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The Monticellonian., 1917-02-15
Cooking by Instinct.

In the kitchen of an old monastery in France group of British women. all of good education, are cooking and serubbing and washing up all day long. and they have been doing il for many months. The way they cook potatoes is q thing to write poetry about. and the French soldiers who have eaten them will tell you that they want to go back to that monastery, which is now hospital, because the food is so of the educated classes cook well, but they are economical.
 Another English woman. who before the war knew nothing about cooking, is a past mistress in the art of making apple dumplings, as many an English soldier, as well as few English sail DTS, will bear witness. When asked how she learned, she said that q French friend of hers had lent her her cook for 24 hours, and during that time she had made rapid progress in many things. Then there was the handy man about the canteen, an Eng lishman, who had lived in France for many years. He taught her great deal But as to the tartS and the ap- pie dumplings, she must have learned to make those by instinct, for no one has taught her how to make the paste or keep the apples dry.
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-15
TIME TO SAVE ONES MONEY
Mistake Is Too Much General One In NeoIeoting the PiAsent for
 the Future.

Presumably every young man knows, as physical fact. that he can do nothing next year which he cannot In some degree, do today, He will not grow wings or overcome the law of gruvttation or subsist without food. But he is always prefiguring future in which his mind will operate differ ently. The time will certainly come when he realizes that there Is no fu- ture, but only an indefinite extension of today. The important question Is whether that time will come early enough in life to do him any particu- lar good.
 A lazy man cannot possibly make himself industrious In the future; or tippling man, sober; or an >eytrava- gnnt man, economical. If 1t is done at all he must do 1t at an immediate present moment-at some right now " No man ever saved penny in the fu- ture, or ever will. He has got to save the penny in his hand at the moment or he will be broke to the day of his death, the Saturday Evening Post in- Sists. That Is clear enough to my body who will think about 1t. To save the penny in hand he must resist the temptation to spend 1t. Imagining himself next year as resisting the temptation to spend handful of pen nfes will do him the same good that the drunkard gets out of imagining himself reformed next year. Every year that he does not resist weakens his ability to resist.
 This spending business Is as much matter of habit as tippling. It Is within the knowledge of everybody who has the ordinary circle of per sonal acquaintances that, after a cer- tain time the man who lives up to the limit of his income-which. about nine times out of ten, means little neyond-accepts that as a normal con ditiOn and just automatically spends whatever he gets.
 At twenty man lives largely in an imaginary future. At thirty he seems still to have fairly incalculable pow CTS and opportunities to draw upon At forty he begins to realize what he fully knows, probably, at forty-five- namely, that he has already spent his future, in the sense that he has large ly shaped and fixed 1t; so that it will contain nothing essentially different from what he himself has already put into it.
 If he can realize by thirty that he is spending his future every day it will be good thing for him.
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-15
Titled Lady as Shoemaker.

It is an Interesting fact that. al though the women of the United King. dom have invaded most employments that formerly were followed chiefly by men, the shoemaking trade has not experienced much change in this re spect. Yet little over Il hundred years ago, shoemaking was one of the lem. ployments of high society" in London
 Lady Sarah Spencer, in letter to her brother, written about the year 1908
 says: Tn the evening we divide our time between music and shoemaking
 which is now the staple trade of the family. I am today in q state of great vanity. for have made pair of shoes there is news for you. So if all oth- CT trades fail l shall certainly estab- fish myself. cross-legged. at the corner of an alley to earn livelihood in the midst of leather, awls. and hammers. F
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-15
Author No Asset.

