THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1916.
Vood Things for the Table Offerings of the MarketHousehold Hints
Home Economics department
I Household Efficiency
l The wordj "efficiency" and "scien
tific management" have become al
most catchwords through the num
ber of times we have been them in
yrint. We accept them without com
jnent when applied to the business
world, but Household Efficiency in
the strict sense of the word is not
Jjuiie so familiar. Efficiency may be !
asimply defined as the quickest and I
easiest method of accomplishing
Jvork. We are all seeking for that
adeal, but the business world sought
liarder because there the difference
between efficient and inefficient meth
od may be reckoned in dollars and
rents. , In the household we put up
with inefficiency because the differ
ence there is more intangible. It can
only be reckoned in terms of leisure,
Contentment, better health for the
one who does the work and general
liappiness for the whole household,
father precious things, aren't they?
Still, who can measure them accu
rately? In the busines"fworld efficiency
.means fairly definite working prin-
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the New Year
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by eating.
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we
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WHILE THEY LAST-
CAR OF ORANGES NOW JN
Beet Oreagae, etaa 2AS, daaea ...... 13c
. (Other alaea la proportion.)
On'oaa. No. t YeUaw, par la ....
Oftlene, No. S Red, snulL peck . .4Se
E.H.orn Milk 84 and 10c
Stda, 10c pkg. .......... J. ,0c
Sell. 10c S-lb. each , . . J . .Sc
PeH White Soap. 7 bare. .... ... rC..2Sa
White Borax NapUU, 7 here. ...... .ZSc
Riea. beet Jap. 10c grate, S lb. 35c
Sugar, beet beet.' 10 lee 70c
(Thie la mere than 14 Ike. far $1.00.)
Shredded Wheat. 16c pkg. He
Netiaaal Cara Flatee, c a lar lae
Pike'e Peak Macaroni, Spaghetti ar
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Read Want ads for Profit
Co-Operation.
Readers are cordially invited to
ask Miss Gross any questions
about household economy upon
which she may possibly give help
ful advice; they are also invited to
give suggestions from their expe
rience that may bo .helpful to
others meeting the same problems.
ciples, the essential ones of which
will be discussed later. It remained
for a woman to -carry over these
business principles and apply them to
the household. Mrs. Christine Fred
erick, if not the first to apply these
principles, was certainly the first
woman to popularize them in printed
form. Her book, "The New House
keeping," sets forth the ideas of
Household Efficiency in nontechnical,
interesting fashion. Mrs. Frederick
livfd.her doctrines before she made
it known to the public; hence the
special value of her statements.
Of the twelve principles of effi
ciency, 1 think the following may be
considered the essential ones: "Ide
als," "Standard Motions," and "Stand
ard Practice," "Standardized Condi
tions," and "Dispatching and Sclied-
J.uling." The first is self-explanatory;
. i - . :-)--! ,-,.,a.j
which she is consciously working. We
get lost in a mass of detail, we let
little thrrrgs assume unduly large im
portance unless we can relate every
thing to one big purpose. I suppose
the big purpose of any household is
the making of happy, worth-while
people; I am sure it never is just
keeping house." "Standard Motions"
CMDIT AMD WORRY ASH AND JOY "j
five you low prices on everything. '
Chuaa Sahaea, tall can.,......
Pink Salmon, tall can.
Red Alaaka Salnaaa, tall tea. . ,
Heavier, large tan, e 3 tor.
Cara ar Tomatoea, aiaa I can.
Prunaa, 80-70 aba, Ik.
Armour's Tomato Soup, caa. . .
3 cans (or.,.,
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Cotjea. Economy, We grade, Ik.. 1 8c
Coffee, Independent, SBc grade, lb. I8
a.i. f
Tea. ataykloeeera,
Japan, ',-lb. pkg.
Kellog'a Driaket, aa
It UD colored
20c
siaa ae aoa
20c
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Peetunm. 2Se
Poetuna, 80c caa. . .
Cacoa. T la. aSe caa
Cecea, W. H. Baker'., Sc can. ..20c
Use Them for Results Bee Want Ads Never Fall.
and "Standard Practice" mean the
working out of the easiest and quick
est method of accomplishing any one
piece of work. Take common, ordi
nary dusting, for instance. To dust
properly, one must gather up the
dust. The shape of the cloth is of
some importance, also. An oblong
one is easier to handle than a square.
