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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, AUGUST 11, 1918. who are Interested in the welfare off normal and sub-normal children, of 3 years old and upward. - Games and exercises are described, the principal object being to help de velop muscular control and to- quicken the sense perceptions of children. r iiii iiiiiiiijiiir j Cem ral Forh. by R. Johnston. Major. I'ntted States Army. 11. Houghton. Mifflin Co.. Boston. Of all the valuable and readable book on the reviewer's desk. "General Koch." an appreciation by Major John ton, takes first place in current interest. General Foch, the commander - in -chief of the entente forces, is "the" man in the world just now. and he may alter Its history. One slip of his mili tary Judgment and history and civiliza tion may be changed In one hour. Foch la not only French, he Is universal. This book, of only 54 pages, was written In May of the present year, and It gives a calm, informing, yet en thusiastic appreciation of the great French soldier, so much so that one can easily determine what manner of a man he is. Ferdinand Foch was born August 4 1851. In Sarbes. a little city in the Pyrenees, where his father held an ad mlnlstrative post. The great Napoleon baa ever been General Foch's guiding star and inspiration. Napoleon was mall In stature and so is Foch. Both of them belong to France, and they are of the same type. "More than that. Foch Is the typical French soldier. In him there live Again the Christian faith and serene fearlessness of Bayard, sans peur et ans reproche; the continuous Intel lectual effort, the will, the power to learn, of Turenne; the tlrelessness and '--- '-lnr of that prince of subor filiates, Desaix; the clarity, brevity and ... . . luiiai Dnuiant of military atylists. Ardant du 1'lcq. Something of all these heroes may be found in Foch; the enemies of France have already discovered it. Foch was meant for the French army, and he began to be a trained profes sional soldier. For 15 years following his entrance Into the Ecole Polytech nique nothing out of the ordinary stirred the life of the young studious French officer. In the year 1878 he was captain, and in 1884 he was ad mitted to the Ecole de Guerre (School of War) as a student. Twelve years later, as Major, he returned to that school as an Instructor, and then be gan the really Important chapter of his life. Foch "made" the Ecole de Guerre, and he became Its greatest teacher. He was one of the first lecturers to insist that French officers be taught how to handle brigades, divisions and army corps masses of men. In short, to profit by the military mistakes France made In the campaign against Germany in 1870-71. As a professor In the school Foch attracted world-wide no- tire by his teachings. "In teaching, it is not so much whai a man teaches as how he teaches that matters. One of the General's former pupils declares: The officers who passed through the Ecole de Guerre be tween 1896 and 1907 will never lose the impression produced on them by their professor of strategy and tactics. The course was eagerly looked forward to as the fundamental teaching of the school. ... Lieutenant - Colonel Foch did not disappoint their expecta tion, ... he impressed them at once by the energy, the serenity and the honesty of his face. The forehead was high; the nose straight and finely cut; the eyes gray blue and direct. He stood motionless while speaking: his tone was one of authority and convic tion. ... He was an excellent teacher because he had a passion for teaching. He threw himself bodily Into bis task and made incredible efforts to convince his hearers. When direct ing a skeleton or map maneuver he put his officers through a veritable course of Intellectual gymnastics. It was Impossible to circumvent him by approximations or compromises; he al ways held you up by bis famous: 'Now what Is the polntr ... Yet this analytical method, pushed to an ex treme, did not denote in Lieutenant Coloo I Foch a hesitating spirit. . . . To his Intellectual qualities be adds complete silf - mastery. Like General Joffre. he speaks little.' "General Foch gave to his students the best that a teacher can give, and that is example. He was an enthusiast, almost a fanatic. His patriotism and his profession merged Into a splendid effort of intellect in which his stu dents delighted." Space Is not available at this time to allow of extracts being given to show how General Foch saved the day for France at the famous battle of the Marne one day in September, 1914. It la possible, though, to refer to one inci dent after the Marne to show how Gen eral Foch worked as commander of forces designed to prevent