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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-25
A Spenthrift and His Uncle

Howard is quite extravagant. His
only living relative is an old uncle who
is not; and there are other differences
between them. However, one day not
long ago, our young hero more or less
diffidently approached his avuncular
relative with the intimation that it
would be graceful thing for the old
chap to losen up. young man." said
the uncle, "yau are spendthrift. If
| had money would not give it to
you. But | have no money. You
seem TO think have treasure hid
den away somewhere. Get rid Of that
notion. | have saved up sum large
enough to bury me decently when ]
die, and that is all. Now get out"
A friend of Towards asked him
little later in the day why he looked
so thoughtful. Il was just wonder
ing" he said, "where the old fellow
got the idea that he ought TO be buried
decently. Tit Bits.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-25
HOW TO TAKE GOOD CARE
OF THOSE DELICATE
ORGANS, THE EYES.

1t Is undoubtedly true that we
do not take sufficient care Of our
eyes. The eye is too delicate an
organ. however, to be subjected
TO haphazard treatment. A sud
den change from very bright light
10 darkness should be avoided,
and If the eyes are weak the pre-
vailing color in the room in\
which one spends most of the
time should be some tint that js (.
helpful to the eyesight. p
Do not read while lying down
when rocking or when in carr
Do not use the eyes before break
fast. and do not read or sew in
the sun, but let good, strong
light fall over your right Shout
der Hold whatever you read on
a level with the eyes, and do not
bend over your book or paper
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-25

jacket as an accompaniment Such a
jacket. seen the other day, made OF
tete de negre brown satin with a very
narrow edging OF string colored braid
ing at the edge. was seen TO he opened
over folded kerchief of dun gold
lace something like waistcoat and
brought TO "A couple of points beneath
the waist. The skirt had one deep
iiounce and another beneath 1t half the
width. aud still there was room TO dis.
Germ the dark brown satin pettic0at
upon which the lace was posed. The
1ounces were wired at the hens to
make them stand away from the petit
coat. which was just sheath with the
narr0west hem of braiding to finish It,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-25
THE JOKERS' COLUMN
A GLOOM DISBELIEF
Do You Know This Man,

do lou Know This Man!
He tears around the house and howl.
About the cost Of food and growls
Concerning the money he has spent
For heat and light and for the rent
The family meal has cost two bits
And this has thrown him into fits.
He says they'll surely drive him to
The poorhouse that is what they'll do
He eateehizes wife and grunts
About the time he gave her once,
And says she must think he's a mint
His language isn't fit to print.
But when he dimes downtown, this
ounce
Turns out TO be a whole-souled prince
He takes friend and eats his fill,
Insists on paying all the bill,
The most expensive Injuries
He orders, for he aims TO please,
There's nothing that's too rich or rare
For him upon the bill of fare,
Cigars cannot be made too fine;
He buys four dollars worth of wine.
A prince and right good fellow he,
Excepting when he ought be.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-25

VERY housewife in these days
is interested IN The question u
reducing household expenses.
She il willing 10 trade a little
extra work for the money Il viii save.
There Is one place ia the house that
cleanliness pays. and that is around
the gas stove.
The air holes Of the gas stove should
he cleaned frequently, as, In the rush
ing In Of the air TO mix with the gas
aud give the flame, particles OF dust
are carried with the air. and these clog
the vent. Unless there il the right
amount OF air supplied there is con
siderable loss In heat energy, more
gas than necessary is consumed and a
longer time IL required for cooking.
The flame OF the gas stove should be
clear blue. through which you can
sec If II IL a red or yellow the air
mixture Is not the proper one, and
steps should be taken AT once To give a
larger supply Of air TO the flame, Wash
the burners In hot water, TO which
liberal supply of washing soda has
been added. or with hot water aud a
strong soap that will cut grease.
Ii is simple matter TO take the burn
ers of OF most of the gas stoves, but
II this seems difficult thing TO do they
may be washed'on the stove. The burn
ers In the oven should be treated In
the same way. After washing them
rub the burners with crude oil or with
drippings which have no salt in them.
This will prevent rusting as well as
give black appearance to the part.
The oven should be thoroughly wash
ed out and then lighted with the gas
flames Open the door during this
process. for the heat without air would
cause the moisture to gather on the
sides and the top Of the oven
4 thorough cleaning of this sort
should be given the gas range at least
every ten days. This will be sufficient
II whskbroom Is used on the stove
every day and the top Of the stove
wiped carefully after cooking. The ap
pearance Of clean range Is enough to
pay for the trouble in the eyes Of many
housewives, but when in addition to
this there Is added the saving OF gas
and consequently OF money and
longer period of service for the gas
range 1t should become part Of the
regular household duties
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-25

