THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
i
OMELETTE
By GEORGE COBB, JR.
"Herel What do you mean ly bring
ing me this BtuS when I asked tor an
omelette Tartarin?", I Inquired of the
waiter who served mo In the Cafe Na
poleon. For whenever I vUlted Tarla I went
to the Napoleon for one of Monsieur
Duhamcl's famous omelottui.
The waiter shrugged his shoulders.
"Ilelas, Monsieur, we cannot provide
the original omelette Tartarin any
more," he said. "Only Monsieur Al
pbonse, the chef, knew how to make
heem, and he Is gone to America. He
orks now In the Hotel St. Charles.
This Interested me, for the lintel St.
Charles is round the corner of the
downtown New York block In which
I live. And I had never known tliut
the omelette Tartarin was to be bad
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 beln! Monsieur Alphonse was re
jected, and he went to America. And
Monsieur Napoleon"
"Married her?" I asked.
"Mais oul, monsieur. Mademoiselle
Dubois Is now Madame Napoleon.
Only this Is a secret, understand, bo
cause it would spoil business If It
were Known. But belas; One can only
obtain the omelette Tartarin in New
York now at the Hotel St. Charles."
1 spoke to stout little Monsieur Na
poleon about the matter. I did not re
veal to bim my knowlege of the Boeret,
however, though I saw the pretty
cashier look suspiciously at me.
"Monsieur," said the proprietor,
"rerlly, since Monsieur Alphonse loft
me my custom has fallen off sadly.
"Sacrel 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 obtainod
:i 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 unartlsts, who can
never rise to the appreciation of the
omelette Tartarin. When you return.
will you not go to the accursed one
nd beg lilm to return?
"And tell him we shall all be good
friends again," continued Madame Na
poleon, or, rather, Mademoiselle Du
bols, as, she must still continue to be
known.
Well, I accepted the commission.
I felt sorry for Monster Napoleon and
th disappointed kings, an! I thought
that to forego my own chances of
fasting the omelette Tartarin at the
fit. Charles was an act of dlHtiucl
telf-abncgatlon. The first, evening I
had to spare after my arrival in New
York I went to the St. Charles and
ordered on omelette Tartarin.
It was no more the omelette Tar
tarin of the Cafe Napoleon than the
present omelette of tho Cafe Napoleon
was like the wonderful creations of
yesteryear. I could not understand it
"Is not Monsieur Alphonse your
chef?" I Inquired of the headwaltur.
"Yes, sir," he answered. "Fine chef,
loo, he's supposed to be. He's got a
gold medal from the lato king of Del
pium 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 unsavorlness I've
never tasted one as bad as the one
I've had here tonight. llrlug 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 a stout, black
bearded brigand, with a furtive look In
Ms eye that I hardly liked.
"What's this about my omelette?"
b'e began truculently.
"MoriBieur Alphonse," I said, "you
are a fake and a fraud. Either you are
not tho original Monsieur Alphonpe,
or else you have lost your mind, or
else your skill has deserted you, or
else tho Great American Hen lias been
smitten with the craze for turning out
on Inferior product. Come, out with
your confession. What's the matter?"
"Sucre, monsieur, do you asperse
my oraolette?" he began.
"Your omelette Is as degenerate as
yourself," I answered. "It may de
ceive tho gay millionaires of the Great
White Way, but It doesn't go down I
mean this literally with one who has
enjoyed the correct article at the Cafd
Napoleon. Now, listen, Alphonse!
Monsieur Napoleon wants you to re
turn. He It pining for you."
"Ah, mon Dleu, the ecoundrol 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!" be gasped. "How do
you know?"
"By the furtive look In your eye," I
answered. "Hy the come-home-early
atmosphere that you are shedding
around this former home of bright
bachelordom. Come, Alphonse, out
with It."
"Monsieur, I am married three
months," he answered. "I adore, 1
worship "
"Never mind that! How about
Mademoiselle Dubois, now Madame
Napoleon?"
"Monsler, 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."
"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
blurted out. "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.
Dut 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. Hut 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 doublo deception. And
now I must go home, for I was mar
ried three months ago and "
"You may go, Alphonse," I answered
sadly. For human nature is very frail,
and the thought of the black-eyed
mademoiselle's deception overcame
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. 1SM4, by W. Q. 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 tho 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 beeu
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
school happened also to be a lover of
flowers. He had a beautiful, old fash
ioned garden In front of his houBO,
and one Sunday In 1834 he took a bou
quet to church and placed It beside
the Dlble.
