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1 5) WAsnimron 3IDEUGftT5 "Wanted, Live Press Agent; Apply Mother Nature' WASHINGTON. Nature needs a press agent. If you were among the thou sands who missed the recent display of the aurora borealis, you will agree with me that a little advance publicity for old Mother Nature would result In larger audiences for some of her most JSl DIDN'T FEEL TH WHQUAKE ? m In -enough, but to miss an earthquake that shakes beneath your very feet Is too much. When you failed to look out the window that night, it wasn't your fault, of course how in the thunder were you to know the aurora borealis was out there, anyway? But that earthquake ! If you were so absorbed in a book that you failed to feel the house quiver, It was your fault, and you feel It. You may forgive yourself for not looking out the window, but not for falling to note the earth quake. When you went downtown the next morning there was Henry Jones wait ing for you. And Henry Jones went away looking as If he felt sure the fault lay with you and not your dishes. Yes, decidedly. Nature needs a press agent. Washington Youngsters Ablaze With Patriotism WSHINGTON has Its patriotic boys and girls. Because a war requires the activities of grown men and women we are apt to forget nil about our hoys and girls! and how their young hearts bubble over with a real, although undeveloped, patriotism. Their patriotism may appear su perficial sometimes, and perhaps it is only a reflex of what they have heard their elders say, but it is real, tremend ously real, nevertheless. I know a little boy, so small you feel that you could pick htm up and put him In your pocket with ease. But, as small as he Is, his little brain is con centrated on the war. He is always thinking about it. He doesn't think of It In terms of men and guns, or ships and aircraft. He doesn't talk of this and that battle field. He indulges in no speculation. Here is a sample of what he thinks and says : Ills mother was talking to another member of the family concerning an article of food which she was cooking. "And do you know," she said, "it was red hot " "Mother," chimed in the little boy. "Yes, dear?" said his mother. "You mustn't say 'red hot, mother," he replied. "You must say Red Cross." Even when he goes to bed he carries the war with him, evidently, ne takes with? him, too, the phrases he has heard during the day. Strangely, with his baby wits, he turns them Into telling phrases, more potent than he realizes. "You must go to bed now," his mother said to hlra one night. "It Is time for you to go to sleep." He looked solemnly at his mother with sleepless eyes. "I won't go to sleep till- It's over over there," he said. Illustrating Anew the Magic Power of Memory SHE had dodged Father Time In the same fashion that a here-and-there clover top escapes the farmer man's scythe. And she was standing before u millinery window with the jolly youngish woman who had her in charge. YOU ARE A rl tin b f-I "X x rv considered her figure more elegant than mine, but it was not the popular opinion. The night 1 accepted your grandfather my eleventh proposal to your Aunt Eliza's third I wore a white cameiia like that in my hair on the left side, below the ear. All thought us an extremely handsome young pair " "I bet you wero a peach, Grammuh, and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing I'd shake yO'J right here in the street for not handing down your good looks to the best grandchild you've got to your name come along now. -Mir; there's a whole lot more to see." Isn't memory a jollier? Except when she's a scourge. Just One of Those Who Heard the Country's Call IP YOU shut your eyes and keep on for three squares you will come to a shop. You can't miss it, because outside the window there is a sign on which some amateur has gone into art paroxysms over shoes that no foot on earth 'wjld wear and angels wouldn't want to and above the door is lettered a grandi opera name that only genius could spell. Casually glimpsed, the shop stands' for a very small pebble with which some venturesome David is fighting a big, strange-tongued Goliath whom he calls the New World but you can't always depend on glimpses. If you had seen David, the other day. say; standing In his open door with one foot resting over the other as if it didn't have to work and wouldn't, with his shirt-sleeved arms folded In the official attitude of one who has downed his foe, and in his midnight eyes a something that would have been a smirk except that it was honest pride you would have known right there that Goliath was as dead as the stoned cat in the alley that's the time you should have come across young David ! There was a reason, of course. A .photographer on the pavement was taking a postcard snap for the folks back in Italy, wJiere the crossed feet and folded arms with smile attached will mean success, and where, through the atW-Iiomy of affection, the youngster's desire to show off will be Interpreted Into loyalty and memory and love. P. S All that was until a month ago. Now the signs are gone and the door is locked and the dust has made brown ridges on the shutters. You cannot be contented to sit at a bench and peg and fev and sing Santa Lucia" when you li.