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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-11-01
Poet lmmortall1ed Hemp.

Longfellow has immortalized the uses
OF hemp in his famous poem. 'The
Ropewalk," in which he makes us see
the rope made into a swing for two
lovely maidens, the tightrope for the
tired, spangled girl of the cheap street
vaudeville show, the cord that the old
bell ringer pulls when he rings the
MONDAY hour; through his eyes we see
the schoolboy flying his kite, the farm.
er's wife drawing bucket of cool wa.
ter from the well on the old homestead,
and many other beautiful pictures.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-11-01
PoasIbIlItIes o. North Africa

North Africa-Tunis, Algeria and
Morocco-contains around half mil
lion square miles. Some of 1t is des.
ert, but much of 1t Is highly produc.
tive, and 1t has special advantages for
producing some forms of live stock.
The climate and pasture make 1t al.
most as ideal country as Australia
for sheep raising and 1t has peculiar
advantages for what might be called
extensive pig raising; its acorns and
other tree crops taking the place of
corn. Yet down to the beginning of the
war very little had been done to make
this potential wealth actual and avail
able.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-11-01
cHAprgR XII.
rhs Crown prInee---and others.

The Crown prinee---and Others.
I FIRST saw the crown prince profes.
slonaily In the spring Of 1905 few
months before his marriage. He was
then twenty.thrce years OLD. He was
ln the uniform Of German army OH.
Ger but looked more like a corps stu
dent except for the fact that his face
was not marked with a scar FROM duel
ling. as is usually the case with most
members Of the German fraternlties
lie had habit Of placing his hands
en- his hips aud his coats were always
Haired IN az the waist which. with the
sporty angle az which he wore his cap,
gave him swagger which was quite
foreign 10 the rest of the officers Of the
army. He was Of slender figure, which
was accumulated BY his height, He
was nearly six feet tail.
He came into my office, remember,
with copy Of life In his pocket He
took Il out and opened Il and showed
me cartoon OF himself which appar-
emily caused him considerable amuse'
ment and which. be said, he inteaded
showing his family,
There We're two beautiful rings on
his left hand and he wore wrist
watch, although nc that time wrist
watches were used almost exclusively
by women. He seemed to be bright
and quick. but by no means brilliant
Perhaps the quality exhibited by him
that impressed me most on that first
occasion was his excessive nervousness
He trembled all over. II was plain Il
see he was dreadfully afraid OF pain
and he evidently realized that hat
! noticed his condition
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-11-01
what He Didn't Like About Helen.

Kenneth's little playmate. Helen,
was to have party. Only girls were
to be invited, but Kenneth was I'M
aware of this fact. He longed for an
invitation and expected one up to the
day of the party. But alas the invita-
ton didn't come. Downhearted, he said
to his mother: "You know, mother,
like Helen awfully well, but | GER
tainly don't like her ways"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-11-01
The Kaiser as | Knew Him
for Fourteen Years
C@@H0
By ARTHUR N. DAVIS. D. D. S
BY ARTHUR n. DAVIS. D. D. $
cnApTEa xl-centInusd.

fcopyrrht lel b the Meclure NeMapaper gyndIeaiel
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-11-01
Mo Need 20 Worry.

Airs. Livewell-"Please don't be Of
Tended at the question, Title. but are
you addicted to drink" New Maid
II don't know the taste of 1t. ma am.
You can keep bottle in every room
in the house If you like and you'll al
ways find it as you left it."--Buffalo
Express.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-11-01
MaahInu Poor People,a Eeet.

The custom of washing the feet of
the poor on Maundy Thursday at
Whitehall was observed by English
sovereigns until the end of the sew
enteenth century. After that the cere-
mony was performed on their behalf by
the Archbishops of York until the mid
die of the eighteenth century.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-11-01

made any successful showing just ms
they did In the case of the kaiser.
During his various visits to me l
ferent aspects of the International sit
uatlon, but the ideas he expressed
were not OF much moment.
,srhe allies think we will run short
Of man-power." be said ON one occa-
slop, "hut we've got 2,OO0.O00 youths
growing up and Wen soon be able 10
put them In the war. There's no dan
ger oe our running short OF men. but,
realty, | wish it were an over. This
war is lot OF damned nonsense, you
know !" He talked as IL the two mill
lion growing-up youths OF Germany
we're created for the Hohenzoilerns to
use as they pleased
Another remark he made which In
dicated how sadly he miscanstrued the
epoch-making significance OF the great
war in which the whole world was
involved was quite characteristic.
with SO many men at the front"
he said. "the men 1t home ought TO be
having fine tina with the women,
eh. whatl DO you see many good
looking girls In Berlin nowT'
In this connection l may mention
that many Of the more sober officers
told me that they were disguised with
the manner In which the crown prince
was acting at his headquarters. TT Is
really disgrace" they complained
"for the crown prince to have so many
questionable women visiting him. Il
certainly doesn't set much of an ex
ample for the rest Of the staff"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-11-01
Nothlnu I'm a Name.

