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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-16
GOOD LUNCHEON FOR CHILD
DeIicacies the Youngster viii Appre-
ciate and That Will Keep Him
in Best of Health.

Fairy Apples.-Pare and core enough
tart cooking apples to fill a baking
dish; cover them with sugar. and put
a little cold water in the dish, also
several slices of lemon and two cloves.
Then pour a little melted butter over
the apples and bake them until ten
der. Serve them cold, with a blob
of fruit jelly put on the top Of each
and whipped cream about them.
Ambrosia.-This delicious dessert
could be an occasional treat, as 1t Is
rather troublesome tC make. 1t re-
quires grated cocoanut, sliced oranges
and bananas, sugar and a wee taste
of lemon juice. Fill a dish with lay
ers of the different fruits, putting
sugar over each one and continue In
this way until the ingredients are all
in. Let the dish blend" while in a
cool place before serving. Fresh
cocoanut is needed, and If the milk OF
the fruit is sweet this may be added
to the dessert.
Brown Sugar Sandwiches.-For the
children necessarily craving sweets
brown sugar is an excellent thing to
keep in the house. Spread 1t thickly
on buttered white bread and put the
slices together so as to make narrow
sandwiches.
Quick Ginger-cake Pudding-Get
any sort of small or large ginger or
molasses cakes from the grocer and
cover them with a custard made OF
boiling hot milk into which severa
eggs are beaten up. Pour the milR
gradually into the eggs, stirring vigor'
ously all the while; sweeten and pour
over the cakes, allowing them to
stand until they have drunk" up q
good deal of the custard. Serve warm
or cold.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-16
Take Care Of the Parks.

, Years and years ago the necessity
for presenting any extended argument
in favor of the ownership of extensive
parks by municipalities was obviated.
1t has come to be generally under
stood and appreciated that these out
door breathing places afford not only
pleasure, but profit, and that instead
of being a liability they are a very
valuable asset in the community
which has them. To be sure, those
who have automobiles or horses and
who can go out into the country as
far and as often as they like are not
particularly anxious for these nearby
grass plots, and yet when they have
visitors they are sure to take them
there, and they point with pride to
these evidences of municipal enter
prise. They ought cheerfully to pay
their share to provide these parks
for those whose lack Of means pre-
vents them from getting out into the
country at their will, and having an
hour or an afternoon in the sun or the
shade, in the fresh, pure air. There
is no other tax in town which ought'to
be more cheerfully paid than that
which goes for parks.-Utica Press.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-16
VARIETY OF RECIPES
ALL WORTH REMEMBERING BY
CONSCIENTIOUS COOK.
Vegetable Soup as II Should Be Made
for the Best Results--Potato That
VIII Be Attractive to the
Invalid.

Vegetable Soup.-Take n large po-
tato or two small ones, one carrot and
one turnip of medium size, and one
small onion; wash, pare and slice
them, and let them boil for n hour in
one quart Of water. adding parsley or
any herb preferred for %flavoring, and
more water as it boils away, so that
there will be a quart when done.
Thicker with a spoonful of flour or
cornstarch, dissolved in a little cold
water; or a spoonful of rice or any
coarse cereal may be added when the
vegetables are half cooked. Strain off
the liquid, season to taste. and add a
few s9oonfuls of sweet cream. If a
dish a little more substantial is de-
sired, the vegetables may be rubbed
through the strainer also and mixed
with the liquid.
Bread Panada.-Toast slowly several
| slices of stale light bread, until they
are a golden brown all through. Pile
them in a bowl, sprinkling each one
with a little sugar and a pinch of salt;
then cover with boiling water, close
tightly, set the bowl in a pan of boil
ing water and let simmer gently until
the bread is like jelly. Serve warm,
with sugar and cream and a grating Of
nutmeg.
Potato for an lnvalid.-Where potato
is allowed, select such as will boil up
dry and mealy. Peel them and boil I'M
til well done, then mash very thor
oughly with a wire masher until per-
fectly free from Jumps. Add rather
more salt than usual and several
spoonfuls of thick, sweet cream; then
beat until perfectly smooth and light,
and serve at once. Potato served in
this way is delicious and much more
easily digested by a weak stomach
then when eaten with butter.
Fruit Toast.-Fruit toasts are de-
licious and appetizing and may be
made either with fresh or canned
fruit. Dip the slices of toast in the hot
Juice. removing them quickly to a hot
dish, then thicken the juice slightly
with cornstarch, adding the pulp,
rubbed through a sieve or finely
chopped, and pour all over the toast.
Fruit Whip.-A n%ourishing way Of
serving fruit, either fresh or canned,
is to press it through a sieve or wire
gravy strainer and then stir it into
whipped cream, regulating the amount
of fruit as desired and sweetening to
taste.
Egg SoutfIe Toast.-Place a slice of
toast on a white enameled plate,
spread with fresh butter or very thick
sweet cream, heap on top the stiffiy
whipped white of an egg, following
out the top to form a nest. In this
place the yolk. Set in the oven to
cook the egg lightly.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-16


