Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 138, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1917 — Page 2

BEST FRIENDS OF BLINDED SOLDIERS

Sir Arthur and Lady Pearson, greatest friends and workers for the relief of the blind. Sir Arthur, although blind himself, has been the chief worker for the relief of the blind in Great Britain.

NEED 971,000,000 BUSHELS OF GRAIN

Necessary Food for Allies and Neutrals as Figured by Hoover. URGES US TO ECONOMIZE Suggests Double Consumption of Vegetables In Summer as Aid to Europe—Big Crop of Foodstuffs Is Expected. Washington.—The allies of America, in the war against Germany, and the European neutrals will require a total of 971,000,000 bushels of bread and fodder grains out of the next harvest, and, in addition to that great amount, provision must be made for the grain ships destroyed by submarines, according to an official announcement made by Herbert C. Hoover, whom President Wilson has designated as food administrator. Mr. Hoover presented the situation In detail for the first time, the figures representing the result of his researches while in Europe. He admitted that it would be impossible for North America to furnish all grain needed and provide for itself, but he added that the country must shoulder the major part of the burden. Coincident with his decision to acquaint the country with all of the facts Un the situation, Mr. Hoover said that (the task of conserving and apportioning America’s grain supply would be undertaken as soon as powers were granted by congress. Representatives of the allies, he said, who were entering into forward contracts pending the adoption |of this legislation were doing so at their own risk. As soon as the food administration was in full operation, the said, the situation would be canvassed, and, if necessary, many purchases by other countries would be canceled to serve the common cause.

Fodder Not Included. The Hoover statement was in explanation of an interview given by (Emile Level, head of the Permanent (French commission. Mr. Hoover said: “In view of the statement of the lallles* grain requirement out of the {next harvest given by Mr. Level of the French mission to the press as amounting to 560,000,000 bushels, and its apparent conflict with the figures of 1,000,000.000 bushels gitenout by myself, it seems desirable to mention that (Mr. Level assured me that he included iln his figures only the grain necessary ifor the bread - supply and did not include the fodder grains. These are just (as necessary to the allies for the maintenance of their dairy and meat (supplies and the their cavjalry horses as is the grain for the ’bread supply of the people. : “The requirements for imports of (the bread grains—that Is, the supplies (required in addition to local production in'the various countries, as de-

RECRUIT IS MARRIED AS HIS UNIT DRILLS

- Chicago.—Standing beneath an archway of crossed bayonets. Private Harold H. Clarke of the Second Illinois infantry and Miss Jessie Aldrich were married, while below the balcony on which they were standing 500 members of the bridegroom's regimentdrllled. “And may God bless you both, who are doing your duty by your native land,” said the clergyman. There was a scraping of bayonets from the couple’s military escort and sobs from the women guests. Mrs. Clarke had consented to be married when her fiance soberly Informed her that, marriage or no, marriage, ho could not delay enlisting. -- a a

termined by a study made by myself and staff in each country In Europe, with the collaboration of the food ministers of these various countries, are as follows: Bread Fodder Grains. Grains. Bushels. Bushels. United Kingdom22s.ooo.ooo 170,000,000 France 175,000,000 70,000.000 Italy 90,000,000 60,000,000 Belgium and Portu-— — gal 50,000.000 ... European neutrals... 10,000,000 Ex-European neutrals 5,000.000 116,000,000 Total ...555,000,000 416,000,000 “This totals 971,000,000 bushels to which will need to be made some additions to compensate for submarine sinkings. Cannot Furnish All. “It will, of course, be impossible for North America to furnish all of this quantity, although the major load must fall upon us. In any event, it emphasizes the necessity of control of our exports, in order to control prices and protect our supply, and the necessity for conservation and elimination of waste in order to increase the volume of our exports.” Mr. Hoover took occasion to deny emphatically a published report that the proposed food administration was contemplating the buying and selling of all grain supplies at this time. “I can say positively that there is no such step under consideration,” he said. “We are going to proceed with this work step by step, with the purpose al ways in vlew of stabilizing the market.” Suggestions by which the public could co-operate by reducing the consumption of cereals, sugar and meat during the months of July, August and September, and the use of more vegetables, without the adoption of a vegetarian diet, were outlined in a statement from the Hoover headquarters. Without hardship, Mr. Hoover said, 200,000,000 bushels of wheat, 125,000 tons of sugar, and 700,000 beeves could be saved. The statement read: “We want the American people to increase the proportion of vegetables in their diet during the coming summer for many reasons. Vegetables, including potatoes, compose but a small fraction of the diet of Americans, considered as a nation. Of our total foodstuffs in terms of units, pnly about 14 per cent is supplied in the form of vegetables, while some 40 per cent arises from cereal products, including bread, 20 per cent from various animal products, and 15 per cent from sugar. -

