The Oklahoma News (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 198, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 16, 1917 Page: 3 of 8
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THE OKLAHOMA NEWS—Page S
Women: Your Country Calls; Those Who Escape are the Real Aliens
BY CYNTHIA GREY.
"She has eevrything." Other
women anvy her.
| You know her, or know about
her. Every town has a specimen
of her. And unthinking women
sovet her safe place In this sorely
troubled world.
t They covet her gorgeous
gowns, her elegant home, her
aervants, her noiseless spotless
auto, the "exempted" safety of
her married son, her Indiffer-
ence to the size of food bills.
And yet this woman "who has
everything"—has nothing. For
ehe is passing thru this strenu-
ous time losing all of its deepest
meanings.
Her Delights.
> She adores ballets and and
music, she hears lectures about
hooks, she never reads. But she
accepts miracles like the abo--
tltion of Russian vodka and Rus-
sian emperors ns if they were a
familiar phase of the changing
Seasons.
She is quite unconscious that
ahe lives in the period of the
world’s greatest history because
HER WORLD BEGINS AND
ENDS WITH. HERSELF.
She spend's a day worrying
her gardner because he has
omitted a certain blossom from
her new “blue” garden. But
never once docs she give a volun-
tary thought to the blue-eyed
babies of starving Belgium, never
toes her heart ache for the black
robed women of France who
must dig their own gardens;
never does she weep with the
English mothers whose sons
come home no more.
Her Everything.
"She has everything" — but
these lovely possessions, which
btake her neighbors envious, cut
her off from the terrific experi-
ences which are exalting and
Unifying the race today.
Her own kingdom—her own
elegance and loveliness, and cul-
ture, and personal comfort —
make hor ignore the sacrifices
and consecrations and sufferings
and sorrows and sympathies
which are now stirring the mass
ef common men and women.
The selfish and self-centered
woman, whether she be rich or
poor, Is of no more value to her
country, in its hour of need,
than a bubble on a glass of soda
water.
WOMEN, YOUR COUNTRY
CALLS!
It asks that you give up (his
base worship of luxury and ease.
It asks you to assume your
■hare of the world’s travail.
Those who seek to escape the
call are the real aliens; They
ere aliens to the ideals of their
nation, of their sex, of their
tentury.
They are women without a
Country.
LEARN TO THINK IN PERCENTAGES
Ahe Is quite unconscious that she lives in the period of the
world’s greatest history. _
OUR WOMEN
AND THE WAR
BY CYNTHIA GREY.
Food conservation le the Job
it every recruit In The Women’s
Army Against Waste.
Every successful business men
leerne to think of hie Job in
terms of per cent. So much
per cent, is cherged to profit
enl loss, so much to overheed
expense end eo much to other
departments.
Yesterday 1 heard n baker
•ey the price of flour wee put-
ting hi* bakery In jeopardy.
"When." said he. "the price
of materials reaches over 60
per cent, of the total cost of
putting the finished article on
the market, you will run be-
hind In your business.''
This means that In commer-
cial bakeries over 60 per cent,
of the expense Is In the baking,
overhead and selling expense.
On Broad Making.
Bread—provided it Is made
carefully—can be made cheaper
at home. But In some cases—
where a woman does her own
work and there are young chil-
dren—It Is not the best plan
to economize in this direction
at the price of the health and
strength of the housekeeper.
The problem of these women
Is how can they conserve, the
more expensive bakers’ bread so
It will in some way approach
the cheaper home-made product.
A manufacturer of bread told
me-recently that 6 per cent, of
all commercial bread Is wasted
In Its delivery from the bakery
to the consumer.
"How?” I asked.
Want Fresh Bread.
"Mostly because the house-
wife Insists upon fresh bread."
he answered. "No grocer knows
how much fresh bread he will
sell dally. One day It may be
100 loaves and the next 50. On
that day he will have 60 loaves
to return to grow stale, thus
becoming unsalable.
"There Is a very simple rem-
edy for this waste," he con-
tinued. "and that is that every
woman shall clearly understand
the bread wants of her family
and leave a standing order with
her grocer for that amount
daily. This would effect a sav-
ing of at least 3 1-2 per cent,
in the waste of bread from the
bakery to the consumer.”
PERSONAL
and SOCIAL
tMcQuam was a special guest.
Mrs. Fred Straughn, a recent
bride, was presented with a set
of sterling silver spoons. Tb>
club will be entortained May 29
by Miss Irene Falter.
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TODAY’S WASTOGRAM
Order your breed as you dp your milk — so many
loaves a day.
Mrs. E. M. Orr entertained at
cards Tuesday afternoon, honor-
ing Mrs. R. Hoyt Elkins of
Barry, Texas. Mrs. Carl Jones,
Mrs. C. 11. Klyver and Mrs.
