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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-11

So, out on the hillside among the
wild roses. Aunt Betsy gathered her
small niece into her lap and told her
the tale OF the rose that wished TO
live forever.
Once upon a time, a single lovely
rose bush stood upon green, grassy
hillside. Upon the bush there were
nine roses: Three were buds, three
were perfect roses, and three were
falling. One of the buds was dlscon-
tented; she had watched three beauti-
full sisters blossom only to fade.
What life was this, she thought, to
blossom-and die?
"Oh, if I could only Iivel" she
mosned in despair.
Kind Mother Nature, hearing her
plea. tried TO content her with her lot.
"Think of your beautiful dress" she
reminded her.
Tomorrow withered and dropped in
the dust" replied the bud bitterly.
"But think of your fragrance, my
child" Mother Nature implored.
"With none TO care" insisted the
rosebud.
"Ungrateful rosel" exclaimed Mother
Nature. "Then live as you are now!
Bloom mott Fade mott"
The bud, starting TO turn on her
delicate stem, became stiff, and her
petals turned the color of the bush and
ceased to unfold
"Now," she thought in triumph, 81
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-11

Thcy met a gerry kind Boy Scout
Who ShO7ced them ,chat to do,
Ind, under his instruction, they
Became proficient, too.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-11

and cuckoo birds were not around
here, we could finish this orchard off
nicely in a day or so, in spite Of all
their precautions"
COnspiring Against the Birds.
Up spoke a younger caterpillar.
But Mr.. Tom Cat is on our side, as
he said only yesterday he'd pay me
we'll if / would act as bait for him in
the bushes some morning when the
birds are only half awake"
Don't you do it. you careless cat
erpillar, a bird on a bush is worth
three in the air. Why, l heard Of
one monster that boosted of having
devoured seven hundred of US. Talk
about having birdlike appetites!
That's not much of compliment, l
can assure you'll"
with our hairy coats you'd think
we'd have protection enough, but I
tell you when l see one OF those
swinging nests-the kind the orioles
make-I run as fast as ever l can TO
the farthest tree in the orchardw
Fire or fame, and the sprayer's
pump we can all face, but an orioles
keen eye, never"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-11

Edic and her elephant
Were both in some distress,
Because they could not spin top
With any great success. ..-..a-.-.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-11
By MABEL POWERS.

~ ERHAPS some Of the boys and
girls of New York who have seen
and read of winifred Stoner are
wondering how she has been able to get
so much knowledge in her twelve-year-
old head. This is her secret. She is
always playing at something worth
while. or teaching some one else TO play,
to be useful and happy. Winifred, who
is called "Cherie" at home, does not
study TO get ahead-or to pass exam
nations. She studies that she may
know more and help more. She thinks
she knows very little, because she
knows how much there is to know.
"Cherie" is interested IN almost
everything. She is a "Jack OF all
trades" but hopes TO be master of one.
She wants TO be a writer and an editor
of a children's magazine. With the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-11

CUZANNE, the chatterbox, was
y visiting Aunt Betsy at her
North Dakota ranch. II was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-11
Esperanto, the Language They All I'm
derstand.

Cherries" doll family is very large
and cosmopolitan. There are dolls from
every country in the world She is never
snobbsh or exclusive. She loves the
Hottentot and Eskimo quite as well as
the American and French beauties. All
understand her, for she speaks to them
in Esperanto.
Unlike some little girls. "Cherie" is
never so happy as when she is helping
mother, whether IT be preparing the
luncheon, tipping letters, or illustrating
mothers games on the platform, that
other mothers and children may be
happier. She contends that mothers
games are the best and most fascinat-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-11
Okikusan a Wise Bird.

"Cherie" has Okkusan, her gay
canary, with her at the Plaza. Okikusan
is wise little bird. He knows a good
thing when he sees II, and is very fond
of his mistress. "Cherie" will open his
door, get Mother Stoner at the piano.
then take up her violin and play, dance
and whistle at the same time. Instant
ly Okikusan will join the orchestra, fly
ing in wild delight from Mother Stol-
ers head to "Cherie's" shoulder, sing
ing in perfect rhythm with the music.
"Cherie" IS neither a bookworm nor
parlor girl. She loves to read, and
you will often find her curled up in
window seat lost in "Plutarch's Lives"
"The Book of knowledge" or "Herod-
otus." But just mention a game of
chess, or suggest fencing, tennis, ball,
leap frog, or any other outdoor sport
and she is off and away, and you will
have to turn some lively handsprings TO
keep up with her. This summer she
hopes to have pony, and TO ride and
ride until a big inspiration comes, and
then jump off and write a story. She
can also play mermaid" for her home
will be by the sea, and then there will
be time to paint and sketch.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-25

