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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-08
WANTED

WANTED-Four good, sober men
for farm; must be good mixers; also
three good, willing men to work in
creamery. Experience not necessary
$40 month and board to start. Five
miles from Hartford If interested,
come. at once. r. G. Miller Bloom
field, Conn. S4tb'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-08
LOW PRICED ADVERTISING
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Sand and gravel
Henry Stratton, r. +. d. l. S5tG'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20

Single Comb White Jeghorns have paid
me best. I have bred most Of the pop
ular breeds and varieties and like them
all. All of them will respond to good
care and good feeding. Some are better
for table poultry than others, and the
novice can judge this for himself by
comparing size As for egg production
with equally good breeding stock and
under equally favorable conditions, l
do not believe there is any great off
ference. The Leghorn being non-sit-
ter, probably will produce more eggs by
being busy serving her country while
some of her more broody sisters is fuss
ing about.
Two hundred-eggers have been pro-
duced among the Asiatics, the American
and the Mediterranean breeds, and 1 be-
lieve that if sufficient attention is given
to selection and breeding, equally good
layers can be developed in any breed or
variety able to produce eggs of mar
ketable size.
Beginners should choose the breed or
variety which appeals to them most;
success comes more readily when one Is
working with a variety which interests
him, and for which he has a decided
preference.
Do not expect every egg to be fertile
or every fertile egg to produce chick.
Things don't happen that way. Now
and then we may get 100 per cent
matches, but as a rule from seven to
nine chncks from sitting Of eggs is
very good Matching. When fertility is not
entirely satisfactory do not be in too
great a hurry to blame the breeding
stock. See if there is anything lacking
In food and care; try to keep them COM
Portable and happy and exercising suf-
fcient to keep in good order. Fertility
Is often variable even when the breed
ing stock is in prime condition, healthy
and vigorous.
Sprouted oats have been proven an
excellent feed for chickens during win
ter months. The oats may be sprouted
in a regular sprouter, in trays by the
kitchen stove, in the cellar, on dirt or
on burlap. The trick is to soak the oats
with water, spread them Qut in the
light, and keep them warm and moist
until the blades are from three to six
inches long successful feeder soaks
the oats for "a hours, spreads them in
shallow box and places it in the cell
lar. Frequently an inch of sand is placed
In the bottom of the box upon which the
oats are spread
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20
THE HOME
ny HORACE OTIS

What constitutes home-money, land,
costly buildings, fine furniture, rugs, and
all the splendid equipment that it Is
possible to gather in one place? These
may be a part of it. but without some
one to love and share the pleasures and
hardships and responsibilities. it is not
real home.
Have you ever tried housekeeping
alone? Has your better half been away
for few days, week or a month or
even longer-and have you taken par
ticular pains with the house work? Done
up the dishes regularly? Swept and
busted, and put everything in its place.
and at the end of the week you could
see that the dirt was just getting lit
tie the best of you; and you wondered
how the good wife managed to keep
things so spick and span and ship
shape and you promised yourself that
you would help her in the hard places,
and do a little better when she got
home?
Yes. l know that's just what we all
do But do we keep our promise? Do
we drop back in the same old rut, and
forget until she has gone again?
have wondered what we would do II she
should go out on the long journey where
there Is no return. How we would miss
her-and it would never be real home
again. Did we do our best?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20

Before washing rug or carpet, lay
1t out straight and brush with stII'
dry scrubbing brush. You will be sur
prised at the amount of dirt to come
out in this way, which is much more
effective than shaking or meating. Brush
on the wrong side first, and then on
the right side.
The following is a simple process by
means of which carpet or rug will
once more renew it's former usefulness:
Cut an ounce of yellow soap into small
squares, and with them make a lather
with a pint of clear, boiling water Add
to this lather a quart of hot water to
which has been added an ounce of borax.
Place the mixture on the stove and bring
the entire preparation to boil. Remove
1t, set it to cool, and when, quite cold
add one ounce each of alcohol and ann
monia, and half an ounce of glycer1ne.
wipe over only a small portion of the
carpet at a time, and rub vigorously
with clean flannel dipped into the mix
ture until, finally, all the spots are re-
moved and the color revived The result
will be surprising. Serubbing with gas
oline is also good as it kills any insects
that may be in the rugs. If you suspect
that there are moths in a rug or carpet
after cleaning it as above, iron it on the
wrong side with a hot iron, and before
putting down again, wash the floor with
tCrpentine, ting the cracks thor
oughly.
After a rug has been thoroughly
cleaned and placed on the floor and it
still has dingy, faded look, get a pan
of warm water and put cupful of vine
p1 +oJo1 ftrI ~ r.
it. Wiring a wooden cloth out of the
water and wipe the rug all over. Both
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20
FRESHEN UP YOUR OLD RUGS