Then for the motions. There are
women who work a dust cloth back
and forth as though they were pol
ishing. Once going over any surface
should take up all ordinary dust. If
you will analyze your motion in dust
ing an ordinary dining room chair, I
am sure you will find that you waste
some motions. The objection to mo
tion study is that it takes Up so much
time to work out an efficient way of
accomplishing any task. It does take
time during the process, but in the
end there is a real saving of time and
energy.
"Standardized Conditions," includes
right surroundings, right grouping
of apparatus, and right tools. Since
the kitchen is the chief workshop of
the house, a study of the kitchen is
necessary to secure standarized con
ditions. This topic will be, considered
in a later article. The last principles,
"Dispatching and Scheduling," mean
a' timing of the ordinary household
tasks, and then planning the day's
work in accordance with the time
allotted to each task... There again
is an expenditure of time and
thought in working out such a plan.
AIo a household.-which deals with
children in most cases, can never
be run on an exact business schedule.
Granting a, household may not oper
ate exactly on schedule, still there
is a decided advantage for a house
wife to know ahead of time in what
order she will go through the day's
work, and also to have some idea
as to the length of time required for
each task. '
I have a very clear picture in my
mind of the disdainful expression on
the faces of some of my readers as
they read these statements. The
thought running through your minds is !
Housekeeping was done successfully
long before any such foolish not ion 3
were introduced." And so it was I
grant you; but just as long as there
are women in the world, who com
plain that housework Is drudgery, just
that long (and longer) will there be
room for improvement in housekeeping-
methods. There is nothing
more .difficult in the world than to
change established habits and cus
toms, Wc hage done housekeeping
so long in a haphazard fashion that
it is almost sacrilege to suggest sys
tematic methods. There is no pain
like the pain of a new idea."
There is just one danger, however,
in adopting any system for the run
ning of l household. No woman is
truly efficient who is not bigger than
her system, and ready to throw it
overboard , if necessary. The house
wife who is a slave to her system is
not one whit better off than the old
fashioned fussy housekeeper who was
a slave to ber own exaggerated ideas
of household cleanliness. A system
properly, handled should give more
time and energy to the things of life
which ar,e worth while in themselves
and not as means to an end more
time for club or church or social
Work, or more time just for compan
ionship with the family, - The New
V'ear ts the time for new thoughts
Household efficiency is a real friend
to the woman who masters it.
I.EMOV l-REHKHYK.
1 lifts. lemons
4 pounds sugar
1 rup water .
4 oup chopped rialr.
14 oup almonds
Peel and cut the lemons' in slices
Start the New Year Right by Trading at the
WASHINGTON MARKET -All
Kind of, Fresh Dressed Poultry at Our Usual
. Low Prices. '
, MEATS
ISIS Lamb Hlndouarters, lb. ,, . ,IS,
IStS Lamb Porequsrters. lk,.....12Ho
Small Pig Pork Loins, any quantity, per
lb-., ' i Ui
Freeh Spare Kibe, lb ,ll',e
Fresk Skinned Pork shoulders, lb., 1334a
Freeh Hide Pork, lb lV,o
Choice Steer Rib Roast, lb ...itSe
l.hoiee Steer Shoulder Roast, U...l2,e
Choice Steer BollingBeet, l S,o
Choice Steer Round Steak, lk,.,,,..18
Choice Hleer Sirloin Steak, lb ITVte
Choice Steer Shoulder Steak, lh,..12V,o
Young Veal Roait, lb ISa
Young Veal Breast, lb. .......... Il',e
Frash Solid Paektd OysUrs, per Quart. ........ ft. .... ,45c
Morrell's or .Swift's Pramium Braakfait Baaos, par lb. . . , . , . .27
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THE WASHINGTON MARKET
The eaaal eaaitary and iar-e-eate grocery and ateet awrket la the middle wear.
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MEAT DEPARTMENT
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tha Man yaa like to eat.
