THE SEMI-WKEKLY TRIBUNE, MOUTH WLKTm. NEBRASKA.
Helping the Meat
(Special Information Service, United States Department of ARiiculturs.)
CONVERT NATION TO CHEESE. WOMEN'S TASK
yVomen Food Specialists In Washington Entertaining Officials of the United
States Department of Agriculture and the Food Administration at a Cot
tage Cheese Luncheon.
COTTAGE CHEESE
AS STAPLE FOOD
jthlrty Billion Pounds of Skim
Milk Available for Making
Substitute for Meat.
(IMPROVED WAYS OF SERVING
Federal and State Agencies Organized
to Convince American Housewives
of Great Value How to Make
Some of New Dishes.
Almost 80,000,000,000 pounds of skim
milk are available for making cottage
cheese. Skim milk made Into cheese
Is seven times more valuable as a food
than as n feed for live stock. A pound
of cottage cheese used In the home
(releases n pound of meat for shipment
!to our soldiers.
These were the actuating principles
behind the organization of a cottage
jcheese demonstration corps of the
idairy division, United States depart
ment of agriculture, which recently
undertook a nation-wide drive to make
cottage cheese a staple food through
out the land. Forty-seven women
Specialists from almost as many states
make up the corps that will carry the
message.
These women have been In training
In Washington for several weeks learn
ing how to make cottage cheese and
how to serve It In the newest and most
attractive dishes. In the accompany
ing picture they are shown demon
strating their new creations In a
cottage cheese luncheon to officials of
the department of agriculture. The
luncheon was held In one of the rooms
of the dairy division. Among the
guests were Assistant Secretaries Carl
Vrooman, Raymond A. Pearson nnd
Clarence Ousley, Dean II. L. Russell
of the food administration, chiefs of
several bureaus and a score of the
department's food and demonstrating
experts. Here Is what the guests ate:
COTTAGE CHEESE LUNCHEON.
FlrBt Course Astonishment
Creatn of Cottage Cheese Soup .
Croutons.
Second Course Interest,
j Cottage Clieese Salinases Creamed fota
' toes
Mustard Pickles
Graham Muffins Coffee
"Wliey Honey,
Third Course Admiration.
Cottage Cheese Salad
Wafers
Whey PuncJi.
1 Fourth Course Devotion.
Cottage Cheese Tart
Mints.
Five women demonstrators started
the campaign In Cleveland, O., a few
dnys Inter. The others will go toother
big cities, small towns and rurul com
munities. Women will be tuught how
to make cottage cheese, Its food value
and how to use it. Regular home
demonstrators and county agents of
the states' relation service will help
the cottage cheese force nnd experts
from the bureau of markets will en
courage and assist food dealers to
make cottage cheese one of their
regular staples. Representatives of
the state extension forces also will
Some Attractive New Dishes Made
Club Sandwich; 3,
and Milk Supply
help. Meanwhile the commercial'
dairying experts of the department
are working with the big creameries;
to turn their skim milk Into this prod-
uct to meet the big demand certain to
develop.
Here is how to make some of the
new cottage cheese dishes:
Cottage Cheese Sausage.
1 cupful cottago V, tcaspoonful povr
cheese dercd sage
1 cupful dry bread Uttaapoon
crumbs, or cup- ful thyme
ful cold cooked 1 teaspoonful salt
rice and cupful teaspoonful pep
bread crumbs per
U cupful peanut teaspoonful soda,
butter or more
U cupful chopped 1 tablespoonful of)
peanut meats chopped onion
Mix all dry Ingredients thoroughly
with bread crumbs. Blend peanut;
butter and onion with the cheese, nndj
mix them with the bread crumbs.j
form Into flat cakes, dust with brcndJ
crumbs or cornmenl, nnd fry a delicate
brown in a little fat In a hot frying'
pan.
Cottage' Cheese Tart. J
11-3 cupfuls of cot- I teospoonfuls lemon.
tape cheese juice 1
Whites of 2 eggFew gratings of lem-i
beaten stiff on rind .
