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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-29
But He Was No Yankee.

Mr.. Israel zangwill, the famous au-
thor, has aroused a good deal of criti.
cism lately owing to his attitude
towards the war.
The author of THE Children of the
Ghetto" is one OF the wittiest Of our
literary men, and as an after-dinner
speaker he has few rivals.
Shortly after he was married Mr..
Zangwill went with his wife to Amer.
lea where they were entertained by
some prominent citizens at a we'll.
known New York club.
After the dinner an admiral who was
present, proposed Mr.. Zangwill's
health, and remarked that it was a pity
they could not claim him as a citizen
of the United States.
oh" said Mr.. Zangwill, with @
smile, but l do belong to one of the
United States, through my wife. by
marriage"
Everyone was much puzzled, for
Mrs. Zangwill was certainly English;
but it was she herself who explained
the mystery.
1T was a joke" she said sadly; "he
does belong to the united state-the
married state, do you see?"-E Elk
change.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-29
Red silk From caterpiIlars.

1t has just been discovered that by
putting silkworms on special foods,
they can be made to spin different col
ored silk threads.
Up to the present. of course, the
silk threads produced commercially
have always been white or yellow.
Most people who have kept the silk
worms for a hobby have experiment.
ed with feeding them on dyed leaves,
and so getting different colored silks,
but this method is not practical when
silk is being produced for the market.
By the method the silkworms
are partly fed on mulberry leaves and
partly on Usage leaves. and it is the
careful allowances of the two foods
which make the caterpillar spin red
and blue silk, the two colors which
have at present been successfully pro-
duced.
1t takes 5000 caterpillars to produce
a pound of silk, and when they begin
they spin at the rate of six inches a
minute. Each caterpillar will produce
from 500 to 1000 yards of continuous
thread.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-29
RUSSIANS FOND OF ANIMALS
All Classes Of the People Teach Chill
dren to Be Kind to All Species
Of Beasts.

No m can be in Russia for any
length of time without noticing the
kindness that the people show to In
imals, writes Curtis Guild In the
Youths Companion.
The beautiful Russian foIktales,
which are just beginning to be trans
lated into English, teach children to
be kind to all animals. The very
name of the most terrible animal In
Europe. the bear, shows the sympa-
thetic, affectionate attitude of the Rus
sian toward animals. In every other
European language with which | am
familiar tile name of the bear, with the
r. rolled as 1t is universally except
In English, suggests a fierce. growing
wild beast. In Italian 1t is orso; in
French, ours; in German, baer: in
Scandinavian, bjorn. But the Russi-
n think of the bear in a friendly,
rather jocular way, and cali him
miedvied-"the fellow who likes
honey" AS a matter of fact, however,
the peasants seldom use that word.
They call the bear mishka, which
Q Little Michael, or Micky.
Because the Russian is kind to ami
mails and to his fellow man you must
not think that he Is a coward The
Russian is, l think, the only hunter
who kills the biggest bears single
handed with a spear; and so we find
a naturally gentle race displaying in
war the most dauntless bravery, not
only in the excitement of a bayonet
charge, but in the stubborn endurance
of defense.
The Russian is very fond of pets.
l have seen that embodiment of un-
bending and wooden faced dignity, the
conventional butler, forgetting his thin
silk stockings and pumps, dash out in
to the snow when the mercury was
far below zero, to rescue a starving
kitten, which he thenceforth kept in
his own room. l have never seer a
Russian boy throw a stone at a dog
or a cat. Russian boys do not catapult
pigeons. One of the maids in the
American embassy rescued a wounded
pigeon, set its broken leg and tended
it carefully in secret. When her act
of kindness was discovered, she burst
into sobs, because she was afraid that
she would not be permitted to keep
the bird.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-29

