THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
Wc Do Not
What
.fe
wer Correspondent Declares
Even Neutral Countries Feel
It More Than Wo.
MUST MAKE EVERY SACRIFICE
To Win This War tho American PeK
pi Mutt Awaken to Full Renllza
tlon of All It Means end All
It Demands.
Chicago. "Wo do not know tlmt we
are at won Plvo thousond miles nwny
our troops nro moving Into battle. In
a million American homes, tho casualty
lists oro watched with anxious eyes.
Tears nnd anguish and henrtbrenks aro
tho prlco wo must pay to wrlto n. head
line of Victory," dectnred Oswald F.
fichuette, for throe years war corres
pondent of tho Chicago News with tho
armies of tho Central powers, In an nd
dress before tho Press club of Chicago.
"A yonr ago wo unfurled tho battle
flags of the republic. We pledged our
selves to tho greatest sncrlflco this
greatest of world wars might demand.
Tho American people aro ready to
make that sacrifice. Hut so far wo do
not know over here what war really
Is. I have come out of three years In
that Inferno. All Europo Is nllnnie.
It knows It Is In tho war. Even neu
tral countries such as Switzerland feel
It a hundredfold moro than we. There
economy and conservation Is no longer
a muster of preachment, of voluntary
sacrifice It is n matter of enforced
necessity, of grim compulsion. They
aro not saving food to feed someone
else. They are saving becauso thoy
hnvo too Httlo themselves. And In tho
warring countries, thero Is war In every
breath, War Is n tragic reality for
them, They do not need Hags In tho
streets to remind them of the war
and you sco few flags over there. Wnr
portions out their meager rations. Wnr
Is their cook. War allots tho comforts
of their dally life, and tho proportions
nro small. Luxuries are gone. War
stalks through their streets with tho
soldiers In uniform. War's shadow Is
behind tho mothers who pray In tho
churches that their boys may be Haved.
"Wo hardly know thoso things. Wo
liovI
Tho chief executive of Arizona,
Gov. Gcorgo W. P. Hunt, knits for tho
soldiers of his statu during his leis
ure tlrno. Tho governor Is very protl
clent with the needles and nlroady has
turned ovor sovorul sweaters and other
comforts for tho uco of tho stnto'a
dratted men. lloeently, while, en touto
to Washington for n conference with
" Presjdont Wilson, he knitted u six-foot
scarf for a boy in khaki.
MARINES FORM THEIR FAMOUS SLOGAN
This renmiKiible photograph u ihu words of their winning Mown
formed by StRt murines In induing for the buttloileiilH. .It took Just men iiii
me from the tliuo the word of commuml was uttered until every liiuri vn& In
his place, forming the slogun "First to Iflght" 'in llvluc letters.
Know
War Means
are revelling In luxury, and call It war
economy. Wo think wo arc saving,
yet I hnvo seen more food wasted In
.ho two weeks since I landed In Now
l'ork than In tho three ycurs of my"
wnr experiences.
"I do not oay this as u complaint.
I say It as a warning. We must learn
quickly tho great lessons of this war.
For every day wo wait now will cost
us two later on. If we wnlt long
enough, they will cost us weeks. To
win thto war, wo must awaken to a
full realization of nil It means and all
It demands. Wo must bo In It, not one
million strong, but ono hundred mil
lions strong. Wo must make economy
not a fad or a principle, but u sacri
fice. "Five weeks ago, I was In General
Pershing's headquarters In France, and
saw our soldiers march out to unknown
destinies In tho trenches. Proudly
they marched, knowing that they car
ried with them the hearts and tho pray
ers of our grcnt nation. Now It Is up
to us to show them that we are behind
them, And wo will do so.
"Don't bo misled by any fnlso tnlo
that our enemy Is collapsing, that Ger
many Is on tho vcrgo of revolution,
that her army Is ready to mutiny, thnt
her people nro starving. Wo hnvo be
lieved too many such reports in tho
year that has past. Germany is not
Woman Wins Rank
Attains Highest Grade in Navy
Open to One of Her
Sex.
