Kansas City Sun

Rev. J. W. Hurse Agreeably Surprised St. Stephens Honors Its Pastor Rev. J. W. Hurse Handsomely Remembered by His Congregation at the Close of Service Last Sunday Evening by Being Presented a New Suit, Overcoat, Hat, Shoes, Scarf, Box of Underwear, all Finest Quality THE LEADING BAPTIST CHURCH OF THE CITY After the Presentation a Brief Address was Made by Grand Master of Masons N. C. Crews, Eloquently Responded to by the Beloved Pastor FEARLESS DEFENDER OF THE RACE VOLUME VI. NUMBER 20. Rev. J. St. Stephens Hono Rev. J. W. Hurse Handsomely Remem- tion at the Close of Service Last Being Presented a New Suit, Ov Scarf, Box of Underwear, al THE LEADING BAPTIST CH After the Presentation a Brief Grand Master of Masons N. ly Responded to by the E St. Stephen's Baptist Church gave a splendid exhibition of its appreciation of its aggressive and tireless pastor, Rev. J. W. Hurse, by presenting him with an elegant suit of clothes, a fine chinchilla overcoat and other wearing apparel at a total cost of $110 at the close of services Sunday evening, January 4th. A representative of the Sun was present and was highly pleased both at the spirited singing of the excellent choir and the gospel preaching of the pastor, who has the power to sway a multitude by his force and magnetism, and who delivered a splendid discourse from the story of Joseph and his brethren in Egypt. After the collection had been taken and the announcements had been made Deacon Lyons called the pastor's attention to the fact that the congregation be requested to remain until a small present could be presented to the pastor. And in a few moments the house was in an uprora as present after present was presented by the different organizations of the church to their splendid leader. First came the choir which through Sister Mary Clark presented a fine five dollar Stetson hat and an elegant two dollar neck scarf with the compliments and best wishes of the choir. Then came Sister Murphy, who on behalf of the ladies of the church, presented the pastor an elegant black dee skin suit made by a Negro tailor, Richard Lowe—at a cost of forty-five dollars—and as the applause grew louder Deacon Walker started a glorious hymn which was caught up by the large audience until the very ratters rang with melody. Then the Deacon Board came upon the rostrum and with Brother Lyons as their spokesman presented the pastor an elegant pair of $7 black shoes and a beautiful blue chinchilla overcoat costing $45. The applause at this period was deafening and at its conclusion Sister Dora Williams made her way to the plafon on behalf of the Williams & Walker Concert Club of the church presented the pastor a neatly tied box containing two elegant $5 suits of underwear. By this time the pastor was in tears and so was half the congregation, and in a broken voice he called on his old friend and associate, Nelson C. Crews, to come forward and make a few remarks in his behalf, and in a few brief but forceful remarks. Mr. Crews spoke of the beautiful example of loyalty and harmony exhibited by the congregation and said he only regretted that he was not the pastor of St. Stephen's Baptist Church, at least Sunday night because he needed equally as much as the pastor man yet the beautiful things presented. Mr. Crews's remarks were well received by the vast audience and he was given a round of applause at the close, after which the pastor told ```markdown ``` The Kansas City Sun them that it would be necessary for him to wait until some other time to be able to express his heartfelt appreciation of their generous kindness. Our representative was unable to obtain the list of all those who contributed t o the purchase of the various article, but the following persons contributed to the Deacon Board for the purchase of the articles which they presented: One dollar each, H. J. Lyons, Chas. Collins, Chester Sims, Austin Lay, Evanston Alfred, Dr. G. W. Brown, W. Saunders, Robt. Canterbury, W. S. Acy, J. W. Jenkins, Geo Moore, Robt. Hamilton, E. L. Tillson, Chas. Porter, B. H. B. Moore; seventy-five cents, W. H. Briscoe; fifty cents each, Wilson Nickens, Dan Herndon, Helen Wilson and Levie Pearse; twenty-five cents each, F. Steptoe, Lulu Smith, Joe Walker, Agnes Walker, Fannie Stanley, Tallia Brown, Bettie Lewis, Caroline Johnson, Birdie Martin, Sallie Preston, Lizzie Patterson, Lizzie Frakes, Nannie Bunner, Jessie Reed, Mary King, Josie Walker and Winnie Blackburn. It was a great night in St. Stephen's Baptist Church, which now