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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
LOST HIS MEMORY AT FIRE
Indiana Man, Who MAJ in Iroquois Dis.
aster in Chicago, Forgot
His Past Life.

Binghamton, n. Y.-After being
given up as dead Is years, Milton Sim
mons, KokomO, Ind, real estate dealer.
has returned to his mother, Mrs.
Cecilia Simmons, Syracuse.
Simmons tells a remarkable story of
his loss of memory resulting from the
~Iroquois fire in Chicago. He was oper-
ating a spot light in the balcony when
the fire broke out and he was plunged
60 feet into the bodies below, but was
rescued. The fall caused loss of mem
DRY, and after two months in a hos
pital he recovered, going to Upton,
Ind, where he engaged in business
and married. Later he went into the
real estate business in Kokomo, where
he now resides.
Increasing pressure on the brain
from the injury resulted in the neces
sity for an operation last winter, and
following this he gradually regained
memory of his mother and his former
life.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Scotch Broth.

The following recipe was given me
at a famous Dickens hotel in Eng
land: Take the liquor any mutton has
been boiled in and remove the fat
when cold. Wash a cupful of pearl
barley and put 1t on to boil. When
done add to the liquor; also a turnip,
carrot, onion, and a little celery. Boil
until the vegetables are tender and
serve. Grated raw carrot on the
top of this soup improves the flavor
and adds much to the appearance.
There was enough of the stock, proba-
bly, a large kettleful, so that the broth
was thin. A single pound of mutton
shoulder, the fat and skin removed be-
fore 1t is cooked in two quarts of wa
ter, will flavor a barley liquid sufi-
GENTLY for a delicate soup, but three
pounds are often used. To preserve
some of the strength of the meat,
which may be taken out and used
with a gravy or a curry sauce, saute
it in hot fat and add boiling water to
cook it. Left over barley porrldge
may be used for thickening a broth.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Poker Chip Material Found.

It has been several years since open
gambling was allowed in Texas and
other parts of the Southwest. Even
pcker-playing is becoming an almost
lost art. AS an evidence of the fall
ing off in this one-time great national
game, 1t may be stated that few peo-
pie realize that there now exists an
unprecedented shortage of poker
chips, due to the war across the seas.
The knowledge of this threatened
crisis has caused q worldwide search
to be made for the mineral known as
barite, which enters largely into the
manufacture of poker chips. In the
days before the foreign war barite
came chiefly from Austria.
1t is we'll known to mlneralogists
that the Llano region of Texas con-
tains many rare and little-known met
ais. This fact caused a search for
barite to be instituted, with the result
that a large deposit of the metal has
just been discovered in that district.
The poker chip supply will soon be
replenished from this new source of
raw material.
Barite is also used in the enameling
of iron and steel, the manufacture of
paints, the coating of linoleums and
oilcloths and the adulteration OF
sugar.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
TO DISGUISE MILK
MANY WAYS OF PREPARING 1T
FOR CHILDREN.
Not All Youngsters Like This Most
Valuable Of All Foods, and Here
Are Some Methods Of intro
ducinq II Into Diet.