The National Highway Protective as
s~ociation reports that two states have
adopted its legislation to mitigate the
evil Of defacing trees, fences and
buildings along public highways with
advertisements. The states that have
shown this wisdom are Rhode Island
and New York. The measure is not
drastic. 1t merely requires that no
advertisements can be placed on trees,
fences or buildings fanking highways
without the written consent of the
owner. A moderate penalty is inn
posed for violation. 1t is not to be
hoped that this will wholly prevent the
evil, but 1t will exercise a wholesome
check on its prevalence. Other states
might well follow the example, and
even more drastic legislation would
be in order.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-16
VALUE OF SCHOOL. GARDENS
Encourages the Child to Get Into
Close Communion With
Mother Nature.

The value of school gardens in plac.
ing the child in close communion with
Mother Nature cannot be overestimat-
ed. In these times of warfare we re-
call the words Of one writer. who
asked:
What conqueror in any part Of life's
battle could desire a more beautiful,
more noble or a more patriotic monu-
ment than a tree planted by the hands
Of pure and joyous children?"
Ex-Goy. Curtis Guild of Massachu-
sets said: Let the children in the
public schools be taught that every
egg they take from the nests of the
birds means the loss of a little friend
Of Massachusetts,; means one less
winged crusader against the gypsy
moth, the brown-taii moth and the
crawling pests hat destroy the food
of the people and the beauty of the
land. Save the trees! Save the birds
that we may save the trees!" In the
school gardens the children have some
very practical and often painful les
sons regarding damage to plant life
through destructive insects.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-16
Economical Cake.

The most surprising of cakes can
be produced without eggs or butter.
To a teaspoonful Of bicarbonate of
soda dissolved in q ~teaspoonful OF
warm water add a cupful of our milk,
three-quarters of a cupful of brown
sugar and a half a cupfui of treacle.
See that the sugar is well dissolved,
and then add two cupfuls of brown
flour, a good pinch of ginger and a
teaspoonful of cinnamon. Beat to
smoothness, and pour in while stir
ring a quarter of a pound of Toured
slow oven for a good hour. This cake
is economical, and will keep a long
time, but it is better not to cut il
for a day or two.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-16
BEST WAYS TO COOK BACON
Meat Is Too Frequently Wasted Be.
cause insufficient Thought 10
Bestowed Upon II.

Bacon is ar e%xtravagant article In
the list of cooking materials because
of its increased price and the fact
that often twice as much as is needed
Is used for garnishing other foods.
This delectable meat will probably
never be low-priced again, yet 1t will
always be a great addition to the
menu, so that to know the best ways
of using IL without waste is a neces-
sity IL one is to cook well.
The drippings from bacon are the
best sort of shortening for cookies
and everyday pastry; therefore,
every bit of the fat that renders out
In cooking should be strained and
saved for such uses. This reduces the
first cost of the meat very much, for
the shortening bill has scared with
the price Of pork.
All leftover bacon makes excellent
seasoning for meat loaves and may
be nicely Drowned for garnishing by
being dipped into egg batter and then
into fine crumbs and placed in a hot
oven, on a bacon rack, until golden
brown.
If you have never broiled bacon on
a rack you have a culinary treat in
store, for even inferior bacon becomes
fine tasting wen broiled so and best
bacon delicious. Any wire broiler or
oven rack MAJ be used; the slices are
spread out, just touching, not cover
ing, n another, IN it and placed over
a dripping pan in a hot oven.
Sometimes bacon is as salty as salt
can make it an requires soaking in
hot water after it is cut; after such
treatment the salt is not too apparent,
The best of sausage can be made
at home with the following ingredi-
ents: One pound Of veal, one pound
of fresh pork, one cupful of bacon
chopped and one cupful of cracker
crumbs. Grind the veal and pork fine,
add crumbs and bacon, seasoning of
pepper and sage with little salt, as
the bacon supplies this. Grind the
mixture again and shape into cakes
and fry. Cold meat of any sort may
be used in place of the veal.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-16

models are made of combinations Of
white with the several fast shades of
blue, green, lavender and light brown.
These are often combined with a plain
fabric in a solid color, as in the dress
shown In the picture.
The house dress is to be cut in one
piece and loosely adjusted to the fig.
ure. The sleeves are not to be longer
than three-quarter length and the skirt
should hardly reach the instep. The
pattern should provide for easy iron
ing and the dress should fasten at the
front or side-front, with buttons and
buttonholes. There are many different
designs to choose from, and they do
not vary greatly from year to year.
for the house dress is not required to
follow the fads Of fashion.
1t is a good plan to shrink materials.
and test them to see if colors are
stable, before making up. And the
house dress must be complete in it.
self-pot requiring an extra collar or
belt but easily and quickly slipped on
and fastened.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-16

