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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03
COOKED IN ITALIAN STYLE
Delicious Ways Of Preparing Fruit
That May Be a Novelty to Some
Housewives.

For the many who prefer cooked to
raw fruits the various delicious ways
known to the Italians may be received
with pleasure.
Different from the usual apple sauce
is this method Of cooking. Pare and
quarter apples of any size, drop into
a saucepan, for every six apples add
the Juice of one orange, and a quarter
of the peel sliced with the pulp. If
not sufficient juice a little water may
be added and graduated sugar to
taste. Cook only until the apples are
tender, not long enough for them to
lose form. Pears cooked the same
way are very good.
Apricots, fresh or dried, are cooked
in the same way. If dried soak for
eight or ten hours. Place in a baking
pan, cover with sugar and marsha
wine, or a good quality of sherry.
Place in the oven, cook until soft and
juicy, basting occasionally. Plums will
be found equally good cooked as APP
ricots.
Prunes, always ~seasonable, are won
derfully delicious when prepared in
the true Italian way. Soak owe night
prunes of any size in sufficient red
wine to cover the fruit and for each
pound of fruit add half a cup OF
granulated sugar. Cook until tender
and add more wine if much juice is
desired. Just what the wine does to
the flavor of the prunes it is difficult
to say, but certainly they are well
worth trying. Dried cherries, as well
as the fresh ones, are good cooked this
way, and blackberries stewed with
claret instead of water will prove a
new delicacy.
Peaches cooked with brandy are OF
course not a novelty, but peaches
cooked with raspberry syrup instead
of sugar and the usual brandy vii
be something to remember.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03
ROAD
BUILDING
GREAT BENEFIT TO M
Three-Hour Trip to Town Cut Down to-
Thirty Minutes by Advent Of
Gasoline Motor Car.
(By L. j. oLL1ER.)

The prosperity Of a state depends
largely upon good roads. They mean
cheaper transportation, better living
conditions, and happier homes. Quick
communication ranks as the great fac
tor in the universal dissemination Of
knowledge. Where good roads abound
sectionalism cannot exist.
The desire for good roads leading to
a city that those with automobiles
could have a greater ~pleasurable tour
ing radius first brought the matter
prominently to the fore as a good
roads movement with automobile back
ing.
Gradually the farmer, antagonistic
at first, began to take an interest.
With good roads and an automobile
he could cut down the three hour trip
to town to perhaps thirty minutes.
Good roads brought the doctor
quickly-at a time when minutes were
precious. Good roads and an automo-
bile took the family to town in the
evening, something unheard Of before,
or to visit a friend or relative in q.
distant part of the county. When
farmers learned that other farmers
were doing these things, that good
roads and automobiles made them pos
sible, then they, too, desired good
roads for their own county.
BY means Of the telephone and
quick motor truck delivery the farmer
is now able to top the market. He
can rush his produce to market at the
right moment to command the best
price. But he could not do it were his
roads not we'll built and in good re-
pair. Consequently the farmer is now
most active in the agitation for good
roads and jealous of any legislative
power delegated to irresponsible au-
thorities.
While in time every road should be
a good road, yet all the work cannot
be done at once. Therefore the au-
thorities who are building roads
should see that each one is linked to
another to make continuous highways.
The advantage of this lies in the fact
that the main arteries of travel will
then first receive the attention of the
good roads builders. 1t will also IA
cilitate touring, in itself a valuable
asset for any community.
It is interesting to note that in 1913
Ohio had the largest mileage of i'm
proved roads of any state in the Union
with 2S,312 miles. Indiana was sec
ond and New York third. Illinois was
seventh with 5000 miles. While New
York a claim the greatest progress
in road building from 1909 to 1918
having built nearly 10000 miles il
that time, 1 feel that the work Cali
| fornia is now doing probably puts tina
5 state in the lead. l have just returne'
: from California and am amazed at tn
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03

A serious effort is being made to
reproduce motion pictures in color, but
as yet little success has been obtained,
and the pictures in color which have
been show in recent years have been
painted. Attempts to adapt three
color photography, by using simultane-
ously three films, each with a sort OF
light of appropriate color, and combin-
ing the three images on the screen,
have Il overcome great difficulties in
regard to maintenance of register, be-
cause very minute errors of adjustment
between the pictures on the films are
magnified to an intolerable extent by
projection. In a process devised by
G. A. Smith. the results of which were
exhibited at the Society of Arts OF
London, In December, 1908, the mum.
Der of colors recorded was reduced to
two.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03
How to Clean Suede.