blocks c and d Gigs. 6 and 81 two
inches square, and nail C to the under
side of the plank seat, and d to the
top of the bow sled; then bore a FIVE
eighths-inch hole through the center of
c and the plank seat. and through d
and the sled top. In connecting, place
a washer between the bolt head and the
seat plank, another between blocks c
and d, and a third between the sled
top and the bolt nut.
Cut block E Gig. 81 out of a piece
of two-by-four, bevel its top edge as
shown in Fig. 7, and fasten the pair
of hinges to the wider edge. Bore
holes through the block for boiling the
hinges through their center hole.
Drive screws through the other holes.
Then fasten the other half of the
hinges to the plank seat, using bolts
for the center holes, and screws
for the outer holes. and spike the
block to the sled top. The hinge ar.
rangement is necessary so the stern
sled will rise and fall as 1t runs over
uneven ground, independent of the
bow sled. Connect the bow of the
stern sled with the seal plank by
18-inch pieces of chain attached to
screweyes Gigs. 2 and ~.
Cross pieces F Gigs. 6 and y sup
port the handle-bars. Fasten them tc
the under side of the seat plank. Use
broom-handlec for hanGle-bars.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-29

slanting the stern in the manner
shown. Notches A are for ~crosspieces
A, which should be one inch thick and
two inches wide. Locate the first
notch eight inches from the bow, the
third notch nea the stern, and the
second notch halfway between the
first and third. After marking out the
runner, cut it out carefully; then use
it for a pattern for marking out the
other three.
Make crosspieces A fourteen inches
long, and nail them fast in the notches
cut for them Gig. ~; then cut the
sled tops twenty inches long out of
2xlO-inch stuff and fasten them to
cross pieces A. mailing through the
underside of the cross pieces into
them Gig, 81. Cross piece B Zig. 81
is the footbar on the bow sled; OIL the
stern sled a similar cross piece, four
teen inches long, forms a brace.
Figures 6 and Z are c-ross-sections
showing how the bow and stern sleds
are connected to the plank eat. Cut
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-29

The Animal Started in Frcnt Of Her..
to attend to what there was of the
poor little farm. There were times
when they just scraped along, as the
saying went. In addition to their
wi deplorable condition, they had to
think and partly provide for Mrs. Cor
don's widowed sister, who lived q mile
i've beyond the range. This was Mrs.
Ward. She had a daughter, Victoria,
but the latter had gone to the city to
become a great singer, and what Vic
toria earned as a stenographer barely
paid for her board and expensive
music.
Milly was a distant relative of the
Gordons, an orphan who had been
practically adopted by them when she
was a child. Old Uncle Zeb declared
her as smart as a whip and Aunt
Selma added hat she was a girl with
a heart of gold. Certainly Milly ap-
peared clever and brilliant in CONVEX
sation, considering the little education
she had received. AS to kind heart
edness, she was everybody's friend.
When Victoria had gone to the city
to try her fortune, she had urged Milly
to go with her. For a moment Milly
was dazzled. Then she thought of the
old folks. They had done so much
for her! They were old and feeble.
She had become a systematic, econom-
zeal young ho]usekeeper and held
things well together. 1t seemed base
desertion to leave them. Milly cried
one whole night. Then she took up
her burden, laughing her sweet way
along the path of duty, sometimes
dark, eve hopeful.
Milly proceeded with her baking,
She felt guilty at the extravaganza,
but she loved sweet and pretty things,
even edibles, and had to add a pan of
cookies to the heap of biscuits. OF
both she made up a small package,
put it urSler her arm, and donned her
sunshade.
Pm going to u ove to Aunt
Wards" she announced.
ITS a pretty hard climb over the
range for a hot day like this sug
gested Mrs. Gordon.
"Oh, | don't mind that chirped
MilIy. "and I've had rare luck with the
baking"
Just as Milly started to run across
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-29
her RICH PRINCE
BY KENNETH

A mellow, mirthful laugh rams
through the old-fashioned kitchen of
the Gordon farmhouse. and Aunt Sell
ma adjusted her spectacles and sur
veyed the author of the merriment in
Quisitively.
What now, Milly?" she asked in her
gentle, pleasant way.
Pretty near the bottom of the
-four barrel. auntie!" replied Milly
gayly.
And you think that is something to
jollify over?" chided Mrs. Gordon in a
r~eproachful tone.
We'll, not exactly, %auntie," replied
Milly in pretty penitence, only / got
thinking in my fanciful dreaming way.
/ had just been reading a story Of n
family like us that got poorer and
poorer, until the -four barrel was real
ly empty and they were nearly starv-
ing. Then along came a rich prince.
He recognized the aged sire of the
family as an old loyal soldier and
knighted him, and made his brother q
lord chamberlain, and it was all so
real to me | actually saw poor dear.
clumsy old Uncle Zeb at court, bow
ing to the queen in his rich ermine
trimmed robe, and he stumbled over
1T, and said, Howdy.' and | had to
laugh"
Dear child! it is we'll that you
see brightness in everything MUIR
INJURED Aunt Selma, and turned her
face aside to hide the rising tears.
For they were poor, indeed. She
and her husband had arrived past the
meridian of life with no income to de,
pend upon. Mr.. Gordon was unable
to work and they had to hire a man
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-29
Found That Rumor Was False,

