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New-York tribune., 1918-01-05
u. S. Flying School
Class To Be Sent
To French Front
First Group Of Young Avi-
ators Finishes Training Be-
hind the Battle Lines
fBy Tho Associated YtssSI

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Jan. 3.~The first group Of
young pilots and observers to take a
course Of instruction in the American
flying school nearest the battlefront in
tho Wocvre completed its work to-day.
After u weeks rest the squadron will
be sent to the front for the finishing
touches under the guidance Of veteran
French avators.
The members of the squadron to-day
showed their ability to overcome diff
cult conditions of ground. In getting
away on their final instruction trip
they set forth from a field covered at
some places with three feet of snow.
All the men made successful landings
after flight Of an hour and half.
Pershing Answers Messages
General Pershing has answered New
Years messages from the United
States. A message to the army from,
the Children's American Loyalty League
read:
Dear American Soldiers: We know
the sacrifices you have made for us and
will make that we may be safe and
New-York tribune., 1918-01-05

Mr.. Hughes's position. both in his
party and before the nation. was seri-
ously weakened as a result Of the ma
jority returned against conscripton
Dispatches have indicated that he may
lose the Premiership.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-05

y luxurious looking
4 an d luxurious-f feeling
- Cvercoats of smartest
Style with Plain or Velvet
Collars in Civilian or Army
Models. The highcst char
acter of individual service.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29
Gas Kills Greenhouse Pests.

Hydrocyanic-acid gas is the best
weapon to use against insects infesting
the foliage of ornamental plants in
greenhouses. It is cheaper and more
effective than any other means and it
is successful against nearly all in
sects. 1t is explained in new publ
cation of the United States depart
ment of agriculture, "Fumigation Of
Ornamental Greenhouse Plants With
Hydrocyanic-Acid Cas-" that in green
houses containing large variety Of
plants slight injury may result to the
tender growths Of some plants even
when the fumigation Is properly done.
This injury is not permanent, how
ever, and such plants will show new
vigorous growth in short time. In
fact, the growth of many plants Is
stimulated by this gas. Cyanide is
very poisonous substance and extreme
care must be used in its handling.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29
SOME BILLS OF FARE
FOR A SCHOOL LUNCH

1. Sandwiches with sliced, ten
; der meat for filling baked apple,
cookies or a few Jumps Of sugar.
2. Slices of meat loaf or bean
loaf; bread and butter sand
wiches; stewed fruit; small
frosted cake.
8. Crisp rolls, followed out
and filed with chopped meat or
: fish, moistened and seasoned, or
mixed with salad dressing;
orange; apple; mixture of
sliced fruits, or berries; cake.
4. Lettuce or celery sand
wiches; cup custard; jelly sand
wiches.
5. Cottage cheese and chopped
green-pepper sandwiches or a
pot of cream cheese with bread
and-butter sandwiches; peanut
sandwiches; fruit; cake.
6. Hard-boiled eggs; crisp bak-
ing-powder biscuits; celery or
radishes; brown-sugar or maple
sugar sandwiches.
Z. Bottle of milk; thin corn
bread and butter; dates; apple.
s. Raisin or nut. bread with
butter; cheese; orange; maple
sugar.
9. Baked bean and lettuce
sandwiches; apple sauce; sweet
chocolate.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29
LUNCH HOUR FOR
SCHOOL kIDDIES
Government Food Specialists Dis
cuSs Various Foods for
Children.
SUGGESTED BILLS OF FARE
sklmping Meals for Youngsters is
Not Necessary War Measure
and Is nadvlsabIe-Metal
Boxes Most Favored.