If you are wearing a pair of fash
Ionable shoes it goes without saying
that they have some suede somewhere
in their makeup. They have suede
tops or they have suede trimmings, or
some place there is some suede.
Also, as a matter of fact, the suede
becomes soiled rather easily. Now,
there are several sorts of cleaners sold
for suede and all of them are fairly
good. But a woman who has had
much experience with cleaning suede
says that the best way to clean it is
10 rub it with a fine emery cloth. This
literally rubs off the dirt and leaves
the suede smooth and clean.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03

got any blowouts or punctures going
through here because there isn't a sa-
loon in the town, so the garage failed
ry and all your Uncle Gilbert got for
the money he loaned was this car.
We've been four years making up our
minds to buy one and o we have
one whether we want it or not"
"Fine!" / said. Going out for a
spin, Uncle GiIbert?"
Possibly" he answered, never tax.
ing his eyes off the man-killer In front
of Kim, which stood there trembling
with anger.
What car is it," inquired polite
ly.
Its a Seismic" Uncle Gilbert said.
"Oh, yes, of course; made by the
Earthquake Brothers in Powderville-
good cal for the hills, especially com
ing down." l volunteered. Know how
to run it?"
II guess so; / was always a good
hand at machinery" Uncle Gilbert an
swered.
Don't you think you should have a
chauffeur" Peaches suggested.
Chauffeur! Why" Uncle Gilbert
snapped back. What do l want with
one of those fellows sitting around,
eating me out OF house and homer"
Now you know why he has so much
money.
"We1l be back in a little WHILE"
Aunt Miranda explained; "just make
yourselves at home. children"
Uncle Gilbert continued to eye the
car for another minute, then he turned
to me n said. Want to try it,
John?"
mix, Uncle Gilbert" l protested.
What would the t~ownspeople sayy
You with a new motor car, afraid to
run II yourself, had to send to New
York for your nephew-nixl Where's
YOU family pride?"
MY family pride is all right" an
swered Uncle Gilbert; but there's a
lot OF contraptions in that machine
don't seem to recognize"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03

Uncle Gilbert squeezed a couple OF
hoarse foot Tootsl" from the horn,
w%hereupon the woman in the road
threw up both hands and leaped for
the man. The mar threw up both feet
and leaped for the fence.
The last Aunt Miranda saw Of them
they we're entering their modest home
neck and neck, and the divorce court
lost a bet.
Then the machine began to climb a
telegraph pole, and as it ran down the
other side Aunt Miranda wanted to
know for the tenth time IL it would
explode.
How did John tell you to handle
it," she s~hrieked, as the Rowdy Cart
bit its way through a stone fence and
began to dance a two-step over a
strange mans lawn.
THE only way to handle this in
fernal machine is to soak It in water"
yelled Uncle Gilbert as they hit the
main road again.
81 don't see what family pride has
to do with it; there isn't a soul look
ing" moaned Aunt Miranda.
"Ohl If ! could only be arrested for
fast riding and get this thing stopped"
walled Uncle Gilbert as they headed
for the river.
Let me out! Let me out!" pleaded
Aunt Miranda, and the machine
seemed to hear her, for it certainly
| obliged the lady.
found out afterwards that in or
der to make good with Aunt Miranda
the machine jumped up in the air ant
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03

way stand the owners spears and
stone clubs, which are used in domes-
tic quarrels or to fight with enemies.
Violent temper seems to be a char
acteristic of these savages, and with
hardly a moments warning the peace
full village is converted into a scene
of turmoil and strife. Spears whizz;
clubs are welded Unfortunately and
with murderous intent, and the place
resounds with ~ferocious yells.
At intervals raids are undertaken
to procure heads as trophies and hui
nan flesh for food. There are no
fiercer cannibals, judging from all &C.
counts, than those Of New Guinea. In
1858 a vessel was wrecked off the
coast of British New Guinea, and 300
men on board Of her, all of them Chi
nese, were marooned on a small is
land. There they were fed and sys-
tematically fattened by the natives.
nc escape being possible, and at inter
walls, as required, two or three of them
at a time were taken to the mainland,
boiled in a spring of hot water and
eaten.
Women have no rights among the
natives of New Guinea. They are
treated as slaves, worked almost to
death and ~savagely beaten when their
owners happen to be in a bad humor.
which is often. 1t is their business to
cultivate the fields of banana and rice,
while their lords and masters attend
to the fighting and hunting. If a man
chooses to murder his wife, nobody in
%terferes, and nothing much seems to
be thought of it.
New Guinea is for n~aturalists an
unexplored wonderland. 1t has many
species Of birds that are as yet un-
known to science. The forests are full
Of parrots and other feathered crea-
lures of brilliant plumage, and among
the marine curiosities along the coast
are fishes that climb trees. The
swamps swarm with the deadliest
snakes. AS for the mammals Of the
island, nearly all of them are, like
those of nearby Australia, marsupi-
ais.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03
Gravel Road Near Richmond, Ind.