navy. Neither do they as a
rule banker for strong drink.
Accordingly, it should be no sur
prise to learn that they are very
fond of sweet things. Last year
for the sailors of the Atlantic
reserve fleet, stationed at the
Philadelphia navy yard, the Gov
ernmet brought thirty tons of
candy and $4,000 packages of
sailed peanuts. In order to
sweeten the pies, cakes and pud-
dings, figuring upon the bills of
fare Of the active sq~uadrons, a
million pounds of sugar is re-
quired every three months! On
high days and holidays our hus-
ky bluejacket has no end of good
things, and when he entertains
his foreign fellows he is never
quite satisfied with his hospital
ity unless he sends his guests
over the side with their waist
bands heavily taxed.
The question of water is quite
as vital in the official mind as
solid food for our sailors. Now
every drop drunk on shipboard
is distilled and the men COM
monty drink from sanitary foun-
tains placed at convenient points.
The medical experts of the SER
vice have found that this water
is of peculiar value in cases
where the jackies are predispos-
ed toward rheumatism, harden
ing Of the arteries, abnormal
blool pressure and kindred con-
ditions. In, short, this distilled
water will contribute to longer
life under such circumstances,
and this fact should be of gen
eral interest.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-25
INDIAN AT E POINT
in Class of 1S22-CherOkee
A Presidential AppOintee.

Washington, June 19.-Sylves-
ter Long-Lance, the first full
blooded Cherokee Indian to re-
ceive an appointment to the
Military Academy at West Point,
a member of the class which was
graduated this year from st.
Johns School at Manlius, N. Y.
Long-Lance had been a student
at the school for three years and
stood high in his work and was
also active in athletics.
He also is a graduate of the
Carlisle Indian School, which he
entered when he was IL years
old. Some time ago he deter
mined to become an army Of
fcer. President Wilson became
interested in him and several
weeks ago Long-Lance received
notification that he had been Sc
selected as one of the six Presi-
Dental appointees to the Military
Academy.
The first Indian to receive an
appointment to West Point was
David Moniac, a Creek. He was
born in Alabama AMI was a cadet
of the Military Academy from
September 18, 1917, until July /,
1922, when he was graduated and
appointed a brevet Second Lieut.
enant in the 9th Infantry.
On the expiration of his grad
uation leave on December 81,
1922, he resigned from the army
to become a cotton planter in his
native State. During the war in
Florida in 1886, against the Sem
inoles, Moniac became Captain
in a regiment Of mounted Creek
volunteers and became a Major
in that regiment November is,
1886. He was killed six days
in the battle of Wahoo
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-25

Everett Mitchell Of sedalia
spent Sunday here with rela-
tives.
Father Geo. B. Curry went to
st. Mary's, Kansas, Monday
for a weeks stay.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-25
UNCLE SANS SAILORS
BEST FED IN THE WORLD
No Other Fighting Men Supplied
With as Varied, as Dainty
or as Scientific a Menu.
From the New York Sun.

