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TLna pou,s Ancestors.

According to Charles r. Eastman.
writing I'D. the Museum Journal, our
modern dnoS have a varied ancestry,
some being descended from Asiatic and
some from african species. The spitz
in all it's Varieties is a domesticated
jackal. The mastiff and st. Bernard
and their kind are descended through
the molossus of the Romans from a
huge wolflike creature that was al
ready dqimesticated by the Assyro-
Babylonihns 5000 years before our
era. The Russian borzoi and the ST.
Gillian hound had their origin in the
Cretani hound, which is still common
in Crete, and it and its cousin, the
Ibaza hound of the Balearic islands,
came from the ancient Ethiopian
houndI which was a domesticated wolf.
The dolie or shepherd dog seems to
come down direct from a small wild
dog of the paleolithic period.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-13

are seer the old, silken royal stand
ards of Hawaii. In the trains of
guests are the highest federal, terri
torial and city officials; there are
jurisis, generals and admirals, states
men and writers. Social life in old
Hawaii still centers in Washington
place and all delight in honoring the
beloved queen. The people of Hawaii
who overturned the monarchy still
give sincere homage to. this woman.
Impress of the Monarchy.
That is one side of the social activi-
ties in Hawaii. The monarchy made its
impress upon the people and their GUS
toms in the past, and many of these
customs of habit and precedence have
not yet been overcome, for the eti-
quette of the court of st. James pre-
vailed at the palace during the reign
of King Kalakaua and Queen Liliuo-
ka1ani. The ~levees, at which presenta-
lions were made, were based in form
and style upon those given in Buck
ingham palace.
With the change in the government
and the setting up of a republic, the
president of the republic, Sanford Bal
lard Dole, former United States judge,
and Mrs. Dole became the arbiters of
oHicial social life In Hawaii. Mrs. Dole
was the social hostess of Hawaii I;
around them were the descendants of
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Indian Relics in St. Thomas.

Capt. Theodore de BODY Of the
American Indian museum, New York,
has discovered on the Danish West In
dian island of st. Thomas an Indian
burial mound and much valuable evil
dence Of aboriginal life. He Is still
working successfully on this discovery,
the first ever made there. He has I'M
ear he'd a Carib burying ground in
Which were found pottery and other
interesting relics. Capt. de Booy,
curator Of the museum, returned from
SantO Domingo last September with
Indian relics that he had discovered
in that country. He had an earthen-
ware Indian, IS inches high, that he
believed had been used in religious
ceremonies thousands of years ago.
That was the principal specimen, but
he had also about 1000 articles which
had been exhumed from % Indian
graves.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-13
Loves
Bankrupt
*
By Alvah Jordan Garth
1915. by W. G. chapman.)

Copyright. 1916. by w. G. Chapman.)
II am very sorry" said Mary Ben
son. and tears stood in her eyes.
Then she placed both her hands on
those of the Responding Lionel Dore
and looked up at him frankly.
But l am glad that you have told
me-" she murmured softly and her face
showed sympathy, kindly interest and
a slight token of regret. You have
honored me and 1 shall never forget
you. But you must forget, you must
remain the true, good man you are
and do your duty"
She was gone. The man sat star
ing after her, a world of emotion in
his strong, ingenious face.
"She loves mel" he whispered fer
vently to himself. ut is enough. Yes,
l will meet the ordeal and it will not
be s. hard, knowing that this tender
soul Is in harmony with my own"
1t was a strange case. Lionel Dore,
young, plant, impressionable, had
fancied he had found his ideal in
Lucia Tresham. She was the petted
child OF rich parents, light, frivolous,
vain. She vas frail and delicate, with
a fervor of genuine affection in the
subject of her hearts choice.
Insensibly Dore had been led into
avowing his regard for Lucia. 1t was
to find that she wished to be little
more than a petted doll. She was ex-
acting, moody, capricious. Then Mary
Benson, her precise reverse, had
flashed over Dore's pathway. She was
Lucia's closest friend and had come
to be a companion of Lucia until aft
er the wedding. Lionel was troubled
shocked and then appalled, to find that
all of the love of his strong nature
was given to Mary Benson.
He had fought against the convic.
don, he had tried to be loyal to Lucia,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-13

