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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-12

1t pays to buy the family's sup
ply of Winter underwear at Kes.
pohl- Mohrenstechers's! The savings
is even greater this year than other
years for you may buy children's
extra heavy velvet-lined union
suits at Acc and up; mems and
ladies' heavy fleece-lined union
suits at CSC which will cost you
81 so elsewhere: mems grey wool
shirts and drawers at SIPS which
will cost you Sl.75 elsewhere; mems
ribbed fleece and Jaeger extra
heavy fieece-lined shirts and draw
ers at SIC which will cost you 75c
or $1.00 elsewhere. Better make
the most of this opportunity nowl
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-12

The merchants who complain
most about mai order houses are
not usually the ones who have the
big ads in tn ir neal paper.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-12

AS we hay md before this is a
good time t. rid this country of
anarchists. We have no room for
people vino a-c not willing to obey
she laws of tie United States.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-12

There are ~ ' Two kinds Of people
10 this CONNIE ity: One kind that
worries aboul ne war and the other
kind that wori"s about what will
happen when ihe war is over.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-12
AN IMPORTANT CITY.

as this an up-to-date city?"
every. Whenever we have an i'm
portant place to fill we always go out
of town TO get the man for the job"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-12
SIMILAR SPORT.

ave have nothing like the terrible
bulliights in Spain"
~ hats the mattcr with the awful
bulliights in Wall street 2"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-12

1t is suspected that the Germans
are now sorry that they ever started
the use # poison gas 10 warfare. 1t
has been developed to a much high
er point by the Allies now than the
Germans and the latter are getting
the worst of it by far. Gas is a
barbaric weapon, fit only for de-
PRAYED brutes, but fire must be
fought With fire, in this case.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-12

Evidence that the prices the gov
ernment has fixed for coal from the
Southwestern Illinois field, from
which Missouri gets much of its
coal. were entirely too high;
that the coal companies had doctor
ed figures and books 20 get a tav-
orable price; that the people of
Missouri were not getting any bene.
fetal results thus far from the gov
ernment's attempt to regulate coal,
was aid before Doctor Garfield, ma
tional coal administrator by Attor-
Rey General Frank McAllister of
Missouri.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-12
HiSH WISH.

'Time is money" said the bore.
"Ycs," sighed the troubled man,
"and / wish you'd go somewhere
else to spend yours"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-12

The man uod r fire in the
trenches will "a" noubt sometimes
wonder what il d wsrld ever made
him afraid OF tiiing PIN
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-12
cooL.HEAD AIDED.

"Rounder is fellow with pretty
cool head"
II know that he often puts ice ON
it."
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-12
THAT SUITED HIM.

She Gas hubby departs for club)-
If you're later than midnight I
shan't speak TO you.
He-I hope you won't, dear.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-12

They say that Uncle Sans board
bill for feeding Lio ...-.,.. - uoa
$800,010 a day. We now have an
army AID navy of nearly 100000
men, AID at 40 cents day this
would uean nearly million dollars
a day fpr food If the soldiers learn
how TO xist on 40 cents a day they
will hava the best of some of the
rest of Us
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-12

Sixteen thousand cannons is the
li:tle at ery contribution the
United s es will make to the fight
ing line ruring the next eighteen
months. When we think of the few
field pieces with which our army
wss,eqqIpped when the war began
this is a commentary upon our un-
preparedness that is startling.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-12

