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The Washington herald., 1913-02-16

employed in an ordinary vocation that re-
quires only moderate exercise. must have
what is known as 5000 caIories Of heat
to supply his needs, and fat is the food
product which supplies that in the great
est abundance. For this purpose 1t Is
more than double the value OF the other
principal foods.
"All animals need protein to build the
fibres OF the muscles, they need phospho-
rus to build the bones and tissues, but
most of all, for daily consumption. they
must have something to burn. something
to keep up the bodily heat. We could lose
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
Get A New Stove.

The first thing to do is TO revOlutionize
the kitchen equipment by putting the coal
stove out of commission and using IN Its
nlsce one burning deratured alcohol One
woman who uses such a stove SAID 10 me:
"If I could bear a message to the aver
age housemother who has to slave over
a stowe from morning till night it would
he. Get acquainted with denatured alco-
hol. Every can saves gray hair.
This fuel holds out to every house
keener in town, suburb, and country the
promise of a kitchen free from dust,
smoke, and bad air, with no more iugglng
of heavy scuttles of coal. no more rat
tIing down of dusty ashes, and no more
carrying away and sitting.
BY the use of proper appliances all kinds
of food can be cooked rapidly. easily.
and far more cheaply than can be done
with coal Meats. fish. fruits, and veg
etables can be cooked with greater pre-
cision than with coal. because the con-
troll of the alcohol flame admits of finer
adjustment than can possibly be OBJ
tanned with any stove burning coal or
wood. Foods cooked with denatured al
cohoI have a more characteristics flavor.
and can be cooked with less waste. less
labor. and fewer utensils. One gallon is
sufficient to cook thirty-six meals for
two people, at a cost of less than ) cents
a day, or 2-3 cents per meal. If you
want to boil pint of water on a coal
stove when the fire is out it cannot be
accomplished under thirty five minutes
Five minutes will do it on an alcohol
stove.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
By HELEN HOLLISTER.
Superintendent of Household arts and
Science. Mechanics Institute.

Rochester n. Y.
rrT HEN clocks and bells and
, M whistles tell the working
world that II may pause in
its labor for bread there pour
from shops and factories, office build
ings and warehouses, schools and col
leges hundreds OF thousands of men and
women and boys and girls in quest of
their midday meal Luncheon must be
procured wherever ones work may be.
unless home and work are in very close
proximity. So, six days in the week.
fifty-two weeks in the year. this search
for food goes on. and in advance of the
hungry crowd there has. of necessity,
sprung up the lunch room in all its vari-
ations.
The shoppers claim to a toothsome
noon meal has long been recognized. as
has that of the business man. But it
remained for the pioneers in domestic
science and their ever-increasing band
of followers to discover that the factory
hand and the school boy have rights
equal TO those of the shopper and the
business man; that the lunch box. with
its reminiscent odors of pie and pickles
and its germ-harboring possibilities, be-
and that better work. both mental and
physical, is the direct result of better
nourshment.
Factory and high school lunch rooms
having proved their great economic value.
the question arose: Why not begin with
the child in the graded school, and test
the benefits of hot cocoa and good bread
and butter as developers of intellect?"
Immediately there sprang into being
the penny luncheon" with such sur
prisng results that DIR. Maxwell in his
twelfth report declares: Provision
should be made in all schools for supply
ing food at cost price to the pupils in
the middle of the day"
DR.. Ira Vile proceeds further to say
that in case the necessary penny may
be beyond the reach of some under
nourished waif the city itself should sup
ply it
Since domestic science has been respon-
sibIe for the evolution of the lunch room
and the passing of the dinner pail, it
must perfOrce assume the task of train
ing workers for this comparatively new
field Most of the schools and colleges
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
BY MARY HAMILTON TALBOTT.