-ive a country to ftaht for. Charm. Do you know that the best way to make your room a charming room Is o really live In it? Furnishing It lav ishly does not always give It charm. It requires the atmosphere of a per sonality. If, 1a this room of yours, you should place each pleat of furniture where It may best serve Its purpose; the left side of the desk toward the window, the fireside seat fronting the fireplace, the easy chair drawn up to the low reading table holding a lamp; In short. a ill choice displays. Those who missed the "northern lights" have been kicking themselves because they didn't have the gumption to look out the back window and see something worth looking at. But how were you to know any thing about the aurora borealis being on the way? Nature needed a press agent, that was all. And now an earthquake! Missing the Aurora borealis wasbad DON'T SAt KU HOT, MDTHEK, SAT "RED CROSS" "I used to wear a cameiia like that In my hair to every ball I went to on the left side, below the ear. All thought It most becoming. Your Aunt Eliza wore flowers to match the colors of her ball dress, but I never appeared in -anything but flounced white tar latan, with a camella In my hair on the, left side, below the ear. Your grandfather thought It most becoming. All said we were an extremely hand some young pair your Aunt Eliza if every detail Is placed for comfort, you will love your room. If you love It, you will live In it. And use creates charm. Bands Vary In Width. Wool embroidery bands trim many of the new tailored dresses. They vary In width up to eight inches. The very narrow bands, however, are most fav ored and are often used to form an entire girdle. The wider bands quite frequently form the bottom of a straight apron tunic. ARMY II NAVY NEED TRAINED MEN THOU8ANDS OF EXPERT WORK ERS WANTED IN CIVILIAN BRANCHES OF SERVICE. MEAT CAREFULLY INSPECTED Every Part of the Supply for Army Use la Scrutinized, From Stock Yards to Mesa Desertions From Camps Due to Discouraging Letters. (From Committee on Public Information.) Washington. The clviian branches of the army and navy are In need of thousands of highly trained workers, and before the end of 1918 these branches must be Increased by at least 20,000, according to the civil service commission. The ordnance department of the army needs large numbers of mechan ical engineers', draftsmen, chemists, and metallurgists. Thousands of In spectors are wanted to pass on the quality of ordnance, ammunition, and other supplies. For office work statis ticians, accountants, assistants In business administration, and specially trained clerks are needed. The quartermaster corps wants sev eral thousand examiners and inspec tors, and passenger and freight clerks are needed. The signal corps is short of draftsmen. The navy has an unlimited number of places for draftsmen, and a long list of positions for technical workers. Practically all branches of the service need stenographers, typists, book keepers, and clerks. The army consumes about 2,000,000 pounds per day of fresh beef. This .necessitates the slaughter l:'My of 4,000 cattle. Official inspectors scru tinize every part of this supply from the time It comes on the hoof to the abattoir until It vanishes from the mess tin of the 6oldler. Inspection begins at the stock yards, where the living animals undergo the examination of an official for any evi dences of physical defect which might be difficult of detection later. Where there Is doubt the questionable ani mals are separated for closer exam ination. Where there is certainty of defect, the animal is rejected as unfit for food supply. Next comes a rigid examination of the carcass. Only when found "sound, healthful, and wholesome" Is the meat passed as acceptable for food and duly branded with a nonpolsonous vegetable ink, "United States In spected and Passed." The unfit car casses are destroyed. Fresh meats thus Indorsed go for ward In regular shipments, but those which are to undergo curing, canning, or manufacture into sausages, lard, oleomargarine, etc., are