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THE TEMPLE CITIES OF
JAPAN

Many feet have been treading their
way To the shrines in the temple cities
of Japan in recent months.
In the temples OF Tokyo many bits
of American pocket money went to II
priest for writing "A pretty prayer on
a slip of paper. which the visitor, in
true pilgrim fashion, pressed to his
forehead and TO his breast and then
fastened to the temple wall In order
that it might be a perpetual petition.
There are 10000 delties to whom de-
vout Japanese write, so a few Amer
leans pleas scarcely clogged the ce-
lestial postal service.
There were many native pilgrims on
the way to the shrineS. During the
summer months when the crops have
been taken care Of, the village folk,
though they have the temples of their
own patron deity and the fox god, feel
that they must send out pilgrim or
two to the sacred mountains and holy
places of Japan TO worship in behalf
of those who cannot go, and 80 they
provide a fund for his expenses.
Nor does the emissary travel in
Lie lOT l'otS must vi ITO
complexities. He is equipped with II
cheap white cotton shirt that can be
easily washed, tight-titting trousers
and IL loose white cotton jacket which
he tucks in with a girdle. He wears
an enormous broad, stiff straw hat
and on his back he carries piece of
mating which serves him as an UNI
brella by day and as "A bed by night
He carries his luggage in two bundles,
one on his back and the other in front.
usually labeled with the name of the
shrine he is to visit, and somewhere
about his person there is hung little
bell which tinkles as he stumps along
over the weary road from mountain
to mountain
In August the pilgrim rolls Off his
mat and the visitor from foreign lands
climbs out of bed at the crack of
dawn to hear the lotus flower bloom
for the buds burst with a pleasing
Characteristic sound.
If Nikko is the most beautiful city
in Japan, Kyoto can be called the most
interesting Here the feminine visitor
finds herself bewildcred by the most
exquisitely wrought of all the exquis-
ite pottery, clolsonne, bronzes, fans
and yelvets. After she has bought
more than she can comfortably get
home with, she probably will want to
see a bit of the mikado's palace which
covers over twenty-five acres Of
ground and is surrounded by n great
wall with six gates, or journey out
to see the largest lake in Japan, Lake
Biwa, and the 1.2O0-year-old pine tree
which stands near 1t.
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WHEN THE NEAR EAST is
CIVILIZED

"Roughly speaking, Turkey was d.
vided into five great provinces or dis
trlcts-Anatolla, Armenia, hurdistan'
Mesopotamia did Syria"
With this introduction William II.
Hall, writing to the National Geograph-
lc society, sketches the resources of
Turkey, which have an opportunity for
development with measures that may
lessen the horrors of mlsrulc, injustice,
deportntions, massacres and famincs.
He continues:
"The same broad plains TINT once
fed and clothed population of no.
100000 human beings are waiting to-
day for. the plow, the seed and the
reaper. The mountains still hold
riches of coal and iron and copper
The quarries still have abundance Of
choice marbles. The rivers are po-
tent with power to turn the wheels
of industry. The natural harbors in
yite the fleets OF merchantmen ana
the river valleys and mountain passes
offer natural lines of communication
and transportation, as in, the days
when great caravans passed along
these natural highways, bringing the
merchandise of the East to the mar
kets of the West.
"The whole land has been lying fal-
low for centuries-a land that modern
exploration reveals as one OF the r1ch-
est in natural resources and as unsur-
passed by its geographic location for
being the trade center of the world.
exclusive of Arabia. which was
never more than nominally under the
OTTOMAN dominion. the Turkish empire
embraced about $4,000 square miles
of territory at the beginning of the
World war. Only about 10000 square
miles of this were in Europe. Inc
Turkish empire was equivalent to the
combined areas Of the British Isles,
France and pre-war Germany. 1t was
larger than all of the area east OF the
Mississippi and north of the ONO ana
Potomac rivers.
s1Tbe boundaries were the Black sea
and Caucasus on the north, Egypt on
the south, the Aegean and Mediter-
ranean seas on the west. and the
Syrian desert and Persia on the east
Turkey In Europe was almost
negligible area, as the Balkan wars
strInpcd the Turks of all their Eu-
ropean possessions except CONSTANT
nople and narrow territory along the
Bospor1s and DardanelleS some ~
miles I'm width; so that when the Turk
Isb empire has been referred to in re-
cent years. Asiatic Turkey was nearly
all that the term embraced
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BIRDS HAVE YANKEE ACCENT
Londoners Complain That Imported
Parrots Are Spelling the Pronun-
citation Of Their Fellows.

