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miles from the German frontier at
Lower Silesia. Czenstochowa lies on
the left bank of the Warta, northwest
of Cracow,
Commercially, the city is of no i'm
portance. Its business is mostly with
the pilgrims, of whom more than four
hundred thousand come to its shrine
every year. There are a dozen or
more factories in the place, manufac-
turing cotton and wooden stuGs, paper,
leather and beer. More important is
a publishing house which does a brisk
business with the visitors in religious
writings and sacred pictures. The sale
of amulets, warding charms against
each particular evil and against all
evil in general, is a significant part Of
the city's trade.
Black Madonna a Painting.
The Black Madonna, sacred mystery
picture, the source of BLACK Madonna
worship among the Poles and Rus
SLAMS, is, in itself and in it's history,
one of the most absorbing of paint
ings. 1t hangs in a chapel over the
altar, yelled except at the chief serv.
ice twice Zach day, when it is shown.
1t is a picture of the Virgin and Child
on cypress wood, black-brown with
age, crowned with purest gold and Law
ishly adorned with a fortune of costly
jewels. According to tradition it vas
painted by st. Luke, came into the
possession of st. Helena, passed an
adventuresome, beneicent time until
brought by Prince Leo to Galicia, and
was finally placed in the Pauline mon
astery at Czenstochowa to protect it
from the Tatars in 1882.
The Pauline monastery, home of the
wonderful painting, has been the cen
ter of Czenstochowa's history. 1t
stands, surrounded by a ~pentagonal
wall, on the rugged Jasna Cora prom
ontory, which dominates the city. All
through the middle ages the fortifca-
tions of the monastery were added to.
| and every time hostile armies came
that way it was besieged.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-06

always is in the way in the summer
unless some provision of this kind is
made to take care of it. A house built
for a large family should have plenty
of storage, because each member of
the family has certain articles that re-
quire special accommodation at certain
times during the year. The housewife
always finds something to store way
and often is puzzled to find a suitable
place for such things.
The general style of this house is a
modification of the old plan OF util-
izing gables, but the new style of
dormer varies the gable monotony. In
fact, gables. generally look well when
they are necessary to finish the end
of a roof, but they seldom look we'll
when built especially to light a bed
room. Always there must be a rea-
sonable excuse for any outside house
extension, otherwise there is some
thing wrong with the architectural
effect.
The building of a chimney exposed
like this chimney almost always i'm
proves the appearance of the gable
end of a house. The exposed part of
the chimney, however, should be
treated in conformity with the general
style of the house. The finish of the
chimney should be in keeping with
the other outside decorations. Red
brick with lines of white mortar usual
ly matches up nicely with a dark-col-
ored house with white trimmings. Also
rough-surfaced brick are in keeping
with single siding.
The amer of placing shingles also
has an influence on the general char
acter of the exterior decoration. The
outside appearance of a house is a
study in colors al well as design.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-06

to the Magyar, live upon the southern
mountains.
The Carpathian mountains are richer
in metallic ores than any other noun
tain groups in Europe. Large quanti-
ties of gold, silver, copper, iron, lead.
coal, petroleum, salt, zinc and other
minerals are mined there, and many
of the wilder parts of the system have
not yet been thoroughly ~prospeeted.
Mecca of the S~lavonians.
The National Geographic society
gives the following description Of
Cze%nstochowa, which has figured in the
campaign in Poland:
Czenstochowa, called by the Ger
mans ~Czentochau, a city in Russian
Poland, is one of the foremost Nee
cas- Of the pilgrimage-going Slave
mans. More than western Christians
of whatever creed go to Jerusalem,
more than Roman Catholics go to
Rome or protestants to Eisenach and
Geneva, do the %Slavonians take up
the pilgrims staff and wander to their
holy places. These people of the North
are akin to the people Of India in that
force of their religion which drives
them from their homes on religious
| pilgrimage.
Famed throughout Russia. Poland
and among the southern S%lavonians
is the little city of Czenstochowa,
wherein is the shrine of the wonder
working Black Madonna. Many a son
and daughter of the dreary steppes
and of Poland feels that he or she
left a torn and harried spirit or some
physical infrmity before the magic of
this painting.
Czenstochowa is gray in age and
gray in stirring history. 1t is a city
on the southwestern Polish plateau,
some eight hundred feet above sea
level, of 72,6OO inhabitants, capital of
a country of the same name in the
Russian-Polish government of Petro-
kow, and it is situated about twelve
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-06