The SIT board of agriculture re-
ports that he Industrial School for
Girls at ( illicothe, Mo-, has raised
enough b. ms, peas, corn and ppta-
toes for 49, Use the coming winter.
This Is H.. .irst year gardening on
an exior-jye scale has been at
tempted 81 the home
The Keota news., 1917-03-09
ATTORNEY GENERAL TELLS VIII.
SON THAT He HAS AUTHOR.
iTY TO ARM sHiPs.
CABINET IS TO DECIDE
SENATE EXPECTED TO ADOPT
cLoTURE RULE TO PUT END
TO FILieUsTERlNo.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington. March 6.-President
Wilson, having proclaimed to the
world in his second inaugural ad-
dress the principles that will guide
the United States II 1t becomes In
volved In the world war. is consider
ing what steps he will take to protect
Americans and American ships from
the German submarine menace. Tho
question Of arming American ships to
repel submarine attacks. notwith-
standing the failure Of Congress to
confer upon the President this spe-
cific authority. will be discussed and
possibly decided by President Wilson
and his cabinet. Attorney General
Gregory has given the President an
offhand opinion that the executive
possesses the authority in his own
right to supply American ships with
defensive armament and that the al
most forgotten statute Of 1919. provid-
Ing that American merchantmen might
defend themselves from attacks by
any vessels except the warships Of q
friendly power, creates no bar to the
provision Of defense against German
submarines.
Cabinet members contend that Ger.
man submarines are now guilty Of pi-
ratical attacks on American ships,
whereas the statute Of 1919 contem-
plated that the warships Of friendly
powers would observe the rules OF
maritime warfare. The prohibition Of
defense against warships. therefore. is
said not to apply to German sub
marines.
Upon the decision Of the Cabinet on
the arming Of American merchantmen
viii depend to large extent the Presf-
dents conclusion rs to the necessity
Of calling IN extra session OF Con-
xress. II the President decides to pro.
coed ON his own authority he will bs
disposed to postpone q summons OF
the new Congress pending his effort
to establish q cloture rule in the SEN
ate preventing a repetition Of the fill
buster which killed the armed neu'
trality bill.
The Keota news., 1917-03-09
sRlrlsH DRIVE BACK FOES.
Ok Hostile Air Machines Reported
8rou0ht Down.

Ok Hostile Air MaehInss Reported
Brought Down.
London, MARCH, s.-Bhtish headquar-
ters In France reports: Monday
morning the enemy attacked . posi-
ton east Of Bouchavesnes gained by
~. but were repalsed with loss. leav-
ing some prisoners in our hands.
EAST Of Gommecourt we have i'm
proved and strengthened the positions
gained: We carried out two success
full raids to the southeast and north
east Of Arras respectively. Many cas-
ualties were inflicted on the enemy;
forty.two prisoners and one machine
gun were captured.
I'VE also entered trenches to tho
southeast Of Ginchy and took prison
ers. In every case. our Casualties
were slight.
Sunday there was considerable &C
tivity in the air: many combats took
place. Six hostile machines were
broasht down, tao falling In our lines.
Eight were driven down damaged"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-01

"War bread" made it's first appearance
in Philadelphia today. Crisp and light
golden brown, four loaves were taken from
the ovens of the Hotel Walton.
within few days, when It is to be
placed upon the hotel menu cards, Phila-
delphians may secure their first taste Of
what they may have to eat in a few months.
The idea of serving war bread" as a
regular part of the menu originated with
Herbert c. Crowhurst, assistant manager
of the hotel, who is strong admirer Of
Herbert Hoover food administrator. and
believes in following out his policies when
ever possible. Mr. Crowhurst, realizing
that the country's output of wheat would be
insufficient to feed both the people Of the
United States and their allies, hit upon the
idea Of formulating a war bread" item on
the menus as a means of aiding IN the con-
servation Of the wheat supply of the nation.
The bread, which contains In addition to
white flour a quantity of whole wheat and
rye flour, is very pleasing to the palate.
The blending of the three flours has given
1t flavor that IS peculiarly sweet, yet It
retains all the qualities Of SAVIOR that 70
to make up the bread that mother used to
bake" 1t keeps fresh longer than the
average bread.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-01

vr1HEN Rowdy and I started ior so"o,'
w who should we meet but the pr'h'pa
Then remembered what she told me aoou, ,
getting the kids to play with me. 80
walked along beside her and said, We'll 20.
DAYS the day the big thing gets pulled on
The principal said. what on eartn are
you talking about. child7" said' You
don't mean to say you have forgotten she
said. 'I seem to have done so' 1 said'
"Today is the day I natten Red and make
her NAV with me- "She said, you mean t,sln
fatter her" I said, you said hatten, a., Sh1
said what do you mean by hatten. -.
told her what was aiming to 90 anu sne
laughed and told me she didn't mean Una. .
I was to hit any one, but was to say me-
things about them. But how can you soy
nice things about people IL there arc "'
nice things to say about them!
After the principal went In Red came To-
ward me with n bunch OF the other BITE
and said to me, do you want to play =.
said "You bet do" and smiled at al o,
them, l was so glad. She SAID San you
chin yourself ten times?" said, What - az
YOU mean, chin myself?" She SAID, ues
hold Of the iron pipe in the basement ana q
null yourself up ten times to your cnin.
said 'rhat will be easy for me. Tor am
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-01
PATSY KILDARE, OUTLA'
plnuin0 Tricks
Rv JUDD MORTIMER LEWIS

