davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-12
SISTER MARY's
KITCHEN .
Copyright, 1920. y 2. Az

Lard will remove even a bad, black
grease stain from clothing. Some.
times. somehow, probably from care.
lessness about the washing machine,
unsigauy black grease marks appear
on sheets and towels. When this hap
pens rub the spot well with lard and
let 1t stand for few minutes. Then
wash with soap and water and the
stain will be gone.
Any fabric that will stand soap and
water may be cleaned in this way.
Anyone who drives car is sure
to find these horrid marks on cloth
ing. The lard and water treatment is
the most satisfactory II the materia.
TO be cleaned will warrant It.
Menu for Tomorrow.
BREAKFAST-Halves Of grapefruit,
Goldfish balls, graham mullins, coffee.
LUNCHEoN-Potato salad, colo
boiled ham, baking powder biscuit,
orange marmalade, tea.
--DINNER-Broiled sirloin steak,
mashed potatoes, buttered carrots,
endive salad with bacon dressing,
cherry sponge, coffee.
My Own Recipes
Goldfish balls are good to serve for
breakfast once in a while. A tart
fruit is always wise choice as It cuts
the fish taste. An egg beaten into the
mixture Of faxed fish and potato adds
to the nourlshment. For a breakfast
dish the easiest way to make the fish
cakes Is to fry them in frying pan.
Deep fat frying is not for the early
morning repast.
POTATO SALAD
2 cups cold boiled potatoes
2 tablespoons finely minced onion.
1 cucumber
teaspoon salt
IA teaspoon paprika
2 tablespoons minced parsley
2 hard-boiled aggs (optional)
Cut potatoes into half inch cubes.
Sprinkle with salt and paprika. Add
onion and mix thoroughly. Cut cucum
Der into cubes and add with parsley.
Pour over mayonnaise dressing to
make moist and let stand 20 or 80
minutes before serving for the In.
gradients to blend. Garnish with
hard-boiled eggs.
CHERRY SPONGE
2 cups canned cherries
2 eggs
3.4 cups sugar
Ia cup hot water
"a cup flour
1'heaping teaspoon baking powder
teaspoon lemon juice
Ia teaspoon salt
Beat yolks of eggs till thick and
lemon colored. Add half the sugar
gradually and beat till smooth. Add
water and the rest Of the sugar and
lemon. Add flour mixed and sifted
with baking powder and salt. Add
whites Of eggs beaten till stiff and
dry. In the bottom Of buttered bak-
ing dish put the cherries. Pour the
batter over and bake in a moderate
oven for 40 minutes. If the cherries
are tart sprinkle sugar to taste over
them before adding the cake batter.
The syrup Of the fruit makes it un-
necessary to serve sauce.
There is always one member Of the
family who can tell you what OUGHT
to be done.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-12

to go on giving them to him rattle,
than sell them. But now he's gone O
course they sell them, and Abigail
can't have them any more. I saw hel
down town buying dishcloth tn,
other day, and my, but she looked
sad. She told me she hadn't uset
anything but flour bags for twent,
years, and today's she all broke W
about IT,"
"I'm real sorry for her," unused Miss
Smith. TITS too bad when woman
gets SO sot in her way. 1t makes II
hard, though, taking in ,mealers with
out having the bags. Too bad she
didn't marry"
"My sakes," commented Miss Heck
who was known to have serious ad
mirer OF her. own in another town
mo one would want to marry Abigail
She's so sot in her ways"
Maybe sc" rejoined Miss Brown.
Meantime Abigail, all tired out, dis
couraged and disappointed and at odds
with herself sobbed on in her low
ceiled bedroom above stairs and some
one who had overheard most of the
conversation; just quoted stole silently
out OF the living room of the Brad
shaw homestead and down in the di
rectton of the new bakery, where the
process OF baking bread for the fol
lowing morning was just getting under
way.
The next morning Abigail was at .hel
post, but her eyes showed the effect
lof her clears and there were signs that
she was feeling the effects Of her long
strain and anxiety.
When the rest had started off or
their several duties Mr.. Joe Bennett
who, by the way, was the eavesdrop
per, fingered awakwafdly in the dining
room. Miss Abigail came back into
dining room from the kitchen and was
surprised to see him, large package
under one arm, standing there, first
on one foot and then on the other
like an awkward schoolboy.
Il know you told me not to ask You
again, Abigail" began the bachelor
suddenly gaining control of himself
and looking into Miss Bradshaw's
brown eyes, "but thought I'd take
another chance. You're all tuckered
out. You need some one to look after
you, a strong shoulder to lean on. LIE,
me look out for you, let me"
"on, Joc," Miss Abigail's voice was
almost peeyish. This declaration on
the part of the faithful Joe Bennett
seemed Just like an added trouble. "If
I was to marry you I'd have to 70 on
housekeeping just the same, and Il
Just seems as II couldn't keep the
house the way I. used to-" Joe tried
to interrupt. but Miss Abigail perceiy.
ed 1t and went on: ri know you are
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-12
MARY
II Didn't Work.

