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--- KANSAS Vol. XI J. O., ON THE INSIDE LOOKING OUT--BUT SOON TO BE ON THE OUTSIDE J. O., ON THE INSIDE LOOKING OUT--BUT SOON TO BE ON THE OUTSIDE John A. Andrews Memorial Hospital, Tuskegee Institute, Ala., Feb. 19. I am still on the inside looking out, and permit me to say to you that I have nothing but words of praise for Dr. E. G. Dibble, Misses M. S. Booth and F. N. Robinson, and believe me if they could have had me on the outside looking in by this time they would have, but you may use and use all the medicine and knives you please but you just have to wait on nature to do its work, and if it never makes up its mind to work, then there you will be. I am proud to say that nature has been, acting and I am right now sitting up, and every day and in every way I am getting better and better, until you need not be surprised that when I write to you the next time I will be outside looking in. But about four weeks in bed may seem a long time, but then what is it compared with a fellow being in a hole and worms getting fat by eating three full meals every day and then some between meal hours. Of course the people would have gathered around my body looked in my face and said, "Don't he look natural. Looks just like he is asleep." Some would have shed a few tears, and the preacher would have sent me right into heaven, and said, another good man gone." That would have been the end. The bugs had all this planned out, and I think they would have executed their plans, but then just about the time they thought they had me far away rom Dr. George Cleveland Hall and other big fighters, they made their charge, but they did not know anything about Dr. E. G. Dibble, the young man who came into the world via North Caroling, and who is ranking with the best in the country, and I am saying nothing about race or color. They made a slight attack in Birmingham, when I was at the home of Editor Oscar W. Adams, and followed it to Montgomery, and the big act which was to be final was made in Tuskegee Institute, and there is the place they got fooled. I told you how Dr. King made it to me with his mouth open, followed by Dr. Dibble, and then Dr. Wood, and the work started. Miss Booth, looked at me just like she was looking at her own brother. She is the sister of Mrs. R. R. Moton. There was not only that professional skill, but there was a sympathetic friendly feeling on the part of the head nurse and the physicians. Dr. Dibble took the case in hand personally, and he worked hard. I am not an angel, but still down here on earth surviving to do what I can and must soon get out and tell you about the worldly things. It will not be long before President Calvin Coolidge will take his seat in the White House, and he will then be the full fledged president of the United States. Of course he is president now because the man the people elected four years ago, took a trip to heaven, and his mantle piece fell on Mr. Coolidge, but this time he is then because the American people told him to go there, and the whole world heard them speak out. The words were spoken without any reason for doubt. They talked about Congress having to select the man and all that kind of Tom foolishness, but the people made up their minds and when the polls were opened they marched to the tune of "Yankee Doodle" put it in and when it was over the world discovered that Calvin Coolidge had gone beyond the speed limit, but no arrest was made. We believe he is going to be the president of all the people. Democrats and Republicans, white and black, old and young, rich and poor, high and low. He is my president just as much as he is your president. But we are not going to have words about that. But people are expecting some changes to be made. He is not expected to sacrifice me in an effort to break the solid south, for that thing is settled for ever and amen. We (Continued on page 4.) THOMAS KENNEDY EDITOR AND PUBLISHER TROUNCES WESTERN UNIVERSITY. Seventh Successive Victory for Sumner. Saturday evening, February 14, before a record-breaking crowd of enthusiastic basketball fans, Sumner five defeated the Western University quintet, 40 to 11. Despite the score, the game was one of the most thrilling played this season. Lucas, Sumner's right forward, scored on the tip-off. Immediately Western responded with close guarding, but soon weakened, and allowed the Sumnerites to shoot five field baskets. Making two points on free throws, Sumner held her opponents to a 12-6 score at the end of the first quarter. During the second quarter, Sumner failed to cage a basket because of erratic passing. Western won two points on free throws, thus giving a 12 to 8 score at the end of the first half. In the third quarter, Sumner basketeers resumed the excellent playing for which they have been noted; in the fourth they even improved upon this, especially during the first two minutes when Lowe and Washington caged two and three baskets, respectively. Washington, although playing his first full game, was the star of the evening. He earned seventeen points—fourteen on field goals; three on foul—and was the only player against whom a foul was not called. Anderson, left forward, was high-point man for the opponents. Although Western penetrated Sumner's air-tight guarding only three times, she made several creditable attempts. SUMNER 40 G. Ft. F. Lucas, f.....2 0 1 Washington, f.....7 3 0 Lowe, c.....7 0 2 Jackson, g.....2 1 2 Carroll (C), g.....0 0 2 Totals.....18 4 7 WESTERN UNIVERSITY 11 G. FT. F. T. Irvine, f.....0 1 1 Anderson, f.....2 1 2 Lowery, c.....1 3 1 Jones (C), g.....0 0 1 B. Irvine, g.....0 0 1 Revere, g.....0 0 1 Totals.....3 5 7 In the second game of the evening, the alumni of Sumner and the alumni of Lincoln High renewed their ancient feud on the Sumner court. When the battle was over, Sumner led by the score of 9-8. SUMNER ALUMNI—9 G FT. F. Franklin, f.....1 3 0 Williams, f.....0 0 1 Brown, c.....2 0 1 Parker, g.....0 0 1 Cole, g.....0 0 1 G. FT. F. Berry, f.....0 2 1 Clark, f.....0 0 1 Cowan, c.....2 0 2 Givens, g.....0 0 0 Leak, g.....0 0 0 Waterhouse, g.....1 0 1 Totals.....3 2 5 KAW DISTRICT BOARD MEETING The District Board Meeting of the Kaw Valley Association will be held at Metropolitan Temple Thursday and Friday, February 26-27, 9:30 a. m. to 10:30 p. m. Thursday evening Rev. S. Montgomery, the noted pastor of King Solomon church, will preach All should hear him. Rev. W. H. Young, the intelligent preacher from Topeka, and about 50 distinguished visitors will attend. Everybody in Kansas City, Kansas is invited to be present these two days. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our many friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of our dear, beloved mother, Mrs. Polina Combs; also for the beautiful floral offerings. MRS. AMANDA KING, Daughter. MRS. SADIE SMITH, Daughter. JINER (Operator W.M.U.) CITY LINCOLN DAY CLUB GIVES PROGRAM AND BANQUET Topeka, Kansas, February 12.—The Lincoln Day Club of Kansas held its regular annual program and banquet Thursday evening at Cavalry Baptist church, corner of Third and Quincy streets, Rev. W. H. Young, pastor. At 6 P. M. one of the finest and most elaborate banquets was served by this church that has been the pleasure of this club to sit down to. At 8 o'clock the spacious auditorium of this beautiful church was well filled to hear the program, many were present from various sections of the state. The master of ceremonies, not being able to be present, Judge Dorsey Green of Kansas City, filled this position. The program: Music, K. E. I. I. Orchestra; Invocation, Rev. W. H. Young, Topeka, Kansas; Music, K. E. I. I. Orchestra; Address, "Douglass," Mrs. Anna Smoothers, Atchison, Kansas; Music, Santa Fe Glee Club; Address, "John Brown," Rev. H. B. Bronson, Kansas City, Kansas; Solo, Mrs. Jno. W. Wright, Topeka, Kansas; Address, "Abraham Lincoln," Attorney W. D. Harrison, Hutchinson, Kansas; Music, Santa Fe Glee Club; History of Lincoln Day Club, Prof. E. Ridley, Topeka, Kansas; Solo, Miss Florence McDonald, Kansas City, Kansas; Master of Ceremonies, Dr. H. H. Wilson, Salina, Kansas. Officers Elected. President, Captain Sherman Harvey, Lawrence; Secretary, H. I. Monroe, Topeka; Treasurer, Thos. Henry, Garnett; First Vice-President, Mrs. Wm. Smothers, Atchison; Second Vice-President; Miss Lyda Crump, Olathe. Executive Committee: Chairman, E. L. Bell, Atchison; Thos. Kennedy, Kansas City; A. Roan, Coffeyville; J. D. Jones, Wichita; John Sayers, Hill City; S. D. Priest, Salina; J. P. King, Kansas City. Historian, Lawyer Roy Van Dyne, Topeka. COLLEGE CLUB A large number of the former students and graduates of Philander Smith college met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Woods, Garfield avenue and Springfield Blvd., February 12. They spent an enjoyable evening. It brought back to each one the thought of those good old school days. Mrs. R. J. Ulmer Nesbitt is sponsor of the movement and is heartily assisted by Mrs. Pearl Woods, both being graduates of this school. It was suggested by Mrs. Berdie Austin to not elect all of the officers until we have fully advertised. Out next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Berdie Austin, 2209 Tracy avenue, K. C. Mo. For information, call Mrs. Nesbitt, Fifield 2367M or Mrs. Woods, Fifield 4633J. ADVOCATE I take advantage of this opportunity to say that on or about September 12, 1924. I decided to find a better place to live; so Lizzie and I together —I mean Tin Lizzie—turned our faces to the West, to search, as it were, for the land that flowed. with milk and honey and where pork chops growed on bushes and watermelons in the back yard. After traveling day and night, over hills, valleys and mountains, through villages, towns and cities, we found ourselves one bright morning in a place they said was California. But I did not see that milk and honey as I expected, not even a cow, or a honey bee. There were a few dried up bushes, but nary a pork chop on them and not a symptom of a watermellon vine. But oh you sand. Someone was kind enough to tell me that was the land of sunshine and flowers, etc., instead of the land that flowed with milk and honey. But as the sunshine was too hot to eat and the flowers too sweet, I changed my mind and thought I would look for the land of snow and sleet. So in my haste to reach that land I could not keep my seat; and while "Lizzie" stopped on the side of the road, I badly froze my feet. And to prove to my old friends how glad I am to be here on and after March the First, you will find me at 1612 North 5th street, Kansas City, Kansas, with some real bargains, in new and used household furniture. Phone Fairfax 5357. DO YOU BELIEVE IT?—BECAUSE YOUR MOTHER LONG AGO, SAID SO? If you do—then let's get busy, and consider well the many well said statements of the worthy woman—Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett, in her excellent lecture here last week. And let us not stop at considering thgm—but with all our force, power and determination; proceed to put them into practice. It is true that she said a great deal—it is also true, that we can—and need to do a great deal. And the question is up to—and close and right up to us. Shall we recognize it in its simplicity, and with honest resolve, proceed to do our duty. To the club women of the city, is due many thanks for bringing to us this worthy treat. Surely the men will show their appreciation, by utilizing it for its full worth and merit. There is every good reason why the sentiment expressed by her should be well in our minds and practices, every day and hour of our lives. I. F. Bradley. FOR RENT FOR LODGES We have a few vacant nights for lodges at 547 State avenue. Electric lights, gas, city water and drinking fountain. Only $5.00 per month. 547 State avenue is the number. Washington -SUBSCRIPTION PRICE TWELVE MONTHS. $1.50 The sad news reached here Sunday morning of the death of Rev. Calvin Carter, at Pasadena, California. Rev. Carter was a young man, but his health commenced to fail about two years ago and was not able to take any work this year. He was born and reared in this city, his mother, Mrs. Johnson, living in the ten-hundred block on Freeman avenue, and sister, Mrs. Lulu Hornbeak, 244 north Mill street. Rev. Carter was a successful A. M. E. minister and started out of First A. M. E. church, corner of Nebraska avenue and Eighth street. He will be buried in California. His sister, Mrs. Hornbeak, left Monday night to attend the funeral, the mother being ill, was not able to go. The wife, a noble woman, who stood right by the side of her husband, all through her husband's illness, with his relatives here have the deepest sympathy from their many friends here in their hour of sorrow. Also does the Advocate extend its sincere sympathy in their sad bereavement. A WORTHY MOVEMENT For some considerable time there has been a decidedly strong sentiment in the minds of a large body of the people, which has taken shape in THE CITIZENS COMMITTEE, as an organization. Which has for its prime purpose the securing of the proper and proportionate representation and patronage of colored citizens in the several departments of the City government. These