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MONDAY, DEC 24, 19tt THE ASHEVUXE TIMES PAGE THREE jlTIT. . -vS X mrmmm onr? t ntnct The Ideal Christmas Present We sell tbem and can give you quick service. We can also give you quick service in die examination and insurance of Titles to properties in Aslieville and Buncombe county. Bankers Trust & Title Insurance Co. I WAS ONLY A VOLUNTEER. Tha ma.ll of Saturday brought Tha TIMES tha varaea that tollow and they ara printed, aa requeatrd. When tha years haa puied. and tha "boy" look up to tha father'a faca, there will be no need of regret because that father vol unteered tha patrlotte heart led that father to the anawer to the country', rail. Tha aad thought three daya la that ao many of the drafted" fellow are seeking exemption and It the mo ment when the country needs every able-bodied man. Editor. I WAS ONLY A VOLUNTEER. ! Why didn't I wait to be drafted? j And be led to the train by a band. ! And put In my claim for exemption. I Oh, why did I hold up my hand? I Why didn't I wait for the banquet? Why didn't I wait to be cheered? For the drafted men get the credit. While I merely volunteered. And nobody gave me a banquet, And nobody said a kind word. The grind of the wheels of the engine Was all the good-bye that I heard. Then oft to the camp I was hustled To be trained for the next half year And then in the shuffle forgotten. I was only a Volunteer. And maybe some day in the future When my boy sits on my knee. And asks what I did in the conflict And his little eyes look up to me. I have to look back as I'm blushing. To the eyes that so trustfully peer, And tell him I missed being drafted I was only a Volunteer. SI rxettoir bf JtA ALLEGED WILL OF LATE QUEEN HELD FORGERY Honolulu, Dec. 22. A purported 1917 will of the late Queen Liliuokal ani, bequeathing the major part of her estate to "Princess" Theresa Belliveau, was thrown out of court yesterday by Judge C. W. Ashford, who stated from the bench that all evidence and his own knowledge convinced him it was a forgery. A 1909 will of the queen, contain ing a deed of trust In favor of Theresa Belliveau, said to be only a distant relative of Liliuokalani, remains con tested by Jonah ("Prince Cupid") Kalanianole, congressional delegate from Hawaii, on the grounds that the queen was mentally incompetent at the time of its execution. PHONE TOIH WANT TO 202 moors movies AFTER AN INVESTIGATION TZRiune Chichen I 1. fZjr!?. c- " 1J a chicken weighing one three quarters pounds cost the same. The steak will provide a meal for four persons and nothing left over. The chicken if manipulated properly will give four plates of yijK guuu buup, a oisn oi onicitan ana rice. Southern stvle for four per sons, salad for four If combined with nuts, celery and lettuce, and also a small quantity of clarified fat to be used ns shortening. Take the neck, wings, back and feet of the chicken, put In cold water so that the Juices may be drawn out slowly as it comes to a boil. Then either put In a fl reless cooker over night or let it simmer for two hours on a stove. The meat from these parts Is used for the salad. Water Is added to the Juices to make the soup and the choicer bits of chicken are put in and cooked in the boiling water until done suf ficiently to serve with the rice. Keep In mind that such substitu tion leaves the meat to go the 'army and the Allies. Food Will Win the V.'ar. War fas CiKir,n hjr rtenrfj fxticLer TheMakings '"V ut' y . 3T3 1 t M I of a Nation A Sergeant In the U. S. AetationStrolct" Rolling . HhOum." 7 sn'A'C h XtSJ? n,"i A 1 j m i Photographed Somewhere In America. Look for the famotu tmulin tack. Bull Durham will cheer up Yankee Prisoners ' (FROM THE CHICAGO EXAMINER, SEPTEMBER 20, 1917) WASHINGTON, Sept. 19th If Germany takes any Yankee boy prisoners they will not have to exist on German prison rations. Th Red Cross has arranged to forward to each prisoner a package containing from nine to ten pounds of food three times each fortnight. . The package will contain a scientifically prepared ration sufficient to sustain inactive men in good health, including rice, sugar, dried beef, pork and beans, evaporated milk, coffee, chocolate, jam, soap and "the makings" two packages of tobacco with papers. And the tobacco specified for the Red Cross Food Kit is GENUINE uu. Durham tobacco ) Guaranteed by istionTo tf A Pite Smokers rjnoanAalittle tfannW iJiTK.A.m with 0wCixpe tobtccv iVe Sugar in Your Abolition of Picture Houses in War Time Impossible and Not Desirable ; Washington, Dec. 22. England took a day off from the war recently to And out what it's doing to the movies and what the movies are doing to it. The resultsislld quietly into Washing ton's musty official records recently and went to sleep forever, barring this temporary resurrection. The question of abolishing the In stitution altogether hiis been ngimted by a lot of professional antl-some-thing-or-others who didn't have any thing else to antl for the time being. Krom these van