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 Dlble, and this time It re
mained. Other churches took the matter up
and sermons were preached about u
It was blnsphemouB, and a wicked,
worldly Bhow, It was declared. Dut
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
Beason; but collections are taken up
to buy flowers through the seasons
when these cannot be had.
Even the churches whoso preaohers
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.
Facts About the Heart.
The weight of tho average person's
heart Is only 11 ounces, yet so power
ful Is It that It does enough work ev
ery day to lift 120 tons a foot high!
Your heart Is, In fact, one of the most
wonderful power machines for Its size
In existence. It beats about .70 times
a minute, and with every beat drives'
six ounces of blood through the body.
In a year the heart beats 30,000,000
times, and drives over 5,000 tons of
blood through the body! Three score
years and ten is a man's lifetime, and,
during that time his henrt has moved
enough blood to outweigh half a dozen
of the biggest ships in the world! Let
us look at this In another way. A
pint of blood weighs roughly a pound,
so that a little over three gallons of
blood ore forcod through the heart
every minute, or over one million five
hundred thousand gallons a year.
Ancient Furnace Uncovered.
One of the most Interesting discov
eries by Egyptologists throws new
light on the relative origin of copper
and bronze in the Mediterranean coun-"
tries. At Ortu Commidue, alongside
some ancient copper mines of great
prehistoric age a foundry has been un
covered with all the furnaces for
smelting and molds for casting Just as
it was abandoned thousands of years
ago In the transition periods between
the ages of stone and bronze. The
methods then obtaining In the Sardin
ian foundry industry as here demon
strated were most Ingenious.
f
rr.
The canal through Cape Cod, which represents an expenditure of 112,000,000, Is now ready for business. The
canal will shorten the distance and provide a safer route for 26,000 sea craft which yearly travel between Iloston,
New York and other Atlantic seaports. The canal Is eight miles long and Its minimum depth Is 25 feet The
upper picture shows the Massachusetts bay approach to the canal, and the lower is a view of the canal at Dourne,
Mass.
"ANNUAL SWIMMING RACE OF NATIONAL WOMEN'S LIFESAVING LEAGUE
If
Miss Marta Hogstedt of Drooklyn (Indicated by X) won the long, hard swim from Rockaway to Drlghton beach,
The twenty-year-old lassie defeated some ot the best women swimmers In the country.
CARRIED OFF A
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Gen. Joaquin Maas and Maria Maas photographed on board the 9. S.
Espagyne on their departure from Puerto Mexico with the million dollars la
gold stolen from the banks at Saltlllo.
liEviTTORO BOAT DESTROYER LAUNCHED
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The torpedo boat destroyer O'Drlen was launched recently at the Cramps'
shipyard, Camden, N. J. The sponsor of the craft (shown In the Insert) was
Miss Marcla Dradbury Campbell of Cherryfleld, Mo., a great-great grandnlece
of Capt. Jeremiah O'Drlen, for whom the boat is named. Captain O'Drlen
was the leader in the first naval engagement of the Revolution.
Virtues of Psrislennes.
Mme. Marcel Tlnayre, the author, In
a causerte on La Parislonne recently
corrected some of the notions preva
lent In England and elsewhere regard
ing French women.
She characterized as an absurd le
gend the opinion that the Porislenne
Is' flckle and frivolous. Appearances,
It was admitted, are often against
her, for In a drawing room she some
times looks like a doll, but In reality
she Is usually a strictly honest wo
man and an excellent mother, only
NEW ENGLAND'S LITTLE PANAMA CANAL
MILLION IN LOOT
iUlHls
sb.o does not make a parade of her
virtues. She Is rather Inclined to con
ceal them.
The Parislenne Is practical. She
knows how to give herself the 'Illu
sion of luxury en a modest revenue.
Her ingenuity Is marvelous. She can
make the simplest room look refined
and attractive. Many Parlslennes
make their own clothes and bats and
can cook an excellent dinner. They
know the shops where they can get
the best values for their money aud
the dutes of the bargain sales. She
A
SWIMS 15 MILES, SHACKLED
Duster Ellonsky, the New Ixindon
youth who has more freak swimming
records to his short career than any
other long distance swimmer, endeav
ored recently to chalk up anothor rec
ord by swimming a distance of 33
mllos on three tides with bis hands
and feet shackled. He made his start
from pier A, North river, New York,
and covered 15 miles, when he was
forced to quit because of the strong
wind that was blowing against him.
