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NER ERS,
Demonic Wadhwa
Bellefonte, Pa., February 19, 1915.
Omelette Tartarin.
[By George Cobb, Jr.1
“Here! What do you mean by bring-
ing me this stuff when I asked for an
omelette Tartarin?” I inguired of the
waiter who served me in the Cafe Na-
poleon.
For whenever I visited Paris I went
to the Napoleon for one of Monsieur
Duhamel’s famous omelettes.
The waiter shrugged his shoulders.
“Helas, Monsieur, we cannot provide
the original omelette Tartarin any
more,” he said. “Only Monsieur Al-
phonse, the chef, knew how to make
heem, and he is gone to America. He
works now in the Hotel St. Charles.”
This interested me, for the Hotel St.
Charles is round the corner of the
downtown New York block in which
I live. And I had never known that
the omelette Tartarin was to be had
there!
The waiter glanced toward the dark-
eyed Mademoiselle Dubois, at the cash
counter.
“You see, Monsieur,” he explained,
“there was a quarrel between Mon-
sieur Napoleon, the proprietor, and
Monsieur Alphonse, the chef, over
Mademoiselle Dubois, of the cash
counter. Each wanted to marry her.
Eh bein! Monsieur Alphonse was re-
jected, and he went to America. And
Monsieur Napoleon—"
“Married her?” I asked.
“Mais oui, monsieur. Mademoiselle |
Dubois is now Madame Napoleon. :
Only this is a secret, understand, be- |
rause it would spoil business if it |
were known. But helas; One can only |
obtain the omelette Tartarin in New :
York now at the Hotel St. Charles.”
I spoke to stout little Monsieur Na-
poleon about the matter. I did not re
veal to him my knowlege of the secret, |
however, though. I saw the pretty |
cashier look suspiciously’at me. |
“Monsieur,” said the proprietor,
“verily, since Monsieur Alphonse left |
me my custom has fallen off sadly. |
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“Sacre! Monsieur, Do You Asperse
My Omelette?”
He was the inventor®of the famous
omelette Tartarin. Kings have eaten
at this little restaurant, because the
omelette Tartarin is not to be obtained
in royal courts. Now, alas, the ome-
lette Tartarin is dead.”
Suddenly he caught me by the lapels
of my coat, and stood holding me thus,
his head a little on one side, and a
beseeching expression on his face.
“Monsieur,” he said, “will you not
be an ambassador of peace for me?
Monsieur, you are of New York. You
know the Hotel St. Charles, where
that scoundrel Alphonse now cooks
for a nation of unartists, who can
never rise to the appreciation of the
omelette Tartarin. When you return,
will you not go to the accursed one
and beg him to return?”
“And tell him we shall all be good
friends again,” continued Madame Na:
poleon, or, rather, Mademoiselle Du-
bois, as she must still continue to bs
known.
i blurted out.
Well, I accepted the commission.
I felt sorry for Monsier Napoleon and
the disappointed kings, and I thought
that to forego my own chances of |
tasting the omelette Tartarin at the
St. Charles was an act of distinct
self-abnegation. The first evening I
had to spare after my arrival in New
York I went to the St. Charles and
ordered an. omelette Tartarin. :
It was no more the omelette Tar
tarin of the Cafe Napoleon than the
present omelette of the Cafe Napoleon
was like the wonderful creations of
yesteryear. I could not understand it.
“Is not Monsieur Alphonse your
chef?” I inquired of the headwaiter.
“Yes, sir,” he answered. “Fine chef,
too, he’s supposed to be. He's got a
gold medal from the late king of Bel-
gium for his omelette Tartarin.
Didn’t you find it distinguished, sir?”
“No!” I shouted. “I've eaten bad
omelettes in most countries of the
world, but for sheer unsavoriness I've
never tasted one as bad as the one
I've had here tonight. Bring your chef
to me at once.”
The waiter looked as if he was go-
ing to burst into tears, but apparently
he thought better of it, and, being im-
pressed by my manner, he summoned,
the chef, who presently made his ap
pearance. He was & stout, black
his eye that I hardly liked.
