Kansas City Advocate

When You think of Furniture think of M.K. & T. Auct. Co.730 Minn. KANSAS Subscription $1.00 Per Annum When You Negroes gets Good Positons REPUBLICANS OF MARION COUNTY INDIANA APPOINT THIRTY COLORED MEN TO GOOD POSITIONS. Marion county, Indiana, of which Indianapolis is the county seat, changed its county officials January the first, which had been occupied for four years by the Democrats and their places taken by come-back Republicans. This come back sauce brought with it and into the Marion county court house, the party's old stand patterns, the colored elector and 30 of them were given positions such as clerkships and some few minor jobs, such as custodian, chauffeurs and janitors which pay from $60 to $100 a month. We might comment on these appointments over in the Hoosier state, but why should we when it was only a duty of those who were in authority. It wouldn't taste bad if some of Wyandotte's old John Brown Republicans could have a taste of some of this come back sauce, from the recognition shown the 8,000 colored voters in Wyandotte. A KANSAS CITIAN ENTERTAINED. Mr. and Mrs. John Miller, of 1311 Buchanan street, entertained at a six-course dinner in honor of her sister, Mrs. A. T. Marr, of Kansas City, Kansas, on New Year's evening. Plates were laid for twelve. The guests were: Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Frank John and son, Edward, from Enterprise, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brent, Misses Jessie and Amalee Brent, all of Des Moines, Iowa. All enjoyed the evening nicely.—From a Subscriber. COLDEST PERIOD FOR YEARS IN KANSAS CITY. Kansas City has experienced since Wednesday the coldest weather for many years. A north gale started Tuesday night with a flurry of snow and all day Wednesday the temperature dropped rapidly and by Thursday morning with a quiet atmosphere the thermometer had dropped to 22 degrees below zero. Much suffering has been reported among many families who were not prepared for the sudden drop. The relief committees are kept busy answering calls for help and they are responding as promptly as possible. This cold wave is general all over this part of the west and Oklahoma. K. C. Cold Wave Records. 1899, —22.1, on February 19. 1905, —21, on February 13. 1906, 0, on February 5. 1907, —5, on February 5. 1908, 4, on January 29. 1909, —6 on January 6. 1910, —5, on February 23. 1911, —16, on January 3. 1912, —20, on January 12. 1913, —2, on January 12. 1914, —4, on December 14. 1915, —10, on January 28. 1916, —22, on January 13. The Glad Girls will meet at the Association on Saturday at twelve thirty. Forty-five girls listened attentively to the story which Miss Ethie Cautin Davis told them on Sunday. Girls of grade school age are invited to the Story Hour at four o'clock Sunday afternoon. Miss Minnie Jackson will tell the story. FIRST A. M. E. CHURCH. Rev. Dr. G. E. Horsey, assistant pastor, had charge of the pupilt at all of the services last Sunday, the pastor, Dr. Ransom, being called to the sick bedside of his mother at Parsons, Kas., last Friday. Dr. Horsey preached two very able sermons to an appreciative audience. The revival service closed Wednesday night. One of the new furnaces have been installed in the basement which is doing its work nicely in the way of heating the auditorium. Quite a number of the members are still on the sick list and especially the aged ones. Y. W. C. A. Prof. J. M. Marqu Presiden Prof. J. M. Marquess, New President of Citizens Forum J. OTHER OFFICERS ELECTEDPLANS BEING INAUGURATEDFOR THE YEAR—A STRONGEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The Citizens Forum one of the largest and oldest Negro literary societies in the west held its annual election Sunday afternoon at its regular meeting at the Metropolitan Baptist Temple. It resulted in the unanimous selection of the following for its officers for the ensuing year: President, J. M. Marquess, Prin. of Sumner High school; Vice-President, Mrs. Villa Dwiggins; Secretary, Miss Olivla Lewis, and Treasurer, Mrs. Norene Davis. President Marquess was empowered to select his own executive committee and has announced his selections to be Mrs. Gloria Dillard, chairman, Misses Ida Godfrey, Minnie Jackson, Laura J. Harlan and Messrs. G. B. Buster, D. W. White and Parker Gardner. Mr. John French, the retiring president, was the first to greet Mr. Marquess after his election and to offer his assistance to the incoming administration. Mr. Marquiss was seen in his office the early part of the week by the editor and talk very freely of his plans. He expressed himself as highly elated with the personal of his executive committee and could see no reason why the Forum should not continue to occupy its exalted place in the community. He was complimentary in his remarks about the retiring administration and said he hoped to be as regular in his attendance as was Mr. French. When questioned as to his policy, he said; "I hope to contribute all that is within me in making the citizens Forum count for something. I purpose to enlist the co-operation of every good influence in the community and to give that influence full credit for what it does. I shall play no favorite and intend unreservedly, to enter upon my duties with malice toward none and charity for all. I have unending faith in the young people and believe that they should play a more definite part in the life of the Forum. To that end I have asked Mr. Roy Out of Subsc All out of town s in arrears will have get square with Out Out of Town Subscribers All out of town subscribers who are in arrears will have until Feb. 1st to get square with Our books, Those who fail to do so, will be dropped. Prof. J. M. Marquess --- Tucker, president of the Senior Class here in the high school, to head an executive committee of young people. It will be the duty of this committee, once each month to arrange and take charge of a program of their own making the young folks need the training and this plan I believe will stimulate greater interest. Finally I intend to contribute of my influence to make the Forum, not only an instrument in itself for good, but a conspicuous link in the chain of all of the organizations which have for their end the uplift of our people. I believe one should join hands with every good movement, for after all it is only the good hard sympathetic, intelligent and prayerful pulling together which will enable us as a people to win in our struggle for right and efficiency." DON'T forget that money must accompany all matter to be published such as wedding announcements, resolutions of any kind, cards of thanks, memoriums, obituaries and lengthy club reports. So to insure publication of any of these mentioned send cash in with your matter or see the editor. METROPOLITAN CHURCH The Metropolitan Sewing Circle held its first meeting of 1916 at Mr. and Mrs. Pleasant's Tenth and Walker avenue. About the same officers were re-elected. Mrs. M. C. Matthews, chairman of the executive committee, conducted the program. Some of its features were metagrams given to each guest, to guess their meaning. This was an innovation, which was greatly enjoyed. Music was rendered by Mrs. Holmes and current events and quotations were given. Mrs. Holmes also guessed the most metagrams. The guests were refreshed with sandwiches mashed potatoes marbled blanc mange cake, ice cream and coffee. * * * Miss Bessie Parker, of 844 Washington boulevard, has returned from St. Louis, Mo., where she has been visiting. She reports as having a pleasant visit. BENEFIT IN DAILY TUBBING Required for Proper Preservation of Health and Looks—Turkish Bath Works Wonders. It would be wrong to prescribe hot water baths for all the world of women, for there are undoubtedly conditions when they would be harmful, is the assertion made by a prominent physician. But daily tubing in water of some temperature or other is required for looks and health, and if the heart is in good condition, the benefits of the hot tub are undeniable. So the long dead beauties of ancient Greece and Rome kept themselves fair, and so the beauty of today builds up her looks when she finds they are beginning to wane with time or a fevered life. Weak woman anxious for their looks crowd the Turkish bath, boiling and steaming away complexion hurts, rejuvenating muscles, lightening their bodies of superfluous flesh, soothing their nerves. And if they are used to such baths, or to some other preferred kind, they feel as fit as race horses for a week afterward. Some medical facts concerning the usual effects of the hot or cold bath give this illuminating information: The hot bath facilitates and stimulates the natural combustion processes of the body; the cold bath, to produce the same results, lavishes just four times the same amount of energy. The cold bath is not sufficiently cleansing for the health of the skin, and when there is a predisposition to skin troubles the chilly water tends to increase them. The process called "hardening," which consists in submitting one's system to the shock of cold plunges, is thought, too, the worst thing in the world for any but the most vigorous constitutions. SOMETHING TO BE ACQUIRED Possession of Good Taste Is Almost Entirely a Matter of Assiduous Cultivation. If we would possess good taste we must take pains about it. We must study models, we must follow examples, we must compare methods, and (above anything else) we must crucify the natural man. If there is one thing to be dreaded in these matters it is what is called the unaided intelligence of the masses. A crudely colored oleograph of the Albert memorial may give pleasure to an unaided intelligence, but is that pleasure to be compared in depth of satisfaction with that which is afforded when the educated eye feasts upon the nature-interpreting canvas of a great artist? All, I think, are agreed about the study of the models; of the things which are attested . . . We may then, I think, assume that the best way of telling a good book from a bad one is to make yourself as well acquainted as you can with some of the great literary models. Do not be frightened at them. They afford the widest choice; they are all for moods. There is no need to like them all alike.