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THE SEMI WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
ADOPT MEASURES
TO STAMP OUT FLU
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Medical Men From -All Parts of
Nebraska Confer at Lincoln
in Effort to Bring Epi
demic Under Control
(Speclnl Information Service, Vnlted States Deportment of Agriculture.)
FOR CHEAP DELICIOUS MEAT, TRY RABBIT.
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REMEMBERED
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FORGOTTEN s
5 By LAURA JEAN LIBBEY
"Tho heart Is hard In nature and unfit
For human fellowship, as being void
Of sympathy and thcrcforo dead alike
To love and friendship both, that Is not
pleased
With sight of others enjoying life
Nor feels their happiness augment his
own."
At tho beginning of the New Year
one should brush tho dust oft bis list
of friends, looking up those who huve
dropped quietly out of one's everydny
llfo without a very good reason for
It. Making new acquaintances is usu
ally nn easy matter. But to nurture
tlioso acquaintances until they blos
som Into friends, cemented by loyulty
and constancy, Is a different problem.
A man or woman may count ac
quaintances by tho score people who
Invito them to their homes to dine, to
theater party, or merrymaking yet
they are still acquaintances only.
Friendship means much more than
this, while few actually understand It.
Many a ono bns counted up a hundred
so-called friends today. But If adver
sity assails one tomorrow there may
not bo one heart among the many ono
could turn to for solnco and cheer.
Not ono pair of hands would be ex
tended to draw ono In from the cold,
the storm and darkness, If one Is sud
denly bereft of shelter. Past benefits
arc not remembered. Acquaintances
find it easy to forget. Only friends re
member tho past and its hallowed
memories.
A woman will remember every detail
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1WIY NAME is Nmeteen Nineteen
. You see Tiny just .brand-new;
With a big joyouspout, Daddy time let me out
To bringw hope to you.
SJOtHaTyoirve got my number,
Perhaps-oli rather doubt
mve conie
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: nere to scatter gouu uieci,,
lorlooms to flout.
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. world's gone crazy
Andthinffs are all dead wrong;
But aBeMitboy brings a promise of joy,
Spgreet me with a song!
of her courtship where she first met
her lover, their Introduction, the im
pression she formed of him at first
sight. She even remembers what her
reveries were and her wonderment us
to whether or not he thought of her.
She remembers each call ho made; all
that wob said or done; bow she had
detected his growing love for her even
before ho guessed it himself. She re
members the hour of their bethrotbal
and the conversation that brought It
quite unexpectedly about.
As for the man she married, not one
man In u hundred can remember what
emotion swept across his heart at his
first meeting with her whom he was
to love cvermoro till death did them
part. Ninety-nine men out of a hun
dred will confess to their wives. "I'm
blest If I Just know Just how I hap
pened to propose to you." When a
man can forget thut most thrilling of
all moments in his life ho can forget
anything. Such men find It very easy
to forget their wife's or children's
birthdays, realizing that remembrance
would call for presents.
Many wives nro glad to have the chil
dren not forgotten. But they are just
ns well satisfied that he has forgotten
how swiftly time Ift running away with
their good looks and -aging them.
Last, and by no means least, no man
or woman, no matter how happily mar
ried, should allow the old folks ut homo
to Imagine themselves forgotten by
them. It doesn't tuke much time to
write a few lines once In a fortnight.
Wo should always remember not to for
get those who have been dear to us.
Only Keep Green Ones.
Don't carry over any old bills Into
the New Year burring, of course,
green bills.
A Good Resolve.
Resolve to be better natural during
the coming yeur.
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NEW YEAR'S DAY
I stood on a tower in the wet.
And New Ycr &nd Old Year met.
And winds were rowing tnd blowing ;
And I uid, "O ye&rt that meet in tetri,
Hve ye aught that it worth the knowing I
Science enough and exploring.
Wanderers coming and going,
Mutter enough for deploring,
Dut aught that is worth the knowing?"
Seas at my feet were flowing.
Waves on the shingle pouring.
Old Year roaring and blowing.
And New Year blowing and roaring.
Alfred Lord Tennyson.
GOOD NEW YEAR ADVICE.
