THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI "WEEKLY TRIM' NR.
VIENNA'S
r DYING
x-
Most Austrians Suffer From Rav
ages of the Many Wartime
Maladies.
CHILDREN ARE EMACIATED
Scrawny, Limp, Listless From Malnu
trition and Seldom Smile or Play
American Red Cross Is
Helping.
London. Dr. Kthel Wllllninf), n New
castle doctor of 30 years' experience,
recently has roturncd to England from
Vlennn. She attended tlie Woiimn's
international conference nt Zurich,
whore she henrd so much nbout the
condltlonB of disease In Austrln tluit
he decided to see for herself whnt
those conditions really were. She
spent a week In Vienna, visiting the
hospltola nnd the school kitchens,
studying medical statistics, Interview
ing representative people, and seeing
as much ns she could of the city.
Speaking to a Manchester Guardian
representative, she said :
"What Impressed me most was the
nppalllng condition of every qld per
lon I saw, and of 05 per cent of the
ihlldrcn. The old people wore like
walking death's bends. There are so
many things that persons over sixty
runnot digest. The mortality among
the old has Increased by 150 per cent.
"What struck mo most when walk
ing nhoufthe streets was that there
n'cro no toddlers. Children of three
and even four years were carried by !
their mothers. The children did not
run about, or shout, on quarrel. It
was four days before I saw a child
olaylng.
Most Children Emaciated,
At least 05 per cent of the practical
ly well children were painfully emaci
ated, with discolored circles around
their sunken eyes and the tendons of
Hielr necks showing like those of old'
people. Even middle-class children,
bare these scrawny necks, and when
they run their cheeks flap Hko those
of old people. But they seldom run.
They are all limp and listless.
"The scene In the out-patlentB' de
partment at the biggest state chil
dren's hospital was pitiful no sound
Dr attempt to 'play. The children sat
quietly on their mothers' knees or
tgnlnst n wall.
"I saw several cases of osteo-mula-chla,
n disease so rare before the war
that the only two cases T had ever
seen had been shown to me as a curi
osity. It seems to come from lack of
fresh v food, and there havo been 250
cases In Vlennn, and, I heard of an
ithor epidemic In a German town.
"The hones soften and become dis
torted, the pelvis bones fold Inward,
in early stages It Is curable, but a bad
caso never will walk again, and a
rather bad case always will havo dlfll
ttilty In walking.
"Tho cases were those of older chil
dren nnd udults. They told me that
the hospitals were receiving about 15
PERSHING QUALIFIES
General 1'cruhlng, on a visit to the great rllle range tit l.e Mans. France,
demonstrated to tho onlookers how ho handled a rlllo in his froutler days.
USE TACTICS OF QUAIL
How Villa and His Men
Pursuit.
Foil
Bandits Scatter nnd Hide as Federals
Appear Brown Uniforms
Aid.
Juarez, Mex. Praticlsco Vllla'B
method of evading pursuit by Mexi
can government troops Is almost iden
tical with that used by a covey of
quail to cscapo tho hunter. Hven tho
detail of protective coloring has been
applied by Villa, for his men always
wear brown cotton clothing which
blends with tho desert lnndscnpo and
dust clouds through which they travel
in campaign,
Hunters know that the quail's in
stinct directs It to scatter when dan
ger approaches und seek cover In tho
nenr-bv landscape. Villa und his reb
AGED
ON FEET
eases n day, and those they had to
turn away Inevitably must become
worse. I used to test the condition of
the children I saw by feeling their
lleshless arms. When 1 touched one
child tho father said : 'Don't touch i
him. lie has this bad new disease, and I
it hurts him so much.' I realized . it I
I hail hurt him. but the child was oo .
listless to shrink from the pain.
"The doctors could tlo practically
nothing for the out-pntlents who could
i'ot he taken to (he hospitals. The
mothers were In despair. The doctors
said the greatest want of all was for
cod liver oil. Funds raised In England
had sent a supply, but It only lasted
two days. Practically every child n-,
der two Is rickety. i
Suffer From Starvation. I
"It Is extraordinary how little Vlen- i
na has suffered from war epldmlcs
such as typhus. Tho enormous Incrcnse ,
In sickness Is due to starvation disease.
