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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31

A long end of black velvet ribbon sets
off a very gorgeous pansy which
fiaunts its royal purple and gold-sure
of admiration.
Hats like that at the right appear
In soft blues, puppies, pale gray or
sand, and in black or white. This one
is in sand color with gray-blue velvet
ribbon and satin daisies in several
light colors. They have dark centers
and are set in bits of their foliage
and a few small blossoms. The ar
rangement of the ribbon velvet is orig
inal and effective.
A howerless model In light blue
takes unto itself a butterfly with blue
crepe wings and velvet body, which
is bound to the shepherdess shape. for
better or worse, by a broad sash of
velvet ribbon with hanging end at the
back. The brim is faced with crepe
and a band of it encircles the crown.
The big butterfly is featured on the
becoming shape and is likely to be
found somewhere neal the center OF
the stage among an assembly of flow
cred millinery-as beseems a butterfly
JULIA soTToMLEY.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31

dress of a theatrical agent in Ply
mouth. I'm going there to see them"
Alone, Joel?" ventured gentle and
polite Nancy.
mo. Ned Wallace is going with me
tt sort of keep me company"
Nancy's eyes frightened. The allu-
sion to Ned gave her a hopeful idea.
While Joel was down town arranging
for his trip she sent for Ned.
Young man." she said with mock
severity, do you know that l hold
your fate in my hands?"
IF you're referring to my liking for
your pretty sister, Winnie, l guess
you're right" admitted Ned meekly.
Il am. Now then, you are going to
the city with joel. If you bring him
back cured of his folly, l shall well
come you as a brother-in-law. If you
don't"
Yes, Mrs. Randall"
Il shall put off the engagement for
two years"
"Tll-Iu try" said Ned humbly, but
Joel has got 1t bad"
From that moment Ned set his wits
at work to accomplish the design in
view. On their journey to the city
he did not try to discourage Joel. He
knew tnat it would be of no use.
Joel's mind was nightly set upon his
mission.
The morning after their arrival in
Plymouth Joel and Ned started out to
call upon the theatrical agent, whose
card the circus man had given to
Joel.
They located him in an Office. the
walls of which were covered with
portraits Of stage celebrities, from
leading ~tragedians down to vaudeville
song and dance favorites. Joel stated
his mission.
"Ah, | see." bowed the agent, with
a twitching smile al the corner of his
lips. ~All right-ten dollars, please"
For" hesitated Joel.
MY advice-usual fee. Take ten
minutes. I'm a busy man,"
"All right" said Joel. 'Ill give you
The Roman Gladiator tragic, and
sing The Miner deep bass"
Fire away" directed the agent
throwing himself into a chair. look
ing bored.
Now. Ned had never before wit
messed one Of the s~pecialties of the
gifted Joel. He had heard him sing
In the choir and spout election times
but this was a star rendition.
Joel had some voice-in fact. toe
much of II. The Gladiator" he rep
resented made Ned smile. He must
have been horn with a cold. The
funny part OF it. however. was the
most excruclet ingly funny spectacle
Ned had eyer come across Even the
agent was stimulated. He sat up. his
face aglow with amusement. Ned bio
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
GOOD plsposItIon an Asset.

1t is a pity that children are not
taught the value of a good disposition.
Perhaps the reason for the neglect is
that 30 much insistence is placed on
the qualities that, taken together,
make up disposition. But there is
something in disposition itself. in at
titude. that ought to be made clear.
If we have the wrong attitude, no mat
ter how hard we may strive to Guilt
vate this good quality or that, it is
almost impossible for us TO go through
the day tremendously and happily.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
MIDSUMMER HELPS

Keep the seed-pods picked of. If you
want flowers.
Mysosis will succeed in hottest sun
shine II seeds are picked on.
Look over the grounds and gather
up the mistakes for reference.
Treat the lilac shoots as weeds. Cut
of all seed-pods If you want flowers
next year.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31

all sides of the foliage and stems. If
the tea is applied hand hot 1t will be
more effective.
A strong soap suds made of any
good white soap, If applied quite
warm, is discouraging to the bug popu-
lation, and is especially good" for
the green louise or aphis.
tRed spiders affect the outdoor as
we'll as indoor plants in droughty
weather, and are usually found on
the under side Of the foliage, causing
the leaves to turn brown and to curl
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
What's Blue eIoodq

she never tires of telling how her
ancestors came over in the May
flower"
still, that sort Of story doesn't
make much impression on her rich
neighbors, who know that the present
generation of the family can't afford
to go back to Europe as first
cabin passengers aboard an ocean
liner"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31

may be an island of moss-the moss
a be bought in the florists shop or
in a Japanese shop, or you can get it
in the woods. Seeds can be bought
for little plants that grow in a week
or SO, and tiny dwarfed trees can be
bought. There are little lamp posts
and garden lanterns and there are
bird houses set on wicket gates, and
there are tiny japanese figures made
of clay or porcelain, fishes, birds,
deer, fitted with wires to thrust into
the ground to hold them upright and
all have a remarkable lifelike look.
For a dollar you can buy enough fit
tings to make a simple garden but
having spent n o will become
fascinated with the miniature thing
and spend more.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
Short Skirts.

