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The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-01

New York.-AH the workers en-
ployed by the various industries 10
Gated at Kingsport, Tenn, have been
insured against death, sickness and
accident under a single group policy
issued by one of the big life insur-
ance companies.
In all about 1000 persons employed
by ten large concerns are thus pro-
tected, and as the population of the
town of Kingsport is estimated at
about 10000, almost every family in
the community will receive financial
benefit In case Of accident, sickness
or death overtaking one of its bread
winning members.
The policy has been In effect since
early In July. According to officials, of
the insurance company this Is the first
instance known where a whole COM
munity has adopted a standardized plan
of insurance. The experiment Is at
tracing the attention of many other
municipalities, especially public Off
Gals who are interested In commu-
nifty service, and also insurance men.
The prospective financial benefit to
be derived by individuals under the
policy is held of far less importance
than the general good which has re-
suited from the quickening Of the con-
science of the Kingsport community.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-01
Whole Town Insured

A health center, to which every res
ident of the city has access, as well
as the employees of the particular
industries covered by the group poll
cy. has been established. A nurse
furnished by the insurance company
is in charge. Meantime the officials of
Kingsport have selected a public
health official, drawing salary from the
municipality, to look after the SAM.
tary conditions of the community.
Among other things, an attractive
housing plan has been adopted and
will be carried out as expeditiously
as building conditions will permit. Az
ter making a careful survey the nurse
in charge of the health center found
a large number of houses in the
town that she regarded as insanitary
and unfit to live in. At the suggestion
Of the insurance company these
houses are to be burned, and all of
Kingsport, as well as large delega-
ton of "movie" picture men, have been
invited to watch the bonfire.
The insurance company has become
a sort of ''big brother" to the town
Of Kingsport, and it's suggestions as
to improvements necessary to preserve
the health of the community are
adopted with a spirit OF hearty Co
operation.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-01

familiar with the unbelievable suffer
ing there. In the battle against dis
ease and starvation which is going on
in the territory east of the Bug river.
the American Red Cross is fighting
the former, with medicines and physi-
clans and nurses, and attempts toward
cleanliness, while the American Jew.
ish relief workers have entered the
lists against munger with soup kitchens
and milk stations, and Children's Re
lief bureaus, established here and
there, all through the vast stretch of
territory.
If all the people in the territory east
Of the Bug river could be fed properly
at once, disease would soon disappear,
physicians In the afflicted region say.
If they could replace the rags which
they have worn since the beginning of
the war with fresh clothing, the cpl
denies would cease to spread. If their
living places could be made habitable
and clean, it would no longer be as 1t
is today the most desolate expanse of
land in the world. It is toward this
end that the two great organizations,
one of Gentiles and the other of Jews,
are working hand In hand, difference
of creed forgotten, in the great practi-
cal need that they face.
The Red Cross personnel has been
trebled in the last few weeks in this
district. American Jewish Relief
agencies are feeding hundreds Of chill.
dren there.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-01
Unbelievable Conditions Found
in Territory East of
River Bug.
DISEASE AND HUNGER STAY
Red Cross and Jewish Relief Commit
tee Working Hand in Hand to
Help sufferers-Fresh Cloth
Ing Dire Need.

New York.-The River Bug, which
served until recently as boundary OF
the bolshevik fighting, is today a
boundary OF another kind.
It's eastern shore bounds on one side
the hungriest and most diseased and
the most stricken territory in the world
today. Five million people are at the
point Of starvation east of the River
Bug, according to figures given out by
the American Jewish Relief commit
tee and compiled by the American Red
Cross and American Jewish Relief
agents. A great number Of them are
Jews. The war has left 100000 des-
titute and stricken Jews in Eastern
Europe utterly helpless.
East of the River Bug these people
are living in devastated houses, in
stalls Of old stables, on roofless plat
forms built for refugee families, one
family to a platform, in old freight
cars, in holes in the ground or under
the open sky. They are weak from
many months of semi-starvation, for,
they have gone for five years without
one square meal. They are still ter
ror-stricken from the war. Their num-
Der is being reduced every day by
series OF the most terrible epidemies
that ever swept any section Of the
world.
Typhus, cholera and smallpox are all
raging in the territory east Of the
River Bug. The first and most gen.
eral Of these epidemics is carried SIM
nv
Der out of every fifth or sixth family
is stricken with some form of 1t, as Is
Inevitable among a people clad in Eve
year-old rags, people who have not had
a bath with soap or change of cloth
ing since the beginning OF the war. No
estimate Of the actual number Of those
gnitten with typhus in Poland has yet
been compiled. but it probably Is great
er than in Siberia, where the American
Red Cross found 100000 cases.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-01
Help
Hungry and Sick

