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New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
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How to Keep the House Warm Without
Exhausting the Coal Bin

BIZ De Witt Y. Weed Jr, Engineering Erpert
of The Tribune Institute
N URING the greater part of January
everything, from a river full of icy
foes to congested freight yards, con-
sp;red to keep New York on starvation diet, so
far as coal was concerned. The comfortable,
easy-going city learned exactly how it feels to
so without one of the great neccssaries of life.
And, of course, Tie individual homes, especial
~ cf the type which can be had for moderate
rental, were the first TO feel the pinch Of dis
comfort.
Contracts for coal made early in the season
by apartment house owners or agents were no
more than scraps Of paper when it came to de-
live:iny the goods, for, although money was
plentiful and bills in many cases were paid in
advance, the coal simply was not to be had.
Therefore, every source of auxiliary heat, from
the open CRATE where wood could be burned, up
through the gamut Of kerosene, gas and electric
heaters was called into use. The gas and electric
companies did land Office business in all sorts
of heaters because, although these could not
ist without firm foundation of coal, the pub
lie utilities were sure of keeping open and GO
ing, even if everything else had to close down
and shiver
Even kerosene heaters-usually forbidden
by apartment house owners because of the in
surance-were bought as long as they lasted
and served to temper the icy atmosphere in
many a room Knocked by stone cold radiator.
THREE TYPES OF GAS HEATERS
Of course, where gas is available and it is
easy to make a connection the portable gas
heater is the obvious form of auxiliary heat.
1t is more economical than electricity, less dam
gerous than kerosene, therefore is usually the
most satisfactory for general purposes.
Some Of these gas heaters are installed in
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System: Every Business
Must Have Its Machjnery

precious coal which keeps the machinerv :.
their lives running as we'll as our own
The portable heater is as much an .;s
patriotism as the loaf Of war bread or thu s;'s
Of some meat substitute. Therefore IL 1. a' ,a..
as well to look into the matter Of a,x;i;.s
heat with the idea of employing il &c 49,
as poss;.t.a. e'
With one exception, the heaters listed b.,.
have all been tnstAd arh end"rsed hv IT,
Tribune Institute. The electric and gas heate,.
are to be found in the display rooms of ~
local electric and gas companies. The kero..n.
heater has not as yet been tested bv ~
Tribune Institute, but we are absolntal,
familiar with it's convenience and eaicien,s
and can recommend it heartily
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Efficiency: These Devices
Lighter, HoMSeyUork
Useful Auxiliary Heaters

THIS winter the auxiliary heater
i has come into it's own. Spring
is coming, and then II will be more
useful than ever.
If you arc thinking of buying one,
look through the list on this page
and read what Mr.. Weed says about
them. We have tested all manner of
heaters in the laboratory Of The
Tribune Institute, and when we rec
ommend them we know precisely
what we are talking about.
II you want TO know still more be-
fore you make your choice, write to
us, or call at the Institute, and we
will zee that you are satisfied.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
ORANGE OMELET

: tsblespoonsfu, tSos pow 2tabiespoonsful orans.
iered sugac Suicc
: oranges Il tcaspoon.u baking
n teasroonfu. salt powder
Separate yoks from whites, add salt to yolks
and heat until thick and lemon colored. Beat
whites until stiff and add yollss, baking powder and
Grange Juice. Sprinkle powdered sugar oranges,
which have been sliced lcngthwisc. Put butter
IN hot frying pan and pour IN omelet mixture
When It has th:ckcned wei! and is pufed up add
.he Tin slices Of one orange. Fold the omeet
fl La.f the oranges When donc place
'.ot plato with the remaining slices O. the orange
asourd i.--A!rs. G. c. S., \. y.
This recipe for an orange omciet 10 vcry a.
'rsctive = one wishes sweet dish for breakfast
:. will serve four people and costs 90 cents.
:. rA..ATABI.E WAY OF COOKING SHOULDER
CHOPS OF LAMB
pounds shsnlde- chops 5 carrots
! teAspoonsui salt tcaspoonful sugar
Peppey 3 tabespoonsful fcu.
quart lima beans spl'igs mint
small caon
Have chop. cut abou. one inch thicH Brown
eken in frying pan IN which small piece OF
xuet hss been melted. ou. Drowned chops into
pot wit enough boiling water to cover them. Ado
sa.t, pepper and the shelcd lima beans Cook for
efteen minutes, then sdd hnc young carrots, diec:,
and sugar. Cook nfsssn minutes longer. Brown
sliced on:en in tryrg pan and put it in with
nest. Add cour 70 grease in f',ing pan ard blend.
YAsn slowly add ore-hal: cup Of cold water and
sy,.. Gradually add the hoc liquid from the meat
snd STIR until smooth. Pour all into casserole
or baking dish, aid the mint, and COOK in mo-
syses over ons-AaN hour loncsr.-Mrs A. L.. Il. }.
This recipe IS very practical fer the tougast,
xhesper suts o. meat, because the SLOW coo@ics
renders uen very tender. The onions, carrots
tA~4 Hn,0 On 4ho, ~
and arc themselves improved by cooking in The
meat juice.
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TWO GOOD SUGGESTIONS

