Bellefonte, Pa., August 15, 1919. CHEERING SOMEONE UP. Don’t you mind about the triumphs, Don’t you worry after fame; Don’t you grieve about succeeding, Let the future guard your name. All the best in life’s the simplest, Love will last when wealth is gone; Just be glad that you are living, And keep cheering someone on. Let your neighbers have the blossoms, Let your comrades wear the crown; Never mind the little setbacks Nor the blows that knock you down. You'll be there when they're forgotten, You'll be glad with youth and dawn, If you just forget your troubles, And keep cheering someone on. There's a lot of sorrow round you, Lots of lonesomeness and tears; Lots of heartaches and of worry Through the shadows of the years. And the world needs more than triumphs— More than all the swords we've drawn— It is hungering for the fellow Who keeps cheering others on. —Baltimore Sun. QUENTIN ROOSEVELT FLEW TO DEATH. No taunt of cowardice as some ru- mors have reported, sent Quentin Roosevelt out, handicapped by poor eye-sight, on his last night, to find a grave among his foes. Another un- worthy rumor, reporting that the young flyer’s associates had deserted him and left him to fall a prey to su- perior enemy forces, is equally false. On the authority of a friend of young Roosevelt’s, Capt. Alexander H. Mec- Lanahan, who was a member of the American squadron that fought with a Fokker group on the day when Quentin failed to return, these re- ports are so baseless that, with re- spect to the one charging desertion, at least, “it almost looks as if malice had prompted so despicable a charge.” Captain McLanahan is credited with the first complete story of the battle that resulted in the death of the youngest of Col. Theodore Roosevelt’s children. The Captain’s narrative is introduced, in the Philadelphia Pub- lic Ledger, by an account of an ex- perience which Quentin had in Eu- rope, some years ago. “Was it chance or a portent of the fate that awaited him ?” asks The Ledger, and describes the incident as follows: When he was twelve years old, in 1909, he was in Europe with his mother, his brother Archie, and his sister Ethel, who is now Mrs. Derby, and, writing from France to a friend in America, he described an airplane race which he had witnessed at Rheims. And it was near Rheims that he met his death eight years lat- er in another kind of airplane contest, wherein the price for which the noble spirited youth fought was world-lib- eration from autocracy. The letter was written to the Rev. Ambler M. Blackford, who had been Quentin’s teacher at the Episcopal High school, near Alexandria, Va., and afterward rector of St. Helena’s Church, at Beaufort, S. C. In part the letter was as follows: We were at Rheims and saw all the airplanes flying, and saw Curtis, who won the Gordon-Bennet cup for swift- est flight. You don’t know how pret- ty it was to see all the airplanes fly- ing at a time. At one time there were four airplanes in the air. It was the prettiest thing I ever saw. The prettiest one of them was a mono- plane called the Antoinette, which looks like a big bird in the air. It does not wiggle at all and goes very fast. It is awfully pretty turning.” The name of the leading aviator to whom he alluded in his letter—Curtis —is, by a strange coincidence, the same as that of the aviator who, on July 14, 1918, led the squadron of American airplanes into the fight which resulted in the death of Quen- tin. Recently there was talk about Quentin’s having been taunted by his associates and thus driven to go out in his machine to sure death while un- der the handicap of defective eye- sight. From the same source of ru- mor came a statement to the effect that, in the thick of the fight, Quen- tin’s associates deserted him, leaving him a prey to the vastly superior number of the enemy. “These statements are not only un- just, but absurd on their very face,” said Captain McLanahan.. “Who could have thought of uttering a taunt of cowardice to so brave a fight- er as Quentin. Only three days be- fore the battle in which he lost his life he had bagged an enemy airplane and under circumstances which stamped him a sure-enough hero and brought him recognition in the form of a. Croix de Guerre. “And in regard to abandoning him to his fate, it almost looks as if mal- ice had prompted so despicable a charge.” In proof whereof Captain McLanahan gave so great a wealth of detail of the work of the Ninety-fifth American aero squadron, first Pursuit Group, of which he and Lieutenant Quentin were members, as to furnish one of the most intensely interesting stories of the war. “Qur airdrome. was north of Ver- dun, about twenty miles back of the American front line. Quentin had joined us June 1. He had been instruc- tor at the aviation school at Issoudun, and I had formed his acquaintance there. I left Issoudun for patrol work at the front about two months before Quentin was allowed to join us. They liked his work at the aviation school so well that he had