1-3 cupful of heavy I to 3 tablespoontuls
cream, whipped sweet milk ,
1-3 cupful sugar
Soften the cheese with the milk. Add
part of the whipped cream, and the
flavoring, which should bo very deli
cate. Fold in last the beaten egg
whites. Henp lightly Into ready
cooked, delicately browned pastry
cases, made by baking pic crust In
muflln tins or on the bottom of in
verted pie tins. Garnish the top of
the tart with the rest of the whipped
cream, and with fresh or canned fruit
if desired. This makes a large one-
crust pie or tart. ,
i Conservation Crust.
cupful cornmeal, i teaspoonful bak
cornflour or other lng powder
substitute 1 tablespoonfuls of
cupful of wheat shortening
flour Cold water to mix
1 teaspoonful salt (About H cupful)
Sift together the dry Ingredients, cut
In the shortening, blending it thor
oughly with the dry materials. Mix
with very cold water to a rather stiff
dough. Roll as thin as can be handled.
Line two pie tins and use the trim
mings to cross-bar the tops if desired.
This crustj may be baked before the
pie, If the nature of the filling mnkes
it desirable.
Cottage Cheese Salad.
Cottage cheese lends Itself especial
ly well to salads. If enough Is used,
the salad mny serve as the main dish
of the meal. French, mayonnaise nnd
boiled dressing all go well with cheese
snlnd.
Cottage Cheese and Peanut Butter
Soup.
3 cupfuls milk 1 tablespoonful but-
2 tablespoonfuls of ter -
flour 1 cupful of cottace
3 tablespoonfuls pea- cheese
nut butter W. teaspoonful soda
Few drops of onion or more
Juice Cayenne pepper
Bit of bay leaf and 1 teaspoonful salt
ground sage
Ilent the milk with the bay leaf,
salt, pepper and onion juice In a double
boiler. Soften the butter nnd blend
with It the flour. Pour hot milk grad
ually on this paste and beat until
smooth. Bring to n boll nnd cook over
hot wuter for ten minutes, then cool
slightly. Blend cottuge cheese, soda
and peanut butter, softening with a
little of the warm sauce to a smooth
thick cream. Add the crenin to the
sauce and reheat carefully. Avoid
boiling the sauce, for this will tough
en the cheese. Servo with croutons.
From Cottage Cheese 1, Loaf; 2,
Pie; 4, Sausage.
SAMMIES WHIP FOE
TERRIFIC HUN AS8AULT IS RE.
PUL8ED BY AMERICAN3.
ANOTHER SMASH PREDICTED
America Must Raise Hugo Army, Says
Congressman Kahn. Earthquake
Rocks California.
London, April 23. The Gorman
high command, having been unsuccess
ful in piercing the British front iu
Flanders nnd separating tho British
nnd Fxcnch armies, 1ms essayed a
strike against tho Amerlcutis nud the
French northwost of Toul, and hero
also Teuton strategy seemingly has
fulled uttorly to bring Its plans to
fruition.
Although the Germans attacked in
waves with great superior numbers
of men, the Americans and French
men lmvo held all their positions nud
inflicted heavy losses. What gains
were made in tho lnltlul onslaughts
have been entirely retrieved, Tho
fight, It Is reported, was a bitter ono
nnd it wus the ambition of tho
specially trained Germnns to crush
the Americans. Everything the
enemy had In stock was brought
Into play in tho fighting, which
lasted from Saturday well into
Sunday, but tho Americans, notwith
standing this cannonading nnd tho
greatly superior Infnntry forces
ngnlnsj: them, fought tennclouuly nud
gave ground by Inch and then only
when they hnd exacted n tremendous
pnymcnt for it in German killed or
wounded.
Eight Million In Arms.
Washington, April 23. The war de
partment Is planning to nsk congress
for appropriations for 1,000,000 moro
men than was contemplated in Feb
ruary for the fiscal year 1010. Supple
mental estimates will be laid before
tho military committee of congress In
a few days. The bill nt present enr
rlos about $8,000,000,000 for nn army
of 1,000,000 men. By increasing tho
slzo to 2,000,000 men It Is believed the
appropriations will run up to $11,000,
000,000 or, moro. Representative Kahn
of California, a member of the mili
tary affairs committee, hes reiterated
his conviction that America must put
8,000,000 men on the battle front if
Germany is to bo defeated.
