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i MDMSBNK' Jfl! S TMr K1TGMCN CABINET I ' IE." W , M X "VI . V T TW KJ 1 W ft . i . ill" fc ' . . - I 'I warn ( (Conducted by National Council .of the t tsoy ecouts or yvmerica.) SCOUTS DISPATCH BEARERS ! George Creel chairman of the com mittee on publiciinformatioriu has ad dressed the following Better, to the Boy scouts of America in! appreciation of their services as dispatch bearers for the government; ?- . '' ' "Dear Mr. WestI Wish to take th opportunity to express to you 'my . ap- j preciation for the assistance the Bojy Scouts of America tjave beento the i committee in its work, - - "Public opinion stands recognized as : vital part of ? national " defense, a t wiitv force In national attack. The strength of ourfiririg line Is not in trench barricade alone, but has its source in the . morale of the civilian population from which the fighting , force is urawn. v j ,.... ;L- "As dispatch bearers the boy. scouts have carried the message or our .pres ident to more than jive million homes, and as a result of the postcards len- closed, the committee has filled near- lv two million requests for pamphlets on the vital questions of the warl "The battle for public opinion : las been won. There is no organized dis loyalty. Individual pisloyalty has been isolated and marked down. We have unity in the land today unexampled In the history of this car any other nation, j "The boy scouts nave had their part in winning this battle and they can do , much to help maintain the unity so essentia . j i SCOUT WALL-SCALING CONTEST. One of the Many Athletic Pastime! the Youngsters Enjoy. SCOUTS IN TRANSPORT WORK. That scouts cab be relied upon for j any patriotic duty Is shown by this let- ter from the general superintendent j of the United States army transport : service. If there Is any place Where lucuiuei tu uay umjrniucu vM, fiuaru lonigm snouiu oe repeaicu, ii- is on the docks from which ourj boys board the ships for France. Hpre Is the letter to national headquarters from Lieut. Col. fc. P. Jackson: "In reference jto telephone conver sation regarding boy scouts, I have two employed In the supplies division, army transport service, as messen- gers. Their duties as messengers re- j mem vcrjr j uiicu iu w7 cial documents of a confidential na ture from the various government of fices, piers, etc. f I believe boy scouts five more satisfaptor 'servlces, due to their training, anjdjcan T be relied upon to carry out strictly any Instructions given them." : r;.': . . MADE A TOWNFUL OF SCOUTS. The far-reaching effect of a com monplace act of kindness has often as tonished a scout! who as a matter of. course does a good turn whenever he finds an opportunity. ; - The scout executive of Scranton Ia., bame interested In a boy in a neighboring town who was at a hos pital for a serioi s bone operation. He spent muc ti time with the boy; and when he passed his twelfth! birth day In the' hospital, the scout executive gave him the tenderfoot test. -; Returning to his home town, a scout, this boy organized a troop and novhas the whole town enthusiastic about scouting. "So shines a good deed in a naughty worldl"' : r, : DOINGS OF THE SCOUTS. The boy scout of Butte, Mont, dis d ilterature.throughout the city tributed instructing the people about the work of the Y. M. CJ A-: and .asking their aid. -j '; 4, --iO-: :.('- In Waterburyvv Conn., the Kotary lnb furnished 60 auto trucks, and 240 hoy scouts collected piles of books set out for the .army camps. ' - " McKeesport, Pa4 v scouts 4 bought a second hand six cylinder antq for thf purpose of teaching the boys' j some-' thing about auto repair, , j S It)- ' x ' I ' " . vO -. -f1 I if ' J THE CANOE BIRCH. A canoe was being put' away foi the season," said Daddy, ."and aftei the canoe was hanging upside down in a nice old cellar yhrch was not too near a furnace, and! yet not too damp, Bome little brownies jumped" upon it. It was covered oyer with .rugs and was well cared for. It would not need any attention throughout the win- ter. '"' X ' ' ' ; v I 'We would like to have a talk with you said Billie Brownie. ' i A "Ke to have a talk with you, t00 said the canoe. .''J we can understand you, for we're brownies, said BilHe we re very; much like rairies said Bennie Brownie, 'except that fair- ,es are beautiful and we are funny and round and ft-' 'That makes no difference, said the canoe. "'Thank you,' said Billie Brownie. " 'Thank you,' said Bennie Brownie. "And the little j brownies who had come along too said In their most po lite tones, 'We aiso thank you.' " 'Then I'm j being well thanked,' said the canoe, 'and that is nice for I like to be thanked when I have said somethin bit hard for Have a canoe to be polite, you know. A canoe can go through the water so easily when people paddle it, and a canoe is very useful and loti of fun If it is properly "understood but it Isn't the habit pt a canoe to make polite speeches.' j "'It was most j good of you to make the effort,.: said Billie Brownie, bowing very low. ' j " '".'It. was''5 extremely kind of you, said Bennie Brownie. '"We think you are a kind and po lite canoe,' said the other little brownies.