Veal Staw. Ik lac
Veal Steak, lb 21 e
Veal Reaat. Ik 18c
Veal Rib Bail, ft 10a, He
Bacon Strtaa. bv atria, lb lac
Bacon Baeka. by atrip, Ik
(Baaan Sa la. Kara If aUaaa.)
Na. 1 Storage Egga, doaaa. ......
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Cri.ce. '
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ARMOUR'S BUTTER1NE
A good aakatlrut far the beet knttar
Tip, white, beet grade, Ik BSC
Tip, Hated, beet grade, Ik.. . . . .14e
Cash Haktt, high grade, lk......lc
Magnolia, rood, 2-lk. rail ...... .2
up food sisaa orders. .
Phono Book for Star Naarast Yarn.
and soak for a day in cold water.
Boil the sugar and water for twen
ty minutes, stirring constantly to
keep from burning. Add the lemons,
chopped almonds and raisins and let
thicken slowly. This is a very good
sandwich filling. v
WINTKB MASMAL.4DE " ""
1 pound dried epiicotaBcant quart sugar
i quart apple sauce .,. or 1 oraaga
Wash apricots thoroughly, .cover
with hot water and soak overnight.
Make a quart of smooth apple sauce.
Rub the softened apricots through
a sieve to remove fibres, and stir the
pulp, the sauce, sugar and orange
juice thoroughly together. Cook
very slowly, with asbestos mat under
the kettle to prevent scorching. About
forty-rive minutes will be required.
Put in jelly glasses, and when cold,
cover with paraffin.
' YORKHIRK PABKIX. -
t pound medium oatmeal
S ounces dripping te around ginger
molaasse '.a, teaapeonlul aalt
A lb. browe sugar'
Mix the salt with the oatmeal, and
rub in the fat. Add the sugar and
ground ginger. Mix to a stiff dough
with molasses. Roll out half an inch
thick, cut into squares, and bake on
a greased tin for twenty minutes.
The oven should be hot. ,
s Miscellaneous Recipes.
Baked Chops and Potatoes.
Get shoulder chops for this if they
are cheaper, but loin chops are better.
Mutton, veal, lamb or pork may be
used. Butter the baking pan, and in it
arrange id layers potatoes sufficient
for the family, allowing two medium
sized ones to a person. Peel and slice
thin, and sprinkle between each layer
salt and pepper. Turn in enough cold
water to prevent burning and put in
a hot oven until the top layer is
browned, then place on top of the
potatoes the chops, salting and pep
pering them and If the potatoes seem
dry add a little more boiling water.
Bake until the chops are brown' on
one side, then turn them and brown
the other. The chops must be served
in the dish in which they are baked.
. ' ' Prune Podding.
Soak the prunes over night, simmer
until well swelled the next day, but
do not sweeten. Trim the crusts from
stale bread, reserving them to
be pulverized after drying for bread
crumbing, cut in slices, butter. Put in
buttered pudding dish a layer of the
bread, then a. layer of the seeded
prunes and sprinkle with sugar and a
little grated lemon peel. Repeat until
dish is filled, finishing with the but
tered bread. Turn in a little 6f the
prune juice, cover and bake for an
hour, then remove cover and bake
until bread is brown. Serve with hard
sauce or with cream and sugar.
Evaporated Apricot Preserves.
.' Either peaches., or apricots can be
cooked to a delicious preserve after
soaking over night, then adding an
equal amount of sugar and cooking
until thick. Serve with, cream. ,
Breaded Chicken. ,
'. Get a tender chicken and have it cut
up as for fricassee. Wash and wipe
dry,' sprinkle with pepper and salt,
dip each piece first in beaten egg, then
in bread crumbs, and repeat until each
piece is well covered. Arrange them
iu ,a buttered pan, turn in a half cup
of boiling water, put a piece bf butter
on top of each piece of chicken, put
a cover over the pan and bake for
twenty minutes covered, then for
twenty minutes uncovered, or until
nicely browned. Put in hot dish, and
turn into the pan gravy a cup of rich
milk and half a cup of bread crumbs.
