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Salads Belong in Autumn Menus (See Recipes Below.) Salads for Fall Is a salad an Integral part of your diet or do you set it aside just for summer months when vegetables 1 are easy to obtain ' and serve in sal ad form? Food authori ties and doctors have long recom mended the use of raw fruits and vegetables in the diet not only to guarantee more vitamins and min erals to the dietary, but to give the necessary roughage to the sys tem. Vegetables contain a great deal of cellulose and are not as easily digested as the softer foods. This means they aid in proper func tion and elimination and belong daily in every diet. Although we are limited in the amount of fresh vegetables obtain able in the fall and winter months, there are some available which of fer many possibilities for salads. Cabbage, carrots, citrus fruits and apples are the most common. For a more substantial salad item, use cottage cheese. It will also give you a goodly amount of calcium, needed for proper bone and tooth development. If your family has been shrunk by the call here are two recipes espe cially designed for smaller families: Tomatoes Stuffed With Green Pepper Slaw. (Serves t) Cut a thin slice from the stem end of each tomato. Remove seeds and part of the pulp. Sprinkle in aide with salt. Invert and chill. Fill with finely shredded cabbage com bined with green pepper, moistened with a dressing made of 4 table spoons sweet cream, 2 teaspoons sugar, Vz teaspoon salt and 2 table spoons vinegar. . Green Bean Salad. (Serves 2) Place green stringless beans, Cooked and chilled in individual let luce cups. Com bine 1 tablespoon vinegar, Vt tea spoon salt and . pepper to taste. Beat with egg beater or shake ' in a Jar until well blended. Mash 3 tablespoons Roquefort cheese and then add oil and vinegar mixture slowly, stirring until very smooth. Pour over beans and serve at once. Surprise Vegetable Salad. Sliced boiled beets Sliced boiled string beans Sliced boiled carrots Boiled green peas Boiled lima beans French dressing Chopped chives Boiled potatoes Prepare and cook separately, in the usual manner, an equal quantity of all the vegetables mentioned in recipe. Boil potatoes with their jack ets. peel while still warm and mari nate In french dressing while still warm. When ready to serve vege tables, have them well chilled and arrange in layers In a large salad Lynn Says: Salad Notes: Ingredients for a salad should be large enough to retain their identity. It's not a good idea to hide a vegetable the family does not like by chopping it very fine. Shred, but do not chop vegetables. Simplest salads are the most attractive. A salad should taste as good as it looks. Toss ingredients lightly, never stir ambitiously. Dressing need not cover every piece. Salad greens should always be clean, crisp, fresh. Drain all vegetables thorough ly, beforo using Serve them on clean, well-chilled plates, as cold as possible. Vary salads from day to day. Try new combination* of color, vegetables and fruit Lynn Chambers’ Point-Saving Menu Pan-Fried Liver and Onions Creamed Potatoes Parsleyed Carrots Apple, Carrot Salad Whole Wheat Bread Lemon ChifTon Pie Beverage bowl, starting with beets at the bot tom, followed by lima beans, then string beans, next with carrots, fol lowed by peas. When all vegeta bles are used, pour over them a tart, well-seasoned french dressing. Cov er the whole with a layer of pota toes, being sure that all the peas are covered. Sprinkle top with fresh chopped chives and serve. Greens, be they lettuce, romaine chicory or escarole, need little elst but a dressing for they are perfect!} delicious just so and a splendic course for a heavy type of dinner Salad With Egg Dressing. (Serves 6) 2 heads of lettuce 4 hard-boiled eggs % cup cream Ya cup lemon Juice or cider vlnegai Salt and pepper Prepared mustard Wash lettuce carefully and dr} thoroughly. Put the yolks of tht eggs through a ricer and let then drop to the bottom of a welt-chillec salad bowl. Add a little preparet mustard and stir with a woodet spoon, adding the cream gradually Reason to taste with the salt am pepper, then add lemon Juice anc vinegar. Add the lettuce, toss light ly and sprinkle the chopped whitei of egg over all. Serve on cold plates The use of cottage cheese witr salads gives them a heartinest which is particularly necessary ir> the cooler weather. Here is a well seasoned salad, pretty and colorful Apple, Carrot, Cottage Cheese Salad (Serves 6) 3 apples, coarsely diced 2 cups shredded raw carrot 1 tablespoon onion, finely minced 1 cup cottage cheese Ya cup mayonnaise 2 tablespoons lemon juice Ya teaspoon salt teaspoon pepper Dice unpeeled apples and combine with grated car rot and onion. Add the cottage cheese blended with mayonnaise, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Mix well. Serve on let tuce. Molded Cranberry Salad. (Serves 8 to 10) H pound cranberries I medium-sized apple, unpeeled 