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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-10-20

See the Whittall Rug On Our Sidewalk.
the rain and mud and hundreds of feet
have it cleaned next week and put on e
bidder. This will test Whittall Rug.
Third
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-10-20

Angl0-Persian
The most famous Wilton
Rug made. A rug which
reproduces the finest ORR.
entail designs and color.
ings. Rug sizes 22hx36
inches to 11.3x15 feet-29
sizes-s4.50 to $1,000.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-10-20
Hartley Shoes

The New Short Skirt makes a neat
boot one of the most important items
in your costume. And just because
your shoes must be noticeable fea-
ture of your personal appearance,
you certainly cannot be too carefulfin
their selection.
Today we are showing charming
variety of the very latest styles IN
button and lace boots. Absolutely
correct style and faultless sftaare
the chief points of merit in our shoe
service. Prices So to SIS.
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The Tailored Street and Sports Skirts Practical and n
portant on the Whole-.,Lingere Waists Break
Out Into frills and Jabots

dainty frills are expensive 20 buy and
difficult to keep properly immaculate,
and frils that are not dainty and i'm
maculate are untidy and distressing
things
Some II tho tailored blouses dispense
with friils but make up for the abuega-
ton by little hand run sucks and tiny
seams of white or color set ON with
hand stitching.
Much is made Of the narro,: Co,ored
hens even in the fril,ed and frankly
frivolous blouses. and delightful models
are shown in fine sheer lawns or hand
kerChef linens OF delicate color. with
cuffs and collars of white adorned by
narrow hens OF color.
The long sleeve IL the rule in the
tailored or semi-tailored blouse and the
collar may he hlga and straight, high
in the back and low In front, or made
to wear either high or low-the last
type admirable in theory but none too
beautiful or becoming in practice.
There are blouses buttoning up the
back. among the new models thing
easily foreseen when the high close col
lar began to be exploited; but. so far.
the idea is not strongly emphasized.
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SEPARATE SKIRTS AND BLOUSES HOLDING ATTENTIO
Many of the New Cut Skirts Depend
for Originality Upon Cut of Pockets
Long Sleeves Rule in Waists

her Interchangeable and is glad she
went there.
OF course she explains how Did
fashioned are her mothers recipes AMI
ways OF making jam. and. o: course, she
puts the cook right on every occasion.
but mamma does not mind that. and IN
forms papa in confidence ;hat his
money has not been wasted. and would
It not be better to have the engagement
cards printed at once?
And then Hedwig has arrived a. the
ideal Of every German giri.
She Is engaged.
She receives incre diDle quantities Of
bouquets, and she and her BrautigaGl
are photographed hand in hand in 4
bower of flowers: she never goes out tn
a party or dance unless he is invited
too: she spends all her time embroider-
ing pillow cases and bed covers. and
walks through the town in the evening
when every one II about arm in arm
with the young gentleman. receiving
congratulations on all sides; and, most
joyful of all. she wears a wedding ring
on her finger, which turns her unen-
gagged friends green with envy. and
which she hopes and believes IL larger
and brighter than that OF any other glrl
in town.
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MAKING OF THE GERMAN HOUSE
WIFE.

