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Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-16
MEET OF CLUB No. 2.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: How
 are you all after the awful cold snap
 of Feb. 9th? I hope you have all your
 water pipes thaWed out, and that you
 will have no more trouble in that line again this season. Was sorry it hin
 pered some from meeting with us at our gathering at Buckingham Memor- ial Feb. 6th. Just 8 few words about It, as it may be interesting to hear bow many were there-forty in alL I got there at 10 a. m. and found 10 one had arrived, so left my bun dles and went out to do a little shop ping, returning at t0.So and found Lucy Acorn spreading the table with a white crepe paper table cloth which had many red hearts all over il. We were Ibusy trimming with the Social Corner color when Boi, White stood in tha door, apd after locking round for a moment got busy, too. We had got
 things pretty well along when Robin Auttered in and soon she was busy
 and kept busy until every dish was washed with Gala F4ily helping.
 The menu Baked beans, hoiied ham,
 seailoped carrots, rolls, pickles, cakes,
 doughhuts, crullefs and various kinds | of cookies, also grapes.
 ! We were pleased to see Enid and Sc6ttfe theyes. s1 ' 1 Sprg Bird: Your recipe is fine I Whats a happy world this would be
 if we would try until we could get ii
 down fine. r l Kind wishes. .... s
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-16
HOUSEHOLD HINTS,

k Dear Social Corner Sisters: Black Ecoffee diluted with water ecntaiaipG |1ittle ammonia will cleanse and Festafs black clothes, -----7- ,.y1-g1 eF It saves time and labor to keep 2
 broom, brush and dust pan ,4for rAaeH Iiflpor in the house -4 e-eg .est - l ,sdolasses used in cooking should he previously bsiled and skiFnuasa. This lirenoves the raw taste - | Alcohol will remove spots from SHE I CT wool without leaving circles as do
 most other cleansing AlidS.i- Y If lamp is accidentally upset ana
 the burning oil spreads do nat qaen Ewater on it, but throw Upon it h1pF. Imeal, sand or ashes. t These will exs ltinguish the flames. -s.s
 f If colored cottons are washed in bran
 or starch water instead of .span sude
 they will keep thsir color If bran is
 used put 1t into a bag of loosely Eoyen
 cheesecloth. A handful of bran is lenough for a tub of water.
 | ! When washing glassware try 2 few ldrops of bluing in the suds. < When grinding bread crumbs, # 2 lnuart jar is slipped oyer the outlet of l the grinder as far as patssible and held there while grinding all the crpHafe wiilsbe caught instead of flying ia ail directions. as they sornetimes do.
 Y FFlatirons will heat better on gas stove if they are covered with a pan 1 Ends of candies should be kept ts
 add to the starch oh wash days. I To save straw nattfIg, make g cover Iof outing flannel te slip over the I trootn when sReepsng. This VII Dc i found to take up the dust easily and saves much wear on the mating
 1 Few people realize that the gas pill may be very much reduced by usfnt l a, little care in lighting the gas, Hold 1 the lighted match to the burner, ther livery slowly turn on the gas. If the l gas is turned on full force before ap- plying the matah a slight explosion l ensues, which affects the meter ars
 sends it forward rapidly. -S'1-oz' 7 l A, remedy for burns is raw linseed
 oil and eggs. half and half. beaten te'
 sether and bound nn the bufn.s1 Isi Best wishes to all.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-16
ANOTHER LETTER FROM POP.

{ When arrived home to dinner the other day, Hope seemed more animated than usual and her face was marked by puzzled look.