"Tho old familiar wish rings true,
A Happy New Year, friends, to you."
A man who keeps up the custom of
sending New Year cards to his friends
Included thlB year n second card bear
ing these words;
"Instead of returning ovll for evil,
try to return evil with good; to say
nothing ill of others; to act kindly
even with dumb animals.
"Live thus one dny, two days, or
more, and compare the state of your
mind with Its stute in former days.
"Make tho attempt and you will see
how the dark, evil moods have passed
away and how the soul's happiness has
increased.
"Make the attempt, and you will sre
that the gospel of love brings tho
greatest and most desirable of all
things."
On these cards is written, "This Is
Tolstoy's advice. It Is good to pin on
a enlendur where It rvlll be sueji every
duy."
Lincoln. lligld quarantine of tho
homes of perBous suiterlng from Span
ish Intluenzu Is the principal recom
mendation of ti program adopted by
tho Nebraska Board of Health. All
counties and cities in Nebraska nro
advised to tuke this action In uu ef
fort to stamp out tho epidemic.
Tho progrnm wms decided upon at
a conference In this city of physicians
and public health olllcors from ull
parts of the state. The health board
estimates there havo been C.GOO deaths
in Nebraska from liilhienr.fi since tho
disease first became prcvalont.
Tho following resolutions were
adopted, prepared by a commlttoo
consisting of Dr. William F. Wild, Dr.
A. J. Jcnnlson of Harvard, and Super
intendent A. II. Wuterhouso of Fre
mont :
"Inasmuch us In some counties,
cities and villages In tho statu no
local health organization exists, al
though such organization Is already
provided for by raw, wo urgently rec
ommend that in such countlos, cities
aud villages, health boards bo organ
ized for tho purposo of assisting In
tho control of tho prosont epidemic;
und wo particularly urgo all local
health hoards to enforce tho present
laws relutlng to tho control of con
taglous diseases, especially ns applied
to tho present epidemic; and wo rec
ommend that in counties, cities and
villages whero tho law Is not enforced
by locnl authorities, that tho State
Board of Health assumo authority
and establish a, local health organiza
tion at the expense of tho community
involved, ns provided by lnw, section
"7.'1S, revised statutes of Nebraska,
1013. And wo recommend tbnt In
those places where tho local organlzn
tlon Is unable to copo with tho sltua
tlon, that additional help he employed
at the expense of tho county or mun
Iclpallty" concerned.
"We strongly urge that each conn
ty, city or village organize a corps of
nurses, to bo trained along practical
lines, to act under tho Instructions of
tho board of health, to bo sent tp
placos where, In the opinion of tho
ooard of health they are needed.
"Wo recommend that inlluenza be
considered and treated as a quanta
finable disease, under the present
juarnntlne regulations of the Mat
Donrd of health.
"Wo recommend that public schools,
as fur as possible, adopt the policy of
nodical Inspection; where this Is not
josslble, thut tho teachers be Instruct
td to send homo nny children showing
Ugns of Illness; and wo also recom
wend that all employers of labor bo
requested to excuse any employe who
shows elgns of Illness, recommending
Hint a physician be consulted, to de
termine tho character of said Illness;
md wo recommond thnt In case of
said child or employe, If distance re
quires, that a conveyance bo secured
for said person, In order to avoid un
due exiwsure of the person himself,
und the spread of infection t those
with whom said person may come In
contact.
"Wo recommend that nil gatherings
for the purposo of pleasure ind all
other unnecessary public gatherings,
bo discontinued.
"We particularly urge the Imme
dlnto reporting by every physician or,
If no physician is In attendance, ly
the bond of the bouse, of all cases of
communicable disease, Including In
fluenza, and wo recommond that In lo
cnlltlost whore tho secretary of tho
local hoard of health cannot always
bo reached that suitable place he
provided whero these reports may bo
received."
Dr. Wild of the state board spoko
of dissatisfaction caused by different
methods of lighting tho spread of tho
disease.
Ho said tho duration of tho disease
Ik from four to eight days. Those af
fected should remain In bed at least
n week, and not rcsumo their normal
work for ut least two weeks. Vaccine,
be said, has not proved satisfactory.
