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other sisters have planned to do. beafs ing in mind that just writing ones does not make us legal Corner members, as our old Corner editor told us when the Corner page was started. that Ws should write often, to keep our mem bership, and also why can't we have our heading as we used to with the happy group of faces at the top of the page? I, for one, miss them and thinh the page looks lonesome without them. The faces 1 see allotted for the Farr1- CTS Talk to Farmers. still has ks group Now who of the sisters would not wish 10 see the page headed AS our dear e5s itor had planned 1t 10 be in the begin- ming for us. Let us hear the opinioa of the other sisters.
 I see that my letter. is getting lengthy but wish to say 10 those who were here | to my picnic last summer and saw my | lemon tree in bloom. also with lemons hanging on it that they have grown well | It has produced three lemons. one of i which l have picked and it weighed 1e ounces and measured one way thirteen | inches and 'he other twelve inehea have two m mons on the tree which | are as large ny Of those you buy at the stores. = tree is not over three feet and a half high. Don't you think l it has done welli 1 wish you ali eould
 see it. If could I would treat you all with good Y,ass of Lemonade from the .bie lemons that were raised mp on Scotland Heights. Let me hear if any of you
 have a lemon tree that can beat mine
 in bearing fruit
 Aunt Mary: Am sorry to hear of youi Ccontinued on Page Nine. Col. onel
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HOW CAN I SAVE ON THE COAL.

Dear Social Corner Friends: While have not written for a year. always read the letters and l am disappointed if there is not one or more letters from some one I know or have met in the Corner.
 Lucy Acorn: I was glad to see you had written again.
 Deliah Deal: I am going to tiy ynur potato candy. and also the naearooni sent in by Ma of Green Gables.
 Chick-a-dee: I want to thank you fol the information you rave me on how to run the furnace. While I have no got it down pat, yet I have run it a week without letting it go out, n steady enough so I have not roasted od the family which I was doing before m! talk with you.
 There are other things would like tt know and one is how to save on thu coal? I imagine I use twice the amoun | one would who was used to it.
 MOLLY MAKEBELIEvE.
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14oNEY MAKING APRNNs

Dear Social Corner Membyrs: I seem Dk late to be very much in the condition of . man I once knew who said he had H new version of familiar quotation making it to read. "Never do today what can De put of until tomorrow"
 No one enjoys the Corner age more than myself but fear should have again put of contributing my mite until turNorrew, had not received dainty little calendar for which must say Thank you" to Social Corner Member. Then too. I want to wish everyone a happy and prosperous year.
 I am thinking that many of the sisters belong to some society where 1t is always problem to know what to do neat t. raise money. Did you ever hear od Moaey- Making Aprons? I knew where they have heen tried successfully.
 Make aprons about five inches in lengtt with pockets and send them to member, aHd friends. Insert slips of paper in tn,
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HAPpIEsr TIME BEFORE US.

Dear Silver Haired Sisters and Read CTS of the Corner: Do you realize that this is the glory time of our lives?
 In our youth we had the plea sure time" later came the Towing time" and closely following came the duty time," when cares and responsibilities often overshadowed and clouded the rosy hopes of happiness.
 But now our responsibilities have fall en from our shoulders upon others younger and stronger, and our later and perhaps our happiest time of life is be. fore us. Mrs. Rugg says, "we can pick and choose and make it what we will The choice is wide, the world is crowd ed with opportunities, and whatever W, select is ours for the taking"
 We are so apt to bind ourselves witl the shacazles of past times. Of cours we may use our long, valuable experience to help in the years to come but not in the old way. We must use it in a new way. We are leaving the shadow lanc and climbing up the sunset heights t, do new kind of work. Work for othe l lonely, silver-haired women, for the bray young people out in the battlefelds 0 life Surely they need comfort and | cheer. We can help fife poor boys an, girls in the hospital, make up q com forting box and send them, cut ou something from a paper you are sur l will amuse them, and make a box O 1 candy.
 Let us be loving old ladies, yenerou. I eheery,. happy. smiling and vigorous. Yo know there is a slogan for every on, Ours might be, Keep busy and har py."
 With me I think 1t was like this. f" advanced and became full grown befor my plans were half carried out" So am still working. to carry them out. no, in the dawniAg year is the time fo us to take biz step forward. We ca work into natural things all the loy and kindly thoughts that many of U hnd so difficult to put into words. Tnel are many who have no family ties. T one to remember them with gifts. Find few of them. and brighten their live with tiny gifts and a merry greeting an bit of true comradeshop
 I hope that you will begin doing
 right away, if you have not done so b, fore. There is still time they will f in even of you don't have time to a you wish at that identical moment. ke, 1t in mind. You don't know what ha, pinness is until you have tried it. R nennber to a lonely. hemesick person
 gift Is never too late to be appreciate and I don't think that any one is ev, too old to want to unite a pretty and a
 tractive package.
 Few seem to realize the increasir
 number of elderly people. There
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BALsAM FIR
LIKES TO SEE MANY CORNER LET
 TIERS.