acid and ammonia has tendency to re-
store faded colors.
Tobacco is also a good brightener.
Steep a quarter of pound of smoking
tobacco in a gallon of water for IL hours,
strain, and add to the water three table
spoons of ammo&& Wiring clean cloth
out of this liquid and go over the car
pet with it, The tobacco acts like magic
in restoring and Frightening colors.
If a rug or carpet is almost all wool
the color may be frightened, or wholly
restored, if washed with a pail of water
containing three gills of oxgall. II nee
essary to use fresh oxgall. procure 1t
at the butchers, cut 1t into small pieces,
cover with warm water and allow to soak
for several hours. Dilute the liquid and
wipe the carpet off with it. 1t makes
a lather, and should be rinsed off with
clear water.
Wet salt thrown over a carpet and
scrubbed with clean broom will re-
store some coIors. Sometimes a weak
solution of alum will have the same
effect Soda is also good, and potato
water is excellent. Scrape some pota-
toes as finely as possible into a bucket
that is half full of warm water. Strain
this, wiring a cloth out of the water, and
give the carpet a good rub all over, rims
ing frequently.
When you give rug or carpet a
light cleaning without taking up, first
sprinkle it plentifully with cornmeal,
then sweep it hard, moving the broom
with the nap. With little care you
can sweep the dirtiest carpet without
raising much of dust by placing outside
of the room to be swept pail of clear,
cold water. Wet your broom, knock it
against the side of the bucket to get out
all the drops, sweep a couple of yards,
then rinse off the broom again. Continue
this until you have gone over the entire
surface
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20
ny mas. JOHN c. MOSES

If there is any one class of women
that need labor-saving machines and
modern devices to perform the greatest
amount of work in the least time, it is
certainly the farmers wives.
And the incubator surely answers the
purpose as a time-saver as well as a
labor-saver. I run three incubators dur
ing the Matching season and find them
to be much less trouble than what a
dozen sitting hens would be, and / have
six times as many eggs sitting at once.
If one gets good reliable make OF
incubator and then uses little care
and common sense in operating it, she
will find that it has saved her many
steps that would be reqsired to run after
hens
Some hesitate about getting an incu-
bator, because they think they have no
place to put the machine. Any room
in the house where one can get plenty
of ventilation is all right / have set
my machines in nearly every room in
the house-from the parlor down. The
cellar, if one has good dry one, is
an ideal place for the incubator after
the weather warns UP enough to allow
leaving the outside door open OCCASION
ally for fresh air, as the temperature re-
mains more uniform than In the rooms
where heat is obtained from stove
Of course, the incubator catalogs tell
you their machines will hatch, no mat
ter how cold the weather, setc. which
no doubt they will if one carefully fol-
lows the directions that come with the
machine.
Now as to what make of incubators to
purchase. There are number, of good
machines on the market, and anyone
wishing to buy an incubator for the
first time, had better send for two or
three different incubator catalogs and
select the one that appeals to her as
suiting her needs best / prefer a hot
air system of heating, however, to hot
water, although many like the hot water
machines. After you have decided on
the machine you want and the room you
will keep it in, the next thing is the
eggs.
I like to have the eggs as fresh as
possible to insure a high per cent of fer
tility. I don't like to use eggs that are
more than 10 days old, and prefer them
fresher than that.
1 hatch goose and duck eggs in my in
cubators equally as successfully as
chicken eggs.
I hope all the farm sisters who are
one incubator when the next Matching
season sets in. Or you might pull off
a hatch yet this fall If you have some
warm quarters to start the little fellows
off in.
Beginners everywhere want to know
which Is the best breed?' and ask for
help in making their selection.
There is no best breed, and l cannot
choose "favorite variety for some
other poultry keeper For myself, the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20
Held in Suspense

