Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 175, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1916 — Page 2

Prominent Women in Training Camp for War Service

Mrs. Robert Lansing, wife of the Secretary of State; is among those who drill and learn at the National Service School.

/TT'V HE outstanding feature at | the end of the first week 1 of the women’s prepared- | ness camp at Chevy Chase, near Washington, seemed Ay t° b® blisters —blisters on the feet, says the Kansas iQwp City Star. Wj And tan. The thousand young women In the trainin ing camp were as red faced as lobsters, always assuming lobsters to be red faced. It is the tan of wind and sun and life in the open. _;. The belles who tangoed in high heels all winter long, with never a hint of anguish, were nursing swollen, blistered feet as a result of wearing stiff high service shoes. The khaki coats and skirts were bad enough, they were so different from the soft, fluffy garments that the girls otherwise might have worn. It was the National Service School for Wopien, this training camp, conducted by the woman’s section of the Navy league, of which Mrs. George Dewey, wife of Admiral Dewey, is president. The thousand girls soon settled down to the business of learning how women may help in time of war. It was preparedness of the most practical gprt being undertaken. Imagine a tented city, Jaid out in regular streets, with guards posted and military discipline prevailing. In each tent are five cots, occupied by four girls and a chaperon—some matron whb is enjoying the training camp just as much a& if she weren’t mar-

ried, because she, too, is a girl again. One of these matrons is Mrs. Robert Lansing, wife of the secretary of state, and she is drilling with the girls in her $10.50 khaki uniform just as though she had never known the social burdens of an official hostess in the national capital. . There are five wash basins and five small mirrors in each tent also. Betents are electrically lighted. And because it is further convenient, showerbaths are provided for the girls in khaki. But these need not be regarded as luxuries. They simply are modemnecessities. - Reveille at 6:30. Out of these tents, when reveille is sounded at 6:30 o’clock in the morning, pour the “boarding pupils” of the sendee school. The “day pupils” live in Washington and come later. For half an hour there is marching and countermarching under the direction of three United States army officers, who are assigned to the camp as instructors. They pretend to dislike their job, these officers, but in reality, they wouldn’t miss it for a good deal. The girls are so pretty, and despite their blistered feet they smile so bewitchingly. At seven the mess tent calls. Breakfast for one iporning consists of eggs and bacon, prunes, baked potatoes and coffee. Another morning it is oranges, bacon and hominy, bread and butter, green onions and coffee. The only difference between the fare of the woman’s training camp and that of the United States Marine corps is that the girls are allowed butter three times a day and the marines only twice. But they thrive on it. Bless you, there was less need of rouge among these thousand girls last week than any week in all their lives. The unbreakable crockery and the camp “silver” are lent by the marine corps, by the way. - •' Then comes the ceremony of the changing of the guard, which is another regulation borrowed from the United States army. And after that there is a busy day.

The one obligatory course is that of Red Cross first aid and surgical dressing of wounds. No less than 3,600 yards of gauze is used in the classes in a week’s time. A Red Cross head nurse and 30 trained assistants are the instructors in these classes, of which there are five dally, each putting in an hour. Girls Enjoy Signaling. Then the girls may take semaphore signaling lessons if they like, and nearly all of them do. “Wigwagging” is one of the most enjoyable of all the camn activities. The “pupils” learn the signal alphabet, finding some difficulty With the letters beyond “N” and pronouncing "R” particularly hard, but they learn it and can transmit dispatches by signal with some facility already, as well as “read” those sent There are classes in wireless teieg-

TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES

Computlng the population of European and Asiatic Russia at 180.000,000, and allowing five bushels per head for food and seed, the consumption of ■wheat in that region would amount to 900.000,000 bushels a year. A new attachment made to fire plugs transforms them into sanitary drinking fountains. One-fourth of Australia I* yet un * explored.

raphy. A big tent serves as the wireless station, and a very large number of the young women are enrolled as students here. And classes in dietetic cookery for the wounded attract many others, while another important instraction tent 7 Is thatr where ~ sewing for the wounded Is taught and where many sewing machines are kept humming by apt pupils. But the hospital tent, after all, is the chief center of interest in the camp. One lesson, for instance, consisted in demonstrations of how to make a bandage and how to dress and bind an injury, and how to use a broom in properly sweeping a floor — all being practical duties that fall to army nurses. Then there is drilling and more march, lunch and supper in due time, Inspection of tents by a regular army officer and inspection of personal equipment, just as In the army. _

O. K. on Silk Pajamas. The inspector who found pink boudoir slippers under the cots and pale blue negligees and silken pajamas draped over the cots, and here and there a rainbow petticoat, merely smiled and put his official O. K. on it all. Finally comes taps, at ten o’clock, and every light in the camp goes out, and the tired, footsore young women slip off into dreamland, where there are no regulations of any sort. For, while there may be cases of leniency and an occasional overlook-

ing of some minor infraction of. the camp rules, it is no pink tea affair, after all. Penalties are Imposed for such breaches of the regulations as absence from classes, absence from

GOOD TIMES THAT ARE GONE

Wealthy Citizen Moralizes Over Things That Were, as He Recalls with Joyous Recollections.

