Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 253, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1917 — Page 3

HEROINE Of SERBIAN BATTLEFIELDS

' One of the bitterest contests chron- , Icled during the great war has for Its setting that bleak region surrounding Gornitchevo and Kaymakohalan, In the Serbian campaigns to defend their lltitle country from the Teuton octopus. In the Serbian ranks were many heroic women who dressed like the men and fought as unselfishly. But iwe are to tell about a little woman — » Scot —who exiled herself from her native hills of old Scotland to march over hard frozen ground' powdered with wind-driven snow on the hills of Serbia. Her claim to fame would very probably have never been from that of many another woman trudging In the Serbian ranks had she not been cast by fate Into a military hospital maintained by British on that front.

In the early winter that saw the beginning of the drives which pushed the Bulgaro-Germans back to the mountain known as Hill No. 1212, this little Scotchwoman was carted to the base hospital with her whole right side, from the shoulder to the knee, a mass of torn flesh and shattered bone. Miss Flora Sands —for that Is the name of this Intrepid Scotswoman — began working In Serbia as a Red Cross nurse early In the war. Her sympathy became so aroused by the sufferings and heroism of the people that, when the hospital units were broken up during ithe great retreat of October and November, 1915, she solicited and obtained permission to enlist as a private soldier In the rear guard that protected the retreating anny. Before that army reached the Adriatic she had won promotion. Become Sergeant Sands, she stood high In the regard of both officers and men of the crack regiment to which she still belongs. On the Macedonian front she went through the whole of the arduous and successful campaign that began on September 12.

Foreign Municipalities And Governments Add to Revenue With Side Lines

There are foreign municipalities as well as foreign governments that do not think it beneath them to add to their revenues by “a side line or two.” The city of Paris, for Instance, increases Its revenues by a few francs each year In the cultivation of a little state orchard in the Luxemburg gardens, and the same municipality also takes Its share of the receipts of the Eiffel Tower. A curious revenue accrues to the city of Palermo, which makes commercial use of Its snows from the mountains. .The Sicilian snow is brought down at night In baskets and shipped to the neighboring towns, where It Is sold for refrigerating purposes. The Greek government has a mo?t profitable side line In its monopoly In playing cards, from which It derives a handsome Income. The Russian government once undertook, to its profit, a deal In junk. It was just after the Crimean war, when for months old Iron, shot and shell were picked up around Sebastopol. A regular trade In this junk sprang up, thousands of tons being sold. Finally It struck the government that the Idea was such a good one that It would take a hand itself. It thereupon intervened between buyers and sellers, imposing a tax of ten cents per hundredweight. It was estimated that the Imperial government profited In this way to the extent of SBO,OOO.

A Friend in Need.

One day, at an Irish seaport, a terrible fight was taken place on the pier between a Newfoundland dog and a mastiff, when suddenly both fell into the sea below. The Newfoundland, of course, did not mind this mishap and at once swam to the shore without any difficulty. As soon as he landed, he looked around and saw the mastiff, who could not swim, being quickly carried out to sea. The noble dog, instead of rejoicing over his enemy’s misfortune, plunged into the water, took the drowning creature by the collar, and keeping his head above water, i towed him safely to shore. After this I the dogs were known to be the best of friends and never to quarrel again, i—Our Dumb Animals.

Concerning Women.

Policewomen in Kansas work only eight hours a day. Rhode Island was the first state to grant presidential suffrage. _ .A I New York has more working women than any other state In the Union. Barnard college girls are knitting sweaters for the soldiers in France. Wellesley college girls have martial law on tee cream and other delicacies.

His Guess.

“What beautiful daughters they have 1” “Yes, Indeed. There must be a bat? tie .royal at their house every night to decide which one of them is to help their mother with the dishes."

By G. KAY SPENCER

It was in the decisive assaults on the highest crest of Hill No. 1212 that Miss Sands’ active career was suddenly cut short. How this happened let her relate in her own words: "We had been crouching In our shallow pits for hours, -waiting impatiently for the order to attack. At seven o’clock in the morning the order came. It was snowing and the snow lay on the ground. I was out of my pit In half a second, and running as fast as my legs would move. I am always the first to leave Cover. It is my duty as a non-commissioned officer. But, unfortunately, I am not so nimble as most of my men. So It happens that I am generally among the last to reach an enemy trench. Well, I had nearly reached the brink of the' Bulgarian trench in which our men were already at grips with the defenders. I was one of a small group of laggards—perhaps half a dozen — when a well aimed grenade fell In Our midst. A couple of men besides myself were in the radius of its explosion and fell wounded, but I seem to have got most of the scatter.” . So this Amazon tells her story. Simple It Is apd self-denying, for a number of her brother officers have stories to tell of the engagement which considerably elaborate upon her terse recital. In the military hospital of Camp No. 41 she was the only patient of her sex. The camp had accommodation for sixteen hundred sick or wounded, and there is a heavy percentage of women among the Serbian armies. A few days after her admittance into the hospital a royal aide de camp came to her bedside "and, on behalf of the prince regent of Serbia, pinned to her breast, with much ceremonial, the gold and sliver cross of Kara-George — a rare badge that Is given only for conspicuous bravery on'the field of battle.

