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for the money that can be devised.
Here is the recipe:. One quart Of skim
milk; one slice Of stale bread Zone
ounce); two ounces outer leaves Of
lettuce "a vegetable rich in iron);
few celery tips or thin slice of on.
ion; salt aud pepper. Chop the vege.
tables finely. The bread may be chop.
ped with the vegetables Cook the
finely chopped vegetables in the milk
in double boiler for about twenty
minutes. Season.
What Mr.. Vrooman and his assis.
,tants served, as made from this pre-.
! scription, would have satisfied a New
Willard epicure.
The chayote pronounced chi.o.tay)
! is a new kind OF wintee vegetable
which can be produced very cheaply
and will be popular when it is better
known. 1t is native in Central Am
erica and is now being grown in the
! Southern States. II can be creamed
/ (Mr. Vrooman served 1t creamed) pic.
/ killed. or made into salad, something as
the alligator pear is treated. Also
| It Is made into fritters and is added
to stews.
The principal grocery store in Wash
! ington recently announced the sale Of
the very last of its imported Swiss
/ cheese at 70 cents pound. The nor
NAL price is so cents. Hence TIE gov.
ernmentS eagerness 10 teach Amer.
cheese. How to make the holes i'll the
Swiss type cheese-that was the prob.
lem. On the holes depends the flaw.
( or and character OF the cheese and
the cause of the holes was the for.
eign secret. But it is 4 secret no long.
er. Mr.. Vrooman introduced his
cheese man, Mr.. Rogers, who passed
around the American Swiss" The
holes and the cheese were as fine
as any from across the water, and it
was made of milk from the govern
ment's dairy at Beltsville, Md, in the
(, food laboratory OF the Agricultural
department.
Also there were American Rogue
fort, goat milk cheese, cream cheese
and camembert, The latter has been
on the market for some time, and some
Swiss has been made in the T?iscon-
sin cheese district: but hitherto 1t
has not been possible TO get the article
outside the limited Wisconsin district.
The dog.fish which is being intro
duced is also known as grayfish, which
for long time was regarded as none
edible and was looked upon by all
fishermen as a pest because 1t broke
nets and ate the bait. Now it is being
canned and is found a good substi-
tute for salmon at about half the
price.
The dasheen is an easily grown sub
stitute for the sweet potato and is
very paIatable when cut into thin
chips and fried in hot fat. 1t, too,
can be grown in the southern states.
The secretary had at his party sam
pies of syrup made of the leavings of
apples and sugar beets after making
cider and sugar. Served on rice cakes
it would do quite as we'll as maple
syrup and the cost is about one-tenth.
The alfalfa cigarette" number or
the program is not joke. Mr.. Vroom.
an passed cigarettes which looked just
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door. The old colored woman looked
nt him infrnntndI,.

door. The old colored woman looked
at him distractedly.
81 don't know what ter do TO nah
Ill white baby, nah honey chill. Miss
Mar'grit hab gone erway an / don
know what ter do
H. did not hesitate. With sI.u.
full fingers and a sure knowledge as to
what he was about he made the girl
comfortable. AS he put the finishing
touches to the bandages she opened
her eyes and looked stranght into the
keen gray ones above her. Even in
her pain their expression puzzled her.
She had seen that look in the eyes
of other men, but that it should be
in Wallace Twins caused her won.
derment and annoyance. She had met
him but once since she had told him
she would take the house. And now
He held her eyes steadily until slow,
painful flush crimsoned her face and
she moved restlessly.
az don't know YOU" she said, re
sentfully.
Not yet" ne returned whimsicaily,
but from now on I devote myself to
mo. I-haye-my-work-to-do
MISUNDERSTANDING" She tried
to stendy her voice, failed, and, to her
shame, began to cry.
For a moment he stood looking down
upon her, then turned and lett the
! house.
She refused to so to the Aldens
when they begged her to come to them,
refused with a stubbornness she could
not expinin except by the oftrepeat,
ed assertion:
This is my home and nanny can
take care OF me as she has done all
my life" But they persisted until
Wallace Irwin told them to leave her
in peace.
If he explained gratitude for his in.
reference he was disappointed. Nan
drew more within herself and he knew
her reserve was due 10 his one mo-
| ment of self-betrayal. Thereafter he
was on his guard, but being man OF
swift action he could not long toler.
ate delay, and few days after the &C.
cident he demanded her attention:
why did you run away from me
two years ago, Nan?"
run away? Why should II" She
hesitated, looking at him oddly. Ifs
1t really you? l did not know it,
81 have searched for you every.
( where" he answered gravely.
THAT was unnecessary" Her eyes
flashed. Uncle Dick had no right to
make me party to such a will-to
parcel me out as he did his stocks
and bonds. ] preferred to make my
own living, as have doneY
True. But he did leave you to me
with the stocks and bonds and it was
up TO me to find YOU"
Her glance was curious. Wore you
pleased to have wife thrust upon
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At ONCE! STOPS
STOMACH MISERY
AND INDIGESTION
"PApE's plAPEPslN" MAKES SICK
SOUR, Classy sToMAcHs
FEEL FINE.