A THOUGH the bitterest Of hatreds
~ exist between the Eaglish and
Germans at the present II was
but a short time ago that the excellence
Of the German Hausfraus Ch0use-
wlfe) accomplishments were recognized
throughout England as they are admired
to-day in the United States Her train
ing in early youth Is but another illus
tration Of the thoroughness of detail
with which the Germans handle all
their problems. he they matters Of
domestic nature or affairs of national
importance.
1t is a matter of interest to the Amerl-
caa mother to know how the young
girls of the kaisers land were drilled in
the knowledge of housekeeping before
the existence Of the present war caused
the discrimination Of the custom
German girls are like all others-just
as frivolous and fond If pleasure and
bright uniforms. Like their sisters OF
other nations they dislike the dull wor-
ries Of housekeeping and neglect them
until the latest possible moment.
But when the suitable young man APP
pears and pays papa visit. and when
the gentlemen have settled pecuniary
matters over many glasses Of beer. then
does she sit closeted for hours will her
mamma and talk over suitable
Haushaltungschule (school of house
keeping) where she may go for n year
or six months before her engagement
is publicly announced She takes this
, as a matter of course. she may hate
cooking and dctest sewing. but uuless
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the family is very poor. CT for some
reason cannot part with the daughter,
"A suitable school Is invariably selected
and her outfit prepared
Although no German girl will whisper
a hint to her dearest friend about her
intended engagement until 1t is made
public, the fact of her going away TO
the school Is enough for all her
acquaintance, and she gets teased by
every one, old and young alike.
Most Il the schools insist on tho
pupils wearing a uniform, which is very
much like that of hospital nurses, only
much ugicr ana stutiier. They have
to take with them "A compete ou,Al
of clothes, towels, aprons kettle hold
crs and boot brushes as well as many
expensive books on cookery and the
care of furniture and silver
The clothes are all made and marked
| with number, selected and sent by
the school authorities, and leaving all
her pretty frocks and hats behind the
poor girl is at last packed into the train,
burdened with an incredible number of
small bouquets from all her girl friends
and female relatives.
The young man who is the cause of
all this then settles down to very
/ happy six months, the last of his free
! ture postcard once a month from his
! lady, and an occasional assurance that
she is well from his prospective father
in-law, whom he avoids as much as
possible.
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Upstairs all the bedrooms are the
same as hers, and are placed on each
side Of long stone passage. There
are numerous cupbuards containing
brooms and brushes and busters all
over the upper floor, and at the end
is a huge linen cupboard, beautifully
arranged and placed over the kitchen, so
that it gets as much heat as possible.
Then she goes down the stone steps
into the hall again, and sees class rooms
on the left and the kitchens, .arders
and pantrles on the right, There Is a
dining hall and a common sitting room
for the girls at tho back of the house,
and the latter room opens into the
garden.
There are not many flowers, but every
sort of vegetable and fruit is grown, and
in the park there are cows and goats.
There is a beautiful laundry and also
II dairy in the garden, where the girls
learn to milk and make butter and
cheese.
Very much impressed by what she
has seen, Fledwig goes back into the
sitting room on hearing a loud bell. and
there she finds most of her SChoul fell
lows, all between the ages OF IS and 20.
Those who have been there some time
look wonderfully healthy and strong,
but the noviccs seem very tired and
washed out, That is no doubt the effect
of getting mp at o'clock fnd working
hard all day until 10 uL1p one who
is not used to 1t.
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Poor Hedwig, however by no means
enjoys the frs, Of her last SIX monthc
of freedom.
she finds herself N a huge building
like a convent situated IN about twenty
acres of park and st:dcn. There are
about thirty other girls IN the establish.
ment. who are ton busy when she ~.
rives to give her much of Il welcome
She Is received by one Of the teac"-
ers, clad like every me else in d stiff,
dark ,ulored print dress and huge
apron. and on the way mp to her be-
room. which she is to share with three
other girls. she catches gl!mpses %.
similarly dressed beings busilv at work
IN vast kitchens or receiving instru'-
tons in the anatomy Of a sheep prepa-
ratory to cooking a mutton chop.
She reaches her bedroom and finds %
a cold chccpless room, with no place q.
put any Of her clothes, and there she
is left to unpack. She takes of her
travelling dress. the last link between
her and cvilizatio and dons her uni
form and thick bots She is soon
fetched and taken all over her new
abode
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brisldy for an hour At tn end n.
that time lift out the breast and srr7l,
It on a chopping board. As sol. ne
IL Is cool enough to handle T.. moe
all the bones. Mncc finely % I..,.
Spanish onion, add q tcacupfu, ~ va.is
bread crumbs, a email teaspounfu ID,
powdered sage and seasoning NJ
pepper and salt Spread the ml\turs
evenly over the surface of tn, hroasi
OF mutton. which should .hen be- rolled
round and secured with skaw.rs a,d
string. Replace the meat in the pu. ,ud
allow the slow cooking jo con. aie
three hours. A savory variation NJ
this dish can be made 10y omitlu. tn,
sage and onion stufiinE. and spiluh.ns
the meat with a little curry powder he.
fore rolling Il.
oyster ~ Neal-Buy three pound, "
the stewing part of a shoulder uf veal.
Remove the bone and MI the CAVITY
with stuiing made OF on -half pound
Of sausage meat mixed with 70 Tea.
spoonful of chopped parsley and half a
tenspoonsful of sweet herbs Place the
meat in the pot with Il pint of no.. NJ
water. Cover the pot closclt. cool, the
meat fast for one hodr and Slowly
for two. great improvement viii he
found IL few rashers Of bacon "
thin slices OF salt pork are placed IN
the pot when the slow cookinc is oum-
menced
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They all troop into the dining hall
where they are waited ON 10y more
pupils. The cooking Is also done by the
girls ana is very p's!n They have
meat and bread and potatoes. but no
green's or pudding.
Those whose turn ~ is 20 Gear away
ana wash up so after supper and do u.
and the rest haV" either some lam TO
finish or some butter to make. ur some
wort; or other to do. and So Hcdwig
IS left a.one until 10, when after prayers
in the sitting room every one goes to
bed.
After undressing Hedwig puts her
boots outside. but one of her companions
tells her that 'ft is no good doing that,
because no one will clean them except
herself" Rather quenchcd she brings
them in. and in absolute hew.dermcnt
falls rapidly as,eep.
The next morning IIedw.g gets up at
& O'Clock and after washing IN Geld
water and hastily dressing Is turned out
into the garuen for an hours work
, among the vegetables or In the dairy
before breakfast. At she gets some
bread and sausage. ana then she is
Initiated into the system Of work.
First. she must brush her boots and
thoroughly clean her part Of the bed
room. Then she must follow the tasks
for the day.
On her first morning she has TO CleaS
out the passage upstairs, help in the
/ dairy and then have a sewing lesson.
! She discovers that some Of her COM
! pnnions are cleaning up downstairs,
some are cooking and some are wash
F.. ing the clothes. There are no servants
at all.
Each cir. has various tasks every day,
perhaps as many as six different ones
and these go in strict rotation, so that
everybody has practice in every branch
of housework and does not learn one TO
the exclusion of others,
Lunch is at II and then they have an
hours rest, which they usually spend
lying on their beds, and then they so on
with their cooking botting, washing, or
theoretical work until Z, Thcn they have
supper
After supper they finish their tasks,
and at 10 they go to bed, extremely
weary.
Except that hour after lunch they
have no time To themselves and no
recreation.
Once week there are musical eve
nings, and once "A month expeditions
into the surrounding country, but that
is all. Otherwise they are kept at ii
from til 10 without IA moments rest
doing each thing for perhaps two hours
and then changing to some quite diff
feTcnt branch of their subject,
There les no pause in between the les
sons, no time % stop and think and no
time to be tired
. Nhon tho CrIit spnsnn con,og rnnri
they are busiest of all, botthng and
making jam, and they are sometimes
/ standing In the kitchens TIL as late as
, 1880. The tantalizing part In that
Ialthough they have cultivated all the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-31
POT ROASTs.

