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Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
SOCIAL CORNER POEMS.
.orHERs."

 d Motto for Home and Church and
 Sunday echeel. ALSO A PEEP INTO THE SECRET
 OF A HAPPY LIFE
 By Charles D. Meigs. Lord, help noe live from day to day Tn such e self-foFsetful way That even when l<neei to pray, Ny prayer shall be fcr-others. Help me in ali the work do To ever be sincere and true And know that all I'd do for you, Must needs be done for--others. Let "ssif' be crueified and slain, And buried deep; and all in vain May efforts be to rise again. Unless to live for-others. And when my work on earth is done And ny new work in Heavens begun May I forget the crown I've won. Whua thinking still of-others- caRrs. Lord, Yes. others, Let thia my motto be. 8elp me to. live for others. That may live like Thee. '
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
USES FOR STALE BREAD.

Dear Social Corher Sisters: These recipes may find favor with some of the readers:
 RreWis: Break stale bits of brown and white bread in small pieces, allow ing one and one-ha1f cups brown bread to one-half cup white bread. Butter a hot frying pan, put in bread, and cover wttfNequal parts milk and water. Cook until soft. and add butter and salt to taste.
 Bread For Garnishing: Dry toast is often used for garnishing. Cut in va fious shapes Always shape before
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
THANKS TO FRIENDS.

Sisters of the Social Corner: I wish to thank Peggy Anne for the pretty birthday card of Jan. a0th. It came as a surprise, far did not think any one would remember the date, I near ly forgot 1t myself.
 would also like to thank the Leb- anon Baptist church, through the Eo- cial Garner. as I know seme of the members are readers of The Bulletin for the beautiful bunch of twenty car nations that they sent US for our twentieth anniversary. They were very much enjoyed and appreciated.
 With best wishes to all the Sisters
 FIT JrRY
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09

straw comes out clean 1t is done; if it comes out sticky it wants to bake a little longer
 When baked set on back of stove a few minutes only. then set pan on cloth wrung out of hot water Cor it may be only warn) and leave it about two minutes, Then cake will turn out without any trouble. Let stand on back of stove. or any warm place un- til cooled, after removing from tin. Always use level measurements un- less otherwise specified. "a A.-.
 ETHELYN,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
TO MARK A HEM UPON A NEW
 SKIRT.


 Dear Social Corner Sisters. I will tell you how to mark a hem on a new skirt quickly. Take the skirt you are making, which is all finished but the hem, and fold 1t through the center front from belt to bottom. the back being folded the same; then lay 1t on the floor and smoothe out all the wrln- kles so it will be even at upper edge of belt and at the bottom; then take another skirt which is of right length. fold the same as the other one. placing the edges of the tive belts even, and with a piece of chalk mark q line on the bottom skirt, following the edge of the top skirt.
 Thus ene-half of the skirt is mark cd. Now turn skirt on the opposite side and mark the other half of the skirt in the same way. Turn the hem at the chalk line and finish in the usual manner,
 + BLCB BABY
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
MEETING OF CLUB NO. i.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: Our next
 meeting at the W. c. T.. U. hall on
 Valley street, Willimaftie, will ae held
 Feb. 18th. Bring plate. cup, fork and spoon; also food, az usual. Also. remember to bring the package for the needy. as this will be our an- nual day for helping these less fertu nate than ourselves. We did nobiy last year. May we de even better this year, truly feeling ri Is more blessed to give than to re- eeiye."
 Best wishes for the success of Ths Corner. MAINE LOVER.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
The Rtnrv nf If.

The above lines were suggested by a story told of General Booth, who at one time desired to send New. Years greeting, by telegram and cablegram, to an the Salvation Army posts in the world. Cabiesrams are expensive and have 10 be short. General Booth boiled his message down to single word, but he was great enough to choose the biggest werd in all the dictionaries, so this was hig message and all of it.
 "Others."
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09

run now on the account of the scar
 city of coal.
 Hoping we may soon have warmer
 weather and that. the Social Corner Friends have all enough fuel to keep them comfortable, remain sincerely, A Friend of-the Social Corner. AIINT MARY.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
INQUIRIES AND ANSWERS.