a hard time to ob- tain leave to get into the more peril- ous work at the front, for which he was always longing. “Qur regular occupation in the pa- trol service consisted of two flights a day, each lasting from an hour and a half to two hours. As this involved the necessity of going over the ene- my lines, it was, of course, extremely trying upon the nerves. I doubt whether anybody, except the most foolhardy, ever performed this sort of work without feeling greatly exhaust- ed after.a few hours of so tense a strain. Nevertheless, we were often required, when circumstances de- manded it, to go aloft four or even more times in the course of a day. HOW ee This was of rare occurrence and only when the enemy showed extreme ac-: tivity and every resource at our com- | mand had to be called into service in | opposition. | “Usually a patrol consisted of! three squads of from six to eight planes, one squad going to a height of 20,000 feet, the second 12,000, and the third 4,000 feet, They would fly in Vv formation, the leader about a hundred feet below the level of the next two, these 100 feet lower than those next after them, and so on to the last ones of the squad, who were always the highest.” : July 14 was an exceptionally fine day for the sort of work the squad- ron was doing. — “We went up at eleven o’clock in the forenoon,” says Captain McLan- ahan, and describes the flight and the fatal fight that followed: “There were eight of us, all, at that time, lieutenants—Curtis, of Roches- ter, N. Y.; Sewall, of Bath, Me.; Mitchell, of Manchester, Mass.; Bud- ford, of Nashville, Tenn.; Rossevelt, Hamilton, Montague, and I. As was customary, we chatted together be- fore we went up, and of course, plan- ned what we were going to do. It was arranged that Lieutenant Hamil- ton was to lead, and in case of any hitch to his motor Lieutenant Curtis was to take his place in the van. There was a rather stiff wind blow- ing in the direction of the German lines, and when we reached an alti- tude of about 10,000 feet we began to be carried with great rapidity toward them. We had not yet sighted any enemy airplanes after we had been aloft an hour. Hamilton’s motor went wrong about that time and he had to glide back home. In a few minutes he was followed by Montague, whose motor also had gone back on him. “Half an hour after this when we were five miles inside the German lines, we saw six of their Fokker planes coming toward us. They had been concealed until then by clouds between them and us, they flying on the under side of the clouds. Our planes were of the Nieuport type, of the lightest pursuing kind, and in al- most every respect like the type the Germans approaching us were using. The chief difference was that they carried stationary motors while ours were rotary ones, which gave us a trifle the advantage in turning. But this was more than neutralized by the very much greater inflammable ma- terial in our machines. When we got to within 500 feet of each other both sides began firing. The weapons on each side were virtu- ally identical, each Nieuport and each Fokker carrying two machine guns. As each plane had but one occupant, upon whom, of course, devolved the work not only of steering his craft but firing the guns, there was an ar- rangement by which these two duties could be executed with, so to speak, one movement. The steering-gear and the firing and aiming devices were adjusted to a stick in front of the avi- ator, in such a manner that lis hand could clutch all three levers at once and work each by a slight pressure. “Each of the machine guns carried about 250 rounds of ammunition, and unless it got jammed it was capable of firing the entire lot in half a min- ute. In order to determine whether the aim is accurate some of the bul- lets are so constructed that thev emit smoke and can thus be seen. These are called tracers. Without them it would be well-nigh impossible to guage one’s range so far up in the air, remote from anything by which com- parisons could be made to rectify the judgment in aiming. “From the moment that I singled out the enemy whom I was to engage in duel I naturally lost sight of every- thing else and kept my eyes pretty well glued upon him alone. Now and then, of course, I would, when I got a chance, look backward, too. For one can never tell but that another enemy plane, having disposed of its oppo- nent, may pay his respects to another one. “But if anybody imagines that an aviator engaged in the battle with an active opponent gets a chance to help along an associate, or even to pay at- tention to what is happening to any of the others, he is mistaken. One has to be on the alert for every move the enemy makes, and even do a lot of correct guessing as to what would be the most logical next move for him to make. For it is upon that next move that the entire fortunes of the war for those particular two aviators may hinge. After I had fired every round of ammunition, which seemed to be about the same time as my