Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1914 — HOME ECONOMICS CLUB HELD GOOD MEETING [ARTICLE]

HOME ECONOMICS CLUB HELD GOOD MEETING

Listened to Lecture on “Sanitary Cooking—Makes Some Excele lent Suggestions. XX-x-At the last meeting of the Home Economic® Club the regular program was postponed one month that a lecture on “Sanitary Cooking” by Donald G, Robertson, of the Wear-Ever Aluminum Company, might be heard. The mining and manufacture of aluminum was explained in detcil and the many ways in which 'this metal excels ail others in the manufacture of kitchen ware. He demonstrated the use of different articles, serving pancakes baked on aluminum griddle and percolator coffee. Alfter listening to two songs of his own composition, those present expressed themselves as instructed as well as entertained. The club is heartily in sympathy with the clean-up movement, suggesting the discontinuance of scattering almanacs and patent advertising matter and litter of various sorts 'ah forestalling the slogan suggested by one of our leading periodicals—“ Pick It Up.” Papers blown about over street or lawn certainly shows a disregard for civic neatness.

The Mexican situation grew more thsn a column wide with some newspapers today, when it was reported that' John R. Silliman, the American consul at San Luis Potosi, had been held a prisoner by General Maas for eleven days, and had been threatened every night with execution. Two American newspapermen brought the pews to Vera Cruz. The newspapermen had also been imprisoned for several days, according to their Story. The mediators have dropped Carranza from the peace program and have withdrawn their invitation from the rebel chief to take part in the negotiations looking to an amicable adjustment of the Mexican affairs. The situation at Washington is Quite tense again in view of the hostilities reported near Vera Cruz.