havc found tha. quite the easiest way 10 clean
flower vases and other dscolorcd glass articles is
10 cut up pieces Of potato small enough 20 be
easily oJected-or, in these days of "Hooyerjza
@on, potato Dcclings Will do-and these shaken
around with the usual soapsuds VIII make .bo,n
shine like new. >''N'''
Also a uSciui kitchen addition is long, sharp
shell or bone crochet hook I: novcr arons ha.i
the particles Of cork one sometimes Gnds Aoat,n,
IN the top Of bottle, and find It invaluable IN
spearng' many things from mall-mouthed hot
tIes-Mrs. II. L. w. New York City.
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NUT MEAT LOAF

q cupful c opped margarine
almonds l cupful DIR! ed bread
q cupful ch oppcd crumbs
walnuts oSgs, beaten
l tablespoonful melted y cupfu milk
Scnk crumbs in the milk and thoroughly nix aN
ingredients together. Turn mixture into a we'll
creased bread pan casserole and bake about
thirty minutes. Cut in slices aud scrve hot with
eauce--Miss H. A. L.. Pttsfeld, Mass.
Here we have another meat substitute 70. our
mAatless menus The nuts, milk and eggs In tti,
torial This dish is very nutritious as wei! ss
I'alatabe. 1t viii serve four people and costs 35
cents. we'll seasoned tomato sauce served with
this dish improves the flavor great deal
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the OF out rapid,.-. but have not iAci 10 do this
because l buy large can O. oil ana !. lasts for
some time. The other hole, which is never under
the cap. lets the air III and greatly increases The
possibility OF rancdity. The other cyenin: M
husband took off the cap. made just orc hole ana
then by pressing the sides made the oil come ou:
with great rapidity. It was new idea 10 me- and
shall never make the two holes aga ain-Mrs J E.
IA, Cambridge. Mass.
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4 USE FOR BURNED CAKE

If you have burrc! layer % cake baiy DO
not throw 1t away Try to make sr u, spp.tizng
CAKE out OF It. Cut AVA al Of the burned por-
Non' cut the rest into finger lengths cyiss-cross
lhcm on small rlatcs or ssucers aad serve as :
dessert with whipped cfsssa or a Tar. s.ace.-
Ars. G. s. C., New YORK City
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These Contributed Recipe. All Been Tested
AppYoved by our Domestic Science Erpert. TIE
81 for Recipe That Is Printed " Contributors
Wish to Rejsced Recipes Returned. Stamps Mast
Re Enclosed. Is Sftcd Once Before Measuring.
All Measurements Are Lerel, and Stondard Measuring
Spoons and Hall Pint Measuring Caps Are Used E0ch
recipe toirl provide for sir The approximate
OF materials is the basis being :he market
price the the
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TO L1QUEFY GRADUATED HONEY

purchasers OF strained extracted honey oftsa
store i IN a cold place and then. uhsn 1: has
caadied or graduated, imagine it must .e sdsl.
tclated lh's Is an error; the honey can be l;que
ned by standing in larger vessel containing hot
Va'r7 q. about 1Go degcec. ?. ls hotter to- honey
i""y be oarkened eNi .Ec na-o- injured; it IS
bette noe tc have the water too no. nud 20 ie It
.lquety by degrees. Keep honey IN d lsy, warm
place such as the top sheis % kitchen cupboard.
In @ cellar or refrigerator liquid honey likely 20
absorb moisture in time become sorr It IS
often convenient 20 put comb horey In the re-
f:lgcrator :or time before serving. 80 ;nat il
stands up" nicely IN tho serving il.h, bu: all
honey requires warm, dry sto-aSc.-N-s. e. T. f.
ssxyvSA, ~,
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SAVE FRUIT JUICE FOR APPLIES