Talk to Uncle Zenas and you will learn that to find Arcadia it is not enough to leave New York and come to Bloomfield Center. They aren’t as neighborly even there as they once were. There is qot the frank democracy that used to be in his young days. Too much of what he scornfully calls “codfish aristocracy” has come in and split the happy united village into what he calls “clicks.” They don’t have the good times nowadays like they did when they got up apple-cut-tings and corn-huskings, barn-raisings, and all the devices by which what was hard labor for one lone family was turned into a frolic for the whole settlement. Everybody knew everybody, and winter nights a whole parcel of ’em would pile into sleds and come bu’stin’ in on some family. Maybe they vyere getting ready for bed, but

Each human being takes about eighteen breaths a minute, or nearly 26,000 a day. The first Japanese school books in Roman characters have just been made. No less than 5,000 inventions have been submitted to th® naval board in seven months. Tne fuel value of garbage is onetenth that of coat : / ;

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taps, unauthorized absence from camp, Insubordination and lack of personal neatness or neatness of quarters, the penalties running from reprimand to dismissal. As in a regular army camp, there Is no trilling permitted. Every afternoon and evening there are lectures, dealing w’lth preparedness in some form. F. D. Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy, talked on “National Preparedness” at one of these lectures. At another Mme. Slavko Grouitch, a refugee, described the horrors of the Serbian situation and told “How Women Can Help In Preparing.” John Barrett, Pan-Amer-ican authority, told of our relations with Central and South American nations, and what may be expected of them in the event this nation becomes involved in war. And so on. Experts in various phases of national defense tell the thousand young women at Chevy Chase all about the many sides of preparedness and how women can help In times of stress. Many widely-known women answered to first roll call at the Service school. Missouri was represented by Mrs. Genevieve Clark Thompson, daughter of Speaker Champ Clark. Mrs. Frank G. Odenhelmer of Maryland, president general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, was there too. Every section of the country was represented, as a matter of fact, although the largest delegations came from New York. When the president, in his address to the students of the Service school, said, “God forbid that we should be drawn into war,” and then added that if war came America would be found ready to defend its honor apd integrity, the young women of Chevy Chase camp felt a patriotic thrill like, that which must have animated the mothers of the Revolution and the heroic women of Civil war times. Miss Elizabeth Elliott Poe, the commandant, and Mrs. Vella Poe Wilson, the adjutant of the camp, headed the list of officers, which included those of the two battalions and the two companies which compose each battalion. The camp was a complete success at the end of the first week—so success

ful that already plans are under wdf for holding similar service schools at Ga.; San Diego, Cal., and San Francisco. At San Francisco the school will be open for three months and one thousand women will be Instructed each month. The Chevy Chase camp, it may be predicted, is only the beginning of a great national woman’s movement for national defense.

the old man’d get up and put h|s pants on and take down the fiddle, and they’d move the chairs and things out and have a dance; stay up till all hours, and get home about time to feed the stock. Ah, dear! they were neighbors In those days!

“And. even so,'that didn’t come up to what he’d heard tell about of the heroic period of. this country, the romantic age. the log-cabin days, when they were all poor and struggling, but happy in their poverty, when the latchstring was always out, and they would share their last pint of cornmeal .with the wayfarer, not knowing where the next was to come from, but sure they would make out somehow.” Uncle Zenas shakes his head; doesn’t know what the country’s coming to. One wonders who could have listened to the old-time circuit-riders when they called not righteous, but sinners, to repentance. Seemingly we have lost something—something very precious.—Eugene Wood in the Century.

Great Family of Smiths.

In England and Wales there are approximately eight hundred bearers of any one surname on an average. The Smiths alone number morp than 400,000, or 500 times as many. The great family can boast of more men of distinction who have helped to make the empire What it is than the bearer* of any other name.

The Good and the Bad.

Of the good man a good pledge and of the bad neither pledge nor Portuguese Proverb.

HOW TO FREEZE DESSERTS

With Proper Supply of Ice and Coarse Rock Salt the Process Is Com-, parativeiy Simple.