—Augustine Birrell. How Land Work Affects Climate. How Land Work Affects Climate. The character of climates is variously affected by the presence or absence of trees and other vegetation. In a British association address, Sir Charles P. Lucas noted that climates became both hotter and colder when the surface of the earth has been bared by the cutting down of trees; they become drier or moister with the destruction or planting of trees; and healthfulness or unhealthfulness may be determined by the removal or retaining of the forests. The Canadian northwest is cited as an example. Broken or plowed land does not retain snow and ice like the unbroken prairie surface, but it is more retentive of moisture and the heat of the sun. As a result there has been perceptible agricultural improvement of the climate, with an extension of the wheat belt considerably farther north than formerly. Lord Strathcona believed that the rails and telegraph lines of the Canadian Pacific railway brought some change even before the coming of the settlers, an increase in dew and moisture having been quite evident near the railway. Sympathy Ja Great Need. Sympathy is great need. A blight which often falls upon the souls of men who have studied long and perhaps bear learned titles is the blight of a narrow and ungenial view of life. They end at the barred window, and not at an open doorway. Sympathy puts the crown upon the head of the educated man. He has a fellow-feeling for all men, because his wide experience of life has enabled him to understand them. Mingled in this sympathetic attitude of the educated man is humility, that grows out of knowledge. He stands with Newton on the shore, awake of the wide, unattempted sea. He knows that the corner of knowledge where he works, though but a corner, is yet related to all learning and all places where others are at work. NEWS MATTER MUST BE IN OFFICE BY TUESDAY. All news matter must be in our office not later than Tuesday of each week to insure publication in that issue. Only write on one side of your paper, write plain and spell names in full and correctly. If you will follow instructions your news will appear each week and without errors. Name of party sending matter must be signed to insure recognition.—Ed. MAJOR EDWARDS VISITS MID WEST COMPANY. Major Prince Edwards of Wichita visited the Mid-West company of K. Ps. Wednesday evening and inspected the company. The Major is an enthusiastic uniform man and his visit was quite an inspiration to the boys. A reception followed after the inspection, at Lieut. Slaughter's place. One initiation took place in the person of Dr. S. H. Thompson, grand chancellor of Kansas. FRAMES A MODERN DECALOGUE Pennsylvania Pastor's "Ten Commandments" Are for Married Women. From the Philadelphia North American: Harrisburg, Pa.—Falsification of a child's age to the trolley car conductor, gossip and scandal, strong drink and card party prizes, untoward friendliness with men other than the husband and numerous other matters are barred entirely for married women in the "ten commandments" formulated by the Rev. Dr. Clayton Albert Smucker, pastor of the Stevens Memorial Methodist Episcopal church. Doctor Smucker promulgated these "ten commandments" in a sermon on "Perils and Rules of Conduct for Mothers," the first sermon of a series of "1-man debates:" 1. Thou shalt have no men except thy husband. 2. Thou shalt place no club, social circle, pleasure organization or missionary society before they home. 3. Thou shalt not waste thy husband's substance on gay raiment and vain show. 4. Thou shalt not let the petty vexations of the household disrupt the family harmony and harass thy tired husband. 5. Thou shalt not feed thy family with the idle gossip and neighborhood scandal. 6. Thou shalt not fret thyself because thy neighbor's house is greater than thine, neither shalt thou re line when she smiles condescendingly from her limousine to thee in a trolley car. 7. Thou shalt not serve punch to thy guests nor put up prizes at thy whist parties, lest thy moral advice to thy sons and daughters become a mockery. 8. Thou shalt not pronounce thyself delighted to see an unwelcome caller, neither shalt thou declare to the conductor that thy l3-year-old child is of half fare age, lest thy heart become hollow and thy soul utterly false. 9. Thou shalt not wear showy dresses over shoddy underwear, nor shine with imitation jewelry, lest thy children be given to sham and false pretense. 10. Thou shalt not allow they Bible to gather dust, and thy attendance upon divine worship to be governed by caprice or the state of the weather, lest the altar fires of thy heart go out and thy children become Godless. PERSONALS. Little Alphonso and Algetha Weatherly of Lansing, Kas., spent the holidays with their aunt, Mrs. Hattie Ewing, of 1851 North Elighth street. Mr. E. E. Ewing, of 1851 North Elighth street, has been somewhat indisposed, but now able to be out again. Mr. West Chapman of North Elighth street, has been sick for a week or more, suffering from muscular rheumatism and billiousness. The Forum had an election of officers at its last meeting. Prof. J. M. Marquess was elected president and Mrs. O. Lewis, secretary; Mr. Truman, critic. Dr. Jeime, Spanish teacher at Summer night school, gave his pupils pretty souvenir post cards. Mrs. P. Woodfork is visiting sick relatives in St. Louis. A Self Supporting Young Man wins High Honor A Self Supporting Young Man wins High Honor YOUNG WEST VIRGINIAN ELECTED CLASS ORATOR AT OHIO UNIVERSITY. Daniel Leroy Ferguson, a graduate of the West Virginia Collegiate institute, of which Professor Byrd Prillerman is the efficient and popular president, entered the agricultural college of the Ohio State university in the fall of 1912. Within a few weeks thereafter the director of physical education became convinced that Mr. Ferguson had the qualifications for an athlete. Ferguson ranked sixth in the strength tests for the Freshman class, which consisted of 1,200 students. In the spring of 1913 Mr. Ferguson came out for the Freshman track team and won all the events in which he contested. During his second year at the university he made a place on the varsity track team. This was the first time that a colored student had been on the team in this university. This feat entitled him to membership in the western conference, thus giving him the honor of being the first long distance runner among colored men to be admitted to this conference, in case the plans of the coach are disarranged he can always count on Ferguson to run any distance from one-half to five miles. Critics say this young man is one of the most consistent runners in the western conference. Mr. Ferguson is a self-supporting student. He has worked at one of the fraternity houses ever since he entered this school and has been able to realize a sufficient amount to defray all expenses. He has been a great helper to his fellow students. Many have found work through his influence. In 19'4 there was organized in this university the Ohio State Jubilee Singers. This organization was effected after the persistent efforts of Mr. Ferguson to get a representative band of colored singers for the university. At present he is the efficient head of these singers, president of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and a member of the Varsity Ohio association. The culmination of Mr. Ferguson's college career was reached on Oct. 8, 1915, when he was elected class orator over one of the most active and prominent senators on the campus. This is the first time in the history of the Ohio State university that this distinction has gone to a colored student. The public awaits in great anxiety the unfolding of this young man's career. He has the proper attitude toward his fellow man and the moral courage to stand for his earnest convictions. Mr. Ferguson's home is at institute, W. Va., and the West Virginia Collegiate institute is proud of his achievements. The Bible Schol Institute that was held at the Third Christian church by Prof. P. H. Moss of Edmonds, Miss., was a grand success and all who attended it were much benefited. Those who attended from out-of-town were: Rev. Duke, of Topeka, Kas., Elder B. F. Trydings of Lawrence. Also a large number came over from the Christian church at Kansas City, Mo., and rendered some fine music for the occasion. Prof. Moss felt much pleased with the work of the church and Sunday school. He preached two fine sermons on Lord's Day. He is a wonder and kept his audience spell-bound at all the services. Mr. James Williams of 1414 N. 4th St. died Sunday Jan. 2, at 1:30 P. M. funeral was held Thursday Jan. 6th at King Soloman Baptist Church. Walter Abernathy son of Mrs. Joseph Wood of 2416 Tremont had an operation performed at Bell's Memorial Hospital in Rosedale last week he has returned home and is recovering nicely. Vernan