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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
Land of Sickle and sheaf.

The people in our country each need
about five and a half bushels of wheat
to tide them over a year. Our prom
ised crop, approaching a billion bush
els, means ten bushels for every in
habitant. This surplus is so enormous
that, taken in the aggregate, it is diff
ficult to comprehend. No other oun
try in the world ever produced such a
vast quantity of white bread material
in a single year. None eve had such
a huge amount to sell to foreign peo-
pies.
During the current crop year the
United States has exported about a
million bushels of wheat every day,
thus setting a record beyond all prece.
dent. Moreover, the price received for
it, due to the war, is far greater than
the average price during the past
decade. Viewed in a purely selfish
light, the American farmer is doubly
blessed with an unparalleled crop at
the very time when wheat is dearest.
Our exports of wheat have powerfully
aided in building up in u favor the
greatest trade balance ever accumu,
lated in a twelve-month by any ma,
ton. II our country were a corpora
tion and needed a trade mark, the hap
piest selection would be a sickle and
Observation-Disclosures Leader.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
SEEING LIFE with
rHN1JOHN HENRY
GSSnWG eO1peX Eobart
E1NMDN9t John Henry on Goat Getting
John Henry on Goat Getting

get neal enough to the long distance
telephone, John, you could hear one
rich old American guy shrieking the
battle cry to another captain of indus
try out in Indianapolis: To arms! The
foel The foe! He comes with moth.
ing but his full dress suit and a blank
marriage license! To arms! To
arms!'"
Helps goat at the three-quarters by
two lengths.
Why, john" he exploded again, "ev-
cry telegraph wire in the country is
sizzling with excitement. Dispatches
which would make your blood curdle
with anguish and sorrow for the rich
are flying all over the country. Some
thing like this:
"Boston, Today.
"'At ten thirty this morning Rudolph
Oscar Grabbitall, the millionaire stone
breaker, read the startling news that
a foreign Count had just landed in
New York. His suffering was pathetic.
His daughter, Gasolene Panatella, who
will inherit $40, OOO, 900, mostly in
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
Valuable Misinformation

In the large dining room of the
Hotel Marseilles hangs a large eques-
trian painting representing Gen. Rob-
ert E. Lee. 1t is the mascot of the
Hungry club, which has it's dinners
at monthly intervals at this hotel. and
was painted by a member of the club.
Recently a lady on the West side
gave a bridge party at the hotel in
aid of her pet charity. Among the
players was a modern Mrs, Malaprop.
a typical climber" with considerably
less education than cash. Consequent
ly she was never backward with mis-
information on most any subject that
came up. During a cessation in the
play one of the ladies' expressed ad-
miration of the picture and a desire
to know whom it represented.
1t was Mrs. Malaprop's opportunity.
That. my DEAR" she assertively
explained. lis General Marseilles, a
noted Frenchman, for whom the hotel
is named."-New York Times.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
BRoTHS TO START A MEAL
Preparations Are Valuable Chiefly foe
the Stimulating Effect They Have
on the Stomach.

Broths are not particularly valuable
from a nutritive standpoint, but they
have a decided stimulating effect. In
this way the ~extractives from the
meat, contained in the broth, stimulate
the gastric juice in the stomach and
prepare it for the food which follows.
On the contrary the cheaper, inferior
parts OF meat yield more nutriment.
The chief object in making broth is, of
course, to obtain the largest possible
amount of nutriment, and this is best
accomplished by observing the follow
ing rules:
Cut meat in small pieces. Soak it In
cold water before heating. Make a
careful selection and proportion of
meat, bone and water. Usually one
pint of water to one pound of meat.
Judicious seasoning. Long, slow cook
ing. Simmer mot boil) in a steam
tight kettle. Make the day before
using, sc that fat may be removed
more easily.
Various n~ourishments may be added
to broth-rice, barley, vermicelli,
noodles and the white or whole of egg,
etc. Cream soups have a greater food
value.
Just n caution-when l advise
broth before meats | mean not a soup
plateful, but a small cupful to start the
gastric Juices.-Kansas City Star.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
WOMEN WANT A CLUBHOUSE
Efforts In Tacoma Are Worth Imita-
ton in Every Town and City In
the Country.

