South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-02
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"Wednesday.
English Lutheran.
Friday.
Perlcy school
Gan AL NOU CAN"

Gan All lOt CAN
That's what Miss Ogle said before
she attended the state conference Of
federal food demonstrators AT La
fayette last week and that is what
she stil says.
Miss Grace Frysengor of Wash
ington who spoke ar the confer
ence emphasized the Importance not
only of canning and preserving. but
also urged drying. sailing and brine
ing. I'm speaking of drying she said
that the dissatisfaction with that
method last year was due TO the fact
that the blanching process was omit
ted in many instances. The color
may be restored TO the dried ar
ticles when they are used.
In the course of her lecture Miss
Frysenger said that the canning out
put from the 20,0O0.000 homes of
the United States during 1917 was
zoe. 600 600 cans and that despite
the wild tales OF the amount lost
through the cold pack process the
spoilage averaged one can out Of
every Zoe. I'm places where COM
munity canning was done only one
out of every 1000 was lost
The spoilage last year was due not
TO poor methods but 10 the poor
rubbers which were on the market
aand 10 the quality of the stuff which
was canned Miss Frysenger gives
this as the secret of good canning.
Food materials like souls should be
saved while young The quality Of
the can rubbers has materially inn
proved this year and the housewife
is urged TO test her rubbers before
using them
Test for Can Rubbers.
Fold the rubber back, forming a
semi-circle: fold i'm opposite direc-
tion along same crease; if the rub
Der cracks it should not be used
Stretch the rubber and if il does not
resume its original size when meas
ured with a similar rubber. il is not
of the proper quality. All rubbers
should measure IA inches i'm
diameter and T. of them placed to-
gether should measure one inch.
The amount of sugar used i'm can
ming should be materially reduced
The United States consumes 90
pounds of sugar per person annual
lv: England, so pounds; France. 80:
and Italy. 90 I'm 1917 SS0.0O0.0O0
worth of sugar was used i'm this
country in the making of confec-
tons
Miss Oele viii begin her demon
strauon ON canning ON Friday of this
week at the Perley school She Will
be glad 10 answer any questions for
YOU If you viii call her at her of
fee I'm the Jefferson school building
( The telephone numbers are. Bell
25OS and Home 63f6.
The boxes shipped from the Red
Cross headquarters this week con-
tanned the fouowins articles Two
bed jackets. two American pajamas
tsummerl one summer bed shirt.
eight winter bed shirts. "a day hos
pital shirts 20 helpless case shirts.
two pillow cases, "a hand towels. SO
cOnValescent robes. 40& bundles sun
wipes. five afehans. five helmets. one
mufher 1876 pairs of socks - sweat
ers. and 2 pairs of Wristlets
A hospital supply work shop viii
bee opened AT the AIuesse1 school next
week 10 Will bee similar TO the one
at The Red Cross headquarters
The Progress club Red Cross aux
Hilary. So. -. viii meet at the Red
Cross headquarters Wednesday
morning at o'clock.
The Eastern Star Red Cross aux
iliary he'd am am day meeting i'm
the Masonic club rooms Monday.
The day was spent I'm making con-
Valescent robes and blankets for
the BELGIAN babies. The next meet
ing will ne ON July -, i'm the club
rooms.