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The id *ai laliM last Taken in Bar flw thkvii • Aort time a storm blew up •had started swaying la the •• «•*» mmm be retained by In their sktak of rural womwi by lha U. & department of agriculture, pmidet soma does •bout cooking habits. A high par cent of the women HmoNlvei said they peel and cut up ^potatoes' before cooking. Others peel the potatoes and leave them whole. But Juot a few said they boil potatoes in their Jackets. The bureau's research on cook- 15 ing and analyzing foods shows that potatoes boiled whole in their skins retain practically all of their vitamin C and thiamine. It shows, on the other hand, that potatoes pealed before boiling lose ID to "W par ijpent of their vitamin C and lose some thiamine as welL potatoes In their Jackets potato and Jacket are sound --is a goqd start toward serving them scalloped, mashed, creamed, or In other ways that are family favorites, say the btpaau's food ppaclallsis T*sslhil after is a quick task. Mashed potatoes prepotatoes that had Just In skins, the special- '^ts found, retained most of their hutrithre value. If cooked potatoes are to bo held In the refrigerator they will lose tether vitamfn C, but keeping their Jadnti on helps to retain this vitamin which is so sensitive to sir.hest and water. fHMtoa fm^iiii Ikvltai J® Pwntott §9 Miakilt W*filsnksts ire at the top of shopping lists these days, and here are tips on how to select a good Miss Marion Kaeser, home furnishings specialist. University of Illinois college of agriculture, advises buyers to rfad the label first to find out about the wool content. All-wool blfnkets made of virgin wool rate Ugh for warmth, and «-4hey are usually the highest priced, blanket made of a mixture of wool and cotton will retain warmth to a satisfactory degree if the nap is made up largely of wooL Ike nap Is what makes a blanket warm because It retards fhe escape of body heat The nap should be a good depth, fine, even and springy, M*" Kaeser explains. Pay special attention to the finish at top and bottom. A blanket that is well stitched at each end twill usually five good service. Cot- Is a good-wear- OLD MR. CRANK sat In * dad armchair, before the flf his room. The pipe an on the table beside him touched. Old Mrs. , Cranston had given him the pipe and. tabtee^. the armchair and tl room. In return he furnace and sometimes swept the floor. Old Mr. Crane began to thin* about himself as he'd have Uked to have beee. He might dream that he'd had a fine fattier and mother, maybe a doetor and a teacher. Sdrooono wfcooo money came in regular and who'd have seen that he got educated; who could have found i suited to and maybe a start He'd have married, wall, someone Uke Akta Rich, who used to ride her J>icycle past hie father's house and who sometime* stopped to speak to him. Alda was Dr. Rich's daughter and spoke to everybody. A nice girl, not stuckup or proud. The children would have like Alda, too. Two boys an girls. He'd have called the girl Alda and one of the boys for himself, Milton Crane, jr. People would have written it that way on letters. He'd seen It that way whan he'd carried in the mall for old Dr. Rich that summer when he mowed lawns for his keep. Dr. Rich had given him many a stray qparter on the side. ) "Seems m if tmtk m rkb should be able to give you * better cbsnce, torn." Young ms be urns, be felt something both sorrowful smd angry in tin doctor's voice. After Algy, the amallest kot pneumonia and died, their father had failed. He and Sam ha<f .quit school and gone to work, he himself into the'grocery business. But he drifted from Job to job. Sam put it in words, "It's not that you don't mean right or that you're lazy, but it seems like you have got to be moving." Sam had always been good to him Just the same as he had been good to Dad. Sam was dead now. He'd felt bad when Sam died. He'd moved around Just as Sam said, and when he was young ftU strong, he'd managed pretty wellharvesting, lumbering, sailing once on a boat It's a life that's hard on a man, having no proper comforts. Once Sam had come out to visit that he was out of the shed and hifnself on a truck moving slowly along a country lane. They ware taking the shed, too. A«W*-pri^« to a left «* tfce*rtveway of a Texas farm heme. A young man In an Jacket lumps from the cab. "Here's your repair truck." be calls chenily. "Where's the tractor that needs fixing?