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The Adair County news., 1918-01-09
veStments of the Russian
Clergy Are Most Costly

The robes of the Russian clergy are
the richest and most costly in the
world. They are unattainable under
goo. OF course, notes a writer, a
priest cannot pay this cash down, so
the holy synod advances him the mon
ey, and then deducts it from his sti-
pend.
In the House of the Holy Synod, sit
uated inside the Kremlin, may be seen
vestments of fabulous value. One is
embellished with the Nicene creed,
embroidered in pearls, estimated to be
worth anything between 100000 and
f350O00. There are no fewer than
seven miters studded with diamonds,
rubies and emeralds; also golden GRO
Siers of rare workmanship. The exact
value Of these treasures has never been
divulged, but it is said that if a per-
son offered f45,000,000 for the House
Of the Holy Synod and secured its con-
tents he would make great bargain.
The Adair County news., 1918-01-09
When a Woman Wants More
Than a PaciGst' Advice
By HARRIET CULVER

Someone always taking the joy out of life by asking
to take sides with them upon matter that's aatng them
said the Impatient Woman companng she stopped pursuing
her lips into and psms her purn and dropped into
plain knitting with a sigh of relief
But when taking sides in matter that
apartment house jewellers and riddles all the tenets of the Dea
ration of Independence mparay it to that for
should hesitate before gaopg in where angels fear to tread
"Not that don't think hundreds of weary of
gngs with and anto the vexed matter of distr
bung favors would be plumb cked death determined
individual should take stand right buy
milk and her just mparaly she patrons the goces
and the dry goods merchants locality for it does of
must submit dctaon espionage upon such fng
matters
81 tried pacfy the friend who with all her
taking from the anor and the Indifference with which he
had repeatedly served her with the smallest pieces of Whereas
topfoor dwee she had been paying the highest price and
might reasonably have expected she'd be given at least fair dis
position of the spois
"And tried to laugh into good humor another belgerent
who had insisted upon changing mmen only to find that orders
had been given barring other than the favored firm from having
to the building but I'm not yet that did much to
calm the troubled waters suggested to the first that she
conrve Of window box and give the ceman the cold
shoulder this winter and told the other give her milk
grocer else lug home bottle of the acea fluid
every night her knitting bag, but sad Pm not but
I've gained reputation of being than mediocre Jobs
fore that When to you good and mad she
wants more than pacfs advice, find STILL it ought to help
willing listener and let her get penup indg
nation out of her system, don't you think?'
The Adair County news., 1918-01-09
Warship Captain Lonely, Yet
Rules With Autocratic SWAY

Tradition and the eXigencies of his
position impose lonely sort of exist
ence on the captain of a warship, says
the London Mail. Amid the dense pop
ulatiOn of the floating steel island over
which he rules with autOcratic sway
the captain lives a life of solitude.
Other officers, according to their
rank, may enjoy the good cOmradeship
of the wardroom or the merry round
of the care-free, fear-free, irrespOnsi-
BILE gunroom. But for the captain these
are things of the past. In his apart
ments astern he lives in almost royal
isolation, with a sentry ION the door,"
and surrounded by such difficulties of
approach as hedge about a king.
Within certain limits he is a king
more autocratic in his tiny realm than
are many mOnarchs who wear their
crowns ashore. Part of the quarter
deck is his royal plaisance. In harbor
the starboard side, at sea the weather
side of it are reserved for him by ages
old custom. No one else may tread
there while the captain remains ION
deck"
The Adair County news., 1918-01-09
Birds That Are Credited
With Bringing Good Luck

