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Evening star., 1918-05-26
Substitutes for Sugar.

Satisfactory substitutes for sugar
may be used to a much larger extent.
These include sorghum. corn and cane
syrup. maple sugar and syrup. ana
honey. The maple syrup and sugar
production can and should be In
creased in those areas in which maple
trees are growing, in sufficient mum.
bers to warrant the expenditure Of
the necessary time and labor. Maple
syrup and sugar are produced in nineteen
states. the annual output exceeding
$4,000. 900 pounds Of sugar and 4.ooo.-
900 gallons of syrup. These figures
can be increased. The production of
sorghum syrup in 1917 exceeded that
in 1915 by nearly 100000 gallons.
Sorghum syrup may be produced in
nearly every state in the Union. An
increased production Of sorghum syr-
UP will enable the public still further
to conserve the sugar supply in the
most available form for transporta-
ton to our soldiers.
Evening star., 1918-05-26
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/
stach of the famous three Wilstach
brothers of literary genius and the
atrical fame.
| A patriotic American grand opera
has been written by an Alabama poet
named Diard, the subject dealing with
a romance of the American revolu-
tion.
A. H. Woods is going to present IA
Night at the Front" adapted from the
French by Roi Cooper Megrue. Will
liam Courtney will appear in the lead
ing role.
Head Over Heels" new musical
comedy with Mitzi Hajos as the star.
| was produced last week in Stamford,
Conn. The book and lyrics are by
Edgar Allan Woolf and the music by
Jerome Kern, the authors of Rock-a-
Bye Baby.
Having successfully launched 1.-THE
Kiss Burglar" in New York, Messrs
Orth & Welch turned their atten-
new piece is a comedy-drama entitled
High and Dry" 1t opened in Albany
last Wednesday,.
E. F. Albee. general manager and
half owner of the B. F. Keith cir
looking after the Red Cross work of
the local house.
The all-star "Out There" company
that recently apneared ene ned in this this city
Cross at it's three performances at
the Century Theater. New York. last
week. The Boston engagement fol-
lowed and something like $5S 900 was
realized.
"She Burnt Her Fingers" the COM
edy by Cosmo Hamilton which Sell
wyn & Co. will present at the
Eelasco Theater the week of June 16,
starts rehearsals next week in New
York. The company includes Estelle
Winwood, Warburton Gamble, Amelia
Gardner and others.
Arrangements have been completed
whereby the Coburn Players will ap-
pear in Moliere's 1.-THE Imaginary In
valid" in the military cantonment
theaters te throughout the country; Re
hearsals are now under way and 1t Is
expected the production will be ready
within the next few weeks.
While playing in one Of the coast
cities near to one of the Army can
tire company and scenery to camp and
played before an enthusiastic audi
ence of 1000. 1t was first suggested
that small admission price be
charged, but Miss Adams said no and
remarked. Tell the boys this treat
is on me-"
A company is to be organized in
New York this week which late next
month will present in this city for the
first time a piece by Tom Barry now
bearing the name of "Ann of Harlem"
For the title role Florence Nash has
been engaged. this arrangement being
made possible by the closing of THE
Melting of Molly" its fourth demise
by the way.
"Sick-a-Bed." a farcical comedy by
Ethel Watts Mumford. presented re-
Gently at the Gayety Theater, New
York. will be the attraction at the
National Theater the week beginning
Sunday night. June Q. 1t is a Klaw
& Erlanger production played by
Mary Boland. Edwin Nicander, Dali
las Wexford. Charles E. Evans,
George Parsons. John Flood, Mary
Newcombe and Julia Ralph.
An auction was held at the Belle
vue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia
last Tuesday by clubmen and music
Evening star., 1918-05-26
Making Food From Waste.

Keep this thought in mind in con.
sidering tho growing Of moro poultry
as a war necessity: Poultry 10 4
means Of converting into good food
materials that cannot be utilized by
man. that cannot be eaten by any
other kinds OF stock. and that with
out the poultry would be absolute
waste. Very clearly 1t becomes a ma
tional as well as an individual duty
to keep enough poultry to take up all
such waste materials. AZ long as
fowls take the bulk Of their feed from
ON grain or other Rarnsred Feeds
only % . finishing process, additional
TODD n h0jnD60nnAtAdk /. 80,
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NURSES TO GRADUATE.
Members Of Columbia Hospital
School Glass to Receive Diplomas.

