Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 110, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1915 — Page 2

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WOULD HAVE MADE TRADE

Disgusted Drummer Was Willing to Accept Joking Offer If the Law Had Allowed IL 4

▲ traveling salesman for a Gansevoort street wholesale grocery firm, recently back from a trip through the rough lands of eastern Pennsylvania, tells this possibly true tale: “One day on my last trip I had a six-mile ride to make to the county seat, and the small village in which I was had only one horse that I could hire and no other form of conveyance. I may say that a friend had landed me in the town that morning from his car and I had sold goods enough to pay the expenses of the trip. “Well, I got away on the sorriest specimen of a horse I ever straddled, and I was to send him back by mail carrier, though not as parcel post package. It took me two hours to cover the distance —I was sorry enough that I hadn't walked —and as I passed the county jail on my old bag of bones a face grinned at me from between tl)e bars of a small square window. I was too sore to smile, but 1 nodded to the grin, and the prisoner called to me: “‘Say, mister,’ he said, Trow'd you like to trade the critter for 30 days in jail?* “Just then I would have been glad enough to have traded, but the law wouldn’t let me, and I rode on.”— New York Sun.

Everything Higher.

The Old Skipper—Don’t yon come tailin’ me none of your cock an* bull yarns about waves 80 feet high. Why, Tve been at sea, man an’ boy, for nigh on fifty years, and I never saw none higher than 40. The Young Sailor —Ah, but see *ow things *ave growed up since then! — Punch.

Of Course Not. BUI—Do you carry any life insurJlll—Not on your life!—Yonkers Staiewpan. Deduced. . “I suppose, after all, Irene haa her fault*." “So you don’t love her any mors.

ENGLAND IS A SOLEMN PLACE AND SHOWS IT

Face and Pace of Briton indicates Effect of War on Mind of Populace.

TENSENESS, BUT NO ALARM

Htfward B. Clark, Fresh From Bhlp Passage Through Min*-Btrewn St. George’s Channel, Gives His Impressions of Trip..

By EDWARD B. CLARK.

London. —The American ship Philadelphia made Liverpool—safe, for all the pre-sailing scare. St George’s channel and the Irish sea may have as ■any submarines in them as they have ii«h, which Is exceedingly doubtful, but they are pleasant places with a sufficient half-moon shining down upon their waters. Wms there danger as the American Ilnur made its way through these ■alt seas toward Liverpool? Perhaps, but. if so, no passenger on board gave expression to It In word or face. There was a tenseness among the men and women on the ship, bnt It was an inward thing. No one with sense believed tor a moment that a submarine would sink au American passenger ship. Thought dwelt on the possibility, but it seemed to be one which could come only as the offspring of an awful mistake. Other American ships unquestionably will continue to go through the channel and the lesser sea unmenaced. There was the spice of a sense iff danger to nitka the trip exhilarating or depressing as spice affects the human frame and mind. No ope spoke of danger save rarely, and then the speakers were men. The women said nothing. -In times that seem to be those of emergency, even If they are not. Women always are stronger than men. but few men there be willing to limit the patent fact. Bhow Up Vessel’s Name.

As soon as the lights of the South of Ireland were sighted, and the Philadelphia entered what in truth is a war ■one. the sailors rigged two great electric lamps and hung them over the sides iff the vessel, whero their concentrated beams fell on great white letters announcing the name of the ■hip and the fact that she was “an American.” The name could be read over a long distance, for it was high enough above the tumbling waters to stand in the line of vision, clear and besoon-Uke. Until the edge of the war zone outlying Ireland was reached no flag was shown by the Philadelphia. When the waters of so-called danger were approached the Stars and Stripes were broken out at the proper station. Ordinarily the British flag would have been displayed forward as the ensign of the port of destination, but the American captain was taking no fhtmwi with the British flag, either forward, aft or amidships. There were five natives of England to one native of America on the Philadelphia; and for once at least on the high seas the Stars and Stripes looked good to khigHnh eyes. At sunset the came down and the bright electrio tight* were turned on to the name and nation of the ship, where within oertain sea limits all men might read them.

