La Grande evening observer., January 29, 1918, Image 5

TUESDAY? , JAN UAUV. 29, 1918
LA UltANDE EVENING OBSERVER
PAUE Jj'IVJS
UNDER THE CAMOUFLAGE M outbursts op everett true
Intimate War Experiences and Observations of
LOWELL MELLETT
(UnUed Press 'Staff Correspondent) .'
LONDON. Nov. 22. Talked with
Ma. Gem. Maurice Director of Mili
tary Operations. Ha was bo full of
tbe satisfactory Cambral push that
ho was likely to burst. But he did
n't and the interview did not develop
a lot that is new. However, ono
doesn't chalk that up aRalnst the
General, for lie-seldom disappoints
without good reason.
Interviewing Gen. Maurice Is
somewhat like attendlnR a classroom
lecture, with the same privilege of
asking questions at the end. You
couldn't exactly call him a good fel
low, he never forgets he's a general
In the Armeo, but ho la direct and
to the point and fuller of Information
than the nod India paper edition of
the Encyc. Drltt.
Got a little extra excitement out
of the Byng push on my own account.
Sunday night on an underground
train I met two tired but contented
Tommies, Just arrived home on leave.
In return for a match they volun
teered the information that the big
gest show of all was due in a couple
of days. Told where It would take
yiuce, wiiui u iui ui utiuis wuru uueu
up ior tne piunge, me cavalry pre
parations and various other details
borne out by Haig's bulletins of yes
terday and today.
Usually the talos -the Tommies toll
you are more interesting than accur
ate. This was an Amazing excep
tion. , There's a Defense of the Realm
regulation against Tommies telling
all they know. Fortunately this hap
py pair borrowed their match from
a friend who didn't believe them, in
stead of from one of the thinning
band of German Bples that still In
fest London.
Shaplen left for Petrograd tonight
to Join the United Press bureau
there. There is something rather
fine about this young Russo- Phila
delphia's pilgrimage home to do
"what ho can to help Russia save her
self. His Idea is that nothing will
save his native country so much as
American understanding of what she
Is doing and trying to do the good
and the bad of the gigantic internal
Btruggle. He seems to hope for the
best, while prepared for the worst,
believing the worst cannot last for
ever. Last week one wondered why there
is no real co-ordinated Allied com
mand. This week ono finds that there Is
one.
Next week one is going to Paris to
watch It co-ordinate.
ENGLISH CHANNEL, Nov. 24.
Somehow you can tell a Hoosler.
If you find a mulling gentleman
who fills his clothes woll and wears
a wllllng-to-got-aequalnted smile'
only Bllghtly diluted by traveler's
The Red Cross
Drug Store
caution, he's more apt to be from In
diana than any where else,
I was swept Into the dining saloon
tonight by the breezo created by the
earnest advent of Just such a one.
"What part of Incfiana?" I asked,
feeling ;safc.
Middlotown."
When he learned that Elwood,
only ft dozen miles distant, proudly
claimed me he was astonished and
remarked that tho world is a small
place.
"My Minnie's Ginn," ho said. Told
him mine.
"Any relation to Doc. Ginn?" I
asked.
"Cousin., You any relation to
Hick Mellett?"
"Brother."
He repeated his observation on the
size of tho world and introduced his
companion, Mr. Maulding. Ginn is
assistant controller of the U. S.
Treasury and Maulding assistant
auditor of the War Department. They
are en route to France to audit army
accounts, being the advance guard of
a battalion of auditors on the way.
At the- table we found a nlcoly
salted citizen salted by the sea
breeze who proved to bo the re
doubtable Cant. T. H. Dobson, of
Tacoma and San Francisco, known In
every port of tho Pacific. On tem
porary leave from tho China Pacific
Steamship company, he is engaged
in a French port superintending the
repairs to American and' British
transport vessels. As the captain
Inquired concerning mutual Tacoma
friends, Mr. Ginn's estimation of the
world's size shrank still further.
