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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-10
Mistakes Made in Building d House

wall and still make short-length connection
This can rarely be DONE however, as boilers
are usually placed nearly under the centre of
a house. Where the cellar is partltioned into
several rooms the heater should be put in the
coolest part of the cellar.
No one should be as foolish as we were and
build the cellar too small and under only the
warmest side of the house. When the heater
is under the coolest part of the house it as
sures better draft and, for the same reason,
the chimney is better placed on this side.
If you have an understood boiler and
shortage of radiators, we have, you can
keep fairly comfortable until the coolest days
GOMEZ then you must run the heater full blast
day and night and live only in the warmer
side Of the house.
But the most serious fault in the arrange
ment of rooms is our misplaced laundry
which is built in combination with summer
kitchen in an inclosed back porch. During
summer it is an ideal arrangement, but in
winter it is very cold for washing If we but
had another room in our cellar we would move
the stationary tubs and other laundry equip
ment into this warm place.
An arrangement which we did not make for
economy was the placing of the bathroom
1t is in the upper hall, on the cold side of the
house, where we thought it would be most
convenient to all the bedrooms. We now find
that we would be less Inconvenience if 1t
were on any other side of the house where the
pipes would not be liable to freeze las they
have done several tines depriving us of toilet
comfort when most needed.
One old-fashioned plan we used in the stair
ways. We placed them side by side, one open
ing into the hall and the other into the dining
room. Had we placed the front stairway a
few feet further front and the rear one open
ing into the kitchen and running across the
back of the hall, both could have assembled to
a Joint landing in the upper hall. The space
which the staircase now occupies in the din
ing room would give us several extra feet,
which would be very welcome there, and the
waste spaces under the two stairways, if
placed this other way, could be combined in
a muchneeded closet.
In our bedrooms there are either too many
windows or they in the wrong places. In
some bedrooms it is quite task to find a
position for the bed except across a window
or too near one One is apt TO forget TO pro-
vide wall space for large pieces Of furniture
and to think more Of providing enough light.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-10

tons in the critical "green apple stage"
With half of its activities of the indoor
study type and the other half outdoor games,
hikes camping and active sports, the variety
thus sustained provides congenial occupation
for every girl that enrolls in it, from the little
maid of ten to the high school or college girl.
For provision against monotony wnen bad
weather prevails, there is full list of the
gymnasium work that is so allurng to the
normal girls They all love the dumbbell and
wand drills, the inspiring flag drills, the mystic
semaphore, folk dances and other exercises,
and in their field sports they learn what women
have always been accused of lacking-the real
spirit of sport that makes a good loser, a
loser who can acknowledge the good work of
the winning team.
While this movement is patterned after that
of the Boy Scouts, it is Of course adapted to
the special needs of the girl and conforms to
her sex limitations. The same promise and
motto, the same ten laws and many of the
same tests are given to the girls.
Their plan of officers, organization and pro-
gramme all similar, and through this sys-
TEN the organization seeks to develop in them,
in addition to physical fitness, Honor ODE
dience, Loyalty, Thrift, Purity, Duty, Patriot
ism, Cheerfulness, Comradeship, Reverence
Unselfshness, Usefulness, Kindness and Eff
cheney.
Every part of the varied programme of play
and study has a purpose, and each contributes
to the rounding out of the impressionable, i'm
mature girl into a splendid, efficient woman.
1t bridges the gap between the doll baby and
mud pie age and the beau" age, giving the
girl at this most uncertain formative period
of her life wholesome vent for her moods
and impulses.
Also it makes plain to every girl who en-
rolls in it that the world no longer desires
nor admires the merely useless, frivolous,
specifically ornamental type Of women. 1t
teaches her that the mothers and wives Of the
future are not to be mere parasites, but capa-
BILE, trained, competent comrades who may
share with their husbands on a fifty-ffty basis
the burdens. joys and compensations Of life.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-10
BlowKnOwIedge Signalling Adds
Mucho Useun of