adversary discovered himself to be in the same plight, we drew away from each other and flew toward our respective bases. During our duel my airplane had be- come separated from the others of our unit and I could see no trace of them. I assumed, however, that they were either still fighting or had also finished and were on their way back home. Somehow I did not think of the third alternative, namely, that anything serious had happened to any of them. “Indeed, one’s thoughts are so com- pletely directed toward the business in hand, especially during a fight, that there is not a moment’s time that can be devoted to other matters, even those of the dearest, tenderest, or most sacred nature. To divert the mind even for an instant from the grim business of battle itself would be scarcely short of suicidal. And the home-bound journey after the battle is enlivened by so continuous a gaunt- let of bursting enemy anti-aircraft shells that . they suffice to keep the mind engaged in ways and means of dodging them until the home base is finally reached. During an air-battle, of course, the anti-aircraft guns are silent, for their shells would be equal- ly dangerous for friend and foe. “Liuetenant Bufard and McLana- han arrived after all of the others, except Lieutenant Roosevelt, who had returned to the field. They were not worried about him at the time, but when hours went by and he failed to return, they knew that something had gone wrong. Still, they did not think he had been killed. As Captain McLanahan explained: “We were encouraged to hope for the best by the fact that Quentin had remained out a considerable time longer than the rest of us three days before. On that occasion he had be- come separated from the squad, I don’t just know in what way, and — when “we saw him again he jumped out of his airplane in great excite- | ment and so radiant with elation and so broad a smile that his teeth showed | exactly in the same famous way as his father’s used to do. He never re- minded us so much of his father as on that occasion. ] He told us that after losing track of us he sighted a group of airplanes which he beileved to be ours and head- ed his airplane toward them. He was too cautious, however, to take any- thing for granted, and so in steering | toward the group he kept himself in the rear of them, and when he got closer he discovered that they had the cross of the Germans painted on them. His first impulse was to get away . ossible; but then the hero | as fast as 3 in him spoke up and he decided to avail himself of the chances to reduce the number of our enemies by at least one. And so, flying quite close to the last one of the airplanes, he fired quickly and with such good aim that the plane immediately went down, spinning around, with its nose point- ed to the ground. . «] guess I got that one all right,” he said but he did not wait to see what the final outcome might be, for aviators are full of tricks, and by feigning disaster to their own ma- chine often succeeded in drawing an over-confident enemy to destruction. Quentin knew this; and moreover, he had another big contract on his hands, namely, to get away from the associ- ates of the man whom he had attack- ed. They all turned upon him. firing from a dozen machine guns but in fir- ing his gun he had wheeled about at the same instant, and in that way he had a big handicap over the pursuers. He kept far enough in advance of them to get back within the American lines before they were able to lessen the distance sufficiently to make their shells effective. The rate of speed, by the way, was 140 miles an hour. “Despite his excitement and the re- ally exceptional achievement, Quentin modestly refrained from declaring positively that he had bagged his man. It was only afterward when we learned through an artillery observa- tion-ballean that the airplane brought down by Quentin had been seen to strike the earth with a crash, that he himself felt satisfied that he was en- titled to be regarded the victor. This was the occasion which brought him the Croix de Guerre. “When the day passed and Quentin failed to return, his associates still re- mained hopeful that he had landed in the enemy lines, and had been taken prisoner. But there was further news, bad news, as Captain McLana- han relates: “Even this forlorn hope was dispel- led the following day, when news was received that an observation-balloon’s crew had seen a Nieuport machine fall at Chamery, east of Fere-en-Tarden- ois, the place where Quentin had gone into the battle. A few days after that German avi- ators flying over the American lines dropped notes announcing that Quen- tin had been killed by two bullet wounds in the head and had been bur- ied with military honors by the Ger- mans. After the armistice was signed we saw the aviator who had killed Quen- tin. He was a non-commissioned offi- cer and one of the most expert flyers in the enemy’s air-service. After the armistice he was acting as an inspec- tor in the