HAS DONE EFFICIENT WORK
Had an Important Part In Building Up
Armed Guards' Organization
Now Keeps Records of
This Service.
Washington. Tho encounters of
American merchant vessels with Ger
man submarines constitute ono of tho
most thrilling chapters of the war.
When tho president ordered our mer
chantmen armed for protection ngnlnrt
undersea attack tho navy was cnllfjd
upou to furnish hundreds of guns and
thousands of trained gunners to miin
them. To perform this task n new
brunch of tho service was organized
tho "armed gunrds." Even before this
country declared war they wero on ac
tive duty, and tho first mnn of the
navy to lose his life In servlco against
tho enomy was a member of the armed
guards, John I. Eopoluccl, lost In tho
sinking of tho Aztec April 1, 1017.
uno oi me most cmcient anis i
Commander Farley In building up tho
nrmcd gunrds organization was a
young -woman, Miss Helen E. Brooks,
now confidential secretary to Lleuten
ant Commander Hall, who succeeded
Commander Farley.
Shares In Bid Events.
Miss Brooks has had a share In
many of tho most Interesting Incidents
of tho wnr. It was to her desk that
tho news canto of tho sinking of the
Aztec nnd tho Vacuum. She received
tho account of tho sinking of the first j
German submnrlno by tho Silver ,
Shell ; of tho long bnttlo of, tho Moroni,
which fought an enemy U-boat until
almost tho entire ship wns In flnmes;
of tho four-hour fight of the .T, I.
Luckonbnch which, though hit many
times, refused to surrender. Sho mndo
out tho lists of tho first men tnken
prisoner by Germany, members of the
armed guard of the Ill-fated Campnnn.
She has transcribed mnny letters of
commendation of men for heroic
deeds, nnd mnny fticssnges transmit
ting to relatives tho sad news thnt a
son, husbnnd or brother has been
killed or wounded.
Tho names, ratlngH and addresses of
next of kin of nil tho members of tho
armed gunrds aro kept on cards, In a
separnto envelope for each vessel.
Tho records of nil thoso who loso
their lives In the servlco of their coun
try nro kept In a special division.
Theso constitute tho navy's "roll of
honor." Thoso who huvo been com
.u.iiug. sue 1Mb teen mighty hun
gry for three years. IJut Gorman;
knows that she" Is In the war.
One Egg In Three Weeki.
"Shortly after the break of diplo
matic relations a yenr ago. when I
was still In Berlin for the Dally News,
an American colleague, tho Berlin rep
resentative of tho Associated Press,
contracted pneumonia. It was n criti
cal case. Tho physicians sold they
could euro the pneumonia. Hut they
said tho patient would never recover.
The Berlin food rations, they' snld,
would not permit thnt. Patients such
as he, they say, Invariably died. Thnt
was the penalty of wnr. For It taken
eggs nnd butter and milk nnd other
unknown luxuries to bring A man bnk
from the grave. At that time, the Ber
lin egg ration was about ono every
three weeks. Every three weeks, by
the calendar, a coupon on the egg card
would bo validated to entitle the hold
er to purchase one egg from the grocer
with whom his name had been regis
tered. Often the groceries did not hnvo
eggs enough to fill even this scanty or
der. Hut wo sent out an appeal to
every nvaUable American to help. We
mobilized every egg In the American
colony In Berlin. Wo gathered nil the
butter we could find. We nsked no
questions when thero seemed some
doubt ns to,the strictness with which
the "ono egg every three weeks" regu
lation had been obeyed. But this pa
tient" had three delicious omelettes n
day for three weeks. No one elso In
all the Central powers, not the kaiser
nor Illndenburg, hud reveled In any
such luxury of eggs in three years of
war. But it saved his life. It was
tho mobilization of tho eggs, not tho
physicians, thnt did It."
of Cfaifef Yoeman
mended for heroic deeds nlso have a
special place and there are hundreds
of them already, though wo have been
nt wnr less than n year. The depart
ment seeks to secure and keep on file
photographs of nil the men of the
navy killed In-service against the en
emy, and thoso specially commended.
