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Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1916-12-16
TIRED OF TEARS.

The world has little respect fol-
one who is always singing a
Jeremiad. There is a whole lot OF
sympathy in the world, but people
get tired of a continuous flood OF
tears. Be game in the face of
trouble. You can win more by
smiling than by grumbling. 1t is
a pretty good world to live in even
though it has its little worries. II
we would only measure things
properly It would come to us that
our bright days have been more
frequent than our dark days; that
we have had whole lot of genuine
happiness in our little lives. Be
an optimist Besides being good
philosophy it will be good invest
ment. We might we'll take to. heart
a recent remark of former President
TAFT:
"I have never wanted Office. but
/ have been in Office since was
twenty-one years old. When look
back over my fifty-fve years of
life and see how every good thing
has come to me and very little evil,
it seems to me that 1 ought to
brave myself against what might
come in the future to offset the
good luck that has attended me
before"
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1916-12-16
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 16, 1916.

their victorious Allies in a further
attempt upon Russia.
SO well does Russia realize the
danger of invasion from the South
that Galatz and Odessa are being
fortified at feverish rate, and the
Russian armies are being massed
behind the Rumanian border. Italy
is waiting for the blow to fall, and
sees in the fate of Rumania a
similar possibility for herself in
the near future.
The Rumanian campaign has
given Germany huge supplies Of
grain, oil, copper and timber, and
economically she is now in a far
better position than any of her
enemies. When peace is declared
she will make her own terms.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1916-12-16
ENGLISH DEMANDS.

The English are now demanding
the arming of their merchantmen
to combat the U-boats. Perhaps it
would be we'll for us If this were
done; it may help to solve the food
problem. For an armed merchant
man would be treated as a ship of
war and would therefore be entitled
to only such supplies as would be
necessary to enable it to continue
its cruise Anyhow the demand
for ornaments shows how real is
England's terror of the submarine.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1916-12-16
THE WAR.

A month ago the war would have
been written stale-mate; today II
can only result in German vic
tory. AS the least stupid Of the
Allied war experts realized month
ago. the great theater OF war Is
not on the Western frontier, but
in the Balkans. and in ali proba-
bility peace will be signed in
Bucharest. On the admission of
experts most friendly to the Allies,
the Western drive has been a
bloody failure, in which a few yards
Of territory we're bought at a
colossal sacrifice OF blood and
treasure.
On the other hand the Germans
have marched through the Balkans,
and are now ready to link up with
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1916-12-16
M'DERMoTT TO LECTURE.

A lecture will be given at the
knights of Columbus Hall next
Wednesday evening on Education
AS a Requisite to Success" by Hon.
e. j. McDermott This is one of a
series of free addresses on educa-
tional topics to be given by the
council during the winter, and a
cordial invitation is extended to all
interested in educational subjects to
attend. The council is doing a
valuable educational work and its
night school is fiouTishing, many
young men and boys coming to the
Council Home every evening to take
advantage of the classes.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1916-12-16
NOBLE WORK.

The Louisville Lodge of Elks is
to be commended for its noble work
in promoting the charity perform
ance at Macauley's Theater this
week, the result of which will be
the raising of several thousand
dollars to be divided among the
orphan institutions and charitable
organizations of Louisville regard
less of creed or color. The B. p.
o. r. deserves the thanks of the
entire community for their work of
charity.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1916-12-16
MUST COME DOWN.

If the authorities, State and Ma
tional, be really DESTROYS of reduc.
ing the cost of living the very first
thing they would do is to take steps
to make trading in futures fell
ony. Quack remedies which only
apply to the wholesale or retail
trade will effect no permanent good
while a gang of greedy scoundrels
are left free to gamble in the neces-
saries of life. Over capitalization
is another important factor in the
increase of the cost of living, and
until the Government takes steps
to make the stocks and bonds of
the big corporations bear some
reasonable relation to the physical
value of their plants the lot of the
working population will grow
harder with the passage of time,
or until the workingmen are driven
to settle matters for themselves by
force. Merely being able to make
ends meet is not a condition of
affairs conducive to contentment.
Rather it has the opposite effect.
Consider then what a period of de-
preston in business would do to-
ward inflaming the passions of
those who are without any reserve
to tide them over dull season and
who have left hope behind And
this is the condition to which the
present high cost of living has re-
duced our working population. The
remedy can not be applied too soon.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1916-12-16
HOUR AT HAND.

