FLOWER NAMED FOR NATION’S WAR LEADER
lant, called a grow th stim ulant, which
Is found In all these foods. It Is
found also In clover and alfalfa In
abundance nnd unlm uls fed on such
foods sto re up th is fut soluble In the
fut o f th eir b«*dles. W hen a b u tte r
su b stitu te Is m ade w ith suet and milk,
some of th is w onderful grow th detcr-
' ml nan t In th ere . A dults as well as
i children need f«*od containing It, aud
we a re told th a t the wounds of our
soldiers do not heal well unless th«*y
have food w hich supplies this growing
principal.
p le n ty of good whole m ilk—a bottle
to «'urry for luncheon—Is the best kind
of a drink un<! w ith a therm os bottle
It may he k*«pt hot, If there are no
facilities fo r heutlng It a t school.
Boys of the Country A re Proving
Great A id in W ar
Pulse of the Ocean May Yet
Be Harnessed by Boring of
Tunnels Through the Cliffs.
C NIMli
i
Qen. John J. P e n h ln g , leader of A m erlea'e armed forcea in France, la
godfather of Uncle Barn's flneat chrysanthem um . One of the moat popular
axhlblta In tho governm ent botanical gardens at W aahlngton la the “ General
Pershing,“ w hich Is shown In the picture.
jo rity , h u t a fte r nttululng It she had
full possession arid control of her prop
erty. If she w as rich It w as scarcely
rep u tab le th a t she should not m arry
unless she becam e u n u n ; consequent
ly th e Interval betw een m inority nnd
wedlock was, so to speak, ’tw lxt hay
By DR. SAMUE1L G. DIXON
ami grass. N evertheless, If she defied
C om m m ioarr oi I ieakh uk Pcosaylrsiiia
social sentim ent and rem ained single
th e lnw prot««cted her ow nership. She
m ight t>e choused out of her posses
Tli«« Indifference of m ankind to Ills sions, but she couhl not bo deprived of
body h as ulwuya l«r««n beyond my them . T he Instuut she m arried, how
com prehension. Ilia value aa an Indi ever, she becam e fem m e covert, and
vidual u a lt am ong 1 1 1 h kind depends every u ttrlb u to of ow nership ceased.
Upon th e condition of the living o rg an
ic m achinery w ith in tils body.
This
re p re se n ts n a tu re 's g re a te st effort. It Cleanliness and Neatness
l* upon th e p erfectio n of th is m a
Most Important Factors in
chinery th a t o u r nntlon will have to
Arranging Invalid’s Tray
depend to succeed In tho h o rrib le w ar
wo have been plunged Into to preserv e
('lenullm*ss and n eatness nre Im por
our nntlonnl liberty.
ta n t facto rs to be considered In a r
Mari should he tau g h t from child- ranging tho tra y o f an Invalid, points
hood to he proud of his body.
He o u t Miss I.ouls Kennedy, In stru cto r
Should be ta u g h t early In life th n t It In dom estic science In th e K ansas
l> tho homo of his b rain und very soul. Htnte A gricultural college.
Lie should >>«« ta u g h t how com plicated
T he food should he so arran g ed th a t
It la and w hat g reat care Is noccasary the p atien t will not have to put fo rth
to keep It In ord er, and th n t every m uch effort to obtuln It. T he a rtistic
tim e It Is out of o rd e r It falls below touches count for much In arran g in g
Its norm al stum lnrd of accom plish th e tra y . D aintiness aro u ses th e eye
m ent.
nnd c re a te s an In terest In th e food.
