Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 177, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1917 — Page 2

OBLIGATION RESTS UPON THOSE AT HOME AS WELL AS SOLDIERS AT FRONT

•For those who cannot go to war —as well as those who will go to the front — there is a distinct obligation to dedicate themselves to the task of helping on the great new brotherhood of the world. This brofherhood will be founded upon therevolutlon ‘which is sweeping through every country on the globe, and which is working Itself out through the war, from the effects of which no nation can escape. Nor can this movement for the brotherhood of man be retarded by petty hates and spites or by the ambitions and intrigues of kings and cabinets and the heartless machinations of contemptuous politicians. For hundreds of years the race of men has been getting ready for this world brotherhood. And all the signs point toward the fulfillment of the noble ideals which has been vaguely, though persistently floating through the hearts and minds of those who, each in their day and generation, brought their con trtbuti ons toward this world democracy. The Russia of hundreds of years is no more —the czar is gone forever. The Germany of generations has closed itself in—to be opposed by every for-ward-looking nation, and by the largerminded Germans themselves, until It has been crushed for all lime. England self-confident, self-satts-fled, luxurious. with class spirit highly developed—though sound at heart — has seen the need of closer and sincerer co-operation with the wider-vls-loned nations of earth.France —light-hearted and of|en heroes and martyrs in its veins—can never again be what it was..

Facts in Figures.

Venezuela yearly imports J paints valued at $22,000. j .Brazil last year exported 13,- J 039,000 bags of coffee. j Brazil’s 1916 exports were val- J ued at $267,706,000; imports j $196,057,000. Argentina’s 1916 imports j amounted to $217,409,322; ex- j ports, $543,345,839. Canada in 1916 recorded 3,- j 576 business failures. In 1915 j there were 5,322, failures. j Leeds, England, street rail- j way receipts in 1916-17 up to j March amounted to $2,510,165; j profits $386,740. j British capital Invested In j Canada totals $2,914,000,000; j United States Investments reach j $637,000,000. J

“PING” BODIE IS LIONIZED BY PHILLIE BASEBALL FANS

Greatest Object of Hero Worship In Quakertown Since the Days of Rube Waddell. It is doubtful whether the Athletics have had a bigger object’of hero worship than Ping Bodie among the fans since the days of the late lamented Rube WaddelL This may seem like a broad assertion to make, but there is ground for beMeving it true. There never was a

“Ping" Bodie.

bigger Mon in Philadelphia baseball than Rube WaddelL His doings off the field were followed as much as his pitching performances. Waddell came and left, but in latter years there was no personality like the Rube’s even in the days when Eddie Collins, J. Franklin Baker and Dan Murphy were heroes. The new Influx of Athletic celebrities were different than the. Rube in that they ,were correct young men, who cranked their au- s tomoblles after the game- and whirled away to suburban residences. The fans never saw them except in a uniform. There was no common bond between player and patron. Bodie is different He is democratic, and the fans can get a close view of him. - He is a mlngler and a mixer, although he never permits popularity to affect his usefulness as a player. As a matter of fart, Bodie has been the most maligned-player in the country, His name was connected with *so many tales of the “bone head” type,

By REV. CHARLES STELZIE.

Never allow broods of chicks to be mothered by any except clean, healthy hens, for filthy, diseased mothers carry sickness and death to the youngsters. A chick with lice will stand and cry, or drop its heal as if sleeping while standing up, but the fault may be with the disposition of the hen. If she is not naturally a. good mother, there is no remedy but to get rid of her in the brood yard. Fowls are not likely to contract tuberculosis from domestic animals or from man, yet birds that have had the disease are serious menace to other farm animals, as well as the poultryman and the family. Do not neglect to give room to the growing chicks. At six weeks, the chicks are independent of the brooder, and may be put in cold brooders or colony houses. Their inclination on j(?ool nights will be to crowd. Piling up means trouble. For this reason it is best to have not more than twenty in a group. Letyourpoultry have the free range of your orchard. There they will not only find the shade so grateful to them In hot weather, but they will feed on nmltitudes of Insects which may be injurious to trees and shrubbery. ; As soon as practicable, give the pullets more room by culling out the cockerels. Dispose of the precocious little

