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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
What a Boy Can Do,

A boy asked his father what he
could do for his country in the event
of war. This is what his father told
him:
A boy can be just as good a citizen
and patriot al his father. 1t is not
age, not voting power, not the ability
to carry rms alone that are service
able to ones country. First, the boy
can see to his health. That is of high
value to his country. Second, he can
e to his education. Your country
gives 1t to you, because an educated
man is many times as valuable to II
as an ignorant man. When you study
you fight for your country. Third, you
can hold true your morals and ideals
Perhaps that is the highest service OF
all.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Velvet and Satin Brocades Among the
Materials That viii Be Pop
ular for Fall.

The mention of velvets and woolens
in summer is usually avoided IS if it
were an indelicacy, yet at this season
we have to Begin thinking about heavy
fabrics and planning a fall wardrobe.
Even in America there is less rae
ing, less public life, and more and more
of festivity screened behind the shell
tering walls of villas, as in Italy. The
echoes that reach the outside world
bring little news of change and no in
SEPARATION, hardly even the old demand
for something new.
Lines are second in Importance to
fabrics. If / could have taken you
with me through three of the greatest
fabric houses in the world you would
realize that the dye has already been
cast and that the wonderful silks, vel
vets, brocades and cloth of gold shot
with silver and iridescent colors. man
ufactured by these houses. mean a re
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

clothes, and if it is o possible to pay
the price, to duplicate the garments
elsewhere.
One happy solution Of this problem
is that the department shops get out,
at small prices, an amazing assortment
of dainty and fashionable lingerie.
colors Most Favored.
What is the tendency today? Well,
it Is toward flesh pink as a color,
hemstitching and picot edging as trim
ming, blue ribbon against a pink sur
face and a flash of roses wherever it
can be placed.
Whether or not the first empire
styles will come into our afternoon and
evening gowns, they are certainly here
in fashionable lingerie. One might
think that J~osephine's famous white
satin robe had been taken as a model
for the new Dightgowns.
Some of these have the pulled
sleeves, although the tendency is Gre
clan. There is often a surplice bodice,
back and front, and draped armholes
finished with hemstitching or picot.
There are crepe de chine gowns that
are cut out in the form of a mandarin
! jacket, with a hong, round decolletage
edged with picot.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Showing Dainty Bridal Garments

headgear which Is neither cap nor
crown, but which borrows a suggestion
from each. 1t is made of a fine pattern
Of white lace, with broad points run
ming upward and wired to stand.
Lightly brushing the tips Of these
points and floating away to the
shoulders and back, is a veil of white
tulle.
The mules are Of flesh pink colored
silk, with satin heels, and are touched
at the lnstep and toe with pink rose
buds.
Gorgeous colors for the House.
For the same rousseau there is n
other negligee made Of white Lierre,
draped over American beauty satin.
In this the arms and neck are also
bare, but there Is a comfortable shoul-
der cape which keeps n from catch
ing pneumonia.
This cape is caught at the bust with
IN American beauty rose, and the lace
which falls away from the high waist
line has two long points at the back
which are weighted with crystal tas-
sells.
Along with this negligee go silk
stockings of American beauty pink and
cloth of silver bedroom slippers.
One of the fanciful caps which are
supposed to be worn by the bride-elect
in the morning when she has break
fast, Is a curious cross between a
nurses cap and a Brunhilda helmet.
1t fits well over the forehead, but
leaves the back of the head In full
view.
OF Really Novel Design.
The cap in question shoots upward
from the forehead In broad panels of
embroidered satin, and there is a wired
frill of white tulle that aspires to the
heavens. 1t is tied on the head by a
band of silver ribbon which begins
with a pink rose between the eyes and
finishes in a flaring bow at the nape of
the neck.
No one who goes out to buy the I'M
d~erlinen for a trousseau can be guided
by what has been worn before or by
what tradition once laid down as the
proper equipment for a lady. 1t is best
to go through a few of the shops which
make a speciality of original under
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