Time Needed to Fatten Poultry

The question is often asked: How long does It take to fatten poultry properly? . The time required to fatten chickens and other poultry for prime market finish depends„largely upon what kinds of feeds are given and the range of the birds during the fattening period. If the birds are allowed to rim at large and range freely the fattening period is much longer, and in some cases with wide range the birds will never become In prime market condition, no matter how liberally fed. The reason for this Is that the birds in walking and roaming over wide areas take too much exercise, and feed that under other conditions &ould - go to form flesh and fat goes to furnish muscular energy, which is lost so far as fattening is concerned. In the case of turkeys, which are semiwild birds, a limited range for the birds is necessary, especially in early and late fall, when insects, wild seeds, green clover and grasses are still to be secured. Turkeys will grow and take on flesh as long as these wild feeds on the open range can be secured freely. However, as cold weather comes on it is best to supply turkeys with corn and other feeds they will eat close to the barn and poultry quarters, so that they will roam as little as possible as the marketing period, approaches. They will not bear confinement, and forced feeding like other kinds of poultry. In very close confinement they will worry off more flash and fat than they will put on, as a rule. . ' With chickens, ducks and geese it Is economical to confine them closely and feed heavily a few days before marketing. The confined birds should have all they will possibly eat of mixed

Duty of Public In Wartime

It would seem as though the general public ought to be fully Informed on most of the honors of war, judging by the amount that is printed on this subject. Nevertheless, there is apparently one phase that is not generally appreciated. I refer to the danger from communicable diseases acquired during the hardships of a especially If he happens to be taken prisoner and Is thus exposed in confinement with hundreds of his mates. These diseases are carried from place to place wherever soldiers are transported, and often, when soldiers are Invalided and sent home, they bring these communicable diseases with them to distribute among the civil population. Already we have felt the lack of enough phyr‘ lans to protect the health of the people at home, and the health officer Is somewhat at a loss to know how to enforce his health measures. The only solution of tbe problem is for the Individual to give time and attention to taking care of himself. He himself in a receptive attitude toward the suggestions of the sanitary officer, even though he may think some of the suggestions so trifling as not to be worthy of serious consideration. There is one thing sure, and that Is that he will consider It a serious matter If the disease warned against should happen to come ftls ■’ way.’ Sf If the writer were to think over

By DR. SAMUEL G. DIXON.

Commissioner of Health of Pennsylvania.

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

grajn,' or ground grains and water. The best method Is to feed a mixture of ground grains and skim milk. Birds fattened this way In close confinement are known as "milk-fed” poultry, and such when in prime condition command the lilghest market prices. The time required for fattening is from one week to ten days, after which time the birds will not gain In weight and should be sold immediately.

Suggestions for School Lunches to Stay Kiddies’ Craving Until Night Meal

Don’t let the school lunch be merely something which will till the lunch box in the morning and be only a sop to stay the kiddles’ appetites from noon until night Make it a real contribution to the food which the children require to meet the needs of their growing bodies and active brains —to satisfy their appetites and keep them In health. These are the suggestions of home economics specialists of the United States department of agriculture, now that millions of the\ future citizens of the country ate again eating their midday meals from box, basket, bag or confectionery shop" Instead of from the family table under watchful parental eyes. The preparation of luncheons which will fill the needs of the child’s body, does not mean the use of more expensive foods or the expenditure of greater effort, the specialists paint out. In many cases both expense and work will be lessened. What Is needed for the preparation of more satisfactory lunches is merely that parents and “big sisters,” or whoever fills the lunch box,' shall inform themselves of certain facts In regard to the choice and combination of foods. The need in many cases Is for neither more nor less food, but for the representation of needed food groups. . The necessary facts are set but plainly In Farmers’ Bulletin 712, “School Lunches.” The following suggestions are among those made In the bulletin for wellbalanced lunches to be carried toschool:

