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KANSAS TWELVE MONTHS, $1.50. SEE "TARZZ THE WARM TIES OF THE FRENCH AX Colored Americans Wint diers Among the First Lieutenant Sherman D. S Colored Americans Win Place as Men and Soldiers Among the Allied Fighters. Gray Printing Company The mad war dog of Europe has been muzzled, they say, though probably a million Hunnish murderers are still in arms. Allied armies begin their demobilization, and the nations that fought for democracy think of the early dawn of peace. The survivors of America's greatest fighters begin to return to the land they love—a land that calls them "niggers"—ravages their women, destroys their property and gives them the worst of every bargain—yet these valiant sons return with a smile listened with mud and blood with many vacancies in their ranks—yes, they come an unavenging people with the grace of God in their hearts—the greatest lovers of mankind. Not yet, but soon we hope to count among them Kansas City, Kansas' own hero, Sergeant-Major Sherman D. Scruggs, Jr., who disregarded the shells from the Boche guns to serve humanity, and for which bravery he was cited and decorated by the French government. When the news French government. When the news reached home, the manager of the Gray Printing Co., feeling that something should be done in appreciation of Kansas City, Kansas' first hero in France, successfully managed the Patriotic testimonial held at the Eighth Street Baptist Tabernacle, August 20, 1918. A silver gold-lined loving cup was presented young Scruggs (by proxy) at the First A. M. E. Church, Sept. 5th, financed by public collections, sale of pictures as souvenirs and personal funds of the man who saw to it that the affair did not fail in any sense of the word. For some reason information of what the home folks had done did not reach young Scruggs, now a leiutenant, until January 10th of this year. Lieutenant Scruggs' letter follows: 365th Infantry, American Evped, Forces, A. P. O. 766, January 10, 1919. Today I was very much surprised to receive the long delayed news that the good people of Kansas, City, Kansas; have paid me much honor and many compliments. I feel that too much has been done. For I do not feel that I have merited or deserve those gratuities. I have only done my part as a soldier in this war for SUMNER HIGH WINS TWO The undefeated basket ball team of Sumner High school took a trip to Sedalia and Jefferson City, Mo., last week. George R. Smith college was defeated by a score of 34 to 14. The crowd which turned out enjoyed a clean, fast game. Friday night a social was given in honor of the boys at the college. The team left for Jefferson City at 2 a.m., the same night. The Lincoln Institute team of Jefferson City deserves great credit for the stiff resistance which it offered. The night's travel and the small unheated hall kept Sumner's team from showing off to the best advantage. With three minutes left to play the score stood 12 to 10 in favor of Lincoln. Sumner fought gamely and tied the score. An extra period of five minutes was necessary to decide the game. The final score was: Sumner 16, Lincoln 14. Saturday night the members of the team were guests of honor at the meeting of the Literary societies and later at a social given by the students of Lincoln Institute. The instructors who accompanied the team were banqueted by President Richardson and later they attended a reception given in their honor by Professor Jacobs, who formerly taught in Kansas City. Those who went on the trip were Mr. King and Mr. Williams of Sumner High school; Mr. Taylor of Lincoln High school, Kansas City, Mo.; who acted as referee; Capt. McCormick, Alvin Riley, Joe Lewis, Seawell, Taylor, Fred Douglas, Edward Mr. Junius J. W. Gray, Kansas City, Kansas. Mr. dear Mr. Gray: AN OF THE A THE AND NEGRO SOLDIERS Place as Men and Sol- Allied Fighters. Scruggs Writes to Head of The democracy. I am thinking that the mentioning of my name in a French order was more largely due to the strong ties of friendship between my French comrades and me than to any deeds of valor. But I must say that at present my former regiment (370th Infantry) has had about 400 men and officers decorated with the distinguished service cross and the French Legion of Honor medal and Croix de Guerre. The black mans' service with the French divisions has been of the highest order. He has made for himself a warm place in the hearts of the French Army men. I have been very successful in the service. As you know I voluntarily enlisted in the ranks as a private and by hard work and soldierly effort I was promoted from grade to grade until now I am a commissioned officer. I was selected as one of seven from a possible 2,900 men to become a candidate at the Army Candidates' School in France. There were about 300 men in the school. Only 61 were colored. Fifty-five of these were commissioned. These boys made a high record while in that school, wining the respect and admiration of their officers and instructors. The training that we received there fitted us for the great service that was before us. Our instructors were perhaps the best selecte men from the Allied forces. Our record there gave to the other nations represented on the faculty an insight into the abilities and capabilities of the Negro. The grades made by the men were high. The highest being made was 98%, by Fred D. Roseboro, of Atlanta, Georgia, and Miller J. Whittaker of Orangeburg, S. C. I made a general grade of 962-10%. I am with the 92nd Division in the 365th Regiment of Infantry. We are now preparing to return to America. Of course you know that we will be glad to get back. I want to thank you especially for your kindly interest in me. I have every reason to know that you and your good wife have been my true and sincere friends. With best wishes for your continued success and good health. I am, Sincerely yours, SHERMAN D. SCRUGGS, JR. 'Lieut., U. S. Army, in France. Lewis, Marshall Edwards and Hugh Brown. Captain Joe McCormick of the Sumner High school was the individual star of both games. JAMES PURSLEY LAID TO REST The funeral of Mr. James Pursley was largely attended Sunday afternoon, which was held from Mount Pleasant Baptist church on Third street, of which the deceased was a member. Rev. George McNeal officiated. Mr. Pursley was a member of Kaw Valley Lodge of Knights of Pythias, and also of the Uniform Rank, which turned out, with another company from Missouri, led by the Second Regiment band, with Col, Rife in command. The floral pieces were many and expensive. Undertaker Nathan Thatcher had charge of the funeral. Don't Buy Until You See THE "BROWNSKIN" VALENTINE Dedicated in perpetual tribute to our splendid womanhood. Humorous in conception, refined and chaste in execution. The most original and exclusive on the market! A copy mailed to any address in the United States on receipt of 25c. Address mail orders to Tilford Dayis, Jr., 1116 Washington Blvd., Kansas City, Kansas. The Home Drug Co., and Slaughters, Distributors. Agents wanted everywhere. Liberal commission. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, 14, 1919 THE ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL AT CITIZENS' FORUM The Citizens' Forum convened promptly at A p m., on Feb. 9. Owing to the temporary absence of the president, Mrs. W. G. Wood, second vice-president, presided, and the following program was rendered: Hymn, "Lead, Kindly Light," led by Prof. T. H. Reynolds. Invocation, Rev. T. Knapper. Song, "Hark! Hark! My Soul," A. M. E. choir. "Roosevelt a Man," Attorney L. A. Knox. Tenor Solo, "Abide With Me," Mr. Robt. Armstrong. "Roosevelt as a Patriot," Prof. Shelton French. Solo, "O Dry Those Tears," Mrs. Effie Grant-Hardy. "Roosevelt as a Statesman," Attorney Bruce of Kansas City, Mo. "Roosevelt as a Citizen," Major D. A. Holmes. Song, "How Firm a Foundation." A. M. E. choir. Each number was applauded greatly and of the large appreciative audience many said, "It was an excellent program." Next Sunday, Feb. 16th, the N. A. A. C. P. will have an especially fine program. Mr. Christ, a Norwegian, will speak many different languages and excellent music will be rendered. Miss Kealing and Prof. R. Brown, had charge of the Roosevelt program and Prof. Gregg and others will have charge of the one next Sunday, Feb. 16th. Come. Mrs. J. F. Griffin was confined to her room several days this week with neuralgia. A WELL KNOWN WOMAN HERE DIES IN CHICAGO Mrs. Margaret Williams, who recently died at her home, 6552 Champlain avenue, Chicago, Ill., was one of Chicago's leading Negro business women. She had been engaged in practicing chiriopody in Chicago for twenty years and had occupied an office suite in the Republic building, corner of State and Adams streets, for the past twelve years. She was classed as one of the best of her profession and among her patients were some of the wealthiest people of Chicago; was an active member of the Illinois Chiropodist Society and highly respected by its members, both colored and white. She was a woman of strong will power, and through her exceptional ability as a business woman, she had acquired considerable wealth. Besides owning the beautiful apartment in Chicago, where she made her home, she was the owner of real estate in California, municipal bonds and industrial stocks in a large corporation. Mrs. William was well known in Kansas City, having made several trips here visiting