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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-02

All measurements are level
STANDARD hdIf-pint measuring cups,
tablespoons and teaspoons being
used. Sizteen level tGbIespoonfuIs
equal q hdIf-pint. Quantities are
sufficient for sir persons Enless
otherioIse stated. Flour 10 siIted
once before medSurt1I.
Hot Water SpoRg, Cake
(I4O5 Calories.)
Two eggs. ! cupful sugar, II tea
apoonful vanilla, Id cupful hot
water, / cupful bread -four. II tea
spoonful salt. IL teaspoonfuls
baking powder.
Separate eggs; beat yolks till
thick, add sugar gradually. and then
the vanilla. Stir in the hot water;
add this mixture TO the flour. baking
powder, and salt, which should be
1ifted together, stirring only enough
70 mix the ingredients. Beat egg
whites till stiff, fold into the mix
ture, and bake about fifty minutes
in a very moderate oven. II desired.
stemmed and halved strawberries.
pitted cherries, or sliced peaches.
well sprinkled with sugar. may be
put in the bottom OF a buttered bak-
inE-pan, and this mixture poured
over II then becomes q pudding
and should be eaten with a vanilla
sauce or whipped cream.
New Beets with Orange Dressing.
C370 Calories)
Two punches new beets. one table
spoonful sugar. three tart oranges.
one small lemon.
Boil the beets in salted water and
slice them thin. Sprinkle with the
sugar and when cool add the orange
Hnd lemon iuiceA
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Washington Salmon Salad.
N2iO CaIoriesD

IN cupfuls faxed cold salmon,
Il cupful finely cut celery. ? table
spoonfuls chopped green pepper. /
smallonion. minced; 2 medium-sized
tomatoes. salt and pepper TO taste,
mAyonnaise. lettuce.
Mix together the salmon, celery,
pepper and onion. add mayopnaIss
to moisten, and season to taste
with salt and pepper. Peel the to-
mAtoes and either cut them In dice
and mix them with the salad or
slice them and use as a garnish. Ar
range on a bed OF lettuce-leaves and
garnish with a little extra mayon-
nAiEe.
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"GOOd Housekeeping" Recipes

The following recipes hare been tested and approved BY Good
Housekeeping Institute conducted by GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
and repubed here by special arrangement Nth that pulls
cation, the Nations Greatest Home Magazine.
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BlOater-Paste Salad Dressing.

One teaspoonfuI English oloatsF
paste, . tAblespoonfuls olive oil. I
tablespoonful vinegar. Y tea.
spoonful salt, u teaspoonful pepper,
Y teaspoonful papyika. table,
spoonful capers. II teaspoonfuI
chopped chives, n teaspoonful
chopped parsley. few drops Worces-
tershlre sauce. \ teaspoonful mus
tard
Work the bloater paste and sea-
soning together; add the Worcester
shire. the olive oil. and vinegar.
Mix thoroughly and then add the
capers. chives and parsley. Pour
over crisp lettuce leaves.
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New Potatoes with Cream Cheese

New Potatoes with Cream Cheese
Sauce.
OSLO Calories)
One cupful cheese diced. ten small
new potatoes. one pint milk, three
quarters teaspoonfuI salt, one.
eighth teaspoonfuI pepper. two
tablespoonfuls flour. one tablespoon
full minced parsley IL desired.
Boil or steam the potatoes with
Jackets on till done. Drain and
peel In the meantime scald the
milk. thicken II with the -four mixed
with a little extra cold milk, and
add the cheese. Stir till the cheese
is melted. add the seasoning and po-
tatoes, heat thoroughly. and serve.
Cornish SQUAD Pie
(25Oo Calories)
Six medium-siEed apples, IL cup
fuls cold lamb or mutton, rich bis
cult dough. / onion, ! cupful lamb
stock or gravy, \ teAspoonful all
spice, Il teaspoonful salt
Pare and slice the apples: cut the
lamb into small pieces: slice the
onion. Put all together and simmer
, gently until apples are soft. Put in
a creased baking dish and cover
with a crust of rich biscuit dough
rolled about one-half inch thick.
Bake in a hot oven until the crust 10
brown.
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The agonies we suffer, when.
the heart is left alone,
or every sin of humanity
should fully and well
atone.
George Arnold.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-10-04
The Letter
France, August 10, 1917.
81. Cakes, ESQ,

