THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. . . ... . N 1! 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 L 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. 11 . ( iWioivil W bin 1 n 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 i , . . , ... . . ... 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."