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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
SAVING NEW YoRK'S TREES
Planting Association of the Great
Metropolis Finds Itself Facing
a Hard Problem.

Manhattan presents a hard problem
for those who want to beautify the
metropolis with shade trees. II seems
that certain streets are not altogether
hopeless, according to the report OF
the Tree Planting association of New
York, just out.
Such are Seventh avenue and LenoI
from One Hundred and Tenth street
up; Broadway north from Fifty-ninth
street, also West End avenue, West
One Hundred and T~hirty-eighth, West
Seventy-ninth street, etc.
On all of these there are plantations
at present. In spite of the fact that
some people have the idea that New
York has few shade trees there are
dozens of varieties of all shades and
styles and patterns, from ~aristocratic
shade trees to scraggy slum dwarfs.
Tree doctors and surgeons are very
necessary, and tree surgery has be-
come quite a definite science. Many a
fine old tree is saved by filling its
TOOTH as it were-that is, filling its
hollow cavity with cement to prevent
further decay.
The committee of the association
has divided up New York into dis
tricts for special examination, and the
report on the different geographical
locations is exhaustive.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
Ancient Corn Mills.

These peculiar rock formations are
hand made-the most ancient of grist
mills for grinding American corn.
They have been used by the Navajo
Indians of Arizona from time imme.
mortal up to within a comparatively
few years. There. are IS to. 40 of them
in the group, the lava rock in which
they have been cut being especially
favorable for grinding purposes.
The Navajos, unlike their more war
like neighbors, the Apaches, have been
for the past 200 years a pastoral and
industrial ace of Indians, c%ultivating
large acreages of grain and an entire
tribe was wont to repair to these NOR
tars near Sulphur Springs, where the
squaws would spend several days max
ing meal. Some of the old hangers
on at Sulphur Springs say that years
ago there were many pestles or grind
ing stones lying around the mill"
but these have all been taken away
by travellers as curiosities.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
TO SERVE WITH LUNCH
SUGGESTIONS FOR DISHES EASY
TO COMPOUND.
viii Frequently Be Found Valuable
In Emergencies That All House
wives Experience = Piquant
Suggestions From France.

Hors ~d'oeuvres are an essential part
OF the French %dejeuner, but here they
are not often served at the family
luncheon. They are often convenient,
however. to exc out and give a little
appetizer to a luncheon that might
otherwise be scanty, and a few good
ideas for bors d'oeuvres and savories
are valuable for the housewife. Here
are a few sample recipes that can be
made and worked into a luncheon at
the last moment:
Devlled Sardines.-Take ~.sardines,
warm them in their own oil, add a
little lemon Juice, season highly with
salt, pepper and English sauce, serve
very hot on small rounds of toast
savory Toast.-Chop very finely, or
u through a meat chopper, any
pieces of cold chicken, beef, ham or
tongue. Pound to a paste with the
yolks of two hard boiled eggs, a piece
of butter, pepper, salt, a little Chut-
ney and Worcestershire. Spread rath-
er thickly on thin strips of toast and
set in the oven to heat.
Cheese canapes.-Cut bread into
pieces one-half an inch thick, then
stamp them into circles with a biscuit
cutter. Saute the bread in =. little
butter until it is of an amber color on
both sides. Cover the slices with a
thick layer of grated cheese, sprinkle
with salt, pepper and a dash of cay
enne. Fifteen minutes before the
time to serve place them in the oven
for a few minutes to soften the
cheese.
Anchovy Canapes.-Spread strips Of
fried bread with a thin layer of an
chovy paste. Sprinkle over the tor
alternate rows of the white AMI yolks
of hard boiled eggs chopped very fine
Sardine canapes are made by pound
ing the sardines to a paste, spread
ing it on strips of fried bread ant
sprinkling the top with some sort Of
chopped pickle.
Stuffed Eggs.-Cut hard BOILED eggs
in halves. Take out the yolks care
fully and mix them with an equa
quantity of softened bread crumbs
season highly with a little butter, sal
and pepper. Moisten with any sauce
add a little raw egg. Fill the whites
from which the yolks were taken
round off the tops smoothly, slice
small piece off the bottom, so that tn,
eggs will stand upright, and serve
Any %fiavoring or seasoning that Il
liked may be added to the mixture TO
stuffing eggs-mayonnaise. mustard
mushroom, tomato, or they may b,
mixed with French dressing.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27