BI.ANCHE-Thanks for the pretty card which your own art did not mar but glorified.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
TO LESSEN ELECTRIC LIGHT
 BILLS. 70

A 5z-power placed in c table lamp (or electrolier) gives the needed light for reading and Is far better than two of the smaller sixe half way to the ceiling or higher. as style demands.
 To even up this large use in one spot, very little bulbs, as small as two eapdlepower. May be purchased for the bedrooms. where dim fight ia wanted for hours, to care for the sick
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09

her, is the time when you will think of her. And sometimes it's too late; So learn to obey her today, for temor-'
 row it may be too iate.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-09
d@voueG

In Moscow the school teachers are practically all on strike.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-17
HUMoR IN HEAT

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 There seems to be general dispositicn n to accert the prevailing heat with phiio- sophical resignation. This is a fortunate thing for the weatherman, the iceman and the general sufferer. There is even a tendency tc treat the ambitious mer- curry y-in-the with derision and mock cry.
 Possibly we may accept this calorie-de- flying attitude as proof of the fact that our recollection of the discomforts of the fighting men abroad outweighs all sei- way, the huromorus attitude of the public is attested by numerous stories based upon the sweltering spell A New Eng land editor tells of noted wooden nut megger who has made a speciality ot wearing. through July and August, in ad- dition to the usual outfit, long woolen comforter wrapped and doubly wrapped about his throat. You can't be too care full about tonsilitis," this precautionary person is reported to have declared.
 II HuS IeHlaIleus noWeVef, TOT Con necticut scribe to tell the best hot weather story of the season--a story in which clans along the shore at low tide became overheated and explodei with such. continuous and startling deto, nations that the nearby inhabitants. be. lieving the enemy's fleet was bombardlng the coast. hastily took flight for the Interior.
 Hupor is philosophy's handmaid and they make a very desirable hot weather
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-17
AIabama's Next Governor

LABAMA in selecting Thomas E. Kilby next governor
 has chosen wisely There unpleasant features in the recent campaign but these all be forgotten the duty of citizen to get his mind off politics and the big worthwhile problems of the state and nation
 MT Kiby the representative of the paramount pagn issue the prohibition amendment but the of Ala bama did not forget that there other weghy disposed of by the next administration and that the who had made such conspicuous of his private affairs Just the to enrust with the conduct of the states business for the next four years.
 It truly be said that Alabama period of up budlnga period of constructive endeavor The nor will into office with legislature wholly sympathetic with him and his views and with desire carry out legs atlve wishes If campaign wounds have been made they will pc quickly healed The and legislature will be peculiarly the friend of the whole They know wishes and desires of the rural sections but they will than has been administration for many years give larger cities of the state fair hearing real III helping work out their problems Birmingham Mobile and Montgomery will all have friend in the governor Will be especially important at time when the open Warrior and shpbudng and other industries doing so much to bring distant cities of the state into closer cooperation
 Alabama faces period of genuine constructive effort and hls the administration is entitled receive and will re- ceve the cooperation the people from the Tennessee valley to the gulf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-17
ECCENTRICITIES OF JEFFERSON

him expressed by President Wilson in an open letter. Here was a candidate op- posed by the three daily papers of Bir-
 mingham, opposed by every patriotic or ganizaton in the county, and opposed by the President of the United States,
 on the grounds that he had in time
 of war been consistent opponent of the administration. Yet, Huddleston on
 his return makes dramatic and tri-
 umphal entry into the city. Three thou
 sand people greet him at the depot; he is mounted on a chair carried on the shoulders of his followers, and a cheer ing throng accompanies him to Capitol park, where perhaps 1000 people have
 waited until after Il o'clock at night to greet him.
 He is given an ovation everywhere he spoke in his three-day campaign, while
 more than once the leaders who opposed
 him are howled down by the Huddleston followers. Then, on election day, al though opposed by two of the abiest and
 most respected citizens of the county.
 he runs away with the congressional nomination. In the language of the street, Gan you beat it?''
 Again, what is the matter with Jeffer- son county? For one thing the county is so new, in it's population, that the mass of the people have not adjusted themselves and found their own place and anchorage. The citizenship of Jeff ferson is largely in a fluid state, with
 much coming and some going. Domi- nant and permanent ideas have not de- veloped. Then, the real leaders. or the men who should be leaders. have not come into close enough contact with the
 great mass of the voters. The line of
 demarkation between leaders and follow
 CTS is wider than in other counties. and
 prejudice is more easily aroused. There is no hope that Jefferson will be cured of her political eccentricities; we can
 only watch them with an unabated in teIeSt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-17
proper gestures