Stir until smooth, then turn over the
chicken. . v -
.. . Pepperpot
Cut up. a pound and a half of lean
nutton in inch pieces. Fry a chopped
anion in a tablespoon of drippings
until it begins to color, then put m
the mutton, season rather hot with
pepper, add salt and sprinkle with
flour, Stir until browned a little on
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Beat Orannlated Sugar. 14 lha. for. $1.0(1
Waehhtirn-Orosbr's uoid Medal Flour,
per eack, at. , S2.K0
No. 1 High Patent Flour, Back . . . ,3.1
All Brande Creamery Butter, lb....3A
Freeh Country Butter, lb ,....3f
Kxtra Large Potatoee, peek. ,45c
Early June Peaa, per ea Oe
SPECIAL Mecha ft Java Caffae, regu
lar 30 seller, per lb ,.30e
Genuine German Dill Pieklea, doten. tic
Bweet or Soor Piekles, Cbow Chow or
Horae RadtBh, bettlp...- ,....Sc
Tomato Cateup, regular 12 ;te seller,
par bottle .....r 10c
CHOICE CUTS OS, BUFFALO Cora, aerly
.far New Year'e dinner.
TURKEYS! TURKEYS!!
15,000 LBS. GEESE
Jf-llSprlnf Cnhskaaa, lb......lT'4
Fancy Dneke. lb 18Ve
Pig Pork Lolne. Ik ..Il.latie
Yonnn Veal Roait, lb HV4c
Younn Veal Chan. Ik . iil?.
Steer Sirloin Steak, lb. I"!
.lv,e
nirloln steak, lb. I'vc
Porterhouse Steak, lb 17ic'
Round Steak. Ik lr'l.c
oiaer
Steer
rig Pork Roast. Ik 1SV4
Pig Pork Butta, lb lgti.
MaS Order, Fuled at A have Prleea.
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MILK-FED SPRING CHICKENS
tS.MO lha. Oeeae, lb.,
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Pig Pork Loins, lb...
Steer Pot Roast, lb........
Pig Pork Roast, lb
Pig Park Butte. Ik
Yonng Veal Rout, lb......
Young Veal Chop., Ik
Steer Shoulder Steak, lb.,,,
Sirlota Steak, lk.
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Porterhouse flteok, Ik. .
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Mail Orders Filled at Tkeea Prleea.
PUBLIC MARKET
Vegetables and' Fruits
Plentiful on Market
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There's another big dinner coming
next Monday, when we celebrate the
advent of a new year, the turning
over of a new leaf.
In spite of the vigorous onslaught
upon the vegetable and fruit mar
kets of Omaha by the hungry hosts
last week, reinforcements have been
received and the vegetable trenches
are well manned.
You- can get strawberries' 20 per
cent cheaper thin you could a week
ago. They're down to 60 cents a
box. English hothouse grapes are on
hand. ... , ' s
Oranges are plentiful at 20 to 50
cents a doaen and they are ot splen
did quality. Grapefruit is finer than
ever, if that were possible.
Cranberries, that most necessary
concomitant of the roast bird for the
Maiv Vor'e rttnnpr. still abound at
the good old price of a dime a quart,
both' sides, -then turn in a' cup of
water and simmer for an hour from
the time it comes to a boil; Add a
cup of peeled white potatoes sliced
and cook until these 1 begin to
soften, add either a tablespoon of
minced parsely- or green peppers and
cook five minutes longer. I
Celery and Nut Salad.
To a cup of celery cut is half-inch
pieces, add a cup of English walnut
meats blanched. Put on lettuce leaves
or shredded cabbage and turn over a
dressing as for Waldorf salad.
Ported Beef.
. Put the remains of any kind of cold
meat; rejecting skin, bone and sinews,
in a saucepan with two or three thin
slices of bacon, and a little water ant
cook slowly until very tender, season
with salt and pepper, a little summer
savory and horseradish or Worcester
shire sauce. The water should cook
away, leaving the meat a tender mass,
which cut and shred fine, adding the
juice and rind of a lemon. Pack in
custard cups, turning melted butter
over the top when cold. This will keep
a week or ten days in a cold place and
makes a savory sandwich spread.
' Chocolate Pie.
Have the pie crust ready baked.
