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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-03
DESPERATE ATTACKS
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British Statement.

decision 70 counter the allied
plans arrived at.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-03
Randy HOOn.

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stated last evening Thai II" hopes IL hnvr
everything IN readiness hr the Iir-l al
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new fountains nu Main street
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-03
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-12
NEW ENGLAND PEACHES.

A fruit which is useful in jelly mak- ing must contain certain amounts of two substances---acid and pectin. The latter is a starchy material often found in under-ripe fruit; hence jelly '.jells'' best when the fruit used is un- der, rather than over ripe.
 Pectin exists in considerable amount in currents, apples, crab-apples, grapes and quinces, and these, as the house keeper knows, make the best jelly Peaches although a sweet fruit, con- tain enough acid, but not enough pec- tin to make a satisfa ctory jelly So some other fruit like apples should be added, making 'peach-apple" jelly.
 A simple test: Use euaI amounts, one to two tablespoons of .Insweetened fruit juice extracted by boiling, and grain a1cono1. Pour into a small glass and stir juice and alcohol until well fixed. The presence of pectin is shown by the jelly-like substance which collects at the >ottom of the glass after the mixture has stood for a time. If the jelly forms in large masses it indicates that the fruit has sufficient pectin to be used alone. If there are small masses or just an ap- pearance of cloudiness, it indicates an insufficient amount, and some other fruit juice should be added.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-12
HOUSEWIVES ARE
 GREATLY WANTED
 BY U. 5. MARINES
Not Regular Housewives, You Know, but the Kind
 They Use to Sow.

Will you make 'thussiff' for the, Marines? The Navy League has issued a call for $500 ..hussiffs' for the Ma rines now training for service in France.
 "Hussiff,' is the marines way Of saying ..housewife'' and housewife" in the Marine Corps means the sew
 ing kit with needles. thimble. thread
 and scissors, that makes it possible
 for the U. s. Marine to be the smart est looking soldier in the world. The sewing wit wanted by the Navy
 League is made of cotton khaki, sew ed with red -thread-the Marine Corps uniform colors The kit is thirteen inches long and seven and a half inches wide, and has. five pockets three and half inches deep by two and a half inches wide. A top flap folds over the pockets and covers the contents of the kit. A red tape twen- ty inches long, sewed on the back of the center pocket, ties the kit when rolled up.
 A pair of blunt pointed scissors four inches long; number one needles; a thimble; an assortment of safety pins; cards holding heavy khaki, black, and
 white thread; and two saftey pins strung with khaki buttons, comprise the contents of the kit.
 These kits cannot be purchased by
 the government, and in order to pro- vide the men going to the firing line with these useful comforts women workers throughout the country must make them. Local sections of the Navy League, and all other women who will. are urged to, begin this | work. The Comforts committee O. the Navy League at Washington viii
 furnish explicit directions as to how
 to make the sewing kits, and will se- cure the distribution of them to the sailors and marines through individu- al channels in accordance with the instructions of the Secretary of the Navy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-12
ELEANOR GwYNNE

Eleanor Gwynne is better known to history as Nell Gwynne. Her true name was Margaret symcott and she arose from an orange girl of the
 neanest description, who piled her trade in the streets of London, to be mistress of Charles H., of England. She first earned her bread by sing ing in taverns and gradually became popular actress. She was exceed ingly pretty but rather short of stat ure. She attracted the attention of several wealthy men and then Dry den befriended her. Her lovers were many until her meeting with Charles IL, whose mistress she became. Af- ter that she reserved her affections for her royal lover and remained true to him after his death, for when Charles departed this earth she with drew from the world and lived in se- clusion. At her death she left a fund for annual distribution among poor debtors, which is to this day distri- buted in the prisons of London The present Duke of St. AIbans is de- scended from Nell Gwynne.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-12
PRESERVING FISH FOR DOMESTIC USE