wonderful way in which this state Is
taking hold of good roads work.
Three years ago California appro-
priated SIS, 900, 900 for good roads.
The various counties each appropri-
ated in addition from $25O.O00 to 3d.
100000 for the improvement of coun-
ty roads which are feeders to the main
highways. Los Angeles county has
over 400 miles of improved roads. By
September one will be able to drive
from Los Angeles TO San Francisco by
the coast route and return by the val
ley route over continuous good roads
"a boulevard 1000 miles in length.
The same agitation that brought
California its appropriation for good
roads is now being waged elsewhere
throughout the West. In some places
actual work is in progress. The state
of Utah has passed favorably upon an
improved road that eventually will be
part of one all the way from the yell
lowstone National park to the Grand
canyon of the Colorado river in Ari-
zora
In the East New York Is working
out its good roads plan and ] am in
terested in the efforts Illinois is max
Ing to improve its roads.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03
To XII a Cat.

The most merciful way of destroy
ing cats is to chloroform them. Draw
an old sock over the cats head, so
that the toe is brought not quite to
its nose. Pour a teaspoonful of chic
reform on to the sock close to the
cats nose. Almost as soon as the
animal begins to be frightened it will
doze OFF. Twice more soak the end
of the sock. and the IA will not wake
again.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03

turned a double handspring, during
the course of which friend uncle and
his wife fell out and landed in the
most generous mudpuddle in that part
of the state.
Then the Buzz Buggy turned around
and parked at them and with an ex-
cited wag of its tail seooted for home
and left them fiat.
Late that evening Uncle Gilbert ex-
planned that there would have been
no trouble at all if he had removed a
defective spark plug.
But l think if Uncle Gilbert would
go to Doctor Lesser and have his par
simony removed he'd have more fun
as he breezes through life.
Peaches thinks just as / do, but she
won't say it out loud. She's r fox.
that kid.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03
RadIsh Salad,

Radlsh salad is very %pungent and ap-
petizing. Select firm, fresh radishes
and wash and scrape them carefully.
Cut into dice and cover with ice water
till crisp. Mix a cake of cream cheese
with a few sprigs of parsley chopped.
There should be sufficient celery to
make half a cup. Stir in the radishes
and serve on lettuce leaves with
French dressing.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03
Work for convicts.

II set to work on u pubic high
ways the convicrs in our prisons would
go out into the world after their sem
fences are fulfilled better qualified to
take their places as self-respecting
men and stronger mentally, morally
and physically. This aspect Of the
good roads subject is receiving con
stantly increasing attention.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03
Small cakea FOR Luncheon.

One-half cupful of butter and lard,
mixed and creamed with Ia cupfuls
Of brown sugar, two eggs well beaten,
TWO cupfuls of -four, one even tea
spoonful of soda in a little hot water,
one pound of chopped dates, one-half
pound of English walnuts; favor with
vanilla; mix with the hands, pat out
In small cakes and bake in INCREASED
tins.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03
Baked Eaas In Pepper cases.

Parboil the peppers lone for each
person to be served for about ten
minutes. Remove from the water and
break two eggs into the cavity. Stand
the peppers upright in a small baking
tin, place in a hot oven about five min
utes or until the eggs are sufficiently
cooked. Lay one OF two strips Of ba'
con across each pepper and serve.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03
Salad Surprise.

Select white turnips of large size
and uniformity, peel carefully. cut off
the top and scoop out the inside, To
this add salt and English walnuts
mixed thoroughly with French dress
ing made with a liberal quantity of
olive oil. Refill turnip cups, place
mint cherry on top and serve on let
luce hearts.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03