Graduation exercises of the Colum-
bia Hospital Training School for
Nurses will be held at the school
Tuesday evening at $3.50 o'clock. The
exercises will be opened with a
prayer by Rev. George F. Dudley of
St Stephens P. E. Church, which will
be followed by an address by Surgeon
General William c. Gorgas. U. 8. A.
Presentation of the diplomas will be
made by Col. r. r. Mcmahon, U. S.
A., superintendent of the hospital.
Diplomas and awards will be confer
red by Surgeon General William e.
Braisted, U. S. n, president OF the
board of directors.
The graduates are: Evlyne Wales
Brewer, Kathleen Frances Gott. Hes
ter Williams Allnutt. Lucille Frances
Maley, Julia Graft Hale. Laura Belle
Troup, Catharine Anna Beall. Bertha
Jane Bradshaw, Addie Louise Wal
ford. Anne Howard Keyes, Dorothy
Blanche Peters, Charlotte Myrle
Miller, Elizabeth May Gill and Mary
Ethel Vaughan.
Evening star., 1918-05-26
Ann

, lovers. at which the choice Of boxes
for the coming Giannini concert In
Washington for the benefit OF the
italian refugees sold for $500. The
great favorites in Philadelphia A
price closely approximating the
above was paid on behalf Of the Fed
Grafton of Italian Societies.
jose Ruben, with Olive wyndham.
was with the Washington Square
Players Of New York and afterward
played leads with Mrs. Fiske Miss
Wyndham Is an American girl. edu-
Gated abroad. and was in the all-star
"Oliver Twist" cast and with other
notable productions under the Froh-
man and Belasco managements. Their
vaudeville comedy runs somewhat
along the temperamental lines of
"Kathrine and Petruchio."
Billy Belts. the Crouch" of George
v. Hobart's famous play Expert
ence." was engaged by William Ell
and he played it so we'll that they
cast him also for the role of Crouch" !"
Though he had never been on the
stage before. and was sixty-fve years
old, he scored a tremendous hit. When
Mr.. Hobart wrote his sequel to "Ex-
perience" called Loyalty" he could
not resist the immortal Crouch" and
SO wrote him into the play to play
the same role he had been playing
for the past four years.
Wagenhals & Kemper will present
ut the New National Theater. the
week beginning Monday. June II,
Sergt. Arthur Guy Empey Of "Over the
Top" fame. and Miss Rose Stahl in a
new war comedy by George c. Hazel
ton entitled Pack Up Your Troubles"
Sergt. Empey is famous for his ex-
ploits in the trenches of France and
for his stories on conditions at the
front He is one of the most widely
known men in America Miss Stahl
needs no introduction. She is Rose
Stahl of THE Chorus Lady" and
Maggie Pepper"
The comedy is one Of pure happi-
ness and shows how American boys
are made even more manly and more
healthy by the training they receive
at the cantonments.
Evening star., 1918-05-26
inexpensive Garden Tools.

The cultivation Of a home garden
requires very little expenditure in
tools. A spade. q hoe and . rake.
representing a total cost OF consider
ably less than S., are all the bought
tools necessary to be used. Every
thing else can be improvised. A gar
den line can be made with a piece Of
twine tied to two sharpened sticks
that serve as stakes. A thin piece of
board or a shingle can be made into
a serviceable trowel. A good scratch
er and weeder can be made by driv-
ing about three small nails through
the end Of a piece Of lath. A heavier
weeder can be made from q piece OF
hoop iron, with one end sharpened.
bent into a loop.
Evening star., 1918-05-26
GERMANS DENY PURPOSE
ENCOURAGE POLYGAMY
Concerned Over Effect Publication
Of Torges' Plan 1s-Having
on Neutrals.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening
Star and Chicago Daily News.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening
Star and Chicago Daily News.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden. April 18.-
Germans are concerned over the wide
publicity given a book by Carl H.
Torges of Cologne. strongly advocat-
ing polygamy as post war measure
for increasing Germany's population.
The Germans admit that this pamph-
let has done them lot of moral dam
age in neutral countries. and efforts
are being made now to counteract its
effect. Inspired articles are appear
ing in the Garmanophile Scandinavian
papers with this aim.
Thus the Stockholm Dagblad stig-
matizes the pamphlet as Obscure"
and "by an unknown author" ''Un-
known" here. 1t would seem. should
the Dagblad adds subsequently that
Carl H. Torges is tho author. The
pamphlets title is Die Nebenehen"
The Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zei-
tung. discussing review of the
pamphlet by Franco-Swiss newspa-
per, says:
That large sections of neutrals be-
lieve Herr Torges' proposals will be
adopted is clear since Foreign Minis
ter Won Kuehlmann thinks 1t neces-
sary to disavow. at a meeting of the
chief committee of the German reichs-
tag. any such intention"
(The Torges pamphlet, which has
been widely quoted. advocated Sec
ondary or lateral marriages. Torges
proposed that women belonging to
all classes OF society and having
reached a certain age should have a
right. in the interest of tho father
land. to contract marriage. a Ne
benehe.' with a man they prefer This
secondary marriage should be con-
tractable even in cases where the un-
| married woman prefers an already
married man. IL his wife consents.")
Evening star., 1918-05-26
ORGANIZATION TO AID
INCREASE IN PRODUCTION