royalty set; there are many social
circles in Honolulu. Among the most
active entertainers are the Princess
Kawananakoa, a beautiful part-Ha-
waiian woman of culture and brilliant
accomplishments, and Prince and
Princess Kalanianaole (Prince Cupid,
for short, they say), whose delightful
old villa at Waikiki is the scene of
many and wonderful parties. Prince
Kalanianaole is Hawaii's delegate to
congress.
Golf and polo are played through
out the islands. Tennis courts abound
everywhere, even at the remote villas
of the sugar planters far away from
town. The motor car is everywhere,
ever going now to the very edge of
the crater of Kilauea, on the island of
Hawaii. Baseball is played the year
round. At the famous Honolulu Coun-
try club in Nuuanu valley, just outside
of Honolulu, is a splendid 1S-hole golf
course.
Isolated as Honolulu may be geo.
graphically, its society otherwise is in
close touch with the outside world,
and is in no Sense insular. 1t is ready
to do its part, with credit to the dis
tinguished strangers whom Ii may re-
ceive, and its representatives are at
home in any land wheresoever bust
ness or pleasure may take them.
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Then had come a moment when he
and Mary were alone. In a wild tor
rent of words he had poured forth
the emotion that was fast consuming
him. 1t had not been a proposal. 1t
was a confession, the wretched avowal
of a thoroughly unhappy "a
And now, despite his misery, a
strange, subtle peace stole yer Dore.
His soul was relieved. The woman
he really loved knew of his affection.
Her very words told him that he was
lloved in return. But she was high
lsouled, she had appealed to all that
was noble in his nature to stand leal
and honorable by his sacred duty and
await the final decree of destiny.
With fixed resolution Dore made up
his mind that he would be all he had
promised to Lucia.
So the wedding took place and Mary
was there, and smiled amid her ten
der sorrow, and Dore went through
the ordeal smiling, too, and the child
fervescent spirits, never s~uspecting
the truth.
Mary left the Tresham home imme-
tdiately after the wedding. She and
Dore met only once and then in the
presence of others, where with due
formality they bade one another good
by. Dore took mp his cross. Lucia
Insisted on a %prOtracted tour Of travel
covering wide distances. He yielded
to her slightest whim, weary and sad
lhe6rted as he realized how little
here was in her outside of being .
vilfful. spoiled child.
Then they drew closer to one an.
)ther, the mismated pair, for a littl
one came to the household and tn
secret chords Of Dore's being WEI
stirred to a new source Of interes
and love. 1t was after that when
revelation came that made him sti
more devoted to Lucia. The doctt
lad told her father that her frail CO
titution was broken, that inside
iisease was wasting her vitals, Il
he would not live through the y
1t came to pass, her gradual ia
way, and Dore was a widower. 4
Id Mr.. Tresham removed to the r
south and Dore was alone in q
world with a helpless little infan IN
his hands.
Little Lois became the me c .ct
- -I
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land cottnge a~nd[hlred a motherly old
woman as houseAseper and nurse for
Lois. His professional duties as nm
architect held bita to the city, bnt
| every weekend was spent in the COM
pany Of Lois.
In all of the years Dore had not
heard of Miss Benson. He thought
of her often, however, and wondered
how fate had treated her. OF course
an attractive like her would
have married long since. He valued
the memory that placed her high In
his estimation, but felt that so far as
any mutual interest was concerned,
his hopes and affection were like an
aforementioned story in the old-time
entombed.
DOre was absent at a distant city
on a most important business mis-
sion, when a telegram reached him
signed by his housekeeper announcing
that little Lois was ill, but in good
hands and that his immediate return
was not imperative. Dore wired back
TO advise him daily of the child's con-
ultlOus Ibt itBOllo WClC 81 Na6uCS
simply containing an assurance that
Lois was well cared for, that he
traced a certain mystery about the
same which troubled him. He hur-
ried through with his work and start
ed for home.
He was met at the depot by the
doctor. The latter after some circum-
locution explained the situation to
him.
"Your wish to see yoir little child
is natural, Mr.. Dore," he said, but
that is impossible for the present"
"Then she is critically I'LL" ex-
claimed Dore ~anxiously.
81 think not, but she is quaran-
| tined"
"a contagious disease2"
Eyes. Your ~housekeeper deserted
her in a fright at the first. Forum
ately, 1 found a most expert young
nurse. Her patience and skill have
done wonders in bringing the little
one to a stage of 'convalescence. For
tunately, too, the nurse escaped con
tagion. BY next Monday 1 hope it
will be possible for you to see Lois"
1t was a period of anxious waiting
for Dore. He was filed with CRATE
full joy when he was told that the
house had been fumigated' and he
might clasp his darling in his arms at
last.
Lois came running towards him as
he stood in tlIe open doorway. She
babbled forthh her childish delight.
| She told of Hear aunty," and how
kind she had lkeen to her, and she left
him to run tA a lady advancing from
another roomH MARY Benson.
The little ore clinging to her, Mary
stood smilinglJ extending a welcoming
hand to the amazed Dore. He bowed
his head to hide the grateful tears
that filed his eyes.
Always the same kind, gentle,
faithful to the last! You must have
sought Lois out"
"And if II did," questioned Mary
softly, "do you not deserve all that
tribute, after your noble adherence
TO duty?"
He could not let her go, and she did
not wish iii Their love for the little
one cemented the bond of affection
and a new life of serenity and happi.
ness came to Lionel Dore and those
he loved.
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Il " YHEN the picturesque opera
NN/ bOuffe kingdom of Hawaii
succumbed to the law of
dootipu tn 1000 u,han tho

