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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-11-27
Birds Invade HeIooland.

Unless war has DISTURBED tne af.
rangements of birds as we'll as men,
the island of Helgoland is now expert
eucing an aerial invasion Of the very
first order. In the great southwark
fights of the birds each autumn the
North sea island seems to be recos-
nized point Of call. ,
In peaceful times the islanders ers
nroflt by this, and on autumn nights
are abroad with lanterns and nets, the
former to attract and dazzle the BIRDS
the latter to secure them. Mr.. See
hohm records having seen as many as
1900 larks captured in single night
A lighthouse man reckoned to secure
200 birds a night by merely stretching
a net around the great lantern. Ano
thasa were merely weary stragglers
from a host no man could number
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-11-27

A Huge 1uber SO Feet Higher Than
the Statue Of Liberty and Weighing
Over 12o,o00,o00 Pounds Would
Make Only q Weeks Supply Of Po'
tatoes for the kalser's Fighting
Men.
ognized that food supplies may play
as important part in the winning or
losing of battles as ammunition,
Workmanship and personal bravery.
With the thoroughness which Is SO
characteristic Of their nation the Ger.
mans have for years made the feeding
of their soldiers q matter of scientific
study. Their commissary department
is under the direction of group OF
dietetic specialists who are admitted
to have no superiors and few equals.
The daily ration which they have
prescribed as the best fertilization for
a German fighting mans stomach In
cludes rs ounces of fresh bread, or
II ounces of biscuit; 49, ounces OF
fresh meat, or seven ounces Of
smoked meat; four ounces Of rice, OF
eight ounces Of flour, or g. ounces OF
potatoes; nearly an ounce of salt;
nearly an ounce of roasted coffee, OF
one-tenth Of an ounce Of tea, and hall
an ounce of sugar.
The amount OF bread eaten in q
week by the German soldiers now in
the field would make loaf 1913 feet
high and weighing 60,130,000 pounds
A weeks supply Of potatoes would
make tuber 1873 feet high and weigh
Ing 120,330,0 900 pounds.
The figures given are for the stand
ard ration, which is probably very
different thing from that actually be-
ing consumed along the great battle
formation, where there is great flexi'
bility as to the food to be used. 1t
Is possible that pemmican "a con
densed meat product) is entering into
the ration very largely. The kaiser
has always expressed lively interest
IN mis- soldiers food, and he has not
infrequently ridden up to the field
bakeries and sampled the product OF
their ovens.
Some idea of the enormous expense
of the war will be gained from the
fact that the daily cost Of provisions
for the combined armies would be
$12,5OO,O00, without the expense Of
transportation, which would be s.,
100000 more each day. These figures
were based on the prices of some
years ago, so that Is per cent could be
added to the cost Of the food, making
the cost today $1s,750,0 900, or $780,
900 delivered" at the place of con.
sumption.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-11-27
II nWarn't Dare"

A trial took place recently in Texas
hefore a negro jury. The IL gentle
mon If color were told by the Judge
to retire and find a verdict. Iney
denarted for the jury room. Then be-
ssr the opening and shutting OF draw
e e the slamming of doors. and other
sounds Of unusual commotlon. LIVELY ,sas
one wondered what the trouble was
U a lost the jury came back into the
court, and the foreman arose ana sa ~.
.Wa hab looked everywah-in the
drawers, and behind the do' an can +.
And no yerdic'. 1t warn't in de room
National Monthly.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-11-27
To Make Pot PIE.

This can be made with veal alone,
chicken or any nice meat. It can also
be made similar to the Irish stew
with leftover meat and adding lit
tie fresh meat. Meat can be used
alone or with a favoring Of vegeta.
bles. Cut up small and simmer, as
the Irish stew is made, then put in a
deep baking dish and cover with a
biscuit crust or mashed potato
crust rolled out with flour. Bake a
rich brown in moderate oven. Serve
In the baking dish. Veal stew, which
is made by cutting pound or two
of veal into six pieces, makes a good
pia.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-11-27

