davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-05
Liberty Loan Women
Have Real Experiences;
Read About Them

$50 YOU see" she said with smile
''it never docs TO get discouraged
There is nearly always some way out
sAIl.tE SUBSCRIBED.
Another day Miss s called on tho wife
of ship carpenter II was Saturday
afternoon, and the husband was AT home
but IN an adjoining room. She carefully
explained her GRAND and went into minute
details rs to the advantages of saving and
investing IN government securities. but
met only with refusal
Finally, as she was about to leave, a
voice was heard from the next room
Now, look here Sallic. il Won can pay
81 week ON that new playCr-plano YOU
ordered. ! guess YOU can do rs much for
Uncle Sam. especially when It s him that s
paying me my wages
'Sallie" subscribed forthwith
BOND nErwEEN STATIONS.
Here's how a woman commuter sold a
hord
One morning. while she was waiting
for her train. she pceped into the baggage
room and saw the man there husily on
gagged in hustllng trunks
Don't YOU want TO buy a bond
asked the fair Commutcr
The man looked surprised. hut mmc-
diately replied that he did, saving she
was the first person who had asked him.
Another time she found hcr way into
the kitchen of restaurant \ very I'M
promising field. chat hut she cultivated
II SO we'll that her crop IT bonds amounted
to $500
But the sale IN which she took most
pride Was one made in ton-muutcs
train ridc between stations. her customer
being the man seated neX' her whose
attention she was able to distract from
his newspaper long enough TO induce him
10 sign up for q thousand dollar bond
These incidents arc told not merely "a
entertain. but 10 suggest methods of
approach that might not ordinarily oc-
cur to the loan worker True il IS that
1.-TWO persons can be reached in the same
way. vet TO know how and why proves
the needed hulwark against failure
60 M IT.
One Of the Wilmington committee was
ont at Thirtloth and Market streets. sell
ing bonds. whom she met two little girls
and boy who asked what the thing On
her arm was She explained that II was
Liberty Bell, and that She was ont selling
Liberty Bonds Ia help lick Kaiser Bill
"Hurrah, thev cried Go 10 it, and
she did This encouraged her for a long
time, and helped sell more bonds
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-05
Try Potatoes in
Various Good Ways!
They Are Nourishing /!

/. on creased baking sheet Rake IL minutes
IN moderately hot oven or untIl delicate
brown Bake more SLOWLY than ordinary
whCat-flour cookies
MEAT EXTENpFRs
Here arc recipes for potato crust which
YOU can use for meat pes and such dishes
Meat used IN meat pic or meat stew with
dumplings Will serve moro people than II
would If cooked without such additions
REEF PIE NTH POTATo CRUST
Two cups -four. Z teaspoon salt. > tea
spoons baking powder a cup -four. used
10 roll ont, l-} cup milk - cup shorten
ing. I cup mashed potatoes
POTATO THISTLE
Line dish around the SIDES with
mashed potatoes prepared as Tor tho
table. then fill with minced lamb veal or
any other leftover meat. well seasoned.
and cover the top with mashed potatoes
and Crlss-croSs with a knife Put in oven
and brown
Tho meat and potatoes can b. used
from leltovers
Creamed Goldfish or crpamed smoked
fish, or for 3 change chopped dried beef
with potatoes arc old and favoritc com
binations, as Is also mixture of fish and
potatoes IN the form OF fish balls
GRAVY goes we'll with potato and such
use helps to save tat for other purpose.
30 do not lose any OF the good meat flavor
when YOU roast meat or cook II in a irving
pan. which YOU could save in the form Of
gravy: and do not forget that salt or
smoked fish can be used IN a very palat-
able way TO flavor milk gravy. and this is
fine way TO use skim milk
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-05


Two cups mashed potatoes egg
beaten, ! small onion, finely minced,
tablespoon fat, | stalk celery finely minced
or teaspoon celery salt, teaspoon salt,
pepper.
Mix the ingredients and use in place 81
ordinary bread stuflng
\ cake with one-half Of the -four ono
would ordinarily use replaced by potato
is made as follows:
CHOCOLATE POTATO CAKE
4 cup butter or other fat a cup sugar.
= cup dry reed potato, egg cup
milk, teaspoon salt, | square chocolate,
; teaspoons baking powder, 3 cup white
-four
Cream the butter. add the sugar grad
Iiallv. then the vell-beaten egg. and warm
potatoes Beat well Sift the -four. salt
and baking powder, then add to the first
mixture with sufficient milk to make 4
cake dough. Bake about 81 minutes IN a
moderate oven.
POTATO COOKIES
Two cups sIfted -four Z teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder. - cup brown
sugar, 3 tablespoons shortening. egg.
well beaten, I cup mashed potato
Cream together the butter ami sugar
To this add the weli-beaten egg and the
mashed potato free from ali Jumps
Beat until smooth, then add the twIcc-
sifted mixture Of -four salt and baking
powder. 1t will usually not be necessary
to add any liquid. Mix until dough IS
formed stiff enough TO roll
Place on Toured board. roll until about
is inch thick, cut into rounds. and place
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-05
Miss Hebb' S School


