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WHERE EXPLODING MOLASSES KILLED, FIFTEEN
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t lfteen purayis wore killed and scores seriously Injured lieu n liuw tiink eapulilt" ot linlihrig l.OiRUH'O allniis
of molasses exploded at the plant of the Purity Distilling eunumtiy iu the IJoston North ciul. The seene of the dis
aster is shown In this photograph. ,
SALVATION ARMY LASSIES"
BRAVE PERILS OF BATTLE
fir-
Heroic Women Carry Doughnuts
and Pie Where Bombs Are
Smashing.
PROUD RECORD OF SERVICE
Earn Admiration and Gratitude of
Armies They Serve Day After
Day They Stuck to Their
1 Posts, Ministering to the
Boys in Front.
Paris. Tales', of bravery and ex
traordinary courage shown by women
working with the American and Brit
ish armies continue to interest us at
every turn over here.
Day after day and month after
month, women stuck to their posts in
hospitals, in advanced dressing sta
tions, in work of ministering to the
boys behind the lines, without the
slightest show of fear or hysteria,
while falling shell and bursting bomb
, tore up the earth about them.
f - These women have earned the ad
miration and gratitude of the armies
they served. - Among this big number
of courageous women are. two young
members of the Salvation Army, Capt.
Louise Young and Lieut. Stella
Young of New York city. They shared
the hardships and dangers of the
American 'doughboy in the battle
zones of France and are now continu
ing their, work of sewing on his but
tons, mending his clothes, baking pies
and doughnuts, writing letters home
and being a sister in service with the
-1 irst American army division, now on
German soil. "
Their record of work is a remark
nble one not alone for the wonderful
assistance they were able to give but
because of the opportunity they had
by reason of the confidence placed in
them by the military authorities for
service in the furthest advanced posi
tions permitted to women.
. . Born Into Salvation Army.
These two' young women were
Virtually born into Salvation Army
work, for their parents for years
were working members of this great
peace army. They' went to France
Inst February. The following notes
of their work, jotted down in diary
form, gives in part the interesting
story of work done by tl?s-' two
plucky American girls:
"February At last we are in
France! We have a quaint old house
for our canteen, and where do you
suppose we sleep? In a dugout under
the house next door. 1 say sleep,
but for several nights after we ar
rived here we didn't sleep much. The
village is bombed almost every nlgbt.
"Two days after we arrived we
had our first introduction to real war
fare. We had just finished cleaning
up the canteen preparatory to open
ing for business the next morning.
AVe used up a scrubbing brush and
several pieces of soap and a lot of
washing powder, but the place shows
it. Sly arms feel it.
"We have gone to our dugout. There
is something about this aceom'nioda
' tion, reminds one of wild animals
encrouched in hillside holes. This
comparison suggested itself to me as
I recalled the thousands of men in the
armies in France who live like moles
In the earth, in trendies, in dugouts,
in shell holes and rifle pits.
, Thankful for Cots.
; "But we have army cots and
blankets and a wooden box for a
dressing table, with a supply of wax
candles. The candles and the cots
mark the dividing lina between cMM
zation and the eurly caveman's state.
"How thankful we are for these
cots. How tired we are! AVe feel
quite luxurious lying here wrapped
In blankets. . Hundreds of soldiers
passed through here today. I wonder
ire they are now and what they
ViJ
it dreadful noise? I
Vthlng like It In nil
my life except once in the thunder
ing crashes of a tornado out AA'est
when I was a girl of ten. I lit the
candle and dressed. Terhaps a bomb
had killed some of our people. I hur
ried upstairs, where all was quiet.
It is cold and damp outside, but the
moon is bright. I walked over to the
canteen. I lit the candle in the front
room. All was peaceful here, so I
went through the next room and into
the kitchen.
"I could have cried with the sight
I saw. The kitchen was, or had been,
covered with glass. A bomb had been
dropped on that glass and our kitchen,
which we had scrubbed to almost
snowy whiteness, was now-a mass of
broken glass and splintered wood.
