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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06
=: CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE ::

He looked up with smile as his
sleepy eyes opened" continued the
woman's letter. land he got up and
came over to me, saying I've been
waiting to have dinner with you
".where?'
Anywhere they sell dinners he
answered. and we went out like hap
|py children. We ate Thanksgiving
|Idinner Of turkey and cranberry sauce
at eleven o'clock at night In a crowd.
led restaurant. and toasted eternal
love"
Il wonder what made that woman
write all this to you, Margie," said
Dick as reached this point In the let.
Ter.
/ could perfectly understand her
| triteing me. little book. l, whom she
would never see and who would new.
sr see her, stood in the same place
70 her that you, little book, do to me.
f We could not talk about our love
70 anyone 1t would be robbed of half
ITS bliss.
l did not say this to Dick, however,
tut read on, for It was getting pretty
ate and as interested as Dick seemed
10 be In the outcome Of the story he
ooked tired.
I'VE arrived Mt my apartment very
at" the letter continued-'so late
hat said to the man, You must mot
ZONE up
".But I want to come up he said,
ust long enough to play one record
7 the victrola.' There was a win.
lug whissical quality in his voice and
Ee Idea struck me as so fantastic
Iat ] made no further objections,
either did / ask him what he was
ping to play.
He did not wait to take off his nv.
coat but went to the cabinet whore
Keep my records and placed one on
machine. Immediately the strains
This Is the End OF Perfect dav'
me 70 my ears. turned and was
asped in his arms.
And then. Mrs. Margie, we laugh.
&C our foolishness. That was thc
1eliest part Of It alive could both
how perfectly silly we were ac;.
while all the time we were enioy.
ourselvs as only a world.war-
III can enjoy itself when the COW
nuons Of workday life have bern
q on and the weary one has beco ". p
e little child in living complies
the present.
The man left me iust as the las
OF that much abused balIed.
ffect Day. was ended. lay awal
se OF the night revealing in the ,c,
remembering the events OF thu
drs. Margie, don't believe a young
gets half the pleasure from what
calls falling in love that comes
e woman Of maturer years. WAS
genuinely and completely in love
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06

all my time, but with so muck sickness
in the village and not another doctor
within twenty miles, can't conscien.
tiously devote all my time to Annette,
even though she is my own" the doctor
said to Helen after particularly try.
ing night.
Helen was beginning to see the real
side of the doctors character. He was
still in his early thirties but his respon.
sibilities in the village had aged MINI
before his time. His true self was re.
Elected in his love for his child and his
devotion to duty.
81 think can help you" she said.
"My brother is graduate doctor and
has just finished his hospital training.
He will be able to handle your practice
while you put all your time on this
case. l will wire him to come rignt
down tonight and l know he will do
It."
You're an ANGEL" was all the doc
tor could say as he grasped her hand.
AS Helen promised, her brother ar
rived and Doctor Arnold was pleased
with his appearance and knowledge OF
his work. He worked over his child
for days until the crisis was passed.
Helen waited on his every wish and
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06
: A PAGE FOR WOMEN AND THE HI
day The West vrn publishes tested recipe prepared
Brob Fairmons authority culinary
Cut them out and save them Today's recipe is for
cocoa WATERS

Trio butter four tablespoons pinch
of salt onefow milk, two flour. teaspoons baking
ponder.
Cream the butter and together add the which has been
mixed with little hot water the pinch of salt and the milk slowly S
the and baking powder together and add little until all
worked You may need -four Roll thin and with cake
cutter. Bake for minutes quick Be they thin
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06
Ear Almost Cutoff
By Falling Piano

While tempting to move a piano
from the front porch of residence
to transfer wagon, Ed Willis, aged
81, of this city, had one of his ears
almost completely severed from his
head. The men who were loading the
Piano in some unaccountable manner
allowed it to slip and it landed on the
ground, catching Willis as it fell. The
ear was almost pulled out by the roots
and was left hanging by thread. He
was taken to Fairmont hospital No. 8
at once. DR.. C. NJ. Ramage sewed the
injured member back into place and
it is hoped the operation will be sue
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06
ONIONS AND PARSNIPS ARE THE
VEGETABLE FLAVORINGS

