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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-04-18

Statues on statues piled, and in the hand
Of each memorial man soldiers sword!
Fit emblem of a tame and subject land,
Mustered and marked by a drill-sergeant lord.
And these long lines of formal streets, that go
In rank and file, by great captains skill
We're marched into this cold and stately show,
Where public order pasies private will.
Order is strong; strong law the stars command;
But birds by WINGS and thought by freedom lives;
The crystaled stone compact and foursquare stands
Much have We done, lords of exact Berlin
But one thing fails-the soul to your machine!
"'# John Stuart Blackie.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-07

~ LEVER American hostesses score
social success In all sorts Of
ways. but was rather surprised
when | heard OF an American diplo-
matist's wife in Turkey not long ago
who achieved rare social distinction
with a batch OF gingerbread. II was
when food prices were simply out
rageous Sugar was dollars a pound
and many other commodities were
priced accordingly or quite impossible
TO get at all. 1t was. however. to the
advantage of this American diplomatist
that he and his wife should give some
sort OF evening party TO a few OF the
American and English residents OF the
Turkish town where they were located
The clever wife might have had no re-
freshments whatever. for most host
ee.es had given them UP entirely. but
instead she decided on gingerbread
There WAS apparently molasses 10 be
had and enough other ingredients to
make decent sort OF gingerbread, and
had she served the rarest OF delioacies
she could not have pleased her guests
more than she did IN offering them this
simple American cake.
Gingerbread or molas,es cake has
wartime possibilities that we ought not
TO lose sight Of. In the first place II
msy be made with little or no sugar
because Of the sweetne,, OF molasses.
Moreover. the fact that II is dark in
color makes possible the use Of any Of
the darker or coarser -four substitutes
in a way that would not yield such
good results IN white cake Then.
too. the strong flavor OF ginger and
nlolasses renders unapparent the flavor
OF any Of the nours that might be less
suitable In a moro delicate cake More
over, gingerbread may be made with
hot whter instead of milk. which makes
a good emergency cake for the day
when you have no milk on hand, and
either gingerbread or molasses cake
can be made with soar milk which
makes it an economy cake when the
milk has tusned"
The old idea was TO serve this dainty
in lieu of bread. WAS 81 not7 And we
put butter on Il very often. In the
thrift regime however. II ought TO bs
regarded as a dessert. and a very good
dessert Il makes. too. A moist. soft.
dark molasses cake makes a delicious
dessert with little whipped cream.
and the cream need have little or no
sugar in II because OF the sweetness OF
the molasses. Any good gingerbread
or molasses cake may be enriched with
the addition Of raisins or currents and
so made into very nice loaf cake a
very thin chocolate frosting on such a
cake would make a cake Of good keep
ing qualities
Here is a recipe for wartime GIN
gerbread that though not rich Yet is
very good in flavor. II was one OF the
recipes recently endorsed by the Food
Administration and published by the
National League for Wonlan's Service.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-07
WARTIME
PARTIES

" HERE was a time not so very
IoAE before the war when most
women seemed 10 think that the
only excuse for an afternoon foregath-
ertng was bridge or tea and gossip
Afternoon dancing TO be possible
needed men, and in this land OF ours
men were so hard 20 get before eve
ming OF course. there We're afternoon
musicals and readings and such enter
tainments, but one grew rather weary
OF them. We read with interest OF the
old days when & generation OF less
sophisticated women met over the
quilting frames or at the home Of q less
opulent nedghbor TO help with the corn
husking or fruit drying. but we never
thought that we might take part in
parties" just as useful Much less did
we dream that we could get more en-
joyment out Of them than we had out
OF bridge.
But now with so much TO do end so
little time 70 do II, We feel that there Is
no party quite so satisfactory as
the party where we accomplish some
thing. Last year we were inclined 20
keep to ourselves too much; in our first
enthusiasm over war activities we
abandoned social life too much and
many a small comm unity came 10 be d
pretty cherries place TO live in. This
year We have our parties but they are
war parties and almost every day we
hear Of some new sort of activity that
has been made the excuse of a social
gathering.
Out in Utah in a rural community
the party most in vogue just now is a
remodelinT party. al which the women
get together with vsrious sorts of old
materials, hate. suitEs dresses and even
coats. and under the direction Of an
expert in that sort Of thing. make new
hats out Of old ones. dresses from suits
and coats, children's clothing from
ADULTS clothing. and boys short clothes
out Of mems suits. In this way in one
small county it was estimated that
twenty five hundred dollars was saved
IN month. Some Of the remodelea
things were really so attractive that
the makers saved them for their own
use. In other cases perfectly good
garments that had been remodeled
were made available for persons in
Seed or want
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-07
DON'T FORGET GINGERBREAD, A
VERY TEMPTING WARTIME CAKE