instead of discardins the liquid left from any
canned fruits save Il The basis for sugar
syrup with a few cloves to favor for steamed
apples The additional flavor to the app.cs seems
10 give them an unusual dccacy 40: obtained
WITH the plain syrup. The steamed apples make
an enjoyable dessert served with boiled custarl
saucc.-M:ss L. l. B.. BROOKLYN \ Y
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A SALAD ACCOMPANIMENT.

Mash one cream cheese until smooth. Add cne
cupful of finely chopped sailed peanuts. Mix
Little sweet cream or top milk with It and form
into balls. Dust with lap1ik& and garnisk with
parsley or thinly sliced rsdshes.R. b., y. y.
These little cneese balls are very attractive.
especially with fruit salads, such pineapple.
The balls may be made tiny enough to Ht into
the hole OF the canned, sliced pineapple. This
mixture is also delicious filing to- green pep
poYs.
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place, where it Stimulates an open,
glowing fire
the fireplace. Others can be moved about from
room to room as needed. There are two gen.
eral types, one which burns with a luminous
yellow flame reflected from a polished surface,
and another which employs the blue flame
Bunsen burner, usually cylindrical in form.
In addition to these is a special type which
throws off a radiant heat and is suitable for
heating large rooms These burners arc most
effective, whether installed in the fireplace
in portable heater.
AS gas heater produces greater heat for
its size and fuel consumption than other kinds
Of portable heaters, it is the most popular for
use in rooms which are unprovided with radia-
tors. When gas apparatus is installed in fire.
places throughout the house it is often possible
to dispense entirely with the coal heating
system.
The only trouble is the tendency Of gas heat
ers to produce disagreeable or poisonous odors.
If they are msmanagcd or uncared for this is
almost sure to occur In order to avoid it tho
flame Of heater of the luminous type must
burn unobstructed, while with the blue flame
heaters the air and gas must be regulated so
that proper mixture is obtained and perfect
combustion produced.
Electric heaters are excellent for the bath
room, nursery, dining and other places
where it is necessary to remove the chill from
the air cold mornings before the heat has
come up. in the evening after it has been
turned off.
These heaters absolutely odorless and
do not of course, consume the oxygen in the
atmosphere gas does. The cost of electric
current is much more than that of gas there
fore the electric heater when used to sufficient
extent to be appreciable in large unhcated
room, is fairly expensive proposition.
Electric heaters also fall into two general
classes, although the designs of the heaters
themselves many. The open -glowing-coil
electric heater becomes red hot in few min
utes, sends out an intense and direct heat, and
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is CHEEKY and attractive little piece of furn-
ture to have in room The other type looks
exactly like y tiny steam radiator, painted
black. 1t is not as handsome as its brilliant
relative, but in some ways is more effective.
II requires about ten minutes to heat up, but
after that it maintains a uniform temperature
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over Its entire surface, radiatng the heat in all
directions.
Where neither gas nor electricity is available
the kerosene heater is the only possible form
OF auxiliary heat. But it's services do not end
Ill the camp or country house, far from town
convenienccs, because, if properly cared for.
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RENOVATES SERGE

When your serge grows shiny, as even the best
pieces viii, clean the goods thoroughly and then
scrub them lightly with Il piece of very fine
emery paper. This process win lift the nap
J., B., Boston, Mass
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Gas and Electric Heaters Tested and Endorsed

Gas and Electric Heaters Tested and Endorsed
Hotpoint Heaer-$7.5O
Hotpoint Radiant Electric Heater-$6.5O.
Made
Willis Nitrogen Electric Radiator-$12.OO to $780,
Made by Willis Manufacturing 663
Simplex Lamp Socket Radiao-$8OO
Heating Cambridge, Mass,
West SD New York..
Westinghouse Luminous Radiaor-$1OOO to $780,
Made by the Westinghouse Electric
and 165 Broadway, New York.
Gas Heater-$5O 90 10
Made by the Mfg Co.. PENN.
Humphrey Radiant6re Heater-$4O.0O nd up.
Made by the General Broadway City,
Solar Grand Gas Heaer-$275O to
Made by the Sanitary Heating St. Brooklyn, NJ Y
New Perfection Kerosene Heater-$7.OO and up
Standard Oil Co., SIS West 25h NewY City,
Rcomme lot ei oa dYeh
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FOR LABELLING BOTTLES AND CANS

