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The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25

it eligible to the company of other fashionable elethes-the panel is al- ways among those present in any as- semblage of new apparel There are three of them, one at the front and two, shorter at either side-all fin ished with fringe. The shaped girdle, with pointed end. Is of the satin and the skirt is noticeably longer than skirts have been for several seasons. This particular skirt Is in one of the rich shades of terra cotta-Which color is called by several new names this season as mahogany" rust" and "es- carole." The last describes it best. But in any of the fashionable colors, it only needs blouse of georgette to match il to place handsome costume at the command of its owner. With lighter blouses one has the advantage Of variety and it remains separate skirt.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25

is in q smooth-surfaced cloth; it might be duvetyn, wool velours or broadcloth, in deep gray with collar and emplacements in the coat of Hud- son seal. The coat has diagonal front, fastening with very large fiat button in gray to the left front. It is extended into points at the front and back. The high mufIier collar is conyertible-the cuffs very deep, in gauntlet style, and finished with small cloth-covered buttons In many suits there are combinations of two materials, and this model carries the idea out by uniting cloth and fur.
 A very simple and practical suit of velourS appears at the right, the coat having skirt portion plaited on to the body. Very narrow tucks across the collar and rather large bone but tons set on to pieces let into the body furnish it with individual touches.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25
Why Can't l Kill German?
  By WILLIAM HAMILTON OSBORNE of 1he Vigil0nfeS

I am, we'll say, a loyal American citizen, over draft and enlistment age, with not the slightest present chance of going to war. But 1 am war-like, we'll say,-and I want to kill my German. Why won't they let me?
 One day along comes my opportun- ity. I overhear two men conspiring to blow up bridge over which troop train is to pass. 1 follow them. While they are engaged in their operations draw gun and shoot them dead. l am satisfied 1 have killed two Ger mans instead of one. And l have saved the lives of d thousand American sol dIers. I am a hero. Nevertheless l get q jolt Instead of lauding me to the skies the authorities arrest me, and hold me on the technical charge of murder. Why? Well, in the first place, when the facts come out, the situation is little ineonvenient. One of the two men I have killed turns out to be secret service man, who has pretended to be a German spy, and who has pre- tended to fall in with the other mans plans-his idea being to arrest him, or even shoot him before the plan can be carried out Therefore in this par tcular case, one of the men l have Killed turns out to have been not only a patriotic American citizen, but a very valuable American citizen. In my excess of zeal I have overstepped the mark. Perhaps I should be held for manslaughter in the case of the secret service man-but why should they hold me for the murder of the German? And yet they do. He Is an enemy alien.
 Why the Slayer Is Murderer.
 The facts above are purely fanciful of course And yet, they are significant. He is slayer, in the suppositious case, guilty of murder-and if so, ! why? He Is a civilian, not assigned to duty, and not acting under orders. He is not warrior-he is not police officer Now, every citizen is vested with several rights In the first place, he may defend himself, hls home, his household, his chattels, to the death. Tn the second place. he has the right of arrest. Where q crime is committed in his presence, he can arrest the offender; if the offender resists arrest, the civilian may enforce arrest; If the enforcement of arrest endangers his own life, then he may take life in en- forcing the arrest. Take two cases: :: a belligerent mob, or detachment of enemy soldiers. descend upon village or community, with the evident and avowed purpose of attacking It. Every man, woman and child in that com munity has the right to resist the ad
 vances of that mob or squad of sol diers, and in defending that right, they have the right to kill. So, too, as in the instance of the German who had conspired to blow up bridge, the citi- zen has the right of arrest-but he
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25
The Woman's Peace Party
By HARRIET CHAPEL
 Of The Vigiiantes

