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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08
Arrangement of Street Lamps.

A recent investigation of the rela-
tive merits of parallel and staggered
arrangement of street lamps is most
interesting, since it discloses that from
al ornamental viewpoint the former is
preferable, while, from a unitarian
viewpoint, the latter is preferable un-
der certain conditions. By parallel ar
rangement is meant the placing of
lamps so that they come opposite each
other, while staggered arrangement
means that the lamps on one side of
a street are placed so as to come half
way between those on the opposite
side. In general, the staggered ar
rangement furnishes more uniform IL
Elimination. However, where the
street width is not much greater than
the distance between lamp standards,
the parallel arrangement is preferable.
In instances where the street width is
considerably greater than the spacing
of the lamps, the staggered arrange
ment will give the best results.-Sci-
entifc American.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08
Keen Cupboards Clear.

The majority of women do not seem
to realize the danger there is in ac-
cumulations in closets. The dust and
lint from old clothes are very inflam-
mable. Lighting a match to look for
some article in a crowded closet, or
taking a candle into such a place often
causes fire. Old clothing, rags, waste
paper and every sort of rubbish should
be cleared out of closets. A spark in
a dusty closet has been known to
ignite a whole building; eve an ac-
emulation under bureaus and sofas is
dangerous. If you dc discover a fire
in your closet close the door and get a
bucket of water and a broom. "A wet
broom is the best fire extinguisher
ever invented" said an official of the
fire department. You can throw a
solid sheet of water with it or only a
spray; you can beat a fire out with a
broom or you a pull down a blazing
curtain with it."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08
BREAD MADE IN A HURRY
Just as Good as When Done In the
Ordinary Way and Quickly Ready
for the Table.

Break two cakes of yeast into one
cup of water at blood temperature. Put
a tablespoonful OF sugar on the yeast
to stimulate its quick growth. While
this soaks, warm two cupfuls OF milk
with one cupful of water. This, with
the water over the yeast, makes a
quart of wetting, sufficient for four
loaves.
In a large mixing bowl put several
sleeves of -four and make a depression
In the middle of the -four, into which
put a level tablespoonful of salt and a
heaping tablespoonful of lard. Pour
the liquid and the yeast upon the flour
and mix with the hands, working the
-four from the outside into the liquid
in the middle Of the mass. Make a
stiff dough and lift the ball out, put
ting away any remaining -four for fu'
ture use. II the -four Is granular, let
the dough lie on the board for ten
minutes, covered with a warm bowl
that the -four may properly absorb the
moisture. II the -four is not granular
this wait is not necessary.
Now shape the dough without knead
ing, lay the ball in a buttered bowl
and butter the surface of the dough tc
keep it soft. Cover and let 1t double
in a warm place. an hour to an houi
and a half. II you wish still further
to hurry it, set the bowl in warm wa
ter and place a smaller bowl of warn
water on the lid of the large bow
containing the dough.
When doubled, shape quickly int
the baking pans for the second risini
and bake when again light. This rect
pc is excellent for use when one mus
have bread in a hurry. Half of tn
dough may be made into crusty rolls
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08
COLOR SCHEMES IN GARDENS
Matter in Which America Might Profit
by the Example Set by English
Landscape Artists.

Little attention is paid to garden
color schemes, less in California than
elsewhere, for the reaso that every
thing blooms so %riotously here that
we deem attempts at control quite I'M
necessary, says the Los Angeles
Times. The English are the great
color artists of the garden and they
have garden books upon this subject
alone. Sometimes colors are used for
effects not necessarily allied to har-
mony as when yellow is used on
points thrust forward to shorten the
apparent distance and blue is used to
deepen the recesses and make them
appear farther in the distance.
Many of the good-sized local gardens
have long borders where color schemes
could be wrought with ANIMALS or
perennials, or with both. Remember
two points which may be called funda-
mentals: White is the one great neu-
trailer or harmonizer in flowers and
gray performs a similar office in foil
age. Borders in which white flowers
and gray foliage heavily predominant
may have any and all colors in har-
mony so long as they do not mix, but
have between them a mere touch OF
white. Such a peace-maker is often
more necessary between shades closely
allied than in marked contrasts. Thu
with two shades of pink the lighter ap-
pears washed and faded in close com
parison with a deeper and therefore
stronger hue. Even great masses OF
white relieved by an occasional touch
of any color never appear m~onotonous.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08
New War Game.