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 TIN political sense, what is the matter III with Jefferson county?
 = For 20 years it has earned and has borne the reputation of being the most urcertain-the queerest and the most in applicable county in the state. In po- ltical circles, Jefferson is always marked down as an uncertain quantity" The state candidate and the campaign man. ager always approaches Jefferson hop ing for the best and fearing the worst. No man can know in advance what the county will do What it did two years ago, or four years ago is no indication whatever as to what it will do this year, or two years in the future
 A majority of Jefferson county's voters can vote allegiance to a man and an issue in one election, and in the follow ing election it can repudiate him and his issue. The Jefferson county electo- rate has done this frequently. It is not necessarily reprehensible in Jefferson to be indefinite and uncertain in politics Consistency in a course of uncertainty, however indicates a lack of stability on the part of the electorate and a lack of confidence in its leaders.
 The Jefferson county vote is so large and the city of Birmingham has so many agencies for affecting public sentiment in the surrounding counties, that the political attitude of the country is of vast importance to the state. One state politician has declared, Jefferson coun- ty is equivalent to 12 Alabama counties in state election With it's vote and prestige Jefferson should assume the po- litical leadership of the state, yet, out side of the weight of it's vote, it does not exert any considerable power on the states public sentiment as a whole.
 We are interested enough in Jefferson ccuntys mysterious politics to enter into this discussion, because of the complete victory of Congressman George Huddles- ton, notwithstanding the opposition to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-17
LUKE MLUKE SAYS

What has become of the old-fashioned
 mother who fed her baby in public while the other women shooed the nosy men away?
 On hot days like these daughter uses so
 much violet talcum powder that mother
 has to be satisfied with corn starch.
 street you always wonder why it is that all the great artists are men. The up-todate tailor-made gin wont
 wear as well as the old-fashioned home- made girl Speaking of shirt-sleeve diplomacy, the
 ice man has his eyes open and his mouth shut these hot mornings man wili roast his better half for wearing coisets But he wouldn't SC downtown with her if she didn't have them on.
 woman can sleep soundly through the combined excitement of a nexplosion,
 thunderstorm and fire next door. But
 if the baby smiles in his sleep she is wide | awake.
 When woman has pretty nightgown she is awfllly careless about fastening
 her kimono. A man can carry $1o0 in a card case, hut | if woman has dime she has to have
 a large mesh bag with young rope for q handle.
 The wings she may wear in the nex, world do not worry a woman half as
 much as the plumes and pompons she l needs right here. We never could understand why, but
 the fact remains that most fat women are good cooks.
 It comes hard for single man to he drafted and have to obey orders, but a
 married man doesn't hama 1t. He is used to it.
 Some men are no luckier than the dog who never gets hold of decent bone
 until after his teeth are gone. After 6 girl has been engaged for three years she looks about as hopeless as . girl who has been married for three years.
 When woman can wear a No. shoc she likes to talk about her big feet in or der to attract attention to them. Once upon a time there was a man who let his wife read the paper first
 at the breakfast table. But he died. Hs
 was too gooo for this world. How often have you heard an argument that was about something that was worth
 arguins about? Neither have we
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-17
Maximum Effort for
 Ending the War