Armstrong the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Armstrong of 633 Georgia has been quite sick with a cold but is somewhat better at this writing. Mrs. Williams, the matron of the Orphan's Home, was quite sick last week. She is much better now we are glad to report. KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE. And Independent. THOMAS KENNEDY, Editor and Prop. Published every Friday at 932 Oakland Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas The Advocate is a weekly journal devoted to Race Progress and Human Uplift. SUBSCRIPTION. Per Year ..... $1.00 Six months ..... .68 Three months ..... .35 Single Copy ..... .05 ADVERTISING RATES. Made on Application. BELL PHONE WEST 455W. "Entered as second-class matter August 29, 1914, at the post office at Kansas City, Kansas, under the best of March 3, 1879." Don't forget The Independent collectors when they call. It's only 10c per month and no one should put the collector off. The editor of The Independent is glad to know that our brother editor, Mr. Nick Childs, of the Topeka Plaindealer, has nearly recovered from a severe spell of sickness. THE INDEPENDENT CHANGES NAME. Those who have been reading this paper for the past 72 weeks under head and name of The Kansas City Independent, changes its name with this issue and will be known hereafter as THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE and The Independent. The policy of The Kansas City Advocate will continue to be as it has been since the present management took hold of it one year ago, January the first. Its policies have been conservative with the hope of developing a real newspaper for the good and advancement of its readers. Its purpose will also be to assist at all times, in the way of building up and boosting any commercial enterprise of city or state. As to its politics it stands today where it did one year ago, Republican, but since our city is under a commission form of government, and its citizens have so decided it to be as such we should be non-partisan so long as it brings results to all the people. The pages of this paper have been and will be open for any clean, moral or legitimate reading matter at all times. PROGRESSIVE CLAIM KEY. The Progressive National Committee which met in Chicago this week has claim to the key on preparedness and lighting of the country and of its present turmoil. And when one Mr. Perkins drew from his jeans the opener, it palmed out to be that same old brass skleton key Roosevelt, "Enter Ye gods through this door as he who enters any other way is a thief and a robber." So moot it be. And the man who now and then carries the half filled pail wants and is anxious for an opportunity to help back to our great commonwealth smiling conditions, but will never take a chance in doing it through the Progressive door. There is two things the peo le of this country has had enough of in the past three years and that is Democratism and Progressiveism. Ancient Mississippi Bay. The lower valley of the Mississippi has experienced many vicissitudes during bygone ages. Geologists tell us that during the Eocene era, when the shores of the Gulf of Mexico lay considerably farther inland than at the present time, a long, baylike extension of the gulf filled the present valley of the Mississippi up to the mouth of the Ohio. The boundaries of this ancient bay were not stationary, but shifted slowly back and forth from time to time, so that open sea was gradually replaced by brackish water, and this by swamps and peat bogs. The succeeding advance of the sea buried these old peat bogs beneath accumulations of clay, sand and sea shells. Newspaper Blanket. How many have ever heard of a newspaper blanket? Even people who have downy comforts and fine blankets find it impossible to keep warm on a cold night. Take two sheets—worn ones will do—have several newspapers—the more the better—tack (or baste) them two or three layers thick all one of the sheets. Use common ing twine and a darning needle when them. Then lay the other and tack it, here and there newspapers, and sew the edges with a cord to make it more is impossible for air to paper. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Bell Phone West 3866. E. A. SHACKELFORD. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. 516 Minnesota Avenue. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. Bell Phone 424 West. DORSEY GREEN, Attorney and Counselor at Law. 516 Minnesota Avenue. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. Bell, W. 2335 I. F. BRADLEY. Lawyer. 721 Minnesota Avenue, Rooms 5 and 6 Bell W. 2569. WYATT & RANDOLPH. Undertakers. 920 North Third Street. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. REAL ESTATE Real Estate and Rentals. C. W. NELOMS & CO. Real Estate Dealers Have All Kinds of Property for Sale and Rent. PRICES TO SUIT PURCHASER See Us Before Closing Deal We Will Save You Money 500 Minn. Ave. Up-Stairs, K. C., K. Home Phone, W. 1036. Bell Phone, West 1743. Bell Phone, West 1757 EUGENE EDWARD VAUGHAN Real Estate and Insurance Brokerage Investigated Investments, Cozy Cottages, Farms for Farmer Folk. SUBURBAN TRACTS 26th and Parkway. Kansas City, Kans. ev. Geo. McNeal Forrest B. Anderson Bell Phone, West 823 McNEAL & ANDERSON Real Estate Agents 100 Propositions to Select From. 400 Minn. Ave Kansas City, Kans. PHYSICIANS. DR. T. H. JOHNSON, M.D. Constitutional Specialist 318 Minnesota Avenue. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. DR. J. H. MIXON, M.D. 313 Minnesota Avenue. KANSAS CITY, KANSA8. Office Phone Bell West 380 Residence 1321 N. 8th St. Bell Phone, 361 West S. H. THOMPSON, M. D. Office 1512 N. 5th Street Bell Phone, West 3711 Office Hours: 8 to 11 A. M., 2 to 5 P. M. At Night DR. LEE R. PETTY Physician and Surgeon 516 Minnesota Ave. OFFICE HOURS: 9:30 to 11:30 a. m.; 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p. m. Bell Phone, Office and Residence, Maln 1219 DR. H. M. BRATHWAITE Physician and Surgeon S. W. Corner James and Central KANSAS CITY, KANS. DENTISTS Bell Phone W. 1864. DR. MARION COTTEN, DENTIST. 514 Minnesota Avenue. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. C. E. CANNON STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES Meats, Fruits, Vegetables, Etc. Bell Phone 1955 N. 3rd St. NEW REFORM BARBER SHOP. The tonsorial shaving parlor which is named the New Reform, is well worthy of the name, for as one enters this shaving parlor he readily sees it's run and operated, on a higher plane than most of the business places of this kind is conducted. Mr. Stines is not going to stop at this one shop, but will place other shops of this calibre in other parts of the city in a short time with good men in them. His central shop will be the one at the corner of State avenue and Sixth street. Mrs. Belle Thompson entertained the Au Fait Whist club at her home for Mrs. O. B. Johson. Mrs. Mills at 1102 Oakland avenue, entertained Mr. and Mrs. Keith and Mr. and Mrs. Cheatham at luncheon recently. THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE. DIRECTORY W. C. CARROLL FANCY GROCERIES, MEATS, CONFECTIONERY, FRUITS, ETC. Bell Phone West 1653. 2120 NORTH THIRD STREET P. R. CHESTER Two Stores FANCY GROCERIES N. Fourth St. 2404 Tremont St. Groceries and Ice Cream Parlor. HILL & HILL Dealers in Staple and Fancy Groceries, Dry Goods and Notions. Bell Phone, 385 West 2702 North Sherman St. G. P. McNAIR Fancy Groceries, Meats and General Merchandise 1607 N. Tenth St. Kansas City, Kas. BARBECUED MEATS. Bell Phone E. 3062W. Free Delivery If you want Barbecued Meats, that's my business. R. W. ALEXANDER 1619 E. 18th Street KANSAS CITY, MO. TRANSFER CO'S Home Phone West 473. Bell Phone West 247. Business Directory TOM CROWDER TRANSFER CO., Does a General Moving, Packing, Ship- ping and Storage Business. Office 412 Minnesota Ave. EXPRESS AND PAPER HANGING. Expressman, Paper Hanging and Kalsomining work. No job too small to save money. Call Bell West 483 F. W. RAGSDALE, 228 Virginia Ave. STOVE DOCTOR. STOVE DOCTOR. Nathan Taylor, "The Handy Man," All kinds of repairing of all kinds of stoves. Steam and Gas Fitting. $24 Minnesota avenue, K. C., K. F. D. HOWE. Painting, Plastering, Paper Hanging 1722 North Third St, KANSAS CITY, KAS. Bell Phone West 3385—Ring 1. A. J. HILL, Groceries, Meats, Dry Goods and No tions. Corner 11th and Freeman Ave. KANSAS CITY, KAS. Bell West 433. COAL DEALERS. W. H. LAMBRIGHT & CO., Dealer in Coal, Ice and Feed. Office 1620 N. 3d St. KANSAS CITY, KAS. Bell West 1923. JEWELER J. A. WILSON is Kansas City's Pioneer Negro Jeweler. RELIABLE JEWELRY 1616 W. 9th St. K. C., Mo. Bell Phone M. 6248R. Local Happenings Mrs. Mary Holmes and son of 634 Rowland returned home Staurday Jan. 8 from Hutchinson Kan. where she spent the Christmas visiting relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Johnson of 6 8 Rowland Ave. has returned from Oklahoma where they spent the Christmas. Miss Genevieve Cox daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cox of 407 Rowland was quietly married to Mr. Siles Wallas of St. Joseph, Mo., Dec.2°,19°5 at the home of her parents. Mrs Minnie Fristoe and daughter of 406 Cleveland avenue returned home Thursday Jan. 6 from Dalton M. where she spent a pleasant Christmas visiting her father. Mr. M. E. Carroll of 646 Rowland has been on the sick, list the past week. Miss Lizzie Davis of 2051 N. 3rd St. was quite ill during Christmas week, her many friends are glad to see her out again. Mrs. Casstone of 2505 Tremont fell and sprained her ankle we all wish for her a speedy recover. Miss Alethea May Houston was over from Liberty Mo. and spent Xmas week with relatives. At 1506 N. 9th St. K. C. K. Hodgson Mirror Co Old mirrors resilvered NEW ONES MADE TO ORDER Work Guaranteed HOME PHONE W. 1619 1017 N. 5TH ST. Kansas City Kansas Mrs. Winton Smith is improving nicely. Mr. Hogg is very sick and so is the little baby girl. Mrs. Parker of 909 Washington boulevard, has been quite sick but at this writing is much better. Mrs. N. P. Bruce 617 New Jersey avenue is on the sick list. Mrs. Mattie Johnson of 1908 N. 5th is quite ill. Mrs. M. M. Owen of 1914 N. 6th is on the sick list this week. Miss Louisa Moppin is ill with La gripe at her home 1506 N. 9th St. Mr. A. B. Turk of 1956 N. 4th entertained the Mite Missionary society of the A. M. E. church Wednesday Jan. 5. All report a nice time. Mr. J. A. Brown of 2720 N. 7th St. went to Edwardsville one day last week on business. Miss Ellen Smith, a teacher at Western University was a pleasant caller of Mrs R. W. Marshall of 2412 Tremont on last Sunday: Try a pound of Moulton's "Special" Coffee, 30c the pound, roasted fresh at the store daily. Fresh Roasted Jumbo Peanuts, 15c per pound. Get your presents FREE with a pound of Tea, Baking Powder or Extracts.