The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 159, Ed. 1 Monday, September 10, 1917 Page: 3 of 4
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THE LAMPASAS DAILY LEADER
R W/IO WILL LEAD
LW NATIONAL ARMY
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President soon will appoint a
number of major-generals and
brigadier-generals to command
the “Liberty Boys” of 1917 ::
Edward B. Clark gives valorous
records of some likely candidates
X S SOON as the various and
Mk perhaps multitudinous rec-
onunendations can be stud-
Ie<1 aiul the ap-
•iS-Jil, proval determined, major
generals and brigadier gen-
erals will be named to com-
mand divisions and brigades
in the new National army.
It may be a matter of in-
terest to young men who are to serve
their country to know into whose
keeping their leadership is to be com-
mitted. The names of the men selected
for high service with the new National
army have not yet been made public,
but it is virtually known that the ma-
jor generals will be chosen from offi-
cers of regulars now holding the rank
j brigadier general, and that the brig-
j arMer generals will be chosen from reg-
ulars now holding either the rank of
colonel or of lieutenant colonel.
On June 8 last the president sent to
the senate nominations for new major
generals and brigadier generals for the
regular army. It must be understood
that these men were named for regular
service and not for National army
service. It is probable, however, that
several of the regular brigadiers will
be made major generals of the new
forces.
It will cause no surprise if Col. John
"W. Heard of the Fifth cavalry shall be
a general officer of the new forcfcs.
Young Americans may know that if
they get Heard as a commanding offi-
cer they will get a soldier with a fight-
ing record.
Heard wears a medal of honor given
to him by a vote of congress for con-
„ spic-uous personal gallantry. During
the Spanish war the transport to
| FUNNY PROPOSITION IS LIFE I
Did you ever sit and ponder, sit and
wonder, sit and think, why we’re here
and what this life is all about? It’s a
problem that has driven many brainy
men to drink. It’s the weirdest thing
they’ve tried to figure out; about a
thousand different theories all the sci-
entists can show. But never yet
proved a reason why. With all we’ve
thought and all we’ve taught, why, all
we seem to know is, we’re born and
live awhile and die. Life’s a very
funny proposition, after all. Imagina-
tion, jealousy, hypocrisy and gall;
three meals a day, a whole lot to say;
when you haven’t got the coin you’re
always in the way. Everybody’s fight-
ing as we wend our way along. Every
fellow claims the other fellow’s in the
wrong; hurried and worried until
we’re buried, and there’s no curtain
call. Life is a funny proposition,
after all. When all things are com-
ing easy, and when luck is with a man,
why, then, life to him is sunshine
everywhere. Then the fates blow rath-
er breezy, and they quite upset a
plan; then he’ll cry that life’s a bur-
den hard to bear. Though today may
be a day of smiles, tomorrow’s still in
doubt. And what brings me joy may
bring you care and woe. We’re born
•to die and don’t know why, or what’s
it all about; and (he more we try to
learn the less we know. Lifejs a funny
proposition, you can bet, and no one’s
eve* solved the problem properly yet;
young for a day, then old and gray,
like the rose that buds and blooms and
fades and falls away. Losing health
to gain our wealth as through this
dream we tour; everything’s a guess-
ing and nothing’s absolutely sure. Bat-
tles exciting and fates we’re fighting
until the curtain’s fall. Life’s a very
'funny proposition, after all.—George
M. Cohan.
SCRAPS
Coast guard stations will be
equipped with airplanes for rescue and
'observation work.
When water in a minnow pail can-
not be changed often a bicycle pump
•blowing air in the water is worth
•while.
which he and his immediate command
were assigned became disabled at the
month of the Manimani river west of
Bahia Honda, Cuba. Behind tlie rocks
and in the thickets on the shore were
scores of Spanish soldiers. The deck
of the transport was being swept by
Mauser bullets from the rifles of the
hidden foe. Mechanical communica-
tion between the engine room and the
pilot house of the transport was out
of service and it was necessary to
transmit orders by messengers.
Because of his place on the boat
Heard did not know that two of his
men had been shot in quick succes-
sion while performing the duty of or-
der bearing. When he heard of it he
said: “I will ask no more of my men
to expose themselves. Give me your
orders.”
For twenty minutes he carried the
messages along the deck, though Mau-
ser bullets cut his blouse and splin-
tered the railings and the boat’s upper
works all about him. Every step of
his way was marked out by shots, yet
he came through unscathed. He wears
the medal given “For Valor.”
