Kansas City Advocate

Gray Press "That's Right"---Universal Service. Bell West 4187. KANSAS TWELVE MONTHS, $1.50. nesteader" at The Mi Press "That's R MONUMENT FOR PRUDENCE CRANDDALL SUGGESTED Nearly 100 years ago a teacher named Prudence Crandall started a school for colored children in one of the New England states. This was the first school of the kind ever taught in the United States, and possibly in the world. For this innovation she was persecuted to the limit. Merchants refused to sell her food or clothing Friends and relatives were forbidden to visit her. Her well was fouled, and her property destroyed. Church people even joined the rabble in exhibiting all manner of indignities toward her. The legislature was prevailed upon to pass laws looking to the suppressing of her school. At last her home was burned, and she perforce left the state, practically a pauper. This woman lies buried in the cemetery at Howard, Kansas. Mrs Tom Thompson has written a pamphlet giving in detail the life and persecutions of this martyr of human liberty, and it is on file in our State Historical society. the kind ever notes, and pos- this innovation to the limit. Well her food and relatives her. Her well property de- even joined all manner. The legis- apon to pass appressing of her home was force left the auper. This the cemetery of Mrs Tom a pamphlet and persecu- human liber- er State His- tory. through its authorize the ivariate monu- ma. If they are the school divided by con- trol children, certainly was am. VANESS. state, Kansas. KANS. association of nasat session . Addresses Mikins, recent- e. Rev. G. or and Miss teacher of school. Mrs. is president; secretary. Miss Maxey visiting Mrs. Human Chapel the church with an up-to- ach was deco- ordered from MT. OLIVE A. M. E. CHURCH, EMPORIA, KANS., APRIL 6. 11 a. m.—Morning Services. Ritualistic Service, Miss Bertha Miller. Song by Choir and Congregation. Prayer, Mrs. Margaret Rogers. Scripture Reading, Mrs. Flossie Williams. Song, Choir. Decalogue, Miss Elsie Miller. Announcements, Miss Catherine Ball. Song, Choir. Address, Miss Margaret Armstead. Prayer, Mrs. Artillia Elliott. Song, Choir. Collection Mrs. Ella Ervin, Mrs. Monnie Carter. Blessing the Offering, Mrs. Mollie Moore. Benediction, Mrs. Cora Hooker. Afternoon Services—2:45 p. m. Ritualistic Services, Mrs. Lula Davis. Song, Choir and Congregation. Prayer, Mrs. Lutie Elliott. Scripture Reading, Mrs. Myrtle Rogers. Announcements, Miss Daisy Rogers Prayer, Miss Alma Ervin. Address, Mrs. J. L. Brown. Song, Choir. Collection, Misses Clara Armstead, Ethel Lyle. Apostles Creed, Miss Richie Williams. Class Meeting, Mrs. Hattie Chan- ey. Miss Ruby Lucas. Blessing the Offering, Miss Violet Hooker. Benediction, Miss Fern Carter. Evening Services • Allen Christian Endeavor League, 6:30 p. m., by President. 8:00 p. m.—Piano, Te Deum. Ritualistic Services, Mrs. Emma Ervin: Song by Choir and Congregation. Prayer by Mrs. Sarah Williams. Scripture Reading, Mrs. Nellie Harrison. The state of Kansas, through its legislative body, should authorize the building of an appropriate monument to this noble womna. If they will not authorize it the school teachers of the state, aided by contributions from school children, should do it. She certainly was worthy of this recognition. J. M. CAVANESS. Chanute, Kansas. FORT SCOTT, KANS. The Parent-Teacher Association of Plaza school held a pleasnat session at their regular meeting. Addresses were made by Lieut. Watkins, recently returned from France. Rev. G. M. Tillman, Rev. Parker and Miss Stewart, physical training teacher of the Fort Scott High school. Mrs. Katherine D. Fillman is president; Mrs. Frances Hunter secretary. Mrs. J. F. Sage and Miss Maxey of Kansas City, is visiting Mrs. Maxey. The officers of Wayman Chapel entertained the ladies of the church royally March 27th, with an up-to-date banquet. The church was decorated and refreshments ordered from the leading caterer. Rev. G. M. Tillman presided at a mortgage-burning at Wayman Chapel April 3. There was much enthusiasm manifested. Miss Juanita Reeves is in Akron, Ohio, with a sick sister. Miss Bessie Brown of Mound City is in the city. Mrs. P. Maxwell has received a number of handsome presents from her boy in France. Wayman Chapel is enjoying a splendid attendance of men and young people at the evening services. Lieut. Watkins, recently returned from France, was here to visit his mother, Mrs. Amanda Maser. Dr. Brown has started a campaign to increase Sunday school attendance. Mrs. Tillman's Sunday school class of girls gave a successful entertainment March 31. The main feature of the program was a debate by two ministers. entertain- main feature date by two see Helpers neir chicken of Mrs. Jen- has moved ome on the one of our Cullum are Fulton and HELP WANTED—Women to do housework about two hours each day. Four on Saturday and no Sunday work. Good opportunity for high school girl desiring a musical education. Good wages. Apply Western Conservatory of Music, 530 Minnesota avenue. Office second floor. The Sowing Circle of the First Baptist church met Thursday af- ternoon with Mrs Blue, 939 Nebraska avenue. The East Side Trustee Helpers made a big hit with their chicken plate social at the home of Mrs. Jennie Miller, April 1st. Mrs. Mary Ann Brown has moved into her beautiful new home on the West Side. Miss Beatrice Reeves, one of our teachers, and Miss Zola Cullum are entertaining Corporal Fulton and Private Hamilton of the Tenth Cavalry, who are enroute to the Mexican border. The Wayman Sunday school will have a Red bird and Blue bird rally Easter. Mr. Charlie Williams is still improving, of which is gratifying to his friends. Mrs. Brown, mother of Pastor Holmès, made an effectionate Christian farewell talk as she returned to her home this week. The Sewing-Circle meets with Mrs. Dinkins this (Friday afternoon) Mr. Kennedy, editor of The Advocate, is a lay candidate for delegate t our next General Conference. He is known as one of the church's leading laymen. The funeral of Benjamin Smith, who was drowned March 29th, was held Sunday at Rev. J. W. Clay's church, Third and Garfield. The Mason's order had charge of the funeral. Dr. R. A. Adams of this city and one of the evangelists of the race, who has a large following from the refined and cultured people of all races, is holding, with great success, a series of meetings at Kokomo, Ind. LADIES' DAY PROGRAM Decalogue, Miss Alice Carter. Announcements, Miss Eva Elliott. Song, Choir. Address, Mrs. Sarah Lucas. Colection, Mrs. Ada Taylor, Lottie Mattox. Blessing the Offering, Mrs. Georgia Davis. Report of Class Dues, by Leaders. To Collect Missionary Money, Miss Maria Tillwell. Ushers for Morning Service, Mattie Mitchell, Edith Lucas. Uushers for Afternoon Service, Lotana and May Hudson. Ushers for Night Services, Miss Irene Tidwell, Marie Elliott. Benediction, Miss Myrtle Tipton or Leota Jordon. Douglass school gave almost as a unit to the Welcome Fund, as follows: Misses L Harlan, Mabel Wilson, Mabel Jackson, Marei Clymer, Nellie Wilson, Stella Wilson, Olive Henderson, Cora Black, Mary Green, Lillie Green, Margaret Kelly, Daisy Whitfield, Myrtle Smith, Latona Hatcher and Prof. A. J. Neely. COLORED MUSICIANS TO HOLD A CONVENTION (By Associated Negro Press.) Chicago, Ill.