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THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY. JUNE 23, 1916.
Health Hints -.'- Fashions -:- Woman's Work -:- Household Topics
Why Not Eat, Insects?
By WOODS HUTCHINSON, M. D.
There is certainly one excellent
reason why we should eat insects
and that is self-defense. It is sim
ply a question of "Do it tlrst," for if
we don't eat or otherwise exterminate
them, they will do their best to eat
us; From the equator to the Arctic I grubs or larvae of the cicada or sev-
circle the battle is on between bugs I enteen-year locust, sent them with his
omy and consuming our own smoke,
in being able to use thera-for food
afterward. . But we don't, and why
don't we? . '
Dr. Howard, the distinguished head
of the United States bureau of Ento
mology at Washington,, has recently
raised the question in practical form.
He. dug up arid collected a pint or
so ot tat, juicy wnite worms, tne
and bipeds, men and mosquitoes, . hu
mans and insects, and there is said
to be grave doubt of the final issue
in the massive minds of morpholo
gists, which thiijk in terms of con
tinents and eons' whether this, pres
ent geologic period will in future be
: known as the Age of Man or the
Age of Insects., ,
However,, we are holding our own
so far and perhaps a little better, for
they don't seem to be any umore
insects than formerly, and there cer
tainly are more humans--or were un
til the present war broke out. But
what with hookworms within and cut-
' worms without, and grasshoppers and
army worms, and boll weevil on the
cotton and browntails on the shade
trees, and worms in the apples and
. weevils in -the wheat, and mosquitoes
with their malaria and yellow fever,
and the tsetse fly with his sleeping
sickness, and the flea with his black
death, and the louse with his typhoid,
to say nothing of bees in our bonnets-
and the coleootera that drive
us bughouse, "life is simply dodging
on A A bug after another.". -
So that if we have to kill them any-
way there? would be a sense of satis
faction and neatness, not to say econ-
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bureau of home economics, who has
steady nerves and none of the tem
perament which marks the born chef
and has become accustomed to hav
ing experiments sprung on im. This
shock-oroof expert waved his magic
culinary wafld over the grubs and
transfored them into a rich and appe
tizing bisque, or puree, which was
returned to Dr. Howard, who, sum
moning up his biologic courage, drank
a cupful of the soup, pronounced it
excellent, tried it on one of his most
docile assistants, and Dotn survived.
There is. of course, no reason what
ever why we should not eat insects
if rhey are wholesome, nutritious and
aVattable in sufficient amounts at a
reasonable price. The only obstacle
in the way is our inherited traditions
and antipathies.
Dr. Howard has performed a real
service in starting to test out the
Question again upon a purely rational
and scientific basis, and it is certainly
well worth while giving a fair and
impartial trial by economists, di
eticians and cooks to every form of
insect life which is claimed to be
nutritious and can be secured at low
price in sufficient amounts.
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A primitive Boat BuiU of Hollow Reeds "and JUsed by the Natives of Persia (
By GARRETT P. SERVISS.
The invention of boats was the be
ginning of man's conquest of the
world, than which there is no stronger
proof than sea-power means world
power. If. that invention had not
been made we should not today know
the true form of the earth, although
by going overland from the -western
shores of Europe to the most east
ern shores of Asia rather more than
one-half of the angular distance round
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the ulrthe could be traversed. Amer
ica would have remained undiscovered
by white men. Hacn continent wouia
have developed independently of the
others.- Civilization would forever
have remained a patchwork. Every
island would have been a little world
by itself. The genius pf combined
humanity would never have, arisen. .
The ocean is the mother ot com
merce. Lvcn a lake promotes trade,
and rivers are its arteries. Sothe
first savage who launched a boat was
one of the world's supreme benefac
tors. His invention was worth the
sum of all. that have followed. It is
no wonder that antiquity has pre
served in so many forms the ilegend
of an ark saving the race of man.
The ark is symbolical , of human
unity. .' .
In studying the history of boats
we study the victory of the mind
over nature. Think of the thrill that
ran through the first boatman, though
the boat was only a hollow log! The
boy of today experiences it when he
embarks on his raft and exultantly
sees the sandy bottom of the river
or the pond gliding beneath him. He
has gone back to the primal human
miracle. -
It it ah ancestral, inherited tri
umph, ever renewing itself -for each
individual. Nobody can forget the
first boat ride. . Nothing tingles the
nerves like that. Women are some
times rendered hysterical by it.
If you take up a volume of the
stories of the early navigators of theJ
south seas an,d the racific you.
will find nothing more interesting or
characteristic than what they tell of
the boats of the islanders. Ingenius,
beautiful, iven wonderful many of
them were. A.nd you will notice this
significant fact: The inhabitants of
the ' islands that had the best boats
were not only the masters of their
neighbors, but the possession ot- the
boats and the mental discipline and
manual skill which their invention,
construction and management de
manded had developed a superiority
in their owners. ,
I am not sure but when the final
history of mankind is written it will
anpear that the noblest ot all our
achievements, outside the spiritual,
has been the boat, the ship. What
better emblem could we leave on this
planet in commemoration of our prac
tical science? The. finest monument
of the red man is ' the birch-bark
canoe; that of the white man might
be the, steamboat. . ' .
The steamboat is often said to nave
destroyed the romance of the sea by
drivntg off the white-winged ships.