Almost all of Its child population Is
stunted, starved, left without vitality,
vigor or energy. An cnnnius num
ber are tubercular and a considerable
proportion of theso will die. Another
considerable proportion will for all
their lives probably he stunted In mind
and body, nnd all will be hnndlcnpped."
The children of school age provided
with one meal of soup and bread In the
day by American Red Cross workers nt
i special kitchen sho visited wcro
wntehed lest they should take the lroad
home. "You must eat the bread," tho
workers told them. "All that we can do
FAMINE IN MEN
TO FIGHT FIRES
Shortage Makes Forest Fire
Situation in the North
west Desperate.
FEARLESS MALES SOUGHT
Husky Man Who Is Willing to Work
Looks "lood as Million Dollars to
Officials of United States
Forestry Service.
Spokane, Wash. One of the biggest
"Industries" of the northwest this sum
mer is the fighting of forest fires.
' A good, husky man, with two strong
arms and n willingness to work, looks
as good as n million dollars to the of
ficials of tho United States forestry
service, and tho big lumber concerns,
who are losing vast values In timber,
There 1b n famine in men. That Is
the great reusou fires, started by care
less eampeni or lightning storms, havo
been able to spread over many miles
of America's richest lumber lands and
cause damago that will not be replaced
for a generation.
AS A MARKSMAN
el bands do the same thing when n
superior federal column approaches.
Often Villa's band will number 2,000
men under his chlefB, Angeles, Lopez,
Diaz and Garcia. They mako u col
umn which colls across tho plains like
a giant snake and leaves a great dust
cloud in Its wake.
But let General Castro's government
troops approach with artillery, Inn-"
chine guns and cavalry mounted on
former American army horses and tho
column will break up Into little bauds
of 100 under petty chiefs, will dlsaiH
pear In some mountuln canyons and
go into hiding until tho federals pass.
Onco tho danger of attack Is over tho
column reassembles, occupies somo
town In Its path and again disappears
with Us loot.
Villa's men havo been known to
hitch thole horses to plows In tho
fields of the Irrigated districts mid be
industriously plowing when tho fed
NEW COMMERCE CHIEF
Philip I). Kennedy, newly appointed
chief of the bureau of foreign and do
mestic commerce, says that trade res
toration In Europe, Including that In
enemy countries, Is dependent upon
the return to work of the different
peoples.
Is to help you to keep well and strong."
Tho American Red Cross Is opening
more of theso kitchens, and hopes to
feed 40,000 or more children, hut that
only means food for one section of tho
people, the children of school age and
even then only one meal In the day.
Ono lurge fire In the Pack river dis
trict, northern Idaho, hurst entirely
beyond control nnd spread over forty-
live square miles of territory without
showing the least signs of dying dow.n.
Men to light it were few and far be
tween. War Against Flames.
In Spokane ns well as the coast
cities the forest service Is waging re
cruiting cnmpnlgns similar to those
carried on during the war. It Is n
war against flames nlmost ns destruc
tive to America as the flames that
broke out In Europe.
Lumberjacks, those big-shouldered
veterans of tho forest life, make tho
finest fire lighters. This summer they
havo had llttlo chance to engage In
their regular work of cutting timber,
and havo bent nil their1 efforts to sav
ing tho forests that house the nation,
Tho forest service maintains a cense
less lookout. As soon as smoke Is dis
cerned the news is Hashed to head
quarters; a crow Is hastily recruited
Mm equipped, and sent Into the burn
ing area with full supplies of food
tools and bedding.
But they have little chance to use
the bedding. Flro lighting Is an nil-
rdght nil-day Job.
How Fire Is Beaten.
Tho only successful method of stop
ping n lire Is to get In front of it,
clear a wide trail, and widen it by
backllrlng.