Girls in rather short skirts. slightly
fuller but not really wide, are wearing
short, loose backed coats with turned
back collars and cuffs of fine lingerie.
A small toque of straw and silk
trimmed with closely set flowers looks
very we'll with a costume of this kind,
and high laced boots of patent leather
and light cloth, or neat brown boots,
look equally we'll. The foolishly high
heel is no longer in favor.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
Attractive Coats.

The little coats and jackets designed
in many shapes are very attractive
above the full short skirt. Very often
these coates are cut in loose sack
shape, hanging away from the waist
line in graceful effect. At other times
they are cut with ridiculously short
basques, sticking u round the
waist line, and they open wide in front
to display the daintiest of blouses.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
FIGHT THE INSECT PESTS

For the little white fly, use sulpho-
tobacco soap according to directions
on the package. For rose bugs, in the
evening place two or three ounces of
quassia-chips Ito be had of the drug
gist) in a pail, and fill with boiling
water-two or three gallons accord
ing to size of pail.
Let stand until next morning. then
apply the liquid to the plant with a
garden syringe, getting the tea on
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
Dainty Dessert.

Add one-half cupful chopped wal.
nuts, one-half cupful maraschino cher
ries cut fine. one-half cupful marsh
mallows cut fine, one-half cupful sliced
pineapple cut fine. to one pint of stif-
ly beaten cream. Do not sweeten cream
and be sure to have cream very stif.
Enough to serve eight persons. with
spoLge or angel cake.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
Runabout Froek.

An excellent way to make up the
new striped taffeta runabout frock for
summer is with a plated skirt and
jaunA little eton or bolero coal fall
ing owe a wide leather belt. There is
a natty tailored suggestion about these
suits, and they are also delightfully."-
cool and comfortable ON warm days.
A particularly fetching model of blue
and white striped pussy-willow taffeta
has a skirt five yards around at the
foot-or rather ut the boot top. for all
such skirts reveal the dainty buttoned
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
Lemon Pie with RaIsins.

One cupful sugar, n heaping table
spoonful -four, one and one-half cup
fuls molasses, one cupful water. juice
and grated rind of two lemons. n
cupful seeded raisins. Stir the flour
into the sugar; then add the other in
gradients in the order named. Bake
between two crusts, slashing the upper
one.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
convenient cIothespln BAD.

This bag Is made from a square
bag just wide enough to have a
clothes hanger sewed t the top. A
slit is made down the middle to with
in four inches of each end, SO that
the pins may be put in and taken
out easily. The advantage of this
bag is that it can be hooked on the
line and slid along as the clothes are
hung up.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
RIueherrx shorteake.

T%wo-thirds cupful of sugar. one-quar-
ter cuptul butter creamed. one beaten
egg. one cupful milk. two cupfuls flour.
sifted with two teaspoonfuIs baking
powder and pinch of salt. and one and
one-half cupfuls blueberries. Bake in a
very not oven. To be eaten hot with
butter.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
The JAPANESE GARDEN

If you object to anything diminu-
tive and that needs attention, then
you will not care for a Japanese gar
den But if you like things Japanese,
if you delight in tiny things that have
all the charm of their huge proto-
types, if you like to have something
growing under your eyes then you
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31

gaiter boot to within one inch of it's
upper edge. The plated skirt has a
crosswise band of the silk. eight inches
deep, at the bottom. and the short
striped eton jacket is edged with a
crosswise four-inch band of the silk.
Such a suit. worn with a huffy white
blouse. a tailored hat and floating veil
of hlado-a or treliis mesh. is exactly
the right thing for all-round summer
wear.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
His Handicap.