subjected to relnspectlons at each step. For these there is a final Inspection Just pre vious to their dispatch for army use. Samples are regularly collected for chemical analysis In the government laboratories. When the meats arrive at the army stations they are again Inspected either by Inspectors of the bureau of animal Industry or by veterinarian ui flcers of the army. They must also obtain the approval of the officer of the quartermaster corps receiving them. And they undergo their final test when the soldier's Immediate or ganization commander looks them over before he permits them to be served to his men. Included in war department regula tions regarding the employment of prisoners of war and Interned enemy aliens are the following statements: All classes of prisoners, excepting commissioned officers and such oth ers as are physically not fit to labor, will be required to perform work nec essary for their . comfort or for the upkeep of their prison barracks. In terned enemy aliens will not be held for compulsory labor except as pro vided in this paragraph. Prisoners of war, excepting officers, warrant, petty, and noncommissioned officers, may be required to work for the public service they may be au thorized to work on their own ac count. Under exceptional circum stances, when specially authorized by the secretary of war, they may, upon their written request, be authorized to work for private persons or for cor porations. Petty and noncommis sioned olficers may be authorized to work on their own account, and, upon their written request, may, be author ized to work in the same manner as other prisoners f w"r. except that ihey will be employed In a supervis ory capacity only. An order for labor will be rega riled as a military command, and prisoners failing to obey such rnler will be pun ished accordingly. TO SHEAR SHEEP BY MACHINE Inexperienced Person Can Do Work Very Nicely More Wool Ob tained Than by Hand. To shear sheep by hand takes an experienced man, but with a machine an Inexperienced person can do the work nicely. A good machine costs less than $12, and more wool can be obtained than through shearing by hand. After the fleece has been taken off. all tags and dust should be re- la a recent' statement the war de partment strongly advises against dis couraging letters to soldiers: "Recent reports from commanding generals of certain army divisions in dicate that one of the fruitful causes of soldiers absenting themselves with out leave is the discouraging letter from home. Such letters frequently give alarming and exaggerated reports of conditions surrounding the soldier's family, that some member Is desper ately ill, that all are starving, or that they are being In some way harassed. In instances such letters have so preyed upon the minds of soldiers that they have absented themselves with out leave to go home, only to find that conditions had been grossly ex aggerated. "Meanwhile the soldier had been ab sent without leave a serious military offense. His problem then became one of facing the penalty or getting deeper into trouble by deserting. Some times a man's pride or fear has led him to desert. "Every soldier wants to receive let ters from home. They should be fre quent, cheerful, hopeful, and appre ciative of the sacrifice that he Is making for his country. They shoul 1 be full of family Incidents and cheer ful home gossip. They should pro tect him from the trifling alarms and the small annoyances of everyday life. They should encourage him by giving full confidence that his family and his friends stand behind him in the great enterprise he has undertaken. "The value of such letters to soldiers is beyond estimate. The harm that discouraging letters from r..ne do to him Is clearly Indicated by reports at the adjustant general's office. Here are some extracts from recent reports of division commanders: " 'I find, also, that many of the fam ilies of the men write to them of un satisfactory conditions at home, sick ness of relatives, and how much va rious members of the family wish to see the soldier. These letters, so far as sickness, etc., are concerned, are often overdrawn, but, combined with the homesick feeling, often 'result in tlte man. going absent without leave and finally being dropped as a de serter.' V 'I am now, through the newspa pers of Indiana and through lecturers In Kentucky, whom we are able to reach through the office of the ad jutant general of that state, endeavor ing to advise the home people of these men of the seriousness of these of fenses and that their efforts should be to assist every man In performing ths duty that has devolved on him, to