Dirt and malnutrition are the two
great causes of the epidemic of dis
ease. All through Poland may be
found children eight or ten years old
no larger than youngsters half their
age ordinarily are. Two out of three
infants do not survive their first year
Of life. The average child in the ter
ritory east of the Bug river has never
tasted milk, even mothers milk Amer
lean Red Cross Investigators say that
an abnormal number Of children are
born blind because Of the malnutrition
Of their mothers. American Jewish
Relief investigators discovered a new
eye disease that had attacked thou
sands of children, beginning with con-
slant blinking and ending In total
blindness, resulting when long con-
tfnued starvation had affected the
muscles of the eye.
So the great expanse Of 'the de-
partment of the East" which sounds
like any other part of the map to the
people Of the United States, is a will
derness of horror and desolation to the
American workers in Poland who are
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-01
Tames "Outlaw" Ship

"a ship is just like a grand opera
prfma DONNA" he says. "She needs a
bit Of petting and panpering to keep
her in good humor-but there's moth
ing uncanny about her. And when she
is right-boys, how she can sing!"
The Great Northern travelled more
than 100000 miles in the coastwise
and Honolulu passenger service before
America entered the war. In those
days she was forever "stubbing her
toe"-blundering into pier heads,
breaking her machinery and "fussing"
generally. At that, she was the feet
est and sweetest craft on the western
ocean.
Then Uncle Sam shouldered arms
and the big ''prima donna" of the sea
donned gray uniform and went east
as a transport. Coincidentally she
dropped the nonsense somewhere be-
tween San Francisco and Hoboken and
never went back to look for 1t. From
then on she was all business.
Once in the North sea the Great
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-01

Northern ran afoul Of a British patrol
boat and lost two of her after COM
partments. but she gamely struggled
into port with her cargo of about L.
600 doughboys, spent a week in dry
dock and went back to work. In all
she steamed 125,OOO miles between
America and France during and i'm
mediately after the war.
Just now she is operating as a troop
ship between San Francisco and Via
divostok, but rumor says she will soon
be back on the Pacific passenger run,
and that Commander Porta will con-
tinue to skipper" her between the
mainland and Hawaii.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-01
A Commission Is Needed for Building a
- National System Of Highways
BY DIR. H. M ROWE. Past President A. A. A.

That commission contemplated by the Townsend bill
will be the method of administration adopted by congress for building
national highway indicated only by public but
by the weight of government precedent
Highways should be considered the class Of public activity
railways waterways merchant marine the national banking system
and fact of the distinctly national undertakings It
sden proposition that the building of national system high
win form enterprise of magnitude and such completely
to put entirely beyond the sphere of single bureau other subd
vision of executive department.
Highways aembacng general Importance
intrus the undertaking
department. would consider the
needs of all of the departments.
From the standpoint of drectnesa Of responsibility tmeness Of
of knowledge devong
whole time the single task could fail to accomplish greater
possible through medium cabinet officer
would be devong the his time and attention mat
wholly highways It would that the commission plan
is unassaiabe
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-01

fat into the frying pan, add three well
beaten eggs, mixed with a cupfuI OF
cracker crumbs. Add two cupfuIs of
oysters, with their liquor; season with
salt and pepper and cook ten minutes,
stirring constantly.
Cabbage SaIad.-Select a small.
heavy, round head of cabbage. Cut
slice off the top and scoop out the in
side, leaving a thin shell. Shred the
cabbage with half as much celery; mix
with a highly seasoned boiled dress
ing; add few nuts and fill the shell
The shell may be used to hold the friz-
zled oysters and the salad served on
lettuce leaves.
Spoon Bread.-Take two cupfuls OF
sweet milk, add one cupful Of corn
neal and cook until it makes a smooth
mush; add two cupfuls of buttermtlk,
half a teaspoonful Of soda, one tea
spoonful of salt and three well-beaten
eggs; mix we'll and bake in a well-but-
tered pudding dish. Serve from the
dish.
Baked Pears.-Peel and core pears
and fill the cavity with sugar, butter
and q bit of grated lemon rind. Place
in a baking dish, pour over water, add
sugar and the juice of lemon; bake
until tender. basting often with the
strip. Boil down the strip and pour
over the fruit. Chill before serving.
Corn Flake Daintles.-Take two
cupfuls of corn fakes, one cupful OF
coconut, one egg, well beaten; add a
teaspoonful of vanilla, a speck Of salt
and a cupful of sugar. Mix we'll and
drop by small teaspoonfuls on a baking
sheet Bake until a golden brown
Chopped pecans, peanuts, hickory nuts
or any kind of nut may be used in
place of the coconut.
Shelled pecans, Drowned in a bit OF
butter and busted with dash Of cay
enne pepper and salt, make a very
dainty dish.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-01
The Producer Who Considers Utility Only
and Not Beauty Will Fail
By GEORGE S. JOHNS, Chairman Exposition Committee

