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Adelaide Kcnnerly
Ella Fleishman.
ASS'T EDITOR.
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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1918.
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Howe Gro w Rhubarb Makes
First Appearance on Market
Rhubarb, home-grown rhubarb,
made its first appearance of the sea
son on the Omaha market this week.
Of course, it is grown under glass to
keep away the cold, but it is grown
near Omaha anyway. This splendid
spring vegetable, which makes such
good and wholesome sauce and pie,
is now selling at only IS cents for a
large bunch.
Tomatoes are also here, but they
are from the south and their price
is still rather uppish.. Strawberries
are offered at 75 cents a" box.
Potatoes in some stores are selling
as low as 30 cents a peck. These
are the Nebraska spuds. Some stores
manage to get as high as 45 cents for
potatoes, which they say come from
Idaho and other parts of the west.
These potatoes are said by those who
have tried them to be no better than
the Nebraska kind. The food admin
istrator is especially pointing out that
Nebraska potatoes should be eaten,
both because they are cheaper and
because they do not require a long
freight haul on congested railroads.
Beautiful cauliflower and cabbage
are among the big vegetables that are
plentiful now. Turnips, carrots, ruta
bagas, parsnips and onions are all
abundant, both the old crop and the
new crop, the latter now coming to
Omaha from the southern gardens.
Celery and cucumbers are also here
and of good quality.
Fine, juicy grapefruit and excellent
oranges are among the fruits on the
local markets. Apples of many kinds,
both the northwest Pacific coast va
rieties and those grown nearer home,
are here, all fine and juicy, as though
picked yesterday.
Echoes from State Food Experts
Cora Publicity.
Denver merchants have rendered
State Merchant Representative Will
cox loyal support in corn publicity,
not only decorating their own win
dows with corn displays, but also vol
unteering materials and work for
corn displays in railroad offices and
other establishments which have show
windows and are glad to put them at
the service of the food administra
tion. A voluntary system of inspection to
locate and report violations of food
administration regulations has been
established in New York City. Citi
zen volunteers work under borough
chairmen, of which there are two for
Manhattan and one in each of the
other boroughs, who in turn are aided
by captains and district leaders. By
this plan it is possible to keep every
retail store in the city under constant
supervision, correcting misunder
standings among merchants and re
porting willful violations to the state
food commission.
Children of New Mexico.
The children of New Mexico are
being asked by the federal food ad
ministration for that state to send a
carload of sugar to France. It was at
first proposed to send a carload of
honey, but its bulk makes that im
practical, and boys and girls are .sav
ing sugar and substituting honey and
molasses therefor.
County food administrators in In
diana arer assisting county agents and
the Department of Agriculture in the
1918 home garden movement as pre
liminary work. Information is being
gathered to answer the following
questions:
1. Was every community organized
in 1917?
2. Are such organizations still ef
fective? '3. Hafs your county council of de-
Foreign Women in V S.
Are War Workers
That foreign women in the United
States are volunteering to work for
Uncle Sam and the allies is evident
from the registration taken by the
woman's committee of the Council of
National Defense. These have been
many reports of Italian women doing
Red Cross work or buying Liberty
bonds. Polish women, Russians, Por
tuguese and Japanese offer all sorts
of service. The Chinese were a fea
ture in Chicago's registration. But
the last report from the states is pos
sibly the most striking of all, for in
Idaho Basques are volunteers.
"There never was such a test of
our melting pot as this which is on
us now," says the woman's commit
tee, "and the response of the many
aliens who are with us has been as
touching as it is magnificent."
Delivery System
The delivery system of a grocer in
Bloomington, Ind., was recently in
vestigated by a representative of Dr.
