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Evening star., 1917-05-04
Feeding the Child of Four.

During the fourth year milk still
remains an important part of the child's
food. but much of 1t may now be given
in the form Of bread and milk. milk
soups or milk puddings. or it may be
poured over the cereal. Some children
object to drinking milk. and in such
cases 1t Is wise to offer 1t under some
such disguise. The cereal need no
longer be strained, but must be very
thoroughly cooked.
The diet at this time should include
all the articles advised for the two
earlier years. with the addition of more
meats. vegetables and fruits. Baked
potatoes. with a little butter. are r.
butter. or toast and butter. and plenty
of hard crusts or zwieback are impor-
tant. Eggs or meat. such as roasted.
boiled or broiled beef. mutton. chicken
or fish. should be given at least once
day.
The child of four will probably thrive
on three or four meals day. the heav-
lest being taken in the middle of the
day. II he appears to be hungry.
light lunch. such as milk. NAV be given
in the intervals between breakfast and
dinner. or between dinner and supper.
but no nibbling should be permitted
between meals. A child should be
taught to come to the table with that
leads to good digestion and assimila
ton.
Food should be carefully prepared to
fit 1t to child's powers. and should be
served in an appetizing fashion at
proper intervals. Young children should
not be offered tastes of the family
meals. as this habit tends to destroy
the appetite for the simple. rather re-
stricted diet adapted to their need.
Children should have an abundance of
pure, cool drinking water. This is espe-
cially important in summer. when they
are perspiring freely. If there is any
doubt about the purity of the water. it
should be filtered or boiled. or both.
Since 1t is always difficult for children
to chew their food properly. it should
be finely minced. mashed or softened
for them throughout these early years.
Never under any circumstances should
children be given coffee, tea or strong
cocoa. They should have no highly
seasoned or spiced foods, rich pastries.
raw vegetables. onions. corn or cab
bage. Bananas and all partly ripened
fruit are apt to make trouble.
If children are inclined to be consti-
pated they should have plenty of laxa-
larly oatmeal: the coarser breads. such
as graham and whole wheat; fruit or
fruit juice. particularly oranges and
prunes, and vegetables like string
beans, asparagus and spinach.
Many children suffer from malnutri-
tion-that is. they fail to secure the
food materials they need for develop
ment and growth. and consequently
they are undersized. pale. often slow
and listless. and do not show the eager,
alert habits of healthy children. NAL
nutrition may be due to lack of suffi-
cient food of any kind. to improper
Evening star., 1917-05-04
HOMINY AN OLD AMERICAN DISH.

ened. Serve with parsley cut fine and
sprinkled over top of each dish. Salt
ness of the ham stock must be con-
sidered and the seasoning carefully done.
Hominy Croquettes.
cups chopped hominy, or
cups hominy and / cup fish, ham
or other meat chopped fine
cups thick white sauce
Y teaspoon salt
y teaspoon white pepper
l teaspoon scraped onion
Melt fat, add -four add milk grad
ually. stir and cook until thick and
smooth.
Hominy and Cheese.
can hominy .a....
2 cups white sauce
!. cup chopped cheese
Drain and rinse one can hominy
chop or leave whole: melt cheese in
white sauce; mix with hominy, put in
baking dish, cover with buttered
crumbs and brown in oven. Or add
hominy and cheese to sauce and when
cheese is melted. serve. A speck Of
baking soda added will aid in melting
the cheese.
Evening star., 1917-05-04
The Business of Being Housewife.
HOW TO USE TIABIT-By Jean Prescott Adams

