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.«4at«W«>«t3 T^i^SP^WJf BE^JNlOSfc :-') fV^ Women Can Do Fifty Per Cent of Work of Fighting War to Finish By FRANKLIN P. LANE, Secretary of the Intent r BOY SCOUTS Bmm TRAINED IN FIRST AID The women of America can do no greater work at this tune than to ru,M their own vegetables, can their own fruit, prevent warfe m their homes and give im- pulse and euthu.-:.L-u to the men of the land. If they do this, they will L»e doing a good 50 per cent of the work of fighting the war t o a finish. \Why not cua.UiL.u all the women's clubs of the United States into a \Lend-a-Hand-to-Wilson league,\ who=e lM:«\\*3 i it will be to carry on a propaganda for the tiling the nation will need—soldiers, ships, wheat, pigs, beans. 11 the women, wotild also make it their business to let every farmer know that his patriotism i> t • be the tu-c lie makes of Ms land and let every railroad man ' no\. serving his country by moving the nation's traffic quicLh, .\I self see that the boys and girls serve in a great mainteii ui'c nation by putting in their time feeding the chickens, < \>•]n•' fruit and vegetables, they can count themselves among i I MI I oT Mi- erty and civilization, because this war lias now come down to a matter of work and sacrifice. f have just talked with a woman fresh from Belgium. TVfeen she left, the peasants gathered around her and kissed her skirts in gratitude. Practically all of them have American flags in their homes, which are looked upon as sacred icons by the Belgian peasants. Many of these flags have been made by the' women themselves. All Europe must be made to feel that spirit toward America, and this cannot be done unless our women give us the support of their enthusiasm and free for use at the front as large a proportion of our food and labor as is possible b y forethought, sac- rifice and energy. i '^i d b} : it h' i-> i .ill l.o- cr'i - oi the -Ul|)l 1^> I • j» - •> -. kXj Active Health Officers Needed By DR. C. M. SIEVER Physician in the Kansas State Agricultural College .. -V i : Many farmers wonder why their heads ache after a long day in the field. They blame the rich food they eat, but nine times out of ten their ^es are causing the trouble. The farmer thinks because he does not read a great deal that his eyes should not bother him, but a day of plowing or riding in.the wind is as tiring t o the eyes as a day of study. If all counties required a peri- odical medical examination of schoolchildren, complaints of the young •farmer would he found and adjusted. The farmer would then know the jnents of his children and incidentally find things out for himself. / A county health officer, working full time, should be employed in .very county. He should test the eyes, ears and noses of the children and make all other necessary examinations. The schoolhouse should be the community center. The health, officer should keep careful watch on all epidemics that break out in the county. The employment of this officer would be a great economic saving to the country. One case of typhoid fever caught in time will save ten other cases. As soon as this system is used by all counties, the farmer will know his ailments, and, knowing how to treat them, he will be a healthier, hap- pier man. Training In first aid work which all Boy Scouts receive is intended t o en- able them to be of assistance in any emergency. The photograph shows the New York section of the scouts engaged in a first aid drill In Central park. The Bell in the Tower. ,K Drifting Until a Crisis Occurs By DR. NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER President of Columbia University In the old church tower Hangs the boll; And above it on the vane. In the sunshine and the rain, Cut In gold St. Peter stands With the keys In his two hands, And all is Weill 7n the old church tower Hangs the bell; Tou can hear its great heart beat. Ah, loud, and mild, and sweet! As the parson says his prayer Over happy lovers there, While all is well. In the old church tower Hangs the bell, Deep and solemn. Hark! Again! Ah, what passion and what pain! With her hands upon her bi'east Some poor soul has gone to rest Where all Is well! In the old church tower Hangs the bell— A quaint friend that seems to know All our joy and all our woe; It Is glad when wo are wed, It is sad when wo are dead, And all Is well! —Thomas Bailey Aldrioh. Infant Foods Are Tested On Little White Rodents To Determine Their Value \I; f-vv. It / '): 4. • • •* ': Our present habit with, regard to industrial problems is to lot things drift until some acute crisis occurs and then to meet it by surrender or by compromise, without any regard to the future, but with eyes fixed only on the immediate present. The greater part of the public seem to be utterly oblivious to the criti- cal position in which the great railway systems of the United States have been put, not by constructive regulation or governmental supervision, but by policies of competing, conflicting and unrelated persecutions and pin- pricking. The great railwaj's of the United States are national assets, and 'they constitute the arterial system of our commercial and industrial life. •They are asking, and they should quickly receive, single, consistent and well-organized constructive oversight and regulation from the national government, and from the national government alone. It was local interference with commerce that led directly to the for- mation of the Constitution, of