Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 282, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1918 — Page 3

Reasons for Failure of Heating Systems

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' , _ . F i--At j-vw-t -fnr mov*o oof icFfi more satisfactory heat in their homes. their Meretoioro heat ng eng neera p y poorly constructed * leatm £ J , ven ? J? owmJL onZtr> oo « tn overcome the handiHouses and nave trustee* to meir «Diuiy as engineers w uvcitvuiu tuu uauut and cared less, about the requirements of home comfort Now that the stress savere a ?. pr ? achtn^^ e laving the foundation the heating ana ventilating engmeeroao to a s my a ■of a more effective economy in the years just aneau r I have especially in mind-some of those conditions (principally residential) that not only work against economic heating, but absolutely prevent it in n inrr»o nnmhpr nf canes. Some of these conditions are due to the mistakes of the architect with knowledge aforethought or otherwise* some of them to X to' those tO 6 houses the sheathing is very Inferior in grade and loosely butted at the edges, when there should be solid boards and lap joints. Some of the houses have no building paper or its equivalent, some have one course of the building paper and a few have two, but very few courses are laid with care to serve as an insulation. Two courses of paper in face contact are, it should be stated, inferior to one ♦course with the sheathing and one course woven in and out over the studding; •or, to one course with the sheathing and one course on the inside of the studding, with strippings under the laths to bring the plaster free from the paper surface. Again, suppose the wall is well protected against inleakage, but ,the sipper and lower ends of the spaces between the studs are‘open; in this case there is freer convection of air upward between the inner and outer layers of riie wall and the heat that should be kept within the room is dissipated to this air current and lost to the attic, and the conditions are worse than the open wall in that the heat is lost and there is no corresponding physical benefit from inleakage. • Another feature of house design that is frequently fatal to the plans of the heating engineer is the overhanging room with only one thickness of Seven-eighth-inch flooring on the room and light celling over the porch. This always gives a cold floor that is not only uncomfortable to the occupants, but eliminates heating possibilities- on cold days. These remarks do not apply, of •course, to sleeptag porches with no heat. If an overhanging room is desired, be sure to provide for a well-insulated floor. One feature of house construction that reflects against the builder rather than the architect is the loose construction around the windows. The owner wishes free moving sash and the workmen give him everything he could -desire in this regard. But how aboiit the person who is expected to Inhabit the room on a zero day when the wind is blowing a 20-mfle velocity? I have caught snow in my hand at a distance of two feet from a tightly locked window in a house supposed to have better than ordinary construction. Window strips, metal weather strips and storm windows may be urged. Storm windows, top hung, give satisfactory insulating during the cold days and at the earns time provide ventilating possibilities on moderate days. An average nineroom house can be supplied with good storm windows, west, north and east, for an expenditure of from $75 to SIOO, and the coal saving will pay for the first cost in two years’ time. Such storm windows are no hindrance to openwindow ventilation when desired. Next, let us look at the chimney. Several points in common practice among architects tend toward inefficiency. The outside chimney, in spite of its possibilities toward exterior ornamentation, is not a good draft producer because of the chilling effect of the outside air. , Another point, chargeable principally to the owner, is the low basement •ceiling that reduces the pitch of the steam mains or warm-air leaders to a minimum. If the average householder realized the importance of extra pitch to the pipes In the basement, he would let loose of enough additional capital to guarantee a ceiling height of eight feet instead of six feet, as Is so often found ■/4 '■ <>•••’" r'-r Is It not possible to develop a campaign of education In such a way that the average man who may be contemplating building himself a little home may become more informed on these vital points that are so necessary to-co-ordinating the heating and ventilating features with the building construction, and tn that way develop an independent thinker who will not be wholly at the mercy of the unscrupulous promoter or the uninformed Individual who frequently poses as an architect or engineer? May the time soon come when we will build our houses to serve as homes and .not as private cantonments.

Mother’s Cook Book.

