Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1916 — Page 2

CAIRO BURSTING WITH WILD WEST AUSTRALIAN ARMY

“Roughest, Toughest Fit and Fighting Body of Men,” Says Correspondent. AWAIT ATTACK ON THE SUEZ Gsrman-Turklsh Forces Expected to Plunge Toward Canal —Veterans «f Gallipoli Are In the Defending Army—Longing for a Scrap. Cairo. —Egypt ia waiting. It is waiting with the patience of a country -ages old that can afford to wait. It is quite conscious of its position in the war. It expects the German-Turkish forces to plunge toward the Suez canal, and it is ready for them. But it awaits the event with an eastern calm on which is superimposed a British calm. Here in Cairo I feel I am in closed territory. After being raced across the eastern Mediterranean in a P., * O. liner with an honest frar of submarines, I was dropped at Port Said and there was an ordinary train, dining car and all, which hustled us on to Cairo, skirting the canal and the desert which were not at all as ordinary. Once in Egypt I or anyone ran move about anywhere. It is easier to knock about on the delta of the Nile than in France or England. Once you are off the delta the triangle with Cairo at the apex, you run Into military sones. The secretive desert lies beyond and even the trains Of padded footed camels snooping off across the skyline, no doubt on quite ordinary errands, and their Arab drivers add to the mystery. As to the Arabs most of them could tell a good deal if they cared to talk. No Uprising Is Likely. One can spend four and a half days going froin Khartoum as easily as any tourist ever traveled the Nile, but if there is one thing extremely unlikely to happen in Egypt it is an uprising between here and the Soudan; nor are. any of the desert tribes likely to create any havoc along the river. Trouble can come but from two directions, east and west Both are under active military control and I am for the present not permitted to write about them. But tnere is enough going on in this small, intensely vivid world to keep one from getting restless. For, remote from the war as we are here, we are- in it in a strategic position, and the part of Egypt , which counts strategically in a military sense is really go It a small. —It is only three hours from here to Alexandria and five to Port Said. The situation has dramatic compactness. Beyond that there are only the considerable outpost forces at the oases in the desert. Egypt is staged in Cairo. Cairo has not given up any of its ordinary life, except the tourist trade, and is carrying off its military honors with quite an air. It can afford to let the tourists go, because it has the Australians and they are Worth mbre in a month than the tourists of ten years. Newt rrom the Senussi. . i happen to be waiting for something that lifts the curtain and reveals a corner of the stage. A British officer has located an Arab somewhere in the depths of Cairo, and thia Arab has just come off the western desert and knows more than any other man on the delta about the doings of the most-talked-of man in Egypt, the head of the Senussi, the desert chieftain who is the unknown quantity in Egypt and that officer’s report will mean much. I have seated myself, as many thousands of Americans have done, on the -terrace of Shepheard's hotel, but I have quite another sight from the usual one before me. Imagine the most European of

Cairo’s streets filled from the steps of the hotel to the arcade across the way with swaggering men in khaki. They walk with a swing and a “cheero.” their spurs jangling, the Emu feathers in their hats waving, their level eyes a head above even the tail Egyptians. To anyone used to the areas of Europe they" strikeyou like a fresh wind off the mountains. For those are the Australians; the roughest, toughest, fit and fighting body of men. I believe the world has ever seen. All -the varicolored, fascinating life of Cairo is swept away toy their virility. They seem fairly to swell through tha streets. —Heroes of Western Romance. imagine this ancient and-secretiye city bustling with the heroes of west- , ern romance, wjth ? their pockets full of money and itching to spendtt—to blow it in in a large and conspicuous manner. Th’ey fill the sidewalks, flicking with theirswaggersticks at the bare legs of the 'son»~of ..the.. Prophet-who wriggle among them keen and -offering-te-sell -themiWhat they will. The steps of the hotel are lined with military police, soldiers wearing the red and white brassard. of the P. M.’s guard. They are here every night. For that matter they are to be found everywhere in Cairo to the number of UMW to keep the same im-

penal Australian private tn. order. But tonight they are particularly vigilant, as an order has been issued declaring Shepheard’s and the Continental hotels out of bounds for anyone under tho rank of ( /an officer. The order was issued because the Australian privates were monopolizing the two best places ip the town to dine. , Two of these Australian boys, leanflanked horsemen from the plains, free men in the -very carriage of their heads, started to mount the steps. “Pull them up!" the lieutenant of the P. M.’s guard snapped out. For a moment I thought we would have a scene, but the two boys, who had not heard the official order, listened with faces as cold as marble, and, without losing a trace of dignity, turned and walked down the stairs. I wanted to cheer. The landing at Anzak was easier for them than to walk down those stairs, but they did it like cowboys and men. “King’s” Son a Private. Most of these Australians have

