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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-24

screwed on within two turns Of being tight;
with Lightning jar the top wire is adjusted,
but not the clamp. Economy jars are clamped
tight All jars with glass covers are turned
upside down to heat the tops before placing
them in the kettle.
This method of canning is called the "cold
pack method because the fruits and vege-
tables are put in the jars cold; in contrast to
the old open kettle method, by which the jars
we're filled with cooked fruit.
There are three thicknesses of syrup used.
A thin syrup, boiled only long enough to dis
solve all the sugar, is used for sweet fruits
such as cherries, peaches and apples. a me-
dunn syrup, which is boiled until it begins to
thicken when cooled on the finger or spoon, is
used for medium sweet fruits, such as black
berries. currants, blueberres and raspberries.
A still thicker syrup, which is boiled until it
rolls up on the spoon when poured, is used
for sour fruits, such as gooseberries, sour
apples. Strawberries and red raspberries, be-
cause of their delicate flavor.
The filled jars with the covers adjusted
(but not screwed down tightly, mind YOU'D are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-24

And now we come TO the drying OF fruits
and vegetables. a most important matter.
Miss Allen shows three methods of doing
this, but the preliminary preparations are
the same in all three. In the first place the
fruits and vegetables selected for drying
should be absolutely fresh and in perfect con-
dition: the better the raw material the better
the dried product.
The fruit or vegetable is first washed and
hulled, stemmed or seeded, as the case may be.
Root vegetables-that is, potatoes, carrots, tur-
nips, etc-shoud be pared. The vegetables
are shredded or sliced in pieces one-eighth to
one-fourth of an inch in thickness, the smaller
ones halved or left whole; apples are sliced.
They are then blanched in steamer from
three to ten minutes and are ready for the
drier.
THREE METHODS OF DRYING
The three methods of drying are as follows:
First there is the hot water jacket. This is
q shallow box made Of metal with hollow
space inside for hot water on the principle of
the old-fashioned chop plate. This is placed
on the gas stove or over the holes Of an ordl-
nary coal stove, and the vegetables or fruit
are laid on piece Of cheesecloth on top.
This process takes usually from three to five
hours, according to the kind of vegetable to
be dried.
The second method is the hot air method,
The work is accomplished by placing the fruit
or vegetable on trays of wire netting bound
together by wooden laths and suspended over
the stove. Miss Allen has invented drier
of her own on the same principle, which does
the work quicker and better. This is Chin
ney-ike jacket holding three trays OF wire
mesh, entirely surrounded by corrugated paste
board set on an asbestos base. The jacket
promotes a more rapid circulation of hot air
and protects the food from dust and dirt
The third method is the electric fan. II one
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-24

has electricity in the house this is the easiest
of all, as it requires practically no attention.
THIS process, however, takes longer than the
others, usually requiring six to eight hours
1t is very satisfactory, and, if combined with
hot air, is particularly efficient.
The fruit or vegetables are placed on
series of wooden trays with wire netting bot
toms and open ends mounted one on top of
another in front of sxteea-nch electric fan.
The air should be forced slightly upward and
through the trays, neuer should it beat down
upon them. In damp weather the process
should be supplemented by placing the product
in slow oven, heated thoroughly but kept
below two hundred degrees.
AFTER THE DRYING
It is impossible to give definitely the length
Of time required by the different processes for
drying the various fruits and vegetables; this
one learns from experience. The product is
dry when no moisture can be pressed from
the ends of the pieces, yet it should not be
so dry that it will snap. 1t should be leathery
and pliable.
Before being finally packed away in the fibre
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-24
Demonstration Booth the
Centre of Cnovds in
Macy5 Basement
Bv ELENE FOSTER

g, ms. no, throV upon the floor the crumbs
| cannot eat. a., :.
ror NAM little hungry one 1could think It
quite a treat. =,
", ,arents labor very hard to get me whole
some food J.
,rd ! must nsrer tCaste a bit that 10ouId do
others good.
Tar u,1ful iCGste makes '0otm uant and /
nay live TO say u
threu G,CGy!"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-24

