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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02

that most convenient and still have no
reason to feel that YOU have been dis
loyal and unpatriotic. The thing tnat
actually shows you 20 be disloyai Is
your disregard for the spirit Of the de
mands that lie behind these food say
ing days.
1t was with considerable forethought
that the food administration chose the
days that they DID for the various
sorts OF food thrift days. Jldicious!y
they make no thrift requirements for
Sunday; that's when we all Of us are
inclined 10 do honor 10 the things OF
the table. Friday, because SO many
people keep il as mestless day any
way, was also kept free from any spe-
cial obligation. To have ordained Il
as a wheaties day might have meant
too much OF sacrifice for some per
sons. And there are special conditions
% the market. too, that make the days
as they have been givn by Mr.. Hoover
most convenient. Teh hotels that ara
carrying ont this program 70 the ut,
most find the ARA angement most con-
venient.
But il sometimes happens in a small
family that there is more good sense in
changing the days around. Sometimes
il happens that there is left over meat
for Tuesday which will not convent
emily save till Wednesday and some
times it needs must happen that we
have something containing consider
able wheat -four left over for one Of
our wheatles days Then by all means
use il up Remember that the gospel
of the clean plate and the rule Of the
cleared icehox and larder are Of utmost
Importance. 1t is after sll by the con-
tents Of your food refuse that your
thrift Is TO be Judged and when 10 keep
any of the food-thrift days means
throwing good food away there should
be no problem in your mind as to what
you ought TO do.
So, too. 1t may he that in your family
the best results can be achieved by
having no meatless days and by hav-
ing no wheatless days but by eating
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02

is that il is assing with them. II the
girls or tho present generation show
any leaning in the direction of cook
cry, they are whizzed off to college and
come out with a knowledge OF cookery
the excellence of which depends on its
scientific accuracy, its practicability.
Meantime these new vOtaries OF the
goddess Of cooking so far from eating
10 live, scorn to humor their palates
and so long as they know that what
they eat satisfies the demands of die
tetics and has been prepared under
scientific and hygienic surroundings
they are content Their patron Is
Pssteur or LiebiE never Briliat-
S8varin.
All this hss had a Very definite in
luence on the demands OF our sociaD
activities Or atter we have stimuli
taneously been getting for ourselves
different ideas Of what dinners and
luncheons and teas ought to be To
quote Florence Hull Winterburn in her
little volume on entertaining, THE
feasting Is now the least part OF the
feast. Unless there is the promise Of
something TO come after that, enuui
sets I'm before the first course is re-
moved And this was written before
the war and before IL ever occurred to
us that "a war could make demands for
food thrift such as are now familiar
10 every hostess.
The naive enthusiasm with which
men and women used 10 regard their
amusing. Kings used 10 bestow GOV.
eted titles on cooks who could find
new way 10 tickle their palates and
queens would give their jewels for
delicacy with a new favor. Nowadays
there is nothing quite so out of fashion
as an intense concern for food favors
II we eat caviare and similar luxuries
at all we assure ourselves that Il lis
because in so doing we are conserving
the cheaper necessities Of diet for
those who cannot afford Iuxuries
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02
HAT FRAMES

Buckram hat francs are var'a ca.
ins 7, ycu had VELVET winter
Zou viii be sure b aId a,a...a
velvet 3 r1oArsu ,ram. n l.r-.-. -.e-
condition. slJho4gh t, else. .4
very much ingra.neJ 0tta l4s,
spotted. The frame wlJ need son
attention Perhaps il viii need 4 teA
bits ~ wire 20 straighteu i out ard
the old wire win need g he carefully
bent iEto good shape again. THE 1cst
way 10 reInake The hat Is rs rs. oat
the pieces oc velvet and md olt how
much tafeta, SIX or crepe de ch.ns
VIII be needed to cove the frame. T
taking a few little reefs in the rim oc
the frame YOU can make sOs Yourself
nice little poke shape that ms.
nice for change. or YOU ns 81 -
moving the outside wiring of the N.
cut II down a little 50 as % make a
smaller hat. Perhaps YOU win like 20
turn Il up on one side. II 80 expert
ment with the frame before startlrs
the covering process. The best way ~
proceed with the recovering Is q 10
just as nearly as possible what vas
done with the original velvet Thus
for the price Of little silk YOU VII
have an entirely new hat
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02

