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THE SFMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA dh -Arm ft Cuts Fleet Cost Ships Built Cheaper Than Was Believed Possible Before the War. ADDS WEALTH TO NATION Great Saving In Cost and Maintenance of Ships by Adopting Standard Sizes and Patterns Long Hauls Cut. Washington. An Item which event ually will nppcnr in tremendous fig ures on the credit Hide of the great war ledger to help offset some of the staggering figures of the debit side will he the udded wealth to the nation of the huge American merchant Meet which the demandH of the war have brought into existence and which, pes filmlHtH to the contrary notwithstand ing, will not pass with the pausing of hostilities. The United States Is turning out at thlH time not only many more ships than ever before In the history of the nation, hut many more than any other nation ever turned out In the same space of time. And, too, they are be ing built cheaper than before the war It was believed within the range of possibilities. And the great secret of this rapidity of construction and econ omy of cost Is summed up in one word standardization. In times of peace the building of merchant ships In the United States was not quite a lost art, hut it certain ly was far from being one of the great mid Important Industries here. The United States government was keep ing hands off and there was little en couragement for private capital to go Into the enterprise. Hut when the war came all was changed. A great lleet of merchant ships became necessary for the successful prosecution of the war, for the conveyance of troops and supplies to the countries overseas. The United States government undertook the task. Time became an Important factor and then It was discovered that lack of standardisation was a serious handicap and must he overcome if rap Id progress and economy In cost were to bo considered. Standardization was necessary and standardization was put Into practice. Benefits of Standardization. The manufacture of clothing, hats and shoes Is largely standardized as to sizes and patterns. For this rea son a standardized suit of clothes or a pair of shoes costs much less than so called made to order apparel. It is be cause standardization permits of the ubo of labor-saving machinery, plus quantity of production. Other familiar examples of successful standardization are found In the dollar watch ami the corresponding thing In automobiles. America's problem, then, Is to make h dollar ship, so to speak, or, If you prefer It, a seagoing "lllvver," some thing easily replaced In whole or In part, but at the same time a thorough ly sound proposition from the stand point of utility and economy. This means standardization all along the TURKS CAPTURED Here are types of the Tur'.tsh prisoners taken b$ the thousands In Pales tine by the victorious troops of General Allenby's expedition. SCARE MEXIGASioFr Laredo, Texas. German propagan dists In .northern Mexico and along tho border are actively engnnod In In Hilling fright Into Mexicans with a riew to preventing their crossing to the American side and accept lug em ployment as laborers on farms, rail roads, etc. One cjinnrd that has been given considerable publicity, by tho propagandists Is that the Americans ire contemplating drafting all Mexl tan men between the ages of eighteen ind forty-live Into the army, while all Mexican women will also bo forced In to service and "taken to France, wher ! they will he used as washerwomen far the American soldiers and the ullUs generally." Those kind of reports have reached ihe American consular service on the border nnd thoy are exerting their ut most efforts to set the Mexicans right by assuring them that none hut Amerl ctt eltl7.cn-. 111 he subject to the se . -tii il u': ' rs f- ' 'iin'n nr -4 -a line. The more nearly the fabricated shapes for hulls and all ship machinery and ship equipment conform to standard sizes or patterns, the greater will be the saving In Initial cost and maintenance of ships. It Is the purpose of the United States Shipping Hoard F.mergcncy Ffret corporation to effect this, some thing It has already accomplished with respect to many things. The fact that no such thing existed when emergency .shipbuilding began made early progress slow. There were not only the problems of organization, but the further complications always at tending large construction enterprises before materials and methods have become fully standardized. Long Hauls Eliminated. Under standardization It is possible to let contracts on a geographical as well as cost basis, thus eliminating long distance hauls. Under the old plan It was sometimes necessary to ship boats and rafts from Vancouver, Wash., to