The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, December 20, 1918, Image 2

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    THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNF NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA.
CLOSE FIGHTING WAS
JUST YANKS' TASTE
Showed Their Individual Superi
ority in Hand-to-Hand
BattUng.
WOUNDED TELL OF VICTORIES
Give Graphic Descriptions of Personal
Encounters With Enemy Battal
ion of Marines Brings Down
German Airplane.
Paris. When the change came
from trench warfare to tln more or
less warfare of movement, the Ameri
cans got their long-deslrod opportu
nity to display their physical prowess
and their Individual superiority In
hand-to-hnnd fighting. And they liked
It this close fighting as evidenced
by the spilles nnd laughs of the boys
In the American iinny hospitals when"
they recount tides of Imyonet rlmrn
Ing, hnnd grounding nt close iiiiirters,
ond even the good, old American style
of using the lists.
Andrew Dumas of Burke, N. Y was
suffering a hit of palu from a wound
In Ids hip, caused by shrapnel, hut
ho forgot his sufferings when he told
of doing away with three exponents
of Pruf,slnnlsm with his bayonet. Du
mas was Injured while fighting In the
Hector north of Verdun where the
Americans, straddling the Mouse
river, met resistance of the most stub
born kind.
"We crept out one night on n scout
ing proposition and met up with (pilto
a gnng of Huns." Dumas said. "We
couldn't resist the temptation to have
n go nt them at close quarters. I
know of three of them that went down
with my bayonet. I wasn't Injured
until two days later."
Callo It "Hot Stuff."
Another Yank, who says "close up"
Dishtlng Is "hot stuff." Is Sergeant
Adolph Stein of WIS St. Clair street,
Lnwrenceburg, Ind.
It's Stein's second time In the hos
pital since the middle of August.
His first wound was from a Ger
man high explosive, but his second
trip to the hospital was caused by
machine gun bullets In each leg.
He said he was Just In reach of the
machine gun nest when he fell. Hut,
he added, his comrades "carried on"
and got the gun.
"Just to show you the difference be
tween Americans nnd Hermans. I've
seen one American hold off live and
six Hermans with n rllle, and I had a
man In my platoon, who, after being
wounded himself, brought In thirteen
prisoners single-handed."
Hurt II. Daley of St. Clalrsvllle,
0., who was wounded by a machine
gun bullet In the hlpi in fighting around
Thlaucourt, also told of close light
ing. He said his platoon took
many prisoners, the Hermans prefer
ring to surrender rather than try
ON THE RECAPTURED BELGIAN FRONT
l WV I Jd
One of the corners of a new sector
i by the Belgluns who are gallantly and
5iGHLA
Bagpipe Is Routed by American
Music.
Lassies Also Develop Love of
Trot, One-Step and Other
Yank Dances
the
Evanston, 111. According to K, J.
.Holllnshend of thlH city, secretnry In
an American Y. M. 0. A. nnvnl hut
ouiowhcro in Scotland, tlte canny
Highlander Is succumbing to the lure
of the navy's Jazz bands and In many
a "weo hoose ou tho heather" the bag
pipe stands In tljo corner unused,
Along with tho craze for Jazz there
hnti naturally developed a love of tho
trot nnd one-step. When Jack conies
ashore lie wants to dance. Hut In Scot
land lie didn't llnd much satisfaction
In watching the lassies doing a horn
pipe, nor did the bagpipe seem like
music to his "Jiizr.enod" ears.
At "no p'M-t where .mr navy men
to stand up to the Americans In hand
to-hand combat.
Surrounded by Hermans because
tbj' American advance In the Cham
pagne had been too rapid, a regiment
to which William Itohcrt Smoker, IHO
May street. Philadelphia, was at
tached, fought Its way through the
enemy cordon nnd took prisoners.
Smoker, Injured later by shrapnel in
the right leg, told how his regiment
shortly returned to the attack and
advanced three miles. For their
bravery Smoker said the entire regi
ment was awarded the French foura
Kcre. An Interesting story of how an en
tire battalion of marines, Including
a machine gun company, hnd a hand In
bringing down a Herman airplane Is
told by N. W. Alllerbaugh of Wood
Hlver, Neb.
"Our battalion was In reserve In a
small forest," explained Alllerbaugh.
who was later wounded In both legs
by shrapnel. "All of a sudden we saw
an American plane making for home.
The plane seemed to be crippled. Im
mediately buck of the American was
a Herman plane, trying Its best to
finish the American. Both machines
were Hying low.
