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A Noble of Abyssinia and His W ife.
It Is only 500 miles from the co ast
but the toy train has labored heavily
HE «tutus of Abyssinia, sup­ for three days to accomplish the
posedly settled a score of Journey.
It runs only In daylight
years
ago when
England, hours—a practice due in p art to dan­
Fiance, and Italy guaranteed ger from the Somalis and Dannklls,
h er Independence, Is up for considera­ nomadic peoples of the sem idesert,
tion again among the guarantors. The for It would not be difficult to remove
country is practically th e last hit of a rail, plunder the wreck, and disap­
Afrlcu unappropriated by European pear In the darkness.
powers, und some of the powers are
Needs of Travelers.
wondering w hether It would not he
b etter a fter all to bring w estern civi­
When traveling In Abyssinia th ere
lization—und control—Into this cor­ are n few details of organization to
n er of the Dark Continent.
which p articu lar attention should he
Although the people of Abyssinia paid. The first Is to be well sup­
may he Immersed In medievalism, plied with Interpreters. T here should
th eir rulers h are managed to keep be a t least two, preferably men who
p retty well up with the times.
do not like each other, for th ere are
One of the most famous women several hazards In having but one In­
ru lers In the history of the world sat terp reter. In the first place, you are
upon the throne of Abyssinia nearly at his mercy, and are told only the
3,000 years ago, hut the present em­ things th a t he Is willing th at you
press of th a t country, a daughter should know. If he wishes to go a
of Menellk II, Is not allowed to gov­ certain route, he tells you th a t th ere
ern her people. Wnlzeru Zaudltu Is Is hut one rond. Again, he may fall
merely the nominal head of thia coun­ III and thus leave you w ithout means
try, which was noted as the home of of communication.
the Queen of Sheba In the days of • A second end to be secured In or­
Solomon. The actual ru ler of Abys­ ganization la dissension In camp.
sinia, or Ethiopia, as Its natives pre­ T here can be (no concerted action
fer to call It, Is Has Taffari, the and little Individual sabotage In the
regent and heir apparent, son of Has way of delaying the m arches. If
Mukonncn of H arar, and cousin to the there are factions among the serv ­
empress.
ants. To this end It Is wise to hire
T here has been an Increasing senti­ both Mohammedans and C hristians.
ment on the p art of Hus T affari and
The Mohammedans prove especially
others to widen A byssinia's contuct useful In tying up the C hristians
with the outside world. At the end when the la tte r get drunk.
of the World war. Has Nado, gov­
The plateau of w estern Abyssinia
ern o r of the province of Gore, was
«ent to congratulate the allies on slopes upward from the low plains of
th eir victory. In the course of his the Sudan. It rises gradually higher
tour he visited the United States. and higher until the extrem e eastern
Has Taffari upset convention when. edge Is reached.
H ere It breaks abruptly Into a
In October. 1922, he visited ‘Aden,
und a few hours a fter his arrival g reat escarpm ent, the first drop being
wns viewing the city from the first one of 5,000 feet. Its surface la cut
airplane he had ever seen. In 1924 he by stream s, the larg er of which have
did a «till more astounding thing. In eroded canyons of great extent and
the early sum m er he made an ex­ of forbidding depths. The aspect of
tensive visit to Europe, thus breaking the country Is extrem ely m ountain­
ous, but for the most p art th is ap­
a century-old precedent.
U nfortunately, th e United S /ates pearance Is due to erosion.
The canyons Interpose g reat diffi­
has no resident agent In Ethiopia. Al­
though the ruler Is very favorably culties In traveling. They necessi­
disposed towurd Americans, and Is tate eith er very hazardous descents
willing to extend unusual courtesies and climbs or tim e-taking detours of
to them, he first m akes very sure many miles. The trails, as far as
o f tlielr mission and satisfies hlinself possible, follow the high ground.
At the g reater elevations there are
th a t they are ns they represent them ­
selves. A would-be trav eler may have often com paratively level areas over
to cool Ills heels In Addis Ahada, the which caravans w ander with ease. In
capital, for niuny weeks before he re ­ such places m arches can he made
ceives perm ission to go about the with little hardship to the mules.
country.
