Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 204, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1918 — Page 2

WASHINGTON CITY SIDELIGHTS

Here’s Laundry Hint Gleaned From the Marines WASHINGTON.— Information always comes in handy, especially when you hook it while fishing for something else. As the American and French flags were raised at the celebration-of Bastille day every man on the Ellipse took off his hat except the marines on

guard. A patriotic young lady, who is going to heaven when she dies, provided she takes as good care of her soul as of her glassy pink finger nails, objected to the omission, but as no one paid the least attention to her, that was all there was to that —except: A woman who happened to be standing next a uniformed youngster

on camp leave inquired into the matter and learned that no marine may take off his hat when he Is wearing his belt. Being a sociable chap, glad of the chance to talk to so obviously a nice woman, he told of soldier life generally, until he came at last to the inside Information (that: “Every marine is his own chink.” This explains for you why It is that some uniforms look so much niftier than others, from a laundry point of view. Also, it may account for a wise government’s changing army blue for a color that won’t show dirt You have to know the reason of a thing to have proper respect for its value. A marine has to wash a uniform every day—and he has four, unless it may be more or less, for a listener gets the wires crossed how and then—and he uses a brush Instead of a washboard, which saves wear and tear on the garments, to say nothing of his knuckles and immortal soul. So now you know what to do when tubbing time comes to help you win the war, and also—which is really more Important—the lady of the glassy pink nails will find from this important document just why the marines kept on their hats. Woman Is Going to Insist on Tucks and Frills MI? ASHION hasn’t worn cotton since the war. Everything is silk.” The I* clerk said it •to a mere everyday customer who had dared to mention petticoats. With the information went a couple of shrugs that told each

was a Broom-handle sister who Insisted upon wearing her tucks and frills to the Very beach of the River of Styx. And after that, at comforting intervals, came: K A tremendously stout woman who didn’t give a hang for straight fronts, but wore her contour as unconcernedly as if she were the first edition de Milo, diked off in spotty black lawn. A middle-aged woman with the sort of Roman chin that will insist upon what it wants until kingdom come, and one of the things the woman apparently wanted just then to the extent of possessing in all its glory was a white skirt showing lace inserts under blue flowered mull. There were others, but these will serve, so the customer’s worry lines went out of business, aad as woman must express herself or die she paused before a plaster lady in a store window—a passe plaster lady, chipped a trifle and clothed in a shopworn suit marked down. “Wax ladies may do as they blamed please, but you and I and the rest of us runs of the mill are going to stick to our coaties, eyen after the war, when knickers come in fashion.” ' - And anybody who supposes that plaster lady failed to smile response is simply not acquainted with plaster ladles. Proof That Kind Act Is Not Always Appreciated AN AUTOMOBILE stood in front of a theater. It was an Imposing car of brown leather, burnished brass and allied flags, and as its owner came out of the theater —movie —and was getting aboard, two girl children asked with

the wheedling confidence —some call it imprudence—that goes with Innocence and shedding teeth: “Say, mister, give us a ride. Jinny; ain’t* never been in a nautymobile.” The man paid no attention and whizzed away. They were only tads of the street, but it would have been worth while, perhaps, to give two stepchildren of fortune a memory that might have lasted them a lifetime.

And perhaps, again, have got the host arrested for kidnaping—you never can tell. It seems the right thing always to do a kindly action offhand, but consider the case of one friendly man who lives up Capitol hill way: Being a stranger here for responsible war work, he naturally gets a bit lonely for oldtime friends and associations, but being also a wholesome and buoyantly healthful person, soul and body, takes all the pleasures that come his way and always does his best to pass them on. The other afternoon his -ear was at the curb, and, as it was inconvenient just then for the friend in the house to go riding, he humored the children next door who had been begging him for pennies, cones and the like, by taking two of. them for a ride. When he returned after a short spin it was supposed that was all there was to it, but, dear me, no! The mother objected to a strange man’s taking her children in his car. So, you see, you never can tell. ■ V" Possibly Wartime Conditions Brought This About HE WAS the happiest man in Washington. That’s a pretty broad statement, but he said it himself, and he ought to know. “You see, it is this way,” he was heard to say: “For many months I had been eating around, here and

