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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07
Hand Painted Bodice Latest.

Hand-painted undergarments are
making Il bid for favor in the lineup
of fail apparel
Hand painting has appeared so far
only on bodices of ~georgette crepe
designed for wear under dainty trans
parent evening gowns, but one of the
prettiest novelties imaginable is thus
developed. The daintiest of floral pat
ems is properly selected, and the
painting must be done with an ex-
quisite fineness of touch to produce
the desired result.
An u~nderbOdice may be decorated
with hand painting over its entire
surface, or a mere border about the
neck may be chosen in preference.
Stenciled designs are also approved
as a decoration for next season eve
ming underbodices, and here, as in the
case of the hand-painted garments,
very dainty floral patterns should be
selected. Georgette crepe is the prime
choice of fabrics to be so adorned.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07
Final Aid to the unresponsIve.

The Masons live mex door to the
home of a very capable, resourceful
and attractive young woman.
One evening, as the Mason family
sat on their porch after dinner they
heard the young lady's voice through
the open window talking in an Animal
ed manne to someone who made no
audible reply. After a time the voice
ceased, and in a moment the girl ap-
peared on the Masons' porch, pink
dressed and shining.
"Oh, Mrs. Mason" she began, "can
you lend be ONE chocolate? Two
squares will be enough. / may have
to make fudge tonight. I've a new
beau coming-that nice Mr.. Arnold
who's recently come into the bank
and I've just sat in front of my mirror
and said everything l can think of to
say, and talked about everything 1
know, and told every story l can tell,
and it takes only forty minutes. If he
stays any longer than that, 1 shall just
have to make fudge!"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07
Passing of French Dowry
Boon to the Country, But
Blow to Fiction Writers

The French custom of providing
marriageable daughters with a dowry
has been a social Gibraltar in that
land. Without it the plots of novels
and plays would have been crippled.
1t is a staple of French literature.
Now it appears that this is only one
more of the social landmarks which
are being swept away in the war
food.
Young people who hesitate to marry
becaus of lack of property once they
lose everything proceed instantly to
marry. The one bright spot in the
South at the close of the Civil war
was the wholesale marrying of young
people who had not a red cent. After
the San Francisco disaster in 1904
weddings were a leading industry
among young men and women who
had hesitated in the time of plenty.
The new custom in France is a vast
Improvement on the old. 1t is graft
tying for the young folk, but it is hard
on the fiction writers.-Boston Globe.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07
War Makes New Economies.

Wal is producing some queer econo.
mics. The Italians, who are fighting
above the snowline find wood scarce
and fires a rarity. Their difficulties
have aroused the scouts to action.
They visit every house, collect the
waste paper, and then hand it over to
the girls collected in a central sta
ton. These girls, working under the
eye of a teacher, spread the sheets
fiat and feed them into a machine
which rolls them tightly into a roll of
about an inch in diameter. But they
are too long for use, so a chopping
machine worked by hand produces as a
final result, little tight rolls about two
inches long. These can be dropped
into a k%napsack, and when a fire is
wanted three Oh four are taken out,
placed on the ground, lit, and enough
heat is generated to warm thoroughly
a mugful of soup.-London Chronicle.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07
Paying the Price

We are always paying the price for the
things we lose OF gain.
Out of this life of the mingled gift Of glad
ness and of pain.
And whether we pay for pleasure or
whether we pay for sin.
1t Is always paying the price for life, no
matter where We begin.
We say we have had a lot. we've en-
Joyed and we've shared in the best:
we sit sometimes with a little dream of
old content in the breast:
And then when we look away and think of
the things that were nice.
IL all comes over us, lucky or sad, that
we've had to pay the price.
The masnate pays for his, as the pauper
pays it. too;
And the saint pays just as the sinner does
and the unsaved have to do;
IN all that we rave and hold, or in all that
we've thrown away,
II Is sure in the end to come to this that
there was a price to pay.
We pay 1t for love and peace. for cheer
and comfort and song, ,
we pay for shining and going astray, we
pay it for doing wrong;
IN all that we are or seem, in gladness or
grief or pain.
are always paying the price for the
things that we lose or gain.
Mckinsey, in the Baltimore
Sun.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07

