THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
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LIFE PUIS BOYS II FINE SHAPE
Former Weaklings Now Have
Muscles Like a Black
smith's Apprentice.
INURED TO ALL HARDSHIPS
Outdoor Work and Proper Food Make
Huskies of Them Army Doctort
Continually on Watch for
Health of Men.
With tho American Armies In
France Whether he used to he frail
or strong, the doughboy 1h becoming
one of the luisklcst chaps on UiIh Hide
of the line. Wnr agrees with the
American hoy, Judging from the Bolld,
healthy-looking specimens you seo
trudging up and down the linen and
holding them. -
It Ih a scrM of Htirprlscs you have
with the American army, continually
meeting Home husky whom you hnrdly
recognize because hack In tho Slates
ho was "that frail llttlo William
JoncH." Under Uncle Sam's caro he
lias Brown shoulders of a football
player, and he marches on a pair of
legs twice ns stout as they used to be,
and you couldn't call lMm William If
you had to his only name Is Hill, now
that ho has Joined the heavyweight
class.
Despite tho fears of the family for
the boy, It lms done, him Rood to Join
up In Uncle Ham's army. Ills present
healthy condition Ih duo to a number
of causes, not the least of which Is the
physical training he lias undergone to
enable him to stand hardship. The chap
who couldn't take gymnasium at high
school because ho had a weak heart
has become a doughboy who thinks
nothing of marching nil night with n
pack on his back and then standing
guard next day.
Stronn at Blacksmiths.
Outdoor work nlmost continually
and being tired enough at tho end of
tho day to drop down and sleep any
where, has been just the thing to In
ure tho boy to hardships. Ho Is out
not only In summer when It Is pleas
ant, but In rain and wind, and his life
has made him hard and rugged, and u
far bettor- man physically than when
he came to France. Jogging up and
down roads on an artillery caisson, or
handling a lingo truck, has given the
former drug clerk muscles like those
of tho blacksmith's apprentice.
Tho kind of food ho has had to cat
tins been encouraging, too. Good solid
"chow," Uko beef, beans, potatoes and
bread, make man-power, and they
have lots of "chow" In tho American
army. It Is served up at regular In
tervnls, and It builds muscles In the
soldier's drain and legs and makes him
have broader, better flllcd-otit shoul
ders. They have dessert, too, In this
man's army, but instead of the pies
nud cakes of pence days, It Is rice pud
ding, or canned fruit.
Then the boy keeps pretty good hah
Its with tho army hero In Franco, ex
cept for his night hours, which he bo
comes accustomed to, and which he
makes up with sleep In the daylight
hairs (whcn Germans could see him If
ho worked. Tho menus of going even
on mild "tears" are not at the dough
hoy's disposal In tho army, and any
way he Is too busy heating the Ger
mans to think about anything but his
work, a situation which Is helpful to
his state of mind, ns well as his body,
lie Ih learning good living and clean
bdblts in tho army.
Doctors on Lookout.
Then there are those army doctors
who are continually watching to nip
anything fii Hie hud that, might break
down health of the men. A good foot
hall team In training never averaged
higher In medical attention than Uncle
Sam's fighters. Inspection takes place
ever ho often, and Is careful. The men,
knowing they are entitled to treatment
freely, report sooner for attention.
Dentists are far more populnr than
they used to be, as well as doctors.
Kven the chaps who are sent back
to hospitals gain by tho deal, despite
the popular belief. By far the larger
number or men in hospitals have nie f
ly temporary disabilities.
Tim army hospitals run on one bncls,
that of maktiit, n mnn better for serv
ice than be was before. Of course
there are men who must go back home
after their hospital sojourns, hut whh
the exception of i few cases, they too
leave hospitals In healthier condition
than they wero In when they Joined
the army.
The reason Is this : Kvery means of
science Is used freely to find out what
nils tho doughboy who enters tho hos
pital, and before he lenves every means
known to cure him has been tried.
There IS no question of cost or whether
or not he wants to take the treatment.