Man-of-War Asks for Information. Some forty miles beyond Daunt’s rock the lights of a man-of-war appeared. The vessel was lying in the sea shadows, not more than threequarters of a mile away. Nothing but the lights were visible, but their distribution showed even the unpracticed eye that the vessel displaying them was a warship of a greater type. Suddenly from the starboard side of the dreadnaught, predreadnaught or cruisre, whatever she was, came a sharp flash of light, which was followed by successive twinkles. The Britisher was signaling the Yankee, and the Yankee instantly paid heed. “What ship is that?’’ An answer was twinkled back from the bridge. “Where bound?’’ Back went the answer. If the response had not been given quickly and readily a shot would have come across the Philadelphia’s bows. The British guardships where St. George’s channel meets the ocean are t«Hng no chances, and this notwithstanding the fact that German merchant and German war ships virtually have disappeared from the waters. No Fear Felt by Americans. There may have been no submarines in the Irish sea when the Philadelphia made its way toward Liverpool. If there were, let it be said again that no American of seasoned sense on board thought for an instant that the ship was in danger of a torpedo from any German craft unless the missile were fired as the result of gross error. Some Americans in America may thbik differently about the matter. It would so seem to one who had to take leave of some friends more or less fearful. One American on board said to another when midway between Queenstown and Liverpool, the place of reputed greatest danger, that there was more worry on shore over the ship

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RUSSIA BUYS AMERICAN AEROPLANES

View oi a Burgess Dunne aeroplane having its ohicial try-out under the supervision of agents of the Russian government, who have been buying a number of American aeroplanes.

than there was on Its deck. He told the truth. '

Only one boat was swung out on its davits by the crew of the Philadelphia; It could not have held by any chance more than a dozen or fifteen people; it was swung out a long time before the war zone was reached. Why? No one knew. It 1b as much of a puzzle today as it was the day that the crew swung the lifeboat over the water.

It has been said of other voyages that passengers on ships passing through the Irish sea at night did not go to bed, or if they did, they turned in with their clothes on. There was only one passenger on the American liner who stayed up all night through the Irish sea, and he was a jolly, old retired naval officer who had served his time and who could not get over the habit of staying on watch. This old chap must be seventy-five years old, but he showed up at the breakfast table Bhinlng, rosier and more generally wide-awake than any companion passenger.

The night before the Irish sea was entered an Englishman who was playing bridge and side talking about the matter of stewards’ tips said: “Perhaps the only steward we must tip will be the one waiting on Davy Jones ”

England a Solemn Place.

This word from the Britisher was about the only one heard from a man suggestive of any dread possibilities from the sailing of the war-zone sea. The women, as I have said, kept off the subject of the war and of danger from start to finish. About an hour before turning-in time fifteen or twenty of the woman passengers gathered in a corner of the so-called social hall and conferred together. There was ohe woman in that throng of whom I had the presumed right to ask questions. I inquired concerning the nature es the conference, and my answer was, “No matter.” I found out later, however, that the women in solemn conclave had agreed that It was safe to go to bed and to turn in attired as they were ordinarily , attired on sleep occasions, and “to pass the danger toy,” and with it all thought of anything except a safe landing on the morrow. One man I can say who was going to sleep with his trousers on and with his shoes exceedingly handy, turned in wearing the usual habiliments of the night, and tried, not altogether successfully, to banish thoughts of submarines and to woo sleep after the ordinary coaxing manner.

Liverpool was reached early in the morning—the sea and its submarines were behind, but the war in its other aspects was in front, and one knew it the instant that foot was put on land'. England is a solemn place, and shows it In the step and in the faces of the people. A solemn place—and so must be Germany and France and Russia.

ADVOCATE OF FEMINISM

Jules Bois, chevalier of the legion of honor and prophet of feminism in France, is now in this country to make an investigation of our food production and exportation. He will make a lecture tour of the United States and will study the methods of teaching French in the schools of California. He summarised his views of feminism thus: “Yes, women should have the vote, not that we may have more votes, but that a new moral element, the mother element, may enter into the political world.”

Surprise for Hughes.

