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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08

Only Christmastime reveals Just
how many fascinating feminine be-
longings are brought to the light of
day, and the delight of everybody,
when thoughts turn to ribbons. 1t
seems that women love to work with
them and are inspired to fashion for
themselves and for their homes and
their friends all sorts of alluringly
pretty things.
Only three of the innumerable nov
elites made of ribbon for the holt
day season are pictured here. Rib
bon bags, as usual, held first place and
ranged from the tiny flowerlike sachet
to the capacious and splendid opera
bag. A pretty vanity bag is shown
here, made of a light blue printed rib
bon with a small rose and foliage de-
sign scattered over it's surface. II
is lined with plain satin in pink and
is made of four lengths of ribbons.
These lengths are rounded at one end
and only the straight edges are sewed
together. The bottom of the bag is
made of a little oblong mirror, in
cased in the pink satin, with the mir
ror side out. Within the bag are a
little powder box and puff and any
other of the complexion aids which
are required.
The bag is closed by drawstrings of
narrow satin ribbon finished with
small bows at each side. When the
opening is drawn up the rounded ends
of ribbon have the appearance OF
flower petals and the top becomes a
blossom.
A small circular pincushion is
shown below the bag, made by shir-
ring plain satin ribbon over fine wires
to a small circular foundation.
1t is suspended by a narrow ribbon
hanger ana finished with little ro-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
TO SERVE WITH THE TEA
Innumerable Goodies. the Ingredients
Of Which Should Be Kept Con-
stantly at Hand.

There are many tempting ways of
serving dates besides plain and as a
sweet. Use them as a filing for sand
witches. Take two cupfuls of dates,
put them through a meat chopper, then
add a cupful of peanut butter and
blend them together. Then the paste
between slices of white bread.
Another woman also uses dates in
baked custard, in tapioca and as filling
for cookies. pies and cakes. Mixed
with apples. celery and nuts, they
make a delicious salad. To use dates
as a pudding cooked with rice, add to
a quart Of milk a cupful of stoned
dates and a quarter of a cupful of rice,
Sweeten and bake in a slow oven.
Cook keeps in her cold closet ar
assortment of pastes and buffers that
are used so much in preparing relishes
for the tea, after-dinner suppers and
bridge parties. She has them ready
in small, labeled glass jars, and titbits
and sauces can be made at a moments
notice. Here are a few of her best
recipes:
Rub skinned and boned sardines to
a paste and her gradually blend with
a little lemon Juice; may be added to
butter to give it very desirable sand.
witch favors. Orange butter for after
noon tea sandwiches can be mixed
with chopped nuts and figs or any
other sweet filling. Grated orange
rind, too, is good to add to the butter
Olives may be ground in a vegetable
chopper, mashed to a paste and
creamed into butter. Capers are
chopped and creamed with butter, and
either of these can be used on broiled
chops or beefsteaks, as sandwich but
tiers, or IN green peas or string beans
to improve the flavor.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
FOR LUNCHEON TABLE
PARKER HOUSE ROLLS AND MuF-
FINS THAT ARE DELICIOUS.
Try These When the Family Seems
to Be Getting Tired Of the ordl.
nary Griddle Cakes or Plain
Hot Bread.