Ages ago-that is, in the early days of the European war, the Woman's Peace party undertook the noble work of curing the worlds war sickness. They attracted my attention by an- nouncing q two weeks course of lee lures which promised vast enlighten- mcnt. On their list of speakers were notable names. 1 remember hearing Professor Hull Professor Nasmith, Norman Angell, Madeline z. Doty and Crystal Eastman.
 attached myself to them with great hopes. 1 thought, Now l shall hear of a substitute for war, effective enough to check evil doers," for l had a Philistine feeling that there were evildoers yet about.
 Daily | listened to those lectures and even timidly put my questions when the proper .ime for question came. They were nice people, those friends. and l am very grateful for the oppor- tunity of study which they afforded me.
 But my first question: Suppose some evll-minded nation is really bent on az gression, what means can be used for curbing it without warfareY never re- ceived q direct answer That was be- cause they blandly assumed that all na- tions are really bent on peace and wars arise purely from misapprehensions therefore what is needed is agreements to arbitrate and to boycott fretful na- tions. So simple
 Might Be Sinner Nations
 My suppositiOn that there might be sinner nations must have seemed friehtfully crude, but somehow 1t lin gers with me yet. Their plans, based en international agreements and eco homie penalties, appeared to me so re- mote and so conditional upon the good will of the parties-whieh good will would keep the peace anyway-that grew doubtful of their practical value
 But second problem there was, which might bring to light remedy for War Tn case an aggreSsor ap- peared, would he be disarmed by non resistance?" I thought. Perhaps a na- tion of willing martyrs, ready to be stripped of land and life rather than fight, would shame the world into peace. But" thought I, what an
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25

flour, stirring until the mixture is smooth. Then add cupful of milk. salt and pepper to taste; add the can of drained fish after the sauce is well cooked. Put q layer of the creamed fish into baking dish, cover with Il layer of cold mashed potato, then an- other layer of fish until all is used. Have the potato for a finish to the top Dot with bits of butter, sprinkle with salt and paprka and bake in moderate oven.
 Salmon Rice.--Line a buttered mold with cold boiled rice left from break fast, fill the center with creamed sal- mon and cover with more rice. Cover mold and steam half an hour or more. Serve with a cream sauce, Whlsa may be seasoned with curry, lemon juice or chopped sour pickle.
 Fruit Popovers.-Take one cupful of flour, one egg, unbeaten. one cupful of milk and half a teaspoonful of salt, teaspoonful of baking powder; mix all together and beat well. When the gem pans are sizzling hot and well greased drop in the batter, filling each pan half full add piece of banana, a spoonful of blackberries or any fruit. Bake in Il hot oven until golden brown. These may be served with simple fruit sirup for dessert
 Tongue and Potato Saad.-Cut cold cooked picked lambs tongues into dice; mix with double the quantity of cold boiled potatoes; cut in dice and add hard-eooked egg, finely chopped. Pour over French dressing and serve.
 Baked Sausaaes With Rice.-Cut large pork sausages into thin slices; butter q baking dish and fill with cold boiled rice. Moisten the rice with cold water in which little beef extract has been dissolved. Spread the sliced saul sages over the rice and bake in a hot oven until the sausage is crisp.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25

and nutmeg. Dredge with four table spoonfuls of flour, add two quarts of milk and one quart of veal stock {; cook 15 minutes. stirring constantly. Rub through n sieve, reheat, add one cupful of scalding hot cream, season with sugar and butter and serve with croutons.
 Puree of Beans and Rice.-Put n quart of beans into a soup pan with 4 little salt, small onion, n slice of carrot, a tablespoonful of fat, sprig of parsley and boiling water to cover. Cook until the beans are soft, rub through sieve and add sufficient veal stock to make the .iesIred quantity of soup. Season to taste, add two table spoonfuls of butter substitute and a cupful of boiled rice. Reheat and serve at once.
 Puree Ia croissy.-Put Into a saucepan carrot, a turnip and an on- lon cut fine, two cupfuls of beans, two leeks, stalk of celery and small bunch of parsley. Fry In butter, dredge with flour. add can of toma- toes and two quarts of veal stock Sim mer for two hours. rub through sieve, reheat. season with salt, pep per, sugar and butter. Add one cup full of cooked green peas and one cup full of boiling cream. Serve with crou- tons.
 Puree of celery.-Cut two punches of celery into small pieces. parboil and drain, then fry in butter. Add salt, pepper and nutmeg to season; cover with veal stock and simmer one hour. Blend two tablespoonfuls of butter with two of flour, add q quart of veal stock and the celery and cook until thick. Rub through sieve, reheat, add two cupfuis of hot milk, pinch of SUI gar and a tablespoonful of butter. Serve with eroutons.
 The soup needs to be but opened and heated. adding q dash of paprika or bit of onion or cooked rice and It Is ready to serve.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25
The New Sweaters.

