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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND BUN-TELEGRAM SATURDAY, OCT. 26, 1918

REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS POINT TOUARSUPPORT Answer Statement of Wilson Asking That Democratic Congress be Returned. ki- ' .' WASHINGTON, OcU 26 After President Wilson's appeal to the country to support the Democrats in the coming congressional election had been made public, the Republican leaders in Congress issued the following statement: "Some time ago the president said 'politics Is adjourned'. Now, in the closing days of the campaign delayed by the united efforts of all parties for the Liberty Loan now, when all public meetings have been given up owing to the influenza epidemic, the president sends out a direct party appeal calling upon his countrymen to vote for Democrats because they are Democrats, without any reference to whether such Democrats have been, or are, in favor of war measures and have a war record which deserves support. "The voters of Michigan, to take a single example, are called upon to support Henry Ford notorious for his advocacy of peace at any price, for his contemptuous allusions to the flag, for the exemption of his son from military service on the sole ground that he will blindly support the president. The president is quite ready to admit that Republicans are loyal enough to fight and die as they are doing by the thousands; loyal enough to take up great loans and pay enormous taxes; loyal enough to furnish Important men at no salary on some of the great war boards In Washington. But they are not loyal enough. In the president's opinion, to be trusted with any share in the government of the country or legislation for it. Will Change Leadership. "If the Republican party controls the house we can point out some of the things they will do. They will replace Mr. Dent of Alabama at the head of the military affairs committee with Mr. Julius Kahn, to whom the administration was obliged to turn for assistance to take charge of and carry the first draft bill against Mr. Dent's opposition. They will put a .Republican at the head of the ways and means committee, as leader of the House, instead of Mr. Kitchin of North Carolina, who voted against the war. They will give the country a speaker who did not oppose and would never oppose a draft bill and would never say, as Speaker Clark did, that there Is precious little difference between a conscript and a convict' "Although the Republicans of the house are in the minority, they cast more actual votes on seven great war measures than the Democratic majority was able to do. What is the record of the Senate? On fifty-one roll calls on war measures between April 6. 1917, and the 29th of May. 1918, the votes cast by Republicans in favor of such measures were 72 per cent, while only 67 per cent of the votes cast on the Democratic side were in favor of such measures. Does that record look as if we had hampered him? The Republican party in congress has supported the administration policies since the war with a unanimity and and absence of criticism unprecedented in party history. "There are some domestic questions where we should undoubtedly differ from the course pursued by the administration. We should not, for example, fix a price on the farmers' wheat and leave the planters' cotton untouched.' Another domestic question in which the Republican party believes thoroughly is economic pre- ; paratlon for the coming of peace and

they are clearly of the opinion that the congress of the United States should not be excluded from that great task. "This Is not the President's personal war. This is not the war of congress. It is not the war of the Republican or the Democratic party. It Is A SERVICEABLE COAT STYLE. 2625 Novelty cloaking in blue plaid was used in this Instance, with gray Bilk jersey cloth for collar and cuff facings. Velvet, corduroy, plush and other pile fabrics, also velour, cheviot, tweed and serge are good for this design. The collar is a good feature. It may be rolled high for cold weather style, or arranged in low outlined as illustrated. The pattern is cut in 5 sizes: 4, 6, 8. 10, and 12 years. Size 10 requires 3 yards of 44-inch material, A pattern of this illustration mailed to any address on receipt of 10 cents in silver or stamps. Name Address City Size Address Pattern Department, Palla-

