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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23
TESTING TO SELECT AND PROTECT

When they call you in to give you
these new mental tests they are talk
ing so much about, you will hesitate
between two opinions: One will be
that the man who is testing you is
crazy. The other will be that he mis-
takes you for a fool. You will think
one or the other of these must be the
only possible explanation of the fool
ish questions asked you and the fool
ish tests to which you are put.
But there's method in this seeming
Madness very sensible method and
a very saving reason. 1t is this: No
two men in the army are exactly alike
in mind and muscle any more than
they are alike in face. Put two good
soldiers in the field and one can walk
as far or run as fast as the other. Put
them in the mess and it is draw as
to which of the two can eat the most.
But call them both suddenly, and one
will start nervously, while the other
will answer quickly. Hurl them
around rapidly in a chair, as they do
with the candidates for aviation, and
one will regain his balance almost on
the instant, while the other will feel
that whole room swimming about
him. Tell both to perform certain
muscular actions while a third person
counts FIVE, and one will regulate his
movements to the count while the
other will be confused by the very fact
that he must make haste All these
differences between men are the So
called muscular, mental and nervous
reactions" and if they mean very lit
tie in ordinary business they mean
all the difference between success and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23

charge of the military establishments
of the state and is a soldier from the
top of his head to the soles of his
shoes
Private Secretary Metcalf is the son
of Richard L. Mctcalf. editor of The
Nebraskan, published at Omaha AS
private secretary to Governor Neville
he is the governors right hand man
and is exceedingly popular
Hugo Diedrickson, the Danish bar
itone singer. delighted the audience
at the dedication and efforts are be-
ing made to have him devote his tai
ent tic the different cantonments-
z. z. Gillespie, native born Bug
eater" born in Omaha, son of John
Gillespie first state auditor and one
capital at Lincoln. Mr.. Gillespie is
an alumnus of the Lincoln high
school and of the University of Me-
braska He served in the Spanish
American war and is at present edu-
cational secretary at Hut No. 3. Fort
Riley.
After the dedication the distin-
guished visitors were taken in tow
by E F. GilIepsie, Y NJ c. A secre-
tar at Hut No 3. Fort Riley. and es-
corted to Y. NJ. C. A headquarters
to meet DIR. Z. 3. Pratt camp secre-
tary, and staff. From there to the
engineers camp. where Hut No. 4.
Y. NJ. G. A was thoro1y inspected
Governor Neville climbed the ladder to
the "hayloft." to see where the Y. N.
c. A men slept, and wondered what
would happen to them in case of fire.
From there the party went 10 HIT
8, Fort Riley isolation station. and
called on the Y. NJ c. A. force there
returning to Colonel Tilford's head
quarters for mess.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23
NOTES FROM M. C. A. NO. 8
BY T. F. SMITH.

Great interest is being shown in the
Bible study drive, which has received
particular emphasis the last few
weeks. Some of the companies have
more than half of their men enrolled
in a class that meets either in the
mess hall, or at the Y. NJ. C. A.
These classes are organized for the
purpose of giving the men a chance to
express themselves regarding their
problems. and to be of service to any
one in the company who may be. in
trouble. Come on, fellows, get into
them and stand clean in your COM
panies.
The school which is being held for
the benefit of the Y M c. A, secre-
taries meets in No. five mornings
each week. So many of the expert
enced secretaries have enlisted that it
new men who are not subject to the
draft and to train them while they are
on the Job.
Mr.. E. NJ. Birkes, who has been the
building secretary for No 8. has been
promoted to the position of camp bust
ness manager and is now in the Y. NJ.
c A. headquarters with Mr.. Prett.
who is the camp secretary for the Y.
M c A. work in Camp Funston and
In Fort Riley. We are mighty sorry
to see Mr.. Birkes leave the work at
NO 8, where he has been such an in
spiTation and help to both the other
men on the staff and to the men who
come to this building.
The "Y'' now has a Wonder Tone
baby organ which can be carried from
one barrack to the other for song
tests If any company near the build
Ing wants to borrow it for a good old
fashioned sing, it may do so by ask
ing for it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23