Hrlstol. l'a. This meant high transportation cost. In the early days blocks came In 200 different sizes. Hloeks and llttlngs have been so cut In size as to Increase plant facilities about 115 per cent. MILLION BOOKS SENT TO FRANCE No Army in History Ever Read as Omniverously as the Yanks. PREFER DETECTIVE STORIES Unexpected Demand for 8erlous Read ing Surprise to Librarians Tech nical Books Great Aid to the Ambitious Soldier. Washington. More than a million books have been shipped uhroad by tho American Library association for the use of tho American expeditionary force. The total available was 3,000, 000, and this will ho supplemented by a-united war work campaign contri bution of $3,000,000 out of Its total of $170,000,000 for tho six ullled welfare organizations. About one-half of the area covered in Franco by the American expedition ary force has received its first sprink ling of books. Tho distribution Is pro ceeding rapidly and next July there will be established In 1'arls a central reference library of 10,000 volumes, available to any American soldier In France. Upon application of a hut secretary any book In the Paris li brary will be sent anywhere In France free of charge. At every bookshelf the men find n poster which reads: "These books are loaned on tho honor system. If you fall, It falls. America Is far away, IN PALESTINE thme Is absolutely v.-) foundation for the report that they will be conscripted and used ns. washerwomen In France. as there aro any number of women al ready In France anil none others are needed "for washerwomen." Now that the new ijraft Is In effect It Is expected that tho Gorman propa gandists win no manufacturing all kinds of deliberate falsehoods to thwart tho efforts of the Americans to secure laborers from Mexico to do ag ricultural and other work Jn this coun try. Seal Catch Is Big. St. Louis. This season's catch of fur seals In the Prlhllof Island amounts to :!1,8!U pelts, according to dipputehcs received here. The pelts are being Milppptl to St. l.ouls by the United States govern ment to 'jo dressed and dyed and sold " Hie 1 ir auction ii 'xt Apr'l it Is i-Meted thoy will bring St.llOO.OlMI. -ti-xt-1- -Sft- -a- . . - -A -it it A -tr Grandfather at 39, but Is Not Citizen Roscdule, Kan. August An derson, thirty-nine, and a grand father, has Just found out he was not n citizen of the United States, following his registration for the draft. Horn In Sweden, be came to this country with his parentH when two years of nge. Anderson has served two terms tti the city council and has n son now In the army. He was given his first papers. tttttCr-(-,V-iV-)VV- Manufacturers are now concentrating on production where formerly n large part of the business Included thejnuk Ing of new dies with attending In crease In cost. In the case of costly machinery, such as boilers and engines, standardi zation has eliminated many lutermedl ate sizes. Nnutlcal Instruments, plumbing fixtures, wlmiies, windlasses In fact, all of the thousand and one things that go to make a fully equip ped ship will be entirely standard ized whenever It Is possible to accom plish It. Standardization has invaded even the galley and Is being applied to stewards' outfits. There will be no longer miscellaneous sets of equip ment that may meet the requirements of one ship but not those of another. Linen, bedding and furniture are be ing standardized. tonnage scarce and books precious, Play square with the other fellow; he has played square with you." 1 Fiction Predominates. The books sent to Europe have been j of two kinds, those contributed ami those purchased by the funds of tho j association, which have amounted to j $1,000,000. The variety of contributed books Is astounding and ranges from mystery stories to theological treatises, from murder yarns to Milton's poems. Fiction, of course, predominates. No army In history ever read so omniverously as has the American army In France. The men are greedy for books. In tho days when the sup ply was Inadequate, the demnnd was so great that a doughboy who hud taken over In his barrack hag a copy of O. Henry's "The Four Million" split It Into pamphlets, each containing one of the author's short stories. Up passed tho copies, thus, abbreviated, nlong the line, and they literally were read to pieces. Tho most Insistent call Is for detec tive thrillers nnd for tales of the Rocky mountains. Next comes the do main! for poetry. Hobert W. Service Is the soldier's favorite poet, with Iludyurd Kipling a close second. Guide books which describe elm tonus, cathedrals and points of his toric Interest are In great demand, as? well as histories of France. A recent cable messngo to this country called for fiOO copies of "Jeanne d'Arc," show ing that the Maid of Orleans