The villages on the higher plateau
are often tucked away In the small
W hat Addis Ababa Is Like.
Addis Abulia Is a struggling city. canyons, which protect them from the
T he principal streets are "paved“ fierce wind th at blows over the e a st­
w ith round, w aterw orn bowlders from ern escarpm ent tow ard the Sahara.
Seventy-five miles n ortheast of Ad­
«1 Io 10 Inches In diam eter, and the
two main suburban roads along the dis Ahnba (but six days by horse­
base of the hill are surfaced with a back lies Aukober, situated on a
thin macadam. Wheeled traffic Is un­ peak In the breaks of the eastern es­
common. most residents going from carpm ent. The trav eler sights It
place to place on horseback. It Is a hours before his arrival, but he Is
Journey of an hour and n half from i compelled first to drop down thou­
th e American mission, on one edge of sands of feet to cross a stream and
town, to the British legation, on the then recllmb to an alm ost equal ele­
vation. The sides of the canyon are
other.
A fairly good road runs from the very precipitous and, although the
residence of Has T affari to th at of trail zigzags hack and forth, It la
the em press, and several streets are extremely steep.
passable Io the half dozen autom o­
Ankober on Its Peak.
biles, which are limited to the city
Ankoher was founded by Amada
and to one road which Is Improved Yesns shout 1750. It consists of a
for some distance w estw ard. Over the needlellke |ieak surm ounted by a
country ns a whole th ere Is no possi­ citadel which Includes an Inclosure
bility of wheeled trnlfic of any kind.* and a couple of houses, one of which
To ride In an automobile In the belongs to the ruler. T here are sev­
city Is more or less of an adventure, j eral lines of defenses of a type per­
T he streets are alw ays filled with j fected as a h arrier to spearmen.
pedestrians, each one of whom Is ob­ T here are nlso three or four guard­
sessed with the Idea th at he must houses on the path which leads io the
discover how long he can keep In crest. About th e hill lie a few scat­
front of the m achine hy running. The tered huts and on either side Is a
n ative pack ponies coming to m arket church.
ure unused to autos ant, gallop wild­
The view from the peak at th e cor­
ly along the road, causing th eir pai-ks, ner of Ihe plateau Is magnificent. To
when loaded with hay, to slip sidewise the north and west are lines of crags,
and finally beneath them.
rocky
pinnacles
and
forbidding
T he store buildings are one or two- chasm s eroded from the escarpm ent.
story adobe and stone stru ctu res cov­ To the northw est the escarpm ent
ered with galvanised Iron roofing. rlaea like a wall. From the aouth-
The sto rk s of goods are sm all mid In­ west to no rth east the plain of the
ferior, although at one store, run by H av ash river sweeps In s great curve
a 1‘arsee, a considerable assortm ent —miles and miles of blue-black aiwcla
o f article« Is for sale. Resides the grasslands th at fade away In the lew-
stores, th ere a re the thousands of er levels to Intangible streake of
grsss-roofed h uts scsltered shout the white.
hills, w here the native population
T h ere are tw o chnrchea a t Anto-
lives.
ber, one quite new. The typical
T h ere la no electricity, no gas. no church building of Abyssinia Is c lr
w ater or sew erage system , but there ular, but this one Is a many-alded a f­
Is a “movie."
fair.
All the town goes to the station In
The A m haras belong to the Coptic |
th e evening when th e train arrives church, a branch of the C hristian '
from Jibuti. The coaches of the train faith. In th eir services the prlesta |
are filled with all kinds and classes often encircle the chnrch dancing, or
of people, who arriv e w eary and dance before It. as was the custom of
dirty.
the Jew« In Biblical time«.