plenty of money and there is no telling by their rank how much money they have. One private has rented the most expensive house for rent in Cairo and has a retinue of servants. He is the son of a pearl king. The democracy of this army shocks some British officers and delights some others. Usually they like it, because the type of British officer who has been sent to Egypt is usually a man who has knocked about the back countries and values men for being men. 1 spent the morning with a British major who had received orders to work up a contingent to handle a camel corps. For corps captain he picked up an Australian who has not an “!?’ to his name and swears beyond belief. But he -under-

stands camels and that is all my friend asks. He has been doing a large share of his provisional recruiting sitting in a case, and the word has' passed around where —he Is to be -found; —And this is the British army! An Australian told me . a story on his colonel. They were fresh back from Gallipoli, and ordered up for a review So the colonel gave them a few instructions, in the family circle, as to how they were to behave, and ended by saying: "And for the love of Mike when the General is here don’t call me •Bill." I can quite believe that story. After seeing the joyous Australians it does not seem a bit out of the way. Longing for a Scrap. Three of those mighty men from the Antipodes were riding on a street car with me the other day and three dapper effendi, with polished boots and more than polished manners, entered and sat down opposite. One of- the Australians leaned across to me and remarked: “Stranger,, can’t you do somethingto start a fight? I need exercise.”

The effendi looked disturbed but kept their seats. The most typical of the stories I have heard on passable authority occurred the night of the evacuation of Anzac, the particular evacuation in which the Australians did not lose a man. Officers have told me that as they walked down that deadly slope to which they had clung for months they had not the slightest expectation of dver getting away alive. They hoped they might get some of their men off on the transports which had come up under cover of night, but to escape themselves -they considered impossible. That night, though everyone knew what was going to happen, was chosen by several mighty Australians to get dead drunk. They could not be moved. But in the dawn, hours after everyone else was gone, they woke from their drink Homerically, and swam out until they were picked up. After First Effect, Ordinary Life. Once the first overwhelming effect of the Australians has passed, One sees from the terraces more of the ordinary life, the racing gharries with their shouting drivers bearing along Egyptian women with fine eyes and the thin white veils, more a provocation than a protection, now in vogue in the East. Some of the ladies of the sultan’s palace have also just passed in a French limousine, going three times as fast as anyone else, and I note they too wear the gossamer yashmaks. On the sidewalk immediately below the rail of the hotel, an Arab woman is squatting telling the fortunes of two ''Australians. A water carrier, dirty beyond belief, pushes

aiong through the swarming porters. Officers are arriving, bag and baggage, every half minute, and through the red fezzes comes a brighter touch of color as two Britiah generals, red bands on their caps, red tabs on their lapels and strips of service ribbons with every color in the rainbow, pull up. ... But through all this dis tr acting color comes a figure in a white turban, and a white burnoose whip dominates the sidewalk. A staff officer who has -Just descended the steps sees him and thrusts out a hand for him to shake. He gives it a quiet, dignified shake, and they pass a few compliments before they pass on. It occurs to me that this is the first time I have seen an English officer shake hands with a native and the explanation is being • expressed right behind me. .. "A Bedouin,” an officer is saying, off the desert, too. Isn’t he a specimen for you? A man, by Jove, and a gentleman I” And so I begin to understand why everyone in Cairo talks only of the leader of the Senussi, the chief of all the Bedouins.—Arno Dosch In New York World. ..... '

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

PRETTY CAPITAL VISITOR

Miss Madeline Skinner is one of the prettiest of the visitors in Washing, ton this winter. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Skinner of Philadelphia, and is being extensively entertained.