Upon the declaration Of war in April
Of last year the organizations Of poul-
try keepers. the poultry and agricul-
tural press. the poultry departments
OF state agricultural colleges and ex-
pertinent stations and the United
States Department Of Agriculture en-
gagged in cooperative efforts to stimu-
late increased production of poultry
and eggs.
At present thirty-nine poultry ex-
tension agents appointed by the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture are at work in thirty-five states.
under the state directors OF extension
work, and eleven poultry club agents
are cooperating with the. poultry de-
partments Of the agricultural colleges
in eleven states.
The poultry extension agents are
expected to make the greatest effort
in the grain producing states. where
the possibilities of large increase at
low cost are greatest. Their special
work is to organize new forces which
will directly assist in poultry produc-
tion.
The poultry club agents aim espe-
cially to organize and instruct the
boys and girls About $1,000 boys and
girls are already enrolled in poultry
clubs and helping to produce eggs and
poultry. Community poultry breeding
associations have also been organized
girls. The community breeding circle
is intended to direct interest to the
varieties of poultry best adapted to
the farm conditions in the community
and to encourage the production OF
the classes Of poultry products which
sell best in the most accessible mar
TO meet a demand for information
resulting from a widening interest In
poultry. the service Of the office OF In
formation of the Department OF Agri-
list Of general newspapers. Through
these it is expected not only to in
crease the army of poultry producers
but also to increase greatly the con-
sumption Of poultry and eggs In cities.
Evening star., 1918-05-26
TO REDUCE PRICE OF OILS.
Purpose in View in Fixing Rates
on Supplies for Allies.

price Of gasoline, fuel oils and other
petroleum products to domestic con-
sumers is the purpose behind the an
nouncement of prices to be paid for
purchases for the allies for the period
from May 20 to July 10.
If at the end Of the period there ap-
pears to have been no reduction in
domestic prices, Mark L. Requa. d.
rector of oil supply OF the fuel ad-
ministration, will take further steps
toward that result.
Evening star., 1918-05-26
ASKS FOR A RECEIVER.
F. r. Keller Alleges Wheel Com
pany Owes Him 5000.

Application has been made to the
District Supreme Court for the, ap-
pointment Of a receiver for the Wish
bone Steel Wheel Company of Amer
lea, a Delaware corporation. Tho
plaintiff is Frank r. Keller. who says
the company owes him $4,000 and
that ]. Worth Carnahan. president
of the concern. declines to disclose
the assets of the concern, which Mr..
Keller says are worth $4,000. Mr..
Keller also asks an accounting.
Justice Siddons cited the company
and Mr.. Carnahan to show cause why
a receiver should not be appointed.
Evening star., 1918-05-26
WAR GARDEN AND POULTRY YARD
$50, 600 900 QUARTS
CANNED LAST YEAR

Girls canning clubs in the United
States put up a total OF 14,64o.1s7 con-
tainers OF fruits and vegetables dur
ing 1917. Counting in the canning
done by the organized women's clubs
and through the me-demonstration
agents, the total canned product is
estimated at s50.000.o00 quarts. with
a value of about $4,000. 900, and
this does not include the products
dried and salted for home use.
Evening star., 1918-05-26
Government Orders Motor Trucks

Orders for 5000 three to fve ton
motor trucks for the government
have been placed with fifteen auto
mobile manufacturers. That IL in ad.
dition to 10000 similar trucks now be,
Ing -deliyeyed.
Evening star., 1918-05-26
zEEBRUGGE COAST IS
BR|STLlNG WITH GUNS
Some of Them on Pivots Can Fire
Out to Sea and Over
Land.
BY BAssETT DIGRY.
Special Correspondence of The Evening
Star and Chicago Daily News.