And America—we are being shaken out of the ruts of commercial success and money making—and brought to a higher sense of the appreciation of the higher values of life which we heretofore only half understood. Out of this will come a purified world, seeing new ideals and holding truer aspirations. But if these are to be realized, there must be great and constant individual devotion to thecause of democracy and brotherhood. When enough of us catch this “vision splendid” and determine to live it out—making the sacrifices demanded of us in shop and office and Store—while those who are at the front are doing their share to “make democracy safe” —then “the day” will have arrived. For this may every man of us fervently pray and work. There's a scripture passage to the effect that “righteousness exalteth a nation.”_„ This means justice, whatever else may be Included In the definition. And don’t let’s forget that no nation can be righteous until its citizens are just. Nor can there be a world democracy until there is In It at least the same standard of fair dealing. The coming of the world brotherhood depends less upon platforms and pronouncements than it does upon our readiness to give to our.brothers their Just due. And so that no man may escape “conscription” in this larger task, let it be understood by every one of us that there is'no class or condition in society which is free from the personal obligation to give every other man the same square deal demanded by each of us for ourselves.

all of which existed only in the Imagination of writers, that the fans cannot be blamed if they formed this conception of him. It was really Bodie’s good nature that gave him his ill-deserved reputation. He was big, loud-voiced and laughing, and the writers picked him out as a mark and made him the foil for all the humor they had in their systems. Ping never objected. "I should worry” was his philosophy. He let the writers go the limit, and they did. Bodie Is not a college graduate and makes no pretensions of being such. He is a boy from San Francisco, of Italian parentage, his real name being Franceto Plzzola, who has earned his own living ever since he has been able to get about.

Poultry Pointers.

Mother’s Cook Book

Summer Sandwiches. — As a picnic without sandwiches is something the children cannot imagine, let tis give them a few which are safe for them to eat. Strawberry Sandwiches. Spread buttered, bread with strawberry jam and sprinkle freely with finely chopped nuts. Cut in fancy shapes. For nut sandwiches mix a cupful of peanuts, a half cupful each of walnut and pecan meat all well chopped with enough mayonnaise to spread. This filling may be used on brown bread without using butter. Almond Sandwiches. Whip a quarter of a cupful of cream, then stir .in a half cupful of finely ground, blanched almonds, two tablespoonfuls of sugar and a very little almond extract. Use this filling on white bread. Nuts are sometimes difficult for children to digest because they are not well masticated by them, so if they - .. .

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

fellows that get red combs and begin to crow before they are half grown. They are unlikely to make the best birds, and become a nuisance about the place. Leghorn pullets are capable of comsuming about 90 pounds of skimmilk each during a year. A hen seldom chooses an open, exposed location for a nest. The shape of the egg Is no Indication of what the sex of the chick will be. There Is money In raising broilers and roasters.

Food Wasters Branded as Disloyal to Country by Head of Camp Fire Girls.

That people who waste food are as bad as those who overeat, was the assertion made to Camp Fire girls by Dr. Luther Gulick, national president. Doctor Gulick continued: “We should look upon such persons who are willing as hosts to take the best of the food*on the table, leaving our guests, the allies, to get anything they can, as disloyal to our country.” The list of suggestions for patriotic manners follows: Save and use every scrap of bread or other ■wheat product| use meat or eggs but once a day; use all left-over bits of meat and bones for soup, stews and hashes; use corn In place of wheat to a considerable extent; buy only the food you need; clean out all bread and cake bowls and dishes used for cooking cereals with a spatula; scrub the potatoes and eat the skins; do not have many things to eat at one meal; have only two courses at meals; use rice Instead of potatoes; use rice water for soups; spaghetti and macaroni take the place of potatoes; use the less expensive and more nourishing cuts of meat; use little butter; leave no scraps -on—yow-plate-l—donit—belp-yourself to more than you can eat; when serving food make the portions small; use vegetables which you have raised yourself in your own garden; can all fruits for yourself; in the fall gather all edible nuts.

Servant Was Paid No Wages But Was Taken to Cemetery Occasionally Just as Treat

An unusual servant In these days of high-priced help appeared before Justice Cropsey in Brooklyn in Euphrosnia Wiegert, who worked 13 years for Mrs. Josephine Prentice of Brooklyn, and says she collected only $171.90 for services, says the New York World. She sued Mrs. Prentice’s estate for $3,398 and a Jury gave her a verdict for $2,066. ~~7~ Miss Wiegert testified that she worked for Mrs. Prentice from 1902 to 1915, when the latter died. The maid said Mrs. Prentice promised to remunerate her _ upon the. death of her mother, when she would come into an estate left by her father. The girl’s wages first were $lB a month, she testified; later they were raised to $22.Mrs. Prentice and her mother died within a short time of each other, failing to provide for the faithful servant. Mrs. Margaret M. John, formerly a neighbor of Mrs. Prentice, testified: “Mrs. Prentice told me she thought a great deal of Rose. She said that sometimes she gave Rose 25 or 50 cents, but did not pay her any wages. Just for a treat. Mrs. Prentice said, she would take Rose to the cemetery and buy her a lunch. She said she Intended to be very good to Rose when her mother’s estate was settled.”

