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The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-11-23
BREED SOWS NOW TO
INSURE MEAT SUPPLY

To win the war we need more meat.
To get an increased meat supply quick
ly hog breeding must be increased ma
terially throughout the country, and
in certain states an increase of from
rs to so per cent in the number Of
hogs is recommended by the United
States Department of Agriculture.
The situation is of great Importance,
We must have plenty of meat for our
armies and the armies of the allies in
the field, and sufficient meat for our
civilian population and the civilian
population of the allies at home.
To have this meat, breeding animals
must reproduce themselves so the off
spring will be available for slaughter
in the future.
Hogs can be increased quicker than
any other kind of live stock.
Therefore larger number of sows
must be bred. now than in recent years.
In addition to the fact that there is
an imperative demand for more meat
as a war measure, it should be taken
into consideration that we now have
an abundance of feed crops-corn oats
and barley-with which to produce
this necessary increase in the number
of hogs. The demand for meat is GER
tain, and it will be profitable to the
farmer to market some of this heavy
grain supply on the hoof.
Pork can be transported more read
lily and economically to troops in the
field than can any other meat. Great
supplies of bacon must go to the boys
in khaki at the front Unless now a
larger number of sows is bred, the
amount Of meat We will require next
year will not be available.
The estimated number of hogs is A.
100000 less than it was year ago in
this country; and in the face of this
we need more hogs than ever before.
How can we get them? By breeding
sows at once.
The expectation of pork products
has increased since the war began and
will continue to increase during the
length of the war. The foreign coun-
tries are devoting their farming ener-
gies to food and feed rather than live
stock production, but they must have
meat and they must get large part
of this supply from us.
During the last three months the
price of hogs in the United States has
been, on an average, more than twice
as much as the average price for the
five years from 1911 to 1915. In view
of the large crop of feedstuffs in
= sight, however, it is believed that farm
ers will see the wisdom of taking ev-
cry reasonable step to increase the
supply of hogs and hog products.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-11-23
FROM CAMP SHERIDAN
Montgomery, Ala. N

MOulSOIucly, Alb'J 4NoN' VI
Ed. Sentinel:
Just few lines today as I have
been in the base hospital for three
weeks and four days today with a
broken arm, and have been unable to
write only left-handed, but as l have
my arm in a sling and can handle a
pencil by propping my arm up,
thought l would try and write you a
few lines anyway.
/ get the Sentinel every week and it
does me good to see paper from
back home. We have nice weather
here-hot in the day time, but gets
cold at night; some nights little II ost
but it is fine in the day time, abou,
80 degrees some times in the sun, and
so clear you can see for miles without
a glass.
The dirt or sand is red here and
looks funny to me after seeing Ohio
soil so long. We have a fine camp
tents and mess halls wherever you
look, and auto trucks all over the
field.
We have a field hospital, also base
hospital. The base hospital is con.
nected all together and covers about
10 to IA acres. We have some of the
best doctors here and have good care
We have &c beds here in each ware
and all of them full. Just got a mar
in this moment who got hit by
street car and is in bad shape. St
you can see they are kept busy all thu
time taking care of us boys.
| expect to be home in two or three
weeks to answer before the loca
draft board. 7 have been discharged
here for disability, and now the draf
board thinks they have got me, but
have exemption papers from Colum
bus and disability discharge pape
from my captain.
Ford Cannon,
Co. A 145 U. S. Inf, 9th Div
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-11-23
ADOPT PROHIB. RESOLUTION

Congressman E. r. Bathrick in
Cleveland last week said the lower
house of congress would adopt a reso-
luton this winter submitting to the
states a prohibition amendment to the
federal constitution.
The measure, which is to become
imperative unless it is adopted by the
required number Of states within six
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-11-23

years, has been adopted by the United
States senate.
"From indications, the Ohio gen.
eral assembly viii have the privilege
of voting on national prohibition at
its next session." said Bathrick.
The congressman also said United
States Senator Pomerene looms up as
the strongest man from Ohio for the
Democratic presidential nomination.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-11-23
PACKAGES DELIVERED
FREE TO SOLDIERS

All packages forwarded by express
or parcel post to the Governor Of
Ohio, the Asst. Adj. General, or the
Supt. State Arsenal, bearing name,
rank and organization to which soldier
belongs at Camp Sheridan, Mont
gomery, Ala, also name and address
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-11-23

Co. A 145 U. S. Inf, 9th /
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-25
LATEST MODES.
New Autumn Frocks
Even Have Names.