Tuesday, October I. Miss IIehbs'
school commenced its school yesr. only
10 be closed "Wednesday, because of the
Influenza, but il the WAY we settled down
TO hard work be any indication. this year
Mt Miss Hebb's is going to he the best
ever
The faculty this year has two new
teachers, Miss Mckay and Mas Packard /:
and FIVE former teachers, the Misses Hehh
are, of course there. and Miss Royer, our
French teacher, il atill here with her
alons. allons, depeches -vous; Miss
James has come back and English will
flourish ms ever, and Miss Curtis still has
the primary classea, much 20 their delight.
Tuesday morning. as early as SIS
o'clock, was the scene Of much eonfusioni
for every girl was greeted with squealr OF
delight and led bv her class TO greet the
teachers Moreover, the seventh class had
been moved down 90 the big room. Misc
Iiebb's room and. as is the custom, they
had 10 consider Themselves deeply i'm
suited. while tho older classes showed
deep disgust nj the idea Of having its
'infants' downstairs
The school is divided into four parts;
the primary classes are called the
nursery; the intermediate, the ''in-
fants;" the eighth class and the first,
second and third seniors, are the kids, "
and the fourth seniors, who are supposed
to have reached years Of discretion, are the
"Old Ladies' Home
Cries Of Hello, how are you:'' Gee,
IT feels good To he back" Where did YOU
pr this summer" Have vou seen Jimmie
Miss lamesl yrt7" Come and sec the
new teachers and many Others could be
heard everywhere, and everyone was
either talking as hard as she could, or
critically inspecting the new teachers.
who certainly passed muster
When, finally, school commenced, We
settled down to work until II o'clock,
when Mr. Isaacs spoke 20 US about the
Liberty Loan and tho present state Of the
war At 20 o'clock school closed. and il
viii remain closed until the epidemic has
abated greatly But even Il it only lasted
one DAY, il certainly gave every indication
II being the very best year ever -
General News
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-05
WHEAT SUBSTITUTES FOR BREAD
Experiments in Department of Agri-
culture Show They Contain Needed
Quantities Of Food Elements

4 study OF the chemical comp sitlon
of more than thirty breads made with
part substitutes for wheat Just reported
by the specialists of the Bureau Of Chem
istrv, United States Department Of
Agriculture, shows that many Of them
are very similar neat bread in COM
position and tina, some Of them have a
greater protein or time building value
than wheat bread The substitutes
studied include flours made from these
substances: chestnuts; cassava; ripe and
unripe bananas; peeled and unpcelcd
oasheens: dried. faxed, and boiled pota-
toes; potato starch; sweet potatoes; raw.
parched, and steamed yellow corn meal (.
raw, parched, and steamed white corn
meal; polished and brown rice; buck
wheat; rye; oatmeal; clear and patent
feterita; millet; kair; milo; kaoliang;
barley; white beans; peas; chickpeas :
peanut meal, SOY beans; bran and wheat
germ. All the breads analysed in
the investigation were made from mix
lures of 25 per cent wheat substitutes
and IS per cent of the pre-war standard
patent wheat flour
The experiments are described in
Wheat Flour Substitutes and of the Breads
Made Therefrom," recently issued by
the department Few studies Of the
composition of American breads made
with wheat -four substitutes have been
have been published and the data re-
gaTding their composition Just reported
are thought TO be of timely value TO
millers and bakers
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-05