Finish' every -day and be done with it. You have done what you could, some blundeaa have crept in; forget them as eon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it well and serenely and with a too high spirit to be cumbered with your old Economical Dishea. A delicious Scotch broth may be made from the liquor in which boiled mutton was cooked. Remove the fat, add a finely cut turnip, carrot, onion and a stalk of celery. Cook until the vegetables are tender. , a*' .‘.ceres- „ ' Cream Soup. Cut thin slices of bread as thin as shavings, put them with a small amount of butter in a saucepan and stir until well browned; add salt to taste and add boiling water enough to make the amount of soup needed, then add a cupful of boiling cream, and be sure that the soup is well salted. More cream may be added if a richer soup is desired. - Green Pea Custard... Rinse a can of green peas in cold water; save.for a broth. Add the peas to a pint of milk, a teaspoonful of salt, a dash of pepper and two well-beaten eggs. Cook in individual cups in a pan of hot water until the custard is firm. Meat Balls. Trim ass the fat and skin from a pound of round steak, put over the fire and add a quart of cold water, an onion, a stalk of celery, a tablespoonful of parsley and a teaspobnful of salt Cook one hour. Soak a slice of bread in water and squeeze, dry, then mix the steak, which has been finely minced, with a beaten egg, two tablespoonfuls of sweet fat, one teaspoonful of salt and a dash of pepper. Make Into balls as large as an egg, and boil ten minutes in the broth. Brown a tablespoonful of flour in- the same amount of fat; add the broth, stirring until thick. Pour the gravy over the meat halls and serve. When a few frankfurte must serve a larger number than expected, slice them thin and fry in a little fat, instead of boiling them. Serve with fried potatoes. •ante' Cheese Croquettes, Cut into small dice one poun2 of American cheese. Have ready a cupful of hot white muce; add it to the

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cheese, the yolks of two well-beaten eggs, diluted with a little cream. Stir until well blended; season with salt, red pepper and a grating of nutmeg. Set on ice until cold> then form into croquettes. Roll in fine crumbs, dip in egg and brown in a little fat. Baked Bread and Cheese. Spread slices of stale bread with butter, lay in a baking dish and cover with a pint of milk to which two eggs have been added. Season well with pepper and salt, add a cupful of goodflavored cheese, grated, and bake until the custard is thick.

Plant Strength Will Force Stones Out of Their Place

One would scarcely associate great strength with so delicate and fragile a thing as maiden hair fern, yet if its roots have not sufficient room they will break the pot in which the plant grows. Blades of grass win force the curbstones between which they spring up out of their place. Indeed, plants are on record as having broken hard rocks. The island of Aldabra, to the northwest of Madagascar, is becoming smaller through the action of- titer mangroves that grow along the foot of the cliffs.

. You never can tell. The under dog sometimes deserves all he gets. Paradoxical as it may seem, many a fellow has a weakness for strong 'language. Foresight may be all right, but it won’t keep a man from being stabbed in the back. The German army has evidently discovered that it is cheaper to move than to pay rent The pessimist Is always looking for the worst and complains when he gets it

Cloth Made From Asbestos.

The finest variety of asbestos is known as amianthus, and the most beautiful specimens of this come from Tarantalse to Savoy. Hence the fabric woven from asbestos is sometimes known as amianthine doth.

Food for Thought

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"Gobs," Not "Jackies," and "Yanks," Nor "Sammees," Are Names Our Fighters Prefer

or mac mauimess. J K , 4o*»lHa a a [little fellow sailing a toy boat in a pond. _ Jackie? rorget mat jacKit? dluix* .> l_- npr ? f i ond universal Tliev la’x a .jLLMI'-ii. QflmnAi n ~ Brood, sonorous Biblical gets ST our Ai»a oonmiwiM th A ftDDelsoiaiers, scorning me omumw appci thus STmen indoor Mvy S thSiselves gobs.

FOR A LAUGH

Wanted a Square DeaL “Just thought of that V you loaned me three years ago, old man. Here it is, and a thousand thanks.” “Hold on I $2.80 more, if you please. A dollar is worth only fifty-four cents compared with what it was when you got the loan.” At'Last 1

Evidently a Novice. “You told me you were an experienced waiter,” said the restaurant manager. “How devou know Pm not?” “You saiu you’ for a 25 cent UP.” ' . Dissenting Views. “Didn’t you think the new play rather fatuous?” “Well, no; I thought it rather thin." ' Marital Amenities. x* She -I was a fool when I married you. He—That is what all my friends told me at the time. Family Interests.

“And what did the doctor tell you?” “Why, he looked me over and asked me if I had made a will.” “Ah, is your condition so bad?" “I don’t know; but his brother is a lawyer.”

Somewhat Annoying. “It makes me mad for my husband to talk in his sleep.” “The poor man can’t help it” “Maybe not but ft looks like an intimation that I don’t give him a chance ab any other time.”

B. S. Sets New High Mark For Its Foreign Commerce.

New high records for September foreign trade in both imports and exports were announced by the department of commerce. Imports were $282,000,000, an increase of nearly $26,000,000 over September, 1917, and exports $550,000,000, an increase of about SIOO,000,060. For the nine months ending September, 1918, imports Were $2,322,000,000, an increase of $40,000,000 while exports for the nine months, val tied at $4,561,a»,000. represented a alight decrease.

