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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-09-08
How to Clean Some Particular Parts
of the House.

When cleaning mopboards the wall
adjoining may easily be protected by
using piece Of cardboard held at the
upper edge of the mopboard. This al
lows the cloth to soil the cardboard in
stead of the wall and avoids the streak
one so often sees upon wallpaper or
painted walls.
To freshen gilt frames, dust them
carefully, then wash with one ounce Of
soda beaten up with the whites Of
three eggs. Scraped patches may be
touched up with any gold paint.
CASTLE soap and warm water with
proper care may be used to clean oil
paintings; other methods should not be
employed without some skill.
To remove paint from window glass
use strong hot vinegar. {
A redhot iron will remove old putty
or will soften it so that it can easily be
scraped from window glass.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-09-08
How to Use Left Over Coffee For Vari
Gus Culinary PURPOSES.

Gus Culinary purposes.
Here is q French recipe for a coffee
blanc mango that differs slightly from
the ordinary: Add to a glass Of clear,
strong coffee seven ounces of gelatin
that has been soaked in water. Chop
finely a pound of almonds and pound
into a powder; soak this in three
glasses Of water and mix with the
coffee. Pour the mixture into a mold
and cook in the oven for half an hour.
Serve cold.
Cold coffee boiled with sugar to form
a coffee sirup is very palatable when
served as a sauce with vanilla, coffee
or chocolate ice cream. It also makes
delicious favoring for whipped
cream.
With the aid Of a tin cocktail shak-
err many soda fountain drinks can be
made at home from leftover coffee. A
glass Of milk, one egg, two tablespoon
fuls Of cream and four tablespoonful
of sweetened coffee, well shaken to-
gether, furnish delicious and nourish-
ing drink.
Another beverage that is unusual Is
made with one part of coffee and three
parts of cocoa. This is to be served
hot with luncheon or as a substitute
for afternoon tea.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-09-08
THE KITCHEN APRON.
How to Choose Materials For This Pro-
tector That Are Becoming.

tector That Are Becoming.
In the apron that protects the gown
while cooking there is possibility for
the utmost ugliness, so this garment
should be chosen with an eye to it's
effect with other things. A blue and
white checked apron only looks well
with a blue and white dress and the
statement holds good with other con-
trasts. On the other hand, an apron
in the solid color that forms the dress
trimming is very neat, and if it is a
bib pinafore OF coarse white butchers
linen it can be used with various
gowns. Brown holland is also an
adaptable material, and if the apron
is only assumed for moment and put
on over a good dark dress it is a good
thing to have it 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 it can still be
as pretty as a 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 is to
say, there is always bib. The smock
apron which goes over the head and
hangs full below the knees is very
easily made at home, and these can be
real beautifiers if 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
| terial of the apron and cap should
! match, except where the former is Of
oiIcloth, which is too hot to put over
/ the hair. But a white cap is always
dainty and convenient. 4 mob Crown
and a straight or shaped face friIl i
the model used, but the ribbon band
that trims the dressier Of these caps
is, Of course, left off with the genuine
housekeeping article.
What is called the Dutch cap, this
with the face frilI 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.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-09-08
Still Available,

"Ah, Miss Joise,' said the caller, 81
remember meeting you when you were
six years old! That was twelve years
ago, and was young man of TWEEN
ty-one and a candidate for office. Yes,
I remember the incident we'll, for I
kissed you, and your papa voted
for me-
"Are you a candidate for office this
year?' she coyly inquired. Because
papa is still voting. "-Pittsburg Dis
patch.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-09-08
ADREAM THAT
CAME TRUE
How the House Where Nobody
Lived Found an Owner.
By AGNES G. BROGAN

