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View of the Fort of Vladivostok.
P rni.IC attention hns boon
drawn to Vladivostok, Russia's
groat Pacific ocoan port, by
the possibility that Japan
Slight intervene to save the immense
•tores sent there hy the allies to help
the Russians in fh»lr fight against
Germany. Vladivostok or "Queen of
the East," as the name signifies, is
the eastern terminus of the great
Trans-Siberian railway. Marion H.
D&mpntan writes in the Pittsburgh
Gazette-Times. The corresponding
western garrison city is called Vladi
kaukas or "Queen of the Caucasus."
At one end of the long main avenue
of Vladivostok stands an imposing
•tatue of Admiral Nevelskoi, who laid
the foundation of Russia's occupancy
of Pacific ports ; on the statue art* in
scribed the famous words of Czur
Kicholas I, "Where the Russian fiag
has been hoisted it must never be
lowered." At the other end of the
•venue, where the railroad crosses the
boulevard toward Europe, is a post
\ «Q which is engraved in gigantic let
I tors the simple statement: "Vladivos
tok to St. Petersburg, 9,922 Versts."
The mean annual temperature of
'Wadivostok Is about 40 degrees Fah
| tonheit, although it lies in the same
lltitude as Marseilles, France, and
Buffalo, N. Y. Its bay is ice bound
(torn the middle of December to the
beginning of March ; but sea communi
Oition is rendered possible by ice
r breakers. Its elevation above the sea
ft considerable and there are no bar
kers to the north to protect it from
•fhe piercing winds; while the Japan
ese archipelago interposes so as to
prevent any advantage being derived
from the warm waters of the Black
Current, the Gulf stream of the Pa
cific.
Splendidly situated at thë head of
• peninsula about twelve miles long,
' separating tw*o deep bays, whose
shores, however, are completely sterile,
Vladivostok faces the western and
more Important of the two bays in a
harbor called the Golden Horn. The
shallowest part of the harbor Is 12
fathoms in depth and is so extensive
that 60 steamers of 5,000 tons ench
could ride there, leaving broad chan
nels for maneuvering for a navy.
There are no artificial breakwaters,
as nature provided such in a massive
Island directly athwart the entrance to
the bay which acts* as a fortress not
only toward the angry sea but toward
Invading fleets. On this island the
Manchuria silka or spotted deer are
preserved. The Vladivostok harbor is
considered vastly superior to that of
Port Arthur, which is 530 miles far
ther south, except in climatic condi
tions.
More Men Than Women.
The town was founded in 1860 and
has a shifting population, variously es
timated from 75,000 to 120rfk)0. which
includes many soldiers, Chinese, Jap
anese and Koreans. The houses are
atone and several stories in height,
presenting quite an Imposing appear
ance in comparison with me small
wooden-housed towns of interior Si
beria. Its streets are lively but vast
ly different from Vancouver, Tacoma
and Seattle, on the American side of
the Pacific. Plgtalled Chinese In blue.
Koreans In white and Japanese in
varicolored costumes are mixed with
soldiers sailors and Europeans In
civilian garb. There are many more
men than women; for most of the in
aablt&nts are there to amass fortunes
and expect to return to their homes
and familier) when they have done so.
Living, too, costs very high, which is
another reason for not making it a
parmanent abode.
Seen from the sea the town rises in
terraces. The houses glitter In the
.un and give an invitation to land.
Once on shore one is quickly Im
pressed' with being in a money-mak
ing place and not a place of residence.
Cargoes hastily discharged are stacked
high in every available place. The
streets are crowded with horses, carts
and men of all nationalities. There
is one fine street, on which are the
residences of the governor, the com
mander of the port and many ether
magnates. There are several tiue
monuments, one of which is In honor
of the last czar's visit. There are
numerous churches, Roman Catholic,
Greek Catholic and Lutherans ; # a
museum is noted for its collection of
weapons and costumes of the far East;
and the Orient institute was opened
In 1899 for the study of Asiatic lan
guages. The crispness of the air. the
newness of everything and the gen
eral hustle and stir are suggestive of
Alaska rather than the Orient, were it
not for the ponies with their Russian
harness and the prevalent Russian
hoards.