He promises to make another attempt
when conditions are more auspicious.
Attractive' the Word.
Patience This paper says that hol
lowed heels for women's shoes to hold
money and Jewelry, the opening be
ing Inside the shoe, have been pat
ented. Patrice Women are always trying
something to make their feet more
attractive.
Is a born coquette, but her apparent
lightness Is only a veneer. London
Mall.
Disastrous Fishing Season.
Not since 1898 has the Newfound
land sealing fleet Buffered such a dis
aster as befell It this spjlng, when
seventy-eeven lives were lost The
crew of the sealing vessel Newfound
land was caught In a blizzard while
on the Ice floes throe or four miles
from the ship. The ship carried a
crew of 189 men.
V
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(Conducted by the National Woman'!
Christian Tempranc Union.)
NOT ALL BEER ADVOCATES.
(From addrM by Mlm Anna A. dor
don, president of the National W. C. T.
V., before the senate Judiciary subcom
mittee, May 1.)
One of the speakers at the hearing
on April 25 stated that all Oerroam
are drinkers. We are sorry our Oer
man friends dJ not know that many
hundreds ot German women In this
country are members of the Woman's
Christian Temperance union, and In
Germany we have a splendid following
of thousands ot total abstainers, band
ed togother In a national society of ab
staining women of Germany affiliated
with the .World's Woman's Christian
Temperance union. The whlto-rlbbon
ers of Germany Jiave for their presi
dent the great-grandnlece of the gal
lant Gen. von Illucher, who led the
allied forces with Wellington in the
famous battle of Waterloo.
We aro surprised that our German
frlonds did not allude to the most con
spicuous figure In the fatherland, Em
peror Wllholin, whose good advice to
the naval cadots to lot alcohol alone
has everywhere been noted and coin
mondod. Evidontly the kaiser believes
as we do, that the naval dofenders of
a great country must be total abstain
ers If they are to reach the necessary
degree of efficiency In service.
The gentleman also asserted that
Von Moltke was a drinker. We know
that he was a total abstainer. Von
Moltke said, "Doer Is far more danger
ous to Germany than all the armies
ot France." Our Oermun frlonds
claimed that boer has great food value.
Germany's famous chemist and sci
entist, Lloblg, many years ago de
clared "There is more nourishment In
the amount of flour that can be held
on the blade of a knife than there is
In a quart ot the best Havarlan boer."
All Germans do not agree with the
speaker that beer should not be
classed with alcoholic liquors. "It is
Just this precious boer," writes Dr.
Max Gruber, president of tho Royal
Institute of Hygiene at Munich,
"which lowers the Intellectual capacity
and willpower of thousands and thou
sands of people and makes them old
before their time', ruins stomach, liver,
heart, and brain; brings them into the
poorhouse and prison, hospital aud
asylum, and early puts them under
the earth."
BOGUS ARGUMENT.
From Noah down, men have used
and abused Intoxicants, but that sig
nifies nothing whatever. From Noah
down, men have done all sorts of fool
things, and as to some of the things
have gradually learned that they were
follies and so eschewed them. George
Washington drank rum before break
fast. There is no more reason for
sticking to George's rum than for cup
ping and bleeding patients for every
Illness. That normal human nature
does not need alcohol we know from
the millions of men and women who
do without It and female human na-.
ture has always been able to subsist
without gottlng drunk. The histori
cal argument is bogus. The moder
ate drinker need not be considered
at all; for If a man Is truly a moder
ate drinker, alcohol Is of such slight;
account to him that Its presence or
absenco can make no difference.
Saturday Evening Post,
PROSPERITY A-PLENTY.
"No place for the calamity howler,"
says former Lieutenant Governor New
lands, speaking of temperance In
North Carolina. "The state Is enjoy
ing the greatest prosperity In every
line ot business It has ever known.
If Coxey's army ever crosses Its bor
ders It will get no further. Manufac
turers and farmers In North Carolina
need men to turn out their products
and to help harvest their crops. There
Is no excuse for a single one being
Idle when everjr opportunity Is pre
sented and Inducement held out to la
borers, both skilled and unskilled. Wt
are going to have bumper crops In the
state this yoar, and the people are will
Ing to pay good wages tor holp, be
cause they have the money to do so.'1
BRUBACKER'S OBJECTION.