** the farmer, motioning to the barn, like veteran enters the trailer and comes out with an electric drill which he plugs into an outlet at the cornsr of fhe Sarn. In no time he Is buzzing away at the tractor cowling, working on a type of repair service practical only because the farm has Electricity as a source of power and light. "I've been wanting to get this Job done for a long time," the young farmer grins, "and I've figured out just where the hole's to be bored. Good thing you came along, or I'd still be waiting to get this part into town." The rural electrification administration says that this kind of speedy repair aervice is being provided by mora than a score of World War n veterans In the area served by rural electric coopera- Gilmer, Texas. The Mortal agriculture dels giving them Instttutkmal- oo-the-farm training in a near OOmar which also Is with electric power by the TWENTY-FIVE TEAKS A# at Crystal Lake The largest afthat " Miaa Charlotte Madden waa the past few vdays packing her furniture. 8he goea to Chicago, where die and her sister, Mary will make their home for the preeent N. J. Justen, on the West Side, is ; now a licensed undertaker and I embalmer from the State Board of # yearn, fee is which colored graen. The is a mare ihell. no a silver would blow K away if it firmly Raee Cam of the lottunotlve hit the ««aftd truck. Damage waa between $1,000 aad fUOO. Toung Woman (hbldii* out hand) --Win you please tdl me how to pronounce the name of the stone in tills ring. Is it turquoise or turkwoiseT Jeweler (after inspecting it)--The pronunciation is Of It AO A drummer, traveling through fhe Ozarks, ate a meal with a mountaineer and his family. When he asked for cream for his coffee, he was told that they hadn't had any milk since their dog died last sum* mar. The drummer was startled. "A good dog." the mountaineer added, "he brought in the cows." portable repair riwp on the of an old trade and equips everything from a sturdy •ch to a stock of martrine and plow bolts. Steel shelves in the rear carry welding rods, pipe dies, pipe vise, chain hoist, socket set and tap and die set Bolted to one wall are oxygen and acetylene tanks for welding. Such a veteran Is equipped to tackle any repair Job within reason. John and builder, has just some very noteworthy alterations on his home on Riverside Drive. The Thelen home, now owned by Mrs. Chas. Pich, of Chicago, and which for many years occupied a site on the corner of Park avenue and Washington street, has been moved back on Park avenue to make room for a modern new bungalow to be erected on the site by the owner of the property. Malta your contributions to the fastened to the girdle of _ ni_rmi u w i 'ron and steel which lies beneath. | Health, he having graduated in the ! Liberty was a gift from p . , ' {best school of embalming in CScto- ance Unitld* States, and „ . . P. Weber, local contractor | ber. and in December, passed hia ! w" designed by the same GustaV!March Dlnws Wtore *** ! completed examination successfuiy and was I Eiffel did the Eiffel tower. I ' --" granted a license. He was also granted the right to ship dead bodies on railroads. The Masquerade by Prof. BryTin's Dancing class, at Stoffel's Hall on Friday evening was a very pleasant affair, SIXTY YEARS jffiT We learn that Sotffel 6 Blake Walter J. Freund, proprietor cf contemp,ate building a new store the West Side tire and vulcanizing '^ Lake and running a branch shop, is back on the Job after a iat *hat P,ace the coming season, month's vacation and is again ready E- Carpenter has sold his restto serve the public. Walter °ence »onth of the Universalist "sprung "v a real surprise on his ichurcl1 to Ed Fletcher, of Wanfriends by returning to this city _ . _ I Complete Haa of Bert I Tom Permanent Wave Kits. $1.25 remedies at Wattles DlUff Stem. ! and #2.00. Wfttles Drug Store. 