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“THE MAIN THING ON MAIN STREET”
MARY STREETS
Baily Buss
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THE BABY CARRIAGE
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O you like green things on
your summer menu? You
should, because green
things like you, and do all sorts
of things with their obliging vita-
mins and minerals to keep you
feeling fit.
Here is a marvelous salad, in-
expensive but luxurious with
summer greens. It is so gay in
appearance that it will tempt even
the most jaded appetite. Serve it
at one meal and it will take care
of your fresh vegetable require-
ments for the day.
Easy to Prepare
Summer Spinach Salad: Drain
six cups of canned spinach. (You
may reserve the spinach liquor
for a savory soup.) Chop the
spinach fine and beat four eggs
until creamy. Add one tablespoon
A Summer
of lemon juice, one teaspoon salt,
one-eighth teaspoon pepper and
one-fourth teaspoon paprika. Now
add the beaten eggs, and cook |in
a double boiler until the mixture
begins to thicken. Place immedi-
ately into individual molds which
have been rinsed with cold water.
Pack the mixture in the molds
and put aside to cool. Prepare
and chill one bunch of watercress,
two cucumbers, sliced, and two
bunches of radishes cut into rose
shapes. When the spinach is
firm, unmold, and arrange on a
large salad dish, surrounding the
molds with watercress. Place the
other vegetables in garland
fashion around the molds, adding
one tablespoon of mayonnaise to
each mold of spinach, and topping
each cucumber slice with a bit of
mayonnaise. This serves twelve
persons, * .
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“Dog Days” a
Suggestions for Care of
Are Made by Foundation.
Strain on Dogs
Canines in Hot Weather
“Dog days” need be no more dan-
gerous for Buster, Prince or Sport
than any other days, states the
Chappel Kennel Foundation, Rock-
ford, Illinois, in discussing the care
of the dog in hot weather.
The dog faces summer weather
under two handicaps unknown to
man. He has his natural coat, and
perspires from limited areas of his
body, the tongue, nose and the
pads of the feet. Aged dogs feel
the effects of heat much more than
young - dogs, and sick dogs more
than dogs in good condition, But
much of the distress of dogs may
be eliminated if their owners would
give a little extra thought and 'at-
tention to quarters, exercise and
diet. Some of the best practices
designed to reduce the strain on
dogs in warm days and prevent
overheating, prostration and other
summer ailments have been
summed up by Dr. Edwin Reginald
Blamey.
The outdoor kennel should be
sheltered from the midday sun as
much as possible. A better way
is to keep the dog quiet and in a
cool place during the heat of the
day. A tiled floor or cellar floor
is excellent. The room should be
darkened, and care taken to see
that an abundance of air is pro-
vided. Quarters for sleeping should
have large windows, and the bed-
ding reduced to a minimum. The
ideal dog bed for summer is a
raised frame covered with canvas.
This enables the air to circulate
freely beneath the body, and the
animal is much cooler than if he
were sleeping on a solid bed.
Both dog and kennel should be
washed occasionally. Use of a small
amount of disinfectant will tend to
keep away flies and other insect
pests which cause so much trouble
during the summer.
Exercise should be cut down to
a minimum or entirely stopped. If
the dog is to be walked or rum, it
should be-done in the cool of the
early morning or evening. If the
dog is broken to go on the street,
it should be taken out only long
enough to attend to its needs.
Food during the summer should
be of the same well-balanced na-
ture as fed during the cooler
ESSENTIALS FOR DOG'S
SUMMER COMFORT {4
OJAPPEL XIMEL FOUNDATION
months, but in somewhat smaller
quantities. A dog’s natural food is
dog or the largest hound. Meat
and protein are not “heating” to
the blood, and a substantial por-
tion of a prepared meat food in
the evening and some biscuits in
the morning will keep the dog well
satisfied. Occasionally weevil will
get into biscuits made of the finest
ingredients. They are not harm-
ful to the dog, but may be killed
by putting the biscuits into the
oven for a few minutes or immers-
ing them in boiling water. The ad-
dition of fresh vegetables occasion-
ally helps to maintain physical con-
dition but starch in any form is to
be avoided. Encourage the dog to
drink plenty of water by adding a
little salt to each meal. Attention
to diet will help to do away with
periodic eczema and other summer
skin complaints.
In many so-called cases of over-
heating worms may really be the
cause of the trouble. These should
be removed by an appropriate
medicine under the guidance of a
veterinarian. Contrary to popular
belief, rabies actually is more prev-
alent in winter than in summer,
meat, whether it be the tiniest toy °
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Old Glory Celebrates Birthday;
Symbol of Nation For 154 Years
(Continued from Page 1)
George and St. Andrew. The committee was of the opin-
tion was the first Navy. ensign. :
The Grand Union flag was first hoisted over our fleet
in the Delaware River in December, 1775, and was flown
to the breeez at Cambridge, Mass., when the Continental
Army came into existence in January, 1776. It floated
over forts captured by American sailors and Marines in
the Bahamas in March, 1776; received a salute from a
Dutch fort in the West Indies in November, 1776, and
figured in many other stirring episodes.
But the Grand Union flag was never formally ac-
knowledged by Congress. It was the Stars and Stripes,
which we so often call Old Glory, that was destined to be
accorded that honor one hundred and fifty-four years ago.
Origin A Mystery
Research has failed to prove definitely just who de-
ion that the stars should be six-pointed. Mrs. Ross showed
them how a five-pointed star could be made by one snip
of her scissors, and her suggestion was adopted. :
Unfortunately. no record of this “first” flag has been
preserved. However, Betsy told the story in detail to her
children and grandchildren, and her descendants vouch
for the autehnticity of the historic incident.