Harry E. Barnhard, federal food ad
ministrator for that state, and dis
closed a typical case of inexcusable
waste. Of the 999 deliveries made
for the week, 57 per cent included
three articles or less, 24 per cent were
of one article only, 18 per cent of
two articles only, 15 per cent of three
articles, 12 per cent of four articles,
9 per cent of five articles, and 21 per
cent of six articles or more. The cost
to the grocer was estimated at, 3
cents a delivery. These figures have
been used as an argument for the
cash and carry plan,
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New Cook Books
Food saving calls for a revision of
cook books, and the Virginia food ad
ministration public information divi
sion urges housewives in that state to
gather new conservation recipes from
the abundance now appearing in mag
azines and newspapers and compiling
therefrom individual cook cooks for
war-time meals.
A Cucumber Hint
If one nasturtium seed is placed in
each hill of cucumbers that are
planted early if will keep the bugs
away. A farmer told me he had tried
this for years and never had a bug
trouble his early cucumbers. B. M.
Potatoes for Your Main
Dish
Potatoes, left over or fresh, may be
combined with cheese or nuts or meat
or other material, often to make the
main dish of a meal.
The Catch.
A widow had utilized the proceeds
of the life insurance policies of her
husband to invest in a new house. She
was discussing fire insurance on it
with a broker, who explained it to
her thus:
"You see, it works like this. Your
house is worth $10,000. Now the min
ute you have paid the first premium
the company is responsible for the
full value of the premises, even to the
full extent of $10,000. Your annua!
premium on this is $175."
The widow said, with astonished
eyes: "You mean to say that if I pay
$175 I will get from your company
$10,000 for my house?"
"Yes," answered the broker, "pro
vided, of course, it is burned down."
"Oh," replied the widow with a
lone of blunt indignation. "I thought
there was a catch in it." Exchange.
fense an active garden committee?
4. Can it handle the work without
your aid?
5. Can you help it and how?
6. Are funds available for prepar
ing ground for the poor?
7. Have lot owners offered vacant
land for prospective gardens?
8. Are there any means at hand in
larger communities for utilizing sur
plus products, such as community
kitchens, commercial dryers or can
ners, etc.?
9. Have plans yet been made for
forming canning clubs?
County Organization.
Indiana has so favored a system of
county organization that the food ad
ministration in that state has arranged
a regular series of county meetings to
hear addresses on food and other war
problems. Three members of a com
mission recently sent to Europe by
the United States food adminstration
to ascertain actual food conditions at
the front and behind the lines were
assigned as speakers at Indiana county
meetings immediately upon their re
turn from Europe and from that state
are to go on an extended speaking
tour through the middle west, co-operating
with the food adminstration .in
each state.
Paris Sends Us This
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By GERTRUDE BERESFORD.
IT IS awe-inspiring to behold a
frock which has run the blockade
and traveled from the banks of the
Seine to a safe berth in what Empey
calls "the old town behind the Statue
of Liberty." This model of tan gabar
dine gives a hint of what is going on
in France by the gold braid which is
run through eyelets or rcvers and
sleeves. The touch "militaire" lies
in that braid. Was it thoughts of
America and Indians which made the
designer fringe the blouse which is
sewed to the skirt?
i The goods is cut and picot-edged
into fringe such as Pocahontas might
have worn on buckskin. A fringed
pom-pom, centered with a rosette of
gold, fastens the belt at the back. A
simple model, but the genius of
Pari lurks in every line.
Liberty
A merica, O America, Liberty depends on you.
B eautiful in your unselfish strength to see this world war through.
C -onstant as eternity for freedom for all mankind.
D etermined that civilization shall not be Undermined.
E quipped with clean, brave manhood not afraid of work.
F earless noble women who from duty will not shirk.
Ci uarding ever the home so dear, each ready to do her share.
H elping where help is needed and that is everywhere.
I ndustry and capital are working with might and main.
J udiciously selecting the very best they can attain.
K nowledge knows there is no end where knowledge should cease.
L ife knows life is just as dear as in the days of peace.
M others love their sons as much, sweethearts dread to part.
N evertheless for Liberty's sake each hides a broken heart.
O nward brave army and navy to victory, our cause it ft just.
P atiently we will await your return, but fight for us now you must
Q ualified to meet the ipe, God be with you on land or sea.
R estore to the world a lasting peace so that every soul stands free.