T he c are of th e body inenns the T he best dishes nnd linens obtainable
c a re of Ita o u tw ard p arts, like the
nre not too good for the pntlcnt.
limbs, and of Its In tern al organs, p a r
T he food should be fresh , nnd of
ticu larly thoso of digestion.
th e b est quality. It Is d esirable to
N o tw ith stan d in g tho fuct th n t the
hnvo as g reat a variety as possible.
body Is th e m ost valuable pro p erty
T he cooking should be done w ith the
M ankind possesses, th ere Is nothing
u tm o st care. H ot foods should be
towmrd which th e m a jo rity of m en dis
served hot, nnd cold foods cold.
play m ore Indifference. T h ere seem s
Kuough food should be given to s a t
lo ho a general Idea thnt th e body Is
isfy th e p atien t hut the p la te should
Indestru ctib le. T h n t Is why we see so
not he overloaded, und It m ust he
ninny poor, m iserab le specim ens of
served regularly. Serving m eals on
m ankind w ithin o u r m idst.
If they
realised w hat o b jects of pity they tim e Is ns Im portant as giving medi
cine on time.
really nre, «»very effort would ho m ade
to “spruco up" an d p resen t th e best
••••••••••••••••••••••••••
possible npponrnuce to th e ir fellow
c re a tu res.
I have h eard people say of o th e rs :
"T h ey n re too proud to cure fo r a p
p earan ces."
Yet th ese sam e people
The School Lunch.
would he ap t to s h a re otir common
In prep arin g a luncheon fo r school
feeling of being proud of th e npponr-
Htice o f th e ir hnmt-s, of our meehnn- children, tw o things should he kept
Icnl m achinery, o r o f our anim als, p a r In m in d : providing good, wholesome
n u tritio u s food and packing It nttrac-
ticu larly o u r horses.
M any n man allow s Ills children to tlvely. In these duys when all house
grow up w ithout p ro p e r cares o r a t wives wish to conform to th e requests
ten tio n fo r th i'lr bodies, the t««mple «if of o u r food n«lm lnlstrntor, sandw iches
all they have, w hile his driving horse m ust he m ade of o th e r th a n w heat
Is kept In n stilt«* of perfectio n so Ihiur. B ran bread, rye nnd bnrley
thnt It limy not only he ndinlred, tint bread , nnd steam ed brown bread will,
«Iso p erform Its d u ties to th e highest w ith an occasional roll of w hite flour,
degree.
give a needed v ariety . As m ost all
A pot d riving-horse bus Its body bread s need some w heat flour to add
kept d e n n , Its bed and living condi gluten, th e re Is m uch w hite flour us««d
tions most c arefu lly looked a fte r, and even w ith the best of plunnlng. S an d
Its food p rep ared w ith th e g re a te st wiches and cakes, If w rapped In waxed
care.
If 0110 day It does not get ns paper, will keep fre sh and m oist. T he
m uch physical exercise as on another, care In packing so th a t th e food Is
th«j food Is reduced so th a t Its physical not Jolted over rough roads or Joggled
condition may h« m aintained. If It In th e hands of the little people, is
g ets over-w arm wlillo traveling, It Is very Im portant, fo r sm all people nre
a t once cover«*! w ith a blanket to p re fnstldlous, being offended w ith hash
vent ta k in g cold.
when out of Its pro p er course.
I.ot us give th o u g h t to w h at we are
B read s tuay be varied by adding
doing nml see th n t o u r bodies nnd nuts, rulslns und d ates, o r oatm eal
those of our child ren aro nt least ns bread to which dried fru its a re add
well tak en core of ns those of our ed, o r n u ts If p referred , Is a m ost
nnlm nls, end th a t w e value them ns w holesom e bread well liked by the
highly ns o u r o th e r possessions. Let children.
us nt onco learn to he proud of our
A h an dful of d ates, figs or raisin s
bodies nnd realize th e fnct th n t they or an occasional piece of candy is a l
a re com plicated nnd req u ire th e g re a t w ays a delight to th e child.
e st caro to keep them In order.
C u stard s, egg sandw iches, cheese In
J u s t now o u r nntlon dem ands th a t various form s, n u ts nnd snlnds will all
each Individual he of th e g re a te st tuke th e place of m ent. C hicken and
v alue th a t we m ay w in th is w a r upon fish cannot he shipped ab ro ad so we
w hich o u r lib erty depends.
nre told to Indulge In them In place of
pork, m u tto n or beef. Beef h e a rts and
liver sw eet b reads a re m eats th a t a re
A Hard Row to Hoe.
perish ab le and so a re not shipped.