Special Correspondence OF The Evening
Star and Chicago Daily News.
STOCKHOLM. Sweden. April ia
Swedish traveller who recently visited
Zeebrugge. Germany's naval base on
the Flanders coast. declares that in
addition to the famous lock through
which canal traffic to Bruges passed
ones attention is attracted by two
great buildings among the dunes. One
was intended to be a post ONCE; the
other is called the Palace Hotel. That
Is all that Zeebrugge has to show in
the way of public buildings except
the big pier or mole. The harbor,
sheltered by this pier. cost many mil
lions of francs. It was part of the
late King Leopolds extensive town
planning for this district. But the
growth of the city that was to arise
around the harbor was abruptly
checked by the outbreak Of the war
Fliers Made Few Hits.
Tho harbor is excellent and the
lock debouching on 1t rendered pos
sible the busy comings and goings of
the German light naval craft, whose
base was at Bruges. British flying
men bombed the lock, but without
success. 1t was considered easy to
damage, but difficult to hit, SO COM
plete are the anti-aircraft defenses
around.
Whole Coast Fortified.
The Germans have fortified the
whole Of this strip Of coast Masked
nf No1 fEnr y,,w
hind their concrete emplacements on
almost every dune. At certain points
these guns can swivel around and
Join in the land bombardme4ts at the
front.
The famous promenade of Ostend is
dead and deserted. but behind. in. the
narrow streets Of the town, q busy
assemble in the market place to hear
German military band play. It is
amusing to see how tenacious the in
vaders are Of their beloved though In
ternationally derived German bands''
One hears the Same story from every
big town in tho invaded regions Of
Europe. In Brussels. Bucharest and
Warsaw the German band" is hailed
forth daily to blast and blare and
crash its hardest in some public place
before the multitude.
Big Base for "U" Boats.
It is from Zeebrugge. says the
Swedish visitor in conclusion. that
the ~" boats steal out to sea to per-
form their deadly work, and here
they return to repair. From here the
flying men start for England, only
an hours flight away. And from here
also tho naval flying men go forth
on their scouting flights, now and
then even bringing back captive
merchant ships.
Evening star., 1918-05-26

L. b. johnson has resumed the presi-
dency Of tho Norfolk and Western rail-
way. N. Dl Maher resigned as presi.
dent and directora effective IunAs1s
Evening star., 1918-05-26
BOY FIGHTER HONORED
BY PREMIER Of ITALY
Lads Bravery Wins Place in Ranks
and Mark Of Special
Favor.
Correspondence of the Associated Press.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
HEADQUARTERS ITALIAN ARMY,
April s0-Premier Orlando and Gen.
SAM were passing along the front OF
the famous Arditi, or Italian storm
troops the other day when the pre-
mier signaled out in the ranks a small
Coy carrying rifle. The premier
stopped and asked who this boy SOL
der could be. and Gen. SAM related
this story:
During the retreat last October the
21st Battalion of Arditi passed west
in the province of Bed1uno. 1t was
stirring event for the village, and
all the children were in the street to
see the soldiers go by, including a
cello. a farm helper for his father.
At the sight of the marching men the
lad simply threw away his farm tools
and Joined in the wake OF the troops.
doing odd jobs for them and being
received as a little brother.
Takes Part In Battles.
But Davids had other ideas. he did
not intend to be privileged little
ranks and be combatant. He took
part in several assaults and devel-
oped remarkably expert ability in
throwing hand grenades. AS a spe-
cialist he was in the very forefront
of these famous fighters.
II tried to give him a regular status
IN the ranks as a soldier" said Gen.
SAM. but there has been difficulty
in accomplishing it thus far"
There will be no more difficulty.
said the premier. touched by the story
of the boys courage an liability. II
ask you to retain him in the 21st As
sault Battalion. Is from this moment
1 adopt the boy as one OF my sops."
Prime Minister'S Gracious Act.
And the long line Of seasoned vete-
rams saw the prime minister Of Italy
step forward and put his hand on the
shoulder Of the pale-faced boy.
"Davide." said the premier. you arc
now as one of my sons. I expect q
letter from you every month. Your
position in the ranks Is secure and
1 will see to your future. Meanwhile
fight for Italy and be brave"
And again the seasoned ranks stood
at attention as the primo minister OF
italy bent over and in the presence
Of the whole battalion kissed the boy
soldier on the forehead. and then
passed along.
Evening star., 1918-05-26
House for. Portable Hover.

The most satisfactory house for the
portable hover is eight feet long, six
feet wide, six feet high in front and
one hinged window in the south front
and a hinged board at the top of the
rear wall for ventilation. The floor
is built on four two-by-four inch
pieces, six feet long, spiked to the
runners.
Each one of these hover colony
houses will rear fifty chicks and the
houses should be not less than two
hundred feet apart on the range.
Evening star., 1918-05-26
Moving Chicks to Range.

