Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 140, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1917 — Page 2

Study of Food Values Will Aid The Housewife to “Do Her Bit” In Crisis

Instructor In Colorado Agricultural College.

The patriotic American hTTfi’sekeeper, in striving to “do her .bit ’ in the natioh-wide campaign to conserve our food.supply, finds herself confronted with the necessity of revising her methods of conducting her home. . While a home-maker may be convinced, and justly, that she is not wasteful, if she will examine her methods she will often find that she is extravagant. In the present national crisis, we need to practice the old-fashioned thrift and economy of our grandmothers in our homes. e are not advocating the eating of less food but we are urging ess was e of food. The amount actually wasted in a homejnay seem smalljn each individual case, but when the waste goes on throughout the nation it counts up. , . „, , , Fifty-seven varieties of food are not necessary for a well-balance ration, in fact the 57 varieties may be present and a “square meal absent. Let us. as home-makers, set about to be food conservators by 1— Studying food values so as to plan economical and properly balfiuccd meals. 2 Making use of meat substitutes such as cheese, milk, beans, peas, nuts. Make use of rice as a starchy food and corn as a breadstuff. 3 Eliminating over-eating and use of excessive and wasteful variety of fo £^ iv j ng carefn] attention to canning, drying and proper storing of vegetables and fruits. , , ~ s—Starting simple systems of home accounts to check household “leaks’’ in business methods. . Hold to simple standards of living. Simplicity means the elimination of non-essentials...... .... - .......

POULTRY NOTES

A good Incubator insures early hatches. Chilled chicks are apt to have diarrhea. The pullet hatched early in the year is the one which will lay next winter. The small coal stove brooder which will accommodate 300 chicks Is a good investment. • Little chicks should be kept dry. Don’t turn the hen loose too early in the morning. If Incubators are used, remember that it. is just as Important to have a good brooder. Long, pointed, short, round, thin, or thick shelled eggs should not be used for hatching purposes. Kill the louse. A piece of blue ointment the size of a kernel of wheat rubbed into the skin just beneath the vent will do it. Most people either raise twice ns many chickens as they should or provide half enough brooding equipment. Plan your equipment for the worst weather that can be expected. Yards sowed to oats furnish hens and chicks material that can be ■supplied in no other way than by green food in some form. Later, rape or buckwheat can be used to advantage. Imitate nature in hen hatching. Either make the nest in a bottomless box on the ground or put an overturned sod in the bottom of the nest. This assists the hen in controlling evaporation from the egg.

Things Worth Knowing.

Denmark has about 85 head of cattle to every 100 inhabitants. An adjustable handle enables a new saw to make horizontal cuts easily. Japan is the only Oriental country In which sheet glass is manufactured. A holder to suspend a flat can of tobacco from a man’s belt has been patented. Experiments in France have shown that ordinary sod is an efficient filter for sewage. An electrically-driven machine has been perfected that will seal 20,000 envelopes an hour. The world’s greatest iodine works are in Chile, having an annual output of 400,000 pounds. A recently patented padded elbow rest is claimed by its Inventor to prevent writer's cramp. Pulverized street rubbish arid coal tar have been found to make good fuel briquettes In Amsterdam. The government of Brazil maintains a snake farm for the production of scrum antidote for snake bite. Springs control a new soap receptacle so that it can be opened or closed with a touch of a finger.

The Lord on Salesman.

Lord Eustace Percy told at a reception a story about Lord Devonport, the British food controller. “Lord Devonport,” he said, “runs the largest chain of groceries In England. When he was a poor man, running only onv provincial grovery, he hated ostentation and display. A traveling salesman once dropped tn on him In his little shop. •“I’m from London,’ the salesman said, haughtily. ‘I want to show you a line of London goods that will open your—” / “•Where did you say yon .come from?’ asked the humble grocer. - " •London.’ said the salesman, proudly. ‘London, my man.’ ‘“London, eh?’ The grocer smiled pleasantly/ ‘Who runs the hotel in that townl** . ,