meetings have waxed stronger since the first and a large and enthusiastic one will be held at 516 Minn. Ave., next Wednesday night, the 25th, at which specific plans will be adopted and put in operation, to secure the object sought. The strongly expressed sentiment of these citizens is,—that there is no good reason why suitable members of the race should not be placed in positions in these departments. While there are many, and sufficient reasons why they should be thus placed. D. E. HENDERSON, President. G. RICHARDSON, Secretary. SUMNER CONFIDENT OF ANOTHER VICTORY. At 8 o'clock, Friday evening, February 20, the undefeated Sumner quintet will play the return game with Western University. Proud of the score which they mounted against Western last week, the Sumnerites are determined to smile even more broadly after this game. Western, on the other hand, expects to down her opponent. And so, the game promises to be another thriller. The curtain-raiser will be a game played between Sumner alumni and Western University faculty. Number 27 READ THIS HOUSE BILL AND NOTE THE TYPE OF SOME KANSAS LAWMAKERS READ THIS HOUSE BILL AND NOTE THE TYPE OF SOME KANSAS LAWMAKERS House Bill No. 515 By Mr. Scott An act prohibiting miscegenation of persons of African descent and persons not of African descent, and providing penalties for the violation thereof. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: Section 1. That the marriage of any person of African descent to any person not of African descent, or the marriage of any person not of African descent to any person of African descent, shall be unlawful and is hereby prohibited within this state. Sec. 2. That any person who shall marry in violation of the preceding section shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), and imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than one year, nor more than five years. Sec. 3. That any minister of the gospel, or other person authorized to solemnize the rites of matrimony within this state who shall knowingly solemnize the rites of matrimony between persons prohibited by Section 1 of this act from intermarrying, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), and punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than one year, nor more than five years. Sec. 4. That any probate judge, justice of the peace, or any officer knowingly issuing any marriage license or concealing any records thereof contrary to the provisions of this chapter, or any person knowingly performing or solemnizing the marriage ceremony contrary to any of the provisions of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than thirty days, nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Sec. 5. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the statute book. We have not been able to learn who Mr. Scott, the introducer of this bill is, or from what section of the state he comes from, but who ever he is—he is one of those Cuss Word fools. MRS. I. B. WELLS-BARNETT'S LARGEST MEETING. The principal meeting or Mrs. Ida Barnett was when the Pleasure Seekers' Art Club presented her, at N. E. Junior High February 12. Mrs. Gibson, president of this club, and Mendames N. Davis and Alma Boone, made it pleasant for all attending. Dr. Love welcomed her for the Monrovin Club and Mrs. M. C. Matthews gave a poetical welcome for the Colored Women's Commercial Club. Mrs. I. Radcliffe, from the same club, sang the beautiful solo, "Carissima." Mrs. I. Barnett was introduced and gave a long lecture on the Life of Fred Douglass. She received great applause at the close and many clubs gave her beautiful bouquets. Mrs. P. Dabney of Kansas City, Mo. Fed., responded to Mrs. Wells in a beautiful way and was greatly cheered. Other musical numbers on program were by Mrs. W. H. Towers, Mr. F. W. Langston and Mr. J. H. Brown. About 100 people enjoyed the program rendered complimentary to this noted woman's first appearance in Kansas City, Kansas. Several receptions were given in her honor. LOST. One Eastern Star gold pin, Sunday, February 15, between 1407 North 8th street, First A. M. E. church and the Metropolitan Baptist church and back home. Finder will please leave, either at above address or lawyer Dorsey Green's office, 516 Minnesota avenue, and receive reward. MRS. LU ELLA GREEN. --- PAGE TWO THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE THOMAS KENNEDY, Editor and Proprietor. THOS. KNAPPER Associate Editor MISS IDA B. DERRESEAUX Manager MRS. M. C. MATTHEWS, Society Editor. MRS. F. L. PRINCE Circulating Manager. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY —at— Office 608 North Sixth Street Phone Drexel 1814 Residence Phone Fairfax 2904 SUBSCRIPTION. One Year ..... $1.50 Six Months ..... .90 Three Months ..... .60 Eentered as second-class matter August 29, 1914, at the postoffice at Kansas City, Kansas, under the Act of March 3, 1879. The Advocate is a weekly journal devoted to Race Progress and Human Uplift. Have your news in our office not later than Tuesday of each week to insurance publication. MEMBER NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION. Cardinal Flower Deadly The most familiar relative of the cardinal flower is Indian tobacco, Lobella infata, frequently met in open fields, and possessed of medicinal value when correctly used in the treatment of laryngitis and spasmodic asthma, says Nature Magazine. The drug known as lobella is obtained from this species, overdoses of which are so dangerous that a number of fatal results have been recorded. So powerful is this drug that it has figured in more than one murder trial. The handsome lobella cardinal has been reported as poisonous. EXTREMES OF LIFE IN AIR AND OCEAN The condor of the Andes has been observed soaring at tremendous heights above peaks themselves exceeding 20,000 feet. Naturalists say the condor can fly at an altitude of five miles above sea level. To go to the other extreme, it is known that life exists in the greatest depths of the ocean. It is sald that the blackest, coldest and remotest abysses are tenanted by fish of the strangest of shapes and by colossal cephalopods. Ocean, earth, and the lower portions of the atmosphere form layers of strata of life. Of the lowest layer least has been learned, yet it is known that creatures which dwell in the depths are specially made to withstand the tremendous pressures, and are provided with luminous appendages so that they may be visible to one another.