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Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-06
FOR THOSE WHt cRtctlEr

Dear Social Cornsrites These long evenings afford an opportunity to cro- cfet little. The following schemes may be found to meet the needs of some reader:
 Irish Picot Edaina-Make chain de- sired length. Catch back in Ith st from hook for picot. eli 5. catch in 4til st for pieott, oh B. ,fasten in 6th st. on chain. Repeat these loops to- the end, Second Row-Ch to turn, make picot in 4th st, as before, and catch these loops between the picots of preceding row; continue to erd.-A Third Row Same. Fourth Row-Ch I without bf. cot and fasten between pioots of pre- 'ceding row to end. Fifth Row-Coyer these chains with c, having picots with 2 between each, Dicot.
 ,crocheted Crib. Blanket Po6coru Stitch(. This requires 1 ID. each of pink and white, or any two co1ors wished. Medium size, < bone, hook. Make ch 1 1-4 yards 1oiig First Row |-4 in 4th ch. from hook, q, six. 2 ch. dc in next, ch 2. 4 in same st as de, 5. Repeat to end of row or ch. finish, with dc, break yarn. Begin sec ond row I with different, color, fasteIi yarn in dc of first row where YOU
 broke yarn, ch 2, in same double, < skip shell, dc. in. dc. ch 2, in same st. Repeat from '.- ending; every row
 with de, break yarn and tie the yarn
 of same color you made first row with
 to end and SO on until blanket is
 square or longer if wished. The shell, | on one side will be white, the other side pink. Make shells all around witt | pink yarn of 6 t. faster down with dc i This is very warm and would make g lovely gift that would be appreciated | by both mother and baby.
 KNTTTEp
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-06
AN INQUIRY.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: Mrs. E. T. is troubled with blood pressure and writes to inquire is any Sister, who has been afflicted in the same way as to the efficiency of their physicians. She writes: &,.,-
 1 have been troubled with blood pressure for a long time and have tried different doctors in the coun- try; but so far can find little relief. 1 thought one of you could tell me whether you have found relief. Please answer as soon as possible, so I can come to Norwich before very cold weather sets in.s My home IS in the West. but am on d long visit at the present time in Lebanon.
 (We hope some of the Sisters will be able to supply the information ask ed for. It should be borne in mind that persons of advanced years are subject to high blood pressure and low blood pressure. The one needs no stimulants and the other cannot do without them. The diet is the one thing aged people arc not careful enough about. The old rule for the preserva- ton of health. is too often unobserv- ed: Keep the head cool the bowels open and the feet warm." No doctor can check bad habits of eating or 'carelessness.-S. c. Editor.)
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-06
4 WORD. ro sEIE.suPPoRrER.

Editor Social Corner: Kindly al-
 low space for short letter to my young friend, Self -Supporer. I am all most stranger here, and handicapped with heart trouble, so am not well in- formed as regards restaurants and
 dining rooms in the city; but for nearly two years a resident of a beau- tiful city in the Berkshire Hills. had two rooms for light housekeeping, and went Occasionally to the different
 lunch rooms. The. '. M. C.. A. cafe
 taria was we'll patronized and one
 cou'S see sVeral kinds of hot food and
 select much or little, according to the
 depths of the purse.
 Tine Park dining room was fa- vorite resort. The two Chinese rest
 aurants I visited. but did not call for
 chop suey. | never ate better roast
 pork, and every. thing was excellent,
 including. salad and pie, for S5 cents.
 At the Washington Lunch nice soup, with two slices of bread, 10 cents, and
 choice of prune7 apple or pumpkin pie
 5 cents.. The dinner. only 15 cents, or if had the Washington stew with plenty of meat, we'll seasoned with
 onions, carrot and n1acaroni, rice or pearl barley, the price was Is cents: and a triangle of 7custard, cocoanut or lemon pie, with; fancy scroll frosting an inch thick, 10 cents, making 25 cents for a good meal; all any one ought or needed to eat, or one could l have clstard, rice, tapioca pudding l chocolate eclairs. cream puffs, two of each for 10 ceflts.s I like to see tables ] set with snowy damask, table cloths and napkins, glistening glassware and shining silver, yet it does not take away my appetite to set down to. one covered with light oilcloth if the food ] is well cooked and ali surroundings are neat.
 l As soon as feel able, I shall try land visit lunch rooms here and com t5pare food prices here with those | know about in other places. 1 The freless cooker here at my rela-
 tives is a butter tub packed with ex- 1 celsior outside of space reserved fol
 kettle and with abbestos near kettle
 and with hot soap stone, baking, boil 1 ing, steaming, etc. Many appetizine meals are, cooked, and even the bread set to rise over night. The cooker takes up only as much room as 8 music stool and when not used fol l cooking, a cushion is put over it anG I it is used far seat.
 I I congratulate. you upon your flu. tture prospects, where restaurants ant iEfussy landiadies will hot trouble an, I more.
 1 GREAT AUNT PHoNA.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-06
SOME moRE ADVICE.

