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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-19
Welsh Rarebit

One tablespoon of butter, one tea
spoon of cornstarch, half cup of milk,
a dash Of cayenne pepper; half pound
cheese, cut into small pieces; one
fourth teaspoon salt, one-fourth tea
spoon mustard. Cook the cornstarch
in the heated butter. then add the
milk gradually and cook for two or
three minutes; add the cheese and stir
until it is melted. Season and serve
on crackers or bread toasted ON one
side. The food value is that of about
three-fourths of pounds Of beef.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-19
Ham Butter Recipe

Put two ounces of lean ham three
times through sharp mincer, pound
with two ounces of butter the yolk of
a hard-boiled egg, little made mus
tard and cayenne, and color with .
drop to two of carmine.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-19
WOMAN AND HOME


are cooking fry large, square slice
of bread and butter to make large
crouton. Peel the eggs when they
have been in boiling water for ten
minutes. Pile them on the croutons,
and have ready tomato sauce to
pour over.
Tomato Sauce.-Gently stew two
pounds of tomatoes and pass them
through sieve; return them to the
pan and stir in mustard-spoonful of
vinegar, salt and pepper; heat well,
and if too thin, thicken it with flour
to the right consistency.
Egg Butter
Pound the yolks of two hard-boiled
eggs with two ounces of butter and
flavor with anchovy, grated cheese, or
bloater paste.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-19

Wash half cupful of rice, add half
a cupful of boiling water, half tea
spoonful of salt, and steam until the
rice has absorbed the water. Then
add half pint of scalded milk; stir,
cover and steam until the rice is soft.
Remove from the fire, add two table
spoonfuls of sugar, the grated rind of
half lemon, one tablespoonful Of
butter and the yolks of two eggs.
Cool, shape into croquettes, dip in
beaten egg, toss in fine bread crumbs,
fry in smoking hot fat, and drain.
Press few ripe raspberries into each
croquette, serve with mashed rsap-
berries.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-19
ButtermiIk for Mildew

Articles that are widowed should
be boiled in buttermilk. The same
process will effectively bleach mate
rails that have grown yellow from
lack of use. Rinse well in warm wat
er after boiling and hang in the sun.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-19

and a pound of sugar; warm enough
to melt the sugar, then put into the
freezer and freeze 10 minutes. Add
quart of rich milk or part cream and
milk, little of the grated peel and
the white of one egg stifiy beaten,
with teaspoon of sugar. Freeze until
little bit sitter than mousse. Serve
with macarooons and put green
cherry on top of each portion, with
just a sprinkling of powdered maca-
room.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-19
Brown Potato Soup

Pare and slice about SIX medium
sized potatoes and cook in salted wa
ter with little onion and celery until
tender. Butter an iron skillet gener-
ously and put in several spoonfuls of
flour. rub about with the bowl of a
large spoon until the flour is nicely
Drowned dry and granular. Now,
while the potato water is bubbling,
sift the flour into it, stirring mean
while to distribute it evenly among
the diced potatoes. Allow to sim
mer gently for several minutes, stir
ring all the while. Serve quickly.
Tomatoes and Eggs
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-19

operated to enable the wash to be
hung out to be dried and taken in
after drying.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-19

The cut shows one Of organdy trimmed
with val lace and insertion set around
inverted scallops. The tunic falls over
a sash Of pale pink ribbon, worn low
as do French children.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-19

Crate enough corn from the cobs to
make two cupfuls; into this stir a
beaten egg, a teaspoonful each Of
sugar, melted butter, salt to taste.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-19

m Lemon Pudding
To one pint of bread crumbs add
the Juice and grated rind of the lem
on; add a cup of sugar and the yolks
of three eggs beaten in quart of
good milk. When baked, cover with
layer of lemon or wine jelly; then add
the meringue made of the whites beat
en- with three teaspoons of powdered
sugar; lightly brown in the oven. This
may be eaten warm, but is very good
chilled. Whipped cream may be
served with it or not, as preferred.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-19
BANNER FASHION
HINTS
A SMALL SIZE.

