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The Value of Food.

We have been talking in general
terms about the caloric value of foods
and the necessity of knowing these
values in order to-ayoid eating too
much or too little. / have often said
that the whole matter is as simple
as elementary arithmetic. The only
thing to remember is that some peo-
pie are temperamentally so con-
Structed that one will stay thin by
nervous exhaustion while more
placid tempered individual will gain
weight on the identical amount of
food,
If after you have found out that
you should eat but 1000 calories of
food a day. and if after testing this
you still find you gain. you must re-
duce the amount below 1000. You
cannot possibly starve while your
body has fat to consume. You cannot
injure your digestion or health as
long as you eat sanely. unless you
deliberately starve yourself
Today l will mention a few of the
most fattening foods-things which
the stout woman should avoid eating.
Yet I must warn her that it will do
her little good to refuse potatoes if
she more than makes up for this
sacrifice by taking second helping
of dessert
Evening star., 1921-09-23

Foods for the fat woman to avoid
include practically all meats except
lean rare beef. She may have fowl
and all fish except salmon.
She may eat most vegetables. but
not white or sweet potatoes or
baked beans.
She may not eat any candy or
sweets at all. nor butter. sugar. milk.
cream or cheese. except the cottage
cheese made from SKINNED milk.
This is where reducing really be-
comes a burden to the stout woman
who loves cakes and pastry. rich
puddings and such delicacieS more
than anything else.
Edith-If you have given the eyes
too much work. such as long hours
of constant reading or sewing. re-
fresh them by using hot congresses
This is done by saturating cloth
with hot water and laying ii over the
eyeiids. Some people prefer to use
the opposite of this treatment and
get the same effect from ice water.
but whichever temperature is the
most refreshing will be the one you
should decide upon.
reading light fall over the left shoul-
der and do not sleep in any position
where the light from a window will
fall directly on the eyes. Consult the
doctor about the strength of the So
luton which will be used as douche
for the ewes.
Evening star., 1921-09-23
When It's Announced.

II encouragement has been formal
ly announced, and has not merely
been whispered about, by all means
take for granted to be happy
event"-when you next see the young
woman. We congratulate the en-
gagged man and we felicitate or
extend good wishes to the fiancee.
That is to say, we assume, when we
speak to the young man, that he has,
after persistent courtship. finally won
the hand of the woman in all the
world he wishes for his bride. There
fore we say something like this:
This is the best Of good news Mr..
Brown. Please accept my congratu-
lationS.' 1t is customary to shake
hands with the recently engaged
young man, and from one young man
to another with whom he is well
slap on the back is not out of place
by way Of emphasis. Always remem-
Der that the courteous point of view
is that the young man is the luckiest
of suitors. If you know in your heart
that Brown has been courting Jane
Jones for three years and has only
recently turned his thoughts to quiet
little Molly Smith, whose mother has
been coaXing him for a season or so,
your tone of congratulation should
not lndlcat9 TINS INSIDE information.
Yet there are some persons who
give engagement congratulations and
felicitations as If they were offering
consolation. MY dear Mr.. Brown. !
am SO glad that you chose girl like
Molly" the tactless woman may say
1T is always quiet girls like her that
make the best wives" indicating of
course that Molly is neither so pretty
nor so clever as Jane Jones.
In felicitating the engaged girl it
is in extremely bad taste to offer any
jesting or teasing remark, although
some persons always feel that the
announcement of an engagement
gives the signal for horseplay. What
a delightful piece of news" one
woman may say to another on hear
ing of her engagement. May I be
one of the first to wish you all the
happiness in the world" And man
may say something like this: "Please
let me wish you every happiness and
please tell Tom that he always was
a lucky fellow" 1t is better to say
somethink like this than to make a
painfully formal speech such as
Pray accept my sincerest felicitation,
and kindly extend my hearty con-
gratulations to Mr.. Brown
Evening star., 1921-09-23
Steamed Sweetbreads.

