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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-28
Church Membership IN the
United States Shows Large
Increase in Ten Years

During the ten-year period ending
December 81, 1915. the total church
membership In the United States in
creased from 35,O6SO58 to 42.O44,374.
or 1919 per cent; the number Of
churches from 212,230 to 22SO07, or
IA per cent; the number of ministers
from 1915 to 191,722, or 1873 per
cent; the number of Sunday school
scholars from 15,337,S11 to 20,569,8 1871,
or 78 per cent, and the number Of
Sunday school officers and teachers
from 1.746,O74 to 2O49, 293, or 17.4 per
cent.
These data, developed by the census
bureaus recent inquiry relating to re-
ligious bodies, are contained In a state
ment compiled under the supervision
Of William c. Hunt, chief statistician
for population.
The number Of denominations COW
cred was POI, an increase of IS over
the number reported for 1906. This in
crease Is the net result of the CONSOLE
dalton or dropping out Of 16 small de-
nominations and the addition of 20
small denominations, comprising some
in existence in 1905, but not then
brought to light, and others resulting
from consolidation of formerly indie
pendent churches.
OF the 42,O44,374 church members re
ported, 15,742,262 or 37.4 per cent,
were Roman Catholics; 25O,340, or six
tenths Of 1 per cent, were adherents Of
the eastern orthodox churches (mainly
Greek and Russian), 359,99S, or nine
tenths of per cent. were members Of
Jewish congregations.
The remainder, 25,691,774, or Gil
per cent, comprised the membership
Of the various Protestant churches, to-
gether with that of few bodies, such
as the Latter Day Saints, the Spirit
ualists and others not usually consid-
cred as belonging to any of the groups
named.
In comparing the figures given
should be borne In mind that the RO
man Catholic and eastern orthodox
churches include in their membership
all children who have been baptized,
whereas the Protestant churches do
not, as a rule, receive young children
as members, and that in the case Of
some of the more orthodox Jewish Or
CARNATIONS only the male incorpora-
tors or those who have bought shares
or memberships are treated as mem
bers.
The foregoing percentages, there
fore, overstate the relative strength Of
the Roman Catholic and eastern Or
thodox churches and understate that
of the Jews.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-28


View Right Shows Complete Refrigerator
made Put
1t three
and
enveop
bottom should
the These strips
wicks that dip into the
refrigerator of
desired the
height Of the refrigerator be increased
quantities be kept 1t
and another
and nothing operate it. The
The should be kept
capillary attraction through the
takes heat taken
refrigerator thereby lowering the of the
dampened by dipping it. The greater
which
shady strong breeze and
reduced Under ideal cond
reduced SO
full Of moisture the refrigerator will not work as
evaporation VIII nnd It's
covering by capillary attrac
ton when becomes drier
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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-28
Alien Property Custodian
Is Title of New Official
Created Since War Began

"AIfen property custodian" Is the IT,
tie Of new official created by an act
Of congress Of October 6, 1917, known
as the ''trading with the enemy act"
1t relates to the handling and dispO-
sition Of productive properties In the
country previously owned and oper~
ated by companies or corporations OF
a country now at war with the United
States. In effect. 1t conflscates such
properties, temporarily. leaving their
final disposition for future settlement
Section 6 Of the act says:
"That the president Is author
lied to appoint, prescribe the duties OF
and fix the salary (not to exceed
5000 per annum) OF an official to be
known as the alien property custO-
dian, who shall be empowered to re-
ceive all money and property in the
United States due or belonging to an
enemy, or ally Of an enemy, which may
be paid, conveyed, transferred, assign
ed or delivered to said custodian I'M
der the provisions of this act, and to
hold, administer and account for the
same under the general direction OF
the president and so provided in this
act"
Every corporation Incorporated
within the United States, and every
unincorporated company doing busf-
ness here which issues stock certffl-
Gates Is required to send the alien
property custodian list Of ITS officers
or stockholders residing In a country
with which we are at war, together
with the amount Of stock owned by
such person. The anen property GUS
todiau is vested with all the powers
Of a common law trustee In respect
Of all property which shall come into
his possession In pursuance of the pro-
visions Of the act, and may manage
such property and do anything In re-
spect thereof necessary to its control
and operation during the war, it's ultf-
mate disposition to be settled after
ward. There is reason to believe that
personal representatives Of the Ger
man government, perhaps even the
kaiser himself, have become stock
holders In certain business concerns
in this country and the fallen property
custodian" has declared his intention
to root them out.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-28
f1one-Made Iceless Refrigerators
reed Can Be Kept Cool in This Inexpensive and
Easily Constructed Convenience

