The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-07-25

GREENWOOD, MISS. JULY rs, 1917
TUMBLING THRONES.
Democracy has made long strides since the out
break of the war.
Russia has overthrosvn a monatch and es-
tablished a republic. China has reiterated her at
tachment to republicanism. Spain is agltated.
Even Germany is discussing real parllment Try
government in a tentative way.
It is not so many years since Portugal turned
from monarchy to democracy. Even before tie
war England took radical steps to limit the privi-
leges of the lords.
The ferment must inevitably continue, and
work on to its inevitable end, a worldwide demo-
cracy.
Only a decisive German victory could halt the
march of liberty.
That is one reason why America can not af-
ford to witness a German victory.
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HOME CANNING.
In the conservation of Americas food supply
every American housewife can help.
Just because in recent years canned goods
have been easy to secure at the grocery stores,
the women of America have got out of the habit
Of canning vegetables and fruit.
The housewife of fifty years ago prided her.
self on the well-stocked shelves of pantry or
fruit-cellar. From these she drew, as occasion
required, desserts which pleasantly varied the
limited winter menu. In recent years the good
old practice has fallen into disuse.
Already the canning season is with us; even
those who have not made a start can still do so
with the later fruits, and thereby do their bit to-
ward meeting the food situation. Home canning
calls for little apparatus. Many vegetables as
well as fruits can be preserved in this way; while
certain fruits can also be preserved by drying.
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NEW FOOD SUBSTITUTES.
The high cost of living has led to a widespread
search for new food substitutes.
Fish has been urged in place Of meat. Flesh
of whales and p~orpoises has appeared on tables
in seaport communities, and has been pronounced
very good.
Another innovation is banana -four, which is
reported in use in Trinidad, and acceptably takes
the place of wheat -four. The small silk fig
bananas are peeled, sliced, dried and then ground
into -four in an ordinary corn mill; and using two
parts of this -four to one Of wheat flour, bread is
baked and delivered at three cents a pound.
Necessity was of old the mother of invention
War is apparently teaching mankind a whole lot
of new things which will to many Of them prove OF
lasing benefit.
The youthful emperor Of China has gone back
from his throne to his Teddy Bear. Nicholas Of
Russia is gardening, and Constantine of Greece
has become a minus quantity. Democracy goes
marching on.
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Have you a soldier friend, in camp or at the
front? Why not write to him. A letter from
home is a mighty cheering thing. 1t reminds the
bow who lis doing his bit that the folks at home
appreciate him.
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Gas companies say that all the ingredients OF
artificial gas cost more and prices must conse-
ouently 90 up. All, but don't all the by-products
of pas-making command vastly EXCHANGED prices,
too?
A Tennessee editor shot a Judge as the result
of a quarrel over one of the editors editorials.
And vet there are people who declare that nobody
reads editorials except the proofreader.
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Feminine gardening is in full swing. The
American woman with the hoe is displacing Mark
hams "Man with the Hoe" as a center Of interest
and attraction .
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The draft wasn't the drawing of numbers in
Washington last week, but is the process OF actsl'
ally drafting selections into the army.
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An imitation beer that is non-alchoic is being
sold in Kansas at Is cents a bottle. Even pro-
hibition is becoming more expensive.
That ex-bootblack who made a fortune in
Kansas oil will probably finish his clean up by
shining in high society.
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