F o r c e n tu rie s th e s ta tu s of a wom Such m eats m ake m ost ta sty dishes
an w hile single w as solem nly defined If they a re not alw ays cooked and
ns fem m e sole nnd a f te r m a rria g e ns served In th e sam e way.
In all o u r conserving we m u st re
fem m e covert.
V eritably it m ay be
said th a t tho second e sta te of th n t m em ber th a t th e children m ust he
womnn Was fa r w orse th a n th e first, well fed. llllk , b u tter, cheese, and
concludes Ju d g e R o b ert O rnnt In Bcrlb- the yolk of egg an well as vegetables
ngr*».
A fem m e sole w as In legal such M cabbage, spinach nnd o th er
fihraseofogy an “In fa n t" u n til b e t m a green leaves add an Im portant stim u
Machinery of the
Body
• Mother’s Cook Book. •
N cur the city o f Hanta Cruz, Cal.,
th ere Is a low tublelund along the
shore, w ith a b ru p t chnlkllke cliffs
some 20 feet high. In s«-veral places
th«* action of th e waves has worn
pictu resq u e arch w ay s through pr«jjec-
tlons from th«*ne cliffs. At one place
an arch ed tu n n el extem ls directly
Inshore und Into a sm all open pit-
like space In th e rocks.
As th e ocean sw ells come shore
w ard in rhy th m ic succession with the
reg u lar pulse o f th e vast I'a d flc th e ir
h y d rau lic
p re ssu re
in term itten tly
forces th e w a te r up in the pit to a
level hig h er th a n th u t of the surface
of th e w ater.
So there, in th a t n atu ru l cham ber,
som eone y ears ago built a float. It
w orks up and down, safe from storm
w aves, and Ita reg u la r p«rpendlcular
tre a d is a tta c h e d to a wheel th a t tu rn s
an electric g en e ra to r.
T h e point Is, w rites an engineer,
th a t p erh ap s o th e r cliffs im m ediately
and contlpuously exposed to wave ac
tion m ight be artificially equipped
w ith sim ilar w ell boles and tunnels,
bored th ro u g h from the land side and
m ade to serve a s p ractical sea pulse
m otors. Such an arran g em en t would
a tta in conversion of ocean energy In
dependently of high and low tides.
It would ta k e advantage, w here topo
graphy p erm itted , m erely of the pulse
of th e ocean. And If successful w here
th ere nre cliffs, why might it not be
m ade so by c reatin g artificial tu n
nels and well holes m ade of concrete?
t r C r t r ir ir t r C r C r t r t r f r C r t r t r ù t iù ir C r t
TOLD IN FIGURES
D enm ark hao 51 oleo fac
tories.
B razil in 1910 Im ported $4,-
327,307 w orth of cem ent.
D enm ark in 1910 produced
124,781,020 pounds of oleom ar
garine.
J a p a n s 1916 ex ports to the
U nited 8 ta te s w ere valued a t
$109,004,040.
P hilippines
num ber
3,141
Islands w ith an area of 119,542
sq u are m iles.
N orw ay fisheries In 1917 pro
duced 50,918 h ectoliters of cod
liv er oil.
A u stralia last year se n t $85,-
787,058 w orth of products to the
U nltetl S tates.
U nited S tates last y e a r sent
215,288,133 pounds o f raw cot
ton. valued a t $27,715,555, to
Jap an .
Erect Carriage.
