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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-01
FOODS FOR THE CHILDREN
Paiatable and Nourishlna and SO Many
That Constant Variety Is
Made Possible.

Many children do not know the taste
Of meat up to the seventh year. but II
a child is anemic, a tender, juicy chop.
cooked slowly, but not too well done,
or a piece of roast mutton or beef may
be given once a day, at breakfast or
noon, but never at night. Never give
pork, veal or fried food.
Among vegetables, spinach, carrots.
onions and baked potatoes are best.
Salads with mayonnaise dressing are
excellent for children, but they sell
dom care for them, except lettuce
sandwiches, made of buttered whole
wheat bread with young leaves of let
tuce between, sprinkled with salt.
Cooked fruit is good for young chill
dren. The best way to cook is to put
it in the double boiler with half a
cupful of water to a quart of fruit,
and let cook until soft, then add the
sugar at the table as required. Many
fruits are sweet enough in their cooked
form. A little co%rnstarch will make
the Juice appetizing, thick and rich.
Apples, pears, peaches and bananas
may be baked in the oven, in a casse-
role, only a little water being added
and the casserole covered.
Cereals, properly cooked, mixed with
dates or figs, are excellent, accompa-
MED by rich milk or half milk and half
cream. An ideal breakfast for a child
of six consists of either stewed fruit
or a small glassfu' of orange juice, a
well-cooked cereal, slices of whole
wheat or Boston brown bread, or toast,
and a glass of milk.
Among cakes, gingerbread, ginger
cookies, raisin cookies and pattycakes
can be eaten.
Chicken, roasted or broiled, is also
suitable for children, together with
rice. The rice should be we'll boiled in
sailed water, or in half milk and half
water, in a double boiler, or it may
be made into a creamy rice pudding,
the proportions being a tablespoonful
of well-washed rice to a quart of milk
and two tablespoonfuls of sugar. Bake
slowly for two hours.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-01
How to Kill the Town.

Force the merchants to compete
with public street markets.
Do the city work with hobo and Jail
labor and give the workingmen no en-
ployment.
Vote down all bonds and PROPOSE
lions to make public improvements.
Drive out all contractors and their
crews and minimize public expendi-
ture.
Supply free camping grounds in the
city so the hotels will all go broke.
Send away from town for printing,
dry goods and clothes and spend your
money on the mail order house.
See to it that no corporation or
public utility makes a cen of profit
and keep all the foreign capital out
Pacific Coast Manufacturer.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-01
Substitute Medicines.

The archaeological institute of
Vienna is striving to find substitutes
for some of the drugs and medicines
OF which there is now a serious short.
age in Germany and Austria. 1t an
nounces a few of these in the Wiener
Klinische Wochenschrift. Among
these are: a synthetic form of NOR
phia. called papaverin; phenolophtha-
lein and cascara, to take the place of
castor oil. aloes. SIENNA and jalap;
bromine, to take the place Of iodine
as a skin dtSiafectans. Professor Uana
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-01
Bread Puddina.

One-half pound scraps of bread, two
ounces suet, one ounce candied peel.
one-quarter pound currants, raisins or
sultanas, one-quarter pound brown
sugar, one egg. Soak the scraps of
bread in cbld water. then squeeze
very dry, put into a basin and beat
out the Jumps; chop the suet fine,
clean the fruit, shred the peel and
beat the egg. Mix all the dry ingre-
dents, then add the egg and a little
water, If required. Grease and sugar
a pie dish or tin. fill with the mix
ture and bake about one hour.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-01
lemon Apple Pie

Take two large tahlespoonfuls of
cornstarch, dissolve it in cold water
to a smooth paste. pour ON one-half
pint of boiling water and stir until il
thickens. Remove from the fire and
add one cupful of sugar, two apples
grated. Juice. rind of one lemon n
q teaspoonful of butter. Rake in two
crusts. WIN make two mediums sized
pies.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-01

short peplum. The lace used is a black
net run with silver. This might be re-
placed with an embroidered pattern. or
the printed taffetas could be used.
Striped ribbons or silks are used
with georgette crepe for afternoon
gowns in banded effects. In these the
upper part of the skirt is made of the
crepe and at the knee, or a little above,
the banded silk is set on to form the
lower part of the skirt. The bodice is
usually made of the crepe. with the
banded silk used in some sort of over
drapery and in the cuffs.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-01
Jam OmeIet.

