The diamond drill., 1917-11-03

After sketching briefly some OF the
German atrocities which are stirring
the people OF this country to ever in
creasing loyalty to their government
in the prosecution Of the war, he i'm
troduced Miss Roberts. who said in
part, as follows:
1T has always been the lot OF wo-
men TO sacrifice when war has visited
our land. or any other land. In the
Revolution, our great-grandmothers
did not hesitate to give their all that
the thirteen pioneer colonies might
gain their independence In the Civil
war II is to the Southern women
that honor and glory are due. By
their ingenuity they made each homo
produce all that was needed for itself
and the army. Today again. the cry
is for women, and those who answer
1t and those who stay at home must
give and must sacrifice in order that
our arms may win
The report by Mrs George McGee
was published in previous issue.
Miss French spoke in part as fol
lows
There have been urgent appeals
made to the women OF the country Is
aid the government. The Red Cross
vaad. all ~ ,,aur enc - Alma k,,t uykgt /,
you are in the kitchens you can also
do your bit" by saving those foods
most needed by our Allies. Establish
one wheatless day and one meatless
day each week in your household.
and save on fats and sugar. Use fish,
both salt and fresh. II is much cheap
er than meat. Use cheese, eggs, cot
tage cheese. milk. beans. peas, ETC.
in place OF meat. Use rye -four, corn
meal, bran. rolled oats, etc, in place
OF wheat -four In your bread. Use
molasses, syrups. honey. etc in place
OF sugar Save the fat from your
meat, try II out, and use 1t in the
place OF butter Have one BUTTERFLIES
meal each day"
On Saturday morning Miss French
and Mrs. Scadden prepared some war
bread from the following recipes, and
all OF those present at the meeting
were given sandwiches made from IT,
Many expressions OF surprise and sat
isfaction were heard:
Rolled Oats Bread-l-2cup boiling
water, l2 cups rolled oats. Bring
to boiling point teaspoons OF salt,
IA cup brown sugar, 1 tablespoon OF
fat. Add TO rolled oats and cool 20
lukewarm temperature. 1 yeast cake
to IA cup warm water.
Mix all ingredients thoroughly. Add
5 cups of wheat -four. and enough
more to make a stifi dough. Let rise.
mould into loaves and bake.
Cornmeal Yeast Bread IA cups
water. tablespoons Of sugar, table,
spoon OF fat. 2 teaspoons OF salt 3-i
cup of corn meal, l-3 cups OF wheat
-four, 12 cake of compressed yeast,
IA cup Of lukewarm water. Cook the
corn meal and cool before adding to
other ingredients. This recipe makes
one loaf.
War Breads cups cornmeal, /
IL cups bran, 61-2 cups Of wheat
-four or enough to make a stiff dough,
tablespoons Of fat, tablespoons of
sugar 4 teaspoons OF salt. cups OF
water / cake Of compressed yeast.
Cook the cornmeal and cool before
adding other ingredients.
Mr.. Hoopingarner spoke next. The
following is summary of his import
ant ideas
"Our farmers responded TO their
countrys call last spring and planted
much larger acreages OF corn, beans.
and crops for animal foods They
increased their herds 10 the limit.
Now, these are partly grown. The
farmer In many cases. however Is
now at a loss TO know how to handle
/ them, and has used is energy, capital
and labor and now the crop is a par
tial or total loss and his animals un-
matured and not marketable as you
want meat products
Early estimates ot crops gave the
largest totals know for corn and po-
tatoes wheat was short. but each
month due to dam ges these have
been cut by million or bushels
III We must feed our boys at the
front. ourselves AZ tome, and our al
lies in a large degree. this outlook Il
not very CHEEKY There Il but one way
TO solve our problems. i e., by each