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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14
aANY WAYS TO USE COFFEE
Wise Housekeeper Will Not Allow
Leftover Material to Be
Thrown Away.

II you have coffee left v e from
breakfast or dinner by no means al
low 1t to be thrown away, but see that
1t is saved from day to day and kept
In a bottle, as it can be used in many
different ways. One of the best ways
Of using coffee is in making coffee
jelly. But there are other equally
as nice. For instance, there is cof-
fee s%oufle, the recipe for which I
stumbled upon quite by accident not
so long ago, and which l have used
many times since, always with good
success. Take a half cupful of milk,
one and a half cupfuls of coffee, two
thirds OF, a cupful of sugar, n table
spoonful of gelatin, a good pinch OF
salt and three eggs. First, soak the
gelatin for an hour in cold water.
Then, mix with the coffee, milk and
half of the sugar. Heat in a double
boiler. Beat the yolks of the egg
slightly, add what is left Of the sugar
and the salt and pour slowly into the
coffee mixture. Cook until the mix
ture becomes thick and then add the
whites Of the eggs, beaten stittiy, and
half a teaspoonful of vanilla. Beat
the whole thoroughly and turn into a
mold.
Then there is another: Take seven
lump of sugar, half a cupful of cot
fee, half a cupful of Santa Cruz rum
Heat the coffee, mix the rum anc
sugar with it and allow it to stand un
til cold. You have made a most de
licious cordial, which may be served
after dinner.-Exchange.
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a cut to which the majority of women

a cut to which the majority of women
objected.
The latter method of cutting the
skirt, however, is the one that is ad-
vanced today and the of
the hem, which is sure to result, Is
offset by accentuating 1t and using
cord or plating as an edge.
To quiet the rebellion against this
kind of skirt among the larger mum
Der of women the Spanish lounce has
been revived On all kinds of skirts,
or rather on skirts made of various
materials. Organdie, %broadcloth, CAB
erdine, velvet, batiste mad satin are
the fabrics that show this deep ruffie;
it gives the necessary fullness at the
knees without increasing the girth
around the hips.
1t may not matter very much how
one achieves that line of slimness at
the hips and width at the ankles; the
main thing is to be well assured or
the silhouette and then work 1t u
through any channel one desires. II
is in just this divergence of method
makers have a chance of success.
There is a silver lining to the cloud Of
full skirts if these individual treat
ments are welcomed; especially will
the incoming of the deep hounce with
the smooth hip line please the women
who have looked unpleasantly abnor-
NAL in the skirts that we're gathered
about the waist.
AS to the frankly circular skirt
which is growing in favor among
those who decide on the fashions,
there Is a silver cloud to it also. A
band of some kind of opposing fab
ric is dropped below the Uneven edge
of the hem which frames it in, or
rather gives it a straight ~selvedge'
The introduction of this redeeming
feature has turned encouragement
into optimism. 1t may be possible
after all, say many, to wear a circu
lar skirt with confidence in its be
havior, something that has been i'm
possible since circular skirts were In
vented.
In the prevailing taffeta frocks tina
will be worn without coats on warn
days and with them on chill days, thu
skirts are scalloped, not unduly, th'
edges corded, and the uneven lint
held together by a five-inch band o
double net which is slightly gathered
and steadied on it's lower edge by
thick cord of the taffeta.
If you are not familiar with thi'
method of finishing an Uneven Skin
hem 1t is quite worth your while t.
try it. The effect is good becaus'
the skirt has the appearance of be
ing actually finished; the ragged edg'
does not always give this.
Copyright, 1915, by the Mcclure Newspa
per Syndicate.)
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14

