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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-14
Gnaw Corners ga Bread.

The people came with all KINDS
Of strange vessels for their scanty
rstiors. They had kettles, pals.
old tin cans with string or wire for
handles, earthe1ware pots, even
China vases.
Il was pathetic to see four ana
iire-year-old Riddles standing 10
line for hours.
On the way out few could resist
the temptation 10 gnaw the corners
Of the bread or to drink some Of
the SOUP, even Il It did mean rob
bling the rest Of tie family.
| have seen men break on q piece
Of bread and hide 1t away under
either ..rubashka," or blouse. Two
years OF starvation has brought out
all the old primeyal instincts Of
man, the most pronounced Of which
IS his willingness to fight savage
ly for food even at the cost Of the
suffering Of others.
This reduction Of a great, hos
pitable and lovable people to Q
state Of senltsa:agery was striS'
Ipgly illustrated by an incident thai
happened to me one dag.
! was taking my one daily meal
IN a Soviet kitchen.
The fellow next to me was pick.
Ing the mould out Of his bread
with his pocketknlfe. tMcst PEG
nle in Russia nowadays carry theif
own knives with them to the res
taurants.)
i gave him half O; my breaii,
which was fresh. Ny companion
"a Russian ! had met, seeing this,
said rather angrily to me:
"You shouldn't do that. de Is
used to Il. Besides you may need
the bread yourself tomorrow: ]
can see you have not been In Rus
STA long. 1t Is now every man fol
himself"
And vet the other day, zinovief
the chief commis:ar OF Pelog.aG,
said: y shall not consider you PEG
pie starving until YOU bite at COD
blestones and the women eat thelz
babies"
Nv food Psrliaa sakki cooked
for me at the hotel on instructions
/ understood, from cor,lnlssas
GromoN, secretary.chairman Of the
Communist party for Pskoy
Washes Down Tasteless, Dirty FOOD
With Tea Brought Along
from New York.
II I had fish Il was served With
ont any seasoning whatever IN q
dirty old pot. Whethe. boiled OF
tried in flax oil, the heads, tails and
fms we're never cut on. Every
thing Is eaten In Russia these
days.
sack. There was 70 tab!ecioth'
And whatever / did not cat at one
meal was left IN my bedroom IN.
covered, and | was supposed TO eai
It at the next, that i5, Il the rats
did not get at It.
But for my own tea and suga:
Drought from New York;, 4 would
have been very difficult 10 swallow
! the food. And yet / was told By .
commissar, who dropped In on
afternoon while was eating, thai
| was living more luxuriously than
any worker.
The nights were the worst part
Of nv stay at the Palermo.
sflef May III ..;;Rhss were fc:'
bidder in Pskoy IN order TO save
Il was an act Of counterIevolu'
ton to burn even q candle In you:
room.
However this vas really not 9
very greet hardship, for they have
sot Gayl.ghttaying with . ven
searce IN Russia-the clock has
been pushed forward three hours!
This was 3 curious result the
people refuse to go to bed While Il
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-14

A london policeman . Mt pSra
nit.ed to marry without ~ ~
proyll Of h!i superior.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-14

Doing Very week.-Mrs.: Ralph
Regan who underwent "a serious
operation recently at Cook hospital,
I Is doing very nicely.at this Tina,
though her condition % still seft.
ora. M. y - q Z.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-14
R|I R / ! ] lll
Rll
Resort SADLY
Some Of. the Terrible
Things Duckworth Saw
IN Russia.
BY j. HERBERT DuckWoRTH.
N. 6. 4. StaR CeereSpondent.

