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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17
MARRYING AGAINST
WISHES OF FAMILY
By LAURA JEAN LIBBEY.

slippers and pink roses, looked very
alluring. He has taken her home from
dances, perhaps a half-dozen times and
at the end of that time proposed mar
riage. Neither had peeped beyond the
first chapter of the book of life. Their
entire conversation had been about
other girls and boys-what q jolly good
time they had had at the skating rink
or barn dance. Yet these two killings
considered themselves in love and had
the notion that they ought to wed.
The boys father does his best to
have serious talk with his son, en-
deavOring to make him understand
that married life is something more
than continuous love-making; that it
entails obligations, such as winning
the support of two, to start with; that
pretty sweetheart transferred to the
kitchenette is not always the amiable
companion a youth fondly believes
she would be.
The girls parents do their best to
make her understand that young man
SllOulu nave Ut lettSl Il StdlI III lllc bS
fore he essays matrimOny; that all
love-making, no work, would put out
the kitchen fire. If, despite earnest
parental advice on both sides, the
young people take their own heads
and marry, they have only themselves
to blame for much of the tribulatfons
that may follow. Parents on both
sides should be eager for the match,
then it will turn out happily.
Copyright, 1919
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17
Brother Needed Attention.

Governor and Mrs. Stanley of Ken
lucky have an interesting young fam
ily. They are also regular sunday
school attendants. The youngest men,
ber of the house Of Stanley has been
very much INDUCED, but lately the
wise mother has taught him that ne
must not ask God for such things as
he coveted. The small heir ceased
praying after that for speckled pony
and cart, which little friend OF his
owned.
One night not long since the COVER
nor and his lady were entertaining
guests in the executive mansion when
the elder boy called his mother to the
foot of the stairs. The visitors were
amused to hear the lad saying, IN q
stage whisper:
"Mother, I wish you'd come up here
to brother-he's worrying the LORD
again about that speckled pony and
dog-cart." ."-Harper's Magazine.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17
SensibIy Equipped for HouseWork.

possible, but with many attentions to
little details in the finishing that make
it really pretty. The sailor blouse sets
as it should, the waist is well man
aged and the trousers fit as we'll as
skirt about the hips. They turn up
at the bottom and button about the
ankles.
There is a pocket in the blouse and
two of them in the trousers, which
convenience commends this suit to the
girl of today. The sleeves are long,
with a band at the wrist. The chances
are that they button and can be turned
back and out of the way when this is
required. If they don't they ought to-.
There is no use remaining behind the
times when styles so sensible and good
looking invite housewives to make
things as convenient as possible for
themselves.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17
Something New Under Sun.

An adjustable trowel to form the
tops and sides of concrete curbs at the
same time is an Illinois inventors fdea.
In New York inventors crate for
shipping eggs by mail they are wrap
ped in a continuous band Of pa
per in such way that each one is
supported in a sort of hammock.
A new bath-tub faucet Is equipped
with additional valves, to be operated
with a wrench, so that the water can
be turned off when desired without
shutting off other supplies.
An English city has developed an
economical method for recovering the
tin from old tin cans by burning 1t
from the iron by heat from waste fiue
gas.
Made of waterproof material, and
with q watertight fastening, wrist
bag in which a woman can carry her
valuables with her while surf bathing
has been invented.
For either residences or restaurants
a revolving pantry window has been
invented to permit food to be passed
from kitchen to a dining room yet
exclude noise and Odors.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17
MMARY ROBERTS RINET1AR1
AUTHOR or * THE nAHN LOVER TEE"ETc. d,

