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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04

hammed and shortweighted; and in a large percentage of cases e-or usu-
ally she-s wholly ignorant of the fact
1t is because Of the conditions ofa affairs of which these things are only
has directed many of its activities in recent years toward securing the enact
of better weights n measure laws by the federal government and
the several state" and toward bringing about strcter enforcement of existing
laws. Recognizing that the education of the consumer is a necessary prerpq-
uiste to better conditions the department has prepared a bulletin on house
hold measurements that will be a popular treatise OIL the subject and which
will put information in the hands of the housekeeper that al be made of
he greatest usefulness IN money value
Much of the space oft the bulletin is devoted to the important topic of
measurements in the purchase of commodities and to the weights and meas
sumer are met for the discussion is comprehensive enough to cover the field
from the checking of the weights of the butcher and iceman to the computa-
ton oft the cordage of wood and the capacity of snos.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04

East. Even Egypt, the Egypt of 5000
years ago, was a f1ppant youth when
the Orient was hoary with age-not
hoary with years, years are not a
measurable standard to use-hoary
with age, cor and cons of time.
Bound the West to the East.
The dust of Trebizond was tracked
there by countless of pa
tient camels through countless cen
turtles. The route they followed was
the slender thread of a trail that for
centuries bound together the East
and West-the West vigorous in it's
crude b~arbarity, ornamenting itself
with the jewels and silks of the East.
Between the avarice of the West
and the riches of the East nature had
put a barrier of mountain and desert
which could be penetrated at only a
few places. Unerringly, with the e
perience of ages, the a leaders
picked the trail. 1t ran south 600
miles from Trebizond to Bagdad, the
Bagdad of the Arabian Nights and
Harun al Rashid; it broke over into
Persia on the east and ran $50 miles
to Ispahan; then wound among the
mountains and plains east, always
east, $50 miles to Kandahar in AT
ghanistan; then up to Kabul 400 miles
farther and to Jelalabad and through
old Khyber pass into India-a full
1000 miles as the camel trails.
At Khyber pass the divid-
ed, going into far Cathay, into Cash
mere's lovely wales, sung by Lalla
Rookh's minstrel prince, to mysteri-
Gus Mongolia, to all the oldest tribes
on earth, who made the Injuries for
the restof the world.
This is the storied city, whose dust
is being stirred by the warriors of this
the twentieth century. Perhaps the
very gunpowder that may yet awaken
the echoes in the old camel-trod
streets is now being made in a factory
in that crude. upstart land, America,
which Columbus stumbled on when he
was hunting around for a way to cir
cumvent the Ottoman, to beat the
camel drivers by getting there With a
ship.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04

member Harun al Rashid, Genghis
Khan and the rest of the half real,
half mythical beings hat peopled the
fanciful days of your childhood when
you lived within the pages of romance
and the tales Of wonder from the East
c~aptivated you.
But the trail does not stop there
with the heroes of the tales that came
to barbarian Europe Just before mod
ern life dawned, when the Marco Po-
los boldly penetrated past the. gates
to the East. The dust OF the city OF
Trebizond, which lies thick, dates back
beyond the Crusaders. The brides of
their horses jingled, the armor of the
warriors of the Cross ratified within
this same city Of Trebizond there on
the Black sea.
Romance In Its Splcery.
Try to read its story as a history
and you are hopelessly lost in a list
| of meaningless names. Absorb it as a
romance, as you absorb India in Kip
ling's Kim" and the city of Trebi-
zond is of enhancing interest.
The earliest %navigators, the Phoe.
n~icians, piled the Black sea and did
carrying trade for the caravans from
the East. Then Britain was but a
wild place, inhabited by saveges,
where the low, black ships of the
Phoenicians got tin from the mines
to trade at Trebizond for the jewels
Of India and China. Britain we con.
slider old, with it's ruins, about which
cling the story of the Roman soldiers
But this was even before Rome en-.
tered the world stage. 1t was when
Hiram of Tyre was bringing cedar
for Solomon to build his temple. 1t
was when Joseph was the wheat king
of Egypt and before then, even. 1t
was-heaven knows when it was
Trebizond was a metropolis when the
earliest man in the West and his WON
ankind began to covet the silk and
l gold and jade and perfumes of the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04
TO HOLD THE BRIDES LINEN
Dainty Device Which Adds to the
Beauty of the Household
Chest.