At local bazaar they were offering autographed copies of books by In dianapolis authors.
 Here is very delightful book. suit able for a gift, and autographed by the author. Only dollar and q half" said the smiling manager of the booth
 "A dollar and half! !" gasped tho prospective purchaser, a little woman who held her tempted purse close to her breast
 .'Yes, a dollar and half The au- tograph, you know, has an especial value.
 Why, I can get a copy of that book at a downtown store for a dol lar"
 '.Yes, I know you can, but not au- tographed by the author
 The prospective purchasers face suddenly took on look of high wis dom and then she blurted
 "Oh, well, l know who wrote it, any how. w."-Indianapolis News.
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-15
GERARD AND PARTY
 AT SWISS BORDER
MEMBERS GIVE A GENUINE SIGH OF RELIEF WHEN STRAIN IS
 BROUGHT TO AN END.
DECLINES TO MAKE REPORT
While in Berlin His Telephone Wires Were Cut, His Mail and Photographic Privileges Stopped, So That He
 Could Not instruct Consuls.

Zurich, Switzerland.-Mos of the members of Ambassador Gerard's large party gave a genuine sigh of re- lief when the Swiss border was reached, for the strain of the last few days had told more or less on the majority of the travellers. Ambassa- dor Gerard met cordially the horde of newspaper men who crowded about him on his arrival at Zurich, elamor- ing for interviews for papers all over the civilized world but he kept rigidly to his determination not to speak for publication until after he had report ed to President Wilson in Washing ton.
 The strain of the situation of the Americans in Berlin had been height ened toward the end by the efforts of the German authorities to induce MT Gerard to open negotiations for an amendment to the Prussian-American treaty of 1799. At the same time the German newspapers were flooded with reports of the seizure of German ships by America and with stories of difficulties and indignities encountered by Count von Bernstorff. Ambassa- dor Gerard was refused permission to communicate in cipher with Washing ton and the authorities ignored all de- nials of the stories printed In the German newspapers until an official message received through the Spanish embassy made it clear that the stories were false. Prior to this Ambassae dor Gerard's telephone wires were cut, his mail and telegraphic privileges stopped; so that he could not even in. struet the American consults; and he was. in his own words, a prisoner
 Mir Gerard's farewells were said i'll a friendly. though formal manner. Many Germans were in the throng at the station, which consisted partly of Americans who had not received per mission to depart on the embassy train and must await the police routine before being allowed to leave.
 The fact that it was not generally known that MT. Gerard was departing reduced these demonstrations at the South German stations to minimum of curious crowds.
 The party was accompanied by two representatives of the foreign office and guarded carefully by men from the secret service. The customs in- sepection and other examinations at the border were relaxed to mere formality
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-15
Will Build Russian Canal.

The project for the construction and equipment of Volga-Don canal, as designed by the Russian minister of ways and communications, has been approved by the government. The pro- jected canal will play an important part in the economic development of southeastern Russia and of the Volga and Don basins. Grain from Tsarit- sin and timber and ore from the Urals will thereby obtain direct outlet to the ports of the Sea of Azof and thence to the Black sea. Moreover, the canal will make it possible to SUD- ply coal to all the chief cities and in. dustrial centers of the Volga and sur. rounding country from the rich coal district of the Donetz basin.
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-15
Married Men Most Successful.

Do you think you are saving money and being successful by remaining n bachelor? If you do, read the Ameri- can Magazine and see what writer saws about the ratio between married and single men. Part of it is: "Show me one middle-aged bachelor who has made a success of his life. and I'll show you 26 married men who have. Probably the ratio is even greater than this, but prefer to base my con- tention on demonstrable fact. Of the 27 presidents of the United States, only one lived and died bachelor. Nineteen of them married before they were thirty, five before they were forty, and two after forty. Yet, ac- corting to the census returns, taking the entire population of the country, the proportion of single men to those married, widowed or divorced. is about 40 to O."
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-15
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RECOGNIZE VALUE OF BEAUTY
Los Angeles County Property owners Wise in Planting Flowers on
 Borders of Roads.