As a measure of economy in the present period of high prices of food stuffs and as a contribution to the con- servation of the food supply, which is one of the country's urgent needs, the Bureau of Fisheries urges house. wives, particularly those living near streams and lakes or the seashore, to preserve fish for home consumption The fish can be bought when they are cheap, during times of plenty, and held for use during the winter when, ordinarily, prices are high. In many cases waste fishes, which because of prejudice or ignorance are not placed on the market may be bought for little and sometimes may be oftained from the fishermen for the asking. Practically all fishes are edible, and purchasers should not be deterred from buying them on account of their unattractive appearance. Some of the ugIiest are among the best. Two easy methods of preserving, namely, can ming and salting. are available to housewives. To be sure of success the methods here described should be carefully followed.
 Make a brine of one cup salt and one gallon water, and, after cleaning the fish properly, place in brine for one-half hour; remove from brine; cut into convenient sections and pack in glass jars, with the skin toward the outside; add level teaspoonful of salt per quart; put rubber and cap in posi- tions, not tight; sterilize in hot water bath for three hours; 1915 pounds steam pressure, one and one-haf hours. Seal.
 Use only fresh products not more than "A hours out of water; rinse carefully in fresh water to which salt has been added Gone tablespoon salt to one quart water1; place in a wire basket or cheese cloth;! plunge sinto boiling water long enough to make the oysters curf; pack directly into glass jars; add lever teaspoon of salt per quart; put rubber and cap in posi- ton, not tight; sterilize three hours in hot water bath; 10-5 pounds steam pressure, one and one-ha1f hours. Seal
 Remove the head, dress, and thoroughly wash the fish in water con taining a little salt Gone tablespoon salt to one quart water), taking par ticular care to remove the blood near the back bone.
 Place layer of coarse salt on the bottom of tight keg or barrel. On this spread a layer of fish, one deep, sprinkle thickly with salt. Add an- other layer of fish, and repeat until the barrel is full. Let stand in this brine for ten days. Then remove. thoroughly wash, pack in the barrel and cover with freshly made brine, strong enough to float a fresh egg.
 Let stand in this brine one week, remove fish or draw off brine. Cover with a new brine, one so strong that Ia little undissolved salt will remain after long stirring.
 When keg is full, cover, and weight with a clean stone.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-12
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NEW ENGLAND PEACHES.

Peaches may be used in buildings as apples are used. A favorite method or preparing them is in the dumping or steamed pudding.
 Suce ripe. peeled peaches into a zreased baking dish. Sprinkle them '4en with sugar add tablespoons wa Sre and little lemon juice and nut --a.z if desired Cover the fruit with a baking powder biscuit crust made from cups flour, 4 teaspoons baking powder. 1-2 teaspoon salt, 4 table spoons shortening ana 3-4 cup milk Sift flour before measuring. Sift again with the baking powder and salt Cut in the fat with two knives. But ter, lard. drippings, or chicken fat may be used. Half butter and half lard is a good exploitation. Add the liquid quickly. Toss and roll lightly on a floured board to 13 inch in thickness. Steam this pudding one and one-half hours or bake 1t 30 min utes in a moderately hot oven.
 Individual peach dumpiings are at tractive. For these the peaches are peeled but the left whole and well sprinkled with sugar. The stones
 may be removed and the cavity filled with chopped almonds if desired Square pieces of the biscuit dough large enough to enclose the peaches are then rolled out thin. Each piece of dough should be gathered around a peach and the edges pressed together to hold it. A few slits in the top should be made to allow steam to escape.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-12
MADAME DU BARRY.

