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replies, 1--WE get them for nothin5-same as
we do everything else"
But we must 60 on. In the next room a
group of dozen or more women are prepar-
ing the vegetables for canning; shelling peas,
pairing cucumbers and scraping the skin from
the summer squash. Each wears big ging-
ham apron and they work as if their lives de-
pended on it.
Under the window in this room is a row OF
barrels Lined up before these is correspond
ing line of youngsters, poorly clad, some with
bare feet, each clutching a penny; for be 1t
known that these barrels contain big, fat, juicy
dill pickles, which are sold two for cent, and
deectable sauerkraut, a wooden dish Of which
is sold for the same paltry sum. Dill pickles
and sauerkraut from the early cabbage are per-
ishabe commodities which must be eaten at
once.
And now we come to the kitchen proper.
There are six big gas ranges along one wall.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12
Provisions Sent from the
Piers and Sold
DIT Cost

planned. "She goes on the big electric truck
which the city has just given US to collect the
goods which the gods provide"
limited that should like to go with her, and
few minutes later clambered into the truck
with the boys and off we went across the city to
the pier.
On the way across town pestered the little
gray one with questions, and she, being kindly
soul. answered them all with the utmost pa
thence.
learned that through an arrangement with
the Board of Health and the managers OF the
various piers where the freight vessels come in
the broken barrels or crates Of fruit and vege-
tables, or those which have become bruised in
the process of transportation, instead Of being
consigned to the dump heap are given to the
canning kitchen.
The kitchen uses all that it is possible to use
and sells the rest to the people Of the neighbor-
hood at a nominal sum, which just covers the
cost of transportation from the pier TO the
kitchen and the labor Of the boys who pick the
contents Of the barrels over.
Il was found that even with its ever-increas-
ing retail trade it was impossible for the
kitchen TO get rid Of all that is given it; so
recently arrangements have been made to send
the surplus to various institutions, asking the
small sum that the neighborhood people pay.
This was brought about because we had
four hundred barrels of cucumbers given US"
explained the gray one, which we couldn't use.
IL almost broke our hearts TO refuse them, but
we had just been swamped with cucumoers
Until we couldn't use another one
Everybody on the pier knew the little gray
Iady and her helpers and greeted them as fe-
low laborers. The pier manager came Tor
ward.
"Mornin'." he said; "ehere's thirty-one bar
rels of potatoes for you in Section 90 and
forty barrels in Section 7s."
Glow lovely" murmured the gray one, and
she led the way down the pier. Arrived at
Section 65 the swarm Of helpers set TO work
at once. They procured empty barrels and
began to sort the potatoes-thlrty-on barrels
here and forty more further down the pier:
1t looked like an endless task to me, but 1t
didn't seem to feaze the gray one or her as
sistants.
1--WE shall probably get fifty barrels of good
potatoes out Of this lot" she said, "and when
we have finished we shall 60 TO the Old Domin.
ion Line pier and get twenty-seven barrels OF OF
summer squash. Oh, we'll be back at the
kitchen at 4 o'clock"
I left them hard at work and went back TO
the kitchen, where | partook OF luncheon
composed Of sandwich-and a very good one
il was-which cost five cents and a glass Of
iced tea at three cents, both provided by the
canteen committee Of the National League for
Women's Service, which serves this luncheon
every day for the workers in the kitchen.
1t was a good luncheon, but | must confess
that my mouth watered I looked at those
hundreds OF jars of preserves on the shelves,
mot 70 be opened until winter" Did the work
ers feel the same, | wondered, or had they
grown immune, like the girls who tend at the
cSndy counters, to this condition of water,
water everywhere, and not drop to drink?
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vobbo,hood Boys Sorting Vegetables for the Gamers

