Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 60, Number 2, Jasper, Dubois County, 14 September 1917 — Page 2

UNITED STATES MUST PROTECT CHILDREN OF . COUNTRY DURING THE WAR

By MISS JULIA Chief of Children's Bureau,

The war has placed a tremendous valuation upon American children, and America must cherish these children. A nation, such as ours, which takes its men by law and puts them into the field of battle, must provide for the home folk. Men sent to Europe to win democracy for the world must not come home to find democracy smashed in their own households. Mothers and children must be cared for. Surely we should learn from the mistakes of the belligerent nations, and take every precaution to keep our children normal and free to grow up to carry on the work of the world. Thousands of children besides war orphans and refugees have been 'directly affected by the war, according to reports from belligerent coun.tries which have come to the children's bureau. Juvenile delinquency has increased, more children have been necessary to protect the health of mothers and babies, and home lifo has been broken up by the increased employment of mothers. Wo in America cannot afford to ignore these lessons. Our own democracy the democracy of the American home must be protected. In the fifty years since the Civil war legislation affecting the family and its economic status has shown marked growth. Mothers' pension laws, minimum wage laws, and workmen's compensation laws are recognized 'examples, and it is acknowledged that their result has not been to pau;porize, but distinctly to improve the power of the family to protect itself. In view of this tendency it is to be expected that a system oC compensation for soldiers and sailors can be developed whereby the government will make possible for their children the home life and parental care which are the need of every child.

I I . .il. L hirst Lessons in me s Handling of Incubators. f Study your incubator. Acquaint yourself with all Its Xarts. Head the manufacturers' directions for setting it up. Set It up carefully and according to instructions. Never try to run an incubator in a drafty place, nor near a stove nor where the sun shines upou it. Set fertile eggs only. Wasle no effort upon those that are doubtful. Keep the lamps full and the wick and tube clean. Avoid smoke. See that the eggs are clean and dry before setting them. Balance all eggs, large end up, a few hours before placing them in the tray. j Do not overnll the tray. 5 Turn every egc the third day. Cool the eggs every morning. Be sure your hands are clean when handling eggs. Tost all ocrirs the seventh. - ' T 1 eleventh and fifteenth day. Do not expect to learn all J about the air cell the first hatch. J You will learn that later. Do not disturb the e, after the evening of the cl.iteenth day. wvw ww www v v v vvvi Cooks on Uncle Sam's Big Battleships Nowadays Must Be Electrical Experts Also Naturally, with this busy day of drills and recreations and the tang of Halt air, I ho men of the battleship's crow eat hoar! lly. The moss attendants for tho ofHrers are Filipino boys. Nowadays, on ships like tho tlronduaught Nevada, the cook of tlu ship, always an important and woll-puld post, is a trained electrician, writes U W. ISvnns In St. Nicholas. ICvcry bit of work in tho Nevada's galley is done by electricity. The cook turns a switch, and along tho lino of electric ovens tho appetizing moats, tho potntous that are pooled by electricity tho soups and the vegetables begin to steam and sizzle. Electric hoists carry tho pans and pots with their steaming foods to tho docks below and the dunning und scouring of the Ironware dishes Is done by tin electric dishwasher. The navy feeds its men from the pick of the market, because Its paymasters, buying dally for so many men, get the best at wholesale prices. The mess tables, scrubbed until they are white, are slung In racks ubovo the deck when not In use, and as soon as the meals are served, all signs of 'them are removed in ship-shape manner. Because every bit of space Mother's Cook Book. Every ounce of food the housewife saves from beinyr wasted In hor homeall fqctl which she or her children produce in tho fjtirden and can, dry or pre-Bi-v0--ivery garment which caro and skillful repair make unnecessary to repiace Rll lesson that household's draft on the already insufllclent world supplies. Summer Vegetables for Winter Soup. Take one bushel of ripe tomatoes, one peek of okra, three dozen ears of corn, one-half dozen green poppers, four pods of red peppers, one-quarter .of a peck of white onions and a cupSul of salt. Scald and peel the toma'toes, cook down about one-third. Cut the okra, onions and peppers Into thin Alices and cook until the okra Is