—Grit. Browning on Phonograph One of the most remarkable phonograph records ever made is in the collection owned by Thomas A. Edison, inventor of the phonograph. The record was made when Robert Browning, the poet, attempted to recite "How They Brought the Good News From Ghent to Aix," one of his own poems, at a dinner. After the first few lines, Browning faltered and confessed, "So sorry, I cannot remember it." There follows a pause; then the poet recites a few further lines, to end abruptly with, "It's no good!" The applause of those around him is still preserved in the record, which was made more than forty years ago. Snow-White Horses Rare Snow-white horses are very rare animals. This was demonstrated when an Italian commission visited the leading farm in Hungary in an effort to obtain six snow-white horses to draw the pope's carriage in the 1925 holy year celebration. Count Esterhazy's farm finally was selected to produce the six horses. There were many animals inspected, which on first sight seemed to be pure white, but in each case some dark spot was detected in the coat. Count Esterhazy was the only one who owned snow-white horses. Strange Behavior "I'll vum if I know what to think about my nephew, that's just come home from the university," said Farmer Fumblelegate. "He seems smart enough in 'most every way, but he can't be; it don't stand to reason." "What's so queer about him?" asked Farmer Hornbeak. "Why, he acts as if he feels perfectly at home, here at home!"—Kansas City Star. World's Telephone Statistics recently published puts the total number of telephones in use at 22,937,000, this figure being made up as follows: America, 15,840,000; Europe, 5,903,000; Asia, 683,000; Australasia, 389,000; and Africa, 122,000. Banana Flour The manufacture of banana flour has started at Siglap, Singapore. It will be used in the manufacture of chocolate biscuits, cakes, and as a beverage mixed with cocoa and milk. THE WEEKLY ANNOUNCER OF FIRST A. M. E. CHURCH C. E. BROOKS, Pastor. Parsonage 1111 N. Eighth St. Phone. Fairfax 2904 WEEKLY SERVICES. Official Board, 2nd and 4th Monday, 7:30 P. M. Choir rehearsal, Tuesday, 7:30 P.M. Wednesday, prayer meeting, 7:36 P. M. Friday class meeting 8 P. M. CHURCH NEWS A large and fine looking congregation were in attendance to the 11:00 o'clock service Sunday. Rev. C. E. Brooks, the pastor, filled his pulpit and delivered a most wonderful sermon. It was a sermon that reached every pew, touching the souls and making each one to think upon their present christian life. Dr. Brooks stirred up the church from every viewpoint of a living example of a true christian. Dr. Brooks preached another fine sermon at the evening service to a good audience. The Sabbath School attendance was good and a fine lesson studied. The Allen League had to postpone their church program as Professor Weber, who was to sponsor it, was sick. It will be given at some future date. The Sunday morning prayer meetings are growing in numbers and a glorious hour is spent in prayer. The Friday night class is not so well attended for Methodists, as it's one of the great meetings of grace. Come out tonight and enjoy an hour of a real spiritual feast. Sunday will be a great day at First church. Come and enjoy a sermon that will do you good. First church always has a welcome to visitors and strangers. Come and get acquainted. YOUNG MEN BIBLE CLASSES ENTERTAIN YOUNG WOMEN The two Bible classes of young men, taught by Mrs. Blount and Mrs. Brown of the First A. M. E. church Sabbath school, entertained on Wednesday evening in the lecture room of the church, the Bible classes of young women, taught by Miss McClelland, Mrs. Dean and Miss Dwiggins. An excellent program was rendered after which an abundance of ice cream and cake was served. All the teachers of the school were invited, besides other invited guests. Western University orchestra furnished the music for the evening. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank our friends, relatives and neighbors for their sympathy, kindness and beautiful floral offerings shown us during the illness and death of our beloved mother and grandmother, Mrs. Ellen F. Gray. We also thank Queen Esther Court of which she was a member for many years and Rev. J. C. C. Owens, Rev. Payne, Dr. G. E. Horsey and Rev. C. E. Brooks for their consoling remarks. MISS ALLIE CORNELL, Daughter. MISS ALLIFE CORNELL, Granddaughter. MR. CLIFFORD CORNELL, Grandson. Price of Popularity Malcolm MacDonald, son of the former British prime minister, sald at a Washington reception: "The prince of Wales is very popular. Well, he pays for his popularity with hard work. Popularity, you know, must always be paid for." Young Mr. MacDonald chuckled. Then he went on. "Lafayette, at a funeral, was tremendously applauded by the people. In the end the people took his horses from the carriage and drew him home through the streets with their own hands. "You must have been gratified,' a friend sald to Lafayette afterwards. "Yes. I was,' sald he; 'only I never saw my horses again.'" Explaining the Message A telegram was sent by an old lady asking the doctor to come to her husband as he had gout. When the doctor arrived he found the old man in bed with bronchitis. "What made you say your husband had gout when he is suffering from bronchitis?" asked the doctor. "You surely knew what was the matter with him?" "Oh, yes, we knowed he'd got the brownchitis," replied the old lady cheerfully, "but neither one of us knew how to spell it!" THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE METROPOLITAN TEMPLE NOTES An unusually large congregation attended Metropolitan Baptist church Sunday, February 11. Pastor Bronson preached on "Santification," and interpreted it as a growth in grace, and gace appropriate scriptural references. It was a fine sermon and enjoyed greatly by true christians. The Sunday School under Mr. Reese, who is a very earnest christian worker, is growing larger and larger. Miss Leila Plummer, Mrs. Z. Nelson and other Sunday School teachers are rehearsing the children for a fine Easter pageant. They have also asked the poetess to prepare a poem for the occasion. The B. Y. P. U. is also in fine condition. The Mission Circle is growing rapidly also, and had a joint meeting at Mrs. L. Eskridge's Thursday afternoon. The Religious Week Day School is still the largest of all auxiliaries and has over 340 pupils. The Sewing Circle still leads in finance. Sunday night Dr. Bronson concluded his sermon on "Santification," and will preach other appropriate ones on Sunday, February 22nd. All are invited to Metropolitan church. WRITES OF JEWISH EMPIRE IN DESERT Interesting Study of Medieval Africa by Frenchman. Reviewing Charles de la Ronciere's recent book, "Decouverte de