When President Wilson recently pro-
moted some colonels to be brigadier
generals of regulai-s one of those ad-
vanced was Col. Joseph T. Dickman.
cavalry officer, now -in command at
Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont. It prob-
ably is not poor guessing to place Dick-
man as one of the brigadiers who will
be given the command of a division
of the new National army. He Is a
sturdy soldier of high record, a stu-
dent and fighter.
For army boards appointed for inves-
tigation and method-reforming pur-
poses Dickman always has been a fa-
vorite choice. He looks like a soldier
and he has proved on many a field
that he has the soldier instinct. There
is a feeling here that one day he will
be heard from in France.
It was Dickman who in 1892 with a
small detachment fought, defeated and
captured the bandit chiefs, Benavides
and Gonzales, with many followers, in
the chaparral country in Texas. He
distinguished himself at the battle of
San Juan and later was chief of staff
to General Chaffee, going with his chief
to the relief of the beleaguered ones
at Peking. He was in the thick of the
fighting at the Pa-ta-chao temples near
the Forbidden city.
Colonel Grote Hutcheson of the cav-
alry is likely to have a brigadier gen-
eral’s command in the new army. It
was Into Hutcheson’s arms as he stood
under fire on the walls of the Forbid-
den city In 1900 that Captain Reilly,
his comrade, fell dead. At that time
Hutcheson was an aide to General
Chaffee. With his chief and with
Reilly he stood on a wall where the
Fourteenth regiment had planted Its
flag. A detachment of Chinese marked
the three and a shower of shot splat-
tered about them. They stood un-
harmed. Another shower and the gal-
lant Reilly, who, conquering all ob-
stacles, had fought his battery to the
front, fell dead Into the arms of Hut-
cheson.
Col. L. W. V. Kennon of the infantry
almost unquestionably will have a bri-
gade and possibly a division command
in the new army. Kennon served for
a long time on General Crook’s staff
In the Indian wars of the West. Ho
went to the Philippines early*in the
war game and he did not leave until
he had played his hand for six years.
It was this army officer who, al-
though attached to the Infantry, was
given the engineer’s task of building
the Benguet road in the Philippine
islands. It was the most difficult en-
gineering job ever undertaken in the
islands. Kennon, although a junior
officer of the army, had commanded a
brigade in the northern campaign of
General Lawton. He brought to the
work of road building nearly two thou-
sand members of (lie tribes In whose
country he had been campaigning.
The battles with them over, he a3ked
• these men to aid him in tJ - orks of!
peace. They liked him, trusted him!
and they stood loyally to the road:
building task, which was completed;
more quickly than anyone knowing the,
ordinary inclinations of Philippine';
laborers thought could be the case.
Col.,Walter K. Wright of the Twenty-j
third infantry, now stationed at Syra-(
cuse, N. Y., is likely to find himself
promoted shortly to the command of a
brigade. Wright will fight and he will,'
look after his men; and when this is)
said it covers the entire military case
as the true soldier views It.
Wright’s quick thinking made him!
an army officer. In the New York dis-j
trict in which he lived as a hoy a com-
petitive examination was held for the'
appointment to West Point. Wright,
was a candidate. It was a question as'
to which of six youngsters best had
stood the test, and so the examining,
board called them up to ask them
some questions. The first question
put was, “Why do you want to go to'
West Point?”
The first five thoughtlessly answered,-
“Because we want to get an educar
tion.” In other words, the youngsters*’
implied that they wanted nothing more'
than to be educated at Uncle Sam’s ex-,
pense.
The sixth boy to he asked the qufes-i
tion was Wright. He had heard the!
answers of the others. His answer!
was, “Because I want to be a soldier.T
He is a soldier.
There are many men to be promoted'
to high commands In the new army.'
Of some of the others and their record;
it will be the duty and the delight of:
one who knows most of them to say a
word later.
| JAPANESE KNOW NO PRIVACY |
The Bay of Kizuki is a Japanese
watering place, and, like any water-i
ing place in America, It has a fine
sandy beach stretching half a mile be-
tween two long green hills and a great*
hotel and casino and good fishing. In
addition to these things it has a sacred
temple and a wonderful rock.
The hotel is sufficiently different
from any outside the Orient, for its.
every room is open to the street, and
you may see at a glance dozens of
families playing, eating, sleeping. The
Japanese do not know privacy as the
Occident knows it. They go about all
things openly. Which has led some
observers to call them a nation of
monkeys and others to say that they
are the most natural people in the
world.