"one OF the penalties of approaching
age is c~lumsiness," confessed Merton
Morose, on whose head the frosts OF
time have been sitting down for quite
a spell. When move c~arclessly
about a room | knock over five things,
on an average. and when am espe-
cially careful l knock over ten-"-
Judge.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
cinoer Puhs

Beat n egg. add onehalf cupful
sugar. one-half cupful molasses. -four
tablespoonfuls butter and one-half cup
full of warm water. Add two cupfuls
OF flour mixed and sifted with one
teaspoonful each of cinnamon. ginger
and soda Bake in small buttered
pans.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
Which Of IN. Evils,

Touch Em-"Thanks. sir, for the
dime; you see. I've been driven to
these circumstances by a woman.
Bertie-"Ah. did she reject or mari
your"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31
Secret al Good Memory.

The secret OF good memory is at
t%ention, and attention to a subject
depends upon BUR interest in 1t. We
rarely forget that which has made
a deep impression on our minds
Tryon Edwards.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31

Happy the man mistaken In pros
Ferrous or adverse fortune.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-31

will soon become a devotee OF the
miniature Japanese garden or land
scape.
After you have selected something
to hold tia dish can be bought for
a few cents-plan the garden. There
The Detroit times., 1915-11-29
OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC WORKS
nefroit. Nov. %. 1915.
ALTERATIONS AND
ADDITIONS TO MUNICI-
PAL ASPHALT PLANT

Sealed proposals Will be received az
the ofh q Of the Department OF Puh~'
lic Works. Detroit, Mich. until Tues-|
dav. Nov 80. 1915. at 10 o'clock q. M.
Eastern standard time. at which time
and place they Will BE- opened, FOR
furnishing and installing the follows
ing equipment In the City Asphaik
Plant. Western District Yard.
Two batteries OF double-drum Dry.
ers. one hot sand elevator and boots
enc hot sand bin, two measurin9'
boxes. one dust collector. extensions
10 main shaft and further uecessarY
alterations 20 place plant with fr1-.
provemcnt Ia complete operating ovS'
der as per spccthCations on nle In
this office Delivery 70 he made 7, 81
b.. n - " Western Yard. Only BIDS
for complete work viii be accepted. NJ
Bidders arc required 20 die = certI>i
fed check iu the sum Df st.0o0.ao with
tho Department ~ Public WORKS. be-.
fore the proposals are opened. con-
dltioned that should they be the low u
est bidders they will within ave daye'
after being awarded q contract D.
the Department. enter into contf1H
with surety company bond I'm the fuU'
estimate Of the contract W
The right TO reject any and AL p<9&
oOsals fs expressly reserved. ell u4~I
4 ,sals 10 br made in duplicate.
B.tss oEO w FENKEr.r<
sss5 commlssiouoU
The Detroit times., 1915-11-29
AID. Gilman
WANTS ID. II. r..
LINES RE-ROUTED

Aid. Tom" Gilman. who is night.
ing to improve the street car SER
vice on the extreme west side 0f'
the city, will introduce two resoltS
tions in the council meeting. Tues
day night. requesting the ID. u. ~
10 make desired changes In the rout-s
ing of the springweifs and Baker
car lines.
The alderman wants the n. u. n,
to discontinue the plug line services
on Springwells-ave between LIVER
nois and Dearborn-aves., and opers'
ate instead on Dearborn.ave.. be-
tween Fort-st. and West Jefrersonr.
ave. lis also wants the Baker line
re-routed TO run from Lvernois-avo..
out Dix-ave. 70 Ferndale-ave,, thence
TO Springwells-ave. and southerty'
on Springwels-ave to Chamberlsi1r.
ave-: westerly on Chamberlain-Avex;
10 Woodmere-ave. southerly On
Woodmere-ave. 10 Fort-st., and thcn.
westerly TO the so-called terminat
OF the Fort through cars, which a.
just east Of the Pere Marquette
tracks.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-29

he didn't for n single little minute
forget to keep his ears open. He
knew that he would be safer in the
dear Old Brier Patch. bUt he wanted
to see more OF Honker and perhaps
In the morning. after a good nights
rest. Honker would tell more stories.
Now Honker was asleep out there In
the pond of Paddy the Beaver.
Buster Bear had gone about his
business for the night so had
Plickly Porky Jumper the Hare
had gone also. Only Paddy was
awake and he was too busy 10 talk
So Peter sat as still as still can be.
thinking over what he had heard
about Glutton the Wolverine and
Fla;horns the Moose. and wondering
what IL would be like TO be able to
fly like Honker the Goose. He
looked up through the treetops at
the twinkling stars and then over at
the pond where there seemed TO be
stars, too. twtukiing in the water
Where the Black Shadows had
stretched themselves across the
water he could Just see what looked
like 10 blacker shadows. He knew
that they were Honker and his fol
lowers.
"It must he great TO be leade:
like Honker and have all the rest
obey YOU" thought Peter, who, you
know. never has been a leader in
his life. "He must feel very anxious
when he picks out place TO spend
The night when he is making these
long journeys. II isn't like stop
ping in places that YOU know all
about. Now. he never has stopped
here before. 40 how does he know
what dangers there may be? OF
course Buster Rear and Paddy have
told him that he will be perfectly
safe here for one night anyway. and
OF course sleep,ng out there on the
water there isn't anybody he fears.
II isn't like sleeping on shore where
someone may creep up and surprise
YOU"
a long time Peter sat there. BY
and by he noticed that some Of those
The Detroit times., 1915-11-29
A Thump and a Slap.