the war of the American people. It Is more. It Is the war of the United States, of the allied powers, of the civilized world against the barbarism of Germany. In this great burden and responsibility the Republican party, representing more than half the citisenship of the country, demands Its rightful share. "If the Republican party is entrusted with power in either or both houses they will do everything possible to drive forward the war and hasten the day of victory. The President speaks of the necessity of telling the plain truth. That the Republican party in control of congress would do, for they have no friends to shield. And they will do more. They will give all the money to the last dollar necessary to sustain our armies and our fleets, but they will check the waste now going on of the money given by the most generous people on the face of the earth. "The President speaks of the effect of the election abroad. He says that there they understand the meaning of elections. They do, and they will know that if the Republicans have a majority in Congress, the war will be pressed with greater vigor than ever before. They are quite aware that the power of the Senate is equal to that of the President in the consummation of peace by treaty. They will know that the Republican party stands for a victorious peace and the overthrow of Prussian militarism. That, knowledge will not depress the spirit of our allies or encourage the government of Germany. "The Republican party believes that the question of surrendering should be left to Marshal Foch. to the generals and to the armies in the field. When they report that Germany has laid down her arms the United States and the allies should then impose their terms. Will that knowledge cause dejection to those who are lighting with us All the world knows that the Republican party is opposed to negotiations and discussion carried on in diplomatic notes addressed to the German government. The Republican party stands for unconditional surrender. There is no Republican creed so short that there is not room in it for those two words. (Signed.) "HENRY CABOT LODGE. "REED SMOOT. "Chairman Republican Senatorial Comittee. "FREDERICK H. GILLETT. "SIMEON D. FESS. "Chairman Republican Congressional Committee."

Fuel Saving Dishes By Nina V. Short Hominy Loaf cup flaked hominy 2 cups water 1 Can salmon or other fish Salt and pepper Mix Ingredients, place in greased dish and cook one hour in steamer or oven. Kidney Bean Stew. 1 c. kidney beans uncooked 1 qt. water 3 potatoes (medium size) 1 cup tomatoes 1 onion 2 teaspoons salt 1 tablespoon fat 1 tablespoon uncooked rice Soak beans over night, add 1 quart water and cook until partially soft. Add other ingredients and cook in steamer or on top of stove until done. More water may be added if necessaryMeals to be Cooked in Oven or in Steamer. Baked stuffed peppers (meat, rice, pepper and salt). Carrots, with butter, pepper, salt. Oatmeal raisin bread. Chocolate custard. Baked stuffed heart. Baked 6weet potatoes. Green beans. Baked apples. Meals to be Cooked in Steamer. Rice Box. Line pan with cooked rice. Fill center with ground meat or flaked fish. Season with tomato, pepper and salt. Cover top with rice. Steam. Apple Pudding. Fill baking dish half full of sliced apples. Make following batter and pour over apples. Steam. 1 cup barley or rice flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt cup syrup 1 tablespoon fat cup water approximately Green Beans. Meal In Steamer. Mutton stew with celery. Lima beans with green pepper. Steamed potatoes. Tapioca Pudding. 1-3 cup minute tapioca 2 cups milk cup corn syrup 1 teaspoon vanilla Pinch of salt 1 egg Rice, Tomatoes, Green Peppers and Beef. H cup cooked rice 2 cup tomatoes 1 green pepper (medium size) 2 cups fresh or left-over meat 2 teaspoons salt Pepper Mix all ingredients. Bake or steam in a greased dish slowly for one hour. Fish Chowder. 2 small potatoes Wll cup tomato Juice Sjjl tablespoon chopped onion 1 CUD fish flakes 2 cups milk Salt and pepper Cook potatoes, onion and tomato juice in a small amount of water if necessary. Add fish and milk. Heat thoroughly and serve hot with wafers. Surgeon of British Ship Dies at American Port Bv Associated Press A PACIFIC PORT, Oct. 26. Lieut Commander J. J. Had wen, senior surgeon of a British war vessel, died here Thursday night, victim of his zeal in caring for men suffering from influenza on the vessel. The British Teasel arrived here Tuesday with more than 200 of its crew ill. Lieut,' Commander Hadwen had worked day and' night to bring them back to health with such success, that none of them died. The overwork told on him so that he contracted pneumonia after being taken to a hospital. The National City Bank in Wall Street, New York, has employed 500 women since the United States entered the war.