-. ' .- "'Well,' said Billie Brownie, after a pause, and after they Jhad all chosen places about' the canoe so they could hear' its story, 'won't you tell us all anout yourseir. i we nave neara tnat you came from a tree.' did,' ' said the canoe. I came from the Canoe! Birch tree. There are i many kinds of birch trees, but my family belonged to the Canoe Birch. tree family. I'm so glad I belonged to that family,' for ; we are so use- ful. '-:K.. 'Now I have had a useful and TPrv nlpnsnnt lifp ns n rfinop- Th le who owri me are so fonrf of me. wnn,f hnloI f .1 . fr mv Rfdps hv rnnnin mp lln U mrw nMC! rru-----. . rm, lito m4 nnd th1T Wflrit fn b' mt a ,ong time "'You see,' the canoe continued, 'the Canoe Birch tree family can do many things. People can get delicious sirup from our sap. They can make wooden shacks out of us, too and of course, as you know, they can get canoes from us. . 'The partridges enjoy our buds, lint mnot rf alio ra xr-a neofnl tr man . - Uyv things. But best of all, the very best of all, to my canoe mind, is that we can be 'made into wonderful bark canoes. That's fine,' said Billie Brownie. 'I had no Idea your family could do so many things and that so much could be made out jf you and your rela tives. I :.v - 1 r "'I beg your pardon,' said the canoe, but my relatives are different. They are the other birch trees, ancl some of my relatives can't do much of any thing, such as the White Birch fam ily, for example. j . " They don't live long, they must 1 have swampy ground, and they aren't at all useful. Although, the canoe add-, ed, T must sayj one thing. The White Birch family will grow In ugly places where there ! have been fires and where the land looks shabby. 'But I am glad that I belong to th Birch family, or that I did belong to It for we are considered the finest members of the whole Birch Tree fam ily. ''r5 y 'Often some branches of my fam lly are thrown Into a merry bonfire. and how eayly they crackle and burn, and how they'do add: to an an tumn bonfire party. ! . " 'Well, we're delighted to have heard about you, said Billie Brownie. " 'And we thank you most extremely for telling us your history, added Ben nlel Brownie, as they, all sald good-by and left" the . canoe for its winter's I J (CopyrUht 1918, Western Newspaper rnloa.) - A man likes to concentrate his mind. tmt he tries to be very careful not tc ccn-dense It g polite. It's a ..,! I - a Very Pleasant Life." 1 1 MmmS 1 ': Tit iiS.ioE- 1ST- 's Hat . - jSSRaiffil , , ... , Hot Springs Near Reykjavik. , i THE. autonomy that .has come as a gift of the war to Ice land : merely' follows upon a former home rule granted by Denmark to the island folk In 1874. Bordering as the island does upon the arctic circle, It would seem anoma lous Indeed that the former home of the free-necked, all-conquering Vi kings should be associated with aught but human liberty, or that the re straints and oppressions of autocratic governments should be familiar things in this little detached world. But Ice land has had Its political struggles nevertheless, and from the very be ginning of its history it became the refuge and sanctuary of a people seeking, safety and refuge from the Intolerable tyranny of a Norseman's rule. Iceland's story is really the story of the Viking, says Christian Science Monitor. In a minor degree It is as sociated with the mission of the Celt and Anglo-Saxon In the t early diffu sion of Christianity. In 1890 the Ice landers actually celebrated the thou sandth anniversary of the landing of the first Christians. - ! - , One is apt to picture the Viking as a sea-rover making his warship fast to that of his enemy while the shouts of the victor rise high above the clash and clang of spear and battleax upon shield and helmet. But war was not really his occupation nor was the sea his home. He only turned to the sea for plunder and recreation when he wearied of the pastoral life. If he was a man of wealth and influence, in the old Norse country, he was certain ta possess many thralls or retainers, to own a' great hall and possibly a temple. In the center of the hall would be a row of fires, and against the wall the high seat or place of honor, its ereat Dinars carved and