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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-19

ed. And n my housekeeping was
going 70 turn out like that
lbegan % sob sottiy Dear old
Jack heard and came % me.
tpothtsd % Che spoiled beef and
sohbed the harder because l could
sob In his arms W
s. II hope you'll never have any
thing more important to weep
about my husband Whispered.
I'We'll live on rice until we've
made up for 1T"
Because my kitchen was in dis
order and because I had cried SO
long, my breakfast was late. Jack
couldn't take time TO eat what he
required. But he didn't complain,
dear. boy! 4
AS he kissed me goodby. he gave
his wrist watch 9 quick glance,
then terminated our embrace sud
denly Never had he left me so
abruptly. I was hurt. And Jack
never noticed!
Later he phoned to me to come
down town for luncheon! ] need
ed cheering he ayerred. And he
had surprise for me.
Itwas, indeed, q grand surprise.
Jack took me to his bank and
opened a checking account In my
name! 0ne hundred dollars to
open It aud fifty for me TO spend
any time. Ny first checking ac-
county. A coveted dignity was
added to my married state.
never had earned any money.
After my father and mother had
parted, Daddy continued to send
me small allowance monthly.
Only In order to make It last me q
month, Daddy paid 1t IN weekly
installments.
My own checking account! Jack
was q generous and thoughtful
husband. That night he gave me
alesson in making out checks and
in keeping the stubs in tho check
book.
And he laughed good deal at
some OF my questions.
ITO BE Gontinucd)
Copyright, 1920
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-19

EVERY BIT OF DuLLNEss
disappears with a Golden Clint
Shampoo. Adv.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-19
SISTER MARYs
KITCHEN
cep,rtrht. ls12, The W... vtrInIa,a.


