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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-22
TIE New. SuGaR CERTIFICATE

The sugar certificate which was
adopted May 3rd for use in the sale
of sugar for preserving and canning
purposes has been discontinued. A
new form Of certificate has been
adopted to take its place. The word
ing of the certificate Is given below.
No merchant may sell on any one
certificate more than rs pounds Of
sugar, although, If necessary, a pur.
chaser may use more than one GER
tificate at a time If his needs abso-
luteiy warrant such purchase. The
certificates will be carefully scrutinizeo
when they are returned to the Food
Administrator and when 1t 10 found
that merchant is allowing large
amount of sugar to single purchaser
an investigation will be made anG
stringent action taken if the sales OF
sugar have been unwarranted. Fol-
lowing Is the wording of the new
sugar certificates:
.Io-AC'
I hereby declare to the United
States Food Administration that I de
sire to purchase from.
.............. .......'.....
an amount of. ...... pounds or sugar
for my use for preserving and canning
purposes only, and that shall return
any surplus not used for this purpose
l used. Lbs. Of sugar for these
purposes last year and haVe......
lbs. On hand.
Signed. .............
Address.
This Certificate must be returned
to your Local Food Administrator
within seven days.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-22
Cock and Bull Story.
cheeks,

Cock fighting Is still the national
sport Of the Dominicans, although 1t Is
declining in popularity. Under the ma
tional gambling laws cock fighting may
be prohibited. It may, however, be IL
censed by the various municipalities,
and II usually is. rs 1t yields them q
good revenue. While bull fighting Is
permitted in the Dominican republic.
1t has never been popular in this island.
At long intervals toreador comes here
en- route from Spain to Peru or Mex
leo, and a few bull fights are held in
the various towns, but they do not at
tract a large attendance. There are
no professional bull fighters among the
Dominicans.-Co Reports.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-22

SAVINGS SOCIETIES INCREASE.
War Savings Societies are on the
increase IN Virginia, so it is quite nat
ural to assume that the sale Of War
Savings and Thrift Stamps will in
crease.
Once in a while It Is found that
some men and women are rather hard
to persuade to join one Of these So
cieties, but once they are IN, they are
found to be the most enthusiastic
savers In the society. Not all socie-
ties are organized in the same way
they are organized according to the
communities OF which their members
are a part. In some sections Of the
State, the societies are so enthusiastic
that they hold weekly meetings, and
make full report Of their progress for
each seven days. In other communi!
ties, particularly the farming commu-
mites, meetings are not held oftener
than once month, because Of the dig
tances to the courthouse or wherever
the meeting Is to be held.
Besides the aid to Uncle Sam in
the purchase Of Thrift and War Say
ings stamps, there is the benefit which
accrues to the purchasers Of the
stanps-the idea of saving and thrift
which has never before been brought
actively before many people of this
country. The idea of thrift is an en-
tirely new one to many Americans
they, for the most part, have never
felt the necessity Of being thrifty and
therefore, have spent their money free
ly. Now Is the time when the most
carefree are going to feel what 1t
means to be thrifty-in families whore
the wages have been small. necessity
has made thrifty people but now
the free spenders are going to look
at their pennies, quarters and dollars,
several times before they invest them
and in nearly every case portion
of this, at least, will be invested in
thrift stamps Eventually all Of It
will exchequer, but he will have gained
a member In his stay-at-home army,
ain army that will continue long after
the present war Is over
The fact that the children of today,
most Of whom belong to War Savings
Societies, will be the men and women
of the future, promises well for Uncle
Sans future-the thousands and hun
dreds of thousands Of children who
gre saving pennies and nickelB, now,
will be saving them IN IS AID SO
bills before many years.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-22
TELEGRAM FROM Nh. HOOVER
ABOUT THE CON3ERVA-
sTIoN OF MEAT.