now placed in hot water bath. The APP
paratus may be either not water bath can
ner, which is rather expensive, or an ordinary
wash boiler or any large kettle or pail that
has cover and will accommodate wire rack
in the bottom.
The jars are placed on this rack so that the
water circulates under them. There is depth
of from one to three inches of water above
them. The time for sterilization is counted
from the minute that the water begins to jump
over the entire surface. When the time is up
the jars are taken out, the tops frightened and
the deed is done.
Simple, isn't it? And sure! That's the
beauty Of it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-24
THE COMMUNITY GAMER

A steam pressure Gamer reduces the time
Of sterilization, but it is expensive and not
necessary for ordinary household canning.
There is, however, large steam pressure
Gamer, known as "the community Gamer,
which is shown in The Tribune Institute ex-
hibit. This holds from thirty TO forty cans
and is used by the various canning clubs when
have been established all over the country
The time required for processing is given
in the canning bulletin which the government
issues for the various fruits and vegetables.
These directions, which you will probably want
to cut out and keep, are boxed for your con-
venience and printed on this page
1t is necessary to blanch vegetables before
they are packed in the jars. This is done by
placing them in wire basket or cheese
cloth bag and putting them in kettle of boil
ing water where they arc left from one to
fifteen minutes, depending on the vegetable
used. They are then taken from the hot water
and plunged Immediately into cold water ms
hardens the pulp and sets the color and flavor
The greens, like spinach, arc preferably
banched in live steam.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-24

IS verse from our old "Third
Reader" flashed across my
mind as / stood in Mays
basement watching a pretty
girl all in white as she packed
luscious looking Strawberries
int q glass jar, at the same
time explaining to the crowd of
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04
FATAL ACCIDENTS
DUE TO FALLS IN
NEW YORK STATE

In a special bulletin issued under
the direction of the New York Indus
trial Commission, by the state depart
ment of labor, setting forth the fire.
quency, causes, and prevention of ia
tai accidents due 10 falls in building
work, the statement is made that al
though approximately four times as
many people are employed in the fac
tories of New York state as are en-
ployed in building and construction
work, yet, during the four years end
ing September so, 1914, more fatal
accidents occurred in building and con-
struction work than in factories. In
the former there were 1,641 fatal ac-
cidents and in the latter there were
1,2S5, including 204 fatalities result
ing from three large factory fires. OF
the 1,64l, 545, or 80 per cent, were
due to falls, and approximately 81 per
cent. of these were falls from girders,
joists, roofs, etc.
The pamphlet traces the course of
legislation intended to promote safety
in building operations, quoting from
the general labor law to show that its
provisions are aimed at the kinds of
hazards found in construction work
and suggesting that the number of ac-
cidents recorded would indicate that
the provisions have largely failed in
their purpose. Evidence is offered to
show that the requirements of law
have been very commonly disregard
ed" Since 1918. il is stated. an in
vestigation of sos buildings under con-
struction in New York City made dur
ing the nine months ending June so,
1916, disclosed that S09 had unguarded
hoistways and elevator shafts, 236 had
unguarded scaffolds, and 157 were not
underfloored as required by law.
One reason given for lack of en-
forcement of these provisions of the
labor law is divided or double juris-
diction as between local and state au-
thorities and the fact that so far as
state authority is concerned there has
been no systematic performance of
duty to enforce. Another reason sug-
gested is the failure of the policy of
dependence upon complaints by en-
ployes to bring violations of law to
light. Efforts to prevent falls in
building work. according to the report,
may be forwarded by careful study of,
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04
WELFARE WORK IN GREAT
BRITISH MUNITIONS FACTORIES