Demonstration in French City Shows Appreciation of Red Cross

PARIS. Oct 26. The work of the American Red Cross in France was given recognition at a great demonstration at the amphitheatre of the Sorbonne .today. Louis Barthou presided and called upon M. Mourier, Under-Secretary of state fer medical service to introduce Henry P. Davison, chairman Of the American Red Cross war council. Mr. Davison gave details of the membership of . the American Red Cross and explained that its work is not based on charity or. benevolence, ,but upon friendship and sympathy. Mrs. Jules' Siegfried Wachtine, president of the French national association of women, told of the Red Cross activities in caring for widows and orphans. Admiral Charles Philippe Touchard. former ambassador to Russia, spoke in behalf of the Red Cross and said that it had been greatly benefited by the powerful American society. Speaking in behalf of invaded regions and of refugees,-M. Lebas, mayor of Roubaix thanked the American Red Cross for food and support 'which had been given. General Ju M. O. Malleterre, military critic for the Temps, spoke on behalf of the mutilated vieWHERE DO I SLEEP NEXT? I've, slept in cradle and I've slept in arms; I was a . baby then, unconscious of war's alarms. I've slept on steamboats with my bed on the deck; I've Slept in church with a kinck in my neck. I've slept in fields under the stars, And I've slept on trains In old box cars. I've slept in beds of purple and gold; I've slept out in Flanders in mud and cold. -I've slept in dugouts with the rats and the louse, And I've slept in France in a fairly good house. I'e slept in barns on beds of straw; I've slept in sheds with no bed at all I've slept in billets on floors of brick; I've slept in yards along side of sick. I've slept in most places where you can't get rest, And I've slept with those little gray things in my vest. I'm sleeping now on stretchers of wire And pray my last sleep will be near a fire. . , I'm tired of the wet, the mud and the cold, . And I won't be sorry when I sleep in the fold. The above poem was received from Corporal Leo H. Weiss, of the 17th Machine Gun Battalion, who is now in France in active sen-ice, by his mother, Mrs. A. M. Weiss, of the Weiss Furniture Store. it Y" May Form New Busi ness Men's Athletic Class A new busiress men's class may be organized at the "Y" in the near future. Some of the men cannot attend the regular afternoon classes and all men wishing to have this extra class should apply at the Y. M. C. A. at once. Men should not hesitate to come whether invited or not. Red Bands on Street Lights Show Fire Box Red bands on street light globes in dicate the proximity of a fire call box. Superintednent Dillon of the municipal light plant and Fire Chief Miller report the innovation installed. Citizens are requested to nte what th9 red band around certain street lights mean. All are lamos have been overhauled and all ornamental light globes cleaned for winter service. Superintendent Dillon asks citizens to report at once when a street light is out of order. If the complaint is made quickly repairs will be made the next day. Oxford Composer to Produce New Opera OXFORD, O., Oct. 26. Dr. Edgar Stillman Kelley, of the Western College for Women, announced today that his latest composition, a coloratura entitled, "A California Idyl," Mill be produced for the first time by Mabel Garrison and Walter Damrosch's New York Symphony orchestra the first week in November in New York City. Miss Garrison will later sing the composition with the Boston and Chicago Symphony orchestras. School Children to Aid Gas Conservation (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. School children in the natural gas producing states will be taught how they can assist in the conservation of millions of dollars worth of natural gas through a course of instruction to be established by the fuel administration. The course, which will be established first in Ohio and Kentucky and lator offered in other states, will show that $36,000,000 worth of gas may be saved annually by proper adjustment of cooking appliances used by two million domestic consumers. This saving, fuel administration experts have estimated, would release sufficient coal to make two million three-inch shells. ' , DIES OF PNEUMONIA Oxford, O., Oct 26. May Cheney, 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Chaney, died Thursday of pneumonia, developed from Influenza. The family recently moved here from College Corner, to which village the body will be taken for burial. Six others of the Cheney family are ill with influenza. Girls employed in the bureau, of engraving and printing at Washington have formed a union and affiliated with the National Federation of Federal Emnloyes.