the pin constantly and never go over
the edges. Pastry should be handled
as little as possible, and the first that
Is rolled is the best. Bake In hot
oven, so that It may rise quickly; open
the oven door only when necessary,
and be careful not to bang 1t when
closing.
Here Is an English recipe for pas
try, with directions for mixing It.;
Half a pound OF -four, four ounces
Of butter or other fats, one teaspoon
full OF baking powder. sift the -four
and baking powder well together and
add salt to taste. Cream the butter or
fat on a plate and divide It into four
parts. Rub one-4uarter lightly into
the -four. When fine pour little wa
ter into the center, use a knife for
mixing and make an eIastic dough
Flour the board and pin and roll the
paste into a long strip. Put on anoth-
er portion Of the fnt In little dabs.
sprinkle with -four, cut into three strips
and lay one on top OF the other, pound
with the pin and roll out again. Re
peat this performance until the fourth
portion of butter is used
The pastry then Is ready for use.
Roll 1t out again, cut 1t In the desired
sizes and bake In a hot oven. Flaky
pastry rises In layers, air being folded
in at each turn.
This method will produce delicious,
light, haky pastry If the directions be
followed carefully.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-25
THE KITCHEN APRON.
How to Choose Materials For This Pro.
teetor That Are Becoming.

How to Choose Materials For This Pro.
tector That Are Becoming.
Ia the apron that protects the gown
while cooking there is possibility for
the utmost ugilness. 80 this garment
should be chosen with an eye 10 It's
effect with other things. 4 blue and
white checked apron only looks well
with blue and white dress aud the
statement holds good with other con
trHsts ON the other hand, an apron
Ia the solid color that forms the dress
trimming Is very neat, and II II Is a
bib pinafore Of coarse white butchers
linen Il can bc used with various
gowns. Brown holland is also al
adaptable material aud II the apron
IN only assumed for moment and put
on over a good dark dress il Is good
thing 10 have IL OF black calico. The
model Of the apron must be of a gener
Gus sort. but If It Is shaped TO the
figure and made neatly ii can still be
an pretty as gown, Colored pipings
could also be put with white or black.
although the single color will wash
better.
Most beautiful housekeeping aprons
are made of yellow pongee in various
English pinafore designs. which IL to
say, there IL always bib. The smock
apron which goes over the head and
hhngs full below the knees Is very
easily made ut home. and these can be
real beautlfiers II they are of white.
yellow or robins egg blue rajah. with
little embroidery about the neck and
armholes
Very useful pinafores the sort of
protectors needed for picking. pre-.
serving and any other hard cooking
stunt-are Of oilcloth. with several con
venient pockets and braid edges.
If smartness Is considered the ma
tcrial of the apron and cap should
match. except where the former is of
oilcloth. which Is too hot to put over
the hair But n white cap is always
dainty and convenient. mob crown
and straight or shaped face frill is
the model used. but the ribbon band
that trims the dressier of these caps
IL. Of course. left Off with the genuine
housekeeping article.
What is called the Dutch cap. this
with the face frill cut away at the
forehead and very deep at the ears, is
a very becoming style for pretty faces.
Bingham sweeping caps and muslin
breakfast caps are both made in this
style.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-25
Putting 1t Up To Father

After several unsuccessful attempts
to draw her husband into CONVERSE
ton at the restaurant the wife dis
covered the cause Of his abstraction to
be a beautiful girl dressed in black
and seated at a nearby table.
"An attractive widow" observed the
wife coolly.
Eyes, indeed, very attractive wild
ow," agreed the husband enthusiast
tically.
Eyes" sighed the wife. 81 wish |
were one. Ladies Home Journal.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-25
Wore Like Iron