 Another letter from .soraeyhere in France" said she, land I wish Pop knew better how to get by the censor. These great blotches of green ink from somewhere in France are more provoking than ii,sereetiug and they make a letter, look toe much like a joke. I can't mAixe much cut of itn
 That's no joke" said l, That Is simply murder, Every bit of sense and geosraphy in that istter has been slain. But He can make less& one thing -he is insured for five thousand dol- lars in your. favor. and he wants you to send him q cake of soap and 6 line toothed comb"
 Well, I'm thankful it isn't gin said Hope. He seems also more de- voted to cleanliness than he used to bet"
 That's right" says l., -He is light ing the coeties as well aa the Huns and I hope lie may win victory syeY both. We will send them to him What are ceotiea?s asked Hope. They are the only things the Ger mans do not tag Made in Germany said I. And they are something the Huns cen neither shoot nor shell. soau and e fine toothed comb and persistent pursuit only subdue them" HEZ HARMOAsDw.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-16
WAYS OF SERVING RICE AND
 BARLEY.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: Since our necessities for every kind of ecoa- ony seems to be as trying as the con- ditions- among the heliigerents across the ocean, this advice of an English woman may commend itself to safzi of you:
 -tWhat Is more, instead of being con ten ito use rice merely for making rice buildings or as garhislf' borders for curries and stews, they shoufd take the trouble to learn to eeeR 1t ing variety of ways, 50 that it may be far more commonly used in the. future.
 "One excellent method coHsists of frying a shredded oriea in little fat color adding two breakfast cups of well boiled rice. stirring yigofcusly with 2 wooden spoon. When th0roueh- ly hot this can either be served alone or with the addition of a little minced ham. minced tongue OF cerned beef
 For a needless day the same dieh is excellent if pichad shEmps, pgaHrA or any cold hakea fish is RdaeH-en If preferred, tomato sauce or grated cheese can he used instead of either meat or fish.
 Now once again all the greatest food experts are extoI1ing the value of barley meal as thoroughly -saed wheis- some food. Mixed with wSeaten Aeslx it not only makes delicious bread and scones, but it can be uEed in the salns way for making griddie eakes, pud- diags and pancakes, se saving phesteH flour. - s-sr
 Pot barley is aJsa excellent used Ia stews or served as vegetable; while Dr. Pedley claims that if 1t is gently roasted and put through a coffee mill lit gives a coarse rnfsf which Tnakez the most delicious and satisfying DOT ridge, far easier to digest than the ordinary kind.s' 2i o+- Y. + ,t RUFH.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-16


 Dear Friends of the Social Corner: This is my first attempt to speak in mesting. I wish to say that I enjoy far as I know I have never met any of you personally I have many oE your recipes saved in nay home made cook book -. I am a farmers wife We. live upon one of the most beautiful hills of the dear old Nutmeg state. In the year west. in a very fertile country which the inhabitants thereof were very fond of calling The Garden of the World. Hut all the while I was homOslck for our hills. I think when the author of America wrote T love thy rocks and riHs, thy woods and tenpled hills, :" he must have had New England in mind think we should all try to tdo our bit" to help what we can, now that we are really in the war That We should "Hooverize," "Fletchsrize" and eeonoaaize the best we know h0w-tor the good of the cause . a-, About the sour milk: In, cold wea. ther keep a large pitcher full in my kitchen cupboard behind the stove, and as use it, a cup or two at a time. i'll it up with the same quantity of sweet milk, mixing it therougaIy. h this way have a supply always on hand. ,. 's2' Last fall. in the canning season, my supply of glass jars ran short You lail know how hard it was to ge. them at Che time. I had a lot of empty iCrlscc cans and used thaip to can my
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-16
SOCIAL CORNER POEMS.
White Days.

Anatversaries. birthdays; are all around
 us, ..5A q x TAs birthdays of our ifvesl We all
 have those, t$ But they're not alL-not all! 'o know the birthday of certain Rose Az we'll as mine, next fall .. And sweeter biFthdays still could l
 discloee.