lila for n half cup OF cooking oil anI
n half cup of broown sugar cre1m"d
Add a half cup OF molnsscs with 4 half
teaspoon OF soda and then toge' her aGd
a half cup of milk old cue cEfled
for cream and one egg and beat thor
oughly Then add full cup OF barley
-four. a half cup Of wheat -four. half
tablespoon of ginger and n uuhiter
spoon of salt sifted together Mix and
bake In n loaf In a moderate oven.
There are all sorts of nice little cook
les and iumhiee that are made with
molasses to take tho place of susar.
Some Of them are made with nut meats
and raisins or currants and make de
lightful refreshments for tho wartime
party. Here is ono that is not hard 10
make. It calls for cup Of barley flour.
a half teaspoon of salt n qua to- cup
Of sugar. teaspoon Of cinnalnc1. ,
sCant half teaspoon OF soda I haif
teaspoon Of cloves and a pincil Of salt.
SIft and mix and add to the :oll loving
ingredients that have been mixed and
we'll beaten two and half table
spoons of butter or cooking oil. n hair
cup Of molasses. one egg and half
cup Of milk Now add a quarter C':p
OF raisins and bake IN very small z, m
tins.
Here is rule for nut moiasres aa-s
taken from the recipe book prepared
for tho Conservation Food SHOW. In
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-07
jewellery Continues to Play Leading
Role in Spite Of the Terrible WOrld-War

TN spite of every woman's efforts 10
do her bit toward furthering war
thrift-or perhaps because OF it
this is a great year for jewelry OCca-
sionally we hear that this leading
woman or that one is going without
jewelrv, and indeed az the outset OF the
war some well intentioned woman de-
clared IL TO be unpatriotic 70 be-
deck oneself with jewelry in war days;
still. taken the country over. women
are wearing more jewelry than ever
and taking a greater interest IN II.
VINO can rightly call It unpatriotic g?
With the exception OF platinum the
materials OF which We make jewelry
are not those materials that are needed
to carry on the war. No one can feed
armies with rubies and emeraIds. and
not all the diamonds in the country
would alleviate the sufferings OF war
stricken Europeans Remember that
the thrift idea now is not so much 10
cut down our own expenses. but TO
buy those things for ourselves which
are not wanted 10 help with the war.
Not long ago word came from one
Of the leading society summer resorts
that women. in keeping with the SOM
haps in safe deposit vaults. their col
ored jewelry and were wearing simply
their platinum-set engagement rings
or some similarly chaste platinum set
brilliants. That may perhaps have
been in the picture with war economy
but IL was out OF the real spirit of H.
For platinum is the one material out
OF which our jewelry is made that is
IAI E-g -a2ry,r Or
Bureau Of Mines Of the Department Of
the Interior wants the sale and use Of
platinum for private purposes TO he put
a stop 10. Women whose diamonds are
set in platinum have been urged 10
surrender this precious metal. even
though they possess but a small
amount Of IL. The price for platinum
is very high at present and through
government agents the smallest amount
of IL will be bought at market price
from women who are patriotic enough
to give II up. Leading society women
in various parts of the land have taken
up this work of urging women 10 give
up their platinum, and the best thing
they can do is what they actually are
doing-creating a fashion in favor Of
diamonds set in another way II Il
becomes unfashionable 10 wear plati-
mum set diamonds then the Bureau Of
Mines need spend no more time urging
women 70 give 1t up
The fact is that Germany controls a
large amount of the metal and we need
il for the manufacture OF certain parts
Of guns and also in certain chemical
manufactures. Certain medicines and
drugs needed in surgery cannot be pro-
duced without little platinum. Even
were the war 10 end tomorrow Il is not
at all likely that we would have more
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-07

