Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1918 — Page 3

When a Woman Wants More Than a Pacifist’s Advice

“Someone is always taking the joy out of life by asking me 1 to take sides with them upon some matter that’s agitating them,’’ said the Impatient Woman, complainingly, as she stopped pursing her lips into prunes and prisms over her purling and dropped into plain knitting with a sigh of relief. “But when it comes to taking sides in a matter that concerns apartment house dwellers and riddles all the tenets of the Declaration of Independence impartially, it seems to me that I, for one, should Hesitate before galloping in where angels fear to tread. “Not that I don’t think hundreds of women weary of wranglings with owners and janitors over the vexed matter of distributing favors would be plumb tickled to death if some determined individual should take a stand and demand the right to buy her milk and her ice -just as impartially as she patronizes the grocers and the dry goods merchants in her locality, for it does sort of send an indignant shiver down one’s spinal column to feel that one must submit to dictation or even espionage upon such trifling matters. “I tried to pacify the friend who came to me with all her feathers ruffled over a little controversy she had just had over faking ice from the janitor and the indifference with which he had repeatedly served her with the smallest pieces of ice, whereas, as a top-floor dweller, she had been‘paying the highest price and might reasonably have expected she’d be given at least a fair disposition of the spoils. i “And I tried to laugh into good humor another belligerent who had insisted upon changing milkmen, only to find that orders had been given barring other than the favored firm from having access to the building, but I’m not sure yet that I did much to calm the troubled watesp. I suggested to the first woman that she contrive some sort of window .box and give the iceman the cold shoulder this winter, and I told the other one to give her milk order to her grocer, or else lug home a bottle of the lacteal fluid every night in her knitting bag, but, as I said, I m not sure but I’ve gained a reputation of being more than a mediocre Job’s comforter, at that. When a woman comes to you good and mad she wants more than a pacifist’s advice, I find. Still, it ought to help if I become the willing listener and let her get some pent-up indignation out of her system, don’t you think?”

Airplanes Take Movies of Foe Along Battle Fronts

American pre-emlnency In the movies has made Itself felt at the front, where United States airplanes equipped with motion picture cameras clicking constantly as the machine whirrs over German positions are rapidly coming into use, writes a correspondent. When the war started both allied and German airmen speedily saw the advantage of photographs Of the enemy’s defenses, and pocket kodaks came into use. Next the machine carrying a larger camera and defended by a battle plane was brought forth. The camera grew larger and larger' and the Italians finally produced a machine which had a large aperture in the bottom, through which a camera took pictures in rgpld succession. It remained for the Americans, however, to tlace a complete motion picture machine in this aperture and to take thousands of feet of film of long lines of Prussian fortifications, trenches and troop movements.

Vestments of the Russian Clergy Are Most Costly

The robes of the Russian clergy are the richest and most costly in the world. They are unattainable under £2OO . Of course, notes a writer, a priet-t cannot pay this cash down, so the holy synod advances him the money, and then deducts it from his stipend. In the House of the Holy Synod, situated inside the Kremlin, may be seen vestments of fabulous value. One is embellished with the Nicene creed, embroidered in pearls, estimated to be worth anything between £200,000 and £350,000. There are no fewer than seven miters studded with diamonds, rubies and emeralds; also golden crosiers of rare workmanship. The exact value of these treasures has never been divulged, but it is said that if a person offered £45,000,000 for the House of the Holy Synod and secured its contents he would make a great bargain.

Dyes Blue Eyes Brown.

Dyeing her eyes was the way a woman- In Berlin evaded capture by the police. She had become known as “the murderess with the colored eyes.”. To escape detection she applied to her eyes a poison which changed their color. They were originally blue, but were more or less successfully dyed brown. While in jail the dye effects wore off and the prisoner’s eyes turned blue again. Her Identity is now definitely established. The murderess also made a futile attempt to deceive the police by dyeing her hair black.

Popular Science.

Cey'.on has 16 varieties of palm .from which sugar can be extracted. The island of Reunion has changed its name four times in less than a century. In its deepest part the depth of the English channel between i Dover and Calais does not exceed 180 feet. The Japanese are producing annually 20,900,000 tons of coal from the mines of Japan and south Manchuria.