crowned with Images of Thor, Odin and Frigga. The Viking himself would be magnificently attired, his garments bound with plates of gold, and his sword, 4FIre-of-the-Sea-Klng, , In a jeweled scabbard b his side. On his neck would doubtless be a collar of engraved gold, while his flowing cloak would be edged with 'gold. Such, also, was the early Icelander in the early stages of his migration 'from the old Norse home. How Iceland Was Settled. The Vikings peopled ! the remote Is land deliberately, as a land where freedom , awaited them. Unlike other lands it had no prehistoric history. Fire-born, It had known not even the prehistoric savage. Man's coming be gan, it may be said, with a woman's whim, and a Viking's vow. Is it not all told in "The Story of HarUd Hair fair,' and by Snorrl in "Heimskrin gla?" How Harald sent his messen gers to Gyda, daughter of Eric, King of Hordaland, with the request that she become his wife. How to them she replied that she would not, for the taking to husband of a king who had no more realm to rule over than a few folk, did not appeal to the proud prin cess. How Harald swore that he would not cut his hair nor comb It until he had gotten to himself all Norway, "with the scat thereof and the dues." How after years of strenuous effort and warfare he brought , all Norway under a sway that was to be feared wherever the Norse tongue was spoken. How he solemnly bathed and cut his hair, held a feast, and wedded the ; exacting - but now triumphant .Gyda, queen -of the world within her ken.'; -n: '; ''. k--' . -,y . -:: . - That was . ten centuries ago, when Harald introduced to Norway that centralization and consolidation of power which was to make of him a tyrant and a blight upon the ambitions of the nobles who' felt the weight; of his sway. The freemen resisted as long as they could. Beaten again and again in fight, many of them with drew from the land of their birth, pre ferring "exile with their accustomed liberties to a vassalage which was an outrage to the free-born- Discovered by Naddodd. Thus began; the Incursions and ex nrsions of the f Vikings; The falr taired warriors of the North spread hemselves over many lands, 'even in ar-off Byzantium. For centuries the -oast and river hamlets of England, Scotland and Ireland were constantly on the alert in case of depredations and ; sudden descents.' The distant lava paks of Faroe ultimately became the homes of those who dared not return to Norway, until at last one of their number, the Viking Naddodd, left the Isles and was driven by contrary 'f i - ' i winds in , sigh of the snow-capped ' peaks jlof Iceland; A landing was ef fected), but Naddodd found no. trace of human beings. Christening the newly discovered country Snaeland, he Im mediately took! his departure. Four years pater, in, 864, camei Gardar, a Swedish Viking, who was the first to circumnavigate; the island. He re- ! christened the land Gardar's Holm. flour with a little salt; Bake in a shal Then j came Flqki, who found his way low panr When hot rub with butter to the: Island by the aid of ravens, and who gave to , the then Inhospitable land the present chilly name of Ice land.' 1 4j- ' ' ' Reykjavik, the "smoking Creek,' now the principal town, j was recog nized from the! earliest times as an unfortunate location for a settlement and a capital.'- The original colony was settled here by Ingolfr Arnarson, a high-born Jarl of Norway, who left his native land in the company of his foster-brother,' Tijorleifr, j ten years afterjl the descent of Flqki upon its shores. -, : ; . Within ( 60 years from the coming of Ingilfr, the population bf the island is said: to have j numbered over 60,000. So much land, however, had been taken by the;first comers that an agreement was made by which all late . comers couljl ke onlyj as much land as they could epcompas by fire in a day. This was jlclone by building a huge fire in the center of th? lot, whence the claim ant traveled in a circle as far away from the fire as he could see the smoke 9 Kindly" and Hospitable. Froito this virile race, which scorned, to bead the knee to Harald, the mod ern Icelanders are descended. They, are j kindly and hospitable to the stranger within their borders, while their homes aire simple and quaint. some are oiu .mxeuiug i!ltttcs l and I stone : wjth an Inclosed mowing! patch, the sheep folds, the byre and' a small garden, for vegetables. The spoklen tongue' of Icelandj is no longerj heard in the NOrse valleys, but in the; arctic isolation of their island home! the j Icelanders have retained it in Its ancient purity; and sagas and tra- ditiens of the remote past are as habitants. r ..." The governnient, down to the grant ing bf autonomy, had at its head a minister, appointed by the king of Denmark, resident at Reykjavik, , and responsible to the althing, . or the parljament ofjthe colony!, for all acts! concerning Jceland. The althing con- sisted of 36 members, of whom 30 were elected by the people and six by the crown. : It was elected every two years, and was divided into two cham-i bersf of which the upper was composed of six elected and six appointed mem bers, while the lower consisted of 24 elected members. ' The king of Den mark had the nominal right of veto.: In 1911 v suffrage was extended to women and servants, and the right is now; possessed by all competent adults.