davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-09
DOMESTIC HELPS.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: think you will find these directions helpful:
 To Iron Plaited Ruffie: Iron the plaited ruffie flat, then after removing the needle and shuttle from the sew ing machine, adjust the ruffler attach ment and run the hem of the ruff1e through, using the long gage for the rlITt1es. Your waist ruffle will look like new.
 To Prevent Meat From Getting Hard When Roasting When roasting meat. lay clean white muslin cloth (weD over it, In this way the meat does not require basting so often, and is much nicer when done.
 A Preserving Reminder: Keep your doors and windows closed while fIl- ing preserving jars, thus avoiding drafts, and breakage. will be saved.
 Candle Welding: To make a candle fit a candlestick, dip the end of the candle in hot water to soften the wax. then push it into the candlestick.
 To Remove Soil Marks From Rain coats: Cut raw potato into slices and rub it well on the marks. It will also remove mud stains from dress skirts, children's coats and mems coats.
 A Glassware Hint: When washing glassware, if two tablespoons of blu ing are added to the warm. soapy water, the glass will sparkle and shine when dry.
 ETHELYN
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-09

platter, pour syrup over them. When cold pick each seed up wit! silver lS; f9rh; Good for kidneys or sweet tooth' even I never)
 I took two tablespoons marshmal.. low cream and three quarters cup or ground waltluts, mixed them and spread on top long narrow loaf of bar ley ginger bread cup-loaf in center; put half on top; bottom rart looked nice and was nice. Only gave twenty cents for pint glass jar O. the cream all sweatened. Have spread COOKIES and crackers with same. Will now use far for quinces. Jar is large at top, a nice coAer, worth nine cents and De- ing all sweeten helped lots: can use the marshmalows in your cottee-real good. Put in some.
 Cocoa and a little milk makes an other kind Of frosting.
 Winter is coming. Hold your horses or they'll get away, Ain't it pleasant with your sweetheart riding in 2 sleigh. Don't see any snow bank just now!
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-09
HOW TO MAKE MITTENs,

Dear Social Corner Sisters: Some of you may desire to crochet mittens for the children this winter, and the following formula will be satisfactory since ti has been often tried and pleased those who have tested it. This rule applies to children from 3 to years of age and they fit the little ones fine. Crochet a chain which, joined, will slip easily over the hand; join and crochet single crochet six times round, taking back of stitch Now continue round and round, taking through the stitch (both loops) until wrist is as long as you wish. Now put three stitches to start the thumb gore, rest of row plain.
 Next RoW-Plain.
 Third Row-Two stitches in first of three Widened in first two, one single crochet stitch (s @ in next, two in next, of row Ldain.
 Next Row-Three stitches between widening. Continue widening every other row till the mitten is long enough to cover the hand to where the thumb separates from hand. Instead of widen ing, chain three and skip the thumb gore going on round and round the hand till the mitten is long enough to reach the top of the little finger. Now crochet ,, skip 1, crochet ,, skip 1. Repeat all around. Five rows plain. Crochet 4, skip 1, repeat all around. Four rows plain. Crochet g. skip 1, repeat all around. Three rows plain next two, etc .3Still the mitten is "toed | off" Then round and round on the thumb till long enough and "toe of. 1" REBECCA
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-09
HOW TO PUT UP GoosEHERRlEs

Dear Social Cornerites: I do enjoy the letters the Sisters write The Bull letin, especially Aunt Mary's, as I have known her for a good many years, and her letters are so like her it is almost like having a visit with her to read them. -....at
 I wonder if any of the Sisters raise gooseberries? They are such an old fashioned fruit. I never hear anyone speak of them, or give recipes for their use. 1 have few bushes in my gar den. l tried canning them, but did not like them that way, and thought some of you could tell me how to put them up for winter use other than in jelly, as l have done years past. This is the way l make my jelly:
 Gooseberry JelI-Wash the berries (after stems are picked off) in two or and boil until the seeds are loose pour into bag and drip several hours or over night (do not squeeze); measure the juice and let boil 20 minutes or ne-half hour, then add two-thirds as many cups of sugar as you have juice boil until it will jell when a spoonful is dropped on cold saucer.
 It is very nice.
 Trust to be able to attend the meet ing at Buckingham Memorial in De- cember. It was great disappointment not to meet with you Nov 7th, as we had planned to do had the meeting been as usual Wednesday
 Your new Sister,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-09