“What's this about my omelette?”
he began truculently.
| boarded brigand, with a furtive look in | WHEN FLIES PLAY POSSUM.
“Monsieur Alphonse,” 1 said, “you |
are a fake and a fraud. Either you are
not the original Monsieur Alphonse,
or else you have lost your mind, or
else your skill has deserted you, or
else the Great American Hen has been
smitten with the craze for turning out
an inferior product. Come, out with
your confession. What's the maiter?” .
“Sacre, monsieur, do you asperse
my omelette?” he began.
“Your omelette is as degenerate as
yourself,” I answered. “It may de-
| Explaining Why the Campaign for
Theil: Extermination Should Be-
gin at Once.
It is not only in the summer thai
the enemy of the fly should be busy,
according to a bulletin issued by the
committee on pollution and sewerage
of the Merchants’ Association of New
York, but in the winter as well.
“Kill the winter flies,” is the burden
. ot the committee's appeal, and it de
clares that now is the time to begin
ceive the gay millionaires of the Great ,
White Way, but it doesn’t go down—I
mean this literaliy—with one who has
snjoyed the correct article at the Cafe
Napoleon. Now, listen, Alphonse!
Monsieur Napoleon wants you to re-
‘urn. He is pining for you.”
“Ah, mon Dieu, the scoundrel stole !
my sweetheart,” said the chef. “Since
then I have vowed never, never to
cook the correct omelette Tartarin—"
“Alphonse,” I answered, “you are a
married man!”
“Monsieur!” he gasped.
you know?”
“By the furtive look in your ove.” I
answered “By the come-home-early |
atmosphere that you are shedding!
around this former home of bright
bachelordom. Come, Alphonse, out
with it.”
“How do
next summer's campaign,
New York Evening Post.
“Most of last season’s flies, having
completed their life cycle, are dead,”
the bulletin reads, “but those hatched
late have left their eggs in a favorable
place for incubation in the early
spring, and these eggs will survive the
winter unless disposed of. They will
hatch out during the winter in an even
temperature.
“These winter flies will become the
progenitors of next summer's count-
less billions.
cold weather the flies seek warmth
and protection in houses and stables.
From cellar to garret they hide in
nooks and corners. Keep them out.
If any succeed in getting in, kill
them.
“Don’t trust the cold to kill them.
Don’t assume that they are dead when
says the
' you find them lying on floors or win-
“Monsieur, I am married three '
months,” he answered. “I adore, 1
worship—"
“Never mind that!
Mademoiselle Dubois,
Napoleon?”
“Monsier, a passing infatuation,
truly. I never cared for her. It was
merely that—"
“Then you will take your wife to
Paris and restore the Cafe Napoleon
| to its former splendor,” I told him.
“Come! They will embrace you. They
will double your salary. They will
love you as the long-lost prodigal.”
How about
now Madame
“Alas, monsieur, it is impossible,” :
he answered, sadly.
“Alphonse,” I said, “there is some
mystery about that omelette Tar-
tarin—"
“Monsieur, I will confess,” he
“It was not'I who made
it. It was Mademoiselle Dubois.”
“What!” I exclaimed.
“Truly, monsieur. And I had to pre-
tend to love her, that she should not
betray me and lose me my position.
But one day Monsieur Napoleon, who
was already jealous, ordered her from
the kitchen. Then I saw that discov-
ery was imminent. I fled to America.
I can never go back. But tell him the
truth, monsieur; tell him that he has |
married the real creator of the ome-
lette Tartarin. In his delight he will
forgive the double deception. And
now I must go home, for I was mar-
ried three months ago and—
“You may go, Alphonse,”
sadly. For human nature is very frail,
' chivalric days,
I answered |
dow sills in unused rooms. They are
‘playing possum’ and will revive when
the temperature rises.
“Clean up the house and give spe-
cial attention to every out-of-the-way
place where flies may lurk. Make sure
there is nothing left which may harbor
their eggs. One fly that survives the
winter will become the parent of hun-
dreds of millions next summer.”
FRAUDS FOLLOW THE WAR
Little Doubt That This Conflict Will
Be Productive of the Usuai
Crop of Fakes.