U. S. Ship Sunk; Many Mlsslna
Washington, April 23. Tho Ameri
can steamship Lake Moore, sailing on
its maiden voyage with n naval crow
aboard, was sunk by an enemy sub
marine in European, waters about
midnight, April 11, nnd five officers
and 30 men are missing, tho Nnvy
department announced. It is also an
nounced that tho American steam
ship Florence H was blown up in n
French port by an Internal explosion
on April 17 about midnight, nnd that
but 84 out of Its crew of about 75
wore rescued. Most of these rescues
were mndo by a United States de
stroyer, whose work Admiral Sims de
scribes In u report to the War depart
ment, as most gallant.
Earthquake In California.
Bemet, Cnl., April 23. Tho towns
of Hemet nnd San Jacinto, which
lie north of here, about two miles on
the same branch of the Bnnta Fo rail
road, were both seriously damaged by
n severe enrthqunko shock Sunday.
Every business house in nemet and
In San Jacinto was laid flat, but only
two lives were lost.
The property domnge here Is esti
mated at $250,000 by merchants nnd
property owners who suffered the
most loss. The Snn Jnclnto damngo
wnB estlmuted nt n like num. The
earthquake came within three days of
the anniversary of nn enrthqunke at
Snn Francisco, April 18, 1000.
Enemy Women Must Register.
Washington, April 23. President
Wilson Issued a proclnmntlon calling
for registration of nil female enemy
aliens of Austro-Hungnrlnn or Ger
man birth. Details of places and
dates of registration will be mndo
public soon by Attorney General
Gregory. Machinery for this work
will be the same ns now employed to
register mnlo enemy aliens polled
departments nnd postmasters.
Foresee Another German Blow.
Washington, April 22 Another Gor
mnn thrust nt tho nlllcd lltws moro
powerful than those thnt hnvo gono
before Is looked for by tho War de
partments strategists If the present
drive nt the chnnnel port falls. Tho
department's Weekly Review says tho
enemy's enormous sncrlflces hove
been bnrrcn of primary results.
Brands Socialism Foo Propaganda.
CloYelnnd, O., April 23. Socialism
In America was branded ns poisonous
German propngnndn by Samuel Gom-
pers, president of tho Amerlcnn Fed
eration of Labor, In n speech In be
half of the Liberty lonn nt tho Cltr
club last Thursday nfternoon.
"There Is no such thing ns an Am
erican socialist pnrty," Mr. Gomporn
said. "Tho Amerlcnn socialist Is
merely a branch of tho one in Ger-
mnny It Is part of Gorman propa
ganda,"
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jSy MART OEAHQEKjpR
FLOWER PARADE.
"Hero wc come," said tho crocus
Powers In the garden as they peeped
P just after tho snow had left the
round in tho early spring.
They wore of different colors, pun
plfc, blue, white, yellow and orange
find how bright and cheerful they dli
look for it was still somewhat chilly.
"We'ro glad to seo jou," said the
fairies, "nnd wo know the children
find grownups are too."
Tho fairies nlwnys got up very enrly
In tho morning nnd they welcomed
every flower ns It enmo out. Tho sun
cmllcd and beamed too and Bald:
''Hollo flowers, how are you? I'll glvo
you a little warmth,"
Of course tho sun was so high tip
and tho flowors so near tho ground
thnt they couldn't tn,lk very well to
dear old Mr. Sun, but they were fond
of him for being so good to them and
keeping them flno nnd warm.
It was not long nfter tills that tho
fairies were In this snmo garden enrly
one morning when they saw some of
tho othor spring flowers.
"Why hero aro some lovely hyn
clnths," they said. "Nico purple hya
cinths and pink ones too will to and
lnvcnder ones ns well. How fragrant
you are, denr, lovely hyacinths."
And the hyacinths whispered to tho
fairies how they loved tho world and
fairies and children nnd thnt was tho
renson they were so sweet They sim
ply couldn't help being anything else.
