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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23
HOW MUCH CAN ONE
U. S. HOUSEWIFE CAN?
Food Administration Gives Out Some
Additional Canning
Advice.

WASHINGTON, June 22.--In view of
wartime conditions the canning sea
son presents the problem Of how much
fruit and how many vegetables can be
prcpa rcd for future use without over
stepping the regulations governing the
use ot sugar or the conservation OF
food
May the housewife put up an un-
limited supply of canned goods and
not be accused of boarding." In re-
Spouse to the question. John r. Mum.
chief of the canned goods division.
United states food administration. said:
The food administrator urges the
canning of foodstufs in the home to
the limit Of home consumption.
IF il is desirable to put up more
than one years supply the food admin
istration can have no objection. but
cautions the Gamer that there may be-
spolage and loss IL the preserved folds
have 20 be held over a long period
1T IS not economical for tho can
ncr 10 have the idea of iisposing Of
any surplus through commercial chan
nels. hut the food administration docs
urge in the season of production the
preserving OF as much food as pos
sib!c Cor home consumption"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23
WOMEN IN INDUSTRIES
HAVE GREAT OPPORTUNITY
collective Activity in Matter OF Stan
dnrdizinE Indnstry rs Well
nv Wage Scale

WASHINGTON. June 22.--womcn in
industry are to-day offered better
chances to work advantascously than
ever before, according to Mrs. Raw.
mond Robins, president OF the Ma
uonal Woman's Trade Union League.
Conditions surrounding women T.,
industry open greater opportuni,ics
than at any previous time" said Mrs.
Robins. Women to-day have an on
portunity for collective activity in tho
matter OF dardizing industry and
wages than they have ever had be-
forr. All sorts of openings are await
ing them
one OF the things that bother NO.
men in industry is the absolute lack
of any standa dization of wages. w,
are told that wages are dependent on
skill. as they ought to be. but they
arc not. by way of illustration I would
cate the cases of two young women.
machine operators out on strike. They
went to a garment factory and were
oHered - week for running machines
out Mt another place they secured posI :
tons at SIS a month for the same
work"
Mrs. Robins called attention 10 the
rules which have been made for tho
protection of women working in rail-
road and lumber yards The limit
that women are permitted TO lift in
these places is twenty-five pounds"
SAID Mrs Robins. Women from time
immemorial have lifted babies OF
heavier weight. and to-day as laun
dresses, as Mattresses and charwomen
theE are ha bitually liftinr wo;rb,,
SreatF IN excess OF this maximum.
WIN no Protest from Industrial bodies.
nat we must try to do is to steer a
course between the things women are
h''eo 40 do and are not fitted to do.
ana moi 10 oreremphaaize the hazards
OF the new industries in way 20
make IL appear tina, conditions SUP
rounding the old arc all ideal"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23
PLAN TO WIDEN CANALS
FOR RELIEF OF RAILWAYS
More Than 1000 'Iilcs OF Waterway.
.tbnndoncd Since War
Hogan.

LONDON. juno 22--Widcr use of
English canals, TO relieve pressure upon
the railroads. is 10 he undertaken al
once ~, the government. There arc
2.o2' miles Of canals in England shut
"h.n war was declared they gradually
tel into disusc. owing to CONSUMPTION
or attraction OF canal laborers to mu-
milton plants by higher wages Re-
Gently i.200 barGes, of from thirty to
forty tons carrying capacity. were idle
because OF lack OF crews. Higher
wages for workers, dredging and CO.
operation Of traders and manufacturers
form part of the program for wider
utilization Of The waterways
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23
SERVANTS OBJECT TO
MEAT-CARO SYSTEM
One Complains Mistress Pooled tho
Tickets and Obtained n
Juicy Steak.

LONDON. June 2o.--AIeat cards are
causing some dissatisfaction among
maid servants. One complained ser
mistress pooled the meat tickets of the
household. bought a juicy steak, TAX
ing that next 10 the joint, the tender
part for herself y food control com
mittceman said he knew Of one house
where servants were leaving because
they were required to use their own
coupons for getting their meat They
wanted to cncraach on tho family joint
They said they were going where they'd
get better treatment.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23