calls, and justly so, to be the largest Baptist church in point of attendance, 1 nthis city. The Sun congratulates St. Stephen's Baptist Church upon having such a noted and fearless pastor as Dr. Hurse and also congratulates Dr. Hurse upon having such a loyal and appreciative congregation as fill each Sunday St. Stephen's auditorium. Just before the evening service began a great surprise was sprung on the congregation by the entrance of a bridal party elegantly attired and as they marched down the alce to the strains of the organ they presented a very pretty picture. They were Mr. Levl Pierce, who was married to Mrs. Emma Brannon. A few hours before another brilliant ceremony was performed in the church in which the bridal party rode up in a large touring car, the ladies handsomely attired and the genticemen in full dress, and the contracting parties in this marriage were Thomas J. Saunders and Mrs Geneva Turner. Dr. Hurse is rapidly gaining the title of the "Marrying Parson." Mr. James H. Crews, the veteran mail carrier and for thirty years one of the most faithful officers of Allen Chapel, has been confined to his bed by illness throughout the week. Jas H. Crews is one of the best men in the world (and the Editor makes no apology for this statement, although he is his brother), and to know him is to love him. The Sun and his myriad friends wish for him speedy recovery. Among the other horrors of war are some of the songs written about it. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1914. Women's Club Notes The 500 Club will meet with Mrs. J. L. Ewing, 213 Greeley avenue, Kansas City, Kas., Jan. 16. Favors were won by Mrs. O. B. Johnson and Mrs. J. J. Lewis. The reception given at the Overall Studio, December 30, 1913, by the Unique Pleasure Club, consisting of twelve of Kansas City's popular young ladies, was one among the swellest affairs of the season. The Phyllis Wheatley Art Club extended New Year's greetings to their many friends at the residence of Mrs. G. G. Mason, 3419 East 21st street, New Year's day. The house was beautifully decorated and the color scheme was carried out in pink and white carnations. About 400 guests called during the afternoon and evening. The Ladies' Cotterle met with Mrs. G. W. Boyd. When the lesson hours were over the visitors, Revs. L. H. Mills, J. W. Harris and G. W. Boyd, were introduced. Each gave very interesting and instructive remarks. The hostess serven the club with daly refreshments. Next week the club will meet with Mrs. Dotson, 1705 East Twelfth street. One of the most beautiful receptions given during the holidays was held at the Overall Studio by the ladies of the Progressive Study Club. The rooms were beautifully decorated with the club's colors and quite a number of visitors were present. The committee deserves much praise for their delicious serving. Progress Study Club is composed of some of the most cultured women of both Kansas Cities. It's no small wonder that their reception was perfectly eclat. The Oak Leaf Art Club celebrated its fifth anniversary at the Overall Studio, 2116 Woodland avenue, New Year's Day. The studio was artistically decorated with the Club's colors, brown, red, yellow and green. Ice cream was served from the dining table which was covered with a Mexican drawn work cloth and cut flowers while the house was profusely decorated with palms. All the guests left expressing themselves as having spent a delightful evening. THE NEW YORK TIMES [Name] WILLIAM B. BRUCE, A. B. Attorney and Counselor at Law, office 1117 West Sixth street; residence, 1810 Woodland avenue, Kansas City, Mo. Phone East 756. Mr. William B. Bruce is a native Virginian, born in Danville, Va., Dec. 25, 1886, entered Shaw University, Raleigh, N. C., early in his life in 1899. He remained there until 1907, when he received his A. B. degree. During the same year he entered Brown University, Providence, R. I., upon the quest for more knowledge. Mr. Bruce graduated from Brown University in 1910 and in September of that year he entered the Howard University Law School, situated in Washington, D. C. Bruce graduated from Howard Law School with the degree of LL. B., June 1913. Dec. 15, 1913, Mr. Bruce took and successfully passed the bar examination of the state of Missouri with an average of 83 per cent. Mr. Wm B. Bruce comes to Kansas City well prepared to practice law. He is the brother of Prof. N. C. Bruce, principal of Bartlett Industrial School of Dalton Mo. THE CLIPPER GIRLS The Clippers fully appreciate