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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-05-11
Absence of Disease
Isn't Health; You
Need Vitality, Energy

kle into your eyes. II you want all
this, begin right now to enrich your
blood stream.
You will find, as thousands Of
others have found in the last fifty
years, that S.S.S. is an excellent
remedy to do this for you, one that
removes the poisonous impurities
and helps build your blood into a
rich, nourishing supply. S.S.S. is
an herb compound, discovered by
the Indians, and still made as they
made it.
Get S.S.S. from your druggist to-
day. Start taking, and then if you
want expert medical advice free,
write in detail about your condition
to Chief Medical Advisor, 1862 Swift
Laboratory, Atlanta, Georgia.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-05-11
Embarrassing Moment.

l was expecting some freight and
called the depot to see if it had ar
rived. We lived on country line and
Of course every receiver was down.
While I was waiting for them to an
swer I was thinking what l would
say. I had intended to say. rs this
the depot?" and Has anything arrived
for Mrs. K"
Instead, I got excited and said.
Hello. Is the depot there?"
"No!" Numbered the man at the
other end of the line, ''it just went
cut on the south-bound train"
Imagine the filters along the line
Chicago American.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-05-11

You may have no particular dis
ease, and yet fall far short of en-
joying real health. To be actually
healthy you must be sturdy, alert,
vigorous, a-sparkle with enthus-
iasm and the joy Of living-fairly
bubbling over with vitality and
energy. Are you thus?
If you are well, yet listless and
unambitious, it is because you lack
some quality that would fill you
with vim and drive, and nine times
out Of ten the sole cause Of this
lack is found to be disordered, weak
blood.
Wholesome blood is the very
fountain source Of that energy
which puts spring into your mus
eles, snap into your step and spar
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-05-11
More Than One Way.

There is an old farmer in one Of our
suburbs who is noted for saying quaint
and unexpected things. One day last
fall he delivered a couple Of dressed
birds to a customer, who remarked ::
Il should think, Mr. Brown, you'd sim
ply hate to chop off the heads of those
innocent chickens"
You're right, ma'am." he said, land
so l never do it. l manage to get
around it."
Get around 1t. how?" the house
wife asked with eager interest.
"Well, you see, ma'am," replied the
farmer, "what I does is chop the chick,
ems off the heads."-Boston Tran
script.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-05-11
LOCATION FOR SMALL FRUITS
North or Northeastern Exposure 10
Favored Because Buds Don't
start Early In Spring.

There Is a general opinion that all
varieties Of small fruit, such as peach
es, pears. plums. cherries, etc. will
thrive better when set out on land
that has a north or northeastern ex-
posure. The reason for this being so
Is that the buds will not start as early
in the spring and get caught by the
first frost after warm weather comes
for a few days.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-05-11
American Woman In High Position.

American Woman In High Position.
Rutland, one of the most picturesque
counties of England, is presided over
now by an American-born countess.
Through the recent appointment Of
her husband, the Earl Of Ancaster, to
the office of lord lieutenant Of the
Eloise, Countess Ancaster, the former
Eloise Breese. daughter of William l..
Breese of New York, has become the
first lady of the shire. The lord lieu.
tenant is the principal representative
Of the sovereign in the county and as
such outranks everybody else in the
shire. his precedence being shared by
his wife
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-05-11

A Field OF Strawberries Grown IN Oou.
Bile Rows Under Hill system-Ali
Runners Are Removed as They
Appear.
fort to use good selling methods. On
each box of berries we stamped our
name and address, so people would
know where the fruit came from. This
one little point greatly increased the
interest of our customers, which In
turn increased our sales.
In our experience these have been
the only berries from which we have
obtained fruit the first season. For
us they have borne from July until
November. Their productiveness may
be attributed to care as we'll as va
riety. We gave them good care after
the first year, employing the best
methods we knew.
In selecting variety Of plant, get
one Of proven value. 1t may be that
you will have to content yourself with
a smaller number at first. but in the
long run it Is the only really good way
to get a start. Do not try to sc,
cheap plants, or something for moth
ing.
After you receive your plants gel
them into the ground as soon as pos
sible. See that the ground Is well
prepared and In good garden filth. II
the ground is not ready. or If it Ii
too early to plant, open the bunche:
and heel In the plants.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-05-11
Farmers' Wives.

