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ITALIANS GO TO
FRONT IN FRANCE
About 100000 Will Aid Allied
Campaign Among the
vosges Mountains.
PORTUGAL SENDS SOLDIERS
Transports 10000 Troops to Western
Battle Lines in Face Of Trouble at
Home-Will Japanese Go
to Europe7

Paris.-Before winter sets in it IL
expected there will be 100000 Italian
troops fighting on the French front.
Already two contingents comprising
$4,000 men each have arrived in France
and soon are expected to take up their
positions in the Vosges. All Of the
Italians will be sent to that region,
the mountainous country comprising
the extreme end of the fortified line in
Alsace.
The Italians will comprise regi-
ments Of the Alpi11, the men recruited
from the mountainous sections of Italy,
skilled in mountain warfare, and Injured
to work in the rarified air Of high alti-
tudes.
-. Soon to Be Sent "a. Front. Z
:, That the first ,conhngents soon. will
be. on the actual firing line on the
French front is believed here, and it
is further thought this fact had some
thing to do with Italy's declaration Of
war against Germany, as Italians will
be engaged in actual conflict with the
Germans.
Besides these troops Italy will fur
nish special mountain artillery for its
contingent, the guns being Of the same
caliber as the light French-75 MILL
meters-but capable Of higher angle
hre and mounted on different type
wheels and caissons, making them
more adaptable for hauling up grades.
Some Of these guns are mounted on
skids, so that they can be dragged up
steep mountain trails. Italian Red
Cross hospital units also will accom-
pany the Alpini.
Besides the Italians there will be
still another nationality represented in
the trenches on the western front.
Portugal is sending 10000 men to this
front, and it is believed that they al
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pipes and skin, then cut in large dice
and cooked In thickened chicken stock.
One may not always have chicken
stock on hand, but can Of chicken
soup is easy to open, and should al
ways be on the emergency shelf. Flaw
or the soup with bit Of onion, add
teaspoonful of curry powder and few
drops of lemon juice. With this serve
dish of peas.
For patty shells the. following filing
may be used: Add asparagus tips to
sweetbreads, mix with white sauce,
mashed yolks of two eggs, a cupful OF
thin cream and few slices Of stuf1ed
olives. Serve hot. The cream need
not be added if the sauce Is thin ana
rich enough.
Some like curry with lobster; mix
paste of olive oil, half teaspoonfui
Of mustard, and paprika, salt and cur
nv to taste; lay the lobster with 1T
tie butter in this and cook ten min
utes.
savory Toast.-Cover slices OF toast
with grated cheese and set in the oven.
Cut into pieces eight large mushrooms,
or If the fresh are unattainable use
half can of buttons; fry two minutes
in q blazer with three tablespoonful
of butter. Add gradually six eggs and
stir until thick, season with salt and
pepper and pour piping hot over the
toast. 49,
curried chicken.-Take two CYPRUS
Of cold cooked chicken, cut in bits, one
cupful of gravy, and one teaspoonfui
each of minced onion and curry pow
der, one tablespoonful Of butter ana
salt to taste. Cook the onion IN the
butter, mix the curry smoothly into the
gravy, add to the chicken and simmer
ten minutes. Boiled rice Is usual
accompaniment to curry and well
chilled bananas are also good.
Try frankforts heated IN crea"
served with toast.
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London.-German meetless Gays, 80
much ridiculed here, may soon be COP
led by Great Britain
|. A suggestion that the consumption
of meat be stopped for one day IN the
week is contained ~ the recommenda.
tons of the Official DEPARTMENTAL COM
mittee appointed by the board Of trade.
Only those engaged in severe manual
labor should eat meat seven days q
week. the committesurges. It also rec
.onmends the sopening Of 'municipa1
shops in districts where retailers are
obtaining excessive profits and the re-
vision Of pay rolls to improve the posi-
ton Of those who have not benefited IN
the general upward trend both OF COM
modify and labor prices.
Other recommendations include the
speeding up of building of merchant
ships, especially those intended 1or the
conveyance of refrigerated meat, and
provision for adequate labor at the
docks. Seven members Of the commit
tee further recommend that there
should be public control Of prices OF
primary foodstuffs produced ut home'
In many cases, it is stated, far too
much profit is being made BY home pro-
ducers. r.
Live Stock Not Wanted.
The committee reports against the
proposal to import live cattle from
Canada. 1t says:
without going into the vexed ques-
ton of the alleged danger OF disease,
we have to report that there seems to
be at present no likelihood Of any con-
siderable supply of cattle from that
source, even if the scarcity OF shipping
did not make the importation of live
as against dead meat uneconomicai."
