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1 Capable Women and
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C fci-ctviSQ si.I.lSH v.-1 1 nnrsos ire all
JPjS utenanta or captains
m rnl Oorman peasant women
HRaYBH n nai'' doing
I'Lwafi ' '"' ' "" VWirk aS nf,r 1
" Efforts, mo being made to
jiavo the American Red Cross nurses com
aisaioned aa officers,
surc'in General Gorges ha appealed tj
; American women to begin training as
r 1
Over six hundred woman have applied
or the nurses' training camp at Vassar
Celleflo this summer.
Women Inspectors and watchers guard
rd the polls at tho recent election in
IVCA.-kill N V
Mi.-s Frances Jor- I
! dan. the Southern
beauty, has been se
lected out of twenty-
i: l v. ,-,?nr n
by the War Depart- J
merit for a poster to
b u.scd In Its publici
ty campaigns. Only
women who had rela
tives In the military
jervlce were eligible.
Secretary of tho
Navy Dan tela has an
nounced t ii a t the
women knitters of
It'll ihiv fniintrv nn rlo-
ins a real service to
their country not only by helping to pro
vide for the men at sea. but by keeping up I
their spirits with gifts. J
In eight cities classes In banking have
been provided for women who have been
employed as bank clerks.
Politicians now assert the women of
! Now ..rk divided their vote the same as
f the men In tho recent election.
I m The American Red Cross is supplying
I bandages made by American women to
three thousand hospitals in France.
At tho request of the Massachusetts
I public safety committee Boston telephone
operator, called off an intended strike.
Mr.s William M. Hertschcll. of lndlan
I spoils, will direct publicity for tho
. Women's I-lbcrty Loan Committee of In
1 dlana
A complete survey on the substitution
r of women for man power in Industry is
to be made in Cleveland
Women are eligible for the new medal?
and decorations ordered by the War De
partment to be conferred on American
I soldiers.
The first American girl accepted for
telephone service with the troops in
! France Is Miss Ethel Elkins, of Phila
I delphla.
Employment offices to provide posi-
I tlons tr women have been opened In thlr
I teen cities by the United States Employ
I ment Service.
America's leading motion picture ac-
FOR THE INVALID.
When there fs nn Invalid In the family
china should be bought now and then
po as to vary the apreararice of the
alckroom tray. Wllh pretty china which
needn't be expensive, and flowers and
little doylies, the tray may be made most
attractive!
Suh attention will often tempt an ap
petite that may be capricious and arouse
an Intei ?st In meal times that might flag
If nothing new were to be expected
VALUE OF PEANUTS.
The peanut Is a substantial food, ac
l cording to the Confectioner's Gazette, alx
ounces of shelled jieatnuts being said to
possess a food value of 2 3 ounces of round
steak, 6 ouncea codfish. 1 ounce- rice, 4.2
ornees rye bread. 35.5 ounces plnach, 5 fi
ounces apples or ! ounces bacon.
' The peanUt Is rich In fut, and also luta
mineral salts Important In the diet, such
as phosphorous, lime, suiphur and iron.
tresses arc to make a tour of speeches
throughout the country in the Interest of
tho next Liberty Loan.
Catherine Breshkovsky. called the
Grandmother of the Russian Revolu
tion." deserted her husband and child to
lead the fight for freedom
Delaware women have launched a cam
paign of their own to put tin i St.ite in
front in the sale of Thrift and War Bav
ins; Stamps.
The National Aeronautic Committee of
th Woman's Naval Service Is raising a
SjO.OTO fund to buy athletic equipment for
American flyers abroad
A women's unit of twenty telephone
operators Is being organized by the Key
stone Telephone Company and will go to
France
Thousands of women school teachers In
every State are being called to help speed
up the work of classifying all men who
registered for tho draft
As a result of the first vote ever cast by
women in Vermont eight lowns i-. mi
dry. Including Burlington and St, Al
bans, two of the largest citlc
To make fa No faces for French soldiers
who have been so horribly mutilated that
they cannot ippear in public unmasked,
Mrs Maynard I-add, the American sculp
tress has opened a studio in Paris.
