Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 154, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1917 — Page 2

Mother’s Cook Book

It requires a genius to order a dinner; It requires talent to cook a dinner;*it requires appetite and good health to enjoy and digest a dinner. Use More Honey. la order to use more honey we must have more bees to make more honey. Bees are really most wonderful workers on small rations and little outside labor. Honey deserves a far more conspicuous place in *bookery than it now occupies. If the price of sugar keeps up, we may all be compelled to “own a bee.” Honey Corn Bread. Thoroughly tnlx two pounds of corn meal and one-quarter of ef* pound of flour and add four cupfuls of boiling water. Stir briskly for three minutes; set aside and to two well-beaten eggs add two teaspoonfuls of honey, one tablespoonful of melted shortening and one and a half cupfuls of warm yeast mixture. When well mixed stir into the flour and meal and stir for half an hour. Pour into a well-greased, deep pan, cover with a piece of paper and set in a warm place for two hours to rise. Remove the paper and bake In a moderate oven until the top is a golden brown. This bread should be served hot and any left over may be reheated. Serve with honey if so desired.

Honey for Children. Honey is a most desirable sweet for children provided they do not swallow the wax as it is not at all digested. Strained honey for the small people will be safest and best. Baked apples, apple sauce, pies of various kinds using sugar for sweetening may all be sweetened with honey. Honey Gingersnaps. Into a double boiler put three-quar-ters of a cupful of shortening, a cupful of honey and two teaspoonfuls of powdered ginger. Allow it to cook three minutes after reaching the boiling point Remove from the fire and set aside to cool. When nearly cold, stir In enough flour to make the mixture stiff enough to roll. Roll out quite thin and cut Into small cakes. Bake in a brisk oven. Honey will sweeten custards, puddings of various kinds like tapioca, gelatin or bread puddings, as well as rice and cornstarch.

Honey Spice Cake. Stir together until creamy one and one-half cupfuls of honey and a scant cupful of shortening. Add gradually, in alternate quantities, two well-beaten eggs, one-half cupful of milk, three cupfuls of flour in which two teaspoonfuls of baking powder has been sifted. Add a cupful of raisins, some nuts If liked and spices to taste. Bake in a well-greased deep cake pan until brown.

THE SULKER

By GEORGE M. ADAMS.

If there is one man that every other man feels like heaving a brick at it is

Sulk at times. But of all the nonsensical nonsense Sulking takes first place. If every SuTkercduld’but sit By long enough for those interested in him to dig a hole in which to put him. he would come out of his trance mighty quickly, for if there is anything that a Sulker hates it is nonsympathy and utter abandonment. Here is a little suggestion for the ridding of this world of its Sulkers: First, never Sulk yourself—be too busy. Second, whenever you see a Sulker, forget him and leave him —the Sulker is never happy alone.

Clothes May Be Protected From Damage by Moths by the Use of Simple Methods

Clothes moths, injurious to woolens and furs, may be controlled by use of simple methods, according to George A. Dean, professor of entomology In the Kansas State Agricultural college. Repellents will not protect fabrics If they have become infested, pointed out Professor Dean. Even to depend upon such repellents as camphor, mothballs, or even tobacco, will prove more or less unsatisfactory. Castoff woolens should not be stored in dark’ closets or in attics, where they will breed Insects that feed oh animal matter. ’The floors and corners in closets should be kept clean. Articles In daily use, such as carpets, rugs and clothing, are not likely to become seriously infested. Woolen garments, furs and plumes stored in (Urk closets, wardrobes or bureau

the man who Sulks —doggedly, foolishly, and blatantly Sulks. For the Sulker not only refuses to do anything himself but he throws a wet blanket over the good intentions and desires of everybody about him. Few of us there are who do not

NOT ALL DRILLING IS DONE WITH GUNS

Not all the drilling at the soldiers' training camps is done with guns. Calisthenlc exercises are used extensively to put the men in condition for work in the field. The picture shows a group of men at the officers’ training camp at Fort Myer, near Washington, engaged in this kind of drill.

HALF A CUP OF MILK

“Many a Mickle Makes a Muckle." <

Half a cup of milk—whole, skimmed or sour—a seemingly trifling matter —hardly worth the trouble to keep or use. In many households quite a little milk Is wasted —left uncovered in glasses —regarded as useless because the cream has been skimmed off —allowed to sour —poured down the sink or thrown out. Now, if every home —there are 20,000,000 of them —should waste on the average one-half cup dally, It would mean a waste of 2,500,000 quarts dai1y—912,500,000 quarts a year—the total product of more than 400,000 cows. It takes a lot of grass and grain to make that much milk —and an army of people to produce and deliver it. But every household doesn’t waste a half-cup of milk a day? Well, say that one-half cup is wasted In only one out of a hundred homes. Still Intolerable, declare government experts, when milk Is so nutritious —when skim milk can be used in making nutritious soups and cereal dishes —when sour milk can be used In bread-making or for cottage cheese.