with Mrs. Mayme Blue Jenkins of Kansas City, Kans., who was her business associate. She leaves a host of friends of this city to mourn her death. In her home she was a very quiet and unpretentious person, charitable, and ever ready to assist a friends. Any worthy movement for the uplift of the race received her generous and hearty support. She was a member of Bethel Baptist church, having confessed a hope in Christ when 11 years old. Mrs. Mayme Blue Jenkins, her business partner, has assumed charge and will continue the business. Mrs. Lillian Lewis, formerly of Kansas City, Mo., will assist her in the office. Mrs. A. J. Bouldin, 611 Parallel avenue, met with a painful accident Saturday at her home, losing her balance while on her way to the cellar, falling to the bottom, breaking her arm at the wrist. No one being at home she lay for some time unconscious. The many warm friends of Mrs. Bouldin regret very much of her accident, and hope for her a speedy recovery. Her sister, Mrs. Stone, of Lawrence, came immediately and took care of her until her mother got here from Fort Scott. Mr. John Chinneth, one of Wichita's successful business men, was in the city over Sunday. He stopped with Rev. Griffin Sunday night. LINCOLN DAY CLUB HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING ON 12TH The Kansas Lincoln Day Club held their annual meeting and banquet Wednesday evening at First A. M. E. church. A very interesting and appropriate program had been arranged by the executive committee by its chairman, Lieut. I. F. Bradley. The banquet was elegantly served by the Famous Building Club of the church. Those who made addresses were Prof. G. B. Buster, who made the welcome address; Judge James H. Guy, of Topeka responded in his usual elegant words of oratory. Dr. Chas. Moates, of Leavenworth, was the next speaker and his speech was full of thought and truths of the present day. Judge T. W. Bell of Leavenworth was the principle speaker of the evening and for forty minutes he held his hearers spellbound with words of weight, touching upon and contrasting the man, in whose honor this program was held and men of the present day. Dr. J. F. Griffin, pastor of the First A. M. E church, was the last speaker, and those who know him, can imagine the kind of address he made. It was full of facts, backed up with fire-eating sentences of beautiful language. Prof. Reynolds and his Sumner High quartet sang several beautiful numbers and Miss Ella Neely performed on the piano, with a solo, which was greatly enjoyed. Lieut. I. F. Bradley, Jr., was elected president for the next year and Lawyer Dorsey Green was made chairman of the executive committee. The next annual meeting will be held in this city. Lieut. Bradley acted as master of ceremonies. GREAT THRONGS CROWD THE MILO EVERY NIGHT "The Milo," under its efficient and business manager, Mr. Stone, has easily taken its place among the best and highest class movies in the two cities. The class of pictures and that clean and genial management of its head has made it so. This house seats seven hundred and it is full to the entrance seven nights in the week at both shows. Every night has its-tars and this is the only movie theatre in Greater Kansas City that can boast of such. For the past week hundreds were seen lined up on the street way before the hour of opening. It certainly is a house of personality. STATE WIDE MASS MEETING The local branch at Topeka of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People have made a state wide call for a meeting to be held in that city February 22nd, to convene at 12, noon, and hold afternoon and evening meetings. In a circular being sent out, the executive committee is urging churches, societies and civic bodies throughout the state to be represented, while all of the Kansas N. A. A. C. P. branches are expected to be present. Matters of vital importance concerning the colored people of Kansas are bringing them together at this time. Ex-Governor Capper is the president of this local branch. Lawyer James H. Guy is chairman of the executive committee. QUINDARO, KANS. Western University choral society was the guest at a Lincoln Day program and luncheon at Kansas City University. It was under the auspices of the Y. M. and Y. W. C. A, President Peck spoke. Twentyfour students took a stand for the new life as a result of the week of prayer. Under the direction of Miss Maude Dunson, a musical program was given at the A. M. E. church Sunday evening. It was enjoyed by all. The Sewing Circle served a dinner Tuesday at Mrs. McMillan's. It was for the benefit of the church. Mrs. Rucker is its president. Mr. Allen Douglas is about again, selling herbs. Miss Harriet Jenkins is doing nicely teaching school in Missouri. Hear the debate at W. U. Friday evening, Feb. 14th. THOS. KENNEDY, PUBLISHER. The Atmosphere of Civility Changed from Chicago to Louisville, Says He The Attendance at Meeting of the Negro Press Association was Good and He Enjoyed It. Mobile, Ala.—Have you ever attempted to study the civilization of this country of ours? It is certainly a medley, and I do not hesitate to tell you so, because I have passed through it, but let me say with all of its faults and good traits I love her still. For any country that can take its soldiers and navy and go over to a foreign country to establish freedom for the weaker people, and proclaim to the world "Universal Democracy" will certainly include its own citizens. parts. I talked with him for a while and then I went to church, because I was there on Sunday. In the morning I went to see Rev. Hunter, and at night I went with Rev. C. H. Harris, president of the State University, and a great big preacher. Getting around to see people in Louisville, was to me a source of real pleasure. I met the big preacher of the town, Dr. J. H. Frank, and talked with him. Now when I went to the Y. M. C. A. of the city and the secretary was William H. Stewart, the I see the future at home, men who are arrested, tried by a jury, and judge and if guilty punished by the law and not by lawless mobs. I see the time when there will not be any more human barbecues in this land of the free and the home of the brave. I like to sing "My Country, 'Tis of Thee," It means much to me. I know that some of these heathens here in our country have been trying to embarrass our good President by burning men and lynching women in this country while he is sitting at the peace table pleading for other nations, and trying to make a league of nations. Shame on them! But you just wait until our great President returns home and he is going to show them a thing or two. He is going to show them that when he spoke out against lynching a few months ago, he was not playing, but he meant what he said and every word of it. We have never asked for any special legislation, and we are not doing it now. We want only one law, and that for all Americans. We are not so important that we would ask the country to pass a law providing special accommodation in the trains, waiting rooms, steamboats, street cars or any other place. We are opposed to prescription of any kind. We only want anything that any other American citizen wants. To America we have been true and we are asking that America be true to us. Whether night or day, hot or cold, we respond to the call of the government, and will help to put the enemy to flight. These heathens in our country have tried themselves since our father has been away. They are still trying to see what they can do to humiliate us. How long they are going to keep this thing up, I am not prepared to say, for they have kept it up too long already. He will be home in a few days, and I believe that he will then do some turning around, and some one is going-to be hurt. Just to think there is now an American citizen whose father was considered the greatest of Americans, who cannot return to his home—Booker T. Washington, Jr., and he is some where in America today. He was advised to leave Tuskegee, and was it for the nameless crime? I am told it was simply because he did not approve of the lynchings in Alabama, and that was sufficient for him to lose his own life, and if he had not been able to escape he would now be with his father in the other world. I was in Chicago for a few days, and had the pleasure of getting around there. I could go in the theatres, in the eating places and be treated as all Americans should be treated. I enjoyed getting around. Well, I got away from there and found my way to another part of the world. I stopped over in Indianapolis for a few hours, and there I met Dr. Robert Harper, one of the great men of our country. He is the leading veterinarian in that part of the world. I also met Miss Sayde Mays, one of the teachers in the public school there She was a fine young woman. I am told that she is one of the best teachers in the system. I stopped for a little while at the office of the Freeman, and found them putting brains on paper to hand out to their reader. I shook hands with Editor Knox, and his son who is also an editor. They are busy people there. It was to me a source of pleasure. Leaving there I made it to Louisville, where I found just a little different atmosphere. I had the pleasure of meeting Editor William H Stewart and his family. He is indeed an interesting character and a man of parts. I talked with him for a while and then I went to church, because I was there on Sunday. In the morning