Dear Social Corner Friends: To the
 one who sent the pretty calendar I say
 Thank you" It is pleasing to see so
 many more letters in the Corner. hope
 1t continues. One thing I miss, we don't
 have a picture of a group of women for
 our heading the same as we used to-.
 The Farmer has group of men just the
 same.
 Marieold: I like to live in the coun-
 try, God made the country and man
 made the town" You will have well wa ter to drink and lots of other good things too.
 Lucy Acorn: Let me guess the name of that fragrant flower which Is the Corner color. It must be "Wallhower.' '' have one in blossom. When it first opens it's deep yellow and then fades to a lovely lemon yellow. It has a delight ful fragrance different from any other oliver.
 Etta Barber: Why not send in one of your interesting -letterg? The weather has not been cold enough to freeze your ink
 Amy: I was in your city while ago | to house of mourning instead of feast ing. Expected to see you there. Aunt Mary: Very glad things were nc worse with you. Hope to see you al our next meeting.
 | Anna Nell: Am very glad you are i'm
 proving: It seemed good to read a letter | from you. l, too, was forced to move 1 by the house being held. You and 1 have been in the same boat twice. s, B. D.: Your letters are grand. ]
 love to read them, it is all SO true. | Best wishes to all. 1 JOAN.
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HAPPINESS LETTER KNeAILNp
 SERMON,

Dear Editor and Social Corner Sis ters:iI want to thank Kitty Lot for her New Years greeting.
 DorcAs had q very interesting article nn "Happiness'' in the January first p4 per It brought to my Hiiad sermon [ heard for children. It started like this: N-f r~r
 There was cold house and the chill dren that lived in that house played from morning till night but when they were not playing they were very cola. There was furnace in that house and, Although 1t was nearly heN. it did not throw enough heat through the house to keep the children ,EaFxn- Their father put weather strips At the doors, but still it was cold. They looked around the cellar and found that tight, but still 1t was cold. The father had bought . lot of coal but that did not help Now they didn't threw this furnace away be- cArBe it wasn't large. enough te warm the whole house but the father bought another little heater and jeined 1t tc the larger ene and it really vas | much warmer house. The children did not hays to play all day long then to keep. warm The moral is, that when, ysu meet someone mat IS cold, Heu will -khow they. need another little heater to make them warm. They will find that, lIsti. \ aeAter by believing in God, s- I haven't written this exactly as lsArd it. but this is my version of 1t Best wishes. $.
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pockets on which are written the follow ing lines, with the date and few words changed, of course, to suit the occasion: This little apron is sent to yeu, And this is what we want you to do: The little pocket you plainly see For certain purpose is meant to be. No wmeasure your waist-line, inch by inch And see that measure .uoes not pinch; For each small inch 1t mesures round, Place in the pocket penny sound. The game is fair, you must admit You waist your money. we pocket" t. Then bring it to Mrs. Smiths at the hour
 of eight,
 January fifteenth will be the date. There will be welcome and some fun. too, ~ '& And the money your pockets % freely pay
 Willy be used bS the iAdies in some good way. PRRfRosE
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HARD GETTING USED TO AN Aur

Dear Sisters of the Social Corner:-It has been lang time since wrote to the Corner but I will try and write oft cher this year.
 Where are Merry Widow, Joan, Plain Nancy and Delight?
 Joan: expect to so to Norwich soon and will try and go to see you.
 I must tell the sisters about the auto ride had little while ago. My niece had an auto. She drives and think she is 8 good driver, but was frightened just the same. We went to LAdyard and it was raining. I never saw it rain hard er., We went up Gallup Hill and it was some slippery. I wanted to get out and walk, but she said, No, you a., going to ride. Well we got there all right, made visitand got homo about seven 0'cio0k | in the. evening All right.
 Yours with all good wishes for the 1 Corner sisters. OLIVE
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NEW YEAR,s GREETINGS:

Dear Editor of The Social Corner Please accept my thanks for the check which I received yesterday. I vas 50 surprised and pleased, hope the year just beginning will have nnsny good things in store for you and each nneA1ber of the Social Corner family.
 Social Corner Menbers: Permit nc to thank you for the very pretty calendar which I received. It is sweet to be re- niernnered, and I hope the New Year may have many pleasant surprises faf you. ,-,.,;. Diana, Aunt Mary and s. E. B.: Your letters of recent date were fuii Of heIp. ful, uplifting thoughts and I enjoyed them so much. May your pen names be Teen frequently.
 t*- .sr TtENwooD
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Dec. 1s. bsy picked a. full blown dsnde- lion blossom at Gray. My bluejays have not forgotten where they get choice rnorsel and come every morning for the corn. My correspondence which reaches from Maine to California tells of glorious weather.
 In November I visited an aunt in Massachusetts whom I had not seen for 26 years. She Is in her SSth year and does not look day over 65. She lives alone and is enjoying good health, too. l was with her a week and the time passed all too quickly. She was always a fine singer, and could whistle like bird, and 8 fine dancer and she has not | lost those good qualities. Of course she had changed some but hardly expected | to find her quite so smart, I trust 1t ! won't be long before the page devoted to | Social Corner letters will, be filled and the advertisements will take a back seat. {, I was grieved to learn of another So- cial Corner sister passing out. Her faDz- fly has my sympathy. l want to thank the editor for hcAding the page with my greeting that h very | encouraging indeed: My birthday is Jan- uary 22--so naany have inquired. wish | the writers would all tell when thefrs
 Where is Diana? l trust' you are en- toying good health?
 Dom Pedro: I enjoyed those letters and cards.
 Potlatch: Thanks for card. VIII write soon or sooner.
 Calendar received from Social Corner member. Many thanks for same, and q there are some others I want to thanl you all, and do come again.
 It Is showing today, but guess 1t won amount to much.
 Joan: Where are you? My last lette not answered. Is your hand out O health?
 guess I have written too much an' will close with best wishes to you for tn New Year. miss Interested Reader calendars.
 Cordially.
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sootAls oonYRk renrArs


 w. |. ,a mystery In human hearts, Ins though,,we be encircled by 2 hest 0f those who love us well, and are De- loved a gza.sE,Alt4 ss, &s8: sAs@s5f ~o every every .ons ek us, from tiase te time, There comes sense of utter 4oAeH- our s dearest friend is stranger ts CT pain, And canAst realize car bitterness, .-rher. is not ga. vhs really under Mat one net to enter inte an I fsels' s,rch is the cry of each of us in tusa W. wnnder in ga solitary way No matter what or where cur let nay rach heart, mystericus te itasM Nnst live it's inner life h solitude. And would, yop know the reason ~hs this isf 1- tszs.ss N Is because the Lord deshres eur lcve- In every heart IA, wishes te he hret, He therefore keeps the, sscfet Key Him self
 To open all it's chambers, and to bless With perfect sympathy and heAy peace Each solitary soul which comes to Him ee when we feel this loneliness 1t i The voice of Jesus saying; "oenae t'
 mer' %
 And every tim. vs are not 'nasr stood" N' -' It another call to as to cesae; For Christ alone can satisfy the sou And \ ose who walk with Him ffen
 day to day Can neve \have ''a solitary way" Then; If. if esNeath some rFsat trial yS And say, T eannst Sear this iea
 alone" -' ; You say the truth - Christ made
 purposeiy So heavy that you must leave it to Hin rhe bitter brief, which mo one undei
 stands" Conveys a secret message from th
 Lord, .~5A NH .ns4e7 Entreating you to come to Him with The Man of Sorrows uaderstAads ;
 we'll: 7e'.- In all points tempted, He can feel vii
 you; rt'- ns' ~! r# ='- ''Nt You cannot come teo often or too nea The Son of Ged9is indefinite in grace. His presence satisfies the longing ses And those who walk with Him fro
 day to day ..e = -'.- Can never have "a solitary way" =
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searE econ BOOKS TO READ


