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Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-02

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20 the Firss or Last Chaaee Gro
Gerry Q. osh and Pearl SITS.
Sepd ~ . tsisl order Tor the
Great Natpre Sslve. soc Box.
Why suaes wAes you eaa be re-
lieved for such q small amount.
Read or guarantee on the front
page OF The GaEetre.
Yos win agree with ne that
you never saw such stylish hats
for the money as ! am showing
you now, no trouble 10 shsw gssds
Z. A. vALLEE.
I have the school books yoa
want, bring me your old ones and
| will take them in as part pay for
new ones, Z. A. VALLEE.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-02

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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
eenzoI and ToIuoI.

DIR. Rittman's production of toluol
and benzol from petroleum is also Of
Importance if the process is sufficient
ly cheap to be Of commercial use. In
this regard, too, the doctor was no
ticeably cautious not to commit him
self. Professor Lietnii made "benzene
and toluene" (benzol and tolucD in
1877 from Russian petroleum. Later
the Nobel brothers did the same thing
in their laboratory. In 1904 v. Oglo-
bin described the preparation of ben
zene, toluene, xylene, ETC., in consid-
cradle quantities, from the Russian
crude oil.
1t should, perhaps, be noted that the
Russian crude oil differs somewhat
from that of Pennsylvania. being rich
in hydrocarbons of the n%aphthene Sc
ries, instead of those belonging to the
parafine group.
Plainly one Of these early inven-
tions was of commercial importance.
for the bulk of the supply of benzol
and toluol still comes from coal tar.
The value OF Doctor Rittman's proc
ess depends almost solely upon its
chaapness.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
skunks XIII Army Worms.

The skunk is the best known nam
NAL enemy of army worms. The com
mon army worm, the wheat head army
worm and the fall army worm are all
very destructive to small grains, corn
and grasses, and their invasions entail
heavy losses among farmers. The good
work of skunks in destroying army
worms has frequently been noticed.
In a report of this insect in Penn
sylvania, published in 1896, DR.. B. H
Warren brought forward much testi
mony of farmers as to the usefulness
of skunks in the work of extermina'
ton. Also he had examined some
skunk stomachs which contained chief
ly beetles and army worms. Professor
Lugger of Minnesota also mentioned
the skunk as one of the principal enc
mics Of the army worms in that state
Circular U. S. Dept. Agriculture.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17

A plain, smart suit, distinctly youth
full in suggestion and depending upon
color and cut for successful style, is
shown in the illustration given here.
AS to the lines on which it is cut, the
skirt belongs to the straight silhou-
cite type which, in spite of the sue
cess of the flared variety, has many
followers. Caillot and Jenny of Paris
are authority enough for it's vogue, if
n cannot be satisfied without such
assurance. 1t is full, but it is straight,
a little longer than ankle length, and
plain. The overlapped seam at the
front is allowed a few buttons, like
those on the jacket, set in groups of
three. The skirt fits smoothly about
the hips and has a plain finish at the
top.
The crisp little coat consists of a
plain body IA little short waisted) and
a skirt which flares enough to indulge
In a tentative ripple or two about the
bottom. Buttons and machine stitch
ing finish it. There is a square turn.
over collar of the serge at the back.
A second collar and a belt, in the
most vivid military red, are made OF
thin suede leather. The belt is run
through narrow straps of the serge
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
Water Bread.

Four cupfuls of boiling water, two
tablespoonful each of butter, lard and
sugar, three ~teaspoonfuls of salt and
one yeast cake dissolved in a quarter
cupful of lukewarm water; IL cupfuls
of flour. Put butter, lard, sugar and
salt in mixing bowl or pan and pour on
boiling water. Let stand until luke
warm; add yeast and IL cupfuls of
-four. Mix thoroughly with knife or
mixing spoon, then add remaining cup
full of -four and knead. Cover and let
stand over night in a warm place.
Shape in loaves in morning and rise.
Bread should continue rising for 10
minutes of baking; then it should be-
gin to brown.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
TO SERVE WITH BOILED FISH
Sauce That Is Exceptionally Good,
Recommended by One Of the Best
Known Chefs.