By MIRIAM M. HAYNES,

Spread of Tuberculosis One Of War Dangers, Is Warning

“While preparing for war every possible precaution,” says Dr. W. J. Marcley, a director of the Minnesota Public Health association, “should be taken to make certain that the men who enlist are free from tuberculosis. There are probably many enlisting whose resistance against disease is low and who will become active cases of tuberculosis when the men are subjected to the- hardships of camps and trenches. The idea that camp life will harden the system of the weakling is false; it will harden those naturally strong but has the opposite effect upon people especially likely to develop tuberculosis. ——— “Many cases which will become active as the result of mobilization will return as spreaders of infection to various communities of this state. Accordingly. all local health organizations, health officers and visiting nurses, should endeavor to see that equipment exists in their communities for the proper treatment of these cases. The council on national defense has formulated plans for the co-operation of all state organizations that should assist in this work.” ■

“We take a wiser view of preparedness now than we took last year,” said Representative David A. Classon at a banquet. “Our former attitude toward preparedness reminds me of Boozeman Boozer. “ ‘How well you’re looking,’ a man said to Boozer at the club. “ ‘Yes,’ he answered, swelling out his chest. ‘Yes. I’ve sworn off.’ “ ‘Gee I That settles it. I'm going to swear off, too. How long have you been a teetotaler?’ “‘I begin tomorrow,’ Boozeman Boozer answered.”

Net Woman’s Friend. "Sunlight is a great thing.” “It’s no friend to woman.” “Why not?” “See what it does to her complexion, and besides, they do say its chemical effect disintegrates the hacking of mirrors in a comparatively short time.” High Cost of Wives. “Don’t you love me any more, Herbert?” asked his wife, in tears, after he had made a few caustic remarks about the dressmaker's bill. — ~ “Yes, Indeed,” answered the bank that was usually broke. “You are very dear to me.” The New Way. “Aren’t you ashamed to let your wife run you out the house trying to beat you ?” “On the contrary, I have her at ,my mercy by executing a strategic retreat which has foiled all her plan of action.”

A Wiser View.

SMILES

Second Choice.

“I understand your son intends to devote his life to art.” "Well, he did intend to, but when I made it very plain to him that I had no Intention of devoting any of my money to the cause, he gave it up and decided to go into the insurance business.”

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND,

FRED TONEY NOW MEMBER OF THE “COME BACK” SQUAD

Several Bad Starts In the Big League ■. Failed to Discourage Big Hurler Now With Cincinnati. Big Fred Toney, Cincinnati’s moat recent hero, at last has come into his own. Like every other twirler in the big Teagues, he has dreamed of the day when his name could be placed in the hall of fame with the other nohit twirlers, but he also had another idea in mind. He wanted to prove that he could “come back,” and this recalls some ancient history.-——■■ ' Several years ago Fred was twirling for the Winchester (Ky.) club in the Blue Grass league. One day he pitched

a 17-inning no-hit contest, and performed this feat while a scout for the Cubs was among those present in the grandstand. Toney was signed by the Chicago Nationals and heralded as a wonder when he broke into the big show. But Fred exploded as a large league star. He had worlds of speed, but his control was awful. He lasted a couple of years and was shunted to Louisville, where he had his good and bad days, but mostly bad. He was given another chance, but couldn’t stay up, so he went back again and twirled Indifferent ball. Finally at the end of the 1914 season he was turned loose and politely requested to shift for himself. He was a free agent, with nothing but a reputation of having the “speed of a railroad train, but wild as a mountain hare.”

But Toney was not discouraged. He had a sneaking Idea that he had the goods and could pitch baseball as well as any of the so-called stars. He tried to land a job with one of the southern clubs, but they gave him the icy stare and the frigid shoulder. In desperation he wrote to Charley Herzog and -asked for a job. He said -that all he wanted was a trial and would pay his own expenses on the training trip. Herzog took him up and Fred was put through the paces. The big pitcher showed up well and the Cincinnati manager decided th put him on the pay roll. He did good work in 1915 and last year showed an improvement. He pitched in 41 games with a total of 300 innings, and won 14 and lost 17. He struck out 146, gave 78 bases on balls, made 6 wild pitches and 76 earned runs were scored. This year he started out early to make a real record.

Strange Happening. “I saw a man with a crowd around him, go up to another man and deliberately knife him without a single one’s interfering.” “Was he a Black Hander?” “No; he was a surgeon.”

Strange. Hicks —When I came out of church Sunday I found my horse tight asleep in the shed. Wicks—Why, he couldn’t hear the sermon out there, could he? Explained.

“Dad.” said the youngest and, most Inquisitive, “what Is a flesh reducer?” “The butcher is the most consistent,” explained his dad. “He is able to reduce the quarter’s «worth a little each day.”