The story is going the rounds of the
London stock exchange that one OF
their number had the surprise OF his
life while on duty a few nights ago
What happened is as follows: Two
special constables were patrolling the
sides OF a big building. and the ar
rangement agreed upon was that they
were to meet at one of the al
the end of their respective beats
One arrived in a very damaged con
dition.
"Hello! have you met o burglar2'
anxiously inquired one.
NO." ruefully replied the other
You know that pretty girl we were
flirting with. who told US that her hus
band had gone to the Dardanelles
Well. he hasn't"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-29
The New Farm Movement.

A new branch of the United States
department of agriculture is known as
the states relation service, and dates
from July l, 1915. Its function is to
represent the secretary of agriculture
IN his relations with the state agricul
tural colleges and experiment stations,
and to carry on the work of the de.
partnent in connection with farmers
cooperative demonstration work, in,
vestigations relating to agricultural
schools. farmers Institutes, the rela
tive utility and economy of agricul
tural products used for food, clothing
and other purposes in the home, and
the maintenance of agricultural ex
pertinent stations in Alaska. Hawaii
Porto Rico and Guam.
The present Office of experiment sta
tlons becomes a branch of the new
service.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-29

N order to make preserved leaves
look their best, the leaves should be
gathered at the season of their great
est beauty and variety Of tints. Sumac,
and the leaves of similar plants and
trees, are usually gathered early in
October. Maple, alder, oak, linden
etc. are then at their best. To pre-
serve the leaves. they should be tnor-
oughly dried as soon as possiple. a
simple method is as follows, Spreau
,ba leaves. and press in a suitable pan
With alternate layers of fine sifted
sand heated as hot as the hand can
hear. and set aside to cool. When the
sand has cooled the leaves may be re-
moved. smoothed under a hot iron,
dipped for a moment in clear French
snir,t yarnish, and allowed to dry In
the air. Melted p%arafin and wax are
sometimes preferred to the varnish.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-29

portsth that are bahed by the seven cas- The creation of these wonderfully
accurate tables isl not in the hands of a corps Of seasoned computers, for the
good reasonth that wen the best of them would have o devote six months or
more to the labor of computing tide tables for a year for a single port In
stead, the work is done by a great 25OGpound machine Of iron and brass
which stands like the vtals OF a giant clock. in on of the rooms of the
coast n geodetc survey in Washington. The mechanical tide computer is
l fleet long, but only 2 feet wide, and stands as high as a nan. 1t is a SEEM
ing tumble of shafts cams, sliding plates, puleys and chains, but each Oft the
elements stands carefully in place as a very tangible representative of a far
away force of the u DR. noon, and registers figures that indicate the pull
water perhaps thousands of miles away.
When the tide tables for any locality are desired the numerous cranks
on the side of the machine ares set n accordance with harmonic constants
for the place, already known from observation, and the figures for the tables
are then secured by turning the principal crank Of the apparatus Whenever
the indicator reaches a maximum Oh a minimum the machine is automatically
stopped by an electromagnetic, and the operator merely jos down the hour
indicated by n dial and the feet and inches by another. At the same time
a moving fountain pen draws o a turning roll of paper a curve of the tide
In these ways the machine turns ut in from ter o fifteen hours the work
that would keep a mere human calculator busy for six months.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-29