The career of Madame Du Barry has been the subject around which dramatists have built plays and au- thors have written stories, but none
 of these is equal in romance to the actual tale of her rise from a most
 humble position to that of being the
 power behind the French throne in
 the reign of Louis XIV. Marie Jeanne
 vaubernier was the daughter of a clerk of the customs at Vaucoleurs,
 where she was born in 174e. She ro- ceived little or no education and looming to Paris while she was very young, entered the employ of a fash ionatble millinery establishment. She soon fell a victim to the temptations which ibeset her and lived as cour- tesan until her charms attracted the attention of Jean, Count Du Barry. who installed her in his. house in or der to make it more attractive for the dupes from whom. by gambling he won large sums of money which he spent in dissipa ton. Later he pre- sented her to Libel valet de chambre to Louis KY, with the intention that lshe should become mistress of the ! king. The design succeeded beyond expectations. AS the favor of the king toward the courtesan increased the murmers of the remonstrance by the court and the ministers became louder and Louis decided to find for his favorie a nominal husband. Count Jean Ou Barry was married himself, but his brother William offered him. self for the ceremony. Du Barry's in- fIuence over the monarch was absol- 1, ute until his death, and courtiers and
 ministers were in favor with him according to her wishes. After the death of Louis XIV. Madame Du Bar : ry was shut up in a convent, but
 Louis XVI. gave her her freedom
 and restored to her the pension and
 residence left her by his predecessor. l She showed her gratitude to Louis XVI
 when his family was imprisoned and
 regardless of her danger went to Eng
 land to sell her jewels for use of the queen and her children. On her re-
 turn she was imprisoned and guil-
 lotined on Nov G. 1793, for wearing mourning for the death of the French monarch.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-12
Women Forbidden To
 Talk On Island Of
 Fano In The Aegian

Corfu, Sept 1o.--The little Greek island of Fano near here has become known to the Entente fleets and armies as place where women are forbidden to talk. The island has normally a population O. 1924 per- sons. but most of the men are in the United States where they work as walters.
 The custom of the island for many years has been for the young man to marry the girl they love best and then, after brief honeymoon. go to America to make their fortunes, re- turning in few years to their brides. During this period of the absence of the husband. 1t has become a custom for their wives, women traditional for their beauty. never to talk to men, It is the business of the older women to watch over the young wives and when strange men approach, as has happened frequently since the war. they are met with a shower of stones.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-12
LAURA JEAN LlBBY:S DAILY TALKS ON HEART TOPICS
 Copyrighted Newspaper Syndicate
CopyriShtce,. 1913. Mcclure Newspaper sypd;cate

You surely cannot eat anything more after all that he declares, as they finish simultaneously. 'I should like a piece of huckleberry pie," she answers wistfully. remem- bering the roll of bills in his pocket. Waiter brings the pie and fetches along an extra plate.
 Shall I cut the piece of pie in two, sir?" he asks, with a smothered litter, behind an assumed solemn air of dig nifty.
 Even the most miserable of men would feel ashamed at the implication that he is ready to eat the lions share of his wife's frugal repast. Dining out under such disadvantages is a tor ture. It hurst a stingy man to give his wife a square meal when they go out, though k.is pockets are loaded down with cash. Can you blame such "a wife for thinking regretfully of the other man who used to take her out in her single days. and make it such a pleasure for her?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-12
Red Cross Sends
 125 Ambulances
 To Russian Front

Asa part of it's program for render ing assistance to Russia, the American Red Cross is to ship at once to the Red Cross Commission in Russia, headed by Dr. Frank Billings, 125 motor am balances and automobiles.
 This is the third Red Cross ship ment to be dispatched to Russia since the arrival of the commission there, less than two months ago. Drugs, medical supplies and surgical appar- atus with a total of nearly $400, GOO. have already been sent.
 AnbuIances are needed with the Russian armies almost more than any other form of relief. On the eastern front there are now only 6,0O0 vehicles for the transportation of the wounded, while on the French front. only a third in length, there are 75,0O0 ambu- lances. The automobiles now being shipped by the Red Cross will equip one Russian Army corps with five complete ambulance sections.
 Each section will include 15 motor ambulances, one auto-bus for trans porting slightly wounded, one kitchen trailer, and one dressing station car. In addition each section will have two touring cars for the use, of off, cers: three light delivery trucks, one repair car carrying necessary tools and extra parts, and one extra car for gasoline fuel
 For the present, personnel for ann bulance sections will not be sent to. Russia, but the machines will be oD-4 .erated by Russian drivers under the direction of tlie Red Cross! Should 1e be necessary later to send American drivers, they will be recruited from volunteers in the United States. The Wornan's Bureau Of the Ameri-# can Red Cross has selected 100 women ito take charge of1the eanteens and rest stations along the routes which will be traveleI by American soldiers in, going to, and from the trenches aA France. These women were chosen. because of special qualifications. from many hundreds of applicants willing to serve without pay, and willing to bear their own expenses throughout. Because of the nature of the work to be required of them. the Wonan's Bureau selected only those women of robust health who can speak French and who are willing to undertake the hardships and disoomforts which vii naturally arise.
 Only women between the ages of 30 and 50 were considered and applicants were required to show that they had worked for the American Red Cross or had been at work in occupations requiring a high order of service and a capacity for self-sacrifice.
 The Red Cross War Council has ap- propriated s700,000 for the establish ment of these canteens which win b equipped with shower -ba ths, 1aundriee and mending and disinfecting roon0, to prevent the men carrying 6fsease from the trenches to their homes. There will be ree4 rooms equipped with reading and writing material. games, small stores of timed delica- cies tobacco and other articles which soldiers returning to civilian life might wish.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-12

