Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 232, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1918 — Page 3

The Housewife and the War

(Special Information Service, United States Department of Agriculture.) RICE FLOUR TO SAVE WHEAT

The Flour Is Made From Highly Milled Table Rice and From Broken Graine.

HELP MEET NEED OF SUBSTITUTES

Rice Hour Being Used in Manufacture of Bread, Cookies, Cakes and Waffles.. GOOD GOVERNMENT RECIPES Mow Being Made in Large Quantities to Save Wheat—Whiteness Makes It Particularly .Useful to Bakbr and Caterer. Rice flour, which before the wheat shortage was used only by caterers and bakers In small amounts, is now being manufactured In larger quantities to. ■help meet the need of wheat substitutes. The whiteness of -rice flour makes it particularly useful to the baker and ■caterer, and In the effort to save wheat housewives are learning to use this product in breads, cakes, and cookies alone or combined with other substitutes. The recipes which follow have been tested in the experimental kitchen of the department of agriculture, office of home economics, ' and the United States food administration, home conservation section. Rice Flour Waffles. 1% cups rice flour R 4 cups milk 1 teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons melted 3 teaspoons baking fat powder ’ 2 eggs Sift the dry Ingredients together and add slowly to the milk, beaten egg yolks, and melted fat Fold tn stiffly beaten whites and cook in hot wellgreased waffle irofls. Shortcake. .1% cups rice flour 4 tablespoons short--4 teaspoons baking enlng powder 1 egg 2 teaspoon salt 1 cup milk Mix as you would muffins, bake In layer cake tin, split, and butter while hot Put a layer of sweetened berries •or other fresh fruit between the halves and on top. Chocolate Nut Cookies. 14 cup corn sirup 4 tablespoons barley 2 tablespoons flour strained honey 1 teaspoon baking 2 squares chocolate powder 10 tablespoons rice % -teaspoon salt flour 1 teaspoon vanilla % cup chopped nut meats Mix and drop by the spoonful on greased baking sheets. Bake 15 minutes.

Sponge Cake. 3 egfcs (yolks and IV4 teaspoons baking whites beaten sep- powder arately) 2 teaspoons lemon % cup sugar juice , 1 tablespoon hot 1 teaspoon vanilla water % cup rice flour % teaspoon salt Thissponge cake can serve as the basis for many desserts. Bake as a loaf cake or in muffin molds. Baked in a thin sheet, spread with soft jelly, and rolled it makes a delicious jelly roll. Serve with a sauce. Bake in layers and fill with custard filling for a Martha Washington pie or use for" a shortcake with fresh fruit between the layers. Rice-Flour Cake. *4, cup fat % cup milk % cup sugar 1 teaspoon salt 2 eggs i ' ' 2 teaspoons baking % cup riced boiled powder potatoes packed I*6 cups rice flour compactly Into a 1 teaspoon vanilla cup Mix and bake in muffin molds for cup cakes or in layers or loaf. If baked in layers, a lemon filling fe good with it -i . Variation.—For chocolate cake, add two squares of chocolate to the above recipe. . V For spice cake, add one teaspoonful cinnamon, half teaspoonful nutmeg, and one teaspoonful spice. Quick Nut Bread. 1 cup milk % cup mashed pota2 tablespoons melted toes - fat 11A cups barley flour 4 tablespoons corn 4 teaspoons baking sirup ~ powder '; 2 eggs 1 teaspoon salt cups rice flour 1 cup chopped nuts Mix in order given. Bake in loaf pan in a moderate oven for one and a quarter hours. Yeast Bread. Fifty per cent wheat flour and 50 per cent substitutes. Its, cups liquid 1 tablespoon com M cup mashed pota- sirup toM 2 teaspoons salt 1U cups wheat flour l* cup» barley flour wake yeast 1% cups rice flour

Make a sponge of all the Ingredients except the rice and barley flour. The potatoes used should be freshly mashed with no fat or milk added. The water In which they are cooked can be used for the liquid. Let this sponge stand in a warm place until very light lx dry yeast is used, set the sponge the night before It is needed. Add rice, flour and barley flour when the sponge is light. Knead and let rise until double In bulk- Knead again, form into loaf and allow to rise until bulk is again doubled. Brush over the top of loaf with melted fat before putting ft’to rise. All breads made with substitute flours are better if baked In single-loaf pans or In rolls or buns. This recipe will make one large loaf. Bake for one and tT quarter hours in a hot oven.