Ninety-eight per cent Of farm wives
bake their own bread. according to the
latest census reports; and 81 per cent
do the family sewing. with 90 per cent
doing the family washing and ironing
The average workday of the farm
woman Is 81 per cent longer than that
Of the city woman worker.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-05-11

was very irregular.
If I did any house.
cleaning or washing
l would faint and
have to be put to
bed, my husband
thinking every min
ute was my last.
After reading your
textbook for women
l took Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound and
used the Sanative
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-05-11
Cultivatino eiackberries.

Blackberries are not cultivated for
their fruit to any large extent except
in America. Here the cultivation OF
this berry began about so years ago.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-05-11
THIS W0MAN'S
EXPERIENCE
Brings a Ray of Hope to
Childless Women

Lowell, Mass" had anemia from
the time was sixteen years old and
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-05-11

NfOdesty keeps some people from
telling the naked truth.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-05-11

would You Invest $50 to Make 5000,
Proposition will stand strict and thorough
inyestiga alton. Particulars without obligation
H. n. Haverbeck & Co.. 81 Bway, New forh
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-08

out an alarm The girl went first with her distaff Chang followed with her jewel case and behind. came her father with whip The lovers escaped, how ever, to little <dse across the lake, where they lived happily.
 Finally one day the rich man who wanted Koong-Shee for his wife and who, hated her for refusing him, found out where she lived. He set fire to the pretty little house and KoongShee and Shang died together.
 A-B-Reader: All around the fringes of this earth, and across every puddle separating it into nations, big or small, men have discovered it's tough to be a father. The fault, if any exists, Is due
 to both pattern and material. don't see anything wrong with your boy. He has his own dreams about what life is to him. With your son why isn't it just
 as noble for him to be a fine carpenter as to strut around in tailored suit strumming the piano, and doing hun dred other things he doesn't wish to do? I can see nothing wrong about him, as you write me. It takes ''char- 1 acter'' to do some of the things you say he persists in doing.
 To the sister who wrote from Baltic I found your letter and if you wish tc
 read about poor circuf ation 1t is in Sat | urday's paper, Aug. 27. 1921. and think you will get help from that letter l I have had several inquiries concern | ing that same Poor Circulation and
 have referred them to that paper l KITTY LOU.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-08
SOUR CREAM SPICE CAKE.

Dear Sisters of The Corner: I want to thank all the members who hastened to reply to my request for a recipe for mus tard pickle. feel certain from the help received that my efforts will be as pleas ing as were the letters about it.
 want to send you cake recipe which is good:
 Sour Cream Spice Cake: One cup sour cream, one cup sugar, one well beaten egg, one teaspoon soda, one cup raisins chopped and foured, a pinch of salt, two cups bread four, one-han teaspoon va nilla, two teaspoons grated nutmeg, two teaspoons ground cinnamon, one teaspoon alspice, one-half teaspoon ground clove. Dissolve soda in little hot water and add it to the sour cream. Then mix the cream with sugar, egg. four sifted with salt and spices and add the raisins last Bake as 2 loaf for one hour in a mod crate oven, or, if preferred. bake in cup cake tins in hot oven for 25 to 30 min- utes. (This is fine for the double cream intended for whipping, which has gone sour. It is just as good a>Zecipe how ever, for ordinary cream) The cream may be collected each day for severa, days until there is cupful, if little sal is added to it MARTHA.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-08
INSPIRATION.

h-E lighted 'an1 to bear
 2 h-'7 it high that all might see None rrcncd to lrok-or looking. care ?. rrcv . lsaden weight 10 me. No r--c ' tended then the flame.
 rrt sought instead gay paths Of light. Into thri- glare my dim light came 2 wondered once I'd thought 4 bright 0r tha; rav path no flower was sweet, No w'1 hi-d t-i'led it's rouadelays. E0 c'o''-< shadows lured ny feet,
 So s1ft nights followed hectic days t-f sadness cauEh- ny tired heart,
 3fv eyes were wct with bitter shame to Tn my hands the lamp stfU burnerS- san ficzered there that lambrent flame -r- -h-t lighted lamp on high
 f0 s1v though men might never see The radiance reached the starry sky.
 tnf Kind eyes smiled and becloned
 co me
 -srt .s by Crows Feet
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-08

