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acquired reputation for honesty,
truthfulness and fair dealing with his
companions. While still a boy he
became imbued with the spirit of lib
erty and wrote a composition which
treated of unjust taxes imposed upon
the people who were without proper
representation. His school days came
to an end in 1745, but he continued
to study his young Mans Com
panion," which seems to have been
the great text book of that period.
He was anxious to go to sea and
obtained commission as midshipman
on British ship, but his mother re-
fused her consent, and he was com
PEELED to remain at home and take
up surveying as profession. He was
tall well built youth, with a fond
ness for outdoor exercise and was
frequently called upon to referee ath-
letic contests on account of his fair
ness and the courage of his convic-
lions. He seems to have been fond of
books on military life and while still
a boy, Sims Military Guide was one
of his favorite volumes. He became
proficient in the use of the sword in
his early life and in 1855 records show
that he paid Sergeant Wood, a fenc-
ing master, sum of money for in
structions in workmanship, although
he grew up as a man of peace.
He must have heard much of fight
ing as a lad when the i'll health of his
brother, Lawrence, compelled that
young mans resignation of the COM
mand of the local militia. The year
1851 found the frontiers of Virginia
threatened by the French and Indians,
and frequent attacks and depredations
occurred, necessitating some provision
for the public safety. The colony was
accordingly divided into military dis
tricts and Washington became the
commander of one of these at salary
of seven hundred and fifty dollars per
year. He entered into his duties with
zeal and began to study military tao
tics under Jacob Van Braen, a Dutch
soldier of fortune, who had found his
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ever on his lips and when his men
were down-hearted and almost ready
to give up, it was their Commander
in-Chief who cheered them on. His
tndomitable courage, his kindness, hts
thorough knowledge Of the game and
above an his stand for human liberty,
kept the army together and went far
toward winning victories.
While he had enemies, as an men
who stand firmly for right are sure to
have, the members Of his staff were
his devoted friends and his leave tax
ing of them is one of the gems in the
history of the Revolution. His simple
words when they met at Flaunce's
Tavern in New York City for their
final leave taking, with a heart full
of love and gratitude, now take my
leave of you; most devotedly wish
that your latter days may be as pros
porous and happy as your former
ones have been glorious and honor
able" bear the stamp of his sincere
nature. He had won the fight for hui
man liberty and he once more retired
to Mount Vernon.
Steering The Young Republic.
In 1887 he was unanimously chosen
the first President of the United
States. His trip to New York, where
he was inaugurated was a triumphal
parade for everywhere he was met by
grateful people who desired to do him
honor as the man who had rescued
the Colonies from the tyranny of the
English King. He served two terms
as Chief Executive. Many times his
trials were great, but he piloted the
young Republic through the storms of
political discussions and warded off
dangerous entangling alliances, which
might have precipitated warfare and
hindered the growth of our country.
He personally directed the organiza-
ton of the different departm ents of
| the Government in accordance with
| the constitution. All his acts were
marked by the methodical care which
| characterized his conduct through
life. He kept himself thoroughly in
formed in all affairs of state, having
| the welfare of the people of the land
| he loved at heart. Few statesmen
can be found whose Championship of
human rights equals that of our first
President, whom, a noted writer de-
clares, ''was first in war, first in peace,
and first in the hearts of his country
| men"
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the cheap by-products of the South in
the making of the peoples war breads.
She found that in New Orleans what
is known as rice polish, the product
which comes from the rice in it's prog
ress from unpublished to polished rice,
had been sold in ton quantities as
stock food. Rice makes one of the
finest substitutes for wheat, and the
rice polish of Louisiana, recently
placed on the market for this purpose
at the price of 2 Y to cents pound,
is now used with gratifying result. It
is also to the credit of Miss Armstrong
that the brown rice of the South, with
its first hull upon it, containing a
beneficial supply of mineral, has been
placed on the market as a cheap and
wholesome addition to the Louisiana
dietary.
Miss Aubyn Chinn, one of the State
workers for the Government in Ken
lucky, told of the work in food con-
servation in that State. miss Yves
sling came to the experiment station
in Lexington last November to instruct
us in the making of war breads" said
MISS Ca1Qn. All the agents were
called in from the field and given in
struction in the use of wheat substi-
tutes The women then went back to
their counties and organized for emer-
gency work. They used the club ma
chinery already in operation for the
food conservation clubs, allowing also
all women who had signed the food
pledge cards to become members.
Women and girls who had worked
in canning clubs automatically became
members of the new food conserva-
ton clubs and took up the bread work
with enthusiasm. Central points were
arranged for the meetings, which so
far as possible were held in the COM
munity centers in which the people
were accustomed to assemble. These
were in most cases school houses. The
clubs were composed of from sixty to
one hundred members
Various Substitutes.
In Kentucky the agents made dem
onstrations in bread-making with the
use of a rs per cent. substitute of the
product most readily grown in each
neighborhood combined with wheat
-four. In some communities corn meal
was the substitute available, in Others
the sweet potato. while other still use
the soy bean. In one county in Ken
lucky the agents found the use Of
sorghum cane seed a sweet and spicy
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aspects in making the country's bread,
and it had also experimental widely
in the use of substitutes to save a
heavy proportion of that wheat. Over
a year ago DR.. ]. A. LeClerc, in
charge of wheat Investigations in this
laboratory, said: zone hundred and
fifty million bushels of wheat year
would be saved if this country would
use a 25 per cent substitute in the
making of its bread, and it would be
none the worse off; in many cases it
would be better off,"
Miss WessIing An Enthusiast.
In the working laboratory of this
bureau the scientific assistant, Miss
Hannah L. Wessling, began a year ago
to experiment with the various food
products of the different sections of
the country, each in their season, with
view to teaching the people how the
bread of a country which is con-
scientiousIy trying to economic, may
be made cheaper and just as nutritious
by part use of some local product in
place of the scarce and more valuable
wheat.
Miss Wessling is an enthusiast as
well as an expert in her work, and
to her each new loaf of her "substi-
tute" bread seems better than the
last. In her laboratory kitchen she
has tested possibly a hundred substi-
tutes for wheat in the making of the
country's Liberty bread" and she
has selected over thirty, each of which
used as a rs per cent. substitute for
fine white -four makes loaf of bread
as sweet, nutritious and palatable as
that made entirely of the product
which it is replacing.
Last summer Miss Wessling Joined
the staff of the States Relations Serv.
ice and it is she who has given in.
structions in Liberty Bread" to the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-16
Conservation Of Bread the Most important Of the
Nations War Economies Flour Substitutes
and Some Tested Recipes.
Copyright. 1918, The International Syndicate.

