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    THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
HOW SHIRS. BOY!
HOW A SOLDIER
FEELS IN FIGHT
VNKS IN WRECKED VILLAGE
MOtDEO AM
OPE1TI0N
Annlstnn. Aln. Hero Is the descrlp
tlon of n big Imttle uh It Impressed It
Bclf upon the mind of Sergt. Lawrence
Hopkins of Oxford:
They're off I
"It fiends a thrill through you uh
you hear their cry mid rlHe up anil
find yourself In a crowd of men ; puns
lng a moment to light our pipes or
cigarettes and wo are hurrying for
ward with glistening steel In our hands
to meet the foe.
"If It were not for these othur men
moving along heavily laden to keep
pace with the Imrrngo one might well
stand In amazement at n wilderness
suddenly become crowded with sway
ing humanity, hravely attempting to
weather the furious storm. '
"The hlg guns roll like heavy thun
der, the little Held butteries answer
with a hark, shells scream, whistle,
howl, according ,to their moods.
Death Is Everywhere,
"The quick staccato coughing of
machine guns goes on unceasingly all
around you and Is swallowed up In
Its echoes. There Is a sputter of rllle
bullets as (hoy whiz by you and you
wonder that you are untouched.
Hnrbed wire tears our clothes to
pieces; mud sticks them together
again. Hints lly at our feet ami from
the sky winged airplanes' swoop
down. .Spitfire tanks plod on behind,
crashing ami crushing j burning, boil
ing oil sends Haines leaping to the
clouds; molten phosphorus Is poured
Into dugouts. There Is gas to blind
and choke you.
"There are laughs and cries; the
laugh of a comrade as he struggles
on, or the cry of another as he drops
his rllle and puts his hand to his
heart his last cry. There Is the yell
of the hunter, the wild-crying despair
of tho hunted. The plunk of the mor
tars and the burst of the bombs add
to the tumult of the storm.
"Stretcher bearers rush to and fro,
running zig-zag across tho battlefield
with their messages. Then I drop Into
it shell hole, the cold sweat running
off my face, and breathe. Take my
compass out, get direction adjusted
and when the barrage lifts I dive Into
the tornado again and so on. Ger
mans nro scarce ; they arc down below.
'Moppers up' behind will deal with
them. Over broken trenches and torn
ground, slipping, fulling, sprawling, 1
Ko for our objective. As the curtain
of tire and smoke passes over the vil
lage wo make the final spurt forward
nnd dig like h 1.
Germans Fear Americans.
"The noise Increases, tho guns get
more nngry, shells ilnd showers of
mud and dirt are falling all around
you. Tho devil seems to be raking
out lus furnaces, the sky seems to
crash down on you, then my head
tiwlms, my arms fall to my sides, my
legi grow limp and I drop down as I
hastily don my gas mask. And when
1 open my eyes and find myself I am
on a stretcher and someone with a
smile all over his bronzed face offers
me a cigarette.
"Yes, we ran tho Huns for six days
and five nights, and l did not want
to cat or sleep. I tell you It was
grand, and If 1 hadn't been gassed I
feel like I could still lie running
them. Wo started In on tho IMth day
of July, my birthday, and, mother,
dear, I took no prisoners,
"A German oflleer said to his men:
'Why do you run; Is not Gott mlt
youV And the German soldiers an
Hwered: 'Yes, but the Americans are
mlt the French.'"
I IMVFSTQ IMQIIRAMPP i
IN BONDS AND STAMPS t
:
Dnltnn. Gn.--Lcft 510.000 In-
siirance by her son, Amos liar
din, who died from a wound re
ceived In action In France, Mrs. '
.Mary K. Hardin turned the en
tire amount Into Liberty bonds
and War Savings stamps. Mrs.
Hardin says she takes this meth
od In helping the government
and to avenge her son. Her
husband, I'll J. Hardin, gave
his life in order to save a fel
low workman endangered from
noxious gases In a well. For
this act Mrs. Hardin received a T
Carnegie hero medal and a pen- !
At our house we luugh nil' wo sins an'
we shout
An' whirl all tht- chairs an' tho tables
about,
An I niKSol my pa an' I Bet htm down,
too,
An he's all out of breath when the
flghtln' Is through.
An' ma says that our house Is surely
n sight.
Uut pa an' I say that our houpe Is all
right. Kilgar Guest.
, detachment of Americans are here
shown on their way through tho
French town of Hucquoy, which has
suffered some very heavy bombard
ments. This French oltlelnl photo
graph shows the ruins of the village
nnd the American troops passing
through Therns de Calais, on their
way to do their share In the heavy
lighting which the Yanks did In this
hector.