France, August 10, 1917.
To A. H. Cakes, Esq,
217 Scotia street, Winnipeg, Can
Dear Sir: 1t with regret that
have to advise you of your brother
Glenn's death by heavy shell fire,
while on duty last Sunday evening.
The particulars, so far as can learn
are that he was standing down off his
locomotive, which he was driving,
talking to another engineer and fire
man, when a shell burst near them
A piece Of the bursted shell struck
him in the small of the back and
went right through, coming out on the
left side of the abdomen. This hap
pened about p. M, and he died in
hospital, after every possible care, at
$3.50 p. m. The burial was next day
and his grave is marked in a nearby
cemetery by cross bearing his
name, unit, number and date of death
Of course it is needless to say he
was a good man and thought of very
highly by all of us; in fact he was
one of the best men in my company
and | hope you will extend to his rel
atives my sympathy
He expressed a desire to have Sap.
per Dent, of my company, go through
his papers, etc, which he has done
and finding nothing of value has de-
stroyed them. His personal effects
have gone through the regular army
channels, except for the enclosed ten
francs found in his pay book and
which I thought you might like as a
memento. The wrist watch I am en-
closing seems of little monetary value
but you or some of his relatives may
be glad to have it.
Glenn was serving his country
steadily and bravely, but the uncer
tainty of life under Fritz's she'll fire
is great and he happened to be the
first of my company to pay the SUI
preme sacrifice.
Notwithstanding these losses We
know the end must be not far off and
in our favor, for we certainly are
harassing the enemy terribly.
Doubtless the authorities will ad
wise you the exact location Of the
grave, and in due course; regula
tions do not permit me to do so.
Kindly acknowledge this letter
promptly so that I may know you
have the mementos | enclose.
Yours truly,
CAPTAIN,
Officer commanding No. Coy,
Sth Bn, Can. Rwy. Troops.
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German People Being Deceived

Lieut.. Frank T. Lee, Thirteenth En-
gineers (railway), formerly of Port
age, writes, August "a, to his family,
in part:
"Of course, there is much to see in
the city. One church IS over 300 years
old and there's an immense cathedral
erected about $50 years ago. AS for
the most of the city, it would be i'm
possible to describe it to one who has
never seen an old world city. There
isn't a street that runs in any one di-
rection for more than two blocks.
Queer little alleyways branch out in
every direction. The houses are mostly
built flush with the sidewalk. The
streets are very narrow and the side
walks in some places only two or three
feet wide Everybody walks in the
street mixed up with what they run
for street cars, carriages, soldiers on
horseback, big motor trucks, automo-
biles, motorcycles, ambulances and
kids
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From France
amp Grant, Rockford, III

L. P. Gerou of this city, an engineer
on the Northwestern road, has received
a letter from his younger brother, who
joined the regular army shortly after
the United States declared war against
Germany, and who has been in France
for several weeks. The letter in part
reads as follows:
Dear Brother: l thought I might as
well drop you few lines, because
God only knows if I may ever have
another chance to see you again. The
weather over here is very poor and it
has been raining for the last few days,
with the sun still out of sight. Gee,
the weather gets my goat! We should
worry. however, for it's for the good
old u. S. A, and / guess we can all
stick it out until the worst comes and
is over-the sooner the better for that
Germany. She's going to get run
ragged" some of these fine days-she
will find out that she's playing with
the wrong throttle when she monkies
with the States.
News that can write about is
scarce, and I am getting ready to Go
some washing Of my own and take a
good bath in ice-cold water, so guess
I'll ring off, hoping to get an early re-
ply. Send me some Bull Durham if
you get a chance. AS ever, your
brother,
PRIVATE JOHN GEROU,
Co. E, 18th Infy., A. E. F.
Editors note: On receipt OF the
above letter Mr.. Gerou sent his broth
er Y packages of Bull Durham.
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Letter From Waco

