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let's Have a Picnic.

These people who think OF the dis
comforts and inconveriences OF n pic
mic which so overbalance the pleasure
OF getting out into the glorious woods,
are better left at home for they do not
mike cheerful companions. Pick your
picnic lovers SO your JOY may be I'M
alleged.
Careful planning Is necessary 10
eliminate unnecessary weight unless
there be plenty OF conveynnces to share
the burden. The fewer washable dish
es will appeal to those who have this In
charge, MS important. Plates, cups.
and napkins of paper may be obtained
at small cost and they may be burned
before leaving, as every true picnlcker
will see that he leaves no rubbish to
annoy the next group who follows
his party.
When n fire Is TO be built, which IL
half the fun of Il picnic, n piece OF
sheet iron which may be used on four
stones for n support, will make n fine
| stove. with the fire underneath.
Potatoes may he roasted, sweet corn
and onions, II desired, all In the ashes.
DO not peel the onions or husk the corn
when roasting.
The salad and salad dressing may he
carried In fruit jars. Stuffed eggs,
wrapped In squares OF tissue paper
frlnged on two ends, twisted to look
like bonbOns, are attractive.
Ferns and Wild flowers are TO be
found to make pleasing centerpiece.
Lemonade, all sweetened ready Ia
add the water may also be carried In
n Mason jar.
II there Is no place to build n fire,
n few thermos bottles will carry the
coffee. They are also useful to carry
cold drinks,
Sandwiches, OF course. will be pro.
vided In quantity, for the appetite IL
very elastic when out In the open.
Fresh fruits Of various kinds In sea.
son, with snail cakes. make Il dessert
which IL very satisfactory.
A dessert which Is not hard to pro
vide and which Is very delicious II
this: Provide sufficient sponge cakes
and carry n jar OF whipped cream
sweetened and favored. Cut open the
cakes, scoop out the centers and M
with the cream. There are never any
left. In strawberry season n few mash
ed berries added to the cream Is {
pleasant change.
The outing has lost It's main objec
II any have been overburdened In III
preparations.
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Sugar Must Be Saved
Helps to Make Up the Shortage
Among the Allies

II any man has failed to see the
reason why he should cut his plentl-
full npportionment Of two %spoonfuls OF
sugar to the n of war time, he can
find Il I'm n recent publication OF the
United States department OF agrlcul-
ture explaining the worldwide short
nge--especlally the shortage among
the nlllcs-ln the supply Of sweets.
Not only has the supply of sugar
In some parts of the United States
been short, but there has been IN
actual shortage OF more than 2,000,-
900 tons annually IN the world since
the war began. and the shortage Is
likely TO continue. the publication says,
primarily because Of the destruction
of n large number of sugar mills and
the devastation Of n considerable area
of sugar.produclng lands In Europe.
Prior TO the wnr practically NIL the
belligerent countries, with the eXceI,-
ton of the United Kingdom and Italy.
exported sugar, the total amount being
upward Of 3,000,000 tons. War, how
ever, has changed the sugar-produc-
" hANlF wv ~ Nv III IN ~
shifted the channels OF trade. In 1918
It Is estimated that the allies must
import II minimum Of 100000 tons
of sugar.
Formerly the United Kingdom and
France depended TO n considerable ex-
tent upon Germany, Austria Hungary,
Belgium and Russia for sugar. These
sources were shut or by the war.
The United Kingdom alone thus lost
the source of more than half of her
normal supply Of sugar and has turned
to new as well as other old sources
for her supply. The changes thus
brought about have been largely a
diversion of the product of Maurltlus
TO the United Kingdom instead OF to
lndla, and an expansion OF the imports
of unreflned sugar from Cuba, the
Philippines and Peru. For refined
sugar she drew upon the United States
and Java. However, the allies cannot
turn to such exporting countries as
Java and Maurltius without being
forced to go to n much longer distance
and over a more perllous route than
across the Atlantic. II the allies are
compelled 10 go to these countries II
will require an cxtru amount OF ship
ping which Is needed for Transports
ton OF American soldiers and supplies
10 France and England,
Russia's experts practically ceased
In 1914, and she Is now reported rs
somewhat short Of sugar. ltaly's croI
decreased last year ana her imports
have increased largely since the wal
began. ltaly's consumption, how.
ever, is small and her deficit Is moi
serious.
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~
learned"
The baby bnts
3 quealed and
q k G d and
said:
1--WE have learn
ed TO hang by our
heels with our
heads downward"
90 d. you
know your lesson
well. little bnby
bntllngs. and you
must tell me now
the second lesson
you have learned"
1--WE hive learn.
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Science Notes.