One tablespoonful powdered sugar,
one teaspoonful c~ornstarch, three ia
blespoonfuls milk. strawberry Jam,
five eggs. Beat yolks of the eggs light
with the powdered sugar, into this stir
the cornstarch dissolved in the milk.
Then fold in the stifly beaten whites.
Cook in a buttered frying par until
set; spread with jam; fold I'M serve
as a Observation-Disclosures Magazine.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-01
AFRO-AMER|CAN CULL|NCS

dustry. The work is going on nicely
but 1t needs money. We need schol-
arships for the girls who are too poor
to pay. Then there are improvements
to be made to the buildings. Most Of
them are not f%ireproof. l am praying
for help and feel sure that the people
of the North who have so kindly be-
frieuded me will understand what the
school and it's extension work stands
for and will be generous in their help
toward this work"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-01

curately, staying the gathering thread
with pins at the four markings. Gaug-
ing is merely pressing each gather be-
tween thumb and forefinger with the
blunt point Of a coarse needle and 1t
makes just all the difference in the
look of a ruf1e. Prayed rufies are
made on bias silk or cotton material
and the edges are pulled apart SO that
the threads rayel. Taffeta makes a
lovely fray. also linen, but it is not
wise to attempt to fray a material in
which the warp and wool are not C
exactly the same -coarseness.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-01

These tongues carry a buttonhole. A
slit in the belt at the right side is
buttonhole stitched, and the tongue
on the left side of the belt thrust
through it, b%uttoning over high com.
position buttons that match up we'll
with the suit.
A small breast pocket might find a
place in the coat, for the sake of con-
venience. The suit suggests the mill
tary modes, and one suspects its crea.
tor of gentle irony inasmuch as he has
designed for the schoolgirl a suit with
no foolishness about it.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-01

he will make a successful comeback.
Morse, who, like Drew, is a colored
lad, sprang into prominence by win
ming the 22O-yard national champion
ship at California last summer. He
has since demonstrated that his
Frisco victory was no fiuke by show
ing his heels to strong rivals on
numerous occasions. Morse, a mem
Der of the Salem Crescent A. c., is
only a yOungster and should be a top
notcher for many years to come.
Stephenson, who completes for the
Trinity A. c. of Brooklyn has done his
best work indoors. He is a remark
ably fast starter.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-01
Not New.

Z natural phenomenon has been
discovered in a fish which can give
shocks with electrical flashes from
their eyes,"
Humph! any woman who knows
now TO use her eyes discounted that
phenomenon long ago."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-01