"The day after we are promised a
canvas roof for our kitchen. The de
bris is cleared away. Two of our
men have arrived with a truckload of
supplies. At last, we are at our real
work of baking pies atul doughnuts.
The men have carried gallons of wa
ter from a nearby well and have
helped us to prepare the coffee.
"I have seen enough tilings on
wheels today to encircle the globe.
They all pass through here on their
way to the front. Huge, lumbering
wagons, carrying tons and tons of
ammunition, others carrying tons of
food and other supplies ; scores of
rolling kitchens, ambulances too nu
merous to count, and several cars
carrying both French and American
officers.
"A'e are ready to serve. AVe, too,
are now a part of this big program
of warfare. I am eager to meet the
boys. One feels a queer little thrill
of excitement as they come marching
up the road, one big picture of mov
ing khaki.
Doughnuts Surprise Boys.
"Our big tank of coffee is placed on
a wooden box outside the canteen.
It Is boiling hot. Hundreds of fresh
ly baked doughnuts furnish a surprise
to the boys as they tilt their tin hats
backwards to get a better view of the
refreshment counter a bit of a curi
osity In this place, it seems.
"'How did you ever get up here?'
one asked. 'Aren't you afraid of the
Boche bombs? AVhen did you leave
the States?' and dozens of other ques
tions. "The roof of our dugout is covered
with sandbags, but the enemy is de
termined to wreck the town. Our men
have news to that effect. Wo have
been told by the authorities that we
must leave, as the danger is too great.
Tliis has been a busy center for
many weeks, and we give it up reluct
antly. "Two weeks later: I thought it was
He Just Returned from
Hell Soldier's Version
Martin's Ferry, Ohio. "Just
returned from hell" is the force
ful phrase used by Corporal Kl
mer AA'alton in a letter Inform
ing his mother here that lie lias
arrived in the United States. lie
was the first local hoy to enlist
after war was declared.
Indian Tribe Inhabiting
Attu Island. Alaska. Said,
to Be the Poorest People
Attn Islimd. H lilt Ct
aiui,o nt dm tin of the Aleutian
Ktwnir. further west than nny ollu
part of North Amorlea, Is tho home of
tHIm of ii lout 3(H) Aleut umiiui,
said to lu the poorest people, tlnuiielul
ly. on earth.
Nature, however, provides thesn far-
awav Indians a living. Ironi Attu
and the nearby Islands and from the
surrounding; waters they get eggs, llsii
ir...e. scuts, occasionally ti witinis,
berries, und, lately, blue fox.
From tlu fur south I'lictflo the
Japan current brings fuel. Driftwood
thought to be from the Philippine
islands. I In wnll and other southern
lands Is scattered along Attu's benches,
No trees grow on the Island.
For clothes the natives use goods
brought from the outside world by oc
casional traders. Those lacking In tho
cloth of tho whites liinko their gar
ineiits from grass and skins.
Like the Indian tribes of old, n na
tive chief loads these Aleuts and nets
is their head in nil mutters, trading,
hunting, fishing, lis well as in the coun
cils of the- tribe, ami in the Kiisslan
services to which the natives still ud-
here.
Kusslans llrst settled on tho Island
in 1717, when (hey satieil west of the
Commodore Islands, off KnmchntUii,
and established an Important trading
post on Attu. The Itussluns planted
herds of cattle and gouts, hut in a few
years both the Itusslafiit and their
stock left for other parts.
quite nn event when I distributed
doughnuts to the boys in the trenches,
but here we are in the thick of the
battle itself. Traveling since six
o'clock in the morning, at two we
reached a small town from which the
Germans had been' driven only u few
hours before. The earth nt times
seems to tremble with the vibration
of the guns as we stand before t he
improvised evacuation hospital.
"AA'hile our men unload t he big sup
ply of oranges, lemons and sugar we
have brought with us, sister and I re
port to the doctors, A continuous
moving line of linibuhinces is bringing
in the wounded Americans, French
and Germans alike. As their wounds
are treated and dressed they are
placed in other ambulances and sent
to the special trains waiting, and
thence to the base hospitals.
Doctors Work Like Mad.
"The doctors are working like mad.