1 orange and rind tt cup sugar K teaspoon salt 1 package orange-flavored gelatin 1 cup hot water K cup cold water H cup chopped celery Pick over cranberries, wash and drain well. Grind cranberries, ap ple and orange (including rind), sav ing any liquid which remains. Stir in sugar. Cover and set aside while gelatin is dissolved in hot water Add cold water and allow to become partly jellied, then add cranberry mixture and jelly. This may be poured either into a loaf pan or in dividual molds rinsed with cold wa ter. Allow to jell, then unmold on lettuce. Sandwich Fillings Don't forget that raw vegetables with all their good vitamins and minerals are wonderful as sandwich fillings. Grind raw spinach leaves with crisp bacon, hard-cooked egg, onion, moistened with mayonnaise. Or, combine equal parts of raw car rot and turnip and mix with chopped chives, peanuts and mayonnaise. This is good on French bread. Are you having a time stretching meats? If 'rue to Miss Lynn Chambers for practical help, at Western News/ta per Union, 210 South Desplaines Street, Chicago, III. Don’t forget to enclose m stamped, self-addressed envelope for your reply. r BLACK SOMBRERO1 CLIFFORD KNIGHT .r^c. Elsa Chatfleld, Hollywood artist. Is cut off from the will of her Aunt Kitty Chatfleld, who died from an overdose of morphine. Barry, an amateur detective, : and Huntoon Rogers, a professional sleuth, go down to Mazatlan, Mexico, on a yacht cruise with Margaret and Dwight Nichols. Rogers Is not quite satisfied i that Aunt Kitty died hy her own hand. When they arrive at MazaUan they find that Elsa, James Chesebro, a mine own er, and George Rumble, Elsa’s agent, have preceded them by plane. They dine at the ranch of Sam Chatfleld, Elsa’s fa ther. Rogers asks Chatfleld It he was in California at the time his sister, Kitty, died. The question upsets Sam Chat field considerably. j —.. ■■ ■ i - ■ ■ ■ — CHAPTER V "So, you see, when Kitty was found dead early next morning I was frightened—for Berta. What if the police asked questions? What if they heard through the servants that we had stayed the night there? That Berta had been very angry with Kitty? Could I have my beloved Ber ta the target of police question ing? You see?" "Very clearly," said Rogers. "In order to set your mind at rest, Mr. Chatfleld—if you are still troubled— I’ve read the police flies dealing with your sister’s death. There is no mention of your presence In the house that night Or even in town at the hotel How did you manage it?" "Elsa managed it. She was there, of course. I never asked her how she did it I’m relieved to know that Berta and I have no official con nection with what happened that night. We were happy to get safely home to MazaUan, and we have not ventured back to California, except for our brief visit some weeks ago.” "Were you aware that Katherine Chatfleld was a morphine addict?” he inquired of our host. “Not unUl after she died. More over, I don’t think that Elsa knew t, either, living as she was in the ame house with her, until after Kit y’s death.” "Am I being too personal, Mr. Chatfleld?” Rogers’ voice was apol igetic; he gave the impression that ill Sam Chatfleld had to do was to ;ay so and the questioning would ease. "Not at all, Mr. Rogers. I am inly too glad to tell you what I enow." “Yes.” “Did you detect any unusual odor n the room?” "No. The room was closed—had ieen closed all night, I suppose. But Cm a poor person to be asked that luestion; my sense of smell is not icute.” “No odor of chloroform, Mr. Chat leld?” “No. I don’t fecall it." He poured from the bottle and eached for the siphon, his arm lalting midway in its reach. “But vhy this talk of murder?" he asked. 'Why not let it rest as it undoubt ■dly was—as a suicide?" “The district attorney has never >een satisfied with the investigation hat was made at the time, Mr. -hatfleld,” I remarked. “He’s a .‘lose friend of mine; he’s never oeen willing to call it suicide.” “But have you anything to go >n which indicated that it wasn’t?” "I haven’t,” I admitted. Sam Chatfleld’s gray eyes in his deeply tanned face turned to Rog ers inquiringly. "There Is an Investigator on the Pasadena police force with an ex traordinary sense of smell. He says there was an odor of chloroform in ' the room that morning.” "Well?” Sam Chatfleld sat for ward in his chair. “Why chloroform if it was suicide? [f your sister was a morphine ad dict, and had a source of supply, as she must have had, why chloroform when she knew that an overdose of morphine was all she required." “And that fact—I’m not disput ing the evidence of the man's nose— has swayed you to the opinion that my sister was murdered?” “Yes.” “Do you have any more questions, Mr. Rogers?” inquired Sam Chat i field. "There’s one more thing," Rogers began slowly. "I hesitate to bring it up, for it must touch very closely upon your sensibilities. And yet it is vital." "Yes?” Sam Chatfleld’s voice was clipped, unfriendly almost "There was