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HOMEMADE COOKER
CLEVER WOMAN UTILITIES HAT
BOX FOR PURPOSE
Under Proper Conditions Il Does this
Work as Well as she Most Ex-
pensivs Ono That cAa
Be Purchased.

Every one has now heard of firsanss.
cookers aud OF the insuy deliyhtiui
things they make possible, aud there
have been directions given rs 70 the
tnskin. III one's oSsn cooker nj home.
However. 1t reniained for MrsS Giusep-
,,tnu Bianchi Dtisser Of Turin ttuiy.
20 discover the way 10 turn u card
,,oard hntbox Into feeiess cooker.
l'his Is bow Il is dpsst. according 10 Z
report In the New iOrs SUI:
luke your strongest 's-siirtbOard' hnt-
box. aud ulake sure Il IL neither bru-
sen nor cracked See that the cover
shuts tight. These tSv conditions are
absolutely essential. ti,l your box
with either cotton wool, ss~dnst or
hay, well packed iu aid iserfS;tty dry.
Make in the middle " This uiass .
ho;iow big enough iu hold yUur cas-
seroie. COVERING it op with the cotton
wooi. saWpust or hay-eottou wool u
really the hest. Put whatever you
want to cook into your casserole. Bolt
u on the FIRE for from ten to thirty
, minutes. according TO the nature Of
your food. then put 1t In Jour hatb0x.
where II will cook as tn the most ex-
pensive fireiess cooker. Mrs. Geisser
says that you can leave It four hours
without hurting the meat Or stow. AL
the flavor Is retained. for being her
metieaily sealed the. juices are pre-
served: Boil the vegetables ten to flf-
teen minutes over the gas cooker or
FIRE before putting into the hat box
and keep them there for two hours.
Potatoes should be teu minutes on fire
and one hour In hat box. she thinkA
and dried chestnuts twenty minutes on
tire and two and oue-haif hours In
hat box. Mrs. Geisser calculated that
even With the hardest foodstuffs her
system saves yoH frem 30 to 30 per
cent OF firing. Food keeps hat for ten
hours Ia the box. The idea has 20
taken with Turin housewives that hum
dredx of families are now Using It
All dreless cookers on the n,ariset
cost lot OF money. This Que can be
made by any practical woman for .
few cents.
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Apple aatter PuddIna.

Slice six or eight apples. not too thin,
In deep earthern dish Barely cover
with water. Cover and bake hulf an
hour. Then add this batter: One egg
and yoik Of another. butter size Of an
egg. salt. half cupfui Of milk. two tea
spoonfuia. level baking powder. or
scant half teaspoonful soda. one tea.
spoonful cream tartar. one cupful iour.
Use your Judgment sbodt -four. Pour
over apples und bake quicisiy. M
sugar IN the pudding. Sauce One cup
ful sugar. one tablespoonful Hour. but.
ter size Of walnut q. little salt. Que nnd
.one-half cupfuis boiling water. Cook
then add sherry or vanilla and beaten
white 0f one egg. go
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and then spread nut - taysr eos4
half tn ~ inches decp On 4 fns'r Oh
IN \ tray or tier Of Eats. which have
openings or hairz or cne-sccrsh-incA
mrsh wire bottom rovercd with bar-
lap. 30 that the vntsr drains frosty.
The oats may b stirred daily and
spnnkted ~ allowed to spsVut without
stirring untis ready for fesdsng- Theyl
are usually Ted when the sp<vuts are
from "pe to IN inehes long. although
svme poulsrymes prefer 20 atlo~ ths
sprouts to svow rwo or ehrpe inehes
long before feeding. osfs ned usn,se
md wasm atnsnsphsrc II whisA to
~prous quickly. ~ that Il - nssnpnAry
80 f,Iruish Asst or tc keep thsa u .
warm room during the winter. While
they may b. sprouted out of doors dur
ing the rest Of the year. n takes ffom
ak to ten days to sprout osts. dsoend-
Ing On the tesnpcrature Ths cats are
fed. rpots. spreuti and all. af to rats
OF about oue square ineh. ~ thsy grcu
In tAs fruy. 10 each fowl
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Wire Basket.

A wire basket known rs salad
shaker or drainer. should be used to
dry greens after they have been thor
oughIy washed. Leaves Of lettuce
often hold water after they have been
thoroughly shaken. if they are nor
fully dry they will not hold dressing
we'll.
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where they drink
They will shake
on the moisture
and drops Of rain
water and have q
hne drink very
often.
After II rains
they always 20 to
the tops Of the
trees and mauy
times when it
hasn't rain e d
they go MP hoping
Il will.
They VIII Also
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Color In Poultry.

