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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14
TEMPLE GARDEN, o

room in green and white, two Japan
csc reception rooms, a room for en-
tertainments with band stand at one
end and a stage at the other, photo
graph studio, roof garden, and a chill
dren's playroom with latest good
time appliances from a Chicago
house. Last but not least is a lunch
room, where tea, coffee or chocolate
and foreign cakes are served, or, If
you prefer, the daintiest of Japanese
lunches.
1t will not be long before we will
only have dreams of the days when it
took many hours for shopping. We
went to the somber looking black
buildings, entered amid the profound
bows of the clerks sitting on the floor
by their "hibachi." Tea was brought
in, and finally, when we had made
known our wants, OH went thv ines
senger boys to the storehouse and in
course of time returned with goods
from which our selection could be
made. No one ever complained; how
ever often he had to trot back and
forth. To be in haste on our side
would mean we were not the women
of leisure who frequented such stores.
AS for the clerks, that was<what they
were there for!
When finally the purchases were
made the clerk clapped his hands to
calf the attendant to bring writing box
and paper. The ink vas deliberately
made while we waited" our bill prop
erly made out and stamped with the
various seals, the goods partially done
up (for no woman went shopping with
out her bundle handkerchief" in those
old days. and we took u departure
with bows and thank yous' from the
whole staff.
Getting Used TO It.
We are very glad of all these new
and facilitating arrangements for
shopping, because we are learning to
hustle" in the East. We are trying
to adjust ourselves gracefully to the
present, lodging the automobiles on
our way, having our boots covered by
overcloth shoes or slippers at the door,
trading at counters, having our pur-
chases registered on cash recorders,
being jostled and pushed (politely) at
the specialN sale tables and hearing
telephone bells on this side and that.
We are glad to get off by ourselves
in the quiet tea and rest room and
think things out. Did we really mind
because up in the lunchroom a group
of kindly country people stood about
our table to see US eating with chop
sticks? 1t was embarrassing when we
could not succeed as well as we gen
orally did just on account of our self
consciousness. What does all this
mean to these country people who
have come in to see the sights of
the metropolis? We love their kindly
friendly curiosity and courtesy. Yes,
We are happy and c~ontented in the
new but more so that we have had
our share of experience in the Japan
of the old days,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14
STRIKING A GUSHER
ny eEoRaE ELMER COBB.

When Jared Bliss took sick and the
reports from the doctor looked gloomy
and foreboding, his friends and rela-
tives called once or twice and then left
him to die. II had been ascertained
that he was "all in" not only physical.
ly but in a financial sense.
He's simply reaping the folly he
sowed," ~sapiently observed his nephew,
Walter Pope, forgetting hat it was the
liberality of the good old man that had
originally started him in business.
Other selfish and u~ngrateful rela-
tives echoed the sentiments of the in
CRATE, Pope. The man upon whom
they had counted to enrich them when
he was through with life had "wanton-
ly thrown away his %fortune!" He had
given about half of it to charity. He
had a hobby for antiques and became
the victim Of every u~nprincipled curio
huckster. He was credulous, benevo.
lent. unsophisticated. The stock job
Der and the promoter had worked him
to a finish.
Meta Lysle was an orphan and
daughter of a half-sister Of Bliss.
The old man knew her, and
when her mother died had seen
to it that her child was be-
slowed in the care of the Pope fam.
fly. They had made Meta work for
what they gave her. One Christmas
Jared Bliss had given her a pretty
watch and chain. Its inner case bore
a photograph of her mother, and she
had always cherished the gift.
Feeling kindly as she always did
towards all humanity, Meta was
shocked at the petty of the
Pope family when sickness and i'll for
tune overlook the artless kind hearted
old man. She realized that he was
practically deserted. One morning she
appeared down stairs with her few
possessions packed in a satchel.
81 am going away, Aunt Martha
she said simply.
when? Where? Why?" challenged
Mrs. Pope.
Right now, to Mr.. Bliss, because he
must need some one to take care OF
him in his sickness"
Folly! Why, he has no money! Do
you want to starve to death with
him."
81 won't let him starve while l am
able to work" declared Meta.
This is simple ~nonsense!" insisted
Aunt Martha. so, Meta. If you leave
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14
First pavY Safety Lamp.