desired meat favor to a casserole dish
of rice. When using leftover meat the
meat flavor can be intensified II heces-
sary by adding extract of beef.
Other important tests of the house
wife's efficiency are her budget and her
doctor bills. The food expenditure must
be kept in proper proportion to the
income. That proportion varies from
to keep the expenditure within proper
bounds now is to use economy FOODS
and eliminate every bit of waste.
The fact that $4,000 pounds of grease
can be obtained from less than one
days waste of a large city should
check US up short. That 10000 pounds
of grease comes from good leftover
meats and from nutritious drippings
thoughtlessly thrown away
Thrift for the housewife. begins in
procuring food. Gardens will cut down
the green goods bills to a great extent.
In buying, the housewife must remem-
ber that. particularly since she is cut
ting down on the number of foods
served at a meal, she must choose only
quality goods when she does buy. She
must let her dealer know that she
realizes the economy in standardized
foods. Never get hysterical at a critical
time and boost the prices of foods by
stocking up unnecessarily. A moderate
supply of bulk goods and staple and
emergency shelf well stocked with
standa rdized canned goods is safe and
sane.
To establish truly economical rela-
tions with your merchant pay cash for
your purchases and carry home all
small articles. systematic your order
ing so that you need only one delivery
a day. This will greatly decrease your
grocer's operating expenses and SO
make it possible for him to sell goods
to you most reasonably.
Make habit of this cash and carry
system. That is the kind of a habit it
will pay you to cultivate.
Another habit it pays to cultivate is
that of serving at least one new dish
week. Try out inexpensive food al
ternatives Make oatmeal cookies to serve
with a dish of fruit for dessert. Use
the shoulder or chuck cuts of beef for
roasts. Use the economy meat products
such as hearts. liver. brains. etc. Make
casserole dishes of cheese and rice or
Of hominy and bacon
Never throw away any drippings.
Use them for shortening and to but
ter" griddle or frying pan with.
Once the habit of thrift is acquired
in every household the entire nation
will profit. II the 100.080.000 people
in the United States each saved one
pound of food month by eliminating
waste and using all left-overs we
would have enough to help out con-
siderably in helping to feed our allies.
My advice is to cultivate the economy
or thrift habit.
Evening star., 1917-05-04

lily, for a week, and add up the grand
total. Mail your manuscript to the
editor. food and thrift page. The Even
ing Star, Washington, D. c. Write on
but one side Of each sheet of paper.
If you wish your manuscript returned
to you, should 1t prove not available,
inclose the postage necessary for that
purpose; otherwise 1t will be DESTROYED.
And remember-in no case VIII this
rule be violated: Your Identity will not
be divulged. Your article Will be
signed with an y or a or a z. Not
even your initials will be used: so on
that score you need have no hesitation.
Here are this weeks prize winners:
For a Night Lamp.
When it is necessary to have a night
lamp or dim light burning in room
a very small piece of gum camphor
will burn slowly and last long time.
giving a faint. pleasant odor Place
the camphor gum in a saucer of water.
so that it will float, and then touch a
match to it, This is a safe and ex-
ceedingly inexpensive light.
Mrs. T. D. S.
To Clean Sinks.
For a quicker. more effective ana
more economical way to clean a sink,
try this: Buy a quart or pint of ordt-
nary coal oil Gf you do not keep III,
fill handy sized, we'll corked bottle
with it, and place within convenient
reach near the sink. Whenever the
sink needs cleaning just sprinkle a
Evening star., 1917-05-04

Housewives are today brought face to
face with the changing and directing of
habit. What strong factor it has been
in the life of the average family is just
coming TO light. Our families are In the
habit OF having certain dishes and certain
favors. principally because those who DO
the cooking have fallen into a cookery rut.
Finding the Cause.
1t would be interesting for each home
manager to analyze the food habits OF
her family. Find out the real reasons
why certain foods are preferred to the
absolute elimination of other more
healthful foods from the diet. Upon
reading the history of almost any pop
ular food we find that at first 1t was
scorned and some previous habit had to
be changed to make it popular
Almost every one has talked with an
old timer who remembers when To-
matoes were not even considered as
food Even the potato that we have
formed such a habit for had TO pc Ut
orally forced onto people. There IS an
account of shipload OF sailors VINO
were forced at the point Of bayonets to
eat potatoes.
Now the potato habit has become so
strong that it is a real effort to change
even when we know that nomlny OF
rice gives US more food value.
Another great bugaboo the house
wife has to combat is "a notion a
member of the family takes notion
he doesn't like a certain food. Unless
there is a real idiosyncrasy against a
food-and such cases. though rare, do
exist-a family should be open to cor
rections on the subject. Many cases
where a roast of beef is truly relished
a delicious casserole dish made of the
leftover portion is left untouched sim
ply because the stand has been arbi
trarily taken that they don't eat
warmedovers.'
Besides being very expensive no
ton, this stand deprives the housewife
of giving variety to her menus. 1t
seems to be about the easiest thing in
the world for the busy housewife to
slip into a humdrum and expensive way
of cooking when the family takes this
attitude.
A Test of Efficiency.
one of the tests of efficiency is the
ability to serve attractive. economical
meals of wide variety. Since it is the
flavor of food that the majority of peo
pie seem to eat, the wise housewife
will make up her leftover dishes so as
to give the desired flavor. A little
meat will go long way in giving the
Evening star., 1917-05-04