Dear. Social Corner Sisters: t am so glad we have Social Corner Brothers It is, refreshing to discover their. point of view on matters with which we are all so a intinlat te1y concerned. What a world it would be without thern.
 I was interested in the letters from '".Perplexed,". and I thought I. would sit down and write a letter at once: but now am glad I waited. for I have been much. interested in all the letters written, and the~ advice. given, all of which may be good if it fits her caseI but she only can decide what part of it she can make use of 4,
 I believe in prayer and patience; and I also believe with Etta Barber, that it is sometimes eur duty to add works to faith and answer our own prayers, if need be, demand with in- sistence. that recognition of our per sonal rights without which we can not retain our self-respect. Gs afs
 But I WEI add some more, but diff ferent advice. It is free, and will not add. to the H., C. of l.. should say the best. thing she can do is to take a vacation, not to visit relatives and talk over her troubles with. those who must be more or less biased one way or the other. but go some where and pay her board. leave children at home if possible, and. if not, .talseg one and leave one. Leave husband and troubles at home. Do not think of. or men tion them; while away, but just rest, and feel, free to do as she likes. One month, if possible. if not two weeks. at least, and zby. that time her vision will be somewhat cleared and things will look. entirely different. and she may be ready to take up life with re- neWed courage and vigor, V
 Her husband, if he be a real man. may begin to see what she is to the family. . @
 If her husband will not furnish the means, and she hasn't it in her own right, get doctor to order 1t as a restorative. Don't try to earn the n1eney, it is her due if she has been faithful in her wifeIy and r1iotheriy duties: asM Don't think your husband is the only man who has faults, many a wife has to teach her husband what his. moth CT should have taught him before he was six years old., have lived and observed much in lifet and I verify be lleye that much domestic unhappiness l would be avoided. if each party should take an occasional .ication.
 believe there have been mariy wives who have died ill an insane in, stitution under forty years, that 1righi have lived to q; good old age to bies. their families if they could have hiaa two weks' vacation every year. The monotony of serving three meal. daily and sitting at the same tabl, with the. same persons, weeks ant months without change is enough t wear on the nerves of most women especially. if they have led an activ, life and been surrounded with others
 and there should be letup occasion
 ally. no matter how much love ther, is, its human nature to need res and change with others. 4
 would say don't give up. the shin and don't desert the children. The! need a mothers and a fathers 1ov, and care, and it is their dne. =.
 Even at the worst, after month
 vacation she will he better prepare,
 to decide if she should make the sep
 aration permanent one.
 WRTNKT E
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-06
THE USEFUL AND HEALTHY
 OATMEAL.

{. Dear; Social Cornerites, You. all know how good and nourishing oatmeal is, and I am sure that most of you use it often as a cereal or otherwise. But sometimes the small folks in the family will balk at eating it, and then I have found it a. good plan to make use of it in the following healthy and delicious form:
 Oatmeal Recks-One and one-fourth cups brown sugar. one cup shortening, two eggs (beaten), one cup sour milk, two cups flour, two cups oatmeal, one half teaspoon salt. three teaspoons cinnamon, tive, teaspoons cloves, TWO teaspoons al1spice, one, cup tseedless raisins, one-fourth cup nut meats (chopped).
 Cream sugar and shortening, add eggs well beaten. alternate milk with flour into which has been sffted soda, baking powder, salt and spices, stir in oatmeal raisins and nuts; drop from spoon on to buttered sheet and bake in moderate oven. sefa,t- r.
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about, 2 wet towel around: her head.