The scout movement, if rightly interpreted,
sends the girl back into the home, where be-
side her mother or grandmother she must
learn the home making arts. From them she
must learn to make the shrtwaist or skirt,
with its buttonhoes; to knit and crochet; to
make raised bread; to know how to market;
to know the cuts of meat, the cost of each
ingredient in the menu, and how the chief
staples of food are sold to know how to lay
a table properly for three meals for family
and how to prepare complete meal; to know
how to dress a young child, and to know the
elementary laws Of health and sanitation.
The Girl Scout must be able to pass a first
aid examination according to the Red Cross
requirements; she must also know how to dis
tinguish trees flowers, wild animals and birds;
she must have an elementary knowledge of
signalling in the semaphore code or the Morse
alphabet she must have so cents Of her own
earning in the savings bank; be able to pass
examination on first three chapters in the
womans edition of Red Cross textbook;
swim fifty yards with her clothes on; bring
girl trained by herself to the tenderfoot class
and pass muster on several other minor
points.
This is the sort of work that takes the
nerve kinks out of the nervous, irritable child
and wakes up the dreamers. 1t also plans to
prevent so far as is humanity possible, COM
mon disasters, for it teaches self-control and
preparedness to meet all the ordinary emer-
gencies such as fire, poison drowning, wounds
and asphyxiation. The lesson in swimming
fifty yards with the clothing on doubtless will
be productive of results in reduction of the
death toll from accidents on the water.
In the proficiency tests TIE girl may range
from laundress and cook through all Of the
home vacations to those Of artist, musician or
linguist. She may ride horse, manage a
boat, rife, automobile, or aeroplane, or take
a turn at photography, cycling and electricity.
For all these and many more there are
awards for prescribed amount Of knowledge.
Along with the fun and frolic In their camp
ing and their hikes; when they have killed
snakes and kent the akins for their museum:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-10
Some New Ways to Cook Cabbage
By VIRGINIA CARTER LEE.

DERHAPS no vegetable in all the list has
been so abused, both as to reputation
and in preparation, as has the excellent
and delicious cabbage. AS matter Of fact,
the bad reputation of this savory vegetable
is due not to any inherent qualities, but to
the ordinary way Of preparing and cooking 1t.
Cabbage, however, may be made something
quite new in the vegetable line and, with this
group of recipes on hand, many notable
changes may be made in planning the daily
menus.
First of all is the boiling Of the cabbage.
Select small, white heads, heavy for their
size, and soak in we'll sailed water for one
hour, to eliminate any insect life; then cut
the vegetable into quarters. Have ready
large kettle of actively boiling water, sailed
to taste, and add to every four quarts Of
the water a tablespoonful of baking soda.
Place the cabbage in the water, one piece at
a time, and be sure that it keeps on boilirg
as the rest are added. When all are in cook
rapidly for just twenty minutes, and do not
cover the kettle while the cabbage is cooking
If cooked in this way, there will be no odor
arising from the vegetable.
WHcH COOhcu, l4hc OuI iu1o . OIL oiHcit
drain off the water to the last drop, add salt
to taste pinch Of black pepper, generous
piece of butter, cover closely, and let the sea-
soning steam in"
If the flavor Of meat is desired, stir into
the cabbage a couple of bouillon cubes or
little beef extract with the butter and salt
and treat as above.
Ladies' cabbage is delicious and may be
eaten with mpunity even by those with del
icate digestion. Into four quarts Of water
shave, not cut, half of a sound young cab
bage. Cook as for plain boiled cabbage,
drain, return to the saucepan, cover with sweet
milk, add the desired quantity of milk with the
other seasoning and simmer the vegetable for
ten minutes longer. Drain before serving.
Escalloped cabbage with dried beef males
a delicious and inexpensive luncheon dish.
After preparing as for ladies' cabbage, make
ready buttered baking dish. Into this lay an
inch of the cabbage and pour over it a cup
full Of rich cream sauce. In this place a
layer Of dried beef which has been shredded
and slightly freshened in boiling water Con-
tihue with alternate layers of cabbage and
beef until the dish is nearly filled. Then cover
the top with buttered bread crumbs and bake
for fifteen minutes before serving.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-10
By GRACE c. RUTTER.

n INCE we have begun to live in our new
home we have found that there are sew
~ eral misplaced rooms and some other
features which are decidedly inconvenlent.
We have a neat cottage of modern style, but
a casual survey gives no idea Of the incon-
venience and actual discomfort we are oc-
casioned because we followed system of
false economy in the original plan.
1t was false economy, because to have built
in the first place as experience has shown US
we should have built would have cost con-
siderably less than TO tear out now and re-
build. In addition to the money involved, there
would be the risk to furniture and the bother
of moving it and the discomfort of living in a
house during the rebuilding process.
II is impossible to know how one will want
everything arranged until one is actually liv-
ing in the house; but one is sure Of needing
heat for winter and convenient placing Of
kitchen and laundry and plenty of closet
room.
Our heater is Of the hot water style, which
has been proved TO be just the thing for small
homes-if properly installed. Unfortunately,
our heater is too small for our house. And
here begins our troubles.
We had the services Of plumber who was
nearly as inexperienced in computing the
amount Of boiler capacity required to the
square inch Of air space as we were in house
building.
Economic, If you must, in furniture or
dishes, but do not practise this homely virtue
in your heating arrangements. plumber
Of experience will charge you more, but ne
can estimate correctly and, if you are willing
20 shovel in the coal, you will be sure Of
warm house.
We have a radiator in each one Of the colder
bedrooms, leaving communicating doors open
TO warm the other two rooms. Except in the
coolest weather this results in as high
temperature as people usually care for in
sleeping rooms. Where bedrooms are TO be
occupied by old persons or little children they
would need 20 be warmer.
Our plumber did right in so placing the
radiators in each room that they would re-
qlire the shortest possible lengths Of pipe TO
connect with the boiler in the cellar.
This makes what is termed, short circula-
ton" where az little heat as possible is wasted
in the pipes. The best arrangement, when 1t
is possible, IL for radiators 10 be placed in the
coolest corner in room or against an outside
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-10
Girl Scouts Learning How to Wash
Their Clothes.

