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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
VARIETY IN W TRIMMING
Elaboration Is the Order Of the Day,
and the Tendency Is to Go
to Extremes.

The ends Of the newest embroidered
towels are surely trying to emulate
the latest of dress fashions, for they
are showing every variety of scallops.
Where one was once content to hem
stitch the ends of a buck towel and
place a simple embroidered letter in
the middle of one end, to be strictly
up to date one must now slash the
toweling into some new cut of scallop-
ing. There are square scallops, pointed
ones, wide and shallow and deep
rounded scallops, and scallops within
scallops. And they are embroidered
in colors, often with a finish OF a sec
ond buttonhollng of another color or
a crocheted picot edge. Filet crochet
inserts are quite the thing now for
towel ends; sometimes u sees a piece
of filet insertion with three initials
of the intended owner crocheted in the
mesh. Cutwork initials or solid in
itials with an oval background of
cutwork are very effective, and are
not difficult when one considers the
results obtained. The plain woven
ends Of turkish towels are now being
embroidered, most often with a flow
cred border of darned work or French
knots.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

out of my hands and burst into
speech.
why do you try to discourage my
efforts to be artistic?" she volleyed
and Numbered. This is a picture of
you holding Mrs. McIlyain's baby in
your arms, and | think it's perfectly
lovely, even ii the baby is the only in
telligent thing in the picture"
When the exercises were over | in
quired casually: Where, my dear.
where are the other 21,2ls pictures
you snapped today?"
only these two came out good be-
cause, don't you see. I'm an amateur
yet" was her comeback
Then she looked lovingly at the re-
suit of her days work and began to
peel some bicarbonate of magnesia
off her knuckles with the nut cracker.
only two out Of 21,219-l think you
ought to call it a long shot instead OF
a snapshot" | whispered, after | had
lodged behind a sofa.
She went out of the room without
saying a word. and | took Out my
~pocketbook and looked at It wistfuliy.
Copyright. 1915. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per syndicate.)
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
STENCIL GROWS IN FAVOR
More Popular Than Hand Embroidery
for Many Kinds of Household
characterization.

%Stenciling is threatening to rival
hand embroidery, particularly for run
ners and cushions. New stencil de-
signs are constantly appearing, and as
one grows proficient in the art (Which
is really very easy) quite elaborate
pieces can be attempted. A new de-
sign, very striking, and easy or some
what difficult, as you prefer, is n
that incorporates birds. These birds
may be all in one color. as, for in
stance, delft blue, or the birds may be
brilliantly plumaged, each bird dis
playing several colors. In the latter
instance, the foliage accompanying the
bird would also be in natural colors.
Runners are made to match. and some
times square covers which may be
used for small side tables. Fruit, bril-
liantly tinted, is also Increasing in pop
ularity for stenciled articles.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

The night clothes Of little lads and
maids, when made for other seasons
than winter, do not differ much from
those worn by thelC elders. For little
girls, nainsook and batiste and the
light muslins are used for the gowns
and narrow lingerie laces for trim
ming. The trimming is simpler, that
is, not SO much lace is used, and the
methods of applying it are less intri-
|. cate.
With the return of fancy n~eedlework
to fashion in the belongings of grown
people, it is sure to appear on chill
dren's clothes, where it seems more
appropriate than any other sort of
trimming. The small and dainty pat
terms in laces are chosen when laces
are used.
The little empire gown shown in the
picture has a body of narrow lace
and fine embroidery. 1t is sleeveless,
with a ruffle of wider val lace finish.
ing the arm eyes. This is a pattern for
summer wear aud few sleeveless
gowns are made for little girls. For
between seasons, little models are
made with high neck and long sleeves
finished with fancy needlework and
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
"where Is Mrs. Henry2" Inquired.