DOT roasts have long Deen known
among the thrifty poor, for hy
this method of cooking the coarse.
cheap cuts of meat may he rendered
tender and palatabie. Moreover, very
little fire sutiices for a pot roast anl
that Is a great consideration when coal
Is at winter prices An ordinary roast
requires a prime joint of meat, u .argc
fire and constant attention. a pot roast
gives results almost as good with an IN
ferior cut of meat. a small fire aud
scarcely any attention.
The primitive way Of producing a po;
roast is to use an iron saucepan. but IL
must be confessed that better results
are obtained IL use Is made of a covered
pot of coarse earthenware, which should
be placed in the oven instead of beni
stood over the fire. Such pot, which
Is known as "Marmite Alps" can nc
bought in many different sizs.
In pot roasting the meat is placed N
the pot with little boiling water; the
Id is kept closely covered to shut i'm the
steam. the heat OF which penetrates TIE
meat and softens the gelatlne and the
coarse fibres Of the meat BY the tim,
this is done the cutter part of the mca;
begins to take unto itself the rich colo.
and flavor which are usually associate ]
with baked or roast meats Even pot
roass can be modified to make then,
more savory than plainly cooked meat
and the directions below show how
cheap and despised foods may be used
to the best advantage
Pot Roast of Beef-Take pounds II
brisket of beef and remove tn. bone,
and cartilage, which can bc used later
for soup making. Coll the beef AMI
keep It in position with skewers ani
string. Pace the beef in "a saucepan -
marmite with a pint of boiling water
Before putting on the lid cover the top
Of the pot with a layer Of kitchen papc'
TO shut in the steam. Place the mar
mite in hot oven or stand the sauce =
pan over the fire and allow the water
To boil rapidly for an hour. See that
the pot does not boil dry. At the end 81
an hour stand the pot on the hob or In
the corner of the kitchen range. IL 1
mlrmite Is used stand II IN a cool part
Of the oven anC IN either case let the
cooking continue slowly for three hours
This joint may be eaten hot. but Il s
more delicate II it is placed while hol
under the pastry board with one or tive
flatirons ON top and allowed to remain
until it is quite cold.
Spiccd b ef Take a piece OF shin
beef weighing about four pounds. brush
over the outside with vinegar anC
dredge 1t lightly with powd red all.
spice. Place the ~ az n the pot will
Il pint of boiling water and proceed
as for post roast NJ bccf but let the
slow cooking last for wa and a hall
hours only. This may be eaten either
hot or cold. lc To, serve it with wei
boiled carrots. t,irnips and onions
mashed with little butter: il colo
serve salad or sliced cucumber as &C.
compartment.
Breast of Mutton-Remove The Skin
from a breast or mutton. roll tn,
breast and place II in a pot with 6
pint of boiling water. Cover the pc
we'll and let the cooking proceed very
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OFFERINGS OF THE MARKETS.
ny CHARLOTTE Il. BANGS.