The school lunch has always had its
problems for the mother who is eager
to provide wholesome noon repast for
her school kiddies. Almost always the
school lunch Is a hurriedly arranged
item among the mothers early morn
ing duties, and it is sometimes difficult
to give this meal the attention it de-
serves.
Wars food conservation problems
have not helped in the matter of
sehool-lunch preparation but If any of
the family Is entitled to some immun-
ity to food regulations, 1t is the grow
ing child who eats one of his meals
away from home each school day.. In
the opinion of the food experts of the
united States department of agricul-
ture, skimping meals for the young
sters is not a necessary war measure
ana is inadvisable. The food special
lists have discussed in a publication of
the department of agriculture the
foods that should make up the school
lunch, the preparation and packing of
lunches, and serving lunches partly or
wholly prepared at schools. Some sug-
gested bills of fare for the basket
lunch are given In another column.
Number of Foods Carried.
The number of foods that can be
easily carried has been enlarged of
late by the possibility of using paraff1n
paper and parchment paper, in which
moist foods can be wrapped so as to
prevent them from sticking to other
FOODS. Paper cups, jelly glasses and
so on, are also help, for in them
snced raw fruits, stewed fruits, Gus
tards, cottage cheese and other half
Soild foods can be carried.
The quality of the bread used in the
basket lunch is especially important
because it is commonly served in the
form of sandwiches and is, therefore,
70 be considered not only as food In
atseI but also as means of keeping
other much-needed foods in good and
appetizing condition, or of serving
mem In attractive ways.
variety in breads, too, is more i'm
portant at this than at other meals
because of the danger Of monotony.
wheat bread, whole-wheat bread, corn,
rye, or oatmeal breads; nut, raisin,
anu GATE breads; beaten biscuit, rolls,
crisp baking -powder biscuit, or soda
biscuit, and toast, zwieback and crack
ers may be used In turn to give variety.
nolls followed out can be made to
noid a large amount of sandwich fill
ans' which is an advantage at times.
Advantage of Boxes.
Many kinds Of lunch boxes, pals.
sna baskets are now on the market.
Inc chief advantage Of most boxes and
paiis Is that they are made Of metal
ana can, therefore, be easily cleaned
anu scalded to keep them In safe con-
uition. Some boxes have the advan-
age over pals that they can be folded
"nen empty and strapped with the
SCHOOL books. Baskets are ventilated
ana Tor this reason suitable for carry
"g moist foods which are likely to
spoil. There Is no reason, however,
WY small holes cannet be punched In
rstai boxes or pals to let in the air.
BASKETS can, Of course, be washed or
aioed, but not 80 easily as metal
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29


containers, and they should be fire.
quently cleansed. There should. in
fact, be no part of any food container
that cannot be cleaned. For this rea-
son the simplest boxes and baskets are
often better than the more elaborate
ones with compartments in which to
keep dishes, knives, forks and spoons.
With the increase in automobile travel,
well-constructed boxes and baskets
which can be easily cleaned have come
on the market with compartments for
keeping food hot or cold and for hold
ing liquids. These are, of course, suit
able only for children who ride back
and forth, and particularly suitable
where several lunches are put up In
one household. s
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29
Mashed Potato Dishes.

Most housekeepers know how de-
licious mashed potatoes can be made
by beating them until light with hot
milk, butter or other good fat, and salt
and pepper, four tablespoonfuls Of hot
milk and one teaspoonful of the fat
for every medium-sized potato. To
make the mashed potatoes little "dif-
ferent," they can be turned into 20
tato souffie by adding the beaten white
of eggs 1.-TWO eggs to six medium-sized
notatoes), p.l.ng lightly in a baking
dish and baking in the oven till brown
Grated cheese added to this soufns II
good.
Won't Boil Over.
A fruit pie will not boil over 4 the
sugar Is put under the fruit.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

letter Secretary of the Treasury William G.
Adoo which the foregoing follows,
February Is, 1918
Dear President:
beg hand you herewith memoranda and letters
railway other public utilities furnishing
light power, which asked bring your
by coTittee representing public utility INTERESTS
These indicate the existence of genuine apprehension
public utilities. The that
and the high of essential materials and
plies affected them they have affected everybody else, and
united effort will be order to meet alike the
the financial needs
upon which that service depends
Secretary Treasury take official notice of ts
Il in obvious that part of industrial and
maintained its strength in
each contribute in the fullest to the
permitted become weakened Transportation Of
and from vital industries and the health and
citizens their homes dependent
and the to drive OF In.
dustries and other industries essential to the
produced by them.
Il may be there prominence
given to less important interests Immediately hand State
authorities appreciate the
betpeen and efficiency Of the local utilities
proraptRsss cali for remedial In such
ceu.aent State and local authorities will
promptly to the national needs when the matter fairly
and properly brought before them.
pHbc service utilities closely connected with and
essential part of preparations for and successful
tho nnfavorable tendencies which
they be found to exist and the needed relief
prompt action the of the respective
locala authorities
justified tho
the part which public utilities
res the life and warmakng Of the nation
ought receive fair and just recognition by State and local
authorities
W. G. MADOO
The President the White
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29

