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i .. • , ... //A-. < v:-: ..v-v • ;»• 11; 1994 f ^Tiiiii Ti : .• • • STUJDYCOLOR IN FOOD SELECTION Green Rich,in Vitamin A; Important. By EDITH M. BARBER ^vrf. fi /""^OLOR has coffie to be of much , - V/ importance In our lives. This generation often selects Its house decorations, its kitchen equipment and .Its clothing with regard to interesting color schemes. People and houses are dressed much more gayly tlian they were previously. We are told by psychologists that we respond in general well-being to harmonious colors and now the nutritionists tell us 'that we , moist or may consider color somewhat to- our choice of foods from the nutrition standpoint. " »• .V' ... •. jJhis statement applies particularly* to vitamin A, which is allied with yellow and green coloring in many ft>ods. All greens are particularly rich in these vitamins. Comparing them by the pound, escarolle at the moment • has been tested higher even than spinach, which we have considered the optimum among the greens. Kale ranks with spinach. Lettuce and rdmaine, while- they contain an important amount, are much further down tie scale. All greens are of value; t&|filp tops, beet tops and dandelion greens in their season should be used liberally. Among other vegetable* we find that carrots lead the list. Sweet potatoes, peas, green peppers, brussels sprouts, string beans, broccoli, tomatoes and artichokes are among the vegetables which rank high, although other vegetables such as cauliflower, asparagus, cabbage and eggplant also contain •mounts worthy ofyhotice. White potatoes contain soirie vitamin A, but sweet potatoes (yelllow in color) contain eight or nine/times as ihuch. It Is very interesting to note that the green outer leaves of lettuce and green asparagus have a much higher content than--do'the bleached vegetables. • Among the fruits we find prunes at the head of the list, with bananas second. Of course bananas are yellow, while the prune plum is reddish when fresh. Avocadoes, cantaloupes, cherries, watermelon and dates are next in the list. Oranges, apples, pineapple and grapes contain worthwhile . Animal tats are generally higher In •itainin A than vegetable fats% although olive oil, yellow palm and corn" oil contain some. Yellow' corn, by the way, has a larger amount than white corn. It has only been recently that there have been any units for measuring the amount of vitamin A in Tfurtous foods. These have been worked out, however, according to the amount of this vitamin which it takes to keep ail experimental animal in good health after it has grown satisfactorily. The nfw edition of Dr. Hendy Sherman's •"Chemistry, Food and Nutrition," which has recently come from the press, gives us a comparison of all these foods in iinits and enables us to Judge accurately the amount which we get. If a diet is short of vitamin A the symptoms, shown may be susceptibility to trouble with eyes, to respiratory diseases, to skin, ear and sinus infections, and also to Infections of the digestive tract. A generotis amount of vitamin A in food increases the general condition of health and vitality. One very interesting thing about this vitaynin is' that an excess may be stored in the body so that if for any reason food is deficient in it, for some time we can get along. Long deprivation of this vitamin during the war in Europe resulted in nianv serious cases of disease whose cause was traced aiiVtly to the absence of this" essential vitamin. All of us who ha ye plenty of money to spend for food can guard against these diseases very easily. Where money Is short it has "been found very important to make sure ; that a liberal amount of milk and some cod liver oil are Included in the daily Plan. Jimnana Sherbet 1 large bananas. K cup powdered sugar. -• 2 tablespoons lemon Julca. 1 cup cream whipped. 1% teaspoons vanilla. % cup nut meats chopped. 1 egg: whites. • Mash bananas to a pulp, add sugar and lemon Juice. Chill. Whip cream, add vanilla and nuts, and add to first mixture. Beat egg whites stiff and fold into mixture. Nut meats may be omitted. Turn into automatic freezing trays and freeze two to three hours. Liver With Cream Sauce. Slice the liver one-third Inch thick. Scald and strip off the skin on edges. Drain and cook quickly with two sliced onions in three tablespoons of b.utter. Pour in cream to cover and let simmer ten minutes, closely covered. Add salt and pepper to tasfe Kidney Stew. . * 1 large kidney, " * 1 tablespoon butter 1 onion 1M tablespoons flour. Salt and pepper. • > Remove fat and sinew* front kidney. Wash thoroughly and place in sauce' pan with one-half teaspoon salt and enough water to cover. Allow It to come to boil, and then simmer for five minutes until very tender. Remove the kidney, retainiug the water in which it has been cooked, and cut in small pieceS. Slice onion and cook with the butter in frying pan. When light brown add flour, stirring gently, and one and one-half cups of water in which kidney was cooked. Add kidney and heat. One tablespoon of nonalcoholic sherry may be added. 