wy RHEN the Australian troops
AAH took the German part of
WW New Guinea early in the war,
Great Britain became the
%possessor of fully half of the
largest island in the world, for Aus
tralia and Greenland are properly
small continents. The other half be-
longs to Holland.
New Guinea surpasses Madagascar
in size, its length being 200 miles
greater than the distance from New
York to Chicago, says Rene Bache in
the Boston Herald. It's area is equal
to that of France and the British Isles
combined. But what renders it most
interesting is that it is today the least
known portion Of the habitable world,
fully nine-tenths of the island being
as yet UNEMPLOYED.
This may well seem surprising when
it is considered that New Guinea is
separated from the north coast OF
Australia only by a broad strait. A
glance at a map Of the world will
show that it is in reality the largest
memDe OF the great archipelago in
the eastern seas. which includes the
Philippine islands on the north and
Borneo and Sumatra on the west. The
line of the equator runs almost direct
ly through it.
Feroclous Black CannlbaIs.
New Guinea is Inhabited by tribes o
ferocious black people, with great
mops of wooily hair, who evince ut
most hostility toward all intruders
When vessels have been wrecked up
on their inhospitable shores they have
in a number of known instances cap
tured the unfortunate mariners ant
eaten them. But if the island is to 81
great an extent a terra incognita to
day il is not mainly on this account
but because of its unhealthful climate
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03
Easx rransportatlon.

When you consider the question im-
partially, perhaps nothing has had 90
much to do with the advance Of CIV
ilization as transportation. II has
affected economics in almost every
branch. The feeding of nations. the
growth OF business, civilization itself
really rests upon the fundamentals Of
quick and easy transportation-the
kind OF transportation that has been
evolved within the last so years
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03
Violin Makers.

In the French school of violin max
Ing the art was not practiced generally
until the eighteenth century. The
French were rather more skillful as
lmitators OF the Italians than as origi.
nators. and the most famous Of these
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03
Chicken soup.

Three pints chicken stock (use wa.
ter you boil your chicken in), ten
peppercorns, two slices carrot. n
slice onion, one blade mace. Cook
half hour. Add M pint milk. thicken
with three tablespoonfuls each of but
ter and -four. Salt and pepper TO
tast-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03

early French makers was Nicolas Lu.
pot. who copied Stradivarius almost
exclusively. The German school v
got very far in its success. Jacob
Stainer standing at the head of the
makers of that country.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03
Romance VS.. Reality.

"Ah!" sighed the sentimental ,paid,
what is SO old as the lofty hills?"
Il don't know" responded the mat
ter-of-fact young man. unless 1t is the
unlofty valleys"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03
Russia Has 1oo Proxlneea.

Russia has one hundred provinces
and several of the largest exceed the
state of Texas In size.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03
Undeserved Reputation.

Sometimes" said Uncle Eben, "a
man gifts de reputation of bein' ter
rible industrious when he's only idg-
ety."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03

In six months in the seventeenth
century $4,000 persons died in Naples
Of q plague
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-03

Set out a few eims for shade apout
the home.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-04-26
PIPO.

en- dormir adentro. Estaba muy gra-
We. Los ~pequenos granOs, a fuerza
de rascarselos, eran ahora llagas que
despedian un hedOr ~insoportable. Con
amenazas logre hacerlo salIr; pero
volvio en- segUida, escondiGndOse, en-
cogido, miedoso. -. iCrei terquedad
10 que quiza fuera tenor a Ia mue
te! Cogi una vara y d~escargue fuer-
te golpe sobre sus carnes enfermas.
Humillado, me miro largo Y dolorosa-
mente; no pudo contener las lagri-
mas Y u ojos Sc llenaron de perlas
cristalinas.... iFue n reconven-
cion 0 n suplica...? iQuiGn 10
sabe ...! Yo senti que en- aquel ms
tante me habia mirado Dios.
Firm sali6 agachado, quedo, muy
quedo, Y Sc entr6 a la perrera, be-
u IagflnlaS.
Ne recogi Y no pude dormir en- to-
da la noche; sentia como 81 mi alma
Sc hubiese roto o agrandado; no ca
bia en- nil. Supe de mi maldad y
de la maldad de Ia vida.
AL amanecer halle muerto a mi Pc
rro. En- u ojos, limpidos Y sere-
nos como dos 6palos, VIVA" adn,
aquella mirada interrogativa. :. LA
mirada de dos!
Tomas A deHoYoS.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-04-26

Dobre perro Firm. No fuG un vaga-
bundo. no; fuG IN guardian mode
10. A los primeros toqucs del sol
5obre la campina, dejaba 20 nues-
ira caseta, moyido ror Il necesidad
lie yivir. iba a Ia ciudad, al taller, a
la communion de las cosas Y de las al
mas, al trabajo. Firm st quedaba;
iamas en- nuestro predio un indlvi-
duo eytraRo sent6 su real; las go
londrinas 81 anidaban en- los a~lerOs;
nero debo Greer que eran amigos &c
mi perro.
A mi regreso, al finar el dia, STEM
Dre venia Firm por Ia c6moda we're
ia haciGndome "fiestas,' como 81
hubiGramos estado sin vernOs mu-
cho tempo. Cast llegamos q enten-
dernos, sosteniamos problemas. Por
la nochc dormia en- Ia orilla de mi
camastra, atento al menor ruido. ii
sueno de los perros es delicado. Sutl!;
tiene mucho del cello innate que hay
en- ell amor sano de las Tirgenes; tie
ne tanta sensibilidad c mo las bo-
no besadas.
Una tarde, Firm no salio a encon-
trarme. Estaba enfermo. Multitud
de granitos cubrian 81 piel. Teme-
roso del contagio le fabriqu6 una
perrera a la puerta de Ia caseta. ALI
dormia desde entonces, ~condescen-
diente. como 81 co~mprendiera que su
acercamiento me era perjudicial.
Anoche, sin embargo, sc empen6
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-04-26