being in the direction of aiding Amer
lean women to improve the standards
of living in individual homes, and to
encourage a better municipal house
keeping by stimulating, directing and
co-ordinating individual and municipal
efforts relating to conservation of food,
clothing, shelter, fuel, income. health,
time, labor, strength, natural re-
sources and human life.
Greatest Good To Greatest Number,
This work not only helps the ma
tional emergency thrift program but
offers women a chance to help reduce
the intensity of the human struggle
for existence so that problems of mere
subsistence may be solved in such a
way as to leave a residue of strength,
time and income for the development
of higher intellectual and spiritual
values. A slogan of these national
conservationists is 1.-THE greatest good
to the greatest number for the longest
period of time"
| Bread and its conservation is the
/ subject first and foremost in the minds
of those directing the nations war
economies, and many months before
war was declared by the United States
the Department of Agriculture had
this matter we'll in hand. Its statis-
ticians had long before figured out the
vast amount of wheat which must be
saved il the country's crop was to
feed the nation and some of its COM
mercial partners abroad. The Labora-
tory of Plant Chemistry had long ago
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~ HE PRESENT titanic struggle
A is the greatest struggle of all
"a time for the vindication of hui
- man liberty and it is not sur
prising that the United States, the
finest example of the freedom of man,
should be found fighting for the right
OF nations to live in independence and
work out their problems and their
destinies according to their own ideas
and with respect for the rights and
privileges of other nations. No coun-
try has given a better illustration of
this principle than our own nation
and none has furnished a greater ar
ray of statesmen who have stood for
and fought for national freedom than
our own, and foremost among our
heroes is our immortal first president,
George Washington, the Father Of
his Country" 1t is most appropriate
on the anniversary of his birth to
turn aside from the turmoil of battle
and the terrible responsibilities of this
world conflict and do homage once
again to the greatest figure in Amer
lean history whose name is indisso-
lubly connected with our existence as
an independent country.
Early Life.
The descendant of an old English
family who had been granted lands by
Henry the Eighth, few Americans had
a better pedigree. His father was edu-
Gated at the Appleby School in Eng
land, and true to his Alma Mater, he
sent his two elder sons to the same
school. He died, however, when
George was eleven years of age. Mrs.
Washington, who before her marriage
was Mary Ball, of Virginia, could not
bear TO be separated from the boy,
and George received his education in
Virginia, attending a school kept by
the Rev. James Marye in Fredericks-
burg. washington was not brilliant
student and one Of his biographers
writes that ''his school days left him
a good "cipherer," a bad speller and
a still worse "grammarian." He was
popular with his school mates and
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addition to their cookies. Kentucky
yields many other flour substitutes in
it's plentiful supply of rye. barley and
oats.
Here are two of the Liberty
breads of Kentucky which are doing
their valiant part in conserving the
wheat of the State.
Sweet Potato Bread.
Wheat flour conserved, about % per
cent.
1 cup cooked sweet potato
1 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. sugar or mo1asses (onit If
desired)
Il cake yeast
. tbsp. luke warm liquid
215 cups of flour (nore if necessary,
depending upon the amount Of
moisture in sweet potato)
Soy Bean Bread.
Wheat conserved, IS per cent.
"a cup soy bean meal
25s cups sifted white flour (more II
necessary
1 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. sugar or molasses
"a cake yeast or u cup liquid yeast
1 cup luke warm liquid 1ess if liquid
yeast is used)
enough for one loaf
The extension workers in home
economics have introduced many siu~
pie home devices for meeting the
emergency situation as it relates to
home conveniences. They have found
that coffee mill or simple ifty-cent
grist mill will grind wheat, parched
corn or other grains, so that they may
be used in making a IS per cent. sub
stitute for fine -four. One agent bent
on economy found that the domestic
coffee NIL: screwed to the wall at
convenient angle would grind from
parched corn and from whole wheat
the family breakfast cereal, pr0duc-
ing a pound package of grits at a cost
of few cents.
Mrs. Helen B. Wolcott. State Home
Demonstration Agent, for Kentucky.
has devised from a square wooden
box, heated by a kerosene lamp, sat
isfactory Warrington for keeping the
light bread sponge at proper tenn,
perature. Where the fireless cooker
is an adjunct to the housekeeping
equipment, it has been pressed into
efficient service for this purpose.
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u United States Department of
70 Agriculture, said: 1.-The home
W women of the country, if they
will give their minds fully to the sub
ject of food conservation, and will
train themselves in household thrift,
can make of the housewives apron a
uniform of national significance"
Few are the thoughtful women of
either city or country who have not
donned this uniform in spirit if not
in reality as the first, simplest and
most direct form OF national service
which may be rendered as an evil
dence of the new patriotism that looks
not only to the present good but to the
future veal of the nation.
The Department of Agriculture is
doing its part to meet the need of the
war emergency and is outlining pro-
gram after program for the develop
ment of extension work with women
in cities and in rural communities
which are TO help in the solution of
the great problems of the day. 1t is
mastering to its forces women trained
in domestic science and domestic lore
and it Is further training them in
tensively in the special lines which
are of the most vital import at the
present time.
These trained agents are being sent
broadcast throughout the land to in
struct specifically the local county
home demonstration agents who come
in direct contact with the homemak
ers In city and country. their efforts
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-16