hit man sittln' in Atlanta, en-,
without hnff--"
"But am asking you how you
know he Ind wonderful sights and
what q: had to do with your be-
Ing absent from your post" inter
ruptcd the captain.
"Pardun, air, hut got them
sights down In my duEout. II you
want :nc to III show 'crn TO YOU"
lyon what: Got them in your
duEout: How did you get them in
your duEout:"
Nv ell, IL was this way, sir. As
told You. this here Dutchmnu he
kept pcstcrin' nc sizzinE them bull
let's around my head all day long,
until I said to myself: .i.ooI> here.
German, don't provoke me. We're
not making war on the German
pcopic. hut don't you provoke me-
hut he kept on, and while WINS
having bite OF chow lifted n
little bit high, and burned II he
didn't nearly put n hole through my
coffee. And TINT provoked me. So
Just laid down nEI cravieu out
behind that cemetery and snuck IN
on him and pulled out my trench
knit real quiet. 1t would hive been
NIL right IL nc hadn't provoked me.
Shy, sir, do you unnt TO see them
siShtsf'"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23
CONAN DOYLE WOULD
HAVE HUNS FED HERE
Declare. Empty ships Could Garry
Them Iiack to America Easily
md Cut Expense.

LONDON. June ec-''Can any one
say why every ship returning across
the Atlantic does not take n fun hu-
man cargo of the informed Germans
SO that these useless mouths may be
fed over yondcr"" is the question put
forward i'll "a letter to a newspaper by
y. Conan Doyle. the novelist. lie also
advocates placing Of German officers
on British hospital ships and merchant
men.
1t is estimated that ton OF food
is imported annually for every ten
Germans fed by the British 1T Intern
ment camps. Many ships go TO Amer
ica in ballast Chat is. without CARGO.
so feeding OF German prisoners in
America would release tonnage
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23
L0ND0NERS USE CANDLES
IN ORDER TO SAVE GAS
Users OF Electricity Are Also Forced
TO Curtnii Under New
Fuel Rule,

LONDON June 2o-To save gas.
many Lononers have revived the mid =
victorian custom OF going to bed by
candieliGht. The new fucl-saving reg
ulation only permits onc to use five
siXths OF the amount OF gas consumed
i'm the corresponding periods of 1916
Ia. The rule affects all counties in
Southern England. Users OF electricity
are similarly affected. Less coal is
brought to London on the Thames than
formerly, and railroads are over.axed
TO supply tho deficit. Hence. the early
closing of theaters and restaurants.
which now lock their doors and turr
out the lights at 1880 r. NJ.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23
BRITISH WAACS
Do THEIR BIT
Woinan's Army Auxiliary Corps
Performs Wonderful Serv-
ices in War.
ARE AT WORK NEAR FRONT
The Presence Of Refined Young
Women Increases Morale and
Morals of Soldiers.
ARE AT WORK NEAR FRONT

LONDON. May - (by mail. Great
Britain has an army OF women which
is doing equally as effective though
less spectacular work than tina: ac-
complishcd by the Battalion OF Dea tn, =
the famous womcn's contingent. known
as the Wa:.cs--short for woman. $;
army Auxiliary Corps-numbcrs al
most division. md already has proved
that when nations man power runs
short. women can bc utilized for sol
dicrs tasks behind the firing line
Every Wac is doing duty formerly
performed by a British soldier.
Being permitted within twenty
miles OF the, tront-linc trenches. tie
Waacs know something Of wars nor
rors first hand. But that has caly
made them more determined 10 do .h"ir
bit. During the Huns drive to destroy
the British army it was neaessarv FOR
the Waacs TO retreat They were Of
ferod motor trucks for transportation.
Eut they realized motor trucks we-.
needed more for getting supplies 20
The rear. SO they walked the fifteen
miles rearward.
There are some 5000 waacs in tho
British overseas forces After being
recruited they are drilled in the work
they arc to 30 and uniformed. Mary
If The girls arc engaged in cleaning
md repairing auto trucks and aero
planes. some attend TO clerica! duties.
others serve refreshments and 4 ,oucn
Of horc to the soldiers social Guar
tcrs. Others cook, sew and sweep
The Waacs are recruited fror, girls
over eighteen years old. \ majority
of them come from the middle class
homes. The character of all the si,ls
is closely scrutinizcd by women re-
crutirE aiii"crs and very high ~ a,a al
st, ndard is maintained. The rt.:s a.
w',s are under supervision OF ..;.,runs
vi, 90 Ulcers.
TIC WLacs hav. helped l.ss.h the
man :'twer problem and the.r w,,%
in this respect has been so cfte c1ive
that Sir William Bull, Parliament
mem Der. has advocated conScription Of
all women between nineteen and thirty
years old for national service. The
Waacs have proved to be good sol
d!ers.''
In addition. the very presence Of the
Waacs has Increased the morale. and.
according 10 some observers. the
morals, OF the men in khaki The
soldiers are enabled 10 sec and minEl lie
with girls from home land. of their
own station IN lie. and this makes up
10 some extent, for the inf1caucnt
leaves. To sec the girls from England.
who have put aside all that is paltry
and have come TO the Aid of thei:.
brothers. makes the Britisher a better
scrapPer. He realizes what might
happen If the Huns should win.
The work OF tho Waacs has been
so effective. both abroad and at camps
and canteens in England. that cam
paiEn of riliflcation. supposedly the
work of German agents. has been lct
loose TO discredit these girls. The gov
eminent was quick TO act. All runo:s
Including stories of wide spread i'm
morality. have been proved false after
searching inquiry.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23
BERLIN'S LINDEN TREES
Indications Are That Ii VIII Soon He
Converted Into Hun "TObncco"
Plnnt.