 Only they'd seem 90 small! L.A E4,ns to strangers-but they shall not uf wonderful white days y. TAat God has given me, to fill the Ihad. through llfe's rough ways, Of some rare -hourszlove-crowned,
 joy1niled, indeed. ?. D For these I give him praise. whlts days. above which angels must
 have leaned ei.s.--i-, s7, s.,. .-. With blessings at their dawni. Eron the bright folds of one such love Pace that has never gone, Although since then dark days have Many a grief been borne. E6ab one brought eornfort-this one
 brought friend
 And in the hush Of this [ tsHfched Gods hapd--be sure until
 the end. AZ hi Ilsst birthday filled with bliss, HeEa, helping strong minds stopped
 with mind to blend,
 And here-that one iast kissl So lawn my bFthdays! Kept In silence here, i~ssrf 9T Nene know them as they fall, DReh think my life would be most
 drear,
 lf not for their fond cail- p1upk baek.7 they seem to say-"and
 hold lus dear,
 Wlso brings to you your alli" But that wrpngs God. Since he gives efiH each day
 Some glad new hope to fold Erpsst srengtb in sinking hearts. ]
 go my way, fl BHpfng from all harmss hold Els 6ongtant ebl<zsfngs ngs=though be-
 meath them lay,
 Wttte starred. the days of old!
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-16
A WORD OF APPRECIATION.


 The years roll by, and fortunate in- deed are those who do not discover that Time is the worst of tyrants; and gho live without allowing their veg terdayS to hafaes them, or their tonnr- rows to excite too maay expectations, Eight af our good Sisters have the east week nenenibersd the Social Cor. her Editor with birthday eardsy which were pleasing to him Gas would all he remainder have done, doubtless, had they not been as forgetful of birthdays as the Editor hitnaeif) Blanche was a little ahead of time, then came Joan, Swamp Apple, Mar ried and Happy. Aunty No 1, Deieo- thy. Tidy A6dlsy. and the first posted card from Potlatch in Seattle.
 Tiey Addley's card greeting was So directly to the point that Iaselect the sentiment as being perhaps as inter- sseinE 10 many of you as 1t was to the Editor himself: stt
 So you've dodged all the microbes and doctors and also tho automobiles and are with us all yet to assure us thst a man is as young as he feels May each added birthday but mellow the wine of the years as they pass; And drink to your health, Dear Old
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-16
]. HELPs FROM ETtagLYN.

Diferens ones have Rsritten about
 treating the feet, and they all have different remedy and think theirs is
 the best ever. I am no different than
 the rest. #'tI have found a cure for
 feet withs tired nenvess S3Sureiy if any
 person eyer trod the earth with sore
 feet and Hooked an object of pity. it
 was the writer of this article. Now
 can say my feet are 80 peaceful and
 calm that I hardly believe they are mine. .s1.2 x ss] '4-''- s-.-.-
 My mother had cook book belong, ing to neighbor and she called my
 attention to an article about tired feet, and soon after she found another rom edy; and as had tried almost every thing, first one suggested soaking them in hot water. I would soak them and really sometimes I felt as if they were baked. I will eliminate all the Gures that failed to cure and write what accomplished the feat. This is l the cure we found in the book:
 Two gallons of water, lukeWayn, one cup of bath salt, have water above the 1 ankle new splash them around. I lift
 ed my feet up and down for 15 min utea, then wiped dry and ,iubhed thor
 oughly with castor oh; this process is
 to be. twice a day. in the morning and \ dln0 WuSu you tASF yUnF 6HpGS III tthe afternoon. Change shoes twice in
 one day; and I think wearing silk
 stockings help, although that may be imaginary. lssy My feet are almost well and I feel like another person.