All (lay at Kizuki hay the people will
disport themselves as man has dis-
ported by the sea since before his
memories began. The water will be
filled with splashing figures and the
air with the shrill voices of children
and women, the deep guffaws of men.
There is music, too, of the Japanese
sort, and men put out In boats to fish
and sail in the safe little harbor with-
in the arms of the hills.
But the event of the day comes in
the evening, when the sun drops into
the bay, turning it into gold, and the
protecting arms of the hills are
plunged in night. Then does the lone
rock spire of Kizuki bay stand out In
a silhouette of majestic curves against
a fiery sky. And all the people come
to look and admire. For to even the
humblest Japanese the severe beauty
of a rock spire against a sunset sky
Is solace and inspiration.
One of Them Did.
As good a real kid story as you’ve
probably noticed for a while is related
herewith: The four-year-ohl son was
having lunch with his grandmother.
At his proposal they agreed to play
“father and mother.” He was the fa-
ther and she was the mother. After
the few words of grace he bent for-
ward, in excellent imitation of his fa-
ther, and said, “Well, mother, and have I
the children said anything cute to- i
day?”—Philadelphia Star.
The klTCALN
’Tis not in growing like a tree,
In bulk, doth make man better be.
No digest of laws like the law of di-
gestion.
—Moore.
V
TASTY EATS.
A sandwich filling Is so often used
and a variety of combinations are so
welcome that those
following may be
suggestive.
Gooseberry jam
mixed with cream
cheese, or chopped
cherries mixed
with cottage
cheese.
A sandwich for
state occasions when a most nourish-
ing one is needed is one of peanut but-
ter used as a filling between two thin
slabs of sweet chocolate.
Take equal parts of diced banana
and pineapple, mashed to a pulp, and
mix with strawberry jam. This is a
peat favorite with Abe boys.
Mix together the solid portion of"
ripe tomatoes, diced cucumber, chop-
ped chives or onion tops and crushed
well cooked bacon with cottage cheese.
Spread on buttered rye bread.
A thin slice of salt pork dipped in
hatter and fried a nice brown, then
placed between layers of chow chow
on buttered bread is a tasty sandwich,
well liked.
Spinach well cooked and seasoned
and rubbed with hard-cooked egg.
Raisin bread cut in heart shapes and
spread witty fudge-enriched with nut
meats is a sweet sandwich which will
take the place of cake. These may be
made in the ordinary way or the hot
fudge may be poured on the slices and
•allowed to cool before the top slice is
added.
Lima beans put through a sieve, sea-
soned with melted butter, a little onion
juice and a pinch of mustard, a few
chopped olives and a .dash of tomato
catsup spread on brown bread.
Corn Dainties.—Put well popped
corn through the food chopper with a
•few walnut meats, add a little melted
butter and the beaten white of an egg
with two tablespoonfuls of jsugar.
Spread on round crackers sandwich
fashion and decorate the top with the
same mixture and the half of a walmit
meat. Bake in the oven until brown.
Patty Pie.—Fill large paper ice cases
with any seasonable fruit cooked in
sirup, and top the fruit with ice cream,
•spread around the edges and flute with
a fork. Mark a leaf in the center to re-
semble a pie and serve at once.
removing them be sure to tighten the
tops, pressing down the edge of the;
cover with the handle of a knife
to be sure that there is no- way for
bacteria to enter. To further secure
the fruit dip the can tops into hot
paraffin and place in a cool dark cel-
lar.
I feel it my duty to emphasize that
the food situation is one of utmost
gravity, which, unless it he solved, may
possibly result in the collapse of ev-
erything we hold dear in civilization.
The only hope is by the elimination of
waste and actual and rigorous self-
sacrifice on the part of American peo-
ple. We do not ask that they should
starve themselves, but that they should
eat plenty, wisely and without waste.
—Herbert Hoover.
Better to search the fields for health
unbought than pay the doctor for a
nauseous- draught.
m
PRESERVING FRUITS AND VEGE-
TABLES FOR WINTER.
To save cans for fruits it is -wise to
dry corn and many prefer the flavor
to that of canned corn.
Select young ears, husk
and plunge into boiling
water and boil five min-
utes to set the milk.
Slice from the cob and
arrange on the drying
trays, spreading as thin-
ly as possible, put into
the oven or around the stove to dry as
quickly as possible. Corn should be
put in the trays for drying within an
jhour from the tjme it is pulled from
jthe stalk. This insures a fine sweet
flavor. The corn is soaked and cooked
in the same water until tender, then
dressed with cream and a dash of salt
and pepper, making a dish that may,
but never has, been equaled.
