davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-15
St. Patrick's Night Dance.

Friday evening the pupils of Guilty S School of Dancing and their friends, including the public generally, will enjoy the annual St. Patrick's night ball at the Colonial ball room in Fair field avenue. This annual event is one of the most pleasant of the year, and always draws a large crowd. Be- sides the usual dancing to music by Murray's orchestra, there will be a series of novelty races, for suitable prizes and in which women as well as gentlemen may take part. The Co., 1onia1 will prove a very pleasant place to enjoy the relaxation of the Lenten rules allowed upon this holiday. Pop uIar prices of admission are charged and a large attendance is assured. The McEnellys come again next Monday evening.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-15
AmuSementS
POLI'S

Manager PoH will present his much heralded Bill of All Nations,'' at Po- lis theare, for three days, commence ing tomorrow.
 The ''Bill of All Nations brings here representative artists of many coun- tries, in one of the biggest and snap piest vaudeville bills arranged for the popular playhouse in many months. America will contribute a big feature film with Violet Horner in the leading role, and in he&vaudeviI1e bill will be represented by Rawls & Kaufman, in their typically American nonsense skit, 'Mush.''
 China will send the famous Chung Wha Four, and Germany will be rep resented by Sa1rna Bratz & Company. Italy will have her representative in William Sisto, -t'The Italian States man. and EngIand's contribution will be that classy music hall team, Col lins, Rice and Ross, in songs and dances. The Standeaux Brothers, a clever trio of musicians will complete the program with their Parisian nov city
 Tonight affords final opportunity to see the big bill that includes Frank Armstrong & Company, in the drama by the late Paul Armstrong, t"The Banks Half Million; The Breen Fam Ter & Vincent in songs and dances; The Three Tyres in a musical novelty; Miss Shirley, in a variety novelty; and the Azard Brothers, sensational gympasts. The feature photop1ay is a dve-part drama, ''The Blindness of Love- with Julius Stager and all star cast.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-15
IQur T72H,n 3.
 Query and In 1ReP3, A99sk2

When did the phrase "kitchen eabi- net' originate and what did it mean?
 It originated during Andrew Jack sons administration as president and was applied to a few personal friends of his, politicians and off1cehoIders, who were said to have more influence over his official actions than the mem bers of his cabinet had, and because they had kind of back door entrance to the White House they were dubbed ''the kitchen cabinet.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-15

What is the oldest or earliest authen- tic record bearing on the personal life and character of Jesus Christ? Is there anything older than the 9ospeIs2
 The earliest pieces of Christian liter ature are the letters or epistles of St. Paul, and of these the very earliest is his first epistle to the Thessalonians, which was written about twenty years after the crucifxion. One critic of high authority places the date of it's writing at A. D. 52, which would be nineteen years after the crucifxion; another at A. D. 53 and a third at A. D. AS, which would be fifteen years after the crucifxion. About twenty years after, therefore, is a safe state ment. This was several years before any of the gospels were written, the earliest of which, that of St. Mark, was written within fifteen years of St. PauPs epistle to the ThessaLontans, and the other gospels later But St. Paul had not been one of Christ's per sonai disciples in Galilee or Jerusalem, and he had no personal memories to relate of Christ's miracles and teach ing. His letters were doctrinaI rather than historical, more educational than personal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-15

Villa may not be able to get any guns from Europe to fight our army with, but there are probably so-called Americans who will supply him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-15

It ie claimed that two jobs are seek ing one man all over the country, but Dusty Rhodes, Wandering Willie, and others of the leisure class are usually successful in eluding such pursuers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-15

That heroic mood that T. R. calls for will be demonstrated in case of war by the many people who will urge some one else to enlist.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-15

Another way in which Father ob- served Baby Week was by walking the yelling infant up and down the house for a half hour beginning 2:15 a. m.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-15

The fact that you can't raise $4O,00O to buy the pet Longfellow's birthplace doesn't prove that you couldn't raise S4O0, % in many cities for a ball park.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-15

IRISH SHAMROCK PLANTS
 10c EACH. JOHN RECR & SGN-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-15

| am a citizen of America. My wife is going abroad. Will she have to show my citizen papers when she comes back, or can get a passport?
 Send your citizenship papers to the department of state, when a passport will be issued, or give your wife the citizenship papers themselves to take with her. A passport will cost $1.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-15
MARRIED,

GILBERT-KEELER - In Wilton, Mach g, Miss Bertha Adelia Keeler and Edward O1mstead Gilbert.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-15

The machine guns wouldn't work when the raid occurred at Columbus, N. M., but the good round check that paid for them no doubt worked all right
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-15
WISE AND OTHERWISE.