I went to see Rev. Hunter, and at night I went with Rev. C. H. Harris, president of the State University, and a great big preacher. Getting around to see people in Louisville, was to me a source of real pleasure. I met the big preacher of the town, Dr. J. H. Frank, and talked with him. Now when I went to the Y. M. C. A. of the city and the secretary was William H. Stewart, the son of his father. He is making a fine secretary, but I fear that he is not going to remain there long, for soon he must be about his other business. He is one of the best trained young men in this race of ours. Off from Louisville to Nashville, to attend the meting of the National Negro Press Association. You see since I have been writing, it has given me the big head, and I believe that I am some newspaperman now myself, hence I thought I would go and mingle with them. Well, I met them. Reaching town, I went to the home of Bishop Evans Tyree, of the African Methodist and he received me just like he was receiving another Bishop, and made me feel at home. He was not so well, but his wife and daughter received me. Mrs. Tyree is one of the women who knows how to entertain, and she is some entertainer, believe me. She knows what to do and how to do it. The grand daughter is Miss Saunders. I was delighted with these people. Now back to the Press Association. Sir Joseph L. Jones, of Cincinnati, is the chairman of the executive committee, and C. J. Perry, editor of the Philadelphia Tribune, is present of the Association, and Henry Allen Boyd, of Nashville is the secretary, and there was present Miss Johnson, for Newport News, Va.; Miss Hailey, from Atlanta, and then there were others present. One man was there from Toronto. I just acted like I saw them act, and went where I saw them go. I was thrown in company with Editor King and heard his great lecture. He comes from Dallas, Texas, and is worth while. I was so glad to see and hear him. Here is where I got another civilization, for in the cars you will see signs, "That part for white patrons." Then of course, in the back you will see the other sign, "That part for colored patrons." On the trains were signs for the races. I think when I go to heaven, if God wants to make me a white man. I would simply get a linen duster and a couple of palm leaf fans and take my chances on going the other way. You see if God should change me to a white man, then He would justify the treatment I get down here, and declare that it was necessary for me to be white in order to enjoy, the pleasures of heaven. We have some fine people in town. I met Hon. J. C. Napier, president of the, National Negro Business League; A. M. Johnson, editor and undertaker; W. J. Hale, president of the state school; President Inman E. Page, of Roger Williams University; B. C. H. Clark, Secretary William Haynes, of the National Sunday School Publishing Board of the National Baptist convention; Assistant Secretarv S. Harris, and many others. I had a fine time in the city, and made it from there to Birmingham, Ala. I shall bring this letter to a close now. N. A. A. C. P. AT THE FORUM The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will have charge of the program at the Forum Sunday. Rev. A. C. Christoff, Bulgarian missionary and interpreter of the Slavic Peoples of Kansas City, will speak on the Emigrant and his Experiences. Let all the members and friends come. THOMAS KENNEDY, Editor and Prop. G. A GREGG, Associate Editor. MRS. M. C. MATTHEWS. Society Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY -at 610 North Sixth Street Office Phone.....Bell West 2407 Residence Phone.....Bell West 2968 The Advocate is a weekly journal devoted to Race Progress and Human Up-lift. SUBSCRIPTION. One Year ..... $1.50 Six Months ..... .80 Three Months ..... .50 "Entered as second-class matter August 29, 1914, at the postoffice at Kansas City, Kansas, under the Act of March 3, 1879." Have your news in our office not later than Tuesday of each week to insure publication. Office 834 Nebraska avenue. MEMBER NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION. 1919 FEBRUARY 1919 Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 NEGROES LEAVING DIXIE. Chicago, once referred to by its mayor as the second "German" city is now the first Negro city in America. Eestimates tonight by Negro leaders set the Negro population of Chicago at 125,000. Two years ago the number was 25,000. Demand for labor, high wages and the awakening of the Negro through travels induced by the war are given as causes for the tremendous influx. Pittsburgh and a number of other northern and eastern cities are rapidly increasing their Negro population. Some years ago there started an exodus from the southern cotton fields, which alarmed the cotton and other producers. Finally the threatened condition was relieved. But of very recent years the exodus has again begun. It all grows out of the conditions of the race in the south. The frequency of lynching is not the only thing that has created this widespread dissatisfaction in that section. Notwithstandig the unprecedented high price paid for cotton, the growers refused to increase the salary of laborers commensurate with the increased profits. In fact, the pay of the colored laborer is not as great as that of his more fortunate white brother, it is reported in many instances and communities. Often the colored producer is not paid as high a price for his cotton as is the white grower. Just why such conditions are allowed to obtain is difficult to understand when the south is so largely dependent upon colored labor, especially in the cotton and cane and tobacco fields. In these lines they are experts and they are adapted to the climatic conditions there, still there are no indications that there is any ground for hoping for better things and if the south loses its most faithful laborers it has no one but itself to blame for the unhappy conditions. Miss Margaret Johnson, for a number of years, one of the brightest and most efficient educators in the State of Indiana, now a resident of this city, living at 840 Freemah avenue, and who is known in the east as a poetess of rare ability, has been persuaded to place some of her poems on the market, and we carry in our pages an ad mentioning only two of the many she has in her possession, "Landing of the Slaves" and "Woman," of which both compares with the best in this line in this country. Every home should have hanging on their wall, one or more of these jewels. NEW CONSTITUTION. What has become of the old Democratic party that was delighted to contend, "Let the People Rule," as its slogan? Its history has been a contention for the voice of the people. Since the days of Jefferson, it has contended for states' rights. But here we have the people rule theory knocked into a cocked hat, as Mr. Wilson once said should happen to Bryan. The Kansas state legislature had before it a proposition to submit to the people the question. "Shall the state hold a constitutional convention to prepare a new constitution for adoption?" It has nothing whatever to do with the merits of the case as to whether we should have J. F. GRIFFIN, Pastor. Residence, 1111 North Eighth St. Phone Bell West 2904. ORDER OF SERVICES. 9:30 A. M., Sunday School. 11:00 A. M., preaching. 5:00 P. M., Junior Allen League. 6:00 P. M., Senior Allen League. 7:45 P. M., preaching. WEEKLY SERVICES. Official Board, 2nd and 4th Monday, 7:30 P. M. Choir rehearsal, Tuesday 7:30 P.M. Wednesday, prayer meeting, 7:30 P. M. Friday class meeting 8 P. M. CHURCH NEWS Sunday was a big day at First A. M. E. The morning service was largely attended and when Dr. Griffin finished his eloquent and instructive gospel sermon, all could say in one accord, "I was glad I went up to the house of the Lord," At the close before the choir could sing, ten stalwart men and women and some for their first time, marched to the altar, to be read in the church of their choice of which a new class was organized, with one of its members, Mr. Henry, appointed as its leader, No. 37. The choir loft was jammed with voices, whose sweetness vibrated into every heart and corner of the auditorium. Mrs. Hardy, its choirist, in the short time she has been as its leader, has unearthed and developed musical talent that was unknown, even to themselves, and that's not all, says the choirist. Dr. Griffin delivered just as strong a sermon at the evening service, as in the morning to a nice audience. Many visitors were present all day. of which many declared they enjoyed the great spiritual feast. Come again. You are always welcome. The pastor will preach another special sermon this Sunday and invites the public and the stranger to come to the house of the Lord and hear His gospel preached. Send your children to Sabbath school if you can not come with them, says the superintendent, Prof. Brown. 