Mrs. Dorothy McDonnell Rolph. of Den
ver, has accepted the position as director
of the compensation bureau of war risk
Insurance in the War Department
Mrs Elizabeth
r rt r nilWDlBWUi i
the Xcw York sol Olst P
has given up singing I
at for each con
cert to enter a muni
tions factory at $11 a
week
At practically evcrv
army post in the Bast
Wives of commanding
9 f f I c e r s have as
sumed charire of pro
viding hospital sup-
' h" .' i luUEFD-HWmiONC1
sent abroad ' Tv
Advice to the wo
men of this country not to talk peace
or expect the war to be over soon, but to
buckle up and get to work to help Win, It '
given by Mrs. August Belmont, of New ,
York, who has Just returned from Eng
land and France. t
Mrs. Thomas R, Marshall, wife of the
Vice President, has borrowed an under
grown baby from a Washington diet
kitchen and developed him Into a stro.ig.
healthy child.
Of tho eight thousand workers making I
time fuses for American sheiks at thl In
ternational Arms and Fuse Company,
Bloomfield. X J . five thousand are '
women, and one thousand more are badly
needed.
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Cultivate Grace as ;
Attribute of Beauty j
P9g239 AYR ..ii ever noticed a row
fcl JjWM ej r,( wom n's feet In a street
ESStjj H car?" said one woman to
"Observe them now, some
j ll , on the side, some
furred In om twisted ahoul each other
a contortionist would envy them Each
j posn inn ems more unlovely than the
( other in arrangement. It Is becoming rare
I to see a woman keep her feet correctly In
I position."
This painful fact might well be supplc
I rr.fi.i d hy the further statement that
(other places than street cars lend them
I selves to the odd oosltlons for the feet.
In restaurants It Is no infrequent thing to
I see the feet of a woman twisted about the
legs of her chair. A visitor reeently called
to In r hr.Me-.-' attention the remarkable
Stork-like style of her adjustment of feet
I by exclaiming suddenly: ' Well, of course
f 1 don't mind, but do tell me how you do
I it:'' Whereupon the hostess quickly drew
down the fi.nl :die had been sitting on and
U thereafter kept them both on the floot,
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SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS. I
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Grace is largely an attitude of mind, a
; rondltlon of consciousness, with a t-llght
f amount of training added. The self-con-I
selous woman ll seldom graceful, and the
ungrai-ious woman is invariably awkward
Yet grace Is an all-Important acquisition,
r for the woman who possesses it Is often
as attractive as one of noted beauty.
Every movement must he In proportion to
"the time, the place ,-md the girl." Grace Is
tho full haimoni.lng of expression with
Tt Is the constant sacrifice of a degree
of personal comfort. No slouihy woman
Ll graceful. No matter how tired one is
one should hold oneself up in .sitting and
walking and standing, not stiffly, but
II The aerage woman walking looks as If
she were in a race and intended to at least
"win by a neck." for if a plumb line were
dropped from her chin to the ground It
would be found that the chin was much
in advance of the chest, and to add to the
effect the chest if drawn in Any girl who
will try this before the mirror will not
likely afterward try it on the street.
A great deal of faulty movement Is the I
result of nervousness, the overstrcnuous i
tension at which the modern woman
swings herself through her days
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I EARMARKS OF BREEDING. I
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Tearn how to gracefully use your arms
Never reserve or postpone the proper use
of them until you have on a best gown
and think that at that time a special ges
ture can be brought out to go with the
gown and allure. Such a species of arti
ficiality is always detected
Watch the hands when eallnc Hoarse
ways of handling food, holding the teacup, i
lifting a spoon, are just a repellent as un
pleasant mum hlngs or mouthing. Klbows
that are allowed to protrude while eating
are also ungraceful.
Never grasp a piece of bread or morsel
of fruit as though it were about to escape,
and the same degree of pol;-o should be at
tained In other motions.
In shaking hands the woman is put to a
greater ordeal than a man: heartiness on
hin part goes a long way. but a woman
who Is overhearty in her hand clasp is
dubbed "mannish." which is a title that
not even the "woman's rignter" aspires to.
