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I ... V i A Sense. of Approaching Doom I LIBERTY BOND AS PRIZE Ihe KITCHEN mSiSiv -SSSfev. ' ..... W.fflMS:-4 K.;.V V. ':M9A. i . . EAR LADIES, I thank you for the Thanksgiving basket. It wna a surprise to me. The kids wuz crazy. Yours thankful, LENA HALL." That was the letter she dictated to me, the woman from 'way over there where rents are relatively cheap, where coal is bought by the single bas ket and where a cau of tinned milk can be made to last a family of four at whole week. I put the words down 3ust as she said them, for I thought the "ladies" would find it heurt-warni-ing to learn that their gift had such n effect on the dull gray household that "the kids wuz crazy." She told rap it was a $5 basket. There was n chicken, vegetables enough for a week, even potatoes the first in their house this winter fruit, everything to make a real feast. Who sent it? Well, she didn't know their names, but she knew it was throtigh the Bureau of Charities her family had got all that. So she had called up the bureau and thanked them and they said a club of ladies were the ones that sent the things. The club had telephoned in and asked for the address of some family that would not be likely to have a big dinner, and then they had filled the basket and sent It to the address given. Now she wonld like to thank the club. She could read English but she couldn't spell the words. Would I write the let ter for her? And that was the way the ladies found out that the "kids wuz crazy." I went over to Mrs. Hall's home, and the sotting and situation seemed to my Inexperience exaggerated beyond actuality. The place looked like a stage representation of poverty. The husband had deserted; there were three children, a toddler, a sickly girl of nine, a sickly boy of ten; and the mother had "pains in the chest," could work only intermittently. There was plenty of work to be had this year, she said, but first one child fell sick, then another, and she herself, after being so hot In the steamy basements where she did washings and then go ing out into the cold, would get those pains In the chest and would have to give up for awhile. At present about all she was doing was working at home, putting strings on express tags. Going home in the street car I fell Into such an abstraction I went nearly to. the limits before I woke up enough to consider the matter of alighting. I got to thinking of contrasts of a world of folk fussing about the ovet amount of protein they had in their nystems, and that other world with the family milk ration one tin a week ; of people suffering from superheated apartments, and of those that watched anxiously the dwindling nuggets in the basket; of people blinking under the glare of too-many-and-too-high-power bulbs, of the Hall family that went to bed right after supper to save light; of dancing-dresses trimmed with fur, of the thin cottony coat Jimmie Hall was wearing; of limousine with orch ids sb owing at the glass and foot- jmimmmmmimm ft '7J.V ? 2 f .... ' warmers for footrests, then of Sirs. Hall walking miles to her work to save five cents. Attending a Kinsolvlng concert a re cent morning in the crystal ballroom of the Bluckstone hotel, after the con cert loitering awhile iu the lobby, later sauntering along Michigan ave nue and stopping to look at this win dow of exotic blooms, at that one where platinum, diamonds and pearls showed up with full effect against their velvet backgrounds, the while seeing the stream of luxurious vehicles flow ing on in such volume, the companion that was with me had said, "Well, un doubtedly America Is prosperous this year; I have never been so impressed with our luxury, with the general well being." Coming from the Halls that later day I thought of this remark, of the whole pleasurable scene calling It forth ; and I wondered at the why and the wherefores of the Inequalities. Why the too-much on the one table the bare subsistence on the other? The slothful warmth, and the dreary cold? The over-brilllnnt rooms, and the long darkness? Of chiffon bor dered with fur, and of shivering Jim mie? Of "the colonel's lady, and of Julia O'Crady"? Who are going to solve It. when is it going to be solved?' Nobody, it seems. Never, It seems. But at least once in awhile, at this special season and that, a momentary lifting of the cloud may occur at least for the chil dren. Say at Thanksgiving