German armies reaching Amiens and Calais and the English Channel. "The British army, what was left of 'It, was being moved back from Farls to the north. A considerable part of It was being detrained at Saint Omer. Only a few miles to the northeast the German advance had reached the valley of the Aire. and. to cover the British movement, Foch had sent to that point a cavalry corps of several divisions. If the Germans should succeed in driving away the cavalry the British army would be seriously, threatened under conditions of grave disadvantage. At the close of the 4C There Is ATi'de In The Affair PfMen WhichJhkznM TAe Flood, Leads On To Fortune.? tshakespea.r. . ; yty? - 'iv vi r - - ; Ancient Peoples at New Tasks, by Wilier Prlre. 00 renta. Missionary Education Movement, New York City. Of 'decided Interest to people who wish to study systematically the rela tions of Christianity . to the world's work.' Mr. Price, editor of the "World Out look," has the enjoyable graphic style of his magazine. In seven chapters, the new industrial movements sweep ing through the Orient, South America, and Africa are vividly described. We are told about the ancient peoples of the world waking from the dream of centuries at the screech of factory siren, the rumble of train and auto mobile, the roar of modern machinery, and the booming of dynamite in long silent mountains. Mr. Price has great sympathy with the problems of the people of those lands where social and industrial changes are taking place on a vast scale, and with astounding rapidity. Flays for Any Child, by F. Ursula Payne. 75 cents. Harper & itrotnen, .New fork City. Our author is of the staff of the Brooklyn, N. Y. Training School for Teachers. Her little book is written In easily understood English, and the group of 10 plays, suitable for repre Mentation on various holidays, and act ed by young folks from eight to 18 years, are admirable in every instance. years old at the time the play is pre sented, as an honest, pure girl. Yekel buys from a religious teacher a holy scroll, and the point is made plain that If this scroll is placed in a house of sin. misfortune will follow the inmates. The scroll is placed. Yekel does not reform his evil ways. Rifkele is tempt ed and she falls from virtue. The end of the play is abhorrent. It is stated that the play was first produced by Max Relnhardt. at the Deutsches Theater, Berlin, in 1910; that it has been played over Germany, Aus tria. Russia, Poland, Holland, Norway, Sweden and Italy, and that originally written in Ylddfsh, it has been trans lated into Hebrew. German, Russian, Polish. Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Italian and French. comes insane. The descriptions of phases of his insanity do not make pleasant reading. Practical Flying, by FIlRht Commander W. O. McMlnnira. Royal Navy. Il.fiO. Illus trated. George H. Doran Co., New York City. Complaint has been made that up to now there is a lack of scientific, quette of social correspondence quite a four plays of the .Harvard Dramatic Club, NEW BOOK8 RECEIVED. Not Guilty, by Robert Blatchford, a clever series of essays on philosophy, sociology, biology and kindred topics; and Mari9 Grubbe, by Jens Peter Jacobsen, $1.50, romantic, alluring novel translated from the Danish, and depicting a young woman of the 17th century (Boni A Liveright, N. Y.. Lncle Sam. the Teacher and the Admlnls trator of the World, by Rev. A. Hallner, $1.50, a feverent, religious appeal that the United States of America recognize and act with Scandinaiva. Norway, Sweden and Den mark in establishing a true democracy of the world, and a warning of the second com ing of Jesus Christ tNews Pub. Co., Sacra mento, Cal.). Ethics of Contracting and the Stabilis ing of Profits, by F. W. Lord, straightfor ward, sensible, kindly criticism of business principles affecting owners, contractors, en gineers, supply houses, price stabilizing, etc. Country Lire Press, Garden City, N. v.. Tenting Tonight, by Mary Roberta Rtne- bart, SI. 75. illustrated, a delightful record of a pleasant outing trip written by a harming author a trip in the Glacier Na tional Park region and on a new trail along he Cascade Range In Washington (Hough ton, Mifflin Co., Boston). Exiles, by James Joyce, SI, an astonishing. bold, aesthetic play on the marriage rela tion and an attempted substitute for it all andled with cleverness (B. W. Huebsch. N. -Y. ). Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp.- by Annie Roe Carr. 75 cents, a girts' story, and Signs Omens and Superstitions, by Astra Clelo. 