The chief surgeon scarcely looked at
me. 'Yes,' lie said, 'get them some
thing cold to drink, and get it quick.'
" 'AVe have lemons and sugar,' I said.
'We can make lemonade.'
" 'Do it quick,' he snapped. 'And
have it cold.'
"While we squeezed lemons into a
bucket Billy Hale bustled off In the
camion in search of water. It didn't
take linn long to find a spring with
water clear and cold as ice. He filled
the huge tank und sped back to us.
AVe soon bad gallons of lemonade
ready to serve to the boys, hot and
feverish from, the fight.
"They are wonderful, these hoys of
ours. Being an American, this mo
ment thrills one with pride. Buttered
and broken in the tight, and surely
sintering terribly from the awful
wounds that war has Jriflicted, these
boys are inai-vclniisly brave, Lying
there on blood-stained stretchers,
calmly, patiently waiting the doctor's
bund, no complaint is uttered. There
is no outcry from those young heroes,
almost superhuman, it seems to me, in
their super .self-control."
Wild Hemp Growing in
Canada May Be Used for
Making Binder Twine
AYild hemp hns possibilities for the
manufacture of binding twine and its
cultivation may become a part of Can
ada's post-war industrial program.
The Indians of the const and in
terior of central British Columbia have
long been famous as carvers, weav
ers and boat-builders, but It was only
recently that attention was attracted
to the tine rope which they make from
wild hemp. At Awillgiite In the Bulk
ley valley near New Ilnzelton there Is
a village of Indians! who display re
markable skill in making rope from
the abundant wild hemp which covers
the surrounding country. They have
been making tills rope for centuries
by a method of their own, and it Is
so strong that they use It for towing
their heavily laden canoes up the cur
rents of swift rivers. This Is convinc
ing proof of its stoutness. They also
make twine and thread from the hemp,
but not in such quantities as In the
days before they were nhlo to pur
chase these articles cheaply from
traders. The wild hemp closely re
sembles the common fire weed of the
United States.
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Women are already wearing straw hats. A photograph, tk?t at a priw.
nent New York millinery eitabllthment, showing soma of the new atyMi in
straw hats, while outside, men are buttoning up their fur coata to keep warm.
ElmpIoyingDisabled
Soldiers
EngEihmen Afe Taking Their
Duty Seriously
Mothers' Cook Book
If today you've made soma progress,
uo not tiro;
Sit not down upon the morrow,
Step up higher.
-Adelbert Caldwell.
Desserts for Children.
A dessert for u young child should
be something "easily digested, nutri
tious and attractive to the eye. Cus
tards of various kinds are especially
good for the little people gelatin des
serts served with cream, simple pud
dings not too rich, nnd fruits , of vu
rlous kinds are all gwd desserts.
Advertisements printed In the Lou
don papers by Ilrillsh business con
cerns frequently curry this line:
"We have put n disabled .soldier on
our pay roll. Have you?"
The extent to which (lie line Is used
Indicates that FiiKlUhmcu are Inking
their duty to employ injured liritlsli
soldiers very seriously. They are not
tulklng vaguely nlmut tho nation's
debt to the army. They are paying it
debt to the men.
Kvery concern employing any con
siderable number of men has places
thnt can be filled by partially disabled
men, and whenever such u place Is
filled the disabled soldier should have
the first chance. .
Lake of Salt In Australia
Supplies an Immense Crop
Carts and Plows Are Used
GETS ONLY $1 12 PER WEEK
Downtrodden Calf Skinner Obliged to
Toil Diligently for 56 Hours
for Stipend.