pies homes and other charities whose
bearing on the war work is only ind
rect So many and frequent are the
calls for money donations 70 more di-
rect war relief work that the directors
Of this other sort Of work which must
be carried on just much during
these times a . a any other time are At
their Wits end TO devise ways Of getting
adequate sums for their work from the
already overtaxed giving public II
they can't get money they can some
times get other things that can he
turned into money. Hence the jewelry
sales for charity Prineesses IN the
roy al household are leaders in these
sales and through giving from their
own collections set the example to 9th
er women who unlock their jewel cas-
kets for the benefit Of NEEDY charities.
And the public knowing that gnb a fair
price is being asked for the trinkets
that often contain considerable asso-
c!ational 5 we'll as intrinsic value are
apparently willing ard eager to buy.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-07

at their Conservation Food Show. held
in New York.
Here are the dngredients called for:
Potato nour, one cup minus / table
spoon: barley flour. | u cups; molasses.
l cup: boiling water. n cup: fat. three
tablespoons; salt. u teaspoon; soda,
teaspoon; ginger. teaspoons. Melt
the fat by adding boiling water to IL:
gradients. Add liquid ingredients grad
ually. Beat vigorously. Pour into
CREASED shallow pans. Bake In mod
crate over for about twenty five min
utes. Yield: three cakes four by six
inches.
Here is a thrift gingerbread making
three quarters of a cup Of yellow meal
with a cup of barley iour. a half tea
spoon OF salt. | teaspoon Of ginger
and qaurter of teaspoon of cloves
and two teaspoons Of baking powder.
Mix three -eighths OF a cup OF molasses
with a full tablespoon Of butter or but
ter substitute and a tablespoon Of
sugar. a scant cup OF milk and an egg.
Now mix dry and wet ingredients to-
gether and If desired adj l'ttie srat'i
orange rind or orange extract. Bake
in fat tins.
To make use OF sour milk here is a
good recipe for gingerbread: Mix a
teaspoon OF soda With cup and a
quarter OF sour milk and add to a cup
and quarter Of molasscs Add a quar-
ter cup of cooking oil Sift toge .her
a cup OF rice -four with one and I'M %
quarters cups OF barley -four. 4 scant
tablespoon OF ginger a scant half tta-
spoon OF salt and a scant teasoooa of
baking powder. Mix all ingredients
beat thoroughly ana bake IN moderate
oven.
Hero Is an old fashioned rule for
ginger cake that has been slightly mod I
flied 10 meet present reQuirencn s II
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-07
Fans From JAPAN.

In spite Of our war work and our
generally buster lives we find time,
when the thermometer climbs sky
ward, to give some attention to the
choice Of fan. There is no rason why
We should not have fans for all occa-
sions. There are tiny ones that may be
carried in the handbag. as well as big
ones that are suitable only 10 the
house or garden or porch
Some OF the little ones are made OF
sandalwood. and some are made of
ivory, or its imitation. and some are
made Of black spangled gnuze. set on
black wooden sticks. These are all
suitable to carry In the handbag and.
indeed. a woman who suffers intensely
from the heat. should always have a
fan with her,
Black spangled white net fans are
strikIngy effective carried with black
evening frocks-and half the evening
frocks this year are black
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-07

Folk on this side Of the Atlantic were
not long in following the example y
Their English cousins IN realizing
profits for var work on Old collections
OF jewelry and trinkets There have
not as yet been the large charity sales
OF jewels conducted on tn- ambitious
scale that they are England. and for
the most part persons possessing Old
collections have sold them privately,
spending the money 70 make donations
70 the Red cross .! 20 bay more Liberty
Bonds or Thrift stamps than would
otherwise be possible.
And So il Is that a most eXtraordi-
nary collection o. old jevelry has come
10 light one would not have known
six months ago that our our Old fami-
lies possessed such Interesting treasure
in tile Nay af 5et bracelets. brooches
and pendants. COAL sets II al sorts,
canoes and curious large ornaments Of
onyx that are N faith extremely At
tractlve when Worn on the crisp or-
gandie frocks that belong IN silhouette
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-07