IN many homes it is no longer the SER
want problem which confronts the
housemother. but the servantless
question. How best to get along
without a maid. since it no longer seems
possible to provide for one out OF the
family income.
When this crisis comes the housewife
should turn to denatured alcohol, the new
domestic fuel which Uncle Sam concluded
was SO desirable for family use that ne
removed from it former prohloitiVe
tax and made it at 20 cents gallon
cheaper than coal at 81 ton. German
housewives have learned the advantages
accruing from its use as a fuel ana
nearly JOOO0,ooO gallons of it are used
annually in that country. Even the I'M
perial palace is lighted with aicohoi
LAMPS
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16

the eyes, and as an illuminant II Is a
notable labor saver. All housekeepers
know that kerosene lamps can be kept
clean only by continual. persistent atten-
tion and careful wiping with a cloth or
soft paper every day, certainly every
second or third day. As the lamps are
usually filled every day the only course
is to wipe every lamp thoroughly clean
each day in the year at a great and quite
useless waste of time labor. and money.
Denatured alcohol is wholly free from
this defect II Is clean and cannot give
offense to sight, touch. or smell, and the
lamp wicks are inclosed in a tube and
cannot be seen and do not require adjust
ment trimming These lamps, whether
lighted or not. are always perfectly clean.
and neither lamp nor chimney requires at
tention except the occasional wipins off
with a soft dust cloth when the room IS
swept.
Another difference between oil and al
cohol means for the housekeeper all the
difference between comfort and discom.
fort. Unless the greatest care is taken
to keep oil cans clean. the place where
the can is kept eventually becomes oil.
stained, greasy, and offensive. The place
where the alcohol can is kept is at all
Cream, anu py
chance, some of the clear, transparent
liquid is spilled on rug or clothing Il
quickly dries up and disappears. leaving
no stain behind. Oil on the hands 10
greasy and offensive and can only be
removed by thorough washing. wiping,
and drying. while the hands wet with
alcohol always remain clean Cologne is
used to bathe the hands and face, and
cologne is merely scented alcohol.
Cutting Down Both Cost and Labor.
But hear some one say. These com.
forts are for the rich.'' Not at all. They
are within the reach Of people in the most
modest circumstances. The head Of the
house in one family where they were
Installed. said:
when We found 1t necessary to dis.
pense with q girl and my wife had the
work to do. I always found her tired out
when I came home. and she Was never
able to go out with me- After several
months 1 began to feel desperate. for the
woman I loved seemed to be fading away.
There were wrinkles coming in her face.
there was always a tired droop to her
mouth, a weary look about the eyes. One
evening. as We sat at dinner. asked her
IL there was no way We could manage
SO that Sne cOulu nave more neip WIN
the work. She quietly left the table and.
going to the sideboard drawer. took out
slip Of paper which she handed to
me and said: I have been wanting to
talk to you about trying these new ways
Of making housekeeping easy, but knew
how short you are Of money The up
shot of II was 1t did not<take me long to
write q check from my small rainy day
fund-she had worked as hard as l had
to provide for just this kind Of an emer-
gency. II is certainly wonderful how
much more easily the work Is DONE
In passing II may be said that denatured
alcohol is excellent for cleaning purposes.
being a good solvent Of fats, oils, and all
kinds OF grease. A slight addition of
ammonia improves its detergent qualities.
1t is especially useful for cleaning deli.
cate fabrics. such as laces. silks. and the
like.
tcouvrisht 1913. by sturyis waassAa
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16

the one slipper is filled with a tiny.
winged cupid. also of china The latter
is the more attractive. Both are about
an inch long.
Like the glazed paper Easter eggs there
are paper heart boxes to be filled with
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
VALENTINE FAVORS

small candles. These are about an inch
in width and in length. and cost untitled
10 cents each.
Red crepe paper boxes with china
cupid fastened at the top holding out
wedding ring cost 1s cents untitled.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
Try Alcohol Combined with Steam.

Steam cooking in some Of its forms is
already familiar TO many housekeepers.
but its possibilities when used in connec-
ton with denatured alcohol stove can
not be overlooked by the housewife who
is seeking an easy way to do things For
pactically the whole dinner is cooked on
one burner in n modern compartment
cooker.
For dinner one day at friends We had
a five-pound chicken, corn. onions, pota-
toes, and castard. perfectly cooked, with
out any intermingling of tastes. all done
in one cooker. Another feature of steam
cooking, which is great time and labor
saver. is that the foods may be cooked
q the dishes in which they are served
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16