9:30 is the hour. Come to the Allen League, young people, says its president, where you can do some actual, living good for yourself and those with whom you associate. The official board had a fine meeting Monday night. Board meets every Monday night, 8 p. m. a new constitution or not, but simply to ask the people if they want a convention? Should that be submitted then, the question of a new constitution would come up for discussion on its merits. Whether we wanted to incur the expenses of a constitutional convention or not, would be considered from its merits alone. But the question as to whether the matter of having a convention or not, should be submitted to the people of the state. They should be given the opportunity to determine the matter. Yet the vote to submit this question to the people was defeated by a solid Democratic vote in the legislature. Again we ask where is the good old Democratic party of the people? There could not possibly be any valid excuse not to allow the people to say whether or no they wanted a constitutional convention. Unquestionably, they have a right to answer that query and should have been granted the opportunity to say. It does not pay to shut off the people in questions of that kind. Let us say whether we want a constitutional convention or not. SUSPENSORIES You won't be comfortable till you worn Schnoter's If your drug store doesn't carry them, send for booklet. J.C.S. insist upon our name and trade mark J. C. SCHNOTER CO. 523 Sixth Ave., N. Y. City -- Dept. N. Don't wait until your cold develops Spanish Intluenza or pneumonia. Kill it quick. HILLS CASCARA QUININE BROMIDE Standard cold remedy for 20 years—in tablet form—safe, sure, no opiates—breaks up a cold in 24 hours—reheves grip in 3 days. Money back if it fails. The genine box has a Red top with Mr. Hill's picture. At All Drug stores. THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE NNOUNCER A. M. E. CHURCH Church of the Ascension (Episcopal) Corner Third street and Stewart avenue. The Rev. M. E. Spatcher priest in charge. Sunday services—Holy communion, 730 a. m.; Sunday school, 9:45 a. m.; morning prayer and sermon (except first Sunday), 11 a. m.; Holy communion (first Sunday), 11 a. m strangers are welcome. WORKING GIRLS The Yates branch of the Y. W. C. A, Ninth street and Nebraska avenue, Kansas City, Kansas, offer nicely furnished rooms at reasonable rates to the working girls who have no home in the city. Will be protected by good Christian influence. Transients are welcome. Mrs. E. J. Patterson, President Board of Directors, Call Matron, Phone West 1566, We wish to thank Eighth Street Baptist church and friends for their kindness in behalf of our deceased daughter, sister and niece. —Mrs. Harvey Thompson, mother; Miss Lillian Harvey, sister; Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Seymour, uncle and aunt. We wish to thank the First A. M. E. Sunday school, neighbors and friends for their kindness and sympathy in the death of our darling beloved son; also for the beautiful floral designs.—Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Miller, Parents; Mrs. Rebecca Nash, grandmother; Mr. and Mrs. Rebecca Conway. Dr. S. H Thompson returned home Monday from Excelsior Springs, feeling much better after a week's rest and taking baths. The following poem was a requested composition by Mrs. M. Callaway-Matthews, for a mother, who graduated from the Kansas City, Kansas, white High school, for her daughter to recite Feb. 9th, at the Roosevelt Memorial: "The greatest statesman of his age And known in evry clime; And the best loved American Since dear old Lincoln's time." When Colored Men, at San Juan hill, Saved his life from the foe; He then dined with Booer Washing So thus this' great ex-president Was first of all, you see, To show the "Brotherhood of Men," And true "Democracy." Is rent and shows you resting From your last "Long, Long Trail." (Copyright 1919, by M. Callaway Matthews) Charles W. Wilson, whose name appeared in a recent casualty list under the head, "Wounded, Degree Undetermined," is a Kansas Aggie freshman trackster of two years ago. "Chalkey," as Wilson was known to everyone, had made good as a hurdler, high jumper and spinner on the Manhattan High School track team, and appeared to be good material for the Kansas Aggie Squad. Letters to W. B. Wilson, the father, at Manhattan, state that "Chalkey" was in the Aronine light with the 137th Infantry. Beyond getting the skin knocked off his nose, having the pack strap passing over his shoulder shot in two and his shoulder bruised, and having one f.h.s. leggings, ripped by a machine gun bullet, Wilson writes that he was not badly hurt. Wilson is only 18 years old. A HOME FOR CARD OF THANKS. CARD OF THANKS. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. We meet today to inculcate Within the hearts of men A man who's called by many Our greatest citizen. This bold and fearless leader His courage did not lag But he denounced all traitors Not loyal to our flag. When France appealed to U. S. A. To help against the foe He offered to lead soldiers Though not allowed to go. I cannot mention all his deeds It takes too long for some But he will not forgotten be In future years to come. Farewell, dear, Colonel Roosevelt, Until the "Mystic Veil." 8TH ST. BAPTIST TABERNACLE Preaching Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Sunday school at 1:30 p.m. B. Y. P. U. Sunday at 6:30 p.m. DR. JACKSON, Pastor, Sunday Dr. Jackson preached a soul-stirring sermon, subject, "The Life and Funeral of Jacob.' From Genesis 49th chapter. All who heard it enjoyed it, and all we hope will take for example the life of this great good man, so that our days may be long and full of life's sweet duties. It is said Jacob lived to be 142 years. The Sewing Circle met at the church Thursday at 2 p.m. They are doing good work. Mrs. Willa Rombey is president. The Mission Circle met at the church Friday at 2 p.m. They enjoyed a good lesson Mrs H, Giddon is president. We also have a cradle roll of our Sunday school. Mrs. Sallie Fitzhugh is president. We were sorry to hear of the death of little Ida Mae Peoples. She was a young member of the cradle rolljust a year old. Dr. Jackson officiated at the funeral. Mrs. M. Hicks was elected president of the choir. The members that were reported ill are: Sister Brannon, Sister Fields, and Brother Sexton, and others which were not reported. We pray their speedy recovery. We have lined up for work, the members being divided into clubs, each club having a captain to raise money for God's cause. Many of our good and sainted Christians were called on to lead prayer meeting by the pastor. We are having good meetings every Wednesday evening. Rev. Cornealus Crump preached last Wednesday. All enjoyed his remarks. Mrs. Odelia Lewis-Kiel's funeral services were held from Metronolitan church Thursday at 2 p. m. Rev. D. A. Holmes officiated. Many beautiful florals were received. Prof and Mrs. J. J. Lewis, the parents and other relatives, have the sympathy of the community. The Masonic building committee had a small reception for the Matrons, Officers and Masters of the lodges of the Masonic fraternity. Mr. Cunnigan and many others paid tribute to the late Mr. Pursley at his funeral at Pleasant Green church, Sunday. Miss Marie Clymer, a teacher, at 1220 East Twenty-third street. Kansas City, Mo., is a new subscriber to our paper. Mrs. O. B, Johnson is better, but has not been out since Jan. 8th. Mrs. S. H. Thompson has been sick this week. In an address before the State Bar Association at Topeka, Senator A. M. Keene of Fort Scott told the lawyers that 193 Kansas attorneys were in the army during the recent war and 121 became officers. He stated that, of this number two were brigadier generals, two colonels, two lieutenant colonels, six majors, twelve captains, twenty-nine first lieutenants, fifty-two second lieutenants, eleven sergeants, five corporals, fifteen privates and the grade of fifty-seven was not known to the speaker. Mr. Keene gave an idea of the extent to which the law schools of the nation have been depleted by the war. He said: "At the opening of the law schools in 1918 the loss in attendance was 75 per cent. Fourteen law schools have suspended operations entirely and have quietly given up the ghost." Mr. Keene spoke on the rapid "evolution" and changes in the profession from that of comparatively a few years ago when budding legal genii gained their schooling in law offices, while now practically all law students attend law schools. He declared that the "age of commercialism" of recent years had spread that "dire plague of codification" over the profession and has "destroyed its science," as it existen under the common law. Liberty Fish Market Kansas City, Kansas, can justly feel proud of one business house, if no other, and that is the Liberty Fish Market, at 450 Minnesota avenue, which opened only a few weeks ago in this special arranged room for this mammoth sea food market. One can buy from a minnow up to a whale—for it's every day and fresh from the pure and living waters. Can fish of every kind and oysters of all sizes in bulk are plentiful. Mr. Worth, its genial manager, with a number of pleasant and courteous assistants, are continually kept busy waiting on the steady stream of customers who patronize this solendid market. We only regret that such a market had come to us long ago. For Street Commissioner—Re-election JAMES L. BEGGS For Commissioner of Finance—Re-election GERALD B. LITTLE Vacant Afternoons in Fraternity Hall, West Side First and Third Tuesdays Second and Fourth Tuesdays Second and Fourth Monday Nights East Side First and Third Mondays Second and Fourth Mondays Second and Fourth Wednesdays First and Third Wednesday Afternoons First and Third Friday Afternoons - R. PICKENS, Shoes Repaired WH Patent Machinery. All w Reasonable. 1300 North Third Street R. PICKENS, SHOEMAKER Shoes Repaired While You Wait. Latest Patent Machinery. All work First Class. Prices Reasonable. 