Tradition has it that a late swallow
brings good luck to the hostel he IA
vors, and many country people still
regard the bird as semiconsecrated,
and refuse to allow its empty nest to
be interfered with during the winter
months, observes London Tit-Bits.
With the spring, the birds return to
their original caves, and it is a sign
of impending misfortune if they neg
lect their former nests. A swallow at
sea brings disaster in its train, but a
sand swallow is considered a mascot
by the surrounding countryside.
Even the humble hedge sparrow may
lay claim to some share of nOtOriety,
for Illness attacks the occupant of the
room into which it gains access. A
dead wren is another little treasure,
and the superstitious Manx fishermen
would never set sail at one time with
out one. A live wren will not work the
same result, but a dead wren can vie
with the renowned caul among sea su-
perstitiOnS.
The Adair County news., 1918-01-09
Skim Milk Is Valuable
As a Beverage, in Cookery;
1t Should Not Be Wasted

Save every drop of skim milk. 1t
is a valuable food. Use it in your
kitchen and on your table.
1t is valuable as a beverage, in
cookery, as cottage cheese-too valu-
able to waste, whether it comes
through your own separator or the sep
aratOr at the creamery-too valuable
TO be thrown away, or fed to farm ami
mails, if it can be used for human
food.
At creamerieS where whole milk is
handled, skim milk is often thrown
down the drains. CreamerieS ought
to make their skim milk into cottage
cheese.
Farmers ought to make cottage
cheese at home. Skim milk so used
will supplement out meat supply, for
cottage cheese is one of the best sub
stitUtes for meat. Use it in your
cooking.
Make and eat cottage cheese and en-
courage others to use it.
Make buildings and soups and
bread with skim milk.
The dairy division of the United
States department of agriculture,
Washington, D. c., will tell you how
TO make cottage cheese in the home
or creamery and in what dishes it may
be used.
The Adair County news., 1918-01-09
AirpIanes Take Movies of
Foe Along Battle Fronts

American pre-eminency in the NOV
les has made itself felt at the front
where United States airplanes
equipped with motion picture cameras
clicking constantly as the machine
whirrs over German positions are rap
idly coming into use, writes CORE
SpOndent. When the war started both
allied and German airmen speedily
saw the advantage of photographs of
the enemy's defenses, and pocket ko-
oaks came into use. Next the machine
carrying a larger camera and de-
Tended by a battle plane was brought
forth. The camera grew larger and
larger and the Italians finally pro-
duced a machine which had large
aperture in the bottom, through which
a camera took pictures in rapid sue
ceSSiOn. 1t remained for the Ameri-
cans, however, to place a complete
motion picture machine in this aper-
ture and to take thousands of feet of
film of long lines of PruSsian fOrtifi-
cations, trenches and troop move
ments.
The Adair County news., 1918-01-09
Selection of Books From
Lists Will Fill Gaps in
the ChiIdren'S Libraries

There are gaps on the children's
book shelves-books are missing that
have been worn out by fingers too
eager to be careful, or, worse still,
there are staring spaces that you
have been unable to fill, writes Char
lotte A. Baker. You are planning to
Gil these gaps gradually, but you have
little time to give to the work. This
means that you must depend upon
lists, and that you must know your
lists are reliable.
Recently the Michigan library COM
mission gave the Colorado library COM
mission a generous supply of the lists
they had worked out for their dis
trict, rural, and high school libraries.
The selections in these lists are made
by Miss Effie l.. Powers, children's
librarian in the st. Louis public library
and supplemented by Miss Mabel c.
True.
The first list, a book of 234 pages,
covers the first eight grades and has
in addition lists of reference books,
and special lists of vocational guild
ance, school hygiene, education and
boy scouts. The supplementary list
has LOG pages. This describes books
for adults as well as children, and sug-
gests a list for the campfire girls
The Adair County news., 1918-01-09
No Promised Land for the
Residents of California

In the Pantheon of the Nations, Cal
ifornia-"that soft, round, poetic bun
die of voluptuOus sensibility that bank
rupted nature in the making''-reposes
upon a couch of gOld-hearted noun
tains and emerald-breasted valleys,
and faces the soft wash of a summer
sea that is seldom stOrm-swept and on
whose bosom, even from Nome to the
antipOdes, no iceberg ever floated.
We lack one advantage that is pos
sessed by the people of the East, says
the Los Angeles Times. We have no
California to go TO. There is no prom
iSed land for us. We are in the prom
ised land already. We cannot pack
our Lares and Penates and with them
journey toward the sunset, for we are
living in its affiuent beams.
The Adair County news., 1918-01-09
Dyes Blue Eyes Brown.