80
When our battle fleet steamed
away from here a short while
back the belching clouds of
smoke from funnel tops told the
source of motive energy: crude
oil and coal.
But when the admiring public
watched our jackies swing up
Fifth avenue on parade, how
many realized the reason for that
snappy step and the glow of
hundant health? Food, good
food, and plenty of it is the Sc
cret.
Our bluejackets are the best
fed fighting men in the world,
and if a boy has any leaning to-
ward enlisting in the nations de-
fence he will make no mistake by
casting his lot with the men
afoat. He may have a banker
ing for terra firma, but it must
not be forgotten that the army
is Out-distanced by the navy
when it comes to the matter of
dietary. The daily issue of food
either to the soldier or the sail
or, out of which three meals are
made, officially called a ration.
This allowance for the army
costs Uncle Sam between "a and
25 cents, but last year the aver
age cost Of subsisting one man
for one day in the navy was
$0.366, Jacky being the higher
liver by the purchasing power of
nearly twelve cents more than
his soldier fellow in the national
defence.
1t is not overstating the case to
say that the major part of the
fleets efficiency and the content
ment of the men is due, either
directly or indirectly, to the gen.
erous and varied provender
which is now given them wheth-
er the ship be in port or plough
ing her way through stormy
seas. There was a time, not long
ago, when timed foods were ex-
tensiyely served on board our
naval craft, but the fleet is using
less and less of these all the +,
while.
Upon this point, Admiral Nc
Gowan, Chief of the Bureau of
Supplies and Accounts, has re-
Gently said: There are certain
things that it is almost necessary
to use a part of a ration. For in
stance, there is canned corned
beef, which is so we'll understood
and so well liked in the navy that
its use to a certain moderate ex-
tent is not only welcome but most
welcome to the men-they like
it. Then canned tomatoes and a
few other staples canned fruits
and some vegetables canned are
very serviceable and are used
right along. But the great ma
jority Of all the food furnished
to the men now, at least in the
battle-ship fleet, is fresh food
fresh vegetables, fresh meats,
fresh bread, &C."
Surely this is enough to make
our old sea dogs rise in protest
from their graves. They could
remind their young followers of
today of the trying times of
wooden ships and canvas when
salt horse" "sowbelly," 'hard-
tack" and the like constituted the
main elements of the sailors ra-
ton. Timed foods, as we know
them now, would indeed have
been a delicacy in the decades
gone, but the fighting jacky of
those days had to be content
with such delectables as
'scOuse," '1obscouse," soft
tack" soft tommy" "skillaga-
lee" 'fburgoo," "doughboys,"
dogs body and duff" the lat
ter not always able to boast of
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-25
WEDNESDAY

Dinner-Vermicelli soup, prime roast
beef, onion gravy, boiled potatoes,
fruit tapioca. Bread, butter, coffee.
Supper-0yster stew, with crackers,
cold beans, doughnuts, fruit jam.
Bread and tea.
THURSDAY
Breakfast-Fried pork sausage, onion
gravy, German fried potatoes, pre-
served fruit. Bread, butter, coffee.
Dinner-Tomato soup, spiced ham,,
German Drowned potatoes, dried
peach pie. Bread, butter, coffee.
Supper-Baked veal pie, biscuits,
sweet corn. Bread, butter, cocoa.
FRIDAY
Breakfast-Scrambled eggs, fried ba-
con, Force with milk and sugar.
Bread, butter, coffee.
Dinner-New England clam chowder,
fried trout, baked potatoes, mince
pie. Bread and coffee.
Supper-Beef croquettes, tomato cat
sup, fruit jam. Bread and tea.
SATURDAY
Breakfast-Railroad hash, tomato
catsup, currant buns. Bread, butter,
coffee.
Dinner-Bean soup, boiled bacon,
boiled cabbage, potatoes and tur-
nips, boiled potatoes, pickles. Bread,
butter, coffee.
Supper-Steamed ~frankfurters, with
mustard, string bean salad, boiled
potatoes, am turnovers. Bread,
butter, tea.
SUNDAY
Breakfast-Baked pork and beans,
tomato catsup, coffee cake. Bread,
butter, coffee.
Dinner-Rice and tomato soup, bread
ed pork chops, tomato catsup, green
peas, mashed potatoes, ice cream
and cake. Bread and coffee.
Supper-Italian macaroni, sliced bo-
logna, potato salad, peaches and
cream. Bread, butter, tea.
The bread may be loaf, bis
rolls, griddle cakes, &C.,
and bareback is kept on hand
for an emergency and as a ra-
for landing parties sent
ashore for expeditionary work.
One might wonder how it is pos
to supply all of these fresh
and good things on a man-o'war
f one did not know that each
oattleship has great cold storage
Compartments in which these
can be tucked away and
Kept sweet.
But this is not all. The com
nissary stores of a modern bat
in our service occupy con- {
siderable space and present I
much the same appearance as an
up todate grocery shop. There
me will find pulverizel, dessicat- I
I'd eggs, which makes it possible
jacky to have omelets, cake {
md custards. Packed in suit 4;
lble tins are condensed milk and ,
'vaporated cream, many kinds {
If preserved fruits, macaroni,
:heese, spices, candies. &c. {
Years ago the butter served to t
'ur sailors was of a character {
properly termed forceful, and s
wen the most hardened sea dog
lad to hold his breath when he I
tie it. Today the butter sup {
,lied our b~luejackets comes from I
he best of the creameries and {
las to meet rigid specifications {
undergo exacting inspection l
before it is accepted for the ser
nee. In the same way all beef '
md other meats are examined I
~ experts, and jacky knows I
hat he will have only the best Y
juiciest of joints. {
The following proportion of
meats is issued: In any {
me month there will be so per i;
.ent of beef, 20 per cent of pork !
oins, 10 per cent of sausage, 5 I
yer cent veal, 5 per cent mutton (
5 per cent fowl. During the {
Christmas holidays and at {
thanksgiving a more generous
of fowl is permitted, {
or then prime plump turkeys '
igure frequently on the bill of
it.,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-25