E re c t p o stu re is the p rim ary ele
m ent In good bodily poise. I t is a very
sim ple m atter. And y et It Is very,
very uncommon. E rect p o stu re Is not
only a facto r in b e a u ty ; It is a very
Im p o rtan t fa c to r In h ealth . T his Is
tru e not jm ly because it m enns a
norm al condition of the spine, w ith a
h ealthy s ta te of the nerve cen ters, but
because of Its Influence upon th e func
tions of nil th e in ternal orgnns. N a
tu re Intended these organs to occupy
a ce rta in position In the body. T hey
do th e ir best work only w hen they
occupy these nlloted positions. W hen
they nre crow ded out of position or
p erm itted, through bad p o sture, to sag
o r fall several Inches below, th e ir ef
ficiency Is natu rn lly in te rfe re d w ith.
T hey a re obliged to stru g g le ag ain st
a sever handicap.—P hysical C ulture.
Safety Pins Needed.
Mrs. E. Roscoe M atthew s, a New
Y orker, who has re tu rn e d
from
F rance, w here she was enabled to see
th e A m erican troops n e a r th e fro n t
line trenches, told of som e s p e d a t
needs of our soldiers.
Among the chief nre sa fe ty plus and
chew ing gum, knitted body sc a rfs of
sufficient length to wind aro u n d th ree
tim es, and, if possible, ru b b er coats.
T he safety pin, it seems. Is o f prim e
Im portance, as being th e only prac
tical device for fasten in g v arious a r
ticles of ap p arel from w hich b u tto n s
have beeu flying ever since th e Amer-
lean troops reached France.
The boys of the United State» are doing much to help the country In the
w ar crlele.
T h le picture ehowe men of tom orrow learning tradee at New
Y o rk 's Vocational school. One la doing electric w irin g in the shop.
Robert Burns Never Went
Uncle Sam Become? Teacher
To School, but Read and
And Adviser to Every Home
Wrote at Very Early Age
On Materials for Household
A new book Just Issued on "M aterials
fo r th e H ousehold" is of in te re st to
every fam ily. I t w as prep ared by the
! bureau of sta n d a rd s in popular lan
guage to m eet th e need fo r reliable In
form ation fo r hom e use and will be es-
1 peclally welcome to all who desire to
1 m anage th e home as efficiently as a
m odern office or shop. In th is work
Uncle Sam becom es te a c h e r and ad
viser to every household. In terestin g
accounts are given of th e g reat variety
o f m a terials used in building and fur-
: nlshlng th e home and in the m any
m inor Ind u stries and activ ities of the
I househ<Td.
T he c ircu lar is p ractical and alm s to
stim u late in te re st in household m ate
rials (o th e r th an foods and d ru g s), to
explain th e ir deslrnble properties, and
to aid in th e ir Intelligent selection, ef
fective use, and preservation. A b e tte r
u tilization o i m aterials wiil aid the
efficient ad m in istratio n of the home
and prom ote th e health, com fort, and
general 'well-being of th e household.
H om e econom ics Is of universal and
perm an en t concern, and as Its Im por
tan ce Is m ore fully realized It will be
come a vital facto r In national w ell
being, says Commerce R eports. The
excellent Instruction In th e su bject now
given In high schools and colleges has
| begun a new era In home m anagem ent.
T his circu lar Is a contribution from the
bureau of sta n d a rd s to th e grow ing lit-
, e ra tu re In th is field.
H ousehold m aterials a re of added In
te re st to th e housew ife and stu d en t
from the fa c t th a t form erly m any such
m aterials w ere m ade up In th e home.
T he m aking of soap, candles, y arns
nnd fabrics, leather, sugar, alkali, wax,
tallow , pens and Inks form ed an In ter
esting group of th e old-tim e household
; Industries. In fnct, m ost m odern In
d u stries a re th e outgrow th of w hat
w ere originally household industries.
T he m odern factory has tak en up these
home Industries, and already some so
cial control over the quality, form and
price of factory-m ade pro d u cts Is be
ginning to be felt through agencies
such as th e consum ers’ leagues, co-op
era tiv e societies, publicity In the pub
lic press, m isbranding law s, govern
m ent control and th e like.