Goats Save Babies.

The vocation of a certain Virginia minister is to save souls. For an avocation he saves lives. He confines his soul-saving operations to his congregation, while his life-saving activities cover the state at large. A large number of robust, vigorous babies owe their health to the milk produced by milch goats which this minister made available to the parents of these formerly puny and sickly infants. The novel scheme which this goat keeper practices Is to rent out fresh does to families with sickly children. The renter pays a given amount for each day’s use of the doe, furnishes and feeds materials in such amount as the owner directs and signs- a contract which makes him responsible for the full value of the goat In case of accident. The renter also pays the expressage on the goat from the point of origin to and from his home. In the main, these goats are maintained at a cost of approximately 5 cents a day; oats, corn, clover and alfalfa hay, browse and sanitary table scraps constitute their ration. This, of course, Is contrary to the general supposition that- the average milclj goat possesses a tln-can appetite and a back-alley disposition. As a substitute cow for babies the milch doe is extremely efficient, says the United States department of agriculture. She will produce consistently for a period of from eight to ten months between two and two and one-half pounds of good quality milk a day, which Is highly effective where It Is used intelligently in decreasing Infant mortality due to malnutrition.

Food Inspectors Help.

The housewife can see at a glance how much food she is to get for her money when it is in package form and labeled in accordance with the provisions of the federal food and drugs act, say the officials of the bureau of chemistry of the United States department of agriculture, charged with the enforcement of that law. The federal food and drugs act provides that all food in package form, shipped .into interstate or foreign commerce, shall bear on the labels a plain and conspicuous statement of the quantity of. the contents of the package, In terms of weight, measure or numerical count. Federal food Inspectors are always on the watch for interstate shipment of food in package form, to see that the labels tell the truth with respect to the quantity of food in the packages. Several samples are taken from each shipment in order that their average weight may be determined. If the packages are found to be short in weight or measure, the party responsible for the shipment may be prosecuted under the criminal section of the law. ’ • The act does not apply to foods which are sold and consumed within the state where produced or manufactured, but to those that are shipped from one state to another, or to or from a foreign country, or manufactured or sold within the District Ot Columbia or a territory. Many states have net weight or measure laws, however, which protect the housewife from short weight or measure in package foods produced and sold within the state. Federal and state food officials co-operate in the work of enforcing these laws in order that abuses which cannot be reached under one law may be corrected under the other. Children should never be allowed rich and heavy preserves.

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Became a Father at Age of 102, When Eldest Son Had Already Lived 73 Years.

A father at eighty-four—such is the recent record of Mr. Jackson, a north country fanner, says London Tit-Bits. Men more patriarchal still have figured in the ranks of fathers. Such a robust veteran was Sir William Nicholson of Glenbervy, a grand old Scotsman. who lived nurse an infant daughter after he had passed his nine-ty-second birthday. Sir William then had a daughter alive of his first marriage, aged sixty-six. He married his last wife when he was eighty-two, and. had six children. \ “ ■ a Sir Stephen Fox’s last child was cradled when the father was within a few months of completing his hundredth year! Sir Stephen was born in 1627, and had by his first wife a daughter who died issnfancy In 1655. The child of his old age survived to the year 1828,. and was thus able to say, “I had a sister who was bulled 173 years ago!” When William'Frest of Ripon was laid to rest In 1789, at the age of one hmidred and eight, he was followed to his grave by his eldest son, a veteran of eighty-eight, and by his youngest boy, aged fifteen, who made his appearance when his father was within sight of his ninety-second birthday and when his eldest brother was seventytwo. Thomas Beatty ’of Drumcondra, near Dublin, celebrated his one hundred and second birthday on the very day on which his youngest born entered the world, and when his eldest son had already seen seventy-two years. Thomas Pars made his first trip to the altar at eighty and became the. father of two children; and he was so full of vigor that he made a second matrimonial venture 42 years later, when his years numbered one hundred and twenty-two.