Miss Brooks has hud a hand In build
ing up theso measures to perpetuato
tho memory of tho navy's heroes and
preserve Interesting und authentic ma
terial for history,,
Won Rapid Promotion.
Enlisting In tho naval reserve In
April, 1017, as a yeomnn, third class,
Miss Brooks hns already risen to tho
highest rank open to women In tho
navy, that of chief yeomnn. As secre
tcry to Lieutenant Commander Hall
she superintends thc work of two yeo
man stenographers and n mnil clerk.
Chief Yeoman Brooks
nil three of them men. Llko nil tho
other women yeomen, 8ho Is regularly
enlisted In tho navy enlisted for tho
term of tho war. At first they were
commonly termed "yeowoinen" nnd
"yeomnnettes," but these nlcknnmes
nro frowned upon by naval, ofllclnls,
whoso attitude has been well ex
pressed by Rear Admiral McGowan,
paymaster general o? tho navy : "They
inunt not bo cnlled 'ycowomen' or
'yeomancttcs.' Theso women uro as
much n part of tho navy as tho men
who hnvo enlisted. They do tho same
work nnd recolvo tho sumo pay as men
of tho sumo rating. They nro, yeomen,
nnd have done- yeomnn service In tho
Immensely incrensed work Imposed
upon the navy by tho war."
IGNORES DAYLIGHT SAVING
Maine Miller Probably Only Man In
Country Not Affected by
Change.
. Kennebunkport, Mo. James D. Per
' kins, proprietor of n tidewater mill, is
probably the only mnn In this country
! "huso hours or labor wero not affected
by tho now "daylight saving plan.
I Tho mill, located on the Mousum
river, is operated by tho tide. When
It Is full, Mr. Perkins closes gates
' and confines tho wnter to a reservoir,
As tho tide ebbs ho opens tho tutes
I to ullow tho water to escnpo Into a
-lulcowny.
As tho tldo Is about an hour later
neh day, Mr Perkins cures nothing
or clocks or tho sun, or any other
I'lyllght saving plans, no Is follow.
UK tho tide schedule, as ho bus for
many years.
A Wisconsin .Inventor has patented
skis with pivoted footpleces that send
n wenror along over snow or Ice ns
he. presses his free own ngulnst the
runners.
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FEEDS FOR GROWING CHICKS
Suitable Rations Described for Young
Fowls From Ten Days Up, Wheat
Eating Age.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
After tho chicks are ten days old,
n good growing mush, composed of two
parts by weight of bran, two parts mid
dlings, ono part comtneiil, ono part
low-grade wheat flour or red-dog mid
dlings, nnd 10 per cent sifted beef
ncrnp, may bo placed la o hopper and
left before them all the time. Tho
mnsh may be fed either wet or dry;
If wet, only enough molsttir (cither
milk or wnter) should be added to
muko the feed crumbly, but In no
sense sloppy. When this 'rowing mash
or mixture Is not iwcd, a hopper con
taining bran should bo accessible to
the chickens nt all times.
After the chickens aro' two months
old they may bo fed four times dally,
with good results. After they aro three
months old, three feedings a day nro
enough.
When ono has only a few chickens,
It Is less trouble to purchase the pre
pared chick feeds, but where n consid
erable number are reared It is some
times cheaper to buy the finely cracked
grains nnd mix them together, Soma
chick feeds contain a large quuntity
of grit nnd may contain grains vt. poor
quality, so thnt they should be care
fully examined and guaranty ns to
quality secured before purchase.