35-tf Henry. „ Rom where I sit~./^ Joe Marsh on Tuesday accompanied by his bride, who was formerly Miss Olive Freund of Cincinnati, Ohio. From 22 to 26 below zero waa reported by McHenry citizens on Monday, the coldest we have experienced in many a year. FOKTY YEAR AGO It's the Custom A little girl, sitting in church watching a wedding suddenly exclaimed, "Mummy, has the lady changed her mind?" "What do you mean?" asked he* mother in dismay. "Why." replied the little miss, "she wait up the aisle with one man and came back with another." Complete Inferaaatiea The junior member of a firm of lawyers went several hundred miles to consult s client When he arrived, he found be had unaccountably forgotten the client's name. He telegraphed his partner, "What is our client's name?" The answer came: "Jones, Joseph •.'Tours is Kent Jasper T." Strtpta dothw for Baby Dressing up bsby in fancy trills msy be fun for mother, says Levice Ellis. API extension clothing specislist but baby's comfort and freedom for exercise and growth should be considered. She recommends that clothes be short lightweight and loose in style. For daytime wear, use simple slips rather than dresses. Slips should be no longer than toe length to allow the baby to kick and develop leg and body muscles. Roomy raglan-style sleeves give freedom for arms and shoulders. Miss Ellis emphasises the fset that simple clothes with few seems are both becoming Md comfortable for babiee. Joeeph J. Frett of Chicago has purchased of John J. Buch the old Stegmann house and property Just opposite St. Mary's church. The first money order to he drawn on the North Crystal Lake poet office was made out by Postmaster Meade's competent assis- Itant Miss Tttlie Stewart, at the West McHenry postofflce. Charles B. Harmsen, during the past ninteen years a talented and valuable employee of the local Wilbur Lumber company's' yards here, haa resigned his position as local manager after successfully serving his employers in this capacity for six years. The Lake Geneva News will hereafter charge $2.00 per year on all subscriptions not paid in advance. The advance price o/ print paper has prompted the publishers to make this move. ' In the presence of a large gathering of relatives and friends at the VolO Catholic church, at ten o'clock last Wednesday morning, occurred the marriage of Miss Eva Mae Lawrence of Ringwood to Mr. Joseph G. Wegener of Lily Lake. oonda. and will take possession March 1. Consideration $1,400. B. Robinson, at his rooms over the postoffice, is prepared to file saws on short notice and guarantee satisfaction. Miss Delia Gage is teaching the primary department of our public school, during the Sickness of her sister, Miss Elsie. First airmail from the U. 8. auto land to Hawaii waa flown aboard.the Pan-American China Clipper, November n, ins. Hie flight requlrod M hours. Now the 1400 mile flight is msde under 10 hours, and Hawaii has daily mail service from California. Who's A Foreigner? '1Mb r* nnki I* • Mrcut the other day, Slim Hartaaan lets dip with a crack ah sat these fsrdgiwrs" who live by the Ispst "Now wait a minute, Sfa," i Doc Sherman. "Dontforget an foreigners' more or less, i cf our families have shnply here longer than others. But if they came over on the Mayflower, they woke foreigners to the Indians." / Slim gate a little red^and you eould see that Doc had him. "And the reason they came here," he goes thinkas they wanted to so they didn't tnmspioth* rights ef the other fyOow." Frees the great load It M today "SPEEDY" NICK MILLER'S McHENRY GARAefT MAMA r HAVE CALLED BMCPY AUTOMOBILE COMmNYNTtHrtMTD «SET THE MWr PIM FOR 1DWIM6 OOP. CAR «ACK Tt> JSyMtdHT KAV6MMR>\OuP WEATH- I ©outD HA/E tDLO tou NICK MILLER'S MHKNKfGMMi 608 FRONT ST&IST ROUTE Make sure that the blanket ^in bo large enough tor any bed on which it will be used. Have it long enough to allow for a good tuck-in, at the foot of the bed. Otherwise the vigorous tugging may be hard on it frftcts About Lighting Paint on the wall can Influence the effectiveness of light Glossy WlU glare and flat finishes Isailng stoeo they proggg. g«4«dfr poiof <lpral make the room create eontrasts and place emphasis on parts ef the room. Soft subdurt light emster a wmm at Intimacy. Direct I trasts of light aad ting spells a modern ' V ALL Of THE FAMILY 'The ardsa* hortlsuMurtsI waa dwMhg a dear dd lady oonte ef the sMpa and sssiltegs he hfthe green pet,** i|Bfc| _ M •• the ' "1 eee," oeeod the lady, "and you're mining It for them whOo flMy'ru away on a tripr' Olvo It Up aw in.