Dig in your pockets and your old
dime bank.
And buy, buy. buyi
Think of the transport that the U-boat
sank.
You'll know the reason why
What's the use of boarding it,
You'll have IL when YOU die-So.
Dig in your pockets and Your old
dime bank,
And buy, bu6y, buy
This. without any apologies whatever
the author Of Pack up Your Troubles
was found pinned to door of the High
School one day last week, and was read
nj the meeting of the Women's Liberty
Loan meeting on Monday. II sings well,
Try If.
it's to the credit Of Mrs William u.
Reyhold of Delaware City. county
chairman for New Castle, that tho
Liberty Loan song For Your Boy and
Mine" was sung for the first time in
Delaware Mt the public school in New
Castle on Friday morning September 20
Mrs. Reybold heard the song and got
the music at the Liberty Loan con
ference in Philadelphia the day before.
and lost no time in taking II to the school
where il made hit instantly.
Miss s an L. l.. worker called ut the
home Of mother and three grown
daughters. all holding fairly remunerativc
positions in the business world Upon
her first presentation Of the matter Of
the loan, the mother assumed an air Of
surprise saving" Why, we can't he
expected to invest money; we arc all
working women You should 90 10 the
wealthy 10 sell bonds
Miss : explained that the fuuda-
mental idea Of the loan Was that every
ono should have a part in IL. each con
trihutlng as hs or her circumst anccs
might permit
We'll. our circumstances don't per
nit us 10 give ANYTHING, tho woman
reloined rather sharply
Miss :. confesses that she felt rather
non pl,ssed. but determined 10 make
one more effort But surely among the
four of YOU. YOU could contribute 81 90
/, week toward the supper; Of Your
government she answered quietly
Besides. YOU see YOU are not giving
the money; YOU will get il all back with
interest
That seemed 10 make an impression
and the woman began 10 inquire as 10
rate II interest terms Of payment, etc
Before Miss : left the house she had
q signed subscription for 500 from each
If the four women
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-05
Mistakes Mothers Make

stomach arrangement Regular feeding
NJ fixed stated hours IL the s,lrest method
for preventing crying
arANaTRINC
Don try - cure a stanmering child
hv constant correction This surely makes
hum worse The lcsq' he Is noticed the
better Measures should be taken to
strengthen his nervous system for STAN
morng il entirely an affair Of the nerves.
Plenty of sleep. and plenty Of plav in thc
open mr.. arc better for the nerves than
an drugs.
ROLLING MILK
When there are cases 81 scarlet fever
~ a nelEhborhood. II j. 4 great mistake
not to boil all milk shat comes TO the
house before use This simple precaution
has kept many q household from the IN
lection as milk is \ fertile medium for
the increase Of nearly all disease germs.
Boiling kills the germs.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-05

Plan Adopted in Waterbury. Conn.
and Elsewhere TO Find Housing for
War Workers Proves Effective.

One method oi solving housing proh-
lens IN industrial centerT TO which war
work has brought large numbers of new
EMPLOYEES has been developed in the
"rent-a room" campaigns conducted IN
certain Connecticut cities
Waterbury, for example. was divided
into St. districts and slbcommittees were
assigned to canvass these districts and
report daily the number ct rooms vacant
or available for tho purposes Of tho cam
paien Information Was obtained regarding
the number 81 furnished and unoccupied
rooms IN each district. tcnements
houses or living quarters of any kind
The CIT, $ manufacturers Cn-opeTatcd
IN tho work by hiring investigators to
determine tho character Of tho persons
offering rooms. tho class ot rooms and
other information Reports were card
ndeypd and filed with the | nitcd States
Employment Service Office Factories
where workers must he provided with
rooms notify this office and list Of rooms
is forwarded
bridgeport also had similar canvass
some time ego. and Il IS planned 10 con
tinuc the process wherever congestion
makes II necessary.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-05
GROWING Up WITH THE CHILDREN

In true home there must he anon.
and the bond of that union is love love
in lis highest most spiritual most al
trnstIc form inspiring high thinking.
right living. true religion
The child born into the atmosphere Of
harmony unconscIously feels himself one
Of tho notes tina, make that harmony
Tho sweetness. the restfuInees. and the
strength Of II touch HIM in the tender
wears 50 open 10 impression " hen this
IS the case the child becomes 10 the
parents friend besides son or daughter,
and an additional link in the Relationship
IS forged 50 that when the grown child
passes OUT OF the home il viii be doublv
held by sweet memories. instead 0f glad
10 throw off arbitrary or weak control
TO grow up with ones children is an
art worth clJtlvating Soon the months
and the years Of training-tlme will have
Vanished away, and the ncstlings be
ready 70 futteL- out Of the nest An, the
sorrow, then, Of the parent who is out of
touch with boy or girl, stranger to his or
her lnnerGnost nature. or even antagonist
&c In matters Of supreme import
AMY Barnard
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-05
PROGRAM FOR OCTOBER.
Washington Heights Century Club Plans
Mauv Events