waitress was leaving and the cook
was telephoning for a policeman.
Where is Mrs, Henry?' l asked
Mary, the cook.
"She is still developing" said Mary.
What has she DEVELOPER" | in
quired,
up to the present time she has de-
veloped your uncle's temper and she
has developed your aunt's appetite
and a couple of bill collectors devel-
oped a pain in the neck when she took
their pictures, and If things 90 on in
his way l think this will soon develop
into a foolish housed" said Mary, the
cook.
A half hour later, while | was hid
ing behind the pianola In the living
room, not daring to breathe above a
whisper, for fear l would get my pic
ture taken again, friend wife rushed
in exclaiming; "Oh. joy! John. ! have
developed two pictures!"
| wish you could have seen the ex
preston on Peaches face.
In order to develop the films a pic
turesque assortment of drugs aud
chemicals has t. be used.
Well, friend wife had used them.
A silent little stream OF wood alco
hol was trickling down over her left
ear into her Psyche knot. and on the
end OF her nose about six grains OF ex
tract of potash was sending out sig
nails OF distress to some spirits OF tur
pentine which vas burning on the tor
Of her right eyebP
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
ter's lawn, and she was swapping at me
like a Spitz doggie at a peddler.

ter's lawn, and she was swapping at me
like a Spitz doggie at a peddler.
| sat for two hundred and nineteen
pictures that forenoon, and ! posed
tor every hero in history from Will
liam the Conqueror down to Doctor
Cook, with both feet in a slushy lit
tie snowbank representing nearly-the,
north-pole.
But when she tried to coax ne to
climb up on a limb of a tree and
stay there till she got the picture of
me looking like an owl, | swore softly
In three languages, fell over the back
fence and "a for my life.
When | understood it back that
afternoon friend wife was busy devel
oping her crimes.
The proper and up-to-date caper in
connection with taking snapshots these
days is to buy a developing outfit and
upset the household from pit to dome
while you are squeezing out pictures
of every dearly beloved friend that
crosses your pathway.
Friend wife selected a spare room
on the top floor of Uncle Peters home
where she could await developments.
A half hour later CHASTITY noises be.
gan to come from that room, and mys-
FERROUS whisperings fell out of the
window and bumped over the lawn.
When l reached the front door |
found that the gardener had gone. the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
Smart Costume.

One of the smartest costumes for
young women, exhibited on a living
model at a recent opening, was of
very pale tan worsted and mohair
mixture, made with short, flare skirt.
revealing the new slim black leather
pump, ~guiltlesssof buckle or bow, and
stockings of natural silk. A little
coat, b%uttoning high to the throat. was
surmounted by a very tall choker col
lar of white organdie with points
reaching up over the cheeks and a
broad stock Of black satin holding 1t
in place. The coat had a belt and a
plated coattail at the back. This
spring costume was completed by q
tiny black satin hat with slashed
sailor and brim and a floating veil
of black mesh with an allover vine
pattern.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
Chilling Your Fudge

You will never again make fudge
and similar candies in the old way
taking from the fire and beating till
cold-if you try This way once. Take
the candy from the fire when the soft
ball stage is reached, place the pot in
a large n containing cold water, then
stir till firm. 1t will be creamier, and
less granular, than you ever had. A
chemist tells me that is because the
contact of the pot with the cold wa
ter Immediately errests crystalliza-
ton. 1t may also be that the motion
Of stirring, rather than beating, tends
to prevent graduating. At all events,
chill your candy in the cold water
Good Housekeeping Magazine.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
PROBLEM OF JELLY MAKING
Something Which interests Every
Housewife and Vet Seems Not to
Be Perfectly Understood.

Although there are many house.
wives who can make the finest kind Of
%iellies it is probably true that the
majority cannot tell Just why Jelly
"%jells."
J~elly-making as ~practiced in the
home is an art founded upon scientific
principles and consists in so control
ling conditions with sugar and boiling
that the whole mixture sets.
Jelly "jells" because of the presence
of a substance called pectin, which
may not be present in the fruit juice
but becomes present after boiling.
These pectin bodies can utilize Just
so much sugar and IL it is increased
beyond a certain limit continued boil.
ing will produce only a gummy mass.
The correct amount Of Juice to sugar
varies from Nj to IL by volume
Currants and partially ripened grapes
should have IL and raspberries, APP
pies and cranberries should have al.
Those juices which require the most
sugar need to be boiled only from
eight to ten minutes, the others from
twenty to thirty minutes.
The much reported statement that
jelly cannot be made from beet
sugar" is groundless. Both beet
sugar" and "cane-sugar" often come
from the same bin, the coarse crys.
tails being labeled the former and the
fine crystals the latter.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