This is the supreme hour for the
men of good will. The past they
can not recall-the future they can
save. Above all, let this land be gen
erous in deed and word toward heal
ing the wounds that war has made.
No matter where our sympathies--
the people of each contending nation
are worthy our friendship and our
honor. Never did the world so
need the Spirit of Christmas as
today.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1916-12-16
PLACING THE EMBARGO.

A more effective method for
relieving the present distressing
high price of foodstuffs than by
imposing an embargo on the ex-
portation of the same would be to
clap one on the spectators, to
whose practices in manipulating
and cornering the market present
conditions are largely due.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1916-12-16
COMING EVENTS.

December 14-15-16 - Entertain
ment, "Jollies of 1876" auspices of
local Elks for Christmas charities.
December 17-Christmas enter
tainment by st. Leo's school chill
dren in evening.
January 30-31-Ladies' Sewing
Society annual charity euchre and
lotto for st. Anthony's Hospital,
Phoenix Hill Hall, afternoon and
evening.
January 24-Euchre and lotto
for Visitation Home at Tyler Hotel.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1916-12-16
SHOWS UP TRUST.

Congressman Fitzgerald in sup
port of his bill for an embargo on
foodstuffs refers to the result of
an investigation into the food
situation made by Mayor Curley,
of Boston. The Mayor found a
threatening shortage in the supplies
of the retailers of that city, and
at the same time discovered that
the storehouses of the trust were
literally choked with foodstuffs
waiting for shipment to the Allies.
Comment would be superfluous.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1916-12-16
FEAR THE THUTH.

Following the cowardly policy of
the British Government, the Can
adam Postofflce has barred Hearst's
Magazine from the mails because
il published Charles Edward Rus
sells true story of the Irish re-
bellion. This is but consistent with
the unfair press censorship of John
Bull, who fears the truth above all
else.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1916-12-16
SOCIETY,".

Miss Ethel Angermeier was a
recent guest of Miss Florence Lynn
at Prestonia.
j. B. Mahoney, of Jeffersonville,
has returned from visit to rela-
tives at Pekin.
Mrs. Mischa Casper and son have
returned from visit to Mrs. Sarah
Clark at Tell City.
j. ]. Fitzgerald and B. G. Wolper
were Louisville visitors in New
York the past week.
Mrs. Jack Laffan has been enter
tanning her mother, Mrs. j. p.
Sweeney, of st. Louis.
Michael McDermott was among
those from this city who spent the
past week at West Baden Springs.
The friends of Gus Bretz will be
sorry to learn that he is ill at his
home on West st. Catherine street.
Miss Jessie Bannon, of the Bards-
town road, has been the guest of
her cousin, Miss Elizabeth Camp
bell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles McDermott
have been visiting at Sulphur,
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Brent.
Misses Dorothy and Mary Louise
Moran will be hosts at a tea De-
cember 2S in honor of Miss Beatrice
Cassidy.
Miss Mary Powers, of Frankfort,
has been here on a visit as the
guest of Miss Ann 0'Keefe, of
Beechmont.
Mrs. Mary Colgan, mother of
Harry T. and Miss Gertrude Colgan,
is i'll at her home, 524 West Ken
lucky street.
Miss Vina Nolan, of the West
End, and Miss Nellie Mattingly were
the recent guests of Mrs. ID. Beal-
near in Oakdale.
Mrs. Mischa Casper and Miss |
Alice Casper were recent guests OF
Martin F. Casper, Sr., and Miss Eva
Casper at Cannelton.
Mrs. Thomas Mcclure, of 2814
South Fourth street, has returned
from Detroit, where she visited her
Mrs. Edward Riney.
Miss Mary Virginia Howard, stu
lent at Oxford College, will return
December 20 to visit her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Park S. Howard.
Miss Marcella Coll will return
rom Bloomington to spend the
holiday season with her parents,
dr. and Mrs. John Coll, in Jeffer-
onville..
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hogan, of
It. Louis, are here to spend the
christmas holidays with Mrs. Ho-
ans parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
:. Malone, Willow avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. j. O'Brien, Jr., {
nd guests, Miss Margaret Wand,
f New York, and Miss Aline Bolin,
t st. Louis, are spending the week
nd at French Lick Springs.
Misses Helen and Elizabeth ,
ialone, who are attending the {
acred Heart Academy at Cincin- c
att, will arrive home next week to Y
pend Christmas with their parents, {
Ir. and Mrs. John T. Malone. I
4
Miss Maggie Judge will give
ance at the Seelbach on the even
lg of Christmas in honor of her r
Iece. Miss Georgia Kean, and
Uses Eliza Bennett Young, Laura
can Howard and Frances Howard. "
Mrs. John F. O'Brien, S26 Cath "
Inc place, New Albany, who dis q
Gated her shoulder by a fall down
10 basement stairway at her home
70 weeks ago, is improving. and
A. - =. -. ~.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1916-12-16
ST. AGNES CHURCH.