There are occasional hints of peace in the dispatches and the time may come before long when the munitio ons plants will at least be useful to store old junk in.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-15

Today, at matinee and evening per formances, the West End theatre pre- sents Theda. Bara in 'tThe Serpent,'' a Wm. Fox feature in five acts. Ruth Stonehouse and Edmund Cobb will a1- so be seen in Angels Unaware an Essanay two act drama A Vitagraph comedy completes the program.
 Tomorrow: Florence Rockwell in 'tHe Fell In Love With His Wife, five act Paramount Phone 2328-13.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-15

v1ner Want Ads. One Cent Word.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-15
MUST Be JUST RIGHT
Faults Of Cookery That Have to Be
Remedled by the Most Care
full Attention.

This would be a fine cake II only
my oven had been just right" How
often have you heard a friend make
that remark and agreed with her too.
but did either Of you know what that
"just right" meant?
Uniformity of heat is a most Inn
portant feature in successful baking.
1t requires skill to obtain just the
right heat. Not so very long ago q
great bread bakery found it neces-
sary to let some of the great ovens
cool of. After the fires were rebuilt
1t was about a week before they could
be sure of the uniformity Of the bread
demonstrates to the housewife the
necessity for giving time and atten-
ton to her oven when she intends to
bake.
When the cake comes out Of the
oven cracked it has been subjected
to too great a heat at first. The cake
baked so quickly at first that the gases
did not have a chance to escape, and
finally when formed in enough vol
ume, they broke through the top, leav-
ing a great crack. When the oven
is ~uneyenly heated the cake either
rises up in the middle or on either
side, making it impossible to make
an even layer or to frost a loaf
cake to advantage. When the cake
falls it is because the oven has been
too suddenly cooled or the cake Jared.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-15
To Wash Willow Furniture.

To clean willow furniture, provide
yourself with a oarse brush dipped
in strong salt and water, scrub each
piece well, then dry with a soft brush.
Salt cleans willow and also keeps it
from turning yellow. If it is desired
to keep the natural light color of the
willow, apply a coat of linseed oil.
By this treatment the willow strands
of which the piece is woven will lose
their dry brittleness and become soft
er and more pliable, bending under a
blow instead of breaking. This treat
ment has another good effect besides
making the chair last longer-it makes
it less noisy. A Goa of oil allows the
strands to slip more smoothly and cas-
lily, and therefore more quietly upon
each other.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-15
INVENTION OF STEAMBOAT
Robert Fulton Given Credit Because
He First Made Such Travel
a Possibility.

Science follows the custom of credit
ing as the inventor" of anything the
man who was first really successful in
his invention and. first made the in
yention a practical thing. Robert Full
ton was the first man to make steam
navigation an everyday possibility and
commercial success, and he is there
fore looked upon as the father of
steam navigation. Regarding Sym
ington, Fulton. and the invention of
the steamboat, the Encyclopedia Brit.
anniea states: The first practical
steamboat was the tug Charlotte Dun.
das, built by William Symington and
tried in the Forth and Clyde canal in
1902. The trial was successful, but
steam towing was abandoned for fear
of injuring the banks OF the canal.
Ten years later Henry Bell built the
Comet with side paddle wheels. which
ran as a passenger steamer on the
Clyde. but an earlier invention to fol.
low up Symington's success was the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-15
HOUSEHOLD WISDOM