1t is not difficult to make q snap
prophecy at what the new French
gowns will incorporate as special fea-
lures when one hears some of their
names.
Kerensky and Pershing are the
names to be given to two new coats;
Brusiloff, Verdun, Petain, Victoire and
Louvain are others, and among these
it is rather interesting to see Peter Pan
and La Tosca.
1t is said that the highlander's cos
tune Is still source Of delightful in
spiration to the French designers, and
that they will not relinQuish the idea
Of plated skirts, checks and tartan
plaids, curious shoulder draperies and
short, belted jackets.
Another bit of information about the
new fashions concerns the Innings of
coats. Last spring the French intro
duced colored linen as a substitute for
silk in the jackets that belonged to
suits. This autumn they will intro
duce corduroy. A buyer who has just
returned from Paris says that this
corduroy is called a trench lining, but
one who is fed up with stories of
the trenches and their communicating
roads might say that the name cordu-
roy indicated the road over which the
''trenchers" have to come and go.
One is quite sure that France will
adopt something from the uniforms of
our army, to which she has been Civ
ing such happy approval during the
month. The milliners will have an ex-
cellent chance in the picturesque hat
which our troops wear, and one has
already arrived in this country made
Of satin and velvet. 1t may be, how
ever, that the American woman is too
familiar with the staggering brim and
punched In crown to warrant an ex-
pensive milliner making an appeal
with 1t to her purse.
No doubt the Frenchwomen will
adopt the hat with enthusiasm. Sure
ly the milliners will find an easier sale
for the attractive and rollicking hat of
the United States troops than they did
for the French marine cap and the
queer hat of the Grenadier guards.
The poncho, the sombrero and the
Pershing overcoat may become rivals
Of the Russian boot. the Cossack cap
and the Algerian skirt.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-25
WEBS IN THE GRASS.

This morning while 1 was walking
in the field saw in the grass the tents
of bold robber band.
/ thought / heard Mrs. Fly say as
she few by me: There are those spi-
der webs stretched out on the grass.
Well, the spiders won't catch me this
time. 1t was very kind of Fairy Dew
drop to sprinkle the webs with drops
Of water so that we may see them and
keep out of trouble"
But as it got warmer the drops were
drunk up by the hot sun and went sail
ing up into the sky to make clouds.
Then unless you had sharp eyes and
looked closely you could not see the
lacey tents, which were, after all, traps
in which the sly spider hoped to catch
dinner. breakfast and tea
One spider caught a little brown
skipper butterfly. AS soon as he felt
the web shake from the struggles OF
the insect up he darted through his
funnel shaped stairway and pounced
upon the butterfly.
Once big brown wasp came buzzing
across the garden and In flying too
near the ground struck spiders web.
The minute the spider saw what he
had caught he was so frightened he
was most ready to run downstairs
again, but he feared for his precious
web. 1t had taken a whole hour to
spin it.
So the spider hurried to the edge Of
the web and began cutting away the
threads that held the prisoner.
In a minute the wasp was free and
dropped to the grass. Soon he was
able to fly away, and then the spider
came out of his hole and mended the
broken web.
But the little dewdrops that had gone
up to the sky and joined the nice big
clouds must have told tales, for after
awhile the clouds rolled over the sky
till the sun was hidden, and host OF
big raindrops came pattering to the
ground.
They battered at the spider webs till
they were torn to bits, and the spiders
crawled away into holes under stones
or in the ground. waiting for the rain
to stop.
And, Of course, there was no supper
for the spiders and no breakfast the
next day, for it kept right on raining.
But as tomorrow promises to be a
sunshiny day perhaps you may notice
whether they have set their traps again
In the grass.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-25
ABOUT PAINTINGS.
The Great Value of Letting q Child
Amuse Himself.