II you have ever eaten aspara-
gus absolutely fresh from the gar
den YOU know that the taste is
very different from that which has
been cut for 4s hours. But II the
woman who is dependent on city
markets for her fresh Vegetables
will take a few precautions she
will ind herself well paid.
Assoon as the asparagus comes
from the market unwrap 1t and
wash 1t carefully: Do not trim
forcooking. When the water the
asparagus is washed in IS clear,
lift the stalks from tho water and
wrap loosely in a soft towel.
Lot stand in a cool place for
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several hours. This Will freshen
aud crisp asparasus ia u truly
renhrkahie fashion When rendS
70 cook snap OF the touch ends
and feinpye the eoa fz seales from
the stalks.
Sand and dirt lodges iinae the
scales and It Is impossible toilnalSa
asparagus perfectly clean without
removing them.
Creataed Asparagus ON Toast
Two punches asparagus, 3 table
spoons butter, 3 tablespoons Hour.
: cups milk, y teaspoon salt, e
teaspoon pepper.
Snap OF tough ends of aspara.
gus. Tie In four small bundles.
Stand the bundles with the heads
up In, q deep stew pan. Pour In
boiling water. Do not COVER the
heads. Let them remain about an
|Snch out OF water. Add one tea
spoon salt and boil 10 minutes.
Add enough more boiling water 20
cover the heads and cook 10 or / s.
minutes longer, till tender.
II asparagus Is cooked this way
the heads are tender but not
taushy and broken. Remove from
water and place each bundle on a
square Of hot buttered toast, Cut
and remove string and pour over
the sauce. To make the sauce
melt butter. Do not let the butter
bubble.
Stir in hour and cook and stir
over a slow fire for i've minutes.
Add milk slowly, stirring con-
stantly. Season With salt and
pepper and pour over asparagus
on toast. II this is being served
as a company luncheon dish, gar
nish with strips OF pimento.
Plain Boiled Asparagus
Prepare asparagus as In precod-
ing rule. Cook in boiling sailed
water for 30 minutes. allowing
the heads to stand out Of water
for the first 10 minutes. Remove
from water and put each bundle
In q lemon ring. Gut and remove
string, Pour over melted butter
and sprinkle with asparagus. This
is perhaps the most attractive wav
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20 s%se asparagus aq o dinner
negotiable.
lpsafagus, County style
Mss asperagus and cut In inch
sl6nst coois n boiling water
stoe { D mlnnte Add ohs half tea
spoon salt Tor eysty 6ap Of nspar-
agua Cook In lust enough water
oprevent burning aud IA not add
the salt until The lase q minutes
Of cooldng,
When the asparagus II tender
and the water Is neariy boiled
away add one-Quarter 6ip cream.
Heat to the oillng p6tnt ind se1yo
in side dishes, Al It'd minerals
are preserved In aspafagus Cooked
this way, This dish 81 sp6cially
good for lids md chiidrau.
When preparing ASPARAGUS Tor
an invalid extra care should 81
taken. Use only the tips aud the
tendsrest portions, ono tough
.strlngy bite may spoil a. other
wise delicious and nuuristtAe dish
for an Ill person. The teugher
ends should be used Tor sour,
= It's
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skoall skoail' I'm to be the yik-
fing's brideir
Opposite Bartss
pf counsel And hell be Won.
d !! as . Viking won't mel
TO this, no comment Jack re:
turned 70 the main subject:
II never thought Of the Play
housed numbhell! i pranced up
and down my deserted HON and
worrtedl''
Thought your wife had left
you?" / leased. Then remem-
bertng Jacks game, "who WOMB
slim. It was his problem. An-
other two-nuyer."
Another for your coilectlon2
Goody!"
My husband collects two-moyers
as boys collect stamps. And that
ts all know about his fad. Chess
Is Greek to me. / haven't brains
enough to play well enough to in
terest Jack who Is an expert.
Which is q pity because Mrs.
Herrod understands chess and she
and Jack swap problems. Since
she can't belong to the chess club,
It being for men, Jack takes his
big discoveries to her. And has
for years.
She's . lot older than Jack. So
/ ought not to worry. 1 do not
worry. But still often wish I
knew, the game as well as Mrs.
Herrod does.
In the Interestingly sudden way
Of 1ealously, a horrid idea took
possession Of me. had been bor-
ed-bored-by the crowd at the
Little Playhouse. Ny mind had
been on my husband and home
half Of the time.
With an intuition which 1 recog-
ntzed as trustworthy, / knew that
Jack hadn't given a thought to
his bride all evening. How could
he, and play chess?
I But undoubtedly he had plan
ned to tell Mrs. Herrod about the
new two.mover.
Jack puts on the kettle each
morning while l dress. l make
the coffee while he bathes and
shayes.
We slept late the morning fol-
lowing our first night out. Not
until / heard a whistle Of distress
from the Kitchen did 1 remember
that I had left 1t in an awful con-
fusion.
! rushed to help my husband.
Cant find anything, Peggins!''
explained my bewildered spouse.
Go and shave! You're late,
dear!" pushed Jack toward the
door. "1'll fix things" Then to my
self, Goodness gracious! What
will he think Of me as house
keeper? Never have seen a kit
chen in such a stated"
In my hurry the night before, I
had forgotten to put the food
away. Cold baked potatoes adorn-
ed my pantry shelf. Lettuce and
mayonnaise decorated the sink.
The smell Of cauliflour. was over
1t all. My kitchen was hot and
close for / had left the brolling
burner turned on all night
On the table, my expensive, ten
lderloin steak had turned from a
pink hard surface to something
flabby, dull red aud unappetizing.
The heat had done II! 1t was unfit
/ to eat!
And l couldn't afford It in the
first place. And II I'd stayed at
home and attended to my business
as a wife it wouldn't have happen
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made an arrangement. Charlie wac
te come g the y v; g. 4 tbs fcl;
lpging eyenipg q 40 O'Clock snul
l l!',.,I Z tos gisl Iisag tss easrsnee
Nm ~ tsa. W. ~, W si = 3
white pati6n . w ~ 4
Nt,.. I. g. 4 ]: /,
Sas ~ " lessS ~ !, igrfpIlse and
Nav 'Rp9'sast'lshs' cautioned
sAs \.
\. y know lll not be disappointed. !"
sald charlie, but you may be-"
But Charlie had little near Of
Mary being Disappointed for he
knew that he was 4 good lool,Ile,
outstanding fellow OF the tyne that
pleases most girls.
Promptly al the anrot,,a5 .ino
Charlie entered tba y. Et,iidISo ne
Aheart aetilally fiS1ttaring AZ on S'o
| ia looked around ~, ~. !. q iii vii, H. =
red hat and weariSa = yvb,ts ~ c,t
nation.
pnt :, .,,,.. ~, -.
rho Iii ~ ~. suSA s.Li Has ylalpls. %
tha AZ. nm m1 os,. ta.na4ns siy nl ..
~" t n.,sg sHas!ins ~ naa peel;
saa,a5 suo asa'I ", lDnna 2 seat ana
na.Sse Mn ou y ua ~. tainty' yuss op
S,ss 49, u' hoa ~ Ins.E Iear Ine aoor'
cbeets Mem s1o. s. nnd WIZ. .an ,losH
a 93s e o " mess that o caught his
atIehtEoH ~ once. now u only
ntsI M SSu ~. 70 . in.S sui. but tnls
81 ~ .a aa1 ~ D'ssA nat anu "oFe
~ Ss.HNt'Va,
Then, as Charlie was weaving a
romance around the girl opposite
nlm. ne received shock. Coming
toward wa, tne door was q giFl wearing
Ieu nat ana q Wnlte carnation.
a nat suen 3 eit4 poor thing, she
couldn't help It. But at the sigh
o. this eirl VINO was SO ungatnly, so
money SO a!togetner displeasinE,
ne ieit as though al the world had
suo Its gone dark and al the JOY
OF NE naa leIt MN. AT. nrst ne
wanted 70 turn ana run. Butython
nls I9stinGtiYe good oreedinE as
SCI tea itseit; II would never do to
Piay tne glrl such a trlcK as that.
SO Charlie rose and stopped the
| B1f4.
Pardon me, he said you're
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our FIRST YEAR
BY A BRIDE