platinum al our disposal SO when you
say goodbye TO your platinum. X
should he a long farewell. you are do
ing more than giving for the duration
OF the war
This Is one OF the mos, interesting
phases OF the present tewelry situation.
Another interesting situation IS that
among middle-Class folk who, without
desire for war profits. actually are
profting by Increased wages and sal
aries. there has been a decided inclina-
tion TO invest some Of these earnings n
jewelr1-. Ask any jeweler in any moo
crate sized town. or in a large town
for that matter Ask him how bust
ness is getting on and the chances are
that he will repor- favorably In some
places business never was better
One reason why the wearing Of any
sort OF jewelry save that set In plati-
mum has become fashionable Is because
women are really getting along with
less perishable hnery The woman
who has two evening frocks where she
formerly had six and eight a season
now turns TO her tewelry box to pro-
vide the much needed variation in the
effect OF her costume II she does not
find what she wants. she spends money
70 get IT, either buying a valuable
piece. knowing that in SO doing she Is
depriving no soldier or war victim Of
warm clothing or food. or else getting
some piece Of bedeckment that is made
Of glass or wooden beads tinsel or
cheap metal that possesses nothing in
intrinsic worth but indefinite amounts
in beauty Of design and color 1t IS no
longer In bad taste TO wear cheap Jew
e1ry providing II IS in harmonious
coIOring
An enormous amount or fine old
fashioned jewelry has recently come to
light in just this way Women have
turned to old jewel boxes 10 seek the
establishment for their limited ward
robe and have discovered quaint and
beautiful pieces that needed perhaps a
little repairing. but that somehow
fitted into the present clothes picture
better than jewelry OF 4 modern make.
Some Of this jewelry is not expensive.
For the more expensive stones have
been cherished and reset and are not
now to be found slowed away in an
out of the-w way Jewel box. There are
canoes, corals of interesting carving
and bits of semi precious stones set
in less expensive settings. There are
lockets that were worn by our grand
mothers on silken cords or velvet rib
bons. and these are immensely effective
when worn with the crisp new organdie
frocks that are so essential 10 the sum
mer girl this year.
One OF the favorite ways OF raising
money in England these days IS
through the sale OF tewelry donated by
women of wealth and generosity. This
is an especially convenient way Of rails
ing monaS for orphan ssylumS. old peo-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-07

20 the same period as these pieces of
ornament
But one asks. how is Il that II al
these bits os iewelry are Being disposed
II. that s indication Of a revival II IN
terest in them From the point OF view
~ the people VINO dispose Of tAem. per
aaps It : not. but for every seller there
Is a buyer and il : quite likely that
the person who pays pretty price for
an old bit Of iewelry that has especially
apea ed to her fancy IS going 10 wear
Il with greater interest and effect than
he woman who has had the piece re-
posing in an old Jewel ooXx since Years
ago IS hen It was handed On from some
great aunt or grandmother. And often
IN looking over the old jewel boxes he
owners discover old bits that they are
20 part with. pieces The beau
ties of which they Rad forgotten 50
often for every single piece that $
brought 20 light 20 sell another piece IS
unearthed for the owner 20 save, have
repaired perhaps. and then 20 wear.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-07

New York Barley nour. "a cups.
boiling water. 4 cup: cloves. g IA
spoon; cinnamon. u teaspoon. salt. l
teaspoon: fat. y cup. ginger. = tea
spoon; molasses. cup; soda. ten
spoon; cocoanut. " cup; Engliga val
nuts. 4 cup. Heat tho molasses add
boiling water and pour over fat sift
together The -four. soda. spices and salt
Add liquid ingredients to DRY ingred
ients. chill Roll one-eighth inch
thick Sprinkle with cocoanut and
chopped English walnuts Bake about
twelve minutes In a modetate oNe1.
This Yields. SAYS tho conserva'ip1 tot k.
ninety-two bars.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-07

Although in France and other war
ridden countries Of Europe It is an act
OF patriotism for healthy adults not 10
use milk in the diet. in our own coun-
try milk IS abundant and one OF the
foods that we are urged al present TO
use abundantly
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-07
YOU OUGHT TO KNOW OF FOOD

wheat -four. Il Is made from wheat
Just as surely IS is white wheat -four.
The only difference IS that 4 uses al
the wheat But II should be saved Just
as much as the white wheat -four.
Housewives who think they are doing
their bIt when they serve graham tiour
are mistaken. The same applies TO
whole wheat -four
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-07

may encourage the farmers - redaca
the number Of cows they keep, hence
helping 70 produce a milk famine later
on.
II IS Just as wrong to waste the
substitutes as The foods that we are
conserving. because these foods repre-
sent the possibility OF saving the other
The Food Administration bids US Re
member that a pound of cornmeal
wasted means a pound OF wheat taken
from our lighters
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-07