is selling for fifteen dollars through
the cheaper ready-to-wear depart
ments.
There are manufacturers models in
plenty in America already. Those
who sell to the trade that pours into
New York in July to get the fall ma
~terials, hats and gowns must be
served. Why that flood does not wait
until September is not a question for
an amateur to settle by an answer.
There are certain dressmakers, ca
tering to a large trade that does not
dwell in or near New York, who also
hurry home with a few models, buy
others from the manufacturers, and
get their autumn business off their
hands almost before one knows that
October is coming.
This variety of clothes. has been
on the market since July and the
people who copy each acceptable
fashion in large qualities are already
at work. Soon the shops will offer
them as the first and most authorita-
tive ideas in winter fashions. Whether
or not they prove to be all that their
agents claim for them is a doubt that
will not deter hundreds of women
from buying them. because they are at
hand and fall clothes are always need
ed as Don as the first chill makes its
appearance, except by those lucky
ones who always find a suit or a frock
left over from the preceding season,
which happens to fill the first neces-
sity.
There is a strong tendency in each
of the fashions that are advanced as
forerunners of what is to come in
October toward flattened hips. For
the last few months we have grown
quite large in that spot; we have
avoided any appearance of slimness
and given ourselves over to gathers
-and plaits at the waist line. This
fashion was deplored by all but the
excessively slender, yet as all the
models called for a certain amount
of fullness from waist to ankles there
seemed no other way to arrive at 1t
except through a wide circular skirt,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14

In line with the fad for black and
white a wide girdle is made of ribbon
showing alternate stripes of white
satin and black velvet. 1t Is fastened
at the front under a shallow loop OF
the ribbon, ornamented by a row of COW
cred velvet buttons. Such a belt looks
we'll with black and white striped
skirts or all white. Or it may be
worn with frocks in gay colors where
it serves to tone down the brilliant
but fashionable shades.
A short neck run is made of black
satin ribbon having a narrow white
border striped with black. 1t is sewed
to a band of narrower black satin rib
bon in full triple box plaits. The edges
of the plaits are caught together to
form the ruche. A bow and ends of
plain black satin ribbon finish the
neckpiece which fastens with snap
fasteners at the front.
A bag of black and gold brocaded
ribbon is sewed to a gilt frame that
opens out, at the top. 1t is finished
with a black silk tassel pendent from
the bottom and suspended by short
loops of narrow satin ribbon. This is
one of the prettiest of many new bags
Hosiery, shoes, handbags and purses
have all swung into the black and
white vogue, Stockings are shown in
white having a crossbar in black, in
small checkerboard design. in stripes
and polka dots. Shoes employ black
and white feathers combined in about
equal proportions or are in all black.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14
Two Ways to Use Up Cold Ham.

Cup Omelets.-Butter half dozen
custard cupfuls and fill lightly with
equal quantities of stale (soft) bread
crumbs and cold ham chopped fine
and seasoned well. Beat three eggs
and add one cupful milk and divide
among the cups-adding more milk if
necessary. Set cups in pan of hot
water and bake in moderate oven un-
til firm in center. Turn on platter
and serve with white sauce.
These can be made with cold roast
meat and served with a tomato sauce
and are equally as good as the others.
A Good Breakfast Dish.-Take
deep oatmeal dishes and put a small
quantity of cold chopped ham in each,
making a hollow in center. Drop an
egg in each, season with salt and pep
per and a small piece of butter on
each. Bake in a moderate oven until
whites are firm.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14
Easy to Effect SAVING.

The prospect of a rise in the price
of mustard should not cause much
CONSERVATION; is there any item on
which a saving could more easily be
effected? The head of a famous firm
that has built a fortune upon the man.
ufacture of mustard once confessed
that the money came to him o from
the mustard we use but the mustard
we waste. Not one of us but proves
the truth of the statement every time
we use the mustard pot and dab down
on the side of our plate five times the
quantity we are likely to eat.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14
WHAT PARIS HAS TO OFFER
Wider skirts Are Among the Newest
Things Which VIII Be Proftered
for Favor.

1.-THE very wide skirt is not seen In
the etreets, although all the new mod
els which are being copied are show
ing wider, if moi actually wide skirts"
saws a woman who returned from
paris recently. The army coat is very
much to the fore, and the small hat,
with great, big, squashed pansies
round it, is now SO common that no
one win buy it any more. A few very
wide brimmed hats have appeared
which have very good lines. They are
made of straw and silk, with flowers
set at rare intervals on the brim, and
a band of ribbon with a bow round the
base of the crown. The brim is wider
on one side than the other. and the
hat is worn at a smart angle. White
hats trimmed with white violets do
Parme. entire toques OF violets with a
knot of velvet sticking up in sront or
at the side are also to be seen. but
nothing is quite SO Partisan as the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14
NEW CoL0RS ARE PROMISED
Already Fashion Is Determining What
Shade Shall Be Worn During Fall
and Winter Months.