the United States. It is local interference with commerce that now constitutes, perhaps, our most difficult domestic .problem. $•' \ If, .' Value of Art in City Building By MISS ARAMINTA HOLMAN Assistant Profcisor of Home Ait in Kansas Agricultural College It Is not very widely known that in- fant foods are often tried out experi- mentally on baby white mice. The Scientific American Magazine states that In various laboratories throughout the country large numbers of white mice lire fed exclusively on Infant foods and infant milk modifications. The Inference cannot be drawn from this that infant mice and human in- fants require the same fonds; but growth or lack of growth in the mouse does indicate something of the growth promoting properties of the food used. Large numbers of the baby mice are fed on each food, so that the Individual differences in the mice may be elim- inated. The food Is judged by (ho av- erage growth of all the mice in the group. The baby mice in the experiments are as hyglenicaliy cared for as are real babies. The wire cages in which they are kept are sterilized twice n week. In the bottom of each cage is n white crepe paper napkin to protect the little feet from the wires. A clean napkin is given at least once a day and often twice or three times. The infant food mixtures are given from throe to five times n day from little glass dishes resembling individual salt dishes. The dishes are sterilized every time they are used. These aristocratic little pets must have distilled water to drink. This Is furnished from a little glass bottle having a stopper with a glass tube, inverted in the top of the cage. A drop always hangs at the end of the glass tube and when a mouse i s thirsty it climbs up and licks off the drop, when another drop immediately forms. In tills way the purity of the water at nil times is insured. To he sure, these pets are never bathed, but why should they need it? They have no chance to get dirty. It has been said: \It used to be thought a small boy's job to feed white mice, but now one needs a college degree to undertake it.\ Eggs from strong, vigorous, well handled, fully matured hens will pro- duce far better chicks than those from weakly stock. The sooner eggs can be set after being laid the better. Three to ten days should be the limit; nor should they be chilled, overheated or roughly handled in the meantime. Every modern house contains or should contain a bathtub. So should every henhouse. The only difference is that one is to. hold water and the other is to be filled with dust, fine ashes, etc. Always put the Incubator In a place where the ventilation is goml, the air pure and the temperature as even as possible, but not too cold. If the hens get in the habit of eat- ing eggs, put a few China eggs on the floor of their pen and let the fowls pick at them. Sometimes that will discourage the egg-eaters somewhat. It is of no use to doctor fowls for colds or roup and then allow the same conditions which cause the colds and roup to continue, like drafty houses, germ-laden air and improper feeding. Some poultrymon'claim to break up the egg-eating habit in fowls by blow- ing an egg, then filling the shell with mustard and cayenne popper made into a thick paste with water. It is said that tills cures the taste for eggs. When hens are crowded too closely In a poultry house, one sick bird will often give the germs to n dozen oth- ers In a single night and if the oth- ers are not very strong and healthy they will at once develop these germs into disease. Hens with colds frequently tuck their heads under their wings and a lot of mucus from their nostrils is deposited there. In such cases it should be thoroughly washed off with water containing some disinfectant and then wiped thoroughly dry. I Mother's | I Cook Book | Genius is talent sat on flre hy courage. Fidelity is simply daring to be true in small things as well as great. Courage is the standing army of the soul which ' keeps it from conquest, pillage and slav- ery.—Henry Van Dyke. Cornmeal Dishes. Cornmeal is coming into its own. Because of the high price of flour, all housewives are looking for a substi- tute that can be used, occasionally, at luast, for the more expensive wheat. One of the commonest and a t the same time one of the best of foods Is mush and milk, providing you use good, rich milk. This makes a good meal for Sunday night, but is not sufficiently sustaining for a man at hard work. The mush should be- cooked, long and well to have i t wholesome. Thissame mush, put into a bread tin to mold, may be cut In slices and fried for breakfast and served with sirup, this makes a most sustaining dish. - The hot mush may be mixed-with any left- over chopped meat, well seasoned and molded. That may be fried as much, and is called scrapple. A little corn- meal added to a mixture of wheat or buckwheat flour for griddle cakes, im- proves them. Cornmeal may be used in place of flour to dip oysters before frying, or for rolling fish or sliced pork before frying. Corn Gems. Blend together two cupfuls of sweet milk with one egg, a pinch of salt, a tablespoonful of brown sugar, a table- spoonful of maple sirup, two tablc- spoonfuls of melted butter, one cup- ful of Indian meal and one cupful of wheat flour sifted with two teaspoon- fuls of baking: powder. When very light stir in a half cupful of finely chopped dates. Fill hot buttered gem pans three-quarters full and bake 30 minutes In a moderate oven. One Phase of Coat Fashions men serves to press the organs in so that the force of the breathing is felt more by the inclosed organs than by the stretching outer skin.