deeds. Of course. 1t is self-gratifying to do so-if we're made that way. But fl we get too busy trading on that wnica we have already accomplished. what ;ii' C shall we have for new accomplishments
 If we've already made a creditable rec ord, it's going to make us work a little harder in order to duplicate or excel jt Settling down and enjoying laurels al ready gained may be comfortable, but it is dangerous. One If tho most iuridto is of the little goblins that viii git you T you don't watch cut" :s the 2ne Of Sc f. appreciation.
 It's so easy to apSravs os .urseiNfs. There's such a feeling of dei.Snt m ihe process. It's so much more satisfactory than dwelling on our own mistakes and lacks that we are inclined to pass all those by without notice But they are what we need to be concerned with-our successes will take care of themselves. If We are travelling a difficult road, with pitfalls and ruts here and there pitfalls and ruts into which we had once fallen, when we next went that way We would consider ourselves lacking in com
 mon sense if We again fell in thf same places. wouldn't we? Yet that's the way
 in which some of us go through life l Past mistakes seem 70 teach us nothing 1 Others will notice our successes. What we need to think of is the chance ot l adding to them by wiser travelling on the | road Of the future.
 Kindest greetings to The Corner 1 S F. D
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-08
OUGHT TO BE MORE LETTERS

Dear Cornerites: Well I think it's about time I wrote another letter.
 must try and help keep the Corner page full. With all the members in the Social Corner il. does seem as if we could fill one page a week.
 Alfara What a lovely time I had at your house at the last Social Corner pie nic for the season. I hope to see Student, Fluffy, Remember. Me, Debbie, Golden Rod. Little Sister, Olga and Smile at Franklin Hall Oct. 12.
 Cal Girl; think it's about time you wrote a letter to the Corner. Don't spend all your time in the new car
 Katy Did: I am sorry you cannot go to the next meeting.
 Sister Ready: Where are you now? We would like to hear from you.
 I will close with a recipe for chip pears:
 Three pounds of pear, cut fine: pounds of sugar, lemons cut fine, five cents worth of ginger root cut fine. Cook until done.
 Best wishes to all.
 From WHITE CLOVER
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-08
MORE TICKLING RECIPES.

Dear Cornerites: If you haven't gotten your cans and shelves full, you may want to try these recipes:
 Mixed Pickles: One quart small white onions six large red peppers, one quart small cucumbers, one quart sliced green tomatoes, three tablespoons white mus tard seed, one tablespoon ground cloves. one teaspoon celery seed. vinegar. Select small green tomatoes and slice these thinly, discarding the first slice from the stem end soak these slices in q brine made of one cup of salt and one gallon of water over night. In another bowl soak over night, in a similar brine, the red peppers cut in attractive looking pieces, the onions whole and the cucumbers whole. In the morning drain all these vegetables, rinse in cold water, and drain again. Then put them into hot, sterilized fruit jars mixed, with the spices sprinkled through them, and fill the jars to the top with boiling hot vinegar. Seal at once. CThese are very
 crisp and delicious when first opened but they grow softer after being opened 8 little while, so for this reason it is best
 to put them up in pint size jars or ever | in half pint size. so that they will bt used quickly after being opened.) Thi. 1 makes 8 pretty pickle in the jar. espe ciaIly if care is taken to have the reC pepper pieces evenly distributed
 ] Spanish Pickles One peck green toma l toes thinly sliced four large onions alst l thinly sEceC, one cup salt, one-half ounct cloves, one-haIf ounce aIlspice berries l one-haIf ounce peDpercorn, one-half cul | brown mustard seed, one pound browl l sugar, four green peppers finely chopped
 vinegar. Sprinkle alernate layers of tn
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-08
rHE wIL1ow pArrEnN sronY.

