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Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
BREEZY LETTER FROM .4 DREAMER.

. Dear Social Corner Friends: Inter ested Readers calendars seem to have aroused so many old writers to give account of themselves that I feel like getting in line myself. E It's many months since the Dreamer penned any word to The Corner friends, though her interest in The Corner is not dead-just been taking a long nap. l
 Naturally, our attention turns to the very latest thing-Hooverism- does not mean to display a food con servation card and allow the children to eat butter and sugar on their bread; but it does mean to insist that all children between 1 and 90 leave clean plates and as M. Rowena hints after the war, we shall not want to go back to the wasteful days. There are many families who have come to really enjoy g. few meatless days, as well as wheatless ones, each week. to say nothing of several sugar. less days not really enjoyed, but which can now be recalled as days when we first showed we were good HooyeriteS. Now it is coalless days which we are fearful of. We have the coal shovel tagged Gan act performed ? by the school children last week., reminding everyone to almost count the Jumps for Uncle Sam as he or she sprinkles on another shovelfui of the precious stuff. M. Rowena may indeed feel thank ful to be nice and coZy without coal Here is a good recipe used by some Hooverites: Two cups cold boiled rice, put two teaspoons baking powder and one-half teaspoon salt into two cups cornmeal and one. cup flour; mix well
 into rice with the hands; ado. one ta-
 biespoon molasses and enough milk
 and water (about one cup of each) tc
 make the thickness of any Johnny
 cake. Especially good with baked beans. s%
 1 I want to say lots more, but as l
 expect to put in a word often. will re- frain till next time.
 l Now that Billie has sounded ths
 bugle call, let's hear from many more
 familiar writers: The Doolittles INat
 and Keziah). Faye Verna, Jane Ann
 Queen Ress, Etta Barber and stil
 more.
 To those who have a vacant chair
 send sincere sympathy. Every hear
 knows it's own sorrow. We HHe; al
 profit by Aunt Mary's teachings, airi
 we'll all keep up good courage during
 these serious times.
 | fF DREAMER.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
BOOKS ARE GOOD COMPANY.

Dear Social Corner Brother Old Sol: Do you like it. and how did you get it. l think 1t is rather gloomy sounding old name. Presume you discovered it ir> book. You must be quite stu dent to enjoy reading, so much. I also enjoy reading good books and in years gone by have read a great many of them. could sit and read by the hour, the whole evening without say ing word to anybody. and then dream of them all night.
 At that time read most of Dickens works. Usually young people didn't like them. for they couldn't get Inter / ested in them. They were all so long drawn out, that you thought they would never end. and there were a]- ways so many different psrsons that if was rather difficult to keep track of them all. Most of tha characters and names were so very amusing that l couldn't help getting deeply interested l and greatly enjoying them. Would love to read them all again if my eyes would permit.
 l Have you ever read Ben Hur by Lew Wallace. If you haven't I wish YOU would. It is fine. It was always my favorite.
 have also read quite a few of the new books Myrtle Reed. Florence T. Barclay, Harriet T. Comstecls. Thomas Dixon. Jr, George Barr McCutcheon and others. - | can't seem to recognize the authors you named, only Gene Stratton Porter Think l have read all of her works and just love an her trees, flowers and birds. haven't read a. book for s long time. I only find time to read The Bulletin.
 BOB WHITE
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
RECIPES FOR THE TIMES.