"JeBUS made wine." So he did
made It out of water Just water,
nothing else. And when our big brew
ers make their beer out of the same
Ingredient and nothing else they
may put my picture and my signature
on every bottle. Dut as long as they"
put In cedar shavings and cannabis In
dira blossoms and acetic ether and
sulphuric acid they can't use my pic
ture Dut my friend says 96 per cent
of beer Is water. That's true, and It
the 96 per cent of water could be
drawn off 96 men couldn't make you
drink what's left. Win. A. Brubacker.
A GOOD SHOWING.
The census figures for 1910 show
that for the whole country the average
number of prisoners committed to
penal Institutions was 652 per 100,000
population. The number committed
in prohibition Kansas was 196 per 100,'
000, whllo In license Nebraska the
number was 485 per 100,000. In the av
erage commitments per 100,000 for
every state In the Union, ouly two oth
er stintes are lower than Kansas
North Carolina and North Dakota,
both prohibition states.
Was Looking for It, Too.
"I say, my friend," called the motor
ist to the farmer, as he drew up along
side ot the field, "I'm looking for a
decent road to take me Into Squlgglea
villo." "I'm derned glad to hear It,"
replied the farmor. "Ef ye happen to
find It, stranger, send me a tellygruin,
will ye?"
Home.
This Is the true nature of home It
is tho place of peace; the shelter not
only from all Injury, but from all ter-'
ror, doubt and division. Ituskln.
Luncheon
Delicacies
DibJ Bwf, (Heal wthr thin, hickory nul
ad with cbaice lUvof thai you will-auata
Vino Sumi jiul riihi foe Red Hon, w
am cold. Try thtn ternd like thin Cut rn
knul ia this tKccj, Kmad with craned bulla u4
nmoraciwti. CuulJbbT'iVierotSMiu;.i.ii
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New railway 232 miles long (
connect Calgary, Alberta, and Cut
bank, Mont
Posted.
"Is he a credit to his family ?"
"No; a debit."
Pleasant Time Anticipated.
He I am not myself tonight.
Sho How delightful! We nhoull
have a pleasant evening.
Father's Feelings.
"What did father say, Alcy, wha
you asked him for my hand?"
"Oh, he said 'Yes.' "
"Anything more?"
"Er yes; 'Good Lord!' I believe"
IrrtDortant to Mcthera
Examine carefully every bottle ol
CASTOR1A, a safe and sure remedy fen
Infants and children, and see that II
Bears tho
Signature t
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Caatorii
Menace to the Nation.
Of the 75,000 deaths from cancer In
the United States In 1913, about thir
ty thousand were deaths from cancer
of the stomach and liver, 12,000 from
cancer of the uterus and other organi
of generation, 7,600 from cancer of
the breast, and about 25,500 from can
cer of other organs and parts.
Breaking It Gently.
Said the little boy, who stood at tbi
door of the splnBter, "would you kind
ly let me get my arrow, maduai? 'It
has fallen In your garden."
"Certainly, my little man. Hut Jo
you know exactly where It MI?
"Yos In the side of your cat."
For Tired Nerves.
Plenty of sleep and plenty of fresb
lr will do all the necessary doctorinj
for the tired nerves. Old Mother M
ture Is very kind to her children n
less they fly In her face. Kor disobe
dience to her she metes out seven
punishment, but to her obedient
daughters she Is the best of nurse
And sleep and oxygen will freshen ti
and rejuvenate the tired body.
Tuberculosis Legislation.
Legislation dealing with tuberw
losls has been enncted In l& b"iw
and territories of the Unlt' d States,
according to a comprehensive bulled
on this subject published by the
tlonal Association for tho btudy
Prevention of Tuberculosis. Only b I
the states of Arizona, Idaho, .Sevan
Wyoming anod Alaska has the subject
been given no legislative consimw
tlon.
A Chlrannan. No Doubt
"Tickets," said the collector M
aponed the door of the car In lllcl
jat a man who looked as If ho was
;hored to his seat. The man handt
Dver the pasteboard, which was dull
inspected. Then, looking around. I
collector said : "Is there anotuer
tleman In the car?"
"Xn."
"Is that other portmanteau yours. I
then, too?"
'Titltnt iinrima n ton 11 "
"Yes; on the floor there by thl
other."
"Tlmon" onM Hm traveler wltO M I
nlty, "are my feet."
Delays
Sometimes
Expensive
Business or social en
gagementjust a fetf
minutes for lunch-can t
wait. for service.
can be had quickly?
Order
Post
Toasties
with fresh berries or
and cream. Theywi
served immediately, tw
are nourishing and tas
mighty good, too.
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