Elisabeth, N. J. —Andrew F. Hughes, aroused from sleep by an earthquake, as he supposed, found a big auto truck embedded In his house.

WAR BECOMES HABIT

People Quickly Adapt Themselves to New Life. —— ~ r ~~ iTake It Carelessly Like Life on Volcano—Boys All Expect to Fight and Are Not Uneaay Over Prospect. ’

By GABRIEL DELAGARDE.

(Correspondent Chicago Dally Newa.) Amiens, France. —In the last few days 1 have made inquiries among many persons to find out the state of mind of the civil population as regards the war generally. I have talked with tradespeople, manufacturers, retired merchants, ordinary laborers, other employees—as many as possible of each. It is easy to enter upon a conversation; at the present time it is not necessary to rack one’s brains to find a subject, and the subject is inexhaustible. People have grown wise. The fantastical reports which at the beginning of the war were invariably believed fall now on skeptical ears. Moreover, thiqgs are now in order. The other day, at a prominent hairdresser’s shop in town, a man announced to those who would listen that the Germans had just entered Albert. An officer, who was being shaved, interfered, had the man arrested, and for his imprudence he passed eight days in prison. Who would imagine, while walking through the streets tof Amiens, that the Germans were 30 kilometers (about twenty miles) from here, not more? The soldiers from the trenches do not come here, or if they do the officers and men are obliged to come clean and in good style. Automobiles only have the right to be dirty. The population, it appears, must not sef the war in an unfavorable light.

So the people are gradually growing accustomed to this abnormal state of affairs, just as the inhabitants of a to*wn near a smoking volcano go about their business without giving it a thought. As a friend of mine, a literary man of these parts, said to me: “War? It’s a matter of habit; heart, soul, mind, all become daily hardened to it. We have adapted ourselves to our new life.”

And the remark is just It applies to the people, especially to the men who have remained here. Air the young men are alike; that is, the great majority.-. They realize that, if the war lasts, their turn will come to go to t|ie front and it causes them no uneasiness. ' Y

There is the mental anguish which affects all without distinction, with terrible equality, from the minister to whom we are indebted for the three years’ service law and who has just lost his son, to the poor little woman who chars to make a living, whose husband is a prisoner in Germany. This it is which makes war odious, which creates the fiercest hatreds both in the hearts of the soldiers and the civil population. One day I returned from Albert with a poor woman, who has no one at the front, hut who has witnessed the ruin of a town by a bombardment. She stretched out her thin arms with the suppleness of a cat as she said: “Let the women have a hand. Deliver to me four ‘bodies’ only, and I will undertake to put out the eyes of those highwaymen.” The refugees suffer and have suffered materially. They are virtually the only ones. One may say that, far from increasing misery, the war has diminished it. Such a wave of official and private charily has swept over the country! Nearly all of the poorer classes receive from the state either an Indemnity for their enforced idleness or relief because of the war. ! Am I to pity the manager of a large factory who told me he had lived on an income of 500,000 francs before the war, and now doesn’t spend 10 francs a day? No, because he himself does not complain and accepts it in the proper spirit, even though, instead of having his automobile waiting for him at the station, he is obliged to walk, with an alpine sack on his back in place of a valise. He says that he has never felt better. Like others, he noon adapted himself to this new state of affairs.

Tabby Adopts Wildcats.

Silver Lake, Ore.—A pair of baby bobcats, whose mother was killed by F. R. Bass, have been adopted by a big tabby cat on the Bass homestead, south of Arrow. When the tiny wildcats arrived at the Bass place the feline at once picked them up, cat fashion, and carried them to bar bed.

PIES OF RARE MERIT

•OME RECIPEB THAT HAVE ESTABU 8H ED WORTH. What la Known as the "Pie of Five" la Excellent—-Good One Made With Brown Sugar—Delicious Bpice Pie. The Pie of Five.— One large. Juicy lemon, one cupful of sugar, one egg, one good-sized potato and one cupful of water. Grate the rind of the lemon and add the lemon juice and egg. Beat well. Grate the potato or put through food chopper. Stir well with the other Ingredients and then add the water. Place in a double boiler or saucepan and let thicken, and in two crusts.