Dinner, however, was tho principal
thing discussed. It included sugar,
right out on the open table, and but
ter. It was the first real butter any
of us had seon for many days. But
there it was, a large plate of it and
no restrictions on the butter-famlned
guests. " The stewnrd explained that
the boat stocked its butter and sugar
on tho French side of tho channel.
Mot.Lleiit. Col. Baker, of the Sai
vatlon Army, on dock. He Is In
charge of that army's work among
American soldiers in France. The
work is similar to that or the Y. M.
C. A., ho said, save that emphasis Is
placed on tho religious needs of the
soldiers instead of their recreational
needs. .
Just met another old acquaintance
a wintry gale from Medicine Hat,
Mont.' It is a long way Tor a wind
to come, but the one that's rocking'
this here boat now could have come
from nowhere else. However, she's
a pretty good boat; while she has
laid down and rolled over several
times, she hasn't played dead yet.
Mr. Maulding Just looked In to
report that the world has boen grow
ing larger In friend Ginn's eyes and
that home looks a long way off.
" ''
Hcrce, t-iTTv.e gjru, taks this Rice-
AMD wave Youra MAMA . Cook IT.i
TC- HCd IT'S A PRiSBNT r"OM
mister, hcsover. i T--
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CM'" 111 g
SAVE FUEL AND BE HEALTHIER
Overheated Dry Air Makes Man Too
Susceptible to Disease, Do-
olarei Physician.
Svashlngton. Further endorsement
of tho campaign ot the United States
fuel administration against overheat
ing has been given by eminent physi
cians of the country. Dr. Jnmes J.
Walsh, physlclnn, doctor of philosophy,
and author, sulci:
"Pneumonia lakes n lllllo more than
one man In eight and therefore has
wrested from tuberculosis the grim
honor of killing tho most human be
ings. Man Is u marine nnlmnl, seven
eights water. Ho needs cool nlr and
moisture nround him. Overheated dry
air makes him too susceptible to ills-
easeV In n temperature of over OS de
grees It Is difficult for men and women
to exist healthfully. If Americans can
bo taught-to live In this temperature
the number of pneumonia victims will
surely decrease. Fresh, cool, moist nlr
Is the foe of pneumonia and pursong
who keep their houses cool and breathe
fresh, moist air need have no fear of
It."
City Is Stricken.
SIDNEY, N. S. W., Jan. 28.
(Spoclul.) Tho city of Muckay, in
Queensland, has been overwhelmed
by a cyclone, which produced a tidal
wavo and flood conditions.
Heavy loss of lifo is feared. Four
toon bodies have already been re
covered. . '
There Is a call for assistance
, - Prefers ('hiiniberluln'a.
In the course of a conversation with
Chamberlain Medicine Co.'s repre-.
scntatlve today, wo had occasion to ;
dlscuta In a general way the merits
of thalr different preparations, At
bis suKgoBtinu I tako pleasure In ex- j
pressing my estimation of Chamber-
Iain's Cough Romcdy. I have a fam
ily of six children and have used this '
remedy in my home for years. I
cotiBtdor it the only cough remedy -on
the market, as I have tried nearly
all kinds." Earl C. Uoss, publisher .
Hamilton County Republican-News,
Syracuse, Kansas. Adv.
Better than money because- they '
cam money; buy a WAR-SAVINGS
STAMP TODAY. 1
CORN WILL IN
i America's Greatest Cereal Crop
J . Is Now Moving to ..
Market.
MAINSTAY IN NATION'S CRISIS.
Surplus Wheat of the United States
Has Been Sent to Famine Threat
ened Europe.
The
PRESCRIPTION
STORE
Mnd tho Grip Three Weeks.
With . January comes lagrlppe,
Lingering colds seem to settlo in the
i.ystem, causing one to ache all over
feel feverish and chilly, tired, heavy
and drooping. Sirs. Lizzie Tyles,
Hendorson, Ky writes: "My daugh
ter had lagrlppe for three weeks. I
had tho doctor and bought medicine
und nono of it did any pood. I save
her Foley's Honey and Tar and now
she is all right. I have toll all my
friends about It." Insist on the gen
uine Foley's Honey and Tar. Sold
everywhere. Adv.
