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The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-06-01
Luminous Paint Is Put to
Good Use in Present War,
Greatly Aiding the Soldiers

Many ingenious uses have been
found of late for luminous paint.
Watches with dials which glow in the
darkness are becoming common, and
only the other day an order was given
for 100000 marching compasses with
luminous needles to be carried by SOL
diers at the front, says Boys Life. I'm
mense quantities Of luminous cloth are
used by the soldiers who go over the
top. It Is cut into small rectangles
about ten inches long and fastened to
the collars Of the uniforms. The SOL
diers can thus recognize their own
men in an indiscriminate fight in the
dark. The luminous paint is also
smeared on the end Of sharpened sticks
which when stuck into the ground
make a fairly clear beacon.
Luminous tape is also used by the
mile for variety Of purposes. In this
way the stretcher-bearers mark the
paths they are to follow. It has been
found that on a dark night the lumi-
nous paint is visible for only 60 feet.
A soldier can dip his hand in the paint
and signal by describing letters in the
air or by wigwagging, knowing that
the enemy cannot see him hundred
feet away.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-06-01
Cooks in the Army Learn
How to Economic on Food

Opportunities for the home eco
monies demonstration workers Of the
United States department Of agricul-
ture are not limited to farm and town
homes. Cooks in American army
camps also have had an opportunity to
hear about conservation methods from
the department specialists. At one Of
the army schools for bakers and cooks
in Mississippi demonstrations in food
savings were much appreciated by the
cooks in training, according to re-
port Of the officer in charge, who de-
scribed the demonstrations as a "won-
derful success" The cooks are being
taught ways to utilize the leftover
food, the use Of flour substitutes, and,
particularly, new and attractive ways
of serving cornmeal dishes. Demon
strations in the making and use of fire.
less cookers also have been conduct
ed in the field ambulance hospital d.
vision.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-06-01

many and many thousands of dollars
would wander away from the turn
stiles.
The "aces" are the biggest assets the
magnates can boast of, and If you will
lamp the rosters of the sixteen major
league clubs you will find at least one
player on nearly every roster who fig
ures as the real drawing card of the
team on the road.
Tyrus Raymond Cobb is the greatest
drawing card in the business. He Is
worth more to Detroit on the road than
all the rest of her players put together,
for the fans in rival towns go out large
ly to see Cobb, unless the Tigers are
up there fighting for pennant, and
the rabids In small towns within easy
riding distance Of the big league cities
never miss chance to be on the job
when Cobb is billed to cavort at the
ball park. So Cobb alone Is worth
thousands of dollars to Detroit at the
turnstiles In the course Of a season.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-06-01
Nuu Nef~elQ
Jews in KaiserIand Unite
for Protection of RIGHTS

German newspapers recently re-
ceived in London report the amalga-
nation of all the Jewish associations
Of the empire for the protection Of
the illegal rights Of German Jews"
The program adopted is described as
their "irreducible minimum" The
president is James Simon, Berlin
merchant prince contemptuously
known in Junker circles as the "Court
Jew" because Of the kaiser's professed
personal friendship for him. The
main demands Of the new organization,
as set forth in the Vossische Zeitung,
are illegal and genuine" equality of
rights and opportunities with other
citizens 'in all states" including the
unrestricted right OF emigration into
the Turkish empire, especially Pales-
tine. Similar GENERALIZATION of Jewish
associations, it is stated, is imminent
in Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Bull
garia.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-06-01
Take Tip From Old Mother
Nature When in Doubt About
Time to Plant Your Garden

From the United States Department OF
Agriculture.)
BY watching the processes Of moth
err nature and taking tip from her,
the home gardener who is not certain
when he should plant his seeds may get
some valuable Information. Garden
specialists divide vegetables INTO two
classes - swarm temperature" and
"cold temperature" vegetables. When
peach and plum trees are In blossom.
they say, 1t is time to sow In the open
ground such seeds as lettuce, radish,
parsley, beets, turnips, cabbage, car
rots, peas, and onions. The wrinkled
peas should not be planted until later,
as they are more likely to rot in cool
ground than are the smooth varieties.
When the apple blossoms fall 1t is
time to plant the heat-loving vege-
tables, such as cucumbers, beans,
sweet corn, pumpkin. and squash.
This is said to be an old but excellent
rule.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-06-01
Sudden Retreat Of an Army
Is Often Reduced to Chaos
And the Resultant Disorder