I nffVsUjMl'A'of Gjrdrn
I
I
I
teaspoonful of lemon extract and turn
Into a serving dish. Heat tho egg
whites with two .tablespoonfuls of su
gar and spread over the top for n
meringue. Hrown and serve hot or
cold.
High Cost of Moving.
Savannah, Ga. The high cost of
moving In Savannah has obliterated
the old saw that "It Is cheaper to move
than pay rent." It now costs from
$10 to S'JO per load to move, because
of the extreme scarcity of labor and
the high cost of upkeep.
SQUIRT GUN WAS
ONE HUN TRICK
London. First Lieut. Ira J. Hodcsof
Hrooklyn, N. Y., and Herkeley, Cal.,
praises Lieut. Audrey Grey of Herke
ley as one of the gamest American
olllcers he ever knew.
Lieutenant Grey, fearfully wounded
ami at the point of death, said:
"Don't take 'me, boys ; clean 'em out
first."
Hy "cleaning 'em out," he meant for
them to keep on driving at tho Ger
man machlnu gun nests until they
were abamloned. He did not want to
Interrupt tho progress on that part of
the line for an Instant.
Lieutenant Hodes was wounded In
the left leg tho same leg In which ho
had been shot during the Spanish
American war.
DODGING ONE OF JERRY'S SHELLS
tins rciutirlial'le Hiitlslt olllclal phntngiMpii. tiiK.u ..n i'sii m trout
In Franco at the Instant an enemy shell exploded, was an Incident In the ad
vance on Uapaume. A Tommy while doing a little sewing on his shirt out
side a capturud German hut Is disturbed by the shell.
"I wan Just out of the hospital," he
said, telling of his last engagement.
"I had been laid up with whooping
cough. I had Just reported back and
been assigned to command of Com
pany . We wore ordered to advance
first on Suturduy, August 31. We went
ahead for two and a half miles and
took tho German second line trench.
Grey Gets .Fatal Wound.
"The counter-attack came exactly at
four, o'clock. Uut, of course. It availed
nothing, because we were fully able to
meet It with more than sulllclent re
sistance. Our artillery had full sweep
of the ground over which they moved.
The slaughter was terrible.
"We lay In the position all that
night, and at seven o'clock In the morn
ing made a pilck move. We took over
a line of shell holes about three hun
dred yards In front of us. Then we
I started In to clean up the thick nests
of machine guns.
"Lieutenant Grey was -shot in the
stomach and Lieut. Harry Ulalr of
Hrooklyn was hit. Then I was hit.
After 1 got It Hlnlr and myself carried
Grey back to a dressing station. He
lied tho next morning.
Huns Did Not Fight Fair.
"The Germans were lighting In n
nasty way. It was not tho least bit
afe to pay any attention to them
when they ltgnn to cry "kninerad."
Many of them carried a little pistol
ailed a 'squirt gun.' It shoots a
small bullet like a twenty-two, hi i
sprays them out at short range. The
pistols keep on shooting Just as long as
you keep your linger pressed on the
trigger. They are good for short range
illy. Tho danger was In this: If you
minded up two or three or more Ger
mans and ordered them to throw up
heir hands, they would, except that
me of them would b a little slow. If
wui started to lower your gun or pistol
in take them In tow the slow-moving
man suddenly threw out his squirt gun
ml opined tire. The safest thing to
in was to take no chances.
"The Germans were doing all sorts
I' things that were forbidden by Inter
national code. They did not think any
thing of tiring on the stretcher bear
ers, although tho men were carefully
marked with white bands on their
arms nnd were classed as noueom-Imtants."
FOOD FOR THE FAMILY.
OU cakemnklng bar
lev, corn, rlee.or po
tato flour or part
cornstarch may be
used without mnte
Tlnlly changing the
character of the
cake.
Corn and Rice
Flour Jelly Roll.
limit the volks of
three eggs, add one cupful of sugar
and three tablespoonfuls of water, their
add one-half cupful each of corn and
rice flour with two teaspoonfuls of bak
ing powder. Fold In the stlllly beaten
whites of the eggs and bake In a mod
erate oven ten miniitcs. Turn nut on
a towel nnd spread with jelly ami ron.
Trim the edges before rolling If at all
brown.'