"Namin' a boy George washIn'-
tn" said Uncle Eben. ais as much a
sign dat he's g'ineter be truthful as
namin' mule Job Is sign dat he's
g'ineter be patient"
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

cial danger if the bottles are of the same
size and shape.
Keep these remedies by themselves. Be
careful that they are plainly labelled,
and to prevent their being taken by mis-
take drive a roundheaded pin into the
cork, or, if the bottle is glass stoppered,
wind bit Of string about the neck sew
eral times. Mark it so that the sense
of touch will at once reveal the nature of
aOhat you haze IN hand.
All medicines should be placed out of
the reach of children. A little boy who
found some nice, tiny white candies in
a bottle ate them with much pleasure.
The little pellets proved to be a very
powerful medicine, and, although the
child's father was physician and dis
covered what had happened almost i'm
mediately, the little fellows life was
sacrificed.
Old corls should not be used in medi-
cine bottles unless they have been cleaned
and sterilized. If you have contagious
disease in your house the bottle should
rot be sent to the drug store to be re-
filled at all unless it has been washed
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

tlcularly if the mixture is an oily one;
then the next time the medicine is poured
out the liquid will carry in it this dust,
with all its several million germs.
The medicine bottle should be kept
clean on the outside. The efficient drug
gist is very careful before pouring any
liquid out of the multitudinous contain
ers in his establishment to see that the
surface that the liquid will touch is per
fectly clean. You and | surely can be
as careful with one bottle as he has to
be with thousands.
Sometimes corks are carelessly put
into bottle necks without care to fit them
in. Not only is there danger of spilline
IT the bottle is tipped, with perhaps a
disagreeabe stain to remove, but a still
greater menace exists: If bottle is not
properly corked evaporation will take
place steadily from the contents, and the
strength of the medicine will be more or
less altered through concentration or
chemical change. Deaths have occurred
more than once from this apparently
trif1ing bit of carelessness. Put the corks
IN tight.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
A Clori6ed Potato Salad

Mix together one pint of cooked pota-
to cubes, half cupful of diced cooked
carrots, the same of cooked beets and
six fowerettes of cooked caulifower
Put into bowl two small slices Of
onion, one tablespoonful of parsley. one
hard boiled egg and one tablespoonful
of piccalili. Chop fine, add to the vege-
tables and moisten with four table
spoonsful of vegetable oil, two table
spoonsful of vinegar, half teaspoonful
of salt, one quarter of teaspoonful or
paprika and a pinch of mustard, blended
together. Form into a mound, cover
with mayonnaise dressing, and with
capers outline the top in four sections.
Fill one with the sifted yolk of hard
cooked egg, another with the chopped
whites, the third with capers and the
fourth with chopped parsley. Arrange
as border around the dish crisp white
lettuce leaves and lay on each a tiny
slice of peeled tomato. This salad is
as good to look at as it is to eat.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

If you do not understand the direc-
tions clearly on your medicine bottle
find out just what is intended before
taking. 1t may make great deal of diff
ference whether the remedy is admins
tered before meals or after full strength
or in water. A gargle may be so weak
ened by overdilution as to be of little
or no value. A digestive remedy must
be on the job just when it is needed or
it cannot do it's work
Your medicine bottle and its contents
are entitled to care and respect. Back
of them stretch years Of study and pains
taking experience on the part of both
physician and pharmacist. 1t is indeed
reasonable and small requirement that
we do our part in taking proper care of
such remedies as it may be necessary
to have in our homes.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
**Tbe Dap After'

u UYING IN small quantities Is expensive
EA Buying IN large quantities too often means
noonotony aOaste from, spoildge. Pity
the Poor Housewife the horns of this d.
tenomo!
Men there z0ho scorn second day dishes
and leftopers, and too often they merit the sco,7,
they meet. But meats and fish and vegetables
all be made more delicious than on their first
appearance, and the cooking Of the larger quam-
tity and ro-se,ving is sauing Of aoork well as
Of money.
The fre pound roast Of lamb and the two
pounds Of boiled salmon that form the basis Of
this weeks menus get better every time they ar
pear the While men are hard to
feed, there many cooks v'osc ha7,di-
aoo7k 1t IS difficult to ask blessing. The Sue
cess of "the day after" rests largely svith tho
cooh and her knoctedge of sauces and fovorings.
A lso note tAat all fish not pan fish. The
solid piece of salmon or hohbut and hdddock even
ut high price, is econ o1uicaI II, the end, and is
q new dish serued cold Nth capers, 1sayonnuise
and lettuce.
Climb ont Of yo1r own particular food 77tt aud
folloto some Of Miss Lees suggestions into ne,o
and dclghtfM pastures. A. p.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