ferent from any other house on the
street, but they match up all right
with the dormer and all roof projec-
tions.
Small lights of glass are used in the
upper windows and in the upper parts
of the large windows which light the
first floor. This arrangement gives
the same small light glass effect both
upstairs and down, not in all sash
alike, but the same general idea pre-
walls.
Also the plan Of building multiple
windows is a relief to the large gables.
Such windows are large enough to ad-
NIT light in abundance to the upper
rooms The modern idea of building
windows which are light enough to
light the house are sensible and should
remain in fashion a long time.
The plan of the house provides for
a hall with al open stair, which may
be made ornamental by selecting we'll
designed woodwork in keeping with
the trim of the front part of the house.
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its parts of most historic Importance.
They are steep and craggy in their
northern exposures, while toward the
south they fall away in lesser noun
tain groups and broken, sloping pla-
teaus. With the exception of parts
of the eastern ram~iications, which be-
long to Roumania, this range lies
wholly within Austro-Hungarian terri
tory. Its total area is 72,6O0 square
miles.
The Carpathians attain the greatest
height in the Hohe Tatra group, near
the center of the range and just east
and south Of Cracow, the chief city of
Austrian Galicia. The system also has
its greatest width here. Throughout
the chain the passes W. the noun
tains vary from Z to 230 miles. The
heights of the peaks of the Hohe Ia
ira group are 5000 feet and more.
G%erlsdorfer peak, the highest M in
the entire system, reaches S,737 feet
above the sea level. Thus the Car
pathian range has no mountain for
nations to compare with the more ma
iestic Alpine groups or with those OF
cur own Rockies. There are innumer-
allie peaks through this Hungarian
lire of defense, however, which VAR
from 5000 to 1000 feet in height, and
these walls, together with the in.
volved characters Of most of the
PASSES, have made the Carpathians a
very effective barrier against northern
invaders.
People Are Miserably Poor.
These mountains separate Hungary,
beginning on the west, from the Aus
trian provinces of Moravia, Silesia,
Galicia, Bukowina, Moldavia and the
kingdom of Roumania. Some of the
most miserably poor white people in
the world live along this range and
upon it's forest-covered sides. They
are mostly Slavs, Polish Slavs upoI
the bleak, more abrupt northern ex
posures, while the dwellers of Slovak
land, a people almost become subject
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-06
People Are MlserabIy Poor,
Why Boards Have Knots.

Some boards have knots because
they are made from trees having many
branches. The knot in the board is
part of the root of the branch in the
trunk of the tree. When you see a
knot it means that before the tree was
cut down and the log sawed up into
boards, a limb was growing out from
the inside of the tree at the spot
where the knot occurs, The wood in
the knot is harder than the rest of the
board because more strength is need
ed at the base of a branch and in that
part of it growing in the tree than in
other parts. This is necessary to make
the branch strong enough to support
not only itself. but also the smaller
limbs growing out from it.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-06
Birds Nest Industry.

An important feature of the export
trade of Siam is the birds nest indus
try, According to figures furnished by
American consular officers in that
country, the shipments for a recent
year amounted to nearly twenty thou.
sand pounds, the value Of which was
in excess of 100000, For the most
part the Siamese nests are sent to
China, Hongkong and Singapore. 1t
is scarcely necessary to add that the
value of these nests lies in the fact
that they are edible. In the far East
birds nest soup is deemed a great deli
cacy,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-06

1t by a wire a short piece of brass OF
copper tubing one-eighth of an inch
in diameter. A thick piece of cotton
cord makes the wick, and the chimney
is simply a tumbler with the bottom
cut out. These lamps are safe and
will burn without odor. Lard oil will
be found a good substitute for kero-
sene and will be less apt to smoke.
Very serviceable brackets for a
towel roller can be made by using or
binary wire hooks, as shown in the
illustration. The roller is made of
wood-a broom handle will do-and
two nails with the heads knocked off
are inserted in the ends. These are
put through the opening in the ends
of the hooks, so that the roller can
revolve easily. When it is necessary
to change towels, spring the hooks
apart and slip out the roller.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-06
RussIa's Melting Pot.

