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Conducted by Ella Fleishman
Lure of Make
Believe Romance
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
.Not long ago an elderly woman
died in a certain southern city, and
the mourning for her was so general
that her funeral suggested a public
official's rather than an old gentle
woman's. There was hrdly a family in town
who at some time or another had
not been helped by the sweet-faced
old woman, who always wore black.
. To the rich she gave her sympathy
, in time of trouble; to the poor she
gave food, clothing and money.
Her entire life was spent doing
work of mercy. Yet, for all that,
she was a most comfortable type of
; saint, with no "holier than thou"
reservations about her. She loved a
joke; she was absolutely tolerant
of human frailty, and she wanted
every one to be happy particularly
the young people.
She had been the inspiration of
half a dozen young men that had
turned out more than well in their
various professions, and as for the
lovers whose disagreements she ad
justed, their name was legion.
6f course, the old woman had had
a romance in her own life, but of that
she never spoke to any one. Every
word and deed, however, was elo
quent of its ennobling effect. It
seems there had been a fiance who
had enlisted with the boys in gray,
. and who had been among the miss
ing, in one of the great battles of
the civil war.
; Wore Widow'a Weedi.
She had been a young woman
25 or 26, perhaps when she had put
on idow s weeds for the man who
was never to be her husband, and
. from that time to the day of her
death she never lightened her
mourning.
Before grief came to her people re
membered her as a high-spirited girl,
fond of dancing and amusement, but
inclined to be a little high-handed and
overbearing. The young men with
whom she had grown up had been
. glad enough to take her to dances
and places of amusement, but she had
been a little too masterful for any of
them to care for her deeply.
- ' The fiance was from New Orleans,
where the had spent a good deal of
time visiting relatives, and the news
of his death almost immediately fol
lowed the announcement of her en
gagement. Curiously enough, after sorrow had
transformed her, men, estimated her
differently and there was not an eligi
ble in thut town who at some time or
another had not proposed marriage
..to the ministering angel in black.
But Miss Agatha we'll call her
that because it wasn't her name
could never be persuaded to forget
the young soldier from Louisiana
whom none of her fellow townspeople
had ever seen.
The more persistent of the eligibles
thought she would forget in time, but
apparently there was no time limit to
Miss Agatha's loyalty. And after
years of waiting people grew to re
gard her decision as final she would
never marry. -
She Died Quite Suddenly.
In the meantime how lucky they
were to have her she greeted half the
new-born babies and soothed their
- first cries, and she closed the eyes of
those who rested for their last jour
ney. Beautiful, good Miss Agatha 1
Then, quite suddenly, one day she
died without a' bit of warning. She
had been about as usual they found
her sitting in her chair with some
dainty baby garment on which she
had been sewing when the end came.
They gave her a funeral the like of
which that southern city had never
before seen; her passirrg was a genu
ine grief in every household.
What was left of her fortune she
had been recklessly generous with her
capital went to the New Orleans
relatives, who arrived presently and
took possession of the old Colonial
house with the pillared front and the
lovely box-bordered garden.
t Her friends did not care for Miss
Agatha's heirs-at-law; they were loud
looking people and it offended the
neighbors' sensibilities to see them
sitting at her desk, looking over her
private papers and indulging in a good
deal of laughter.
Over the drawing room mante.,
looking down reproachfully on the
intruders, was the portrait of the
young confederate soldier in gray.
The rest of this story is difficult
to tell; it was related, however,
with gales of laughter by the rela
tives who had come to take posses
sion. It seemed there had never
been any soldier lover. He was a
pure invention of Miss Agatha's to
' "sare her face."
' She had set down ih her diary the
story, of her shame and mortification
that she had never been loved. Her
straggles against the high-handed
temperament that, she imagined
and kept away what she quaintly
termed suitors."
She could not stand what 6hc re
., garded as the "abnormality" of her
. position, the one girl of all her set
who had no lover. With the civil
war came a possible solution of a
situation that had grown to be un
bearable. Poor Miss Agatha had
talked it all out in the little diary
that furnished such amusement to her
relatives.
! She had jested over the ghastly
humor of it. She had dried bitter
tears, and again she described her
lelf as "caught in a trap" when one
of the "suitors," to whom she seemed
to have grown genuinely attached,
liked her to marry him, and she
declined rather than confess her
deception. .
And so the one genuine romance
f if her life slipped by, while she kept
tryst with a falsehood.
