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Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-10
Goats Save Babies.

The vocation of a certain Virginia
minister Is to save souls. For an avO-
cation he saves lives. He confines his
soul-saving operations TO his congrega-
ton. while his life-saving activities
cover the state at large. A large num-
Der of robust, vigorous babies owe
their health to the milk produced by
mich goats which this minister made
available to the parents of these for
merly puny and sickly infants. The
novel scheme which this goat keeper
practices Is to rent out fresh does to
families with sickly children. The
renter pays a given amount for each
days use of the doe, furnishes and
feeds materials in such amount as the
owner directs and signs a contract
which makes him responsible for the
full value Of the goat in case of acci-
dent. The renter also pays the ex-
pressage on the goat from the point OF
origin to and from his home.
In the main, these goats are main
tanned at cost of approximately 5
cents a day; oats, corn, clover and
alfalfa hay, browse and sanitary table
scraps constitute their ration. This,
Of course, is contrary to the general
supposition that the average milch
goat possesses a tin-can appetite and
a back-alley disposition. AS a substi-
tute cow for babies the milch doe is
extremely efficient, says the United
States department of agriculture. She
Will produce consistently for period
of from eight to ten months between
two and two and one-half pounds of
good quality milk a day. which is high
ly effective where it is used intelli-
gently in decreasing infant mortality
due to malnutrition.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-10

OF the Legion charged with rife ana
bayonet like their men.
Then-BoomI SLANT Bangf-and
the mines went off.
"AllezF ana then the parapet was
filled with bayonets and men scram-
bling and crawling and falling and get
ting up again. The smoke drifted back
on us, and then our own machine guns
began ahead Of us.
Up toward the front the bombers
were fishing In their bags and throw
Ing, just like boys after a rat along
the docks. The black smoke from the
Jack Johnsons" rolled over us ana
probably there was gas, too, but You
could not tell.
The front lines had taken their
trenches and gone on and you could
see them, when you stood on q para
pet, running about like hounds through
the enemy communication trenches.
bombing out dugouts, ilsarming pris-
oners-very scary-looking in their
masks and goggles. The wounded
were coming back slowly. Then we
got busy with our work in the dugouts
and communication trenches and fire
bays, with bayonets and bombs, dig
ging the Boches out and sending them
west" And every once In a while a
Fritz on one side would step out and
yell "Kamerad," while, like as not, on
the other side, his pal would pot you
with revolver when you started TO
pick him up, thinking he was wounded.
Then we stood aside at the entrance
to a dugout and some Boches came
out In single file, shouting "Kamerad"
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-10

we tried to keep up his Jokes and say
the same things and so forth. But they
did not go very well after he was
dead. He got his In the same charge
In which the chaplain was wounded.
He was one Of the bunch that charged
before the order was given, when the
chaplain got 1t, and was running pretty
near me until we got to the Boche
wire. l had to stop to get through,
though must of 1t was cut up by artil-
lery fire, but he must have jumped It,
for when I looked up he was twenty
or thirty PAGES ahead of me. We got
to the Germans about that time and
was pretty busy for a while. But
soon I saw him again. He was pulling
his bayonet out of Boche when an
other made jab at him and stuck him
In the arm. Then the Boche made
swing at him with his rife, but the
Swiss dropped on one knee and lodged
1t. He kept defending himself with
his rifle, but there was another Ger
man on him by this time and he could
not get up. The corporal of our squad
came up just about that time, but he
was too late, because one of the
Boches got to the Swiss with his bay
onet. He did not have time to with
draw 1t before our corporal stuck him.
The other German made a pass at the
corporal, but he was too late. The
corporal beat him to 1t and felled him
with terrific blow from his rifle butt.
The Huns were pretty thick around
there just as another fellow and my
self came up. A Boche swung his rifle
at the corporal and when he lodged it
the Boche almost got me. The swing
took him off his feet and then the cor
poral did as pretty a bit of work as
ever saw. He jumped for the Boche,
who had fallen, landed on his face
with both feet and gave 1t to the next
one with his bayonet all 8t the same
time. He was the quickest man / ever
saw.
There were a couple of well-known
savate men in the next company and
saw one of them get under Fritz's
guard with his foot and, believe me,
there was some force in that kick.
He must have driven the Germans
chin clear through the back of his
neck.
We thought 1t was pretty tough luck
to lose both the chaplain and the viii
lage wit in the same charge, along
with half Of our officers, and then have
to give up the trench. Every man in
the bunch was sore as a boil when we
got back.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-10
The sombers Were Fishing In Thelc
Bag and Throwing.