It Is often the case that women and men
shake bands holding the hanls Bldewise, I
but correctly the man should put his hand
out palm up and tin- woman put hers Into it
palm down. Between womrn, the hostess
Is the one who puis her hand out palm up,
and the guest palm down. Between girls
a proper hand shake, by the way. Is better
than the unmeant ' peck" kiss, for love
and affection when a pretence Is no more
fascinating In gesture than In substance,
whether between men and women or Just
women.
NUTMEG GRATER.
There Is a small perforated wheel mount
ed on a handle. The nutmeg Is placed In a
small depression, and as the wheel re
volves It grates the nutmeg;
The device is held In OUS hand while tlfr
wheel Is turned with the other and en
tirely avoids any scraping of the fingers.
WASHING GUT GLASS.
Cut glass should always he washed In
very hot water but no soap is required
If at all blurred the glass should be
cleansed with a soft brush dipped In unit
ing and polished with a soft piece of old
newspaper
CLEANS FLOORS.
For cleaning hardwood floors before re
flnishlng Mteel wool given better mitlsfac
tion than a brush as it removes many
marks that otherwise could not be taken
off. It can be purchased at any hardware
.store.
I CAMP FIRE GIRLS AID IN FOOD CONSERVATION 1
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S ' I 1 ; : I hv :, p.itriotle
IjSa k desire lid the jfovern
BaEjlffiM men I in i l and n.p con-
EjrjHJ tykjggj serration and encouraged
at. At-yri letter of appreciation
from President Wilson, tht Camp Fire
(lirls of America are beginning t make
the seventh year of the organisation tin
most successful in its history.
The letter from President 'ilnii is in
reply to one he received from Lester F.
Scott, secretary, which apprised the Presi-.
dent of the good work that has been done!
by the Camp Pire Girls through assisting
Herbert C. Hoover, Federal Food Admin
istrator, in bis nationwide campaign
the conserving of food and the preven
tion of waste in the homes.
The annual report, just issued, shows
that there are 6,-600 ("amp Fire groups in
the United States, with that number of
older women acting as "guardians" in
supervising tluir work, the organization
having approximately a membership in
this country of JOohiO, with various
groups of the order in many foreign countries
SILK JERSEY.
Sirk jersey has been much In evidence
during the present season for smart after
noon frocks Tho simpler that this mate
rial is made up the better.
A delightful model seen the other day
was built on coat frock lines. Just a 1 it t to
oxidized embroidery appearing on the
quaint, outstanding pockets of the skirt.
Oxidized embroidery was intmducel
rather sparsely on the loose, three-strand
belt, the collar of sailor persuasion having
a finger-width edge of soft black fur.
NEW IDEAS.
Remove tea and coffee stains with boil
ing water.
Remove chocolate stains with borax and
cold water.
Remove scorch with sunlight.
Remove grass stains with ammonia and
water.
ON THEr-v
Tbe Camp Fire Girls were organized
in tin; Uuitid States, aud the movement
lias extruded to England, where there are.
sixioen groups; to Chili tho Panama
! Canal Zone, Peru, Hawaii, Manila, P I.!
- The Hague, Holland: Xatnl. South Africa
1 Quebec, Canana; Canton, China; Scot-
- land, Wales, Korea and Japan.
The number of Camp Fire tiirls who
earned out Mr. Hoover's prugramme re
1 gardlng 1 1 saving is (JS.474, and those
' who planted and cultivated gardens lasl
1 summer number 70,448 with many othe-s
1 who gave their time to fanning pursuit?.
1 such as caring for cows.
In behalf of the Red Cross the girls have
contributed more llian H),000, while .TT
000 have enred for small children whose
WORTH KNOWING.
Veal and boiled rice can be used by
lining a baking dish with the rice, then
filling It with chopped , veal seasoned with
onion, parsley, salt and pepper. Bake
until brown.
To make fried mush, pour oommcal
mush into an enamelled dish and when
cold cut into slices and fry In hot drop
pings until well browned. Servo hot with
butter and syrup.
Cake tins, ftalty tins. &c.. arc easily
cleaned by boiling. Put them in a sauce
pan wllh some soap extract and water,
boil them for about an hour and they will
be found clean and new looking Soap and
?oda or borax may be used Instead of
-o.-ip extract if preferred
Never paint the flower pots for bouse
plant.s. It closes the pores of tho.pot,
.which arc essential .o free passage of air.
mothers and older women conld be fr
lieved foe Red Cross and other work.
