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The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-15
DENOTES RIGHT CIVIC SPIRIT
the Memory of Public.spirited Citi-
zen Who Deserved Well.

Over in Minneapolis the other day
they unveiled a monument to the mem.
DRY of a man named Rowley. We
didn't hear anything about it over this
way, but in Minneapolis it was quite
an event. This man Rowley, you see,
was not national character. He was
just a plain citizen of Minneapolis. He
was the man who gave that city its
electric railway system. He was one
of the builders of that thriving com
munity. He was one Of the men with
the vision and the foresight, who
helped lay the foundation stones of
the metropolis of Minnesota. The peo-
pie of Minneapolis are showing their
appreciation for his worth and his ster-
ling qualities. There are not very
many cities in the country where men
uments are unveiled to the memory Of
street railway magnates. Usually they
are damned while they live and for
gotten when they die. Other com.
munities might profit by the exam
pie of Minneapolis There such men
as Rowley and others builded a city
for no other particular reason than
that they wanted a city there. And,
as a city, it is not yet 80 years old. but
it has a population of 100000 and is
growing every day. Minneapolis has
the right civic spirit and never dem
onstrated it in a better way than by
erecting a monument to the memory
of one of it's own good citizens.=Hu-
ron Times Herald.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-15
Bostonians Save Words.

Ever hear of Boston brevity?"
asked the room clerk, holding up a
telegram. 1t simply read Tonight"
That means" explained the clerk.
that the signer will arrive on GER
tain train. that a porter is to meet him.
that a room with bath on the eighth
floor, with southern exposure with a
bath already drawn, is to be in readi-
ness
That's nothing for brevity," remind
ed an assistant manager who stood
near. I'VE have a man from Boston
here who doesn't have to say word
when he gives an order When he is
about to go away. he catches the eye
of the head porter and holds up one
finger, and the head porter knows that
the Bostonian wants a ticket on the
five o'clock train. seat in the second
Pullman and seat midway on the
right side of the dining car New
York Times.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-15
Must Be Torn to Be Opened.

An envelope that cannot be opened
except by tearing or cutting the paper
can be made by substituting alnumen
for the mucilage with which the flap
is sealed An ordinary envelope can
be opened by exposing it to steam for
few moments or moistening it with
water. Albumen becomes insoluble
when heated. OF course one must put
the albumen on an ungummed envel-
ope If this be not easily obtained, it
can be made from any good paper,
cutting this to the proper size and
shape. To apply the albumen. take
some white of egg and spread it with
a brush, feather or the tip of the
finger on the flap. Close this before
the albumen has time to dry and pass
a hot iron over it. This coagulates the
albumen and the paper must be torn
before the envelope can be opened.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-15
The ENDLESS HUNT
MANS SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS
TOUCHES ALL PEOPLES.
There's Theme for Poet or Moralist
in Strange Guatemala Indian
Eegend-Faith in God
the Surest Way.

Among the Indians of Guatemala, &C.
cording to the Christian Herald. who
possess many remarkable traditions.
legend has been reserved which might
form theme for the. poet or the NOR
alist. At the foot of Mount Sucareno
lies lake, placid and beautiful in its
solitude huge, glittering, gold
named serpent and a water maiden,
who is the counterpart of the Lorelei.
Her singing has an irresistible charm
to draw the casual listener. who is
promptly seized by the golden serpent
and dragged down to the lakes bot
tom. There he is delivered to a giant,
who is the guardian of a secret treas
ure hidden in a cave. What the treas
ure is no one knows but it is some
thing for which all men seek Some
believe it to be mass of priceless
jewels; others aver that ii is a charm
which is capable Of curing all human
ills. But the oldest and wisest of the
tribesmen wag their heads knowingly
and say that the hidden treasure.
which no human power has ever sue
eeeded i'll grasping. is happiness, and
that the great deity who directs the
lives of men has placed it beyond their
reach. All through the ages men have
sought for il but failed TO grasp it, and
many have persisted in the attempt
1t is only an old heather legend, yet
it pictures the ceaseless search for
happiness which has gripped the hui
man heart ever since time began-a
seArch in which love and wealth are
the lures that WOO to danger and even
death. Those who are wiser and
whose understanding have been en-
lightened know that happiness comes
unasked to him who serves God and
his fell0wmen, and who makes his
life blessing to others. To such
one there comes, some day, an eX-
perience like that of the humble tiller
of the soil who, having been true and
faithful and kind, found happiness
standing beside him at the pillow. a
serene and comforting heavenly CON-
rade. Both are legends and strangely
beautiful, but our own hearts tells us
which of the two has the real charm of
spiritual truth.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-15
LAS Iona as We Love-"