January 8, 1916, saw in the deeps of
an English coal mine near Newcastle
a little drama in which there were but
two actors, the one a clergyman, the
other a miner. The latter was busily
picking out the coal by the light of a
"steel-mill' when he saw approaching
him a light. The miner knew the
gassy nature Of the pit and shouted,
Put out the light" but no notice was
taken eve when prayers took the
place Of oaths. The newcomer was
Rev. John Hodgson, rector Of Jarrow,
and he had In his hand the first Davy
safety lamp. now safely housed in the
Museum OF Practical Geology in Jer-
myn street, London. Sir Humphrey
Davy, when urged to patent 1t. replied:
1T might undoubtedly enable me TO
put four horses in my carriage, but
what could it avail me to have 1t said
that Sir Humphrey drives his carriage
and four bought at the expense of mi
ners' lives?"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14

Select a nice piece Of brisket or
shoulder and have the butcher cut 1t
into suitable pieces for serving, re-
jecting s%uperauous fat. Heat a little
dripping or bacon fat in a kettle, toss
in the meat and scar 1t quickly on all
sides, than let it simmer until all the
juices that have been liberated at first
are absorbed again. Now see that
the meat is actually browning, but
do not let it scorch. Season with a
grated onion. salt and pepper, then
pour on enough hot water to make a
nice brown gravy, almost covering the
meat. Cover and let simmer about
two hours, then add scraped carrots,
sliced lengthwise, laying them on top.
In about an hour everything should be
tender. However, this depends some
what on the age of the beef. When
serving take up the carrots and place
in center of plate, thicken gravy with
a little dissolved -four, BOIL smooth.
then pour around carrots.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14

this house on any foolhardy errand
you need not come back again"
you have been very kind to me,
Aunt Martha" replied Meta, but 1
feel it my duty to go to Uncle Jared"
Meta found Mr.. Bliss hobbling about
his home scarcely able to get around.
He listened gravely as she told him
she had come to be his housekeeper
until he got well. The place was in
a state Of great neglect and disorder.
The piano, the books and some of the
furniture had been seized and carted
away to satisfy a debt and most of the
rooms were bare and cherries look
ing.
Before night the industrious Meta
had Uncle Jared SO comfortable and
well fed that he began to cheer up
magically.
you are going to get we'll very
fast" she declared the next morning.
Nov am going to clean house"
1t was when she had removed all
the rubbish that Uttered the place,
swept it into one room and busted and
put in order the rest of the house, that
she told Uncle Jared that he must
look over the mass Of papers and sort
out what was of value.
You'll find nothing amounting to
anything" he observed. They've ia
ken all the books, old coins and pic
lures hat would sell. III go over the
mess, though, to please you," but he
soon got tired of sorting out the stun.
Then Meta took a hand. She came
TO the old man somewhat later with q
legal looking document.
Uncle Jared" she said, T found
this amongst the rubbish. 1t is a deed,
It GEMS. 1t tells about some land that
you bought"
"Well! WE'LL" exclaimed the old
man, as he glanced at the document, 81
had actually forgotten all about II. /
remember now. l bought the land, some
forty acres, from a friend who paid a
large price for it thinking 1t was oil
land. He spent a fortune sinking
wells but never found any oil. / took
II on his hands to help him out"
A few days later Meta came to him
again.
1--WE been thinking about that land,
Uncle jared" she said. 1T is right
over the stats line. 1t must have some
value. Why. 1t would make a nice lit
tie farm. You say there is a house on
t. Why couldn't we make a living
there7"
"We?" repeated the old man. "You
dca't mean to say you'd bury yourself
In tAat desolate spot?"
-sIpeie Jared" replied Meta, II am
help take care Of you just as
-ill let me-"
-uth later when Mr..
Ding To Themselves 10
ong as you II was In
II was irat a m. ~stxict
ana Meta founo
ass~A IN their new home.
49, sn,ast Of an oil producing nv,.
ne I the landscape was not very NV
inE.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14