—Popular Science Monthly. New England Bannocks. Scald eight heaping tablespoonfuls of meal (a cupful) with two cupfuls of boiling water, add four tablespoon- fuls of flour, a fourth of a teaspoonful of soda, two well beaten eggs and suf- ficient cold milk to form a batter thick enough to drop by spoonfuls into hot fat. Fry to a golden brown and serve with maple sirup. Fruit Cake. Cream a half cupful of butter and a cupful of brown sugar, moistened witli half a pint of strong coffee; add one cupful of molasses, a teaspoonful of allspice, one grated nutmeg, a tea- spoonful of cinnamon, one well-beaten egg, three cupfuls of flour, sifted with two tenspoonfuls of baking powder and a cupful of cornmeal. Add any desired fruit and bake in a slow oven three-quarters of an hour. London's Dirty Windows. London is a city of dirty windows. This is especially true of the windows of the large office buildings and the ho- tels. Woman cleaners have been em- ployed, but they have confined their work to the windows nearest the ground. Most of the work is at dan- gerous heights, and the insurance com- panies have refused to insure against accidents to woman window cleaners. ; SOBER SECOND THOUGHT >\•• —...\•—. ' [By GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS.S '.0 0.0.0.0_0.0_g 0.P ,0, fl B,P P P 0 t DP tLOJLgJ In those sections of this country where the greatest amount of money is spent on clothing, the top-coat is needed nearly all the year round; Therefore it taxes the resourceful- ness of manufacturers and costumers to provide new and interesting fea- tures in its design. Up to the last of May the separate coat is a necessity, and its usefulness is extended through the summer months for those who go to mountains or seashore. The best models shown recently are in plain weaves and solid colors. Col- ors include gold-mustard, brown, blue, black, plum and green in the beauti- ful tones of this season and the tans which are always good. Nothing hand- somer than coats of covert cloth have appeared, but the likeing for soft, glove-finished surfaces puts the coat of tliis material somewhat in the back- ground ; nevertheless It is a good buy. The coat in the picture is of wool velour and is shown in several colors. It hangs In straight lines with a wide double box plait at the back, forming a panel, and has a straight, loose front. A belt starting at each side of the panel in the back, buttons in front and confines the coat a very little, to. form a long waistline. A big, flat but- ton, covered with cloth, is sewed on each side of the panel a t the termina- tions of the belt at the back. A wide cape collar and turned-back cuffs have, for decoration, parallel rows of fine silk cord that simulate machine stitching. On the collar each row terminates In a small bone button. Saddle-bag pockets are stitched to the coat and each has a turn-over flap with the edge decora! ed with simu- lated machine stitching. The collar may be brought up and buttoned about the throat if needed. The designing of this model shows excellent judg- men in the selection of materials and style-features of the season, and in their management, The coat is attrac- tive and practical for general wear as well as distinguished-looking. Fairy!ike Frocks of Swiss Organdie Advice to the Married. * The American people should get away from the habit of associating art with galleries, paintings and statuary only. There is just as much art outdoors as in the galleries. The United States has been more backward in .the development of art in its cities than the countries of Europe. Prance has spent the most money beautifying her cities, but the rural districts of England show more icvidence of an eye for art. The efforts of the United States i n its larger cities has been more toward the betterment of hygienic and social condi- tions. Many of the most beautiful buildings in the United States tira the old ones. The early builders had simplicity, sincerity and consistency in Ttheix work. The American people are especially careless about the construction .of .waterways, railways and other means of communication and travel. .A person entering most of our large cities, either by rail or water, has Tfsjially to pass through the city ash heap. Our harbors and railway stations could be artistic, if care were taken in construction. The following advice to newly mar- ried couples is given by Foster G. Id- dings, police court judge of Sioux City, Iowa: \There's no house big enough to shelter two families. \Too much mother-in-law is not a good thing for young couples, \Too much father-in-law has the same effect. • \A wife should leave her husband to visit relatives at least two weeks every year. On her return she appre- ciates him better. \A husband should leave his wife at least two weeks each year. He ap- reciates her more When he returns. \A young couple's place is by them- selves. Their battles are their own. \Welcome your relatives as com- pany, but don't permit more than one to come at a time.