Elkins received favors. Four-
ten were present
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A group of Delta Delta Delta
members were entertaining at
luncheon today, honoring Miss
R. Louise Fitch of California,
who is touring western states.
She Is a guest of Mrs. Henry
C. Morse.
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Inner Circle met with Mrs.
O. S. Puckett. Extra guests
were Mrs. Hattie Ruddle of Hen-
rietta, Mrs. Edna Claybrown and
Mies Lena May Ingram. Mrs.
Jerry Marker read a sho-t story,
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Mrs. Max Heffner !s going
to Chlrknsha today to be with
her sister. Mr. Heffner is on
the booster trip.
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Mrs. G. A. Roquemoro will
leave tomorrow for I’onca City,
to attend commencement exer-
cises at bor sister’s graduation.
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Cro-Tat-Em club met with
Mtr. F. M. Howard.
1.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ROSE FESTIVAL FOR
JUNE 2 ANNOUNCED
Rose lovers end those who
cultivate the flower will be de-
lighted with the announcement
of a Rose festival Saturday aft- <
ernoon and evening, June I, In
the banquet room of the Lee-
Huckins, by the department of
exhibits of the State Clvio asso-
Ktnal meeting of Columbus Ciatlon.
school Patrons club Friday, 2:30 Ml’S. Ben Ragsdale has been
will be addressed by .Mrs. R. M. ,'> '"olnto 1 . Mailman of the fes-,
Campbell, president of the Feiler- . tival committee and will call a
in.'Htlng of members for Tuesday.
whon plans wtll be completed.
Everyone Interested Is to be
urged to exhibit roses. Each
plant will bo labeled with Its
atlon. An Interesting prog-em
will l«e given by children from
each grade.
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Putnam Heights Patrons' club i _ _ ________ _____ ___
will meet at Friday at 'Vheel- ; own natno and the name of the
^r-r^tS ‘l "’ho grew it. A musical
OOO j Program will fratur© both after-
circle One <»f Flr*t M. F.. church noon and evening.
will meet at 2:30 Thursday with ------------------------- 11
Mrs. C. 11. Dobbin, 1 12 W . Second- | >nL. xvai I l** cril TRACMR
at. Mrs. John Q Newell will be; rhr ^AL1,1 crB TRACTOR
attainting hostess. • only nrlffhfi 8.JIOO pounds yet It
O O O . doom more work than Id korwa.
!,a<1y Maccabees will entertain It plow every afternoon this
thr'.r friends at cards Thursday, I week, t ome mid are It.
2:30 p. m., in their hall. j
0 O O J. I. CARR PLOW WORK*.
Club* Thursday: Fast ante. Mrs. 4 F.aat California.
A W Ilartenbower; Coreopsis, Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Oondlt; Holly Km-; 1 ——
broidery, Mrs. C. K. F.snig; Las j
Vega.a Bridge Luncheon, MIrh
r.arah C»arri*on: Daisy Embroidery,
.Mrs. M. K Galllon; Loacah, Mr*.
M. M. ltoland.
A rubber bulb enables air
heated by electricity In the han-
dle of a now comb to bo forced
thru Its perforated teeth to dry
Mr**. Clyde hair.
WATCH FOR TUCKER
FURNITURE CO. BIG
$1 DAY SATURDAY.
SEE WINDOWS.
Ball Room Turned Into
Knitting “Commissary”
One of the handsomest ball
rooms in the city is growing a
bit dusty as to shining polished
floor and terribly dull for lack
of riotous fox-trots, for its young
mistress. Miss Ethelyn Johnson,
is too busy these days to waste
a thought on such things.
Worse still, she dares care-
lessly to term the handsomely
decorated apartment a “commis-
sary,” where she ke*ps stores of
knitting needles and stacks of
woolen yarn, the sort designated
for government work by the
Navy League of New York.
This is to facilitate work of
the knitting ciass, meeting at her
home every Tuesday morning.
'Between 23 and 35 women'
invitation, general by the way,
to 'come and learn to knit.”
Assisting Miss Johnson in
teaching are Mrs. Frances Key
Brooke, Mrs. J. P. Allen, Mrs.
Harriet Conger .Mrs. J. C. Clark,
Mrs. Cody Fowler and Miss
Madeline Cottingham.
Instructions from the Navy
League as to materials and style
of the sleeveless jackets, long
hose and wash ciothe3, leave
nothing in doubt.
Miss Johnson returned recent-
ly from a New York visit and
it was while there she was
treated to the unusual sight of
women knitting, not in the se-
clusion of their homes, but
everywhere, in their motor cars,
at the theaters, in the street
cars and all about town. She
FEEDING OF WORLD UP TO WOMEN
OF AMERICA, HOOVER DECLARES
Special to The Neve.