Nan came upon the house during one
of her solitary walks. So unexpected
ily did she find it at a sudden bend Of
the road that the girl gave a gasp of
surprise
The little house cuddled against a
low bending hill, as though seeking
protection, while its bright red roof
peeped cautiously through the ever
green's. It was the undisturbed snow
of each pathway which told Nan that
it was "hOuse where nobody hvedH-
or had lived-thrOugh the dreary win
ter. Here in this shaded spot the snow
seemed to have determined not to give
place to the violets, for spring breath
ed everywhere.
Curiously Nan explored the untrod-
den paths, as white and crusty, bear
at each doorway. With precise regu-
1arity curtains were drawn across
wide. shining windows The house
was empty. In a spirit Of sudden
longing Nancy Bell sank down upon
the door stone, her stocking capped
head resting against white pillar.
"Oh, little home" she breathed visit
fully, chow 1 wish that you We're
miner For Nancy Bell in all the days
of her girlhood had never known a
home. Far back among the memories
of years was a cherished picture of a
tangled home garden where the child
ish Nan had walked with her gentle
mother. But that picture faded 50
quickly-into Nan seated stfffly before
a desk in a graded boarding school,
while the dOrmttOry bedroom Of the
girls seminary became the only home
which Nan had known
Her education finished, It had been
necessary to continue within the gray
walls as French teacher. But after a
years conscientious work the French
verbs began to twist themselves per
plexedly about in the French teacher
brain, and she hied her away to the
country.
1t had been an alluring advertise
ment to companion an old lady
which had led the girl to this isolated
village, where upon acquaintance the
old lady proved to be not as alluring
as her advertisement. Still, one might
endure endless hours of reading aloud
when one might enjoy undisturbed two
afternoon hours of each day, golden
hours in which to tramp about uncOn
fined, to dream Of the good things the
future would bring, for surely in the
Justice of things Mans future must be
bright to compensate for the loss Of
all that had gone before.
Seated upon her bed in the dormf
tory room the girl had dreamed upor
many q m0onlit night Of the home thai
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-09-08
HOW TO MAKE A STORAGE
ROOM ATTRACTIVE,

There is no reason why a store
room should be a dingy. messy
place, which must be hidden
from every eye except the own
er's. 1t is quite possible to make
it an attractive, CHEEKY place,
which one may visit as freely as
any parlor.
One woman uses her back bed
room as a combination storage
and sewing room, and except for
the faint OdOr Of tar bags and
moth balls one would never sus-
pect the real purpose of the room.
1t has a big, roOmy closet. In this
she has a pole stretched from
one wall to the other, and from
the pole are suspended many tar
bags holding all the furs and
long heavy coats. On the shelves,
wrapped in many covers of news
papers, are the winter hats, with
a small bag OF camphor balls be-
tween every two. This closet is
kept tightly locked, as a rule, but
once a month the bags and pack
ages are removed, and the closet
is well busted and aired.
This housewife keeps two
; trunks with her most valuable
possessions in this storehouse,
; also an old fashioned wardrobe
with a mirrored door, a sewing
machine and two chairs.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-09-08
America in Print.

Americans are the greatest newspa-
per readers in the world. The daily
papers in the United States number
2,472, the weeklies 1929, and the
monthly and other publications bring
the total up to 22,S06. The combined
circulation of these is about $4,000, 900,
or enough to provide daily paper, a
weekly paper and a monthly magazine
for every family in the country. There
is a newspaper to every 4,100 of the
American population; in Great Britain
there is one to every 400; in France,
one to every 5000, and in Germany,
one to every 1900.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-09-08

cit SHALL BE, SHE SAID SOFTLY.
struggling with the French verbs And
so real in her thought had the wife be-
come that Mans eyes widened in sur
prise when the man again stood before
her.
"Alone?' she exclaimed.
"Why, yes" said the man. II am a
lonely book writing person. Whom
did you expect to see with me?"
your wife," Nan replied and then
laughed. I've been bestoWing an i'm
aginary wife upon you," she told him.
Seriously the mans eyes met hers.
another dream?" he questioned, then
suddenly he bent toward her. cal
ways" he said rapidly, give had a
cherished dream of my wife who was
to be, conscious that somewhere in this
world she, too, waited, and then one
glorious, all fulfilling day I saw her,
recognized her as my own as truly as
you, little Nan, had realized the vision
of your home" TenseIy he bent to-
ward her. Dear girl he said, sit
was you whom I loved, you whom I
found here in the garden. Oh, won't
you make my dream come true?"
Silence deep el0quently fingered over
the flowers in a sort of solemn won
der. Nan placed her hands in his
then, smiling, she looked back at the
little white house "It shall be-" she
said softly, mo longer the house where
nobody lives, but the home of dreams
come true.''
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-09-08