He gets it which Is Important, say
physlclnns, since an enormous amount
of disability In civilians Is allowed to
Increase, because of antipathy of many
people to medical treatment.
Tho soldier who arrives nt a hot
pltal Is praetlcnlly certain to get an
X-ray examination all over, unless hi
trouble Is a mere scratch and he is
all right otherwise. If anything alls
him, the medical men find It out, and
they g- right after the ailment nt once.
Thus the soldier who came In to get
his appendix removed mny hnve his
lungs treated, his teeth fixed and his
deaf ear operated upon and made perfect.
The KITOTR
MLS! LOIS OF
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BEAUTRI
small bottle of "Danderine"
makes hair thick, glossy
and wavy.
O, love Is the need of the world;
Down under Its prldo nnd Its power,
Down under Its lust nnd uroed for the
Joys that last but an hour.
E. A. Wilcox.
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IM CHIWKM Bin
ARDITI ARE IDOLS QF ITALIAN ARMY
Famous Shock Troops Undergo
Severe Training for Their
Work.
SHAM BATTLE IS VERY REAL
ami lower we bend as the shells go
screaming overhead.
A blinding (lash, and we see n cur
tain of lire dropping on the opposite
slope.
With a muflled roar a sea of flame
bursts In the valley below. Wnvo on
wave of Are, rolling relentlessly nnd
A FEW OATMEAL DISHES.
0
HE use of oatmeal In
various ways will
help us to save tho
precious wheat which
we are so anxious to
conserve".
Scotch Soup. Take
two and one-half
pmrts of, water, ono
nd n fourth cupfuls
of oatmeal, live pota
toes cut In small pieces, two table
spoonfuls each of corn flour and fat, or
oat flour or bnrley may be used. Boll
the wnter, add the oatmeal, potato, two
sliced onions, tnblespoonful of salt
and pepper to taste. Cook for a half
hour. Brown the flour with the fat
nnd ndd to tho soup. Cook until thick,
add one cupful of strained tomato and
servo hot.
'Oatmeal Brown Betty. Tako two
cupfuls of cooked oatmeal, four
chopped apples, one-half cupful of
ralslnii ar dates, one-half cupful of
brown sugar, and n fourth of n tea
We tuke care of our health, we lay
up money, we make our roof tlsht nnd
our clothing sufficient, but who pro
vides wisely that wo spoil, .not be
wnntlng In tho best property of all
friends?
Removes all dandruff, stops Itch
ing scalp and falling
hair.
nfftatioMl War Card
CONSERVATION RECIPES.
AKE your Jelly In the
winter, when we hopo
sugar will be more
plentiful, by preparing
tho fruit now In the
usual manner ; strain
the Juice and-boll for
twenty minutes a
jiitntf Mt-rk of ti
u .
ccmwiM'oq- ut time, benl while boil-
lug hot In sterilized
cans jjnd In the winter the juice mny
be boiled with equal parts of sugar for
three to four minutes, then turned in
to glasses.
Pie Pumpkin, Canned. Cut the
pumpkin Into small pieces and cook
until smooth. Add ojio cupful of su-
gur nnd a teaspooiiful of salt to each
quart, and after partial scaling, cook
In hot water one and a half hours.
Seal tightly and keep In a cool dark
place.
Date Barley Muffins. Tnke two tn-
American Red Cross Canteen Work
ers Aro Invited to a "Midnight
Party" Tell How They En-'
Joyed the Show.
At the front. We -were serving cold
lemonade to the hot, dusty Ardltl In
our little Bed Cross canteen near tho
front.
Tho Ardltl nre Italy's famous shock
troons. young, dashing, fearless vol
unteers for the assault, who clear the
way for their comrades following.
They had been working hard since
enrly dawn and wero thirsty.
Leaving to contlntio on their stren
uous way, they shouted nn Invitation:
"Come nnd see us at midnight; we
aro going to havo a Hhow." We prom
ised to come.
Roar 8hnkes the Heavens.