When ordering your breakfast foods
find out what they contain While YOU
are not forbidden to use those contain
ing wheat. you should not be lavish
with them. However. some of the
breakfast foods formerly made largely
Of wheat now contain liberal amount
Of wheat substitute
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-07

BY going without milk you cannot
put food into the mouths or European
women and children or soldiers. By
curtaiNng your milk consumption YOU
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-07

Macaroni is Of the list or PATRIOTS
foods At best it contains a good deal
OF wheat. There is hardly dish in
which rice cannon be substituted sor
macaroni to good advantage
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-07

Cottage cheese although made of
skim milk. is In class with lean meat
and eggs and Is actually more valuable
than either. says the Department of
Agriculture. In material that goes TO
build muscle blood and bone
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-07

Just because YOU may feel the bur
den Of going without wheat -four re-
member that there are Just as many
people who would feel keenly the lack
OF corn meal products even II as a sub
stitute they had as much as they want
ed Of wheat -four. and there are more
persons who would miss rice under
similar conditions II is matter Of
food habit not bodily requirement that
is causing YOU your uneasiness over
the wheat conservation.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-07

No cereal not even wheat. Is a per
feet diet in itself Many people are
eating TOO much cereal because they
seem TO think that it is an act OF
patriotism in Itself to eat the sub
stitutes' All cereals need to be sup
plemented With other foods No cereal
diet is complete without milk. fruit and
green vegetables
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-07

TT is not necessary 10 use wheat -four
l for thickening meat gravy. Corn
starch is an excellent substitute and
so is rice -four The Food Administra-
ton recommends fine corn meal for
dredging meat
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-07

Graham -four /. not a substitute for
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-07

II HERE was q time not so very
loaE before the war when most
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-18
DEATH OF MRS.
N. ]. SCROGGS AT
STATESVILLE, N. c.

kilograms received here late yes
terday announce the death at States
Vile, N. c., of Mrs. M. J. Scroggs,
death following an illness of some
length. Deceased was the mother OF
Mrs. J. W. Chambliss and Miss Ra-
chae1 Scroggs, of Americas, and was
a woman of exalted Christian char
acter announcement Of whose demise
will cause great sorrow among a wide
circle of friends. Miss Rachael
scroggs left last night for Statesville
to attend the funeral which will be
held there.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-18
HOW
RHEUMATISM
BEGINS

The excruciating agonies of rheu-
matism are usually the result of fail
ure of the kidneys to expel poisons
from the system. In majority of
cases rheumatism is an indication that
lric acid has prevailed the system.
If the irritation of these uric acid
crystals is allowed to continue, in
durable bladder of kidney disease may
result. Attend to it at once. Don't
resort to temporary relief. The sick
kidneys must be restored to health
BY the use Of some sterling remedy
which will prevent return of the
disease.
Get some GOLD MEDAL HARLEM
Oil Capsules Immediately. They are
standard world-famous medicine in
use for over two hundred years. They
have brought back the joys of life to
countless thousands of sufferers from
rheumatism, lame back, lumbago,
sciatica, gall stones, gravel and other
affections of the kidneys, liver, stom-
ach, bladder and allied organs.
They will attack the poisons at
once, clear out the kidneys and urin-
airy tract and the soothing healing oils
and herbs will restore the infiamed
! tissues and organs to normal health.
GOLD MEDAL is the original Haar-
lem Oil imported direct from the
home laboratories in Harlem, Hol-
land, by the Genuine Harlem Oil
Mfg. Co, Harlem, Holland, Ameri-
can office, 116 Beekman St., N. Y.
Ali others are limitations. Ask for
GOLD MEDAL and be sure the name
GOLD MEDAL is on the box. Three
sizes, at all good druggists.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-18
Accuracy Always Valued.

We all admire the thorough, pains
taking person, for the reason that we
know such persons place the right
kind of an estimate on accuracy.
True, they may not be singled out as
having attained any speed records,
but that fact gives us absolutely no
concern. We believe in them because
we know that they may in every situa-
ton be relied upon and we go our
way happy In the knowledge that work
turned ont by such persons will fully
measure up"