Tuesday. Oct s. p M. Regular
meeting Of the board Of directors Mrs
Harry Rat'v. $500 Van Burcn street
Monday. oct II 5 p m, No 80
school Mrs. T. G. du Pont will talk on
war work Of the \ W { 4 in France
Solos by Mrs Newton Henderson and
Frank Ford Palmer Friends of the club
are invited
Monday. Oct o. p m. Current
Events Class Mrs Harry ellis. 200
West Eighteenth street
Monday Oct IS 5 p. m No 80
school Regular business meeting. re-
ports Of officers and chairmen report OF
delegates from the Delaware State Fedora
ton held at Rehohotb. June p and n
On Monday last the Current Events
Class met at the home of Mrs Harvey
l. Booker, 707 West Tweuty-sixth street
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-05
RED CROSS WORKERS.
Urgent Call From the Red Cross for
Canteen and Hospital Hut Workers
in France

Urgent Call From the Red Cross for
Canteen and Hospital Hut Workers
in France.
A cable received from The foreign com
mission ni The American Rcd Cross asks
Tor two thousand women for can'een and
hospital hat service 70 be aent over during
the next six weeks Of this number. tho
pennsylvsnia-Delaw division must glJ-
ply ono hundred and eighty
JD order 10 render thr most efficient
service 70 troops IN cantceus and he
pital huts abroad these women should
be strong. cheerful. good docking. enrr-
ge'ic and tyyicalv American
Women who arc good workers" ard
have social gift" arc particular
valuable for this work music, ability to
read aloud well. and 20 organize enter
tainrnents arc important assets Ihr
knowledge q French Is useful hu' mo-
essential Ahli'y io do good team wori
with the other wome n IN charge u thr
hut IS essential Candi dates must ~ W
tween The ages IF - and -
Volunteers who viii pav heir ovn
penecs arc preferred for this sorvirc. bu'
good candidates viii tc accepted vhn
arc willing ~ serve for equipment tran
porta'inn and G00 francs prr month "a
being understood hat an eqiii'ablo rr
duction ulll bc made whrn ~ m ports II
quarters and gus'ruqnco arr furnished
Each volunteer rnus. Gli ont an appl
cation blank and Srruro th-c0 letters NJ
recommendation Fnc blanks uq.. g~
obtained from The secret ar, nl the Rcd
Gross Miss I|is7ell ! 90 frarkhn street
and when 6lled mt should bc returned ip
her with ~ 'hree letters
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-05
EVERY MORNING.
\ Little Crystal of Thought for Every
DAY in the " eek.

SUNDAY
. strengthen me. nat while stand
Firm in the rock and strong in Thee.
| may stretch out loving hand
To wrcstlers with the troubled sea
MONDAY.
cur lives are albums written through
With good or Ill with false or true,
And as the blessed angels turn
The pages of our years,
God grant they read the good with smiles.
.tnd blot the Ill with tears.
TUESDAY.
The bltterest tears >ned over graves are
for words left uusaid and deeds left un-
done
WEDNESDAY.
Gratefully take what life ofIereth.
Looking to Heaven, nor seeking reward
50 shalt thou find come life. come death.
Earth and the sky are in sweet accord
THURSDAY.
Some OF the charity that begins at
home seems to be too weak to travel
FRIDAY
For every evil under the sun
There ? remedy. or there's none
II there IS one. try TO find It,
If there isn't, never mind IT,
sATURDAl
Even If VIC cannot do great things. we
can try To do small things u great way.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-05
WAR TROPHIE :.

Two interesting war trophies arc dis
played 4, Mrs \ Rothchild's Liberty
Bond booth. outside the Majestic
Theatre. One " Il french flag taken by
the Huns ana then rctaken by the French.
Everybody who sees it SAYS, "Hurrahr'
And there Is a German helmet captured
by American troops
Both Of these were sent over by Hugh
Garter, reglmentai sergeant, Company L,
l03d Engineers, who is brother of
Airs Harry ~ well one of the workers
al tile booth
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-05
DIOCESAN AUXILIARY
MEETING POSTPONED

On account Of the "fu" epidemic, the
meeting Of the Woman's Auxiliary TO
have been held at Dover on Wednesday,
has been postponed.
The president. Mrs. Frederick Bring
hurst urges members to purchase Liberty
Bonds for the Bishop Lee Scholarship
endowment fund This matter was 10
have been brought out prominently at
the meeting, but, owing TO the post
ponement the plea for Liberty Bonds Is
made nnhlicLN
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-05

tre the women discouraged
They ore not
They can sell Liberty Bonds by
telephone
They can stop everybody on tho
street VINO does not wear a button,
and ask them 20 buy a bond.
They can ash every body today 10
buy an extra bond IN honor ri the
women IN war work
They can sell at the street booths.
They arc all every Liberty Loan
worker gong 90 march III he
parade on October { >. 20 show hcIr
LOYALTY 10 the Liberty Bond.
++t+S+- +s~++ p -. - -+.- - 4--~.--~
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-05
AFTER A COLD.