and Christ inas, If each able one would took after Place Looked Like a Stage Rep resentation of Poverty. one unable family, what a lot of "kids could be made crazy!" Come on. pile up the basket! Tele phone to the center that knows the needs, or take a case whose needs you yourself know, and do your best to spoil one group of small oik s for one day. Put in the chicken ! Put In vege tables enough for a week. To-rt for get the potatoes. Kemember the fruit. Add candy. Get some Jimmie a woolen coat, and long thick stockings, and ex change his misshapen, run-down-nt-the-heels shoes for brand-new ones, thick-soled and equal to keeping out the cold. Give the sure-to-be-there baby a warm outfit, second-hand or first-hand, matters not. Cover that 1U tle girl's thin red fingers with thick red mittens. Be sure to give plenty of candy It won't hurt 'em. And tie nil the stuff up faucy like and foolish like. Your friends are bored to ex tinction, of course, by the repeated complexities of today's Christmas packing; but folk like the Ha!! won't be. They'll like It; luxuries will help toward that wildness of joy you are working for. Come on, ye unhappy overfed, ye over-warmed, ye blinded by too much light and color, ye of the frivolous fur trimming, and ye lady of the limousine; come all and have a hand in this riot, this midwinter mad ness, this effort to make a certain class of kids "crazy." (CopcrUht. tf'lT. Wetm Noaper Vulval il? if? The Will Be Given December 1st by J. B. Ivey of Charlotte for Best Article on Food Conservation. Raleigh A $50 Liberty bond has been offered by J. B. Ivey, of Char lotte, as a prize to the person wno submits to him by December 1st the best article on "Food Conservation." Tho article is limited to one foilscap page of typewritten matter, the length, and date being the only restrictions. 1 The State Food Administration has brought Mr. Ivey's offer to the atten tion of all County Food Administrators and has urged upon them its possibil ities as a means of stimulating inter est in Food Conservation. Mr. Ivey is the St;j Merchants' Representative under the Food Admin istration, and has direction of the ac tivities of merchants in co-operation with the organization. His work has already produced remarkable results. In every town in the state the mer chants are using their windows and their advertising space in the newspa pers hi the interest of food conserva tion. Mr. Ivey's offer cf the Liberty bond prize is simply another evidence of the practical patriotism of this aggressive Charlotte businss man. Excessive Prices . Unlawful. Raleigh. Under a new regulation of the United States food administration, retailers who violate the food control act by charging excessive prices for necessary food may have their supply cut off.) While the smaller retailers of food are exempt from the licencing provisions of the act, they are subject to the provisions of section four of the law which forbids excessive prices on necessaries, hoarding, de stroying food or conspirtng to restrict production. The food administration has power to instruct wholesale dealers and oth er food handling industries under li cense not to supply retailers who are violating the provisions of the act. There is no Intention to disturb legiti mate business and the food adminis tration will initiate measures against only those who are taking advantage of war conditions to exact unreason able profits on staple necessaries. Bar Association Backs Governor Raleigh. Chairman W. P. Bynum, of the North Carolina council of de fense legal committee, has written Governor Bickett, making clear the at titude of the- Bar Association and of the council of defense in the matter of legal assistance f men rafted for war service. in the light of the in structions by Governor Bickett to the exemption boards to consider no docu ments submitted by attorneys unless certified as without fee. Judge Bynum quotes the Bar Association as emphati cally against any fees and adds that the legal committee of ttia state coun cil of defense will supply legal aid without fee for any yho will apply, the committee being C. II. Ouion, Isew bern; James H. Pou, Raleigh; John D. Belamy, Wilmington; E. T. Cansler, Charlotte; W. B. Council. Hickory, and Julian C. Martin, Ashevllle, Camp Jackson Baseball League. ! Camp Jackson. The organization of the Camp Jackson baseball league is now well under way, in fact the sched ule has