Little Honey Needs Party Gown
Like Big Sisters.
When the small person speaks a
piece, goes to dancing class or birth
day party. she needs smart frock
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-19

Add enough flour to enable you to
form the mixture into balls; roll these
in flour and fry in deep fat.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-19

Their mother treats those boys as
If they were kittens"
Z IL would be better for them IL she
did, for then she would give them a
licking every day"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-19
Lemon Pie

Line the pie dish deep with good
puff paste. Beat the yolks of three
eggs with one cup of sugar, and add
the juice of one large lemon and a
little of the grated peel. Don't fail
to wash the lemon before grating. To
one tablespoon of flour add one. cup
of light cream. Mix as smooth as
possible and then strain into the other
ingredients; mix and turn into the
crust. Bake the pie in a moderate
oven 30 minutes. Beat the whites
stiff with about four heaping spoons
of powdered sugar, and spread the
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-19
Cheese Omelet

Four eggs, half cup hot milk, half
cup soft bread crumbs, three-fourths
teaspoon of salt, a dash of pepper,
two tablespoons grated cheese, one
teaspoon butter. Soak the bread
crumbs fifteen minutes in the warm
milk, add the cheese, seasoning and
beaten yolks of the eggs. Fold in
lightly the well-beaten whites of the
eggs and pour at once into heated
omelet pan in which the butter has
been melted, cook slowly over a
moderate fire until the omelet is set
and slightly brown on the bottom,
then place in the oven to dry the
surface, fold one side over the other
and serve on hot platter garnished
with parsley.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-19
Individual Lemon Creams

Put half ounce of powdered gela-
tine to soak in a gill of water; add
two well-beaten eggs, the juice of one
lemon, little piece of butter, and stir
in saucepan over a moderate beat
until it slightly thickens. Then strain
into a deep dish and add one wine
glass of brandy and a half pint of
whipped cream. Fill small, pretty
shaped moulds, wetting first with cold
water, and let set and chill. Serve with
fancy cakes or Victoria sandwiches.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-19

meringue on plain or through pastry
bag; return to the oven for couple
of minutes to brown, watching it care
fully so it does not scorch. Chill be-
fore serving, and whipped cream may
be served with it for those who wish
it even richer than it is.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-19
Boiled Eggplant

Boiled Eggplant
Boil whole eggplant in kettle of
unsalted water for thirty minutes.
Take out the eggplant, peel it and cut
it in two lengthwise. Tie each half
in a piece of cheesecloth and boil for
another half hour in kettle of salt
ed water By this time it should be
tender; if not boil little longer. I'm
fasten the cheesecloth and turn the
contents carefully into hot dish.
Pour over it hollandaise sauce or
highly seasoned drawn butter sauce.
Mrs. Farmer (just back from the
county fair)-Well, Abner, we've all
had narrer escape being eaten alive!
They had a wild cannibal Igorotte at
the fair, and if it wasn't the same fell
Ter that helped US hay last July!-
Harvard. Lampoon.
A clothesline support that is claim
ed to be an improvement over the
simple pulley has been invented by a
citizen of New Jersey. The support
which includes a crank and handle,
comprises compact attachment that
can be easily mounted upon the side
of house adjacent to a window there
of and by means of which the clothes
line can be readily and conveniently
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-19

White corn meal cooked in butter
milk makes a dish which resembles
cottage cheese in flavor. 1t may be
eaten hot, but is especially palatable
when served very cold with cream.
For this purpose it is sometimes
nodded in cups. In making it, allow
one part of corn meal TO six parts of
buttermilk, and one teaspoonful Of
salt to each cupful of meal.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-19

Tomatoes and Eggs
Hard-boil some eggs, and while they
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-19
Profitable Business

Young Lady Tin drug store)-Five
twos, please.
CLERK hands them OUT
Young Lady-Have them delivered,
please. They're for mother and I'm
going down town for the day.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-19
Russian Tea Jelly

Infuse four tablespoons of Ceylon
tea in one and one-quarter pints of
boiling water; add one heaping table
spoon Of powdered gelatine, one cup
of sugar, the juice of one large lemon,
one gill of rum; let lay in it until it
cools a little one stick of cinnamon
and three cloves. Strain into wet
mould, let it set and chill. Serve with
whipped cream at afternoon tea with
little sponge cake split and filled with
a good lemon cream.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-19
Good Literature

at must be glorious to be put into
novel. Wouldn't you like that?"
Eyes; / guess it would be pretty
nice. But I'm satisfied. I'm men
toned in Bradstreet." Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-19