From Film Fun
A scene showed a man hanging from
rope suspended from tall build
ing.
Mrs Lanigan. in an aside to her
husband. remarked. 'Phot would hap
pen if thot rope broke?"
"Re jabbers," was Ahe reply. 'if the
rope broke. he'd how sense enough to
lit it CO."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20
SOUR MILK coRNBREAD

Two cups sour milk, 2 cups cornmeal,
tablespoons melted butter, 2 tablespoons
sugar, IL teaspoons salt, 2 eggs, / tea
spoon soda. Sift together the cornmeal,
sugar, salt and soda. add the sour milk,
butter and well-beaten eggs. Bake in
creased pan in moderate oven for
about 80 minutes
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20
CORNMEAL MUsH

Four cups milk, / teaspoon salt, cup
cornmeal Stir the cornmeal into the
milk, add the salt and cook over boiling
water, as in double boiler, for four
hours. This may be prepared at night
and cooked all night in the freless cook
er. but if cooked this way, add AZ cups
milk.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20
FRIED MUsH

Pour cornmeal mush into an enam-
eled dish, and when cold, cut into slices
and fry in hot drippings until well
Drowned. Serve hot with butter and
syrup. This can be utilized as a vege-
table and served as a border around the
meat. In this way it can take the place
of potatoes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20
Staggers

From the Washington Star.
alcohol makes a man stagger."
Yes" replied the man who favors pro-
hibition; "and with the cost of war al
ready staggering humanity, I am in favor
of cutting the whisky out
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20

Beginners everywhere want to know
(which Is the best breed?' and ask for
help in making their selection.
There is no best breed and I cannot
choose a 'favorite variety for some
other poultry keeper. For myself, the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20
BAKED INDIAN PUDDING

i quart scalded milk. tablespoons
cornmeal, 2 well-beaten eggs. two thirds
cup molasses, Y teaspoon salt, one third
teaspoon ginger. Stir cornmeal into the
scalded milk, remove from the fire, add
other ingredients and bake one hour
In a moderate oven.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20
cUsTARD coRNBREAD-

One and two-thirds cup cornmeal, "a
cup wheat flour, 2 eggs, 4 tablespoons
gugar, teaspoon soda, III teaspoons
salt. / cup sour milk, cup sweet milk.
cup thin cream. 2 tablespoons butter.
Sift together into a mixing bowl the
cornmeal, flour, soda and salt; beat
eggs until light, add sugar and beat
again; add to sifted ingredients. together
with the cupful each of sweet and sour
milk Melt the butter into the baking
pan and make sure that bottom and
sides Of pan are well creased; pour in
the batter and with spoon make a
slight depression in center. Pour In the
cup of cream, without stirring 1t Into
the batter, and bake in moderate oven
about rs minutes. When done, layer
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20
CORNMEAL AND cor

CORNMEAL AND Goldfish CAKES
cup salt Goldfish picked into flakes
and slightly freshened, cups cold corn
meal mush, / tablespoon melted butter,
egg. Add cornmeal mush to the cod
fish and mix thoroughly; then the but
pan with melted drippings, and when
hot enough place spoonfuls Of the mix
ture in and fry until brown Drain and
serve hot.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20
ELLEN's CORN MUFFINs

Two cups cornmeal, 2 cups wheat flour,
2 tablespoons melted butter, cups sweet
milk or little less, 2 well-beaten eggs,
5 teaspoons baking powder, l cup boiling
water, 8 tablespoons sugar, teaspoon
salt. Put the corn meal in mixing
bowl, pour over the boiling water and
let it stand a few minutes to swell.
Sift together the flour. salt, sugar and
baking powder. Melt the butter and
add it to the cornmeal, beaten eggs,
sifted flour and milk, adding milk grad
ually SO mixing won't be too thin. Bake
In quick oven in well-greased muffin
pan.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20
TRY THESE CORN RECIPES

of custard should be on top of the cake.
A delicate change from the usual corn
bread Try it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20

Chicago, tFor about two years
suffered from female trouble SO
The Washington herald., 1917-12-14
THE TOWN CRIER

