Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-02-23

Dear M. B. Friends
Just at this season The Ameri-
cans working force is rushed"
with printing town reports, and to
: help out, our column is limited in
space. The poems asked for and
one received, will have a place very
soon.
JASMINE'S LETTER CONCLUDED.
Well, how / have run on about
| plants, and with the thermometer up
| to forty l am most persuaded it is
spring. A year ago to-day occurred
! the snow and ice storm that made
that awful crust that imprisoned us
so long. Anyway, it is time for those
seed catalogues. Lyall. and to dream
of the garden that ought to be.
Yes, Aunt Madge, l was running a
hospital single handed for a while,
when Aunt Mary and her John were
both in bed, with danger that either
case might prove fatal, but am thank
full to say that our household is very
nearly back to a normal condition
with Aunt Mary at the dish pan and
her John doing chores.
Believe it was Sadie" who asked
how we spent Christmas. Ours was
too sad day to describe, for while
we had a Christmas dinner for the
boys" who. with their mother. was
with us for vacation Aunt Mary took
ginger ale for her dinner and we ex-
pected it would be her last Christ
mas. Perhaps everybody does not
know that ginger ale will remain
quiet in the stomach when nothing
else will, and. when it is necessary to
take castor oil. that there is nothing
like ginger ale for Il 'vehice," to use
a physicians term
Here is another idea that may help
some sufferer in time of need To
prevent bed sores, place under the
sheet woolly carriage rug or sheep
pelt. l made a bag for the one we
used, of old cotton sheeting. and it
did the work | don't know it all,
but when l find something that helps
l want others to know it,, too. Just
for instance, if the tin comes off your
shoe lace, dip the end in melted paraf-
fine and roll snug between thumb and
finger and you will never miss the tin.
1t is doing just such little things that
makes life run smoothly.
Now, l wonder who will laugh if /
tell you 1 use tire tape to prolong the
wear of my shoes. Don't know as it
would be much value for children or
mems shoes, but | stick it on thin
places on the soles of mine and it
saves tapping on shoes that are hardly
worth it. Two or three layers cor
rect the wear on turnover heels. |
stick piece of brown paper outside
to prevent sticking to the floor. Ad-
hesive plaster may be used instead, if
warmed and well stuck 1t has a ten
dency to slip toward the edge in time,
but can be trimmed off and more put
on. Torn rubbers can be stayed if
| stuck to the lining. 1t will not stick
to the rubber. I keep both adhesive
plaster and tire tape on hand, and
find lots of uses for them.
If the tin end comes off of bone
ing" it can be put back to stay, with
a small piece of adhesive under it.
Perhaps Betsy Prig" would like to
try half inch piece OF adhesive on
her corns. Good for hard corns and
callous feet.
Guess l have said enough, so here
is wishing health and happiness for
all in 1921.
"JASMINE."
I. S-Where are those letters from
the sunny South? Some friends win
tering in Florida promised us a letter
Get busy" if you want to "reune"
next summer.
Dear Aunt Madge:
If | had written and sent all the
letters to the NJ. Is. column which |
have planned in my mind. you would
not need any more matter for the next
five years. My courage isn't very
good now. l thought l had a beauti-
full subject to write about but, as us
ual, | procrastinated, and when l had
got my courage screwed up to just the
right pitch, l read the NJ. b. column
and found that Aunt Maria had got
| ahead of me and told all about the
| lovely time we had at the installation
of officers of New Century grange l
| can boast of one thing, though: l saw
one of the moose and Aunt Maria did
| not.
| have had a very pleasant winter.
| Spent Thanksgiving with my mother
in South Penobscot, and visited in Hol-