study of food preparation first and
foremost from its appeal TO the palate.
Il Is characteristics of us Americans
where the best contribution to cook
cry has emauated from the cooking
schols. that We regard il as a science
and not as an art II has ben said
that there are no native American
cooks. True IL is that the hotels have
to seek the services OF French or Aus
trian or German cooks. But there are
American cooks whose work in food
preparation is just as conmenda BILE
possibly more so from our American
point Of view. They are the women
who have approached If IN the cook
ing school laboratory and have brought
to bear upon the subject full knowi-
edge Of organic chemistry a knowl-
edge of physiology and truly scientific
methods OF approach Il is only IN
this way that We Americans take cook
ing seriously.
OF course there are here and there
some oid-schoOl gourmets. We must
always remember with real gratitude
those fine cooks OF the South who have
cherished the secrets of Creole cook
ery-that wonderful adaptation Of
French epicureanism TO food condi-
tions OF the South. There are fine old
gentlewomen Of the South who Will
really convince you that they cannot
possibly make a good dish from
recipe. and that they can never make
anything till they have made it part
Of themselves. They couldn't posi-
bly prepare any thing that they did not
themselves care for. They speak Of
their cookery as a musician would OF
his playing. And they are not gluttons
heavens no. The real gourmet
never IS glutton. To them gratfca-
tion OF the sense of taste is one Of the
fine arts. like the qualification Of the
sense OF hearing or of sight.
Whatever may be said in favor OF
their attitude toward cookery. true Il
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02

Juice tho sunshine OF tho warm climate
where they were raised, the aroma OF
warm summer rains and the freshness
Of summer
Eating fruit Is q matter OF habit.
Recently a campaign was started 10
popularize the eating OF apples. III
the campaign was financed by the ap-
pie growers II made IL none the less
beneficial, for apples really do possess
wonderful virtue as n food accessory.
The campaign attempted to spread ana
actually did spread the truth that an
apple a day drives the doctor away.
or something OF that sort, ana then for
the first time many persons acquired
the habit OF eating exactly one apple a
day--no more, no less. Sometimes IL
was taken baked as the first course Mt
breakfast, sometimes IL was eaten raw
at luncheon and sometimes II was used
I'm the making Of some pudding or lie
for dinner. Eaten raw or simply cook
ed Il was looked upon as most benc-
flciai. Well, the result was that
whereas many OF these folks who tried
the experiment had never really han
kered after raw apples before they
soon began TO crave them and sometimes
II happened that they became welded
TO the habit Of eating n raw apple
every morning and rather reluctantly
gave up the habit when the pple sea
son was over in late winter
So it IS with all fruit eating. You
probably know yourself that you can
cultivate fruit eating habit and
again that you can get entirely out Of
the habit Of eating r. Some persons
actually have what they believe 20 be
an aversion for fruit. They ascribe
Il to the fact Of the acidity of fruit
and perhaps Justify themselves be
cause they ought not to eat much acid
Doctors tell us that such fruits as
lemons. oranges and grapefruits the
ones we would commonly suppose 10 he
most aCid-do not actually give an acid
reaction In the system at all. hut on the
contrary are OF alkaline properties
Just why this is so II would take n
scientist to explain. However. before
you assume that any sort of fruit Is
not good for YOU ask your physician
about 1t. He will probably recommend
that you eat more raw or plain stewed
fruit than You do
Tho best thing 10 do in eating fruit
is TO learn 10 eat ii neat" II we'll
selected Il should he sweet enough not
TO need additional sugar and the great
reason why fruit eating is being urged
AZ the present is because through
fruit we derive necessary sugars with
out curtailing the supply az beet or
cane sugar that is needed 10 ship 10
our Allies and our Army. Take pains
in selecting oranges 70 get those that
are sweet enough e. permit being
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02
WHEN YOU GIVE
OLD CLOTHES AWAY

