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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-09-04
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A few bread crumbs added to scram-
bled eggs improve them.
Add n pinch OF salt to eggs when
whipping. 1t will hasten the process
After cleaning the brass bed thor
oughly so over It well with n soft cloth
slightly moistened with sweet oil,
If the dishes are very greasy add q
few drops Of ammonia to the dish wa
ter This will be found more satisfac.
tory than soda or soap powder.
II Is we'll to remember that one cup
Of sugar will sweeten one quart of any
mixture that is to be served cold or
frozen.
The failure TO employ modern meth
DDS of tightening labor In the house Is
a great hardship to many farm as well
as city homes.
If the marketman has given you
beans or peas that are old, add a little
baking soda to the wnter IN cooking
Care must be taken not to use too
much, as that win Impair the flavor.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-09-04

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
In a shopping trip a woman found
two blouses with the same price at
tached to each One was trimmed
with quantities Of fairly goOd-loOking
but rather cheap, conspicuous lace,
and the other was plainly made,
trimmed only by the hemstitching on
the collar and cuffs. Unable to decide
between them she bought them both,
and was taught lesson worth any
womans time to learn.
Coarse and Cheap.
She wore the lace-trimmed one to a
picnic one day and had the compla-
cent feeling which comes to woman
when she is wearing -lothes which she
thinks are becoming, She was aware
that it was conspicuous, but she was
sure that all the women were envious
Of her appearance. However, when IT
was washed the first time the lace
tore in several places and 1t took half
of valuable hour to repair it. The
material had lost its new stiffness and
appeared rather coarse and cheap.
When she wore IL the next time she
was not happy over its effect, for it
looked cheap and in poor taste, even
to her.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-09-04
Will Go Back to Work In France.


If Charles w. Bradlee, Jr.. former
ly teacher Of manual arts in Worces-
ter academy. Worcester. Mass, hadn't
been an obliging sort of gentleman, he
wouldn't be carrying n shell splinter
today under his right cheekbone, so
cunningly lodged there that physicians
hesitate to operate for fear of his face
becoming paralyzed.
While a worker with the Foyer du
Soldat in France, Bradlee consented
August Z to replace another worker on
the front line at Lhery. The other well
fare man was away on leave so Brad
lee, with his knapsack filled with Y.
NJ c. A. supplies went up near the
front line. At that time a jagged scar
caused by a shell splinter was heal
ing on his forehead. He had been
working only a short period at Lhery
when a Hun shell burst and he was
given another memento of service. This
time the silver of q flying shell lodged
In his cheek.
Bradlee learned to love the French
and will return to Flanders to work
among them in the devastated sections
as a member of the international COM
mittee of the Y. NJ. c. A. He said that
he feels he will be able to aid perma-
nently wounded men in learning new
occupations.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-09-04
MAKE MONDAY MEAN MUTTON
Use of Sheep Meat One Day a Week
Should Appeal Especially to
Small Families.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
The average housewife would be
surprised to learn that in a year she
buys for every person in the house
hold only about five pounds of mutton
or lamb, as compared with about II
pounds of pork and 81 pounds of beef,
If all American families used sheep
meat one day a week In the average
daily amount of other meats that
would mean more than 20 pounds Of
mutton and lamb annually per capita,
or four times Its present consump-
ton.
More than that, the head of the fam
lily, who pays the bills, would no doubt
encourage purchasing mutton and
lamb In larger cuts, instead Of mere
ly few chops at time, If he were
made to realize the greater economy
and the greater encouragement to pro-
duction. In that connection a shout.
der Of mutton or leg Of lamb, be-
ing smaller than the average beef
joint, should appeal especially to
small families.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-09-04
Swift Handling of Troops.

The Canadian national railways re-
Gently broke a speed record in the
transportation of troops from one
ship. The troopship Olympic locked
mt six o'clock in the evening, with 1900
returned soldiers aboard. Eleven spe-
cial trains were made up TO take the
soldiers to rehabilitation points in
land. The first of these specials got
under way at 7 :45 o'clock. The other
trains followed at average intervals of
10 minutes. Within three hours all
the soldiers were on their way for the
interior. The troops averaged 445 men
TO a train and 1t took $50 cars to han
die them.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-09-04
THEIR GREAT MOMENT GONE
Writer Has Little Expectation of Gre
atiVe Ability 6sing Displayed by
Returned Soldiers.