Playing war got three small boys
into the Columbus (Ind,) city court.
They had been reading the newspa-
pers. They knew eggs were cheaper
and also about the latest things in gas
bombs. They armed themselves with
eggs, playing that they were hand
bombs, then lay in ambush to await
the coming OF the enemy. Just any
sort OF an enemy would satisfy them.
John j. Hosea, manager Of the Citi-
zens Telephone company In Columbus,
happened to come along with his new
ly.washed touring car. Clarence KEEP
ley. a friend, was riding with him. The
boys decided the a was a battleship
or a Taube or something like that,
and they opened fire. Eggs spattered
the sides of the car. Kepley jumped
out of the machine and gave chase.
He captured one boy, who confessed
and gave the names Of his confeder-
ates. They we're loaded in the car and
taken to the city court, where Mayor
volland lectured them.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08
Just to Help Out.

well! Well" exclaimed Mr.. Dub
son to a fiustered acquaintance who
rushed into a railroad station carry
ing two large ~suitcases. Going away
on the choo-choo?"
"Oh, no" answered the acquaint.
ance, in a sarcastic tone. my sole
idea in buying a railway ticket and
Fastening hither with all the baggage
l could stagger under was merely to
increase the stir and hustle Of this
great city"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08
SPANS Fish Production.

The annual production OF fish in
Spain amounts to nearly 500, 0OO, 900
yearly in value. There are $50 steam,
and 1914 sailing vessels engaged in
the industry. The annual production
of timed fish is 100000 cases of ten
tins to the case. The pack OF Portu-
fal is about 100000 cases, and that
o; France in normal times about l.
90 900 cases. Large quantities OF
Spanish fish are sent abroad under
French and Italian labels
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08
Stuffed onlnns.

Place eight large Bermuda onions,
peeled and washed, in a baking dish.
Cover with boiling water slightly salt,
ed. Bake them half an hour or till a
wire will pierce them. then turn of
the water. then with a sharp. thin.
bladed knife take out the heart with.
out breaking the outer walls. fill the
cavity with minced cold chicken and
fine bread crumbs, seasoned with
melted butter. Sprinkle crumbs, but.
tered, over the dish until it almost
touches the top of the onions. Cover
them and bake half an hour.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08

ted out in Tripoli, undertook the
danger.fraught journeys to the great
marts of Sudanese trade-Timbuktu
Kano, Kanen, Kuka, Bornu and Wadi.
These Journeys sometimes lasted two
years around, and brought their under
takers into every species of danger
that the desert affords. Robbers in
fest all the lanes across the desert,
and, besides these, all the inner desert
lies subject to the vengeful caprice Of
the masked Tuaregs, the strange peo-
pie who are at wal with all who cross
their paths and do not pay a sufficient
tribute.
The bones of the camels and men OF
a myriad of of the past
bleach along the desert trails, cara
vans that mostly came to harm at the
hands of marauders; but there are
some among them destroyed by thirst
by the sand storm or by the water oil
wells poisoned in inter-tribal wars
OF all three risky Tripolitan trades
the caravan trade is the most risky;
and the old caravan men will find lit
tie in the newer industry of war fol
which their ~peace-time labors have
not fully prepared them.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08
is LAND OF MISFORTUNE
Beautiful Vale of Kashmir Has
Through the Ages Had a Record
of Natural Calamity.

Beautiful and unfortunate is the
wonderful vale of Ka,lmir, lying high
among the H~imalayas, ringed with gi-
gantic peaks, clothed in evergreen
fir and deodar, the l~ight-green bed of
Jehlam strung across its dun breast
like a jade necklace, blushint with the
ghostly pink of peach and plum bios
SONS" Kashmir has a persistent rec
ord of natural clamity. Jehlam over
flows it's banks at intervals and sends
destroying floods that wipe out whole
districts. The giant peaks around the
valley stir now and again in their
sleep of ages ano shake the flats with
mighty earthquakes. Famine and
cholera kill more than the river and
the trembling mountains. Fire fire.
quently sweeps the fields and cities.
AS one looks up at the hills on either
side from the bed of Jehlam 1t is
seen that n slope is covered with
cool, dark forest, while the other
grows nothing but Ions grass. A spark
in this grass starts the blaze. Among
the Himalayas the air is hitinJ lold and
the Kashmiri carries { little charcoal
brazier under his robe TO warm his
body. These p~eripatetic furnaces start
many a flame. With a history dotted
with such calamitous landmarks, the
people of Kashmir have acquired a
pessimistic expression and Opposition,
They are superstitious, too, ascribing
all of miraculous attributes
and fairy inhabitants to the mountain
Strings.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08
A New One.