DC some foods you eat hit back
taste good, but work badly; ferment
into acids and cause sick. sour, gas
sy stomach? Now, Mr.. and Mrs. Dys-
peptic, jot this down: Pape's Diapep-
sin helps neutralize the excessive
acids in the stomach SO your food
won't sour and upset you. There new
er was anything so safely quick. so
certainly effective. No difference how
badly your stomach Is upset you usu-
ally get happy relief in five minutes.
but what pleases you most is that it
helps to regulate your stomach so you
can eat your favorite foods without
fear.
Most remedies give you relief some.
times-they are slow, but not sure.
"Pspe's Diapepsin" is positive in neu.
tralizing the acidity, so the misery
won't come back very quickly.
You feel different as soon as
"Pape's Diapepsin" comes in contact
with the stomach-distress Just van
ishes-your stomach gets sweet, no
gases, no belcbing, no eructations Of
undigested food, your head clears
and you feel fine.
Go now, and make the best invest.
ment you ever made by getting large
fifty cent case OF Pape's Diapepsin
from any drug store, You realize in
five minutes how needless it is to suf.
fer from indigestion, dyspepsia, or any
stomach disorder due to acid fermen.
tation.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-15
SOME NEW DISHES
TO BEAT HIGH COST
New Vegetables Expected
to Help Solve House
wifes Problem.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-on the
theory that the war may make the
high cost of living even higher the
government is going in search OF cheap
foods. Poverty SOUP" dog.fish saute,
chayote salad, dasheen Grips, Ameri.
can Swiss cheese and alfalfa cigarettes
are suggestions offered by the Agri.
cultural department,
Assistant Secretary Carl vrooman is
giving special attention to this line
of activity. Last Saturday he gave
a demonstration of what could be
done in the offices devoted to home
economics. He had provided this
menu, and his assistants were on hand
to serve it and answer questions:
Poverty SOUP" for instance,-~and
1t is also called Waste Products Soup
lis one Of the most nutritious foods
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you in SO arbitrary manner-to be
forced to marry girl, q stranger, be.
cause of the knowledge she would DO
penniless IL you did not?''
He laughed. 81 had seen you sew.
eral times and the venture did not look
undesirable. But YOU gave me no
chance to make good. That was un.
lair. AS for the money, don't want 1t,
but do want you. want the oppor-
tunity to make you care. Will you
give it TO me2"
She hesitated long before she re-
riied and then it was with visible re.
luctance: ia.
"If did not feel like bundle of
gold certificates, I-perhaps-"
Damn the money" he said roughly.
II can take care of you without it.
But you are a little mixed. The GER
tificates were mine and turned them
over to the trustees the morning l
met you here. / knew you would not
come to me as long as / held them.
Now will you give me any chance?"
III you really want it," she answer.
cd slowly. 81 think am glad to give
it."
You DEAR" he said under his breath
as he leaned forward. Then they both
ladghed, for they heard nanny say:
40 the lands sake, what am de
doctor dom ter NAH honey chil'?"
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9: CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE 3:

can't help wondering, little book,
at the peculiar antics of fate in keen.
ing Dick and Malcolm Stuart apart.
think, however, both men have help.
ed the matter along. don't believe
either wishes to meet the other.
Dick has no idea Of the extent of
Malcolm's aud my friendship. While
] was III kept Malcolm's letters from
everybody simply because | wanted to
have little slice Of life for my own
dslectation. ~
Malcolms letters gave me something
TO think about and was like a child
who was afraid IL she told some. of
her fancifll ideas to others they would
be rtidely shattered and she would be
told there was no such thing as fairies.
When Malcolm Stuart returned and
in my heart knew he he'd sent DIR.
Nlrot to me, could not tell anybody
about our intimate understanding. One
thing has been proven to me by it,
however, and that is there is such a
thing as platonic friendship very
beautiful sympathetic relationship in
Z Which there Is not hint Of sexual at.
traction.
4 am quite sure, little book, that l
enthody for Malcolm Stuart some Of
the family ties and family relations he
has inissed--a relation cemented by a
similar longing to get to the root Of
things-to probe to the very bottom Of
that undercurrent of which the indi.
yidual seldom speaks.
have come to the conclusion that
no matter how high you set your
ideals there is always laundering for
the physical. Men-most men-hard-
~ recognize this in themselves and
they would think they had committed
the objectionable sin against the an.
Gent order of chivalry II they talked
OF 1t when the name of woman was
mentioned.
But although perhaps only those
genfnses who are able to give Q mes.
saselof sympathy to understanding
seem 10 know It, the fact remains that
nature has played Joke upon us all.
Galsworthy, who perhaps more than
any other modern author, has reached
down into the soul Of humanity, says,
there ID no getting out OF it-a malad.
iusted animal, civilized man."
Malcolm Stuart has seemed to sense
this and though he doesn't say It as
we'll as Galsworthy, he is the only per.
son 10 all this world who has made me
feel he knows and understands my
almost tncoherent longings.
He knows, as does Galsworthy. that
whilo life may hold moments with
that quality OF beauty, of unbidden ny.
Ing rapture, the trouble Is they lAst
no longer than the span Of clouds
eight oyeE The san. rhexare as fleet-
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THE DAILY
SHORT STORY
Across the Way.
I, BY SUSAN e. cLAeETT
Copyright, 1917 by the Mcclure

tNSsHSAA3AA 4V4tt Tue
Newspaper Syndicate)
EHB cottage sat somewhat back
from the road and across from a
big, old.fashioned house, the very
nomeliness Of which suggested comfort
me girl leaning on the gate leading
@ the cottage looked from the one 10
TIE other and nodded her head with
satisfaction
y will do, II can only make the
DINERS see u" she thought, Gwen
y inc roof leaks there must be one or
Two OF the rooms that are habitabIs
nd The place will be a riot of beauty
when the JHne roses are in bloom.
Who will care then for broken win.
COWS and sagging doors? However,
see its possibilities because | so
desire II, The place is really forlorn.' .
STICK to the possibilities" a pleas
ant voice said behind her. when the
weeds are cut and few nails are driv.
en- into missing paliugs you will moi
know It,"
The girl turned with a start. hcr
eyes cold. She had not realized she
had spoken aloud.
i does look uncared for" the man
continued. critically examining the cot.
tage and its surroundings, but know
rs possibilities. If you wish, l will
have It put in order at once"
Are you the owner?"
was born here. Strange how one
Z lets the years pass without coming
pack. have always meant to come.
butsneyer did. think" he said re.
nectively, that have been waiting
Tor Just this" He turned and lonked
OF her for the first time. you ara a
stranger to the place."
She nodded toward the big house
across the way. Il am visiting friends,
but would like to remain ali summer
II the cottage is practicable"
II Will be ready when you are
ready-and that will be? he ended
induiringly.
She laughed delightedly. Are YOU
the maker Of dreams come true that
you 50 easily say ut will be ready?"
! would move in tonight IL that were
possible"
'Dreams?"
Why not? When one has been a
cliff dweller for two years this little
Geather-beaten cottage, with its ciamb
frtt'SSS sAAAa SAuLlP6 VI SuOWDullS
ana mock oranges and lilacs like the
entrance to paradise"
At the dinner table that night she
told of what she had done. Margaret
Alden listened with troubled face
How could you, Nan?" she SAID at
last. lyon know how we want Won
withinsltios n9ual o.. n q
II know Nan answered soberly.
but must lead my own life. Mar.
saIet. Over there will be home. across
the way will be you, my dearest
friends, to call upon when"
Did he say what brought him ?'
Tom Alden interrupted.
'Who?"
THE doctor-your prospective lard.
lord Then he chuckled. 81 saw him
IN Washington ten days ago. / won.
der-yes, did tell him you were stay.
ing with us. He seemed interested, :"
why, / never before saw the man. s.
sPerhaps. he has seen you, and.
NAn, when once seen some women are
hot forgotten"
Sic regarded him thoughtfully. "It
Is surprising" she said at last, "how
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like the ordinary cigarette of com.
merce which was made entirely of al.
falfa. 1t lacks the nicotine. Also II
lacks the tobacco taste, but It has a
taste all its own and for smoker who
smokes for sociable purposes would
be perfectly good substitute for
tobacco. Alfalfa, is, by the way, one
OF the chief constituents of one Of the
Tobacco Trusts most popular brand
Of the markings"
Meantime the Federal Trade Com.
mission has received letter from the
President instructing that body to in.
stitute an inquiry at once to deter.
mine whether any of the high food
prices are caused by illegal combina.
lions in restraint OF trade.
So maybe-but why hope!
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-15
MANY WEST VA. MOTHERS
CAN SAY THE SAME.