 DsAr Social Sisters: I vas pleased to see a letter from Anna Nell and if she Nill send me her address I will send a card. Should have done So before had known when to send 1t.
 Lucy Acorn: l see you are keeping your promise and hope we shall have the pleasure ef more of your letters. It is So nice to ind letters from theUs we know.
 If more of the sisters in changing names would make themselves known we would Gnjoy their letters 50 much better. as we always look for the old writers tirst-at least I do. What lovely winter we have had 90 far with no snow to speak of As I re- naennber la1t winter one of our Corner dAys ,Arabella and her beans waa the snly enc who showed up at the Buck lnghana.
 Marisold: You will be surprised one of 1 these days to see us walking in. Expect ed to dc SC before now-but one thing or l another happens so we not not get there. Aunt Mary You surely did have a | hard time I sincerely hope you are bet i ter and will be so you can meet with us | next month.
 l If any of the sisters have never read Pellyanaa by Eleanor Porter. I would advise tF srp to do 90 do not know when anything did me as much good. Ii you have the blues you will be all ever them by the time the book is finished and [ think you will be glad you had the blues
 Anether sood book is Peguns by EleAn CT Brainard.
 I wish were more of reader than am.
 Sincerely Sister,
 l ARABEILA No. 2.
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ANTICIPATING SOCIAL CORNER
 PIcNIcs

Dear Corner Friends: wish ts thank the sisters who sent me a lovely little calendar. There was not even an initial on 1t, only the words, From q Social Corner member"
 I was much pleased with 1t and could almost imagine tf1lt the spirit of our dear old editor was sending out his yearly greetings.
 What wonderful weather we are having It is more like April than January. It will make the winter seem short and then for the good old summer time again with auto rides and picnics. shell try to attend one at least of the Sc cial Corn CT picnics next summer and I hope that Tidy Addly will favor us again and many others whom I have not seen for Nssrns time.
 Polly, 'Roxanna," and 'rheoda": shall be home from Providence about thu first of February. so please buy that rel paint and be ready to come. Greetings to all, with sympathy to al l who have lost dear ones. HULDY
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GRANDMA H.
WHO HAS RECIPE FOR WEeTHRr MoLAseEs cAKE9

Dear Editor and Social Corner Mem bers: Can I just take a peek into your Social Corner?
 I have enjoyed the Social Corner for 70 many years. and received so many helps from reading the letters, I would like to ask if some one hasn't the recipe for Western Molasses Cake" which appear. ed in The Corner a. few years ago.
 have lost my recipe and we enjoyed SO much have turned to The Corner with the hope that some member will have it and send it to have it printed again.
 Don't think anyone will recognize me eh? RTANv ravu,D cyreTu
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plenty for us to do to keep busy. There is no need for us to sit back and let the rest of the world 50 by. We oldsters" are coming into our own.
 The dark clouds will be dissipated by the glory. of our sunset time, If we will only realize how many ways there are to brighten our lives in order, to reflect its glory.
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Dear Social Corner Editor and Sisters: If not too late. want to wish you all a bright, prosperous and happy New Year, and also wish to thank the many sisters who sent me cards and booklets, 72 in all I was indeed happy to be remembered by so many friends.
 Saturday Eve: Many thanks for tAs beautiful calendar.
 Social Corner Member: Your calendar was so pretty. Many thanks to you. Aunt Mary: So sorry for your misfor- tune, but Jet us be thankful 1t wasn't your hip. We will hope for ysur speedy re- covery>
 GRANDMA H
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GREETINGS FOR THE NEW 1EAR

Dear Social Corner Editor and Sisters: I thank the editor for my slip of yellow paper received in my mail January 4. It always comes in handy.
 also thank A Member of the Social Corner for my pretty and useful calendar. I don't think 1t would be very hard work to guess "Who is Who" A bright. happy and prosperous New Year to you all is the wish of KEzIAH DoOLITTLE
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BLACK EYED SUSIE.
ONLY ONE DAY OF ZERO wEArHEl

Dear. Social Corner Friends: We are having very warm and pleasant win ter. like summer compared with a~year ago. The year 1920 was the wettest in
 90 years past, and the month of Decem- Der was the warmest in 50 years. The lowest the thermometer has registered in Cumberland county is 8 above, except Christmas day when it stood at zero all day but that was for one day only. The mink has not turned white nor the rab- bit. Hunters tell me they always change their coats to pure white A phoebe bird was singing in the orchard Dec, 90. Flowers are found quite often in warm places. At Bayside park in Portland dandelion blossoms were picked the past ! week, nestled in bed of green leaves
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AVOIDING THE NO. 5 or No. 5