Ry HARRIET CULVER

Birds That Are Credited With Bringing Good Luck

Tradition has it that a late swallow brings good luck to the hostel he favors, qnd many country people still regard the bird as semiconsecrated, and refuse to allow its empty nest to be Interfered with during the winter months, observes London Tit-Bits. With the spring, the birds return to their original caves, and it is a sign of impending misfortune if they neglect their former nests. , A swallow at, sea brings disaster in its train, but a sand swallow is considered a mascot by the surrounding countryside. Even the humble hedge sparrow may lay claim to some share of notoriety, for illness attacks the occupant of the room into which it gains access. A dead wren is another little treasure, and the superstitious Manx fishermen would never set sail at one time without one, A live wren will not work the same result, but a dead wren can vie with the renowned caul among sea superstitions. -

No Promised Land for the Residents of California

In the Pantheon of the Nations, California —“that soft, round, poetic bundle of voluptuous sensibility that bankrupted nature in the making”—reposes upon a couch of gold-hearted mountains and emerald-breasted valleys, and faces the soft wash of a summer sea that is seldom storm-swept and on whose bosom, even from Nome to the antipodes, no iceberg ever floated. We lack one advantage that is possessed by the people of the East, says the Los Angeles Times. We have no California to go to. There is no promised landYor us. We are in the promised land already. We cannot pack our Lares and Penates and with them journey toward the sunset, for we are living in its affluent beams.

There is one boy, somewhere in France today, One little boy I held with sheltering arm • Against my heart, safe from all fear and harm, e One little boy I guided in his play, And urged and jpralsed in work. In France today There is one boy. There is one boy, somewhere today will ... . fall, One boy, who, falling, will cry out my name, - And I, who have the first, the mother’s claim, Must wait, while others hush his anguished call. The wounded tear my heart, but most of all There is one boy. There Is one boy* on some red field, tonight Lies still; one little boy whose race * is run. Whose faith has triumphed and whose goal is won. And be his cause the unworthy or the right, I thank thee, oh, my God, that in thy sight There is one boy. —Elizabeth M. Walker, in Boston Transcript.

THERE IS ONE BOY

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CHAMPION ICE SKATING DOG

Lizzie, the famous skating Airedale, awarded the four-legged ice skating championship of the world by Miss Dorothy Klewer at the St. Nicholas bee rink. They are shown taking a swing around the ice and Lizzie manages to keep up with her sponsor. The dog has won considerable fame for speed on the Ice.

Mother’s Cook Book.

There are too many round pegs In. square holes and how to find a round hole is the problem of each Individual round peg. The first and most important desideratum is to deserve to find a round hole, to be qualified to fill it—E. W. Settinlus. Simple Foods. Celery is so seldom served cooked, yet it makes a satisfying change for an occasional dish. Celery au Gratin. 801 l three cupfuls of diced celery in a small amount of water, allowing it to cook nearly dry. Butter a baking dish and put a layer of the cooked celery, then a layer of white sauce, then a sprinkling of cheese, alternating until dll the celery is used. Cover the top with buttered crumbs and bake 25 minutes in a moderate oven.

Chopped Ham and Corn Patties. Take half a cupful of corn,.three cupfuls of ehopped ham, one well beaten egg, a dash of pepper and salt if needed. Form into patties and fry in hot fat. A spoonful or two of chopped ham added to a white sauce to use with vegetables makes a more appetizing dish than does the plain white sauce. Barley Muffins. Take one cupful of whole wheat flour, one cupful of barley flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, a half teaspoonful of salt, one well-beaten. egg, ope and a fourth cupfuls of sour milk, a half teaspoonful of soda, and two tablespoonfuls of drippings. If a little hot cream is used less milk and no fat need be added. Mix lightly, roll out, cut in diamond shapes, brush with a little of the egg left in the bfiwl, sprinkle with sugar, and we have barley scones. Bake in muffin pans without the egg on top and they are muffins. Barley Bread. Take four cupfuls of whole wheat flour, two cupfuls of barley, ode cupful of water, and one of milk, a teaspoonful of salt, two tablespoonfuls of molasses, and half a cake of yeast. Prepare and knead as for whole wheat bread. Nuts as Meat Substitutes. Nuts provide a most satisfying substitute for meat, as they contain both fat, protein and appetizing flavor. Rolled Oats Bread. Take one cupful of boiling water, poured over a cupful of rolled oats, let stand well covered for an hour, then add a teaspoonful of salt, two tablespoonfuls of molasses, two tablespoonfuls of fat, and three-fourths of a cupful of flpur. Mix tfnd knead, adding more flour; let rise and prepare as any other bread.