"1've done 1t, as needed, all my
life, And I own 1 like the job!" IA
few questions about their mutual
friend Jim Arnold, and Bart was
on and we back In our flat.
Jack clasped me close.
e. II couldn't guess where you'd
gone, dearest! Imagine my sur
prise not to find you here! I
phoned your mother. caught my
self, saved myself from phoning
frantically to q few Of the girls!
I had more than an. hour to got
nervous In, SWEET"
Il went to thaIPlaynouse, darl-
ing! I'm to be leading lady In
r 81 4 Il
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WHAT'S ALREADY HAPPENED

WHAT'S ALREADY HAPPENED
This story deals with the
adventures Of a bride and
groom who are trying to keep
marriage from Interfering
with their individual liberty.
: AS this chapter opens they re-
turn home after spending an
evening out-but not with
each other.
MY husband reached home be-
fore j did. | was truly sorry be-
cause we had reversed ordinary
conditions, because Jack was
waiting for me to come home at
midnight.
| felt US II / were proving my
self a complete failure as a wife.
1 felt like a culprit. Yet why
why-my guilty conscience = II
our theory OF independence were
worth anything?
was consoled considerably to
ind that Jack had heard Bart's
auto and had rushed to the curb
to meet me.
The men shook hands cordially.
Jack was splendid enough not to
question us, although he couldn't
have known where | had been.
Good old Jack! Some husbands
would have started to be horrid
right tkben and there.
Obliged, Bart, for looking af-
ter Peg" he said. To which
Bart:
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-10

Usually the more a man IL wrapped
up in himself the colder he is
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-10
GOVT CONSIDERING MEANS OF
LENDING AID TO RAILROADS