IL nv pANthiO oiuC OpNAo
NN/ bOuffe kingdom of Hawaii
succumbed to the law of
destiny in 1893, when the
reigning queen was deposed and a re-
public set up, and five years later
when the republic became a territory
Of the United States of America, the
romance of the old-time government
disappeared with the furling of the
beautiful Hawaiian flag. But the old,
moonlit nights still remain; the same
Incompatible climate still enthralls,
and the tinkle and the strum of the
ukulele and guitar are heard beneath
the coconut palms as the native Ha-
waiians sob their ear-haunting melo-
dies, writes a special correspondent of
the Christian Science Monitor from
Honolulu.
No longer is the old palace filled
with diplomatists of foreign stations (;
distinguished generals, admirals, writ
ers and playfolk are no longer re-
ceived in the old throne room by a
Hawaiian king and queen. OF all the
old regime, there still remains only
the deposed queen, Liliuokalani, liv-
ing a still eventful life in Washington
place, the home of her husband, the
prince c%onsort a home filled with rel
les of the days of royalty; reminders
Of the days when King Kalakaua was
the monarch, and she a queen herself,
during a brief reign of two years,
Today, however, the queen is hon
ored in Washington place and else
where as if she sat upon the throne of
old Hawaii. On Hawaiian holidays. on
her birthday and many other occa-
sions, she receives in semiroyal state
the guests are ushered into her draw
ing Don by the same officers who Off
ciated when she was in the palace
the introductiOns are made by the
same courteous gentleman who offici.
ated as chamberlain during her reign
her attendants are the same women
who attended her in the brilliant days
of the monarchy. In the drawing-room
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-13
OranQe Sauce.

One tablespoonful flour, one-third
cupful sugar, M cupful boiling water,
one cupful orange juice, one teaspoon
full Grange rind and n t~easpoonful
lemon juice. nix the Hour and sugar
together thoroughly, then add the boil
ing water slowly and cook for ten min
utes, stirring constantly. Add orange
and lemon juices and the orange rind
and bring TO the boiling point. Serve
hot with orange puffs.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-13

man nature, and in the whole economy
OF the providence of God In regard to
the physical world, everything is on
the march upward and onward. And
thing is very certain, that neither
In the Individual nor in the collective
mass has the intimation of God in the
human conscience verified and fulfilled
itself. The imperfection shows that
we are not much further than the bud ;
somewhere we have a right to q pre-
science of the blossom.-Henry Ward
Beecher.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-13

sons idea is made law it will take
away from members of congress their
influence in the selection of postmas-
tiers and remove from politics a subject
of patronage the country over. Among
many members of congress there is a
strong sentiment for the law.
The department, it is said, has
been handicapped in some of its pro-
gressive measures because p~ostmasters
were chosen for their popularity rath-
er than for their business ability.
The plan proposed would make
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-13
Meerschaum as Building Material.