80 ECRETARY HOUSTON, of the
u United States Department of
70 Agriculture, said: 1.-The home
" women of the country, if they
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-16
Little Incidents In the Life of Our First President
Which Stamp Him As Americas Greatest
Defender Against Tyranny.
Copyright, 1918, The International Syndicate.

. HE PRESENT titanic struggle
A is the greatest struggle of all
u time for the vindication of hui
~ man Gha1-+y &c Cur
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-05-07

Il Pietnujemy.... hypokryzye
diplomacy austryackiej, kt6ra
tax jeszcze niedawno uroczyscie
.przyrzekala Chclmszczyzne VIA
dom tworzacego sic panstwa pol
skiego, a dzisiaj paktami zawarty
mi bez wiedzy Polski, wydziera
jej ME tylko te ziemie, lecz take
inny jeszcze znaczny szmat Kr6-
lestwa Polskiego.
2.Proestujemy uroczyscie pred
Europa i wobec wszystkich kto--
rzy jeszcze So W stanie zrozumiec
uczucia lndzkie ia tym Swiecie,
protestujemy przeciw temu pog-
walceniu, kt6re policzkuje wszy---
stkie prawa boskie i ludzkie; oS--
wiadczamy, nigdy ME przyznamy
temu gwaltowi mocy prawnej, a
majac wiare meugieta w tryumf
ostateczny sprawiedliwoSci mad
bruta1na przemoca i lajdactwem
grobach ma
szych bohater6w i naszych me-
czennik6w, ma glowy naszych die
eli przysiegamy bronze do ostatnie
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-05-07

