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Subscription $1.00 Per Annum Advoc OUR PEOPLE HAS DONE MEANS TOWARDS THE ---NONE TO GO CREDIT IS OUR PEOPLE HAS DONE NOBLELY IN WORK AND MEANS TOWARDS THE XMAS POOR FUND ---NONE TO GO HUNGRY---GREAT CREDIT IS DUE THE COPS COLORED PEOPLE CONTRIBUTE LIBERALLY TO COPS' XMAS POOR. We are very much pleased to say the colored people of the city under the supervision of Hose Company No. 5 (colored) worked and contributed in a commendable way in getting money, food and clothing for the policemen's annual Xmas fund for the city's poor. Those who deserve special mention are Mrs. Alice Bailey of North Sixth street, Misses Mable Jackson and May Green, teachers in Douglass school, Misses Tressle Smothers and Ruth Green of Howe school who on tag day which was cold, stood over in the bottoms at the State Line all day. They turned in nearly $50. The concert given by Western University and Summer High school glee clubs should have much credit for their work and interest in making a neat sum for this worthy and human cause. All the race wants is an opportunity and there will always be plenty of them at a moment's calling to assist, work and contribute to any good cause. There is no color known in the distribution of these much needed necessities for our unfortunate citizens, but all are looked after that are in want. Our police force has been doing a noble work in looking and caring for the poor of our city for some years and their efficiency along this particular line is very commendable. As we have colored policemen which we regret to see in print, our hose company No. that is located on Quindaro boulevard always takes an active part in locating the needy families of the race and there is none missed who ought to be helped. A nice Christmas dinner will brighten the home of many a family next Monday. WATCH MEETING AND CHRISTMAS EXERCISES. The Church of God, Eleventh and Freeman, will hold a watch meeting service on Sunday night (Xmas Eve) in commemoration of the vigilance of the Shepherds on the plains of Bethlehem. The Sunday school will have exercises on Monday night (Xmas day) which will consist of a Christmas line, songs, recitations and the presentation of gifts in keeping with the example of the wise men who presented gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to Christ on the occasion of his advent into the world. You and yours are invited. W. T. NICKERSON, Pastor-Evangelist Mr. M. J. Fortuer, one of Newton's prominent citizens, was in the city a few hours last Thursday on business. Mr. Roy Anderson, formerly of Chicago, but now of Kansas City, Mo., visited Miss Clymer's room at Dougess school Tuesday. Anderson Furniture Co. "House of Merit" The Anderson Furniture company, 739-741 Minnesota avenue carries among the largest stock of Furniture, Stoves, Rugs, Druggets Floor Coverings, Pictures, and in fact everything in house furnishing and of the highest quality in the city. This store purchased heavily at special prices of the latest and richest furniture that could be had for the Christmas buyers and the prices are surprisingly low considering the advance in every commodity. Terms or Cash. Come in and see our goods and our prices. "House of Merit" ANDERSON FURNITURE COMPANY. 739-741 Minnesota Ave. Bell, W. 1611. ATE EXTE NOBLELY IN WORK AND THE XMAS POOR FUND HUNGRY---GREAT DUE THE COPS VISITORS AND STRANGERS YOU ARE WELCOME TO OUR CHURCHES. The various churches throughout the city will have special Christmas services either Sunday or Monday, Christmas day, to which the public visitors and strangers who may be in the city visiting their relatives and friends are welcome to any of the churches of their choice. It is hoped that every visitor and stranger may attend public service at some of these churches. The pastors and members would be glad to see you and welcome your presence at any or all church services. Come out and let us get acquainted. Mr. J. Truman is a gallant young man. He gave complimentary tickets to the "Jack Organ recital" to Mesdames S. Russell and M. Matthews of the Spanish class. CAN NOW WEAR THE PIN I. B. P. O. E. TRIUMPH SHOWN IN DECISION RENDERED HERE New York (Special)—After a long fight in the State courts from the lowest to the highest the colored Elks have at last triumphed or justice has been evenly balanced and right have conquered might. Last week in the court here a test was made. Cornellius Stafford, who was arrested August 31, immediately after the L. B. P. O. E. convention in Philadelphia for wearing an Elk's pin, came through with his case victorious Thursday last, in Part 1 of the Court of Special Sessions. Mr. Stafford is a member of Monarch Lodge No. 45 and has been a member of the order for some time and was arrested on West 135th street this city. Through the ability of Attorney Phillip M. Thorne and the persistent efforts of W. MacDaniels the case was fully prosecuted and given every fair chance and Stafford was dismissed as a result. Prior to 1905 the legal fight began against colored Elks, or immediately after the setting up of various colored Elk lodges in different sections of the country. In 1905 in White Plains Justice Morschauser, in the Supreme Court, handed down a decision against the colored Elks, but Messrs J. Frank Wheaton and Rufus L. Perry, attorneys for the colored order made application at once to reopen the case and have it transferred to Brooklyn. This was on July 6th, but on July 18th a decision was again rendered in favor of the B. P. O. E. Later on the case upon an appeal was argued before the Court of Appeals, the highest tribunal in the Empire State, but the decision rendered only reversed the decision of the lower courts on every point, except the use of the Elks name by the colored lodges. This is sustained; so the colored antlers at once made plans to carry their fight to the United States Supreme Court. While preparations were being made though a delegation of colored Elks appeared before a delegation of white Elks, representing New York Lodge No. 1, headed by Exalted Ruler Leach, and he promised to use his influence to call off the fight against the colored Elks, providing they call themselves "Colored Elks." This was communicated to the various lodges and they decided to do so. DELINQUENT SUBSCRIBERS DELINQUENT SUBSCRIBERS You have been notified through the paper, also officially through the mail of your indebledness to The Advocate and those who have failed to remit only have about two weeks in which to pay up so don't delay in sending it in if you want to get in on the dollar year rate. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, DECEMBER 22, 1916. [Name not visible in the image] School closed yesterday for the holiday vacation and will reopen Wednesday, January 3rd in the New Year. President Kealing is well satisfied with the work of the first period of this school year and many new students are expected to be enrolled after the holidays. The Editor Extends To His Efficient Staff the Seasons Greetings METROPOLITAN CHURCH. . . The Metropolitan church members have done nobly in following their pastor's advice and giving as much money as they have. They are working toward finishing their large basement. Last Sunday morning Rev. Holmes preached an able sermon and the "Spirit" was manifested by many. At night the sermon was good. Wednesday night Prof. Carl Hoffman a pipe organist of 42 years, gave one of his superfine recitals. Mr. J. A. Miller sang. Mr. Hoffman is the finest pipe organist that has played at this church. Mr. Miller sang lovely and all could understand his words. It is the last recital that will be allowed this winter. Special Christmas music and sermon Sunday, Dec. 24th. Louisville, Ky. (Special)—Young Harry Robinson, colored, of this city, has been appointed as foreman over all of the stock leaving the great Ford Automobile Works at Detroit, Michigan. This is the first time that such a position has ever been held by a colored man. Mrs. H. Ewing on Eighth St., attended a funeral in K. C., Mo., Monday. Have your clubs and Xmas parties reported in The Advocate. Only a small charge. Stood at the head of his class in the Kansas City, Kansas, School of Embalming. Passed the examination in Kansas and Missouri with a mark of high efficiency. Prepared and equipped to take-care of funerals of all classes at the lowest prices. Parlors and show room, 415 Minnesota avenue, Kansas City, Kansas. FORD EMPLOYS A COLORED FOREMAN. Undertaker and Embalmer OPEN NIGHT AND DAY. Bell Phone, West 4138. And Independent the holiday vacation Year. President I of this school year after the holidays. Holiday vacation and will reopen Wed- President Kealing is well satisfied his school year and many new stud- the holidays. Extends To at Staff the eetings FIRE AT EDITORS HOME On Monday night when Mr. Kennedy got home about 10 p. m. from an official meeting of his church and opened the front door a puff of smoke rushed into his face and pushing himself through the dense fog to the front room he found a lamp that had been left burning on the table had exploded and the fire had already done considerable damage. It had burned rugs, floor coverings, a library table and its contents and among this was one of The Advocate's subscription books which contained the names of mostly out of town subscribers. The fire was soon extinguished as plenty of water was handy. Mrs. Kennedy was sleeping upstairs over the room on fire, but was not aware of anything beneath her so dangerous. A CHRISTNAS CAROL. In the stillness of the midnight, In the silence of the Star, In the slumber of the white lambs, On the hillsides, near and far, Came the Christ Child to his mother; To the humble oxen's staff; He, the Babe of Paradise, sweet; Lord of Christmas, King of all. Hush, let not a word be spoken Of his sacrifice for men, Stooping from his world of glory, To be woman-born; a pen Of sweet straw to be his cradle, He is ours, just ours, today, Mark that mortal smile, that shining Of the halo in the hay! He is ours, just ours, today, Mark that mortal smile, that shining Of the halo in the hay! While the palm trees rustle softly, While his lullaby, the breeze, Croons amid the angel's anthem Which the starlight heaven cleaves, We will claim him ours, our treasure, Christmas Babe, and Babe divine. Hall, thrice hall, O mystic stranger, Nestling in thy straw-filled shrine! —Helen-Chase, in Brooklyn Eagle. Mrs. Elizabeth Porter-Buckner, 929 Splitlog, has been on the sick list. She is improving. The friends of Mrs. Lizzie Sewell, 1615 North Eighth Street, will he pleased to learn of her rapid recovery. NE ASK OUR READERS A FAVOR. Owing to the fire on Monday night, the 18th, destroying some of our subscription books and principally our out of town list, it is impossible for us to remember all names and addresses so we would greatly appreciate any one who reads the paper or knows of our misfortune will kindly say to any one they know who has been receiving the paper, inquire of them if they are receiving it and if not, would thank them to drop the office a card and their address, and also the length of time they have been getting it. If you will do this it will greatly help us in getting our list recorded again. We ask the ministers to announce from their pulpits to those who are not receiving their paper at this time the cause and for them to send their name and address into the office, S34 Nebraska avenue, Kansas City, Kansas. It will be quite a favor as well as helpful.—Ed. FIRST A. M. E. CHURCH CHRIST MAS SERVICE. There will be special Christmas service Sunday morning at 11 a.m. at which time Dr. Ransom, the pastor, will preach a special sermon on the coming of the Child Jesus. The choir will render music within keeping with the occasion. The other services throughout the day will be of a special nature and a splendid program will be given at 6:30 p. m. by the Young People's Allen Christian Endeavor. The new heating-plant will be in operation Sunday which will add much to comfort of worshippers this cold weather. The Sunday school is becoming quite interesting and has increased greatly, especially since the cradle roll has been organized. The school will make its gifts to the children this Friday evening from an Xmas tree. There will be as is customary a special Christmas service on Monday, Christmas day, at 11 a.m., at the church. Rev. Ransom will preach at this service. Anyone who misses this sermon will lose much in what the day is intended for their happiness The church ought to be packed on this special occasion. DON'T FORGET THE ORPHANS' HOME. There is one charitable institution in our city that should be remembered at this time, and that is the Children's Orphans' Home at the corner of Ninth and Washington boulevard. The home has between 25 and 30 children and remember they are human and we should remember these little innocent unfortunate ones, and see that their Christmas is made as happy as those who have parents to look too for the Christmas joys. Why not make their little hearts glad on Christmas morn, as you will your own little darling. Let us think of these dear orphans and then act. THE FORUM. The Citizens' Forum convened in its weekly meeting at the usual place. The lady president has certainly kept it going. The following program was rendered: 1. Music, 2. Quotations, Prof. G. A. Curry, 3. Address, "The Subjected Sex," Prof. G. N. Grisham of K. C., Mo. He said in part "Women should know everything men know. Women are superior to men in morals." Quoted I Tim. 2nd Chapt. and said that phrase, "Let woman learn in silence, etc." should be done away with. It was a fine address and the discussion was led by Prof. H. Dwiggins. 