Loto In tho ovenlng wo set out up
tho mountain road. So near tho front
lines lights are forblddon, nnd we ad
vanced slowly In tho darkness. Sud
denly dim shndows loom ahead, wo
slam on tho brakes, and with a terri
ble crash tho night Is startled Into
brilliance.
Dripping blood, n soldier staggers to
wards us, and wo see In tho fitful flare
the outlines of crouching figures; be
hind trees, walls and wagons. A roar
as If the heavens aro falling; lower
SHELL FROM HUN NAVAL GUN EXPLODING
blespoonfuls each of fut and sugar, one
spoonful of cinnamon. Place a layer I egg, one cupful of sour milk, a half ten-
of the oatttical In a buttered dish, ndd spoonful of salt, two and one-half ctip
apple, rnlslns nnd cinnamon and sugar; f"ls of barley Hour, two teaspoonfuls
repent until all is used. Bake in a I of linking powder, one-half teaspoon-
moderate oven long enough to cook the ful of soda, and one-half cupful of
apple. stoned dates. Bnke tn greased imillln
Scotch Oat Crackers. Grind two 1 pans one-half hour.
cupfuls of rolled oats, add one-fourth Griddle Cakes. Mix together Ono
cupful each of milk and molasses, ono cupful of cooked rice, two beaten eggs,
Ucruiuuy, In her iliro need tor heavy guns, lias tuUen the larger ami mere
powerful guns from her ships and placed them behind the lines. Here Is
shown n shell from ono of the Gorman naval guns exploding behind the Kn-nch
lines.
Ardltl Drill,
breaking on tho upturned sand of tho
trenches. Liquid fire I Tho nfen
crouching beneath the weight of the
projectors look like nuts confusedly
busy.
A surprising lull,, nnd tho storm
breaks. The very mountains tremble.
Tho shrill whistle of shells now nn
swered by a spiteful tap of the ma
ehlno gun. The unmistakable -iilno
of the torpedo, tho -whang of bursting
shrapnel, the hurtling fury of high
explosives. The night Is hideous with
death nnd pale star-shells hang In the
sky, lighting the fearful stage. The
curtain Is falling, this time "higher up
tho slope, nnd under Its protection tho
shock troops nro advancing In tho
face of a withering fire. The steady
note of a rifle volley and n man falls
here and another there ns the mnchlne
guns busily spell out death.
Thus Are They Trained.
Again the heavens part and tho
mountains seem afire. Once more the
terrible preparation, the bnrrage rising
higher nnd higher. The sky Is red,
The second lino Is passed and tho
third I High on the slope tho ting
waves In triumph, nnd n faint honrso
shout stents across the valley. The
attack has succeeded I
On the silence breaks tho mensured
rend of men nnd In tho light of n lllekr
erlng lantern wo seo the stretcher
bearers carefully swing up the road.
In wonder we question one another.
Simple Anierlcnn Bed Cross workers,
unfamiliar with tho sterner side of
war, wo wero to attend a party.
Where are wo? Where are the Aus-,
i trlans? Will they counter-nttnek?
The wounded, tho dead?
In the darkness wo aro hailed : "Ah,
you Americans you have found us I
How did you enjoy our little show?
Austrlans? Trenches? Wounded?
No! but It was only n sham fight I It
is so wo train, we Ardltl.
nnd u hnlf tablespoonfuls of fnt, one
fourth of a teasponful of soda and a
teaspoouful of salt. Boll out In n thin
sheet and cut in squares; bake twenty
minutes In a moderate oven. This rec
ipe will mnko three dozen crackers.
Spiced Oatmeal Cakes. Heat one
fourth of a cupful of molusses to boil
ing; add three tablespoonfuls of fnt;
add one-half cupful of cooked oatmeal
nnd one and, a half cupfuls of flour,
otie-fourth of a cupful of sugar, the
same of raisins, one-half teaspoouful
of baking powder nnd one-fourth of
n teaspoouful of soda, one-half tea
spoonful of cinnnmon; beat well and
bake In muflln pans thirty minutes.
This makes ono dozen cakes.