primary purpose of the Art league originating and planning
the St Louis Exposition of Industrial Arts and Crafts to awaken the
business the Importance of original designs in industry The
producer who considers utility only without regard beauty will fail
The close of the marks the beginning of tremendous
tny for American business in the world market We must compete
with the manufacturers of the world not alone quality and but
design Beauty design n FORM colorhe perfect combination
of beauty and uiyis governing factor in craftsmanship
America lacks both schools of design and teachers of design Amer
lean business meno the subject of vital interest not only
facers but to all business who handle their products awaken
the necessity making adequate this vital necessity We
should develop industrial and
craftsmen.
We hope in this preliminary ST. Louis exposition lay the founda
ton for national exposition which will exhibit the industrial arts
and crafts of the United States We hope eventually have nna
tonal exposition
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-01

nearly through to the edge with q
sharp knife they look like an old
fashioned barred gate before they are
fried. Drop into deep hot fat and fry
golden brown; roll in powdered
sugar before serving. Some cooks
twist the little strips before dropping
into the fat, which gives them an
especially attractive appearance.
CruIiers.-Take one cupful of sugar.
two eggs, three tablespoonfuls of but
ter. one cupful of sweet milk, tea
spoonful Of cream of tartar, one-half
teaspoonful of soda, some grated nut
meg and bit of salt. Cream the but
ter, add the sugar and when well
mixed the yolks of the eggs we'll beat
en-, then a little of the milk with -four
sifted with the dry ingredients and
fold in the stif1y beaten whites. Use
just as little -four as possible to roll
Chill on ice before rolling and the
cakes can be handled very soft.
Sour Cream Doughnuts.-Beat two
eggs until light and foamy, add one
and three-fourths cupfuls of sugar and
continue beating until the sugar is
nearly dissolved; add one and one
fourth cupfuls of sour milk, one-fourth
of cupful of thick, sour cream, a tea
spoonful of soda, half teaspoonful of
salt and grated nutmeg to flavor. Add
as little -four as possible to handle;
set on ice an hour to harden before
rolling. Fry in hot fat, using the one
minute test "a cube Of bread brown
ing in one minute in the fat.)
DumpIines.-Deliciou fluffy dump
lings may be prepared as follows
Take one beaten egg, one cupful of
butter milk, not too sour, two teaspoon
fuls of baking powder and half tea
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-01
Prof. David Todd viii Try $4,000 Foot
Ascent In Enormous
Aircraft.

Omaha, Neb.-Leo Stevens, balloon
instructor at Fort Omaha, announced
that Prof. David Todd will attempt to
communicate with the planet Mars this
fall in a balloon to be constructed and
piloted by Stevens.
The balloon, to be the largest ever
made, will ascend $4,000 feet, Stevens
said. Its capacity will be 100000 cubic
feet.
The balloon will be enabled to rise
to the expected height, Stevens said,
by the use of an invention which d.
vides the balloon into two compart-
ments, the upper containing hydrogen
gas and the lower fresh air.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-01
W.. hl~f~eeQ
Two Million Cents . Day.