Is no valid reason why the second cup of coffee should not be as hot as the first, or why the second cup should be ‘dark’ instead of ‘light.’ Nor have I ever been able to find a real excuse for your second glass of ice tea coining to you lukewarm, with an invisible piece of ice in it. "I threatened, besought knd bewailed, and all were df no avail. I must go through life, I thought, accepting a lukewarm second cup of coffee and a tepid second glass of ice tea. “But now all that is changed. My second cup of coffee is steaming and my second glass of ice tea looks like an iceberg afloat on an amber sea Oh, boy!” .

other that of course some women would continue to stick to cotton, with another shrug tu finish the infer mce with the proper shading of scorn. Official information is a handy thing to own, but it has its drawbacks. It put worry lines between the eyes of the customer as she left the shop, wondering what is going to happen with sklrtles on the blink. But she might have saved herself the wear and tear of her emotions, for the first person she saw when she got outside

there and everywhere. And something always bothered me. Maybe you have experienced it. In winter and summer it is always the same, only the medium is changed. “Talk United States? Sure! What I’m complaining about is that in wartime Washington—in winter, say—>you can’t ever get your second cup of coffee as hot as the first, or with as niucK cream in IL And in summer the second glass of ice tea is warm. Ask me not why this is true. There

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN. RENSSELAER. IN3.

SIMPLY COULDN’T FIND SIZES

Clderly Lady Wasted One Whole Afternoon, and Finally Gave . Up Task in Deepair. “Gosh I I wish I was—not a Belgian —but a pole; not a native of Poland, but a tall, slim willowy pole, that could drape herself in the ready-made dresses which the stores are selling now, or, rather, offering for sale, for if every one has my luck, not many sales are made,” said the matronly one to her street car companion. , “I am fair (gray), fat and forty (bust measure), and the other day I went downtown to buy -a —wash dress, we used to call them, now you ask for a tub frock. Well, I asked for them and that was about all. One saleswoman showed me what she called a simple little gingham (it looked like the ones the nurses wear) for $19.75, and another which she said was of better quality for $25. I was prepared to pay the price, but I didn’t like the gowns. It was the same way at the other stores. Every thing that was attractive was ‘only in the smaller sizes.’ “There was one simply made georgette crepe that I thought might be becoming to my matronly style, but when I inquired about it, it was a six-teen-year size. ‘Do you have it in a sixty-year?’ I asked, but the clerk ignored my query. “I met numerous other women about my build and age during the afternoon at different stores—some of them so often that we grew quite chummy, but I don’t suppose they fared any better than I did. I finally met one I knew and I said to her: ‘You might as well go home. They don’t make ’em. for us.’ “I also looked for a small georgette hat (they had been advertised), and the clerk said: ‘Yes, we have them, but you wouldn’t want one with fringe on it.’ She was right. I wouldn’t. “I shopped from 12 o’clock to 5:30 and came home bearing with me the two articles I had been able to find in my size—a hair net and a belt. Really a comfortable costume for hot weather, but hardly suitable for a fat lady sixty years old.” —Indianapolis News.

Japan’s Income Tax Increases.

Japan having decided upon an increase in her navy that involves the expenditure of $150,000,000, spread over six years, a general increase of taxation has been and it will probably be carried out. The income tax is to be raised in a way to bring an aggregate addition of 20 per cent, the increase being graduated so as - to be only 10 per cent upon the smallest incomes and 50 per ,cent upon the largest. The minimum income tax will be $250. A war profits tax is to ,be initiated on both business profits and on incomes, but no personal income of less than $1,500 a year will be taxed on account of its having risen during the war, and in this way the wages of working people and moderate salaries do not have to pay'for the wage increases of war time. Higher than $1,500, personal incomes must pay 15 per cent of increase and companies that have increased profits must pay 20 per cent tax upon the increase.