An old man, well past sixty, entered
the publication offices Of the Book and
Life, and asked to be directed to the
Lost and Found counter. At the proper
department, he requested the insertion
of the following liner adj:
LOST-About forty years ago-an oppor-
tunity. 1t is probably worthless now, but
/ will reward the honest finder who brings
it to me, as ] am curious to know what
II might have done for me had l not been
careless with ii.
The clerk read the advertisement
and then looked pityingly at the old
man.
We'll insert your adj" he said, but
it is my duty to inform you that there
is hardly any use in putting it in. We
have no records of any lost opportu-
mites ever having been found"
The old man thought for a few min
utes. Then he said:
We'll, insert it anyhow. People will
read it and start to thinking"
Then he went away.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-29

from top to bottom, then from side to
side. and then from corner to corner.
into the form of Fig. 8. Cut off the
upper corner on an arc of a circle, as
indicated by dotted line in Fig. 8,
and notch the folded edges Gig. 10).
Use two colors of flannel. alter
mating them. and you will have a most
attractive pen-wiper.
9 carry a pointed instrument
In your pocket. or lay 1t away in your
desk. without protecting the points.
A cork pushed far enough on to the
points to hold fast makes a good pro-
lection Gigs. IL and l2).
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-29

pieces, is the right sort of stuff. For
hardware you will need some two
inch and three-inch nails, a five
eighths inch carriage bolt eight inches
long, and three iron washers for the
bolt, a pair of four-by-four-inch
wrought steel hinges, four two-inch
stove bolts and eight screws one
inch and th~ree-quarters long. and a
piece of iron jack-chain three feet
long.
The four runner of the two sleds
should be prepared first. Figure 3
shows a pattern. Draw this out upon
a piece of two-by-four. sloping the bow
from a distance of about ten inches
back of the end, and rounding and
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-29

conceal the raw edge. The dotted
lines indicate the folding. The outer
third A folds over on to the center
third B, to form the pocket, and it
is stitched to B along the top and
bottom edges; and the outer third C
is provided with small pockets for
pencils.
The pen-wiper shown in Fig. 7 is
composed of four layers of light
weight flannel. Az, 3%, 3 and "a
inches in diameter, sewed together
through their centers, with a fancy
button sewed to the top.
Figure s shows the four circular
pieces placed one on top of the other.
This diagram also shows by dotted
lines how to prepare the pieces by
first folding over a square of cloth
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-29

row of small dots in Fig. 4. The
heavy dotted line in Fig. 4 indicates
where to make the second fold, to
bring side B yer to the opposite side.
The pockets are partitioned off with
up-and-down rows of fine stitching.
Sew a short piece of tape to the
center of n side of the holder, to
provide for tying the holder in a roll
Gig. l and %.
Some of you girls will prefer the
holder shown in Fig. 8, because of it's
pocket for erasers, pencil-sharpener,
pen-knife, pens. pencil stubs. etc.
Figure 6 shows the pattern by which
to cut the cloth; also, how the edges
should be turned over slightly, or
else be bound with a narrow braid, to
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-29

later" he went on. and the number of those activities is almost pas count
ing. Every m of them has a direct bearing on the lives and the interests
of some considerable portion of the public That is why Uncle Sam puts the
record in print. so all may read.
The pity is that not all know how readily all this vast store OF informa-
ton may be obtained. nor how useful it may be to them. But the public is
learning. The demand for government publications is growing fast. That is
as it should be. for the people never can know too much about their own
government. M
"of course there is some waste Sometimes a n expensive publication
will be put out for which there is only slight CALL and thousands of copies
will remain in storage for years. ultimately to be destroyed, but these
instances are becoming rarer and rarer More discrimination in ordering
printing is being manifested by the legislative and executive departments
and the vigorous steps e are taking through the office of the superintendent
in q reduction of dead stock"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-29

bedrooms the removal of the presidential business offices from the mansion
to a annex having made space available for FIVE additional guest chambers.
These five guest chambers occupy the east wing of the mansion o n the
second floor, four of them being directly owe the historic east room. The
hth-adjoinfng the nbrary-s Immediately above the green parlor All of
the ter bedrooms, a well as the library. open upon a wide corridor which
u through the middle of the building from end to end.
II walking along Pennsylvania avenue. n pauses fol a view of the
front of the White House, he may know tina. the suite of rooms occupied by
the president and his wife is represented by the last five windows Of the
second story toward the right In other words, the apartment in question
is in the northwest corner of the building. 1t comprises two large rooms
and n small one, the latter being used at a boudoir
the 6oudoir arec covered with pale blue brocaded satin, in lieu of paper.
The government furnishes everything required for housekeeping pur
poses and it is not desired that presidential property shall get mixed up with
that Of Uncle Sam. Even soap and towels are supplied, and. oh, the linen
such quantities of it, hemstitched and embroidered The linen press of the
White House is really quite a big room. its shelves weighted down under a
wealth of whteness. ...
The mistress of the executive mansion has o wash list" Uncle Sam
attends to that rs we'll IS to the housekeeping The kitchen department
m ITSELF as If by cockwork. "S
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-29