the strongest kid in the school" sn.
THAT is good. for you have got n ssa '
how strong you are before you can n.y.
with u.s."
So we all went into the basemsr, ~ !.
she showed me the pipe and Il was nm Ass.SV ~
The girls pulled bench underneath n -
got on the bench and they said ssNs.-|
jump up and catch Il and pull yourself M N.
many times as you can" Red said. 49,
can't pull herself up once" So rot ~, ~
bench and jumped and grabbed the rSs~
Then let go Of It and the bench t,,rrsS
over and got bump that made my brsi,s
rattle, for the pipe waslhot. ~
blew on my hands and they war. "
laughing ht to split themselves. s.sx
Gee that was good joke on ma" ~
said, Are you going to tell the teachssss
l said, II should say not Hot ninss
nothing to me. I just let 20 OF that nina ~
amuse the rest Of you. Do you want "a -
me hang on to it while somebody co,,nts
hundred?" They said they did, SO shovsx
them the electric socket and said. .'Novs
one of you push your finger into this ~
ring the bell when you are ready for ma a
Jump of the bench and grab the pirs n
Red said, IT will do It, Smarty."
got on the bench and said, 'Rinr ~.
bell whenever you are ready" Red pushsS
her finger in and then she hollered ~
held her finger with the other hand srS
hollered some more until first one teachsr
and then another. and ,then all of tHsm
came running. Red told them that her
finger was smashed and they looked At Il
and It wasn't was laughing and blowins
on my hands and the principal told the chill.
dren they had better let me aions
for was too smart for them. which wasn't
news t. me.
Nothing else happened all day, but orr
lessons, and they are easy went swim.
ming after school and got home just after
my father had gone and just in time to find
Wilbur and Dutch in my house fixing A
pail Of water over the door. Rowdy and
drove them upstairs and out of the window
and kept them on the roof until all the
lights in the neighborhood were put out and
Wilbur began to cry. Then we let them out
| and they went home and Wilbur got licked
for staying out late, for I could hear him
holler. That made me kind of sorry thai
I'd done it, but hope Dutch got licked
to.
1.-THE CRAwFIsH HOLE" tho next Psts,
Kildare adventure, appears In tOm0rrow's Eve
ming Ledger.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-01
SCOUT FARMERS TO GET
TRIP TO WASHINGTON
Best Crop Raisers Will Win Prize
Tour After Con-
test

Philadelphia Boy Scout officials today
began an inspection of farms and gardens
now under cultivation by boys in and about
Philadelphia. The inspection will cover the
greater part.of the present month. Prizes
will be awarded to the more meritorious
boys, in the shape of a trip early in Sep
tember TO Washington and call on Her.
bert c. Hoover. A visit also will be made
TO President Wilson. should the Chief Ex-
ecutive's time permit.
Eleven boys will be taken to Washington,
three from the troop winning first prize in
garden cultivation. three from the second,
two from the third and one from the fourth.
The inspection today will be made at the
Scout farm Of 130 acres at Glen Lock. Pa.
The Scouts are cultivating the ground under
the direction of the Rev. Charles w.
Schreiner, rector of the Episcopal Church
of the Atonement, Forty-seventh street and
Kingsessng avenue. At this farm the boys
are raising nearly every variety Of vege-
tables.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-01
To Can Corn on Cob

