The Sunday Oregonian., November 25, 1917, SECTION FIVE, Page 5, Image 67

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PRESIDENT WILSON at Buffalo
made a stirring appeal to labor
for Its aid to the Government
Until victory Is won. He spoke at the
convention of the American Federation
of Labor, appealing- to the working
men of the United States for co-operation
In the conduct of the war. He
took the opportunity, too. to hit the
conduct of the pacifists, saying that his
heart was with "the feeling of the
Pacifists," but that "my mind has a
contempt for them. I want peace, but
I know how to get It and they do not,"
be declared.
...
Student soldiers of the Port Niagara
Training Camp escorted President Wil
son through Buffalo on his way to
address the great meeting of the
American Federation of Labor. The
President made a stirring appeal to
the workers assembled at the conven
tion for their co-operation in the war
for democracy.
The Liberty Boys In France are being
put through every phase of modern
warfare. The troops are being in
structed by-the Poilua in the use of the
liquid fire apparatus. The American
troops are getting extensive Instruction
In modern war methods and they are
efficient soldiers when they get as far
as the trenches.
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The first great brand new German
Zeppelin to be brought down with prac
tically a "whole Bkln" was downed by
French aviators while it was returning
from & recent raid over London. The
German commander attempted to de
stroy his machine when he saw that
escape was impossible, but a French
man who happened to espy him ordered
him to stop and enforced his order with
a rifle.
Knitting for the soldiers Is no longer
solely confined to the lassies. The
laddies with time to spare or able to
make time to spare are also on the Job
knitting all sorts of comfortable, warm
woolen clothing for the soldiers.
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The fire laddies of Rome, N. have
found quite a deal of time to spare
while waiting in their firehouse for
biases to start. So all day and all
night the fire laddies on duty are at
their knitting, turning out socks for
the American fund for French
wounded, which installed three knit
ting machines in the cardroom of
Engine House No. 2, where cards are
never played.
The little French Nieuport "scout"
plant is the greatest fighting machine
and is equipped with an electric rapid
fire gun, which is worked from the
pilot seat by a wire. The machine is
furnished with all the latest apparatus
evolved from three years of Intensive
air fighting.
With the Nieuport, French airmen
have repeatedly shown the German
birdmen that there is not room for two
brands of fighting men in the air and
the Germans have acquired the knack
of being "dropped."
Italy held a great demonstration in
the Coliseum In Rome on the announce
ment of the arrival of the American
troops In France. The old amphitheater
again echoed with cheers and Italy re
joiced on ine Joining of America and
OF WORLDWIDE INTEREST
British Women Are Active Under Fire in Giving Aid to Wounded Soldiers Camel
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Italy with the other allies in the fight
against Kaiserism. The historic relic
of centuries ago took on a festal ap
pearance and the cheers echoed from
the musty walls that have seen many
celebrations dating back to the days
of Caesar.
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Risking death and serious injury,
brave British women are tending the
wounded under fire. The men who
fight take no greater risk than these
"Angela of Mercy" who serve their men
and humanity on the battlefield.
"Gaza has fallen to the British In their
victorious sweep through Palestine,
and now they are closing in on Jeru
salem. An Important factor in their
success has been the work of the Aus
tralian Camel Corps. These men,
mounted on the torpedo-proof "ships
of the desert," have been enabled to
cross with ease the sandy stretches of
desert that are the greatest obstacles
encountered in Palestine.
....
The ships of the Atlantic fleet, which
have been mobilized since the declara
tion of war, have begun to use the
smoke screen, developed some time ago
in England, to hide them from sub
marines. A big ship of the fleet throws
out vast volumes of thick black smoke,
making it impossible for a submarine
to locate her.
Prison Reform Busy.
Washington (D. C.) Star.
Mr. Hardfax Is your prison reform
society doing anything?
Mrs. Fadhunter Yes, indeed; We're
very busy. We've Just started the love
liest movement to compel the prison
officials to put wrist watchea on the
bandcuXXa.
TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, NOVE3IBER 25, 1917.
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i Lard Said to Kill More in
j Mexico Than Liquor.
Portland Man Wrltea That "Greas
ers" Use Much Fat.