New York, May 16.—Feeding the world is up to the
women of America, says Herbert C. Hoover, and having
had for two years the job of feeding 10.000,000 persons in
Belgium, and now being pretty nearly food boss of the world
—he ought to know something about it.
Hoover puts it up to the women of America to conserve
the food supply and win the war.
“Outside the 10 or 15 per cent of the total foodstuffs
consumed in public places, the women of a nation control
its fod consumption and it is the women who must effect
any saving,” says Hoover.
“I believe the women of American will do their share
for the cause.”
When it comes to ieedtng the world, Hoover says the
job of feeding two or three hundred millions more is merely
a quantative matter—but in that little matter of quantity
the women of America are booked bv the new food boss
to play the greatest part of all the nation’s people._
Military Models Have
Captured Dame Fashion
have already responded to thej hunting away6 mwlly
every moment, gave me the de-
sire to come home and help
teach our women.” Everyone
who wants to learn will receive
a warm welcome from Miss John-
son. any Tuesday morning, at
her home, 439 W. 15th-st.
OOO
Stricken By B’indnesa
But Works For War
Oklahoma City women are all
eager to do their part, and it
seems a glorious thing to devote
a day or so a week to meeting
friends and making things for
the men who go to war, but that
is done to the accompaniment of
happy chatter, worlds of enthu-
siasm end cheerful companion-
ship.
Many months ago an illness
came into one of the meet fa-
vored homes in the city and in
its wake left blindness for Mrs.
George J. Eacock.
Every day now finds her
working alone in the war cause.
Phe sits patiently by the hour,
knitting for the ones who are
going away. Wash cloths are
her contribution.*
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Pillow the Comfort
This Boy Asks
This is being told on one mem-
ber of the officers' training camp
at Ft. Logan Roots, and his
mother thinks it too good to
keep. Several loyal women
wrote tliclr sons asking what
they might send them in the
way of little comforts and this
hoy answered. "Dear Mother;
Send me a pillow,”
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Lawn Fete For the
Emergency Fund
A lawn fete, June 14, Flag
Day, will close the series of en-
tertainments being given by the
D. A. R. for the emergency
fund. A meeting for final ar-
rangements was being held this
morning with Mrs. W. E. Tay-
lor. 7.1
^eSve^oods
With all kitchen commodities
at highest prices known, It Is
Important that the conscientious
housewife should study the
character of her recipes and
replace those which are "ex-
travagant" with some of a more
unpretending quality.
Cornmeal Mush.
Mix 1 cup of cornmeal with
1 1-2 cups of cold milk and
stir it Into 2 cups of briskly
boiling salted water. Stir con-
stantly for a few minutes until
it thickens, then cook in double
be er for three or four hours
or In s fireless cooker over
night.
The mush mar he eaten with
milk or syrup or molasses.
These add to cost, but also to
nutritive value.
Steamed Brown Bread.
Mix together 1 cup each of
rye, cornmeal and graham flour.
To these add 3-4 of a teaspoon
of soda, 1 teaspoon sail, 3-4
of cup molasses and 2 cups
sour milk. Fill well greased
molds two-thirds full, and
steam.
Rice Pudding.
Put 1 quart of milk, 1-4 cup
rice, 1-2 teaspoon salt and from
1-4 to 1-2 cup sugar in a pud-
ding pan ami bake 2 1-2 hours,
1 at low temperature. Stir 3 or j
j 4 times during first hour. Add j
1-2 cup raisins the last hour, j
This pudding may be served hot'
or cold with top milk or cream. |
Gingerbread.
Mix in the order given—sift-1
ing the dry ingredients together |
SUFFRAGE COMMITTEE
URGED BY PRESIDENT
Bp United Preee.
Washington, May 16.—Presi-
dent Wilson has written chair-
man Pou of the house commit-
tees, urging appointment of a
special committee on woman
suffrage. Suffrage workers have
fought for years for appointment
of such a body.
Another relic of Lincoln's
youth Is a rail split by him
■which was part of the fence
around his father's log cabin
near Decatur, III., in 1830.
You would not buy 16 head of
horses without first seeing
them. Why buy a tractor be-
fore seeing what It will do.
The Wallis Cub
grade* streets every morning.
Flows each afternoon this week.
Corns and see tt.
J. L. Case Plow Works,
4 Hast California.
before adding them—-1-4 cup
oleo-margarlne, 1-2 cup sugar, 1
egg, half cup molasses, 1-2 cup
sour milk, 2 cups sugar, 1 tea-
spoon cinnamon, 2 teaspoons
soda and 1-2 teaspoon salt.
