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The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01
Common Sense Plus.

The class in Commercial English was studying the parcel post system The subject being discussed was the size of admissible matter under this class, to be sent in any zone. The cor rect rule for this is to measure the parcel from end to end with an S4- inch tape measure, and then use the rest of the measure to stretch around the circumference of the parcel. If any surplus inches of tape come around, then the parcel is of correct size.
 Suppose, said the teacher, bring ing forth a practical example, that l were to have an umbrella, Louise, how could tell whether or not it could be sent?"
 Louise arose reluctantly and studied for a moment in silence. At last she answered, Well, I think I'd close the umbrella first
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01
PADUA DEAR TO ART LOVERS Destruction Wrought in City by the Huns Is DepIored by the
 Civilized World.

Dear, save to savages. is Padua, an eient, gated, arcaded. There the Bac- chiglione is spanned by Roman bridges that the Paduan Livy may have walked on. There Dante'S house looks on the Sepulchre of Antenor of Troy, the mythical founder of the city. There Mantegna was born and Fra filipro Lippi worked. There DonateiIos s bronze equestrian Gattamelia stands, proud. unmatchable. before the vast church of Saint Antonio, 'Il Santo,' the beloved Franciscan, one of the most genial, sympathetic, human, and popular of saints. missionary and mir acle-maker, as vivid, alive, and help full of thousands today as if he had not died nigh GOO years ago.
 There is that famous university the seat for so long of jurisprudence, med icine, of the humanities and sciences. Medieval palaces, Renaissance loggias and churches, Giotto's frescoes in the Arena-Padua is city of art and his tory, unfortified save by the broken relics of its past.
 Most of it's then ancient monuments were destroyed by the Huns and other barbarian hordes long ago. Now it has been raided from the air by the scien- tftic savages. The church of 1 Carmini and the Scuola del Garmini, with fres- coes by Titan and Campagnola, have been bombed and burned, the Renais- sance front of the cathedral blown up, the sepulehral church of "the Saint" and the Civic museum injured. A three nights triumph for the new heather invaders of Italy.
 Do they get little satisfaction for the failure of their military plans out of these violations of the great sepul- chres of great things?" What is the motive, ineXplicable to civilized men, of this continuous wanton destruction of the beautiful and the venerable?
 The help of St. Anthony of Padua is perhaps most often asked for the restoration of things lost The kindly saint will be vainly invoked by Aus tria-Hungary and Germany when they begin to feel the need of recovering their reputations.-New York Times.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01
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TO AVOID HAZARDS BY FIRE
Rioht Kind of Construction and Eff cient inspection Will Prevent
 Much Damage, Says Engineer.

'sProper methods of construction and efficient building inspection will pre- vent very large proportion of the fires which annually do so much dam age in American cities" says k. $. Whiting. an architectural engineer. who has made a compilation and care full study of more than 200 building codes. Whiting sums up his conclu- sons thus:
 "The allowance of ten feet between buildings in uncongested districts is about the average found in building codes, although a greater distance is advisable and often specified, and in some cases the space is increased to 20 feet or more. If an ordinance lim- fling the distance between buildings had been provided in the building code of Atlanta, Ga, the conflagration or May 21, 1917, might have resulted not so disastrously. 1t is next to impos- sible for firemen to fight fire satis- factorily between two burning bufld- ings if the space between them is not wide enough for two persons to pass comfortably, which seems to have been the case in Atlanta.
 The width of building lots is mat ter that should be carefully thought out and regulated by local authorities, and especially in congested dwelling house district, and should not be per mitted less than 35 feet; better still. plated with a width of from 40 to 90 feet, thus allowing liberal space on each side of every dwelling.
 Buildings such as public garages, oil houses and refneries, rendering plants, varnish works etc, as we'll as buildings used for the storage or ham, ding of large quantities of combust- ble material, whether of fire resistive or non-fire resistiye construction, should be erected only in isolated loca- tons, where their contents cannot be considered as fire hazard for adjoin- ing or nearby buildings
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01