NJ. Houllevigne estudia IN lie
Temps Ia question del petr6leo, de
tan vital importancia en- Ia guerra, y
Sc pregunta 81 dentro de IN plazo mas
0 menos largo no Sc agotaran las pro-
visiones de Aiemania. Ell petroleo
es indispensable para los a~eroplanos;
pero no son estos aparatos, como re-
cuerda al autor, los cue mas consul
men. "Dcsde eli comienzo de las
hostilidadee, dice, los alemanes ha-
bian organizado en- gran escala la
guerra en- automovil. Sc dice que
en- ell frente russo disponen de 10000
carruaies. Y me imagine cue en- el
nuesero han puesto en- acclon un nu-
nero por 10 menos iEual, agregucse
les que poseen, por ii parte. los aus
t~riacos, Y Sc Iiegara facilmente a Il
yifra de 100000 coches, que traba-
jan duramente Y en- toda claSe de ca
miuos. = Admiticndo para cada auto
m0,il I'm consume de veinte htros de
malta. no creo ser tachadO de eXa-
gcraci5u estimando I'm gasto cotidl2-
NO de 100000 de litros. No dudo
de que hayan hecho I'm ampIio abas-
tecimiento y que los estanques de Sus
grandes ciudades no esttn !!enos
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-04-26
n1irada diviDa

FL suceso me trajo Il bella en-
senanza de aliyio. De que e~Ntranas
mancras Sc comunica 4 veces, nues-
ira alma con las aImas a~icnas. 81
durara Glen siglos Ia vida del hombre,
seria este un c~onocedor absolute de
las cosas de los sercs. Los momen
tos de perception, los que dejan hue
la. los que imprimen Il ensenanza,
son raros, POGO frecuentes en- la Vi
da; hay gentes que hacen su reco-
rrido. sin tener jamas IN solo contac~
to que produzca, no va una luz, NJ
~siQuiera una chispa de sabiduria.
Durante dieZ largos Y tediosos amos
fu6 mi companero de in]fortunio mi
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-04-26
e, p = =

$50 metros, con una profusi0n has
a cntonces desconocida en- el pals;
leyironse los sondeajes a 900 me-
ros. Y luego a 1,200, y hoy Bory-
Law produce anualmente 100000 va
zones de petroleo, al mismo tempo
Tue el aceite Sc hace cada veZ mas
.iviano y mas cargado de esencia. La
8ukovina por su parte, parece RIGA
n aceite mineral pero ell empleo de
nedios ~anticuados solo puede dar re-
ulrados POGO interesantes. En- cam
10, Rumania, bajo la impulsion de
ociedades inglesas, ha adOptado re-
ueltamente metodos modernos; ell
l~istrito de Prahova, en- una super
icie de 40 kil6metros, recuerda los
ampos de petroleo de PENNSYLVANIA y
lie Baku. Los agujeros de sondaJes
uelen estar a 10 metros de tistan-
il unos de otros, de modo que Ia pro-
,uccion, Sc ha quintuplicado en- diez
mos. V varias pipe lines" conducen
aceite en- brute hasta las grandes
,sinas, donde Sc efectda la destila-
lion"
Termina ell autor diciendo que sc
luede calcular la production de Ia
serticnte de los Carpatos en- tres MI
ZONES de toneladas por ano, 10 que
iaria a su vez una production diarla
le cinco millones de litros de esen-
IA. Els, aproximadamente, 10 que
~,ecesitan Alemania y Austria para
aantener ell consume de guerra. Por
o tanto, 81 los austriacos dominan la
ialitzia Y Rumania observa una neu-
ralidad b~enGvola, la guerra en- auto
movies, puede continuar indefinlda-
nente; pero 81 ell dominic russo en- Ia
@ialitzia Sc afianza y Rumania lie
"a a cerrar sus puertas, la 'sed de
l~etr0leo' dominara a los imperios
sermanicos.