Spiced Cornmeal Cakes. Heat three
tablespoonfuls of fat with one-fourth
of a cupful f molasses and when
boiling hot add one-fourth of a cupful
of sugar, one-half cupful of cooked
oatmeal, one-fourth of n teaspoonful of
soda, and one and one-half teaspoonfuls
of baking ' powder ; cinnamon and
cloves to taste, one nnd a half cupfuls
of mixed Hour, and one-fourth of a
cupfuls of raisins. Hake In niullln
pans .?0 minutes.
Cornmeal Gingerbread. Cook to
gether Id minutes one nnd onc-bnlf
cupfuls of cornmeal, one-half cupful
of corn sirup, one teaspoonful of salt,
two tablespoonfuls of corn oil, one-half
cupful of molasses, one nnd one-half
cupfuls of sweet milk and one cupful
of sour milk. Cool and ndd a beaten
egg, one cupful of barley flour, two
teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Add
teaspoonful of cloves, a teaspoonful
of soda, and one and one-hnlf tea
spoonfuls of ginger nnd cinnamon.
Chocolate Barley Cake. Cream one-
fourth of a cupful of shortening, ami
three-fourths of a cupful of sirup, a
snltspoonful of salt, one egg, two-
thirds of a cupful of cold coffee, one
and three-fourths cupfuls of bar
ley flour and one and one-half
teacupfuls of baking powder. Add
two squares of. chocolnte melted
over hot wnter. bent well and
bake -'0 minutes In a moderate oven,
Corn Flour Sponge Cake. Separate
the yolks and whites of four eggs, beat
tho yolks, add one cupful of sugar and
n tablespoonful of lemon Juice, a pinch
of salt and one cupful of corn flour.
Sift the flour several times and fold
In the stlllly beaten whites. Hake In
u slow oven.
We play at our house and have all
sorts of fun,
An' there's always a game when the
supper Is done. ,
An at our house there's marks on the
wall "nil the stairs
An' some terrible scratches on some of
tho chairs
An' ma srj'b that our house ts really
a fright.
But pa nml I say that our house Is
all right. Kdgar Quest.
The law of human helpfulness uhks
each man so to rarry himself as to
tiloan and not blight men, to make and
not to mar them.
nfftltionalWarGardtri n
111 ComiTiUXiri Hi
SEASONABLE FOODS.
VXY are the vege
table combinations
which have never
been enjoyed by the
vast majority of
households. We con
tinue to travel In the
same old ruts, serv
ing things as our
grandmothers did be
fore us. Let us break
away from old ulcus anu learn some
thing new.
Eggplant With Rice and Vegetables.
Spaghetti, noodles, rice, macaroni or
bread crumbs may be used in tins
lish. They should all be 'cooked In the
usual manner except the bread. For
one eggplant allow one cupful of un
cooked macaroni or one-half cupful of
rice. Cut the eggplant In slices, paro
and cut In three-fourths Inch cubes.
Cover with boiling water and let cook
20 minutes, then drain In a colander.
Melt two tablespoonfuls of fat In a
saucepan ; add one largo onion
chopped fine, one-half of a green pep
per shredded fine and let cook slowly,
stirring often until yellow and soft
ened; add the eggplant, the rice, half
teaspoonful of salt, a dash of pa
prika, a cupful of grated cheese and
a cupful and a half of tomato. Stir and
cook until well heated. Turn Into a
greased baking dish, cover with three
fourths of a cupful of crumbs mixed
with three tablespoonfuls of fat and
cool: in the oven until the crumbs aro
brown.
Chocolate Pudding. Melt three
squares of chocolate in three enp'N
of milk, four tablespoonfuls of honey,
two tnhlcKpnoilflllH of ; III i '
the-tnixture Into a wet mold and set
away to harden. Serve with sweetened
whipped cream or cubes of marshnial
lows may he added Instead of sugar.
Codfish With Brown Sauce. Soak
two'Ctipfuls of salt fish In cold wnter
for an hour. Drain and fry In six ta
blespoonfuls of corn oil until slightly
brown. Add three tablespoonfuls of
flour, V,z cupfuls of water, the fish,
one clove of garlic chopped, one table
spoonful of minced parsley, a few
gratings of nutmeg and a fourth of a
teaspoonful of paprika. Coolc all to
gether and serve on a platter sur
rounded by a border of cooked rice or
potatoes.
Canton, Ohio. "I Buffered from
fomalo trouble which caused mo tnucb
BUUerinjr, and two
doctors decided
that I would hav
to go through an
operation belore 1
could got well.