How to introduce the necessary
quantity of milk into the diet of a
child who disllkes II is a problem which
ccnfronts many mothers at this time
of year. Milk is such n perfect food
for children that 1t is always a pity
when 1t Is not taken readily and en-
joyed, but with a little ingenuity, the
trouble usually M, re overcome. The
best authorities on children's diet con-
slider a quart of milk a day the prop
er allowance for a child past the third
year, this quantity to include milk
used in preparing food and that served
with cereals, as well as milk taken
as a beverage.
Where a child shows n dislnclina-
ton to drink milk, fancy colored
glasses with figures sketched on the
outside will often change the aspect
Of things and distract the child's at
tentiOn. Sucking the milk through a
straw is another innocent trick by
means of which the desired quantity
is absorbed. Cocoa, either hot or cold,
is another valuable means of intro
ducing milk into a child's diet, as only
enough cocoa need be added to change
the appearance and flavor.
An excellent way of introducing milk
into a child's diet is with vermicelll,
which in many families is considered
the nursery form of macaroni. In
stead of the familiar white sauce
served to adults the final cooking of
the vermicelli should be in milk and
slightly thickened. Milk should also
be used on finely chopped potato and
on any other vegetables where a
cream sauce would ordinarily be
served.
Cereals cooked in milk instead of in
water are practically the same in APP
pearance, though much more nutri-
tious because of the milk absorbed in
the slow cooking. Half milk and half
water may also be used, or the pre-
liminary cooking can be done in water
and milk added to the cereal when
partly done. Cereal buildings, either
hot or cold, also offer a wide range for
the attractive use of milk. The SIM
plest of creamy rice buildings can be
completely changed in appearance by
the addition of cocoa stirred in while
.ho ingredients are being mixed.
An egg poached In milk and served
with a spoonful Of thickened milk
poured over it on a slice Of toast will
often be enjoyed by a child who re-
fuses milk as a beverage. Another
excellent way of combining egg and
milk is to beat an egg until light and
foamy, adding a scant half cupful of
milk and a few grains of salt. Pour
into a buttered ramekln and set in a
pan of boiling water either on the
stove or in the oven. Do not stir but
let it cook until thick and creamy.
Let the child eat it from the ramekin.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

has claimed more victims than any
other is that known in doctors slang
as "gas gangrene." Gas gangrene is
caused by the presence in a wound of
certain types of bacilli Chased as
'anaerobic," that is, bacilll which can
not live In air, the vital principle of
which is oxygen. They exist-like the
tetanus bacilli-in cultivated soil, and
1t is because the wal is being fought in
France among the peasants fields that
they are introduced so constantly by
ricocheting bullets or scraps Of earth
stained clothing into the soldiers
wounds.
Once there they set about producing
tiny gas bubbles among the tissues,
hence the name "gas gangrene." But
the gas they cannot endure is oxygen,
and the obvious way to destroy them
is to introduce oxygen into the inner
most recesses of the wound. This is
secured by various methods according
to the nature Of the injury. A hole
right through the shoulder will be ster-
ilized by the use of q wick drawing
peroxide of hydrogen from a small
tank above the bed. Another kind of
wound may be sprayed with ozone and
the third more conveniently dealt with
by means Of a perforated tube fed with
oxygen gas from a cylinder.
The operations to which reference
has been made would doubtless be de-
scribed as were even by the surgeons
themselves; nevertheless, modern sci
ence has robbed them of most of their
terrOrs. The improvements in anes-
thetics have been such that it is no
uncommon thing for an operation to
last two hours and for the patient to
feel no i'll effects from the drug a
quarter of an hour after he recovers
consciousness. Some, indeed, will be
smoking a cigarette within that space
Of time. The secret lies in the admin.
istration of oxygen with the ines.
thetic.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
"Hodse Podge Pickle" Recipe.

One dozen cucumbers, sliced thinly;
one gallon shredded cabbage, four
onions, three t%easpoonfuls salt, two
cupfuls white sugar, four red pep
pers, one-half pound dry mustard, one
ounce celery seed, n ounce white
and black mustard seed. Add enough
vinegar to mix thoroughly, and let
come to boiling point. Stir in mus
tard, which has been mixed with cold
vinegar. Boil 90 minutes; seal in Jars
while hot. Excellent to serve with
meats.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

States intent on improving the devices which warriors of bygone days e.
sorted to when crossbows and battle X were used o. the field of war.
The other day, for example, the bureau had before it a working model of
a coat of armor invented by an American. Its pattern was adopted from a
type favored by the ancient Samurai of Japan. The breastplate "a formed
of a V-shaped shell of quarterinch steel with d padded lining.
A mask of similar design with opening for the eyes was intended to be
used to protect the face and head. Shoulder plates and epaulGs of the
same material completed the equipment.
All known designs of helmets are likewise being studied in order to pro-
vide bunetdefytng headgear for the men. Besides the designs in use at
present in Europe-the soldpece types used by the British and Germans
and the sectional type used by the French-desgns similar to those used by
the Crusaders with neckpieces and vzors are also being studied.
The bureau is also at work on various types of hand grenades, although
as far back as 1908 the army experts had devised a grenade which, it is
thought, is as good as if not better, than the kind lin use in Europe.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Beef Relish.