For the jelly peel two cucumbers,
a teaspoonful Of nasturtium seeds, a
piece of green pepper pod, half tea
spoonful of sweet herbs and cold water
to cover Simmer until the cucumber is
tender and press through fine sieve.
Season to taste with salt and pepper and
a tablespoonful Of lemon juice For
each pint of the liquid add one third of
third of cupful of cold water and dis
solved over hot water. Tint with a few
drops Of vegetable coloring matter and
mould in shallow pan.
The jellied bouillon with egg can be
made from either bouillon cubes or any
preferred meat extract mixed with boil
ing water and jellied in the same proper
ton with geatine) as the cucumber
Jelly in the previous recipe. Place a
layer of the liquid bouillon in the bot
tom of small individual moulds and when
at the point Of "setting" place upon it
cold firmly poached egg yolk. Sprinkle
with bit of salt and paprika and pour
over additional bouillon to fill the
mould. Harden on the ice and serve in
the mould.
Supplies for the week will include at
the butchers five pound leg of lamb at
38 cents pound and one and half
pounds of veal outlet at 36 cents a
pound
At the fish market a two pound blue
fish at 26 cents pound, 12-cent pack
age of salt Goldfish, two pound piece
Of salmon (for boling) at 40 cents a
pound and pint Of clans at 80 cents.
butchers bill '..-.--.----.---- $3.50
Fish bill OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1.74
MILK and cream ....-.....-... "a
Butter and oleo ----...--..--. 80
Fruits ----.---...--..-.. 400
Vegetables .----~-.-.--.---... 2.10
Groceries -.----. 6.48
Eggs 1.04
lotal -----~---------- $1,000
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
By VIRGINIA CARTER LEE.

AURlNG the hot summer months
there is nothing like having
piece Of cooked meat or fish in
the house. Apart from the convenience
of having the basis for either cold
delcacy or savory made dish on hand.
1t has an economical value.
10 illustrate this point, five pound
leg OF yearling lamb and two pound
piece Of salmon are purchased for the
coming week; both being used in vari-
ETY. of ways that may be Suggestive The
lamb is served roasted for Wednesdays
dinner, reheated in tasty sauce for
Thursday. With one day intervening
$50 that the family will not tire of it,,
the last Of the meat is served On Satur-
cay and the bone is the basis for the
Scotch broth on Sunday. Even with
iamD selling at 38 cents a pound the
JOINT used in this way is an economical
purchase
Serve the salmon boiled with an egg
sauce for Friday and divide the remain
ger INTO two portions, one little larger
tnan the other. Reserve the largest por-
ton for the fish souff1e for Saturday
the boiling point. This will keep per
itectly for the salad on Sunday, if placed
IN china or earthenware bowl and SET
IN the icebox. Many housewives in
pickling fish merely heat the vinegar
and pour it over but to be on the safe
SIDE it is best to heat the fish itself,
taking care, however, that it does not
COOK too long, which would tend to
soften it.
The cold bluefish for Wednesdays
luncheon is another good warm weather
oish. Flake in small pieces, marinate
with French dressing and serve in small
rameklns mixed with cubes of chilled
cucumber jelly.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
Bv MARGARET HAMELIN

"HAT the average we'll conducted
cookedfood shop does a thriving
business during the hot summer
months is a well-known fact; for it is
.asy to purchase little of this or lit
lie of that and so combine the market
mo and the culinary labor in one oper-
alton.
Doubtless this is one method of eff
c;encv, but with cooked ham selling at
S5 cents pound and corned beef at
40 cents the careful housewife should
stop and consider if she is not paying
tho much in proportion for the prepara-
ton of this food.
This in no way implies that the
cooked-food shop is not very useful in
stitution for an emergency. Under GER
tain conditions one should be more than
willing to pay for the special service and
convenience afforded, but to patronize
them frequently is hard on the Thrift
Stamp fund.
WIN VIC eiu VI d III SiSSS COOhSI, OE
even a gas range if used during the cool
hours of the early morning, number
Of delicious edibles that one always as
socates with these "ready to serve"
shops can be easily cooked at home at
very much less cost.
A delicious veal loaf, Philadelphia
scrapple, mock pressed chicken, bean
loaf or croquettes, baked rice with
cheese, a variety of salads, fish cakes,
devilled crabs and lobster, and host of
similar dishes are all easy of prepara-
ton, and if little care is bestowed Oh
the garnishings the edibles cooked in
the home kitchen will far out-rival the
purchased ones.
Remember that most of the products
Of the cooked-food shop are rather highly
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
TESTED RECIPES
BrookIine Biscuits