Put pair of sweetbreads in cold
water and bring them to a boil. sim
mer for three minutes. then put them
into basin of cold water to make
them firm. Trim away all gristle and
fat. but do not remove the skin.
Spread a tablespoon of butter on a
plate. lay in the sweetbreads, add a
cup OF stock and salt and pepper.
Cover and steam for forty minutes.
with white sauce
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Laura, A. Nrklnan

for ANYBODY who occasionally wants
breakfast in bed in cold weather-or
nice to have on hand in case of family
Illness
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LOST

HORSE strayed to my place, Brookland. Sar-
gent road. d. C.. John r. Miller. ~
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st. NV S3s
REAL ESTATE SALESMAN wanted BY well
established real estate firm: applicant state ex-
perience and give reference. Address Box GAP,
star ONCE.
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GENERAL IIOCsEWORKER-Cook and care
North D3G3 Ant 3o4 23s
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! GIRL for general horsework: willing {"
clear from a $50 dinner; sleep home; ref
| .,fb
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EIECIKICIANS-TW hrSt Class: at once
Apply s12 18th st. NV.
FIELD REPRESENTATIvE-W AT once
permanent position: salary $500 a month; per
sOnal interview only. Steward School, 1902 F
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SALESMAN with small car to canvass and
take charge of 4 crew of men; salary S25 per
week and commission: must furnish bond and
reference. Apply s15 7th st. NV. Singer
Sewing Machine Co. 23'
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| GENERAL HOUSEkEEPER twhite): ref
| ave NV -
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PRESSERS, white, experienced,
for mems clothing department.
Apply employment manager, 9Th
floor, G ST., Woodward & 10th
ron
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:, n ,nstairs .,3-
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FOUND.

FOUND.
HORSE strayed to my place, Brookland. Ssr-
gent road: p: G. John T. Miller. %.
LOST
BILL FOLD, brown feather. with bills and
papers. Sept. p. Reward at a44I irving 81.
NV. "a
BRIEF CAsE-Leather. cont tanning papers val
liable only to owner; out Of automobile on loth
st. near X NV. on Sept 81. Reward. Apply
room Alb. Evans bldg.
CAMEO observation-disclosures Liberal
reward. 1907 Ga. ave. Col. 6s2.
DIAMoND. loose lost IL street car accident ID ;t
DOG-Male, large red Irish setter: Reward.
Phone Cler. s12. Col. Warfeid, 5312 41st ST..
Chevy Chase. y. G:
GOLD MESH BAG containing cash. in Frank
lin Square park or From there to 10Th st. bet
] md X. Return and receive reward. l10s
New York ave-. 3rd floor.
P1N-Jeweled K. A. fraternity. Return to
room 52. Y. :. Patent Office. Reward. 20.
POCKETBOOK-BIac leather: on Conn. ave.
near Chevy Chase school or in school bldg. or
grounds , Reward if returned to Mrs. W; o, w.
POODLE. white. female: closely clipped; black
eyes. black nose; lost Tuesday evening in VI
entity of Soldiers Home If found return to
Washington Animal Rescue League, $40 Md.
RING.
Mans gold seal ring with deep cut mono
gram. Lost III April on 2lst st. Libera! reward
1914 10th st. NV. or telephone North 1898. 23'
SILVER MESH BAG. containing twenty-five
dollars. currency, change and key. Left on
table at Brownley's, 1905 q st. NV. Finder
phone Franklin 178,y: Reward.
SMALL CHANGE PURSE. initiated IS. f.
ON" Return to Cecil apt. 18th and l.. or
call Main 1861. ~.
SPECTACLES, pair child's shell rim. in case:
marked Billy Douglass. Reward for return
In 331O 18th ST nv 24s
SUITCASE. Monday, between Chaning st. ne:
and 2505 brentwood rd Reward If returned
TO above address or phone n 102M
WRIST WATCH-Lady's gold. diamond
shaped, with black band and gold clasp: re-
ward. Mrs Offutt. 14l3 Meridian st. NV.
WRIST WATCH and beads between Ind and
3rd SIS. ne, or on SeatOn st. ne, or on Bu-
reau car. Reward. 312 S st. ne. -.
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F1LIPISO-Cook- -houseboy Phone North Ss9a
or address Box 1852. Star office. 23s
FLOORMAN, experienced, to
take charge of first floor and as
sist superintendent. Position of
importance for capable man.
FRANK R. JELLEFF, Inc.
I2I6 F st. NV.
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COOK, white; permanent posi-
ton; pleasant surroundings. Ap-
ply. to matron. Gallaudet COL
lege. 7th and Fla. ave. ne.
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SALESMAN. preferably member of two or
more fraternal organizations. to connect with
& growing concern; commission basis. with
drawing account. A real proposition for live
wire. Address Box 158-P, Star Office, stating
are and last employment %
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| COOK AND misunderstood: references
| required. Apply 1871 18th st. NV.
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WANTED-HELP
MALE-COntlnued.