white, half teaspoonful of lemon juice and the grated peel. two cupfuls of flour and two tablespoonfuls of bak- ing powder. Knead lightly, roll out and cut with a club cutter. After the cookies are placed in the pan, brush over the other egg white beaten slight ly, sprinkle with chopped almonds and sugar.
 Farina Date Pudding.-While cook sweeten and add a eupful of chopped dates. Finish cooking, stir in tea spoonful of lemon juice and pour into a fancy mold to harden. Let stand until firm and serve with cream and sugar.
 Clam Pie.-Mix two tablespoonfuls of shortening into quart of flour un- til 1t is like meat, adding two table spoonfuls of baking powder, pinch of salt and ice water to the consistency of pie crust. Roll out and bake like a shortcake. Split butter while hot and turn over the sauce and clans. Scald the clans in their own liquor, strain them out and reserve them. To the broth add tablespoonful of flour mixed with two of fat, salt and pepper to taste. Return the clans to the sauce, boil up and pour over the short cake. Oysters may be used In a simi- lar fashion.
 Baked Savory Eggs.-Cook in the shells as many eggs as there are peo- pie to serve. Prepare rounds of toast, butter slightly and put on the platter to be used for serving. Cut the eggs in halves lengthwise, and take out the yolks. Put two halves on each piece of toast. Have ready some bits of tongue finely minced and cream it with the egg yolks, season with salt. pepper and butter and refill each egg white, making 1t round up in small mound. Have cupful of white sauce, thickened and seasoned with tomato catsup. Turn this hot over the toast around the eggs. Serve hot at once
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and little pepper, beat thoroughly, add three-fourths Of a cupful of sour cream and beat again. Whip the whites stiff, fold into the yolk mix ture and pour into the omelet pan with q tablespoonful of hot fat. Cook gently until Drowned on the bottom, then set in the oven to cook on top. Fold and serve on a hot platter.
 Chicken en Ramekins.--Take cup ful of diced chicken, add two chopped pimentoes, and cupful and d half of rich white sauce. Fill buttered ramekins and cover with buttered crumbs, place whole almond in the center of each dish and brown in hot oven.
 Mary Pickford's Fried Chicken.- Dress and quarter two chickens. Beat two eggs, adding two teaspoonfuls of salt and few dashes of pepper Dip the chicken first in this. then in four Melt half cupful of sweet fat in a hot pan and when sizzling hot add the chicken, brown well. Slice one onion and sprinkle over the chicken. then |. Remove the chicken and add four ta- blespoonfuls of four. a pint each of heavy cream and milk. Let 1t boil up once and season well. Pour over the chicken and serve or serve the gravy in separate dish.
 Bean ScalIop.-Soak a generous cup ful Of dried Lima beans over night. Drain off this water in the morning, cover with fresh water with tea spoonful of salt and simmer well GOV cred four hours, then add three onions cut in slices and cook another hour. Drain off most of the liquor, put into baking dish, turn in can of toma- toes, cover the top with buttered crumbs and bake in q moderate oven until the top is well Drowned.
 Pot Cheese With Chives--Wash and cut the chiyes as fine as possible, then mix with cottage cheese. adding cream from time to time as needed. Make into balls and turn over them a little sweet, thick cream.
 Fruit Salad.-Cut a halfpound o1 marshmallows into small pieces. Cut up few slices of pineapple, two ol three bananas and an apple, all mixed with sweetened and favored whipped cream. Garnish with cherries.
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sugar and half teaspoonful of salt and a half cupful of milk. Stir in a half cupful of sifted flour, another half cupful of milk, one tablespoonful of melted fat and lastly the stiffiy beaten whites of the eggs. One less egg and one-half a teaspoonful of bak- ing powder may be used. Bake on a hot griddle, making the cakes slightly larger than usual. Spread each cake with jelly and roll while hot. Place on platter and sprinkle with sugar, with a red-hot wire toaster scorch lines on the sugared cakes. This gives an at tractive appearance and a slight flavor of burnt sugar
 Potato Pancakes.-Peel, wash and grate the potatoes. drain and to every two cupfuls allow one beaten egg two tablespoonfuls of flour and sufficient milk to make a stiff batter. Season with salt, pepper and onion juice. Cook in a frying pan in hot fat until well Drowned on both sides. Serve with meat and gravy.
 Corn Pancakes With Tomato Sauce.
 1o tuti LII CoIu aiIoW one beaten egg, teaspoonful of melt ed butter, salt, pepper and sufficient flour and milk to make a batter. The quantities differ, varying as to the moisture of the corn. Fry on hot griddle and serve with hamburg steak and tomato sauce. Place a round of the hamburg on each cake cover with tomato sauce and serve.
 Layer Paneakes-Mix two we'll beaten eggs with two cupfuls of milk and add gradually sufficient flour and milk to make a batter. Add half tea spoonful each of salt and baking pow der just before starting to bake the cakes. Make the cakes the size of a dessert plate and spread with butter and maple sugar. Keep hot until five are ready. Arrange like Il layer cake and cut in wedge-shaped pieces when serving With tea or cocoa this makes d nice luncheon dish.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01