Copyright, 1890, by The News
paper Enterprise Assoeiation.)
REyAL, Esthonia. July 81
When 1 left Es.hua!a to 80 alone
Into Soviet Russia, / was told not
on any account 10 miss going TO
The Palermo.
IT. was a famous hotel IN this
part Of the country, famous ior us
food and Its music!
~ tEs
But there are no guests at the
hotel nowadays and the former
servants and employees wander the
sueess looking for bread.
Instead OF guests lean ghosts Of
men and women and thin hollow
checked children frequent int
place. -.
from the bottom and means anu
prays as only o Russian besgat
can at the approach OF passers.by.
There was no restaurant Of the
Palermo. Of course. The cafe, the
scene OF many a rtotous evening
during the German occupation OF
Pskov, had been stripped bare Of
all It's fine furnishings. i had
been turned into a Soviet kitchen,
At one end Of the long room were
big boilers Tor the soup and along
one wall was q counter from which
the bread and soup were handed
out t.. the famished people.
Riddles Stand In Line for Hours a
Kitchen; So Hungry They
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-14

Bisci. silk umbrella with
60ad handle Either postuince,
Im6lk Wal plast lei, Foo Lee \
idf a Matspn Hotel cigar
Retut1 70 West vlrginiau
s:;:sssSe
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WE'D Md nassss Apply
ms FGil 6it avenue. Phone
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NoTE-All can ezeep. clasIsbu.r b.
g. ta. running one A0us h!ss on Sun.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-14

And vet the other day, zinoviet,
the chief corimissar OF feuog.aG,
said: Il shall not consider you pep
pie starving until YOU bite at cob.
blestones and the women eat theiT
hahies.n =
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-14

II Pskoy were a health resort, I
thought then what must Petrograo
be like!
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-14

Is Yesterdays XVII.
~ Inn Is an astringent mineral
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-14

Copyright, 1890, by The News
paper Enterprise AssoeiatiOn.)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-14
ut Il was an act Of coanterFevolu.
ton to burn even q candle IN yous

However, this vas really not q
very greet hardship, for they have
got dayl:ghttaying with 9 ven
searce IN Russia-the clock has
been pushed forward three hours!
This was q curious result the.
people refuse 70 60 to bed while It
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-14

With every delivery Of eoal-shs
fan..nd-..sh coal window in your
hou,c /. hopele,sly i, he mercy Of
ayias lump; ofeod. Why not pre-
vent the damage which !, stse %
come thu hll-whsa yaut winters
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-14

All the other guests In the hotel
were soldiers with the exception
Of one. He was 9 sailor, he told
me, from Kronstadt. He had only
recently recovered from spotted
typhas and had been sent to Pskot
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-14

The famous Italian painter.
ha5l panied the Sistine Ma
l6tia
lA criN IS the second pouch
4, tumacd of q bid.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-16
How German Potash Is Mined.

Potash in Germany occurs in the
form of rock salt and runs in seams
of 30 feet or more in thickness. AS
mined, It has about the same consist
sncy as the common rock salt of COM
merce and its grinding is easy. 1t is
ground to about the tineness of a
coarse sand; in this form it is used
for domestic agriculture and at the
present time it is also mostly exported
In this form. The depths at which the
true potash deposits are situated rem
der 1t necessary to sink shafts leading
to levels of as much as 5000 feet be-
low the surface. Horizontal cuttings
extend up to two miles in length.
The miners themselves are, unlike
coal miners, entirely free from the dam
ger of fire damp. Occasionally dam
ger arises from hydrogen, the blue
flames of which may sometimes be
seen pickering on the walls after a
blasting operation in newly opened
mine. Sulphuretted hydrogen has
caused the death of few miners and
carbonic acid gas renders suffocation
possible.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-16
sumatra Protects 1iuera.

Tigers are protected in Sumatra, the
reason being that one Of the impor-
tant industries of that country is the
cultivation of an African palm. This
palm was introduced several years
ago, and the wild hogs so enjoyed its
easily-obtained fruits and so thrived
on them that they increased and null
tiplied rapidly until they became per-
feet pest. Now, wild hogs are the
favorite diet of Sumatran tigers, there
fore the protection. But it looks like
dangerous experiment.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-16
Green Tomato Pickle

Chop four quarts green toma-
toes and sprinkle with two-thirds
cup salt. Let stand "a hours and
drain, Add three teaspoons Gin
namon, three teaspoons allspice,
three teaspoons cloves, two tea
spoons mustard and two teaspoons
pepper to two quarts mild vinegar.
If more highly seasoned pickle is
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-16
Sweet Cucumber Pickles

Soak small cucumbers in brine
and freshen. Wipe dry and put
into kettle with vinegar, adding a
cup of sugar to each quart of vine
gar, s whole cloves, s black pep
pers, 6 allspice, 6 blades of mace.
Heat slowly to boil, pack at once
and seal. Many people prefer hon
ey to sugar for sweet pickles.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-16
Picturesque Nantucket.

