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Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-06
By WOODS HUTCHINSON, M. D..

We can and ought to accomplish
great saving OF food waste in our buy
ing, our marketing, our commission
house handling and particularly in our
present brainless and deplorable
method OF shipping foodstuffs, But a
considerable degree of rejection and
apparent waste will probably always
accompany liberal, varied, civilized
diet, such as will furnish the highest
grades Of both health and efficiency.
Already there is rough parallelism
between garbage production and
wages, high food waste and low
death rate and high average longevity
or length OF life. While it seems in
one sense little to be proud of to lead
the world in garbage production per
capita, yet the fact that much was
thrown away shows that there was
plenty to choose from and that the
best was eaten, for humanity does
know good food when it smells it, and
that's the kind Of diet that will pro-
duce results in both health and work
done.
We may even take whimsical
pride in grading our social standing
BY such standards, as is illustrated by
story told by the health officer Of
one of our most prosperous and pro-
gressive inland cities. There was
rather an exclusive beach colony OF
prosperous citizens scattered along
the shore Of lake about ten miles
distant. A new family built a cottage
and moved in and were naturally be-
ing talked over from every point OF
view at the little country store.
Opinions differed as to their social
standard and prestige, but finally the
farmer who collected the kitchen
waste from the colony to feed his
hogs chimed in, in no uncertain tones,
with: "Wal, all | kin say is tibet
they've got the SWEETEST swill on the
beach,
The same thing has to be borne in
mind as to profit and loss in the &C
tual disposal of garbage after it has
been thrown into the bucket or can
There is no more gold in garbage dis
posal than there is in the famous pot
At the foot Of the rainbow. One OIL
our great practical difficulties Is the
feeling, which simply will not down in
community, that just as great pack,
ing houses are said to make most o.
their profit out Of their waste and
tankage, so there ought to be a prof.
in garbage disposal il only It is prop.
erly managed.
Out in the country, for instance, i
can be mixed with meal and given K
chickens or fed directly to hogs ant
certain amount Of return in eggs am
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-06
BY LOUISE HEILGERs.

Any fool can imagine evil, Of course,
but il takes really clever person to
see white until black is thoroughly
established. So that, when pretty
girl rushed up to me, and, needless OF
the few male things about with whom
| was exchanging the usual platitude
about the weather, gushed breath
lessly, you really must come and see
my new pompadour" | merely re-
turned, Il shall be delighted to- and
left it at that, although hadn't the
faintest idea what my pcomise in
yolved or what ! might be letting
myself in for.
And, as it happened, virtue pres
emily received its own reward. Moth
ing really thrilling or immoral was un-
veiied to me- The pompadour, when
displayed to me, was merely frock-
a gathered, hooped, flounced, ruffled,
ruched and plcated frock, composed
mostly Of pink roses, couchant on a
white ground.
we've simply all got to be pompa-
dour now" the pretty girl said tri-
umphantly, as | stared at her IN sur
prise. "It's<the latest out
The pompadour frock, like its pc
ROD, is certainly not cheap one. The
eral OF brocade and patchas and pow
der was noted for its extravaganza as
we'll as for its red heels and blue
morals.
And suppose. If we start the
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-06
New Danger to Morals

pompsdour frock now, the rest will
inevitably follow. There is something
about the very atmosphere OF POM
padour frock that does not make tor
virtue.
| know this, because when, at the
pretty girls urgent request, ! slipped
hers on for moment (the frock, not
the virtue), felt frightfully giddy all
of sudden--no, the room didn't go
round--my morals did. II was as #
the mere wearing Of a frock garlanded
with satin roses made one long in
stinctively to pluck Herrick's or loves
blossoms.
So I'm sure don't know where we
shall end If we all wear pompadour
frocks.
Whatever else can be said Of the
present fashions, they certainly do not
make for that veneration and respect
our great-grandmothers are credited
with being treated with by our great
grandfathcrs.
But then crinolines and mittens and
collarbones were one thing; our brief
extension OF skirt, extended silk
ankles and rosily powdered necks an
other. And now on top OF all this the
pompadourl
All! we'll, better short skirt and
merry one than dull affair of
length and virtue. Anyway, If you
do tread the primrose path, you are
sure to find some roses there to match
your pompadour
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-06

