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add 10 teaspoonful salt and 8 table.
spoonfuls of potato starch with a little
milk and add to / quart Of milk and
cook in a double boiler until thicken.
ed. Pour slowly over the eggs stirring
slowly. Again cook in doubleboiler
for few minutes, adding l teaspoon.
full vanilla just before removing from
stove.
LEMON PUDDING: Yolks of A eggs,
slightly beaten, ga cupful of sugar. 2
tablespoonful butter, juice and grated
rind of 2 lemons. Mix tablespoonful
potato starch in little cold water and
gradually add i quart of scalded milk.
To this add other ingredients and cook
in double boiler until thickened, with
constant stirring. Beat whites of four
eggs stiff and add to pudding. Pour
in mold, chill and serve with whipped
cream and sugar.
FRUIT BLANC MANGE-Take /
pint fruit Juice, swetened to taste, and
bring to boil in sauce pan Mix 3 i.2
tablespoonfuls potato starch with lit.
tie cold water, add to fruit juice, and
pour into mold for cooling. Serve with
boiled custard.
LADY F1NGERs-Beat stiff the
whites of three eggs, add 1-3 cupful
powdered sugar and continue beating.
Add yolks of eggs beaten thick and
Ia teaspoonful of vanilla Cut and fold
in 4 teaspoonfuls potato starch with
which is mixed Is teaspoonful salt.
Use pastry bag to force batter into
proper shape on tin sheet covered with
unbuttered paper. Bake 10 minues in
moderate oven.
POTATO STARCH SPONGE CAKE
Take the yolks of six eggs and beat
until thick Add cup sugar gradually
and continue beating. Add tablespoon
full lemon juice and grated rind of 1.2
lemon. and whites of the eggs, beaten
stiff and dry. When well mixed add
to eggs and sugar 3.4 cupful of potato
starch and IA teaspoonful of salt Bake
hour in slow oven, using deep pan.
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he said to Mrs. Rafferty,, trying TO
ignore the presenc, at the table by
the window. Were going up Kaska
again today, Benson blew in last
night, and they think they've struck a
I. ew scent"
Mrs. Rafferty, hustled around, cary
ing deep Ices OF boiled ham as che
talked.
well. 1 hope to the lord, Slim Rog-
crs, that you never come within a
mile Of shooting at him. If ever a
man deserved what he got, it was
Lone Duck. He got so he thought he
owned the whole river front. 1t was
not Just those two fellows from the
salmon fishery. He'd about e. hit
more to his credit. Tom says, and
tim some. Did you hear what the
flight vas about? 4 can the one
with the kid
Slim helped himself to large cup
Of black coffee, knowing full well
that he had IN audience.
"They fought over an Indian girl,
NE Duck came into camp drunk and
st:t d to beat her up. Billie had
been prospecting around there for
several weeks. and rather think the
Duck was afraid he had heard too
UGH from Neonta Anyway, ,e
tried 20 silence him forever. and the
kid got in first shot Laws law, Mol
lie, you know. Nice citizens you wo-
men folks would make, wouldn't you,
| if lou let every cur!y-haired. blue
eyed youngster get away with mur-
Ger! There's nine of us going alter
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BY sIopY BYE.
Good cooks know the value OF corn
starch as base material for custards
and puddings, and wartime cooks
should welcome the invention of 9
method Of making potato starch which
has the same culinary value as corn
starch. A National Emergency Food
Garden commission pamphlet desc-1b
es the methods Of making potatc
starch.
l. Potato starch utilities culls. bruis
ed, poorly developed and otherwise
useless potatoes.
Q. 1t provides healthful, appetiz
ing food which can often be used as
substitute for flour.
The method OF making the starch Is
as follows:
No equipment is needed except cy
lindrical crater or sausage grinder, g
pan to hold the potatoes, another par
into which the grindings may fall, and
another into which the gratings may
be emptied.
The potatoes should be thoroughly
washed by scrubbing with q brush
but the skins are not removed. After
grinding dishpan half fu,: of pota
toes, pour over them fresh clean wa
ter stirring until the mass is saturated
Let this stand few minutes and Their
skim from the top any particles Of
skin or other floating material, ado
more water, stirring we'll, and let II
stand over night to permit the starch
granules to settle to the bottom and all
the pulp and peeling to rise to the sur
face for skimming off. Remove all wa
ter, pulp and skin and any dark depos
it. Fresh water should then be poured
ed on and the starch allowed to stand
several hours. The process should be
repeated until the starch is perfectly
white and smooth. The process is
fastened If pulp, starch and water are
strained through cheesecloth immedi
-ately after the first rinsing
GOOD WAYS To USE POTATO
STARCH.
BOILED CUSTARD: Beat eggs and
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DISCUSSES. ana what is more fun than
to be mysterious?
Under the disguise, whatever II
may be, it is good plan to wear a
tub frock, or at least a second.best
gown, for Halloween parts are us.
ually romp and the fun should not
be spoiled by the chance OF a rip
or spill on a fine frock.
The ideal Halloween costume is
the familiar sheet and pillow case,
for 1t is easy to obtain, easy to man.
age when wearing, and can be quick.
ly laid aside when the romp is over
and the supper is served.
Crepe paper costumes of red ano
yellow. to represent autumn leaves
are pretty for the large formal mas.
querade, and the brilliant shawls and
turban of the gypsy fortune teller are
always alluring.
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THE DAILY
SHORT STORY
Somebody's Pal.
BY ISABEL FROST.
Copyright. 1917. by the MeClu
Nomrnannr SundinaknA