When, on May 1, the soda fountain
cashiers began to collect from their
thirsty patrons the one-cent and two
cent taxes, says the Youths Compan-
ion, they started a demand for one
cent pieces that has flooded the United
States minis and subtreasuries with
orders for millions of them. To meet
these orders the Philadelphia and
Denver minis have been making one
cent pieces almost exclusively, and
the output has increased to two mil.
lions q daY.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-01

anu Crisp. The same
recipe may be used for
fried cakes, but the man
ner Of cutting the cruller
makes them so much
more attractive. Rolled
twice as thick as pastry,
then cut in oblongs with
three or fn11r Sits onnt
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-01
Balloon to Signal Mars

life. Yassi was bounced on from be-
hind by the beast while he was shoe
Ing a horse. The cat bit and scratched
furiously and fast. Yassi finally
knocked the cat senseless with a blow
from his horseshoer's rasp and then
dubbed the beast to death. He was
compelled to seek the services of a
surgeon here. In the belief that the
cat may have been suffering from rab-
les, Yassi has been given the Pasteur
treatment
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-01
Paper From Cotton HuIIs.

AS a result of experiments con-
Quoted by the forest products labora-
tory, United States department of agri-
culture, good grade of paper Is being
produced in commercial quantities
from cotton-hun fiber. Pulp made from
second-cut cotton linters and hull fiber,
the forest specialist say, is well suited
for the manufacture OF book, writing,
printing, plotting, cover, and other
grades of paper. and is equal in quail
ity to the highest grades of paper
stock
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-01
In Economy and in Work Alone Lie the
Salvation Of Great Britain

The main thing remember that must all with view
to making good the wealth in the years.
Those who have been fighting naturally relaxation. After
the strain of they want what usually called Clark should be
the last earth wn that spirit The soldier has well earned
his playme But should
time cannot continue indefinitely.
Remember have drawn the future To win the the Brit
ih had for it. The could do this only
drawing upon the nations credit
This the did by turning itself into the nations banker
and notes the future The had other
alternative The has little to do with the increased living
Now that the have look the future
alone lie salvation
shall in the happy position 1918
Gen. Salvador Alvarado Caanza LeaderThe European
nations globe creditors
early accounts like they
for sufficient the lives interests of their nationals
IL show ourselves incapable of complying with duties they will
take the task guarding and protecting these lives and interests and
we know what that
Lieut. Col Theodore RoeTo and crystalline the true
spirit of Americanism born of this the this
veterans and every
Of the important duties living uet ahead
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-01

stewed apples high around the sides
and bottom Of a baking dish. Make a
custard, using the yolks of two eggs
and pint of milk, with tablespoon
full of cOrnstarch mixed with two Of
sugar; flavor with cinnamon. Cook
the custard and let it cool, then pour
it carefully into the apple-lined dish.
Beat the whites of two eggs, add a
tablespoonful of sugar and cover the
top. Brown in the oven and serve
cold.
Apple Stuffed With Nuts and Rails
inS.-Core half a dozen even-siZed ap-
pies and remove the peeling of half of
each apple. Put half a cupful of wa
ter in a saucepan into this set the ap-
pies, the half which is unpeeled down,
as this keeps them from losing their
shape while cooking. Turn and haste
carefully until the apples are tender.
Set them carefully into a baking pan
and fill the centers with one-third of
a cupful each of chopped nuts and
raisins; sprinkle over them a little
sugar and bake in a moderate oven
until glazed. Serve with the strip
poured around them.
Baked Apple DumpIIngs.-Select tart
apples which cook without losing their
shape, though this is not necessary.
Gore and peel. Cook in water and
sugar enough to float them until nearly
done. Remove them with a skinner
and place each on a square of pastry;
ill the cores with sugar and lemon
Juice and drop a little of thickened
strip in which they were cooked over
them. Moisten the tips of the pastry
and press together over the top of the
apple. Bake in a hot oven until well
Drowned. Serve with cream and sugar;
dust with nutmeg.
To Make Egg Sauce.-Beat two eggs
until light; add a half-cupful of milk,
a half-cupful Of sugar, and cook over
hot water until thick; add vanilla and
serve.
Apple and Raisin RoII.-Take two
cupfulls of chopped apple, half cup
full of raisins. Place on a thin sheet of
pastry and roll. Place in a deep bak-
ing dish, putting the folded pastry on
the top. Pour over a cupful Of boiling
water, add a cupful of brown sugar
and a tablespoonful of butter. Bake
one hour in a moderate oven. The ap-
pies with the sugar and water will
make sufficient sauce, or cream and
sugar may be served with it.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-01
Aviators Must Fly High
to Leave Churches Quiet

Santa Monica, Cal.-Hereaf-
ter all a7k>tors flying here on
Sunday win be banished into the
highest clouds between the
hours Of 10 a. m. and p. m.
Thus did the city council de-
cree, as the result of a protest
made by the Rev. w. 81. Cor
nett of the Presbyterian church.
He declared that airplanes
travelling In Santa Monica dur
ing church hours fly so low that
they disturb church services.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-01
Youngest Commander In Navy
Performs Feat.
'Acrankfest ship Afioat" Comes to BE
Real PeaceabIe Army
Transport.