With regard to the first suggestion
the report says:
1--WE urge all those who are not en-
gagged in severe manual labor and who
at present eat butchers meat every
day to refrain from consumption one
day each week. We believe q large
number of patriotic citizens are only
waiting for clear and authoritative
guidance and that such voluntary alb
stentation on the part Of the more for
tunate, while it will have no harmful
effect on health, will appreciably en-
large the supply Of meat available for
poorer members Of the community"
Poor People Well OFF.
The committee touches on the vital
point in the meat problem when it rec
ommends that lin disposing OF meat
which it purchases for the civil popu-
lation the government should impose
such conditions not only on wholesale
merchants but also on retailers as
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markets. The small ones cook quicker
and have better flavor. For all dishes
where pumpkin Is used the first process
is the same. Cook it until it is dry
and brown, this develops the flavor.
Some cut it in pieces and after remov-
ing the seeds and fiber bake it until
1t Is soft and can be scooped out Of
the shell. Whether boiled, steamed or
baked 1t should be thoroughly done.
finely mashed and sifted through o
sieve. For the ordinary taste one cup
full of pumpkin is used to pint Of
milk, two eggs, teaspoonful of ginger,
few drops Of lemon extract, a tea
spoonful of salt, and sugar to make Of
| the desired sweetness.
Pumpkin Muffins.-Sift together two
cupfuls Of flour, half teaspoonful Of
salt, two teaspoonfuls Of baking pow
der, beat two eggs and add them to
two-thirds Of cupful of milk and a
cupful Of sifted pumpkin; mix well and
add fourth of cupful Of melted but
ter; turn into hot creased muffin pans
and bake 20 minutes in hot oven.
Creole cooks serve pumpkin cooked
as one does squash, baking it In the
shell and serving it with butter. Pump
kin served seasoned with butter, salt
and pepper after it is well mashed
makes most agreeable vegetable.
A most delicious way of serving
pumpkin and one which is enjoyed by
all pumpkin'pie lovers is to fill timbal
cases with the pie mixture and bake.
You get all of the filling with little
crust and that crust easier to digest
than pastry. The custard may be
cooked and just added to the cases
when serving.
Pumpkin pie covered with whipped
cream and sprinkled generously with
a savory rich grated cheese IS a dish
liked by all.
Pumpkin may be dried or canned
and so ready to use at any time during
the year.
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custard Of a quart Of milk, four eggs
. half cupful of sugar, reserving one
white for meringue. Put two spoon
fuls of the figs in each cup, fill with
the custard, cover with a meringue
and cook in hot water until the Gus.
tard is thick.
Date Pie.-Wash a pound of dates
and heat them I'm quart of milk
when soft, stir in beaten egg after
rubbing the dates through sieve,
then pour into baked pastry shell ;
add sugar If needed, and cover with
sweetened whipped cream. Serve
eold
Dates are rich in nutrients and not
too expensive to make good desserts
for light meal.
Fig Loaf cake.-Take two cupfuls
Of chopped figs, two cupfuls of sugar,
I half cupful Of butter, one cupful Of
MILK four cupfuls Of flour, two tea
poonfuls Of baking powder, four eggs.
Cream the butter, all the sugar, the
four sifted with the baking powder
alternating with the milk, until all of
both is used; the yolks of the eggs
may be added to the sugar while
creaming, but the whites should be
folded in the very last, using care
to keep in ali the air. Do all the
beating and mixing before adding the
egg whites, A fine-grained cake is
made so by the hard beating 1t gets
before the eggs are folded in. The
fgs are cut fine, mixed with a little
Of the -four and stirred in just before
the whites are added.
Date Macaroons.-Beat five egg
whites until stiff, fold in a half pound
OF powdered sugar, q cupful of
chopped dates, half cupful of
chopped nuts, and half cupful Of
grated coconut. Beat until stiff and
roll in balls.
Dates added to brown bread or used
Is filling, finely chopped, added to
boiled ,frosting, with few nuts, is
most delicious.
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Meat|ess Days for, Britain, Too

would tend to secure the sale of such
meat to the ultimate consumer at rea-
sonable prices"
A table Of retail food prices shows
that since the beginning of the war
they have increased on an average 65
per cent. Evidence taken BY the COM
mittee showed there was Tess total dis
tress In the country than in an ordinary
year Of peace, the. majority of the
classes which suffer chronically from
distress being in unusually regular en-
ployment. This, together with higher
wages earned by, ana the greater
needs Of, SO many workers employed In
the production of munitions has tended
to increase considerably the total de-
mand for food.
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HOW TO GROW Sweets oEAs
~ BETTY