1. Sandwiches with sliced tender meat for filling; baked apple, cookies or a few lumps of sugar. 2. Sliced meat loaf or bean loaf; bread and butter sandwiches, stewed fruit, small frosted cake. 3. Crisp rolls, hollowed out and filled with chopped meat or fish, moistened and seasoned, or mixed with salad dressing, orange, apple, a mixture of sliced fruits or berries, cake. 4. Lettuce or celery sandwiches, cup 5. Cottage cheese and chopped green pepper sandwiches or a pot of cream , cheese with bread-and-but-ter sandwiches, peanut sandwiches, fruit, cake. 6. Hard-boiled eggs, crisp baking powder biscuits, celery or radishes, brown sugar or maple sugar sandwiches. 7. Bottle of milk, thin corn bread and butter, dates, apples. 8. Raisins or nut_ bread with butter, cheese, orange, maple sugar. 9. Baked bean and lettuce sandwiches, apple sauce, sweet chocolate.

Onions for Colds.

The efficiency of onions Is well known to the singers of Italy and Spain, who ent them every day to improve the quality of their voices. Onion plasters are prescribed to break up hard colds. They are made of fried onions placed between two pieces of muslin. T he Plaster Is kept quite hot until the patient is snugly in bed. Then It is placed on the chest to stay over night. Onion sirup is said by some to be unequaled as a cure for a bad cold on the chest.

The Greater Luxury.

“I hear Mrs. Gadder is in the hospital again.” “Yes. She wanted a new town car this year, but Mr. Gadder told her firmly that she could not have a new car and an operation, too, so naturally she chose the operation.”

some of the most trifling daily habits of everyone, and select the very humdrum subject of complaining about the habit many men have of drawing their trousers over their boots In undressing, instead of taking their boots off first, no doubt there would be readers who wonld take it as an instance of giving weight to trifles. Yet they would be wrong. lam sure that one product of this habit is the common, yet always annoying and often dangerous boil. A moment’s thought will convince you that there Is something In the theory. During a day’s walking your boots have gone through miles of filth. When you slip your clothing off over them, you are taking the chance of transferring to your clothes, and thence to your body, whatever disease germs you boots may have picked up in this filth.. - . \ So these “trifles” are not a|w#s trifles. If we are going to do our duty tn preserving the health of the civil population, we must have less cases of sickness than ever before, because we have decidedly less doctors at home to take care of whatever comes up. Later on, when wounded soldiers come home with unsuspected communicable diseases, we must know how to do the best thing for them and the best ourselves, so that we may not have here, as they have had In foreign countries, widespread epidemics among the civil population to be a drain on the vitality of our military efforts. .. o

BURNS RATED AS GREATEST SUN FIELDER

The best sundog In the big leagues I Here. In a sentence, you have the opinion of a majority of National league managers regarding George Burns, left fielder of the Giants. Burns Is rated by many as the greatest sun fielder since the days of Wee Willie Keller, who, though he faced the sun day after day was seldom known to muff a fly ball, and whose batting eye was not dimmed by the rays of Old Sol. This Is Burns’ sixth year as a member of the Giants. He came to the New York club from Utica In the spring of 1912 and stuck through the season, although he played in only 29 games. Since that time Burns has missed few regularly scheduled games with the clan of McGraw and he goes on from year to year, hitting and fielding as consistently as though the very turning of the clock depended upon his being in the lineup. Started as Catcher. Burns is a short and rather chunky athlete, and when he broke into professional baseball with Utica in 1909, at the age of twenty, he started out to be a catcher. Because of the fact that small catchers, of the Ray Schalk type, were not attractive to the scouts

SORRY TO SEE WICKLAND GO

Speedy Outfielder Has Been Big Help to Indians in Winning Association Pennant. Indianapolis fans will be sorry to lose Al Wickland, speedy Indian outfielder, who may get a chance with the Boston Nationals. Wickland’s chance to go

Al Wickland.

op came when the Philadelphia Nationals cancelled their draft on Pitcher Dana Flllinglm. Wickland, one of the tjest outfielders in the league and a long-distance hitter of note, has been a big help to the Indians in winning the pennant, although he has been out of the game much of the time recently an account of an injured jgg. .n , / 4.

BEST SUNDOG IN MAJOR LEAGUES.

In those days, Burns was eventually shifted to the outfield, and although he made good as first catcher with the Utica club it was believed that his wonderful hitting ability could be bettered If he played the .outfield. So Into the garden went Burns, and after two years of it he was grabbed by the Giants. He has been with McGraw ever since, and his baseball experience in professional ranks has been limited to the two teams. Hughle Jennings once said of Burns: “He is as good a player as ever drew on a spiked shoe. It’s too bad he hasn’t a little more aggressiveness In his makeup. He would be doubly wonderful. There’s nothing he doesn’t or cannot do well on a ball field.” That’s Burns. Ask any of the big leaguers about him and you’ll get the same answer, and It is a tribute none too good for him because, with all of his ability, he is one of the most unassuming ball players in the game, and he doesn’t care a tinker’s rap for publicity. Burns was born at Utica, N. Y., in 1889. He is five feet seven inches tall and weighs around 175 pounds in condition.

