Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1918 — Page 3

The Housewife and the War

(Special Information Service, IT. S. Department of Agriculture.) = DINNERS IN QNE DISH—ECONOMICAL, WHOLESOME.

Tho One-Dish Meal Is Not a Myth—Here Is What Goes Into One for Five Persons, Proportions Given Below: Fish, Potatoes, Carrots, Onion, a E&tle Pork, Milk, Flour, Pepper.

DINNER QUESTION NEVER GETS OLD

Good, Satisfying Meal Whole Family Enjoys Is Wanted. COMBINATIONS ARE IN FAVOR Something Hot, Savory, Easfko Cook and Serve Is Always in Orders— Three Recipes Given to Help Busy Housewife. “What shall we have for dinner?” —» the daily question that never grows •old. Well, you want a good, satisfying meal which the whole family will enjoy. It must be cheap and easy to cook and must supply what your bodies need to help you grow, and to help you work or play and keep warm. Ahd, if the spirit of war sacrifice abides in your household, the meal should reflect your food saving efforts. People of all nations have used combinations of foods cooked together in one dish. Perhaps you can remember such dinners in your grandmother’s home. Why not renew the custom and serve your family with a nutritious one-dish dinner occasionally, for variety at least? For such a dinner you might serve a .fish chowder. Here it is, a dinner in one dish, sure enough. This one, and the others that follow, makes enough for five persons: Fish Chowder. lbs. fresh fish, 2 cupfuls .carrots, (<?od, haddock, cut in pieces, etc.) or % lb. salt % lb. salt pork, or dried fish. 3 cupfuls milk. 9 potatoes peeled % teaspoohful pepand cut in small per. pieces. 3 tablespoonfuls flour. 1 onion sliced. Cut pork in small pieces and fry with the chopped onion for five minutes. Put pork, onions, carrots and potatoes in kettle and cover with boiling water. Cook until vegetables are tender. Mix three tablespoonfuls of flour with onehalf cupful of the cold milk and stir in the liquid in the pot to thicken it.

“U. S. LEAFLETS” NOW CARRY WAR FOOD HINTS

; War food suggestions for ► American housewives, prepared • in four-page “United States Food ► Leaflets” by food specialists of ’ the department of agriculture, ► the food administration and state , representatives, are now ready 1 to distribute. The leaflets carry , the country’s expert thought on h food conservation translated into ► popular language. Each one has ’ its helpful war message for the , housewife. Seven are now avail- ' able. More will follow. “Start ► the Day Right "With a Good ’ Breakfast,” is food leaflet No. 1. ’ Others now ready are: “Do You ; Know Corn Meal?” “A Whole Dinner in One Dish,” "Choose Your Food Wisely,” "Make a • Little Meat Go a Long Way,” “Do You Know Oatmeal?” “Food ■ for Your Children.” These leaf- : lets are designed to supplement ; rather than replace the depart- ' meat's publications on food and ; other With the . funds at its disposal the depart- ' ment of agriculture will be able ► to supply these leaflets directly ’ only to leaders and active work- • ers in the food conservation ; movements.

Add the rest of the milk and the fish, -which has bpen removed from bone, and cut in small pieces. Cook until the fish is tender —about ten minutes. If salt fish is used, soak, first Serve hot This one dish makes a satisfying meal served with crisp crackers or corn dodgers with stewed frii|t or jam