''The mind has a thousand eyes
 And the heart but one;
 Yet the,light of whole world dies
 When love is done"
 Why is it that the fashionable res taurant is so appealing to most Wo- men? It isn't the viands always; but more often. it is the shaded rose-glow of the lights, the heart stirring mu- sic, the throngs of beautiful women and their escorts The man who takes a young woman to dinner to a fash ionable restaurant should recken the cost beforehand. He cannot wrestie with it after he gets there. A young inexperienced girl may make the mfs- take of ordering the wrong things, choosing what she thinks is good by the name.
 A widow studies the fitness of things, sizing up pretty accurately about how much her escort would like to spend on the dinner, and se- lects from the hill of fare accordingly. To a wife, dining with her husband at select restaurant, is either great pleasure or a keen disappointment according to the man. The husband who holds his wife dear will say: Look over the card, dear, and make yOuT SSlGCllOA. Walt yOo " AAe~f just what you crave. We don't come here every day. So don't hesitate to get the good things you want" If a woman knows she can have a free hand in the list before her, she Is not apt to get all the costly things at one time She knows she can go there when she likes. It is the wife of the closet listed husband who enters the place with fear and trembling. She is sorry the waiter places the dinner card before her. She had rather not know the good things on it.
 What do you want?" the husband asks sharply.
 The wife knows perfectly well by the glint in his eye that she had bet ter not want much Such women in bies; they always crave the toothsome goodies which they know would be denied them. Such wives. too, are usually in the dark as to the amount of money their husbands have with them. Cold water is usually thrown on such a woman's spirits ere the waiter arrives by seeing her spouse draw a small bag from his pocket and count over the pennies it contains. She knows that's a warning that she mustn't order much for him to pay for. She runs her eyes down the list, past the goodies. choosing the cheap est
 I'll take small plate of tripe with a slice of tomatoes" she says, and then adds, That's aH.', feeling the walters look of amazement.
 ''Ill have a plate Of vegetable soup th3ek. That's all,', orders husband. He can frown as hard at the waiter as the waiter can look amazed and disgusted at him.
 Hubby leans forward to gulp down a glass of water. The wife sese a roli of bills in his vest pocket. There is a litter from some of the nearby wait |ers who watch the order being set down before them. While wifey is buttering her bread, preparatory to tasting the steaming hot tripe, has, bard has disposed, of his soup and sits with him empty plate before him looking at her one portion of tripe |calculatingly You won't be able to eat all that, will you?'' he queried. Mol" she responds, realizing he expects half of it. He takes a: little more than half of it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-12
MIsrRusTING HE WAS FALSE.

Lillian writes: "A spruce young man set my heart pit-a-pat. He is 31. I am 19 in December. He vowad deep love for me, but did not propose to wed, yet he is well off. In g. jiffy I learned what I had mjstrusted-an- other had cut me out. He let the cat out of the bag as he heard others liked me. He informed me he was corresponding with my brothers girl of 24 years. Brothers heart will be sore over this. Am I to tell him she is. an unprincipled firt and heart less? Will the man be false to him as to me? Please advise.''
 Piteous the deceivers were spelling the chances of you and your brother. Use him well as formerly and though h" is not worth any consideration, you may break up the two intrigues that way. New affections will be better for you and your brother, than old false deceits will ever be.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-12

able Compound had helped her, so I legan taking it. The result is I am TOW in good health and never lose day from my work, and you may publish my letter to show other girls the good Lydia E. Pinkharn's Vegetable Compound will do. - Miss MARIE ScHMELFZ. 34 Gardner St., Troy Hill, N. S.. Pittsburgh, Pa.
 This good old root and herb remedy has proved unequalled fer periodical suffering of young women; it contains what is needed to restore healthful con- ditions.
 Write the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confidentiaD, Lynn. Mass, for free advice if you need it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-12
: w - VI W W LITTLE BENNy'S
 NOTE BOOK
By Lee Page,