1300 North Third Street Kansas City, Kansas SAMUEL DIGGS THE OLD RELIABLE Pays the highest cash price for iron, bottles, bones, copper, bra- thing in the junk line. SQUARE DEALING AND HON TIMES. Place of Business—10 BELL, WEST 3577 MADAM C. Who is known as The French Hat take care of her many customers. Mrs. C. B. Jones, who has lea- with Madam Taylor, and no on- to be done heretofore. BUSINESS HOURS, 8:3 BELL PHONE PARLORS, 910 NEBRASKA AT We Teach the French S THE OLD RELIABLE JUNK DEALER Pays the highest cash price 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—1046-1008 North Third St. BELL, WEST 3574 KANSAS CITY, KAS. MADAM C. O. TAYLOR Who is known as The French Hair Grower, is better prepared to take care of her many customers than ever before. Mrs. C. B. Jones, who has learned the French System, is now with Madam Taylor, and no one is turned away, as has had to be done heretofore. BUSINESS HOURS, 8:30 A. M. TO 7:30 P. M. BELL PHONE WEST 4425-J. PARLORS, 910 NEBRASKA AVE., KANSAS CITY, KANSAS We Teach the French System. Call and see us Residence 2602 North Hallock St. Inspector I. O. B. S. of C. Asst. Clerk No. 1 A, W, CHAS. P. WASHINGTON, M.D. DISEASES OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN Office Hours: 9 to 12 a.m. 3 to 5 p.m. 7 to 8 p.m. BELL PHONE WEST 255 436 Minnesota Ave. Kansas City, Kasa WAR HISTORY Tells all about the war; it is fair to colored people; everyone buys, a tremendous seller. COLORED MAN NO SLACKER. free, or choice of other 25c pictures, agents making $7 to $23 per day Send 25c quick for agent's complete outfit AUSTIN JENKINS CO., $29 9th St. Washington, D. C. That fraternity and sorority men and women at the University of Kansas lead in class work is the report made public by George O. Foster, registrar, in announcing the grade averages for the past term. The average grade made by all students at the university was 69.9 per cent, or 1 per cent below a passing mark. The women's secret societies outstripped the men's organisations in class work, according to Mr. Foster's report. The Kappa Alpha Theta membership averaged a grade of 93.59 per cent and every one of the women's organizations made an average higher than a passing grade. The Delta Tau Delta fraternity topped the list of men's organizations in scholarship with an average of 76.93 per cent. The Kansas Bar Association completed the annual session at Topeka and closed with a banquet at night. The officers elected were: John C. Hogin, Belleville, president; J. D. Houston, Wichita, vice president; D. A. Valentine, Clay Center, secretary; J. G. Stonecker, Topeka, treasurer. Executive Committee—B. H. Gailskill, Girard, chairman; H. A. Russell, Scott City; O. O. Osborn, Stockton; M. L. Alden, Kansas City; Seward I. Field, Medicine Lodge. Delegates to the American Bar Association—D. A. Banta, Great Band; W. R. Dillard, Forst Scott; C. A. Smart, Ottawa. 5. DIGGS BELL WEST 3577 SHOEMAKER While You Wait. Latest work First Class. Prices Kansas City, Kansas JUNF DEALER. or junk at all times, rags, ess, lead, zinc and every. NEST WEIGHT AT ALL 96-1008 North Third St. KANSAS CITY, KAS. O. TAYLOR Air Grower, is better prepared to than ever before. earned the French System, is now he is turned away, as has had 30 A. M. TO 7:30 P. M. NEST 4425-J. VE., KANSAS CITY, KANSAS system. Call and see us Phone for Appointment, Bell Wes 2265w. CRRCHET WORK. MME. R. A. HARRIS Hair Dresser Scalp Treatment a Specialty Braids, Transformations, Puffs and Wigs Made. Ladies' Tailoring and Dressmaking. Patterns Drafted to Measure. 27th & Douglass - Quindaro, Kans. Bell Phone West 424 Res. 1407 North Eighth Street LUELLA GREEN Notary Public 516 Minnesota Ave. Kansas City. Kansas ПОСТОЧКА All Work Guaranteed Kassel Jewelry Co. 548 Minnesota Ave. Kansas City Kansas E. S. JONES BAKERY 3093 N. 27th St. Fresh Bread, Cakes and Pies Daily Christmas Candies and Fruit Cakes Courteous Treatment Patronage Appreciated Liberty Fish Oyster Co. Open for business with a full and complete line of Fresh Fish and Oysters; also all kinds of Smoked and Salt and Canned Fish. WE HAVE A SPECIAL EVERY DAY BE SURE AND TRY OUR WHALE STEAK Watch our display windows. Different every day. Ask the Man. We make one delivery daily. Thanking you very kindly for your patronage. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, 14, 1919 Libe 450 Open for bu Fresh Fish and Salt and Canned WE HAV BE SURE A Watch our o Ask the Man. W Thanking yo 450 MINNESOT ACTIVE PASTORS MOST NEED HELP Rev. E. J. Alston, G.E.,Th., the state's only colored Graduate Evangelist, Revivalist and Outline Specialist. Special attention given to outline text prayer occasions. 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We make one delivery daily g you very kindly for your pa Liberty Fish & Oyster Co. SOTA AVE. HOME PHO METROPOLITAN TEMPLE NOTES A large congregation was present at 11 a. m., to listen to the Memorial service of the late Col. Theodore Roosevelt. Pastor D. A. Holmes read from Job XIV 1-2 and spoke of Roosevelt, the great Christian, fearless leader with a strenuous life. He compared him with Paul, Daniel and John, the great Christian leaders in Bible times, and made a beautiful metaphor of how we should all emulate Christ, our greatest leader and Saviour by keeping busy working for God. The choir had special music for the occasion as follows: Voluntary, "Shuberts' Death Song" Mrs. W G. Wood. at the pipe organ. "America," choir and congregation. Dennis, Offertory, Organ Fantasy on "How Firm a Foundation," with variations very beautiful, by the organist. After the memorial sermon, the choir and congregation sang, "Why Not Now?" so sweetly that a little child was the first to unite with the church, then the pastor led the congregation in singing, "Little Children, Who Love Their Redeemer, are the Jewels" It was os impressive that grown ups wept and some of the older ones joined the church also. The service was closed with the "Star Spangled Banner," "Gloria Patria," and a verbal and musical benediction. At 4 p. m., a large crowd heard Attorney L A Knox, Prof S. French and Attorney Bruce speak on exPresident Roosevelt at the Forum. Rev. A. Royston led the B. Y. P. U.'leson at 6:30. Rev. A. Morgan will lead next Sunday's lesson. THE MIL FEBRUARY 27, Tenth St. and Ne THE KANSAS' CITY ADVOCATE THE JEWISH & CO. complete line of Smoked and Steak every day. every day. patronage. ONE WEST 15 Much in and just a establishing state. This has the non-Jewish in America posed to He feels a citizen of the world. He is rated from he happen. He is an nr where He is pro-erned countr. He does ident of the he does the matter. The JEWISH. Suppose aside for He suff countries scribed at If Jerusalem lotted for peace and He couns with other stantly as "his own. All Jew old countr to live in. It is to ment for another. It is in nations setting a most pos the "sun high sea They Much is being said since the war and just be fore its close about establishing in Jerusalem a Jewish state. This has been advocated largely by the non-Jews. But listen to the voice of the Jew in America. He is historically opposed to any such idea or condition. He feels and rightfully so, that he is a citizen of the United States and of the world, for, that matter. He is not in favor of being separated from mankind simply because he happens to be a Jew. He is an inhabitant of all countries. nr where he desires to live he goes. He is prospering in every well governed country. He does not hesitate to let the president of the United States know that he does not agree with him in this matter. The Jew desires no special legislation. Suppose a separate state were set aside for the Jew. He suffers intensely as it is in some countries. He is hounded, circum-scribed and humiliated. If Jerusalem or any place were allotted for him, he could not live in peace anywhere else. He could not compete for business with other races, for he would be constantly asked why he does not go to "his own state." All Jews do not want to live in the old country. All Jews are not going to live in the old country. L O 7, 1919 New Jersey RZAN At 7:30 p, m, Pastor Holmes preached fine from Matt. 22:12, "The Speechles Guest." Several Anglo- were present. He announced the banquet for Governor Allen, which will be Feb. 27th. Brigadier General Martin will also be present. Mr. H. Dandridge will be the main treasurer for the ebig occasion. Mrs. A. Hultz is chairman of the women to get refreshments and make arrangements. Mesdames Holmes, W. G. Wood, Miss Olive Henderson and others are on the program committee. Mrs. S. L. Johnson is treasurer for the women's money and he said he reserved Mrs. M. C. Mathews for the public committee. He paid a great tribute to her, saving. "She is a fine writer, and somewhat like Isaiah, 'the prophet." A large collection was taken day and night. Come next Sunday, Feb. 16th, as there will be something very interesting at this church. The sewing circle meets at Mrs. H. Miller's 812 Freeman avenue. The ladies are expected to dress in Valentine costume as it is Friday, Fch. 14th. The Excelsior. Club meets at Mr. Calhoun's. Miss Cora Jones returned from a pleasant visit to relatives in Pavico. Mrs. Susie Williams has been sick this week, at the "Y." Two Original Poems "LANDING OF THE SLAVES" Printed beautifully o nheavy white enameled card board, with delicate border, size 11x14. Suitable for framing. Price for one 15 cents, or the two. 25 cents. For sale by MARGARET A. JOHNSON 840 Freeman Ave. K. C. Kps. It is too late in the world's development for one race to set aside a place for another. It is interesting to note that the nations that speak he loudest for setting aside the Jew have been the most positive in demanding a place in the "sun" even to the freedom of the high seas. They resent restriction from any part of the earth. They desire to go to any part of the earth where an idea, a scene or an event will add to their least advantage in thought, word or deed. And this is right. The same right should be accorded all. This is the thought that should be driven home. This is what the Jew wants. If he deserves to go, let him go. If he desires to stay, let him stay in peace and harmony. There is a striking parallel to the life story of the Jews which we will run later. G. A. GREGG. Lodge Notices EUREKA LODGE NO. 2. I. O. B. and S. of C. "Busy Bee." 