Parker House Rolls.-One cake
yeast, one pint milk, scalded and
cooled, two tablespoonfuls sugar, four
tablespoonfuls lard or butter, melted,
three pints sifted flour, one teaspoon
full salt.
Dissolve yeast and sugar in luke
warm milk, add lard or butter and
until perfectly smooth. Cover and let
rise in a warm place one hour, or IN
til light. Then add remainder of flour,
or enough to make a dough, and the
salt. Knead we'll. Place in creased
bowl. Cover and let rise in a warm
place for about one end one-half hours,
or until double in bulk. Roll out one
fourth inch thick. Brush over lightly
with melted butter, cut with two-inch
biscuit cutter, crease through center
heavily with dull edge of knife, and
fold over in pocket-book shape. Place
in well-greased, shallow pans one inch
apart. Cover and let rise until light
about three-quarters of an hour.
Bake ten minutes in hot oven.
Wheat Muffins.-One cake yeast, one
cupful milk, scalded and cooled, one
fourth cupful lukewarm water, two ia
blcspoonfuls sugar, two tablespoonfuls
lard or butter, melted, two eggs. two
cupfuls sifted flour, one-half teaspoon
full salt.
Dissolve yeast and sugar in luke
warm milk. Add the lard or butter,
eggs beaten until light, and flour to
make a moderately stiff batter, then
add the salt, and beat until smooth.
Cover and set aside in warm place
for about one hour. When risen, fill
well-greased muffin tins half full. Gov
er and let rise again for about half
an hour. Bake 20 minutes in a hot
oven. They should be eaten immedi.
ately.
Graham Muffins.-One cake yeast,
two cupfuls milk, scalded and cooled,
four tablespoonful molasses or brown
sugar, three-fourths cupful chopped
nuts, four tablespoonfuls lard or but
ter, melted, one egg, n and one-hali
cupfuls graham flour, one cupful sift
ed white -four, one teaspoonful salt.
Dissolve yeast and sugar, or mo
lasses, in lukewarm milk, add lard OF
butter and egg well-beaten, then the
graham and white -four, gradually
enough to make a batter that drops
heavily from the spoon. If necessary
add a little more of each, then the
salt and nuts. beating all the while
Beat until perfectly smooth, cover ant
set to rise in warm place, free from
draft, until ~light-about n and one
half hours. Have muffin pans well
creased and fill about two-thirds full
Cover and let rise to top of pans
about half an hour, and bake 20 min
utes in hot oven.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

If a brick is used for an iron stand
the iron will hold it's heat much longer
than when an ordinary stand is used.
Before baking apples make a small
slit all the way round each with a
knife. This will prevent their split
ting when cooking.
When shoes become squeaky. try
dipping the soles in kerosene.
Never use a liniment near an open
flame, for a liniment usually contains
some substance of an infiammable ma
ture.
An apple or two baked in the inside
of a goose will absorb any rankness or
oily flavor.
To make a satisfactory cream sauce
first put the milk on, and while this
is getting warm rub the butter and
-four together until smooth; as soon
as the milk comes to the boil, grad
ually add the creamy mixture while
the milk continues to boil, and the fin.
ished sauce will be quite smooth.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
Honey Used as SWeetenlna.

Few housewives realize the value of
honey, yet in sw%eetening qualities it
surpasses sugar. Grapefruit, for in
stance, is much enhanced BY a treat
ment with honey. Prepare as you
would for breakfast when sugar is
used, only prepare It the night before.
1t will then be found that the fruit
has absorbed the honey.
Apples baked with honey are an
other delicacy not too we'll known. 10
this also the apples are prepared just
the same as though for sugar. For six
or eight apples take four Tablespoons
fuls of honey. Mix with one cup of
fine bread crumbs and a half table
spoonful each of cinnamon and lemon
extract. Fill the apples, which have
been peeled and cored, with the mix.
ture and bake in a porcelain lined
baking dish that has been well
creased.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08

Now is the ~demi-season of our discon-
tent-as the Poet did not say-when
there is nothing new in blouses for
winter wear and nothing certain about
those for spring. But she who finds
herself compelled to add to her sup
ply may be quite certain of n thing,
and that is that her new blouses are
still to be of sheer materials.
With the incoming of each season
for at least three, blouses have been
growing more and more di%aphanous.
1t is difficult now to see how they can
become more airy, but impossible to
believe that they will become less so.
Georgette crepe, chiffon, and other
sheer fabrics, not forgetting to count
in laces, are to be relied upon for the
present, and uncertainty will soon be
q thing of the past.
Among models now displayed color
is an element to be recokoned with.
Blouses of wash silks, including crepe
and chiffon, are shown in light colors.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
Simple Dessert.