Many of the new sweaters of the sleeveless sort show open slashes all the way from the shoulder to the waistline. That is, the armhole eX- tends in a straight line to the waist, where the fullness of the sweater is held in place hy leather belt, The sweater is knitted very simply. There is a ribbed seetion-krrit t4free, purl
 three, in the lingo of the knitter- that txtends for Ii foot, then a plain section for the front, with a fairly
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25

deep Y for the neck, q back section that fits well up at the neck and again a knit three, purl three section of q foot for the lower part of the back. The sweater is seWed together only at the ribbed section, which when the sweater is on extends over the hips and waist. The remainder is left open for the long armhoies and d leather belt holds it ii place and gives 1t a iaunty air. Needless to say, II would be more becoming on youthful slen- der figure than on | aGare afflicted with too solid flesh.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25

cannot kill without first arresting. Why? In the case at hand, note what would have followed an attempt to arrest. The citizen, acting within the law. might have drawn a weapon Gas suming his right to carry one) and in- form the two men that they were un- der arrest. There, then, is q notiffca- tion to them that he is about to en- force his right. This notification draws lforth an eXplanation-one man says, we'll say. 1 am secret service officer. I am engaged In the perform ance of my duty" On both sides then there is an understanding of the sit uation. The citizen still may enforce arrest, if he can, for the two men have conspired, and he has overheard their conspiracy. Attempt to enforce arrest, would, in the case at hand, lead to the exhibition by the secret service man, of his credentials Result, no nasty murder-no breaking of the law Instead of that our man, without af fording the two men a trial, prejudged their case in his own mind, tried and convicted them. and then executed them on the spot It cannot be done
 Be on the Watch
 What is the object of presenting here, this peculiar situation? Are American citizens to be discouraged in the exercise of their patriotic zeal? Is man to think twice before killing a German engaged In the performance of traitorous or seditiouS act? Yes because the man may turn out not to be German, and not to be engaged in the performance of such an act He is entitled to be heard in his de fense. The national government, in this crisis, needs the civilians intelligent aid, not his unreasonng cratic, im- puIsive, oft-timeS dangerous blunder- ing. The government department can cope with any situation-if you will put them wise to anything suspicious that you see or hear One fortunate phase of the matter Is that German citizens loyal to America are at work all over this country engaged in trap ping and running down disloyal Ger  mans or enemy aliens. The disloyal German cannot trust his loyal Ger man neighbor. German spy activity has been well checked. Once man comes under suspicion, the expert sleuths of the country can handle him. It is up to us, the average American citizens, to sharpen our wits, to act not with blind and dangerous and blundering Zeal-but with care and caution. Do not do anything that will spring trap too sooD-do not spoil the stratagems of perfectly competent sleuths. Your friends and acquaint- ances may laud you as hero-yet you may have set at naught weeks and months of careful secre. service plans. Watch-report-g back and watch again.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25
Wood Resists Fire.

The fre-resistive quality of wood is shown In a recent issue of Scientific American, which discusses the advan- tages of wood block floors for indus trial purposes. The article states that there have been many instances where crucibles overturned and molten metal poured out upon the blocks with little damage In recent fire which de- stroyed pier No. % at Philadelphia and warped and twisted the structural steel, the creosoted block floors were only slightly charred.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25
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nahy, the cake is d fayortte finish for tie night meal.
 Corn Flour Gridde cakes.-Beat one egg very light, add q cupfnl of gnod rich buttermilk or sour milk, q half- teaspoonfn of salt and half=tea- spoonful of soda. quarter of T tea spoonful of baking powder; then add enough corn flour to make thin bat ter. Cook on n hot grid1le. The secret of good tender cake Is the materials used. sour or huttermilk making most tender and flHffy cakes. then the care with which they are haked.
 \ breakfast, which is quite satis- factory, is the following; Either dish of sliced peaches or eanteloupe or muskmelnn, dish of welI-eeoked oatmeal, and if the peaches are served. they may be eaten with the cereal, cream and sugar. an egg on toast and n eupful of coffee.
 Pears, piums. quIaces and grapes are all in the market and furnish good variety. The quinces are to he stewed or baked to make them pal atahle.
 Scrambled Eggs q Ia Guerre.-Make a paste of n cupful of milk and third of cupful of fiour-any kind may he used cook until smooth md the starehy flavor Is entirely removed. Now add three eggs, stir and cook with butter and seasoning until the eggs are thick. Serve at once.
 Kentucky Batter Bread.-Take two cupfuls Of cornmeai. three eggs, well beaten, one teaspoonful of salt, one tablespoonful of melted fat. Mix with milk to make thin batter Pour into shallow buttered tins and bake A minutes in a hot oven.
 Rice With Esss.-Brown third of eupful of rice in little sweet fat. season and add broth or water, cook until the rice is tender, then stir in three eggs and serve hot at once.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25
Milk-A Real Food.