"My mother, who
had been helped by
Lydia E. Pinkham
Vogotnblo Com
pound, advised m
to try itbeforo sub
mitting: to an opera
tion. Itreliovcdms
from mv trouble
to I can do my houao work witljout any
difficulty. I advise any woman who
afflicted with female troubles to give
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound n trial and it will do a3 much for
them." Mrs. Maine Boyd, 1421 6th.
St, N. E., Canton, Ohio.
Sometimes there, aro serious condi
tions whero a hospital operation is thr
only alternative, but on the other hand
so many women havo been cured by this
famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, after
doctors havo said that an operation was
necessary every woman who want
to avoid an operation should give it a
fair triil before submitting to such a
trying ordeal.
If complications exist, Write to Lydia
E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.,
for advice. The result of many yean
experience is at your service.
Calf
ne'mies
WHITE SCOURS
BLACKLEG
Your Veterinarian can stamp
them out with Cutter's- Anti-Calf
Scour Scrum and Cutter's Germ
Free Blackleg Filtrate and Aggressia,
or Cutter's Blackleg Pills.
Ask him about them. If ho
hasn't our literature, write to us for
information on these products.
The Cutter Laboratory
Berkeley, Cal., or Chicago, III.
"Th Laboratory That Knows How"
EXPLANATIONS NOW IN ORDER
What I must ilo, Is nil that concerns
nio, not what pcoplo think. Kmorson.
Money Burns Their Pocket
lerlcan
li their
Purls. No wonder that Am
soldiers nstound the French with
money-spending proclivity. Shops
stocked sulllclently In the ordinary
course of events to Inst six months
are frequently cleaned out In u day
wlton the Yankees arrive. The Amer
icans J'int simply buy everything In
eight.
A bunch of troops Just arriving from
tho long Journey overseas, or perhaps
having been shunted around .a month
or so after landing, reach a permanent
camp and are paid off. Frequently
they haven't had a pay day In two or
three months.
Then with their pockets full of the
strango francs they go to town and
make up for lost time. They overlook
nothing from a Swiss wntch to nn arm
ful of souvenirs to send back home.
Hut with all tho spending and buy
ing It Is rcmurkshlo that there are so
few cases of drunkenness. The wine
certnln bonis, generally from 5:.'K) to
8:110 p. m. Hut the average American
does not like French wliu, at least
not ut first. French beer has a flat,
weak taste which does not appeal at
all to Americans. There 1 tto whis
ky, nnd even were It uvullablo the
Americans would not bo allowed to
purchase It. Cognac H tho nearest ap
proach to whisky nnd this must bo
obtained by stealth sort of a boot
legging process.
. Many thousands of American sol
diers, disgusted with tho light wines
and beers which only they may pro
cure, have foresworn hooxu entirely,
gone on the "water wagon" for keeps
and will be In good trim for the tin-tlon-wlde
prohibition they will face
when they return to the United States.
HARD DOLLARS WORRY
GOTHAM OLD-TIMERS
New York. For the first time
In approximately fifty years the
good old American silver dollar
has again made Its appearance
on Hroadway. Many "old-timers"
linger them gingerly, tnko a bite,
shake their heads and mutter
"phoney." Nevertheless, the dol
lars are good ones. They are
ftrrlvliiR In tho pocket's of
France-hound soldiers from the
Middle and Western states, mid,
well, the majority of them will
not be spent In France.
Changes German Name.
Atlanta. Oa. John von Hadeln, an
American with a flernmn name, testi
fied before the federal court that he
could stand the reflection no longer.
I So his name Is now John F. Vnughn.
hopH nre open to the American ui , every day
The business of the Loudon stock
exchange under peace conditions, re-
pilies the services of W.OtX) persons Vaughn declares he has not n drop of
, German blood la tils veins.
SEASONABLE DISHES.
( N'KKD Is there In
tliis day ' of plenty
to serve monotonous
meals; even substl
tutes may he varied
so that there will al
ways be something
different. The fol
lowing m a y u o t
prove agreeable to
all, but from these.
one may Ilnd suggestions Which will be
helpful In varying the 'menus:
Mushrooms au Gratln. l'eel a half
pound of fresh Held mushrooms, sprin
kle with salt and let stand a half-hour.
Fry one onion sliced in two tablespoon
fuls of cooking oil ; add two table
spoonfuls of flour and when well blend
ed add a cupful of stock made from
cooking the stems of th mushrooms.
Cook until thick; add a half-teaspoou-ful
of salt, a few dashes of pepper,
and pnprlkn. Add the mushrooms to
the sauce; put Into a baking dish, add
a' half-cupful of bread crumbs that
have been mixed with one tablespoon
ful f sweet fat and bake until brown.