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tims of the war. and thanked American women for the assistance and comfort that had been give nthem. After praising the American Red Cross, M. Barthou lauded the lofty views of President Wilson and . his conduct of negotiations with Germany. What Germany is seeking," he said, 'is an armiBflce which will break the dash of the allied armies before which her armies are succumbing. She seeks to paralyze the action of the united command and divide the entente. The only armistice possible is one which Imposes capitulation upon Germany." T REUEFA6ENGIES UNITE IN DRIVE

The seven organizations which have combined for the United War .Work campaign represent the seven doors open to the soldier that offer him home comforts and cheer. Every one of these seven war work agencies, has placed all its resources and facilities at the disposal of our fighting men to make for them a "home away from home." In no sense of the word do they lose their individualities in combining for the big drive, but are merging all their efforts to raise the stupendous sum fprthe welfare of our soldiers. The actual solicitation of funds will be carried on from November 11 to November 18. Director General John R. Mott has asked that the original national quota of $170,500,000 be oversubscribed to reach a fund of $250,000,000. Indiana's minimum quota is $5,000,000. PASTORS TO LEARN HOW TO FARM (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Oct. 26. To help make farming profitable and rural life endurable for the farmer, his wife, his sons and daughters, the Methodist Episcopal church has undertaken to spend $5,500,000 in training rural ministers to teach scientflc farming and develope social activity in country districts. The purpose as announced by the Board of Home Missions and Church Extension is to keep the farmers on the farm and thus help win the wa?. Dissatisfaction with country life, It is declared, has caused a decrease of rural population in Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Vermont and New Hampshire. The boys and girls will not stay on the farm when high wages are to be earned nearer the moving picture theaters. To combat " this, the Methodist church is planning to send many of its best men to the country churches, of which it has upward of 12,000. Rural pastors are to have special training in agriculture bo as to help farmers wth advice. Demonstration farms are to be established where agricultural colleges do not meet the needs. Association of. rural ministers to put these plans into effect already have been started in Ohio, West Virginia, Iowa, South Dakota, Pennsylvania and Nebraska. Chairs of Rural sociology to teach how to be happy though living on a farm have been established in theological seminaries, and plans are making to start similar courses in colleges. Belgium Thanks Hoover For Saving People WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. Herbert Hoover, Chairman of the Belgian Relief Commission, today received a cablegram from King Albert on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the commission, thanking him for saving the Belgian nation from starvation. "On this the fourth anniversary of the foundation of the Commission For Relief in Belgium," said the message, "my heart prompts me to thank you once more in the name of all my compatriots for having during four years saved the Belgian nation from starvation." Plan to Dry Foods as Conservation Measure (By Associated Press.! WASHINGTON, Oct 26. To devise methods of drying fruits and vegetables as a means of conserving the food supply of the nation, an advisory board has been designated by Secretary Houston, consisting of representatives of bureaus within the department of agriculture concerned with food production, regulation and conservation and of one representative each of the food administration and of the sanitary corps of the army. The board, it was announced today, will have control of the dehydrating industry which is expected to be established. Funds for the promotion of dehydration, were included in the regular agricultural appropriation act, recently passed by congress. The act also empowers the President, if necessary, to authorize the establishment and operation of plants fro drying foodstuffs. . Another Earthquake Is Registered in U. S. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Oct 26. An earthquake of moderate intensity and lasting almost an hour occurred during last night at some locality about 1.500 miles from Washington. Seismographs of Georgetown university this morning showed the .shocks began at 11:47 p. m. and continued until 12:45 oclock a. m. It was thought by Father Francis J. Tondorf, director of the observatory, that the center of the trouble was to the southward of Washington and probably in the West Indies or Central America. Within the last few weeks there have been earthquakes In both those regions, one in Porto Rico, causing the loss of upward of 200 lives and several million dollars domage to property. Gautemala also experienced shocks recently. Wireless messages from the Brooklyn navy yard are picked up by balloon crews at Arcadia, CaL

AN ENDORSEMENT OF-THE UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN November 11, 1918. Wayne County Quota,! $100,000. An. opportunity not a sacrifice. Our share of the United War Work Campaign is insignificant compared with the sacrifices which are being made by the men' In the service. What little we can do at home to relieve the terror and suffering of the men who are sacrificing everything, should be considered an opportunity. ' . E. H. HARRIS.