The American accent has inVhdeu
even the parrot house at the geological
gardens here, according to London
correspondent of the Detroit News.
A large consignment of birds has
arrived from America. Many have
names that suggest cocktails. Hither-
to scientists may have doubted the
ability of cockatoos to acquire rec
ognizable accent, but two of these
birds fresh from the New York ZOO
speak unmistakable American.
They ask repeatedly for clam
oysters on half SHELF and beg their
amused visitors for hominy or Call
fornia peanuts. Sometimes in an out
burst Of patriotism they repeat Cali
fornia" until it would appear that 1t Is
the only word in their vocabulary. And
now very small green parrot In the
cage next door is trying to say
california" too.
A dlsgusted keeper stands outside
his cage saying London, London,
London" but the small green parrot
does not seem to admire his accent so
much as that of his feathered trans
atlantic friends.
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"The sugar EXTRACTED from this cane
would load fleet of steamers reach
ing from Havana to New York. with
II ship for every mile of the twelve
hundred that stretch between the two
ports. The great pyramid of Cheops,
before whose awe-lnspirlng proper
tions millions of people have stood
and guzed in open-mouthed amaze
ment. remains, after five thousand
years, unrivnled as monumental pile I;
but Cuba's sugar output this year
would make two pyramids, each out
basing and overlapping Cheops.
"The wealth the outgoing sugar crop
brings in is not less remarkable in It's
proportions. Four hundred dollars out
of single crop for every human be-
Ing who lives on the island-a sum
almost as great as the per capita
wealth produced by all the farms, all
the factories, and all the mines of the
United States.
What wonder, then, that Cuba to-
day is a land of gold and gems. richer
than Midas ever was, converting
Croesus, by contrast, into n beggar?
"How much net profit the cane grow
er reaps at 1920 prices is hard to es-
innate. but that 1t is large Will appear
when the methods of cane growing are
stated. To begin with, after the hrst
crop the planter does not have to
bother with seed time for about ten
years. The soil, is so deep and so
fertile that one planting produces ten
harvests Neither does cultivation
bother him after the first season, for
the blades stripped from one crop
form mulch that keeps the weeds
from competing with the next one.
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q TANDARDS of dress for children
y have been raised and fixed by
those who make business of produc-
dog clothes for them. The charming
and sensible things these specialists
produce prove an education and an
linspiration to the big army of mothers
who make or supervise the making of
.heir little ones clothes at home. AS
an example of perfect QUILTING for
school take the dress, footwear and
nat shown here and note how sturdy
each garment is and how well suited
ITO the little girl.
This frock employs soft wool iao-
r,c in blue and brown with an In
distinct stripe to make plated skirt.
This is attached TO plain oodiee
made of the same goods and fasten-
ing with buttons In the back. over
This bodice the plainest and auaintest
of little jackets abbreviates ils
hength and spreads open at the front
no reveal the bodice. The Jacket is
bound with narrow silk braid and Is
ornamented with small. round buttons
set along the front edges Az tne
throat it is fastened with tie OF
marrow, picot- edged ribbon. The jack
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THE HOSTESS
OF SWITZERLAND

Lucerne, scene of important confer
ences among allied statesmen. is a
precious Jewel among Swiss cities
its setting-a lake where varied beauty
and historic association are blended.
On that lakes shores William Tell is
reputed to have exhibited his marks
manship to the discontinue of Gessler,
and on its waters tradition holds he
won his revenge by Selling the rudder
of the vessel on which that tyrant held
him prisoner and guided it to the rock
where he aimed, not at an apple, but
at his oppressor's heart.
Less picturesque, but more signifi-
cant, was the formulation of the per-
petual league. That famous instru-
ment not only was the antecedcnt of
the Swiss confederation, but marked
mile post In humanity's political
freedom.
Beloved by tourists and crowded
with them in normal years. Lucerne
has retained many Of its ancient as
poets. Its crumbling wall with its
watch towers give 1t n medieval
stamp, TWO OF llS tONtItu "oob'h
bridges also serve as art galleries.
On the walls of one are depicted
scenes of the city's history and the
other has paintings of the Dance of
Death"
Perhaps the most famed art object
of the city is the Lion of Lucernc, con
sidered by one critic the most appro-
pirate and touching monument in eX-
istence" III grotto, hewn from the
natural rock, is a dying Hon pierced
by lance, with his paw protecting
the fleur-de-lys Of the Bourbons. Thor
waldscn, Danish sculptor. designed
this tribute to the Swiss guard who
died in seeking to protect Louis XVI
against the mob of Paris revolution
lists that stormed the TuilerieS in 1872.
Many quaint houses remain, includ-
lag the wooden structures whose in
fiammability gave rise TO curious fire
regulations. Wood for building could
not lie in the streets more than "A
hours. No smithy could work between
vespers and early mass. Every citi-
zen was potential fire fighter and
the citizens brigade when called to a
fire had to await word from the mayor
for dismissal. Women We're required
10 aid at night by holding lights in the
uoorways. Until two centuries ago
the city fathers We're assigned special
duties in fire fighting.
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NEITHER WARS NOR RENTS
DISTURB THIS CURIOUS
PEOPLE