Washington, Feb. 9.-AIeans Of lending
the aid Of the governments credit to the
railroads are under consideration in ad-
ministration circles, It was indicated today
by high officials. Any such plan. however.
It was said, would not involve the use of
government money to render assistance to
the carriers
Secretary Hoover suggested today that
a government guarantee of railroad equip
ment trust certificates would make them
attractive to investors and enable the
roads to raise money for needed rolling
stock without the expenditure Of funds
from the treasury. Secretary Mellon is
also understood to regard favora'5ly the
| idea lending the governments credit to the
| carriers on the theory that better bust
| ness conditions generally would, result
| from the improvement in the railroad sit
ulation- IF any such steps should be token,
i however. in the, opinion OF Attorney Gen
eral Daugi1erty, legislation pro5anly
would be necessary and in this case some
| difficulty might be encountered in cen
gress. The needs Of the railroads for
more equipment is their own difficulty. in
| the otpinfon of Secretary Hoover, who
| said today It was up to the railroads to
! take the leadership in presenting soane
constructive plan for providing funds
Under equipment of railroads. ne said
had it's effect on the employment Situation
and us1on agricultural conditions. Secre
ltary Mellon Is also understood to COIN
eide with this view.
Use f the governments credit has al
ready been extended to the farmers, Mr.
Hoover pointed out, in the guarantee
ing OF farm loan bonds. He indicated
that some such method might be utilizet
% aid the railroads, IL the emergenc-
should become sufficiently acute to requir
assistance
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-10
MECHANICS AND ARTIFIOERs
IN NAVY YARDS LAID OFF

washington, Feb. Soy The A. P.)
The first effects of the armament con-
ference on the employment situation were
felt today when several thousand me
chaIiies and artihcers in navy yards
were laid off after Secretary DENLY had
ordered suspended all ordnance work for
the vessels to be scrapped under the
naval limitation treaty. The instruc-
tions were issued in line with President
Harding's order of yesterday suspend
ing work on the vessels under construc-
ton affected by the treaty. The navy
yards affected are those at Washington,
New York, Philadelphia, Norfolk. Mare
Island, Calf, and possibly Boston. The
ordnance plant at South Charleston, w.
Va, was also affected similarly.
While these instructions were being
sent out, President Harding was receiv-
ing the report of the American arms del
egation together with the treaties grow
ing out of the conference. After receiv-
ing these documents from Secretary
Hughes. the president had the four del
House. The president has not decided
whether he will delivedN to the senate
in person, It was said later
Earlier In the day the president re-
| ceived farewells Of the last of the arms
| delegations, seeing In turn Admiral Baron
kato and Vice Foreign Minister Hani-
hara, of the Japanese delegation Jonk-
heer Beelaerts Van Blookland and
| Jonkheer W. H. De Beauford of The
Netherlands; Albert Sarraut, of France,
| and the three Chinese delegats, yelling
| ton Koo. minister to London; Chief
| Justice Wang of the Chinese supreme
court and Minister SEE, Chinese envoy to
Washington.
Secretary Denby's suspension or
der was made public today after 1900
| Of the 1000 employees of the Washington
| navy yard upon reporting for work were
given Temporary furloughs' without
pay. Most of them were machinists.
Captain A. L. Willard, director of navy
yards. estimated that nearly 1000 civil
| ian mechanics and artifcers in navy
yards would be laid off. Approximately
| 500 each, 1t was said, would be affected
az the New York, Philadelphia, Norfolk
| and Mare Island yards. IN addition it
| IS expected that the order will affect
men employed on construction work on
the battleships and battle cruisers in
| private yards.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-10