w ing moves %S 1"e e1p 5Sa1,ss,pi +
ten maids or just one or pose.
bly, none at all. the food markets Y
Manhattan are important centres bear
ing directly upon the home From AL
quarters OF the globe their supplies
come. Where and how they are pur-
chased by the housewife means cv.
penditure large or small. as She ncrsef
elects.
"Buy In quantity whenever posS.ai.
thus securing lower price" advises me
Mayors Market Commission. while Mrs
Julian Heath Of the Housewives LcdcIe
says, Buy in daily quantity, small lu's"
Now, every housewife knows her oyn
needs and house space: she should l.y
, as BELTS both. The lis, Of price, zen
here is intended merely to show W A:
markets offer IN Plentiful. general sp,.
plies.
Appes--use gene, ously now. T..I.
sands OF barrels and boxes OF app!,s lvy.,
consumption before April fruits trl.pt
Grades not fancy cost from $3.50 To- 81 -
a barrel or Sl.25 buShel o. 10 ,,u.s
a quart retail. Rome Beau.!ts and
spitzonbergs. inch size. 20 aud 81 d..
box, cost $3.50 and 81: White polln ND.
81 box Of -. These beautiful ts..e
varieties retail at 10 cents each or 80
cents dozen. Pound Sweets cost 50 so
barrel or 20 cents q quart retail
Grape Publishes 2y SO. 40. - g.
so. 90. liz. l26 10 a box. Porto Rico %
Flordas cost from Sl.25 to S255 a box
or from cents to IL cents each .c.l..
restaurants, dining cars and hotels Chsice
from 10 cents 10 30 cents a po.-,i-u. This
fruit has never b, zen so cheap and ple.u.
90 &c Tow.
Oranges---Size- go. &c. iI2. laG. 49,.
i76. 200, 216. $50, 2SS. 324 or 100 10
box 'the last unwr0pped cost whole
sale SO to $3.50 a box. retail from %
cents to 40 cents dozen. Grades are
California navel. Porto Rican. Florida.
Valencia. pineapple, wild"
Eggs-Country stored eggs. g,ade 4,
are obtainable, city delivered. at 80 cents
a dozen. The best fresh cost 81 cents
and 80 cents can from so cents 20 Go
cents a dozen retaiD fancy" g. MIS-
The best storage eggs cost rs cents and
20 cents a case of Is or 30 dozen lot.
Butter-Fancy creamery. 10 pounds mp.
costs from SO cents to 37i, cents a pound.
or from 40 cents to 45 cents at REAL
SplEaCh-Nirginla grown costs $50 a
barrel. or from cents to 10 cents a
quart.
Celery-State costs from 81 10 50
case. or from 80 cents to co cent, t
dozen punches, or from cents to 10 cents
FOR single stalk at retail Uso tbs
whenever possible
Tomatoes Cuban, Florida quut,y
! affected). Costs So craze nT ,N
baskets. net weight OF the vegetable %
/ pounds, or 30 cents u pound 100 retail
stores. Tn" dollhouse grades ,oI. tor 20
cents a pound wholesale or 80 cents up
retail.
/ Parsley tcurley. plaiHl costs 50 a hall
bushel box.
Peas, ans (Florida) cost 81 a bushel.
or 2o cents a quart. store price
Lettuce (Florida) costs s. a basket %
| from "a to IS heads. Per single head
the retail! price is from cents % 70
cents.
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A lace trimmed frilled blouse
and two severe linen ones, with
three new sports skirts.