zen, l believe 1t would be a great
shame to let a few dollars stand in
the way of preserving this great nat
ural wonder for the people of Massa-
chusettS."
Some Great Caverns.
"Helrs Coal Bin" is one of the larg-
est caverns in Purgatory, not far from
the northern entrance. 1t would hold
% persons easily. The Devils Ice
Box" is another great cavern, it's cell
ing lined with iclcles until the middle
of June. pulpit Rock" is a wedge
shaped piece 40 feet high, from which
many a sermon has been preached by
the unordained.
For all its ruggedness, the trip
through Purgatory chasm may be
made by women, although it is not a
place for silk hosiery and thin-soled
pumps.
Some of the rocks in the chasm are
as large as a bungalow, and the mass
of powders extends far into the earth.
great crevices until well out of sight
below the surface, and in other places
rocks may be dropped into other holes,
and they rattle from bowlder to bowl
der until the sound Of their downward
progress is lost in the depths.
In spite of the ravages of forest fires
in this section, the virgin wood sur
rounding the chasm for more than a
mile has not been harmed.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07
The Heart of
an ACTRESS
II
Blu H, M. EGBERT

'Fh FNNNHS IN nv nv nv IN IN GcN
Copyright, 1916, by w. C. Chapman.)
II want you to be my wife, Rae"
pleaded Lester Donald as they sat
side by side in the cabaret.
Rae Mabie tapped her little shoe
against the floor in agitation. but she
did not answer him Immediately.
"Rae, you know how much | care for
you pleaded Lester. 1T isn't as if
we hadn't known each other for
months. Why can't you say yes2
You admit that you love me. What is
there that is to come between us?"
"Five or six million dollars. Les
ter" answered Rae. lifting her eyes to
the young mans. "And your mother
and father. And all the wealthy relu-
tlves you have. And your fashionable
friends. And my position as IL cho-
u girl. What do you suppose your
people would say to Il chorus girl
daughter-in-law?"
but when they see YOU, Rae, they
will think the same that l do" an
swered Lester. ~ know how good
SNN 'iN' anu llIl YOU lplleO lDe emo
rus to support your mother, because
you had the opportunity. 1t isn't the
job that degrades the woman it's
h woman who makes the position
what it is"
Rae flushed at the young mans ar
dor. She was very fond of Lester;
had loved him for six months, in fact.
And she was the prettiest member
OF the sextet, and ~undeniably straight
as "A die.
There's something else. Lester" she
answered. You know, Tm-well,
common. l don't always speak
g~rammatiCally. You know that's pretty
bad. How would you like your folks
to hear me say you was?' Not that
! don't know better, but that's the
way ! was bred, and it naturally slips
out sometimes
dearest Rae" said Lester. taking
her hand, my love is strong enough
to overcome all those difficulties. Be
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07
sparrow's Amazing Appetite.

A tree sparrow has been known to
eat 100 grass seeds in a day. Rela-
live TO the birds size, these seeds
were as big as an ordinary lunch bas-
ket would be to a full-grown man.
A birds strength Is equally amazing.
A white-tailed eagle, weighing IL
pounds, with a Widespread of six
feet, has been known to pounce on
a pig weighing AZ pounds, raise it to
a height of a hundred feet and ny off
with it. The bird had covered a dis
lance Of half a mile before the pigs
owner succeeded in shooting the thief.
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v.