4. Critic's report, Mrs. Dwiggins, the president, promises another good program next Sunday, December 24th. The Hendricks ladies quartet will sing. BIBLE CLASS. The Neighborhood Bible class had another good meeting at the beautiful new home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Dwiggins. The 27th and 28th chapter of Acts were discussed and it was a spiritual feast for the soul. It speaks well for the hostess in opening the doors of her new home the first time to a gathering to read of Christ. The class has finished Acts and will take up Paul's Epistles, I Thess. Jan. 3rd, at Prof. J. P. King's or Mrs. Blue's on Nebraska. All are invited. M, C. MATTHEWS, Leader. MISS MAY McCLELLAND, Sec. Mrs. Matthews is the only one of her race known to have received a ticket to the Meissah at Convention hall. THE BATTLE HAS JUST BEGUN AND THE AP- PEAL WILL GON- TINUE Some time ago; we had to say in another city paper, "All things come to him, who waits,—if he will but wait long enough." Taking a retrospective view of our situation and condition, as well also the mistaken idea, upon which our civilization is based, and recognizing the fact; that the very basic principle of our Social and Economic system; makes all men—at heart—Tigers rather than Lambs. I am inclined to think that in this Christmas season, in spite of "The salings and arrows of an out-raged fortune" we too, may find something for which we may feel cheerful. That we have not conserved all the forces that we could have commanded, is but too true. But why expect so much of us( even ourselves) while we live in a world of wrong ideas, a world where men have lost sight of that for which they should live and strive to attain. The world, in which the proper conception of life, has been dwarfed, and almost smothered, by an Inordinate and excessive love of money; which has so perverted our notions of right and justice, that we have no other God than it. A world, in which men no longer live—but exist only—and that seemingly, for no other purpose, than to exploit and over-reach his fellow-man. And to leave as an evidence of his success in that line, as much as possible of this world's wealth, that could have been used to make men happy. (I have often thought it well, that we cannot carry any of this wealth with us, for the reason, that so much, or all, of it would be lost, for the lack of Fire Insurance, in that Borne from which we can't get back.) And it is strange, that in all these thousands upon thousands of years, that we have spent on earth, exploiting and over-reaching, and oppressing each other, that we have not learned that simple little lesson, "It will profit nothing, for we have need for that, and that only, which we can use while we are here." All the rest, residue and remainder, is, and has always been, left to the Rest. Then, I repeat, it is strange, "Passing strange," why we have established a regime, in which, under the Mismomer of Competition, we teach ourselves and posterity, that it is a mark of Excellence to do anything that we would not have others do to us, if per chance, we gain an advantage in so doing; that puts a greater portion of wealth in our corner. We have no hesitancy in doing those things, in those manners, that we know to be destructive, not only of the health and happiness; but of the life of our fellows, and that too, quickly; if by such, our insurable interest in the world's wealth will be greater. We are absolutely contradictory, unreasonable, criminal and fooling and with impunity do those things, for Eyes Examined Glasses Fitted F. C. WAHLENMAIER REFRACTING EYE SPECIALIST 746 Minnesota Ave. Kansas City, Kansas FIGHTING POWER OF THE FRENCH GROWS STEADILY Stronger in Artillery, in Men and in Morale Than Ever Before. PREPARED TO FIGHT IT OUT Were Able In Four Hours at Verdun to Regain Nearly All That It Cost the Germans Five Months and Appalling Loss of Life to Win. By ARNO DOSCH-FLEUROT. [Correspondent of the New York World.] Paris—In four hours a portion of the French mobile army under General Nivelle has regained nearly all the ground won by the crown prince before Verdun during five months of continuous attack. It is a great French victory—such a victory as the Germans at this stage of the war would make the occasion of a celebration, but here in France it has been received almost without demonstration. More remarkable even than the victory is the way it has been accepted by the people of France. It has given p feeling of satisfaction and reassurance, to be sure, and it is very timely, as France has been having an hour of nervousness over the fate of her new ally, Roumania; but, far from being any shouting about it, there has been simply the ordinary interest in how it was accomplished. Nothing could express more plainly how the French feel about themselves and about the war. It reveals an unconscious attitude of success that characterizes all French thought at this stage of the war. It is a new phase in the absorbing question of French morale. There has certainly been no other time during the war when so signal a victory would have been accepted so calmly. To me, living here in France and watching the state of feeling more closely than anything else, it is entirely unexpected. Went On Like Clock Work. The whole story of this attack is, in fact, extraordinary. The time of it was known to a day two weeks in advance. The preparations were made with hardly any attempt at secrecy. Visiting correspondents were told by the commanding generals just what was going to happen. Here in Paris it has been the talk of the boulevards. The Germans were so well informed of details that they were able to bring up re-enforcements against the point whenever attacks took place, and it is to be presumed they did their best to check it. But the advance went off like clockwork as scheduled. It will be recalled that the Germans few months ago were able to do that kind of thing pretty much where they pleased. Now they are able to do it only against green troops such as Rou- WEDS KING GEORGE'S COUSIN O In the first marriage of royalty since the outbreak of the European war, Countess Nadejda Torby, twenty years old, daughter of Grand Duke Michael Michelovitch of Russia, became the wife of Prince George of Battenberg, a cousin of King George of England. Two ceremonies were performed, the first according to the bride's faith in the Russian embassy chapel and the other in the chapel royal, St. James palace. King George, Queen Mary and Dowager Queen Alexandra witnessed the wedding; also the duke and duchess of Connaught, Princess Patricia of Connaught and ex-King Manuel of Portugal. The bridegroom is a lieutenant in the British navy, serving on the battle cruiser New Zealand. He is twenty-four years old and a nephew of Princess Henry, of Battenberg, King George's youngest aunt. The bride is the daughter of Grand Duke Michael Hick, a cousin of the caesar of Russia. manna brought into the war. To go no further-back in the history of the war, the Verdun advances were themselves heralded from time to time, and except for the half-dozen announcements made from Berlin that Verdun itself was about to fall, they usually made good on their prophecies. They were able to do so because they knew what their preparations were and that the French had nothing to withstand them. "Tother Way Round" Now. Now it is cutting the other way. The French had such preparations that they knew the Germans could not stand against them. And no one wants to be deceived by the Berlin claim that the French have retaken the ground at nightful cost. It may have cost one-tenth what it cost the Germans to take it, not more. At this stage of the war human cost can be figured accurately on the basis of shellfire and the number of hours the attacking army fought in the open. Ground taken in a few hours is bound to cost much less than ground captured after months of ceaseless attack. The cost in lives has not entered into the discussion here at all, though the question of man-power is the catechword of the day, and there is a reason for it. Everyone in France knows now that French troops are not ordered out of the trenches until the opposing German trenches have been wiped out by shell fire. When the Germans cry "This is not war, it is glaughter," the French people simply rub their palms in self-congratulation. They know they have the job of driving the Germans out of France a jump at a time, and if the Germans will jump back ahead of their shell fire they are content. They have reached the cheerful state of mind where they are willing to go on making shells in larger and larger numbers for an indefinite period. Verdun Front Secure. Verdun Front Secure. Things may go ahead for a while on other fronts, but there is hardly a Frenchman living who thinks anything disastrous can happen again on this front. I am with them in that belief, and so is everybody who knows anything about the present strength of the French army in men and shells. My confidence in the situation, gathered from contact with the French people, is such that I am willing to write this and confide it to the slow-going mails when the French advance at Verdun is hardly more than under way, and I have no fear anything will happen meanwhile to contradict it. There is a common-sense reason for this, too. For the first time there is an adequate supply of big new modern artillery before Verdun. The Germans nearly took Verdun because France did not have a sufficient number of heavy fieldpieces to protect it. It was saved by the small .75-millimeter guns, the same guns that turned the Germans on the Marne, and the Germans were stopped only when the French succeeded in bringing up fortress guns from the forts on the Italian frontier; the French army was that badly off in artillery. There was new artillery enough for the Somme, but not for both the Somme and Verdun, so they advanced with the new on the Somme and held the Germans at Verdun with the old. Now the French have enough new heavy artillery for both the Somme and Verdun, so they are advancing at both spots. Artillery the Big Factor It takes time to make artillery, but it takes longer yet to remove fixed ideas, and even the brilliant men who have turned France's military fortunes could not foresee what the war would be like at this stage and did not provide against the present necessity for heavy fieldpieces. It was Verdun that stirred things up. Verdun stands for many things, but in close-in military and political circles in France it means the point where France began to go in for heavy artillery on a big scale. There are several different factions in France just now claiming the credit for France's growing artillery superiority, and without casting any discredit on the high command of the army it is generally conceded that the French parliament had an important hand in it. It is balm, too, to the feelings of French parliamentarians, for they were certainly snubbed at the beginning of the war, and they can point out now with perfect propriety, especially the senators, that they ordered and voted the funds for heavy artillery when many military men in high position were inclined to think the thing was being overdone. The credit for the new Verdun advance—at least that part not due to the soldiers and the brilliant French artillerymen—will have to go to a senatorial committee that got busy months ago, when it was not very much encouraged, and made the new supply of big guns possible. This whole matter is not talked about much here; it is simply accepted. One no longer hears scornful remarks from military men about "meddling politicians." And the members of parliament and all the civil side of the government they represent are wearing their regained prestige rather modestly. But anyone who ever feared a military dictatorship in France-can now definitely put that fear aside. "Rained Crape on France." At this time last year the more nervous Parisians were just beginning to believe that the Germans would never get to Paris. That had, in fact, been obvious since the battle of the Marne. Nevertheless, they had more confidence, and the army itself had more confidence than the facts, justified. The Germans could not break through, perhaps, but they showed at Verdun that they could make it very expensive for France to hold its line. THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE. Verdun; as a whole, the loss and rogining of its outer circle of forts, has cost the French nowhere near so much as it has cost the Germans; but there is not a French village, hardly a French family, where mourning is not worn for someone lost at Verdun. Those families that escaped owe it to unusual luck. On the whole. Verdun has been a very bloody business—much worse than the Somme. The best proof of this is the comparatively few deaths on the Somme among one's personal acquaintances and connections. Verdun rained crape on France. The Soi-me has been no such slaughter house—for the French. But it was there the Germans first began harping on the phrase, "This is slaughter." It was slaughter, because the French for the first time opposed them with as much artillery as they had, and French artillerymen are superior to any others. At the battle of the Marne itself, before the artillerymen had had all the experience the last two years has given them, they showed themselves thoroughly capable. At every point where the Germans tried to make stands on the Oureq and the Marne the French artillery cleared them out by the most systematic fire. They dropped their shells as regularly as the squares on the checkerboard, and blew the German butterles all to pieces, so that immediately after the battle, when I passed that way, the fields were littered with wrecked fieldpieces and limbers and dead artillery horses. In those days France had one piece of artillery to Germany's ten. Germany still has three or four to France's one, but, opposed to the French themselves, Germany can afford to spare only cannon for cannon. The fact that the French have consistently gained on a fair field with an even distribution of equipment shows the French to be not only superior artillerymen but better in the infantry attacks. In an article last May I called attention to the construction of the French mobile army under General Petain, made up of divisions and corps which had particularly distinguished themselves in attack. This was the army which paid so heavy a price in saving Verdun, but was still in shape to make the Somme offensive. Some of the best of these corps happen to be having just now a well-earned rest. They have not been in either the later successes on the Somme or at Verdun. It has not been necessary to use the very crack troops. The football team of one of the most distinguished, the Twentieth army corps, recently played a hot match in Paris. It was an excellent team, hardly a member of which did not wear every possible decoration, but the rooters of the Twentieth who came along were a slight in themselves. They had been through Verdun and the Somma—sight months of continuous attack—but they were the fittest-looking men you could ask for. There was not one who to use our own phrase, did not look as if he could "lick his weight in wildcats." And men of this kind, in the midst of two big offensives, are right now taking their ease. It shows that many other divisions have proved their mettle. The mobile army of crack troops that numbered, perhaps, 450,000 last May comes nearer being a million today. It is not that the French army has grown in proportion—the new men who have gone into action since last May number under a quarter of a million. The growth of the mobile army has come from men who have seen action since the beginning of the war. The whole army is showing a tendency to grow in fighting power. It is something in the French race. Napoleon made himself by developing the same characteristic. FAVORITE IN WASHINGTON MOTHER AND BABY Mrs. G. A. Rebentish has joined her parents, Sehator and Mrs. Beed Smoot of Utah, in Washington, where she will spend the winter. She is a favorite in the capital's official set. Dog Saves Woman's Life Waycross, Ga.