The spiritual point is this. writes
John Galsworthy In Scribner's. In
front Of man in ordinary civilized ex-
istence there hovers ever that moment
in the future when he expects to prove
himself more of a man than he has YET
proved himself. For these soldiers OF
the great carnage the moment OF pro-
baton is already in the past. They
have proved themselves as they VIII
ne'1r have the chance to do again, ana
secretly they know 1t. One talks or
their powers of heroism and sacrifice
being wanted just as much in time of
peace, but that cannot really be so,
because peace times do not demand
mems lives-which is the ultimate test
with every minute that passes. No,
the great moment of their existence
lies behind Them, young though so
many of them are. This makes them
at once greater than us, yet i a way
smaller, because they have lost the
power and hope of expansion. They
have lived their masterpiece already.
Human nature is elastic and hope
springs eternal, but a climax of ex-
perience and sensation cannot be re
peated; think these have reached
and passed the uttermost climax, and
in Europe they number millions.
This is a veritable portent, and am
glad that in America you will not have
1t to any great extent.
Now how does this affect tie futureF
Roughly speaking 1t must, | think,
have a diminishing effect on what
may call loosely-creative ability.
People have often said to me: I'VE
shall have great writings and paintings
from these young men when tEey come
back" We shall certainly have
poignant expression of their expert
ences and sufferlngs, and the best
books and paintings of the war itself
are probably yet to come. But, taking
the long view, I do not believe we
shall have from them, in the end, as
much creative art and literature as we
should have had If they had not been
through the war.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-09-04
China's Trade GROWING.

The expectation of vegetable oils
long used in China as cheap and sat
isfactory substitute for meat fats has
become a great industry. The export
of eggs is opening a new market to the
farmer and householder. Nearly $751;
100000 (gold) worth of fresh, frozen
and preserved eggs found their way
last year from the farms and villages
of China to the bakeries and homes of
the United States and Europe. In
spite of inadequate shipping facilities,
high freights, internal dissension, mill
tary restrictions and unfavorable ex-
change, China's foreign trade in 1917
was the highest on record, reaching n
total value of more than S1,0OO0OO,OO0
gold
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-09-04
Energy From Common Powder.

Common black sporting powder is
source of momentary energy in some
railway machine shops and is used for
such purposes as loosenlng nuts and
bolts, breaking up scrap iron and steel.
forcing a rusted locomotive piston, and
breaking metal cooled in furnace. II
Il employed In steel guns to u inches
long and of proportionate diameter.
The powder is held by plunger with.
out wad. and 1t is fired with the
mouth OF the gun about an inch from
the work. An ounce charge is the
average required for an ordinary loco
motive nut or bolt.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-09-04
FOODS BEST ADAPTED
TO FIRELESS COOKER
intelligence Necessary to Obtain
Best Results.
Pies Cannot Be Baked Successfully In
Ordinary Device-CereaIs, Soups,
Meats, Steamed Breads and
Puddings Favored.

tPrepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
Obviously the flreless cooker must
be used with intelligence to obtain the
best results. 1t Is best suited to those
foods which require boiling, steamng,
or long, slow cooking in moist heat.
Foods cannot be fried in it, pies can
not be baked successfully in the Ordl-
nary ilreless cooker, nor can any cook
Ing be done which requires high dry
heat for browning Meats, however,
may be partially roasted In the oven
and finished In the cooker, or may be
begun In the cooker and finished in the
oven with much the same results as If
they were roasted in the oven entirely.
The classes of food best adapted to
the cooker are cereals, soups, meats
vegetables, dried fruits, steamed
breads and puddings.
When different foods are cooked to-
gether in the firelcss cooker they must
be such as require the same amount
Of cooking, since the cooker cannot
be opened TO take out food without
allowing the escape of large amount
of heat and making it necessary to re-
heat the contents. 1t would not do to
put foods which need about one and
one-half hours TO cook into the cooker
with piece of meat which would stay
several hours.
The size OF the container used In
cooking with the fireless cooker should
be governed according to the amount
Of food to be cooked Small quaint
ties Of food cannot be cooked salts
factorlly In large kettle in the fire.
less cooker. If large kettle must be
used, better results will be obtained
If some other material which holds
heat fairly well is used to fill up the
empty space. This may be accom-
pllshed in several ways. One Is to
put the small quantity Of food to be
cooked into smaller, tightly closed
kettle, fill the large kettle with boiling
water and put the small kettle Into
| Il, standing IL on an inverted bowl OF
some other suitable support This
boiling water will take up and hole
the heat better than air would. Sew
eral smaller dishes or tightly GOV
ered) may be placed In the kettle sur
rounded by boiling water BakInl
powder or other tins often are fount
useful for this purpose Another way
Is to place one food In basin which
Just fits into the top OF large KEITH,
and to let some other material, som,
vegetable perhaps, cook in the waite
10 the bottom OF the kettle. Two o.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-09-04
Money Made Selling sumac.

Sumac, which grows abundantly In
certain sections of the United States,
may be gathered and sold protitably
TO tanners and dye manufacturers.
say the specialists of the bureau of
chemistry, United States department
of agriculture. The price of sumac
has increased in recent years because
of the decrease in importatlons of this
plant from Sicily. The American
sumac, if properly gathered and cured,
Is equal to the imported article.
In certain sections of Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia
good wages can be made, the depart
ment says, by gathering and selling
sumac during July, August and Sep
TENDER. Arrangements for the sale of
the sumac should be made before it is
gathered.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-09-04
A Forgotten Language.

"Tee crowfoot girdle treetop turtle"
said one gentleman TO another, as re-
ported by the Minneapolis Journal, in
an office in that city. Scalp thirty
reel blaze" he continued. reading from
an old leather-bound ledger. Scalp
thirty reel blaze" repeated his COM
panion. and wrote 1t down on sheet
Of paper. The two gentlemen, says
the Journal, were talking language
once used but now forgotten in Min
nesota, for they were respectively a
former surveyor general Of logs and
lumber and his assistant, busy iden-
tifying some ancient logs that had
been long time sunk In river. The
strange-sounding sentences were com
posed of Identification marks, of which
at least 5000 have been recorded
since the pioneer days when logs were
first cut in Minnesota forests. Bill
lions of feet of lumber from the great
forests have been thus marked, and
once in a while some old logs are re-
covered from the river bottom, and
the old ledger of bark mar and
stamps on the ends of the logs is
again referred TO.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-09-04
NIneveh,s Pathetic Rulnn.

Past Mosul the river Tlgris rolls It's
ancient, almost legendary. waters and
opposite on the left bank, the dreair
Of antiquity continues undisturbed
There In the blazing sun or in the
shimmering Persian moonlight, lie the
ruins Of Nlneyeh, the last and greatest
capital of the Assyrlan empire. The
wall Of the disappeared city still stands
70 o height Of 30 .eet and Is IL miles
In circumference Close by the bank
Of the river are the still imposing 70.
mains of two citadels.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-09-04
Az Nature Arrannea Then.

If you want to color beautifully.
color as best pleases you at quiet
;mes, not so as 10 catch the eye, nor
10 look as II It was clever or difficult
10 color In that way, but SO that the
color may be pleasant to you when
you are happy and thoughtful Look
much at the morning and the evening
sky, ana much at simple fowers-dog.
rose, wood hyacinth, vlolets, peoples,
thlstles, heather and such-like-ns ma
lure arranges them 10 the woods and
tieIds.--Ruskln.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-09-04
PRACTlCING THRIFT IN FOOD
Plan to Satisfy Appetite Of Every
Member of Family With No
Table or Plate Waste.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF kgrculture)
Try to make the dishes served OF
such size that there will be enough to
satisfy the appetite Of the family and
no unnecessary table or plate waste
Don't be ashamed to plan closely.
Thrift in food means providing enough
food, neither too little nor too much.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-09-04
A Peer as a cornoral.

