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would increase our supply Of wheat
products SO per cent and reduce the cost
% per cent unless manipulated by the
markets.
In 1917 we are reasonably certain OF
raising $500, 900 600 bushels of corn Ga
conservative estimate). of which $4,000
600 bushels will be made into glucose,
to be used in glue, ink, mucilage and tex
tile industries and laundry starch.
Another $4,000 600 bushels will so
into alcohol. whisky and beer and A.
O0O.OO bushels will be thrown out in the
refining process used in making corn
meal othe germ of the corn itself and
sold for fodder
The department Of agriculture at
Washington reports show that 50 per
per cent to 90 per cent of our corn crop
goes to animals.
We also throw away. or feed 10 pigs,
5000. 100000 pounds of skinned milk
yearly, the solids Of such milk, II prop
eriy handled, amounting 10 over i'0VV'-
600. 600 pounds of excellent food.
The French have forbidden the export
of their skinned milk and manufacture
II into powder called mammala, which
is highly nutritious and especially good
for children.
This food is worth . cents a pound
and the value in dollars would be ST.
250,0O0,O0O.
In our barley milling system We lose
p per cent Of our rye-40,0 100000 bush
els go for whisky which has no food
value
OF our rice 90 per cent is wasted by
the polishing process and 900000o0
bushels are used for beer.
Only one-half of our vegetables and
fruits reach the markets. The rest rot
on the ground instead Of being dried and
preserved and $5O.0000o0 worth of eggs
are allowed to spoil every year on &C
count of the storage process, which be-
gins to hoard the eggs in April for the
next winter.
In other words we are almost never
eating fresh eggs but are saving the
fresh ones until they are stale.
Under our present system eggs will be
81 per dozen before next Christmas and
bread 80 cents a loaf. says McCann, in a
land which is more than producing
enough for our needs but whose products
ere being grossly mishandled.
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The Old Gardener Says

People Who have only a Utue
land which they feei in their
patriotic ardor should Do planted
90 vegetables. and got dislike 20
forego flowers entirely. csV make
a satisfactory compromise by
growing the plant called Heian-
.u. which makes bealttl ds'
p'aa> ofyenoH flower Var 70
sunfowors. except nfiof, and
also produce generous cr07 =
-uberF which scrHc a am excel
irnf sub fifue fo~ potatoes e-
boiled or creamoi Ia 'lUer7
may be planted noo about i5
inches apart
The Detroit times., 1917-05-24
T. r. Has Splendid
Traits, But SubOrdinatiOn
II Is Not One of Them

This unattached column has been II
line with Theodore Roosevelt the greater
part of the time since he took the field tc
battle against the domination of our po-
litical life by predatory interests.
But this allegiance hasn't been a De
catur-like devotion 10 Roosevelt right or
wrong. We have reserved to ourselves
the Rooseveltian privilege of larruping
this redoubtable leader when he has
taken on some of the attributes Of an
undesirable citizen himself
That's when, per action Of the cleo
torate, he has descended from leading to
following. As a leader he'is magnificent,
magnetic, eye-flling. As follower, a
subordinate, ne is an irascible figure, a
killing frost!
Look how he breathed forth beratings
and slaughterings against Taft and later
against Wilson when they attained the
heights he had occupied and to scale
which he tried and tried again. Did
ever man Of sportsman's blood lose as
ungraciousy as T. r. did in 1912 and
1916?
The Colonel can't help it. He's up
against it temperamentally. In the bel
ligerent lexicon of Sycamore Hill there IS
no such word as subordination.
Witness the latest test of his wiling
ness to serve without stipulation De-
MED the privilege of being the first over
with command on the firing line in
France, Roosevelt takes his pen in hand
to indite his Difference to the will of his
mmander-in-Chief, but before he puts
it down he undertakes to tear the head
of the nations order into tatters.
There is a parallel in the later years
of that president but petulant genius, Jo-
seph Pulitzer, confined to his yacht by
blindness and by a progressive nervous
ness which only the sea could soothe. He
called his chief editorial writer TO him
one day in order to dissent vehemently
from some position the World had taken
upon q question of the hour.
A hot verbal duel ensued, in which the
editorialist stood bravely upon the Pull
itzer decree that the independence of the
Worlds editorial page was entirely in the
keeping of the editor and his associates.
The interview closed without deci-
sion. Early the next day the unyielding
editor got this message from the owner
of the paper.
81 bow 10 the superior wisdom and authority
Of the young men Of the Worlds editorial page
But Tn, damned sure I'm right Just the same
JOSEPH PULITZER"
Such in substance is Roosevelt's "un
questioning and patriotic" acquiescence il
the Wilson decision that he shall not q
soldering overseas as commander Of the
first expeditionary force.
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The ThOrObred
BY Or. FRANK CRANE
copyright 1915. by Frank Crane)