75 cents, a curious and interesting book of odd customs and sayings (Geo. Sully & Co.. N. Y. . From Their Galleries, by A. Donald Doug s, SI. 25. one dozen essays, beautifully fashioned about strange subjects in the long-sgo ice age. and later (The Fou Seas Co.. Boston). The Law of Commercial Paper, by Will iam Underhllt Moore, professor of law in the University" of Wisconsin, and prepared in the extension division of that university an able, informing book for business men. bankers, students of business methods, etc.. S-'; Hunting the Hun. by Captain Belton and Lieutenant Odell. Sl.TiO, a business-like, stirring study of the war in France,- par ticularly the battle or Vlmy Ridge; and Above the Battle, by Captain Drake, $1.50. the Intimate, thrilling story of a British airman from the day of his enlistment up to the time be enjoys his first bit of leave charming and lively reading (D. Appleton & Co.. N. Y. ). The Social Letter, by Elizabeth Myers, SI. .5. a desk-book and guide to the eft The Ship of Death, by Edward Stilgebauer. 81.40. Brentan's. New York City. Dr. Stilgebauer is remembered as the author of that novel-thriller, "Love's Inferno," a narrative ' of the early stages of the great war, and written from the German side, by a German. It denounced war. and Is a stirring ap peal for the abolition of war and the military system. Dr. Stilgebauer exiled himself to Switzerland to write It. and the legal authorities have forbidden it to be sold or read in Germany. In "The Ship of Death," we meet with a novel that depicts with burning rev elation the sinking, by a German torpe do, of the ocean liner Gigantic, and thfc Insanity of the captain of the subma rine from which, came the fatal tor pedo. The story has a real thrill, and haunts the memory afterwards -with its realism. " The submarine captain. Stirn, who becomes Insane, following the agony of mind after the sea trag edy, is described with a terrible real ism that recalls the grlmness of Edgar Allen Poe. The novel is divided Into two parts: The deed, and the 13 reincarnations of Captain Stirn. For the first 109 pages. The Ship of Death" is pleasant and cheerful. The heroine, so to speak, is Lady Mabel Roade, daughter of a rich Standard Oil millionaire, and .latterly the wife of an Englishman of title. Captain Stirn had a high social post tion in New York City society before the war, and was one of Miss Whit admirers, bu authorized literature connected with practical flying in an airship. Some books are too far advanced, and others are for novices. Here is one book between the two extremes, giving a complete course of flying instruction, written by a flight- commander in the British navy a book that rovers the whole field from ele mentary ground work to advanced Hying. Games for Children's Department, by Hilda A. Wrlghtson. Si. 50. Illustrated. Pros pect Press, Inc., New York City. It speaks well for the kindliness and intelligence of our age that such an educative little book as this is pub lished. It is for mothers arid teachers 'The Florist Shop. "The Bank Account." "The Rescue" and "America Passes By." and a Royal Prisoner, by Pierre Scouvestre and Marcel Allaln, $1.40. a French novel of liveliness (Brentano's. N. Y.). The Small Place, by Elsa Rehman, 100 Illustrations, a splendid work of a study of house and grounds, from, the viewpoint of a landscape architect. 161 pages; and E. K. Means, illustrated by Kemble. and eight laughter-provoking, skillfully written stories of negro life stories written from a new angle, and the admired work of a new author (Putnam's Sons. N. Y.). The Gospel for a Working World, by Harry F. Wand, 40 cents, a sincere, finely presented plea that people should exem plify the real Christian life by inducing right relations In the Industrial world a "golden .rule" booy (Missionary Education Movement. N. Y.l. RETIRING LIGHT IS LATEST DEVICE FOR GUEST CHAMBER Some Women Prefer Simplicity and Dignity of Candle Fixtures, While, Many Others Court More Modern and Dainty Lamp. Dear Friends: Let me urge you again to save every bit of the fruit you have this year, the culls as well as the perfect fruit and all the good parts of your vegetables, even if they are not quite perfect. It is Just as unpa triotic now to allow parts of your fruit and vegetables that might be saved for food, to go to waste, as it is to waste the crumbs from your loaf of bread or your dry crust, or to throw away your "left-overs." An O. A. C. bulletin says "Vegetables are particularly valuable food products at this critical time in the history of the Nation. If ."food will win the war," then vegetables will play an important part in the winning. This fact is becoming more apparent to the American people as they have awakened to the worth of vegetables through a realization of several im portant facts regarding their use. They realize, first, that