6,. 1133. Bell Syndicate.---WXU Servle*. HARD KN6T FOR ALL A farmhand rang a ulalster up at midnight to marry him to a girl and after the ceremony was over he said: "Well, parson, are we spliced now?** "Absolutely," said the minister. •Tied hard and fast?" "Nothing but death can sever the sacred tie which now binds you to this girl." "You couldn't unspllce us again, pardon, even if you wanted to?" "No, the ceremony I "have performed Is Irrevocable." "Then, parson, I'm goin' to> stand you off for it," said the man, with a relieved look, and taking his Wife by the arm, he took unceremonlous leave. --Pathfinder Magazine. tow BRIDGE He--Seems to me that it takes Ruth Shy a good long time to learn to skate. She--Well, that good-looking Fred Charming is teaching her, you know.* Shopping New* "Bet me see some of your black kid gloves," said a woman to the shop girl. "These are not the latest style, are they?", sh&asked, when the gloves were produced. "Yes, madam," replied the young woman, "we have had them in stock only two days. "I didn't think they were," went on the lady, "because the fashion paper says black kids have tan stitches but not the vice versa." The assistant said that vice versa was French for seven buttons, so' she sold the woman three pairs. Twice o l d Items of Interest Taken Praia , the Files of the Plaindealar af Tears Ago that he andhisfamily will occupy the TEN YEARS AGO citizens of this community «gpre given a real taste of cold weather over the week-end. Thermometers about town last Saturday morning M&gi stored all .the way down from tarenty to twenty-six below zero. The milk war between producers and dealers' is still unsettled, but from careful observation of the situation it begins to look as if the producers are sure to win the battle. The west section of the steel structural work on the second floor at the mw community high school building fell some time during last Saturday or Sunday night and it will be necessary for the work to be done again. Surveyors from the state highway department are again in town and are now engraved in making the final survey over Route 20 as sam£ will |paBs through our city. TWENTY YEARS AiG& : It begins to look as though auto owners will be able to run their cars throughout the entire winter. A number of local cars have been in use daily since early spring. gutter was declared firm at 83 cents <M».'the Elgin board of trade Monday. ^The ice men woke up with a smile <ik Monday morning- There will be no shortage in McHenry. ; More hobos and trai thi village FORTY YEARS AGO Charles Kuhnert last week received the appointment of postmaster at Johnsburg. This section was visited by a slight flurry of snow on Saturday followed by slightly colder weather, which has again moderated ans we are now enjoying the finest weather,, for this season of the year, experienced here for a long time. ' Parties were here on' Monday looking up a location for a milk condensery. They were favorably impressed with the advantages offered and there is a fair prospect that they will locate here. We will get tnore particulars before our next issue. Found A-Butting A small town resident owned a goat which was possibly worth $1.50. The goat was belligerent aLd his battle ground was Main street. When the tax bill appeared the owner found the goat assessed $20. Indignantly he made his complaint before the assessor who took down a well worn copy of the town ordinance and read .as follows.: "Property abutting on Main street shall be assessed at $10 per front foot."--Border Cities Star. Helping Him Along . Boy Scout (at breakfast table)--I've done my good turn for today. Father--You've been very quick. Boy--Yes, but it was quite easy. I saw Mr. Smith going for the 7:45 train and he was frightened lest he'd miss it, so 1 let the bulldog loose and lie was just in time. '. IN FASHION FIFTY YEARS AGO We are now enjoying the finest run of sleighing in this section known for many years. Justen Bros., furniture dealers inform us that they will soon move into their new quarters, the store now occupied by I, N. Mead, whiclvi,they have purchased. The Marengo Republican say§ the dairy and stock men thereabouts are paying from $800 to $1,000 per day for ground feed, corn meal, etc., to feed their stock. This expense is mostly occasioned by the failure , of their corn crop. The citizens of Ringwood have now a resident physician in the person of Dr. John Soothill. v All Are Noblemen Turopolje. Yugoslavia, a commune of 13,000, is the only place on earth where every citizen Is„a nobleman or noblewoman at birth, with the right to display a coat, of arms. "1 often see Ruth with skates over her arm, but I have never seen her on the ice." "No, she doesn't skate, but since It's the thing she figures thftt she can at Jtgast