GOOD MARKET FOR CAT FUR

Trappers Find a Demand for Almost Any Kind of Hide That Bear* Fur. Bar Harbor, Me.—Boys and men who make a business of trapping and hunting in this vicinity, and there are many such, are all smiles over the results of their winter’s work. Last year the bottom was knocked out of the fur businesA by the ffluropean war. Prices were very low, and there was tn consequence very little trapping done. This caused a shortage of manufactured furs and also a decided Increase in the number of -animals -available this winter Furbearing animals, according to the woodemen, were never so plentiful in this part of New EnglandTime was when ®nly ate* kinds of animals were much sought, for their pelts. With the increase, 1. demand, however, there—is— hardly —anything that wears fur, from the bear to the muskrat and rabbit, whose skin is not sought. Evqn the humble house cat brings a price. The muskrat was formerly considered one of the poorest of all furs. Now there is a steady demand for it, and it appears in the fur shops as American brook mink. Certain kinds of lamb pelts sell as Iceland fox, certain kinds of dogskin are in high favor as Manchurian wolf and quantities of catskins are also offered under various names. Beaver, coon, mink, fox and Weasel have no difficulty in finding a sale, and do not have to masquerade, as their fur is sufficiently well kno’vn and prized in itself.

MAY RAISE PRICE OF PAPERS

Provincial Journals In Great Britain Are Hardest Hit by Pulp Shortage. London.— Owing to the Increased cost of print paper, due chiefly to high freights, a number of English newspapers, particularly in the provinces, are considering the question of coming to an agreement to raise their prices. They state that unless there is an in crease of the price at which newspapers are sold a great many of the provincial newspapers will cease to exist, or at any rate will be suspended for the duration of the war. Added to the high price of print paper is the increased cost of many accessoriesin_x.opnection with per production, great shortage of labor owing to the number of men who have gone from the printing trade into the army and the munition factories and the wages of boj awl other lal)or - ~ ~ -

WOULD GO BACK TO PRISON

After Pardon, Aged Man Declares the’ Outside World Has Treated Him Badly. Davenport, la.—Gus Eisenberg, sev enty-four years old, pardoned six months ago, after serving 28 years ta. Fort Mad Ison peni tentia ry on a murder charge, has asked ti e local police to return him to the penitentiary. “I’m lost. 1 don't know where to go,” he told the police. “I want to retnrn to prison, for 1 spent my. life that was worth while there. Warden Sanders' was goqd to me and nobody out in the world is. 1 want to go back to the only friend I have.” The local police will probably ask the state board of pardons to revoke Eisenberg’s pardon and return blm lr prison for the remainder of his Uta.

NOT HARD TO FASHION

KUrFY-HIPPEDOVERSKI7fTBARE REALLY SIMPLE. Main Paint la to Select the Color or Design that Suits One Best—- , Some Materials to Select From. Those fascinating, fetching, fluffhipped overskirts that are so much the vogue now are much more easily made than most women imagine. See how simple this design is. By hanging It as the lines aemand,' a very pretty frock will result. The skirt foundation is built of flowered soft + affeta or any attractive fancy silk. The color is that fact.lona bl e orchid tint which Mrs. Wilson has made so popular. Over the figured silk skirt 18 draped an overskirt of diaphanous material, which may be either plain or figured. A stout or a short woman will look best with a plain material for her overskirt, while a stripe will help a stout woman to appear slender, and flowered designs

Picturesque Overskirt.

help a tall one to seem less abnormal In height. In choosing a color and a design for your dress select the color that will most become you and the figure that # will accentuate your good points or conceal your poor ones. Some women appear best in simple fabrics, while others look most charming in flowery and fancy designs. Try a piece of the goods against your face and figure, in front of a mirror, before buying it, unless you feel very certain that it will become you. For draped overskirts of this sort materials that are greatly used are nets of all sort, tulle (which cannot be much worn), chiffons and grenadines. The least expensive way of trimming overskirts of this sort is with little ruffles or quillings of the same material. Cords are very much used as a finish, and any of the ready-made trimmings are good. Beads, too, are used to loop up draperies, as are bunches of silk or artificial flowers. —Washington Star.

Footwear of the Season The continuation of short skirts in street suits and afternoon dresses forces the wearing of high boots and shoes. High boots dark-colored are among the novelties for spring. The newest design in street boots has a gaiter effect which buttons up at each side of the back strap. As a substitute for the popular san-dal-laced slipper a new form is shown with a broad bracelet strap that passes around the ankle. The toe of the slipper is ornamented with a similar design In metal, and sometimes the bracelet strap is embroidered to correspond. At the back it runs almost to the height of an ordinary shoe. In addition to slippers for afternoon and evening wear cut in this bracelet form, there is a model for wear with negligeegarments. This has the bracelet strap for the ankle and the converging instep strap, but at the sides all of the leather is cut away, exposing all of the foot except the top of the toe. The hosiery always matches the shoe or the costume.