Latest Coffee Boiler.

A gas stove which arises at dawn, boils the coffee and wakes you up when it is ready has been invented by Gemaro Rosa of Brooklyn, N. Y. The gas burner has a pilot light to which is attached a clock mechanism. A dial over £he clockworks serves to tell the time. A smaller dial is used to set the alarm, igniting and extinguishing devices. When set the burner under the coffee pot will automatically ignite at a predetermined hour and boll the coffee for four or five minutes. The flame will then lower' of its own accord to slow boiling for another five minutes, after which it will shut Itself off entirely. The coffee is now ready for you and an alarm is sounded

Senator Suggests Giving Farm to Every Soldier and Solve National Problems

In the United States the drift of the people to the cities; the drift of farms Into operation by tenant fanners, Into ownership In large acreage, by absent landlords, has been recognized as a dangerous tendency of the times. But out of the war will grow many new demands from the people. The man on the street will appreciate his rights more clearly and will be more ready to demand them. Among his most probable demands will be his right to the land, 'asserts Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio. Wise is the nation which sees the coming of such a demand and meets it before it becomes a menace. In New England there are 30,000,000 acres of unused land that might be growing crops. New England is discovering that one great industrial plant after another Is moving west, establishing itself in Ohio or Michigan or Illinois. New England has been asking why, and has found that manufacturers believe they can produce more cheaply if they are nearer the regions where food and raw materials are produced.

There are 35,000,000 acres in the middle states that might be farmed, but which are lying idle. Much of this land is in the very outskirts of cities where food prices are high and the demand limited. In the Pacific coast states there are 180,000,000 acres of unused but usable land. In all 500,900,000 acres or thereabouts are lying

FOR THE POULTRY GROWER

The more water the hens drink the better off they are both in winter and summer. The water supply is almost as important as the egg-producing ration. Beginning with the first freezing weather I arrange to keep the fowls’ supply of drinking water reasonably warm for them, notes a. writer in Fann Progress. In the coldest weather I simply warm the water to a temperature of about body heat, or 98 degrees Fahrenheit. Then I place it where the birds can reach it. If out of the wind and under shelter it will take two or three hours for it to get down to freezing temperature again. It stimulates egg laying by prevent-? Ing the chill that must follow the drinking of water at icy temperatures.

It takes food as well as shelter to keep a hen warm in winter. The colder the weather the more food energy necessary to keep the body temperature where it should be. If a hen drinks water only a few degrees above the freezing point it will take a considerable percentage of the daily ration to keep her temperature normal. A supply of good, clean and moder-” ately cool drinking water should be in reach of the chickens the year round. It takes a good deal of water to soften the rations so they can be properly assimilated and taken up by the blood. The lack of water always checks the digestive operations and this checks the egg-laying activities of the organs. I manage to supply water of moderate temperature two or three times daily during the cold weather. This amount will keep the hens healthy and keep them laying eggs and putting on flesh if the grain and vegetable ration is satisfactory. Some winters ago I found that water warmed to the right temperature and placed in stone crocks or bowls would retain thq heat longer than if placed in pans or iron vessels. The thicker the stoneware the better it will retain the heat. At this time of the year and on until April this task is a most Important one. The chickens will be rather closely confined to their scratching sheds and to the poultry houses. Nevertheless/just as much water is necessary for the natural processes of digestion and egg laying as at any other time in the .year. Intakes but a few minutes two or three times a day to heat w-ater to a temperature that will make it comfortable for the flock. Unless this is done, the usual slump in winter laying may be expected, no matter-how much attention is given to balanced rations guaranteed to produce eggs.

