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who has the same advantage over the
ordinary aspirant to kitchen honors
that Kubelik had from birth over the
little girl next door.
He was not a man of education in
the ordinary acceptance Of the word
but he was a first-class Army cook. On
scraps of wrapping paper or old bills
he kept copy of every recipe he had
ever tried. These were edited by Col.
Holbrook. then in command at Fort
called Methods of Handling Army Ra-
tions." which has developed into the
Manual for Army Cooks the text
book in the Army schools for cooks and
bakers started in 1900 by Commissary
General Sharpe. now quartermaster gen.
eral And a perusal of its contents. after
sampling the results of it's counsel,
leaves one little sympathy with the
words fitted years ago to the bugler' S
regular mess call:
Soupie. soupie. soupie.
Without single bean,
Coffee, coffee coffee.
Without drop of cream,
fiegie, piggie, piggie,
Without streak o lean.
There is legend to the effect tnat
there are several amusing musical dia-
tribes against the Army food, but ques-
tioning of officers and men at the
Washington Barracks School does not
reveal them. One sergeant-one of the
three 'non-c CONS in line for their COM
missions-said that when the food was
bad the men got the growf and
wouldn't sing at ALL and when it was
good they felt fine and sang the pref
tiest songs they knew"
1t is rather heartening to think that
the men can have the same food in
the field as they do in barracks. This
is accomplished by the bakeries, which
are portable, easily taken down and set
up. and by the very remarkable roll
ing Kitchens" which cook a meal as
the Army marches. having lunch or
supper ready wIfen the order comes to
pitch camp. There are several model
of this rolling kitchen, some more in
tricate than others and some very much
more substantial than others. The gov
ernment has ordered a large number OF
a model which weighs 5000 pounds
All of these kitchens have stoves for
burning oil and also arrangements for
the use of coal or wood. One model, OF
which the government has ordered a
great many, has two double boilers
where oatmeal, for instance. may be
cooked as the big stove on wheels trails
on supply wagon or truck. Also there
are direct-heat boilers where coffee
may be made. or one of the many de-
licious stews, the familiar Irish, the
savory 'El Rancho" Containing every
delectable American stew, invented on
the Mexican border and the first ia
vorite at Sammie's table.
There is also an oven where a roast
may be brought to a turn. and, as a
surprise to you. a big smooth plate
where hapjacks come to life. One
kitchen win feed 200 men. q war
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ARMY BREAD BAKERS AT WORK.

ARMY BREAD BAKERS AT WORK.
three men to operate it at its maximum
capacity.
Trailing each kitchen is a flreless
cooker with four large compartments.
tin receptacles At either the stove or
the fireless department and can be
transferred without the bother of emp
tying of food from one vessel to an
other.
There are now four regular schools
for Army cooks-at Fort Sam Houston,
TEX; Fort Riley. Kan: Monterey, Cal,
and Washington barracks. The new
cantonments will increase these schools
many fold 1t takes about four months
of rigorous instruction to make
frst-class Army cook. but under the
intensive method the cantonment cook
will be educated in half this time.
Oddly enough, the fact that a man
has had previous experience is more
apt TO be a hindrance than help.
and there is great deal in his natural
endow wment.
Take. for instance, the Army Irish
stew. 1t is far removed from the dull
washday dish which answers to that
name. in most households. The vege
tables are tender and favorous; the
meat Ground steak) is very delicious.
because it is properly cooked, and the
gravy-it's thick. but not thickening.
and vegetable flavorings skillfully ac-
cented with spices that there is
justi1able temptation to wipe the last
bit of it from the plate with piece
of the excellent Army bread.
To the average cook and housewife
this bread is very remarkable. for it
is made without milk and without
lard. When you see it going into ac-
tion in the Toured hands of a squad of
bakers your comment is that the short
ening is ''elbow grease, for it is
worked until the dough is perfectly
smooth They "cut 1t over five times,
which takes about forty-five minutes
of hard working-so hard no mixing
machine is strong enough to do the
work.
The most difficult thing to teach the
student bakers or slick ears" as they
are called. is the shaping of loaf
This must be uniform. as there must
always be twelve pounds. divided into
six equal loaves, in a pan. The recipe
for batch of bread calls for 200
pounds flour, four pounds sugar, four
pounds salt, one and one-half pounds
yeast and thirteen and one-quarter
gallons of water The bakery at WASH
ington barracks turns out $500 pounds
day. and every man gets his pound.
* x
There are many very delicious and
exceedingly efficient recipes in the
Manual sfor Army Cooks, and Uncle
Sam gives his boys all three of their
excellent meals for an average of 40
cents a day. II the economy of the
Army kitchen could be brought into
all American homes we would hear lit
tie of food conservation. for the utiliza-
tion OF every edible molecule is moth
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