Fish sauce is almost more important
than the fish. This is something good:
Take the yolks of two eggs, n cupful
of brown sauce and one tablespoonful
of vinegar or lemon juice. Make the
brown sauce by browning two table
spoonfuls of butter in the frying pan,
stir in a tablespoonful of -four, salt
and pepper and add a cupful of the
water in which the fish was boiled,
and boil until it thickens. Beat the
yolks of the eggs and stir the hot
brown sauce into it. Put it on the
stove and let it boil a minute or two,
add the vinegar or lemon juice and
serve hot with the fish.
Here is another delicious recipe for
a sauce to serve with boiled or
steamed fish: Melt three tablespoon
fuls of butter, add three tablespoon
fuls of flour and stir until well blend
ed. Then pour on gradually, while
stirring constantly, one cupful of white
stock and one-half cupful of cream.
Bring to the boiling point and add one
fourth cupful of blanched and shredded
almonds, eight olives (stoned and cut
in quartersl, one-half a tablespoonful
of lemon juice, one ~teaspoonful of beef
extract, one-half ~teaspoonful of salt
and a few grains of cayenne.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
How to Take a Sun Bath.

To get the maximum benefit from
sun baths a regular formal routine
should be followed. The first ex-
posture to the suns rays should not
be longer than ten minutes. The head
should be shaded, while as much OF
the rest of the body as possible should
be barred to the healing rays. The
best time is about two hours after a
meal. On the next day and ON sue
ceeding days longer exposures are al
lowed, increasing as tanning takes
place. With little care all acute burn
ing or b~listering of the skin is avoid
ed. After the skin has been fully
tanned, two or more baths a day
may be taken. While sufferers from
chronic tubercular disease and anemia
make up the bulk of the patients at
the numerous established sun-cure
sanatoria on the continent, the treat
ment will be found to have a notice
ably bracing and ~invigorating effect
on those generally run down and de-
bilitated."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17

One-half of %five-cent loaf of bread,
broken in pieces and soaked in three
cupfuls of milk until soft, then add
one cupful of raisins washed and seed
ed, one teaspoonful OF salt, yolks of
two eggs and one WI egg Cor use
the whole eggs if you Tisn), n cup
full of sugar and one .cupful more of
milk, small piece of butter. Butter a
pudding dish well and turn mixture in,
set in pan of water and bake in very
slow oven three hours, then turn over
pudding one cupful of cold milk and
bake several hours more, remember
ing TO keep we'll covered, and not have
water boil out of pan, and have very
slow oven. Add spices if liked.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
Saves Equs.

With eggs so high 1t is an added
expense to use two or so in a batter
merely to fry foods in.
If you do not wish to use an egg
when frying oysters in deep fat make
a batter of flour and cream, adding
salt, pepper and a pinch of baking
powder. Dip the oysters in this, then
in fine cracker dust, again in batter,
in dust and fry them in deep fat.
The oysters seem even more tender
than when cooked in the usual egg
batter. This can be used in frying
croquettes, chops and other foods
which require a batter.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17

stitched to the coat at each side, and
fastens with a silver buckle at the
front. A second collar and belt, or
even a third, may be acquired by way
of ringing changes on a suit in which
such striking. color contrasts are fea-
tured. A collar and belt of black and
white checkerboard ribbon, or a set in
one of the natural leather shades, are
to be recommended.
Worn with the suit, when the red
belt and collar are brought into requi-
sition, is a hat which is obliged to
keep pace with them. 1t is of blue
straw, matching the dress in color,
with band and darts Of bright red
like that in the accessories of the
suit. Hardly anything else in a hat
would do except one of those sailors in
black and white checkerboard silk
which are trimmed with black velvet
ribbon and a cluster or two of cher
ries.
1t is not often that a suit so simply
| constructed achieves distinction by the
mere management of color, and still
less often that a suit admits of "shad.
ing" by change of accessories that
does not rob it of its smart style.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
Radicals and Censorship.