—The first convention of the National Association of Colored Teachers, organized some time ago by Clarence Cameron White, of Boston, Mass., will be held in Chicago July 29-31. On the occasion all the leading musicians of the country will be brought together. There are always several hundred members of the organization. Various phases of Negro musical life will be discussed, and an organized effort will be made to promote a higher appreciation of Negro musical efforts. A special invitation is extended to all musicians and teachers to be present at the convention. Information will be given those interested, upon writing to Mrs. Lena Douglass Holt, 4405 Prairie avenue, Chicago, N. A. A. C. P. Important monthly meeting at Y. W. C. A., Ninth and Nebraska, Friday evening, April 11th. Let all come. - Letter from Dr. DuBois: I say solemnly and without hesitation: The greatest and most pressing and most important work for the N. A. A. C. P. is the collection, writing and publication of the history of the Negro troops in France. Never in my life have I seen such an astounding series of stories. You have not the faintest conception of what these men have been through. It is not only astonishing, but it will arouse every ounce of sympathetic blood in your veins. I am doing all I can on this side to urge the preservation of documents and the writing of stories. But you must back me up. First, commit the Association to the writing of this history at any cost. Secondly, organize in every Branch a History Committee. Let them collect documents, letters, maps, facts and the stories of personal experiences. Get sworn statements; get names, dates and places. Get these committees at work immediately. Le Mans, Sarthe, France. This letter was addressed to the Directors N. A. A. C. P. FORT SCOTT, KANS. Prof J. E. Jones, baritone, principal Douglass High school, Columbia, Mo., gave a song recital at Wayman A. M. E. church, Friday, March 14, before a large and appreciative audience. His program included songs by the best composers of both races. He was assisted by Miss Thelma Hill, pianist; Miss Berhe-na Hunter, soprano; and Mrs. Cora Copeland, and Mrs. Maggie, Lytle in a duet. Greetings of welcome were extended by Mrs. Sarah Parks and Mr. Isaac Hunter for the church. Dr. A. L. Hawkins spoke for the professional men. Prof. Hughes, principal High school, and Prof. G. E. Watson of the Plaza, for the schools, and Rev. G. M. Tillman for the citizens. Prof. Jones' splendid voice won him many friends, who hope for his return. Miss Jessie Brown entertained at a charming dinner Saturday complimentary to Prof. J. E. Jones and Mrs. Bessie Harris, Rev. and Mrs. Tillman and little Miss Dorothy were dinner guests.' Dr. A. L. Hawkins gave Prof. Jones a sightseeing trip in his car. The A. M. E. parsonage has been improved by the addition of electricity in the house and yard, and water and sink for the kitchen. Rev. Tillman and officers are planning further improvements for both church and parsonage. Rev. O. Hunter and Rev. Albaugh presented Wayman Chapel with a beautiful pulpit Bible Sunday. Don't be afraid you will give too much in support of the Children's Orphan-Home, whenever you have an opportunity to contribute. Your mite will be wisely used for this worthy cause. SUMNER NIGHT SCHOOL CLOSES ON APRIL 17TH The Sumner night school will close its year's work and hold its commencement exercises at Kansas City High school Thursday evening, April 17th. Prof. King, the able principal, says on excellent program will be rendered. The public looks forward with much interest to the finishing of each year's class of this night school, WESTERN INKLINGS KANSAS CITY DISTRICT—BY REV. J. T, SMITH, D.D. P.E. Mr. Editor: Permit me to give you a few inklings through your newsy Journal: Almost in every home in our District can be found your very valuable paper. We have just closed our second quarter with great success. Our work with few exceptions are way over the top! Beginning at Baxter January the first, the Rev. C. T. Whitcomb has made a tremendous drive against a debt of long standing on the church and succeeded in wiping out the entire debt and burned the mortgage. The people are loud in their praise for the good work accomplished. Galena continues to grow under the pastorate of Rev. T. E. Walker the sweet singer and, gospel preacher. The death of his beloved companion on March 12 cast a gloom over himself and the flock. But they have been strengthened by His omnipotent hand and during his absence of more than thirty days the faithful members kept the work well up to the standard. Rev. H. H. Dent is doing well at Weir. His church has been greatly revived and is holding its own from a financial viewpoint. At Pittsburg Rev. Dr. Wilson continues to grow in the hearts of his people. The church has a gradual increase in membership, and is awakening to every interest. He has planned a great financial drive. They expect to go over the top by paying of the last dollar of their indebtedness by June 1st. Rev. Isom Aaron lives in the hearts of his people at Croweberg. His people are loyal to every interest, of the great work, and are determined to take no backward steps. His wife departed this life during the month of January. She died in the triumph of a living faith. Rev. Dawson Selt: Has had it hard at Girard. Yale has been abandoned. But Brother Self has remained on duty like a brave sentinel and will not be counted among the deserters. Fort Scott continues to sustain her former record under the able pastorate of Dr. G. M. Tilman. Spiritually the church is alive to verey good work. Financially she has gone over the top. They planned for a rally and in less than thirty days raised sufficient funds to pay every debt owed in town and out of town, $432.00. The people are jubilant and ar esinging his praise. Pleasanton circuit is pastored by that pioneer and gospel preacher, Rev. J. E. Christopher, who knows no failure. He is doing a good work. Coffeyville is moving forward as never before under the leadership of Rev. H. H. Jones. The work has been revived along every line of work endeavor. They have planned a great drive for $1,000.00, which will lift the mortgage debt. When last heard from they were raising $100.00 per week. Independence is led on by Rev. H. Shepherd. He is an able preacher and is doing a good work among the people. Some one joins the church almost at every service. They are making a drive for $1,000.00 and they feel that they must have it, and they will raise the money, because Shepherd will not let up until he gets results. Our church at Cherryvale is out of debt and Rev. Daniels, the pastor, is trying to find something for his people to do so they are preparing to repair the basement and do some work along that line. He lives in the hearts of his people. Oswego, under Rev. W. D. Rivers, is doing nicely. The membership has been increased and the people are working as never before. They are now, in the midst of a great meeting. Chanute—The work here is doing THOS. KENNEDY, PUBLISHER. or. 17, 18, 19, 20---- rvice. Bell W The Mission Circle of the Eighth Street Baptist church will meet this (Friday) at 2 p. m., with the First Baptist Circle, at the home of Mrs. Crowder, 318 State.