failure-ycs, sometimes, between nfe
and death-when it comes to selecting
men for the thousand varied drties OF
the army.
Every good soldier is ambitious--tc
shine, if he can do so honorably, to
rise, if he be found worthy-but am
bilious above all to do his duty. That
involves a world of things, courage.
persistence. willingness to learn, pa
tience and real manhood. But 1t in
wolves more than some of us think
being rightly placed to do ones work
Most men who are worthy of the name
try to do their best, no matter what
task you give them; but few men can
really do their duty-their full, whole
souled duty-unless they are as
signed work they are fitted to per-
form
strate what duty a man can do best
If he was born to be an aviator. the
general test will show enough to war
rant more detailed experiments II
he has the eye and the sense of time
that fit him for bomb throwing, the
tests will disclose his qualities. And
if he ought to be assigned duty in the
rear. in justice to himself and his COM
rades, those simple little experiments
and those innocent little questions will
put the right mark on him.
Some of these boys will probably
growl a little at more examinations.
That is our prerogative. But you may
write this down and remember it:
These long named tests are as truly
protective as they are selective and
they are to help make Uncle Sans
the best army possible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23

l don't care where they send me.
l don't care what they do.
Just so they bring me back again,
So 1 can be With you.
Ny darling how 1 love you,
Dearest l love you true.
And when this war is over
Well be one instead of two
by Corpl- j. Z. Schneider, Co. L, 35S l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23
BY E. F. GILLESPIE

Educational Secretary Y. NJ. c. Az
Oh, you Cornhuskers, Did you put
it over the Jayhawkers? Well, 1 guess
yesi 1t was a great day for the boys
from the Tree Planter state when
the fine new gymnasium, built by the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23

Neb., was another distinguished Wis
itor and was greatly pleased with the
conditions in the camp Adjutant
General Clapp and Private Secretary
Metcalf complete the personnel of the
party. Guests at the banquet in addi-
ton to Governor Neville were: Hon.
George COPELAND. Col Ross Ham
mond, Hon. c. J. Carlow. Adjutant
General Clapp. Private Secretary Met
calf Hugo Diedrickson and E. E. Gil
lespie. Carnations decorated the Ia
bles, which were placed in the form
of letter e. with the speakers ia
bles facing the banqueters.
Governor Neville received the Dem
ocratic nomination over Charles w.
Bryan. brother of w. ]. Bryan. on the
wet and dry. issue When he was asked
what he would do if prohibition should
carry he replied that he would enforce
the law. The people of Nebraska are
all with him in his efforts to do so.
Hon. George Coupland, for forty
YEP rs resident of Nebraska, has con-
tributed much to the building of the
great commonT ealth. at the present
time he is acting chairman of the state
council of defense and he is devoting
all his time to this war. George Coup
land IS d genuine patriot.
Col. Ross Hammond, editor of the
Fremont, Neb-, Tribune. possible
United States senator, was a member
of the congressional committee that
visited France and Belgium and is de-
voting his time to speaking on his ex-
periences on the western front
Hon c. J. Carlow of Columbus
Neb-, is one of the states patriotic
citizens who is devoting his tine and
efforts to war work
Adjutant General Clapp is in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23

The Christian Science board of directors
announced that a Christian Scientist can
not claim exemption from military service
as conscientious objector' without mis-
representing Science.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23
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Hon c. J. Carlow of Columbus.
Neb.. is one of the states patriotic
citizens who is devoting his tine and
efforts to war work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23

Hon c. ]. Carlow of Columbus.
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Adjutant General Clapp is in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-23