ton and the annual gift to Saint
Jude's.
AS matter of fact, the Agrarian af-
fair was calamitous in several ways. It
bore too close q resemblance to St.
Louis matter of several years back, in
which Boroday had come under sus-
picion.
On Tuesday morning, the cash be-
ing more than the bank cared to have
about, two hundred and ten thousand
dollars was sent to the clearing house.
Two clerks from the bank accompanied
the messenger, who went by taxicab.
There are two direct routes to the
clearing house: one along one Of the
great avenues, the other through the
newspaper district. Here, at ten-thirty
in the morning, things are rather quiet,
and except for vans delivering rolls Of
paper, there is little traffic.
The taxicab went by this latter route.
| Opposite the Record office, where the
presses stood, silent monsters waiting
to leap, old Hilary Kingston was
standing, kidgloved and wearing the
gray derby hat he affected. AS the
taxicab bore down toward him he
hailed it.
"Taxi I" he called.
The taxicab slowed down. Old Hill
ary, seeing it occupied, waved 1t off
with his stick. But it had come to a
full stop. There was an alleyway be-
side the Record building, and now three
men ran out from there, and thrust re-
volvers through the open windows of
the cab. After that it was hot work.
Marshall Of the bank went back with
bullet through his lung. The bank
messenger fired pointblank, and missed
his target; but old Hilary, gray derby
and all, went down where he stood,
twenty feet away. The uninjured clerk
had an automatic gun, and swept a
circle with it over the bag which lay
at his feet. There was no getting in
side that ring of death. The bandits
retreated, firing as they ran, and
climbed into an automobile up the
street. When the reporters in the Rec
ord office wakened to the fact that
there was a story under their windows,
the street was clear. Only old Hilary
lay dead on the pavement, with bullet
in his head.
The chauffeur of the taxicab drove
madly to the hospital with Marshall,
who was dying, and then to police
quarters, where he gave himself up. He
was released, of course. His name was
Walter Huff. He was shown to be
new man, but sober and industrious,
one of the best drivers in the employ
of the taxicab company. 1t was also
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17

There are trouserettes and trouser-
cites, and here is the latest arrival
among them. In the shops pretty
salesgirls go about their work in the
wash dress section, arrayed in service
SUITS" These are of khaki or galatea
cloth designed with an eye to style,
as we'll as convenience. Admiring
eyes follow them and there is no
doubling the fact that feminine taste
has turned trouserward, in clothes
that are intended for outdoor and in
door work and for outings, mountain
climbing camping and fishing.
The particular uniform shown in the
picture is for wear at housewOrk or
in the garden. 1t is made in galatea
cloth and in lighter weight cottons,
like percales, madras and plain ging-
ham.
1t is designed on the simplest lines
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17
Fiction Writers Must Seek
New Characters After War

1t is about time that our nOvelists
bestirred themselves and prepared for
the after-war period. Peace may
break out and find them totally un-
ready, says the London Globe.
At present, of course, all is we'll with
this Industrious class. With heroic
subalterns and SmOoth-speaking,
square-headed spies and lovely anna
teur nurses to put through their we'll
practiced PAGES, they can carry on.
But the time will come when they
will have to find an entirely fresh set
Of puppets. They cannot go back to
the prewar characters. Never partic-
ularly realistic, these will be utterly
impossible In the new world after the
war. Our standards will all have
changed, and the most guileless stenog-
rapher will revolt at the dilettante
dukes and maievOlent marquises In
whose doings and sayings she reveled
at one time. When everybody works.
the establishment with 26 servants will
be cold stuff" even in the pages of
tear-crcating novels.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17
Suits for Beach and Water Sports.

supported by wires or else kept clear
of the water. Many of the new caps
are made of rubberiZed cloth and they
are as fanciful as the silk caps. Very
practical cloth bathing slippers in
black and gold-colored silk stockings
are worn with this dress.
The girl In the jersey suit bought 1t
to swim in. 1t has close-fitting
trouserettes and a scant skirt and
waist in one, all very cleverly shaped
and finished. Bands Of white jersey
finish all the edges. A row of fiat
buttons on each shoulder may serve
to fasten the coat, but the chances are
that they are merely pretense. This
kind of coat will slip on over the head.
There is q small, rubber-lined pocket
in the trouser-leg, made for carrying
powder puff, mirror and handker-
chief. These things must be so well
incased in rubber that water can't get
at them. The sandals are Of black
cloth dotted with white.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17
The Greatest of These.