A new lawn mower cuts grass
with a circular blade that re-
wolves horizontally.
Except along the Caspian @
const, agriculture in Persia Is
dependent upon irrigation.
Europe's largest turbine Is a
1900 horse power afnlr In
stalled hy a Swiss hydroelectrlc
plant.
A company Is helng formed In
Sweden for the production of oil
aud byproducts from native
shale.
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you nuNe IebTntu.
Oown"ard' ave have learn.
ed to attach our
selves TO your fur when you fly. so
that you can carry us along with you
until we are big and strong enough to
go by ourselves"
Fine This Is simply splendid
This Is magnificent !" said Mother Bat.
what bright bats you all are. You
know n thing or two"
I'VE know two things. don't we.
mother?" asked Bessie Bat.
Eyes, dear, you know two things.
Soon you will know more"
us It time to 90 YETI" nsked Betty
Bat.
mot quite" said Mother Bat.
"Then won't you tell me n storyT"
asked Betty.
~ Will, indeed" said the Mother
Bat.
I'VE are rendy," the little bats whls.
pered. So Mother Bat began.
people" she sald, "aren't fond Of
bats. Why, | can't tell you. We don't
do them any harm. We are quiet and
pleasant little creatures and we
haven't nearly the number OF bad hnb-
Its they accuse us Of. And so |
think | shall tell you n true story-a
little history about ourselves instead
OF n mnke-believe story. eh?"
And all the little bats whispered
yves, n true story. all about us.
please"
"People," continued Mother Bat,
think we have nothing In the world
to do but to fly Int their hair. They
cover up their heads when they see
u.s."
"Where did they get such an Idea,
Mother Bat?" asked Bessie Bat.
"You see, dear loves. that in the
nighttime we cnn see quite clearly
MS the owls and other wise birds can.
In the daytime we sleep. That Is
when people are awake. But nc night
they are often going TO bed In the sum-
mer time with their windows wide
open and their lights turned on.
"They have light Mt night, too--not
sunlight or daylight-but light made
by some Of these same people, cleo
trlc light and gasllght and lampllght
and candle light.
sometimes" continued Mother Bat,
II suppose members OF our family have
grown nervous. They have gone to-
wards the Hight because II has fright
ened them so, and then they have
gone into those lighted rooms-qulte,
quite by mistake and from nervous
ness. They can't see when they get
In there. And II people would only
turn out their lights and try TO help
our family out, Instead OF trying Ia
frighten them out by chasing them
when they can't see where they are
going
people don't seem 10 understand
what n rvo family we arel And
then they think we're going to get Ia
their hair and make 1t all snarly. II
we ever did get caught in their hair 1
would be because we couldn't see wher,
we were going and got much brighten
ed And n yer any member Of oul
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AH1N

lures and wouldn't hurt people for
worlds. But oh, II only they would
help us get out OF their rooms sum
mer nights when tLey are lighted, in
stead OF chasing Us out In cruel fash
Ion with awful broomsticksl Oh I"
And poor Mother Bat shlvered.
but the children promised her they
would be cnreful 10 avoid people who
didn't understand nervous, tlmld little
hnts, and she took them or on n trip
with her. They hung on 10 her fur
nd -ot one nf them let gol
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No matter how beautiful the house,
or how exquisite the furnishings, II
pure air does not circulate In every
room, the family suffers.
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1918-07-19

Mexico's FIRST woman aviator, Mrs.
Enedlna Monroy, hns Joined the gov
eminent flying corps.
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family actually
did ever get into
a persons hair I
would like 10 hear
of II. and | would
like TO tell that
person that II was
not because OF the
desire to do so but
because of nerv-
and blind.
ness.
$50 we must
try tC stay AWAY
frofg lghte d
rooms and people
for they don't
like us. We're
tlmld little q
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Brooklyn, N. Y, has s1O,o2s pupils
In public schools.
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DADNS EWNlG
[AIRY TALL N1
BATS.
N MARY GpAHANR BONNER

"Comc, my baby batllnGs," said
Mother Bat, "now tell me the lesson
100 haya inst
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CONTINUED next week)
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SPEED UP AMERICA
BY E. G. PIPP
Copyright, 1918.)