ones. I left them down stairs. put on the cheesecloth over my mouth and nose, went up and found them all very sick and in much need of care. went by Not a Nurse" directions and they are all getting well. I and my little ones arr ' well. too.
 Cheese For Sandwiches: One fourth pound cheese, cut fine, one-half cup milk, cook till well blend ed, add one beaten egg. salt aud pep per to taste and stir till it~thicKens.
 White Bread: Put in bread-mixer one-third cup Crisco, one pint hot wa ter three teaspoons salt, two table spoons. sugar. then add one pint cold water, one compressed yeastcake, and three pounds flour; mix well and let rise over night; in the morning stir thoroughly, let rise well. l.sthen make in three loaves, let rise and bake 45 min utes., .
 Brown Betty: One and one half quarts sliced apples, a little water, bring to boil and have ready a but tered baking dish; line With bread crumbs, put in layer of apple, sprin- llle with sugar and cinnamon. more crumbs, little butter and continue until dish is nearly filled. Bake a nice brown. Serve with cream.
 Lemon Rice Pudding: One pint of milk, one-half cup rice boiled: add to milk juice of one-half lemon. three fourths cup sugar, yolks of two eggs; use the whites for meringue. Beat very light an add tablespoon sugar one teaspoon cornstarch, return tC oven and slightly brown.
 KATYDID.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-09
THE TWO BIRTHS.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: pre- sume you have heard it said that it is just as natural to die as it is to be born.
 I believe the Scriptures teach us of two births-the mortal birth and the birth ito the more abundant life.' It is quite positive that we personally have no true knowledge of either. We have nothing to say about it. We are
 he outcome of love or lust and our lot is made easy CT hard according to our environment and the opportunities we are born to.
 It is our conceptions and uses of life which afford us pleasure or sorrow Who knows what life is, although we live in the midst of it? Horace Bush nell said: Every mans life is a plan of God;" and others say: Life is 2 million expressions of the will of God" I think all there is in life for us is the character we build from our relations to life We each of us re- fleet life according to our absorption of it and the glow or gloom we have worked out of it. All lives vary from one another, and they reflect every thing from misery to eternal hope. You know how. some souls shine. We all like to think the second birth | is something good and abiding for us; i and we all have a right to think so. We need feel well toward the dead, as well as to speak well of them. We can trust ourselves with the God of ] Mercy and Loving Kindness. 1 SARAH ANN TLGHE.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-09
GREETINGS FROM TWICE
 TWENTY.

Dear Social Corner Friends: I have been reading the praises of Readers" molasses cookies, and I want to thank her for sending in the recipe. It is just what l have been looking fer long time. As that husband of mine likes raisins in all such, I add them to these cookies and l think it an i'm provement.
 also wish to thank Evelyn" for her instructions how to remove the the letters from grain sacks. Have tried them and had very good success.
 Deliah Deal: Your oatmeal grtddle caNes are all right; made half the re- clpe this morning for breakfast and ca; them all. just two of us.
 have just found out a new use for an ordinary tin funnel, fasten it up by the ring. put a ball of twine in it and run the end down through the funnel. Try it and see if you don't like it.
 Did you rad about the woman w{.o thought she would be economical and do her own papering? When she made the paste she thought, of course, slN, must Hooverize, so put a third of corn meal with her wheat flour ard the re- suit was that when her husband came home he found paper hanging here and there on the walls, and wads of it all over the floor, his wife weeping and telling him how she had tried to Hooverize. "Cheer up!" he says and next time use salt instead oi meal and I think you will have better success and find it less expensive. l wonder if many of you have ever read The Minister of Cedar Mountain ty Ernest Thompson Seton? Also Deer Ill Piney Woods, by J. w. Church, We read them while ago and thought them very interesting.
 With best wishes to all.
 TWICE TWENTY.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-09
THE SOCIAL CORNER
The Domestic Department
THEY CAN CONQUER WHO BELIEVE THEY CAN

brown silk.
 the milk. Pets stockings want alarming. He
 wears out the knees Just the. way. that his father. That
 dog must have fieas. Perhaps Lucy will come into town if
 it's fine Here's "a card John sent. to me that
 time from the Rhine, And now, just to tainll-I might as
 well split These kindlings tonight If that cat
 gets q fit From eating. too ma h 1t is Mary Jane's fault. I hear there's a danger recruiting will
 halt. Well. I'm certainly sleepy. My, but it's relief To get off these shoes. Whats that?
 Oh, a leaf That clung to the sole How our John ~ loved the trees. How sweet he did look when quite
 small on his kneess, To say his night prayers-I will not,
 I say By the looks of the sky we will have
 a fine day. I'll just blow out the lamp and see the
 stars bright Just to think they can see my own
 dear John tonight. They can see and I cannot. Q, dear
 Father God, If he's under or over that far way
 sod. [ wonder-O Englandl in starshine and
 dew, The souls of the mothers are wrestling
 for you. Mary Agnes O'Connor, in Waterbury
 American.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-09