Piled High With Supplies.
All things consumed in the town ant,
all the adjacent territory must be im
ported, as locally there are only
bricks, matches, lumber and a bad
beer to be had. No risk of seizure be
ing foreseen, great speculative possi
bilities being open to traders, and the
port offering the best means of send
ing provisions and munitions to Rus
sia, combined to produce an extraor
dinary state of affairs in that far
away city. There Is a perfect glut of
coal, kerosene, cotton, flour and muni
tions of all kinds waiting for further
transportation and with no protection.
European express trains could trav
erse the long distance between Petro
grad and Vladivostok in less than*a
week ; but it is not possible to run
trains over the Siberian railway at
such high speeds, as the road Is con
structed lightly, so the Journey re
quires nine days, and previous to the
war was done twice weekly by express
trains. The fare was more than $275,
the difficulties varying from sheets
and soap to pistols and mosquito veils.
The plan to construct this great
Russian railway was started as early
as 1875, but it was not begun until
1891. The Vladivostok station was
opened by the recent czar In 1897. It
Is an excellent building, but has been
used so much for the coming and go
ing of troops that its dirt and dilapida
tion make the weary traveler feel as
though he had stepped into an aban
doned emigration camp. Very light
rails are used on the tracks of the
Trans-Siberian road, but Russian en
gineers belle.ve In very heavy ties ;
timber may be had for the asking, so
half deeply embedded in ballast, to
give the tracks the strength Americans
provide with heavier rails.
It Is a Free Port.
The importance of Vladivostok lie
in the fact that It is the natural ware
house of this vast region, both from
a commercial and a military point oi
view. Russia, China, Korea and Japan
are all interested in its trade and
connected with It by railroad or ship
communications. It has been a free
port and Russia has been remarkably
liberal in encouraging other nations
In helping her to build up an ever
growing traffic and develop the re
sources of a rieh inland frontier.
Germany is fully alive to the value
of this trade, whose value is ever
growing; and when the war gamble Is
over she would like to possess it. The
presence of large Korean agricultural
communities very near, great Chinese
immigration tide surging in the dis
trict, the unceasing activity of thî
Japanese fishing boats that trade
along the coast, the fact that Euro
pean culture is not yet definitely es
tablished—all these things appeal to
the German mind, with visions of pos
sibilities for the future.
Vladivostok is Immensely strong as
a naval fortress, being surrounded by
76- forts on the seaward side, but at
the rear there Is a great open country
that now lies at the mercy of bol
shevlki sympathizers and German
spies. Russia's chief dread has been
of nearby Japan; so her fortification
of Vladivostok has all pointed toward
that power that lies only 450 miles
across the Japan sea.
Wild Guesa.
"Why do they refer to a statesman
as a solon?"
"The word is derived from the dead
language?)," answered the man who as
sumes to know everything, "and re
fers to a statesman's instinctive de«
sire to get on a platform and do af
oratêrical »olo."
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Hester Proves
Her Theory
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By JANE OSBORN
[Copyright, 1918, by the McClure Newspa
per Syndicate.)
To be quite honest Hester was star
ing shamelessly at the man opposite
her and the predominant sentiment in
her mind as she stared was one of ad
miration. The man sat in a posture of
dejection—his shoulders slouched for
ward and his chin sunk down on his
chest. This was not the remarkable
thing for it was a natural posture for
a man begrimed and smudged from
his day's work at the Kingdon foun
dry. The remarkable thing to Hester's
keen insight was that the young man
did not look as If he were mentally
slouching at ali. His rather large,
ruddy face, unshaven and blackened
grotesquely, showed alertness and
none of the set lines that came from
long. sens.-deadening drinlg :v in the
foundry.
That night after dinner Hester
sought her father, the owner ami man
ager of the foundry, in his study. lie
held an open magazine in his hand, but
his far-away, determined expression
showed to Hester at a glance that hi
mind was not in the magazine hut on
the foundry.
"No fair having troubles you don't
tell me about," she began, drawing her
low chair up to his and folding the
magazine that rested lightly in his
hands. "If you must think about busi
ness, think out loud. I'm enormously
interested—always."
