THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIDUNE, NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA.
msnwGjoN CITY
SHIPPING BY MOTORTRUCKS
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Somb Fay .that wo should cat to live,
And some nay llvo to cat,
Hut look at It which ever way,
"Tls true, to live, we eat.
SUQQE8TI0N8 FOR HOUSEWIVES.
When choosing fish see thnt the eyes
are bright, not glazed nnd sunken,
with flesh linn nnd
odor good.
It Is up to you to
protest ngnlnst tho
bread from tho bu
Ivor's curts being
carried uncovered
from the curt or
bread handled with
uncovered hands of n driver. See
thnt each loaf Is wrapped In sanitary
paper or that the basket Is protected
from duBt and germs.
Heforc using u casserole or any
earthen baking dish, temper It by put
ting it Into cold water and boiling It,
then let It cool gradually.
Add sugar to the fruit when using
It for sauce; after It Is partly cooked
It will require less sugar to sweeten It.
Keep a little powdered pumlco to
remove stains from under the nulls.
Apply with a toothpick or nn orange
stick.
Look to sec that your milk bottles
nro holding the stnndard measure.
Wipe carefully before opening und
pouring out the milk or cream.
An ensy way to fill preserve Jars Js
to use n gravy boat. The bundle makes
It ensy to dip and the spout Is just
right to enter the jar top.
Surgeons' plaster is most useful for
many things. Bind d piece over a
hard corn or callus. This will keep
them moist and, like the wicked, they
"will cease from troubling."
When hot fat Is spilled on the floor
lnsh on cold wnter ut once. This will
cool and harden the fat and It can,
most of It, be scraped off before It bits
soaked Into the wood.
When the cane seats In chairs begin
to sag wet them with hot soapsuds
on the bottom, rinse In hot water and
dry.
Use the small-sized clothespins, as
they stay on better than the larger
ones.
Never let dishwater dry In the
towels; rinse first In cold wnter to
harden nnd remove the greuso, If any,
then wnsh In hot soapsuds, rinse again
and dry. Towels treated in this way
and not used on baking' dishes will
keep white.
Keep a cork on the letter flic or
Kplndle on tho desk. It may save an
eye or more.
The art of cooking cannot be learned
out of a book any more than tho art
of swimming or the art of painting.
The best teacher Is practice, the best
guide, sentiment, says I-ouls Four
teenth. Wo would add to sentiment a.
little sense, for good cooking needs
Judgment as well as sentlmont.
- SUMMER SALADS.
There Is but one meal a duy nnd
thnt Is the first, when n snlnd Is pot
served or we feel that
the meal lacks balance.
There are so many
kinds of fruits, fish, llesh,
fowl nnd vegetables that
lend themselves to salad
making thnt none need
bo deprived of one to his
taste.
Wedding Salad. Serve1
lialf of a canned pear or a very ripe
fresh one on heart leaves of lettuce,
cover with cubes of plnenpple, blanched
almonds and the usual mayonnaise
dressing. If a bit of color for garnish
Is desired a maraschino cherry Is
added.
Chopped young tender well-cooked
beets, mixed with mnyonnnlse dress
ing that has been tinted a light pink,
makes n beautiful salad, nnd Is as good
as. -It looks. Aspnrngus and string
benns make n most satisfying combi
nation, served with French dressing.
Thinly sliced crisp red radishes
used ns ri garnish, unless some other
color Is used, makes u pretty snlnd
out of simple foods. Too many colors
should never bo usod. In any dish, our
artists tell us, and surely we would
not mix colors, oven In a salad, which
were not agreeable to each other.
A spoonful of several left-over dishes
will often make a most tasty salad.
The things at hand nnd the genius
of the cook will often produce pleas
ing surprises.
Veal and Chicken Salad. Cut bits
of tender chicken and veal whlqh
have been cooked nnd sensoned to
gether, add chopped celery to taste, or,
lacking enough, n little tender white
cnbbnge. Lot stund with a light dress
ing of French dressing to. seuson nnu
serve with n boiled dressing. A cup
ful of mayonnaise or boiled dressing
Is usually sufficient for a quart of
enlnd.
The blanched leaves of tender dan
delions with lettuce Is n most valu
able salad combination, good for a
tonic.
Surprise Salad. Cut In bits two cold
cooked lamb chops, freed from skin
and bone. Mnko a Jolly by stralulng
nnd seasoning n cupful of tomato pulp
and nddlng nn eighth of a box of gela
tin. Fill small cups nnd when nearly
firm stir In the meat, cover well with
tho gelatin nnd chill. Unmold on let
tuco leaves and ssrre with nny desired
salad dressing.
the
In thU world It Is not what we take
up but what we give up that make
us rich. II. W, Beecher.