the public's assistance in their benefit dance last December 13. The net proceeds of the same were $33 of which amount $25 went to the Working Girls' Home and the remaining $8 was used toward the Clippers' Christmas charity work. They provided stockings for twenty-nine of the Negro children for whom the "Good Fellows" of Kansas City refused to do anything. We wish to thank the ladies who gave us their assistance at this time. Miss Emma Smith wishes to thank her friends for so many beautiful and useful gifts, also for the beautiful flowers and many Christmas and New Year's cards. To the Editor of the Kansas City Sun. As the Star has a column called "Speaking the Public Mind," through which all individuals, whatever their station in life, may give expression to their thoughts, we felt that we would be permitted through the columns of our own representative paper, the Kansas City Sun, to give expression to those things that affect our race and Church life. Some years ago the minister of one of our leading Baptist churches became incensed because an old Sister testified in Covenant in her own peculiar way and she was turned out of the church and even after she acknowledged her wrong she was refused admission to come back. Since that time many members have become dissatisfied and refuse to attend that church—the church of their heart—and last week at a business meeting with only about twenty-five persons present, the Church Discipline was virtually thrown away and the pastor virtually made himself king. Since then everywhere you go, you see little groups earnestly discussing conditions and sarcastically asking the question, "When are they going to annoint the king?" Hoping you will kindly publish this we remain. Yours in the Baptist Faith, UNCLE DAN. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE We wish to announce that the members and friends of the Association will be addressed by Prof. J. E. Singarn of New York City at Hen Chapel, come Tenth and Cathedral Church evening, January 16, at 8:30 o'clock. Prof. Spilgan was formerly professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard and Cathedral Church scholar and an author of rare 'atmations and a stance advocate of just and liberal opportunities to people. He was chosen from the subject, 'The New abolitionism'. No admission will be charged. LID OFF THE TANGO. Prof. J. C. Hobba announces that on every Thursday night at the Lyric Hall, 1731 Lydia avenue, that the following dances will be introduced: Tango, hesitation waltz, flirtation schottische, hesitation schottische and a variety of other dances since the Board of Public Welfare lifted the lid on dances. THE NEW YORK TIMES School, situated in Washington, D. C. Bruce graduated From Howard Law School with the degree of LL. B., June, 1913. Dec. 15, 1913. Mr. Bruce took and successfully passed the bar examination of the state of Missouri with an average of 83 per cent. Mr. Wm. B. Bruce comes to Kansas City well prepared to practice law. He is the brother of Prof. N. C. Bruce, principal of Bartlett Industrial School of Dalton, Mo. THE PROPHET'S PLAY The Biblical representation of the Prophets given by the Mite Missionary Society at Allen Chapel last Monday night was quite a success under the management of Mrs. S. E. Brandon. The following ladies represented the various Porphhets: Moses, Mrs. Lee; Joshua, Mrs. Brandon; Ellijah, Mrs. White; Ellisha, Miss Bass; Isiah, Mrs. Grammar; Jeremiah, Mrs. Lynch; Zekkel, Mrs. Shelby; Daniel, Mrs. Evans; Hosea, Mrs. Harrison; Joel, Mrs. Green; Amos, Mrs. Hoffman; Obediah, Mrs. Bruce; Jonah, Mrs. Hinkston; Micah, Mrs. Cole; Nahum, Mrs. Brown; Hsakubai, Mrs. Glimor; Zephinah, Mrs. Shrader; Haggia, Miss Bertie Taylor; ZZackariah, Mrs. Kings berry; Malach, Mrs. Wilson; King Pharoah, Mrs. Burgett. Editor Kansas City Sun:— As there has been but one "Tango Tea" given here by colored, and that an afternoon affair, we the members of Clio Art Club who sent out cards in the form of same, deem it necessary and fitting to openly declare ourselves against the unjust and cruel criticism made in the columns of your paper by one of our distinguished (?) guests. If there was a vulgar exhibition upon the part of any of the dancers, we were not responsible and any criticism that might be made against the "Tango" as danced on that day is infamous and low. Any person who would attend an affair given to friends and then turn to be a Judas (as has been displayed by the writer), is an ingrate not worthy of the smallest person's