surrender of German air- planes to the Allies. This man said that when he learn- ed that the officer whom he had brought down belonged to so promi- nent 2 family in America he felt sor- y. “He was identified by a metal iden- tification-plate fa<tened by a little chain to his wrist,” said the German, “and I was then told of the young man’s prominence and his own per- sonal popularity. Of course, even if I had known during the battle who he was, I would not have hesitated to try my best to down him, because, if I hadn’t he surely would have downed me. “He made a gallant fight, although I recognized almost from the begin- ning of our duel that he was not as experienced as some others I had en- couniered and won out against. “As it was, he dipped and circled and looped and tried in a variety of ways to get above and behind me. It was not at all an easy task for me to get the upper hand and down him.” Capt. McLanahan, who himself has received the Croix de Guerre, return- ed, in conclusion, to the various ru- mors that have surrounded Quentin Roosevelt’s death. He hopes his re- port, he said, might dispel the effects of these unjust aspersions, both upon Lieut. Roosevelt and upon the flying squadron to which he belonged. As the Captain is quoted: “From what I have already said, I should think it would be quite clear that any taunt of lack of personal bravery applied to Quentin Roosevelt would, in view of his achievement, have been ridiculously misapplied. It would have been so utterly without point as to make any one venturing it appear to be a fool. Concerning Quentin’s defective sight, there is this to be said, that it was not half so defective as that of one of the greatest ‘aces,’ who lacked one eye altogether. Both Quentin and the ‘ace’ in question were able to take in more and grasp more of what they took in by their sight, despite its de- fective nature, than most people who have normal sight. It appears to be largely a matter of brain rather than of mere vision.” Who the “ace” was to whom he al- luded Captain McLanahan declined to say. He said it might reflect in some way upon the military authorities who had allowed him to pass muster into a branch of the service .which is re- garded as requiring perfection of every sense to insure safety to the aviator himself as well as to make possible the highest degree of efficien- cy. The authorities, however, knew perfectly what they were about when they accepted this particular aviator, who used to bag an enemy almost as often as he made a flight.—Literawy Digest. Unreasonable. Bald Customer—This stuff you sold me is a fake. I've rubbed it on my head for weeks without result, yet you said it would grow hair en a bil- liard ball. Druggist—Well how the deuce can you expect it to grow hair on a bil- ' capture of wild beasts. CATCHING A TIGER. Orientals show the greatest ingenu- ity in the methods they adopt in the Nothing af- fords the natives of the Malay Penin- . sula so much sport as catching tigers. one was taken in a Jit dug in a Chi- naman’s garden; and it is interesting | to learn of the clever fashion in which they got the beast out of the pit. his pit was circular in shape, elev- en feet deep and three feet in diame- ter at the top. It was slightly small- er at the bottom. It was in sandy clay, and the sides were clean-cut, the tiger could not scramble out. The pit was situated on the margin of a jun- gle, and it had been contrived, not to capture tigers, but wild hogs. It was covered with a thin roof of sticks, grass, and leaves. As soon as the owner of the pit be- came aware of the nature of his prize he covered the mouth of the pit with strong planks. Then he looked about for a purchaser, who was soon found. The money was pid over while the beast lay at the bottom of the pit. move, cage, and convey the animal to Singapore. For six days the captive was allow- ed to lie in the pit; he was fed very sparingly, in order to reduce his strength and energy. Six Malays with a thorough knowledge of the ways of wild beasts were engaged to | cage them. Their first step was to rig a strong | beam at the height of about nine feet over the pit; the beam was supported i on well secured uprights, to which it was strongly lashed with Next. the men prepared two cyiin- drical baskets of green rattan. One basket was two feet in diameter and eight in length; the other was just large enough to be passed into the strength to the contrivance. One end of each basket was open, and the oth- er closed, except for a hole about three inches in diameter. s The smaller basket having been jammed into the larger one, the two were firmly laced together through- out with withes. Finally, two new hempen ropes nearly three inches in circumference were prepared with running nooses. As soon as the Malays had cut a few long poles and prepared them, with forks on some and pieces of wood lashed on others to form hooks they were ready for the tiger. They separated the planks that cov- ered the mouth of the pit so