Until several years ago Nantucket
had its town crier Old customs are
followed as closely as possible. Some
OF the old streets are paved with cob
blestones, and houses are built of
wood with old wood shingles for a
roof. Many fishing dories are locked
along the one-time busy wharves, and
while its glory is gone, The town of
Nantucket becomes more picturesque
every day.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-16
Raisin Nut Bread

| cup raisins.
| cup nut meats.
cup graham.
J cups white flour.
egg.
4 teaspoons baking powder.
teaspoon salt.
! cup sugar.
2 cups milk.
Mix and sift the flour, baking
powder, salt and sugar, add all the
rest OF the ingredients and beat for
one minute. Pour into well-but-
tered loaf cake or bread pan. Set
for 20 minutes. Bake in a moder-
ate oven for one hour.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-16
Melba,s Rehuke

Melba was glad when Chester came
over to play with her, but was sur.
prised wf-n she saw he was all Dress
ed up in his best clothes. and after
looking him over from head to foot
she asked severely, "Why, Chester
for why you year your Sunday clothes
on week days7"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-16

desired add one-half cup white
mustard seed. Bring to boiling
point, add tomatoes, three or four
thlnly sliced green peppers and
one large OF two small onions.
finely chopped. Bring to boiling
point again and boil Is minutes.
Pour into earthenware crock.
1t you have a small cake pan with
a tunnel in it, stir up this miniature
angel food for supper sometime.
Beat 3 eggs until frothy and add !
teaspoon cream of tartar. Stir in
to this ! cup sugar and then ! cup
flour sifted three times. Lastly
stir in one-half teaspoon havoring
and turn into INCREASED pan. Bake
IN slow oven 35 minutes. 1t will
be little finer in texture if the
sugar is slfted also. Any of the
egg cakes, angel food, sunshine or
sponge cake, should be baked in a
pan having funnel, then the cen
ter is sure to be baked evenly with
the outside.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-16
Dreaming of Hats.

To dream of wearing hat that fits
you and pleases you is sure sign Of
happiness and business success. If you
have on one that is torn or mud
spattered 1t means there is trouble for
you that reflects on your honor. A
straw hat points to an increase Of
knowledge on your part; hat of vel
vet or velour to an increase of fortune.
Chicago Herald and Examiner.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-16
Expert Mice catchers.

The barn owl, when she has young,
brings mouse to her nest about ev-
cry IL minutes. AS she is actively
employed at both evening and dawn,
and as both male and female hunt, 40
mice day is low computation for
the total Enthusiastically Eagle.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-16
Value Of Imagination

Imagination is the supreme gift Of
the gods and the degree Of its pos
session is the measure of any mans
advantage over circumstances-tbe
measure of his clutch of success
Keller.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-16
Evil Times.

Is the world growing wickeder? It
must be. Nobody stole electricity, loot
ed slot machines, purloined automo-
biles or robbed cash registers In
grandpas day.-Boston Transcript.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-16
Drop Cakes (twelve)

Two-thirds cup Of sugar.
One and one-half cups flour.
3 level teaspoons baking powder.
One-fourth level teaspoon salt.
One egg.
One teaspoon vanilla.
-Four tablespoons M elted hutter
One-half cup of milk.
Mix and sift the dry ingredients.
Add the egg beaten in the milk.
Beat two minutes. Add the van
lila and the butter. Fill we'll but
tered muffin tins half full. Bake
fifteen minutes in moderate oven.
Thomas Meroczk and his eight.
year-old daughter were walking on
the brow of a cliff at Niagara Falls.
The child slipped. The father, in
to save her, went over the
brink, plunging down to the jagged
rocks below. Both were living when
picked up but doctors feared their
injuries would prove fatal.
Looking at the ocean through
Coney Island telescope, Mrs.
Monger sighted four boys cling
ing to an overturned boat a mile
off shore. She notified rescuers
from the life-saving station, who
brought the boys to shorten an un-
conscious condition.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-16