Ancient Lamps.

The candle Is in appearance a primitive affair, yet there is little doubt that its predecessor was the lamp. Those old Egyptian tombs, which have unlocked many mysteries, held lamps, and through them evidence of ancient burial customs. Lamps played apart In the solemn feasts of the Egyptians, who on such occasions placed them before their houses, burning them throughout the night. Herodotus, in one' of his numerous references. to Xerxes, alludes to the hour of lamp lighting, and evidences abound regarding the use of lamps among the ancient Greeks. Lamps, Indeed, are pictured upowrsome of their oldest vases, indicating the symbolic significance »hiefi attached to them. *

Woman Preacher 107 Years Old.

The oldest woman preacher In the United States Is Mrs. Mary Goddard of Brunswick, Me. Mrs. Goddard, though one hundred and seven years ©ld, continues to preach occasionally to congregations of Friends.

Idle, to say nothing of that which is Inadequately farmed. This would make five-acre farms for a million families. In the meantime the cities are full of people whose greatest ambition is to own a piece of this waste land and to convert It into productive homes. There is no proper agency to bring these men and the land together. There is only the land agent, whose name has often become one of reproach. His sole object is to sell land for as much money as possible. His responsibility ends there. There is no agency that goes further, that establishes the man on the land, that makes him a success. Even if the man in the city gets good land and at a fair price, It is practically Impossible for him to establish himself and make a success without guidance and co-operation. The machine is not built up that will convert him from a city-dwelling wage earner to an Independent farmer. That is exactly the machinery that should be developed. The proper agency to supervise its development is the government. Tne time ta now.

When the two’million to be trained for the army come home there will be an unparalleled opportunity. These young men will be unattached. They will have been weaned away from their former tasks and associates. They will be wanting to strike a field for themselves. They should have the opportunity. The nation should prepare the way.

Automobile Industry May Be Rated as Largest by Next Government Census

The automobile Industry is rated as the third largest in this country. Those who should know believe the next government census will rate- it as our largest industry, Forbes’ Magazine states. There are 1,000,000 wage earners dependent for their bread upoh the making of the $1,000,000,000 worth of cars and parts turned out the past year. It has been the despair of the motor makers to take census of how many more are employed in as chauffeurs, as mechanics, in service stations as salesmen, etc. Another 1,000,000 might cover these. So, counting five to the family, there must be dependent upon the industry fully ten per cent of our total population. There are 450 makers of passenger cars and trucks, and 12 of these turn out over 80 per cent of the entire product. There are 825 makers of parts.

The Industry consumes about $250,000,000 worth of iron and steel; $150,000,000 of lumber; $20,000,000 of brass, $32,000,000 of- copper, $25,000,000 of cotton fabrics; $20,000,000 of coal and coke; $26,000,000 of tin; $16,000,000 of lead, $42,000,000 of electrical equipment, and $24,000,000 bides and hair, to mention the value of only a few items. There are over 300,000 trucks* and 4,000,000 passenger cars in operation in this country. The advertising bill runs well over $23,000,000 annually, to say nothing of the money spent for advertising tractors and other gasenglned machines, which may be properly classified as belonging to the industry. *5

Facts and Fancies.

Virtue that is born of necessity may be all right. How we poor folks like to find fault with the rich. True love is responsible for many follies and a few crimes. Under the classification “married men” are many unknown heroes. Too many people pray with their fingers crossed. Successful men believe in luck, backed up by their own efforts. Lives of great men all remind us how easy it is to be a small man.

Milk for the Poor.