lighten his worries, and, above all, to regard desertion In Its proper light. I shall also attempt to get the West Virginia papers to institute a" cam paign of education along similar lines.' "A division inspector submitted the following In this connection: "'While stationed at Columbus bar racks, Ohio, last year I was a member of a general court-martial that tried approximately 100 enlisted men for desertion from National Guard regi ments stationed on the border. I be lieve I am safe In saying that at least 00 per cent of them gave as their rea-. son for desertion the fact that they had received letters from home to the effect that a wife, sister, or mother was either dying, very ill, or In des tltue circumstances, and begged the man to come home at once. Many of the men admitted that when they ar rived home they found that the writer of the letter had exaggerated condi tions.' "Many young soldiers, fresh from home, suffer from homesickness, no matter how army officers may try to make their surroundings pleasant and comfortable and provide proper amusements. Extraordinary meas ures have been taken by the war de partment during the past year to keep the young soldier actively engaged while In camp with sports, amuse ments, and comforts that a wholesome psychology might be sustained. Still, a type of soldier will yearn for home and fall Into n brooding mood. It is obvious how harmful to him and to the service a discontented letter from home might be." The enrollment of more than 102.000 boys between sixteen and twenty-one years of age for farm work this season in the boys' working reserve of the United States employment service has been made by six states, according to an announcement by the department of labor. The states first reporting were: California, 22,000; Indiana. 18,845; Il linois, 2"),000; Ohio, 18,000; Tennessee, 4.2(H) ; Wisconsin, 14,000. In Rhode Island high school boys are being enrolled in the reserve, trained in handling farm machinery, and sent In groups by automobile to farmers to demonstrate their ability. Men's colleges and universities are making prompt response to the re quest of Secretary of Labor Wilson that their students be enrolled In the public service reserve and placed on farms this summer to assist In food production. They will be placed with farmers through the United States employment service, with the aid of tl.o countv nirents nt mST'fcpartnient of agriculture. moved and the wool tied 11 neat bundle with wool twine. j wool should then be packed in v ncks and either shipped to a rels'-o-mission firm or sold to buyt ,1 V'V V Many Smal iall Potatoes Wast 0-r I nearly 120.000.(XKHV. ' c There are els 'of small potatoes wasted IS United States every year, all of which could be used In making bread. Hope against hope, and ask till y receive. James Montgomery. E 11 Wl hen !M1 CABINET Some neglect the gift that is in them because they are so busy in looking for the gift that la in somebody else. C. H. Spurgeon. POTATO DISHES. We are asked to Increase the use of potatoes because of a good supply at present In many sec tions. This will save grain and as potatoes are rich in starch they may help In the saving of bread. Panned Potatoes Cut cold boiled potatoes In quarter Inch slices, dredge lightly with flour and fry In a little hot fat. When light brown, heap on the side of the pan, let stand a few minutes, then turn out as an omelet. Sprinkle with salt and serve at once. Potato pancakes are a great deli cacy and may be used occasionally for a supper dish although rather hearty for the young people. Mashed potatoes with a little cod fish may be made Into cakes and browned on both sides. Scalloped Potatoes. Wash and pare the potatoes, cut in slices and let them stand a half hour in cold water. Drain, then put a layer of the pota toes In a buttered baking dish, sprin kle with salt and pepper, dredge with flour and dot with bits of oleo or any butter substitute, adding a little grated cheese or a few sliced hard cooked eggs to make a more nour ishing dish. Repeat until the dish is full, then cover with hot milk and bake In a moderate oven one and a fourth hours. Potato Salad. Mix cold boiled pota to, a little chopped onion, a cucum ber and a little celery or some chopped green pepper; one or all of these will make a good salad. Garnish with hard-cooked egg and make a boiled dressing, using the vinegar left from any sweet pickled cucumbers. The spice and flavor make a dressing es pecially good. For variety, cold beets, chopped parsley, cooked carrots or fresh carrot finely ground, or In fact any vegetable, may be added to the potato without hurting its palatabll