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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23

is first mentioned as the chief fortified
town of the Lithuanians in 1928. 1t
was the nucleus about which the great
Lithuanian power grew, and a capital
in which the ancient religious service
was continued until the end of the
fourteenth century. The god Perkunas
was housed here in a splendid temple
and protected his people in their
swamp and woodland until the temple
was destroyed ruthlessly in 1887 by
Prince Jagiello after his conversion
and baptism.
Wars, plague and destructive fires
have played havoc with the city's
prosperity and growth. 1t was nearly
ruined altogether in the seventeenth
century, during the struggle between
Russia and Poland. Russia finally
took possession of the city in 1895,
ter Poland's partition. The Poles
of Wilma aided the u%prisings against
their Russian overlords in 1881 and in
1863, and bitter punishment was adj
ministered for this by the cars gov
eminent. The native Russian element
in the city is small. 1t is estimated
that more than so per CEN of the
population is Jewish, while the Lithu-
anians and Poles make up the greatest
part of the remainder.
Something About kovno.
Kovno. the key to the railway sys-
tenn of northwestern Russia. is the
central fortress in the Russian north
western chain of frontier strongholds
1t stands at the confluence of the Me
men and the Viliya rivers, east OF
central East Prussia. Petrograd lies
$50 miles by railroad to the northwest
while behind Kovno, and between this
fortress anC Petrograd, the Russian
plain is strewn as thickly with lakes
as faHow meadow lands are with July
and August daisies. Mitau, kovno
Grodno and Lemberg lie nearly in the
same line. north and south.
The railway from Eydtkuhnen. East
Prussia, to wilma run through Koyno
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
CARE OF HE TABLE LINEN
Its Life May BE Materially Length.
ened If II is Away Handled
Properly.

Careful housewives who fear the Of
tects of fruit stairs on their best table
linen often lay it aside during the
fruit season and use in its place table
squares with the square doilies or
the round table coverings with the
round doilies to match.
These are chosen of fine linen or
patterned damask, preferably with the
scalloped edges or the simple hem
stitched hens. Under them are used
the asbestos mats, which perfectly
protect the polished table top. Many
are using the Japanese sets, made
of the cotton toweling. These are
herringboned together to make the
square cover the desired size. some
ven having the blue linen knotted to
form a fringe. They are pretty and
cool looking with the blue Dresden
china.
The use Of the smaller table linens,
apparently, increases the size of the
laundry, but in reality it is less work
to do up a number of the small pieces
than it is to wash and iron the large,
heavy tablecloths.
Almost all stains are removed quite
readily with plain boiling water, which
must be applied before any soap is
used. Soap always sets a stain. But
If the stain is stubborn and refuses
TO come out for the hot water, then
salts of lemon may be applied, and
the article should be allowed t. stand
in the sun while it dries.
Then rinse in cold water and apply
the salts a second time IL there are
any traces of the stain still on the
cloth. One may also use spirits Of
wine, ammonia or javel water, which
latter must be rinsed out almost i'm
mediately for fear it may damage the
material.
For grease or gravy spots, plain vel
low soap rubbed well into them, then
the boiling water turned through, will
remove them at once. One must be
careful with the laundry list while
using the small tableware, for the
loss of a few doilies spoils the set.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23

Copyright 1915, by w. G. Chapman.)
The little welshman and Van Trevor
looked ut each other in the rich mans
library The little Welshman was OBJ
viously in need of a job. Van Trevor
thought. A sense of compassion rose
up in him as he inspected the shabby
figure.
We'll, Mr.. Evans?" he inquired
blandly.
Il have come with reference to that
advertisement for a man to catalogue
your books" said Evans. His heart
was humping madly; he was desper-
ately afraid Van Trevor would see his
need and cut down the salary.
You are acquainted with the class
les. | believer" inquired Van Trevor.
Yes, sir. | studied Greek and Latin
at Cardiff university. | know French
aud German. a little Hebrew, some
Spanish"
Van Trevor extended his hand cor
daily. MY dear fellow, that is sat.
i%sfactory," he said. The work should
last about three months. You under
stand it is not permanent. of course?'
he added.
II only need it for the summer, SIR
replied the little Welshman. 81 am
studying at the Theological seminary.
l have a neal of working of our
board after the term begins
He hesitated. The use of the plural
form had betrayed what he had not
been anxious to reveal. MY wife and
myself" he explained, h~esitatiug.
Van Trevor nodded. We'll, my dear
fellow, about the salary" he said.
"Would-er-forty dollars a week be
satisfactory"
The little Welshman could not re-
strain a gasp. He had expected TWEEN.
ty. he had hoped daringly for twenty.
five.
That's settled, then" said Van
Trevor. And now, Mr., Evans, you
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23