l'Afrique du Moyen Age," E. Dermeugem observes that in the Middle ages relations between Africa and Europe were much closer, more frequent and more congenial than in the succeeding more "enlightened" centuries, says L'Action Francaise. "In the Thirteenth and Fourteenth centuries the kings of Aragon concluded a number of commercial treaties with the Arab rulers of Tunis, Tlemsen, Marrakech, Fez and Sidjilmassa. Majorca was formerly the seat of a famous Jewish cartographic school, of which the influence is apparent on all of the Catalan planispheres. Charles V. sent Abraham Cresque's Catalan atlas to the Louvre. "These relations between Europe and central Africa were indeed largely due to the Spanish and Moroccan Jews, polyglot by necessity and tireless international traders. They ceased at the close of the Fifteenth century, when the Arabs were driven out of Spain and when the Jews, also expelled, were being massacred wholesale by the Moslems in the Saharan oases (1494). "One of the most interesting chapters of M. de in Roncliere's book describes this Jewish era in the Sahara. Throughout the Middle ages, in fact, the Jews in southern Algeria and Morocco, mentioned by St. Augustine, had extremely prosperous colonies in most of the oases. A 'Jewish empire of the Sahara' may even have existed in the first centuries of our era. The first 42 kings of Ghanna (up to the year 790), which was the capital of a great and flourishing state, were white. Hebrew inscriptions to this effect have been found in the recently unearthed ruins of the city. Ethiopia, where there are still a few Israelites along the Blue Nile, had a Jewish king in the Fifth century. "Supporting his statement upon the persistent references to the mysterious Beni-Israel tribes and other evidence, M. Delafosse, author of 'Les Noirs de l'Afrique' and numerous other works, believes in the Jewish origin of the Peuhls. The Arabian geographer, Khordadbah, tells us that in the Ninth century the Jews carried on a flourishing trade in slaves, ephebes, swords, hides and spices; and a Kairouan Jew refers to a Jewish Saharan empire whose ruler was converted to Islamism. In the Fifteenth century Malfant reported the survival of a rivalry between the Jews and 'Phillistines' (the Touraregs) in the heart of the desert." What Is Iron Made Of? This looks like a singular, not to say foolish, question, and yet some chemists are beginning to doubt whether iron is really a chemical element. They think that instead of being an elementary substance it may be a highly complex compound, and that eventually means may be found of separating or isolating the bodies, or elements, of which iron is made up. Different substances are ordinarily combined either by simple intermixture, as oxygen and nitrogen are intermixed in the air, or by solution, or by chemical combination. But of late it has been suggested that there may be a fourth state of combination still more intimate than that which is implied by the usual expression "chemical union." The combination of yet unrecognized elements which make what we call iron would be an example of the fourth state. What this conception necessitates may be judged from the fact that it seems to do away with the atom as the smallest elementary particle of matter—Washington Star. HOPI INDIANS BOW AT VENUS' SHRINE Idol Called "Talatumsi, Elder Sister of the Dawn." Venus, goddess of the ancient Romans, is venerated also by the modern Hopi Indians of the American Southwest, though in a guise that would hardly be recognized by her classic votaries. Dr. J. Walter Fewkes, chief of the bureau of American ethnology, tells of this interesting cult in his account of the use of idols in Hopi worship, in the forthcoming annual report of the Smithsonian institute at Washington. She is known to the Indians as Talatumi, the Elder Sister of the Dawn. Her image, rudely carved of wood, and wrapped in a ceremonial blanket, is enshrined in a hollowed-out boulder with a flat rock, sealed in with clay for a door. This door is removed in November every fourth year, when the idol is taken out and carried to the top of the mesa and rites performed near it. The image is regarded with special reverence, and except for the quadrennial service, is kept securely sealed in its shrine. The image of Talatumsl is only one of the many sacred objects of the Hopi. Unlike the Indians of the eastern United States, who made few images, these natives of the desert make and reverence numerous idols, though they do not regard them as gods but only as images of the gods above the cloud or under the earth. Some of the idols are simple natural objects, like pieces of petrified log or meteoric stones; others are more or less elaborately carved animal or human figures of wood or stone. Many of the stone images are very old, and are held in especial awe. Doctor Fewkes is of the opinion that the custom of carving was not much developed until after the coming of the Spanish padres. Though the Indians declined to be converted, they adopted the idea of having statues in their own holy places, in addition to the simpler natural objects they had revered before that time. Many of the images are used by the shamans, or medicine men, in exorcising disease. One type of idol, called a "heart twister," is used when the trouble is supposed to be located in the heart. Most of the heart twisters are made of stone or wood, deeply carved in a spiral pattern, but there is at least one in use among the Hopi that is made of a fossil sea shell.—From Science Service. Soot's Explosive Power We scarcely think of soot as an explosive yet it is now being used as such, and soot cartridges will blast away coal or rock quite as effectively as dynamite, says Popular Science Monthly. Of course, the soot has to be prepared for its new purpose, and this is done by soaking it in liquid oxygen. The finely divided carbon of which the soot is made up absorbs large amounts of oxygen, and the cartridge explodes owing to the instantaneous combustion of the carbon in contact with the oxygen. The advantages of the new explosive are many. It can be made at the spot where it is to be used, and is perfectly safe till the liquid oxygen is poured into the hole where the soot cartridge has been placed. No poisonous gases are set free by the explosion, and if the cartridge fails to explode it ceases to be a source of danger in about twenty minutes, when the oxygen has all evaporated and the cartridge is merely soot. Defendant's Budget The prisoner in a western court was charged with so trivial an offense that the judge told him that if he would plead guilty he would let him off with a fine. "Before we plead guilty," replied the man's lawyer, "we'd like to know what the fine will be." "Isn't it rather unusual to attempt to bargain with the court?" asked the judge. "Perhaps it is, your honor," replied the lawyer, "but in this case it is important. You see, the prisoner has only $12, and as my fee is $10, we can't afford to plead guilty if your honor intends to fine him more than $2." Wouldn't Mind The return of the short skirt led Mayor Cryer of Los Angeles to tell a story at a luncheon. "A girl," he said, "came down to dinner the other evening in a new frock that made her mother look aghast. "Really, my child,' she said, 'I think you'd better lengthen that skirt.' "Yes? Why so?' asked the girl as she fixed a cigarette in a long amber tube. "Men,' said her mother, 'will be apt to think you are a child and take you on their hips.' The girl blew a smoke cloud into the air. "Well' she said.