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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Things That Are New.

New in the line of contractors ma
chinery is a hand-operated concrete
mixer that a be run by n man.
Experiments with the use of granu-
lated glass as a pr~eservative for wood
surfaces are being tried in England.
A st. Louis inventor has equipped
the legs of a life preserver with metal
webs to help a wearer move in water.
Oysters can be kept in filtered wa
ter for two weeks without injury or
loss of weight, according to a French
scientist.
That 1t will last indefinitely and re-
sist the elements and vermin is the
claim made for a recently patented
clay burial casket.
TO warn when the liquid in fire pals
becomes low a New Jersey inventor
has patented an electric alarm, oper-
ated by q float.
Slabs of natural cork expanded to
more than twice their normal size have
been invented in England for cold stor-
age insulation.
TO pick up fallen fruit rapidly, a
Californian has invented a machine re-
sembling a lawn mower, the work be-
ing done by q pronged roller.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Wise and Otherwise.

Sooner or later every man bumps
into his stone wall.
Some men succeed by ability and
some rely on their nerve.
The meek will of necessity have to
inherit the earth ii they ever get it.
The feminine idea of a popular wom-
an is n who has an interesting Sc
cret to tell.
Some men make fortunes out of old
things and others starve while trying
to invent new things.
Women would soon tire of men If
men were as good as the ONE think
they should be.
A woman dislikes to find her first
gray hair almost as badly as a man
dislikes to part with his last one.
1t is the rankest kind of folly for
a mar to expect the world to grow bet
ter until he begins to notice improve
ment In himself.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16

blamed. From childhood up, no rein
has been put upon her wants. 1t is
a grave matter to- attempt to educate
her at the expense Of the husbands
peace of mind.
During counting days a man should
he able to study pretty thoroughly the
disposition of his sweetheart. If she
pouts because he is not spending
money on her pleasure every, evening
of the week In one way or another, he
may be pretty sure she will not turn
over q new leaf after the wedding
bells have rung. Loving her with all
his heart, he is apt to firmly believe
he has Influence enough with her to
show her it will not be a hardship not
to have all Of her whims gratiffed, but
he who marries a woman TO reform her
in this direction finds out to his cost
the hopelessness of the h~erculean task
he has set for himself. Her parents
have spoiled her-have bent the twig
in the way 1t grew.
Only the most powerful loving could
counteract or uproot the misguided
influence of the past. Many q hus-
band has gone bankrupt-and indeed
landed himself behind prison bars-to
satisfy the e~xtravagant, unreasonable
whims of the woman he adored too
well. No daughter-or son, either, for
that matter-should be allowed to
imagine his or her will is law to dot
ing parents, All extravaganza should
be sternly put down, instantly refused.
Home training sets its stamp indellbly
upon youthful minds. If you wish to
wreck the after happiness of your
children, grant them all of their fool
ish whims.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Care Of Shoes important

one OF the most important things in
the proper care of shoes is to have n
form to insert in them when not in
use. 1t is a safe assertion TO make
that if shoe-trees are used, the life of n
shoe is prolonged 90 per cent and their
appearance will be likewise improved.
Damp shoes should never be dried sud
denly near a hot stove or a radiator
as the leather will stiffen and finally
crack. Keep the leather soft by apply
ing animal oil to it. The best oil for
most feathers is meats foot oil, which
is refined from the fatty contents of the
hoof of an animal. When the surface
OF the leather is nicked, it should be
carefully mended by using pastes of
vegetable or animal oils, followed by
a compound of wax, which should he
rubbed to a polish. Shoes should he
cleaned and polished daily with a guar
anteed shoe paste.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Lived Under Six Sovereigns.