about been completed. The first game will be Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock on the artillery bftll diamond, The contestants in the first game will be the teams of the 316th field artil lery regiment and the 322d infantry regiment. A new addition was made to the ; league, it bein? a team from the sig nal corps. This now makea a total of 1 1 teams in the league Games will b played every Saturday and Sunday afternoons and on holidays. Cotton Acreage Reduced. A reduction of forty per cent in the cotton acreage of the state this year la shown in the ginning report just re leased by the census bureau. Against 251, 1C4 bales ginned In the same pe riod during 1916, the report shows that only 151.331 bales have been ginned In some few counties, the, report shows a surprisingly heavy Increase and- in others a tremendous reduc tion. In Robeson cou.ity 23.931 bales were ginned ih's year against 14,929 in 1916 and in Scotland 4.697 more bales were ginned this year than last. NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS II. W. Scott, a prominent farmer ol Haw River, Alamance county, and a member of the state board of agricul ture, has been selected by the officials of the North Carolina Livestock asso ciations to preside over the Joint ses sions of the associations at their meeting in Wilson on January 1, 2. 3, 4, 1918. The Methodist church at Franklin was completely destroyed by fire last week. The building was completed only a year ago at a cost of 125,000. Badin is again taking on renewed proportions and foundations are being laid for more additionl dwelling houfes. These are to be substantial cottages. The conservation of a vast quan tity of soft Henderson rouuty corn and the making of pork more plenti ful, is the dual mission to be served In the importation of 14" Kentucky hogs. Dr. F. M. Winchester, past grand master of the grand lodge of Maso? of North Carolina and one of the most prominent and inspected citizens of Charlotte and Mecklenburg county, -4le4 a fsw days go. A mind wlthfttif ran vtitlnni lu lil-u I a road that begins everywhere and i leads nowhere. ECONOMICAL DISHES. A ball or two of well-seasoned ham burger steak is suflicicnt to season a dish of macaroni ItJjjrJV'Tf '"iff or rice, making a most substantial dish. Break up a cupful of maea roul In inch pieces and cover with boiling water well salted, to cook un til tender. Put a layer of the cooked macaroni In a cas serole or granite baking dish, add bits of the cooked hamburger, a little onion juice and celery salt, a little broth or butter and water, repeat until the macaroni Is used. Place In the oven and bake for a half hour. Green peppers and tomatoes may be used for j seasoning. If so desired. J Where chestnuts are plentiful they ' may make most dainty, nutritious, and at the same time, attractive dishes. Chestnuts contain carbohydrates which need cooking to make them more easily digested. Score the shell and drop them Into a hot frying pan to blanch, when blanched remove the shell and thin brown skin and the nut Is ready for various uses. Cooked until tender, mashed and seasoned with fat which it lacks, salted and peppered, It may be served as a vege table with steak. Chestnut Cakes. Shell and blanch some good chestnuts, then cook In boil ing salted water until tender. Rub them through a sieve and to every half cupful add the yolk of an egg, salt, white pepper, celery salt, and onion juice and Worcestershire sauce, to season highly. Make Into neat cakes, brush with beaten egg, roll in fine crumbs, and fry in smoking hot fat. Serve as meat. Mock Mashed Potatoes. Cook a pound of chestnuts for a quarter of an hour, peel and skin them, and cook In u quart of milk until very soft. Add two tablespoonfuls of butter, one tea spoonful of sugar, and a teaspoonful of salt. Rub through a sieve and serve the same as mashed potatoes. This makes a' nice vegetable to serve with chicken, and it has the additional advantage that it can be eaten by those to whom potatoes are denied. Deviled Chestnuts. Blanch the nuts. th'n put them with a little olive oil Into a hot frying pan, and salt and cayenne pepper and serve either hot or cold. Chestnuts cooked until tender, then mashed and seasoned with a well-seasoned stock in which the nuts were cooked, makes a most acceptable vege table dish. Have you noticed that the women who have system in their work almost Invariably appear-to have