The Great Value of Letting q Child
Amuse Himself.
Prepared by the Kansas state board OF
health.1
Play material of a sort which best
pleases children is at land in nearly
every home. The baby often finds
more pleasure in a string Of empty
spools or a few clothespins than In the
rattles and balls which have come from
an expensive toyshop. As the child
grows articles and materials at hand
will, If properly utilized, give the great
est Joy. All sorts Of paper may be used
for folding and cutting or for scrap
books. Magazines furnish wealth of
pictures to cut out or to paint.
Wooden boxes make stores, doll
houses and forts, while chairs and ia
bles readily become horses, steam
boats, stages and a thousand other
things by the use of little magma
ton. Old cotton cloth torn into two
inch strips and sewed together end to
end will make yards of reins, enough
to drive the coach and four which is
so easily created out Of the dining room
chairs.
When toys are to be bought or made
for children they should be the mate
rial out Of which the child may con-
struct his own amusements rather than
something which he is merely to watch.
1t is q well known fact that many OF
fba oynanSiva mechanical flows are dis
carded after a brief acquaintance or
ruined in the attempt to find out what
makes them go, because the child
wants to do something rather than to
be amused or entertained. Among the
mechanical toys, however, railroads
and trains of all sorts have perennial
Joy for all small boys, because, with the
tracks in sections and the different
kinds Of cars and engines, they are
able to construct their own systems &C
cording to their own ideas.
Toy figures and toy dogs, cats and
other animals lend themselves readily
to many uses. All sorts Of vehicles,
such as wagons, carts, tricycles and
carriages, garden tools, small brooms
and carpet ,sweepers and all sorts OF
articles foS doll housekeeping are
adapted to Slay in which the magma
tive elements most important Books
and drawing, sewing, writing and
building Materials all have their place,
and many SSthese are at hand in every
home. 81
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-25
Delicious Salad Dressing.

Dainty and oriental in flavor Is a
salad dressing made with white wine
vinegar, one-half cupful of vinegar
boiled with two tablespoonful Of sug-
ar, one-half stick cinnamon, five cloves.
Chill this strip on ice and when quite
cold pour in, drop by drop, one-half
cupful best grade of olive oil. Beat
It while mixing and continue until it
assumes a creamy appearance. When
done add a pinch of salt and liberal
supply Of Hungarian paprika; no black
pepper.
This strip should be so finely blend
ed that no flavor predominates. Do
not have it too sweet. Use it on veg
etables or fruit salads. Save the juice
left over, provided you have served it
from a large dish instead Of individual
dishes, and the flavor Of fruit or veg
etables makes richer the oil, which can
be used in potato salad or deviled eggs.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-25
Autumn Colors.

Already Paris is busy planning fall
fashions, and the very first thing to be
decided is the question of colors, so
that manufacturers Of materials may
set to work. After that there will be
time enough to arrange about styles
and silhouettes.
Decidedly rusty Is the shade that
promises to be most fashionable next
fall. 1t is called rouille4 which. in fact.
means rust.
There are two rust 81 ades. both red
dish brown, but one very much bright
er than the other. Al the new grays
are metallic grays-nothing so soft as
smoke.
Silver, nickel. gun metal and iron
gray are represented There Is plati-
mum gray, too, and there Is pewter.
Even aluminium gray is not forgotten.
Quite appropriately for autumn time.
the new greens are called duck green's.
and the browns are known as pheasant
browns. Most of the new blues are
called army blue, and the shades num-
Der as many as there are kinds of blue
uniforms In the world. OF course the
choice of Paris is the French uniform
blue
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-25
PHILIPPINE EMBROIDERY.
Il 10 SuppIantine the French, Being
Both Pretty and Cheap.