1ldL ASg IL Vic odlAO1 ulu HUI u4dM
his ration it had a communicative
value of 80 cents.
That sum then rightly repre-
scented the cost of the food sup
piled by Uncle Sam to the en-
listed men of the navy. But as
the years grew following the
civil war the items of that die
tary became generally cheaper,
and in 1901 the food supplied
under the terms of the ration
cost the Navy Department on an
average 18 cents instead of 80.
That meant that if the men
could go into the open market,
after committing the entire ra-
ton, they could actually buy 80
cents worth of food in place of
that costing 18 cents, which the
Government ration represented.
The Navy Department then set
about rearranging the con-
stituents Of the ration so that
the men would have a wide va
riety to draw upon while getting
the body building or fuel values
needful. This was where the au-
thorities reduced the dietary
scale to a matter of calories or
nutrient units. Such was the
state of affairs eight years ago.
Since then the medical author
tiles of the service have found
that some of the allowances for
certain provisions were in ex-
cess of those desired or consum-
ed, and according they are now
shifting things so that better re-
suits in the way of satisfying the
men can be obtained without
adding to the total cost.
The public little realizes what
nice figuring must be done in or
der to keep expenditures within
bounls. With a total enlisted
force of approximately $4,000
men Uncle Sam has to pay more
than $7,4O0,000 annually to make
the elmer man" happy. Re-
member that it costs more to
feed the sick, and while the daily
ration for the well does not in
volve an outlay of more than the
30 cents lawfully allowed, still
the general average for every
body brings the figure up to
nearly 81 cents per diem.
Now if you were put upon a
daily allowance of this modest
extent how far do you think it
would go toward satisfying your
appetite, especially if you were
expected to do hard work? Even
by patrOnizing lunch counters
and the cheapest of restaurants
there would be lots of slack at
in your waistband.
Nevertheless, thanks to the
splendid system employed in the
every bluejacket has plen-
ty to eat. The high cost of liv-
ing has not appalled, Uncle Sam,
and we have seen for ourselves
what the navy ration, divided
into three meals, will do for our
sailor boys.
The prize ship of the navy is
the dreadnought Wyoming. The
men behind her guns have scored
the highest marks at target
practice and their husky mates
below the protective deck have
.utclassed their rivals in engi-
neering efficiency. The Wyom-
ing is a 'happy ship" There
are no hungry or dyspeptic mis-
chief makers or malcontents
aboard her. One might wonder at
this were it not possible to give
a weeks bill of fare for the gem
eral mess. This will show the
part the chief commissary
plays in making this a
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-25
MONDAY

Breakfast-Baked corned beef hash,
fried hominy, oranges. Bread, but
ter, coffee.
Dinner-Split pea soup, boiled cab
bage, boiled corned beef, boiled po-
tatoes, raisin pie. Bread and coffee.
Supper-Fried liver, fried onions,
fried potatoes, rice blanc mango.
Bread, butter, tea.
TUESDAY
Breafast-Fried eggs, fried bologna,
fried potatoes, bananas. Bread,
butter, coffee.
Dinner-Grilled sirloin steak, fried
onions, mashed potatoes, cocoanut
custard, bread and coffee.
Supper-Beef a la mode, hashed brown
potatoes. corn fritters. Bread, but
ter, tea.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-25