Say" said the man as he entered
the clothing store. 81 bought this
suit here less than two weeks ago, and
it is rusty looking already"
WELL" replied the clothing dealer,
81 guaranteed it to wear like iron, did
MT philadelphia Ledger
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-25
Rewards of Punishment

Doctor" called the small boy,
come up to our house quick"
"Who is sick at your house," asked
the doctor.
Everybody but me. I'd been
naughty, so they wouldn't give me
any of the nice mushrooms pa picked in
the woods. Ladies' Home Journal.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-25
Cupid's Way

zone thing can be said in favor of
Cupid's manner of conducting war
fare"
what is it,"
"He never uses gas"
mo-"
IF he does he turns it way down
low."-Florida Times Union.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-25
How He Got Even

Miss Elderleigh answering pro-
posal(-I am very sorry, Mr.. Single
ton, but ! can be nothing more to you
than
Singleton (interrupting) oh, new
er mind. It's useless TO say the rest;
| have two grandmothers already
Boston Transcript.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-25
Take Her on Your Lap

"The marriage ceremony reads, to
have and to hold"
"Well ?"
IF some men would hold their
wives occasionally they'd have ON
longer. kansas City Journal.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-25
Cookery Made Easy

The Guest-Your cook is a very
handsome girl.
The Host-She is. She mashes the
potatoes by simply looking at them
New York Post.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-25
Obedience

(Which is most obedient-the
church bell or the organ ?"
"Dunnow
"The bell, COS is peals when it's
tolled; and the organ says, Ill be
bowed frstv London Firefy.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-25

Although the fern picking season in
Jamaica was poor this year, Mrs. A.
B. Stark bought 1,341 ,l75 ferns and
] ,203 pounds Of evergreen, which she
shipped to companies out of the state.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-25
He Never Called Again

Somebody been away? | saw the~.
bringing in trunk as / came along"
mo, they were just delivering
fathers shoes. Buffalo Express.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-25
Nelson's Monument.

The Nelson monument In London
weighs about 100 tons and is III feet
high
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-14
IS TO KNOW ALL ToFORGIvEALL

In the September Woman's Home
Companion Mary Raymond Shipman
Andrews. writing a love story entitled
Vaughn Martin. Miser." makes the
following thought-provoking comment
on forgiveness: There is a French
proverb which tells us that to know
everything is to forgive everything:
Tout savior, c'est tout pardonner a
few people realize il. A few gracious
souls look for the lights and explain
away the shadows; most of US judge
and condemn a dozen times a day
There are cables of heredity which
drag the kicking and struggling soul ;
there are undertows of psychological
makeup, sweeping along the man
who does not know that he is swept
there are secret tragedies which have
come to be commonplace to the actors
of them. That women or men are
cheerful citizens is more likely to be
a sign of rageous dignity than OF
unmitigated good luck; il is probable
that everybody has a sore spot and
something to whine about, if whining
seemed fitting. Therefore it is well to
remembe and a thing always forgot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-14
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

CF'rom the Philadelphia Record
Fast friends should De slow to
anger.
All things come to those who go
after them.
Morbid curiosity is what the auc-
tioneer is looking for.
The trouble with the people who
draw comparisons is that they draw
lots.
Ancestral pride won't keep a fellow
from grating. In fact, many a fam
lily tree is grated
81 feel that 1 am my own wurst
enemy" remarked the dyspeptic who
insisted upon eating sausage.
HoaX-"When 1 marry I want a
wife who can make the best of
things" Joax-"You ought to marry a
COOK
do you think there is any luck in
keeping old horseshoes ?" asked the
village loafer. There's more luck in
making new ones,'' replied the black
smith.
1t was long after midnight, and at
last he seemed about to take his de-
parture- Don't you think I am pref
ty nice?" he asked playfully- She
stifled a yawn. You are the incest
thing going" she replied. But when
ne decided to stay a little longer she
sadly discovered that wit sometimes
overshoots its mark
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-14
Jayh awker Jots