Birds and Animals Pretend Violence in Play, but They Stop Short in Exercising It

Small birds chase each other about in play, but perhaps the conduct of the crane and the trumpeter is the most extraordinary. The latter stands on one leg, hops about in the most eccentric manner and throws somersaults. Some call it “the mad bird,” on account of its singularities. Water birds, such as ducks and geese, dive after each other and clear the surface of the water with outstretched neck and flapping wings, throwing abundant spray around. Deer often engage in a trial of strength by twisting their horns together and pushing for the mastery. All animals pretending violence In their play stop short of exercising It; the dog takes the greatest precaution not to injure by his bite, and the orangutang, in wrestling with his keeper, pretends to throw him, and makes feints of biting him. Some animals carry out in their play a semblance of catching their prey ; young cats, for instance, leap after every small and moving object, even to leaves strewn by the autumn wind. They crouch and steal forward, ready for the spring; with the body quivering and tail vibrating with emotion, they bound on the moving leaf and again spring forward to another.

Bumper Crop of Babies in United States During 1917 According to Statistics

Infant mortality statistics complied "By the New York milk committee reveal the fact that there was a bumper baby crop throughout the United States in 1917. Basing its conclusions on the figures gleaned from 163 of the largest cities in the Country, the committee estimates that the number of births throughout the nation totaled 2,678,000 and the number of deaths 1,648,000, leav*ng a national increase in population Qf over 1,000,000. Among the cities of the honor class Omaha claims first place with a death rate of only 59.2, and Seattle comes second with a rate of 59.4. Nashville, Tenn., had the highest rate, 182.2. Chicago’s rate was 106.4. The five honor roll cities boasting death rates under 50 per 1,000 are Berkeley, CaL, with a population of 40,434, 43.4; Everett, Mass., with a population of 33,484, 45.5; Bfookline, Mass., with a population of 37,792, 41.2; Alameda, Cal., with a population of 23,383, 40.7; and La Crosse, Wis., with a population of 30,417, 42.2.

Loss in Weight May Mean Loss in One’s Efficiency

There is no doubt that a certain amount of reduction in weight can be endured by the vigorous for a considerable time, but not without serious loss in efficiency, if long continued, writes Thomas B. Osborne, in Atlantic. In every community there are many men below normal weight, and these are always looked upon with suspicion by insurance companies and enlistment officers, even though no pathological cause can be found for their underweight.

Distance Wireless Can Reach.

There Is practically no limit to the distance that the wireless station at Arlington, Va., can talk. Not only can It reach all parts of the Atlantic, but has talked directly with the Hawaiian islands In the Pacific and can reach more distant parts at the world by relays, • /

AMERICA’S CREED

Worth Committing to Memory and Repeating in Unison at All Gatherings

Do you know “America's Creed?” The quotation marks are used because it had never been officially promulgated; but it was prepared in Washington for the Americanization program of las| Flag day—June 14th —and is therefore at least semiofficial. It is worth learning by heart, and worth saying in unison at all sorts of gatherings. And here it is: “I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the-consent of the governed, a democracy in a republic; a sovereign nation of many sovereign states; a perfect union, one and inseparable,, established upon these principles of freedom, equality, justice and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes. “I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it; to support its Constitution; obey its laws; to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies. , - „ “Believing in the above creed, <f l pledge allegiance to the Stars and Stripes and to the republic for which they stand. One language one country and one flag, and “In the presence of Almighty God ! sincerely pledge myself to aid my government with all the power I possess in the great world struggle now in progress for the democracy of the world —for the independence of the small nations as well as the larger ones, and “I further pledge my life and all my worldly goods to aid the president of our nation in directing the American forces with our allies in their grim and determined fight for freedom, patriotism and humanity.”

More Than 55,000 Soldiers Totally Blinded in France As Result of World War.

France has mpre than '55,000 men who have been made totally blind in battle. To care for these unfortunates is one of the most serious problems in that county. Since the war began Eugene Brieux, the French writer, has devoted nearly all his time and energies to caring for the blind soldiers sent back from the trenches, and the following appeal in their behalf is from his little paper, Le Journal'des Blesses aux Yeux: “Within a year, if we do not receive sufficient aid, we shaU have to cease all our distributions of help. It is serious. We have sent monthly to 371 families of the blind assistance amounting to from 20 to 46 francs. “We have paid the-cost of civilian clothes for some of them, enabled a particularly afflicted victim (both blind and armless) to enjoy a winter season on the milder shores of the Mediterranean sea. And now I shall have to cut out many a stricken family from our lists if more assistance in funds be not forthcoming. And this at a time when the cost of living has exceeded all reasonable limits.”