BERLIN. June 22-"Unter don Lin
den" Germany's famous thoroughfare,
soon may be known as Under the To-
baceo Tree" The leaves OF the lime,
or linden. tree may be used by manu-
facturers of tobacco as a substitute
for the real article. according to an
order of the federal council, which also
includes leaves of the chestnut. maple
and sycamore trees.
THE federal councils action" COM
ments the I.okal Anzeiger, as enough
to make old Mother Nature turn In her
grave"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23
LOOKING AFTER BABIES
Figures Disclose Mnny More of Them
Arc Likely TO Die Than
Soldiers.

WASHINGTON. June CIT is safer
TO he soldier in the trenches than a
baby in Il cradle. according 10 figures
quoted by the Wonan's Auxiliary Com
mittcc, Minnesota Commission of Pub
lie Safety, Council of National De-
fensc.
"Whle the death rate of men in the
trenches is about per cent per annum.
the death rate OF babies under one
year in Minnesota is ! per cent" says
recent report from the committee.
Thus it will be seen that it is safer
TO be lighting man at the front than
10 be a young baby"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23
KNOCKED OUT BY DOLLAR
THROWN TO RED CROSS
Assistant ,ir"Iit Attorney IN Missouri
Is Victim Of Strange
Accident.

ST. LOUIS. Mo. June - Assistant
Circuit Attorney William -. R.cdcr is
the only member Of tin" ;;ed Cross
workers who WAS wounded during the
recent big drive throuehout iLe. coun-
try. During the course *of az four
minute speech at the Drpheu,n The
alter an enthusiastic Listener hurled a
SILVER dollar a. the huge nas held ou;
to receive silver donations. The man
missed his aim. and the coin struck
Feeder square on the temple. knocking
MN out. lie was revived by Red Cross
nurses. iic spcytcd a bandaged wound
the remainder o! the Campaign
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23
PUPILS TO HELP HARVEST
Lads OF Sixteen and Eighteen Years
Are Gathered Into Camps
for Farm Work.

LONDON. June "2.-Looking forward
to increased crops. under the stimulus
for greater food production. William
Allen. mead of the agricultural branch
of the Ministry of National Service. IL
organizing schoolboys for harvest
work. Lads between sixteen and cigh-
teen years old Will be gathered into
camps and throughout August ana
part OF September will help gather in
the crops. At least 10000 youths are
expected to be enrolled in this work.
thus minimizing effects Of the labor
shortage.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23
COST OF EDIBLES
Ultimate Consumer Learns That 81 Wi,
Buy Very Few In War
DAYS,

KANSAS CITY. MO. June 2o.-,rhe
ultimate consumer" visited the pub
Tic welfare office here and obtained IS
on the cameo which he had given mis-
VIE for Christmas and departed i'm
hope. Ten minutes later he was back.
"Hccn to market. You can't get any
thing for SIS now. You'll have to let
me have 81 more on this darn thing. -
lie explained that he was expecting
company from the country. The ap-
praiser regarded this as a distressing
case and let him have the additional
two. He departed smiling.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23
VALUE OF COLD-STORAGE
MEATS SEEN IN LONDON
Average BrItisher Who Demands Beef
Freshly Hutchered Is Learning
New Idcn.

