Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 109, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1917 — Page 2

Health: Keystone of the Arch of Genuine Preparedness

By DR. SAMUEL G. DIXON,

The perfect manifestations of life-can only be had with a harmonious performance of all the functions of the body. This is so from the lowest forms of life up to the complex and wonderful creation of man. Now when we are confronted with war and its accumulated horrors, we must use every effort to throw off the insidious hold it gradually gets upon our nervous systems, destroying the harmoniousness of the vast number of active little ceils that go to make up our physical and mental bodies. •, ‘ If the balan<jp and harmony are once destroyed, our digestion weakens and this robs-the body of nourishment, which is-followed by general loss of strength. The heart muscles consequently suffer and weaken, and when this pump fails to send the exhausted blood cells through the lungs for purification and recharging, the physiological process fails in its purpose. The break-up of the general balance and harmony causes the body to lose its resistance to disease germs.. The result is genetai weakening of the individual, and often death, neither of which we can afford at any time, let alone in time of war, when every preventable measure must be taken to guard against the inroad of disease. Today we cannot help but feel our great responsibilities and make sacrifices for that which has given us .our natToii fit” pride and—freedom. We must, however, at the same time be careful not to break up unnecessarily the harmony of our social and other every-day occupations. The greatest measure to help us carry our burden during war is to keep busy in some well-directed path of work that will produce those things most essential to a successful warfare and turn our minds from those horrors that otherwise would break up our nervous force. If war becomes long-continued, it may be that a revolutionary state may occur, where our occupations will have to be changed: giving up the easier ones to the weak, and shifting those that are more laborious to the strong. These changes, however, at the present time can be effected more easily than ever before in the history of the world, because of the many kinds of modern occupations which permit of selection to accommodate those of different capabilities. Whatever may be the disturbance, we must "keep busy. We must not think too much of “what might happen” and keep it ever before us, destroying that balance and harmony necessary for health.

SOME SMILES

Necessary. “I do not understand why you wish to sell such a valuable lot when the price Is bound to increase;’ said his adviser. “Ah, but it is absolutely necessary. I'll have to apply the money as a partial payment on my wife’s new shoes.” The Vogue for Agriculture. “That golf player continues to cut chunks out of the turf!” “Is he playin’ golf?” inquired Farmer Corntossel. “I thought he was hoeing.” Nightmare. “Does sleeping on your back give you nightmare?” “Invariably.” replied Mr. Chuggins. "I wake up with my hands pawing the air, imagining I am fixing my automobile.” One of the Reasons.

For Bigger Crops. "My wife made a suggestion last night.” “What?" “To relieve the scarcity of potatoes this year, she said that Instead of planting them in hills they ought to be planted in mountains.” The Way of It. “Do you always give your wife her own way?” “NO.” ’ “How do you manage it?" “I don’t. She takes it." I '■ . ... ; ■ - ——Not Knocking at All. -... “I wanted to talk to you yesterday.” “Why didn’t you call me on the telephone?” “It wasn’t important enough for me to go to all that trouble.” Quite Correct.

“The man you see walking yonSjjfer •’ ■--- of our most,popular standard works.” “Indeed I What ■ has he written?" “Nothing.' H e makes flags.”

National Misunderstanding. American Heiress —How do you like my new gown? t English Friend—lt’s ripping. American, Hel ress —Oh, where? True. “t)o you know anything abcat golf V “Only this. That when my husband’s (golf is bad, so is hi* disposition.”

Commissioner of Health of Pennsylvania.

She had Just been shown through the prison. “I don’t wonder," she said with a sigh, “that so many of us have to remain old maids when they keep shut up from the world so many handsome and bold men.”

Nuts Make Good Substitute For Meat in the Diet, Says Domestic Science Expert.

The food value of nuts is usually underestimated. Nuts are rich in both protein and fat and may be used as a meat substitute In the diet, according to Miss Alice Skinner, instructor tn domestic science in the Kansas State Agricultural college. “Nuts should be regarded as a staple article of food whose constituents are in a concentrated form,” said Miss Skinner. “In’using nuts as a meat substitute it is best to combine them and some starchy food of considerable bulk with a milk sauce. When they are used in bread or in combination with vegetables and salads they should be finely ground to make the constituents more easily digested. “Nuts that are most available on the average market are peanuts, black walnuts, English walnuts, chestnuts, pecans, Brazil nuts, and hickory nuts. These nuts are found on the market in several different forms principally as nut meats, nut oils, nut meals, and as blanched and white nuts. “Nuts should be Included In the diet at least once dr twice a week for adults, but should be used sparingly in the diet for children because the food is in such concentrated form. They may be used In both cooked and uncooked dishes —salads, candies, breads, cakes, custards, puddings, and baked dishes.”