that they could pass down the ropes and poles. The noose of one of the ropes was lowered, and in spite of the tiger’s resistance, the men, by skill and pa- tience, got the moose over his head and around his neck. As soon as the noose was in position it was drawn fairly tight. The other rope was then passed down and secured in a similar manner. The operation of placing the two nooses round the neck of the captive occupied twenty-five minutes. passed through the cylindrical bas- kets. The baskets were placed mouth downward over the pit, and when all was ready they began to haul on the ropes. The tiger was drawn up head- foremost into the basket. which was just large enough to receive him. As soon as he was well within the basket, the Maylays drew up the whole con- trivance, laid it on its side, and laced up the mouth of the basket so that only the tiger’s tail protruded. When all was fast the nooses were slacken- ed in order that the tiger might breathe more freely. The basket was then slung on a pole and borne to the cage that was in readiness to reccive the captive.—Exchange. Guard Against Hessian Fly Now. Losses to the present winter wheat crop from Hessian fly have been rath- er wide spread. Straw-fallen wheat due to this cause was commonly ob- served in many regions where the percentage of infestation by the Hes- sian fly has very materially increased this year. Growers of winter wheat should put into practice at once measures ad- vocated by the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture to avoid losses to the 1920 crop by the Hessian fly. There is no remedy for this pest when once it takes possession of a crop of wheat. Injury can be prevented sole- ly by keeping the fly out of the wheat. The department experts say the fol- lowing methods are effective: Do not sow wheat on stubble if pos- sible to avoid doing so. Plow under all infested stubble and ruined wheat where practicable soon after harvest, especially where this does not interfere with the growing of clover and forage grasses. Destroy all volunteer wheat by har- rowing, disking, plowing, or other- wise. Plow all land to be sown to winter wheat as early and deeply as exist- ing conditions permit and prepare a thoroughly pulverized and compacted seed bed. Conserve moisture against a per- iod: of drought at seeding time. Uuse the best seed procurable. Keep the soil in good tilth and, most important of all, sow winter wheat during the fly-free period as adivsed by local farm advisors or State experiment stations. Community action in these meas- ures is absolutely essential to com- plete success. Fattest Man in ‘World is Dead of Paralysis. “Jack” Wilson, said to be the fat- test man in the world, who weighed 650 pounds, died in a hospital in New York of paralysis. When Wilson, who for years has been exhibited in a sideshow at Coney Island, was taken to the hospital, it was found an ambulance was too small to hold him and he was trans- ferred in a motor truck. At the hospital it was found neces- sary to carry him through the door sideways on an improvised stretcher and to arrange two mattresses on the floor to serve as a bed. His body was taken to Chicago for burial. A barrister, not so discreet as he might have been in the expression of his ideas, was engaged on a case con- cerning some pigs. “Gentlemen of the jury,” he began, “there were twenty-four pigs in the drove, just twenty-four; exactly twice as many as there are in that jury fiard ball if you rub it on your head? box.” withes. ! | larger one, in order to give additional | The ends of the ropes were then! The sum agreed upon was £50 to re- |’ UNIFORMS FOR THE DISCHARG- | ED SOLDIERS. Replying to certain letters of in- quiry concerning the steps necessary to obtain a reissue of certain articles of uniform and equipment, the fol- lowing information is furnished: The following articles of clothing and equipment may be permanently retained by enlisted men upon honor- able discharge: : 1 oversea cap (for all enlisted men who have had service overseas) or 1 hat and 1 hat cord for all other enlist- ed men. 1 olive drab shirt. 1 service coat and ornaments. 1 pair breeches. 1 pair shoes. 1 pair leggins. 1 waist belt. 1 slicker. 1 overcoat. 2 suits underwear. 4 pairs stockings. 1 pair gloves. 1 gas mask and helmet (if issued overseas). 1 set toilet articles (if in possession when discharged). 