A Jersey court severely reprimand.
ed an officer recently for beating up
the prisoner arrested for speeding.
Did the prisoner offer resistance? Not
a tail. The prisoner merely thought a
soft answer would turn away wrath.
1t seemed he called the copper
Sweetheart. Motor Life.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-12
tTo Be contIoued.)
Resigned.

Resigned.
yacation?"
Not going to have any"
But | thought that you were going
to spend a month with your wife and
the children at. the seashore."
81 am Life.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-12

Scotland Yard claims to have made
100000 identifications by finger prints
without a single mistake.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-12

NEW YORK, April 12.-Marie Car.
roll in my Golden Girl" is wearing
a springtime evening cape Of taffeta.
It's sparrow blueN with a plain yoke,
and then a modified Medlci collar of
hand-painted taffeta Of a darker blue.
There are always lovely frilly petit
coats with these evening things that
are really part of them.
The spectator., 1920-03-16
Ozark Girls To Van Buren

The best basket ball team of Ozark High School girls, went to Van Buren Friday afternoon to play the high school team at that place. but were disappointed when they got there and were informed that the team had dls- banded and the invitation to play the Ozark team had not been cancelled. However the Van Buren team treated the visiting team most courteously. paying all their expenses.
 Miss Ruth Payne entertained with a party in their honor. Those who enjoyed the trip were: Misses Lois Hall, Ruth Wilson, Carrie Deane Davidson Cena Jeffers. Ruby Gibbon, Helen Agee. Wordna Reed Grace Wilson, Lucille Cannon Beatrice Protheroe. (not of the team) and Prof. Hill.
The spectator., 1920-03-16
Wounded Soldier Boy
 Returned Home

NJ. M. Forsythe returned from Houston. Tex. with his wounded soldier son. Newt, who was in seven engagements in France and was wounded a number of times. He is suffering now from an incurable wound which re- quires the closest and best atten- tion. A number of the citizens of Cecil met them here Sunday to assist in carrying him to his home at that place. A truck was converted into an ambulance and the greatest care taken Tn moving him. He was cheerful and happy to get back to his home. The army surgeons say he can not::live much longer.
 He is one of our heroes for whom we can not do too much.
The spectator., 1920-03-16
Where Did He Visit?

In the Ultimas Noticias. 8 newspaper of Santiago. Chili. a Chilean, who visited the United States recently has published an article under the title Why l am a Yankophile. Here are some of the reasons he gives for liking the United States:
 Because when a person falls down nobody laughs.
 When in the street if person steps on another's toes they do not insult each other.
 Drunkards in that country are an extinct species.
 Everybody takes . bath.
 The name doesn't make the man but the man the name
 It is a of i'll breeding not to respect the opinon of others.
 1t is difficult to think one is ly- ing. or that one has bad judg- ment, when one is saying nice things about you. The Gazette likes what the Chilean .has writ ten about our country. but the Gazette is interested in as- certaining the location of the place in which he visited. Ark ansas Gazette.
 We can't tell you where he went after spending quite while in Franklin county but from what you say he must have not stopped in Little Rock. He prob- ably went directly home.
The spectator., 1920-03-16

Mrs. Ira Hoffstetter is work ing at the Fair Store this week
 Wednesday the seventeenth is St. Patricks' day.
 Rev. w. V. Womack went to Ft. Smith today.
 Mrs. Dr. Bourland of Van Buren and Mrs. J. H. Berry of Bentonville came last Friday to visit their sister, Mrs. G. A. Carter.
 Misses Janness Johnston. Jean Ramsden and Dorothy King ca me home from Conway to spend a day or so with home folks. Friday evening being the end of tn he term at the Normal and their good grades and excellent department en- titled them to a vacation at home.
The spectator., 1920-03-16
Where Are We Drifting?