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Edward Newton's entertaining "Amentaries of Book Collecting," a volume of essays which shows that a business man can write better literature than a hundred professors mulled into one, makes Boswell very human! How jolly to hear that Boswell wrote press notices about himself! Here is one of his own blurbs, which we quote from Mr. Newton's book: "Boswell, the author, is a most excellent man; he is of an ancient family in the west of Scotland, upon which he values himself not a little. At his mativity there appeared omens of his future greatness. His parts are bright, and his education has been good. He has traveled in post chalces miles without number. He is fond of seeing much of the world. He eats of every good dish, especially apple ple. He drinks old hock. He has a very fine temper. He is somewhat of a humorist and a little tinctured with pride. He has a good, manly countenance, and he owns himself to be amorous. He has infinite vivacity, yet is observed at times to have a melancholy cast. He is rather fat than lean, rather short than tall, rather young than old. His shoes are neatly made, and he never wears spectacles." This brings the excellent Roswell very close to us indeed; he might almost be a member of the Author's League. Especially apple ple, bless his Heart. WORRY "CONDIMENT OF LIFE" Little of It Excellent, but It Must Not Be Enduring or Excessive. Unless a man has a little worry apathy, Indifference and the mechanical physical disinclination to do your utmost without stunt will be lacking. Without this condiment of life, this salt of the human cosmos, "we see to what absurd yet tragic physical Dengtns he is driven by the whip of that still vigorous tyrant, his self-ineffent to fight." This thrilling force, which one time had been used squarely and successfully against the real world enemy, is now absorbed in tribal and self-debasing skirmishes with the grotesque bolshevik of his imagination. In other words, if a man has a variety of anxious explosive outlets via his muscles and intellect, such as driving, tennis, swimming, dancing, competition, golf and the like, these act as safety valves for the multitude of impulses and reactions which habit and custom have compressed out of his external activities. Worry is one of these, if not enduring or excessive. For the average man set in society, in work and in his family circle it takes the place of larger and better outlets for his destroyed initiative. Chinese Woman Encoffined $ ^{o} $ Allye. An unusual case of filial ingratitude is reported from Huchow, China, in the Tokyo (Japan) Advertiser. A very aged woman lived with her son's family, who were so poor that they did not have necessary food. To reduce expenses, the son, forgetting his country's traditions regarding filial plety, conceived of disposing of his aged mother. He secured a coffin, placed his mother therein, without protest on her part, mailed on the cover and deposited the coffin in a vacant lot. Neighbors informed the police, and the coffin was taken to the station house, where it was opened. The woman was still breathing, and when removed asked: "Why did you disturb me? I am a burden to my son and do not want to live. Please put me back in the box and let me die." The request was refused, and officials are detaining both mother and son in the yamen awaiting a judicial disposition of the case. Algerian Grain Production. Methods of grain production used in algeria are very similar to those used in Utah, Idaho and eastern Washington. Owing to the light rainfall much of the land is cropped only alternate years, a clean fallow being maintained during the summer preceding the sowing of the crop. In more favorable situations it is often customary to produce two or three grain crops in successive years, allowing the land to lie fallow one year in four or one year in five. Speaking generally, the soils of the grain-growing regions are rather heavy and are very productive when the rainfall is adequate. Some of the lands are underlain by calcareous hardpan, which it is sometimes necessary to break up by an occasional deep plowing in order to secure maximum production. Making Arrangements. A stray but friendly cat wandered to the front door of a home where lived Charles, an only child., The little fellow was pleased with his new visitor, and was endeavoring to welcome him by bringing him into the house, when the mother appeared on the scene. She told the child that the cat was not allowed in the house. immediately after the cautioning and while the cat was on the front porch Charles went to the door and said: "Say, kitty, you come around to the back door and I meet you there." Not only have the astronomers devised a means whereby they may observe the stars in the daytime, but anyone may, if he choose, see them at such time if he will go to the trouble to do so. At the bottom of a deep well an observer on looking up will see the stars if the sky is clear and the sun does not happen to be shining directly into the well. Why cannot the stars be seen from the surface of the ground in the daytime? They certainly give forth their usual amount of light, and it will be remembered that the moon is frequently seen during the day. The question resolves itself into the capacity of the human eye. During the day the sun shines on particles suspended in the atmosphere itself, and its rays are reflected in every direction from the different particles. We thus have diffused light by means of which one can see objects not directly in the sunlight. If it were not for this diffusion of light, or irregular refraction, as it is called we could not possibly see anything not in the direct sunlight. Now, these rays irregularly reflected enter the eye in enormous numbers, so the intensity is comparatively great with starlight. But to a person in a deep well or mine shaft only the perpendicularly reflected rays enter the eve, and from only those particles directly over the mouth of the shaft. Thus comparatively little light enters the eye, and any starlight that comes down at that time is easily perceived and the presence of the star is recognized. DON'T LIFT RABBITS BY EARS Expert Condemna Practice Which Has Always Been More or Less in General Use. Some people seem to think that because rabbits' cars are so long it is a good reason to use them as handles. They have told me that "the mother rabbit carries her young around by the ears!" I have had a pretty good opportunity to observe such a feat, but I have never seen such a performance. It is all right to hold them by the ears, but I always put my hand or arm under their hind legs to lift them up, and then I know I am not hurting them. One peculiarity I have always noticed about rabbits is their appregent lack of clear vision. If you will notice their eyes you will see that they scarcely, if ever, move the eyeball to look up or down or at either side, as a cat does. You can't tell when they are looking directly at you, as you can with a cat. If you throw a carrot to them they will not sight it and go, directly to it, but will smell about with nose to the ground till they find it, and they may go six inches past it a few times before they strike it. Put a rabbit on a chair, table or box, and he will go carefully to the edge, leaning his head over and seemingly wondering how far he is from the ground, whereas a cat would think nothing of springing down from such a height—Boys' Life. Towns and Their Trades. Some towns are famous for the industries they carry on, either because they are favourably situated for their work, or else because some leader of the industry has started a model factory which has grown larger with the lapse of time. Perth with its climate especially suited for dyeing, and Belfast, with its linen manufacture, are examples of the former, while Port Sunlight, famous the world over for soap, and Saltaire, with its manufacture of mohair and alpaca, owe their prosperity in each case to one man. Keighley makes a specialty of textile machinery and Brighouse is said to splin more silk walks than any town in England, while the Rossendale valley provided half the world with felt slippers. Stapleford, in Cambridge, makes a specialty of parchment; Daventry whips were once considered better than any, while Wymondham, in Norfolk, was noted for its wooden tops. Animal Faces. The likeness of certain human types to familiar animals is a matter of common observation. Caricaturists from the days of the