oner to attempt to heal the wound IN
her heart. :"
AN young girls have the same spirit,
.. thoughtlessness the world over
many would share the same fate "a
the outcast were it not that they were
guarded by loving watchful care. That
tney are safely wooed and wed ia a
great blessing to them, thanks to the
chaperon. 1t must not be supposed
.nat all girls are weak and vacillating
oy nature. Girls who have an intui.
i've sense of what is for their good
are IN the great majority, am, happy
70 say. The cloak of dignity in which
tney wrap themselves protects them.
II girl friend is too bold while young
men are present, the girl Of good sense
chooses another companion. II she
mas young man inclined to be rude,
she shuns him ever after.
Such girl can take care of herself
though she were In the desert of sa.
nara. Maidens who are carefully
guarded by their home folks have their
minds drawn into useful channels,
such as drawing, china painting, max.
Ing their own clothes or being initi-
ated into the mysteries of housekeep-
ing between the ages of fourteen and
twenty. She who has her mind filled
with useful thoughts keeps out of
mischief and foolish, oYer.umantic day
dreaming. These are the daughters
whom other young women should
watch and closely follow their ex-
ample, thus being a credit to them
selves and the world at large. Very
young girls who are alone in life
should make confidant of some elder
ly woman for advice when they feel
undecided in love affairs.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-11-27
No Place for Thunder Bird on
~ European Flags. \
According to indian Tradition, u 10;
the Recognized Symbol Of Author
ity, Dignity, Arbitration. and,
Above Al, Pssss. .f

Nero than twelve million fighting
men In Rirspe are today ,wsariaa In.
sigma on their clothing or ere being
led to victory or defeat by banners
depicting q bird displayed In what
Americans would call spread-eAglo
style. The troops that wave the 0laRD
and Stripes aloft have In the pastsAAA
present been led ON by the counterfeit
presentment Of an eagle with out
spread wings. Seldom do those en-.
gagged in war or mere onlookers evar
give thought to what appears to be
on consideration an odd and relatively
meaningless custom that \ alm6St
verges on fetish worship. To be sure.
one nation uses the painted or EN-.
broidered efiigy of an, elephant ON it,
banners. another dragon, and so on,
but these nations are hardly civilized
in the highest sense.
Investigation of encyclopedia infor-
nation discloses no good reasons why
America, Germany and Russia should
place bird on their national en-.
blems.
Some weeks ago the Carlisle Indian
school. following the footsteps OF the
American Society of Indians, adopted
as the school emblem a thunder bird
The thunder bird was designed for
the school by Angel De Cora Deitz,
the greatest authority In the world
on Indian art. From Mrs. Deitz, who,
with her husband, William Lone Star
Deitz, is teaching art at the Carlisle
school, 1t has been learned that near
ly all the Indian tribes recognize .
bird as symbol Of authority and so
cial rank. The artist, who Is q Win
nebago Indian of aristocratic lineage
and who has delved deeply into Indian
legends, says that the thunder bird or
It's equivalent in various forms has
been q mark Of distinction and au-
thority, probably, for many thousand
years. AS a child she heard from ma
tive legendary sources the story OF
the thunder bird, and has every rea-
son to believe that 1t is as ancient a.
the legend concerning the last man.
moth. ~
According to an accepted legend
ages had passed with all the spirits
dominating land, water and air re-
naming on relative equality. Ancient
Indian clans. for conveniences Of rec>
ignition and occupation, had associate
ed themselves with various patron
spirits, The story Of the achievcDsnt
of domination by the thunder bird 10
tedious, but tells how fatigued war.'
rior Of the thunder-bird clan lay ex@
hausted at the edge Of a precipice
watching still waters far below. His
attention was attracted by the dis.
turbance of the limpid depths, from
which the water spirit emerged to
meet the thunder bird In deadly con-
hict. The. observer Is supposed to
have been the only human being who
has ever seen these spirits. Az one
or the other became exhausted they
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-11-27