Dear Sisters of the Social Corner: The following are timely recipes which ought to be appreciated in these times:
 Dry Bean Cnowdcr-Boil one cup of dry beans until tender; drain and turn into a fireproof casserole, Fry out the fat from two slices of bacon (diced); add to this one can of corn, salt and pepper and enough canned tomatoes to form. a creamy mixture when added to the beans. Mix all well together, sprinkle cracker crumbs over all. and put in the oven for 25 minutes. Serve from the. casserole.
 Manchurian Bean Fritters-Rub two cups of cold boiled beans through a fine wire sieve. Chop fine one onion, melt tablespoon of beef suet in a frying pan, put in the onion and fry it light brown. Mix in the beans; salt and Hepper to taste, turn out into a bowl and let cool; then add two we'll beaten eggs, mix well, drop from a spoon into hot fat and fry a golden brown. Take up and drain on brown with parsley and lemon slices. (This amount makes 20 fritters at an ap- 1 proximate cost of IS cents.)
 One cup sugar. one-half cup mo- 1 lasses, one-half cup shortening, ons teaspoon soda in ene-half cup boiling water, salt, one teaspoon of ginger oI spice to taste, Roll thin.
 ] Cornmeal and Apple Pudding-stil l three level teaspoons of baking poW- der thoroughly into one cup of sugal and add this mixture to one quart oi l freshly made mush, following with twe l cups of pared and sliced apples, tws l tablespoons of butter and a welfe beat en egg. Turn into a greased mould and steam for two hours. Serve ho with lemon sauce.
 | Graham Gsms-I make graham gem ] with apple every morning, good hot o
 cold. One cup of graham, one cup Q
 pastry flour, one cooking spoon of su gar, one even teaspoon of salt, tW,
 even teaspoons cream of tartar, on' even teaspoon of soda, one and ono quarter cups of milk and one 800,
 sized apple, sliced thin and put int,
 the mixture. Everyone likes them. .Thi
 makes one dozen,
 Graham Biseuits-I make graham
 biscuits sometimes. Nice hot. TW
 cups graham four, one of white ,fouI one rounding teaspoon soda, two 0
 cream of tartar. one even teaspoon 0
 salt, teaspoon of sugar. Mix with mill
 to roll You can take the. above rul
 and add apples or raisins and steaE
 for pudding. s.s~ Il - RUTH.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
ACHING FEET,

To Lucia. for sore and aching feet: Having been troubled the same way, she complains of, send a simple rem edy which has relieved mine very quickly. After having tried several alHefent remedies and receiving no beneft and suffering severely from the pain and soreness, in desperation I tried the following original curative: Into sufficient warm water to cover my feet in the wash bowl put one heaping teaspoon of mustard and One tablespoon of ginger and soaked the rect thoroughly, adding warm water as needed for twenty. minutes or more. After rubbing them dry went to bed and directly to sleep, and had no more pam in them; and in the morning the soreness was all gone. The remedy is so simple and always handy to use that l take the liberty to send 1t to The Corner.
 It might not help anyone else as it did me. but 1t might and 1t is harm less and cheap. I had often used mus tard water before. but not in connee- ton with the ginger. Knowing well the curative properties of ginger through the use of which I think I nave saved many doctors bill in my taInily in the past fifty years I tried It on my feet and felt as if they were almost as good as when I was fifty years younger. I hope it may help someone else.
 | was very glad to sec that Blue Npse had not forgotten the Social Cor ner Sisters by removing to another state. Have missed her very much and been hoping to hear from her be- fore now.
 To the New York Girl would say that l have no trouble in souFing milk by keeping it near the range or on the high shelf of the range and rstir 1, occasionally. I have more trouble in keeping the milk that I buy sweet any length of time than souring 1t. hope | New Work Girl will write often as ] am sure that have seen her, as an New Yorker by birth and know b5 her letter who she is if am not great.
 ly mistaken as she knows my address and do not hers, hope to have a per. | sonal letter from her.
 had hoped to attend the naestins nf Club No. at Buckingham Mernor.
 lal today. Feb. 9th. but the zero wea. ther is little too nush for me to ven, ture out on the trolley cars as the.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
A STORY FROM GRANDMA.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: Tn these days of prayer and anxiety for peace with all nations go back to girlhood days when liked to hear my grand mother tell of the dpings of those days of conflict when seated before an. open fire at eve. and was asked eto tell me about the revolution and war times. She would begin:
 T was six years old when Cornwallis surrendered. It was months before a treaty of peace could be signed from across the ocean with a certainty of independence after seven years struggle. One morning father said he heard firing and 1t was kept up through the day. There must be some news as it came from. the direction of Hart ford.
 Mother told me to pick up some chips for the fire. I went cut timidly thinking. about the firing and soon ] heard a mans voice in the distance shouting. ! made my way into the | house quickly. It, was one of the fast riders that carried war news from Hartford to Springfield. As he rode ID to the door he took off his hat and shouted: Peace! Peace! Tn all eui iand' mother sat on the doorstep, weep ing, for she had known the privations of war.
 T had courage to ask, What is it7' My father took mo up in his arms and said, 'Peacet Peace! my dear child It is the best gift the good God could give us.'
 That was a great day among tn, colonies. Every man greeted his netghbor and as the custom was the dscanters that were kept filled for ex, tra occasions were more or less emp. tied of their contents"
 Another story she used to tell wa! how the Boston people gave a grea tea party to the fishes. Would ", might hear those words, Peace
 Peace!" again, sounding throughou the land,
 Many thanks for the nice calendar. l nD1A
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
RECIPES ASKED FoR-