. Once, however, the make-believe
' romance had set her "straight" in
the eyes of her restricted world a
rare unselfishness developed. Dur
ing her girlhood she had labored
under the spell of what she con
l cehred to be failure; but the mythi-
cal love affair made her the equal
of anv woman. The world thought
her beloved, affianced; her cup of
. happiness running over-i-even though
death had dashed it from her lips.
No Opportunity for Expression.
A perverted point of view, you
will say. Yes, perhaps, a left-over
, from the days when women were
debarred from expressing tW to
Red Cross, Triangle
and Circle
Red in the United States has come
to stand for mercy, justice, helpfulness
and humanity.
Red Cross is known the world
over for its immense and splendid
work of aid and succor for the suf
fering. Red Triangle is the emblem of the
war work council of the Young Men's
Christian association, which is per
forming inside American training
camps and in the trenches abroad a
task of vast scope and value in cheer
ing and helping the fighting man.
Red Circle is the insignia of the
war camp community service of the
War and Navy department commis
sions on training camp activities. The
slogan of this organization is "sur
round the camps with hospitality." It
stimulates communities to turn their
best side toward the wearer of the
uniform.
Red Cross, Red Triangle, Red Cir
cle form a powerful triumvirate which
is preserving the morale and guarding
the physical well being of our sol
diers and sailors. This triumvirate
will prove a great factor in winning
the war. .
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Practical Italian Recipes
Broaden your food knowledge.
Learn some of the delicious dishes
which our associates in this war can
so well teach us. Here are some
Italian recipes which you will enjoy:
Risotto "A La Milanese."
4 T. fat rooms.
1 o. rice. Pinch of powdered
Chicken brolh. saffron.
K o. dried mush- Salt and pepper.
In a medium sized pan brown the
fat and stir in the rice until rice has
absorbed most of the fat, being care
ful the rice does not burn. Add a
cup of chicken broth at a time, stir
ring constantly. , Add mushrooms
which have been soaked, and the saf
fron. As it thickens add more broth,
until the rice is done. This must not
be too mushy. Serve hot.
Fried Peppers with Tomato Sauce.
Cut peppers in slices, remove seeds
and fry in a little fat. Season with
salt. When soft add tomatoes, fresh
or canned, and cook until tomatoes
have thickened.
Whole Stuffed Cabbage.
Boil a three-pound white cabbage
whole in salted water until almost
cooked. Drain well and set to cool
For stuffing mix together two beaten
eggs, one and one-half cups of
cooked soinach (drained and
chopped), three tablespoons oil, salt
and pepper to taste, and one cup ot
corn bread crumbs. Add a little
meat which has been browned and
chopped. Loosen out leaves as much
as possible, placing a tablespoon iun
of stuffing between them. Tie around
the cabbage with a stout thread and
put in a baking pan with a little wa
ter and oil. Bake in a hot oven 20
minutes, basting every little while.
Spinach Souffle.
2 c. chopped cooked 114 T. corn flour.
pinach. 1 c. rich milk.
T. fat. I eggs.
Chop the cooked spinach. Put into
a saucepan on the fire the fat and stir
in the flour. When these are blended
add the spinach and the milk. Cook
five minutes, stirring carefully. Ther
mix into this the yolks of the eggs
and remove the saucepan at once
from the fire. When the mixture is
cool stir in the well beaten whites of
eggs. Pour into an oiled souffle dish,
or individual dishes, and bake 20 min
utes in a moderate oven.
ifMACAROIII
Pink and
Summery
By GERTRUDE BERESFORD
THE sailor collar, which used to
end at a point between the
shoulder blades and neck, is travel
ing considerably these days. It has
now become a panel, which is apt to
reach anywhere below the neck line
to the very end of the skirt Becom
ing obsessed with conquest, it may
even continue into a train. There is
no telling! This panel of pink crepe
meteor on a frock of the same ma
terial, combined with cream shadow
lace, is an excellent example of these
"fablier" backs. These backs fur
nish an excellent solution for the
bodice, which reaches to the fia of
the neck and is cut square or V only
in front. Really low neck is not
good taste during the war. You
know this, of course. The blouse
of shadow lace falls softly over a low
bodice of crepe meteor. A tunic of
shadow lace envelopes the narrow
skirt of meteor. Small buttons, self
covered, weight the deep collar or
panel. A girdle of wood brown vel
vet ribbon finishes the waist line and
makes an attractive color note on
an exquisite frock for formal occa
sions. Sugar Substitute for
German Children
Food conditions in Germany are re
vealed in a notice in the Berlin "Lo-kal-Anzeiger"
of March S, 1918,
which is as follows:
"Through the bread commission
there will be distributed from tomor
row, March 6, to March 9: For every
child under 1 year of age (born April
1, 1917, or later) three yellow sugar
substitute cards (April) and one
green sugar-substitute card, old style
Marrfil- for &verv child of over 1
year of age and under 2 (born April
1, 1916, to March Ji,. mJ two yel
low sugar-substitute cards April);
(nr vrv child from 2 to 7 Years of
age (born April 1, 1911, to March 31,
1916) one yellow sugar-suDStituie
card (April).