Colonel Ti1ford as POSTMASTER, pre-
sented Brigadier General O'Meara of
Missouri, to speak on Missouri" Cen
eral O'Meara made most happy
speech, but made the frightful error of
winding up with the declaration that
Jack Pershing' belonged to Mis-
souri,. Governor Neville caught it
right between the eyes-he bliuked
twice and everyone knew what was
coming Commanding General VIM
followed with a scholarly talk on the
army and received an ovation when he
finished Governor Neville closed the
speaking part of the program and took
particular pains to tell General
O'Meara that John J. Pershing was a
University of Nebraska graduate and
that his surviving son and two sisters
live in Lincoln, and figuratfveIy told
the Missouri general to go away back
and sit down. Governor Neville was
in his happiest mood and told how he
had managed to keep out of the guard
house on two occasions since his ar
rival and that the governor of Kan
sas had had the experience of landing
in the guard house when he was here
last
While at Camp Funston Governor
Neville and Mr. George Coupland were
entertained at the home of Lieutenant
Colonel Tilford at Fort Riley and a
luncheon was given in their honor
Saturday noon. An unexpected. but
most welcome visitor, Col Ross l..
Hammond, dropped in Saturday morn
ing to see the bows and take part in
the dedication. The fact that Colonel
Hammond had just returned from the
western front caused him to he the
center of attraction of groups of men
who gathered around him and listened
with rapt attention to his recital
Hon c. J. Carlow of Columbus,
Evening star., 1918-08-04

dirt anywhere The workmen look
clean. AS I went through the plant
the manager told me that he had not
a single foreigner in his employ. add
ing that "he had only Americans,
Irish and Canadians"
Let US first examine the beans from
which the chocolate is made. They
differ in color and quality, according
to the locality from which they CONG.
Some are light brown. others tan
color. and some almost black. Among
the samples saw were some from Ac-
era, in the Island Of Sumatra: some
from Trinidad. at the mouth Of the Oro-
noco. and some from Para, at the
mouth Of the. Amazon. There were
also seeds Of an excellent quality
from Dutch Guiana, and others
equally good from Guayaquil. Ecua-
dor. Some of the best of the cacao
brought here is from the Cauca val
ley. In Colombia, and also from Ca;
racas, Venezuela. The latter is used
for making cakes for the soldiers:
These beans have the rosy color Of
the skin of a peanut inside the shell.
and, biting them open, you see that
the meat within is a little bit darker.
The raw beans do not taste much like
chocolate. They are bitter and oily
and have favor like that of pea
nuts before they are roasted.
The beans come here In burlap bags
of 200 pounds each and they are car
ried high up in the air aboyss the Me-
ponset river from the warehouse to
the factory. The means of transport
is an electric teller car, which might
Evening star., 1918-08-04

to fight side by side with them against
the Germans and Austrtans.
The present company owning the
mill is the outgrowth of one estab-
lished a year before CORVALLIS sur
rendered to George Washington at
Yorktown, and 1t has been going from
that time to this. Its buildings. now
have about eighteen acres of floor
space. upon which are hundreds of
men and women making the cakes of
eating chocolate which are shipped to
our soldiers in Europe. The factory
consists of q number of large brick
buildings. some of them warehouses,
filled with thousands Of bags of cacao
beans from nearly every country near
the equator. and others with choco-
late-making machinery run by elec-
tricity. and equipped with the most
modern processes Of turning the beans
into the various forms Of the choco-
late Of commerce.
could smell the chocolate long be-,
fore came to the factory. Its aro-
matte fumes permeate the surround
ing air and give you an appetite. It
Is q clean smell, not, unlike that Of
steamfng cocoa or the sweet choco-
late you eat. The factory is clean.
Many OF its operations are like those
Of a srist mill. but the dust is taken
out by tho machinery and there is NO
Evening star., 1918-08-04
Candy as a War Food for American Soldiers