Yestidday I was erround at my cuz- gin Arties and I came home late for suppir, wich vile was eating IL ma sed, Benny, you're hardly eating a thing, are you sure you feel quite we'll?
 Yes mann, I sed. Wich I did, and ma sed. Are you sure you haven't a pane enyware?
 Yes mann, sed, and pop sed, Don't put thawts in his he'd, nobodys quite sure they haven't got a pane if you only ask them awffen enuff.
 Well, it's every unusual of him not to eat, sed ma.
 Unusual is mild for It, it's historic. sed pop.
 And I kepp on hardly eating, and after a vile ma sed. Benny, wy don't you put some of that gravy on your turnips, they're very; nice that way.
 I don't like either Of them. so wat must they be together, I sed.
 There's sumthing in that, sed pop.
 You don't care weather your son eats or not. sed ma.
 Benny, wat do you meen by sitting down heer and spelling my suppir by not eating sed pop.
 I had suppir erround at Arties, I sed.
 Holey snloakes, sed pop, and ma sed the hwy dident you say so, insted Of sitting down heer like this?
 I wunted to see if I cood eat 2, sed.
 Well can you? sed pop.
 No sir, I sed. but matbe I can eat dizzert if I try.
 We'll maybe you're not going to try, sed ma.
 Yes mann, sed. And I got up and went out frunt, not caring partickilly. on account of having had helpings of dizzert at Arties.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-12
SOWING WILD OATS roo LATE.

A. B. E. writes: ..I am one of those of hot water. Lack of funds kept me
 from wooing many a pretty girl. I
 fell into sowing my wild oats. By
 the time my last dollar was to go I
 wrote to my well-off uncle of this fact. Lately I added: Dear Uncle. II have sown my last wild oats.' In reply was this: That's better news |thay any news Check accompanied it.. I've been a. fool, but pride keeps me. when I've lost money, from going back home. Would you return if Ime?"
 certainly would return home; be steady and find some good girl who will make a good wife.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-12
ASK YOUR FRIEND.

There is hardly a neighborhood In any city. town or hamlet in the United States where women cannot be found who have derived benefit from Lydia F. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. For more than forty years this botanic remedy has been overcoming some of the worst cases of female ills. As one woman has found help she has told another, who has used it with the same result; so the use of this great medicine has spread from shore to shore by the recommendation of those who have found it good. Therefore, ask your neighbor, let her tell you from experience the beueft which ailing women derive from the use of this famous medicine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-12
FLOUR FAMINE
Helsingfors, Finland. se

Helsingfors. Finland. Sept. 12-Ac- cording to the Hufvudstadselad, com- munes containing 1,6O0.00o inhabi. tants ,of a total Finnish population of 3,200,000) have reported that their supplies of flour will run out at least a month before the reaping of this years harvest
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-12

@tl1g small "o' perforations; stitch
 = edges to position.
 Close the sleeve and cuff seams. next. Face cuff and sew to sleeve. notches at lower edges and seams even. Sew sleeve in armhole as notch. ed with small "o" perforation at shoulder seam easing in any fulncss between notches; CT, if desired. fhe fitness may be shrunk out. Hold the sleeve toward you when basting it in armhele.
 A shiel1 and standing collar may be substituted for the embroidered de- sign, if desired. To make it, sew co., lar to neck edge, notches, center- fronts and back edges even; sincla small f'oo perfc--aions indicate cen. te--back of shield and collar. Tack tape at lower edge of shield and tic in back.
 In the trimming of the collar, med allions of lace are applied between the embroidered sprays.