It is not to KitNhener nor the British
wal department that credit should be
given for the rigid press censorship
but to a physician, Rabelais. In his
"Pantagruelian Representations" he
says: "Since. then, they are so ready
to ask after news, and consequently
the more glibly swallow down every
fiimfiam story that is told them, were
it not %expedient that some people, on
whose faith we might depend, should
hold offices of intelligence on the
frontiers of the kingdom, and have o
competent salary allowed them, for
nothing else but examine the news
that is brought, whether it is true or
not?"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17

still an accurate description of the va
rieties and their migrations.
A hundred years g Constantinople
and the Bosporus hung in the balance.
Doctor Grosvenor relates how, after
the treaty of Tilsit, Emperor AleXan-
der of Russia had insisted to Napoleon
upon the absolute necessity to his
country of the possession of CONSTANT
nople. He declared there was no price
so great, no condition so hard, that
it would not be gratefully accorded by
him for the city's acquisition. Napo-
leon gazed in silence, earnestly and
long, at the map of Europe, of which
he was at that moment the autocratic
arbiter. and then exclaimed: "Constan-
tinople, Constantinople! Never! It
is the empire of the world"
Sea of Marmora.
The Sea of Marmora, which is the
connecting link between the Darda-
nelles and the Bosporus, is a quiet
sheet of water. Nature has been more
than generous in her provisions for
guarding this sea between Asia and
Europe against hostile power. The
Bosporus, it's approach from the Black
sea on the north, is a deep, water
filled, twisting valley, whose surface
almost all the way is at the mercy Of
the enclosing mountain heights In
the south. the D~ardanelles, while OF
greater breadth than the Bosporus,
forms an easily defended channel, AZ
miles long and commanded by its
shore heights.
Marmora sea is a wonderful amphi-
theater for a modern naval struggle.
An elliptical bowl of bluest water, it is
enclosed by a billy shore line, which
is bold and steep upon the Asiatic
side. From east to west, the sea is
175 miles long, while its extreme width
is about fifty miles. 1t has an area of
$500 square miles.
Constantinople lies tucked away
near the no%rthernmost point of Mar.
mora, at the opening of the Bosporus
outlet. In the west and south are
several considerable islands, of which
the largest, Marmora, has been ia
nous for it's alabaster and marbles
since the days of Grecian s%culptural
and architectural glory.
The Sea of Marmora is one of the
most famous and important seas OF
passage in the world. Behind its wa
tiers, along the northern shore of the
Black sea, are the most fertile and
favored provinces of the Russian en-
pire. Russia's granary; while on the
eastern Black sea coast lies Russia's
greatest oil port and her famous oil
bearing hinterland. This sea is the
most important venue of Central
Asia's raw materials western transport
and of the Vests manufactures for
consumption in the central East.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
When Hoop skirts Were Worn.

The first modern hoop ~skirt--repre-
senting a costume which the modistes
T now threatening to revive-was
the invention Of Joseph Thomas, who
was born in Paris So years ago, and
who died in Hoboken a few years
since. The hoop skirt of Thomas
contrivance was popular from 1850
to 1870, when it began to decline.
The monstrosity of cumbrous skirts,
held out by hoops, was carried to such
a point that the fair sex began to as
sumo the proportions of balloons.
Probably no other style of feminine
attire was so unsightly and ridicu-
lous as this. yet it enjoyed a tremen-
dous vogue. The hoops" of Joseph
Thomas constituted a revival Of the
crinollne or farthingales Of the time
of Queen Elizabeth, when women wore
hoop-like petticoats made OF whale
bone. The hoop skirt was made the
cause of many accidents and loss OF
life occasioned by coming in contact
with fire or machinery.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
MAKING BEST USE OF NUTS
They May Be Employed In Innumer-
able Ways, and Are Nutritious
and Appetizing.

Nuts add attractiveness and nutri-
ton to many a plain dish. They are
especially valuable for the school
luncheon basket, as they make tempt
ing sandwich filings when combined
with chopped celery, olives, fresh and
dried fruits. They give the same
nutrition as does meat. They give
the needed touch to a pudding, des-
sert, cake filing OF salad. Consequent
ly we are including the toothsome nut
meats more plentifully in the various
cooked dishes.
Buy nuts in the shell whenever pos
sible, as 1t is a much safer plan, but
II you are obliged to get nuts that
are shelled subject them to the fol-
lowing treatment to free them from
any germs that may be lurking round
them. Place them.in a colander and
pour boiling water over them very
quickly, and at once immense in very
cold water, then drain and wipe dry in
a folded napkin. This does not af-
feet the oils and crispness of the nut
meats if it is done quickly.
Choose almonds with thick shells.
as they have the richest and sweetest
meats. To blanch them, pour boiling
water over them, turn them upon a
| clean towel and rub the brown skins
from them. To extract pecans whole
from the shells, pour boiling water
ver them and let them stand until
cold. Crack them at the small ends.
The kernels of English walnuts that
are a trife rancid for use can be
sweetened if boiling water containing
a pinch of soda is poured over them.
Rinse in cold water and dry in the
sun
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
Love-And Understanding.