Pershing of French Descent

Some interesting associations may easily be woven into a news item telling about a celebration which recently took place at Laclede, Mo. The town, one of the oldest in the old Southwest of the United States, was named after Pier|e Ligueste Laclade, a native of Bion, France, founder of St. Louis, Mo. Years ago a man named Pershing, a descendant of an emigrant who left Alsace when it was a French province, settled in Laclede. His son, the present Gen. Joseph Pershing, commander of the Amerlca.fi expeditionary forces In France, was born there. The celebration referred to was, of course, in lionor of General Pershing, and it was one of the most enthusiastic ever held in what used to be an almost exclusively French section of the country.

A Seven-Time Winner.

The unique record of having been torpedoed seven times is held by William Jessop, a seafarer of Hull, England, who is seventy-two years of age. He is still on the active list. “Young men,” he said, “have sometimes refused to sail with me, as they think I shall be unlucky.” Jessop is the oldest member of the Ships’ Cook and Stewards’ union in Hull, and generally sails as a cook or steward. During the first year of the war he waa torpedoed three times, and the lastffour ships on which he sailed were all lost. His courage, however, remains undiminished. “I will sign on to go anywhere,” he declared. *

Soldier Dressmakers.

War-broken soldiers are making ladles’ dresses in London, while former dressmakers are turning out shells and other munitions In factories. The London costumier has never been so busy in her life. Many are five or six Weeks deep in work, their clients being grateful to get a promise of dresses at almost any date. pay the dressmaker better than the needle, and they are all eager to go to Woolwich or the big factories to help make shells. A suburban dressmaker, who has three wounded men helping, says it is astonishing how well they do the work. The finest bead work on the market Is turned out by wouriffed soldiers.

A Good Haul.

“There is one way of raising revenue they have overlooked.” “What might that be?” "Putting a war tax on a poet’s license."

The Housewife and the War

(Special Information Service, United States Department of Agriculture.) SERVE SUGARLESS DESSERTS

Substitute Sirups for Sugar in Sweet Puddings.

SIRUPS USED TO SWEETEN DISHES

If Housewife Learns to Employ Substitutes Much Sugar Can Be Conserved. FEW RECIPES WILL ASSIST Honey, Corn Sorghum and Molasses Are All Good and Easily Procured for Making Cakes, Pies and Puddings. One cupful of sugar a week for everyone ! For our coffee, tea, cocoa, for our lemonade and iced tea, and for sweetening all our cereals, fruits and desserts. If we are to make this eight ounces now allowed per person per week last for the allotted time, we must either cut out many desserts or. learn to use the sugar substitutes. Honey, corn sirup, sorghum, molasses, and refiners’ sirup are among the best and most easily procured substitutes. Various fruit sirups and the’ homemade beet-sugar sirup can also serve in some parts of the country. The cupful or more of sugar that is usually required for a cake assumes | large proportion when we are on a sugar ration. This fruit cake which depends upon sirup and raisins for sweetening will be found just as good as one using sugar: Fruit Cake. % cupful shortening 1 teaspoonful salt 1 cupful corn sirup, 1 teaspoonful cloves sorghum, or refln- 1 teaspoonful ginger er's sirup 1 teaspoonful cinna2 eggs mon 2-8 cupful milk 1 cupful chopped 2 teaspoonfuls va- raisins nllla % cupful chopped % cupful rice flour nuts % cupful barley % cupful chopped flour citron 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder Mix fat and sirup; add egg yolks and milk. Put chopped fruit and nuts in batter and add dry materials sifted together. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake in loaf or muffin tin. The raisins and nuts may be omitted and the mixture baked as a plain spice cake. v Corn sirup can also be used in place of sugar as sweetening for cold drinks or for ices. This pineapple ice is excellent : Pineapple Ice. 1 cupful grated pine- 1 lemon apple 2 cupfuls water 13-6 cupfuls corn sirup Freeze as any water ice. Lemon pie is also good made with corn sirup as sweetening for both the lemon filling and the meringue. Lemon Pie Filling. 1 cupful corn sirup, 3 tablespoonfuls or refiner’s sirup lemon juice 1 cupful water Grated rind *4 lemon 4 tablespoonfuls 1 teaspoonful butter cornstarch % teaspoonful salt 2 egg yolks Mix corn sthrch and salt with the cold water and cook over the flame until the starch is clear. Beat in the sirup slowly to prevent lumping. Add beaten egg yolk, lemon juice and rind. Put in double boiler and cook. Put the filling in a crust that has been previously baked, spread with -meringue and brown in oven.