Meanwhile, with it's big windows open to the
sea breeze, it is a perfect summer kitchen. Its
fittings, too, are just the thing for the canning.
The huge copper soup caldrons, when httea
with wooden racks for holding the jars, are
wonderful for sterilization; eight hundred
quart Jars can be sterilized at once.
Then. too, the row of big gas ranges are
ready for cooking and there are long tables
where the vegetables are prepared, and porce-
lain sinks galore. There are rows OF ovens
too. which at first were utilized for drying
fruits and vegetables. But the results were not
entirely satisfactory, so the drying was given
LID until such time as a proper dehydrating
machine could be procured and installed. Ihls,
nv the way. is TO be right soon, for the United
States government not only has presented the
CITY kitchen with first class machine, but mas
,,;ven the services of an expert 70 run 1t.
II is really a wonderful work that this can
ming kitchen is doing, and 1T is all beng done
NV volunteer workers. All sorts and conditions
NJ women work side by side in peace and mar
roonv. On the day Of my visit there were sew
eral girls from the Junior League, two students
from, Cornell. three women from the upper East
cida (vhose motor cars waited in the street
below, group of Bohemian women from the
lower East Side, and dozen or more OF 'ne
women Of the neighborhood-a truly cosmopoi-
tan gathering.
These workers are paid by the hour, 20 cents
for the women and 10 cents for the boys VINO
help about the kitchen in various ways hach
worker is given card with rows OF NIUE
squares, each Of which stands for an hours
work. This card is punched with the proper
number Of hours when the worker leaves.
The workers are not paid in money, however
but in canned food 10 be taken next winter a
strict account is kept OF every cent EXPENDED IN
the canning 20 that those in charge know e"-
actly what each jar Of fruit or vegetables mas
cost and the jar is sold at exactly the cos.
price. The poorer class Of workers WILL OF
course, take the cans Of edibles for their own
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listening to the fanfares of trumpets and the
orchestral marches as the procession of the
Corpus Christi made its way from the altar
out to the piazza of the church.
The facade was hung with banners Of red
and white and gold. The great piazza and
the steps were thronged.
Organ and orchestra within would give
pause: the military band outside, with trum-
pets, flies and drums, take up the march in
great magnifcence; then again the organ, very
softly, as the procession leaving the portal
moved among the kneeling people on the steps.
Young boys in white scattering rose leaves
older ones swinging censers and carrying
lighted torches; white-hared priests and the
sacred object canopied, came slowly the long
length of the piazza; with many stops, fan
fares, then silences
And among all the throng that the process
sion moved through,-the mud-staned prl-
Yates and the officers with many medals, the
garlanded children and the old men, the blue
habited nuns and the humble widows in black,
the fashionable women, nearly all with long
crepe of mourning, men back IN civilian
clothes walking grotesquely, or without an
arm or half blind, and with a stripe around
the sleeve-among all that throng there was
not one who did not know that the guns
around Verdun were at that moment blasting
louder than the trumpets; and that men there
we're falling quieter than the silences.
When the volume of sound had died all the
people sang a simple hymn; and for an hour
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afterward, inside the Madeleine, the only
sound was of the old peasant woman collecting
sous for the seats.
Beside me, for that length Of time, knelt
cavalry officer, praying.
| remember so wildly the lunch, between
the Madeleine in the morning and Notre
Dame in the afternoon. 1t was with American
women, volunteer workers with the American
Fund for French Wounded.
One taught the blind, one helped in the
cantines, another made up comfort bags All
cared for helpless ones, at the close of long
hard days of packing,-and that means lift
ing, and mailing, and saving and hammerlng.
Miss Davidson showed US number Of war
posters and one Of the proclamations Of execu-
tons posted in Belgium, with the name Of
Edith Cavell heading the list.
And then Notre Dame-that place of sor-
rows for almost thousand years. 1t had been
brilliant on the steps of the Madeleine that
bright June morning. Here inside the cathe-
dral all was dark save the candles.
It was neffaSly tender cardinal was in
the pulpit and a service going on, with humble
people wandering quietly about in the side
aisles under the great arches, as they always
do there.
And that mass, too, ended with a procession
"a procession that was an epic Of humanity.