Is as popular as the modern French maid ens. Tho librarians have been surprised nt the unexpected demand for serious reading. Many a soldier has evident ly chosen war times to get In a dig at Rome books the reading of which he has hitherto postponed to a more convenient senson. With a perfectly straight face a doughboy inquired the other day for Boswell's "Life of John son." Of course more thnn one Innpproprl- ate book has found Us way overseas. I Imagine the emotions of the young giant who stalked Into a "Y" hut, set I tied down for a quiet evening, and j found that the first hook staring him In tho face was one of the gushlcst ! and most effervescent of the F.lslo books. Most of the money spent for the 005,000 purchased books has gone for technical volumes designated to aid the ambitious soldier In mastering the I science of war. Among these are hooks : on the psychology of color for the camouflage corps, the chemistry of high explosives, ballistics, sanitary en gineering, hydrostatics, meteorology, applied geology and other subjects on which the modern soldier must be a specialist. "SOLID IVORY" IN THE ARMY Recruit Believed That He Should Carry Out His Orders Regardless. Vancouver Barracks, Wash. Cer-, talnty In regard to hut one part of his orders on the part of a recruit sentry here nearly caused the wounding of an olllcer of the day. The sentry, armed with a loaded rltle, challenged the olllcer on his approach. "Hilt I" he shouted In best form. The olllcer hnlted and waited for the rest of the challenge. ' "Haiti" shouted the sentry again. The olllcer began to exhibit Interest, especially as the sentry threw up his rll'.t and took careful ulin. "Hey I What the blankety-blank nre you doing?" shouted the olllcer. "I got orders to say 'halt' three times' and then lire," mid the sentry. The otllcer then oxphtlued that this drastic action was only to he adopted when tho challenged Intruder did not answer as per form, and tlu sentry was much relieved to learn that ho ould not have to start U.lllng until got "over there." ihe Krrcnm CALTC To me, fair friend, you never can he old, For as you were when first your eyo I cyod, Such seems your beauty still. GOOD THINGS FROM BEEF. LEFT-OVER NK cupful of the small bits of beef left from the platter may be added to a brown sauce and served hot on but tered toast for a luncheon dish, mak ing a most satisfy ing meal. Roast Beef Sand nfSotionMar Gardealft ft CoinnjMion Hi wiches. For four good-sized sand wiches, make one cupful of brown sauce; when cooked add one table spoonful of ihlnced pickle. Cut the cold roust beef very thin. Cream two tublespoonfuls of butter or other sweet fat and add to It one-quarter of a teaspoonful of mustard; spread the bread with this. Dip slices of beef in the hot sauce and place them on the bread. Sprinkle with a very lit tle chopped or crushed bacon and add the top slice. Serve on a hot platter and pour boiling sauce over all. To make the brown sauce, melt two tu blespoonfuls of butter: add two of flour and stir until well browned ; add salt nnd pepper to taste and a cupful of bvef or thin gravy. Bfef Pie Cut cold roast beef into Inch squures, using two cupfuls. Put ! Into a quart baking dish and season I well with half a teaspoonful of salt, a dash of pepper, a tablespoonful of to- mato catsup or one-third of u cupful I of cooked, seasoned tomatoes. Pour over the meat one cupful of broth or j gravy mixed with water. Cover with ; a cntst made of baking powder bis cuit, cut out with n small doughnut cutter. For this pie one-half a cupful of Hour will be sulllcieut. There Is no more delicious way of serving cold roast than In thin, rosy slices on n well-garnished platter with any well-seasoned sauce like cntsup. horse-radish, or cucumber sauce. Stuffed Peppers With Beef. Par- boll six green peppers for green peppers for five mln- utes, then stuff with n mixture of cook ed rice, and rare roast beef or steak well seasoned and chopped, and moist ened with brown sauce or soup stock. Cover the peppers with buttered crumbs; place In n bukln'g pan and baste with broth while baking. Serve with brown sauce. Stern truth did gentle Thoreau toll Whoever nquarulerH time ARiilnst eternity as well Commits enduring crime. Life's coffers hold no useless dross Thnt wo may Idly spend: And present loas Is future loss For nROH without end. Rev. P. II. Strong FEW UNCOMMON SOUPS. riTt'ii ... , wiou ui not soup is u good appetizer as well as a refreshing , and nourishing be ginning of the meal. tut nne two on ions, a carrot anil three stalks of cel ery. Fry In a little hot fnt, then ndd a quart of water, a National War Gtrdtiv Com minion' hayleaf, a tablespoonful of powdered sweet herbs, salt ami pepper and a tea spoonful of curry