Flake"
White
is a pure vt'.uct;i(lt fat. There
is nothing In equal it for short
ening and frying.
Try Flakcwhite ami you'll
never lie without, it.
Flakcwhite is cheaper than
laid.
City Grocery
O. Bakery
The Home of Fancy Groceries.
E. Polack, Prop. Phone Main 75
America's grut corn crop exceed
, Ing 3,000,000,000 bushels, will suvo tlio
world's food situation, ofllclals of tbe
United States food administration be
lleve.
Corn is tho nation's bust food cereal,
housewives are beginning to realize.
It contains all the elements needed to
keep the body In a state of health and
when used according to the scores of
tried recipes, especially when com
bined with an added portion of oil or
fat, wilt sustain life Indefinitely. In
dian warriors in colonial days lived on
parched corn alone for many days at a
tl me, and n t Vail ey Forge pa relied
corn was at times the sole ration of
the Continental soldiers.
Owing to transportation diilicultles
caused by the war t lie cornxTop moved
more slowly to market this year than
.ever before. Now, however, the cereal
Is reaching the mitlei-s and consumers.
In the meantime tho nation's surplu.1
wheat lias been sent to Kit rope.
Today there are approximately 'i0
bushels of corn for every American.
Tills quantity Is greater by live bush
els than In former years.
Corn has become the nation's ino'n-
stay In the crisis of war,
j Just as this cereal saved Die first
American colonists from famine on
. many occasions, Jast as It served ns a
; staple fond during the War f the itev-
olutinn ami during the Civil War. King
Corn has again rome to the front in
the nation's battle with autocracy.
! Corn inenl is finding greatly inrreas
; ed use in the making of ordinary while
bread. Hundreds of housewives and
many of the larger bakers are mixing
20 per cent, corn meal with wheat
Hour to make leavened bread. This
kind of a mixture Is worked and baked
In the same recipes and with the same
methods that apply to straight wheat
bread.
Corn bread using corn ineil entire
ly is gaining it greater popularity
than over before. Housewives are
coming to realize that evpry pound of
wheat saved In America means a pound
of wheat released for shipment to the
nations with which America Is associ
ated tn the war.
There are n score of oVm products
that today possess unusual Importance
for Americans. Corn syrup for sweet
ening com cakes and buckwheat rakes
and for use In the kitchen Instead of
granulated sugar Is one of the lending
products made from corn.
Corn oil, excellent for frying and for
every other purpose tilled by salad ntl.
Is appearing on ihe market in large
quantities. It conies from the germ of
the corn.
of tfle same geiteTai enuraccor ns tnoso
the United Stales food administra
tor recently denounced In this coun
try, such as the ridiculous salt and
blueing famine fakes and the report
that the government would seize
housewives' stocks of home canned
goods.
The Canadian food controller esti
mates that when the people listen to
and puss on such, stories, each one
has tlie power of destruction that lies
in a battalion of soldiers. .
"Stories without even a vestige of
foundation have been scattered broad
cast," said the Canadian statement.
"Nor have they copie to Ufa casually.
They have started simultaneously In
different parts of the country and in
each instance have been calculated to
arouse public Indignation.
"They are insidious, suhtle, persist
ent. JSItjy,. bit, iJiey .dissipate public
trust, Ihe great essential in the work
of food control. '
"It lies with every 'individual to for-
t bear from criticism; to refrain from
) passing on the vagrant and harmful
I story, and thus tho more effectively
to cooperate In work which Is going
to mean more than tho majority of
people yet realize."
THE UNITED STATES FOOD
ADMINISTRATION SAYS:
There la no royal road to food
conservation. We can only ac
complish tliic by the voluntary
action of our whole people, each
clement in proportion to Its means.
It is a matter of equality of bur
den; a matter of minute saving
and substitution at every point tn
the 2O.000.CO0 kitchrr.e, on the 20,
0COGQ0 dinner tables, and In tho
2,600,000 manufacturing, whole
sale and retail establishments of
the country.