C. LATHROP. U. S. Dep artment of Labor.

VETERANS HOLDING THEIR OWN AT THE HOT CORNER Mike Mowrcy Heads List of OldTimers Who Have Had an Easy Time Defeating Youngsters. Does a third baseman improve with age, or is the hot corner so hard to play that the few real stars who make good In the big show have little trouble holding their jobs? The question is a hard one to answer, but tho records show that the veteran third suckers in the big leagues today are distinctly in a class by themselves when It comes to allround playing, year in and year out. Take a slant over the hot corner guardians in the two major leagues and you will find that the best men holding down third base have served from five years upward and are still going big. Tn the National league Mike Mowrcy of tho Dodgers, was serving his eleventh year under the big tent, when ho was released recently. Heinle Zlmmermau of the Giants Is now In his tenth year as a major league performer, and Heinle Groh of the Reds has six years under his belt and is going like a house afire for Cincinnati in this, his seventh season, while .T. Smith of the Braves is also in his seventh year. The remaining third basemen, among whom Milton Stock of the Phillies stands out by far aboard ship Is precious, each man has his mess table, hammock, sea bag and gun all in the same casemate. To help out the sweet tooth of the crew, which is a big one, the paymaster also carries a large stock of candy and other tidbits that arc sold at low prices. And twice a week, ho serves chicken and loo cream to his big family. The days of hardtack and of tho old "shellback" sallorman are gone. The modern sailorman can no longer "pass the weather earing," but he is a handier, better-enred-for and more useful man to his country than tho old tnr. Safer in Cities, A practical (most ion is as to the rein live danger of various exposed points during a thunderstorm. There appears to bo some doubt whether, as has usually been supposed, it is safer to bo in an hpen field than under a tree, the later statistics showing slightly larger percentage of fatal strokes In the onen than under trees. In a forest the oranger Is less than undor a single tree. It Is far less in 1 cities than In the country. Tho neigh borhood of water should be avoided. When rain is falling the electricity from the clouds Is drawn down harmlessly. Lightning rods, when properly constructed, also draw off the electric charges. It Is another great feather In Franklin's cap that ho first suggested tho use of lightning rods and explained how they would act. nearly tender, then add the corn cur from the cob. Add the salt just as it is wly for the can. When thick put it into pint glass jars and seal Immediately. When cool wrap in papers and put in a cool, dark place. Where okra is not grown, green string beans were substituted. When serving add a small amouut of this mixture to any seasoned soup stock. Spinach, onions, carrots md celery make another combination especially good, blanch and chill the vegetables, allowing twice the time for blanching the spinach, then pack in jars, fill with boiling water, and add a teaspoonful of salt to each quart. Cook in a receptacle deep enough to allow an inch of water to cover the top of the jar. Allow two hours Tor cooking a quart jar. Have a rack to keep tho jars from the bottom and count the time

the most brilliantly, are newcomers compared to the veterans already named. Baird of the Cardinals, Deal of the Cubs and McCarthy of the Pirates complete the list. Larry Gardner and .Timmy Austin are the oldest third basemen in the American league, and both are in their ninth year. J. Franklin Baker, who was out of the big show one season, is serving his eighth year in the majors, and Oscar Vitt of the Tigers ana Buck Weaver of the White Sox will have completed six years of