It is interesting to know that Mrs. Ross was a flag
maker for some sixty years, was thrice left a widow, and
lived to be 84 years old. :
The flag’s first official birthday was on June 14,
1777. On that date Congress resolved “That the flag of
the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate
red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in
a blue field, representing a new constellation.”
Nobody knows just when the Stars and Stripes were
first displayed. Of the early appearance of the new flag,
there are many accounts, and a variety of conflicting
claims.
Soon after the new design was officially adopted,
John Paul Jones was at Portsmouth, N. H., preparing to
sail aboard on the Ranger. One naval authority wrote
that the young ladies of portsmouth “wrought out of their
own and their mothers’ gowns a beautiful Star Spangled
Banner, which was flown to the breeze in Portsmouth
Harbor on July 4, 1777.”
Avery’s history records that another hatsily improvised-
Stars and Stripes was used by the defenders of Fort >
Stanwix, near Rome, N. Y., on August 3. 1777. Captain
Swartwout donated his ¢loak for the blue field, the soldiers
gave their shirts for the white stripes, and a soldier’s wife
contributed her petticoat for the red stripes. There are
records to show that the Continental treasury reimbursed ‘
Captain Swartwout for the loss of his cloak.
The Stars and Stripes first wen} into action at sea,
when Captain Thomas Thompson, in command of the
Réaleigh, fired -a broadside of thirteen guns into a British
man-o’-war on September 4, 1777. In his report of the
incident the captain wrote in part: “We complimented
them with a gun for each State, a whole broadside into
their hull.”
First Salute TTo Old Glory
Many Americans will recall that the first salute to the
Stars and Stripes was given on February 14, 1778, by
France. This occurred in Quiberon Bay on the French
Coast, when the Ranger, under John Paul Jones, was sa-
luted by the French fleet under Adniral La Motte Picquet;
Old Glory first floated over a fortress of the Old
World when Lieutenant O'Bannon of the Marines and
Midshipman Mann of the Navy raised the flag over the
fortress at Derne, Tripoli, where it was flung to the greeze
on April 27, 1805. ;
“By the dawn’s early light” on September 14, 1814,
Francis Scott Key saw the Star Spangled Banner still
waving over Fort McHenry and composed the song which
is now the national anthem.
Both the flags raised at Tripoli and at Fort McHenry
had fifteen stars and fifteen stripes, a design that remained
mn vogue from 1795 until 1818. Then Congress author-
ized the return of the flag to its original form of thirteen
stripes, one star being added for each state entering the
Union.
The little home of Betsy Ross has remained virtually
unchanged through the years. Old wood cuts show it to
be much the same as it was in Washington’s time. It is
now preserved as a national shrine.
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Gen. John J.
Pershing.
From painting by Joseph Cummings Chase in Paris, 1919.
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My Experiences
in the World War
By General John J. Pershing
1931, tm all countries by the North American
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CHAPTER XL
“Speaking in the name of the Amer-
fcan army and in the name of the
American people,” I told the supreme
war council during the second day
of its session at Abbeville, May 2,
1918; “I want you to realize that we
are ready to bear as large a part as
. possible of the burden of the war.
We all want the same thing, but our
means of attaining it is different from
| yours. - :
“America declared” war independ-
ently of the allies, and she must face
‘it as soon as possible with a power-
ful army. There is one capital point
, to which I wish to call your attention.
That is the importance to the morale
of our soldiers of fighting under our
‘own flag.
“America is already anxious to
‘mow where her army is. The Ger-
mans have once more started a
strong campaign of propaganda In
the United States, the purpose of
which i8 to insinuate that the allies
have so little confidence in the Amer-
ican troops that they are obliged to
distribute them among their own divi-
sions. .
Tells of American Pride.
“The American soldier is as proud
a8 any other, and the time will soon
come when our troops, as well as our
government, will ask to fight as an
autonomous army under the Ameri- |.
can high command.
“I understand that in Prime Min-
ister Lloyd George’s proposal we shall
have to examine the situation again
in June before deciding for July.
“That is all that I can agree to at
present to show my desire for solidar-
ity with the cause of the allies.”
Lloyd George had previously taken
up a revised program submitted by
myself and after some discussion he
proposed that:
“America give us 120,000 infantry-
men and machine gunners in May—
the same number in June, with a sup-
plement of 50,000 infantrymen and
machine gunners if we ‘scrape togeth-
er’ the tonnage to transport them.”
He further proposed that the situa-
tion be examined again in June be-
fore deciding whether there was rea-
son to extend to July the program de-
cided upon for May and June. He
then called on the council to accept j
“Inasmuch as the proposal submitted
by Lloyd George contemplated the
shipment of the numbers mentioned
in British tonnage, leaving American
shipping entirely free for us to use
as we should decide, an agreement
was soon reached, substantially as
set forth in the following cablegram
to the secretary of war:
Following agreement adopted by
supreme war council May 2 at Abbe-
ville, Will cable more in detail later:
“It is the opinion of the supreme war
council that, to carry the war to
a successful conclusion, an American
army should be formed as early as
possible under its own commander
and under its own flag. (Then it was
thought the war would run to 1919.)
“In order to meet the present
emergency it is agreed that American -
troops should be brought to France
as rapidly as allied transportation fa-
cilities will permit, and that as far
as consistent with the necessity of
building up an American army pref-
erence be given to infantry and ma-
chine-gun units for training and serv-
ice with French and British armies;
with the understanding that such in-
fantry and machine-gun’ units are to.
be witha wn and united with their
own artillery and auxiliary troops
into divisions and corps at the dis-
cretion of the American commander,
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