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KANSAS CITY ELKs' HOME.


One of the most delightful places to
visit IN Kansas City is the Elks' Home.
corner 9TH street and Grand avenue
The club house and grounds occupy a
space of III by II3 feet. and cost S4o.-
900. The building is the Wisconsin build
ing from the Worlds Fair. and was
brought here from Chicago in sections.
Indeed the Elks' handsome club house
is made up OF three buildings from the
Worlds Fair, Indiana, The Fisher
ries and Wisconsin buildings.
On entering the foyer, decorated with
palms and tropical plants, and hung with
elegant tapestry and handsome oil paint
ings, the mellow light from the large
stained glass windows above the double
stairway of the Wisconsin building sheds
a subdued glow and one stands charmed
for a moment by the pleasing effect.
which is indeed artistic. There are $40
members of the b. p. o. f. No. 20 of
of Kansas City. OF these large num-
Der are bachelors. and have sleeping
apartments at the club, where the dormi-
tory is handsomely furished.
The second floor of the building is ap-
propriated for reading rooms, pool rooms
and the lodge room. In the last men,
toned is the mounted head of an Elk, a
very fine specimen. II has twelve ant.
lers, six on either side of the head with a
red, white and blue incandescent light,
and the effect is very beautiful. This
head has been in possession of the Kan
sas Elks for over twenty years. In an
other room are the horns OF steer which
measures seven feet from tip TO tip. One
OF the billiard tables, exquisitely carved,
took prize at the Worlds Fair. There
are also several handsome paintings here
from the Worlds Fair, and number OF
pictures Of Indians in costume made of
Elks teeth. When one realizes the elk
has only two teeth, he can appreciate
how long It takes to accumulate enoug h
for garment, and how valuable il must
necessarily be.
One of the handsomest apartments in
the Elks home here is the bar, the side
walls of which are made of panels of
glass one and a-halt inches thick, which
were portions of the Fishery Building at
the Worlds Fair. There are 20 tons of
glass in the walls. and each panel has an
irredescent backing in green and look as
though grass and ferns are growing be-
hind il. The frieze is ornamented at in
tervals with bow of tiny gondolas, each
bearing an incandescent light. When
| the prism chandeliers are lighted the
scene is one of fairy land. The Kansas
City Elks are very proud of their hand
some club house, which is said to be the
most elegantly equipped Elks' Home in
the country.
| THE MOUNT CANDY AND CRACKER COM
PANY'S PLANT.
In seeing the sights of Kansas City
one is sure to take in the Mount Candy
and Cracker Company's plant, at the
Northeast corner of 9th and Santa Fe
streets. Here there are sweets for the
sweet. and it is interesting as well as in
structive to see that candy, like every
thing else, ourselves included, is fear
fully and wonderfully made. The Mount
Candy and Cracker Company has plant
| occupying 80 by 100 feet. Their build
ing is FIVE stories high and they employ
Izo hands. half of whom are women
The firm does large business, and on
the day OF our visit it shipped three car
loads of candy. one order, to a firm in
Joppa, in the central part of the State.
| Three car loads Of crackers had also
been shipped to the same firm a few
days previous.
| The greater part Of the candy in this
factory is cooked by steam in vacuum,
the thermometer registering 200 degrees.
An interesting feature of candy making
is that of the "drops, which are mount.
ed by machinery into long sheets, that
when cool are so brittle the drops
easily separate, Rolling and twisting
| candy into sticks is also method in
which there is not little art. In the
caramel department OF the Mount Com
pany there is one girl whose fingers are
| so deft and skillful in the art Of wrap.
| ping caramels. and she works so rapidly
one can scarcely see her fingers, she
really makes them "Ay." She average.
800 pounds OF wrapped candy in six
working days, and earns from 81. so to
50 per week, while her sister laborers
earn only 50 50 per week.
All candy is not made of sugar, for
bcheaper grades. great deal of glucose
is used. The moulds for the better grade
of candy are made of rubber, those for
cheaper grades are made of starch. The
| cracker department is also interesting in
its details. Here seven barrels Of -four
are put into one hopper at time and
made up into dough. The factory aver.
ages 40 barrels OF -four for the best goods
and from 60 to 10 barrels for the ordi-
nary goods per day. The base of nearly
every cracker is vanilla wafer, and from
these are shaped and moulded all other
crackers and plain and fancy cakes.
| The dough is rolled into thin sheets by
machinery, and baked in an immense
oven, on revolving metal shelves.
In this way, at an even temperature,
there is no such thing as burning the
crackers. AT each revolution some are
removed. and others placed in the oven.
| In this way an immense amount of work
is accomplished in the least possible time.
Neatness is everywhere apparent in the
Mount Candy and Cracker Factory
which is well managed and thoroughly
equipped establishment. Although Wis.
itors are not generally allowed, through
the courtesy of the management. this col.
umn was afforded the pleasant privilege
extended the chosen few of seeing the in.
side workings of the candy factory and
Of having the novel experience of actual
ly walking on candy. something we dc
not do every day. E. A. G..
Big dress goods bargains. A lot cor
sisting of imported English camels hai