As soon ns the chickens will eat
the whole wheat (usually in about
eight weeks), cracked corn, and other
grains, tho small-sized ehlck feed can
bo eltmlnitted. In addition to the above
feeds the cldcken's growth can be hast
ened If they are given sour milk, skim
milk, or buttermilk to drink. Growing
chickens kept on n good range may bo
given nil their feed in n hopper, mlx-
Flock Scratching for Feed.
lng two parts by weight of cractted
corn with one part of wheat, or equal
parts of cracked eorn, wheat, and oata
In ono hopper and the dry mnsh for
chickens In nnother. ' The beef scrap
may bo left out of the dry mash, and
fed In a separate hopper, so that thq
chickens can ent all of this feed they
desire. If- tho beef scrap Is to bo fed.
separately It Is advisable to wait until
tka chicks are ten days' old, although
Homo poultrymen put tho beef scrap
beforo tho young chickens nt tho start
without bad resnlts.
Chickens confined to small yards
should always bo supplied with green
zceu, such as lettuce, sprouted oats, ul
fnlfa, or clover, but the hci place to
raise chickens successfully Is on n good
range where no extra green- feed Is re
quired. Where tho chickens nro kepi
In small bare yards, fine charcoal grit,
and oyster shell should be kept before,
tho chickens nil the time, and cracked
or ground bone may be fed. Tho bone
la not necessary for chickens that have,
a good range.
WHEN FOWLS BEGIN TO LAY
Small Breeda Produce Eons When
Only Six Months Old Keep Grow
ing for Earjy Maturity.
Plymouth Itocks, Wynndottes, Ithodo
Island Reds, etc., begin to lay when
about seven months old, If properly
cared for. Leghorns, Mlnorcas, etc.,
begin when about six months old. Feed
well, nnd keep the chicks growing to
obtain curly unturlty.
Eggs Cost Little.
Itemcmber thnt eggs produced In tho
backyard flock cost very little, ns tho
fowls aro fed largely upon waste ma
terials. Perches for Fowls,
Perches should be placed on n level
(about 18 Inches-from .the floor) to
avoid tho birds all crowding on tho
.higher roosts.
Care for Incubators.
Clean and disinfect tho lncubntors
that have been used prevlousV nnd
Jet them air ont beforo using them this'
Benson.
ThC
KITCHEN
CABINET
We should bo kecrful how we en
currldRo luxuries. It Is hut a step for
ward -from hoe cake to plum putldln',
but It's a mllo and a half by the near
est road when wo have to go back
agalm Josh Billings.
A FEW PRETTY SALADS.
The combination of llgfit green found
In the cucumber, and the r(ch red of the
ripe -tomato makes
a salad most allur
ing. Small toma
toes may be peeled
and cut in the form
of. a tulip with n
bit of yellow mny
onnnlse for the cen
ter ; placed on head
lettuce, they look
like a flower.
A pretty way to serve cucumber Is
to peel It, theii pnro In rounds ns one
does an apple, keeping the pieces us
long ns possible. '-Wind In rose shnpe,
place a spoonful of mayonnaise In the
center nnd if plnced on lettuce or a
Hllco of tomato will prove both pleas
lug to the eyo rind the palate.
Chopped cucumber with onion used
(is n filling for tomato cups, the filling
pilxed with a good boiled dressing or
tmy kind of oil dressing, Is another
good combination well liked.
Green Pepper With Cheese, Cut
green peppers In halves, removing the
Heeds and white pulp, then fill with
highly seasoned crenm cheese which
Jias been softened with crenm; a few
chopped chives mny be added. Tho
peppers are set away to chill, and
when ready to serve cut them In slices.
Tho slice will hnvo a ring oMlic pretty
green or red of tho pepper around the
cheese.
Tomato and Pineapple Salad. Peel
shnpely smnll tomatoes and cut In
eighths, keeping It together nt the
blossom end. Open nut like a flower
nnd fill the center with chopped pine
apple and celery and dot with a
spoonful of yellow mnyonnnlse just be
fore serving. Slices of radish with
slices of onion of tho same size In
overlapping slices make a pretty gar
nish for a plain lettuce or head let
tuce salad.