HELPFUL REMINDERS.
Save any bits of left-over pnrnffln
from jelly glasses, wash well, melt and
strain and It will be
ready for use another
year.
Pnrnflln Is lino to keep
the irons smooth while
Ironing; It also keeps
the kitchen range bright
and good-looking, nnd
should be Used freely it
a range stands unused, any length of
time.
When pouring anything very hot
Into n glass dish set the dish oil a
wet cloth. Kerosene Is n great saver
of scouring sonp nnd labor. Use u
cloth dampened with kerosene to wlpo
out the boiler after using. It will keep
the sink free from grease with little
rubbing.
It Is seasonable just now to bear In
mind that fruit picked nftcr u henvy
rain loses its llnvor nnd is not good
for mnklng Jelly.
Fruit for Jelly mnklng should not bo
too ripe, ris the pectin Is found In
lurger amount In unripe fruit; this Is
the thickening quality which gives to
Jelly It. consistency.
Currants and raspberries In equal
quantities make n delicious Jelly.
Jolly to be clena-should drip through
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The uncooked stems of mushrooms
shredded nnd mixed with blanched nnd
shredded almonds served on lettuce
with French dressing, makes a most
dainty salad. Little bits of left-over
salmon mixed with cocoanut, fresh, or,
If (fried, the sugar washed out of It,
with n chopped pickle or two, makes
another, not common salad.
Lettuce that has become too old for
fresh use mny be cooked and served
ns greens, making another vegetable
dish and. a palatable one, too.
Any of the cooked lettuce left over
may be served with hard-cooked egg
as a salad with a spoonful of boiled
dressing.
Snve the meat and gather mush
rooms nbw up to frost time. The Inrge
variety of edible ones will offer n
change of flavor, yet If one Is fond
of them, they can bo served In some
way for each duy. Do not risk pick
ing mushrooms unless you nro suro
of tho Vnrlety.
We shall be so kind In the afterwhlle,
But what have wo been today?
We shall bring to each lonely life a
smile,
But what have you brought today?
EVERYDAY FOODS.
"Hat an extra potato and save a
slice of bread" has been our, slogan
. for several weeks
and will be for
weeks to come for
all who are trying
to conserve food.
The custom In
England which hns
always prevailed
that of serving no
butter with tho
dinner when ment nnd ment sauces
are used, Is one worthy of our ob
serration, for fnts are much needed
for our armies and as necessary as
ment. Here Is n good dish to con
serve both wheat nnd meat:
Cornmeal Cheese Dish. Put two
cupfuls of wnter and a half teaspoon
ful of salt over the lire; when boil
ing hot add a cupful of cornmeal
mixed with n cupful of cold water,
nddlng the moistened menl gradually,
sMrrlng constantly, keeping the mix
ture nt the boiling point. When nil
the meal bus been ndded, set the boil
er over boiling wnter nnd ook for
nn hour longer, stirring occasionally.
Just before serving, stir In n cupful
of grated cheese. Servo sprinkled
with grated cheese. Onions on tonst
will conveniently piece out n light
dinner, or srve ns n vegetnble on llsh
day. Pare, chop and cook In butter
one Spanish onion, ndd pepper, salt,
and q, tenspoonftil of sugar, cover nnd
cook until tender. Spread on slices
of buttered toast, flatten a tablespoon
ful of mnshed potato on top of each,
dust with grated cheese nnd set In
the 'oven long enough to melt tho
cheese.
Onions In Rameklns-Peel and boll
a quart of onions, drnln nnd break
them up. Add pepper, snlt, a little
sugar and a small lump of sweet fat
of any kind, ndd n half cupful of
grated cheese nnd n cupful of smooth
tomato sauce. Line well buttered
ramekins with mnshed potnto, All
me center wun tne onion mixture,
dust tho top with buttered crumbs
and bake until brown.
The dish Is most satisfying with
white sauce instead of tomato, using
the cheese Just In the sume manner.
Banana Balls. Use a French potato
scoop and cut balls from firm but ripe
bananas. Let Them marinate In
French dressing, then roll In chopped
nuts or sewo plain. Tho left-over bits
of banann may be used in countless
ways; put through a sieve and added
to other fruit Juices, or creamed, then
frozen, ifnnkes a delicious Ice errata.