Brown Sugar Pie. —Two-thirds of a cupful of brown sugar, one tablespoonful of butter and two tablespoonfuls of milk. Cook until waxy looking, then take the yolks of two eggs, one heaping tablespoonful of flour and one and one-half cupfuls of milk. Mix all together smooth, add to the above ingredients, cook until thick, and add vanilla. Have a baked crust, use the whites beaten stiff for the top, and return to the oven for a minute or two.

Grapefruit Pie. —First bake a shell as for lemon pie, then make a filling as follows: Mix one tablespoonful of cornstarch in a little cold water, and over this pour one cupful of boiling water. To this add the juice of two grapefruits, the grated rind and juice of one orange, the beaten yolks of two eggs, and the white of one, and a small piece of butter. Put all in the double boiler and cook until thick, stirring all the time. When done, put in the shell. Now beat “up the white of the second egg with one-half a cupful of sugar until thick, and spread with a knife over the pie. Put in the oven and let brown lightly. Serve cold. This makes a delicious pie. Delicious Spice Pie.—The yolks of three eggs, one and one-half cupfuls of sugar, one cupful of cream, two tablespoonfuls of flour, two-thirds of a cupful of butter, one teaspoonful of spice, cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg. Mix the flour and sugar together, then cream with the butter. Add the yolks of the eggs, beating thoroughly. Next add cream and spices. Use the whites for the frosting.

Turnip Pie. —Put two cupfuls of mashed cooked turnips Into a basin, add three-quarters of a cupful of brown sugar, three well-beaten eggs, two tablespoonfuls of molasses, one tablespoonful of melted butter, one tablespoonful of powdered ginger, one teaspoonful of powdered cinnamon, and one-quarter of a teaspoonful of salt. Mix and bake in one (yrust like a pumpkin pie. Sweet Potato Pie.—Bake the sweet potatoes and cut them in half-inch slices, put them in a pie plate on the lower crust, fill the plate, and sprinkle with butter and sugar and a little water. Put on the upper crust and bake.

Calf’s-feet Blanc Mange.

Clean and wash thoroughly. Put on to boil in four quarts of water (if all four feet are used) and reduce by boiling to one quart. Strain and stir in a cool place to become cold. When cold take off all the fat', remove all the settlings at the bottom. Put with the jellied meat one quart of good, fresh, sweet milk, sweeten with sugar to taste and flavor. If lemon peel, grated, or cinnamon is used for flavoring add it before boiling with milk, but If peach water, rose water or essence of lemon is to be used, add it (flavoring) after boiling with milk. Let the ingredients to be boiled do so for about ten minutes, then strain through a fine sieve into a pitcher and stir until it cools. While blood warm put into molds that have been previously wet with cold water to harden.

Indian Curry of Mutton.

Fry four chopped onions in butter, add a teaspoonful of curry powder, a teaspoonful of salt and one cupful of cnopped apples. Stir in a cupful of rich milk and a tablespoonful of flour rubbed smooth with a little cold water. Simmer till thick and add two pounds of breast of mutton cut in squares, floured and browned in a little butter. Simmer till meat is well done; it may be found necessary to add a little more milk or water from time to time. Serve very hot.

Rolled Oat Wafers.

Tablespoonful butter, one cupful sugar, two -liggs beaten separately, two cups rolled oats, one-half teaspoonful bitter almonds, two teaspoonfuls baking powder. Melt butter, pour over sugar, then add yolks, beaten whites, flavoring, meal and baking powder. Drop in teaspoonfuls on buttered pans. ,

Rocks.

Two-thirds of a cupful of butter or shortening; one cupful of sugar, two eggs, 1% cupfuls of flour, a teaspoonful each of cinnamon and cloves and a cupful of chopped walnuts and dates mixed. Bake as drop cakes. These improve with age, if you are successful in hiding them! —Good Housekeeping Magazine.

Codfish a la Mode.

One cupful salt codfish picked fine, two cupfuls mashed potato, one-hall cupful butter, one pint cream or milk, two eggs well beaten, salt and peppei to taste Mix well, bake twenty t« twenty-five minutes in the dish is which it is to be served.

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