milk, pint to each quart of onions.
Simmer for 10 hour. Rub together /
tablespoonful of butter and / level IA
blespoonful of flour. Add 1 teaspoon.
full or salt and IA teaspoonful pepper.
Beat in half cup of milk in which
onions are cooking; when smooth, add
mixture to the onions and cook 10 min
utes longer.
PARsNIPs.
Parsnips are at their best for cook
ing in the early spring, after they
have been in the ground all winter.
The simplest method Of cooking is
to wash, boil, and scrape off the skin.
Cut in slices and serve with salt, but
ter and pepper. Or boiled parsnlps
may be chopped and creamed with
little milk, flour, and butter. They are
delicious il after boiling they are sli.
ced and fried In butter.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06

l went home and left Annette withoa.
some capable hand to care for her. l.
know she will be better with me than
with any one else; she knows me so
we'll and We are such great friends"
The doctor was too grateful to make
even a pretense of refusal. 1t was a
big sacrifice for Helen to give up ner
Christmas holiday but she hardly
thought Of that. Despite her careful
nursing and the doctors skill little
Annette's case became critical.
ITO have her should be with her
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06
THE DAILY
SHORT STORY
The Greater Need.
Nv VINCENT G. PERRY.
copyright, 1917, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)


Newspaper Syndicate.)
vELEN PATERSON collected her
- books and packed them neatly
! j into her club.bag. She wasn't
looming back to the little village school
: that had grown SO familiar to her and
become part of her life, and the thought
of leaving 1t and the pupils who hac
won place In her heart, panied her.
II was not because OF inetficiency
that she had not been re-engaged for
another term, for the pupils had ad'
yanced with remarkable strides under
her tutorage, but because she was y
woman and DR.. Arnold didn't approve
OF a woman teacher for so largr \
school. and on the school board Dr. r.
nold's word was
The doctor .--..-.ipereo wnen no
was boy and what time they had
with the schoolmasters. That was
when the "spare the rod and spoil the
child" rule was rigidly enforced. A
woman teacher wouldn't have had any
control over the school in those days
and he couldn't see how things could
possibly be different now. He was the
only doctor in the village and was kept
SO busy he hadn't an opportunity &c
visit the school and see how Helens
plan OF love and sympathy for each Du-
Dill worked out. True, his little mothec.
less daughter, Annette, spoke in glow
ing terms Of Miss Paterson, but then
she was only q very small child and
couldn't have any real conception Of
how the school was disciplined. he
had met the teacher once or twice and
remembered her but vaguely, a slip Of
q girl that looked as II she would faint
II her pupils became unruly.
Before she caught the train home,
Helen had a call to make. One Of her
fayorite pupils had been Ill for some
time and rumor had 1t that the child
had diphtheria. For the safety OF the
other pupils she had not visited him be
fore but there was no harm in calling
now, she thought. The little lad, Nei
Hockins, bright little wisp, was w.
5 ing, and she was Just in time.
81 After It was all over and the doctor
vas leaving he offered to drive Helen
~, the station. She felt little bitter
IS toward him, knowing he was re-
f,nsible for the change in her school.
III Su6 uOLlCeu Luhl ue lUUhSu WOIileu
md upset. Perhaps the impregnable
Doctor Arnold was human after all. she
thought. Something was troubling
him-his conscience over his treatment
4of her, perhaps. She would give MIN
q chance to right himself at any rate,
so she accepted his offer.
II am afraid my own little girl Is
coming down with the same thing" ne
remarked in a worried tone after they
|ahad talked over the sad scene they
had just left. .'.'She is in bed now. II
she has diphtheria 1t will go hard with
her. Just at the holiday season am
afraid won't be able to get nurse
|,from the city and none of the villagers
will touch a contagious case. Little
Med would have recovered II he hal
had proper nursing"
I'VE have time to stop off and sec
her now" Helen said. II wouldn't leave
knowing Annette was in danger"
Il Little Annette was in grave danger.
|fHelen. saw that at once. II am going
to stay right here" she told the dos.
tor" would never forgive myself II
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06
Evening Chat