From its very inception Hobson
City, Ala, with one exception the only
colored municipality in the United
States, has not only demonstrated its
ability to organize and govern herself,
but has shown that she can do this
along progressive lines.
In the year of 1899 her small but
spirited band of citizens secured after
no little bit of effort a charter and
was incorporated and organized in the
month Of August of that year. In.
Guiding immediate suburbs her popu.
lation today shows an increase of $50
per cent. Her citizens are contented,
l~aw-abiding, and as a whole industri.
Gus; Migrants are not tolerated and
are tacitly urged to move on or suit
able work is found for them to do.
She has several public institutions,
among which are four churches-two
Methodist, one Baptist and one Sancti.
fed, with a combined membership of
approximately 500. She is the jealous
p]ossessor of one public school with an
II INT w oOluC -OOs oNhNO
funds appropriated for this institu.
ton, by the way, are, however,
claimed to he inadequate and should
be augmented if consistent with the
states public school funds. Donations
from private citizens who are interest
ed in educational pursuits certainly
would be appreciated if put in the
hands of this institution. The mu.
n~icipality is free from debt and has
some money in its treasury; it's gu.
bernatorial board is elected every two
years, thereby making it possible to
keep this feature of its machinery in
a more healthy and enthusiastic work
ing condition. It's homes are supplied
with electric light and more than half
of the citizens own their own homes.
Admission, a city of some 20, 0 in.
hahitants, is located just north of Hob,
son City, and is connected with it by
a trolley system owned by the Ala.
bama Power company, which main
tains a special car for the colored peo.
pie to take them back and forth to
their daily occupations consisting
mainly of public works conveniently
located along the car line. The city
is supplied with good water from the
Admission waterworks, and while the
system is incomplete, plans are being
made to bring it up to the usual state
of efficiency, and thereby insure the
least possible insurance rate and fire
loss. Th- city has an organized sani-
tary system maintained by the police
department. Its Jail house would be
a credit to a city of double its popu
lation-being of concrete construc-
ton, and equipped with furniture and
fixtures to preserve sanitation and
hygiene. 1t has some two or three
grocery stores, owned and operated
by colored citizens. 1t has citizens
who produce almost within a stones
throw from $500 to $1,000 worth of
cotton and other staple products, in.
GLIDING hundreds of bushels of
peaches per year lis governing board
consists of seven councilmen, a mayor
together with some three or four mi.
nor officers, including chief of police.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-01
Getting the RuffIes on Evenly.

Rufies are to be used so much this
spring that grandma's rules for put
ting them on evenly may no come
amiss.
First Of all divide the skirt into
four widths, marking the divisions
with pins. Run a basting round the
skirt between the pins so that the
ruffie may be sewed on straight. Then
divide the rufie into four parts and
gather on four separate gathering
threads. Gauge with a coarse darning
needle and distribute the fullness ac-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-01

The VIII of the late Sanford johnson
was filed for probate at Stockton, Kan.
According to this document he left $40
acres of Rocks county land, free from
tncumbrance, besides personal proper
ty to the SUI of $1,000. Born in bond
age, freed by the Emancipation proc
clamation, and with no educational OPP
portunities, Johnson succeeded in &C
cumulating property far in excess of
that of many Of his white neighbors
and associates. He reared six children,
giving all a common school education.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-01
Sure,

Mr.. Askitt-What does Mrs. Wise
consider the greatest household ex-
pense?
Mrs. Terit-Gas. You see her hus-
band is deaf and dumb and he talks
in his sleep. and she keeps the gas lit
all night to see what he is saying.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-01

Quail in Pennsylvania are dying of
a strange epidemic, which has spread
so as to threaten the determination of
the species in some regions, a situa-
ton which reminds one commentator
that Affections among wild beasts and
birds seldom attack more than one
species at a time, the same being true
of fish, of which, in any stream, one
kind will all die without others seem.
ing the least affected.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-01
Too Much Metal.

she wears too much jewelry."
Think so?"
90, No fun to hold her hand like
that- You can get the same sensation
by holding a handful of curtain rinss
and a wrist watch"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-01

says also that there is likely to be a
shortage of ~glycerine and suggests
that it's properties al be initiated by
simple strip or by four per cent cal
cium chloride or a mixture of the two.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-01
His ExperIeroa

Lhere is but n thing worse than
death" remarked hort.
What is thats' asked Long.
outliVing all your acquaintance
q are willing to lend you money"
replied Short, sadly.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-01

Hampton institute the
election to its board of trustees of
Charles Gates Dawes, president of the
Central Trust company of Chicago;
William Cameron Forbes of Boston,
former governor general of the Philip
pine islands, and Alexander B. Trow-
bridge of New York, senior member of
the firm of Trowbridge & Alderman.
architects.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-01