What is love? IT'S not hereafter,
Present mirth hath present laughter;
What's to come Is still insure;
In delay there lies no plenty.
Then come kiss me, systematically;
Youths a stuff will not endure
There's a silly age in girlhood, just
as there is with youths. From four
teen to twenty girl thinks that all
she has to do is to frame up an ideal
lover, hang his picture in her mind,
carrying the duplicate of it in her
heart, and watch out for the first fell
low to come along who bears any kind
of resemblance to it. She considers
this to be of romantic turn of mind.
Every young man she is brought In
contact which seems to resemble her
ideal in some particular; or, at least,
she assumes he does.
She expects his heart to be touched
by loves flame at their first meeting,
and is quite in the mood to be made
love to. Eight girls out of ten are
ready to wed as for that matter, leap
ing into a life of which they know
nothing. The average young man
meets a girl and either considers her
jolly good company or mighty pretty,
but bit too shy. He could spend a
pleasant evening or q dozen with the
charming maiden, but If he was called
away suddenly, unable to resume his
calls, he might think Of her for fort
night. At the end Of that time he
would be looking around among a new
crowd Of girls who surrounded him
for companion, quite as agreeable as
she was.
True, he may write few fervent
letters to her, but the fervency OF
these soon wanes When man has
scarcely interest enough to open a
letter which he knows is from a par
ticular girl, letting it lie about in his
collar or handkerchief box for two or
three days, and puts off from time to
time the irksome task Of answering 1t,
he may be said to be off her list en-
tirely.
Young girls cannot bring themselves
to believe this. They are sure he was
intended for them, and even though his
interest may blow hot and then flow
cool. he is sure to return to them, find
ing out how dull life is without them.
BY the time they have wasted useless
wears in such delusive hope they be-
gin to wake up. Because girl likes
certain man it is no reason that her
liking will touch responsive chord
in his heart. He may be attracted to
lust the opposite kind of girl. She is
very lucky if she can come across just
the kind of man she wants. They are
not made to order.
A man or womans looks count for
little, It is that subtle quality, indie
scribable, yet tangible, which draws
two hearts together. Ideals usually
have to be swept down from their
dusty pedestals before they consent to
accept the real man when he comes
along. Romance is very beguiling,
hit until a girl is old enough to show
common sense in her choosing she is
not competent to take unto herself a
husband.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-11-27
How to Clean White Feathers.

White feathers OF any description
can be cleaned at home to look like
new at small cost. Take gasoline
and plaster of paris and mix the two
together to the consistency Of whipped
cream. Dip the feathers in this mix
ture, squeezing and pressing them;
then hang in the open air to dry thor.
oughly, and until the gasoline evapo
rates. Be careful not to handle until
thoroughly dry; then shake we'll, and
the result will be beautifully clean
and fluffy feather White wings may
also be successfully treated in this
manner The gasoline must never be
used in a room where there is light
or fire.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-11-27
WITH GINGER FLAVOR
MANY APPETlZlNo DESSERTS At.
COMMAND.
condlment 10 Also Recommended for
Ito Aealth.o|vlns Properties
Should Have More Definite
Place In the larder,

Preserved or canned ginger gives 4
most interesting flavor to many des-,
serts and really deserves . moro defl..
mite place in the larder. For It can be
kept always on hand and therein DOS.
sesses q great advantage over many
other fruit flavors.
Dates freed from their pits and
stuffed with slivers OF preserved GIN
ger, then rolled in granulated sugar,
are q delicious sweetmeat.
Ginger Bavarian cream is a dessert
with an almost elusive flavor. To
make 1t chop half a cupful Of pre-
served ginger into small bits and mix
1t with half cupful Of strip. Then
add half a package Of gelatin. which
has been soaked and dissolved in a
cupful OF water. Whip a pint of cream
stiff and add 1t to the other ingredi.
ents. II necessary add chilli. Serve
with whipped cream, garnished With
bits OF preserved ginger.
Chopped preserved ginger can be
added to rice pudding before 1t Ia
baked to give 1t an unusual flavor.
For baked custard ginger sauce
Is delicious. Make 1t by simmering
a cupful Of strip to which a quarter
Of cupful of chopped preserved gin.
ger has been added. Serve hot.
Ginger custard sauce is made by
simmering the milk from which the
custard is to be made with some
chopped ginger in 1t for Is minutes.
Then strain and proceed with the
custard sauce in the usual way.
For ginger water ice boil quart Of
water and pound and quarter Of
graduated sugar together for five
minutes with the rind from four lem.
ons and one orange. Cool and add the
Juice Of the lemons and orange, strain
and freeze. Pound four ounces OF pre-.
served ginger to paste and cut two
ounces into shreds and add to tho ice
when 1t Is hard. Pack for couple Of
hours.
Ginger ice cream is made in this
way: Pound six ounces Of preserved
ginger to paste and add slowly two
tablespoonfuls of lemon juice. Mix q
pint of cream with half a pound OF
granulated sugar and add slowly to
the ginger mixture. Press through q
nne wire sieve and freeze.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-11-27
New Powerful Explosive.