HOW TO TELL THE BIRDS FROM
THE FLOWERS; And Other Wood
Cuts. A revised manual of fiornf-
thology for beginners. Verses and
Illustrations by Robert Williams
Wood. New York: Duffield & Co.
E. Rhodes, I'd. New York: The
Macmillan Company.
WHAT EVERY MAN AND WOMAN
SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE
BIBLE. BY Sidney c. Tapp, Phi. B..
author of The Truth About the
Bible" etc. Kansas City: Published
by the author.
WHEN THE HIGHBROW JOINED
THE OUTFIT. BY Nina Wilcox Put
nam and Norman Jacobsen. New
York: Duffield & Co.
cape n Higher Cost OF Living. BY
Alfred w. McCann, member Ameri-
can Association Of Clinical Research.
author of Starving America" etc.
New York: George H. Doran Com
pany-
THE TYPOGRAPHY OF ADVERTISE.
MENTS THAT PAYy How to Choose
and Combine Type Faces. Engfav-
fngs and All the Other Meehanlcal
Elements of Modern Advertisenent
Construction. By Gilbert p. Farrar.
New York: d. Appleton & Co.
TRENCH WARFARE. BY Maj. James
A. Moss, U. S. A. Menasha, Wis.s
George Banta Publishing Company
TRAINING FOR THE TRENCHES, A
Vickers. late lieutenant Seaforth
Highlanders, etc. New York: George
H. Doran Company.
OUTING HANDBOOKs-wOOD
FOR WOMEN. BY Kathrene G.
Pinkerton. New York: Outing Pub
fishing Company.
COVER THE TOP, BY an American
soldier who went. Arthur Guy En-
pey. machine gunner, serving in
France, together with Tommy's die
tionary of the trenches. Sixteen IL
lustrations and diagrams. New
York: G. p. Putnams Sons.
THE MAGIC OF SCIENCE; A Book Of
Scientific Amusementa which Can
BE Performed with Simple Appar-
thor of ''The Book of wireless" etc.
Illustrated. New York: Fleming
H. Revell Company.
POEMS. By Ralph Hodgson. New
York: The Macmillan Company
THE MODERN MILK PROBLEM, In
Sanitation, Economics and Agricul-
ture. By J. Scott MacNutt. lecturer
on public health service in the Mas
sachusetts Institute OF Technology,
author of "A Manual for Health Of
ficers." New York: The Macmillan
Company.
DIRECT-METHOD PHYSICAL DEvEL-
OPMENT; Application Of Direct
Methods in Acquiring Nerve Force
and Muscle Force, Combining In
structions in Full Respiration and
Interior Exercises Of the Abdomen.
By Claus Seltz. illustrated New
York: r. F. Fenno & Co. Washing
ton: Woodward & Lothrop.
MY MOTHER AND I. BY E. c. Stern.
With foreword by Theodore Roose-
welt. New York: The Macmillan
Company.
PINCHER MARTIN. O. D., A story OF
the Inner Life Of the Royal Navy.
By Taffrail" author OF Garry On"
etc. illustrated by C. Fleming viii
liams. Boston: Houghton Miflin
Company.
HARVEY MILITARY sERIES-FIELD
ENTRENCHMENTS, American Eaf-
tiOn. By an engineer officer Of the
imperial British general staff. Edited
by Capt. E. ]. Solano. Preface by
Maj. John c. Macarthur, U. S. A.
New York: George U. Harvey.
IN A WORLD AT WAR. By
pal Theological School. Cambridge,
Mass. New York: Tho Macmillan
Company.
HALF HOURS WITH THE IDIOT. ~
John Ksndrfck BangA Boston:
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Evening star., 1917-10-14