let my husband go out the fifth day if I had not got my Saturdays Bulle- tin and seen your experience letter, and now he might have been in his grave.
 It is true, you can find anything you want to know in the Social Corner. Brown Bee: I have not seen any, thing from your pen for so long. Will someone send in a recipe for Vinegar Pies? My grandmother used to make them-almost as good as lemon.
 Katydid: You had in some recipes for cooking eggs. You had one more Floating Island. Will someone send that in?
 PEACE. Unionville.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-09
PRIZE RECIPES.

Dear Social Corner Editor: It was with very much pleasure I read the account of "Subscriber,' "Appreciative Party" and Rye B" trying my mo- lasses cookey recipe, and liking it so much.
 I am glad my molasses cookies found their way to the oven and I am cer- tainly pleased to know you liked them. I can honestly say I am more pleased than I was when a certain magazine came and I saw I had two prizes one for Beet Hash" and the other for Graham Bread" The sane recipes I have sent to The Corner, and when the Household Editor" said she wanted best recipes I sent them, that makes twelve prizes I have taken for the same recipes have sent you all in The Corner, and they are certainly good. r
 Now I will advise you concerning my pie crust recipe. It is my prize recipe. I have made crust for over 20 years and received prizes from stand ard concerns. It IS never fail recipe. Make as I write it down and you will always have good luck:
 Three cups of f1ourfi one tablespoon sugar, one teaspoon salt, one teaspoon making powder, sift three times. This makes two large crusts or three me- dium ones. Put in one cup of lard and work in with your hands until like meal; then add one-half cup of ice cold water and stir with knife until you put it in your hand ard squeeze, and when it feels fine you have it just right. Cut thin into four parts, if you want two pies.
 Take one part out on wax paper T1yit l-11h rolling pin with a little four. roll out, put on pan Gf just an under crust. bake on plate upside down). if a reg ular pie, place under crust on pan and the upper crust; afte" rolling out take one-h half teasoon butter to two tablespoons Of milk and ruh the top crust: some of may friends have a brush; that is what you Wa~t to brush the top of your pies with: place in oven and bake a delicious brown. have sent this recipe Co The Bull | letin several times but you may not | have read it, and may be you have and though nothing about it. You can make ''Namly's Pamlys'' by using this pie crust recipe, but. after rolling out sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar Roll pie crust up in a roll-cut off | two inches apart and bake. My boys used to love them.
 I have veqetable soup I would like you to try: Five potatoes sliced, four onions, two carrots, a little soup, eel cry a few sprigs parsley and one tur- nip; boil until done ani then mash the vegetables q drain them), put about ne-eighth pound of butter or two tablespoons of butter in your soup little more salt and pepper, pour wa ter you have boiled your vegetables 1T over them. I never add r1iIk when use butter. This is a delicious souI and you can build the whole thing il one hour-try it.
 Janet: I was much pleased witt Jelly and Qufnces.
 READER,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-09
SOCIAL CORNER POEM.
DOING HER BIT.

l think I'll have pudding for luncheon
 today, ] told Mary Jane that the black COW
 would stray, l wonder if John got the socks that l
 knitted, l hope that the gloves Cousin Ellie
 sent fitted, l wonder-but there! I must think of
 my meal. Oh, dear, they've sent rib-roast in
 stead of the veal Yes. sweetie, you may have an- apple,
 my pet. l wonder if John got the box sent.
 yet. l wonder-But. there, I'll just sweep up
 the walk. Come, children, and pick up your
 pencils and chalk. How warm it is getting. Spring soon will be here. The weather in France will be rainy,
 l fear And standing in trenches-Tll wash
 out these pieces. Mrs Alden's whole property went to
 her nieCes. Nice girls. I remember. Our John used
 70 like The one with-I heard the munitions
 will strike. Not the time, I should think, war On
 us and all Well, well, Come to Granny. Did
 precious one fall? Come 10 his own Granny to cuEdle bim
 tight. 'Tis Granny's big sojer, who's going to When he gets a great man like his
 daddy away, To fight for old England and Granny
 some day. I wonder-I think that I'll turn that
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-09
HOW 10 MAKE PIES.