When Alonzo Steele died in Texas
a year or two ago the last white man
who fought in the battle Of San ia
cinto passed away, writes Frank Put
nam.
A few days ago W. P. Zuber, who,
as a boy Of sixteen, was with the
Texas army at San Jacinto, but did
not bear arms in the fight, died at his
Texas home. He was on hospital
duty during the fighting. He was the
last survivor of all the white men
present on that occasion, but 1t is
not wholly clear that he was the last
survivor.
1t is likely that honor belongs to
an ancient darkey, believed to have
been Sam Houston's body servant,
who still lives in or near Houston.
The old mans story is accepted by
the oldest residents, sons, some OF
them, Of men who fought at San ia
cinto, and more familiar than any
n else with the history of that af'
fair.
The passing of the last white sur
vivor of San Jacinto directs attention
to one of the most extraordinary pages
of all history. San Jacinto ranks next
after the battle of Saratoga and Get
tysburg among the decisive battles
fought on this continent.
Saratoga proved the British could
not subdue their revolving American
colonists; Gettysburg determined the
fate of the Confederacy; San Jacinto
pushed the American rule southwark
from a vast region on the Pacific
coast and from an inland region in
GLIDING all of Texas, with parts OF
New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and
Wyoming.
The battle of San Jacinto was in
character unique. 1t was won with
the bowie knife against odds of three
to one; won by undisciplined plains
men opposing Santa Annals best
drilled and best equipped regiments.
1t was the only battle in which the
lesser army lured the greater into a
position from which there was no es.
cape for either except by death OF
victory. Houston, ~retreating before
Santa Anna, led him into a region
bounded by swamps and marshes on
two sides, with a wide, deep bayou
on another and a narrow bayou, branch
of the first, on the fourth side.
Houston backed into his position
and Santa Anna followed. Then Hous-
ton burned the bridge across the mar
| ROW bnuo, fhA Dr1v pDNror cr ayit
of the theater of battle.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14
Titled Boundera.

Eva Tanguay, the actress. was CON
graduated at Jacks in New York upon
her recent marriage.
ITS a love match, too" said Miss
Tanguay. Its not the sort of match
that our young heiresses make with
titled Founders. The average titled
bounder, II he told the truth, would,
when he proposed to : young heiress,
make a speech like this:
Miss Golde-Lotta-I love you for
your pelf alone"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14
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AA modernize. In Toxic these new
buildings have gradually grown
up, and the feudal gates and walls
have long since disappeared. 1t is
only as we are shut up in our new
rubber tired, steel wheeled, coupe
like jinriksha that we fall to dream
ing that we are once more being
pulled in and out the old gateways
into the outer Enclosures of the pal
ace. In those days the great spaces
inclosed were used for parade or prac-
tice ground for the guards. Only n
few foreign buildings were found
there, writes Nellie Hall Clement in
the Chicago Daily News.
AS we rode about we could see just
how the daimyo trains must have ap-
peared In bygone days. Today there
are. besides the great steel structure
of the new central station, large of
flee buildings of stone or brick, hotels,
clubhouses, banks and, last but not
least, the new Imperial theater. In
this last mentioned beautiful place
the only thing which reminded us that
it was not in some European city was
the attendance Of Japanese young
men and women at the stand at one
side Of the entrance where picture
post cards of plays and players were
on sale, and on the opposite side the
flower hair pins and hair ornaments.
A. favorite writer on Japan, who has
given us such delightful descriptions
of travel here, says Of "Old Kyoto":
The situation was wisely chosen in
a beautiful plain crossed by the
Kamogawa and circled by wooded
mountains. Even so Florence lies in
the Tuscan hill, but there comparison
ceases, for the view from Yaami's or
Maruyama shows no Duomo, no Pala-
zyo Vocchio, only a sea of low black,
tiled roofs and here and there a mass
OF trees or a red temple. showing up,
as LaFarge says, among the lesser
houses"
But today the fascination is broken
and we see a new building, the Dali
maru department store, Showing up"
above the trees and temples. We are
glad, though, that the invader is such
a fine structure.
remember the great surprise which
waited us in one of the old Japanese
stores of Kyoto in 1908. After doing
temples, palaces and parks, we went
to see where the beautiful Kyoto dolls
are made. The building was small,
low and rambling, but even so It was
the headquarters for dolls. We were
ushered into one %storeroom where
thousands of the white cotton bun
MES" covered shelves and tables. On
u inquiring, our guide informed us
these were for exporting to the Uni.
ted States for the eastern trade. But
that invasion was under the low Jap
anese roofs.
cash carriers" foreign reception
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14
French drilled oysters.