eupful of fresh chopped coconut. In another dish mix cupful of mashed white potatoes with three tablespoon fuls of finely chopped blanched al- monds. Separate the yolks and whites of two eggs, beat the yolks slightly. Form the white potato mixture into small balls using the whites of the eggs, dust with white pepper. Roll the sweet potato mixture moistened with egg yolks around the white balls, form ing them with the hands; dust with paprika and roll in finely minced par sley. Fry in deep fat. Drain and pa per and serve hot
 East India Meat BalIs.-Chop {; pound of raw beef, two stalks of eel cry. one small onion, tablespoonful of finely chopped parsley, a teaspoon full of curry powder, two eggs, a half eupful of boiled rice, salt and cayenne pepper to taste. Make into balls and cook in deep fat. Serve with border of cooked rice and pour over all 8 highly seasoned tomato sauce.
 Piquant Cheese Sandwiches.-Beat three eggs, dHu Cuplui Ol sweet or sour cream. a tablespoonful of sweet fat. q tablespoonful of sugar, a little cayenne and a teaspoonful of mus tard. Cook over boiling water until thick. Heat three tablespoonfuls of mild vinegar and add 1t to the cream mixture. Cook minute then add a pound and a half of rich cheese and four tablespeonfuls of finely chopped green or red peppers with a teaspoon ful of salt. Just let the cheese melt This makes dressing enough to spread several dozen sandwiches.
 Pottage.-Chop four small onions and cook in two tablespoonfuls of fat until soft and yellow Add can of red kidney beans, can of tomatoes, simmer until soft enough to force through a sieve and when ready to serve add pinch of soda and thin with hot milk. Season we'll with salt and pepper.
 Bananas Drowned in little hot fat or cooked until well heated, then served as vegetable with steak, makes q most tasty dish.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01
Master and Servant.

It is held to be the duty of master to see that the number of servants en- gagged on any particular work is suffi- cient to secure the reasonable safety of each one of them, in Wallace V. Tre- mont x G. +. Go, L. k. A. 1917D, 959, which further holds that the duty of a master to furnish proper tools, appli- ances and safe place, embraces hu- man instrumentalities and mechanical devices.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01
Nu. NA4 ~teQ

Frederic c. Rockford of Chicago, a rookie at Camp Grant, received ESQ., GOO from his father as reward for his patriotism when he enlisted in the army.
 The Germans are using a special skyroeket as an antiaircraft measure. Bursting, 1t Eliminates a wide area. So intense is the glare that aviators coming within range of the device are temporarily blinded.
 Machinery suitable for making silk and cotton for gloves is needed in France.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01

Post Office club that organization thouand' his pocket meanwhile Give thousand please"
 thousand dollars in pocket makes you benign moo thousand do O
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The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01

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The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01
Oriental Ruby.

The oriental ruby consists of nearly pure alumina-i. e.. oxide of aluminium in crystalline form, containing but l per cent of oxide of iron and one half of l per cent of any other sub stance. The specific gravity of this precious stone is higher than that of many other gems, ranging from 3.9 to i.2. Aluminium, the metal, has, when cast, density of 256; when forged, of ..o1, or only one-third of that of forged steel or fourth of that of silver. The melting point is about 1900 de- rrees Fahrenheit.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01
NOTES OF THE DAY

Kobe, one of the most interesting cities of Japan, is to have an elevated railway. It will connect Fukiai and Takatori with the center of the ancient city.
 German sugar manufacturers have offered substantial! cash prizes for inn provements in harvesting and unload inc sugar beets, one that amounts to $2, ,3S0 being for the best apparatus and process for drying their leaves and tops.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01

apple or a variety of spices and fiavoring to offer q choice to the most eXacting palate.
 French or Jelly Pan- cakes.-Beat the yolks and whites of three eggs separately. To the yolks add one teaspoonful of
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01
American Stainless Steel.

The English government has SO cur tailed the manufacture of stainless" steel, a rustless metal used for cut lery, that its production is no longer practicable. It is predicted that Amer ican stainless" steel will dominate the market in the future. South Amer ican countries offer good markets for this product.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01

iAtI hltiAliCso-
 Glover Leaves. Take seven ta- blespoonfuls of butterine, or any fat, a cupful of sugar, a half tea spoonful of salt, two beaten egg yolks, one beaten
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01

1elps, cries, roars. walls. shrieks and all the other noises wild animals can make assail the ears for blocks.
 People who live near the zoo have grown fond of the mingled cries of the animals.
 All summer and fall you hear them, roaring and crying away in their dens. You learn to distinguish their voices, and can tell the coyote from the sea-lion with one ear.
 That's the coyote" you announce
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01

 comes to The like at aron baseball You visitors pleasure  The animals
  of al the is cold all are ekeptin ndoors.
  . n Tha Is al. srx!ng the chorus
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01

worthy a DIace among the good things.
 Potato Nut Cro- quettes. to- gether in one dish two cupfuls of sweet potatoes cooked and mash ed with half a
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01

oeeuped-by that  the esened a
 If would for herself sayahome day don't believe MT Beeler and the public utilities a
 "Now what think of philosophers
 "Youd better ask the they of l answered.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01