Meringue. % cupful corn sirup >4 teaspoonflil salt cooked until it 1 teaspoonful vanilla forms a hard ball 2 egg whites (stiffly when dropped in beaten). cold water Beat whites very stiff and beat tn sirup. Pile lightly On top lemon filling and brown in oven. For a chocolate pudding that calls for no sugar try this recipe: Chocolate Pudding. 2 cupfuls milk % salt 1 cupful corn sirup 2 squares chooclate 2 eggs 1 teaspoonful va6 tablespoonfuls nllla cornstarch Mix cornstarch with cold milk, add melted chocolate and sirup and cook until thickened. Pour into molds to cool. For chocolate pie or baked chocolate pudding, use slightly more liquid. Spread meringue on top and brown in oven. For baked apples or peaches the corn sirup or refiner’s sirup may be used very satisfactorily in place of sugar. A fruit whip, served very cold, makes an appetizing summer dessert. Prune Whip. 1 cupful sifted 2 teaspoonfuls lemprune pulp on juice 3 egg whites (stiffly U teaspoonful salt beaten) 6 tablespoonfuls sirup Wash the prunes and allow them to soak in water until they regain their plumpness. Simmer until tender, in the water in which they soaked. Rub the pulp through a sieve. Add salt to egg whites and beat until very stiff. Fold in the sifted fruit pulp and the lemon juice. Add the sirup last, beating it in carefully. Chill and serve with cream. Apricot or peach pulp or apple sauce may be used in exactly the same way. These are but a few suggestions for the use of sirups to save sugar. Try these and others. They can help make your sugar supply hold out.

OLD FRIENDS, NEW WAYS.

Remember that vegetables have their own particular part to play in the diet, which neither meats nor cereals nor fruits nor sweets ean play. Green Corn Pudding. This is a delicious way to serve either sweet corn or the tender field corn. A little sugar may be added to the field corn, if desired. Husk and silk 12 good-sized ears of corn. Slice off half the kernel with a. sharp knife, and with , the blunt edge of the knife scrape out the milky part that remains on the cob. Add a tablespoonful of butter, salt and pepper, and three-quarters cupful of milk. Bake for 45 minfites, allowing it to brown on top. This makes a creamy dish, which is best served in the pan or baking dish in which it bakes. Buttered Carrots. Wash and scrape small carrots and cut in narrow strips. Cook three cup; fuls of the carrots in just enough water to cover. When carrots are tender and only a small amount of water remains, add a. tablespoonful of butter. Cook slowly until almost all of the regaining water has evaporated. The carrots will have a delicious flavor cooked this way and none of the minerals will be wasted. String beans cut in halves lengthwise or parsnips cut In strips, are also good served this way.

A frying basket should be waned in the oven before being put into hot fat. It will thus not reduce the teas perature of the fat.