II all sounds like a dreadful quar-
rel, doesn't it But there wasn't
any quarrel AT all. You see II was
this way, Peter Rabbit, sitting on
guard near the pon1 OF Paddy the
Beaver. where Honkor the Goose
and his eleven followers we're sleep
ing, saw something moving among
the Black Shadows which filled the
Green Forest Hello, What is that
moving over there?" thought Peter,
but he was far too wise 10 think IL
ont loud He Just thought II inside
and kept stilier than ever. II that
were possible. And all the time he
looked very harl in the direction
where be had seen. or thought he
had seen. something moving.
Sure enough In minute or two
he saw ii again. He saw II steal
across from one Black Shadow 10
another and he didn't need 10 be
told what that something was nor
who II was. Oh, no, Peter didn't
need 70 be told. Peter had seen
that shadowy form TOO often not
10 know IL AT the very first glimpse.
II was Old Man Coyote Peter Felt
little prickles OF fear al over him.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-29

State OF Michigan, in the Circus
Court for the County OF Wayne. 10.
chancery. Grace II Wills complains
ant. VS. Israel f. wills, dofendant.
No. 52203. Suit pending for divorces.
ia the circuit court for the county of
the 30th day OF October, A. D.. 1915.
In this cause IL appearing from am Y
davit on file that the defendant. Israel
Il Wills, is not a resident OF this
state. but resides AT Welland, Well
land county. IN the province OF On
tario; Canada. or motion OF Ezra r.
Beechler complainants solicitor. IL 70
ordered that the said defendant cause
his appearance 10 be entered herein.
within four months from the date az
this order and in case OF hts appear-
ance that he cause an answer 20 tha'
complaiuants bill or complaint to bo
filed. and COPY thereof TO be served
on said complainant's solicitor WITH
In Ib days after service on him Of q
COPY OF said bin, and notice of thjs
order and that in default thereof
said bill be taken as confessed nv
tho said non resident defendant. And
81 ls further ordered. that within 20
days the said complainant cause a mo-
tice OF this order 10 be published In
the Detroit Times. a newspaper print =
cd, published and circulating IN said
county. and that such publication hs
each week. for elk weeks I'm success
sion or that she cause a copy OF this
order 10 he personally served on safd
non resident defendant. at least 90
days before the time above prescribe
for his appearance Geo l. Hosmer.
complaiuant's solicitor. Law Offices.
s1s-si4 Chamber OF Com. DAtroit.
Mitch. \ true COPY Emil w. Colombo.
deputy register.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-29
COMPANY BEING
FORMED TO MAKE
MICH. TRACTOR

The Michigan Tractor now on
display at the Acme garage, No. ~
Jefferson-ave. east, is attracting
considerable attention, and pro-
vokes much favorable commend:
flom those who see It perform. win
total weight of 1000 pounds. pows
er is applied TO both rear and frons
wheels. an idea distinctly differen6
from the ordinary farm tractor Thfo
insures a maximum of power at the
draw-bar with a minimum OF waste.
Steps are being taken TO form =
corporation under the laws OF Mich
igan to manufacture and marked
this new tractor.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-29
LITTLE STORIES FOR BEDTIME.
Peter Rabbit Keeps Guard.

sleeping geese were drifting nearer
the shore. II troubled him, he didn't
know just why fhen quite sud
denly into his mead popped a
thought Suppose. Just suppose,
Old Man Coyote or Granny or Red
dy Fox should happen to come along
and find one of them asleep clsse
to shore, Peter all az once felt
that ne ought TO keep guard. which
means to watch for danger.
III were IN a strange place"
thought he. II surely would feel
better f. some one who knew ALI the
dangers kept watch while | slept
OF course Honker won't know until
he wakes up that have kept watch,
and perhaps | won't tell him then.
I'm not doing It for his thanks or so
that he'll think any the more OF me,
but because-because-well, because
I like that feeling inside whenever
I've done something for someone
else. Hello What is that moving
over there?'
The Detroit times., 1915-11-29
SYNOPSIS