Dear Social Corner Sisters: May I come in few minutes and ask for . few recipes? ..
 I have written several times and have always had such good results is why come again.
 ] have lost some / good recipes through moving, and I wonder if the kind Sisters would send them in again; a prize soft gingerbread by Grandma; also layer cake\ by a Cook of Norwich, and good recipe for loaf cake and cup cakes. -
 I shall greatly appreciate these fa- voFs.
 I have to put up my husbands. din- ners daily and he likes home made pastry.
 Some of you run to your mother and say: Mamma, how do you do this, or that?' My good mother is in far away Sweden and have no one to ask favors of.
 Girls, love and honor your mother, for she is the best friend you have. She will never turn against you when others will, and what she says is true Her advice is good. and some day when she is gone. or you are far away from
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
GREETINGS FROM BLANCHE.

Dear Social Corner Sisters; I come again.
 |. M. B.: Your letter describing the home winter garden was fine. I have been wondering if the flowers were cultivated in a bay window? Gerani- urns must have all the light and sun shine possible during the short days to produce blosscms.
 The lettuce and radishes, I should judge. must have been raised in the fnli-perhsps October.
 have tried to raise them in win fer. The seeds came up well, and when less than two inches high would droop and die. If all is we'll I will try autumn planting. Perhaps when well rooted they will continue to grow,
 Betsy Bobbet: We miss your letters Put on your writing helmet.
 Tidy Addly and Dom Pedro: l have ben told that Indian meal was an oh-time pieorust- have used 1t for scene time; it will not cause indiges- ton.
 BI,ANCHE
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
WHOLE FAMILY
 USES THEM "FruIt-a-tlgss" Keeps Young And Old
 Ia Splendid HsaIth

SCOTLAND, Aug. 25th. 1915
 "Fr1.it-a-tives" are the only pill manufactured, to my way of thinking. They work completely, no gripping whatever, and one is plenty for any ordinary person at dose. My wife was a martyr to Constipation. We tried everything on the calendar with out satisfaction, and spent large sums of money until we happened on A'Fruit-a-tives''. I cannot say too much in their favor.
 We have used them in the family for about two years and we would not use anything else as long as we can get <'FRuIr-A-TIvEs". J.W. HAMMOND.
 Those who have been relieved by stFrt1it-a-tives" are proud and happy to tell sick or ailing friend about these wonderfultabietsnladefremfr,1itjuices. :" Fsxit-G-tives", tks cxkebrated fyGit snedieine, AGs seliege9 ro1s sg6s,sys from Stomaeh, Lissy, Bozvei, Kidney and .Skiw zI0x5kes, k4an Ggy akkSs' medicine ever dsscoseyed.
 soc. box, $ for $a. 50, trial size 2Sc. At all dealers or sent on receipt of price by Fruit-a-tives Limited. OgdeushIrg, New York,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
A SUGGESTION FROM rHEopA.

Sisters of the Social Corner: I mo- tiead in the paper of Jan. B that only four prazes were mentioned, but I must have received the fifth one, as I was much surprised to receive a slip ot yellow paper, for which I thank The Bulletin. 1 was certainly pleased Co ho . prize winner
 Added interest Is manifested in the page as we see familiar names that have not appeared for some time. TNe SociA Corner is a good place to come haak to.
 The economy that we are obliged to praetiee nov is not so much of a burden if we have been In the habit of doing a. Being careful and saving is a habit believe; and a much more desirable one than to be extravaganl or wastsful
 Children can be and should be taught to be saving in many ways. I have seen children take . couple of bites from an apple and throw 1t away, and 10 eat the soft part from a slice oi bread and throw the crust away, when the crust is necessary for the teeth te chew on as well as being the sweetest part of the bread: and leaving food on the plate. These are small begin.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
BLIZZARD CAKE.