Make a sponge cake and soft Gus
tard; when ready tt serve place a slice
of cake on the plate and pour the GUS
tard over it. You see, it isn't very
elaborate, but it tastes very nice and
is something different from puddings
made Of cake and custard. For Sun
day night why not have a salad? Po-
tato salad which can be made Satur-
day. Then if you have any cold veal
or lamb you can mix it with a salad
dressing. and it makes a very tasty
sandwich filling. These sandwiches,
with sponge drops and fruit custard
and chocolate or tea, would make a
very dainty supper
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08

with pink, flesh, maize, and gray lead
ing, and rose color we'll liked. Two
color combinations are popular, es-
pecially where gray is one of them.
The employment of two fabrics in the
body of n blouse makes opportunity
for color contrast, and there are many
blouses of chiffon Joined to taffeta or
crepe or other material by hemstitch-
ing.
For travelling or general wear
blouses OF chiffon in the darker colors
show overlays of ribbon or taffeta
silk in the same color. Chiffon in
plaids, like those in heavier silks, is
very effectively combined with plain
silk for utility blouses, and hem
stitching is an ever-present means Of
decorative sewing, when they are
Joined.
A blouse Of f1esh-colored crepe is
shown in the picture, having small
figures embroidered at each side of
the front.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08

instruments give but n note,a and many have served merely as calls or
signals.
The pottery instruments from Mexico. Central and South America
modelled in grotesQue human and animal forms, are, however, more highly
developed and show in some degree the progress which the abongines had
made in the art Off music.
The whistlng mechanism in all of the. pottery instruments corresponds
to that of the modern fageolet or ocarina.
An interesting instrument is a bone flute from a ancient grave near
Lima, Peru. 1t is formed of part of the una of the brown pelican, the ends
having been cut off and the cellular portion Oft the bone removed.
Some of the rattles. which. perhaps, were modelled after the gods which
used to amuse the babies of those bygone days a ratues are used at the
present time it is a wonder the children ever got any enjoyment u OF them
The prehistoric figures do lot grin; to the contrary, they send forth the most
malignant gances, with their carved mouths stretched from er to ar in a
terrifying leer.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
Puff Mullins.

Puff mullins are as nice as anyone
could wish, and contain no egg and but
a tablespoonful of butter. Sift togeth-
er two cupfuls of flour, two heaping
te%aspoonfuls of baking powder and a
teaspoonful of salt. Beat into the dry
mixture a cupful of milk and a table
spoonful of melted butter. Beat hard
for ten minutes, using a large egg
beaten. Then pour into hot creased
muffin pans iron pans are bestl and
bake for 10 or Is minutes. When fin
ished the mullins will be white and
puffy.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
OriuinaI Meat Recipe,

Cut beef, either cooked or uncooked,
into inch cubes. Put in porcelain
cover saucepan. Dredge thick with
-four. To two and one-half cupfuls beef
add six cloves and one-half can of to-
matoes. If not enough liquid to more
than cover add water. Set on back
of stove, cover and let simmer three
or four hours. Sometimes | add
sliced potatoes one-half hour before
serving. Should be very tender,
dark red, with no trace of tomato,
and very rich.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08

Cut e small, firm head of cabbage
in quarters, soak in cold water one
hour, then put in boiling sailed water
in which one-fourth of a teaspoonful
of soda has been added and boil ten
minutes. Drain, cover with fresh
boiling water, boil until tender, and
drain again. Melt one tablespoonful
of butter with two tablespoonfuls of
heavy cream, pour over cabbage,
sprinkle lightly with curry powder
and cover with broiled oysters.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
BresIau of Beef,

Cut as much u%nderdone cold meat
as is required. Put it through a mine
ing machine and mix with fine bread
crumbs half the quantity of the beef.
Season with one teaspoonful chopped
parsley, one-half ounce thyme, two
ounces butter, half cupful very good
gravy or cream, a high seasoning of
nutmeg, salt, cayenne, a and two
eggs. Grease a mold, put in the mix
ture, bake about forty-five minutes,
turn out and send to table with plenty
of brown gravy.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
Breast Of lamb.

About two and one-half pounds of
breast of lamb, boiled tender in salt.
ed water; takes about two hours or
a little longer to cook. Have what
vegetables you like and thicken the
broth for gravy. If there should be
enough meat left chop and season and
mold in a small. deep dish and put
a weight on it. 1t will cut in NICE
hin slices for tea.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
GeA RnmA,
4 4
old STYLES In Vogue.

Just at this moment we are revel.
ing in styles of days gone by, and
happily there seems to be no attempt
to revive the bizarre attire once ar
fected by the leaders of fashion.
The predominance of old-time styles
is most obvious where dress acces-
series are concerned. Neckwear,
gloves, wells, handkerchiefs. lingerie
and footwear all possess the alluring
charm of the days of romance.
From collars to pantalettes," fash
ion clothes us in the dainty garments
of an age gone by.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
Goulash.