,neared a ruined old mill patched with
'moss, a fit setting for a picture of Il
far past century. There was Il little
grove near it. The place was delicious
'ly quiet and cool. Arnold sat down
under a spreading oak and fell asleep.
! He awoke to the sound of cOnversa-
tEjOn near by. Getting to his feet he
inhade out beyond, u bright pretty rnuid-
,en of about eighteen and a slouchy,
but honest-faced country pumpkin Il
'trife older. Near by was a keen-faced
business-appearing young man, OBJ
viOusly city bred. Leaning against a
tree was a tripod and umera. The
young man was speaking:
1T will never do"
"What do you var me to do?" de-
manded the pumpkin in Il fretful tone,
squeeze her to death?'
mot at all-be the natural lover.
Don't smack her, kiss her daintily.
Don't grab her as if she were Il stack
of wheat. Be expressive, my young
friend"
SAY" spouted the pumpkin, you
want a love scene? Well, here it is
true to nature isn't it, Nellie?"
"Yes," nodded the blushing girl.
"That's the way Hiram has always
made love-
The young man looked troubled. He
stood musing. Finally he observed:
1--WE offered our young friend here
a thousand dollars to let me catch a
good rural movie, winding up by burn
ing down this worthless old rattletrap
of a mill. That's all right, | can make
the fire scene thrilling enough, but I've
got to have half a reel of genuine sen
timent preceding the sensational de-
nOument. Wish l had one of the reg
ular troupe here. You won't do al
all. The audience would simply laugh
''There's Lem Powers" observed the
girl shyly. "He knows how to play
love"
How do you know?" roared the
aroused Hiram.
"He studied In an elocution school,
yes, I'd like TO see Lem making
love to you. Oh, yes" snorted Hiram
"Can | help you out?" abruptly in
CURED Arnold, coming into view.
All hands stared at his pleasant smil
ing face, the girl particularly, the
movie man with interest, Hiram du
blously. Said the latter:
Just play kisses, mind you! !"
"Oh, surely" agreed Arnold accom-
modatingly. "Tve got a little time t.
spare. What's the program, Mr.
Movle?"
The young man addressed outlines
two scenes. Arnold acted them out L
perfection and Miss Nellie Bliss wa
cute and original, If n trife awkward
There was a final scene where Arnoli
jumped from a window in the blazin
mill. The movie man settled with Il
ram, the latter and Nellie, invited Al
mold to dinner and the episode passe
pleasantly. Hiram got Arnold's city at
dress.
a"Going TO call on you when NELL
Qhd l 60 on our wedding tower" he d.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Hearina Men at Work.

Nowadays, the manager Of a ma
chine shop or factory a know how
much work Is being done at benches
by mechanics or by power driven ma
chimes or tools by meal Of micro
phones or telephone transmitters con-
uected with the working apparatus.
BY becoming familiar with the vi
brations of the different machines he
can tell at any given m just how
fast Pat is working the lathe, or how
industriously Mike is operating the
milling machine on n of his blue
Mondays.
In addition to this he can tell AT a
| single turn of the switch If the ma
| chimes are running at normal speed
and smoothly and properly. as theJ
should.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

clared. ITS just like picking that
thousand dollars ont of the. road. sell
ing that wreck OF a MILL"
Arnold returned home and forgot all
about the incident. Three months later
Mrs. Wurdell invited Il lady FREUD to
a new movie, advertised as Rural
Love-"
Mrs. Wardell gasped, her friend
stared in grim silence as the film prog
ressed. 1t was the mill comedy that
Arnold had played in, now on the verge
of being turned into a positive tragedy.
Arnold Wardell reached home that
evening to find Ruby with her hat and
wraps on, her trunk in the hallway
and no supper ready.
"Why. what does this meant" he
asked in wonderment.
at means that | have been to see
Rural Love and that you are a vii
lian !"
"W-what?" fairly shouted Arnold.
And I'm going home to mother. A
nice scandal you've made. Oh-oh-Oh -
and the hysterical Ruby founced out
through the open front doorway.
Arnold Snatched up his hat to fol-
low her. As he stepped upon the porch
he caught a hint of a new element of
mystery in the scene under play.
You daring hussy! Oh, this Is too
much!"
I'm not n hussy. I'm Mrs. Hiram
Drfvrg md Ts,s, .,,r,,., ., 50, .,,r GOOD
kind friend who helped us make n
thousand dollars, and since her Uncle
Jared has given us a farm, and we're
the happiest people in the world. Oh,
Mr.. Wardell! we told you we would
call, but maybe you don't want to see
us"
And, say, what do you think
they've got that whole mill business
in the movies. We saw it today" add
ed Hiram.
And you look just as nice and hand
some rs you did the day you helped us
out!' cried Nellie.
"Oh!" exclaimed Arnold suddenly,
enlightened. And you saw the movie,
Ruby, and fancied l was-a villainT'
"You?" cried Nellie. "Oh, no, in
deed! You are the best gentleman in
the world, and we like and respect
you, and We want you to come down to
the new farm and spend a months va
cation with us-and your wife," added
Nellie, but a trite obviously.
Mrs. Wardell, however, began to see
the light. She got the whole story,
Within the hour she became trans,
formed into a model hostess.
ITS all right, Arnold" she told her
husband, after their guests were gone
but hat movie so reminded me OF
how you used to be-"
I'm just the same as ever" declared
Arnold. Don't you think you have
changed a trifle?"
Yes, do. | was foolishly jealous
frankly confessed Ruby. Il won't be
again, dear"
las to the old times" observed Ar
mold, n merry twinkle in his eye ant
opening his arms expansively, sup
pose we adopt the old-time love-muk
ing as II regular thing"
She nestled in his arms compla
Gently.
"Ah, this is something like it," jubi
lated Arnold, as their lips met. I'll
Rural Love they were only noel
kisses, you know"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