The Reason. “Whenever there Is any trouble going on, people want to make me the goat.” “Then why don’t you stop butting in?" Don’t Save Anything. “I have no patience with some people who are always complaining about the high cost of living." “No?” “When a staple article of down five cents a pound, all It means to them is another nickel for the movies.”

Fred Toney.

CHANCE IS PECULIAR

Differs From Other Managers in Handling Players. Artie Hoffman Relates Instances of Idiosyncrasy of Former Leader of Chicago Cubs—How He Called Pitcher Ritchie. The conversation In a Chicago fanning bee turned to Frank Chance. “There * was a great fellow,” said Artie Hoffman, former utility star'of the Cubs. “I used to travel around with him, keeping tab on our players, three or four times a week. “One night Chance was loafing in the lobby and Insisted on my remaining with him to keep him company. We were all supposed to be In our rooms by eleven o’clock, but we sat and sat and sat Finally it got to be half past one. “ ‘Why don’t you go to bed, Frank?’ I said. ‘lf I had as nipch money as you, I wouldn’t worry whether the fellows got in on time or not.’ - “Chance glanced at the clock. ‘Go to bed yourself,’ he snapped. ‘You’re breaking rules.’ And me sitting up to keep him company! Can you beat it? “And could Chance call a fellow?” continued Hoffman. “Well, rather. I remember we had a three-game series with the Giants one week, and Ritchie went in to pitch for us. He won It. “Right after the battle Chance told him he’d have to w’ork the third, too. Meaning he’d get only one day of rest In between. Ritchie was willing. “The night after he won Ritchie stayed out late, and what he didn’t get in the clubhouse was a caution. Chance landed into him proper. He told him there wasn’t a chance for him

Frank Chance.

to pitch. Then, five minutes later, he told Ritchie he had decided to send him in. “Ritchie pitched his head off, and won, three to one. As soon as the gang reached the clubhouse Chance dug into his locker, before he’d even changed his togs, and drew out a fat roll of bills. He stripped two fifties and handed them to Ritchie. “ ‘You’re a funny guy,’ said Chance, ‘but you can certainly pitch.’ ”

TO SUCCEED BILL HAMILTON

Pitcher Jim McGinley Named to Manage Worcester Team—Roster of Eastern League Managers. Pitcher Jim McGinley has been named to succeed Billy Hamilton as playing manager of the Worcester team of the Eastern league, while Jack O'Hara will succeed Jack Flynn at Springfield, thus completing the roster of Eastern managers. Bill Abstein will be at Hartford, Gene McCann at New London, Paul Kritchell at, Bridgeport, Danny Murphy at New Haven, Jack Flynn at Lawrence and Mike Garrity at Portland.

BAN JOHNSON FAVORS DRILL

President of American League Not Pleased That Red Sox Have Not Fallen Into Line. President Ban Johnson is heart and soul for the military drilling which seven of his clubs took up this spring, and is not pleased over the fact that the Red Sox didn’t drill. He thinks the military training has helped the pennant chances of the White Sox. giving them a dignity, sense of responsibility and ambition which they did not have before, and which, with their baseball skill, has made a better ball team of them.

MACK PRAISES FRANK BAKER

Athletic Manager Predicts His Former Star Will Have a Most Successful Season. Connie Mack expressed the opinion recently that Frank Baker would have a most successful year. “His falling off hist year did not surprise me,” said Mack, “as it was a certainty that after his absence of a year from the game. Now that he is back again with a year’s work behind him hp tfhoulcf have a great season.”

JONES HAS STAR QUARTET OF SOUTHPAWS

BEST LEFT-HANDED PLAYERS IN LEAGUE.

“The best quartet of left-handed pitchers in the league” is the boast of St. Louis fans when discussing the chances of the St. Louis Americans in Jhe 1917 pennant race. Earl Hamilton, who in 1915 was one of the best young pitchers in the league, is expected to repeat. Hamilton, whose shoulder failed him last season, was given a new contract this year with a salary cut, and Instead of balking went to Cuba, where he trained faithfully. While working against the St. Louis Nationals in the spring series he shot over a few fast ones which not only baffled his opponents but made Fielder Jones sit up and smile. The quartet of southpaws includes Wellman, Koob, Plank and Hamilton. ' Wellman was forced to quit pitching because of an ailing kidney, and though he stuck until the middle of May in hopes that he might overcome his Illness, he was finally forced to turn in his uniform and, go to his home for an operation.