One of the dainty devices to add to
the beauty of the brides household
chest is the band of ribbon to hold
piles of sheets, pillow slips, towels
tabiecloths and napkins in order.
The band is made of pink, lavender,
blue, green or yellow satin ribbon an
inch and a half or two inches wide
It is fastened with a small bone clasp
and the ribbon is adjusted to different
lengths by means of bone slides that
move back and forth along the rib
bon. A big satin rose covers the clasp.
Two of these straps are fastened
about each pile Of linen.
When the packages of linen are
piled one on top of the other on closet
shelves or in a chest the roses are
pulled to the front of each package;
and so the packages can be unfast-
ened and a towel pulled from one. a
pair of sheets from another. without
disturbing the whole pile.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04
To Clean ribbons.

A cleaning mixture made especially
for ribbons consists of gin. one halt
pint honey. one-half pound; soft soap,
one-half pound; water, one-eighth pint.
Mix together Scrub the soiled por
tions of the ribbon with this mixture,
Afterward rinse in three clean waters
by dipping the ribbon up n down In
them to remove all trace of the
cleanser. Allow the water to drip
away from the ribbons and iron with
a fairly hot iron under a clean muslin
cloth until 1t Is dry. If 1t seems too
wet for ironing. wipe with a cloth be
fore ironing dry.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04
The Seasons ParasoIs,

Smart parasols which look like min
iature awnings are to be had in avn
ing stripes of black and white. These
awning" parasols also appear in 9TH
er colors. A p~arasol of very rich eff
feet is the new Japanese parasol. The
framework is SO adjusted as to make
this sun umbrella very fiat and JAP
anesque in line. The silk covering is
plain, but the shade may be as rich as
you wish. The border of the parasol
is hemstitched, and upon the double
fold are worked tiny Japanese char
acters ing gold thread two to a gore.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04
Mysticism Of Far cathay.
Bumper Crops In Russia.

Russia apparently has plenty of men
still in reserve. Her wheat crop, &C
cording to estimates published by the
International Institute of Agriculture,
will be about 40 per cent larger this
year than last, and the winter rye
yield about 20 per cent larger. The
war, instead of decreasing the amount
of farm work in Russia, has stimulat-
ed it. and the promised crop yield in
dicates that more men are employed
in agriculture this year than there
were last year. Whatever happens.
Russia is not going to be starved out.
Hartford Courant.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04

to look yer this particular establishment He will be more than welcome.
for, you see the farmm question belong. to Uncle Sam and is part Oft the
Heltsvile. Nd, bureau of animal industry station.
In fact, the men who are running the big poultry establishment desire
above all things to have chicken fanciers and breeders visit them and se
the work they are doing.
poultry production the Betsvine farm at present is the scene of a good
many investigations which, when completed, are unquesuonably destined Ito
he of intense interest to the poultry dealer One of them deals with al
attempt to control the color Of the yolks of eggs. Another is designed to
disclose the ingredients o. a ration based on staples easily obtained in M
part OF the country, which will produce the highest number of eggs possible
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04
Arcadlan Disturbances

The noises of the night can be just
as aggravating in the country as in
the city. To be sure, there is not the
clang of the trolley, but the clang of
the cowbell in the still watches of
the night can be just as irritating to
the nerves of the citizen who is try
ing in vain TO WOO slumber. These
moral reflections are induced by the
fact that a'resident of Carman was
cen chasing COW around a pasture
Geld about $3.50 o'clock one morning
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04
New Parasol.

There is something new in vanity
fair-a parasol of the name. 1t a
the effect of an eight-petaled flower.
and the semblance is carried out by
the outline of each of the eight C
lions being carried to the center by a
series of little gathers slt takes two
pieces of material to make each Sec
ton, therefore, 16 in all. The para
sol is SO unique and attractive that
the makers have protected the design
by patent rights. Variations of fete
'parasols of Japanese origin are seen.
Never was there such a wide variety
in this particularly feminine article.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04
wonderful treasures of the inscrutable
East
Was Great Trade Center.