I ce 70 not obtainabe icees refrigerator homemade will be
keeper Maintaining low temperature through
according
the celess refrigerator will keep meats
vegetables period
can also for drinking water This is the
wooden AZ by 10
Win preferably usess which little
ordinary closely,
me wooden latch The bottom
Dun the wire Adjustable shelves
galvanized metal
Vuy shown In the Illustration
o the shelves side
intervals bradaking IA by 6 inches placed
anu me frame in Is inch pan.
All
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-28
WITH THE
POULTRY GROWERS

The poultry department of the New
Jersey agricultural experiment sta
tion advises that careful attention be
given to preparing the laying houses
for the pullets. Before placing them
In their permanent quarters, the house
should be thoroughly cleaned and dis
infected, as a precaution against dis
ease.
As crowding lowers the vitality,
each bird should be allowed at least
four square feet of floor space. See
that ali drinking fountains, feed hop
pers and other fixtures are raised on
the floor.
Ventilation should be secured BY
means or muslin-curtain window IN
the front Of the house. Keep this open
at ali times. except In very stormy
weather and during severe cold spells.
Provision should be made for the larg.
est amount of sunlight possible In the
house, as tlais Is one Of the best means
of preventing disease. Windows should
be 50 constructed that the sun can
touch every part Of the hoor some
time during the day.
1t IL essential that the house be
kept dry. See that there are no places
In the roof or sides where rain can
beat In. Also, II Is, desirable to have
a concrete floor, laid on bed Of 10
to II inches OF cinders. A dust box.
3 by feet and III feet deep, contain
ing fine dust. should be placed In
each house. In short. for the best re-
suits everything should be done to
give the birds the best housing condi-
lions possible.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-28
"Doughboys" Are American
Soldiers, Despite Position
They May Hold in the Army

"a 'doughboy,,'" says Stars and
Stripes, official paper Of the A. e. f..
sis an American soldier, any Ameri-
can soldier, infantryman, artilleryman.
medical department, signal corps
sharps, officers and men alike, all are
called doughboys. Our cartoonist Is
one, so Is General Pershing."
The term "doughboys" dates back
to the. Civil war when army wit was
aroused by large ,globular brass but
tons on infantry uniforms. Somebody
Che must have been q sailor) dubbed
the buttons "doughboys" because they
reminded him Of the boiled dumplings
Of raised dough served In ships messes
and known to all sailors as doughboys.
Originally II referred only to an en-.
listed infantryman, but the A. 4. #.
applies Il to all branches and all
grades Of the service.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-28
"Autochir," Name for a Truck
Train Carrying Special Loads

The word "autochir" has been In
vented by Americans in France 10 de-
scribe truck train carrying special
type Of load toward the front. The
first syllable Of the word Is easy
enough to understand; the second Ii
from the word "chirurgical," the old
way Of spelling surgical The Red
Cross motortruck trains, which have
been given the name, carry a complete
tent hospital Of 200 beds. One Of the
trucks transports an operating room
and another sterilizing room. The
other trucks. Of which there are usual
ly Is, carry double tenting, sturdy
framework, floors in sections, window
frames, heating stoves and full equips
ment for diet kitchens.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-28
American Red Cross Gives
Every Soldier Comfort Kit.