A number OF grocery bargains were
to be had Saturday uight. To the sur
prise and delight of many fine Sun
day dinner was to be picked up at
somewhere reasonable price and macy
a basket wenr happily home.
n number U. more serious mindsG
went shopping Saturday night for gas
heating stoves in anticipation of colo
weather soon. Winter in Tairmoat to
those not owning a furnace is some
what Of problem. This winter plura
bers say more furnaces have been la.
stalled than ever before on account of
4 predicted gas shortage. Two timers
have made and installed twenty-five
furnaces and others have no doubt mad
contracts for them. Fairmont has rc.
lied to great extent on open gas
CRATES which after all are not very sat
isfactory. In very cold weather many
can testify to roasted faces and freez-
ing backs-not to speak Of the smoked
new wall paper and sooty white wood.
work, etc. People in this part OF the
country have gotten along very nicely
with gas heat until last winter when
many woke to morning of such 10y:
gas pressure that with the thermome.
ter steadily going lower 1t became
question of whether to stay In bed In
der the covers or get out and to town
for a coal stove to be set up in the
parlor like old times.-the times Of
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06
BOX SOCIAL An SCHOOL.

There will be box social at the
Springer school in Union district Sat.
urday night, November 10. 1917. Tie
funds will be used for the benefit Of
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06
the school. Everybody cordially invit
ed. Pearl Hylbert is the teacher.
WormSyrup

Stood tho test for 90 years. 1T ADvIH
FAILS. To children II II an angel Of
mercy. PLEASANT TO TAKE. NO
SICKNESS, NO PHYSIc NEEDED. One
bottle has killed 132 worms. An drug
Est. Q. A. VOORHEES,. n. D., Rhila., Pa,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06

cessful. The young man is resting
comfortably at the hospital. The man
was employed by the W. S. Thomas
transfer company.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06

NEW YORK-Forever maligned by
artists and designers as a garment un.
related and unsuited to beauty of
costume-forever consigned to fash.
ions limbo by the style arbiters-the
separate blouse rises triumphant over
the discouragements Of authority and
maintains its firm place in the hearts
of women. Its usefulness is its saliva.
ton.
Nowadays the blouse is making a
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06

commendable effort to profit by the
criticisms OF its artistic enemies and
is doing its best to relate itself to the
tailored skirt or suit with which it is
worn, in this model with f1attering
success.
The skirt is of deer-brown silk velvet
AID the blouse is of biscuit colored
georgette crepe combined with deep.
err brown crepe. Opaque. polished
beads of brown outline the darker
crepe.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06
BolLE poNloNs.

To prepare boiled onions, peel and
cut off the roots, dropping them into
cold water as fast as they are peeled.
Drain and put in stewpan with boiling
water. adding teaspoonful of salt for
each quart. Boil rapidly 10 minutes
with top partly off pan Drain off wa.
ter and cover onions with hot sweet
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06
RY alppY BYE.

Onions and parsnips, because of
their strong and unique flavor, and on
ions in particular, are the most useful
Of vegetable flavors.
Uncle Sam himself gives these reci.
pes:
White onions are more delicate, and
therefore more desirable than the red
or yellow onions. If strong onions are
used they should be thoroughly blan.
ched
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06

the good old base burner with father
and his slippers and the evening paper
Plumbers say the day OF buying
quarters worth OF asbestos and bet.
tie Of glue to replace the asbestos bacS
OF gas CRATES has long since departed.
Now, faxed asbestos has more than
doubled in price and enough TOR a fire.
place costs somewhere near $3.50 be.
sides the glue which has also gone tip
in price. The small gas heating stove
comes nearer solving the cold prob.
lem than anything else when furnaces
cannot be installed. And with the fur.
mace comes fathers old job. Some
men can make furnace work like y
clock and others have to be right there
on The Job most Ct the time or OF:
goes the fire. Sometimes 1t takes a
woman to run a furnace heard one
say last winter-"There, I'll bet Joh1's
got that damper turned the wrong way,
he's got an idea he eau run a furnace
just excuse me while run down eel.
lar and fix it."
Speaking CT the high cost OF living.
one woman N the city is solving the
problem satisfactorily. She is going
to market each morning with her pas
ket and providing nutritious well cook.
ed lunches for the girls working for the
Bell Telephone company. The girls
only pay fifteen cents for the lunch and
about twenty are served each day. The
company furnish milk, sugar. tea ana
coffee but the rest of the meal is
bought by very capable woman in
charge. She manages to not only feed
each girl well and attractively but
often comes out ahead. When this
happens she provides some additional
item the following day.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-03-28
HUNGRY H0RDE5 IND y. N RAID
BREAD SHOPS; THOUSAND !. ..TARVING
MRS COBURN LEADS
N DRILL WORK