 1 Aunt Mehitable: We should like to
 hear from you again. I should lika to
 know if you intend going to- Vermont this summer. My neighbor nAt you on l the train and wanted me to inquire I where you were. I believe you were
 on. the train when the engine broke l down near Stafford Springs, and
 asked her which was the Jonah-she or Aunt Mehitahle. l I want to tell you what to do with
 everyday helps (for the women of the Social Corner}. Take an old magazine l in which there are a lot of Advertise 1 ments and paste the heipsfin the book
 On the advertising pages, and. then you can label one Helps, the other one Cakes and Desserts. etc.. A
 Here is good Hot Milk Sponge Cake recipe and Pudding made ot l crumbs:
 Hot Milk Sponge cake-one cup oi
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-16
LADY WASHINGTON CAKE.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: It has been quite while since wrote last. see we have many new writers and old ones as well.
 l I am not frozen up, and, hope the rest are not. but it has been an awful cold winter.
 I was glad to see letters from Bob White. Aunt Mary and Etta Barber.
 I agree with Etta Barber about the team going up the long hill and the man taking the hoese by the bridie for it helped the horse along a lot.
 l am sending recipe for a cheap cake that I have tried and like; Lady Washington cake-One egg one-half cup sugar, one-haif cup ci nolasses, tWo- thirds cup of cold water one-hah teaspoon Of soda, piece ei butter size of an egg. two and aae. half cups of four, one heaping tea spoon of ginger, one heaplng teaspoon -pf allspice and one level teaspoon 1i cloves. Bake in layers.
 Best wishes to all.
 nAJEY nEg rAAJ1rEpRYyRv
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-16
A WORD FROM HuLpY.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: have been absent frem you. for some time both personally and on The Corner page; but I presume many of you know that I was ill for some time. As soon as, I was able to ride I came to Providence to spend the winter.
 The journey and extreme weather were too much for me. 50 am again a shut tn";; but like PollyaHna, have many things to be glad and thankful for. I am glad to be able to assist about the house: and also glad to be where the house is warm. for so many are suffering for lack of fuel this wins ter.
 It has been a hard winter for the poor, and am thankful that our band
 Of Sisters are lending a helping hand
 occasionally.
 I hear that a number of the Sisters
 or some of their dear ones, have beer
 i'll this winter, and some have passed
 on to the Great Beyond" N'sF'si I hope and pray that the sick may
 soon be well, and that Our Heavenly Father will comfort and help all wht mourn for loved ones.
 We shall all miss Ei and his cheer.
 letters. Mandy has my deepest sym pathy. ,,sy.5i,,5.e s,i isfr1~s ], presume you are all conserving, Il help win the war. With the scareit.
 of fuel. oil and sugar one has to con serve little more than they want to Conditions here are very serious
 The people are having to beg fol enough coal to Keep from rfreezing and now three thopsaI1d families art without water on account of the ,fTeezr k ing of some of the main pipes We are having to bring water euit' Ia little distance to supply our family | We are wondering what next. | Lucia: Have you tried soaking you feet in hot water with a generou lquantity of soda and salt dissolved il lit. > Rainbow and Saturday Eve Wher are you2 ...-. .-s -. ff.rv !. F Eafnant1la; I am sorry. you are al having so much trouble, but the littl one will compensate for everything. Best wishes to all. s
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-16
ENID.

two women talltifgr Red Cross work, and back of me were two telling how they canned things did not care, for; and never heard a word the speaker
 said. I went home and cried, and all
 of my vegetables spoiled and all of
 my fruit was put up without sugar because people said it was better and
 cheaper and now we can't use it for
 want of sugar. Bs4 1l
 This woman was paid to come and
 tell the. things I wanted to know, and
 have felt hard every time Iethink
 how I was cheated out of my just dues other time. ss
 @Then I tried to save fuel. let the
 kitchen fire go out and the pipes froze
 and burst and I iost everything that
 could freeze in the pantry, Then tried letting the sitting room
 fire go out, and we all got cold and
 had pnelmonia and a doctor and nurse
 and a lot. of other expense, and I am
 sick of hearing about women winnine
 the war by saving"
 Aunt. Ester knit out her needle and began quietly: When was first mar ried I wanted to be saving, particular, because Mother Andrews was req. saving and Pa Andrews was what 1oihS CdItSu Sd0SS, anu IuSy were DOLL awful fond of me
 s"One time Mother Andrews was wis. iting ne Whef a riefghhors brought ir mince meat for two big pies all ready even to the raisins. The meat wa. liver and it tasted funny. but mothei said it was too bad aoS waste those Faisins, etc. and II baked the pies They. looked good but smelled fiinn, and tasted more so. Nobody coult eat them.