which show pet owla belonging to an
owl-fancierN in England. To most
people an owl seems very strange
pet, and the bird certainly does not
show the intelligence usually expect
ed in pet animal. IT.. ".
But as thing to look at. an owl
is as curious q creature as almost
any that the animal world affords. 1t
is bird with face" and its face
has all element of terror even for hui
man beings. The huge staring eyes,
with the great circular disks OF stiff
feathers surrounding them, the big
fiercely-curved beak, the fluffy feath-
ers covering the whole body, which
makes the bird look several times
larger than it really is, and the
make-believe horns" which some
owls have--all Of these things togeth-
err suggest that nature intended that
frightfulness should be an important
part Of an owls outfit.
Then, it is a night bird, and the
silence which the softness of its feath-
cry coat imparts to its flight gives it
another element of terror. Its prey,
consisting largely Of rats, mice and
other rodents, is unaware of its ap-
proach until too late. Courage grows
with desperation, but desperation re-
quires time to develop, and the sud
den swoop Of the noiseless owl, and
the instantaneous apparition Of its
terrifying countcnance, allows no time
for the paralysis Of fear to pass away
The English owl-fancier from
whose living collection these photo.
graphs were obtained makes much Of
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-06

pork got back from it, But if you
have to live anywhere near the chick
en- yards or. hog pen you are apt to
get other returns in the way of odors
and flies which. long before the sum
mer is over, will far overbalance any
financial return. Indeed, chickens,
when fed upon house scraps and gar
bage, require an expenditure of SO
much time and trouble to keep their
yards and run not merely inoffensive
to ncighbors, but healthful to them
selves that intelligent, up-to-date poul
trymen will not even go to the
trouble of collecting kitchen scraps
from their neighbors for this purpose.
With hogs the case is still worse,
for not only is it impossible to keep
the pens of swill-fed and garbage-fed
hogs from being a danger and nuis-
ance to the entire neighborhood, but
the pens become perfect hotbeds OF
hog cholera and other septic diseases.
Contractors who have been able to
buy large tracts of worthless sand, or
brush land, with no neighbors within
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-06
Indimdual Garbage Disposal

several miles, have been able to fatten
hogs upon garbage and make mod
crate profit. But they have actually
found it necessary to gradually i'm
munize the hogs to living exclusively
upon garbage, and not few OF them
die in the process. Then, when they
have got an immunized strain OF hogs,
able to eat garbage without killing
themselves. they breed from these
strains and the offspring, either by
heredity or by gradual education in
youth, also grow up garbage proof
and can be kept alive long enough to
be fattened and sold.
Breeders OF pedigreed or any other
type of civilized pigs, OF course, turn
up their noses absolutely at swill or
garbage for their favorites, saying it
IS one OF the most unwholesome foods
possible for them, and the only reason
why the superstition has arisen that
pigs like swill is that the poor beasts
were never given anything else to
eat and had no change to express a
preference in the matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-06
Birds of Wisdom as Pets
By GARRETT P. SERVISS.

There may be something worth
bordering over in the suggestion that
the persistent good luck" which
seems to attend some persons is due
to their having accidentally become
the pets of higher beings, whose ex-
istence we do not clearly recognize.
However that may be, it is certain
that soipe of the lower animals that
we make pets of have fortune thrust
upon them without any comprehen-
sion on their part Of the cause of the
smooth sailing life allotted to them.
On the other hand, to be pet is often
to lose freedom, so that the goodness
OF the luck becomes questionable
after all, and this seems particularly
true OF birds.
The pct-making instinct sometimes
takes odd turns, as in the case illus
trated by the accompanying pictures,
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-06
NestlGsFood

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Send tho coupon for a FREE
Trial package of ~ feedinss
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specialists.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-06