—Moulton Coffee Store, 847 Minnesota Ave. COLLAR BUTTON SAVED LIFE Either Carpenter Had Remarkable Experience or He Had More Than a Shade on Ananias. The ancient Carpenter held a small object between the thumb and first finger of his left hand and pointed at it impressively with the index finger of his right hand. "For this little article," he exclaimed, "I wouldn't take a farm." As the ancient Carpenter is the acknowledged verisimilitude champion of the Curbstone club, the other members gathered about him to hear his latest effort. "Looks to me like a collar button," the fat plumber observed. "And so it is." "What is so valuable about it?" "It saved my life once." "How?" "It was when I became lost in the Great North woods." "Were you ever lost in the Great North woods?" "I should say I was; for over two weeks, and without a thing to eat in my knapsack." "How did you manage to subsist?" "That's where this trinket comes in." "Indeed?" The ancient Carpenter gazed affectionately on the little object in his hand as he replied, amidst breathless silence: "Yes, the little bit of bone saved my life. For two long weeks I didn't have a thing to eat but collar-button soup." The club members, as in one voice fervently exclaimed: "Poor old Ananias!"—Youngstown Telegram. PLAYING CARDS LONG IN USE Their Origin Lost in Obscurity—Have Been Put to a Great Variety of Uses. The origin of playing cards is lost in obscurity. They are generally assigned to the Orient, but they are now almost universal in currency and popularity. The backs of old English cards were generally plain, and thus it was that when paper was scarce or expensive, old cards were too useful to be destroyed. They were, on the contrary, used for various purposes. Thus they are often found in the bindings of old books, where they were preserved. The old cards were also sometimes cut up for paper dolls. They were also used as cards of invitation and as visiting cards. Thackeray refers to this in "Henry Esmond." The earliest examples of wood cuts were intended for playing cards. They antedate the famous St. Christopher wood cut that is sometimes credited with being the earliest. In the olden days playing cards, instead of knitting, were used by spectators in playhouses as an amusement while waiting for the performance to begin. Such widely differing materials as silver, leather, paper, wood, parchment, cardboard, deerskin and even buffalo hide have all been used in making playing cards. JNO. J. JONES Undertaker and Funeral Director Full Stock of Funeral Furnishings Lady Attendant PARLORS: New Co NOW DOING At 1969 N. 3rd Street. HANDLE BEST 2,000 Pound Bell Phone, We Deliver Any Place. Small New Coal Yard NOW DOING BUSINESS 1969 N. 3rd Street. HANDLE BEST GRADES. 2,000 Pounds to a Ton Bell Phone, West 1111J We Deliver Any Place. Small Orders Promptly Delivered. See Us. N. W. Bailey, Prop. W. A. Mason For Quick Service and Prices that Dealer in Coal, Ice and Feed. Office, 1610 N. 3rd Street. Kansas City, Kansas Bell Phone, West 1738 Restaurant Nice Meals, at Reasonable Prices From 6 a. m. to 10 p. m. Mrs. Nellie Falls 314 Minnesota Avenue Kansas City, Kansas Stenographer Bell Phone 424 West Residence, 1407 N. Eighth St. MRS. DORSEY GREEN Notary Public Copying of All Kinds PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER. 516 Minnesota Ave. KANSAS CITY, KANS. The Japanese Woman. The Japanese woman exists primarily for and in the family. We still adhere to the old way of thinking that her natural habitat is the home, and that her appearance at the polls is as unnatural as on the battlefield. Let it be far from me to give an impression, already too prevalent abroad and at home, that we look upon women only as cogs in the machinery of the kitchen or as mere puppets and ornaments in the parlor, writes Doctor Nitrobe in the Japanese Nation. The personality of the fair sex is not as clearly recognized among us as it ought to be; but I am confident that it will come with more general enlightenment of public conscience. As it is at present, the aim of female education is to make "a good wife and a wise mother," a stereotyped shiboleth on the lips of all educators and of the nation, circumscribing the end and aim of woman's life. According to this doctrine, it is not as person, but as wife and mother, that woman is to be educated. Infection Through Clear Cutters. Infection Through Cigar Cutters. When it is recognized how easily the cigar cutter be the means of spreading infection, and infection of a dangerous nature, the days of this article of convenience will be numbered. To illustrate: a person will often, after he has first held his cigar in his mouth, step to the counter and put his cigar into the cutter. This thoughtless yet dangerous habit is so common that it can be witnessed time after time at every cigar stand. Undoubtedly it has been one of the principal means of spreading infection among those who smoke cigars, and it is high time that an agent so potent for harm was abolished.—American Medicine. Aztecs Favored Turquise. At the time of the Spanish conquest under Cortez, the Aztecs of old Mexico employed turquoise and "chalchihuitl," a similar stone of greenish hue, in many of their ceremonies. These Spanlards, entering the region now occupied by New Mexico and Arizona, found the turquoise there also held in high regard, and recent excavations in the ancient pueblos and cliff dwellings of these states have revealed many turquoise ornaments which reflect credit upon artistic ability of those early workers. --- Censoring "Romeo and Juliet." Speaking of "Romeo and Juliet," what would an official censor say, of it if it were put in the movies? According to an amusing skit in the Moving Picture World, his remarks would include this: "Cut out Juliet. Here is a girl just in her teens conducting herself in a most unmaidenly manner. . . There are too many street brawls. Reduce these to a flash of about ten feet. The board has frequently announced its disapproval of the administration of secret sleeping potions." Clever Invention. William Beach, the New South Wales trooper who invented the rifle periscope which has been used in Gallipoli, is the second son of the ex-champlon sculler of the world. He is twenty-three years old. 440 STATE AVE. Real Yard BUSINESS T GRADES. Lends to a Ton West 1111J Orders Promptly Delivered. See Us. N. W. Bailey, Prop. For Quick Service and Prices that Are Right Bell Phone West 2411J. CALL TRANSFER AND EXPRESS Kindling and Sawed Wood for Sale from 25c Up. 950 NEBRASKA AVE. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS PLAN VACATION FOR HEALTH Period of Release From Toll Should Be Wisely Spent, or it Is Worse Than Useless. Ostensibly you go on a vacation to find or to improve your health, remarks the Philadelphia Evening Ledger. But how many achieve it? To most of us a vacation is a respite from toil, with a license to overheat, oversleep and overdo everything that we take in normal doses during the period of hard labor. Who is there who hasn't returned from a vacation spoiled by indigestion, excessive play or a lazy indulgence in doing nothing, with the conviction that the pleasures and increased health he expected to find were a delusion? The best vacation is not so much freedom from the necessity of working as it is a change, new scenes, new people, new ideas, all taken in moderation. As such they are a tonic. When you start forth, just to avoid the necessity of calling in a physician to diagnose your ailment, take the advice of Jonathan Swift and consult "the three best doctors in the world—Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet and Doctor Merryman." They will tell you to eat moderately of digestible foods, to let alcoholic liquors alone and then to remember, as Solomon said, that "a merry heart doeth good like a medicine." While your sins must be atoned for in the next world, you have to pay for your follies also in this one. Australian Afforestation Australian Foreststation was the subject of an address by Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson at Adelaide, South Australia, recently. In the course of his speech he said: "I have been much impressed with the variety of the hardwoods grown in Australia. I believe that in Australia you have a larger variety of the best hardwoods