Expect Big Crop. “The widespread agitation throughout the country to increase production of foodstuffs has resulted in a large expansion of the garden area, and with normal weatheju conditions we may hope for a greiitly increased supply of garden vegetables. These may be disposed of either by direct consumption during the summer months or conservation for winter use. Much the more simple and direct thing to do is to increase the proportion of vegetables in our diet during the months of July, August, and September and thus save a portion of the cereals, meat and sugar for winter use. “To double the proportion of vegetables and thus diminish" proportlonally the drain of bread and meat sup? plies in no way suggests vegetarian-, ism; public health will not only be normal but especially during the summer months will even be improved if the proportion of vegetables in the general diet Is doubled. Such a diet would contain a large amount of’jjjl neral salts and vltamlnes, the albuminous substances would be balanced, and the diet would contain so large an amount of inert material as to form a mass of advantageous proportions In thie digestive tract. “The other alternative would be to conserve the vegetables for winter use. While everything should be done that is possible In the way of drying vegetables it must be borne-Iff xntnd that owing to the shortage in tin the normal canning capacity of the country

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will be greatly reduced in its application to vegetables. Use" Vegetables Instead. “The Increase in vegetable production Is, of course, not uniform throughout the whole country, and price conditions In the larger cities may not permit of so large a proportion of-substi-tution of vegetables as in the country districts and smaller towns. It is even 'more important, therefore, that in the country districts and smaller towns vegetables should be substituted for the staples, because this will greatly relieve the question of transportation. If the rural population, including in this term the larger towns and smaller cities, would during the months of July, August and September reduce the consumption of sugar one ounce, bread four ounces, and meat one and a half ounces a day, and vegetables were substituted Instead, the economy would represent the saving of 20,000,000 bushels of wheat, 125,000 tons of sugar, and 700,000 beeves. “Furthermore, we must realize that if it is necessary that we consume perishable foodstuffs, we should consume them as near the source as possible, and we should conserve the staple foodstuffs as far as possible for winter use and for export to our allies.”

WHISKER BAN IN HOBOKEN

All Growths Between Eyes and Adam’s Apple Must Be Chopped Down. Hoboken. —The mustaches of Hoboken—long burdened with foam and tortured with Wilhelm bends —now are going away from here. First the city employees are to become barefaced, and after that the entire population is expected to come out into the open and live long, frank-chlnned and sanitary lives. The fall in Hoboken was signaled when Dr. Joseph Stack, chief medical Inspector of the board of health, notified the city employees that all that stood between them and perfect health was their germ-carrying lip hedge. In an announcement circulated by a heavily bearded messenger that inspector called attention to the unspeakable bearer and begged all who observed to remove instanter all the facial underbrush. Persons who have been comfortable for years felt itchy after reading the physician’s masterpiece. Michael Whalen, who has long been the truant officer of Hoboken, was the first to remove the menace, and boys who had carefully avoided him for two full terms were snared and forced Into a life of educational endeavor. Today Doctor Stack, who has a reasonably huge black mustache himself, starts doing without It, and within a few weeks official Hoboken will undoubtedly be beardless as a babe.

YOUNGEST MARINE

Although Uncle Sam puts certain re* strictions as to age upon the members of the United States marine corps, five-year-old Robert Bonner of New York proudly wears a sergeant’s chevrons and sharpshooter medal, with all the dignity of a grown-up sea soldier. Robert has been adopted as a comrade by the marines and now has a full regulation uniform —red stripes, yellow chevrons, medal, brass buttons and all —a costume he is unwilling to take off, even to go to bed. He explained to his mother that “real soldiers never take off their clothes,” which may be stretching it a bit, but which has a grain of truth in it, if we consider the, boys in Europe’s trenches.

In Search of a Romeo.