"Until Friday, the 8th day of
March, for section 8 of the food card,
RArlin.Wi1m(rsr!orf. will be distribut
ed 100 grams of barley at 36 pfennigs
(9 cents) a pound. For the purchase
of herring, fresh and smoked fish, au
thorization is given not only by let-
W n hut also hv letter O of the
'Blue purchase cards for individuals.' "
A Pretty Kettle of Fish
Here's a pretty kettle of fishl What
shall we do about it. "Eat them in
stead of meat," is the reply from the
United States Food administration.
Three Fish Dinners,
i.
Baked Carp wtth Sour Cream
Hominy
Stuffed Green Peppers
Wheatless Strawberry Shortcake
II.
Baked Fieh Armenian Style
Belgian Baked Sweet Potatoes
Corn Bread
Cottage Cheese and Lettuce Salad
Peaches Wheatleee Sponge Cake
III.
Flfh Ball! with Cbeeae Sauce
Asparagus
Kscarped Egg Plant
Apple Pie a la mode
(wheatless crust)
Baked Carp With Sour Cream.
Clean and bone the carp. Place it
in an oiled baking pan, salt and pepL
per the surface, add two bay leaves,
juice of one lemon, and cover with
sour cream. Bake until the fish and
cream are a golden brown. Serve the
fish on the platter and strain the
cream sauce over it.
BE CONSERVATIVE
Trad at the WASHINGTON MARKET, wher all goods are told aa
represented.
Ex. Fancy Beef Tenderloin, per lb....35c
Ex. Fancy Pork Tenderloin, per lb. .42lac
Young Mutton Legs, per lb 20c
Young Mutton Stew, per lb ISc
One el the Largest Mail Order Houses la the Middle West.
United States Food Administration License No. G-27634
Visit Our Branch Market at MeCrory Ee end 10c Store, in Basement.
SAME GOODS SAME PRICES SAME HONEST WEIGHT
The Washington Market
1407 DOUGLAS STREET.
War Time Food
There's no doubt about it, Ice Cream la a reed war
time food. It's a local food prepared right hen
wasteless, nourishing and mighty economical.
The Sunday Special we have planned for this
week,
Pineapple
Vanilla Ice Cream with high-grade
grated Hawaiian Pineapple
will convince you. If yon have any doubts. Any
Harding dealer will supply it.
Th Redl Cross Angel
Beside the avenues ol heroes bold, A
Where khaki reigns and bayonets gleam cold,
Two rows of white, as far as eye can see,
Mean just as much yes, maybe more to me. JJ
Two rows of snowy white keep pace with those -ty
Who !cek the enemy and with him wish to close. v
The white that stands for purity and life jj
And follows in the thickest of the strife. ,
The Angels of a country gone to war! jjj
To make aright the sick, to heal the sore. .Jj
These rows of white, beside the khaki-clad, J
Makc more than one poor devil mighty glad. ft
The tiny red cross which adorns the breast )
Of each brave woman in this crucial test
Has real significance. Some honor there, 1
When hardships of a war she's wont to share. '2
True nobleness and virtue shoot like fire 'A
From this pure soul who deals with subjects dire; X
With pity, sympthy and soft caress K
She rescues some poor mother's son from death; ij
Restores him to the earth, a man once more; a
In some ways better than he was before. h.
Who well deserves the credit for it all?
The Red Cross nurse who saw our hero fall t jjj
Out on the deadly plains of No Man's Land j
Our Angels soon will work; they have the "sand" It
To aid the Allies on to victory; tl
To fight against the Hun autocracy, 'A
And when successes crown the Sammies' drive, i
Remember who it was who kept alive K
The powers of our army at the front yi
Those "rows of white" also withstood the brunt! .s
JOHN TYLER WILLIAMS, k
Sergeant, First Class, 65th Balloon Company,
Fort Omaha, Neb. (Copyrighted, 1918). ffi
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of a mountain. (Answer
Window and Veranda
Boxes
The "city beautiful" idea has been
most marked in many of our large
cities, and surely there is nothing
which will lend beauty to a city bet
ter than a liberal display of well-filled
window and porch boxes throughout
6pring, summer and fall, and even
winter. There is a large measure of
satisfaction to be derived by a house
holder through the color, andtlonc
given to his residence when the win
dows and veranda ledges are thus or
namented; and where .a garden is an
impossibility this house gardening is
something of a compromise and re
sults in a great deal of pleasure.