Ity. Leftover peas and beans with a slice of tomato for a garnish may be used In combination with potato. A hot potato salad is especially well liked. Here one may -use any fat, olive or corn oil and heat the spiced vinegar to pour over the potatoes. As a nation we eat and waste 80 per cent more protein than we require to maintain health. We also eat and waste 240 per cent more fat than Is necessary. GOOD EATS TO SAVE MEATS. The variety of beans which are now grown, each having a flavor of Its own. making a va riety, so that "to not know beans" these days is a well deserved op probrium. The soy bean is rich In fat and much richer Id protein than other beans. They have been milk and butter to the Oriental people and we are Just beginning to know their value.. There are also the lima, kidney and navy beans, as well as a dozen varieties of various colors and names that wo may grow in our gardens this summer. Black Soy Bean Soup. Take a cup ful of cooked black soy beans, four cupfuls of water, one-half an onion, a stalk of celery, a teaspoonful of salt, 4 half-teaspoonful of pepper, one-eighth of a teaspoonful of mustard and a ta blespoonful of fat. Cook the onion In the fat; add the beans, water and sea sonings. Simmer one hour. Serve hot. Soy beans are often hard to cook ten der. They should be well soaked and cooked In the same water, as much of the nutriment of any vegetable is wast ed by throwing away the water In which It was cooked. Lima Beans en Casserole. Soak one cupful of lima beans, cook until soft, then drain. Brown one onion, minced in a quarter of a pound of salt pork cut In cubes. Add the beans and two chirds of a cupful of th.; bean liquor, place In a greased baking dish and bake until brown. Bean Roast. Take a cupful of stewed beans and a cupful of peanuts, put them through a meat chopper, add a half-cupful of bread crumbs, a tea spoonful of rwflt, a dash of pepper and a half-cupful of milk; shape into a loaf and bake 30 minutes. Serve hot with tomato sauce. Peanut Butter Soup. Take a cupful of peanut butter, three cupfuls of milk, two teaspoonfuls of salt, a dash of pepper, n tublespoonful of flour mixed with the peanut butter; cook all to gether and whip. well with an egg beat er. Celery water or minced onion may be added for flavor. "Mind" and "Body." An English writer. Prof. L. T. Hob house, remarks that the "mind" of i nation is a real agency, and he sug gests there Is an analogy In the human ,K)dy which Is tl) result of vital proc ses going on in a' myriad, of inde uel'ulent cell. The body Is not another It is something more than all the ellji thnt compose IL S Tfl lf'.Ji'ifl IJ1 ""HyStff' " - 1 jisUB5iMaja5feAr.".. To drive a tank, handle the guns, and sweep over the enemy trenches, takes strong nerves, good rich blood, a good stomach, liver and kidneys. " When the time comes, the man with red blood In his veins "is up and at it." He has iron nerves for hardships an Interest In his work grips him. That's the way you feel when you have taken a blood and nerve . tonic, made up of Blood root, Golden Seal root, Stone root, Cherry bark, and rolled Into a sugar-coated tablet and sold in sixty-cent vials by al most all druggists for past fifty years as Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov ery. This tonic, In liquid or tablet form. Is Just what you need this spring to give you vim, vigor and vitality. At the fag end of. a hard winter, no wonder you feel "run-down," blue, out of sorts. Try this "Medical Discovery" of Dr. Pierce's. Don't wait! To-day' Is the day to begin ! A little "pep," and you laugh and live. The best means to oil the machinery of the body, put tone Into the liver, kidneys and circulatory system, Is to first practice a good house-cleaning. I know of nothing better as a laxative than a vegetable pill made up of May apple, leaves of aloe and Jalap. This Is commonly sold by all druggists as Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, and should be taken at least once a wees to clear the twenty-five feet of Intestines. You will thus clean the system expel the poisons and keep well. Now Is the time to clean house. Give yourself a spring house cleaning. Adv. for Lameness Keep a bottle of Yager's Liniment in your stable for Bpavin, curb, splint or any enlargement, for shoulder Blip or sweeny, wounds, galls, scratches, collar or shoe boils, 6prains and any lameness. It absorbs swellings and en largements, and dispels pain and stiffness very quickly. 35c Per Bottle At All Dealers Each bottle con tains more than the usual 50c bottle of liniment. GILBERT BROS. & CO. BALTIMORE, MO. 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