Dyeing her eyes was the way a
woman in Berlin evaded capture by
the police. She had become known
as "the murderess with the cOlOred
eyes," To escape detection she ap-
piled to her eyes a poison which
changed their color. They were orig
lnally blue, but were more or less sue
cessfully dyed brown. While in Jail
the dye effects wore off and the pris-
Oner's eyes turned blue again. Her
Identity is now definitely established.
The murderess also made a futile at
tempt to deceive the police by dyeing
her hair black.
The Adair County news., 1918-01-09
Ingenious Defense Scheme
Was Fertilization of Coast
To Derange Ships Compasses

One of the most unique defensive
measures ever proposed to the United
States government was the fortifica-
ton of the coast with giant magnets
that would derange the compass of
any hostile ship that might attempt
a surprise attack, says a writer. That
was back in the nineties, and as the
officer of the engineer corps it was
decided to test the theory. According
~ huge magnet was built near New
York, city, by means Of two cannon,
ton of steel rails and a few miles of
insulated wire. The rails were laid
across the butt of the cannon to "con-
nect' them and the wire was wound
about their firing end. When the cur
rent from big dynamo was turned in
to this magnet it developed surprising
power.
Although it would not draw the nails
out of passing ships, as the lode stone
mountain did to the vessel of Sinbad
the Sailor, it was guaranteed by it's
inventor to disarrange the compass of
any ship within six miles. If the coast
was ever attacked by an enemy fleet
under cover of darkness or fog, this
officer argued, the magnet would so
completely upset the cOmpasses of the
enemy that his ships would be more
likely to run ashore than to make a
successful attack.
Records are unObtainable of just
how far this assertion was borne out
by the experiment. In any event, the
magnet was built and remained intact
for some time. But there was no at
tempt to extend the plan, and ulti-
mately it went into the discard, thus
marking the end of an ingenious
scheme which seemed to have some re-
markable possibilities.
The Adair County news., 1918-01-09
THERE is ONE BOY

= = = = = ~ = = = S111E1E111
There is one boy, somewhere in France
today,
One little boy held with sheltering
arm
Against my heart, safe from all fear
and harm,
One little boy 1 guided in his play,
And urged and praised in work. In
France today
There is one boy.
There is one boy, somewhere today will
fall,
One boy, who, falling, will cry out
my name,
And /, who have the first, the moth
er's claim,
Must wait, while others hush his an
guished call.
The wounded tear my heart, but most
of all
There is one boy.
There is one boy on some red field, to-
night
Lies still; one little boy whose race
is run.
Whose faith has triumphed and
whose goal is won.
And be his cause the unworthy or the
right,
thank thee, oh, my God, that in thy
sight
There is one boy.
Elizabeth nj. Walker, in Boston
Transcript.
The Adair County news., 1918-01-09
Popular Science.

Ceylon has 16 varieties of
palm from which sugar can be
extracted.
The island of Reunion has
changed it's name four times In
less than a century.
In its deepest part the depth
of the English channel between
Dover and Calais does not ex-
coed $50 feet.
The japanese are producing
annually 100000 tons Of coal
from the mines of Japan and
south Manchuria.
The Adair County news., 1918-01-09
Nothing to Put in Them.

First Tailor-This war will modify
next years fashions. Because of the
scarcity and high price of wool there
will be no hip pockets, no cuffs on
coat sleeves and no turnup trousers.
Second Tailor-Yes; and if the war
lasts two or three years longer there
will be no pockets of any kind. They
will not be needed.
The Adair County news., 1918-01-09


queried a cluster
of wide-eyed girls,
"w re MT you
dreadfully fright
ened when the SOL
der tried to put
his arms around
you? What in the
world did you do?"
"Oh, that was
easy. l just yell
ed Attention = and
he was perfectly
helpless"
The Adair County news., 1918-01-09
Very True.