aiiiiuüunu Mike Mowrcy. major league service when the pennant race comes to a close this fall. Bates of the Macknien, Leonard of Washington and Evans of Cleveland are the "junior" third basemen in Ban Johnson's league. With nine of tho sixteen regulars in the two majors well seasoned from years of service, there is little or no chance for the newcomers to cop the title as "the most valuable third baseman in the big show," or In either league. Stock of the Phillies is a great ball player, but in Groh and Zimmerman he has two seasoned rivals for honors. In the American league, Frank Baker is making a strong bid this season to return to his own as tho heaviest hitting third sacker in the game, and he is pressed for the honors by Larry Gardner and Buck Weaver, while the veteran Jimmy Austin has been giving Vitt his dust in the matter of hitting. For Red Cross Service. Jane A. Delano writing In the St. Nicholas of the field for service in the Bed Cross nursing staff, states: "I would not advise any girl to enter a training school until she Is at least twenty years old, but younger girls In advanced schools or colleges can now bo preparing themselves with special studies for the work to come. For such girls I would, recommend extra chemistry courses and advanced courses in arithmetic (because of the need for strict accuracy in preparing mixtures according to formulas), and special attention to physiology and anatomy, while a knowledge of Latin makes it easier for student-nurses to learn surgical and medical terms. Then, too, I would emphasize the study of voice training and expression. It Is surprising to know how many otherwise competent nurses cannot read aloud entertainingly to their patients." from the beginning of the boiling. Do not screw the lids on quite tight but have them firm enough to lift in and out by the (ops. Pint jars will cook m five minutes loss time, two quart jars need ten minutes more than the two hours of sterilization. Japanese Mint Jelly. Put eight quarts of unripe plums Into a kettle with a large bunch of mint;, add cold water so that it shows around the plums and cook until the fruit is tender. Strain over night in a jelly bag and then proceed as in any other Jelly. Green grapes also make a good jolly witii mint. Tho pulp left In the bag may be rubbed through a sieve and made into marmalade, so that not hing is wasted. Windfall apples, or fruit: thinned from various choice trees may all bo untilized hi some form so that none need go to waste. . Apples dried are delicious. Dip in' a mild salt solution to keep them from burning so brown when dry. Things Worth Knowing. An ounce of sugar of lead to a pall of water will help to fix the blue color in many textiles. A recently patented cigar holder is little more than a pair of hinged jaws controlled by a spring. France Is the best foreign patron of the United States patent ofilce with Groat Britain following closely. The development of water power in Norway has made electricity cheaper than steam in that country. Bapid cooling of a liquid produces fine crystals; the slower it changes form, the larger the crystals. An Englishman has invented a process for coloring wool khaki and orange shades with dilute nitric acid. Iron imbedded In concrete in Germany has been found to be free from rust after more than forty-five years. Tn tho United States there are found 111 distinct species of snakes, of which 17 are dangerous to man. To save the use of collar buttons there has been patented a tape to be passed through the button holes in a collar and shirt, fastening with an ornamental clasp In front.

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I A Guileless I I Detective j By HI AKERS

(Copyright, by W. G. Chapman.) Kathleen Dunn had been living in this country about three years when her aunt died, and she found herself thrust upon her own resources, and very much alone in the world. After everything was settled she found there were four hundred dollars left to her, but she reasoned that would not last long to live upon in the great city of New York, so she started out to find work. The only thing for which she was fitted was domestic service. She loved children, and she found a situation as nursemaid in the home of the Dimlers, wealthy residents of Riverside drive. The girl was a trifle unused to the ways of the trained servants of the very elegant menage, but her unfailing good humor and willingness to learn won over Mrs. Dlmler, and the four-year-old boy and Kathleen were soon the best of chums. Kathleen had the purple violet eyes shaded with long soft lashes, and the white, clear complexion of a colleen of the County Clare. She was happy in her new home, her mistress was kind to her, and even Mr. Dimler had several times spoken very pleasantly to her, and talked with her In Course of Time She Knew That His Name Was Mr. Fulane. quite a while, asking her questions about her life before she came to America, and if she liked it here. He laughed at some of her quaint expressions, and Kathleen concluded he must be a nice man, even if he did spend so much time away from home. She was Innocently glad to be liked by her employers, and to feel she was giving satisfaction. But her good opinion of Mr. Dimler one day had a rude shock. She was passing through the hall when Dimler caught her in his arms, holding her tightly and kissing her. Kathleen fought, finally freeing herself from his grasp. In fright and bewilderment she stood at bay, and looked at him. Then she found voice to speak. 'Never do that again ! You are an Insulting beast !" she said with rising indignation. "Come! come! Don't be a little fool!" he laughed: "There's no harm in a kiss." "There Is from you to to me !" she answered. "Yes, there might be to you If you went and told," he threatened. "But I don't think you will. You'll think better of it. We'll be good friends yet." AVI th a light laugh ho ran up the stairs. With trembling fingers Kathleen smoothed her hair and adjusted her cap. Then she sank weakly into a chair, and tried to think what she must do. Brought up as she had been, she took the matter much more seriously than most girls in her position would have done. She felt she must leave the place as soon as possible. But site could not tell Mrs. Dimler why she was leaving, and If she could give no reason she was not likely to receive a recommendation from her mistress. Without that, how was she to secure another position? She concluded to wait awhile, hoping Mr. Dimler would not again speak to her, but in less than a week he tried to repeat his undesirable attentions, and Kath leen was forced to give notice. "God knows I'm hatin' to leave you, Mrs. Dimler, I'll be thinkin' of the kiddie all the time, an' wantin the sight of him but I must go." So Kathleen received a fine recom mendation, and started out to find an other place. Her new home was also with wealthy people on the upper East side near Central park. This time she had the care of an infant not yet old enough to walk. Every day when the weather allowed she wheeled the little carriage over to the park, and spent hours going through tho beautiful walks, or sitting on the shaded benches. The stream of whizzing automobiles up the avenue always made Kathleen, hes I täte to cross with tho baby carriage. But always the good-looking young po liceman stood ready to hold up the traffic and take Hur to the other side, and never did Kathleen fail to smile