by direct use of the garden through the growing season, and by means of canning, dry ing, pickling and storage for the other seasons, vegetables may be made avail able for food the year round; second, that vegetables are a highly healthful and nutritious food; third, that by a Judicious selection, many a balanced meal may consist chiefly of vegetables; fourth, that by a liberal use of vegeta bles families may reduce the necessity of buying the more expensive foods, such as flour, meat and fats, thus re leasing many of these for war pur poses. This subject, which we have been considering recently, of "putting up" fruit and vegetables for Winter in the best way, seems to me of enough Im portance to warrant a little further discussion this week, as there are many old-fashioned economical processes that have been forgotten by most peo ple that I want to give you. It has been so much easier to buy sourkraut. dill and other pickles, catsup, etc., that we have almost forgotten that they can be made at home. When you be gin making all these things at home your families will not be satisfied to go back to the "store" product, and this winter you will put them up your self If you want to be sure to have them. Here are some suggestions that I do not think you will find given generally and I believe them all very practical and well worth trying. Some Tried Suggestions. Canned Apples Usually canned ap ples are insipid and tasteless and only fit for pies, but if you can these apples while they are green they will retain 11 their flavor and taste like fresh apple sauce. All cull and wind-fall ap ples should be used this year, being very careful to cut away all imperfect parts. Remember that clean apple peelings make good jelly. Apple Jelly Without Sugar Prepare Juice of tart apples, using them unripe. as usual for Jelly. Do not add sugar but boil the juice, rapidly at first, but more gently as .it becomes thickened, until it is thick. The time needed will depend upon the amount of juice, shal lowness of the dish and the heat em ployed. One hour at least is -needed for two quarts of juice, and this amount will make one teacupful of jelly. Test and put in glasses as usual for jelly. Such jelly has a most delicious flavor and is very wholesome. It is especially fine to serve with meats, and conserves sugar. m Peach or Otlier Sweet-Fruit' Jelly Use one part very sour apple juice to two parts peach juice and make as usual. . Sweet Cherries and Loganberries Canned Together One-third part lo ganberries to one part cherries is a most delicious combination. Loganberry (etc.) Juice for Coloring After making jelly cover the reject ed pulp with water and boil 40 minutes. Re-strain through the jelly bag, and bottle. Use this juice to color rice or other puddings, or in fruit punch. Evergreen Blackberries These na tive berries are often considered worth less, because , the seeds are .large. A friend says to mash them, -add one quarter as much water, boil and put through a flour sieve, taking out all the seeds. Add sugar and boil down to It has a delicious marmalade as usual flavor. Wild elderberries or the grape can. be treated in the same way. The Oregdn grape made into Jelly ad usual, makes a delicious jelly that has a very pleasant and distinctive flavor. Elderberry and grape Jelly So many wild elderberries go to waste here every Fall that this year we should plan to use them. Take one-third-ripe grapes and two-thirds-ripe elderber ries. Pick over carefully and make as UBiiai. Canning pumpkin I have never been able to keep canned pumpkin as well as other vegetables, but if you cut pumpkin up and bake it in the shell as you would squash and then scrape out the pulp and can it, it will be sure to keep. Mash the pulp fine with potato masher in a kettle over the fire until quite brown. Then fill hot sterilized cans while hot. Uncooked jams Nearly all kinds of berrlee may be made into most de llcious jam without cooking them at ail. Be sure the berries are perfectly sound. Use equal parts of berries and sugar, crush the berries and mix thor oughly with the sugar, which can be done at once, but is better done b- stirring at different times during three or four days. Now place the jam in well-eterilized but cold fruit Jars and cover with a cloth or anything that protects it from dust but does not keep out the air. If sealed air-tight the jam will probably spoil. These Jams are much finer than the cooked Jams as they retain their natural flavor. The red currant is especially delicious with meats, while blackberries and raspberries can be used as jam, or for filling for shortcake. Black raspberry is perhaps the best of all, as it Is less juicy and so makes a more compact jam. It