LONDON. June 22-The Britisher is
prcJudiced against cold-storage meats
he wants his beef freshly butchered.
Sat under the stress OF war he is learn
ing the virtues OF frozen meats So
the cold-storagc industry. under direc-
iion of Lord Rhondda, food controller
Is centerins its energies on extension
OF co!d-storage plants. 1t is realized
that the security of Great Britain NAV
come 10 depend upon her ability to
Keep sufficient supply OF frozen food
especially meats. to be used when most
needed.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23
Grunts md Cnckles.

CONEELLSVILLE, PA. June 81
Private Scott I.ysingcr. writing home
OF his tribulatio in making himself
understood in France, says that when
he and several OF his comrades en-
tered a restaurant and tried to make
the waiter understand they wanted
ham and eggs. one OF them grunted and
another cacklcd. a quick nod Of the
head by the waiter indicated the order
would come.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23
Billy Wanted Playmate
So He Swipcd a Twin

WOOSTER. OHIO, June 2..-DiIly
Whittier, aged four, wanted n baby
In the family, md he took the
shortest why TO Ect ono. Hc under
stood TINT DIR. 4. T.. Smith supplied
the nciShborhoOd with children, and
so Inc simply visited the Smith home
when no ono wns watching the doc
tors twin bnbies and picked out
the one he liked hest.
shortly nfterNard the alarm
sprcnd Tint l.idnEppcr. had stolca
n baby. Mrs. Whittier, in tho mcun-
time. had discovered HilIy'x new
brother and hastcncd to return IL
to Mrs. Smith.
biliy'a only reply to eXpostuIa-
ton" was, "Gec, uhiE; hes n doctor
lie could order another for his own
use"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23
GHOST NOT A GHOST
Investigation DiscIoscs Strange Figure
on Railway Tracks Was
Hospital Fugitive.

SHAMOKIN. PA. June 22.-Track-
walkers and night trainmea were given
Il scare recently when q ghost like
inquire passed along the railroad. In
restiSation showed that the specter
was only fugitive from hospital
OH the outskirts OF the city. Edgar
Stokes had been catapulted from an
automobile and taken to the hospital.
When his clothing was taken from him
he wrapped himself in Il sheet and
lcapcd from 4 window
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23
TAKE UP SPIRiTUALlSM
Relatives OF Wnr Victims Seek by This
Means to Keep I'm Touch
Them.

LONDON. June 22.-AIany persons
who have lost loved ones in the war
are becoming spiritualists and thcoso-
phists. hoping to keep in touch with
their departed. Lectures on spiritual
ism are crowded with women, includ-
ing royalty. Among those kecrly in
terestcd arc Lady Emily Lutycns. Lady
Glcnconner. whose poet son fell in
France. and Mrs. Champion de Cres-
pigny. Books on spiritualism are pop
ular.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23
THREE MEALS A DAY
OVER $40 A WEEK
Board in London Costs S2l.75,
According to American
Experiment..
NO PoRTERHoUsE STEAKS
Butter scarce and Gravy I'm
known in Public Eating
Places.

LONDON. May "a tby maiD i, a
person is not too hearty an catcr. he
can get his meals in London restau-
rants one week for sells. including
tips. An American who completed a
months experiment eating at restau-
rants which would be termed middle
class on Broadway or in the loop dis
trict. Chicago. found that his three
meals day averaged more than SO
weekly The same food and service
could be had in New York or Chica go
for about slc.
Substitution Of fish and eggs tor
meat dishes is one of the hrst lessons
learned. Having four meat meals a
week. instead Of fourteen or more. as
in tn" states. is the recond
y juicy porterhouse steak is IN .m-
possibility. rnat much meat cannot
be served at one time. Hence. most
meat i, hoiled. baked or roasted. 20
that it may easily be sliced and scrved
in small portions.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23
AMERICAN BAKED beans
CANNOT BE HAD

Butter IS very scarce and q card
permit. on. 10 nave four ounces =
week II he can get it, or margarine
Hotels FURNISH margarine with break
fast. but not with other meals. Gravy
is unknown, at least in public eating
places. Eakcn beans. American fash
ion. arc in tho same category. SKIM
med milk is available for tea or cof-
foe. Good cocoa -ct5iis at 81 pound.
Whole milk is only for babies or in
:alids.
sugar. which rctails ct l6 cents a
pound. is ra;iored. An adult may hav.
half Il pound a week. Hotels serv-
each person an ounce OF sugar daily
at breakfast, but none the rest Of Tie
day. SO if one IS prevalent he will
save that which is left from the morn
inc meal.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23
Fair Weather L. Forecast.
(By Associated Press.1

w \ S Fl {; T Q y, June 22-Fair
weather. with temperature slightly be.
low normal. Is forecast for the South
eastern States for tho week beginning
Monday.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23
ONE HOME PROTECTED
One Owner Builds Protection OF sand
bnss md Bipk Plates In Lon
don Suhurl.