full character developing elements that form
the basic idea of this plan of training.
This movement knows neither class distinc-
ton nor differences Of sect. creed or nation
atty. 1t erects no lines Of .demarcation be-
tween poverty and wealth, nor does it kowtow
to rank and prestige. Merit alone regulates
the girls standing with her mates.
A girl is honored and awarded according TO
her due, to the measure in which she lives up
to her obligations as a scout. She must be
a friend to all and a sister to every other girl
scout, regardless of what social class that scout
may represent.
The value of this democracy is above esti-
mate. Class lines have always been drawn
more rigidly by girls than by boys, the latter
being more inclined to judge their fellows from
the standpoint of achievements. Now the dom
ming of the plain little uniform levels all rank,
and each girl must do her full quota of camp
or troop duty regardless of class or inclna-
ton.
No other girl movement" has so taken hold
Of the girl individually. Instead of being pat
termed after the clubs and organizations of the
grown ups, it is made to fit the growing, rest
less girl at the most uncertain, vital period
of her life. Common sense rules her ac-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-10
Outdoor Sports That Lead
Helhhlnes, HOu'ea5sy an!
General Efficiency

of the little ovenless wood stove Of
camp, they have at the same time been -
up a treasure Of good deeds. Y
They help old women across crowded s
help mothers at home; help the blind ana !.
to church; lend hand everywhere.
Thus, wherever the Scout movemen. r.,
it is a power in the community for on,
view Of the real social service which its 49,
and practises. For all Girl Scouts, 70 h. :
to their Scout promise, must do a gOo5 -
daily.
DOING THEIR BIT IN THE WAR
All over war-ridden Europe TO-DAY =.
Scout maidens are showing their paro..
and their usefulness in full measure with !,
splendid service of their brothers.
In Russia, through all Of the winter v.,s.
since the war began, the Scout Girls IN 4.
uniforms with the long coats or capes y.
the trains that come in from the redress,
stations with their loads of wounded ss,,
and supply the disabled men with hot ~,
homemade cakes, cigarettes, candies and =,
little home-reminding luxuries that they .a
probably not seen since leaving home =
call to arms.
In France, Germany, Italy they have bsr,
immense value because Of their profcisru
semaphoring.
In England they have risen to the NJ
measure of their opportunity. During the :,
mer the Girl Scouts, or Girl Guides as thsy nj
called there, have aided in harvesting the "a
in absence of the men. They take care Of s-I
children whose mothers must leave home sa
the absent fathers places as wage earnen
They aided the Belgian refugees They ha
done constant duty as guides, showing peissi
ans cellars of refuge when the terrifying D.
pelins doomed overhead. They have help. !,
the first aid stations and served as messeng1
One efficient troop established soup n,&
en-, making hot soup, coffee and sardv&s
and serving them to the busy toilers in the A.
munition factories, who work eight hours y.
ten minutes rest every two hours. A! A@
rest periods the little British lasses SIT
through the factory with their WELDON. T.
sustaining refreshment, all ready for the Ia
essarily hasty consumption.
In signalling also with the semaphore, v.
the Morse code and flashing lights these gll
have done remarkable work, and in scores &
other ways they have rendered services rG
meant the easing of some ones heavy bT:=
The Scout movement is a training schoo
civics; a training school in patriotism, q
citizenship and democracy; but, most Of a. :
is practical training school in prepareins''-
common everyday preparedness for DAILY q
that insures their courage and their ability \
meet alike the emergencies Of war or peaa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-10