for all they were worth. One of them
had his mask and face blown off yet
he was trying to talk, with the tears
rolling down over the raw flesh. He
died five minutes later.
One night. while was lying back In
the trench trying not to think OF any
thing and go to sleep the bombs began
to get pretty thick around there, and
when 1 could not stand 1t any longer
/ rushed out into the bay of the fire
trench and right up against the para
pet, where 1t was safer.
Hundreds Of star shells were being
sent up by both sides and the field
and the trenches were as bright as
day. Ali up and down the trenches
our men were lodging about, keeping
out of the way of the bombs that
were being thrown In our faces. 1t
did not seem as If there was any place
where it was possible ito get cover.
Most Of the tine was picking dirt out
Of my eyes that explosions had driven
into them.
If you went into dugout the men
already In there would shout, Don't
stick in bunch-spread out!" While
you were in dugout you kept expect
Ing to be buried alive and when you
went outside you thought the Boches
were aiming at you direct-and there
was no place at all where you felt
safe.
But the fire bay looked better than
the other places to me. / had not been
there more than few minutes when
big one dropped in and that bay was
just one mess. Out of the "a men In
the bay only eight escaped.
When the stretcher bearers got there
they did not have much to do In the
way Of rescue-it was more paIlbear-
er's work.
A stretcher bearer was picking up
one Of the boys, when a grenade land
ed alongside of him and you could not
find a fragment of either of them.
That made two that landed within
twelve feet of me; yet was not even
scratched.
When got so that 1 could move l
went over to where the captain was
standing, looking, through a periscope
over the parapet. was very nervous
and excited and was afraid to speak
to him, but somehow I thought 1
ought to ask for orders. But l
could not say word. Finally a
shell whlzzed over our heads-just
missed us, it seemed like, and I broke
out: ''What did you see? What's all
of the newsf" and so on. / guess 1
Chartered like monkey.
Then he yelled: you're the gunner
officer. You're just in time-Pve To-
Gated their mortar batteries"
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-10
CHAPTER VII.
stOppInu the Hume at pIxmude.

Stopping the Huns at DiXmude.
was standing in communication
trench that connected one Of our front
line trenches with a crater caused by
the explosion Of q mine. ALI around
me men of the third line were coming
up, climbing around, digging, hammer
Ing, shifting planks, moving sandbags
up and down, bringing up new timbers,
reels Of barbed wire, ladders, cases of
ammunition machine guns, trench
mOrtars-all the things that make an
army look like general store on legs.
The noise Of the guns was just deaf
ening. Our own shells passed not far
above our heads, so close were the
enemy trenches, and the explosions
were so near and so violent that when
you rested your rifle butt on something
solid, like rock, you could feel II
shake and hum every time a shell
landed.
Our first line was just on the out
skirts of the town, in trenches that
had been won and lost by both sides
many times. Our second line was in
the streets and the third line was
almost at the south end of the town.
The Huns were hard at 1t, shelling
the battered remains of Dixmude, and
to the right stretcher bearers were
working in lines so close that they
looked like two parades passing each
other. But the bearers from the com.
pany near me had not returned from
the emergency dressing station and
the wounded were piling up, waiting
for them.
A company of the 2me Legion Etran.
gere had just come up to take their
stations in the crater, under the para
pet OF sandbags. A shell landed among
them just before they entered the era.
ter and sent almost a whole squad
west, besides wOunding several others
Almost before they occupied the
crater the wires were laid and reached
back to us, and the order came for us
to remain where we were until further
orders.
Then we got the complete orders
We were to make no noise but were al
to be ready in ten minutes. We put
on goggles and respirators. In ter
minutes the bombers were to leave the
trenches. Three mines were to ex
plode and then we were to take and
hold a certain portion of the enemy
trenches not far of. We were ali
ready to start up the ladders when
they moved Nig's section over to ours
and he sneaked up to me and wills
pered behind his hand, ''Be a sport
Doc; make II fifty-ffty and gimme a
chance"
did not have any idea what he
meant and he had to get back to his
squad. Then the bombers came up tc
the ladders, masked and with loaded
sacks on their left arms. zone min
ute now" said the officers. getting or
their own ladders and drawing their
| lrsvOlvers-though most Of the oficerl
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-10