Next Friday evening at 8 O'Clock
the children of st. Agnes church
will entertain their parents and
friends with a delightful musical
end literary programme, concluding
with the operetta, "Col. Grumpy's
Christmas" In the cast will be w.
Dries, C. Spriggler. M. e. PEARSON.
v. Campbell, r. Herbst, M. Bisig,
A. e. Campbell and e. Rush. "Holy
Night" will be given an artistic
rendition by Misses Edna Mccarthy,
Abbie Gardner, Glare Rush and
Marie Crater. Special numbers
will be rendered by John Enlow and
]. Casweil, and at the close there
will be short address by the pas
tor.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1916-12-16
HOME STUDY.

Home study is perhaps the most
conclusive test of a boys serious
ness of purpose. It is only by the
exercise of his own will to study
at home, away from the association
of teacher. that boy gains that
control over himself, that ability
to do unpleasant but necessary
things, that sense Of personal re-
sponsibility so necessary to sue
cessful life.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1916-12-16

that the best time to write letter
is not tomorrow, but today. Christ
mas correspondence should not be
postponed until the Christmas week,
because at that time the malls are
oyerburdened and tho resources OF
the Postoffice Department are taxed.
to the uttermost.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1916-12-16

best possible Christmas gift, be-
cause a letter implies trouble taken
and time spent and a personal
touch, and once 1t is dropped into
the mail box II carries perhaps
across a continent or nation a
vital thought and the warmth OF a
handclasp' Are you owing any
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1916-12-16

one letter? Is there any one
whom letter from you would very
much please? Is there an absent
boy to whom letter might go and
be the word in season to keep him
from temptation or give him
strength to resist II the tempter
had designs upon him? Remember
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1916-12-16

When the Catholic church con-
dennis Socialism and all its works
and pomps, it does not mean to
condemn the good junk that this
society has been scrapping from
every quarter to mix with its rub
bish.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1916-12-16

Philip Kelly will leave tonight on
trip to Hot Springs, Ark, and
from there will go to Little Rock,
Ark, to spent the holidays with
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry T. Esterle, Mrs.
Esterle being a daughter of Mr..
Kelly.
Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Kerins, of
West st. Catherine street, announce
the engagement of their daughter
Mary A. to James d. Breslin, the
wedding to take place early in
January. Both young people have
a host of friends who wish them
JOY and prosperity.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1916-12-16

In distributing your Christmas
charity don't forget the st. Vincent
de Paul Society.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1916-12-16
WRITE A LETTER.

A Christmas letter is the very
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1916-12-16

Mrs. John F. O'Brien, S26 Cath
crime place, New Albany, who dis
located her shoulder by fall down
the basement stairway at her home
two weeks ago, is improving, and
expects TO soon be able to be out.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-04-06

The Manchester Lumber Company
was obliged recently to suspend oper-
alton for a short time ON account Of
the high water in the river.
Mrs. Fred Reed is making satisfac-
tory recovery from her recent illness
and is able to sit up each day. Her
sister, Mrs. Robert Smith, of Benning-
ton, is with her.
A special communication of Ado
hiram Lodge No. AZ f. & A. M. has
been called for Saturday evening Of
this week for the purpose Of confer
ring the Master Mason degree.
Albert II. Pettibone Of the Rich &
Andrews store, is taking two weeks
vacation. He expects to leave in a
few days for Burlington where he will
spend several days at Lake Cham
plain on fishing trip.
George Snow, who went through
his third attack of pneumonia recent
ly, is able to be out and about once
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-04-06
RAPS TOWNSHIP SYSTEM.
County Engineer Says Scattering the
Work Does Not Get Good Roads.