Y ~ BETTY arris sand We.
and SOW % sesa 81. . Sc.5s sSss'sas =
your particulars part jehe globe. II
Il 10 bad business to plant your
sweet peas ON the same ground sue
cessiye years. II your garden 10 too
small to allow Of . change OF sato'
each year, remove the old soil and MI
in with new. -.
This soil should be rich and deep.
and prepared early-the fall OF the
year IL . good time-if this can b
done. Dig into, the ground thorough
~ slaked lime and wood ashes.
The ideal soil for growing sweet
peas 10 good rich, turfy loan, thor.
oughly enriched with rotted manure 81
bonemesl,~ in proportion OF three
foprths soil to one-fourth fertilizers
according to the condition Of the soil.
In sowing the peas do not SOW them
too thickly or too thinly-a fair Az
erage 10 one package Of seed to ten
feet Of garden-should the peas grow
too thickly thin out to about two
inches apart. II Ell
Pulverize the soil in the trench be-
fore sowing your seeds. To depth
Of three inches see that the soil 10
exeuisitely iine. Sow the seeds In
double row about ten inches apart.
shout two inches below the surface.
Arrange brush for trailing the vines.
the brush should run, from five to eight
fest above the ground. 1t Is good
plan to arrange these supports when
the seed 10 sown. To 51s,
Sweet peas suffer from dry and hot
weather. Water. them frequently and
thoroughly and give them an applica-
ton of liquid manure once week. I'D
Apply good heavy mulch Of long
straw manure around the ground
around the sweet peas, as soon as hot
weather sets in. This keeps the,
ground from drying out and keeps the
soil cool. =,
The life Of the vine is greatly length,
ened II every seed pod is removed a.
soon as they appear and by the con-
slant cutting of the flowers. #
A partial shade during the hottest
part of the day 10 very essential TO-
secure the best color in the blooms.
The greatest enemy sweetpeas
have is the cutworm and they often
prevent getting q stand of good sweet
peas They usually take the young
shoots as soon as they appear. Water
ing with limewater. helps to keep out
the cutworms. A handful OF grass
dipped in solution OF paris green will
sometimes attract and exterminate
the worms. 81 ~.
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tomato sauce and chopped green pep
pers.
Sheltered Tomatoes.-Cut six small
tomatoes In halves across the grain. Ar
range them in 4 baking dish with the
skinside down. Pour over them three
tablespoonfuls Of melted butter and
seme finely minced parsley. Season
with pepper and salt and cover with
another pan and cook until the toma-
toes are soft.
Green tomatoes cut in slices and
fried In hot bacon until brown and
tender are well liked as q change.
Serve as q vegetable with steak.
Ham Trifle.-Chop one cupful Of
cold boiled ham, three hard.cooked
eggs and i've soda crackers. Boil two
cupfuls Of milk; add to this a good
died piece of butter and thicken with
Z teaspoonful each Of -four and mus
tard. Stir into this the chopped ham,
eggs and crackers and add table,
spoonful Of minced parsley. Put into
baking dish and bake for half an
hour. j.,
Beef oIives.-Pass through meat
chopper several. times until fine: half
Z pound, Of raw beef, half a>pound OF
cold, cooked meat and half pound OF
bread which, has been soaked in wa
ter; little parsley and piece Of fat
salt pork about the size, Of an egg.
Season this: and add to It an egg. Mix
we'll and roll into balls. Wrap each
ball in oiled paper to hold 1t together
while cooking. Bake them in the oven
IN pan, into which place some finely
chopped carrots, two tablespoonfuls
o. canned tomatoes, an onion, chopped,
and a little water Remove it to a
not platter and add little flour to the
gravy. Strain the gravy over the
oeef olives and servo very hot.
Tapieca Pudding.-Soak cupful Of
pearl tapioca In cold water over night
.nen cook it until clear. Stir in cup
iul Of sugar and q cup of. preserved
strawberries or tart jelly. Serve cold
with cream.
Triple and Onion curry.-slice one
'arge Spanish onion and cut into dice
pound Of boiled tripe. In frying
pan melt two tablespoonful Of but
20, lay IN the onions and cook until
yellow. Sprinkle over the onions q
eeaspoonful Of curry and a tablespoon
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ready IRE landed in France. Just
what portion of the line these troops
will be sent to has not been divulged.
More troops may be forthcoming from
Portugal during the winter, although 1t
Is reported the internal condition OF
affairs in that country requires the
presence there of many soldiers. The
recent strike outbreaks and other Ia
Dor and Socialistic manifestations have
been such that troops are patFolling
and guarding railway lines and bridges
throughout the country.
Lack Of Officers Hamperino.
Lack of trained and experienced Of
ficers is acting us handicap to the
new British army in France, as neu-
trails and enemies agree that the mil
lions poured in the field from England
are of the highest fighting material.
Yet their lack of expert leadership Is
costing them enormous losses and for
a long time. prevented Sir Douglas
Haig from keeping up with his French
allies in the Somme offensive.
France, next to Germany, is perhaps
better off for officers than any Of the
countries at war, and it is because
the republic, like the fatherland, saves
it's commissioned men as far as pos
sible. 1t is we'll known that snipers on
either side pay little attention to Or
binary soldiers, being under orders to
s>n- - I
is highly necessary that officers be
difficult to differentiate from the men
in their trenches in order that enemy
snipers may not spot them too easily.
British Officers EasiIy Spotted.
The British officer wears collar on
his tunic like the collar OF the JACKET
of any ordinary sack suit. He also
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wears khaki collar and khaki tie.
The German sharpshooters have not
been slow to find that out, and the
British losses Of officers show the price
that they still are paying for this glar-
ing and distinguishing mark.
Every French officer from sub
lieutenant up carries, swung over his
shoulders, pair Of binoculars in a
black leather case. The German
snipers know this perfectly we'll, SO
that when they ensconce themselves in
a convenient shell hole, or other place
of vantage, they take no chances on
revealing their whereabouts for the
sake of bagging an ordinary poilu
they wait until they can draw a bead
on the wearer of pair Of field glasses
and then try to pot him.
But what Is sauce for the goose is
sauce for the gander, as all German
officers carry field glasses too, and the
French sharpshooters lie in wait for
them in identically the same way.
French Method, Of Charging.
When the French charge and the Of
ficers are forced to take to the open
with their men. they are not permit
ted to carry their field glasses with
them.
The Germans in some cases have
adopted q ruse exactly opposite. In
sending out ''wave Of assault" In
storming position the German officers
carry their binoculars slung over 'theiz
shoulders, and every private carries q
dummy" pair Of glasses. made Of
cardboard or PAPER tnache to resem'
BILE the binoculars, so that the real
officer is indistinguishable. The French
have captured a number Of Germans
SO equipped with fake field glasses"
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W.. h~<r teQ