Smith-Do you believe that music
prevents crime?
Williams-To certain extent. When
a man keeps both hands and his
breath busy with a cornet you know
he can't be busy picking pockets, at
tempting homicide or slandering his
neighbOrS.
The Adair County news., 1918-01-09

u W. s-SNAAA L-eA
py, Dolores"
81 am"
SIS Ferdy pay
ing you more at
tentiOn?"
"No, but since
this three-cent
postage came in
he has stopped
writing to a lot
of out-of-t ow
girls"
The Adair County news., 1918-01-09
The Wherefore.

"What doe S
such a little vii
lage want with
such a big hos
pital?"
"We're right on
t h e main line
automobile speed
way, stranger"
The Adair County news., 1918-01-09
Fair PLAY.

Husband-Then you won't admit
that you are wrong?
Wife-No; admitted was wrong
last time. It's your turn now
Browning's Magazine.
The Adair County news., 1918-01-09
SOME SMILES
Encouraging.

Young Man-What did your daddy
say when he heard 1 had kissed your
sister?
Little Grille said that was encOur-
aging.
The Adair County news., 1918-01-09
She Economical.

She EconomIzed.
''TOm, DEAR" said Mrs. YOungbride
as they sat down to dinner, 81 did
Just as you told me to-"
"YOu mean about ecOnOmizing?"
"Yes. Instead Of buying sirlOin
steak bought a porterhouse. 1t isn't
nearly so large. you know"
The Adair County news., 1918-01-09
Not Worth 1t.

"DO you consider this poem worth
sending to a magazine?"
The expert considered.
And then rendered this verdict:
Not with three-cent postage"
The Adair County news., 1918-01-09
PlutocratS.

"They had some very expensive
presents at the De BOsh wedding"
did they? What Gid her father
give them?"
1.-TWO barrels of potatoes and a ton
of COAL"
The Adair County news., 1918-01-09
Expert in Two Lines.

Expert in Two Lines.
'That lady is very expert"
"Huh! Z"
"Keeps knitting and talking"
"Well?"
sand never drops a stitch or the
thread of her conversation"
The Adair County news., 1918-01-09
Some Satisfaction.

"You seem hap
The Adair County news., 1918-01-09
A Legal Courtship.

II sue for your
daughters hand"
The Adair County news., 1918-01-09
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SMILES FOR ALL
AS You Were, Men.

But. Madge,
Evening star., 1918-12-30
Ffittefs for the Winter Day.

The cook who doesn't know what
Alee to haxs for luncheon, or for an
entres to ssFye as . separate eesEse
or as, . vegetable with the main
course, at dianer, can always fall
back on some sort Of fritteE. Es-
peeislly - this good plan in the
winter. whom crisp, fried food is
always palatable. And remsmhertug
that ? frttter properly maSe ought
not to be inAigesttbie. i should be
dry apd crisD, not sqggy and Sreasy,
AID it should be cooked through with
qpt heing oyerdope.
Fritters are capable Qf as much
variety as any possible class Of food.
One good thing is that you can make
them Of almost anything you happen
to have on hand.
always relished by the person who
likes parsnjps, boil the vegetables,
then pare them, and then press through
= vegetable sieve. Add to each cup
of the pulp one beaten egg, and
Fsayenne pepper and salt 70 taste
the mixture the proper consistency.
and drop into deep fat. These are
made thicker than the usual frittes
batter. for they are not dropped from
q spoon but nodded into little cakes
or balls.
Celery is another fritter vegetable
Cook q stalk Of celery, cut into two
inch lengths. cook tender in stock
Drain it and coat EACH piece with
2 thick, weN seasoned white sauce
then dip in fritter batter, fry brown
and serve hot. seasoned with salt:
TO make banana fritters. skin ba-
nanas and cut each in four parts, .once
iepgthwise and once crosswise.~ Put
them in a dish. sprinkle them with
sugar, a little powdered cinnamon
and a wineglassful Of wine or fruit
Juice. The liquor from branded
peaches gives an acceptable favor
Lemon juice can also be used. After 9
quarter Of an hour dip each piece ol
banana into fritter batter, fry them
golden brown and sprinkle with
powdered sugar.
Jam fritters are made by spreading
thin slices Of bread with thick jam
pressing the slices together, cutting
Evening star., 1918-12-30
COAL OUTPUT DECREASED
FOR WEEK ENDING DEC. Fl
omeia1s Report Reduction for Both
Anthracite aud Bitumiuons Com
pared With Preceding Week.