The following is a copy Of the let
ter sent by Carl N. Sherman, who
is with the soldier boys in Texas, to
the Park View club Mr.. Sherman's
home is in the Park View community.
The copy for this paper was kindly
furnished by Mrs. N. F. Sherman,
reading as follows:
Camp Macarthur,
Waco, Texas.
September s, 1917.
Dear Friends:
We left Camp Douglas at 10 o'clock
Saturday morning, August Is, and ar
rived in Waco on August Il after
about a welve~hundred-mile trip.
We got off the train and walked
three miles to cur camp, the thermom-
eter registering about 120 degrees in
the shade, and the people told us it
was a cool day The heat bothered
us the first few days, but now we do
not mind it.
1t is 81 degrees in the shade as I am
writing this, and it is about 5 o'clock
in the afternoon. We have tents that
shelter eight people each for our
sleeping quarters. They are all fur
nished with board floors and electric
lights. We have the most convenient
camping grounds of any company here,
they being only a block to the street
car lines. We get up for reveille at
$50 a. M, then we have ten minutes
exercise, eating our breakfast at 8
O'Clock. At GAS we go for four-mile
hike: at 9:15 we go out to drill, which
consists of bayonet practice and shoot
Ing exercises. At Ii O'Clock we come
to quarters and at IL o'clock we eat
From 2 O'Clock until we have school,
then from until $3.50 we have more"
drills. At $50 we have supper and AT
6:1O we have retreat, after which we.
are off until II p. m.
There is Y. M. G. A. building ABOUT
! a block from my tent, where most Oh
us go to write We have books ana
magazines there of every DESCRIPTION
i There are church services there every
Sunday morning and evening.
/ We have a camping grounds of about
! % square miles in extent, the Mlchl-
gan and Wisconsin troops being here.
: There are about two thousand sol
diers here at present and we expect
about thirty-five thousand mere inside
of two weeks, the Baraboo company
/ included.
The Red Cross society of Reedsburg
! has sent each of us little sewing kit,
for which each of us is duly thankful.
We have the use of swimming
pond in one of the big hotels here; the
building is % stories high.
1t is nearly supper time, SO I must
close, promptness at meals being sol
dierOs virtue.
Sincerely yours,
CARL N. SHERMAN.
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a lot of drilling until AIS and rest IN
til 5:15. Supper follows, and we an
swer roll call and retreat and are then
free to stroll through the big hotel I'M
til $50, when it's lights out and all
to bed"
Believe me, when we get our uni
forms there'll be a bunch going to
town, as then we'll have until 10:45
p. M, when those who went to town
have to report or else suffer the con-
sequences. David H. Smith is doing
clerical work for our chief captain, so
he missed a big bunch of heavy drill
ing today. His cot is across the hall
from me. There are only 54 fellows
sleeping in this half of the hotel. The
stairs is the only dividing line up
stairs, but believe me, some good
treatment for lot of green cusses.'
PRIVATE E. r. KAUPHUSMAN,
Battery D, 331st F. A.
Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill.
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mostly of Woolens. Rick has the fea-
lures of a fruit store manager, al
though he doesn't make half-bad tail
or. George Cggener lost complete
control of his squad yesterday, but
today they appeared better, and we
are certain he will have them in shape
for the spring drive. Sergeant Schroe-
der is trying to figure out a way to
sleep on the roof Of the tent, as some
one has the impression that his bed is
a furnace and tried to fill it with cord
wood last night. He can't figure out
how he can lock it up, so wishes TO
elevate it. Suggestions kindly re-
ceived.
First Private Roy Case spent yes
terday resting up. He was on kitchen
police, and after keeping careful count
he figures that he washed just seven
hundred and thirty-fve dishes during
the day. # that's rest I'll take mine
digging trenches. We figure that easy
should be a great help to his mother
when he gets back. Doran Deter has
been appointed Max STEMS chaperone
and generally enforces his orders with
a healthy right to the chin. When Max
clears deck for action he reminds one
of Ruth st. Denes doing the dance OF
lost hope. RUDE Goldberg never had
one thing on him. Clyde Bennett has
been picked to entertain the officers
each evening. He goes through the
manual of arms just to convince them
that he is capable Of doing it. Last
night he was excused from his Off
cial duties in order that he might &C
cept the challenge of Horace Knight to
fistic encounter. After running each
other around the reservation two or
three times they both lost their wind
hand had to be put to bed. The fight
was called draw, although | think
knight was little the better runner
V. A. GIBBONS.
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Life at Camp Grant