1 barrack bag. 3 scarlet chevrons. Any enlisted man who served in the United States army during the pres- ent war and who was honorably dis- charged or furloughed to the Reserve since April 6, 1917, and who has re- stored to the government any of the above articles, or to whom for any reason they were never issued, may make application for such articles to the Supplies Division office of the Director of Storage, Munition Build- ing, Washington, D. C., and similar clothing and uniform in kind and val- ue as near as may be will be returned to him. The application should state sizes required and will be accompan- ied by affidavits made before any civ- il or military officer authorized to ad- minister oaths, setting forth the soldier’s record of service since April 6, 1917; the date and place of his dis- charge or furlough to the Reserve; the articles and kind of clothing re- stored to the government, whether cotton, O. D. or woolen, O. D., and cer- tifying that none of the articles ap- plied for were retained by him at the time of his discharge or furlough to the Reserve, or if retained, that they have been restored to the government since that time. Officers and enlisted men who have returned the gas mask or helmet may make similar application for these articles and they may be issued if available. By authority of the Director of Storage. W. C. CROOM, Major, Q. M. Corp. External Relation Branch. Forecasts of Peach Shipments. The prospective commercial peach crop of 30,082,000 bushels, forecast July 9 by the Bureau of Crop Esti- mates United States Department of Agriculture, appears liberal beside the very light crop of 20.000,000 to 21,000,000 last year, but the present crop is moderate when compared with those of recent years. Probable ship- ments appear more limited when it is considered that fully half the crop, or over 16,000,000 bushels, is credit- ed to California, says a report from the Bureau of Markets. Nearly 90 per cent. of the California crop is commonly used for drying, which would leave only about 3,600 cars to be shipped as fresh fruit. Actual shipments may equal 4,000 cars. In previous years the California crop has not been over one-third the total. Georgia, the leading southeastern producing section, according to early indications, will ship 7,700 cars, in- cluding 3,000 cars of Elbertas, com- pared with 8,400, last year’s totals. Arkansas leading in the south central section, may ship 3,200 cars, or near- ly half as many cars as Georgia. Ok- lahoma is likely to become a fairly heavy shipping section for the first time, with: possibly 800. New York, usually the heaviest shipping State of the northeast, may have twice the very short crop of last year. The forecast of car lot shipments is 34,- 000, compared with 15,903 cars ship- ped last year. The Strongest Vault. The banking building occupied by the Morgan firm in New York is said to contain the strongest security vault in the world, a vault that is proof against fire, water, and burglars. This vault is 23 feet wide, 27 feet deep, and 33 feet high, outside meas- urement, and is divided into three stories. The walls, which are two and a half feet thick, are made up of Harveyized nickle steel armor plate, surrounded with rock concrete. which is re-enforced with double and treble sections of 125 pound nickle-steel rails. The main door of the vault is round, and three feet thick; and when closed makes an air-tight fit with the door frame. Although the door, with its bolt work and hinges, weighs 50 tons, it can be swung with one hand. The vault is equipped with the very latest and most complete system of time and combination locks, burglar alarms and electric lights. It is guarded night and day by patrolmen, whose work is made easier by passag- es round the four sides, underneath the bottom, and across the top, and by mirrors so placed that they can see around corners,—EX. Select Seed Potatoes at Harvest. The custom of using as seed pota- toes left from the previous season’s crop, after having disposed of the best, must be discontinued if the present quality and yield of the crop is to be materially improved, say specialists of the United States De- partment of Agriculture. The grow- er can not expect to get maximum yields from inferior seed stock any more than the dairyman can expect to get maximum milk yields from scrub cows. The best time to select seed potatoes, according to the spe- cialists, is in the fall when the crop is being harvested. Then the yield of the individual plant and the quality of the tubers can be considered. Good seed is pure in respect to the variety; is produced by healthy, vig- orous, heavy-yielding plants grown under favorable climatic conditions; is somewhat immature; reasonably uniform in size and shape; firm and sound. The first sprouts should be- gin to develop at planting time. FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN. DAILY THOUGHT. The omnipotence of God shines forth from the universe.