PRODUCTION Of bituminous and aa-
hracite coal during the week ended
December II showed decrease COM
pared with the preceding week. Ac-
cording to the fuel administration
1o.13s,oee net tons Of bitumineus and
1,e39,oo0 net tons Of anthracite we're
mined. This was decrease of half
p million tons in the bituminous pro-
duction and 1Io,eo tons Of authra-
cite.
The decrease in bituminous produce
ton was largely in the Ohio, Pennsyi-
vania and West Virginia districts.
From April 1 to December the total
bituninous production is estimated at
441,361,0o0 net tons, compared with
402,S24,0oe net tons during the same
period OF 1917. For the same period
the production of anthracite coal has
been 72,541.000 net tons compared
with 73,s54,o80 last year.
Evening star., 1918-12-30
lI1IlLESloRgL!s lI1lLE
66bEDrnlE
D. EHoRxrps ~. PUHGEs&
N,sEssse asaa y :. y, pszFe9
An uaplea.sant Double
Surprise.

Black Pussy had just ahont mace
up her mind to 20 home. She haa
found that hunting in 3 black coax
on white snow was anything bnt sue
,cesstul. OF course. she didn't think ot
it in that way. It probably didn't
enter her head that her black Goa.
had anything to 20 with her lack Of
success. It had everything to 90 w'.p
It, however, for every one saw net. III
plenty Of time to escape.
J AS said before, Black Pnssy nAq
just about made up her nina 70 ~
she didn't like that lonely part es the ne
tie snow to rest for q few minutes
before starting for home. Out ol tne
corner Of one eye she saw Sonee eni4S
moving. It vas 2 SHADOW: Il .annae nee
no nSada%a ssund; never OF make eopess e sopaa. o
Now Black Pussy knew. that there
cannot be q shadow without: some
thing to make it, and that A. tne
shadow moves whatever y makinE T
must be moving. !anna sne KneM mHst enaI Come
from something from above. More
ont Of idle curiosity than anything
else, Black Pussy turned her heao to
look up. What she saw was e. s1fbM tb !
0ir0 Wlth WhaI SSeIne4 ~ H1H ~
biggest wings she had ever seen.
Great, round eyes, as fierce ana gel
low as her own, ,glared down at her,
and Just reaching for her were the
most awful claws she ever had seen.
Now there is nothing slow apouL
Black Pussy. Few can move quicker
than can she. She moved quickly
now. It wasn't quite quick enough
for her to escape altogether, but y
was quick enough to prevent Hoofy
getting a good grip with his great.
cruel claws. They simply tore 4ef
black coat
audiences Of the attack, Hooty the
Owl was equally surprised with
what happened next. Those claws
hurt, and they made Black Pussy
angry. She turned on Hooty and
seized him with her sharp teeth. a
the same time using the claws on FL
four feet. It brought Hooty down te
the snow. In fact, it was so suddeI
and unexpected that Hooty LANDED Or
his back.
Now Hooty has a very thick Goa,
Of feathers, and Black Pzlssy's teetf
and claws did not get through. Bu'
they did make the feathers ffy. Fol
just a few minutes that was thu
iiveliest place in all the Green For.
est. Such a yowlinE and yelling
Evening star., 1918-12-30
FASHIONS

