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Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-21
SDOnge Cake

Perhaps some OF my readers Won
dered when the subject of cakes was
treated that sponge cakes did not
follow butter cakes. At the time eggs
were very high and we had hopes that
the prices would sink to normal as
soon as spring came. Well, spring
has arrived, but we no longer have
hopes of any prices falling in this
year Of terrible costs. And we do
indulge in sponge cakes occasionally,
especially in the kinds OF cakes suited
to these H. c. OF L. days. A sponge
cake is expensive when one consid-
ers just the nutritive value; but il you
stop to think that it is a very diges-
tible food, so that it is well assimi-
lated, and that it makes most de-
sirable dessert at the end of heavy
meal or is delicious with a very rich
ice cream, for light refreshments, its
expense is somewhat offset by its
other advantages.
Now that the strawberry season is
approaching, the shortcake looms up
before US. The traditional shortcake
is of biscuit dough, but an equally
delicious cake is made with sponge
cake foundation. If we compare the
two in every respect we find that the
biscuit dough costs about Is cents and
gives approximately 1000 calories, or
units OF food value, while a sponge
cake (using the cheapest recipe given
below, costs about p cents, and
-. 4 d. A.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-21
Sase1 by Inn" II Gte., s;s:z: gs.;>t.,e.s

So the top of the cake does not touch
a solid surface. The air should Cir
culate underneath.
FOUR-EGG SPONGE CAKE.
! eggs 1 r. lemon Juice.
c. sugar. Y Q. hot water.
C. nour Few grains salt.
l t. baking powder.
Proceed as above Sift the -four and
baking powder together. Add the hot
water with the lemon juice.
TwO-EGG SPONGE CAKE.
eggs. Few grains salt.
c. -four !. c. hot milk.
l G sugar. l t butter.
t baking powder. T. lemon juice.
Proceed as above, adding the butter
dissolved in the hot milk at the end.
This is the most successful recipe for
a cheap sponge cake that | have ever
found. 1t was published under the
name of the chef OF the Morrison
hotel in Chicago.
Possibilities of Sponge Cake.
Shortcake-Sponge cake may be
baked in two or three layers and put
together with any kind of fruit or
Jam between. Whipped cream or
.neringue on top makes a fancy des-
sert, Individual shortcakes are attrac-
tive.
Neapolitan Baskets-Hollow out in
dividual cakes, fill with fruit and
whipped cream. Make basket handles
of angelica. Garnish with cherries.
CONNECTION Delicieux-Slice the top
off of sponge loaf, carefully remove
the inside, leaving a hollow box. Line
the box with jelly or jam, fill it with
whipped cream; replace the top and
ice with any desired frosting, garnish-
ing with nuts or cherries. This cake
should be prepared shortly before
serving, but if filled with charlotte
russo mixture it may be made ahead
Of time. The whipped cream may be
favored as desired
Birds Nest Pudding-Pare and core
small apples, place in a Toured bak-
ing dish and pour sponge cake bat
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-21

more eggs used the finer the grain
of the cake will be; but a four-egg
cake, such as given below, makes a
very good texture indeed. The cheap
est cake, the two-egg cake, is the
most difficult for the amateur to make,
as it may be coarse, but it is really
satisfactory.
OLD-FAsHIONED SPONGE CAKE.
G eggs. r lemon juice
l c. sugar. Few grains salt.
/ C. flour
Beat the egg yolks till thick and
lemon-colored, add sugar gradually
and continue beating. This first part
OF the process should be thoroughly
done. Add lemon juice, then fold in
egg whites, which have been beaten
till stiff with the salt. Be very careful
in folding in the egg whites that as
few of the cells as possible are
Broken. Lastly fold in the sifted -four,
mixing very gently, and do not stir at
all after the last bit OF -four has dis
appeared from view. Bake in an un-
creased Toured pan. The oven should
be moderate, time forty-hve minutes
for loaf, twenty to twenty-five min
utes for small cakes. This recipe will
make one large loaf or two loaves
the size of ordinary bread tins. A
circular tin with a funnel in the CEN
ter is good because it prevents the
possibility of the cake being soggy
in the middle. When the cake is done,
allow it to cool in the pan before re-
moving. The pan should be inverted
il possible, but it must be inverted
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-21
Tested Recipes
(Measurements Full Unless Other
wise Stately