Procure large, fat oysters, the
creamy looking kind. Drain and wipe
on a soft cloth. Dust with salt and
pepper. Have some melted butter in
a large frying pan, drop in the oysters
and fry briskly for a moment or so,
simply to stiffen the oysters On each
side, then quickly arrange in a fine
wire oyster broiler, and broil a light
brown on both sides over a moderate
fire. Place them on buttered toast,
moistening a little with some of the
heated liquor, then pour the butter
from the frying pan over the oysters
and serve with parsley and lemon
quartered.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14
Growing Children and study.

AS soon as a child begins to grow
rapidly all intellectual exertion should
be checked. Such is the theorydEaich
DR.. Q. Mercier, an English authority
on children. expresses in an article in
the London Lancet. Especially when
there is any family tendency to nerv'
Gus or mental disorder, rapidly grow
ing children should be withdrawn from
school altogether until the period OF
rapid growth is w
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14

There we're 45O competitors for the
prize offered by an English journal for
the longest 12tword telegram. and the
winner put in the following. which was
transmitted for IL cents. the regular
rate: administrator generals coun-
terrevolutio9ary intercommunications
Observation-Disclosures. Quartermaster
generals disproportionableness char
enthusiastically contradistinguished un-
constitutio1alists' incomprehehsibili-
ties"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14
paris PIans Monument.

President Poincare received a dele
CATION proposing to erect by 1920 a
monument commemorative Of the ff-
tieth year of the third French repub-
lie, which would be a companion piece
to the Arc de Triomphe. 1t is pro
posed TO erect the monument in the
Place de- La Defense The design
represents a Latin the four arms
OF which will form a terrace.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14
Stuffed Onions.

Stuffed onions give the paper bag
enthusiast an opportunity to try a new
dish. Parboil onions for Is minutes.
Drain and scoop out half the onion.
Chop this and mix with sausage or
ground meat (either raw or cooked
Season to taste and put back in the
onion. Wrap each onion in tissue
paper or a creased cookery bag and
bake in a hot oven. Basic occasionally
with hot water in which a little but:
ter has been melted.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14
Table Linen Note.

Breakfast or luncheon cloths are
now embroidered in colors to match
the china used. Some of the gaily
lowered sets in use at present sug-
gest an appropriate embroidery de-
sign, while the china is an easy model
for the woman who car do her own
stamping.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14

The state of Hyderabad, located
about midway between Madras and
Bombay, in the south central part of
India, with a population of about 49,
100000 (about equal to that of New
York and Massachusetts combined)
and with an area of S2,698 square miles
Gust about the same area as Kansas
is, generally speaking, the most i'm
portant native state in India in popu-
lation, wealth and potential resources.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14

was some great stuff you CAV us last
week. l think you are the smartest
man in the county. ! am for you for
congress. We need more levelhead-
ed fellows like YOU" l despise the
narrow fellow who sneaks off and tells
the neighbors that the stun is pass
ing fair, but 1t is either old or all
stolen. Don't you feel the same way
about your neighbors ?-Kansas City
Star.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14

I'VE are, all OF us. whether young
or old, famous or obscure, women OF
influence. We cannot live a day with
III affecting the world somewhat for
good or III, whether we will or not.
1--WE are all a part of life's forces,
whether we know it or not. Be as
humble al you like. You are still a per
son Of influence, II not by your own
choosing. then often by Gods decree.
It may be only a smile or a simple
kindness that you have given to a lit
tie child, but It starts agencies you lit,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14

tie dream of; or 1t may be some self
ishness and lack of honor. some weak
ness in you that sets in motion a long
train OF hurtful and sad influences or
circumstances. For all life is connect
ed. and whether o wish it or not
your life affects other livea."-Wom-
ans Home Companion.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14
For Burnt Pans.