A slight change of wind will make
tho back fire cross tho trail and en
danger the workers' lives.
Blazing trees frequently fall with
tho wind, across the trail, and undo
the work of a day.
One result of tho epidemic of fires
In the present summer will bo a vlg
orous effort, on the part of lumber
companies and forestry men alike, tc
sucuro from congress a greater ap
propriation for tho forest service than
ever before. America's forests are nc
longer so numerous and well-grown
that the trees can bo sacrificed with
out national suffering.
Bells for City Dogs.
Ashovllle, N. C, As unreasonable as
It sounds tho city authorities have an
nounced that every canine resident
oftlls city must wear a bell during
the next yenr, and to prove their ear
nestness they have purchased a largo
supply of tho necessary ornaments for
distribution uiuong the ownors of dogs
here.
crol scouts appeared. Thov imvn
learned various tricks of deception
(luring the years of evading the fed
erals, and even drive a herd of burros
with them so they mny transform
themselves Into wood venders on oc
casion. ANTHRACITE PRODUCTION UP
Shipments Show Hundreds of Thou
cands of Tons Over Latest Nor
mal Production.
Philadelphia. -Shipments of nnthra
clto for July as reported to the anthra
cite bureau of Information aggregated
(l,0""i2,ll!M tons, an increase over Juno
of 4H2.743 tons.
Compared with July, 1010, tho latest
normal year In anthrnelto production,
the shipments last month showed au in
creaso of G19.-I5G tons.
Tho shipments for tho first 'our
months of tho coal year, beginning
April 1, amounted l 22,0OS,555 tons, ns
compared with 21,Hd,l30 tons for tho
corresponding period In 1010, nu In
crease of neurly l.oOO.OOO tons.
A Covering for Sins
By REV. L. W. GOSNELL
Auutant Dean, Moodjr Ilibla
Initltuta, Chicago
TEXT Whom God hath set forth to bo
a propitiation through fnlth in tils blood,
to dociaro His rlRhtousncsa for tho re
mission of sins that aro past, through the
forbearance or God; to declare I say, at
thin tlmo his righteousness: that ho might
bo Just, and tho Justlflor of him which
bclloveth In Jesus. Romans 3:25, 26.
A propltlntlon is a covering, some
thing that causes or enables n person
to act mercifully
or forgivingly. The
blood of Christ Is
a propltlritlon for
sin which covers
It and enables God
to act mercifully
with sinners.
Surely, tills is old
news nnd new
news and gooi'
news I
Let It be clcarlj
understood that
God requires o
propitiation foi
sin. Conscience
recognizes ther
is something iij
God to he appeased, and wo under
stand the cry of the publican, "God be
merciful (1. c. propitious) to me, a
Hlnner." Underlying the sacrifices ol
the henthen, is the feeling that there
Is a wratli in God to be reckoned with
Dr. II. C. Mable points out that a
heathen man, on Ills way to the temple
with n kid for sacrifice, may not un
derstand Just why he offers it. lie
will tell you that his fathers did 11
before him, nnd hence he does It. Yet,
If he is questioned further, nnd it is
suggested that the blood of the kid
is to take the place of his own death
for his sins, his face will brighten and
he will confess that this Is the thought
of his heart In the matter. It is true
the heathen may have wrong thoughts
of God, yet the Scriptures confirm his
feeling that there is wrath in God
against sin, nnd thnt this must be ap
peased. Tho' cross does not minimize
the nwfulness of sin, nor deny God's
anger against It; but, ns Professor
Dcnney has said, "The, cross is in
scribed 'God Is love,' only because It lfi
Inscribed also, 'the wages of sin If
death.' "
God Provides a Covering for Sin.