In one of the plays of This season, ''The
Very Minute" one Of the characters says
something to this effect: You go on till
you can go no further, you reach the
limit of human endurance, and then
you hold on another minute, and that's
the minute that counts.
The idea is a good one. The last min
ute. the other side of the breaking point,
is worth thinking about.
1t is that which marks the thorobred.
There is something in the hundredth
man that bespeaks a finer quality. It
Is unoonQuerableness, heroism, stick-to-
Iit-iveness, or whatever you have mind
to call it
We have way Of attrfbutfng thfs %
breeding, after the analogy Of horses and
dogs; but while there's something In
blood / doubt If It is q very Trustworthy
guaranty of excellence. SO many vigor-
Gus parents have children that ara moral
ly spndling, and SO many surprising
samples of superiority como from conn
mon stock, that heredity Is far from de-
pendable.
But the quality exists, no matter how
you account for ia certain toughness
of moral fiber, an indestructibihty OF pur-
pose
Any mind Is over matter, but there are
some wills so imperial so dominant over
the body, that they keep IL from collapse
even after its strength is spent.
We see it physically in the prize-Aght-
er who doesn't know when he Is beat
en-" in the race horse that throws an
unexpected dash into the last stretch
even after his last ounce Of force Is
gone. in the Spartan soldier who exclaim-
ed III | fall | fight on my knees"
OF all human qualities that have lit up
the sombreness of this tragic earth,
count this, Of being thorobred, the hap
pest
1t has saved more souls than penance
and punishment. it has rescued more
business enterprises than shrewdness. it
has won more battles and more games,
and altogether felicitously loosed more
/ hard Knots in the tangled skein Of des
tiny than any other virtue.
Most people are cutters. They reach
the limit. They are familiar with the
last straw.
/ But the hundredth man is a thorobred.
/ You cannot corner him. He will not
give up. He cannot find the word fall
in his lexicon. He has never learned to
whine
What shall we DO with him? There's
nothing to do but to hand him success.
Its Just as well to deliver him the prize,
for he will get it eventually. There's
no use trying TO drown him, for he won't
sink.
There's only one creature in the world
better than the man who is thorobred.
/ II is the woman who is thorobred.
[ ~.
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Hunt for Happiness
nv n. ADDINGr0N BRUCR
Author Of The Riddle OF Person
nlity." 'H'sychoioEy and
Parenthood." etc.

Tho hunt for happiness is uniyer-
sal. Il IS in progress all the time.
Every one OF US. each In his own
way. yearns to find happiness In
life
But how different are the ways In
which happiness is hunted
Some seek 1t thru nmassing
wealth. Some look for II by winning
social prestige. Some imagine that
II can be found only by gaining
boundless leisure for pleasures and
amusements.
And some there De who hold that
the one sure way 10 and happiness
Is entirely 10 stop looking for II. 20
forget ones self as much as possible.
and 90 labor earnestly 10 render use
tul service for others
These last, my brothers. are OF a
certainty the ones In possession OF
the true secret OF finding happiness.
All other ways OF seeking II lead
only into blind alleys OF restiessness
and discomfort Selt-forgstting ser
vice is indeed the one SURE way.
Always it Is important for US 20
appreciate this Today II IL more
important than ever before in the
history or mankind because the
- d no
ever was before
Less than three years gone, the
torch OF war was 1endishly carried
into one small country. helpless but
courageous Belgium Belgium raw
ished. wars horrors were spread
from land to land
Today rlgh,eously wrsthful
world is In arms against the slaugh-
terers OF belgium and The dupes
who have become allied with them
But In tho interval they have
Fought destruction and suffering
udescrihahle and without parallel
since be- world began
Service Is needed 20 make certain
az bringing upon them The doom
they so richly merit Service Ia
needed ~ assist their victims Ser.
wire sfHl further Is needed 10 avert
even worse catastroph now
threatening 10 result from the world
war.
Service for others. ~ a truth. Is
today not simply The sure road to
happiness II is the road o. duty
o. IS Tho road witch an must take
ln THIS terrible time OK crisis
For failure 20 take it there can
to no excuse The wealth amass.
ng. the prestige seeking. 'he SELF
amusing must awake To- .fho fuulity.
tho emptiness OF The lives they have
I been leading.
In one Way or another they must
devote themselves 20 selfforgettins
effort for 'he triumph OF right and
ne relief az suffering
MANY among hem should and
uue Join DE heroic armies now
fighting rourage0-sly against The
. dcvastators Those whu az not la
person take ar arms sti1 have am
p'e opportunity 20 render service.
Doing thts. taking some really
useful par. In the tremendous tasks
Of our demon mcnaced civilization
hes UHl have the consciousness of
Iuty performed And with his con
.ciousncss will come tho discovery
hat they arc closer than ever in tbs
past 20 hat fof Witch they have sd
/ eagerly been hunting happiness
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Good Judge