"Moving a great army is an affair
Of timetables. There is room for only
a certain amount Of men and mate
rial on the roads and railways at one
time, and every man and every
wagon above that maximum becomes
a factor Of confusion and retards the
movement Of the whole mass to a
dangerous degree" writes G.. Ward
Price in the Century. ''The sudden
retreat of an army is often reduced
to chaos, first, because a thoroughly
worked out plan Of general retirement
exists but rarely in the strong-boxes
Of any general staff, and, secondly,
because in the absence Of timetable
drawn up in detail and strictly en-
forced. the elementary principle of
self-preservatiOn leads every unit Of
the army to put itself on the road
just as quickly as it can get trans
pOrtatiOn. This Is not to say that
confusion is an invariable Indication
of personal panic; but it Is very nat
ural, and even very proper, that every
battery commander, the director of
every military store and depot, and
the leader of every body of troops
which is not definitely ordered to re-
main, should have the individual de-
termination that his particular COM
mand shall not fall into the hands of
the enemy.
"The artillery officer firmly resolves
that he will save his guns at all
costs; the heads of the supply depart
ments are in charge of valuable stores
which their army needs for its very
existence and which would be of great
aid to the enemy If captured, and the
troop leader naturally argues that it
would be futile to allow his men to
be cut off when a general retreat has
been ordered. So If the organization
of withdrawal is left to the discre-
ton Of the people involved in it, as
it has to be when the whole thing has
not been deliberately arranged before
hand, confusion is almost inevitable"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-06-01
u. S. Insurance
Tremendous Business Conducted
by the Government

AS an insurance company the United
States makes all other concerns in
the business seem puny.
On April 6 the total amount Of in
surance Uncle Sam had written was
over $14,OOOOOO,OOO. That sum had
been put on the books in six months.
In the whole year of 1917 all other
concerns in the United States, includ-
ing fraternal organizations, mutual
companies and the like, wrote approx
imately $eOOO,OOO,OOO worth Of insur.
ance.
Some difference.
And Uncle Sam was still on the job.
The third week Of April alone $780,
100000 worth Of insurance was writ
ten. ,...
Uncle Sans customers are soldiers
and sailors. They number about 1,800,-
600. The average policy runs close to
$500. The minimum is $1,000 and
the maximum is $4,000.
April II was the last day on which
men who Joined the government mill
tary or naval forces before December
4, 1917, could secure government in
surance, but all new men joining either
army or navy can be insured and the
government urges them strongly to
take the maximum sum.
In the meantime Uncle Sam has been
paying out great deal Of money on
salary allotments and for death and
disability compensation. Up to April
6 1,7O6.330 separate checks had been
made out for such payments for sums
as follows: Salary allowances, $780,
400, 1852; death and disability compen-
sation, $6G958; government insurance
payments, $177,518.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-06-01
Scientific Facts.

To enable photographers to
make portraits with artistic
backgrounds translucent shades
to be hung over windows have
been patented bearing pictures
Of window castings and land
scapes.
That different classes of man.
kind can be distinguished by
their hair is the theory Of a
French scientist who believes
there is some relation between
the hair and strength Of body
and mind.
A form Of detectaphone small
, enough to be worn under a mans
shirt front and record CONVERSE
tons on q cylinder attached to
his belt has been patented by a
resident of Washington, d. G.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-06-01
WHEN LITTLE ONE SINGS

When evening comes over the gray shad.
ows fall,
Softly my Little One sings:
Cuddles and coos to q little rag doll.
And babbles Of wonderful things.
Voice like a linnet, and eyes like q dove.
Little One rocks in her chair.
And tenderly sings. while her motherlH
love
Warns to her little one there.
I want to get down by the side Of her.
too,
And rock "A by back through the years,
Untroubled by doubtings or fears.
To drift to q nest in the crook Of an arm.
And lie in a cuddle Of dreams;
All, Little One. sing me the wonderful
charms
Up. up from the Lullaby streams.
And sing while the heart of you bursts
In q song.
Cuddle your little one so.
For yours is a fieeting time. age is 30
long.
And you. little singer. will grow.
Age will lay hand on your curly, brown
hair,
Make you grown-up too soon:
Hustle you out Of your little red chair
Sing, sing, while your heart is in tune!
Softly gray shadows come deeping down.
Little One journey away
Mother and Dolly to Sunderland Town.
Drowsy-eyed dreamers astray,
Leaving me here where a mist Of her
song
Falls on my heart like dew,
And heaven, I thank you, through age II
so long,
Many the dreams that come true.
Jay B. Iden in the Kansas City Star.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-06-01
Fought in France at 70.