Mum.

“An open mind,” began the would-be philosopher, “is generally in partnership with a closed mouth.

EXISTENCE

By GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS.

Life in itself is a wonderful affair. As Tagore, the poet of India, puts it —

ful Power of Choice. And to him who Chooses most, to him most Comes. Scattered throughout Time and Place, extending Into the Here and Now, are the Limitless Inspiration, Examples and Opportunities that ever offer of what they have —personally, for you, to use in making up what must be your Ideals and Entire Success. •' . Live! Let nO minute of the Active hours of your day find your eyes closed to the Free and Waiting Gifts that belong as much to you as to the poorest or greatest. The real Joy of Living—which being interpreted. Is to Love and Act and Give; Is a part of Existence, Common to all, but it is far more, immensely far more,, than sordid Existence. It is to LIVE. \ Live! . . ...

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

“Life Is Immense.” But until you come to a sense- of unusual appreciation of what Life and its gifts of Joy represent, for you Life is but a mean Existence. Live! To each of us is accorded to some degree, small or great, the wonder-

Mother’s Cook Book

Inexpensive Dishes. When an emergency arises with but half enough meat to go round, mix It after chopping fine with equal parts of cooked rice, one small onion’chopped and one green pepper. For each pint .add a cupful of canned tomato. Season well and add gravy for moisture and a tablespoonful of butter. Cover with crumbs and bake. Sour milk can be used for so many delicious foods, spice cakes, doughnuts, griddle cakes, waffles, steamed bjead and biscuits. Surely one may find some dish among these to utilize the sour milk. Sour cream with small green onions sliced into it, salt and pepper added, is one of the most appetizing of salads. Children like bread, buttered, sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar and browned in- the oven. This may_.bß_ used with a cupful of tea when other cakes are lacking. Crumb Bread. When one has an accumulation of bits of bread left from sandwiches when entertaining, dry them thoroughly and put them through the food chopper. Dissolve a half a yeast cake in h half cupful of water^juld—two, cupfuls of warm w’ater, a tablespoonful of shortening, a cupful of graham flour, a teaspoonful of salt, a cupful and a half of crumbs and enough white flour to make a very stiff dough. Let -rise, cut down, then, when risen, place in the tins, let rise again and bake _ ,

Com Bread Country Style. Sift together three-fourths of a cupful of corn meal, half a cupful of flour, one-fourth of a cupful of sugar and half a teaspoonful each of salt and soda. Beat one egg, add a cupful of thick sour cream or a cupful of buttermilk or sour milk and three tablespoonfuls of melted shortening and stir into the dry Ingredients. Bake In a shallow pan about 25 minutes. Delicate Muffins, Sift together one cupful and a half of pastry flour, two and one-half tablespoonfuls of baking powder, half a teaspoonful of salt and one-third of a -cupful of sugar: add three-fourths of a cupful of milk, three tablespoonfuls of melted butter and mix well. Bake in hot, well buttered, iron pans about 25 minutes.

Her Brilliant Idea.

After many trials and tribulations Mrs. Timson had managed to get a “maid” of sorts. “Now, Thurza,” said she, “be careful about the water. We only use the well water for drinking, as we have to pay a man to pump it. The rainwater Is good enough for washing up and so on. “Did you remember about the water, Thurza?” she asked later in the day. “Oh, yes, mum!” said Thurza. “I filled the kettle half full of water from the butt and other half with water from the well. I thought the bottom half might as well be getting hot at the same time for washing up after tea.”

Another Paraphrase.

If all the debts were one debt, what a great debt that would be; and all the money were one money, what a great money that would be; and if all the men were one man, what a great man he would be. And if the great man took the great money and paid off the great debt, wouldn’t there be an earsplitting howl on the part of the loan sharks; and collection agencies?— Indianapolis Star.