for the “something sweet” you like with your meals. Now that meat fs so high-priced you like to make a small amount go as far as possible. A meat stew can be made very appetizing and with proper care in the selection of the ingredients to combine with the meat you may make another one-dish meal. Hot Pot of Mutton and Barley. 1 pound mutton. 4 potatoes. % .'cupful pearled 6 onions. barley. Celery tops or other 1 tablespoonful salt, seasoning herbs. Cut the mutton in small pieces and brown with the onion in fat cut from meat This will help make the meat tender and Improves the flavor. Pour this into a covered saucepan. Add two quarts of water and the barley. Simmer for one and one-half hours. Then add the potatoes cut in quarters, seasoning herbs, and seasoning, and cook one-half hour longer. This is also'good served as a shepherd’s pie with mashed potatoes lining the dish and piled on top for a crust. The stew is better if thickened with a little flour in this case before adding to the mashed potato crust. Or your one-dish meal might be of dried peas or beans instead of meat or fish combined with other vegetables. Here Is a hearty dish made from split peas. Many kinds or dried peas or beans could be used in the same way: Split Peas, Rice and Tomatoes. 1% cupfuls rice. % teaspoonful pep--1 pint spilt peas. per. 6 onions. 2 cupfuls of tomato 1 tablespoonful salt, (fresh or panned). Soak peas over night in two quarts of water. Cook until tender in water in which they soaked. Add rice, onions, tomatoes and seasonings, and cook 20 minutes. Such meals are a help to the busy housewife on especially busy dars, as they are easy to prepare and make but few dishes to wash. With bread and butter and jam, perhaps, or stewed fruit, any dße of them makes a wellchosen nutritious meal. If there are children in the family give each one a glass of milk besides. Such a meal will satisfy the body’s needs as Well as a more elaborate one.

Cottage Cheese Salad.

Nutritious salad makes a good dish for a home luncheon. As, they are rich in protein, cheese salads take the place of cold meat dishes. The following is an inexpensive, nutritious cottage cheese salad: Mix thoroughly one pound of cheese, one and one-half tablespoonfuls .of cream, one tablespoonful of chopped parsley, and salt to taste. First, fill a rectangular tin mold with cold water to chill and wet the surface. After removing the water, line the bottom of the mold with waxed paper; then pack the cheese in three layers, putting two or three parallel strips of pimento, lettuce leaf, or chopped nuts, between layers. Cover with waxed paper and set in a cool place until ready to serve; then run a knife around the sides and invert the mold. Cut in slices and serve on lettuce leaves with French dressing and wafers. Minced olives may be used instead of the parsley, and chopped nuts also may be added. "Finicky” tastes in food often prevent the use of many valuable materials which might be the means of saving money. Don’t stick too closely to habits and customs in the food you eat. Try new dishes occasionally.

Five Ways to Food Variety.

We must have food to grow, to keep warm, and to, work. Our food must be nutritious in that it does all these things. It is also important that it should taste good. It will not only be better relished, out it will be better utilized by the bo<Jy if it does. Food will be more healthful, more palatable, and more nutritious if it is varied. Variety may be secured by selecting for the daily diet something from each of the following five groups of food: (1) Fruits and vegetables; (2) milk, meat, eggs, cheese, fish, peas, beans, and nuts; (3) cereals; (4) sweets; (5) fats.

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How Financial “Sharks” Work

Experience of John Jones In Speculation t Sound Advice tor Investors

By S. W. STRAUS

(Pnatoent New Yerkind Chicago Beaker)

John Jones, a prosperous business man in a middle West city, slit open an important-looking envelope just handed to him and unfolded the crackly letterhead. Across the top of the sheet was engraved: SMITH & BROWN Bankers -& Brokers Private Wire Service Between Principal Cities Market Letters Furnished Highest Bank and Commercial Reference* No Broadway. New York Below was a closely typewritten letter starting with a friendly “Dear Mr. Jones.” Jones leaned back in his chair and started to read. An unusual opportunity, it seemed, was being offered to him. A New York brokerage firm was organizing a syndicate whose purpose was to manipulate the grain market and clean up a fortune on wheat. To do this in a big way, Smith & Brown were mobilizing the capital of hundreds of investors. The funds secured in this manner, added to their already immense resources, would enable them to run away with the market. “In union there is strength,” read the letter. “Thousands of investors with moderate means wish to share in the stupendous profits of Wall street. But what chance have they against the millions of Rockefeller, Morgan and Gould? It requires money to make money and our plan is to take the SSO or SIOO of an individual investor and make it felt, instead of being a mere drop in the bucket.” The letter was quite reassuring. “No client of ours has ever lost any money,” it was stated. Had Mr. Jones looked for it, he would have discovered no information as to when the business was established. But he was too absorbed in the glowing account of the system of Jim Smith —that wizard of finance—to beat the market. It developed after years of study and experience, and had netted him millions. He had astounded veteran speculators and Napoleons of finance with his marvelous success. Now he was going to do the biggest thing of his life. He was to give the small investor an opportunity to enter into a deal with him. And when the people got together, anything could be accomplished! 500 per cent profits were assured! Mr. Jones thoughtfully restored the