A new method Of handling liquid
oxygen has been recently discovered
which makes its commercial use en-
tirely practical. Bags are filled with
a special form Of lampblack, which
are soaked in the liquid oxygen for q
few minutes just before they are re.
ouired for use. II the bag Is now
lighted with a match It win burn
quietly and very slowly, but IT de-
tonated 1t explodes with the force Of
dynamite, and the cost is much less.
Much less carbon monoxide is given
OF than by most other explosives, and
there is no danger from a misfire, as
the oxygen will evaporate 70 : short
time. #5., 5.i II \, n y XXI
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-11-27

What girl does not believe, in the in
nocence and gayety Of her youth, the
great big world is just as good ana
true as it looks to her? The happy
blithesome young bird whose wings
have never been caught In a trap
knows nothing of danger. How should
It? The bird is very apt to flutter
past where hawks lay in waiting Tor
Just such victims. Young girls are
quite as apt to stroll into paths where
there are hawks in human form.
But how should they know they are
dangerous? It Is but natural for young
girls to follow their mood.
II they are of merry temperament.
those who have jolly disposition ap-
peal to them. A girl who has mother
to watch over her without seeming to
do so and to guide her footsteps, Is
adroitly prevented from making the
wrong acquaintances. d.. t....
n It is the poor, pretty, hapless young
girls, who are alone in the world with
no one to advise them, who have need
Of the worlds sympathy. Their hearts
are the targets for ruthless marks
men. The girl young in years is usual
" led by her companions, If she has
no one that is a near and dear relative
to confide in. r.. 2s. IL
II she goes wrong, women hold their
skirts away from her. They have
words Of scathing censure, but not one
sweet word Of humaa pity DO they
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-11-27
SOLDIERS WELL FED lis WRONG emblem
Liberal Ration Allotted Germany's
Fighting Men.
Commanders Realize the importance
Of Keeping Troops In Proper Phys.
ical Conditlon-Enormous Cost
Of the CommlssarIat, .a

Military experts placed little. faith
in the numerous rumors during the,
first days Of the war to the effect that
the German armies were suffering for
lack Of food. The reason why they
doubted these reports was because II
was hard to believe that commits.
sary department SO we'll equipped a.
Germany's would fail in its work so
early In q struggle for which prepare.
tons have been going on for years.
All civilized nations have long rec
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-11-27
Anti.Sunrauistic

southerners are VIGOROUSLY fond Of
hot rolls, but they have a CONNECTION
called "Sally Lunn" which Is even
more highly priced among them. 1t is
not the sort of thing one has every
dav. It is for special occasions.
Uncle William" said the house
wife to the much spoiled old family
servant who presided over most Of
the domestic arrangements-"Unc'
william, don't you think 1t is about
time for US to have some Sally
Lunn?"
"Naw'm, Miss May, maw'm. Don't
let's have none er dat. l amt never
had no fancy for dat female bread"-
Nav York Evening Post
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-11-27

implored the warrior for help with
specious pleas. Eventually he aided
the thunder bird, and the water spirit
sank, never to be seen again.
Among the Indians the thunder bird
stands for authority, dignity, arbitra-
ton and, most important of all. peace.
There are many who believe that the
emblem Of a bird with widespread
wings has been appropriated by the
Europeans from ancient America. Is
80. it is an unfortunate perversiOn
that makes the symbol Of arbitration
and peace the banner which leads 70
war and devastation.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-11-27
Tho Change.

1T used to be-" declared old Broth
or Bombershay, dat when Brudder
Mauley and his wife was uh-sQuabblin''
deys had it up and down like : see
saw, sometimes one Of EN- gittin' Do
best Of 1t and den de yudder But
now, bless goodness, dey dess goes
round and round like 9 merry-so-
round, and nobody kin prognosticAta
which IL ahead. =" Puck
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-11-27
Oriental EQos.

The Chinese are great eaters Of
eggs, which they take hard boiled.
These are to be had in all the road
side places for refrsshment. While
the Chinese have an expression, eggs
Of a hundred years." 1t is not to be
understood that their eggs are al
ways a century old. though one may
be able to procure those that are Of
many years standing.
The Chinese evince q preference for
the egg of the duck or Of the goose.
These are placed, with aromatic herbs
in slaked lime for varying period.
the minimum being, 1t Is said, flve or
six weeks. Under the influence Of
time the yolk liquefies and takes on
a dark green color, and the white
coagulates and becomes green.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-11-27
Breakfast PIE.