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and thank him. What more natural than after a while they should each say "Good morning!" and add a few words about the weather. In course of time she knew that his name was Mr. Fulane, and he that hers was Miss Dunn. y j Once in awhile she had a suspicion of covetousuess for the beautiful clothes the young lady of the family wore. Miss Gladys Sackville seemed always to be going somewhere. Her life was about as much of a whirl as Mrs. DImler's. Once in a while she dashed into the nursery and kissed the baby. She was good to Kathleen, and told her she wished she had her eyes. Once she asked Kathleen if she had a

lover, and at her stammered denial laughed and said: "Oh, you must get one I Life isn't worth living without a lover!" From which Kathleen in ferred that Miss Gladys had one. Mrs. Sackville was the second wife, and much younger than her husband, Gladys being the only child of his first marriage. The young stepmother paid little attention the young and come ly Gladys. Perhaps she had found the price of peace was not to take no tice, for the young lady was decidedly high spirited and self-willed. Late one afternoon Kathleen saw from the window a car draw up in front of the house. At the same moment Gladys tripped down the , steps and a man got out and assisted her in. As he turned his head Kathleen recog nized him. It was Mr. Dimler ! Was this the lover of whom Gladys had spoken? "No, that is impossible!" thought Kathleen. "No doubt he is taking her to see his wife." It might have been about ten days after this episode that Kathleen sat in the park with the baby. She had taken him to a quiet, secluded spot back of some bushes where he could feel the grass under his feet and roll about on it. As he grew sleepy she put him in the carriage and. employed herself knitting while the child slept. Presently some one came and sat down on the seat the other side of the shrubbery. She recognized Glady's voice exclaiming: "Oh, Howard! I'll go anywhere, to the end of the earth with you ! But f ather he'll never forgive me!" "Oh, yes he will. They always do." It was a man's voice that answered. And the man was Dimler. Kathleen, amazed and horror-stricken, felt that she must at once confront them and denounce the man. But the next moment she realized how powerless she would be to effect any real good. She must think what was best to be done. Meanwhile she kept still and listened. Dimler was pleading with the girl to elepe with him and be secretly married. Finally she consented, and the time was set. Kathleen's heart was thumping so she feared they might hear it. But they were too much occupied with each other, and after a time they rose and strolled away. The night of the elopement came, and Kathleen was on the watch. It was neariug twelve, and everyone In the house but herself was in bed. Gladys had not come in, and a terrible suspicion arose that they might have changed their plans. Just then she heard someone coming softly up the stairs. It was Gladys. She went to her room, and a few minutes after she heard her going rather slowly down, as though she might be carrying something. Kathleen rushed to the front window and looked out. A closed car stood out in front. Dimler had got out and was coming toward the steps. He caught a coat that Gladys threw him. At that Instant Kathleen put her head out of the window and screamed, Then she rushed to Mr. Sackville, who was already aroused, and told him to hurry to tho front door. She followed closely on his heels. At the foot of the steps a policeman was holding the struggling Dimler, who was protesting his innocence, but all to uo purpose, as he had the stolen goods in. his hand. Gladys had drawn back in the hall. But her father took in the situation. "Ho is not a thief, father!" she protested. "No, indeed !" cried Kathleen. "Sure, 1 see him now. It's Mr. Dimler! I worked last for his wife. Dimler, thoroughly cornered, had either to admit his identity or be Jakeu to the station as a thief. He "hastily explained to the policeman, who, after taking his name and address, and being assured by Mi Sackville he did not wish to malte any charge, allowed him to enter the car, but not until he had given the little nursemaid a look calculated to wither her on the spot, Sackville lifted a suit case and traveling bag inside the door, closed it and told the discomfited Gladys to go in the library. Then he thanked Kathleen for her timely help, and told her he would remember her for It. The next day she explained to Larry. "You see," she said, "when I told you to keep a close watch for thieves I didn't dare to say any more. But it was fine the way you caught him. And Mr. Sackville's one of the commissioners, and he's after mentioning you for promotion." "You would make a bully detective, I can get you a chance at it if you like. Unless," he added, "you'd like another position." "What position?" she asked. "Keeping house for me in a llat uptown." Kathleen went white, and staggered back against a tree. "Are you married.then?" she gasped. "Not I! I'm just waitin' for you to say the word." "An' you scare me again like that, I'll never say it !" she cried. But he felt so sure she would he' made bold to take her in his arms anJ steal a kiss.