Howard P. Drew, Alvah T. Meyer,
Roy Morse and Frank Stephenson are
well-known to followers of track ath-
letics as four Of the best s%printers
ever developed in this country. All
four have made remarkable records
during their careers TN the cinder
path and board floor, and all four have
held national championships. The
~fleet-footcG Drew is perhaps the best
of the four. He formerly competed for
Springfield (Mass.) high school, but
now represents the University of
Southern California. He is the joint
holder with Dan Kelley Of the worlds
record for 100 yards, the time being
.03 30 seconds. Drew has excellent
sprinting form and is considered by
many experts to be the really best
sprintcr of all times. Drew has shown
many of his best performances around
New York and only recently "a the
century indoors in ter seconds. Meyer,
for many years mainstay of the Irish
American Athletic club, has been kept
out of running this winter because Of
pressure Of business, but he plans to
return to the cinder path next sum
mer. Meyer takes excellent care of
himself and there is little doubt that
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-01

The longest will on record was made
by a Gloucester engineer and con-
tanned $4,000 words
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-01

Every square milo of sea is estimat-
ed to contain about 10000, 900 fish.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-28
Civic Improvement
Move at Monongah
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HIVES.
TiGATE CONDITIONS AND
REPORT TO CITIZENS

The first step toward the improve.
ment Of civic conditions in Monongah
was taken yesterday evening when
the students Of the Thoburn High
school explained the prevailing con.
ditions to the Monongah citizens.
Their data for the work was secured
after thorough investigation Of the
town records.
The prominent speakers Of the even.
Ing were Miss Marguerite Jordan, of
the Welfare department Of the Consol.
idation Coal company, and DR.. A, ],
Riedy, who is the present health offic.
or Of Monongah. A Russian Red Cross
nurse was also present to give some
valuable advice on the subject.
The program carried out is as fol.
lows: Song, my Country IT'S of
Thee; invocation, Rev. Eli Lightner:
reports, Water Supply, Housekeeping,
Care Of Milk, Food, Vegetables, Treat.
ment Of Sick, Defects Of School Chill.
dren, Care Of Infectious Diseases, Dis.
eased Animals, Barn Conditions, Heat.
ing, Lighting, Sanitation, Infant Death
Rate; song, "The Old Family Tooth
Brush" double quartette, Misses Eliz.
abeth Davis, Mary Leeper, Mildred
Gregory, Loretta Lesson, INA Mere.
dith. Messrs. Wayne Harden, Denzil
Shaver. and Charles McKain; story,
Mrs. Gland McBee.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-28
Odd Fellows Escort
at Toney Funeral
AGED CITIZEN INFERRED THIS
AFTERNOON IN WOODLAND
CEMETERY

Funeral services over the body Of
James L. Torrey, prominent citizen
Of this city. whose death occurred on
Thursday morning. took place this af.
ternoon at 2 o'clock from the First
Methodist Episcopal church on Fair.
mont avenue. Services we're conduct.
ed by Rev. C. e. Goodwin. pastor Of
the church, assisted by Rev. w. J.
Eddy, pastor Of the Baptist church.
A large concourse Of friends and rela.
tives attended the services.
Marion lodge No. II, I. o. o. F.,
Of which the deceased was an honored
member, attended the services in a
body and acted as an escort to the
grave.
Following the services the body was
conveyed to Woodlawn cemetery
where It was laid to rest. The honor.
airy pail bearers were: W. T. Menear,
o. J. Fleming, F. e. Nichols, Rev. C.
b. Meredith, NJ. N. Barnes and I. N.
Tough. The active pail bearers were
selected from the lodge Of Odd Eel.
lows. The funeral arrangements were
in charge Of Undertaken Eli Mus.
grave and Son.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-28

1916 will be saturnalia OF corruption
and coercion unless determined steps
are taken to reduce such activities to
n minimum
This phase of the campaign is now
under serious consideration among
prominent Republicans and some steps
will be taken to bring both vote buy
ers and vote sellers to book. The coer-
cion part Of the Democratic program
is more difficult to handle, but there
Ia hope that means will be found to
make even this a highly Improbable
and dangerous for those who attempt
1t.
The story of the Warrington youths
has aroused great deal of indigna.
ton in that section OF the county even
among Democrats. AS one man, who
requested that hi shame be not used,
put it, at is bad enough to buy any
mans vote but when an effort is made
to corrupt mere boys who are Just
starting out in life some one ought to
be put in the penitentiary for good
long time"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-28
Mayor Had Po,Uer to Permit
Outdoor Meeting But Refused