"Every fellow there was Just ach
ing to get a crack at the Hun plane,
and we waited until the American
had passed on and the Herman was
Just above us. We all turned loose
with our rltles and the machine
gun company let tly with Its rat-a-tat-tat.
"The Hoehe Immediately turned
and tried to make for home, but he
was forced to land about two city
blocks from us. When we reached
the spot where he came down we
found that his plant! had been rid
dled with bullets and that he had any
number of bullet wounds In bis legs,
arms and body. However, 1 guess he
will get over It, for ho was Imme
diately hustled off to a hospital."
WAR WORK WINS A
PLACE FOR WOMEN
London. Thowomon of Great Brit
ain are going to play a big role In re
construction. They have won the right to bo heard
by saving the nation and the nation
recognizes it.
The war has brought British women
the vote and the right to sit In the
house of commons sacred to the
"Rtronger sex" throughout the history
of the British empire.
It Is probable women's right to sit
In the house of lords will be establish
ed shortly, as well as tint admittance
of women to the professions on an
cipinl footing with men.
The question of "equal pay for equal
work" has been met In Instances, but
recaptured from the retreating Huns
steadily reclaiming their land.
came ashore In great numbers the
hoys couldn't find a dance hall of any
sort, so they came to Mr. Holllnshead
of the Y. M. C. A. and asked his help.
After scouring the town he found the
only available room was the upstairs
of a second-hand shop. With the aid
of a working party from the ship he
was aide to have the Junk removed
and the place converted Into a ballroom.
Mr. Holllnshead then Introduced the
boys to a number of tho nice Scotch
girls of the town, the ship's Jazz band
plnyod American "rags." and soon the
llthesomo lassies were swinging Into
step and the first of a series of ninny
dances was Inaugurated,
Strlkeless Union Formed.
Yuklma, Wash. A union pledged
not to strike has been formed hero
with 170 members, nil fruit workers.
All dltloronces us to wages, hours, con
ditions of work and other matters will
be settled by reference to the federal
community hvtirjr committee.
MUTILATED BELG'AN OFPHAN
TniiiroN ,a',e5eii a len-yearnld
Helglun refugee, who Is now In the
United Stales. When the war broke
out be was but six years of age and
was attending a school. In one of the
little Helglan towns that was later
overrun by the Herman hordes. While
coming home from school one day his
parents told him that the Hermans had
Invaded bis tom. A little later he was
hit by a fragment of an aerial bomb
from a Herman plane. Getting up he
ran to bis home and there saw his fam
ily killed before his eyes. Whenever
an American transport arrived at the
port of Brest be and his compan
ions would rush to the wharf where
they would surely get something to eat
from some of the sailors. This con
tinued for about two years. Then the
men on the transport that had given,
him food so many times decided to!
make an American of him so they
adopted Francois. After making a
collection for liltn they decided to send
him to school In the United States.
largely It remains to bo fought out af
ter the Industrial change-over.
Only women over thirty may vote,
but there Is already n demand that thls
age limit be reduced.
Already a number of women have an
nounced they will be candidates In tho
coming elections many of them on
planks dealing with reconstruction
tasks.
Mrs. Dacre Fox, one of the leaders of
the "Intern 'em all" agitation, made the
following statement in connection with
her intention to oppose Sir George
Cave, tho home secretary:
"I will oppose him because his de
partment placed every obstucle In tho
way of the internment of all enemy
aliens."
Here are views expressed by promi
nent women of England upon the new
order:
Mrs. Pnnkhurst : "The decision of
tho house In granting women the right
to sit as members was the logical out
come of getting the vote, but I think
the vote Is much the more Important
thing. I shall vote to get the right
type of men Into parliament rather
than to get women into parliament. 1
am very anxious that the strength of
tho woman voters 0,000,000 strong
shall be given to help combat the very
real danger of international bolshe
vlsm." I.ady Frances Balfour: "The sooner
tho nation forgets the sex of Its enfran
chised citizens, or Its members In pub
lic work, the better for all concerned.
Sex must make no difference In the
binding obligations of those who form
that great assemblage, the faithful
commons, In the mother of parlia
ments." Baroness Hhondda (who as a peer
ess in her own right Is expected to
claim, as a test case, the right of wom
en to sit In the house of lords) : "t
think It Is Just as desirable that wom
en should bo In the house of lords as
It Is that they should sit In the com
mons. The way for women In the lords
will he made easier by the admission
of women to the commons."
'DUMMY' CURE FOR SPEEDERS
Plttsburoh Children Havo Method of
Curing Reckless Auto
Drivers.
Pittsburgh. Pa. The "dummy" cure
Is what the children of Larimer avenue
call their method of check speeding au
tomobiles who rush through their fa
vorite playing ground.