AS long as we can love and be loved
we are of service in life. for there is
nothing the human creature so needs
as affection and faith; nothing the
human creature so desires to ex-
pend, if only he can. as love and sym
pathy. But it : not easy to keep hui
man contacts fair and lovely. We are
born into the world with the sense of
a separate self, and that self desires
possessions and powers and trappings
and ease. We are set into a seething
mass of conflicting Wills, intersecting
and opposing, and there is little har-
mony except where group can be
gathered together under the flag of
q common cause or a common ideal:
where a number of people are will
ing to bear deprivations and exertions
for what they believe to be a common
good.-Louise Collier Wilcox.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-15
For Better Housing of Aliens.

Prizes aggregating $1,000 have been
offered by the National Americaniza-
ton committee in a contest for plans
for the housing of immigrants in In
dustrial towns Two groups of prizes
are offered. The first covers plans for
the housing of workmen in industrial
communities not exceeding popula-
tion of $4,000. Entries may include
designs for single family houses, COM
bined family and lodging houses which
will permit separation of the family
from the dodgers or boarding houses
or community dwellings for numbers
of single men or of single women
The first prize in this group is $1,000,
the second $500 and the third, fourth
and fifth 500 each Competitors are
to assume that the community is
new one produced by new industry
most of the workmen to be needed
permanently and the rest, as construc-
ton gangs, from two to five years only.
Welfare of the tenant and low cost
are the two important considerations
urged by the committee Wages of
the workmen are assumed to be from
81 a day to $40 week.
The second group Of prizes is Of
fered for a satisfactory substitute for
the derailed freight and cattle cars
now used TIC house construction gangs
on railways In this group the first
prize is $500 and the second prize $780,
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-15
ART IN HOUSE TERRACING
Subject That Deserves Much Thought,
as 1t Will Make or Mar Appear
ance of Home.

Terraces, particularly house ter
races, which are all those upon small
grounds, belong to architecture, and
should therefore be kept closely in
connection with its kind All house
terraces, those close about or parallel
to buildings. belong to the structure
adjacent and should be kept as close
up as possible. Terraces usually allow
for liberal bed of plants next to the
buildings, then path, a level apron
of equal or slightly greater width on
the outside Of path, and then the ter
race, if there be but one, drops down
into the field If there be more than
one terrace each successive one as
they leave the building must be broad
er than the one above, and thus they
drop by exercising and more gener
Gus extent to the field below This
field does not mean vast extent, but
what remains of the premises. The
mistake is often made and it is a
serious one, of building the terrace
broader than the field, reversal of
art that is inyeighed against by every
authority who has written upon the
subject.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-15
How a Builder Financed Operations.

A reader of the Home Builders
page writes as follows in explaining
how he financed his home building:
First l caught my building site
and drew plans for house and barn to
fit it. Next | made application for
loan to cooperative bank, showed
the land and the plan to the investment
committee and subscribed for the
requisite number of shares. The bank
agreed to let me have the money in in
stallments at various stages.
Il then went to my bank of deposit
and borrowed money as | needed it, on
short-time notes, TO pay cash as | went
along. where | could get per cent of
for cash, and called on the co-opera-
tive bank for money when / wanted TO
pay the notes.
In that way l got number of adj
vantages in buying and saved a good
many dollars | could buy of total
strangers by giving my bank as refer
ence Boston Herald.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-15