It is well when fitting a residence
with window boxes to consider them
as something which is to be of a per
manent character. For this reason it
is not advisable to install boxes of the
cheap variety, which usually go to
pieces in one season. Get good,
stout, well-made boxes and consider
them an investment rather than an
expense. Preferably, they should be
made of cypress, but where this lum
ber is not available, good yellow pine
will do. , A liberal coating of oil in
side and out will add to their durabil
ity. They may then be painted or
otherwise ornamented. A handsome
and natural appearance is effected by
nailing strips of cedar bark in front
of or around a box, or the bark of the
white birch may be used.
There are many styles of cast
stone and cement boxes now to be
had, and these usually are selected to
harmonize with the architecture of a
building.
Rich Soil
The soil in these boxes should be
rich in plant food, for it is obvious
that with the crowding of plants such
a planting necessitates the available
food must be adequate or the plants
cannot thrive. A good moisture is
two parts of garden loam, one part of
leaf mold or wood earth and one part
of sand, to which should be added
Choice Steer Sirloin Steak, lb 32e
Choice Steer Beef Boast, per lb 2Sc
All brands Creamery Butter, lb 4Bc
Good Oleomargarine, per lb 23 c
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some well-rotted cow manure, in the
proportion of one peck to two bushels
of soil.
The subjects for planting in a win
ow base should be chosen with re
gard to its particular exposure. When
exposed to the full effect of the sun
you must, of course, have plants that
do well under that condition. For a
northern exposure, or a shady corner,
the plants may be of a more delicate
character.
For sunny locations, such plants as
geraniums, Paris daisies, coleus, ire
sine and petunias are good subjects,
and if expense is not really f consfdv
eration, crotons, aspidistras, highly
colored dracaenas and other plants
are very enective. it is sometimes
desirable to use low-growing plants
for the front of a box, and here will
be found useful the white-leaved
Mme. Sallcroi geranium, lobelias,
sweet alyssum and feverfew. The
beautiful variegated vincas, German
ivy, or the English ivy; tradescantia
or Wandering Jew, even nasturtiums,
are excellent for their drooping qual
ities. In shady positions the nephrolepis
ferns, either Boston, Scotti or other
types; ptens, begonias and greviliea
robusta, the silk oak fern, are all good
subjects to use.
In a few weeks the plants will have
filled the boxes with roots, and it will
be necessary then to provide more
plant food, such as a coating of bone
meal or a dressing of fell-decayed
manure. Really better than this
would be a weekly watering with
liquid manure well diluted.
With proper care a well-planted
window box will be a thing of beauty
all summer long,
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Uyl represent conscientious adherence . Jl fir
Pull to the most exacting standards. l V
yjl You, by calling for Puritan, can f'ffv "gfcffy Y
If secure from your provisioner the ST jiL'VaTX.
J best hams and bacon obtainable If? ji!"""'
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II If your owler fani'l htnjls furiHn leliphews If "1 t 1
1 F. W. CONRON, Manager, lif 1 JL
Vft 1321 Jones Street, Omaha, Neb. M . - J
l Telephone Douglaa 2401. Ml J (JMsj f
Puritan Hams and Bason are smoked daily In ml J V
m our Omaha plant, Insuring fresh, brightly ml J 9 1
smoked meats at all times. IB J M V V
Haihs and Bacon
Women Physicians Listed
Many of our best doctors have been
sent to France and to base hospitals
in this country, and meanwhile here
at home there is need of social and
medical work of high order for our
task of reconstruction. In order to
bring actual need and specialized
training together, the registration de
partment in Illinois is taking a de
tailed and supplementary registration
of women physicians.
Women of Louisiana are jubilant
over the prospect of securing full suf
frage rights at an early date.
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GROCERY DEPT.