SIilk, being liquid, is sometimes classed with water, tea and coffee, simply as a beverage, by those who do not understand its value as food. This is q great mistake. If all the water were to be driven off from quart of ten or coffee almost nothing would be left, and the little that remained would have little or no value as food. If, on the other hand, the water was driven off from quart of whole milk, there would he left about half cupful Of the very best food substances, lnclud-
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25
Proof of His Quiet Life.

"Do you wash your own dishes while your wife is awaY?'
 'No sir. I just stack them in the sink
 q should think you'd be ashamed to have her come back and find them in that condition"
 .I'd rather have her find them that way than have her suspect that I'd eaten all my meals in the downtown cafes."
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25
NeA. 1Nef m,so,

Ing butterfat. kind of sugar not so sweet as granulated sugar and known as milk sugar" and also materials which are needed to make muscles, bones, teeth and other parts of the body. All these valuable food sub stances are ordinarily either dissolved or floating in the water of milk.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25
Not knockinu Magic.

Chorus Lady-"Mazie Middleton told me yesterday that she makes some easy money mornings posing as a head and-neck model for a sculptor" Show Girl-"I shouldn't be at all surprised. Some sculptors, you know, make a speciality of gargoyles l"-Buffalo Fix press.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25
Keen After the Weeds.

Weeds result not only in big financial loss but also in great annoyance. Dis eases, such as hay fever, could be eliminated almost entirely by adopting efficient methods for controlling the incidental weeds found along roadsides, in vacant fields, and in waste places.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25

Age is an opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another
 dress: And as the evening twilight fades
 away The sky Is filled with stars invisible
 by day.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25

served Il happy salad. The apple was rings and dropped in cold water with a little vinegar; this keeps the apple from turning brown. The cucumber was chopped or cut in fine cubes; and one small onion WIS also cut in the same manner. The slices of ap- pie was heaped with the onion and cucumber mixture, which had been well seasoned and mixed with salad dressing and garnished with n strip or two of red pepper. The tomato was heaped with teaSpoonful of the salad dressing and garnished with two or three strips of green pepper.
 Cheese Dreams.-With biscuit cutter cut circles from slices Of close textured bread. Lay on thinly sliced cheese, place another circle on 1t in the form Of sandwich. and brown lightly in little olive oil in hot fry ing pan.
 Hot Cheese Sandwiches. - Break open hot baking powder biscuit, but ter, and lay in thin slice of cheese. Cover with hot cloth and serve quickly as the cheese should be melt ed at once These make most dainty lunch with cupful of tea and n dish of fruit.
 Tomatoes With Eegs.-Peel small firm tomatoes, scoop out the centers which may be used as n soup or in sauces. season well inside and out with salt and paprika and put in the oven, cook until boiling hot, then re- move. Drop in piece of butter and an egg. using care not to break the yelk When the egg Is firm, remove from the oven and serve on buttered rounds of toast. Leftover greens of any kind that are cooked and season ed may be nodded in small cups and served as q salad with good dress Ing. Small balls of cottage cheese are good with these.
 The white-fleshed fishes. such as cod, whitefish, haddoek and halibut, make most acceptable dishes served in n white sauce.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25
Gold Rrocaded Ribbons.