BY
SEWELL FORD

double loop Jean jumped that livsly
little mustang before she nnely
brought him up all standin'. and vault.
ed over the front to grab him by the
bits.
you would. would you. you little
imp?" says she, pattin' him on the
nose soothin'.
Meanwhile. willin' and reverent hands
was unloadin' what was left OF the
ladies' watrous and helpin' 'em into
the house, where smellif' salts and ex-
ira hair pins could be applied.
was on the spot when Sadie hurries
back to where Jean Is still pettin' tho
mustang.
why. Jean-' says she. Whatever
made you do such a thing as that?'
I'm sure 1 don't know says Jean.
smilin' satisfied. "unless-unless ! knew
they needed 1t so badly. The silly old
frumps, II you only knew how have
ached to jar them out of their stupid,
complacent arrogance! How they have
got on my nerves with their peacock
manners. their fussy ways and their
til I simply couldn't stand another mo-
ment of It; and then" Jean breaks
Off with chuckle. Il don't care
rap" she adds.
But what about Courtney?" asks
Sadie. What will he think"
Look" says /, pointin' over TO
bench. "I'll give you two guesses az
to what Courtney thinks"
sallow face of his could wear such 9
grin. And he's wipin' tears out of his
eyes. like he'd been laughin' until he
had cried. He is just startin' over to-
ward us.
Really" says he. 81 never saw any
thing so funny in my life, If you could
have seen mothers face as she went
around those curves. And Aunt Cor
nelia, with her hat over her eyes. Oh.
IT was rich, And you. Jean. you were
Cra1oV IfYV, a
That's it; you were the goddess Diana
And II think you are a wonderful
girl. II wish I could always"
Then he breaks off. right in the mid
die of What he's sayin'. and bushes
until he's pink clear down the back of
his neck.
The poor fish had just remembered
that he wasn't talkin' to Jean alone In
the moonlight: that is. if he knew he
was talkin' at all. My guess is that
he'd been rushed off his feet and had
simply babbled right out.
Anyway, it seems to make a hit with
Jean. She pinks up grateful Here
was some one she hadn't scared to
was strong for her. big as she was.
Thank you, Courtney says she.
takin' him gentle by the arm and lead
in him off to one side. You were say
haps l should understand IL you played
it to me on the VIOLIN
'H-m-m-n" says Sadie. as we
watches 'em stroll off arm in arm.
Can you beat that" says l. "She
wants him to play it to her on the vio-
lin, Q you Susie Sourdimple fryin' the
mush. I'll bet, though. she's as good
as got him roped and branded"
Which was my first straight hunch
about Jean.
Il was all settled before they came
back from that stroll.
Just imagine" says Sadie. Those
two
Il expect it's a case" says, !, "of
likin' what you amt. Oh. YES. old
stuff. know. but always surprisin'
And l hope I'm around when Reney
hears. Rub, rub for Reney. She's
pulled the impossible"
Copyright. 1917. by sewell Ford,
tary academy up to the present war
An abundant use Of excellent pictures
supplements the text An appendix
contains budget of practical infor-
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Reviews of New Books

MY FOUR YEARS IN GERMANY. By
James w. Gerard, late ambassador
to the German imperial court. IL
lustrated. New York: George H.
Doran Company.
Evening star., 1917-10-14