Try This Chemical Garden It is very easy to secure a most charming effect by the formation of a receptacle is a glass vessel of some kind or other, and on the whole there is nothing better for the purpose than a globe such as is commonly employed for gold fish. All thatjieed be purchased are a couple of ounces"of sulphate ot copper, a few pieces of aluminum, a handful of iron nails and finally a tin of “water glass." This latter substance is, of course, extensively used for preserving eggs. The first step Is to arrange an inch or so of sand in the bottom of the globe. Then place the sulphate of copper, the aluminum and. the iron nalls’onthe layer.Thedifferentminerals should be well mixed up together. ' 2 A solution of the water glass should now be prepared, taking one part of this material to three parts of plain water. Mix well by means of continue uu» stirring with a stick. The next

thing to do is to pour the solution of water glass over the minerals; the actual Quantity of the liquid employed will depend upon the size of the glass -vessel, but it may bo mentioned that in depth the solution should not be less than four Inches. The globe is now placed aside where it wii 1 not be dfsturbedforuweek. At the end of this time it will be seen that a most beautiful growth, in almost all conceivable colors, has started up from the minerals. This growth, of course, represents the silicates of the various substances. Most people will be astonished at the beautiful effect which is secured. The final step consists in clearing away the water glass. This must be carried out with great care as many of the growths are of a fragile description. Probably the best plan is to take the globe to a tap and very gently run water into the vessel until the con* tents look quite clear. Naturally after this has been done the growths will appear to even finer advantage than they did when first of all observed. The chemical garden will now last for a long while if it is not disturbed by frequent moving about

Consider Tucks and Plaits Few women realize the possibilities of tucks and plaits as trimming. They are used in the embellishment of the separate blouse, in the fashioning of summer frocks of sheer fabric, but it is the exceptional afternoon costume that includes them in its modeling. At more or less regular periods the plaited tailored skirt appears, but it is a rare season when it achieves the distinction of being called smart. The truth of the matter is tucks and plaits are considered rather old-fashioned. And that classification is entirely erroneous. The fingers of the skilled style creator can accomplish wonders with plaits and tucks. This is particularly true in its application to the modeling of afternoon frocks of soft silks and cloths of supple texture. Cleverly placed, the plait can give distinction to the afternoon frock, giving it a certain elegance of style that cannot otherwise be imparted. The wide skirt, plaited, takes on a certain bouffant air 'that accentuates the best features of the wide skiß mode, yet stops short of anything “fussy.” In bodices tucks can be so placed as to reveal and emphasize one’s best lines with charming simjfllclty of effect. Effective shading can be achieved in the placement of plaits and tucks in bodices or skirts of transparent fabrics. The -“folding over” of the fabric deepens the color shade, and this effect can be heightened if the materrial is draped over a contrasting color.

For Child’s Folding Cart As soon as baby is old enough, a folding cart is a very desirable article to take the place of the baby carriage, for it occupies much less space in a passage or hall, and in a cart baby can sit in an upright position and see What is going on round about him. At the s»me time it has its disadvantages and in the winter weather children

Rug for Child’s Folding Cart.

are often to be seen riding with uncovered legs that are blue with the cold. It is quite possible, of course, to wrap the little legs up in a shawl or small rug, which may be covered up and further protection given by the rug shown here. It is carried out in thick, dark cloth and lined with scarlet flannel and bound at the edges with narrow ribbon. __ - In the center baby’s initials are embroidered with gold silk, and at each corner ribbon strings of the same color are sewn on. These strings, are ..tied round. the arms. of. the. .cart. .and. to the woodwork bn either side of the footboard, and by this means the rug is held securely in position. At the top of the illustration the cover is shown lald 6tirwte gat;~ahd below it is seen tied in place upon the cart

Moss rosebuds are favored this sea. son for corsage bouquets, and the daln ty, old-fashioned moss roses are. pecul iiarly suited to quaint little, frocka in pale gray tints such as pretty women stipulates, for no plain sister should ever venture to wear gray, whose tints are only for flawless complexions.

Quilts of Moire Beautiful comforts or quilts are made of heavy moire silk, with footwide borders of plain silk or satin, quilted in a pattern. These are made in rose, blue and other lovely qolors.