Lord Crawford chancellor of the
duchy of Lancaster, whose principal
house Is Halgh hall, Wlgan, has APP
piled as Corporal Crawford" for
membership in the Wlgan branch of
the Comrades OF the Great War. In
the early days of the war he enlisted
as a private In the Royal Army Medl-
cal corps served In France az a pri-
vate. and was later promoted TO a
corporal, which rank he stih retains.
London Mail,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-09-04

My brother, while en- route to Camp
Pike. Ark, exchanged addresses with a
young woman in Chattanooga. Soon
after reaching camp he wrote her that
quarantine was all over camp. In her
answer she said she hoped quarantine
was not so bad as "hu" and that he
would not have it.-EXchange.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-09-04
BAG OF MOSQUITO NETTING
Much More Satisfactory Than Heavy
Pillow Slip for Drying Laces,
Collars, Etc.

Make bag OF white mosquito net.
ting and In IL place your fine collars,
handkerchlefs and laces, tie up the
end and pin to the line to dry This
thin material admits the drying wind
and will be found better than putting
them In a heavy pillow slip as some
lanndreases do.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-09-04

more fiat, shallow kettles placed one
on top of the other so as to fill the
cooker enable one to cook small
amounts Of different foods successful.
ly. Such kettles, made especially for
use in fireless cookers, may be pur-
chased.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-09-04

In contrast to the lacy one the
simple blouse gave her no cause for
standardization. When she wore it the
first time she admitted TO herself that
although it didn't feel new 1t was
comfortable to know her friends were
looking at her and not at SNOWY lace.
After its first trip 70 the washtub 1t
was a welcome contrast to the other
for 1t was even prettier than before
The material was soft and fine and
the seams required no repairing. Long
after the tawdry, much-trimmed
blouse had been relegated to the old
clothes bag the other was doing serv-
ice.
Tasteful Trimming.
For what did she spend her money!
In the first one, much trimming, q
great amount of only fair workman
ship and poor material. In the Sec
ond she paid for little but tasteful
trimming, good workmanship and
good material. For what do you pay
when you buy clothing?
The thrift leaflets issued by me
United States department of agricul.
ture and the United States treasury
department give helpful suggestions
on wise spending to those who are
anxious to economize
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-09-04
Knows Her Business.

did you notice how attentively
Miss Smarty listened to young Jones
when he was talking?
"Yes. He told me afterward she
was the most entertaining girl he had
ever met"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-09-04

It's better TO hustle for a dollar than
it is to indulge in pipedream of a
million
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-09-04

Once in a while woman actually
believes that her husband knows AS
much as he thinks he does.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-09-04

It takes a genius to get 10 ccrts'
worth of satisfaction out of 5-cent
cigar
New Britain herald., 1919-12-23
CITY ITEMS

We have steady and attractive work in both our envelope and cup depart nentS for girls over 1 6 years of age. American Paper Goods Go. kenSlng tOn--adNt.
 Andrew Liebler, who has been in the service )sil2ce 1918 returned to his home in this city this afternoon. He was overseas for over a year.
 William J. Kenny is home from St.. Johns Preparatory school in Danvers, Mass, for the Christmas recess.
 Clifford Faulkner is home from the Connecticut Literary institute at Sut- field for the Christmas vacation.
 Edwin Bailey of Georgetown univer- sity is spending the holidays at his home on Prospect street.
 Edward Martin is home from Har- ward Medical school for the holidays.
 Stanley Ploharczyk of Holy Cross college arrived at his home on High street today and will spend the Christ mas holidays with his parents.
 Lawyers M. D. Sake, Albert A.. Greenberg. and William M. Greenstein and Harry Milkowitz. Louis Raphael and Abraham Gorbach are contem- plating q trip to Bermuda in February. They expect to be gone about a month.
 Louis Nair, a member of the dental school of the Pennsylvania university has arrived at the home of his par ents on Winthrop street and will spend the Christmas holidays in this city.
 Israel Nair, of the law school of the Yale university, arrived at his home on Winthrop street yesterday and will spend the Christmas holidays with his parents.
 Miss Ruth Dimond. a student at Miss Capen's school, will be a guest tonight at the A l. E. dance at the Y. ". C. A. gym.
 Ralph Jones of the Stanley Rule and Level company leaves tomorrow for Springfield to spend Christmas with his parents.
 Miss Helen Stevens of the Y. We A. will spend Christmas with her fama dly in Nineland, N. J.
 Miss Myrtle Durham of Shuttle Meadow avenue has returned to her home after undergoing an opera tion for appendicitis in the Hartford hos pital.
 Box chocolates wrapped in Christi mas red paper at MCEnrOeS $, Wesr Main Street.-advt.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-23
THURSDAYS DINNER
 WILL BE EXPENSIVE
That Is, if Turkeys and Eixin's Arc on the Menu, According to
 MarI<ctmcn