FOR THE POULTRY GROWER.

Corn, when it is just ripening and passing through the dough stage into the more hardened condition, if fed to chickens causes a loose condition of the bowels, and if no other food is given, the birds are forced to eat this kind of feed and digestive troubles will follow. The flock in its ranging about the farm at this time of year may, unbeknown to you, get some of this corn, and may show the symptoms at present. The first indications should be a warning, and the birds, if necessary, should be confined. If a good ration is fed, however, twice per day —that is, morning and night, and in sufficient quantities, the birds will not eat enough to do them any harm. Either one of the above methods will help to keep the flock out of trouble of this kind. The easiest way is to give them sufficient hard grain morning and night to satisfy their appetites. ' '

Robert Louis Stevenson’s Advice to Ciass of Giris

Robert Louis Stevenson was once called upon to address a Sunday school class of young girls. He told them the parable of the talents, and then went on to say that there were three talefits every one possessed and ought to make us of. “Tongues that they must use to cheer and make happy all around them; faces that they must keep bright as new shillings, so that they might'shine like lamps in their homes; and hands that must be kept employed in useful work cheerfully done.” Very good advice in these war days for all of us, whatever our age or sex. —Exchange?.

Timely Thoughts.

The reason some men get more fun out of life than others is because they don’t want to get all the' money too. > Luck and perseverance often go hand in hand. „ The other.fellow is the man we all think ought to help out when we get into trouble. Mighty few people believe what a man tells about himself. That is the reason the courts insist upon the testimony of character witnesses.

Mother’s Cook Book

A sweet temper is to the household what sunshine is to trees and flowers. The homes of a nation are its strongest forts. Good Things Mother May Make. Turnips make a very good dish, treated as one does potatoes for an escalloped dish. Garnish the dish with fresh parsley and serve from the baking dish. ■ Chill Con Came. Cut two pounds of round steak into small square pieces. Melt two tablespoonfuls of butter substitute in a saucepan and when hot brown the steak, then add one cupful of water and four tablespoonfuls of rice. Cover and cook until tender. Now add three canned red peppers cut in slices, one cupful of cooked beans, two parboiled and sliced onions, one tablespoonful of corn, flour, four cloves, a clove of garlic chopped, a teaspoonful of salt; cook all together until well blended and the gravy is of the right consistency. Serve garnished with parsley. A spoonful or two of grated cheese added to the creamed toast will make of it quite another dish and one which all may eat except the two-year-olds and younger. .

Plum Pudding Jelly. Cover half a box of gelatin with onehalf cupful of cold water and let stand for an hour. Mix one cupful of raisins, one-fourth cupful of sliced citron, and one-fourth cupful of currants; add a tablespoonful of orange or grape juice. Scald a pint of milk and a cupful of strained honey and an ounce of melted chocolate.. Mix all the ingredients and when it is slightly firm, add the fruit so it will not. sink to the bottom. Turn into a mold and when ready to serve, garnish with whipped and sweetened cream. Fig Pudding. Wash, pick over and chop one pound of figs. Beat three eggs very light, put a cupful of suet through the meat chopper, add two cupfuls of breadcrumbs, three-quarters of a cupful of milk and a cupful of strained, honey. Mix all together and turn into a well-greased mold. Steam three hours. Serve hot with an egg sauce or with hard sauce. Desserts. Ices, sherbets and ice creams' are all easily digested and most wholesome for all members of the family. When nuts and fruits are used in creams they should be put through tjie meat chopper. The flavor is better and the cream smoother. Leftovers of cake, creams, jelly and fresh as well as preserved fruits may be used for desserts. Stale sponge cake with a bit of fruit juice, a spoonful of nuts and whipped cream, makes a most palatable and satisfying dessert.

One Ton of Meter Jewels.

One ton of sapphires was used during the year of 1917 in ode factory where the jeweled bearings of electric meters are made, says Electrical Experimenter. The jewels are purchased In the rough and are put through finishing and drilling processes which require a degree of skill comparable only to that of an experienced watchmaker.