—According to a report received here from Folkston, Mrs. Grady H. Gibson owes her life to her pet dog, which found and attacked a rattlesnake only a few feet from the path in which Mrs. Gibson was walking to her garden. The rattler bit the dog, causing his death shortly thereafter. But the dogs attack warned Mrs. Gibson, and she firmly believes the rattler would have bitten her had not her pet discovered the snake and given battle to it. French Superiority. Trught Him a. Lesson. "I can't always judge by appearances." "I just had a costly demonstration of that fact. Because I saw Flububb chewing a toothpick. I thought it would be safe to invite him to lunch. But he went right along and hung me up for an expensive lot of grub." Kansas City Journal, Why a Ship Floats. No ship should stay on top of the water unless that part of it beneath the surface displaced as much water as the ship weighed. If the volume of water so displaced was lighter than the ship, the latter would sink. It is a principlc of nature that lighter things pass above those of greater weight. Grease the Pastg Bottle Cork. Few of us but have felt our spirits ebb away as we tried to extract a cork from a previously used mucilage bottle. This woe will be a forgotten one if, upon purchasing the new bottle, the cork will be removed, a thin coating of vaseline or other grease applied and cork again inserted. Hitting Back. Uncle Silas (visiting city relatives who use electrical appliances for cooking at the table)—"Well, I swan! You make fun of us for catin' in the kitchen. I don't see as it makes much difference whether you eat in the kitchen or cook in the dining room."—Life. The Difficult Task. "Why do they say that the first year of married life is usually the most difficult?" 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Bell Phone, West 3102, Residence, Bell, West 2223W. 1319 N. 9th St. The Advocate Goes in More Colored Homes in Wyandotte than All Others Combined, Published in It. FUELICATION NOTICE. In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Anna Thwaits, Dora Gulford, Dahila Thompson, W. H. Thwaits, Clarence Thwaits, and Richard Thwaits, isaac N. Roberts, if living, Samuel Y. Roberts, if living, Martha Roberts, if living, J. B. Miller, if living, Martha L. Miller, if living, (wife of J. B. Miller) and if either, or any on all of the above named defendants be dead, then and in such case, the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, and assigns of each, every, and all of said defendants. Defendants. To each and all of the above named defendants: You are hereby notified that you have been sued by the above named plaintiffs, in the above named court, and that unless you appear and answer on or before the 5th day of January 1917, the petition filed in said case will be presented to the court for trial, and upon the evidence adduced at the trial, a judgment will be rendered, the nature of which will be a decree, adjudging the plaintiffs to be the owners in fee simple of the following described real estate to-wit: Lot Thirty-seven, in Block Thirty-one in the former City of Wyandotte, now a part of Kansas City, in Wyandotte County, Kansas. Also finding and decreeing, that Samuel X. Roberts, John W. Roberts, Alfred S. Roberts, were sons and Buckner & McElroy Trans.er Company Furniture and Piano Movers, Express and Baggage. Goods stored, packed and shipped by experienced men. The right price with truck and wagon service. 1404 6 Holmes Street Bell phone Grand. 1566-W. Home phone Main 9172 Eye Eyes Examined Glasses Fitted F. C. Wahlenmaier. Optometrist 746 Minn. Ave., Kansas City heirs at law of one Isaac N. Roberts deceased, and that Hatty Banning and Rebecca M. Cram and Mary, whose name was sometimes spelled "Martha Miller, were daughters of sald Isaac N. Roberts; and that Rebecca Roberts was the wife of John W. Roberts, and that Ellen C. Roberts was the wife of Alfred S. Roberts and that John Banning was the husband of Hatty Banning, and that William H. Cram was the husband of Rebecca M. Cram, and J. B. Miller was the husband of Mary L. alias, Martha L. Miller. And that the above named children were all of, and the only heirs at law left by sald Isaac N. Roberts at the time of his demise, and that he left no widow. And that said children and their sald husbands and wives, transferred all the right, title and interest in and to the above described land, had and held by said Isaac N. Roberts, at the time of his demise, which was the fee simple title to sald lot, to one Richard Thwaits, the husband and father of the plaintiffs heresay. I. F. BRADLEY Attorney for the Plaintiffs Attest: R. J. McFarland. Clerk of the District Court (First publication November 24, 1924.) Mrs. E. L. Flecher of 2844 Parkwood boulevard, entertained the men's Progressive Reading class at Ranee City, Mo. at 1 o'clock on Friday, December 3. Coyotes were laid for 16 meals. Dove—Deliberately Pretends to Be Wounded, With the Idea That She Will Gain Sympathy. Bessie's sole aim in life has been to prove that P. T. Barnum was right when he pulled that "one a minute" stuff. But Bessie was unmasked the other day, according to a New York correspondent. Her position as "Queen of the Nature Fukers" went awry, and if she wants to wring tears from the women who visit the New York Zoological park she will have to think up a new sympathy producer. Fitted by nature to be n'maker, Bessie, the bleeding heart dove, made the most of it. On her breast she has an irregular red streak which looks like a wound. Bessie soon learned that she could gain a lot of sympathy by pretending to curl up and expire when a woman screamed for a keeper to attend the bird's injury. The other day a woman who had been the victim of Bessie's ruse a year ago visited the birdhouse with a friend. Her companion started to make the usual protest against the cruelty of letting a poor little dove suffer, when the woman recognized that Bessie was simply giving an encore of her performance of the year before. She gazed foxedly at the apparently expiring dove, then said: "You little fake. Aren't you ashamed?" and led her friend away, while Bessie resumed her interrupted dinner of rice kernels. ONE OF EARTH'S QUIET SPOTS Very Little Movement Noted in the College Town During the Drowsy Summer Months. Only the dead sleep more serenely, more beautifully than the college town in summer. When you enter it you feel that a peace that passeth all understanding has somehow descended upon the place. It is a woman whose lover is away and who spends the lazy days dreaming of him and waiting for his return. Downtown in the evening, girls saunter the streets in pairs and are not too scornful of the wandering commercial salesman. At the hotel lights are low and the lobby is quiet; in the bar are a few citizens, a drummer and maybe two or three students who are tutoring through the summer. Mornings on "The Hill" you get still more surely the sensation of loneliness. The clock in the library tower glimpses the three-quarters, and like an echo come the soprano voices of the little group of left-over coeds, singing behind the open windows of a conservatory. The blue lake below you is unmarred by crew or sail. Even the bronze image of the friend of the founder, in the quadrangle, seems to relax a bit in its chair—and to be waiting for September and the breath of life—Cleveland Plain Dealer. King Canute's Reign. Canute was no mere conqueror, as had been most of his ancestors, but a man of Viking blood, who seems to have cared more for English men and ways than for his own distant lands. He befriended scholars and he made England the center of a great northern empire, for he conquered Norway, ruled over Denmark and was acknowledged as ruler by the Scottish King Malcolm, by the prince of Wales and by all the Vikings who had settled in the Scottish islands and in Ireland. Unlike the earlier Anglo-Saxon conquerors, the Danes did not replace the inhabitants whom they had overwhelmed. They came in great numbers to the islands, but they were absorbed into the population, which remained Anglo-Saxon. But Conute's descendants were unable to hold the power that he had gained and soon England was again to be conquered by a foe from across the seas. Then Things Happened. He was a bookkeeper in a big manufacturing establishment. He lived in a hall room in a modest boarding house and ate his luncheons in a quick-knack restaurant. "There's no chance for adventure here in a great city," he used to say as he sat on the front steps evenings. Then all in the same week a burglar took $16 from his trousers' pocket, an ammonia tank blew up in his office building, he was caught in a subway wreck, he was arrested by mistake for a pickpocket and he was run down by an automobile on his way home from work and he married the nurse who helped set his broken arm.—Kouth's Companion. Wise Youngster. They have some precocious youngsters in the schools down Shepherd's Bush way. Look at this, for instance: "Oh, Miss Tuffleson," said little Bobble, who had been kept after school, "whenever I see you I can't help think of experience." "What do you mean?" the lady demanded, with a good deal of asperity. "Experience is a dear teacher, you know." Then she gave him a pat on the week and said that he might go if he would promise not to make faces at any of the little girls again—London City. Optimism. Wife—John, you'll hnye to take that all away from baby; he hit sister, on he hand with it. John—Yes, dear; but you should have seen the curve the little cuss had it—Park. Death Rate Among Poets Poets that can be killed by the rule of those who do not understand them are better dead, and they have never succeeded in saving their lives by their explanations. The world will never kill a poet because he is an imagist or a vers librist, but there is one thing that it surely will do; it will kill an imagist or a vers librist because he is not a poet, and that side of the matter seems to be stringely overshadowed by those who speak of the New Movement.—The New Republic Now That We Know An eminent mycologist declares that we are in no danger of mistaking polsonous toadstools for mushrooms. If we are careful to eat only the chestnut-colored boletus, the involute boletus, the glistening ink-cap, the beefsteak mushrooms, the pine-cone boletus, Mary's russula, the edible chanterel and the honeygarlic. Now that we know what's what, why should we view the mushroom with alarm?—Greenville News. Washington's Election. The administration of the United States under the new Constitution was to have begun March 4, 1780, but it was not until March 30 that a quorum was present in the house and April 6 in the senate, to count the votes of the electoral college for the first president. When they were counted Washington was found to have received a unanimous vote. He was inaugurated April 30, 1780. More Than Fair Exchange. Grandma said to little Romaine: "Your mamma took my boy away from me." The little fellow sought in vain for some excuse for this act on his parent's part, and then suddenly pointed dramatically to his mother and sister, who were sitting in the corner together, and then to himself and answered. "Well, see what you got!" Thought Him the Stork's Agent. Carol, aged three, while at her grandpa's store, was very much interested in a travelling salesman and a small case he carried. Looking up at him intently she said: "Is you a doctor?" She kept very quiet when he said "No," until he picked up his case to go, then she said with much excitement, "Does you sell babies?" London's Good Record. Considering the size and population of London, there are practically few grimes of murder, and very few burglar's resort to violence. Highway robbery at the point of a gun is almost unheard of, but so-called anarchists who are exiled-from their own countries infest a certain section in the upper Shaftesbury avenue district. --- Recroved. "Good morning, Nora," said Mrs. Rogers. "Was the grocer's boy impudent to you again this morning when you 'phoned the order in?' "He was that," complained Nora, "but I fixed him this time. I sez: 'Who in blazes do you think you're talkin' to? This is Mrs. Rogers.'"—Harper's Magazine. Foibles of Great Musician. Beethoven gained his inspiration while walking. On these trips he would enter a restaurant and ask the astonished waiter for a bill without having ordered anything. His clumsiness was prodigious. He usually broke anything he touched. He never could dance in time. Josephine is two and one-half years old. The morning after her father had taken off his mustache when he came into the bedroom to play with her, she sat up in bed, studied him carefully for a moment, and said in an indignant tone "where is it? Put it back." Scientific Fact of Interest A distinguished British scientist has decided that there is some form of radiation from chalk and granite cliffs, possibly electrical, which causes climatic differences in places near together. Two of a Kind. Bachelor (sadly)—"I dreamed last night that I was married. The alarm clock woke me." Benedict (more sadly)—"I dreamed last night that I was single. The twins woke me."—Buffalo News. Economy In Intense Heat Economy in Intense Heat Spraying of pulverized coal into the fire boxes of steamship boilers by a new method produces such intense heat that the ashes literally are melted and run down out of the way. Deflant Idiom. "It's me," is an idiom, says a Harvard professor, and is allowable. It is allowable largely for the reason that we haven't standing army enough to suppress it.—Houston Post. Late Sleepera We are inclined as a people to let too much fresh air go to waste in the early morning-Toledo Blade. Dally Thought No man is worth more than another if he does no more than another—Carvanthe in "Don Quixote." 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 DENTIST Bell Phone W. 186. DR. MARION COTTEN, DENTIST. 514 Minnesota Avenue. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. GROCERS. W. C. CARROLL FANCY GROCERIES, MEATS, CON- FECTIONERY, FRUITS, ETC. Bell Phone West 1653. 2120 NORTH THIRD STREET GROCERS. H. W. HILL Dealer In Staple and Fancy Grocerles, Dry Goods and Notions. Bell Phone, 385 West 2702 North Sherman St. TRANSFER CO'S. Home Phone West 473. Bell Phone West 247. Business Directory TOM CROWDER TRANSFER CO. Does a General Moving, Packing, Shipping and Storage Business. Office 412 Minnesota Ave. A. J. HILL. Groceries, Meats, Dry Goods and Notions. Corner 11th and Freeman Ava. KANSAS CITY, KAS. Bell West 433. COAL DEALERS. W. H. LAMORIGHT & CO. Dealer in Coal, Ice and Feed. Office 1620 N. 8d St. KANSAS CITY, KANS. Bell West 1922. OFFICE HOURS: 9:30 to 11:30 a. m.; 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p. m. Bell Phone, Office and Residence, Main 1219 DR. H. M. BRATHWAITE Physician and Surgeon & W. Corner James and Central KANSAS CITY, KANS. Office Phone Bell West 830 Residence 1321 N. 8th Bc Bell Phone, 361 West B. 