Copyright, 1917. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
1t was not that Thre Arrows was
naturally suspicious, but nature had
placed 1t 80 seclusively, all by itself
on the shoulders Of Kaska Mountain,
that It regarded strangers in the light
OF inserlopers. Therefore, 1t kept one
eye on Evelyn May from the moment
she stepped from the river steam
boat.
Another thing that did not add to
her immediate popularity was her re-
hcence. She absolutely refused from
the beginning to take Three Arrows
into her confidence. Whether she
had come North drawn by the lure Of
gold, or merely from the love OF ad-
venture. no one could tell.
Slim Rogers sized her up at long
distance from his ponti OF vantage
on the lean-to porch of Rafferty's
shack. In Three Arrows he was ac-
counted not only local sheriff, but
also hte final court of appeals on the
standing OF strangers. Slim had been
rather idle of late. A pail of monot-
onous morality had fallen over the
land Immediately under his lawful
guardianship. There had been no
killings since Christmas, when Lone
Ducks, from Nome, had jubilantly
picked off two harmless salmon trim
mers from tribe down river.
The Golden Eagle had been doing
languid business, supported only by
local patronage. and the citizens OF
Three Arrows were beginning to take
q civic pride in preserving the peace.
Therefore, Sims occupation was
gone, and he had the more leisure to
observe Evelyn May.
1t was this observation which an
noyed Evelyn. Sh- felt herself I'M
der suspicion and did no. hesitate 70
snow Slim that she was aware of his
Official scrutiny. She had taken up
quarters at the only abiding place FOR
transients. Mrs. Rafferty's lodging
Rouse and cafe. Mrs. Rafferty's had
ruled public opinion in Three Arrows
Tor many moons, but even she was
placed aloof from Evelyns confidence
She would stand in he door of her
Kitchen after lightsomely turning
fried eggs and bacon for her star
boarder's breakfast, end try her b EST
TO CLEAN some personal information
Its long way for n girl of you.
age t. be travelling alone.' she said
one morning.
81 love to travel" said Evelyn.
pleasantly. "Is it very fai UP Kas-
ka?" She looked from the window at
her right hands at the crest peak that
seemed to touch the morning clouds.
There's nothing to see 'nen u
get up there" said Mrs. Rafferty,.
, ''Yo want to go up or down the river
II you're looking fer sights. There
amt nothing up there but Indians.
gcts pretty bare past timberline.
You wouldn't find pickings fos a
woodclluck."
Evelyn glanced at her with Ter
first show OF interest
DO you know wooden lcks?" she
asked. eagerly. ITS the 'r'st time
I've heard the word since came West
and guess there arn't any out here.
Were both of us form Connecti-
cut" responded Mrs. Rafferty,. Come
from down East. do you?"
Evelyn retreated into her shell at
once. and only nodded. From the
corner of her eye she could see Slim's
tail figure shadowing the doorway.
Better put ME up lunch, Mollie,"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-22
notice TO
SICK women
Positive Proof That Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Relieves
Suffering.
Bridgeton, N.J.-"I cannot speak too
highly Of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-

bic Compound for
inflammation and
other weaknesses. T
was very irregular
and would have ter
rible pains 80 that I
could hardly take a
step. Sometimes I
would be 80 misera-
bic that I could not
sweep a room. I
doctored part of the
49, IA rHA
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SUMMER SQUASH PUDDING.
USE YOUR PUNY POTATOES IN THIS
l.nss<.. NEW BIDDY BYE RECIPE
BY BIppY BYE.