S incerity and loyalty guide you have faith in your success.
T ruth is your heritage remember just plain truth we profess.
U plffting all that is worthy, giving every man a chance.
V lewing ever the entire world so that Liberty might advance.
W herever you go the old Alphabet will be there to cheer you on.
X rays with science await the call to assist the coming dawn.
Y outh, the flower of our country Liberty depends on you.
Z ealously for humanity's sake to see this world war through.
Omaha, Neb. AGNES B. CAMPBELL.
Belgians' Queen Is
Awarded a French
Gratitude Medal
Amateur fwrdeners will be inter
ested in making the acquaintance of
"Home Gardening," published by
Grossct & Dunlap and compiled by
Benjamin F. Albaugh. The author re
lates in simple way his experiences
"growing things" in his backyard gar
den and he inspires others to resolve
to get out early this spring and till
the soil, even if it is only a patch of
beans or onions.
A feature of the book is Its descrip
tion of how to produce the greatest
yield in the smallest space and how
to receive the benefits of early growth.
The preface to the fourth edition
reads: "The nation-wide movement
toward the increase of the food sup
ply by the utilization of neglected
backyards and other waste space has
resulted in a stupe.. duous increase in
food products. And this has been ac
complished, at low cost, for the
charges of transportation and middle
man are eliminated."
The book is illustrated and contains
practical information of time for
planting vegetables and flowers, space
required, group planting, transplant
ing, how to place seeds to best ad
vantage and much detailed informa
tion which every home gardener
should know. .
"A love for digging in the soil
seems inherent. Try it, and you will
soon learn to look forward with
pleasurable anticipation to the hour
before breakfast, in the cool, dewy
mornings, and the hour after supper,
when the heat of the day is over, that
you may spend in the light, delightful
work of planting, hoeing and water
ing. Watching the growth and de
velopment of the plants is a constant
source of joy and delight. Amateur
gardening appeals to most of us in a
way that it is totally unlike any other
employment."
In the Physical Culture magazine
for December William H. Bates, M.
D., tells of a new cure for pain; Milo
Hastings writes an article on "The
Extravagance of Meat;" and Richard
M. Winans reports interviews with
Senators Warren G. Harding of Ohio,
William E. Borah of Idaho, James
Hamilton Lewis of Illinois, and the
former Senator Paul O. Husting ot
Wisconsin, regarding our "National
Health Conservation."
Current Opinion for Decernber con
tains the following articles: "What
America is Fighting Against," by
Newell Dwight Hillis, D. D., who is
a member of a diplomatic mission to
the French front in behalf of the
United States government; "A Key to
the Mysteries of the Latest Russian
Upheavals," and "China Takes Um
brage at Our Agreement With Japan."
"The Great Outdoors and the Boy,"
by Edward C. Bacon, who is the na
tional field scout commissioner of the
Boy Scouts of America; "Catching
and Canning Sea Chickens," by Guy
T. Keene; "Selling North America
Their Own Playgrounds," by C. L.
Armstrong; and "Health Conserva
tion During War Time," by Murray
Auerbach, are some of the articles
contained in the December Rotarian.
The American Review of Reviews
magazine for December contains the
following articles: "Chancellor von
Hertling, Statesman-Philosopher," by
Edward T. Heyn; "How Red Cross
Money is Handled and Spent," by
Ivy Lee; "What Our Red Cross is
Doing in France," by Marion G.
Scheitlin.
The December issue of Poetry, a
magazine of verse, contains a mono
logue entitled "Carlos Among the
Candles," by Wallace Stevens; "War
Angles and Chicago Notes," by John
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The Useful Moth Ball
Use moth balls freely in your hen
house if you would be rid of mites.
Put them in the corner of the nests
and tie them in little bags to the
roost poles. G. L.
THE ASSIGNMENT.
By Verne De Witt Rowell,
London (Ont) Advertiser.
My card?
Pardon me. Why, I haven't one left.
Mais n' lmporte.
Free lance and utility man
Is, I think, what they call me.
