1918 Gardening and the War (Continued) value of vegetables as food, when mixed in proper proportion with small amounts of meat and cereals, is great. The Department of Agriculture's food chemists have found that eight or nine ounces of green peas or beans contain as much protein as a quarter of a pound of beef; that one cup of skim milk with four with ounces of peas or beans, or one egg four or five ounces of beans or peas, has an equal value. Hence a cup of green peas will save two ounces of meat. Six ounces of potatoes will save one and a half ounces of Hour or two slices of bread or an ounce of cereal. A Department of Agriculture bulletin points out that vegetables and fruits "can be used to a certain extent in place of meat, potatoes in place of bread, and fruit in place of sugar." Peas and beans are the great meat savers. Potatoes, both white and sweet, are important cereal savers. And sweet potatoes and fruits are the greatest sugar savers. Potatoes make it possible to get along with less bread. They can be substituted for about one-fourth of the wheat flour in making ordinary bread and rolls. Mashed potatoes can be used in place of biscuit crust in making meat pies. Mashed potatoes sliced and fried may be used in place of bread and butter as a good breakfast dish. A very large variety of attractive salads may be made by combining potatoes with other vegetables, such as peas, beans, beets, cucumbers, radishes, onions, and so forth. Food experts have worked out many ways in which vegetables can be made into healthful and appetizing dishes to take the place of the staple foods which must be saved for the American soldiers in France. It is apparent, therefore, that the war gardens are a vital factor in the food problem of the United States. Not only will they increase the total stock of food, but they will help to relieve the freight congestion. 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Careless campers caused the next largest number (1,288), while locomotive sparks caused about a thousand fires. Nearly as many (952), it is surprising to learn, were of incendiary origin. 66 Every cloud has a silver lining." Some unknown optimist has put this thought, with its ethical implication, into the following verse: "The inner side of every cloud Is bright and shining; I therefore turn my clouds about American tourists who are shaky as to their French have often been embarrassed by the voluble replies which their carefully studied phrases bring forth from French lips. Just now the tables are frequently turned and the French man or woman is puzzled by the fluent American vernacular. An example: "Yankee Trooper: Parly One of the "unsung heroes" of the war, Paris, according to a letter from a cor- The lure of the service is irresistible to some boys who are just under the required age. 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