—Mrs. Lena Fisher, Pres.; Mrs. Ella Stines, Sec. HOME FOR A NEGRO HERO (By Associated Negro Press.) Albany, N. Y—In the survey of the Negro population of Albany, looking for the betterment of conditions of the 11,000 Negro population, it was found that 81 per cent have received training in common schools; 11. per cent received high school school training; and 2 per cent reached college. Only 6 per cent are illiterate, and of the number, the majority is above 50 years of age. The majority are employed in work requiring no training, one per cent is classified as "professional," and two per cent as clerical. fine under the circumstances. Rev. Runyon, the pastro, has been very sick and has not been able to look after the work. However, under his direction, the officers have managed to keep things moving on nicely. Iola—Rev. J. J. Watson continues to grow in the hearts of the good people of Iola. They are preparing to do some repairs, and are well organized to raise $500.00 to do this work. This church is out of debt and they are planning to have His Rev. The Bishop to be present at the dedicatory services the first Sunday in May. Dr. J F. Griffin, pastor of the First A. M. E. church, is doing a great work. The membership is being increased every Sunday. They are working hard to complete the repairing of the church and get things in readiness for the conference. They are now making a $10,000.00 drive to repair the balcony, and install $4,000 pipe organ. The citizens as well as the church are giving him their uniring support. Rev, Greene, as usual, continues to lead his forces to victory at Parsons. They are striving to complete this beautiful edifice before conference This church is wide awake to every call. Ffity souls were added to the church during the revival. They have launched a big drive for $3,000 by May 18, at which time the Bishop will be present. Our District Conference Sunday School Convention and Allen C. E. League will meet in Fort Scott, Kans. Monday evening, June 16. Come prepared to assist us in making this the banner year, by raising your full assessment for District Conference and Ward. Hall. Programs will be out in a few days. Let us not fail in a single item. Come. Editor Kennedy is a candidate for lay delegate to the General Conference. Editor Kennedy is one of the Kansas Conferences' most substantial laymen. AN APPRECIATION. The Board of Directors of the Children's Orphans' Home desire to thank the different churches for the following amounts donated to them for the purpose of papering and remodeling the interior of the Home: First A. M. E. church, Dr. J. F. Griffin, pastor.....$15.65 Met. Baptist Temple, Dr. D. A. Holmes, Pastor.....18.50 Mt. Zion Baptist church, Rev. Dr. Moses Williams pastor.....8.00 St. Peters C. M. E. church, Rev. Dr. Bouldin, pastor.....6.01 The board has had new floors put in all five rooms upstairs, purchased individual beds, also range cook stove and sewing machine. From other churches not yet visited we are expecting donations with which we hope to purchase paint for the outside and wire for screening. Our doors are open to the public at any time. Come and see what we are trying to do for fallen humanity. Again we thank the pastors and their members and pray for your success, both spiritually and financially. Humbly submitted. BOARD OF IRECTORS, Chas. Slaughter, President; Dr. J. F. Griffin, Treasurer; Hattie Ewing, Secretary; Mrs. A. W. Day, chairman purchasing committee; Mrs. J. T. Simpson, Rev. N. B. Robinson, Mrs. R. A. Adams, Mrs. J. C. Branche, Mrs. L. F. Bradley. --- NUMBER 36. TREATMENT OF NEGRO OFFICER IS INVESTIGATED Washington, D. C.-The subject of the treatment of the Negro officers and men in the army is receiving the attention of the War Department, through Special Assistant Emmett J. Scott and others. Complaints are pouring in from many sources, and the men in every section are saying things that sound very unpleasant in the light of the cause for which the men fought. It is an open fact that all the complaints are not confined to Negro soldiers. White Northern soldiers, both in America and France, are stating that they received very unfair, and in some cases, brutal treatment from Southern white officers. That there were some white officers who were inclined to look at the services of the American Negroes as situation is entitled, hundreds of them favored every plan of segregation and discrimination known to the calendar, and were it not for the saving influence of General Persihing, and a few others, to whom the injustices finally found their way, there would be much more unfairness to record. In the matter of promotion, the Negro officers have suffered most unfortunately As a matter of fact, the majority of them were summarily relieved of the commands of the companies to which they were attached when going over to France, and white officers were put in their places. All sorts of stories are being told about the various kinds of "tests" to which Negro officers were put in order to prove their "efficiency," and if the least flaw could be found, they were relieved. It is stated by some men that where regiments were officered by Negro men, organized propaganda was resorted to by groups of whites in order to stir up feeling between officers and men. The true state of affairs is gradually coming to light, and it is believed that some of those responsible for the treatment will be called on for an accounting. QUINDARO A director and secretary of the district are being elected today. Mr. T. G. McCampbell has been director and Prof. G. T. Allen secretary. Solomon Banks, now in France, sent his regards to St. James Lodge No. 59, of which he was master when drafted. He expects to be back soon. He is a very thoughtful and observant man. Maud Banks, Grace Monroe and Edith Rankin are reporters for The Advocate. Tell them the good things that are going on in Quindaro by Monday of each week. Glen Olive is in the midst of a revival service. Singing is stirring and the preaching is forceful. Revs. Davis, Rucker and White are assisting-Miller Banks, son of Edward Banks. is sick. Vernon school children with the aid of Prof. Page, are operating an incubator. Fine thing. If any missing The Advocate, let it be known at once. Call Bell 2439W or 2336W. Mr. and Mrs. Bradford are living in their new home. Mr. Bradford does upholstering. He is blind. He does good work. Their daughter, Alice, is a great help to them. They have two sons in France. Mother Earth is being stirred in readiness for gardens. Eggs are popping open—incubators are numerous. THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE THOMAS KENNEDY, Editor and Prop. G. A. GREGG, Associate Editor. MRS. M. C. MATTHEWS. Society Editor. 610 North Sixth Street Office Phone.....Bell West 2407 Residence Phone, Bell West 2663 The Advocate is a weekly journal reported to Race Progress and Human Uplift. SUBSCRIPTION. One Year.....$1.50 Six Months.....80 Three Months.....50 "Entered as second-class matter August 29, 1914, at the postoffice at K ansas 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 APRIL 1919 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 SOLDIERS' WELCOME FUND. On election day women were placed in each of the voting places of the 101 precincts to solicit funds for the entertaining and reception of our soldiers who have and will soon return to their loved ones in Wyandotte. In the colored wards women of the race were busily engaged all day soliciting for this fund and they reported quite a neat sum, which was turned over to the committee. Now the question might be a little previous, but will the colored soldiers be received and accorded that same reception and hospitality that they received by the French while "overseas" or will the bars of Democracy be veiled? THEY SEE HIS WORTH. Prof. G. A. Gregg, of Western University, and president of the local branch of the N. A. A. C. P., has been appointed by the National organization as National Organizer for this great world-wide organization. Prof. Gregg has made the local branch second to none in the country