The glory of tho Gospel is, thai
while God requires a propitiation, he
himself provides it. As our text do
clarcs,,lt jvns God who set forth Christ,
(I. e., In, n public way) to be a propi
tiation through his blood. Hence, there
Is a sclf-propltlation by God In the
cross. His wrath against sin Is evi
dent, but, also his love for sinners, for
what his holiness exnets, his love pro
vides. Men would say, "God Is love
nnd does not require n propitiation;'
but tho Bible nrgucs, "God Is love nnd
provides a propitiation." As Romans
G:8 puts It: "God commendeth his love
toward us in thnt while wo were yet
sinners, Christ died for us."
Tho fact that God provides n propi
tiation makes clear there Is no oppo
sition between tho Father and the Son
In redemption. While Christ loved us
and gave Himself, It is also true thut
God so loved tho world that ho gave
his only begotten Son. While wo are
umnzed nt Christ's cry of forsnkon
ness upon the cross, yet wo should not
forget the solemn words, "It pleased
the Lord to brulso him," nnd, "The Lord
hath laid on him the Iniquity of us all."
At whnt infinite cost to tho Father was
that bruising I
Our text explains that the cross de
clares God's righteousness for the re
mission of sins that are pnst, or as the
It. V. has it, "because of the passing
over of the sins done aforetime." This
refers to the sins committed under
the old covenant before Christ came.
It. might have seemed that God was not
angry with the wicked since he allowed
them to live und even to flourish. The
cross, however, makes clenr that he
wns regardful of sin and dealt lenient
ly with sinners only becnuso of tho
sacrlflco yet to bo offered on Calvary.
Moreover, tho cross not only looks
backward to vindicate tho righteous
ness of God: It also looks forward
and declares "at this tlmo his
righteousness that ho might be just
and n justlflor of him which bellcveth
In Jesus." Oh, that men understood
the rourvel of It all I To clear think
ing, eternal punishment Is no mystery
In tho dealings of a holy God with sin
ners. The amazing mystery Is thnt
such a God has found n way by which
ho crip be just nnd still justify tho un
godly. Tho Experience of Cowper.
Christ's propltlntlon still nntlsflo
guilty souls. Tho poet, Cowper, when
distressed over his sins, sought com
fort from tho Bible. He says: "The
passage which met my eye wns the
twenty-fifth verso of tho third chapter
of Itomans. On rending it, I Immedi
ately received power to believe. The
rays of tho Son of Righteousness fell
on mo In all their fullness. I paw the
complete sutllclency of the expiation
which Christ had wrought for my pap
don and entlro Justification. In an In
stant I believed und received the peace
of tho Gospel. If the arm of tho Al
mighty had not supported me, I be
lieve I should have been overwhelmed
with gratitude and joy ; my eyes filled
with tenrs; transports choked my ut
terances. I could only look to heaven
in silent fear, overflowing with lovo
und wonder."
I I lb-
KITCHEN
CAB INLT
"Thou hast ventured deeply, but all
must do so, who would deeply win.
"So many worlds, bo much to do;
So little done such things to be,'
Tho tender morsels on the palate melt
And all tho force of cookery Is felt.
SMALL CAKES.
Hermits. Take three-fourths of n
'upful of sweet fat, add one and one-
half cupnus or
sugar, two beaten
eggs, one ten
spoonful of sodn
In a tablespoon
ful of sour milk,
one tenspoonful
each of cloves,
cinnamon a n d
nutmeg and one cupful of currants,
knead hard, roll and sprinkle with
gianulated sugar before cutting the
cockles.
Sugar Cookies. Take two cupfuls of
sugnr, one cupful of shortening, one
tenspoonful of soda and two teaspoon
fuls of baking powder sifted Into one
quart of flour, four well benten eggs
und a tenspoonful of vanilla. Boll, cut
and bake quickly.
Oatmeal Cookies. Take three cup
fuls of oatmeal, one-half cupful of
sugar, ono cupful of water or cold
coffee, and one cupful of shortening,
half a tenspoonful of salt and flour
enough to roll. Bake In a quick oven.
Coconut Cookies. Take one cupful
of shortening, one nnd one-half cup
fuls of sugar, two eggs, one cupful of
grated coconut, one-half cupful of
sweqt milk, one-half teaspoonful of
sodn, one teaspoonful of cream of tar
tar, one tenspoonful of vanilla, Hour
enough to muke a soft dough; roll as
usual, using ns little flour ns possi
ble. Bake In a quick oven.