Dissolve one-quarter of cupful Of
almond paste (this can be purchased at
almost any confectioner's) in one cupful
of boiling water that has been cooled to
tepid heat, Add one tablespoonful of
oleo, one tablespoonful Of sugar, half
teaspooonful Of salt, one cake of COM
pressed yeast dissolved in one-quarter of
a cupful Of lukewarm water and about
three and a half cupfuls of mixed rice
and wheat -four $50 per cent wheat and
SO per cent rice). Blend and knead to
smooth dough and set aside until it has
doubled in bulk Shape into oval rolls
and, when they have risen to twice their
original size, brush over with milk and
bake in hot oven.
Lamb Reheated in Venison Sauce
AS this sauce can be prepared in the
chaing dish it is a convenient hot wealth
er dish Cut the cold lamb in slices and
trim into uniform shape. (Save all
scraps for the soup pot.) In the upper
part of the chafing dish melt two table
spoonfuls of butter with two slices of
onion. Cook for two or three minutes
until the butter begins to turn a delicate
brown, then lift out the onion and blend
in one tablespoonful and a half OF
Drowned -four (corn or potato starch can
be used). Add gradually two cupsful of
strained stock and bay leaf and stir
constantly until very smooth Cook for
three or four Minutes. add two table
spoonsful each of currant jelly and chut-
ney and one tablespoonful of kitchen
bouquet. Season to taste with salt and
paprika, lay in the lamb slices and just
heat through Serve on hot chop plat
ter, with some Of the sauce poured over
and the rest in a small gravy boat.
Baked Fish Souff1e
A small quantity of fish will answer
for this dish, as the addition of the eggs
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

and sauce extends the fish wonderfully
Flake the cooked fish into tiny particles,
add q tablespoonful of minced parsley
and for each cupful of the fish one
chopped hard cooked egg and sufficient
cream sauce to moisten. Cook all over
hot water for three or four minutes, add
salt and paprika to taste and stir in the
yolk of one well-beaten egg. Remove
from the fire, cool slightly and fold in
the stifiiy whipped egg white. Turn into
buttered souff1e dish and bake in mod
erately hot oven until we'll risen and
Drowned. bit of minced green pepper
or chopped plmento may be added, omit
ting the paprika.
China Chic
This is one of the best recipes for
using up cold lamb or mutton Simmer
together for ten minutes two table
spoonsful Of butter. one cupful Of cooked
lima beans, small blade Of mace, one
pint of gravy, half Of grated white
onion and salt and paprika to taste. Re-
move the mace, add one large cupful of
cooked lamb cut in cubes, half a head
Of shredded lettuce and half teaspoon
full of curry powder, moistened with a
little cold water Simmer all for ten
minutes longer and serve with a border
Of steamed rice.
Spiced Salmon Salad
very small quantity of fish is re-
qulred in this recipe. Place the last Of
the salmon in boiling vinegar and add a
bay leaf, few whole cloves and a slice
Of onion: Boil for. couple of minutes
and let the fish cool in the spiced vinegar
When ready to make the salad flake the
fish into very small pieces, add an equal
quantity of shredded crisp romaine, a
few chopped and peeled radishes and two
chopped hard cooked eggs. Arrange on a
bed of crisp lettuce leaves layer of
peeled tomatoes and over this place the
salad, moistened with mayonnaise dress
ing. Garnish with capers and sliced
stuffed olives.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
Follow Orders
Like a Soldier

If your medicine bottle bears a "Shake-
Well Before Taking" label be sure to
obey the mandate. 1t applies to the con-
tents of the bottle and not to the pa
tient. 1t is only necessary to shake
medicine before taking when it contains
an insoluble ingredient which settles
when the bottle is at rest, or when there
are ingredients that separate upon
standing.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
Salmon Tirnbales