(P rep ared by th e N ation al O angraphle
S ociety, W ash in g ton. D. C )
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street. The tw o large windows are
the main source of light. They m ust
C u rtain s like clothes a re grow ing
therefore be curtained simply, but so
simpler. Gone a re the days of sw ad­
as to Insure some privacy. The wall
dling ourselves and our windows w ith
paper is soft gray, the rug dark gray
many layers of heavy fabrics. Sun­
with m ulberry and blue In the border.
shine and fresh air a re getting th eir
These sam e colors appear ngain in the
chance at us In the bouse as well as
upholstery on the chulr nnd In brig h t­
out-of-doors.
er shudes In th e picture over the fire­
Curtains Follow Clothes.
place. The books In the low shelves
In design, too, cu rtain s have fol­ under th e windows have these sam e
Floor Plan.
lowed clothes. S traig h t lines a re colors and m any more. The long hor­
proving as good for windows as for izontal lines of the bookcases have the
By W. A. RADFORD
rear porch. From th e dining room,
figures, say the home economics spe­ effect, too, of broadening the windows
Mr. W illia m A . R a d fo r d w ill a n s w e r
nnd also from the re a r porch, one may
cialists of the U nited S tates D ep art­ Bearing all these things In mind, fig­ q u e s t io n s a n d g iv e A D V IC E F R E E O F reach the kitchen through an entry
ment of A griculture. S traight lines also ured cream m adras w as chosen for C O ST o n a ll p r o b le m s p e r t a in in g to th e way In w hich provision Is made for
b j e c t o f b u ild in g , fo r th e r e a d e r s o f
help to Increase height or breadth, gluss curtains to cover th e windows. s th u is
p a p er .
On a c c o u n t o f b is w id e
supplying Ice to the re frig e ra to r with­
depending on w hether they run The delicate p attern helps to sh u t out e x p e r ie n c e a s e d ito r , a u t h o r a n d m a n ­ out entering the kitchen.
up and down or crossw ise In cu rtain s the gaze of the curious from the u f a c t u r e r , h e Is, w it h o u t d o u b t, th e
The kitchen Is of the sm all compact
as well as dresses. It behooves the street, but the fabric Is Itself so thin h ig h e s t a u t h o r it y on th e s u b je c t. A d ­
d r e s s a ll I n q u ir ie s to W illia m A. R a d ­ type, nine feet square, w ith windows
woman who w ants artistic cu rtain s in th at it is an aid In diffusing light. fo r d , N o. 1827 P r a ir ie a v e n u e , C h ic a g o ,
a t tw o sides giving an abundance of
her house to look a t th e shape and The overdraperies, also of truuslucent III., a n d o n ly I n c lo s e t w o - c e n t s ta m p
light. It Is equipped w ith the usual
size of her windows and think w hether m aterial, are dull blue th a t serves to fo r r e p ly .
featu res including built-in cabinets.
the eeillng should be made to appear em phasize this color in the other fu r­
Individuality, all too rarely achieved In a passage leading from the rear
higher or brought down to a less lofty nishings. These draperies are made In the sm all, single-story home, Is an
entry a re tw o doors which adm it to
level. F or color she needs to study und hung in the sim plest way possible. especially appealing featu re of the
the basem ent s ta ir und to a front, ear­
w hether the room gets plenty of su n ­ T heir straig h t vertical lines contrast house Illu strated here. A stric t ad­
ner bedroom. T he placing of this
shine or none ut all, and then look a t agreeably w ith the horizontal lines of herence to sim plicity of design to-
bedroom is perhaps the poorest fea­
the colors In the walls, floor cover­ the bookcase. They also make the j g ether w ith well treated roof lines are
tu re of this house as, from It, the bath­
ing, und furniture.
celling appear higher and add dignity j responsible for th is desired effect, and room can be reached only by passing
Must Be Curtained Simply.
to the room. Such draperies should the whole Is greatly enhanced by the through the dining room. B ecause of
T ake th is picture of a moderate- alw ays reach to the bottom of the well selected and careful planting of the com pact arrangem ent of the house,
sized living room In a house of the “apron" or window casing, but glass vines, shrubbery and flowers.
however, this cannot he considered a
bungalow type set rath e r close to the curtains should end a t the sill.