After posing for his picture on his
one hundred and fifth birthday ami
yersary, Levi w. Richardson, said to
be the Oldest nan in New Brunswick.
died before he had fairly started his
one hundred and sixth year. He had
been i'll for only about ten days.
MIR. Richardson ascribed his long
life and remarkable preservation of
his faculties to going to bed early and
being active. He had followed the
operations of the war with the most
careful attention, and his W ambi-
ton for the last year, says the Mutual
Star, had been to live long enough TO
see Great Britain and its allies suc-
cessful, for he had lived under six
sovereigns and had watched with in
terest the expansion of the empire.
More than so children, grandchildren
n great-grandchildren survive him.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Grover Cleveland Alexander.

was born in st. Paul, Neb., February
70, 1887, of a Democratic family, both
politically, as his name would indicate,
and otherwise.
His parents were settlers in Ne
braska during the Indian times, and
Alex was born in u hut, miles and
miles from nowhere. His early exist
ence was one of hardship, he being
of a race which could o shirk work
of the hardest kind. Probably his won
derful physique was built by his boy
hood work, but at any rate when
ALEX" first thought of baseball it was
as a means of providing a vacation,
not q living. In 1909 he heard of a
chance to pitch for a professional club
in Galesburg, ILL.,, and being offered
enough to pay his expenses and have
a little over, he accepted. This pro-
vided his start in the national pastime,
and began the career of the man who
now is ranked the premier pitcher of
the country, and the reason pro and
con for the success of the Phillies. He
was drafted from Galesburg by In
dianapolis in the autumn of 1909, but
unfortunately for this club he was not
even tried out, being shipped to SYRIA
cuse, of the New York State league,
which team sold him, Alexander, the
greatest pitcher, to the Phillies in 1910
for $3.50. Somebody in Syracuse has
been kicking himself ever since, for
the first year with the Phillies Alex
ander won % games, and since then
has been considered far the most val
liable man in the club.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Photographic Whole People.

An order to photograph the entire
population of n large district Of Po-
land has recently been given by the
German government. A regular army
of photographers r busy now upon
this wholesale order. They are travel
ing from town to town taking pictures,
while a force of 800 men and women
are at work in studios In different
towns developing and printing the pic
lures. Orthodox Jews and Polish peas
ants + averse to having their pic
lures taken, so an escort of police or
soldiers accompany the photographers
in every town. The photographs are
necessary for passports which are be-
ing issued in large numbers to enable
the people of this region to pass back
and forth into adjoining countries.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
IPoncho Sweater.

There Is a new kind of sweater
called the poncho. It's a straight piece
of fine colored wool, with an oblong
opening Mt the neck, each two selvages
caught at the waistline under the arm,
with an ornamental band. These sell
wages, as we'll as the opening at the
neck, are ornamented with brilliant
Indian embroidery.
These sweaters hang in a straight
line back and front, and the width of
the material is so wisely chosen that it
does not extend more than an inch
over the top of the arms.
In choosing one, be quite sure that
1t is small enough. Its smart air is In
stantly obliterated If 1t is too wide
across the chest and falls Imply below
the shoulders.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Poultry Pointers

II your chicks are not doing vel
something is wrong. Look out for lice
inc for worms in the intestines.
T~wo-year-old hens had better be
sent to the market. They seldom pay
for their feed if kept over a third sea.
son.
Grit and oyster shell should be in.
Guided in the ration for both young
and old. To neglect this would be
poor economy.
Young stock will do better if not
compelled to pick their living with the
old. There will also be less trouble
from lice.
Shade Is one of the most important
essentials during the hot months. Get
the chicks into the orchard and corn.
held. 1t is not too late to plant sun
flowers.
A growing chick will not thrive on
short rations. If the right kind of
food is fed, there is little danger of
overlooking, especially if they are
given plenty of range.
Supplement the regular feeds with
a wet mash-fed crumbly. Feed all
the chicks will clean up before going
to roost, but none should be left in
the trough, for it will sour.
Mark the pullets this fall so that
you will know Just how old your hens
are. A leg band on the right leg one
year and on the left leg the next will
assist in culling the flock. A hog ring
will serve the purpose.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Babu's
Bank
X
By GEORGE N COBB
Copyright, 1916, by W. G. ChapmanJ