OIIIVe JUsI DtIUTH -tHTIsIIIIas. I'III
 Sherwood, private secretary to Post master Chance, bought the candy. Sherwood as right-hand man to Chance. who is chairman of local ex- emption board for division No. 3, knows a whole lot about the draft. He received his training under Chance, who runs the city post office with his right hand, the affairs of the exemption board with his left hand and the Billy" Sunday campaign the Lord only knows how 1 learned.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01

tsI pIace TOT the Study or human na- ture I have ever seen,n said one promi- nent member of the legal advisory board, as he stood in an exemption board headquarters one day last week.
 The faithful work being done by members of the legal profession in helping registrants fill out their ques- tionnaires is phase of selective serv- ice work which will go down in that unwritten history which Is always greater in extent than the written.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01

StfVtU on tOdSt Wlth a rich white sauce, makes a most tasty dish. Ar range as asparagus is served.
 Sour Cream OmeIet.- Separate the yolks and whites of six eggs, add a teaspoonful of salt
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01
Down Below.

First Mermaid-What on earth is Curly Locks so busy about when it is time for her to be sitting here on the rocks win her golden comb?
 Second Ditto-Oh, she's got the Hoover fever from some shlpwrecked humans, and she's down in the coral cave putting up jellyfish.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01


  industrial grounds
  to none Not bit of amt boy" registrant  What total income included answer
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01

Only what we have brought into our character during life can we take away with us.-Humboldt.
 Light is the task when many share the toil.-Homer.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01

continued. "Fr0m ualIy UDstrNdlIuH UII the street cars of the city, l am con vinced that the serious overerowdihg of the cars is brought about in large part by the women.
 "Try to go home any time In the afternoon. especially between four and six o'clock, when the workers of the city. in all walks of life, seek their homes for rest and q good dinner.
 "Then you will see every street car packed with human freight, and you will observe that practically every
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01
Wise Resolve.

..Did you make any New Year reso- lutions?"
 "Yes; one" "What was it?" Not to make any"
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01

through the bars of a gate at Union station, she somehow suggested Char lotte Corday-per Cercoran gallery pose-though, naturally, a turnless worm of woman could not other wise favor the Joan of the Revolution, who helped to put Napoleon on his throne.
 Nor did she, In the least, convey an ownership of folks, except that you knew somebody must be coming by the way she waited. and waited-and waited. As each train chooed-chooed
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01
His Limitations.

Tommy-The kaiser's an overlord, ain't he?
 Sammy-Yes, but you bet he ain't an over-the-top lord.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01
People Learn to Become Fond of Animal Chorus

RESIDENTS of the Mount Pleasant section of society IN all the at six o'clock morning the animaIs
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01
Why Not Have "Stay-at-Home' Day for Women?

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 of Washington help they
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01
Worth Waiting For, Was This Particular "Worm

CHE her face into of fine tucks and could the threads of aga As she stared
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01

Many man gets a reputation for dignity when he really is suffering from a stiff neck
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01
Many Puzzle Their Heads Over Questionnare

URELY wisdom
 which millions
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01

A true diplomat can say something pleasant to a collector, even though he hopes never to see him again.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01
SOMETHING TO EAT.

The following is a new recipe which many mothers will enjoy making for
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01
A PLATE OF PANCAKES.

There are many delectable pancake with unexpected bits of finely choppe
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01

True bravery Is shown by perform ing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world.-La. Rochefocauld.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01
GOOD THINGS FOR THE TABLE.

Two or three punches of green onions, cooked stems and all, and
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01
Daily Thought.

One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth an age without a name.- Scott.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01
ECONOMICAL DISHES.

The following dishes will be found, many of them rather unusual, but
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01
WASHINGTON 4}I
 SIDELGHIS aal
One More Instance of the "Bird in the Hand''

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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-05-10
FOREIGNER JAILED
FOR ESPIONAGE
Austrian Who Had Steel Sc.
creted Gets Two
Years.

Charged with having violated tn,
espionage act, John Melich, an Aus.
trlan, OF Wendell Mines, was sentenc
ed to serve two years in the fedora
prison at Atlanta, Ca, by Judge Dav.
ton yesterday afternoon in the fedora
court at Wheeling. Melich was char
ed with having made disloyal remark
against the government.
Just before the case went to the IN.
ry Assistant United States District AZ
torney Byrer Of Philippi told how Me,
Itch had concealed piece of steel in
his sleeve Just before United States
Deputy Marshal John D. More, OF
this city, left Fairmont Jail.
1t was discovered by Jailer T. v
Buckley and removed. The attorney
for the accused contended that tia
government had not made out its case
or proved the allegations in the in.
dictment.
After the Jury returned a verdict
and before sentence was imposed the
attorney for the accused said he be,
lleved the man was mentally unbalanc
ed. Judge Dayton said that il such
was discovered the authorities at the
federal prison would commit him to
the proper authorities.