MIR. Pester--Ah honey! You are
still worth your weight in gold to
me.
His wlfe--1 think you're perfectly
horrid. You told me that wears
ago, and everything has gone up
since then.
A little girl in the first grade was
asked by her father how to spell
rat. When she had spelled it, he
asked her if she could spell mouse.
"Of course | can, father. You
spell it just the same way only
with little letters
Music Teacher Your daughter
shows improvement but she must
be closely watched when it comes
to the scales.
Mother--Just like her father! He
made all his money in the coal
business.
A little girl was asked upon her
return home how she liked the
singing of the congregation in the
church. II liked it but all the
people said it was bad"
All the people said it was bad!
What do you mean, my DEAR"
ooh, it was so bad that l heard
the people praying, Lord, have
mercy upon US miserable singers"
I've brought that last pair of
trousers to be reseated. You know
| sit a lot, ''said Mr.. Poorpay.
Eyes" said the tailor, and per-
haps you've brought the bill to be
receipted, too. You know I've
stood a lot"
The seventeen-year-old daughter
OF a city man was visiting farm
Tor the first time. She Immediately
became interested in the prize cattle
and asked many questions. One
evening just at dusk, as the girl
was standing at the open door Of
the farmhouse talking to the farmer
there came the low mournful note
of COW. "Just listen to that poor
cow" she said 'mewing for her
colt"
sit is strange thing said the
professor. | was shaved this morn
ing by a man who really is. | sup
pose, little above being a barber.
| know of my own knowledge that
he studied at Heidelberg and spent
several years in other foreign edu
cational centers. | know, also that
he has contributed scientific articles
to our best magazines and has
numbered among his intimate
friends men of the highest social
standing. "And yet,' soliloquized
the professor, she can't shave
man decently." by Jove," ex-
claimed young Rounder in aston
ishment, what is he a barber for
with all those accomplishments"
"Oh he isn't barber" said the
professor, yawning. "You see, l
shaved myself this morning"
They had been out together the
night before and were comparing
notes in the morning. II had a
rotten time confessed Smith.
The missus jawed me for half an
hour. How did you get on?'
Jones groaned miserably. you
got off light" he said. "You don't
know what it is like being married
to woman who has been a school
teacher. She didn't say much,
but she made me sit up till | had
written 81 must be home every
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-16
their eggs sold that they take them
off the nest too soonw

Mr.. Manhattan walked into the
police station. Il hear" he said
to the sergeant at the desk chat
YOU have caught the burglar who
broke into my house a few nights
ago."
"Yes," replied the sergeant, "do
you want to see him."
"Well, I'd like to ask him how
he got in without waking my wife.
I've been trying to do that for
twenty years.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-16

Justice of the Peace Your wife
says you struck her. Have you
any excuse to offer, uncle?
The Prisoner--Ah certainly has,
ledge. While All was prayin' fo'
rain TO NAH garden, she starts in
prayin' fo' fair wedder cause she
wasgwine to wash!
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-16
Egg Sandwiches

Press hard-cooked aggs through
potato ricer. Season to taste with
salt, paprika and cooked salad
dressing. Spread on thinly but
tered slices OF bread, press together
and shape as desired.
Pleasing favors and table decor
ations for children's parties may be
made by affixing animal crackers
to ordinary waters. To do this,
melt little sugar, heating it with
out water, dip the animals feet in
it and stand it on the cracker. The
sugar hardens almost at once. 1t
is possible to stand the animals
either on their front or hind legs,
or to put group Of them on one
wafer in comical fashion which de-
lights the little ones.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-16
The Housewife
Corner

Sponge soiled spot on velvet
with pure alcohol, then hang in the
open air until thoroughly dry.
Cracked eggs can be boiled safe
ly if they are first wrapped in a
little bit of white muslin to prevent
their contents oozing out.
Spots may be removed from the
most delicate fabrics without leav-
ing ring around the edges if a
little salt is added to the gasoline.
10 keep dishes from slipping off
the ice in the refrigerator put three
or four jar rubbers on the ice.
These will stick to the ice and fur
nlsh safer resting place for the
dishes.
If you have no pastry flour you
can obtain goodresults in making
angel food by using one pint corn
starch to seven of flour. When
adding cornstarch to custards or
salad dressing mix it with dry SUI
gar and it will not lump. This
saves making paste.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-16
A[[SP|CE AND GINGER

