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, 1917-08-09
DENVER WOMAN
GAINS 80 POUNDS
Tried Every Medicine Recon-
mended But Couldn't Get
Any Relief.
ALMOST LOST HOPE
Declares She Feels Better Now Than
For Many Years Since TanIao
Has Overcome Her Troubles.

1 nav actuaiiy gained thirty
Epounds and In ieeing stronger anu
better tnan l nave IN years" saio MRS.
Anna 'uiiota OF o.<S Lipen street,
Denver ooio.' recentiy.
"for several years, contnued MIS-
Vuiiota' nave sullerea WIN my s.om
acn. L got 50 couiuh1 eat anything
put wnat wouid sour, ano the gas
woulu rise up INTO my CHEST anu throat
, 1917-08-09
Dried Green Peas.

with a sharp knife, taking care not to
cut Off pieces of the cob. Spread thin
ly on trays, and place in position to
dry. Stir occasionally until dry.
(b) Boil or steam on the cob eight
to ten minutes to set the milk. To
improve flavor a teaspoonful of salt
to a gallon of water may be used.
Drain well and cut corn from cob,
using a very sharp and flexible knife.
Cut grains fine, only half way down
to the cob, and scrape out the re-
mainder of grain, being careful not to
scrape off any Of the chaff next to the
cob. Dry from three to four hours at
ITO degrees to 145 degrees Fahren-
heit. When field corn is used, good,
plump roasting-ear stage is the proper
degree of ripeness. A pound of dried
corn per dozen ears is an average
yield.
(c) The corn may be dried in the
sun. Dry in oven ten to fifteen min.
utes, and finish drying in the sun. Sun
drying, of course, is not satisfactory
in moist weather.
Pack in cartons or boxes for a few
days to condition"
Lima Beans.
Lima beans can be shelled from the
pod and dried. If gathered before ma.
turity when young and tender, wash
and blanch from FIVE to ten minutes.
Length of time for b%lanching depends
upon size and maturity of beans. Re
, 1917-08-09
Sliced eeets In Tray, Ready for Drying.

Sliced Beets In Tray, Ready for Drying.
o surface moisture and dry from
three to three and one-half hours at
same temperature as string beans.
Peppers.
(a) Peppers may be dried by split
ting on n side, removing seed, dry.
Ing in the air, and finishing the dry
ing in the drier at 40 degrees Fahren.
heit. A more satisfactory method is
to place peppers in biscuit pan in oven
and heat until skin blisters, or to
steam peppers until skin softens, peel,
split In half, take out seed, and dry
at ITO degrees to 140 degrees Fahren-
heit. In drying thick-1eshed peppers
like the pimento, do not increase heat
too quickly, but dry slowly and even
ly.
(b) Small varieties of red peppers
may be spread in the sun until wilted
and the drying finished in the drier,
or they may be dried entirely In the
sun.
(c) Peppers often are dried whole.
If they r large they can be strung
on stout thread; If small, the whole
plant can be hung up to dry.
Spinach and Parsley.
Spinach that is in prime condition
of greens should be prepared by care
full washing and removing the leaves
from the roots. Spread the leaves on
trays to dry thoroughly. Sliclng will
greatly facilitate drying.
Parsley should be treated in the
same way as spinach.
Herbs.
Celery tops, parsley, mint, sage, and
herbs Of all kinds need not be
blanched, but should be washed well
and dried in the sun or in the drier.
These are good for f~iavoring soups.
purees. gravies. omelets. etc.
, 1917-08-09
These Potato Strings Have Been
Cooked, Passed Through Meat
Grinder Used In Ordinary Homes.

SooNCop FdSSco tHEOd8H WCdt
Grinder Used In Ordinary Homes.
thermometer a be suspended in the
drier. If a thermometer is not used,
the greatest care should be given to
the regulation of the heat. The tenn
perature in the drier rises rather
quickly and the product may scorch
unless close attention is given. The
reason sun drying is popularity be-
Heved to give fruits and vegetables
a sweeter flavor lies probably in the
fact that in the u they are
%scorched, whereas in the owe or over
a stove %scorching is likely to occur
unless careful attention is given them.
Drying OF certain products car be
completed In some driers within two
or three hours. The time required for
drying vegetables varies. However, it
can be determined easily by a little
experience on the part of the person
doing the drying. The material should
be stirred or turned several times dur
ing the drying in order to secure a
uniform product.
The ability to Judge accurately as
to when fruit has reached the proper
condition for removal from drier can
be gained only by experience. When
sufficiently dried it should be so dry
that 1t is impossible to press water
out of the freshly cut ends of the
pieces, and will not show any of the
natural grain Of the fruit on being
broken, and yet not SO dry that 1t will
snap or crackle. 1t should be leathery
and pliable.
Evaporation Of Moisture.
When freshly cut fruits or vege-
tables are spread out they immediate
ly begin to evaporate moisture into
the air around them, and If in a closed
, 1917-08-09
must be dried uniformly through and