—Los Angeles Times. Use Much Silver in India Although silver ceased to be the standard of value in India in 1893, it is still chiefly used for the currency in circulation there. For the purpose of coinage, In the industries, and for boarding by the natives, India imports yearly from 80,000,000 to 100,000,000 fine ounces of silver—approximately 50 per cent of the world's production. The country is, therefore, the largest silver absorbing nation in the world. Compressed Air Magazine. 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A York Masons. Meet first and third Tuesday evenings of each month at Golden Star Hall, 163 Pearl street, Boulder, Colo. R. M. HORNE, W. M. 2003 Bluff street. J. S. MORRIS, Asst Sec. Box 416 Boulder, Colo. Friday, February 20, 1925 Call Fair- fax 0380 Or 4422 We Reach and Need Them All DIAMOND REAL ESTATE CO. 1-acre and 4-room log house and out buildings of all kinds. All kinds of fruit, $850-$150 down. 1-acre unimproved. All kinds of fruit, $550-$100 down. 4-room house, 1 acre. All kinds of fruit and out buildings. Close in. $2900, $600 down. SEE US BEFORE BUYING Diamond Real Estate Company Geo. McClelland, Pres. 547 State Ave., K. C., K. Drexel 2287 W. T. WHITELAW DRUGGIST Phone Fairfax 0622 3091 N. 27th St. Kansas City, Kan. Mrs. Luella Green NOTARY PUBLIC 516 Minnesota Avenue Copying neatly done to order. All work strictly confidential. THE WORLD'S BEST SANTAL MIDY SCHOOL ALL SECURITIES CATARRH of BLADDER GUARD YOUR HEALTH SANYKIT PROPHYLACTIC for MEM Affords Uitmost Protection After Infestious Exposure Large Tube Ice. Lit (4's) $1 All Drugs/of Sany-Kit Dept. A $2 Beckman St., New York Write for Circular MASONIC LODGES FAR WEST LODGE NO. 5 (Lawrence, Kansas) Far West Lodge No. 5, F. & A. A. York Masons, meets the second and fourth Tuesday evenings of each month at Masonic Hall, 737 N. H. St, 8 p.m. Visitors are always welcome. J. S. Stone, W. M., 442 Locust Street; Elgin Woody, Secretary, 640 Ark. Street, Lawrence Kans. York Masons St. John Lodge No. 9, F. & A. A. York Macons, meets-the first and third Tuesday evenings of each month at Ninth street and Evergreen avenue, 8 p.m. Visitors always are welcome. D. W. HURLEY, W.M., 419 Freeman Ave. CLARENCE HICKMAN, Secretary. 1327 Woodland Avenue. Phone Melrose 1042W. Frank Wilson Lodge No.88 F. and A. A. York Masons meet the First and Third Saturday evenings of each month at 8 p. m., Ninth and Everett avenue. Vaitors ever welcome. S. H. MADISON, W. M. 1236 Barnett Avenue, ERVIN HAWKINS, Secy. 425 Parallel. Sunset Lodge No. 98 F. A. and A. York Masons Meet the first and third Monday evenings each month at Masons Hall, 2538 Washington stret, Denver.Colo. FELIX HARRIS, W. M. S. GRANT, Secretary. Silver Chord Lodge No. 104 F. & A. A. York Masons. Meet the second and fourth Wednesday evenings of each month, Mason Hall, 2538 Washington stret, Denver, Colo. P. B. SPEAR, W. M. 1039 26th Ave. PAGE FOUR THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE Friday, February 20, 1925 J. O. MIDNIGHT (Continued from Page 1.) are going to have some new men in the United States Senate, some new men in the House of Representatives, and some new men in the cabinet, and some new men in post offices. I find that the people of Chicago, have elected Hon. Charles S. Deneen to the United State Senate, and he is a good man for the place. I am sure he will want things to move along well. Now comes the people of Chicago and they are asking for the appointment of a mighty good man for postmaster of that city, Hon. Fred. A. A. Bosworth, who is now superintendent of the Englewood office. They say that he is a real man and one who recognizes manhood and worth, and if that is true then he is the man for the place, not because of that alone, but he is qualified. A college man, a trained business man, and a man of the people. He is a gentleman, and a broad hearted citizen. I say put him there and let him serve the people with President Coolidge and he will help to make his administration a success. At this writing the battle is on in Chicago for Alderman, and of course the people are going to return General Robert R. Jackson, because of his work, of his loyalty and his service. He is worthy of the place and should be retained. He has served well. I don't know much about this thing you call politics, but I hope that we may yet learn to know that world of ours, and a man will be a man and not color. I find that Dr. A. M. Townsend is still pushing the new building and the Baptists of America are coming to him. They will shout after while. I will let you know when they are going into their new building. Speaking of the Baptists of this country, I have a letter from Dr. H. K Hill, of Orlando, Florida, corresponding secretary of the National Baptist Sunday School Congress telling me—in fact he is telling all the people that the National Baptist Sunday School and B. Y. P. U. Congress will meet in Wichita, Kans., in June and the Kansas people are stirred over the meeting. He says that it is going to be the greatest in the history, and young people from all over the country will be there. Dr. Hill says that the people are prepared right now. All people are assisting in the work. It will be the biggest meeting among our people ever held in Kansas. I want to be there myself, and I hope you are getting ready. I want to here thank Dr. Hill for his letter. He is starting on time to let the people know. June is right over the fence. President William H. Jernagin, of the National Race Congress of America, Inc., has called the annual meeting for Mach 1 to 6 in Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, Third and Eye streets, N. Y. It is said to be the