infant in years but despite It's lack OF age an
army in strength, for to-day it is a hundred
thousand strong.
An international organization is this one
of little maids from ten to eighteen years. Its
troops are scattered far and wide through the
world. its motto is read in scores of tongues
and its allegiance is pledged to the flags OF
the civilized world.
Under its wholesome standards princess and
peasant maid join hands in the same games,
share the same study, stand shoulder to
shoulder for the same honors, devote their
best efforts toward the same ideals and wear
the same uniform-itsef simple badge Of
conservation to duty and service.
Though some years behind the Boy Scout
movement in point of age and also in its en-
rolment, this organization for girls has never
theless arrived Already its solid worth to
the individual girl and to the community at
large insures its permanency as an institu-
ton. Every month marks a stepping stone in
its DEVELOPMENT. The girls are enrolling at
the rate of two hundred per month. England,
France. Germany, Denmark, Sweden,
Australia, Italy, Spain, South Africa, Chill,
Argentina, Syria, Scotland, Russia, Brazil
and Canada all have their troops of maidens
in nut brown uniforms earnestly engaged IN
the training Of real preparedness.
In the United States the movement has
developed with marked rapidity. From Maine
to California and from Canada to the Gulf
of Mexico, in thirty states, regular army
of ten thousand scout lassies, representing
every section, respond to the whstled signals
OF their captains.
TWIN TO THE BOY SCOUTS.
This organization is in all senses the sister
movement to the Boy Scouts 1t had its in
ception in the founding Of the Boy Scouts In
England. To-day the worlds youth, girls and
boys alike, are stepping into line in the char
acter building training of scOutcraft where
their energies and exuberance find vent to
a purpose, for boys learn real manliness and
girls true womanliness by being taught to
teach themselves all of the fundamental prin-
ciples Of right thinking and right living.
Until the advent of the Scout Movement, the
world had never before had an organization for
juveniles that so fully embraced in its pleasur-
able activities the substantial, practical, use
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-10
HOT SLAW.

Shave very fine small, solid hsa' I
cabbage. Melt in a saucepan piece o. "
the size of an egg. Stir in heaplng tesp@
full of -four and when perfectly smooth ~ :
generous half pint Of milk. STR cVs' >
water until the sauce thickens and oos -
add one well-beaten egg. Cook only ~
moment after the egg is added. Seaso' v
salt, paprika and half cupful OF colo Y,
gar. Pour over the shaved cabbage :
cient boiling water to cover, let 1t stano y
you are making the sauce, then drain sn' p
the sauce over the vegetable. Place Vns'
will be just below the boiling point 10Y w.
minutes before serving.
CABBAGE ROLLS.
This will be found an excellent and 'H'
tizing way of using up left overs "
and poultry that are not sufficient IN qOA--,
to serve in any other way. Midway %"D
the outside and the heart of the eaooas
lect large, perfect leaves. On each lay
of finely chopped meat (almost any
can be utilized, or a combination OF gu
kinds), season highly and add one wen - ~
egg, so that when squeezed the mince VIZ |.
its shape. Next fold the two end' :, =.
leaves at right angles TO the mld-no D..
coed to roll. Fasten with small WOODEN =
picks or skewers and have ready s~'
lively boiling stock. Drop the rolls ca q
- opI 80 x,,irpfQS lnlChS-
cupful of the stock for gravy, season ~ -
few drops of Worcestershire sauce a"'
over the rolls, that have been arrA"s''
heated chop platter.
CABBAGE SALAD.
This recipe will be found great mp u
ment over the ordinary "slaw.' ln'O
shave the desired quantity Of frm, va" ,as
bage. Cover with actively ool'lne IA,
and let it stand for two minutes; "'" !,
quickly, place in colander and pour =.
a stream of cold water for four or Nv ~
utes. Mix with half the quantity ..ks
cooked beets, four or five chopped GU -
and sufficient boiled dressing to Hi'''''
on the ice before serving. urr,t
ESCALLOPED CABBAGE WITH 'HI go
This is merely a variation Of the e'f '.,ss
dish already mentioned Use grated "a "a cS
cheese in place of the dried bee. - III NJ
in exactly the same manner "s .,n,S
found an excellent substitute for esq
caulihowsr,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-10

when they have made biscuits with an empty
vinegar bottle for rolling pin and baked them
on hot stones; when they have made layer cake
and baked the layers in frying pan on top
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-10
Il Nahon-Wide Club for Girls
Founded on The Boy Scouts
Organization
Bv EDNA MARY COLMAN.

EHOLD. another great femi-
mist organization has sprung
into life and is teeming with
activity. For the Boy Scout
Movement has a feminine
counterpart, a youthful sister
organization, as yet a mere
- ii. r - go -,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-10

AbOve-GirI Scouts on Hike, Cooking
Their Campfire Dinner. Below
A Girl Scout Must Do at Least
One Good Turn Every Day.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-02-16
TRAIN LANDS IN DITCH NEAR
WABASSO.

The Vesta train was wrecked two
miles east of Wabasso on their return
trip Wednesday evening, when six cars
jumped the track. The engine and box
car next to the engine remained on the
track, while four cars of shelled corn, one
refrigerator car and the combination
baggage and passenger coach were
scattered along the track on both ends
OF bridge about twelve feet high and
fifty feet long. The passenger coach
was left standing with one end down the
embankmant.
No one was injured, excepting one
passenger, who claims to have his Shout
der hurt. There were nine or ten
passengers on the train, all men. They
were brought to Sanborn with the mail
and express in the empty box car which
remained on the track. The cause of
the accident is said to be the spreading
of the rails Sanborn Sentinel.