# is believed to be No rare occur
renee for a condor to soar 1000 feet
above the earth. .,
vegetable silk, which, like cotton IS
valuable only for stufiing, is made from
the seeds of Brazilian tree.
Turkeys derived their name from
the fact that they were imported first
into Europe through Turkey.
NJ Mines Of some descriptions are
found Ia % Of the 81 states and terri
tories ia Mexico. and mining - the
most productive industry Of the conn
trv VI sSSS s + l ~ n s5i x St ~ l5 3 Y
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CONVERSATIONS j ]

Ahere are at present more than 1,bOO
esperanto societies in the world.
Inc longest river in Japan is the
rome, its main course being 2bout 2oO
miles long. i. 81
~ - g question as to whether the
kangaroo can cover IA given distance
~ quicker time than an ostrich. II
Only one ont of over 100 inmates :
81 certain lunatic asylum had req
iii and only four were Of light 2nait
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pe0nng. The dishes
which may be pre-
pared are num-
berless. Sweet
breads are greatly
favored. They are
prepared In the
usual way by
blanchlng and re-
vrny{n~ al ~ thu
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securely and boil 1t in .
cloth bag in boiling wa
ter for two hours. About
q half hour before serv.
Ing, take 1t from the bag
and brown 1t In the oven.
Serve with a good brown
Co~oa M with n coo aOnoG1
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Cops Are Too Loud,

Chicago.-Police of Evanston must
not talk above whisper in the early
morning hours, according to the edict
of Chief Charles w. Leggett. Resi-
dents of the suburb complained that
the cops were in the habit Of gathering
on the street corners dnd arguing
loudly. Ut h. I. 5s,ss II
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Indians Adopt White Girl.