Mr. Kingdon little by little admitted
to his daughter that the greatest
source *f worry in the management of^
his business was more or less of a
psychological nature. "It isn't flaws in
the metal or shortage of fuel or trans
portation troubles that give me my
greatest trouble. It's finding men I
can trust. Sometimes, Hester, 1 mis
trust them all. They are pulling away
from me. and the man I feel the
most confidence in is always the man
that shows the telling weakness. If
there were only a way to test the
quality of men as there is to test
metal then I might find men to help
shoulder the responsibilities!"
Hester's aniinnted expression show
ed the Interest she felt. She told her
father that this remark led up directly
to the very thing she had in mind to
ask him. Her only hobby outside of her
beds of spring flowers wasvthe study of
faces. She had worked up for herself
a system by which she thought she
could Interpret men's and women's na
tures and characters through their fa
cial contour. To be sure In her twen
ty-two years of life in a restricted cir
cle of associates In the town where
her father's large foundry was located
she had but little chance to test her
theories, hut though not extensive her
Itudy had been intensive. Now she
'asked her father for an opportunity to
try It out. She told him that she could
help him to find the right man for the
right place In his work If she could be
permitted to study the men In the fac
tory and to test them by the standards
she had worked out
"Let me have a Job as time-keeper—
something so that I can see the men
every day when they come to work.
They won't know who I am and they
will be off their guard. I know there
are men there that have the ability
needed to take the positions of t^ist,
but because you have no way of dis
covering them they are wasted. They
remain in the rut, doing something
that is not big enough for their abili
ties, and other men without so much
ability, through some accident or a
more pushing nature, take the bigger
positions. That is why they so often
prove a disappointment. \\ hy, this
very afternoon I got on a crowded
street car at closing time just to study
the men's faces. There was one young
man—shabby enough and apparently
doing the crudest sort of work—but
any one could see that he had ability.
There was an expression about his
mouth—a rugged determination—that
showed me what sort of a man he was.
I know I'll be able to help you. Won't
you let me try?"
During the two months that followed
Hester's assumption of the job of time
keeper in the toundry there were sev
eral surprising promotions and more
than one enforced resignation. All
that Mr. Kingdon would say when
asked for an explanation was that he
had been advised by an authority on
personal efficiency to make the
changes, and that it was due to no pre
judice of his own whatever, save, of
course, a perfect confidence in the
ability of the efficiency expert
Who was the efficiency expert? It
was admitted that h® must be a man
of some shrewdness. More than one of
the underlings in the office knew that
the young bookkeeper who waa dis
missed at the time of the first change
had been padding the pay roll for
weeks. Apparently the dismissal was
made without any knowledge of this
bit of high finance, but merely as the
result of the studies In personality on
the part of the mysterious efficiency
expert.
Most remarkable of all the changes
had been the rapid rise of Peter Nor
gen. At the time the upheaval began
he had been employed for two weeks
as a fireman down In the boiler room,
and a not especially capable fireman
had he been.
Then suddenly he had been pro
moted. Within three weeks he was
foreman of one of the departments,
and now, at the expiration of two
months, he had a responsible position
In the private office of Mr. Kirgdon
himself. And this In spite of the fact
that young Norgon had apparently re
sisted all promotion, and had shown
an utter lack of schooling. He hud
even proved his inability to write fig
ures and for this reason had a special
stenographer to take all his dictation
for him. Moreover, he doggedly re
fused to dress as a man in Mr. King
don's privute office should dross and
came and went in a flannel shirt und
overalls, and insisted on eating lunch
with the other men in the courtyard at
noon and consorting with them at
closing time rather than with the men
in the office departments.
No one was more puzzled than Nor
gen himself at his rapid rise. If he
was at ail pleased he did not show it.
And this was disappointing, if not to
Mr. Kingdon, who had taken a fancy
to the young man. then at least to the
daughter on whose persistent advice
Norgen had received his repeated pro
motions. Already in his dogged, al
most surly way, lit* had relieved King
don of a great deal of worry. Ill spite
of himself he was proving the right
ness of the udviee of the efficiency ad
viser.
