Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-25

reused their lighting spirit until to
60 without some of the common INK
usies of the table in order that there
nay be enough for all has become a
matter OF pride
The use 81 maruaIade instead Of
butter, OF which America has already
heard. does not mean orange MARINA
Iade-for there are no 0sanges-it
means plum butter and strawberry
and apricot Jam. sold by the pound
from big preserve buckets. or in cans.
if you are willing to pay more, They
say that the German woman. knowing
that butter would be high, has thi5
year put up more fruit as preserves
and jam than ever before-in spite of
the fact that there are fewer cans and
no rubber bands 10 make the tops Sc
cure. Courses are given and articles
written. explaining how 10 keep fruit
from fermenting An "Ersatz' for
rubber has been invented two. in
fact-th expensive "synthentic'' rub
Der. which is not rubber at all; and
rubber made over" from small bits
Of old rubber
Every sort Of "Ersatz" for coffee is
on the market The price Of good cof-
fee, however. has not gone up. but
only that Of the cheaper grades, And
chocolate In America we have been
warned against eating too much cboc-
olate and candy. II would do no good
TO warn the Germans. they have too
great q love Of 1T. in the first place.
and. in the second, too firm belief
in its being an "Ersatz" for what they
have given up in the way Of fine cakes
and pastry Every city block mas at
least one shop given over to choco-
late.
The war mas stimulated as well
! the movement toward tubing" every
thing. Long rows of what at first
/ glance appears to be tooth paste, are
/ tubes of condensed milk. e0c0a-and-
+ milk all ready to have boiling water
added, sardine butter. anehoyy paste
and heaven knows what. Very soor
all one will have to do 10 prepare g
meal. is to squeeze a tube-once
| twice. three. or four times, according
! to the size of the family,
/ Alongside the tubes are the cubes
or dice" az they are called, You
| can have lemonade cubes. pink Oh
natural, tubes of pressed vegetables
| in boxes to be sent to the front Ont
/ Of these little black cubes give'
enough heat to warm one Of the cans
I OF vegetables, which are sent to th'
army i'll such enormous quantities.
Fuel is not scarce, but it must b.
Of gravies Of various fiavors. an(
briquettes-th coke-like, pressed fue
lis actually sold in inch cubes packed
used for its hy-products, each one o
which is an 'Ersatz" Everyone hers
has laughed over the changing smell
| of the autos. and particularly OF TIL
"taxis." For pleasure riding the pri
vate automobile is no longer allowed
A man NAV go to business in his mo
tor. but his wife may not go calling
lin it. The different aroma In III
| wake OF an automobile is due to tn
Iuse of benzoI or wood alcohol insteat
Iof gasoline. BenzoI is made out O
coke and petroleum; petroleum Is o.
1.-THE list Of things which England hope
to starve Germany out Of But III
"FrsatzH was soon found and mad
Iuse Of One of the biggest laughs
in q war comedy now on Is when
| near-sighted woman says she is n
| longer afraid of being run over-sh
lean smell the motors mile of, Tn
gasoline and henzine used in cieanin
| establishments have also been re
placed
But petroleum is needed for lamps
What was to supply It's place? Gan
dies were not practical, because can
Idle grease and candle wax were calle
on to be themselves substituted TO
oils and other products kept out 0
Germany. The Germans solved tn
difficulty by increasing the use @
electricity in private houses Elec
tricity has long been in use for publ
fighting even in the smallest towns