THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1918.
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f7se Potatoes to Save Wheat
As I arrived at The Bee office to
leave my material for Tuesday's
column h found a very urgent letter
from the Department of Agriculture,
urging that all home economics de
partments of newspapers suggest the
saving of wheat through the use of
?otatoes-r in aiiy other way, for
that matter. Still the. saving of wheat
Ihrough the use of potatoes is of par
ticular value, for potatoes are plenti
!ul and other wheat, substitutes are
sot in such great abundance. Such
i special appeal, of course, cannot
je passed over; hence I offer in this
irticle an abstract of a. little govern
ment circular, bearing the title "Use
3otatoes to Save Wheat" I have
dso included a few additional facts
oncerning the use ,of potatoes as
iheat savers.
The Situation.
"Use of potatoes to save wheat is
demanded by the present situation,
because greater quantities of wheat
must be conserved for the use of the
American forces and the allied armies
in Europe, and also because an un
usually large supply of potatoes re
mains in the hands of the growers.
Great quantities of these will go to
waste unless they are used, even more
freely and in a greater variety of
ways than is customary in American
families.
"With the basic piyce of wheat
fixed as as present, flour is $13.70 a
barrel, or 7 cents a pound. If, then,
potatoes can be obtained at $1.20 a
bushel, which is 2 cents a pound, it
is an economy as well as a war serv
ice to use potatoes as a substitute for
flour in bread making. Even at 3
cents a pound the potatoes cost no
more than flour."
General Rule for Substituting Po
tatoes. In many familiar recipes, mashed
' potato may be substituted for flour
and liquid, on the basis that 1 cup
of mashed potato is equivalent to li
cup of flour and cup of milk.
. Potato Biscuit,
a e. idftd flour. lc. mashed potato.
1 t. salt Liquid lufflctent to
it t baking powder. mix.
3 T. shortening.
Sift flour, salt and baking powder.
Rub in fat, then mashed potato. Add
enough liquid to make biscuit dough
soft, yet stiff enough to handle. Place
on a floured board, pat to ?4-inch
Co-Operation
Miss Gross will be very glad to
receive suggestions for the home
economics column or to answer, as
far as she is able, any questions
that her readers may ask.
thickness, cut out and bake m a
moderately hot oven. The oven for
all potato recipes should be more
moderate than for wheat biscuit.
It is possible to use the above
recipe with only 1 cup of flour, leav
ing the other ingredients as they are,
except that the salt should be lessened-
The biscuit will not be so
light, buf are very palatable. This
idea docs not come from the, govern
ment, but was worked out by a friend
of mine, and has proved itself very
successful.
Chocolate Potato Cake.
'4 o. tut, 1 square chocolate,
H o. sucrur, melted,
c. drv riced Dots to. S t. baking powder.
' c. milk, t. white flour,
l. salt, ft i. vanma.
Cream fat, add sugar, then well
beaten egg, and warm potatoes. Beat
well. Add chocolate, sift flour, salt,
and hakino- nowrter then add to first
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mixture with sufficient milk to make
a cake dough. Add vanilla, cake in a
moderate oven.
Potato Cookies.
2 0. lifted flour, 1 T. shortening,
H t salt, 1 egg,
2 t baking powder, 1 o, mashed potato,
1i c sugar, t. maplelne.
Cream fat, add sugar. (The recipe
calls for brown sugar, but as that is
nnt availahV in the Omaha market. I
have substituted white sugar and
mapleine). Add the egg, well beaten,
and the mashed potato (free from
lumps). Beat till smooth, then add the
clftpd flnnr salt, and bakinz nowder.
It will usually not be necessary to add
any liquid. Add mapieine. mix unui a
rl,,rrk ic fnrmfil stiff e'nnilE'h to roll.
Place on a floured board, roll until
about inch thick, cut into rounds,
and place on a greased sneet. cawe in
a moderately hpt oven, to a delicate
brown.
Potato Thistle.