A cupful o cooked oatmeal added
to the usual bread sponge will bo
found to mnko n most tasty bread, or
the uncooked oatmeal may be scalded
with milk or milk nud water, Jetting
li stand covered for n half-hour, then
mid to the bread sponge.
To be truly happy laa question of
how we begin and not how we end;
of what wo want and not of what we
have. Stevenson.
To be possessed of a head of heavy.
beautiful hair; soft, lustrous, fluffy,
wavy and free from dandruff is merely
a matter of using a little Danderine.
It Is easy and inexpcnslvo to havo
nice, soft hair and lots of It. Just get a
small bottle of Knowlton's Danderine
now It costs but a few cents all drug
stores recommend it apply a llttlo as
directed nnd within ten minutes there
will be an appearance of abundance,
freshness, flufllness and an Incompara
ble gloss and lustre, and try as you
will you cannot find a traco of dandruff
or falling hair; but your real surprise
will be after about two weeks' use,
when you will seo new hair flno and
downy at first yes but really new
hair sprouting out all over your scalp
--Danderine is, we belieVe, tho only
When light mold Into threo 8,ure hnlJ Browf ,dAstroyCT,
' I .Ihii ft1 n r I M.,Mn I . fill T unnln fl ,1 1 It
U1UU UliU 1U1 1 L V-11J WV-t.l( v. -
never falls to stop falling hair at onco.
If you want to prove how pretty ana
soft your hnlr really Is, moisten a cloth
with a llttlo Dandcrlno and carefully
draw It through your hair taking one
small strand at n time. Your hnlr will
bo soft, glossy and beautiful In Just
a' few moments a delightful Surprise
awaits everyone who tries this. "Adv.
two cupfuls of sour milk, one cupful
of corn flour, u tnblespoonful of melt
ed fat, one teaspoonful of soda, and
the same af salt.- Bent well and fry
on a hot greased griddle.
Oatmeal Health Bread. Pour a pint
of boiling wnter over two cupfuls of
rolled oats and one cupful of bran.
Cover mu let stand u half-hour. Place
one-half cupful of molasses in a bowl,
add a tnblespoonful of shortening and
a teaspoouful of salt. Pour over all
these Ingredients u pint of potato wa
ter or scalded milk; add n yeast cake
softened in one-fourth cupful of hike
warm water. Mix all together adding
six or seven cupfuls of whole-wheat
flour.
loaves,
Honey Salad Dressing. Bent tho
yolks of . three eggs, udd three table
spoonfuls of honey, and three of lemon
Juice, one-half tenspoonful of salt, a few
dashes of paprika, three tablespoon
fuls of oil ; cook until thick, bcntlng
with a whisk beater. Cool and add a
few spoonfuls of whipped cream be
fore si-rvlng.
(nittonalrUnlciv
Comniwwit
YANK GUNLAYERS MAD
Say tho Infantry Ran Hun "Tar
gets" Too Far.
When Artillery Get Heavy Guns Into
Position There Is Nothing
to Shoot At
With tho American Army. A cer
tain regiment of heavy artillery Is
broken-hearted over tho way tho
Bodies "threw them down," as they
express It, In tho Saint Mlhlcl salient.
This purtlculur regiment was
brought up to assist In the long-rnngo
bombardment of the Interior of the
salient, but owing to the rain and the
muddy condition of the roads they
wero Into In reaching their outplace-
medlary lino after his resistance had
been broken In his wonderfully strong
imttlorront. But Fritz never stopped
on his InterniMllnry lino at nil and
ovim his machine gunners did not
tarry In their solid concrete and rail-
road Iron blockhouses.
So at eight o'clock In (he morning,
when tho heavies should have opened
up on Krltz's support lino they re
ceived orders not to fire. When their
commanding olllccrs protested vigor
ously and (lemnnded the reason vhy,
ficy were advised that If they opened
ui on the targets they hn chosen
they vould bo firing In tho rear of
American troops. So tho regiment
never 'Led a shot.