One day N<>rg« n came abruptly to
Mr. Kinv ion with his question: "Who
is responsible for my promotion:" he
demanded. "If three is something be
hind tilts. 1 ought ; I know." You might
' re.:l ; ■ ■:re
ing about a plot to le op him forever
working a* hr« men rather than be
cause of repeated promotions. "I've
heard you employ an rflioieuoy ad
viser. Well, 1 want to know on what
the expert bases his conclusions." He
spoke slowly and at times with broken
English, though it would have been
hard to determine the nationality that
his accent indicated. "If you don't
want to tell me, at least you ought to
let me see this expert myself. It is
very important."
"You have seen the expert," Mr.
Kingdon said slowly and almost sol
emnly. "You see the export every day
— four times a day and if I am not
much mistaken you usually Stop and
chat vürh the expert for a few min
utes when you come in at noon. In
fact," Mr. Kingdon was looking
straight into the young man's face,
"I have reason to believe that the ex
pert occasionally meets you after
hours and allows you to escort her
part way home."
Norgen's face showed first annoy
ance and then something akin to
auiusement. "A curious choice for an
efficiency adviser—what does she know
of men's abilities?" he asked.
*She picked you from the rest," was
Mr. Kingdon's answer, "and you have
made good. I should never have no
ticed you even in a dozen years. She
seems to know her men and she Ls
learning more every day. She is be
coming invaluable. It's a rare gift—a
sort of second sight."
"She might have found out," the
young man who went by the name of
Norgen said, and then he made a clean
breust of the situation. As a son of a
large factory owner and sure some
time to derive a large Income through
the operation of his own Inherited
plants, he had started out intent on
learning at first hand the point of
view of the men whose labor made
possible the running of such fac
tories. The theory that he especially
wanted to prove to himself was that
the men who worked for his father's
plant had no show and were ground
down as mere machines. He even en
tertained some high-flown idea of re
nouncing all claim to the Inheritance
if he could Justify himself in the be
lief that such was the case. He had
really wished to remain in the King
don factory. He (Wok a grim pleasure
in the grimness of it. And then ia
spite of himself, and in spite of his
pretense of illiteracy his promotions
had begun. Instead of being able to
go back to his father with an account
of the oppression of labor he would
show him the rare proof of his abili
ties. For he was now holding down a
very important position for Mr. King
don and had thoroughly mastered some
of the most Important phases of tho
large plant.
"I'm a little Inclined to be angry
with you," he told the girl who had
been responsible for his promotions.
"Still perhaps you have done me more
good than harm. You have shown me
that I have, in spite of myself, a great
taste for the management of this sort
of plant. It has become absorbingly
interesting. I couldn't give up the idea
now of taking over my father's plant
some day—and I had thought of giv
ing it all up. I have learned to look
at things quite differently now than
would have been possible if I had re
mained In the boiler room as a fire
man."
During the weeks that had passed
when Hester had supposed him to be
only one of the laborers in h®r fa
ther's plant she had permitted a
friendship to rise between them that
seldom consisted of more than a stroll
homeward together at night. They
never went more than five blocks to
gether, ms neither wanted the other to
know where home really was. "And
now that you know who I am." he
said, "you arent' going to despise me?
We are none the less dear to each
other, are we? I had always dreamed
of marrying a girl like yourself—a girl
who knows hard work, a girl of the
people whose world ls not bounded by
the narrow conventions of leisured so
ciety."
"I'm Hester Kingdon," she said.
"What a dreadful disappointment.
Still, we might have met at any one
of a dozen house parties and never
should have cared a straw for each
other. If I can forgive you for not be
ing a brawny, unschooled stoker you'll
have to forgive me for not being a oica
little working girl."
And of course he did.
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We have nr> Intellectual right to be ,
Ignorant when Information lies at our
hand, and we have no spiritual right
to be weary when great moral Issues
are at stake.—Agnes Keppller.
APPLE WAYS.
To serve an apple pic <1*■ luxe make
the pi<* after any well-liked recipe.