Tourist who IL the best doctor
in he village
Native wal. allus recommend
u KUmmqulck
Touris'-Are you a good judge
Native Judge No. I'm the I'M
dertAksr.-JudEA
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WTF1 ~ y NII8 " - - I'''1 - -
tramps. voiced the conviction
that no one should make n
practice Of feeding them. and
that any man who gives them
money ought 20 BE- fined But
the unmitigated harsh.
ness ~ such n rebuff az this:
I'm tryln TO get back TO ms
old mother" explains a grimy
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one can cultivate
good yheaIth by
spadlnE hoeing
and tending veg
etabie For the
man who pend
most On his wax
lng hours ins.d
Of "a white collar
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individual 10 a gentleman Of deceptively beneyo-
lent aspect she amt seen me face In ten
years
The philanthropist scrutnizes the indicated set
~ features.
Il believe YOU are telling the truth" he admits.
All, why don't you wash IT."
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This good woman was ono Ar
ternoon the guest of rather
patrOnlzing clubwomap
so your husband ls an edi-
Tor ." tho latter asked.
yves"
Since YOU have no family
and have, considerable leisure
on your hands. ! dare say you
assist him IN his editorial
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rpbleman. who one evening
presented her with a priceless
SCI 81 silver sables
Later she WAS asked BY n
companion how she had spent
the day.
"Oh. was The reply. those
furs the duke gave me were
full 81 gray hairs and I've
been picking EN- out ."
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Anniversaries

t--t John hancock was elected
PRECEDENT ~ the Continental Con-
i7---c -i Neirs. with 90 connec-
fl.uf rIita surpr sod ana cap blurred
mo nr.Ish rpst ar rng Harhor. u. T.
ft -Er Henry Hiirt"n slnce "a
Lori Howe @ command ~ the Brit
iah forces fr America
tsft THf H.Itleh fSg was lowered
at Fort Htk4r. thus ending foreign
dou ~ 'U ~ trr1nstu f"ii
frr American lulfa Tan AZ
500 tt..n ra4 formed ln Boston
1861 Ersf advance ~ The Federal
irtn Virginia
ssl baron Hr'cN PROPOSED 20
huy 600 600 acres ~ and FOO the
Argentine Republic for "a Jewish cole
ouF
oNE YEAR AGO TO-DAY ~ THE
WAR
Italians retreated in ~ugaina val
Icy before nercs Austrian attacks
Germans az Nerduu occupied rlI-
iage ~ Carnleres and rcca ptur"d Fort
DouHum0nt
<lnR ~ MONTENEGRO disavow@d the
actions n hIa son, Prince MlrRo. ~
negotiating FOR surrender 20 the
AuFfrfHus
TOpAY's BTRTHDAIS.
George Grey Barnard The sculptor
who has nTered 20 givc Russia "a
statue - Abraham Lincoln. horn In
BalIefsnta ga. years ago today
SIR Arthur So ling flncro. ore -
the raEt prof. PC and sirro eaful ~
Tue eh plnrv Ehif. porn 100 Iona u.
81 .fnrs Az today
r-,-feta fJrau.ark since 1909 born
ir ~ at.I.hla ~ years ago today
trahera who Wa First Sea Lord ~
o.. rrfffat Admiralty o. .he come
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Laugh With Us

In those days ~ allotments
manure Is an important one.
Instructor was giving a lecture
20 farmers IN a small town near
Dublin about manuring crops
why. he said. in a short
time man can carry as much
manure as will suffice for a
crop I'm one OF his waistcoat
pockets
yes" remarked an old farm
or. who evidently knew what
he WIS TALKING about. and carr
The Detroit times., 1917-05-24

Health Questions Answered..
+. r. r. What causes mouth
bredthiny2'
Enlarged tonsils. adeuoids. Ton
silius and nasal Obstruction are
among the causes
The Detroit times., 1917-05-24
The Keep Well
Column
BY Webster.
oARDENINel