The color Of chickens In mt q prs-
mary utiiity point. but as n secondary
point often comes In for special con-
alteration. For .xnmpie, whits va-
riefy and a black variety pf tbe srms
breed nre actually identical. In table
quality. but becausc black biris do not
dress for the market ~ clean and nice
looking a. white ones. II often hapTscas
that they are not as salable.
when q noek Of fcwis u kept for sGg
production only. uniformity ID color 10
much less important thnn approximata
uniformity Of sise. and typs. yet the
more attractive appearancs ~ . Acck
~ birds Of the same eoyos justif3es ~
lection for color - far ~ II esn bc
followed without saerneihg any ma-
fcrtal point q bfr
When . posltry .ksepes Erows his
own stock year after year he ought By
MI means to pDe MOCK Of well-sstsb-
lIshed. popular standard breed. BY do
ing 40 and BY selecting ~ brsedess
only NJ many of the best specimens
Of The fiOch NJ are needed TO psUauca
the chickens reared each year. q posi-
try keeper mnintains In his nock .
highly desirable uniformity Of excsi-
Tjence In ssery practical quality, ana
with little extra care and no extra
cost ennrhave pleading uuiformity IN
color. e.rEt
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Steamed e~iey..

Wash a teacupful Of pot barley In
plenty Of cold water aud boil Il slowly
or few minutes; turn II now into o
jar or pudding basin. and let Il steam
for six or eight hours: when Il Is quite
tender aud creamy II Is ready TO serve
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WIntsr oreena fot Han.-

Poultry raisers .are '6sson,inr s,nnre
familiar with the nccessity of provId.
ing green food In. tlis winter ration Tor
hens that arr producing Il the high.
priced eggr. How ts. furnish tlvssss.
sentinl Il frequently. 4 dhicujf prob.
lem. but onc method Tint Il now c,n.
?Ioyed by many pouitrynicn. tor farr
ahl Fnnll nocks, ts that oS xprou.ing
oats In trfyr or boxes. The onfs ,,rr
soaked for Il hours In wnr1n water
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Renewing Stains From MartVe,

Removing Stains From Marble.
Apply with a brush paste composed
Of equal parts Of soft soap. quickiime
and caustic potash and leave for SEW
erai days Then wash the paste on
and dry and polish ne marble With
soft cloths.
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saxorx pueks.

One pound liver. one-hMf pound sau.
sage. one Inrge onion. one-haif teR.
spoonful sage: grind all together. sait
and pepper. to taste; make into balls.
cover with cold water. bake 20 min
utes In hot oven serve hot OF cold.
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s,mply Expossd 70 Il.

NJ am delighted to meet you." said
the father OF the college student. shnk-
ing hands wnruIy with the professor.
"My son took algebra from you LAST
year, you know"
'sParr1on me.r said the professor, The
was exposed to II. hut he did not take
IT, C.aristian Register.
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are very much nike and II they want
to they can copy people--but still we
always stick to our fondness for catch.
Ing the rain water before It all goes to
the eround-catching It for our baths
and drinks and saving valuable par
rot tfmei'
"And as Mrs. Yellow Winged and
Mrs. Red Winged were getting their
suppers ready. fur away In glass bird.
house the parrots were spreading their
wings as rain whs falling on the roof" !"
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ciov. n the 7iTeA,.