attention. The one-step, which our enquiry and distinguished (?) doctor says is but a revival of what the tougher element call the "Dog Walk" we in our sphere of life know nothing enough with the element aforesaid mentioned and are truly surprised to know that this, His Royal Highness, would understand and know about a "Dog Walk." However, it wasn't danced on this particular afternoon. As for our mothers, wives and sisters so beautifully spoken of by our dear doctor, none were urged to attend and the invitation could have been rejected as well as accepted. The Tango, as led and danced by Prof. Hobbs and Mrs. Stewart on that afternoon is the most simplified one in use for dance hall purposes. It was brought to us by Prof. Hobbs directly from Prof. DeHoney, dancing master at the new $100,000 dance hall at 15th and Paseo. If these dances shock us so very much an excellent thing for our would-be-pious young doctor, wife, sisters and mother would be to stay away from such functions for then his pride and modesty would not be so mortally wounded. Yours for publication. CLIO ART CLUB. A DELIGHTFUL DINNER Misses Bernice Casey of St. Louis, Elizabeth Jones of Topeka, Catharine Barker of Topeka and Orah Carter of Lawrence were the guests of Miss Ruth Bradley during the holidays. They attended many social affairs during the holidays, one affair in particular was the unique dinner given by Messrs. Teeters, Goodwin and Lowe at the Delmonico Cafe. The table was decorated with pink and white carantions and everything from consomme to ice cream and cake was theirs to be enjoyed. The service and taste of this affair were grand. The gentlemen may be assured that the guests of honor as well as their hostess appreciated the same. BIRTHDAY WATCH PARTY The birthday reception tendered Mr. A W. Harris, the well known printer, by Mrs. Sallie C. Rogers at the residence of Prof. and Mrs. J. Sillas Harris, 1611 Forest avenue, on New Year's eve was one of the most enjoyable as well as distinguished affairs ever given in this city. The menu would have tempted the palate of an epicurean and there was everything served that the heart could wish. Short addresses of felicitation and appreciation were delivered by a number of the gentlemen in attendance and Mr. Harris was the recipient of several handsome tokens of appreciation as well as numerous letters and telegrams from friends throughout the country. Mrs. Rogers received many compliments for the elegance and success of this most enjoyable affair. The invited guests and those present were as follows: Mr. Breton Andrews, Mr. T. C. Green-Prof. J. D. Bowser, Capt. Leon Jordan, A. C. H. Callo. M. m. Houston, waw. Dr. T. C. Chapman Dr. T. C. Uthank Mr. Wm. Godwin Mr. Wm. E. Herrick E. Herrick Prof. T. R. Reynolds holds, M. Idoo, Smith, M. Gee, W. Teeters, M. John Fairley, M. E. Perry, M. Gee, M. Robt, Bennett, M. C. H. Countes, M. C. H. Dibble, M. Wm., Prof. G. N. Grisham Prof. J. S. Harris, Prof. J. S. Jox, Prof. F. J. Wox, Mr. F. H. Payne, Dr. J. F. Shannon, Dr. J. F. Smith, Mr. James Baker, Prof. J. M. Marques, Dr. M. Smith, Dr. Ed., Prof. Dr. Martin Brooks Dr. T. McCampbell Dr. W. McCampbell John R. John Dr. Wm. J. Thomp Mr. Frank Ander Mr. Frank Ander Dr. R. BeShears of St. Joseph, Mo.; Dr. O. C. Queen, Hannibal, Mo.; M. J. Renfro, Louis, Mo.; Dr. M. J. Harris, Sedalia, Louis, Mo.; Dr. M. J. Harris, Sedalia, Mo.; Mr. W. D. Cooper, Tooke, Mo.; H. Douglas, St. Louis, Mo.; Mr. Charles Heils, St. Joseph, Mo.; Editor Nick Chieps, St. Joseph, Mo.; Mr. Homer Phillips, St. Louis, Mo.; Mr. Homer Phillips, St. Louis, Mo.; Dr. O. Caref Doinley, Hon. Hon. Covington, Louisiana; Mr. H. Kling, Joplin, Mo.; Editor Wm. H. Kling, Joplin, Mo.; Dr. B. A. McLemore, Fort Scott, Kan.; Mr. John Brown, St. Louis, Mo. ADVERTISE YOUR SOCIETY We would like to see every lodge and society in Kansas City put their cards in The Sun. It is the most popular way to let the world know who you are, when and where you meet and your object and purpose. For the next month we will make special announcements to have you put in your lodge or society list of of officers in this paper. Kansas City Sun Possibilities of the Race to Be Demonstrated in the Next Twelve Months A BANNER YEAR HOPED FOR BOTH NATIONALLY AND LOCALLY The Negro Business League and Other Great Movements are to Expand Their Influence Y. M. C. A. BUILDING TO BE COMPLETED y Sur Possibilities o Be Demonst Next Twelve A BANNER YEAR HOP ONALLY AN The Negro Business Le Movements are to Ex Y. M. C. A. BUILDING By