Eat More Candy
It’s Good
for you. We buy direct from
the manufacturer, made in a
CLF.AW, SANITARY FACTORY
Pure and Wholesome
••THE TASTE TELLS**
Empress Candy Shop
Itl West Mala St.
Msple M8
THIS DESSERT IS ODD
BUT YOU’LL LIKE IT
This Is a good dessert that
can be kept a long time.
Wash one pound of prunes,
pare threo apples and peel and
slice one lemon. Make a layer
The surrender is most obvious | detachable cape is usually about : °f at. 1 1 ’,° ra,,°f ' °
six inches longer than the coat I cooking pot. then a lajer of
For midsummer, the military sllce'1 he" « ,a>er„ of
Woman's fashion world lias [ the collar. If the day is warm
capitulated to military influ-| the wearer can take off the cape
ence. i without removing the Jacket. The i
in outside garments like the
"trench coat,” "submarine col-
lar,” and “military cape.” But
1t is betrayed, in less conspicu-
ous ways, use of military colors,
for Instance, W’est Point grey
and red, or a liberality In the
matter of patch pockets and
belts, or unique culf facings,
braidings and buttons.
Fashion, however, refuses to
consider khaki the only material
adapted to military models. To-
day's illustration shows the
change which a uniform cops
thru when a style maker prefers
pink end white 'triped sports
s tfe to nrtnc cloth.
The (1 ec1 g- whleh promises to
b? most popular has an adjust-
able cape held by patent fasten
era aercs the shoulder beneath
cape is made of some stunning
shade of cotton epongo — beige,
military blue, or green—whilo
the Jacket and skirt are fashion-
ed of plain whit* or cream
eponge, or a material figured in
the same color as the rape.
prunes. Repeat until you have
it all in the pot. Fill it with
water to rover, then pour half
a pound of sugar over the top.
Let cook slowly and do not
stir. Shako your pot and add
water once or twice so it will
Severe Street Coat. * not bur“- Cover il and lot il
New motor coats are cut! C00^* ^ hen you see your prunes
on top, big and puffed, and
your sirup cooked thick. your|
prunes are tender and your Jem
ons will flavor it all.
shorter than of former seasons,
hut are still made on voluminous
lines, ranging froiq 80 to 100
inches at the hem
Desieners make so secret of
he military trend of coats for
.’all and winter T iey will vary
n lencth from 48 .o 50 inches 1 yv- ,,
will be very wids. and topped i
with immense square collars of
’ur or plush.
RAG T!Mf.
Plana
Pin jrlna
In 2D Loan* m
f'R'l tor Ronk!*?
Evening*
*«*hnal «f Popalnr Mvalr
*15
THE MOST INTERESTING
STORE nr OKLAHOMA
28 YEAR*
OF SERVIOE
ifi-3«s
Leather Traveling Cases
$3 to $25
EtsndiKHiia all leather eases, rttted with
handy toilet articles. In nultahle styles for
men and women.
Fitall Unfitted Case, $1.50 to $8
Adjustable straps that wtll hold any
size fittings.
Leather Hand Bags, $2 to $25
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Bv Mail
nEI.lVF.ST FRETttn <W S*rt nSDESI
1 Phone
W. J. PETTEE & CO.
OKLAHOMA CITY. OKI.A.
PBX 01
wr HErixn Rtnsntn rtsr*.
Big Cash
Clearance Sale
Will be Continued Until
552*1 -
Saturday Night
m gs* ss
its popularity is astounding!
—get your share of the bargains it offers.
— To those about to furnish a home or to
those who need just a piece or so of furni-
ture this sale >ircrs possibilities which, will
not occur again soon.
— The reductions range from io to 40 per
cent.
—The sale is for cash only and continues
only 3 more days.
@2.50
This Duofold Living
Room Set Is Only ..
A Regular $100 Value
A Duofold bed, table, straight chair and rocker comprises the complete set; just
the thing for your front room. Onlv a few of them, so shop early.
CASH CLEARANCE SALE PRICE, 562.50
A Mahogany or Ivory Bed Room
Suit Waits for You, Price $77.00
If You Want a
Good Bed Be Sure
to See This One
Is a 2-inch post bed in “\ . M ,” white
finish nr oxidized, and will furnish many
a good night’s rest -.line S9.50; Clearance
Sale price,
With the new four poster bed this suit is j
strictly "up-to-the-minute” in every detail, {
and one of which you will he proud to ,
possess in your home. It i'n’t tt-’ia! that
you see one like this priced so r-.rcmt';
low. Tn ordinary times it sell 'V.r Si I «
The Cash Clearance Sale Price is
$77.00
$6.85
Watch for the Bijj 51 Day Saturday—See the Windows now.
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