Il moved to music of choir and organ, and
began with little children who had scarcely
more than learned to walk. They were in
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white and wore wreaths of flowers and toddled
along in charge of nuns who had in some cases
saved their very lives.
There we're boys and girls, little older, and
a little older, in steps, and each group had
banner.
Then probably fifty young girls in their
teens. in clouds of white for their first COM
munion. Among them were some charity
girls, who had to wear their misty wells over
sailor blouses and black skirts.
II was one of these who was star-eyed with
the honor of being standard bearer.
There followed women of the parish the
young and middle-aged, nearly all in mourn
ing, each with some sign of suffering Some
had babies in their arms; some, nearing their
confinement, led tiny children by the hand.
The older women then, holding the cords OF
their heavy banner, which was carried by
man: some with faces weeping and distorted;
some who seemed to look into paradise. And
every woman and every man carried lighted
torch.
After the women came the men, mostly very
old or very young; some already crippled IN
this war-a number of privates and some Of
ficers who had swung into the procession from
the body of the church.
Next, the priests and bishops; the boys with
censers and rose leaves scattered before the
canoped priest carrying the Blessed Sacra-
nent; then the cardinal in red, with eight
pages holding up his train; passing, from
where we saw him, the white-haired peasant
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woman by the side altar near the door, selling
candles for the glory Of France.
tragic, thrilling company.
We had to leave but were stopped at the
door to make room for those entering.
Two poor hearses had drawn up before the
portal, and some humble people who had
volunteered from the street were carrying in
two rough boxes, followed by twelve japanese
Red Cross nurses from the Japanese Hospital,
in dark blue uniforms, with the Red Cross
brassard.
Two French soldiers, without family or
friends in Paris, had died in their care.
All Unexpectedly that strange funeral, en-
tcring to a thunderous organ march OF pomp
and circumstance, climaxed the stately pro-
cession within, as it moved its slow way to the
altar.
So twelve japanese Red Cross nurses gave
two unknown soldiers who had died for France
a glorious burial on the Fete Dieu from the
Cathedral of Notre Dame
Back at the door Of the pension in the Rue
du Bac, Blanche, who had spent her day at
work, opened to me, the outsider, with face
suddenly glad.
20 madame" she cried in French, "you are
early And is it that you will be so kind as to
take an early dinner for to-night-you alone,
madame, for the rest will not be here. And II
YOU will, then before the doors close | may
pray for my husband to-day at Notre Dame"
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inspection through the establishment Come
down this narrow hall to the last door, This
opens into the store room. It's walls are Tired
with tiers of shelves-half filed already land
this after only four weeks work. with glass
jars filed with fruits and vegetables.
There are two thousand quart jars, and good
ness knows how many smaller jars and tunn-
blers of jam and jelly. My! But they look
good In the centre Of the room half-dozen Of
the neighborhood boys are busily picking over
baskets and barrels Of potatoes.
A black-haired woman with bright shawl
around her shoulders and a cooling baby in her
arms follows US in and taps US on the shoulder.
"You sella me two pounda patate," she says,
and shows us penny.
A pretty girl in white cap and Hoover
apron comes forward.
you can have two pounds Of little ones for
penny" she says, "but the big ones are
penny pound
"Al righta," smiles the woman. "Babba ne
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- current seems to charge weak human be-
,ss with new power, endurance and courage.
lny one who has been in France since
August, 1914, has seen with his eyes men,
vomsp and children thus lifted. AS our men
md BOYS leave for those battlefelds which
hall be immortal, more and more we will
lave our part in the great moments Of the
var.
As they have been lived in humble events
md everyday happenings in France, here are
law Of them roughly sketched.
We can see ourselves in them, and have
i,itb that. like the French, the more we suffer,
ne higher will we lift our wings; that we will
arg with the "Marseillaise' our own battle
hymn:
re has sounded forth the trumpet that shall
nsrsr call retreat;
\, is sitting out the hearts Of men before HIS
judgment seat.
0 BE- seift my soul to ans,osr Him,-be JUDI
Gnt, my feet!
OR God is marching on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12