Fpr the filling mix half a cup of
cocoa, half a cup of sugar, a pinch
of salt and a pint of milk in the
double boiler and bring to the scald,
when stir in two tablespoons of corn
starch -wet with a little cold milk
and cook until it begins tohieken.
Have three egg yolks beaten smooth,
remove the chocolate mixture from
the fire and stir in the yolks, return
to fire for a minute- to took egg,
then turn into the prepared crust.
Make a meringue with the egg whites,
beating them stiff, then adding two
tablespoons of sugar, pile on the pie
and put in a quick oven for a minute
or twoMo. slightly brown the me
ringue. . .
Deviled Crabs.
Canned crab meat of a reliable
brand should be used for '-these.
Sometimes the shells can be obtained
with the meat, or ramekins or scal
lop shells can be used.; Melt a quar
ter of a cup of butter and stir into
it an equal amount of flour, a tea
spoon of dry mustard and salt and
pepper to taste, stir until well blend
ed, then add three-fourths of a cup
of rich milk and cook for five minutes.
Pick over a cup 6i crab meat to re
move any bits of shell, mix with it
two beaten egg yolks and add to
the sauce, stirring well. If liked adrhj
a teaspoon of chopped onion. Put jit
shells, sprinkle with buttered cracker
crumbs and bake brown...
' Scrapple, . ,
' Xny bits of good sweet fresh pork,
fat or lean, cait-be, used for scrapple.
To two pounds of such pieces allow
four quarts of water aud cook until
very tender, take out, chop fine, strain
the liquor and return the meat to it.
Season with salt, pepper and sage or
summer savory, bring to the boil and
stir in a heaping cupful of cornmeal
which has been wet with cold water to
prevent its lumping. Stir well, cook
tor twenty minutes, being careful it
does not burn, then thicken until
hardly stirable with flour. Turn into
a well greased square pan and let
stand until very firm. -When wanted
for use slice about half an inch thick,
dip in cornmeal and fry brown. Scrap
ple will keep a week in cold weather.
. Banana Tapioca.
Slice the bananas and sprinkle with
the juice of a lemon. Cook tapioca
in a double boiler, allowing a . cup
to three of water until it looks trans
parent. , The quick cooking kind
needs no overnight soaking. Add to
it a pinch of salt, the grated rind ot
the lemon and half a cup of sugar.
Stir the bananas into the tapioca,
about three will be the right amount,
turn into a buttered pudding dish,
put bits of butter on top and bake
in a hot oven until the top is browned.
Serve cold or hot with sugar and
sream. Woman's World.
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On aale kera
line cut at kullele
TURKEYSMU . '. :. .24,c
.172c
Mutton Chonn. In
Choice Foreoaartera Lamb, lb llc
Kxtra Lean Breekfast Bacon, Ik. . .SO'.c
Sugar Cured Bacon, lk ..18c
V'xtra Lean Rrguiar Hani, H....17c
Suffer Cured Hum, lb 13a.c
Freeh Rabbita. each lie
Fresh Or stars, quart '. . . , ., ,484
SPECIALS
Front 8 te 8 p. ai. Cinnitis Sausage.
per ib at ac
From te 10 p. ss. Laath Chape, IkL 13c
uainariaa to All Porta el Use City.
US South lath Street
Phana Doug, 2307
buffalo i
t. It 1 now rm&f
lor firm
24,c
dtoMr,
TURKEYS!!!..
Steer Roand 8 teak, lb 17 Vie
Mutton Roast, lb 8Vic
Mutton Chops, lb ,...14V,c
Extra Lean Breakfast Bacon, 18...20e
Sngar Cared Bacon, Ik ,..18e
Katra Lean Regular Rama, Ib....l7c
Sugar Cured bams, lb ..UV,c
Fresh Rabbits, each 10c
SPECIALS
Front 8 re p. ss Laaak Ckaaa, Ik, Be
From 8 ta 10 p. sa, Lamb Cbopa, 13c
Proeopt Deliveries.
Phong Deuzla 271
Ida HARNEY STr
Celery in'all grades and sizes, some
of it raised right here in our own
hothouses and some coming from
Colorado, is plentiful. Cucumbers,
without which some people think no
holiday dinner complete, are fine and
solid.