War gardens produce orherthings
besides beans. potatoes and The IKE
The Detroit times., 1917-05-24

The sorrows OF trampdom arc many and 40
cording 10 some stern moralsts. they should be
more The late Joseph Flynt, for instance, who
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country editor. who Is also an authority on
certain industrial matters. recently came up TO
town. bringing his wife along with him.
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"Oh yes said the editors wife, who r. also
his cook: Il edit nearly all his inside mattezss
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The veteran journalist " @ Hilbert teIis ~
a chorus girl the very dear friend OF wealthy
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tho question %
An agricultural
The Detroit times., 1917-05-24

he was talking about and carry the crop home
in the other pocket"
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fsker s"inde
advertisers nave
have Tsed or
recognition 70 honest
Users oshones, advertisers who De found IN ne lines ~
be Only signed letters giving the writer's name arc
withheld as pre-
Admirror. The Times, Detroit, Mich
L. ".
wit
Alter starting the course obliged iuvssgats ne am,
of the
heard nothing more fo" me me
the confer
upoup a. onc ~ l. o. f so
,rease withhold VI
This reminds ne or the old time correspondence schools
make "Pinkertous" out o badges
You this school doesn't take IT'S
weigh Of hot .-
Students duped believing that degree makes
them LAWYERS org IN practice
practice examination regardless OF
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CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE ::

81 don't believe was ever cut out
for successful woman, Margie," said
Paula.
II think you have been very sue
4 cessful woman, Paula" / remonstrat-
ed. Paula stopped to decide upon
the question and then she looked up
and smiled. When Paula Newton
smiled she was radiantly beautiful and
thought that probably much of her
SUCCESSES a woman-rested on the
smile and the personality behind it. l
was amused to have her almost answer
my unspoken idea.
"Yes, / think have been very
successful woman and that means a
very different thing, you know, Margte,
than being a successful man. When
we call a man successful we do not
mean that he has been successful
lover, or a successful husband, or
successful father. We mean only one
fhtng-he has reaped fame and wealth
at least one or the other-in some
profession, art or business.
'eWhen you talk about successful
woman you mean she has been sue
cessful oniy in the things that are pure
" feminine. Men have admired ana
loved her, popular opinion has set its
approval on her character and her per-
sonality.
.In man, Margie, success always
means achievement. In a woman II
usually means. acquiescence.
sWhat started to say when was
led into this other train of thought
Margie, was that the reason why I
never succeeded in business to any
great extent was because was always
being ledaway from the work in hand
After all my food resolutions on
that day when cried SO long, | woke
NJ the next morning full Of ginger.
put on my prettiest gown and made
myself as presentable as possible ana
sailed forth toward the office Of a
man who had heard was arranging
for9a summer stock company in the
middle west.
aStrange as It may seem, really
wanted to get away from New York.
/ stin had the feeling Of lost child in
city street where every face was
strange and not altogether progresses
Ing
.And so sauntered forth. Yes,
blargie, literally sauntered, for had
found that one must not act the least
bit IN q hurry If one wishes to land
lob in theatrical company. The par
Ocular manager l was after had an
office on Eorty.second street and Ede'
efnmell To walk from Eleventh street
where / boarded, up Fifth avenue to
orty.second
aIf Broadway looks sordid and
sduafid and ugly except in the glare OF
ne electric lights, there is no business
street IN the world that is so beautiful
IS Fifth avenue on June morning.
sThe shop windows are like pictures
described IN fairy tales where fabu.
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DRYING FRUITS
AND VEGETABLES
Bv BIDDY BYE.

Women who live in flats and small
apartments usually consider them
Relves fra from preserving food. The
nations demand that every woman
shall do a little bit conscripts the flat
dweller rs we'll as the farmers wife.
Dried vegetables take up one-tenth
the space required for storing the wet
or fresh vegetables. A woman who
cannot find cupboard for canned
goods can keep stock of dried vege
tables and fruits on a shelf.
OF an onion, S7.6 per cent. is water
without nutrient value; of parsnip 81
per cent; of q potato 1873; of tomato
794.3 per cent; beets are 81 per cent.
water a1d cabbages arc 91.5 per cent.
water,
Dehyd:sted or dried vegetables
shrink in bulk in an astonishing way
which makes them easy to pack in a
email space. The water must be re-
stored by soaking before the vegeta'
bles are cooked.
Almost ell large fruits and vegeta.
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bles should be peeled and sliced, then
parboiled or steamed a few minates
to soften the fiber.
Apples must be pared. cored and
sliced, then dipped in salt water to
keep then from turning brown. The
allowance Of salt is three heaping ia
blespoonfuIs to a gallon Of water.
Cherries must be pitted.
Berries should be dried soon after
picking.
Rustless mesh screening makes a
line drying tray. A few laths will keep
It in shape. 1t must be covered with
cheesecloih If used for drying peas,
beans or corn. Berries should be dried
on platters.
1t is not enough to dry any food on
the outside only. ALI must be dried
clear through or they will not keep.
Whatever the process Used for drying,
the product must be stirred or turned
several times to insure complete and
uniform drying.
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JAPANESE women
HAVING THEIR DAY
Are Filling Positions For
nerIy Held by Men Ex-
cIusiyely
By Associated Press)