From the Rodier collection of fab
RIGS for fall and winter wear we find
that the colors are quite as important
as the fabrics. All the pansy shades
to the lightest of the violet tones, with
all the intermediate shades, including
mauv and lavender, will be in de-
mand. These shades, it is said, are
particularly beautiful in the new
pile FABRICS, especially the new vel
vet weave known as 'panecia."
Ranging from the deep, rich shade
of bordeaux to the old-fashioned wine
color are the reds that will brighten
the dull winter months for the many
who prefer the warm colors. In the
new Rodier fabrics that combine both
silk and velvet these red hues are par
ticularly successful. From the begin
ming of the war 1t was almost impos-
sible to keep enough soldat blue to
supply the demand, and it is said that
America has had very little of this
soft and beautiful SHADE of blue. Every
tone that bore the slightest resem-
blance to the soldiers uniform was so
much In demand that there is little
reason to doubt that it will be a most
popular color for winter. In panecia
this shade is charming. All the vary
ing shadeSof marine and soldier blue
will be obtained in the e fabrics.
There are many browns, with a new
one in the market that will be sure to
be desired. 1t is a light brown re.
sembling, it is said, the color of hazel
nuts.
The novelties in color combinations
include stripes OF two c%olors. with
black and white, the always popular
combination, black and sulphur, char
treuse and blue, larine and black in
many interesting new weaves The
staple navy blue we have with us al
ways, and with the addition of soldat
| blue as trimming it is expected that
it will take on an added following
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14
Meat ~Succotash.

Here is a recipe for succotash:
Four to five pounds of lean corned
beef, a small fowl, four quarts of
hulled corn, one large turnip, six or
seven fair-sized potatoes, n quart of
white beans. Cook beans alone until
they are real mushy and strain. Cook
meat and fowl together and when
partly done add turnips. Take meat
out when cooked. Then add your po-
tatoes as you would for a stew and
when done add your strained beans
and hulled corn and keep stirring.
Season to taste.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14

For two months Smoky" went adj
venturing. He saw the other birds
out in the free air playing, and so he
left home. Mrs. Whitbeck, manager OF
the Barbara apartments here, was
the h%eartbroken owner of the missing
canary. The cage al left open for
Smoky" who was a prize bird. Late
in the afternoon, following his long alb
sence, Smoky" found his way home.
He chirped and pecked at the window
pane and then flew back into his cage.
His head was cut and Scared from at
tacks of other birds.-San Francisco
Dispatch to Los Angeles Times.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14
Corned Beef Hash.

Take corned beef without gristle or
skin and equal parts of hot baked po-
tatoes Il use cold boiled). wei them
up with beef stock if you have it, If
not take milk, just a flavor of onion
and nutmeg. After you put it in your
frying pan never stir. Put milk or
stock in pan first with a generous
piece of butter or drippings Now
turn in hash and simmer till liquid is
absorbed, brown and fold. For a
change use bits of celery or pieces Of
bacon instead of butter.-Exchange.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14
cretonna Beach Sets.

For the small girl there are cretonne
beach sets, consisting Of pinafore, sun
bonnet and basket to hang over the
arm. All are made of cretonne. The
basket is lined with a w~aterproofed
cloth of some sort. The pinafore but
tons on the shoulders. Children in
various guises make their appearance
in the pattern of the ~cretonne. thus
adding to the attractiveness of the
outfit.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14
New P~etticoats.

The phases of the new p~etticoats
are many. We have princess slips of
silk, batiste. crepe de chine, held over
the shoulders with straps of ribbon
and deliberately trimmed about the
hem with wide flounces of lace, plat,
ed organizes, chiffon or net, caught
here and there with bouquets of deli
cately tinted French flowers. They
measure from four to six yards about
the hem. and sometimes little 1916
pantalettes, made of materials to
match the petticoat, r worn be-
meath.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14
10 Clean Sued SHOES

To clean brown suede shoes or slip
pers rub them well with an old tooth
brush dipped in gasoline or benzine.
This remove soil and also restores
the velvety look Of newness. Black
suede shoes can be revived with line
charcoal dust brushed with an old
tooth brush, so that it remove the
gray look, but does not leave any
loose dust.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14
Elegant Simplicity.