Salted Beans.—Take young tender
string beans, preferably In the fall,
string and cut them as for the table.
In a stone crock put a layer of coarse
salt just covering the bottom. Then
put In a layer of raw beans about an
inch deep, another layer of salt, just
covering the beans and so on, ending
with the salt. Tie a piece of muslin
over the top of the jar and In a day
or two they will settle, and more
beans, and more salt may he added.
Crocks holding several quarts are set
in the cellar, where the beans will
keep their color and flavor. When
wanted, remove a few and soak them
over night changing the water occa-
sionally until they are right for eating.
Canning Tomatoes.—Scald the toma-
toes find remove the stem end care-
fully, plunge in cold water to hold the
[coloring matter near the surface, then
'remove the skins and pack whole in
jars, adding a teaspoonful of salt to
;every quart of the tomatoes. Place on
In rack in a boiler and cover the jars to
'the depth of an inch above the highest
[jar. When they begin to boil <A>unt
'the (line and cook thirty minutes for
quarts and twenty for pints. The tops
inhouJd ha s< revved down tight. When
BARLEY DISHES.
Barley has been used for yfears in in-
valid cookery for broths and as infant]
food. High-grade barley;
contains as much protein!
as hard wheat It fur-;
nishes starch, fat andj
mineral matter in equal1
amounts with wheat. A.<*
barley lacks gluten,!
wheat flour must be. add-
ed to barley meal or
flour to make successful bread, using,
one part of whole wheat*or white flour
to two parts of barley flour. Barley;
meal has , a similar texture to corn-
meal, both the flour and the meal may.
he obtained in many sections of the!
country and as the increasing demand!
for it grows, will be more commonly!
in the smaller markets. Barley cook-,
ery is being revived because of the lack)
of wheat flour, and we are beginning to:
appreciate its value as a food.
Barley Pone.—Add two cupfuls of
milk to one cupful of cooked hot hom-
iny grits or rice, three tablespoonfuls
of butter, then cool and add a half tea-
spoonful of salt, a cupful of barley,
meal sifted with two teaspoonfuls’of
baking powder, then add two well-beat-!
en eggs; pour into a buttered dish and;
bake in a moderate oven 45 minutes.;
Serve from the dish, cut in triangular;
shapes.
Breakfast Food.—Add a half cupful!
of barley meal to two cupfuls of boil-
ing water and a half teaspoonful of
salt. Cook In a double boiler one hour,
or in a tireless cooker over night. Serve
with cream and sugar. Figs, dates or
raisins may be added if desired.
Barley Scones.—Take a cupful each!
of whole wheat flour, a cupful of bar-
ley meal, a half teaspoonful of salt,!
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder,';
two tablespoonfuls of beef drippings,;
or any sweet gat, three-fourths of ai
cupful of sour milk or sour cream mayj
he substituted, omitting the drippings!
and a half of a teaspoonfui of soda. If!
the fat Is used, cut it in as for pastry]
and proceed as usual in the mixing.)
Roll out half-inch thick and cut in dia-i
mond shapes. Brush with egg aud1
sprinkle with sugar.
And the plowman settles the share j
More deep In the grudging clod: •)
For he saith: “The wheat is my care,
And the rest is the will of God.”
—Kipling.
HELPFUL
HINTS FOR
WIVES.
HOUSE-
Close your eyes when using the tele-
phone. This not only rests the eyes!
but is good for thej
tired nerves, says;
the oculist.
Paint hoops green]
and use them asi
| supports for hy-i
! ' drangea bushes, pe-j
onies and other)
bushy plants which]
fall down and be-;
come broken by the wind.
A small salt sack folded many times)
until a small square is formed, then!
slipped Into a clothespin makes a good)
griddle pan greaser. The cloth may)
be renewed whenever necessary.
When driving with a small child, if
her dress is spread so you can sit upon:
it, you will be able to support a rath-
er small child safely and still manage)
the reins. One mother padded a small!
box for her small child when driving)
in the auto. The child wsis comfortable
and so was the mother, as she did not
fear for its safety.
The children love to cut out pic-
tures of fruit from catalogues and one
housewife pastes litem on her cans of
fruit Instead of labels, making a most
attractive-looking fruit closet.
Never try to pick up bits of glass.
Wet a woolen cloth and pat it around
in the glass. The fragments will cling:
to tt and the hands are saved the (lun-
ger.
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