"The Food Administration Is eX.
tremely DESTROYS Of securing economy
In consumption Of all kinds Of meats
without reinstallation Of meatless days
FOR the present,
occasional decline IN volume Of AMI
mails coming to market is now In prog
ress and its volume will undoubtedly
further decrease during the next few
months, as IS usual, but probably the
amount of such decrease Is yet OBJ
scure,
"The necessities for shipment
abroad to our Army and Allies are
very large and amount to-, roughly,
aeventy-ave million pounds meat and
meat products Of all kinds per week
against pre-war normal Of less than
fifteen million pounds. Even with
these large shipments, the Allies have
found 1t necessary to reduce con-
SUMPTION of all kinds Of meats and
poultry to an average Of about one
and one-Quarter pounds per week pc:
person in order that no further draft
should be made upon shipping than is
now required for the transport Of our
solf;ers. Our consumption of meats
Is about three and onequarter pounds
per week per person, and If we are TO
make both ends balance during the
short marketing season, we must have
further economy.
eff the public Will continue in rigor-
Gus elimination of waste and shall
further economic by reducing the
quantity prepared for each meal OF
all kinds OF meats and poultry. more
particularly beef, and will restrict
their purchases accordingly, the Food
Administration hopes that the neces-
sarv balance can be maintained, A
general adherence to these recommen-
dations will avoid the inconvenience
which arises in many directions from
meatless days and will cause less In
reference in daily preparation of food,
"There Is now a seasonal abundance
of milk products, which can be well
substituted In various forms. Short
age of fish during the past several
months, due to the necessity of Naval
Reaui.itioning of traw!ers and enlist
ment of fishermen for the Navy,
should soon be considerably relieved
nv the expansion which has been ar
ranged IN other forms OF fishing"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-22
Deafness in Soldiers.

A novel cure for deafness in sol
diers has been found by British doc
Tors. who believe in the power Of sug-
cestion to accomplish much that their
medical skill cannot. Much OF the
deafness at The front Is hysterlcal
horn of the soldiers fear Of going deaf
from the incessant pounding Of the ex-
plosives about him.
Many times these men cannot be
cured by direct treatment, and it Is
ther that the unique system ~ brought
into play. They are given very slight
anes thesia and a tiny incisiOn made in
the akin behind an ear. Then an iron
plat, Is hammered violently close to
the ear. In almost every instance
whr e the deafness Is hyterical the pa
fen regain their hearing Immediate
w. convinced that n serious and there
fore helpful operation has been per-
fcrl, I'd
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-22
GIRLS MAY Be c0IH9e2ee IR2! =
Germany Considers Training T. !: +;
Boys Military &2r::2e.

Germany Considers Training II I. ~
Boys Military S2r";:e.
Plans for general conicrin::ca |
women after the war are iEcinG r,a:.
In Germany, and there is 4 Gt.'1g,
feeling that girls, as wall a5 l}2y
will be compelled to undergo q rcau:
period of training cnrrc%pnh:;a% .
the German youths service IN i
army. The service proposed f0l gil
is not military but civil. It IL >:
posed that all women should. pref
ably at the age Of seventeen, De tax
from their homes and coarG'5cr;'
trained" either in a profession,
trade or In household duties.
The characteristic German dir;sir
between rich and poor is maiAtajnc
in the project. Girls of the up1r
classes are to be trained in spGcii
institutions; poor girls will go to /" =
tories or be placed in priyat% hons
holds, where their employers will 81:
them a trifle of pocket money ar.
make contribution to the STATE.
The idea meets with vile c0:arnc'
dation in the German newspapers, h.
one English critic notes that "t!;t:
Is some difference between male CO.
scription, which puts a man i':to
regiment run by and for the stHt
and a female CONSUMPTION, Yii'
makes q girl work without wage Il
the profit of private individuals. II
latter cannot with accuracy be Cal.
anything but slavery"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-22
FOOD ADMINISTRATIONS RULES
3. ABOUT ICE.