Melt two tablespoonsful of butter,
add two tablespoonsful of breao
crumbs and stir until we'll blended. Add
half cupful of white stock or milk,
one tablespoonful of chopped parsley,
half teaspoonful of salt and quarter
Of teaspoonful of paprika Stir until
the mixture boils, add two small cupsful
of canned salmon, faxed in tiny parti-
cles, and two lightly beaten eggs. Re-
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

and boiled in disinfecting fluid. In
that case burn the cork. Of course, it
will be necessary to keep note of the
prescription number. Germs can easily
be distributed by means of bottle which
has been in close proximity to a sick
bed and patient
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
Bv EMMA GARY WALLACE

w yHEN you take your medicine
w bottle back to the drug store to
have prescription repeated
you show nice sense of thrift and in
cidentally reveal to the druggist num-
ber Of interesting facts concerning your
character.
Talking about thrift reminds us that
bottles cost money, especially nowadays,
when 50 many of the chemicals needed
for making glass are being employed for
munitions. Of course, if you don't re-
turn the bottle and the druggist has to
furnish another one it is necessary for
him to charge you for it. He cannot
give them away, because, in the aggre-
gate, the expense of his bottles totals
hundreds of dollars every year.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

aside, and stir occasionally as it begins
to thicken Then add the faxed fish,
turn into ring mould that has been
rinsed with cold water and place directly
on the ice to chill and harden. Serve un-
moulded, surrounded with border of
crisn cress
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
Getting the Best of a Pigs Foot!

Pigs feet may be had at a very rea
sonable price and such "byproducts"
do not stand shipment and needn't be
conserved. Three and a half pounds
should cost about 65 cents and they NAV
be prepared as follows:
Soak them in strong brine for twensv-
four hours; then throw into a pan of
hot water and scrape until white. Again
soak for two hours in a soda water So
luton (baking soda) and give them
final scraping. Simmer in salted water
to which has been added a bay leaf,
few celery seeds and an onion stuck
with whole cloves. When the meat al
most falls from the bones remove it
carefully, add paprika to taste, moisten
slightly with very little of the strained
liquor and press into a square pan. Set
in the ice box to chill and harden.
This is delicious cut in thin slices and
served cold; for a hot dish it may be cut
in thicker slices, rolled in corn meal and
fried crisp and brown. For an excellent
salad, cut the meat in dice, mix with
chopped radishes, hard cooked egg and
shredded lettuce, and blend with a good
mayonnaise. 1t cannot be told from
chicken salad.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

but do not boil; add one-quarter of cup
ful of vinegar and one tablespoonful of
any one of the quick gelatines softened
in quarter of cupful of cold water.
Stir until the gelatine is dissolved; set
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

Set aside the liquor in which the meat
has cooked, and the next day you will
be able to get quarter of a pint of
fine lard from it. The liquor will mould
into delicious amber jelly, and this
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
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move from the fire, pour into CREASED
timbale moulds that have been decorated
with sprigs of parsley and cook on sew
eral folds of paper, in dish surround
ed with boiling water Serve either cold
or reheated, turned from the moulds.
Bean Loaf
Put two cupsful of cooked beans
through the meat grinder. Add one cup
full of cooked rice, one cupful of bread
crumbs, one tablespoonful of melted
shortening (bacon or pork fat pre-
ferred), one lightly beaten egg, one
eighth teaspoonful paprika, half tea
spoonful of salt Zone teaspoonful if the
rice is unsalted) and one teaspoonful of
grated onion. Blend we'll, form into
loaf and bake for one hour. Baste
while cooking with one tablespoonful of
fat dissolved in one cupful of hot water
If desired the mixture can be moulded in
croquettes and either fried in deep hot
fat or baked in the oven and basted as
for the loaf.
Jellied Veal
Soak one tablespoonful of granulated
gelatine in one-quarter of a cupful of
cold water and dissolve in one cupful of
boiling water; then add one-quarter of
a cupful each of vinegar and sugar.
two tablespoonsful of lemon juice, and
one teaspoonful of salt. Strain, cool,
and when it begins to stiffen add one
and quarter cupsful of cold, cooked
veal, one large canned pimento cut in
shreds, and one hard cooked egg cut in
strips. Turn into a mould and chill.
A delicious sauce to serve with this or
with any cold fish or meat is made by
mixing one tablespoonful of tarragon
vinegar, two tabespoonsful of grated
horseradish root, one teaspoonful of
English mustard. half teaspoonful of
salt and a few grains of cayenne Then
add half a cupful of heavy cream beaten
until stiff and three tablespoonsful of
mayonaaise dressing.