Every American soldier now enter
Ing the trenches carries an American
Red Cross comfort kit, containing
towel. shirt. writing paper, pencil.
soap. handkerchief, socks, mirror and
tobacco. The number Of kits cannot
be stated but the fact that every soldier
has one means that the work done by
the American women Is big comfort
to the soldiers now on the firing line.
This fact should be solace to Ameri-
can women who have made them as
well as TO the soldiers. This statement
is made on the authority Of Maj. James
81. Perkins, American Red Cross COM
missioner to Europe. It is added that
more socks and tobacco are needed.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-28
Goats Milk Popular.

Canned goats milk is finding an in
creasing market all over the world,
and is said to be a profitable industry.
In the course Of the year the goat will
produce IL times its weight, but the
goat is not so reliable as an all-year-
round source Of supply. Goats milk is
very rich, and is in demand as food
for invalids and many children, and
the goat is said to be further free from
tuberculosis.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-28
Short and Snappy.

Any man can take himself Sc
riously, but success is getting
others to take him that way.
It's hard to convince a lazy
man that the sunrise is a sight
worth getting up to see.
Just bear in mind that when
your conversation Is worth lis
tening to you will always have
an audience.
The man who can't see that by
sticking to his lathe and turning
out as many pieces Of needed
machinery as possible he Is help
ing the soldiers overseas to win
the war. has mighty little i'm
aginati0n.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-28
Missouri Hoe Cake.

Put through a sieve two cupfuls Of
cornmeal, and a half teaspoonful
each of baking powder and salt. Add
one tablespoonful Of melted fat and
stir in water to make a soft dough.
Make into small cakes a half inch
thick and bake on hot creased grid
die until well Drowned on both sides.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-28
Population Center Changes.

When the census was taken In 1910
the center Of population was in the
city of Bloomington, Ind. When the
first census was taken in 1870 the cen
ter Of population was % miles east of
Baltimore, Md.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-28
interesting Facts.

Paper matches are built into
a new paper box for cigarettes.
By moving a single lever q
new automobile body Is convert
ed into an open car or a two
seated vehicle.
An electric heater has been
invented to prevent moisture col
lecting on an automobile wind
shield. @
Eight Of the olive trees In the
historic Garden OF Olives In Je-
rusalem are more than one thou
sand years old.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-28
SUMMER SMILES

SiIeneine q Bore.

siIeneine q Bore.
He was boring the fair young thing
to tears.
"It costs great deal more than one
would think to become broad-mfnded
and intelligent man of the world" he
remarked.
The young thing saw her opportu~
nifty and took 1t. :,
IT suppose So" she said, "and I
don't blame you for saving your
money"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-28


read up on az.
riculture."
"Yep," replied
Farmer COrntoS-
sci. II expect to
make enough on
the farm this year
to buy books to
teach me how to
run It"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-28
Barley PopoVers.

Beat two eggs, one cupful Of barley
-four, one teaspoonful Of sugar, half
a teaspoonful Of salt and one cupful
Of milk; use Dover egg beaten and
beat until smooth. Bake about 40
minutes in a hot, well.greased iron
pan. One-fourth Of cupful Of rice
-four may replace half cupfnl Of
barley -four, improving the recipe
some.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-28
Frank Schultz Comes Back
After He Was Counted Down
X and Out as q Ball PLAYER

Some BAH players are often count
ed as down and out, but refuse to quit.
Frank Schultz is one of these. He
was regarded as has-been in the Ma
tional league and was finally cast
adrift. He declined to go to the mi
nors and sought position in the
American league. Clark Griffith Of
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-28

Washington picked him up and is not
sorry for it, as Schultz has been hit
ting better for the Senators than he
did in the National league for several
seasons. He has proved a valuable
man In the pinches and has made it
possible for Griffith's club to win many
games with his long drives. Reports
have it that he is also playing splen-
didly in the outfeld.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-28
Mothers Cook Book

The surest road to health, say what they
will.
Is never to suppose we shall be Ill;
Most Of these evils we poor mortals know.
From doctors and Imagination grow.
Churchill.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-28
NuM M4kasao
Fastest Battle Cruiser.