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AND STA Woman Thought She Woulci Die Cured by Lydia EL Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Ogdenaburg, Wis. "I suffered from female troubles which earned piercing pains luce a knit through my back and side. I finally lost all my strength so I had to go to bed. Tho doctor advised an operation but I would not listen to it. I thought of what I had read about Lydia E. Pinkh&m's Vegetable Compound and tried it Tho first bottle brought great relief and six bottJj&s have entirely cured me. All women who have female trouble of any kind should try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound." Mrs. Etta Dorion. Ordensburg, Wit. Physicians undoubtedly did their best, battled with this case steadily and coula do no more, but often the most scientific treatment is surpassed by the medicinal properties of tne good old fashioned roots and herbs contained in Lydia R Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. If any complication exists it pays to write the Lyoia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass., for special froe advice. University of Notre Dame NOTRE DAME, INDIANA Offer Complete Course In Agriculture Full courses also la Letters, Journalism, Library Science, Choinistry, Pharmacy, Medicine, Architecture, Commerce and L&w. If a man has nothing else to spenl he can spend his vacation at home. Smile, smile, beautiful clear white clothes. Ked Cross Bull Blue, American made, therefore best. All grocers. Adv. A Preliminary. "Can I enlist your efforts in this volunteer work?" "I must first recruit my health." To Drive Out Malaria And Build Up The System Take the Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS chili TONIC. You know what you are taking, as the formula is printed on every label, showing it is Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form. Tho Quinine drives out malaria, the Iron builds up the system. Co cents. Matter-of-Fact Lovemaking. For downright prose Doctor Johnson's offer of hand and heart to his second wife would be very hard to beat. "My dear woman," said Johnson, "I am a hardworking man and withal something of a philosopher. I am, as you know, very poor. I have always been respectable myself, but I grieve to tell you that one of my uncles was hanged." "I have less money than you, doctor," demurely answered the lady, "but I shall try to be philosophical, too. None of my relatives has even beeu hanged, but I havo several who ought to be." "Providence and philosophy have evidently mated us, my good woman," said the doctor as he pressed a chaste salute upon the lady's brow. llchoboth Sunday Herald. Humor of Kultur. "Here's a fruit tree, still standing. Why haven't you cut It down?" thundered the Teuton commander in France. The young ofiiccr saluted stlflly and explained: "We saved this tree to hang a pnir of old peasants on. As It's their trve, wc thought tho joke too good to miss." Might Work. "Wo are extending too many speeches In the Congressional Itccord " "What's the remedy, senator?" "When a member gets tired Jet him continue his speech by means of a graphophone." Coffee Drinkers who are Ar O 3V umially 1S oV after they change to the delicious, pure fooddrink POSTUM "There's a Reason"

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