Outdoor Church Services Popular at Capital
WASHINGTON.Wnshlngton's latest
fresco vtrtpers on tho ellipse back
held last Sundry tat five nnd will occur
war camp community servlco Is la
chnrge nnd te uavy ynrd bnnd pro
vides the nniilc. Clergymen from nil
denomination make nddrcsscs, whllo
the congregation, drnwn from every
stnto and all ages nnd conditions of
war workers, coustttutcs tho choir.
These outdoor services offer many
amusing Incidents. Prayerful posturo
with bended head disappears when
the blrdmcn cut capers In the sky di
rectly over the preacher. The drone
of tho blplano drowns tho minister's
voice, and whispers of "Look, oh, look
selfInterfere with tho domlnlo's exhortations.
Tho religious chnrnctcr of these Sunday afternoons was repeatedly
stressed by tho earnest young man In charge, probnbly becnuso tho social and
sentimental sldo stuck out bo prominently. Pretty hends resting on mnnly
shoulders, furtive handclasps notes thrown from n group of sailors to a
bunch of glggllug girls spurs entangled with fluffy pcttlconts with tho big
congregation sitting around on the grnss, it's untural enough that picnic man
ners dlsplaco proper church behavior.
Washington is a city crowdod with unattached males and females, boys
training nt tho navy ynrd or nt Camp Meigs und Washington university
girls from every city nnd hamlet They nro tho nicest, cleanest, happiest
young people in tho world, a slice of young America which Is neither tho
upper nor tho lower crust, but they'ro lonesome nnd bored In their few leisure
moments and want to play together.
How the "Boys" Outwitted the Commanding Officer
A TROOP train stopped nt Laurel, Md., ono morning not so long ago. On
thnt train wero hundreds of Washington boys. Tho commanding officer,
fearing that his train would be besieged' by thousands of relatives If they
stopped in Union stntlon, had tho
Just congratulating himself on his sagacity, when tho first rclnttvo from tho
national capital put in appearance.
"Just chance," thought tho commanding officer.
Then relatives began to stream Into Laurel from Washington by tho
score, In flocks, In droves. They came In automobiles, buggies, wngons nnd
on foot. They camo nil afternoon. Tho boys and their folks had a great
Hmo.
I'll bet to this day tho commanding officer doesn't know how tho men
worked it. But hero Is tho way it was
Two of the men 'decided they wero
they hod determined that much, the
They hopped a freight back to
When they hit Union station they
own peoplo nnd told .them that the train would bo nt Laurel nil day, nnd
instructed them to notify friends. Then they tackled tho telephones again.
Between them they cnlled up the relntlves of nearly every man on the train
nnd told them whero they could see their boy on his way to Frnnce.
Then they hopped another freight back to Lnurcl.
No wonder tho Yanks nro going through, to Berlin 1
Ride on Drawspan Recommended as Novel Thrill
YOU may have taken rides In alrplnnes, tanks, battleships, automobiles,
choo-choos, etc., but unless you have swung around on Capt. Robert L.
Tlllert's "craft" you have missed a mild thrill. Tlllert's "craft" la tho draw
span of the Highway bridge. Ho Is
the senior operator and vessels which
have to wait for the draw have to
wait on TUlcrt. He doesn't keep
them waiting very long.
Thcro is a tremendous toot, a
great grinding ana tho draw begins to
operate. You nro standing talking to
the captain,- when you feel tho iron
bar agalqst which you wero easily
leaning begin to revolve. It revolves
calmly, pleusantly, brushing you aside,
as it were. But when you feel It re-
volvlng you Jump as If you were shot, and nearly fall out tho window Into
tho river. Captain Tlllcrt gesticulates at you, waving one arm. The dray is
now well out pver tho river.
"What does he mean?" you wonder,
me to jump out tho window?"
Tho captain keeps on waving his
You step to the door and look out.
and on the other side tho gates down
mobiles. .
Then It dawns upon you thnt the
to a point of vnntnge, where you mny
you stand at attention, while the great
nnd tho spnn slides bnck into the bridge once more.
It's a novel five-minute ride.
Women Passengers Had
rp nB car camo to a sudden stop
1 wheels have slipped the track. The
tor nnd man passengers followed suit,
her companion of the shopping bag
bands llko thnt with ono over for good incusurc-
"Ono would be nn overdose for me.
ne's too set on his own good times to
Ilir Im'fL n fnsf lvoi- nil rlnUi
But ho wusn't u fast flyer, for Just thou a husky black man camo to the
fat pnssengqr put an arm around him, lifted him up, gave him a crutch and
half carried him from tho car. And tho fat passenger accepted his own help
lessness with the docility of a good, but
We are nil right, women dear, take
When wo stop our criticising of
anout una worm will bo wearing wings.
churchgolng Is out of doors. Al
of tho WMto IIouso grounds wero
regularly until October. Tho district
I a nose dive now he's righted him
train go through to Laurel, and there
rest.