Here is another one about these lit
tie fivver automobiles that receive
so much free advertising. 1t is going
the rounds of a western vaudeville
circuit.
The first comedian scratches his left
arm violently.
What is the matter?" asks the Sec
ond comedian.
Il was out to the - plant the
other day." replies the first one. DO
you suppose one of those things
jumped on me?"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08
silver Parfait.

Boil one cupful of sugar in one cup
full of water until it threads. Pour it
owe the stifly beaten whites of three
eggs and beat again. When cool add
one pint whipped cream, flavor with
two teaspoonfuls of any kind of fla
voring desired. Pack in ice and salt
and let stand until firm. One day for
a company dinner / picked a few
choice strawberries. mashed in a
sieve and added whole, have also add.
ed cherries whole. and the effect is
very pretty.-Exchange.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08

Crept Up to a Window and Looked In.
went the guns, and whole lines went
topping over. Just then old Bottle
Green looked up and saw the little
boy. Peter, too terrified to run. stood
with bullying eyes. He expected moth
ing less than to be caught and eaten.
Old Bottle-Green came charging out
of the door. Want a game of sol
diers, little boy?" he asked.
Peter nodded.
Old Bottle-Green carried him inside,
and the terrified Peter soon found him.
self playing with zest and having the
time of his life. That game the Yam
KEGS knocked some word Peter didn't
understand out of the Rebs. But the
next time they played the Rebs gave
as good as they got. And SO the for
tunes of war swayed for many criti'
cal games.
Mind you, don't tell anybody about
It," said old Bottle-Green. Swear by
the password"
81 swear by the Continental con.
gress," answered Peter, lifting up his
hand.
Now you're sworn in, and a sol
der" said old Bottle-Greeu. Amy
morning you're passing, step in and
have a battle"
Peters mother never knew what
became of Peter on those days. She
thought he was playing with some o.
the boys. Peter kept his fearful secret
conscious that the destinies of the ma
ton depended upon him.
How is it you haven't any little
boys of your own to play with, ole
Bottle-G reen?" asked Peter one day.
Old Bottle-Green scowled fearfully
and opened his gold watch with
snap that sounded like the discharg,
of a whole park of artillery. Inside
was the face of a beautiful woman. !
seemed vaguely familiar to Peter
though he did not know where he haC
seen 1t.
"She wouldn't have me-" answered
old Bottle-Green. she said she wal
going to be true to her country ant
marry a Reb, although she loved m,
better. When you don't get married
you aren't allowed to have little boys
So l never had any"
"Oh!" said Peter. thinking he un
derstood.
so that's why | have to play witt
you" continued the Bottle-Green. Rul
away now, and come back tomorrow.
Peter ran away. But he did no
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08
old BOTTLE-GREEN
BY HAROLD CARTER.

This was where the tide of battle
first began to turn" said old Bottle
Green to Peter. This was where we
hammered and broke 'em. Set 'em up,
and well fight it all over again. You
can be the Rebs."
Maybe I'll beat you this time, old
Bottle-Green, thought Peter, but he
said nothing and began to set up the
lead soldiers. For an hour and long
er the opposing forces fought tooth
and nail with spring guns and chips
for shells. Surely enough, the Yankee
army reeled back in sore disaster,
reeled back as far as the edge Of the
table, and there died to a mar rath-
er than surrender.
That's because l didn't have Stone
wall Jackson" said old Bottle-Green.
You killed him early in the game.
You remember. Next time I'll beat
you"
Peter crept guiltily out Of the
house. 1t was strange how he had
first come to play soldiers with Bottle
Green. When Peters mother first
went to live in the village everybody
despised Bottle-Green. He wore a
bottle-green coat, he tapped his stick
fiercely as he went down the street,
and everybody was afraid Of him.
The old man had no friends, and he
lived all alone in the white house, ex'
cept for his negro servant, Amyas.
Peter, fascinated by the old man.
crept up to a window and looked in,
He saw a big table and a wonderful ar
ray Of soldiers and artillery. The
old man was busily playing one force
against another. Smash, smash!
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08
End O, Romance.