With ice-cream freezer, burlap bag, wooden mallet or ax, small saucepan, sufficient ice and coarse rock salt, the process neither takes much time nor patience. Crush the ice finely by placing in bag and giving a few blows with mallet of broadside of ax. If there are coarse pieces, remove them. Place can containing mixture to be frozen in wooden tub, cover and adjust top. Turn crank to make sure can fits in socket Allow three level measures of ice to one of salt, and repeat until ice and salt come to top of can, packing solidly, using handle of mallet to force It down. If only small quantity is the ice and salt need come only a little higher In the tub than mixture to be frozen. These are found the best proportions of ice and salt to insure fine-grained cream, sherbet, or water Ice, while equal parts of salt anti ice are used for freezing frappe. The mixture increases in bulk during freezing, so the can should never be more than three-fourths filled; by overcrowding the can cream will be made coarse grained. Turn the crank slowly and steadily to expose as large a surface of mixture as possible to ice and salt. After frozen to a mush, the crank may be turned more rapidly, adding more ice and salt if needed. Never draw off salt water until mixture is frozen. Unless there is possibility of its getting into the can, for salt water is what effects the freezing; until ice melts, no change will take place. After freezing is accomplished, draw' off water, remove dasher, and with spoon pack solidly. Put cork in opening of cover, then put on cover. Repack freezer, using four measures of ice to one of salt. Place over top newspapers or piece of carpet; when serving time comes remove can, wipe carefully and place in vessel of cool water; let stand one minute, remove cover, and run a knife around edge of cream, invert can on serving dish, and frozen mixture will slip out. Should there be any difficulty, a cloth wrung out in hot water, passed over can, will aid in removing mixture.

TO GET SERVICE FROM LAMP

Certain Rules for Its Care Must Be Observed—Always Fill in Daytime. A housewife who has to use lamps a great deal, desires to know what will keep the wicks from smoking. If the wick is soaked in vinegar before it is put in the lamp, and thoroughly dried, it will not smoke. The bowl of the lamp should be kept full of oil; but when the lamp is not in use, the wick should be turned down low, to keep the oil from oozing out upon the burner. -The commbn kerosene lamp which is used in almost every household will give a bright, clear light, and it will be a source of comfort to the family if properly kept. Never use inferior burners. They are cheaper at first, but they soon get out of fix, so’ the wicks cannot be turned up or down; and do not give a good light A clean lamp gives no disagreeable odor when burning. Lamp chimneys are not liable to break upon exposure to changes of temperature if they are put in a pan of cold water and allowed to heat gradually until the water is boiling hot. When you wish to clean the flues, wash them in suds made by dissolving cleansing powder in hot water, rinse in clean, warm water, and wipe dry with old newspaper. See that the flues all fit closely. Lamps should always be filled by daylight; and always put in a new wick before the old one is burned out.

Creamed Cheese and Eggs on Toast.

Four hard-boiled eggs, one and onehalf tablespoonfuls flour, one and onehalf cupfuls milk, one-half teaspoonful salt, few grains pepper and cayenne, one-half cupful grated cheese, six slices toast. Add sufficient milk to the flour to make a .smooth paste. Add remaining milk and seasonings and cook until slightly thickened. Add whites chopped finely and cheese. Cook until cheese is melted. 'Pour over toast and sprinkle with yolks which have been forced through a sieve.

Rhubarb Puffs.

One cupful finely chopped rhubarb, one cupful sugar, two tablespoonfuls butter, one teaspoonful baking powder, one-fourth cupful milk, two eggs, flour. Cream the butter and sugar, add the well-beaten eggs, milk, rhubarb, sufficient flour to make a thick batter, and baking powder. Half fill buttered cups and steam 30 minutes.—Mother’s Magazine. ■ -

Warmed-Over Steak.

The tough ends of steaks are a problem with housekeepers. Here is one way of saving them: Chop rather coarsely, cook in a little butter, dredge with flour, add seasorilngs and cream. When hot serve with baked potatoes.

Tender Roast.

Place the roast in a very hot oven and let ft gradually become moderate. Add a tablespoonful of vinegar to the water with which you baste it, and when done you will find it juicy and tender.

About Eggs.

If eggs are placed in hot Water a few minutes before breaking the whites will separate from the yolks very easily. They must be cooled before whipping up the whites.

TO COOK SPINACH

VEGETABLE DESERVES SPECIAL CONSIDERATION. One of the Best and Most Healthful That Is Grown—Various Ways of Preparing It for the Table.