Both Pretty and Cheap.
At last women are discovering the
beauty Of Philippine embroidery. That
statement is hardly true. for they have
known of the beauty Of Philippine en-
broidery for years. But the Philippine
women have been embroidering gar
ments that could not possibly be trans
formed to suit American demands.
There is some tale that the Filipino
women, when they were taught to wear
our clothes, asked for American pat
terms. That happened to be in the day
when the never to be forgotten but
never lamented Mother Hubbard was
In the height of its power. Hence the
Filipinos were given, it is said, a
Mother Hubbard pattern. And that
has remained the foundation pattern or
their shapeless costume ever since.
In the same way, when the Filipino
women first began to do embroidery
for the Americans must have been
some time shortly after the close Of
the Spanish war-just when American
women were wearing their first lin
gerie waists" They were white
blouses in their least attractive FORM
with high, tight collars, and they fas-
tened down the back. And so the Fill
Pine women have since then been CIV
ing us waist patterns" nicely en-
broidered, to be sure, but one and all
cut on those old fashioned lines-lines
that could not be reconciled with the
present mode.
Recently somebody with clothes
sense must have gone down to the
Philippine Islands and told somebody
there that American women changed
their mode of dress with the passing
years. For recently there have been
wholly wearable garments, hand en-
broidered by the Philippine women,
cut on fashionable lines.
There is really very attractive under
wear embroidered in the Philippines.
It is cheaper than the French work,
and 1t Is equally attractive, although ii
is different. Let us all be grateful to
the enterprising soul who changed the
current Of Filipino industry from
those endless and useless blouses that
came in just after American acquisi'
ton Of the islands.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-25
ANOTHER ECONOMY.
How to Make Attractive and Fadeless
Kitchen Curtains.

One woman states: Every week
when the laundry was returned 1t was
fresh reminder that the children's
clothing was wearing out and that I
needed new towels, tablecloths and
curtains.
81 purchased first of all necessary
clothing for the children and few
pieces of household linen. My kitchen
curtains were threadbare, but every
time 1 planned to purchase new ones a
more pressing need swallowed the
money.
Curtains do not last forev&, and
when mine were positively HOPELESS I
suddenly remembered reading about
unbleached muslin curtains. Now, un-
bleached muslin curtains did lot have
an attractive sound, and l had never
seen curtains of this material, but hav-
ing such a tiny allowance IL decided
that 1 could do what others Ead done
and make muslin curtains for my
kitchen.
$50 / purchased the material, made
the curtains and hemstitched them on
the sewing machine. l had just fin
ished making one of the kiddies ging-
ham dress, and scraps Of the material
were lying about. As an experiment
1 picked up a small diamond shaped
piece and placed it near the hem Of
the curtain, and as it was rather eff
fective l tried another piece, and this
gave me an idea which | proceeded to
work out.
"Just above the hem of the curtain
1 placed six diamond shaped pieces Of
Bingham about four inches apart.
After basting them in place l stitched
them around the edge (using the sew
ing machine). and at the top made
a casing for the curtain rod by sewing
a narrow strip of Bingham on the mus
lin"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-25
A KINDERCARTNER
How One Woman Got Legislation
Under Way.
FROM MAINE TO THE WEST.

Mothers and cIubwomen of Five of the
United States Have Already Succeed
ed In Getting Better Laws For Early
Education Passed.
During the past few years mothers
and clubwomen all over the country
have been growing more and more
alive to the need of more kindergartens,
and this year they have been success
full in five states in getting better kim
dergarten laws passed.
The women of Maine, Texas and
Washington have the greatest cause
for rejoicing, because their new laws
authorize school boards to open kinder
gartens when parents petition for them.
By having the matter regulated by law
mothers and fathers in these three
states will now have some guarantee
of success when they ask to have kim
dergarten started in the public school
In their neighborhood.
Miss Nellie Brown Of the Federation
of Women's Clubs was largely response
BILE for the success of the legislative
campaign in Maine, but it is safe to
say she could have done nothing with
out the support which she received
from the clubwomen and kindergart-
ners of Bangor and from the kinder
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-25