The largest and fastest battle cruis
er In the world Is being built by the
United States. 1t win have 10000
horse power and speed of IS knots
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-28
Quite Natural,

Quite Natural.
"Jones. made a very lame speech
on the subject under discussion
mo wonder, when his argument
hadn't leg to stand on"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-28

After sterilizing remove the filed
containers. Seal jars; invert to cool
and test the joints. Wrap in paper
to prevent bleaching and store in
dry, cool place. If tin cans are used
1t will be found advantageous to
plunge them into cold water immedi-
ltely after sterilization to cool them
quickly.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-28
Somewhere.

SOmeWHeFe.
Mrs. Flatbush-So your husband 10
Somewhere in Francer'
Mrs. Bensonhurst-So / believe.
Mrs. Flatbush-But don't you know
where?
Mrs. Bensonhurst-No.
Mrs. Flatbush-Don't you feel some.
what concerned?
Mr.. Bensonhurst-Why, no. When
he was here I knew he was some
where in America, but half of the time
didn't know where.-Yonkers States
man..
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-28
Cheese and Rice souffIe.


Put one and one-half cupfnls Of
American cheese through the food
chopper, stir into 1t one and one-half
cupfuls of white sauce, season highly
with paprikaw and when the cheese
is melted 80 one and one-half cup
fuls OF 5oked rice and the beaten
yolks OF three eggs. Fold In the
whites Of the eggs and turn into a
well-greased baking dish, set in hot
water and bake half an hour In a
moderate oven.
=
Liberty Ice Cream.
Add one and one-half cupfuls OF
evaporated milk to one cupful Of wa.
ter and two cupfuls of milk. then scald
Add one cupfu1 Of honey and
cool. When cool add one cupful Of
crushed raspberries and teaspoonful
Of lemon extract. Freeze as usual.
Can apples, apple juice and other
fruit juice without sugar. In the win
ter the apple Juice may be heated and
sweetened, and 1t will be as good as
If sweetened when put up. This takes
no sugar now when It is scarce. A jar
Of fruit, perfectly sterile, will keeE
fully az well unsweetened.
Dry corn. This Is difficult to keep
when canned, but 1t dries easily and
keeps its favor. Cook Ave minutes
Just long enough to set the milk. Cut
and dry as quickly as possible.
Dampen the brush of the carpet
sweeper before using; It WIN then take
up all lint with the dust.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-28

Where He Left Oft.
"Dustin Stax must have been mighty
smart to earn such vast fortune"
"Yes," commented the expert ac-
countant blandly; 'but not smart
enough to figure out his own income
tax"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-28
How to Can
Without Sugar
Fruits VIII Keep Pesfectly Whea
Properly Canned IN Water

keep canning, sugar or no sugar."
throughout the country this fall. If
you can't get enough sugar for home
canning put up your fruit without it,
advises the United States department
of agriculture. The products will
keep perfectly until a time when
more sugar is available or until a
sugar substitute program has been
worked out. Fruits put up In this
way are excellent for pie-flling and
salads and may be used in desserts,
buildings, ices and punches
In canning fruit without sugar, can
the product the day it is picked. Gull,
stem. seed, and clean fruit by plac-
Ing In strainer and pouring cold wa
ter over 1t. Pack the product care
fully In hot glass Jars or tin cans
until full. Use q tablespoon. wood
en- ladle, or table knife for packing
purposes. Pour boiling hot water
over the product in the hot Jar. Place
rubbers and caps in position, not tight.
If using tin cans, seal completely.
Place in the sterilizer vat, or Gamer,
and sterilize for the length Of time
given below according to the particu-
lar type Of outfit used:
Minutes.
Hot water bath, homemade or COM
mercial Observation-Disclosures. ~
Water seal. PA degrees. 20
pounds steam pressure. IL
10 pounds steam pressure. 10
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-09-28
Where He Got on.

"That actor Is
very pompous. He
says he has ar
rived"
"He has" re-
piled the mana
ger 'sThis Is
where he gets
off,"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-10-18
LINGERIE TO BE ADORNED
"Frillery" Must Be ornamented With
Hand Painting, Is Coming
Edict of Fashion.