T ,'n a Hish around the sides with
mashed potatoes prepared as for the
table, then fill with minced cooked
nipsi ivplt seasoned, cover the top
with mashed potatoes and criss-cross
with a knite. rut in a mooeraieiy nui
oven and brown.
Liberty Boni.
Prize "Comtest
' Contestants in the Liberty ' loan
prize contest for the best 50-word
paragraphs by Nebraska school chil
dren are reminded that after their
contributions have been published in
' The Bee they must be clipped and
mailed to the Liberty loan contest
committee, Chamber of Commerce,
Omaha, in order to be eligible for
the $100 in prizes offered by T. C.
Byrne, state chairman.
Why We Should Buy Liberty Bonds.
By Wallace Whltten, Aged 13 Tears, Colon
Sobool District No. 0, Seventh Grade.
Miss Bessie Valenta, Teacher.
Buy Liberty bonds and help whip
the kaiser. The reasons are they will
help furnish our soldiers with guns,
food and other supplies. If we did
not buy Liberty bonds and Germany
should win, but she will not, he would
take all our property away and make
lis all slaves.
A Lift for Uncle Sam.
By Lorraine Wallace, Aged 13. Windsor
. School, Eight A Grade. Miss
I West, Teacher.
,Come on, people of America, and
give your Uncle Sam a lift. Do your
bit while our boys are over there
fighting for democracy. The first
Liberty loan was a success. The sec
ond was a success. What shall we
make the third, a success for Uncle
Sam or the kaiser?
Hun Proof.
By Emma V. Frymlre, Aged 12 Tears, Sixth
Grade, Bloomfleld High School,
Henrietta Moler, Teacher.
. I had $100 which I was saving for
college. Today I bought a Liberty
bonds, for of what use my future col
lege career. unless we win this war?
Besides Uncle Sam has asked me for
a loan, and he has the safest bank in
the world today It's Hun proof!
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Buy a Liberty Bond.
By Elian WhltteV Aged 10 Tears, District
60 School, Fourth Grade, Colon, Neb.
Mlsa Bessie Valsnta, Teacher.
Should we buy Liberty bonds? Yes,
buy all we can to help Uncle Sam
win this war of democracy.. It is
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uut uuiy. vve oo not wisn our ooyp
to sacrifice their lives in vain.
Save Our Country. .
By May Harding, Doniphan, Neb., 14 Tears
Old, Eighth Grade. M!ss,Fay
Ballen, Teacher.
We, the people ol America, must
buy Liberty bonds to stop this ter
rible barbarism. The kaiser smiles
when he hears how barbarously his
inUinre Viav tortured the Sammies.
It is not the European countries the
kaiser cares for, it's our country, be
cause it is a young nation witn vasx
resources and large cities.
Aid to Our Men.
Bv Verona G. Witte, 11 Tears, WUner, Neb.,
Grant Township, uistrict oo, turning
County, Eighth Grade. Julia
Rnw T.ihirtv bonds that autocracv
may be wiped from the earth and
give aid to our beloved men tnat snea
thr'm MnoH sn willinclv for US. and
to hasten the end of this terrible war
tVi.it rfrmnrrarv and everlastinz oeace
may reign and kaiserdom wiped from
the earth torever.
If We Don't
By Hose Ilrablk, Aged S Tears. West -Side
School, Second Grade, South Side Sta
tion. Miss Sparling, Teacher.
The kaiser is trying to conquer
our world, so the cry over America
is Liberty bondsl Liberty bondsl
Liberty bonds! buy the Liberty bonds.
If we don't, the. kaiser will come here
and rule us. But, alas for him! Amer
ica will win.
Flag Must Wave.
By Helen Hrablk, Aged 14 Tears. Sevsnth
Grade, West Side School, South
Omaha. Miss Cronk, Teacher.
Buy Liberty bondsl Buy Liberty
bonds, for the government needs
money for making ships, submarines
and many other things. If the gov
ernment don't have enough money
the kaiser will conquer our dear
America. So buy bonds, Liberty
bonds. Not only $50 Liberty bonds,
but all you can afford. If it were not
for Liberty bonds our dear Red,
White and Blue would not be waving
any more on high.