Due to perspiration and the prox
imity of the bodies, dancing Is one of
tho surest ways to spread the disease.
Addresses were made by Itov. W. B.
Moore, of Holbrook, who did not be
llevo in the quarantine ; Dr. Ely of
Alnsworth who was strongly in favor
of quarantine; Bepresentntivo Trim
ble of Huzard, who thought tho mat
ter ought to bo left to the statu
board, and Dr. Conway of Nellgh, who
was for absolute quarantine.
Dr. Manning, city health commis
sioner of Omaha, made an Interesting
address, Ho opposed tho uso of flu
musks, except in the sick room and
said, that tho most effective wuy to
handlo the dlseuso was to send people
home who show symptoms.
Gloomy Reports from Rucsla.
Washington Gloomy reports of the
situation at Petrogrnd continue to
reach tho state department. Tho con
dition of tho mlddlo class is said to
bo extremely had and great numbers
nro dying dally of starvation. No fuel
Is available and tho peoplo are obliged
to keep t their beds iViy nnd night.
No supplies lmvo reached the city for
more than two weeks. Tho holshovlk
cctlon Ik reported gaining numerical
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of food
Girls as Well as Boys Arc
BABBIT MEAT
MOST DELICIOUS
Boys' and Girls' Clubs Being
Formed in Various Parts of
United States.
IS CHEAPER THAN CHICKEN
Great Many Hotels Now Regularly
Serve Hare Prepared In Some Par
ticular Way Pelts Are Used
to Make Felt Hats.
Fifteen hundred hoy nnd girl club
members arc raising rabbits In Tnco
ma, Wash., nnd more nro constantly
joining In this enterprise to produce
cheap nnd delicious meat. All over
tho country tho boys' nnd girls' clubs,
formed under tho supervision of tho
department of agriculture in connec
tion with the state agricultural col
leges, for tho purposo of growing rab
bits, aro on tho Increase In size, num
ber and popularity.
When tho fact began to bo realized
that the number of domesticated ani
mals ordinarily used for food was not
equal to the demand, various other
sources which might bo used to help
supplement tho regulnr supply were In
vestigated. One of the most promis
ing discovered lay In Increasing tho
number of rabbits and encouraging
their use for food. This was In lino
with the findings In other countries on
the same question. It Is stated that
SO per cent of tho meat used In Ger
many last year wus rabbit.
Delicately Flavored Meat.
Those who know good food long ago
realized that not even chicken could
excel a young hnro In delicacy of fiber
and flavor, and to Increase their use
should not prove n difficult matter.
Nearly all tho best hotels now regu
larly serve rabbit prepared In some
speclnl way their chef has devised.
The rabbit associations In California
and Nebraska tire making special of
fers to boy and girl club members
which will enable n youngster to start
a wnrrcn at a moderate cost with
good stock.
In Utah tho rabbit Industry among
the boy and girl club members Is In
creasing In Importance, with many
youngsters going Into it this season
and finding It profitable.
Demonstrations nro given In tho
boys' and girls' clubs ns to the best
way to kill, dress and market rabbits.
Tho young people are also taught how
to can the meat and tnn the skins for
home use. Tho popular use of rabbit
skins by furriers of this country Is evi
denced by the Import lists of Inst year,
which show 00,000,000 skins wore
shipped hero from foreign countries In
the 12 months preceding. These pelts
are also used by hatters to make bet
ter grades of felt hats.
Babbits don't crow or lay eggs, but
they are right there with the cheapest
meat that can be produced.
Salads for Alt Winter.
For thoso who llvo nwny from the
largo markets, where green salad ma
terial Is procurable tho year around,
the problem In tho cold months of
material for n salad Is often a serious
ono for tho cook.
A snlad without lettuce, to many, is
Uko mlnco pie without the mince, but
necessary as lettuce seems, nttractlvo
snlnds may be served without It. Cab
bage, If treated as follows, may almost
take Its placo. Cut part of the stem
of ono off and set It In a bowl of water
for several hours. Tho moisture
which will be drawn up through the
stem will make the Hubby leaves crisp.