A reflection in the Kensington Mir
ror: Few men live long enough to dis
cover how much their friends appre-
ciate them.
According to the Pittsburg Head
light, the average girl is never salts
fled. She isn't happy till some fellow
comes along and makes her miserable.
An optimist, explains the Ravens
vile Reviews Man About Town., Is
one who won't believe there is core
in an apple until he has eaten down
to it.
If more mothers, urges the Galena
Times, would try keeping the flies off
their babies and fewer higher culture
appointments, the state would be bet
ter off.
The reason that the thin man hasn't
SO much fun pOked at him as the rat
man, explains the Columbus Advocate,
is that he hasn't the good DISPOSE
ton to withstand it.
THE Man on the Tower" of the
Hardtner Press says that gossip is
more damaging than war and more
people are engaged in the conflict than
in the European war.
Local Improvement note, in the
Hiawatha World: They say that a GER
tain club room in town will be able
to turn out some very good poker
players in the near future.
According to the Everest Enterprise,
19-year-old boy is said to have the
best wheat yield in Brown county. His
name is Glen Eichelberger and he lives
near Morrill, He had seven acres that
yielded an average of 35 bushels an
acre and 40 acres bore a 2912 buShel
yield per acre. This is the young mans
first year at farming on his own re-
sponsibility his father having died last
winter.
ShrapneI, in the Wichita Eagle 1t
is necessary sometimes to look twice
in order to find out whether it is OPP
pOrtunity or temptation that is knock
ing. And don't forget that it
is a great deal easier to criticize the
way the other fellow does a thing than
it is to do it yourself We
can all learn a lesson from the sun.
1t does a lot of shining without maxi
ing any noise about it. A
lot of fellows could own farms if they
would put much energy on a pitch
fork as they do on billiard cue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-14
EUening Chat
Sentimental Least Common De
nlIfninafOrS
BY RUTH CAMERON.

nominatorS.
neighbor of ours has married
again. The woman he has married
| is totally unlike his first wife. Yet he
was'very happy with his first wife and
he appears to be very happy with his
second.
If he is satisfied with the one how
| could he have been devoted to the
other and vice versa, is, as usual, the
question over which the neigh borhoo ID
| delights to null.
OF course one answer is obvious
enOugh-they appeal to different sides
! of his nature. Yet isn't there some
thing more than that to the situation
| Isn't it possible that these women, who
to us appear so different, have some
deeper likeness which cannot see,
! of which even the husband may be un-
conscious. and yet which has helped
attract him -?
Someone advanced this idea the 9TH
er day and thence we drifted into a
discussion as to whether this least
common denominator theory could be
applied to our own past love affairs.
How about it, reader friends, have
the people that have attracted you
from time to time been the same or
| different types? And if they have
been of apparently different types has
| there been some least common denom-
inator of similarity among them all?
| In looking back over my own exper-
| fences, ranging from the little boy in
the fifth grade with the beautiful
voice towel, / won't say to what
can find no similarity in personal ap-
! pearance. Grey eyes, dark hair and
a lean face is the type of masculine
good looks that L theoretically admire
and only one possessed anything at all
like this bill of features. That is an
other interesting thing about the mat
/ ter, by the way, how seldom we fall in
L,
ance we theoretically admire. An old
! friend of mine who always admired
/ tall light men C'They look so clean
and fresh, my DEAR is now married
| to short very dark man-and is alb
solutely satisfied, while the girl whose
| ideal was a thin face with deepset grey
| eyes has married rosy-cheeked,
round-faced man with prominent
brown eyes And she also appears
quite content
To return to the main road after
| diligent search 1 could find one least
/ common denomination among all my
memories certain reserve of char
acter and quietness of manner.
In reminiscent investigation of this
sort I think there is a tendency to
confuse the people who have attracted
one with the people who have been at
tracted by one. Quite a different
thing, although it may ultimately re-
suit in mutual attraction. since the
fact that someone admfreS you is a
SlTOnS recommendation OF their dis
elimination and good taste and makes
you willing to become better acqua;nt-
ed and perhaps even paves the way to
love- AS someone has said, Fill
woman full of self love and all that
flows over will be yours.
1t is an interesting field for remin-
iscences- Taking out ones memory
vignettes of the faces that once stirred
ones heart has the same fascination
as reading over old letters. Try it
some day when you are in the mood
for day dreaming
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-14
How utterly stupid

