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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-02-23
Copy American Methods

Four French cities where Y. w. C. A.
foyers are maintained have recently
put on finance campaigns in true
American fashion, and have raised
sums of money exceeding the most op-
timistic predictions, according to a
Y. w. c. A. secretary just returned
from France. They are ST. Etienne,
Tours, Bourges and Mulhouse The
finance campaigns were mapped out
and directed by American secretaries
and accomplished by the French di-
rectors. Sufficient money to carry the
1921 budget of expenses for Y. w. c. A.
work in these cities is now in the bank.
In Mulhouse 10000 francs were raised
for joint Y. NJ. c. A. and Y. w. c. A.
work.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-02-23
New Vocation for Women.

AS Corney Grain used TO say, I'VE all
come round, you come round, come
round" 1t was never imagined in his
day, that the smart London clubs
would come round to having a woman
as. secretary, but the DevonShire and
Green Room clubs have done so, and
the Savage threatens to follow suit.
1t is pointed out, however, that dur
ing the war men saw how extremely
comfortable woman could make a
club. and as clubs become more and
more the homes of both men and
women, a woman secretary seems to
supply the touch needed to make them
complete.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-02-23
Solved the Mystery.

While still a novice in the art of
stenography l was called one day to
take very important letter from the
president of the firm. In my nervous
ness ! failed to notice that there were
but few blank pages in my Notebook,
and as result was compelled to write
on the cover of the book. All went
smoothly in the transcription of my
notes until | reached the cover, and
then try as | might ! could not make
out single word Finally In despera-
ton | went TO the president and told
him Of my plight He was quite kind
offering to dictate that portion of the
letter over and suggested that | en-
deavOr to read few lines so that he
might get the connection. However,
this was an impossibility on my part,
whereupon he began studying the lit
tie dots and dashes and suddenly
blurted out: Can it be that you are
trying to read your notes upside
DOWN." which to my great consterna-
ton and embarrassment solved the
mystery nstantly.-Chicago Tribune.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-02-23
Live Stock
News
TIME TO PURCHASE FEEDERS
Go By--Cattle Are Higher in
Spring Than in Fall.

Sim Bakers right leg was in tenn
porary retirement under layer Of
arnica-soaked bandages< He regarded
the injured member with a CLINT of
rueful humor and spake thus to a
neighbor who had dropped in for a
chat with the cheerful invalid.
Bert, tell me somethiu'. How can
a Teller tell when mean white mule
named Anarchy is goin to kickf l
mean, how can he tell in time to do
him any good?"
Human knowledge goes no further
than to say that white mule is al
ways goin' to kick. Is that the an
swer? Then let me ask you ques-
ton How do you know whether to
buy your feeder steers in the fall
or in the spring? Do you make any
thing by feeding them in the winter,
and will YOU make more if you let the
other Teller feed 'em through? They
cost more in the spring than in the
fall Is there any way to be certainT
Sim admitted that the thing was
past his comprehension and confessed
that he sometimes did the thing one
way and sometimes the other, but that
he never knew just how he was COM
ing out.
In reality, as to the time to buy
stockers or feeders, there is no hard
and fast rule. The usual time is in
the fall when they must leave the
grazing areas and go where feeds
have been harvested or stored for cat
tie feeding. However, with falling
market, which no one can foretsn with
any degree Of certainty, the cattle
may not be worth enough more In the
spring to pay for the winter feeding.
Yet they have been kept largely on
feed for which there is no other mar
ket.
Consequently, what Sim and his
neighbor should know is how much it
costs to keep stockers through the
winter on various rations, how they
lose or gain weight, and how they
gain through the summer as a result
of the way they have been wintered
Being in a better position to carry on
feeding experiments to answer these
questions than the cattlemen, the hu-
reau Of animal industry, cooperating
with the West Virginia experiment
station, conducted afseries of feeding
tests in Greenbrier county, West Vlr-
ginia. The experiments began De-
cember %, 1914, and covered period
of four years, the results being now
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-02-23
TYPE THEIR LOVE LETTERS