- The revenue of the country is derived almost entirely from customs.1 Elementary education is well provide for, and the 'number . of i illiterates Is remarkably small. -;-li.-.y--V-' ( ;--'! Slam's Boat Life. . ' ;,, j The boat; life of Siamj Is extremely interesting. Business and pleasure health and happiness, jail center in the river or its branches; . A boat and a paddle are'almost as natural and in dispensable possessions jto a Siamese as his arms! or legs. He has no no tion 1 of traveling any distance except by boat, ah the Idea :of living in a place inaccessible by water generally! strikes hlnvlas' absurd, i Three weeks to come down stream with a full caiv go, a weekko dispose of it and In dulge in thgayetles of the capital, four or five months to get back with the emptied, boat,. and. the rest of the year for farm vwork at home such U the program of many a Siamese fast , Life means to each one of us just ' What ' each of us ! makes it mean. It is: a blank check into which we our selves must write the value. 1 ; SEASONABLE GOOD THINGS: One of the most popular pies at this season of the year is mince. Each nousekeeper nas some favorite recipe which is cherished, in her family ; here is Mrs. Taft's Mincemeat. j Take, three pounds of lean beef, one pound of suet, two pounds each of seeded raisins, citron and currants, two teaspoonfuls of cinna mon, two quarts of cider, one pound of brown sugar, and one tablespoonful of salt. Cook beef until tender and when r coJd chop very fine, , Chop the suet and remove all of the strinfey portion. Put all together wjth the fruit chopped In to a jar, boil the cider with sugar until reduced, to one quart ; when cool add to the other ingredients. - When ready to be used add two chopped apples to the mincemeat for one pie. Prince of Wales Cake. Dark part cream one-half cupful of butter, add One cupful of molasses, one-half -cupful of strong coffee sift one teaspoori ful each of soda, - nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves with two cupfuls Of flour. Add three well-beaten yolks of eggs and one, cupful of raisins.' "Light -'part -j cream one-half cupful of butter, add cne ., cupful of ; sugar gradually; 1 Mix and "sift together one cupful of flour with one-half cupful of cornstarch, and two teaspoonf uls of. baking powder ; add the dry Ingredients alternately With half a cupful of milk. Cut and fold in the whites of the eggs. Bake In layers. ! '"-:' " I Golden Orange Cake. Take one cup ful of New Orleans molasses, half a cupful ' of shortening, one egg, the juice and rird of one' orange, half a ( teaspoonf ul-of soda dissolved In half a cupful of cold water, two cupfuls of land sprinkle with powdered sugar. Rice-, and Almond 9ream. Biancn ; one-half t cupful of almonds, cut In thin j shreds, put into a double boiler with three cupfuls of milk,- one-fourth cup ; ful of sugar and 'one-half teaspoonf ul of salt; when hot add one cupful . of j well-washed rice. Cook until the rice j Is I tender. When ready - to serve .'fill I sherbet cups half full; add a teaspoon- ful of apple jelly, then sweetened whipped cream and another spoonful of jelly on top. Girls Knowledge is now no more a foun tain sealed; . . Drink deep, until the habits of the slave, The sins of emptiness, gossip and spite And slander, die. Better not be at all Than not be noble. - Tennyson. GENERALITIES. . - In using bread crumbs for escal loped dishes, season well with salt and pepper, ana aaa a small quantity of melted butter; stir until well mixed. Clean currants by rubbing and rolling in a small amount of flour; wash them, dry, and they are ready for use.' Cut the long and rough pieces from sirloin steak ; use them in soup or put them through a meat grinder; season well 1 with onion juice, a pinch of ground cloves and pepper and salt ; j add a portion' of cooked oatmeal, breakfast cereal or bread crumbs; make Into flat cakes and cook until brown on both sides. , s Have small receptacles In. which to save various kinds of fats; do not mix them, as they keep sweet better when unmixed. Beef drippings mixed with lard may be used for deep frying or for short ening. Coffee and tea stains may be re moved from linen by rubbing on a lit tle borax and soak half an hour in cold water; then hold over a deep dish and pour boiling water through the spot To deepen the , color in any wash dress use a piece of crepe paper the color desired -a square foot soaked In cold water and used as bluing wa ter. The result will be a delightful re freshing of the color; Parsley may-be kept, fresh for, two weeks or longer if dipped in water, then well shaken and put into a glass jar, sealing tightly. Keep in a cool 'place.'