tCopyrlsht, 1916, by w. q. Chapman.)
"The mean old hunks"l uttered
John Banks, father of pretty Nellie
Mason, his daughter, we years a wife.
three months a mother.
Don't be cross, pa" pleaded Nellie,
its a pleasure to have DarrelIs uncle
even recognize us. It's broken the
Ice, anyway. Poor lonesome old man,
1 suppose the lack of friends has
soured him"
HIN! He's a close-fiSted old mis-
or, that's what Ezekiel Crane is :" snort
ed Mr.. Banks and swung away, dis
gusted and indignant.
Nellie smiled sweetly at a big wood
en- baby's savings bank standing on
a little table in the corner Of the
room. That had been the delayed gift
Of her husbands uncle to little Ross
more thrit child. Nellie'S father had
bought Il gold charm for the little one
ana Nellie's mother had donated Il
pretty outfit of dresses and slips. That
morning Uncle Ezekiel had hobbled
over from his farm with the bank.
Made it myself" he said quite
proudly. Sea sort of imitation of
my old granary, with Il cupola on the
rOp Of it. There's the chimney to put
the pennies in" and he produced two
and they chinked down into the re-
c%eptacle. You must save all l give
and by the time RoSSmore is of age
there1l be quite a tidy sum-"
And Nellie kissed the old man with
sincere appreciation, for he had not
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16

steel beads. 1t had the heightened
underneath the bands of steel trim
ming. The Goa was belted all around,
but the belted back was completely
concealed by a cape falling from the
shoulders to the ground. This cape,
lined with faint gray, is designed to
wind about the shoulders, for protec-
ton against wind and cold.
Another interesting wrap revived the
dolman worn In The days of the EN-
press Eugene. This, too, was of
bivouac red. If you don't know what
a dolman Is, ask your grandmother.
If she doesn't know, it's a half-wrap,
h~alf-cape, that gets large at the bot
tom as wraps had to when they were
worn over the hoops Of the late sixties.
A new fur is Belgian hare and 1t is
used on suits, motor coats and eve
ming gowns impartially. Many a dad
dy will go a-hunting next seaso to get
a little rabbit skin to wrap his Baby
Bunting in, or Baby Bunting's grand
mother, as the case may be. This fur
does not seem to me particularly beau
tiful by itself, but when combined In
an afternoon gown with black velvet
and old blue 1t was rarely effective.
italian lace is going to be used for
the collars and cuffs of cloth gowns,
particularly those showing Moyen age
lines. One gown of beaver-colored III
beline had the dropped gathered skirt,
the long shoulder line with a dropped
sleeve, set on visibly, just as the skirt
drapery was.
There were touches of Italian lace
at the throat and on wrists and a little
necktie was worn about the neck, fall
ing united to the waistline. When the
necktie began 1t "a of chiffon of the
beaver color, but 1t had ends of Ital-
ian beadwork in pink and brown.
Generally speaking, the new fash
ions as they are indicated by advance
models will be fussy and full, fussier
and fuller than they were last winter.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Do Not NEEDLE with Your Ears

Whatever plausible reasons laymen
may have for treating some diseases,
they should not NEEDLE with the ear.
1t is a very sensitive and delicate or
gan, peculiarly liable to serious injury
through the manipulations of men and
women Ignorant of its anatomy, furc-
lions and pathology. Judicious treat
ment is most important, but it is better
to let ear troubles alone than to seek
the aid of Aunt Samantha or take the
advice of some oficious neighbor.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Doesn't Pay to Knit Belt.

1t has usually been considered that
Knitting was the cheapest way of pro-
ducing certain articles and it was quite
natural that the colonel when advising
the woman to send her man In Mexico
a belt should tell her to knit 1t. She
went home firmly determined to obey
orders, and taking a dollar he had
given her to buy a model band she
hastened to the shop and invested in
a natural color all-wool belt. Then
she sped to the fancy work depart
ment and got wool as near like the
sample as possible.
Her first surprise came when she
discovered that the price of wool had
increased greatly, but she invested In
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16