parliamentary drill featured The
all-dal meeting of the West Guthrie
W c T l. yesterday March q Mrs
f. = Houghton Of lOl6 West Warner
avenue was the hostess 70 a large ana
enthusiastic gathering
Representatives were present as
guests from tine East Guthrie " c r
L, Ladies' Aid and the Home and
Foreign Missionary societies of the
West Side NJ z church
At the noon hour an appeti1iug
tureen lunch was served
During the afternoon meeting ma
president Mrs Ernest Allison Smith.
presided After several pleasing
solos by Rev James N Holmes, who
has Just returned from conducting a
seven weeks revival meeting at
Yukon Roy y W Brashear pastor Of
the West side NJ E church led the
devotional exercises The musical
program also included a solo by Mrs
Beiamin Barrett and a duet by Rev
and Mrs James N Holmes
Mrs Lottie Coburn Of Buffalo, y Y,
leader in the work of the W G T U
in Now York state, had charge Of the
parliamentary drill
After remarks by Mrs r Ray, coun-
ty W c r II president Mrs Clara
Ready gave an original poem
Regret was expressed because sew
eral valuable members are soon to
leave Mrs A T Fulton will return
with Mrs Coburn to her home in
Buffalo. n Y after spending the win
ter with Mrs r II Leonard, and Rev
and Mrs James N Holmes leave this
week for their new residence in
Thomas. Okla
Mrs A r Fulton exhibited her Won
derful collection Of hand made laces
The next meeting viii be held
Tuesday. April 10. place TO be an
uounced later
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-03-28
CONTRACT LET To
BUILD a DESTROYERS

Wash ngton March y Contracts
for twenty four new thirty five knot
dosroyers were awarded today by
Navy Department. All will be built
cu the basis Of cost plus 10 per cent
profit The order was divided as fol-
lows
Union Iron Works San Francisco.
,cn William Cramp 4 Sons. Phla.
delphia six Fore River Ship Build
ing COMPANY Quincy Mass, eigh,
The department established a pre-.
cedent by awarding contracts on the
same day that bids were opened The
beats will require the complete ca
+ city of the companies to which
Tarded Every offer to the depart
ment was accepted and builders who
did not submit figures today have
been called upon for estimates as to
how many additional destroyers each
On take
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-03-28
GUTHRIE HIGH AND
CUSHING To MEET
First Base Ball Game of Season
Will Be Hard Fought AT
Fair Grounds

Guthrie high school baseball team
/ to play Cushing High school Fri
day afternoon This will be the first
inter scholastic game of the season.
and no definite line can be had on
The strength of the local team How
ever this much may be said for them
that the infield is stronger than is
generally found on high school teams
while out pitching staff is unusually
good
Pearl Van Meter will 40 tne bulk OF
the pitching while Earl Walker will
receive The team has not been def
initely picked yet but there Is a world
Of material being developed in the
ciess league This league has been
playing two games q week for some
time and is an excellent plan for
familiarizing the boys with baseball.
At present the seniors and juniors
are tied for first place, and seniors
having defeated the sophomores last
evening The regular team will be
composed of the best players in these
teams.
The game with Cushing will be
played at the fair grounds at o'clock
sharp. Admission % cents. Your
support and attendance is solicited.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-03-28
WOMEN URGED ON BY
SOCIALISTS LEAD RIOTS
GRAVE FEAR THAT REVOLT
SIMILAR TO THAT IN RUS
SIA MAY DETHRONE
THE KAISER