The clubwomen of Tacoma, Wash,
are making a quiet but consistent eff
fort to have a clubhouse. Their as
ISOLATION has already more than $1,000
in its treasury, and is constantly add
ing to the fund by means Of entertain
ments, sales, subscriptions, etc. 8
Tacoma has a larger number of
women affiliated in clubs than any 9TH
er city in the state in proportion to
its population, yet it has no clubhouse.
In Seattle the clubwomen have a fine
structure that fills. many wants as a
place for lectures, concerts, regular
club meetings and a central gather
ing point, uniting the interests and eff
forts of women. Bellingham has two
woman's clubhouses, and Olympia has
a woman's clubhouse that serves many
needs in the capital city.
The Tacoma ONE feel certain
that their activities and their useful
ness in civic life would be increased
had they a meeting place of their own.
The experience of other cities has
taught them that, outside the initial
expense Of purchase or erection of a
building, the from rentals
make such a clubhouse self-supporting
after it is once completely paid for.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
MEMORIES OF QUILTING TIME
One Of Lies Simpler Pleasures That
May Be classed With Things
Of the Past.

Probably we don't have much of It
in the cities any more, perhaps there
never was much of It done in the
cities, but out in the country and in
the hamlets and villages and towns
quilting time used to be an occasion
Of merriment combined with utility;
1t was in the early home what the log
rolling vas outside; it had its place
and prestige along with the sugar
making, with the husking bees and
the apple cuttings, the comfort knit
tings and a lot of other happy func-
lions of an earlier day.
Today we buy our comforts and
quilts and our sugar and practically
everything we use; we have our corn
husked in the fields either by hired
hands or machinery; we live in a hur-
rying, labor-saying age, and maybe we
have sacrificed much of quality for
quantity, value for something esteemed
more pleasing TO our esthetic senses.
But the old-fashioned quilt, which
would withstand the kicking of lusty
young savages in the attic bedroom
for at least a year, was some quilt.
Mother and aunts, sisters and nieces,
neighbors and friends came in to help
make it; the home became a social
center, where quilts we're made and
perhaps where some little gossip at
the expense of absent ladies was in
dulged in.
Usually, at such times, there was
something good to eat, rather better
than the ordinary bill of fare, pre-
pared-and that's where the kids
came in for a good time, though often
they had to wait, like Lazarus, at the
gate, or door, until their superiors had
Toasted, when they fell to and left
not even crumbs.
Quilting time was always a fine
time; perhaps the sn~owflakes were
flying, but usually the work vas done
along about the time the bees were
buzzing and the flowers were in bloom.
with the sunbeams flashing from the
flying needles.-Evansville Courier.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31

bonds, stocks and newspaper talk, was
in the dental parlor five blocks away
from home when the blow fell. Call
ing his household about him, Mr.. Grab
bitall rushed into the dental parlor,
beat the dentist down with his bill,
dragged Gasoline Panatella home and
locked her up in the real cupboard Of
the spare room on the second floor of
the mansion. Her teeth suffered some
what, but, thank Heaven! her money
will remain in this country. The COM
munity breathes easier, but all the in
coming trains r being watched
Are you wise, John, to what tho
panhandling nobility of Europe are do
ing to our dear United States?
They are putting all our million
aires on the fritz, that's what they'r re
doing"
Helps goat in the stretch, under
wraps.
'Le'me tell you something, John: It
will soon come to pass hat the heiress
will have to be locked up in the safe
deposit vaults with papa's bank book.
Here is an item from one OF the most
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31

10 HELPS
DEcRY THE WOODEN FENCE
Many Cities Are Working for the Abo-
litlon Of What is Generally Called
a Nuisance.

War is being declared upon the
wooden, tight-boarded fences which
disigure the back yards and alleys Of
so many cities. Such fences are de-
clared to be 'time-honored breeders
on fires, crime and disease" and Off
cials of the health, police and fire de-
partments everywhere are urging that
they be prohibited by law.
The wooden fence probably came
into use when lumber was cheap and
privacy seemed attainable by this sort
of screen. But with the building of
rows of two and three-story and even
higher dwellings, privacy is invaded
by the eye Of the neighbor in the upper
story and is no longer a valid excuse
for the evils promoted by the wooden
fence.
Statistics show an unusually high
percentage of serious fires in localities
where the wooden fences abound. A
fire starting in n block may easily
be carried through a whole block by
the fences.
These fences also are a great hin.
drance to the police. They prevent
the proper inspection of a neighbor.
hood, serve as screens behind which
crimes can be committed in safety
and supply hiding places for burglars
and sneak thieves while waiting their
opportunity to break into houses.
Other charges in the indictment Of
the wooden fence are that 1t is un-
slightly, that it encourages the accu.
mutation of disease-breeding rubbish
and that it shuts off the light and air
from what would otherwise be attrac-
tive Fairgrounds for children.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
Scotch Stew.