must De dried uniformly through anu
through.
1t will be found advisable also to
condition" practically all dried vege-
tables and fruits. This is best done
In a small way by placing the mate
rial in boxes and pouring 1t from one
box into another once a day for three
or four days, so as to mix 1t thor
oughly and give to the whole mass an
ven degree of moisture. II the mate
rial is found to be too moist, 1t should
be returned to the drying trays for a
short drying.
Directions for Drying.
Many of the products for which d.
rections r given here may be dried
either with or without preliminary
blanching. In such cases both meth
DDS are described. Alternative meth
DDS are designated by letters.
Sweet Corn.
Only very young and tender corn
should be used for drying, and 1t
should be prepared at once after gath
ering.
(a) Cook in boiling water two to
FIVE minutes. long enough to set the
milk. Cut the kernels from the cob
, 1917-08-09
Saxon Motor Car Corporation, Detroit
The True Word.

Two elderly New York clubmen who
have retired spend much of their time
gazing out upon the Fifth avenue
throngs from their leather rest chairs
at u club lounge window.
Charles B. Towns was seated near
them the other day. A very stunning
woman of middle age passed in u
handsome turnout.
81 wonder how old she isl" said one.
"Woman is as old as she looks" was
the reply.
There was a pause. "And man is
not old until he quits looking" said
the first-and both resumed their gaz-
ing.
, 1917-08-09
Didn't Seem to Be "Free" Seeds.

An Indiana congressman recently
made a liberal distribution of free
seeds. sending them to his constitu-
ents in franked envelopes on which ap-
peared the regular warning, penalty
for private use, $780," says the Indian
apolis News. A few days later one of
his supporters wrote:
81 don't know what to do about those
garden seeds you SEN me. I notice
1t is $500 fine for private Use. 1 don't
want to use them for the public. i
want to plant them in my private gar
den. 1 can't afford to pay $500 for the
privilege. Won't you see If you can
fix 1t so 1 can use them privately? I
am a law-abidlng citizen. and do not
want to commit a crime"
, 1917-08-09
Dried Snap Beans Which Were Sliced
Before Drying.

box will very soon saturate the air
with moisture. This will slow down
the rate of drying and lead to the
formation of molds. If a current of
dry air is blown over them continual
ly, the water in them Will evaporate
steadily until they are dry and crisp.
Certain products, especially raspber-
ries, SHOULD not be dried hard, because
If too much moisture Is removed from
them they will not resume their orig
inal form when soaked in water. On
the other hand, the material must be
dried sufficiently or 1t will not keep,
but will mold. Too great stress can
not be laid upon this point. This does
not mea that the product must be
baked or s%corched, but simply that 1t
, 1917-08-09
CARE FOR YOUR SKIN
And Keep It Clear by Daily Use Of
Cuticura-Triai Free.

A hot bath with Cuticura Soap fol-
lowed by a gentle amounting with Cuti-
cura Ointment clears the skin or scalp
In most cases of eczemas, rashes and
itching Of children and adults. Make
Cuticura your everyday toilet prepara-
tons and prevent such troubles.
Free sample each by mall with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
, 1917-08-09
Her Idea.

Wifey-James. make "A little garden
for me in the back yard.
Hubby-Going into amateur garden
ing?
Wifey-Yes; l get some bird seed
and I'm going to try to raise canarles.
, 1917-08-09
Wise Precaution.

Visitor-When writing about China
do you refer to It as a republic or a
monarchy?
Editor-Always the opposite to
what 1t is at the moment. It's bound
to be the other by the time the ar
ticles gets into print.
, 1917-08-09
An ApoIouy.

Are you not ashamed to use pol
soned arrows?
Tn doing the best 1 can in my linn
Tied way" whimpered the savage. "Of
course, poisoned arrow only get 'em
one at a time. But we lack the me-
chanical facilities for wholesale opera
lions with U-boats."
, 1917-08-09
Wise Caddie.