There wore the bcnutlful, bright tu
lips, too. How gay nnd jolly nnd hnppy
they were. They were wearing their
brightest colors. Some wore dark red
and how handsomo they werol
Others wore bright orange and some
wore yellow. Still others wore beauti
ful pink and sorao wore mixtures of
colors. "We're bright becauso we're
bo happy," they said.
The daffodils, bo yellow nnd cheer
ful came along next and the narcissus
flowers were JuBt as sweet as over.
"It's wonderful to see the different
flowers come out," tho fairies said.
Just then a lilac bud burst into
bloom. "Hello fairies," it said. And
the other lilacs were out in a very few
flays after this.
"We'll tell you a story," said the
white lilac bush while the purple and
Persian lilac bushes listened as did the
garden flowers.
"We'd like to hear a story," the
fairies said.
"You see," said tho white lilac bush,
"that wo are all a part of tho grent
Flower Parade."
"The Flower Parade' repeated the
fairies.
"Yes," said tho white lilac. "Lis
ten. When the snow leaves the ground
tho crocus flowers appear nnd take
"We're Glad to See You," Said tho
Fairies.
the lead In the parade. They are llko
tho drum major who leads the proces
sion, but instead of tossing a fancy
stick Into the ulr, they lift up their lit
tle heads and tell the world that
spring has come.
"Next follow the hyacinths, the
tulips, daffodils, nurclssus flowers, gar
den violets, panslcs and littlo. daisies.
They nil aro about in the same part of
tho parade. And when they come we
appear too, as well as the flowering nl
mond shrubs nnd.many others.
"But the pansles, little daisies nnd
garden violets blossom all through tho
season, so they're like the small boys
who run along by the side of tho pn
rnde almost anywhere, at any time.
"And nfter wo go the flowers will
still keep on parading. The llllos-of-thc-valley
are marching now, and noon
the dear forget-me-nots with their
blue, blue eyes will come.
"Tho rockots, peonies, honeysuckles
and roses all will follow along, making
n very handsome part of the parade.
And later on the phlox, lurkspur so
blue, and foxglove will follow.
"These aro the flowers that come up
year after year and they are the ones
which belong to tho great Flower Pa
rade. It takes a whole spring and
summer nnd early autumn to .seo the
wholo parade. But It's worth while
seeing, nnd though we can't bo here
all the time, we're glad for our part of
the parade wo are."
And tho fairies knew that tho llluc
bush was right and n pnrado of
gorgeous garden flowers would con
tinue all summer.
Doesn't Seem Fair.
"Mamma," said littlo Ethel, with a
most discouraged appearance, "I'm
never, never going to study any more."
"Why, dearie, what's tho matter!"
inquired her mother.
"Cause it's no use," was the Im
pulsive answer "it's no use at all. I
can't never learn spelling. Teacher
keeps changing the words all the
Mme 1"
I The Housewife and the War I
(Special Information Service, United
TOWN REST ROOMS
Sometimes Quarters In a CourthouL ,
Organization Was Allowed $100
Furniture In This Room.
REST ROOMS FOR
NEEDS OF WOMEN
Clubs Work With Local Organiza
tions to Establish These
Conveniences.
FINANCING IS NOT DIFFICULT
Furnishings of Well-Equipped Room
Should Bt Simple, Comfortable
and Durable Members Donate
Pieces of Furniture.
Rest rooms have been established in
more than 200 counties in the United
States to meet tho needs of country
women in town on business. They pro
vide a place where tho farm woman
has a right, without asking nny favors,
to the use of facilities for rest nnd re
freshment They havo been established
by woman's rural organizations in co
operation with other local organiza
tions, with Individuals, and with vil
lage, town or county authorities, by
business corporations operating pri
vate markets, and by individual mer
chnnts. Where fnrm women's orgnnl
zntions have been interested in estab
lishing rest rooms, locul farm women's
clubs have been nblo to arouse the nec
essary community Interest In tho need
for rest rooms to Insure their financial
support This hns been done through
co-operating with other local farm
women's clubs, with organizations of
women In town, with civic leagues, nnd
with chambers of commerce, nnd with
county ngents.
Room In Oklahoma.
