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Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-23
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sTENcILIN6 CURTAINS TO MATCH
 PAPER.

Dear Sisters of the Corner: I wanted te stencil some scrim curtains to match as nearly as possible the design on the wall paper in my living room. but was unable to procure a stencil design that was suitable.
 Having a roll, Of the wall paper left. [ cut 8 part of this into stripe the width of the design in the paper, and, laying the strips of paper upside down on the edge of the curtain material. passed a hot iron over them The result was per- to match my paper. Care must be taken, however, when one does this work, to have everything dry. Where I used to live in summer. I had a homemade fireplace where I could do my cooking in summer (with the ex- ception of baking) and washing without being warm. This fireplace is so sim ! pie. Set up two piles of bricks about two feet high and three feet long, leav- ing one and one-half between. Then pro- cure piece of heavy tin or sheet iron large enough to extend over the bricks about two and one-half feet, and place over the bricks. over this any food can be easily cooked. What is more. fuel can be economized by burning any trash l that has accumulated. | I use square-cornered preserve jars ir my refrigerator. They hold liquid and cooked vegetables nicely, can be covered and take up less room than round dishes
 Those troubled with cockroaches try this: Cut up green cucumbers at night and put them about where the reaches are troublesome. Remove the cucumbe,
 in the morning and renew them at night
 Do this for three nights and see how
 quick they will disappear. This recipt lcame to mo from Georgia
 Here arc some uses for salt:- When cooking very sour fruit such a
 cranberries, rhubarb or cherries. if on, will add very little salt, to each uuar
 Of fruit it will take only half as rnuct
 sugar.
 To prevent eggs breaking through tn
 shell by putting one teaspoonful of sal
 in the water they are boiled.
 Salt mixed with soda will remov
 stains from marble. Salt end vinegar are good for sorc throat \rgle. Three tablespoons O vinegar and one teaspoon salt; stir well
 then add one tablespoon water Prints rinsed in water where there i ' salt added will hold their color: dyet
 goods dipped in it will set the color. never use anything else for setting colol ) Teaspoon of salt in one-hsf pint of te p4u water lS dH dnNloOLe pOlSOnlni
 from nitrate of silver.
 Hemorrhages of the lungs are proper ! iy checked by the use of salt. To remove grease spots salt dissolve 7 E in alcohol
 . Salt brightens color in carpet but don | use it when damp.
 } Salt thrown on fire will extinguish ) small blaze.
 Salt in the water you keep flowers i r will prolong their life. A pinch Of salt added to your mill s will preserve it.
 8 A handful Of salt placed in an ol
 newspaper, good to clean sticky irons. e MEECIA.
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VEGETABLE oMELErs.

Dear Corner Folk: Perhaps you are bothered to know of something different at this time of year. There are plenty of eggs and vegetables and baked vese- table omelet or souffle is good way to combine them. If made with green she'll ed peas beans, soy beans or cowpeas ft may be served in place of meat. Here is a general recipe for making these appetizing dishes:
 A thick sauce made with one-quarter cup fat, one-quarter cup flour. one cup liquid which may be milk Cwhole or slim), cream, meat stock or the water in which vegetables have been cooked
 One cup thick vegetable pulp made by draining cooked vegetables and then mashing them or putting them through a sieve.
 Three eggs, the white and yorks beat en separately.
 Flavorng: Salt, pepper, onion iuict and any one of the following may be used: Very finely chopped parsley chives or ham or one-eighth teaspoon curry powder. Bacon used in making tht sauce gives good flavor.
 Nix the vegetable pulp, seasoning, sauce and well-beaten egg yolks. Carefully fold in the well-beaten white of the eggs put into 9 buttered baking dish and bake in a slow oven until firm.
 The amount of vegetables in this disf may be increased by serving vegetables around the souffle.
 Hope you will try and like these dishes It has been some time since I have written, but I hope to do better from ny" o''' DoRCAs.
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page of July 24, 1915, find that of the
 twenty-three contributors of that week.
 more than half are writers now, and the
 rest may be, of course, under new pen
 names. A Stafford Daisy was one we have not heard from. lately and one
 whose letters enjoyed.
 think it very nice of Thirty-tWo to give us a hint as to where she lives
 and hope that when Club No. has an
 other gatherings she and the little So- cial Corner daughter can meet with us I have just finished washing and the thing I have always disliked most about 1t is the starching. I think lack pa tience for the secret of 8 good boiled starch is the length of time it is cooked. If boiled only a few minutes, it i is more or less sticky.
 | To make a good starch. moist en dry | starch with enough cold water to make a thin mixture. Stir into this boiling water until the starch looks clear. Cook slowly not less than twenty minutes. Half l a tea spoons of borax to g. gallon of starch adds smoothness and lustre and a little bluing in it will prevent the 1 white smears that frequently show on dark clothes when ironed.
 ] Another thing have learned from ex- 1 perience is that clothes can be troned
 sooner and more easily if Sprinkled with 1 hot water instead of cold,
 'S' PTIMRoSE
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MEN ARE NOT ANGELS.