Editor Spectator: = Please per init me space in which to say a few words relative to Franklin county and it's financial con- ditions. The regular term of Circuit court was in session re- gently: many of the farmers had to attend, either as members of a jury or as witnesses and it is one of the busiest times for him of the season. As a 5uryman he got $500 per day in scrip. and will have to pay in cash $1.5O to S2.OO per day for board: scrip is worth 75c on the dollar. i. e. he gets $2. 25 in cash for his scrip. and his board costs say 1.50 that leaves him 75c per day for his service. No more than many get for one to two hours work in some vacations. Now l will ask is there any justice in thus depriving him of his needed service at home. and force him whether or no to serve and only get 75c per day? <
 Take for instance the farm demonstrator that can ride around in his auto. see farmer now and then. He can draw a fixed salary of from three to four dollars per day. yet some would have the conditions go on and that is not all. There is the quarantine man draw his .000 to $l, 500 fixed salary. the people forced to pay for the dip. and forced to lose the time to so and dip their cattle regardless of how busy he is in his crop. then in addition pay 5c per head for the use of their own dip. All this regardless of the fact that the price of cattle Is lower now. than when the first COW was dipped in this county. Who calls the conditions just? Many of us voted for the present County Judge with the understanding that he would try and bring Franklin county out of debt. He can only do that by stopping use. less expenditures Will he do ir'.
 \ Taxpayer
The spectator., 1920-03-16
J0neSb0ro Leads In
 Better Schools Move
JonesbOro, March F, 1920

Jonesboro, March F, 1920. K. H. Burrow. Ozark, Ark.
 Dear Sir:-I notice in your paper tonight an article on the five mills school tax. In this city the Chamber of Commerce took hold of this proposition (and Jonesboro has live Chamber of Commerce too)and put it through
 Committees called on the bus mess men and talked the matter over with them. Cards about 6x10 were printed and one placed in the window of each business house that has agreed to pay this extra tax These cards read as follows. We favor and will pay the extra five mill school tax. "
 am sending you copy of to- days paper with some dope in it on the five mill tax. Will state also that 75 per cent of the tax payers. yes more than 75 per cent, especially the large tax payers. are in favor of this tax and will pay it.
 The proposition, as put to the people by the Chamber of Com merce, was that we must have the extra five mill tax or we would not have any schools.
 Propaganda of all kinds was what put it the thing through here. and you folks can do it there. if you try. You may be aware of the fact that this coun- ty and city were the first in the state to put over the extra five mill school tax. The schools here are short several teachers now and also must build another large school building at once.
 thought possibly Ozark might profit by some of the features used in the campaign here. and as l am still a resident of Ozark in one sense ot the word. l am passing the above ideas on to you.
 The entire family reads your paper each issue. We are always glad to see The Spectator. Wish ing you d prosperous 1920. l am
 Very truly
 C. w. Strong.
The spectator., 1920-03-16

Arthur Richie has bougt out T. l.. Dickerson's Feed store and will continue the same business at the same place
 Ellis Highfill has entered Business College at Abilene, Texas. taking a full business course. He has the ambition to go to the Top" in the business world, and is sure of success.
The spectator., 1920-03-16
Pie Supper

Friday night, March 19. a pie supper will be. given at the American Legion hall. Funds will go to the school. Bring your pies and your money and have all the fun that is coming.
The spectator., 1920-03-16

Mr. and Mrs. John Bollingef' and baby spent Sunday witt, Mr. and Mrs. Jack King oI White Oak. Their daughter Miss Hallie. came home witt them to spend the week.
The spectator., 1920-03-16
Parcel Post Packages

Be sure and come to the pia supper Friday night and ge your letters and Parcel Pos packages. Everyone invited.
The spectator., 1920-03-16
Notice Doctors!