No less individual Is the Interior of serious fault.
this home. The front entrance, which
The other bedroom Is placed on the
Is from a porch and placed exactly In o th er fro n t corner of th e house. In
GOOD RECIPE FOR
LEMON MERINGUE
the center of the house, Is directly Into this way both bedroom s a re provided
the living room. The only outside ex­ w ith windows a t two sides, giving ex­
A SUNSHINE CAKE
PIE EASILY MADE posure
of th is room Is th a t a t the cellent cross ventilation. B oth have
fr^u t, th ree of the w alls being In­ am ple closet space, the closet for the
Moat Delicate and Delicious Start Should Be Made by terio r ones. O pposite th e front en­ second bedroom being of unusual size.
tran ce Is an open fireplace nnd beside The bathroom Is placed to the rear of
of All Confections.
Making Undercrust.
It Is an arched doorway giving access this bedroom w ith a facing door.
to th e other rooms.
T his house Is of fram e construction
(P rep a red by th e U n ited Htatea D ep a rtm en t
(P r ep a red by th e U n ited S ta te s D ep a rtm en t
T his doorway leads directly Into a w ith shingled roof and brick chim­
o f A g ric u ltu r e.)
o f A g ric u ltu r e.)
One of the most delicate and de­
S ta rt your lemon m eringue pie by dining room of practically the sam e neys. The front porch Is of concrete
licious of «11 cakes is sunshine cake, m aking an undercrust. Use your own size ns the living room. T his room and Is approached by th ree steps. The
which Is one of fhe sponge cuke group recipe, or the following one which nlso would have windows on but one house, as this would indicate, sits low
containing a large proportion of eggs m akes enough for two crusts, one of side w ere It not for a slight projec­ upon Its foundations and gives the
and no b u tter or other fat, says the which may be saved for another d ay : tion a t the re a r which m akes possible effect of being a very p a rt of the site
U nited S tates D epartm ent of Agricul­ Sift l*a cupfuls of soft-w heat or oue side window and a door onto the on which it stands.
ture. F or a good-sized cake you will pastry flour with 1 teaspoonful of salt.
need six egg w hites and three y olks; Work Into this about 5*4 to 7 tnble-
one cupful of sifted soft w heat or pas­ spoonfuls of fa t with the tips of the Give Careful Thought
Sewing Room Welcome
try flour; one cupful of su g ar; one- Angers. Add about 2*4 tublespoonfuls
to
Finish
of
Woodwork
in Any Size House
h a lf teaspoonful of s a l t ; one teaspoon­ of w ater, or Just enough to m ake the
In any decorative scheme, don’t for­
In planning your new house don’t
ful of flavoring, and one teaspoonful dough correct for rolling.
Roll It
of cream of ta rta r. B eat the yolks very lightly. P rebake a single crust get to consider the color of the wood­ forget the sew ing room.
and w hites of the eggs separately, at nbout 450 degrees F ahrenheit work. W hen the wood used fo r w in­
T here Is such a satisfaction In be­
adding h alf of the salt to the egg until It barely begins to color. Now dow and door trim Is oak, cypress, ing able to m ake for yourself those
w hites so th at they will beat up very make the filling separately. You m aple or birch or any wood with a new cu rtain s for the guest room, or
beautiful grain, a w aterproof varnish the dainty house dress for fall th at
^tlff. Add the sugar to the beaten
will need 4 tahlespoonfuls of lemon
egg yolks and begia adding the flour. Juice, 2 tahlespoonsfuls of corn­ will give lu ster and bring out the you have w anted so long. Many wom­
grain. Woods vary in shade from
starch. 1 cupful of boiling w ater light to dark brown or red. The en are able to work w onders with
a pinch of salt, % cupful of sugar, color schem e of the room should be tlielr sewing m achine and needle, and
1 tablespoonful of butter, 2 egg kept In sim ilar tones or warm colors. these are the ones who appreciate a
yolks, the grated rind of h alf a C ontrasting colors can then be used little room w here they may keep their
lemon. Mix the sugar, salt and corn­ In some of the furnishings to give the work us It progresses—a place for
sewing table and electric machine, a
starch together and udd It to the boil­ room anim ation.
sunny window th a t floods the little
ing w ater, stirring constantly until
L ight woodwork Is very fashion­
the cornstarch Is cooked. T his will able. And there a re excellent varnish workshop w ith light and air, and
tak e about 5 or 10 minutes. N'ow add stain s nnd enam els on the m arket pleasant, colorful, yet easily kept
the lemon Juice, grated lemon rind th a t will give Just the shade or tint clean furnishings.