Spinach is a standby at all times of the year. It can be prepared in many ways, but the basis of them all Is the first careful looking over, washing and boiling. As a rule, the spinach, after washing, contains enough water to start the boiling, after which it will boil in its own liquid. Special care should be exercised in the drainage, because nothing is more

unappetizing than a wet, soggy mass of spinach. It should always be drained in a colander and after that can either be cut with a knife or rubbed through a coarse sieve. The simplest way to serve spinach la to drain well, season with pepper, salt and a little butter. Boil two eggs hard and slice over the top and serve hot. Spinach and Cream.—One quart spinach, one tablespoonful butter, three tablespoonfuls of cream, pepper and salt. After the spinach has been boiled, and passed through a wire sieve, make the butter hot in a saucepan, add the spinach, pepper and salt to taste. Stir it over the fire and add the cream. If cream is not available, white sauce may be used Instead. Spinach and Poached Eggs.—Prepare and cream the spinach as in the preceding recipe, put Into a flat dish and lay three poached and well drained eggs on the top and garnish with croutons of fried bread. Spinach and Gravy.— One quart spinach, one tablespoonful butter, one tablespoonful flour, four tablespoonfuls good gravy, pepper and salt, Prepare the spinach as usual. ♦ Stir the flour with the butter in a saucepan for two minutes. Add the spinach, pepper and salt to taste, and as much gravy as possible, without making it soft. Stir over the fire until very hot. Dish and garnish with croutons.

Plum Gumbo.

Wipe five pounds of plums, remove the stones and cut the fruit In pieces. Chop two pounds of seeded raisins. Wipe three oranges and cut in thin slices crosswise, removing the seeds. Put the prepared fruit in a preserve kettle and add five pounds of sugar. Bring to the boiling point and let simmer until of the consistency of a marmalade. Fill sterilized jelly glasses with mixture, cover and seal. Serve with unsweetened wafers for luncheon. —Woman’s Home Companion.

Asparagus Souffle.

Boil one quart of chopped asparagus (cut in Inch pieces) until tender. Cook one cupful of milk, one tablespoonful of butter, and two tablespoonfuls of cornstarch until the mixture is thick and smooth. Then add the yolks of two eggs, well beaten. Stir in the asparagus, season with salt and pepper and fold in the stiffly beaten whites of the eggs. Put into a buttered baking dish and cook in a quick oven until delicately browned. Serve at once.

Seasonings.

A clove of garlic is one section of the root. Parsley should be minced and added at the last moment. A pinch of salt is fin eighth of a teaspoonful. If only a mild onion flavor is desired, parboil the onion before adding it. Make little cheesecloth bags of herbs, well 'blended, for soups and stews. The bags can be withdrawn when the flavor has been sufficiently extracted.

Chicken on the Nest.

To make this nest, carefully hollbw out a large sponge cake; prepare some shredded gelatin by soaking in cold water till moderately soft; mix a little spinach juice with it to make it green, then cover the cake, outside and in, with it. Fill either with the bought candy eggs or those molded of fudge in egg shells. Place a toy chicken on the eggs and present each guest with an egg at the conclusion of the meal.

Vermicelli Soup.

Swell one-quarter pound of vermicelli in a quart of warm water; then add it to good beef, veal, lamb or chicken soup or broth, with one-quar-ter pound sweet butter. Allow the .soup to boil 15 minutes after it is added.

Strawberry Sherbet.

Boil one quart of hot water and one pint of sugar for five minutes; cool, add the juice of two lemons, the juice of two oranges and one pint of crushed strawberries. Partially freeze, add the beaten white of one egg and continue freezing until solid.

To Clean Holland Blinds.

After removing from the brackets, brush the blinds on both sides with a.soft brush. Then spread on the kitchen table and rub with the white part of a piece of stale bread.

Chinese Salad.

Equal parts of cold macaroni cut into small bits, minced ham, lobster and cold boHed carrot, chopped. Mix well and add some good mayonnaise dressing, with a few capers.

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USUALLY WORKS THAT WAY

Hopkins Senior Had an Experienc® That Falls to the Lot of the Majority of Married Men. Young Hopkins had become a happy Benedict, and his father thought it advisable to administer to him a curtain lecture on hqw to make marriage a success. “When you have any differences of opinion,” he began, “if you are notable to. persuade your' wife that you are right—and you probably will not be able to do so—you must compromise.” “Yes, fatfier,” replied the son, respectfully. “And in this connection I will give you a little experience of my own to Illustrate my point. Well do 1 remember that your mother desired to spend one summer in Switzerland, while I was equally anxious to go to Brighton.” “And how did you arrange a compromise, father?” “Well, we stayed from Friday to Monday at Brighton, and spent the rest of the summer in Switzerland.”.

In Suspense.

“Where are you going this summer?" “I can’t say,” replied Senator Sorghum. “Maybe I won’t know where I am now on the way to until the election returns are in next November.” Pride is said to go before a falL Anyway, a woman’s pride usually gives way before her tears begin to fall.

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