -Theater in Gin cinnati Previously he was manager of the Seventeen in New York.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-25

In times of peace the finest poul- try that France produces is that fed in the vineyards.
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In one week the aircraft patrol around the British isles flies S0,OOO miles.
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During 1917 the British captured on all fronts a total of 115.OOO prisoners and 7S1 guns.
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MOTIVES ALONE GIVE CHARACTER TO THE
 ACTIONS OF MEN
EVERY woMAN's OPPORTUNITY

!
  should sSeanssaar week. o h Address Bulletin Norwich FIVE PRIZES EVERY MONTH ONE DOLLAR EACH, made shs ast Saturday of each month.
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M. A. Riley, a draftsman employed by the ShelbN Steel Tube Company at Newcastle, Pa, was busy knitting a sweater for the Red Cross during the three days he served as grand juror.
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all- wheat flour. I should like to hear of the experience of others. Yours for conservation.
 SILENT PARTNER.
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The town of Ashton, H., is looking for some person to climb to. the top of the water tower and put a new electric lamp there. The light has, not been used for year because nobody was willing to climb the tower,
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Dry the Vegetables to Help Win the
 War.
 It has been determined that pound of dried carrots, onions, turnips, po-,,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-25

Peanuts. like potatoes, grow under ground. When growing a short bush forms above the ground. and after Towering the branches bend down ward and enter the ground, and the nuts grow beneath the surface in clusters.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-25

A firm is making alcohol from a plant called sotol, which grows abundantly in Northern Mexico and Western Texas. It is said the plant can be gathered at a cost of from sz to $5 per ton. and that from one ton of this plant from IS to 25 gallons of alcohol. 1So proof, can be made. The Cindad Inarez plant is expected to produce, at it's full capacity. 25O gal- Ions daily.
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Awakened by a eat crying and scratching at his bedroom door.Pe- ter Bolsavage, a merchant, of John son City, Pa, found the room filled with smoke. Rushing downstairs, he eral store.
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TO MAKE PAPER FLOWERS,

EASTER LILY.