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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-31

gas 81 our command BY pushing 4
button electricity flashes On to Tint
en- our way or even for cooking and
other domestic purposes. we turn q
faucet and water gIlshes out in
abundance. We go TO the shops and
purchase materials by the yard or
perhaps ready made garments. Our
foodstufts largely provided for our
consumption at shops and stores and
yet we sigh for help" to light these
fires to tim ON these lights and ID
catch the water as it trickles from
the >spigots.
/ guess We all believe In the saying
that If you want a thing well done
do tt|yourself' and that no one can
beata man at his own game" and IT
Eas always seemed to me that had I
a home of my own ] would prefer to
take care Of it myself. And again l
don't believe would want an utter
stranger to me, tntrudtng on the pri-
yacy ! would crave for my home life.
Did you know that right in this city
there are scores OF women who are
doing their own laundry work and
this for the reason that they can't get
1t done satisfactorily any other way
and also for the reason that laun-
dresses are charging such exhorbt-
tant wages that families even though
possessed of means are refusing to
pay the wage demanded.
heard a matron of this city say
the other day, and by the way she is
possessed of abundant means, that it
was positive luxury to her to do her
own laundry work "if you could see
my electrically equipped laundry she
said you would not wonder at my
statement. had not seen it. but !
understand 1t is equipped with an
electric washer an electric mangle.
electric irons, enameled laundry tubs
piped with water and these all placed
in room lined with tile and so sit
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-31

mated as TO be warm in winter and
cool IN summer. Now ] can't Imagine
wanting to turn a careless servant
into this wonderful place, can you?
We can get. a whole meal these
days II we choose by electricity even
If we do not possess a real electric
stove. The shops these days pro-
vide for nominal sums electric boil
ers, electric chatting dishes. electric
toasts, electric percolators and doz-
6ns of similar utensils. II we wish
TO provide quick breakfast by the
use OF these devices our toast be-
comes a golden brown while our eggs
are COOLED and while our coffee per-
colates-by electricity-almost in the
twinkling of an eye.
II we are not fitted out with these
electric devices a toaster placed over
the gas burner gives quick service
while the groceries these days pro-
vide instantaneous coffee which
makes a wonderfully good substitute
for the percolated kind.
Then after we have finished this
quickly prepared breakfast we can.
with the use of an electric sweeper
quickly place in order the house
from garrett to cellar and not feel
half as weary as II we yielded an old
fashioned broom.
Then too the fireless cooker has
il filled a long felt want in households
all over the country and is used in
thousands OF homes. heard wom-
an who bought one OF these cookers
soon after they we're placed n the
market tell how she was moving
from her summer to her winter home
n distance through the country of
some twenty miles and placed her
dinner in one of these cookers, put
it in the conveyance and when it
reached Us destination the dinner
was well done and all that was nee
essafy was to remove it from the We
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-31

fndisposition but Is reported 10
somewhat Improved a. this time.
MRS g. c. Martin Of cIarksbure a
rived here ON Tuesday for airisit vi
relatives and friends.
Mesdames Ehzaneth Wood and
ID. Ireland were visitors IN Clark
burg on Wednesday.
W. B. Mallernee, or Monongah W
a visitor here on Tuesday evening.
Leroy Book was q business visit
in Falrmont on Tuesday.
Robert B. Phillips OF Glarkshur
State Hotel Inspector paid an of
cial visit to worthington recently.
Miss Florence MILAN is visitll
with her brother Geo. w. MILAN ne
Carolina this week.
Isaac P. Shupe Of Annaheiie W
calling on friends here on Wedne
4. II. Bates OF Annabelle was
business translator In town ON We
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob D. victor r
turned recently from a visit with re
atives in Wood and Writ counties.
No Pool Room Vet
It seems that there are no sultat
rooms available for a pool room
Worthirgton and those who have Ia
on out a license will have to bul
a room II they operate a pool roo
In the town.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-31
! Warrington
Birthday Party.