They also distributed food pledges and
window display cards for the food ad
ministration, and checked up those homes
not displaying the cards, besides distrihnf
ng food thrift bulletins direct into the
homes and posting advertising mutt r for
the food administration in stores and pub
lic places. They have also enrolled girls
over sixteen yeais of age in the food sav-j
ing campaign.
For the Commission cm Military Train
ing Camps the girls have begun to raise
$60,000, and have already received
pledges for $10,000. In addition they ar
also co-operating in the sale of War Sav
ings Stamps.
CHEESE IS A MEAT SAVER.
There's a great deal of food in a liltlo
piece of cheese. Lon't eat It at the end of
s meal when you have already had enough
You wouldn't eat a piece of meat then.
An inch cube Of American cheese con
tains a third more protein than a piece of
lean meat of the same size. Cheese is ex
cellent food If eaten at the right time.
Get from the United States Department
of Acrlculturc the Farmers' Bulletin on
oheese to learn how to use it in many
w ays.
EVERYDAY HELPS.
To keep milk sweet add a spoonful of
horseradish and It will keep for days.
Remove paint from a window with hot
sharp vinegar.
Sweet oil will remove finger marks from
,ni led furniture, and kerosene from
Oiled furniture.
PREPARING SPHAGNUM MOSS FOR RED CROSS USE
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THE great value of sphngnura moss
as a surgical dressing was not
realized until 1910, and even Hun
iu use wtis in tht experimental stage,
but now so groat is tin- demand lli.u
Great Britain Is no longer able to fill it
and .Canada and the United Slates are
now being actively exploited for tins
tn'iiiy absorbent dressing. Bhagmim
growg in moist and boggy places and
can he found In all parts of the country.
The method of collection is to wade out
Into tbe b g, grasp and pull UP the upper
layers ol the moss by bandfuls, wring
tbeui out and put them In Micks and
take them t the edge of the bogs.
vhen-c they are carted away. Those
who do the collecting nausl know the
g l from the bnfl moss, as there are
different gpecjefl of the moss The moss
i- sterilized by the hospitals before be
ing used. AH the best moss is put Into
muslin casings for dressings, the Inter
mediate is made into pillows, splint
,adc dysentry ids Stc., aud the
ivqrsl discarded Picking over the moss
requites an enormous amount of labor
and time and produces sery little ma
terial In the end. At the m. ;m Wom
en's Union, in Montreal. Canada, much
of this moss la prepared tot dressings
bj i;d fioss workers. Photograph
ihowa society women of the Canadian
City making dressings from the moss.
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Ways and Means I
in War Times I
$&vffli WBS eighteen yearn old
tXk ftnd ver ardnt. ar(1 the
r' ripening of hostilities be-
'-jhj fure ever our country made
'yJiw lts entrance ,nto the war,
- ' - t- Bhe was already training In
a hospital and hoping that some day she
mllii be of real service to humanity.
Then the United States was called to
defend democracy, and sho worked and
studied harder than ever, for she realized
that her country mlprbt soon be In need of
rvloes And nt last she graduated,
and nuro enough the call came sooner than
sho expected, and she was thrilled with
Lh . thought of becoming a Red Cross
nurse
And then, suddenly, without any warn
ing, a great tragedy enmc Into her life,
and she found that if sho rntcred the ser
vice of her country she must prove delin
quent to her duties at home.
I DIFFICULT DECISION.
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It was a very hard decision for her to
make. Indeed, it was too hard, and so she
went to an old friend of her father a g n-n-al
lii ili nrmy ond told hlrn her trouble.
Perhaps she was a bit rebellious, for she
said:
"I do not see why I should cle up every
thing 'nd stay at home. I have studied
and worked so hard for this very thing,
and now my country needs me and I feel
that I must serve, and yet I don't know
what to do. "
And tie re m looked at her squarely and
said:' We don'' want an slackers in tlu
army." Hurt to the quick, the girl's eyes filled
with tears, her cheeks crimsoned and a
hot retort trembled on her Hps. But the
old general laid his hand on her shoulder.