Kalispell, .Mont.-At the kalispell
roundup recently, before large crowd,
Miss Florence Rogers Of Spokane was
adopted into the Blackfeet tribe OF In
dams, Curley Bear, q noted Blackfoot
chief, performing the ceremony. Miss
Rogers II . graduate of the Lewis n 80 y y
Clark high school. TN l1oaanss -
her the name of Neato
M. and n MrS James ~ lss's g
n,arents Ut Miss Roger, N nsre. SCI e
5rnests 81 4. q. Hank, maj ges ~ q - a
Kalispell hour ~
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ike the pies Still with
pumpkin, others so little
that 1t Is a custard flaw
ored with pumpkin, but
first get your pumpkin.
The sweet pie pumpkins
are so common now that
the field variety has al
most disappeared in the
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~, OF nour, then add gradually a cup
iui ol @hlte stock. When smooth add
SAT- and pepper to taste and the pre-
pared tripe. Simmer gently for Ave
minutes

on: II the berry that stains my lips
Could teach me the woodland chat
science would bow to my scholarships
And theology doff the hat.
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! Pure and unselfish friendship IL the
most beautiful thing in the world.
The beauty OF IT 10 80 great and rich
that It swallows up absolutely all
meaner things.
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seNS INV Suhu-
wich filling.
F 10 custard.-
Wash n pound of
figs and stew for
an hour in water to
cover; add to the
juice a few strips
Of the peel of a
lemon; make n
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Beware the Alarm Clock.

Chicago.-An alarm clock, tied to
his finger, attracted policeman's at
tention and led to the detention Of
Donald Sutherland, sixteen. Of Milwau,
kee, runaway. He said the clock
was to prevent him oyersleeping after
he had found a Job. nm
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Hubby Lacks Sweetness.
i New York. '.He lacks sweetness
declared Mrs. William a. Bensel 70 her
sxit for separation from her husband,
INDY manufac turer.
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It il too common in all Of US, but It
is especially in the nature Of mean
mind to! be. .overAwed by fine clothes
and fine furniture Dickens,
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GOOD EArAsLEs.

Make good turkey dressing and
spread 1T over a two-pound round
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DATES AND FIGS.

Chopped dates or figs, mixed with
chopped nuts and a little cream,
mike fino cnnd
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GOOD OLD PUMPKIN TIME.

There are as many kinds of pumpkin
pies as there are tastes for them. Some
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AS you know, the chameleon is a
small, harmless lizard that can change
Its color at will. Some folk keep cha
meleons for pets. This is picture Of
the only one born in captivity, so far
as records show. The youngster posed
on the thumb Of an attendant at the
London zoo.
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FOR THE chAFINo DISH.

As the cool evenings are upon NJ
the chatting dish suppers are most ap-
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Fashionable women at Florida re.
sorts last winter and spring started
the fad Of wearing baby ailioators as
ornaments. Now you may see women
In New York, Chicago and other north.
ern cities wearing them with silk rib
bon loops or gold chains. This is
picture Of Miss Amparito Farrar and
two reptiIian babies 20 days old.
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lie KITCHEN
ABLNE{EE s. s !

What is the Odds SO long as the fire
Of soul Is kindled at the taper Of con-
VITALITY, and the wing Of friendship
nsyer molts q feather!
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-07-20
MEETS FRIENDS WHO
LATER SLUG YOUTH

Mason City, July 19-Merle futile,
sixteen years old, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Tuttle, was slugged and
robbed of S21 watch the other after
noon. Shortly after IL o'clock Merle
met three fellows who seemingly were
very friendly. They wanted him to
take walk with them and he did so.
When on the Great Western track,
near the bridge spanning Willow
Creek one OF the men slugged Merle
twice over the nose. A hard scuffie
ensued. Merle's coat having been found
about half way down the embankment
and when the police arrived at the scene
he was returning to consciousness.
The police were called by a passer by
who saw Merle leaning up against a
post and thought that 1t was drunk
en- man Off1cers are making search
for the three men and are being assist
ed by Merle.