Hiss Maxine Cakes was five years
oA on Monday and she entertained
a large number of her young folks
and friends by birthday party on the
lawn OF the cakes residence. The
yonngsfolEs spent an hour very pleas
antly and ice cream and cake were
served as refreshments. She was the
recipient of many beautiful and use
tul presents. Among those present
were Carmine and Mary Evangelista.
Virginia and Lane Bryan. Grace and
Andra Villers, Pauline and Irene
Talbot. Mildred King. Clarice and
Mary oaatessl Maxine and Marcus
Barbe. Pauline and Lucille Martin.
Dorothy and Cecil Swiger, Kenneth
Summers Ralph Martin, Eugene
Book. Lowell and Maxine Cakes.
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Evening Chat

Back to the Kitchen and Laundry
II looks like back to the kitchen
ana back to the laundry for the Am
orlcan housewife so serious has the
help" problem become. To secure
help at all such exhorbitant wages
must be paid that it puts cooks and
laundresses beyond the pale of the
.amuy OF moderate income and makes
them only available for the wealthy,
ana even the latter class are eXperi
sncing great difficulty in securing
3elp OF any kind. Both women and
men seem to prefer to labor in shop
and factory and the movement to
shop and factory yhas left the ranks
OF domestic help very much depleted.
Necessity Is the mother Of inven-
ton and we might change it to read
Necessity is the mother of Accom-
plishment, as we by force of necessity
learn to do and accomplish what
would seem at times to be utterly
out OF the question and impossible.
Whether we like it or not it looks
very much as If we are as the years
move forward going to have to as
<sume more household responsibilities
than has been our wont heretofore.
heard a young matron of this
city say the other day that after hav-
Ing been married for some fifteen
or eighteen years, and after having
reared a family Of children who
we're nearing young womanhood and
manhood, she had Just learned to
cook. She said she was as proud
OF this accomplishment as of any
thing that she had ever undertaken
This, too, from "a woman possessed
OF much Of this worlds goods, 3,
college graduate and a woman en-
dowed with more than the average
Accomplishments allotted to one per-
son. Yet she choose to see art in
cooking well meal after having
gone all these years in ignorance Of
It.
But let US take courage and think
{ the thousand and one conveniences
we have to help us in our household
iabors that our grandmothers knew
nothing about. They reared large
families Of children, perhaps with
out help OF any kind. They spun and
carded the wool and flax which no
doubt they had helped to grow on
their own place. Not only did they
spin and card 1t but then fashioned
It into garments without the aid Of
sewing machine. They chopped wood
and conveyed It to firesides, carried
water for drinking, cooking and
laundry purposes from spring or
run. Made tallow dips to furnish
light. Cured their own meats, to
say nothing OF the thousands of
other tasks whwich we know about
only through reading of them or
hearing of them in song and story.
Now by striking a match we have
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-31
Personals


Miss Alice jasnks Is home from New
York City for la visit with her moth
er. Mrs. z. NJ jerks.
AZ W. Prichslrd was a visitor in
Wheeling on Tuesday.
Mrs. A. T. Sttoelber and son Rob-
ert a CoffeySdlle, Kansas, who have
beensvtsiting here; are guests of the
7-'s niecel Mrs. Sweeney in Fair
monty ! .ER II; "
-. Gnd Mrs. D. S. Jones and sons
were Visitors in Hundred Sunday.
j. F! Adamson. TIE building con-
tracto5 leaves this evening for a Wis
1t OF aifew weeks at Marion. Indiana
Miss\ Helen Bernhardt arrived from
CleYeland, Ohio Tuesday evening for
visttIwsth her parents [ldr and Mrs,
]. L. Bsrnhardt IN Beatty avenre
F. Gl Barlow returned from Ia visit
at NIAGARA Falls and Buffalo, n. Y.
and 4 Cleveland. Ohio. Mrs Barlow
and tchtAdEen viii remain { in Cleve-
land for NaI longer visit.
Miss Mary Chamberlain Of Balti-
more is the guest of Mrs. A. C. Clay !
ton.
Earl INeyxeg is hometfrum oktaho- :,
ma fori visit with his sisters, Mre
F. H. Morsers and Mrs. p. NJ. Tough.
The Misses Martha and Virginia
May haveAretlrned to WheelingSaf
ter Nsitkwith relatives here.
T. c.. Murphy has returned from a
sanitartum Nat Delaware. Ohio, where
he was I'LL
Mrs. Helen Phillips of New Mar
tnsville is tthe guest of her~son S.
E. PhillipsPof Brookside for few
weeks.
Robert Monroe of Fairmpnt was a
business visitor here yesterday
Mr.. ands Mrs c. Perry and chill
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-31
Greater Fair111ont ann It's MANUFACTURING,
Commercial and industrial Enternrises
One Way to Better Housing
Conditions in City
and Country
tFrom the Manufacturers !Record,