In order to meet the emergency that exists because of the high price of milk, Market Commissioner Moskowitz, says the New York World, has recommended to Mayor Mitchell that ttfe board of estimate appropriate $25,000 to relieve conditions in the poorer sections of the city. The appropriation he wishes to use “for the sale —of milk, at prices they can afford to pay, to those families who are certified by the health commissioner or by his'authorized agencies as'having children under six years old and as not having sufficient Income to provide milk in sufficient quantities for such children,”

Bread an Aliment

Bread does not contain a sufficient quantity of albumen,, needed by the organism. An analysis of bread goes to show that It contains a relatively large amount of water, L e„ over 40 per cent, but a relatively small quantity of nitrogen compounds, vhn, seven to eight per cent. Of fats it generally contains very little, but of substances free of nitrogen, such as starch, large quantities. From thia It follows, asserts a writer, that bread can by no means be a “food” but at best an aliment

Selection of Books From Lists Will Fill Gaps in the Children’s Libraries

There are gaps on the children’s book shelves —books are missing that have been worn out by fingers, too eager to be careful, or, worse still, there are staring spaces that you have been unable to fill, -writes Charlotte A. Baker. Ton are planning to fill these gaps gradually, but you have little time to give to the work. This means that you must depend upon lists, and that you must know your lists are reliable. Recently the Michigan library commission gave the Colorado library commission a generous supply of the lists they had worked out for their dis-, trict, rural, and high school libraries.. The selections in these lists are made by Miss Effie L. Powers, children’s librarian in the St Louis public library and supplemented by Miss Mabel C. True. The first list a book of 234 pages,, covers .the first eight grades and ha* in addition lists of reference books, and special lists of vocational guld-, ance, school hygiene, education and: boy scouts. The supplementary list has 106 pages. This describes books for adults as well as children, and suggests a list for the camp-fire girls.'

Skim Milk Is Valuable As a Beverage, in Cookery; It Should Not Be Wasted

Save every drop of skim milk. It is a valuable food. Use it in your kitchen and on your table. It is valuable as a beverage, in cookery, as cottage cheese —too valuable to waste, whether it comes through your own separator or the separator at the creamery—too valuable to be thrown away, or fed to farm animals, if if can be used for human food. At creameries where whole milk is handled, skim milk is often thrown down the drains. Creameries ought to make their skim milk into cottage cheese. ’ Farmers ought to make cottage cheese at home. Skim milk so used, will supplement out meat supply* for cottage cheese is one of the best substitutes for meat Use it in your cooking. Make and eat cottage cheese and encourage others to use it Make puddings .and soups and bread with skim milk. The dairy division of the United States department of agriculture, Washington, D. C., will tell you howl to make cottage cheese in the homa or creamery and in what dishes it mayj be used.

SMILES FOR ALL

As You Were, Men.

a She Economized. “Tom, dear,” said Mrs. Youngbride as they sat down to dinner, “I, did, just as you told me to.” “You mean about economizing?” “Yes. Instead of buying sirloin steak Thought a porterhouse. It isn’t nearly so large, you know.” Expert In Two Lines. “That lady is very expert.” “Huh!” “Keeps knitting and talking.” "Well?” “And never drops a stitch or the thread of her conversation.” Some Satisfaction.

“You seem happy, Dolores.” “I am.” “Is Ferdy paying you more attention?” “No, but since this three-cent postage came in he has stopped writing to a lot of out-of-t own jtrls.”

Very True. Smith —Do you believe that music prevents crime? Williams —To a certain extent When, a man keeps both hands and his breath busy with a cornet you know he can’t be busy picking pockets, attempting homicide or slandering hi* neighbors. < • Nothing to Put in Them. First Tailor—This war will modify next year’s fashions. Because of the scarcity and high price of wool there will be no hip pockets, no cuffs on coat sleeves and no turnup trousers. Second Tailor—Yes; and if the war lasts two or three years longer there will be no pockets of any kind. They will not be needed. W I • Fair May. Husband—Then you won’t admit that you are wrong? Wife—No; I admitted I was wrong last time. It’s your turn now.—t Browning’s Magazine.

“But, Madge,”’ queried a cluster of wide-eyed girls, "w er e n’t you dreadfully frightened when the soldier tried to put his arms around you? What in the world did you do?” “Oh, that was easy. I just yelled ’Attention !* and he was perfectly helpless.”