Coconut Macaroons. Cream one
tnblespoonful of butter with half a
cupful of sugar, add one beuten egg,
.one und one-hnlf cupfuls of oatmeal
and half a cup of coconut. Drop by
spoonfuls on a buttered sheet and bake
In a hot oven. This recipe mokes
twenty-four.
Nut Titbits. Beat the whites of two
eggs until stiff, odd a cupful of sugar
gradually und fold In one cupful of
chopped nuts nnd two cupfuls of corn
flukes. Bake on a sheet In n moderate
oven. Drop the cakes from a tea
spoon and leave space to spread.
The same patriotism which sent
American men to die for a democratic
tdeal Is today demanding that Amer
ican children bo given an opportunity
to live out that Ideal. Di. L. Emmett
Holt.
ABERGINES AND SALSIFY,
VEGETABLES.
FALL
Aberglnes or egg plnnt nnd salsify or
vegetable oysters are found in the mnr
kets during the
late summer or
early winter. They
are both becoming
more populnr ns
they are being oft
ener grown In the
home gardens
The egg plant bo-
longs to the potato and tobacco family,
and has a flavor peculiar to Itself. Tho
purple skinned varieties are usually
considered of better flavor than the
white.
Salsify has a flavor similar to oy
sters, hence Its name vegetnble "oy
sters." When salsify Is cooked and
served with a little codfish tile flavor
of the oyster Is heightened. It Is n
root which must be scraped and kept
under water to keep it from turning
dark colored. It should never be cook
ed In nn Iron vessel.
Egg Plant With Mushroom Stuffing.
Cut the egg plnnt In hnlves length
wise and parboil In salted water until
tho pulp Is tender. Scoop out the pulp
to within nn Inch, from tho skin. Chop
the pulp fine; add half Its hulk of
chopped mushrooms which have been
sauted In n little butter live minutes,
the samo amount of sonked bread
crumbs, hnlf a tablespoonful of minced
onion, a tablespoonful of butter, nnd
snlt and pepper to tnste. Fill tho
shells with the mixture; lay In n well
buttered pan, sprinkle with buttered
crumbs nnd bnke three-quarters of nn
hour. Minced ham may ho used In
place of the mushrooms nnd the onion
mny bo omitted. This dish Is n de
licious ncrompanimcnr to stenu or
game.
inctsnca coo riant. noil an egg
plant whole, without paring. When
tender (train and remove tho skin.
Mash smooth; add half a cupful of
bread crumbs, two tnblespoonfuls of
butter, salt and pepper to taste, a
little grated onion, or a clove of gar
He cut and used to rub the Inside of
the linking dish. Fill tho dish and
smooth the top. Cover with buttered
crumbs nnd bnke until the crumbs nro
brown,
Salsify, Stewed. Cover two bunch-
f es of snlslfy with cold water; let stand
for an hour. Scrape and drop ench
piece Into water to which n table
spoonful of vinegar has boon added.
Cut In small slices and cook In boil
ing salted water with an Inch-pleco of
codfish, Cook until tender nnd most
of the liquor evnporated ; add cream or
milk, butter salt and pepper and serve
hot.
As tho Great Spirit bids creation teem
With conscious being and Intelligence,
So mnn, his miniature resemblance,
gives
To matter's every form a speaking
soul, An emanation from his spirit's fount,
Tho Impress true of Its peculiar seal.
Here finds ho thy best Image, sym
pathy. CHOICE VEGETABLES, NOT WELt
KNOWN.
The egg plnnt Is such an attractive
looking vegetnble, nnd when nlcelj
cooked, seasoned anc
served, so appetizing
thnt It should be more
commonly grown In our
gardens.
Creamed Egg Plant.