Metal ribbons and ribbon in bril- liant colors such as emerald green cerise and royal blue, richly brocaded in gold and in contrasting colors, are used for girdles on dark eolored or black silk dresses.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25

We search the world for truth. we culi The good, the pure, the beautiful. From grayen stone and written scroll, From all old flower fields of the soul: And, weary seekers of the best We come back laden from our quest To find that all the sages said Is in the book our mothers read.
 John c. Whittier
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25

The hero we love in this land today Is the hero who lghtens some fel- lowman's load Who makes of the mountain some pleasant highway. Who makes of the desert some blos- soming road.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25
Relieved.

"Mrs. Flashleigh boasts that she married her husband to reform him and has succeeded"
 "Reformed him of what?"
 .She thought he had q bad habit of holding on to money too tightly"
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25
CsIIinn 2 Halt.

"Are you still q Socialist"
 "No," replied the theatrical dab bier. q didn't object to Socialism when it was merely minor vice. But 1t has been developing into a perni- cious habit"
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25
Orluins of Militarx Titles.

Commodore and copmander are forms borrowed and corrupted from the Spanish comendador. a knight. a commander, or the superior of a mon astery. The French have the word commandeur, the Italian comandatore. Commandant, however meaning the officer of fortified towns garrison, etc, comes from the medieval Latin commandator, commander, and com mandare, to command.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25
NO NONSENSE"
By EDITH M. THOMAS, of the Vigilantes.

. Gerard Replies for America. Wet America know, when this war is done.
 I'll stand no nonsense from her.. Said the Kaiser, off guard to our Ge-
 rafd-
 But that was In days-that-werel iris another day. and this is the word
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25
Task Well Worth While.

"1t takes big man to do the work of the world" says the Philosopher of Folly. Let us De cohtented to do its chores.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25
COMMONPLACE uUNcHEoNS.

MOST tasty dish tO serve hot for Il main dish is n combina. ton of fish, potato ant white sauce.
 EscalIoped FisH and Potato. - Pre- pare creamed sal mon by melting one tablespoonful of but q ... .Ils.. a
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25
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 EszsI[|7AHINE:..'lT|' sz r 2. '

For Che daeas they shall have wrought
 Won't nave toe many sleeping ears Attached 10 their train of thought
 Nixon Waterman.
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25
WHAT TO HAVE FOR BREAKFAST.

Q MONTH is known, even in The summer time, when gritltlle
 cakes are not well eometi in the ayer- age family. In q large majority of ho- tcls hot griddle cakes are always on the bill ef fare. summer ar Nf-fpfaf- and in
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25
A FEW SNAckS.

OR Il small company when supplies are limited, Il salad Is the dish upon which we nil rely. X most tasty and attractive
 one Is this that was the invention of ne cessity. for one e1l-
 enmber, one-tOmato, and pDp lurfrp annie
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25

For people whose face is set and grim; Tell the Master-H Hun. when this war is done. We'll stand no nonsense from hlrnm
The Monticellonian., 1918-10-25
A FEW PUREES.

JREE is commonly known as q thick e n Q q so D. The kinds of purees are without limit.
 Puree of Cucumber. Peel, slice and parboil six cucum- hers. Drain and fry in butter, season with salt, pepper
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-23
IDAHO BOY REPORTED
LOST ON TUSCANIA
rs SAFE I'm IRELAND

George Montray, of Grandyiew,
who was listed as one of those miss
ing when the transport Tuscania was
tOrpedoed, Is safe at Randelstown.
He was member of company +,
Sixth battalion, Twentieth engineers.
A letter was received from him
this week by his father al Grandview
in which he writes that owing to the
strict censorship he could not write
what he had seen or gone through,
bat that the water In which the men
had to remain for some time was
very cold and soon chilled them. The
boys, he writes, behaved fine and the
officers showed the true American
spirit
Up until the transport was tor
pedoed, he writes, they had a fine
trip, experienced no storms, and he
was not seasick although they were
on the water for IA days.
AT Rendelstown where they are
now stationed, he writes, the people
are very kind and are doing the best
they can for them, just like the people
of Idaho would do He also says that
section of Ireland is fine country.