Kaiser Rule or Freedom.
By Ruby Craft, Aged 14 Tears, Eighth
Grade, High School, David City,
Neb. Jflss Evans, Teacher.
People of the United States, will
you keep your thousands while our
boys are in the trenches, and let the
kaiser win this war? Are you will
ing to submit to his tyrannical rule?
No! Never! you say. Then if you
love your country, flag and freedom,
buy Liberty bonds.
Liberty Loan Women
Plan Big Tea Party
When Drive Closes
The executive committee of the
woman s Liberty loan organization
is planning to have a large ttfa party
for the 1,500 or more women who
took an active part in raising the
large sum"vcredited to the women's
committee. It will take place early
in May at the close of the campaign.
Every subcommittee, no matter hovl
large or small, will be expected to
make a final report at this meeting.
Pupils of v an bant school have sold
$28,S00 in bonds or 228 subscriptions,
of which 165 were $50 bonds. C. W.
Hull took a $5,000 bond and $1,000
bonds were bought by Hans P.
Neble, Arnstein Realty company, lone
C. Duffy, Mrs. Daniel Baum, jr., and
Mrs. Dorothy Mach; $900, Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Stiekel; $500, J. W. Holm-
quist,' Byron Clark, K. E. Stratbucker,
B. W. Harbor, R. Butke; $400, U. it.
Rheam and Rose Rooney.
The Highland school, Mrs. Lulu B.
Mathews, chairman, sold $800 in $50
bonds.
Miss Juliet Griffin, chairman of the
South Side 'High school has turned
in subscriptions for $1,750.
Mrs. J. M. Mullen will speak at the
Kniehts of Columbus club rooms,
Omaha council 652, this evening on
the subject of Liberty bonds,
Mrs. J. T. Pkkard, chairman of the
Benson committee, has turned in
$15,950 to date.
More than 1,000 bonds have been
sold at the Liberty bank conducted
by the National League for Wo
man's Service. The total subscrip
tion through this source is more than
$635,000.
At the patriotic meeting at the
Auditorium Monday night, Rev. Titus
Lowe announced that there was a
cracked Liberty bell in Philadelphia
especially valtfcd by the inhabitants
of that city, but that Omaha was
equally as proud of 30 uncracked
Liberty "belles" who would take Lib
erty bond subscriptions. Whereupon
Miss Adeline Wood and Mesdames
E. A. Boyer, G. A. Meyer, Edwin
Swobe, L. J. Millard, Alvin Johnson,
R. L. Huntley, Sam Rees, Frank
Selby, Harvey Milliken, W. E.
Rhoades and William Molony and
others passed subscription blanks
through the audience.
Five-Children Families Registered.
Foreign children, mostly Italian and
Syrian, were weighed and registered
this morning at Pacific school in the
government baby , wellfare work.
Many mothers brought four and five
children each, most of them under 5
years of age, according to Miss
Myrtle Roberts.
Women in charge of the registra
tion for the Council of Defense are
especially pleased with the response
from the foreign districts.
"General John Pershing Stafford"
was one of the babies registered at
Pacific. His mother said the family
had to call him "Joe," however, be
cause they had another John in the
family.
At Jungman school Monday 97 ba
bies were registered and 99 at Haw
thorne. Wednesday morning the
nrk will he done in Edward Rose-
water school and in the afternoon at
Castelar.
Time and Place Set
For French Orphans
Benefit Carnival
Saturday evening, May 11, at the
Brandeis theater, is the time and place
set for the "dance carnival," to be
given under the direction of Miss
Mary Coll for the fatherless children
of France. Prominent folk will be
the dancers.
Several new committees besides
those already announced have been
formed. Mrs. William J. Foye will
head the committee for flowers. Tri
color boutonnieres will be made and
girls of Mrs. Luther Kountze's Red
Cross canteen division will sell them.
Advertising posters are being distrib
uted over the city by Mrs. Lucien
Stephens, Mrs. A. V. Kinsler, Mrs. E.