The cone dwelers OF Asia Minor,
technically known rs the Troglodytes
of Cappadocia, are harassed not at
all by the housing problem, for they
live in nature made apartment houses,
fashioned by trickling streams and vol
canic violence.
Nor is it likely that they are con-
cerned in the least about their pOliti-
cal fate, for, though they inhabit what
is characterized as the cradle of civil
lization," they are more primitive in
some particulars than the most be
nighted tribes of Africa or the South
Pacific.
A communication by ]. II. SitlingtOn
Sterrett to the National Geographic
society describes the Cappadocians as
follows:
"Residing within stones throw,
metaphorically speaking, Of the won
derful civilization which fourished on
the banks of the Nile 5000 years ago /;
Of the mighty kingdoms of Assyria and
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both ancient and modern times are to
shadow of Asia Minors loftiest peak
snow-clad Mt. Argaeus (callcd by the
Turks Erjias Dagh), an extinct vol
cano whose eruption in the dim past
LAID the foundations and supplied the
material for these remarkable habita-
lions, while the Hays river of the
ancients (now known as XIII Irmak)
in succeeding centuries became their
tireless architect.
"The practice of living in caves, in
cliffs or in eNcavated cavities in the
open plain is to be traced to a state
of society which we OF today have
some difficulty In depicting to our
selves. And yet the central thought
of the Tr"ei.dytic habit is the basic
principle upon which ancient civiliza-
ticn was founded.
'1hcy have sought and found for
themselves complete isolation. They
seem to have none of the instincts of
agricultural man and they are wholly
inhoslitable.
"1 ne entrances to their dwellings
are high up in the almost perpendicu-
lar walls of the cliffs, and they are
reached solely by means of long poles,
which are light enough to be drawn
up when the lord of the den and his
family are safely housed. And when
housed they really are safe from in
trusIcn. for 1t would require host to
force an entrance against the Will OF
the family.
"Onc ancient writer tells us that
some Troglodytes made II practice of
killing all those who We're not in first
rate physical condition, on the ground
that man who cannot earn his own
living has no right to live; and when
one sees these dwellings, one can i'm
agine still another reason for killing
off the aged and the intlrm-because
Of their inability to get in or out OF
the house"
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JANE, Mo.-cTwenty-e years ago
was in very poor health, having
taken tho measles when my oldest ohfd
was one month old. My blood was out
of order and ! also had Inflammation
of the womanly organs and bladdes.
I doctored with the best doctor L
knew of, but gradually grew worse until
I wasn't able to do anything. l heard
of Doctor Pierce's medicines 30 got
bottle of Golden Medical Discovery .
and one of 'Favorite Prescription
and i Immediately commenced TO
Improve. After taking three bottles
OF each wns able to do light house
work and felt like a different person
n very small expense compared with
what i had been paying the doctor.
Since then / have always used these
medicines in my family. Mrs.
CHARLES SHANKs.
Sr. JOSEPH, MOI have taken two
walls of Pleasant Pellets and will say
that they are wonderful l have taken
other kinds OF pills but must say that
DIR. Pieree's Pleasant Pellets arc the
finest medicine have ever taken for
constipation, Also my husband says
that he Never saw medicine ike
thspJ they have done him lots OF
food. ."-MRs. GRACE KESsAHD, No I'LL
North Twelfth Street
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y vERBLoUsEs-whIch is another