Tifiis, which the car has been visit.
ing, and terming "a pearl of the Rus
sian crown" was described by Mr..
James Bryce some forty years since
as a human melting pot, a city OF
contrasts and mixtures. into which
elements have been poured from half
Europe and Asia, and in which they
as yet show no signs of combining"
The description holds good today, for
there are said to be 70 languages
spoken in the streets OF the ancient
city by representatives Of as many
nationalities.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-06
EASY WAY TO FILTER WATER
Simple and Comparatively Without
Cost-Exeellent Lamp for the Sick
room-Towel Brackets.

It often happens that pump water is
filled with sand or gritty substance,
and II must wait until it has settled
before it is fit to use. If this is the
case, an easy way to filter it is to take
a rather fine sponge, just large
enough to fit into the spout of the
pump. Attach a wire to the sponge,
so that when it is pushed up in the
spout it can easily be removed. When
the water run through this sponge
it will come out clear, for the sand
will be collected by the sponge. Be
sure not to get the sponge too large,
or it will stop the flow of water. Take
the sponge out at least twice a week
and clean it thoroughly.
A small lamp can be made for the
sickroom by taking a bottle such as
m%ucilage comes in and attaching to
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-06

are worked in under the slope of the
roof. There is also a fine bathroom
built into a dormer on the rear slope
of the roof, which is similar in appear
ance to the dormer in front, except
that it is somewhat smaller. Each
of the four bedrooms has a fine out
look, the upper ones being lighted by
wide multiple windows, which provide
ample light even on dark days.
A large linen closet in the upper
hall is the very thing that all house
keepers want. Few houses have con
venient storage for extra bedding, that
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-06
Lesson in English.

An illustration of the awful posi-.
bilities of the misuse Of gotten" for
got" says a correspondent in The
Writer, is given by the story of the
man who t~elegraphed to his wife:
Have gotten tickets for the opera to-
night. Meet me there at 7:45." She
met him there at 7:45 with eight
friends, for the telegram when It
reached her read: Have got ten
tickets" The use of gotten" for
"got" is a mark of ignorance, rather
than refinement. Gotten" is used by
those who desire to be thought "gen.
teel."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-06
OriuinaI Meat REGIME

Cut beef, either cooked of uncooked,
into inch cubes. Put in porcelain Gov
cred saucepan. Dredge thick with
-four. To two and a half cupfuls beef
add eight cloves and half can of toma-
toes. If not enough liquid to more
than cover add water. Set on back OF
stove, cover and let simmer three or
four hours. Sometimes l add sliced
potatoes one-half hour before serving.
Should be very tender, dark red with
no trace of tomato and very rich.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-06

tens of millions of human brains and
bodies, Upon the quality of this man
ufactured product depends the welfare
of the nation, Good food makes happy
homes, keeps families united, accom-
plishes wonders in keeping men from
drink and children from breaking
down under the stress of modern edu-
cation. Upon it hang the issues of life
and death. The kitchen. then. should
need no advocate and no defender. 1t
is the most important room in the
house.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-06
Hints for Good Cooks,

Salad dressing a be made of al.
most anything, but the best imitation
of the genuine can be manufactured by
taking two teacupfuls of gasoline, a
pint of ammonia, three tablespoonfuls
of cod liver oil and a Tiger of axle
grease.
There is always one way sure to tell
when an egg is bad. Boil it soft and
then open it with a common case knife
or a spoon. If it is bad you will not be
left long in ioubt.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-06
FLUFFY Elnlnn.

A young woman who was making
some sofa cushions and comforts
found that the cotton filing that she
was using had beeome slightly damp.
This made it difficult to thrust the
needle through il tying the comfort,
so she placed the cotton in the oven
to dry and become slightly Drowned.
AS a result, it became very light and
fuzzy and held its hufiness.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-06
Fresh Fish Balls.