ted to have representation in the man
agcment of the arrangements, accom-
mediation, or other facilities 10 be pro-
vided.
1t appears from the welfare memo
randa that industrial efficiency de-
pends largely upon consideration of
the health of munition workers
through proper attention TO such ques-
tions as housing, transit, canteen pro-
vision, and individual welfare of the
employees, which have become of vital
concern to manufacturers who appre-
ciate the necessity of conserving their
labor force in order TO attain maxi
mum of production in the shortest
space of time. Managers generally
testify to the value of the services
rendered by welfare supervisors. The
committee recommends as particular
ly important the appointment of n
competent woman welfare supervisor
of experience and sympathy who shall
devote her attention exclusively to
problems affecting the health of
women and girls, to the character and
behavior of fellow women workers, to
the maintenance of suitable and sufii-
cient sanitary accommodations, to the
capacity of workers to Withstand the
physical strain and stress of work, and
to their power to endure long hours,
overtime and night work.
Closely allied to welfare supervision
as noted is the necessity for adequate
provision of canteen facilities where
workers may obtain n dietary contain
ing n sufficient proportion and guam
tity of nutritive material. sufficiently
varied, easily digestible, and at n rea-
sonable cost, which will enable them
to maintain their health and output.
1t is the conviction of the committee
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04

The efforts being made in Great Bri-
tain TO conserve the health of NUM-
ton workers through systematic and
carefully planned welfare supervision
in factories and workshops are de-
scribed in Bulletin 222, just issued by
the bureau of labor statistics. This
bulletin, the second one in the group
reproducing documents giving foreign
experience in dealing with labor con-
ditions growing out of the war. in
cludes reprints of the memoranda pub
lished by the British Health of NUM-
ton Workers committee covering the
subjects of welfare supervision, indus
trial cantecns, cantcen construction
and equipment. Investigations as to
workers food and suggestions as to
dietary, and washinf facilities and
baths. The bulletin also includes an
article on the value of welfare super
vision to the employer, by b. Seebohm
Rowntrec, n manufacturer, and direc-
tor of the welfare department, British
Ministry of Munitions.
The home secretary has been given
powers to secure the welfare of muni-
tion workers by issuing orders regu-
lating such matters as arrangements
for preparing or heating and taking
meals, supply of drinking water and
protective clothing, ambulance and
first-aid provision, supply and use of
seats in workrooms, facilities for
washing. accommodation for clothing,
and supervision of workers. No con-
tribution may be exacted from work
ers for these benefits, but for addi-
tional benefits which the employers
may not reasonably be expected to
provide, an assessment may be made
If two-thirds of the workers assent, in
which event the workers are permit
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04

that "in the highest interest of both
employers and workers proper facili
ties for adequate feeding arrange
ments should be available in or near,
and should form an integral part of,
the equipment of all m odern factories
and workshops" This policy has
abundantly justified itself from busi-
ness and commercial point of view"
Marked improvement in the physical
condition of workers, a reduction of
sickness, less absence and broken time,
less tendency to alcoholism, and in
creased efficiency and output, saw
ing of time to the workmen, greater
contentment, and better midday ven-
tilation of the workshops are some of
the benefits noted.
The bulletin includes some sugges-
tions as to dietary for munition work
ers, based upon a careful analysis of
meals provided by canteens and no.
tells and the food brought by workers.
The committee urges the import
ance of providing opportunities for
washing, so that workers may be clean
and tidy when they leave their en-
ployment Bathing facilities should be
provided in many industries, especial
ly where workers are exposed to great
heat and excessive dust or brought
into contact with poisonous materials.
The article on the value of welfare
work to the employer is based upon
the proposition that since the employ
er gives careful attention to his ma
chinery in order to maintain output,
he should give at least n smuch con-
sideration to human beings, which are
infinitely more complex and delicate
than machines, if he would obtain n
satisfactory output.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04

and adequate provision for, law en-
forcement and an examination of the
present provisions of law to see if they
are adequate even if observed
The fact that with but few modifica-
tions these provisions date back al
most, if not quite, 20 years, raises a
fair presumption that amendments of
supplemental regulations ought now
to be added, especially in view of the
great strides in knowledge and tech
nique of safety work in the last few
years.
Examples of such possible supple
mental regulations make up the re-
mainder of the report
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04
of Coursei

Plaisantin offered in payment of
bill gold piece which had a suspi-
cious ring.
"Here. you've given me one of those
false coins that the counterfeiters have
Just been arrested for making" said
the merchant.
impossible" answered Plaisantin.
at is dated 1868: if it were false,
surely it would have been found out
before this. s."-La Gaulois.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04
Hallucination.