Dear Social Corner Ones: Have you fought any snowfall hattles or do you belong to the shovel brigade? Or, like me. try to make toast of your self?
 I am glad the Social Corner still thrives.
 I miss my Country Gentleman every other week. Rather annoying when one is shut in by weather and aches and pains ons country road.
 Blizzard cake-Three tablespoons of condensed milk. two tablespoons fowl fat, or other fat, one half cup coffee, all fixed and left from the breakfast table, pinch, of salt and one-half tea spoon of baking powder; put in spice or very little fruit cut fine and well houred; thickeh same as any cake; cook rather slow; any kind of flour part white wheat,
 Molly By Fresting-Condensed milk three tablespoons, two cocoa or shaved chocolate; set cup in pan of hot water; stir well.
 JE T
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
HOW TO USE PAPER FUEL.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: Being constant reader of the Social Corner, would like to answer the question: How to sour milk. quicklye" Put g; teaspoon of strong vinegar to cup of milk. let it stand awhile and your milk will be sour, but not thick; how ever, it answers every purpose for cooking and the vinegar does not af- feet the taste of the articles cooked.
 Another way put milll'in a covered quart pail and hang it over stove so the heat will surround it, but not close enough for the milk to get hot. follow both these rules and always have good success
 My way of saving coal is to put newspapers in 8 pan of water: let them get soaking wet, then squeeze out dry and roll in hard balls the size of stove coal. put them in oven and let them dry rhoroughiy. You can use them instead of coal for cooking ol baking. Be sure they are dry and you will be surprised at the result obtain ed from them. I have cooked many 9 meal with them and did so before heard of MT. Hoover. ,.-v
 Hope someone. will try these recipes and report what success they have.
 With best wishes
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09

toasting. Cubes of bread, toast points, and small oblong pieces are most com mon. Cubes of stale bread. from which centers are removed. are fried in deep fat and called croustades; half inch cubes bro,rned in butter, are call ed croutons.
 Uses For Stale Bread: All pieces of bread should be saved and utilized. Large one sare best for toast Soft, stale bread, from which crust is re- moved. when crumbed, is called stale bread crumbs, or raspings, and is used for buildings, griddle cakes, omelets, scalloped dishes, and dipping food tol
 be fried. Remnants of bread, from which crusts have not been removed, are dried in oven, rolled, and sifted. These are called dry bread crumbs, and are useful for crumbing cro-
 quettes, outlets, fish, meat, etc.
 Tomato Cream Toast: One and one- half cups stewed and strained tomato, three tablespoons butter. one-haif cup scalded cream, three tablespoons of flour, one-quarter teaspoon soda, one- 1 half teaspoon salt, six slices toast. l Put butter in pan; add four, salt, to-
 mato, to which soda has been added, l then cream and butter. Dip slices | of toast in same. Serve as soon as
 made. EASTER LILY. I dcyvoueG ;;
 In Moscow the school teachers are practically all on strike.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
FOR THE SWEET TOOTH.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: Here are a few recipes for the sweet tooth:
 Coffee Rings; Make dough as for coffee cake, using a little more but ter and sugar and without fruit. When light roll out ins a one-fourth inch sheet, spread with soft butter and fold from sides to make three layers, cut into ene-half inch strips, cover and when light twist, and fasten ends to- gether making twisted rings. Cover, and when light bake; spread with con- fectioner's frpsting.
 CoceaHut Buns Scala and cool one cup milk, add one-half yeast cake in one fourth cup water, one- third cup sugar, and flour to make as \soft | sponge, beat well. When light add one-third cup creamed butter, two beaten yolks. three quarters cup fresh. grated ceeoanut one-fourth cup sliced citron, ons-half teaspoon salt, ant four to make a soft dough. Cover and when light again form into smal Anger lengths, place close together il greased pan Let rise again, bake 2 minutes, brown with egg white diluted | in milk. dust with sugar and eocoanu or almonds. and return to even unti glazed.
 l pate detly oPeh9e' AqQ' two egs whites beaten stiff to a mild lemoi jelly, and one cup dates cut in smal pieces; beat until stiff; mold and serv with boiled custard or whipped cream Laplanders: One pint (fulD flour pinch salt, one pint milk. two eggs one teaspoon butter. Heat milk t, nearly, but not quite, boiling. Stir il butter and salt. Beat yolks of egg
 and stir them into the milk; then ad the milk to the four and lastly tn
 whites beaten stiff. Have the pan
 hissing hot; pour in the batter an
 bake until brown, in 8 quick oven. Thi will take from 20 to 30 minutes. Tines
 may also be eaten with sweet sauc for dessert.
 Best wishes from
 r MOUNTAIN LAUREL.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
CROCHET AND HATING DESIGNS
By WINIFRED WORTH

 ' ch., l q, la oh. en each side oi lace-turH, l t ip every aFd ek ol eh. with q ch. between.
 Pleot Edging. VERY pretty and effective indeed. v Merely follow irstruetiens giYen and sea can't @ wrong Make ehainsa . little longer than the desired length, to allow for taking up in making, f 1st RoW-Turn. miss 3 ch. l t. in each ah, to end.
 End Row-Turn. ? t. in st.. 3 ch, 2 [. h same st., repeat in every { st ard ReW-Tusn, { |. 1 eh., ( d., h 1st ring. al. st, between rings. Repeat In each ring to end.
 4th RoN-TIgn sl. st np to 1st piect, 3 oh. fasten with al, st. h srd pieot, repeat to end of work.
 Eth Rew-Turn, { d.. 1 eh., 4 d.. { eh.,, { d. chy q. over each ch. of 2 ch., faHten with d. st. between.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
HOW TO MAKE GOOD CAKE.