leaders, the movie opposition rang all the change down to quarreling with the color of the tickets, the little nickel-plated mech anism spits at you from the boxofflce. So they hired the Hiwhop of Birming ham and a group of eminent assist ants to look the camera situation square In the eye. It was discovered I that the British isles possess 4,500 pic- j ture houses. Judging from the sur-1 fcit of posters and the prevalence ofj buildings with wedding-cake fronts j and galloping electric signs there must be at least that many within a radius of five blocks of this correspondent's home In Washington. These 4,500 shows, the bishop re ported, are visited by 1,075, OOO.COO Britishers every year. That takes ev ery one of the king's home flock to the films once every two weeks. The bishop's report said lots of the shows were naughty, naughty. But there ia a heavy percentage of good little shows too, he said. Perhaps that explains it. Perhaps the naughty ones only get around every three weeks. But even if the shows should be a little come carefully censored, the commissioners declared, they are worth while because they have broken up street gangs of boys and keep thousands of husbands and fathers with their families who, otherwise would be out at a club, doing a lot of very sincere drinking. Some folks In England disagree with the commission and say the mov ies ought to be spanked and sent back to the inventor. Morally and socially, the august commission disagrees with this view. "The abolition of the picture house," they say, "is impossible, even if it were desirable, and in our judg ment it is not desirable." It concludes, by advocating a spe cial film service for children, under public or governmental control and financing. It also suggests that the theatres be better lighted and more closely supervised. Spooning at the movies has long been one of Britain's favorable indoor sports. Children's Bureau Fears In creased Infant Mortality ! From Insufficient Diet j Correctly Defined. A Russlnn applicant for naturaliza tion papers was. asked, "What 1r the Constitution of the United Statesr "Rugged and healthy," he answered. Washington, D. C, "Dec. 22. Disas trous results of the sudden rise In the cost of milk, which is causing the poor to drop it from the diet of ba bies and young children, are reported by the experts of the National Chil dren's bureau, who fear widespread sickness and a rapid increase in infant mortality, unless milk is continued in; the feedings. . I That the situation Is desperate Is ' shown In the reports of social work ers during the past few weeks. i In New York City the mayor's com-! mittee on milk, reports that the total supply has been reduced 25 per cent ; and that the consumption of milk in' certain parts of the city has been re-! duced by half. , In the analysis of thei milk consumed by 2,200 families It Is shown thnt among them there were 5,438 children under six years of age, -and 2,534 from 6 to 13 years old. The1 milk estimated to be adequate for these families was 8,194 quarts,, whereas the amount actually purchas ed was 3,193 quarts. Of 120 families who dropped milk entirely 73 substi- j tuted canned condensed milk, and ' 1,213 of the 1.480 families visited were substituting tea and coffee. Chil-I dren under six years old were found; in 2,148 cases to be drinking tea and coffee. For babies under one year old , the amount of milk purchased wasj less man mat oi last year in more than half the families. Twenty-five families with babies have ceased al together to buy millc. In Philadelphia social welfare work ers report that many of the poorer mothers have practically given up buying milk. The Children's bureau estimates that every child under six years should have at least a pint and a half of milk daily. Tn . . n t I. . : t . . 1 1 Al 1 X t mese reports constant ertorts will he made by the Children's bureau to in duce families to buy the required amount of milk. Except in cases where the cost of milk is really pro hibitive for the very poor, it is be lieved tl.at families can be educated to realize the absolute necessity of buying milk for their children. That mothers will procure even at a sacri fice that which is essential for their babies was shown in the educational campaipn undertaken a, few years ago I by the New Yprk Milk committee- to teach mothers the importance of clean milk. Once convinced that baby's ; life might be the price of cheap milk even the very poorest insisted on buy ing grade A certified milk in spite of the increased cost. That milk .will have to be supplied at public expense for families who cannot afford to buy it while the pres ent emergency lasts, is the conclusion of the Children's bureau. Tot't Version of Death. Mary and Tommy were playing "fu neral" In the yard. Mary was over heard explaining. "Tommy, when ypu're dead, your body's no good, but your think goes on." Find Out First. Study to conserve your steps. When you spend nn hour looking for some- I thing because you do not know where