Mix well together n quart of finely
chopped cabbage, n quart of chopped
boiled beef, two cupfuls of sugar, one
cupful of chopped onion, N cupful of
grated horseradish5 one tablespoonful
of salt and a small amount of cayenne.
Cover with cold vinegar and keep well
corked. This is a change from the
familiar kinds of pickles kept on hand
by the careful housewife.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

luxurious elcacy? The bureau of fisheries has been moved to act to prevent
such a tragedy One of its crab experts is now down in the Chesapeake bay
region making a thorough study of the causes of the decline of the crab
first hand from every angle.
Generally speaking, it is thought that the chief cause of the decreased
supply is due tic the very extensive fishing which has been carried O. within
the lstf years around these shores. No attempt has eve been made ia
prepare for the futures output by such means of artificial propagation as
scientific fishermen 10y Sc in regard to that other valuable crudacean, tho
lobster.
Winter a IS well as summer has seen a uninterrupted pursuit of the hard
which it is now beginning to show.
Chesapeake bay during the summer months is crowded with fishermen,
nets and crabs; it provides a n unexcened field for the study of the industry
Owing to the differences in the depths of the bay at different places, one cal
also observe the different methods followed by crab fishers
Familiar, indeed, to Washngtonians is the sportsman who spends a day
at the beach, and, with his string o. handnne baHed with meat, endces the
crabs into his waiting dip net. But his returns III nearly always negligible.
the professional fisherman, who fishes for crabs and not for pleasure His
energy
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
ENGLISH RULE IN GREEN ISLE
Dates From Twelfth Century, When
etronebow Invaded Country to AS
sist King Of Leinster.

Visitors to the historical places and
buildings Of Ireland hear much talk of
Strongbow. In the twelfth century,
when S~trongbow became famous, Ire
land was divided into many small
provinces, and each Of these had its
petty king. Dermot MacMurrough,
who was king of the province of
Lelnster, was a very cruel and unpop-
ular ruler, and he was so dlsllked and
abused by his people and the neigh
boring rulers that he finally fled to
England, where he begged King Henry
II for help in subduing his enemies.
But Henry remembered that there
we're many other kings in Ireland and
he refused to side with MacMurrough,
though he gave permission to any of
his subjects who liked, to go to Ireland
and aid the Leinster king. A company
Of barons, therefore, left their barren
lands in South Wales and crossed
over to Ireland to win themselves rich
lands there where soil was fertile. At
the head of this band of barons was
Richard de Glare, earl Of Pembroke,
who was known as Strongbow. They
landed at Waterford, which city these
barOns straightway captured. Strong
bow made his claim even stronger
by marrying the daughter of Dermot
MacMurrough. Then, learning that
Dublin was just then struggling to
free itself from the rule of the Danes,
Strongbow made all haste in that di-
rection, and soon he had taken the
city by storm. Since that first land
ing and conquest by ~StrOngbow and
the other barons the English have al
ways held more or less power over Ire
land.
An old historian. named Cambren-
sis, gives us the following quaint de-
scription Of the warrior Strongbow
1.-The earl was somewhat ruddie and
Of sanguine complexion and freckle-
faced, his eies grei, his face feminine,
his voice small, and his necke little,
but somewhat of a high stature. He
was very liberal, courteous and gen.
tie; what he could not compasse and
bring to passe in died, he would win
by good words and gentle speeches.
In time of peace he was more readie
to yield and obeie than to rule and
beare swaie. In all chances of ware,
he was still one and the same maner
Of man, being neither dismaid with
adversitie nor pulled up with pros.
perltie,' a picture which hardly fits
such a twelfth-century c~onqueror.-
Christian Science Monitor.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
WILL NOT GET HER WAIST
British War Regulations Prevent Fa.
Their of Indiana Woman From Fol-
lowing Usual Custom.