at the back and gradually grow MAJ
rover at the sides and front, finally
disappearing at the top fastening of
the bodice. But they also require wir-
ing with the finest of s~ilk-covered
wire, to give them the sprightly pose
required.
One of the new collars Of sheer ba-
tiste finished with fine embroidery is
shown in the picture given here. 1t
is a good example of a type of collar
which is featured among the new
dress accessories for spring. Equally
strong as a novelty, the new very
high, standing collars (high at the
front as we'll as the back, attached
or unattached to the blouse, are COM
manding much attention and may
prove the favorites. Just at the mo-
ment the sheer collar, high at the
back and turned over, open at the
throat, is liked finished by a band
of narrow black velvet ribbon which
ties we it around the throat and APP
pears to support it, although fine
wires really do the work.
There is a lot of wear in the col
lars of embroidered batiste; they pro-
vide an inexpensive and dainty means
of freshening up the dress.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
Old Registration system.

The papyri of the Roman period have
conclusively proved that registration
of land already existed in a highly
elaborate form, and that 1t was insti-
tuted not only IN the interests of the
state. but also-some think even pri-
marily-in the interests of private in
dividuals. That point m out clear
ly in an important edict of a frst-cen-
fury project. who ordains that con-
tracts affecting real property were not
to be drawn up without due authorize
tion from the keepers of the public
archives. These officials had to keep
the registers up to date, entering in
them all mortgages and other charges,
as well as changes of ownership, and
they were thus enabled to protect an
intending purchaser from o~versights
and frauds.-New York Press.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27

THE new collars give one the choice
1 of barring the throat, leaving it more
or less yelled, or covering it COM
pletely. But almost without exception
they are high at the back, many of
them very high, and the neck is lost
to view. In the greater number the
throat is open, there are f1aring revers
at the side and a turnover portion at
the back. Within these lines the va
riety of ways in which the collars are
cut is really b%ewildering. To Judge
by this, everyone is to wear novel
things in neckwear, and every style
is to be suited.
Besides the turnover collars, with
revers at the sides and vestees at the
front, there are smart styles with
standing plaits across the back. These
are cut squarely off at the sides, leav.
ing the throat uncovered, but are fin
ished with a long vestee at the front.
These, like other standing effects, are
supported by fine wires. They are
very high. reaching not much below
the top of the ears.
Then there are the graduated rufles
of fine lace which are favorites on
gowns of lace and net and on after
noon gowns of taffeta or faille or
crepe de chine. They are not so high
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
city.PIannlna Association.

For a number of years the city OF
New York has contemplated the crea-
tion of a city-planning commission for
regulating the various civic improve
ment undertakings of the municipal
ity, as well as those of private individ-
uals. The work which would come
under the supervision of such a city
planning commission would include,
among other things, housing. indus
trial structures, the c~onveyances of
supplies and materials of manufacture
and manufactured products, the dis
posal OF waste material, the arrange
ment of the various sections Of the
city in accessible manner, rapid and
convenient means of transportation,
the provision of facilities for educa-
ton and public recreation.
These are the fundamental objects
of city planning, but many other city
activities would come under the super
vision of the city-planning commits
sion, such as regulating the height of
buildings, dividing the city into dis
tricts and zones, traffic regulations.
etc.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
Hot-Water Chocolate Cake.

Two tablespoonfuls butter, n cup
full sugar, yolk of n egg, two table
~spoonfuls cocoa dissolved in one-half
cupful boiling water, one teaspoonful
of soda dissolved in one-half cupful
boiling water, n t~easpoonful of bak-
ing powder, sifted with one and one
half cupfuls of -four and n teaspoon
full of vanilla. Mix in order given and
bake in square tin about thirty min
utes. Frost with white of egg beaten
stiff. Boil n cupfu' sugar in little
water till it hairs, then turn on egg and
beat till stiff.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27