BRITISH GOVERNMENT
HELPS PAY FOR BREAD
There bus been much mlsumler- '
i standing about the bread program in I
; Kiihland. It is true that the Kngllsh-'
man buys a loaf of bread for less than ;
an American can, hut It is poorer '
; bread, and the Ihitish government Is j
; paying fUUO.ouu.iHJd a year toward the ;
i cost of It. j
I All the grain grown In Client ltrlt- j
alu is ijikcn over by Ihe government j
j at an arbitrary price and tbe imported
; wheat purchased on the markets nt j
the prevailing market price. This is;
j turned over lo Ihe mills by the govern- j
1 incut at a price that allows the ailul- j
j t crated war bread loaf of four pounds 1
i to sell at 18 cents, Ihe two poind lost
at 1) cents and the one pound lonf ut ft
j cents. .
In France, under conditions some- '
i what similar, but: with a larger ex- ,
j traction, tbe four pound loaf hells for
i HI cents.
I
' frOftO4Od060ft0 ;r0ttO.V6rO6OrO6O :
O i
o
d o ;
o -
U By Daisy Saniat Gill o
(of the Vigilantes.) o
J Korwnnl Uirouifh pain and wrack ;
3 Till ho In lrfti n back ,j. i
U Icnth tn tl.e linn: o
O Though Uw our oriJ tnon ll, J ,
I,oim1 rim,' tlnlr cti:irsltiK cry
Ah lifo find I'JVP trap by
L'Pittli to the II uti !
Canada Is also having trouble with
Made-in(ermany lies calculated to
hinder Canadian food conservation ac
cording to an official statement re
ceived from the Canadian food eon
troller by the United States food ad
ministration. .The stories bothering Cuimda are
Hiwnk not nt rls'it to be.
V-;;k nt of l.ibtrty
t'jj'lnr the nun.
Till wp rnn Jtt'in'l !ol'f
1 rw'-p- HWtdum cruciflo'J,
Ami IMnpf the clml news wide
Ie,iJ Is thtf Hunt
Till vrp rnn na-wr Mrk
Who hr.-iYc'l tint brut attack
"Father airJ kott. !
You tmo ti.it d!'"! In vain. p
Fruitful yo:r mortal (inln,
Jtopfs f(ir tt'i !in t r-niuin
I)-;el l tti Man!" o
f;Oi:0 VC-.VOO-.'-nftOtf'O'iOfcOftoao
AP
eoiiy a Day
Means
Kit-a-Month for a
.Boy at .'the: Front -; '
,rni
Every niiin, wmii.-m find child in tins city c;m help Uvv) oiio of our hoys
at the front supplied with eigarcls and tobacco by .setting a.siile one cent a day
for each working clay.
'Just think what this little sum will do! For 2.) cents-wc will enter your
name on our Tobacco Fund list and will send ") cents worth of smoking to
bacco and cigarets to our hoys in h'rance. In the kit will be. a postal card
stamped and addressed to you, and on the. kit will he a request to the soldier
asking him to write a message to you on the postal and mail' it.
The led Cross takes charge of these kits of smoking material and dis
tributes them; the French government sends bade the postal bearing a one
cent United States stamp and admits the tobacco free of duty.
Surely if as busy an organization s the Red Cross Society and as pre
occupied officials as those of the French government will do these tilings to
see that our soldiers get a chance to smoke, it isn't, asking much to ask you
to set aside one cent a day for the purpose.
Send in your contributions of any amount 2-1 cents. $1.00, $. (10, or more.
For every 2" cents that you give, a separate postal .hearing your name goes
to the front.
Here's 45 cents worth of tobacco which is sent for your
quarter: ' ,
A package of Tuxedo tobacco and four books of cigaret papers.
Three pouches of Bull Durham Tobacco and three books of
papers.
Two packages of Lucky Strike cigarets, twenty cigaret3 iu
each package.
A return postal card addressed to the contributor on .which
the soldier will pea his appreciation and gratitude for the gift.
THE OBSERVER TOBACCO FUND
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