and his worth to its success is not being overlooked. Mr. Ernest J. Hawkins, who was principal of our schools in Fort Scott, Kansas, and went in the war Y. M. C. A. work some months ago, and has been stationed at Camp Grant, received orders last week that he and his crew had been assigned to overseas duty and will sail in about ten days for their new post. Prof. Hawkins is well known in Kansas as an educator of high standing and whatever work his hands find to do, it will be done well. The best wishes and a safe voyage goes with our friend. DONT'S! Don't spend all your money because the sun is spreading to both sides of the street, as it soon will be throwing its shadow back from whence it came. Don't ask your neighbor to do something for you that you are able to do yourself. Don't ask the editor to publish your little selfish feelings, as he has enough of his own to rubber. Don't give your fashionable dress extra length by dropping it down from the neck. Don't own two pianos when you have only one contracted player. Don't tell your troubles to your neighbors; they won't think any more of you. Don't judge people by what they say, but what they are. Don't ask your friends who is their father; they might ask you the same question. Mrs. Hulsey and her daughter and son-in-law are reported sick. List Your Homes With Us. List your houses for sale or rent with us If you want the CASH, we will sell them for you. George McClelland and Son, Real Estate, 738 Minnesota Avenue Bell Phone West 364. Home Phone West 584. THE WEEKLY ANNOUNCER OF FIRST A. M. E. CHURCH J. F. GRIFFIN, Pastor. Residence, 1111 North Eighth St. Phone Bell West 2904. ORDER OF SERIVCES. 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. EVANGELISTIC SERVICES Dr. Griffin delivered a most wonderful sermon Sunday at 11 a. m. As had been announced, his text was "The Two Ways," and when he eloSED his sermon not a thinking being in the multitude present could not say they did not know which was the right way. The pulpit was filled Sunday evening by the Reverend Dr. Deane...an evangelist and who is at the head of a Christian organization known as the Church of the Friendless, with Western headquarters in Kansas City, Mo. He is a great gospel preacher with plenty of that spiritual fervor. He stated this society was lifting fallen men and women up, taking them cut of prisons and placing them in good homes and other places and they kept a special lookout for them until they became strong enough to stand alone. Revival Services. Rev. S. L. Brooks, presiding elder of the North Missouri Conference, has been preaching every evening this week, and his sermons have been very effective, and those who have missed hearing him have lost much Dr. Brooks is one of the strong spiritual preachers of the West. The incetings will close this (Friday) evening. Special Sermon. Dr. Griffin will deliver a special sermon Sunday at the morning service. His subject will be, "The Responsibility of the Church for the Present Condition of the World." Come and hear this giant of theology; a man of letters, and Christian philosophy. CITIZENS' FORUM PROF. R. G. JACKSON'S FIFTH PIPE ORGAN RECITAL. President Buster opened the Forum on time, and after the usual preliminaries, ex-President Buster read the Historian's report, which was accepted. Miss Mitchell, of Stowe school, read the concise current events. The trombone solo was very pretty. Then Attorney Hueston gave a thrilling address on the "Miscarriage of Justice in Dr. Bundy's Case." It was a sad surprise to the vast audience. Then came the pipe organ recital: First, "I'm Troubled in Mind," by Lord. Violin solo, Massanet, Thais, Mr. Watts. "The Angels," senerade, Rubenstein, Prof. R. G. Jackson. "Nobody Knows," by Lord. "Were You There When they Crucified My Lord?" very pretty. Handel, Largo, Watts. Soprano solo, "Deep River," Mme. Tolbert of Chicago. She received an ovation and encore. She won a prize of a diamond medal over white singers in the conservatory, and made quite an impression in her debut in her debut in Kansas City, Kansas Many Kansas City, Mo., people were present. Some of them were Dr. Dibble, Mr. and Mrs., Felix Payne, who brought Mrs. Hunn, a singer at the Orpheum, and others, whose names we did not get. April 13th, there will be no Forum here, but it will be held in Lawrence. On Easter Sunday, April 20th, the Lawrence Forum will come here and give a fine program. Don't miss hearing it. The president appointed Messrs. Dickerson, Attorney Booker and Mrs. Clayborne to appoint others in assisting them in entertaining the Lawrence Forum and friends on Easter Sunday. Many are highly pleased with these pipe organ recitals. The sixth and last for this season will be May 4th, when a choir of 150 voices will sing. Come Easter Sunday and every Sunday till May 4th. Notes on Forum. Miss T. Smothers and Mrs. H. Dwiggins had charge of the literary part of the program April 5th. Mr. and Mrs. Seruggs, parents of Lieut. Sherman Seruggs, who received the Croix de Guerre, attended the Forum. Mr. F. K. Douglass was at the Fo- 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. Miss E. Rollins acted as secretary of the Forum in Mrs. V. Callahan's place. METROPOLITAN TEMPLE NOTES In response to invitations, a large and appreciative audience assembled to hear the Word of God. Pastor Holmes selected as his text, "The spirit of God moving." He exemplified it plainly from a theological standpoint and then from a biblical and spiritual standpoint. It was 'a wonderful sermon and found its way to many hearts, and some joined God's army. Assisted by three other ministers, he gave sacrament. "God will take care of you," was sung pathetically. At 4 p. m., a large audience attended the fifth pipe organ recital. At 7:45 p. m., Chief White Eagle preached to quite a large audience. He explained how God threw Jupiter, Saturn and Mars and this earth into space, and each one caught its orbit. He was very emotional, but is said to be very sincere. Some united at this service and a large collection was taken. One most beautiful thing Pastor Holmes had, was silent prayer by all ending with "Nearer My God to Thee." Next Sunday, April 13, Revival will be resumed. All Christians and all sinners are invited. The Allen Christian Endeavor League will hold their annual meetings in joint session with the district conferences of the Kansas Conference this year. Let every league prepare to be well represented. G. A. GREGG, Conference President. Captain Russell, chaplain of the United States army, and Rev. Wilson, assisted at Metropolitan services Sunday. Ten persons were sure they would go to Lawrence Sunday, but it is thought about 50 will go eventually, Train leaves at 1:45. A little orphan girl is quite sick with pneumonia at the home at the corner of Washington and Ninth street. 