Eventually.

"About a week ago,” says Occy Wattles, "my wife told me to bring home a package of hers which is in my desk at the office. I forgot it the next day, and never thought of it until I had reached home and she spoke of it The next day after that, however, I thought of it again just as I got off the car in front of my home. The third day I thought of it while I was on the car going south past St. Mary’s hospital. Last night I thought of that package just as I stepped on the car at Tenth and Walnut to go home. But lam getting closer, you’ll notice. Give me aacouple of days more and I’ll be sure to think of it before I leave the office.” —Kansas' City Star.

are always ground or finely chopped this difficulty is overcome. A sandwich which is especially nice for chocolate lovers but one which should be wisely used with children is called the college sandwich. Spread peanut butter bn slabs of sweet chocolate—the milk chocolate —is best and put them together as a sandwlhch.

Royal Sandwiches. Mix well three' hard cooked eggs, four tablespoonfuls' of butter, a dusting of red pepper, two tablespoonfuls of chopped, cooked tongue; rub all through a sieve and add two tablespoonfuls of whipped cream or the same amount of mayonnaise, or boiled dressing could be substituted. Spread this on bread, then sprinkle with finely chopped celery that hai stood in Ice water to become crisp. Place another slice of bread on top and decorate with rlced hard cooked eggs, and chopped parsley if liked. Cut in strips and serve. Mix watercress with butter, finely chopping the cress ant} adding a little onion juice, spread on white or brown bread. Any cold fish with a small amount of finely chopped pickle makes a wholesome sandwich filling.

SCARCE AS LIBERTY BONDS IN BERLIN

Pitchers who can hit are as scarce as liberty bonds in Berlin. When a team has a flinger in the game who is reliable in making a base hit or even making a sacrifice fly, it has an extremely valuable performer, writes Jimmy Isanlmger, the Philadelphia baseball expert. Take two teams of about the same strength, with the rival pitchers of about equal ability. One of the pitchers, however, can hit while the other curver is a Joke at the bat. If the two teams are going at their'normal gait, It is a safe wager that the aggregation with nine hitters In the line-up is going to win the game. Alexander the Great of the Phils, Babe Ruth of the Red Sox, Walter Johnson of Washington, and Ray Caldwell of the Yankees, are -not only mighty hurlers of the sphere, but they can hit the ball hard. It is always a hard day’s work for a pitching toiling In a game, when the opposing flinger is no rally gummer at bat. It means that he is no soft spot for him in the battle. He must go at high pressure all the time. If the competing pitcher is one of those helpless Individuals whose efforts in an offensive way are laughable, it makes it easier for the other slinger. If hard pressed, he can walk the catcher purposely and feel falrty certain that he can fan the .pitcher,

WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY

Bert Niehoff Proves That Training Trips Are Needless by Getting Right Into the Game. The fact that Bert Niehoff, who did not take the training trip with t£e Phillies because of his holdout, but got into condition after the season opened,

Bert Niehoff.

is playing about the best ball of Bay man on Moran’s team may be used as an argument by those who claim training trips are a needless waste of time and money.

VEACH MADE LONGEST DRIVE

Hit Ball Over Bull Sign in Washington Park and Wants to Know If He Is Entitled to SSO. ' Bob Veach of the Tigers wants to know if hitting a t>all over the bull sign entitles a batter to SSO the same as actually hitting the sign-in one of the games Detroit played in Washington Veach sent the ball clear over the sign for-one of the longest drives ever seen in Washington. It is some trick to hit to the sign there, Jet alone clear it

PITCHERS WHO HIT THE BALL HARD.

who is next at bat, or make him hit in-; to a double play. How many rallies have you seen spoiled by flingers who are as helpless as a canary bird in a gamecock fight when he is asked to bat? Alexander the Great Is good for 25 triumphs or more each season with the Phils, but if Alexander couldn’t bat, his wins would not be quite so large as they are. _— Next to Gabby Cravath, Alexander is probably the surest hitter on the Phil team in a pinch. No batsman wastes his hits less than Alexander. If you dissect his record you will find that his bat has a great deal to do with his own victories. Last season he won a number of 1 to 0 and 2 to 1 tilts, in which he batted home the winning run. This season, he has been a menace to his opponents with the bat as well as with the arm. When Alexander the Great goes so the tee, Pat Moran always yells to his opponents: “Well, we have nine hitters in there today!” This is a warning that has a psychological effect on the other pitcher, particularly when he is a cipher with the bat. A team will welcome a good pitcher even If he cannot be expected to help in the attack, but when he can hit as well as pitch, then that club has a jewel indeed.