Lemon Sherbet
Take the juice of two large lemons
The sun., 1916-12-31

That part Of France which has suf-
fcred most during the war. the west
ern front. has. for instance, great
quantities near at hand. and fertilizer
made from il. working in conjunction
with a cheap and good tractor, such as
Henry Ford is said TO have worked II
in America. will very quickly restore
the war wrecked farms. Therefore
there Is not the slightest reason why.
after the war, France should not be-
come very quickly more fertile than
she was before the war.
"Fhat sounds encouraging. doesn't
it? Well, then. let us consider the
element of cost. Many II British and
American farmer is letting his land
go 10 the dogs because he cannot get
the ready money with which To pur-
chase the fertilizer which would give
him ready money in the future.
To-day I am producing this ma
terial at the low wholesale cost of
los. Cd. or about s255, per ton. My
methods are crude and my plant is
small. With improved methods and
LARGER production the wholesale cost
can be materially reduced"
What Will all this mean to the
world?' I asked Prof. Bottomley,
Dream the dream of this cheap and
efficient fertilizer as you see IT,"
IL am afraid TO-" he replied. ut Is
too fine n dream TO put on paper. al
though careful scientific analysis fails
to show ihat It is In any way unreason-
able.
II shall not give you even outlines
Of the dream. which II is easy for me
to dream with no break which I can
discover in my logic: but | think I
am not going beyond the bounds of
completely waking reason when l say
that the new. cheap. everywhere avail
able fertilizer should mean the quick
rehabilitation ~ wrecked Europe after
this war ends. and should go far to
produce conditions of comfort and con-
tent which will prevent future wars.
This does not excuse the wreckage,
but ii promises alienation OF the
futures misery.
Right here in Great Britain are H.
600, 600 acres which could he cultivated
il We had q cheap manure and labor,
Well, hero is the cheap manure, and
The sun., 1916-12-31

lure at a certain temperature for a
brief and a~scertainable time We
achieved the necessary result in just
about a fortnight.
The next thing to do was to prove
or disprove the value OF the substance
which thus has been evolved. Theo-
retically we knew 1t to he right. We
tried II on radishes grown in pots ana
got 81 per CEN. increase of yield. We
then went to Kew Gardens and secured
the cooperation OF that remarkable
botanical Institutions enlightened and
progressive authorities. j think they
regarded us with scoptlcism, hut they
gave us a fair trial. In six weeks the
treated plants had doubled in size.
The results. indeed. startled ever
us. We feared that some unknown
element had Crept In and was ~foolinG
us. We scrappcd, therefore. every
thing that w already had accom-
plished. made new fertilizer, tried new
plants in new soil in new conditions
and achieved as good results.
We Were delighted and tho scicn-
tific observers at last declared them
selves quite satisfied.
AN extraordinary thing developed
during these latter experiments when
We tried different proportions of the
fertilizing material. \ proportion OF
II to twelve often produced as good
results as a proportion Of to two
Obviously, therefore. we We're obtain
ing results by processes different from
those obtained 10y ordinary manuring
which gives increasingly better results
with increasing amounts of manure.
Subsequent experimentation pro-
duced really staggering results and II
became evident that during the de-
composition of peat certain special
growth producing substances are
formed. These | have named auyi'
mones. from auNimOs (promotinp
growth. 1t was plain that these en-
ablcd the plant to assimilate with M
unprecedented rapidity inorganic ma,
nurial ingredients such as nitrates
phosphates and potash.
1T has taken two years to prove
these and other points without tho
possibility Of error. but nov we have
proved them.
This takes us further than | hith'
The sun., 1916-12-31

Of supplying to the world quickly and
at small cost n plant growing material
Of unprecedented possibilities.
Indeed tho product Of this simple
process is far moro than a good fer
tilizer. II Is the hest fertilizer that
eve has been known. 1t is more than
Q cheap fertilizer. 1t IL the cheapest
fertilizer that the world ever has
known. And in almost every country
It will have a great advantage eel
every other fertilizer In that the COM
p~aratively convenient presence Of its
ingredients In some quantity or other
will make its commercial production a
reasonably simple matter.
1t Ia nothing more or less than
peat treated by a simple process which
liz quick and which requires no large
capital investment,
To the average American mind peat
IL associated with Ireland as heather
~ with Scotland.
Most Americans will he surprised to
know that there IL peat enough and to
spare I'm their own country to furnish
the nation with it's fertilizer for many
a decade,
In Europe there nrc known to lie
2l270 square miles OF peat bog, in
Canada there are known to be SO, ZOO
square miles OF 1t. In the United States
theB, are known to DO $4,000 square
The sun., 1916-12-31