Love making is quite a business
like proceeding these days.
In a recent breach of promise
case here, the fair young plaintiff
confessed to having made carbon
copies Of all her letters to her de-
voted swain, reports the London
Mail. He, poor innocent, had for
gotten to be methodical. An un-
sympathetic jury awarded the astute
young plaintiff goodly damages.
So many breach of promise cases
are being heard in. Kings bench
nowadays, that most lovers find it
behooves them to make careful scru-
tiny of every word that leaves their
pens, or rather machines, for type
written love letters, limiting at a car
bon copy for future reference, are
quite the thing today.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-02-23
MANY Failures Y
DUE TO RUBBER
Some Tests Recommended by
Department Of Agriculture
to Find Reliability.
POOR RINGS CAUSE TROUBLE
-Four Inches of Rubber Should Stretch
to Ten Inches and Then Return to
Original Length - Sample
Should Not Break.

The caller, who already hss
on the hooked screen door to see if rat
Ting it would arouse her neighber,
when Mrs. Jessup appeared at the
basement door, In her arms were a
number OF jars Of canned fruit, and
she looked so disturbed that her caller
wondered what had happened.
Catching sight of the caller, Mrs.
Jessup cried: "Just a minute, until I
place these jars on the table and rl
let you in" The Jars deposited, she
FASTENED to unfasten the door.
Have you been standing there
long? she inquired I'm sorry
didn't hear you knock, but l was sc
upset at what I found in my storage
closet this morning that l guess if the
Angel Gabriel had sounded his trumpet
/ wouldn't have heard him."
What She Found.
In answer to her callers sympathetic
inquiry as to the trouble, she cOn-
tinued:
1--WE always had splendid luck can
ming fruits and vegetables until this
year; in fact, I have boosted that L
never lost more than two or three jars
in a season, but this year"-she threw
up her hands-"every few days l find
another jar that is working and this
morning there were five down there
sizzling away. The fruit and vegeta-
bles / have put up cost so much. to
say nothing of the sugar, that I could
sit down and weep to think Of the
loss Of money it entails, besides my
work and time.
"And the worst Of it is l can't see
what is the trouble. If / knew, |
could avoid it in canning the late
fruits and vegetables. I've done every
thing according to Hoyle,' just the
way l always have, and yet they don't
keep this year. l know the price Of
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-02-23
A Good Rubber Ring Can Support APP
proxinateiy Seventeen Pounds.

A Good Rubber Ring Can Support APP
proxirnateiy Seventeen POUNDS.
! commercially canned food is going to
be ever so high next winter, and 1
wanted 10 save by putting up my own.
| Besides, we like the home-canned va
| riety better. Rut a few more spoiled
cans and all the profit in home can
ming will be gone in my case. What
do you. suppose is the trouble?"
The caller asked a number Of ques-
tons, the last of which was; Did
you test your rubber rings?"
"Why. no; I never have" Mrs. Jes-
sup replied
Maybe you never have, but found
it necessary this year" Interrupted
her friend and believe poor rings
are at the root of your trouble | hear
the country is flooded with chonn ones
this year Everything that enters into
their manufacture and sale has zone
up, and many manufacturers in or
der to put on the market n medium
priced product have reduced the quail
ity in The rings they are making. I'm
told. A few days or a few weeks after
the jars are stored those rings com
mcnce 70 deteriorate. the air cets in,
and the contents begin to spoil
Testing the Rirgo
I'D rather waste a few r'.rs test
ing them than lose whole lot of valu-
able food by not doing 1t. l had to
test several brands, when | start
canning. before ! found one that
seemed to be all right"
"How do you test can rings? I
don't understand how you could. hut
II that's the cause Of my canned stuff
spelling want to know how TO test
them"
81 use the tests that the United
States department Of agriculture rec
ommends," replied the visitor. There
are a number of these tc.+s which may
be applied: but if o RIM passes sue
cessfully the two that ] am going TO
tell You about, you can he pretty sure
II is all right.
"The first is TO cut p six-inch piece
ont of a ring: take hold If the ends 50
that there arc four inches between the
fingers; stretch the piece along a ruler
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-02-23
Earning His Money.