than exists in any other country in the world, but much of it has been wasted. In many instances these hardwoods have been used when cheaper and softer timber would answer the same purpose. Australia has an advantage in timber-growing—a forest matures in thirty years, whereas it takes sixty years to reach the same stage of maturity in Europe. The Californian pine grows splendidly here, while it will not grow at all in the north of the British isles. The total area reserved for forests in South Australia is 154,232 acres and, besides gradually adding to the reserves, the government have established a school of forestry at the Adelaide university for the scientific training of foresters." Got Information Asked For. John Muir, California's naturalist and explorer, related the following story of Col. D. C. Collier: While riding along San Diego, Cal. Mr. Collier came upon a dilapidated corral fence which hung a sign bearing the following announcement: "For Sail." A bright-looking small boy sat on the fence beside the sign and Mr. Collier asked him: "When does this ranch sail?" The small boy glanced up quickly at Mr. Collier, smiled and said: "When some sucker comes along who can raise the wind." Mr. Collier doffed his sombrero, thanked the lad for his information and rode on his way feeling greatly erlightened. Kills Crow: $1 in Its Beak. The crow has long been notorious for its kleptomaniac tendencies and known to steal anything, without regard to its value, but from the construction camp of the Chico Construction company, near Shippee, south of this city, comes a story of a crow that was discriminating enough to steal something of value. John Schonlow, foreman for the company, went hunting. He fired into a flock of crows, killing one. When Schonlow picked up the bird he found tightly clasped in its beak a one dollar bill—Chico Dispatch Sacramento Bet. KANSAS CITY, KANS. Bank Statements Condensed Official Statement of the Comercial National Bank Kansas City, Kansas DATE OF BUSINESS DECEMBER RESOURCES Real Estate ..... 10,000.00 Tax ..... 10,000.00 Bonds and Warrants ..... 10,000.00 Change ..... 10,000.00 Payment ..... 10,000.00 LIABILITIES Ins. ..... 10,000.00 Bk. $222,950.57, Others 25,800.00 The above statement is C. L. BROKAW DIRECTORS Agent; C. L. Brokaw, Vice-President St. Hopkins, E. S. McAnany, Dr. Bonner, W. T. Maunder, George S. Williams, W. Merriam State Deposits. State and Nation Designated United States Deposits. RANGE STATE Kansas City, Kansas 611 Minnesota Avenue at the Close of Business Decen- der by the State Bank Commissi- tors. DECES. $1,026,056.10 56,313.02 280.86 4,500.00 537,648.12 $1,624,798.10 This correct. C. N. Paid on savings accounts. Deposits. STATEMENT OF THE FINAL OF THE Siesta Avenue State Kansas, at close of business Decen- der. DECES. Dullater- $75,390.97 16,300.92 1,000.00 1,510.45 35,481.41 $129,683.75 DECES. Capital Stock Surplus and un- fits ..... 10,000.00 Undivided pro- Demand Depo- Savings Depo- Total ..... 10,000.00 DIRECTORS—II. A. Menden- President; E. H. Browne, Cashier. Mark, Wm. Arends, Albert Me- steed under Kansas State Guara- At the Close of Business December 31, 1915 Capital Paid in ..... $ 300,000.00 Surplus and Net Profits. ..... 434,972.64 Circulation ..... 291,500.00 Deposits ..... 5,748,694.44 Re-discounts, Fed. Res. Bk. $222,950.57, Others 25,800.00 ..... 248,750.57 Total ..... $7,023,917.65 The abve statement is correct, Interest Paid on Time Deposits. State and National Bank Depository Designated United States Depository Condensed Statement at the Close of Business December 31st, 1915, as called for by the State Bank Commissioner. DIRECTORS—George Bemarkt, P. E. Drought, C. K. Wells, A. L. Berger, B. R. Lane, F. S. Merstetter, Harry Darby, J. M. Liggett, C. N. Prouty. Minnesota Avenue State Bank Deposits guaranteed under Kansas State Guaranty Law. Widow's Lucky Find. Ever put your hand in the pocket of a castoff garment you are about to give the ragman and pull out a $20 bill that's been hiding from you? Those who have know the joy it brings. But what must have been the feelings of the Jersey woman who, while going through her late husband's effects, found a bank book showing that he had deposited $73 in a bank in 1854 and had left it there undisturbed? She may now collect from that institution $1,620—a neat sum for a rainy spell of weather. Some women under the same circumstances could almost forgive their husbands for shuffling off. The Head of the Firm. The Office Boy—A large fat being whose grumble is worse than Jove's thunder and whose commendatory nod is worth almost any amount of personal inconvenience. Head Bookkeeper—A good man, with no head for figures, who has arrived at his present exalted position by a combination of luck and pull. The Stenographer—A pleasant old party with singular weaknesses and a strange capacity—rarely exercised, however—to make one cry. His Wife—A baby—Life. Helpful Fable. Once there was a village editor who wrote a stinging hint item about the misbehavior of an anonymous "certain man." Ten different men whom the editor had not theretofore suspected of malefaction were so certain they were the certain man that they all came up to the office and beat him. Moral—From this we should learn that when we denounce a certain man we should be certain that we are not taking in too much territory.—Kansas City Star. DEPARTMENTS $4,189,418.60 593.97 70,000.00 18,000.00 300,000.00 5,000.00 416,781.25 2,023,773.65 350.18 $7,023,917.65 $300,000.00 434,972.64 291,500.00 5,748,694.44 248,750.57 $7,023,917.65 statement is correct, L. L. BROKAW, Cashier. TORS Vice-President and Cashier; J. V. McAnany, Dr. J. P. Chapman, Under, George Stumpf, Lapier L. Merriam and National Bank Depository States Depository STATE BANK City, Kansas Siota Avenue Business December 31st, 1915, as call- bank Commissioner. LIABILITIES Capital stock $100,000.00 Surplus and undivided pro- fits 116,482.25 Dividends payable January 1st, 1916 6,000.00 Deposits 1,402,315.85 Total $1,624,798.10 C. N. PROUTY, Cashier. Accounts. Deposits Guaranteed under E. Drought, C. K. Wells, A. L. Berger, Baby, J. M. Liggett, C. N. Prouty. THE FINancial Condition THE State Bank Business December 3rd, 1915. LIABILITIES. Capital Stock $10,000.00 Surplus 5,000.00 Undivided profits 1,195.01 Demand Deposits 86,986.56 Savings Deposits 26,502.18 Total $129,683.75 A. A. Mendenhall, President; H. J. Bowne, Cashier. T. W. Sutherland, E. A. Als, Albert Mebus. State Guaranty Law. MUST NOT BECOME MACHINE Many Reasons Why Too Much Devotion to Habit Is Bad for Individual Worker. This force of habit is a good thing. It makes it possible for one to do a great deal of routine work with practically no exertion. Once the pattern is made, little attention is required. The brain acts almost automatically, moving hands and feet as may be necessary to accomplish the desired action. But habit can be injurious, too. And by this I don't mean bad habits. I mean that the habit can be much overdone, and that when this happens initiative and originality die. You become little more than a machine, and though you may get through your allotted work perfectly, you are yourself fading out as an individual, losing interest in existence. You girls whose work is pretty much all routine want to take care that habit doesn't make an end of you. A certain amount of routine labor is restful, and good for you. But keep from letting yourself sink into a day in and day out routine that requires practically no thought, hardly any attention. If your work tends to that sort of thing make yourself do it in new ways, watch out for short cuts, bring your mind to bear on all its details, try to seek better ways of doing what you are busy over. And if your work is really hopeless, then escape from habit as much as possible the rest of your time. Don't so much as go home the same way every day in the week, vary your amusements, take up some study on the side. Refuse at all hazards to atrophy your mind by falling into the unchanging habit of doing everything the same way, and thinking of everything the same way.—Pittsburgh Dispatch. The East India Hair C ast India Hair C The East India Hair Grower [Pictorial portrait of a woman with long braided hair, wearing a white dress with a collar.] with a balm of a thousand flowers. The best kn Beautiful Black Eye-brows, also restores Gray Can be used with Hot Irons for straightenin Price Sent by Mail 50 Cents—10 Cents E S. D. LYON, Genera 314 East Second Street. The Cos Club 'M. and O. H. Friday Night Admission 15 and flowers. The best known remem- brows, also restores Gray Hair to Hot Irons for straightening. Mail 50 Cents—10 Cents Extra for D. LYON, General Agent et. Oklahom the Cosme Club 'M. and O. Hall Friday Night Admission 15 cents HOURS 8:30 to 11: 30 P. M. BELL H LIST with a balm of a thousand flowers. The best known remedy for Heavy and Beautiful Black Eye-brows, also restores Gray Hair to its Natural Color. Can be used with Hot Irons for straightening. Price Sent by Mail 50 Cents—10 Cents Extra for Postage S. D. LYON, General Agent 314 East Second Street. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Cosmos Club M. and O. Hall Friday Night Admission 15 cents OFFICE HOURS 2:30 to 9:30 P.M. EYE SPECIALIST Dr. A. A. Mayer SPECIALIST Prescription Lenses Prescribed Correctly. 