Dear Social Corner Editor: Imagine an April fool' as mad as March hare" and as helpless as the fast rose of sum- mer," and you'll have a spirit photo of Madam Me at this very moment.
 The idea of Frankly Fifty joining our Corner and being glad that the mem- bers did not agree with Mercia"
 There are more members agreeing with her than you know of Frankly Fifty L for one, agree with Mercia and Peterkins Every word of Mercia's letter is true, and while it is hard to sit right under a per son who knows what she is talking about it nevertheless is 50.
 I shall not say how many husbands I've had, but, believe me. men are nc angels. My husband is as good as the average, but he's no angel. They are certainly boon companions, but at times are absolutely obstinate and inconsistent When they want to, they can make you feel mighty uncomfortable. I hope Frankly Fifty and lola and the other sisters will bring their husbands to the next meeting. really want to see the men who can turn women against all the rest of the women.
 I hope we hear from Peterkins in self
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OLD GLORY.
CURRANT AND RASPBERRY JELL
 AND PRESERVES.

Friends of the Social Corner: With entrants and raspberries ripening, it means more business for the sisters who
 like caning. They are good fruits for
 canning, but should be canned as soon as
 possible after being picked, and entrants
 ought not to be picked after 8 rain. They
 make the best preserves when they are put up beGore becoming quite ripe. The 'cherry" entrants, on account of their large size and delicious flavor, are better to use in preserving than the smaller va
 rieties. and the price for them is general ly only few cents more quart.
 Currsnt Jelly: Do not stem, but re- move all leaves and Wilted fruit. Place | layer of the entrants in the bottom of
 the preserving kettle and mash them well | with the bottom of a cup then add a few
 more and mash again-continuing until i you have mashed all you have sin this
 way Add no water Simply set the ket- i tie over a slow fire to draw out the juice 1 and when the entrants look white, strain l the juice through double cheesecioth. i Measure this strained juice and for each | cup of it set aside a cup of grSnulated sugar. Put the measured juice back into
 the preserving kettle and bring to boiling i point; boil for five minutes, then add the i measured sugar and continue boiling un-
 til the jelly stage is reached (that is, 1 until two drops will form at once on a | spoon when a little of the juice is dipped ! back into the kettle). When this stage is I reached, turn the jelly at once into hot,
 ster;Iized glasses and let cool. Then cover l with melted parafine.
 l Red Raspberry Jam with Currant 1 Juice: Wash and crush the raspberries
 and to each quart of the crushed fruit l .Add one-half cup of currant juice let this | mixture stand for b minutes, then meas
 ure it by cunfuis and turn 1t into the preserving kettle bring to boiling point, let simmer for 20 minutes, then add 1 quarters of a cup of granulated sugar for every cup of the juice you measured before, and let continue to cook
 until little of the jam syrup will form l two drops at once on spoon as above i described Then fill into hot, sterilized
 glasses, let cool, and cover with paraffine.
 Currant Conserve: Mix together three 1 quarts of scanned entrants, three quarts 1 of granulated sugar, one pound of seeded
 raisins Large, put through food chop perl. the rind and pulp of one lemon. Let this mixture stand in the preserving ket- | tie for two hours, then cook over slow 1 fire until as thick as narmalade, stirring now and then so that it will not burn at l the bottom. Turn into hot sterilized jelly glasses and cover when cold with melted Ii paraf1ne.
 Raspberry Jelly: Mash a quantity ot
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cry state in life and if we look for them we can find lots of them. Also there are good and pleasant things everywhere and as someone has written we can generally find just about what we hunt for.
 Naturally we married women who have husbands and families whom we are happy with, rose up and resented Mer- cia's unprovoked attack on married life as might be expected. I can't remember of anything being written that called it up, and as neither side will change the others opinion any 1t seems foolish and urproitable to waste time, not to men tion paper and ink in argument on a subject as old and tirne-honored as that. Blanche: I am at 8. loss to know just what you refer to in wanting my experi- | ences because you liked to learn facts. If you refer to my criticism of the set of rules laid down by the California min
 ister I supposed they were. open to criti- cism or they wouldn't have been pub l lished.- I am not much in the habit of
 having my remarks questioned and I an sure don't know just what you mean
 wrong connection or something. Any. how, don't let us get up any serious diff ference of opinion among the sisters O the Social Corner for life is short and il isn't worth while. and everything has always gone on so unusually calm an, peaceful that < would be a pity to spoi lit over trifes. One thinks one way ahl
 one another which is to be expected an, it is a good thing the world isn't all alik
 or what curious place it would be an,
 what a sameness and monotony:
 With best wishes.
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REc1PEs RY o1p GLoRr.