Tommy has little friend who acts
as chauffeur when they 90 for a ride
in his toy car. One day Tommy went
into his uncle's home to get warm.
leaving Billy on the curb as usual. 1t
was cold day and the uncle remon-
strated, telling him to go out and
bring him in. "oh, him's all right"
replied Tommy. HE viii have to get
used to it or hs won't get his twenty
cents a week"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-02-23
Elihu III. Ruggles

Elihu H. Ruggles died last Thursday o.
'1right's Disease. He was 20 years of age
He is survived by two,sons, Willis and
Wilbur, and six grand children. H. M.
Maxfeld directed the funeral, which was
held Saturday afternoon at the home of
his son. Wilbur Rugeles. the body placed
in the vault at Lamoille View Cemetery
Interment to be made later in Fletcher.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-02-23
The Warming for Prominence.

"Why do you insist on walking out
in a high hat and a frock coat?"
well, everybody likes to be consid-
cred a great man, whether he deserves
il or not. Every now and then the
conductor of a sightseeing wagon
points me out as a cabinet Official or
a senator or something"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-02-23

Lady Of the House-Jane, this
entertaining of your young man in
the kitchen will have to be stopped.
Jane-Well, ma'am, he's too shy
to come into the parlor.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-02-23
Paw Dirt.

i've tried for gold and copper, cvof
for diamonds. But / can't seem O,
strike pay dirt"
why don't you try farming?'
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-02-23
Doc rattooInn Ais sn.oIaltv

One of the oldest occupations
brought to light by the recent census
is that of dog tattooer. a man who
specializes in tattOOing dogs with
their owners names.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-02-23

The bulletin records feeding tests
that viii be extremely valuable to the
farmers of Pennsylvania. Ohio, West
Virginia. Virginia, Kentucky, North
Carolina. Tennessee and the adjacent
states. and for them it does much to
answer the question that puzzled Sim
and his friends. The bulletin may be
had on application to the United
States Department of Agriculture at
Washington, ID. c.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-02-23
PorlIer and Runt.

A plump little pig is a porker, but
a puny pig is a runt.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-02-23