In fact. large majority of the good
and fine points in Uncle Sans daily
menu for his fighters is due to an old
commissary sergeant of Fort Riley
His name was Dunno. and he was
one Of those born to the griddle,"
Evening star., 1917-10-14
Copyright. 1917. by sewell Ford,

tary academy up to the present war.
An abundant use Of excellent pictures
supplements the text. An appendix
contains a budget of practical infor-
nation and direction. A foreword by
Gen. Hugh L. Scott rounds the book
into very complete survey of sub
Ject with which this writer possesses
an extended and intimate knowledge.
Evening star., 1917-10-14

r. GERARD'S new book is ad-
dressed to the whole Amer
lean people. Its direct and
immediate purpose is to put
into an everyday, general
Evening star., 1917-10-14

The purpose here Is to give a gener
ally readable account of the life of a
West Point cadet, in both the body and
the spirit of It's essential activities. In
manner. therefore. the book is informal
and free from a forbidding use of the
technic of military usage. An outline
covering the rise and growth of the
West Point military institution serves
as the historic background against
which Capt. Richardson projects. in
vivid and interesting detail, the col
lective and individual life of the cadet
himself Concretely, he follows the
life of the student to show the daily
processes by which both body and mind
are disciplined to the point where the
cadet responds automatically to any
impulse applied to the great military
machine of which he is one of the CO.
'ordinated parts. In a spirit of intimate
understanding. Capt. Richardson de-
scribes also those collective activities
which stand as the source and support
of the tradition Of West Point. There
is a most Interesting chapter analysing
the relation of this institution to the
various wars of the United States from
the time of the foundation Of the MILL
Macon beacon., 1917-06-08
CHAPTER TX.


At La Feria Alalre discovered that
the federal depredations had been even
greater than she had feared. Not only
had the soldiers taken Il great many
head of cattle, but they had practically
cleared the ranch of horses, leaving
scarcely enough with which to carry
on the work.
Life in the roomy, fortresslike adobe
house was pleasant enough. Alaire
welcomed the change In her daily life.
Everything about La Ferla was rest
fully un-Anerican, from the house It.
self, with its bare walls and floors, its
brilliantly towering patio, and Its
primitive kitchen arrangements, to the
black-shawled, barefooted Indian wom-
en- and their naked children rolling In
the dust. Even the timberless noun
tains that rose sheer from the west
ward plain into tumbling purple
shadowed rampant were Mexican. La
Feria was several miles from the rail-
road: therefore it could not have been
more foreign had 1t lain In the very
heart of Mexico rather than near the
northern boundary.
In such surroundings, and In spite OF
faint misgivings, 1t was not strange
that after few days, Alaire's unhap-
piness assumed a vaguely impersonal
ouolltv and that her life. for the mo-
ment, seemed DOT to be her own. Even
the thought of her husband, Ed Austin,
Macon beacon., 1917-06-08
Adlutant's office Is Rushed.

War has placed It's burden Of clerical
work on one office at the Mississippi
capitol. The duties at the office of
Adjutant General Scales have become
SO heavy that he added new stenog
rapher, Mrs. George A. Meadows, to
his force. Mrs. Ruth Torgerson has
served as an efficient stenographer In
this office for some time and Is being
assisted by Mrs. Meadows.
Much OF the detail work for regis
tration for selective draft was handled
through this office. In addition to
this, the work of raising regiment OF
artillery, a regiment OF infantry, a
squadron Of cavalry and few sepa'
rate companies has multiplied the du
ties of the office.
The government has already de
tailed under Major H. F. Applewhite.
native Mississippian, for duty at the
state headquarters. Only short time
ago, Capt. Richard Pickering, who has
done inspection duty for the United
States army In Mississippi previously
was ordered back to duty for the gov
ernment here.
Major Charles R. Dalby, chief quar-
termaster of the Mississippi Nationa
Guard, and Capt. J. R. Hairston, o
Gulfport, quartermaster department o
the National Guard, are also on full
duty with Gen. Scales.
Macon beacon., 1917-06-08
SUMNER SCHOOLSTARTS
HIGH COST OF LIVING GETS SWAT
BY TRUSTEES AND FACULTY
OF UNIVERSITY.
Many Students Are Enrolled for Sum
mer Term and Others Are Arriving
On Every Train-Speelal Rates Of
Board Granted.