Observation-Disclosures.
EvENgE .'-~sSs
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him today and Benson says he can lay
his finger on him."
No one will ever know Just what
took place in Eyelyn's mind al that
moment. She rose from her table
and went over to Mrs. Rafferty's side.
Cant help you cut t Sc sand
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HEALTH HINTS

The over crowding Of street cars
in an important factor in spreading
the grippe and the so-called common
cold germs.
II we did not stay up so late at
night we might breakfast earlier and
walk to and fro from our places OF
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-22

MISS IRENE PATTERSON, of Sc
attic, Wash, displaying her new
venus Hat" which came from the
1,600.foot depth OF the sea.
The U. S. cableship Burnside, re-
turning from cable.repairing expe
dition in Alaskan waters, brought
back a limited number OF the subma
.rine bonnets, and few favored Sc
attic girls are now the possessors OF
the novel millinery.
The "bonnets." found clinging to a
cable drawn up from the ocean bot.
tom, are fibrous growth of unusual.
ly delicate texture. The Alaska spec.
linens are creamy white. A little
touch OF ribbon adds wonderfully to
the effectiveness, the girls say.
When they get soiled, dip into the
ocean will clean them easily.
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witches? I'd love to help" she said.
Whercupon II naturally befcll that
Mrs. Rafferty, introduced Slim.
Never in the sheriffs twenty-eisnt
years of life !l.a ne encountered such
a subtle spell 90 nat which lay in the
girls persona ty. Didn't he think
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-12-27
IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD over
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS
ANO OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
THE news OF THE SOUTH
What Is Taking Place In The South"
land viii Be Found In
Brief Paragraphs
Domestic.


In accordance with a federal decree
pronouncing the organization of com
bination in restraint Of trade, DISCO
lution of the News Print Manufacture
ers' association was voted at a meet
ing of the associations directors in
New York City.
Because Frederick J. Heuser, a
Yonkers, N. Y, confectioner, sold
cakes decorated with the German col
ors, candies designed as iron crosses
and Prussian helmets, and icings rep
resenting things Teutonic, federal au-
thorities decided he was spreading
German propaganda. He was arrested
and informed on Ellis Island as an
enemy alien.
The military correspondent OF The
London Times, in a general review OF
the military situation, estimates that
there are now about $50 German d.
visions on the western front and ~
on the eastern front, but that appar-
emily all men between 10 and 35 years
of age are being with drawn for the
latter point for service in the west.
The writer concurs in the opinion that
the Germans probably will try to set
tie matters in the west before Rus
STA RECEIVERS and America is ready,
hoping to deliver a decisive blow this
winter or in the spring.
Five hundred thousand men will be
taken from the eastern zone OF fight
ing and sent against the English and
French.
English military critics agree that
it avails nothing to occupy Jerusalem
if the allies are unsuccessful in the
main theater.
The situation in Russia where the
Bolsheviki and counter revolutionary
forces are arrayed against each other
is still obscure, unofficial dispatches
reporting successes for each side. Ne
gotiations for an armistice continue
between the Teutonic allies and the
BOlSheviki.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-12-27
GREAT DEMONSTRATION. GREET
ED ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE
HOUSE VOTE.
WEBB WAS LEADER IN FIGHT
Resolution Adopted Is Identical Win
That Passed Last August Excen.
That 1t Gives Seven Years Insteaa
of Six to Ratify.