published in department bulletin $40.
| In brief, so yearling steers were Sc
| lected each year and divided into three
! lots of ten steers each. When the lots
were carefully equalized, the average
weight of the animals was 663 pounds
each. The steers We're on winter ra-
lions an average of 40 days, and on
pasture an average Of 15S days each
year.
The tests proved that an average
daily ration of 1913 pounds of silage,
five pounds of mixed hay, and 2.5
pounds of wheat straw during the
winter would maintain these steers
without loss of weight.
An average daily ration of 23.1
pounds of corn silage, 40 pounds of
wheat straw and one pound of cotton
seed meal would give each steer an
average gain of g. pounds.
A daily ration of 11.9 pounds of
mixed hay and IL pounds of wheat
straw fed throughout the winter will
not keep the animal "a good condition.
This ration was responsible for loss
of 80 pounds per steer. Corn silage
gave better results fli"n dry rough
age alone, and the Seers that had
silage as a part of their winter ra-
ton made greater total gains than
those fed on hay and straw.
The cost of feed avcs3 ged through
ont tho fOur vporS was rs follows.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-04-02
KEEP SILVER IN
BEST CONDITION
If Cleaned Regularly Little Time
or Effort to Keep 1t Bright
and LuStrous.
SULPHIDE CAUSES TARNISH
Glitterino Surface May Be Obtained by
Use Of Friction Cleaners, by Elee-
trolysis or by Boiling in Strong
Solution.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
"All the table service was of silver
and gold" Winifred was reading
aloud from the society columns an ac-
count of dinner, and as she read the
last item her voice was full of awe.
think of it, Nan; plates and every
thing, solid silver"
~ am thinking of it." said Nan, the
practical one; "and I'm thinking also
that I'm glad l haven't ON my hands
the cleaning of all these solid silver
plates and everything. The fiat silver
that was given Jack and me when we
were married is more than plenty
for me when cleaning day comes
around. l like housework, but | do
detest cleaning silver"
Many women feel as Nan did; but If
silver is cleaned regularly, little time
or effort is required to keep it bright
and lustrous. The office of home eco
nomics of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture gives the follow
ing directions on the care of silver:
Causes of Tarnish.
The tarnish on silver is siver sui
pnide. and is due to the sulphur com
pounds in the air where coal and gas
are burned and also in many foods,
in wool, in rubber. and in some
bleached and dyed materials.
This is the reason silversmiths rare
~, If ever, use white cotton flannel
for their cases of silver. Dryness pre-
vents tarnish somewhat; so camphor,
which absorbs moisture, is sometimes
put into the silver drawer. Silver may
be cleaned by the use of certain pow
ders, pastes, and cloths, which clean
by friction, by boiling it in strong
alkaline solution, or by a process
known as electrolysis.
The materials which clean by fric-
ton are whiting, jewelers. rouge, and
commercial pastes or powders. The
roncommercial powders are mixed to
paste with water, ammonia, or al
cohol. rubbed on the silver, allowed
The Colorado statesman., 1921-04-02
INCLUDE VEGETABLES
IN THE WINTER DIET
Necessary During Cold Weather
as Well as Summer.
Tireo.out Feeling Which Many People
Have at End OF Winter Comes
From Lack Of Supply Of GAR
den Truck and Fruits.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Vegetables should he freely included
in the winter diet as well as in the
summer one. Doctors say that that
tired-out feeling which many people
have at the end of winter-"spring
fever'-often comes from lack of
fruits and vegetables in the winter
diet Plenty of vegetables keep the
children well and make their meals
more appetizing. Vegetables mashed
and put through a sieve are more cas-
lily digested by little children.
Salts of many kinds are needed by
the body, or it will not work smoothly.
Vegetables and fruit are rich in them
and If you eat n variety you are sure
to get all the kinds of salt you need.
When the water in which vegetables
are cooked is thrown away, valuable
salts are often wasted. Sometimes the
flavor is not desirable. but If it is good
save this water for soup or gravy.
An even better process is to cook the
vegetables in as little water ns pos
sible so there is none left to drain off,
or bake or steam it. Canned and dried
vegetables often need only skillful
seasoning to make them taste as good
as the fresh variety.
Canned corn is very good when
turned into n baking dish with the ad
dition of milk and seasoning added,
heated through in the oven. and al
lowed to brown on top. Outside stalks
of celery, a green pepper, or both,
chopped and added before baking, will
vary the flavor of the dish.
Spinach Loaf
A small can of spinach. chard. or
beet tops, combined with rice or bread
crumbs, will serve seven or eight peo-
pie if it is made into loaf. Aspara-
gus or string beans are also good
served in this way:
cupfuls cooked lima beans.
] can chopped spinach
cupfuls boiled rice.
cupfuls white sauce.
red pepper.
Make a thick white sauce of two
cupfuls of milk, four tablespoonfuls
of flour, four tablespoonfuls of butter,
and one teaspoonful of salt. Melt
salt and mix with flour, add to milk
and stir over the fire until it thickens.
Mix with the rice, chopped spinach
and pepper. Form into a loaf and
bake 20 or 80 minutes.
Investigations with dried vegetables,
which have been conducted in the eX-
perimental kitchen of the United
States Department of Agriculture,
show that provided the dried vegeta-
bleS are of good quality they are quite
as satisfactory when they are cooked
without previous soaking, as when
soaked, and oftentimes better.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-04-02
MAKE SAVORY FRUIT PASTES
Combination of Different Kinds of
Fruits Is Excelent-Canned
Goods Can Be Used.

Fruit pastes are made from the edi-
bic portion of fruit which after cook
ing has been passed through sieve
and cooked again until the excess wa
ter is driven off. Only small amount
of sugar is required. A combination
of different kinds of fruit pulp makes
delightfully."- favored paste, but
peaches alone make a delicious one.
Canned fruit can also be used to make
paste. When the pulp is boiled down
until very thick, pour it in 1s-inch
layers on marble or glass slabs or on
a platter. Place where there is a
strong circulation of air and allow the
paste to dry for two or three days.
When it is sufficiently dry, cut it into
1-inch squares. Roll in granulated SUI
gar and place again in draft. Paste
may be packed in tin boxes, glass jars,
or parafiin-coated containers.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-04-02