The gunlnyers took It as a personal
affront on the pnrt of the doughboys,
who advanced so rapidly they didn't
glo the heavies a chance to do any
business. They declare openly that
If tho Infantry lind had any sporting
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ui"wi in iis veins u would :invi
WfcAn I HEM HEAVIER"
IS ADVICE TO WOMEN
Cleveland, O. "Wear them
heavier" Is (ho request of fuel
administration men hero to the $
women of Cleveland. Lacy gar- S
it ments are cold and require more 5
bent In buildings, whether homes
or offices. Therefore, If women
J will be patriotic they wll pnsn
up mine of tho dainty things
J tlyjy wear unseen and will don $
j more h-iibiiiiu ijunucnis, say tho
J fuel men.
SEASONABLE DISHES.
HEN cider cannot be
obtained In the mar
ket, cut up a pint or
two of Inferior apples
windfalls arc tine
used In this way and
grind them through
the meat chopper It
Is n little work, to be
sure, but well worth
tho trouble, for you
may have a cupful or more of cider to
use In mincemeat or for cooking ham.
There Is no moro delicious way of
serving ham than to cover n thick
slice of Jiam, after browning It well,
with elder nnd let it simmer for an
hour on the back part of tho stove.
The meat will bo very tender and es
pecially well flavored. Serve sprin
kled with minced parsley.
Pickled Onions. Put small, whlto
pickling onions Into n Jnr after peeling
them ; add mixed spices and cover with
good vinegar that has been boiled and
cooled, using one tnblespoonful of
brown sugar to a quart of vinegar.
Cake Crumb Dessert. Tako two cup
fuls of sponge-enke crumbs and brown
in tho oven. Place tn sherbet glasses
and cover with fruit sirup; serve gar
nished with n spoonfjil of whipped
cream of niarshmnllows cut In bits
with the scissors.
Ham Tomato Toatf Fry u table
spoonful of minced pepper nnd half ta
bkspoonful of minced onion In two ta
blespoonfuls of butter; add two table
spoonfqls of Hour, a teaspoonful of su
gar, one-hnlf teaspoonful of salt and n
few dashes of pepper, one cupful of
tomato puree and n half cupful of
minced ham. Serve hot on well-buttered
toast.
Baked Beans With Apples. Soak
unit parboil one nnd a lintf pounds of
beans as usual, then when the skin
wrinkles nnd curls, put them with nn
onion Into tho benn pot with a half
cupful of bncon fnt or ham fat, two
chopped apples, and n tnblespoonful of
salt. Barely cover with water In
which n tttblesponful of molasses and a
lialf-tcttspoonful of mustard havo been
Rejoice In all tho honors which come
to those you know. That you Know
them makes you In a sense a partner
In their fame; that you rejoice with
them brings you their friendship.
Henry Worthlngton.
1 ami
IP- 'CommlMiew --ijl
fc.kt mixed. Buko covered for three hours,
" then remove tho cover nnd place over-
ineius nnti setting up their guns.
They wero duo to begin firing In tho slowed up and given thorn u crack at
rear oi ino enemy lines nt eignt o cinoK tlio Jioenes,
in the morning, Just at tthotN the tlmo
when they thought Krltss would lie get
ting ready to drop hack to his inter
An enamel to glaze pottery without
tho use of hent Is a German Invention.
Merchants Mine Coal.
Lognn. W. Va. Twenty-flvo busi
ness men proved their patriotism when
they donned overalls and spent hnlf n
day In tho coal mines nenr here. They
loaded 100 tons of coal and' presented
their wnges to the Bed Cross.
Dally Thought.
Virtue Is. like u rich stone, best ect
plain. Bacon.
lapping slices of apple on top and bnko
until the apple Is cooked.
Scalloped CabbaQS. Cut a small
head of cabbage fine with a knife, but
ter n baking dish and put In a luyer
of shredded cabbage. Cover with bread
ciumbs, sprinkle with salt nnd pep
per and bits of butter. Repent this
until threo cupfuls of crumbs are used.
Pour over a pint of sweet milk aud
bako for an hour.