WashingtOn.-Nati probibi-
ton won in the house and only the adj
justment of slight difference in reso-
buttons between the house and senate
now stands in the way of SUBMITTING
to state legislatures an amendment to
the federal constitution forbidding tho
manufacture, sale or importation of in.
toxicating liquor for beverage MIR.
poses in the United States or it's terri.
tories.
The vote in the house, taken after
a day of debate before crowded gal
leries, was 282 to 1913, with the parties
dividing almost evenly. The margin
for prohibition was eight votes more
than the two-thirds vote.
Both vets and drys had been pre-.
dieting victory all day, and it was not
until the last few names had been
called that the antf-prohibition forces
Clark announced the result, the victors
were Joined by the galleries in such
demonstration as is rarely permitted
in the house. Former Secretary Bry-
an, an interested spectator nearly air
day, appeared on the floor and joined
in receiving congratulations with Rep
resentative Webb, of North Carolina.
who had led the fight.
The resolution adopted by the house
is identical with that passed by the
senate last August, except that it gives
the states seven years instead of sir
in which to ratify the amendment
The Presidents approval is not re-
qufred and the state legislatures may
act as soon as they please after Vice
President Marshall and Speaker Clark
have signed the resolution.
Following is the resolution as adopt
ed:
Resolved, by the senate and house
of representatives that the following
amendment to the constitution be,
and hereby is, proposed to the states
to become valid as a pa1t of the con-
stitution when ratified by the legisia-
lures of the several states as pro-
vided by the constitution:
"Article-Section 1. After one year
from the ratification of this article the
manufactur, sale or transportation
of intoxicating liquors within, the i'm
portation thersof into; or the expor-
tation thereof from the United States
and all territory subject to the juris-
diction thereof for beverage purposes
is hereby prohibited.
Section 2. The Congress and the
several states shall have concurrent
power to enforce this article by ap-
propriate legislation.
Section 3. This article shall be in
operative unless it shall have been rat
flied as an amendment to the con-
stitution by the legislatures Of the
several states, as provided in the con-
stitution, within seven years from the
date of the submission hereof to the
states by the Congress-"
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-12-27

Many phases Of the governments
wartime activities were explained by
officials to an editorial conference or
the associated business newspapers,
representing more than one hundred
and fifty trade and technical Journals
An unnamed official of the Japan
csc government was linked with pro-
posed conspiracy to foment revolutions
against British rule in India by tesu-
mony in the trial of thirty-one alleged
cons pirators in the United States dis
trict court at San Francisco.
Declaration of war has not lessened
either the number or importance OF
the complaints made to the federal
trade commission of unfair competl-
ton, but, on the contrary, the num-
Der of complaints has increased.
Besides regulative functions, the
federal ~ade commission reports TO
congress hat it has been engaged in
economic Investigations, the most I'M
portant of which concerned the news
print paper, gasoline an0 ''oal indus
tries.
Austro-Hungarian subjects N the
United States, most of the million or
more of whom are laborers and SFe
loyal to the allied war cause, will suf'
fer few restrictions as result of war
between the lands of their birth and
adoption. They need not register, are
not barred from the 1OO-yard zones
about piers, docks and warehouses
and are not required to leave the Dis
trict of Columbia.
John Johansen, the helmsman on the
Norwegian steamer limo, the Belgian
relief ship, whose collision with the
ammunition steamer Mont Blanc led
to the Halifax disaster, has been de-
tanned as a German spy, says a Hall"
fax dispatch. His nurse notified the
police that he was acting queerly and
that he had offered $50 for a news
paper. Physicians examined the man
and found that he was shamming ILL
ness. Johansen was locked up pend
ing further investigation.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-12-27
COCKTAILS MAY RETURN
TO DUTY WITH ARMY.
Has Been Offered Post Of Quartermas-
ter General.

Has Been Offered Post Of Quarternnas-
ter General.
WashingtOn.-Tn explanation OF the
new war council he has created Sec
rotary Baker said it was not in any
way a result of congressional inquiry
into operations of the war department.
nor was it related in any way to the
inter-allied war conference at Paris
The secretary was not inclined TO
discuss in detail the purposes OF the
new council, but he said it was 10
deal with larger problems OF war
preparations and did not infringe on
the functions of the general stall
Questions of supply and equipment
rather than military operations prop
ably will be within the jurisdiction OF
the new body.
The council is composed OF the Sec
rotary, the assistant secretary, tne
chief of staff, the provost marshal gem
eral, the quartermaster general ana
the chiefs of artillery and ordnance
Major General Goethals has been OF
fered the post of quartermaster gem
eral to succeed Major General Sharpe
and it Is understood that Brigadler
General John d. Barrett has been se'
lected to succeed Major General WeaV'
er as chief of artillery. So far d.
is known, no successor has Deen
chosen for Major General Crozler'
chief OF ordnance, who was recently
nominated for another term.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-12-27
HERBERT HOOVER WON'T
CAN THE COMING TEEn

Washington.-Offcia of the WI
ginia Gamers exchange, suImo".u
to explain certain papers found )"
their files by investigators for NO
federal trade commission in the 'ou ~
of the inquiry into charges OF Wv
speculation made by the food adn,i''
istration, agreed to withdraw all
ters and papers which might be ro'',
strued as suggestions for price III -,
and to refrain I'm the future IRON.
activities tending to such an ehec''
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-12-27
Washington.