eggs cooked then fold III the stiffy
beaten whites and quart of thin
cream. Whipped cream may be used
leaving out the eggs. Freeze, pd"h
and let stand to ripen. An ordna:.
vanilla ice cream is especially de-!
cious served with maple sauce and
chopped walnuts.
Maple 8iscuit.-SIft two cupfuls oi
flour four teaspoonfuls of baking
powder. one-half teaspOonful of salt,
rub in two tablespoonfuls of fat AM
three-quarters of cupful of milk. Roll
out to one inch in thickness and cut IN
rounds. Brush half of them with soft
ened butter. spread thickly with graf
ed maple sugar and put together IN
pairs. Place in buttered pan an
bake in Il hot oven. Nice to serva
with afternoon tea.
Maple Sirup Cake.-Cream one-half
cupful of shortening; add one-half Cul'-
full of sugar, one cupful Of maple
sugar; beat well; add well beaten
yolks of four eggs, or two whole eggs,
and one-half cupful of hot water. SIT
two and One-half cupfuls of flour, onr-
quarter teaspoonful of salt and two
teaspoonfuls of baking powder; add to
the first mixture; add one-half tea
spoonful of mapeine. Bake in layers
and put together with:
Maple Fudge Frosting.-Take one
cupful of maple sugar, one-third of II
cupful of cream, one tablespoonful of
butter; heat slowly until the sugar is
dissolved. Boil to soft ball stage anu
then heat until thick enough to spread.
Maple Nuggets.-Take two cupfuls
of maple sugar, one-half cupful of
milk, cook to the soft ball stage. Beat
two egg whites until stiff, pour over
the boiling sirup, adding teaspoon
full of VANILLA beat until firm enough
to drop and keep its shape. Add nuts
and drop in the form of small mug
gets from teaspoon on buttered
sheet.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-04-02
OF INTEREST TO
THE HOUSEWIFE

MiIdewed leather may be cleaned
with vaseline.
Long handles on brooms, brushes
and duStpans save the back.
Dinner plates should always be
sent to the table warm enough not
to cool the food served on them.
To remove grease spots from SILK,
take a lump of magnesia, rub 1t wet
on spot, let dry, then brush the pow
der off.
Keep empty spools and slip them
over the nails in the hookless
closet. They are great protection to
the clothes.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-04-02


Friction Cleaners Although Boiling
in an Alkaline Solution or Cleaning
by Electrolysis Is Easier.
to dry. and then polished off with a
soft cloth, chamOis, or brush. The
result is bright, lustrous silver. Pre-
pared cloths, sold under various trade
names, also clean by friction. They
are usually cotton flannel treated with
cleaning mixture, and are convenient
but sometimes relatively expensive.
The alkaline solution for cleaning
silver is made by dissolving four tea
spoons borax, three teaspoons wash
ing soda, or two teaspoons lye (caustic
soda) in one quart water. The sill
yer is placed in an old kettle or pan,
covered with this solution, boiled for
20 minutes, and cooled in the water.
The EIectrolytic Method.
One method of removing the tarnish
from silver by electrolysis is the fol-
lowing:
Fill an enameled or agateware ket-
tie partly full of water in which has
been dissolved one teaspoon of either
washing soda or baking soda and one
teaspoon salt to each quart of water.
Heat this solution to the boiling point,
put in strips of aluminium or bright
zinc add the tarnished silver, and boil
ii. The silver must be covered com
pletely by the water, and each piece
must be in contact with the aluminium
or the zinc, either directly or through
other silver. When the tarnish hal
disappeared the silver should be re.
moved from the kettle, washed, and
dried with a clean, soft cloth. An
aluminium kettle may be used, but it
soon corrodes and must be cleaned,
as only a clean, bright kettle serves
the purpose. The zinc also grows dull
and then is less active. 1t may be
cleaned, however, in water containing
a little hydrochloric (muriatic) acid,
which is very poisonous and must be
handled with extreme care.
Silver cleaned either in an alkaline
solution or by electrolysis lacks lus-
ter, which cleaning by friction gives.
1t may be made bright, however, by
little rubbing with a soft cloth or
chamOis.