That the present system of permit
ing townships to eXpend 100000 a
rear in constructing township roads Is
poor system when the results are
taken into consideration is the declara,
ton OF County Engineer J. w Strack
and Chief Deputy c. A. McClung of
Spokane Wash, in a report on road
conditions for the year recently com
pleted.
The report In part says.
Spokane county has fifty town
ships, each with its set Of officials,
who have absolute charge Of all road
work in their respective townships. eY-
cept In the case of state and perma-
nent highways. They decide on all pc
titions for new roads or for the vaca-
ton OF old ones. While the county en-
gineer is required to survey and report
on these changes. the townships are
not required TO act according to his
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS anu frequently ulsit
gard them.
These townships levy over Sl00,
600 a year for road purposes. which Is
all used for maintaining old roads and
building new. with what average sue
cess the automobile user can testify.
The majority Of the township super
yisors act to the best Of their knowl-
edge But under the old system Of
electing them every year good Off
cial was scarcely broken into the du-
ties OF his Office before his term ex-
pired aud new man had TO take up
the work.
Many OF the townships have got
value received for their money, but
some Of them have fallen long way
short.
Under this head the townships grad
cd fifty miles Of road In 1915, Of which
80 miles were grayeled. and the coun
~ engineers Office surveyed 64.s9 miles
" new road and vacations The fig
urcs for roads built by townships are
low for the reason that many Of the
townships neither call on this Office
for stakes nor report work done by
them
"Roads on which the expenditure IS
too great for the townships TO handle
are bnilt with county aid on order Of
the county commissioners. Under this
law the commissioners aided IN the
construction Of approximately ten miles
of the above mentioned fifty miles
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-04-06
The Stars In the Sky.

Man may never know how many
stars there are. The best we can do
is to figure on the number that can be
seen with the largest telescopes that
have been invented, for you know
there must be many millions Of them
which to us are invisible.
We have counted the stars so far as
we can see them, or, rather, so far as
we can photograph them Astronomers
have found that Photographic plate
exposed to the stars will show more Of
them than can be seen with the naked
eye BY this method, the Book of
Wonders tells us, man has been able
in u way TO count the stars he can
see. 1t adds up to more than hun
dred million of them. Astronomers
found this out by taking photographs
Of the heavens at night, devoting one
picture to each section until the entire
heavens had been covered and then
counting all the stars shown in the
pictures.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-04-06
Make the Most Of Opportunity.

Don't wait for your opportunity
make 1t. as Lincoln made his in the
log cabin IN the wilderness. Make IT,
as Henry Wilson made his during his
evenings on a farm, when he read a
thousand volumes while other boys OF
the neighb0rhood wasted their even
ingS. Make ii, as the shepherd boy
Ferguson made his when he calculated
the distance of the stars with "A hand.
ful of beads on a string. Make ii, as
George Stephenson made his when he
mastered the rules of mathematics with
Il bit of chalk on the sides Of the coal
wagons in the mines. Make il, as
Douglass made his when he learned TO
read from scraps Of paper and posters.
Make il, as Napoleon made his in a
hundred important situations Make it,
as the deaf and blind Helen Keller has
made hers. Make it, as every man
must who would accomplish anything
worth the effort Golden opportunities
are nothing to laZiness. and the great
est advantage will make you ridiculous
If you are not prepared for it.-Phila-
delphia Ledger,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-04-06
Musical Speech.
MANCHESTER DEPOT

Jesse P. Mattiso1 is confined 70 his
home by illness.
George r. Schlcider has purchased
National automobile.
A daughter has been born to Mr.,
ard Mrs. Joseph Bushee.
Mrs. II. J. Brown Of West Rutland,
IS visiting her daughter, Miss Eva N.
Brown.
J. H. Hicks has an advertisement
of an auction in another part Of thia
issue. Il is TO close an estate.
NJ L. Manley, who has been housed
MP for aeycral weeks, was at his place
VI business for short time Tuesday
Mrs. II. Phelps, who has been con
fined 70 her home nearly all winter
2 : illness Is able to take ride each
oay
Miss Irene Perry has returned from
Fast Dorset where She has been pend
liz . few days with her sister, Mra
francis J. Mooney
b. II. Dyer. T. n. walker ] VI
Fowler and J. N. Bourn were iu Ben
nington Tuesday attending the good
roads meeting.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-04-06
ABOUT GARNISHINC
Some OF the Sprigs That Make
Food Attractive.
THEY APPEAL TO THE EYE.