and beat until light; add two cupfuls
of -four, sifted, with two teaspoonfuls
of baking powder and half cupful
of water, beat two minutes; flavor
with grated lemon rind or orange
rind and bake in a sheet
Ribbon Cake.-Put two tablespoon
fuls of butter, cupful and a half of
sugar, an egg and two yolks of eggs
into a warm bowl and beat until light;
then add two and a half cupfuls Of
flour, a cupful of milk, and three tea
spoonfuls o. baking powder; beat
again hard for two minutes; flavor and
divide, pour into three tins, and re-
serve the amount for the last tin to
add a tablespoonful of cocoa, tea
spoonful each of cloves. nutmeg and a
half cupful of chopped raisins. Pour
the layers together with the dark one
between; spread with boiled icing.
Chocolate Gems.-Take two table
spoonfuls of butter, cupful of sugar,
two teaspoonfuls of cocoa, fourth
of a teaspoonful of cinnamon and two
eggs, not beaten; one and a half cup
fuls of flour, teaspoonful of baking
powder; beat we'll and bake in gem
pans frost with powdered sugar and
prao,p
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-15

During its early days, John Fox, Jr,
was once taking trip over Arkan-
sas now leading railroad. But it was
not the proverbial slow train" in
which he was travelling. On the CON
trary, he was very much concerned at
the tremendous rate of speed at which
it rounded the sharp curves for which
that road is famous. He was a little
consoled, however by the calm
manner in which a fellow-passenger
across the aisle surveyed the whirl-
ing landscape. Finally, unable to
control himself longer, the novelist
leaned across the swayng car and
inquired: Say, don't you think this
is bit reckless-going so fast? What
if we'd meet another train around one
of these curves No feah. subj" as
sured the calm one. We've got the
road engine on this heah train. sub .
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-15
RAVES ABOUT OUR GARDENS
Writer Says They Are So RaVishing,
So Sunlit, Astounding in Fresh
ness and Beauty.

81 can't say enough in praise of the
American gardens. l think | should
rave about them if | ever let myself
go" exclaimed Miss Carlisle They
are ravishing-so sunlit, Astounding IN
freshness and beauty Do you realize
that they are so brilliant that l can
never show paintings of American gar
dens in the same room with English
gardens, because they make them look
quite dreary? Their one fault is that
there is often too much statuary in
them, and too much of it irrelevant
Frequently, too, they are not rambly
enough, and seem little self-eon-
5cious. In English gardens small
stones mellow with years are used.
and the furnishings add that warmth
which breeds intimacy. 1t is the in
formal garden that attracts the artist.
In England these abound, with their
winding paths passing through uneven
hedges of many varieties of flowers
That uneven hedge, flashing forth
vivid colors, one seldom sees in Amer
lea probably because of the fiuctuat-
ing climate and the vogue of a more.
formal arrangement. Ethel II. Pey-
ser, in Countryside Magazine.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-15

several thicknesses of paper under
the cups Put boiling water into the
pan until it reaches half way up to
the cups. Set into a moderate oven
and cook gently until the eustard is
firm. Serve ice cold with small choco-
late cakes.
Vanilla SouffIe.-Scald a cupful of
milk seasoned with a fourth of tea
spoonful of salt in a double boiler and
mix in two tablespoonfuls of -four and
two of butter, creamed together.
Cook while stirring for ten minutes.
Beat well the yolks of four eggs and
three tablespoonfuls of sugar; pour
over the mixture in the double boil
er. Flavor with orange rind and set
away to cool Cover closely and
half hour before serving time fold in
the stiffly beaten whites of four eggs;
bake in moderate oven 30 minutes.
Serve with chocolate sauce.
Cream of Almond Pudding.-Cook
together two tablespoonfuls of corn
starch, three teaspoonfu.s of sugar,
three cupfuls of milk and dash of
of pound of almond paste, rubbed
smooth with a little of the hot mix
ture; add the whites of three eggs.
beaten stiff and pour into a buttered
mold, set in water to bake in mod
crate oven about 30 minutes.
Sponge Pudding.-Take pint of
milk, fourth of cupful of sugar,
a cupful of flour, tablespoonful of
butter and three eggs. Mix the sugar
and flour together. then add a little
of the milk while cold; stir it into the
remainder of the milk boiling hot,
and let it cook five minutes. Cool and
add the butter and egg yolks; fold in
the beaten whites and place in a
buttered pudding dish set in water to
bake half an hour. Serve with
creamy sauce.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-15
PLANTS AROUND THE HOUSE
BY LIMA r. ROSE.