The lamb chops should be cut to
the desired thickness, trimmed neatly,
removing all unnecessary fat, season,
ed with a little salt and pepper, and
broiled, turning them every three
minutes, allowing eight minutes for
chops cut one inch thick.
The distinctive touch Of this dish
is its Bernaise sauce. Once one serves
this with lamb chops it will be found
an indispensable adjunct to the chops
thereafter.
/ Sauce-Reduce two tablespoonfuls
of white tarrigan vinegar to about
half the quantity with twelve crushed
peppercorns, half a saltspoon of pa
prika pepper, two bay leaves, a little
thyme, one small onion, then add four
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-06
Broiled Lamb Chops With Peas
By CONSTANCE CLARKE.

raw yolks of eggs, and work in by de.
grees a quarter of pound of BUTTER
then strain. This sauce requires care
in making. =.
Take two cups Of shelled peas and
put them into boiling water with .
bunch of mint tied in piece of mus.
lin; season the water with littls
salt, sugar, and tiny pinch Of soda;
boil the peas gently for fifteen to
twenty minutes, then strain off and
mix them with three tablespoonfuls
of butter. Serve on the dish with
the chops. Arrange chops around
a mound of toasted bread and serve
the sauce in sauce boat. e..
(Tomorrow-New Carrots Ia
Francaise.) r
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-06

otherwise their digesteion is upset.
They like rabbits, kittens, mice.
sparrows, cockafors, stag-beetles and
other similar things and if they could
be kept about house without being
confined they might be superior to
cats as destroyers of rats and mice.
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a Prussian artillery helmet, low and
close fitting, with the imperial eagle
at its front in brass. The schako of
the French is another interesting style
of head gear as it has a square shield
balanced on it's crown to intercept pos
sible sword or sabre cuts that might
otherwise split skull. From one side
of the shield depends long, Haunting
tassel of red. Among the accoutrement
is shown the bayonet Of the French,
called gras gun, the worn and indent-
ed knapsacks and wicker carrying
device in which the German soldiers
transport shells. A gray cossack s
coat, all torn and cut, presumably with
bursting shells or other shot, gives
some intimation of the destructive
power of the modern engines of war.
The dates and places of battles where
the exhibited relics were gathered are
given, and a card picturing the uni
forms worn in the different armies
adds further interest.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-05-04
FOUND ONE WORSE ROAD.
Sheridan Road in Kenosha County
Finishes Second in the Chicago
Herald Contest

Cheer up: There are others. The
Sheridan Road between Kenosha and
Waukegan finished second in the con-
test put on by the Chicago Herald to
discover the worst road within humid
red miles of Chicago. The medal for
the worst stretch of road was award
ed to the Whiting road leading out Of
Chicago and over the sand hills of In
diana. Fifteen people declared that
this road was the worst and they made
it so strong that even the fact that
thirty people voted for the Sheridan
Road failed to get the Kenosha county
road the medal. The men who conduct
ed the contest held that the answers
of the fifteen were much stronger than
those of the thirty. The "class' of
the Sheridan Road, however, was clear
ly shown up and there was no doubt of
its being in second place. No other
roads within hundred miles of Chi
cago received nearly SO many "boosts
for the worst road' as this portion of
the Sheridan Road.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-05-04
GETS A DIVORCE.

Alleging failure to provide, cruel and
inhuman treatment and habitual drunk
eness, Mrs Irene Hartnell Warburton.
appeared in the circuit court this morn
ING and asked for decree of divorce
from her husband, Roy V. Warburton.
The husband did not appear to contest
the decree and he was not represented
BY an attorney. In her testimony to
the court Mrs. Warburton declared that
she was married to Warburton in Ke-
nosha on February "a, 1908. She
charged that he had frequently as
saulted her and that she had been
forced to work in order to provide sup
port for herself and one daughter. I'm
der the order Of the court the custody
Of the daughter is awarded to Mrs.
Martha E. Hartnell, mother of Mrs.
Warburton. Mrs. Warburton was form
rly widely known in the town of
Salem, but she has resided in Kenosha
ince her marriage.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-05-04
BONDS GO TO MILWAUKEE,.
Wisconsin Trust Company Purchases
First of the Water Bond Issues
PAVING Premium of S270o