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 about, 2 wet towel around her head, she will groan over the unfesling way a cruel man can sneFe. when. bis poor wife is suffering from insomnia" !"
 A critical ease! A case for a. spe- cia1istt nodded the doctor, sbut I think with patience we can effect a cure! and he winkea at the husband whose face was properly long and se- rious. Them after writing a line or two, he handed the man prescrin- ton, apparently in Latin, in due form. At the same time he handed back s$2.5o of the five dollar bill, sayifig Here! I'll be satisfied with fifty-fif con sultationiv' .g. s.,so-..s
 When the man gave the prescrip- tion to his wife-one Of the ,pFettiest girls in the neighBerhood when they had married-it merely read: .
 R-To retain fine complexion and good health, 3 meals at meal-time only; nothing between meals; hours fsleep in a darkened room. Drink s pints of water daily; a pinch of bi- carbonate of soda, or of common ssft in water. at any symptom of head ache; all sweets at dessert onlg...
 | HYCfENIC.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-06
+o MAkE 4 SCRAP BOOK.

Dear, Social Cornerites; ; The habit of making scrap books is good one. tn less one understands the card cata- logue system, which is better. , :, We all know how well the old acr count books serve with every other page. cut out. s., p..r s--s. | like, little hand books better-the kind used to buy for 10 cents now pay 25 cents for. Every other leaf should be cut. out. .s.....-. l. e,
 I. paste fayorite. poems in such a book, and as l. save the portraits of all authors i see. 1 follow the portrait with one. or two poems. ..
 s'Household Hints" and How to Do Things witch have appeared in the Social cerner, make very useful little books. .s..s ...
 The making of scrap books is. taking the first. lessons in system; When they are made they are worthless unless they are placed where they can always be found.i.. .,.s.4 ess.., .-.,.,....s These little books of choice poems and miscellany are great comfort when one is shut indoors because of bad weather or sickness.
 A good scrap library is the most valuable library in the world if the scraps are intelligently collected and zrr7Nrrop
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-06
rHE FASHIONABLE MorHER.

Dear Sisters of The Corner: Several weeks ago, I was greatly. interested in what some one wrote in The Corner about a womar's being frumpy..
 The warning against such careless ness in dress and person, it seems to me, applies particularly to the mother of. any family. We all know devoted mothers with mistaken notions of pushing their daughters forward, while they themselves keep in the back ground. How often one will hear some good woman say;
 Well, I want a new dress and a new hat: but I feel as though must go without them, for the girls need so many clothes. now! They are getting where, they go out so much while can stay at home and make my old things dom
 Never was there such mistaken notion. Not one daughter in. ten thousand ever appreciates the sacri- fees which her mother makes for her in this way. On the contrary, chil- dren soon learn to distinguish differ ences in appearance, etc, and. soon grow to wish mother" to be- put aside when they are entertaining young and fashionable friends.
 Don't make this mistake, you moth CTS! Keep yourselve out of the dis card by dressing as presentably as your means will allow, go and come and entertain if you can; keep the reinS in your own hands letting youl children stay in second place-or be. fore you realize it. they will rule the EhouseSold and you will be pushed in i to the kitchen corner! Be the we'll. ! srpomed. .s well dressed companion 70 your daughters. on the shopping trip
 the social calls, the informal hom,
 parties, the visits to theatres and tn, 1 rest. Remember, one is valued at tn,
 price she sets upon, herself. If any
 one dresses plainly, let it be, daughter
 but let mother be the household queer
 and she will command respect a,
 suchl A6 ss,..
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-06