In co-operating with other clubs In
establishing a rest room any local farm
women's club mny tnko tho Initiative.
A rest room was established In an Okla
homa town through the co-operation of
four women's rural clubs. A committee
from the club Interviewed the business
men of the city, but met with little en
couragement. They were told that rest
rooms had been tried nnd were a full
u re, that some of the stores hud rest
rooms already, but that they were not
used by tho country people. After
three weeks of effort a member of the
committee learned of n vncnnt room In
the courthouse thnt could bo used for
u rest room If permission were obtained
from tho county commissioners. Mem
bers of the committee nnd their friends
called upon each of tho commissioners
to request the use of the room nnd to
ask his ndvlco us to how to proceed.
As a result the matter was brought
formally before tho commlsHloners nt
their next meeting und tho room placed
nt the disposal of the members of
these organizations.
The furnishings of u well-equlpped
rest room should be simple, comfort
able and durable. As nn examplo of
rest rooms furnished by u group of
country women's clubs whose members
porsonnlly donate pieces of furniture
or secure them us gifts from various
Interested merchants, one may bo cited
which is provided with rocking chnlrs,
straight chnlrs, a table with reading
material, oil-cloth covered lunch tables,
a couch, n crib, and u screen. Free
telephone service and electric lights
are furnished. Clean sheets and pil
low cases muy be secured from the ma-
Hiatus Department of Agriculture.)
FOR RURAL WOMEN
"ree of Rent, Aro Available A Women's
From County Appropriations to Buy th
tron in charge. A gns burner Is pro
vided for heating water or milk. The
room Is heated by a coal stove.
Financing Rest Room.
In flnnnclng n rest room two items of
oxpense nre to bo considered Initial
cost of furnishing nnd tho annual cost
of maintenance. A rest room may be
financed wholly or partly by the wom
en's organizations until arrangement
aro mndo to meet tho expenses through
public appropriations. It may be
financed through town or county ap
propriations or by private individuals,
or by any of these in combination.
Usually the permanently established
rest room Is located at the town hall
or county courthouse since appropria
tions can' be made annually for the
mnlntennnco of such rooms from pub
lic funds. When financed by private
Individuals tho money is cither a be
quest or gift, or tho money spent for
tho rest room In considered by the mer
chants as bringing returns ia Increased
trade. In such cases there Is no ex
pense to the women making use of the
room and the value of the co-operation
of women's organizations lies in their
making known the location of tbu
room nnd thus Insuring a more general
uso of It.
SPECIALI8T8 HELP TO
ESTABLISH REST ROOMS.
Representatives of tho United
States department of agriculture
nre glad to give assistance to or
ganizations of women desiring to
establish rest rooms. Specialists
of the bureau of markets are
particularly interested in pro
viding such quarters for women
In marketing centers. A recent
publication of the bureau of
markets, "Rest Rooms for Wom
en in Marketing Centers," dis
cusses the plan and gives spe
cific advice on the various de
tails. Frequently the county
home demonstration agent or
county agent may be able to aid
In the enterprise.
How Colorado Women
Financed a Rest Room
Private solicitation and a county ap
propriation enabled the establishment
of a rest room for country women at
Grand Junction, Colorado. The fur
nishings bf tho room nnd the matron's
salary were provided by an organiza
tion composed of a number of rural
women's clubs. One hundred and fifty
dollars was appropriated from county
funds nnd a like nmount from town
funds to pay tho cost of the rent and
heat of n convenient room, ns no quar
ters were available in nny of the pub
lic buildings. For furnishing the room
contributions were solicited from mem
bers of the organization and from the
raorchants In town. To pay the ma
tron's salary of $25 n month pledgo
cards were Issued, each calling for tho
pnymcnt of 8 cents a month. In two
years the demands for other activities
In connection with the. rest room de
veloped nnd the monthly expenditure
Increased from $00 to $100 n tnonth.
This additional amount was provided
from profits from a restaurant estab
lished in connection with the rest room
nnd by subletting space for n woman's
exchange. Tho total receipts from nil
sources averaged $100 a month, which
nmount is expended in carrying on the
vnrlous nctlvltles undertaken.