PICKLING CARROTS AND BEETS

Winter Vegetirblee Are Invaluable for Replenishing the Cupboard— Fixing Sweet Peppers; f For pickling baby carrots great care must be taken in choosing firm and well ripened vegetables. The advantage of preparing these winter vegetables is that they can be pickled or canned with much greater ease than in the summer when a warm kitchen is an abhorrence. A few cans of carrots, beets or peppers are a real addition to the season’s store without extra cost of any sort. Boil the carrots until tender and then rub off the skins in cold water. Cut them, up (unless you are using the young carrots I mentioned above; in that case use them whole). Pour cold vinegar over them; add a slice of onion, two bay leaves,.and a teaspoonful of celery seed to each onehalf dozen carrots. Do up In air-tight jars, and let the jars stand upside down over night and If any liquid runs out, screw them up a little more tightly the next morning. Pickled beets may be treated in the same way. Use one dozen goodsized beets, two quarts of vinegar, onequarter of an ounce of mace, one-quar-ter of an ounce of ginger, one saltspoonful of pepper, two tablespoonfuls of grated horseradish. 801 l the beets until tender, then remove the skins and cut them up, placing them in jars. Put the vinegar into a porcelain-lined kettle, adding mace, ginger and pepper. When this reaches the boiling point take from the fire; then add horseradish and pour, hot, over the beets. Seal up in air-tight jars, using the same test for tightness. ....... .. . ’ Red and green sweet peppers may be put up, too. Cut a slice from the stem end of each pepper and take out the seeds, then cut it into a thin strip, going round and round the pepper with a sharp knife. Cover with boiling war ter for two minutes, drain, and place in iced water for ten minutes. Drain again and pack into glass jars. 801 l vinegar in the proportion of one quart to two cupfuls of sugar fifteen minutes. Fill the jars and store in a cold place.

RAISINS A VALUABLE FOOD

Their Value I* Too Frequently Ignored —Some Breakfasts That Are a Little Different. Try combining for breakfast prunes or raisins, cooked. drained and mashed and slightly sweetened,. with an omelet, spreading a cupful of them on them before folding over. Dried apples which have been soaked and well drained may be fried like fresh apples and served with the bacon. A pound of dates cooked with a pint of cornmeal, a teaspoonful of salt, a tablespoonful of flour and a pint of cold milk will vary the morning mush. A cupful of stoned, chopped dates is an agreeable addition to apple sauce, added when the apples are almost cooked. —Baked appies are delicious if the centers are filled with stewed prunes. If cooked prunes or dates are chopped fine they may be added to the breakfast muffins, thus giving variety to an everyday dish. Many a child who will not eat a cereal in the morning can be tempted to do so if chopped dates or figs are allowed to simmer a few minutes and then mixed with the cereal, or placed around it. Don’t leave your raisin jar on the shelf, using it only occasionally, for this most valuable dried fruit will supply elements necessary to health at a minimum cost When properly baked in bread they are almost ideal food for children.—Woman’s World.

Dinner Sweet.

Make one-half pound of good short pastry and roll out very thin. Cut into two even sized lengths and spread with the mixture given below, place the two strips together. Bake in a hot oven. Sift sugar over and cut into fingers. For the mixture mince six goodsized apples, put them into a basin with three ounces of currants, two ounces of breadcrumbs, pinch of mixed spice, grated lemon rind, three ounces of brown sugar, one ounce of melted butter. Mix well together and use aa directed.

Lamb Kidneys With Beans.

Split six kidneys in halves and remove the thin outer skin. Fry six slices of bacon until crisp. Remove them from the fat and keep hot. Dip the kidneys in flour andbrownquickly on bothsides in the bacon fat. cover, a tablespoonful of tomato catchup, a tablespoonful of table sauce, and cook for ffive. minutea,-Jreaping--tt«aa-just below the boiling point.. Serve on a not piatter, wiui me uacoii as a gar* nlsh.

Fried Cod Salad.

Cut the thick white part of the fish in four-inch squares, soak over night In plenty Qf.water, peel off the skin, wipe dry,fry a delicate brown in hot. fresh lard, remove as soon- aa browned; clean the spider, pour in one cupful cream, thicken with one teaspoonful cornstarch.raltto taste, pour upon platteft lay on fish and serve.

Steak and Tomatoes.

Procure a piece of round, steak, .the desired amount Fry it a good brown; then pour over it a can of tomatoes, season with salt, pepper and a small onion. Cook it slowly for a couple o£ hours. If you use a fireless cooker, you will find this a very satisfactory dish.