from what I am told Of the proposed
Ford tractor. there is the cheap labor.
AT stroke there would he IN
England an addition of n cultivated
area larger than the total areas in
cultivation before the war hscan in
Belgium. Holland and Denmark.
"Thc cultivation of this area would
more than double Great Britain's Wis
ible food supply. She always has m
ported food since transportation first
made il possible. If this new fertilizer
be properly awaited Of and II she puts
all her ~cultivatable land INTO crops she
Will he able to produce everything she
needs and have "A surplus to export.
That is one part of the dram
which absolutely surely may come true
II men and the Government wish 10
have it do so. II would solve almos,
every problem which confronts Eng
land. Had it been adopted before the
war began it might have left her
largely Indifferent to the submarine.
This fertilizer very well may re.
store TO their fertility all the ahan-
doned farms OF the eastern tinted
states. In Canada the Canadian Pa
citic is advising farmers To- breed stock
If they Wish to preserve their land
from death. Cheap motor ychl les and
implements make them unwilling 10 do
this. The cheap fertilizer Will make
such n procedure unnecessary.
THE best plant growth canno he
produced on mineral manures alone.
Plant growth demands organic matter.
II is present in more than sufficient
measure in the peat hogs. II is Amos:
as il Nature herself had been storing
fertilizer for us against tho day ~
scarcity as she stored coal for US
against the days when wood fuel would
become exhausted.
"In the oldon days il was believed
that humus supplied cvorytllUG rrctcd
in plant life. Then came l~.ie,is's min
eral plant food theory. We have tried
out poor grazing land with oats, Mn
eral fertilizer alone produced prac-
tically no crops. Land treated With
tho bacterized peat produced banner
crops.
My figures on the cost ~ prod lr'!on
are not underestimate. The Govern
mcnt of Ireland informs no ''t' II
costs Is pence at the lowest and four
shillings and s!Npencc 20 ton AZ N"
highest TO cut and dry pat. That
gives an average cost 81 two sl.liinss
and siXpencc.
Well. after the peat f. cut and
dried il only needs To hc Witcrcl Win
tho solution (which is practically cost
lcSSl and kept warm, y plant N''cf
easily produces 100 tons 4 week cost us
81 900 to install and NHlld, lurlu.lne
every detail. The plant consists OF
nothing in the wore but cNcavators To
dig mp the peat, bother Ia furnish
steam and space for incu'l'i"u'
The sun., 1916-12-31

miles OF II and in Asiatic Russia there
are known to be 10000 square miles
of II. Other great areas exist OF which
there Is no official record.
So II the tale hat a cheap and
meritorious fertilizer can be made from
peat be true the discovery Is OF tho
utmost moment at this time when
most of the world Is drawing q large
part OF Its supplies OF fertilizer from
diminishing and distant nitrate beds.
when even before the war Germany
had been forced to the costly process
OF synthetic manufacture from the at
mospherc. when tho worlds supply Of
animal manure Is being constantly and
immensely decreased by the motor We
hicle and when many thousands Of
acres OF the worlds soil are showing
signs Of real exhaustion due to unin-
telligent cultivation.
81 will not admit" said Prof. Bot
tomley after l had told him OF the
abandonment OF worn out farms in the
United States. that these farms really
can have been worn out. I will not
admit that ~irreparable harm has been
done to the soil OF any considerable
area of France. even through the great
disaster Of this war Of high explosives.
l will not admit that the worlds sup
ply of fertilizers IL i'm any danger Of
exhaustion. because / believe a new
and vast supply has been discovered
and that We merely have begun to
learn . little about this supply.
The sun., 1916-12-31
BY EDWARD MARSHALL

:. LONDON. Dec. 10.
~CIENCE surely Is chief of he
servants OF this war. No n
~ knows how many are the ways
IN which his service has been mani
tested. Offence. defence. attack. re-
treat. land war. sea war. air war
III are wholly scientific matters. AL
most every detail Of the great COM
bats destruction OF human life and
human wealth is "A scientific process.
30 men do not ask too much Of science
who demand hat she shall show them
methods to retrieve or 10 replace that
which she has taught them TO destroy.
And not all OF the operative science
even Of these mad and wicked years Ii
actually destructive or defensive
against destruction. Even while the
war progresses some science II d.
rected by strong men whose ambitions
ana whose impulses arc for and toward
construction. Tho reaction which will
@silow war. as ever IL the case. will
vastly energixe constructive effort.
Not all the science v o Of this
year Of the devil 1915 is destructive.
while in northern France and a dozen
bther regions men are killing one n
tther. other men, men like Carrel and
the whole American surgical and medi-
cal group. ri striving to save life
IN the same zones, and on the outskirts
work considering ways and means Of
quickly replenishing the worlds ex-
hausted. MANNED or murdered re-
sources, OF quickly relieving the
worlds suffering, Of quickly returning
to the normal after the insanity Of
combat shall have passed away. after
Righteousness again shall have tri-
bmphed over wrong.
Among these men I have discovered
one Of whom the world should know
more. Hidden in the top rooms Of
Kings College. London University,
which Is cloistercd al the very side OF
the roaring Strand. London's chief
business highway, this man Is accom-
plishing things so utterly amazing
that they actually seem likely to be
able to atone, In n period scarcely
Songer than the years Of combat, for
much OF the great disaster which the
war has meant to agriculture.
He Is Prof. W, B. Bottomley of the
Botanical department OF Kings COL
Iege. London University, and he looks
INC acts moro Ike an American than
almost any Englishman whom / ever
have seen.
That ought TO please us all, for II
h judgment OF such scientific or.
CARNATIONS as the British Royal In.
stitute and such botanical institutions
a. the Kew Gardens (among the most
s%ntcrprising and scientifically accurate
bodies Of its kind In the whole world
u TO be accepted he. the scientist ant
scholar. has outdone the great com
ssrI elists and has solved tho problem
The sun., 1916-12-31
HARVESTS FOR WAR WRECKED FIELD