few drops Of the coal oil on cloth
and wipe 1t out.
You will be astonished at how rapidly
this will cut all erase and dirt and
leave your sink in perfect condition.
A pint of coal oil. for which I pay 2
sink is always clean. Mrs. l.. l.. NJ.
In Roasting Meat.
Do not wash or soak meat before
roasting: wipe it properly with a white,
clean, wet cloth in order to keep it
Juicy. Meat which is tough and dry
is not easily digested. and is very like
" not to be eaten at all; SO waste is
produced.
Do not fear germs. as washing it
with cold or warm water does not kill
them any better than wiping, and heat
in the cooking is the very active prin-
ciple which destroys them.
Toughness and dryness in meat is
due to lack of juice in the small. hol-
low tubes in the fibers of tissue; there
fore. do not add salt until about half
done, as salt contracts or draws to-
gether these tubes. NURSE
Keep Out the Fly.
My net curtains with fine mesh
have served their time. and. being worn
around the edges l decided to trim off
the frayed parts and stitch together
the good. central portions. The result
was a generous piece of mosquito and
fly netting of a restful shade of ecru.
This seems even better than the regu
lar mosquito netting. not only for its
Evening star., 1917-05-04

The sturdy founders OF our nation ate
hominy-found it delicious The ted
ious preparation is now taken care of
commercially so that you can enjoy 1t
often.
Hominy is truly American dish.
The Indians were eating hominy long
before a white man saw North America
The first colonists found 1t whole
some. appetiZins, strengthening. nu-
tritious and adopted it as their own.
II was introduced into Europe as a
rare and expensive delicacy, and today
a large part of our people consider it
among the most delicious of our native
foods.
The producer of the standard brand
has preserved all its goodness as pre-
pared by our grandmothers and places
il on your table without the long,
tedious hours of preparation once neces-
sary 10 give our ancestors this paia-
table food.
To prepare hominy properly. it takes
many hours of slow, careful cooking,
and several changes of water. For this
reason many people do not know this
wholesome and delicious food. All this
II is first cooked forty-five minutes
food which found such great favor
with our fathers.
Hominy should be the whole grain
of white Indian corn, cooked first In
lye water and then three times more
with repeated washings. 1t comes to
YOU with the old d-fashioned flavor and
with all of the thorough preparation
II is first cooked forty-fie minutes.
which loosens the outer horn-like husk
of the corn, and then it is thoroughly
washed in clear. clean water before
again being cooked for forty minutes.
and washed again. After this second
washing, it is given third cooking of
fifty-fiSe minutes and then given a
final cleaning before being hermeti-
cally sealed in the big cans in which
you receive 1t.
After being placed in the cans. it
is subjected to final cooking Of an
| hour and ten minutes in superheated
steam. which thoroughly softens the
entire kernel and preserves the light,
| fuftiness.
How Grandmother Served It.
| Some of our grandmothers' recipes
are supplied. giving you a variety to
choose from
Hominy and Ham Soup.
| . cups hominy
2 cups ham stock
cups milk or Z cup evaporated milk
and
| !. cups of water
tablespoons ham fat
tablespoons flour
| l teaspoonful grated onion seasonings
Chop hominy. heat in ham stock, add
milk. Melt fat. add flour and season
| ings Add hot liquid gradually. stir
] ring constantly. and cook until thick
Evening star., 1917-05-04


suits obtained in laundering. II. c. G.
Cleaning Willow Furniture.
To clean willow furniture, scrub well
with coarse brush and water that is
strongly saturated with salt. Then
dry with a soft cloth. Salt not only
cleans willow ware, but prevents it
from turning yellow. Straw mating
may be successfully cleaned in the
same way w. d. B.
Rhubarb Greens.
Many people do not know that the
leaves, of rhubarb make most delicious
greens. equally as good and as medici-
nal as spinach and much cheaper The
leaves from three punches will make
good deal more than one-quarter peck
of spinach; and we get three
punches for 10 cents besides the dish of
sauce there is a green vegetable for
dinner.
Pick the leaves from the little stalks
that run through them. wash thor
oughly and boil about twenty minutes
with a small pinch of soda in the wa
ter then drain through colander and
return to fire in clear water with a
half teaspoonful of salt.
When ready to serve season with but
ter and pepper just as you would spin
ach. 1t takes about as long as it does
to cook spinach.
l have passed this suggestion to
many of my neighbors and friends and
every one seems SO glad to know 1t.
MRS. F. A. H.
Evening star., 1917-05-04

food. bad cooking. or to some fault Of
digestion, or to illness which makes. It
impossible for the child properly to
utilize the food he eats.
1t is a wise precaution, therefore. n
children are out of sorts. have decayed
teeth. bad breath. or seem tired and
disinclined to play. to have them ex-
amined by good doctor. and to take
all the trouble necessary to get them
into sound eating habits. The neglect
of these early symptoms may mean a
lifetime OF only partial health and
efficiency.
Evening star., 1917-05-04
For Poison Ivy.