No more shall | hear his footsteps
on yonder walk just as the clock
strikes eight" Gracious. Jeannette!"
And the old parlor light will never
burn low for him again" You don't
mean it?" 81 do; and. furthermore,
he will never sit on this sofa three
nights a week and call me pet names,
as he has been doing for two years"
Il am astonished." And tonight
am going to burn all the old love let
ters in my chest of drawers" "B-but
why? Are you going to discard him? ''
Discard him! Why, you goose. / am
going to marry himI"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08

Santa Teresa de la Antigua in the
City of Mexico is the fact that the first
printing press in the new world was
established in the corner house ad-
joining the sacred ediice. 1t was
brought from Europe at the request
of Bishop Zumarraga in 1886 by Vice
roy Mendoza. The first printer was
Juan Paoli of Brescia, Italy, who was
sent to Mexico by Combergef, Mrs.
John Wesley Butler writes in the
Abingdon Press. The Spanish mis-
s~ionaries made good use of the press,
which was active nearly a century
before a similar establishment was
set up in the United States.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08
Mystic and Moneymaker.

Art is the encompassing of the ideal
within the limits Of the human facul-
ties, and in this sense every Jew is
an artist.
1t is his quality to discern unexpect-
ed possibilities in things-to bring
out what is In them, whether the sub
ject of his interest is a piece of music
or a gold mine.
That is the key to the paradox of
the Jewish character and explains why
he is at once a mystic and a money
maker-a dreamer with an eye to the
main chance.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08

Can you tell me whether or not
our navy is a good one?" asked the
anxious citizen.
Not yet" replied the sarcastic
man. There is such a hopeless diff
ference of opinion regarding our navy
that l am going to reserve my own
opinion until it goes out and tackles
a hostile fleet"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08

come back on the morrow. He did
not come back during the week.
though every morning old Bottle-Green
had the soldiers out ready to play.
Il wonder what's become of Peter?"
said old Bottle-Green to black Amyas.
They do say, sab, that there's a
mighty lot of scarlet fever in town."
said Amyas automatically.
You blackguardl" roared old Bottle
Green. How dare you tell me that?
Take o weeks wages!"
All right, sah," answered Amyas
with a grin.
"Waitl On second thought, u
downtown and find out where Peter
lives"
He lives in the big house at the cor
ner, sah," answered Amyas. There's
a sign up owe the door"
What does it say?" demanded Bot
tle-Green."
Scarlet fever, sah." answered
Amyas.
Ten minutes later old Bottle-Green,
attired in his b~ottle-green tail coat,
was interviewing the doctor at the
door. The doctor was very grave.
Peter had a bad attack, and 1t was
doubtful If he could live through the
night.
All that night old Botle-Green sat
under the lilac tree at the gate, wait
ing. When at last the doctor came In
the early morning he saw a OF
Bottle Green's withered cheeks. But
when he came out his expression set
old Bottle-Green to capering-he, Bot
tle-Green, the recluse, who had glared
and tapped so iercely at the boys and
girls at play.
Hell live now" said the doctor.
Thank God!" said Bottle-Green rev
erently.
At last there came a day when Pc
ter was allowed to see visitors. Ant
among the first to come was Bottle
Green, with an enormous box OF sol
diers under his arm, followed b!
Amyas, with a folding table. Peter
at an p window, saw him com
ing.
In the name of the Continental con
gress, peace!" he cried.
In the name of the Continental con
gress," answered Bottle-Green.
Old Bottle Green entered, and in tn,
doorway stood a smiling young lady
Il know who you are" she said
holding out her hands.
But | don't know who you are" re
torted Bottle-Green, unless your
Adelaide Cannon, come back to me aft
er these fifty years."
She was my mother" answered tn
lady, mystified. She, was the grand
mother of Peter. She often spoke G
you, of Mr.. Clarence Hargreaves-
Captain Hargreaves. But surely 20
are not he?"
Il used to be-" said Bottle-GreeI
And the years seemed to fall ava
! from him, and he Strengthened hi
1 shoulders and felt ashamed of his oil
coat.
! There were tears in the young lady
eyes, and she put her hands in hi
She loved you. Captain Hargreaves
she said. And she was sorry. AS m
I fathers daughter, that is all | am a
lowed to say. And to think Pete
q found you!"
d "Oh, yes. Peter, of course" muse
Bottle-Green.
!, You must come often now" sa.
Peters mother.
Yes, yes" said Bottle-Green, no
ding his head. 'Of course" And /
ran up the stairs. shouting. Peter
!, Peter!"
And just as soon as the folding tab
q could be set up by black Amyas Il
Rebs and Yankees were fighting a f
rious battle all over it's surface.
a Copyright, 1916. by W. G. Chapman
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08