Griffin "A Sesa,nder Stedfnan. enc or tfe sl5inifig lights in 6 Connccticats var histoaS. I hat iss lie Was a,TriHity man { II presume he's of Connecticut birth. sss would like to know # any of these great s ma many In thas this s Sad Win syindifahl M county. can. help. me place. tie anees- try of my great great 7grandfat thei John Griffin. who, married | Miss Cole
 mail. His son William, my great grandfather, married Sarah, daugntei
 of John. Jofles, Sr., who fought with
 Mari9il, and whose ,paternal grand
 father was Rev. Orlando Jones of Yir-
 ginia, and his maternal grandfather
 was Aiexander Brown, also of, ,Vir-
 giiiia T should have said enigrants to
 .s My, Griffinss came from New Jersey.
 but they probably sprang from Joseph of Roxbury. Mass, who was one of the
 settlers in. Windflam county. this state.
 Surely some ont tjf this line must
 have data pertaining to the early set
 ticks. <,
 Who was Jasper Griffin who married
 Ruth. Peck, daughteE of one. of the
 suppose he's the Jasper Griffin who
 witnessed the will of my. emigrant an- cestor, John, ,Mnek, said will being pro- batede in New Lefidpn.. Ruth was born in 1676. and I think her: husband was the age to have been father to John Griffin F2 sr=..r syss s As Henry Peterson of Lyme is said tQ have later gqrleito3 New Jersey, per- haps Jasper Griffin went there; or. if his. reighbors went, .perhaps his sons went irldepend dently |, tAt. least three Griffir1 brothers preetnpted lands near 1 Natchez, 'Miss.f5a
 As I'm from Henry Peterson also, 1 would aIfkesto know more of his people. His entire line as far as I'm concerned as a descendant. Who was Marah, his wife?.0.eSs .seF sss ss,. = s 5. 4,f $ I would like to take Great Grandma l by the shand,l I always loved. fine old | ladies, and ss1 am .sbaried aliNe in the cotintry, and truly Shut in" 4
 l know she can appreciate the; wave
 of loneliness that sweeps oyer me on this, my mothers golden wedding day I will say, sthat4one of the most tri- umphafit moments of my life was when l I, a little Eirlssesought, and found the 1 graves of William and Sarah (Jones) iGriffing, To me the spot was sacred 1 ground, and littlercared 1 If the screech l owl wierdly cried from the nearby 1 thicket; my soul was satisfied. and ] l hope to live to kneel at the graves ot all my. forepears WfIo, are inferred in IConnecticut, besinning perhaps with
 Deacon J Joseph Kingsbury and Loue Ayers of. West Earns.
 1 With best wishes. .t.- l MARTHA R. WILCOX. '
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-06
MORE ABOUT AN, INTERESTING VISIT.

trf
 Dear Sisters of the Social Corner: For the past weeks the rush of house. hold and. farm work has prevented nae from keeping my promise to, tell. you more about my interesting visit to the Norwich Bulletin, during my recent evening in Norwich.
 ssProbablN many, of VOL have, won dered every morning. when you look
 ed over the first page of the paper.
 to read the news of happenings of the previous day. in, countries and cities all over the world. nWell.,I found, as i
 was taken about. that the newspaper has man taking telegraph news, who works at his desk from $ D., m. until. ,daybreak. except for ia halt hour
 for lunch. It is very interesting to
 watch him, as the news is clicked off by little telegraph instrument, for he takes it down on his typewriter as fast as it comes. The young man who
 was showing me about explained that ] it does not come in complete words, but ip abbreviation,s what he called 'the code" but that is fully under
 stood by the operator, who writes
 against time, as he records all that is; sent over the wire of the Asso- When this man gets long sheet or
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-06
HOW ABOUT THE SWEET "ToP-
 OEE7r r

Dear Social Cornerites: A number of years ago, when r lived in the Green Mountain State. the country got good laugh at us 5,becadse Rudyard. Kipling wrote something in regard to his sum mer home being in the "pie be1t'' of Vermont.
 Now. must admit I have a sweet tooth,, and l was glad the other day to read in. an essay by some famous man that this craving for sweets is natural, showing that there is something lack ing in the human system which only a sweet morsel will supply. .z.s.1,..- :.
 True; 1t is not so easy nowadays to get sugar for sweet food. but most Of cur housewives are clever contrivers and can get by with molasses. brown sugar, or some other kind of make shift, when they cannot get the ia miliar granulated sugar.
 I don't deny that would miss my Hast. Hlouthfui of some sort ref sweet stuff if deprived of it. Like most New
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-06
WASN'T HE HATEEuL2