For poison ivy or oak or the bite of
an insect that our "wanderlusters" may
meet on a hike" try the following
remedy:
Dissolve one tablespoonful Of cop
peras and one tablespoonful of salt in
one pint hot water Battle the affected
parts freely with this mixture which
kills the poison at once.
This remedy has been tested many
times in our family. The mixture will
keep if bottled r. A p
Evening star., 1917-05-04
How Much Does It Cost You
to Feed Your Family for a Week |

How do you manage your table
expendituress What economies
do you use which would be OF
help to 0thersf Tell The Star
about 1t. See the article on this
page announcing this weeks
prize winners for full particulars.
MAYBE you WILL WIN A
DOLLAR AWARD.
Evening star., 1917-05-04
For Mildew.

AIildew. as rule. is very hard to re-
move, but an application of chalk and
horax spread on thickly and placed in
the sun will cause the spots to dis
appear. NJ. NJ
Evening star., 1917-05-04
For Free Samples

By Return Mail address post card /:
"Cuticura, Dept. 22, Boston" Sold
everywhere.
Evening star., 1917-05-04
FOOD. HEALTH. HOME AND THRIFT
Prize Winners in The Stars "Suggestions" Contest;
See New Conditions for Competitors Set Forth Below

| durability, but also for the better re-
suits obtained in laundering. H. c. G.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-19
German Insurance Concerns
in South Dakota Are Safe

Pierre. S. D., April 13.-The commits
eioner of insurance has issued the fol
lowing statement:
This department will not take any
action against German insurance com
panies operating in this state at the
present time in view of the proclama-
ton of President Wilson and the
opinions Of eminent attorneys, who hold
that the existence of a state of wal will
not inValidate their insurance contracts.
w believe hat the united branches
of foreign countries are practically to
all intent American companies. rs their
deposits, investments and transactions
are under the same supervision as
American companies, and as long as
their capital in this country is kept in
tact and they are in a solvent condition
and transact their business in accord
ance with the laws of this state their
authority will not be revoked.
w. n. Van Camp,
Insurance commissioners
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-19
Boat capsizes; One Drowned;
Snag Saves Lives of Two

Elk Point, s. D., April 14.-word was
received here OF the drowning Of Del
plus Alarie, aged so, from the Ne
braska side of the Missouri river. He
and two companions, Barney Pearson
from this city Tuesday evening, but
owing to the high wind their boat was
driven into a nag and was sunk. The
three young men reached the snag and
supported themselves all night upon it
Yesterday morning they were discov-
this side, south Of Burbank, who tele-
phoned the news to residents along the
bank and asked some one with a boat
TO rescue them. The two boys who
were rescued were nearly frozen. They
said Alarie had fallen off the log dur
ing h night and they had helped him
back again. Early in the morning he
fell off again and they were unable to
assist him.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-19
Oral Statement Does Not
Alter South Dakota Wills

Deadwood, S. D.. April 13.-That a
will cannot be changed by an oral
the decision of Judge McNenny, of the
state circuit court, in a contest involv-
ing the will of Ed Danielson, a Lew
renee county man who died some weeks
ago. The county court, which had
first jurisdiction of the contest, ruled
that the oral change made by Daniel
a Deadwood hospital could not be adj
mitted to change the provisions of the
original will executed in writing by
Danielson. Or appeal Judge McNenny
affirmed the ruling Of the lower court.
The oral statement was intended to
make a change in connection with the
guardianship of Danielson's children
and was not intended to affect the dis
position of his property.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-19
MONTANA Men LEASE
VAST INDIAN TRACT
100000 Acres in Pine Ridge
Agency to Craze TO-
Head Of Cattle.