NJ Vest without being impressed with
country The worst Of the Negro h an
the South fully matched dwellings for human
haOaton seen along the ne leading
the country visits conditions
always bad in many Places the intensified comparatively
M were u anu u ones were uett to go to wreck and ruin
This due in the scarcity the pa
while the
But the conditions as the human race
en Developments however should make
o hn 6noe deserves praise is the fact that
paratvey few tenemen which poor families hut
builds thousands every detail each with
front porch ana little back yardI and sometimes
houses ford thoroughly homes for tens
thousands orkmen would
extent be crowded into tehements for
But this is deserves to be nraised
connection win the housing problem Formany
ae that no dwelling could be bathroom
and every house be connected and
the sewerage system In this dwelling
pensiVe may be- whether for white black
y convenience 1t impossible
Ing to the comfort the adding the
heahtuness the city This rule Baltimore
should prevail country where water SUNNY
and system except those of the
smallest population afford facilities for
comfortable and healthful
has been too long custom people
black and white American and foreign ddnot sanitary
every modern or
There indeed imposing who have so little regard
the health of their servants or for the yery c,aant 80 %
they provide nna toilet These peone
and clean and
provide bathroom facilities to enable them to do 49,
all the and
ne nothing exceeds toilet ac
light for dwellings an
invaluable comfort and health
n living bathroom its sanitary
facilities.
campaign should be nauguraed every
and putting and sani
ay toilet facilities dwelling
farmers of the country until farmhouse home
facilities There
in which nearly farmhouse
who do the dudgey Of farm work No should
the country oft sufficiently great to enable them
e give " their families and to their help these necessities of
This ohag
ed with working in their own interest though matter of fact
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-31
OUR WINDOWS OFFER YOU sue
GESTloNS

What satisfaction Il 10 10 IN
journerer when seeking shelter Z
the resorts during the warm sumn,|
months, to know that he has with hil
delicate soothing perfumes that III
ture does not hestow upon life Tol
rain. This is Why we offer suggel
tons in our windows, for your yacd
ton or outing. South Side Pharmacl
The Drug Store that Excels Adv.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-31
Garage Changes Hands

Earl TO-. Bryan and Ed. r. McDous-
al have leased the Shaver Garage
and Will take charge tho first of Aug
fust and will conduct the business for
the next year Other business affairs
prevented Mr. Shaver from giving
his tenttre attention to the business
and therefore thought best to lease
thetbuldlng.
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hicle and place Il upon the table.
I believe we women VII adjust
ourselves readily TO the ever chang
ing panaroma Of household affairs
and this with little grumbling or com
planning either.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-31
From Overseas

Fred McInmrff has returned from
several months army service In
France, having been discharged from
Camp Dix, N. ].
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-31
RECOVERING.

Mrs. Thomas A. Leonard left on
Tuesday for visit with her daughter,
Miss Margaret Leonard in Battle
Creek. Mich. Miss Leonard is re-
covering nicely from a recent opera
ton for appendicitis.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-31

is Barrel Producer.
The Hawkins Oil Company reached
the sand at their No. well on the
Hawkins farm on Mohans Run Tues
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-31
WARRINGTON
Athletie pirector.

c. G. Blake OF this city, a gradu-
ate OF Wesleyan College has been ao-
pointed director OF Fairgrounds here
Mr.. Blake will also act as coach for
the local high school foot bah club
the coming autumn.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-31
.RemodeIllna.

H.J. Matthews has started the work
of remodelllng his residence at Lo-
Gust and High streets. second story
will be added.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-31
Personals.