Terror stricken, n chauffeur alight
ed from his machine recently after he
had knocked down and run over what
ho thought was a child. He returned
to whore the "body" wns lying In the
street and discovered that It was a
dummy. He went to his car In a hap
pier frame of mind, but he had no
more heart for running fast through
tho thickly-settled parts of the city.
And many more chauffeurs suffered
tho same thrilling experience.
To make tho "accident" more real
as tho nuto approaches the dummy the
, kids yell in Its direction, "Get out of
I tlte street." Then when the nuto crush
es over the form tho children yell nnd
scream, giving the Impression that a
terrible accident has occurred.
CABttMBC?
Tho gc'Hlea of household polity ure
tlio scales of love, and nhe who bul
aneos tlicrn veiily Is Indeed wise.
WAYS WITH CHESTNUTS.
This delicately flavored nut Is high
ly valued, and where It is found In
abundance adds many
tasty dishes to the menu.
Mashed Chestnuts.
This dish, If served for u
Vr'MmbtoixA luncheon or supper uiso
IfcvilSq wltl' s",l,,I 001(1 n,unt"
Ulll NT ifl- j.w.i.
toes and gives us a new
dish. Shell and blanch
the nuts, then cook them
In mill; until tender.
Mash and season with salt, butter and
paprika.
A half-cupful of mashed chestnuts
spread over a custard pie before the
meringue Is placed, or on a lemon pie,
makes a most unusual and delicious
addition.
Chestnut Custard. Blanch, boll and
mash through a rleer a quantity of
chestnuts. To one cupful of the pulp
add three egg yolks anil oat beaten
white, one cupful of milk, half a tea
spoonful of vanilla extract and sugar
to sweeten. Pour Into a buttered dish
and bake slowly. Make a meringue
with the other two whites, with two
tablespoonfuls of sugar, and brown in
the oven.
Curried Chestnuts. Shell and blanch
one pound of chestnuts: stew in chick
en stock until tender. Take two table
spoonfuls of olive oil, or If that Is not
at hand use corn oil. Add a teaspoon
ful of sugar, a sliced onion, one
chopped apple, a tublospoouful of cur
ry and a tablespoonful of sweet chut
ney; moisten with a cupful of stock
or gravy and cook until the apple Is
soft, then rub through a sieve, add n
squeeze of lemon Juice and simmer
until the nuts hn'-e absorbed the fla
vor. Serve with plain boiled rice.
Chestnut Sauce for Turkey. Add
two tablespoonfuls of Hour to three
tablespoonfuls of the fat from the
roasting pan of the turkey. Add two
cupftils of boiling water and stir un
til smooth nnd thick. Season with
salt, pepper, and add a pint of mashed
cooked chestnuts, a tablespoonful of
chill sauce or a few drops of tabasco.
Pour Into a sauce bont and serve with
the turkey.
Hlaced chestnuts are a well-liked
sweet. Boll sugar and a little water
until It cracks when dropped in wa
ter; dip the blanched nuts quickly In
the sirup and place on greased plates
to cool.
K iW K
If n limn finds hlinsojf with bread In
both hands, ho should exchniiKo one
lonf for some (lowers of tho narcissus,
since the 'o:if fet'ds tho body Indeed,
but the Mowers fod the soul. Mn
honiet. FOOD FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS.
Fortunately we are not all alike In
our tastes. Foods of which one Is ospc
elnlly fond will not
be at all acceptable
to his neighbor.
This diversity .f
tastes gives us
many dishes, and
lie Is indeed hard
to suit who cannot
find some to his lik
ing. Royal Sandwiches. Mix a lialf-
cupful of almonds, season with salt
and red pepper, add two tablespoon
fuls of chopped pickles, one tablespoon
ful of Worcestershire sauce and one
tablespoonful of chutney. Spread the
bread with cream cheese, and sprinkle
with the almond mixture, finely
chopped Salted crackers may bo uod
In place of bread.
Wlndcor Sandwiches. Cream a cup
ful of chopped bain with two-thirds of
n cupful of chopped chicken ; when
well blended season with paprika, salt
and spread on buttere.l white bread.
Cheese nnd Pepper Sandwiches.
Mash a small cream cneese, season
well, add enough th-k cream to make
of the tight consistency. Season with
red pepper and salt, add a llnely
shredded green pepper, mix well and
spread on buttered rounds of white
bread.