To be neat and to be simple is the
province Of the dress which is made to
be worn about the house for the daily
use of the housewife. The house dress
has its own devotees among design
ers, and their thought is spent upon
making it attractive and substantial
and entirely suited to the needs Of tho
woman who busies herself with the
affairs of her housekeeping.
To be successful with the house
gown is to understand first how to Sc.
lect the material for making it. This
must be a durable wash fabric in a
neat pattern and stable colorings. The
crispness and freshness of the newly
l%aundered gown is its best attraction.
and this is to be kept in mind when
material is bought for it. Ginghams,
percales, chambrays and similar fab.
RIGS are the standards of excellence
which all others must measure up to-.
Coarse heavy linens are to be reck-
oned with, also.
AS to color, the most pleasing
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-16

0~MA6
oW@-o
FLOWERS FOR THE RoCKERIEsI
Makes an Attractive Substitute for the
Flower Gsrden-White Blossoms
Very Effective.

II one has not space enough for a.
flower garden, or does not wish the
care of a garden, a little rockery will
be an attractive substitute and one
that involves little labor in mainten-
ance.
A rockery of white blossoms is es-
pecially effective. Here is a combina-
ton that is easily grown; Sweet alys-
sum, which blossoms profusely and
can be cut all summer; candytuft,
%gypsophlla and white portulacca. Do
not SOW portulacca until the weather
is warm and settled; but once under
way 1t is a sturdy plant and needs
little care. All these flowers are hardy
ANNALS, may be sown from seed in
the spring and will flower during the
summer.
If the rockery. is to be permanent
it would be better to plant some per-
ennials. Kenilworth ivy, a small trail
er that bears small lavender or pur.
pie flowers, and the heiianthenum or
rock rose, which comes in various
colors, are good selections. For q
yellow and white effect use, say, the
yellow dwarf nasturtiums and the yell
low portulacca. The nasturtiums
spread rapidly and flower p~rofusely
during the greater part of the season.
Dwarf morning glory is a pretty vine
for rockeries, and the pink and white
flowers are especially effective when
grown with a mass of lavender flow
ers, r~ose-colored portulacca, rock rose,
Kenilworth Ivy gypsophila and sweet
alyssum.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-16
Apple Pudding.

Pare and core one-half dozen not
very tart apples. Butter a granite
saucepan and set in apples with very
little water. Add n cupful of sugar
two tablespoonful of brandy and
dash of nutmeg. Put over a slow fire
cover and let simmer without cooking
hard till apples are tender. Take up
when done, being careful not to break
them, and set away to cool. pouring
over them the strip in which they
were cooked. When quite cold and
ready to serve put in a glass dish,
sprinkle them over with fine macaroon
crumbs and send to table.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-16

Just at the moment the Quaker col
lar and cuff sets of plain. fine organdie
are the most popular of all the dis
plays at the neckwear counter. For
decoration they conine themselves to
fine sprays of embroidery in floral pat
terms, Of hemstitching. or edgings and
insertions of very narrow lingerie
laces.
But there are numbers OF novelties,
less plain, about to make their entry
for the Christmas shoppers benefit,
Among them is the pretty set Of plat
ed and embroidered organdie shown
in the picture above. This is designed
to be worn with the simple one-piece
afternoon frock of silk or the plain
blouse of a dark color.
The collar is made in three parts
A section at the back of the plated
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-16
Banana cantaIoupe.

Soak two tablespoonfuls of granu.
lated gelatin in quarter cupful of cold
water. Dissolve in one cupful OF
scalded cream, add one cupful of su,
gar, whites of three eggs beaten until
stiff, six mashed bananas and one
quarter cupful of lemon Juice. Chill;
as it begins to thicken, fold in two
cupfuls of whipped cream. Line a
lemon mold with lady fingers. add
cream mixture. chill and serve. Gar
nish with cream beaten and favored
cherries and angelica.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-16
PRESSED Flank of Beef.

Wipe, remove superfuous fat and
roll a flank of beef; put in a kettle.
cover with boiling water and add one
teaspoonful salt. one-half ~teaspoonful
peppercorns. a bit of bay leaf and a
bone or two which may be at hand;
cook slowly until meat is in shreds.
There should be but little liquor in
the kettle when meat is done. Ar
range meat in deep pan, pour over
liquor. cover and press with a heavy
weight. Serve cold, thinly sliced.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-16
Manhattan Puddlnn