25-ft. lot with a 4-room house on it. Near Western University. See Prof. G. T. Allen, Western University, ansas City, Kansas. I. O. B. and S. of C. "Busy Bee." Meeting nights 1st and 3rd Monday, 314 Nebraska Ave. SAMUEL DIGGS, W. H. C BERTHA CARROL, W. S. SANTAL CAPSULES MIDY CATARRH of the BLADDER relieved in 24 HOURS Each Capulo bears the name MIDY Beautiful completeness FREE $1.00 G. S. is guaranteed for one bottle to benefit any cacse of pellagra, rheumatism, eczema, scrofula or any blood, liver or kidney disease, or your dollar returned and questions asked; or if you take two bottles between October 22, 1917, and March 1, 1918, and you receive no benefits, upon affidavit of same I will record to you your $2.00 and give you 1.00 free. Why experiment! Take's remedy with wonderful merit. A trial is all I ask you to give G. S. Sold by all druggists or sent prepaid. Prices, $1.00 six for $5.00. Call on your druggist or G. S. before you order from me write for testimonials. L. M. GROSS 721 Spring Street LITTLE ROCK, ARK. strangers are welcome. Mr. Ballance is reported ill. Lodge Notices EUREK A LODGE NO. 2. Scientists Have Traced Cause of Disease That Has Long Been Prevalent in the Tropics. One of the most peculiar of all diseases is filariasis, common in the tropics. In the blood of persons suffering from it there are found innumerable little worms that can be seen only by the aid of a microscope. These are present only at night in the blood that is circulating. At about five o'clock in the afternoon they begin to appear in the blood, having been hidden away in the body until this time, and then they remain in the circulation until about midnight, when they begin to diminish. By eight or nine o'clock in the morning they have all disappeared, and a search of the blood under the microscope after this fails to reveal any. They are now collected in certain large blood vessels deep in the body, especially in the lungs, where they remain hidden until they go out on their next nocturnal excursion. The parasite is conveyed to human beings by the bite of certain kinds of mosquitoes. The mosquito bites and takes from a man, or from some animal, as the case may be, blood which contains these small worms. In the stomach of the mosquito (the intermediate host) the parasite goes through certain definite changes or metamorphoses, which are just as necessary to its complete life as are the different phases in the lives of butterflies, moths and a great many insects. First it escapes from a skin or shell in which it has existed. Then it bores its way through the wall of the mosquito's stomach and travels forward through the body until it arrives at the base of the bill or proboscis. ODD BELIEF ABOUT GEESE Long Ago It Was Universally Thought That They Originated From the Barnacle. The popular sixteenth century belief that geese originated from the barnacle was not confined to the uneducated, but was shared even by naturalists. John Gerard, in his "Herball (or General Historie of Plantes?" (printed in London-in 1507), in giving a description of this marvel, says he only tells "what our eles have seen and hands have touched." "On the Pile of Foulders," he goes on to say, "are founde certaine shells, wherein is contined, a thing in forme like a lace finely woven; one end whereof is fastened unto the incide of the shell; the other end is made fast unto a rude mass, which in time commeth to the shape of a bird. In short space after it commeth to maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers and groweth to a foule which the people of Lancashire call by no other name then a tree goose." He goes on to testify to their abundance by saying that the best of them could be bought for three-pence, and challenges the incredulous to "repaire unto me and I shall satisfy them by the testimonie of good witnesses." The Pile of Foulders is the small island now known as Piel Island, near Barrow-in-Furness. Keep Moving Up. To be worth moving up you must keep up. There are thousands of things in which you must keep up. It's not enough to think well in terms of business. The average business man must watch his habits, dress, speech, and companionship. They are all signboards of his standing. The man above the average takes care of everything that advertises him and his business. He can afford to let others exploit the freakish and the startling. He takes care that whatever he does or wears tells of the man of judgment and good taste. Call it waste time if you want to. A few years of observation will show the wisdom of his position. So the thing is to mentally and efficiently move up. The visible transfer will come with the bigger pay as soon as you are prepared to handle the Job—Grf. Hindu Snake Superstition. The plous Hindu believes the snake to be the reincarnation of some human being, possibly a great philosopher, and he has the assurance that the delites he worships will protect him from these venomous reptiles. Sometimes one sees a Hindu before an altar in a temple, with a serpent in the folds of his cloak. Suddenly he permits the snake to sting him, showing the blood flowing from an undisputed wound. He then takes a black stone from his pocket, rubs it over the bleeding spot, then muttering many incantations he makes passes over his body. A few moments later he assures his audience that the bite, which would have been poisonous otherwise, was made harmless by his prayers and incantations offered to the delty. Planting Bulb& The easiest way to plant bulbs is to use a dibble or a bulb-planter. A dibble is, in its simplest form, only a round stick slightly larger than the bulbs, with one end pointed. Those purchased at the stores usually have a curved handle. A very good dibble can be made from an old garden fork or spade handle by cutting it off about a foot from the end. The handle will be found, convenient. You can be sure of planting the bulbs at a uniform depth. 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A man, the flyers argue, who has seen before him at the same time the cliffs of England, the long flat fields of Holland and the smiling countryside of Belgium and France is bound to think in a different way than a man whose horizon has always been bounded by bricks and mortar, or even by hill and dale. Travelling may have made him think nationally, but flying will make him think far more largely. He will see England and France lying close to each other, separated only by a shining strip of water. He will see the green and brown mosaic of Belgium, which in its turn merges into the distant shadow of Holland, while, still farther on, across the wide Scheldt he will see the distant lowlands sweep on over the rim of the world. How will he regard petty spites between individuals and eliques then? the birdman asks. He can cover with his thumb from the heights a feverish city swarming with a million people. What will he think of those who live next to each other and will not speak? How mean and petty their quarrels and jealousies and hates will seem. The true meaning of human intercourse and friendship will come home to him. He will gain an almost divine outlook upon the world. Dishonesty, civil strife, all will seem to him contemptible. Perhaps, say the aviators, this is the new view which will bring the millennium. NOTHING DOING FOR JOSEPH Might Be the Engineer, but Found He Had Little Control Over Steam Powers. Meekly made up his mind that he wasn't going to be bossed any longer by his wife, so. when he went home at noon he called out, imperiously: "Laura! Laura!" Mrs. Meekly came out of the kitchen with perspiration on her face, her hands covered with war flour, and a rolling-pin in her hand. "What do you want with Lagura?" she asked. Meekly staggered, but braced himself up. "I want you to understand, madam" and he tapped his breast dramatically—"that I am the engineer of this establishment, that I am—" "Oh, you are, are you? Well, Joseph, I want you to understand that I"—here she looked dangerous—"I am the boiler that might blow up and sling the engineer over into the next street. Do you hear the steam escaping, Joseph?" Joseph heard, and prayed that he might be passed Grade 1 when he went before the medical board.