The law department of the United
States Food Administration has ruled
that the manufacture and distribution
of Ice comes under the food contro'
act. The Food Administration IS con-
cerned that there shall be no prot'
teering in Ice, and especially that the
ccet Of ice for those elements Of the
:etr,nuntty which are least able TO pro
s-ss Themselves shall not be increased
eyer Fast year unless a1>ac'nte PROOF
can be given by ice companies as TO
The necessity. ANY increase in price
over that of last season to the house
hold consumer will, therefore, justit
investigation as to whether 1t constr
tutes profiteering.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-22
SHOT III His CHI.
Man Who Denounced tmer;ca

Man Who Denounced hmer;c2 =
Killed Marshal, lfim2aif KILLED.
A man who told the police . =
den, Mo-, he was L. Fl. WissEiaGn
Havana, ILL.,, was captured n a zv:'
near there by posse OF several
dred men after he had shot an& ii:
City Marshal r. S. ST. Clair when =
marshal tried to arrest him for Ut
ing disloyal sentiments. + lncniei
the posse that captured "i&:a;'
shot and probably mHrta!iy wGaas
him in his cell in TIE jail here al:
his capture.
Members Of the posse say Wise;n"
was heard to remark q few days az
"To - with The Red Cross, t
government and Wilson,
Maps showing the farms CT this ="
OF the country with the names Of /;
owners and a list Of their prirttT
products were found il NTiss:n2r
possession.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-22

Have you ever thought what strange
and battling problems must come up e
the Red Cross workers when they start
out to rebuild French town-just the
problem of the barbed wire. for IN
stance? This letter tells it:
1--WE have nearly every day about
half q dozen German prisoners work
ing amongst us, who are escorted in 10
work in the morning by poilu aad
called for in the evening. They ap-
pear quite harmless, but we have too
many evidences all around us to prove
that their race is quite to the contrary.
"You should see the barbed wire
miles and miles Of it. How any one
could ever get through it, let alone I'M
der fire. is beyond me. It's usually
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-22
The Red Cross Answers
By THEODOSIA GARRISON
OF the ViuiIantes

sheltered wheefrom
give service world through with and
broken mend the shattered mind
the Manned the blind;
10 the dead
this for said the Cross of Red.
Nay but there white
esae mid backened fields and
If might bring people back to find there as before
hearth the vines about the door,
If might lift q leave comforted-
Put will do you" said the great Cross of Red
"You may heal you may guide the blind,
Youm newc JOY to humankind,
If wit sheltered for part
hands, the pity at heart;
Through by own heartsrngs led
T but me Cross Of Red
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-22
Use of Cement,

Cement was first put on the market
In England. 1t was still being import
ed into this country in 1875. 1t was at
this time that the use Of Portland &C.
ment In the United States came into
commercial prominence. When the
product was first placed on the mar
ket in competition with that which was
being imported from England and Ger
many, a good price was demanded.
However, production in excess of de-
mand soon resulted and it proved big
factor in the price cutting that fol-
lowed.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-22
How Would You Get Rid
Of Miles O. BarDed Wire?
One of the Many Problems the Red Cross
Has TO Meet.

coiled and stretched around iron stakes
or crosses about four feet long, and
the whole thing makes a waist high
mass sometimes Is or 20 feet wide.
There are really acres Of 1t around
here, and when you think how many
strips of 1t there are, stretching from
belgium to SYSTEMATICALLY, it's 60
ing to be a real problem after the war
to get it all up and out of the way. l
bet a lot of people walk into it through
Ike snow this winter.
1--WE came across unexploded shells
NOW and then and hand grenades of
various shapes and sizes also; but, be-
Iieve me, we leave them alone. There
are four on the wall in our back yard
and several in a field near BY"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-22
Poor Financier.

Ha-We'll have to give up our Intend
ed Mmmer trip: Ny account at the bank
is already overdrawn.
She-Oh, John, you are such a,
wretched fnancier. Why don't you
Reep your account in bank that has
plenty of money?-Boston Transcript.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-22
BASUTOS SING PSALMS
Africans Surprise Congregation OF
Noted Church in Paris.