When in June the French churches celebrat-
ed the F6te Diem, Blanche was eager that J.,
as an American, should see the religious pro
cessions. so she directed me to the Madeleine
in the morning.
Hundreds of people were in the streets, out
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12

III 1 the Williamsburg Bridge, so
g. when I set out 10 pay it visit
the way seemed perfectly clear.
* 4 Under the Williamsburg
Hfk Bridge" II was very simple,
one Just went to the bridge and
here It was But directly reached the first
per realized that it was not so simple
ater all.
found myself in an open-air market lighted
BY torches, wherein was sold everything under
he sun from vegetables and fish 10 dress goods
and hardware-the most foreign looking mar
Re. that have ever seen in this country. l
5rged to stop and chat with the dark-skinned
women with swapping black eyes who presided
osaind It's stalls, but my goal was the canning
rtchea. So ! trudged on, peering carefully
i-ong the shadows for a glimpse Of the women
Vho were there 20 instruct the housewives Of
as East Side in the gentle art of canning-for
J lad pictured the city canning kitchen as
St Of open-air replica Of the Tribune lnsti-
Gss canning demonstration at Mays or
Ssnn's.
Ever ard anon, | inquired the way to 1.-The
s'nea who are canning" but l was met with
hank faces and shakes of the head, and Me
unstan'." / finally accosted a knakl-cIad
'Eurs, with musket on MS shoulder, who was
Harding the bridge.
You 20 down three blocks, and you'll come
halow, red building. That's it," ne said.
followed his directions and presently came
ga low brick building on which was sign
sarh read: CITY Canning and Drying
A;ehsn." pushed open the door.
Do you remember grandmother's kitchen
shsn the piccalilli and chilli sauce were sim
as'isg on the range? And do you also remem-
~ hat same kitchen during the jam making
ssson1
you do, and can imagine the two odors
"noinsd and then raised 10 the nth power, you
'fT'a little idea Of my first impression Of the
~ canning kitchen.
When, a little later. was conducted through
y kitchen, separated that odor into It's com
r,eht parts-apricot butter, plum jam, stuffed
ce<ed green peppers, piccalili, green peas and
sSap all being cooked at once. DO you won
Va, Il put grandmother's kitchen complete
Ia The shade,
ne City Canning and Drying Kitchen Is
~ ioSr wesks old, and IL Is a lusty, hesItny
- q which It's parents, the Mayors Food
aas'sion, the Women's University CLUB ana
sasor League, may well be proud.
., ias B'tle red building overlooking the East
'~ ar ideal place for IL; but, alas! " -
49,. temporary shelter From the frst OF
',-9es Sntil The first Of June IL Is used TO pre-
~ lHseheons for the school children, and the
$'ASz kitchen must 70 elsewhere,
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lika d a little
ones" an d the
pretty girl weighs
them out.
1.-TWO pounds Of
potatoes for a
cent. How in the
world do you do
it?" we ask the
pretty girl.
"Why not?" she
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12
Tbe Tribune Jnstitute

will Canning, DyngDe a the People, Market lash ad
n. tia, wehepeas ndmo
the actual dm,hah ndepLh &
bsn Of ennnrs will be
will b. IT,
1 Il lzeaem rnmsn r b S n
will be give h
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family use, but
the other and
more prosperous
workers will do
nate their jars
either TO some
favorite charita-
bic institution or
TO the army.
Let me take you
on a little tour of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12

INCE Good Friday we have lived
in our new world, and have
been finding our new selves.
Mingled as we are now in this
world-pain and terror, we too
have lived some of those
breathless moments when a d.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12
r. MARION BoNsALL DAVIS

,,s.,eer Worker in the Red Cross: Served
e. Uontbs Near the Front IN France,
Doirq Relief Work for Soldiers
and Refugees.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12
Cosmopolitan Gathering Of
Skilled and Unskilled
Women Workers
Py ELENE FOSTER

HAD heard again and again Of
the Canning Kitchen Under
the Williamsburg Bridge" so
when set out 10 pay it a visit
the way seemed perfectly clear.
Under the Williamsburg
Bridge" II was very simple,
one inst went 10 the bridge and
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-07
Mobilizing the Nebraska Farms.