been to see them since their wedding
When her husband came home she
- led him to the bank.
Uncle Hekiel's present to baby
she said sweetly.
Darrell Mason's lips wrinkled at
the corner in a quizzical way.
"A token of good will, anyway
dear" he observed. Don't get sour
over his miserly ways. He means
well, It's that cousin of his, Luke
Dunbar, who has come to live with
him since | left, that has kept Uncle
away and made him stingy."
How, Darrell?" inquired Nellie,
with wondering blue eyes.
well, Dunbar is a schemer and Is
after the old mans wealth. He is a
domineering fellow and somehow had
got the old man under his thumb so
that the poor old man is afraid to
call his soul his own"
Il don't see how that can be-" muir
INJURED Nellie.
why, it seems that Dunbar's fa-
Their had a pretence of a claim to the
Ole farm. 1t was thrown out of court
twice, but the son has made uncle
believe that he can bring Il new suit
and harass him and put him to ex-
pense. Uncle has such a horror of the
law that lie has agreed, l under
stand to leave he farm to Dunbar
when he dies"
1T should be yours, dear, as the
nearest of kim" suggested Nellie.
oh, | don't covet it," declared Oar
rell lightly. ut always was a hard
scrabble tract. Besides, If Dunbar
makes Uncle's last days less lonely
let him reap the reward"
"But hear that Mr.. Dunbar Is not
n very good man." minated Nellie
mildly.
mo, he isn't, for a fact" declared
her husband bluntly. 81 hear that he
watches Uncle closely so that he won't
get rid of any stray cash, hoping to
get that, too, when Uncle dies. | think
that is the reason why Uncle hasn't
come over to see us more often. Late
~. learn, Dunbar has been c~arousing
around the town drinking shops, so
that probably gave Uncle the oppor.
tunity TO slip over and see us"
This seemed to be true, for the very
next day Mr.. Crane put in a second a D
pearance at h cottage. He was quite
clipper and took baby Rossmore on
his knee and chuckled over him. and
then very ostentatlously dropped two
o pennies into the bank.
Then he missed two days, came reg
ularly for a week, and then got down
to a system of coming alternate morn.
ings. Darrell ascertained that the
days he missed were those when Dun
bar stayed at home to recover from
the earouse of the evening previous.
Always the pennies were the contri-
button of their visitor, and Uncle
Ezekiel used to get a card and pencil
and figure out what W cents would
amount to in twenty-one years. Then
he would slap his thigh and chuckle
and add:
"Oh, thereIl be quite enough TO
educate Rossmore, If l live long
enough--and Dunbar lets me keen II
up" he would add, with a grim look
OF mystery, and, at times, malice on
his face.
Thus nearly two years passed away
and n morning news came to the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Granting Every Whim Of Child Brings Trouble Later.
BY LAURA JEAN LIBBEY

When she asks for a gift not citing
Unto her needs. be true and iust.
II Is you who breaks the thread in the
She plucks the fruit that is made OF
dust.
Haven't you often heard n wife de-
clare with pride: II have the best
husband in the world. He has never
yet refused his daughters anything
they wanted, not even when they were
children"
instead of admirlng such a parent.
we mentally rebuke him for bringing
trouble to the men who will become
the husbands of those girls. 1t is wis
dom to crafty the inexpensive wish of
a child now and then, but it's alarming
IL a parent has not force Of character
and a mind to know when to refuse.
when you see u young girl wanting
about everything she sees, you may
well imagine there is trouble ahead for
her. If her bosom friend has a lover
whom she Graves, she will have few
II any scruples about winning him
away from her. When she weds she
VIII want a home fully as fine as her
neighbours. Whether they can afford it
or not will make no difference to her.
she Will wan to live at a twenty-thou-
sand-dollar rate on his salary of mod
est two or five thousand per annum. 1t
VIII take jewels, fine clothes, servants
and an automobile to crafty her
whimS.
Such women look upon husbands rs
money-making machines whose sole
duty it is to grind out dollars to fling
here and there as a wife's fancy die
tates. There is no let-up to the ex-
travagances of such a m In
truth, she Is more to be pitied than
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16

Ichiya Kumagae, who recently woE
the New York state tennis singles
championship, is an affable young
japanese. He has participated in tour
naments in his own country, in the
Philippines, and on the Pacific coast.
With all tennis players from Great
Britain and Australia shut off from
participation in contests this summer,
much of the foreign-guest honors of
the season In the United States will go
to this alert, shrewd, interchangeable
young Asiatic.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16

may be obtained In extra sizes" at
one speciality shop, which is the bene-
fcent fairy godmother of the stout
woman. The sports dress has a long
Russian tunlc in small box plaits from
shoulder to hem, and a skirt also laid
In the small box plaits so that the eff
feet Is one of pleasing continuity, brok-
en- only by the low-placed belt and the
hem of the tunic, made TO flare just
the least bit, like the skirt hem, by
means of a resilient facing. The stout
woman wears her skirts to her ankles,
but her white buttoned boots or dainty
washable kid pumps may be as pretty
as the footwear of u slenderer sister.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Lace Trimmed Capes.