1 hate war with all the hatred a
human being can feel for anything
on earth.
l stood in Flanders beside a lone
grave.
Life had been sweet to that young
man.
He had hopes-of a home and fam
lily.
He had love-for a young woman,
for friends and country.
He had ambition-to do good and
succeed in the arts of peace.
He had desires-to be at peace with
all the world.
Another man had hopes and love
and ambition and desires-hopes for
greater power, love for glory, ambi-
tion to rule peoples not his own, de-
sires to conquer others and take their
lands and streams; to make MIGHT
greater than RIGHT.
The young man went out with 9TH
ers to defend his land against the
on-rush of the ambitious ruler.
When the young man fell COM
rade was near. s.
The comrade bore the lifeless form
to a battle-scarred tree. There he
dug a hole and buried the form, and
with it the hopes, the love, the desires
and the ambition-all were gone, a
sacrifice to the greed of military
nation.
The comrade piled the earth into a
mound and placed a little marker
there.
I stood beside the grave and saw
the marker.
A bird on naked branch of the
tree twittered a mournful lay.
High over our heads the shells were
shricking-missiles of death sent from
camp to camp.
Still higher, birdmen were in dead
ly combat. Miles up they maneuver-
ed, scarcely in sight, yet the battle
of their machine guns reached our
ears.
l looked at the grave, the bird, the
injured tree; l listened to the screech-
ing shells, the sputtering guns of the
airmen, and felt a hatred surging
within me that l had not believed
possible for any man to feel.
1twas not hatred for the dead Ger
man who lay a few feet away. He
had done his worst and paid his price.
l looked at his lifeless form, lying
across the ridge between two shell
holes, the body and head pitched into
one hole, the legs into another.
Until that moment I did not be-
lieve anyone could look upon the death
of any man with a feeling of satis-
faction.
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Ter then, too, for that was before my
Introduction to kultur in German pris-
on camps, and life there is not exactly
fattenlng-not exactly. I do not know
why it is, but If you will notice the
navy firemen-the lads with the red
stripes around their left shoulders
you will find that almost all of them
are small men. But they are q husky
lot H
Now, in the navy, they always haze
a newcomer until he shows that he
can take care of himself, and got
mine very soon after l went into Un-
Gle Sans service. was washing my
clothes in bucket on the forecastle
deck, and every garby (sailor) who
came along would give me or the
bucket kick, and spill one or the
both Of us. Each time I would move
to some other place, but always
seemed to be in somebody's way. FL
nally I saw marine coming. I was
nowhere near him, but he hauled out
eof his course to come up to me and
gave the bucket a boot that sent it
twenty feet away, at the same time
handing me clout on the ear that
Just about knocked me down. Now,
1 did not exactly know what a marine
was, and this fellow had so many
stripes on his sleeves that 1 thought
he must be some sort of officer, so
just stood by. There was gold stripe
HcOmissioned ofiicer) on the bridge
and I knew that if anything was
wrong he would cut in, so kept look
Ing up at him, but he stayed where he
was, looking on, and never saying q
word. And all the time the marine
kept slamming me about and telling
,nle to get the hell out of there.
FINALLY said :" '>vse'f. "T'll get
r u .
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CHAPTER u.
The War areaka