Housekeepers. when the use OF alcohol
as q fuel is suggested. invariably ask
" But how are We to have hot water in
the bathroom and in the kitchen: It's a
nuisance to have to heat all the wafer
In a kettle
In the cellar there may be a combined
water heater and laundry stove connect
ed with the chimney and attached to
the water back of the range which will
give an ordinary family all the hot
water they want at an average coal con-
sumption of not more than fifteen pounds
of nut coal in a day. BY padding the
outside of the boiler with asbestos the
water is kept hot for much longer
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16

no cleaning of pots and pans after the
meal is over. When the cooking is fin
ished the serving dishes-which may be
glass. china. or silver-are taken out,
wiped dry, and placed on the table.
An important economic principIe-con-
serving the neat of denatured alcohol
should not be overlooked. All kinds of
slow cooking should be done in a fireless
cooker, for this kind of cooking, when de-
natured alcohol Is used as the initial heat.
is great money saver. The cost of this
Eeat is less than 20 per cent. of the cost
OF cooking the same food by ordinary
methods.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16

period. To install an arrangement ike
this for a family of five with one bath
room would cost about s25.
Most of US, whether We live IN the
country or town. have experienced the
disagreeable chill in the house before the
heating apparatus is started in the Fail
and also the disagreeableness OF oil
heaters. The radiators made for burning
denatured alcohol are easily moved from
room to room and have a radiating sur
face sufficient to heat a room twelve by
fourteen to 30 degrees In ordinary wealth.
er. Also, they have the inestimsble ad-
vantage Of being non-odorous, and the
flame is at all times non-smoking.
Washing Made Easy.
The benefits of the new industrial al
cohol do not stop in the kitchen, but go
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
The Hot Water Question.

tions that / cannot keep up an intelli-
gent conversation"
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
Meals Cooked at Table.

In the home where simplicity is the
keynote of the breakfast the entire meal
may be prepared right at the table. 1t is
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
Washing Made Easy.

The benefits of the new industrial al
cohol do not stop in the kitchen, but go
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-29
What Our New Currency
Law Really Means to us

central point in a great currency
measure.
The Organization of Credit.
How has this purpose been carried
out in the new act? Instead of one
central bank, we shall have at least
eight regional banks in as many dis
tricts into which the country is di-
vided (probably in Boston. New York.
Chicago, st. Louis, SAN Francisco,
New Orleans, etc, etc. The banks
in each district subscrige the capital
20 their own federal reserve bank
which can lend 10 any member bank,
but not to the public. In time of
stress, when a member bank is hard
pressed by borrowers. that bank can
take its picked shOrt-time CONNER
cial paper (these are the notes given
by borrowers and held by the bank
in its assets) To its federal reserve
bank and with this is security get a
loan (called a rediscount). The pro-
CeedS OF this loan can be counted by
the member bank as part OF its re-
serve as long as they are left on de-
post with the federal reserve bank.
What is the result The member
bank has now it's lending power
touched. and as long as its customers
can present shOrt-tirne ESQ days, etc.
commercial paper, based on q sale of
p
That is. no firm doing q legitimate
business in buying and selling goods
need ever in the future go into bank
ruptcy for lack Of a loan. This fea-
ture is the core of the new act.
Control BY Reserve Board.
obviously, IL there are several fed
eral reserve banks, they must be uni
fled 10y some supervisory board. This
rs the function of the federal reserve
board OF seven TO be appointed by the
president. This board may examine
accounts Of the banks under il; super
wise note-issues; locate reserve cities:
suspend officials. If necessary, in re-
serve banks; suspend reserve require
ments for a period of so days; and. IN
an emergency, require one federal re-
serve bank 20 lend another. ObjeC-
ton has been made that q board APP
pointed by the president places our
credit system under political control
That might be true If banking opera
lions were conducted by this board.
As a fact the work Of this board,
while important is chiefly administra-
tive and supervisory; but the lending
on commercial paper is carried on
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-29
HIS LAST CHRISTMAS GIFT
BY JOHN FOX, JR
Illustrated by Reinhod Paenske