Olive Sandwiches. Chop line and
pound to a pulp a dozen olives and a
half-cupful of crisp eelory. Add an
eighth of a tonspoonful or made mus
tard, one teaspoonful of catsup, two
tablespoonfuls of cracker crumbs
rubbed very line ami a euprtii or may
onnaise. Stuffed Baked Apple3. Core good
sized apples and till the centers with
raisins, sugar, elnnnmon and bits of
butter. Baste with water during the
baking.
The tender hearts of celery. If sur
rounded by chipped Ico and served,
make a most delicious accompaniment
to the meat course.
Orange Meringue. Cook together a
pint of boiling water and a tablespoon
ful of corn starch which has been
mlSMl with cold water. Add th Juice
of two lemons, the whites of three
eggs and three oranges sliced. Cook
the water and cornstarch Avlth four
tablespoonfuls of sugar ten minutes,
then add the fruit Juice. Pour this
over -th oranges while hot. Cover
with a meringue inndo from the whites
of the eggs and throe tablespoonfuls
of sugnr.
figs
I
For the year of peace anil plenty.
And for blessings without end.
Let the volcan of the people
In ThanksBlvltiR praises blend.
THANKSGIVING DISHES.
Something new or untried Is always
welcome fur the great national Thanks
giving day.
"Baked hubburd
squash served as
an escalloped dish
t. ., nifiimnn
1 way of treating the
-Wnff time-honored dish,
KwSt yot 11 ls vory s011
kJSflP for n rlinni'c.
Dninti little iniinnkln nles baked In
patty tins are great favorites with
the small people, and for the older
people they may be hnpod with
whipped cream and sprinkled with fine
ly grated snappy cheese.
Parisian Apples Peel the apples
and cut tliein Into small balls with a
potato cutter. Put to cook in a rich
sirup flavored with lemon Juice and
rind, and cooked with the bright peel
ings of the apples for color. When
tender, cool and serve In sherbet
glasses with the Juice poured over
them and a spoonful of sweetened
whipped cream for a garnish. Tlil'i
dish, served wih plain boiled rice.
Is a very wholesome dessert for chil
dren. Chestnut Soup. Peel a quart of
large chestnuts and boll In salted wa
ter; remove the brown peeling and
chop tine. Add a teaspoonful each of
salt and sugar, the rind of a lemon
and a quart of water. Bring to n boll
and cook slowly for an hour. Hub
through a sieve, add two quarts of
chicken or veal stock, a teaspoonful
of parsley finely minced, a tablespoon
ful of Hour and a tablespoonful of but
ter well blended. Season with red pep
per and simmer twenty minutes, stir
ring until well blended. Put through
a sieve and serve. A yolk of egg add
ed to the soup Just before serving adds
both nourishment and slight thicken
ing. Chestnut Stuffing. Chestnuts as a
stalling for fowl are a great delicacy.
Boll and mash and season well with
butter, salt, pepper, and add broad
crumbs to make sullkient tilling. Oth
er seasonings, such as sage and onion,
may lie added If liked. Cooking the
nuts in a well-seasoned broth will also
add much to the llavor of the stuffing.
S 3?
What's the use of being In Iho
knocker's section of tho anvil chorus,
when tho builders' committee of the
booster club i3 rlsht next door wait
Ins for you?
INVITING DISHES.
hot soup at this season of the
will be found most acceptable
either noon or night.
Creole Soup. Add to
a small diced turnip and
enrtot a large onion, two
cupftils of boiling water,
u tablespoonful of rice
and a cupful of tomato
puree. Cook until ten
der, rub through a sieve,
add another cupful of boiling water,
two tablespoonfuls of fat, a teaspoon
ful of salt and a cupful of green peas.
ltchul and serve hot.
Delicious Omelet. Break four eggs
Into a bowl and beat Just enough to
blend the yolks nnd whites. Add snlt
and put two tablenpoonfuls of but
ter substitute Into an omelet pun
and set on the back part of the stove;
gently move the pan from side to side
to allow each portion to run down
next to the pan until the whole Is of
creamy consistency. Then fold and
turn on it hot platter.
HotTamnles. Boll a fowl until ten
der, strip the meat from the hnnei, and
chop tine. Chop half a pound of seed
ed raisins and a hnif cupful of stoned
olives with one smnll red pepper, also
finely chopped. Mix all together and
stir to a paste with two cupftils of
cotnineal, moisten with scalding wa
ter and stir over the fire, cooking fif
teen minutes. Add six hard-cooked
eggs finely chopped and mold into a
long roll; ptace In the smooth inner
husks of green corn, or the dried husks
may he used; tie with strips of the
husk and boll for an hour In water.