(Measurements Full Unless Other
wise Stately
LETTUCE TARTLETTE.
dozen sardines. small pickle.
8 hard boiled eggs. stalks celery.
bottle pimentos. Lettuce.
Skin and bone the sardines and pick
meat from bones, add eggs, pimentos,
celery and pickle and put all through
CHOCOLATE DOUGHNUTs.
4 r butter or l c. sour milk
3 T. manufactured 4 c. -four approx,
shortening. I. baking soda.
IL c. sugar. u t. salt.
2 eggs. ' u I, cinnamon.
IN squares bitter t. vanilla.
chocolated melted Fat for frying.
over hot water.
Cream butter and sugar. Gradually
add well-beaten egg, beating con-
stantly. Add melted chocolate, sour
milk and flour; mixed and sifted with
soda, salt and cinnamon, and the va
nilla. Add more -four if necessary to
make the dough stiff enough to ham
die. Toss part of the mixture on
Toured board, knead slightly, and pat
and roll out to one-third of an inch
in thickness. Shape with Toured
doughnut cutter. Fry in deep fat
and drain on brown paper.
Baked Ham.
A baked ham is said to keep much
longer and is more delicious than a
boiled one. The ham should be first
soaked twelve hours previous to
cooking, and then wiped dry.
Stick cloves into the ham, an
inch apart. Make a coarse paste of
flour and water and cover the ham
with this, taking care that it is of suf-
ficient thickness to keep in all the
flavor and gravy. Place in a large
pan and bake in moderate oven for
about four hours. Take off the crust,
remove the skin, and cover the ham
with finely powdered bread crumbs.
Return to the oven and brown.
PEANUT BREAD.
Il c. sugar. t. baking powder.
l t. salt.
To the beaten egg add he sugar
and milk. Beat in the -four which has
been mixed and sifted with the salt
and baking powder. Then add the
peanuts which have been run through
the coarse knife of food cutter. Let
rise twenty minutes in a warm place,
then bake one hour in moderate
oven. This is delicious for sand
witches.
Chantilly Potatoes.
Prepare mashed potatoes in the
usual way, adding a half tablespoon
full of finely chopped parsley. Beat
until light and fluffy and pile in the
center Of hot serving dish. Beat a
half cupful of heavy cream until stiff,
add half cupful of grated cheese and
season with salt, pepper and bit of
cayenne. Spread this over the pota-
toes and place in the oven until deli
cately Observation-Disclosures Magazine.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-21

Vegetables are plentiful and OF
wide assortment now. The usual
early spring visitors are on hand, but
nearly all of them are right in style
with higher prices than they COM
manded a year ago.
Potatoes are selling at IS cents
to 81 bushel and some Of the out
lying stores are reported to be get
ting even higher prices.
Butter has advanced to 50 and S.
cents a pound. And eggs, which a
few weeks ago dropped as low as 20
cents dozen, are now from 50 to IS
cents dozen.
Products OF local hotbeds are
coming to the market in generous
quantities and varieties. Rhubarb is
very plentiful and selling around 8
cents a pound.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-21
Eggs, Butter and Potatoes
Soar to NeW High Prices

| There is an abundance Of radishes
and young onions, which cost only s
cents a bunch. Lettuce is plentiful
The recent rains have given It a
fine, crispy freshness.
String beans are on the market, but
the price is 20 cents a pound. Green
peas in the pods are also obtainable.
Very nice asparagus. eucumbers,
green peppers, water crcss are abund-
ant and good.
Caulihower and cabbage, both red
and white, are on hand, around II
and Is cents pound.
Strawberries are abundant and OF
fine quality, from l2H to IS cents
for a pint box.
Apples are getting scarce, but may
still be secured. The same is true
CT oranges and grape fruit.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-21
Woman's Club Will
Plant an Elm Tree
At House of Hope

The Omaha Woman's club will
plant an elm tree at the House OF
Hope in Florence Saturday at 2:3O
o'clock to oberve Arbor day. The
conservation committee, including
Mrs. Edgar Allen, Mrs. William
Berry and Mrs. Edward Phelan. have
it in charge. Mrs. E. M. Syfert. the
president; Rev. Charles Savidge and
George H. Payne take part in the ex-
ercises.
The conservation committee will
give tea at the Old Peoples home
following the tree-planting.
Rev. c. A. Payne of the Redpath
Lyceum bureau, a brother of George
Payne. gave stereopticon views of the
Hawaiian Islands at the House OF
Hope Wednesday evening.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-21
Prize for Girl Who Sells
Most Tickets for Ice Cream

The Benson & Thorne company will
give the Young Women's Christian
association girls complete charge of
their balcony Saturday from a. m.
until 9 p. M, when they will sell ice
cream and cake to help raise the bal
ance of the fund for the South Omaha
camp site. The Benson & Thorne
company will donate the ice cream
and the girls will bake the cakes.
In addition to this the management
has offered an attractive SIS blouse to
the girl selling the most tickets for the
ice cream festival.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-21
Six Cadets Dismissed From
The Hi0h School Reuin,ent

Six cadets were dismissed from
the High school cadet regiment yes
terday after they had acquired the
necessary number of dement's.
The dismissals, it is said, are in
conformity with the plan to increase
the efficiency of the regiment. The
following were dismissed: Morton
Alpirn, Norton Carlin, Holovichiner
Smith, Elroy Peterson, Leroy Scott
and Robert Olmstead.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-21
Cooperation.