Head Lettuce With Peanuts. Take
n half cupful of nfte fresh peanuts,
roll with the rolling pin until crushed
like crumbs. Sprinkle those over hend
lettuce thnt has been dressed with a
highly seasoned French dressing with
n tnblespoonful of onion added to It.
She dresses ayo sae clean and neat,
Balth decent and genteel,
And tlion there's something- In her gait
Makes ony dress look .vveel,
' Burns.
GOOD THINGS TO TRY.
Pnstry may bo made by using barley
flour without any- wheat flour. Pro
ceed as with any
pastry. The mix
ture will be n lit
tle more difficult
to handle, but It
makes very good
pastry. Baking
powder biscuit may
nlso be made, us
ing barley flour
exclusively, with a little lnrger propor
tion of baking powder.
Molasses Cookies. Take a half-cupful
each of sugar, molasses and vege
table fat, melt and mix together; cool;
add one cupful of sour or butter milk,
ono and three-fourths cupfuls of flour
one cupful of barley flour, a tenoon
ful ench of soda, baking powder, gin
ger, nllsplce, cloves nnd salt. Mix well
and set In tho Ice box until stiff and
cold. Boll out quldkly and cut before
the mixture becomes too soft to handle.
Camp Pudding Put a pint of stnle
brend crumbs with a pint of milk In n
saucepan to soak for half an hour; ndd
n half-cupful of honey, ono egg well
beaten, a few .gratings of nutmeg; mix
well and bake uutll the pudding Is set
In the center. Servo hot with honey
or mnple sirup.
Oatmeal Sweetblts. Cream one cup--
ful of sugar with u teaspoonful of fnt;
add the yolks of two eggs well beaten,
two nnd one-half cupfuls of rolled oats
mixed with two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, and when well blended fold
In tho well-beaten whites of tho eggs
with n tcnspoonful of vanilla. Drop on
a baking sheet wltji a teaspoon and
bake In n slow oven, nllowlng plenty of
room for the cukes to spread.
Potato Coffee Cake. Take two cup
fuls, of flour, two tublespoonfuls of fat,
one-third of a cupful of sugar, a tea
ppoouful of salt, t fourth of n cupful
of skim milk, n half yeast cake and
cinnamon or grated lemon peel for fla
voring. Melted fnt and sugar with ii
few chopped nuts mny bo usd to spread
over the top Just before baking.
SHORT NOTICE DISHES.
The hqusewlfo who Is nt nil effl
clent, trys to hnvo something thnt mny
bo drnwn upon for
nn
o m o r g 0 n 0 y
when the unexpect
ed guest or "three
wero Invited hero
come nine," which
will sometimes hap
pen In tho best reg
uluted nnl'ghbor-
hoods. A crenm
soup with crackers or crotons will
mnko n good beginning for any meal
after breakfast or If broth of any kind
is at hand a variety of soups may be
prepared on short notice. Canned'
p)up? nro nnother available dish. A
.white sauce with fish, flesh or fowl or
nlmost any vegetable, cold cooked
eggs or macaroni will mnko n good
main dish.
An omelet Is always weliome nnd'
the housewife who keeps herself well
supplied with eggs need not worry If
she knows how to prepare a fluffy,
tasty omelet.
A hnlf n cupful of. rico may bo
browned in n little butter, then water
ndded to cook It, nnd -when tender stir
In two or three eggs with n little milk
or crenm with seasonings. This will
taste like scrambled eggs With use of
half the number.