Sound Under Water.

The velocity with which sound trav-j els through water is more than four times as groat as through the air. As long ago as 1827 the sound at a bell under water was transmitted over 21 uMlre. • ’

“Dey say soap is goto’ to be more expensive," said Meandering Mike. “I hope it is,” replied Plodding Pete; ‘Tve wai’ ed years fur some half-way excuse fur not usin’ it”

FIRST THING FRENCH POILUS LEARN IN BASEBALL IS HOW TO CUSS POOR UMPIRE

AMERICAN SAILORS ANO SOLDIERS IN FRANCE.

lus learned of the great American game of baseball, after the French military authorities had officially ordered that they be instructed by Yankee soldier details, was to “cuss" the umpire. The Americans consider this a sign of distinct progress among their pupils and they have redoubled their efforts to drill into them the finer points of the game. And baseball has taken big with the French, and even now there is talk of an after-the-war “League National” with Paris, Marseilles, Lyons, Tours, Strassburg, Bordeaux and other French cities composing the circuit Sport Was Needed. About the time the “work or fight” law put a damper on the sport in the States the French military leaders who had seen the Americans playing in every place or square in most of the cities and villages of France, decided that it was a sport conducive to physique needed in military trainii j and they asked the American authorities for details to teach their men the game. W Practically every French barracks behind the lines was given a detail from the American commands. They procured the equipment and Issued guide books written in French for the soldiers. - The procedure of the instruction at one of the “casernes” may be considered typical of the hundreds of instruction camps inaugurated during the summer. . Instruction Begins. Early in August the detail of instructors first appeared on an impro-

FREDDIE WELSH IN UNIFORM

Former Lightweight Champion of Work! Is Now Private in United States Army.

Freddie Welsh, former lightweight champion of the world, is now a pri-

Freddie Welsh.

vate in the United States army. He is attached to the medical service and stationed at Washington.

MACK SEES GREAT COMEBACK

Leader of Athletics Predict* Big Things for Baseball—People Thirst for Sport. “Baseball going to come back strong,” asserts, Connie Mack. “If peace is arranged during the winter, the season of 1919 will be one of the best on record, for the people are thirsting for a return of sport on an unrestricted scale., - ~ ’J" “personally, I am not to favor of resuming baseball until the war ends. It has been suggested that some of the large major league clubs in the East form a temporary circuit composed of players under the military age. J-.'* “This would never be a success, for the fans would not take a half-hour’s car ride to see them play. “I am against anything that win tend to cheapen baseball. I would much rather see the parks closed than try to palm off the spurious artide on the baseball public.”

Club Free of Debt

Olympia A. A. of Philadelphia recently reorganized for the 1918-19 season. The treasurer’s report showed the total receipts for the past year to bn $130871.61. The dub is free of ddbt. It conducts weekly boxing shows with an occasional special show to addition between foremost boxers.

vised diamond on the and went through rudimentary explanations with athletic instructors and men from 30 regiments as eager scholars. Three classes of more than fifty men each puzzled over intricate explanations for forty minutes each. The American detail appeared twice a week thereafter and with the aid of their guide books the poilus began to absorb such phrases as “out at first,” only it was “hors sur le premiere base.” At the end of three weeks’ practice the French soldiers learned many of the fine points of the game and were thoroughly imbued with the spirit of the great American pastime. After the first lesson teams were organized and a series of games played, allowing the men to learn the game from experience and not from observation, plays being explained as the game progressed. ITISLI UvLTUn VIOVUIIIIIIUVM* As the soldiers spend but from three to six weeks at the headquarters for physical instruction, it was found necessary to discontinue the instruction September 18. On that day six teams representing the three regions from which the 30 regiments are drawn met in a three-game series. They were able to play an average of 3% Innings in the 40-min Ute period, which is not bad for beginnersAre they learning the game? Yes, swear the Yankee instructors, for in the last game one poilu protested with all the vigor of two active arms and a lot of nonunderstandable French when an American corporal, acting as “arbiter,” called him out on a close decision at first