Good morning, Social Corner Editor, Sisters and Readers: I thought everyone knew the willow pattern story and the legend of the two blue and white doves winging their fight across the blue and white bridge which is conspicuous part of the decoration, but I see some do not.
 The story is 8 Chinese one and the first willow plate came from China. It runs as follows:
 \ beautiful Chinese girl named Koong- g-Shee loved her fathers secretary, Chang, who was poor. Because her fla
 ther wanted her to marry g rich man
 and because she would not give up her poor secretary, he sent her to live in
 9 eittle house at the end of the garden. Outside Koong- g-Shee's window was a willow tree and Hoong-Shee sat all day watching it bloom.
 One day when she was most unhappy, | Chang found Q cocoanut shell to which he attached a sail. Tn it he placed Q | letter asking his sweetheart to fly with | him. The shell sped across the lake where Koong-Shee sat watching. She read the letter and answered she would
 go if he would be brave enough to come ! for her.
 l Then Chang went bddly rp to the 1 little house and took her away. They 1 had to cross a bridge to leave the gar i den. As they were half way across
 Koong-Shee's father saw them and sent
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-08

Dear Social Corner Friends: It is quite
 while since l have written to the Corn
 CT page but l haven't had much to write
 as I have been st home and had com
 pany most of the summer. l have been
 very much interested in the Corner let ters with the accounts Of trips, vaca- tions and picnies, and I am glad to know that others have enjoyed them. I have
 been permitted to attend two of the pic nics, the first at Waltwyck's s, and we all enjoyed having the privilege of her love ly home, but as that has been told by others l will say no more about it. Then on the 2Sth of September had the priv ilege of attending one at Alfara's. As live in South Coventry, to get there must go by trolley to Willlmantic and take Q bus that goes to Danielson. As the trolley does not run any cars after 945 in the morning I was obliged to take that car to get the bus that leaves Williman- tic at 12.45, which gave me two hour wait in tbat city which l filled up by shopping When I arrived at the bus l found a number of others going to the same place which is about thrse miles from Willimantic. When we arrived we found many others. The veranda was decorated with small yellow pumpkins crook-neck squashes, sunfowers and yellow crepe paper. The tables were sci cn the lawn and dinner was waiting for us. We had boiled green corn, stewed beans, squash pie, sandwiches, salads, all | kinds of cake such as the sisters are ex. | perts in making, besides many other
 things too numerous to mention, and close
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-08
THE OLD BLIvEN SCHOOL

Editor of the Social Corner: Let me express my thanks to you for the yellow slip, which I received for the Beach Pond letter. l think you would enjoy fishing trip there.
 E. M. F.. c. P: Thank you for the aJr i}ltmentt I dim't renember who wrote first about Beach Pond, but it started me thinking. Can't do justice to the Pond-"nohow."
 The church you refer te is a school house. It is called the cd Bliven school and WAS closed years ago (raore than 12) when consolidation took effect. The children in that district are met, every morning by auto truck, at that school, and brought to the Center school, and taken back when school is out. Previous to this year only to ' have been car ried, but owing to the farms in that sec ton now being occupied by a number of Films, there are 16 or r that are carried back and forth from that school where >they would be obliged to attend, now a desolate spot
 sUNBONNET SUE
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-08
THE OLD scHooLHousE AT BEACH

Dear Ladies of the Social Corner: AL though l am not a member of the Social Corner, have been an interested reader for more than ten years. The letters describing trips taken by the members are very interesting indeed. Some of them are finding a place in my scrap book. My scrapbook of recipes taken from the page is very fascinating to me.
 The building mentioned by F. NJ R. C. F. is an old schoolhouse known as the Campbell schooihouse, named after pr Harry Campbell, who lived in the big white house on the left hand before the schoolhouse is reached.
 In the days of my grandfather. Dr. Campbell was a popular physician in the town. The Campbells are one of the old families of the town, dating back Q couple of centuries.
 The s-old schooIhouse has been one Of the best in the town and a large school was held there. Twenty-Five years have made great changes in that part of the country The land about the pond was once divided into farms supporting large families. The wooded hiiis surrounding the lake hold chapters of interesting his- tory. It would appear that the inhabit- 3pts Of the farms around Beach pond a hundred years ago had an eye for the beautiful in tho great outdoors by set ting near the pond.
 This letter is getting pretty long, go | I will close lest we land in the waste 1 basket.
 With my best wishes. I will sign my name as a
 1 SILENT STRANGER
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-08
MARY j.
A YARN HAT.