Readers are cordially invited to
ask Miss Gross any questions
about household economy upon
which she may possibly give help.
full advice; they are also invited to
give suggestions from their expe-
renee that may be helpful to
others meeting the same problems.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-21
SAVE EGGS NOW FOR NEXT WINTER
Coat With Egg-O -Latum--Keep Per-
fectly-Use When Worth
Double or Treble

Remember what you paid for eggs
last winter-40 cents to so cents q
dozen? They'll be higher next win
ter, because hens are fewer and the
demand greater.
Preserve spring eggs now. Means
saving OF 20 to 40 cents a dozen
next December and January, or a
profit of 100 per cent to 200 per cent
on your money.
Egg 0-Latum can be applied at the
rate of one dozen eggs per minute
and at a cost of / cent per dozen.
There is no evaporation, no air-cell,
no contracted doors. no deteriora-
ton: the yolk remains whole and in
the center of the eggs; poaching,
boiling, frying and beating as IL un-
der a week.
II Is guaranteed to keep fresh eggs
nine months to q year so that they
cannot be told from eggs laid within
q week.
Couldn't Tell From Fresh
II tried out jar of Egg-0-
Latum last summer and II
worked fine; used the eggs In
winter and You couldn't tell them
from fresh eggs. - Ogden Feed
w., OBuens Olhn.
please send me two Jars of
Egg-0-Latum. I have used five
jars and find preservative very
satisfactory. Have also distrib-
uted some among various Cath
Ole institutions. namely: st.
Louis, Mo-; Waterloo, Ia: Kirk
wood, Mo. They all think very
highly Of the preparation.--Rev.
A. v. Nicolas"
Don't pay exorbitant prices for
eggs next winter. Begin preserving
now, before the moulting season and
hot weather. Little trouble; no risk.
Beat the food spectators. Sell your
surplus at the fancy prices.
Egg O-Latum Is prepared In So
cent jars. enough for so dozen eggs.
At dealers or mailed postpaid. Full
information free. Geo. II. Lee CO.,
COZ Lee Building, Omaha, Neb.-Adv.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-08-10
TERRELL FARMERS NOW
GATHERING TOBACCO CROPS

A number Of Terrell's best farm
ers are busy gathering fine crops Of
tobacco, quantities Of it having al
ready been we'll cured. Some Of the
crops are maturing SO much faster
than was expected there is not suf-
ficiept barn room for curing. The
good seasons Of rain have made a
rapid growth, and the remainder of
the crop will have larger leaves un-
til it gets near the top. This being
a new industry in,the county will
make the first crop more expensive
because of inexperienced labor. But
those who are growing it say it is
more trouble nov than cotton to
make, but it will not be any more
expensive when the labor gets onto
the job. Dawson News.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-08-10
''SAMMIES" In FRANCE TRAIN
ING UNDER ACTUAL GAS
CONDITIONS

American Training Camp at the
Front in France, August Z. -Ameri-
can soldiers here are being vigor-
ously trained in the use Of gas pro-
tectives, being subjected to a vapor
five to ten times as strong as that
usually encountered in the field and
proportionately deadly. The men
are being instructed to adjust their
masks correctly within ten seconds
after the gas alarm sounds, being
tile while with the idea
that the slovenIy and slow ones are
the first to meet disaster in modern
warfare. German prisoners claim
that during their period of training
they were subjected to gas tests fifty
times stronger than it is possible to
produce in the open field. Times
Recorder.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-08-10
COSTON MAKES TRUCK PAY

Mr.. C6as. A. Coston, who lives
in Redbone District, 9 miles from
Albany, his nearest market, al
though under this serious handicap
of distance, has thoroughly demon
strated that the boil weevil is not as
bad as has been reported and that a
family does not require 40 acres Of
land to live. On | ID acres OF
land planted in tomatoes, beans,
beets, squashes cabbage etc, he has
cleared above actual living and run.
ming expenses for his family $4,000
which he has put in the bank, Be-
sides this truck he has a good crop
of such produce as is generally
made on one horse farm. Lee
County needs and wants = great
many such men and families as
this, and its surpassed fertility of
soil guarantees them success.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-08-10
EXAMINATION HELD
FOR COUNTY TEACHERS