on the day ot the eruption OF alt.
Polee Capt John Hardin or the SI,
Princess TesCuos b-ycar-old Annette
llington ftOm an open boot, Dul 10
forced tc leat, behind her ihthe, nlI 49,
mis- compaLionH lllngton Is assaultod
by hernandez and FontO IN VAIN az
tempt 10 get papers which iHnstoh
has managed TO send BOARD tue lIln-
cCss wltt his daughters. papers prov
ing his title 10 and telling Tue WheIe-
abcUts OF the lost BLAND OF IlhhaoaI'
uington's injury causes MS NINA 10
become a blank Thirteen years elapse
with ponto. lnez, female seoOm-
plice and the mindless brute mat once
was Inns ton, come 10 seaport Where
the widow OF capt. Hardin Is iiElns
with her son Neal and Annette llinK-
ton, and plot TO steal the papers left
"a Annette by her father. Neal tries
for admission TO the nAFal academy,
but through thg - fySehisay 49, ia. ola o. J1:y 6,
gracsd. Neal enltsts iu the navy.
Iuez sets trap tor Jock and the con-
spirators get him In theS power. lie
agrees TO steal the papeTs>Ior them.
diu home aud the brute- man fSSCues
Annett, with the papors from %he
flames. Annette discovers that heNN
al piied TO tho map reveals the loca-
tion OF the lost island subsequently
an "A struggle for a., possession the
map is torn in three parts. Herman
deZ. Annette ana Neal each securing
portion. Annette sails on the Corona
do IN search OF her father The crew,
cTaBed 10y cocaine SNUG gled aboard
BY Hernandez. mutiny, ana are over
come by q boarding party from ". ;.
destroyer Jackson. led by Neal
In Martinique Annette and NeHl
are captured aud taken 20 smng-
glers cave 90 bC blown up 18th
dynamite. but are rescued b! a
sponge diver. Iacz fOrEes identi-lca-
tion papers FOR herseli as Anrette.
In an Insured. .4ou Neal an Annette
are again captured
The Detroit times., 1915-11-29

where over there three rnirs "a
hungry eyes were wat hing th010
TocSe JUST Rs no vas ,-Urgr Mu(
up his mind. He would thnmp as,1
then he would run with all hl@'
might.
Thump' Thump' Thump, Peter ~
the ground with all his might ana
hoped II would waken Honkex<
Then without waiting TO see ho
started for the nearest brambio
tangle as fast as he could go.
Slap, That was the tail OF PAD
dy the Beaver hitting the water.
He had heard Peters thumps and
knew what they meant And at the
sound OF that slap Hunker the
Goose awoke.
Next story: "Honker Sends Hto
Thanks 10 Peter"
The Detroit times., 1915-11-29
THE DREADFUL PIT.
CHAPTER xLVlll.
Dangerous Delay.

The Ire OF Hernandez was now
thoroughly aroused. A quic ksilver
mine ON the Lost Isle OF Cinnabar-
probbly unvorked for a century or
more--meant millions, many mil
lions. Hernandez realized the fact.
lie was playing for high stakes
very high
so Tar he had played hts hand
with GOODNESS and dexterity-he had
used iinesse But hts Latin blood
and temperament were getting the
better OF his caution lie was an
cry now-his blood was up.
MY ancestors" he told Ponto.
had coat OF arms-a motto. Ride
through that was what il said,
friend Ponto I shall follow it,
that Injunction shall ride
through"
They We're lounging. breathless.
painting, against a tree trunk that
had fallen athYart one OF the invisi-
bic trails OF Central American jun
gle With them was Senorita Inez
Castro.
Bah" she g. claimed, leave An
nette Ellington 10 me, the little wild
cat with the pretty face. How many
times have you had her in your
hsnds-only 10 have her wrigsle out
OF them again Leave her to me .
The fair Inez drew a wicked look
Ing stiletto from the bosom OF her
drees. I'm knife her IN a minute" "
Hernandez flushed. you take
care OF your complexion and your
heart, senorita." he returned, IL am
master here DO you think do not
know when 20 raise this hand"
you've raised it, tainted lnez,
"and--somehow II never falls"
1T shall fall" returned Hernandez
with a snarl. "but / want TO get them
both want 70 get them right. this
little wildcat Of an Tlington--this
SNUG chap with the uniform. owe
them both many many grudges.
owe them one hour or so Of torture
II owe them more. owe them this
that her lover shall kill her--and
then go mad and Kill himself That
is what I've worked for. So far I've
failed. He shrugged his shoulders
"You are right, senorita," ~ ex.
claimed savageIy where we find