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 518 Minnesota Ave. DECORATOR F. D. Howe, Decorator and Painter Ice Cream Parlor and Confectionery, 1722 N. 5rd Std. Bell, W. S305 Careless Pedestrian. Leaving home for his place of business, a man of calculating mind will discover that valuable time is lost in want of consideration by others for the commonest rights of thoroughfare. A friend of mathematical bent has calculated that a hundred years of actual working time are lost every day on the streets of New York by thoughtless people who take the left of the sidewalk instead of the right, who are negligent in crossing the streets, and hold up traffic or become inmates of hospitals by inviting accidents. When Men Fought Hand to Hand. The most fearsome of all the ancient Russian weapons was the great battle-ax. There were many different types of these, but all were alike in having queerly shaped, broad blades, often of huge proportions and mounted on long poles. The upper portion of the blade usually projected in a fantastic curve above the haft, while the lower end bent toward the pole, to which it was attached by a lashing of wire. Forestry in Germany. Forestry is one of the chief sources of revenue for the numerous small towns like Oberndorf, Germany, and the conservation of tree wealth has been developed to an almost exact science. Both on the royal land and in the community forests the amount of timber cut annually is not allowed to exceed the annual growth. Numerous fir tree nurseries are scattered throughout the region. Few Now Care to Walk. It is hardly too much to say that the automobile as she is at present driven has made walking for pleasure or walking for health—walking of every sort. In fact, except mere pavement-strolling or hurried, rabbitlike dashes for the shelter of the nearest trolley-car—practically impossible, a source of annoyance and perpetual discomfort instead of a pleasure.—Exchange. At a Safe Distance. A traveling man who occupied a train seat with a minister wished to take him down a peg or two, and so said: "Have you never heard that each time a minister is hanged in Paris an ass is hanged at the same time?" The elergyman blundly replied: "Well, let us both be thankful that we are not in Paris."—Everybody's Magazine. Mackerel for Nerves. Mackerel is an even better food for the nervous than cod and some other kinds of fish, because it contains a larger percentage of the fat which the nervous system requires. The food value of mackerel is: Water, 73.4 per cent; protein, 18.3 per cent; fat, 7.1 per cent; ash, 1.32 per cent. Why Velns Look Blue It is a peculiar fact that the veins on the hand or other surface portions of the body look blue to the eye, whereas the blood is red. This is because we see the light reflected back to our eyes from this blood through the walls of the veins, which give it a bluish tinge. F. W. 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LYON, Genera 314 East Second Street. 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. SAMUEL DIGGS THE OLD RELIABLE JUNK DEALER Pays the highest cash prices for Junk at a bones, copper, brass, lead, zinc and everything SQUARE DEALING AND HONEST WEIGHT Place of Business—1006-1008 North Third Str OFFICIAL ORGAN OF 15,000 , Su -WE 3 F 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. If you want to reach the 15,000 colored people in Kansas City, Kansas, and Wyandotte county The Advocate is the only paper published in the city or county whereby you can reach them. It is the only paper published in the city or county whereby you can reach them. It is the only organ that appeals to the needs and wants of this large community of consumers. Publicity of any kind to sell, buy or trade in The Advocate will reach more people than all other publications combined-in Wyandotte. The Advocate one year $1.00, if you subscribe before January 1st, 1917, $1.50 thereafter. Monthly subscription in the city, 15 cents. All these in advance. Read front page notice. Subscribe for The Advocate by the year now and save fifty cents. It will be 15 cents a month after January. TO THE PUBLIC: This is to certify that the "Improved Colored Ancient Woodmen of the World" is not a fake but has been chartered in the states of Kansas and Oklahoma, to do a legitimate business in these and other states. For any information concerning the order call on T. S. McMorris, 1415 North Ninth St., P. A. Coleman, 1959 N. 6th St., Kansas City, Kas. Regular meetings first and third Wednesdays at Slaughter's hall. PUBLICATION NOTICE PUBLICATION NOTICE. In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, Julia Hill, Plaintiff, vs. Aaron Hill, Defendant. You are hereby notified that you have been sued by the above named plaintiff in the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, for divorce, and that you are required to answer the petition of the plaintiff, filed in the office of the Clerk of the District Court, Wyandotte County, Kansas, on or before the 18th day of January, 1917, or said petition will be taken as true and judgment will be rendered against you in favor of plaintiff, granting her an absolute divorce from you, and for such other and further relief as the nature of the case may require. DORSEY GREEN, Attorney for Plaintiff. (First publication December 8, 1916.) ANNOUNCEMENT Attorney Shackelford wishes to an- nounce that he has removed his owe- to 511 Minnesota avenue where he will be pleased to receive his tru- and clients. To Aaron Hill: 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 the best known remedy for Heavy and less Gray Hair to its Natural Color. straightening. 10 Cents Extra for Postage General Agent Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. unk at all times, rags, iron, bottles, everything in the junk line. ST WEIGHT AT ALL TIMES. oldd Street, Kansas City, Kansas. BELL, WEST 3577. Sugar Bowl.. WE DO OUR OWN BAKING 3 FRESH LOAVES BREAD 10 CENTS. 1 lb. not 12 oz. 5c 32 oz. Loaf 10s We Make Our Own Candles. SATURDAY SPECIAL. SUGAR BOWL 720 Minn. Ave. Bell Phone, West 2476W. PLAYERS, PIANOS, GRAFANOLAS, VICTROLAS, THE PATHE PHONE. Butler & Son 610 Minnesota Ave. Prices less. Deal with proprietor. No. high salaries, commissions, big rents, great advertising bills for you to help pay. Kansas City, Kansas Office Phone Bell West 380 Residence 1321 N. 8th 8t. Bell Phone, 361 West S. H. Thompson, M.D. Office 1512 N. 5th Street Mrs. C. L. Hodgson MRS. C. L. Hodgson MASSAGE, HAIR TONICS and HAIR STRAIGHTENER COMBS PERFECTION PIANO POLISH WE DELIVER ANYWHERE 929 Nebraska Ave. Kansas City, Kan SALINA, KANSAS. Stop at D. L. Taylor's Home. Modern conveniences. Everything satisfactory. A few steps from Union Station. 344 North 9th St. YATES BRANCH Y. W. C. A. Corner 9th St. and Nebraska Avenue Kansas City, Kansas Desirable location. Well furnished rooms. Modern conveniences. Prices 25c per night, $1.25 per week. For further information call Bell phone, West 1565. Economy Movers HOUSE CLEANERS—TRANSFER FAMILY MOVING — SHIPPING AND STORAGE Skillful workers and Sanitary Bass ment Cleaners. "SERVICE SPEAKS"—WORK TELLS E. A. ROBINSON. Read the notice on the front page of the compelled raise on subscription of The Adyocate, which will take place January 15th, 1917. $1.09 per year if you send as bring to the office before the first of the year. --- KANSAB CITY ADVOCATE And Independent. THOMAS KENNEDY, Editor and Prop. G. A. GREGG, ASSOCIATE EDITOR. MRS. M. C. MATTHEWS, Society Editor. LOTTIE B. HALL, CIRCULATING MANAGER. Published every Friday at 834 Nebraska Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. The Advocate is a weekly journal servoted to Race Progress and Human Uplift. SUBSCRIPTION. Fear Year . . . $1.00 Six months . . . . .60 Three months . . . . .35 Single Copy . . . . .05 ADVERTISING RATES. Made on Application. Bell Phone, West 2268. "Entered as second-class matter August 29, 1914, at the post office at Kansas City, Kansas, under the Art of March 3, 1879." Don't forget The Advocate collectors when they call. It's only 10c per month and no one should put the collector off. Have your news in our office not later than Tuesday of each week to ensure publication. Office 834 Ne- A CHRISTMAS PRAYER By Rev. Ralph Curtis Jones. Our Father, we are grateful-to thee on this Christmas day for all the good things in life, thankful for the lowly birth in Bethlehem, for all of which we commemorate this day. May all Christendom unite in a mighty force to stop this ungodly European conflict and say as the heavenly host sang, "Peace on earth, good will toward men," for we are sad indeed, at the thought of thy children who today are killing each other in the terrible war that is being waged. In pity forgive them. Oh, Heavenly Father, bring them and their rulers to a full realization of the sinfulness of war—that those who have caused it may cry to thee for peace. May they get a glimpse of the cross in its full meaning, and profit by the sacrifice made by thy Son for the world's redemption. Our Father, may the world become Christianized from all other religions and philosophies, not merely in name but in the spirit of true Christian brotherhood. Oh Lord, let us all who fall to appreciate this great gift which thou gavest to the world be so conscience-stricken that they will at once cease from their ingratitude, and irreverence and depart from the error of their ways. May they become advocates of the Loving Master, who, as the perfect man, said to all mankind, "Except ye be converted and become as little children, we shall not enter the kingdom of heaven." Dear Father, we rejoice with thee for the hearts that Christmas will make glad, for the little children to whom Christmas brings so much joy. Also we pray thee for those bereft of loved ones on Christmas day to whom this season brings painful remembrance. Console all that mourn the loss of loved ones. Comfort us, O Lord, with a heavenly vision and prepare us to meet them in the holy city. Give grace to the dying, cheer to the sick and lonely, encourage the unfortunate and disheartened. Take all bitterness and haired from our hearts and plant within us a true brotherhood. Give food to the hungry and ralment to the poorly clad. Help us all find thee as our Brother and Friend, our Comforter and Savior, and the giver of life everlasting. We ask it all in thy holy name. AMEN IN MEMORIAM. In fond and loving memory of our husband, father and brother, George Jordan, who departed this life one year ago, December 18th, 1915. He is gone but not forgotten, Gong to rest upon that shore, Where in peace he waits our coming Where pain and sickness are no more. How you suffered, dear fahter, None but you could ever tell But at last we know you are happy. With our Lord, with whom you dwell. Sadly missed my wife, Mrs. Rosa Jordan, daughter, Mae Jordan-Stewart, sister, Annie Johnson. Mrs. Bertha Carroll and her oldest daughter, Octavia, 1522 North Eighth street, have been very ill but are able to be up at this writing. A Saviour is born for the Redemption of all mankind. JUNIUS J. N. GRAY, Manager The Gray Printing Co. 1414-16 N.5th JUNIUS J. N. GRAY. ANYBODY can spell words and apply colors to paper; but that does not constitute printing; printing is the art preservative, and must be executed by Artists. Men who think and act at the same time, and who do not compound the price for so doing, make up the personnel of The Gray Printing Co., where you receive personal interest; the job is better than the other fellow's, and the PRICE—"Rock Bottom! It costs no more, because GRAY KNOWS HOW. The novelty, the dainty, the so-called difficult jobs are all executed with EASE and DISPATCH—with that peculiar artistic touch. Gray knows how—ASK ANYBODY! Call or Phone New Location—Not "Moved," but Enlarged Quarters Bell West 4187 5th and Oakland QUINDARO, KANSAS. An interesting quarterly meeting. Rev. Owens and Rev. Warfield preached helpful sermons. The night school is doing nicely. Western University closed Thursday for the Xmas holidays. Many students will spend the vacation at home. New students are coming in right along. Rev. J. D. Bärksdale was a pleasant visitor. Come again. Mr. Davis, a soldier on furlough, told of his experiences in the Mexican prison and the fight where Captain Boyd was killed. Misses Lucinda Dixon, a graduate of W. U., is teaching in Nebraska. All her students are white. The ladies of the faculty have out a year book of their programs. It shows fine taste and tone. Mr. Edward Landor is still sick. The children of Allen Chapel are practicing for Xmas. Other churches are showing fine progress. Save fifty cents. See G. A. Gregg before January 1. AT THE CHRISTMAS SERVICE SUNDAY MORNING AT THE METROPOLITAN BAPTIST TEMPLE. TEMPLE. The pastor, Rev. D. A. Holmes will speak from the subject, "The Birth of a Shepherd King." The following musical numbers will be given with Mrs. W. G. Wood at the organ: Organ Prelude, Joy to the World... Handel Anthem, Oh, Star of Bethlehem... Choir Organ Offertory, "Offertoire in F"... Read Soprano Solo, "Birthday of King"... Neldlinger Mrs. Holmes. In the evening— Organ Prelude, "Shout the Glad Tidings"... Ashford Anthem, "The Angelic Choir"... Choir Organ Offertory, "The Pilgrim's Song of Hope"... Batiste On Christmas night the Sunday school in connection with the Xmas tree, will present "Bethlehem;" an Xmas pageant. Lawyer Scott, one of Topeka's young professional men, visited over Sunday in the city and worshipped at the First A. M. E church at the morning service. Mr. Scott made a few well known remarks at the close of the service. THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE HO DO THINGS RAY, Manager Co. 1414-16 N.5th ds and apply colors to pa- constitute printing; print- and must be executed by Artists. same time, and who do not com- up up the personnel of The Gray personal interest; the job is better PRICE—"Rock Bottom! It costs HOW. The novelty, the dainty, executed with EASE and DIS- tic touch. Gray knows how— d," but Enlarged Quarters 5th and Oakland THINGS Manager 4-16 N.5th apply colors to pa- te printing; print- executed by Artists. and who do not com- personnel of The Gray rest; the job is better ck Bottom! It costs e novelty, the dainty, with EASE and DIS- Gray knows how— Enlarged Quarters 5th and Oakland Owing to a small fire Monday night at the residence of the editor, which destroyed some of our subscription books, it may cause some little delay in a few getting their paper. So those who know of any one not getting their paper, please say to them to send or phone in their name and address. We would thank anyone to inform us of anyone who they know is not getting their paper. Office 834 Nebraska avenue. Bell phone, West 2968. Mr. Payne Ransom son of Rev. and Mrs. J. R. Ransom of North Sixth street, is spending his holidays from K. U. with his parents. NATI NATHAN NATHAN W. THATCHER, Undertaker IBLATCHER, UNDER TITLE Bell Phone West 777 Cash or Credit C. R. SHERMAN FURNITURE CO. Out of the High Rent District Away From The High Price Click FURNITURE . . . . . . RUGS Kansas City, Kansas Agency for The Buck Stoves and Ranges 7th and Quindaro Blvd. KANSAS CITY . . . . KANSAS Auto or Horse Drawn—Auto Delivery a Specialty BOULDIN CLEANERS "THAT CLEAN" For First Class Cleaning and Dying Ladies and Gents Tailoring a Specialty All Work Guaranteed Prompt Auto Service or Call Bell Phone West 838 are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above named court, by the above named plaintiff, and that unless you appear and answer on or before the 26th day of January, 1917, the petition filed in said case, will be presented to the court, and upon trial of the case, a judgment will be rendered divorcing the plaintiff from the de- D. G. JONES DRUGGIST 7th and Quindaro Blvd. Kansas City . . Kansas H. P. W. 566--B. P. W. 131 We Wish You A Merry Xmas and Happy New Year fendant, and awarding to her the care and custody of the minor child of said marriage and for the costs of this suit. L. F. BRADLEY, Attorney for the Pliff. Attest: R. J. McFARLAND, Clerk District Court. (First publication December 15, 1916.) Bee: ae 9 zi i. 5 i Ey REI. eta TES a a a ee pee ee eRe EY EEE re a : (3 Re ore st ah Ah Bs 0 Coe NB see eae EE ene eres PET TOP Ny ant SPE ee OEE Le ean eT NEAT Oo TRE Rag ME te oP ME ae EERSTE ROO ee ARC TRE eeT 9 ENE IEE. Shor ey RE RPT NE EERO PERRI RESP ORR COMERS RISE HEE SF UN SR pete SEROMA TB eh, Deemer ENESCO RULEEE BN RM Nara Sema pee f* = ed = Bees ay Beek ee fe eee * py BREN Ee ees oe tes DEE SNE SRR ne Ee RE rs Ree : ‘ ote tle “Eerittheniee cekcechaeteier teeny pee 2 eee ‘ ei Ba i si Se Rind SEE! SS 3 She “ee > a es ~~ + iS > So Sees eee tl ee ee . a - v a ' A Big Xmas Dinner if You co. _ Buy It At a ~~ THE-GATE GITY GROCERY GD. xs . 