FOE LABELLING 8oTTi.LS AND CANS
!asttn tho I.a.ne ;Ate,. OF cat. sd ,ot.lss
eo'''a;'.iag food o..er sur,ii'. sr'si
a'r:, OF ad'.ce!vs plaster. This VII STICK % shI
surface, and the annoyance caused ~ :st"'s ~"
III. o.t and being los. Will be a. END.
{. {. S, New York City.
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A PINCH OF SALT

Pat pinch Of salt IN the -four you are going
70 use to tMckcn your gravy. Put it in before
you wet the -four. This keeps it from being
lumpy.-L. b.. Bostun, Mass
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EXTENDING A ROAST OF MEAT

"hen have small roast OF meat make Il
much more plentiful this way: If it is roast pork
wash and core some sour apples and lay then,
asoaHd It, bastIng them with .hc fat; II lamb o.
veal use stale bread with onion ana seasoning.
we'll mostened and made into balls, then put in
the pan with the meat and bastcd; if roa s. beef
mako bate" o. one cup o: nour one OF milk and
one egg and salt; pour this around the roas.
allowing about twenty minutes Sc. il to bake
NJ. a.. New York City
REMOVING III: SALAD Oh. FMoM TIE CAN
nave Known fo- \ .ore tine that It vas nece.-
sary to make two holes in the salad oil can to IL.
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IIcse spg0cS oNS al contributed bl reoders Of ye
lf1oune inStittc from actual Housekeeping crpclcnce
VIC i2Y Sic0 jCf c0cl printed If ibatc
tctsh narc ,cturncd stqpps nust be
enCioaed.
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BETTER THAN RAW BEEcSIEA1
whsn one mas mao .ss1 or p.ow ,ne sA.a nU
DO prevented rrom d:sco.o-!ax by ,no:s,sniNk
l.ttle cry starch with cole water and iAyin. It oa
the injured part.-M. Z. s. liza, =. \.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
TO QUICKEN BAKING o~ rvY.1u.s

When limited FOR time IN roasting potaton
cove. them over with ,A-se bieai ,n or basin.
hey vii! cook much quicker aad no: hurn.-
n. I. S, Albany, y. Y
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he poured from the casserole thinncd, and the
dulnn,ings cooked in it. Also diced potatoes ma:
hr added just before the meat is put into tho
.or the las. half hour of cooking In this way
whole real could be prepared in one dish. The
recipe VIII six people and costs only 70 cents.
BAKED HADDOCK
3 pound hadoock green pepper
tahlesroonsful margarine onion
crackers
Skin wash and wipe thoroughly q fresh haddock
OF cod and place It on creased dripping pan.
Sprinkle with SAT-. Melt margarine, add 20 It the
chopped onion and pepper and allow to simmer
stvcra. minutes. Crumb the crackers and stir into
miSturs Wien thoroughly blended spread over
the top o. the fish Bake th:cc-quartc1s OF CT
h.ur ir a not ovcn.-Mra. J. A. W., fa;l River
Mass.
!lnddock and cor. arc dislikcd by some peop.
estAnsc they a-e rather :astelcas and dry. Some
ling is needed to tore up their bland favor. ne
ONION and reppc- help 20 DO this to q very t,rest
extent. During the baking the crumbs brovm
dc'catcly and an appet:sing flavor develops. 1he
recipe will serve six people and costs only 4s
cents dish like this can Re easily substituted
foc meat in thc dinner menu
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CHAPTER vi.
Fritz Doe. a Little "strsfeino.~