To clean cooking utensils save your
eggshells, and when you burn any
thing in your granite pans or any
thing sticks badly. use the eggshells
to scour the pans. Take q bunch Of
shells and rub yer the burned part
and see how quickly all trace Of
burned food is removed.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14
Making orange stick Handy

Fasten the orange wood stick to
the side of the wRshstand by a cord.
Children are less likely to forget when
the cleaner is handy. and the nails
also clean nor easily when the hands
are moist.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14

The colored mems branch of the Y.
M. C. A. of indianapolis closed its OBJ
servance of health week, The state
exhibit placed in the lobby of the Y.
M. c. A. was studied by hundreds Of
persons. A special lecture was given
each evening in the auditorium of the
building. to which the public was in
vited. A large number heard DR.. l.
N. Hurry deliver an illustrated lecture.
Doctor Atkins and DIR. L. A. Lewis lee
tured Friday evening to men only.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14

Apropos OF a railroad property that
had been sold at a ruinously hiet
price. a statistician said: 1T takcs
two to make a bargain. but only one
them gets It,"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14
DANGER.

The proud father who tells his young
hopeful that some day he may be
president had better not let the boy
find out that the president gets only
three weeks vacation.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14
Orange Sauce.

Cook one-half cup sugar with one
tablespoonful rice -four and cup wa
ter; add one t~easpoonful lemon Juice.
o~ne-fourth cup orange Juice and grated
rind OF one orange.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14

Theodore Harris, colored. whose fu-
neral was held at Camden, N. j., re-
Gently, was one hundred and eleven
years old when he died, according to
war department records. He vas born
on the eastern shore of Maryland,
February 10, 1903. Harris was a vet
eran of the Civil war and received a
pension.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14

In 1894 the total forest area of
Switzerland was 2,O91, 900 acres, repre-
senting 20.2 per cent. Of the total
surface area of the country. In 1911
the forest acreage was 2,25S, 900, equal
to 21.86 per cent. of the total area of
the country, an increase of 1877, 600
acres. Instead of being an expense.
the forests of Switzerland are a source
of profit to the government.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14
Kind oil MAN Ha Llkaa,

The best citizen we have in town.
to my notion. is a fellow who comes
around every week and pats me on
the back and says: Deacon, that
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14

OF the 2~,273,OOO illiterates 617, 600
are native whites, including both
those of native, foreign and mixed
parentage; $4,000 are negroes and
$4,000 are immigrants. There are
interesting and encouraging points
with regard to the two latter classes,
The negro illiterates seem to be a
large number. But it represents a
decrease of 1899 during the dec
ade, while the total Of that popula-
ton shows an increase of 1893, 900.
The illiterate negroes are almost
wholly located in the south, where
they are not permitted to vote and
are decreasing there.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14

Cooperative stores, owned and man.
aged by natives, are fostered wherever
possible in Alaska by the United
States bureau of education, which has
charge of education for the natives OF
Alaska.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14

In Greece the minister of education
has opened negotiations for the install.
lation of 1000 natural color moving
picture machines. with supplies Of
films. for use in the state schools.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-14

The United Layman's evangelistic
campaign was one of the largest relt
gious efforts that has been attempted
by the colored people of indianapolis.
Rev. S. L. Howard of Nashville, Tenn,
conducted the meetings. Special
meetings for boys were held several
afternoons during the week. The
series of meetings closed with a united
church service under the direction of
the Interdenominational Minister'S as
ISOLATION, Sunday evening, March l.