"My dear," he said, "you know as well
as I do where your duty lies. You must
decide this thing for yourself But I want
to tell you this: Don't think for a minute
that those who are wearing the uniform
uf the soldier or the sailor or the Red Cross
nurse are serving their country any more
bravely than thousands who are working
at home It is not where you work, but
how you work.
"Your duty lies right here, it seems to
me, but yoj will have some time of your
lown You can do a tremendous work for
your country tight In the Red Cross rooms
That was many months ago. but that
girl has never served her country abroad.
I 'erhaps she never will. But she Is serving
dall at home The mornings are filled
with home duties, but in the afternoons,
when another nurse is able to take, her
place there, she is off on other work.
One of the hardest lessons we hav to
lenrn when we are young is the lesson
of sacrifice. We want so to do our
work In our own way, to enlist ourselves
with our ssmpathles. But. we cannot al
ways do that.
The dlimity of labor is being brought
home to us all. A very talenteJ woman,
writing the other day to a friend, said
I have come to the conclusion that
nono of us can really live to the fullest
unless we work with our hands. It was
' a lone time hefori T lnrrr-H thlo hnt T
am beginning to reaJIze more and more
the value of hard work."
And that is true No matter bow bril
liant we may be, how talented, how given
to helpful thought or Inspirational ideals,
unless we work these ideas out In some
form, unless wc make these talents live
through the work of the hands, they will
be of little enduring value.
The wonderful thint: Is that we always
get so much more out of the work than
wo put into it. That Is really the only
enduring payment that we do recelve--tbe
Joy of the task, the glory of accom-nllshmenf
I DUTY THAT LIES NEAREST.
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The United States has plenty of money.
But there are two things it lacks food
and labor. Wo must take care of these,
hoard these, if victory Is to be ours.
So. if you cannot serve your country aa
a nurse or an ambulance driver or la
some other service at the front or at
the nation's capital, do not think for
one minute that you cannot help.
You can servo if you live in the back
woods just as well as if you live in the
city, for we can all do some useful work,
and if we are faithful to the charge that
lies nearest to us we shall have the satis
faction of knowing that we have helped
to win this war Just as much as if we
had been fighting across the soa.
Delicious Dishes for
Conservation Days j
IflV ' rjrTrH "r'T a conservation day Is
tv?v)f1 ."bird to the meatless days
j?i Psa YjjjyTfl the housekeeper may won
2jStb5?3 der how she is going to
SmLJi vary the monotony of her
&Ss&&)EXa , jh m.- nus
Here are several suggestions:
Codish Croquettes, Tomato Sauce
Four cupfuls of cold boiled fresh cod
fish, one cupful of thick cream sauce, one
tablespoonfur of fincdy choped parsley,
two tablespoonfuls of grated onion, one
teaapoonfui of table sauce, one teaspoonful
of salt. one-QUarter teaspoonful of paprika,
one gg, bread crumbs.
i kk the fish Into small pieces, add the
sauce and seasonings, spread on a plate
until cold and firm. Take up one table
spoonful In floured hands, mold Into cono
shape, or oblong, and dip in egg w hich has
been beaten with a tablespoonful of milk.
Ho sure tho croquette is covered w ith the
egg- ther. roll In bread crumbs or corn
meal, and fry In very eot drlplngs.
Fillets of Sole Caprice.
One cucumber, four fllleta of flounder,
salt, pepper, butter substitute and bread
crumbs.
Cut a long cucumber In halves crosswise
nnd lengthwise and remove the skin. Sea
son with salt and pepper and lay in a
gTeased steumcr. Wipe fillets of flounder,
piinkls with salt and pepper and arrange
a fillet on each piece of cucumber, turning
under the ends to make It the right size.
Steam until cucumbers arc tender and rc
naove to serving dish
Mix fine bread crumbs with oleomar
garine spread on fillets, pat surface
smooth and criss-cross the surfnee. Brown
under gas flame and serve with piquant
sauce.
Piquant Sauce.
One tablespoonful chopped onion, one
tablespoonful chopped green pepper, one
tablespoonful oleomargarine, one table-
VALUE OF PUNCTUATION.