Chicago.—ln search of a Romeo, Hazel Brown, escaped inmate of the Bartonville Hospital for the Incurable Insane, came to Chicago and spent S4OO for a trousseau and bought a SSOO engagement ring. <When arrested she cleaned up eight policemen and wrecked a police station before she was subdued.

FACE ONCE WAS EXPRESSIVE

■ ' In Modern Times, Says Writer, General Alm Seems to Be to Conceal Emotion of Every Kind. We are accustomed to the idea that our facial expressions are keys to the lives we lead, and that one who understands Edman nature may easily read human faces. That this is true to a large degree Is unquestioned, for we have only to look about us to judge for ourselves of the happiness or unhappiness of those with whom we happen to come In contact. Indeed, in the ages long since past, before even spoken language permitted the freer Interpretation of man’s emotions, the human countenance waa the chief means of expressing, says the Charleston News and Courier. One by one the great thoughts of the human race have been reproduced as far as possible in the eyes and general expression of the face, now flashing out with startling significance, now shining with tranquil assurance, how displaying ugly lines and characteristics. As civilization advanced, however, and the means of human intercourse broadened and developed the need for translating the inner needs and energies into facial expression lessened, until, unfortunately, it is often difficult to read correctly the message of the countenance. Where in former days the natural effort of all human beings, unconscious though it may have beeh, seemed to be to reveal their wishes openly upon their faces the general aim now is to conceal emotion of every kind.

MEANING OF $7,000,000,000

Spent at Rate of a Dollar a Minute, It Would Take 13,318 Years to Dispose of it All. America’s war loan of $7,000,000,000 surpasses the poWera of the nfind to grasp, Thomas F. Logan writes in Leslie’s. Spent at the rate of $1 a minute it would take 13.318 years to dispose of the appropriation. Loaned out at 6 per cent, sl3 could be spent every second for an indefinite period without touching the principal. Converted into sliver dollars, the coined pities laid end to end would reach morethan four times around the earth at the equutOr. Piled on top of one another, these silver dollars would extend nearly 600 miles in the air. Made into dollar bills, they would cover 26,686 acres. The interest on the loan is greater than the entire running expenses of the government less than half a century ago, while the amount itself would conduct the affairs of the government for fully seven years, on the basis of the annual expenditures of the last decade. Another and more cheerful way of looking at the situation is that, great as the loan is, the wealth of the United States is such that It amounts to the lending out of $1 out of every S4O of our existing tangible resources. A penny a day saved by every inhabitant would cancel the principal within 20 years.

Nitro-Starch New Explosive.

Nitro-starch, more compact than the allied nitro-cellulose or gun cotton, seems to promise great efficiency as a blasting explosive. The original dynamite of Nobel was nitroglycerin absorbed in kieselguhr, a siliceous infusorial earth, but, sawdust, tnica and other* absorbents have been since used and blasting gelatin and gelatin dynamites have been formed as jelly-like masses by dissolving gun cotton in nitroglycerin. Nitro-starch is produced by dissolving starch nitric acid in a manner similar to the use of cotton and glycerin. Ease and cheapness of manufacture, convenience and safety in use and great explosive power are mentioned in its favor, and the advantages % include non-liability to go off except when exploded by a cap, giving off no bad fumes, non-freezing quality, and a stability so great that nt> change was seen after ten months of storage.

Value of Dairy Cow.

R. M. Washburn, in the Lippincott Farm Manual, “Productive Dairying,"’ predicts that in a short time the United States will be largely devoted to dairy products, instead of beef production. For he tells us the food value produced by May Rilma, the Guernsey cow, equaled in one year that of 30 steers weighing 500 pounds apiece. It would take, he assures us, eight acres of good wheat land to produce an equal food value to the year’s production of Duchess Skylark .Ormsby, and this is coming to be typical of the value of the dairy cow. Now the cow does by working over hay, corn, ensilage, and various rough or by-product grains.

No Objection to Money.

“Wanted—A Wife,” reads the sign on the door of J. Morse of Brooklyn, teacher of English to foreigners, and 'shown as “Eastern District Hermit.” Mr. Morse said in explanation: “I want a wife who will be a companion to me in this ghetto; one who will help me to teach; one who will be my inspiration. I live in poverty and a wealthy wife could help me carry on my work.”

Willie's Method.