Wen, girls, you will soon be wear
Ing your own art gallery. Painted
lingerie is coming, and who knows but
what you will have birtlseye view Of
the Steel city, with It's mills in full
blast, running around the bottom of
your skirt? For it is said that lin
gerie that once screamed will make its
painted approach much more noise
lessly and without Ostentation, but
with force. Oil paintings done to suit
individual taste ON the lingerie are
among the fall announcements. Each
place is to follow q master design, and
sets will have their day in court. Thus,
a mosquito-net dress will put a spider
web stocking most eminently in the
shade, If not entirely out of business,
and whole flock of vistns opens up
before those of us who have eyes with
limitless possibilities as to scenic eff
fects, with startling backgrounds and
atmospheric tOnalities. washington
Crossing the Delaware" "Joan of Arc
Listening to the Voices" "The Battle
of Waterloo" and examples of the
shOt-to-pieceS school may all be har-
messed to the new fad. The artistic
temperament may now take on a new
lease of life, in spite Of the agitation
in favor of tax on art ranging up to
20 per cent. 1t may mount upon eagles
wings. 1t may run without WEAKNESS.
1t may-but what's the use? The new
fad is positive boon to struggling
artists from Maine to California, whose
productions have, since the war, had
to confront not only sluggish, but a
positively dead market. Let us all
rise in our places and give three rous-
ing cheers for the application of
painting to lingerie-New York Times.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-10-18
Typewriter SIGNATURES.

In these days of typewriter letters
and equally typewriter official docu-
ments the writing by hand is becoming
lost art.
Average Of time for reading letters
is two minutes for the body of the let
ter and anywhere from fifteen minutes
to two hours trying to figure out who
made the hleroglyphics that stand for
q signature.
In these days of economy it seems
wicked to waste so much time. Let
the stenographer type the signature in
full at the end of the letter, leaving a
space below in which the author may
satisfy his taste for cubist or futurist
art.
Every man, even a lawyer or a SOL
der, has right to sign his name as
he pleases. But the man who writes a
signature which none can copy-or
read-should at least furnish his
friends with key to the code he uses.
Business colleges please copy.-To-
ronto Telegram.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-10-18
LINKS ITALY AND AMERICA
Newly Installed Wireless TeIegraphy
Plant Is the Most Powerful That
Has Yet Been Built.

The announcement that Italy and
the United States have recently been
connected by wireless telegraphy de-
serves more notice than it has re-
ceived. This achievement probably
makes q back number of the great
wireless station at Nauen, near Ber-
lin, which has been so useful to Ger
many and which, when the war broke
out, claimed to be the most powerful
in the world, with an effective range
of between 5000 and 5000 miles. From
the nearest point in Italy to the
United States transatlantic station at
Arlington, near Washington, is not
less than 6,2O0 miles, and TO send an
Ineligible message across that dis
lance might be more than even
Nauen could accomplish. Owing to
the hostility between the ether waves
which carry wireless messages and
sunshine, it is always easier to send
messages long distances in northerly
ATTITUDES than in those more South,
and the power required to cover a
ness to the equator. The wireless
route between Rome and Arlington is
for a good part of the way at least 800
miles nearer the equator than that
between Nauen and the United States.
which fact considerably adds to the
achievement of the Italian and Ameri-
can experts.-LOndon Chronicle.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-10-18
Women as AViators,

"Out of a thousand women who
want to fly" says G. G. Gray, Lon
don aviation expert, "you might find
one who has the right kind of nerve
for flying. A great many women
learned to fly before the war, but I
never came across more than one
who could really fly. She was very
exceptional woman altogether. Tn the
United States Ruth Law was the first
woman to fly from Chicago to New
York. She came of an acrobatic fam
lily. Katherine Stinson, another Amer
lean girl, nearly completed the same
feat recently. But for one woman of
this type you have thousands hysteri-
cally anxious to fly, and they would
only break their necks as well as gov
eminent property and be a general
nuisance"