"You can't tell bout display of
authority" said Uncle Eben. MANY
n man thinks he's doin' fine job O.
mule-drivin' when de mule is jes' hur-
ryin' to get home on his own account" :"
Star.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04
AMONG THE LADIES.

The editor was pretty mad
Are you the chump who wrote up
that recruiting ball?" he said to the
quaking reporter. "Oh, you are? Well,
look here: Among the prettiest girls
in the room was Colonel Oldnut.' The
colonel's a man, isn't he ?"
He may be-" said the reporter
brazenly, but that is where he was"
The Mirror.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04

Solving the U-boat problem is
man-size job, but that is just the kind
of jobs your Uncle Samuel is good at
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04

One should remember that weeds
this year will be this country's greatest
foe.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04

When thru reading, pass paper on.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18

that lend far more appearance OF real
war than the Intricate network Of
trenches and dug-outs by which the
Germans have previously held their
foothoid in Northern France.
The British, under General Haig,
have advanced along almost their en-
tire front. They are hammering at
the approaches to Lens, the posses
sion of which has proven invaluable
to the Germans for its coal and iron
supply st. Quentin is in flames and
has been burning for days, the usual
precaution taken by the Germans be-
fore evacuation. The British are
about to drive their lines beyond these
stronghoIds and thus force the Ger
mans to retire without attacking the
Notifications themselves.
Then comes the more recent infor-
nation that the French along TWEEN
tyfive mile front on the Aisne, and a
sector from which the Germans have
doubtless withdrawn troops to re-en-
force their line facing the victorious
Englishmen, are advancing with steady
gain. They, also, are driving the Ger
mans before them.
With the fall of Lens and st. Quen-
tin the cry will then be ION to Lille
and other fortified places on the Dor
der, and we may hope that before the
summer has far advanced the English
and French will find themselves fight
ing on German soil Then, maybe, the
people Of Germany will ask more ques-
tons and experience more wonder
ment at the final impotence of their
Kaiser; that "Meinself and Gott' can
not save the sacred soil of the father
land from invasion by foreign host
We congratulate our associates in
this devastating war on the success
of their arms, and pray that, together,
we may crush utterly the mischief
making power of this enemy of man
kind,
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18
DO YOUR PART.

There is a committee of the direc-
tors Of the fair association working
for the subscriptions to the premium
list for the fall fair. You will be
asked to take hold and do your part.
Whatever this may be is for you TO
determine The committee is at work
and is meeting with success on all
sides. The members have made close
estimates and have determined upon
the amount which they believe you
can afford to give for the encourage
ment of raising increased food crops
and live stock. They may have in
some cases failed to make fair esti-
mate, but be assured that they handled
the matter in business like manner
business concern in Cordele or Crisp
county that would lag behind in the
purposes for which the fair is going
to be held We can afford to take
great interest and give literally to the
premium list for every dollar of it
will be apportioned by good business
% men to the very thing we would have
it used for We want big food crops
and more hogs and cattle. The fair
is going to show each of us the best
we can do in this line. We want to
see that and we want to use the prem
iums to enliven interest and spur ev-
erybody forward.
We can we'll afford to get into it
literally and with the assurance that
every dollar will he made to count.
Luckily we can say that ii is a crowd
OF good business men asking for the
funds and it is the same with those
who are going to spend it. The fair
can be made to mean great deal this
year in Crisp and our universal loyal
ty will push us high up in the list of
progressive Georgia farming and live
stock counties. Let us do our full duty
for the committee on the premium
list.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18
THE FOOD CRISIS.
To Whom 1t May Concern:

To Whom 1t May Concern:
If you have not found out for sure
that there is some real gravity to the
food situation, just ask the local gro
Gerry dealers. They can come nearer
than any one else telling how long it
will be before we get hungry if GER
tain things quit coming this way from
other sections. Some of these things
are stopping already.
With the state Of Georgia importing
So million dollars worth OF food from
every section of the country every
year, who would feed Georgia if this
supply should be diverted in another
direction? Into the south as a whole
about six or seven hundred million dol
lars worth of foods pour every year
from every section Could the south
hardly get along if this or a greater
part of this supply went to Uncle Sam
and the allied nations? These are
competitors that we cannot stand
against very long.
The final measure OF crop acreage
and food production have almost been
established in this particular section.
Yet there is ample time and opportun
ify for performing the patriotic duty
OF providing and conserving food. We
have' excellent chances to increase
vegetable growing, not with the inten-
ton of supplying the trade so much,
but to supply ourselves more album
dainty and for longer period and for
canning the surplus for winter use.
We have time to increase the corn,
velvet bean, peanut, pea, potato, and
grazing crops, and we should do it.
We have ample time to endeavor as
never before to increase the produc-
ton. of hogs. poultry and cattle.
Faith! We need TO try harder. We
need to refrain from selling COWS,
heifers. sows, gifts, ewes, or hens.
Keep them for breeding. If the breed
ing stock is sold, where will you get
the means to supply the meat of this
country?
Let us make ourselves each~and eV-
cry one member Of a Public Safety
Committee of this country and pledge
ourselves to give our best efforts to
carry our responsibilities in this time
Of needed preparedness to overcome
lie food crisis facing us. Let us strive
as never Before TO feed ourselves and
to feed the south.
Very respectfully,
J. A. JOHNSON,
County Demonstration Agent.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18
MORE OF EVERY CROP.

Bully for the man who now says
that the government in calling upon
the south to raise more food crops
does not contemplate the cutting down
of the cotton crop. There will be full
~ as much demand for cotton as there
will be Tor food stuffs and the sensible
thing to do is to make both in the
largest possible quantities. Both the
food products and the cotton crop will
bring high prices. There will be a
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18
The LIRERTINE.

We are told that the Earl of Chester
fcld,-that arbiter of things elegant
and paragon of the English nobility
of the eighteenth century, advised
his son that the first essential quail
fcation of an English gentleman was
that he should be able to seduce vir-
tuous female.
Since the noble Earl vouchsafed this
advice, our world has grown apace. In
nocent and unsuspecting virtue is still
the victim of the plying of the lustful
art, but the mark of gentility is no
longer found in the cold and deliberate
Vaccinations of the practiced and gid
ed seducer. Society now bands him
libertine. He may be tolerated, but
is never admired. He may fill our
land with brothels. but not our minds
with his ideals. He is prescribed.
But. we are told, even the seducer
will spurn the use of violence and
force; that his art contemns coercion.
Let us not delude ourselves. Remove
the restraints of law and social obi
CATION; or convince a lacherous vice
monger that he can elude their punish
ment, and what becomes OF his much
Wanted art? Will it restrain him
then? Let us not dignity vice by ap-
plying the fine term art. Call it rather
artihce.
Lust is the same old vicious passion.
in whatever clothes it may be CARRIED.
1t may be in mental concept where on
ly the subject is affected, and those
who may gather the contamination
from his depraved mind. 1t may be
in seductive machination. and rely up
on superior will and overweight per
suasion Or, il may be in bebstial VIC
lence, when the demon has thrown off
the mask of deception and artitice, and
stands forth in its true, brutal, native
aspect. There may be degrees of its
man testations, but it is the same old
ugly demon Lust, after all.