a child some five years or so ago. And, of course, gos sip. Ugly gossip. The truth never came out, even among close friends of your family—” Sam ChatAeld’s eyes suddenly were blazing with anger. “I’ve nothing to say, Mr. Rogers, about that child. It's dead. The whole incident is dead, so far as we Chatfields are concerned." "I’m sorry," replied Rogers. "I’m very sorry." We Ashed that next day. All day long in the launch we plied the blue waters ofT Mazatlan until well into the afternoon. Margaret, who had started with us, remained in the launch only a couple of hours. Elsa had promised to come out, bringing Berta with her. So we picked them up at the wharf and put the three of them on board the Orizaba and continued Ashing from the launch. However, there was no sign of swordAsh that day, but a run of albacore in the afternoon provided ample excitement; and in the eve ning we nursed our sunburn and talked of the fishing yet to be done. Elsa seemed downcast at the rail that evening as she and I watched the brief, fiery sunset which preced ed the dusk. Dwight and Margaret were below; Rogers was in his state room doctoring a blistered nose, and Berta had been set ashore. Our fishing plans had been changed aft er dinner. Margaret had decided to invite Berta and Sam, and any of the others who could come aboard, for a day’s cruise up the coast. Margaret in the early evening had sent over into town for the two youthful marlachis, Felipe and Pan cho, to come out and play for us, which they obligingly did for a cou ple of hours or so on the after deck. But Elsa was restless; this was not Reed Barton's playing and singing in the patio by moonlight which had stirred something in her heart; it was merely Mexican music without meaning. She got up and went be low before the boys had finished, leaning over to whisper in my ear before she left me: "Did you ever feel like A barome ter, Barry? A change is coming.” I slept on her remark and could make nothing of it, and after break fast as we stood again at the rail “Of all the dirty, cowardly leeches—” looking oft over the sparkling water of the bay which was emerging from a light fog, I asked: “Were you being prophetic last night, Elsa? About a change com ing?” “Barry, you’re too profound for me this morning. Oh, look! The launch is coming from shore.” Nosing through drifting wisps of fog was the sharp prow of the launch. Elsa brightened amazingly, her face was keenly alert as she endeavored to identify its passen gers. Interest after a moment sud denly went out of her and she turned away. I saw Sam Chatfleld in the launch, and Berta; and side by side the fat figure of Chesebro and Rum ble, the latter dressed in his in credible coat and huge black som brero, as congenial as a pair of dis gruntled clams. Elsa kissed her father and hugged Berta's small round person to her self ecstatically, and stretched a hand out to Chesebro in greeting. “Didn’t you bring Reed Barton with you, Jimmy?" she asked with a tone of petulance. Chesebro glanced sharply at her. “Barton hasn’t got back from the mine. Probably won’t until later on today.” “But we can’t go cruising without him.” "Don't forget, Elsa,” Chesebro chided her almost as if she were a child, “that Reed Barton is em ployed; he’s got a job to do. Work comes before social diversions." “You always have such complete and satisfactory explanations, Jim my,” returned Elsa. Chesebro looked closely at her to see what lay behind the remark, and then strode down the deck to greet Dwight and Margaret who were emerging from the companionway. "Your Mexico always delights me, senora," I said to Berta, as the crowd at the ladder began to break up. George Rumble moved away with Elsa. Huntoon Rogers had come up from below and was talking with Sam Chatfield. Berta’s dark eyes lighted up with pleasure; her white teeth flashed me a smile and she leaned a bare brown arm upon the rail. "That’s because you know Mexico and understand it, Senor Madison.” At that moment down the deck where Elsa and George Rumble were bent heads together over a sec tion of the Sunday paper he had brought on board, there came Elsa’s voice so charged with emotion that It penetrated my heart like a knife. "Oh—George!” she exclaimed. “What's wrong with that, baby?” returned Rumble matter-of-factly. He hurriedly folded up the paper, however. Elsa drew away from him. She shrank as if she had been struck a mortal blow, walked dazedly to the companionway and went below. Rumble watched her go, his face a puzzle, then as if dismissing the matter, tucked the paper under his arm and walked nonchalantly aft, leaving us all staring after him, staring, too, at the companionway down which Elsa had disappeared. Huntoon Rogers had drifted over to my side while this was happening. His nose and cheekbones still were red from the sunburn of the day be fore, but his mild blue eyes were In tent upon the retreating figure of Rumble. "What happened, Barry?” he In quired. “I