Dates and figs of many kinds and
nuts, also, are required for the holidays
and you will be pleased with the great
variety and reasonable prices of these.
Fancy apples maintain about the
same strong prices that they have
held all fall. And potatoes show no
sign of weakening in their prices.
Tomatoes for the salad are on hand
and very good ones, even though they
have made the long trip from sunny
California. i
Fresh pineapples, tangerine or
anges, pears of several kinds and
several kinds of California grapes add
to the holiday array ot truits on tne
"local markets,
WOMEN MOBILIZED
HOW IN ENGLAND
,;
Omaha Woman Gets Most In
teresting Letter from Sela
, tive on British Isle.
MILLION MEN TO FRANCE
War conditions in England are
graphically pictured in a letter Mrs.
D. R. Mills, 128 South Thirty-eighth
street, has received from her sister,
Mrs. Albert W. Swalm, wife of the
American consul at Southampton.J
The .Swalms formerly lived in, Des
Moines, where Colonel Swalm owned
the Register and Leader. Mrs. Swalm
is a writer and well-known suffrage
lecturer. No hope for peace seemed
apparent there when the letter was
written, December 9.
The military authorities recently
took over the Anchorage,' the beauti
ful home of the Swalms, for billeting
soldiers. Over 275 men and officers
are now being housed in the sixteen-
room home. Women are being mobi
lized as well as the men, she writes,
for work in the munitions factories.
Heavy Food Restrictions.
ooi restrictions are very great.
Only two pounds of sugar may be
bought at one time and white flour
cannot be- sold at all. Food prices
are mounting from day to day.
There is no such thing as Christ
mas celebration here, this year, with
1.000.000 more men crossing to France
this month, with hundreds of wounded
German onsoners ot war arriving al
most daily, with loss and suffering and
cruel anxiety on every hand, mere
is no joy, though there is unbounded
confidence and hope. .-
"A most poignant scene yesterday
was the arrivarhere of a squad of in
sane prisoners, the result of gun shock
and gas'. They'' were creatures abso
lutely stunned. Albert questioned
some of them, Where did you come
from?' 'Where have you been?'
'Where are you now?' 'What have you
been doing?' 'What has happened to.
you?'
" 'I don't know,' was the answer to
all..
"Albert pushed some of their heads
from one side to the other and they
simply held them in that position as
if tbey had been machinery. It is
terrible to see the suffering we have
seen amongst the British Tommies,
as well as the prisoners of war. , ,
Lectures on Civil War.
Colonel Swalm gave a lecture on
the civil war at the Young Men's
Christian association nut in the big
common camp, illustrated by lantern
slides. The scenes of our battlefields
strewn with dead and dying would
have been painful at any time, but in
the midst of the shocking scenes and
experience of this war, in which
everything is in so colossal a scale,
they were positively tame. When
you think of millions of dead, mere
thousands are not worth talking
about, . .
"A great many of the men just
starting for the front talked to me
after the lecture". Not one but
showed the deep impression of the
seriousness of his adventure, though
all were full of courage and resolu
tion. The spirit of the men has been
fine all the way through. This ap
plies to all alike, I think, on both
sides, and one cannot but wonder at
it sometimes when it means to so
many of them disaster. -
"Everyone has unbounded hope in
the new government because every
one looks upon Lloyd George as the
embodiment of the war . spirit of
Britain, and we shall see probably a
far more vigorous prosecution of the
war in the -near future, but nothing
but a miracle will make the war end
soon. Even the beginning of the
end is not yet apparent,' she writes.
Two Steamers Sonic
London. Dec. 9. BrlUsb . steamship
Copsewood, Got tons eross, has teen sunk.
The Norweilan eteamshlp Ida. 1.300 tone,
ia reported to hara been aunk.
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HORLICK'S
THE ORIGINAL
MALTED MILK
Cheap SubttftntM cost YOU urn) pricv
GREASING DP THE ' '
OLD WATER" WAGON
The Bee Secures Exclusive In
terview with Cynical Driver
of Historic Vehicle.
IT IS NOT HARD TO RIDE
By A. R. GROH.
Sol M. Lee Res.lve is the : ame of .
a man who is very busy these days.