508 Minnesota Ave, . 4 3 ‘Everything Good to kat SY ie The Largest Stock of Fancy Groceries In theletty...~ Bee : = | Car Loads of Fancy Fruiis’§ =< * # : . Oranges, Bananas, Apples, Candies, Pop Corn, Nuta , Grapes, Grape Frult, Cranberries, Gelery and In.faptev- exything the season demands. S . SA CASH GROCERY, THEREFORE YOU SAVE 20.:%). ; PER CENT ON EVERYTHING YOU BUY. ee - XMAS TREES .. = 7 ‘Bile Fresh Xmas Trees 25¢ and up. | se : FREE AUTO DELIVERY TO ANY‘ PART OF THE CITY. . We Wish You All A Merry Xmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year THE GATE CITY GROCERY CO, 508 Minnesota Ave. K. C. K. Bell, West 850. Home, West 1645 é . ; : of Kansas City, Kansas : 611 Minnesota Avenue _ Capltal oo. seccsceccseeree oe seceesavseveeeceass$ 100,000 . i / Surplus and profits .+-.... 6+ ceseeseseeeseeersees 120,000 : Deposits . cscsececesceeees os snseetaseneeeseese s/f 500,000 We invite you to become a member of our Christmas and ‘Tax "Savings Club, which fs now opcn, efi .-? Three per cent on all Savings Account ‘Try one of bur Dime banks, ge ae Don't fail to start your Chriristmas and Tax Savings account now. ‘All deposits guaranteed uncer-state law. Firstenberger Clothing Co. : ~ GREAT MONEY RAISING SALE NOW GOING ON = 5 - Buy your Christmas Gifts here, it will surely pay. . ;: -yott. “Everything in the store at a big reduction. ~ - as Mens Suits and -Ovércoats, Boys*Suits and Overs _“sepats, Mens and Boys Mackigaw Coats,. Mens 3 5 ‘and Boys Sweaters, Shirts, Caps; Flats, Under-- ena .Wear-and Christmas » Neckwéar and: “Muttlers. . 7 ‘Gome"and you will’not be disappointed. : This. "ee, i is the sale that cuts “the high cost of living. . " Birstenberger Clothing-Co: BS EP ag Tae 2 eps dates ee - .,. 547 Minnesota Avenue --. y - | Store Open Evenings until 8:30) 2S <° THE APPEAL, FROM PAGE 1. which we call others foolish and erim Sita: and really punish them, ag for a crime, for doing the things; that we “4o, in another manner, which has not “yet been declared criminal, - And all these, and many others, equally as foolish and unreasonable, and criminal we do and perform, for tho reason that we act, without Rea von and our GOD !s GOLD, and we servo Him better, or Best In the de igree that our Cross and Crown of gthe same substance, is heavier 01 “heaviest, as a result of our actlous = here, _ And ’Tis equally as strangé, that, we have not observed. that the Great est Reformer who ever walked among men, did not think nor act as we do In regard to this commodity—wealth. He was indecd, a great soul, a ‘Worker; yes, a Mechanic,‘a builder of houses, yet never bore any other rela- tion to a house, than to take shelter in it—he never owned one—nor did he ever RENT, or SELL one. A Great Soul, indeed, a Free Booter, some called him, simple hecause he only took possession of such wealth 18 he needed and could use, instead of ISTHALING his fellow-man Blind, hun- gry, naked and uncovered, as was the custom in that age; which pro- cess has been raised to the Ono Hun- ‘dredth Power in this advanced age of Monetary Civilization, ‘And the Contemptible Travesty of it all is, that,all this make-ehift, false- hood, lying, stealing and dragging down to death of each other; 1s claim. led to be done in the name of this Sreat Commoner. ~ |. His prayer was, “Father, establish thy kingdom on earth in order —that ALL, may enjoy the fnflness thereot.” * While we have established the king: ‘dom of that brother of his, whom they say, was pifched out of Heaven: And dt seems he has‘ been Raisin” his Habitation- ever since, and has about kot {t up hero on earth. ¥ ‘Yes, in a world thus un-toward, we have done something towards uniting our energy, foward the betterment of sur condition, ‘Why not take courage, and, “Take up arms against all that opposes our onward and upwani march, and by op- posing end such.” , L ‘Why not gird -ourselvos with com: mon sense, put on the Helmet of Dis- cretion, and taking thé Sword of Reason, go forth to do execution, ‘We can do so—it is but right and proper to do so; {t will be in keoping with the teaching, and the conduct of that greatest of them all, The Christ. Let us stop loud, long, senscless, and unheard prayers, and in sincerity jutter the one he sent to his father's throne, Which sounded throughout all the Heavens and has been thundering down the ages—a classic, as It was |then, and will remain such, until eter |nity shall blossom as he prayed. It is a simple, plain thing—every: Joody can understand {t—that is why he prayed it—but whiJe 'tis thus sii ple and plain, ‘Just think for a moment—how few think, fect and act in accordancé with it If you do not care to think of i in any other way, think of it from ar economic point of view, and apply Its tenets and principles to your line o Ife, and see what changes will come And ther let us with an effort, ap ply it as a principle of government and ree the capitalistle system topple and be no more, and see happiness take the place of misery and woo, dlen ty, peace and prosperity, take the places of Poverty, Strife and squaler In such a government, light wil take the place of darkness and de spair, and all the woes, to which bu ‘man existence is now-hetr, will be re placed, by the fdllness of the eartt being used to make mem happy, rath er than to make a FEW of .ther RICH, and with {t Contempiible an Mean. , (Some more, some time.) i! Yours respt., + F. BRADLEY. THEY SAY That the Community Christmas trees make it seem like the world is growing better. ‘That The Advocate makes a fine showing in its larger editions. Wish it could remain that large.” ‘That you must subserlbo for The Advocate before the time Is up. ——— PUBLIC INSTALLATION. ‘A public installation and lecture by the Grand Master “Busy Bees” will-take place at M. and O. hall ‘Thursday night, December 28. The public fs cordially invited to at- tend these ceremonies Admission herene TAXABLE. INCOME “15:$8, 703,068,389 Interesting: Figures Madé Public . «by Federal Internal Reve- nue Bureau. « 69,045 PAY TAX ON INCOME over “Te Show teat et | Washington—Annlysis of the <fis- ures made public by the federal Inter- pal revenue bureau showing -the ccl- lections made by the United States government in its taxation of personal and corporate Incomes shows that the minfmum net income of persons-and corporations paying the tax during the last fiscal year was not less than $8,- 703,068,389. There were 860443 corporations making returns uuder the income tax law during 1916, Of the entire num- ber 190,011 showed an aggregate net income of §5,184,442,989, upon which there was assessed un income tax of $51,844,423.59. ‘Taxable Returns 52 Per Cent. ‘There were 175,532 returns made by corporations that showed an operating deficit or no taxable Income. The tax- able returns were a little in excess of 52 per cent of the whole number of corporation income tax returus, There were 60,015 persons in the country who pafd the income tax and who had incomes ranging from $3,000 to $4,000, Each of these persons had }an income subject to taration of not less than $3,000, These taxpayers had a minimum net income of not less than $4,000 and nut over $5,000 had a net income of not less than $255,796,- 000, the $4,000 minimum belng taken as a basis for cumputation, _ By carrying this rule of computa- tlon throughout the 19 classifications into which the government has éivided the personal'income taxpayers of the country, {t 1s shown that the total of 836,652 "Income taxpayers during the fiscal year 1916 had a minimum net Income subject to income taxation ag- gregating not less than $3,618,626,000. income Tax Receipts. The total amount of income tax re- celpts during the fseal year 1916 Is ‘given by the internal revenue com missioner as 367,953,50463. If the rate of income taxation had been uni- ‘formly 1 per cent this aggregate col lection would represent a levy on per sonal incomes aggregating $6,794,359, 463. But much of the personal in come taxation’ was based on a rate of more than the normal rate of 1 per cent, Consequently, while computa: tion shows that the 1ainimun income ‘on which income taxes were fald was not less than $3,518,626,000, it is cer. tain that the maximum net Income of persons who paid the tax was some what less than $0,794,850,403, The total minimum income, bott personal and corporaticn, aggregate }o§ $37703,008,289, is obtained thus: _ Exact income of corporations paying | corporation tax, $5,184,442,399. | Minimum income of persons paying | income tax, $8,518,628,000. | Total minimum tneome of person: | and corporations, $8,703,003,3S9, HE DREAMED ABOUT SNAKES Pennsylvania Man Woke Up to Find Rattler in His Room—It Was Killed, ‘ " Altoona, Pa—George Merits ~of ‘Frankllnville, Huntingdon county, tossed in the throes of a frightful nightmare and dreamed ‘of rattle- snakes, In bed with Merits was Sam- uel Alley of the same place, ‘When Meritts came to himself he Still believed himself dreaming, for hldeous rattle sounded in his ears, Al- ley also heard it, a“ , ‘The frightfal whir maintained o steady cadence, and both men were then aware that a rattlesnake was In their room, Having no light handy, the men were imprisoned fn thelr bed for ‘some time, Tinglly © match and lantern “were procured. The snake, more than three fect Iong, with seven rattles and a but- ton, was colled !n the center of- the floor, It was killed. MAN SAYS HE BURIED GOLD ‘On Way to English Workhouse, *. Fotmier California Miner Fie ‘Tells of Hoard. “Corning, Cal—XMrs, T, L. Barkle of Newlyn, England, in a letter to her ‘son, Rev. 'T..J. Barkle of this city, states an old man named Kempe, ‘who came from Caljfornia less than a dozen Fears ngo, was found on the verge of ‘starvation and taken to the work- house: Among the old man's effects swas found nearly $5,000, ‘This-was all ‘made in Coliférnia, and-én the way to ‘thé svorkiivuse Kenrpe sald he had buried about $2,000 in California in a “hole five feet’ deep, but never could find tt,, Baia d E“LitHe ts known of Keuipe except jhitthe.was.a.miner In California and ‘refurned_ to Engidnd i ‘or, 12 years gr 3+ Somewhere‘in the minlog. district ‘of ‘California a, bog containing 192,000. ta buried: * e ee BETRAYED BY FURTIVE. SNORE poser Misfortune Was That He “Fell Asleep In Home He Had : Intended to Rob. , Conviction of Walter Jones, 2 one- legged burglar, in the criminal court here, brought out an-tnusuaf incident ‘ot house-breaking, 2 _ Birmfagham Als.) correspondent of the New York World says, ° ‘The story of thé burglary and cap- ture, as told by the-evldence, showed that ‘Jones, In his cffort to rob the home”of Mfr. and Mrs: B, P. Yennoni, an old couple of the suburbs, crawled junder the bed and walted for them to retlre. |. The burglar himself fell asleep, and ‘his snoring aroused Mr, Venom, who undertook to light a lamp, which ex- | ploded. This awoke tle burglar, who ‘threatened Mrs. Vennom with death if she gaye the’ alarm. = = Just then Mr, Vennom grappled with the burglar, who leaped out of a win- dow. The burglar had left his wooden leg under the bed. By following single foot-tracks the Police pursued -the peg-legged robber to his refuge, With the assistance of @ pal, Jones made another wooden leg, with which he went to his shanty In the woods, Suddenly the police ar- rived and Jones dived through the rear window. ‘\ In the back yard the mud was deep, and the wooden leg sank so far in the mire it stuck firm, Jones Lobbled on desperately without ft, but was over- taken while hopping on one foot. Both the original and second wood: en legs were exhibited as evidence, - PUT FAITH IN POCKET PIECE Governor-Pennypacker Admitted That He Had Carried a Silver Dollar for Fifty Years, “The one conerete thing most. close- Jy associated with me personally,” wrote former Governor Ponnypacker of Pennsylvania In his will, was a sil- ver dollar which he carried as a pocket piece for 50 years. -Reading this in the World to my oflice associates, I asked whether they thought this old-fashioned custom still prevailed, In place of replies the stenograplier drow from her purse a Chinese cash, which she had carried as 0 so-called lucky plece for years, ‘The tall artist produced a Roman coln, which had been given to him as a token of appreciation of his regular attendance‘at Sunday school years ago. Another had a Guatemalan real as pocket plece, and stilt another had a $5 gold plece colned the year he ‘was born,- * ‘Two had colns which were minted in centennial year, 1876, I added to the display a 25-cent shinplaster which had been presented to me because of a period of concentration on. certalt problems in mathematies which re sulted in establishing a superior class rating. The fact that the effort seemed at the time to have been worth at least ‘$5 has no bearing on the incident ‘now, ‘The pocket coln and lucky plece cus tom doesn’t seem to have died out, if the cbove results are typical—Nen York World. “Money in Cash.” , Japanese bankers have proved there ig money in cash. Many tons of brass have been circulating in China for years as coin, each coin about the size of an American quarter, with a square hole in {t, “In circulating value it takes several of them to equal a cent, The advance-In the value of brass has made these coins worth much more for metal than money, and the ever-alert Japa ‘nese began quietly to buy them up and sell them for metal. The profit {s sald to have been $60,000,000 silver, or “Mex,” which 1s in our money about half that sum, This fs a lesson In the Intrinsic value of money that should be heeded. Partnere Obliastions. =. - Justice Delehanty of the New York ‘supreme court, reproving a New York firm of architects. for canecling an agreement, says: “Authorities unanl- mously agree that there is scarcely any relation In life which calls for more absolute good faith than the re- lation of partners.” Also, “A puref and more elesated morality {s demanded of partners than the common morality of the.trade.” The meanitig is that an individual who transacts business for himself may look ont solely for-him- Self, while a partner must~never con: sider bis own advantage apart from that of his associates. : Batked. “There was some talk during the lato campaign about ‘red-blooded men!” “So there was, but such a close watch was kept on the ballot bores during the election that these red- bldoded individuals didn’t get a chante tovshow what they were capable of Going.” : “And Now the Oyster. *~ On the heels of war news and higher cost of “living comes the sad Sntelll gence that 2,000,000 bushels of oys- ters are lost In Chesapeake bay be- cause of some unknown blight that has visited the oyster beds: It is suspéct- -ed that the sea nettles have destroyed the spayn. 