Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 20, 1917, Page 7

unndad nt Boih Sides 6ot Ideriicai Food. ' s DIFFERENT IN GERMANY Correspondent Allowed to Visit .Base anlhl at the Front and Interview the Men—Plenty of Chicken to Eat, and Red" Cross Nurses Give Same Care to One as to Ariother. “'Wonm you like to see the kitchien?” r he officer commanding the British, base, bospltnl, some distance back of the line of fire in France. “Here 'we specially: prepare the food for 2,000 men a day.” Inside there was a broad expanse of tables between the stoves and ovens d part of this level surface was cov- ered by hundreds of little tin pans in which lay appetizing sections of brown, roasted chicken. But the royal medi- cal corps officer was talking of some- thing else. “I want to show you how we save all the fat scraps, boil them and pack the grease in barrels we send to England to make ammunition,” writes E. Percy Noel in the New York Globe. “All these delicious looking fowl, so nice and brown,” I asked, “are for the British wounded, of course. You cer- tainly do not give that sort of food to the Germans you have here?” ““Oh, yes!” he returned lightly. “There is no discrimination. The Germans get the same food and the same treatment a8 our own men.” And he continued the explanation of the barrels of fat, how many a week, its use, its economy and all that. But I was fascinated by the thought—chicken for the German prisoners! “There are several hundred German wounded here. Would you like to see some of the wards?’ queried the offi- A Hospital Perfectly Clean. It was the typical ward of a British base hospital—immaculately clean from the floor to the bed coverlets; air, fresh and pure; a few flowers artis- tically arranged, and reposeful quiet. 1 spoke to the British Red Cross sis- ter nursing. “Sister,” 1 said, “how do you like looking after Germans?”’ Now, she might have answered “They are human beings, like our own boys, and my work in life is to care for sick and wounded,” and so on. she did not. - What she said was, | - ey are very well disciplined.”” And by that 1 knew that she admired the ‘way these men behaved when in and out of the operating room, when dress- ings were changed. as well as through the long. long days while wounds hea!- ed—these men who had killed her brothers. “Do you—do you speak German to them?” “Yes. It is necessary if we are to them well.” ne pale faced German soldier lay ' ading & German book, a leg suspend- ed in a special splint. He bhad been years in New York and talked English almost perfectly. “How are they treating you here?” 7 demanded. + “Very well” “Good nursing?” " %“rhey saved my life. Gangrene. Three days before I was picked up.” “And the food, now that you are getting stronger?”’ “Good.” “Chicken 7’ “Yes, sir.” “Did you think that you'’d find so much kindness on this side?’ “Thought that I'd get fair treatment, but didn't expect it to be like this.” “Do German soldiers know that, wounded or not, they will be treated well when taken by the British?” “Yes, I am sure they do.” “But not many of them surrender on that account.” “No.” The captain of another military hos- 2 pital at the base was my neighbor at lunch that day. We were discussing languages, and he remarked he was glad he knew German and did not in- tend to forget it. “In fact.” he said, “I owe a great deal to it.”” When I inquired why he told me that, thanks to his familiarity with German, he had been able to escape from a prison camp. “You were captured early in the war?”’ Different In Germany. “Yes. 1 was slightly wounded dur- ing our retreat, but emough to bleed into unconsciousness. The Germans picked me up. I was an officer in the al Army Medical corps then, as ow. “And how did they treat you?” “Badly. From the emergency hos- pital twelve of us, ‘sitting cases,’ trav- eled three days and three nights in a third class compartment without med- ical attention of any kind. We were not once permitted to get out of the carriage during that time. The food that they offered us from time to time during the journey revolted me so that T_ate none of it. But the most dis- “‘eenble feature of the journey, even ompared to the filth of that carriage “he third day, was the insults of the crowds at the railway stations. The people were allowed to come to our carriage windows, to curse us, ridicule us, spit on us.” RISK OF FIGHTING MAN_ NOT AS GREAT AS IMAGINED Only One Man In Fifteen ls Killed and One Out of 500 Loses Limb—95 Per Cent of Wounded Recover. Washington.