Make sponge of all the ingredients
except the rice and barley flour. The
potatoes used should be freshly mashed
with no fat or milk added. The water
in which they are cooked can be used
for the liquid. Let this sponge stand
In a warm place until very light. If
dry yeast is used, set the sponge the
night before it is needed.
Add rice flour and barley flour when
the sponge is light. Knead and let
rise until double in bulk. Knead again,
form into loaf and allow to rise until
bulk is again doubled. Brush over the
top of loaf with melted fat before
putting 1t to rise.
All breads made with substitute
fours are better If baked in single-loaf
pans or in rolls or buns.
This recipe will make one large loaf.
Bake for one and a quarter hours in
a hot oven.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-10
Food inspectors HeIp.

The housewife can see at a glance
how much food she is to get for, her
money when 1t is in package form and
labeled in accordance with the pro
visions of the federal food and drugs
act, say the officials of the bureau of
chemistry of the United States de-
partment of agriculture, charged with
the enforcement of that law. The fed.
eral food and drugs act provides that
all food in package form, shipped into
interstate or foreign commerce, shall
bear on the labels plain and conspic.
uous statement Of the quantity of the
contents of the package, in terms Of
weight, measure or numerical count.
Federal food inspectors are always
ON the watch for interstate shipment
OF food in package form, to see that
the labels tell the truth with respect
to the quantity Of food in the pack.
ages. Several samples are taken from
each shipment in order that their aver.
age weight may be determined. If the
packages are found to be short In
weight or measure, the party respOn.
sible for the shipment may be prose.
cuted under the criminal section OF
the law.
The act does not apply to foods
which are sold and consumed within
the state where produced or manu-
lactured' but to those that are shipped
from one state to another, or to or
from a foreign country, or manufac-
tured or sold within the District os
Columbia or territory. Many states
nave net weight or measure laws, how,
ever which protect the housewife
from short weight or measure In pack
age foods produced and sold within the
state. Federal and state food officials
cooperate in the work of enforcing
these laws in order that abuses which
cannot be reached under one law may
be corrected under the other.
Children should never be allowed
rich and heavy preserves.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-10

ing clothes or sleeping or cooking or
doing a thousand and one things. The
men were always in good humor at
such times and 1t seemed to me even
more so when the enemy fire was
heavy.
If a man was slightly wounded down
would come the rifles to order arms,
and some poilu was sure to shout,
fright this way. One frame" 1t was
a standing joke and they always did it.
The poilu who did 1t most was a Swiss
and he was always playing a joke on
somebody or initiating some one Of
rs or making faces.
We were all sorry when this Swiss
swent west" IS the Limeys say, and
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-10

Children should never be allowed
rich and heavy preserves.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-10
0EPEW GOES 'OVER THE TOP" AND GETS HIS FIRST
GERMAN IN BAY0NET FIGHT.

snOps-Abert NJ Depew story
In the United States during which attained
petty oe hrstass gunner The world after
receives his honorable discharge navy
France with determination Foreign
Is assigned the dreadnaught
him high honors Later he
the Flanders front He his first
DiXmude Legonaes
gan and children
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-10
pepew has an exciting expert
enee in a Zeppelin raid, as told
In next InstaIlment.
(To BE CoNTINUED.)
Get Wise.

VanderhoOf Herald-If you feel that
the whole world is against you, get In
linei the world may be right about it
--BastOn Transcript.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-10
help Meet need
OF SUBSTITUTES
Rice Flour Being Used in Manu-
faCture of Bread, Cookies,
Cakes and WaffIes.
GOOD GOVERNMENT RECIPES
Now Being Made In Large Quantities
to Save Wheat-Whiteness Makes
1t Particularly Useful to
Baker and Caterer.