The White House, Washington,
February 10, 1913.
My Dear Mr. Secretary:
have examined with the and letters which
transmitted with letter of the fifteenth fully
share the views regarding of the public
service utilities Of national equipment especially
wartime is essential that these utilities should
their efficiency that everything reasonably possible
should be with that that local
authorities where they have not already done will when the
properly laid before them promptly the
necessities of the situation
shall be glad have communicate with the local author
your possession suggests
a desirable and in the national interests
Cordially yours,
WOODROW WILSON,
Hon William G. McAdoo, Secy of the Treasury.
The Pulaskian., 1918-03-29
President Wilson and Sec
rotary Wilson Recommend
Granting Such Relief

Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, in his official
capacity, called the attention of President Wilson
to the conditions hamperng local utilities cor
porations and the necessity of maintaining their
efficiency. His letter and the reply of the presi-
dent follow:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-15
~ Burt0n'S Hired Man II

into the tent. We were right sup
against the rope when the ticket taker
let 1t down. So we hurried right
pushse besnd u.s. %he Of ticket S' takes
yelled something at US, but / didn't
hear what it is, and we scooted for
the menagerie tent.
When we were looking at the os-
triches in their cage Swatty got close
beside me and said:
"Tst! Tst! Lookee here!'
l looked down, and he had his tisket
In his hand yet, because that was why
Swatty had sneaked in without giving
the ., ticket taker had yelled at US.
What did you do that for?" asked
him.
Because I'm hungry" he said. only
he said it "becorse' like he always
does
80. We'll y, what good will that ticket do
well, you wait and you'll see." he
said. so l waited and we saw all the
animals. and then we went into the big
tent. We got in good and early; peO-
pie were still coming into the menag-
erie tent So then Swatty went right
up the blue seats to the very top row,
right next to the entrance, where the
scalloped flags Of the top of the tent
flaps over the side walls When we
toked our heads out we could see
right down where the ticket taker was
taking tickets and all the people were
us on the. ground bum or tentman-
anyway, he was a roughish looking
man-was asleep on his face with his
arm under his head. His coat was
beside him. He was breathing hard.
So then Swatty leaned out as far as
and called out who wanted to buy a
ticket for quarter. That was just
like Swatty. When Mamie Little gave
me the ticket Just took 1t, but when
/ gave it to Swatty he looked at 1t and
he saw 1t was q 50-cent ticket. He
man said he'd buy the ticket and he
tossed a quarter up to Swatty, and the
third toss Swatty caught it and tossed
the ticket down.
So that was all right. With a quar-
ter we could get enough peanuts to
keep alive until supper time. So that
is the wonderful part Of the story. If
school reception I wouldn't have had
25 cents or that ticket, and IL 1t hadn't
been for that we wouldn't have been on
the top row SO near the entrance; we
would have been nearer the middle ring.
Me and Swatty and Bony was just
going to draw our heads in when we
saw Jimmy and Annie. They were all
dressed up and Jimmy had his cane
in one hand and Annie was hanging
onto his other arm and they were
pushing in with the rest of the crowd.
I was just going to yell at them when
I saw something that made me forget
to yell. Swatty saw 1T too.
There was a man standing by the
ropes that made the narrow place
people had to go through, but he was
outside OF the ropes on our side and
just when Jimmy came opposite him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-15
Guns and HoWitzers.