\ Massaging Digestive Organs By Deep Breathing Is Best Physicians agree that massaging the abdominal organs is at best a delicate procedure requiring the skill of a pro- fessional in order to prevent more harm than good being done. And yet abdominal massage is recommended as a help or cure for various ills, especial- ly for constipation. A method which is so gentle that no baneful effects could possibly result employs system- atic deep breathing as the agent. The diaphragm' and the muscles of the abdomen share in the work of re- „ spirntion and at the same time press' *A £ Around the World. $ United States tin can supply £< is short. \* rhythmically upon the intestines. In order to increase the- pressure so Hint massaging of the intestines results, it Is only necessary to breathe more deep- ly than is customary and to keep it up rhythmically. The patient should lie face downward across the bed tak- ing from five to seven deep breaths a minute. A pillow under the abdo- $i Oklahoma is increasing pecan $ nut growing. J< Denmark contains 7,706 regis- !•< tered motorcycles. 9 Canada had 1,685 commercial $ failures last year. [•J Argentina devotes 16,420,083 $ acres to wheat growing. J«j California produced in 1915 $ gold valued at $22,442,206. Costa Elca last year exported 33,S53,707 pouuds of coffee. 58 >:i The Impulses of our Nature do not Lead us, they Arouse us. And no man is fit to contend gloriously for a Fact or for a Cause until he is thor- oughly Aroused. But to act upon FIKST Impulses is an unwise and most disastrous policy. Halter your Impulses with Sober Second Thought. You will never lose anything by carefully Thinking things over before you act. In fact, it is our Sober Sec- ond Thoughts that give us courage to carry through successfully what comes to us as necessary to be done. Cool heads are always wiser than hot heads. Halter your Impulses with Sober Second Thought Most of the regrets of the world nrlse from important things done on Impulse, which if but introduced nt once to Sober Second Thought, would not have been done at all. Many a man lias resigned a good position on Impulse only to be left for months and years working up to where he left off. Sober Second Thought is a companion worth cultivating. Halter your Im- pulses with Sober Second Thought. He Knew. Willie Willis—What are \pieces of nrfillery,\ paV Papa Willis—I think they must be the kind that the girl next door plays-] unsnlnted on the piano. V .-' **• li -**:*, Old Glory and the Salute. A DePauw university professor at Greencastle is telling a story on him- self regarding the American flag. He says last year, when teaching a t Culver Military academy, he happened in the office of the flag officer one evening as the flag was being lowered and put away for the night. It was carried past him. All others saluted and took off their hats, while he stood as usual. The nest day at dinner the flag of- ficer was at his table. For the benefit of his teacher, the young officer gave his fellow-students a severe lecture on flag etiquette, never once- mentioning the teacher for whose benefit the lec- ture was given, but it served its pur- pore and never again did the flag go on such an occasion.—In- dianapolis News. lie IP i 'inr of those pretty frocks of embroidered swiss-organdie in which little misses look so fairylike. This crisp and very sheer material is made in wide flouriclngs that make them particularly well suited to little girls' dresses. The simpler and finer the embroidery the better it Is for chil- dren's wear and, in the little dress pic- tured, there is merely a scalloped edge With small flower sprays in the scallops. Fine, narrow val edging or dainty home-made laces are used for finish- ing neck and sleeves in these frocks. Nine times out of ten val lace Is chos- en for trimming the sheer petticoats that must be worn under tliem to get the best effects. Batiste and organdie skirts are made in exactly the same length as the dress skirt and often two petticoats are joined to one body made of a heavier material. The little frock illustrated is made with a long waist set onto a short yoke. Lengthwise strips, with scal- loped edges brought together, form the back and front of the waist. The sleeves are pointed flounces of the or- gandie, edged with val lace. Two flounces make the short skirt which barely -covers the knees. They are full nnd gathered with a narrow band that Joins waist and skirt. There is just one way to put the best of all finishing touches to a little dress of this kind, and that is by pro- viding It with the right kind of girdle. A wide, soft ribbon in pale pink>»as allw pil 'e w§ used for the girdle pictured and in-- stead of a bow at the back, a rosette shows off the luster and lovely color to perfection. The same ribbon is used for the piquant hair bow that is poised —like a big butterfly—on the head. White socks and black patent leather slippers finish up a toilet in which any mother is warranted in taking pride. /_ €T A Trim Figure. The girl who is not necessarily stout but who delights in the low-cut or gir- dle-top corsets will find the following hint a saving on brassieres. She can sew into the top of her corset a nieivuS of stout linen lace—torchon orF tion cluny will answer. It shou^ darted as closely as possible atf casing allowed for tape or.ribbou\\.. the top if the lace is not open enouM of itself. When this addition to thl corset is drawn up tightly it acts as al bust support and insures against the^ showing of the corset line, so ugly tin* • der thin blouses and frocks. Porto Rican Work oh Slippers. A new idea for boudoir slippers is to have them of Porto Bican embroid- ered linen, upon which the linen threads., have 'been drawn so as to leave a pansy patterh. ^..^•\yftiaaw ~-r-*^^—-~y /- •^im^t^yr\'