H~ard-boiled eggs chopped fine and
mixed with mustard, a little cream and
seasoning will make a delicious sand
witch.
1t is a good idea to save, If possible,
a definite sum for furniture replace
ments. This applies especially to the
keeper of a new house.
New blankets should be shaken and
soaked in cold water overnight to
take out the sulphur dressing and
make them more easily washed.
Whenever possible saw the green
leaves of a head of lettuce for egg
salad, while the hearts are kept for
the tomato, fruit and other salads.
A weak solution of t%urpentine poured
down the water pipes onc a week will
drive the water bugs away.
Shabby oak should be brushed over
with warm beer and when thoroughly
dry polished with beeswax and tur-
pentine.
Furs that have become fat and oily
looking about the neck may be made
fresh and like new by rubbing the fur
the wrong way with a hot iron. Furs
that have been wet should never be
hung in front of the stove or an open
fire to dry.
For mud stains on dresses dissolve
a little carbonate of soda in water and
with it wash the mud stains. Another
plan is to rub the stains with a cut
raw potato, afterward removing the
potato juice by rubbing it with a fan
mel dipped in water.
In cold weather put the clothespins
in a pan and set in the oven until they
are hot. Then the fingers will not
suffer when hanging out the clothes,
especially if the clothes are rinsed out
the last time in warm water.
To clean bamboo furniture use a
brush dipped in warm water and salt.
The salt prevents the bamboo from
turning color.
To clean lamp burners wash them
in wood ashes and water and they will
come out clean and bright.
If lemons are warmed before they
are squeezed nearly double the guam
tity of juice will be obtained.
If you want to a v gas, remember
that a sheet of tin placed over the
smallest gas jet will heat two f~iatirons
as quickly as if two jets were used.
Muslin and cotton goods can be rem.
dered freproof by putting an ounce
of alum in the last rinsing water, or
by putting it in the starch.
A mousehole can be effectually
stopped for ali time by FASTING over it
a piece of cloth which has been liber-
ally sprinkled with red pepper.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-15

A CCORDING to the oldest histori-
~ cal document relating to the
~ subject, the Song of Deborah,
the lady who sat under a palm
tree Judges 81, there we're forty thou
sand men capable Of bearing arms
when Moses attempted to personally
conduct" the Israelitic nation across
the Sinai peninsula from Egypt to the
promised land. The journey took sew
eral years and not many of those who
started lived to reach their destina-
ton.
According to the announcements
from Constantinople. Kaiser Wilhelm
wants to send 5000 900, or twelve and
one-half times as many fighting men
from the promised land to Egypt, but
he plans to do it in a few months.
The Sinai peninsula, lying between
Ell Ma'an. where the German emperor
purposes to mass his troops. and the
Suez canal, is a place practically with
out water.
The Teutonic-T Turkish plan, it is an
nounced, is to form the basis of this
supreme attack upon Suez at Aleppo.
A part of the distance from CONSTANT
nople doubtless may be covered in a
comparatively short time. Aleppo is
situated in the midst of the great re-
cruiting fields of Asia Minor. Where
there are no railroads, thousands of
laborers have been crushing stone and
paving the way for the horde that is
expected to pass that way. Over much
Of this distance great engineering
works have been going on for many
years, and while we have no certain
knowledge, it is likely that the way
to Damascus has been made compare
lively easy.
Pilgrims Railroad.
From Damascus to Medina. n Of
the holy cities of Arabia, runs the He
JAZZ or pilgrims railroad. 1t Is a pri-
vately owned and privately operated
road for the convenience of pilgrims
on their way to the tomb of the
prophet and to Mecca, many days be-
yond, a distance that must be covered
by camel. Many writer's, apparently
English sympathizers, feel certain that
the rolling stock of this little line will
not be sufficient to provide transporta-
ton for the hundreds of thousands of
men who are to be massed at Ell
Ma'an, a station less than 300 miles
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-15