THE words gun" howitzer' and
mortar" have become common in
the newspapers and are now used In
everyday speech. 1t is difficult to
define the line separating these
classes of weapons. Even an expert
in ordnance would not find 1t easy to
make clear to a layman just at what
point the properties of gun disap-
pear and those Of the howitzer begin.
or at what point the characteristics
of the howitzer end and those Of the
mortar begin. Considered In a broad
and general way. the special purpose
Of the gun was. and Is, to destroy
other guns. to destroy troops in the
open and to batter down objects be-
hind which troops find shelter.
The projectile OF the gun. by high
powder pressure, was given a high
velocity and relatively fiat trajectory,
which means that the shot passing
from gun to target does not rise high
above a line joining gun and target.
TO Withstand the powder pressure re-
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was right there and he turned away.
So shouted out:
III Hey y mister' there's the man 'na'
The circus man looked around and
the thief started to hurry. He didn't
have a chance to hurry much. T1e
circus man made one jump Tor MN MN
and caught him by the collar mar. ana ana
vest came of and his shirt ripped
right off. The other circus men were
on him. II 1t had been me IT Woulo
have. killed me. but I guess ne was
tough. ,.
was standing right back of me. he
had come UP to see what 1t all was,
so he could put IT in his paper. When
he saw it was me that had yelled ne
said:
lier! These hard seats are no place
for lady's man; come on over IN the
reserved seats"
~ can't" ! said. "1ve got to walt
for Swatty."
He didn't know who Swatty was. 80
I told him. So when Swatty came IN
we went over into the reserved seats,
right in front of the middle ring. so
Mr., Little asked Swatty all about II.
and Swatty told him, ana MT. li..ie
to his paper with 1t. He told MRS.
Little to take good care OF the three
heroes. He meant me and Swatty and
Bony.
So Jimmy and Annie got married.
All Mamie Little ever said about my
going home was:
II guess you think you were pretty
smart. going home and letting papa
take me home and pay for the Ice
cream! ,,,
hut that didn't hurt me any. Girls
are always saying things like that.
When they like you.
downright, 1918, By Mcclure syndicate.)
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Continued from Fourth Page.)

creams at 10 cents is 20 cents. Did you
have cake?"
Eyes, we had two pieces"
= ''That's 10 cents more. Thirty cents.
Well, 1 almost rammed my, spoon
down my throat! had never thought
about the cake being extra, and we
had had four pieces, and that made ~
cents, and the ice cream was 70 cents,
SO it made 40 cents all together, and
rs cents was all the money had. !
was SO scared my throat sort OF closed
up on me. I guess my face got as req
as fire and 1 leaned forward and took
big bite of cake, SO Mamie Llttie
wouldn't see how red my face was,
and then l choked on the cake!
guess I never was so choked IN my
life Mamie saw I was choked ana the
ice cream waitress saw 1T; everybody
saw it. put a paper napkin up to
my mouth and coughed and part or
the cake crumbs coughed themselves
out of my nose and part coughed
themselves down my windpipe. l got
up and went out in the hall.
guess Mamie Little sat there at
was out in the hall l knew what
was going to do. squeezed in among
the people and got to the door and
skipped.
AS soon as I got home my father
asked me did I take Mamie Little
home so l didn't say anything.
went right upstairs to bed. After
while my father came up and asked
me again il I had gone home with
Mamie Little, SO I said I hadn't; I
said didn't want to. said her folks
could take her home II they wanted
to. So father said he had a mind to
lick me, but he didn't. So I guess
Mamie Little got home all right. 1t
wouldn't have helped her home II my
father had licked me, but that's the
way fathers are.
The next morning nobody said any
thing about 1t to me because Swatty
came over at o'clock in the morn
ing and me and Swatty and Bony
went down to see the circus unload.
We saw it. We saw all the unloading
there was to see and then we went up
to the circus grounds and saw the
tent go up and everything. So Bony
said:
Jaw! don't you wish you were go
ing to the circus?"
So said he needn't be so smart,
that l was going, because l had a
ticket. So then I remembered that 1
given me to buy the ice cream with,
only hadn't spent 1t because I came
away so quick. So 1 told Swatty he
could have the ticket, because l had
rs cents to get into the circus with.
So Swatty was glad. He said he'd
be my Dutch uncle as long as lived
and that the first dollar he saw roll
ing up hill he'd pay me back, If he
could catch 1t.
Well. we walked downtown with the
parade and saw 1t. and walked back
Swatty and Bony was the hrst TO go
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-15
BY CHARLES M. PEPPER.