Quaint and picturesque as old paint
ings are the midsummer fashions.
Lovely watermelon pinks, sulphur yell
lows and ciel blue linens are made in
dainty simplicity. showing a success
sion of %rufiles. picot edged and set on
straight. The full, straight skirt is
shirred into a small waist line and the
bodice Is quite simple, showing ex-
tremely short pulled and shirred
sleeves. The only decoration is a
quaint bouquet of wild flowers worn
at the waist line. An exquisite ribbon
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14
skunk's PeIt Valuable.

The pelt of the skunk is OF great
value. and makes the bearer second
in Importance among the ~fur-bearing
animals of this country. the muskrat
being first. The worth Of the skins
has long been recognized CONNER
cially. but prejudice has prevented the
sale of them for what they were.
For many years nearly all the product
was exported for European manufac-
ture, and a great deal of 1t returned
to this country as black marten" and
Alaskan sable"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14
Eoos Win Plouant Sauce

Chop one green pepper, one teaspoon
full of capers, one small picked onion,
one pickle and a sprig of parsley. Dis
solve one tablespoonful of butter in
boiling water. Add the Juice of half a
lemon. a pinch of salt, a busting OF
-four and the chopped pickle. Cut hard
cooked eggs in quarters and pour the
sauce over them.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14

Mrs. styles-I want a new dress
for the opera, dear.
Mr.. Style-Wen. there's $500 for
you.
why, that wouldn't pay for half a
dress!"
well, that's about all you need for
the opera. isn't IT."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14

The old trusty, careful to explain
that he had been there but nine days,
asked other prisoners about the en-
trance to the s-ubterranean passages to
dungeons under the sea-then pointed
it out.
More rusty keys were called into
trial, and, finally, a grim p~assageway
was unbarred and we looked in. The
darkness was so dense that the faint
light OF a modern oil lantern seemed
unable to penetrate, and a Shiny, slop-
ing footway led onward and disap-
peared into blackness. The stencil
was there, too, more horrible than
above, and the dampness and the mus
tiness.
A step within, close to the dripping
wall, and a metallic jangle sounded;
the lantern flashed to the left showed
a dangling chain, handcuff on end,
which had been brushed against. No
one seemed to know where the pas
sageway led, the mud was deepening,
the light dim and the place ghostly. A
further advance, with growing chills
running adown the spine, revealed
cells, ce~lls-chains, chains-and a
freshly mortared block of stone at the
end of the wall. And here exploration
necessarily ended.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14
stewed eooseberrIes.

G~ooseberries are cheap Just now
and should be appetizing and whole.
some. Top end tail the berries and
put them over the fire with just
enough water to them n plen.
ty of sugar: the amount must be gov
erned by the tartnsss OF the berries;
stew TIL tender. Serve cold.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14
Adjustable Collars.

Adjustable collars for suit coats are
seen, which means that one may have
several collars for ones coat. which
is decidedly handy for cleaning and
refurnishlng. The high coat collar
that rubs against the face and gathers
powder often ruins the entire gar
ment.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14
Dreadful Transformation.

Roy was working with his father In
the garden. His father found a worm
and holding it out said to Roy: Here,
take this back and give it to the chick.
ems" Drawing back Roy said: 20
no l can't. l think I'm turning into a
girl"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14
In the Musty Cells.
Lave and Human Nature.