Fort Wayne, Ind. - Mrs. Brownie
Simmons of Chicago, who has been
visiting relatives in Fremont, will not
receive this year a waist from her ia
Their in England, as she has each year
for many years, because of the war
regulations. She has received a letter
from her mother saying the customs
officers have refused to permit the
waist to be sent out of the country,
saying that would mean another waist
would have to be imported to replace
it. Mrs. Simmons mother also wrote
that she is required to spend one day
each week wheeling wounded or sick
soldiers about for an airing.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Brace UpI
"Brace up

brace up
"You who sit all day in n position,
square your shoulders and brace up"
'The 'consumptive stoop' does not
make for health, so brace up"
"The SLOUGH, the sag, the droop, the
slump are poor guarantees of fitness.
They endanger your health and your
job. Brace upl"
"Don't bow your back and round your
shoulders as if the burdens of life were
too heavy. All loads will be lighter If
you brace up"
These are a few of the paragraphs
In a circular sent out by the Chicago
health department.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Ad srtnus SOP DOGS.

Vincennes, Ind.-Ffve hundred and
two dogs in the charge of 800 boys and
girls appeared in response TO an ad
placed in all the local papers in which
the W. A. Flint company asked for
1000 dogs to be delivered at Its front
door at a specified time. Three hours
before the time boys and girls lending
or carrying their dogs were on the
way to the Flint store. Each child
bringing a dog to the Flint store was
given 20 cents. A sign reading "Chas-
ing for Fint's" was placed on each
dogs back
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
A recently patented device enables

A recently patented device enables
a locomotive engineer to open a switch
ahead of him by a lever In his cab. The
switch closes automatically after the
train has passed.
The New York Central station in
New York city Is declared to be the
worlds greatest terminal.
Los Angeles has one saloon to each
1,2S4 of population.
Cleveland, o., will have an industrial
exposition in September.
New York city has 10.857 saloons, or
one to each 515 Of population.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

new invention, when it is discovered,
will be the result of a close study Of 8
cluster of "stones" which he says he
has discovered to be the basis of all
nature.
Gibson, who claims to be the in
ventor of the paper headrest for barber
chairs, pointed to a chart on the wall
of his room. The chart was a picture
of IL balls grouped around a single
one in the center, and on the bottom
was printed these words, "What means
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Economiea.

"Why don't you wear some of your
last years clothesT inquired NJ.
Growcher.
9Nhy, fatherl !" exclaimed his daugh-
ter; didn't 1 have my last winters
furs made e and wear them all sum-
mer?"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
FROM ALL OVER

Eggs and onions, boiled together
three hours a day for ten successive
days, is one Of the favorlte dishes of
the Albanians.
AS one Of the results Of prosperity
induced by the war, Japan continues
to increase its gold holdings. Its hoard
of the yellow metal now amounts to
more than S250.OOO.000.
Smith college. Northampton, Mass,
last year received gifts ~totallng $43.-
600.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
SEES WARS END BY 1917
Underwriters at LIoyd's Quoting
$3.50 Per Cent for Peace Policy
to December 81.

London.-Peace by the end of 1917.
That at least is the Impression of un-
derwriters at Lloyd's, who are quot
ing 80 guineas per cent, or $31.50 per
cent in American currency. for a peace
policy extending to December 81, 1917.
In case of a policy covering the pc
Tiod to the end Of the present year
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
To Save oucIoth.

Before using oilcloth paste at each
corner on the wrong side a square
of cotton material. This will prevent
the unsightly cracking Of the
which so often comes long before the
body of the cloth shows any signs OF
wear.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Unavailable

He-They certainly are having rough
times In Mexico.
She--Yes, and Isn't 1t strange CON
sidering they have SO many greasers
there1
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

To IN THIS One lint Is IN jeopardy.
Season by season for the past ten
years the crab supply has been slowly
diminishing, and this year the dealers
are noticing that the number of crabs
sent to market is showing a marked
decline. 1t is difficult to ecure as
many hard-shelled crabs as the trade
demands, to say nothing of the soft
shelled ones, which are unusually
scarce.
Is it possible that the snowy crab
ALL L. laaLI--L - A-----
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Inevitable Conclusion.