PULLS UNIQUE STUNT

The unique feat of being the only one to handle a ball,* yet being able to retire the side and end the game, was performed by Pitcher Jim Bagby of the Indians, against Clark Griffith’s Senators. ? With two out In the ninth, runners on second and third and Morgan up, Bagby replaced Fred Coumbe. Jim only pitched one ball, Eddie poking it right back at the Tribe’s pitcher. Bagby picked it up and beat Morgan to the bag, thus being the only man to handle the ball.

GIANTS EASY FOR DEMAREE

Cub Pitcher Has Now Won Fourteen .Consecutive Games From Mugg- , sy McGraw’s Hirelings. There is another pitcher in the National league besides Jack Coombs of Brooklyn who finds the New York Giants easy victims. That other twirler is none other than Al Demaree of the Cubs, who the other day defeated the Giants 6 to 1, and-in so doing conquered them for the fourteenth time consecutively. That is a better

AI Demaree.

record than the one of which Coombs boasts. The Brooklyn slabman has beafen McGraw’s men 11 games in a row. Manager McGraw let Demaree go two years ago because he believed he was not strong enough to be a steady and effective pitcher. He included him in a trade which brought Hans Robert, who now is a utility player .to the Giants. Immediately after he was traded to the Phillies Demaree set out to prove that he was a better pitcher than credited and one of the clubs he delighted to defeat was the Giants, and while he was a member of the Philadelphia club he took 13 games from them. Demaree started this season successfully against McGraw’s club by beating them with seven hits and winning his fourteenth game. It is Mitchell’s hope that he keeps up the good work and if he does he will be a bigger New York Giant killer than Pfiester or Lavender ever dared to be.

TIGERS’ NEW FIRST BASEMAN

Hugh Jennings Picks Up Bill Fuerbom, St. Louis Boy, Attending Northwestern University. Hugh Jennings has picked up a new first baseman In the person of Bill Fuerborn, a St? Louis boy, who is attending Northwestern university. Fuerbprn Is a big fellow, a hard hitter and a speed merchant

BASEBALL STORIES

Manager Stallings has more outfielders than any team in either league. * * * Willie Doak, the Cardinals’ spitball* pitcher, is in grand shape again. * * * Massey, the Braves’ utility second baseman, is a former University of Texas player. • * * War shouldn’t have any for umpires. Besides being umpires, most of ’em are married men. * * * Pitcher Garry Fortune has been returned to the New London club by the Philadelphia Nationals. • • * Charlie Dooin has retired from baseball, and is making a success of selling automobiles in Philadelphia. • ♦ » Tony Marhefka, who was with New London last year, has quit baseball and joined Uncle Sam’s army. The order of the war can committee cutting off the supply of canned goods, does not Include ball players. • * * Hughle Jennings and Jimmy Callahan are having some trouble in getting their teams started this year. - • • * Gus Hetling. recefitly released by Wichita of the Western league, is playing third base for Rockforq of the Three-L • • « Lee Magee says there is no chance of his ever being drafted. He says he is blind, and his batting average will prove it. • ♦ • Lawry, the Athletics’ young second baseman, who has taken on needed weight, is now physically fit to stand the pace. « • • Dick Buckley, whom old-timers will remember as a great catcher many years ago, is one of the ticket takers at Forbes field. Besides doing most of the catching for Pittsburgh, Bill Fischer, one-time Brooklynite, is doing quite a little of the stick work. * • • « The birds who are trying to fill Honus Wagner’s shoes are having about as much success as a submarine in the Wabash river. - i - .XL A- ——— ’ Jack Warhop is pitching fine ball for Jack Dunn’s Orioles. The little underhand flinger pitched two shutout games within the last ten days. • * ♦ Benny Kauff, who was a coal miner before he turned his talents to the national pastime, is perhaps one of the hardiest of ball players. Pitcher George Mogridge of the New Yorks has more kinds of delivery thany any living pitcher. He can throw overhand, side arm and underhand. « • • John McGraw candidly admits that the Brooklyns are the Giants’ most dangerous rivals. McGraw says that Robbie’s pitching must be overcome. « ♦X-7T-TT -' - - Charley Rlgler, National league umpire. was ready for a try at the trenches In France, but a twisted finger, bunged up in a ball game years ago, caused his rejection. Chick Gandll, formerly of Cleveland, ; is getting quite popular with the Chicago fans. Everybody agrees that President Comiskey of the White Sox made a wise move when he acquired Chick.