Mrs. JamesJT. Taggar returned on
Tuesday from a visit with relatives
in Clarksburg.
Frank NJ Sharp has been confined
TO MS hoPe for the past week by an
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-31
Ma. Rarrack nm

Mrs. ]. NJ. Barrack OF Brookside
has been quite severely III Of influ-
enza at her homo for several days.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-31

Senator Sutherland introduced in the
Senate bill according permission to
the d. Il. Hewitt Lumber company.
Huntington, W. Va, to build bridge
over Tug EVER at Kermit, Mingo coua.
ty, connecting that county aud Martin
county, Ky. He filed with the Pension
Commissioner an application for an
Increased pension for Samuel Wheel
er. OF Huntington, and with the De-
partment OF Justice an application for
appointment as special agent Of that
department of Robert Lee Smith. OF
Keyser.
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dren have returned trsn q visit with /
lrelatfyea IN Eoal City Pa.
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Representative Goodykoontz paid a
visit to the Postoffice department TO-
day. He spent considerable time
there goinG over with the officials a
number OF pending cases local to the
counties in his district. One new mat
ter of routine business was to bring up
a proposition to improve the mail SER
vice at Pritchard, which is in Wayne
county.
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,of a 15 barrel producer from the SIM,
jun sand.
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LATE washington
News GOSSIP

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 81
Representative Wells Goodykoontz
and pr. =. 4. Eppling, OF Maybeury,
Mcdowell county, were among Sur
geon General Blues callers today at
his offices at the War department.
Their business there was TO see II they
could secure the loan of dental ma
chtnery, appliances and supplies to be
used IN the Mcdowell county dentaI
clinic, which is about 10 be inaugu-.
rated.
Their call wasn't as encouraging az
they had hoped that 1t would be, but
they we're able to make an engage
ment later to see the officer directly
In charge OF army dentistry. They
still entertain the hope that they can
get the Federal government TO aca
commodate the Mcdowell clinic
II Is interesting to note that the cit
liens Of Mcdowell county not so long
since voted to tax themselves in the
sum OF $4,000 with which to hold free
public dental clinics for'children up to
and including 16 years OF age. II is
the first step OF that kind ever taken
in West Virginia, and one OF the few
places in the United States that have
established dental clinics.
1t would be thought that mere would
be found here in t,se National Cant
tai dispositic,.a~to help and encour-
age W>STement OF THIS kind, espe-
cialls;on the part of Federal health
Officials, and the dental branch of tn.
medical department of the army par
tieulariy Such, however, does not ap-
pear to be the situation at all.
The army has dental machinery, ap j..
planes and supplies of value so great
that 1t would be hard to estimate the
sum, which are now in disuse, will con :
tinue to be in disuse, and will de.
tertorate and become worthless with :
in short time.
Notwithstanding all of this. there
Is disposition prevails not TO let any
of it go on the market. The same dis
position has been noticeable in regard
TO the S120,000,000 worth of food stuff D
that the army has stored, the million
OF dollars worth of motor cars thai
are standing out in the open exposed
to the weather and the elements. If
is openly charged in Congress that the
producers-the TRUSTS have influ
ence enough to prevent the great guam
titles OF supplies being marketed II
the public. 1t is alleged that there is
dental trust" II so. that Is thought
10 he the reason why there is serious
doubt in the minds of Mr. Goodykoontz
ana DIR. Eppling whether or not the lat
ter VIII be successful in the mission
that brought him to Washington.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-12-12
Kiev, With About 100000
inhabitants, Combination
of Both the Old and New

Kiev contains about 100000 inhabi-
tants, and comprises four distinct dis
tricts, which may also be called sep
arate towns. Podol, the commercial
quarter, skirts the river Dnieper, and
above it, on a steep declivity, is Lipki,
the residential quarter, and an en-
chanting spot in summer, with Its
handsome villas empowered in dark,
luxuriant foliage.
North of that is Kiev proper, which
contains the university and the cathe-
dral of st. Sophia, building erected
in the eleventh century, but so con-
stantly repaired and added to that it
is now huge and towering structure
with more than dozen large golden
domes.
Here also are the theaters, hotels
and shops, which are quite as mod
ern as those of Petrograd or Moscow.
Petchersk, the fourth district, is honey
combed with caves and catacombs that
In olden days were used as places of
refuge and as monastic cells, and
where, during holy festivals, one can
scarcely move through the dense
crowds of pilgrims, of whom 100000
annually visit this ancient and revered
monastery.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-12-12
| KidweIIy Is Quaint Old
Welsh Town; Place Lives
Largely in Days Gone By