, Have ready a cup
ful of whipped
cream, add a few
cniim
T 11 i
mixture
.mi
Date and Apple
Hate "oli >'c h
x itipi * of dates and.
i a half cupful of
d h
apples, spri
table- p.nihf
with a eru
moderate oven.
Kentucky Pie. S:re.::i six large ap
ples and put them through a colander;
stir in while hot. or • spoonful of l ut
ter and when cool add the yolks of
three i ggs, the rind and juice of a
lemon and -a cupful of sugar all well
mixed and beaten together. Over a
deep plate with good crust and till
with the mixture. Rake -io minutes,
cover with a meringue and brown.
Apple sauce when prepared of good
flavored tart appb s is delicious. Slice
the peeled apples thin and place in a
stone covered dish and bake for sev
eral hours in the oven, adding sugar
after they are partly cooked. Cider
may he added to the apples while cook
ing If liked, making the old-fashioned
cider apple sauce which is often canned
and used when the apples and cider
are out of season.
New Apple Salad.—Beat one-half
cupful of double cream until stiff, add
a tablespoonful of lemon juice and a
fourth of a teaspoonful of salt. Cook
three apples that have been cored and
pared In a sirup of equal measures of
sugar and water with two or three
cloves and an inch thick of cinnamon,
then let them stand until cool. Chop
fine four candied cherries. Cut out the
center of head lettuce and place an
apple in each head. Mix the four cher
ries chopped with ten pecans and add
to the cream. Pour over the apples.
Baked Apple Salad.— Bake rosy ap
ples until tender, remove the skin and
stuff the centers with celery and nuts
well mixed. Serve with mayonnaise
on head lettuce or in nests of shredded
lettuce.
Do not dare to be so absorbed In
your own hfe, so wrapped up In lis
tening to the sound of your own hur
rying wheels, that all this vast pathetic
music, made up of mingled Joy and
sorrow of your fellow men, shall not
find out your heart and claim it and
make you rejoice to give yourself for
them.—Phillips Brooks.
GOOD THINGS WORTH TRYING.
Peanut butter ls such an appetizing
food and combines with many dishes,
affording a variety.
Apple Peanut
Salad.—I'are, core
and chop slightly
acid apples and
mix them with
half as much
chopped celery.
Mix a dressing of
peanut butt er
using one tahlespoonful of lemon juice
to five of peanut butter, season well
with salt and cayenne and serve with
lettuce garnished with peanuts.
Apple Chicken Salad.—Scoop out the
centers of six fine apples, fill them w ith
cooked minced chicken seasoned with
green pepper finely chopped, salt to
taste and cream to moisten. Place the
apples In a steamer and conk until al
most tender. Place on ice and serve
with mayonnaise.
Quaker Oats Sweetbits.—Take n
cupful of sugar, two well-beaten eggs,
a tablespoonful of butter, a teaspoon
ful of vanilla, two teaspoonfuls of bak
ing powder, two and a half cupfuls of
Quaker oats ground fine and a half
cupful of nuts. Mix and drop on but
tered tins by teaspoonfuls.
Cream Salad Dressing.—Cook a third
of a cupful of cream, two slightly
beaten egg yolks, two tablespoonfuls
of sugar and the same of lemon Juice
fn a double boiler until thick as a soft
custard. Add salt and cayenne and
strain.
Poached Eggs In Soup.—Butter a
deep pie plate of pyrex, then sprinkle
over the bottom a half cupful of fine
bread crumbs. lY> a can of mock turtle
soup, add three tablespoonfuls of wa
ter, boiling hot, mix well and pour
carefully over the crumbs. Set the
dish Into the oven and when bubbling
hot, take It out and break into it as
many eggs as there are persons to
serve, being careful to keep the yolks
from breaking. Sift over the eggs a
layer of buttered crumbs and put into
the oven to hake until the eggs are set.
Serve this froyi the dish in which it
was baked.
Mexican Rabbit.—Melt a tablespoon
ful of butter and cook In it a green
pepper cut In bits. When softened add
a pound of good cheese, cut fine, and
stir until melted. A<ld two-thirds of a
cupful of canned coni pulp, a half tea
spoonful of paprika, the same of salt,
two eggs beaten light, two-thirds of a
cupful of chopped tomato, stir and
cook until well blended. Serve ao
crackers.
