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MR. KAT—MAN'S GREAT-
| . EST ENEMY
Kats are the most wanton
destroyers of life and proper-
ty that this world has ever
seen. Yes, thesev common
household pests can be held
directly responsible for more
death, disease and destruc-
tion than all the wars of his-
tory combined, according to
biological surveys.
Most animals possess both
good and bad characteristics.
Though they kill or destroy,
they usually also contribute
good—for example, by eating
the insects which ruin a
farmer's crops or a house-
wife's garden. But not so
with a rat. No one can cite
even one good reason why a
rat should be allowed to
exist. It deserves nothing
better than that which it
visits on others—death!
The rat is the worst dis-
ease carrier known. The fleas
which infest its fur carry the
germ which causes the bu-
bonic plague or "black death."
In the fourteenth century,
25,000,000 people, three-
fourths of the population of
several countries, were killed
by the scourge of "black
death.** Even in recent times,
more than 2,000,000 persons
have died in India of this
dreaded disease in a single
year.
The rat conveys infection
of trichinosis, septic pneu-
monia, epidemic jaundice, ra-
bies and rat-bite fever. It can
also distribute , diphtheria,
typhoid, scarlet fever and in-
fantile paralysis.
The lowly rat truly is the
animal kingdom's most unde-
sirable citizen. Not only does
it lead as a killer and carrier
of disease, but it is estimated
that rats cost this country
about $1.25 per person per
year. Each and every rat on
a farm costs the farmer about
50 cents annually. While
these figures are estimated,
authorities consider them
very conservative.
It is also agreed among
many experts that up to one-
third of all fires can be di-
rectly or indirectly attributed
to the living and nesting
habits of the common rat. Be-
cause they love the odor and
ta3te of phosphorus, they of-
ten nibble away at matches.
Sometimes they use the
match sticks in building a
nest. And as they crawl
through the walls with the
match in their mouths it
scrapes against the wall and
thus ignites.
Rat extermination and con-
trol require eternal vigilance.
One pair of rats, if permitted
to breed uninterruptedly and
without deaths, would at the
end of three years be increas-
ed to 359,709,482 individual
rats. No wonder there are
twice as many rats in this
country as there are men,
women and children.
Home owners can play an
important part in keeping
rats under control by going
into action immediately at
the first Eign of rats on the
premises.
WIDE APART AS THE
POLES
Penguins and polar bears
are usually pictured amid
scenes of polar ice and seas,
sometimes together; but no-
where on earth, except in
zoos, will they lie found to-
gether. Penguins inhabit the
Antarctic regions, polar hears
the Arctic,-—Stanley Stotz.
MRS. MARGARET STUTE, Editor, 1809 Ashland. Fort Worth, Texas.
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LATE FASHIONS-—"WELL-SUITED" FOR SPRING
The pun in our title, "well-suited" for spring,
gives us a cue to the most needed article of
clothing in milady's spring wardrobe-—a suit.
Never for many years have suits been so pop-
ular, so practical and yet so becoming to a
majority of women as now.
A leading stylist has said, "Your number is
coming up. Sooner or later you will be
drafted into the army of suit enthusiasts, so
why not enlist now. Suits will certainly take
the front line of fancy for the young and the
old this spring."
It will be a consolation to the over-plump
figure to see the calk-striped suits which sheer
away an ounce here and an ounce there until
the wearer appears slim. Fly openings, which
conceal the buttons, give a smooth unbroken
line, especially pleasing on the longer .jackets
of strictly tailored suits of the English type.
The fullish skirts show off the figure and
at the same time do not get in the way of a
busy life. Umbrella gores have the clear-cut
which make the suit a pleasure to wear at all
times. Large and small box pleats together
with the exaggerated accordion pleats are
stitched for the most part to well below the
hips. Many of the girls today prefer the in-
verted pleats worked into bias skirts, espe-
cially if they are inclined to be on the "plump
side." As usual, kick pleats in front and
creases over the knees are a comforting inno-
vation for sports.
Now that we have examined the many styles
of skirts we should turn our attention definite-
ly to the jackets and note the changes there.
Shoulders still havu for the most ijart the
well padded square effect, although there is a
tendency on the part of some fashion leaders
to begin a gradual change to sloping should-
ers.
Another change we note most definitely is
that the tailored types are definitely longer
and afternoon suits are decidedly dressy.
Boleros add a bit of "sweeting" to the matter-
of-fact-outfit.
In the shop I saw a violet afternoon suit
with white pique at the wrists and pockets
buttoned with violet bone buttons. Braiding
is again very much in evidence. On one suit
the entire flared skirt was covered, while an-
other it was used to ornament the hem and
trim the matching top coat.
Materials are varied with shepard checks in
brown and white or black and white taking
the leading role. large plaids in mauves
blues, grays and purples are worked into
classic suits with fitted jackets, topcoats or
capes and matching hats.
YOUTH IN TODAY'S WORLD
The ring of a phono or the ring of a door-
bell in the dead of night fills the hearts of
parents with fear and foreboding when one of
their children is away from home.