Although Mr.. Thomas Hardy, the
famous English novelist, has lived for
so long in Dorsetshire, among the
very scenes that he has depicted so
graphically in his books, he is Of such
retiring and modest disposition that
his literary fame is unknown to q
number of the quiet country folk who
live in his vicinity.
An enthusiastic admirer once Wis
tied Dorsetshire and approached an
old lady whom he found sitting out
side her cottage door.
"Mr. Hardy lives near here, doesn't
hep" he inquired.
(Which Mr.. Hardy?" asked the old
woman.
"Why, Mr.. Thomas Hardy, who
writes books" replied the astonished
pilgrim.
"Oh, l know naught about him"
said the woman, "but there be Hardy
near by that rears grand pigs"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17
Grenades of Manv TvDes,

The grenade has become one Of the
leading weapons Of the European war.
Each belligerent uses several, types,
Austria as many as six. Grenades are
thrown by hand by means Of a spe-
cial racket" by catapults, shot from
guns and from trench mortars. Hand
grenades have a range Of some twenty
five or thirty yards. The grenades
fired from mortars may range up to
five hundred yards. The most power
full grenade is Danish invention. It
is shot from a mortar. weighs about
three pounds, and In addition scat
tering the fragments Of its case on ex-
plosion, 1t carries some 25O bullets.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17
Serenity in Thick of BroiI.

The environment of the commander
in chief, Sir Douglas Haig, is strongly
suggestive of his conduct of the war.
Before war became thing of precise
science the headquarters of an army
head seethed with all the picturesque
details so common to pictures Of mar
tial life. Couriers mounted on foam
f1ecked horses dashed to and fro; the
air was vibrant with action; the fate
of battle showed on the face Of the
humblest orderly. But today things
are totally different. Although army
units have risen from thousands to mil
lions of men, and fields Of operations
stretch from sea to sea, and more am
munition is expended in single en-
gagement than was employed In entire
wars of other days, absolute serenity
prevails. 1t is only when your imagina-
ton conjures up the picture of flame
and fury that lies beyond the horizon
line that you get thrill.-Isaac F.
Marcosson in Everybody's.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17
PLAYERS "WITH A PAST"
ARE POPULAR THIS YEAR
Return to Big Leagues Of Bobby WAL
lace, Veteran of Veterans, Shows
Trend of the Times.

Major league magnates and mana
gers are showing q strong preference
this year for ball players with a
past"
In ordinary times the big league
pilots pay little attention to pill toss
ers who have seesawed back and forth
from the minors to the big show. They
usually break their necks bidding for
the "phenoms" who spring up in the
tall and uncut sticks, and they have
paid some fabulous prices for this class
of players.
But 1917 is no ordinary year. The
majors have been slow to sign young
sters and seemingly eager to jump at
the chance of getting players who
have had big league experience, but
who, because of age or some minor
defects, have failed to stick on big
time.
The recent signing of Bobby Wal
lace by the Cardinals is most vivid
example of this tendency. Bobby
Wallace, the veteran of veterans; a
player whose name appeared in the box
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17
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EPIGRHYMES:

I'd like to be as FORTUNATE
as lots of MEN know who
rouse an agitation in all
hearts where'er they go. Now
take YOUR old friends Tyrus
Cobb; he leads the COUNTRY,
fans, in clever execution of T.
the tricks Hugh Jennings plans.
And then, in little, old New
York, LIVES "Muggsy," John Nc
Graw, and many other notables
who follow flame" quite raw
BECAUSE it's served to them
so fast there is no time to
cook the adulation that they
get each blessed way they look.
You've got to hand 1t to these
chaps; they've earned all they
have won, and it's worth while
to rouse the shout Gee!
Attaboy! Well done! But, humDiy,
may I ask of YOU to ponder
Garfeld's thought: Behold our
land, in twenty years, and see
the men who fought in this, we
pray, the final war for ever
lasting peace, and hear all
nations cry Of thanks which
nevermore shall cease! And then
imagine, If you can, that
reverence multiplied ten thou
sand times ten thousand, for
the Fighting Men-who DIED!
Robert Russell.
Fortunate men your country
lives because you died"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17