LdSl.
Was Great Trade Center.
To Trebizond old Genoa turned
when it wrested the sea power of the
world from old Venice. Many nations
traded with Trebizond in its event
full past and everyone in turn waxed
fat and prosperous and fell, until the
Turk came to control the Dardanelles
in 1853, and now Russia seeks to own
the Black sea.
1t was because the Ottoman choked
other traders that Columbus, the son
of proud. rich Genoa. sought an all
water route to the East.
When the first prov from Europe
grated on the shore of the China sea
and found the coral reefs of India,
then began to dwindle that caravan
trade which for ages beyond number
had brought all the Orient, all Cathay
westward in the shortest way. Then
was doomed the camel traffic. 1t still
persists; long strings of camels from
the Orient still tread the streets of
Trebizond. but there is a railway that
brings goods to Batum, in Russian ter
ritory, faster than camels can travel
and Batum has the trade.
But Trebizond is still a metropolis.
and the dust of TrebiZond which is
disturbed by the war strife carries
with it the romanc of the race and
brings up a mirage to the fancy that
includes the brave figures of a past as
old as humanity.
Mysticism of Far Cathay.
When you feel that dust of ages ris-
ing and smell the sa%ndalwood and
spicery of the East and the same pun
gent odor of the camels that you may
have noticed in new America on cir
Gus day, you lose all sense of time; you
lose view of the land beyond the west
ern sea, the land America, so new
and fresh and inexperienced with a
mere two or three centuries behind it;
you lose all tangible things; you be-
come infected with the mysticism OF
the East. For the nonce you forget
time; you are transported to the Bag
dad of the Arabian Nights; you re-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04
Temperance" Punch.

The Juice of three oranges and
three lemons. a grated pineapple, a
quart of stra Hberries; add from two
to three cupfuls of sugar to the fruit.
Pour one quart OF boiling water on a
tablespoonful of tea and let stand is
minutes; strain and when cold mix
with fruit and sugar. When ready to
serve, add one quart of minera, water
and Ice, Serve with a slice of lemon
In each glass.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04
Cords and TasseIs.

Cords and tassels are a trimming
feature worth noting. Satin cords
with silk tassels attached are Used
on some of the new hats. Metallic
cords and tassels are also used on
hats. Cords and tassels are used at
the girdle. sometimes, and often about
the neck. When used at the neck.
the cord is usually substituted by a
ribbon, and the tassel is in the form
of a beaded or jeweled pendant
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04
FOR THE GUEST ROOM
PRETTY THINGS MAKE THE VEL.
COME SEEM REAL
First Consideration for a Guest is
comfort-Annoyance OF Delayed
Baggage Can Be Overcome
by Little Foresight.

1t is a good idea 10 prepare pretty
things for fitting up the guest room.
The first consideration for a guest is
comfort. She may be delighted with
the vase of flowers that greets her
from the table. but she will be sure to
appreciate a pretty negligee hanging
in the closet. Ones luggage seldom ar
rives at its destination with oneself,
and a negligee to slip into is often a
comfort indeed. Feet are apt to be
tired, and until slippers arrive the feet
would be glad to rest in a pair of sim
pie bedroom slippers. These are
really no trouble at all to make. You
just take a pair of lambs wool soles
and a strip of ribbon long enough to
go around the sole and four inches
wide. One edge is sewed to the edge
of the sole and the other is turned
down to make a hem through which is
run a narrow elastic. This draws the
ribbon up, shaping it into a shoe.
Surprising one chooses blue ribbon
and works a few rosebuds on the toes
in embroidery silk and makes a sim
RNO himOh VI pare Dlue COllOu CI6p6
trimmed with a frill Of white lace
and finished with a loose belt of pink
ribbon. This would be a very dainty
outfit and cost but little. Four yards
of crepe at Is cents a yard, plain or
lowered in blue, with two yards of
lace at ten cents a yard, and two yards
OF ribbon at 1917 cents a yard. will
be ample. In fact If one looked around
for bargains n dollar would proba.
bly, cover the entire cost.
Curtains can be made before they
are needed, and one gets such a
choice of dainty inexpensive materials
In the early spring. The printed lawns
In the dress goods section make the
prettiest curtains if one cannot find
what she want in the scrim and cur
tain muslins, White cotton wolfe can
be used for the sash curtains, edged
with lace. The colored curtains
should be made with a valance and IL
made as follows one can save on ma
terial: Cut two lengths, each measur-
ing ~ yards, and hem one end. Cut
a strip the entire width of the goods
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04