into the grinding machines as dry a.
powder. You can rub the grains In
your hand. and you would hardly
imagine that they are fully half fat.
are changed from solid into . liquid
by grinding. They are dropped. into
millstones much like the old-fash-
Toned ones used in grist mills, and
when they flow out 1t Is as a thick
molasses. the liquid chocolate. Tho
pressure has made the change.
The grinding process is continued
through one pair of stones after an
other until the result is a fine paint
like mixture which tastes just like
chocolate, but is rather bitter. This
is the liquid used in making cakes
for the soldiers. the only addition
being the sugar. It Is now carried to
another part of the factory and put
into great grinding machines con-
sisting Of stones rolling around in
side drums. The chocolate is poured
amount of powdered white sugar is
added. The mill mixes the two, and
grinds them to a thick paste, which
II dried would be powdered chocolate.
In making the cakes for the boys in
the trenches a little cocoa butter is
added. The mixture is then In the
form of dough and ready to work.
The turning OF. the dough into cakes
Is combination of skilled human
labor and noisy machines. The room
where this is done has a temperature
of 30 degrees. 1t is of great size
and the noise is SO loud that 1t is
impossible to make yourself heard. 1t
comes from hundreds of shaking ta-
bles. each of which has on it a tray
Of little tin pans of the size of the
chocolate cakes made for the soldiers.
On each pan is placed lump of
dough. about as large as you could
mold in the palm of one hand. II
weighs one-eighth Of pound. When
the tray of pans is filled 1t is placed
on one of these shaking tables. and
by the vibration. the pans dance up
and and down as though they were mad.
The motion is such that the dough
settles and me1ts and fills the pan.
spreading evenly over It. It is thus
nodded to shape. and has only to be
cooled to form the hard cake sent to
the soldier.
After cooling. the chocolate cakes
are wrapped and packed up for ship
ment. This is done by girls who
seem glad to be doing their Bit
for the war. They wrap each cake
>1rst In parafan paper. and then in
the fancy wrappers made for the
purpose. The paraffin wrapper bears
the work. This is in the shape OF
little pin pricks. arranged in such a
way that each set of holes shows
Just who did the wrapping. It is one
OF the means Of protecting the purity
OF the food/ sent to our boys In
France. II anything should be found
wrong with shipment the name of
the party who packed up the in
furious cakes can be easily traced.
We have all read stories Of the at
tempts to smuggle powdered glass or
poison OF one kind OF another into
the candies intended for France but
SO Tar none Of these has been aeso.
ciated with chocolate, -,
FRANK G. CARPENTER
Evening star., 1918-08-04

has large glossy leaves. which grow
chiefly on the ends of the branches,
but sometimes on the trunk. 1t has
pinkish-white blossoms on the trunk
and on the main branches. The fruit
grows on both the trunk and the
branches. being fastened by short
stems to the bark. When ripe it Is
the shape of squash. six or eight or
even more inches long and six inches
thick. 1t Is yellow or reddish in coll
or. 4 has a thick. hard, warty skin.
inside which are the seeds or beans
which form the cacao of commerce.
The beans are about as big as almonds
and little thicker. They are of a
light brown or tan color. Each bean
has thin shell. inside which is a
dark-brown kernel. which is more
than half fat. It is from the kernel
that our chocolate is made. There are
twenty or thirty and sometimes forty
seeds in one fruit.
+ In raising cacao the seeds are plant
ed in nurseries. and after the trees are
a foot or more high they are trans
planted, being set out at about 2s0 per
acre. AT FIRST they are shaded with
bananas to keep of the hot rays Of
the sun. They are cultivated and
weeded until about Ave years old.
when they begin to bear fruit. They
Evening star., 1918-08-04
OLD HICKORY. -
BATS ONE UP
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ladies'. grabbin' him by the arm.
7 know. No scene. Certainly not.
Only these hotel persons must be put
IN their place. And IL you will excuse
me for moment I'll see what can be
done. Come. lieutenant. I want to get
q look at those spools myself"
Well. he did "But-but / UNDER
stood. says he. that they were stuck
In concrete or something of the kind"
Yes. sir" says !. I'VE had to un-
stick 'em. Pneumatic drills and
steam roller. Very simple"
Great Scott" says he. why didn't
that fool captain think Of But,
see here. don't want 'em here Now.
II we could only get them to Pier
That would be long way to roll
done. Loadin' 'em on a couple of
Army trucks would be easier though.
There's a quartermaster's depot at
the foot of 57th street. you know"
so there is" says he. l'TIl call
them up Come in. VIII you. lieuten-
earned it, think"
Three minutes more and the major
announces that tho trucks are on the
way. e1 e-.e
(which means. Ellins," he adds.
you are"
IF you don't mind" says Old Hick-
ory. I'll keep this and pass on nv
hundred to Torchy here. He might. !.
like to entertain his volunteer squad
with it,
Did I? Say. when I got through
showin' that bunch of far west ar
ttllery husks how to put in q real
Pheasant evening along Broadway
there wasn't enough change left to
buy a sportin' extra. But they'd had
chow in the giddiest lobster palace
under the white lights. they'd occu-
show in town.
And next mornfn'. when Old Hick.
ory comes paddin' into the general
offices, he stops to pat me friendly
on the shoulder.
IT think we have succeeded in re.
marks. 'as to the general utility Of
bomb-proofers in certain instances"
grins up at him. Then" saws [.
do 1 get recommend Tor active
duty within jabbin' distance Of the
Huns?''
''we did consider that" saws Old
Hickory, "but the decision was just
as 1 suspected from the first. The
major says 1t would be a shame to
waste you on anything less than a
divisional command. and there arena
enough ofthose to go around. Chiefly,
is able to get things done in New
York in the wizard-like way that you
can should be kept within call OF
Governors Island. So fear. Torchy
that you and President Wilson and
I will have to go on serving QUE
country right here"
"All right, Mr.. Ellins." says I. =
expect you win-as per usual"
Copyright. 1918. by Mcclure syndicats.D
Evening star., 1918-08-04