It Is, you have wasted that many steps. Burn Gas Jet Under Water. In a new European method for pro ducing steam a high-pressure gas Jet Is burned under the surface of the wa ter In a steel boiler. Tubes In Madrid. Sanction has been given to the con struction of underground electric rail ways In Madrid. Removes Paint From Glass. To remove palm from window glass rub It well with hot, sharp vinegar. AN APPEAL TO THE WOMEN OF THE STATE By STATE FOOD ADMINISTRATOR .HENRY A. PAGE. To the Women ot North Carolina: With victory in the great war de pendent upon the food supplies which we can send to the armies and civilian population of our Allies In Europe; and with several hundred thousand women and children In the neutral countries of Europe appealing plteous ly to America to save them from star vation, we face the greatest and most Insistently pressing demand for food stuffs that has been made upon a peo ple in the world's history. Russia haa collapsed because of dis organized and insufficient food sup plies for its armiea and for its civilian population In some sections, and more American blood will be spilled In France because of Russia's failure to push the war. Any failure upon our part to supply necessary fooodstuffs in France, England . and Italy would threaten a Bimilar collapse in thos countries which would immeasurably increase the war burdens of this csun try and the cost of variety. The neutral peoples of Europe hay always imported large quantities ot foodstuffs from North America, South America, Asia and Australia. Because of war conditions and transportation difficulties practically all supplies are now cut off except those from North America and representatives of those peoples are making the most heart rending appeals to our country for aid. It is an appalling fact that despite the most we can do for those people after supplying our Allies tens of thousands ot them must perish from hunger during the next few months. In the face of those conditions In Europe we have exported all our nor mal surplus of wheat. Every pound of wheat or flour which we export from now on must be saved from our nor mal consumption. The same thing is approximately true of beef and pork products and fats while the situation with sugar Is even worse, Our government officials are doing their utmost to meet the situation and every consumer ot foodstuffs in America may realize and feel sure that every ounce of wheat, every ounce of fats, every ounce, of sugar and every ounce of beef and pork which they save from their normal consump-1 tion, either by reduction in consump-j Hon or by the substitution of other foodstuffs not suiUble for export, will reach a soldier in the trenches or a woman, child or man who may starye to death if it is not provided for them by us Every particle of exportable foodstuffs saved in every North Caro-, Una home will release Just that amount to help win the war and to help prevent the actual starvation and suffering of innocent women and chil dren and men on the other side. : Most ot our people are realizing their obligation to their country and to humanity and are consuming a much smaller proportion of wheat flour,' beef and pork products, fats and sugar than they were aocustomed to under normal conditions. Many have not realized the seriousness and the horror of the situation. To every woman and every con sumer in the State, I appeal to do your utmost in the saving of the food pro ducts named. This is an individual problem and must be solved by the in dividual. The responsibility Is Indi vidual and no Bingle person can escape the responsibility that Is Imposed upon them in this matterC' We have ample foodstuffs aside from those de aired by the government for expert and none ot us need suffer. But, for the sake ot humanity, for the sake of liberty, and for the sake of our own brave soldiers, your own sons, brothers and kinsmen, Nowl FHOXE YOVHR WANTS TO SOS Blessings On Us All! ill May the merry Bells of jolly Kris Kringle Sound for you and yours their cheeriest jingle. Central Bank & Trust Co. SOUTH PACK SQUARE mas Gifts You can't make a mistake in giving footwear or house slippers for big folks, little folks and all ages of folks; comfy slippers in colors, and warm Romeo slippers to suit the most particular women, and men's slippers so comfortable they will keep him at home. Try a pair. $1.00 TO $3.00 OF THE Nichols Shoe Co. OPP. LANGREN HOTEL AND ON THE SQUARE TONIC DIGESTIVE A Rerious loss is loss of appetite. If you are run down, can't eat, no appetite, you need Meritol TonicDigestive. It Improves the appe tite, is an aid to weak stomachs, tones up the system, and. gives Btrength and vigor to the body. If you aro feeling "all run down" try a treatment of this tonic. Sold only buy us. 1.00 the bottle. Walker's Drug Store. West Aslieville Pharmacy nijiu'1m.sia iiai .i wpwt THAT ELECTRICAL GIFT DON'T FORGET IT I! , ' Asheville Power & Light Co. Salesroom: 102 Patton Avenue
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