raging premium OF 9zfU9.
The Wisconsin Trust company of
Milwaukee purchased the first of the
city bond issues to provide funds for
the building of the new water plant on
Monday and the bid of the Trust com
pany for the $4,000 issue of bonds
was $4,000. The council ordered the
bonds sold to the Milwaukee company
at the meeting on Monday night. I'm
der the law the premium and the ac-
crued interest paid on the bonds will
be placed in a special fund to meet
the first interest payment when it
comes due. The sale of the bonds was
marked by spirited bidding and there
were ten bidders for the bonds. The
lowest premium offered was in excess
of $500. The First National bank Of
fered premium of $2,282, but the To-
cal bank was third in the list of bid
ders. Officials are expressing regret
that the entire issue of $250,000 was
not offered for sale at this time as it is
thought that a higher premium could
be received on the bonds now than at
later time
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-05-04

In the quartz just ended 1889
deaths were of children under one year
old; 431 were from the ages one to
four inclusive, and 3,430 were per-
sons sixty five years old or over Near
ly one-fourth, or 1900, of all deaths
were in Milwaukee county.
Deaths from violence are classified as
follows: Railroads, 81; fractures, So;
accidental, 80; suicide, 50; burns and
scalds, 80; accidental falls, 35; automo-
biles, 7; gunshot, Is; homicide, 4;
street cars, 5; freezing, 2; accidental
drowning, Is; horses and vehicles, 2;
machinery, L; electricity, 2. Other
causes were: Pellagra, /; tetanus, 4;
syphilis, 8; ptomaine poisoning, a;
typhus fever, l; infantile paralysis, 8.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-05-04
SHOW BATTLE RELICS.
Uniforms and Accoutrement of Dead
European Fighters are Exhibited
at 319 Main Street.

Interest attaches to the display of
war relics in the Curtiss tailoring es-
tablishment at $40 Main street, where
parts of French, German, English and
Russian uniforms appear in peaceful
proximity, while in the foreground is
an exploded German shell with its
metal envelope of nearly an inch in
thickness all twisted by the force of
its own explosion. The natty E4ench
tunic of blue with red facings and brass
buttons suggests the smartness of the
soldiers of that army while the red
"vest," long sleeved and braided, re-
calls the uniforms pictured in early
editions of Du Maurier's H'Trilby.'
The fierce fur plumet of the Belgian
army with its red cockade lies next to
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year. The tenants of the building
have been notified that they must va
cate by the middle of July and before
that time it is probable that the Sim
mons company will announce its plans
for improvements.
Market street is coming into its own
this year and before the snow falls
again notable improvements are to be
made on this street. There are a lot
of people who expect to see Market
street as a rival for Main street.
Not only is the Simmons company 90
ing to build a magnificent building on
the east of Main street, but the First
National bank changes are to do much
to improve the appearance of the
street. The entire Market street front
Of the bank building is to have a new
dress. Architects are now working out
the plans for this change and it is GER
tain that when it is completed the
First National Bank building will be a
real credit 20 the "most important
corner in the city. Plans and speci-
fcations are nearly completed for the
erection of the new home of the North
western Loan and Trust company which
is to be directly west of the Burke
Theatre building. This will be an or
namental building two stories in height
and built with view of furnishing
permanent ground floor home for the
trust company. The second story of the
building will be fitted up into modern
offices. 1t is expected that the work
on this building will start about the
first of July and that it will be com
pleted by early winter.
Work on the new Balm building is
now being ruShed with all possible
speed and just as soon as this building
is up the bank and trust company will
be able to get possession of the land
which is to be used in these BUILDINGS.
The Elks are also considering the
possibility Of building on Market
Square and if the plans now being con-
sidered are adopted this organization
will build Kenosha IS highest building
on the ground just west of tie site Sc
lected for the new trust company
building.
At any rate Market Square and Mar
ket street are going to show great i'm
provement before the end of the year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-05-04
DECLINE TO ACCEPT SITE.
County Board Holds Land Offered by
Mrs James Hannah is Not Prop
nrIv T.ncatad For Nnur1hrr Cnhnn1