this remarkable specimen. During the next 70 years many explorers and
scientists followed Henrys footsteps until the bowlder cam to be well
known a a meteorological curiosity 1t was undoubtedly worth several thou
sand dollars, but its weight prevented anyone from taking it away.
In 1871 Julius Eldred, a hardware merchant of Detroit, bought this cop.
per rock from the Chippewa Indians, IN whose lands it was located, and.
two years lae- after many difficulties, succeeded in transporting it down the
Ontonagon river through Lake Superior to Sault Ste. Marie. and thence to
Detroit, where it a placed o. exhibition for a short time. Soon after its
arrival the government claimed it, and in 183 it ws shipped to Washington
and deposited in the yard o. the quarermasters bureau of the war depart
ment where it remained till 1860, when it was transferred to the Smith.
sonan institution. Some years later the government repaid MI. EGred for
his time and work in securing this bowder. congress having appropriated
$56469O for this purpose.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-29

ing Office in existence. The fact that
the office uses more than $4,000 900
pounds of paper and more than $1,000
pounds of ink in a year in printing
matter for distribution among the
people is merely an index to the
quantity of work turned out"
Cornelius Ford. public printer,
head of the army of 1000 employees in
the great plant. was discussing his
job and what 1t means.
Every activity of this government
oata intn the nrinting office sooner or
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-29

Sonlan institution since 1861. The
bowlder is 81 feet long, 8 feet wide
and IL feet in its thickest part, and,
owing to the great density of copper.
weighs nearly three tons.
For ages this mass of copper lay
on the bank of O%ntonagon river in
the upper peninsula of Michigan.
where it was known for many years
by the Chippewa Indians of that re-
gion. 1t was not until 1876 that the
first white man, Alexander Henry, an
English adyenturer and trader visited
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-29
Moses Not to Blame.

Green-"What do you mean by
cheating me like this? You said this
chain | bought here would last a life
time, and here's all the plating worn
off in a MONTH" Moses-"Mine
friendt, | said dot shain would last you
a lifetime because yer you puy 1t you
look SO Ill didn't tink you would live
der week oudt,"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-29
Mrs. HENS SAYINGS.

"Mabbe ambishum is a bad thing"
observed Mrs. Jonathan Hep as she
bought a few gifts. but l don't believe
any more peepul dies from dyspepsy
brought on by bitin' off more'n they
kin chew. then perishes frum lack of
nltrishun brought on by bein' afraid
to bite at all. "-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-29
DrawIno ~ Iira

This world is but a vale Of tears"
said the sentimental landlady. Even
h beautiful rose has its thorn.
"oh, don't mind a little thing like
that" rejoined the prosaic boarder,
hut when It m to finding a hais.
pin in the hash, | draw the line.,'
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-29

Ohlted states, but in all parts OF the
world. 1t is the annual volume of tide
tables issued by the coast and geo.
detic survey, that is literally ground
out of a machine.
The book consists of tables of
closely printed figures, more or less
unintelligible to the layman, but show
ing, to those who understand them,
for the entire calendar year., the exact
hour and minute of each day when
the tide will rise to it's crest and sink
to its lowest depth in all the important
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-29
!: HANDICRAFT FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
z BY =
S A. Nicely HALL and DOROTHY PERKINS 5
FHHRhya hShvst2
A HOMEMADE eossLED.

To make a strong, substantial sled
It is best to use heavy material. Two
by-fours for the runners and for blocks
for connecting the sleds to the seat,
two-by-tens for the sled tops and seat,
and one-by-two material for cross
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-29
Nine Points Of the LAW

BLESSED are the meek. for they
shall inherit the EARTH quoted the
good deacon.
They may inherit It, all right. said
the backslider. but they never seem
to take possession. Judge.