In serving ted. Glove placed in fbe
ten bail wifi give a piq'innt iiavor. tbsf
win not be rec0gnizcd. but that viii
be most enjoyable.
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. "They VIII also
shake the leaves
on themselves ind not ouly drink, but
bathe at the same time.
'Afrs. BED Winged Parrot was talk
ing to Mrs. Yellow Winged Parrot.
They had been 50 named because one
had more red wing feathers than any
other color. and the other more y-l-
low.
-sYou know. my DEAR said Mrs Red
Winged. Z do think some folka are
very absurd
do you. fndeedf asked Mrs. Yei-
low wlnscd in her most polite
squawE
ct don't wonder you want to know
II really do think so.' said Mrs Red
Winged. She didn't at all mind II
that her companion doubted her word.
ayes. want to know very much
said Mrs yellow Winged
ITS 50 nice Of you to take an in
terest.' shrieked Mrs. Red winged
"Do go on with your story plead
ed Mrs. Yellow Winged.
"sOf course continued Mrs. Red
Winged. 1t would not be surprising II
you wondered II really and truly
meant what I said. for 20 often we
parrots get into the shocking habit of
copying what anyone may say. We
don't stop to consider at al1 whether
we mean Il or not. We just aay II. and
so we have gained the reputation uf
just talking without q great deal OF
sense-copying others who don't say
such sensible things to us always.'
"True. true said Mrs Yellow
Winged. But rs you do mean what
you Just said. am anxious to know
why you think some folks are so alb
surd.'
"'For this reason. my dear. You
see a great many people take baths
at one time. and then. at quite another
time altogether. they take their drinks
OF water. They don't save time as we
do. and yet they are always rusnInk
around as II they were trying 10 catch
up with the dine that they have
tfost' .eg$ 10
What you say Is absolutely cor
rect shrieked Mrs. Yellow Winged,
shaking her head wisely.
"sNow we parrots can drink and
have our baths at the same time. We
cnn open our benks for the drops Of
water to refresh as, and we can shake
our feathers and get nne and clean
$50 we can.' said Mrs. yellow
Winged There is certainly no mis-.
take about that s
"'Now. you take our cousins who
live in peoples houses said Mrs. Red
Winged. they never get over that SEN
sible idea and habit of ours. They
may hear the rain on n tin roof and
they spread their wings all In rendi-
ness to get their bath. OF course the
tin roof keeps the water from falling
in-which I think Is most extremely
stupid, but at the same time j must
say that It Is pretty smart of our dear
cousins never to forget the ways OF
parrots who are Wild sssf
"Tsn't It splendid Of theIpi' said
Mrs. Yellow Winged. proudly.
"'And they do the same thing when
they are kept In bird houses and
hear the rain pattering on the glass;
said Mrs. Red Winged.
$50 they do. the sensible .denrs,'
said Mrs. Yellow Winged.
"'Ah. yes said Mrs. Red Winged.
for ell the foolishness that people
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The general purpose brssds Of peui-
try are best for the back-yard Aock-
They viii supply both egss and meats.
They are .isusiiy good settcrs and gpsA
UotherA ..z471
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DADI1S EVTNIEk
[AlEY Tale

s. hAN @ABH1RQ ykR

"Now, Mr. and hfrs. Parrot said
Daddy. 'are used to the tops OF trees
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BREEDS. !. !
FOR BACK YARD
Need Meat Scraps and 0rssn
Feeds to Produce Eggs and
Nest IN Winter s-.s ~. 2
THREE CLASSES 70 coNsiDER
Thess fer tayise. Ter Mot sas Gen
esai purpses orssds---Hss1 Qfsae
Feeds for tls Winter hay
Easily - prsvsdsd. zscsis 1