 SAfter mother went home they stood 1 around about a week and one day 1 when was alone I iustsput the wholt
 thing in the stove.
 The first time I went home Pa An. drews asked about my. pies, sayins 1 Didn't you know they would not b. good?' ?'-ss @ q told him the truth and he looked
 real funny a minute and then sait l quietly: 5 % "If you had put the meat in tn, stove in the first place you would hay, saved your crust And nobody calle, | Pa Andrews wasteful," | ETTA RARRER
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-16
OLD soL~ REPLY TO sos WHITE.

4 Editor of the Social Garner: I was
 interested in Bob Whites excellent letter. I assure her Old Sol had netla- ing to do with building the famous Temple on Mount Mcriah to be the dwelling place of Jehovah. { The mama n4iie t1 us from out of the past, and Old Sol lends radiance to day as Fair Luna adds beauty to night. Old Sol is the sobriquet of the sun, which promotes and preserves Hfe-and in it's power and effiiisence is recognized as the symbol of God.
 I read Ben Hutr and 1t has remain ed a pleasant memory on the shelf of time. I tackled Dickens The Cricket by and Son, but never finished either
 because of the repetitiens which wefn to most people humorous, and the pro- |yinciaNsnas which were not easily in-
 terpzetaa1le.
 When INfirst undertook to read Vie
 tor Hugo's Les Miserables, the story
 did not seem to appeal to me-: but
 when a decade later I returned to it
 was so fascinated with it that I
 could not leave it hardly long enough
 to eat. Added years change our tastes
 for books and enlivens our interest. have read all of Myrtle Reeds books, so full of cheer and song, which
 her private life so sadly lacked, and enjoyed every ore Of them.
 I read no class of books regularly. My reading includes travels, exriora-
 tions. scientific work. autebiograph ies, nevelz tracts and old aimanaeA Books of odd titles and that other people condemn are always tempta- tions to me.
 For . real informing and enteftain- ing author have found Amelia Barr to meet every expectation, Az a breezy but ziettiinE truth teller have satis-
 fed myself Cora V. Harris has the courage of her convictions. As nataTalists, Thnrean, Burroughs
 and F,abre meet every expectation thank Bob White for her inquiry
 and hope the reply is not disappoint- irg to her. IF
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-16
WAsHNeToMs BIRTHDAY. MENU


 Dear Cornerites: As .Washington's birthday is fast approaching, am send ing a patriotic luncheon menu for the occasion; Iced cherries, rolled sand- wiches, salmon croquettes, mashed potatoes, fruit salad, stuffed olives. crackers, flag cake. raspberry ice, red fruit punch. ' ..,s.. s., .s.ss.s.ss ,yssss A pretty centerpiece fer the table is made by placing red white and blue tissue paper flowers in thes top of a drum.
 Small cooked hats, may hold tue salted almonds and tiny hatchets dec- l orated with wee punches of cherries, make appropriate place cards.
 Make rcaled sandwiches by cutting fresh bread, while stiii warm, in thin slices as possible. using Q very sharp knife. Spread the slices evenly with creamed butter and roll each slice separately and tie with red, white and blue baby ribbon.
 pare one cup pineapple, one cup ap- ples,. one cup oranges, and one CUE bananas, all cut afne,- dandk add.doue- half cup white raisins and one-h half cur chopped almonds. Mix the fruits in large bowl with salad dressing and serve on lettuce leaves gaTnished witf ] candied cherries and shreds of CO., | coanut.