Legislative Session. The annual sermon will be preached at 8 o'clock the night of March 3, and then will follow the business sessions. The rate which will be given to the people who are going to Washington to see the President take his seat will be used. The Dwyer Anti-Lynching Bill will be discussed and also the Tinka Bill. Let us take advantage of every opportunity to seek ours. We do not mean to antagonize any people or any section of the country, but we just want to be counted beyond boyhood. If you desire any information concerning this meeting write to Dr. W. H. Jernagin, 1341 Third street N. W., Washington D. C. I think I will bring this letter to a stop for this week. Hope to hear from you. J. O. MIDNIGHT. Salvages Bird Shot A man in California makes a living by picking up bird shot. He asks permission to salvage the shooting fields of gun clubs for bird shot. Then he scoops up the ground within a 200-yard radius of the shooting posts, slifts the shot from the dirt, and melts it into lead bars for commercial use. BOOKS WORTH WHILE FOR YOUNG AND OLD "Through the Windshield:" Being the further thrilling adventures of a modern Alice. Introducing Go-Go and Stop-Stop, the traffic cop twins, and their argumentative brethren; also many stringed birds and beasts, including the rate and timid pedestrian. An up-to-date version of the famous classic. "Football Tactics:" A perusal of this work will enable any person to get to and from work easier and quicker. "Lost Year:" The story of an access, who, with the aid of reversible calendar, succeeded in solving the secret of perpetual youth. "Three Weeks in a Telephone Booth:" Not by Ellinor Glyn. Being the sad journey of an unfortunate man who, cut off from the outside world, lost his reason after many futile attempts to gain Central's attention, together with an absorbing account of his slow recuperation under the constant care of several eminent neurologists and his eventual complete recovery. "Check Book:" Just the gift for daddy.—Judge. New England Senator It was either during my next visit to Washington and Willard's at the time of Grant's second inauguration as President, writes Mr. Edward P. Mitchell in Scribner's Magazine, or on some later occasion that while descending a public stairway in the hotel I could not help catching a delicious glimpse through the brightly lighted transom of a room on the floor below of a plump, gentleman clad only in his nightgown and his spectacles, vigorously gesticulating and addressing earnest remarks to a full-length cheval glass that had been pulled out into the middle of the apartment for the purpose. If that moving picture of oratory in the making occurred in 1809, then George Frisbie Hoar, of Massachusetts, must have been rehearsing his malden speech in the house, for he took his seat there on March 4 of that year. Inasmuch, moreover, as this Demosthenes in privacy shared only by his mirror and by me was of venerable appearance and bore a wonderful resemblance to Mr. Pickwick in nightshirt and gold specs, I am inclined to believe that it was Senator Hoar I thus beheld. Protection for the Eyes A simple means of protecting the eyes from foreign substances is afforded by a novel eyeshade recently put on the market. It is made of very light celluloid and bridges the nose, lying in the eye socket just below the eyebrows. In fact, it acts much as the eyelashes do, but with a greater degree of efficiency. It is particularly well adapted for use on the beach, inasmuch as it protects the eyes not only from blowing sands but from the glare of the sun as well. It would also be of value to the motorist who finds his sunshield not always adjusted to the proper angle.—Scientific American. Deer Liked Comfort A young deer of Mount Rainler park knows a comfortable bed when it sees it. Last summer the guests at Paradise inn were startled to see a deer enter the great front door of the hotel and, walking up to the fountain in the lobby, take a drink and then go out. After that the animal remained in the hotel grounds and allowed people to pet it at will. As a fawn the same deer had frequented the grounds the summer before. A few weeks after it had drunk from the fountain an employee entered one of the guest tents to make the bed and found the deer lying comfortably on top of it. Youth's Companion. New Electricity Idea A submarine cable in one continuous length of 2,700 feet has been recently laid across the Hudson river at Garrison, just below West Point, according to the Electrical World. The makeup of the cable and the method of laying it presented some features not encountered in everyday practice. The cable is to carry current from the east side of the river to the west side for local distribution in the immediate vicinity of Garrison. Power is to be transmitted at first at 2,300 volts with ungrounded star-connected transformers, and this will later be changed to 4,000 volts with the neutral grounded. THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE Always the honeymoon affects the tled. Even the lovely hog wants the lion's share. Many man who stiles and says nothing is a liar. In real life the truly fair on the poet is simply muscled. Don't "reform" any man so much as to spoil him as a man. A man who profits by wrongdoing always has an excuse ready. With too many people charity is more of a fad than a virtue. An obstinate man does not hold opinions, but they hold him. The best part of one's life is the performance of his daily duties. Women dress to please themselves—and to displease their neighbors. There would be no labor troubles if every man had a job on easy street. A great mind treats little minds as such and is never belittled by them. Next to the pleasure of knowing anything is the pleasure of telling it. Pompous people are seldom flouted; and when they are it alters them not. Society women may acquire adipose tissue, but those not in the swim simply get fat. The governor who is governed by good impulses doesn't always make a good governor. Don't be foolish and run yourself down when your neighbors are only too glad to do it for you. Men hate chores; and haven't any kind feelings for those who needlessly make them an extra one. "Avoid excessive fatigue to keep from catching cold"; and you notice countless ones practicing it. SAVED MONEY AND WEAR ON TROUSERS An Indiana pedagogue, who, since the events narrated in this story, has attained some prominence in state educational circles, decided to buy a new suit soon after arriving at the college town for his first semester in college. He liked one suit very much, it just seemed made for him, but he viewed the pronounced crease in the trouser legs with trepidation and finally stammered: "Well, I like the suit but I don't like that wrinkle." He later came to accept the "wrinkle," however, in fact, he became such a slave to it that he worked overtime to keep it. One night two college chums went to his room and found him, trouserless, studying. To their inquiry as to the cause of his state he replied: "Oh, it costs me so much to keep the crease in I just thought I wouldn't wear my trousers when I was in my room."