The experience of a New York
jeweler who was taken in by a brace
of swindlers operating as war refugees
.and a block of tin masquerading as
platinum is no doubt but the first of
a long line of dupes. The ruined busi-
ness man, the haughty aristocrat fail:
en on evil times, the impoverished
widow and the demonetized heiress
will become numerous as the birds of
prey wake up to their opportunities.
The impostors will have remnants of
stocks of plausible jewelry, laces that
look antique to untrained eyes, armor
that might have been worn in old
but wasn’t, pictures
with the dust of the Renaissance care-
fully rubbed into the wet paint and a
thousand other priceless treasures of
fakery. All will be going at bargain |
prices not exceeding fifty times their
, real value, and each object will be
and the thought of the black-eyed |
mademoiselle’s
me. However, I brought her to the
confession point when I was last in
Paris.
The Cafe Napoleon has recovered
its pristine splendor. The omelette
Tartarin secret seems likely to be-
come hereditary. Alphonse cooks ex-
cellent planked steaks at the Hotel
St. Charles.
(Copyright, 1914, by W. G. Chapman.)
FIRST FLOWERS IN PULPIT
Parson Allen of Northboro, Mass., Led
the Way in Braving the Old
Prejudice.
————
Few church-goers who note the floral
decorations of the pulpit on Sunday
mornings know who it was that first
brought flowers into a descendant of
the New England church. Of course
such a thing could not® have been
thought of in Puritan days any more
than music, or stoves, or any other
awe-reducing influence in the old
meeting house.
That makes it all the more curious
that the custom of pulpit decorations
should have originated in Northboro,
Mass.
The clergyman, Doctor Allen, al-
though a true preacher of the old
schocl happened also to be a lover of
flowers. He had a beautiful, old fash-
ioned garden in front of his house,
and one Sunday in 1834 he took a bou-
quet to church and placed it beside
the Bible:
On seeing it one of the deacons
went forward and removed the vase,
remarking: “Parson, I'll just take
them weeds out of your way.”
The next Sunday Doctor Allen again
placed a bunch of his garden flowers
beside the Bible, and this time it re-
mained.
Other churches tock the matter up
and sermons were preached about ic.
It was blasphemous, and a wicked,
worldly show, it was declared. But
the blossoms were there each Sunday,
and are there to this day.
It is the custom of this Northboro
church to use garden flowers or wild
flowers or leaves when they are in
season; but collections are taken up
to buy flowers through the seasons
when these cannot be had.
Even the churches whose preachers
once denounced the custom and con-
demned the originators of it long ago
succumbed to the gentle missionary
influence of the pulpit bouquet.—~New
York Sun.
Conceited.
“Why do you say Binks is conceit-
ed?” asked the girl.
“Because he always wants to talk
about himself when you are trying
to get a chance to say something
about yourself,” replied the fellow.—
Cincinnati Enquirer.
deception overcame '
rendered more precious by the thrill
ing fable that will account for its es-
cape from the debacle of some Belgian
or Polish or Gallic or Galician mart
or manor house. Hven the swagger-
ing looter will turn up trying to real.
ize on his booty and begging secrecy
on the part of his victim. The swin-
dlers will be of all nationalities, with
infinite variety of temptation for gulls
and ingenious yarns to meet all
doubts. People with long purses,
short knowledge and artistic aspira-
tions, please take notice.
Teaching Art to Children.
The Children’s Hour held under the
auspices of the department of fine
arts, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh,
was inaugurated for the season of
1914-1915 a short time ago. J. Taylor,
illustrator, member of the faculty of
the Carnegie Institute of Technology,
gave a chalk talk on illustrations of
interest to children. He was assisted
by Norman Kennedy and J. W. Thomp-
son, both of Pittsburgh. Many inter-
esting subjects have been selected for
demonstration to the children during
the year. There will be exhibitions of
modeling, plaster casting, and vase
craft, as well as talks, illustrated by
lantern slides, on various periods of
painting and architecture. The per-
manent collections and special exhi-
bitions in the department of fine arts
will be utilized for the benefit of the
children.