Africans surprise SohgfeSatieE CG
Noted Church in Paris,
An odd spectacle was seen at the
Oratoire in Paris recently. Twelve
Basuto laborcrs stood before the al
tar and sang several Psalms in their
own language. They are part CT the
contingent brought to France last Jan
nary by the British authorities to
work behind the front and were pay
ing visit to Paris, in charge of Lieu
tenant Mabillo, son of Swiss Protest
ant pastor, and raturalized Afri'
canGer.
Pastor Shristol, who was mission
ary in Basutoland for IS years, well
coined them at the Oratoire, and two
of them replied in Basuto.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-22
Repartee.

Harold asked me point blank If
that beautiful color Of yours was nat.
ural, and, of course, dear, had to tell
the truth, and say no."
"Of course, you did. He taxed me
with H,,.And told him had borrowed
It of Hpn"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-22

.:eANTT>lG AND MARBLE
,un UA!ETas& !if3hDSYOrES
In view ofthc continued rise in prices
nd tie probable cn:3ar2o, THE
LIFTON FORGE M&EbJ r u
GRANITE WCEES bought several
ar-lcadS of finished work last fall.
lie pr.ccs are a little higher, Lut we
&n Sill offer you Eal&t ms.
fall AID see nc when in town,
rhorc or write ne 1t will ret 0bli-
ate you in any way.
Thanking you for past favors.
HARRY L. SLAEEN, AGENT.
Clifton Forge V orks
Gontercy, Virginia.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-22
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The Virginia War Savings Commit
zee is not going to overlook the SUM
2er resorts this season. Director ].
7. McAllister, of Bath county, has an
nounced that E2otl. for the sale OF
Thrift Stamps and War Savings
7tamps has been opened at the War
Springs Hotel.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-22

INV EltGtTS q vs. CIrIA
Head nf I'uii.ic :, hool rNsr'Ir "f Va
DEPA TN, FTS FFPEksrrTy l.:
ollcgc, Graduate, INV,
M'dicirc J., &il cering
.oan Fvr.Ls Available 10 descIIi & stu.
'erts. ! 10 covers az ccsis /" Virginia
ndeufs in the Academic Departments
Ira ting.
md fC! Gr:."2;e.
''rM arG Winston, RG istral
University, va
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-22
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These are days of enlarged spheres
OF usefulness. Even the hen feels it.
Formerly 1t was the hens chief bust
ness to lift the mortgage off the farm.
Now many farmers wives are using
their egg money to buy War Savings
Stamps.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-22

Why not organize bunch of live
young fellows who will agree to put
en- Thrift Cards with a stamp at
tached to each in his pocket every
morning and sell them during the day.
ne stops friend or a. stranger and
says, Loan Uncle Sam A quarter
;ets the quarter and hands over the
Thrift Card with the stamp attached.
Try it ycurseE-it is simple. Any man
who really wants to stand by the Gov
t"nr-ent can start ten War Savers a
.ay with very little trouble.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-22

Two thousand boys aid girls Of the
John Marshall High School, at Rich
mond, participated In Thrift Parade
ut the opening Of School Thrift
Week"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-22

Has the War Savings habit caught
you yet?
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-22
Lii -vljIyl-. l)iiisL
FOR WAR SAVINGS
Virginia Is Expected TO Lay Founda'
ton To Make Certain Quota OF
s45,cOoooo In Stamps BY
January I.