- being Il tourist center. For
mass, the Egyptian temples
lead. For intricacy of detail the
Indian gopurams surpass. For delicacy
of design, the Tai Mahal will long hold
the palm. But the ruins at Baalbek
are both impressive and magnificent,
inspiring, satisfying. The pyramid of
Cheops is child's play compared with
the many-ton entablature which sur
mounts the airy columns of the Temple
of the Sun. A house can be moved up
a hill, but by what machinery did the
builders of Baalbek poise such a mass
at such a height? asks Maynard Owen
Williams in the Christian Herald.
Baalbek is situated at the base Of
the Jebel esh Sherki or Eastern noun
tain, better known to US as the Anti
Lebanon, whose SHOWS sometimes ex-
tend down to the town, itself 1000 feet
above h sea. Numerous springs are
found here, and graceful poplars and
green vegetation stand out in pleasing
contrast with the level brown or pur-
plish tone of the plain.
Fifteen miles away the background
of the picture stretches from 5000
foot Sannin in the south to Dahr I'll
Khadib, whose blunt summit is nearly
1000 teet above the sea.
In this charming spot, where nature
must have impressed man with her
grandeur and majesty, he Wed with her
in achieving the titanic. AS n stands
beside one of the fallen pillars, whose
round base towers high above his head,
it seems as though the ambitious build
ers had succeeded. The high contain
ing walls shut in the view to center 1t
on this mighty pile. But as one rides
across the Bika on his way to the
cedars of Lebanon and looks back on
the ruins, the colossal group becomes
but a tiny gem on natures bosom.
Cain Built First Temple.
Cain is said to have built the first
temple at Baalbek, using the mastodon
as his work-animal for transporting
stone. That makes Baalbek rather old.
By the early Phenician period Baalbek
had become famous as the center of
Baal worship. Since then, the Seleu-
eide, the Romans, the Byzantines and
the Saracens have ruled there. There
is nothing in the ruins that tells the
average tourist the history of these
mighty structures, but B%aedekers are
handy if nOt cheap, and a Baedeker
and a Bible are the prime necessities
of Levantine travel.
Picture that famous church of Paris
the Madeleine, standing at a height OF
80 feet above a level plain, surrounded
by "a columns nearly eight feet IN
diameter, whose bases alone are taller
than n man, and you have some
idea of the temple to Helios
which gave Heliopolis its name
Today only six of the mighty col
umns remain erect, like proud sen
tinels guarding their fallen brothers
Each column is made up of three
pieces, each % feet in height, making
up with the cornice a total height Of
so feet. They are of a tawny shade
blushing with a brighter tint when th'
slanting light of sunrise or sunset fall!
across their stately height.
Massive Carved Cornice.
Michael NJ. Alouf, a Syrian of Baal
bek. thus describes the cornice: 9Th,
column is surmounted by a Corinthiili
capital, en~tablature, frieze and cornice
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Rich Fabrics to Be Worn

turn, at least in materials, to the
days of the second empire; there are
vivid reds and robins egg blues bro
caded with huge silver roses; there are
stiff, plain velvets and satins brocaded
In velvet. The mixed or Persian bro
cades are passe, and the rage is for
the single flower or motif.
Most beautiful of all are the ribbons
with velvet flowers on satin founda-
tions; they nre intended for entire
gowns. There are also superb braids
that are almost like lace, with designs
In rose patterns.
Stiff and rich as are the materials
for evening wear, the new fabrics for
the street are mostly of cllnging
weaves. WOolens are soft, often
ribbed; the variety is not great, but
they meet the American woman's de-
mand for supple weaves for street
wear.-From a Paris Correspondent in
Harper's Bazaar.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Oranne Snow.