has a very fine flavor and appearance. Mock apricot preserves Young car rots may be made into good "apricot preserves" by cutting them In slices and stewing them slowly until sort. Then put them through a sieve and weigh the pulp. To every pound of carrot pulp use one pound of sugar, the grated rind of one lemon, the strained Juice of two lemons and six chopped bitter almonds. -Cook the fiugar with the pulp for five minutes and add the other ingredients when cold. Cueambrr Pickles. This is a wonderfully easy way to make sour cucumber pickles, and they will keep perfectly in an open Jar, if covered with a weighted plate to keep them under the vinegar. Wash cucum bers and pack In cans or jars. The large ones. If cut into quarters, will keep equally well. To 1 gallon cider vinegar take 1 cup of mustard, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup salt. Mix thoroughly and pour over the cucumbers cold. More cucumbers may be added as picked each "day, and they are ready for use In a week or so. To flavor these use 3 bay leaves to the quart for some cans or crocks, or 1 teaspoonful mixed spices or a bit of dill for other cans. - Dili Pickles. So many ask how to make these that I will tell briefly. I hope you grew your own dill in the garden; it is very easy to grow and will be ready to use when your cucumbers are. Wash cu cumbers and dill; pack in stone Jar, wooden bucket, etc., with alternate layers of cucumbers and dill, using stems and all of the dill plant. When your container is about half full put in a layer of grape leaves, or you can use more grape leaves if you like your pickles sourer. Then fill up nearly with alternate layers of dill and cu cumbers. Make a brine of 1 cup salt to 1 gallon or 16 cupfuls of water, and pour over the pickles. Put grape leaves on top, if liked, and a weighted plate on top, cleaning off the scum that rises, about once a week, as described In salted cucumbers last week. Tomato Catnup. Let me urge you to make your own tomato catsup this year. It is much better and cheaper, and If you don't you won't probably have any, as the Government needs what the canneries put out. Tomatoes, salt, sugar and vinegar are all the ingredients neces sary for catsup. Spices are usually used, but they darken the catsup and make It less wholesome. It Is better to use your reddest tomatoes and very little spice and keep your catsup bright" Oregon red. Always use your cull tomatoes for catsup, using, of course, only the good pieces of them. Celery tops are fine, added and strained out after be ing thoroughly cooked. If you have all your small bottles full and also all your glass cans you can get gal lon or two-gallon, etc., bottles, in which pharmaceutical preparations are shipped, at your drugstore at a very reasonable price, and can can these, big bottles full. Then when you have . opened and used all the catsup in your small bottles, you will find it little work to open one of these big bottles and re-can the small ones. Stoneware jugs may be used for the bulk canning also. All these jugs or bottles must have corks that fit in closely, and you must cover the top of the cork as well as around it with the common red sealing wax, which you melt in a tin can and apply with a stick. You will find various recipes for catsup. Here is one that will give you the general pro portions. Vary it to suit the tastes of your family. One peck ripe tomatoes, cut fine and boiled l'.a hours, stirring often to pre vent burning; 3 quarts sliced onions, 3 sliced red peppers, 2 lbs. brown sugar. V2 cupiui salt, taDiespooniui cinna mon, 1 teaspoonful ground mustard, one quart vinegar. Stir and boll all to gether Vt hour. Strain. Pour In clean sterilized bottles and seal. The ."trick" here is in. the stirring; "ocraslonally"" will do at first, but towards the last it will burn If you don't give it your undivided attention but this amount fills a great many bottles, so - t doesn't have to be done but once. I'slng Cull Tomatoes. Your large, perfect tomatoes you will probably can whole by the cold-pack method, but there will be many imper fect and small ones in your war- gardens. These are very good, gone over carefully, cutting away the hard. green or rotten spots, after peeling the tomatoes, and cooking this pulp with salt to flavor until it is all cooked to a thin "mush." You can can It tills way, or strain it, when It makes very fine soup stock. This pulp can be canned In the gallon bottles or jugs as described above and opened and re-canned into quart Jars after you have some emptied in Winter. I have also used the bright tin Crisco, or Cottolene palls, wilh tho tops that set down in. These must be well sterilized and the sealing wax put around