Deaf Men Found to Be Best Workers in Noisy Factory

The war is developing new labor conditions and problems. Probably the mo§t unique instance which has come to light is. contained In a request made of the labor bureau of the Ohio branch of the national defense council by an Ohio manufacturer, says the Columbus Dispatch.? “I want from twenty to thirty deaf men. If they are deaf and dumb both, it won’t make any difference.” This was the request made by a big Ohio 1 manufacturer. “I will pay them from $2.50 to $3.50 per day and give them steady work. I want to put them to work in one branch of my factory where the noise is so great that it is impossible to keep hearing men on the job. I tried a couple of deaf men and they have proved so successful that I want a score or more of them.”

His Check Was Too Big.

Matthew White, Jr., cashier at the Hotel Belvidere, in Baltimore, has had many requests made of him and he thought he was immune from surprise until a guest from the far West stepped up to his window and asked him if he could cash a check. “Certainly,” said Mr. White, “that’s what I am here for. How will you have it, fives, ten or small change?” “Not particular.” said the guest laying down a United States treasury .check for $195,000. When Mr. White recovered he owned up that he did not have quite that much money in his cash drawer. “But,” said Mr. White, “leave it with me, and I will send it to the subtreasury and you can call for the money in the morning.” _ - ~ 7 - The stranger explained that it was just a little joke. The check was good, and had been given to him in Washington in payment for three ships sold the government.

Why “Jeopardy” Left.

Hudson Maxim, inventor of explosives. tells this shivery anecdote in a volume called “Dynamite Stories Just Published“We once had a servant girl whom we nicknamed ‘Jeopardy,’

drawers suffer most. The greatest damage is done in the summer when woolens and furs are not in use and the moths are most active. If such garments and materials that are not to be used are carefully brushed, beaten, sunned and placed in tight pasteboard boxes, the joints of which are sealed with gummed paper, they will go through the summer in comparative safety. Such articles, may also be protected by inclosing in paper bags and hanging free of the floor —in a closet or in the attic. Qlothingput away in a closet or a wardrobe should be brushed and sunned before storage and carefully examined at least once a month throughout the summer. . Trunks or boxes tn which clothing is to be stored should be cleaned and treated with gasoline. The clothing to be packed away in thefh should first be beaten, brushed and sunned. In addition to this, garmentsr should be fumigated with carbon bisulphide at least once a month.

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because she could not be prevented from pouring kerosene directly from the can upon a lighted fire. One day Jeopardy left us very suddenly, and she never came back. We are sorry she left, as Jeopardy was a good girl. It developed that she had chanced to find a fifty-pound case of dynamite sticks in the woodshed, which she had been using to start the fire in the kitch : en stove. Sometimes dynamite will work all right for such a purpose, but it is notional stuff and cannot be depended upon merely to burn. It was during one of these intervals that Jeopardy went.”

Just Between Friends.

Of all the friends you have, don’t you get the most comfort and satisfaction from the one who never disappoints you? If she says she will meet you at one o’clock, you know you will see her at that time, and on the dot. Her clothes seem to Idok fresher and crisper than those of your other friends. Her smile is more ready and wholesome. Her eyes are brighter and more expressive. Her hands and feet are more trim and neat. Blessed be the woman who has learned the value of time. Most men, the successful ones at least, know the value of time. It is all right to b£ “temperamental,” but 'w T hen it comes to keeping an engagement, forget temperament. It does not signify that you are popular and have a great many engagements just because you are careless in keeping those you make. A woman should be as punctual as a man.

Poultry Pointers.

Preserve surplus fresh eggs in water glass or limewater. A small number of chickens can be kept in almost any backyard. They can be fed to a large extent on table scraps and vegetable waste. Their eggs should make a substantial addition to the family food supply- _ They can be housed at small expense in piano boxes or other large packing cases. Surplus cockerels from hatchings and old hens will take the place of a considerable quantity of purchased meat. Separate roosters from hens after the hatching season and produce infertile eggs. Such eggs are much more easily kept in good condition than fertile eggs. 11l The greatest sugpess in successful poultry raising for market and eggs is to know your flock thoroughly, know which are the producers and get rid of the drones. Keep a box of dry bran where the hens can have access to it. Feed the pullets not only for eggs, but for growth. They ought to keep on growing for some time yet.