Save that match till I light up thil cot
fin nail, please.
I work on "The Eternal Universe."
Never mind what's my name
Call me Jones, Smith or Brown.
But God Is my city editor;
Tou may have heard of him.
It was early this morning I left my desk.
My assignment slip read "Life."
So all day long have I Jotted down
Words of love, hate and joy, grief and
tears.
Little stories, mere trifles, alas!
But I write them with pencil of pain,
And my notebook Is only my heart.
I have kept my eyes wide for a scoop;
All In vain.
In Time's great metropolis mere
Murder and rapln are naught.
A king Is crowned,
Or a harlot dies with morphine.
Or a tenement fire snuffs out a hundred
lives,
Or ten thousand men slaughter each
other In battle.
Much tha same.
Well so long!
We go to press lh a few moments more:
I must stay no longer to watch
The great spectacle of life.
There are players enough,
Playing blindly. Enough
To look on.
Au revoir. I shall see you again.
Saturday Specials at The
New Public Market
Meat Department
PIG PORK LOINS, PER POUND 22 Me
1$17 MILK-FED SPRING CHICKENS AT WHOLESALE PRICES
Steer Porterhouse Steak, lb 23'2c
Steer Round Steak, lb 23,c
Steer Sirloin Steak, lb 22 Vic
Steer Pot Boast, lb 17Vic and 19Vic
Steer Boiling Beef, lb 14Vae
Steer Shoulder Steak, lb IS'jC
Steer Rib Roast, lb I7Vi
Pig Pork Butts, lb 25 Vic
Pig Pork Roast, lb 23J,c
Young Veal Chops, lb lSVie
Young Veal Roast, lb...l7',c and ISViC
Young Veal Stew, lb 12Vic
No. 8 Mutton Stew, lb ZSc
No. 1 Mutton Legs, lb 22Vc
Fancy Mutton Chops, lb 21 Vac
Fancy Mutton Roast, lb lS'ic
Skinned Hams, lb 27 ',c
Cudahy Puritan Regular Hams, lb., 29J4c
Sugar Cured Picnic Hams, lb 23Vc
Swift's Winchester Bacon, lb 41VjC
Cudahy Puritan Bacon, lb 41 Vic
Sugar Cured Bacon, lb 36 Vic
Money-Saving Grocery Department
Oil Sardines, 4 cans 25c
Farm House Apple Butter, regular 856
quality, per jar 29c
White or Yellow Corn Meal, lb 5 Vic
4 lbs. Rolled Oats 25c
Diamond C Soap, 6 bars for 25c
Beat 'Em All Soap, 6 bars for 25c
Hand Picked White Navy Beans, lb., 15c
Fancy Dry Lima Beans, lb '15c
ISc quality Corn, Peal or Tomatoes, per
ctrVi, at 12c
California Sardines, 7 -ox. can., S cans 25c
Skinner's Macaroni, Spaghetti or Noodles
8 pkgs., for 25c
Large Queen Olives, 86e quality. Jar.. 27c
Preserved Bottle Pears, 32c qulaity, per
Jar, t Z7c
Fancy Comb Honey, per frame 24e
Sultana Raisins, per lb. .......15c
Fancy Head Rice, 8 lbs 25c
Tall Pink Salmon, per can 20c
Burnams and Morrell's No. 2 can Pork
and Beans, per can 17c
Turtle Brand Asparagus Tips, can..22Vc
Large Jars of Kamo Mince Meat, jar, 22c
Tall Hebe Milk, per can 11c
Small Hebe Milk, 9 cans for 50c
Teco or Kamo Pancake Flour, 2 pkgs., ?5c
Snappy Turtle Wafer, regular 35c qual
ity, per lb 25c
Graham Crackers, 2 pkgs .......... ,25c
Butter, Eggs and Cheese Department
Fancy Elgin Butternut Butter, lb..4SVc
Fresh Country Butter, in 2-lb. rolls
per lb 45Vic and 48V,c
Fresh Country Butter, in tubs, per lb.,
at 47c and 49c
Full Cream Brick Cheese, lb 32 Vic
Best Peanut Butter, lb 19'ac
Fresh Cottage Cheese, 2 lbs 25c
We have a complete stock of sweet,
sour and dill pickles, also milk, cream
and whipping cream.