An American Civil war veteran who
faced the Germans in the trenches for
eight months before his age, seventy
three, was discovered, and he was dis
charged, is ]. w. Buscher, who
served In the Twenty-third Michi-
gan volunteers In the Civil war. He
enlisted recently In the Canadian rail-
way battalion. King George wishing
to see the oldest soldier in khaki, sum-
moned Buscher to Buckingham palace.
and praised him heartily for his cour-
age and determination.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-06-01
FOR THE POULTRY
GROWER
oOOOOOOOOOoOOO
(By the United States Department OF Agri
culture.)

oOOoOooOOooooo
(By the United States Department of Agri-
cultureD
Owners Of back yards In cities and
towns are asked to do everything in
their power to help the meat and egg
supply by raising small flocks Of poul-
try in back yards. Farmers are re-
quested greatly to increase their farm
flocks of hens so that 100 on every
farm will be the average for the ma
ton.
The following statement regarding
the poultry needs Is taken from the
official agricultural program for 1918
issued recently by the United States
department of agriculture:
"Poultry production should be in
creased greatly, especially In back
yards and on farms, where waste ma
terial Is available and the purchase Of
expensive grains and other material is
not required.
Increased poultry production may
be attained most economically by early
Matching; by combining mother hens at
least ten days after the chicks are
hatched;f by reducing losses on &C.
count Of rats, weasels and thieves, and
from cold, damp conditions; by thor
Ough sanitation; by discouraglng the
marketing Of early-hatched pullets as
broilers; by eliminating non-producing
hens and keeping good layers through
at least two laying seasons; and by
the poultryman raising his own feed
as far as noSSihleN
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-06-01
Laundrymen and War Conditions.

Now It is the laundrymen's turn
to feel the pinch of war conditions.
They formerly used caustic potash in
combination with soap for bleaching
purposes. But now that potash Is al
most mobtainable, good substitute
has become necessary. The increase
In the price of soap has made the need
acute. And now comes satisfactory
domestic bleach. Three pounds of tri-
sodium phosphate to % pounds of
soap is the formula.-Popular Science
Monthly.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-06-01
Restricting Walnut Exports.

The authorization Of exports Of wal
nuts from the French colonies Except
Tunis and Morocco) to American and
allied countries has been Cancelled, ac-
cording to dispatch from Consul Gen.
eral Thackara in Paris. Special n
cense must now be obtained and from
the mother country as well. Similar
action was taken regarding exports of
animal hair from the colonies to this
and other allied countries.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-06-01
A Valuable Rooster.

According to the London Times,
cockerel owned by f. c. Tyson, which
has been sold 6,670 times and has
raised f7,365 for the Red Cross and
kindred funds, was bought In for f145
at a gift sale at Maidstone on behalf
Of the Red Cross and the Kent Pris-
oners of War Fund. This sale, with
subscriptions, realized nearly 10000.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-06-01
Cornmeal Mullins.

Take two tabIespoonfuls Of shorten.
ing, a half teaspoonful Of salt, a half
cupful of corn meal and five-eighths Of
a cupful Of wheat -four, a teaspoonful
Of salt, two teaspoonfuls of sugar,
the white Of an egg and two-thirds Of
a cupful of milk. Cream the shorten
ing and sugar, add salt, then milk, al.
ternately with the dry Ingredients.
Lastly fold in the white of egg beaten
stiff. Bake 20 minutes.e
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-06-01
Brief and Breezy.