don’t know. Hunt. I can’t imag ine. Something serious, though, to judge from Elsa's reaction." "Let’s go take a look at Rumble’s paper." George Rumble continued retreat ing along the deck as we walked in his direction, a curious figure in brown slacks, incredible sports coat and the black sombrero. As he con tinued along the deck, he had the appearance of one endeavoring to walk away from disaster. Just as we were about to catch up with him, the fat figure of Chesebro, popping out of the doorway to the ship’s lounge, waylaid him. Rumble paused, his sombrero tilt ing back as he looked up at the taller man. A curious expression was on Chesebro’s dark face, an expression mingled of suspicions, re sentment and malevolence. Without speaking, he held his hand out im periously for the newspaper. Rum ble gave it to him and withdrew a step or two and stood watching Chesebro’s fat hands unfold the roto gravure section. The main bulk of the paper was tucked under his arm, whence it fell promptly to the deck, the edges of its many sheets to be stirred gently by the morning breeze. Chesebro turned to an in side page of the section, scanning its contents rapidly, while Rumble with gaze set like that of a small boy summoned to answer for his misdeeds, watched Chesebro. Chesebro of a sudden started; his whole fat figure tensed. A moment later he recovered, angrily folded the section, tore it once through the middle and threw it overboard. I followed its downward flutterings, saw it hit the water, and then my eyes traveled farther to a rowboat manned by a native in white cotton pants and straw sombrero. In the boat looking eagerly at us was Reed Barton. •'Well?'* said Rumble, licking his dry lips. “What do you think of it?” Chesebro was swelling with pol sonous fury. His dark eyes had hardened to pinpoints of baleful light. He clenched his fists and Rum ble moved warily a step backward. "You admit you’re responsible f<r that picture in the paper?” “Sure, Chesebro; it’s a swell piece of publicity for Elsa.” Chesebro’s arm flashed out, and Rumble ducked at the same time. The tall crown of the sombrero was caught by the flailing fist and the hat flew off, rolling along the deck until it came to rest at the rail “Of all the dirty, cowardly leeches—” “Don’t you call me that!” Rumble assumed a fighting pose. “There’s heart appeal in that picture—” Huntoon Rogers’ tall figure jammed between the two belliger ents; with a broad hand on the chest of each he shoved them vigorously apart. “Don’t forget yourselves!” he said sharply. Chesebro dropped his hands and turned away, walking forward along the deck. Rumble glared after the fat, retreating back, looked up at Rogers who still stood as a barrier between him and his enemy, then j strolled over to the rail, picked up his sombrero and set it back upon his oiled, curly head. The danger of fisticuffs past, 1 gave my attention to the approach ing rowboat which was now quite close. The torn halves of the roto gravure section floated on the water within reach of the passenger, who, having observed that something un usual was astir relating to them, reached over the side and gathered the pieces in, and brought them up the ladder with him. Rogers and I were there to greet him, and Dwight, too, whose curios ity at what had happened still was unsatisfied. The others had disap peared. “I don’t know what it’s all about, Barry,” Reed said, giving the wet pieces to me. “The Chief certainly swung from the ankles on that Rum ble person. Where’s Elsa?” he in quired eagerly. “She’s on board, isn't she?” “Oh, yes.” Rogers took the pieces of paper from me, carried them to a hatch cover and spread them methodically out for inspection. The section was a part of a Los Angeles Sunday newspaper that must have come down by train only the night before. Dwight was an interested specta tor, and I crowded upon Rogers’ oth er elbow. Reed Barton was of two minds, one to seek Elsa, the other to discover what was so interesting in the picture section. (TO BE CONTINUED) Mastitis Can Be Cured By New Treatment No. 1 Dairy Disease Should Be Eradicated Mastitis, or inflammation of the ud der of milking cows, can now be con trolled and in most cases cured, says O. W. Schlam in “Bovine Mastitis," a late pamphlet published by the University of California. Two types of mastitis are recognized, says Mr. Schlam, who is an assistant profes sor of veterinarian science. The two are the acute, which is comparative ly rare, and the chronic, which Is so common among dairy herds of the world that it is considered the most serious bovine disease, result ing in lowered milk production. It Is often a hidden disease, and may exist for a long time without being noticed. Symptoms are swelling of the udder, and visible particles In the first streams of milk, and eventu ally reduced flow. The disease is caused by infection of the udder with a bacteria called streptococcus agalactiae. It does not affect any organ but the