A great deal of discriminating care
should be exercised about the plants
located close to the house. Those set
in such a manner as to hide the foun-
dation of the house and relieve the
baroness should be plants that do not
grow much higher than the wall.
Some of the best plants for this sort
of adornment are the herbaceous spi-
reas, dieentra and perennial phlox-
Such ANIMALS as ten weeks stock, as
ter, nieotiana. nasturtium and core
opsis can also be used effectively.
Gladioli furnish brilliant display
In midsummer and the tuberose is a
fragrant plant that also should have
place near the house.
Scatter bulbs for early blooming all
through the lawn and close to the
path Old-fashioned plants are always
a happy selection because they pos
sess genuine merit and have been
proved.
Make homes instead of houses by
the good taste exercised in your plant
ing around the home grounds and dis
play your originality along conserva-
tive lines and make your planting ar
engagements artistic.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-15
In the DAYS or Superstition.

The earliest record of witch be
ing burned to death is dated 1875, the
witch confessing that she fed her off
spring the flesh of babies. Al
Toulouse. in 1885. SO persons were &C
cused of being witches, eight OF
whom were burned and the others i'm
prisoned for life. In 1924 Petronilla
de Midia was burned at Kilkenny, Ire
land, by orders of the bishop of Os
sorry Some rs years later there were
wholesale witch prosecutions al
Berne, Switzerland
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-15

best should never allow herself to get
oyer-tired, for it is thus many serious
mistakes have been made in caring
for helpless people.
When cooking chicken for broth.
or in fact for any purpose. scrub it
well with a small vegetable brush
with soda and water, then rinse and
wipe dry. Cut in small pieces and
put on in cold water, If to be served
as broth. Let simmer five hours.
strain, cool and remove the fat This
broth. because of the gelatin in the
bones and tendons. will make a thick
jelly when cold. Reheat and add
boiled rice or barley; serve with a
dash of salt in a pretty cup. piping
hot.
Mutton broth should cook five
hours and strain, then when cold re-
move every bit of the fat.
Tripex Soup-This is a soup that
is such a favorite and so often recon.
mended by physicians that it should
he found in every homenursing cook
book Use equal quantities of beef
lamb or mutton, and veal add a pint
of water to each pound of meat Cut
the meat in small pieces, adding the
bones; cover with cold water and sim
mer for four hours. Strain and sea-
son with salt Cool to remove the
fat before using. A beaten egg may
be added to either of the soups. but
not allow it to cook at all. just simply
add to the hot soup and serve. A ia
blespoonful of cream, with a sprin-
king of celery salt is liked for variety
when added to the chicken broth.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-15
Proper Method for EATING Asnara,n.

Grasp the asparagus gently but
firmly around the neck with the thumb
and index finger. Tilt back the head
till the face assumes horizontal DO
sition. Open wide the mouth Lift
up the asparagus till it is directly
above the mouth with a 14-incA aIti.
tude. Drop it quickly. Chew. Re
peat-Princeton Tiger.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-15
In Doubt.

Did l understand you to say that
Colonel Jagsby is prominent prohibi-
tionist?"
We'll, | notice he always sits close
to the front of the platform when
there is a prohibition rally, but | don
know whether that is due to passion
for publicity or the workings of an
aroused conscience"
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-15

Source of inspiration.