Dear Sisters Of the Corner: I will send in a few of my recipes that the sisters have asked me to. hoping that they will try them and let me know how they like them.
 Velvet Cake: One cup sugar, one-half cup milk, one and one-half cups sifted flour, one teaspoon baking powder, one and one-quarter c;A 8 butter, yoll1s of two eggs and last heat whites stiff, add ana beat the cake five minutes; flavor.
 Sponge Cake: Three eggs, one pinch salt, beat lightly one cup sugar, beat as you put it in one cup of flour, one spoon baking powder, sifted twice, last six tablespoons of cold water. Flavor. Don't open oven for twenty minutes. Bake. 80 minutes, no longer
 Cry Baby Cookies: One egg. one cup sugar, one cup cold coffee, two-thirds cup compound or butter, four cups of flour, one spoon cloves, cinnamon, two spoons soda; drop on buttered pans iron i spoon. Bake in quick oven. Brown Stone Front Cake: One and | one-half cups sugar, two tablespoons co. coa, one tablespoon butter. two eggs one cup of milk, one spoon soda, mixed with 8 little milk, two cups four, thin 1 like ginger bread
 Hoping these recipes may be in tint and prove benefit to the sisters that ask l for them, I remain as one of the Cor ner sisters,
 OLD GLORY.
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SOCIAL ooKEER POETRY.
 F0EWAn.

DreAm1s vEft1ng for darkness with sox- re~fui. dYocptng eyes, LArger not in the valley, bennoxmtng the day that is done; CnH5 the hills of morning and welcome the rosy skies Never yet was the setting 90 fair as the rising suni Dea= ts the p2st It's treasures ws hold in cur hearts for aye; Woe to tho hand that would scatter ono wreath of it's garnered flowers : But larger blessings and honor will come with the waking day Hal. then, Tomorrow. nor tarry with Yesterdays ghostly hours! Azrk how the summers hasten thrOQgh hlossoming fields of June To the purple lanes of the vintage and levels of golden corn; eSpiendors Of fife I lavish" runs Ma ture's exutant rune, @Fcr mvrads press 10 follow, and the rsrest are yet unborn" Dreamer. awaiting for darkness with sor- rowful, dropping eyes, Summers and suns so gladly, and wherefore dost thou repine9 Climb the hills of morning and welcome the rosy skies
 The joy os tho boun61ess tuture-nay God Himself is thine Edas Dean Proctor, in the Boston azraid.
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would greet him with long face and still longer tale of how hard I had worked, and the babies were so cross, and l was so sick and tired, and dog ems of other things the matter. I soon began to notice when told him. all those things that he could not eat and how tired and blue he looked, and do you wonder at it He had been standing for ten hours in heat, dust and vile smells of oil in a badly ventilated room per
 naps, and must do just so much work or the. envelope would be short on pay day. So there was no let up for him, and no matter what the weather was, hot or cold. rain or shine, and some of the | time feeling miserable, he must 20 to his work. for he had wife and babies 10 care for Now if a wife Is anything | of manager at all, she can plan her day so that she has time for pleasure | as well as work. A simple dinner on a | hot day is better for the husband as wen | as the wife, and he feels so good to
 come into a cool dining room and not l see table loaded with boiling hot food. Or on the the other hand on cold,
 raw day warmth and a piping hot din-
 ner about fills the spot. l also learned the greatest lesson of all. If you have
 worries bad news or trouble of any kind.
 keep it until he has eaten, smoked his
 pipe and read his paper, By that time
 he is rested and at peace with the world.
 He can then listen to you, give you his
 help and the battle is won. But if you
 have good news and pleasure for him,
 meet him with it and he will be ready to
 do almost anything for you. or his chil-
 dren.
 Women make the largest part of theil
 trouble, I am convinced, for ss men out
 of a hundred make good husbands i [ their wives do their part. Some of yoI
 may say it is easy for her to talk, for
 she has only a small family. That is s' at the present time, but I do enough other work. I take care of a lsrs' garden, look after hens, do my oEl sewing and house work. I brought u my own children that were spared to nit
 helped bring up another family of chil [ dren that were left without a mother ! so you see I speak from experience an 7 I've never been very strong woman a 3. that, but I married until death do U part, and to be q help mate for my tlus = band, and for all the troubles and hard s ships, there has been just as much of Il l, good things in life. So I call myself 0 contented woman. So women do vol
 level best for your husband and you vi d see, he will do his best for you.
 o cADY.
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Gn-Ar-A-GALLoP-EpGE.