—London Tit-Bits. EMPORIA. KANSAS Mrs. Myrtle Rogers left Sunday April 6th, for a visi tin Los Angeles, Calif., with relatives and will be gone for one month. The Junior Stewardess Board mct at the residence of Miss Lotie Mattox Thursday afternoon, April 3rd, and was entertained nicely. A fine program will be rendered at Mt. Olive A. M. E. church Easter Sunday by the Sunday school. Miss' Margaret Armstead made a very fine address at the morning services Sunday, she being the speaker on program for the Ladies' Day program. Mrs. Ollie Browne and Mrs Sarah Lucas did therelses justice on their part of the program in the afternoon and night services. All of these services were well attended and enjoyed by all. Owing to the rain. Sunday night the attendance was small, yet the people come between showers. Rev. Woods will preach the annual sermon for the Elks' ledge at the A. M. E. church Sunday at 3:15 p. m. The editor of this paper, Mr. Kennedy, is a lay candidate for delegate to the General Conference. He is a worthy layman. FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1919 WHITELAW DRUG STORE 3091 N. 27th St. Kansas City, Kan. PURE DRUGS TOILET ARTICLES CANDIES CIGARS AND TOBACCOS Prescriptions Our Specialty Bell West 4101 Don't trample with a cold —it's dangerous. You can't afford to risk Influenza. Keep always at hand a box of HILL'S CASCARA QUININE BROMIDE Standard cold remedy for 20 years—in tablet form—safe sure, no opiates—breaks up a cold in 24 hours with a slip in 8 days. Money back if it fails. The genuine box has a Red top with Mr. Hill's picture. At All Drug Store. Call West 380 E. S. 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FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1919 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 rutions, 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 Monitor, although Joseph Glanvill, 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 convergences may be as usual to future times as to us in literary correspondence." Glanvill, by the way, also told the Royal society that "to those who come after me 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-Bables 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. Unless this introduction of the destroyed sex we unaware of should soon have a weaker bond in the matter of sex. We have had tears from time immemorial and many of them have been extremely bloody but the average of the sexes has been 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 archeological 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 flints 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 be 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 alarms. JUVENILE LABOR PROBLEM AGUTE Legislators Have Hard Work Framing, Law That Will Hold Good Measure In That Country Practically Destroys Illiteracy at the Root-Development of Public Schools Is of Much Importance. By JULIA LATHROP. (Chief of the Children's Bureau, Department of Labor.) No aristocracy can be recognized in formulating a measure to protect children from premature and excessive labor. The only just measure is one which affords this immunity to every child. The separate yarying statutes of 48 states create favored classes of children. Therefore, in view of the decision of the Supreme court it remains only to find a method of national limitation not repugnant to the Constitution. Through the action of the president and departmental agencies the standards of the federal law are observed where children are employed on government reservations, and they are written into all government contracts. It is generally agreed that a good child-labor law should establish an educational minimum, a physical minimum, and an age minimum which a child must reach before he is graduated from the training period of his life into the wage-earning period. The United States child-labor law fixed no educational or physical standards. The age and hour standards laid down were not so high as the standards required by certain states, were identical with those of a large number, and higher than the standards in some states. Child-labor laws do not protect children in agriculture, and while no one would be disposed to dispute the wholesomeness of suitable farm life for children because of the varied occupations and interests it permits, on the other hand the rural areas where child labor was greatest, according to the last census, were also those showing the greatest illiteracy. The discovery of a number of young soldiers born in this country who are illiterate is humiliating and must lead to active measures to protect the boys and girls now growing up from work which interferes with proper schooling The law by which England has just determined a method of cutting the knot of rural child labor is of timely interest. The measure provides that all children shall attend school without exemptions or exceptions until the age of fourteen years. Illiteracy will be destroyed at the root by the operation of such a statute. While child labor is a poverty problem in part, it is also a school problem. The immediate and universal development of the public schools is of national rather than local importance. Workmen's Compensation. John Mitchell, chairman of the New York industrial commission, recommended changes in existing statutes on workmen's compensation to provide conditions under which crippled men may work. He says: "The employer should be held liable only for the injury incurred within his plant. But the extraordinary compensation due to the combined effect of past and present injuries should be paid to the cripple. How? By a special fund, if need be, such as that established in New York by assessing employers $100 for every case of death due to industrial accident where there are no dependents. If a workman who has lost an arm ten years ago loses his other arm, his employer is required to compensate him merely as if he would lose one arm. The special fund takes care of the difference and compensates the now totally disabled worker for the rest of his life." Women's War Employment. The woman in industry service of the United States department of labor is collecting and distributing information on such topics as the extent of employment of women during the war, the wide variety of their employment, the methods by which they have been successfully introduced into new occupations and the safeguards with which it has been necessary to surround them in the interests of their health and efficiency. Plans are being made to establish pictorial record of the work women are doing, and the woman in industry service is asking for the co-operation of the employers of the country in assembling these pictures. Labor Contracts Not Voided Labor contracts agreed upon for the duration of the war are not void because of the signing of the armistice, the national war labor board decided at the hearing of the marine workers' case. W. H. Taft, presiding with B. M. Manley as joint chairman of the board, said that the Supreme court has ruled that peace comes and war ends only when congress ratifies a peace treaty. The board ordered that the boat owners, who refused a demand for an eight-hour day, are still bound by the terms of the arbitration agreement. THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE Olive Oil Pomade is an olive oil, sage and sulphur preparation, better than all others for the preparation of olive oil. It is made of dandruff, crusts, scales; stops itching scalp, itching skin; gloss, glossy, strong, healthy it keeps it skin. The