distant from Damascus Perhaps the
Germans will be able to overcome this
difficulty and get the SOC, 900 men to
Ma'an by the commencement of opera
lions in the spring, as threatened.
When they leave Ma'an, however,
and start westward-that's a different
story. The Arabian desert and the
Sinai peninsula are so little known to
Europe and America, excepting in re-
gard to their history and geographical
position, that the announcement in
regard to marching a great number of
men across to the SueZ canal-and
supplying them with food and drink by
means of motor trucks, sounds reason
able.
The Arabian desert is a barren land
of mountains, hills and deep valleys.
Perhaps motor trucks could climb the
elevation, OF pursue their way through
the bowlder-scattered valleys, but mo-
tors of the dimensions now known can
not pass along rocky trails, not more
than eighteen inches wide, and there
are many such on the way from Ma'ah
to Suez. Perhaps wide detours would
obviate trying to pass, but with such
a sun as beats on the Arabian desert
Frequently ITO degrees) and a scare
ity of food and water, every mile is a
tremendously important matter in the
transportation of a half-million men.
Precarious Undertaking.
The Israelites complained to Moses
hat they remembered the cucumbers
and the melons of Egypt, as they at
tempted to struggle along through this
wilderness. That vas close to 1000
years ago. Men have become accus-
toned to even greater luxuries than
the cucumbers and melons of Egypt in
A. ID. 1916. 1t looks like an impossible,
and If not impossible. a precarious I'M
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-15
Artificial Ears.

Artificial ears are so skillfully made
that they may with difficulty be dis
tinguished from natural ones, so 1t is
claimed.
When the person who has lost an
ear applies to the manufacturer for a
substitute, there is made a mold Of
the remaining ear. If there be left any
part of the other, a mold of that part
also must be taken to assist in the fit
ting Of the artificial. Manufacturers
assert that no two ears are alike,
and that it takes a skiuful work
man to prepare an a from the mold
or molds.
When finished the new ear is pasted
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-15

Assuming that the basis of what is
termed national music is found in
f%olk-song, it may be urged that Amer.
lean music, so far as it is peculiarly
American, is based on Negro melodies,
This finds support, for example, in Dvo-
rak's symphony From the New York
World" which abounds in melodies
strikingly suggestive of our plantation
tunes. True, it is contended that none
of these melodies is to be found in
Negro music, in the form in which
Dvorak wrote them, but the influence
of the plantation song is apparent. OF
Indian music, as it survives to US,
there is much to be said, but the
scope of Negro folk-song is of more
immediate importance, since its effect
is more widely felt.
But the Negro is not confined in
music to melodies crooned il the field
or walled in meetings or chanted on
decks. The musician is becoming less
essentially Negro, and more widely
musical. In other words, here and
~@N ~NSoAOSo oAS "AiSAh6 LhuofCg IOl
merely repeating traditional tunes
from generation to generation, but
composing music hat has no racial
qualities to set it apart. In churches
all over the English-speaking world,
choirs are singing the works of
Coleridge-Taylor, a Negro whose
death a few years ago was regretted
by all the world of music, and choral
societies are singing his beautiful set.
ting of "Hiawatha." And only last
week, Amato, the great Italian bari.
tone, sang in a concert in New York
a song of warning Italy, which was
composed by Harry G. Burleigh, a
modern American Negro, whose music
has been played in Richmond frequent.
ly, notably by that remarkable Negro
organization, the Clef Club orchestra.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-15
Bakinu Powder Biscuit.

Slit together two cupfuls -four, one
half teaspoonful salt and four tea
spoonfuls baking powder. Cut in
with two knives) two ta5lespoonfuls
butter and wet with about a cupful of
milk to make a stiff dough. Turn on
well-aoured board, pat and roll light
ly to an inch thickness and cut with
biscuit cutter. Put in buttered pan,
let stand ten minutes and bake in hot
oven about 20 minutes. When done,
brush over with melted butter. They
will melt in your mouth.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-15
CO Y
DvSomlsed Aand
'back%EGNpt

dertaking. Even the Teutonic allies
themselves would not be pleased with
having rs men of the original 100000
arrive in Egypt. But in all these 1000
years the nature of the country a
not changed to any appreciable extent
excepting no doubt to become more
barren than It was. Gases have been
abandoned, where there we're palms.
and trails have been covered by the
drifting sands. But mountains and
valleys are doubtless about as they
were when Moses started out from
Egypt on his divine mission. Ac-
cording to the news reports, the kaiser
intrusts to Leopold OF Bavaria this
similar mission, and he gives him a
much more serious task to perform
than that undertaken by Moses. His
men will be stocked with provisions,
no doubt, as the ~Israelites could not
have been, but there are twelve and
one-half times as many of them, and
instead of years, he will be expected to
accomplish his work in weeks, and
bring his men to Suez in fighting con-
dition for the beginning of their real
offensive campaign in that region.
And to combat their fighting
strength they will be met by hordes of
Abyssinians, Indian troops, Great Bri-
tain and her European allies, who
have made voyages in ships to the bat
tlefield. Thus the contemplated at
tack on Suez seems to be n of the
most tremendous moves of the present
world war, and one never equaled in
this territory where men were fighting
soon after they began to inhabit the
earth.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-15