7 Hard to Define. : + “The war has given birth to a gréat many now words.” «, WSo.dt bas, dnd St bes alse caused “inany. Welrd_ and -wonderful sntexpre- Eations to Us given x word that was al, © Mxni achat word fe.that °° = 7 - «tNegtralifg?” « _ ee SMOOTHING PATH OF WRITERS. ‘ta Many Ways Obstacles In’the Road | to Literary Gféry Are Being. Done Away With. Steadily the roads that lead to sue cess In Iterature are belng made eas- lek. = A good many people who would Uke.to Wrife fiction but have shrunk from thevlabor of finding equivalents| for “sald,” will welcome q list ot substitutes for tho necessary lttle ‘word, published in the Bgston Writer. There {fs no less than 385 fairly satis~ factory yarfations, trom “acceded” to “yowled.” The prisoner at the bar no longer need say that he 1s tonbcent. He tan babble it, or baw! If, or blurt it, or breathe it, to use but one letter ‘ot the alphabet. The vindletive dis- trict. attorney can bark his questions, ‘the lawyer for the defense can boom ‘is objections, the spectators may eliher bristle thelr indignant protests of blubber thelr sympathy. But the merit of such n Ust fs not simply that it facilitates the managenfent af dla- logue, A thorough study of the 335 substitutes for “sald” will easily sug ‘Rest the plot and the characterization that must precede dialogue. The letter Cin Itself is a compendium of plot and ‘a gallery of portraits, Given somebody ‘who cachtnates, another who chuckles, another who coos, another who croons, nother who chalienzes, another who oafesen, and minor characters who ‘cry, croak, commune and cut in, and tt is plain that we have a scenario al- most ready made—New York Post. AMUSEMENT FOR BALL “FANS” conta In Which the Player Bats and Scores Is Provided by Ingenious ; Electrical Mechanism. . A firm of amusement builders has established a oneman automatic baseball contest, In which the player bats and scores, While electricity, op- erating an tngenfous mechanism, acts as pitcher. The game is set up In an inclosed court. “At one end !s a bank of nets, each of which {s labeled to in- dicate the hits seored by the batter. Before this cage {s the pitching ma chine, whieh {s operated by two mo- tors. This throws a regulation base ball across the home plate, producing curves, drops, a fast one or the fade~ away. The player stands.at the other end of the cage with the regulation bat, and, at the crisp command “Play balit” from the operator the balls are served, Balls ‘und strikes are called sn the batter, and all his hits are scored. ‘The length of a drive depends| upon the net into which he sends the| sphére. One net ts labeled “single,” anothet “two-base hit,” the “homerun”! net belng more difficult to reach than any of the rest, ‘Marvelous tactines; Mauch of the {nventive genius nowa- days Is centered on devices that will do away with the handling of food, A man has Invented a machine which re- moves the Chinamen’s hands from eanned salmon that goes into homes practically everywhere, It is known as the “iron chink.” It will do the work of 50 Chinese and clean 30, 000"fish in a day. The salmon Is cleaned, chopped, packed In cans with fat and lean properly balanced, welghed, sealed, and cooked by ma- chinery. A Los Angeles man has in- vented a printing press to be {n- stalled in bakerles, which prints wrap- pers in colors and wraps the bread ‘without handling. j A young man was observed recent- ly in Los Angeles selling postcards ‘whereby he was making his way around the world and educational ex- /penses. He lost both legs and an arm fn a trolley accident? ‘The motor he traveled in was designed especially for his use and presented to him by the well-nown automobilist, Barney Old- field, Wits titer ie Ol | Thro ladies on the other side of the porder were holding s statrhead con- ‘fab cne morning on the troubles of lfe, and husbands in particular. “T dinna wonder at some pulr wives ‘having to help themselves out of thelr ‘husbands’ trouser-pockets,” remarked ‘theone, * . | “T canna say I like them underhand ‘Ways myself,” responded the second ‘matron. “I jist turn ma man's breeches doonside up and help qaasel’ off the ‘carpet."—London Tit-Bits, | Sailor's Duties Made Lighter. Jack Tar knows what it means to tote heavy shells around ship, but Jack ‘ar will not need to worry about this duty longer, according to the Popular Science Monthly, Ammunition 1s now loaded by pneumatic tube stratght from the magazine to the firing turret. An intricate mechanism pre- vents tho shells from entering the breeches of the guns at great speed, and_also prevents any mistake io firing. - : Rely on Parcel Post. Since the-outbreak of the war prac- tleally the only means by which 2 large variety of articles can be import ed Into Persia ts the parcel post, ac- cording to a report from -Commerciak Atfache.Baker at Pétrograd. It ts tha practice to ship goods of many sorts destined for Persta to Norway, whence| they are reshipped {a smaller packages from Russla to Persta. . Her Reason. “ = He—But why, arling,.do you tnsist of keeping owt engazement..secret?, . “ She—Because,you: alfly boy, if it Were taade;public, Seople -wouly/thtak, ‘pally Intended Serearcye reer. Evesloz tt “ NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC! WE HAVE KEPT FROM IT AS LONG AS WE COULD—HIGH COST OF PAPER COMPELS US TO DO SO. Owing to the advance of price in newspaper print in the past twelve months with prospects of it going another four hundred per cent up in the next few months, we regret very much to say that on January 1, 1917, The Advocate will have to raise its subscription to $1.50 per year. The monthly rate in the city will be 15 cents. Nearly all dollar papers throughout the country have long since raised their price of subscription, but The Advocate has been hopeful and holding out for a drop in prices, but there seems no relief at all. A CHANCE TO GET THE PAPER FOR $1.00. All those who subscribe between now and January 1, 1917, for one year, will receive The Advocate for one year for one dollar, payable in advance. If you want to save 50 cents, send in your $1.00 before January 1, 1917. All who fail to pay up by January 1, will be dropped from our books. This, however, will not exempt any one who is in debt to the paper, from paying. According to the Federal law, anyone owing for a newspaper is held responsible and expected to settle the claim. Remember, you can still take advantage of the $1.00 per year in advance rate, by paying your subscription before January 1, 1917. Send your money into the office, 834 Nebraska Ave. Kansas City, Kansas. --- Why Shivering Warms Us. Some might doubt that shivering on a cold, dry would make anyone warm, but it is true that the spasmodic quivering of the muscles, called shivering, causes a flow of blood and thereby generates warmth. No one ever thivers until his body is extremely cold. It is a nervous protest on the part of the flesh, due to acute discomfort that has reached the brain and been reacted. But the moment shivering begins the muscles work involuntarily, and the body begins to produce heat. Wealth Without Labor. Thomas H Swope, Kansas City multimillionaire, always declared that he never earned a dollar of his millions. "All I did," he used to say, "was to buy Kansas City real estate when people were anxious to sell and sell it occasionally when they were anxious to buy, but I kept the most of it. I just sat back and loafed, while the people of Kansas City worked for me, and built a great city and made me rich." To Remove Warts or Corns. An excellent preparation is made as follows: Salicylic acid, 20 grains; alcohol, one-eighth ounce; flexible collodion, one ounce. Mix together and apply with camel's-hair brush over hard surface of wart or corn for three nights. Soak in hot water, when a layer of skin will come off. Then repeat as before until wart or corn is removed. Anonymous. "I hear that you got into trouble by using an anonymous communication in your paper," remarked the country town lawyer. "I did," replied the country town editor. "But I'm carrying a notice in the next issue that hereafter anonymous communications will not be published unless the writer's name is signed."—Cincinnati Enquirer. Just Between Themselves. Maude Elizabeth, not quite three years old, had been told by her grandpa that he would give her a Shetland pony if she would be his girl. After she went home she was in the barn with her daddy, who was milking the cows, when she said to him, "Daddy, I am yours and mother's girl, too, but we will keep it a secret." Not Sure. "Did you cure that patient you had with the falling memory?" "I thought so-at one time," replied the doctor, "but I'm not so sure about it now. He went away and forgot to pay his bill." —Judge. Periods of Family Life. When you see pa's room you will know what the folks used to be, and when you see the living room you will know what they are planning to be in the future—Fort Worth Star-Telosign here." It Isn't Sensible. "Man has five senses," ngrees W. O. Palmer, "but none of them tells him why a woman wants to clean house when it doesn't need it." Perfectly Safe. Gwendolyn—"I don't believe Cholly's ever done anything to be ashamed of." Gludys—"How could he? He's never done anything at all!"—Judge. Daily Thought Faithfulness is thine and reverence is thine; who then can rob thee of these things? Who can hinder thee to use them, if not thyself?—Epictetus. NOTICE TO WE HAVE KEPT FROM COULD—HIGH COST O Uncle Josh—"Here's a letter from Nephew Harry, that's gone to Africa, and says that within 20 rods' of his house there's a family of laughing hyenas." His Wife—"Well, I am glad he's got pleasant neighbors, anyway—that's something." Tib-Bits. True Kindness Experience proves that kindness, is distinguished from personal affection, which is quite another thing, does not generally come by spontaneous growth so much as by reflection and the cultivation of a larger sympathy.—H. N Oxenham. At the Party. A girl sang a song in French and nobody could understand a word of it. Then another girl sang a spong in English and nobody could understand a word of that either.—Kansas City Journal. "You can't sell me a gold brick. I've bought 20 or more in my time." "Exactly, and you therefore need a container. I'm selling elegant mahogany holders with gilt nails. You sign here." Neighborly Sorrow. When a strange young woman who is indisputably pretty and well dressed moves into the neighborhood the neighbor women are sorry she has such a disagreeable voice.—Ohlo State Journal. The Fun of Work. There is no fun like work. This is painted in letters of gold, on a large sign which hangs on the office wall of one of New York's leading dry goods houses. No Excuse to Come Home That Way. Too many married men who have family burdens to bear think it's up to them to come home loaded every night. —Atlanta Journal. Optimistic Thought. A promise against law or duty is void-of its own nature. Novel Water Heater. One of the numerous new electric heaters has the form of a nickel tube seven inches long, with the usual cord and plug connecting to a lamp socket. The resistance coll in the tube becomes intensely hot very quickly, and it is claimed that shaving water in which the tube is immersed will be heated in less than a minute. In a little longer time small quantities of water or other liquids can be raised to boiling. After-Effects of Typhoid After an attack of typhoid little children have to learn again all their recent accomplishments, such as walking and talking; adolescents need at least six months or even a year's holiday from strenuous education, and busy men and women find that a complete and prolonged holiday is the price they must pay for complete restitution to vigor of body and mind. In Praise of Work Work is the salvation of the race. Without it we should be savages. When a man is too old for work, his usefulness in this world is practically at an end. Work is a good, old-time word, conceived in honesty of purpose. Work drives the devil away. All honor to the working man and sorrow for the working man who is ashamed of his title.—Pittsfield Eagle. THE PUBLIC! OM IT AS LONG AS WE OF PAPER COMPELS US DO SO. HERBOLD TRUNK CO. TREASURES GRAY'S PRINTING—'That's Right' First, Second and Always—The Best Bell Phone West 4187. 