~ vERBLoUSES-which is another
~ name for smocks-and blouses
FOR young misses show that the needs
nnd the likings of school girls, from
" years upward, have been carefully
considered. Designers have spent
thought and time on them, and in the
shops that cater to the best Informed
clientele they are to be found in ma
terials and styles appropriate to the
school girl and so made and ornament
ed as 10 express her sweet, very youth
ful, personality.
Many of them are in wool jersey,
mostly long waisted with narrow CIR
dies of the material and made in the
regulation style, as shown above, or
in surplice fashion. Necks are round,
but come up to the neckllne at the
back usually. Wool yarn or silk floss
In needle-work and embroidery, and
occasionally applique of goods in con-
trasting colors. with needle-work, an
Kora cloth and crocheted flowers ac-
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press one into each olive. Set them on
glass dish on n bed of cress; serve
with bread sticks either before or with
the soup.
Spiced Tomato Soup.-Take the
juice from a quart of tomatoes, one
small can of pimentos, one potato,
one onion, three tablespoonfuls of but
ter, salt and pepper, chopped parsley,
cayenne and one whole Glove. Chop
the onion and parsley and fry in the
butter five minutes. Pour over the to-
mato juice; add potato, chopped fine,
and the seasoning. Cook for 80 min
utes, adding water If needed.
Popcorn Pudding.-Take two cupfuls
of popped corn, finely pounded, three
cupfuls of milk. three eggs, slightly
beaten, one-half cupful brown sugar.
one tablespoonful of butter and three
quarters of II teaspoOnful of salt.
Scald the milk, pour over the corn and
let stand one hour. Add the remain
ing ingredients, turn into buttered
dish and bake in slow oven until
firm. Serve with cream or maple
sirup.
Lemon Cheese Cake.-Line patty
pans with pun paste or rich pastry.
and fill with the following mixture:
One pint of well-drained cottage
cheese, mashed very fine, three eggs,
well beaten, one tablespoonful of flour,
one tablespoonful of butter, the grated
rind of a lemon, all well mixed In the
cheese add one and a half cupfuls of
thin cream and sweeten to the taste.
After filling. dust the top with grated
nutmeg and sugar. Bake in hot
oven.
Sillabubs.-Take n quart OF heavy
rream, sweeten to taste and flavor as
desired; whip until stlff. skimming Off
the top and putting into n sieve. so
that every bit of the unwhipped cream
can drain through. When all is drained
pile high in stemmed sherbet glasses
and serve with sponge cake.
Potato SouffIe.-MiN four cupfuls of
hot mashed potato, one tablespoonful
of melted butter. two tablespoonfuls OF
milk. salt and pepper and the yolks
of two beaten eggs. Beat thoroughly,
then fold In the stihiy beaten whites
OF the eggs. Pile in baking dish and
cook until the mixture puffs and Is
brown on top.
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HOW SUGAR MADE CUBA
A WORLD Ell DORADO

Sugar. like shoes, we once took for
granted. But procuring enough for
the preserving season was problem
and sugar speak easies" are still not
uncommon in lands where the supply
is rationed.
Writing to the National Geographic
society. William Joseph Showalter
says:
with n sugar production nearly
doubled and prices more than quad
rupled since 1912, one can readily see
why Cuba is the worlds Ell Dorado of
1920. and why sugar Is Its king.
THE Imagination is almost over
powered in attempting to comprehend
the vast proportions of the sugar in
dustry of the island as 1t exists this
year.
The cane produced is of such ire
mendous volume that a procession of
bull teams four abreast. reaching
around the earth, would be required
to move it. The crop would suffice to
build solid wall around the entire
two thousand miles Of the islands
coast line as high as an ordinary dwell
ing house and thick enough for a file
Of four men TO walk abreast on 1t
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count for the very clever embelllsh-
ments which livcn up or tone down the
colors used, and colOrs include dark
and strong blues. taupe. brown, beige
and red. Yarn embroideries, yarn
fringes and angora cloth in bands and
cuffs make fine combination with
wool Jersey.
Blouses with the regulation waist
line are made for the young miss in
dimity or pongee and with Buster
Brown or open collars. There is al
most no trimming on them.
The middle must not be overlooked
when the talk is of things for school
wear. 1t is shown in blue and
dark red flannel, with the usual dec
grafton of narrow white braid with
insignia embroidered on the sleeves !;
and 1t is always good style; but choice
lies between 1T and overblouses. OF
the latter fine example is pictured
here. made Of wool jersey with needle
work and applique in light color.
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fourth of Il Cupful of sugar and let
simmer n few minutes to form sir
up. Set aside to chill. For the Jelly
soften one-fourth of two-ounce pack
age of gelatine In one-fourth of cup
full of cold water and dissolve in three
fourths OF a cupful of boiling water;
add half a cupful of sugar and two
thirds of a cupful Of lemon juice. A
package of lemon jelly will do away
with the above work, If 1t is at hand.
Pour into a dish to make n sheet about
three-fourths of an inch thick. When
chilled and set, cut In cubes. Set the
figs and sirup In individual dishes, ar
range the cubes of jelly around the
figs and pour custard over all.
Ribbon Cake.-Cream one scant cup
full of butter; add gradually two and
one-third cupfuls of -four with four
and one-half teaspoonfuls of sugar, and
four eggs one after the other without
beating; sift four cupfuls Of flour with
four and one-half teaspoonfuls of bak-
ing powder; Cdd to the first mixture, al
ternately with one cupful of milk.
Bake two-thirds of the mixture in two
ldgtE tdht IhuuS. 2AuN lllt AblAbNA MS
TO the rest of the cake mixture: One
cupful each of nut meats and ralslns,
one-half cupful each of currants, cit
ron and cherries (the fruit is minced
and the nutmeats broken In bits) add
two tablespoonfuls each of molasses
and cocoa, one-half teaspoonful of
cinnamon and one-fourth teaspoonful
Of cloves. Put the layers together with
fruit Jelly, cover with boiled frosting
and decorate with halves of walnut
meats.
How to Cook Pork chops.-Arrange
the chops in a heavy iron frying pan
with Just water enough in the pan to
cover the bottom; steam and cook I'M
covered until the water is evaporated.
then brown, season and serve. The
chops will be well done, well seasoned
and not dry.
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All Run Down
NowFeeIsFiine
EafOnic Ended
ASo T~nsshEn1