Three pounds of mutton neck cut into
convenient pieces. Put two tablespoon
fuls of suet into a stewpan and shake
over fire until nearly melted. Remove
"cracklings" and scar the mutton, stir
ring so all sides are Drowned. Push
to side of pan. Blend two tablespoon
fuls flour into fat, then add a quart of
strained tomatoes. Stir until boiling.
add one sliced onion. one bay leaf and
n tablespoonful mushroom or other
table sauce. Cover pan. Simmer very
gently an hour and a half. Serve in a
border of boiled rice. The remainder,
including bones, will make an excel.
lent soup.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
Prevents Lumniness-

Possibly those who have kept house
for a long time know, but there are
many others who have difficulty in
making custards, cornstarch buildings
and gravies smooth If there are eggs
in them.
A simple way is to remove the milk,
sugar and other ingredients, s~upposing
1t is cornstarch pudding one is making.
from the stove to cool enough to stop
the boiling.
Dip a few ~spoonfuls of the hot milk
into the bowl in which there are the
well beaten eggs, stirring as each
spoonful is added.
This heats them gradually, not al
lowing them to cook before they are
thoroughly mixed with the milk.
Then they may be added to the
larger quantity on the stove, stirred
in quickly and the pudding placed
over the fire to finish cooking.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31

they enjoy there. According to schraeder' who is not stuck N crows
either, a big male GROW from some other reservation ventured into the White
House grounds and a promptly tackled. He was game. too and the fight
started.
Persons passing along began to stop to watch the battle, and the crowd
grew to large proportions. Transfers and automobile drivers stopped their
vehicles and Joined the throng. Schroeder was some distance away and did
not notice what a going on until the crowd grew into large proportions
attention to him until he actually stood over them and fourished his arms
in a menacing manner.
Oldest employees of the White House grounds, where birds of all kinds
make their home, never ia or heard of such a bloody scrap among feah-
cred fighters. Crows are generally credited with being the most cowardly
and cautious of all birds and are easily whipped by a small bee marten, from
which they will flee for miles If pursued. Schroeder has been much per-
turbed owe the affair, fearing that it is a bad omen of some kind.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31

prominent newspapers. Get this,
John:
"Long Island City, Now.
"Pinchem SHORTAGE, the million
aire who made a fortune by ~inventing
a way to open clans by steam, has
determined that no foreign count
will marry his daughter, Sudsetta. She
will inherit about $193, O0O, 900, about
SIS of which is loose enough to spend.
The unhappy father is building a spite
fence around his mansion which will
be twenty-five feet high, and all the
unmarried m%illionaires without daugh.
tiers, to speak Of, will contribute bro.
ken champagne bottles to put on the
top of the fence. If the count gets
Sudsetta he is more of a sparrow than
her father thinks he is
It's pitiful, John, that's what 1t Is,
pitiful! All over the country rich men
are dropping their beloved daughters
in the cyclone cellars and hiding man.
mas stocking with the none in 1t
out in the hay loft.
81 am glad, John, that / am not a
rich man with a daughter who is eat
ing her heart out for a m~oth-covered
title and a castle on the Rhinewine.
you a bet John. that no daughter
of NINE can ever marry a tall gent
with a nose like the rear end of an
observation a and a knowledge of
the English language which doesn't
get beyond l o lido you get me?"
Helps goat wins In a walk.
Are you all through, Hep?" | in.
quired feebly.
I'm not throughput I'll take a re-
cess" he snapped back at me.
by the way" l said, offhand like,
is Miss Clarissa Goober in towing ,
Yes. but she sails for Europe to-
morrow on the I~mperator." he an
swered, sullenly.
"Oh." l said. Who's going with
herr"
"The Count Cheese Won Cheese"
"Oh!"
Long pause.
Lets have another Bronx" I sug-
gested.
Hep took six-one for himself and
five for the goat.
Can you blame him7
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
mother bowed with a great 81
Turned ot to Be a Prusslan Noble man. dc Count Cheese Won Cheese

