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their parents to take their love for 

 granted. It is not because he has 

 ceased to love you but because so many 

 other things take up his time. The 

 "Y" men constantly remind the young- 

 sters to keep in touch with home. 

 Every "Y" hut has signs in it, "Have 

 you written that letter to mother," 

 "Now is a good time to write home." 

 The secretaries have a personal ac- 

 quaintance and friendship with the 

 boys and will frequently ask: "Well, 

 son, have you written to mother this 

 week? No! Well, take some paper and 

 write to her now; she wants to hear 

 from you." It is not the absence of 

 love, but just carelessness on his part 

 that made him fail to write and almost 

 always he will take the paper, saying: 

 "Yes, I guess I had better write now." 

 You may rest assured that many of the 

 letters that you have received were 

 prompted by some "Y" worker who 

 knew what it meant to a mother back 

 home not to hear from her beloved son. 



Perhaps your boy has not had all the 

 educational privileges that he needed. 

 The strenuous life on the farm may 

 have handicapped his education, espe- 

 cially on some particular line in which 

 he was interested that was not in the 

 common-school course. Maybe he is 

 longing to prepare himself in some sub- 

 ject but so far has never had an oppor- 

 tunity to do so. The "Y" has the great- 

 est university in the world, more schol- 

 ars, more teachers and a wider range 

 than any other. Your boy may take 

 up any subject in which he is inter- 

 ested. It is taught by men who have 

 come from the best colleges in America 

 and who are anxious to impart to him 

 the instruction that he desires. He may 

 learn A, B, C's or delve into the most 

 abstruse subjects taught in the post- 

 graduate courses of the universities. 



While your boy is more healthy in 

 the army than he was at home, there is 

 a possibility of his being sick. Well, 

 his health will be looked after carefully 

 by "Y" representatives. Representa- 

 tives of the "Y" visit the hospitals daily. 

 They call to cheer the boys up, sit at 

 his bedside and read to him. They 

 carry him stationery and write his let- 

 ters home. This is in addition to the 

 scientific, skilled work done by the 

 army surgeons and the Red Cross. The 

 "Y" representing the visiting friend to 

 the patient. \\'hen he is convalescing, 

 he spends most of his time in the rest 

 rooms of the "Y," which are prepared 

 to be as homelike as possible. 



General Pershing has entrusted the 

 post exchanges entirely to the hands of 

 the Y. M. C. A. Trade is largely dis- 

 organized near the front. There are 

 few stores and those that are run are 

 so thoroughly demoralized that it is im- 

 possible for the boys to secure the little 

 luxuries that are necessary for his hap- 

 piness and comfort. The boy can secure 

 these at the post exchanges. Anything 

 that the boys desire can be had here. 

 The nearest approach to an accurate 

 description of a "Y" canteen is an old- 

 fashioned country store, where every- 

 thing may be had, except in the post 

 exchange the stock of women's furbe- 

 lows is below par, — the sole purchasers 



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of such things being the "Y" women 

 workers. Hot drinks are served, and 

 even American soft drinks are to be 

 had. In the huts more distant from the 

 front soda fountains have been placed. 

 Our boys miss this American luxury, it 

 having not invaded France. At the "Y" 

 huts he can walk up boldly and order 

 a chocolate ice-cream soda as though 

 he were in Portland. He can get his 

 favorite American cigarette and at con- 

 siderably less price than we Americans 

 who indulge in the weed have to pay 

 for it, for the exchange is run on the 

 no-profit basis. The prices are estab- 

 lished by the actual cost, plus the cost 

 of transportation and over head ex- 

 penses. And, if there is a surplus profit, 

 this money is turned into the canteen 

 fund for supplying the boys with free 

 chocolate and coffee. 



If it is necessary for your son to send 

 money to you, the "Y" has undertaken 

 to transfer the funds. They have a very 

 elaborate exchange business — banking 

 without profit. He deposits with the 

 "Y" secretary the amount desired, who 

 gives him an official receipt for the 

 money. A list of these transfer funds 

 are sent by the Paris "Y" office to New 

 York and the "Y" sends its check to his 

 mother with no expense attached. For 

 the minute the "Y" gives him its re- 

 ceipt it is responsible for the delivery 

 of the money to the addressee. It as- 

 sumes all responsibility of it being lost 

 in transit. Thousands of boys are 

 utilizing this privilege and thousands of 

 mothers are daily writing grateful let- 

 ters to the "Y" thanking them for the 

 funds which she needed so much. 