There Are Two Sorts OF Trimming,
One For Flavor and One Fer Deeora
tion--Garnishins Often Turns De-
spised Dish Into Favorite.
With spring spleeniness upon US II Is
well for housewives TO bait appetites.
Very often dish may he delicious TO
taste. but unattractiyc 10 the eye, and
the eye judges II before the palate
does. SO make Il attractive 70 the eye
II YOU would have II successful dish.
There are two sorts OF garnishes
those that add flavor as well as decora-
ton and those that are only decorative
and do not add flavor. Mushrooms, for
instance, served with a rugout of meat,
add 10 both appearance and taste, A
bright green leaf under half musk
melon adds only TO appearance. This
second class Of garnishes need not be
served when they are used on the
serving dish.
Parsley Is perhaps the most useful
garnish In sprigs with cold meat,
minced with soup and vegetables and
salads. it Is always fresh in color and
tempting In taste
Mushrooms are useful because, can
ned. they always can be kept ON hand.
And so can peas, \ mound of canned
peas served in the middle Of an Irish
stew makes it far daintier than a
mound Of plain boiled potatoes. Pota-
toes, however, can be used for garnish-
ing. Scoop raw potatoes with II round
scoop and boil them. Serve them with
melted butter and parsley for gar
nish, or force soft, mashed potatoes
through sti. paper cone and brown
in the oven, or fry brown small
rounds of potatoes, or use French fried
potatoes, and potato garnish Is suitable
with cold meat.
Green and red peppers, too. can be
used to garnish vegetables, meats and
salads. An egg salad is much Inn
proved if it is dotted with bits of red
pepper. Minced green pepper or shred
ded green pepper adds both taste and
looks to potato and cabbage salad.
Beets and carrots can be cut In rings
or stars, cooked tender very carefully
and then used to garnish substantial
meat dishes.
Barberries are one of the purely or
garnishes. Holly, too, can
be used in season, and bits of ever
green can often be called on to help
make simple dish attractive.
Remember that the garnishing OF
dish will often change it from some
thing not liked to a favorite with the
family.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-04-06
FOR THE CHILDREN
Some Interesting Information For
Boys and Girls.
BIRDS AND THE WEATHER.

Our Little Feathered Friends Not So
Wise as We Give Them Credit For
Being--makins the Most OF oppor-
tunity-portrsn Of Little Grit
That birds are not such good weather
prophets rs they are generally believed
10 be Is one uf the assertions ~ Frank
NJ Chapman, the well known ornithol
Dgist. Ia an article on Birds as Tray
elcrs In 81. Nicholas Birds make as
serious miscalculations as the rest Of
us, according 10 Mr. Chapman. Some
times. he says encouraged by an
unusually mild period. birds come so
far ahead Of their usual time that they
are trapped by the sudden return Of
cold weather Then If they do not re
treat they may suffer FOR lack of food
| have seen geese on The coast of Tex
as migrating northward In large mum
bers, urged onward by II warm wave
The next day, TO my surprise. they all
came fiy ing back. But the day follow.
ing that severe norther' suddenly
arrived The geese had evidently en-.
countered this storm and were driven
back by IT,"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-04-06

more. He looks rather peaked but
says that he is steadily gaining
strength. Mrs. Snow is slowly gain
ing.
Andrew V. Turner, our rural mail
carrier ever since the rural route was
started, died Wednesday forenoon af-
ter an illness Of long duration. Mr..
Turner was a member of the local G..
A. X. and had been resident of Man
chester for many years, coming here
from Sandgate.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-04-06
Lnrded smectbreads.

Put them ia cold water remove the
pipes and membranes cook them IN
boiling saltea water with one table
spoonful ~ lemon Juice twenty min
utes sud plunge into cold water 20
harden dry lard them With strips u
ralt pork aud bake until brown, basi
ine with brown stock Serve with
peas.