New Things Under the Sun.

India’s railroads are experimenting with all steel cars because of the advance in cost of teak, the wood generally. used. Introduction of electricity for power in South Africa gold mines has reduced the amount of tuberculosis among the miners. Fifty-five miles in five hours is the remarkable record recently established by Siberian huskies drawing a sledge over Ice. * Hinges patented by a Texas Inventor enable a door to be hung so closely t« Its frame that no cracks remain to pinch fingers. Press buttons, similar to those used for fastening gloves, have been invented for holding carpets on floors or tapestries on walls. The entire front axle, wheels, driver’s seat and battery box turn In steering a new low motor truck designed for carrying heavy loads. . Bridge gates invented by a Boston man are expected to bring vehicles or street cars that strike them to a gradual stop without injury. Gelatin golf tees have been invented, the idea being that they soon are dissolved by the atmosphere and will not litter up a golf course if forgotten. A tool composed principally of flexible, rubber-covered fingers has been invented for removing and Inserting electric light bulbs in sockets difficult to reach. To permit the outside of windows to be washed by persons inside rooms is the purpose of a recently patented wire frame Into which cloths can be clamped. ■ ~—

CLEVELAND IS HOME OF BATTING EYE

TY COBB AND HIS CLEVELAND OPPONENTS.

There must be something in Cleveland’s general atmosphere to bolster up the batting eye. First there was Nap Lajoie, and shortly after his arrival the Cleveland club one season boasted no fewer than eight .300 hitters in Lajoie, Flick, Clarke, Bemis, Rossman, Bay, Bradley and Turner. Then as Larry began to wane Joe Jackson arrived. Jackson’s first two years were .408 and .395. When Jackson passed on to Chicago, Tris Speaker soon arrived from Boston. The Texan could always hit, but his general average had been about 40 points below Cobb’s. But once established in Cleveland harness, his first official act was to dethrone Cobb and end his nlne-year reign. And now the new campaigri Speaker is once more out in front of the pack. Cobb’s main opponents have always been Cleveland entries—Lajoie, Jackson and Speaker. And if any citizen outhlts Cobb this season the fusillade is almost sure to come from a Cleveland rampart.

COBB CUTS OUT GOLF

Ty Cobb will devote his en- n ergy to baseball this season and leave his golf sticks alone until J. autumn. S Cobb, like many ball players, X believes that golf does not seri- g ously affect a ball player’s w’ork, rbut that it does remove the edge g from his batting ability. Then, g too, he argues that a ball player has more than enough exercise Xduring the season and that |. tramping over a golf course is' j' apt to make him overtrained. 2-

CASEY STENGEL IS POPULAR

Many Brooklyn Fans Get Pleasure Out of Outfielder’s Kidding—Sharp it Repartee. One point in favor of “Casey” Stengel is that he has more individuality than any other member of the Brooklyn team. Jake Daubert, for instance, has an immense personal following, and his brilliant playing makes him an

Casey Stengel.

additional drawing card, but Jake ds not spectacular, except in accomplishing difficult feats. Stengel is spectacular, eVen when doing nothing in particular. He has more fans around the circuit who come out to the Brooklyn team’s games,, with the special idea of. kidding him, than any other three inen on the roster. ——: —; ■ T In Cincinnati and Boston, especially, ■where the right field bleachers do a good business, large numbers of lads .with the foghorn voices treasure up the bits of repartee they have heard in the winter to hurl at C. D. Stengel in the summer. They are willing to pay for the privilege of trying to kid him. We say “trying," because that is as far as they get. If a fan has put it 'over on Charles in the last three years It has not been mentioned, while the sharp retorts of Charles have become classics in the league.

BASEBALL STORIES

We note that the Yankees have a left-hander in Love. * * * Another thing to worry about —filling the shoes of Honus Wagner. • * * . Smoky Joe Woods’ arm is all right, according to accounts from Cleveland. ♦ ♦ • Some clubs strike a jinx and go to pieces, and others strike the jinx on the snoot. ♦ * * Walter Johnson is going to rely largely on a slow ball and a spitter this season, it is said. -—-+—> * Claude Hendrix would rather win in PittsburglFthan any other city of the National league circuit. * * * Some players start the season laboring under a handicap, but mostly it’s their heads that all ’em. pz «—* , * ~ About 32 ex-Feds are on the big league pay rolls this year. They’re the ivy on the ruins of the lost cause. * * * Victor Aldridge, the Hoosier schoolmaster, hak gained a new nickname since joining the Cubs. Its Blossom. Should Chuck Ward continue his sensational fielding he will be the wonder of the National league in a fielding line. * * ♦ Risberg handles himself like a sta at short. His throw to first lacks nothing in speed, but it might be a little more accurate.