a pot of hot tea. How utterly stupid
she was.
Elsie vanished with the tea service
and discovered Susanna's bottle of
iced tea in the refrigerator. She cut
some slices of lemon and poured the
tea into tall glass.
Thank you," he said nibbling at a
white heart.
Elsie caught her breath as she went
back to the kitchen.
She cleared a place on the table
set the egg poacher in its receptacle
of boiling water, broke an egg into it,
closed the lid and carefully toasted
slice of bread.
She almost shrieked with iov when
she laid the buttered toast on the
little blue platter and slipped the
pinky, white~flamed poached egg
flecked with pepper onto the toast.
She had achieved a triumph 1t
was even more beautiful than anv-
thing Susanna had ever accomplished.
The kitchen door swung behind her
1.-the young form; in her out-stretch-
ed hands she carried the silver tray
and set before him the perfect poach-
ed egg.
Il am sorry 1 was so long" she
said. drawing back
He looked at the egg and he looked
at Elsie. 1T is beautiful" he ad-
mitted; lit is perfect"
Il think I've discovered the knack
of doing it, she said.
That's good,'' he said.
Hadn't you better eat it while It's
hot?' she suggested
He proceeded to eat slowly. Elsie
watching each morsel as it vanished
between his well-cut lips
us it good?" she would ask, and
always he nodded. When the blue
platter was cleared he looked up sud-
denly.
'Once upon a time 1 was engaged
a
domestic science, and 1 thought /
knew something about cookery; I've
camped lot. She couldn't manage a
poached egg, though. We quarreled."
''Ah!" cried Elsie, pulling the cake
plate away from his restless fingers
you have broken another heart,"
Are hearts so precious? ?" he asked
A tear fell from her eyes and
splashed on the cracked heart cake
Tears will mend a broken heart -
he said, taking Elsie's hand and hold
ing it closely
t'Oh-Dickl'' she sobbed softly.
IT m sorry we quarreled," he whis-
pered; that's why L came. Mrs. Bur-
and you were to keep shop for ner-
and I couldn't stay away.''
But the motor races"
"Pshaw!" Taking her other hand
Il believe l can make a perfect
poached egg now, Dick" she smiled
them every morning for breakfast -
Heaven forbid" he groaned trag-
ically.
''Why?"
Il loathe 'en! Don't ask me why I
sent you back with your dreadful
samples, darling! L just wanted the
exquisite pleasure of ordering you
"Reminiscences He paused to
kiss her.
''Why?" she asked again
"Oh, because 1 know 1 shall be
your slave the rest of my lifei" he as
serted--(Copyrigh 1915, by the Nc
C1ure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News. ]

GF'rom the Chicago Newsl
Occasionally a promising young
man pays.
Enthusiasm is to a man what DOW
der is to a bullet.
When members of a family qua rrel
a lot of truth leaks out.
The garrulous fool usually cuts his
throat with his own tongue.
What matter if a girls complexion
is poor when her father is rich?
Happy is the youth whose crop If
wild oats isn't worth harvesting
But a boy never realizes that fight
ing is wicked until he gets the short
end.
Women are seldom of a warlike ma
ture-yet they are often called TO
arms
Every homely woman has a license
to doubt the accuracy of all mirrors
When a woman insists on having
her own way her husband calls it
nagging.
A student of human nature says
that only women ever return Dor
rowed umbrellas.
And many a man you wouldn't be-
lieve under oath never faced a bar
tender in his life.
A man of resources: Sometimes one
who has ingenious methods of con-
tracing liabilities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-14

ana as the day grew, the morning
glory shriveled. Smaller and smaiie,
II grew TIL 1t was only a tiny biz Of
us former beauty and size The beatI-
tlfuI dawn color that had been sDresd
over us petals turned gray. The friI1S
Mhlte trumpet edges, curled up wear,
limp. ii lung
me fairy, returning from explor-
ing the garden, saw the flower whiting
anu called: "Oh, morning-gIoryt Yofs
save your" 70
Each his own joyr said the DIV
ing morning glory. II saw the da,v,,
one dawn Is enough for q. life time
may not see the sunset. Do not vvo,.r..
81 am happy am the flower ~
80 every morning all summer H.
tt,rl -gIorles bloom at DAVIS ana
tIissh, happy and content with H..
JOY. die at The noontime-fC on,,-tttassSalte
clara Ingram Judson.) NJ