the edge very carefully so as no air can get in. As the wax cools you can press it down firmly with your fingers. Green Tomato Mincemeat. This you can make late in the Fall from the green tomatoes that you see are not going to - ripen. It may not sound very good, but let me assure . you it is, exceedingly good, always taken for expensive meat mince-meat. and is a conservation recipe and very wholesome. it is Just green tomatoes, vlnegnr. sugar, salt and raisins cooked down together. Some u.w one-half apples and when you use it, part of a glass of jolly, preserves, etc.. help It for special occasions. This Is what I use 1 peck green tomatoes, chopped and drained, 5 pounds browr. "sugar, 2 tablespoonf uls each of salt, cloves, cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg, 2 pounds raisins and 1 cupful vinegar. Cook slowly 3 hours and can in glass jars as usual, be stirred like catsup, oftener. is thicker. Making Vinegar. When cooking apples save the par ings and cores If sound, and throw them into a jar from time to time as they accumulate. Add enough soft water to cover and a cup of sugar to every seven quarts of water. Keep cov ered with netting but not covered tightly. Add a bit of yeast and set in a warm place. Vinegar can be made from any fruit Juice or jelly which has begun fermenting by adding water, three times the amount of the Juice, and a little yeast or "mother" of vin egar. Pear vinegar is made from par ings and cores of pears, the same as apple vinegar, and Is most delicious for salad. Next week we will discuss fully the. , Fall planting of vgetables. Very cordially, YOUR GARDEN NEIGHROR. Must as it ?i e. aay tinnerai 1 rnnih'j iihv ur,aH'ai Foch's headquarters were rung by the Xv0ri Arthur proved to be the winning cavalry corps commander. The General one. Hlmseir seized the telephone. The corps commander Informed him that he had withdrawn from the banks of the River Aire, as the Germans had been rein forced -with infantry and artillery. Did you throw the bu-lk of your forces into the fightr 'No. TTou will imme diately reoccupy the banks of the Aire: you will line them with your machine guna and artillery; you will hold tne enemy there tomorrow; and when your guna have been destroyed or cap tured, you will report to headquarters for further instructions.' Such, at all events. Is a story current among offi cers of the French army, and even If It is Inaccurate In its details. It certainly teems to give a true appreciation, of the character of their general." Major Johnstons concluding para graph is: "We cannot expect the French army to bear its disproportionate share of the Teutonic load continuously. We must not expect General Foch to per form miracles, even though we know lje win attempt It. as soon as It Is possl ble we want to bear our own part of the burden; first, to help: then, to re lieve our friends and allies; In time, to assume an offensive aimed at the heart of Germany, to bring triumph to our Just cause. Meanwhile, we stand. In euch numbers and skill as we can now muster. Joyously under the orders of Ferdinand Foch. We know we shall find no better leader; whatever the issue, we shall cherish his long and proved record as that of a great sol dier and a great Frenchman. Our his tories will record our pride at having fought under his orders." Shakespeare's remark: "There's tide In the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune," is apropos of General Foch.. The God ef Yena-emaev. by Sholom Ash. SL The Stratford Co. Boston. For adulta only who can stand this sort of salacious reading. Surely there is small excuse for a play of this sort. It Is about a forbidden subject. Yekel Schaftchovitch and his wife, Sarah, own an evil business, and thev bring up their daughter, Rifkele, 17 Lord and Lady Arthur Roade, along with zouo other people, sail for Mug land on board the steamer Gigantic (meant lor Lusltanla) In- spite of anonymous letters which stated that the steamer "is liable to be sunk when approaching the English coast." She was alleged to be carrying munitions of war. One of her sensational passen gers is Mr. de Chatelanard. a menial healer, and who is known .s the Bap tist. He wore "a cowled monkish robe tied w ith a hempen rope; on his naked feet were sandals, and his hair and beard were fair and unshorn. He walked for hours up and down the deck, reading incessantly in the New Testament, which was never out of his hands. To the few people he spoke, he repeated portions of Scripture, and he assumed the manner of a seer. He cures cases of illness on board, by prayer, and he Is especially Kind to .Madame cnapulsat ana her young children. Madame Chapuisat plans to proceed to France to find her husband