-a4NtGfH na4 u~fIrtHnp-e rN
A road running through Illinois has
its trackage fringed with alfalfa.
Some farmers have resented the waste
and are beginning to cultivate the land
out to the wheel tracks. This may
a little trouble at times, but aft
er all is 1t not a great deal better
than letting the roadsides grow up in
~ironweeds, sumacs, briars and thick
cts?
Any of our road vehicles needs no
o than a six-foot clearance. Fig
ure out for yourself how many farm
wagons could drive abreast on a &c.
foot highway and then try to mag
inc any necessity for any such ar
rangement. On a highway one rod
in width there is room for two We
hicles to pass with about four and
one-half feet to spare. Why have
the roads, then, sc feet wide?
Some Of these days our roads will
be narrowed. We have not really felt
the pinch of a real land need as yet.
When we do, then there will be a
sudden narrowing of these wide
stretches that are now weed incuba-
tors and seeders. In the meanwhile
why not make some use of the soil
thanking the public highways? Why
not seed it in grass and NOW it as you
would a meadow? OF course the land
belongs to the state. to the public. but
it is worse than useless. Why not
make it give some return to some
one?
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23

The bungalows stood side by side
in their trim plots at the edge of the
shore. Near by, at the huge hotel,
were music and dancing, and the
mirth of holiday-makers. Many
couples, %strolling along the road,
looked askance at the seedy little
man, with the bandage about his head,
who walked hurriedly toward the
bungalow at the end of the row.
In the shadow of a pine tree Evans
halted. The bungalow was ablaze
with lights. He heard the voices of
Van Trevor and his friends, and the
tittering laughter of his wife. Then
came a laugh that made him clutch
at his heart-Leila's.
Then suddenly the little Welshman
seemed to become inspired with a
strong personality that had never been
his. He strobe through the open door
into the living-room, and stood there
at the door.
He saw a look of fear in Van Trev-
or's eyes, astonishment in the guests,
wonder in Leila's. The little, shabby
nan suddenly dominated the situation.
"Hugh!" exclaimed Leila, leapipg
to her feet. you are i'll! What Is
the matter?"
Il have come to take you home,
dear" said Evans.
Mrs. Van Trevor advanced with
mincing steps. This is Leila's hus-
band" she explained to the group.
He has been unwell, you know. Mr..
Evans. it would really have been more
seemly to have written"
Come, dear" said Evans, taking his
wife's arm in his. In that moment he
saw all the struggle in the girls soul;
the old love and the new pleasures. II
was a hard test for her, beaten by the
storms of uncertainty.
Leila is certainly not going away
with you," exclaimed Elsie Van Trev,
or angrily. This is an outrage!
Leila, dear, we will protect you"
With a swift, passionate gesture
Evans tore the bracelets from Leila's
arms, the pendant from her neck, and
cast them down. And, while they still
stared at them, they were gone, and
Leila chung to her husbands neck in
the darkness.
Hugh. dearest!" she wept. What
was it? Why didn't you write?
didn't know you had been i'll. They
wanted me to get a divorce-O, Hugh
if you hadn't come they would have
made me do anything-Gnything. Keel
me! Guard me! Never leave mi
again!"
And in her husbands clasp she fel
at last a safeguard against the dan
gers that had beset her, and knev
that thenceforward their real lif
would be together.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
PARsNIP NOT GIVEN ITS DUE
With Proper Preparation the yeseta-
BILE Should Be One of the Great
est Table Favorites.

