Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 255, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1918 — POPULAR SCIENCE [ARTICLE]

POPULAR SCIENCE

The telephone operator in Egypt Is required to speak flve languages: English, French, Italian, Greek and Arabic. " Tailors in some sections of the country are making a specialty of turning men’s suits inside out, as a war economy measure. The newest type of tank assigned for use in warfare is steamrdriven and weighs 4 tons. It is of American design and manufacture. President Faunce of Brown university says that the cruelties of Babylon were nothing compared with the scientific “synthetic hellishness” of German warfare.

The principal sugar substitutes recommended by government chemists are corn sirup, maltose (sirup made from potatoes), honey and high-grade refiners’ sirup. All washable tablecloths and napkins remaining unsold in shops throughout Germany have been commandeered by the imperial clothing officer for army use. Kettles of paper are carried by the Japanese soldiers. When hot water is wanted the kettle is filled and the outside doused with water when it is hung over the fire and in ten minutes the water is boiling.