—Swedenborg. Despite all Paris evidence of short- er and fuller skirts, some New York designers and manufacturers of ex- clusive dresses for women are prepar- ing no models that do not conform to the long, slim silhouette. . Street dresses of cloth on tailored lines, made with long, straight skirts, have cuff hems, similar to the finish cn men’s trousers, only the bands are of wider width. As has been reported before, the redingote lines are to be seen both in suits and dresses. The high cost of fabrics has no in- fluence whatever upon the minds of wrap designers, for such garments are developed on lines that call for elaborate materials and plenty of yardage. Watermelon parties for the very young set bring to mind vivid memo- ries of face-washing and a generally uproarous time. Now though there should be informality at this sort of mid-summer affair, there can be, too, a real opportunity for original and enjoyable entertainment of a slightly more dignified type that will appeal to those of us who are over 16. Let's see what we can do to make the watermelon party this year a bit different! First of all, we can begin with the invitations. A clever invita- tion always presages good fun. So, why not cut up yours from green bris- tol board and, in watermelon shape, stripe it in black by using a water color brush and India ink, and address it and stamp it on the blank side. Write between the stripes the follow- ing verse: Watermelon’s ripenin’ on de vine, Waitin’ to be picked mos’ any time. Waitin’ for some folks I know—you're one— To come and eat it and have some fun. We'll suppose the party to be giv- en out of doors, for why have it in the house when even city dwellers live within trolley distance of the woods, and so many of us have flivvers to take us to nature’s playground? Of course, the “piece de resistance” for the party will be watermelons. Have them plugged to be sure they are good and ripe. Keep them on ice for a whole day beforehand to have them thoroughly chilled, and then pack them in buckets, cutting them in half and covering with wax paper while you pile ice around them if possible. Of course, one could give a watermel- on party by cutting the pink melon into inch squares and packing in jars and ice, but that loses the point of a real watermelon party, where the joy of eating the juicy fruit from the rind is part of the fun, Besides the melon there will have to be some more substantial lunch. Let it be something that can be cook- ed over a fire. Corn roasted in the husk, potatoes, marshmallows to be toasted, sandwiches and cake may all form part of the supplies. If the par- ty is large the supplies can be distrib- uted in baskets so that none of the burdens will be too heavy; but if you want a real party without any work for the guests, corral a machine to take the supplies to the picnic place. So much for the refreshments and run. Rig up a target of a grinning pickaninny with a wide-open tooth- less mouth. The problem is to shoot teeth (watermelon seeds) into a dar- key’s mouth. Each guest is given 10 slippery seeds and told to “plop” them between the fingers intothe darkey’s mouth, each seed that goes in to count one point. The one getting the most seeds in from a distance of eight feet, gets an extra piece of wa- termelon later on for a prize. Guessing the weight of the water- melon is fun. It can be done in two ways, either by merely looking at the melon exhibited for the purpose, or by actually “hefting” it, in which case it may be rolled into a towel and lifted that way. The prize for the nearest guess to the real weight—which should have been found out by weigh- ing at home—might be a small jor of watermelon preserves from last year. Fruit Dumplings.—For fruit dum- plings make a rolled biscuit dough, using a little less milk and a bit more shortening. Roll one-fourth inch thick. Cut in squares large enough to cov- er apple or other fruit. Large fruit Shanta be first cooked five or ten miri- utes. : Place fruit, pared, cored, sliced or whole, in center of dough, sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon or nutmeg. Moisten edges of dough with water or cold milk and fold so that the cor- ners will meet in the center. Press edges together gently. The top may be brushed with beat- en egg, milk, melted butter or marga- rin and sprinkled with sugar. Place in a greased pan, adding a slight amount of water. Bake in a rather hot oven until crust and fruit are cooked. These dumplings may be steamed if desired. Serve with hard sauce, apple or other sauce. Apple roly-poly is much the same as dumpling except that the dough is rolled in one rectangular piece, spread with softened margarin, then with apples cut in thin slices and season- Roll up like jelly roll. Slice and bake the same as dumplings, adding a little water in the pan to make a sauce. There is also a Dutch apple cake much like apple roly-poly except that it is not rolled up like a jelly roll, but baked in a rectangular piece. This cake is good to serve with aft- ernoon tea or with coffee. Serve as a semi dessert. _ Another variation of fruit: dump- lings is to make a fruit pudding— sweetened fresh or canned fruit cov- ered with a crust of baking powder biscuit dough. Bake in a fairly hot oven. Shortcake uses the same proportion of flour, milk and baking powder .as does the recipe for rolled baking pow- der biscuits but requires more short- ening than the biscuits; that is, two tablespoons or more of fat to each cup of flour, and the addition of a tea~ spoon to half a tablespoon of sugar for each cup of flour. el?
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