Do you like p%arsnips? If you don't.
why don't you? If they cost as much
as French artichokes-which have far
less fiavor-wouldn't you like them?
Perhaps the reason they have never
appealed to you is because they are so
common that they are fed to the cat
tie. Often our likespand dislikes for
food are based on such reasoning.
OF course, parsnips must be careful
ly cooked to be really worth the eat
ing. Baked parsnips have a delicious
flavor. To prepare them, wash them
and pare them and steam them until
tender. Then slice them lengthwise
and put them in a baking dish, with
butter and pepper and salt sprinBled
over them. Bake them until brown in
a moderate oven.
Parsnip salad is made of parsnips
that have been steamed until tender,
sliced crosswise, dredged in -four and
fried brown in butter. Chill them
and put them on lettuce leaves and
add a teaspoonful of chopped ham and
n of hard-boiled egg chopped fine tc
each plate. Sprinkle a little chopped
parsley over them and serve with
m~ayonnaise.
Parsnip f~ritters are made from
mashed boiled parsnips. To a pint OF
1t add a teaspoonful of -four. a we'll
beaten egg and salt and pepper. Make
into fiat cakes and fry brown.
Scailoped parsnips: Mix two cup
fuls of cold, mashed parsnips with two
tablespoonful of butter and cream
enough to make smooth. Put in a
pudding dish. sprinkle with buttered
bread crumbs and bake until brown.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
Fine-craIned Cake.

One egg. n cupful sugar. one-halt
cupful of butter. II and one-half cup
fuls -four. one and one-half teaspoon.
fuls baking powder, one-half cupful
milk. flavor. Bake in round tins. Put
together with Jelly. Frost with a ia
blespoonful butter, n cupful of pow
dered sugar, little milk and flavor,
Put this cake together with whipped
cream.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23

cause they are SO beautiful. but be-
cause they are sc rare, They are
found only at one spot, a comparative
ly small tract of ground in New South
Wales, adjoining the Queensland Dor
der.
The field is called Lightning Ridge.
It is a wild and desolate spot. The
nearest towns TO It are Walgett and
Co~llarendabri. and it is about sou
miles from Sydney. as the crow flies.
Black opal mining is about the big
gest gamble extant. There is really
nothing to guide the miner in select
ing a likely spot. The work is hard.
The shafts average 40 feet in depth,
and all rock has to be '%bucketed' II
the top. Water is scarce. food almost
unobtainable. On the other hand. the
prospector who is lucky enough to
stumble upon a pocket of fair-sized
fiawless stones reaps a fortune forth
with-Pearson's Magazine.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
White Bread.

Into your bread mixer put one cup
full of -four, one tablespoonful of salt,
three tablespoonful Of sugar and a
heaping tablespoonful of lard. Then
pour in n pint of boiling water:
stir until smooth and allow to cool
Add n quart of luke-warm water
and one-half a yeast cake dissolved
In n cupful of luke-warm water.
Then add -four enough to make a
firm dough; knead until smooth. In
the morning mold into loaves and al
low to raise. Bake for one hour,
This recipe makes three loaves.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
The Proper Spoon.

No other kitchen utensil will
hasten the labor Of cooking quite so
much as the proper spoon.
Beating spoons which are split or
perforated are essential for obtaining
light and fluffy mixtures in the short.
est time.
The tongs-spoon is an invaluable
help in handling hot eggs, potatoes,
etc. The strainer spoon and the meas.
uring spoon, which usually come in
sets of three, are found to be indis
pensable after a cook has once be
come accustomed to the use of them
For one dollar a complete supply oil
spoons can be put in the kitchen.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
Walnut Bread.

One and one-half cupfuls graham
-four, n and one-half cupfuls white
-four, one-half ~teaspoonful baking
powder. Sift these once. Add one
half cupful molasses in which one-half
~teaspoonful Of soda dissolved in a lit
tie war water has been stirred. Then
add one-half cupful chopped walnut
meats and mi and o%ne-quarter to one
and one-half cupfuls of milk, enough
to make a drop batter. Bake three
quarters of an hour in a moderate
oven.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
His Dissemination.

Come, muh brudder." invited Dea-
con Hawhee. addressing a stranger
who had wandered into the revival
meeting. don't 20 want to fine de
heavenly band?" mo, sab; but
Yankee for de bid. less de same!" was
the polite reply. Il done played de
tromboon in a minstrel band all last
season. and isn't got mo dan half muh
sal'ry .twell plumb yitl"-Kansas City
Star.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
gxpanslveness Of compound Interest.