dress the part." Matter ofForin (As burglar enters the house of Banker Johanson). Mrs. Johanson-- John! There's a strange man in the room! Banker--What do you want! Burglar--Money 1 Banker--What security do you offer? --Border Cities Star. - • Protection "Do you think you ought to spend «o much time listening to the asked the austere young gentleman. "I don't always listen," Miss Cayenne. "Wo hope i FEED PULLETS TO GET THEM TO LAY . * i Grain, Vegetables, Gravel, Water Necessary. - Foir maintaining egg production during fall and winter months when egg prices are highest the following practices are recommende^tofsyun^rs and pbultrymen by Q. C. UffnJrdTextension poultryman Jor the Colorado Agricultural college: Pullets probably will require alSout 10 to 12 pounds of grain per day for each 100 hens of the heavy breeds, and about 8 to 10 pounds daily for the same number of hens of the lighter breeds such as Leghorns at the beginning of production. These amounts may gradually be Increased as the feather turns colder. . . . ^ Feed one-third of the grain in tflK morning and two-thirds for the evening feed In a straw Utter at' least an hour before dusk. A good laying mash should be kept before the hens all the time in nonwasting hoppers. If one feeds a wet mash, make it quite crumbly and give only amounts the hens will clean up In about a half hour of feeding. Feed the mash about the middle of the day. Be regular in daily feeding and care of the flock. Green feed is an. important part of the ration. Some of the sources of green feed are alfalfa, carrots, beets, cabbage and lawn clippings that may have been saved and dried during summer months. Beets and sometimes cabbage are low In vitamin value. Alfalfa is best if it is available. Water is a most Important part of the ration. Water composes twothirds of the egg and the same proportion of the chicken's body. Therefore plenty of water always should be available to chickens. Keep a bed of fine gravel In the laying house for grit in winter time. Lime Is furnished in the form of oyster shell or calcite. A -simple, althoygh quite satisfactory winter ration commonly used for laying hens- includes the following grain mixture: Cracked or whole corn, 00 pounds; wheat, 40 pounds. The mash mixture consists of 20 pounds each of fine cornmeal, bran, shorts, ground oats or barley, and meat meal. Ground wheat may be substituted for the bran and shorts. Add one pound of salt to every 100 pounds of feed. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOlif'- , ELECTRICITY BILL COMPLAINTS Ratio of Bills R«nder««l •© Complaints Received M-Mohth Period - January I to December If 1933- Early Winter Eggs Worth More Than Spring Supply A dozen eggs laid In winter by the flock are worth as much as two dozen laid in the springtime. This Is a general rule laid down by R. E. Cray, extension specialist In poultry husbandry for the Ohio State university. His conclusion is based on several, hundred farm flock records kept for a period of years. Past records would indicate, Cray said, that In a short time eggs probably will be three or four times as val uable as they were last spring. To Induce hens to lay when eggs are worth the most, Cray offers the following suggestions: ^ - . Make the birds eat more than they really want. This can be accomplished by feeding wet mash. Mi* some of the regular dry mash with enough milk to make it crumbly wet. Feed this once a day In quantities the chickens will consume In half an hour. Rid the birds of lice and mites. Lice may be eliminated by painting the roosts with a coating of nicotine sulphate just before the hens go to roost. Mites may be kept out of the poultry house by painting the roosts and roost supports once a year with eacbolineum. Keep birds comfortable, is another of Cray's suggestions. Ventilated Trap-Nests Open trap-nests are advocated in some quarters. • The sides are constructed of laths or other similar material, admitting cool air freely, and these are covered with wire screen ing to keep out other hens, mice and other nuisances. The usual trap-door is at the front and the top is board over, but three sides are ven POULTRY GUid ^ r V' *N, - -v .y \ 1 • •:' •« . . . . . 2,976,970 16,95^ Nijite Complaints Ihclude all spaeific complaints registered iwith the Company which concerned consufTTptten^ increase in total bill or rate. • Complaints about rates form only a Sma II proportiont#at All figu res used taken from Company records. Of the total number of electric bills rendered by the Public Service company of Northern Illinois during the first eleven months of 1933, only sixtenths of c>ne per cent brought complaints, according to Howard T. East testifying before the Illinois Comsree Commission last week. Mr. East is in charge of the company's service department. He was qualified by the company's attorney as a national authority on service matters. Asked! if bill complaints rise or fall with rate