go tchu w piersiach naszych, do
ostatniej kropli krwi W naszych
zylach, PREY pomocy wszelkich
srodk0w, = jakich chwila wyma-
gao bedzie, naszej swietej sprawy
=, tylekroc zapoznanej, Il zagwaran-
towancj nawet przez nasz..sh wro
Cow
w nastepnych dw6ch ustepach
%rezolucya wzywa Polak6w "wszy-
stkich bez zadnego wyjatki nj
,r6znic, ably powstali razem z wiel
kiemi masami ludu do obrony.
J praw elcmentarnych narodu."
&c szczeg6lnem przejeciem W
'nastroju dziwnic uroczystym, a
.calkicm r6znym cd zwyk}ych to-
go rodzaju zebran publicznych u.
chwalono wyzej przytoczony dru
gi ustep rezolucyi, zawierajacy
przysiege. Wsr6d absolutnej CT
sly, wszyscy zgromadzeni powsta
lii podniesli rece, kiedy wymawia
no formule przysiegi, a potem
wszyscy wzniesli okrzyk jednoglo
ssny: "Przysiegamy!'
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-05-07
Wazl1f z%aw|iadomienie.
Ola w~szystldch wysy1ajacych pa
cZki do obOzu.

czld do obozu.
Pulkownik LePan, komendant
Obozu polskiego w Niagara on
the Lake kilkakrotnie uskarzal sic
re bardzo czesto sic zdarza, IL
|przychodza do obozu paczk bez
adresu ola kogo SO one przeznaczo
ne, oraz r6wniez W wielu razach
brak adresu wysylajacego.
w ostantich czasach przychodzi
|1y paczki z papierosami lima "a
wartoscia, bez adresu, z kt6remi
komenda nie vie co zrobic,. t. j.
czy maja one bye doreczone komu
kolwiek z przybywajacych W O.
bozie, czy tez SO do podzia1u po-;
miedzy zolnierzy.
Komenda kazda rzecz otrzyma-
ma zapisuje do ksiazki j kazdy cd
bi6r pragnie listownie potwier--
die, zatem zwracamy uwage Wszy
stkich wysylajacych paczki do O
bozu, by ia mich by} dok}adn.y a
idres .odbiorcy j wysylajacego, pi.-
sany wyraznie pi6rem.
Jest to rzecz konieczna, by ME
by1o narzekan, re paczk gina Tub
ME SD doreczane.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-05-07

LiteWskim, v imieniu Polak6W
przemaWiaii PIP. Bobiinsksiis Radek
Sobeshon.
"P Bobnski odczyta szkie "
jezyku rosyjskim, poWt6rzony "
,,jjeezyku memieckim przez toW1arzy
sza jego p. Radka. Obaj ci pano-
vie uWazaja sic w MIN "a jedy-
ME praWnych przedstaWiciei ma
rodu polskiego, zazadali natych-
miastoWego nsuniecia obecnych
orggan6W rzalu " Polsce j rozwo-
ldlzili sic Q skargach, z poWodu ME.
podlegfosci dotychczasowego roz-
Woju niepodleglej Polski.
Nv zarysie tym powiedziano
dalej, ze d~otychczas Wylacznie
jedynie, tylko Rosya reWoluc,yjna
reprezentuje istotnie interesy II
, ,Wolnosci Polski. Panowie Bobin-
Iski i Radek powofuja sic W
tsWych Wywodach roWniez ma Po-
lak6W Walczacych zaroWno W ar
mil niemieckiej, jak austro we
gierskiej.
I Pc wyg1oszenin tego elabora-
tn, ~nastapilo zdziwienie. Zdzi-
wiony byl Won Kuehlmann, a sam
Trocki wzbranial sic przyjaG ma
sic odpowiedzialnosc calkowita
"a wywody sWego sekretarza.
nBezczelnosc tel uzurpacyi
zbyt bi}a woczy, zbyt by}a obu--
rzajaca, nawet ola najobojetniej-
szego sluchacza. - Ia samo do
puszczenie do tego skandalu ode
bra} Trocki = Braunstein zasluzo
ne ciegi zar6wno re strony ME
mieckiej, jak alstryackiej.
"Niestety!.. nie by}o przedsta
wiciela rzadu polskiego - i pan
Sobelson, Kradkiem przezwany,
Isocyal demokrata, osobistosc wy
kluczona z zycia towarzyskiego W
Polsce, o zaszarganej %przeszlosci,
m6g} lzyc mas, siegajac pc repre-
zentacye polskosci!
"Sprawa to zbyt bolesna, by
ia MONA by4o przemilczec, pomi-
mo,zc sam >Sobelshon jest zbyt ma
lynn, by m6gf majestat narodowy
obrazic. Sprawl jest zbyt boles--
ma, DO wilma, Geese jej przynajm--
niej, "a fakt ten IA mas spada.
"Nie bedziem siegali w przesz-
lose - tego Mkt ME naprawi Ale
dis = dis rozdarcie narodowe,
brak jednolitej opinii - brak pc
1parcia ola. rzadu - brak skonsoli
-
dowania oryentacyi = to wszyst-
ko razem wziete odbiera size glo-
su naszego przedstawicielstwa lie
galnego. Qdbywa sic licytacya W
lstawianiu zadan, zdobywanie
lpopularnosci ia droga. Odbywa
sic systematyczna kontr : a9ggita--
lcya przeciw kazdemu krokowi
arzadu polskiego, demagogiczne ha
Is1a, wzywajace do czynu, jak gdy'
|by ME bylo najwiekszym czynem
wlaSnie to, co Rad robi = budo--
wanie panstwa polskiego."
1 r 49, .
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-05-07
Niemcy groza Polsce
"Wyzwolonei."