There was nobody but Rae in the
sumptuously furnished apartment
when Lester called. She was attired
in Il magnificent dress, which left an
indiStinct impression of gold and black
lace. There was such a smile on her
face as might have been given any
chance acquaintance.
This is very charming. Mr.. Ron
aids she said, but does it not strike
you as a trile unwise on your part?"
WHY he demanded. feeling an
insane jealousy in his heart for this
woman, calm, unapproachable, whom
he had lost.
Because you can hardly wish to
rake up unpleasant memories. AS for
me" she confessed, the remembrance
of a certain six months burns and
stings. By. the way, | had the pleas
urc last week of refusing the hand
of Charlie Duckett. the first of your
friends to cut me, you may remember.
When | told him who l was he turned
perfectly yellow"
Rae said Lester, you have never
been out of my thoughts these years
past. l want you'll want you, Rae.
| want you with all my heart"
She dropped him a mock curtsy.
You are very good, Lester she said,
her face softening a little. But really
one does not 90 through this twice.
1t was to tell you that that | permit
ter you to call. Saturday is not my
at-home day.
Listen, Lester" she went on. with
ringing scorn. Il left you because
was dragging you down. At that time
| was heartbroken. Then l resolved
that l would show you what | could
have become. l did study grammar. ]
went abroad and learned singing in
Rome-never mind how. Anything
can be done if one is determined
enough. And came back tO show you
what you had lost. Well, l have
shown you. | have had my revenge.
And now let me tell you l have no
further wish to lionize it among the
shallow, heartless people of your set.
Once / gave up my career for you.
Now l have it again. And l hate you
- hate you, Lester, and l never want
to see you again"
She spoke like a queen of tragedy
But something in Testers heart ros,
to match the passion in hers.
81 love you, Rae. and I'm going to
win you again." he said. "Rae-my
Rae"
And, as the tow kindles to the fire,
suddenly the ice melted in Rae's heart.
He was holding her in his arms and
looking into her face.
Rae, you didn't mean that?"
Lester, I-came back to hear you
tell me what you are telling me now"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07
The Sleep of Fishes.

It has often been asserted that fish
never sleep, a sufficiently amazing
story that anything can do violence to
the laws Of nature. Brehm used to
contend that fish slept soundly, assum-
ing during that time peculiar atti-
tudes which could not be construed
otherwise than sleep. Experiments
go far to confirm this theory. He paid
particular attention to the leach,
he found, assumed an attitude
of repose, during which its functions
less active and the keenness of
its sensorial faculties diminished. 1t
at any hour of the day or night,
and in doing so it rests on it's caudal
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07

Six months later Rae passed out of
Testers life. In the brief letter that
she left for him she told him that she
would no longer make his life a bur
den. She was going where she be
longed, and she hoped that their
paths would never cross again.
The furious cutlery against the mar
riage had not awaited to turn Lester
from his determination. Finally, his
parents had given their reluctant con-
sent and the young couple had set up
housekeeping in u modest apartment
in the residential section. And then
their troubles began.
Testers old friends had cut him. His
parents, overcome by the blow, re-
ceived his wife only grudgingly into
their home, and when Rae was there
she saw Enthusiastically how they and
their other guests regarded her. Les
ter was solitary and morose. Rae
did all she could to brighten his life,
but ~unavaillngly.
And the longing for the old life be-
gan to stir in her. Lester had sug-
6NtANh a. = hAAhiAA tttitntIt Dul the
girl, Disguised with the treatment she
had received, ohstinately refused.
Il was willing 90 try to become one
Of Them she SAID. land they wouldn't
have me, Now you can keep your
old grammar"
Once or twice Rae brought theatri-
cal people to the Nat. Their ways of
speech, their views Jared upon Les
ter, and he nude No attempt TO con
ceal his dislike for them. Angry re-
ordinations followed. Finally U,ne
ANNOUNCED her decision to 80 back TO
thr stage. Lester forbade it. 3
For the first time since their mar
riage he realized how greatly the fault
had been his own. He had done noth-
ing TO accustom his wife to her
new life, while he had denied
her her own. He spent the better
part OF a week searching for her.
Finally he was driven to admit that
she had carried out her threat; she
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07
EngIand's First Scientist.

The first great English scientist was
Roger Bacon, who died 621 years ago.
The exact date of his birth is I'M
known, but it is believed that this year
marks the tooth anniversary. He was
prosecuted and condemned and much
of his work destroyed, so that the ex-
tent of his discoveries cannot be def
initely known. 1t is certain that he
was centuries ahead of his ignorant
and credulous times in chemistry,
mathematics and mechanics. Branded
as u magician, he was thrown into
prison. From 1877 until a short time
before his death Bacon was immured
in a filthy cell. He is said to have in
vented the camera obscura.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07
Next! Golden Stockings!