English Editor’s Wit.

Sir Frandis Cowley Burnand, formerlji»editar of Punch, died at Ramsgate, England, at.the age of eighty-one. He was a playwright aijd author of much light literature. Among his publications are “Happy Thoughts.” 1866; the Happy Thought Series; “Modern Sandford and Merton“ New Light on Darkest Africa;” “Strapmore;” “Ride to Khiva“Eccentric Guide to Isle of Thanet,” and more than one hundred and twenty plays, chiefly burlesque and light comedies. A born wit was the famous writer. A friend met him out walking one cold day, and accosted him with, “You never wear an overcoat, Burnand?" “No, T never was!” came back the answer, quick as a flash. Had he fresh In his mind, one wonders, the old the riddle, “What is the difference between a great-coat and baby," which runs: “One you wear (were) and one yon w*as!”

Cause He May" Be Dough-ty.

Don’t ever think that because a man is known to be crusty that he is as easy as pie. The opposite is generally the fact—lndianapolis Star.

BASE HIT LOSES GAME

“Never will I forget a base hit Demmitt got for us against the St. Louis and lost us the ball game,” said a White Sox player? “It was beginning to rain when we went to bat the last of the fifth. The score was tied. They tried hard to stall along, but we managed to get a home run, and then they stalled harder than ever. “Faber came to bat, and, trying to strike out, knocked a dinky grounder the Browns didn’t try to field. Red stole second, third and home on three pitched balls, no attempt being made to nail him. “It was up to Demmftt to fan, for two were out, but instead of doing this, he happened to knock a little roller that went for a single. Then, next Instant, it poured so hard the umpires called it off. “The score reverted and remained a tie. We played it off and lost.”

WOULD CHANGE GERMAN NAME

Nick Altrock Asks Court to Permit Him to Call Himself MacAltrock —Can't Take Chances. Nicholas Altrock is a ball player who can trace his ancestors back to the land of the kaiser. He is a regular German, but thus far has kept it a secret. Now that there is a mix-up between this country and Germany, however, Nicholas has taken it upon himself to be prepared and maintain

Nick Altrock.

an attitude of the strictest neutrality. He did not enlist for that would interfere with his ball playing. Instead, he wandered into court in Washing-' ton recently and asked that his name be changed to “MacAltrock.” Nick believes the little dash of Scotch will deceive the dear old public and save him from many unpleasant moments on the ball field. “Yes, that’s straight abopt changing my name,” said Nick. “I can’t take any chances these days, and if the fans don’t take kindly to that ‘Mac’ stuff, I am prepared to carry it further. As a last resort I shall go into court and have my front name changed to Michael. How would Michael MacAltrock sound?”

MONEY MAKERS HURT SPORTS

Trouble Arises Between Owner and Player When Discussion of Receipts Is Taken Up. Grantland Rice says that the influence of money upon sport is bound to be bad. There is no way out. As long as gate receipts continue to grow there is a certalpty of ill feeling at hand between those who pay and those who play. It has been suggested that in baseball a good many years ago there was far less trouble between magnate and player. This is true. But there was also a run of smaller gate receipts. When admissions run up to 8,000 and 10,000 a day and the pot increases, trouble is sure to keep piling up. The player wants to make all he can get. The owner wants to get all he can make, both sides having the true human touch. There is nothing at all out of the-ordinary in all this, since the same conditions exist in every branch of existence- It only seems worse in a game, for everyone likes to think that sport is divorced from financial consideration, whereas in this country sport and the love of watching spore have been capitalized to the limit, The only way out would be to abolish all gate receipts. And this is no wnv out, for then there would be no Qijly baseball. So baseball will have m fight its way out, just as various other trades have to scramble along, with a few breathing spells between trouble. Big money has come' to the game, and big money means big trouble when discussion of the proper split arises. It may seem to be a shame that a great game should be marred by loud and raucous debate over the division of the spoils, but there are a number of things in this world that seem to be a shame tWrt/ eau’t be averted.

TWO MOST REMARKABLE PHILLY PLAYERS

AGED PLAYERS STILL PLAY WINNING GAME.