Willie (to his? sister’s beau)— Say, •Mister Watulong, do you love my sister? H. S. B. —Why, er—of course, William. Why do you ask? Willie —Well, sister said she. was dyin’ to know, and I don’t want her to die tlU'shte buys me them roller skates she promised.

SAYS RULER IS TRICKSTER

Speaker Telia Story of Ingenious Hog Raffle to Express His Opinion of King of Greece. “King Constantine is a trickster, and the allies will accomplish nothing in Greece till they kick him off the throne.” The speaker was Cosmos Morcavorato, the archeologist. He continued : “King Constantine is a trickster and he always gets away with It. He’s as bad as the two sharpers. "Two sharpers, getting stranded in a country town, decided to gouge the populace by means of a hog raffle. They got up a poster that said: “ To be raffled, a fine Berkshire hog. Tickets, 25 cents.’ “The raffle went well. The two sharpers made a lot of money—slso, in fact. Then came the day when the result was to be announced. “The sharpers read over their list of victims and selected the man they thought most gullable and meek. To him they wrote: “‘Dear Sir: We are happy to inform you that the raffle of the magnificent hog was held last evening, and you were the fortunate winner. We hold the animal at your disposal, and shall be pleased to forward same on receipt of your authorization to do so. We beg to congratulate you on the acquisition of this truly magnificent pedigreed hog.’ “But the winner had hardly received this letter, the first thrill of delight had hardly warmed his breast, before he got another missive: “ ‘Sir: We regret to inform you that your magnificent hog died very suddenly last night at 9:30 o’clock. We do not know the exact cause of death, but would impute same to the hog cholera now epidemic in this district. Owing to the existing sanitary regulatoins, the animal had to be buried without delay. We shall be glad to receive your check for sl2 by return, being the amount of veterinary and Interment expenses incurred.' “The trickery was as transparent as Constantine’s, but, like the allies, the duped man was afraid to investigate, lest worse befall.”

“THE WOMAN YOU ARE TO BE”

It All Depends, Says Writer, Upon What You Put Into Your Head as Days of Girlhood Pass. There comes a time in a girl’s life when she passes from childhood into the land of dreams and flowers, and the question that now arises has to do with the woman that she will be for the rest of her life. Is she going to furnish the nice, clean recesses of her brain with things that really count, or is she going to toss an indiscriminate mass of jumbled nonsense into hfer heart? She has it within herself to make her brain a power, to teach it to reason, to cram it with intelligence, and to force herself as a personality to respond, aays the Pittsburgh Dispatch. There is still another thing that she may choose to do—sne may decide to leave it entirely empty. Ih that case, which is ‘the saddest of all, her eyes will count for nothing, even though they be beautiful, for they will be expressionless; her lips that, closed, are so perfect in contour, when opened will frame,.those tawdry nothings so pitifully evident of the empty brain behind them. Old age will have nothing of interest in its '”ake,‘ for the wrinkles and lines that speak for character will be absent, and the face, pleasing in youth because of its fresh beauty, in old age will become nothing but a hideous mask. Think well what you will put into your head, for you will purchase from Life itself at a high price.

Rising Curve of Human Energy.

As a matter of health, it will be much better to begin the day earlier and end It Earlier. Humanity has a definite cycle of physiological changes that take place during the twenty-four hours. In the early morning, temperature, pulse and respiration are lowest, but begin to rise. They reach a maximum in the early evening hours, between four and six. and then begin to descend again. It is on the rising curve of human energy that the day’s work ought tn be done. Rest should be as far as possible during the hours when the cycle of energy is on the descent. The proposed scheme for daylight saving would bring us back to be more in accord with the human physiological cycle In. the twenty-four hours than Is true at present.

Priest Invents Protective Device.

One of the Episcopal clergy of Maryland, RSvr L W.^A.Crawford-Frost of Baltimore, who already has several Inventions to his credit, has recently invented a device for the protection of merchant vessels against torpedoes fired froin submarines. This Is designed purely for defensUe purposes, and is said to be of a simple and inexpensive nature. He has sent drawings of it to Thomas A. Edison and to- the naval consulting board, and is offering it to the governments of the United States, France and England.—Living Church.

Good Kind.

"I am going to recruit a company of fat men.” “Why fat men?” “Because in a brush with the enemy they would be sure to put up a stout resistance.”