After serving four years and three
months in the q. 8. navy, I received
an honorable discharge on April ii.
1914. held the rank of chief petty
officer, flrst-class gunner. It Is not
uncommon for garbies to lie around q
while between enlistments-they like
q, vacation as much as anyone-and 1t
was my intention to loaf for a few
months before Joining the navy again.
After the war started, of course, I
had heard more or less about the Ger
man atrocities in Belgium, and while
I was greatly interested, I was doubt
full at first as to the truth of the re-
ports, for I knew how news gets
changed in passing from mouth to
mouth, and never was much of q
hand to believe things until I saw
them, anyway. Another thing that
caused me to be interested ip the war
was the fact that my mother was born
In Alsace. Her maiden name, Dier-
vieux, Is well known in Alsace. had
often visited my grandmother In st.
Nazaire. France, and knew the coun-
try. So with France at war, it was
not strange that 1 should be even
more interested than many other
garbies.
AS l have said, did not take much
stock in the first reports of the Huns
exhibition of kultur, because Fritz is
known as clean sailor, and 1 figured
that no real sailor. would ever get
mixed up in such dirty work as they
said there was in Belgium. 1 figured
the soldiers were like the>sailors. But
l found out was wrong about both.
One thing that opened my eyes a
DIT was the trouble my mother had in
getting out Of Hanover, where she
was when the war started, and back
to France. She always wore little
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serious situations. They will not let
the war fail because Of deficient food
production.
Let US sow literally for . big. har-
vest in 1919. It has been called the
Liberty Wheat Harvest. We all hope
it will be. But let US undertake the
task with the determination that we
will sweat our blood for many more
if need be before we yield one meas
ure Of our freedom to Prussian DOM
ination. Let US fight in the burrows.
d. F. Houston,
Secretary Of Agriculture.
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ENDANGERED her. Without It, tho Ger
mans would have interned her % Q
Frenchwoman. and with It, sne wa.
sneered at and insulted time ana
again before she finally managed 70
oet over the border. She died about
two months after she reached st. ma
xaire.
Moreover. heard the fate OF my
older brother, who had made nis nome
in France with my grandmother. 40
had gone to the front at the outbreak
of the war with the infantry from st.
Nazaire and had been killed two OF
three weeks afterwards. This made
It a sort of personal matter.
But what put the finishing touches
to me were the stories q wounded
Canadian lieutenant told me some
months later in New York. He had
been there and he knew. You could
not help believing him; you can a.
ways tell it when q man mas Deen
there and knows.
There was not much racket around
New York, so I made up my mind al
Of a sudden to 60 over and get some
for myself. Believe me. ! got enough
racket before 1 was through. Most
Of the really important things I have
done have happened like that: I did
them on the jump, you might say.
Many other Americans wanted look.
TOO: there were five thousand Amer
4. ~ Nouo1ion opmv NJ ma
time they say.
would not claim that went over
there to save democracy, or anything
like that. I never did like Germans.
and I never met Frenchman who was
not kind to me, and what I heard
about the way the Huns treated the
Beleians made me sick. used to get
out of bed to 60 to an all.nfght picture
show, l thought about 1t so much.
But there was not much excitement
about New York, and I figured the
q. S. would not get into It for a while.
anyway, so l just wanted to 60 over
and see what it was like. That 10
why lots of US went, think.
1ucE0 were AVC " US WAAV "SAAS ~
Boston to ship for the other side
Sam Murray. Ed Brown, Tim Flynn.
Mitchell and myself. Murray was an ex-
garby-two bitches (enlistments). gun.
pointer rating, and about thirty.five
years old. Brown was Pennsylvania
man about twenty.six years old. who
had served two enlistments In the o.
S. army and had quit with the rank
Of sergeant. Flynn and Mitchell were
both ex-navy men. Mitchell was Q
noted boxer. OF the i've Of us. I am
the only one who went IN. got
through and came out. Flynn and
Mitchell did not 60 in; Murray and
Brown never came back.
The five of US shipped on the steam
ship Virginian of the American-Ha.
waiian line, under American nag and
registry, but chartered by the French
government. I signed on az water.
tender-an engine room job-but the
others were on deck-that Il. aeamen.
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Albert NDepeM
~ WA q cseus Ma1t.ss AiawSssia