~ the Editor OF Woman's Page, '.'
Dear Madam-will you please give directions
pr canning corn on the cob II 1T can be done
0is' way. and obige. CMrs.) G. l..
It 10 better In canning corn on the cob to
select Country Gentleman, Golden Bantam
or some other small-cob corn to save space.
II too ripe 1t becomes dry and discolored
while processing; II underripe it is tasteless
and lacks food value. Be careful not to use
too much salt a small spoonful of'a mix
ture of two-thirds sugar and one-thrd salt
- good proportion. Also see that the
water is soft; very hard water sometimes
causes the corn to turn yellow. II is best
10 can 1t as soon after being picked as pos
9ible. So -= -.-
Remove the husks and silk, trim the ears
carefully cutting out any kernels. Do not
leave any broken kernels, as these will give
Z milky appearance to the water. Blanch
for hve minutes. plunge into the cold dip
and pack quickly. alternating the tips and
the butts. first ear tip end down. second,
ear butt end down. and on SO that they
At as closely into the can as possible. A
quart Jar should hold four small ears,
although the gallon jars (No. 10) are best.
- they hold from seven to ten ears each.
Salt and add from one to two inches Of
water, then screw down the lids and place
N the hot-water bath outfit for about three
hours or into a steam-pressure cooker Cfive
pounds) for one hour.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-01

BERNARD SHAW. that arrant redhead
- of the literary world. once wrote that
he had let his poor mother slave Ior him
for more than nine years and never re-
GREETED 1t. with the supreme egotism ana
selfshness of the genius, he let her wear
herself out at the grinding work Of taking
in music pupils while the lived "off OF her
for almost the decade that 1t took him to
get a footing in the literary world.
From the Shavian point of view this was
as il should be. But l never heard OF any
one else who thought so, and i remember
reading the passage with a distinct shock.
Looking out for ones mother has seemed
the first law Of civilized man or woman
But the modernist declares that this is
all wrong There are cases according to
the new viewpoint when 1t is eminently
fitting for mother to stand behind the coun-
ter or sit in front Of the typewriter. Ger
trude Atherton says so. In one or the
chapters of her new book, THE Living
Present" feministic consideration of the
woman Of tho day. she deplores the economic
trend that is responsible for the sauying
forth of hordes Of the young women Of the
nation to factory loom. shop counter and
office drudgery.
MOTHER AS BREADwrNNER
Far be It from me-" she writes, TO
advise that young girls refrain from doing
their part in the general work Of the home.
IL servants are out of the question; that
won't hurt them. but IL some one must go
out and support the family 1t would better
be the mothers or the maiden aunt.
There used to be volumes of indignation
expended upon the American mother toiling
in the home at the washtub for hire or
trudging daily to some remunerative task,
while her daughters. after a fa.. education,
idly fiirted and danced and read and finally
married.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-01
Recipe for Peach Mangoes

70 the Editor Of woman's Page:
y Dear Madsm--Please print recipe for peach
mancoes and obge. L. c. O..
Wash and wipe some firm, free-stone
reaches, halve them and remove the stones.
then lay them In brine for two days and in
fresh, water for one. STUFF with a mixture
% grated horseradish and mustard seed.
adding little celery seed. Tie the halves
into shape with soft packthread pack in a
sfone jar and pour spiced and sweetened
vinegar over them. Cover closely. Scald
<t6s vinegar and cover the peaches with It
sgaip once a fortnight for two months.
they will not be sufficiently seasoned for
ne for about four months.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-01

TO nc Editor Of Woman's Page:
Dear Madam--The poetry sent to YOU by q.
j. 1. should read: ~ -
you to others kind and true
~ you q nave others be to you"
=, IT. ~ sounds somewhat like Doctor Watts, but
A somewhat similar idea occurs in NV mann
on Ssr,si CHRISTMAS at Shreveport In 1897 which
secured second place: ~
20 ye e others, Jesus cried.
q. as you'd have others do to you
81. T.. Whoever keeps this end in view
In virtue lives, In honor dies"
81 {emember pieces OF poetry that were original
ssma s 5op & o, eseh chapter In novel, but read
name. One was; 'eo'oef the
= when lovely woman stoops to folly.
be. And finds too late that men betray
"nnt ART can soothe her melancholy?
"hat tears can wash her guilt away7,
>, I 4 would say her misfortune. The latter would
OF today on .'The Mistake and Its Price. n
her second column would fall !"
"PuPpet to schemer's wiies
Ana servile to mellow tongue"
suggested to me by some expression in Tenny.
manuscript novel written at Mafeld, Cal. bv
sShos s,ri in 1892 when had Just % come mms1 fqom
Another chapter heading was
II sways, the lofty and and II the 'iitsi iowiy,
And shrouds beneath its sable paii
Each aspiration high and holy"
VIII conclude with my first valentine "a
I've often wished to have a friend
With whom my choicest hours 10 snrnd,
Who would In every sorrow cheer
foT Whnm ,nse aons Ess IA ny wIsS srlsfs :, tears
Ana VINO would only wish for me''
GEORGE WILLIAMS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-01
By MIISS