Let US consider that one brood is
ready to be moved to the field. Cover
the floor of the new house with litter
and scatter some chick food in it.
Take the chicks from the brooder on
warm day and keep them confined
in the new house until the next
morning. Then stretch some wire
netting three feet high around the
front Of the house and let the chicks
out, throwing a little feed on the
ground. In three or four days the
netting can be removed and the
chicks will know their home. We
have successfully settled two thou
sand chicks in forty houses this way;
and 1t was exceptional for one chick
to roost in the wrong house. although
the houses were in the same woods.
without fences.
On the range chicks grow more rap
idly. obtain greater vitality, and make
flesh more cheaply than II they are
left to mature with the older fowls
at the poultry plant. This year, par
ticularly. we must exert every effort
to provide ourselves and others with
vigorous pullets to help replace the
focks of laying hens that were
slaughtered last year. Eggs will be
scarce this winter. Pullets will be in
the greatest demand.
Evening star., 1918-05-26
Feed for Growing Chicks.

The growing chicks require a mix
ture of dry meals kept before them
constantly. a scratching food given
water. Crit in the form Of small. snail
sharp stones or chick-size ground
oyster shells is necessary also; If the
range does not provide it. The dry
mash can be the same mixture fed
the laying hens sold under the name
Of an egg mash. A northern formula
bran. wheat middlings, corn meal,
ground oats. and meat scraps. In the
south the meat scraps can be replaced
by prime cottonseed meal, velvet bean
meal. or soy bean meal. Add to each
one hundred pounds of the mash one
half pound of fine table salt
Keep the dry mash in a hopper in
each house, or In a covered trough
outdoors near each house. This is the
real growing food. The scratching
mixture can be bought, or it can be
made at home from cracked corn,
wheat screenings. clipped oats or any
other grains at hand.
Oats for Green Feed.
While the greater portion of this
article seems to deal with the poul-
tryman who is growing from several
hundred to several thousand chicks
this year, the suggestions are Just as
pertinent to the man who grows only
a Few chicks for his own use. If you
nave not natural range and shade
for your chicks. spade up the ground
and sow oats. These will sprint in a
short time and the chicks will enjoy
them. Soak oats in water overnight,
set the pan on the stove next morn
ing and allow the oats to simmer for
half an hour. Feed the soaked oats
in the afternoon. The chicks relish
this food and there is no danger of
its being moldy.
Cut up every piece of cooked meat
and small bones left from the table
with a sharp hand ak: feed these to
the chicks whenever you can. They
supply the insects found on the range.
Feed table scraps. Give buttermilk or
sour milk curds. Keep the dry mash
before the chicks. and scatter some
grain in litter for exercise. Your
chicks will grow fast and delight you
II you have no natural shade SOW
sunfiowers or make some temporary
shelters of old boards and roofing
paper.
Evening star., 1918-05-26
HANDLING CHICKS
FOR RAPID GROWTH
Time Between Brooder and
Fattening Pen Shortened by
Adopting Proper Methods.

The two most popular methods of
brooding chicks today are by the
use of coal-burning brooder stoves
and portable hovers. The coal-burn-
ing stove in such a dependable heater
and the loss of chicks is so small that
it is destined to replace every other
system on a poultry plant rearing a
thousand or more chicks a year.
The other successful method of
brooding chicks is by the use of a
portable hover about two feet in
diameter. heated by a coal oil lamp,
placed in a small portable house. This
is the ideal way to raise from SO to
900 chicks. AS the coal-burning stove
will give the most profitable results
when not less than 300 chicks are
placed with 1t. these two methods
cover the brooding problem.
House for Brooder Stove.
The stove requires a room prefer
ably twelve feet square. 1t is placed
in about the center Of the room. and
the chicks hover around 1t. But this
room 1s too warm for the chicks
when they are scratching for grain
and exercising. SO that another room
of the same size is necessary. In this
second room, which Is without heat,
the chicks scratch and work in deep
litter for small grains, and from it
they run outdoors whenever the
weather is pleasant.
This stove-brooder house should be
placed in the center of a good natural
range for chicks. There should be
an abundance of growing vegetable
matter on which insects can be found,
and plenty of trees and natural shade
to protect the chicks from the intense
heat Of summer. These natural en-
vironments can be provided by the
poultryman by sowing rape, oats and
sunflowers or castor oil beans. II q
wooded range cannot be obtained.
Evening star., 1918-05-26

Marcia Burns Chapter, ID. A. r.. will
mark. with bronze tablet, the first
home of John p. Van Ness and his
wife. Marcia Burns. at 1902 D street
northwest. June at pm. Judge
Charles 8. Bundy will make an ad-
dress and all members of the D. A. r.
in the city are cordially invited.