"This is to be one of the strongest
seasons for hosiery to match the
gowns that we have had for some
time" says a woman hosiery buyer
for a large house.
Fancy colored shoes are about run
out, think, and we shall have gray,
black and white slippers. with stock
ings to match the colors, and with
them silver and gold and bronze. The
latter in silk will match slippers in
those colors and the gold and silver
cloths and laces to be seen in the win
ter's frocks.
I'VE will also have inserts of metal
Iaces. silver and gold set into the hos
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07

the country to the
other concerning
the disappearance
of a husband. The
deserted wife in
an advertisement
offered four dol
lars for informa-
ton which would
lead to his where
abouts. She add
ed pitlfully that
she was very poor
and could not af-
ford to pay a
larger amount as
it had taken the
last dollar S h e
had saved to pay
the debts he had
left.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07
The Range of Light.

When 1 first enjoyed the superb
view, one glowing April day, from the
summit of the Pacheco pass, the Cen
trail valley, but little trampled or
plowed as yet, was one furred, rich
sheet of golden composite, and the lu-
minous wall of the mountains shone
in all its glory. Then it seemed to me
the Sierra should be called not the Ne
vada, or Snowy range, but the Range
of Light. And after ten years spent
in the heart of it, rejoicing and won
derlng, bathing in its glorious floods
of light, seeing the sunbursts of MORN
ing among the icy peaks, the MONDAY
radiance on the trees and rocks and
snow, the flush Of the alpenglow, and
a thousand dashing waterfalls with
their marvellous abundance of irised
spray, 1t still seems to be above all
others the Range of Light, the most
divinely beautiful of all the mountain
chains 1 have ever seen.-John Muir's
The Mountains of California"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07
S~elfishness Antidote.

A few knocks now and then are the
best antidotes in the world for selfish
ness. The girl or young woman who
is constantly petted and waited upon
by an indulgent mother very seldom
appreciates what her parent is doing
for her, but let her mother become
suddenly i'll and the Girl be obliged 20
get up an hour earlier to prepare
breakfast for IA week or two and she
will begin to realize that her mother
is entitled to some recognition for the
hard work she does and that she (the
glrl) has heretofore been downright
selfish.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07
Novel Idea for Electric Truck,

A novel electric truck of Bradford.
Eng Is an old trackless trolley car
altered by the general manager of the
city tramways for special use. On the
regular tramway route, the truck is
driven by current from the overhead
trolley, bu a storage battery is carried.
inc when necessary or desired, the
vehicle leaves the trolley line and
makes journeys of several miles on the
stored-up energy of the battery.
Though the voltage of the trolley SUP
ply Is . and that of the battery only
100, the extension trips ire mad at
a low rate Of speed without difficulty.
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- Many persons have declared
their expectation of going there
eventually, but there are thou
sands who have already made the trip,
nave enjoyed the experience and have
come away wondering why more peo-
pie do not go there.
Inc Purgatory In question is located
In the town of Sutton, Mass, and those
n have visited the spot are CON
WINGED that the commonwealth has
missed an opportunity to become IA
nous Tor having within its confines n
OF the strangest and most interesting
freaks of nature in the world.
P~urgatory, in Sutton, is q chasm.
Its admirers declare that it is more
attractive and remarkable even than
the Flume in the White mountains, and
they are back Of q movement TO have
the commonwealth acquire the prop
erty and make q reservation out of II
Tor the benefit of the whole people.
Purgatory chasm has for years been
a source of wonder to biologists, for
they cannot agree as to what caused
1t. A large number of them seem to
think that at some time, cons ago, a
portion of the earth at this point
dropped down out of sight, leaving n
great chasm whose base is filled with
giant powders and deep caves.
Until a few years ago this chasm.
situated in the midst of q forest of
pine, hemlock and spruce, was a
favorite outing spot for people in
worcester and surrounding towns, but
as h roads to it were not ken in
good condition the visitors decreased
until now it has practically been for
gotten except by a few enthusiasts.
Explored by Commission.
Led by Arthur e. S~eagrave of Tx
bridge, who is assistant attorney n
eral of the commonwealth, they have
been endeavoring for several years 10
have the legislature take an interest in
the matter Of preserving the natural
wonder, and finally succeeded this
year in securing an appropriation of
500 to be used for an investigation of
the matter by the state forestry COM
mission. This commission, which is
composed of the state forester. Frank
w. Rane, Harold Parker and Harvey
N. Shepard, with Charles o. Bailey as
secretary, has completed it's investiga-
tion. Not n of them had ever seen
Purgatory chasm before.
Il was amazed" said Mr.. Bailey
when he returned to Boston. sit ac-
tually awed me, it vas SO majestic, so
wonderful. In some ways II resembles
the Lost River chasm in Vermont, and
to my mind is more interesting than
the Flume in New Hampshire. After
going nearly a mile through the woods |
you suddenly come upon this freak.
There are stones weighing so tons at
least that have been hurled about.
Some of them stick gut at least IS feet
from the sides of the chasm, 40 feet or
more in the air. There are caves where
ice remains much of the summer, and
at the end of the chasm is a wonder
full cave, on the floor of which is an
slab of stone that looks lust
like a giants coffin. 1t is called the
Cave.
'The vegetation there is remarkable.
Great trees grow apparently from the
solid rock, their roots often going I'D
10 to 10 feet owe the bowlder, then turn
down over it TO reach the soil, If a
b%allOonist should start from the Rocky
and land at this spot, he
would think it was a part of the
Rockies. Speaking as a private clti-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07
Won BIuecher.