Rice flour, which before the wheat
shortage was used only by caterers and
bakers in small amounts is now being
manufactured in larger quantities to
help meet the need of wheat substi-
tutes.
The whiteness of rice flour makes
| it particularly useful to the baker and
caterer, and in the effort to save wheat
housewives are learning to use this
product in breads, cakes, and cookies
alone or combined with other substi-
tutes.
The recipes which follow have been
tested in the experimental kitchen of
the department of agriculture, office
or home economics, and, the United
States food administration, home con-
servation section.
Rice Flour Waffles.
~ cups rice -four ~ cups milk
fsaS6SEn' poT6sT baking egss est
Sift the dry ingredients together and
add slowly to the milk, beaten egg
yolks, and melted fat. Fold in stiffiy
beaten whites and cook in hot we'll
creased waffle irons.
Shortcake.
IL cups rice flour tablespoons short
teaspoons baking ening
1 teaspoon salt i cS5 S5 milk
Mix as you would mullins, bake in
layer cake tin, split, and butter while
hot. Put layer of sweetened berries
or other fresh fruit between the halves
and on top.
Chocolate Nut Cookies.
cup corn sirup tablespoons barley
straineS s1liise9ons hanev I tsasroon nosr b.,,,r.
2 squares chocolate powder
10 tablespoons rice teaspoon salt
hour teaspoon vanilla
" cup chopped nut meats
Mix and drop by the spoonful on
creased baking sheets. Bake Is min
utes.
Sponge Cake.
8 eggs (yolks and 11s teaspoons baking
MnlteE SrateyS Seaten sep PtowGer teSgpoops lemon
l tablespoon hot / teaspoon vanilla
u teaspoon salt
This sponge cake can serve as the
DA1SAE iOL manly uCSHCIIos DUKE us u
loaf cake or in muffin molds. Baked
in a thin sheet, spread with soft jelly,
and rolled it makes a delicious Jelly
roll. Serve with sauce.
Bake In layers and fill with custard
filling for Martha Washington pie or
use for shortcake with fresh fruit
between the layers.
Rlee-Flour Cake.
4 cup fat u cup milk
4 cup sugar l teaspoon salt
Y cup riced boiled powder Ns
potatoes es,pI PACKED ;at " cups rice -four
cup
Mix and bake in muffin molds for
cup cakes or in layers or loaf. If
baked in layers, lemon filing Is good
with it.
Variation.--For chocolate cake, add
two squares Of chocolate to the above
recipe.
For spice cake, add one teaspoonful
cinnamon, half teaspoonful nutmeg,
and one teaspoOnful spice.
Quick Nut Bread.
tablespoons melted toes po'a-
Iat 17s cups barley -four
IaDlespoons corn teaspoons baking
slrup powder
eggs / teaspoon Golf
lb cups rice flour l cup chopped nuts
MIX in order given. Bake in loaf
pan in a moderate oven for one and
quarter hours.
Yeast Bread.
Fifty per cent wheat -four and 30 ner
cent substitutes.
~ cups liquid 1 tablesnoon oor,
u. cup mashed pota- sirup
Toes teaspoons salt
The Washington times., 1918-08-25

fashionable hotels that the traction mag
nate first saw the creole. Her allu-ing
young figure was clothed in a peacock
gown that from shoulder to hem was
mass of color. A close band of emeralds-
for Mrs. Ketcham was enabled to possess
very wonderful jewels-bOund her black
hair. From the moment that his eyes fell
upon her I.Ouderback was fascinated
But she is divine-divine!" he told an
old friend who took him TO task for his
actions.
Mrs. sLouderback. it is said. left the ball
in tears. Soon afterward Mrs. Ketcham
sold her Indiana avenue home and moved
to the Grand Pacific Hotel. There dozens
of mutual friends saw her at various times
with the fnancier. Indeed. he fairly
fiaunted his devotion to her in the face
of the world. Gone at once was the do
mestic life built up through the years and
his wife forgotten.
He was intensely Jealous OF the woman
who had captured his heart Mrs. Ket-
cham's beauty naturally h ought to her the
glances and attentions of en- wherever she
went. Outbursts of fran. rage could al
ways be looked for whenever the two au-
peared together in public. lie continually
raved that every man in he world was
conspiring to take her" 'om him. and it
The Washington times., 1918-08-25
Diagram Showing the Weird Arrangement
of the blouse Within House" That Was
the Fruit of Louderback's Infatuation
and Insane Jealousv