10 HELPS
NATURE DELIGHTS IN CURVES
Builders Of Human Habitations Do
Well to Avoid Too Many
Straight Lines.

Nature makes no straight lines, for
whether it be the canopy above, the
horizon about us, the shore of ocean
or pond, the course of streams. the
lines of horse, bird, or even Of the
human figure, beautiful curves and
variety and multiplicity of curves
everywhere abound. Without guild
ance such as e taut cord, a straight
edge, or ruler, man cannot make a
straight line. Even with the assist
ance of a crack or continuous joint
in a sidewalk the homeward-bound in
the wee sma' hours anent the twal'
cannot maintain their physical dig
nifty and equilibrium, however assidu-
ously their feet WOO the straight
and narrow path of rectitude." II
must then be apparent that nature
never intended man to make straight
lines, and the present writer loves
them not, even in a Westinghouse
The clay cottage with matched roof
is the very acme of beauty in shell
tiers for mankind, and often the sim
pie, old-fashioned garden round about
holds nkre of natural charm than the
most favored part of the grandest es-
tate.
Those who have tramped over fresh
ly-fallen snow, though intent upon go
ing in a straight line from one specific
point to another, looking back upon
their course, may easily descry what
beautiful and smoothly-fowing curves
they have traced upon earth's win
try shroud. Even the paths of do
nestle animals through their pastures
are of most artistic and gentle de-
parture from the monotonous straight
line. Still, we would not advise fol-
lowing these in the economic DISPOSE
ton of traffic, as did the Bostonians
with Sam Foss' calf trail. Likewise,
we should avoid violation of the die
tates of common sense by trying to
institute curve in a front walk from
street to door when the distance is
but a few PAGES. Curves must not be
made to appear ridiculous. Sometimes
restricted scope precludes their use
and straight lines must prevail. Still,
the straight line is not, as Ruskin is
reputed to have said, the line Of
beauty"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27

r. HE p~lainest of boudoir caps such
l as that n pictured iere. will
serve to introduce a coterie of others
far more deliberately made. The sub
ject of boudoir caps is inexhaustible;
they are as varied, almost, as the
faces they so prettily set off. Dain-
tiness is the most lasting of fem
mime charms. and the boudoir cap is
an expression Of this.
Displayed in a New York shop are
a half dozen or so styles, that run
the scale from the simplest to the
most elaborate. The first one con-
sists of a puff of plain crepe de chine
FOR the crown, which is gathered over
a circle of wire that fits the head.
Lace, about three inches wide, plated
in narrow side ~plaitings, is sewed in
side the edge of the cap about the
front, extending from one temple to
the other. A second length Of the
plated lace is sewed in, extending
from ear to ear. The lace Is then
turned back off the face and tackled to
the crown, forming a coronet of lace
about the face.
Where this plating leaves of, a
third length is sewed in the cap and is
left hanging over its neck. A TO
settle Of narrow ribbon is sewed to
each side.
The next cap is made OF all-over
shadow lace with the pulled crown
shirred over a circle of wire. A
frill Of very narrow lace extends about
the front of the cap. Across the back
there is a scant frill of wider lace
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
Thought and Action.

We build from within, outward, but
the outward growth also sends down
its roots within. We act according to
the thoughts we cherish, and yet 1t is
true that our actions have their re-
flex influence upon Jul thoughts. Do
you wish to be brave and unselish?
Compel yourself to act as If you
were. whatever your feeling, and your
conduct will have its effect in strength
ening your spirit. Do you desire to
be temperate and kind in your judg-
ment of others? Make your speech
of that order and a like habit of
thought will gradually become yours.
The way to get anywhere is to start
with the one step possible.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27

that is wired with fine wire, to curve
outward from thu ears and neck.
This smart little affair is trimmed
with a twist of narrow satin ribbon
and occasional clusters of the smallest
chiffon roses SET about the face. 1t
is finished with a rosette of the
ribbon at each side.
The third cap was made of fine dot
ted swiss and shaped like a baby's
cap. A frill of cluny lace, very scant,
fell about the face, and an insertion
of the same was set in about the
crown. Between the insertion and
the frill a narrow band of ribbon ex-
tended about the cap, ending in long
loops and ends at the left side.
The fanciest and most novel of caps
in this gay array had a pulled crown
OF colored silk set in a brim of Irish
lace. The lace was wired to stand out
in four points, one at the front, enc
at the back, and one at each side. It
had NJ trimmings, the richness of
the lace making this unnecessary.
Many simple caps were shown made
Of Powered wolfe and marquisette.
They have pulled crowns and short
capes of the material and were
trimmed with lace and little ribbon
roses in several colors. One of the
prettiest OF all was made of sheer
openwork swiss embroidery for the
puffed crown. and a double rufie Of
lace about the face. Satin ribbon two
inches wide was twisted about the
crown and tied in a bow at the front.
JULIA BoTToMLEY.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
BREAD DRESSING FOR STEAK
Many Prefer Meat Prepared In. a
Casserole to That BroiIed In
the Regular Way.