The problem of how to show children that
our anxiety for their safety is NOT suspicion
or doubt, but is rather the natural impulse of
a loving mother or father who is mindful of
their welfare is hard to solve. Youth is prone
to feel that somebody is trying to boss him. It,
is the modern inclination of boys and girls to
want to "live their own lives," and this atti-
tude becomes more apparent as they enter the
middle teen age. It was this anxiety of par-
ents that, caused one faiher to remark, "I don't
know who is suffering the most from grow-
ing pains—my son or I."
Daily in my mail and my personal contacts
come this plaintive phrase: "I do not under-
TIPS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE
Parsley,, which is available in dried or fresh
form, is delicious in omelets and scrambled
eggs. It keeps its fresh green color.
Try serving hot banana fritters as a dessert
with a topping of whipped cream and a sprink-
ling of cinnamon.
Shake some nutmeg or vanilla on orange
pudding before it hardens.
Don't forget how refreshing hot tea is with
lemon slices heavily studded with- cloves and
a c!.mamon stick stirrer.
For a continental dessert put a bowl of ap-
ples on the table with a cheese tray. Have
little dishes of anise seed, caraway seed and
coriander and let each dinner guest dip his
apple slice in some one of them and eat it
with the cheese accompaniment.
Sample some of the unusual cheeses this
month sage cheese, paprika cheese and cara-
WE DINE
In grandmother's day they gave the kiddies
tonics along with molasses and sulphur. In
mother's day they hung "evil smelling" bags
about our necks to keep away disease. Today
we know that it is food—proper food—that
builds strong bodies and keeps us well. A
great doctor has said, "we are the sum and.
substance of what we eat."
Aroostook Soup
6 small white onions
1 cup celery
5 tablespoons butter
1 quart milk
2Vi cups potatoes
1% tablespoons flour
Salt, pepper and minced parsley.' %
Cut onions and celery in thin slices and
saute in 3 tablespoons of the butter, stirring
until yellow. Add the mi'k and cook in the
ton of a double boiler for % hour. Dice the
potatoes and boil 10 minutes in salted wa<er.
I lent 2 tablespoons butter and mix with the
flour, add the milk. v#?etable and potatoes.
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stand my children—somehow I lost them in
their teens." According to well-informed
sources, this has been the experience of parents
in more recent years. There must be a reason
for such reaction. Some authorities think the
depression has been responsible, others blame
the war. Whatever the cause, it is the remedy
we are seeking.
"Play is the common ground on which all
meet," is a true saying. In play the young
and old, the rich and poor, the wise and dumb
have a common interest. When we no longer
play with our children then we have lost the
opportunity to know them. Parents not over-
critical and who make companions of their
children have found the remedy to much of
this problem.
Youth in today's world needs companionship,
confidence and understanding.
way and cumin cheese.
Tarragon was first mentioned in the thir-
teenth century by the famous Arab doctor,
El-beither. In Arabic the word for the bit-
tersweet herb was dragon. Like many of the
aromatic herbs it was strewn on the streets
and on floors to purify the air and tarragon,
especially, was used for this purpose during
plagues. It had no culinary uses that we
know of until the sixteenth century when it
was largely used to flavor vegetables. Most
of its uses today are culinary rather than
medical although it once held sway as chief
among tonics and digestives. Tarragon is
still a favorite vegetable seasoning and is ex-
cellent with string beans, in tomato juice cock-
tails, in salad, with fish and sea foods, in egg
and chicken concoctions and of course the pop-
ular tarragon vinegar.
THE CAT AND THE KID
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SALMON
Cook together until soft and thick. Season
well.
Salmon Sandwiches
One can "of salmon broken up and mashed
to a pulp with a fork. Rub to a paste; add
ls cup thick sweet cream Season highly
with salt and paprika; add 1H teaspoons lem-
on juice and a slight grating of the rind, 1
tablespoon finely chopped olives.
Spread between buttered slices of bread
and cover with salad dressing. Over salmon
mixture lay heart of lettuce leaves. Cut sand-
wiches in strips 3 inches long by 1% inches
wide. Toast lightly and serve piled log cabin
fashion. •
Quick Bran Cinnamon Rolls
% cup milk
% cup Whole Bran Shreds
XV* cups sifted flour
2Ms tenspoens bpking powder
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Vz teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons shortening
3 tablespoons butter
6. tablespoons brown sugar
Vn teaspoon cinnamon
Melted butter.
Pour milk over bran and let
stand 5 minutes. Sift flour once,
measure, add baking powder and
salt and sift again. Cut in short-
ening. Add bran mixture and stir
until soft dough is formed. Add
1 tablespoon additional milk, if
necessary. Turn out on slightly
floured board and knead ,10 sec-
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inch thick. Cream together 3
tablespoons butter, brown sugar
and cinnamon; spread on dough.
Roil as for jelly roll. Cut in %
inch slices. Place rolls, cut-side
down, in greased pan. Brush tops
with melted butter. Bake in hot
oven (425o F.) 20 to 25 minutes.