The wealth of the world grows very
slowly and the amount of real saving
is amazingly small. II, for example,
the wealth of the United States when
George Washington became president
was equivalent to a billion dollars
land that perhaps is not a bad guess).
and this amount could have steadily
earned a little owe five per cent every
year since, this gain, compounded,
would exceed the present estimated
wealth of this country. This means
that all the rest Of the saving and the
gains from new enterprises and a rap
idly increasing population have only
just about balanced the annual waste
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23

Elsie Van Trevor had gone to their
bungalow at the seashore and taken
her secretary with her, The little
Welshman was cataloguing the books
in the library alone.
file missed his wife greatly II was
their first separation. Somehow he
felt that Mrs. Van Trevor's sudden
friendship for Leila bodied III for them
both. But Leila had been crazy to go:
there were to be house parties and all
sorts of gayety. and later Evans was
to he invited for a day or two.
Somewhere a bell had been ringing
f%uriously all the morning. The little
Welshman wondered where II could
be. He threw up the window and
looked out. Suddenly a violent pain
shot through his head, as If a knife
had pierced him. The bell was in his
W head. And the pain was stab
bling without cessation.
He screamed with the agony of II.
He tried to stagger across the o
collapsed, and moaned upon the floor.
He saw Van Trevor standing over
him a look of fear in his eyes. Then
through a period of Inconsistencies
he grew to a dim realization of the
iolting ambulance, the hospital, the
white-capped nurses. and the sicken-
ing stencil of the ether cone.
He opened his eyes to find himself
in a bed in the hospital. His head
vas swathed in bandages.
You'll do finely now" the nurse
said, and he opened his eyes a second
time to see Van Trevor at his side.
How are you, my dear chap" he
asked. by George, that was touch
and 60, but the surgeon says you re
all right now"
You haven't told my wife," asked
Evans weakly.
NO. l thought it best not to alarm
her" answered the other.
Van Trevor never came again
through the slow days of conva-
lescence. Evans letters to Leila
were unanswered. Gradually a sick
ening fear began to come over the lit
tie Welshman, a sense of some I'M
definable tragedy. At last, when two
weeks had passed, he was permitted
to leave the hospital. He hurried to
the Van Trevor house. The butler,
who opened the door, stood in his
way.
Mr.. Van Trevor left a letter for
you, sir" he said, handing him a mis-
sive.
The little Welshmen opened it. 1t
stated briefly that the work had come
to an end, and included a check for
five hundred dollars.
Evans tore the check to pieces and
turned away from the house in blind
agony and rage.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
Life in its Various Forms.

The sea teens with plant and ami
mails, and it has been estimated that
the amount of life in the sea exceeds
thai of the land. square mile for square
mile. Animal life is found nearly
everywhere, even at the greatest
depth; but it lourishes best at or near
the shore. On the other hand. plant
life seems to be absent over the bot
toms of the ocean basins. but plentiful
at the surface. where the sunlight
plays an important part in its growth.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23


Leila Evans beauty and copper hair
was the sensation of Mrs. Van Ire
vor's afternoon. The girl had been
married six months. She had run
away from a wealthy home in Cardiff
TO go to America with the little Welsh
man. Those six months had been of
unmitigated hardship. Her illusions of
happiness in the New World were
shattered. She loved her husband,
but she hated the sordid b~arrenness
of life in furnished lodgings. The visit
t. the Van Trevors had opened up a
new vista of life for her.
She chung to Evans arm as they
left the house together.
Dear" she said, Mrs. Van Trevor
has asked me to come to the house
every day to act as her secretary.
What do you think of it? She is 60
ing to pay me twenty-five dollars a
week."
Evans was overcome by emotion.
They are splendid people, Leila he
said. Who would have thought that
we should find such good friends in
New York? II looks like a prosperous
future for us, doesn't 1t. dear?"
Elsie Van Trevor and her husband
sat together in their drawingroom
after the guests had gone.
What do you think Of them?" asked
Van Trevor.
She's dear" said Elsie. She's toe
good for that lutte shrimp. Too good
altogether"
Poor little DEVIL" said Van Trevor
He told me he's saving up for an op
eration OF his ear. He says it's like
ly to prove serious some day If he
doesn't have il done"
She's too good for him." hts wife
repeated, following her train Of
thought. \ don't see how she came
TO marry him. If have any chance
I'm going TO open her eyes. Why. he
isn't wen a gentleman. dear
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
LIMA has been one Of the most
important detectives of the
Teutonic drives in Russia. A
description of this railway,
~ - -oo,footurinO

