The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-09
Current Literature

To make persillade of mutton, slice
cold mutton; lay the slices in a shall
low baking dish; sprinkle with chop
ped onion and parsley; season with
salt and pepper; cover with cold
gravy; dust with cracker crumbs;
brown in oven and serve at once.-Ap.
ril Mothers Magazine.
A child, whose moth er had endeav-
ored to impress upon her tender mind
the fact that God was even in her.
presence, became annoyed at the cat
one day for following her about the
house. Stamping her little foot and
shaking her tiny finger in defiance at
the poor cat, she said: Now you go
back--lt's bad enough to have God
tagging me wherever | go without you
doing it too!-Zim in Cartoons Maya
zine. o., 'f.I
In the March American Magazine a.
young man who diagnosed his own all
ment after doctors had been unable to.
do so blames a large part of his early
suffering and misery upon the bust
ness lunch The sacred business lun-
cheon is a snare and delusion," he
declares. Two men meet at a hotel,
they over eat, they smoke more than
is good for them. and they talk for
two hours. At the end of that time
they have accomplished perhaps, what
might have occupied fifteen minutes
hal one of them gone to the Office Of
the other, instead of saying. Take
lunch with me and we'll fix it up!'
In the March issue of the Woman's
Home Companion are several articles
of good general news value. Among
them are: THE Principles of Giving"
by Andrew Carnegie. who tells why 1t
is harder for him to spend than TO
make money: Women and Prepared
ness" by Agnes Repplier. and why
Doesn't NV Son Get Ahead?" by q
business authority. 49,.
When cat owned bv the keeper
of the Platte Fougere lighthouse on
the Island of GUERNSEY, wishes to en-
ter it's masters dwelling it rings an
electric hell to summon member OF
the household to the door. This has
been made possibla by the construc.
ton. near the bottom of a door, OF
a shelf which actuates a switch when
a slight weight is placed upon it.
Thu-, when the cat jumps onto this
small led ge which is supported by n
bracket. the circuit is closed.-From
the March Popular Mechanics Maya
zine.
Pictorial Review for March main
tains the very high standard which
Editor Vance has set for his magazine
The cover design by John r. Neill, is
something entirely new in covers. and
reminds one of the work of Sir John
Tenniel. Dr. Frank Cranes editorial,
The Four Real Medicines" is a splen-
did advocacy of the outdoor life. In
this issue also appears tho second in
stallment of KATHLEEN Norris's heart
stirring story. THE Heart OF Rachael"
with illustrations by T. X: Hanna.
Hiram Moe Greene, once a country
boy from Fremont, Ohio, today Occu-
pies the editorial chair of Woman's
World. a magazine with q circulation
Of more than 100000. The success Of
Hiram Greene is a noteworthy eX-
ample of the value of work and study.
Starting out with only common
school edWatiOn the future editor OF
Woman's World worked in a bank un.
til he had saved enough money to
help him through college. Here he stud
led medical Jurisprudence ami support
ed himself by writing stories for mag
azines. So successful did he become
as a writer that few years later he
gave up his profession and engaged
in tho 1uhliShinp business