Slice the oranges and remove the
seeds and sprinkle with powdered
sugar. Then for six oranges stir in a
pint of whipped cream, or as much as
the cream will hold without becoming
soft. Keep the cream on ice before
using, that it may be nice and stiff.
Make a merlngue of the whites of four
eggs and half a cupful of powdered
sugar, and top the mixture with this,
return to the ice and serve very cold.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

magniticently seulptured. The entabla-
ture presents a row of egg patterns
surmounted by consoles with scanthus
leaves, with a number of small lions
and bulls carved on them. Higher up
are tooth patterns and small roses,
then a Greek key design. On the up
per cornice, above each column, there
are some lions heads, with gaping
jaws, which served as an issue for the
rain water"
The part from the tooth pattern to
the top is only half the total height,
yet when l stood on the ground in
front of one of these great blocks of
exquisitely carved stone, which had
fallen from its lofty height, l could
hardly reach up and touch the lions
jaws. How the Romans ever lifted
these massive blocks to their lofty po-
sltion above the capitals of the columns
Is a mystery. The Romans, %prodigal as
they seem to have been, never invested
real none in the provinces. The
wealth with which this wonderful tenn
pie was built was raised in Syria IT.
self. Yet today the Turk, exacting in
his demands, derives but a plttance
from this fertile district.
The temple of Bacchus, which is the
best preserved of Syrian ruins, is quite
apart from the great temple of Jupi-
ter, HeliOs, Baal, or the Sun. The
finest thing about this temple Is the
front door, solid stone, 43 feet high and
iY,ct hale NO hrnoH IInCvgfoIifxy with n
capital H! The stone of the doorway
is carved In the most intricate and
lacelike designs. Next to the door is
a charming beadwork and leaf design.
Then a twisted rope and a conventional
vine and wheat design. Then more fill
gree that might have been carved with
a tool as fine as @ cambria needle, and
some figures of satyrs and bacchantes,
not so conventional. The door posts
are nearly two feet wide, and the
whole is made up of sculpture that
would grace even England's master
piece, Melrose Abbey.
The great size and stability of the
temples inspire confidence in the
climber. A stairway leads to the top
of the celia walls-the solid walls OF
the temple 'proper-whlch project for
80 feet above the ground.
|. Where Oracle Was Housed.
This smaller temple Is OPT feet long
and about half as wide, facing the ris-
ing sun and formerly approached by q
fine staircase, which was destroyed
when the Arabs built q fortress and
wall in front of the earlier temple. Oh
the AZ columns which once surrounded
1t, only 16 remain in place, yet from
the back the temple seems almost com,
plete. On the south side one of the 80
foot columns has fallen against the
side of the temple, but so securely are
its drums clamped together that 1t re
mains whole although it has smashed
a hole in the wall.
The keystone above the doorway
dropped so far after the earthquake IL
1859 that a pier of stones was neces
sary to hold 1t in place, but the stone
has now been raised to its original DO
sition, and the familiar carving of the
Roman eagle with long garlands in it!
beak can be seen. 1t was In this temple
that the oracle of Baalbek was housed
and the secret passage by means o
which the priests entered the statue I,
proclaim the fate of the land can still
be seen.
I good taste of usefulness will chang,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Mock Chicken Loaf.

Two pounds uncooked veal, put
through meat grinder, one-quarter
pound salt pork in like manner, one
beaten egg, th~ree-quurters cupful pow
dered crackers, one-half teaspOonful
salt, pepper and sage to taste. Put IN
pan such as you use for loaf cake.
Bake one hour. It's nice, just before
placing in oven, to beat n egg until
light. Pour over, then sprinkle cracker
crumbs.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Tomato savory.