Dear Sisters of the Social Corner: A neighbor of mine is telling as a great joke the. way he went to doctor and said: Doctor III give you this brand new five, dollar bill if you give me q pre- scription which will cure my wife of headaches"
 The doctor said that it would not cost him quite as much as five dol lars, even in these days of! high prices. Then the physician began to ask ques- tions; and that hateful man told him these telltale things:
 Well, you see, Doc, my good wo- man never feels very hungry at meals just nibbles a bite or two and al- ways critieises the rest of us because we have good husky appetites. But about ten o'clock she will feel faint" and will munch a couple of chocolates, or maybe a -cooky, or pickle and doughnut; or I've even caught her lunching on a. generous sector of , mince pie!" Hum, hum!" said the doctor, with a twinkle in his eye.
 Same way at dinner went on that l tattling husband "She will decline any dessert with the air of a mar | tyr; but when she and some of her 1 CTOIll6S go uONII lOWA slO sSlOpy UT LU ] the theatre. they will have a college ice, 8 cup of chocolate, an ice cream soda, or some other eontraption of that sort! In case their whist club meets, there will be a luncheon of
 salad, sandwiches, cakes, ice cream
 coffee, candy. and the rest of the stuff which women like. As you might 1 think, when Wife comes home she has
 no appetite for supper. and expresses
 her envy of us men folks, with our
 stomachs like those of an ostrich. etc. etc"
 'Very true!" commented the doc Etor, and now he was snickering. "A
 serious easel. What other symptoms | have you noticed?"
 ''Well. at night, when I'm tired enough: to tumble into bed with my boots on, that is the time my better half takes to turn on the full light an6
 read fashion magazine, or novel Claims she can't sleep and must try to kill time. She never fails to have a cooky or several bonbons under hel
 pillow, maybe will produce cracker and bite of cheese. for that faint EfeeIing.'. After midnight she may turr out the light and lie down to sleep lik, Ia sensible woman should; and in the morning, while she is crawling
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-06
SOCIAL CORNER POEM. There Is No Death.

There is no death! the stars. go down To rise upon some other shore, And bright in heavens jeweled crown They shine forevermore. There Is no death the forest leaves Convert to life the viewless air; The rocks, disorganize tb feed The hungry moss they bear. There is no death. The dist we tread Shall change, beneath the summer
 showers,
 To golden grain, or meiloy fruit, Or rainbow tinted fowers. There is no death! the leaves may fall. The flowers may fade and pass
 away
 They only wait, through wintry hours, The warm. sweet breath of May. There Is no death! the choicest gifts That heaven hath kindly lent to earth Are ever first to seek again
 The country of their birth. And all things that for growth or joy Arc worthy of our love or care, Whose loss has left us ,desolate, Are safely garnered there. Though life becomes a dreary waste. We know It's fairest. sweetest flow
 CTS,
 Transplanted into paradise.
 Adorn immortal bowers. The voice of bird like melody. n, :, That we have missed and mourned
 so long -.4f,.;s- Now minEles with the angel choir In everlasting song.r t l. There is no death although we gsrieve When beautiful. familiar forms ~ That We have learned to. love are torn From our embracing arms Although with bowed and breaking heart With sable karb and silent tread. :. We bear. their. sepselcss dust to rest, And say that they are "dead'- They are not dead they have but
 passed Beyond the mists that blind us here, Into. the new and larger life
 Of that serener sphere. They have but dropped their robe of
 clay -'s To put their shining raiment on; They have, not wandered far away They are not Host" or gone" Though disenthralled and slorihed. They still are here and love us yet; The dear ones they have left behind They never can forget. And sometimes, when our hearts grow
 faint
 Amid temptations fierce and deep Or when the wildly ringing waves Of grief or passion sweep. We feel upon our fevered brow Their gentle touch, their breath of
 balm.
 Their arms enfold us. and our hearts Grow comforted and calm. 1. And ever. near us. though unseen, The dear. immortal spirits tread For all the boundless universe
 Is life-there are no dead.
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b two filled he passes the news along to. another man.. called the Night Editor, who sits at desk in. the next room This is the, man who is. always trying to do what the shoe dealer told the lady, with. the, No. T. foot who tried to wear a No. 3 shoe-"Nine into four you caF.t!" The Night Editor has only that front page to hold the dispatches which are erowding from all over the world; so. he has to cut them down. sometimes to, q mere line although there may be page thrown away which the biz city papers would use to fill their long columns. But The Bull letin wants to tell all the nights news, and must ''boil it down." as the man explained.
 There $ just as much. news crowd ing to get into the other pages, and to somebody or other it is important and interesting; so that this cutting down and boiling down is going on in ali de- partments sof the paper. But am for
 getting that I. too, may be talking too
 much; so I will defer what else I in- tended to tell you until alater 1etr ter. if the, Social Corner Editor will
 accept such.. s+i.E
 COUNTRY COUSIN.