Dear Corner Sisters: The handkerchief with edging, "Go-At-a-Gallop-E be- longs to the same class that the various mile-s-minute laces do. And there is. therefore, no need 10 tell the average makers of lsces how Qdickly yards of it may he worked.
 Chain ,. join to form ring, ch s, g trebles into ring, chain 5. turn. Skipping 1 treble in preceding TOW, make 1 tr, over next treble. chain, .. skip 1 tr. Repeat twice more from .. There should now be four open spaces. eh 3. turn. tr into first open space, ch .. tr into srd space. Ch .. tr into last open space. ch 3, turn 1 tr into snd tr. from hook ch 2. 1 tr into End tr from hook. continue with ? ch and 1 tr until you have 4 open spaces. On ), turn. Continue from until you have length desired.
 Finish the outside edge afterward with single crochets putting in enough to make edge smooth, but solid.
 I have been asked what use is made oi discarded piano scarf? I say make dress.
 Reserve one-half yard for the bodice and arrange the piece so the floral de sign is across the front. as the scarf, are wide By cutting the piece length
 wise there will he enough Of the plain color for the hack. The two and one half yard piece. is sufficient for th' skirt. and the width permits t to cont almost 10 the shoe tops. Beneath th!i just to the hem. wide piece of black satin ribbon may be fastened wits- French knots. or you can attach 10 separate underskirt. and then you hay ! the popular Russian tunio. Inc ro bon may he as wide IS necessary to : suit the height Of the wearer. There i' 1 oro,,.I, i7 tha ore-half ward of fhi waist to make the sleeve Of the msndz rine style cutting them together vitl 1 the waist
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defense I agree with her that hus-
 band should allow his wife an allowance
 if it only $10 a month, and I hope they
 get it. The primary impulse of all crea-
 tnres is possession. It is this that causes
 chicken to tear around the yard with
 piece of meat in its mouth and all the
 other chickens after it. Of course, it
 cannot possibly eat the meat; it hasn't time But the instinct of possession makes it grab and keep it. The same is i noticeable among beasts. They like to get great piece of meat in their mouth and then growl. It is this instinct in man which provokes him to natrirncny. He wants something to guard and growl over, so he seeks a hollow tree. a cave, or a house and 9. wife.
 Now if any sister can say this state nnent isn't true, let her write her idea am more than glad this subject came up. wanted to write about it to the
 sisters, but didn't dare to approach the subject I wish Kitty Lou would write on the subject.
 i ENGT ISu
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BLKsr ARE THE WAYS.

6lest arc the ways of those vno know of sorrow just their share And those who have with other hearts bit or fret to bear. Tor they shall be as humans arc and not as gods may be. Rejoicing in hfe's simple gifts of bird and flower and Tree. Blest are the ways those who walk con tent of heart and mind To see as much as they should see, be
 blind where love is blind; lust hsnpy mediums in the strife that pecks st all in time, And sweet with love for sweets of life that bloom in laughter's cline. BIsst are inc ways of those who dream
 and those who waking feel The beauty of the dreaming world upon
 their spirits steaI. Who cannot hate nor be unjust, so bal
 a7cs5 and SO strong They find behind the hardest heart bi
 Of the dearest song.
 "B B. in The Baltimore Sun.
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HOME MADE SALAD DRESSING