11 Years Experience Calls made to any part of the city by ap- S. W. Cor. 22nd and V. KANSAS CITY, M STEWART & JO CLEANING & DYING Has moved to 14141 Now Open for B Bell Phone Eureka Steam M Cleaning and Pressing—Finished Bundle FAMILY WASHING, RUFF DRY, 6 Why send your laundry to Missouri. Patr First Class Work Guar Bell, West 906. KANSAS CITY, KA SES Prescribed Correctly. Treatment 11 Years Experience To any part of the city by appointment S. W. Cor. 22nd and Vine Street KANSAS CITY, MO. STEWART & JOHNS CLEANING & DYING Removed to 1414N. 5th New Open for Business e eeka Steam Laun and Pressing—Finished Bundle Work WASHING, RUFF DRY, 6c PER P or laundry to Missouri. Patronize You First Class Work Guaranteed. Cor. 1 KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. Prescription Lenses Prescribed Correctly. Treatments Furnished. 11 Years Experience Calls made to any part of the city by appointment. S. W. Cor. 22nd and Vine Streets KANSAS CITY, MO. STEWART & JOHNSON CLEANING & DYING SHOP Has moved to 1414N. 5th St. Now Open for Business Bell Phone West 3879 Eureka Steam Laundry Cleaning and Pressing—Finished Bundle Work a Specialty FAMILY WASHING, RUFF DRY, 6c PER POUND. Why send your laundry to Missouri. Patronize Your Home Industry. First Class Work Guaranteed. Bell, West 906. Cor. 10th and Minn. Ave. KANSAS CITY. KANSAS. No Two Faces Alike. The boss barber, who worked at the first chair in a Broadway shop in the intervals when he wasn't punching the cash register, stepped over to an old customer who had just entered and said in a low tone: "Your regular barber is sick today. Try that man on the fourth chair. He's a good shaver." "He is not," said the customer. "I've tried him. Guess I'll let 'em grow until tomorrow." "To tell the truth," said the boss, "I can't tell which of my barbers are good. The other day I was shaving a man who told me that man on the fourth chair was the best barber he'd ever struck. But I also have heard men say, like you, that he was a bum workman. It's the same about all the men in this shop. I suppose we lose a lot of trade because men go too much on their first impressions of barbers. But what can I do? Shall I fire that barber who he says nearly scraped his face off? Of course not. That's the sort I'm up against all the time: It's because no two faces are alike." he _____ day an he ret Hair Grower Will Promote a Full Growth or Hair, Will Also Restore the Strength, Vitality and the Beauty of the Hair. IF YOUR HAIR IS DRY AND WIRY TRY EAST INDIA HAIR GROWER If you are bothered with falling Hair, Dandruff, Itching Scalp, or any Hair Trouble, we want you to try a jar of East India Hair Grower. The remedy contains medical properties that go to the roots of the Hair, stimulate the skin, helping nature do its work. Leaves the hair soft and silky. Perfumed best known remedy for Heavy and less Gray Hair to its Natural Color. Lightening. Cents Extra for Postage General Agent Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. osmos ub 0. Hall Night in 15 cents 8:30 to 11:30 A. M. BELL PHONE, E. 385-2 correctly. Treatments Furnished. Expertise by appointment. and Vine Streets CITY, MO. & JOHNSON DYING SHOP 1414N. 5th St. for Business West 3879 um Laundry ed Bundle Work a Specialty DRY, 6c PER POUND. ri. Patronize Your Home Industry. ork Guaranteed. Cor. 10th and Minn. Ave. CITY, KANSAS. THE NEGRO MAGAZINE. Have THE CRISIS, one of the leading Magazines of America, delivered at your address, anywhere in Greater Kansas City. Only ten cents a copy. Read it, then pay for it. We will trust you. A post card will bring our agent, THE NEGRO LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. Address all mail to THOMAS KNAPPER, 1716 N. 8th St., Kansas City, Kansas. NOTICE OF NEWS MATTER. All news matter hereafter must be in the office, not later than Wednesday noon of each week if you expect it to appear in that week's issue. Paid matter must come with copy invariably. If you can not call at the office to get the desired information on paid articles call Bell West 455 W. and leave your number and name and our representative will call and see you.—Ed. Dr. A. A. Marquess, the leading dentist of Helena, Ark., was the guest of his brother and family, Prof. J. M. Marquess, principal of Sumner high school. The doctor came in last Friday and remained until Sunday when he returned to his home. [Image of a woman with dark hair and a white headband.] MADAM C. O. SMITH FRENCH HAIR GROWER WE GUARANTEE TO GROW THE HAIR—WE DO THE WORK. HAIR DRESSING—SCALP TREATMENT—FACIAL MASSAGE MANICURING—DANDRUFF. To Avoid Dandruff. You do not want a slow treatment when hair is falling and th dandruff germ is killing the hair roots. Delay means—no hair. Bell, West 3905 1616 N. Tenth St., K. C., K. ANNOUNCEMENT. RATHER SPOILED THE EFFECT Lawyer's Eloquent Address Nullified When His Opponent Related a Little Fable. A barrister who was possessed of an unusually loud voice was making an eloquent address to a jury. His case was fairly strong, and his trumpet tones made the rafters ring. The jury looked thoughtful and much impressed. The opposing barrister had a face like a hatchet and a thin, low voice. He began: "As I listened to the thunderous appeals of my learned opponent I recalled a fable. A lion and an ass entered into a compact to slay the beasts of the field and share the spoils. The ass was to go into the thicket and bray and frighten the animals out, while the lion was to lie in wait and kill the fugitives. Well, the ass sought the darkest part of the jungle, and, lifting up his awful voice, brayed and brayed and brayed. The ass was intoxicated with his own uproar and thought he'd return to see what the lion thought of it. He found the lion pale in the face and trembling. 'What do you think of that for braying?' said the ass. 'Don't you think I scared them?' 'Scared them?' repeated the lion in an agitated tone. 'Why, you'd have scared me if I didn't know you were a jackass!' As He Saw the Play. "Oh, do tell me something about the play last night. They say that climax at the close of the third act was simply grand," she said. "Yes, I am inclined to think it was very good," he replied, without any marked degree of enthusiasm. "Can't you describe it to me," she continued, beaming radiantly. "Why," explained he, "the heroine came stealthily on the stage and knelt, dagger in hand, behind a clump of blue ribbons. The hero emerged from a large bunch of illacs and as soon as she perceived him she fell upon him, stabbed him twice, and sank half-conscious into a very handsome aigrette. This may sound a trifle queer, but the lady in front of me came in late for the performance and became so intensely interested that she forgot to remove her hat, and that's how it looked to me." HOME MEMORIES MEAN MUCH Duty of Parents to Give Children Something Which They May Recall With Pleasure. Happy home memories to look back upon is a gift which every mother should plan as definitely to give to her child as she plans definitely to give him an education, sound health and good judgment. First of all, then, it seems to me we owe our children memories of a beautiful home; a home of simple common sense; a well-ordered home. This would seem to me a child's very first right. And next, it seems to me, he has the right to memories of beauty in the home. Children are far more susceptible to beauty than many of us realize, and certainly the effect of beauty on the child's life can hardly be overestimated. Further, home to be a delightful memory must have the beauty of sociability. It must be a place where people come to share its benefits, and its ideals. That home can hardly be called a home which does not open its doors often. Besides being a healthful place, a beautiful place, a sociable home, if it is to afford us enriching memories, must be an intimate and sympathetic place, possessing that finer intimate sociability which grows up between the true home and its inmates. In all right living and thinking we are partakers of a kind of immortality, for death does not touch these things. Laura Spencer Porter in Mother's Magazine. Sex the Key to the Bible The World's Three Greatest Books By Sidney C. Tapp, PhB. "The Truth About the Bible," about five hundred pages, $3.00. "Why Jesus Was a Man and Not a Woman," three hundred pages, $2.00. "Sexology of the Bible," over one hundred and seventy-five pages, $2.00. All cloth-bound. These books treat of the sex of the Bible, and show that the Bible is a book of sex and a book of spirit, and that sex is the dividing line between the physical and spiritual worlds. They show that disease, sickness and insanity are within the sex, and that sex-lust was the original sin and cause of death. They are arresting the attention of t. medical, scientific, philosophical and theological and people of all classes as no other books could match them, and will probably do more to shape thousands of the human race than any books ever written in the history of the world. They are daily going to the great thinkers of all parts of the civilized world. "I would rather be the author of the Truth About the Bible, by Sidney C. Tapp, than to be the President of the United States. His sex interpretation of the Bible, as therein contained, is so daring and his conclusions are so answerable that the human intellect staggers under the ideas presented. For ideas, it is the world's greatest book. Mr. Tapp's books on the Bible and his sex interpretation of the Bible will live until time shall be no more. Republics may perish and Empires may decay, but the ideas presented by the author in these books on the Bible will never die."