Two "lightless nights week have
been ordered by the fuel administra-
ton. Sunday night, December Is, is
the first, and thereafter Sunday and
Thursday Of every week will see the
city White Ways and advertising signs
darkened, only necessary street lights
used, and only such lights as the law
requires in offices and stores not open
for business.
Delays and deficiencies in supplying
the war army with ordnance were de-
tailed and explained by Major Cen
eral Crozier, chief of ordnance, to the
senate military committee at the be-
ginning of the general inquiry planned
by congress into the conduct of the
war. The general admitted that there
is a shortage of ordnance at home,
A sugar ration of three pounds for
each person a month, a porkless day
and one Wheatless and meatless meal
q day will be recommended to house
holders in a new kitchen card soon to
be put out by the food administTa-
ton. Observance of wheatless and
meatless meals will be asked in addi-
ton to the wheatless and meatless days
called for now.
First steps to place soldiers of Ger
man or Austro-Hungarian birth or ex-
traction at duty apart from the actual
fighting forces appears in army orders.
Orders show the transfer of nearly one
hundred enlisted men of the regular Or
national army to duty to the disci-
plinary barracks guard at Fort Leav-
enworth, Kans.
Internal Revenue Commissioner Ro-
per says that liberal construction will
be placed on certain provisions Of the
excess profits laws to make the tax
burden as light as possible. To part
nerships and individuals, reasonable
salaries will be allowed, as deductions
from profits determining the taxable
residue in order to place them on an
equal basis with corporations which
pay specific salaries.
The presidents motive in drawing
distinctions between Germans and
Austrians is described as two-fold-
first, it was realized that the sympathy
of Hungarians, Roumanians, Poles
Serbians, Czechs, Slovacs and other
immigrants generally is not with Aus
tria-Hungary and they have not been
guilty of the multiform campaign OF
violence practiced under the German
war system. Secondly, such a large
proportion of 1aborers are Austrian
subjects that it was found practically
impossible to administer against
them the rigid regulations imposed or
the Germans.
The Cuban house of representatives
has passed a resolution declaring thai
a state of war exists between Austria
Hungary and the republic Of Cuba.
A number of American railway en-
gineers have been killed by German
aerial bombs in a town somewhere be
hind the British front. A German bomt
fell in a street in town through
which American troops were passing
Pieces of the bomb shattered the win
dows of house in which there were
officers, showering them with glass
but hurting no one. Two American
soldiers have died in hospital from
gunshot wounds.
Milford chronicle., 1917-09-28
PAUL PRY's GLENDALE
LETTER.

The Ladies Aid of New Market
church will be entertained this Sat
urday evening, September 29th' At
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Fisher
W. S. Dickerson has started the
season for his cider mill, and is busy
filling orders for the very best sweet
cider, which seems to be very pop
ular beverage in Sussex County.
A number of Glendale young men
/ left last week with the other Sussex
youths for Camp Dix in New Jersey,
where they write they are getting
along well. Cyrus E. Clendaniel,
one of those who went, writes: We
arrived about $3.50 p. m. all o. X.
All Sussex boys together, getting
along fine as can be expected. Some
crowd here today and they have to
have traffic police at functions, so
many autos, but don't see many Della
ware cars. Saw a few people we
knew today" W. S. DickersOn, Jr..
at Camp Townsend. writes that he is
enjoying his new work and hopes to
soon be leaving for Admission, Ala.
Many will miss Edwin Clendaniel,
the assistant railroad boy, who by
reason of the draft. has left Ellen
dale. Mr.. Donovan has a new young
man to fill the vacant place.
Miss Emma Olson, who visited her
mother here this summer. has again
come from New York to enjoy the
pleasant autumn weather in Della
aware.
Mrs. William Warren has returned
from Marcus Hook. where she has
been visiting her daughter. She is
now planning to leave Glendale de-
finitely. and move to Marcus Hook,
where her four sons will be employed
at the mills.
Fisher Millman, railroad agent at
Wyoming, with Mrs. Millman and his
two daughters, are guests at the home
of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. T.
Millman
Mrs. Webster Warren and Mrs.
Joseph Johnson are guests at the
home of Robert Swain near town,
where they are also enjoying a visit
with their relative, Mrs. Mary Jane
Abbott, who is also a guest at the
Swain home.
Mrs Elsie Phillips of Oak Orchar
is a visitor at the home of her aunt,
Mrs. r. j. Smith
Archie Swain has leased of Harry
Jester his newly purchased farm
near Lincoln and will move there
soon. William Ellingsworth has