Coffee Junket. Steep a tablespoon
ful of coffee In n half cupful of milk,
strain and add when cool to a cupfnl
and a half of milk warmed to the
luke-wnriii stage and a half tablet of
Junket which lias been dissolved In a
tnblexpoousful of cold water; stir un
. til well-mixed, add sugar to taste and
pour Into glass sherbet cups. When
j thick remove from the warm room and
place on Ice. Serve topped with
spoonful of whipped sweetened cream.
Young Carrots. Place the scraped
carrots In a saucepan with a small
onion, a bay leaf, a little salt and
pepper. Cover with stock and sfew
until tender. Serve on a hot dish nur
roundiM with seasoned mashed pota
toes. Deviled Ham. Chop flue one pint
of boiled bain, a large part fat ; aiUl
six hard-conked ejigs, one teaspoonful
of mustard, the prepared kind. Mix
and press Into n mold. This will keep
for weeks, and makes n fine sandwich
filling.
A
yeai
LOOK AT CHILD'S
TONGUE IF SICK,
CROSS, FEVERISH
HURRY, MOTHER! REMOVE POI
SONS FROM LITTLE STOMACH,
LIVER, BOWELS.
GIVE CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF FIGS
AT ONCE IF BILIOUS OR
CONSTIPATED.
Look at the tongue, mother I If
coated, It Is a sure sign that your lit
tle one's stomach, liver nnd bowels
needs a gentle, thorough cleansing at
once.
When peevish, cross, listless, pale,
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act natu
rally, or Is feverish, stomach sour,
breath hnd; has stomach-ache, sore
throat, diarrhoea, full of cold, give a
teaspoonful of "California Syrup of
Figs," and in a few hours all the foul,
constipated waste, undigested food
and sour bile gently moves out of the
little bowels without griping, and 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 mnkes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for a bottle of
"California Syrup of Figs," which hn
directions for babies, children of all
ages and for grown-ups plainly on tho
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.
Accounting tor Cheerfulness.
"So you were gassed while you wero
over In France?" said the family doc
tor to the man homo from the front.
"Yes, I wns," replied tho mun who
find seen service.
"In the hospital, I suppose?"
"Sure thing. And say, doctor, I nev
er saw such a cheerful,, happy doctor
as the one who uttended me."
"1 can account for that. He knew
he wouldn't have to try and collect any
bills from you."
"REALLY, NOW
"I can't take that. 1 must havo Red:
Cross Ball Blue. I havo used It for
more than ton years. My white
dresses, linens and lace curtains are
snowy white. I simply can't do with
out Red Cross Ball Blue. You will get
It? All right, I'll wait." Adv.
Figures Wanted.
Editor This poem ls capital.
Poet I hope so er how much?
Boston Transcript.
A girl hasn't mucn use for a man
who Is too cowardly to propose.
Besides those painful attacks of In
digestion; that awful bloated, lumpy
feeling after eating and downright
Htomnch misery that you who have
experienced it know so well; besides
disgusting belching, food-repeating,
sour stomach and distressing heartburn
besides all tills, ACID-STOMACn
undermines the health and saps the
strength of millions.
If you don't get rid of those stomach
miseries there is no telling where your
stomach troubles will end, for It is a
well known scientific fact that ninny
serious ailments have their start in an
acld-stoninch.
Start now this very dny to get rid of
your stomach miseries take EATONIO
the wonderful remedy that absorbs
the excess acid from tho stomach and
brings INSTANT relief. You simply
hnve no Idea how much better, stronger
nnd brighter you feel at once. It drives
out all the gas and bloat, puts an im
mediate stop to belching nnd heartburn,
ends stomach suffering and makes It
cool, sweet, comfortable and strong.
There enn bo no further excuse for
you to allow acid-stomach to wreck
your health pile up misery upon mis
ery until you get to the point where
you feel down nnd out and that life has
lost nil Its Joys. Remember, just as
acid-mouth ruins teeth, so ncid-stomuch
ruins health.
Take EATONIO. It's good, Just like
a bit of candy and makes the stomach
feel fine. You can then ent the things
you like and, what ls more, every
mouthful you cat will count In creating
power and energy. You'll feel so much
better have punch nnd pep the power
and will to do things and get results,
and your stomnch misery will bo gone.
Tnke our advice. Get n big box of
BATONIC from your druggist today.
It costs so little. If It falls to remove
your stomach distress, be will refund
your money. That Is guaranteed, vou
are to be satisfied or money refunded.
ATONIC
T
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tRYOURSTOMACrl'S SAKE) t
Maqio Relief for Bad Stomachs
AGiti-Staaeh
Ruins Health
of Millions
r rms