INVENTORS’ FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES

How They Have Struggled to Obtain Money; Your Thrift Help* Progreaa of World

By S. W. STRAUS

(Pranintat New Ywk aid Chieu# Banker)

It has been said that there is room for just so much in the human brain and if one’s ability is as highly Specialized as an inventor’s, there is no chance of being capable in business affairs. Certainly, this has been borne out in the case of most inventors. Those servants of civilization have, almost without exception, faced financial difficulties of the most disheartening character. Only a few were fortunate in connecting up with men of business ability who relieved them of financial responsibilities. Watt, the inventor of the steam engine, was so situated. When he started his experiments he was the possessor pf a prosperous instrumentmaking business, employing sixteen men. He soon became greatly in debt and formed a partnership with a Doctor Roebuck, who agreed to pay $5,000 of his debts, provide money for further experiments and secure a patent. In return for these advances he became a two-thirds owner. After the two had achieved partial success Doctor Roebuck suffered financial reverses. He was forced to transfer his interest to Matthew Boulton, a famous merchant of Birmingham, to whom he was in debt. . Boulton was just the sort of business genius Watt required. He\ built a factory for the manufacture of steam engines and financial difficulties hampered Watt no more.

Edison, on the other hand, early in his career refused an offer for a partner. Although he has built up a large fortune he has frequently lost practically everything he possessed and been forced tostart all over again. His “business methods” were sometimes impractical in the extreme. Once Edison was offered SIOO,OOO for an invention. He voluntarily offered to receive payment in annual installments of $6,000 without Interest 1 Again, he once received an. offer by cable for “30,000.” He accepted. When he' received his remittance he was greatly surprised to learn that it was £30,000. He had expected $30,000. EH Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin, never really freed himself of financial worries. He went in partnership with a Mr? Miller, and the’two were forced to fight almost continually for their rights. While Whitney was experimenting and producing his

letter to the envelope and decided ho would go over it again that night. In the quiet of his home he argued the matter out. In the letter it was stated that Smith & Brown courted the most rigid investigation and suggested that prospective clients inquire of Gunn & Bradburn, a commercial agency,. a«- ta thelY . standing. Mr. Jones decided such would be a reasonable test, and accordingly wrote a letter to Gunn & Bradburn, asking for complete information regarding the firm of brokers. The reply was very favorable. “Smith & Brown are responsible and have ample capital. We recommend them without qualiflca■tion,” said the report. Mr. Jones sent SIOO to become a member of the syndicate. • The days that followed were full of anxiety for him. How was the venture progressing? When would he receive the letter apprising him of the outcome? The news came in an unexpected manner. It was in the metropolitan newspaper he received weekly. He read: ANOTHER MARKET SWINDLE Smith & Brown, "brokerß,” collect thousands from would-be speculators and decamp. The thing he feared had happened to him. He was swindled! A week or so later a letter came to him from the Society for Protection of Investors. It stated that if he had had any unfortunate dealings with the unscrupulous investment houses they, a society formed purely for protective purposes, would look into his case and see what could be done. But Mr. Jones had become wary through his experience with Gunn & Bradburn, deciding that’ he would stick to business and not mix in with high finance. In this he was very wise, for the Society for Protection of Investors was in reality backed by the owners of the defunct Smith & Brown. Its purpose was to direct Mr. Jones to their newest venture. And the Gunn & Bradburn commercial agency was also backed by the renowned Jim Smith and his nefarious associates for a purpose that is readily apparent. Such, in brief, is the composite experience of thousands who trust themselves to the doubtful mercies of firms in the same category of Smith & Brown - . Their appeal is subtle and often blinds the shrewdest. How can you discriminate between the legitimate and illegitimate investment banker? First, beware of the financial house that offers stock that will on a specified date sell for a higher price, or where extravagant dividends are guaranteed, or where stock is sold ’way below par and a large commission paid to agents. These are generally the earmarks of the offerings of an unscrupulous house and should be shunned. Second, inquire at your local bank as to the standing of the firm with which you propose dealing.