Makes 12 rolls.
THE FIRST BALLOON
FLIGHT
WEATHER AFFECTS
TEMPERAMENT
Do you gtet the blues when
it rains? And do you feel on
top of the world when the day
is beautiful? There's a scien-
tific reason for the variations
of your mood with the weath-
er, according to Drs. William
F. Peterson of the University
of Illinois, and Hans E. Reese
of the University of Wiscon-
sin. It appears that the
weather determines the air
you breathe, and the air in
turn affects the chemistry of
the blood, making you feel de-
pressed and worried, or ex-
hilarated and happy. Other
forces, of course, may modify
the effect of weather—such
forces as diet, infection, and
The first known successful activity-
v
flight in a balloon was made
not by a man, but by a sheep,
a rooster and a duck. After
the balloon had been invented
in 1783 by two Frenchmen,
some wary skeptics suggest-
ed that a flight in the con-
traption might be fatal, since
climbs to high mountains of-
ten caused fainting and sick-
ness from the rarefied air.
It was finally decided to let
—Journal of Living.
RICE
When we think of rice we
are likely to think of bare-
legged little men in the widest
straw hats imaginable wad-
ing in the terraced rice fields
of China and Japan; but rice
is also grown much nearer
home. In Texas, Louisiana,
three dumb animals go aloft Arkansas and California
for the first ascent. After something like 50,000,000
their voyage through the| bushels are grown every year
sky, people hurried to the' J lie two varieties ot J'C
scene of the landing to learn j W1^e'y used in this country
their fate. The sheep had if^ brovvn rice with outer
jumped out of the balloon af-!bran ^,ac.' A®
ter it landed and was grazing sa™e nfe' pohshecl and h te,
contentedly. The duck was which has lost those sub-
heading for the nearest pool, dances in tlhe pr<aces:s f
The rooster was definitely not mi,'hng. Rice giains, in
well. Skeptics were about to orl8ina' B^a n'L JTi!
proclaim the upper air unfit I8""16 ^ \ u IV,, n
for roosters when someone actually rice at all, but a
discovered that the sheep had
stepped on the rooster.—
"The World Is Yours," NBC.
somewhat similar
cultivated rice.
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BOMBERS CAN BE FLOWN
TO EUROPE
Mass transatlantic flight
deliveries of American bomb-
ers now on order in the U. S.
for Allies are expected as a
regular thing, now that blitz-
kriegs in Europe have begun
eating rapidly into aircraft
reserves.
All of the five bomber
types now under construction
for the Allies are capable of
making the North America-
to-Europe flight by the short
northern route. The planes
can be flown to Foynes, Erie,
Even the bladder may be re-1or directly to England from
moved; and man can live with i Newfoundland. The occupa-
liall' a brain. In a pinch weltion of Iceland by British
tu dispense with two quarts forces dispelled any doubt as
of blood. A man bereft of all to the possibility of such de-
these parts would be in a!liveries. Iceland can be used
pretty bad way, yet still j as a refueling point for any
might survive, Professor bombers whose ocean-span-
Estabrooks say3.—Pathfind- ning ability isn't up to par.—
er. ■ 'Science News Letter.
DISPENSABLE HUMAN
PARTS
A large percentage of
Americans have had some
portion of their bodies remov-
ed by operation. How many
parts can we get along with-
out? A good many, says
Prof. G. H. Estabrooks, an
eminent surgeon, who cites
these "dispensable" parts: we
can get along with one lung
and do well without a stom-
ach or parts of the colon and
intestines. We can part with
the gall bladder, the spleen,
the appendix and one kidney
POWDERED ARMY DIET
The old German Army diet
of canned meat, sausage and
bread has, in the present war,
largely been replaced by food
stuffs in concentrated pow
dered form, the Commerce^
Department reported.
This change is said to
greatly facilitate the trans-j
port of army food supplies asj
the troops are able to carry;!
in their haversacks, without]
additional weight or bulk,
foods of high nutritive value
and with special vitamin
properties. ,
The concentrated a r m y]
foods include various kinds of]
powders, such as tomato pow-1
der, cheese powder, applel
powder and jam powders, "to-j
gcther with highly vitamin-;
ous vegetable juices. A spe-j
cial type of powder known a
"Bratling" powder, consistin^^^
of mixtures of soda, corn andS
milk protein spiced with |
herbs, forms an important I
part of the diet.
Troops connected with
armored-car units, aviators
and Alpine troops are provid-
ed with a special series ofjfl
concentrated foods. The new®™
military schedule of nutrientaB
also includes new types of refl
freshments, chief amongjH
which is tartaric acid sugafflj
containing grape-sugar, whevH
milk and fat as well as an adjH
dition of Vitamin C.
The German military nutrijHj
tion plan is reported to have
required experimental work
extending over a period of
years, involving extensive
scientific studies by experts
in the fields of agriculture,
medicine, dietetics and mili-
tary organization. The
sonnel devoted to the task of
developing the plan is said to
have been equal in numbers
to an entire army.
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