scores before Lajoie broke into the
limelight, is back again in the role of
utility infielder with the Cards.
His comeback marks finis to a 10
year absence from the National league,
for he jumped from the Cardinals back
in 1902 to cast his fortunes with the
Browns, who were making their first
start in st. Louis. His long years of
service with the Browns and his ulti-
mate release is remembered by all fans
today. 1t seemed only natural that Wal
lace should step down and out, and
when he was made a member of the
Wichita (Western league) club the ma
jors bid him good-by for all time.
But Wallace is back, and the own
ers of the Cardinals figure that he is
a valuable asset, in which they are
more than likely to be upheld by his
work whenever the occasion arises to
use him in the lineup.
The return Of the veteran Wallace
recalls the fact that 1917 has seen a
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17
Flashlights.
# all that jealousy asks

About all that jealousy asks
to make trouble Is a chance.
Fair as women are, even they
are no excuse for the so-called
ladies' man.
No matter how much a man
may neglect his wife it always
makes him mad to discover that
some other man Is slightly inter-
ested in her.
This world may owe you q liv-
ing, but if you don't care enough
for 1t to hustle round and col
lect it, the world isn't going to
do any worrying.
Luck doesn't play nearly 80
big a part in the other fellows
success as you imagine.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17
Military Belt of Ribbon.

The revived interest in things mill
tary has brought to light a belt of plain
fabric on which is applied a narrow
ribbon closely plated in cartridge sug-
gestion. This ribbon centers the belt
and the revealed edges of the latter
give a border effect.
Ribbons Of harmonizing colOrS are
frequently used to fashion one belt.
Thus we find corn color and orchid
associated, rose and violet, pale blue
and pale pink, and purple and sand.
Of course, one might 60 on indefinitely
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17
CornmeaI Pancakes.

Take two cupfuls of flour sifted
with teaspoonful and half of bak-
ing powder, with the same amount Of
salt. Add cupful and half of boil
ing water to a half-cupful of cornmeal,
cook five minutes, turn into bowl and
add one and fourth cupfuls Of milk,
one beaten egg, third of q cupful Of
sugar and the flour mixture. Stir well,
then add two tablespoonfuls of melted
shortening. Cook on a creased griddle.
Mush that has been nodded makes a
delicious breakfast dish, by frying the
slices in q little hot fat.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17
CornmeaI and Wheat Waffles.

Cook a half cupful of cornmeal,
added very gradually to cupful and
half of boiling water, for 20 minutes,
then add a cupful and a half Of milk,
three cupfuls of -four, three tablespoon
fuls of sugar, ~ tablespoonfuls of
baking powder, 11a teaspoonfuls of
salt, the yolks and whites Of two eggs
beaten separately. When all is well
mixed, add two tablespoonfuls of melt
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17
Mothers : !:
Cook Book

The woman of moderate means, who
markets in person, with a basket on
her arm, often gets better goods for
less money than her wealthy sister,
who trusts to servants or the telephone
and takes what the market merchant
chooses to send her, in blissful igno-
rance of food values or food quality.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17
Basis of Bay Rum,

The basis of bay rum Is Jamaica
or Saint Croix rum, made from the
skimmings of the sugar boilers, the
scrapings Of sugar barrels and the
washings from sugar pots. For the
best grade of bay rum the rum must
be free from foreign odors and almost
colorlesS,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17

number of players in the veteran class
return to the big tent while hundreds
of youngsters are pining their young
lives away in the bush leagues for
chance. Ping Bodie, purchased last
winter from the San Francisco club by
Connie Mack, has made good with
vim since his return. Harry Walter
and Charley Deal, brought back from
the minor leagues by the Cubs, and
Jim Thorpe, recalled by the Giants,
and later sold to the Reds, are other
examples.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17

shown that Hilary Kingston had hailed
him; Huff explained his stopping. Mr..
Kingston was regular patron; he had
meant to tell him that in five minutes
he would come back and pick him up.
Huff was under surveillance for
three days. His conduct was impec-
cable,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17
CornmeaI Douqhnuts.