Summersetter Method of Hair Culture is the Most Complete, Comprehensive instruction on Diseases of the Hair and Scalp. Summersetter, ever trained taught by mail; learn at home in six to eight weeks; we want graduates everywhere to introduce this wonderful technique to cash or easy payments. A Diploma from the Summersetter College is the Gateway to a Carroll Now. Send stamp for circular tape. The SUMMERSETTER COMPANY WENT COLONEL ONE BETTEP Occaslon When Talkative Old Bore Met More Than His Match at the Club. Several and various were the uncompilimentary exclamations heard when the talkative Col. Cholmondeley Fitz-Fulke strolled into the Back-to-Nature club one evening just in time to hear a discussion going on about the crows in the cornfields and their part in the winning of the war. "Haw!" laughed the colonel reminiscently. "Speaking of crows reminds me of the time ray father made a scarecrow out of me, egad!" "Was it your father that did it, colonel?" asked Charlie Smithers, smilingly, followed by a snicker among the members. "Er—nh—yes. You see, the crowns in our cornfield became so used to our regular scarecrow that they grew quite fond of him. And they used to bring him grains of corn and deposit them in his pockets and corncob pipe. It was quite a beautiful and heart-melting sight, gentlemen," and the colonel flicked a sentimental tear from his, eyeglass. "Well, I conceived the idea of making a scarecrow that would smite the crowds and chase them away, donche-know." So father decided to dress me up in some old tattered rags and have me smite them. And, bah Jove. I frightened them so badly bad that they didn't return for a year, and then it was after they had seen me go abroad!" concluded the colonel, picking up Charlie Smithers' glass, and emptying its contents. "Huh! That's nothing," said Charlie. "My father made a scarecrow so fierce looking that seven of our crowns that had stolen ten bushels of corn came back the next day and put every one back!" It was several minutes before the colonel could control himself sufficiently to walk out amid the rear that probe. The character of that sort of information that is generally known as news is changing with vertiginous rapidity. Once news was generally supposed to be a narration of something that had happened or was possibly going to happen, with, of course, due allowances for errors and mistaken judgments. Now, however, news seems to be made up of reporting what somebody alleges might have happened. Rumor, of itself, has a news value. The fact that a rumor existed is sufficient of itself, aside from the truth or falsity of the rumor, its probability or its possibility. HOUSE AND GROUND TO RENT. A 3-room house and barn, with 7 acres of ground and young orchard to rent for cash. One-half mile from Quindaro car line only respons- ble and business parties need answer this advertisement. Call Bell Phone West 3568W. New 3-room house; two lots, Bonner Springs, Kas.; on corner; south front. Price, $600; 715 down, balance like rent. W. H. Rhodes, 922 Oakland avenue, Kansas City, Kas. Bell Phone, West 3790W. WHEN THE ANNAMITES FEAST Their Camp Cooks Prepare Meals Which Are Unlike Any Served Up to the Other Allies. During a day of repose I took occasion to visit an Annamite camp, writes Le Roy Baldridge in Asia Magazine. A bit of French landscape has been turned into Annam. Here one finds neither "Adrian" barracks nor old stone farmhouses with roofs of red tile. Instead are the pagodas of the Orient, artistically fashioned of trees, bamboos, branches and straw. As we pass the kitchen we see at once that the dejeuner being prepared is not for Frenchmen. Most prominent is a kettle three feet in diameter containing rice. Which is the one thing a Pollu cannot be forced to eat! Before the cook clamps back the lid we notice li the center of the white steaming mass a bowl of onions for flavoring. Squinted near by, the assistant cook with his couteau—a broad-ended, curved Chinese bread two feet in length—chops up meat into little squares as he chants something with an appropiate rhythm the while. A driver comes for his meal. The cook drops a ladle of rice on one side of the extended plate and on the other a little cube of bolled meat and in the center a splash of sauce. The sauce is the mystery. No Frenchman could explain it to me except in terms of violent gesticulation. Then instead of taking out a "couteau d'Apache" as all the rest of us do, and starting by slicing off a hunk of dark army bread from the loaf which every Pollu keeps concealed somewhere about his person, our yellow comrade produces two sure-enough chop sticks from an inner pocket, and sitting down on the running board of his truck, enters upon that fascinating feat of dining against the laws of gravity. AFTER `"ZEMPSHUN" MONEY Darky Had Somewhat Misunderstood the Situation, But He Was Used to Disappointment. Tralled by his wife, and 11 children, ranging from stout cornfield hands to bow-legged toddlers, an old darky made his way from office to office in the federal building at Asheville, N. C., seeking his "zempshun." Finally reaching the city exemption board, he said: "Boss, I done come for my zempshun money." The clerk did not understand him. "You mean your pension money, don't you?" queried the clerk. The old man shook his head. "No, sir, boss! I mean de $2,000 de gubment lows married folks." Further inquiry disclosed that the old man had heard some one say the government allowed the head of a family $2,000 exemption under the income tax 'law, and he understood this to mean that the government would pay him $2,000. He accepted the news that there was nothing coming to him philosophically. "Just like after tuter wah," he remarked. "Dey say den us darkes gwine fer to git a mule aplece and we ain't nebher got none." Plane Shapes Confusing American battleplanes are now beginning to make their appearance on the western front, according to the Scientific American, and it is of interest to note the changes undergone by well-known types of domestic machines. Certain of our machines have taken on characteristics of German battleplanes, such as the tapered front, propeller pot and fishlike fuselage, while others have taken on the characteristics of the French Spad and the British Sopwith fighter. The American machines in several instances are enclosing the V-shape engines, 'eaving only the exhaust pipes showing, and these are grouped into one pipe on either side, which leads back and ends in a perforated taper. One well-known type of American airplane has been so materially changed of late that it is at first confounded with the French Spad; the engine is entirely inclosed; the wing arrangement is similar to the Spad; and the strut arrangement is identical to the French machine. Evil of Child Labor If eight hours of toil a day marks the efficient limits of an adult, as has been agreed by the government, all enlightened employers and the labor unions, how much less able is the growing body of a child fitted to endure 10 or 12 hours without permanent injury? To our shame, child labor is on the increase in many cities, even in such an enlightened and typical American community as Indianapolis, according to the federal census; and if the bill pending in congress falls for one reason to become law we may expect a still greater augmentation to the ranks of this pliitable class.-Chicago Evening Post. Mine Accidents Decrease. In the anthracite coal regions of Pennsylvania for the first 11 months of 1918 there were 419 fatal accidents inside the mines and 89 outside. For 1917 the number inside was 451 and outside 91. 