pany with him | tried to obtain serv-
Ice at a restaurant and we we're re-
fused. We tried the barber shops, and
were denied a shave. Together we
then went to a number of hotels with
similar experiences.
Booker T. Washington u%nquestion-
ably did the greatest work for the Ne
gro, in the South, in the three RS
and for industrial education-'the
bond of politics and the deeper
foundations of human training"
In January, 1907, l was at Minister
City, 1875 miles south of Memphis.
There l met a presiding elder, a cler.
gyman of the Methodist Episcopal
church, South, who told me the fol-
lowing story. l vouch for him as a
nan of truth.
my friend" he said, you in the
North do not understand Booker T.
Washington as we understand him
here in the South. Some months ago.,
by invitation, | sat on the platform at
the Normal school at Tuskegee, and
made an address to the students pres
ent-some 400 in number. noticed
that there was not a coal-black or full
blooded Negro among the students,
and l asked Mr.. Washington for the
reason, He replied: 81 have found
that the full-blooded or pure Negroes
do not advance beyond a certain point
in their education. have, by expert
ence, tested and proven that only Ne
groes who have white blood in their
veins comprehend the higher mathe-
MATES and sciences, and are the only
les who can become abstruse meta
physical thinkers. So automatically
guide the others into other channels of
education" These facts may explain
some things not generally understood
in the educational system of the late
Booker T. Washington.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-15
What We're COMING To.

And" continued the lecturer, Il
warrant you that there is not a man
in this entire audience who has ever
lifted his finger or in any way at
tempted to stop this awful waste of
our forests and our lumber supply.
If there is, l want that man to
stand up"
There was a slight commotion in
the rear of the room, and a nervous
little man rose to the o~ccasion-and
his feet.
And now, my friend, will you ex.
plain in just what way you have con.
served the forests of our nation? ?"
And with the utmost gravity and sin.
certify the little man said: Il have used
the same toothpick twice."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-15
Savory Bread.

Slightly moisten some neatly
trimmed slices of stale bread with herb
favored and we'll seasoned milk en-
riched If desired with a beaten egg.
Fry either as they are or else dipped
in batter, or, again, brushed over with
white of egg and rolled in -four, to a
bright golden brown in hot dripping
or bacon fat, and serve in a pyramid,
bordered with fried onions, or en- cou-
rome round a central mound of green
or other vegetables.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-15

One quart of flour, two level tea
spoonfuls of ~saleratus, four level tea
spoonfuls of cream of tartar; after
sitting add butter or lard size of an
egg, one and a half cupfuls of sweet
milk or more according to quality of
flour; knead well until not a particle
Of -four shows on dough, then roll
and cut; bake in quick oven. This
amount will make two dozen. When
done turn out on a clean cloth to cool.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-15
Drawn.

Do you eve make "brawn?" l buy
a meaty shank, four or five pounds,
boil until quite well done, remove from
liquid, put lean meat through meat
chopper, add salt, pepper and sage to
taste, moisten with beef liquor. Press
down hard in dish. Have dish small
enough so it will be filled ABOUT full.
Place a plate over it. weighed down
with an iron. Let it stand overnight
in a cool place. Slice when cold. Very
nice and economical. This with a
nice vegetable or tomato soup made
of remainder of liquor makes a nice
dinner.-Boston Globe.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-15
Duchesse Soup (FIemish).

Fry a sliced onion to a deep yellow
pulp in ~ ounces of butter, smoothly
blend with n unc of -four, dilute
with four breakfast cupfuls of skim
milk or milk and water, and boil up;
stir in from four to FIVE ounces of
grated cheese, season well with salt
and a dust of cayenne, continue stir
ring till the soup boils, and either
serve at once with fried sippets or
else pass through a sieve and reheat.