STOCK SALESMN wanted for high-class auto
mobile proposition; board Of directors com
prsing Of the biggest bankers ana imam
ciers in the east Big Baltimore capitalist
interested. Wonderful opportunity for live
wire mer to get immediate results. ADDRESS
RichIieu Sales CO.. io5 Trus. Company eidg.'
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WANTED-HELP
II L N 4 4 = M NJ TIH. G.r. 4

COOK and waitress -ciIembermaid. two eK
perienced white girls: city references required
Call Apt 33. I717 10Th St NV. 25s
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-12-14

American losses on this account
are said to be, so far, around
s1o0,0O0,O0O They will be a good
deal more when the vast issues Of
German paper are repudiated. Ap-
parently there is no other outcome
possible. The recent rise in marks
is, considered merely temporary.
the result Of speculation. Germany
will almost certainly have to junk
all that paper, as France did a cen
tury and a quarter ago after sim
liar splurge. To redeem it, Ger
many would need about as much
hard cash as would suffice to pay
the entire war indcmnity-and
everybody knows how indemnity
payments stand.
During the period when Ameri-
can investors loaded up with this
German paper, they could have got
perfectly sound American bonds
paying to per cent and sound
stocks paying or 10 per cent.
They thought the marks were
easy" It was they themselves
who were the "easy marks
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-12-14
Young Man Fails at an Old Game.

Columbia, Dec. 12.-R, Y. KID,
ler, q Columbia attorney. had an
unusual experience last week. and
as a result young Frenchman.
VINO posed as an hei: to a million
dollar estate. IS today resting in the
Richland county jail, awaiting trial
a. the next term Of court.
--'he young Frehchman is Joe F.
F-inSer. He called on Mr.. Kibler
and friendship sprung up. The
;osag mar is eighteen and he told
of wanting friends in this city. and
Mr.. Kibler took him in. He told
the Columbia lawyer that he was
the son OF French general who
was killed in the war. and that his
mothers recent death left him al
estate valucd at million. The
friendship went on and the young
man was taken 70 the Kibler home.
i few days ago be forged Mr.. ks"-
lyY's name to 4 cneck and his
hlbrle burstcd. The friendly .cv-
yer then had him arrested.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-12-14
Good Advice
For Farmers
Commissioner Harris Says
Live at Home and Get Out
of Debt

Columbia. Dec. 10.-Farmers are
advised not to sell bale Of cotton
at present prices unless absolutely
terday by B. Harris, commissioner
of agriculture. The statement urges
the holding of cotton. It follows:
"I see no reason to change my
opinion about the cotton situation.
I see the ginnerS' report today is
100000 bales and it is hardly pos
sible for it to even reach 100000
bales. Even if it does, that will be
a bullish report. With a carry over
Of not more than 100000 bales Of
spinnable cotton and at least p
100000 bales Of this crop low grade,
there will be a good demand for the
good grades in the near future.
THE bales Of this year are bound
to be lighter than they We're last
year, and then the lint on an aver
age is shorter this year than last
year-so this will bring about less
quantity of lint. The worlds con-
sumption Of cotton is running over
100000 bales a month and the
mills now are all running on full
time, a great many Of them run
ming at night. Most Of the mills are
short on actual cotton but they have
bought from the cotton brokers for
future delivery and they will call
upon them to deliver the actual
fo, f1,t1
contracts without il. Therefore, !
want to urge every farmeE~not t0
sell a bale unless he is compelled
to do so.
"Ask your banker to take your
warehouse receipts and feat them
for you and put the money on your
account with him and l believe he
will do this for you. For Gods
sake don't accept the offer which
the mills are n1aking-to let them
have the cotton and pay you u
cents and settle with you aLy tine
up to July. If enough Of the farm
ers do this, cotton never will go fup.
Farmers, don't get scared. Don't
sell a bale unless you have to. Sit
steady in the boat" 1t is not too
late to sow oats and Canada field
peas to make good horse and COW
feed. Sow on good land, tand by
May 20 you will have some of the
finest horse and mule feed you ever
fed. Sow two and one-haE bushels
of oats and one-half busl1el of
Canada field peas to the acre. You
can buy the seed at any good seed
store. Let your watchword neXy
year be- To live at home and
keep out of debt and you will
have no trouble about financing
your cotton. You will then be in a
position to make the other follow
pay your price. Write motto
like this and tack it upon your
barn door where you can be re-.
minded Of it every day: Live at
home-keep out Of debt. 7"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-12-14
EASY MARKS.