Associated Press
Copenhagen, March 28-The result
Of the recent stock taking Of grain,
potatoes and other food stuffs on
hand in Germany was so unfavorabIe
as to cause general apprehension, &C.
cordins to the Berlin Vorwaerts
which quoted remarks made before
the Reichstag committee on food by
the socialist deputy Ebert.
According to this report an inVen
tory showed that the 1916 yield Of
bread grains was only 100000 tons,
or fifteen pounds per capita, about the
same as the 1916 harvest, harvest
which had been regarded as almost
calamitous.
In the small hamlets and burgs OF
the interior the suffering from lack
Of food is acute The country dis
tricts have been denuded of crop and
many deaths from starvation are re-
ported
That a revolt similar to that OF
Russia is probable, there Is no longer
doubt Every effort to alleviate the
suffering is being made, but the
food shortage is so pronounced that
little good is resulting
Riots in Berlin are frequent AHw
Women, urged on by the socialist
element lead the attacks on bread
and meat shops The dairy stables
of four big estates were raided by
women Monday and milk and even
cows were commandeered by the
hungry
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-03-28
BANKS Of NATION
SET NEW HIGH
DEPOSIT RECORD
TOTAL ASSETS ON MARCH -
AGGREGATE MORE THAN
SlG,O0O,000,OO0

Washtngtou March 2o-American
national banks have set a new high
record for resources again revealing
the United States as ineomparably
the richest nation in the world
Comptroller Williams announced
today That on March 5, the date Of
tie last bank call the assets Of the
national banks aggregated more than
6.O000O0.000 exceeding by over S5,-
000.00o.00O the combined resources Of
the Bank of England the Bank OF
France the Bank of Italy the Bank
af Spain the Bank Of Norway. the
Bank Of Norway the Swiss National
Bank The National Bank of Norway,
the Bank of Japan and the Reichs-
banl, of Germany
Reports Of national banks in the
central reserve cities aud reserve
cities throughout the country, just
compiled said the comptraler's
statement show the resources Of the
banks were $2lO.O0O.000 larger than
ever before, the previous high water
mark having been reached November
H. 1glf The increase as compared
with December y, 1916, was SlS0,O0D
200
The reports have thus far been
compiled for only about one-fifth
Of the country banks, or banks out
side the reserve cities. If the as
sets of the other country banks have
increased al the same rate the total
increase i'm country bank resources
win be approximately $25O0OO,OOO as
compared with December q
AS The total resources Of all ma
tonal banks on April (, 1913, am
ounted to only s1lO61o0o0OO. the in
crease of resources for the past -four
years has amounted TO approximately
five billion dollars
The amount of bonds for foreign
governments and Of other foreign se-
eurities held by our national banks
on March 8 was approximately $685.
6a0.0O0"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-03-28
Dutch Ships Confiscated
BY British Order

Washington, March Is Dutch
steamships in British ports were re-
ported here today to have been con
fiscated by the British government
The information reached here from a
grain house which sold the Dutch
government the grain aboard many oil
the vessels 1t could not be confirm
cd at the Netherland legation.
The British government for some
time mas been insisting t;lat a GER
tain percentage OF Dutch tonnage
carry cargoes to British destinations
ard the Dutch government has re-
fused
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-03-28
TEUT0NS SLOWLY FALL
BACK UNDER PRESSURE
Great Battle on Western Front
Goes Steadily on With Allies
the Winners


Now York, March -N-C CBy Wire
lessl The southern wing OF the re
treating German army is slowly coil
ing along ten mile front in the flu
ious onslaughts Of the French
The first section Of the great Cou-
coy-St Gobain forests has been com
p'etely cleared of the invaders, and
General NIyelle's troops are now
fece to face with the last formidable
natural barrier which lies between
them and Laon and the plateau OF
st Gobain
10 the north the French are about
two miles from the town Of ST Co
balm. IS mile northwest of Laon
No change has taken place in the
ueighborhood of st Quentin where
The Germans are still making desper-
ate efforts to wrest from the French
tie Essigny- Benay Plateau. undis-
puted possession Of which will. ac-
ccrding to military critics, render the
tell of the town inevitable. Bad
weather is reported to be seriously
Interfering vih operations further
north
Sporadic fighting has occurred in
several OF the other war theatres but
nothing TO indicate the commence
ment of major operations.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-03-28
TAFT SAYS WAR IS
COMING WITHIN 10 DAYS
We Must Fight Because We
Can't Keep Out He Tells
People

Oklahoma City March 2S Dcclar
ing that the time has come when
we must fight because We can't stay
out of war former President va
li3m II Taft. said here today within
ten' days we will be in war real
war"
"We musi take steps 10 make our
Fighting worth while" he continued.
we can't sit back in a rocking chair
and read cablegrafs and be happy
while the people of France England
and italy fight for US
1T is essential Tor the peace Of the
world that the lIohenzoilcm dynasty
he oyerthrown'