But the steamboat was inevitable, and
if it has banished romance in one
Her Child
form it has summoned it back in an
other . ii-I-- . -Trere
is one felorv of the old two-
decker frigate, with-its mighty spars
and yards, its vast snowy sans, ana
t. tth-1ik row of cannon, and an
other (tlory of the terrible dread
nought, with its volcanic smoke, lis
lurarinB?. foam-crownea oow-wave,.us
huge turret of steel, and its long
thrnntfH suns, whose meteoric pro
jectiles are swittcr than tne tnuncer
of battle. ; . ' - '
So, toe,-a new element of romance
has come into being with the great,
clean, steady, smooth-running passen
ger liners, which are floating cities,
communities, hotels, restaurant,
salons, libraries, that speed over the
deep, outstripping the- wind 'and be
littling the waves. Writers of fic
tion have found them hot less prolific
than their slow-sailing, deep-pitching
predecessors. ' .
The engine rooms and furnace
rooms of a steamship effect the imagi
nation like Miltonic images. Kipling,
Conrad and perhaps a few others have
put something of their spirit into lit
erature, but upon the whole they re
main as yet unexpressed. Thomas
De Quincey could have conceived a
tremendous "dream fugue" from
them. ' '
The gondola of Venice, the canoe
of aboriginal America, the pirogue
of the soutliseaseem more poetical
than the modern motorboat, but es
sentially they are not. We do not
appreciate the poe'try of pistons, driv
ing rods, explosion chambers, spark
gaps, speed gears, propellers and tur
bines because we still hold purely
mechanical views concerning them.
But the romance will come when we
cease to think of the machinery.
MaV&
Dot You Know That
- Dirty hands spread much dis
ease? -
A high-bred dog has a right to
have his birth registered so has
a baby? -
The United States public health
service guards American ports to
exclude foreign disease?
. Health is a credit with the bank
of nature? , . i
A clean garbage can is a good
example to the family?
Filth bteeds ; flies-flies - carry
fever? ' .
. Slouchy postures menace health?
Health brings happiness sick
ness sorrow? r
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Household Suggestions
For waterproofing boots and shoes
equal quantities of white wax, olive
on and . rectified taro, meitea down,
make an excellent mixture, but a lit
tle oil of turpentine should also be
added.
Before starting to elean windows care
fully brush all dust off the frames. Also
add-a few drops of kerosene to the
water used for cleaning-. It gives the
glass a much brighter and more crystal
like appearance,
To whiten handkerchiefs which have
become a bad. color, soak them for a
night In a solution of pipeclay and
warm water. Wash and boil them next
day In the usual way, and they will be
beautifully white.
; BY WILLIAM F. KIRK.
THEY spokf of valor an8 of skill, .
Of heroes charging up a hill;
Of one who led these heroes well
Through smoke and lead and flying shell.
They told of how the leader fell. , '
"I see him now," the mother smiled: -
"He was my -child!" . '
- They spoke of patience, and they told ' ,
How, when the night was growing old, '
He ' passed along the silent line
Of warriors waiting for the sign;
They called him brave. The mother' smiled "
"He was my child I" ' ' f
They told of how the charge was won
O'er silent forms, past roaring gun, -
And. how a tall boy led them well
And led them, smiling, when he fell.
They heard htr say with holy joy:
"He was my child 1"
Cheese Souffle
if CONSTANCE CLARKB,
This cheese souffle is delicious and
the recipe is easily prepared. . Take
half a cup of fine flour, half a cup- of
butter, three raw yolks of ' eggs, a
pinch of pepper, a saltspoonful of salt,
and mix these with one pint of cold
milk, stir oVer the fire till it boils,
then add two more tablespoonfuls of
cold milk, six ounces of grated par
mesan cheese and five whites of eggs,
whipped stiff, with a pinch of salt.
Butter a souffle dish and fix around
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Jaicm pressed from choicest
Concord grapes food , and drink
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no sugar added; good for old
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Grocers and druggists sett it
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edge ofHhc dish; pour in the -above
souffle mixture, sprinkle the top with
a few browned bread crumbs, put a
few little pieces of butter here and (
there on the top to keep it moist, and
bake in a moderate oven for three
quarters of an hour. When cooked.
remove the paper and serve at once; a
little grated cheees may be i
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Trlis is a good
second
course or savoury at dinner; it can
also be cooked in little fancy cases. .
Tomorrow Stuffed Tomatoes.
on the top, if liked.
dish tor luncheon, or for a
Advice to Lovelorn
By Beatrice Fairfax
' Explain Soarmtf.
Dear -Mlra Fairfax: Kindly advise in it
I did rlffht In rofualriK an Invitation to
my sjirl friend's houa when the rent of the
family waa away. 1 knowing that we would
be alone. - , -
When ihe asked ma I thought the best
way to avoid talk, which la so often unjust,
was to decline., D. U. C.
Explain your attitude carefully to
this young girl She probably is a '
njee minded girl who does not real
ize the tendency of the world to gos-
sip and the amount of weight a man
who really cares for a girt haa some- ;
timet to give to H in order to protect
her name. As a matter of fact I think .
there was no real necessity for you to !'
act as you did, since it is too bad to ;
put one's self in the ranks of the evil ,
minded. After all, if the girl was go- -ing
to be alone she may have want
ed companionship because she was ,
lonely or timid, and she may have -turned
to you as her best and most
trusted friend. y v
. ! Do Wot Believe tn Lot.
" Dear Miss Fairfax: Would you advtse me
to- marry a younv man who Is lntellient
and wealthy, but short and homely T Love
la not beta considered in this Question, for
t do hot believe in love.
If you will answer this question- for me
! wlll greatly appreciate it. ROME UfaUD.
.Bo yon do not "belleva In loveT'V Well,
my, dear girl, the matter cannot be settle '
offhand, like that . Love and emotion al
ways have been and always will be. fac
tors In ltfe. The- fact that a man Is short
and- not food looking need not make a girt
(eel that he Is undesirable as husband
provided she loves him. ' But -- 1 advise
stronsriy aamtnet her going Into this thing
so cold-bloodedly. -'