Dear Sisters of The Social Corner: The following receipts may please you:
 Lemon Pie: Three eggs, two thirds cup sugar, ope-quarter cup lemon juice grated rind one-haIf lemon, two tablespoons water Beat eggs slight ly, add sugar. lemon juice, grated rind and water. Bake in one crust. Cool slightly, cover with meripgue then return to oven and bake meringue.
 Chocolate Pie: Two tablespoons of butter, three fourths cup sugar, one egg, one-half cup milk. one and one- third cups flour, two teaspoons baking powder. Mix and bake as ordinary pie Split layers and spread between and on top thin layer of chocolate frost ing.
 Peach Canapes: Saute circular piec- es of sponge cake in butter until deli cately Drowned. Drain canned peach es. sprinkle with powdered sugar, few drops lemon juice, and slight grating nutmeg. Melt one tablespoon butter add peaches, and when heated, serve on cake.
 EASTER LILY.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-09
TESTED RECIPES.
Unionville.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: Here is a conservation ThanlzsGi,. ing Wheat less Plum Pudding: Two cups brown bread, three cups skinned milk, one cup raisins, one-half cup dates, pit ted and cut in small pieces, two beaten eggs, one-ha!f cup brown sugar mix ed thoroughly with one teaspoon each of cinnamon and vanilla and one-half teaspoon each of cloves and nutmeg, a pinch of salt Soak the bread in the milk for thirty minutes, mix with the remaining Ingredients, turn into greased pudding dish and bake one hour in a moderate oven.
 Harvest Salad: Carrot, from the rab- bit stew; three tart apples. two cups chopped raw cabbage; dice the car rot and apples; add to the cabbage, season with salt, paprika tablespoon of grated onion; mingle with mayon- naise. Serve in the salad.
 Entire Wheat Flour Gems: One cup entire wheat flour, one cup four three tablespoons sugar. four level tea spoons baking powder one and one half teaspoons salt, one cup milk, one egg, one tablespoon melted shortening; mix dry ingredients; add gradually the milk, the egg we'll beaten and lastly the hot shortening. Drop from a spoon into greasel gem pans, and bake for 25 minutes.
 Wheatless and near wheatless bread and pastry:
 Rice Bread: Simmer one cup of rice until soft, in five cups of water in to which one tablespoon of salt has been thrown; then mix one yeast cake in one-half cup of luke warm water; when rice is about luke warm mix in with it one tablespoon of warm sugar one of melted shortening, {, scant two quarts of flour, dissolved yeast cake and let this rise, then rurn out on a foured board and mold into three 1 loaves.
 Conservation Fruit Cake: Mix one J cup of molasses with one we'll beaten 1 egg, stir into this three scant cups barley flour into which have been sift- ed two and one-quarter teaspoons of baking powder, one teaspoon of soda one-half teaspoon of salt, one teaspoon cinnamon, one-quarter teaspoon nut meg, just a pinch of cloves and add a good two-thirds of a cup of sour milk and one teaspoon grated lemor peel one cup prunes, cooked, pitte6 and cut in small pieces, half cup ot |raisins; mix n half cup melted fat anc bake in loaf in a moderate oven.
 PAULA.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-09
ROAD SOCIETY

Henry Langworthy has joined the merchant marine, going to Boston last Tuesday.
 day at Byron Billings. MT. Wilcox returned with him Monday.
 Mrs. Marcia Stanton is recovering from severe attack of acute indiges- tion.
 A number from here attended the fellowship meeting at Ledyard We'd nesday.
 Capt. Ira Hart Moves, who is some where in France, is reported as recov- ering from an attack of grip at one of
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-09
ROLL OF HONOR
Sons of Social Corner Writers

Walter F. Moran, of Norwich.
 Richard c. Moran, of Norwich. Eugene Campbell of WiIlimAntic, Conn.
 Allen Williams Hovey sterry, of Union, Conn. Earl L. Sparks, of Norwich. Arthur T. Knowles, of Wethersfeld, Conn.
 Floyd Mitchell. of Central Village. Conn. Willard A. Madey of Lebanon. William Howard Gordon, Subma- rine service, U. $. N. Myron J. RinsIand, of Norwich. Royce F. Mccall of Leonard Bridge. Calvin H. Mccall of Leonard Bridge. Walter Robinson, of New Haven. Floyd c. Knowles, Camp Devens. Milton Perry Pendleton, Niagara Falls. N. I, Samuel L. Mitchell, Manchester, \. Ii.
 Frank E. Medbury, of Canterbury. Frederick H. Race, Jr., North Frank lin.
 Herbert R. Hoffman, North Franklin. Clifford Botham, Mansfield Depot.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-09
SPANISH INFLUENZA
 RACES IN US.
Thousands of Cases Reported
 With Many Deaths.
THOSE WHO ARE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE ID 1T
 ''FRUTT-A-TIVES"-The Wonderful Fruit Medicine-Greatly Helps To Resist This Disease.