"Can you foresee what the effect Of
this latest excitement is going to beT"
"Not exactly" replied the ultimate
consumer, YEARLY. but 1 take it for
granted it'll make the price of some-
thing go up"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

the rate quoted is IS guineas ($S9.25)
per cent, while If taken out for three
months later a policy would rule 20
g~uineas ($73.50) per cent The rate is
60 guineas ($63) to June 80, 1917, or
10 guineas ($15.75) per cent less II the
time is extended to September of next
year.
1t looks as though the late Lord
Kitchener's estimate of tire years
would prove correct or thereabouts.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
r. Fresben Rustv BLACK L.o.-

Soak in vinegar and water, two ta-
b~lespoonfuIs of vinegar to one pint Of
water. Rinse and iron while damp
between hnnnels or bath towels.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

these stones" "That picture" he said, "shows you what you will find in the
cells of the human body, and in all the planets and the stars.
"Take II perfect spheres of equal size and group them around a thr-
teenth 81 they will all touch, and you have q perfect symmetrical group.
That is a discovery of my own, and 1 believe it can be worked out to pc worth
some money"
The inventors idea is that if he IAN get several people to study his dis
covery, n of them is likely to get the idea that will be worth the 100000.
"The principle of the 10 idea is basic" Gibson said. "Chist and the II
apostles, II jurymen and a judge and the 10 original states are a few ex-
amples.
81 have written President Wilson, Bryan, Roosevelt and others, trying to
get them to adopt that cluster as a national emblem. 1t stand or the
original states and at the same time is a perfect symmetrical group"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

on menu cardS Did taIr 70 hold hrm IN
the capital.
This is the opinion of August f.
Moeller, maitre d'hotel Of the New
Willard.
1--WE have decided to be strictly
neutral" said Moeller, with a twinkle
In his eye and a decidedly Teutonic ac-
cent when questioned as to the pro-
posed DEVIATION of the French from the
bill of fare.
"Why, 1t would be just the same
as asking the average English-speaking
u,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Inventor Proposes National Emblem Of IS Balls

IA ASHINGTON-At last the number of 13 is to be shown to the world in its
w true light All this argument about it being unlucky is "bosh" according
to R. S. Gibson. who is organizing a class Of students in Washington to figure
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

effort to find the best Kind of protec-
ton for American soldiers in trench
warfare.
And the office of the chief Of
ordnance Is getting to look like the
showroom of the royal armorer in tho
days of Richard Occur de Lion.
Since the European armies began
to adopt steel helmets and breastplates
as protection against the hailstorms Of
shrapnel and the spatter of machine
gun bullets, a crop of inventors has
sprung up throughout the United
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

connosseur to change his language" continued the maitre dhoteL "There
are many persons, those persons who are accustomed to eating at hotels and
cafes, who would not know how to order their meals If the French o n the
menu card vas supplanted by English"
"WiH there be a change from the old order which might interfere with
the gaSronomic environs of Washington's gourmets?'
"Jamais jamais" which in the words of the language attacked means
"Never, never"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Crab Supply Of the Capital City Is Diminishing

Xu ASHNGToN is famed as a "great place for crabs" Well may this be
cries of the Atlantic coast-those in Chesapeake bay. But the citys reputa-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Our Soldiers May look Like the Knights Of Old

A LII existing records concerning the types of breasplates, shields, helmets,
~ and even suits of armor worn by the knights of the middle ages, are
being closely studied by the ordnance bureau of the war department. in on
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
French Remains the Menu Language Of Washington

= RENCH will remain the language of Washington menu cards. No matter
] how strong the offensive of the New York hotel chefs becomes to have
the French of the bills of fare supplanted by English, the lines Of French
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

California has 10,O57 factories, EN-
ploying more than 100000 persons.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

by the ingenuity and enterprise of