holding on to a rope which is tied to
her daughters ankle to prevent the
latter from running out on the front
piazza and throwing kisses at the
titled foreigners.
you will find these cheap skates
everywhere, John, rushing hither
and thither, and shifting the air for
the odor of burning money"
Helps goat at the quarter and going
strong.
They're all over the place, john"
he rushed on. The street cars are
full Of Earls and Baronets, travelling
on transfers. There they are, John.
sitting in the best seats and reading
the newspapers until an heiress jumps
aboard and hands them her address,
with a memorandum of her papa's
bank account.
Then they arise with the true no
bility of motion and ask that a day
be set for the wedding.
why should 1t be thus, John? We
have laws in this country to protect
the birds and the trees, the squirrels
and all animals except those that can
be reached by an automobile. but why
don't we have a law to protect the
heiresses?
why are these titled zimboes per-
mitted to borrow car fare, and come
over here and give this fair land a fit
OF indigestion?
why are they permitted to set
their proud and large feet on the soil
for which our forefathers fought and
bled for their country and for which
some Of US are still fighting and bleed
ing the country? Why? Why do these
fatheads come over here with a silver
cigarette case and a society directory
and make every rich man in the coun-
try fasten q burglar alarm to his
checkbook?"
Helps goat at the half by a length.
"A few days ago, John. one OF these
NUTS with an Edam title jumped OF
an ocean liner. and Immediately the
price OF padlocks rose to the highest
point ever known on the Stock Elk,
change.
"An over the country rich men with
romantic daughters rushed to and fro
and then rushed back again. They
were up against q crisis. If you could
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
RECIPE FOR DUTCH CHEESE
Of Sour MlIk-kept Dry, II VIII
improve With Age.

Dutch cheese can be made from sour
milk. When solid and thick the milk
should be put in an agate basin or pan
over a slow, gentle heat, and allowed
to become scalding hot but eve to
boil; boiling turns the curd to a tough
leathery consistence and renders it in
digestible. A clean finger is the best
thermometer; as the curd forms in the
center Of the pan and the water re-
cedes to the edges seperate the curd
carefully with the finger so that the
heat will be evenly distributed through
1t, but do not break it up too much.
When the water or whey becomes
scalding hot remove the pan from the
fire, pour the contents into a cheese
cloth bag and hang 1t up to drain.
When 1t has stopped dripping turn the
cheese into a bowl, add salt, a gener-
GUS dash Of cayenne pepper and
enough sour cream to thin it so that 1t
may be made into balls. Keep it in a
dry place where 1t will not mold and
1t will improve with age. When It be-
comes dry moisten it again with Soul
cream or the soul cream dressing.
Skim all the cream off the milk before
putting it in the pan, as the cream
melts in the hot whey and is lost.
Cayenne pepper adds largely to the
tastiness as well as the digestibility of
all dishes made from cream or milk
and is a good stomach tonic in hot
weather.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
Real Hiahbrow.

The head of a big New York bust
ness concern is exceptionally tall and
his height is further a~ccentuated by
his exceeding slimness. The other
day a visitor from the South called to
see him and was duly asked t O sit
down After they had concluded their
business the visitor rose to go and his
host rose also. and seemed to rise and
rise. The Southerner. letting his
glance travel upward. as though In.
specting a e species OF skyscraper.
and with an expression of awed Admi-
ration. calculated: Great Scott, old
man. your parents must have trained
you on a treilisl"-Pittsburgh Chron.
icle-Telegraph. /.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
Wild Flowers In Your Garden.

Wild flowers, always so attractive
in the spring, should be taken up later
when the weather becomes warmer,
with roots attached, and planted on the
north side of the house. where they
will bloom for years to come. If not
planted OIL the north side they must
be sheltered in some manner Take
up a considerable amount of earth with
each plant and do not disturb the roots
any more than can be helped. and
plant as soon as possible in deep
trenches partially filled with fertilizer
and rich garden sell, for they demand
rich soil. Violets will flourish in al.
most any part of a garden, but the
spring beauties and other fragile bios.
SONS demand mixed shadow and sun.
shine. All wool ferns should be plant.
ed on the north side Of the house.
Maidenhair fern does best when plant
ed in a crock and kept on the porch.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
Ornamental Flower Boxes.