LONDON. June 22.-Thcre is but one
private house in all London protected
against German air raids by sandbags
and zinc plates. The residence Is in
southwest London. Tho house is oc-
.cupied by naturalized German.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23
WAITER HARD TO OBTAIN
/ IN LONDON RESTAURANTS

One Of the hardest things to obtain
in many restaurants IS water rot
that there is any scarcity of that: hui
The great American custom Of having
water poured by the waiter before food
is ordered is never observed here.
Bread is somewhat darker than sra
ham bread found in the Suites. but II is
palatable. though often hard. Fresh
or hot biscuits arc not served. Corn
bread likewise is not found in any res
tau-arts. One bun or slice of bread is
the usual portions.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23
RUSSIAN SINGER
BEAT RASPUT|N
Now Uses Guitar and Voice 10
Collect Red Cross
Funds.
INCIDENT AT GRAND BALL
Holy One of Russia" Meets
Untimely End Not Long
Afterwards.

NEW YORK. June Ca strikingly
beautiful closc-croppcd. raven black
hair and contralto voice of the very
purest quality. coupled with n charm
ing personality. is womanly com :
bination which easily could contro! the
destinies Of any country
Vera Snirnova is the possessor OF
all tho aforementioned gifts.
Her voice opened up the portals Of
the most exclusive OF the exclusive set
In the old regime of Car Nicholas.
Society folk OF the overthrown govern
ment We'd with one another in having
her present at their entertainments,
and dukes and princes were on such
intimate terms with her that she called
them by their Christian names.
Little wonder. then, that as the lion
ess OF Russian society she came to meet
Rasputin. that most mystic parsonage
whose wish was law
The story and incidents that led to
the death OF the Holy Confcssor of
the Ruling Family Of Russia are so
we'll known now that nothing could
DC gained to rctell them.
1t might be apronos however to
take up one OF the threads which was
never woven into the often-told story
telling OF the death OF Rasputin
There was a small cotcric OF ballet
dancers who we're members %: the I'm
perial Opera House at PctroErad. The
members OF this coterie were on the
most intimate terms with the '1toly
One" and many stories have been told
OF the orgies at which they arc Ras-
putin threw caution TO the Minds AMI
INDUCED IN things that would pale the
saturnalia of tho orgies of ancient
Rome.
The wife OF onc of the grand dukes
had issued Invitations to 81 grand ball
given In honor of her cousin. who had
,ust returned from the front with
wounds received in battle. RaSrutin
OF course. WAS 10 he present.
Vera SmirnoVa had been invited as
enc OF the honorAd guests. and she
v"as to render the Russian gypsy
songs for which She Was famed.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23
FISH HAS BECOME
GREAT NATIONAL DISH

Fish is the great national dish. If
a person uses UP his four meat coupons
in as many meals, the other seventeen
meals that week will be emphasized
by fish Let any American who Erun-
bles q, voluntary food restriction please
eat fish for seventeen times III one
week and his sentiments about pork
less Saturdays and ''mcatlcss' Tues
days will change. Dmelcttes, of which
there IS an endless variety, and vesc-
tables the latter invariably cooked un-
seasoned. form the substitutes if one
does not wish fish.
Service is about the same as in
American restaurants. except that no
matter what one orders the waiter
will endeavor TO make a three 10 five
course mea! OF IL
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23
MEAr cAnps TO nANauErs

Meat cars are treasured like "A $780,
note. If lost il is very difficult TO
have them replaced. II is a magnani-
nous person who will let friend have
a coupon for meat meal. When
banouets are given where meat -
served. the guests must bring their
meat cards. BanQuets are rare.
Seven restaurants were patronized
in the sells experiment. y sample OF
food eaten on a meat day follows:
kfast-Oatmea and milk. two
poached eggs, rolls, butter and coffee
IS cents.
Lunch-Vegetable pie, rolls, jam.
baked herring cents.
Dinner-Pca soup. relish. roast pork.
boiled cabbage, potatoes, rolls and fruit
salad-s1.60. Total for day. So.