ITO know all is to pardon ALL" our
French friends tell us. Yet love and
trust will supply the lack of knowledge
and produce the same happy end. In
spite Of the fact that the natures OF
men and women are different, it is pos
sible for a man and a woman to live
happily together, although not under
standing each other. This lack of un-
d~erstanding is for their good. II a man
knew every thought. feeling and mo
tive of a woman, what would his love
be worth? Love is faith. True love
knows no jealousy, no doubt. II Ia be-
cause a man does not know a woman.
but has faith in her purity and hon
esty, that he is so dear TO her. She
knows that he is taking her upon trust.
as she takes him, and 1t is their faith
in one another that binds them. There
are no riffs in the rosy cloud of true
love, for true love is perfect faith. and
the cloud that is riddled by the shafts
of doubt and jealousy is a ragged
cloud that reflects only a little OF the
sunshine of life. while the greater part
filters through and Is lost in the misss
beyond.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17

ishes from any vegetables. A wire
basket is convenient to hold green's,
string beans, or even potatoes, while
cooking, as thus they are less likely
to adhere to the bottom of the ket-
tie, and often IL is easier to remove
the basket than to drain off the water.
A potato masher of strong, continu-
Gus wire, the two ends inserted in a
wooden handle, is inexpensive and
fully as satisfactory as a more cost
ly style.
Cooking Terms From France.
A few of the terms indicating the
use of vegetables may be of service
in studying books arranged by chefs:
A la-According to, or in the
style OF.
Au Gratin-With Drowned crumbs
as Of bread; sometimes with cheese
Bouquet Of Herbs-A sprig each OF
several kinds, as marjoram, parsley
celery leaf, savory, thyme.
Creole or West Indian-With to-
matoes, often also with peppers,
onions and mushrooms.
Jardiniere-Mixed vegetables.
Macedoine-A medley or mixture OF
vegetables, often with meat.
~Maigre-Without meat, as vege'
table soup.
Printainiere-A garnish Of spring
vegetables.
Puree-Material mashed through a
strainer.
Roux-Flour Drowned in butter.
Soufle-A puff; something inflated
or swollen, as by beaten white of egg
Suggestions for Serving.
Soups-One of the best ways to use
leftover vegetables is in soups. A
cupful of cooked c%auliflower with SOM
Of the water in which it was cooked
and an equal amount of milk and {
slight thickening of butter and 1oul
will provide a cream of caulifoweI
soup. If the vegetable already hai
white sauce with it, reduce it will
milk to the right consistency, season
and strain, and the soup is ready.
A good tasting soup can be mad,
with an onion, the trimmings of
bunch Of celery and the outside leave
of a head of lettuce, all cut up fin,
and cooked in a little water and but
ter or other suitable fat. When ter
der add skim or whole milk, thicker
with a little flour or some n of tn
granular breakfast cereals whicl
cook quickly, season and serve. If pre-
ferred, the milk and cereal may b
cooked separately, added to the vege
tables, and all boiled up together.
A PURGE is half way between a crear
soup and mashed vegetables; 1t /
sometimes a thick soup, but oftene
strained vegetables made soft wit
milk or stock and butter, and serve
with meats, for instance. a PURGE c
split peas, dried lima beans or Gov
peas.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17

That keenness and Quickness of ap-
prehension which makes the success
of the bright, particular movie" star
before the memorable camera lends
weight to the Importance of her judg-
ment in the matter of clothes. Here
is a picture of Miss Nell Craig, taken
unawares, in a pretty new spring
gown, with hat and accessories that
meet with her approval among the
new modes.
The bodice and tunic of hem
stitched chiffon are n~oticeably simple.
and the underbodice, or corset cover,
Of crepe de chine, is quite the reverse
of simple. being a pretty combination
of the silk with wide shadow lace
and hemstitehing used in setting it
together and as a decoration. The bod
ice is very plain, has a high convert
ible collar worn open at the throat, but
wired to keep it outstanding at the
back and sides. This carefully care
less management of the collar is
worth a second thought, and then
some more thought.
The suspender-girdle of velvet rib
bon makes a graceful and easy solu-
ton to the problem Of the waist line,
which is solved in SO great a variety
Of ways in the new fashions. The
girdle is of wide ribbon-and no limit
Is set as to its width-with the sus-
penders of narrower ribbon.
The hat is likely to awaken the en-
thusiasm of many other youthful and
pretty wearers. for It is a return to
the big. picturesque and gracious type
that delights the eye of the artist. 1t
is a "cartwheel" model with broad
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17