powder. Simmer for 20 minutes, strain and add half a cupful of boiled rice. Soak over night one cupful of dried lima beans. In the morning drain, cover-with six cupfuls of cold water; add a small onion and half of a car rot. Simmer until the vegetables are very soft. Hub through a sieve, re heat, thicken wlih two tublespoonfuls each of flour and butter; thin with a little cold milk and add to the hot soup. Add a cupful of hot rich milk antl serve at once. Slice an onion, fry In sweet fat; add a large sour apple, chopped, a sprig each of thyme and parsley, a hayleaf, a tablespoonful of lemon Juice, a tea spoonful each of salt and curry pow der. Add four cupfuls of chicken stock; simmer for 15 minutes, strain, add half a cupful of boiled rice and serve at once. Cover a ham bone and a beef bone with cold water, add a pod of red pep per ami two cupfuls of spilt peas. Sim mer until the peas are son, 'niko out the bones, xenson w'.th salt and pepper If needed anil serve. Out Into dice two carrots, a quarter of a small cabbage, half a turnip, half an onion, a potato and two stalks of celery. Fry In n little hot fat, add six cupfuls of water or stock and salt and pepper to season. Simmer for half an hour and serve very hot with croutons. Salsify Soup. Scrape and clean three hunches of salsify, cut Into dice and soak for 15 minutes In cold water. Drain, cover with fresh water and cool; one hour. Add a quart of milk, two tublespoonfuls of butter nnd salt and pepper to season. Bring to the boiling point, add three crackers, rolled fine, nnd serve nt once. A Hctlect upon your present blessings of which every man has many, not on your misfortunes of which all men havo some. USE EVERY CRUMB. ODAY, the frugal, loyal, American housewife sees that even the crumbs are conserved. One who has not observed the waste from the cutting board will bo surprised at the unioinil of crumbs which are left after niixulwr0n)tn CowniMiOft each meal. In a short time a cupful Is ready for various dishes. Bread crumbs may be substituted for Hour in griddle cakes, steamed brown bread, mulllns and gingerbreads. One and a half cupfuls of bread crumbs will replace one cupful of Hour. In a recipe calling fortwo cupfuls of flour one and a half cupfuls of breadcrumbs may be used to replace one cupful of flour, mnklng a mixture lighter than oik' made entirely of flour. If the crumbs are very dry more liquid will b necessary. Bread Crumb Griddle Cakes. Pour n cupful of sour milk over a cupful of crumbs and let them soak overnight. Add one beaten egg, u teaspoonful of soda to another cupful of sour milk, a tablespoonful of molasses and three fourths of a cupful of flour and a hulf teuspoonful of salt. Beat well and bake the cakes on a hot griddle. Cheese Pudding. Beat one egg slightly; add two cupfuls of milk, salt am1 pepper to taste. Soak one and a half cupfuls of soft bread in this mix ture and line the bottom of a greased baiting dish. Sprinkle one-fourth to a half-cupful of grated cheese over the moistened bread, then cover with but tered crumbs and bake In a slow oven until It thickens like, custard. Bread Pudding. Souk a cupful of stale bread crumbs In two cupfuls of milk, until soft; add one egg yolk slightly beaten, four tublespoonfuls of corn sirup, one-fourth of a teaspoonful of suit; mix and bake In a deep pud ding dish, 45 minutes in a slow oven. Spread a thin layer of Jelly or Jam over the top of the pudding and cover with the meringue made from the white of the egg; add a tablespoonful of mnple sirup and a few drops of vnnllla. The use of bread crumbs foi st tilling Is well known. We need but to he reminded of many ways to use every Tiimb, so thnt nothing bo wnsted. llu that does Rood to another man does good also to himself, not only In consequence, but In every act of doing It; for consciousness of A'ell-dolng Is ample reward Seneca. BREAKFAST DISHES. OST cooks dislike the planning for the first meal of the day, say lug It Is the hardest meal to keep out of the rut of monotony, Broiled Mush, rooms. At this sea nfSatiorjIWjrCurdtn 3 son with the Holds full of delicious m u s h r o o m s. they In - various dishes. i should he found Ill II V.1MUUV.IV1 tiiiV lltn Vi ivinii) l V. O V to any dish. Choose large, linn mushrooms. He move the stems; peel and wipe with a (hunt) cloth. Hub with melted but ter and broil over a clear lire. Serve with a sauce made with melted butter, lemon Juice, and minced parsley. Mushrooms cooked In a little butter, seasoned well and cream or milk add ed then served on well-buttered toast, Is n dish lit for a queen. Fried Eggplant Slice the eggplant In ono-thlrd-lnch slices and pare; put in t. deep dish and cover with cold wa ter well salted. Soak one hour; drain, wipe, dip in egg