Greeks and Romans down have made use of its suggestions. In our daily speech we naturally describe men as rat-faced, hoggish or foxy in appearance, or say of a noble looking old man that he possesses a leonine head. Still other persons we pronounce sliman, and although few-of-us would care to merit a personal application of that adjective, it need not be wholly uncomplimentary, as one would imagine. The dignified and venerable Charles Darwin accepted it as applied to himself with no resentment. Many Films In Preparation. Films are also being prepared as part of the campaign which the forest service is making in co-operation with the fuel administration for increased wood fuel production and the substitution of cordwood for coal in regions where coal will be scarce during the winter. Many features of the department's work which received little or no emphasis during the war, such as game preservation and the development of recreation on national forests, will also be featured in new films to be released during the winter months. THE-KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE FAMOUS ROCK OF GIBRALTAR Great Britain Has So Strongly Fortified It That It Is Rightly Considered Impregnable. Since the day, more than 200 years ago, when the flag of Great Britain was flung out over Gibraltar, the strongest fortress in the world, that country has won many triumphs in commerce and has become mistress of the seas. The rock of Gibraltar is 1,400 feet high and across the narrow bay may be seen the coast of Africa only nine miles away. The rock is nearly three miles long and about half a mile broad. On the eastern side the cliff is so steep that nothing but a monkey can scale it, and there is a colony of monkeys living there, the only animals of their kind living wild in Europe. The only possible approach to the rock is by land from the north, or from the sea on the western, side. As viewed from, the ocean the Rock of Gibraltar is impressive, strong, gloomy and forbidding. But flowers grow about the steep walls. The great Victoria batteries, occasionally fired, are screened and sheltered by acacia blossoms. Here are concealed 100-ton guns, sinister, threatening. The north and northwest sides are honeycombed by fortifications. There is a town and harbor on the west, protected by batteries and forts rising from the base to the summit of the rock. Modern guns of the most formidable pattern frown from the heights. The town is inhabited by a British colony of about 25,000 people. Everything is under strict military regulation. JEWS NOT EASILY CONVERTED Sermon to Which They Were Annually Forced to Listen Failed of Its Purpose. In John Evelyn's diary of January 7, 1645, there is a notation of a peculiar ceremony which seems to have been of annual occurrence at Rome. It was a sermon preached to a compulsory congregation of Jews, with a view to their conversion. Mr. Evelyn says "they are constrained to sit till the hour is done, but it is with so much malice in their countenances, spitting, humming, coughing and motion, that it is almost impossible they should hear a word from the preacher. A conversion is very rare." The Zionist movement, which has gone on for years and received a new impetus by the changes made in middle Europe as a result of the world war, was outlined in a poem written by Robert Browning during his residence in Italy, probably about the middle of the nineteenth century. He calls it "Holy Cross Day." "Father of the Short Story." The father of the short story was Glovanni Boccaccio, an Italian novelist and poet, who died at Certaldo 543 years ago. His "Decameron," a collection of short tales, each complete in itself, practically, marked the beginning of the short story. Boccaccio was born about 1313, and his words reflect the immoral—or unmoral—spirit of the times, in which he lived, and a majority of his tales are of a character which would now land the author in jail, if he could find a publisher to offer his works for sale. Despite their immorality—possibly because of it—the "Decameron" has been translated into nearly every language and is still widely read. Literary critics ranked the work as a masterpiece. Balzac and many other modern authors have found inspiration in the works of the celebrated Italian. His faults were those of his time—and for the matter of that, of a much later time, for as recently as a century ago stories were told in mixed company which would now scarcely be tolerated by a gang party. It has been asked at the present day the Duty: we have spoken so much? A conclusion really would require a volume, but I may suggest it in a few words. Duty consists of that love of God and man which renders the life of the individual the representation and expression of all that he believes to be the truth, absolute or relative. Duty is progressive, as the evolution of truth; it is modified and enlarged with the ages; it changes its manifestations according to the requirement of times and circumstances. . . . One period claims the pen of the sage, another requires the sword of the hero. But here, and everywhere, the source of this is God and his law—its object, humanity—its guarantee, the mutual responsibility of men—its measure, the intellect of the individual and the demands of the period—its limits, power—Mazzini. To North Pole by Airplane. An expedition to be led by Capt. Robert A. Bartlett, explorer and, navigator of Peary's ship Roosevelt, will be sent to the polar regions next June to survey the North pole by airplane. The plan was concelyed by Rear Admiral Peary, discoverer of the pole. Bartlett is a Newfoundlander, forty-three years of age. He began explorations 22 years ago, wintering with Peary in the Kane basin in 1897. He commanded the Roosevelt in its famous trip of 19059, reaching the eighty-eighth parallel. He was with the Canadian government arctic expedition in 1913-14; his vessel was crushed by the ice, and Bartlett, with 17 others, reached Wrangel island: He left 15 there, and with one Eskimo crossed to Siberia on the ice and returned with a rescuing party. Duty. KEPT TRADITIONS OF ARMY British Government Made Wise Move When It Refused to Create New Regiments. It was a wise decision on the part of the British government to create no new regiments when they entered the great war. Instead, the number of battalions in existing regiments was increased. Many of these regiments were very old, and about them hung the traditions of a glorious past. In uniting himself to such a body as the Royal Scots, the Welsh Fusilier or the Black Watch, as the case might be, a man unconsciously lost the sharpness of his own individuality in the eager desire to conform to the traditional characteristics of a great company. He was, in a way, no longer John Doe or Richard Roe, but the Royal Scots, the Welsh Fusiliers guardian of the usages of an age-old organization, exemplar of its soldierly conduct. Proud of his regiment, he was taught to prove his pride in his manner and dress. It was with the view of emphasizing every detail of this pride that British military authorities decided to replace the bronze buttons of uniforms with buttons of brass, which the soldiers are required to polish daily. Even in the trenches officers and men must shave daily, and when, after a week of hard fighting and sometimes short rations, the remnant of a battalion is relieved, it is required to march at attention with paradeground precision, as it leaves the trenches for its holiday rest in the rear. It is this rigid subjection to every detail that has in part made possible the heroic stand that British troops have made against a more numerous foe. Their lines bent back, but they did not break; they lost bit by bit the ground they fought over, but never their fighting spirit, their cohesiveness, their esprit de corps.—Century. SAW FAR INTO THE FUTURE Men Predicted Coming of the Telegraph and Airplane as Far Back as Seventeenth Century. One hundred and four years ago, at this season, the war of 1812 was practically over. Peace was signed at Ghent on the evening of December 24, 1814, and then things moved fast, according to existing standards. December 26 one of the American secretaries left Ghent for London and January 2, 1815, he left England for New York, where he arrived some time in February, and his news was immediately delivered to the citizens by printed handbills. Other cities, however, had to remain in ignorance during the time it would take a fast rider to-urge his galloping horse over the roads between them and New York. The telegraph was not yet invented, says Christian Science Mopliter, although Joseph Ganvill, a seventeenth century preacher with an interest in the possibilities of invention, had told the Royal society that "to confer, at the distance of the Indies, by sympathetic conveyances may be as usual to future times as to us in literary correspondence." Ganvill, by the way, also told the Royal society that "to those who come after us it may be as ordinary to buy a pair of wings to fly into the remotest regions as now a pair of boots to ride on a journey." Boy Babies Arrive From Reading comes the news that Berks county babies are very largely male. If there are those who consider this a phenomenon, they are little acquainted with history. It is the universal experience that immediately after any war the birth rate rises and males are in the majority. This is the way in which nature cares for her own, although no scientist has been able to give any satisfactory explanation of the fact. I miss the conclusion of the description which should be given to the matter of why the birth rate from the mother of a child and from the mother of another child have been lower than the average of the sexes less than maintained to the satisfaction of humanity. Nature is good to her own and preserves by curious methods a balance which is beneficial to the race. Twenty years from now the world population will be greater than in-1914, even if it is not, as some claim, already greater, in spite of the loss of 6,000,000 or more lives.—Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. Flint Refuse of Value A remarkable record of an important prehistoric industry is promised by the archaeological survey now being directed by Dr. W. T. Mills, in the Flint Ridge district, between Columbus and Zanesville, O. An outcrop of flint-bearing limestone extends for ten miles or more, and is entirely covered with pits dug by the ancient miners in search of workable flints. The waste fragments chipped from the slints in making arrowheads and other implements form nearby deposits 15 feet deep in places, supplying material of modern value for road building. Calls for Big Expenditure. If plans for standardizing the gauge of the railways of Australia as recommended by the chief engineers of the different lines he carried out it will mean an expenditure of $180,000,000. Carrier Pigeons on Job. In spite of the competition of wireless, carrier pigeons have not lost their job. They are carrying messages faithfully for French and British naval airmen. Mr. John Spencer of Memphis, Tenn., is visiting in the city. Messrs. John Chinneth, A. M. Morris, J. W. Thompson, Dr. F. O. Miller and Lawyer Freeman L. Martin, Dr. A. K. Lawrence, all of Wichita, Kansas, were in the city Monday attending the council meeting of deliberation of the Masons Dr Miller is the state deputy. Mrs. Fannie Moore, at 1311 North Tenth street, is a new subscriber to The Advocate. Mrs. Ida Oliver, at 716 Everett, is a new subscriber to The Advocate. Mrs. Lizzie Brown, on Greeley, and Mrs. S. T. Washington, on Oakland, have renewed their subscriptions to The Advocate. The people are subscribing well to The Advocate, the most prompt paper in the Missouri Valley. Mrs. Jordan, Miss Gaynelle Johnson's mother, and their guests attended the Roosevelt Memorial at Convention Hall. Mrs. M C. Matthews also attended at Convention Hall, she and Mrs. Jordan and three other ladies of our race had nice seats in the dress circle near the stage. PUBLICATION NOTICE You are hereby notified that you have been sued by the above named plaintiff in the District Court, Third Division, Wyandotte County, Kansas, for divorce on the grounds of gross neglect of duty, adultery, habitual drunkenness and abandonment, and that you are required to answer the petition of plaintiff filed in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, on or before the 26th day of March, 1919, or said petition will be taken as true and judgment will be rendered against you in favor of plaintiff granting him an absolute divorce of and from you and for such other and further relief as may seem just and proper to the Court and for costs. (First publication Feb. 14, 1919.) Mrs. Clara Porter-Brown left Sunday for Minneapolis, where she will visit her sister and family, Mrs. B. S. Smith. PUBLICATION NOTICE. In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Floyd W. Ballard. Plaintiff, vs. Marv A. Ballard. Defendant. No. 10,597-A. To the above named Defendant, Mary A. Ballard, Greeting: Said defendant, Mary A. Ballard, will take notice that she has been sued for a divorce, in the above entitled court, by said plaintiff, Floyd W. Ballard, on the ground of unlawful abandonment of plaintiff continuously, for one year next preceding the filing of the petition in the above entitled action, and that she must answer the petition filed by plaintiff in said action on or before the 28th day of March, A. D., 1919, or said petition and the allegations thereof will be taken as true, and a judgment or decree for plaintiff, adjudging and decreeing a divorce to him from you, upon the above mentioned ground as alleged in said petition, will be rendered in said action accordingly FLOYD W. BALLARD, D. Henderson, Attorney for Plain- fir. Attorney D. J. McFarland. Clerk of the District Court, by C. W Fincke, Denuty. (First published Feb. 14, 1919.) State of Kansas, Wyandotte County. ss: In the Probate Court of said County. No. 9919. In the matter of the Estate of Henry J. Henderson, deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters testamentary have been granted to the undersigned on the last will and testament of Henry J. Henderson, late of said County, deceased, by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid, dated the 4th day of February, 1919. Now, all persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified that they_must present the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from the date of said letters, or they may be precluded from any benefit of such estate; and that if such claims be not exhibited within two years after the date of said letters, they shall be forever barred. WILLIAM H. ANDERSON, Executor of the last will and testament of Henry J. Henderson, deceased. Dated February 4th, 1919. (First publication Feb. 7, 1919.) FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, 14, 1919 PUBLICATION NOTICE In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Ethel Higgs, Plaintiff, vs. Norman Higgs, Defendant. No. 10538. To Norman Higgs: You are hereby notified that you have been sued by the above named plaintiff in the District Court, Second Division, of Wyandotte County, Kansas, for divorce on the grounds of gross neglect of duty, habitual drunkenness, extreme cruelty and abandonment, and that you are required to answer the petition of plaintiff filed in the office of the Clerk of the District Court, of Wyandotte County, Kansas, on or before the 21st day of March, 1919, 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 may seem just and proper to the Court and for costs. DORSEY GREIN. Attorney for Plaintiff. (First Publication Feb. 7, 1913.) PUBLICATION NOTICE In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Grace Webb, Plaintiff, vs. Curtis Webb, Defendant. To the above named Defendant, Curtis Webb: You are hereby notified that the above named Plaintiff has filed suit against you for a Divorce, on the grounds of Non-Support. That you are required to answer the petition filed herein on or before the 20th day of March, 1919, or said petition will be taken as true, and judgment and decree rendered accordingly—divorcing the said Plaintiff from the said Defendant; with such further relief as to the court may seem just and proper. BRADLEY & BRADLEY, Attorneys for Plaintiff. (First Publication Feb. 7, 1919.) PUBLICATION NOTICE. In the District Court Wyandotte County, Kansas. Alice Bridgman, Plaintiff, vs. John Bridgman, Defendant. To the above-named defendant, John Bridgman, Greeting: You are hereby notified that you have been sued in the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, and that you must answer the said petition filed by the plaintiff in said court on or before the 21st day of March, 1919, or the allegations of said petition will be taken as true and judgment rendered against you and in favor of the plaintiff, wholly dissolving the bonds of matrimony now existing between you and the plaintiff, and decreeing the plaintiff an absolute divorce from the defendant, and for such other relief as to the court may seem just and proper. E. A. SHACKELFORD, Attorney for Plaintiff. (First publication Feb. 7, 1919.) PUBLICATION NOTICE. In the District Court Wyandotte County, Kansas. Ammon Fields, Plaintiff, vs. Birdie Fields, Defendant. To the above named defendant, Birdie To the above-named defendant, Birdie Fields, Greeting: You are hereby notified that you have been sued in the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, and that you must answer said petition filed by the plaintiff in said court on or before the 21st day of March, 1919, or the allegations of said petition will be taken as true, and judgment rendered against you and in favor of plaintiff, wholly dissolving the bonds of matrimony now existing between and the plaintiff, and decreeing the plaintiff an absolute divorce from the defendant, and for such further relief as he may be entitled. E. A. SHACKELFORD. Attorney for Plaintiff. - (First publication Feb. 7, 1919.) PUBLICATION NOTICE In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Jessy Baines, Plaintiff, vs. Jimmy Baines, Defendant. To the above named Defendant, Jimmy Baines: You are hereby notified that the Plaintiff above named has filed suit against you for a Divorce, on the grounds of Extreme Cruelty. And that you are required to answer the petition filed herein on or before the 20th day of March, 1919, or said petition will be taken as true and judgment and decree rendered accordingly, divorcing the said Plaintiff from you; and with such further relief as to the court may seem just and proper. BRADLEY & BRADLEY, Attorneys for Plaintiff. (First Publication Feb. 7, 1919.) SUBSCRIBE FOR THE ADVOCATE. $1.50 PER YEAR. Milo Theatre is where the people go to see high-class pictures. Advertisers always get results from their ads in The Advocate.