vegetables and fruit themselves they
never get any of it at ALL as It is all
sold to the nearest big town.
They are allowed to receive presents
Of fruit and sweet things from their
parents and friends, and this Is even
encouraged, as they do not keep healthy
without IL, but they never get any OF
the produce OF the estate, as even The
mix = sent away to the town.
In the winter there Is more theoretical
work done. as there is Of course no
frui. 10 deal with. but however cold il
/ IS they always do their hours work in
the garden before breakfast. though
they get up at $50 instead If G. During
October and November the girls learn
particularly how to make she Christ
/ mas delicacies. without which no Ger
man cOu.d puss bly, celebrate that sea-
son.
lledwig Is very tired 90 Fl list, and does
not enjoy iifc much bu, re soon gets
used to L, and taxes great interest in
her work. Sho also makes friends with
/ the other girls, ANA hears all about their
intended iiances. For. as all the pupils
/ live in different towns. and are not
/ school friends. ta,y DO no; mind col-
J Tossing that they are going TO be en-
gagged n the end of their course nor.
Sometimes, indeed, some poor wretchcd
Brdutgam comes % visit his fiancse
in her prison. lie does not stay long
As a solitary male creature in con-
vent full Of women especially when the
women are al, engaged upon that one
pursuit IN which they can claim superb
GRITTY ovt" The man, hr does not have a
VERY cheerful time pnd no feels I'm,
+ lie vii 'c preparing better for his COM
/ ing ensa ssmeut and marriage by hav-
/ ing a good ning with his friends and
spending a lot q: money.
! So pass by IItdwiS's s,X months OF
serv!tudo, the last four very happily m
I decd. and though when she comes bacl;
to her home again she has her pretty
| clothes and many parties and dances
and, above all, the gossip. she still re-
grets the happy, healthy life she led at
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n, uLE,>ou now BRAi>ERD.

~ ERHAPS a. is because troCh
. frivulitieB arc so uncertain that
separate skirts and blouscs are
rnrniNinr morn tn N msmni AT.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-06-09
ITALY'S COMMERCE. AND
HOW WAR MAY AFFECT 1T

1t remains to be seen how serious
ly the foreign trade of Italy will be
disturbed by the war. The total ex-
ports from Italy in 1913, the latest
available date of returns, were
nearly 200. imports dur
ing the same period being over
81 200. Before the war TIA
ly's imports were larger with Ger
many than with any othr nation.
Italy also had large commerce
with Austria-Hungary. Great Brit
ain and the United States ranked.
however, next to Germany in i'm
ports. Italy's largest articles of i'm
ports in 1913 We're wheat, $50, 000,-
600, nearly an equal amount in coal
and over $6O,0O0,0OG in cotton.
with about $25,OOO,0O0 in holds.
Italy's principal exports were raw
silk nearly $4,000, 900, cotton
manufactures about s40.OO0,000,
dried fruits over s25,OOO,OOO and
silk manufactures about s20,000,-
900.
Italy also has mercantile ma
rine of considerable and rapidly in
creasing Importance, the total ton
mage. sail and steam, reported at
the end of 1919 being 100000
tons; since when there have been
important additions. The last re-
ported total clearances at Italian
ports were over $50, 100000 tons
annually. Outside of Germany and
Austria-Hungary, Italy's foreign
commerce wHl be less liable to de-
rangement han some of the other
belligerents; her enemies having
less power for injuring at sea than
kaly herself.-[New York Journal
of Commerce.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-06-09
THE RUSSIAN CALENDAR
Is DIFFERENT FROM OURS

There is a difference of 13 days
between the calendar used in Russia
and that of the United States. For
instance, Penteeost fell on May 1o
in Russia, but it occurs on May %
in the United States.
Russia and the Greek church still
use the Julian calendar, established
by julius Caesar in B. c. 40. The
rest of the world uses the Gregorian
calendar, introduced by Pope Greg
DRY XIII. in 1882, with view OF
keeping the equinox to the same
day of the month of each year. 1t
consists Of 365 days, but every year
exactly divisible by four and the
oenturial years which are exactly
divisible by 400 contain 366 days.
The Gregorian calendar was intro
duced into England and her colonies
in 1852, at which time the equinox
had refrigerated IL days since the
Council of Nice, A. ID. 325. In max
ing the change September 8, 1859.
was called September IA. The diff
ference between the Julian and Gre
gorian calendars has now increased
to 13 days.