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Jennings, Greetings: Said defendant, Mabel H Jennings, will take notice that she has been sued for a divorce and the custody of Opal B. Jennings, Vivian L. Jennings and Edward B. Jennings. In her three minor children, in the above entitled court, by said plaintiff, Edward B Jennings, on the grounds of extreme cruelty and gross neglect of the 17th day of May A D, 1919, or duty toward said plaintiff, and that she must answer the petition filed by plaintiff in said action on or before said petition and she allegations thereof will be taken as true, and a judgment or decree for plaintiff, adjudging and decreeing a divorce to him from defendat, upon the above mentioned grounds as alleged in said petition, will be rendered in said action accordingly. EDWARD B. JENNINGS. Plaintiff. D. E. Henderson, Attorney for Plaintiff. Attest; R. J. McFarland, Clerk of the District Court, by W. F. Mathis, Deputy. (First Published April 4, 1915.) ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE State of Kansas, Wyndotte County, ss. No. 10004. In the Probate Court in and for said County. In the matter of Emma B. Gentling, deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned on the Estate of Emma R. Gering, late of said County, deceased, by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid, dated the 26th day of March, A. D., 1919. Now, all persons having claims against the 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. Administrator of the Estate of Emma R. Gerding, Deceased. Kansas City, Kansas, March 26, 1919. In witness whereof, the undersigned, Probate Judge in and for the County of Wyandotte, State of Kansas, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Probate Court, this 26th day of March, A. D. 1919. HERNADOTTE ANDERSON Probate Judge, Pro Tern (First publication April 4, 1917.) Prof. G. A. Gregg and his family. Western University, attended the Forum Sunday afternoon in the city v3 7 wd a , "4 7 : Oe sy PAGE’ FOUR ‘ : ‘ ‘THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE ‘ ! FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1919 ee ee eeu eee eee eS ooo a Se Eee | SURELY POSSESSED OF NERVE}nné AIIAY HTH IT | —____-............__.... — : , SPRING Is HERE _ & 7, HAVE ' ar ‘fe YOUR oo. ’: CLOTHES = ::°° ' . CLEANED °%.- AT “a. 7 ~BOULDIN x 1 / CLEANERS © “THAT CLEAN” ‘ PHONE WEST 838 Fifth Street and Freeman Avenue . How Apparently Embarrassed Man Thanked Kind-Hearted Girl Who Paid His Fare. Miss Doris Faithful is a front-row girl and the other ény she lived right up to her name. She boarded a ple- belan street car en route to her home, writes the New York York correspond- ent of the Pittsburgh Dispatch. As she entered the car she became one of the platform aydience to an alfer- eation in progress between the condue- tor and a well-dressed, midile-aged man, who gave every evidence of wgalth. The middle-aged one had ten- dered the conductor a $10 bill for his fare, and’ the latter declared that he could not make change. Also the con- ductor, after some debate, asserted ‘that unless the man could produce a nickel he would be forced to feave the car. This is where Miss Faithful eased her way into the spotlight. Not- ing the man’s discomfiture she politely offered him the Ioan of his’ fare. He aecepted with protestations of grat!- tude, and insisted upon having her name and address. When she re- lated her story to her sisters in art they all agreed she had made a finan- celal coup, and that she would surely be rewarded by a handsome gift, and perhaps also be mentioned in the middle-aged one's will, Expectation Tan high, therefore, when at the the ater In the evening she opened an en- velope which had Foon left for her at the stage door by one whose de- scription corresponded with that of the man she had befriendei ou the street car. “Some check,” she mut- tered, as with trembling: fingers she tore open the envelope. Inside she found a lengthy letter expressing ap- Preciation of Yone who had the time and willingness to be courteous to a stranger,” and postage stamps to the extent of five cents, in payment of the financial obligation fncurred. 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Later he invented a machine for split- ting leather, and in 1815 he engaged in the leather business in Newark, N. J. In 1816 he invented an appliance for cutting brads and im the following year he perfected his “patent” leath- er, The leather prepared by this process gradually becante popular, and until 1831 Boyden was principally en- gaged in its manufacture. He then turned his attention to steam engines, and made several improvements in Io- comotives. He took part in the Call- fornia gold rush of °49, but soon re- turned to New Jersey, where he en gaged Ir farming and produced a vari- ety of strawberries vastly superior to any then known in both size and qual- ity. He died in 1870, and his memory is perpetuated by a statue at Newark. 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He, commanded a “flivver,” which is the service term tor the smallest class of destroyers, the 750-ton ones. In the navy there are plenty of peo- ple who will tell you that they never built destroyers which keep the seq better than that same Ilttle fXvver vlass, James B, Connolly writes in Col- Ner's Weekly. Young Captain Chis- holm of the 823 was one. One morning, having convoyed a fleet of merchant ships safely to their port, the 823 was one of a group of destroyers making the best of their way to their base port. Officers and men who have been hunting U-boats for a week or so do not Ike to linger along the road home. ‘So it was every young captain giving his ship all the steam she could stand and let her belt. It was inoderately rough when they started. It grewa bit rougher. Chis- holm in*the 328 was going along at 20 knots when a fellow he very well knew came along in his big 1,000- ton destroyer. His nose hauled up on the quarter of the 323; up to her beam; up to her bridge. .As she passed the 323 her commander megaphoned across: “What you making, Chiz?” “Twenty knots!" hailed back Chis holm. “Tm seeing your twenty knots and ralsing you five!” returned the. other, and passed into the lead. “All right,” said Chiz, “but walt!" The sea grew rougher. The 823 was bouncing pretty lively, but hang- ing on to her twenty knots. “And at twenty you let her hang if she rolls her darned crow’s nest under!” satd Chisholm to his watch officer—“and we won't be acting rudder to this bunch going Into port!” e They were still going along at 20 knots when from ouf of the driz- zle ahead they saw the stern and funnels of a destroyer. It was the big destroyer that had passed them, and the tough little 323 breasted her stern, her walst, her, bridge and as he passed her (and he came quite close to Iet all hands view the pass- {ng) young Captain Chisholm leaned out from his bridge and hatied: “Call yuh!” This same young fitvver captain was headed for port in the usual hurry and was already welt inte the west channel just outside the port when a signal was whipped out from the sig- nal tower. It was for this ship: “West channel mined last night by U-boats. Proceed to sea and comé in by east ehanriel.” Chiz did not proceed to sea, and he did not come in by the east channel. ‘The harbor saw him come straight on to his mooring. Satd Chiz: “I was well into that channel when f got the signal. 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