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Hueo Coffee, reg. 35c grade, lb 79c
oe grade Best Coffe, lb 19c
80c grade Rett Coffee, lb 23e
85c grade Beet Cnffee, lb 29c
40c grade Best Coffee, 35c S
lbs. for tl 00
hrdded-Wheel, pk( 12V, c
a tsll cans Elkhom Milk.... 2ftc
email cans Elkhorn Milk.... 28c
I.sree cant Tomatoes ISc
Small cans Tomatoe 10c
10 -ot. pk. Macaroni or Spagh
Extra Fancy Canned Fruit in heavy syrup,
per can .... 23c
Mason Jars, quarts, 79c; pints 69c
MEAT DEPARTMENT. '
Fresh Dressed Broilers, lb .BSc
Fancy Veal Roast, lb 25c
Fancy Veal Chops, lb 28c
Fancy Veal Stew, lb 19B c
Pig Pork Roast, lb 22 He
California Style Hams, lb .....23 He
CRACKER DEPARTMENT
Fresh Baked Iten Graham Biscuits, per lb. . . .19c
Scotch Cakes per lb. .22c
French Cakes, per lb .22c
FLOWER DEPARTMENT
Fresh Cut Carnations, each .............. . .2c
Fresh Cut Roses, each. .................... .3c
FRUIT DEPT.
Logan Berries, box... 17 Me
Blackberries, box.... 17 He
Red Raspberries, box... 25c
Large variety of Fresh
Fruits and Vegetables at all
timet.
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SATURDAY SPECIALS AT THE PUBLIC MARKET
PAY CASH CARRY YOUR BUNDLES AND
HELP WIN THE WAR
Money-Saving Grocery Department.
Strictly Fresh ,Eggs. dojen 2Se
Kancy Elgin Butternut Butttr, lb 43e
Wisconsin full Cream Brick Cheese,
lb. SVe
Wisconsin Full Cream Brick American
Cheese, lb ,2Sc
Large package Pancake Flour, pkg.,.10e
Fancy Hand-Picked Navy Beans, lb.. 14c
Gooch's Spaghetti or Macaroni, S for ZSe
Refrigerated Fruit and
Large Juicy Lemons, doisn 20e
Fancy Largs Cantaloupes, saeh.TVic-lOc
Sanitary Refrigerated
1918 Milk Fed Broilers, lb.. ...... .SSe
Strictly Fresh Dressed Chickens, lb. 24',c
Pure Cone Leaf Lard, lb 24ic
No. 8 Palls Pure Lard. psil. ...... .TSe
Choice Steer Porterhouse Steak, lb... SSe
Choice Steer Sirloin Steak, lb 33 Vie
Steer Rib Roast, standard cut....2TVie
Pig Pork Roast, lb. 22'ae
R.n.nW aur Delicatessen Department.
and Smoked Sausages, Salads and Drassing
Kosher Meats.
PCHJ6!2705.3I0-I2 ai63v
Milk
or Infutf
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VITUS'
.Substitute
! Cost YOU .
SaaoPrie .
A Nutritious Diet fcr All Aes.
Keep Horlick'a Always on Hand
Quick Lunch; Home or Office.'
Douglas 17M.
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etti for
Diamond C Soap, 8 bars.... 2!c
Beat-'Em-All. t bars 25
1 lb. cans Rumford's Baking
Powder 23'
Large pkg. Pancake Flour . ...H'
Assorted Advo Jell, S pkgs...2.1c
Eagle Milk, can 13c
Deluxe Evergreen Corn, tOe
grade, for 12',c
Early June Peas .10-12Vt
Bulk Macaroni, lb 10c
DAIRY PRODUCTS
No. 1 Bulk Butter, lb......... 43c
Fresh Country . Eggs, dosn..29c
Swift's Premium Buttarlne, lb.S2e
Gam Nut Margarine, lb. .... 28e ,
Brick or American Cheese, lb.. .27c
Freeh Creamed Cottage Cheese
Received Daily.
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Large bottle of Blueing . ...Se and 10c
Large bottle of Ammonia ... .Be ana loe
California 8ardines, 7 oi. can, I for 2Se
Fancy Japan Eice, lb. 10c
Blrd'-Eye or gate Home Matches, .
box...... e
Jar Rubbers, the best, doten to
Mason Jar Caps, the bast, dosen....2Se
Fancy Corn, Peas or Tomatoes, can. . 10c
Vegetable Department.
Laree Stalks of Celery ........... v lc
Logan or Blackberries, bos ...... 17 Vie
Fancy Apricots, basket See
Meat Department.
Plar Pork Butts, lb. .....J4V.S
Steer Pot Roast, lb. ....lSV,e
Young Veal Stew. lb. 14V,e
Spring Lamb Stew, lb. 12VC
Feney Mutton Roast, lb.. ....... IBVio
Swift's Premium Regular Hams, lb... 31s
Extra Lean Bacon, lb 44 Vie
No. 1 Extra Lean Hams, lb . . . ; . .2,e
Sugar-Cured Bacon, lb. 37',e
We handle everything in Roast Poultrr
s, Roast Meats and else ' complete line of
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