Green Golfer Ito caddie)-What are
you looking there for? l must have
driven 1t 80 yards farther than that.
Diplomatic Caddie-Yes, sir; but
sometimes they hit a stone and bounce
back a terrible distance, sir.
, 1917-08-09

The worlds normal yield Of the six
great cereals ranges from 10000, 0O0, 600
to 100000, 900 bushels.
, 1917-08-09
In Fat Berth.

Towne-No; Grafton doesn't work at
all now.
Browne-He doesn't2 Why, when I
knew him he seemed to be a young
man with considerable push.
Towne-AIl that's changed now He's
a young man with considerable pull
and doesi't have to work.-Catholic
Standard and Times.
, 1917-08-09
Tho Ambitious Bride.

mo AMBITIOUS Bride.
Bill-Hellol Home from your hon
eymoon trip already7
.Gill-Oh, yes.
Rather short, wasn't it2"
"Oh, yes. My new wife seemed rath-
er anxious to get home and try her
cooking On me-"
, 1917-08-09

A wise bachelor never tells a girl
she is pretty in the presence of her
rival.
, 1917-08-09

Don't talk too much; a stlff upper
jaw is as useful as a stlff upper lip.
, 1917-08-09
When Your Eyes Need Care
Try Murine Eye Remedy

No SmArting = Just Rye Comfort 30 cents 81
MURINE EYE REMEDY co., CHICAGO
, 1917-08-09

Southern states yearly produce
1,450,000 pounds of ~cottonseed oil.
, 1917-08-09

Baking powder causes bread to rise,
but gunpowder will raise it quicker.
, 1917-08-09

Red Gross Bag Blue. much better, goes
farther than liquid blue. Get from any
grocer. Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20
MerchantS Make Statement Re-
garding Dollar Day.
Big Merchandising Event To
Be Held Friday, Oct. 26.
BIGGER THAN EYER BEFORE
Cooperation Keynote Among
All Firms of the City.
Dollar Day TO Be n Regular
Semi-AnnuaI Feature.

tDollar Day has been formally an
nounced to all residents of Topeka, to
the country districts and towns within
a radius of seventy-five miles of To-
pelSa. designating Friday, October 90,
as the big semi-annual merchandising
event of Topeka.
The publicity concerning Dollar Day
r. being directed by the secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce and d
committee of business men. ThoI-
oughness and special preparation for
the big day marks every action I ken
by those in charge. In every Ftore
plans are now being formulated to
make this Dollar Day the moSt sue
cessful in the business history of the
city
Bright new stocks of seasonabie
merchandise are being received and
arranged ready for inspection and
selections. and prices are being sched-
uled In harmony with increasing the
value of the dollar on Friday, Octo-
Der 26
Dollar Day has been scheduled this
heaviest buying is being done. when ii
ing power of a dollar. Further an
nouncements will be made from time
to time concerning Dollar Day, in fact
those face to face with the problem Of
supplying family and household neces-
sites will read with growing interest
the special offerings which will be
made by Topeka business houses be-
tween now and Friday, October 26.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20
Movement To Organize 2 Mill
lion Musicians in U. S.
Don't Get Recognition They
Should, Says mr.. Freund.
LOTS OF REFORMING ON TAP
Give Real Talent a Chance and
Weed Out Takers.
Finally, Have Ministry of Fine
Arts in NATL Govt.

Baltimore. Md. Oct 2O.-A ma
tional league; the purpose of which
is to organize the 2 100000 of persons
in the United States who are directly
interested in the musical life of the
country, was launched here today.
Announcement of the aims and scopt
of the league was made by John C
Freund, of New York, at a meeting
of the City club.
do you realize said Mr. Freund.
that there are in this country today,
at a modest calculation. over 1000, 900
people resourceful, intelligent, cul-
tured, who are earning a living in the
musical world or in the musical indus
triess This country spends annually
on music and for musical instruments
the astounding sum of $500 coo, 600 a
year. But with all this do not get
the recognition that they should.
Put Music ON Higher Basis.
THE time now has come to put the
entire musical world, including the
industries, the church music, the music
of the people, the public school music,
the music of the symphony orches-
tras, the music of the concert hall, on
a sounder, indeed on a higher basis,
by the establishment of a great league
which shall centralize all the forces
now working for the uplift, which
shall include not only the greatest
among the music world and the music
lovers, but even the humblest, a league
which I have reason to believe will
number among its members within a
few months hundreds of thousands
who will work for the recognition of
music as one of the great ennobling,
civilizing forces in our human life.
The new league will work for the
introduction OF music into the pub
lie schools, with proper musical in
struments, which today they lack
ITO cause municipalities, like Bal
timore, to devote some of their funds
not alone for the sustenance of SYM
phony orchestras, but for music for
the people in the parks and the piers
in the summer, and in the school au-
ditoriurls in the winter
To Encourage Home Talent.
ITO give encoura cement to our
home talent, when it is worthy, as
they do in France, in Germany, in
Italy even in Industrial England.
ITO stand squarely against the
ridiculous prejudice for everything
foreign, whether it has merit or not
ITO encourage our composers 10y
giving them chance to be heard; to
do som ething to curb the frauds and
fakes in the music teaching world, and
so reduce an evil which has long cried
to Heaven for adjustment.
THE league will urge musicians
music teachers, piano men, music deal
ers, to greatly increase their appro-
priations for advertising in the press
purely as a matter of self-interest
Finally the lea que will work fol-
the establishment of d national con
| servatory of music and for the estab-
lishment of a ministry of fine arts as
an important and much needed factor
in our national government. They
have such a ministry in every Euro
pean capital Shall we be behind the
Old World 2"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20
The MIDDLE West
viii Soon See Opening of Num-
Der Modern Hotels.
Five Structures of North Amer
lean Co. Under Way.