-'. !-;.-:-'--. Drop the yolks of eggs into a bowl or cup, cover with cold water and they will keep several days. Use a fiber vegetable brush to clean grates and scrub vegetables. - TO get the flavor of orange for sauce or tea, or any kind of dessert rub a few cubes of sugar over a well-washed orange, or grate off the rind and let It stand in a close jar with a handful of cubes of sugar or granulated sugar. The water In which Tice Is cooked Is too valuable to: be thrown away ; use it in tomato soup for the next days ' The water in which peas, beans and cauliflower are cooked may be added to the water In' which a leg of mutton or a piece of beef is boiled. This may be reserved for soups ahd-sauces. : - ISOLATE ALL AILING FOWLS Some Common Poultry Diseases saC Treatment Use Potassium Per. manganate for Co!ds (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture. ; AH diseased birds should be feoZitesi Colds . and ' Roup-Disinfect Gm drinking water as follows : To csefe gallon of water add the quantity; potassium permanganate that will re main on the surface off a dime. 'j ' . Canker Sprinkle a little flowers or sulphur in the mouth ahd throat cf l bird and put , some chlorate of potasSn in the waters Also carefully t rcmkvv the exudate with the aid of warn A Case of Scaly Legs. ter and paint with odlne or apply good disinfectant to sue. ' - f V the diseased CSar Chicken PoXd Apply a touch eff S- dine to each sore and then cover carbolated vaseline. If the fHicaaae parts are kept well covered witk Gut vaseline it Gapes. will usually effect a cue. . ... New ground and vtgac5 cultivation will often ' remedy tftsa trouble. A liberal snrinklins: of Eaa around the " coops" and runs is often "an effective remedy. V- y Scaly Legs Apply vaseline cfits Ing a disinfectant toi the affected pastas and after 24 hours soak in warm'i water. Repeat treatment until Diarrhea In Hens. Lovs-scm&b wheat flour or middlings are" good Car this trouble. Also , give each fowl ay teaspoonf ul of castor oil ' confafafasr five drops of 9H of turpentine. : v Bowel, Trouble ! In" ChlckfcWS- boiled rice mixed with a little charoea will often check this complaini. D solve 15 grains of crude catecha fi each gallon of drinking water. MORE POULTRY IS REQUIRED Standard-Bred Fowls Increase Prota tion and Imprcve Quality Hatdi -Chicks Early. (Prepared by the United States ment .of Agriculture.) '1 . -. Keep better poultry: Stan' poultry increases production proves the quality. Select vigorous breeders : vigorous breeder produce chicks. ". '. ! ! . ' Hatch the chicks early: hatched pullets produce fall ter eggs, i- " "-!. Preserve eggs for home serve .when . cheap jf or , use In price. !!,.: : ; ....!',-.-, Produce-Infertile eggs: They fa better. 'Fertile eggs are necessary Car hatching only. . . j !. -, -v . ' - Cull the flocks : Eliminate uz$hi&- able producers and reduce thie fee utvi . t - i - - i - um. , i.. - - . . ..... I . Keep a back-yard flock :. , A . flock in the back yard will supply tSml family table. j Grow your poultry feed: Hem' grown feed Insures an available economical supply. . Eat more poultry and eggs: By eat ing poultry and eggt' more freely pa will conserve the meat supply. WHEAT FOR EGG PRODUCTION Better Food Than Com in Ration fee Laying HenayrBarley la Good Substitute. Whaat is a better food for egs'pr duction than . i corn. A grata, ratiaai of wheat, oats and corn is coodocrjfo to the manufacture of eggs, may be profitably! substituted wheat during these days of wueat cc servation. , . I HOPPER IS BIG LABOR SAYEII Satisfactory Growth . Secured fay., CEv . ing Fowls Access' to BUzkSsd ' A hopper capable of ho3ding- a. Iarea quantity of feed isj a great labor avec. Bjrlallowihgthe birds 'cces;taf UJ contents a eatlsfactx)ry7f3 talned, and an bpportunitjr" fa', gvea them to balance the grain ratlcas fed. This- hopper should be large -eaoh tm hold several bushels of feed, rTf, Cor one or two weeks. 1 r - i FT" "T" : - : 'rf:,:-: I . ' ' jDcsoesft- daroV&twS - and fcifc-HeaLtt&S, Il : ICUpTW ana .vriar Kxatt Pre- C!