Tho tender center thus treated may
bo used In tho satno manner as lettuce
loaves or It may ho shredded before
tho other salad material Is placed on
It, suggests department of agrlculturo
specialists.
Small raw carrots or turnips put
through n meat grinder may be sue-
Members of the Rabbit Clubs.
ccssfully added to cooked vegetnbli
for a Balnd. Apples raw and sliced
thin will furnish crlspness when fresh
plants are not available.
Dried oprlcots, peaches or plum,
when fully soaked, nro delicious In a
salad. These are served uncooked.
If stuffed with cottago cheese they
make a dish fit to be served on nny
occasion.
Cnnned pineapple combined with
cottage cheese, dntes stoned and filled
with the cheese, n slice of apple with
a small bnll of cheese on the center
bananas nnd chopped nuts are salad
combinations which nro popular nnd
the material for them is available till
the year In most localities.
Somo Ways of Saving Fuel.
Moro bent will bo obtained from los
conl If nil heat-absorbing surfaces nre
kept free from soot and dust. Hot-air
pipes carry moro hoot If clean.
Circulating nlr Is moro easily heated
than still nlr filled with Impurities.
To get tho maximum of bent from
coal, tho nlr In tho houso should bo
chnnged once an hour.
Moist nlr hooted to 05 degrees Fahr
enheit Is ns comfortable ns dry nlr
heated to 70 or 75 degrees, according to
specialists of tho department of ag
riculture. The moisture can bo sup
plied by evaporation of water nt tho
point nt .which tho heat enters tho
room, In the case of the furnncc. A
pan of wnter on the rndlntor or fltovo
will answer tho snme purpose.
Jf a contlnunl firo In the range In
not absolutely neccssnry a combina
tion of wood nnd conl is economical.
Uso wood for the preparation of break
fast nnd supper, nnd conl for tho mid
day dinner nnd principal baking.
The fireplace Is n luxury In winter
but an economy In spring and fall.
Coal should not bo burned in tlift Arc
place. It can be kept supplied In the
rural homo by primings from trees anil
shrubs, bits of waste wood nndbroke
boxes. The fireplace Insures ventila
tion and affords a means of burning
rubbish,
Make Delicious Sandwiches.
Nut bread, u favorite with both
young and old, Is especially good lo
have on hnnd to make sandwiches for
the children's school lunch. The re
cipe below, recommended by the de
partment of agriculture, conserves
both sugnr and wheat flour, hut with
wheat flour at present on the approved
list It may bo used If desired In plnco
of tho corn flour called for In thft
recipe.
Quick Nut Bread.
1 tablcspoonfuls of 2 cupfuls rolled oate,
. corn sirup. ground.
2 tKK. 2-3 cupful corn flour.
2 tablcnpoonfuln fat. 4 teaspoonfuls baklnc
i cupful liquid. powder.
j cupful mushed 1 teaspoonful salt,
potatoes. H cupful cliopjd nutr.
Mix In order given. Baku VA hours
In moderate oven. Bnlslns may be
used In plnco of nuts. From Depart
ment Circular on Uso of Oats.
Have Potted Meat Ready.
Tho end of a boiled ham or corned
beef sorted, bono nnd grlstlo removed,
fat and meat chopped fine, mny yield
more than could bo used ndvuntagc
ously at a single meal. Ilcat It, with
little water, In Its own fat and pnek
solidly In jelly tumblers or small Jam
Thero should bo a quarter Inch of
fat on top to harden nnd form a seal
from tho air. With a tin cover on
top, meat thus prepured will keep sev
eral weeks.
Seasoning may bo ndded as for any
potted meat. Meat thus prepnred, both
fat and lean, Is ready to bo used with
from two to four times its hulk of
potatoes or other vegetables for hashes,
or for sandwiches, etc.
Cottage Cheese In New Ways.
Both city and country housewives
have become familiar with the vnluo
of cottage choose ns ! meat substi
tute. If your family Is tired of your
old recipes, In which tho cheese Is nn
Ingredient, why not try some now ap
proved ones? "Cottage Cheese and Its
.Uses," Circular 100, Issue;! by tl-o 'de
partment of agrlculturo will be tient
to anyone who writes for it.