first machine, people heard of the wonderful invention and broke into his house. They carried away the model and soon a dozen similar machines were in use. This was before Whitney could obtain a patent. He worked night and day to produce another model so that lie could go to Washington and patent it, but he was handicapped for lack of funds. At length the patent was secured and then two years of struggle elapsed before Whitney succeeded in proving the superiority of his machine over the imitations. In 1795 he returned from the South to New Haven, where his factory was located, only to find that it had burned down. All his machines were destroyed. In answer tonls letter apprising Miller what had occurred the latter replied, “I will devote all my time, all my thoughts, all my exertions andall the money I can earn or borrow to encompass and complete the business we have undertaken.” Whitney set to work to replace his factory. He had great difficulty in securing the necessary capital. To add to his difficulties, a certain manufacturer in England stated that the product of the machine was unsatisfactory. • Whitney wrote to Miller, “The extreme embarrassments which have been fo.r a long time accumulating upon me have now become so great that it will be impossible for me to struggle. against them many days longer.”

I He was still forced to fight in the courts because of infringements. Law suits went against him. At last Whitney succeeded in selling rights of his machine to 'the state of South Carolina for $50,000. He repeated this in North Carolina and Tennessee. But then when success seemed within his grasp. South Carolina attempted to recind its action and announced it would not pay the $50,000 and tried to have the money already advanced to Whitney returned. Affairs were at the darkest point in Whitney’s long struggle. Just as he was about to give up, South Carolina thought better of its decision and paid the inventor in full. But a better day seems to have arrived for inventors. Modern Industrial progress has made so many demands for better methods that inventors are now eagerly sought after and usually treated fairly. Financial aid is easier to secure. The individual investor, when he purchased his bono may be assisting the development of an invention every bit as revolutionary as the cotton gin. Without the aid of his thrift the world’s progress could hardly proceed.

What Then?

"Here’s a doctor says you shouldn’t eat when you’re worried.” “But suppose you are continually worried for fear you won’t be able to get anything to eat F

RANKS WITH SERGE

Jersey Cloth Staple Fabric for One-Piece Dresses. Stands Much Wear and Tear and Lends Itself to Either Straight - , Lines or Draperies. Wool jersey cloth now ranks with serge as a staple fabric for the development of one-piece dresses. This material has not been on the market many seasons, but it has so much to commend it that its permanent popularity seems assured. As material for a dress for hard wear—that is, for business or traveling—wool jersey cloth hardly has an equal. It stands a great deal of wear and tear and freshening up, and to a business woman that is certainly a strong point Then jersey, like serge, seems to lend itself to either straight lines or draperies. The frock sketched is made of wool jersey cloth, and has the surplice type of bodice which is becoming to most figures. A straight line front is featured, although this is broken at the

Surplice Frock of Jersey Cloth.

waist by the surplice section, which extends into sash ends that tie at the center of the back. The back of the dress runs in one piece to a point well below the waistline, where the skirt is gathered on, with fullness let in to form a moderate side flare. The dress fastens in the center front, fastening being concealed by the surplice bodice. This dress would be very effective developed in tan or beige color, with collar of green, purple or red broadcloth. Many surplice bodices are shown in wool jersey. One model recently noted has the bodice reaching exactly to the normal waistline and fitting rather smoothly in the back. The front is cut in conventional surplice style, with ends that loop at the back. The skirt is straight and gathered to the bodice. The dress is collarless, sleeves and neck opening, as well as surplice sash ends, being piped with broadcloth in contrasting color.

VEIL DESIGNS ARE VARIED

Some So Elaborated With Outline or Tracery Embroideries That They Resemble Lace. While the scroll veil is very popular, it has a rival in the dotted veil. The latter may show the dot in heavy chenille spots, velvet pastelies or in embroideries of silk. Its chief allurement lies in its novelty. Nearly all the new veils have geometrical or irregular meshes, many of them so elaborated with outline or tracery embroideries as to resemble lace. Dark brown, taupe and gray are favored colors, sometimes overwrought with white or black embroideries. The veil shapes are almost as varied as the colors and patterns. Some are square, others circular, and there are those that are oblong. Indeed, a good deal of pains has been taken to shape the veil so that it will have an artistic relation to the hat with which it will be ultimately worn.