 Make the raspberry ice by boiling a I syrup of four cups of water and one and one-half cups sugar for twenty minutes. Cool the syrup and add two cups raspberry juice and two table spoons of lemon juIce strain.
 l The flag cake is made by having | three layers, one red, one white and one blue. Use 6 whftss icing, Tc6iOl part of it red and little with blue and make the. stars of white These colorings may be obtained at the drvs istore and are perfectly harmless
 To make the red fruit punch, pu' one can. of grated pineapple, the juic. of six lemons. six oranges, and twt grapefruit into large dish, and adt two quarts of water, and sugar U taste and let stand several hours O. better, still, over night. Strain, colo red with raspberry juice. using eneugl to give a color to syitss Put in pitcher with pieces 6t ice and adj more water if wanted. srsL s-se as
 Salmon croquettes: Make whit sauce of three level tablespoons o flour, three-quartersAcup1 of milk. Adj one and three quarters cups of sal mon, two shakes of pepper, one tea spoon of lemon juice if liked, and l little salt. Mix well, shaping int balls; dip in cracker crumbs, then il beaten egg, then into the s,cracke crumbs again, then fry in deep ia until golden brown. e
 CRINxgON RAMRJ ,EP
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-16
A BIT OF AN ADVENTURE IN SOCIAL
 CORNER LAND

To begin with when Enid awoke on the morning of February 6, she had a haunting sense that the day was to be an important one in her calendar. As she struggled dreamily with her | Impressions, it was suddenly borne in upon her, that this was the Social Corners gala day at Buckingham Me- mprial, Norwich, and that she, Enid. was eofn6 forth to, meet the clan. It' abilities. She had never been in So- cial Corner Land, and had not the fainteet Idea whom she would meet In this enchanted country, where the birds, trees and ncwers lived and talk led together. She was going forth on her adven-- Iture in Social Corner, Land, accom- panied by one of her neighbeHs. who
 was ssuhstsntiai lady. with . genial
 smile and delight ('sDeifght') to all l who knew her. / lunches served by the "Cornerites."
 and had noted their manifold and greatn recipes on the Social Corner page, of the Norwich Morning Buiie- tin.
 It behe6ved her, therefore, not to l try to compete with this august body
 of cooks. but to make her ccntribu- l ton to the luncheon, as simple as tpcssihie; and what could be simpler :! than sandwiches---ham sandwiches-
 she mentally added: for given the 1 bread, ham, and mustard dressing. 1t irequifed no great skill to do the rest. Within twenty minutes after Enidss jneighbor and herself left home they
 were entering the grounds Of state fly mansion. guided thereto, by big lfiuttAring yellow bow, tied to one of the veranda posts. Enid shut her eyes,
 swallowed hard and entered the land Ief enchantment.
 It, suddenly. occurred to her as she descended the stairway, that she had neglected to adorn herself with a yell low bow. She glanced down hastily, at her raiment, vainiy trying to cen jure up q bit of yellow. But 1t was of no use. Suddenly her eyes rested lon the snowy package of sandwiches which she carried, and then and there received an answer to her burning
 tquestion. ssThe mustard dressing tshe murrnmed, s'hss saved the day"
 T The cordial greetings of the fve
 hostesses were just what one would sl lexpect of winsome fairies in fairy E Hand
 II They were Lucy Acorn, (Enid men.
 ttally added P. H. after the foNner's
 fname, which interpreted means Per. fleet Hostess); Bob White, charming and gracious: Robin, tall and stately
 Scottie, kind and dependabie; and :
 pleasant faced friend of Lucy Acorn.
 who took Crins6n Rambler's place il , 1.-the receiving line.
 t Crimson Rambler was detained . } thome, much to the regret of the fair . ies, by reason of sickness in her fam l
 | As Delight and Enid entered tn, } dining hail, Enid did not see farail far face, and was therefore passet
 idown the line for introductions. Tn , ifiowers nodded their heads. the bird
 achirped welcome. and one sweet