Lover he repeated again, relaxing
his huge body slowly and hinging n
leg over the other. I've seen as much
of love as the next man, in more
places than most. I've never been
mixed up with it myself-not with the
real thing. But most things are mixed
m with it. You'll believe that ! don't
read poetry. If you people could ever
get the beat of life you'd get 1t with
prose. Imagine fitting human beings
black or white-into a stanzaic
form! l realized that young. I've
seen people make love all over the
shop. I'm not denying it's effective
But the one thing I've never seen 1t
do is really change a person. That's
why / don't believe all the things
they tell me the poets say about it.
Time and again I've seen the trick
tried: aud time and again I've seen
the woman or the man slump back
into the shape God made EN- in."-
From a story by Katharine r.
Gerould. IN Scribner.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14

outlined with white, or white outlined
with black.
Belts have also entered the run.
ming, and in combinations of white kid
and black patent leather they have
captured the honors.
JULIA BoTToMLEY.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14
RNV

he has decreed shall no longer
be used as a military prison, stands
well out in the harbor of Vera Cruz
and is Joined to the main land only
by a narrow breakwater. The fortress
was built by the Spanish c%onquerors of
Mexico and for many years has been
used by the Mexican authorities to
imprison military and political offend,
ers.
When the American forces occupied
Vera Cruz a correspondent explored
the prison from the topmost ramparts
to the deepest, darkest dungeon be-
meath the sea, and this is the story be
wrote:
Grim, gaunt and %forbidding, rising
sheer from the blue inner harbor of
Vera Cruz, there lies the castle of San
Juan de Ulua, a name which is whis-
pered in terror throughout Mexico.
There are tales of it's dungeons and
labyrinth of secret passages; there
are tales of a quiet and secluded open
ing along the sea wall, where, in the
shadow of night, straining forms have
oAAPPNN RVACoo Dulho Al oaNhG SNC
the sill to the tongues Of the tapping
waves-sacks which struggled and
screamed in terror-and the black
waters have been cut by the lightning
rush of triangular fins as the SHARKS
claimed their human prey; and more
tales, of firing squads at break Of day
facing a bullet-pocked wall; and still
other tales of men immured within the
walls in their youth-and their names
forgotten when the burial squad car.
ried the remains from out the reeking
dungeons.
A launch carried the visitors across
the harbor to the castle. The way
winds about to the northward. En-.
trance was gained into the shallow
moat, where a landing was effected on
the counterscarp steps which lead to
the outer defenses of the bridgehead.
Fortress Is Ancient.
The fortress is an ancient one, OF
the Yauban type, yet every twist and
turn, every ramiication and addition
of art Of defense, portcullis and draw,
bridge, caponniers, m%achicolation, bas
tion and keep, all are there.
An arching bridge leads across the
moat to the main part of the castle
The waters of the moat are of a pc
culiar green clearness, yet with the
impression of sliminess.
In places the walls of the fortress
are crumbling with age, white and
+ CHASTITY, the color of long-imprisoned
faces, and two-inch Sits in the ma
sonry's ponderousness tell of the only
glimmer of light which finds its way
into dungeons. A suggestion of mod
ernness is added by the larger ports
which are barred with imbedded iror
rails, yet even they are taking away
with the rust caused by the salt all
and the salt e
Within the irregular-shaped walls
lies the parade ground, of sunken and
fallen granite and flag, worn deep in
places by the tread of a host of for
gotten feet, and in crevices, as though
in an effort to lend a CLEAN of cheer tc
oppressiveness, nature has made grass
to struggle for an existence.
In the Musty Cells.
The officers in charge directed that
the main cell gate be opened, and the
prison proper was entered. Under an
archway the light of day became g
gloom, and within the first gate there
lay another entrance, within the bars
of which an ~evil-looking prisoner re
NAMED as trusty.
At the rear of this reception cham
Der there rose the barred and cross
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14
The Real Ohlection.

Your objection to special privilege
probably is based on the fact that you
are not permitted to enjoy ito
peka Capital.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14

Now that it no longer is good form
to whip the children, father takes
all the punishment that is admins
tered to the family. Topeka Capitol.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14
Jumpers Again.

A pretty garment.
Jumped into fashion.
1t is especially for youth.
And hence middle age will wear It.
Navy blue serge and taffeta build
them mostly.
They are ~suspenders than
they were before.
Sometimes there are two straps
over the shoulders instead OF one,
thereby lending dignity.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14

Laws prohibiting the use by painters
OF white lead or products containing ii
have become effective in France.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14

girdle or sash in back of a contrasting
color is often the only trimming,
White organizes with berufled skirts
add a charm to the wardrobe.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14
Optimistic Thought.

The beginning Of excellence Is to be
free from errcr.