One pint cold boiled fish free from
skin and bone and minced fine, one
pint hot mashed potatoes, one table,
spoonful butter, half cupful hot milk,
one egg we'll beaten, pepper, salt and
a little parsley Cf you like parsley.
Mix thoroughly and let cool. When
cold make into balls, dip into a beaten
egg, roll in bread crumbs and fry in
hot lard. This makes about twenty
two cakes.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-06
The Kitchen.

AS a means OF, promoting efficiency
and saving labor nothing a be more
important than the study of the Ameri.
can kitchen. 1t is the workshop in
which hundreds of millions of dollars
worth of material. more or less raw, is
made into a manufactured product
which goes directly into tens of mil
lions Of human mouths and sustains
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-06

their bearing on the European
situation and upon central Eu
w ropean climatic conditions, the
National Geographic society's
bulletin says:
The Carpathians are among the best
friends which Hungary has. They
stretch in a wide-hung arc around the
northern plain Of the Magyar, from
P%ressburg, on the Danube, near vi
emma, to Orsova, on the Danube, across
from Roumania. Thus they form
nearly the entire boundary Of Hun
gary east and north of the Danube, a
line of about eight hundred miles in
length. The hollow Of this arc, as well
as it's most favorable approach, lies
toward Hungary. Troops pressing for.
ward along this whole convex noun
tain sweep. are facing the least favor.
able passes and are operating with
the least shelter from the biting winter.
Besides having served the peoples
who have lived in the Hungarian plain
long and faithfully as a first-line de-
tense against the wrath of their neigh
bors in the north and east, the Car.
pathians have been just as partisan
for the southern plain in times OF
peace. They shut out the singing,
bleak winds which snap across the
steppe wastes direct from the frostiest
ice fields of the North. While the Car
pathian range is of low average height
and has no great peaks, its walls, new
ertheless, are lofty enough to catch
the Russian ice winds and billiards.,
and to defect them away from Hun
gary. Again, in summer, the warm
southern breezes are caught and
broken on the Hungarian hillsides,
which thus prevent them from reach.
ing Galicia.
Nearly All In Austria-Hunsary
The Carpathians are the eastern
wing of the great central mountain
system of Europe, and, likely, one OF
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-06

To your right as you enter the front
door is the large living room. 81 by 10
feet in size. The main decorative fea-
ture of this splendid large living room
is a very handsome fireplace. There
is a good deal of millwork in this end
of the room, which seems to reach out
and extend the general design both to
the parlor and dining These
two rooms are connected by an extra
wide archway, so that the two rooms
may be used together when occasion
requires.
The china cupboard in the dining
room is a special feature, sometimes
designated as a space saver" The
idea is to build an extension jutting
out from the dining room big enough
to contain a sideboard with china
closets above. The window is set well
mp. 80 that the top of the s~ideboard
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-06
Looped.up skirts.

In spite of the dominant idea of
fare in the winter skirts-and the
fare of them is their most character
istic feature, whether they be fash
toned of one layer or OF two, tunic-
wise, there are some evening frocks
with skirts that r looped up about
the hips. almost like bustles, one on
each side. Usually these puffs are ir
regular-the one on the right side is
higher or lower than that On the left.
When the frock is made of tulle or
lace, roses-artifcial. of course-are
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-06
Peach Pie.

Line pie plate with a rich pie crust
and fill with peaches, either canned or
fresh, Sweeten as desired and bake
until nearly done. Then cover top
with dots Of currant jelly, or any tart
jell and finish baking. Beat whites of
two eggs stiff; stir in one-fourth cup
flu; sugar; spread over pie and brown.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-06
Lamb Chops In JeIIled MayonnaIse.

Have some chops trimmed and the
bone cut close to the meat, saute them
in butter with a little chopped parsley,
celery, onion and green pepper, and
press until cold. Dip them in jellied
nayonnaise. garnish them with pimen-
tos, truffies and cooked green peas that
have been an hour in marinade.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-06

The use of bright flowers is very
welcome after a surfeit of black dur
ing the past winter. Even when flow-
ers or fruit do not appear on the
spring models, color is supplied in or
naments and needlework. The move
ment is away from somberness and
everyone should encourage the use of
lovely color.
JULIA BOTTOMLrY.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-06
ro CLEAN a carpet sweener.