Copyright, 1913. by tht Newspaper Enter
prise AssociationJ
The sergeant got the wounded man
10 his feet and threw one arm around
his waist. Then ne all but carried
him, stumbling along, with both
hands clasped across his eyes. down
the ravne that looked at night Eke
some Dit Of he'll For along their
path a thousand coke ovens spat
forth rec tongues tlat licked north
ward with the wind shot red arrows
into the choking black smoke that
surgcd up the mouutau side. and
lighted with fire the bellies of the
clouds rolling overhead.
'.Whar you takin' me-"
Hospital The mountaineer
stopped suddenly.
why, 7 can't see them ovens,"
you come on, Jim Next morn
ing jim lay on "a cot with a sheet
drawn To his chin. and "A grayish-yel-
low bandage covering forehead and
eyes drawn TO the tip OF his nose.
When the surgeon lifted that bandage
the nurse turned her face aside and
what was under IT,, or rather what
was not under IL, shall not be told.
only out in the operating room the
smoOth-faced young assistant was
cuTiOusly counting over some round
leaden pellets. and he gave one low
whistle when he pushed into a pile
fun four-scOre.
He said he was a-lookin' through
a keyhole." the sergeant reported,
AN somebody let him have it with
both barrels-but that don't go jim
wouldnt be lookin' through no key
hole-hed bust the door down"
Nor could the sergeant learn more.
He had found the man stumbling
down Postum hollow. and up that
hollow the men and women of the
mining camp did not give one another
away.
1T might "a been any one of a
dozen fellers / know" the sergeant
said. for Jim was "a feudsman and
had his enemies by the score.
The man on the cot said nothing.
once. to be sure, when he was cross
ing the border of Etherland, and
once only, he muttered: Yes, she
was a cat, no doubt about that. Yes
sir, the old girl was "A cat" But when
ne was conscious. that much even
he never again would say. He sim
ply lay grim, quiet, accomplishing.
and not even the surgeon, whose step
he got quickly TO know, could get him
10 tell who had done the deed.
on the fourth day he showed some
cheer.
Look here, Doc" he said. when
YOU goin' TO take this rag off o. my
eyes. / hain't seen a wink since /
came in here"
oh. pretty soon" said the sur
geOn, and the nurse turned away
again, with drops in her eyes that
would never be for his eyes TO shed
again.
on the sixth day his pulse was fast
and his blood was Highland that
night the nurse knew precisely what
meant the look in the surgeons face
when he mOtiOned her to leave the
room. Then he bent to lift the ban
dage once more.
why don't YOU take EN- all off,
Doc? I'd like To see the old girl
again. Won't she come TO see me-?
Yes she'll come. but she can't
now-she's sick abed." The man
grinned.
Yes, / know them spells"
Jim" said the surgeon suddenly.
I'm going to be very busy tOmOT-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-29
BY PROF. JAS. LAURENCE
LAIGHIIN.
(Head of Department OF Political
Economy ut Chicago University and
Author of principles OF Economy