II you wish to stuff a flank steaS
use bread dressing; use it with veg
etables and a small quantity OF liquid
in a casserole. If you do not own one
land you should in these times Of
high prices) use any tightly covered
dish. Be sure it is tight so the steaU
cannot escape.
Bread, Stuffinp.-Two cur fuls soft
bread crumbs, one-half cupful butter
melted In one-third cupful hot water
or milk, one-quarter teaspoonful pow
dered sweet herbs or spiced poultry,
seasoning, n beaten egg. Mix the
ingredients together thoroughly. The
bread should be "a hours old and
taken from the center of the loaf.
The seasoning is a matter Of indi-
vidual taste, so you can use the above
quantities or suit your taste. The
egg may be omitted if the flank is to
be eaten hot, but will slice better
when cold If egg is used. Cracker
crumbs give a drier stuffing.
Spread your flank steak with above
and roll tightly. Fry out some suet
and then brown the flank so as to
hold the juices. Put in casserole, add
little water and when half done sea-
son with salt and pepper, chopped
onions and plenty of fine minced vege-
tables or rice, whichever you may
prefer. The flank is quite juicy, so
o will need but little water. II
lacks flavor, so the high spices and
vegetables make up what the flank
lacks. It is much better this way
than broiled as regular steak.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27

whom God has made-pure, cle1n,
sane, healthy-and not the ugly, dis
eased, ~discordant dwarf, the burlesque
of man, which wrong thinking, wrong
living and sin have made.
A cheerful, optimistic mind is a sort
of a prism which brings the rainbow
colors out of things which are invisible
to the pessimist.
The prism does not make the colors
in the spectrum. They are everywhere
in the light before our eyes. Our light
Is made up of all the different colors
of the rainbow. The prism merely sep
arates them and makes them visible to
the eye. a
The ability TO radiate sunshine Is a
greater power than beauty or wealth.
II you would do the maximum Of which
you are capable, keep the mind filled
with sunshine, with beauty and truth,
with cheerful, uplifting thoughts. Bury
everything that makes you unhappy
and discordant, everything that
cramps your freedom, that worries
you, before It buries you.
Take JOY with you; cling to 1t, no
matter where you go or what you do.
1t is your lubricating oil which would
prevent the Jars, the discords. and
shut out the sorrows of life.
True religion is full of hope, sun
shine, optimism and cheerfulness. II
is joyous and glad and beautiful. There
is no Christianity in the ugly. the dis
cordant, the sad. The religion which
Christ taught was bright, cheerful and
beautiful. The sunshine, the lilies OF
the field" the birds of the air" the
hills, the valleys, the trees, the noun
tains, the brooks-all things beAGti
ful-were in his teaching. There was
no cold, dry theology in it. 1t was
just happy Christianity
Refuse to be gloomy. Cheer up! Gel
your mind off your troubles. Do not
think about them. Think of the bright
things in life. Think gratefully of the
good things you have. Wake up, ant
be cheerful.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
Whole Wheat Bread.

One tablespoonful lard, n table
spoonful sugar. n teaspoonful of salt,
n cupful each OF boiling water and
hot mot boiling) milk, a yeast cake
dissolved in one-half cupful of warm
water. one cupful of white flour, three
cupfuls of whole wheat -four, or
enough to make a soft dough. Mix,
knead for ten minutes. cover and let
it rise in an ven temperature to twice
its first bulk. Make into small loaves,
place in creased pans, let rise an hour
or until puffy, and bake.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
Potato and Onion Salad.

Pare and cut potatoes into thin
slices, parboil until done but not
washed. Drain and pour on a shallow
dish. Now take centers of boiled
onion rings, mash with a fork, add a
sitting of salt and pepper, then mix
with enough boiled dressing to make
a smooth, rather thick emulsion. Sift
salt and pepper over the potatoes,
then cover with the dressing and let
it stand for an hour to ripen. This is
a nice luncheon dish and can be
served with rings of hard boiled eggs,
cured bacon or boiled ham.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
A SMILING FACE Is A GREAT HER.
lTAGE.