'Los Angeles county, California, IS the American Riviera, and in no way is the visitor more reminded Of the beau ty of the famous Mediterranean play ground than in the treatment of the roadsides' says the American High way association. "There is one broad boulevard where, for IS miles one trav- els between continuous rose bowers backed with palms or frs. About fifty thousand rose bushes of fifty varieties were used in this landscape gardening.
 "In many places the roads wind through orange, lemon and walnut gloves separated from the roadway by masses of rose bushes four to six feet high, which charm the eye and fill the air with fragrance even ill December.
 "The work was done by individuals, but it was so successful that about two years ago a committee was organized to carry on such roadside treatment on a larger scale and in accordance with comprehensive plans. Fluids were raised by direct tax, and the county forestry department was placed in charge of the execution of the project.
 About two hundred miles of road now have 90 road trellises to the mile of highway. Each trellis is 20 feet loag. five feet high and supports five bushes. Fifty varieties of roses are used, and give an attractive combina- ton of colors. In addition, poppies, petunias and geraniums, which grow luxuriantly in that climate, lave slso been used along the bOuleyards. and palms and eucalyptus trees have been set out where necessary to break flat monotony or furnish a background"
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-15

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The Monticellonian., 1917-02-15

ance. The vigilance and activity of the dogs have done much to rid this cozy settlement of detached houses of tramps, idlers, and criminals. The dogs have also done much in River dale. where several were dispatched after series of burglaries.
 The police department is devoting considerable time to the serious train ing of these dogs with a view to find ing out to what extent they may be used in certain lines of police work.
 There are p full-grown Belgian
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-15

stalled OK, with the other accessories.
 If you drive on down the line of the river, you will come to flock of the little street restaurants, lined up by the sidewalk. They are mounted on wheels, seeming to indicate the method In which they reached that point in the first place, and in which they might be moved in case the location were not found satisfactory.
 Diners on the Curbstone.
 The diners are sitting, 50 or 60 of them at least, on the curbStone across the street; as many more are prone on the sidewalk. wall at their backs, their legs extended straight before them such pictures of contentment as few cities can furnish and if you look into the flock of restaurants you will see that the cooking and slicing and the selling are still going on. The board of health has never invaded these charmed precincts, apparently. They all look indescribably dirty, and the dust Is terrific; but trade does not languish, and the smell of cooking fills the air.
 Clear musical notes sound just around the corner; and here comes one of the well-known institutions of New Orleans-the hot-wafiie wagon. The wagon shines with paint and cleanli- ness; the occupant of the wagon is resplendant in snowy apron and cap. Is it that you desire dozen waffles? Be- hold, while you stand expectant he has poured the batter onto the hot griddles, has turned them, has taken them up, golden brown and sprinkled them with powdered sugar and deftly folded them in paper, and they are yours
 If you are in the residence portion of the city of course you respect the con- ventions and take those waffles inside before you unwrap the bundle; but if you are downtown-well, things are different. You eat them standing, and find them very good indeed.
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-15