Russian’s Great Work.
A. A. Balakshin, a Russian, is at
the head of the greatest farmers’
union in the world, a most remark-
able organizaiion composed of the
Russian peasantry covering a vast
stretch of fertile land from the Ural
mountains to the confines of Mongolia.
The. chief industry is butter making,
and almost the entire output has found
ready market England. M. Balakshin
assumed the task of organizing the
farmers some years ago, and has suc-
ceeded to an extent not dreamed of at
the beginning. He is regarded with
loving reverence by the 300,000 souls
to whose well being he has devoted
his life, and by whom he is affection-
ately spoken of as “the little grand-
father.”
Question.
Several of the leading directors of
the New Haven railroad retired at
the moment when the investigation of
the line became most sweeping.
: Commissioner Whitworth Riggs of
the bureau of civics said apropos of
these retirements in Pittsburgh:
“It's an occurrence, we are told,
that has no significance. These direc-
tors are overworked. They want a
rest. Hence they retire.
“But I, for my part, studying this
episode, would ask:
“ ‘If appearances are deceitful, what
about disappearances? ” — Chicago
rald.
At the first approach of |
Fancy a man dying. of thirst by the
side of a spring of sparkling water.
Thousands of thirsty people pass him,
quench their thirst at the spring and go
on their way rejoicing. But he doesn’t
know whether the water will quench his
thirst or not. He never will know until
he tries. But the fact that the other
thousands have slaked theirs a tthe spring
is evidence enongh. There are people
bearing the burdens of disease, who are
offered healing in Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. It has healed hun-
dreds of thousands whose lungs were
diseased, whose blood being impure bred
disease in other organs nourished by the
blood. And yet these people have never
yet made the trial of this great remedy. |!
They are not sure it will cure them. It
has relieved ninety-eight per cent. of all
who have used it. It always helps. It
almost always cures.
When there is constipated habit use
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets.
Medical.
Not the Only One
THERE ARE OTHER BELLEFONTE
PEOPLE SIMILARLY SITUATED.
Can there be any stronger proof
offered than the evidence of Belle-
fonte residents? After you have
read the following, quietly answer
the question.
Joshua Folk, 119 E. High St., Belle-
fonte, says: “For years I suffered
from weak kidneys, caused by an in-
jury. I had swelling of my limbs,
but the worst symptom was pain in
my back. The kidney secretions
were too fréquent and painful in
passage. Finally I began taking
Doan’s Kidney Pills, which I got at
Green’s Pharmacy Co., and they
helped me more than anything else I
ever tried.”
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that
Mr. Folk had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. 60-8-1t
CASTORIA
Bears the signature of Chas.H.Fletcher.
in use for over thirty years, and
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
Meat Market.
Attorneys-at-Law.
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SPANGLER.-Attorney-at-Law. Practices
in all the Courts. Consultation in English
fonte, Pa. Practicesin all courts
Room 18 Crider’s Exchange. 511-ly,
N*
or German. Office in Crider’ Exchange,
Bellefonte, Pa. . $
S. TAYLOR—Attorney and Counsellor at
Law. Office in Temple
Get the Best \ Meats.
by bu ng poor, thin
use on
LARGEST AND FATTEST CATTLE
You save no
or gristly meats.
and supply my customers with the fresh-
est, ae blood and muscle
ing Steaks and My prices are no
higher than poorer meats are here.
1 always have
Court, Belle-
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tended to ae aiv, of legal os
H. d Co at
J ne an unsellor at Law -
of legal business attended
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M. KEICHLINEAuomeyatlaw,
in all | the courts, Consultation in ~ Engia
All Brofessional business will receive brompt
tention.
J Bllsfonte. Prompt attention Ziven al ail
Tas entrusted to his care.
NE 5 East High street. ul
G. RUNKLE.—Attorney-at-Law.
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Consul-
Steaks, Chops, Roasts, Oysters on the
half shell or in any style desired, Sand-
wiches, Soups, and anything eatable, can
be had in a few minutes any time. In ad
dition I have a com Somplets plant brepared to
furnish in bottles such as
for pic-nics, families and the public gener-
ally all of which are manufactured out of
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ANTHRACITE, BITUMINOUS
AND CANNEL
ICOAL
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High St., Bellefonte, Pa.