(By JACK VEIOCK, International News Sports Editor.) When a ball player commences to bat over thirty in Old Father Time’s league, it is the general belief that he has seen his best days. The rolling years take the youthful snap and ginger out of the arms and legs of the average player past thirty years of age, and he turns into the path which leads him back to the minors or to retirement. But there are exceptions to every rule and in the major leagues today there is a sprinkling of players well past the thirty-year mark who are still blocking Old Dad Time’s lusty wallops and getting away with it, while ambitious youngsters grow weary camping on their trails, waiting for the chance to step in and take their places. Hinchman, Ames, Vaughn, Toney, Chief Meyers and Buck Herzog are among the past-thirty players in the National league, who are still in there winning their cakes on the diamond, while Terry Turner, Eddie Plank, Stanage and Jimmy Austin are American league veterans who refuse to be downed by the scythe of the whitebearded old gent who turns the hands of the clock. But two of the most remarkable players in many respects are Gavvy Cravath and Dode Paskert of the Phillies, both outfielders, and both apparently good for a few more seasons in the big shop. Cravath has been the biggest surprise of the two, because he has managed a comeback after he was labeled, wrapped and

O’LOUGHLIN MIFFS TY COBB

Georgia Peach Is Let Down Smoothly & by Umpire for Making Protest on Called Strike. Here is how Silk O’Loughlin gently let down the bars for the imperious Ty Cobb in Cleveland the other day.

Silk O'Loughlin.

It was Ty’s first time up at bat. Silk called a strike, which Ty thought was too high. So he protested. “Never missed a strike in -my life, Tyrus,” replied Silk, smoothly. ‘•‘Well, that one was too high, Silk.” “Trouble with you, Ty, is that you took too long a stride.” “What do you mean? Are you trying to tell me how to bat?” “Well, aren’t you trying to tell me how to umpire? You stick to batting and let me umpire and we’ll get along all right.”

WILL ASSESS PASS HOLDERS

Occupant of Dollar Seat Will Bo Compelled to Pay Uncle Sam Tax of Ten Per Cent. Pass holders will be stung as well as the paid customers at ball games ■under the new war tax, which provides that complimentary tickets shall be assessed at the same rate as if paid for, which means a payment of lOwper cent. For instance, if a pass goes into the dollar seats he wUfnave to fork over a dime, not for rife club, but for Uncle Sam.

shipped to the minor's, and expected to stay there for good and all. Though Gavvy’s legs are not capable of doing the work they once did, his murderous bat is still on the job and his batting eye is just as keen as ever. Pat Moran would be glad to see a faster and snappier fielder holding down right garden, but Pat cannot see his way clear to sacrifice Cravath’s hitting ability for a younger pair of legs and a much weaker bludgeon. In Dode Paskert the Phillies have another veteran. Dode is now playing his seventh season as a member of the Phils, and he bids fair to be seen in a Philly uniform for several more seasons if his playing this year can be taken as an indication of just how “fast” he is going back. Paskert, unlike most ball players past thirty-five—he will be thirty-six in August —has not lost the youthful springiness and vigor of his legs. He is s'tlll as fast and sure on his underpinning as many of the younger players who come up, and although he is not the hitter that Cravath is, he can still sting the apple for a season’s average around .275. lie hit .279 last season, and so far this year he has been hitting between .250 and .270, with his hitting being done in streaks. Like all of the veterans, Paskert may be expected to brush up his batting with hot weather here to stay. Where can you find two grand old vets —and both outfielders —who have anything on Cravath and Paskert? It can’t be done.

BASEBALL STORIES

Qnly thing that can break some teams’ losing streak is rain. • * • - Sitting on a baseball bench isn’t as bad as sitting on a park bench. • • * There is many a pitching corps that should be spelled with an “e” on the end. * * * Jimmy Callahan, the Pirates’ manager, is laying the groundwork for a good ball club. * * * Cicotte is the winning pitcher of the White Sox. So far Benz has been a disappointment. * * * What would President Navin of the Tigers pay for a pitcher like Ray Caldwell just now? The way Fred Merkle is playing for the Cubs is one of the big reasons why the Dodgers are getting licked. • * ♦ For not being a recognized football player, Johnny Evers plays the greatest kicking game in either league. * * ♦ Infielder Tom Fitzsimmons, drafted from Butte, Mont., last fall, has been reinstated by the national comihission. * * » George Sisler is demonstrating the fact that a college athletic education is no handicap to a professional ball player. • •• • • ■- It is understood that Manager Mack of the Athletics will give Shortstop Rodgers of the University or West Virginia a trial. Philadelphia fans, naturally, can’t see why anybody should enthuse over the Cardinals Cubs, after what Morans team did to those two Western’delegations. • * * Manager Callahan of the Pirates is trying to secure First Baseman “Butch” Schmidt, who still belongs to the Braves, but has beet in retirement since 191§.