To Retain Freshness.

The care of the skin is perhaps the most imperative task in keeping up one’s appearance. The only way to retain freshness and strength, especially when it is being taxed by dally work, Is by careful nourishment and rest Many persons drink too much coffee, especially those who work hard medtally and feel the need of a “bolstering up” to continue their labor. Milk and food are good substitutes, and a little nourishment taken when one is tired will allay fatigue just as surely as coffee seems to do.

Colors White Shoes.

To make your white kid shoes like new that are past cleaning, get a tencent package of dress dye, take onefourth of the package, put in an old teacup, pour boiling water over the ehnes and brush in dye with common vegetable brush. Give them two coats. You can make them any shade to match your suit A waterproof coat may be given by procuring a cleaning paste the shade of the shoe.

SHORT CUTS IN NEEDLEWORK

Suggestions That Will Save a Few Minutes' Time Are Most Welcome in These Busy Days. Time is way above par nowadays. Everybody is busy. No one has' time to devote to fine stitches if big stitches vjill do. Hence any suggestion which will save a few minutes by the clock are welcome. What about these? If you need a casing for the top of a camisole or nightgown or kiddie’s frock in a hurry, try making a wide cat-stitch on the outside of the garment with a heavy silk or mercerized cotton. You can run a ribbon or tape through this and make it decorative, as well as useful, in a much shorter time than stitching on the usual bias facing. There Is another way, too, of crocheting a row of open filet mesh and sewing It on. This takes a little longer but wears well for wash clothes. White-bone knitting needles slip through the wool much quicker if they are first filed on a plain kitchen file, as you would a 'cad pencil, into a long smooth point. In hemming towels or table linen don’t stop to make knots. They are unsightly, anyway. Just run the stltchc* for the first half-inch very small with a back stitch or two, and do the same at the end of a thread. With the new thread begin over the last few stitches in the same way and you will never need a knot A loose feather stitch for sewing tucks into dresses for growing girls is much better than either hand embroidery or machine stitching. It wears well, takes but a short time and does not show the marks of the stitches when removed. Don’t pin patterns if you are In a hurry; you are sure to pin crookedly. Use weights of books, heavy desk articles or small bags filled with sand for the purpose. They hold as well as pins and are a much simpler proposition.

IMPART AIR OF SPRINGTIME

Silk Floss Flowers on the Side of Narrow Collar of Girls’ Suits Look Like Fresh Nosegays. Two advance models for misses have a novel embroidered touch which lends them a distinct springtime atmosphere. Silk floss flowers in natural coloring embellish the right side of youthful narrow shawl collars, looking aa though fresh nosegays had been tucked in, says Women’s Wear. A small pink carnation with foliage Is very chic on an Eton suit of navy tricotine, which may also be worn as a dress. Black satin folds are used to define the tailored shapeliness of collar and cuffs whose curves match, as well as a horizontal barlike panel which offsets the double-breasted closing. Two flying panels, one piece above shoulder blades, give an unusual back to this Eton, for the ehds of each are finished with cord fringe. There’is a one-sided tunic on the narrow skirt which completes this model. The other, a nobby suit of navy Poiret twill, has a bluet embroidered on it, tracings of silver thread simply marking the shadows cast by the blending shades of floss. Oblong inset panels on the narrow belt and others of larger dimensions arranged halfway between skirt section and bodice at center back and one at either side front on the skirt section itself to serve as pockets, a*e other features that are “different”

SIMPLE, YET ELABORATE.

Though its lines are simple as simple can be, this distinctive afternoon gown of blue silk la charmingly elaborate. The reason Is found in the rich embroidery with which the gown to trimmed. The embroidery to done to gay, though harmonizing, tones of blue, green, yellow and rod silk. It outlines the deep armhgles and appears again on the cuffs, besides being used for a large Irregular patch on each side panel. A bead fringe In matching ecU ora falls from the front at the waiato line. \