French Vegetable and Meat Dish.
Fry onions in a little fat, add soup
stock, chopped meat, a few hits of
chopped cabbage, carrot and potato.
Cook slowly until the vegetables are
tender. Add prune Juice and boll five
minutes. Turn the stew In a platter
and surround with prunes.
Potatoes, Peasant Style. Wash,
pitre and cut Into dice enough pota
toes to make a pint and a half; fry un
til brown In six tablespoonfuls of ha
con fat. Remove the potatoes and add
two cloves of garlic chopped, two tn
blespoonfuls of chopped parsley to tho
fat In the pun ; conk for two minutes ;
add two tablespoonfuls of corn Hour, a
tiaspoonful of salt, paprika and pej
per to taste; two cupfuls of milk, and
when well thickened add the potatoes
ami serve when hot.
Lemon Tapioca Pudding. Cook a
half-cupful of granulated tapioca In
four cupfuls of milk In a double boil
er twenty minutes. Heat two egg
yolks with four tablespoonfuls of su
gar and four tablespoonfuls of corn
sirup. Add the grated rind of half
a lemon and stir Into the tapioca.
Ook untlV thick and creamy; udd one
nffijlional WirOl'dtlji
TQOTHSOME DISHES.
X TI1USI2 days of
substitutes and con
servation we need
to put more thought
and planning Into
our meals to have
variety and whole
someness. Chatel Potatoes.
Wash, p a r e a n d
slice thin one quart
of potatoes; arrange in miuereu mus
ing tlish. Add two cupluls of strained
tomato, two cloves of garlic finely
chopped, one and a half teaspoonfuls
of salt, and a teaspoonful of paprika.
Hake one and one-hnlf hours.
Chilled Eggs. Cut six bard-cooked
eggs In halves lengthwise and remove
the yolks. Cream four tablespoonfuls
of sweet fat with the egg yolks and
six sardines, bones apd skin removed,
with one-fourth teaspoonful of mus
tard, salt and red pepper to taste.
Stuff the eggs with this mixture and
place on Ice for an hour.
Tomatoc With Curry. Cut the tops
from six medluni-sly.edtonm"tocs: re
move the pulp with a sharp spoon and
cook It with three tablespoonfuls of
rice and sulllclent boiling water until
soft. Add a tablespoonful of fat. a cup
of bread crumbs soaked In two table
spoonfuls of colli milk, one hard-cooked
egg yolk, one-half teaspoonful salt, a
clove of garlic chopped, and pepper to
season ; a bit of parsley and thyme and
a half-teaspoonful or curry powder.
Stuff the toinateea and place In u pan
with water In the bottom. Hake until
the tomatoes are soft but not shape
less. Mexican Rabbit Mix one cupful of
freshly boiled rice with one cupful each
of canned corn and tomatoes, one-half
a green pepper cut in shrefls, one slice
of onion scraped or chopped, half n
pound of chopped cheese, a teaspoon
ful of paprika or less, a half teaspoon
ful of salt and two well-beaten eggs.
Turn Into a well-greased baking dNh.
Sprinkle with crumbs mixed with melt
ed fat and bake In a moderate oven
In a dish set In water. Serve when the
mixture Is firm In the center.
Strange M.lxup of Names That Caused
Some Misunderstanding In Talk
Over the Telephone.
It is necessary to preface this llttlft
story with the assertion that It was not
created by a punster, but that it actu
ally happened, reports the Indianapo
lis News.
In the purchasing agent's ofllce of
one of the largest. If not the largest,,
corporations In Marlon county, there
was a clerk named Shnw and a stenog
rapher named Smart.
The wife of the purchasing agent
called over the telephone one day and
asked for her husband.
"He has just stepped out," replied
Miss Smart, who answered the phone.
"Oh. pshaw" exclaimed the purchas
ing agent's wife.
Misunderstanding, the stenographor
replied, "Why, he's not here, either."
"Oh, you're smart," commeuted th
purchasing agent's wife.
"Yes, that's my name," replltw th
stenographer.
And further the nfllant sayeth not.
Which Wa3 It?
Knlcker Au exalted personase or
i;ot himself. '
Hocker Or else remembered himself.
The Universal shipyard at Uouswn,
Texas, has a woman oakum spinner
who works nine hours every day.
Thousands
crF under
nourished people have
found theffc
boc -
a scierrbi-f ic
blend of nour
ishing cereals
helps
wonderfully
in buildir
hearth ana
happiness
Needs no
k Sugar j