A handsome flowing. Spanish cape Is
trimmed with nine rufies of narrow
lace In graduated widths. Another
cape Is made of taffeta and lace, the
taffeta being confined to the Shout
der part of the garment. In another
model plain net is substituted for lace
in the body of the garment, but a finish
composed of three tiny ruf1es OF lace
outlines the entire cape.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Correct Skirt Length.
cheted.

Word comes by way of one of the
buyers, just back from New York, that
skirts are six inches from the floor.
She says the sudden dip occurred over
night. and that New York woke up to
find itself exactly In the opposite pre-
dicament of the Mother Goose old lady,
with long skirts instead of none at all.
The serge and broadcloth separate
skirts, which are always the harbingers
of a new style, are slim-hipped and
measure anything inside Of five yards
round the hem.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Going Too Ear.

1t Is shocking the way young WON.
en- here put on bathing suits at home
and then walk through the streets to
the beach," said a visitor at a seashore
resort.
"Oh, we're used to that" replied the
resident, land don't mind, so long as
they go direct from their homes to the
beach, but if n of them should tarry
for an ice cream soda or yield to the
temptation to drop into a movie show,
l dare say it would cause a sensation"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Cool Consolation.

Water you do
ing there?" asked
the alleged funny
chap, as a hobo
picked up a hunk of
ice from the i'd
walk and hid it
away in Il mysteri-
Gus recess of his
habiliment.
"Jist takin it
kind Nv cool, pard,"
replied the free
lunch epicure.
"Ain't dat de prop
err ting ter do dis
hot weather."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Old Fashioned.

They were coming back from the
picnic. "We used to sing an Old-fash-
Toned song" remarked grandma,
about a one-horse open sleigh
Granddaughter was visibly puzzled.
Don't you mean a one-cylinder car?''
inquired she.-Louisville Courler-Jour.
nal.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
A Risky Investment.

HAS your son decided to enter bust.
ness?"
Yes" replied Mr.. Cobbles, but I'm
not encouraging him any,"
That's strange. Why not?"
Il can't afford to buy mahogany fur
niture and oriental rugs for an office
he doesn't expect to stay in more than
two or three hours a day."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Masonic L.odqe 600 Years Ola

A Glasgow paper says there is an
association which has existed almost
900 years. Such is the length of days
achieved by Glasgow st. John Masonic
lodge. 1t received q charter OF incor-
poration from Malcolm II. king of Scot
land, as far back as the early part Of
the eleventh century.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
A Few Smiles

Mere Trying Still.

1T Is painful to hear a man and his
wife quarrellng in tones audible to al!
the neighbOrs."
"True, but it might be even more
painful to the feminine part of the
neighborhood."
How SOL"
"The quarrel might be heard by
them and still not be quite loud enough
to enable them to find out what 1t is
about"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Motortruck In Warfare.

Motortrucks equipped with search.
lights have played an important role
In the world war. They have multi
piled in number until now hundreds are
employed by each of the warning ma
lions.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Sports Dresses Of silk.

Very kind to stout figures are spe-
cially made white silk sports dresses
on Russian blouse lines with a loose
belt dropped just below the natural
waist line. These admirable models
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
ALEXANDER HARDY PRODUCT
OF ROUGH LIFE ON PLAINS
Great Pitcher of the Phillies Probably
Owes His Wonderful Physique to
Boyhood Work on the Farm.

Grover Cleveland Alexander, who
this season, as for several years past,
has been the mainstay of the Phlladel-
phia National leagues pitching staff,
Is a product of the western plains. He
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
In 1920.

zone Of my hens laid an egg with
the date 1920" "You want to encour-
age that breed. Those eggs can come
out of cold storage and sell as extra
fresh"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16

Il understand your town is establish.
Ing a record for law and order"
YES" replied the thoughtful citi-
zen. "And it's rather hard on our
local reformers."
"How is that?"
They haven't had an excuse to call
a meeting and pass resolutions
In more than six months"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Not Used to IL.

"Is it true that
Twobble and Dub
waite are no longer
on sp / n 6
terms?"
"Yes. But the
quarrel is so recent
that they still find
it rather difficult to
each other"