tacks and i've nails. took key out
of my pocket and laid 1t in the beans.
It jumped to the belt and was car
ried into the box.
The next operation is roasting, The
cocoa beans are put into great steel
drums, heated by steam pipes to a
temperature Of $50 degrees. It takes
half day to roast them, and during
this time the drums move slowly
around, turning the beans over and
over and keeping them at an even
temperature throughout. After roast
Ing the skins become loose and much
Of the bitter flavor has been taken
away. The effect is much the same as
in the roasting of peanuts. The roasted
beans taste a little like burnt coffee
and somewhat like chocolate without
sugar. They next fall into cracking
machines. which break them so that
they look much like burnt coffee
ground coarse, except that some of
the pieces are as large as a buckshot.
The skins have now become broken,
and they are carried away by a cur
rent of air which passes over the
ground kernels as they are graded.
They fly Off in a brown snowstorm
like the chaff of threshing ma.
chine. The machines are SO finely
adjusted that they take only the
shells and leave every bit Of the
chocolate. even the dust. This choco.
late is known as chocolate nibs. It is
now ready to be blended and ground.
The chocolate grains and dust go
Evening star., 1918-08-04

continue to bear from twenty to thir-
ty or more years. The ordinary yield
Of tree is about three pounds Of
beans, although some trees produce
more. a good crop being 500 or 500
pounds to the acre. The fruit Is cut
from the trees with sharp knives, and
the knives are fastened to long poles
to cut high above ground. the fruit be-
ing caught as it falls. Later the seeds
are taken out, dried in the sun and ship
ped to the market.
Il x
am writing this letter at Dor
chester, Mass. because here on the
Neponset river. within six miles Of
Boston. is the. factory which is fur
nishing more chocolate than any other.
to our boys in the trenches. I have
come here to find out whether the
supply will be large enough to meet
the demand, and to show you some-
thing of how the chocolate is madg.
The factory I refer to is one of the
largest of its kind among the Oldest
of our Industrial establishments. 1t
was started with the Neponset river
water power by an Irish immigrant,
who had learned how to make ohoco-
late in England, and. strange to say,
1t was not far from the site of the
first powder mill of the colonies. This
site then contributed munitions for
our colonial troops to fight the Brit
ish. 1t now contributes food for us
Evening star., 1918-08-04

be compared to a gigantic cash car
rier. The only difference is that the
cash carrier takes a box of money the
size of your fist, while the teller car
picks up a bag as big as a flour bar
rel and carries 1t through the air to
the upper floor Of the factory.
The first process Of chocolate MAX
ing is cleaning the beans. As they
come from the plantation they have
mixed with them twigs. leaves and
dirt of one kind or another. Now
and then stones get into>a bag and
sometimes tacks. nails. keys and lit
tie pieces Of iron. Ali Of these must
be taken out by machines which re-
move every trace of foreign matter.
One of the processes Of cleaning Is
to insure that no bit Of iron gets
into the chocolate. This consists Of
q magnetic belt which passes over
the beans as they go through the
machine. The belt is 80 strongly
magnetized that the bits of iron fly
up and stick to 1t. and are swept of
into q box over which the belt
scrapes farther on. When exam
ined the belt it had gathered four
Evening star., 1918-08-04

.HE luxuries of peace are the
necessities of war. This is
especially true Of our boys in