Cut up two slices bacon and one
small onion and brown together in
frying pan. Then add some left
over beef cut up and some gravy and
a little water and let simmer about
three-fourths of an hour. Just before
serving add n or two tablespoonfuls
catchup. I often use raw meat. pre-
ferably bottom round, and cut it in
cubes, but in this case it would have
to simmer about two hours or more
Exchange.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
Inexnensive Punch.

Through the winter, as you open
Jars OF strawberry, raspberry. pine
apple and cherries. save the extra
juice until you have enough to Ill
pint jars. Heat and seal; then when
you make punch, simply make lemon
ade, of orange and lemon juice mixed,
and add a pint of this juice and a few
bananas sliced. Serve ice cold.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
How to Wash a Shawl.

To wash a Shetland shawl, make a
good lather of soap and lukewarm
water and press and squeeze the shawl
in this till clean. but do not rub soap
IN 1t. Then rinse in two lots of weak
suds Of the same temperature.
Rinsing in weak suds makes the
shawl look fluffy and new. but If rinsed
in clear water 1t will be spoiled. After
the final rinsing press out what water
you a and throw It in a heap on
a clean sheet pinned TO the floor,
turning occasionally till dry.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08

settles. Black pins with round heads
add to its decoration, and three small
chiffon roses are grouped at the cen
ter. They may be scented.
A pretty boudoir cap of plain wide
satin ribbon and a fine net lace is
shaped to the head by shirrings over
cord. 1t is trimmed with a crushed
band of the ribbon with bows at the
front and buckles covered with little
ribbon roses in several colors. At
the back loops and ends Of narrow
satin ribbon match the cap in shade.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
Tomato Rlsaue Scum.

One can of tomatoes, one onion cut
fine. Bring onions and tomatoes to
a boil slowly, then strain and add
one-half teaspoonful OF soda and one
pint of milk. Be sure you add soda
to the tomatoes before you put in
the milk. Thicker with one table
spoonful of flour. Stir until boiling;
season to taste. 1t is delicious.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
Not Quite.

PA, were the Boston Emergency
Men policemen"
"of course not. What makes you
ask that?"
Because u teacher said they we're
good at a pinch."-Boston Evening
Transcript
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
ORANGE omalet.

Three eggs, two oranges. two table
spoonfuls of sugar, dash of salt.
To the beaten egg yolk one-half up
full of orange Juice is added. grated
orange rind. sugar and salt. The stifiiy-
beaten whites are folded in. and the
omelet put in a hot buttered pan.
When ready to serve 1t is placed OF
a hot platter. topped by sliced oranges.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08

madame" continued the guide per-
suasively. DO you think you could
work better ones even in cloth. No?
That's right. When you go home, la
dies and gentlemen, you can tell
everybody that you've seen a statue
with better buttonholes than a tailor
could make. Hiram Powers did this
statue, and it's a great work of art.
Before we pass on you might notice
the cuticle around the finger nail. And,
remember. all carved out of solid mar
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08

weather bureau. The average percentage of verihcation for the United
States OF me yer NUN In September, 1914" he continued, was saA per
and 30 per cent"
It's easier to predict the weather in some parts of the states han IN
others. he explains All along the southern border of the ountrv I'm tba
Atlantic a far IS Delaware N up the Pacific to the Calfornfa border m
percentage Of "bunseye hits in weather forecasung run above 90.
The fellows who have the toughest time Of II arc N Din In nonbwas,s,
along the Canadian border.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08

hit It right nine times out OF Ten. And
year in and year out, at that.
If you have been in the habit OF
reading your local weather report in
the morning and doping" 1t out Just
the opposite way. why take note of the
following:
Taking the United States as a
whole and averaging the forecasts for
a year. We find that about nine pre-
dictions out of every ten made by our
~forecasters arc verified" said Prof.
Charles f. Marvin, chief of the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
cold Rolled TurkeY.