THERE may be an explanation of
the nickname "greasers," applied
to Mexicans. In a letter received by
Dr. B. N. Wade, of Portland, from hl3
father. Dr. N. M. Wade, now a practic
ing physician at Chinipas, Chihuahua.
Dr. Wade, Sr., writes interestingly of
the culinary practices of the average
Mexican In that district. He says:
Zba Mexican osa so without beans.
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Zeppelin. C?tj3-Lnr?2 Zy7vwc. cz-o.,
coffee, sugar or any of the chief arti
cles of food, but when you stop his
supply of 'mantlca' or lard, he can'J eat.
Eggs must swim in lard, likewise meat.
Beans not cooked in lard are unheard
of in this part of the country. In
consequence a sound stomach is un
known. Dyspeptics of all classes and
degrees are on every hand and I be
lieve In all seriousness that lard is
killing more people In Mexico at the
present time than alcohol, and alcohol
is some killer at that.
"Corn for tortillas is soaked in lime
water until the hull falls off. Then the
masr Is passed to a stone 'washboard'
called a metate. Here it Is ground by
rubbing with a flat stone until the re
sult is a dough, chunks of which are
flattened into a n&uc&k. goes fc slap
SNAPPED BY CAMERAMAN
Corps Is Feature of British Advance Through Palestine.
Americans rnFT37ic& Piacdce WiZJj J2a.u.id 'Jw're. ccyrt9hi co.. . K,rw?
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ping the hands together. The sound
of the process can be heard for many
yards from the houses at all hours of
the day. When the dough has been
slapped into the proper shape it is
cooked on a flat piece of iron, clay or
tin over an open fire. At some stage
of the proceeding salt and lard are in
corporated into the mass. Tortillas are
not bad. I have lived six months on
them without butter, simply using a
syrup made from cakes of raw sugar.
The potato is rare in Mexico, still at
this camp we occasionally get some.
"Roasting ear time is upon us. The
natives go for the cobs like a coon
goes after a melon. From ear to ear
one sees the marks of the big feed.
"Coffee Is regarded as essential to
the comfort of the people not so much
u tno beloved lard, but w roeal in
Mexico has 'tone' without the berry.
From experience and observation I de
duce that to make coffee according to
the Mexican notion the green berry
must be burned to a charcoal, then
pounded on a rock having a cup
shaped depression with another pestle
like rock until a fine black flour is pro
duced. This powder, boiled to a finish,
gives the ambrosial liquor thev drink.
In Caborca when coffee was first in
troduced it was a curiosity and the
women tried boiling the green berry,
and 'coffee Caborca' became a standing
Joke all over Mexico. Because of the
humiliation they have suffered by the
Jest the women have learned better and
now Caborca women make the finest
coffee In all Mexico."
RUSS PRISONERS FARE ILL
Scanty Portion of Bread and Grass
Soap Served ly Germans.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 1. (Correspond
ence of the Associated Press.) About
one-third of a pound of bread a day
and a quantity of so-called soup con
sisting of water, to which has been
added grass or any other kind of green
stuff which the cook has been fortunate
to find, composes the dally ration of
the Russian prisoner of war in Ger
many, according to stories which re
turned prisoners have told to English
Rod Cross nuraea here, Inia "soup" is
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served only once a day. Commenting
on this situation, a nurse remarked:
"It is not surprising that many of
the men die of exhaustion almost imme
diately after they are returned to Rus
sia. One pitiful, shrunken. hungry
looking prisoner who had Just arrived
from Germany told me when ques
tioned that he had been treated 'very
badly' in Germany. It was he who
told me of the meager portion of food
allowed him and his compatriots.
"In answer to my question whether
the Germans themselves fared better,
ne replied in me negative. They also,
it seems, literally are starving and eat
ing anything and evrything they can
find."
How You Can Make
Hairs Quickly Disappear
(Helps to Beauty.)
Even a stubborn growth of hair will
quickly vanish from the face, neck or
arms after a single treatment with,
delatone. To remove the hairs, make
a stiff paste with a little powdered
delatone and water, apply to hairy
surface and after about two minutes
rub off, wash the skin and it will be
left free from hair or blemish. To.
avoid disappointment, be quite certain
i you ot real delatone. Adv.