FIRST PLAYER TO BE KILLED

Eddle Grant, Third Baseman of New York Giants, Meets Death Fighting in France. Edward L. Grant, former third baseman of the Giants, is the first of the many major league baseball players in the service to g’ve his life for his country. . At the outbreak of the war Grant joined the officers' training camp at Plattsburg end was commissioned a first lieutenant. He was then detailed to Camp Upton and soon went overseas. Captain Grant was a native of Franklin, Mass., where he was born in 1883. His first experience In baseball was at Harvard university, where he proved to be an excellent player. After graduation in 1905 he played ylth an independent club at Lynn, Mass., and the following year went to Jersey City of the old Eastern league. His work attracted the attention of major league scouts and In 1967 he was signed by the Philadelphia National league club, for which he played third base till 191 L Then he was traded to Cincinnati for McQuillan, Paskert, Beebe and Rowan. He remained with the Reds till 1913, when he was purchased by New York. Grant finished the seasons of 1914 and 1915 with the Giants and then retired in order to devote himself to his law work in Boston. As soon as the war broke out he joined the colors. Grant was a clever third sacker and a fair hitter, his best major league batting record being .269 in 1909, when with the Quakers. He hit J 22 when with Jersey City to 1906.

CHARLES O’BRIEN IS KILLED

Gained Football Fame at Bucknell Some Years Ago—-Also Helped Warner at Carlisle. First Lieutenant Charles O’Brien of Wilkes-Barre, who was recently killed in action In France, gained football fame at Bucknell some years ago. when the student body cheered him as Pat O’Brien. He also helped Glenn Warner coach the Carlisle Indiana. •-

Shellenback to Enter Aviation.

Frank Shellenbaek, pitcher for the White Sox, is waiting for his call to the aviation school at Berkeley. He passed all his tests the other day and he expects to be called to the ground schooL

Billiard Players Organise.

The National Asociation, of Amateur Billiard Players has been Incorporated under the laws of the state of New York.

ITALY ON BASEBALL

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Sport Bom VlrtuoHy IfotaiMfli There, Though Played by Ameri> , can Boye at College In Roma , —Declared Too Rough. John Evers writes from France that he soon may be sent to Italy to teach baseball to that country’s soldiers, and yet it was only a few months ago tha Italian government refused to permit a shipment of baseball equipment on the ground that It was a mmessential commodity to be classed as even frivolous. Italy hasn’t been a nation famous for sports, bat before the Americans get through they may be sending a flood of Italian recruits up to the big leagues. Baseball has been virtually unknown in Italy, though it has been played in Rome at a college for American boya For a time they played their games in a public park and natives looked on in wonder as the boya caught the hard ban with their hare hands. It finally was stopped by officials, who considered it dangerous. It may be remembered that in the winter of 1814 the White Sox and Giants were refused a penult to play a game in Rome for the same reason. Upon applying for the permit the officials examined the ball and asked many questions concerning the nature of the game, then decided it was too rough and too dangerous to be allowed. Since that time the young men of tall, so the task of teaching th™ th. American game may be successfully carried on now. The climate 'of Italy is nla. It will stir up the Ing war is might not be surprising if in a few years from now the pennant winners in the major leagues of the United States would visit Italy for a series of contests against Italy's best It might even be that in time their spring training at Rome or Naeam T b l bI J a couple of days by means of a 182 a airplane.

BELGIANS IN ALL ATHLETICS

Compete In Boxing Shows and Other Events Behind Lines—Water Sport Is Big Thing. z Those Who have pot paid much attention to foreign sports may be more or less surprised at the number of Belgians reported as competing in boxing shows and other events behind the lines on the western front, but tile Belgians are by no means newcomers in athletics. ’ Water sports ate naturally the big thing in a country which has so many rivers and so much sea coast to proportion to its size, and in proportion to its population Belgium probably led all countries in the number of its rowing dubs and the number of oarsmen in training before the war began in 1914. They took their rowing seriously, these Belgians, and developed great crews and great single scullers. The Henley regatta on the Thames, open to ampteur eights, and the highs est rowing honor in the world, was’ won by the Club Nautique Gand of-t Belgium in 1906, ’O7 andJo9. Harvard won the fAmous cepjpfol4, and the Sydney (Australia) Rawing dub won it in 1912. In other years English crews have won since the big event was first instituted to 1905.

SPEAKER IS NAVAL AVIATOR

Premier Centerflelder of Great National Gams Now a Student at Massachusetts SchooL Tris Speaker; for years the premier centerfielder of the great national game, is now a student naval aviator at the Massachusetts Tech. Naval Aviators’ schooL Tris has been con-

Tria Speaker.

templating Joining the colors for some time, and his choice of the naval aviation service proves that he is not picking any soft berths for himself. And tt is to be assumed that he will show the same grace and finesse piloting his seaplane that he exhibited <m tM <WawwwwL