not only nutritious and cheap, but also
mighty good to the taste.
OF course, there are some human
freaks who don't like corn in any form.
I have known people who couldn't eat
Strawberries and others who were
poisoned by even taste of milk.
But milk is an excellent food. for all
that, and Strawberries a delicious fruit,
and corn highly palatable dish to
normal and everyday people.
Likewise of course, much depends on
the way it is cooked and served l haven't
any ambition to compete with the la
dies of the Social Corner IN recipes, but
here's one, kept from of old in the ar
chives Of family tradition, which I can't
help writing down in the hope that some
one Will give it trial. It Is for a
"corn-caAe,'' and makes enough for, an
ordinary family. Here It is:
Pint -four, cup corn meal, half CUP
sugar, two eggs, beaten; two tablespoons
butter, two teaspoons baking powder,
| pinch salt Mix with water or sweet
milk. Bake in quick, oven. Serve hot
Something must always be allowed
| for the courtesy which a guest feels
| bound to show at his hosts table, but
| I've never yet had a guest content with
| just one slice of this. They invariably
want two. In strict confidence I may
| be allowed to confess that I, personally,
used to find three slices about right.
! But It wants to be served piping hot
right from the oven. And the better the
butter is, the more of it will be want
| ed
| Way back in the days when T was
/ struggling with my "A-B-abs" mother
] used to make the Sunday morning break
/, fast table a veritable feast of all de-
| lights with a huge loaf Of corn breao
such as have never seen or tasted else
| where. I do not know her recipe. All
| I remember Is that the loaf was baked
| in huge cast-iron pan bigger around
! and deeper than the ordinary nlilk-pan
| and necessarily very heavy, so that faith
| er's assistance had to be summoned to
! take it out of the oven and whelm it,
| bottom side up. on the big bread-board
| that it was sweetened with oId-fashion-
| ed molasse and that the meal used in
! it was from selected ears, hand-shelled
| and winnowed free from all chaff, and
| ground as fine as ordinary -four. II
| there was any failure On the milier's
part IN this last respect, the meal went
/ hack at once With a stern warning. This
| huge loaf was mixed Saturday after
IlOOn, DaA5Q d! thaC evening A44ON6d 10
| remain in the oven over night, and
warmed all through by the Sunday
mornings breakfast fire. How it would
taste to the old hayseed who is writ
| ing this, and whose mouth Is watering
as. he writes, I shall never know. For
the terms Of the recipe are lost, now. The
appetite Of youth may have had much
to do with the enjoyment of those steam
ing slices of delectable richness and
sweetness. But there are other young
people today, with other fresh appe-
tites. I should dearly love to try out
a few slices Of that corn-bread on a
table-full Of such. Sir Toby asked: BE
cause thou art grown virtuous, shall
| there be no more cakes and ale?' Para
| phrasing that query. we old veterans
may well ask if, because we are toothless
and dyspeptic, there shall be no more
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-10
HELP OURSELVES AND HELP AMERICA

frewood is completely out Of the ques-
ton.
They, the corn-growing farmers, can't
get half as much for their corn. deliv-
cred at the nearest railroad as the rail
roads pav their employees for manning
the trains on which the corn Is hauled
to the east. They can't sell it for as
much as railroad wages demand for
bringing to them an equal value of fuel
in coal.
SO they're burning it IN their stoves or
selling it to nearby neighbors for fuel
/ which Involves three depIorable re-
/ suits First the farmers who grow the
| corn are angered and disguised and dis
posed to cut out their next spring
paintings to the rnea sure of their own
personal needs. Second, the price Of
| other cereals, such as wheat, oats, bar
,fv. etc, is being kept higher than il
would be IL corn were actively Compel
ing in the markets; and third, the world
IS losing the enjoyment and nutritious
up-buflding coming from a generous con-
sumption of this invaluable all-around
grain.
To help in ren1edytns this coztessedly
Unfortunate situation. certain Iowans
have developed a scheme to appeal to
the entire country for assistance. They
simply ask the people to eat more corn
and thus enlarge the market, SO that the
farmers who grow it can get enough for
i st least to pay the cost Of growing.
They point out that corn represents
IS per cent. of the total value of our
grain products; that It is grown in every
state in the Union; and that the coun-
try can't be wholly prosperous nor Ia
Dor fully employed as long as corn has
to be marketed at a price which means a
direct loss to the grower.
Therefore they ask every American
family to see that Gust one food pro-
duced from corn is on your table at least
once each day" They point out that,
if only one-half of the people Of the
United States used as little as half a
pound Of corn apiece, each day, 1t would
make an added market for over half
million bushels a day. That assured
" would mean something to the embar-
coed corn-bins of the western corn-rais-
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-10