Dear Sisters of the Corner: Many of you are using salad dressing at this time of the year. and nsing a great. deal of it. I am partial to She homo made variety and think you may like these methods:
 First Msthod-One teaspoon mustard, one-fourth cup sugar, one-fourth cup of butter, two teaspoons salt, one cup hot vinegar, one cup sweet or sour cream, l three eggs, one-eighth teaspoon pepper. Cream butter and dry seasoning. Add eggs well beaten and cream. Cook over hot water. When the mixture begins to thicken add the vinegar little at time, stirring constantly. When the consisten- icy of thick cream remove from fire and pour into cold dish to stop cooking. The amount Of mustard may be increased up to one tablespoon as the family taste prefers.
 Second Methsd-one-fourth cup but ter. two tablespoons flour, one teaspoon mustard, one teaspoon salt, two, table spoons sugar. eight tablespoons vinegar four tablespoons water, one-eighth tea spoon pepper, two egg yolks, one-hah cup whipping cream.
 Melt butter and add flour, mustard sugar, salt and pepper and stir until per fectIy smooth, add vinegar and water ant COOK over g. SLOW ire, COIlSSdhI ly till thick and smooth Take from fir' and add yolks of eggs unbeaten. Mi7 thoroughly. If the vinegar is not ver5 sour the juice of one lemon may be needed. Add at this time. Whip, cream till stiff and add first mixture: This dressing should stand several hours be fore using to allow tie hauors to blend.
 Third Methed-Three eggs, one table spoon sugar. one dessertspoon flour. on { teaspoon salt, one-half teaspoon mustard one-eighth teaspoon pepper, one-half GU oil. one-haH cup vinegar.
 Put yolks of eggs in top of double boil
 CT and add dry ingredients. Mix per
 fectly smooth Beat in oil and then vine
 gar. Cook over hot water, stirring con
 stantly. Remove when the mixture coat
 the spoon. Beat the whites of the egg
 in g bowl with Dover heater till sti and dry. Fol in cooked mixture. Each Of these rules will make from on pint to one and one-half pints of drest ing. according to the size os the egg'
 They will keep a week in a cool place
 Many cooked dressings that would other
 wise be delicious are lumpy. Constar
 stirring while cooking and the proper ol
 der of combining the ingredients wi ! produce as smooth cooked dressing a t the real mayonnaise.
 9 ALICE ".
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Dear Corner Friends: Having been es Ted -n meeting I must respond. Calla Lily has been bit more faithful to the Corner for few months than I have, Tu have 10 admit, but I am going to sec that such isn't the case henceforth. When some Of the members suggested md started the plan Of writing at least Dncc a month I thought it grand idea, so much SD that I inteded to do like wise knowing that it is important that members should be active. I never felt that ] wanted to be just a joiner or s banquet han member. I want to do my part in keeping the Corner going even though .nere arc % many who are more csnahfs writers.
 While ] seem to have bacIsIidden I s-n E'4d 10 be reminded Of it. I know thz. am not alone although I wish tfs. m Ehr be the case and that we could hsar occas' 'onsllv from those members who have so much of interest 10 impart pr th0se who have simply joined and never made any further contribution.
 One Of the sisters rss asked for NclliinE recipes. Here is one for water melon riad that Is fine:
 Pare and cut in thick slices the riud oi one med tuu size watermelon Boil one gallon or water with one ounce of alum and pour over the sliced rind and let
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raspberries in one galvanized kettle and a quantity of entrants in another kettle, allowing these to cook slightly-untii the
 juice runs freely (adding no water to either). Then strain the juices separate ly Combine in the proportion of two- thirds of this strained raspberry juice to one-third of currant juice. Then measure
 by cupfuls and set aside an equal amount
 of sugar. Heat the juices in preserving
 kettle, let them cook for 20 minutes, then
 add the measured sugar and let boil until it jeiis, after which turn into hot, steril- ized glasses and cover when cold with parah1ne.
 wish if some member has good recipe for coffee mousse she would send l it to The Corner. o. I. c.
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VIEWS ON MARRIED LIFE AND
 HUSBANDS

Dear Editor of the Social Corner: I've been asked to give my views on married life and husbands. Well, I've had one for over twenty-five years so I am able to tell a little about them, or think can. I was married young and knew as little of married life as 1t was pos sible to know, so made mistakes by the hundreds. One of the first things I learned was always to keep his socks well alarmed, and always have his meals ready the minute he came in. good wholesome meal, clean table. cool room in summer. and warm in winter, makes a man think he has the finest wife in ex- istence and it is worth whie when he will say to you, '9rhis is great"
 Tn my first years before learned bet ter, the minute he would come in, ]