CITY AoCdGSu luz county SCHOOL,
The county board at its session on
Saturday afternoon formally declined
to accept the offer of Mrs. James Han
nan who sought to give the county two
lots to be used as a site for teacher s
training school. The members of the
board gave Mrs. Hannah a vote of
thanks, but held that the location of
the lots would not be suitable for
training school for the county. At the
afternoon session of the board it was
voted to turn over the work o. closing
up the contracts for the building of
Willowbrook sanatorium to the board
OF trustees with the county agent add
ed and the board is given full power
to act in the matter. The members of
the board will make an effort to have
the contracts all closed up so that the
final report on building operations can
be made to the board at the special
meeting to be held in June The board
accepted the plat of Bonny Hame Sub
division No. l with the provision that
the streets provided for be opened and
graded. No other matter of i'm
portance came before the session of the
board.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-05-04
DEATH RATE Is INCREASED.
Report Of state Health Board Shows
Large Increase in Deaths for
First Quarter.

Evidence of the unusual fatality
from illness throughout the state the
last winter is seen in the quarterly
report on mortality, covering January,
February and March, 1916, announced
by the state board Of health. Total
deaths reported were 9,o16, as compar-
ed with 1895 in the corresponding
quarter of 1915. Pneumonia holds its
customary place in the first rank with
a toll of 1862 lives, as against 1920
in the same period last year. Prac-
tically every communicable disease
shows an increase in mortality over
the same quarter Of 1915. The COM
parative figures follows:
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SHOWS INCREASE IN VALUES
Market Square and Market Street Get
ting Ready for Big Awakening
eral New Buildings to Be Built Dur
ing the Summer Months.

Deeds have been filed with the regis
ter of deeds showing that the Simmons
Manufacturing company have purchas-
ed the remaining portion of the block
bounded by Exchange, Maiden Lane,
Market and Pearl streets. The last
piece of this land to 60 to the Simmons
company was the land at the corner of
Exchange and Market street formerly
owned by ex-Alderman William M.
Rowe The consideration was $27, 500.
The property fronts lightweight feet
on Market street and extends back to
the alley. The increase in the value
of this property in little over twenty
years shows something of the manner
II which Market street property is ap-
preciating in value. When it was pur-
chased by Mr. Rowe in 1892 the value
of it was put at $4,000. The price at
which it was sold was little over nine
times as great
The old corner has had a lot to do
with the industrial development of
Kenosha It was the first home Of the
Wells and Messier machine shop years
ago, when it was the home Of the Wind
sor Spring company and after these in
dustries moved away to get into larger
quarters the old building began to be
used as a garage. The Simmons COM
pany has not as yet announced plans
for the improvement Of the property,
but it is rumored that it will be the
site for handsome office building to
be erected by the company later in the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-05-04
MRS. MAuER eErs p1voRcR.

In the municipal court this morning
Judge Randall handed down decree
of divorce in the suit of Mrs. Mar
garet Maurer, well known Silver Lake
woman, against her husband, Joseph
Maurer. The couple were married in
the town Of Paris in 1899 and both
are well known in that section of the
county. The wife charged her husband
with extreme cruelty. Maurer did not
appear to contest the case nor was he
represented by an attorney. 1t is said
that he is now living in Racine. Mrs.
Maurer was given the custody of one
son, Jacob Maurer, sixteen year old
son, and an adopted daughter, Marie,
who is now six years of age. She de-
clared that she did not desire any order
for alimony as she was able to take
care of herself The costs in the case
were assessed against the husband.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-05-04
BIRTHS IN KENOsHA.

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. R. o. Likes,
Is Albion place, boy.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-05-04

A Want AID for results.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-05-04

Miss Marian Spencer of Milwaukee,
working in the interests of the Nation
al Congress Of Mothers, is again in
Kenosha and is forming child welfare
circles to be allied with the Congress
Of Mothers.
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Born to Mr.. and Mrs. John M. Ward,
II Maplewood avenue, daughter, in
Kenosha hospital, at p. m. Monday,
May l.