Baby Has Appendicitis.

Charles Travitz, thirteen days old, was operated on recently at the Harrisburg hospital in Harrisburg, Pa., for appendicitis. The operation was successful. The child, is the youngest. patient to go on the operating table at that institution.

GASFUMES DEADLY

Devilish German Device Fatal to All Forms of Ufa. Without Proper Maska There le No Escape—Even Rate In the Trenchpa Succumb—Horse* Now Fit. ted With Respirator*. The Intensity of the phosgene gaa wave can be gathered from the fact that buttons and ammunition were quickly corroded and turned a villainous green color. In a few cases rifles stuck and Lewis guns jammed, owing to the effects of the gas on the ammunition and the breech mechanism. One good thing abont the attack was that most of the rats In the trenches were killed. All attempts to clear them out had been useless. But what ferrets and terriers and virus could not accomplish the Boche gas did. Curiously enough, two kittens, which Inhabited the dugout of the commanding officer of one of the battalions of the Scottish Borderers, who were in reserve, came through it alive. The kittens were badly gassed and lay breathing rapidly, suffering from spasms and with profuse salivation. Possibly their fur helped to absorb some of the gas, for five hours later the little victims, were almost themselves again, though they continued to cough occasionally and drank water continually. The waiter they took in preference to milk. The fourth German attack of 1916 was made June 17, in Flanders, near Melsslnes. Like those of April, It was Intensely strong, very short, and went over in successive waves at intervals of about 20 minutes. I had no personal experience of this attack, but the cloud must have been very strong, for it killed animals at “Plugstreet," three and a half miles away, and was quite distinctly perceptible even at Bethune. At the “Piggeries”—the remains of a model farm in rear of Plugstreet Wood belonging to a notable French sportsman —a calf was found dead, after the passage of the cloud, with the body very much blown out Dead rats lay in dose proximity. Even farther back than this animals were seriously affected. The army mules in the line of the gas were seized with fits of coughing and kicked violently, making them even more difficult to handle than usual. It is probably not realized that horse masks are now issued on a scale sufficient to provide protection for all horses and mules, such as those of the first line transport and the artillery, which have to approach anywhere near the lines. The present form of these respirators is that of a big bag soaked in chemicals which £fts over the animal’s nostrils, leaving its mouth free so that the use of the bit Is not interfered with. When not in use the horse respirator folds up very nicely and neatly Into a canvas case which can be carried on the breastband of the harness or any place from which it can be quickly adjusted. Some of the animals take to these masks —“horsplrators,” some wag called them—quite quickly, but others are strenuous objectors; some of those hardened sinners, the mules, transferring themselves into masses of teeth and hoofs whenever an attempt is made to fix on the gas bags. These masks have proved of the greatest value and have saved any number of horses’ lives. The cavalry are not provided with them, as it is not anticipated that they will be near enough to be affected by gas cloud at- v tacks, and when the cavalry are mounted and in action it is unlikely that they will meet even poison gas shells “in large numbers. Added to this is the fact that a horse can stand more gas than a man without being distressed.— Maj. S. M. J. Auld in Saturday Evening Post

Japanese Cities Open Public Markets.

The large cities of Japan are making efforts to keep down prices of foodstuffs by opening municipal market* Ever-increasing cost of living has caused this step to be taken. The results at Tokyo have been satisfactory. In Osaka a market has been opened by the authorities in each ward, greatly to the public benefit. The government has taken up the matter, and the home minister, at the recent conference of prefectural governors, urged the necessity of protecting the public from exactions of middlemen and profiteers. He assured the established retailers that, so long as they asked fair profits, the government policy would be to let them alone, but in cities where markets had been established by the local authorities the latter would be sustained. —East and West News.

New Land Monitor.

A bowl-shaped tank of novel construction, shown in Popular Mechanics Magazine, is now being considered by the war department. It has a revolving turret that makes it possible to fire in any direction, and win accommodate a crew of eight men. A scraper attached to its base enables it to fill shell craters and trendies. A scope is used by the man who controls the turret.

Accelerating Influence.

“Why did you put the crown prince in charge of the army?” asked one Prussian general. "He couldn’t lead any fighting.” “We didn’t expect Mm to," replied another. *We wanted Mm to lead the running.-