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OF funny sayings, errors queer
Each day brings not few;
we get them from our neighbors
And we'll pass them on to you.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-16

MIR. Pester--Ah honey! You are
still worth your weight in gold to
me.
His wife--I think you're perfectly
horrid. You told me that years
ago, and everything has gone up
since then.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-16

A little girl in the first grade was
asked by her father how to spell
rat. When she had spelled it, he
asked her if she could spell mouse.
"of course can, father. You
spell it just the same way only
with little letters.o
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-18
IlICAdOO Refuses
 To Run Will Not Allow His Name Put Up As
 Candidate. GIVES REASONS
 IN A LETTER

New York, Feb. 1S-Willian Gibbs MAdoo a1N1ounced today that he would not permit his name to be used on presidential primary ballots in the various states, and that he advocates the sending of uninstructed delegates to the Democratic national conven. ton. The former secretary of the treasury said he believed the highest constructive leadership can best be obtained if the national interest 'is not submerged in a contest of indi> vtduals' candidacies.''
 '%PersonaIly,' MT. McAdoo con. dnued, 'fI wou2d be delighted if the next national convention might actu. ally be 8 great Democratic conference where the utmost freedom of action should prevail and where the motive of high service alone should control" !"
 The obligations of citizenship in a democracy are supreme, he said, and therefore he should regard is as the imerative duty of any man to accept 8 nomination if it should come to him unsolicited
 T am not seeking the nomination, '' the letter read, land am reluctant to do anything that would create the ap- pearance of candidacy
 MT. MGAdoo's views were expressed in a letter sent to Miller $. Bell, mayor of MilledgeviIIe, Ga, in response to a telegram saying the citizens of his boyhood home had placed his name on the presidential preferential ticket
 "Your telegram informing me that the citizens of Milledgeville have en- (Continued on Page Six.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-18
HUSBAND SET
 BED AFIRE AND
 THEN BEAT WIFE
One of Many Occasions So She Sought
 Divorce.

When her husband set fire to the bed Alice Hall of Norwalk thought it was about time for her to remon- strate but she received a beating for her remarks, she testified in the Superior Court today. That was only one of the occasions when Hall beat her, the wife said. She de- cIared she had to work every day and if she didn't give her husband her pay he would knock her down and take it away from her.
 He demanded that he be given the job of taking the rent money to the landlord but it was later found that the money did not reach the proper destination but was spent by Hall in an effort to make life more joy full to himself. Mrs. Hall said she could not stand such treatment any longer and she left her husband in September, 1913. They were mar ried in 1912.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-18
GROUND IS TOO HARD TO
 DIG GRAVES

Because of the severe storm of sew eral days ago and the subsequent freezing weather experienced, it has become necessary to place the re- mains of persons dying since that time in receiving vaults at the ceme- teries instead of burying them, the condition of the ground being such that digging graves is almost an i'm possibility.
 At St. MichaePs cemetery, it is stated. there are 67 bodies awaiting burial and although a few are buried every day the total number has not been materially reduced since the bad weather started.
 There is room in the vaults for about 15o coffins while in cases Of emergency it would be possible to place as many as 300 coffins in the vaults. The mild weather of yester- day afternoon and today however in- dicate that burying may take place within a short space of time.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-18
ORDER FOR BRASS NOT DELIVERED
 CAUSE OF SUIT

On the ground that an order for 1 100000 pounds of cartridge brass was not delivered as agreed, the Bridgeport Iron & Metal Co. of this city started suit in the Superior court today against the American Metal Go. of Philadelphia, Pa, for $20,000 dam ages. It is claimed that the agree ment was made last year and that the American Metal Go. promised to deliver the brass within a reasona ble time. The complaint states that the defendant refused to deliver the brass. Money in New Haven and Philadel- phia, Pa, banks deposited in the name of the American Metal Go. has been garnisheed.