To ih- Boy;c~ N i,nni;-y .seest>s u
often appears that there In no rial
Necessity. for 40 many breeds. nstt veri-
r'ies rs hare besrl standardized In
America. Further scquaintsner with
them. however. shc~u that although
color differences srerlsn, ncst' .csses
made merely 10 please ik<oeyss sf PER
sous hrr'ns different psvfereuese fer
color. the diffeseAces In aAsps ssd firs
which make breed rAsruete~ have, heer
developed with D visw 10 S6hapfing
cnch' 10 particular asss o. rasssealsr
conditions. 3ft $500
Leaving ouf n es3siisssts.a the
brecsis kept rs aoveitiss. mnst cf which
originated before isdpstrtal progress
created a ,ares dsu6ad for rouItry
rpoducts. all the staadsrA Amsfssan
breeds Of fowls have been made and
Developed on the ssseral psjadpls IT
practical quality the feundatiaa breed
character and value. .csS.s s=r.q
In harmony With this rrans1pss ths
common classification ~ breeds -se.
eorsiinx to their places In the general
scheme of poultry production. divides
them Into three principal rlasses.
namely. laying breeds. meat hrcesis.
and general purposs. ,rv<d&ssfnat IL.
breeds that are not ms ready and per-
sistent egg producers ~ rths IA ying
breeds. md not M mesty and easy to
fattcn as the meat breeds. YET combine
In one individual fowl very gocd lay
Ing capacity with, very good tahl-
quality. rsz-.....,i...
The Leghorn. Minorcs. AndaIuraan.
Ancoun and Camp,ne nrr weil-knowr,
breeds Of the isying class: tho Rrnh-
ma. porking and Cornish Of tls,7 n,eas
cinss: the Plymouth Rock. wyandotte.
Rhode Island Red and Orplngtnn Of
the general purpose class.
In the mcnt breeds Of poultry there
In not tn. saIne uniformity of type TINT
Ia found In the laying breeds Th.
Brahina. Dorking and Cornish nrr MI
1uite different. The Brnhma Is mos,
popular bccnu~e II IL nj The same.
time the largest and the mostrruggc,l
In constitution. The Dortir,r a.ss rcIs;
In quality OF meat; bu; X es.e-s,.,
considered somewhat lacking In hrr,Ir-
ncsss The Cornish IL fathet ainrd
mented. but being yrry short2r.nih.
cred. has Its special place M h large
meat-producihg fowl In southeyty sec
tions where the 'mo-r. heavily fentb.
cred Bruhms does not nnpdn me sun.
mcrs we'll.
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teach us, at least
we don't forget
our own ways and
habits, no matter
where We may
be-
mo- said Mrs.
Yellow Winged.
And now l must
he getting my sup
per ready. Do you
eat twice q day,
Mrs. Red Wing
cdr .,-r
"'Yes. we have
breakfast and sup
per- s-'
a. 4 .
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There are eneny' adysnfsee~ M ,
single pitch roof on the p~apvryi hhSiss
This type II most epally hutit. y II give,
the highest vertiepl frpnt. expossd 4,
the SIMS rsys and thyvws Al. OF IN.
rain water IN. the resf, .' ,,, XII
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ss.s ser.e 10 Gss r..4.

In fessx c~ndnctsd By SPECIALISTS Of
ths United States department ~ sgri-
culture covering period Of thrre
years. fc~fs not FED any besf swap
isiA very pousiy In winter. thus nnts-
rinily rs<isriNg the vsiss At the1r seEA
CotsAasssd nal sssd- - psAes AZ
'bssf scrAp ~ AIeh-presaa ~ la
tha ratice predneed hr6vn OF Ste<s-
ish spsts - fhs yolkS NJ the egk 60
peesaily In warn ~rsther. naking .
considerable psepcrtion sf. thas snst
fer nartst. Exxs were prsAsspa oors
eheapiy and at = considerably ssset1
profit "a The bs>f-scrap ration
3 Fish meal NJ ~ . ton less than sesf
scrap proved TO 10 . good high proes1h
feed. which can bs used ,o ndvaucsgs
IN rspssee beef scrap. The f-h m~st
did not Ia sny way Affect tho nsvcr -
quality OF the exHa.
Gensralvurposs fcwls allowed 70 ~
iect their own mash constitu>ets ats
q dry mash containing absut u per
cent cornmeat. 10 per cent beef srsup.
0 per cent bran. and o per cent mid
diInsx- Isegborns ate . mash Of about
68 per cent cornmesI. q per rent bsef
scrnp. and pr eens each Of bran aod
middiings. No better rcsults were Oh
tained BY this method Of feeding than
where the ground grsius were ndxed
together In q maeh.
strsw and sfmiinr material gathers
moisture. and when the Hitter bercmes
damp enough to he limp II r. prscd-
cnIIy usciess for fowls 10 scratch IN
for their grain feed. Scratching 'itfes
In the poultry house Is essential. but
II should be cleaned out and r~newe<
frequently
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INTERNATIONAL
SUNANSC[lOOL
LESSON

tBy q. o. SELLERS. Acting Director Of
the Sunday. School Course OF the Moody
Bible Institute. chlcago.)
tcopyrisht. 1917. Western Newspaper Union.) }
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The poultry building shouid me-, b.
~ wide that the rnys Of the sun c.inno
rench the back Of the Interior .0f. ib-
house. Otlherwi-e. u WIN bc. -f,mp
Fourteen feet ID y convenient width,
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TIM WALSH HERE
FOR. CHRISTMAS HoLtpAYs.