VICTOR NOW LOVED

War Has Brought Popularity to Italy’s King. His Democratic Ways, and Courage In the Face of Danger, Have Greatly Endeared, Him to Both Soldiers and Citizens. ' i The war has cast some kings down from their thrones and held up others to the scorn of the world. But it has also made some honored and beloved, not by their own people only but by millions of the citizens of other countries. King Albert of Belgium is one; King Victor of Italy is another. Victor has not the "imposing presence and heroic bearing of Albert, but his soul has risen nobly to the occasion. The extreme democracy of Italy, says Mr. Herbert Vivian in “Italy at War,” has always expressed itself in the freest criticism of the monarchy. During the agitation of May, 1915, when many persons feared that Italy might shrink from war, the name of King Victor Emmanuel HI was frequently taken in vain. The press published impudent caricatures and openly accused him of being swayed by Austrian sympathizers. Poor little man! So small, and rather alone! He has a splendid wife, Worthy daughter of the old lion of Montenegro, and he finds much homely happiness in his sturdy family. But he has been the subject of many slights and much Indifference; indeed, only in Italy is it known how near he was exiled in May, 1915. But the time for pity has gone by, and the king is now by far the most popular man in the kingdom. He is almost a dwarf, with a colorless face slightly bronzed by the elements, a crisp, manly voice, and a way of laughing with his eyes. He stands erect, with his short legs wide apart. His hair is beginning to grow gray, and there are furrows on his forehead and beside his mouth, yet he bears him- . self like a young man, walking fast and never tiring. He speaks little and simply, always to the point, looking men straight in the eyes and awakening strong feeling wherever he goes.

• He buzzes about the battle front In a little .gray motor, without escorts, - and with no precautions for his safety. He sleeps little and cares not where; he is quite happy in an Alpine hut or on striftv. His fare is of the simplest—a little cold meat, bread, cheese and chocolate—and he is always ready to share It with the nearest soldier. He says “Tu” to in a fatherly way, and welcomes familiarity from the soldiers. They treat him as one of themselves, but none have ever taken advantage of his good nature. He laughed heartily when an old soldier called out to him: “Nay, majesty, what be doing here? This is no place for thee. Get thee gone at once!” He interests himself in all the men he meets. “Dear me," he says* “what a lot of post cards! Are they all for sweethearts? Give them to me and I will send them with my own letters. Such things should not be delayed.” “Why do you look so glum? No news from your family? Cheer up! I’ll send a wire for you to inquire.” The soldiers see him praying with glistening eyes over a dying comrade. “For your majesty,” gasped a dying soldier as he stretched out his arms. “Not so, my son,” was the grave reply, “for Italy.” Another incident that happened on the battle front gives a picture of the king’s courage. In the midst of shell fire a lieutenant who had fallen, mortally wounded, called a soldier, gave him a few keepsakes to convey to his family and then ordered him to fly. But the soldier-tried to carry the lieutenant to a place of safety. Some gunners called to him through the infernal fire: “Save yourself! Save yourself!” But still he remained. lathe distance a motor horn could be heard, and the whisper went round that the king had left the field. The soldier still struggled with the officer’s body, but the lieutenant died in his arms. Flinging himself on the corpse, the young fellow exclaimed with tears: "Even the king has gon? away!” Then a hand touched his shoulder. He shook himself, rose and stood at attention. “My dear boy,” said the king, “the car has gone, but the king ■; is still with you.” And there he remained till the end of the day.

Enemy Son of British Princess.

Claremont, the fine old mansion and property at Esher, in England, where the greatly lamented and once tremendously popular Princess Charlotte, daughter of George IV, spent her married life, has been turned into a girls’ school under the pressure of war. The duchess of Albany owns it now, whose son, the duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, is married to a niece of the German emperor, and is in the war against us. There is a pretty strong feeling in England against permitting him to inherit the beautiful property at his mother’s death.

The Horrors of War.

“This war is dreadful!” „ ' "Why, what’s the matter now?" “One can never tell when the laundry is coming home.”—London TitBits.

Another Yarn Exploded.

“She says she is only twenty-eight" “Twenty-eight! Great Scott, sh« has a son who was 1B the first draft."