Gebhart Won Bluecher was born in
1742 at Bostock, Prussia. AT the age
of fourteen he entered the Swedish
army and four years later was captured
by the Russians in the Pomeranlan
campaign. His captors urged him to
enter their service and he received a
~lieutenancy. Bluecher first came into
notice in the later battles of the Seven
Years war, under Frederlck the Great.
dis coarse life of mhny excuses
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07

Tender-hearted wives with tickle
husbands were sorry for her. indie
pendent spinsters, who put men in the
places they belong, expressed surprise
at her extravaganza in her willingness
to pay that sum for a worthless boot.
The question now arises-how much Is
the average husband worth to his wife?
1t seems to me that there is so much
figuring to be done on the subject that
it would lead one into such an entan-
Cling labyrinth that it would be hard
to discover where one is actually at.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07
Still Shows Battle Scars.

Cartagena still shows many scars
Of battle, for she had a hard life of 1t
in the past. AS she was the principal
stronghold of Spain, all SPANS enc
mics attacked her first when they
moved on the Americas. English buc-
cancers sacked her half a dozen times.
The English Admiral Vernon besieged
the city unsuccessfully for months,
but in spite of his poor success he in
spired such admiration in Il young CO.
lonial officer that the latter named an
American country estate for the adj
miral. The officer was one Lawrence
Washington, and he named the coun-
try place Mount Vernon.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07

Ihere are mighty good husbands to
be found the world werner who pro-
wa literally or the best they can for
the women who loved them well enough
to trust their future happiness to them.
Inc poor-bargain husbands are few and
tar between. A husband Is worth to a
wire all the world n he is faithful.
striving to do the best he can and CIV
ing her full measure of love for love.
The husband who is companionable.
but is unfortunate in securing work
and holding a job down. many a wife
hnds worthy of supporting, hoping on,
Micawberlike, for better days to come.
Inc husband who openly rebels at do
ing anything to provide for his wife,
gives her no pleasure, is not solicitous
as TO whether she is well or ill, in fact
who has not her interest or love for
her at heart, is not worth a sou markee
or n thought.
a husband should not be measured
by his wealth. Many who are fitted to
accomplish great things are laid down
by the iron hand of circumstance. They
are worth encouraging, helping and
loving. They are pure gold among the
world of human dross. When most
wives sum up how much their hus-
bands are worth TO them they will find
that though he may have his faults he
is sure to have %redeeming qualities
which far overbalance them.
Every man has failures, as well as
successes. A wife should not be daunt-
ed because of them. A husbands worth
is far above price to the wife who
loves him for himself alone.
Copyright. 1850
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plunged him into d~isfavor, so he re-
tred into private life. However, af-
Ter 10 years of retirement he again en-.
Tered the service on the death of the
Hrhe ana organized the Prussian army.
rus influence was more from his dar-
ing than brains, as he relied on Others
Tor strategy. After his participation
at Waterloo he insisted on having Ma
poieoh shot, but the logical yelling.
ION prevented this. Bluecher was sew
enty when Waterloo was fought and
died four years after the battle in $40