Mr.. Tim Walsh. who is attending
Boulder University. arrived in Canon
City Saturday morning to spend the
holidays with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. p. Walsh. ~
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MISS RUTH FERkEl
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

Miss Ruth Ferkel. who. is attending
Boulder University arrived in Canon
City Saturday evening for a two
weeks vacation with her father, Mr..
Henry Ferkel.
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MISS KENT HOME FOR

Miss Helen Kent arrived from Den
yer on No. u Sunday morning to
spend the holidays with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Kent. of 249 e.
.JlO1p1as avQnua -n.
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LESSON FOR DECEMBER 80
.Rev,ew-eoo's REcEEM,Mo
lovG. i~s

LESSON TExT-Read Psalms 1;f5: f:3
GOLDEN TExT--with Jehovah there
loving kindnsss. and With him is pienteou
redsmption.--Fs- loot. - .i1 "
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-15

Compound and tried Il and it has
helped me wonderfully. 80 the sore.
ness Is all gone now. believe Nv.
dia T. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is Just the remedy for 70.
male troubles Mrs Elizabeth
John. x =. u 30 (. Toledo. Ohio
Lydia + pinkhlms Vegetable
Compound. made from native roots
and herbs. contains no narcotic o.
harmful drugs. and today Is regard
ed as the most successful remedy
for female Ills, There are thou.
sands OF voluntary testimonials on
file In the Pinkham laboratory at
Lynn. Mass. 10 prove this fact
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-15
Mrs. Shippey Did
Not Reform Camps

Editor Tho star: My attention
has been called 10 an article under
my photograph and evidently aent
YOU by a Kansas city correspond.
cnt lt states that | have person.
ally cleaned up the moral condt
lions In Midwcstern army camps
and cantonmenta when army oft.
GERS and state officials failed 60 do
so,
In Justice 10 the army officers
and state officials IN tho states aud
environments mentioned. wish to
say the story IL untrue In every
particular. visited number OF
camps this past summer. II In true.
but only as war correspondent
for a magazine. which paid all my
expenses In the regular way At
no time did make any moral in
vestigations and Il would have
been impossible for n lone woman
TO clean up any immortality existing
but as far as ! saw there were
no moral conditions 10 be cleaned
up The army officers. state off.
cials and nearby town officials Of
the camps seemed To be doing all
In their power 10 safeguard the sol.
diers even from themselves aud not
In need OF outside assistance. |
am. OF course. heartily IN sym.
PATTY with all movements 20 keep
vice out OF tho camps. but saw no
place where could have done more
than was being done already by
those IN charge.
The credit for the fine condition
OF the Mldwestern camps Is due TO
them entirely. | was pleased ana
proud OF their efforts. may add
that no governor has thanked me
publicly for any reform. don't
know whore the correspondent got
the story Certainly not from me.
as he did not consult me or even
ask permission To uso my photo |
am very sorry that he imposed
upon YOU. too. and feel sure you
Will be glad 10 correct his story
for your own sake as we'll as mine
and those unjustly mlsrcprosented.
Very sincerely.
MARY wOonSON SHIPPEY.
lMRS. LEE SHtPPEY).
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Nm. Pinckney Said
Not n Gent for Tribnfe'

Dear Miss Grey WIN you please
for me who said Millions
Tor defense. but not one cent for
tribute"G Also. on what occasion
was IL uttered JACK
During the French revolution
five directors were governing
They wanted America 90 loan
them some money 10 carry on
the war with England. and not
To carry on commerce with
England America would not
lend France money. and contln-
ued 10 carry on commerce with
England Then France seized
number OF American ships.
George Washington. then pres.
ident. demanded that tho
French should leave American
ships alone The directors
sent Citizen Genet to try 10 get
the American people TO heip
them. lie was recalled NJ the
request OF Washington The
directors said that II should be
stopped providing the United
States pay the directors n
large tribute Tho people were
aroused Tho American minis
ter Co France. William Pinck.
ney. said. Millions for defense.
but not one cent for tribute"
II became n rallying cry thru
out the United States
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TOPSBACKACHE
IN few MINUTES
Rub lumbago. pain, soreness.
stiffness right out with
st. Jacobs Oil

When your back II sore and lame
or lumbage. sciatica or neuritis has
you stlffened up. doa't suffer- Get
small trial bottle OF old. honest
"St. Jacobs or nj any drug store.
pour a little ia your hand and rub
II right into the pain or ache. and
by tho time you count flfty. the
soreness and lamencss Is gone
Don't stay crippled This Eooih.
Ing. penetrating oil takes tho ache
and pain right out and ends the
misery. II is mAsfcal. yet absolute
iy harmless and doesn't burn or
discoior tho skin.
Nothing else stops lumhago. sci.
atica and lame back misery 80
promptly and surely. II never dis.
appoints