cago and bought a home at No. 3421 In
diana avenue. The beautiful girl had be
come still more beautiful woman whose
l'oise was that of a duchess and whose in
telligence and wit charmed all Her house
became gathering place for brilliant men
and women. Men of wealth. social posi-
tion and high attainments were her friends
On November l3 1897. John b Ke."ham
retired millionaire lumberman Sixrv
years old, died in her home Afte, his
death Mrs. Minnie Wallace Walkm ap-
peared with a marriage certificate lated
September "a, 1897. and declared So had
been married to Ketcham in Milwar.ec,
She explained that she and her sixrv-
year-old suitor had kept their love a Secret
because they did not want comment Inon
the discrepancy between their ages to mar
their bliss. When asked why she had
given her heart and hand to two such
elderly men. surprise looked out of her big.
tender eyes.
Their knowledge of life fascinates me-"
she said. "A man must know how to WOO a
woman to win me-and young men have
not the experience
George B. Ketcham, of Toledo. began a
The Washington times., 1918-08-25

the litigation she was known to have re-
sided in Loudcrhack's New York home
under guard of detectives employed by him.
And on the second day of the Chicago
hearing of the case Mr.. Louderback was
constantly present in the court room.
That case ended by Mrs. Ketcham set
Ting with Hansen out of court.
Then began the swift decline of Louder
backs fortunes. He was without question
madly in love with Mrs. Hetcham. despite
the discrepancy in their ages. When she
came to New York she lived in a magnifi-
cent home on East Eighty-eighth street
that had been furnished and prepared for
her by him. And upon her he lavished his
wealth.
The story Of their first meeting is inter
esting. Up to that time Louderback had
teen a great figure in Chicagos financial
world. His domestic life was not unhappy
and his wife was familiar figure among
the Chicago fashiOnables. Il was. indeed.
at an exclusive ball at one of Chicagos
Great Britain Rights Reserved.
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and ii was not long before the cyanide
which he kept in his medicine cabinet to
eype iment with grass seed wrote the
finish to this chapter of Mrs. Ketcham's
love story.
And when the will was read it was found
that De Lancy Louderback had LETT Mrs
ketcham one-fourth OF his entire ,pmain.
ing estate. and the astonishing fact was
revealed that of all his estate and Of all
his vast fortune only ten thousand dollars
remained!
Thereafter memory Of the New Orleans
siren faded away, as she had intended II
10 do no doubt. Only from time to time
it was whispered that her past unknown
and unsuspected by those with whom she
came in contact. she was living an hn~o-ed
life in England. and that out of her deep,
sincere love for her British husband the
woman as she had been known in America
had been utterly lost.
And now comes the news of the death
of the man who had taught her what real
love is, and for whom she had felt an emo
tion that none of her elderly husbands or
suitors could possibly have aroused within
her. And by his death equally. without
doubt. she is now knowing some of that
sorrow which drove Louderback to the
grave.
The Washington times., 1918-08-25


Ml"hths OF inquiry and investigation Mrs.
keicham was eXOnerated of any blame for
Netchams death and the suit was settled
oui OF court. Ketcham left 1925 900 in
property and $4,000 in insurance. and
Mrs. ketcham received 100000 from the
combined amounts.
For two uninterrupted years the sorrow
ful slre1 entertained famous men from all
over the world in her Indiana ayenue salon.
lhen Det!af Hansen. who had been her at
torhey during the Investigations that fol.
lowed ketcham's death, filed suit against
her for attorneys fees.
And Hansen made the trial which fol-
lowed most spectacular one by charging
that her claim to marriage with Ketcham
was fraudulent, and that in reality the
CreOle-Japanese butler had covered his
shoulders with a shawl, as was the infirm
millionaire's custom. and had gone through
the ceremony in Milwaukee with her Just
to give Mrs. Ketcham a claim to a share
of the estate.
Copyright, 1918. by Star Company.