He is the driver of the water wagon,
the no-smoking wagon and other
vehicles that carry heavy loads the
first few days pfevery year.
I found him greasing up his ag
ons, getting ready for the New
Year's rush. A sour-faced, cynical
fellow he is. . .
"Well, I see you're getting the old
boats ready f...- the annual trip," I
said.
"Yeah," he drawled, without stop
ping his work.
"Expecting a big loai this year?"
I continued?
"Oh, I . cckon th' first day er two
we'll have th' usual crowd," he
grunted with a cynical laugh.
"You don think it'll last, then?" I
inquired.
"Huh I 'Course it won't last," he
rasped. Never does." i
"Most of 'em fall off, eh?" I said. .
. xMo8t Jump Off.
"Fall off I" he exclaimed, "Don't
let 'em tell that. They git off.
Some of 'em try to let on it's too
rough ridin'; but there ain't no truth
in that Them wagons rides smooth
as a parlor car. Some of 'ei claims
they git down to piv up th' whip. ;
Some says they git off -to gi; their
seat to a lady. All lies I They just
git off 'cause they don't want to stick
on. That's all. I can't chain 'em on.
It's agin' th' rules o' the -company."
"Hardly pays to ' . 1 the wagons
out at all," I sympathized.
"Oh, it pays me, all right," he mum
bled. "I gits my wages th' year .
round whether anybody rides er not
Makes it easier on th' horses, too.
Don't worry me none if- they don't
want t' ride."
"Tod bad I" I said, and then de
parted, leaving the old fellow mum
bling to himself as he greased up the
wagons.
And it will be even so. You know
how it is, fellows. These last few
days of the old year are the best of
all. The resolution has beerl taken
and one can indulge in smoking (for
example) to his heart's content and
still have the glow of knowing that
this will all soon be a thing of the
past! Ah, how one will look back on
the days when one used to poison
oneself with nicotine I So one thinks,
does one not?
Their comes New Year's eve. As
the whistles blow and the bells ring,
our hero takes the half-smoked cigar
from his lips and, with an expression
of high and lofty resolve, solemnly
throws it away, white friends applaud
his mighty will-power. - ;
' P Misses His Smokes. .
The next day or two, though, he
misses his usual cigars; he is upheld
by the joy of telling everybody that
he has "cut it all out," He looks
with considerable pityon his weaker
willed friends who are still indulging.
January 3 he is dining out. The
post-prandial cigars are passed. He
hesitates. He' is lost. "Well, I'll
make an exception to the rule1 just
when I'm dining out," he tells his
conscience. "-i'No use being foolish
abouf it. Don't want to be a kill
joy." Certainly n&t! Who wants to be a
kill-joy?.
January 4 he decides he'll make it
one a day. No more, mind you I He
smokes his one for that day in "the
morning. In the afternoon he intro
duces another amendment to his res
olution, making it two a day. The ,
amendment is passed, conscience
Casting the only opposing vote.
January 5 he's completely down off
the wagon. , Alas I Alas! Such is
the state of man. -
Hose is Going Up;
' This News Doesn't
Pertain to Ladies
City Commissioner Withnell told
the city council that hose is going
up. The council opened bids for 8,000
feet of fire hose and made awards at
prices in advance of last year's
figures. !
The Omaha Auto Supply company
was awarded a contract to furnish
3,000 feet of White King hose at
90 cents a foot, an increase of 10 cents
over a contract made a year ago. The
Anderson company will supply 3,000
feet at 85 cents and McGraw & Co.
will supply 2,000 feet at 78 cents.
Recommendations ' were made by
Chief Salter of the fire department,
to Commissioner Withnell, -
Takes Hot Brick to Bed -With
Him, Bed Catches Fire
David Moore, aged 85, a recluse, liv
ing at 1002 North Forty-ninth street,
went to bed Thursday with a hot
brick for warmth. About 3 o'clock
in the morning he awoke to find the
bed on fire. His cries attracted the
attention of Hiram Greenfield, 1005
North Forty-ninth street, who came
to the aged man's rescue and carried
him from the burning room- His
burns were minor. 'Frank McAllister
and wife occupied the other part of
the house.