It Is usually the bottom dollar
that counts.
Strong butter Is a poor apol-
ogy for weak coffee.
Happiness Is often the price
Of being commonplace.
To do right is easy when sin
ceases to be pleasure.
Love Is a word Of four letters
except In a breach Of promise
suit.
Without decision of character
no man or woman ever amounts
to much.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-06-01
Baseball "Aces" Magnets
Z When En- Route and Help to
Keep TurnstiIe Spinning

The ball club that has to worry along
without playing "ace" is back num-
Der as a drawing card on the road.
The outstanding stars are the faces"
In the big show, for their names are
kept before the public. and the fans go
out to see them perform. Without
them in the lineups of big league clubs
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-06-01
Expecting Too Much.

Expecting Too Much.
Rankin-If I ever have to fight In
the trenches I hope can have per-
iscope.
Phyle-Yes, the things are mighty
handy to look through and see II the
enemy Is near. s
"Are they only to look throughY
Eyes. What did you think they
were for?"
Gee! ! thought you could stay
safely out Of sight and Ehoot through
the things"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-06-01
Critics Opinion.

"How. did the critics treat you,
dear?" asked the wife Of the man who
had just had play produced.
"Treat me? They didn't. I treated
them"
"What did you do, dearT
~ took 'em out between each Of the
acts and blew 'em to drinks and ci-
CARS"
"That's good. And what did they
say then?"
"That my piece should have been
divided up into more acts"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-06-01
A Practical Orator.

1T n at la 8 {
speech Of yours
was a classic"
"I'm afraid So"
replied s e n q tor
Sorghum.
"You don't seem
gratifed."
II feel compli-
mented, but ap-
prehensive. As a
rule a classic Is
something tn a t
people admire but
don't understand"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-06-01
Cream Pie, Rice Crust.

Cook a cupful of rice in milk or in
water until tender. Line well
creased pie tin with the rice, then fill
with the following cooked filling: A
pint of milk, yolks of two eggs, tea
spoonful of corn starch, a half cupful
of honey, and teaspoonful of vanilla;
cook until smooth and cover with
meringue made with the whites; set
into the oven to brown.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-06-01
Potato Flour Sponge Cake.

Separate the yolks and whites Of
four eggs, beat yolks until thick, add
one cupful of sugar, beat well, add the
whites beaten stiff, pinch of salt, q
half cupful Of potato flour and a tea
spoonful of baking powder. Bake in q
moderate over 80 minutes.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-06-01
FOR A LAUGH

Twenty-One Meals, However.
Her Dad-Why, hang it, girl, the fell
low only earns fifteen a week.
HERSELF know, papa, but q week
passes so quickly when you're fond of
each other.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-06-01
Steamed Brown Bread.

Take two cupfuls each Of barley
flour and corn meal, one and half
teaspoonfuls of soda, three-fourths cup
full of molasses, two cupfuls Of sour
milk, a teaspoonful Of salt; mix well
and steam three hours.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-06-01
Mothers Cook Book
War Foods.

The new things that are being
thought out by our housewives today
will fill many recipe books and be q
source of great comfort, because they
mean good things with no increase in
the foods we must save for our armies.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-06-01
Honey Custard.

Cook a pint of milk, half cupful
Of honey and grating of nutmeg, two
eggs, and pinch Of salt, over hot wa
ter stirring constantly, or bake setting
the cups in hot water. Maple flavor
may be used for a change.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-06-01
Raisin Drop Cakes.

Take third of a cupful of shorten
ing, cupful Of sugar, two eggs, two
cupfuls Of corn flour, cupful of rails
ms, teaspoonful Of vanilla, cupful
Of milk. Mix as usual bake in q mod.
crate oven.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-06-01
Nonsense to Hers

She failed to
laugh ut one Of his
alleged jokes.
"My dear, I fear
you have no sense
Of humOr."
"T h ere's no
sense to It," de-
clared his wife.
The Washington times., 1918-07-11

Appreciation Of Admiral Palmer'S part
In the campaign to have the permAn-
emit branch Of the navy, exclusive %
apprentieed Seamen and hospltal unitA,
Increased from $1,000 to I31 ss41
The Washington times., 1918-07-11
SONG ANSWERS
SONG IN BEAUTIFUL.
TYROLEAN CUSTOM