Americans needn't feel SO super
Tor with respect to German paper
money. Financial authorities esti-
mate that Of the 90 billions or SO of
these marks outstanding. 90 billions
are held in America. That is to say,
Americans themselves have more
than one-ffth of the stuff. and they
bought nearly all Of it at a higher
price than it now commands.
The fact that our people invested
in this worthless paper proves, if
anything, that the purchasers had
less sense about financial matters
than the sellers. The Germans
knew how worthless it was, and
were glad to get rid Of it They
have been busy right along turn
ing the product of their govern
ment printing presses into foreign
gold and goods.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-12-14
LINERS oUTaoF wARsHIPs.

The splendid. warships now.
building need not be a total loss
when tie scrapping program be-
gins, If asuggestion made by J. w.
Powell, president of the Emergency
Elect Corporation, is carried out.
They need not even go at junk
prices. Some Of them may be turn
ed s.to valuable assets of a differ
ent kind.
Mr.. Powell wants the government
to take three hulls, intended for
battle cruisers which are now
marked for destruction, and have,
them finished as passenger liners.
He believes they are admirably fit
ted for the purpose. A battle cruis-
er is a sort Of battleship that is
lighter and faster than the dread
nought. One Of the hulls. which he
has carefully examined, that Of the
cruiser Lexington at Quincy, Mass,
he is convinced would rake liner
superior to any now existing. 1t
would carry 1000 first class pas
sengers, ] ,o0e second class and q
coo steerage passengers. and beat
any of our present liners in speed.
Apparently it would cost no more
to finish the cruisers in this way
than according to. the original
plans. It might cost less. And
they would make big addition to
our merchant marine
Two other cruiser hulls, ne
thinks, could be converted into
airplanes carriers, Of which the
conference plans allow a greater
tonnage than our government now
possesses.
If such use can fairly be made
OF these craft, why scrap them?
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-12-14
4 sEATEsMoMAN. on WOMEN.

- -
Miss Alice ID. Robertson, solitary
congresswoman, is bravs. ina re-
cent Interview she paid her respects
to her wonenscritics and to women
in general this fashion:
.Fhe women are against me be-
cause I was not for suffrage orig
inrlaslIy. but /. don't mind. All these
women agitators who appear before
clubs with their nice gowns and
long gloves, and look pretty so that
The other woneen will SIT up and
excfain fOh, isn't she wonderful
make me wonder why some of them
did not raise sons toahave reverence
FOR them.
she denies .women's claim that
they are the true paciasts, saying:
woman issne more pacifst than
man. What playthings does the
mother give her child Toy ypis-
fols tin gunsaand soldiers. Down
IN the soul OF every woman IS pride
OF her warrior: It has been so
s1rQlll ll9e lillc. VIZ so1AO
hair to make ,bowstrings and hand
ed her warrior his shield. In most
cases the women are harder to
pacify shan the men. They hold
warnke memories and prejudices
longer. Lookat the activities OF
the Daughters OF the Revolution!
And where are the Sons OF the
Reyolution2 The women Of the
Eonsederaey never yielded at all;
! tfey would have fought till the last
one was killed noticed at the
A,ray-Navy football game that wo-
men cheered fouder than tffe men,
they went crazy while the battle
was on. {n the old, savage days,
when the men z went forth aid
brought home their enemies scalps,
did fheir women rebuke them for
such .barbarity2 Motley sewed
the seIaps proGdly to the mems
war -shir
A mere man has not the temer-
ity to say whether all this is true
or not One thing, however, man
may safely declare. 1t Is tnat the
women VIII certainly fight Miss
Robertson,s re-eiection, for this
and other anti-feninist ofenses.
what the men of her district will
dc remains to be seen. Miss Rob
er..,on blanday remarks, 'The wo-
men were against me last time, and
r won. Which raises the piquant
question:
Are we coming to a political Pc
rios in which the men are going to
vote for the women, and the women
for the men
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-12-14
NExTssEAR.sBU

Now is the time to think Of next
years family budget. No tine?
Nonsense! The woman setting
swift stitches can use her mind on
her business meanwhile. The man
who has to stand in the street car
can get in a little useful medita-
ton. There is always time for
constructive thinking. II there
isn't. the whole process of life is
wrong, aud should be changed, the
sooner .he better.
Mistakes have been made this
year. That was inevitable. The
same ones need not be made next
year.
But while working out the plans
in a tentative way, ready to take
form in January, it might be we'll
to consider the family who dropped
in a few months from an annual
income Of $4,000 which they saily
spent, to one of $4,000, with no
hope Of coming up again for years.
That woman is having a harder
time than the average parent of
humber income. Also consider the
man with small children and big
appetites whose income has drop
ped from living wage to almost
nothing. He and his wife are hav-
ing a hard time, too.
In Russia the children are starv-
ing. Suppose your boy does have to
wait another year for his bicycle,
your girl for her dancing lessons.
They've got food and shelter and
comfortable, if not expensive
clothes, haven't they? You are all
right, and if you make the savings
and insurance come out Of the en-
velope first of all, you will continue
to be safe and prosperous.
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Bishopyiilc News Notes.