who is a soldier. The Baptist tells Madam Chapuisat that she and her children will reach France safely. A w-ireless message reaches Captain Hastings, of the steamer Gigantic, di recting him to alter the course of the steamer, as the danger of ocean mines was pronounced, and to give the French mails to the captain of a tugboat that would put out from Brest, The Baptist prevails on Captain Hastings to allow him the Baptist and Madam Chapuisat and her children to proceed with the tugboat to Brest. Proceeding to Liverpool the Gigantic was struck by a German torpedo, and the unhappy incidents that follow are visioned- with real dramatic ability; Several boat loads of people leave the stricken ship, and the latter soon blows up and sinks. On board the German submarine of which Captain Stirn is chief, the sailors relaxed, after the Gigantic disaster. and one of the sailors tells the captain that a woman's body Is caught, by the hair, on the propeller. To his horror, s m . ., -, -er. . m w v.. t m rHir 't.-a nfi.. . T. :.'...-?! v--v 1 11 :.:.; ti x; W M L IJ 5ftt s 2 - 1 i 5 4L2i. ' tsi- Jlgv f: CCJV' . I,1 ' ' s I ' if?' EVERY day something new and charming in bedside light fixtures makes Its appearance, and no boudoir may own itself complete with out the latest and daintiest device in the way of a retiring light. She calls It a retiring light because it Is the last light snapped off before she lays her head on the pillow, and In the soft glimmer of the retiring light beside the bed. my lady's chamber, with its ilk and lace hangings, Its rose-colored. embroidered cushions, its sheer, rose veiled pillow slips and bedspread, is a Captain Stirn finds It to be the body I charming snot to bid goodnight to. one of the woman be formerly loved. Lady I may guess! juaoei .itoaae; ana -captain -Burn, be-1 The retiring light -is usually some sort of electric fixture and the light may be snapped on again at a minute's notice if the sleeper is wakened sud denly, or wishes to look at her watch or take a drink of water from the pret ty little ice-water set placed on the bed table by a maid at bedtime. A new bed-table lamp, pictured, is In quaint, old-fashioned fabric design, the shade of black lacquer wood and sheer crepe repeating the pattern on the porcelain base. The plaid background, for all the world .like, checked ging ham, is in pale blue and white and the nosegays are tinted like old-fashioned prints of flowers. Some women prefer the simplicity and dignity of candle fixtures it was a candle that my lady of the olden time kept beside her four-poster and blew out before she went to sleep. A very modern sort of bedtime candle Is illustrated in another picture; a tall, ornamental candle in rich du Barry rose shade, the candlestick of gilded cream enamel. An electric lighting fixture is cunningly concealed by candle and pedestal and the lighted "candle" sheds a rosy glow over the room. COTTON IN CALIFORNIA Land in Butte County Makes Good Showing With Crop. OROVILLE (Butte County). Cal.. Aug. 4. The cotton Industry growing in the Sacramento Valley is a success upon the lands of Butte County, thinks County Horticultural Commissioner Earle Mills, who has returned from trip through the cotton fields of the Dodge Rice Company. Lands best adapted tp the culture of cotton, however, are those which have not been used for rice culture. The Dodge Land Company has 900 acres in Ulenn county upon wnicn rice had been grown, which was planted this year to cotton. The cot ton on this tract is not considered to be making .a satisfactory showing. Five hundred acres of land, however, which has been planted to cotton, but which had never been planted to rice is making a phenomenal showing. According to J. J. Beekler, cotton expert for the company, the Industry on these latter lands gives promise of being a success. PUMP SAVES RICE CROP Grower Turns 8000 Gallons a Min ute on Field Xear Modesto. MODESTO, Cal., Aug. 4. W. O. Thomp son, City Clerk 01 jwoaesio. announces that he has managed to save his J4000 crop of rice In the Claus district, where the United States Food Administration recently had the Modesto Irrigation district turn on its remaining supply of- water for the saving of the rice there. Thompson s ranch was too far away to get any of the water. He rushed his well to completion, installed a huge pump and started an 8000-gallon-per- minute flow or water from tne well onto his rice field. Some rice will be lost in the district for lack of irriga tion, but not his. Von Ludendorff Hard Worker. AMSTERDAM. Aug. 1. General von Ludendorff is said to be. one of the hardest workers in the German army, often remaining at his office more than 18 hours a day. Karl Rosner, a German war