It wns an all-dny wait, too. Tho.
boys felt pretty much cut up about
being deprived of tho opportunity of
Hcelng their folks, but, of course, they
said nothing.
They Just did something. Nobody
can get ahead of American soldiers
not even, tho commanding officer I
Tho major or colonel, or whatever
rank he was, T have forgotten, was
done: '
going to seo their relatives. Onco
rest was easy.
Washington.
made for tho telephone, called up thelt
looking wildly about. "Does ho want
arm at you.
You see tho great gap in tho bridge,
and a policeman holding back auto
captain is merely trying to get you
watch the operation of tho draw. So
spun screeches, the tug goes through
Misjudged the Fat Man
i
with the. grinding nolso that means the
ir.otormnn Jumped out. Tho condua
and every last woman poked her head
out of the window on tho trouble side
Only ono passenger kept his place.
He was a fat man with two chins nnd
tho symptoms of a third. lie Just sat
thero and smiled complacently ns l(
the only thought ho had In this world
was of tike good breakfast he had
can n and the good dinner that was
to come.
You will have your thoughts I And
If you nro a woman you uro bound
to put them In words, which accounts
for one market-basket lady saying to
"I'd like to have nn even dozen litis
Hut that fellow's no marryln muni
tie himself down to nny ono woman.
'
not overbright child.
us by and large, but
peoplo and things wo know nothing
Possibilities Shown Recently by Suc
cess In Haullna Eggs and Other
Farm Products.
(Prepared by tho United States Depart
mont or Agnctmuro.)
Investigations of tho uso of motor
trucks lu hauling farm produco to mar
ket nro b(jlng carried out and In coma
Heavy Truck Passing Over Macadam,
Road In New Jersey.
cases actual shipments of farm prod
ucts aro being supervised.
A motortruck route from Vlncland
N. J., to New York city hns been es
tablished, over which trucks travel
regularly picking up eggs from proi
duccrs and delivering them direct tq
wholcsnlo dealers in Now York city,
Tho first load went through without n
single egg being broken and mndo bet
ter time than express shipments.
FEDERAL CONTROL OF ROADS
Organization Formed of Representa
tives of Various Departments to
Supervise Work.
(From tho United States Dopartment ot
.Agriculture.)
All functions of government agencies
relating to streots and hlghwnys hero-
after aro to bo co-ordinated In n body
called the United States highways
council, composed of one representa
tive each from the war department,
tho department of ngrlculture, tho
United States railroad administration,
the wnr Industries bonrd nnd the fuel
administration. Tho council was
formed primarily to prevent delays,
financial loss and uncertainty incident
to tho method of taking up each high
way problem in Its turn with a sep
arate and distinct government agency.
This council was constituted nt tho
suggestion of tho secretary of agricul
ture. Through the department It will
continue tho clese contact already es
tablished, both formally by law and In
formally by practice, with tho stnto
highway commission In each state of
tho Union.
Membership of tho board follows:
War department, Lieut. Col. W, D.
Uhlcr; fuel administration, 0. G. Shef
field; war Industries board, Itlchnrd
L. Humphrey; railroad ndmlnlstrntlou,
Q. W. Klrtlcy; dopnrtmcnt of ngrlcul
ture, L. W. Pago. Theso representa
tives havo selected Logan Waller Page,
director of tho offico ot public roads,
department of agriculture, as chair
man, nnd J. E. Pcnnybacker, chief ol
management of thnt office, ns secre
tary. Tho council utilizes the orgnnlzn
tlons of tho forty-eight state highway
departments with their trained pcrsoni
nel and their knowlodge of local con
dltlons and provides a single agency
where all highway projects calling foi
governmental action of any character,
whether It bo a question of finance, o(
materials, transportation or of win
necessity or desirability, may bo dealt
with. The council hns proylded a defi
nite form on which applications for ro-
lief nro to bo madu through tho rcspec
tlve stato highway departments, and,
has sent supplies of tho forms to tha
departments. It emphasizes tho grent
need of conservation ot money, trans
portation, labor and muterlals by re
stricting highway nnd street work tc
most essential Reeds. It ranks main
tcnance of existing streets and high
ways first, reconstruction of badlj
damaged streets and hlghwnys next
and It places last now construction Jus
tified only on account of vital war ot
economic necessity.