Pare tho egg plant, cut
In slices then In cubes
Cook until tender In boil
ing snlted water; drain and put Into-
a rich white sauce ; add a llttlo lemorr
Juice and n bit of onion for flavor
Serve on toast or !n,tlmbales.
uro nea tna Plant. Cut egg plant
lengthwise Into quarter-Inch slices af
ter paring. Cover with boiling salted
water. Cool and dry In n nnpkln; dip
each slice In a melted butter; season
with salt nnd pepper; nrrnnge on n
hot 'broiler nnd broil flvo,mlnutes on
each side; place on n hot dish, spread1
with tho sauce nnd serve' nt once.
Sauce. Put two tnblespoonfuls of
butter Into n bowl ; add a tcaspoonfuf
of chopped parsley and the juice vof
half a lemon. Beat to a cream and"
set nwny In n cool plnce until needed,
Mock Fried Oysters. , Prepare,
scrape and boll until tender n bunclr
or two of salsify or vegetable oys
ters, with a small piece of codfish r
when cooked mash, season; ndd egg,
a tablespoonful of flour nnd n bit of
cream for two cupfuls of mashed sal
sify. Mold Into lat cakos and dip
In egg nnd crumbs; fry ns oysters.
Serve very hot.
Salsify mny be escallopcd, creamed,
added to omelet or cooked and mixed!
with celery nnd served on lettuce as
a salad.
Salsify Soup. Prepare the salsify
for any dish and cook until tender;
ndd a thin white sauce well seasoned
and thickened with n tablespoonful
ench 'of flour and butter cooked to
gether. Creamed Hazelnuts. Shell am)
blanch a cupful of hazelnuts; boll un
til soft. Drop them into wcll-season-ed
white sauce and servo In patty
shells or In ramekins. These nuts are
nice blanched and salted as one does
almonds or peanuts.
As I look upon the lives of men, It
seems to me that more fall to mako a
success of Uvlng through delay than
through haste, and that what la called
prudence results in more disappoint
ments than what Is called daring.
There is always some hazard In life,
and there must be If life Is to have
any accomplishment. Mackenzie.
,
VARIETY IN DIET.
What we need to stress In these
dnys Is a larger variety or more at
tention given to
food combinations
and sensonlngs. The
average housewife
confines herself to
a few dishes and
repeats them so
often that the fam
ily rebels. Where
there Is Infinite variety from which to
choose, even for tho simple liver, It
shows lnck of progression to continue
with monotony.
In the serving of meat, fish or game
the sauce which accompanies It Is
most important. Commonly such foods
are well cooked, but an appropriate-
sauce served with the dish Is not so
common.
With fish tho favorite sauce hat
some ncid to mnke it appetizing, for
meat and game highly seasoned sauce
formed from stock ns n basis aro liked
although sweet sauces also hold fa
vor. For a thick, juicy broiled steak
there Is nothing more tnsty thnu
Maltre d'Hotel Butter. Put one
fourth of a cupful of butter Into a
bowl and cream It with a wooden
spoon ; ndd half a teaspoonful of finely
minced pnrsley and lastly, adding very
slowly, three-fourths of a tablespoon
ful of lemon Juice.
A sauce which makes a dish of
boiled or steamed fish out of tho ordi
nary is
Olive and Almond Sauce. Melt three
tnblespoonfuls of butter, add tho same
amount of flour, nnd when well mixed'
add one cupful of whlto stock. Cook
until smooth and Just before sevlnjr
add half a cupful of cream, one-fourtlv
of a cupful of shredded nlinonds, one
tenspoonful of beef extract, eight
olives, stoned nnd cut In qunrters, hnlf
a tablespoonful of lemon Juice and snlt"
and cayenne to taste,
f As a gornlsh for duck or a salad to.
serve with game, sliced oranges with
iv well-seasoned French dressing Is es
pecially good.
A most tasty tomato sauce may be
prepared by using a cupful or less of
the canned tomnto soup, it Is strained
seasoned and slightly thickened, so
with other sensonlngs for vnriety, tho-.
sauce Is ready to serve.
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