*1 * Old An elderly hear her no| first time, ai OsB tan had been to preads fan the ae thought it a ^trld'i Biggest Damg i Superlstives are common Ml ft bucket of concrete when reclamation engineers go to work. Arrowrock dam. Just fast of Boise, was the highest dam in the world when completed in 1015. This barrier, [feet high snd 1,150 feet st crest, URPoundi $88,500 acre feet Another "btggsnt in the world" is Idaho's Attdtfson Ranch dam near ^4ih .on the south fork of the '•WOile river. This giant, alm**t complete, Is the hi^utet earthfilled dam on earth, Anderson is 'in feet high and, 1,360 (Ht long at crest But mqrt impressive is the fact that, because ft is an earthen AH. the dam li 1,600 feet thick at its baas mere than half a mile. him. "You're getting no younger. Maybe you should think of marrying and .settling down." rUt THE end, he'd had to help out Sam. It hadn't been much he'd T stsr thai ds3 sha sslred "James, whr did you enter the ministry?" "Boesuso I was caUsd," he m- •gwerod. "James," ssid the aunt solemnly. "are you sure it wasn't sense otter noise you heard?" Wit tsa* for Glaucoma fllaucoms, an eye disease that causes blindness, has been treated successfully with a German war gas which in • larger deees drives its . victims mad. Dlaoovary £y chemists of a series of synoompounds containing phooand fluorine received little ning ef World War H, when British i isssarchers re-examhsad the sdentlflc literature and tout ^Hnarkad toxicity thaoe dsemicals ,«f monofluophosphoric adds; compounds have since been identlfled astte notorious German "oerve u Titanium is a low-density, silverwhite metal, between silver metal and stainless in color. Statue of a general osrries following legend Hone with two feet up means rider was killed in action; horse sA one foot up means rider was wounded . tP SfttfWT KTTr down m«ae« rider was safe. I had to give Sally when 8am ! but until Sam's' bdy tfiW up, he'd stayed ai that elevator and worked hard. Sally'd a|k«d him to com* end live with them, but Sally had S nice house and, after knotifcthg around all over, a man gets kind of rough. It wouldn't have been fitting, and he'd always tried to do whst was fitting. It was in the hospital that Mrs. Cranston found him. She'd given him the room snd the chair snd yesterday she'd given him the tobacco and the pipe, although the furnace was blsck out weu> OF CAUTION mind the fmmmc*," tM to took "Never ssid, "We'll get mfter tbst--inst rest." She knew. She wss his kind. They must bsve told her that he hadn't king to go. It was nice here, dreaming of Alda by the Are, •ml. maybe, e kid or two. thoutfi he'd known well, it wasn't htting for him to be looking at Aide Rich after her father died. Sales Mansger-Whafs this big 'item oh your expense account? Traveling Salesman--Oh, that's n^y hotel hill- Sales Manager--Well, don't buy any more hotels. • ? m onifltr^l He mm* i been talking 4 ton, wknjksd im. Ske Jml bsve filletw Mgmn foe old Mrs. Cmud been Aid* t&ck, tmme keltUmg • gl-- tfti there imber vefte wbe* tbe •Drink this. MUt you've Just having a bad dream." by WNU features. sped bjr. a woman replied it From fe||i Ptsry On May 11, 1CM, Samuel Pepys i penned in his famows diary: "I now observed how womeg began to paint themselves, formerly a most ignominious thing." Pands is mammals, 1 coon, feet t of the rarest of the face of a raca eat sad body Felice A laborer was as the t*cesidenfs 'iVho's <tet?" be askM standing near him. Sh was President Truman. "Who a|| dem men on motorcycles?" he wanted to know. "Why, they're policemen,** & plied the woman. "What he Honor** naked the la- WWIn 1§39, a typical prewar year, U. S. refineries produced 25 billion gallons of gasoline. Last year, the unprecedented demand sent the total to m«re than Si billion gallon* Wed .... , , Five princ^>sl wool producing countries of the southern hemisphere are Australia, Argentina, New Zealand, the Unioia of South A VERY IMPORTANT • - 9 ' * * ' M- • M I s - • ? , . 1 # Wwt&n citi i ' t an. i.l ... . 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