Remember that if YOU are going to
give any old clothes 10 anybody. the
most acceptable time TO make the gift
is the day after you discard II. Don't
assume that just because your poor
country cousin doesn't have much
with which TO buy new clothes that
she doesn't like to dress in the mode
well as you do. II you send her
tho things at all send them promptly.
So. IL you send good discarded clothes
to Some charity where those things
are distributed 70 the needy poor, don't
delay in sending them. Too Otter YOU
let the things hang around. feeling I'M
certain as 70 whether you will ever
need them again. Better to send
them off when you might still have
worn them once or twice more than to
let them waste away a half season
unused.
Another thing remember in giving
away clothes. Don't think that be-
cause you are not going TO use it
again that you are therefore free to
wear the garment for some task that
will disqualify il for future use
Sometimes YOU know. women keep
discarded fine clothes 10 use when
they are going to attempt some such
a dainty task as directing the man of
all works in cleaning the attic doing
some nice little Job of household paint
ing or standing over q kettle OF fruit
that is to be canned Then after the
clothes have been spotted with-paiut
or fruit juice they realize that they
might be useful to some one else
Sometimes. too, by taking off a little
piece of lace or buttons that might
come In handy sometime or other
women render useless suits or dresses
that might have been very acceptable
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02
at More Fruit and Less Sugar to Help Win the War

a necessary part Of every dinner -
well established Even nov that fruit
Is excessively high in Paris the host
tries to get just q few choice pieces p
fruit 70 DO honor 10 n favored guest
II Is as much becausb of the beauty ~
fruit as because of It's flavor and zood-
ness that the Frenchman insists on his
fruit for dinner. flo admires it 80
much az he would tho flowers that ha
places on his table he selects Q, 80
much because 81 its appea ranco ~ -
flavor.
when you think Of g. could there -
q nicer sort Of dessert than fruit Did
you ever SEQ even n French past-v
that was more beautifully cor~o~tef
than an orange or targerir~ IN q
perfectly protecting encavirE tia'
comes or with ease. exposing tte fr.ff
all neatly arranged % llftle rnou'N'1f-
within. Tako s'ra wbcrrie- pr an
other example. They could no' ~ hrs
ter devised ana when ror servo them
for dinner be sYre 20 Tarve them wI'h
the hulls ou eight or ton 'arVe berries
on each plate SO pastr- 1ot
devised dessert more dainty tnar
that
tn nd cream u S'rswher-ier
custom long established IN BrgIr-f
though not eo Isua th,~r D chose ~
az iu our own land w.r'd -onl'v ~
su ahqurdify IN those Ia-s her cream
Is 81 expensive md W. ~ grar-
n re grow tbe ocgr'-r lu lur s'-r
patch fht wiil 81 as SWEET 1g p,o 7feh
II wa ieavo 'horn or 'ha ,re~ fIr 't~-,
arc thoroughly ritm II VIZ lgv thsrn
and select them no. fo~ itelr rrprr'r-
size but far their depth ~ color thsr
we ram at7o re eure n getting ther1 la
sweet ag we ought rs h~vo 'heu
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02
EXIT THE
EPICUREAN