Northyiew. W. Val used Ia.
voritc Prescription 70 build up on aud
to carry mo through when In a dslicafs
way. II was just what I needed and
I was well satisfied. II put me "a
good shape aud overca1ne The unpiehs-
ant features. have given y 10 my
daughter She is weakly ana has
trouble peculiar to women. 1t has
been very good in this case. IL helped
her 10 get stronger after fever. II
overcame the weakness and built her
up wonderfully. / am glad to recon-
mend this remedy. Mas. F1AAtEa
HARRINGTON, Hamil Avenue.
Lynchburg, Vat am familiar
with DR.. Pierce's remedies as we have
used 'Favorite Prescription.' Ny wife
has found It most valuable medicine
fol women. She hat been benefited
and was well satisfied with Il, so we
cheerfully recommend it.s-MR. y. y.
HAcKweETH. 1904 CRbeil Street.
The mighty restorative power OF
Doctor Plerce's Favorite Prescription
speedily causes all womanly troubles
to disappear-c ompsls the o.gsIts L
properly perform their natural func-
tions, corrects dIspiacemenfs over.
comes Irregularities, removes pair ard
misery at certain times and brings
back health and strength to nervous,
irritable and exhausted women.
What Doctor plerce'S BlFol5ie Pre-
scription has done for thoisands q
will do fer you. Get 1t this very day
from any medicine dealer, 10 sithrI
liquid or tablet form or send 80 cent?
to DR. Fierce. Invalids' Hotel, Bnifalp
n. V, for trial box Of tablets.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-15
THE WEARY WAY
Daily Becoming Less Wearlsome to
Many in EaIrment.

WITH back that aches all day,
With rest disturbed al night,
Annoying urinary disorders,
IT'S a weary way, indeed.
Doan's Kidney Pills are especially
for kidney trouble.
Are endorsed by Fair1nont women.
Mrs. S. ]. Walker, 42S Adams street,
Fairmont, says: Being dressmak.
er for years no doubt brought on rheu.
matte pains and soreness over my
hips. The kidney secretions were in
bad shape and my kidneys were irreg.
ular in action. ! didn't get much sleep
and in the morning felt stiff and lame.
l got Doan's Kidney Pills at Cranes
Drug store and they cured me-"
Price SOC at all dealers. Don't sim.
ply ask for kidney remcdy-get
Doan's Kidney PilIs-the same that
cured Mrs. Walker. Foster.Milburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, n. Y.
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ma of Powell was the guest OF Mr.
and Mrs. Rem Rudy.
John Rudy was calling on his danrh
ter Mrs. S. n. Linn Sunday.
Mrs. j. d. Henderson and Miss MAJ.
saret Vincent was the guest of Mrs
Permelia Farrell on Grassy Rim on,
day last week.
Albert Neel and Marin Rudy va.
calling at Mrs. Hendersons Friday.
Homer Jones called at Rem Rudy
Sunday.
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QUIET DELL