.colome. S. %. April 14.-In order to
perform their share OF the duty Of keep
Inc up the food supply OF the nation
Newcastle. Wyo, men have secured the
lease from the government Of 100000
acres OF land on the Pine Ridge Indian
reservation, in southwestern South Da-
kota, which will be utilized by the
wyoming men to Craze about 20, 900
head OF sheep and other stock. The
Ease extends over a period of years.
The Wyoming men will make about
2 10000 worth Of improvements on the
land this year in the way of sheep
sheds, cattle and horse corrals, etc. A
large number of men will be employed
on the ranch, which will be one of the
argest in the state or northwest. The
opening OF this ranch on Indian land
VIII materially d to the stock pro-
auction OF South Dakota. 1t is believed
that other large tracts of Indian land
IN the state will be leased by the gov-
to white stockmen for similar
purposes.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-19
Holds Up Expense Bills
Of Senator Board Member

Pierre. S. D., April 14.-Holding that
1T is not legal to receive compensation
as, and be a state senator, and at he
same time receive payment for expenses
incurred in being a member of the
board Of agriculture, has caused State
Auditor Handlin to hold up payment
on a voucher presented by Senator
Isaac Lincoln, OF Aberdeen. MI. Lincoln
being also a member of the board of
agriculture. The question is purely a
technical one-and will undoubtedly be
definitely tried out in the courts. There
is no salary attached to the office of
being a member of the board of agri-
culture, and only travelling expenses,
etc, connected with the work are al
lowed, and consequently the provision
of the constitution which in. effect pr
vides that n annot hold two poSi-
tions Of state at the same time, which
are lucrative may not apply in this
case.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-04-19
Spring Wheat Seeding
Is Advanced in Dakota

Sioux Falls, S. ID. April 13.-Spring
h seeding became general with
the farmers of South Dakota today and
will be hustled to completion as speed
lily as possible. Owing to the prospect
of a continuance of high prices the
wheat acreage throughout the state
will be greatly increased.
YANKToN-At the seth annual meeting
OF Christ church parish, held Easter eve
ming, a vestry was elected as follows.
Judge :. A. Boyles, senior warden; G.. F
junior warden; v%estrymen,
II. CoAhead. J. A.. Danforth, Harold
.dmunds. Austin Larrabee, M. P. OIL
man, lr., j. w. Summers and A. w. West
hoene. Delegates to the annual conyoca-
uon OF the church, to be held at Aber-
deem, June 2, 3 and a, were Mrs. e. T..
White, j. L. Coxhead and Charles Smith.
oESMET-The champion South Dakota
hog. so far as the record price received is
concerned, was marketed by r. L. Hay
enga, a farmer of this (Kingsbury coun.
ty. The hog weighed 600 pounds and
brought $S4.50. 1t is believed this is the
highest price ever paid for a single hog
in South Dakota.
HIGHMORTI-The member of the H..
cal chautauqua association, at their an.
nual business meeting, have elected the
following officers for the coming wear.
President. A.. Derck; vice president, J.
Ringer; secretary. l.. B. Huston: treas
urer, Joh r. Perkins. This years chan.
ta,qua will commence June 90.
oLDHAM-G. b. Leonard, a well known
newspaper a has become editor and
publisher of the Oldham Register, hav.
ing purchased the paper from r. L.. Jack.
son, who was connected with the Regis
ter for a period of Is or 20 years as pub
Usher n
PH1LIP-At the annual business meet
Ing Of the members of the local CONNER
cial club the following officers were elect
ed for the coming year: President, Ira 7.
WEIGH: secretary, Ned IA. Benedict; treas
urer, E. F.. Walden.
Observation-Disclosures township, TN
Ion county, boasts OF II healthy naSrs ~
twins born in the township and chaI-
sienges any other township in the state 10
make equally as Kood q showing in this
line
MISREPRESENTATION havessbeen 6,na;
with the county fair managers by the
teachers n other educators OF Brook
tngs county asking that more room Ia
provided for county school exhibits on the
county fair grounds.
HOWARD-Found wandering IN ~.
open prairie, Mrs. Johanna Magnussen
aged Is, OfsCarthage, was rough befora
The county board of insanity in this citv
and ordered sent to the state hospital for
thei insane at Yankton.
yERMILIoN-The return of student.
Of other days will he a feature or com
mer,eement week at the University of
South Dakota. A good time awaits ina
alumni on the Cosote8canlpus during COM
mencement week.
cARTHAGE-At fhe annual election a.
Aprilsl7, the voters of Carthage VIM have
submitted TO them the question OF author-
ixing the leyySesn1 mill tax Tor the sun
port of 4 municipal band.