—Prof. J. Silas Harris, A. M. "Mr. Tapp's works on the Bible will do more to empty our jails, insane institutions and hospitals than any other idea that has ever been given to the world, in our opinion, to say nothing of the great good, morally and spiritually, that they will do the ruman race. He has indeed produced a world idea that should be in every home and library in the civilized world. We have arranged with the author to fill all orders for these books. Remit price of book or books you desire to this paper and name of the book or books you wish and the same will be sent to you at once. It is estimated that in Kansas City, Kansas, there are about 2,500 Colored homes. From these homes an average of ten cents per week laundry is paid, making $250 per week. Of this amount $75 per week is paid to agents. Why not divert some of this money with some of the Colored homes. We have everything needed commercially, but a Colored laundry man, N. B. Robinson, 1964 North Fourth street, is supplying this long felt want. Give him a trial and help along the success of the colored race. Agent for O. K. Cleaners and Dyers, the only Guarantee Cleaners and Dyers in America. Office Hours—Until 10 a. m., 3 to 5 p. m., 7 to 9 p. m. Bell Phone, West 4102 Dr. Wm. A. Love PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON 1700 N. Third St. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Robert Jase, Plaintiff, vs. Alma Jase, Defendant. Plaintiff. vs. Alma Jase. Defendant PUBLICATION NOTICE. To the above named defendant: You are hereby notified, that you have been sued by the above named plaintiff, in the above named court, and that unless you appear and answer, cu or before the 30th day of January, 1916, the petition filed against you will be taken as true, and a judgment rendered against you, the nature of which will be a decree, dissolving the bonds of matrimony existing between plaintiff and defendant, and divorcing plaintiff from you, the defendant, and for the costs of this action. And you are further notified, that plaintiff will, at Muskogee, Okla., on said 22nd day of January, 1916, at the office of John H. Escoe, a Notary Public in and for the County of Muskogee, in said state, between the hours of nine o'clock in the forenoon and six o'clock in the afternoon, and between such hours, on subsequent days to which the same may be adjourned, take the deposition of divers and sundry witnesses, to be used in the trial of said cause. ROBERT JASE, Plaintiff, By I. F. 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Manufacturer, of all Kinds of Human Hair Goods, Refined Bleach and Dye, any Shades. Manufacturer Wigs, Toupees, Doll Wigs, French Ventilating on Nets Made to Order. Manufacturer Shampoo Dryer and Straightening Combs, United States Patent Office, Washington D. C. Serial No. 798-947 MANUFACTURER FACE AND HAIR TOILET ARTICLES Colored Peoples' Goods a Specialty. MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. Main Office: 1715 EAST 18TH STREET KANSAS CITY, MO. BOOMS FOR RENT. Nicely furnished rooms, everything modern. Fine community, on street car line. Frices very reasonable to good parties.—Mrs. W. E. Vaughn, 1912 N. 3rd street. MRS. C. L. HODGSON MASSAGE, HAIR TONICS and HAIR STRAIGHTENER COMBS PERFECTION PIANO POLISH WE DELIVER ANYWHERE $29 Nebraska Ave. Kansas City, Kan. TWO PER CENT DISCOUNT On All Merchandise At G. W. Anderson Dealer In Groceries and Meats 1603 N. 10TH ST., K. C., K. All Meats Government Inspected Before and After Killing. Geo. McClelland Bell, W. 364. Home, W. 594. Real state, Fire-Insur- ance, And Rentals, Room 13 1-2 Peoples Bank Building, Cor. 7th and Minnesota Ave. 7th street Entrance, Up-stairs. FOR RENT. 2 room house, city water, $5.00 per month. 4 room House, close In, city water, $8.00 per month. 5 room House, city water, $10 per month. HOUSES FOR SALE. Fine—5 room house, water and gas. 50 ft. font, $1,500. $150 down and the balance to suit. Bargain—6 rooms, 100 ft. front, only $1,200, $200 down, balance to suit. 5 acre tracts at $110 per acre. Vacant Houses Wanted. Office and Residence— 828 Nebraska Ave. Bell Phone, 2684 West Office Hours: 8-10 A. M.; 3-5 P. M. DR. G. E. HORSEY. Diseases of Women and Children a Specialty. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS A. T. LONG Dealer in Fine Groceries Fresh and Salt Meats. We can save you a nice per cent on your Grocery Bill. Cor. Third and Minn. Ave. ROSE BAY Rose Bay, a Positive and SpecificRemedy for Weak and Sore Lungs, Deep Seated Coughs and all Pulmon-ary Affections. 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Goods called for and delivered All Work Guaranteed Samuel Diggs THE OLD RELIABLE JUNK DEALER Pays the highest cash prices for Jum bones, copper, brass, lead, zinc and even SQUARE DEALING AND HONEST Place of Business—1006-1008 North Thi FORD'S HAIR POMADE highest cash prices for junk at all times, rags grass, lead, zinc and everything in the junk I REALING AND HONEST WEIGHT AT A BELL, WEST 1006-1008 North Third Street, Kansas FORD'S FORD'S HAIR DOMADE ROYAL WHITE Pays the highest cash prices for junk at all times, rags, iron, bottles, bones, copper, brass, lead, zinc and everything in the junk line. SQUARE DEALING AND HONEST WEIGHT AT ALL TIMES. Place of Business—1006-1008 North Third Street, Kansas City, Kansas. BELL, WEST 3577. FORD'S HAIR POMADE. MAKES HARSH KINNY HAIR SOFTER, MORE FILABLE, EASIER TO COMB AND PUT UP IN ANY STYLE THE LENGTH WILL PERMIT PRICE 25¢ AND 50¢ A BOTTLE FORD'S ROYAL WHITE SKIN LOTION MAKES THE SKIN LOOK WHITER AS SOON AS IT IS PUT ON. EXCELLENT FOR PIMPLES, ROUGH SKIN AND LOCAL SKIN DISEASES PRICE 25¢ A BOTTLE FORD'S PATENT TWO PIECE SHAMPOO FORD'S HAIR STRAIGHTENER NO.022 STRAIGHTENS THE HAIR BY ROLLING IT BETWEEN FOUR BRASS ROLLS. BEST AND QUICKEST THING WE KNOW UP TO STRAIGHTEN HAIR PRICE $1.50 AND HAIR STRAIGHTENING COMB NO.023. YOU HEAT THE ROD, NOT THE COMB THUS SAVING BURNING AND SMOILING THE COMB RETAINS HEAT LONGER. PRICE $1.50 FORD'S SPIRAL HANDLE HAIR STRAIGHTENING AND SHAMPOO COMB NO.024. SOLID BRASS, NICKEL PLATED. LARGE AND VERY STRONG CANNOT BURN THE HANDLE OFF, SPECIAL LOCKING DEVICE HOLDS THE HANDLE WITHOUT SOLDERING. PRICE $1.00 FORD'S LARGE BRASS SHAMPOO AND HAIR STRAIGHTENING COMB NO.025 WOODEN HANDLE LARGE AND VERY STRONG, MAKING A GOOD AND SERVICEABLE COMB FOR KINNY AND KNAPPY HAIR NICKEL PLATED. PRICE $1.00 FORD'S MEDIUM SIZED BRASS SHAMPOO AND HAIR STRAIGHTENING COMB NO.026 A GOOD AND SERVICEABLE COMB FOR THE MONEY. PRICE $5.00 FORD'S SMALL BRASS SHAMPOO AND HAIR STRAIGHTENING COMB NO.027. A SMALL STRONG COMB USED BEST ON REAL SHORT HAIR. NICKEL PLATED. PRICE $2.50 ALL OUR GOODS WARNAMED AS DESCRIBED OR MONEY REFUNDER FOR SALE BY YOUR DEPLER OR DIRECT FROM US UPON REceipt OF PRICE, IN WITING DIRECT, SEND MONEY BY POST OFFICE OR EXPRESS MONEY ORDER OZONIZED OX MARROW CO. 46 W. KINZIE ST. CHICAGO, IL. Home Phone, West 137 1319 North 9th Street THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE. BAY Remedy for Weak and Sore Lungs, Lary Afections. Ybottle of Rose Bay taken for the Bay are widely known. General Agent KANSAS CITY, KAS. Crime First Fo A ednes man of fors les, ing e which prime. His gation ed to did no inalit face guilt comp city time In result and Giblin METAL WORK General Repair Work Kansas City, Kansas ain from ain" its zy s, er EARLY RUN DOWN BADLY RUN DOWN. "I had become greatly run down and my nerves were in terrible condition. I had frequent headaches and became very tired, and unable to anything. I bought a bottle of Dr. Miles' Nervine. I soon began to feel better, my nerves were quieted. I recovered my strength, and have since recommended Dr. Miles' Nervine to many of my friends who have used it with satisfactory results." MRS. FRANCES WHITLOCK 179 Broadway, Schenectady, N. Y. Gloves and Ties Cleaned Free EAM Cleaners Bell Phone West 121 KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. Junk at all times, rags, iron, bottles, everything in the junk line. BEST WEIGHT AT ALL TIMES. Third Street, Kansas City, Kansas. BELL, WEST 3577. FORD'S ROYAL WHITE SKIN LOTION MAKES THE SKIN CRIMINAL ALWAYS IN CHAINS First Act of Deceit Invariably Must Be Followed Up by a Succession of Lies. A strange characteristic of crookedness was brought out by the young man who confessed to a long string of forgeries, committed in various cities. His logical story gave a striking explanation for the wrong doing which brought him to disgrace at the prime of life. His first forgery, done at the instigation of a superior, was not intended to bring him any benefit, and it did not. As the tool of another's criminality he was trapped. Instead of facing the consequences he fled. His guilt was on his heels and he was compelled repeatedly to jump from city to city. A forged check each time supplied him with the means. In graphic fashion the sequence of results was laid bare by the prisoner, relieved when he was at last overtaken. What happened to him happens in some form to everyone who takes liberties with his own conscience. The smallest deceit is a costly expedient, because it must be followed up with a succession of lies in many instances. The man who departs from his own code finds that he is being pushed on in a course of wrongdoing in spite of himself. Partly through habit, partly through the law of cause and effect, one slip necessitates another and another until disaster is complete. The momentum of deviltry is a difficult force to combat. FINALLY GOT HIS HEADGEAR But Old Gentleman Had to Call on "Nature" to Prove His Right to Property. The cloakroom man at a large restaurant fell suddenly ill and a substitute took his place. The new man was told not to give out any