For .dessert ono may always cnlfc
upon the preserve closet, and with a
cracker or small sponge cake or piece
of fruit enke with a hot drink, the des
sert Is easy. - If n stide cake Is In
one's possession, stenm It nnd mnkc m
sauce of a cupful of sugar, V.vo table
spoonfuls of Hour well blended, nnd
Just enough boiling 'wnter to cook the
mixture until smooth, then add n nice
lump of butter, n grating of nutmeg,
and n tablespoonful or two of good
vlnegnr, with u pinch of salt. Serve
the sauce hot ns well as flic steamed
enke.
Another- quick dessert Is called
"Fifteen Minute Pudding," nnd Is one
every housewife should know how to
prepare. Take n cupfi'i of flour, sift
ed with a teaspoonful of baking pow
der, n little salt nnd a cup of milk.
Put Into greased cups with 41 layer of
any Juicy fruit like cherries In be
tween the spoonfuls of hatter. . Stenm:
15 minutes In n dish of boiling watcn.
Serve with cream.
Oh I that mine eyes might closed be
To what concerns me not to see;
That deafness might possess mine ear
To what concerns me not 'to hear;
That truth my tongue may" always tie
From ever speaking foolishly.
Thos. Elmwood.
8AVORY, SATISFYING DISHES.
The conscientious housewife who 1?
trying to fulfill the requirements of
her food pledge Is often,
much puzzled to plan a
well-balanced meal.
Spring Soup. Peel and"
thinly slice one onion
nnd cook Jn a tnblespoon
ful of butter for flvo min
utes, stirring constantly,
then ndd four cupfuls of
chicken broth, with one cupful of stale
bread crumbs. Bring to the boiling point
nnd let slrnmer 45 minutes, then rub
through a sieve nnd add a cupful of
milk. Melt two tnblespooufuls of but
ter, add two of flour'nnd stir until well
blended, then pour on gradually while
stirring constantly the boiling hot
stock. Add n cupful of thin cream or
a beaten egg with n cupful of milk.
Season well with salt and popper and
serve piping hot.
Oatmeal Scrapple. Boll two pound
of flank steak until tender, put It
through n meat grinder. To the liquor
of the beef ndd a pint of oatmeal, boll
for half on hour, then mix with the
ment, season with pepper and salt,
nnd mold In n bread pan. Fry the
slices In hot fnt until deep brown.
Prune Ice Cream. Soak n cupful of
prunes In water to cover overnight
Cook In the same wnter until tender,
remove the stones and put tho pulp
through a strainer. Add n cupful of
sugar, four tablcspoonfuls of lemon
Juice, a pinch of salt,-nnd 1 cupfuls
of crenm. Freeze and serve garnished
with nut ments. The Juice of two
oranges may be uspd In place of the
lemons, making n pleasing varloty.
Creamed Sardines. Melt four table
spoopfuls of butter, add one-fourth of
a cupful of soft bread crumbs, add onej
cupful of crenm and bring to the boil
ing point ; add ono box of sardines, two
crooked eggs finely chopped, one-half
teaspoonful of salt, a few dashes of
paprika. Reheat nnd servo on narrow
strips of buttered toast.
Doughnuts thnt have become dry
may bo dipped In cold wnter and re
heated In the oven, making them quite
palatable. '
Strange Fate of a Clock.
Tho Germans have tried many un
successful expedients to catch pro
gressive Father Time nnd forco him
buck into . his modlevnl trappings,
which they believe to bo still in fash
Ion. When the picturesque old church at
Utrelllors fell before the enemy's ar
tillery, though tho shell of tho sym
bolically sacred structure wns abso
lutely ruined, the clock escaped de
struction. Now It forms the front wall of n
British Tommy's hut which Is perch
ed K front of the sheltering pile of
dcbcls. Time Is with tho Allies. Pop
ular Science Monthly.
Seek Happlnecs From "Within.
Look Inwards I for you have n last
lng fountain of happiness nt home
that will always bubble up If you will
but die for it. Marcus Aurellus.
Inquisitive People.
Inquisitive people nro tho funnels.of
conversation 5 thuy do not tuko -anything
for their own use, but merely to
puss It to. nnother, Steele.
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