Friends in BaraboO have received
the following letter, dated September
20, from E. r. Kauphusman, formerly
employed in the general offices here,
who was one of the BarabOo boys leav-
ing in the last quota OF men from
Sank county for the new national
army:
t"This is some town, good grub, as
this is the field artillery hotel, sleep
ing quarters upstairs, mess room down
stairs We will have our uniforms IN
a couple of days, so they say SEND
me bar of cheap laundry soap so
can get the dirt off my face. Some
son of a sea cook swiped' my bar OF
soap-also send me a penny box OF
matches and a small calendar so we
can know what day it is. We are not
permitted to leave our quarters ex-
cept when we are called by the whistle
and bugles. After we get our uniforms
we will be able to go to the store 10
get what things we want.
There is in the neighborhood OF
ninety fellows rooming and eating at
the hotel. Our food is served III big
bowls out of which we help ourselves.
We get all a fellow can eat-three
good squares day. good cots, straw
mattresses, two heavy blankets, and
electric lights. We will have hot Wa
ter to wash with as soon as the heat
ing plant is finished. This hotel Will
be steam heated pretty soon.
The entire bunch of fellows from
Sank county was put into the heavy
field artillery. There are lot OF sore
and stiff muscles tonight after our
exercise of today. We have to hop out
at $50 in the morning, wash, answer
roll call, out for march about BLOCK
long, then run back. Breakfast at 3
bells, and work hard until III bells,
then rest until II. when we eat like
starved grey hounds. We go through
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Misunderstanding Company l.
Transferred to Third Regiment

Work is our general pasSword-nOt
in the gentle art of farming, nor po-
litical matters, but just business
business which consists Of trying to
Guido the other fellow by means Of
taking his life before be takes yours.
Our main duties now are in the line
Of bay0net drills, and the more one
gets acquainted with them the more
clear the horrors of war appeal to
them. 1t is hard work as well as I'M
pleasant, as everything has to be done
at double-quick time, therefore it goes
to prove that HE who hesitates is
lost" Last week three reserve Off
GERS were transferred to our company
and mighty fine fellows they were, too,
but today we received orders that
company A of the First was to be used
to fill in company A of the Third, so
tomorrow we lose our homes as we'll
as our title. The reason for this move
is that each company is to be compos-
ed Of two hundred men instead of the
original one hundred and fifty, and in
order to fill this order it is necessary
to break up one regiment and fill in
the other two. We were the victims,
so will have to suffer in silence, as
"beefing" in the army nowadays is
a serious offense and the accused
generally has about five days extra
duty in which to soothe his anger.
The Waco papers stated yesterday
that the paymaster at camp had re-
ceived 100000 in order that the
troops could be paid for the month
of September, wherein lie two myster-
les. First have half an idea that we
are going to be paid on time, and next,
is there any reason why the business
places of Waco should not hail our
arrival, for it is almost certain that
they. will get three-fourths Of this
vast sum. Tomorrow wednesday,
we are to be blessed with the arrival
of Ringing Brothers circus; also the
101 Ranch Wild West show, so most
of us are preparing for big time, as
YOU seldom find a fellow from Baraboo
who hasn't friend on said show. In
order to prove this | will have to state
that Pete Mcdonald ordered his pass
for the day off two weeks in advance
that he might not have opposition the
fatal day Pete has also proved that
he is raring to get at the kaiser, for
the last time we were on guard Cor
poral Romelfanger found him at the
wee hours of the morning shooting at
the stars. He still insists that the
gun was discharged by accident, but
after taking it into consideration we
| have decided that Pete being a new
man he was probably curious to know
what the sensation was at hearing the
report of an army rifle, and pulled the
trigger. Sergeant Ritzenthaler has
/ been real busy getting the clothing
requisition for our sea use, consisting
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Killed on the French Front

Mrs. Charles Powell at Reedsburg
received word last week Of the death
of her cousin, Glenn Cakes, on the
French battlefront while serving in a
company Of Canadian railway troops.
Henry Cakes, father of Glenn, is a
civil war veteran and spent some
time in Reedsburg and in Winfield
after the war. Later he moved to his
present home, Harwarden, Ia, Some
of the oder residents will probably
remember him and be interested i'll
the following letter. which tells OF
his sons death by shell fire. The
letter was written to Albert Cakes, a
brother of Glenn Dakes. by the cap
tain of the battalion of Cana dian
railway troops of which Glenn was a
member.
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Sees Ringing Show