30 HELPS
BOOST

Boost your city. boost your friend.
Boost the lodge that you attend,
Boost the street on which you're dwelling.
Boost the goods that you are selling,
Boost the people round about you;
They can get along without you
But success will quicker find them
II they know that you're behind them.
Boost for every forward movement,
Boost for every new improvement,
Boost the mar for whom you labor,
Boost the stranger and the neighbor.
Cease to be a chronic knocker.
Cease to be a progress blocker,
II you'd make your city better
Boost 1t to the final letter.
Detroit Free Press.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08
Hits American Trade.

Chinese are becoming so adept in
the manufacture of biscuit and crack
ers that the Hongkong product is be-
ginning to compete with the imported
articles, having already worsted com
petition from Shanghai. This will af-
feet the United States, from which the
major portion of biscuit, crackers and
cakes for China have been imported.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08
Both Satisfied,

The best thing that ever happened
to me-" sneered the young man to his
former employer, was when you fired
me. l went out and got a regular
jot."
That's all right" replied the old
boss, I'm glad you're satisfied. Fir
ing you didn't hurt our firm a par
ticle."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08
A Smooth Approach.

you seem hard worked, sir" said
the affable stranger.
I'm half dead"
Then called in the nick Of time.
I'm selling life insurance. If you're
half dead you can't get a policy any
too quick"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08
A News Center.

New York Girl-Half the world
doesn't know how the other half lives,
Uncle Jabez!
Uncle Jabez-P'raps not in New
York. But all yew gotter do in East
Windsor Hill is ter drop inter Risley's
Judge.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08
MAIL BOX THAT IS NEAT
Californian Has the Right Idea in the
Erection of Receptacle at His
Country Home.

Permanently and sightliness are two
tractive mail box that has been erect
ed by a Californian in front of his
country home. The receptacle itself is
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08
Seeks a StimuIant.

Jack, l wish you'd come to see me
occasionally"
why, Vanessa, l thought you were
engaged to Algernon Fitzwhistle?"
NO; but ! think | could be If |
could organize a little brisk competi-
ton"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08
Easy Game.

That dog of yours seems fond of
chasing trains"
yes"
81 wonder why?"
We'll, he isn't much of a fighter.
Trains are about the only things he
gets a chance to chase"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08
Sometime

How much are these baby car.
riages?" asked the woman in the store.
Those are forty-six dollars, ma'am."
Too expensive"
But that's a fine carriage. ma'am."
We'll haven't you anything in baby
carriages in the fivver class?"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08
Balm for His consolenoe

Fuzzby-Yes, she's a nice girl. but II
you marry her in the hope that she'll
n day come into a fortune, won't
your conscience trouble your
Sportlove-Oh mol Not if she reall,
gets the money.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08

How did you feel when you were
walking down the church aisle to be
married?"
do you remember how you felt the
first time you got in a BARRIERS chair
to be shaved?"
Never will forget it."
That's the answer"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08
unoanny knowledge.

The Charlotte Observer a y that
there hasn't been a red petticoat in
North Carolina since the big sleet."
That's entirely too much for any one
editor to know.-Nashville Tennes-
sean.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08
Bread puddIno win onlons

Mix half q pound OF breadcrumbs
with a teaspoonful of sage, two ounces
of onions, pepper and salt. with three.
quarters Of a pint Of milk. Add two
eggs well beaten and bake in a quick
oven.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08
Thn nlferenne-

Bangs-What is the difference be-
tween a woman's whist club and a
mans poker club?
Wangs-Why, in one you get home
to dinner and in the other to break
fast.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08

First Native lin western town)-I
guess that chap won't stay here long;
we've insulted him in every way pos.
sible since he located here.
Second Native Nonsense! He
doesn't know it. He's been living in
New York.-Judge.