1T.
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=" "u. p'""s "'.ia,.s ~ "
~
muv .uo'a''nes oah nav n
'', "pV" ~ 'is pea. ~
'o. mas ue'o'eu ."o 'a
W." yo"s y. "' "'. W st""y'"s VI.
so.'e's VI n''Ios." hAihS bacteria. i
No". e'''s '""' u" 'nese ua's 20
necessary ior me 10 explain IN aetai'
."". .ne presence oi nitrogen hN'hs
pae'er'a mas peeh ouhu necessary 10
the iertii,y OF the SOIL Every news.
paper ana magazine IN the onited
states many tunes mas dIrec'cd atten-
ZION 10 the TACT.
FOR many years II has been known
that ieguminous crops when nave nj
'rogen hNing bacteria In ehelr root
houuies are pehenten by inoculatlon.
SAID irof' Bottomiey. IN l9o2 hey
rinck That certain other nj
trogen hxing bacteria i've IN the soil
user. ms was Immensely important
All Ier'iie solls contain these hac-
'erla an" anything whi'h increases
'neir a'uNlty means an increase OF Ter
'iIi'y' h"t Wucn NperIni'h'a''oh
along nhes suggested py TINS hho"'-
coEe' u American pclhS extensive
n inteiiSeht. was mace win mega
i've results, i.ipHiahn OF new Jersey
pehuihg thiee years NJ the "orh.
Our 'uea n'le III i|oi'uoh """"y
came 10 DC mat perhaps the reason
otheTs ala not get the results they
craved was that they conveyed the
necessary bacteria to the sou IN the
FORM OF q hauio culture. We oeeioeu
10 Try growing u pacteria IN COM
paralveiy soNd substances rich IN
m wondering II the appheauoh OF
this m would not DO all
that was DESIRED
inc question arose theh Az ~
where We couid ma a supply OF soiup'e
humus. Inc easiest cur was
In peat Ihat was evident nut peat
was i''soiupie ana aelu'
"Its ~i'soiup''i'y 10 'na' Oh u'ue.Ayeu
vese'ao'e npi.' nc ,eason ,u' ~ u
variaole ae'oi'y Is wa. )" ola' uu
eo"hposi'ioh VI "saI'o ~ wv
Processes are "oIN, W." -.
aheiop'o oa'..',"' s.u""" "'
oNss'"' ~ vac. Va y. ~.
a., o. ,r,a,,co, In an, accornos,n ,
.oau ma, =. r,ornr 49,,
one. - ~ ura,or Incaaa cord,,ior
-. 49,, ,ho oir narrit,i,c
a.. r,on,th on,u ., IN. onmrohic hac,
,or,a
81, ,hors,oro uas ohvious that W.
n..dod 10 aad IN ncot the MISSING hac.
,ori, ora his NO ala by suhiectInr 1,
% Tho ac,,or ~ archie bacteria from
,ich ana torti,o col,
u doing this we comn,eted IN,
mrohic ~mnos of neat. c,im,nat,
inc its acid qualities and producin.
from the hitherto insoluble materia
The sun., 1916-12-31

. LONDON, Dec. 10.
~CIENCE surely Is chief OF the
servants OF this war. No n
~ knows how many are the ways
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-09-09

New Anasthetic is Tried in Operation.
Nitrous oxide, the anasthetic
as adapted for major surgical
work, was used this week for
the first time in Lake Charles.
A travelling man underwent an
abdominal operation at a santa
rum and within two minutes af-
ter the operation was completed
regained consciousness. He de-
clared that he felt no i'll effects
from the operation. and that his
recovery from the anaesthetic
was not accompanied by nausea.
A special apparatus is required
for administering the anaesthet-
ic, which is applied continuously
during the operation.