VIZ HEN Aunt Martha gave friend
w wife that n~ew-fangled camera !
had a bunch that the dealers in pho
tographic supplies would be %joyously
shrieking the return of good times
and hotfooting it to the bank with the
contents of my wallet.
Peaches just grabbed that camera
and went after everybody and every
thing in the neighborhood.
She took about eight hundred views
of Uncle Peters country home before
she discovered that the camera wasn't
loaded properly, which vas tough on
Peaches, but good for the bungalow.
Like everything else in this world,
picture-pinching from still life de-
ponds entirely on the point of view.
If your point of view is all right, it's
an easy matter to make a f~our-dollar
doghouse look like the villa of a Wall
street broker at Newport.
Ten minutes after friend wife had
been given the camera she had me
set up as a statue all over Uncle Pc.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

top edge of the lace down about an
inch and a half, to form a standing
rufie. When this iounce has been set
about the waist, small chiffon roses in
light pink, blue and yellow with pale
green chiffon leaves. are to be set
over 1t in a row, with one color fol-
lowing another. These roses are i'm
portant and the negligee would lose
character without them.
A width of three or four inches is
cut from the top of a length of lace
to form the rufile for the neck and
front of the body. The remainder of
this length will make the rufles that
are set on to the ends of the sleeves.
The narrow. standing ruhle makes a
heading and a single chiffon rose in
pink. with its little, pale green leaves.
is set at the top of each rufle against
the net.
The negligee is worn with a cap to
match. 1t has a small lace plaque at
the center of the crown. A pun OF
crepe is gathered to this and edged
with lace. 1t is drawn up about the
face on an elastic band. A few very
small chiffon roses are set with bows
of narrow satin ribbon in the iounce
of lace that falls about the face.
JULIA 6oTToMLEY.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
SEEING LIFE with
rX@1JOHN HENRY
lA AS5hWG eO1qeW E1obaGt
|HX\MKWt1 John Henry on Snapshots
John Henry on Snapshots

Something dark and lingering like
iodine had given her chin the double
cross n her apron look like the rem
nants of a porous plaster.
Her right hand had red, white,
green, purple and magenta marks all
over it, and her left hand looked Ike
the Fourth Of July.
"John!" she yelled. Here IT is!
My goodness, l am so excited! See
what a fine picture of you l took"
She handed me the picture, but all
| could see was a woodshed with the
door wide open.
"A good picture Of a w~oodshed," 1
said; but whose woodshed is it,"
"A woodshed!" exclaimed friend
wife. Why, that is your face, John.
And where you think the door is open
is only your mouth"
l looked c~restfallen and then l
looked at the picture again, but my
better nature asserted itself and L
made no attempt to strike this de-
fenseless omar
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
HEALTH AND BEAUTY

Don't year white-topped boots If
your ankles are large.
The eyes, teeth and throat should
be examined occasionally. especially
when they are sensitive. as diseases
OF these are peculiarly related to the
depression of the whole body and at
feet the temperament as well.
Nothing beauties the skin more
than massage. The fabby muscles are
built up and frightened. wrinkles take
flight. the texture becomes refined, OF
satinlike beauty and a delicious hue
creeps into the skin. due to improved
circulation.
A mixture to spread upon the face
at night, which is said to whiten 1t
and also prevent wrinkles, is made by
beating the white of an egg to a troth
and adding a few drops OF tincture Of
benzoIn. and a grain OF alum dis
solved in a little elderfiower water.
After long standing or walking you
will find great relief for your swollen
and hot feet by bathing them in water
In which has been dissolved an ounce
OF alum. two ounce OF rocl salt and
two ounces OF borax- Massagtng with
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

To remove ink spots from marble,
mix well equal parts Of spirits of Wit
riol and lemon juice, wet the spots
and in a few minutes rub with a soft
cloth and then wash.
To clean dingy glass, wash it with
warm water and sal soda. Dry and
then brighten with salt water.
To clean nickel silver ornaments,
dip a piece of flannel in ammonia and
rub the article.
To clean raincoats, sponge with a
mixture of alcohol and ether, to which
Is added a tablespoonful Of ammonia
to a pint of the liquid.
To clean black silk, sponge with
household ammonia and press while
damp on the wrong side of the goods
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
Sponge Fingers.