T. Swobe and Mrs. Samuel Caldwell.
Mrs. T. M. Phinney has charge of
the costumes and Mrs. Sam Burn is
chairman of a committee of eight who
will make up the list of patronesses.
The boxes and first eight rows will
be reserved for them.
Food Production Meetings.
Mrs. Charles A.1 Lot, retiring lead
er of the home economics department.
Omaha Woman's club, is giving a se
ries ot tood production talks in the
county this week. Today she addressed
a meeting in Valley; Thursday, she
speaks in Millard, and Friday in
Waterloo, where the club women have
invited the Elkhorn women to join
them.
Defense Funds Needed.
Not quite half of Douglas county's
apportionment of $6,000 to be raised
by the women's committee, Douglas
County Council of Defense, has been
raised. Mrs. A. L. Fernald, county
chairman, reports favorable responses
to solicitation from business people,
but $3,000 remains to be collected.
Auxiliary No. 1 of Benson, which
meets every Friday at the Benson
city hall, is turning out splendid Work,
As a result of the work of the num
ble fingers of the 25 or 30 members,
64 convalescent jackets, eight sweat
ers and nine pairs of socks were com
pleted last month. Mrs. John Calvert
is the president of the auxiliary.
Misses' Sweaters
Novel effects in '.Shetland floss
and fiber silk.
Shetland Floti Sweaters
$1.95 85.95 to 812.50
Fiber Silk Sweaters
84.95 to 814.95
Your Inspection Invited. .
F.W.TH0RNEC0.
1812 FARNAM.
Mrs. J. G. Masters will speak to
women of South Franklin school dis
trict Wednesday afternoon on the
making of war breads. Mrs. Masters
has had considerable experience in
this form of food conservation and
will give some of the results of her
experiments. .
Wednesday Specials at the
, New Public Market
Everything Strictly Cash Deliveries on Order of $5.00 and over.
Pay Cath Carry Your Bundles and Help Win the War
64-siae, sweet, navel, juicy Oranges, the largest grown. (?
Wednesday only, each f. OC
Come Early and Avoid the Ruth.
Strictly Fresh Fpgs, guaranteed, per dozen 33c
Full Wisconsin Cream or Brick Cheese, per pound 27 fc
Tall Carnation Milk, per can lie
Small Carnation Milk, per. can' ., 5c
Fancy Large Celery, per Bunch 5c
Fresh Lean Pork- Spare Ribs, per pound , , 15c
Extra Lean Pig Pork Chops, per pound 26c
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satisfies because of its wholesome,
nutritive qualities and rich, appetizing
flavor that appeals to natural taste.
Luxus is a sparkling beverage with just
the snap you'll like a delightful all-season drink
that gives a finer satisfaction of refreshment.
ASK FOR Luxus in original
1 2-ounce Brown Bottles at Fountains,
laiei ana restaurants.
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SIMON BROS. CO., Omaha
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OMAHA
Branches In
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High Cattle Prices
Accompany
High Beef Prices
If consumers are to pay less for beef,
live-stock raisers naturally will receive
less for cattle.
If farmers are paid more for live stock,
consumers will necessarily pay more for
meat
Swift & Company pays for cattle approximately
90 per cent of the price received1; for beef and
by-products. The remaining 10 per cent, pays for
dressing, freight to market, operation of distributing
houses, and in most cases, delivery to the retailer.
Net profits also have to" come out of this 10 percent
This margin cannot be squeezed arbitrarily without
danger of crippling the only effective means of performing
the complex service of converting cattle into meat and dis
tributing this meat to the fighting forces and to consumers.
Swift & Company's net profit on beef during 1917 was
only of a cent per pound. On all products, it was
a little less than four cents on each dollar of sales. Com
plete elimination of these profits would not affect appreciably
retail prices of meat, or farm prices of live stock.
Swift & Company will be glad to co-operate in devising
methods thai ' will improve conditions in the meat and
live stock industry. " )
1918 Year Book of Interesting and
instructive facts sent on request.
Address Swift & Company,
Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois
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