—'That the deadly risk of the fighting man is not nearly s¢ great as is popularly imagined is the belief of marine corps officials here who have compiled statistics covering the allied losses in the war. A careful estimate shows that only one man in fifteen is killed and one out | of 500 loses a limb. Recent reports from French and British hospitals show that about 95 per cent recover from wounds, while about 90 per-cent are able to return to the firing line, While the marine corps officials hold unbiased views in regard to the expect- ed casualties among their own troops in France, it is pointed out that the “goldiers of the sea” recently engaged in warfare in Haiti suffered less than 1 per cent losses. These were sus- tained while covering a wide terrain, fighting from house to house and cap- turing and holding small redoubts tak- en one by one from the enemy. This method of warfare is said to be rapidly superseding the trench system on the western front. Peanut Soup Heat one pint of milk until luke- warm. Add two rounded tablespoon- fuls ¢f peanut butter mixed to a smooth paste with a little of the milk. Salt to taste. Thicken with one tea- spoonful of butter or savory fat mixed vith one tablespoonfui of four. Bring almost to the boiling point ard serve. These are merchant. About 200, . required for military purposes .si?cg(':Apnl. ) Nearly all ARMY OF FREEDOM STEPPING UP Photo by American Press Association. Citizen soldiers of the new nationz]l army parading along Fifth avenue, New York, preparatory to starting for their cantonment at Yaphank, N. Y. times that test the ability of every 000,000 pounds of wool have been LN wearables have advanced in price— naturally! —why try to deny it? We saw the conditions coming—and took advantage of our opportunities. We sought out the best offerings from the big manufactu¥ers whose lines are sold exclusively by us. Of course, we bought an unusually heavy stock of Styleplus Clothes “The same price the nation over” $17 TRADE MARK REGISTERD These are the nationally famous clothes whose price is al- ways known. The price has remained at $17 as usual during the last few years. Great volume centered on these suits and overcoats allows the makers to specialize in a scientific way—the re- sults have been almost unbelievable The makers are able to continue the present price $17, but do not know how long they can keep doing it. All wool fabrics, hand tailoring where it counts, models designed by great fashion artists. Guaranteed satisfaction. The Higher Duties. All the world complains nowadays of a press of trivial duties and engage- ments, which prevents their employing themselves on some higher ground they know of. But undoubtedly if they were made of the right stuff to work on that higher ground, provided they were released from all those en- gagements, they would now at once fulGll the superior engagement and neglect all the rest as naturaliy as they breathe. They would never be caught saying that they had no time for this when the dullest man knows that this is all that he bhas time for. No man who acts from a sense of duty ever puts the lesser duty above the greater. No man has the desire and the ability to work on high things, but he has also the abllity to build himself a high staging.—Thoreau. Cheese and Greens Rorl. Cook two quarts of spinach, Swil chard or other greens. Drain aud dress with one tablespoonful of butter. Chop and add one cupful of grated cheese and breadcrumbs enough to make a mixture sufficiently stiff to form into a roll. Place in an oblong pan and cook in a moderate oven for twenty minutes. When cold the mixture may be sliced in one-half inch pleces and served on lettuce leaves with salad dressing. Moat and Breadcrumb Cakes. To four parts of chopped or ground meat add oune part soaked bread- crumbs, a small quantity of chopped onion and salt ana pepper to tuste Mix and form into small round cakes. Brown the cakes in butter or other fef, turning them. | () Style Clot Ius BETS $27,000 IN WILL FOR A CUP OF COFFEE Servant In Farmhouse Reward- ed For Handout to Tramp Who Died Wealthy. The will of Marshall McMurran of Evansville, Ind., once a tramp, leaving $27,000 to Mrs, Mattie Hannum of 11 Swartzel avenue, Vincennes, Ind., be- cause when she was a servant in a farmbouse thirty years ago she gave him a cup of coffee, has been declared vnll.i by the Indiana supreme court. 'Notification of the court’s decision bas been received by Arthur P, West, agsistant treasurer of the National Surety company of New York city. The estate, for which Mr. McMurran’s balf brothers and half sisters have been suing and which consists of $21,000 in United States government bonds and about $6,000 in cash, has been turned over to Mrs, Hannum. Mr. McMurran, after a youth of wan- dering, died on May 10, 1913, leaving the following will, which had been made twenty-five years before: I do, on this 7th day of September, 1888, will to Mattle Draim, that poor servant 8irl who gave me a good bite to eat and a hot cup of coffee when 1 was weak and feverish from hunger and mear ready to drop and the auld man she worked for was cursing her for giving it to me and ordering me out of the yard, and I do will that all I have at my death, all the money or property that I have shall be hers. MARSHALL M'MURRAN. Witness: Mrs. Emma Grant, Cora Nore ton. We also show the New Styleplus $21 grade—just as exceptional at this price as the $17 grade is at that price. Each the leader of its class. Our other well known lines make the assortment complete—go as high as you like—you can pay a medium price here and get clothing of reputation.. Trade Mark Phone 319 GILL BROTHERS 219 Third St., Bemidji, Minn, NP SESY