would be hers-when that home should
come. And so exactly was her vision
realized in the little house around the
corner of the world that Nan had
gasped in surprise. How could the in
mates have carelessly closed the hos
Ipitable doors and gone away? Why,
If the home were hers she would have
been watching this minute for the Gro
Icuses pOking their heads above ground
and when summer time came she would
swing her hammock out there beneath
the trees. Then Nan caught her breath
at a wildly daring thought. Why not
why not indulge in the old childish
game Of ''pretend?' Why might the
little house not be, for time at least
In fancy, her own?
For two hours of each day she might
care for the flowers so heartlessly de
serted-might read or play Or sing III
The garden. Singing about young la
dies seminary is unbecomtng Of 6
French teacher, 'levity," an undesir
able trait in a companion. Nancy Bel
felt that her youth was slowly con
gealed. Here, In this hidden garden
she might be as young and as gay ant
as free as she chose. The girl jumped tt
her feet, and went running up the hill
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-09-08
Politics Not for Father.

According to DR.. Hadley of Yale,
'the man who makes politics a profess
sion and has wife and children will
have the choice of doing that which is
not quite right and staying in Office
or doing that which is right and get
ting out of Office, permitting his wife
and children to starve."
The statement is somewhat large
and professional, but if taken as sol
emn truth, the moral seems to be that
politicians should be bachelors.-New
York Sun.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-09-08
WINTER EVENING BEAUX.
Her lips were so near NJ
That what else could I do?
You'll be angry, I fear,
But her lips were so near
Well, I can't make it clear
Or explain it to you
But her lips were so near
That what else could I do?

If it's stormy winter night, the
woman who is expecting her would-be
sutton to pay her call is fearful lest
he will not venture out. This fear
shows how little most women under
stand the heart of man.
The worse the evening the more a
man longs for the warmth, comfort,
and companionship of some nice, pleas
ant woman in her coy parlor. His
boarding place offers little or no at
traction; his room is cherries. Books
do not warm his heart, but the gentle
clasp of woman's hand in his has
that effect. The glow of the freight,
easy, comfy chairs have a delightful,
cheering influence over him. 1t gives
him a taste of home life, no matter
how much of a rover he is inclined to
be. Even the plainest of women will
look fair to him as he watches her
homelike, domesticated feminine ways.
Although he may have dined late,
he accepts with pleasure the tasty lit
tie spread she has prepared for him.
1t may be only sandwiches or crackers
and cheese, some homemade cake, and
a cup of tea; but theyFtaste like am
brosia to the world-weary man who
dimes at club, restaurant, or boarding
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-09-08
A penny saved is

~OMETIMES when a woman takes
- up the problem Of house i'm
~ nishing she has to buy every
thing new from the beginning,
and sometimes she already has a more
or less complete equipment which she
hopes to improve gradually-that is, to
continue the comparison with the fac
tory, she has to do with going con-
Germ" In either case she must study
the situation carefully and make sure
Of what she most wants before she be-
gins to buy. 1t is impossible for her to
select to the best advantage unless she
has all the principal needs in mind to
begin with and goes at the task sys-
tematically. Haphazard buying is al
ways eXtrayagant and nowhere more
so than in connection with house fur
ntShings. There is such a beWildertng
variety Of things to be used in house
that unless the housekeeper keeps
clear Idea Of what she wishes most
and plans her buying carefully she viii
find herself getting things which,
though useful are not the most useful
or are not the best adapted to her par
ticular needs. Two dining tables may
be equally good of their kind, but one
may be much better adapted to a par
ticular house and family than the other.
If it is case of furnishing house en-
tirely with new things it is wise to go
slowly and learn from experience what
will best suit the special conditions,
even if this prevents putting the whole
house completely in order at once. For
example, it might be we'll to see how
ones belongings fit into the built-in
cupbOards before deciding whether to
buy a sideboard or a china closet
If only a limited amount Of money
can be spent at one time, it would
probably be better to leave an extra
| bedroom unfinished or do without an
extra rug than to "skimp" on the
quality of the necessary things. When
| it is merely a question of renewing or
| increasing old equipment, the thought
full hOuSekeeper considers the value of
each article in connection with what
| she has or expects to have as well as
| by itself. If she has no convenient
| cupboard for her ironing supplies, an
ironing table Of the settle type with a
! box under the seat may be more serv-
iceable than the ordinary kind; and if
! she expects to get a new set of table
! dishes soon and can then use some of
| the old ones in the kitchen, it is poor
! policy to stock up unnecessarily with
kitchen ware.
In order to buy in accordance with a
definite plan she must often steel her
self against the allurements of bargain
counters or of beguiling statesmen, not
because the wares they offer are not
intrinsically good or cheap. but because
III spite of being good or cheap they
may not be what she really needs
most. It is poor economy for her t.
buy sheets which will not be used fol
several years instead Of napkins which
are needed at once, simply because the
sheets happen to be q few cents cheape
than usual, or to be persuaded to take
an Omelet pan when what she ha(
meant to get next was a new coffe
pot.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-09-08
How to Utilize Your Lace FIounces
and AIloVers