correspondent. In the Ber lin Anzeiger. says: "General von Luden dorff is daily at his desk at 7:30 A. M. and works until 1 o'clock In the morn- ng. His daily labor is broken only by short mealtimes, a quick walk and a rapid motor trip to one of the armies." AERO SQUADRON IN . ENGLAND PUTS OUT CLEVER PUBLICATION Copy of "La-Tree-Inn Roomer," Brimful of Bright Personal Quips and Sketches, Is Received From Portland Boy, Sergeant Howard C. Hamilton. B RIMFUL of bright personal quips and sketches, the first issue of the "La-Tree-Inn Boomer," put out by members of the 152d Aero Squadron somewhere In England, has been received from Portland members of the unit. The five Portland boys with the squadron are Sergeants How ard C. Hamilton and Harold Sheldon, Cook Herman Grass and Privates Ed ward Altree and Arthur Bishop. As a reflection of the optimism and the ever-present humor of the Amer ican boys abroad, and of the English life which the boys are finding very interesting, the paper Is a revelation to those "over here." Sixteen pages of the magazine-like publication are divided between English advertise ments, poetry, special departments and a few articles of a more serious turn. Humorists Have Wide Range. An account of "big doings" at the camp on the Fourth of July vies with the tale of "reveille disease" f r hon ors on the first page. Advice to the lovelorn from U. Hitta Breeze, various kinds of want ads, society news and a prose poem, recital ot sporting events are among other departments of the breezy issue. Eating and its various ramifications are subjects mucn aiscusseti cy mo humorists on the staff. A whole rol umn of such advice as, "Return the worms you find in the rice tney will be used to flavor the hash." occupies a prominent position. "Don't wear cut your tools on food by overusing lite Nature's gifts." is another bit of droll advice on table mannrs under the heading, "Social Column." Fancy Menu Suggested. Several sergeants, among whom are Hamilton and Sheldon, supposed to be dissatisfied with Army rations, use an other column to suggest a day's menu. Grape fruit, grape nuts with cream, fresh country butter, toasted wnite bread, milk, coffee or cocoa, and ham nd eggs is a suggested breakfast menu. For dinner dessert, seven Kinaa of pies, shortcake, cantaloupe with ice cream and tea, coffee, milk and cocoa are suggested. A list of abbreviations in unicusn papers translated tor me teneiii ci the Yanks includes, "Won t allow any cuddling," for W. A. A. C; "Swallow Ours Straight." for S. O. S.. and "Don t Stay Outs," for D. S. O. Not the least interesting part of the paper is found In the advertisements of English business bouses in a nearby town. "Ye Olde Bridge Tea House" an nounces "Meals that remind you of home in the 'Dining-rooms of Excel lency.' " "Pawnbroker" Is on Job. A "picture house" advertises "picture plays worth while seeing, other theater has a "flying vaudeville programme." "Choice. Ltd.," the city, pawnbroker, is on the job with: "If you are in need of ready cash, call and see us." In Sergeant Hamilton's letter inclos ing the paper, he says that Tho Ore gonian is much In evidence around the camp. He adds that the Tommies say -they find more news in American pa pers than in their own. POISON RING ANTIQUE History of Donation to Denver Red Cross Is .Sinister. DENVER, Colo., Aug. 1. In th many pieces of Jewelry donated by residents of Denver to the lied Crosp, none perhaps has a more varied and sinister history than that of a Itolie mian poison ring donated by J. E, Zahn. The small gold band, manufactured more than 200 years ago, he said, has, been worn by several princesses, at least twice with fatal effect for their enemies. The bezel of the ring turns upon a tiny hinge, the pressure of a hidden spring opening a small poison chamber. The ring is valued at flOOO. Airplane Factory Established. WASHINGTON, July 25. The first , airplane factory in South America de. signed to build airships commercially has been established at Sao Paulo, Brazil. The factory was built by Sebas tian Caranl and is reported a success. FRECKLES Don't Bide Them With a Veil! Remove Them With the Othine Doable Strength. This preparation for the removal $0 freckles is usually so successful In re moving freckles and giving a clear, beautiful complexion that It Is sold by any druggist under guarantee to re-, fund the money if it falls. Don't hide your freckles under a veil; get an ounce of Othine and remove them. Even the first few applications should show a wonderful Improvement, some of the lighter freckles vanishing entirely. Be sure to ask the druggist for the . double-strength Othine; it is this that la sold on the money-back euarantna. while an- Adv.