My outfit was one of those that saw
the Germans place women and chill
dren in front of them as shields
against our fire. More than third of
our men, should say, had been pretty
tough criminals in their own countries.
They always traded their pay against
a handful of cards or a roll of the
bones whenever they got chance.
They had been in most of the dirty
parts of the world. This war was not
such a much to them; just one more
job in the list. They could call God
and the saints and the human body
more things than any boss stevedore
that ever lived.
Yet they were religious in q way.
Some of them were always reading
religious books or saying prayers In
different ways and between them they
believed in every religion and super
stition under the. sun, / guess. Yet
they were the toughest bunch ever
saw.
After they saw the Germans using
the Belgian women the way they did,
almost every man In my company took
some kind Of vow or other, and
most OF them kept their vows. too, /
believe. And those that were religious
got more so after that.
Our chaplain had always been very
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friendly with the men, and while /
think they liked him they were so
tough they would never admit it, and
some of them claimed he was Jonah,
or jinx, or bad luck of some kind. But
they all told him their vows as soon
as they made them and he was sup
posed to be a sort of referee as to
whether they kept them or not.
During my second stunt In the front
lines things got pretty bad. The Ger
mans were five to our one and they
kept pushing back parts ~ the line
and cleaning out others. And the
weather was as bad as it could be
and the food did not always come reg
ularly. Now, before they took their
VOWS, every last man in the bunch
would have been kicking and growing
all the time, but, as it was, the only
time they growled was when the Ger
mans pushed us back.
Things kept getting worse and you
could see that the men talked to the
chaplain more and quite few of them
got real chummy with him.
One morning Fritz started in bright
and early to begin his strafe. The
lieutenant was walking up and down
the trench to see that the sentries
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were properly posted and were on the
| job. A shell whizzed over his head
and landed just behind the parados
and the dirt spouted up like imagine
a Yellowstone geyser looks.
Another officer came up to the lieu.
| tenant-a new one who had only
| joined the company about a week be-
fore. They had walked about ten
yards when another shell whizzed over
them. They laid to and a third one
came. There were three in less than
five minutes. directly over their heads.
Then a shell landed on the left side
of the trench and a poilu yelled that
four men had got it. They were all
wounded and three died later. The
lieutenant went over to them and just
after he passed me lad got it square
not far from me and was knocked
over to where was lying.
The lieutenant came back and
helped me with the first-aid roll and
then the Germans began using shrap-
mel. The lieutenant was swearing
hard about the shrapnel and the Ger
mans and everything else.
Farther to the right shell had just
struck near the parados and made a
big crater and across from 1t, against
the parapet, was a young chap with
a deep cash in his head, sitting on
the fire step and next to him fellow
nursing the place where his arm had
been blown off. Our bread ration lay
all about the trench and some of the
poilus were fishing it out of the mud
and water and wiping the biscuits off
on their sleeves or eating as fast as
they could. Only some of the biscuits
had fallen in bloody water and they
did not eat these.
A young fellow, hardly more than a
boy, stumbled over the parados and
fell into the trench right near the
lieutenant and the lieutenant dressed
his wounds himself. 1 think he was
some relation of the boy.
The lieutenant asked him how he
felt, but the boy only asked for water
and smiled. But you could see he was
in great pain. Then the boy said
"Oh, the pain is awful. 1 am going
to die"
"You are all right, old man." the
lieutenant said. "You will be home
soon. The stretcher bearers are COM
ing" So we passed the word for the
stretcher bearers.
Then he took the water bottle from |
the boys side and sat him up and gave
him some water. He left the water |
bottle with the chap and went to |
hurry the stretcher bearers along.
When he got around the corner of the
trench the boy was slipping back and
the water bottle had fallen down. So
went over to him and propped him
up again and gave him some more
water
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No shipments of fruit can be made
from Hawaii to the Pacific coast or
unloaded there unless they have first
received federal approval. The fed
eral horticultural board also maintains
fruit-f1y specialist whose duty it is to
gather available information regarding
this pest either by travel in foreign
lands or by correspondence with spe-
cialists serving foreign governments.
Aid From the Public.
Travellers from foreign lands have
been called upon to help to the ut
most In seeing that they do not be-
come the carriers of insect pests.
Printed matter calling attention to the
serious consequences that may follow
the careless and unintentional intro
duction of fruit flies from Hawaii is
distributed to all persons entering Pa
cific ports from the Hawaiian islands.
Each passenger must sign an affidavit
stating that he has in his baggage no
fruit subject to fruit-fy attack. In
spectors who search the baggage of in
coming travellers for fruits carrying
fruit flies or their maggots find infest-
ed fruit every month. Any one of
these instances if not dealt with
and properly might mean the
loss of thousands or millions of dol
lars to American farmers and fruit
growers.
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ITO IN CONTINUED,