According to a recent announce
ment of the North American Hotel
company rapid Roadway is being
made with construction work on MANY
fine buildings which this company has
under way and according to this an
nouncement-at least four of these
buildings will be completed and ready
to take care of great volume of
commercial travellers who will start
out with their spring samples next
year.
The reinforced concrete framework
of-the Hotel North American" at
Grand Island, Neb., which is to be a
fine fireproof building-ten stories
high, is completed. The concrete roof
of this building was poured early this
week.
The reinforced concrete framework
of the fine new building at Hampton,
Iowa, has been completed for some
time and builders are rushing outside
work SO as to have this building en-
closed If possible, by NOVemb Der LIST.
At Kearney, Neb., seven story no.
tel North American" protrudes high
above any building there-and brick
walls are going up at rapid pace.
At Scottsbluff, Neb., rapid Roadway
is being made with reinforced concrete
work for fine absolutely fire-proof
six story hotel North American" and
outside walls are being carried up as
the beginning of one of the greatest
business enterprises in this section, for
1t is definitely known that this big
corporation plans on extending its ser
vice thruout the entire middle west
According to Arthur w. Gross and
William L. johnson, local representa-
tives of the North American hotel
company here in Topeka, it will only
be a short time before work will be
commenced on this companys hotel
site at the corner of Kansas avenue
and Ninth street
In fact, the work being done by this
company in the middle west at the
present time is one of the biggest and
most important developments which
has evolved out of the wonderful era
of business expansion which has come
to the middle west as a result of this
sections great and constantly increas-
ing prosperity; and according to many
prominent middle west business men
who are intereted financially in this
company the big things which are be-
ing done by this company in the hotel
business are simply a precursor of a
number of big things which are go
ing to be done in this favored section
in other lines of business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20
ALLEN SELLS TO SERVE
Topeka Young Man Denied Exemption
From Draft.

The district appeal board has de-
MED an exemption for Allen Sells, of
Topeka. grandson of the late Allen
owner of the Sells Brothers circus,
so famous a generation ago Sells
sought exemption on a dependency
ground, but his claim was rejected
by the appeal board
Under the record in the case, it
was shown that Sells owns 800 acres
of land near Tecumseh He has an
income of $3.50 month, it was
shown, and the appeal board declared
Selis's wife and baby were not en-
tirely dependent on his services al
home for support. A claim by Sells
to the effect that he had contracted
to furnish goo cords of wood for Fort
Riley environments, did not win re-
lief The appeal board indicated that
Sells might find another person to
superintend the cutting and hauling
of the wood
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20
SHORTAGE OF LABOR
Loss in Kansas Unless More Men Can
Be Found Mercer Says.

Joseph H. Mercer. state livestock
commissioner. states that reports from
nearly every county in Kansas go TO
show that the state will suffer a big
loss in the harvesting of the forage
crops and a considerable shortage of
wheat acreage next year due to the
shortage of labor
1T has been practically impossible"
said Mr.. Mercer, ito get wheat in
Theseareports are from at least 103 of
the los counties of the. state, and are
in answer to our inquiries sent to the
members OF the association They in
dictate a normal crop of feed and the
supply of cattle about normal. but also
indicate that Kansas viii be 40 per
cent short on her hog supply.
Cholera is reported from several
counties in the eastern section of the
state. While the situation is not really
so bad as usual at this time of the
year. the Importance Of food conserve
ton makes IL especially serious"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20
WRITE, GIRLS, WRITE!
Two Lonely Sergeants at Camp Cody
Want to Correspond.