Dear Corner Friends: It has been some time since I have written but I have not failed to read the letters, which I enjoy immensely. I have recently received the directions for making yarn hat and, thinking some of the sisters might like to make one also. am sending the in structions:
 Chain f, join in ring. Make q in ring. ch but do not turn. in next C. "1 around next d c; repeat from all around. Do not join but con tinue working around, making d c around the of previous row which was worked in the same way and the l q in top of each of the 2 d in row below. This is the beginning of the 7-gore pattern in hat. The d c are worked on top of the on row below, increasing on the gore by making d c around the first of gore each TOW. un- til there are 16 d in each gore with 9 c between. Then work g rows as be- fore, but without increase
 Then work rows of c, which deter mine the head size of hat; turn.
 The remainder of the hat is worked in honeycomb stitch with one thread of black silk for facing and one thread of yarn as follows:
 Holding wrong side of work toward you, with the yarn make 1 on back half of each stitch, oh l, turn. Leave yarn, and with the black silk work in s c, taking up back half of stitch on the TOW just worked. also the one below working them together as in regular c repeat all arouS. turn.
 With yarn worn next row same as last | row; continue in this manner making ' rows of each color joining each TOW with slip stitch. Begin to increase or every Huh stitch for rows (to increase with h.2ck put 2 sts on l st on next row with yarn, take the ? sts through tho 1 one of yarn, which makes both row: | even) Increase on 11th stitch again or the black silk row
 | Make rows of each color and .he last black silk row work over wire. The next, or last row should be worked ir same color as body of hat crocheting in g bead every 9th stitch.
 l Fasten beads about three-fourths incl apart down the stripes on crown of hal
 that are formed by the d. c. Make an ornament of loops os the
 beads Of different lengths, for sode ot hat.
 For material you will need three ball.
 of No. 45 yarn. one spool of black No. silk, four strings Of black beads and on No. 3 fine crochet hook.
 Best wishes, TESS
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-08
WRINKLE
PUTTING UP TOMATOES IN BRINE

PUTTING UP TOMATOES IN BRINE Dear Social Corner Sisters: s~ What lovely weather the sisters have for the picnics. I had thought of; the good time you have and wished 1 could meet with you, but have been very busy this sum- mer. The canning is nearly done now
 Lucy Acorn: I know just how you felt when your Corner page did not come, for mine hasn't come. for two weeks. Would like to know where it went to-
 N. G. G.: Suppose home looks good after your visit away. We missed you.
 I tried .tha uncooked tomatoes, but they didn't keep, so used the old rule.
 l saw in a farm paper where Q wo- man put a ripe tomatoes in a jar ef brine the same as cucumber pickles. When she wants some. to use she takes out what is needed, covers with boiling wat CT, lets stand until skin splits the same as fresh from the vines. She says you would not know them from freshly pick ed. They will keep indefinitely. l think will try few this way.
 Peggy Anne Did you get home safe? Don't Worry: l think it will be home affairs I shall attend to now.
 This is very nice:
 Beet Relish; 20 large heets, large onions 6 large peppers, season with spice to suit taste, l cup sugar, tablespoon salt. Boil beets. then put beets peppers and onions through food cutter. Cover with vinegar. boil half hour, put in air tight jars.
 Yours for the Corner
 AUNT SARAH
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-08

met a number of Social Corner sisters there, but of course we did not know it. Although 1t did rain I saw what interested me most l spent most of my time in the ladies' department. There certainly was a fine collection of fancy work of all kinds there. Some of the grange exhibits also had fine display of fancy work, canned goods, vegetables, and many other interesting things.
 Thirty Two: You had us guessing as to who is who all right. I guessed where you lived but did not guess right. l find that I am a frequent visitor in your town, and have been told where you live although I have never been past your house. Sorry I was not at the picnic that you attended. but hope to meet you some day.
 Twice Twenty: I wonder If that pumpkin oie is gone. It surely tasted good. Tell Mir. Twice Twenty that l remembered the potato figures and l have some larger ones for him. Loretta: Although I do not know 1 you I am acquainted with someone who 1 lives near you. and I pass by the house most every day.
 14s2: Have YOU guessed who is who, Have you. nisO9 any cry babies lately, It has been some time since I had any I think I had chocolate cake last.
 Primrose: I look for you every time I am in your city but I guess I ar there at the wrong time to see you. have 6 pattern of lace called "Prin- rose lace" Have you ever seen any 1 Of II?
 l. Keziah Doolittle; Wait patiently .ant you will receive the letter owe you Perhaps you will see me before you dc the letter if we have some more pleas ant Sundays.
 With best wishes to the Social Corner sisters and also the editor.
 MARY 'GuSTA.