5th and Oakland Ave Open Evenings 527 Minn. Ave. Open Evenings WHITING'S SAMPLE SHOE SHOP Two Great Holiday Features at the IMPROVE YOUR HAIR IF YOUR HAIR IS HARSH, HINKY, NAPPY AND SNARLS UPALL OVER YOUR HEAD USE FORD'S HAIR POMADE PRICE SO CENTS MADE ONLY BY CLASSIFIED MARKETERS Chicago Ford Corp. CHICAGO, IL. FORD'S HAIR POMADE THE NATURAL OIL PRODUCT AND YOU WILL FIND A GREAT IMPROVEMENT. FORD'S HAIR POMADE MAKES THE HAIR SOFTER, MORE PLIABLE, EASIER TO COMB AND PUT UP IN ANY STYLE THE LENGTH WILL PERMIT. FOR SALE OF DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS TO TOILET ARTICLES OR DIRECT UPON RECEIPT OF PRICE 25¢ AND 50¢ A BOTTLE IN SENDING DIRECT, ALWAYS SEND MONEY BY P.O. OR EXPRESS MONEY ORDER OR REGISTERED LETTER. FORD'S HAIR POMADE IS A NATURAL OIL PRODUCT GUARANTEED TO CONTAIN NO VASELINE OR PETROLEUM OR ANY OTHER MINERAL OILS OR POISONOUS DRUGS MANUFACTURED ONLY BY THE OZONIZED OX MARROW CO. 416 W. KINZIE ST. CHICAGO, IL. H R Two Great Hos at COSMO DEC 22ND. "OLD-FASHIONED DANCE AT PUNKIN CENTER." Handsome prizes for the most comical "Rube" costumes. Ye Olde Fashioned Quadrille. Prompter . . . Prof. Bob. Thomas Big delegations will be present from Possum Trot, Coon Holler, Chillin Switch, Bethel, and all pints in footin' distance. "Swing Corners, All!" KANSAS Minn. Ave. Open Evenings AMPLE SHOE SHOP We invite your inspection of our boys and girls School Shoes Heel and toe plates put on free Right Goods Right Prices Holiday Features at the NOS CLUB DEC. 29TH. MASQUERADE BALL Prizes will be awarded on originality shown, and the completeness in which the idea is carried out; hence, an inexpensive costume may be a prize-winner. The famous Cosmos Orchestra will be there with bells on (the drum). The club has installed a checking system to safe-guard wraps. Admission to each of these special 1 dances .....25c PROVE THE NEW IDEA "pressing and training the Hair while you sleep" G.A. MORGAN'S HAIR REFINER Before After TRADE CLEVELAND, O. MARK PRICE $100. Why be untidy about your hair when it can be avoided? G. A. Morgan's Hair Refiner will positively straighten the hair and make a complete change in your appearance within fifteen minutes. G. A. Morgan's Hair Pressing Night Cap keeps the hair in perfect conoction and trains it while you sleep. Everybody should use one. PRICE LIST OF G. A. MORGAN'S HAIR PREPARATIONS. Hair Refiner - $1.00 Italian Hair Oil - $.25 Refiner Soap - .25 Black Hair Stain - .50 Hair Pressing Night Cap (Special Summer and Winter Weights) 1.00 In ordering please mail remittance to The G. A. Morgan Hair Refining Co. 5204 Harlem Ave., N. E., Cleveland, Ohio Prompt Attention Given Mail Orders. Incorporated 1914 COAL COAL Get It Now, Its Going Higher 2000 POUNDS A TON Deliver Large or Small Orders N. W. BAILEY, 1969 N. 3rd St. A NEW DISCOVERY Merit is intended to assist in cleansing the scalp of dandruff and all irritations, thus aiding in stopping the falling of hair and aiding the growth. YOU WILL GET QUICKER RESULTS BY USING MME L. MALONE'S HAIR TONIC, FOR A SOFT AND GLOSSY EFFECT, FINISH WITH MME L. MALONE'S HIGHLY PERFUMED PRESSING POMADE. For further information write MME. LILLIAN MALONE, 2434 Woodland Ave., Kansas City, Mo. No Mail Orders sent C. O. D. The Best Laundry Service Possible Soft Water UsedExclusively by Us Home Phone 6856 Main DUNLAP LA 217-19 West The Best Laundry Soft Water Used Geo. McClelland Bell, W. 364. Home, W. 594. Real Estate, Fire-Insu- rance, And Regtals, Room 1$ 1.2 People's 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. 4 room house, 25 ft., $380.00. rance. 2 room house, 20 ft. $550.00, $25 down, balance to suit. 50 ft. vacant lot, $200 cash. Fine—5 room house, water and gas. 50 ft. font, $1,500. $150 down and the balance to suit. 41-2 acres 1 mile west of the city. Will divide, $350 per acre. $100 down, $8 per month with interest. For colored. Vacant Houses Wanted. The Advocate Goes In More Colored Homes In Wyandotte Than All Others Combined; Published in It. The Advocate will be 15 cents per month beginning January first, 1917. And, $1.50 per year. One dollar per year. If you subscribe before January first. Notice. Don't be afraid to pay any of our collectors if they can satisfy you they are bona fide representatives. The Advocate—Ed. Bell Phone 180 Grand LAUNDRY.CO. 14th Street. By Service Possible Exclusively by Us Hodgson MirrorCo Old mirrors resilvered NEW ONES MADE TO ORDER Work Guaranteed HOME PHONE W. 1619 1017 N. 5TH T. Kansas City. Kansas Bell Phone, West 1181. IDA MAE JONES NOTARY PUBLIC Public Stenorgrapher Office 1512 N. 5th St. K. C., K Bell Phone, West 380 Res., Phone Bell West 1830 FISH MOSS; GOLD FISH AND SUPPLIES Will be had as needed so long as the demand lasts. Your Florist MRS. T. A. MOSELEY, Florist 710 Minnesota Ave. KANSAS CITY, KAK DRESS MAKING AND PLAIN SEWING. We Guarantee Satisfaction Our Prices Reasonable. MRS. ELEN TRAYLOR, 828, Nebraska Ave. Bell, West 3622. The late home of The Adventure is 844 Nebraska Ave This Pattern of Ranges Countless Others to Select From. From Fact Out the Job ing of 20 P CASH OR CRE Factory e Jobbers 20 Per C OR CREDIT $1 From Factory to User. We Cut Out the Jobbers Profit, at a Saving of 20 Per Cent to You. ```markdown ``` BATH ATHURS CASE IN 514 MIN Sugar Boil THE MADE CASE For Xmas NONE NICE etter or Cheat Minnesota A 720 Minnesota Avenue Our 1917 TMAS AND SAVINGS C Join now and have mo ET US SHOW DTA AVENUE ST Is Now Ready. Join now and have more money next year. LET US SHOW YOU... MINNESOTA AVENUE STATE BANK APPRECIATION. LUELLA GREEN, Public Stonographer, notary public, all kinds of paper executed, copying neatly done order. No,job too large or too small. I am taking this method to thank all persons who have been kind and thoughtful enough to bring their work PRICES Ranging Prices From $18.00 to $75.00 COMPLETE LINE OF COMBI- NATIONS AND BASE BURKERS THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE Stoves OVES Ranging Prices From $18.00 to $75.00 We Cut at a Sav- ou. 00 PER WEEK UP TO $38.00 VE CO. $1.00 PER WEEK AVE. HOME DRUG CO. INC. 1512 NORTH 5TH STREET. Bell Phone, West 380 . DRUG STOI Call us up for anything in drug line. We have a full line of useful and practical Xmas Gifts, Cigars and Tobaçcos, Perfumes, Combs. Brushes, Toilet Waters, etc., all in fancy Xmas package. A full line of Von Brecht's fine Chocolates. Nothing will suit "Her" better than one of these for Xmas, 25c to $5.00. A nice line of Xmas Greeting Cards. We give S. & H. Green Trading Stamps. We will be pleased to have you call. WE DELIVER { Any where Any time Any thing. Call Today. Fine Tailoring Suits Made to Order Bell West 4424. M. BOOLKIN Expert Cleaner and Dyer All Alterations Guaranteed. Ladies' Work a Specialty 1808 Quindaro Blvd. KANSAS CITY KANSAS to me. Wishing all of my patrons a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year. SUBSCRIBE FOR YOUR HOME PAPER. GRAVESTONES PUT TO USE Many Instances Known Where Frugal New Englanders-Have Utilized Them In Various Ways. The Waferbury American moralees on the fact that in England some roads are paved with old gravestones, taken from graves of forgotten generations, and crushed for use on the highways. It seems a brutal thing to do and yet one need not go overseas to learn of like utilitarian uses of these memorials. Almost 100 years ago Guilford turned its old graveyard into a village green and many tombstones became derelicts at once. Frugal representatives of old families took home the stones and used them in constructing a payment from the front door to the horse block. Many stones were used in paving the cellars of local churches and the enves of one church still drp upon a row of gravestones laid for that purpose. Later instances might be cited from more than one community in the state beyond a doubt and a Courant man has knowledge of at least one frugal soul who, having bought a farm which included a private graveyard, tore up the gravestones and used them as flooring in a new creamery. Possibly this sort of thing would not happen outside New England, for the man who would utilize a second-hand gravestone must have had a long training in economy or else a thorough one in the modern science of efficiency and the prevention of waste.-Hartford Courant FROM EMERIC TO AMERICA This Country's Name Can Be Traced to Hungarian Prince Who Lived In the Eleventh Century. The transformations that take place in a name, as it passes through different languages, can only be accounted for by carelessness in transmission. One would scarcely expect the name of Emeric, the name of a plious Hungarian prince of the eleventh century, who was made a salut, to take the form of Amerigo in Itallian, and of Amory and Emery in English. The name in German, but little changed from the original, is Emmerich. This obscure Hungarian saint has been a person of consequence in this world, for from his name has come that of this great continent. In the fifteenth century, in the Italian form of Amerigo, it was bestowed upon an Italian navigator surnamed Vespucci, and this continent, by a still further mutilation of the name, came to be known as America. When King Stephen of Hungary was choosing a name, for his son he could scarcely have imagined that the name chosen was to be the parent of the word. America, and that poor old Christopher Columbus was thereby to be despolled of a recognition that is far from being compensated for by the term Columbia. November 4 is St. Emeric's feast day. Use for Horsechestnuts. The soapy nature of the kernel of the horsechestnut has led investigators to search for a way to use it in removing dirt and grease from textile goods. According to Les Matteres Grasses, several methods of extracting this soapy substance have been patented, and, moreover, profitable, uses have been found for other constituents of the horsechestnut. The shell is rich in tannin, and is used in preparing an extract for tanning leather. The kernel contains, about, six and six-tenths per cent of a pale yellow oil similar to almond oil. After the oil has been extracted, the residue, treated with dilute alcohol, yields an extract containing about 15 per cent of esculcic acid, a saponaceous substance that has excellent lithering and cleansing properties. The material left after the oil and soap have been removed can be made into a white starch. When treated with cold water to remove the bitter principle, it is suitable for food. St. Anthony Needed a Bath. At a recent meeting of the conference of sanitary inspectors J. Towy Thomas, chief sanitary inspector for the Rhondda Valley, said that though writings on health were among the oldest in the world, sanitation for some generations made slow progress. The filthy habits of the hermits of the Middle Ages and of the early Christian salts were practiced by the monks or more recent eras. Indeed St. Jerome praised these habits of the hermits, and especially commended an Egyptian who combed his hair only on Easter Sunday and never washed his clothes. St. Anthony never washed his feet, and Thomas a-Beckett, when slain, had undergarments in such a condition that one shuddered at the description—London Times. Diplomatic Parson. "The congregation paid up every cent of my back salary this morning," announced the village parson. "How in the world did they happen to do that?" queried his wife. "I announced from the pulpit," explained the good man, "that unless I got it I'd not be able to take the three months' vacation they had planned for me."—Exchange. Expert Advice The Amateur Entertainer—Don't you really think I ought to go on the professional stage instead of wasting my time on these society affairs? The Emilbenut Critic—By all means, we don't have to go to a regular show unless we wish to und when we do we can say what we wish to about the acting. FOR SALE 7 room brick and frame, just finished remodelling, inside and out and newly decorated. Price $1,750.00 down, $15.00 per month. 4 room cottage, $1800; $50 down, $15 monthly. 5 room modern cottage, $1700.00, $200.00 down, $15.00 month. 5 room modern brick cottage, $2250; $150 down, $15 North St., 7 room modern residence, $2750; $300 down, $25 6 room modern brick, slate roof, an excellent bargain, $200 down, $20 month. enty of money to loan on Kansas City real estate, 1st or 2nd mortgages. K. C., K., 4 room modern cottage $1500.00. $200.00 $10.00 per month. 3 room cottage lot 50 by 145, price $600.00, easy line for chickens. Northland, 6 room modern brick, slate roof, an excellent bar, $2000, $200 down, $20 month. Eight miles from Kansas City, Kansas, five room house, barn and outbuildings, fine land. Price $1800.00. $500.00 balance to suit. One mile from City Park, Kansas City, Kansas, 4 room house, barn, hog pen and chicken house, one acre of ground, free blocks from electric line, price $900.00, easy terms. FOR RENT. Room cottage, barn, water furnished $9.00 Dependence, 3 room apartments, $9 and 11.00 Brick apt, 3 rooms, range, fuel and lights furnished 11.00 5 room brick and frame 12.50 6 room house, water and gas 14.00 Rooms, gas in house, clistern water 10.00 4 room cottage 8.00 Room mod. cottage 18.00 Room mod. cottage 25.00 Room mod. house 30.00 4-room cottage, owner pays water bill 7.00 4 room cottage, water and gas 12.50 5 rooms, brick, water, gas, and toilet in house, basement 17.50 Gas and water in house, key next door, 6 rooms 17.50 6 rooms, gas, water outside door 15.00 7 rooms, modern 22.50 8 room mod., water bill paid 20.00 St., modern, 8 rooms 25.00 Bill, 9 rooms, water in house, water bill paid 20.00 9 room modern 22.50 6 room, partly modern 15.00 6 room 18.00 Cataline, 5 room 14.00 5 room 14.00 4 room apartment 8.00 3 room brick apartment 10.00 3 room brick 7.00 4 room modern 15.00 St., 7 room modern 22.50 St., 7 room modern 16.00 STORE ROOMS. New modern brick $30.00 New modern brick 18.00 Brick store-room 22.00 Store-room, strictly modern 18.00 Store-room, strictly modern 18.00 Brick store room 18.00 You must rent the above list is the best we have. We Advise you to buy. 1630 Cottage, 7 room brick and frame, Just finished remodeling, painted Inside and out and newly decorated. Price $1,750.00 $50.00 down, $15.00 per month. 2016 N. 4th St., K. C., K., 4 room modern cottage $1500.00. $200.00 down, $10.00 per month. 54th and Montgall, 3 room cottage lot 50 by 145, price $600.00, easy terms, fine for chickens. 910 Highland, 6 room modern brick, slate roof, an excellent bargain at $2000, $200 down, $20 month. 10 acre farm eight miles from Kansas City, Kansas, five room house, good barn and outbuildings, fine land. Price $1800.00. $500.00 down, balance to suit. Truck garden, one mile from City Park, Kansas City, Kansas, 4 room new house, barn, hog pen and chicken house, one acre of ground, just three blocks from electric line, price $900.00, easy terms. 2306 Vine, 3 room cottage, barn, water furnished ..... $ 9.00 601-3.5 Independence, 3 room apartments, $9 and ..... 11.00 2516 Holmes, brick apt, 3 rooms, range, fuel and lights furnished 11.00 1630 Cottage, 5 room brick and frame ..... 12.50 2303 Michlgan, 6 room house, water and gas ..... 14.00 1749 Holly, 4 rooms, gas in house, clistern water ..... 10.00 2818 Norton, 4 room cottage. ..... 8.00 2000 Olive, 5 room mod. cottage. ..... 18.00 2406 Highland 6 room mod. cottage ..... 25.00 1606 Tracy, 9 room mod. house. ..... 30.00 2835 Terrace, 4 room cottage, owner pays water bill ..... 7.00 2434 Michlgan, 4 room cottage, water and gas ..... 12.50 2631 Euclid, 5 rooms, brick, water, gas and toilet in house, cement basement ..... 17.50 1810 Euclid, gas and water in house, key next door, 6 rooms ..... 