changes, Mr. East said that rate reductions do not' cause a decrease in the number of complaints received. Variations in complaints are caused by other factors, the principal one being the economic situation Describing the efforts of the depression on the number of complaints received, Mr. East :said that as the average customer's financial situation grewj worse the number of complaints increased. Utility companies through out the country have had the same experience. When asked the principal causes of bill complaint®, he enumerated! these causes: "Increases in use due to season, increased use on account of new refrigerators or other appliances, illness in the family, entertaining, more persons in the household, bills cover* i ing a longer period than normal, r&- : spon&e to agitation against the'company and difficulty in paying bills." Mr. East's testimony also revealed that the quality of electric service in 250 communities served by the company is graded at 94.39 per cent by the inspectors of the Illinois Commerce Commission in their most re- , cent survey reported at the beginning of 1933. This is higher than the average grade for the entire state according to the Commission reports. Ten of the 17 highest ranking cities m Class "A" are served by the Public Service company, . * v . HOW: AUTHOR OF "UNCLE TOM'S CABIN" WAS ESTEEMED.-- Harriet Beecher Stowe, who was chosen recently as one of the twelve most distinguished American women of the last century, rose to prominence by writing a book about an apt subject at an auspicious time. "Uncle Tom's Cabin," the volume which made her famous, was published during an era In which the subject.of slavery aroused not only, interest but hysteria. Her story of the sorrows of the southern negroes, told in a simple, sympathetic vein, exerted a tremendous Influence upon the molding of popular thought. On the one hand it .Iroused the abolitionists to a feverish emotion and converted many lukewarm northerners to the beliefs of the anti-slavery faction, while on the other hand It serve-1 to crystalize the resentment of southerners against tliQse who sought to interfere with their institutions. So slie\turned her literary ability to the composition of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." It appeared first in serial form In" the National Era, a Washington publication, between June, 1831, and April, 1852, attracting so little notice that Mrs. Stowe said: "It seemed that there was no hope; that nobody would hear; that nobody would read; that nobody would pity." Then the story w^s published In book form later in 1852 and Immediately became a sensation. During the five years which followed nearly 50,000 copies were sold. Thebook has been translated into at, least IS languages."' J0HNSBURG John Pitzen is spending a few weeks in Chicago with his daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Fired Smith entertained the Sunday Evening club, and prize® were awarded to Mrs. Joseph King and' Mrs. Fred Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Miller of Richmond were callers here Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Welke of Chicago spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Peter Freund and family. Mrs. John Lay of Spring Grove was a visitor here Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Freund and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Freund and family. Mr. and Mr a Ray Horiek of Woodstock visited with Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Smith Sunday afternoon. Miss Isabelle ScTimitt of W"ilmette visited with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Math N. Schmitt on New Year's day. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Huff were In Woodstock Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. William Smith and family spent New Year's day with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Michels. Mr. and Mrs. Joe King and family and Mr. and Mrs. Steve May visited with Mr. and Mrs. Nick Miller at Richmond^ Thursday afternoon. Adam Bildroer and Albert Huff were Chicago visitors Thursday. • Mrs. Joe King and son, Leo, were Waukegan callers Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Math Lay and Mr. and Mrs. John Lay of Spring GroVe visited at the home of Mrs. Stephen Schmitt Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Peter Freund and Mrs. Steve May and Joe Miller were Chicago callers Friday. Mrs. Steve May, Mrs. Joe King and daughters, and Mrs. Peter Freund visited with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Miller Plant Life of the Ocean Plant life In the ocean swarms tlUck- Wt near the surface. Usually tfie greatest number of diatoms are right at the surface, where the sunlight ta strongest. The top 600 feet or so dt the water contains practically all the plant life of the ocean, fcnd the next 600 feet below that contains ail tkt rest. 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