Nearly one thousand persons were
turned away disappointed from the
Robinson meeting yesterday because
they were unable to get to hear the
Republican candidate for governor.
When Chairman Frank r. Amos. who
had charge Of the arrangements for
the judges speech here. saw that the
circuit court room in the court house
would be unable to accommodate even
half the crowd that wished to hear
the speaker he went to Mayor Bowen
and asked for permit to hold the
speech outside. Mayor Bowen refus.
ed this request.
The Mayor stated that he would
permit the Republicans to talk a few
minutes outside to the crowd but he
would not allow the sidewalk to be
blocked for more than Is minutes.
This Is minutes was utilized in ex.
planning to the eager crowd that they
would have to come in side il they
wished to hear the judge. Many OF
those who were unable even to get in
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-28

side the court house were visitors
from outlying sections of the county
who had planned for several days to
make the special trip to hear the Re-
publican candidate.
The ordinance which enabled Mayor
Bowen to prevent outdoor speaking
by Judge Robinson has an Interesting
history. 1t was put upon the munich.
pal statute books to enable certain in
terests through the city government
to control the efforts Of Socialist ora
tors and union labor organizers who
In days past used the court house
steps as a forum and held meetings
which at times reached a nattendance
OF thousands. At the time Of the pas
sage Of the measure there was siren
uous objection to arbitrarily shutting
Off all meetings at that place and the
provision was made that the Mayor
should have discretionary power
which would permit him to give per.
mNs for such meetings as he approved.
Mayor Bowen has given permits Of
this character.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-28
Democrats Trying to Corrupt
First Voters of the C0ur1tu

One day this week Warrington
young man who will cast his first vote
at the election next month. made the
statement that he had been offered
Sis to cast that vote for the Democrat.
&c ticket. He said that young friend
Of his who is also q first voter was also
approached by the same agent OF the
Democrats and presumably was the
recipient of the same kind of an offer.
The youth who told the story could
not be sure because they would be cor.
ruptionist took each of them aside ue-
fore he made his infamous proposition.
This incident is only one of many
that have come to light within the past
week which illustrates the extremities
to which the gang has been driven in
this county. Certain that they would
be beaten on a straight show down of
the voters. even when their hundreds
OF imported negro votes are thrown In
on their side. they have determined
upon a policy Of desperate tactics and
the outlook now is that the election of
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-28
TALE MRS. OL|PHANT
TOLD HERE FALSE
Nevada Mayor Wires Denial
of Story About Mixed
Jury.
Special Dispatch to West vire,nian)

Especial Dispatch to West virginIan)
MORGANTOWN. W. Va, Oct 2S.-
In recent speech in Fairmont Mrs.
Oliphant, an anti.suffrage speaker.
said that divorce case was now be.
ing tried behind closed doors before
a mixed jury and that the jury was
locked up together at night and that
The case would take six weeks to try.
At suffrage headquarters in this city
tonight the following kilograms were
exchanged between the association
and the mayor of Reno.
To Mayor Of Reno, Nevada-Is there
q divorce case now on trial before a
jury composed Of men and women. the
evidence being taken behind closed
doors and likely to last six weeks? IL
the Jury kept together. for this length
of time? For the honor Of Nevada an.
swer Immediately.
WEST VIRGINIA EQUAL SUFFRAGE
ASSOCIATION.
Here is the rep:y
West Virginia Equal Suffrage Asso.
"iaticn: Case to which Yen -efer took
four days and Judge threw same out
without referring to jury. This Jury
was not locked up at any time. Ne.
Nada has mixed juries drawn from reg
ular jury list The honor Of Nevada is
not impertled by anything occurring,
IL there is any danger OF dishonor It
will come from outside misrepresenta-
ton or misunderstanding.
FRANK ]. BYlNGTON, Mayor,