17.50 2115 Highland, 6 rooms, gas, water outside door ..... 15.00 1101 Michlgan, 7 rooms, modern ..... 22.50 2408 Montgall, 8 room mod., water bill paid ..... 20.00 2100 E. 9th St., modern, 8 rooms ..... 25.00 559 Campbell, 9 rooms, water in house, water bill paid ..... 20.00 2407 Grove, 9 room modern ..... 22.50 1719 Agnes, 6 room, partly modern ..... 15.00 1916 East 11th, 6 room ..... 18.00 2457 Bellefontaine, 5 room ..... 14.00 2144 Bellview, 5 room ..... 14.00 527 Lydia, 4 room apartment ..... 8.00 807 Forest, 3 room brick apartment ..... 10.00 2630 Cottage, 3 room brick ..... 7.00 221 E. 22nd, 4 room modern ..... 15.00 1907 E. 9th St., 7 room modern ..... 22.50 2034 Holmes St., 7 room modern ..... 16.00 1433 East 19th, new modern brick 1415 East 19th, new modern brick 2306 Vine, brick store-room 1431 E. 18th, store-room, strictly modern. 1433 E. 19th, store-room, strictly modern. 1415 E. 19th, brick store room If you must rent, the above list is the best we have. WE KEEP OUR TENANTS EMPLOYED. American Investment Company 1510 E. Eighteenth Street East KANSAS CITY, MO. Bell, 782 East BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS Nothing More Cheerful For the Season's Greetings Your Florist, MRS. T. A. MOSELEY 710 Minnesota Ave. Kansas City, KS. V ```markdown ``` SOME BARGAINS FOR SALE. Specially selected and now ready for the most observing. Those fine Cyclamen, Azaleas, Begonia, Cincinnati, Scotch Heather, Plants of every description. Cut Flowers for all occasional, Weddings, Decorations and Banquets. Our line of the latest designs in Flower Baskets, Jardiniers, Ivory Art Ware superb. We have added a line of American and Foreign Gold Fish, the Chinese Telescope and American Fantails, Fish Mess and Supplies, complete in every detail. Your visit to our Flower Shop is most Welcome. Call early and avoid the usual rush, during the holiday orders receive our best attention. Exceptional Values for Christmas Kenilworth Suits and O'Coats $15 Every Suit and Overcoat Guaranteed to Give Satisfactory Wear or a New One Free Auerbach & Guettel The Palace CLOTHING CO. A FEW OF OUR H Why Should Y GEO. McC Real Estate Bell, W. 364 7th and Mil Peoples B W OF OUR HOME BAR Why Should You Pay Re LEO. McCLELLAN Real Estate and Renta 7th and Minnesota Ave. Peoples Bank Bldg. A FEW OF OUR HOME BARGAINS Real Estate and Rentals Bell, W. 364 Home W. 594 Seventh Street Entrance (Upstairs.) 7 room modern house, $2400. and int. a mo. 5 room modern house, $1700.00 5 room modern house, $1800. int. a mo. 4 room modern house, $1600. int. a mo. 5 room modern house, $2100.00. int. a mo. 5 room house, close in, $1550. 4 room bungalow $1400. Cash, and int. 5 acre tracks. 4 room house, go $200.00 cash, bal, to suit. Ten mins 41-2 acres, $350 an acre, close ing prin. and int. a modern house, $2400.00. $100 cash, $20 in mo. a modern house, $1700.00. $850 cash, bal. on eas a modern house, $1800.$200 cash. $20 includ a modern house, $1600. $300 cash. $18 includ a modern house, $2100.00. $500 cash, $19 includ a house, close in, $1550.00. Cash, $50.00, bal. a bungalow $1400. Cash, $50.00, bal. $17.00 in tracks. 4 room house, good barn, chicken house, bal. bal. to suit. Ten mins. walk to car line. acres, $350 an acre, close to the car. $200 cash. and int. A SUGGESTION See me and my line of P Thing to be considered. Out of the high and my line of Presents. Quality to be considered. A line of good Out of the high Rent District. See me and my line of Presents. Quality is one Thing to be considered. A line of good Jewelry Out of the high Rent District. J. C. BARKER 913 N. 6th St. Kansas City, Kans. Just around the Corner from 6th and Minnesota MAS GIFTS FOR YEAR PROU and most interesting showing of Christmas gestions for every member of the family. CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR A complete and most interesting gestions for every m CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR YEAR ROUND USE A complete and most interesting showing of Christmas Gift Suggestions for every member of the family. Juvenile Books Stationery Leather Goods Construction Toys Gift Cards Picture Frames Athletic Goods Calendars Picture Frames Games Toilet Sets Writing Desk Sets Latest Books Smoking Sets Travelling Bags Picture Frames and Framing MAUNDER-DAUGHERTY MERCANTILE CO. 632-634 Minnesota Ave. Phones West 181. "SHOP EARLY" "MAIL EARLY" ER-DAUGHERTY MERCANTILE 632-634 Minnesota Ave. Phones West 181. LY" "M 632-634 Minnesota Ave. Phones West 181. "SHOP EARLY" "MAIL EARLY" Mr. Harry M. Keller of San Francisco, California, will arrive in the city, Sunday, to spend Christmas week with his sister, Mrs. A. S. O'Dowd, of Oakland avenue. Boys' Suits Overcoats Mackinaws for Xmas ```markdown ``` Juvenile Books Construction Toys Athletic Goods Games Latest Books Newest midwinter styles in men's suits; neat stripes, black and white effects; some silk sleeves $15 linings..... Men's Duck Coats, sheep lined, 34 inches long, extra high sheep collar, special value $5 at..... Xmas Neckwear Men's Neckwear, $1.00 shapes, big assortment, including holiday box..... Odd lot of men's heavy gray Cassimere Coats; all sizes; an extra special value at....$5 Xmas Handkerchiefs HOME BARGAINS You Pay Rent? CLELLAND and Rentals Home W. 594 nesota Ave. ank Bldg. $100 cash, $20 including prin. $850 cash, bal. on easy payments. $200 cash, $20 including prin. and $300 cash, $18 including prin. and $500 cash, $19 including prin. and 9. Cash, $50.00, bal. $17.00 a mo. $50.00, bal. $17.00 including prin. od barn, chicken house, well. $3,000. walk to car line. to the car. $200 cash. $15.00 includ- presents. Quality is one A line of good Jewelry Rent-District. YEAR ROUND USE! showing of Christmas Gift Sug- member of the family. Leather Goods Picture Frames Writing Desk Sets Travelling Bags MERCANTILE CO. Phones West 181. "MAIL EARLY" Improvement Association Meeting. The Minnesota Avenue Improvement association will hold its regular meet- ing tonight at headquarters. 718 Min- nesota avenue. Mens' and Women's Christmas Slippers U 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE ITALIANS HAVE FASTEST WARSHIP Tutt Ali Travels at Speed Three Times That of Swiftest Liner. OUTRUNS TORPEDO IN TRIAL Noise of Turbines So Great That All Orders Are Given by Signal Ship Shakes as Though In Earthquake. Rome.—Tutt' All is the name of Italy's youngest battleship. The name means "All Wings," and it is not badly chosen, for this ship dashes through the ocean at the rate of the fastest train that speeds across America. The inventors are in the Italian navy, and she was built in Italian shipyards with Italian machinery and of Italian steel. The inventors' names, the ship's tonnage, its present whereabouts, are all a dead secret. But the fact remains that "All Wings" in her trial trip did 800 miles at three times the rate of the fastest transatlantic ship. "During the trip," says an officer, "we were attacked by an enemy submarine. You would have laughed to see the torpedo fall several hundred yards clear of our stern, for we went so quick that no torpedo now being used could touch us. The torpedo catchers which escorted us were left far behind. In a few minutes all we saw of them was a blot of smoke." This ship has stood her trials so well that more are in the stocks. Tutt' All is said to have joined the Adriatic fleet. As' neither coal nor naphtha could be stored in large enough quantities to enable Tutt' All to travel at such a rate, the inventors had recourse to a combination of naphtha and compressed air. The naphtha passes through compressed air at such a terrific rate that it emerges in a state of pulverization; it is then propelled into so-called boilers by means of atmospheric pressure, thus producing heat of from 1,500 to 1,800 centigrade. Tutt' All has three turbines, which propel with a force of 8,400 horse power each. Terrific Speed. The result is the terrific speed attained and the general effect of a phantom ship. The safety valves throw off showers of water and pulverized naphtha, which turn bright purple in the sun as they fly upward. The ship shakes as though it were in a perpetual earthquake. Even hardened seamen have to learn to walk on Tutt' All. The steel lining would break with the vibration but for a special system of joints. The noise of the turbines is so great that nobody's voice can be heard. All orders are given by signal, as in the midst of a heavy bombardment. The ship leaves a high mountain of sea beauld her. Those who were able to take the first trip of 800 miles said it was very stirring and an experience they would not have missed for anything in the world. But there is no comfort about it. For easy travelling they prefer the old-fashioned transatlantic liner. WASHINGTON DEBUTANTE 1930 Miss Anne Hopkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nevil Monroe Hopkins of Washington, made her bow to society at a tea recently. She is a member of Washington's residential set where she is already a favorite. British Home Secretary Hoida. Some Movie Pictures Encourage Boy- lish Misdeeds. London.—Plans are being considered to combat the great increase in juvenile crime since the commencement of war. Home Secretary Sammels thinks darkened streets have given facilities for wrongdoing and in the absence of so many fathers there has been a weakening of home control. it had been found that some moving pictures encouraged the spirit of lawlessness and he proposed to establish a central official censorship of all motion picture plays. He also thought much of the trouble arose from minddirected energy and will carefully consider suggestions by Sir R. Haden-Powell, organizer of the Boy Scout movements. GROSSMAN'S THE X Ladies' Cloth COAT [SALE] GROSSMAN'S THE XMAS GIFT STORE WHERE PRICES ARE DOWN $15 Values Special at $9.90 Fancy and plain cloth coats in all sizes and the very newest winter styles. Your opportunity to buy a coat that sells regularly at $15.00; special at Mr. I. F. Bradley, Jr., who finishes the law course at K. U. this year is home spending the holidays with his parents, Judge and Mrs. I.-F. Bradley of Haskell avenue. Mr. E. E. Ewing, 1851 North Eighth street has been quite ill, but we are glad to know of his improving. Little Mabel Burdett on New Jersey is out of school with sickness. Miss Mabel K. Law is confined to her room with illness at her brother's home, 933 Oakland avenue. Mrs. Hill, the mother of Mrs. Easley, and Mrs. James who lives on Freeman avenue, still remain quite ill. Mr. Samelton of Oakland avenue, has been on the sick list this week. Father Green, 1409 North Eighth street, is still very ill. Mrs. Jones' children, 707 New Jersey, have been quite sick and have been out of school for several days. Mrs. Ida Floyd, 734 New Jersey, is on the sick list. Mrs. Sharp, 720 Walker, is confined to her room with illness. Mrs. Fleming of North Sixth street, is quite ill. Mrs. Beckem, the mother of Mrs. Albert Miller, is very sick. Advertise your business in The Advocate if you want to get results. You only have a few more days to get The Advocate for $1.00 per year. Mrs. B. Carroll is some better. Mrs. J. P. King's baby has been quite sick. Mrs. Lulu Thomas, on Everett, is sick. Mrs. Clark, on Nebraska, is sick. SMOKE. Oh, the smoke, the horrible smoke. Filling our throats till we nearly smoke. coke; It dampens our spirits, spoils our property too. Till we sometimes would like to make Till we sometimes would like to make the air blue. Our parks they are lovely, our streets fine and wide. But Oh! That stench of trash burning down, by the side Of the Kaw and Missouri, where there should be Nothing but beauty for the good of K. C. They tell us to open our windows up wide. But the smoke is too thick, the air is better inside. So doors and windows are closed all over town. When the trash piles are burning and the breezes die down. CITY-RAISES SALARIES. CITY HAIRS SALARIES. An ordinance granting a $5 a week increase in salary to all employees of the city fire department was passed by the city commissioners at their meeting today. The ruling affects 120 men. High cost of fuel, clothing and food, Finance Commissioner Girard, Little said today, made such a move necessary. The ordinance was hurried through so the fire laddies may have the advantage of the increase in time for Christmas. S. & H. GREEN TRADING STAMPS WITH EVERY PURCHASE $9.90 A visit to our men's furnishing department will help you to select a gift FOR HIM. Linen Handkerchiefs and. Silk Handkerchiefs in plain and fancy designs; at. 10c to 50c. Silk Half Hose ...25c to 50c Silk and Knit Mufflers ...50c to $1.98 Lisle Suspenders in gift box, pair ...50c Gloves ...$1.25 to $1.75 Pajamas ...$1.00 Garters, pair ...23c Beltz ...50c Shirts ...69c to $3.50 Silk Shirts ...$2.50 to $3.50 Underwear ...$1.00 to $5.00 Men's Trousers ...$1.98 to $3.95 SMAN----638-64 Minn. A 638-640 Minn. Ave. HAIR SPECIALIST THE WOMAN WHO WAS THE LADY OF THE WORLD MME. C. O. SMITH-TAYLOR Guarantees to Grow Hair By Giving Scalp Tr Price First Treatment, 75c AGENTS WANTED . . . . Millinery Bell, West 2642 W. 1616 I MITH-TAYLOR By Giving Scalp Treatment Treatment, 75c Millinery Department 1616 N. 10th St. MME. C. O. SMITH-TAYLOR Guarantees to Grow Hair By Giving Scalp Treatment Price First Treatment, 75c AGENTS WANTED . . . Millinery Department Bell, West 2642 W. 1616'N. 10th St. KANSAS CITY KANSAS ```markdown ``` S. W. PEARCE JEWELER AND OPTICIAN Specialty in Repair and Optical Works 538' MINNESOTA AVENUE KANSAS CITY KANSAS THE DOTY LAUNDRY Cleaning and Dyeing We are now prepared to give you first class work all kinds of Laundry and Cleaning. BOTH PHONES 156. 841 MINN Y LAUNDRY and Dyeing you first class work and service on ing. 841 MINNESOTA AVENUE THE DOTY LAUNDRY Cleaning and Dyeing We are now prepared to give you first class work and service on all kinds of Laundry and Cleaning. BOTH PHONES 156. 841 MINNESOTA AVENUE W. T. Whitelaw DRUGGIST 3091 North 27th St. Kansas City, Kansas If we haven't what you want We will get it for you The Forum concert by Prof. R. S. Jackson and others was fine but the crowd was small. Prof. Jackson played beautifully and Mrs. Bettie Smith recited very fine. The Ladies quartet sang artistically. Mrs. Ida Harlan-Taylor is in the city visiting Miss L. Harlan, her sister. Linen Handkerchiefs and Silk Handkerchiefs in plain and fancy designs; at. 10c to 50c. Silk Half Hose .....25c to 50c Silk and Knit Mufflers .....50c to $1.98 Lisle Suspenders in gift Home Phone West 206 Buy Your Xmas Groceries He Gives You Best Value for Your Money Cut. This Coupon Out and Bring to our Stone and Get 2 BARS of Water Queen Soap for 5c. 8th & Minn. Ave. On Thursday, Jan. 4th, "The Greek Pageant" will be acted by prominent women and children, in the new Temp- ture. Fresh and wholesome candies, and meals for Xmas—King's Kandy Kitchen 542 Minnesota avenue. Bell Phone West 830 100