Miss Annette Edmunds has gone to Muncle to spend a week with friends there. , '',;.,, As a courtesy , to Miss Ruby M. Moore who celebrated her birthday anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. A. U. Moore entertained Informally at their home on North H street ' Thursday. Music and games were played during the evening and later a light luncheon was served. The' guests were Mr. and Mrs. Jessie R. Howell, Mr. and Mrs. A. U. Moore, Mrs. Alma Lorimer, Miss Lona Alklns, Miss Mildred and Miss Helen Burns, Miss Hazel and Miss Helen Hall, Miss Mildred Lathrop, MisB Helen Myers, Miss Ruby Moore, Harold Lorimer, Claude Hall, Marshall Moore and Master George B. Moore. ... Mr. and Mrs. Steve Smith of South Sixteenth street, announced the engagement of their daughter, .Miss Mary Smith to Forest McGill, eon of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. McGill of New Paris. The wedding will take place next Thursday. Lieut. Ralph Boozer of Dayton, O., was the guest of friends here last evening. Lieut. Boozer was enroute to his home in Angola for a short visit Miss Louise Maisby is ill with Spanish Influenza at her home on South A street. Her conditions is not regarded as serious. Miss Edna Hazen was hostess last evening at an informal party at her home on West Main street. The affair was in the nature of a Hallowe'en party and all the guests came in masquerade costumes. Later in the evening a Hallowe'en luncheon was served.. The guests were Miss Neva Bowman, Miss Mary Highley, Miss Olive Bowman, Miss Helen Rethmeyer, Miss Edna Hazen, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Reid and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hazen. The first all-women Engineer Corps for service among gas victims at the fighting front cabled safe arrival in France last week. The staff Is in charge of gigantic motor vehicles which are a part of the equipment of the unit. The motor equipment consists of huge 3-ton and 2-ton trucks carrying apparatus for hot water baths and a trailer for disinfecting clothing. Truck?-and trailer, will be driven by women chauffeurs. Hot water bath apparatus sufficient for eight baths at a time is carried on the truck and is worked by women experts. In the trailer is an arrangement for disinfecting clothing at the same time baths are given. Women engineers will heat the Water and run the disinfectors. They have taken special lessons from the American manufacturers in the manipulation of this apparatus. This is the first complete equipment of the sort to go to the front. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Richards of Indianapolis, were guests of friends here yesterday. Margaret Starr has returned from a month's visit in West Virginia. Mrs. Charles Unthank of Wood, South Dakota, arrived last week to be the guest of her sister, Miss Martha Whitacre. Mr. Unthank and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schurman will arrive in a few weeks and both families will make their home here for the present. They are former residents of Richmond. Mrs. R. C. Johnson has gone to Dayton, O., to spend Sunday with Miss Pauline Foster. Miss Foster formerly lived in Richmond. The Harvest . party which was to have been given at the Country Club next week has been postponed on account cf the ban on public meetings. The party will probably be given the first week of November, but announcement will be made later. The October meeting of the Trifoleum society , of First English Lutheran church has been indefinitely postponed and announcement of the meeting will be made later. Y. M. C. A. SURPRISES RUSSIA. VLADIVOSTOK, Oct. 26. The philanthropy and non-commercialism of the Young Men's Christian Association is beyond the grasp of the average new Russian mentality. Free distribution of foodstuffs and even luxuries like chocolate and cigarettes, to those not actually dependent upon charity gives rise to speculation as to where the profit comes in. The Y. M. C. A. headquarters frequently has to discourage would-be speculators who figure that there must be some way to buy from them in quantities what is freely given away by the carload. SPORTSMAN ARRE8TED. PITTSBURG, Oct. 26.-rThe arrest of Patrick Nee, widely known in eastera sporting circles, on the charge of having $50,000 worth of opium in his possession, is said by internal revenue agents to indicate apprehension of the head of the national "dope ring." COAL PRODUCTION DECREASED. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Oct 26. Production of coal by Indiana mines for the week ending Oct. 19, 666,665 is reported as against 692,229 for the proceeding week. ' TO ENTER OFFICERS' SCHOOL OXFORD, O., Oct 26. It is understood that about forty young men of Miami University's military unit will shortly be sent to officers' training quarters at Camp Grant, Ills.