GOOD THINGS FOR THE FAMILY.
IMPLE dessert nnd ono
which young and old
may enjoy Is:
Lemon Jelly and
Sliced Bananas. Pre
pare the Jelly from
the Jellies which need
but the addition of
hot wnter and when
't has been molded
ami Is firm cut in
small cubes. Put the cubes In the
center of a dish and heap sliced ba
nanas around them. Pour over if thin
custard, prepared by using a cupful
of milk, an egg nnd strained honey to
sweeten.
Virginia Spoon Bread. Put a qunrt
of boiling water lit a saucepan, "add
two teaspoonfuls of salt and a half
cupful of hominy, eonfc ilvo minutes,
then set over boiling water and cook
for twenty minutes; add four table
spoonfuls of shortening, threo eggs,
beaten with n cupful of milk, and
lastly, sift In the two cupfuls of corn
meal nnd two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder. Mix thoroughly nnd bake In
a well-greased baking dish about forty
five minutes. Serve from the dish
with n spoon.
quick Chocolate Cake. Take two
squares of chocolate, one-hnlf cupful
of sugnr. three-fourths of a cupful of
milk, two egg yolks, one-fourth of n
cupful of milk, three tablespoonfuls of
shortening, 1 cupfuls of barley flour,
one-half cupful of sugar, one-fourth of
a teaspooiiful if cinnamon, one ten-
spoonful of sodn, one-half teaspooiv
ful of salt,- two tablespoonfuls of
chopped nuts" nnd a tnblespoonful of
grnnulnted sugar. Heat the first three
ingredients In n double boiler. Bent
the yolks,, add the one-fourth cupful
of milk, stir and cook In tho hot In
gredients until they thicken slightly;
add tho shortening and remove from
the fire. Sift together the flour, sugnr,
cinnnmon, soda and salt and combine
the two mixtures. Turn Into greased
tins, sprinkle with nuts nnd sugnr over
the top and bnke In n quick oven
about eighteen minutes.
A most delicious confection may lie
mndo of honey, lemon rind and Juice
with blanched chestnuts, cooked In the
sirup until thick. Bottle for use as a
garnish for sherbets, Ices nnd puddings.
At Least He Had None Left
Charles went visiting with his father
and on their return his father was
asked as to the .boy's behavior. "Beau
tiful," was the answer. "Ho couldn't
bnvo been better." Whereupon th
young hopeful said: "I used all tho
manners I had." And the family
judged from his behnvlor the next day
or two that he certainly had.
Contrary Effect.
"People who gossip much are gen
erally very narrow." "Yet they manage
to spread a lot."
If we could just find money as easily
as wo find fault wo would all be mil
lionaires In n short time.
THIS WEAK,
NERVOUS MOTHE
Tells HowLydiaE.Pinkham'
Vegetable Compound
Restored Her Health
Philadelphia. Pa. "I wasvervweak.
always tired, my back ached, and I felt
sickly most ol tho
time. I went to a
doctor and he said
I had nervous indi
gestion, which ad
ded to my weak
condition kept me
worrying most of
tho time and he
said if I could not
stop thnt, I could
not get well. I
heard so muchabout
LydiaE, Pinkham'
ivecretable Com-
riund my husband wanted mo to try it
took it forawcek and felt a little Bet
ter. I kept it up for three months, and
I feel fine and can eat anything now
without distress or nervousness. "Mrs.
J. WoRrnxiNE, 2842 North Taylor St,
Philadelphia Pa.
The majority of mothers nowaday
overdo, there aro so many demand
upon their time and strength; the result
is invariably a weakened, run-down,
nervous condition with headaches, back
ache, irritability and depression and.
soon moro serious ailments develop.
It is at such periods in life thatLydlaB.
Finkham'a Vegetable Compound will
restore a normal healthy condition, aa
itdidtoMrs. Worthiine.
Rely On Cuticura
For Skin Troubles
All dnuslit I Bop O, Ointment B 4 60, Talcum IS.
HinV j oach frtn of "CUtr, Drpt. I, f ton."