C. A. Starks. Speaking of the possibilities of the race in the next twelve months must bring a natural optimism to bear in the outlook. True enough there has been things calculated to dishearten the race in the past year, nevertheless we have not been without certain signs of advancement and progress. These things warrant us in taking an encouraging view of the present year. We have every right to hope that developments will show an increase in Chas. A. Sparks. every solid activity which tends to raise the standard of our living. This will go on in spite of opposition which our supposed enemies will make. All advanced thinkers see in the extreme measures which have been enacted against us a sort of compulsory tendency to solidify the Afro-Americans. This is a virtue or accomplishment which we do not readily acquire. But we are learning. BANNER YEAR. Indications are that 1914 will excel the past year in achievement just as it should do. So if we lose in some things we are bound to win in others, to profit by the mistakes of the What we should guard against is fall. To the Editor—I have just read in the Sun what Rev. T. H. Ewing had to say relative to the Negroes of Kansas City planning to go to Africa. Why go so far when the opportunity is just as grand in the state of Kansas? There is a plan under way to divide 10,000 acres of farm land into forty-acre tracts, start a town, give a lot with each forty-acre tract purchased. This land will be sold on the installment plan. If a few colored men from Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma will interest themselves enough to write to me, I assure them this plan will be carried out. WM. ARMSTRONG, 1116 Charlotte street, Kansas City, Mo. NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING. Kansas City, Mo. Dec. 29, 1912. The annual meeting of the Phyllis Wheatley Hospital Association will be held Wednesday evening, January 14, 1914, at the Vine Street Baptist Church, 1825 Vine street. Besides the election of six directors and other officers several amendments to the constitution will be voted upon. All persons who have paid a membership fee of two dollars or a cash contribution equal to a membership fee will be entitled to vote. T. H. Ewing, Pres. J. DALLAS BOWSER, Secy. The members of the Odd Fellow and Ruth Choir gave a surprise last Monday evening on Mrs. Rebecca Moore at her residence, 2522 Michigan avenue, which was very much appreciated by her husband and an honor to the choir. Visitors present were: Mrs. Lulu Arnold of Denison, Tex.; Mr. Geo. Trowser, Mr. Phil Taylor. The table was profusely decorated with cut flowers furnished by the Weaver Floral Co., and dainty refreshments were served by the choir. The members present were: Mrs. Ida M. Birch, Mrs. George Trowser, Mrs. Geo. Gooch, Mrs. Phil Taylor, Mrs. B. Harmon, Mrs. A. Holmes, Mr. Baker, Mr. Dugger, Mr. Gooch. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Weaver, 2635 Euclid avenue, entertained at dinner last Sunday in honor of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Robinson. --- ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME prised of the Race to rated in the ve Months PED FOR BOTH NATI- ND LOCALLY league and Other Great expand Their Influence TO BE COMPLETED past. Many events have transpired in the last seven months to convince us that we can substantially organize large businesses and enterprises and maintain a high efficiency in their promotion. We also have learned that we can enlist the sympathy of our fairer brother who is not altogether against us. With this knowledge in mind and conscious of a new power we believe we are at the threshold of a bannur year for our people. THE BUSINESS LEAGUE. Last year the National Business League held their convention in Philadelphia, Pa., under the happiest auspices. The reports were nation wide and reflected accurately as possible the conditions of our citizens in each state. Records show that each community spoke in "terms of prosperity" to a very large degree. What is most important at this time is that this great organization is to hold its next meeting in the Southwest, the real land of milk and honey. This could not be improved upon at all and we dare say that Muscogee, Okla., will in no wise fall below the standard of that set by the hospitable Quaker City. This movement is giving the Southwest an excellent opportunity to show what metal she is made of. It is hard to say at this time just how much tone and dignity the affair will bring. However, Kansas