Red Cross Gives Instructions 7 Concerning Soldiers' Parcels

So many Inquiries are being made about the plan for sending Christmas parcels to members of the American Expeditionary Forces that some details of the general plan will be of In terest. Each American Soldier overseas has received front bis commanding officer one Christmas parcel label and will mail it to the person from whom he wishes to receive his Christmas package. The Christmas packages will have to be mailed in cartons of a standard size furnished by the Red Cross and the total weight cannot exceed 3 pounds. The contents of the cartons must be Inspected, wrapped and sealed with an Inspection label by Inspectors appointed by the Rod Cross Chapter and the completely wrapped and addressed parcel left with the Red Cross for mailing. The Red Cross inspector will place on the parcel the label sent home by the soldier and also an inspection label showing that its contents have been inspected and comply with the postal regulations and the necessary postage which will be furnished by the sender. The postage for the 3 pound parcel from Richmond will be 15 cents. A sufficient number of cartons has been sent for by the Red Cross Chapter and they should arrive about November 1. An adequate announcement will be made as soon as they have been received and inspection stations have been arranged for. A committee' headed by Postmaster Charles B. Beck Is being organized to have charge of this whole matter. Persons desiring to send packages overseas should be making their plans so as to have their gifts ready to be packed as soon as the cartons are available. The total weight must be Under 3 pounds and the following articles are prohibited by the postal regulations: 1. All spirituous, vinous, malted, fermented or other intoxicating liquors. 2. All kinds of poison and all articles and compositions containing poison. 3. Explosives of all kinds. s 4.. Inflammable materials. Including friction matches. 5. Infernal machines and mechanical, chemical or other devices or compositions which may ignite or explode. Note Under this classification would come cigarette lighters, etc 6. Liquids or liqueflable articles, fragile articles and other admissible matter when not packed In accordance with the requirements of the postal laws and regulations. 7. All other articles which may kill, or in any wise hurt harm or injure another or damage or deface or otherwise injure the mails or other property. The following suggestions in regard to packing the parcels will be of use: Nothing should go in a Christmas parcel which will not keep fresh from the time of packing until Christmas. Dried fruits and other food products should be packed in small tin or wooden boxes, one-quarter to one-half pound size. Hard candy,' Including chocolate, would probably be safe in tin foil or heavy cardboard, but no soft chocolates nor anything that could possibly CHANGE OF ADDRESS If your Wayne county soldier or sailor has moved or has been transferred, send in his change of address to The Palladium. It is requested that this be done in order that the retard of Wayne county men in service may be kept up to dateExploits of D'Annunno . Praised by English (By Associated Press) LONDON, Oct 26. The air exploits of Gabriele d'Annunzio, the Italian poet, novelist and dramatist Jiave taken a strong hold on the British public's imagination, and he is acclaimed here as one of the world's foremost figures in aerial warfare. The London papers, which recently have been devoting considerable space to the daring Italian, express surprise that a man of his age and temperament was able to make so remarkable a success as an airman. Few expected the Daily Express says, that the "dandy Roman poet" would become an air fighter after passing his fiftieth birthday. Above all, it is pbinted out he is an inspiration to his people. His deeds during the war are known to all the world, but few outside Italy realize that he has been the greatest public orator of his country since the war began. His speeches are full of prose music, and the message which he dropped over Vienna was written as only a poet and a soldier could write. 'Annunzio as a squadron leader is said to be not only fearless, but untiring. Routine bombing and chasing have no attractions for him. His fertile brain is constantly at work devising new methods for harrying the enemy In unexpected directions. That is ' why the Austrians hate him so intensely. It is believed here that his fate would be dire if he fell into the enemy's hands, and London is quite ready to credit the story that he carries in his tunic pocket a little phial of poison. Russian Born Yankees Press Agents for U. 5. ' (By Associated Press) ARCHANGEL, Oct. 26. Those of the - American army contingent stationed here who speak Russian are press agents for Uncle Sam. In the troops selected for Russian service were many of Slavic birth, who are reviving their old language now and using it with the pretty Russian girls and more important with the Russian workmen who are inclined to think, sometimes, that the allies are' quite imperialistic. In odd moments between guard duty one finds American soldiers telling Russians that the United States is here to help them, and that's all. FIRST SNOW IN NORTHWEST CHICAGO, Oct 2. First snow of the season was reported Friday in northern Nebraska, western South Dakota and in Minnesota.