Laugh nt alt tilings.
Great and small tilings;
Sick or well, at sea or sic
While we're (juafling,
L. t's have laughing
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for more
HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS.
.■«lost :t:iv kind of nuts ail
pry
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titty
ai d a tables;totutlul
cm
ml rm
makin
rice or any
ho added to
a little meat
nul made into
, makes a most
fold «vrr.'il.
other cooked ft
hainhurg steak,
go a long way.
IVliHi stewing all fruits add a lit
tle salt while cooking. This will im
prove the flavor and saves sugar.
A can of shrimps eut up with a fork
and added to hot com mush, then
molded, and when
small cakes and frit
tasty luncheon dish.
If clothespins are treated by put
ting them into the boiling suds after
the clothes are boiled, they will not
split.
Hash hairbrushes hy putting them
in warm water in which a tablespoon
ful of borax to a quart of water ha»
been added. Rinse in cold water amt
drain hy putting them bristle sido
down in the sun.
When using a colander or sieve for
tomatoes or other foods a small howl
or Jelly glass, to he used In place of
a spoon, will force the food through
more quickly.
Yolks of eggs may he kept several
days if placed In a bowl and covered
with cold water.
A hunch of parsley will keep fresh
for three or four weeks If dipped ia
cold water, then placed in a glass jar
with the top screwed on to keep Ilk
the moisture.
To take the shine off any wool good»
rub it lightly with a small piece of
fine sandpaper.
The material In fathers' shirts aft
er they are past further wear, will
make nice little dresses for baby ot
small aprons for mother or sister.
The whole great problem of winning
the war rests primarily on one thing,
the loyalty and sacrifice of the Ameri
can people in the matter of food. If we
are seltish or even careless, we are
disloyal; we are the enemy at home.
Now Is the hour of our testing.
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NUTS A GOOD MEAT SUBSTITUTE.
Nuts are a valuable food and wit!»
the different kinds one need not fear
using them too often.
Nuts like legumes are
rich In protein and fat.
Peanut Loaf. —Take n
cupful of soft bread
crumbs toasted, three
fourths of a cupful of
peanut butter, half a
cupful of cooked rice, a
teaspoonful of salt, a
dusk of pepper, a tea
spoonful of poultry
dressing and a tablespoonful of
ch<>pp««d parsley. Combine the in
gredients. mold into a loaf and hake
thirty minutes. Unmold, and serve
with tomato sauce or catsup.
Nut and Cheese Loaf. —Take a cup
ful of rich grated cheese, one cupful
of English walnut or hickory nut
meats, a cupful of dry bread crumbs,
two tablespoonfuls of water, a tea
spoonful of salt, a few dashes of pep
per, two taldespooiifuls of chopped
onion and a tahlespoonful of oil.
Cook the onion in the oil and water
until tender. Add crumbs, nuts and
cheese with seasonings. Bake in a
loaf till brown. Garnish with lemon
points.
Nut Croquettes.— Take one cupfnl
of any kind of nut meats at hand, add
a half cupful each of bread crumbs
and cooked rice, soak the crumbs in
half a cupful of milk, add an egg
slightly beaten, a teaspoon of salt and
a dash of pepper. Mold, dip in egg
and crumbs and fry in deep fat, us
ing corn or other vegetable oil.
Nut, Cheese Date Salad.—Stuff
dates with cream cheese after remov
ing the pits from the dates. Roll ta
ground nuts and pile on a salad pinto
with a mound or mayonnaise in tho
center.
Nut Muffins. —Take one and « half
cupfuls of barley flour, add a half
teaspoonful of soda to a half cupful
of «our milk, a half teuspoonful of
«alt. Mix with a half cupful of mo
lasses. one egg and. a half cupful of
hickory nuts. Add a teaspoonful of
baking powder to the barley flour.
Mix as usual, giving the hatter a good
hearing, pour into greased muffin pan»
and hake thirty minutes in a moder»
ate oven.