Even the most ~esthetically inclined
of our American millionaires would
hardly consider the luxury of living in
a residence built Of m~eerschaum as
within the range of their fortunes, yet
there are many u~npreteDtious houses
of this material in the Spanish town
of v~allecas, near Madrid, where a
coarse variety of this substance may
be found. Oddly enough, Just across
the straits are the Moroccans. who
have discovered that still another va
riety Of m~eerschaum fathers freely and
makes a good substitute for the ordi-
nary toilet soap,-Popular Science
Monthly.
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Lemon Pudding.

Sauce-One and one-half cupfuls of
sugar, one and one-half cupfuls water.
butter size of egg, juice and rind of one
lemon.
Batter-One cupful sugar, M cupful
water, butter size of egg, M teaspoon
full baking powder. flour enough to
make batter like cake.
Mix the sauce in granite pan and let
stand till dissolved, then pour batter
over sauce and bake in a medium oven.
Good either hot or cod.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-13
evolution and immortality,

There is an element In evolution
which endsars 1t to me and to every
man; / think 1t throws bright CLEANS
on the question Of immortality. I see
that the unfolding series In this world
are all the time from lower to high
er, that the idea is not reached at my
point, that the leaf works toward the
bud, and the bud toward the blossom,
and the blossom toward the tree, and
that In the whole experience Of hu-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-13

Mother" said Carl. suppose after
all the trouble we have had with the
baby he should die"
"Then we should not begrudge him
to God" said mother.
1--WE should not ~begrudge him, Of
course" said Carl, but God does seer
to want nor than his share of the
babies, especially If they are good"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-13
Pudding.

Beat two eggs, add one-half cupful
sugar, one-half cupful molasses, one
half cupful milk, in which dissolve one
half teaspoonful soda, one-half cupful
flour. Pour into pudding dish and bake
in moderate oven As minutes.
Sauce-One cupful sugar, one cupful
boiling water, butter size of a small
egg, salt, one tablespoonful -four dis.
solved in three tablespoonfuls water,
one-half teaspoonful lemon extract.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-13
Dreamed Potatoes

One large onion cut in small pieces /;
cover with milk and simmer until the
onion is tender. Pass the onion and
milk through a sieve; then add a cup
1ul of cold sliced potatoes. Season
with salt and paprlka, then scald. Add
the beaten yolks of two eggs mixed
with one-half cupful of cream or good
milk. Heat the mixture through. but
do not boil.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-13
SteMed Apples.

One and one-half cupfuls of water,
one-half cupful sugar, ten apples, one
tablespoonful of lemon juice.
Boil the sugar and water together.
Wash, quarter, pare and core the APP
pies. Cook the apples very slowly in
sirup until they are soft and trans
parent. Add the lemon juice and then
remove them from the sirup without
breaking the pieces. When ready to
serve strain the strip over them.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-13
Good Nluht.

"How is that efficiency expert max
ing out over in the place where you
work."
"He got the gate the very first day
he was there"
"What was the matterl Was he In
competent"
mo, he was too darned competent.
He discovered that the boss was
wasting half our time telling us things
that we knew better than he did,
| New York World.
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terS OF Europe, and mas created sOIne
remarkably skillful portraits in bronze
and marble.
But it is not for her art statues
and portrait busts that Mrs. Heide-
nan has achieved distinction in gov
full models of bugs, of which she has
made so many that she has forgotten
the names of half of them.
Under her talented fingers the
bugs are marvels of art. They are.
made on q GIGANTIC scale. Some are
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-13

There are said 10 be 800 uses for
the palmyra palm, which grows
throughout tropical India.
With care there is timber enough In
the United States to last 444 years,
according to a government expert.
A number of date palm trees have
been brought from Africa to Cali
fornia, where dates are now raised
successfully.
Pet canaries In this country con-
sumed a total of 4.T04.625 pounds, or
1880 tons of birdseed during the last
year.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-13

a business which a a must first qualify for before reciv-
ing al appointment 1t would make possible the promotion If a postmaster
from a small Office to a larger one and instead of installing a postmaster for
a fouryear term to remain in ne place he would be installed in the Office he
is best fitted for If it were found that a postmaster serving in an Office with
receipts of $4,000 was qualified to serve in a office with receipts of 100000
he would be in line for promotion to such a office.
By this method the service it is declared, would be improved and at the
anne time would be placed on a business basis and economies realized.
The proposed change would affect 9192 postmasters, the number low
appointed by the president, OF these 57 are first class, 2212 second class,
6413 third class.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-13
To Protect Bed SPRINGS