In conclusion let me say that my ex- 

 perience is that the "Y" attempts to be 

 a friend, protector and guide to the 

 American soldier boy and the go- 

 between him and his home. 



Page p 



Recipe for Delicious Tomato- 

 Apple Catsup 



Mrs. C. W. Batterson, of the Girls'" 

 Polytechnic School, is one of the promi- 

 nent women of the city actively co- 

 operating with the Food Administra- 

 tion in the effort to bring before the 

 public the best recipes that make good, 

 delicious and nourishing dishes and 

 relishes and yet conserve foods, espe- 

 cially sugar. Mrs. Batterson, during the 

 past week, gave special lessons in mak- 

 ing dishes that called for a greater use 

 of milk and others that economized in 

 sugar. 



Following is an original recipe for 

 tomato-apple catsup that was tried by 

 Mrs. W. P. Strandborg, of the Food Ad- 

 ministration, and found delicious: 



Tomato-Apple Catsup. — One crate to- 

 matoes (ripe), half cup pickling spices, 

 two large onions, two large green pep- 

 pers, half gallon hot strained apple 

 sauce, one cup sugar, (juarter cup salt. 



Cook tomatoes and i)ass through a 

 strainer, removing all skins and seeds. 

 Cut the onions and peppers fine and tie 

 loosely in a cheese-cloth bag with the 

 pickling spices. Add llicse to the to- 

 mato pulp; add salt and cook until only 

 one-half as thick as desired. This will 

 require but a short time. Then add the 



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 I economy by purchas- 

 ing a cheap, poorly 



constructed, liglit weiglit pump. Remember, 

 you and your family will have to work the han- 

 dle every day. and this will be a much harder 

 task than if you had bought a guaranteed 

 MYERS PUMP with the new easy operating 

 COG GEAR HANDLE-actually pumps 33',% 

 easier- and fitted with the famous leather 

 saying M'i'ERS GLASS VALVE SEAT 

 MYERS PUMPS come in many styles 

 and sizes for every kind of a well or 

 cistern. They are sold by good dealers 

 everywhere, so that you can probabty 

 buy a Myers Pump in your home 

 town. If not. write us for name of H 

 nearest dealer to you. 



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apple sauce and sugar and continue to 

 cook until thick enough to bottle. If 

 the tomatoes are solid and the apples 

 steamed, the cooking of this catsup will 

 require from one and one-half to two 

 hours. This makes nine pints of catsup. 



The amount of spices and salt called 

 for in this recipe are very moderate, 

 and be increased for those who like a 

 very highly-seasoned product. The 

 skins and seeds, when fermented, make 

 a splendid amber-colored vinegar. 



Advantages of this recipe are: The 

 short time of cooking required saves 

 labor and fuel; fallen apples, often a 

 waste product, make a very good apple 

 sauce; the short time of cooking per- 

 mits the tomatoes to retain their bright 

 red color and the apple sauce makes 

 the color several shades lighter still. 

 (This catsup, when bottled, has the 

 color of commercial catsup) ; it has a 

 superior flavor; it uses no vinegar, 

 which is now high in price, and uses 

 only a small amount of sugar. — Ore- 

 gonian. 



A good whitewash' formula: (1) 

 Quick lime, 62 pounds; water (hot), 12 

 gallons. (2) Common salt, 2 pounds; 

 sulphate of zinc, 1 pound; water (boil- 

 ing), 2 gallons. (3) Skimmed milk, 2 

 gallons. Slack the lime thoroughly in 

 (1); dissolve the salt and sulphate of 

 zinc in two gallons of water (2); pour 

 (2) into (1) and add (3). Mix thor- 

 oughly. Two pounds of flour paste 

 (dissolved in two gallons of hot water) 

 may be added instead of the skimmed 

 milk. 



Better Fruit: Enclosed you will find 

 one dollar. Repteh Fruit is the gospel 

 of the Northwestern horticulturist. We 

 wish you succes.s. 