TT really does seem as II amid the
roar and deafening booming OF ar
'nlery and all the other noise OF
way has been sounded the death knoll
- American epicureanism. Where
Mould ye1. 90 10 find gourmet in this
country uoVadaysa Certainly not
amonF any - tho younger generation;
'rtalnlv Hof among the men and
women mo figure prominently in pub
he affairs and fashionable ne; Ger
tainly not among those who have made
"a serious study of foods il there are
any sourmets left al all they would be
FOUND in some nice little groups of old
ladies and gentlemen Of the old school
who still speak OF the war as mean
Ing tde Civil War and merely shudder
and look confused when you talk about
the stirring events OF the present day
There must have ben something in
the atmosphere Il is the atrnos-
phere and climate that are blamed or
given credit for all American charac-
teristics. is il not that tended 10
Keep Americans from acquiring the
EpicIrean attitude toward food II
vas in this country first that the prin-
ciples OF science we're first adapted to
ordinary food problems snd that q
scientific knowledge of dietetics and
food paration was first populerized.
One could hardly say that we have
ignored the question Of diet. But
never In this country has there sprung
up "A group OF men and women who
have actually gone deeply into the
question OF food as q fine art. and the
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02
THE SPIRIT VS.. The
LETTER IN FOOD THRIFT

very little meat aAd -ry l-r.e wheat
at any tlre. Perhaps i Is asrd tJ ac-
custom Sour tsul meuuess
m 4, dish Perha.* too. r1-nLers
- .9.r m. ast. .su -uI *
d 81. Taen ou maze .aea-
lo4i .4at -4q Tres --v -rtls
meat and haze ta-t Two days -o-
nave achieved - good resu.t aa os
nould ~ halns .nr nea-.es uay a.
eatin- li raugns ~ meet y. the f-s-
day.
AS = matter of fact We are .oy- <et
ting ashamed ~ 5=lngg seen eatins
meat On Tuesday ar bacon on Satur-
day. and we almost CHOKE j we t-y
eat White bread IN Monday a- Nel-
nesday Hotels and resta Grants Ios,
caste when the. 20 these Things. Ana
this IS exactly nnat Mr.. Hoover hoped
and knew would happen. He kne
that .Iatem an- ample are gree
guides - conduct ard he knew THAT
soon al he established fAd anl -a-
ion for ,hrtt he would have achieved
SUCCESS Ia Bis project But -erleu oer
ths spirit comes arst anu ..en tAe
letter ot the law
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02

Wool embroidery on tho large patch
pockets ~ separate skirts ~ heavy
silk II found IN well blended colors
Angora wool il used for embroider-
ing lawn 18th 3 very interesting effect
of contrast.
Jet is not suffer any diminution ~
favor this Spring It appears now in
long frinzes IN some ~ the new
models
RuchingH of CIno~gette crepe arc
shown N some II the new evening
capes and wraps These rIchings.
when used. are yery FUN and wide.
The lowered Georgette Innings that
are used ia some of the new evening
coats are really or great trimming
value. albeit that is of secondary con
sideration.
r is now possible 10 get Italian silk
bloomers in every color under the sun
This !s really very pleasnt state 81
affairs. as one can buy 4 pair IF bloom
ers to match each frock.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02
Shopping Don is

Don't ASK for samples Of expensive
goods--or samples for any goods un
less it Is absolutely necessary. Re
Gently a national organization of dry
goods dealers In convention came to
the conclusion that during the period
of the war they could no longer afford
to give samples. Do your bit TO bear
their war burden and don't ask for
samples.
Don't have small packages sent
home. When you are going 70 buy
several things in the same store, take
the trouble to have a shipping card,
if the store provides such a convent
ence. Tn that way all your goods will
be held and delivered at once. thus
ohviating the necessity Of taking un-
necessary trips to your house,
Don't ask for special faNors in the
way OF discounts The merchants are
finding that they cannot grant dis
counts and compete against war con-
ditions. If the public unreasonably
demands these special discounts 10 win
simply mean a further advance in
prices.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02

or make it necessary for the one who
receives them To spend unnecessary
time and money IN rendering them
useful. and of course the buttons or
lace saved on such occasions lie for
years and years in the button box or
last chest-and probably will never be
used again
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02

out wheat. and on Tues
ia. without meat, sitG
that We should observe
special porkless day
on Saturday NOBODY
really cares whether YOU
eat beefsteak On Tuesday
or not. You can have
nice white rolls on Mon
day II you happen to fud
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02