Have your butcher cut a young tur-
key down the middle into two parts.
remove the bone without injuring the
skin, lay the pieces fiat on the table,
skin downwards, spread over each a
layer Of good veal force meat, three.
fourths OF an inch thic-,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08

their professions or to learn a business and then pursue it. The consequence
is that the girls are left here. to mingle with what is left. which is not always
the best possible.
1t is OF al uncommon thing at all for a hostess who is launching a
debutante o n the social wave, to ask despaTingly of her friends ven those
who are lot I'm society" do you know some young men for mi to cultivate,
to ask to my parties this year?"
So completely are girls out of things" socially here. if they are lot for
maIy presented by their parents, that it is almost a necessity for them o. go
through with the formality of a debut ta or dance. This has, at last come
to be recognized, even by the foreigners, who have always fowned the
heaviest o. this strictly American custom.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
Good Idea for HousewIves

Turn the cold water into the sink
while draining odorous vegetables or
drain into a pan of cold water. This
c%ondenses the steam which otherwise
would rise and fill the room land in
many cases the house) with the strong
odor. 1t also lessons the danger of be-
ing b~urned.-Woman's Home Compan.
ion.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08

Now stretch it ON the sheet to the
shape and size you wish it to be. pin it
firmly down, and sprinkle well with
cold water.
When dry it should look like new.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08

tinent centuries ago. If tried, they
will still give forth notes as clear as
they did a thousand years ago.
The objects include whistles. flag
eolets, pan pipes, whistling vases and
rattles of stone, bone. reed and pot.
terry from the United States, Mexico,
Central and South America. They
were derived largely from burial
places, where they had been placed as
the property of the dead. or as offer.
ings to the gods.
The mora simnla farms ~ tbaeo
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
Fruit Cake.

One package raisins, VI cupfuls su-
gar, two tablespoonfuls lard, two cup
fuls water. Boil 15 minutes. cool. add
three and one-half cupfuls -four, three
level teaspoonfuls soda. pinch of salt.
one teaspoonful mixed spices. Bake
as to 60 minutes in slow oven.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08

conditions and attractions. The scar-
city of eligible or desirable young men
in Washington is a household COM
plant. 1t has been so for generations.
Yet there are marriages, brilliant mar
riages, taking place all the time.
However, is has to be acknowl-
edged by the oldest inhabitants,
that this Is no place to raise boys in
to make the most of themselves. So,
after their college days. they are
whisked off. generally to some more
hnsinasslika CITY or town. to nraCtice
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
Prehistoric Musical Instruments in the Museum

A the National museum, in a large case, are exhibited odd and grotesque
IA looking objects. which upon examination prove to be a collection of
musical instrumena relics of prehistoric nan who fourished thsc co.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
This Is How They See United States Capitol

tECTHIs statue" said the capitol guide, casting a critical eye at BENJAMIN
i Franklin, cost $4,000 It's carved ut OFFS solid marble he added u
riedly, as he noted the deepset skephcism in the eye of the large lady from
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
Weather Forecasters Are Champion Guessers

VII HO are the best guessers in the United States? Baseball umpHes? No,
w double mo" Who then? Why, the weather men Those in the employ
of Uncle Sam are the champion weather forecasters of the world, TO they
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
Washington Matrons Feel Lack Of Eligible Men

WAsHTNGToN-As the debutante days roll around the conditions and
w attractions for young girls in Washington com uppermost in the minds
Of the chaperons and entertainers. They are not OF the most entcing-the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
INTERNATIONAL
SUNDNYSOIOOL
LESSON

(By e. o. SELLERS, Acting Director Ct
the Sunday School Course of the Moody
Bib Institute OF Chicago)
Copyright. 1915, Western Newspaper Union.)
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-10-20
New Undertaking ParIOrs

Mrs. D. C. Town has announced that
she will engage in the undertaking
business on her own account and has
arranged for hearse which will soon
be ready for service.
Until further announcement is made
she will occupy her old quarters and
any one requiring her services is re-
quested to call phone 373, and are
assured they will receive careful and
prompt attention.
Mrs. Town has lived in Leavenworth
over twenty years and been connected
with the undertaking business for fifteen
years. Her long experience and care
full and thotful attention to the bushes:
will commend her to all those who may
be in need OF her services. There j;
no part of the business in which she
has not had practical experience.