R obert B urns, th e “p a tro n sa in t" of
Scotland, and undoubtedly one of th e
w orld’s g re a te st poets, never w ent to
school, re la te s London Tlt-B Its. n i s
fath er, although his Income probably
never exceeded the proverbial fo rty
pounds a year, w as a m an of excep
tional Intelligence and a g reat render,
and th e fu tu re poet of “T h e C o tta r’s
S atu rd ay N ight” could him self read
th e Bible a t an early age, and w as w rit
ing verses w hen m ost boys a re le a rn
ing m ultiplication. It Is q u ite possible
th a t had B urns had g re a t advan tag es
Instead of gTeat reverses and h a rd
ships he would not have developed his,
pecu liar gifts,
P erh ap s th e g re a te st of Lloyd-
G eorge’s predecessors never w ent to
school. T h is w as P itt th e younger, th e
m arvelous boy who talk ed on equal
term s w ith th e g re a te st men of his
day a t fo u rteen, and w as prim e m inis
te r a t th e age of tw enty-four, w hen
th e average young m an Is Just begin
ning to earn bis bread and b u tter. B ut
P itt had the ad v an tag e of a home ed u
cation w hich would p u t the best
schools In th e shade.
Should Cease Our Grumbling
Because of Inconveniences
T h ere should be a dam per p u t on
th e grum bling disposition. T hings can
not run sm oothly In th ese harrow ing
days. E very one th in k s th a t he could
m unage things to perfection, but If he
had to co n front the new set of condi
tions he would likely change his mind,
a sse rts the Ohio S tate Jo u rn al. H ere
Is an In stitu tio n th n t Is ordered to cut
off light, h e a t nnd service, and yet we
w onder because we a re discom m oded.
T here are new conditions confronting
us w hichever way we tu rn , and they all
grow out of th is h o rrid old w ar. T hey
cannot be helped, though som etim es
we th in k th e sltuution m ight be Im
proved, b u t we should not th ink th e
Im provem ent should com e all a t once.
W hen we get used to o u r Incon
veniences th ey will seem easier, p a rtly
because th ey will be m ade lig h ter and
p a rtly because we will becom e m ore
philosophical. B ut th e re Is one sugges
tion w hich Is th a t no one should p erm it
th e w ar conditions to sta n d In th e way
Our National Songs.
of a w ise an d th o u g h tfu l m anagem ent
T he U nited S tates has th re e songs of w h atev er ln te re a t he m ay control.
w hich serve on occasions as national T he w ar ad d s d u ties to au th o rity as
songs, b u t by historic associations and well as to th e people who b e a r the bur
common consent one stan d s first, ob dens.
serves a w riter. T his Is th e "S tar-
Use Logging Cars.
Spangled B anner," w ritten In 1814 by
F ra n c is S. Key of M aryland, while the
In th e serio u s shortage of railw ay
B ritish w ere bom barding F o rt H enry,
n e a r B altim ore, and w hen th e A m eri c a rs w hich h as existed d u ring recent
cans did n o t know a t w hat m om ent the m onths th e lum ber com panies, along
fo rt m ight be cap tu red o r th e flag shot w ith o th er concerns, have utilized
down. W hile It has never been official every available resource to obtain
ly adopted as a national song th e cir tra n sp o rta tio n facilities. A large lum
cum stances u n d er which It w as w rit b e r company In Louisiana found a way
ten and ita universal p o p u lar approval o u t of the difficult situ atio n by tak in g
cause It to stn n d pre-em inent.
T he 50 of its logging cars from Its logging
o th e r songs of n n atio n al ch aracter, roads and m aking them up into one
b u t not < o stirrin g or so p o p u lar are long lum ber train . By th is UDUSual
"H all C olum bia,” w ritte n by Joseph arrangem ent It w as able to tra n sp o rt
H opklnaon, In 1788, aud "A m erica,” 1,500,000 feet of lum ber In a single
by Sam uel F. Sm ith, a B ap tist preach tm lnload. T he effort w as so success
e r and poet. In 1832. T he "S tar-8pan- ful th a t the tra in has m ade a num ber
of trip s to th e N orth.
d o d B an n er" easily holds first plaeac