TOO MANY I. W. W. PITCHERS

Bill Clymer Gives Characteristic Reason as to Why He Wouldn't Win Pennant. A Toledo writer approached Bill Clymer of Louisville in the middle of August and asked: “Are you going to win the pennant, Bill?” “No. Don’t think so,” Bill remarked , very curtly. He never is pleasant in Toledo apyway. “What’s the matter?” “I’ve got too many I. W. W. pitchers oh my club.” The Tofedo writer got a translation of L W. W. from Clymer, and it reads as follows: “I won’t work any oftener than I have to.”

FIRST TRIPLE PLAY IS MADE

Description of Thriller Pulled Off on Forbes Field—Stunt Engineered by Boeckel.

The triple play made in the Pitts-burgh-Boston game of September 18 Is said to be the first eper pulled on Forbes Field. With the-fchses full in the second inpfng of the second game, Myers hit to Boeckel, who thr*w to Schmidt, forcing a runner at the plate. Schmidt sent the ball to first ahead of the slow-running Meyers, and when Kelly tried to come on home frim second he was retired by a throw back from first to the •catcher.

Healey Awarded Commission.

Thomas Healey of the Milwaukee Brewers was awarded a commission in the dental corps of the angy and has reported for duty. Healey, who had his, trial with Connie Mack, is a graduate of the University of Pittsburg. He was famous in baseball, basketball and track athletics in cob lege, but could not stick in the show as a professional ball player.

“PASS UP” $500,000

Amount Yale, Princeton and Harvard Toss to Discard. Big Sum of Money Big Colleges Could Coax From Sporting Public's Bottomless Pocket Will Be Left Untouched. Half a million dollars which has annually been spent for the last three years by spectators at the football games of Harvard, Yale and Princeton will be saved or diverted elsewhere this year. The withdrawal of the Big Three from ’varsity football for the 1917 season will leave this large sum In circulation. The sad part of the circumstance is that the $500,000 is ready to be exchanged for football tickets again this fall, but the three universities have decided that it ought not to cheat the sporting public by putting on inferior teams, and not a cent of the money will come into the athletic treasuries as a result. Harvard, Yale and Princeton can afford to pass up its annual taking of football receipts this season better than most of the other colleges, but nevertheless these three big fellows could find plenty of uses for the money. Fixed charges are still going on in Cambridge, New Haven and Princeton, N. J., and in the absence of ’varsity football, such charges will amount to a loss. Office salaries still continue, and the usual expense for the upkeep of the football plants must be met. Money to meet these normal expenses must come out of the athletic treasury, for it is the law that sports must be kept as a separate item and not encroach on the academic appropriations. When the war is over and athletics is resumed, it is certain that Harvard, Yale and Princeton, in common with most of the other colleges of the country, will face deficits in the athletic departments. In the case of the Big Three, however, it will probably not take more than a single football season to balance the ledgers. Football is always the best paying sport, and can be depended on to make more than its heavy expenses. In a few years immediately following the war, however, it is probable that some of the other sports will have to be handled more economically than they previously were. Crew racing, for instance, rolls up a henvy expefise and returnS but little in receipts. The same thing goes for -track athletics. In the reconstruction period It Is probable that football can pay for Itself and make up for the deficit caused by the unprofitable war years, but there will not be much money left over to pay for {he big losses rung up <by the nonpaying sports. For that reason, economy will still have to be practiced after all departments of sports are once more operating on a normal basis.

BRICKLEY TO COACH BOSTON

Former Harvard Star Half-Back Expected to Boom Athletics—Will Have Assistance. A big boom in athletics at Boston college is looked to follow the naming of Charlie Brickley as supervisor of all branches~of sport at a recent meeting of the graduate board of athletics. Working with Brickley will be a special subcommittee of the graduate

Charlie Brickley.

.board, consisting of Her. R. A. O’Brien, 8. J.; Thomas D. Lavelle, R. 8. Teeling and Francis R. Mullin. Plans for the erection of an athletic dormitory are in mind, and the faculty has been consulted on this special feature. Dr. “Archie” White, one of the old gold-and-maroon athletes of years, gone by, and Dr. John A. O’Brien have been appointed medical advisers to tod football squad.