Geld threads amarria,red .rto th!-
nese dos gns give good results ia the
models FL som. .t the french and
American ae tiEn-rS.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02

some - the lew neckwear--and this
Is Just the time ~ year when .ae
shops are rrovvded with lovely neck
wears made ~ ro;ored orKandie.
trimmed with Velenciennes Insertion.
worked "a Interesting scrolls and criss-
cross dos rue
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02
* OUR TRIMMINGS -

Shells are seen ~ ror1s ~ tha rev
Spring hatS An odd FORM IN 'rfrn-
ming. bur why not IKE 'fcn@ Thew
a ren't needed rr- tha uar .rTugfrfea
and we can't rat them. = tnev sean
harm,s ~ srass a~cnsuor-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02

Waisfcoats in CAV sifks FORM lr T
porfant part ~ the accessories for
spring suits Thcy are most often in
plaics 4rd stripes. although there are
some lovely ones n plain rose % hlur
or green heavy silk crepes There are
already some new waitrnats ~ c0inred
linens too. and these suggest pOssi-
hiiities for the warm weather rIif
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02

NJ q ia a. al d r.: 5s
thought would help you when they or
-daiued that 1n Monday and Nedn r.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02

T really does seem as II amid the
roar and deafening booming OF ar
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-06
RAIL BOARD
REVIEW OF SEED
AND FEED RATES
Discrimination Between East.
bound and West.bound
Rates Is Reported

In response to complaints from a
number of Northern Pacific points
west OF the river which have called
the North Dakota railway commits
sion's attention to the fact that
higher rate is charged for seed and
feed shipments west-bound than for
the same commodities going east, the
rail board has filed with the inter.
state commerce commission. a formal
petition for a hearing on this subject.
Efforts to negotiate the controversy
with the Northern Pacific have not
been wholly. successful, although g.. the
railway company has CONCEDED the
east-bound rate. on west-bound ship
ments, of seed and feed going to the
various county i, commissions which
purchased seed and feed under the
state bonding act.rs No such conces-
sion has been made for the individual
purchaser, who, as consequence.
pays from one to II cents per hundred
more for the seed and feed which he
brings in. than It. costs; to ship the
same grain quito The difference, on
an average, is three; to four cents
per bushel on cats and six to- seven
cents on wheat. ~ Fsts,e.s.y4:
On all other railways serving North
Dakota the same rates apply both east
and west. THE railway commissions
complaint to the interstate commerce
commission covers the. ground gener-
ally, and it is expected that in 9. num-
Der OF particular instances commHni'
ties Immediately affected will inter.
vene and support the complaint OF the
rail board. ~, ~. .,,-5ss.s,i 8 Il H.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-06
REGENTS MAY :.
PICK. HEAD! OF
SLOPE NORMAL
Permanent President for Dickin.
inson Institution May Be
Selected This Week

Secretary Charles Lfessman of the
state board of regents left this after
noon for Fargo, where an important
meeting of the board will be held on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
| Probably the most important matter
to be taken up will be the selection Of
president for the new Dickinson
normal, which is to open next month
with summer course. Supt. P. S.
Berg of the Dickinson public schools
has been appointed acting president,
but no one seems to know whether he
will be perpetuated in this position:
The choice of Berg, 1t is said, would
be generally popular on the Slope.
The regents also probably will def
nitely consider the erection OF an ad-
dition to the science building at the
agricultural college. An appropriation
of $4,000 was made. for this purpose
at the 1917 legislative session, but
nothing has been done to date. The
addition is badly needed, and 1t is
not improbable that plans and speciti-
cations will be ordered submitted by
the regents at this meeting
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-06
N. D. Boards Appeal to
Sister States to Stock Up
Now: Avoid Shortage
CONTINUED From Page One.)

form letter. l believe, however, tina:
you will give it just as particular and
immediate attention as though it were
not in form. MI
was in conference with the rail.
road commission, the council of de-
Tense, the fuel administration, the OPP.
orators and the miners, and am
cheerfully, upon their request, Offer
ing the entire matter for your con-
sideration with a view to your &C,
tive cooperation.
May l suggest that you direct let