Lace f1Ounce dresses in black or in
the various lace shades. ficelle biscuit.
cream, silvery white which is very
delicate and pretty, and a dull gO,tf
tint may have the fashionable little
jacket as an accompaniment. Such Il
jacket, seen the other day, made Of
tete de negre brown satin with very
narrow edging of string colored braid
ing at the edge, was seen to be opened
over a folded kerchief Of dull gold
lace something like a waistcoat and
brought to a couple of points beneath
the waist. The skirt had one deep
dOunce and another beneath it half the
width, and still there was room to dis
Germ the dark brown satin petticoat
upon which the lace was posed. The
founceS were wired at the hens to
make them stand away from the petit
coat, which was just sheath with the
narrOwest hem of braiding to finish it.
How to Drive Away the Moths From
Rugs and Carpets.
If you fear moths in carpets or rugs
scrub the floor with strong hot salt and
water and when sweeping the rugs
each week, or the carpet sprinkle it
first with salt. This salt and water
treatment could hardly be applied to a
nicely finished floor, but moths seldom
get in rugs laid on a shellacked or
waXed hardwood floor. If they do the
rugs can simply be taken into the air
and thoroughly cleaned. with salt
Al
or beating, and then they can be held
over steaming water. The steam kills
the moths.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-09-08

lover tor them is
equally divided.
There are ener-
getic mothers of
backward, bash
full daughters, who
take their love af.
fairs in hand from
start to finish.
They decide what
young men shall
be introduced to
them, and draw a
sharp line as to
those whom they
consider undesir.
able S UGH a
mother coaches
her daughter as to
how she shall en-
terrain the Young
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-09-08
She Knew Him.

Mrs. GOodoldsoul was waiting tea for
her husband, who was expected home
from the city every minute.
Suddenly out in the road a donkey
bnyed The dear old lady, who was
a little deaf, beamed.
run and put the kettle on. jane
she cried. 1.-THE master is coming down
the street. I'd know his hearty laugh
anywhere Chicago Ledger.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-09-08
How to Utilize Burned Out Gas Man
tells as PoIisher.

Gas mantels should not be thrown
away when broken. Instead, crumble
the white, net-like material into a
small box and keep it to use in polish
ing silver. 1t is also a good jewelry
cleaner.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-09-08
LauraJeanLibbeu's
Talks on
Heart Topics
tCcpyrahs 1915. by the Mcclure Newspaper SyndcateJ
ARE DAUGHT Frs WISER IN LOVE
MATTERS THAN THEIR
MOTHERS?