Measure the weight of three eggs in
batter, sugar and flour. Beat the eggs
and sugar together for Is minutes.
Melt the butter and add alternately
with the flour to the other ingredients,
stirring gently all the time. Then add
half teaspoonful baking powder and a
few drops of vanilla or other 1avoring
Bake in a well creased tin for 10 or
Is minutes. Turn out and allow to
cool. Then split in half and spread
with jam, jelly or lemon curd Coat
the top with white, pink or chocolate
icing and cut into fingers. In the sum
mer fresh r~aspberries or Strawberries
are delicious used as a filing. Timed
pineapple, pear or other fruit a be
used satisfactorily.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

A myriad of spider webs glowing in
all the colors of the rainbow, Just as
when the early morning sun strikes
the colors from the dew! And it is
done from one yarn variegated in hue
like the yarns which the children use
for the horse lines which they knit on
the little red spools. The crochet it.
self is done in a very loose. weblike
stitch. which so arranges itself to the
different colors of the yarn as they
come in turf that the effect is that
of many different colored webs strung
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
Uses for Olive Oil.

Tho emaciated but convalescent
child will benefit from an olive oil
massage once or twice during the day
to build up the fat tissues and lubri
cate the d%ried-out skin. A good tonic
for either child or adult is a teaspoon
full of olive oil three times a day. II
is not only a mild laxative and good
for digestion when given to an infant
an hour before or after feeding but
will also soothe a tickling cough.
It is wonderfully healing when used
on burns. chapped hands and lips.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

olive oil is also excellent for tired feet
There is nothing better to invig.
crate the body and produce a good cir.
culation than long walks out in the
open. While this may be regarded as
old advice. It is nevertheless true.
Do not make the mistake of walking
too fast or too far at n time. Throw
back your shoulders. strike a set pace
and keep 1t up. The result will be
good health, as we'll as a good figure
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
NOVELTY IN APPAREL
coATEE OF pARK.coLoRED LINEN
is NEW.
Creation Which Has Found Much
Favor In Paris Is Likely t. Be-
come Equally Popular In
This Country.

It will always be remembered of
Biarritz that from the very first the
town and its Inhabitants answered
right loyalty the call for help. No
mi will complain II, this season, a
little amusement is combined with the
ceaseless war work, writes Idalia de
Villiers in tho Boston Globe.
l have sketched this week n of
the most popular novelties Of the sea-
son, o loose coatee of rather dark
colored linen which is to be worn
over white skirts.
The model shown in my sketch was
created by Beer and the material was
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

small tucks. These are to be replaced,
as the cold weather comes on, by
gowns of canton flannel, made long.
The small boys pajamas hardly need
description. They are made Of light
cotton materials. The pants are
fastened at the waist with a tape
which is run through a hem in the
top. They are as plain as can be and
so is the coat. This is usually bound
with braid and provided with a peck
ct at n side. The same pattern is
used for the canton flannel pajamas
used in cold weather.
For the comfort of little ones who
sleep in cold rooms and are liable to
kick their feet from under cover, bed
shoes of canton flannel or of elder
down are recommended. They are
easily made and easily Numbered and
they are most comforting.
There are numbers of patterns fol
little nightdresses-the simplest ones
are the best. For the little boy, pa
jamas, like those shown in the pic
ture, cannot be improved upon.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
Eried canned salmon.

Pick the bones and skin from a can
Of salmon, being careful to keep the
meat in good-sized pieces. Roll each
in Indian meal and fry brown in pork
fat. When all done brown put a table
spoonful of flour in the fat, stirring
to keep out Jumps, and gradually add
boiling water until thin enough for
gravy. Flavor with salt and pepper.
This is very nice with baked potatoes.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
Banana croquette Salad.