The Model of This Afternoon Gown Is
of Black Taffeta. The Skirt Is Me.
dunn Width and Gathered at the
Waist. On Each Side There Is a
Plain Gore, the Front and Back Gore
Being Gathered More Fully Than
the Gore at the Sides. There Are
Two Deep Folds at the Bottom OF
the Back and Front Gore. These
Are Beaded With a Frill About Two
Inches Deep. The Waist and Sleeves
Are in One and Is Open in a "V" at
the Neck. The High Standing COL
lar Gives It a Chic Touch. A Black
Velvet Toque Completes the Cos
tune.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04
TALK kIttle Understood.

The girl was making cookies. Little
Mary was toddling round the kitchen.
The big house cat bothered the little
one. Tell Kittie to go out" she de-
manded to the cook, The latter was
busy, SO spoke rather perfunctorily.
"Kittie, go out! Go out. Kittie!" A
disguised look came over the toddler's
face as she said: "Kittie don't under
stand that talk. Speak to her with
the broom"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04
Newsoaper Holders

A simple newspaper holder can be
made by cutting away a portion of one
side of an ordinary clothespin. drilling
a hole through the thick end for a
screw or nail, and fastening 1t In place
where desired. Another way ia to split
of n side of a clothespin and cut
the bottom of the remaining part. Ia.
pering as shown; then drill a hole to
avoid splitting the piece and fasten In
a convenient place.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04

and IL inches wide. Hem one raw
edge and sew the selvedge eyes to
the top Of the two curtains looming
between them) and making one long
straight edge. Hem this and pass the
rod through, then hang.
The bedspread edged with a frill
might be of the same material al the
curtains, but / should like the bureau
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04
soutaohe and.-EmbroIdarx

Embroidery OF one sort or another
continues in high favor. Embroidered
net frocks for summer afternoons and
evenings r a wise choice o the
woman who wishes to have a service
able and yet a sufficiently elaborate
frock. Soutache braiding is much
used. too. applied in all the i~ntricacies
Of embroidered scroll designs.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04
inexpensive Summer BEVERAGE

A very nice cheap drink which may
take the place of lemonade and be
found fully as healthful is made with
one cupful of pure cider vinegar, half
a cupful of good molasses put into one
quart pitcher of ice water. A table
spoonful of ground ginger added makes
q healthful beverage
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04
why Men pon't Wed.

Our fair young friend Chlorinda
says the failure of some women to
get married may be attributed TO the
fact that they don't stop talking long
enough to give a man a chance 10
propose.-New Orleans States.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04

supposed to be buying. Consumers of
bulk butter that is weighed out over
the counter are paying other real mil
lions for imaginary fat that can
be cut with a knife or spread on a
slice of bread. And buyers Of pota-
toes, sugar, flour, meat. milk and all
other foodstuffs that go to make up
the American dietary are contributing
additional millions, in the aggregate.
for things that they never receive.
In the virile language of the street.
the American consumer is being finn
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04

meat, the chemistry of food values, the testing of foodstufs, the nutrtive
elements in vegetables and the chemistry Of breadbaking.
In the big understanding bakery It. the Washington barracks there are
to be seen every morning about a dozen husky felows-for they take their
lessons by small detals-aTl engaged in MASKING the dough n working
wooden pole. AS they bake the bread for the entire post. they use each day
about two barrels of flour. The bread is delicious and fashioned Of the
purest ingredients
The barracks kitchen is used for the preparation If most of the fod. but
there is also outside a field kitchen" in which the cooking is virtually done
in the open. The place is a simple shed, open all around, except that the
sides are protected by wire screening. There are taught lessons in how { O
prepare IN appetinng meal with the thermometer below zero O rising owara
the top of the glass tube.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04