Wilbert Robinson seems to have a clever shortstop in The French-Canuck hits the ball hard and is a beautiful fielder. ~ ♦- • Hans Wagner’s career again proves that baseball is a precarious business. One year a fejlow is a hero and. the next he is a has-been. * *. • Newark club of the International league has adopted the name of Bears. It remains to be seen whether they are wild or tame bruins. •' .■ « » » Manager Bresnahan bejleves the Iron Men will have a big year. A fan rises to remark: “But not as big as 1916, which was leap year.” • ♦ ♦ Jack Barry believes the Red Sox will win the pennant again this year. He will have to win it or be consid* ered a failure as a manager. Steve Yerkes will make the Inalhnapolls team a contender in the American association this year if he gets a., little help from the rest of the club. Rabbit Maranvllle and Nemo Leibold are said to be the shortest players in the big leagues this year, but wait until some of the speedy spenders get to going good.

WAR TO AID BASEBALL

Would Stimulate Interest in National Sport,. Says Foster. Secretary of New York Giants Agrees With President Barrow That Game Would Not Suffer—Would Affect Seacoast John B. Foster, secretary of the New York Giants, agrees with President Barrow of the International league that the game of baseball will not suffer because of war. He believes even that baseball might be stimulated. “War has never hurt baseball in this country,” said Foster. “As a matter of fact, it was the baseball played during the Civil war by the soldiers which resulted in giving the game its great impetus in this country. “Baseball was highly prosperous during the Spanish-American war. Toronto had an extraordinary good season last year. As a result of the present war in Europe there is more baseball being played in England and France than ever before, and the game has gained a foothold in Italy. The reservists who were called home to the colors took the sport with them when they left this country. "Baseball games have been played repeatedly close to the actual fighting line. One game at Verdun went seven Innings before it was broken up by the appearance of Twstire~aer6plahes. “There is a lot of baseball being played around London, and it is exciting more interest in that vicinity than Lt ever did before. There are plans to organize a professional league at Monte Carlo as soon as the war is over. “Only seacoast cities will be much affected by war. In the interior the game- will go along pretty much the same. Baseball in New .York wdll not be affected to any extent, for the tea-

Secretary John B. Foster.

son that there are always so many visitors to the city, and when they come here they want to be amused. “The more men are forced to think of serious things the greater is their need for some form-of relaxation. I believe that in war times many will be glad to go to the ball grounds in the afternoon, even if it was only to find something to distract their minds. “It is probable that everybody will be talking war, but there will be no better place to discuss things than at the baseball parks. From all my experience and my years of connection with the game it is my opinion war or no war, baseball is due to a good year.”'

JOE RODRIGUEZ IS PRAISED

Little Cuban Is Remarkably Agile and Saves Fielders by Brilliant Catches and Pickups. Joe Rodriguez, the young Cuban first-sacker sent to Rochester for further seasoning, is one of the most sensational fielders McGraw has had OP. his club in many a day. The little Cuban is remarkably agije and saves the fielders from many wild throws by his phenomenal catches and pickups. Rodriguez’s hitting is not on a par with his fielding, but all his hits are cleata and sharp, as he takes a nice cut at the ball. ■ Joe was with New London, in the Eastern league, last year, and attracted more attention than any other player on. .the circuit.

CAN PLAY WITHOUT CAPTAIN

Idea of Field Leader Is Joke to Manager Lee Fohl of ClevelandWill Act Himself. The Cleveland club will not have a captain this season. Lee Fohl, manager of the club, will act In the dual capacity of ’captain and manager. “The -idea of a captain is a joke to my way of thinking,’’ Fohl explained. “The captain bf a ball team has no more power than a manager on the bench, providing the manager is in uniform, and Th be out there every