A waist line just trifie above nor
mai is to be the feature of the spring
suit according to present indications.
This type Of suit is featured especial
ly for young women and women with
decidedly youthful figures. Some of
the suits promised for spring fit the
figure quite snugly to an inch or so
above the normal waist line, at which
point f1aring skirt or peplum, hip
length orIenger may be set on. Again
the suit coat will be held in by a belt
set. on just above the normal waist
line. The suit with high wasted line
in front and no waist line at all at
the back is also shwn. This is ar
rived at by a panel arrangement at
the back. A very graceful figure sill
houette is usually given by this type
Evening star., 1918-12-30

! Not Always Dependable.
If the makers OF fahrfcs wbsid con-
tEive to pat into taneta. yeleqr@, yel-
geteen and duvetyn the dependable
qualities that they give to serge. sat
In, chiffon. homespun, gabard11e ana
jersey. there you'd be no AeutinE OF
and loyal return to the latter znate-
riafs.
Wihh all the blaring Of trumpets
that preceded the victoriops approach
Of veaouEs and duyetyn this keason,
there are women Whe realize that
their snsn. small g tS dress s19Xsncs M vas badly badly
makers tell US that All nap materials
are impossible to guard against RUB
bing and that they must be given 2
Turkish bath to restore their coat.
Hang your gown up in the bathroom,
shut the door; and then turn on the
tssted I every y1 ineh f Of the aeef sas
advice one gets when bitter com
plant is made against garment that
cost far too much for its limited serv-
ice.
TaHeta has been advised in the mid
die of this season as an Offset against
which women have bought, hoping for
the best. But taneta cracks and
wrinkles easily. say the women. They
argue against it. and yet. the dress
| makers advise it.
There are those who say that tafeta
IS differently wrought now than in
the days when it proved itself SO un-
! worthy; yet, women remember that
this was said Of veaours. duvetyn and
velveteen when October demanded
new clothes.
# is p difficult choice to make as to
Uh N ho1 ho 20 In -,
in serviceable ones. we do not want
serge as a rule, for we are weary Of it
as a continuous diet. We want to in
dulge ip a little ding at new things.
We have been sober and sad and
ever materials we could get; but il
taneta Elistens and allures and fas-
c1nat1ng frocks are made of it. there
are MANY women who will take q
chance with it.
Anyhow, the fact that it is the fash
ion Is the thing to report. We are at
the turn Of the season now, when
| Palm Beach. Augusta, Aiken and Mi
1 ami are the words on the lips of those
| who hate the snow. loathe the cold
ana have the money to follow the
| birds. Isn't it tragic that to be able
the birds takes money?
| The woman who thinks that she car
buy q black taffeta gown and be SOM
| Der and inconspicuous, has not Ieck.
oned with the gown OF the hour
Neither Of these qualities is attached
to it. Because the fabric has beer
/ traduced, and because it is the pc,
l child of some Of the dressmakers to.
| day, it is made in a dashing, accen.
| tuated manner that proclaims It as 8
new thing wherever women are fore.
4 gathered.
Is it possible, do you think, for thu
woman who wears this taHeta gowr
to pass unnoticed7 The black is 81
| very black that it shines like paten1
leather. The skirt is narrow and 'ha.
that downward dip in the back tha1
is a symbol of new things. The tunil
fares outward. which is Q departure
from the normal. The bodice is Skin
tight which is another proclamation
that the froek vas made this day
this hour and this moment, and mo-
last season. There is an eighteenth
century snpgness about this bodice
with Its lace tucker and deep lacf
ruff1es falling from elbow sleeves
The belt is of blue and silver ribboI
fastened with q bunch Of tiny pinl
roses
Evening star., 1918-12-30

TAFFETA EXPLOITED FOR THE SOUTH.

treasured taHeta as the material ~
that silk gown that lasted through
the best part of their Afe.