So planted him one In the kloneye
and another in the mouth, and he went
clean up against the rail. But No
came back at me strong, and we were
at It for some time.
But when it was over the gold stripe
came down from the bridge and snook
hands with me!
After this they did not haze me
much. This was the beginning OF a
certain reputation that had In the
navy for flst-work. Later on l had a
reputation for swimming. too. Tnat
first day they began calling me
"Chink," though I don't know Why'
and It has been my nickname In the
navy ever since.
It is a curious thing, and I never
could understand 1t. but garbies and
marines never mix. The marines are
good men and great fighters, aboard
and ashore, but we garbies never have
a word for them, nor they for US. On
shore leave abroad we pal up with
foreign garbies, even, but hardly ever
with a marine. OF course they are
with us strong In case we have scrap
with liberty party of some foreign
ship-they cannot keep out Of fight,
any more than we can-but after 1t
Is over they are on their way at once
and we on ours.
There are lots of things like that
in the navy that you cannot figure out
the reason for, and I think 1t Is be-
cause sailors change their ways so
little. They do a great many things
In the navy because the navy always
has done them.
I kept strictly on the Job as fire.
man, but wanted to get into the gun
turrets. It was slow work for long
time. I had to serve as second-class
fireman for four mouths. f1rst-class
for eight months and In the engine
room as water-tender for year.
Then, after serving on the U. 8. 8.
Des Moines as a gun-loader, was
transferred to the Iowa and finally
worked up to gun-pointer. Aftel a
time I got my G. p. 0. rating-chief
petty officer. first-class gunner.
The various navies differ in many
ways, but most Of the differences
would not be noticed by any one but
a sailor. Every sailor has a great deal
Of respect for the Swedes and Nor
wegians and Danes; they are born
sailors and are very daring, but, OF
course, their navies are small. The
Germans were always known as clean
sailors; that is, as in our navy and
the British, their vessels were ship
shape all the time, and were run as
sweet as clock.
There is no use comparing the vari-
GUS navies as to which Is best; some
are better at one thing and some at
another. The British navy, Of course,
is the largest, and nobody will deny
that at most things they are topnotch
least of all themselves; they admit
it. But there is one place where the
navy of the United States has 1t all
over every other navy on the seven
seas, and that is gunnery. The Amer.
ican navy has the best gunners in
the world. And do not let anybody
tell you different. ~~
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LET HOGS HARVEST CORN

Hogging off corn has been tsted
thoroughly at several agricultural ex-
pertinent stations and by practical
hog raisers, and the practice is strong
ly recommended. Corn alone is not
satisfactory hog ration. Where the
crop is to be hogged off, some other
crop should be combined with it.
Pumpkins seeded at the same time
as the corn, soy beans, or cowpeas,
seeded in the same or in alternate
rows with the corn, and rye, rape, or
soy beans seeded at the last work.
ing of the corn have all been used
with satisfactory results. With one
of these combinations no other grain
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A MESSAGE FROM THE sECRE.
TARY OF AGRICULTURE TO
AMERICAN FARMERS

To the Patriots on the Farms:
You are asked to undertake anoth-
er offensive go "over the top"
this fall for . great harvest of wheat
in 1919. l need give only = few fig
ures and facts to impress you with
the increasing and urgent need Of
our people, our armies, the allied peo-
pies and their armies for large sup
plies of American wheat.
Our reserve supply or carry-over
from the 1917 crop is practically ex-
hausted and is the smallest on rec
ord. The need Of building up reserves
of wheat is evident. Although this
country produced small crop Of this
grain in 1917, the total exports of
wheat in excess of imports, including
flour in terms of wheat, amounted to
approximately 1OO,OOO,O0O bushels
for the year ending June 80, 1918.
This is in comparison with 178, ,OOO, 900
bushels exported in 1917, 236, 100000
bushels in 1916, and 331, ,00O, 900 BUSH
els in 1915. It was possible for the
United States to export wheat in
large quantities in 1915 and 1916
only because of the large wheat crops
of 1912-13-14-15, which gave this
country an accumulation of stocks of
this grain. Both the 1916 and 1917
crops were smaller than any crops
since 1911 and besides this there was
greater demand for seed wheat and
an increased population to be fed.
Moreover, it must be. borne in mind
that the carry-over in all the import
ing countries in Europe was practical
ly exhausted this year before the new
harvest; that the normal require
ments of the exporting countries are
increasing instead of diminishing;
that some losses in storage and transit
may be expected to continue; and
that it is highly desirable that
surplus should be accumulated as in
surance against partial crop failure
next year.
You have been asked to SOW to
winter wheat this fall not less than
45,OOO,O0O acres-an increase of z
per cent over last years sowing-and
the department has suggested that an
even greater area, 47,500,OOO acres,
is desirable. The increased planting
asked of each State has been care
fully determined with regard to it's
local conditions and it's reasonable
capabilities. Your county agent can
tell you the quota assigned to your
State and you can apply the respon-
sibility to your case.
You have occupied and do occupy
the first line trenches of the food
army. You have to fight difficulties
too. I am not unmindful of these. In
the Department Of Agriculture we
consider them daily, and daily we give
our best efforts to help you meet
them. You know of the difficulties in
your community, but know Of them
in many communities of many States.
and so seriously do they impress me
that I might almost consider them in-
insurmountable had not American
farmers last year, and again this
year, revealed the true American
fighting spirit and ability to meet