A very coarse scrubbing brush will
be found the best thing for removing
the threads. hairs, etc, which are SO
hard to get out of the brushes Of a
carpet sweeper.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-06

With o%uaintness Of Bygone Days.
A h%arbinger of the mode is this frock
of rose taffeta. which exemplihes the
double skirt-or the appearance of
1.-THE peplum bodice and the popu-
lar absence OF trimming.-Vogue.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-06

used to accentuate the loop. where
they are garlanded under the puff.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-06

f the Carpathian mountains and
their bearing on the European
situation and upon central Eu
ropean climatic conditions, the
National Geographic society's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-03
SUNDAY MAGAZINE for October 8, 1915

what has all that to do with it? Wall safes
and pearls, and cheap, everyday at
tempt at robbery! All that is outside
utterly beside the mark"
Once more Bishop got to his feet.
"I-I don't know what that knocking
that knocking alone-seemed to say to
you. But it took me straight back to sto-
ries my nurse used to tell me of people
who'd sold their souls, and then, at the
dreadfully appointed hour"
"Lord, yes! That's the feeling it put
in me- -.
"And then. the roice! If that was not
the voice of the lost mans spirit But
lost mans? After that, Doctor, after
hat?" And he pointed to where, behind
him on the table, there still lay that little
memorandum of murder "Shall | not
rather say lost ,pOmdn's2"
EASY, now, Bishy. Easy! You know,
in few minutes We'll have to be going
back again. Tell me about Fisher. 1t was
you who had to meet him, wasn't it?"
"Yes-yes. Bishop tried to smoke
again. clancy, you know they never hit
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ale wouldn't believe the half of it-any
more than the police would. But would
any one? Think of how it sounds. The
doors bolted. Some one-or something
still there, and yet not thereto disappear
next moment into thin air! And the poor
woman dead perhaps for hours"
He turned and smiled at Laneham wanly.
"And do you remember what our talk
was about, on the way up to-day? Grimes
and mysteries! You were asking for one.
mo, no, thank you'll" The Doctor
drank again. al prefer something more
human and less"
THE telephone was ringing. He crossed
to the desk and answered it.
ayes, yes, speaking. Why,
Miss Hope! Oh, it's the Judge
you want? No? Both of us?- Then
I'll put him on at the other receiver"
He motioned to Bishop that there was
a second instrument behind his chair.
"Im at the Casa Grande, the strong
young voice came to them vibrantly,-
@and was one of Mrs. Fishers friends,
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making! Come on; let's get back there"
Once more it was storming-a wild
drive of sleet and snow. But, with an Of
fcer, the girl was waiting for them, coat
open and wide of eye, at the crowded curb.
"Come in-this way" And she hurried
them to an elevator. When they pushed
out again, she led them straight down
the corridor, through more reporters and
patrolmen and piain-clothes men, to the
big Fisher reception-room.
Police officers half filled it. At table
in the center sat Inspector McGloyne,
Chief of the Detective Bureau. Boyce,
the Commissioner, was present too. But,
plainly,-for the time, at any rate,-he
was leaving full authority to the Inspector,
whom the Judge had christened Hell
Roaring Jake"
And because Bishop was to be the new
District Attorney, the man, bloaty of jowl
and filling his uniform tightly, lifted his
chin in half-greeting as they entered.
"Glad to see you, Judge, glad to see
YOU
Then he turned back, jaw out, to young
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it off-no woman could with man like
him. But, at times like this, l think it's
sometimes hardest on the man when he
has-when he hasn't played the game"
"No doubt of it,"
ave always detested him, and said So
Even when he comes to the Office on bust
ness, make Potter take him. And he'd
been at the Office all to-day-since MORN
ing. heard him 'phoning her at noon.
Daphne Hope was speaking to her, too.
And he tried to get her again when did,
about three. 1t seems he'd been getting
himself in bad again, only yesterday.
She'd threatened to leave him. He kept
telling me about it, over and over again,
when | met him. | couldn't get away
from it. But they'd made it up. That's
how he came to be bringing Potter home
for dinner. And afterward they were all
going to Garment
"Could he help you any?"