~ ENERAL MARCH, chief of staff, M in saying that for the nation not to put forth its maximum ef- !. fort at once to end the world struggle "quickly and decisively" would be but "playing Germany's game" voices intelligent public opinion. And Presi- dent Wilson and the war department are determined that this maximum effort shall be made.
 The accelerated movement of troops |oversea has enabled General Pershing to organize his first field army of something like 1,250,000 men, and present plans of the chief of staff call for more than 100000 men under arms next summer, with 3,200,- of them in France by June 30.
 The speeding up of mobilization has been dCCOIHpilSHcu WAtiiout SoiAA ~oAotA'
 The war department is now many months ahead of it's schedule and it will keep well ahead. It is a note
 worthy fact that the carping critic concerning the prosecution of the war |has virtually disappeared. Only praise is in order and only praise is heard.
 If there is not complete agreement l in Congress on every detail of the new man power measure, the essential fea- lures should be and will be accepted.
 At any rate there is every disposition Ito support the administration unani- mously and whole-heartedly; never at any time since we entered the war more so than now.
 No one can foretell how long 1t will
 take to defeat Germany, but it will not be an unreasonable prediction
 that 1919 will witness freedoms vic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-17
THE FREE WOMAN

Theodosia Garrison, in Everybodys
 Magazine.
 Women who do not love are free
 All day their thoughts go carelessly: know they do not fear at all When the nights come and the snows
 fall.
 But those who love-their thoughts must
 trace
 All day the well-beloved face, And they are fearful and grow chill At the snow's fall and the nights i'll. And they would fire their hearts to burn Like bright light at the roads turn. And Hay their souls to keep him warm In the cold night and the white storm. Surely may be glad that Soft1 night of storms may lie. For l have watched 8 woman's face A black night Ut a windows space. Surely should be happier. Nor envy-eEvy-envy her: But have beard the word she spoke In her mans arms as the dawn brokA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-17
"THE MARSEILLAISE"

E. H. Sothern, in Scribner's Magazine. YIN THE American ambulance hospital II in Paris there is a dental surgery 9 wherein some 20 or more patlents sorely wounded about the head ana lace daily awaited treatment; some whose jaws had been completely blown away others who, in addition to fearful 1aclai disbursements, had been mangied m tne limbs and body.
 A shaft. which once had contained an elevator. but which is now disused, com r,unieates with an operating room pe- low. One day an officer or olslihc.ioi was placed under the anesthetlc III 1iii' operating room that he might unoei so the amputation of a limb. The paten's ahove were seated on benches or on u,baa, chairs. and some few had been ca rried in the stretchers to await tneir turn in the dental surgery They were reading newspapers Those whose inJu- ries allowed them to speak were taiK- ing. The more dreadfully manned lay still while nurses lowered about busy with their ministrations.
 Suddenly all were startled by a voice. which could be heard clearly through the elevator shaft. Clarion-like came the cry; Premiere igne! Deuxieme hgns! Troisieme lignsv C'First line! second line! Third linev) The wounded men started, raised their gaze from tnear journals. ceased their talk, opened weary suffering, pain closed lids Tnose m the seats bent forward. Those wno iay prone tried to lift up their neaos' IT tense silence, with parted hps' tney iis7 tened to the long, familiar commano. mo nurse who was present declared her heart stool still at the memorapie scene
 Apain came the trumpet voice: Pre-
 ,;ara ,;ene, Deuxieme ligne! Troisieme ligne!" And then the war cry' loud ana brave and long: "Char-a-a-ge! Cnarge' Charger One wounded man on stretcher lifted himself on his elbow. ona cried out. but others raised their hands for silence, then all held rigid. mute.
 Now, with great wild shout. the voice halow broke forth into the strains of the battle hymn of France. The Marseil- laise:''
 Allons. enfants de la Patrie, Le jour de gloire est arrive. At the words the men on the benches sprane to their feet. mangled hands went swiftly and painfully to salute; the shat |tered heads were lifted high. eyes dimmed with fearful pain. grew bright, those in the wheel chairs leaned forward. Aux armes! Citoyens! Formez vos battaillons! The voice died away. but until 1t sank into silence the shattered hands re- mained at salute. the maimed men stood
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-17
TO HELP DISABLED SOLDIERS