lHlHOAN1AAA Ob4NtAANtS VI bAO
AR T%eutonic drives in Russia. A
description of this railway,
trading and manufacturing
CITY is given by the National Geo
graphic society.
wilma is a city of 100000, an indus
trial and trade center, situated in the
midst of a region of tangled forests,
almost impossible marshes and low
lying lakes, at the intersection OF the
railways from Warsaw to Petrograd
and from Libau, the Baltic port, to
Rostof. at the mouth of the Don. 1t
lies nearly midway between the cities
of Grodno and Dvinsk, two other
points upon the Warsaw-P etrograd
railway. Petyograd lies 4S6 miles
away to the north-northwest of Wilma
and the country in between is a LADY
rinth of lake, morass, woodland n
wet meadowland. 1t is more tina ITO
miles from the German frontier. to-
ward which it is guarded by the for
tress of Kovno in the northwest.
Ancient and Prosperous.
The city is an ancient one, of which
fact its appearance bears every testi-
mony, for its irregular ground-plan
struggles among, around and over the
knot of low hills upon which the city
is built in accordance with the tradi-
tional aimlessness of the middle ages.
Its streets are narrow and not espe-
cially well-kept. 1t wears, however, a
general air of comfortable prosperity;
for wilma sends large quantities Of
goods to the Black sea and to the Bal
tic. 1t handles a very extensive bust
ness in grains and timber, articles
which it exported before the present
wal in great quantities to Germany to
Holland and to England. 1t also has
important textile and leather indus
tries. Wilma manufactures consider
able tobacco, knit goods, clothing, ar
tiicial flowers and gloves.
The old town is rich in memories.
A mass of ruins that were once a bril-
liant castle of the Jagellons is here.
wilma was probably founded in the
early part of the tenth century, but
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
italian Mold.

Cook two tablespoonful of rice un-
til tender in a pint of milk in a double
saucepan, with thu very thin rind of a
lemon. Sweeten to taste, add three
sheets OF leaf gelatin and the yolki
of three eggs. Let cook in a double
saucepan a few minutes longer to cook
the yolks; add the whites. stifiy beat.
en- and two tablespoonfuls of cream.
Pour into a wetted mould and turn
out when stir and set
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
When Death supervenes.

Indicating that the old and the
young are most subject to the call Of
death. the Springfield Qll.) survey OF
the Russell Sage Foundation shows
that in 1910 in that city 40 infants
died to each 1000 infants less than
one year old, 81 died to each 1000
more than sixty-hve years old and
only seven died to each 1000 from
twenty-five to forty-four years of age.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
custard and Spinach.

Boil a quart of spinach in sailed
water until tender and press dry. set
ting aside until cold. Beat two eggs,
add a te%aspoonful of salt and gradual
ly a pint of hot milk, stirring we'll.
Add the finely chopped spinach and
cook in hot water until firm. Cut In
cubes when cold and serve as a
garnish with clear soup.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
Persimmon Puddlno.

One-half gallon good, ripe persim-
mons, strained through a colander.
with one-half gallon of sweet milk,
one %teaspoonful soda, one teaspoonful
nutmeg. two eggs well beaten. one
quart -four OF enough to make batter
consistency of cake batter, butter size
of an egg, one and one-half teacupfuls
sugar, one good-sized sweet potato
grated and n teaspoonful salt, Bake
one hour.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23

Cut from the ears a pint Of green
corn. Beat together a cupful of milk.
two tablespoonfuls of melted butter,
one egg whipped light. salt to taste
and enough -four to make a thin baf.
ter. Into this stir the grated corn
Beat hard and cook. as you would grid
die cakes, upon a s~oapstone griddle.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
Grease Inc Nail.

All mechanics know that a nail
when OILED or creased is much more
readily driven through hard woods.
Elmer s. Ellis of Pomona. Cal. has
devised a receptacle for grease or
other iubricant. to be contained In
the handle Of a hammer into which
the nail ran be inserted and with.
drawn without wasting the lubricant
and at little loss OF Unconditional
Magazine.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
Anxious 10 Please.

$50 you are expected to do a kind
act every day."
YES replied the boy scout.
How about today?"
well. the teacher has been having
a little trouble with me. Don't you
think ! might stay away from school
and give her a rest?"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
orIoIuaI Molasses Cookies.

One-half cupful sugar. two table.
spoonfuls of butter and lard. cream
together with sugar, one-haif cupful
moiasses. one-half cupfui sweet mix.
one-half teaspoonful ginger. enc tes
spoonful soda in -four. tlnnf On ,ugh
to roll; roll thin and baks IA nc< oven
hve minutes.