The Gasoline Crop.

During the ypar Just closed 292,300,QOO barrels of crude petroleum were produced in this country, 4 per cent more than the previous year’s output

“THREE CHRISTS”

The Only Real Christ Is the Christ of Experience Who Dwells Within. Text—“Ye search the Scriptures; for tn them ye think ye have eternal life, and these are they which testify of me. And ye will not come to me. that ye might have life.” —John 5:39. Jesus is speaking to those whose business and practice It was to make the most minute and painstaking study of the ancient Scriptures in their search for eternal life. Jesus tell* them that these Scriptures have a value because they testify of him, but that they are making a serious mistake In thinking that eternal life Is in the knowledge of the Scripture. Eternal life is not through a knowledge of the Bible. The Bible makes known trust in the Savior, whom the Bible makes known to us. Christ of the Book. He was before the book, is in the book, and will be after It, but always above and beyond it. It is not the Christ of the book, but the Christ in the heart that saves. It is Christ in you, the hope of glory. It is only as the Christ of the book becomes the transforming power of our lives, the object of our love and devotion, that we become worthy the name of Christians. His virtue must become our virtue; his patience our patience, his gentleness our gentleness; his faith in the heavenly “Father’s love and care, our faith; his acts of mercy and helpfulness our acts; his life of love and devotion to duty must become our life of love and devotion. All this by no formal acts of imputation, but by the Inward vital process of life and growth. In this way the Christ of history becomes the Christ of experience. This Christ of history must be impressed upon the heart before he can be expressed in the life. .Jesus comes into our hearts, not that we may dream mystic dreams, but that we may do noble deeds. Jesus’ method of selfmanifestation was three-fold. There was his great work of teaching. “He spake with authority and not as the Scribes and Pharisees.” His words had in them the emphasis of moral certainty. He appealed not to traditions, but to the moral con-, sciousness of those who heard him. He taught that God was his Father and the Father of all men; that he had power to forgive men their sins, and that God/ through the Holy Spirit, could give them victory over sin and selfishness and make them true members of God’s kingdom of love and righteousness. He expressed himself through hl* mighty works as he went about doing good. Where there was sorrow he brought comfort; where there was sickness he brought healing; where there was death he brought life. The Christ of Experience. But Jesus also impressed himself upon the world by his personal influence. We are apt to lose sight of this in comparison with his teaching and mighty works, because personal influence is so subtle and elusive, but everyone knows that the hold which a leader has over his followers is not created or maintained by an occasional eloquent speech, or a single heroic act, it is in the man himself that gives worth to his words and acts. It is Jesus’ life that gives power to his teaching and worth to hi* miracles. It is what we are that gives weight to our words and worth to our works. Pious exhortations from the lips of the publican fall powerless. An occasional kind act by a cruel man has no Influence for good. The Christ life back of speech and action attests their genuineness and gives them power. These three Christs should be ours. The Christ of the Book must be impressed upon the heart and expressed through the life before we can exclaim : “Beloved, now are we the son* of God!” —Rev. Samuel H. Woodrow, D. D., Pastor of Pilgrim Congregational Church.

Quickly Silenced.

A man who had once been a very great drunkard was giving his experience in an army open-air one night. He told what a Wretched home he had before the chains of drink fell off, and how, when he had got converted, his workmates tried to chaff him out of his new I'fe. i But one of them, who asked him if he believed Christ’s miracle of turning water into wine, was quickly silenced. “Of course I believe it,” answered the ex-drunkard. “If you come up to our house I will show you how Ire has turned beer into furniture, clothing and food for the kids!” . Yes, God’s power is Just the same today as in the days of old. —Social. ■News. ■ ' . ,/ ' ..

The Quiet Hour.

There are times when we need to be thrust back upon ourselves, to go “apart into a desert place." Isolation bids us find ourselves, and finding ourselves we grow sufficient within ourselves. We may have allowed people to crowd upon us, have given to them too much place and time, while we have forgotten or avoided our own imperative concerns by a fictitious interest* in others. Alone In the desert Christ confronted the struggle. Thus we must all do; and the sooner we fight that crucial battle with self and the powers of darkness, the sooner are we ready to do our life work, to enter upon a career of service for God and man.—lda Ahlborn Weeks.