ers. Nor, as the promoters urge. would
it involve any contribution or any ex-
pense in any form. 1t would simply
mean the slightly larger user of an
agreeable, nutritious and wholesome
food at a perceptible reduction In the
family food bill Nobody would lose
anything or be asked to give anything,
yet two big classes. consumers and corn
growers, would be benefited.
Well what do yon think of IT.? The
idea is said to be taking hold quite rap
idly and effectively IN the west and
southwest. Sentiment there. Is strong
for It and there is prospect. that 1t will
become something Of community slo-
gan. Good morning, Have you used
corn meal today" may yet be as COM
mon as the one-tfme chorus of the ad-
vertisement babies: Good morning.
Have you used Pears soap?"
1t is in the west and southwest that
corn Is most largely grown, and that
the present crop is chiefly congested
Therefore there Is. in one sense, fitness
| that the cern-eating slogan should be
vigorously sounded there.
| Locking at It another way. however
It is right here in the east that ar
educational campaign upon the value and
economy of the corn ration might be oil
most value. II there is one thing which
more strongly than any other differenti
ates the dining table of rural New
England in 1922 from that of 1850. say
it Is this very matter of corn meal Why
even sixty years ago, when John Farm
er was a small and everlastingly hungry
| boy corn bread was more used than any
or all other forms. 7 don't think there
| was any rule about serving it every day
or any particular day, other than Sun
| day morning. But at that days break
| fast 1t was practically always in evi
| dence, and at other meals as eonvenienc,
dictated or appetite demanded. Some
| times It was used with wheat -four
| sometines with rye twhat New Eng
1anders whose hair Is gray can ever for
| get tho rye n Iniun" of his boyhood? p
Sometimes without any admixture. i
was used as meal as "grits," as "samp,
| and doubtless in other forms It was
used for bread and for corn-cakes ans
for griddle-cakes and for Johnny-c Ike
and fer rnush and for pones, as I car
| still recall It vas made from corr
| raised right on the farm and ground al
| the neighboring grist mill, where tbs
| grinding cost no money, because the
miller ''tolled" the grist.
Once In a while q Leaf Of white wheat
| bread was served and appreciated as a
| change-as dainty rather than a sub
stantta1 food But corn was the stand
by Of the stalwart men. the home-mak-
| ing women, the husky boys ami the
rosy-cheeked girls of that former time
| They liked It and they thrived on It. II
| was a nourishing. satisfying, and an
| economical food
Without regard to the possible advan-
tage to western farmers and American
business which might accrue from an
increased use of corn by eastern con-
sumers, such greater use of our chief
national product. would make for health
| and promote thrift. Nor need there be
any self-denial or sense of sacrifice about
it, either. There are scores of dishes
which may be made from corn which are
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-10

Written Specially For The Bulletin.)
When an Organization appeals to you
do a public service and assist a de-
serving cause without any expense,
without any sslf-denial and without
any trouble 70 yourself'-why, you're
compsled to take notice. II you don't
DO anyzhing else. Il Is such an unusual
Plea
That IS exactly what Iowa IS doing in
o. attempt 70 salvage something out Of
the desperate corn situation.
OF course. you all know that out in
that state and Quite a few others Of the
great corn belt the farmers are burn
ing I'D their harvested com N their
kitchen stoves. for the simple reason
tha- they cant So T. for enough 70
buy cosz WITH. II those fcresriess lands
g il a choice between corn and coal ;