University City.-ln spite OF the
high cost OF living, which has grown
more serious during the school year
lust ended, the boarding departments
of the University Of Mississippi have
been operated during the current year
at remarkably low cost to the stu
dents. According to figures just com
puted in the chancellor's office, board
has been this year as follows: Stu
dents cooperative boarding club, av-
erage per month, $11.20; Kicks Hall
for women, average per month, Sl1.64;
Gordon Hall boarding club, average
per month, $1303.
When the quality Of food and serv-
ice Is considered, the above figures
are a remarkable showing, and indi-
cate that the university is in earnest
about keeping expenses down during
war times and while the high cost Of
living is upon us. All the dining halls
will be modified another year, to
keep expenses down to the minimum,
and yet supply food Of sufficient quail
ity and quantity to meet physical and
mental needs.
| During the summer school and sum-
mer normal, which opened Monday,
June 4, and for which great prepara-
tions were made, board with excellent
table fare Is provided at Gordon Hall
at the rate Of $24 for the full term. or
at the rate Of S. by the week. In
boarding houses near the campus and
In the town OF Oxford, accommodation
may be had at rate ranging from
| So to $S per week.
Gordon Hall, Kicks Hall and the
dormitory between Gordon Hall ant
the Lyecum, were set apart for the
exclusive entertainment OF women
The other dormitories on the campu;
have been placed at the disposal o
men. An excursion rate Of a fare ant
third has been granted by all rail
roads of the state, excepting the Ala
bama Great Southern, and the New
Orleans Great Northern, and. eaci
student was instructed to take tn
agents receipt showing full fare pai'
one way, being then able to secure
return ticket for one-third fare. Pros
poets are good for large summe
school, and for full attendance upo
the state high school conference t
convene during the summer school.
Macon beacon., 1917-06-08
Eliza's Ambition.

"Tm eatin' my peck O trouble an no
mistake" exclaimed Mrs. Skewer to
her friend, Mrs. DObbs. "Wot wiv
Jimmie Jest 'ad measles an my usband
down why skyatticker. I've got quite
enough worry wivout Eliza wantin' to
leave 'ome."
"You don't mean to say sO!' ex-
claimed Mrs. Dobbs, sympathetically.
"DOes she want to go out to serviceT
Service! No, that she don't" re-
piled Mrs Skewer. "She's got quite
q different idea in 'er 'ead."
"Factory?" suggested her friend.
"NO, it amt the factory she's after!
may as we'll tell you, she's perspir-
Ing to the stage. That's wot she isP
emphatically exclaimed Mrs. Sweker,
IAN won't ave it"-London Tit
"its.
Macon beacon., 1917-06-08

order for the release Of Juan Garcia.
"The salvO conducto which will permit
Juan and his Inez and their JuanitO to
return to their farm Is being made
out" he explained. "Are you satis-
fiedT
Alaire looked up wonderingly. Il am
deeply grateful. You overwhelm me.
You area strange man."
"Dear lady, l live to serve you. Your
wish is my law. How can I prove 1t
further?"
The strained, throbbing silence that
followed Longorio's last words did
more to frighten the woman than had
his most ardent advances. He would
have fingered indefinitely over the
table, but Alaire soon rose to go, ex-
plaining:
II must finish my dlsagreeable task
now. so that can 60 home tomorrow"
Tomorrow her host cried In dis
may. "No, no! You must walt"
MY husband is expecting me-"
This statement was q blow; II
seemed to crush LongorlO, who could
only look his keen distress.
As they stepped out into the street,
in the gutter stood Inez Garcia with
her baby In her arms, and beside her
the ragged figure of young man,
evidently her Juan. The fellow was
emaciated, his face was gaunt and
worn and frightened, his feet were
bare even of sandals, the huge peaked
straw hat which he clutched over his
breast was tattered, and yet in his eye
t,'re was light.
They had waited patiently, these
Garcias, heedful of Longorios orders,
and now they burst into torrent OF
thanks. They flung themselves to
their knees and kissed the edge of
Alaires dress. General Longorio EN-
joyed this scene tremendously, and his
beaming eyes expressed the hope that
Alaire was fully satisfied with the mo-
= ment.
3 "They look very poor" said Alaire
and opened her purse; but Longoric
9 would not permit her to give. Extract
e ing large roll of paper money from
!. his own pocket, he tossed it, withou
e counting, to Juan, and then when thu
onlookers applauded, he loudly called
y to one of his officers, saying:
"Olga! Give these good friends o
II mine two horses, and see that they ar,
well cared for. Now, JUAN" he ad
4 dressed the dazed countryman II hav
n one order for you Every night Of you
a life you and your pretty wife must sa'
, prayer for the safety and happines
n of this beautiful lady who has induces
.s me to spare you. Do you promise?
y 1--WE promise!" eagerly cried tn
Il pair.
o "Good! See that you keep you
l. word. On the day that you forget fo
!. the first time Luis Longorio will com
to see you. And then what" II
N scowled at them fiercely.
g eve will not forget" the Garcia
"a chorused.
Macon beacon., 1917-06-08