Flour and Feed.
CURTIS Y. WAGNER,
BROCKERHOFF MILLS,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Manufacturer, Wholesaler and Retailer of
Roller Flour
Feed
Corn Meal
and Grain
50-32-1y.
| Manufactures and has on hand at all times the
following brands of high grade flour:
Wood, Grain, Hay, Straw
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dinaril
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Fan be sey and feed of all kinds.
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Fruits, Confectionery and
FINE GROCERIES.
Oranges, Lemons and Bananas
are standard all season fruits. We
are now receiving new crop Florida
and California Valencia varieties of
sweet fruit at 30c, 40c, 50c and 60c
per dozen. Lemons 30c and 40c
per dozen. Bananas 15c¢, 20c and
25c per dozen. Nice Grape Fruit
at 5¢ each.
New crop California Prunes 12c,
15c and 18c per pound. New Evap-
orated Peaches 10c, 12c and 15c.
Apricots 18c¢, 20 and 25c per pound.
All fine fruit.
Creamery Butter from the Fox
River (Illinois) Creameries. Finest
Meadow Gold Brand 42c per pound.
New crop California Walnuts and
Almonds, Cocoanuts, Celery, Cran-
berries, Sweet Potatoes, Oysters
direct from the shell—We do not
handle any Baltimore tub Oysters
Bush House Block, = ow
Evaporated and Dried Corn, very
fine, new goods, 15c and 25c lb.
We are always ready to fill
orders for our own make of Mince
Meat. It is the only goods on the
market that has the fuil portion of
beef in it and in general merit far
above any other brand.
Cranberries, solid red fruit at 10
and 12c. per quart. We use the
“legal stan dry” quart meas-
ure~there is a difference.
Buy some of our fine cheese and
compare it with other
Our Olives are large and of the
* very finest flavor at 40c per quart.
Bumeit’s and Knight's Extracts,
Crosse & Blackwell's Table Vinegar
in bottles. Durkee’s Salad Dressing.
If you want a fine, sweet, juicy
Ham, let us supply you.
SECHLER & COMPANY,
571 - -
Bellefonte, Pa.
i FANCY PATENT
The only place in the county where that extraor-
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International Stock Food
All kinds of Grain bought at the office Flour
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Mears Toy pei MY SHOP. Physicians.
P. L. BEEZER, S. GLENN, M.D,
High Street. 34-3¢-ly. Bellefonte, Pa. Dl, fofan a ora. See
State Colles dence.
Restaurant. Dentists.
R. J E. WARD, D. DS. ffice next door to
ESTAURANT. _ room, Hig! street Bellefonte,
ia efonte now has a First-Class Res- Eel 5 Gas adminite and Bri x painless iS extrac
Meals are Served at All Hours
Df H. W, TATE, 1X. Surgeon Pen Dentist, Office in
Heme a ee ed 1 had
years of experience. er, of used quality
and prices reasonable.
Plumbing.
Good Health
and
Good Plumbing
GO TOGETHER.
When you have dripping steam pipes, leaky
water-fixtures, foul sewe: , Or escaping
gas. yo you can’t have good H The air you
reathe is poisonous; your ED — becomes
poisoned. and invalidism is sure to come.
SANITARY PLUMBING
is the kind we do. It’s the only kind you
ought to have. Wedon’t trustthis work to
boys. Our workmen are Skilled Mechanics,
no better anywhere. Our
Material and :
Fixtures are the Best
Not a cheap or inferior article in our entire
establishment. # And with good work and the
finest material, our
Prices are lower
than many who give you Tr, unsanitary
ors ang the lowest grade of finishings. For
Archibald Allison,
Opposite Bush House - Bellefonte; Pa
56-14-1v.
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This Agenc] resents the largest Fire
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Life or Property as we are in ide gid
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Office in Crider’s Stone Building,
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BOOK WORK,
that we can not do in the most satis-
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cat with the clazact work Cs or