Kidwelly is a quaint old town In
Wales. 1t Is a dreamy little com
munity set in snugy between broad
marshes and Carmarthen bay, and di'
vtded by curving river with an IN
pronounceable Welsh name. Old Kid
welly lives largely in the past. 1t has
been the scene of battles and sieges.
1t has castle whose turrets and round
towers still stand bravely, their age
kindly hidden by the vines that enfold
them.
1t pretends to remember well the oc-
casion of the Welsh princess who
stormed the town at the head OF her
army. 1t tells the story proudly. u
little sadly at the end. for the warrior
princess was executed by her enemies.
1t is dusty. unromantic climb to
the battlements, but the view from
the castle top is worth the trip. The
quaint, tumbledown houses at the foot
of the walls are q mere skeleton of the
old town as 1t was in its prime. Be-
yond them are marshy fields rolling
away to the next village. Far below
Is the river once thronged with ships
of trade that long ago deserted 1t for
richer ports. Its streets are almost
empty, and its old-fashioned residents,
primly oblivious to new improvements
and styles of architecture, testify loud
ly to its age.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-12-12
IN CULLING KEEP
ONLY GOOD PULLETS

Every well-develOped, early-hatched
pullet in good health is potential egg
aver Just as there Is no method of
Judging the speed of horse before
he has been raced or of determining
the butterfat record of heifer before
she has been freshened. so there Is no
accurate means of telling how many
eggs the pullet will lay until she has
been given a trial. AS rule, most
pullets which start laying before win
ter will lay at least enough eggs to
pay for their feed during their first
laying season. All mature. vigorous
pullets should be kept. Any weak, I'M
dersized, late-hatched, or deformed
pullets should be culled out in the fall.
Other methods of estimating the flu
ture egg production of pullets are in
accurate and their use is not advised.
The real problems in culling poul-
try flock are found with hens that
have finished one or two laying sea-
sons. The general rule with pullets
is to keep practically all and with
aged hens to dispose of all, but with
all yearling hens and with two-year-
old hens Of the lighter breeds some
should be sold and Others kept. To
Gull hens Of these ages every bird
must be studied to determine her
value. Nature has marked the poor
producer and the poultry keeper
should be able to recognize the marks.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-12-12

in the form of hot-water bags, hot
plates, hot congresses or even hot flat
irons. This produces a certain sense
of well-being and is supposed to relax
spasm and aid digestion. But the Jour-
nal of the American Medical Associa-
ton points out that all experiments to
ascertain how the heat acts fail to
prove that it acts at all. 1t is certain
that the heat does not actually pene-
trate the organs within the abdomen
and it may be that whatever results
are obtained are brought about by way
Of the nervous mechanism connecting
the skin and the internal organs.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-12-12
Peaceful Color of Green
Was Mother Earth's Choice

How many of us ever wonder why
Mother Earth chose to dress In green?
The earth was not always, green. Once
it was as naked as the moon but there
came day when the weather grew
cool enough to demand clothing, and
at that time, no doubt, our material
planet began to look about to choose
a color scheme for her dress. Why
she chose green Is not of record, but
that she chose it with her whole heart
every pleasant place of creation testi-
fies. Scientists explain that this is
merely natural phenomenon, the col
or being chlorophyl pigment, turned
green by action of the sun. But why
it did not turn blue, or red, or black
no scientist knows. About all we can
say is that Mother Earth wanted a
green dress, and she went and got it.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-12-12
Stewed Oxtails.

Separate an Oxtail at the joints into
two-ilc CHI pieces. wash carefully, dry on
a cloth and roll in flour. Shred slice
of fat salt pork or two slices of bacon.
Try out the fat; remove the pieces of
Drowned pork or bacon to a casserole
and add the oxtails to the fat. Let
them brown on all sides, add them to
the casserole, cover with beef broth
or al bouillon cube dissolved in water !;
let simmer an hour. Add four onions
Qf small leave them whole); a cup
full of diced celery. Stir one-fourth of
cupful of flour mixed with cold wa
ter until smooth, then add to the hot
stock; add more water or stock II
needed and let simmer until the meat
Is very tender. Before serving add
two tablespoonfuls of tomato or mush
room catchup. Serve with horserad
ish.