Realize Value of Good Roads.
Today the farmers realize tho value
of good roads as never before. It U
stated that about $300,000,000 worth ol
farm products aro ruined yeurly be
cause of tho p6or roads over which tha
farmers are expected to haul crops tc
market.
Power Wasted on Roads.
The difference In power required bei
tween good roads and poor is power
wasted. The Idss is borno not ulona
by tho furmer but by all of us who
consume farm products and who pay(
to have them hauled to us.
Work Drag After Each Rain.
It pays to work tho road drag on the
road n llttlo whllo after every rain.
Compare right now stnto roads which
have been dragged regulurly nnd some
of tho country roads which hove been
allowed to cut into ruts.
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MAIN OBJECTS OF STANDARDS
Aim Is to Secure Uniformity and Es
tablish Series of Grades as
Basts of Trading.
(Prepared by tha United Stnfe Depart
ment or Agriculture.)
The object of making standards for
poultry Is the same ns the object of
making standards of weight, volume,
or quality for any product or commod
ity; that is, to secure uniformity, nnd
establish n scries of grades as n'tmsiu
of trading In the nrtlcle.
In making standards for poultry
which apply In thc process of produo-
tlon the principal points considered
nro size, shape and color.
Size and shape are breed characters
and largely determine the practical
valucM of poultry. Many stnndard
breeds nro divided Into varieties differ
ing In color, hut Identlcnl in every
other respect.
Color Is not a primary utility point,
but ns a secondary point often comes
in for special consideration. For ex
ample, a white variety and a blnck va
riety of tho eamo breed are actually
identical in table quality, but be
cause black birds do not dress for the
Mature Early Hatched Pullet
tnnrlccr. ns iclean nnd nlco lobklne nt.
white ones, It often happens that they
are not salable.
When n flock of fowls Is' kent foi
egg production only, uniformity (ln col
or is mucu icbs important tuna
approximate uniformity of slzo hnd
type, set tho moro attractive nruieniv
anco of a flock of birds of tho same
coior justines selection for color, n
far ns It can bo followed without
sacrificing nny material point.
When n poultry keener crows his
own stock yenr after year ho ought
by nil means to uso stock of a well
established nonuldr standard liniit.
By doing so nnd by selecting as breed
ers only ns mnny of tho best specimens
of tho flock as nro needed to produce
the chickens renred each year, q
poultry keeper maintains In his flock
n highly deelrnblo uniformity of excel
lence In every practical qunllty nnd
with llttlo extra euro nnd no extra
cost can hayo n pleasing uniformity
in color.
CHICKENS TAKE FIRST PLACE
Come Reasons Why They Lead In
Scheme of Poultry Production
Utilize Much Waste.
(Prepared by the United States' Depart
ment, oi Agriculture.) .
Chickens, In any general scheme of
poultry production, of course must take
first placo. They aro best adapted to
general conditions, take n wider range
of feeds nnd convert them, perhaps,
with tho greatest margin of profit.
Chickens, better than any other class
of poultry, utlllzo table scraps and
tho general run of waste from the
kitchen door, all the way from apple
nnd potnto parings to sour milk. Chick
ens far surpass allothcr kinds of poul
try in snlvuglng waste grain from tho
stables, from tho Bhed or lot where
the cattle are fed, nnd from hog pens.
During the winter months on farms
where nny considerable number of live
stock are kept, the hens would take
their living from theso sources with
only slight additional feeding from
time- to time. Chickens are great de
stroyers of Insects, Including, many In
jurious forms, In yard, pasture and
orchard. They utilize also many
grasses and weeds, nnd seeds from the
same, that would othcrwfse bo of no
use. Except In Isolated Instances the
pnrt of wisdom woald be, Undoubtedly,
to keep more chickens than nil other
kinds of poultry combined, but there
should be, In a majority of cases, soma
of all the other common kinds of poul
try. TURKEYS GIVEN FREE RANGE
Two Broods In One Flock Are Easy to(
Car for Larger Number
Is Not Favored.
When two turkey hens with broods
ot about the same nge arc turned out
onjjjrce range together they will re
main lu one flock, and this makes It
easier to hunt, thorn up nnd care for
thorn. It Is not a good plan to have
more than this number of young poults
In one flock, however, as they may all,
try to Towd under one or two hens to
bi lunered.