A dainty way to serve the nutritious
banana is to peel and cut in halves
across the fruit Take a fork and dir
the bananas an mayonnaise dressing
then in equal parts of chopped wal
nuts and pecan nuts. Serve on let
tuce leaves, with a few of the nuts for
rarnish. Three-quarters of a cupfu.
of chopped nuts will bread three
bananas.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

- Wnlte Linen OTeSS WIKI WHIto
Bead Embroidery, With an Under
blouse Of Salmon Pink Handker-
chief Linen.
clematis-blue linen. The design of the
coatee was manly" is not military.
There were useful pockets at the sides
and a smart belt, fastened with a
handsome buckle, to indicate the
waist.
The coat was buttoned straight down
the front and it opened, slightly. over
a blouse made of fine white handker-
chief linen. These coats are made in
all sorts of rich, rather dark. coloTs,
such as car violet, %japonica pink,
crushed strawberry, bordeaux. red,
Chinese blue. etc. At the seaside they
are extremely smart and effective and
they look equally we'll worn over a
plated linen or fiounced muslin skirt.
Nearly all the leading Paris dress
makers are using d~ark-colored linens
in large quantities, and they are very
cleverly combining these with pure
white stufes of the most fragile order.
hoN0 oiSouy oPOhCh Va lhO va n
linen, aud muslin. chemisettes which
are so much worn with navy blue or
black serge suits.
This idea was launched by Cherujt
and it has caught on" in an extraor-
binary way. / use the word "extraor-
binary" with intention, because it can
not be claimed that dark linen or dark
muslin is flattering to the complexion
when unrelieved by white.
Still these dark linens and muslins
are immensely fashionable, and so, for
the moment, 1t is useless to object to
them.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

together with invisible threads. A
lovely light dressing sacque OF this
spider crochet is mounted over a lin
Ing of softest gray silk. and the re-
suit is altogether charming. A white
or pale pink parasol may be seer with
the same spider Webbing ~crocheted in
silk covering its entire top.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
Little Feather Cakes.

One egg, n cupful of sugar. two
scant cupfuls of -four, two tablespoon
fuls of butter, one-half cupful of sweet
milk, one and one-half ~teaspoonfuls OF
baking powder. Cream the butter and
sugar and add the beaten yolk OF the
egg Fold in tho stitiy beaten white
the last thing. Flavor to taste, drop
portions into small mullins. A sim
pie white icing improves these cakes
10 per cent.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
FOR THE PAPER AND TWINE
Bag That Will Be Found Extremely
Useful to Have About
the House.

Wrapping paper and Irvine are so
often needed that a paper and twine
bag will be found very convenient.
To make take two places of pretty
cretonne 10 inches wid7 and % long
and shape as shown in illustration. To
the front piece sew a pocket for Irvine,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
skirts More Moderate.

The latest skirts. although no less
short. are n%oticeably less wide than
they were some weeks ago. Some are
confined to the hips by a yoke of some
kind while others fare riotously from
the belt, but none by any chance
boasts a single flounce.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

tumn. This should
be good news for
those of stout fig
ure, for of all of
o ur varyin g
styles there has
been none which
has quite equaled
t h e prin C e 8 8
gown in it's kind
ness to stout fig
e s. In t b Q
uTaWlnS ID SHOWu
n OF the pref
tiest of these new
models, which is
made of military
blue taffeta and
trimmed In EN-
broidery bands In
Persian colors
White organdie is
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

Take as many thick slices as are
needed for the meal. place In a pan
with a little water. lay a thin slice OF
onion on each. season with salt anc
pepper and bake till done.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
For 4 smart Hat,

A smart new rat is a tRfeta or
MORE sailor covered with = ,and-cro
cheted mat made exactly the size of
the IT wn and br' : and hele :, PSI.
ton by a ribbon around the crown
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

Il don't see why men insist on go
ing to war;" commented the thought
full woman. Well" said the queru-
lous one. 1T seems like some men
would go almost anywhere rather than
stay home"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

used for the collar and narrow vest.
which is closed with white buttons.
The black satin vest is eirdle form.
which is shirred at the center and
drawn across the front above the CIR
die proper, is a distinct novelty. Little
touches of hand embroidery appear
on bodice and skirt.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

then join two large pieces by a
straight strip four inches wide. Bind
all seams and edges and work a small
eyelet in Irvine POCKET and a good-sized
one in each point.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
RAISING Money Tor sohooIs,

In a single year 500 school leagues
In Virginia, with a membership OF
nearly $4,000 persons. raised $50, 900
for their schools.