Dear Social Corner Sisters: A Happy
 New Year to you all. Do some of you
 older nleEabers recall the fact that our
 former editor asked us kindly to choose a
 een name for which we would not need to
 use No. ? or No. after our pen name.
 I was Ane that had nan.e with Nok 2 after it and see now it did not look well fn print.
 One member wrote to the Corner just ofice but I knew nothing of the Corner page at that time and a year or more after I started to write and 1t went on f6r some time and finally the No. 1 par ty came to life again. Mfr. Editor asked 1 me if l could please find another name so he helped me choose the name how have.
 1 want to thank the many sisters for 1 letters and cards they sent to me while
 was sick and surely did enjoy get ting them. They helped me cheer up.
 Hope to be with you sometime. in the l future at the gatherings. Wish I could
 have . nice visit with Lucy Acorn. We khoN how to chat together pretty well, | tee.
 l Am sorry about Aunt Mary's mfsh&r
 ana trust she will be as spry as ever in
 a little while. I am wondering what | Crmison Rambler is doing this winter
 Kind thoughts for all. DEARIE
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GREETINGS FROM TIDY ADDLY

Dear Sisters of the Corner: I hoped to meet win Club No. at their December and January meetings, but was prevented I know you had pleasant time. am farther from the statich now so it is not quite 50 convenient.
 I wish to thank Saturday Eve and Kit ty Lou for calendars. I appreciated them very much.
 A Social Corner Member: Received { very dainty little calendar from you which I prize. Thank you all. I re. ceived over thirty cards. It is good tn De remembered. Olive-You will hear from me som. day. The captain Ind have been e busy since we moved. Lucy Acorn: \ You will SC me sonat day. I know we all sympathize with Aunt Mery in her mishap. Good wishes for 1921. TIDY ADDLY viIffAv,aH
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CHANGES NAME TO sNowDaor.'

Dear Social Corner Sisters: I attended the Social Corner eI,sB meeting. Decen1- Der 1 and January 5, and enjoyed it very much and nov I wish to become : member Of the Corner. I sent my pen name as Snow, but I would like ts have Snowdrop for my pen name -ar ~4
 This is beautiful! weather for winter Let's hope the next Corner meeting vii be s'beautiful as today. I hops all thu Social Corner sisters will have prvs- porous year IS the wish of your se&iA Corner sister.
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TWO AT A TIME.

Dear Social Corner Editor: We at tended the last meeting of the Social Cor ner club held in willimGntic. We en- joyed the meeting very much and would like to become members. We VIII take for our pen names
 MARIE A. AND ANNETTE No. g..
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 sNowDRoP: Will you please forward your full name and address? MILKMAID: You have been enroll sd am1ng the Corner members.
 SARAH MARY: Your application is accepted and you are listed AS a Cor ner member. -. -.-st "a s-~ s'.-. BLACKEYED SUSIE: Marbtrshp re- quirements having been eena1iied with you may peek into the Corner as often as you like. e. ~'f = MARIE A., and ANNETTE Ne. I: Your names have been placed on the member. ship of the Social Corner. BALsAM FIR, NORMA, MARTHA. FAITH: Cards received and sent .as re- luested. ~*
 TIDY ADDLY-The matter which you wrote about nAs been given attention.
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,srrrr AT CLUB Ne. .'s NnEr1Ns.

Dear SoGal Corner HfteMAs5N The weather man wasn't very kind to us January fifth. the day. we met at the Buckingham Memorial. but we went just the same. sixty fff all, with the little baby and few visitors. We had three gentlemen to dine with .us Pa; the lone man." and 4rr. By. a fins looking man. I don't blame Nelly By for wanting him
 to come. We had our usual good din- ner (ninus butter). {Goiden Glow is through with butter making. for the sec. Bon.) We had 80 much Of every thing we didn't mind If we didn't have butter. Pa brought his violin, but the lady he ex- pected to accompany him on the piano thought she could not as she was out of practice. Sorry Aunt Mary vas not able to be with us Hope Ehe d Rhe at our next meeting Was interested in her let ter and Biddy'ss suggestion I think it nice for members of different clubs to visit each other. I afso like the old adage, When we are with the Romans, do as the Romans dot' ......
 Thanks te Kitty Lou fer the CarA l
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CARROT MARMALADE

Dear Social Corner: May just peep in for a minute and give the ladies of the Social Corner receipt for carrot nharfhAlade which think very nice. Take two quarts ground carrots, the sAns of sugar; lemons or oranges. 1
 l use one of each put through the meat
 krlnder Beine to remove all seeds
 Cook very, alree hours. '@ It may 5e as jelly,
 1 ALTA