Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-23
JAMES A. BURNS GIVES
ADDRESS THIS
AFTERNOON
OTTAWA DAY HELPS
OWNERS OF STORES AND EN-
PLOYERS DID NOT ATTEND
CHAUTAUQUA AS WAS IN
TENDED WHEN CLOSING ORD
ER WAe MADE.

An Improvement IN the weather
makes a very noticeable change for
the better in Chautauqua attendance
and Chautauqua spirit.
James A. Burns of the mountains
brought out a good audience today to
hear his address upon THE Challenge
of the American Spirit"
Mr.. Burns founded the first school
school in wretched mountain dis
trict of Tennessee I'm doing this he
stopped notorious feul and brought
education and peace INTO hitherto
notorious regicn He has always
chosen to live in the wilderness of
the mountains.
Mrs. Nellie Kedzie Jones will give
a demonstration on Rice at p m.
At 30 there will be band con
cert by Hentrich's Military Band.
Tonight the Lyman Howe Picture
Co. will show pictures of Hawaii,
Niagara Falls, Holland. and the In
ternational Automobile hill climbing
contest.
There was larger attendance at
the morning session than at any morn
Ing session since the opening of the
Chautauqua.
These talks are informal and the
women are permitted to ask auctions
at any point they may desire.
Two kinds of bread were demon
strated and pineapple rice balls were
made and put on ice for the after
noon demonstration.
Mrs. Jones explained the culture OF
the yeast plant and warned the wo-
men to keep their yeast at asiempera-
tnre of 50 degrees A difference in
the degree Of fermentatino causes
bread to taste different English
people let their bread fermcnt longer
than we do, to us their bread tastes
sour and to them our bread is taste
less" said Mrs, Jones.
In speaking of bread, Mrs, Jones
told the ladies much flour makes
break haky, and less flour makes
bread full of air holes.
The use of potatoes in bread, eth
or potato water, grated or mashed pc
tatoes causes the yeast to Torment
but in warm weather it is quite liable
10 sour. Have your materials neal
the temperature of so degrees wher
You add your yeast, and remember the
more you beat your yeast the quicker
your bread will rise" she said.
Upon request from one OF the la
dies present, Mrs. Jones gave th'
method of making salt rising bread
saying white bread is good for u
but alternate It with other breads
Tomorrow morning the demonstra
tions will be on salad dressings an'
in the afternoon the subject will b.
BARLEY Breads
At eleven o'clock Mr.. Varney CAV
n remarkable talk on the war, MI
Varney has made careful study G
the war through the Cornell UniVe'
sity and Is without doubt one of IN
t..g- "A
tion in the country.
In speaking of the war he sal
the most surprising thing about tn
war was the remarkable enduranc
OF Germany The total number {
nations fighting with Germany al
four while there are 10 nations direc
~ engaged in fighting against h'
and practically engaged making
total OF 25 nations with the allies.
40,0O00O0 men have already bee
called to fight and 500000O have ri
en- up their lives so far in this giga
tic struggle.
The indications are America will
called upon to furnish from three
five million men
Mr.. Varney said the thing the Al
erican people have suffered me
yom is the German propaganda
Mr. Varney gave careful summa
Of the week the war was declare
and advised his readers if they car
for true information on the war
study the blue Book of Gre
Britain" and the "Yellow Book
France
At the beginning Of the war A
tria called out every. man bctwe
the ages Of 10 and AZ
He explained Englands attitude
ward the war and said in part "lG
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