A misplaced comma cost the I'nited
States government several hlundred thou
feaod dollars.
Fruit seeds were to be admitted free of
duty under a new tariff act. The printer
made It rend fruit, seeds. Importers
promptly Claimed the right to bring in
free of duty nil kinds of fruit and all
kinds of seeds; and the courts uptuld their
claims "Cood punctuation Is necessary
to make the meaning of written discourse
Immedlatoly char." said a famous
teacher.
If you are shaky on grammar or punctu
ation take a short course in one of the
nlcht schools
It will prove of inestimable value to
you, particularly if you are a business
woman.
PUMPKIN SEED ECONOMY.
Savo all seeds of the pumpkin, wash
thoroughly and lay away till perfectly dry
sin U them, and use the same way as
any other nuts, in either candy or cake.
They are delicious
DUSTER FROM STOCKING.
Spill and sew together the upper halves
of old cotton hose. Place these dust cloth
In un airtight pall with a few drops of kero
sene sprinkled on them and leave to stand
twenty-four hours. This makes a fine
dustless duster and js qultti cheap.
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spoonful rye flour, three-quarters cupful
fish Stock, one table spoonful any table
sauce salt and pepper.
Cook chopped onion and green pepper
five minutes in oleomargarine. Add rye
flour, and when blended add fish stock.
Bring to boiling point, add any tab! I iuce
and salt and pepper to taste.
Skate, Italian Style.
Skin and bone tho fish, divide it into
fillets and put It Into a shallow saucepan
with a bay leaf, four whole allspices and
cloves, a clove of garlic or a little onion,
two teaspoonfuls of salt and a few grains
of red pepper; cover vlth boiling water
and boll for fifteen minutes. Remove the
fish with a skimmer and put it into a
baking dish that has been brushed with
oil; cover with the sauce and sprinkle with
a little grated sharp cheese and bread
crumbs Bake for fifteen minutes In a hot
oven. Serve In the dish In which it was
baked.
The sauce Is made as follows Two cup
fuls of cut onion, one cupful of onion
toek, four tablespoonfuls of flour, four i1
tablespoonfuls of oil or butter substitute.
one tea.snxnful of salt and pepper to taste. j 1
Boil the onion In very little water until
tender, drain and raash It through a I
strainer, add one cupful of onion stock; I
mix the o or butter substitute and flour I
until smooth and add to the boiling puree I
of onion. Boll for five minutes: add salt I
and pepper and pour over the fish !
Broiled Swordfish
Clean, split and remove the book and
fine bones from a swordfish. wipe the fish
dry. brush it with cooking oil or with
melted drippings rub the broiler with oil
or fat nnd broil the fish slowly, turning It
often. Sprinkle with salt nnd pepper and
ISrVfl with B lemon.
Fresh mackerel, blueflsh and shad nr
broiled tbe same way It will take less
time If the fish is cut Into pieces three or
four Inches in size. H
FACTS ABOUT FATS.
There is no fat in potatoes
Lard Is nearly 90 per cent faL j I
Butter Is practically a pure fat I
Cream is the best form of fat for chil
dren The fat of plants Is contained In the
seeds H
At least a third of the body's food should
bo fat. I
Cocoa Is tho only popular feeveragre
which has "fat."
The colder the climate tne greater th
craving for fat. H
Body fat i.s of three kinds stearin,
palmltln and oleine
Oats are the "fattest" and most heat
ing" of the cereals. H
A loin of mutton has more fat nu
trient than anv other Joint. ,
Fats yield glycerin, an essential com- H
ponent of high explosives
la human bodies the fat is in the bone,
marrow and adipose tissue, j
A famine in fat la more terrible than a
famine lu bread.
A man doing sedentary work requlrei
tbn?e ounces of fat dally in some form.
Fat does not digest la the mouth of
stomach, but In the miiuJI intestine.
The Germans consumed pvr head ir
Cat than any other European nation
American meat Is the richer In fa
British home grown meat Is second. ; H
Cows milk contains from three and on?-
hulf to four per cent of faU W hales' milk H
cunlaius 43 per cent. H
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