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
Best White Spuds, 15 lbs. to the peek
at, per peek 32 Vic
Extra Large Head Lettuce, each.... 7 Vic
Leaf Lettuce, 8 for..... 10c
Carrots, per bunch 5c
Green Onions, bunch 5c
Extra Fancy Celery 5c and 10c
Fancy Radishes, 8 bunches for 10c
Large Grapefruit, each.' 7VSc
Large Cucumbers, each... 14c
SEED DEPARTMENT
THE NEBRASKA SEED COMPANY
Potted Hyacinths, in bloom, each 15c
See Our Display of Flower Baskets.
Don't Fail to Visit Our Famous Delicatessen Department.
One Delivery to Each Customer to Any Part of the City,
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Gould Fletcher; "Soiirs of Mexico,"
by Grace Hazard Conkling.
Fiction.
Mary Dillon.
Ths Century
COMRADKS. By
Company. 11.40.
Mrs. Dillon's new novel is a ro
mance with a background of the great
war of today. The story is fiction, of
course, but the author says there is
not an exploit of the hero which has
not had its counterpart in newspaper
accounts of actual deeds since the war
began. Almost half the story is laid
in a pension in Leipzig, and the group
of characters from Germany, France,
England, Foland, - Roumania and
America are just such people as the
author knew there in happier times,
camouflaged for purposes and fiction.
It is a straightway storv lull ot ac
tion and stimulating dialogue and
rich in the element ot romance.
JUST OUTSIDR. By Staey Aumonler, The
Csntury Company. 11.36.
This is the story of a man of moods,
a man ot temperament, attempting 10
adjust himself to his environment and
his environment to himself. It takes
account of his boyhood, his schooling
his young manhood, his work as an
artist and as a dramatist, and his love
affairs.
Miscellaneous.
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THE WORLD WAR. By Arthur Q. Danielle.
Paclfio Press Publishing Association.
Rev. Arthur G. Daniells, who is
president of the general conference of
Seventh-Day Adventists, has made a
close study of the eastern question
from a Biblical standpoint, and gives
some unusua iv interesting tnougnts
concerning the fulfillment of prophe
cies lound in the books ot Daniel and
Revelation which apply directly to
the overthrow of the Turkish em
pire. DEMOCRACY TODAY. By Christian Gauss.
Scott, Foresman & Co. 40 cents.
This book is an American inter
pretation of the Lake English classics.
It contains Wilson's great war mes
sages, his reply to the pope, and 10
other of his state papers and address.
The author also included Lincoln's
Gettysburg speech, an address of
Cleveland, an address of Roosevelt
and Lloyd George's famous speech on
"The Meaning of America's Entrance
Into the War."
THE COMING GOLDEN AGE. By Frank
Rosftwater. Published by the author, 250
East Fifty-first street, New York City. fl.
In part one of this book the author
points out the one grave defect to
which monetarism, our present in
dustrial system, is exposed and to
which the world from the earliest
days has been afflicted. This defect
is defined as a shamefully negligent
regulation of the monetary circula
tion, which needs but correction to
remove all these symptoms of funda
mental abnormalism.
Part two deals with proprietarism,
our industrial system of the future,
which is a state of industrial society
in which each separate toiler is an
unencumbered proprietor, both of his
home, with all its accessories and
supplies, and of his equipment as an
independent toiler, and in order to ac
complish these ends the author points
out the necessity to enact and enforce
a code of special laws covering the
stringent debarment of further capi
talistic investments and the introduc
tion of sell money.
AMERICA AMONG THE NATIONS. By H.