Cover your bed springs with a cover
of heavy %unbleached muslin or ticking,
sewing tapes TO each corner to keep 1t
tied on firmly. This will protect your
mattress from iron rust and can be
taken off and shaken every week and
washed when soiled.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-13

cared Doctor Swingle IAN exhibition recently prepared at the library shows
Sung, King and Yuan dynasty prints and two early Ming prints, printed
before 14O 4. D. Some of these works are of great interest, being editions
supposed to have been lost even in the Orient.
Besides these early works dating from the twelfth century, the same
exhibit contains material illustrating the three largest books in the world.
"These are: The Great Ming Encyclopedia which took the equivalent of
5000 years work in compilation; the Imperial Encyclopedia the largest
printed work made up by order of the Manchu emperor, Chien Lung, from
1878 to 1892 and including all the principal works in the Chinese language"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-13

VOIUIntS IN OJner AslHLIC IOnBUeS, HC-
cording to DIR. Walter T. Swingle Of
the Library of Congress.
The Chinese library in question is
part of the Library of Congress, and
Is known as the Chinese collection of
that institution.
"We have not only one of the largest
and probably the best arranged collec-
lions in Western countries, but are
fortunate in possessing many very rare
or very valuable works which would
be highly priced ever in China de-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-13
CONVERSATIONS

The worlds normal yield Of the six
great cereals ranges from 100000
600 to 19,000,000,000 bushels.
One Iowa college includes In its
course for agricultural students, IN
Structions in running an automobile.
Industries of the United States are
advertised in Bolivia, South America
by means of motion pictures.
A blade of witchgrass exhibited by
=. L. Yeaton Of Belgrade, Me. meas
ured six feet ten inches In length.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-13
Hard Puddfnu saues.

One and one-half cupfuls powdered
sugar. and. one-half cupful butter.
Cream these well. add one-half cupful
boiling milk, one-half teaspoonful
lemon, one teaspoonful vanilla. Beat
until creamy. This is especially nice
on steamed puddlngs. Would be
pleased with some ideas on packing
lunch boxes.
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Babel.

Everybody at the party was talk.
ing at onceP
"They were quite right" comment
led Miss-Gayenne Everybody might
as well talk. There vas absolutely
no fear of interrupting anything worth
listening to."--Washington Evening
Star.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-13

latest detective stories. President Wilson does not believe it wise to keep the
midnight oil burning. Therefore, the hours OF IL O'Clock usually finds him in
bed. More often it is before IL O'Clock that he retres. This is necessary
because of his early rising.
The following sign could properly be posted upon the door IF the White
House Offices:
"Ofce hours 5 o'clock in the morning until 10 80 O'Clock at night"
Usually the presidents afternoons have been given yer to recreation,
which may be golf, or motor rides. Mrs. Wilson is generally his companion
in both. The motor trips are usually over by 6 o'clock, so there is ample time
to prepare for Z o'clock dinner. Most of the presidents evenings have been
devoted to work.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-13
Conflicting Impressions.

81 suppose you are having a lot OF
fun with your new motor carr"
Sometimes l think I am" replied
Mr.. Chuggins, "and sometimes I think
t is having a lot Of fun with me-"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-13

This form of amusement is nothing
more than the good old game of pool,
or, speaking in more polite terms,
pocket billiards.
When the conditions are normal
at the White House the president has
two means of relaxation other than
playing billiards. He takes great de
light in reading poetry aloud, The
other form of amusement is the read
ing of detective stories. There is a
government employee in Washington
who considers it his especial duty to
keen the president snnnlied with the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-13

"My mother-in-law must catch that
in, driver, SO hurry up"
You can count on me, sir. l shall
e as If she were my own."-Bos-
Transcript.