 From the New York Medical Journal. Several departments of the government are preparing to extend aid to soldiers disabled during the war.
 The surgeon general of the army has made elaborate plans for physical re- mobilization, and mental reconstruction will go hand in hand with the distinctly medical work. The federal vocational board Will give aid in cooperating with the medical authorities, and the interior department will have land ready for prospective settlers.
 Many well intentioned individuals have offered to take crippled soldiers into their service as watchmen, messengers. and in positions of similar character. While the spirit of these offers is appre- ciated, they conflict with the policy of the medical department of the army. From the time wounded soldier is taken to the field hospital he is encour- aged to understand that the seriousness of his wounds will not render him worth less for useful work. The work of re- constructing him both physically and mentally is carried on simultaneously, At the present time there are many soldiers in the army hospitals in this country who have been crippled in the course of duty. In many cases these men are receiving the preliminary train- ing that will be finished by civil boards authorized to continue the work begun by the surgeon general. They will re- ceive a training that will make them competent in the trade or profession they elect to follow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-17
Amiens Celebrates
 Fete of DeliVerance

IF must have been an inspiring mo-
 4 ment when soldiers of the allies and few civilians who had ventured back to their homes assembled in the !stately cathedral of Amiens to cele- brate the city's deliverance from the Huns. The flags of France, Great
 Britain and America draped the altar.
 French soldiers sang in the choir. Seated between piles of sandbags and
 with the debris of German lombard
 ments all around them, the congrega- ton was picturesque, the uniforms of officers and men of the French and British armies being much in evil dence, although there was group of Red Cross nurses present and hand Iful of citizens, most of whom had re- turned on the heels of the departing invaders.
 Damaged by shell fire, Amiens ca
 thedral has not suffered as much, ap-
 parently, as the famed cathedral of
 Rheims. Many windows have been smashed, shells have penetrated the roof and one part of the structure has been wrecked, but it is still indescrib-
 ably beautiful, still scars to heaven Tn defiance of the Hun.
 It was an occasion which presaged the future deliverance of all that part of France held by the Germans. In all the churches of sunny France there will some day be offered up prayers of thanksgiving and hymns of praise will be sung to God for an allied vic- tory, for the restoration of devastated Hands and the dawn of universal lpeace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-17
Modern Fleet on
 the Mississippi

HE feFiVdl Ol lTelSHt CfdIllc on 0 the great waterways is an out rome of the war, but the development is on large scale and it's permanence suggests a vital factor in the trans portation system of the country as a relief to railroad congestion.
 Time was when stately steamboats piled the Mississippi and fulfilled all the requirements of shippers and pas senger travel. But gradually the railroads supplanted river transporta- lion and for a quarter of century the packet has been only memory.
 The revival has the backing of the federal government. The modern craft will be of steel construction and will be in every respect modern. Barges and towboats will be used in- stead of the elegant steamers of other days, but as compensation for the loss of grace and beauty in floating architecture, the carrying capacity of the new fleet will be vastly greater.
 w. J. Sanders, federal manager, declares that the needs are too press ing to await construction of the per rnanent steel barges. Seven towboats and forty barges have been found and with these for a beginning the new traffic system will be started on the first of September. But few months later a powerful fleet will be moving h heavy volume of freight between St. Louis and New Orleans and eventually between St. Louis and Minneapolis.
 New Orleans is making extensive preparations for increased business, and will expend, it is estimated, twenty-five million dollars within the next year on docks and other ter minal facilities.
 Other "river towns" are showing a progressive spirit. Memphis has an- nounced that it will expend five hun dred thousand dollars on equipment for handling freight Greenyille, Miss, will expend one hundred thou sand dollars and smaller towns in Arkansas will each provide liberal ex- penditures for docks.
 The New Orleans correspondent of the New York Sun, in noting the en- terprise of the interests to be bene- fited by the river traffic, points out that the things being done now are only the beginnings.
 It is stated that one thousand-ton barge will carry as much freight as fifty cars, and if one towboat pushes three barges, the fleet as it reaches New Orleans will be equivalent to one hundred and fifty cars released for other service. As there will he scores of fleets, it is easy to see how