earten children themselves. A number
of these tiny tots drew, colored and cut
American flags for the 1S2 senators
and representatives Of the state. Ten
of the children were present at the
hearing on the bill before the educa-
ton committee and sang America"
and saluted the flag. AS they turned
to march out there was a volume OF
applause, and when the room was
again quiet the chairman Of the COM
mittee said, his face wreathed in smiles,
miss Brown, guess you've won your
hearing"
In Texas both the Congress Of Moth
ers and the women's clubs were 1nf1u-
entail in getting their law passed. Un-
der the leadership of Mrs. Griffith OF
the federation and Mrs. Steere Of the
congress a sentiment for kindergartens
was aroused all over the state. The
result was that when it came time to
think of introducing bill the state su-
perintendent of education framed 1t
and college presidents and professors
were glad to speak in its behalf.
This wealth Of public support not
only made it easy to put the bill
through, but is now helping the Texan
workers in their efforts to put the law
into effect
Mrs. George W. Steere of Fort
Worth, Tex, was at the forefront OF
the work in her state to obtain good
kindergarten law, and the governors
signature to the bill was hardly dry
before she was launched on a cam
paign reaching from Ell Paso to Gal
weston to interest parents in petitioning
for classes.
Some Of the arguments she used sue
ceSSfully with legislators were:
The early years are the most i'm
questionable, and in a wise educational
system these years should no be left
unprOvided for.
Little children are given good start
not only in school, but in life, through
the excellent training which the kim
dergarten gives.
The majority Of parents who want
kindergarten training for their chill
dren cannot afford to pay tuition at pri-
Vate kindergartens.
The kindergarten is democratic In
that it brings educational advantages
to all children before any must leave
school to go to work.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-25
! Fabric Gloves.

Fabric Igloves have gained a great
vogue since the beginning Of the Euro
pean war. One sees women wearing
them for all but evening occasions.
Some Of the fabric weaves are so fine
and so tleverly made that one cannot
tell then from suede at short dis
lance, and they are shaped to the hand
with a care that was never before be-
slowed on this kind Of glove. Gray Is
most effective, as are some shades Of
suede and tan.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-25
Veoetabie CoIorind,

A very dainty green color for candies
Or icing is quickly obtained from let
tuce leaves. Simply macerate the leaves
between saucer and spoon and add the
Juice to the cooking sugar until dark
enough. This has the advantage over
spinach as a coloring agent of being
obtainable at all seasons and is not so
expensive as the liquid vegetable color.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-25
' Smart Fads.

JAPANESE mbroideries are seen even
on sports dSats Of jersey.
Girdles Isade of beads are a pretty
addition tfthe straight frock.
Ecru tinted Irish lace is to be seen
on afternoon and evening gowns.
GeorgetR Grape combinations are
trimmed with bands Of liberty satin.
Long bltuses suggesting smocks are
made of sheer handkerchief linen.
Princess slips to wear under lingerie
dresses ara made Of pink organdie.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-25
Queer Bodies.

Eyes have they, but they see not
potatoes.
Ears have they, but they hear not
cornstalks.
Arms have they, but they hug not
windmills.
Tongues have they, but they talk not
wagons.
Legs have they, but they walk not
tables.
Heads have they, but they think not
-cabbages.
Noses have they, but they smell not
pitchers.
Lips have they, but they kiss not
tulips.
Teeth have they, but they chew not
saws
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-25
Practical Sewing Kit.

One Of the small wicker suit cases,
the size that cb ildren carry, can be
turned into a practical sewing kit. 1t
would be convenient for veranda sew
ing and vacations days, as it can easily
be carried about and so fitted up that
all the material Is for mending, sewing
or embroidery would be at hand.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-25
To Rsmove chswino Gum,

Should you happen to sit down on a
piece Of chewing gum do not try to
scrape it off and risk spelling your
skirt. Simply take a piece Of ice and
bold it tightly over the gum for few
minutes. This hardens the gum and
causes 1t to crumble. 1t may then be
brushed of with no injury to the cloth.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-25
Clean Mirrors.

II glass mirrors should become very
dirty it is easy to wash them with
warm white soapsuds and rinse i'm
mediately with warm ammonia water
or water to which a little alcohol has
been added. After this 60 over with
fine channels skin.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-25

With the aid of a discarded life buoy
the young soldier in the picture has
constructed a fort in the sand. The
enemy must be in front Of him, as he Is
intently watching something in the line
Of his vision No fear that the enemy
can approach the fort without being
seen. Keen eyes are guarding every
approach. The fort cannot be sur
prised.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-25
To Prevent Grainina.

Often maple strip and other sugar
sirups grain when left standing for
some time. This can be prevented,
however, If a teaspoonful Of cream Of
tartar Is added to the strip and the
contents brought to a boil before it is
set aside.