scores of warehouses and shops uti. lize the covered space, and on this four-track trestle electric and steam trains enter and leave in steady streams. The streets are filled with automobiles, motortrucks, bicycles. man-drawn ears-eyery type of vehicle except the baby carriage The baby carriage of Japan is the mothers back or the daddy's shoulder and have no doubt that this eloseness of mother and child throughout months and years has much to do with the excel lent behavior of the bright little ba. bies. Street cars pass a given point every minute or two, and at a crossing there are always half dozen bic trains in sight.
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-15
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He gathers up his basket haughtily and goes his way, remarking. as he goes, "Nothin doin' P Perhaps he has had experience in providing meals for peo- pie who were going to pay for them next Saturday.
 From Basket and Cart.
 Making her way up and down the long Bienyille wharf is an old woman, bending under the weight of a heavy basket. T suppose she's been selling along the river 9 years, or maybe more" says q bystander. Truly she is very old. Her face is lined, and her nose and chin show a tendency to meet, and her hair is twisted into the smallest little knot imaginable, you see when she takes off her sunbonnet; but sine makes her way through the lines of merchandise very alertly, and sells and sells and sells.
 'I bet she's got money" declares another bystander; but everybody agrees that if she has money she has earned it and wishes her good luck with her days load.
 In and out through the throng goes a little boy with pusheart, loaded with things to eat. Not far behind him comes a negro woman with her little boy help ing her carry the heavy basket; and she, too, is selling as she goes. You would not suppose that all the multi tude of vendors could sell the accumu- lated horde of sandwiches and pies and cakes which make up nearly all the loads. but everywhere the men are buy ing-the wharf employees, who cannot leave tkeir work to go out for lunch.
 You will see in one place a group of 30 or 40 of them, sitting on long tim bers that are lying there, ready for shipment, all of them eating with such looks of bovine content as many rich man might well envy as he sits down to his cut glass and silver and his
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pie. There are no tables to stfaighten up, no dishes to wash, no napery to send to the laundry.
 Sandwich of Fried Fish.
 An applicant for fried fish appears on the sidewalk and shoyes 10 cents toward the artist inside; two slices of bread with a slice of fried fish between them are showed toward him. There is no trouble about wrapping the sand wich, even The purchaser stands out side and eats his fried fish sandwich or sits down on the curb, or walks along, masticating 1t at his leisure; and that is all there is to it. How much less red tape there is on South Rampant street than in the more formal restaurants further down!
 It is along the wharf. from end to end, that the eating places flourish in the greatest variety. You will find in one place little open shed which has nestled up against the side of some larger building. The chef-perhaps a man, or 1t may be woman-stands back of the long table and hands out sandwiches or pies or cakes, according to the demand, and there are liquid refreshments of kind to be had on request and the payment of denarius.
 Men are lined up in front, eating au- dibly. because it is said that the table manners at the little wayside eating shed are not always above reproaeh. And as some of them go, much re freshed. others come, for there is big custom for the improvised restaurants along the river
 There are other restaurants which may be said to be perambulating, and which have this advantage-that they 90 to their customers, instead of wait ing for the diners to come to them. Here is a negro with basket of pies and cakes. He Is very indignant, for he has been delayed by a crowd that were intent on eating, it is true, but were basely intent also on eating on credit.
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-15
Planting Trees in Streets.

J. H. Reed says of street planting Proceed with caution, but proceed. It is too little appreciated that results from ornamental-tree planting or its neglect, are to continue indefinitely. In the generations to come tree-lovers will be praising the good taste and good judgment of the planters and cizing the injudicious work, or the en. tire absence of what should then have been done."
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-15

ran into the house with two or three mnnows he had found When other children School the small Excited discussion  advanced held driven northward to dissolve Chicago.
  
 of weather bureau asked 
 Bunk " said he Tt doesn't rain and
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-15
CONVERSATIONS

Rubber rings have been invented to prevent thimbles slipping from fingers.
 The streets of one English city are watered entirely by electric sprinkling wagons.
 More than two-thirds of the worlds supply of tn is mined in the Malay peninsula.
 The head of new rake is so equip ped with a spring that all the material collected is quickly emptied by back stroke.
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-15
Million For Militia,

Albany, N. Y.-The Senate unani- mously and without discussion passed upon receipt of special message from the governor, bill appropriat- ing S1,000000 for the expenses of the national guard naval militia and other organizations called into service in connection with the existing situa- tion
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-15
Peculiarity of the Brain

Tending to bear out the claim that the human brain is so constructed that 1t can bear great ills better than les ser ones oft repeated, Is the fact that a traveller in the wilds of Central Afr. ca will face the tragedy of a surprise by savage man or beast with intellL gent courage, and yet be driven to the delirium of madness by the insistent attacks of minute insects.
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-15
Guatemala plans an intro-coastal

Guatemala plans an intro-coastal canal.
 A lemon squeezer operated by a small electric motor is a novelty de- signed chiefly for public places.
 After many failures Italian army engineers have bored the first success ful artesian we'll in Tripoli.
 Freshly caught sea fish are said to be the principal ingredient of an arti- ficial rubber of Dutch invention.
 A new attachment for beam scales permits articles to be counted auto. matieally as they are being weighed.
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-15