In the mountains Of Tyro. It is the
custom OF the women and children to
come out, when IL is bedtime, and
sing their national songs until they
hear their husbands, fathers, and
brothers answer them from the hills
on their return home. On the shores
of the Adriatic, such a custom pre-
walls. There the wives OF the fisher
men come down about sunset and
sing q melody. After singing the
first stanza, they listen awhile for
the answering strain from of the
water. and continue to sing and lis
ten till the well-knOwn voices come
borne on the tide, telling that the
loved ones are almost home. How
sweet to the weary fisherman, as the
shadows gather around him, must be
the songs OF the loved ones at home
who sing to cheer him, and how they
strengthen and tighten the bonds
that bind together these humble
jewellers by the sea Truly, il is
among the lowly in this world that
we find some OF the most beautiful
customs in practice
The Washington times., 1918-07-11

MUSICTHRILLSAT
NIGHT IN OPEN AIR

Music should be in the dark or in
the open air to exercise its full magic.
The spell and talisman OF Rossig-
mol, known as the nightingale, is that
he sings in the fragrant night hours,
when the eyes are on duty, and the
suns glories are not there to inter
rupt.
Our northern peoples do not often
get the combination of open air and
night and a first-class band. The
soul Of the Italian or French music
more commonly reveals itself in its
full beauty, when the whole popula-
ton pours out on a summer night
into park, or square, or hotel garden.
and walks or waits spellbound and
critical, ring behind ring. in great,
happy concourse around the lighted
circle of the municipal or regimental
band
~ can remember in Florence" says
a writer, wondering which was the
most potent factor in those wonder
full evenings Of melody-the white
gloVed officer, who was throwing his
whole soul into his conductors baton,
or the happy crowd, every one a con-
noisseur and a contributor to the wor-
shipful forces of pure music which
drew them night after night into the
open air"
Next to the open air come the ca
thedrals-Cologne, the Notre Dame,
St PauPs, Amiens-all these are so
vast, so democratic, that the man
with the gold ring does not count. ev-
cry one OF us is a mere midget in the
presence of the great vaulted roofs
and the great organ. And so, by its
approximation to the abandon OF the
open air festival, church music took
its high place, especially in Italy, for
the sake Of the GOODNESS of the masses
Of marble, and in England by reason
Of the inclemency and cold outside.
But church music is, after ALL in cap
tivity.
The Washington times., 1918-07-11
MUSICAL JAG" IS
LATEST ANTIDOTE
FOR DULL ROUTINE

One of the Few fields in which we
have no need OF the injunction to be
moderate in all things in music.
Music Is the antidote for dull routine
and in that light we get far too little
OF the antidote.
A deep student OF sociological prob
lens said not long ago, THE way to
drain on life's drudgery is to drink
OF the fountain of melody. Take all
you want. Musical inebriation has no
harmful after-effects. What the world
needs is more lifting music and less
alcohol. Give the workers more and
better bars of music and fewer OF
the baser sort A gentleman OF
mature years who has given lavishly
OF his money to support good musical
organizations in his city recently re-
marked. ITO me the concerts have
been a great JOY. chiefly because OF
the refreshment and enjoyment OF
the multitude of people unknown to
me, who leading gray lives. have
needed this sunshine"
And so to quote a third man who
shows the right attitude: Music
should not suffer during these war
times. While q certain part OF hu-
manity seems out of harmony. tenn
porarily, still the great universe pre-
serves its eternal harmonious func-
lions. The birds continue to sing
their songs and melody is inherent in
the heart OF man So. let those who
can interpret music give IL forth
layishly. Have the young study it
seriously so as to take their place in
the coming generation. to help make
this world a better abode to live in"
The Washington times., 1918-07-11
CIRCUS EVADES TAXES BY
SHOWING OUTSIDE CITY

SALINA, Kan, July 11.-Carnivals
in Salina are q thing of the past, fol
lowing the passage OF an ordinances
by the city countil which excludes al
amusement companies. Only circus
parades and exhibitions are allowed
A heavy license is imposed on AL
amusements except q fee of S75 for
the circus parade
Shortly after the passage of the or
dinance the advance agent of Barnum
& Bailey came along. He figured II
would cost his show $500 to show
here. There il not a lot in town big
enough to accommodate the show, 80
he had to secure a lot just outside
the city limits. By paying the SIS
parade fee he escaped all tax and IL
cense fees.