ed necessary from a health
standpoint. The medical men of
the navy have found that life
aboard ship is of necessity more
or less sedentary and for that
reason bodily functions are prone
to become sluggish. Fruits in
ample quantities have a great
corrective and curative value in
this respect and the allowance is
now increased on going to sea.
The mere Improvement in pro-
visions would not suffice if other
conditions had not been chang
ed in the commissary depart
of our men-of-war. Formerly the
cooks were not trained men. To-
day they are experts and are
graduated from a special school
at one of the navy yards. Their
assistants instead of being men
that were too incompetent to fit
in anywhere else are now quail
fled by regular schooling and
they have to meet a standard
that is a high one.
With a thousand men to cook
for three times a day the galley
a dreadnought is a busy place.
of the vessels use coal for
work, others oil, and the
latest electricity. Be this me
dunn what it may, none of the
is issued to the sailors until
it has been tasted by the officer
of the deck and approved.
Speaking of electricity, this
motive energy figures conspic-
uously in the culinary depart
.ent of our most up to date bat
tie craft. For instance, the cake
mixer, the dough mixer, the
meat slicer, the meat chopper,
the potato pealer, the egg beat
er, the ice cream freezer and the
fish washer are all operated
electrically, and but for these
mechanical agencies it would be
quite impossible to have these
;hree abundant meals ready on
he stroke of the hour.
At 1880 sharp all hands are
'piped" to breakfast, and the
'luejackets have forty-fve min
ties for this meal and a matuti-
smoke. From 11:5O to l
is noon hour, and during
hat interval our sailor boys have /,
inner and another chance to
Five-thirty is supper =
ime. !
But these three meals are not =
of the food issued. The men Z
re turned out of their ham, q
1Ocks at $50 in the morning, =
nd after clearing the decks and 9
he like they are allowed early 9
Office or cocoa. Should any of 4
he bluejackets belong to the en- 6
iueer and dynamo force and y
tand night watches between 8 .
/. m. and 8 a. M, under steam, \
hey receive an extra allowance |,
f one ounce of coffee or cocoa, =
wo ounces of sugar, four ounces h
f hard bread or its equivalent, q
nd four ounces of preserved 4
neat or its equivalent. i
Formerly the crew of a ship \
we're divided into messes con-
from IA to 20 men and
he food for each mess was,
some limits, subject to
ratification or change to suit ;.
he desires of the group. By
some of the rations
nd taking the money equivalent =
was possible to buy supplies
shore that could not be obtain .
] from the ships stores. This
dded to the difficulties of the =
ooks and bred discomfort !,
through the disparity of diet !
xisting between a bad and a !,
veil run mess. :
Now, this objection has been !,
wv
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-01-27

Mr.. and Mrs. John R. Gibson and little
daughter. Miss Marian, returned home
from Cincinnati. Tuesday.
Miss Sallie Broaddus, of Pamela, is visit
ing her brother, Mr.. B. J. Broaddus, at
Kirksville
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Long and children
and Mr. and Mrs Surphrane Long. of
Kirksville, left last week for New Smyrna,
Fla, to spend the winter
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith Haean and three
sons have gone to New Smyrna. Fla, to
spend the remainder of the winter
MISS Katie May Dickerson of Richmond
is the guest of Miss Minnie GulleyM Miss
Nancy Longis in Richmond visiting friends
Mrs. John ShackeIford and little son
have returned from visit to relatives in
Richmond. Lancaster Record.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-01-27
COOPER ENDORSES LOCAL
Y. NJ. {. A.
Philanthropist Becomes Member
When Invited By Delegation
of Young Men.

l.. L. Cooper, the philanthropist, who
electrified Lexington by furnishing at
his own personal expense the bread that
is used in the Orphans Homes in that
city, who established a Bread Line"
for the INDECENT poor. and who is con-
Quoting an agricultural exposition TO en-
courage the farmers, whom he considers
the bone and sinew of the land, became
more thoroughly identified with Licking
ton IN particular and Central Kentucky
in generol, when he became a member
of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton.
Mr.. Cooper was waited upon by del
egation of some of Lexington's best
known young men and invited to join
the local Y. NJ. G. A. Mr.. Cooper, a
native Kentuckian, hot only accepted
the invitation to become a member, but
endorsed the work of one of Lexington's
most deserving and commendable insti
buttons.
The demand for Tanlac, the remarka-
BILE medicine that is now being intro
duced by Mr.. Cooper to proye his theo-
ries on health, is now the biggest thing
of the kind over seen in this section.
The preparation is accomplishing a pow
erful amount ofgood among the thous-
ands who suffer from catarrh, stomach,
liver and kidney complaints, as we'll as
rheumatism.
Hundreds of those who have actually
used Tanlac talk enthusiastically about
the astonishing results they obtained
from the medicine.
Peter Geiser, living at 4I2 Clifton ave
Lexington, said:
while l haven't used an entire bottle
of Tanlac so far, yet consider it the
most wonderful medicine have ever
seen. l suffered for years with stomach
and kidney trouble. l also had head
aches, indigestion and attacks of rheu-
matism. My troubles have all disap-
peared and 1 can trace my remarkable
improvement to no other cause than
Tanlac. 1t is fine."
Tanlac can now be obtained in Rich
mond from Fl. L Perry. druggist.-Adv.