The price of this years Christmas dinner will be higher than those of preceding years, due to the high cost of all eatables, is the general opinion among marketmen today. Turkeys are selling fast, more than at Thanksgiving, one market man stated. One of the leading dealers said today that in all of his 20 years of business turkeys were never selling faster, de spite the fact that 65 cents a pound is being asked. Twenty years ago he was selling them for 2 cents pound. e Another /marSetinan differed in his opinion, stating that due to the high price asked this year the sale of turkeys was nOticeably less than pre- ceding years. Geese, he said, being lower in price thu either turkey or chicken, are selling much faster only 3S cents d pound is being asked for them.
 But little pork is cheaper this year than it has been in a long time, one dealer stated, but it cannot be marketed very successfully in New Britain as the people here do not seem to care about it. Ducks sell fairly good@ another~dealer said, but 50 cents d pound is hindering a ready market for them The opinion of the dealers on the price of the Christmas dinner is that it will run perceptibly higher than that of last year.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-23
FORCED OUT OF BUSINESS
Rent and Lack of .Ayailablc
 Quarters Affect National Butter. <. Company to That Extent.

On February 1 the National Butter company, located in the Barnes block A Main street will go out of busi- hess temporarily at least Too great kn increase in rent is given as the [eason for this decision by members bf the concern. For the time being he fixtures will be stored, but ie Fuitable quarters can be secured the |rm will again resume business, the Proprietor says. The National Butter company's lease of the present quarters expires bn the first of February and at that )inle the quarters will be taken over by the Eastern Millinery company, Which is compelled to vacate it's ktore in the Miller block which WAS (ecently purchased by the Besse- Leland company.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-23
FINANCIAL
WALL STREET STOCK
 EXCHANGE REPORTS

Wall Street, 1O:30 d. n.-C;ains and losses were equally distributed at the full opening of today's stock mar ket, but the tone soon improved on moderate demand for steels equip ments and oils. Investment rails also strengthened, especially coalers, Nor folk and Western gaining points, Specialties were featured by tobacco and spirit shares industrial alcohol rising l 1-2 points. General Motors were heavy at the outset but rallied with related shares within the first half hour
 Wall Street, Noon.--Firnness of foreign exchange eXerted little in tiuence, trading becoming duller and price changes more confusing with the progress of the session. The lack of pubic interest was apparent from the extremely narrow character of dealings which ran mainly to specula- tive issues. Oils. stees and equip ments gave way to very slight pres sure, but rails and shippings main tained d degree of steadiness. The uncertain course of money prompted general restraint this becoming more marked toward noon when call loans opened at the unexpectedly high rate of 10 per cent.
 Wall Street 1:30 p. m.-COppers, feathers and tobaccos were the only diverting features of the stagnant mid-session gaining 1 to 12 points on favorable trade conditions and dividend declarations. Most of the advantage was cancelled when call loans rose to yesterdays high rate of 1 per cent
 Wall Street, ClOSe--Trudng' stop ped almost entirely when call money rose to s per cent. but substantial rai- lies ensued on the decline to . per cent The closing was irregular. Sales apprOXimated S50,000 shares