and crumbs and fry brown. French Toast. ;Make batter of two eggs well beaten, a cupful of milk and a tablespoonful of melted fat; add a Utile grated lemon peel for flavor; dip the trimmed toast Into the batter on both sides; fry In a little hot corn oil. Baked Hash. Butter n shallow bak ing dish ami pile In the hash made of chopped, seasoned veal with a hard cf oked egg also chopped; melted fat, green pepper finely chopped anil a lit tle hrotl. or gravy to moisten. Baku until crisp. Ham Toast. Take a half-cupful of cob, cooked lauii, finely minced, half a j teaspoonful of anchovy paste, a dash of cayenne, and powdered mace; add half a cupful of milk and an egg well beaten; stir till thick; take from tho llrt and spread thinly on buttered toast. A poached egg may be placed on each slice. Baked Apples With Honey. Core four large apples ami place In a baking dish. Mix together one-fourth cupful of water, one-third cupful of honey and one tablespoonful of biltter substitute, and sprinkle with cinnamon. Pour over the apples and bake until tender, with the seasoning. flil LOOK AT CHILD'S TONGUE IF SICK, CROSS, FEVERISH yURRY, MOTHERl REMOVE POI SONS FROM LITTLE STOMACH, LIVER, BOWELS. GIVE CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF FIGS AT ONCE IF BILIOUS OR CONSTIPATED. Look nt the tongue, mother 1 If coated, It Is a sure sign that your lit tle one's stomach, liver nnd bowel& needs n gentle, thorough cleansing at once. When peevish, cross, listless, pnler doesn't sleep, doesn't ent or act natu rally, or Is feverish, stomach sour, breath bad ; has .stomach-ache, sore throat, dlurrhaja, full of cold, give' a teaspoonful of "California Syrup of Figs," and In n few hours all the foul, constipated waste, undigested food and sour bile gently moves out of tho little bowels without griping, nnd you have a well, playful child again. You needn't coax sick children to take this harmless "fruit laxative;" they love Its delicious taste, and It always makes them feel splendid. Ask your druggist for a bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," which has directions for babies, children of all ages nnd for grown-ups plainly on the bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold here. To be sure you get the genuine, ask to see that it Is made by the "Cali fornia Fig Syrup Company." Refuse any other kind with contempt. Adv. Central Power Plants. - In Great Britain plans nre under way for vast central station power plants to get more efficient use of coal. LIFT OFF CORNS! With fingers ! Corns and cal luses lift off. No pain! Magic! Just drop n little Freezone' on that touchy corn, Instantly it stops aching, then you lift the corn off with the Angers. Truly! No humbug! Try Freezone ! Your druggist sells tiny bottle for a few cents, sutllclent to rid your feet of every hard corn, soft corn, or corn between the toes, and calluses, without one particle of pain, soreness or Irritation. Freezone Is tho discovery of a noted Cincinnati genius, Adv. In Japan girls twelve years old work 10 and 12 hours a day. Get New Kidneys! The kidneys are the most overworked organs of the human body, and when they fail m their work of filtering out and throwing oil the poisons developed in the system, things begin to happen. One of tho first warnings is pain or stiff ness in the lower part of the back; hiphljr cnlorcd urine; loss of appetite; indiges tion; irritation, or even stone in the blad der. These symptoms indicate a condition, that may lead to that dreaded and fatal malady, Ilright's dibeube, for which there' is said to he no cure. Do not delay a minute. At the first in dication of trouble in the kidney, liver, bladder or urinary organs start taking (Sold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules, and tave yourself before it is too late. Instant treatment is necessary in kidney and blad der troubles. A delay is often fatal. You can almost certainly find immediate' relief in Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules. For more than 200 years this famous prep aration has been an unfailing remedy for all kidney, bladder and urinary troubles. . It is the pure, original Haarlem Oil your rreat-erandmother ued. About two cap sules each day will keep you toned up and feeline fine. Get it at anv drug store, nnd if it does not cive von almost immedinte relief, your money will bp refunded. He are you get the GOLD MEDAL brand. None other genuine. In boxes three tires. Adv. Miners in Indiana averaged almost $1,000 In wages for the year 1017. GOOD HOUSEKEEPERS WONDER How thoy ever got along without Red. Cross Ball Blue. This really wonder ful blue makoB clothes whiter than snow. Get tho genuine Red Cross Ball. Blue at your grocers. Adv. Chicago has opened a municipal