At the regular meeting of the wo-
mans Alliance of All Souls Unitarian
Church this morning at / o'clock in
the lecture room Mrs. Edison s. Bastin
will give an illustrated talk on her re-
cent experiences in Chile.
N J. Callahan, director of the
war savings committee Of the District
has issued an invitation to PROTEST.
ant clergymen to attend a meeting in
the board room Of the District building
this afternoon.
. The twenty-secOnd annual meet
Ing Of the International Reform Bu-
Teau will be held today and Sunday
Sessions will be held at the Church of
fthe Reformation. State and National
prohibition and after-the-war problems
will be discussed.
OHIeers for the ensuing year are
to be elected at the annual meeting OF
the Biological Society of Washington
tomorrow evening st o'clock in the
lecture hall Of the Cosmos Club. Re-
ports reviewing the work of the past
year will be read
A meeting of the BrightwoOd Cit
liens Association will be held tonight
at O'Clock in the Brightwood public
school building. President Charles w.
nay lllhl d huI1DcE VI lIn-
portant matters affecting the welfare
Of that section will be discussed and
acted upon.
John MarshaIl Chapter, Phi Delta
Phi legal fraternity, is to hold a
smoker in the alumni room OF the
University Club this evening at $50
o'clock.
A meeting of the New EngIand
Club. organized last Friday among
members Of the Young Women's
Christian Association from New Eng
And, will be held at headquarters, 619
Fourteenth street northwest, this
evening at o'clock.
A "war'' luncheon, consisting of
fried chicken and rice, buckwheat
cakes and maple syrup. ice cream,
cakes and coffee. is to be given by the
College Equal Suffrage League tomor-
row afternoon at l o'clock at the New
Ebbitt House.
Miss Clara McQuOwn, who has
travelled extensively in the Orient, will
lecture on THE Women of the Orient"
at yesper services at the Young Wom-
ems Christian Association Sunday aft
ernoon. Mrs. Robert L. Corby will
preside.
The Louisiana Society of WASH
ington will hold its first meeting OF
the season at the Home Club tonight.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-14
THE NEW METHOD.
(By L. w: Bower, NJ D.

Backache of any kind Is often
caused by kidney disorder. which
means that the kidneys are not
working properly. Poisonous mat
ter and uric acid accumulate with
in the body in great abundance,
overworking the sick kidneys;
hence the congestion of blood
causes backache in the same man.
ner as q similar congestion in the
head causes headache. You become
nervous, Respondent, sick, feverish,
irritable: have spots appearing be-
fore the eyes, bags under the lids,
and lack ambition to do thiaSs.
The latest and most effective
means of overcoming this trouble is
to eat sparingly Of meat. drink
plenty of water between meals and
take a single An-u-ric tablet before
each meal for a while.
Simply ask your favorite drug
gist for Anuric, double strength. II
you have lumbago. rheumatism,
gout,- dropsy. begin Immediately
with this newest discovery of DR..
Pierce, who Is Chief Medical Direc-
tor of Invalids' Hotel and Surgical
Institute in Buffalo, N. Y. Send 10
cents for trial pkg.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-14
ARGENTINA TO join
ENTENTE, REPORT
Break with Germany Looked for in
\ Near Future.

Declaration of war, or at, least the
severance Of diplomatic relations with
Germany by Argentina Is looked for
in many quarters here when the Ar
gentine Congress convenes shortly.
A resolution in favor of war with
Germany was passed at>the last ses-
sion Of the Congress, but the Pres
ident Of the republic emphatically
refused to sign the measure, and
Argentina remained neutral. Fl
Changed conditions since then, how
ever. are looked for-.to make a sim
liar refusal at this time more diff
cult. The Influence Of Spain, fell
through the large Spanish popula-
ton Of the country. rivalry between
Argentina and Brazil, all aided those
who wished to keep the country neu-
tralE -
The difficulties Of Italy and the re-
cent sinking of Spanish ships by Ger
many are looked upon as new fac
tors In the situation.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-14
HELPING SANTA OUT WONDERFULLY.
Boys Bath Robes,
S2.9S and $3.9S.

Made of pretty bath robe
materials in a big assort-
ment Of patterns, finished
with silk frog and cords.
All sizes in the lot.
5th Floor-Lansburgh & Bro.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-14
DAY NOW
ASKED BY HOOVER
Saturday. Suggested as Time for
Latest War Conservation.