Put three e-fourths of cupful of milk
and IA clpfuls of cornmeal into q
double boiler and heat together ten
minutes. Add three-fourths Of cup
full of sugar and a fourth of cupfuf
of shortening. Sift together IN cup,
fuls of wheat flour with teaspoonful
of cinnamon and4two teaspoonfuls Of
baking powder, add these and two
well-beaten eggs I'd the meal. Roll out
on a well-foured board, cut and fry in
hot doep fat II
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17
Use of Soy-Bean Oil.

Soy-bean oil has been studied with
other oils in a series Of experiments
carried on by the Office Of home econo-
mics and found to compare favorably
with the more common culinary table
oils with respect to the thoroughness
with which it is assimilated.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17

Synopsis-For years old Hilary
Kingston lived with his daugh-
ter, Elinor, in a beautiful home
on q hill in the suburban village
of Nottingham. The neighbors
knew nothing about the estab-
lishment, except that the father
was quite wealthy, and the
daughter very good looking and
gentle. In reality Kingston was
head Of an anarchist band, COM
posed Of Huff, Boroday, Talbot
and Lethbridge, that robbed the
rich and gave to the poor and
oppressed. One day Old Hilary
was shot dead, and the course
Of life changed abruptly for his
daughter.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17
ed shortening, just before adding the
stiffly beaten whites.
Indian Pudding.

Cook five cupfuls of milk and third
of a cupful of cornmeal in a double
boiler, half cupful Of molasses, a tea
spoonful each of salt and ginger. MIX
all together and pour into buttered
baking dish and bake two hours in
slow oven; serve with cream.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17
Some Cornmeal Dishes,

The rainy consistency of cornmeal is
an advantage when used in griddle
cakes or waffies, for it renders them
very tender.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17

and suggest the appropriate color COM
binations, but that is largely a matter
of individual preference and artistic
training; there is practically no limit
to alliances of this sort.
An instrument has been invented to
almost automatically calculate the
length of rafters needed for q roof of
any pitch.
For 20 years the population Of the
Netherlands has increased between IN
aud per cent annually.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17

Our popular fiction factors will have
to scrap the old marionettes and take
q look at the world as it will be.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17

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Copyright, 1917, by Int'l Press BureauA
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17

"FOrtunate I1en your COt
lives because you died"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17

1t is designed on the simplest linz
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-05-11
TWIN VILLAGES.

A. G. Serfling, of Preston, spent sew
eral days on his farm near the Villages,
the past week. '"'
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Grooteboer spent
Monday at the home of their daughter,
Mrs, Fred Martin. .a,-f, .t..s.s
Mr.. and Mrs. Deneer were Cresco
business callers on Tuesday.
Miss Pearl Kelley, of Elma, spent
Saturday and Sunday in the Villages.
y Mr.. and Mrs. William Newland and
daughter Ruth, of Cresco, spent Satur-
day and Sunday visiting with their
friends in the Villages. .~ r.
Luneborg & Newmiller have been
framing the new barn for Chas. Derr,
the past week. "&S -
I John Finck, another old settler,
passed to the Great Beyond on Friday
morning Funeral on Tuesday, the
sth. Obituary later.
The entertainment given by the
Granger school on Saturday evening
was good and had very large crowd
Is they could not all get in. Proceeds
were $1,000. ..E
The Ladies' Aid was held on Thurs
day 1t the home of Mrs. r. w. Nc.
Cloud, with good attendance.
J.tW. Darrah and E. F. Sims mar.
keted some hogs at Chicago, the past
week, which brought them 15c per
pound.
Rev. Grabau, of Bonair, will preach
in the N. E. church on next Sunday
morning at IL o'clock and at 8 O'Clock
in the evening. Everybody come.