81 list loike to let her in al the
dure," said an Irish servant of a lady
caller. THE very face of her does one
good, shure."
How glad we all are to welcome
sunny souls! We are never too busy
TO see them. There is nothing we well
come so much as sunshine. Someone
has said, "a happy human FACET is
the gift that may be made by poor or
rich. by old or young. 1t is the gift to
which all are entitled, with which all
are pleased"
Oh, what riches live in a sunny
soul; what a heritage is a smiling
face-to be able to fling out sunshine
everywhere one goes, to scatter the
shadows and to tighten sorrowing
hearts; to have the power to send
cheer into despairing souls through a
sunny and radiant disposition!
And yet all about US we see people
going through life ~peddling vinegar.
radiating bitterness. finding fault. and
seeing only the ugly; worrying. fret.
ting, cynical and pessimisticl Some
people have a geniuo for seeing only
the crooked. the evil and d~isagreeable.
Pessimism is always a destroyer, never
a producer.
We need more Joy peddlers, and sun.
shine makers, more people who refuse
to see the ugly, the bitter and the
crooked; who see the world of beauty
and perfection which God has made.
and not the world which sin and discord
and disease have made. We need
people who see the man and woman
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
Baking Cookies.

If you have difficulty with your
cookies, either because they cook too
fast on the bottom o. are hard to get
out of the pan, try using a large drip
ping pan and placing the cookies on
the bottom of the pan rather than in
1t. Turn the pan upside down, lay a
piece of buttered paper or paraffin
paper on it and then lay on the
cookies. They will cook evenly and
there will be no danger of breaking
them when taking them off.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
When Steak Is Tough.

To make a tough steak tender, put
three tablespoonfuls of salad oil and
one tablespoonful vinegar on a large
fiat dish.
Lay the steak on the mixture and
let it rest in this way for half an
hour, then turn 1t over, and let it rest
another half hour in the came GUAM
tity of vinegar and oil.
The toughest steak will yield to this
treatment and be nice and tender
when served.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
Little Cake Decorations.

Decorate your small cakes with
white icing and form a bowknot on
each cake with pale green icing. Be-
fore laying the knot place a narrow
strip OF white paper on, slightly
raised. When the ends are set in the
icing, ice over the knot with the green.
Before serving slip a small spray of
holly with the bright red berries on
through the loop.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
Pa,s PLAN.

PA, l simply must marry a noble
man."
az have a scheme that ough. to suit
everybody"
What is TT"
"You marry a good American. Then.
II necessary. I'll buy him q title"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
Good Judgment Needed.

Good judgment-not a matter Of
opinion, but a matter of principle,
training and experiences necessary
TO the selection Of a proper location
for a civic center in order to avoid
the criticism and condemnation of flu
ture generations to which we lay our
selves open If we do not exercise
proper judgment at the crucial mo.
ment.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
Wine Jelly.

Take a half box of gelatin, soaked
In a half pint of cold water for is
minutes, and add three gills of boiling
water and two-thirds of a cupful of
sugar. Let this come to the boiling
point, then add seven tablespoonfuls
of best sherry wine and two teaspoon
fuls Of French brandy. Boil up once.
strain and cool.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
Fish Puff.

This is a delicious dish made from
remnants of cold cooked fish. Chop
fish and mix it with equal parts of
mashed potato. Season with salt and
pepper and a tablespoonful of melted
butter. Stir into it two eggs, form into
a roll, brush with a beaten egg, roll
in bread crumbs and bake in a quick
oven until brown,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
Ham = Ia venIson.

This is delicious for Sunday night
suppers: Put n tablespoonful but
ter and one tablespoonful currant jelly
In a frying pan over a rather slow fire.
When melted, lay in some slices of
cooked ham and fry each side until
almost ready to burn. Remove to a
hot platter and garnish with parsley.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-27
Cane Nav omelet.

Soak one-half cupful stale bread
crumbs in milk. Beat n egg we'll,
add salt, pepper and a tablespoonful
melted butter. Add one-half cupful
canned corr and mix with the bread
crumbs. The mixture should be quite
thick. Bake in a buttered dish just
long enough to set the egg and brown
the top.