DIAMOND NOTES

Swede Risberg ig certainty playing well again. * « • The Yankees are causing the Red Sox a lot of worry. • * • Pickles Dlllhoefer is leading the batters in the American association. • * • Messrs. Speaker, Jackson and others are now doing an old act—chasing Ty Cobb. 7 ■ - • • • ■_ ■ Those not good enough for the major league draft may get in one condueted by Uncle Sam. - * * * Young Mr. filler of the Reds looks to be about the brightest spot in Matty’s pitching staff right now. • « • With Myers, Meyers, Mowrey, Miller and Marquftrd, the Brooklyn Dodgers kick in with an alliterative lineup. • • * It begins to look like a regular American league season, now that Cobb and Speaker are batting at the top of the list ♦• • People talk about Hans Wagner as if he were grandfather to Methuselah. Why, that youngster is only fortythree! Jimmy McAleer, the former American league manager, has been appointed a member of the conscription board in Mahoning county, O. Perhaps bordeaux mixture, or arsenate of lead, or nicotine sulphate would do something to the bugs that are eating up our baseball percentage crop.' e •%> * With Roy Patterson trying to make a comeback with the Millers, it would not be a surprise if Amos Rusie got a chance to do the popular act somewhere. r .*’■ * * ’ Being traded by Chicago to New York must have done Heine Zim a world of good. *Tis seldom that the Giant’s third sacker gets into trouble on the field nowadays.

SHAKE-UP LOOKED FOR

Developments Expected In Minor Leagues After the War. [ Big Toad* in Bush League* Not Satiefled With Condition* and Are Plan- , nlng to Start Revolutionary Movement. (By JACK VEIOCK, International New* ■Sports Editor.) Look out for a big shake-up in thd minor leagues shortly after the closa of the war. . , It is bound to come, and when it arrives there will be some surprising developments, If the dope sheet reads correctly at present. For the past five or six years there has been a wave of unrest sweeping) through the minors. The big toads in the “bush” league puddle are not satisfied with conditions by a long shot, and the more aggressive ones among them are planning to start a. revolutionary movement that will; change the complexion of the baseball map considerably. First of all, there is a plan afoot for the establishment of a third major league. It is an old plan, almost as old as Methuselah, but it still alive and kicking like a bay steer. Less than a month ago’ feelers went out in American association and International league ranks to test the temperature of the club owners on the third major league proposition. The result of the test was not satisfactory, probably because of the uncertain outlook for baseball in these warsome times. But the baseball men who are fostering the plan have not given up hope, and within a year, maybe two years, there is going to be something) didding among the minors.

The writer has had an ear close to the ground for several months. And the murmurs that have been skating hither and thither were not whisperings of a will-o’-the-wisp by a long shot. Baseball men prominently connected with the game, even in the major leagues, admit that the baseball map is in need of alterations. They admit that a third major league is a probability in the near future and it is hinted that the plan will get support from several unexpected quarters when the right time comes. The new move to revise the baseball map is not a move that has been made with an idea of stirring up further strife in the game. If it is accomplished it will be done regularly and smoothly, and there will be but little friction. Quite naturally, the third major| league idea embraces cities in the American association and the International league. Which cities will l be chosen to form the new top-notch circuit is still a matter of argument, but It is said by those who are closely connected with the plan that a circuit which will be more compact than' either of the two big leagues is to be suggested. Such a move will necessitate the redisricting of other minor leagues, and a raise in rating for at least eight • cities now in Class B company. Other details of the plan have been told before, but in all the changes will be a‘ sweeping affair when it comes, and there are any number of baseball menwho admit —some unwillingly andl others willingly—that it is coming. It sounds like a bum note on thei trombone, this revamping idea, but it Isn’t. Baseball needs a shaking up and If it can be accomplished along peaceful lines it will be the best thing that could possibly happen for the future of the game..

MISS MERKLE’S FINE SPIRIT

Manager Robinson Admits Brooklyn* Sadly Crippled by Sale of First Caseman to Cubs. Wilbert Robjnson says that his Brooklyn club has been sadly crippled by the sale of Fred Merkle to the Cubs. Not only was Merkle valuable as s possible substitute for Daubert, but he

Fred Merkle.

also would have fitted In nicely In cen-’ ter field after the accident to Hy Myers. Merkle had a fine spirit whilehe was with the Dodgers, and his temperament and general attitude was no small factor during the Brooklyn club’s drive for the championship last faU, >