 Dear Social Corner Sisters: I never i flour my fruit when adding to fruit cake, but add the fruit before putting l in the four, In dredging the fruit in four, it often leaves unbaked. flour
 clinging to it, after it is baked To
 add the fruit before stirring in any l flour is so easy and so satisfactory. ]
 never use drippings in cake, My moth | CT used to occasionally but if you. use the juice of lemon 1t will take away any fatty flavor besides greatly i'm
 proving it. It is necessary to have special pans for different cake; for ! instance, an angel cake in an angel cake tin.
 ! For small cake or cookies. have a hot oven. For a large, rich one a slow oven, | always sift flour before measuring i; lsifting these together several times, makes the cake ilght, while too much baking powder makes yeur cake llcourse.
 In creaming butter and sugar never melt the butter if 1t is hard, but warm your mixing bowl.
 l Beating eggs and butter make them flight.
 l Beating -four makes it todgh, 50 only ,stir the flour to make it smooth, and
 mix we'll. F Always have your tins we'll buttered
 Before commencing to mix the cake fThen collect all ingredients called fof
 by the recipe. In the meantime watch lyour oven. Have the oven only mod zerate at first and gradually increase 1.-the heat.
 Spread the batter well into the cor. liners of the pan with the spoon, | Do not open the oven door to peel in at. the cake for at least 12 minutes
 taecording to a kind of cake, you arr lmaking): and be sure and close ths ioven door gently, sc as not to jar thu
 cake. or it win surely fall.
 Test by touching the top; if thu
 cake goes in just 9 little and does no
 rise, it is not done. I You can try with a clean broom
 straw in the thickest part. If, tn
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
TOO MUCH GRAVITY ARGUES A SHALLOW MIND
| nings of Mastefulness.

nings of wastefulness.
 One Is almost surprised how every scrap can be utilized. when it becomes necessary, as at the present time, when
 everything is so high and in some in. stances scarce, 1 enjoyed visiting the food exhibit and thought 1t looked as # no one would starve or even so hungry fl they did have to give up some of the foods they usually had, if they supple
 mented the various grains and vege- tables and made them into such appe-
 tizing cookery as was seen there. To Lucia \ would suggest soaking
 the feet often in very warm water in which put a generous bit of mustard and salt. The mustard draws the ache
 out and the salt is healing and
 strengthening. ,,
 THEODA.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
HOW TO MAKE WAR CAKE.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: Take two cups of brown sugar, two cups of hot water, two tablespoons lard, one package of raisins, one teaspoon salt, one teaspoon of ground cinna- mon, a teaspoon of ground cloves; boil all ingredients for five minutes after they begin to bubble; when cold, add three cups of flour, one teaspoon bak- ing powder dissolved in teaspoon of hot water. Bake in two loaves for 25 minutes in slow oven.
 Peanut Butter Nut Leaf-Substitute for meat dish, Three cups of stale bread crumbs, a part graham or whole wheat, two eggs, one cup of peanut butter, one cup of broken nut meats, che minced onion, pepper and salt to taste.e Soften the bread crumbs with boiling water; add the eggs well beat en, the other ingredients in their or der. Bake in medium hot oven until set and well browned, about three quarters of an hour Serve with or without white sauce cut in slices when cold.
 Pork Chops with Appies-Place the chops and slices of tart apples in a frying pan with little hot fat, unless the pork is fat. Salt and pepper, if Su1 i'AS it, eHU AiS u1oNH potil TiioPr and apples, ,,.,-..
 Frisd Beef ,Cakes--Mincestjth the meat very fine, mix with it one-third the quantity of mashed potatoes; seasoG with pepper and. salt: add some pars- ley; mix the whots with the beaten yolk of an egg; make. this into cakes half an inch thick; ,; dust them with flour and fry brown. in beef dribpings,
 lard or butter. '2.~.a. fTt'''
 | Cranberry Pfe-Lihe a plate with a
 plain paste, fill with stewed. sweetened
 cranberries, scatter sugar over the
 cranherries and cover. with a strip ot
 paste placed across parallel to form diamond.
 1 Jeliied chieken-Cut in pieces a ten der chicken; cover with cold water;
 season with salt and pepper and boil ! until the meat can be easily removed