brim of black taffeta faced with black
silk-straw braid, and has a soft crown
and a collar of taffeta. By way OF
adornment it is provided with a glo-
rious full-blown red rose, matching
it in generous proportions, and long
ties or streamers of black velvet rib
bon.
The proof of the pudding is in the
tasting, and the proof Of the styles is
in the wearing. These are new modes
approved by a practiced and critical
eye. JULIA BOTToMLEY.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
Caramel Cake.

Cream two cupfuls sugar with one
half cupful butter. Beat yolks Of three
eggs until light; add to them gradu-
ally one cupful of milk; add this and
three cups of -four alternately to the
first mixture. Beat thoroughly, then
mix in three teaspoonfuls baking pow
der which has been sifted with a little
of the -four. Fold in the whites of
the three eggs, which have been beat
en- to a stiff froth. Add one teaspoon
full vanilla. bake in layers and ice
when cold.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
Gowns Without Trains.

Wedding gowns minus trains are
fashionable this winter, since all skirts
are short now. But the wedding gown,
even when guiltless ola train, covers
the feet entirely, for, above all. such a
costume must have dignity--some-
thing the abbreviated skirt never pos
sesses. Goldenrod satin of soft, rich
texture is the material most used for
bridal gowns this year. and soft veil
ings Of lace and embroidered chiffon
usually cover the bodice and part Of
the skirt. When the wedding gown
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
Mock Pumpkin Pie.

One cupful sifted prune pulp, two
eggs we'll beaten, pinch salt, small
piece butter about size of walnut, one
half teaspoonful each of ginger, CHINA
mon, nutmeg and one-half cupful
sugar. If not sweet enough add more,
as some prunes are not SO sweet as
others. One pint of milk, heated to
almost boiling point, Bake with one
crust like pumpkin pie. This will
make two small deep pies or one large
deep pie. Steam one pound prunes
about three hours before sitting them.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
AeropIane propeIIsrs.

The propellers of aeroplanes, such
as are used IN the present European
war, may be made of selected ash,
which is both strong and light and
will not split under vibration or
shock, or of built-up layers Of spruce
with mahogany centers. The frame.
work of the machines. too, is general
ly made of wood, spruce being much
used on account Of its straight grain
and freedom from hidden defects.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
Literary Flavor.

A kind reader who is evidently also
a diner-out contributes the following
which he guarantees genuine, says the
New York Evening Post. 1t came, he
says, from the proprietor Of a new
Italian restaurant. The phrase house
top side this paper" with it's Oriental
nautical tang, refers to the printed ad-
dress of the restaurant on the letter
head:
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
A Left.Hand Stab.

Physical Instructor-Name the unit
of power, Mr.. Jones.
Jones (waking up)-The what?
Instructor-Correct. Any questions?
All right. We have a few minutes be-
fore the end Of the hour in which
we will do this problem: A man on
q bicycle approaches a four per cent
grade; how far has he come and will
he have to set on and walkf-Cornell
Widow.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
WrIter's styIe.

Stylel Stylel Why. all writer's win
tell you that it is the very thing which
can least of all be changed. A mans
style l. nearly as much a part of him
as any part of his being which IL at
least subjected TO the action OF his
Will.-Fenelon
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
Dear Sir:

Before l chef--one Italian noble
tamily-now come America-start the
business my own-house top side this
paper.
Everybody speak it me-my din
ners worth two (2) times.
81 delighted preparation for you
very fine special Italian dishes-no
extra charge-only notification me
few hours behind.
II build for clientele intellectual
they more appreciation my art,
MANY editors, critics, authors -
artists Metrop. Opera-come in my
house and l ask you so much come at
ny table then you shall tell many.
yours very truly,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17

has a train 1t is adjusted with snap
fasteners so that it may be removed
later for dancing and added again II
the costume is to be worn in its early.
impressive effect.