—Indianapolis News. Shipwrecked Men Saved Nineteen shipwrecked men of the Canadian schooner Lady Kindersley, of the Hudson's Buy company, owe their lives to the skill of Capt. S. T. L. Whitlam, master of the United States ship Boxer, according to School Life, a periodical of the Interior department, bureau of education. The Boxer is a bureau of education supply schooner, plying between Seattle and Alaska, transporting teachers, physicians and nurses, and carrying provisions to the native schools of Alaska which are under the supervision of the bureau of education. It is a wooden boat with a carrying capacity of 500 tons. - For 27 days the Kindersley had been drifting at about 35 miles a day. Hopelessly imprisoned in the ice 40 miles off Point Barrow it is reported not a man would have been saved had the Boxer not gone to the rescue. Captain Whitlam battled with the Arctic ice for two weeks, but finally brought the Boxer within six miles of the Canadian vessel. Its crew then launched their boats and worked their way out to him. Ju-jutsu originated several hundred years ago, before the time of_gunpowder, and its purpose was the elimination of an opponent. As it was considered to be used only in a deadly combat, there were no fouls. Everything went with a view to removing the danger to one's life, no matter what position or predicament he be in. The idea was not to lay an opponent on the mat, but to disable him or kill him as the circumstances required. Later, when the use of gunpowder made hand-to-hand fighting in battle improbable, Ju-jutsu lapsed into oblivion for some years, from which it was finally dragged, dressed up, repaired and altered to suit the requirements of the Japanese aristocracy. Ju-jutsu can be roughly divided into three classes. First, tricks for holding; second, tricks for throwing; and third, tricks for disabling or killing an enemy by means of blows or kicks. The latter class is the real essence of the art. It more nearly approximates the old art than either of the other two branches. The first two, as taught today, do not differ greatly from the science as applied to catch-as-catch can work. Examples: Holding tricks: Our hammer-lock similar to one of their holding tricks. Front strangle is our head chancery slipped down to press on the Adam's apple. Throwing holds: Our flying mare varied in three ways and called something like "shoenage." Applied from the side in a flash without drawing the arm over the shoulder as in the flying mare, the cleverest wrestler will almost always be caught. Striking tricks: Tsurigume; Knee to opponent's crotch. Some other darn fool word covers a jab with the stiffened fingers to the Adam's apple.—A. H. Phelps in Adventure Magazine. Terrible Bluff Sophie Kerr, the novelist, said to a reporter as she boarded the Mauretania for a European trip: "I write for a living. Writers who write for art's sake give me a pain." Then, with a rather bitter laugh she went on: "These art-for-art's-sake writers are terrible bluffs as a rule. One of them, a free verse poetess, gave a reception the other day. At the height of the reception, while she was surrounded by the most important of her guests, a pretty little boy in a velvet suit came up and said to her in a loud voice: "Miss Blank, I think you are a wonderful genius." "Everybody laughed and applauded, and the poetess kissed the pretty little boy and asked: "'Why do you say that, dear?' "'Because,' he piped, 'you told me to.'" ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Case No. 13147 State of Kansas, Wyandotte County, ss In the Probate Court in and for Said County In the matter of the estate of Robert Jones, deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned on the Estate of Robert Jones, late of said County, deceased, by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid, dated the 19th day of January, A. D., 1925. Now, all persons having claims against the said estate are herby notified that they must present the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from 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. Of the Estate of Robert Jones, deceased. Kansas City, Kansas, Jan. 19, 1925. In Witness Whereof, the undersigned, Probate Judge in and for the County of Wyandotte, State of Kansas, have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Probate Court, this 29th day of January A. D., 1925. HENRY MEADE, (Seal) Probate Judge. (First published, February 18, 1925) Friday, February 20, 1925 NINEIDER MENERS CHINAWARE Watches, Elgin, Waltham, Miss and Hamilton. $2.50 to $75 Easy Terms Insted—Glasses Fitted Nineider, Optometrist New York Guaranteed credit with a Smile Watch Us Grow NINEIDER MENERS Phone 748 Homestead Will Sell Them Realty Co. Tel 3859 weekly bargains at our one block of Northeast real others on this same bulevard; $3,000; several que; garage; one block of several others on this month; one block of Inter- just right for building; fruit trees, berries, vines; garage; one block of car; all brick and fully of Park Street Junction of Northeast Junior High investment for somebody. 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Fine vacant lot at 911-13 Nebraska avenue; just right for building; cash or terms. 4-room cottage; one full acre of ground; fruit trees, berries, vines of all kinds; chicken fence and houses; garage; one block of paved street, nice and level. 3 storerooms, 8-room modern house in rear; all brick and fully rented on North 5th street; two blocks of Park Street Junction corner lot; transfer point; two blocks of Northeast Junior High School; this is going to prove a fine investment for somebody. 4-apartment solid brick building at the corner of 6th street and Nebraska avenue; 5 rooms to each apartment; modern except heat; rents for over $100 month; will sell or rent; terms. Don't stop at this list—call us up for other bargains. A PERSONAL SERVICE—HUMAN CONSIDERATION YOU GET MORE THAN YOU PAY FOR—ASK ANYBODY THE GRAY PRINTING CO. FIFTH AT OAKLAND AVENUE BELL FAIRFAX 4187 West End Tailoring Co. 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