In men whom men denounce as i'll
l see so much of goodness still;
In men whom men pronounce divine
L see so much Of sin and blot:
l hesitate to draw the line
Between the two-where God has not.
The class of girls who are willing
to abide by their mothers choice of a
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-09-08
MEN IN HALL BEDROOMS.

lmpelPd with steps unceasing to pursue
Some fleeing good. that mocks me with
the view;
That, like the circle bounding earth and
skies,
AEures from far, yet as I follow flies.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-13
UNIVERSAL FREE TRANSFERS

IN CLEVELAND and elsewhere they have
been experimenting with three-cent fares
II is in Philadelphia that there are such
things as exchange tickets whereby work.
man is compelled TO pay eight cents to get
home at night. A salient feature of the
Taylor plan. therefore in addition to its
provision for high-speed lines to all sections
Of the city. is its arrangement for universal
free transfers in a forward direction.
1t is absurd. says Dave" Lane. who Sc
lected Smith as candidate for Mayor, to
suppose that there can ever be universal
fve-cent fare in Philadelphia. Quite a pes
simist he is. other cities, where the traffic
is not in any respect so heavy, have uni
versal five-cent fare 1t is economically pos
sible, as more expert financiers than Dave"
Lane have agreed. What Dave" Lane
0doubtless meant was that as long as he re-
mained City Chairman of the Organization
and could put one over" on the people of
Philadelphia he would see to it that uni
versal Eve cent fare was politically i'm
possible.
But is it? Not unless the people Of this
city are sound asleep and as thriftless as
Rip Van Wrinkle. The extra three cents
which many citizens are paying would look
good in a savings bank. Men are not likely
to vote against their pocketbooks, and there
are not enough Jobs to be distributed at
City Hall to persuade any great multitude
that they ought to throw away their money
in the hope of getting sinecures. No, the
only way in which the people can be
euchred out of quick transit and universal
five-cent fares is by the election of Dave"
Lanes candidates.
There are good many Organization men
in this town who are just as opposed to the
Lane tactics as other citizens are. They
resent the effort to force anti-transit men
down their throats. They are going to de-
mand that the candidates they vote for take
a transit pledge and stand unequivocally in
favor of the comprehensive transit scheme
evolved by Director Taylor.
Let the obstructionists beware, no matter
what ticket they may be. Philadelphia
is determined in this matter-absolutely de-
termined. There is only one kind of Coun-
ellis that will be elected this year, and that
is transit Councils There is only one kind
Of Mayor and only one kind of City Solicitor
that will get to City Hall, and that is the
transit kind.
The voters will attend to that.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-13
THE GREATNESS OF A c1rv

The Philadelphia EVENING LEDGER has n
short editorial on What Makes a City Great. "
and this is the way 1t answers the question;
The greatness Of this CITY, blessed with n
location unsurpassed among inland cities of
the world. can never surpass the greatness OF
the living men who are in charge of its de-
Yelopment Why handicap It by putting
little men In power, who could not do great
things even II sthey desired?
II is the men who make a city. grand citv
cannot be expected from men OF low ideals
stream rises no higher than its source. n Won
are to have good city you have to have good
clean, upright, courageous men devoted 10 its
development We don't gather figs from thisties
neither In nation nor in society or Government
y am for men, said Henry George and that
Men are wanted who will not waste themseIves
In pleasure. but who will devote themselves m
the happiness of the people Let neither partv.
practical application OF this idea.-ohio state
JournaI ~ O''o Slate
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-13
MORAL FORCES ARE INvINCIBLE

ENROM the two neutral Balkan States, out
~ Of the mouths of two former ministers,
have come strangely interesting pronounce
ments. BY way Of Milan one reads that Take
Jonescu, the former Rumanian Minister of
he Interior believes in the ultimate partici-
patton of his country in the war, not for
The sake of aggrandizement, but because
we believe moral forces are invincible." At
ne same time Eleutherios Venizclos, de-
osed Premier of Greece, declares his belief
nat the national soul of Greece makes war
evitable.
'ynics may protest that there is no such
q as a national SOUL and that moral
tes are mere figments of the mind. They
ION without facts. In time of crisis, in
of great victory or of great disaster,
e does emerge in every country a unity
ceiling which can truthfully be called
sonal soul. And when great decisions are
&c made there is a perceptible swinging
he people to the side which expresses
inner determination and their spiritual
e OF Justice The recognized and estab-
d sense OF righteousness is a moral
= against which no force of arms can
pail 1t is superior to the individual, be-
" II outlasts generations. And it is in
II