be crushed should be used, as the remaining contents of the package might bo spoiled thereby. - Several dainties packed In oblong tin boxes holding each a quarter of a ' pound, will provide a better variety for a packet than a larger quantity of a single confection. No liquids nor articles packed in glass should be placed in the package: For wrapping the gifts use a khaki handkerchief twenty-seven inches square. The Red Cross suggests that these instructions be cut oue and saved by all those who Intend to send packages overseas So they may have complete ' information. "

ANNOUNCE COURSE : FOR AIR OBSERVERS (By Associated Press) . ; i WASHINGTON, Oct 26 The course of instruction arranged fofairplane and balloon observers, recently called for ' in greater numbers by General Pershing because of their very Important function over the line of battle, was outlined today In an announce- ' ment by the war department The training Is as rigorous as that prescribed for any branch of the army. : Applicants after passing the same rigid physical examination that is given pilots will be sent to a ground school for eight weeks of general military Instruction In addition to preIlminary training in wireless teles! raphy, aerial photography and the useT of machine guns. Those not suited for the work are eliminated at tbo ground school. This Instruction will be followed by a seven weeks' course at Fort SilL' Okla, or the coast artillery school at Fortress Monroe, Virginia. Students who have had advanced mathematics will be selected for the latter school as more technical training is required for observers who will direct the fire of heavy guns. The next work for the applicants will be first flights and training in the execution of all duties of the aerial observer, Including reconnaissance, photography, direction of artillery lire and infantry contact patrol work. This period of training requires Ave weeks. The course will be concluded with a three weeks' course in aerial gunnery, in which the observer will be trained in defensive tactics. An Adequate Diet i By NINA V. 8HORT. It is very hard for a housekeeper to know exactly how much of each of the food substances her family needs or exactly how much of each she is giving them. The exact amount which each person needs depends upon age, sex, size and amount of work done with the muscles. An elderdly person, or one of quiet habits,' needs less food than a vigorous, young one; a large person more than a small one; a man more than a woman; grown persons more than children and 'a farmer working in the hayfleld..'or a mechanic more than a man who sits at his desk all day. ; . v In order to calculate exactly how " much starch, sugar, fat protein, etc. the family needs, one would have to know exactly how much muscular work is done and how much food each person actually consumes. This, of course, would mean a great deal of figuring. Fortunately, such exactness is not necessary in ordinary life. If , a little too much or too little of one nutrient is provided at a single meal or on a single day a healthy body does not suffer, because it has ways of storing such a surplus and of using its stored material In an emergency. The danger would come of the diet taken week in and week out always provided too much or too little of some one nutrient. Habit and custom help greatly here, because they usually are based on . what the experience of generations has proved is wise and healthful, though of course, there are bad habits and outgrown customs in food as in everything else. Good food habits Include cleanliness, a liking for all kinds of wholesome foods, even if we do not always like them, eating reasonable amounts, without being either greedy or over dainty. Every effort should be made to train children in such good food habits. If older people have not learned them, they too, should try to do so, for such things are very im portant not only to health, but also to economize. To refuse to eat some ne j heft. wholesome .dish simply because one not accustomed to it may prevent the use of some very desirable and econnomical food. To feel that there is any virtue in providing more food than is needed shows poor taste as well as poor aconomy. The health and appearance of the family are a good test of the wholesomeness of their diet. If they are strong, well developed for their ages, free from ailments and full of energy, ambition, one may safely say their food agrees with them. But if they are listless and ailing or not as well developed either physically or mentally as they should be and if a competent physician finds that there is no special disease to account for these bad symptoms, a mother may well ask herself if the food is right and if not, bow she can make it so. Germans Promise Return of Valuable French Art LONDON, Oct 26 Valuable works of art belonging to museums and private owners in the region of Cambrai, Doual and Valenciennes, now in the hands of the Germans, will be returned, undamaged to their owners after the war. This announcement is made in a German government wireless message received here. These works of art have, under the orders of the supreme army command, been sent to a place of safety, to save them from destruction of bombardment the message says. ; AUSTRALIAN FRANCHISE BILL MELBOURNE, Oct. 26.A bill enabling persons of either sex of IS years or more to vote was read for the first time in the Queen's assembly Friday.

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