Poniewaz niekt6re dzienniki
berlinskie donios}y, re zadecydo-
wanna jest juz rzecza aneksya cze
sci Kr6lestwa Polskiego przez
Niemcy, a to ola zebezpieczenia
strategicznego granic Rzeszy ME
mieckiej, oraz re ministeryalny
cabinet prnski oponuje takiemu
rozwiazaniu, gdyz przylaczenla
nowych terytory6w zamieszka-
1ych przez Polak6w ME uznaje "a
rzecz pozadana ami ola Prus, ami
ola Niemiec -wobec tego "Nod
deutsche Allgemeinne Zeitung"
protestuje te informacye komuni
katem p6lurzedowym, kt6ry
brzmi nastepujaco:
"Jak mas informuja re zr6d1a
kompetentnego, zadnej jeszcze ME
decyzyi co do przysz}os
CT Polski.
Rzecz oczyWista, re IA rodzaj
tych decyzyi wp1ynie p%rzedewszy
|stkiem zachowanie sic Polski WYE
wolonej wobec Niemiec j Austro-
Wegier.'
Zdaje sic zbytecznym Wszelkii
komentarz do tel enuneyacyi: Sa
|pientisat!!"
DIVA zebrania publiczne we Lwo-
vie.
W. Lwowie odbyly sic - b. m.
r6wnoczesnie diva zebrania publ
czne, " dw6ch najw1ekszych sa--
ZACH miejskich przepehionXch pu
blicznoscia. Ma jednem nich
przewodniczyl ksiaze Witoid GA
rtoryski, ma drugiem p. Rajski,po
sci sejmowy. Pc przem6wieniach
pos16w PIP. G1abinskiego j Ciens--
,,kiiego, posel hrabia skarbek pre-
ldIozy}, ma obydwu zgromadze-
mach rezolucya, ktorej diva pierw
SEE ustepy sformu1oWano nasteplu
jaco: Z.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-05-07

..Uprzedzam Pania. Panno Mario. re nadal
tego juz ME bedzie. dis dopiero sic dowiedziafem
re RUFFLEs Jest " stanie zupelnie zniszczyc
lupiez.y.
Mozecie sic upierac i zaswiadczac. ze lupiezu j
wypadania w}os6w ME MONA wstrzymat. lecz
powieeie ma to. 70 ten RUFFLES Jest W stanie
zniszczy6 kazda odrobinke lupiezu to tylko "a
ponnoca jednej butelki "a Csc. " przeciwnym ra-
zie Wasz aptekarz wan wr6ci pieniadze! Co po-
wiecie na to! 80
RUFFLES-jest to koniec fupiezu.
ME zaciaga polyskiem lupiezn. anizasycha. sk6ry.
RUFELES ME mole nszkodzi6 najdel;katniejszej
sk6ry. Jest on pokarmem ola oslabionej sk6ry
g}owy. przynoszac jej ~nalezyte zdrowie.
Spr6bujcie dis jeszcze RUFFLES. Jezeli 20 zu-
zyciu Csc butelki ME bedziecie mieli oczekiwane-
go rezultatu. to poprostu zazadajcie pieniadze
vase z powrotem. Jest to zupelnie:w porzadku!
Jezeli wasz aptekarz ME utrzymuje Rufflesu, ME
z~aniechajcie = ~poslijcie nam nazwisko tegoz iza-
laczcic 75c. Wyslemy wan jedna butelke z op]a-
coma przesylka. F. Ad. Richter Co. 74.sO Wash
ington st. New York. N. Y.