The epidemic of Spanish Influenza which played such havoc in Europe, has reached this continent. Thou. sands of cases of the strange malady have appeared and many deaths are already reported; Surgeon-General Blue of the United States Public Health Service having stated that Spanish Influenza will probably spread all over the country in six weeks".
 Practically every ship which touches our shores from abroad, brings those infected with tho disease.
 Surgeon-General Blue urges that "the individual take all the precau. lions he can against contracting the disease by care and personal hygiene. Plenty of exercize should be taken;the dietshould be regulated, etc.
 Spanish Influenza affects most Severely elderly persons and others whose powers of resistance arc weakened by illness, work or worry, especially those who are "run-doWnh or mot feeling up to the mark"
 The really great danger from ths disease $ not so much in the disease itself, as that it often develops into pneumonia.
 What everyone needs now is c general tonic like ''Fruit-a-tives'', This wonderful fruit medicine is not g germ-killer. It is @ body-builder Q strength-maker; blood-purifer a power in protecting against the ravages of disease.
 Fruit t-a tives" regulates the kidneys and bowels, causing these organs to eliminate waste regularly and naturally as nature intended. "Fruit-a-tives" keeps the skin active, and purifes and enriches the blood:
 Fruit tives" tones up and strengthens the organs of digestion. insuring food being properly dgested and assimilated
 Everyone can take ordinary prs. cautions, avoid crowded places, and use Fruit a tives" regularly to insure sound digestion, to keep the bowels and kidneys regular and the Thole system in the best possible condition. Then we are safe from disease.
 ! "Fruit-a-tives" is sold by dealers everywhere at 50c 6 box, 6 for g. 50, trial size 25c or sent postpaid on receipt of price by FRUIT-A-TIVES Limited, oGDENSRURG. N. Y.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-09
LOOKING FOR INFORMATION

Dear Social Cornerites: I am not a member of The Social Corner, though every time I read of your meetings at Buckingham Memorial, I wish I were. But l am writing for information How many of you know wno The Farmer is who talks to Us through The Bulletin every Friday? I am So interested in his talks that I never miss one, and wish I could visit his farm and take lessons. He must ne a walking Encyclopedia
 How many of you have visited him, or know where he lives?
 FARMERS WIFE.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-09
the base hospitals.

the base hospitals. -
 Bert Baci5us. who has been in gov ernment employ flor several years in the Philippines. fas been ohorne tor a brief furlough.
 MT. Purkee, the new owner of the Jonathan Wheeler &l5omestead, has built 5silo and is tpu uttingssn addition
 Mir. and Mrs. U. & Gates and sister, Mrs. Francis Moves and Daughter en- joyed an automobile trip to the state hospital Sunday afternoon
 One Of the laws oflgrAFity is not to laugh at your own jokes
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-09
THANKFUL TO 4NoT A NURSE"

Dear Social Corner Sisters: I want to thank Not a Nurse" (although I think it ought to be a trained nurse), for her letter. I had just been read ing The Social Corner when I got the word that my Sister, her husband and little Sonovere all sick with in fiuenza, and no one to care for them, so I had to go to them. left my old est at home. and took the three little
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-09
ANSWERS AND INQUIRIES.

UNCLE SAM'S DAUGHTER-Th packages received and mailed as you directed.
 PATIENCE: Thanks for fine box of chrysanthemums. I will acknowledge as soon as able.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-09
READER
J. ITS WAYS OF DOING THINGS.

Dear Social Corner Ores: A Corner Sister gave me an elvelope at church yesterday. There was written on the outside, ''Toothsome sweets, for war times. small pumpkin seeds and di- rections for making same:' Wash clean and dry. put tablespoon sugar in cup, two tablespoons cold water boil till a little thick; spread seeds on
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-09
UMBRELLA SAND.

To make | cheap umbrella stand, take two or three smooth sugar barrel hoops, cut out a piece to make them small enough, and bring the ends to- gether, and nail them to lAthes about three feet long, Place the iathes sev-
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-09
THANKFuL EoR

Dear Sisters: I am so thankful to Not a Nurse" I want to thank her for the good letter explaining Spanish influenza. l did not know one had got to be so careful not to take cold. The doctor never told me and I would have
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-09

eral inches apart, mailing on the hoop at the top, center and bottom. Use q tin pan at the bottom, smooth the while with sandpaper. and paint or stain to any desired color.
 T., NJ B.