AnnGal examinations for appli-
cants who would teach in the rural
schools Of Lee county were held last
Friday and Saturday at the Court
House under the supervision of
County Superintendent Of Schools
Powell.
AS is customary, the examina-
tions extended over period of two
days. There were about 35 appli-
cants who appeared to stand the
examinations, but Of this number
nearly all were colored The num-
Der OF white applicants for licenses
was very small.
1t is expected, however, that from
the list of names Of the successful
applicants there will be asufficient-
" large number of teachers avail
able to supply most Of the vacan-
cies that exist in the county schools.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-08-10
THE RIGHT SORT OF TALK

Representative Hef1in of Ala
bama earned the thanks of every
right-thinking American when he
told the House of Representatives
it might expunge. his remark about
Mason and Britten of Illinois if
wanted, but it would have to do it
that way, for he would not with
draw them. For that matter they
should not have been expunged.
A small element in the House
has been serving the German in
telest since the day the war broke
out. The one man represents an
almost solidly German constituency
and the other not only has a large
German constituency but his physi-
ognomy is familiar to every reader
of patent medicine advertisements.
Secure before the country at large
in their faithful service to the Kais-
er and his criminal organization be-
cause Of the immunity member of
Congress generally enjoys, certainly
at the hands of hfs colleagues, from
criticism of his motives, they have
gone about their practices without
much fear and with some success.
Hehin broke some rules Of ETH
quette, to be sure, but he smoked
this thing out before the American
People in denouncing them and
proved himself an American before
he is a Congressman, IL patriot be-
fore he is parliamentarian. We
want more of that sort of men in
congress. Too many dishonest
| ami evil men have worked to their
ends from the seats they happened
to occupy in Congress with every
member of the body of which they
were part, party to veritable
conspiracy to defend the virtue Of
their motives.
II Mr.. Hehin has set an example
that others will follow and men
who are believed to be doing nefa-
rious work for nefarious reasons
may be regularly called by then
real Names, there'll be a good dea'
less under the cover work to go Oh
lin Washington. Macon Telegraph
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-08-10
CALLS ON AMERICA
FOR BIG CREDITS

Paris, August 6.-The Journal
des Debates, in y prominent review
OF finance, calls attention to Ameri-
Ca imperative duty to recognize its
obligations toward France, which it
cannot escape, and that it must
open credits to the Allies as large as
may be required, without which
they cannot continue war. The ar
ticle points out that the status Of
the United States is different now
that it has entered the war, and
says it must not expect the same
securities as when standing on pri-
vate basis. The paper says the
United States and England are the
"suppliers of the Allies of Europe,
and the Allies depend much more
on American than England. While
America was still neutral it could
limit its credit to US and demand
that we pay in gold for u large part
of our purchases, but now that
it has entered the war it would be
folly on their part to wish to con-
tinue to act that way. It is abso-
lutely necessary that they furnish
England and France with all they
need, 1t is realized that in Ameri-
ca everyone has not taken into ac-
count the exigcncies of the situa-
ton, and that Americans have not
become familiar with the sums cur
rent in the Allied countries, but
they will become SO. !"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-08-10
SWEET POTATO TO
GO ON ARMY LIST

Atlanta, Aug. 7--If the market
bureau Of the State Department Of
Agriculture does nothing else this
year, information received by Direc-
tor Lem B. JACKSON this afternoon
from Washington shows it has
justified fully all claims that have
been made for it is one of the most
important branches of the State de-
partment. The Market Bureau has
fatty won out in its fight to have
sweet potatoes included in the War
department ration list, after the
quartermaster general $ department
had told the bureau CURLY it did not
contemplate any change in the list
as made up. This means that the
increase Of $500, 600 bushels in the
Georgia yield, bringing the State
this year to a total yield Of 10, 500,-
600 bushels, will not have to seek
for another market aftor the farmers
OF the State had planted with view
to supplying army demands.
When Director Jackson. found
that the potato had been left off the
list he undertook to have a revision
made in Washington that would put
it on. The quartermaster generals
department briefly told him the
arrangement of nations had been
concluded and closed and it had no
disposition to mak5any change, de-
spite the argument of the Market
Bureau in favor Of the potato and
the declaration that Georgia farm
ers had planted largely Of food
crops, including the potato, because
they were told the army would need
these things, and that the War de-
partment would permit bulk bid
ding on supplies by farmers direct,
where the quantity is large enough
Of any one article.
i None Of the other sweet potato
growing States saw way through
the situation, but Mr.. Jackson took
the matter up individually with
every Georgia member Of congress,
the Senators and everybody else in
official life VIII ON he knew in Wash
ington, and insisted that it would
be shame as we'll as loss to the
Georgia farmers if the army fatty
refused this article Of food after this
State has so enthusiastically res
pended to the call OF the nation to
plant for the army, and were told
they were doing the right thing
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-08-10
Notice Of Local Legislation.