Bishopyille, Dec 10.-We are all
glad to have our pastor, Rev. w ".
Dibble returned to us for another
year.
Mr.. Hosea Woodard, who has
been in the Charlotte. hospital for
some time vas able to return to
his home today.
I am sorry to report the death
Of one of our Oldest veterans, Mr..
George Carroway lie was ,S6
years old, and served through the
whole war, as ( true and faithful
soldier. He died at the home. OF
one of his daughters living in Ben
nettsvilK and was buried. beside his
wife near Harts3lle.
Our wheat mill and three or four
tracts Of land were sold at sheriff's
sale last Monday, most Of which
was bid in by attorneys.
Mr.. and Mrs. -. p. Moore lost a
sweet little child last weeK, and
they have our heartiest sympathy.
The hos cholera is playing de-
stractica in some sections, one man
! losing forty head and another ten
fine meat hogs, and hear the dis
ease continues to do its work.
The oat and wheat crops look
; fine, but many farmers are not able
to plant as much as they would like
because they are not able to buy
the seed.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Scott went
over to Columbia last Wednesday
on a shopping trip. They report
the reads in fine condition.
Mr.. aaw Mrs. W. Z. Stafford VIII
+, celebrate their crystal wedding on
!sthe 18th Of this month. Hope they
live to celebrate their golden we'd
ding.
There has been two or three
robberies in tour town lately. but
the thieves have not been caught
UP with 50 far.
Dr. McIver. from Atlanta, will
preach in the Presbyterian church
on sunday.
Rev. NJ: Jones preached for the
Baptists last Sunday. Both Of these
churches are without pastor.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-12-14
Birmingham is a city of 100000 in
habitants and Of great wealth.-The
State.
SpOiTSnla1lShip.

The young gentleman universally
acclaimed as the greatest football
player in South Carolina did not
matriculate in Erskine college or
account of its standing as foot
ball institution. Indeed, Efs!l!ne's
football reputation has in large
measure been created by .'Dode"
Phillips Of Chester.
Phillips entered Erskine ard
there he stayed. One suspects tlas
his gridiron promess Would have
opened the gates of q dozen lsWSe-,
colleges TO him, but they we're not
better colleges than Ersl;ine. Any
way, "Dode" Phillips WAS more
than content 10 remain in the col
lese Of his fathers and of his peo-
pie. the Associated Reformed Pres
bytcrianS. sometimes called Sc
ceders,' who sing the psalms Of De-
yid.
Sportsmanship is Of many kinds,
but none is finer than that CT
Erskinc and Of it Young Phillips is
the flower. Ills is the unrivaiicd
glory on the football fields Of South
Carolina, but his greater glory is
that he won it for Erskine first, lasc
and ali the time.
The probabilities are against Ere
kline having in the next year or %
a successor 90 Phillips, but there IS
in the atmosphere Of Due We t
something that gives to the ma :
ing Of men more than the al ST
coaches can contribute.-The 5 Z le
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-12-14

at ease with each other. American
soldiers who served in the English
army in France used to insist that
Tommy liked the Germans better
than the French. That is not i'm
possible.
It is partly military, too. The
French are honestly afraid of-Ger-
many, as result Of two tragiesex-
periences in half century, and IN
sist on enough armed power for
self-protection. There are French
jingoes who carry that policy to
extremes. The British have never
got over their fear and hatred Of
Napc leon, and are obviously afraid
of another Napoleonic France.
The trouble, however, is prob
ably economic most of all. France
is an agricultural nation, fairly self
contained. France can feed her
self, is not greatly dependent on
industry, and is poverty-stricken by
the war and wants to collect
large indemnity from Germany to
repair her damage. Great Britain
cannot feed herself. She depends
on her industries for a living. and
knows that if Germany is pressed
too hard by France Germany and
the rest of Central Europe will
have no buying power, and SO Brit
ish industry will ianguish.
It is French prosperity against
British prosperity Economic de-
termination" is, as usual the chief
malefactor.