the least to do? FOR THE INVALID'S TRAY. For the whimsical palate of an In valid it dainty is more acceptable, whatever it may be. if served In some Unusual form. For the busy housewife who has but one pair of hands to per form all duties, time Is a most valuable asset. and she has little for frills. However a few minutes spent In gar nishing and arranging a dish will make all the difference between receiving and eat ing It with anticipation, or refusing It altogether. So many fetching things may be done with ordinary things in the home, for example, a whole set, of dishes may be made from a few lemons. Cut the lemon that has a good projection for a spout into a cream pitcher, cut a ring of rind for the handle, scoop out the pulp and voila! a pitcher, uot for cream, but for various jellies. Cut n lemon the other way ncross, put on two little handles and have n sugar howl, the half of a lemon a lit tle smaller with one handle will be a cup. Pigs, using toothpicks, for legs, may he made, eyes of black pins, .dt lightlng the heart of a child. With dates and figs, turtles, with peanuts various figures, even a whole man may he made by using toothpicks and cork. Fruit Cream. Beat the white of an egg, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, and half n glass of grain Jelly until It Is stiff enough to stand. Serve in sher bet cups with a bit of whipped cream on top. Rice Cream. Blend a tablespoon- ful of rice Hour with co!d milk, add it to a pint of scalding nulk, n pinch of salt and three tablesMonfu!s of sugar, cook until well done. Pour out Into n pretty dish and serve with cream ut'.d more su'nr if desired. An egg dropped into a ramekin with a table spoonful of cream, si-t in the oven In water and baked just long enough to set the egg. Is delicious when seasoned ,vith a dash of salt and paprika. Tn all homes there are some choice bits of china, glass and silver, which will be used to advantage on the in valid's tray. Colored food, like jel lies and gelatin desserts look well In gluss. For the child n little thing to di vert the mind while eating will often lend to bis eating a good meal, with out realizing that he Is being forced to do it. King of the Khyber Rifles By TALBOT MUNDY AKE India n II a background the India of grandeur, squalor, cruelty, charm, nobility and treachery all commingled ; the India of teeming streets and magic palaces, the India of scorching plains mm ' . . 1 1 s IE and windy hills, the Indiaimmemoriallyoldand ever new, the India of war-stirred in trigue and of mystery, . I 1 W fry liiiilllll smtni- wonderful, beautiful, enchanting queen of the India hillme'n rules , supreme in the mysteri- j ous Khinjan caves. In- to herstronghold where j 1 many Englishmen have gone, but none before ever returned, goes j ; Athelstan King, Brit- ish officer and member j of the Secret Service, ! to learn the secret of the j Hills and keep the sav- j age tribes from revolt. King not only enters the E Caves but saves India for p England end undergoes J weird experiences such as j seldom fall to the lot of a g white man. If you would enjoy a thrilling tale of heroism thrilling to the j very last word read the Js new serial to appear in v this paper- King of the Khyber Rifles m Ya I MwMm for secret service, the India ancient and immense. Imagine a story written with the zest of romance and the thrill of perilous adventure. Throw over it the spell of a strange and enchanting woman and you have some idea of the fascination the new serial story that will be published serially in this paper offers. It Is an Exceptional Tale of Wild and Weird Adventure t Watch for and Read the First Installment! "There Must Be No Holy War!" Such was the order that went forth in India at the outbreak of the world conflict, and when a man was needed to g to the hill country, learn the secrets of the savage tribes and quell any pos sible uprising;, Athelstan King was chosen. Never was a more dangerous mission given a man than that entrusted to King of the Khyber Rifles This is the title of the new story that we have secured for our next serial and never for a moment does the in terest lag. IntrfeTie and thrills, love and war and a vaulting nmbition, combined with the glamour and mystery and ruthlessness of the East, makes this a won derfully fascinating romance. Vlitcii for thr luge Cod dining First lutnUaent Qt 1 r J
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