Mix together the juice of three or
anges, a lemon and a half cupful OF
sugar; let stand several hours. Whip
a cupful of heavy cream, add a half
cupful of powdered sugar and a cup
full of chopped nuts or candied fruit.
Rub a mold sparingly with olive oil,
pour in the fruit juices, spread with
the whipped eam mixture and cover
with parafin paper, put on the lid and
bury in ice and salt for three hours
Serve garnished with sections of or
ange which have stood over night in
a thick strip of sugar and water.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-16

The students at Tuskegee are quot
ing with enthusiasm the following
statement from a recent census bulle-
tin:
Farming in the South is passing
into the hands of the black man. In
the last ten-year census period the
number of acres occupied by whites
actually decreased; the negro acreage
increased.
The proportion of whites engaged
in farming decreased; the proportion
of Negroes increased. Ownership of
farms by whites increased ~ per cent;
by Negroes, II per cent. Among the
whites the increase in farm tenants
men who do not own the land they
work-was 81 per cent; among the Ne
groes it was but 21 per cent.
THE total number of white farmers
working not their own but another
mans land increased 1873, 900; the to-
tai number of Negro farmers working
another mans land increased 11S, OOO."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-16

organdie is finished with hemstitching
and adorned with very small sprays
of embroidery. The shaped revers at
the front are plain, finished about the
edges with hemstitching. and carry
sprays of fine embroidery hat almost
cover them.
The cuffs are plated and the ends
are rounded, showing the samre pat
tern in embroidery that appears ON
the collar. At the center of each cuff
is a narrow panel of embroidery.
Nothing does the beholder or the
wearer more good han these fresh
and dainty sets. They are modest in
kprice. even when bought ready-made.
and cost next to nothing when made
by the capable needlewoman for her
self. They wear we'll and launder per
| fectly. JULIA 8oTToMLEY.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-16
OYSTER Pate.

One pint oysters, n tablespoonful
each butter and flour, one cupful
cream, cayenne, grated nutmeg. yolk
of one egg, chopped parsley. Line a
shallow baking dish with rich crust.
Make sauce of butter, flour, cream,
sauce, and when heated through whip
in the w~ell-beaten egg yolk. At once
pour into the pastry crust previously
baked) and heat in oven about eight
minutes. The crust can be nodded
over inverted muffin cups or made in
the regular baking dish lined with
paste, and even covered with a second
crust is most attractive.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-16
Tint Old SILK Blouse.

When a white silk or crepe de chine
blouse becomes yellow after much
washing it can be tinted so that 1t will
look like new. Buy a bottle OF red or
green ink, or any color that is desired.
and pour 1t into the rinse water and
dip the waist into 1t. A portion Of a
bottle of red ink will keep the color in
q flesh tinted garment or will give a
yellowed waist a delicate pink color.
Every time the waist is washed il
should receive the same treatment II
Is such an easy thing 70 do and quite
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-16
Chicken caIIosch.

Cut into dice two medium-sized raw
potatoes. Put into frying pan two ta-
blespoonfuls olive oil, and when hot
add the potato dice. Stir to keep
from burning. and cook five minutes.
Then add a dash of paprika, a cupful
of boiling water, a crushed Glove of
garlic, a cupful of cold cooked chick
en-, and salt to taste. Cover and cook
until the potatoes are done, stirring
frequently.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-16

Gold braided collars are distinctly
smart with simple little trottier
frocks of dark neutral toned pussy
willow or faille classique. The col
lar is usually of white silk and is
edged all around with fiat. dun gilt
braid about half an inch wide. From
the points these days, depend tiny
gold vessels.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-16
Reclaim Cuban Marshes.

The work of building a great canal
is going along In Matanzas, Cuba.
without attracting a great deal of at
tention from the world at large, but
1t is a very important work from the
standpoint of the Cuban. II is known
as the Great Rogue canal, with a
length OF about so miles. and It will
be the means OF reclaiming a great
deal of land which win be especially
valuable for sugar culture. Aban-
doned farms and plantations will be
made Is reproduce. The swampy and
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-16

The weather affects man in more
ways, it appears, than many suspect
For example, it is believed that pres
sure variation due to fluctuating winds
has peculiar pathological effects, that
certain electrical conditions of the air
induced by low atmospheric pressure
have a pathological effect on
subjects and that solar radiation has
peculiar effects which vary according
to the season.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-16

The tuna, which until within a few
years was known only as one of the
greatest of game fish, is now the basis
Of an extensive canning industry. 1t
is predicted that 1000. 900 cans of it
will be garnered this year on the Pa.
ciic coast.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-16
Helnlnn a IadN.

Jack, 1 wish you'd come to see me
occasionally"
why, Vanessa, I thought you were
engaged to Algernon Wombat?"
INC; but I think / could be II l
could get up a little brisk competi-
tion." Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-16

Boil one pound of sugar in one pint
of water five minutes. When cool add
two pounds of peaches. peeled. halved
and rubbed through a sieve and freese.
II desired, just before freezing add one
wine glassful of maraschino or one
pint of cream.