All Doctors will be admitted free 10 the pie supper Friday night at the American Legion hall
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-11-13

III Tie pubic mind. war was not
needed to show tho world what the Red
Cross could do. but the great conflict
did serve to emphasize the nature and
effectiveness Of It's work.
In peace, as we'll as in war, the Rcd
Cross IS constantly needed both here at
homo and In foreign lands, to relieve
extreme distress Of all kinds. Espec-
tally Is this true now. when the after
effects Of the war have brought dis
ease and starvation to hundreds of thou
sands. The Red Cross relieves, not only
the spectacular cases Of distress but the
many thousands OF sufferers, scattered
IN communities all over the country.
who are known only TO workers Of re!ief
organizations.
The annual roll call, which Is now
in progress here, is not a campaign fer
funds, but simply a renewal OF member
ship. All that is needed for any indt-
vldual to become identified with the
work Of this wonderful organization for
the coming year is "A heart and dol
lar" In no other way can anyone do so
much good with so small a sum. Hunt
up one OF the workers to-day and have
your name put on humanity's roll OF
honor.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-11-13
SEEKERS AND SOUGHT

After every political victory. there ara
many men who seek the "plums." in the
gift Of the successful candidates, while
at the same time the officials-elect usu-
ally seek for the most suitable men to
mi the coveted positions. Very seldom
indeed Is the man who seeks such
MACE the one who Is best fitted to I'LL
II. Especially Is this true Of the places
at tho disposal Of SUCCESSFUL candidate
for the presidency. In making selec-
tons for cabinet positions, tho Pres!-
dcnt-elect Is In a most unenriable diem
ma, He is besieged on eveSy hand by
men who have rendered real or imagl-
nary services in the campaign and at the
same time has in mind men whom he
believes to be the most desirable but
who may not accept. Soreness Is ineVi-
table but the man who can muster the
moral courage to select the right man
for the right place thereby serves all the
people and justifies his own election
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-11-13
DEFENDS BIG TRUCKS

So general has been the condemnation
of large trucks as road and street de-
stroyers that II Is rather novelty 10
find a writer in The New York Tribune
not only defending this type Of vehicle
but also claiming that tho large truck
makes for real economy OF road wear
Possibly this Is true. but X certainly
presupposes a road that Is built TO with
stand the wear OF the big trucks.
The defender OF the big load argues
that II We attempt 70 eliminate the
heavy truck, 1t will mean the Suosttu-
ton Of q largo number Of small trucks
or the overlooking of small trucks. He
figures that the substitution Of from
two TO seven small trucks for every Dig
one would not only increase the cost or
transportation and traffic CONCESSION but
would actually mean greater wear on
the roads and streets. Smaller trucks
no states. travel at q higher average
rate of speed and this would be factor
In wear, while both speed and overload
ing would cause more accidents.
Tests and surveys. he asserts, have
established that large trucks actually
decrease road wear in comparison WIN
doing the same work with smaller
trucks. These assertions may all be
true when applied to the most modern
type Of streets and roads. but as there
Is still a very large mileage of both
not built to withstand heavy trucks. It
would appear that regulation must con-
t!nue until streets and roads catch up.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-11-13
A LAME EXCUSE

The New York Call. one OF the coun-
try's most extreme Socialist publica-
lions. admits that the Russian expert
ment Is a failure. The Call was former
Is enthusiastic over Bolshevism and be-
lieyed that II heralded the end OF all
''capitalistic evils" Its admission that
Lenine and Trotsky have failed Is no
doubt made reluctantly.
The Call does not admit, however that
the system was wrong. but blames the
result on what the Bolshcvists inherit
ed from the former Russian government.
This Will hardly prove impressive.
Czarism was bad but 1t Is fact that
the Bolshevists have lived on the wealth
they inherited from it and not on what
they have produced themselves.
Had It not been for this, the Soviet
government would long ago have COL
lapsed. The gold. Jewels. railways and
other facilities and supplies Of the
cars government have kept It going.
Bolshevism has failed principally be-
cause, 1t has tried to exist without pro-
duclng anything. what Russia had is
gone and has not been replaced. Pr
marily, this Is due to the BolsheviSt
principles. Men will not produce when
they know that the fruits Of their labor
may be taken from them without just
return.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-11-13
Our Daily Story
HER rAvoR1TE AUTHORS