day soon, Ell? When you tell your
husband what a friend l am, he would
be glad to see me. would he not?"
"Why-of course. But surely you
wouldn't dare"
"And why not? have made inqui-
ries, and they tell me Las Palmas is
beautiful, heavenly, and that you are
the one who transformed 1t. l believe
them. You have the power to trans
form all things, even mans heart
and soul. No wonder you are called
'The Lone STAR But wait, You will
see how constantly l think of you"
Longorio drew from his pocket several
photographs of the Austin ranchhouse.
"Where did you get thoser Alaire
asked in astonishment.
"Ahl My secret. See! They are
badly worn already, FOR | keep them
next to my bosom"
Macon beacon., 1917-06-08

and stayed four weeks but when ! came
home / would faint just the same and
had the same pains.
A friend who is nurse asked me to
try lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. began taking it that very day
for / was suffering great deal. 1t has
already done me more good than the
hospital. To anyone who is suffering
as was my advice is to stop in the first
drugstore and get bottle Of Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound before
YOU 20 home. Mrs. w. c. BROWN
2844 W. 18th St., Cleveland, Ohio.
Macon beacon., 1917-06-08
Answered.

"Pa, what is fund Of infOrma.
hon?" asked the kid who could ask
thousand dollars worth Of questions
per fiscal month.
"Oh, It's merely little collection
taken up occasionally to provide the
benighted heather with school books
and other superfuous paraphernalia,"
responded pa.
Macon beacon., 1917-06-08
Plans Fight on llIiteraey.

The Mississippi illiteracy commits
sion met at Jackson and formulated
plans for decreasing illiteracy in the
state. The commission was provided
for at the last session of the legisla-
ture, but the plans for the camapigr
in the state have never been complet'
ed. The commission will first work
through the normal schools of the
state in enlisting the teachers in aid
ing in the.work. W. F. Rond, superin'
tendent Of education, attended the
meeting.
Macon beacon., 1917-06-08

oflce OF the jefe de arriHs, sns saiu
81 saw a poor woman with baby-
she was scarcely more than a child
herself-whose husband Is in prison
Every day she comes to plead with the
jefe de armas for her husbands life.
But he will not see her. and the sol
diers only laugh at her tears"
"a common story! These women
and their babies are very annoying"
observed the general.
"She says that her husband is to
be shot"
VERY likely! Our prisons are full
Doubtless he is a bad man.
Cant you do s0metningT
"Eh?" Longorio lifted his brows In
the frankest inquiry.
THAT poor girl with her little, BARE
brown-eyed baby was pitlful." Alalre
leaned forward with an earnest appeal
In her face, and her host smiled.
$50? That Is how 1t is, eh? What Is
her name|
"Inez Garcia. The husbands name
Is Juan"
"Of course. These peladOrs are all
Juans. You would like to appear us
an angel of mercy, eh? Your heart Is
touched?"
"Deeply."
"Bastante! There Is no more to be
said" LOngorio rose and went into
the next room, where were certain
members of his staff. After time ne
returned with paper in his hand, ant
this he laid before Alaire. 1t was III