TOXIC. June 20. = That Japanese
women constantly are taking larger
part IN the activities Of the Empire is
ehown by recent Investigations AS
IN Europe, so IN Japan women are MI
(. Ing positions formerly exclusively held
by men.
There IRE 1000 women working I'M
6er the Railway Bureau, most OF them
ticket sellers, cashiers and accountants
ana 5000 women find employment in
the clgar and cigarette factories OF
the government tobacco monopoly
Their wages range from ten to twenty
five cents a day.
Male clerks in banks and mercantile
houses constantly are being replaced
BY women who receive So to $l0 q
month.
Actresses receive the highest wages
paid to women in Japan, but their
clothes are expensive and so they are
financially In no better position than
the moro humble workers. The lowest
salary among them is SIS or $50 a
month, and the highest about $3.50.
In journalism women in Japan get
from $40 to $25 month, according to
experience. AS yet the number of Wo-
men doctors is not large, but they en-
joy large and lucrative practice.
The number of women employed in
ouch capacities as nurses, goYernesses,
in drug stores, or as models, dancers,
guides, ushers, barmaids, teahouse
mattresses, hair-dressers and flower
makers is increasingly large, to say
nothing % the more than $4,000 em-
ployed In cotton and other factories.
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lous Jewels, the most expensive art
treasures and loveiiest fabrics are
spread before the eyes Of the fairy
princess.
1.-THE alert young men and bright
eyed, wholesome young women seem
a part of natures scheme, Even the
traffic officers are splendidy groomed
and display nature as sunny as the
morning. Unless you are in such a
desperate condition Of mind that ali
this sunshine, this beauty, this joy OF
living seems an insult to injury you
cannot possibly be unhappy on Fifth
avenue on a sunny June morning.
81 stopped to look in at the window
of shop famed for its laCes. What
memories they brought to me! My
dear mothers one extravaganza was
her collection Of laccs. She had talked
to me so much about them that / knew
more about good lace than most wo-
men.
an the window was very beautiful!
example of old filet which especially
interested me as my mother had had
its counterpart. had seen her handle
it lovingly thousand times My eyes
grew wet at the recollection and
surreptitiously hunted in my bag for
my handkerchief.
"As 1 did so l heard voice beside
me in full English accent say:
80 thought could not be mistaken,
How do you do, Miss Newton? Where
have you kept yourself all this long
time?"
81 turned hurriedly and looked up
into the honest eyes Of Lord Beauc'
leugh."
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ugnt, ana Stedman, inlhis nerican
Anthology" makes itsreat. "Whose
broad stripes and bright stars through
the buds of the fight No version
Of the song makes the line end with
might" instead Of flight"
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Evervbody's Doing It.

Said the near-cynlc, "When a Wom-
an goes shopping these days, although
she NAV be the most sedate little lady
In the world, she can't help hitting
the high places"
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The Distinction.

"Now that, sir, is a very good cigar,
one that you needn't be afraid to offer
anybody" "That's all right, as far as
It goes, but 1 want one that can
smoke myself."-Judge.
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Had Something on George.

1--WE got it all over George Wash
ington in one thing" Harold told his
playmate. Flows that2" he was
asked. "Well, he couldn't tell lie and
I can"
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Versions Of "star-spangIed Banner"
The third line of 'The star.Spangled.
Banner" has had two versions. Bryant,
in his Library of Poetry and Song"
gives 1t Whose broad stripes and
bright stars through the perIlous
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BY BETTY BROWN
NEW YORK, June 27.-The bowl,
ing pin" rules the mode in fall coats.
A handsome model shows how the
width of the hips may be properly
exaggerated by an ingenious arrange
ment of the pockets.