With the passing Of the Third Lib
erty Loan drive to O glorious finish the
great nationwide War Savings Cam
paign again has clear field, and IN
Virginia an intensive effort will be
made in June to make certain that the
Old Dominion will reach its goal OF
s45,0OO,000 invested in War Savings
Stamps at the close of this year.
The great wave of patriotic senti'
ment which swept the country from
North to South and East to West is ex-
pected to engulf Virginians in its tide
and carry them forward as earnest be-
levers in the security of Uncle Sans
"baby tonds."
Colonel Thomas B. McAdams, State
Director in Charge of the War Savings
Campaign, is now getting his city and
county directors into line for the huge
offensive next month. In all parts OF
the State a simultaneous effort will be
made, and details of the plan will be
made public through the local leaders.
Virginia's schools have done splen-
didly in support of the work, but they
are now at the close Of their session,
so it is not anticipated that the boys
and girls will be able to participate IN
further concerted effort until next
fall. However, most OF the patriotic
Youngsters have assured their teachers
that they will not be idle. during the
vacation months but will continue
their labors to help the boys in Iiu-
rope.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-16

IF you are fortunate enough to have
u wicker and willow furniture, use
that in the living room and put the
heavier, upholstered furniture out of
the way. If you have not willow fur
niture, make or buy linen dust covers
or cretonne covers for the heavy fur
niture. These covers protect the fur
niture and at the same time make it
cooler and more comfortable for
warm weather.
A living room furnished in this
way, with wide-open windows, a few
flowers, always fresh, standing where
they will catch the breeze, and a
well stocked writing table, bookshelf
and workbox is a comfortable place
in which to pass a summers day.
And, better still. because of the SIM
plicity of its furnishings, it is easy
to take care of.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-16

IT URN can of crushed pineapple
into strainer Put one and one
half cups victory flour, one and one
half tablespoons sugar, one-half tea
spoon salt and one and one-half tea
spoons baking powder together and
rub through the sieve. Rub one and
one-half tablespoons butter into the
dry ingredients. Now add three
fourths cup sweet milk and beat
well, Butter nine little earthen cups.
Put tablespoon of the batter in each
cup and draw to the Sides Fill the
wells with the solid pineapple, saw
ing the juice for the sauce, then COW
er with the remainder of the batter.
Place the cups in steamer and cook
for one-half hour over rapidly boiling
water. Turn out on a warm dish and
serve with pineapple sauce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-16
When You Wash Curtains.

THE best way to wash curtains il
u to shake them as nearly free
from dust as possible and soak them
in tub half full of tepid water in
which half pound of pure soap has
been dissolved. In the morning,
squeeze them fairly dry and place
them in a tub half full of very hot
water to which a tablespoon of borax
and enough dissolved soap to make
a strong suds are added When they
seem clean, after splashing them
about in this water. rinse them thor
oughly. until there is no trace of suds
or dirt. Then squeeze them gently
dry. Let them dry thoroughly on the
grass or hang them over a line to
dry: Theh starch them. ' .,.1m1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-16

and she did not find even the short
waistcoat Of last February success.
1t was worn by a few segments of
fashionable, rich and poor, but the
long waistcoat was treated as an out
cast. 1t was not even recognized But
France persisted. and the dressmakers
in New York are putting 1t into suits
and frocks for summer resorts. The
prophecy runs that it will be domi-
nant feature of new autumn clothes.
In a large bunch of Paris photo
graphs that have come over ihis long
waistcoat is repeated in many fabrics
on women who are snapped as they
go about their new and active life.
The sketches that come over from the
big designers as heralds of what will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-16

be advanced in August show the long
waistcoat also. 1t is made in a diff
ferent color from the gown: it is used
for protection or for beauty, and al
though it is probably taken from the
reign Of Louis XIV, it has none of the
elegance or jauntiness of it's prede-
cessor. 1t merely looks warm and
comfortable. or gay and colorful.
ever been worn by woman. It was
matched in length by those worn at
the court of the Grand Monarque.
Looking at it in its most essential
feature it is merely another way to
straighten the figure. 1t, therefore,
can be adopted by those to whom mid
die age has brought an undesired
retundity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-16
Wash Silk Petticoats.

NKY HITE wash silk petticoats are
w truly joy to the woman who
wishes dainty but at the same sine
practicable summer underwear. They
are ruffied and tucked in approved
fashion, but still with such an eye to
simple construction that they take
Tubing admirably ~, 49,,