copyrighted 1913, by the Newspaper
Enterprise Association.)
This measure stands cut as the
most important legislation on banking
and currency since the Civil war. Its
obvious purpose is TO make both our
currency and credit system more
elastic and to remove the possibility
OF frequent paroNysms of credit. Be
fore this we have had a highly indi-
viduaistic system of over $4,000
banks, each acting FOR itself. The new
law Is intended 20 introduce cO-opera-
ton for the common good. In our
principal cities the banks. without any
legislation, have through clearing
clearing house associations establish
ed local cooperation. which has help
ed 10 minimize the effects of strin-
gene yand panic. This act aims TO
extend something like equivalent ac-
ton over all parts of the country.
UnconsciOusly 10 many our busi-
ness fabric has been developing in
such a way as 20 enable an exchange
OF goods TO take place mainly by
checks drawn ON bank deposits. Only
in purely rural districts are money
and notes absolutely necessary TO buy
witt. Yet the idea Is widespread,
coming down 90 us lr0m times when
orr money was generally
'1'dral" that our great need in time
O. Cricis is more money. although
any hard-pressel borrower who can
set loan at "a bank can meet his
maturing debts by a check on that
hank In fact, the more we look into
the facts-as In the panic OF 1907
Ne End the center of the detlicultv ia
tie lendinc power OF the banks When
panic-striCken persons draw down the
reserves OF the banks they lessen the
power of the banks 20 lend. There
fore. measure which will in time Of
danger, help out tire reserves and the
lending power Of the banks is OF chief
tmpOrtance-of FAR more Importance
than increasing the money i'm the
hands or the public which serves MS a
means OF exchanging goods; because
we have a highly developed medium
% checks Ga deposit currency. This
organization OF credit should he the
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| only by the federal reserve banks
Whose customers are the member
banks in each respective district)
This is a pivotal matter.
Elasticity of Notes.
The elasticity of credit TO be gained
by the provisions just mentioned is OF
first Importance; but the elasticity of
the bank-note issues, although sec
ondary, is in high degree essential
to daily transactions. The act makes
no change in our gold standard or in
the greenbacks. Our present nation
al bank notes have been long admit
ted to be unelastic: and these are to
be gradually replaced in twenty years
by new kind OF money called fed
eral reserve notes. That these notes
may be properly elastic, not only au-
tomato expansion, but contraction is
essential. Thus, while there is no
limit placed on their maximum
amount, they can be expanded only
in proportion as picked short-tlme
commercial paper is taken by federal
reserve banks to the federal reserve
board and exchanged for reserve
notes.
Thus they can be expanded only as
the transactions in goods are expand
ed on which the commercial paper is
based. This is the only way these
notes originate: They cannot be Great
ed and paid out by the government
for its debts Thus they are essential
ly bank notes. Their safety is abund-
antly secured not only by 120 per
cent of picked commercial paper, but
also by a gold reserve of 20 per cent.
and a first lien on all the assets of
the respective reserve banks taking
them out. If, however, the reserve
banks should ever fail 10 redeem
them-an almost impossible contin-
gency-they would be redeemed by
the treasury of the United states.
Banking experience has long shown
that a note circulation cannot stay
out in excess if there is prompt aEG
immediate redemption. This is fully
provided for at the reserve banks and
at the treasury. Moreover, when IL
The course of business these new notes
come in 20 the reserve banks, they
cannot pay out any but their own
notes. being Obliged 10 send the notes
0f other reserve banks home for re-
demptiOn. Thus the possibilities OF
undue expansion of note issues are re-
duced to the minimum; while elastic
itv is secured Expansion through
loans not based on sound transactions
IS the one thing TO be watched. The
new system can be successful only by
careful scrutiny Of loans. II wisely
managed in this respect. the country
viii have entered on q new stage IN
Is DEVELOPMENT OF banking andk cur
rency. and business Will greatly profit
thereby.
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A curious smile fitted over the
coarse lips and passed. Then the
lips frightened and the thought be-
hind the bandage made its way to
the surgeons quick brain, and there
was a long silence.
At last.
"DyOu ever hear tell, Doc, of a
woman bein' hung?"
Yes, jim"
And then:
Doc. am I goin' shore?" This
question the surgeon answered with
another, bending low.
Jim, what massage shall / give
your wife," The curious smile came
back.
DOC, this is Christmas, amt it,"
Eyes, jim"
doc, you're shore. air We, that no
body knows who done it,"
Nobody but you, Jim"
The man had been among men the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-29

terror Of the hills for years, but on
the last words that passed his gray
lips his soul must have swung upward
toward the soul OF the Man who
lived and died for the peace of those
hills.
Doc" he said thickly, you JUS
tell the old girl Jim says, Happy
Christmasr"
The surgeon started back at the
grim cheer of that message, but he
took it like a priest and carried il
back through the little hell that
fiared down the ravine on Jim now
through the window. And like a
priest he told it to but one living
soul.
Doc" he said, "I was goin' TO git
the old girl a Christmas gift. Tell
her I'm-a' in'-her-one-now
Doc" he repeated thickly; tell the
old girl Jim says-'Happy Christ
mas"
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row, and if you've got any message
10 send to anybody or anything to say
To me, you'd better say il before /
60" He spoke carelessly, but with
a little too much care.
The sheet moved over the hands
clasped across Jim's breast. why,
Doc. you don't mean to say" He
stopped and drew in one breath slow
ly.
"Oh, no. but you can't always tell.
and / might not get back till late. and
I thought you might have something
to tell me about He paused help
lessly, and the man on the cot began
moving his lips. The surgeon bent
low.
why, Doc" he said very slowly.
you - don't - really - mean - 10
say - that the old -" his voice
dropped to a whisper has finished
me this timer"
who finished you, Jim-who'd
you say finished you?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-29
ARREST FOUR YOUTHS
WITH SMALL ARM0RY
Members of Well Known Families
Intended to- Carry Out Robberies
in Northern Indiana.

WARSAW, Ind, Dec. %. - Three
rifles, two shotguns, seven revolvers,
% knives, a dozen razors. 3 watches
and many boxes of ammunition COM
posed the loot recovered when Sheriff
G. A. Kintzel and City Marshal c. b.
Moon Sunday arrested Frank Sher-
burn, IS: Mel Sherburn, 81; David
Williamson. Il, of Warsaw, and Glen