Geraldine MIsh was \ young woman
Of varied tastes, and her TWO favorlte
authors were widely different in their
appeal. Hhe novels Of Buckram Tupo
wero ririlc, manly at times amos;
coarse full OF the action Of rcd blood
and strong desires. while the poems anu
ESSAYS of V!rGinibus Twcere breathed
the spirit OF gentle refinement and re-
Elected a soul too sensitive Tor the
worlds harsh touch.
1t was a bright day in Geraldine's life
when she was invited to literary tea
at which the two authors were TO be
among the guests.
Miss Mish," said the hostess. leading
her to n tall, StrappinG. hr"nz"d giant
Of a man in Z tennis shirt, who gave her
4 hand shake that deprived her OF the
use Of three fingers for Il month. Il
want you to meet one OF your 1aVoF''o
authors"
"Oh. Mr.. Tuhb" gushcd Geraldine. III
you knew how I've been looking forward
to this mcrtinE-to being fac" to fac"
with the man who wrote those thriliinE,
throbblng novels, Tho strong Right
Arm of Buck Malone. and Might Makes
Right North OF Fffty-Threc.
You got me wrong. ain YOU: Saio
the tall. strapping man. My monickcr
happens to be Ncrginibus Twcevc.
"The--thn author Of 'Pansy, PanSy.
and Thoughts while Shifting n Violet"
Eltcred Geraldine.
That's me-" said Twecve. as he took
:: Vie smelling pipe from his pocket and
lillcd il. There's Buckham Tuhb over
,hrr" with all the skirts around him
He indicated fragile. dreamy-eyed
youth with long flowing hair and long.
flowing tie who. surrounded by adCr!ng
women. was slipping tea with slight
lisp.
And after that Gcrald!n" Mish refused
to read anything but the works +
Shakespeare. because she had seen his
picture. and he looked thr way he wrote.
Copyright 1918 by George Matthew
Adams
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-11-13
1.-THE SOLDIER OF FRANCE

The selection OF the body OF an un-
I known soldier to represent all the hero
dead OF France and her allies in the
+, world war, appeals powerfully TO the
. imagination. The Identity OF this SOL
: der will never be known He was one
: OF the millions who fought for France
and Il was his apparent misfortune to
be buried in n"meless grave. Now.
his mortal remains are elevated above
all others and he received the homage
!of the great men OF many nations.
kGlory such as Caesar might have enyied,
Is his.
Those who believe in Fate or IN the
mysterious and Inevitable justice Of
God. will see In this event the fitting
Reward OF q LIE that was noble and
heroic despite humble station and lack
lof opportunity. This man. under other
circumstances, might have been another
Napoleon or Lafayette. Gray. In his
L'Elegy in a Country Churchyard," says:
tVFull many a gem OF purest ray serene,
/ bear:
Full many a flower is born to blush
I unseen
And waste its sweetness on the desert
z. air"
In this same poem he speaks Of
Hands that the rod Of empire might
| have swayed or walked to ecstacy' the
diving Tyre" On the other hand, this
soldier now so highly honored. may
have been in all things as ordinary as
his position. 1t does not matter. His
nation honors him as The soldier OF
France" whose mortal remains are the
Immortal symbol OF those who said
s"They shall not pass"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-11-13

In the matter Of production and con-
sumption we have the psycholoslcal
factor which many people overlook n
PSYCHOLOGICAL factor Is very important.
We are all emotional more than ""
are reasoning beings, and human bclnES
probably always Will be emotional more
than reasoning. When the war was
over there was an immediate rerulSlon
Of feeling and people began to relax:
and began to spend. began TO demand
things that they had denied themselves
OF for three or four years. So we got
into that period where this emotional
factor helped initiate prices and increase
demand: and in initiating prices 1t helped
which started In the spring OF 1919 ana
has cor 'rnucd up to this time. After
the Civ. war we did not have any such
big factor.
Where Is all this going to lead to:
What really Is going TO happen ar
panic, or readjustment without panic, or
have we got to have panic In order
to have deflation"
We know that we are going on me
edge Of a precIp!ce. so to speak. we
know that the world, In a sense. Is
walking on a. tight rope and mas ps% zen
for long time. We FEAR mistepS. we
don't know what might start the "Ho'o
world sliding down hill.
4 great many people say we nave Rot
TO slide down hill. A few optimistic
think otherwise; think We can go on and
initiate
We recently have taken the view that
there Is no necessity of a panic ana
no probability Of one in the immediat lie
future. On the other hand. We nave
taken the view that we are going ~
have considerable amount of dc.ati S .
We do not base this notion on that
so much as we do on the psychological!
side Of the whole situation.
For year or more the people OF ms
country have been accepting the SUI n.,
ron They have been standing Tor
Whatever has been offered them, They
have gone into shoe store and when
they have been asked SEQ for pair OF
shoes Of the kind for which they use"
TO nav Sc, they have paid the $50 WITH
out a Grumble II they have had the
money. They have done everything on
the same plan.
As result Of the fall in prices of