Take one-half pound of tomatoes,
skin them, cut them in slices, put one
ounce of butter into a saucepan, add
the tomatoes, pepper and salt, and
cook them slowly about ten minutes,
then add the yolks of two fresh eggs.
STIR till the mixture is quite a thick
paste and serve it on little croutes OF
fried bread.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
To Keen Suet.

Take out any skin there may be, and
then put the suet in a aucepan and
place on a warm but not hot fire and
let 1t melt gradually. When quite melt
ed pour 1t into a pan Of cold water.
When quite hard wipe it dry, wrap
It in white paper, and when wanted
for use it may be rubbed ON a CRATER.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
oyster Cocktail.

For a first course at supper an oyster
cocktail served in grapefruit is an In
novation. The fruit is prepared as
usual, though not sweetened, and sew
eral small oysters with tabasco and
horse-radish dressing, are placed In
the hollow left by the removal OF
the seeds and central pulp.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Calls Them "Mewins Women"

One who wishes to be gallant will
mark the charm of the minds and the
graciousness of the manner of many
in the class of Russian society women,
which includes many titled persons,
Richard Washburn Child writes in the
Century Magazine. Many are fascinat-
ing women whose minds are better
trained, and whose manners, though
more direct, are more considerable and
whole-hearted than those of our own
"best people"
But the "intelllgent" woman In Rus
sIa looks without admiration upon the
oma who is living as a respectable
ornament. One of them, who has
wealth, and yet works eight hours a
day in social service, spoke of the
charming idlers as the "mewing wom-
en-"
II do have affection for some of
them" she said, 'but they new so
This war is helping them to find out
that they may stop mewing and do
something. have seen many of the
young daughters of their kind plunged
in work In our hospitals for the wound
ed. i have two nieces who are going
every day aud really working. All. q
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
KEEP ClSTERN WATER PURE
Filter That May Be Easily and cheapIy
Constructed Will Answer for
the Purpose.

The water in the cistern may be
rendered clean and free from impure
ties at a very small cost by putting in
a filter made as follows:
Sink a joint of common thing into
the ground neal the wall of the house.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

Fill the thing within a couple of
inches of the top with charcoal, place
n lid on it to prevent the mice, rats,
bugs and dirt, and all other foreign
substances from entering the cistern
by that route.
If a piece of heavy wire screen Is
placed over the charcoal, so much the
better.
Have the filter rest on a foundation
of clean stones or cement from three
to four inches deep, into which a two
inch pipe should be arranged for car
rying the water to the cistern.
A piece of heavy screening should
be placed over that end of the pipe
p%rotrudlng into the filter, and another
piece of fine screen wire should be fas-
tened across the opening into the els
tern; both of which are for the pur-
pose of allowing nothing of any size
to get into the water supply.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

Chile has adopted a new standard
time approximately 10 minutes in ad-
vance OF that formerly used.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Quite a Bit.

There's a difference between well
informed and knowing It aI.-Kansas
City Journal.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

good taste of usefulness will change
them so that they will never be con-
tent to be dolls again. They will cease
to new. The fairness is truly leaving
their faces"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

Broad-belted Russian coats are even
more than ever In favor.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

A Filter for $500. A, spoutins; B,
Thing; c, Charcoal; D, Cement
Foundation; E, Pipe, Leading From
Filter to cistern; F, cistern.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-11-10
Our Tea Room

serves supper every Saturday
evening from 500 to 7::3O.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-11-10
c. OF C. REPORTS TO
BE HEARD NEXT MONDAY
Annual Meeting of Organization to
BE Hcld--Considcr Aid in Rail-
way legislation.

Final plans for the business meet
ing OF the membership of the Cham
Der OF Commerce next Monday.
which viii also be the annual meet
ing OF the cham Der were completed
at a meeting OF the board OF direc-
tors Thursday night The fiscal year
or the chamber has closed and the
reports OF the various departments
will be made al the Monday meet
ing. The entertainment committee
has not announced what sort az en-
tertainment viii be provided for the
meeting
At the meeting last night. the leg
lsiative committee reported that they
had received letter from the
chamber OF commerce OF the United
States az Washington. u. c.. regard
ing "a proposition 90 secure proposed
federal legislation FOR the correction
OF defeats in railway legislation.
This movement seeks the estab-
llshment OF su0-commissions OF the