If Won are deaf after 4 cnld irv this
plan Get tho smallest camel HAIR brush
YOU can buy. Dip IN tinctlIre ~ iodine. md
with this, paint quite small spot about
a. big as . pea night and morning, close
behind the lower part If fhr car n "a
wonderful how this sometimes clears
avn The deafness
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-05
JAPAN HAS GIRL SEA CAPTAIN

A young japanese girl has obtained
a license rs aea captain Her name is
fatzu Imamizo, and she received her
training from her father, with whom
she sailed the inland sea When she APP
piled for license the authorities hes
itated Tor she was the first woman who
had ever sought recognition as a skipper
As there was no provision permitting
discrimination on the account of sex,
the license was issued.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-05
EXCEPTION.

Christian Scientist: Nothing j. ever
lost Everything III the universe is ia its
right place at the right time,
Man from Missouri Have Won never
been seaslck. Life.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-05
Girls Friendly Not 10 Meet.

Because Of the orders Of The Board of
Health. the meeting Of the Girls Friendly
Society Of = Andrew Church, scheduled
for tonight, viii moi be held.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-05

Lawyer Have YOU ever been III iail?
Witness. Yes, sir once
LAWYER ltriuInphantlyl: All For how
long,
Mitfcss Long enough 10 whltewash a
cell which was to be occupied by a
lawyer who cheated one Of his clients
Literary Digest.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-05
Mostly About People -

but Il bad 20 be sight only, because the
law was oH for hunting
r. Allen Hiles and Mrs s " Shear
man and Miss Margaret ~. Sherman
have returned from their summer home
AZ Lake Siinapee. y ~
Mrs John Spoonrr and her two child
ren are here from East Aurora, n. >,
visiting Mr. end Mrs. Alfred - Poole
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-05

Save the crumb
And YOU save the loaf
Save the loaf
And YOU save the wheat
Save the wheat
And YOU save the ships.
Save the ships
And YOU save the men.
Save the men
On land and sea, and thus you
Save your country
Lost something? Try q classified adver-
tisemcnt IN Every Evening Adv
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-05
THE RHYME OF THE LOAF.

School children in some parts Of Eng
land are being taught the following rhyme
on the model Of The House that Jack
Built
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-05
LIBERTY LOAN

........i....::t...t....t...............:... !.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-05

The ID A. r. motor ambulance Is
proving II great service these DAYS. when
Il il beng used constantly for epidemic
patients. and It quite warns the hearts
~ every Daughter when she sees
the need It IS filling
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-05

Major Reginald < iimdckoper ~
Washington, ID G.. has sailed for France.
and Mrs Htidekoper Will come 70 VIII
mington, later. TO spend the winter with
her mother. Mrs b g du Point
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-02
EVEN SUNNY FRANCE
FAILS TO GIVE ALEX
PRICED NO-HT GAME
TtUirIs against Team of Stars, but With Tuo Doun in
Ninth Some Soldier Pulled a "Butler" and Dropped
Great Pitcher Out of Hall of Fame
By ROBERT W. MAXWELL

IF THERE is such a thing as a jix, Grover Cleveland Alexander has
which follows him all yer the world. 1t has stuck closer than a
Liberty Loan agent while he was cavortng on the diamond in these
United States, and afterward braved the pTns of the salty ocean. arnv-
ing safely in France. Alex can't get rid of his pet hoodoo. And thereby
hangs a tale.
alone when it comes to firing hasebaus at opposing batsmen He vr-
tuany o the pennant for the Phlnes in 1915 and kept the club up in
the race three other seasons Thirty victories a year was an easy job
for n big boy, and every N admitted he was the nos valuable man a
ball club could have on its payroll. Charley Weeghman thought SO when
he dshed out 10000 for his services and a him pitch two games But
to get back to that jnX stun.
Alex never las horned INTO the hail Of fame with a no hit game. No
matter how hard he tries some one always puts the parade out OF step
in the final frame and at explosion results. Time and again he has
missed it by n hit, which proves he is a II unluckv guy in that respect
W. have seen him work his head Off to get by with a clean slate, hut a
couple of badly pitched balls always spoiled a perfect afternoon.
NIHEN yu come to Hink Of il. Ahraudcr must hare mad some
w tough breaks. for poorer tchcrS than ne hare Hdd opponents
htteSs and rUnbYs rhhoVt any trouble