An appetizing and substantial left
over breakfast can be made in the
following way: Grease baking dish
and cover the bottom we'll with hot
mashed potatoes and add layer of
the meat chopped fine or ground and
rather highly seasoned. Top off with
thin layer Of the mashed potatoes.
If there was gravy with the meat this
may be poured over the pie; other
wise moisten 1t with water in which
a little butter has been dissolved.
Set in the oven and bake until brown.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-11-27

begin Alright from
the time one
turns from the al
tar. Because a
! man, has given a
woman the pos
session Of his
name, his heart
and all his world
ly 6 900 DIS, s h e
should not mag
Inc that his ma
ture comes under
her control, then
and there.
The ne W y
made husband
may adore her;
have no thought
save to make her
INV vnf IN
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-11-27
Pecan Cookies.

W Prepare enough pecans to make one
pint Of meat and grind them into flour
in the food chopper. Cream one cupful
Of sugar with two tablespoonful OF
buttered, add three eggs. two table.
spoonfuls Of milk, a pinch Of salt and
the ground Luts. Use barely enough
flour to make dough. It must not be
too stir nor too thin, Just a good roll.
Ing dough. Cut into cakes and bake :
light brown. " /, \ + \.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-11-27

even the most shallow natures there
Is an undercurrent against which the
bride should be too wise to attempt to
battle. Every man has his likes and
dislikes, his hopes and his fears, Diff
ferent ways of finding pleasures, is
repealed and attracted according to
his nature. It has taken him a life
time to grow to that state in which
the bride has found him. She should
not expect to overthrow at once the
stubborn growth of years.
The wisest brides will find traits in
the new husband which she did not
dream of when he was counting her
He may be a very good provider for
the home, but have the mistaken no.
ton that it is not wisest or best to
trouble a wife's head with his bust
ness affairs-that 1t is an act of d.
plomacy to keep 1t from her if his
business Is f1ourishing lest she be
tempted to become extravagant; to
keep it from her by all means If he
has reverses. Hence the bride is not
wise who takes a stand that he must
show up his books for her inspec-
ton. u.
II he refuses to talk this matter
over with her, she should not pout
and make his homecoming an annoy
ing thought to him. You must not
imagine, my dears. that the average
husband will give up his evening pa
per to enjoy your society as he did in
his counting days; that his lips will
wear continual smile; his words al
ways be honeyed; that he will hasten
at your beck and call; be, ever. ready
to take you to theater and ball; Law
ish money on you for flowers and bon
bons; keep you robed in silks and
laces. These lessons you will learn
are difficult ones, but they will bene-
ut you.
The bride who has welded young
man who is making his own way in
the world with difficulty should make
up her mind that It is her bounden
duty to buckle right down to hard
work in the housekeeping world to help
him save money and get up. His in
terest has now become hers. The
right kind of bride is wings to
mans ambitions. The wrong kind
is like leaden balls chained to his
feet, which hinder him from taking
step forward.
Marriage either makes or mars the
life of both husband and wife. It's
sad thing for young couple to be-
gin welded life on too expensive a
scale and, perhaps, to have to come
down. The bride who says: my
friends wouldn't come to see me II we
lived in a cheap little fiat" makes a
mistake in thinking that her so-called
friends Of this sort care for her. Those
who really care for her would be as
glad to come and see her in dovecote
of a four-room fiat as in a large, ex-
pensive home. Woe be unto her II
the people who call upon her simply
because she has moved into a large
house find out that only the lower
floor Of the place is furnished and the
upstairs rooms are locked because
they are bare. 1t is not the home a
bride wants to consider, but her hus'
bands love-, comfort and happiness.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-11-27
practice Jiu Jitsu.

The London suffragists have found
ed a women's volunteers police force,
which Is drilling daily. They are said
to he learning jiu-jitsu for self-defense,
notice drill, signaling, police court pro-
cedure and first aid. Every woman
has to pass physical examination
as to physical fitness. and care has
been taken only to accept those other
wise qualified to undertake the new
responsibility. lS4. III