W. j. Vincent was calling at s. H.
Linn's Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Rudy we're
visiting relatives at Fairmont satur-
day and Sunday.
Mrs. Thomas vangilder Of Goose
Creek were calling on Mrs. W. II. Ru.
dy one day last week.
James clelland and daughter vii.
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Questions Of Serf--Are fury and
properly answered ia rhe People:
Common Sense Medical ADVISER, 5i
r. V, Pierce, NJ. D. Il contains III.
knowledge young man o. woman, Wifs
or daughter should have. zoos page.
with color plates, and bound in cl6fh
By mail, prepaid-on receipt 81 S dime
or stamps.
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A changeable skirt which can be
worn on the street and converted into
a comfortable skating costume on the
ice is the newest skating fad.
The skirt is the design of Miss Ida
schnall who got the idea of the gown
from the anxiety to avoid delay and
trouble in changing costumes when
going on the ice. She is shown in the
pictures above, at left, wearing the
skirt as she enters the rink; at right,
during the change, and center, after
the change.
The skirt is fastened down the side
by snaps. To change, it is drawn
around to the front, unsnapped and
each side is fastened around the legs
by snaps, converting the skirt into a
pair Of pantaloons.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-30
OFFERS PLATTSBURG CAMP
For Purpose of Training officers for the
Proposed Polish Army.

Boston, Nov. 30.-Secretary of Wal
Baker has shown Americas appreciation
of the new army of 100000 Polish
American young men being raised in the
United States to fight on the side of the
entente allies by offering the Use of the
camp at Plattsburg for the training OF
Polish soldiers, Ignace Paderewski, the
famous pianist, announced at patri-
otc mass meeting of Polish people here
yesterday.
The meeting, which was held in Ire
mont temple, was the concluding event
on the days program of the celebration
commemorating the Tooth anniversary
of the death of Thaddeus Kosciusko, the
Polish patriot. Delegations from various
sections of New England took part.
Mr.. Paderewski urged all Polish Amer
lean young men of draft age who are
not called to colors under the selective
service law to enter the new Polish
army. Eve must needs favor Russia" +"
he continued, "for the Russian people
are on the side of the allies. Russia,
Austria and Germany have been brutal
to Poland. They have all tried to crush
our spirit of freedom. Now is our chance
to get back a free and independent Po-
land We have the support and good
will of this great, liberty loving nation
and its greatest leader, our beloved pres
ident, Woodrow Wilson" At the men,
tion of the presidents name, the big
audience stood up and cheered
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-30
LENINE GOVERNMENT
IN RUSSIA HAS FALLEN
LARGE FIRE AT BEACH.
Damage at Brighton Last Night Was
100000.

New York, Nov. 30.--The Parkway
baths at Brighton beach were destroyed
by fire last night, and more than a score
of adjoining buildings were burned OF
badly damaged. The loss was estimated
at 100000. All the buildings were OF
frame construction and burned rapidly.
The flames, shooting high into the sky,
attracted thousands of Brooklyn resi-
dents, who thronged the beach Police
reserves We're called from four stations
to keep the crowd back from the danger
zone. Five alarms were sounded, call
ing apparatus from all parts of Brook
lyn. ~
The buildings DAMAGED or destroyed
covered four acres and included 20 bun
galows, two restaurants, hotel and two
stores. None of the structures was oc-
cupied. The property was owned by
Brighton by the-Sea, Inc. The fire is
said to have started under the board
walk.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-30
Il. S. ENGINEERS
HELPED TO BREAK
HINDENBURG LINE
They Were of Great Assistance in Elk.
tending the Railroad Into Breach
Made BY the British Tanks
and Infantry.

British Headquarters in France, Mon
day, Nov. 26 tBy Associated Press =
American engineers. the first American
troops to be engaged in military opera
tions in the British front, took promi.
nent part in the breaking of the Hin.
denburg line last week Military neces.
sity prevented speaking OF their pres
ence before, but it is now possible to in.
form the people of the United States
that the engineers of the American army
had a large part in pushing up the vital
railways behind the advancing British
soldiers. They had been working on the
roads in the Somme district nearly four
months and two who were wounded were
the first American casualties announced
from Washington.
The speed with which the lines have
been laid through the broken Hindenburg
defenses during the past week has called
forth the highest praise from the British
authorities. A striking sight on the
front has been that of the engineers
coolly laboring at the tracks, while great
shells were bursting 100 yards away.
On the first day of the offensive the
British called for volunteer stretcher
bearers and many engineers offered their
services. They had just finished hard
days work but gladly undertook the
arduous and dangerous task and labored
through the night, getting the wounded
back to the dressing stations.