coats or hats without proper identification, and so, when an old gentleman demanded his hat and explained that he had lost his check, there was a great to-do on the part of the substitute. "But that's my hat; the shabby, brown one," said the old gentleman. "It's got my initials in it—F. X. G." The substitute looked inside the hat and, sure enough, the initials were there. "Humph!" he said, suspiciously. "You might have seen these initials somehow." "But here they are on my shirt, too," said the old gentleman, unbuttoning his waistcoat. "See? F. X. G." "You might have stolen the shirt," said the substitute. "Good heavens!" shouted the old gentleman, and he tore open his shirt and undervest. "Maybe this will satisfy you! Hey?" And he pointed to the letters F. X. G., tattooed on his breast in blue. The substitute stared at the tattooing closely; then at last he handed over the hat. As he did so he said, reluctantly: "Well, since Nature wrote those initials on your skin, I guess they must be yours, for a fact." How Prussia Was Reforested. There was no need of celebrating Arbor day in Prussia in the days when Friedrich Wilhelm I was king, for that monarch had a plan all his own by which he replenished the forests and kept the country well supplied with fruit trees. According to Das Buch fur Alle, the king, having observed that there was a great dearth of fruit and oak trees in Prussia, and not being willing to undertake the tremendous expense of reforesting the country himself, issued an order to all clergymen that, after June 21, 1720, they should refuse to perform any marriage ceremony unless the groom could produce evidence that he had just planted six fruit trees and an equal number of oaks. If it was in winter, or in the middle of a dry summer, when plants would not grow, the groom had to produce and lay aside a sum of money sufficient to cover the cost of the trees, and promise to plant the required number when fall or spring came. The edict worked wonders. The next generation in Prussia had no lack of fruit and oak trees.—Youth's Companion. First English Music Printing. In England the first known attempt at music printing was in 1495 by Wynken de Worde, at Westminster. A book in the British museum proves that florid music was printed in England in 1530. The typography is identical with that of Petrucci. There was little or no improvement in the principle of setting up movable music type for some time. Nothing could be more excellent than the book printed by Worde alluded to above, but that was the result of double printing, and both ancient and modern printers who have tried the method have found its disadvantage so great that they have abandoned the process. Feeding the Poor. The public kitchen is an experimental New York institution backed by women of wealth and standing. The project is directed by the social welfare department of the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor. A profit of 3 per cent is to be taken. The first unit will be multiplied as occasion warrants. Food will be served on the spot and at homes, carried in containers of several compartments and heated by hot water. Home Phone West 1177 WESTERMA BROS. WESTERMANN BROS. Sheet Metal Works ROOFING, GUTTERING, FURNACE AND · EPAIR W 1703 Central Ave. Kan Bell Phone West 836 Honest Man's Friend S. P. PETERSEN Groceries, Meats, Cigars and Tobacco 1507 N. 8th St., K. C., K. Bell Phone 2569 West Res. Phone WYATT & R UNDERTA 920 N. 3rd St. ROOFING, GUTTERING, FURNACE AND - EPAIR WORK. 1703 Central Ave. Kansas City. C. E. Cannon STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES Meats, Fruits, Vegetables, Etc. Shoes Repaired and Made to Order Bell Phone 1955 N. 3rd St. K. C. K. W. C. Carroll Fancy Groceries: Meats, Confectionery, Fruits Cigars and Tobaccos Bell Phone West 1653. 2120 NORTH THIRD STREET Kansas City, Kansas. McNeal & Anderson Real Estate 400 Minn. Ave. Kansas City, Kans. WE SOLICIT THE BEST HOUSES FOR COLORED PEOPLE FOR COLOURED PEOPLE. Pay us $25 to $50 down and $8 to $10 per month for three or four years, and we'll give you a house. Good Farms in Okla., Col., Mo., Kans. and Ia. 200 Propositions to Select From "It's Cheaper to Buy Than It Is to Rent" POETESS AND TIN ROOFER Beautifully Expressed Thoughts of Viola Sounded to Mike Like the Ideal Smoking Mixture. The Skickwurt sitting room was bathed in the soft red light of a cigar coupon lamp, the Detroit Free Press says. Mrs. Viola Skickwurt was in a silent ecstasy, her eyes turned to the ceiling. She was a poetess. Mike Skickwurt, being just a tin roofer, was merely lost in thought. Was he again marveling that so gifted and beautiful a woman should have chosen a humble tin roofer as her heaven-sent mate? Viola's lips began to move—a common phenomenon with her when she was speaking. "Michael," she breathed, "always on nuresillious nights like these I feel a rare beauty struggling at my soul. A celestial beauty with a halo of hypophosphates and a perfume of asphools. And the thought creeps over me that surely the angels are with us, brushing us with their lumageous wings and whispering, whispering! Isn't it so with you, my Michael? Her husband stirred thoughtfully. "That's it," he said slowly, as a slow smile broke over his tinroofing features. "Just a dash o' perlque and maybe a sprinklin' of Honest Pets and it'll be the perfect smokin' mixture." Behind the Bara. The Sunday was a wet one and she was allowed to accompany her parents to church. It was her first experience of that kind. The minister was of the energetic, pulpit-thumping type, and he preached from a rostrum rallied in, above the people. He excelled himself this day in the thumping tactics and had worked himself up to a pitch of excitement. Esther was cowering close to her mother's side, and when he reached a point where he emphasized more than all the others, she exclaimed, in a frightened whisper: "Ma! What would we do if he got out?" — Pittsburgh Chronicle-Dispatch. No Housework There. Stephen Graham says that the Russian peasant woman has little or no housework to do, as there are no beds to make, all the family sleeping on hay in the barns or on coats on the floors. There are no stockings to darn, as they all go barelegged, and no dishes to wash, as they all eat out of one dish and take the meat in their fingers. All the cooking is done in one pot, meat and vegetables being cooked together. Mothers do not bother about their children and practically all the housework they have to do is to sweep out the room once in a while. Cornices Sky-Llg Dr. T. C. Chapman Dentist Bell Phone 798-E Home Phone 6840-M 18th St. and the Paseo 9 a. m. to 12 m. 1 p. m. to 8 p. m. KANSAS CITY, MO. NATHAN TAYLOR "The Handy Man." ALL KINDS OF REPAIRING All Stoves: Gas, Gasoline, Coal and Oil Steam and Gas Fitting ALL WORK GUARANTEED . 324 Minnesota Ave. KANSAS CITY, KAN8. Office Phone Bell West 380 Residence 1321 N. 8th St. Bell Phone, 361 West S. H. Thompson, M. D. Office 1512 N. 5th Street OPPORTUNITY TO GET EVEN Farmer Had It In His Heart to Do Unto Others as It Had Been Here is a good motor story: A farmer strolled into a motor saleshouse. "What's that worth?" he asked, pointing to a small car. "Five hundred dollars," was the reply. "And that?" pointing to a better car. "Seven hundred and fifty dollars." "And that there one?" pointing to a seven-passenger with a jerk of his thumb. "That one is a fine car and is worth twelve hundred dollars." "I'll take it," said the farmer. "The car is cash, you know," said the salesman. "Yes, I got the money," said the farmer, as he pulled a roll of bills out of his pocket, peeled off twelve one-hundred-dollar bills, and paid for the car. "Now, you'll show me how to drive the critter?" "Sure," said the salesman, "that's a part of the sale." So they started out, and after going three miles overtook a man in a wagon with a mule team. The salesman tooted and honked, and tooted, but the man with the mules refused to heed. Finally the farmer said: "This is my car, ain't it?" "It is," said the salesman. "And I paid for it?" "You did." "Then," said the farmer, "you run right over that sunnavagun; that's the way automobile drivers always done with me!"—Toronto (Kan.) Republican. PUT HEALTH IN FIRST PLACE Present Generation of Youth In Many Ways an Improvement Over Those of the Past. Our young people in their habits and tastes cherish and crave and admire health with a devotion unparalleled since the days of the Greeks, writes Francis Greenwood Peabody in the Atlantic Monthly. The call of the fields and of the wild, the inoculation of early childhood with the fever of athletes, and the enormous distinction obtained by strength, agility and pluck—even the unprecedented candor of literature and conversation concerning sex, parenthood, eugenics and feminism—all these signs of the time, though they may involve new risks, unquestionably free young people in large degree from the introspection, sentimentalism, morbid conscientiousness, prudishness and prurence, which have afflicted earlier generations. Fearless, self-confidence, even audacity, issue from this healthiness. Nothing is too personal to be mentioned; nothing too startling to be welcomed; nothing too sacred to be criticized. The most repelling of traits is sickliness, either of body or of mind. Strong doctrine, naked truth, undisguised convictions, are marks of the cult of healthiness, and the resultant type of youth is one which cannot be observed without admiration, as one watches an athlete stripped for his game and rejoicing in his strength.