Lift your eyes unto the hills and,
so inspiring. divinely sweet and beau
tiful will be your spiritual experiences
and glorious will be the revelations
that will enrapture and fill your soul.
Selected.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-15

as no butter is needed,
yet such cakes are not
always liked. The follow
ing is a light, delicious
cake:
Delicate Yellow Cake.
Put a half cupful of
butter. a cupful of sugar
and the yolks of seven
and the white of one
egg into a warm bowl
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-15
One Woman's Thouoht.

Il hate and loathe the sight of the
extravagantly dressed woman nova.
days. She infuriates me- She has no
right to spend a great deal of money
on her body. Queen.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-15

Spite, retaliation and revenge are so
utterly ignob1e and so small and fool
ish as to be altogether unworthy of
being noticed or harbored No one
who fosters such conditions in his
heart can lift himself above the folly
and suffering. and guide his life
aright.-James Lane Allen
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-15

Shipbuilders BUSY,

Steel merchant vessels building or
under contract to be built in private
American shipyards on February l,
1916. according to shipbuilders' returns
to the bureau of navigation. depart
ment of commerce, numbered $50 of
901, 371 tons.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-15

little hot fat, add onions if desired,
little hot water and stew on the back
part of the stove or in the oven until
tender
Spanish Steak.-Take six ripe to.
matoes or one can, four onions, two
chilli peppers and one and half
pounds of round steak. Peel and slice
the onions, fry light brown. Cut the
steak in serYing-sized pieces and put
the onions on top, then over these
place the peppers and tomatoes cut
line; add hot water, cover and cook for
half an hour, either in the oven or on
the back part of the stove
Ranch Steak.-Gash thick round
steak on both sides, rub in flour,
brown, sprinkle with three chopped
peppers, cover with hot water and
stew until tender.
Baked Round Steak-Take a two
pound steak. cut in serving
pieces, score we'll with knife. Place
in a roasting pan, season. dredge with
flour; add few bits of butter and
slice of onion over the meat. Cover
with water, place in the oven and bake
slowly for an hour until tender.
DeViled Steak.-Take one large flank
steak, one-half onion, two tablespoon
fuls of butter. two tablespoonfuls of
flour, one teaspoonful of salt, one-quar-
ter of a teaspoonful of pepper, one
teaspoonful of mustard. three table
spoonfuls of vinegar. two cupfuls of
hot water. Melt the butter In a frying
pan, slice the onion and fry in the
butter. Remove the onion when brown,
cut the steak in pieces. dip in -four and
fry IN butter. Remove the meat, add
the salt, mustard vinegar and pepper,
then add hot water. Replace the
steak, cover closely and let simmer
until tender Dish on a platter with
the gravy poured over it and garnish
with brown potatoes.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-15

HtIpS III CdI IIIS TOT IIIb
sick. With an alcohol
lamp one may heat a lit
tie broth or milk, thus
saving many times a long
trip to the kitchen and
back. when time and
strength are both valua-
BILE. A nurse to be at her
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-15
The Mystery Dcepens.

You have heard of the woman who
was shot between the kitchen and the
woodshed But the Erie dispatch re-
Gently went that story one better, like
this: THE woman's body was found
with two bullet wounds in the bath
ub."'-Associated Advertising.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-15
NAn. No. apteQ.
stronq Soul Never Gives up.

The tendency to persevere, to per
sist in spite of hindrances. discour
agements and mpossbilities-it is
this that in all things distinguishes
the strong soul from the weak.-Car-
lyle.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-15

pleco of steak that
seems tough and pound
as much flour as Is pos
sible to get into it.
Sometimes with a small
piece of meat a cupful
and a half of flour may
be pounded in. Use the
edge of a heavy saucer
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-06-15

SGSIlOII. , IL " u u bS
served.
Coffee Creams.-Make
a pint of very strong cot
fee; cool and add to It a
cupful of thin cream.
four eggs, slightly beat
en-, and four tablespoon
fills of sugar. Strain into
small cups and place in
a shallow nan-nlacing