that women are forced to work in times OF
peace for their bread at tasks that are far
too hard for them, that extract the sweet
ness from youth and unfit them physically
for what the vast majority of women want
more than anything else in life-children.
INDEPENDENCE OR MARRIAGE
III they deliberately prefer independence
to marriage, well and good. but surely we
are growing civilized enough (and this war,
In Itself plunge into the dark ages, has
In quite unntentional ways advanced civili-
zation. for never in the history of the world
have SO many brains been thinking. so to
arrange the social machinery that II girls
and young women are forced to work for
their daily bread, and often the bread Of
others. at least 1t shall be under condi-
tions including double shifts. that will
enable them, II the opportunity comes. as
completely to enjoy all that home means
as falls to the lot Of their more fortunate
sisters.
Even those who launch out in life with
no heavier need than their driving inde
pendence of spirit should be protected, for
often, they, too, when worn in body and
| mind, realize that the Independent life, per
Sc, Is a deusion and that their completion
as well as their ultimate happiness and
economic security. lies IN a brood and
husband to support it."
A queer mixture Of conservatism and
radicalism Is the view that the woman's
place. IL she be young. is in the home, but
| in the industrial or professional world II
she has passed the meridian Of life which
most experts agree is thirty-five
STILL THERE'S HOPE FOR MOTHER
But there is hope for mother and spin
lister Aunt Patience. According to Mrs
Atherton, the new woman will not come into
her full triumph until she has reached
middle-age-and then she should triumph
with a vengeance!
Every healthy and courageous woman's
second vitality" she points oue, 'is
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-01
BABY NINE GAY, RISQUE;
MISS CLARK COPIES DOUG
Marguerite Dons Trousers
and Cuts Up a la Fair
banks in "Amazons"
BY the Photoplay Editor

Ges Marioi from Sir Arthur W. Pinero's play.
Directed by Joseph Kaufman. Photographed
by William Marshall. Private screening,
Marguerite Clark is going to escape the
awful stigma of merely cute" or know the
reason why. In 1.-THE Amazons" she not
only dons boys clothes with heart-rending
pictorial results), but climbs walls, takes
flying leaps into takes and generally gives
as complete an impersonation of a small
feminine Fairbanks as could be wanted
You all know THE Amazons." or ought to-
II is a bright little comedietta, last seen In
the legitimate with Billie Burke and Sheley
feats weren't possible. Director Kaufman
has turned out nice, neat cinema version
OF the original piece, with plenty of good
continuity--in fact. perhaps a bit too much
attractive setting that don't In the least
suggest rural England and a quota of hand
some girls and boys and two adequate char
acter actors for the very droll roles done
on the stage by Fritz Williams and Ferdi-
nand Gottschalk Miss Marion has made a
good workable script from Sir Arthur's
play. But she must be warned against the
habit of putting suspiciously Forty-second
and Broadway cant into the mouths Of
Britons AS sample Of Paramount light
ing and photography The Amazons" Is
medium for the less tragic moods of life.
All in all. 1t is q fine release and welcome
relief from vampires and two-by-four melo-
drama And It serves to reintroduce In
the person Of Mr.. Hlnckley a juvenile (of
enormous staturs) who is among the best
OF his sort but who went into eclipse whom
he left Grlffith and Fine Arts The ANA
IONS" 10 for those who like intelligent froth,
pretty faces. high links and refined mirth.