Two sergeants, heads bowed in sad
ness, wandered to and fro on the Dor
der Of Camp Deming, looking visit
fully towards the mountains only a
few miles away. Nature was there
and, nature in her saddest aspects
pressed on the slow tired minds Of the
two sergeants- There was only mil
itary life for them. It was the hard,
heartless, strict and uneventful life
of two soldiers They longed for news
from home, from kinder hearts and
from trusting women.
Trusting women!" and they sighed.
They both looked across the valleys.
They were lonesome They wanted a
/ touch of the life at home, surrounded
by companions with whom they had
mingled since childhood In the very
Shapes or the mountains figures of
old friends were perceived. These
two sergeants wandered still further
around the border of the camp and
IN the darkening shadows of night,
they realized that what they wanted
was a girl. 1t was a radiant i1Ibi-
liant thought. girl!
Inspired by the happy thought they
sent brief letter to the mayor OF To-
! peka, asking that the girls of the city
be asked to correspond with them and
tighten their saddened lives with the
old time jovial spooning that they
had enjoyed before going to war The
mayor is now out of town and knows
] turns and is impressed with the Woe
full plight of the two sergeants at
4 Camp Dening he may mail a city di-
rectory to the two social lights who
are hungry for the scratch of fem
ninity.
i Following is the letter received this
morning by the mayor:
+ Public Correspondence Table at Cafnu
Cody. Deining, New Mexico Oct. L..
Mayor Topeka, Kansas:
Dear Sir: Down here at Camp Cody
there are two sergeants that are pretty
+ lonesome and would like to hear from a
7 couple of girls who would like to CORE
spond with a couple Of army men
As it is when girls were given out we
4 were absent and lost out on our share,
and now we have to suffer the conse-
quences.
Now if You viii just slip this news to
] some tneNspaTer) man we win sure thank
/ you for your trouble.
Hoping that this gets in the right hands
we remain yours truly
SERGEANT OLIVER F. COLE.
SERGEANT RALPH L. ARNOLD.
Camp Cody. Deming, New Mexico.
! Care 1O9th Engineers. Co. f.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20
Capital City Wins Laurels at
Two State Conventions.
Garbage System Endorsed by
Kansas Municipal League.
WICHITA MAY ADOPT PLkl
Local Nursing Association Sur
passes Those in Other Cities.
Tuberculosis Clinic Maintained
Here Is Commended.

Topeka registered two records in the
past week as far as city administra-
lions go Commissioners Porter
won recognition as one of the most
progressive commissioners in the state
by review ing his hog raising" plan of
garbage disposal at the annual con-
vention of League of Kansas Munich
paIities in Wichita this week. His de
partment of public health also won
honorable mention a the meeting.
Wichita, now under the city man
ager plan of government, declared
that the Topeka method Of conserving
the city's waste would undoubtedly be
worked OUT in that city. As for pub
lie health, practically every city mem
Der of the League Of Kansas Munich
palities promised TO get busy on a
better city" campaign next year.
Good Topeka Nurses.
The second record attained by To-
peka was thru its Public Health Nurs-
ing association. In other cities the
work is years and years behind the
Topeka association, according to Miss
Louisa Duncan Shatfer, head of the
local association.
The Public Health Nursing associa-
ton of Kansas City is far below To-
peka as far as actual accomplish
ments are concerned as well as in Of
flee equipment, supervision and train
ipg.
Look After Tuberculars
Seventeen nurses are employed by
the Kansas City association which has
been established twenty-five years,
while Miss Shaffer S staff includes
seven nurses and has been established
less than three years. No tubercu-
losis clinic is maintained in Kansas
City while IN Topeka that department
is one of the main features. In To-
peka last month fifty-six patients
were treated for tuberculosis while
the work in Kansas City is barely
started. Miss Shaffer declares.
From the reports read at the an
nual convention of the public health
nursing associations of the state at
Pittsburg this week, Topeka ranks at
the head for efficiency and for field
OF work. Other Kansas towns have
started on the work but none have
equalled Topeka in actual work done.
Both of these records We're won al
state conventions during the last
week. Delegates from Topeka attend
ed both conventions and by compare
son with ether Kansas cities Topeka
ranks at the top in progressivenes
and efficiency