Mrs. Benjamin Clark, PIT Broad
way, Baraboo, has received a letter
from her grandson, Arthur B. Clark,
Troop L, 18th Cavalry, Douglas, ArlZ
The letter says in part:
Douglas, AriZ.
September 20, 1917
Dear Grandma: Your welcome letter,
enclosing news clippings, received the
other day. Have made considerable
progress lately. Since I wrote you
last, I have been elected captain of
the troop baseball team and have also
won a position on the Tegimental team.
The latter is composed of the best
players among the 1900 men of the
regiment, and TO make it is considered
quite an achievement. Last Sunday
we played against the oath infantry
team. You will doubtless recall that
the oath is the colored regiment that
shot up the town at Houston, Texas,
a few weeks ago. They were trans
ferred here recently. Three days ago
was promoted to the rank Of first
class private, with salary increase
Of three dollars per month. 1t usually
takes at least year to attain this
rank in the regular army, SO | am very
fortunate in getting it in four months
Sees the Circus
Ringing Bros circus showed here
yesterday and, needless to say, l was
one of the first to go out to the ground
| rode down on my horse early IN the
morning and stayed until after the pa
rade. / went out again the afternoon,
dismounted, as my horse didn't dis
play any marked fondness for the ele-
phants and camels Guess it was his
first circus and, not being from Bara-
boo, it didn't appeal to him as it did
to me. Had very nice talk with Tom
Buckley, who very kindly presented
me with a ticket to the show. They
showed to a capacity crowd. A half
holiday was granted the soldiers here
and they attended in full force. The
performance was we'll up to the high
standard always set by Ringing Bros,
and the crowd seemed to enjoy it i'm
menSely.
Visits His Friends
After the performance, I went
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Letter of Appreciation
Camp Grant,
Rockford, ILL.,,

camp GFdul,
Rockford, ILL.,,
September 10, 1917.
Local Board, BarabOO, Wis.
Dear Sirs: We arrived here at $50
this afternoon, and the trip was made
in very good order. Dinner was served
in our coach by the Madison Red
Cross ladies, which was relished by us
ALL While we were eating, our car
was switched onto the special which
carried us straight through to Camp
Grant. A large crowd was gathered
at the Madison station to see the WIS
consin boys off. They had band and
gave us a good send off. The people
who handled our meal in Madison are
to be congratulated for the successtul
manner in which they served it. Our
car was decorated with numerous
signs, such as "To hell with the Kai-
ser" "From BaraboO to Camp Grant
From Camp Grant to France" etc. All
the fellows were in excellent spirits,
and they yelled like a bunch Of Indians
every time we passed through town.
We were received at the station
here by an adjutant, who led us to our
barracks, where we were assigned to
our hunks, then we were allowed 10
wash up, and then mess was called
The first man we saw as we filed into
the mess hall was Ed. Blackwell, all
dolled up in an apron, handing out
Mulligan stew to the fellows.
We have been assigned to the field
artillery, and anyone desiring to write
the men should address them:
Private (name)
Battery D, 331 Field Artillery,
Camp Grant,
Rockford, III.
All the men seem to be we'll pleased
] with their new winter home, and they
desired that I write and thank the
board and citizens of Baraboo and
Sank county for the many things they
did for us, especially the families who
opened up their homes to US; and we
! are going to work hard and try to give
our battery a name which the people
| of Sank county may be proud Of.
Please excuse the pencil, and writ
| ing, as | am writing this ON my tablet.
Will keep you posted on what we are
doing, etc.
Yours respectfully,
RUSSELL WILLIAMS.
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GREENFIELD

The Man Mounders spent a very
pleasant evening at Albert Wendt's.
The children's wild flower show was
very nice The Porter children carried
off the prize for. the greatest variety
and Marietta Kessler got the prize
for the prettiest bouquet. The next
meeting will be weiner roast at H.
H. Porter's home.
Frank hasten is putting up new
silo. This freeze is causing many ST.
los to be put up.
Teams are now travelling on the
new road through Perter's yard. 1t
will be a fine highway when it's all
completed.