"Eatonic is the only thing 1 have
found to stop my heartburn and L
think 1t has been great help in
nervous SPELLS" writes G. G. Johnson.
An upset stomach may cause lots
of suffering all over the body. Eatonic
helps in such cases by removing the
cause of the misery, because it takes
up and carries out the excess acid
and gases and keeps the digestive or
gans in natural working order. A
tablet after meals is all you need. Big
box costs only trifie with druggists
guarantee.
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ct is cut with large arm holes which
allow the plain sleeves of the bodice
to slip through them. so that the jack
ct may be dispensed with II need be,
when schoolrooms are too warm. The
sturdy ribbed stockings and thick
soled shoes invite their wearer to
wander where she will out of doors,
Plaids, now as always, are favor
ties for children, and especially so
for school wear. For very little girls,
not much more than well started on
the long road of learning. there are de.
lightful frocks made of plain woolens
with long-waisted bodies that support
knee-length plated skirts They have
rather high round necks and three
quarter length or shorter sleeves.
Needlework In parallel rows Of
stitches border the neck and lower
edge of the sleeves, cover the waist
band and occasionally are used fc
the hem In the skirt also.
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Babylonia which arose In the valleys
of the Euphrates and the Tigris. their
power and splendor dazzling the world
1000 years before the Christian era
and at the very threshold of ancient
Greece. with its unrivaled culture and
political advancement, the Troglodytes
Of Cappadocia still retain toward their
fellow men an attitude of mind akin to
that which obtained in the stone age,
when there was no such thing as hu-
man society, but every man was his
own law and the mortal enemy of his
neighbor.
.Ghe caves. cones and cliff dwellings
of the Cappadocian Troglodytes of
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OTTVc6 StUWcd
With Anchovies.
Cut the olives
spirally using
large selected OIL
! v es, removing
the stone. Wipe
the oil from hlets
of uDpboyy and
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ups 10
Stewed Figs.
Lemon Jelly and
Custard. - Pour
boiling W a t e r
over a pound OF
figs, and let boil
rapidly until ten
der; add one
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creditors, but never make creditors
OF your friends"
at Is not the early riser but he
who gets the best sleep. wins the
worm"
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Bright!

When school opened this fall, Har-
old had a new teacher. He reported
on her to his mother as follows;
"Her name Is Miss Albright and
she is bright, and believe rae she is
going to make the rest Of u bright
or know the reason why"
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! The Kitchen
Cabinet ~
Observation-Disclosures

ia. 1920. Western Newspaper union-)
Yesterday is dead-forget It
Tomorrow does not exist - don't
worry.
Today is here-use it.-von Bockiin.
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sEAsoNAeLE GOOD THINGS.

A delicious dessert which will de-
light the children or even the grown
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SOME UNUSUAL GOOD THINGS

Those who like olives and anchovies
will enjoy this little relish or savory.