Now there is to be q porkless day
Saturday.
The Food Administration has issued
additional instructions to the public
for conservation. 1t asks everyone to
maintain rigidly q minimum In the
use Of wheat, meat and pork. 1t asks
that this program be followed:
Tuesday-Meatless day. 1t is urged
that every day have a meatless meal
when there shall be an absence Of
red meat. beef, pork. mutton, veal,
lamb. bacon. ham or lard.
Observation-Disclosures day. Also
one wheatless meal a day when no
wheat products must be eaten.
Saturday-Porkless day. BY pork
less, the Food Administration means
no fresh or salted pork. bacon, lard
or ham.
Economy in the use of sugar also is
urged. you can materially reduce
sugar by reducing the use of candy
and sweet drinks" says the food man.
We will make every endeavor to see
that the country Is provided with a
supply of household sugar on the
basis OF three pounds of sugar for
each person a month. Do not consume
more"
The Washington herald., 1917-12-14
ENEMY ALIEN :
ACT APPLIES
TO ALSATIANS
Nine. L. Thoumain Makes
Appeal for ModiGca-
ton of Law.

AIsatians are subject to the enemy
alien act and must be outside Of the
limits of the District by Saturday,
since they are ofiicially rated as sub
jects Of Germany, according to an Of
fetal statement from United States
Marshal Splain last night.
Nine. Lucy Thoumain, a sympa-
thizer with a number of Washing
tonians. natives of Alsace-Lorraine,
.Aas made a personal appeal to Presi-
dent Wilson for a modification of the
enemy alien act that will exempt
these subjects of the German pro-
vince. She contends that their hearts
and their sympathies are with France
and that the men for whom she ap-
peals have all had relatives IN the
French army.
Victims of Law.
The men for whom the appeal Is
made are Joe Olbrecht. Joe Gresser.
Paul Krentz, E. Mitcheler. H. Hugele
and F. Arthur Goeger. Jr. All are
hotel employees. and, in addition to
these, the appeal states. there are
others in a similar position now out
side of the restricted zones, but with
wives and children in Washington.
Under the enemy alien proclama-
tiOn, all males over II years OF age,
horn in Alsace-Lorraine since 1S7l,
when it became a Germane provice,
are amenable, and, IL not natural
lied. are officially rated as German
subjects. Those born in the province
under the French government are
exempt from the act.
Austrian residents of the District
we're elated at the knowledge that
they will not be obliged to leave the
city and are not listed as alien enc
mics A number visited the naturali-
FatiOn bureau and took out their first
papers. This constitutes
merely an intention to become citi-
Zens, however, and under the Presi-
dents proclamation no Austrian who
has not completed the process of be-
coming a citizen will be permitted to
do so during the term Of tbe war.
There are a number Of Germans
who propose to stay after tomorrow
and test the legality OF the enetny
alien act. The marshaPs office is un-
derstood to be acquainted with the
names OF these men and they will be
arrested at once and given an early
opportunity to take their cases to
the courts.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-14
D. c. Attorney Sues
Nicaragua Republic

The Republic of Nicaragua was sued
yesterday by Attorney Charles A.
Douglas to recover $4,000, q years
salary. and sl21 additional for tele-
grams, telephone calls and other ex-
penses. -
Mr.. Douglas, through Attorney ]. j.
Darlington, alleges that he was en-
gagged at that salary as legal repre-
sentative Of the Central American Re-
public. beginning January /, 1911.
Lately. he alleges, the Republic has
terminated the contract and delayed
paying him.
The court granted Mr.. Douglas a
writ OF attachment against a deposit
OF 81, 900 in q local bank. placed there
to the credit of Nicaragua by the
United States government in connec-
ton with the purchase Of certain Ca
nal Zone concessions.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-14
Doubt Poland Taking
Sides with Teutons

Reports that Poland was comprom-
fsing with the Teutons met with
scant credence at the State Depart
ment yesterday.
The heart of Poland is sound"
was the way one official character
lied the situation.
1t Is not believed here that the Ger
mans will ever have any success in
organizing a Polish army to fight
against the entente. 1t Is recognized,
hoEever, that the powers in control
in Poland may have to make some
sort of a compromise.