Ornamental flower boxes placed in
conspicuous places on the roof form a
feature that is fast coming into favor
among bungalow owners in southern
California. In shape and finish these
boxes are made to harmonic with the
architectural treatment of the build
ing, and when filed with plants pro-
duce a striking effect. The general
use of these boxes is made possible
through the fact that most of the
bungalows in this section of Califor-
mia have fat roofs.-Popular Mechan.
les.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
HEP HARDY'S goat belongs to the
IA channels branch of that famous

hEP HARDY'S goat belongs to the
IA channels branch of that famous
family.
When It gets out it wants to leap
from crag to crag.
Helps chamois got loose recently
and, believe me, l never saw a goat
perform to better advantage.
For a long time Hep has been in
love with Clarissa Goober, the daugh-
ter of Pop Goober, who made millions
out of the Flowerpot Trust. OF late,
however, Helps course of true love has
been running for Sweeney, and my old
pal has been staring at the furniture
and co~nversing with himself a great
deal.
On our way home night before last
Hep and l dropped into the Saint AS
tormore for a cocktail, and at a table
near us sat Pop Goober and something
else, which afterward turned out to be
a Prussian nobleman the Count
Cheese Won Cheese.
When Hep got a fash of these two
his goat kicked down the door Of its
box stall and began cavorting all over
the Western Hemisphere.
"Pipe!" he whispered hoarsely,
pipe Pop Goober and the human germ
with him! It's a titled foreigner -
honest it is! 1t can walk and say pa
PAL And it is trained to pick out a
millionaire fatherin-law at fifty
paces!"
why. what's the mater, Hep?" |
inquired after the waiter had vamped.
,"Oh, I'm wise to these guys with
the Gorgonzola titles all wrapped up
in pink tissue paper and only IS in the
jeans" Hep rumbled, with a glare in
the direction of the Count Cheese Won
Cheese.
Pop Goober certainly does make
both ends meet in the lemon industry, -
he continued. THAT old gink is the
original Onion collector and he spends
his waking hours falling for dead
ones"
Hep paused to bite the froth off a
Bronx. His goat was at the post.
That driblet is over here to pick
out an heiress and fall in love with
her because he needs the money" Hep
growled as his goat got away in the
lead. Every steamer brings them
over, John, some ~incognito, some in
dress suits, and some in hoe signo
v%inces, but all of them able to pick
out a lady with a bank account as far
as the naked eye can see.
ITS getting so now, John, that an
open-face, stem-winding American has
to kick four Dukes, eight Earls, seven
Counts and a couple of Princes off the
front steps every time he goes to cal
on his sweetheart-if she has none
when l go down into Wall street
John, l find rich men with the tears
streaming down their faces while they
are calling up on the telephone to see
If their daughter. Gladys, is still safe
at home, where they left her before
they came down to business.
Walk through a peachy palace OF
the rich on Fifth avenue, and what will
you find?
Answer: You will find a proud
mother bowed with a great grief and
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
Peculiar Power Of the iris.

The proof that the iris is a color
mirror is TO be found in the fact that
II a girl with pale blue eyes wishes to
make them deep or ultra-marine blue.
all she needs do is to wear dark blue
dresses, neck ribbons. hat and other
blue raiment. On the other hand, If
she wishes to tighten the colors OF her
ewes. she should wear all white or
pale yellow. Similarly black clothes
and dark garments make gray and
hazel or light brown eyes very dark.
In fine, not only do the eyes fade
ard change color physiologically and
intrinsically. but they can be made to
alter the native tints by all sorts of
human ertifca
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
Breast of Lamb

About two and one-half pounds OF
breast of lamb, boiled tender in sailed
water; takes about two hours OF a lit.
tie longer to cook. Have what vege-
tables you like and thicken the broth
for gravy. If there should be enough
meat left chop and season and mold in
a small. deep dish and put a weight on
it. 1t will cut in nice thin slices for
tea.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
cocoanut Buns.

One pint -four, rub one-half cupful
butter into it. add n teaspoonful
of baking powder, one-half cupful of
sugar. one-fourth teaspoonfuI salt, one
half cupful Of shredded cocoanut, one
well'beaten egg and milk enough to
make a batter. Place in small pieces
on creased tin, brush over with milk,
sprinkle with cocoanut and bake In
hot oven Is minutes.