amateur or professional.
Whenever a local breeder of feath-
cred stock is puzzled by a question Of
feeding. breeding or housing; when
ever he is uncertain as to what strain
of chickens had better be specialized
upon to LEI his particular need;
whenever he would like to know how
an expert would go about handling
fowls with nothing more than the
equipment expected of an ordinary,
privately owned farm. It will pay him
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04
Boz They pon,t Rememher.

"Mebbe," said Uncle. Eben. ~ef
everybody could remembe dat every.
body suffers FUN dc heat same as
everybody else, a hot wave wouldn't
be de signal foh everybody to make
hissef more or less d~isagreeahle."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04

scarf of the wolfe lace trimmed, laid
over the prevailing color, with a pin
cushion tflled with pins) to match.
Slips for cushions could be simple
white material over a color or deco
rated in a color.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04

happened when a teacher of a kindergarten had her pupils out for a walk
may give an understanding of this spirit. A woman approached the party
and pointing to a brightappearing boy near the teacher, asked his nation
atty
He is Russian" replied the teacher.
No, am not" quickly retorted the fveyearod; 81 a American"
Il did not mean you were Russian" explained the teacher. Il meant
that your mother and father are Russians"
No, they are not either. They are Americans. too" cam back the
answer, quickly.
Another incident may serve to show the diligence with which the foreign
born are seeking to become true Americans" A reporter in search OF
children who, he had heard, could speak three, four or five languages went
to ne of the schools
The teacher in charge called to n of the pupils known to speak a
number of languages:
Annie can't you say something in your native ianguage?' she asked the
child. Annie Immediately became bashful and refused to say anything.
What language do you speak," the child was asked.
Il speak English" she answered.
Yes, here at school. But what do you speak 1t home? What do mother
and father speak?'
"Oh, they speak English, too" came back quickly. "They want to be
American"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04

ovens and stoves in schools. There
are six training schools for army
cooks, n being in each division of
the country-San Francisco, Fort Ri
ley. San Antonio, Philippine islands.
Hawaii and in Washington. Soldiers
who wish to take a course are allowed
to enter for four months study and at
the end of that time the proficient
ones are graduated.
The course consists of a thorough
training in actual cooking and baking.
The men are taught how to select good
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04

recently. trying to capture her in OF
der to get the bell with which sha
was adorned.-Dufferin (Manitoba)
Leader.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04
United States Crusade Against Weight Frauds

A MEXICAN consumers of print butter are paying more than sSOOOOOO
n each year for butter they do not get This is because the weights of the
commodity they actually receive are materially less than those they are
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04
Experiments at the Governments Chicken Farm

THERE's a sxtyacre poultry farm thirty minutes ride from Washington,
1 and beyond all doubt the work which is being done there would throw
light upon at least of the many problems which arise constantly to
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04
Training Good Cooks for Uncle Sans Soldiers

n late years-stnce l9O6-the United States army has been n o longer a
" mas of men who simply got food. They are now scientifically fed bv
men who have studied the subject. and Lin a practical way by presiding over
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04

born OF the city are already devoting
much time and thought to becoming
real Americans. Particularly is this
true of the younger generation. which
has no doubt suffered from appella-
lions affixed to them by children born
in this country because of their for
eign descent.
The foreign-born children are "all
Americans" despite their foreign orr
gin. II is doubtful If the much-dis-
cussed hyphen will ever be attached
to them. An incident which recently
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04
IL NATIONALS
.ApITAL AFFAIlS
Children Who Insist on Being Real Americans:

w AsH1NGToN-whne the e characterization day" idea, for instnlng
w the spirit and ideals of the United States into natmaized citizens, will
undoubtedly appeal to many in Washington, a large number of the foreign
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04

Some dresses have the elongated
waist line. suggesting the moyenage.