milk glands. The germs enter through the teat, and are transmitted from infected cows to healthy animals by the hands of a milker or the cups of a machine. To some extent, the dis ease is spread by calves that suck at several cows, and by muddy and unsanitary corrals and flies. It is estimated that about 85 per cent of all cows that have been once infect-1 ed harbor the disease, and that it may become virulent at any time and cause garget (clotted milk). The severity of the disease, says Mr. Schlam, depends upon such ag gravating factors as incomplete milking, improper drying off, exces sive vacuum in milking machines, and exposure to rain and cold. Diagnosing mastitis is difficult for the amateur, unless symptoms are so severe as to be obvious, so Mr. Schlam advises having regular and frequent tests made of all the cows in a herd. Microscopic examination towsc*.v HWOTttMwt ; - <); { MMS I mm* uNO&f ysftswau Chronic mastitis is spread among a herd by the milker’s hands or the cups of the milking machine and to a lesser extent by flies. of milk samples is the easiest and cheapest way. Cows should then be grouped, he says. Into (1) free of infection, (2) suspected, (3) positive ly infected. Group 1 cows should be milked first, group 2 next, and group 3 last. Up to a few years ago, mastitis was considered incurable, but sulfan ilimide has been found effective in treatment, and three other drugs, | neutral acriflavine, colloidal silver oxide, and tyrothricin have proved completely successful in ordinary cases. These drugs are injected into the infected parts. All but the most severe cases respond. After infection has been removed, the udder will show a tendency to rebuild itself, and milk production may become normal. Treatment during dry periods is preferable in general. Farm Notes For safe storage of grain, the moisture content should not be more than 14 per cent, say experts. • • • Every farmer who possibly can la urged to cut a few cords of pulp wood or a few logs of lumber this fall during his spare time. War industries are calling for tremendous amounts of wood products, says R. W. Graeber, extension forester at N. Carolina State college. • • • Aralac, a new synthetic fiber, has some of the properties of wooL Another new clothing material is made from a combination of fibers from redwood tree bark and wool, and a soybean fiber now being used in making hats. A new cotton cloth, not yet on the market, is said to be as durable as woolen fabric. * . • Grasses and legumes make good silage when ensiled under suitable conditions and when preservatives are added in adequate amounts. • • • Every victory garden should have at least a few flowers. The lift they give to the spirit justifies them. • • • At least 20 million pounds of hon ey have been added to this year’s honey crop recently because the weather was sunny while sweet cle ver was in bloom in northern states. HINTL Some chopped olives and sweet i °f sour pickles added to cole slaw gives an interesting new flavor. • * • To sprinkle clothes for ironing, use a clean whisk broom or a bot tle with a perforated top. • * • Ground fresh meat cannot be stored successfully for any length of time after it is brought from the market. Wrap it in waxed paper and store in the freezing compartment of the refrigerator if necessary, but even so, use it as quickly as possible. • • • To avoid losing a handkerchief placed under a bed pillow, try sewing a pocket on one side of the pillow case. • • • Spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, rice, are high in carbohydrates and should be counted with the ce reals and breads, not as vegeta bles, when planning and balancing your menus. * * • When washing fails to remove stains on your oven try using am monia. Saturate a cloth pad, place it over the stain, and let it stand. After about two hours, you can wipe away most or all of the stain. Wash the oven thoroughly with soap suds after using ammonia. • • * When removing spent plants from the garden, as you clean up your garden for winter, put dis carded plants, leaves, grass Tak ings and clippings, and other sim ilar vegetation in a wire enclo sure to make your compost pile. You can also add carrot tops, out er cabbage leaves, potato peelings and other vegetable trimmings from the kitchen garbage. • • * When your shoes are wet, crum ple newspaper and pack in the shoes. This will absorb the mois ture and also help keep the shoes in shape. Do not place too near the fire. ^ w w Tack a burlap bag on the wall in the tool shed, and nearby have an open top pail nearly full of used crank case oil. All tools used outside and likely to rust are quickly cleaned on the burlap aft er use, and then dipped in the oil. Hoes, shovels, rakes and the smaller tools so treated never rust and are always ready for efficient service. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT FEATHERS WANTED OLD or NEW—WANTED. 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