San Francisco.-The devils" have
been cast out of the good ship Great
Northern.
Chastened by the grim spectacle Of
war, in which she nobly "did her bit''
BIZ Transporting 10000 Yankee soldiers
across the Atlantic, the one-time
"crankiest ship ahoat" came back
home a few days ago, obedient to the
hand Of the youngest commander in
the United States navy.
He is Charles H. Porta, born in
Turin, Italy, thirty-four years ago. His
father is Prof. Albert r. Porta, noted
archaeologist, scientist and sun-spot
observer.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-01
Pet Carp a Fishing Prophet.

Meadville. Pa.-One of the best fish
stories Of the season comes from Draw
ford county. where man owns a pet
carp. Whenever he desires to no
fishing he digs few angle worms and
throws them into the tank occupied
by the carp. If the pet fish grabs
them, the man takes up his bait and
tackle and proceeds to the nearest
fishing place. If, on the other hand,
the carp passes them up, the man stays
at home,
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-01
Sounds Reasonable.

Paris.-Parisians are suggesting the
revival Of the punishment invented by
a former mayor, Jacques de Tourzel.
He ordered every seller of watered
milk to be fed with his own stuff
through a funnel placed in his mouth
until the doctor said he could stand no
more and live. Bad butter was
crushed down on the head Of the
seller, ''to remain until the sun shall
melt It."
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-01

I
sauce, good as
they are. Here
is one to enjoy:
Apple SouffIe.-
Stew good tart
apples as for
sauce, adding lem
on peel and juice.
S pr e a d t n e
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-01

some dainty for an
occasion, but 1T
takes real BRAIN
work to keep 60
ing every day and
avoid monotony.
FrixzIed oys-
ters-Put half a
cupful of sweet
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-01

0<N'W1NS~S''~H
Austin, Pa.-Hooking big fish that
he was unable to handle, while fishing
In Silver Lake, near this city, Joseph
Randle Of Eddystone was yanked
overheard. dropping head arst into a
bed of uuicksand, where he stuck fast,
and he was hus2IJ released and
brought to the sur@aca, where he was
Eayived and taken homes
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-01

lights with Orange-cOlored tissue, or
using candles with orange shades, the
table will be most attractive. For the
centerpiece, large pumpkin may be
cut in the form of a basket and used
as the fruit holder for grapes and ap-
pies. Small gourds or tiny pumpkins
may be decorated with a face and
lighted with candle inside; these may
be favors for each plate, and around
the pumpkin grape or autumn-t1nteG
leaves may be placed. Small squasheG
may be used as candIesticks, or brass
candlesticks are always appropriate
White gourds for jack-o'-lantern@
and white cosmos as a centerpiece
make very attractive table.
Another pretty device for a candle
light supper: Fill a large punch bowl
with water, place tiny paper boats
fitted with tiny candles to float on the
water.
Chestnut Croquettes-Mash roasted
chestnuts to a smooth paste; add O
tablespoonful Of butter, two table
spoonfufs of milk, the grated peel OF
lemon, one teaspoonful of salt, a
dash of cayenne and the beaten yoIks
OA t"O cSSSs lilo Ud1IS SIXS
of large chestnuts, dip in egg yolk.
then in crumbs, and fry in deep fat
Garnish with slices of lemon and pars-
ley sprays.
Marrons au Juc.-These are chest
nuts preserved in a lemon strip, and
may be prepared in chestnut season.
keeping for years. Shell and blanch
the chestnuts, after cooking them I'm
the shell until quite tender. Prepare
lemon strip, and turn in the chest
nuts, when scalding hot, and seal air
tight. These may be used as a garn-
ish for ice creams, sherbets, buildings,
or may be served as a CONNECTION.
dipped in fondant or chocolate, or
drained and rolled in powdered sugar
Search as we viii we win find that the
inner unseen realm of thought ia IN
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-01

no party on that occa-
sion is quite complete
without a fire and roast
ed chestnuts.
r GA s t G d chestnutS.
doughnuts, apples and
cider make the ideal re-
freshments. For a Hal
lowe'en luncheon or q
supper, by excluding the
daylight and covering the