OI IHpID so QudInt, duu NAoiIy unlike anything in any other city.
 To the wanderer along the byways it will appear in the course of q few wan derings that very large portion of the city'S population eats in most uncon- ventional places and unexpected atti- tudes. It takes it's meals sitting on cot ton bales, or sacks of coffee, or on a friendly step; or it goes about it's work with a sandwich in one hand, munching contentedly.
 The noise and confusion of the streets confuse 1t not at all; it pays no heed to the dust that sits down upon Its food, and it brings to the cOnsump- tion of its monday lunch, especially, a happy-go-lucky indifference that should enable good digestion to wait on appetite, and health on both.
 The methods in which these uncon- ventional meals may be supplied to the busy laborer or to the man-out- -ofwork and with very few coins to rattle in his pocket are as numerous as are the yiands served, says the New Orleans 1Idg unt. 1ntie ' l6 l6 lanIS NoOhtIA connected with them but they furnish forth the means of staying off hunger in more or less satisfactory fashion, and there is no complaint.
 All along South Rampant street from Poydras market to the Union station, is the habitat of the fried-fish vendor. In some mysterious manner the Greeks have taken possession of this particu- Pericles and Themistocles-perh acquire little corner of some larger store, at the front; spread out gas or oil stove along one side of it, stretch kind of shelf along the front, and then proceed to fry fisn. II is all very sim
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-15
To Decorate Bernstorff.

London.-Count von Bernstorff, dis. missed German ambassador to the United States, has been granted the Iron Cross with the white ribbon by the German emperor, says an Amster- dam dispatch to the Exchange Tele- graph Company. This decoration is conferred on civilians for services rendered in time of war.
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-15
Uncle Sam Follows Suit.

hington.-Inerease in cost for all sizes of stamped envelopes, effec- tive February 1, was announced by the Postoffice Department. The raise was made necessary by the increased cost of paper and the use of more and better material The increases average 43 cents per 1000 envelopes.
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-15
Charoe a SisaI Trust,

New York-The government filed a suit in the federal court here against the Pan-American Commission Cor poration, Sol E. Wexler and others. charging conspiracy under the anti trust laws to restrain trade in sisal and to increase the market price of sisal throughout the United States.
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-15
Gave Him Advice.

An old gentleman walked up to pretty girl attendant at the counter of daily newspaper office and said
 Miss, l would like to get copies ot your paper for week back"
 "You had better get porous plas. ter" she abstractedly replied "You get them just across the street."
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-15
Idaho For Wilson

Boise, Idaho.-A concurrent resolu- ton was passed by both houses of the Idaho legislature instructing Gov ernor Alexander to inform President Wilson that the state stands firmly behind him with all resources at it's crisis.
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-15
Rouoh on Author

Mir. Pett Ridge tells story against himself He offered to send to s wounded soldier undergoing treatment in hospital copies of his novels, but received the following reply:
 "I am getting on fairly comfortable as I am. and if you don't mind I'd -ath. CT not do anything that's likely te throw me back
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-15

equinoctial storms or typhoons, either.
 It's piscatorial shower that has fussed up the neighborhood. It rained fish in those two blocks. Citizens of impeeeable veraeity assert it. And they produced between 60 and 70 tiny minnows plucked out of the snow after the mornings rain to prove it. The little fish were buried in the snow as if they had fallen a considerable distance.
 Little Robert Hellwig was the
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of young men who halt him on the street and offer to sell him things. Such young man, with sense of in- genious humor. sold to Mir. Barry room in the Claridge hotel for a week for S10.
 Armed with check which the young man said would admit him at once to magnificent apartment, Mr. Barry strolled into the Claridge and requested that he be shown forthwith to his quarters.
 AS evidence of his right to the
The Monticellonian., 1917-02-15
T. R. Jr. Is An Officer.

Washington. President Wilson signed commission appointing Theo- dore Roosevelt Jr. major of infantry in the officers Reserve Corps. MT. Roosevelt was a member of the Platts- burg training camp.