Chicago, 111. Consider the poor,
downtrodden calf skinner likewise
the equally poor und equnllv down
trodden boner of chuck. The calf skin
ner, diligently pl.ving his lrade at the
Chicago stock .wmK ;,m n,,, ,oa(,r 0f
chuck by diligemly wielding a wick
ed cleaver at the same place can earn
Rural Mai! Carrier Is '
Poni'lap Amnnn Fnrmorc
AVanensburg, Mo. H. J. Lyon,
a rural mall carrier on route 1,
is the most popular carrier on a
rural route in the state, it Is be
lieved here. After every heavy
full of snow there have been
a number this year the farm
ers on his route break road for
him. He is always given a hot
dinner ny the farmer who Is
nearest to him at noontime every
nay.
but a mere trifle of but here are the
official figures :
Carl Meyer, attorney for the packers
at the recent wage hearing before
Judge Alschuier, produced pay vouch
ers showing the calf skinner received
for 50 hours' work $112, while the
chuck boner received $74 for a 02
hour week.
Of interest to the general public was
tho prediction of Meyer that as demo
bilization continues large quantities of
food released by the government for
civilian consumption will bring tho
present peak prices for food tumbling
uown to witntn the reach of the man
less fortunate than the poor, down
trodden calf skinner and the boner of
chuck.
Strawberry Custard.
Prepure a pint of good boiled cus
tard, using two eggs, sugar and flavor
ing to taste, and one pint of good milk.
Using a teaspoonful of cornstarch
stirred Into a little of the cold milk
and well cooked before the eggs are
added, also mixed with cold milk, will
make a thicker custard. Two table
Spoonfuls of sugar will be sufficient
in this pudding.. Freeze sfowly until
it begins to get thick, then add one
large cupful of struwberry jam, which
may have been pressed through a
ricer to remove some of the seeds.; If
canned berries are used, the removal
of the seeds will be easier.
$500,0Ofc,feJJsino Project.
Savannah, Ga. i'itu ,for a $500,000
housing project to accoimnoaate em
ployees aWlie Terry ship yards, Port
AVontworlh, have been announced by
the oflicials of the corporation.
AboutJSO houses, will, be built averag
ing $2,000 in cost and covering 40
acres. Churches, schools, an enter
tainment house, recreation centers and
leuiures win be provided. Con
fi1:410". J!11! be started nt once.
. Fruit Dumplings.
Make a batter of a cupful of flour
sifted with a teaspoonful of baking
powder and a little salt; add rich milk
to make a drop batter. Butter the
small cups and drop in a spoonful of
the batter, then add a tablespoonful or
two of canned cherries, juice and all;
then another spoonful of batter. When
four or five small cups are filled,
leaving space to rise, set them into a
shallow pan, adding boiling water to
come well up on the sides of the cups,
hut not too much to boil over Into
them; cover and cook 15 minutes-
ei ve wuii sugar and cream. Any
canned fruit may be used ; the juicier
the fruit the better.
Fruit Juice Pudding.
For this pudding any strained left
over juice from canned fruits may be
used. Take a cupful and a half of the
juice, add a half cupful of water, into
which has been stirred two tahlespoon
fuls of cornstarch. Onk nril w,.
done, then fold In lightly the whites of
ivvo eggs, rour into a iold with al
ternate layera of the same fruit
drained, and serve when cold with a
custard made of the two yolks.
In South Australia there Is a won
derful lake of pure salt. It Is a huge
depression in the enrth which fills up
In the winter months. In the summer
the water quickly evaporates, leaving
a thick deposit of pure salt. Seen
from a distance the surface -of the
lake has all the appearance of being
covered with a sheet of Ice. The salt
Is so thick that strong men und even
carts and plows can traverse it with
perfect safety. Yet below .the crust
there is a considerable body of slug
gish water. After the rays of the sum
mer sun have played their putt, the
salt is gathered. This Is a simple
operation, the salt being raked Into
heaps, making pyramids that are .
striking feature of the landscupe. The
salt is then shoveled into carls and
conveyed to various works to undergo
thejiroeess of refining.
Gathering the salt Is trying work on
account of the great heat and the daz
zling reflection, and It is often neces
sary for the workers to wear colored
glasses to protect thulr eyes. After
the loose salt has been collected from
the surface a plow Is run over it,
when another harvest of the valuable
material can be reaped. The yield
of salt from this strange lake amounts
10 several thousand tons a year, and
it Is among the finest obtainable. The
lake is several square miles In area
and is naturally a very valuable
property.