Notice is hereby given that bill
will be introduced in, the present
Legislature of Georgia, which con-
vened on the Fourth Wednesday in
June, 1917, the purpose Of which
shall be to change the manner Of
electing the Commissioners OF Roads
IL Revenues of Lee County. SO that
instead Of being elected by the peo-
pie as now provided, they shall be
elected by the Grand Jury of said
county at its November sitting and
to provide the terms of said com
missionors prescribed their duties
and powers and the purposes.
This July 10th, 1917.
S. ]. YEOMAN,
13-5t. Senator 10th Dis. Ga.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-08-10
MAY SEND LETTERS c. O. D.

Washington, July 27.-l,etters
Of soldiers, sailors, and marines
who are members Of the United
States expeditionary forces in
Europe, which are Endorsed in the
manner set forth in paragraph Q,
section 400, P. L. and r., or which
in lieu Of such Endorsement, bear
the postmark of the United States
Army Postal Service, may be dis
patched without prepayment Of
postage to any place in the
United States Or its possessions
and only the single rate Of postage
shall be collected on delivery.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-08-10
REMARKABLE SHIPMENT
OF CATTLE RECEIVED

Last week Lee county received a
shipment Of Hereford cattle which
gives her cause TO feel rather chesty
Hon. Jno. D. Little shipped to
the Fowltown farm nine registered
Hereford cows which filled a
freight car and which represented
an expenditure of more than $4,000.
These COWS were added to his III.
ready notable herd, which is pro-
badly not surpassed in Georgia,
Manager R. l.. Carter states that he
has several animals which will be
exhibited at several fairs this fall
which are undoubted blue ribbon
winners. One a 5 months bull
which already weighs $50 pounds,
another a Is months bull which
will weigh more than a ton by ex-
libition time. In addition to these
Hereford cattle, Mr.. Little's farm
boasts of growing herds of Holstein
and Jersey cattle, Perchelon horses
and Duroc hogs.
Superintendent N. A. Wade
deserves great credit for his success
in providing forage and in theman-
ner the Fowltown and subsidiary
farms are conducted.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-08-10
S. S. CONVENTION TO
Be HELD IN CHOkEE

There will be a District Sunday
School convention at Antioch
church in Chokee Dist. on the 3rd
Sunday in August. A program will
be arranged to cover both morning
and afternoon session. A basket
dinner will be had ON the grounds
and a large crowds expected. Hon.
w. &. Martin, county president,
says he is arranging for an attrac-
tive program, which will be an
nounced in next week Z issue Of The
Journal,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-08-10
FIRST BALE SOLD
At so CENTS POUND

The first bale of 1917 cotton crop
to be marketed in Sumter county
was knocked down at public auc-
ton late Friday afternoon to Floyd
P. Jones, of the Leslie Warehouse
Company, for so cents per pound.
The bale was brought to Leslie
Friday afternoon by G. w. West
brook, prominent farmer residing
near DeSoto and was Immediately
ginned, after which the public auc-
tion occurred. Times Recorder,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-08-10
ICTORS HAVE ABOUT
COMPLETED WORK

The physicians, Drs. 0. w. Stat
u and P. B. Crunbley have about
lpleted their task OF examining
30S men drafted in the, first
for service in the national army.
hey have not announced as yet
exact figures but reliable in
nation has been passed out that
to the 273rd examination. The
RES were rs follows:
iorty one have neglected to file
mptions. Out Of this five will
excused on physical grounds
remaining So will be certified.
| understood that 10 men mostly
red will not ask exemption, de-
ing themselves ready for service.
his task has consumed all Of the
liable time Of these doctors, and
have exerted every effort to
ZEN the work so that the incon-
lence and loss Of time incidental
iaiting for examination might
spared the drafted men. So
snly five men have been declared
sically unfit for service. The
btful cases having been held up
joint consultation and fuller
sstigation by the physicians.