II. Powers. The Maomlllan Company. 11.(0.
This book is an attempt at an his
toric interpretation of our national
character and of our relation to other
nations. With this purpose in mind
the author devotes the first part of
his text to a consideration of America
at home, taking up such topics as the
first Americans, the aftermath of
Panama, pan-Americanism and the
dependence of the tropics. The sec
ond division is entitled "America
Among the World Powers." and con
sidering among other things: Th
greater powers, the Mongolian
menace, greater Japan, Germany, the
storm center: the greatest empire,
and the greatest fellowship.
Baffling Old Hy-cost
WHEN you consider the nourishment, the tooth
aomeness and the entire absence of waste, serv
ing Ice Cream at your Sunday dinner table is really
economical. For this Sunday try
APRICOT MARMALADE
Some of the choicest Santa Clara Apricots, com
bined with Vanilla Ice Cream.
For Washington's Birthday, we have ar
ranged a special blend of Vanilla Ice Cream
with choice Bigareaux Maraschino Cherries.
Any Harding dealer will gladly supply you.
MEAT DEPARTMENT
PIG PORK LOINS, PER POUND 21fU
1917 MILK-FED SPRING CHICKENS AT WHOLESALE PRICES
Steer Porterhouse Steak, lb 22 ',o
Steer Round Steak, lb 23 ',c
Steer Sirloin Steak, lb 22Vtc
Steer Pot Roast, lb 16 Vic and lSVte
Steer Boiling Beef, lb.... 14Vic
Steer Shoulder Steak, lb ISVic
Steer Rib Roast, lb ITVtc
Pig Pork Butts, lb 25V,o
Pie Pork Roast, lb 23V,c
Young Veal Chops, lb 18 Vie
Young Veal Roast, lb...lBVic and lSVto
Young- Veal Stew, lb 12y,c
I lbs. Mutton Stew for ...2S
No. 1 Mutton Legs, lb 22Vie
No. 1 Mutton Chops, lb 19e
Fancy Mutton Roast, lb .lSVi
Skinned Hams, lb 7Vio
Cudahy Puritan Regular Hams, per lb.,
at
Sugar Cured Hams, Picnie, per lb..23'tc
Swift's Winchester Bacon, lb 41 Vic
Cudahy Puritan Bacon, lb .,41 Vie
Sugar Cured Bacon, lb., SSVjO
Special Prices In Our New Grocery Department
15c Elastic 8tnrch, pkg 9a
4 lbs. Bulk Rolled Oats for..... 25c
Pine Tree Matches, pkg.. Be; t pkgs., 2Sc
So Toilet Paper, S for 10c
Fancy Jonathan Apples, box tl.73
Large Grapefruit, 2 for ISc
Extra Fancy Lemons, dosen. ,.3Sc
Extra Fancy Oranges, dosen. ,3Se
Best White Potatoes, bushel 11.35
Large Head Lettuce, head.. 10c
Leaf Lettuce, at Be
Dried Peaches or Prunes, 2 lbs 25c
Comb Honey, per frame 22c
Best Peanut Butter, in pkgs., at....B2e
Country Roll Butter, per lb 46e
Strictly Fresh Eggs, doien..,. SSc
Oleomargarine, per lb 2Bc
15e can Tomatoes, Corn or Peas, can, 12c
Large cans Sauer Kraut, can 15c
Tall Hebe Milk, per can... ..lie
Small Hebe Milk, 5 cans for 28c
Large Cans Peaches, Apricots or Pears,
per can, at 17Vie
20c bottle of Catsup, I for. ..25c
35o jars Preserves, Mincemeat or Apple
Butter, per jar 24c
Hand Picked White Navy Beans or Lima
Beans, per lb...,. lSe
Sardines, in tomato sauce, per can.... 9c
Chocolate Fingers, Ginger Snaps or Lemon
Snaps, per lb. .................. .IBs
Sunshine Crackers, all 15c pkgs., ape-J
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80c Coffee, per lb. 24c
2Ss Coffee, per lb 17 Vie
6 bars of Toilet Soap . . .19e
Omaha Family Soap, Star or Ivory Soap,
4 bars for ...25c
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