Midas war gain is in sight.
Coincident with the yelled re-
ports Of fresh Indian levies on
the western front comes the
news from London about the pro-
posed India reforms. These are of
a sweeping character. They are. how
ever, only what is due India for her
loyalty during critical period when
Germany was attempting a most in
sidious propaganda. and when it was
also recognized that India had legiti-
mate aspirations which the British
government should satisfy.
There have been very large num-
Der of troops from India fighting at
the different fronts. Early in the war
some were brought through the Medi-
terranean and fought in France, and
now 1t is intimated that this mill
tary movement has beeen renewed.
The mass of the Indian troops, how
ever, have been employed in the near
east at Saloniki, in Egypt and along
the Suez canal, while independent
units or armies have operated in
Mesopotamia.
1t was the Indian continents
which, proceeding from Bombay to
the Persian gulf, undertook the first
campaign against Bagdad which re-
suited SO disastrously. But it was
also the India troops which retrieved
this disaster. took Bagdad, drove the
Turks out of a large section of Meso-
potamia and even advanced to the oil
regions of the Caspian. India troops
We're also part of the army which,
Under Gen. Allenby. drove the Turks
from Jerusalem. and now occupy the
greater part of Palestine.
BESIDES the contribution of man
power, India made financial contribu-
ton to the home government. The
inaia loan came at an opportune time.
numerous contributions by the native
rulers and by individuals among the
Farsees, the Hindus and the Mo-
hammedans.
American interest in India was quick
ened some months ago when Congress.
at the urgent solicitation Of Official an.
thority, provided large supply of silver
and agreed on a fixed price for the
product OF the mines in the United
states. The reasons for this action
nave since been explained by a high
India is a silver country. The wealth
OF the vast native population consists
principally in the gold and silver orna-
ments and in the bullion coined into
rupees In most transactions the actual
cash passes between the parties to it.
The use of credit through the employ
ment of checks is very limited.
The great mass of the people are dis
trustful Of any form of currency. They
want the rupees in coin. For this rea-
son the government Of India in meeting
the war emergencies did not have the
same resources as the home govern
ment. or as the United States Treas
ury bills and similar forms of tempo
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rary obligations were not adapted to
meet the situation. The government had
to have hard cash in the form of silver
rupees, and the United States, as war
measure, supplied the silver which was
required. That is the simple explana-
ton of the whole matter. It caused the
authorities in India to make grateful
acknowledgment to the United States.
Since the silver was supplied by this
country, India affairs have been follow
ed with somewhat closer interest than
formerly. yet with tremendous European
almost daily, few persons
have been able to follow the India pro-
gram of the British government in de-
tail.
The program has been presented to
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and got a step past him his hand
went out like flash and som ething
dropped on the ground beside the bum
that was asleep. The old bum slid
dropped and slid It under the coat
and went on pretending to be asleep.
1t was all SO quick you couldn't hard
ly see 1t, but up where we were we
could see it easy enough. The man
by the ropes had picked Jimmy's wall
hidden it. I guess that was so that II
Jimmy felt the wallet going the man
that took it would be innocent.
Well. didn't know it, but Jimmy
had all the money he was going to
buy a farm with in that wallet. 1t
leave it at home, because Of thieves,
so he brought it with him. 1t was
pretty tough for Jimmy, losing all his
money that way and having to wait
hve or six years more to get mar
ried. But he didn't.
didn't think of anything to do, and
neither did Bony, but swatty did. He
looked down and then slid one leg
and then the other over the wall of
the tent and hung there a second and
looked down. He hand-over- handed
a reach or two and then gave himself
sort of push and let go. He came
down right on the huns head. strad-
bum by the hair and started to yell:
"Police! police!" only he yelled 1t
"Porlice! porlice!" like he always says
it, guess the bum was SURPRISED.
He reached up and grabbed Swatty
and rolled over and tried to throw
bleeding where Swatty had bumped
it into the ground when he lit on his
head.
1t wasn't a fair fight. Swatty
against man. but 1t was a good one
while 1t lasted. Everybody on the top
seats stuck their heads out and yelled
and everybody down where swatty
cops was first-the cross-eyed one
and he leveled lick at the bum with
his club and caught Swatty across his
breaches and Swatty yelled and let go
Of the bum. He could fight one bum.
but he couldn't fight cross-eyed po-
liceman with a club, too.
The minute the. bum got loose. he
dived under the tent. We saw him
scutter along under the seats, and
then we saw him come out away down
the side OF the tent and scoot. The
cross-eyed cop started after him. but
he never got him.
Swatty didn't run. He just stood on
the buns coat. with his feet spread
ont. and In a minute Jimmy and lot
Of folks were crowded around him.
Then he lifted up the coat. We could
see II all. Under the coat was Jimmy's
wallet and about six more. Jimmy
just dropped on his wallet and Rugged
1t. He sort OF bluhhered and didn't
know what 10 do. so he kissed Swatty
and Swatty hit out at him and hit him
in the chest.
BY that time a circus man in uni
form had come up. He had a big hick-
Dry club. peeled. and he pushed into
the crowd. Behind him were four or
five more circus men, but they had
tent stakes.
whats the row." he asked.
Somebody started to tell him. The
man that took the wallet from Jimmy