Steps taken by the regents and chancellor Of
the University Of Nebraska to better coordinate
and conserve the productive capacity of Ne
braska farms are in line with prudent foresight.
The farmers of the state must realize fully the
vast Importance OF their relations to society,
never so impressively emphasized as now. In
war or peace they have tremendous share in
securing the welfare Of the world and the fidelity
with which they play their part will have its d.
rect effect on all. People must be fed and be-
cause Of this states place among the leading pro-
ducers greater responsibility rests Upon it. The
worlds food supply is short now and extra ef-
forts are called for to bring it up to normal Thus
the appeal to the farmer is direct and imperative.
Patriotism may be shown in many ways and one
will be to see that every acre Of our fertile soil
is made to bring forth its capacity Of foodstufs.
The Nebraska farmer never has been found lack
ing when called upon and he may be depended
upon to do his share along the lines suggested by
President Halter and Chancellor Avery and to
cooperate willingly and effectively in any move
ment to restore the balance between food supply
and hungry mouths.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-07
Warriors of the Form

There is nothing spectacular in Secretary
Houstons appeal to the farmers to grow bigger
crops but il contempates war measures as I'M
portant in their way as any yet undertaken by
the army and navy.
Most OF our farmers have heard exhor.ations
like those OF Secretary Houston many times be-
fore. They know that as class they are not
thoroughgoing in their tillage. They know that
BY improved seed, fertilization and methods of
cultivation they could materially increase their
crops. They know they are wasteful with their
land and the products OF the land. and they know
that to the injury OF the consumer as well as
themselves many of them do not study market
opportunities as they should.
For the betterment OF such conditions there
are now two powerful incentives. With war at
hand the men OF the farm who put forth their
best energies will be serving their country as
truly as the men in the ranks and on the ships.
With the prices now prevailing, the money re-
ward is certain to be as gratifying as the con-
sciousness of duty we'll done. In times like these
the man who as result Of idleness or Ignorance
grows only half crop is to be compared with the
other Stacker who being qualified, refuses to take
his place with the colors.
Secretary Houston should have generous
financial and moral support in his undertaking
II u preparedness reduced 10 FIRST principles. II
Is national defense OF the highest order. Perhaps
in the grim days to come its results will be rec.
ognized as part Of tho very foundation Of victory
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-07
Tinkering with the Banking Laws.

Much Of the time of the present session of
the Nebraska legislature has been expended in
tinkering with the banking laws, the theory evil
IDENTIFY being that If every possible act of banker
is carefully prescribed by law no danger can come
to depositors or patrons. In the latest manifes-
tation this spirit is shown in amendments that
have to do with state funds on deposit. Limita-
tons on the sums that my be deposited in any one
bank, on the rate Of interest that may be paid by
the banks to the state and for other purposes are
proposed all aiming to safeguard the state on the
one hand and protect the public on the other. This
is well enough, but the efforts put forth seem to
imply that the democrats no longer repose I'M
questioning faith in the deposit guaranty law. in
the dependabiity Of the banking board or the
impeceability Of the state treasurer. The whole
proceeding points to the fact that Nebraska needs
a better banking law and that one Of the early
duties of some not distant legislature will be to
provide for a complete revised banking code at
once workable and free from complicating fea-
lures.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-07
The Worlds Breodstafts
Wall Street Journal

Since August |, 1916. world exports of wheat
have amounted to 345,000000 bushels. OF about 3
per cent less than the average of the correspond
ing period of the two preceding years of war
conditions.
In the current eight months, Russia, India,
Argentina and Australia furnished larger pro-
portion of the world shipments than in the two
preceding seasons. But at this time, when Ar
gentina should be making its heaviest exports,
it has laid an embargo on shipments of wheat and
-four. This will not only interfere with the usual
European shipments, but will turn Brazil toward
North America for its bread supply.
Australia has surplus. but owing to trans
portation difficulties, shipments in the last few
weeks have been less than 100000 bushels week.
Russia has doubled its shipments over those of
the corresponding period of last season, but its
total exports of 100000 bushels in the eight
months do not bulk big against world need
Of 100000 bushels week. British statesmen,
il is claimed, hope that Russia will be free to
ship wheat before the end of the calendar year.
prove to be a reality, another change in world
shipments may be seen.
In this period under consideration, North
America furnished less wheat than in the two
preceding seasons. The United States shipped in
this period l3s,000000 bushels of wheat and -four
as wheat, for which it received 1929, 100000. In
the same period of the preceding year it exported
l64,000000 bushels, for which it was glad to get
$20i 100000. Its surplus now is low, but high
prices have induced economy in use and are a
temptation to sellers as long as possible.
Canada still has large surplus The final
official estimate was for an exportable surplus OF
ls0,000000 bushels as Of August 81, 1916 Private
estimates are still larger.