Quicklime Recommended to
Keep Potatoes From Rotting
When Stored in Damp Places
The French department of ngrhni.
lure lately iKsued the flowing IdJI
cations as to the bent method of r
serving potatoes ugitlnst rotting, sui
us Is likely to occur In (lump wti
l!y employing tiie proper method, It
Is possible to diminish the dumping
within the piles where the air do.- ai
enter or only clrculatcx very slowly.
To avoid this, a xtibstanee whl h ab
norbs water nnd having no action up
on the potato must be employed, bu1
for this purpose It Is found that llm
Is the best substance, as It costs b-ust,
Is eusy to handle, and Is best known.
Iu practice the method can be up
plied in the following way. It I to be
remarked that when potatoes gre
stored up after being well dciine I be
forehand, they commence to exu'l
moisture, und must be gone over UK'wln.
Tho storugo place is sprinkled with
quicklime, and each layer of three or
four Inches of well dried potatoes is
sprinkled over with lime; the .tarns
on the outside of the pile. When sort
ing as above .stated, tho Imperfect
ones need not be thrown away, but the
bad parts cut out and the rest fed to
stock after cooking or passing through
n dryer or baking In a furnnee; or they
can be sent to a starch factory If one
Is near by. As to the umount of lime
to be used, the proper quantity l
about ten pounds of lime to 3,000
pounds of potatoes.
Migratory Bird Law Invalid
Decision of Supreme Court
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The federal migratory bird law of
1!)13, under which the government for
the first time exerted authority over
prescribed "closed seasons" for wild
birds which habitually migrate from
state to state with the varying sea
sons, was in effect declared Invalid by
the supreme court, which dismissed on
tho government's motion un appeal
from a decision of the Arkansas fed
eral district court holding the statute
unconstitutional.
Rin Inho Arn Clllnrl kn lhn
Men Who Produce the Results J
Some' men are cursed with tho abili
ty to do chores. They enn do till ttifl
little tinkering Jolts well and cnu'r get
busy with the big ones until all the
petty tusks receive uttenllon. To be
sure the great man Is master of details.
He will know every step in his busi
ness, liut ho will delegate to other
what belongs to their work. No man
can be the bruins for the whole busi
ness. Neither cau he be . the handy
man for tho concern and- direct It
policy at the sumo time. If he Is the
business is small. Where you find a
man who delights more in winding the
clock that he does in keeping his desk
dear you can mark him factotum and
recommend him to any one of a 'thou
sand big firms that need a handy man.
Hut .that's as far as lie will get The
big places are filled by men who get
down to business.
Should Learn to Know Trees
When Without Their Leaves
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WITH THE SAGES
Free and fulr discussion will
ever be found the firmest friend
to truth, George Campbell.
When a man is in trouble nny
rumor is sufficient to complete
his ruin. G. W. Clinton.
. There Is as great vice In prais
ing, and as frequently, as in de
i rnctiiig.--i'.en Jonson.
Shallow men believe In luck;
strong nam believe la cause and
effect. Krnerson.
Any man may make a mis
take, but. none but a fool will
continue it. Cicero.
No tree lover should be content to
know the trees only in summer. . The
summer trees may be more beautiful
than the bare trees .of winter, but it Is
Hie leafless tree that most clearly bo
trays the specific arboreal characteris
tic. Leaves are distinctive, but tho
distinction Is somewhat superficial, for
the leuves are no more than the slim
mer dross. , AVhen the leaves nre gone
tho tree stands mprc truly disclosed.
Yet comparatively few of those who-
familiarly know tho trees of summer
can readily recognize all their friends
In the honest nudity of winter.
Straw Hats Will Cost More
Men's hats, both straw nnd felt, "ill
not undergo any changes In style thld
your, either spring, summer or fall, ac
cording to predictions made at the scv-.
enth general convention of the Amer
ican Association of Wholesale Hatters, ,
recently held at St. Louis. -Prices of
straw hats are expected to be ad
vanced, it Is said, while felt hats will ,
remain about as at present.
War Novelty
Among the novelties produced by
the war is a machine for collecting
barbed wire scrap in war-destroyed
ureus.