Wall paper Is alm ost a necessity In
and well-beaten yolks and hutter. In the woodwork th a t the color
Cook all together for not more than schem e of the room demands. V ar­ the sewing room, l ’lalu, h are walls
a m inute, pour Into th e crust and nish stain s color the wood and let the would be dull and m onotonous since
spread over the top a meringue made grain show through. Enamels give a there Is little decorative fu rn itu re to
by thoroughly heating the 2 egg solid coat o f color th a t Is rich and relieve them. T he cu rtain s m ust be
w hites, with 2 tablespoonfuls of sugar satiny In Its texture. The range of most simple and easily washed, and
added when the egg w hites are stiff. colors Is wide and m anufacturers give the floor m ust have rugs th a t can he
Use a w ire whisk and befit th e w hites explicit directions for securing any often sw ept an d scrubbed. So on the
on a p la tte r to make them light nnd tin t or shade desired. O f course, the walls rests the responsibility for gay
fluffy. Bake at a low tem perature, or most satisfactory finishes are abso­ color and Interesting design.
about 250 degrees F ahrenheit for 20 lutely w aterproof and can be washed
A brief chintz paper, on a warm
minutes, and then raise the tem pera­ w ithout Injury to gloss or color.
cream ground, m akes a splendid sew­
tu re until the m eringue browns.
ing room paper, and It tran sfo rm s the
small room Im m ediately Into a cheery,
Varnished Floors Need
sunny place to work. D on’t neglect
Excellent Recipe Given
Attention Every Year the sewing room, when plunnlng your
to Mabe Salmon Loaf W hen a varnished floor begins to decorations—th a t Is, If you are one
Get a pound of good grade salmon show the effects of hard wear, once a of the women who spends much time
with flaky m eat and few sm all honJs. year or oftener. If necessary, sand­ fashioning dainty things for yourself
Taat v.i« Oven With a T herm om eter to P repare It by draining off the oil, un­ paper It lightly and put on a new coat. and for your home.
less you like Its flavor, and picking out The habit of doing this every spring
Make Sura It la Not Too Hot.
all hones and pieces of skin. Break In city and country houses and In of.
to which the cream of ta r ta r has been the m eat up Into fairly small pieces flee buildings preserves the fresh, ele Construction Gravel
added. This m ixture will be so stiff with a fork. Add an equal quantity gant appearance of good floors.
Comes From Streams
Experts * recommend such regular
th at you will have to add some of the of »oft bread crum bs taken from the
Much gravel th a t goes Into concrete
beaten egg whites for m oisture before center of the loaf. Then add two well- treatm ent as well for Its ultim ate
construction and road building comes
all of the flour is added. Fold In the beaten eggs. salt, pepper, chopped beautifying value.
out "of stream channels. At Syracuse.
egg whites very carefully so as not to parsley, and sufficient milk to moisten. ’
Ind., an electric pump mounted on a
release any of Ihe air which you have (about *A cupful). Place In a greased i
Financing
Home
big float sticks up 4.000 gallons per
been so careful to beat In. Thia a ir baking dish, mold Into a -oaf. and hake i
Most fam ilies who buy a home must minute—25 per cent of which is solid
Is the only leavening In thia kind of In a m oderate oven until brown. Or, I
cake. Last of all add the flavoring if yon w-lsh, you may Increase the pay for It out of their own savings. m a tte r—and discharges It through big
Usually It Is desirable for them to
Pour the h atter as soon as It Is mixed liquid to 1 cupful, place In greased tin»- !
tapes to screens w here the gravel la
Into a smooth. ungreased tube pan hale molds, and hake surrounded by posses«, free from obligation, st least separated from the flow and hauled
one fifth or 2« per cent, of the value
A tube pun la best for baking a cake w ater until firm.
away. The coat of procuring It la
•>f the house and lot In cash.
low.
(P rep a red by th e U n ited S ta te s D ep a rtm en t
o f A g ric u ltu r e.)