Citians mean to play a fine role when the curtain raises. Y. M. C. A. Building Complete? Here in our city we have an array of achievements which will keep us busy in meeting the demands. Chief among these is the completion of the Y. M. C. A. building, which means so much to the colored citizens of this city. In this effort there is possibility for tremendous good, out of which we expect to raise the economic as well as moral tone of our younger citizen. The Sun has played no small part in these local affairs and since the outlook is fair it is hopeful that it will be able in the future to not only lead in movements about the city but take a fairly conspicuous place in events of national importance. Grand Master N. C. Crews, accompanied by Grand Secretary G. W. K. Love, paid a visit to Wilkerson Lodge No. 26, A. F. and A. M., St. Joseph, Mo., last Tuesday evening and were highly pleased by the large attendance on the part of the Masons of St. Joseph and the gratifying report made by the officers of the lodge. Past Grand Master M. O. Ricketts is Worshipful Master of this lodge and with peace and harmony prevailing it is destined to be one of the greatest lodges in the jurisdiction. The Grand Officers were royally entertained at luncheon by District Deputy T. J. Coleman at his residence, 1713 Angelique, and were shown over the city and extended many courtesies by that distinguished citizen and Prince of good fellows, Dr. J. R. A. 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Halx treament, braids, transformations and all kinds of halr goods made to on der, Bell phone West 2306, ‘AN persous on our lst to collect from in or out of the clty please be in readiness as we will call on you soon. You will find ug in our new location. Address or call MISS EVA P, WASHINGTON, 849 Freeman Avenue, Kansas City, Kans Bell Phone West 2306. Best Shine in K. C. For Ladies x Gents AGENCY FOR The Kansas City Son,, The Crisis, ‘The New York Age, The Freeman and All Daily Papers Ice Cream and Soda Cigars and Tobacco HENRY. SHUMAKER 1625 East 18th St AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS New York has a society whose pur- pose ts to fight against the develop- ment of a negro “ghetto” In the American cities, It 1s the National ‘League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, whoso membership includes many persons socially prominent in New York, together with a company of serious-minded colored people, ‘The headquarters are at No, 110 West For tieth street. ‘Mrs. William H. Baldwin, Jr, was recently elected chairmen of the executive board. Other members of the league are: Mrs, Haley Fiske, George McAneny, Silas McBee, Wil lam H. Maxwell, William Jay Schiet- felin, Isaac N. Seligman, George W. Seligman, Charles D. Hilles, the Rev. William Adams Brown, Paul J. Sachs, Theodore M. Taft, Albert Shaw, Judge Joseph F. Mulqueen and Major R. R. Moton. ‘The league has affiliated organiza: tions in Philadelphia, Chicago, Louls- ville, St., Louis, Richmond a.d Nor- folk, Va.; Augusta, Ga, and Wilming- ton, Del.’ Its biggest work, however, is in New York, whee the negro population 1s now more than 90,000, being more than in any other city in America, except Washington. “Our work here includes many branches of activity,” said Hugene K. Jones, associate director in charge of the local work. “We have a commit- tee for improving industrial condi- tlons, which seeks to organize work- ers in the various occupations, and by this means help our people to better things, For instance, we have organ- {zed one group into the Colored Public Porters’ association, for the purpose of guarding the public against unscru- pulous porters. Tho organization 1s raising the standard of reliability and efficiency among {ts members. Work- ers in other occupations are similarly organized, "Then we ‘havo a yocational ex change, operated in connection with the housing bureau, at No. 127 West One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street, in the thickly populated negro section of Harlem. This exchange 1s being made a clearing house through which applicants for help and for positions may be referred to reliable philan- throple and commercial employment agencies. Positions have been secured for 197 persons.” It takes three seconds for a cable message to cross the ocean. Of the material success of certain colored men in the south, the Crisis contains this: “Ocala, Fla, has 8,000 colored tn- habitants, and there are 12,000 others fri the surrounding county. ‘This has offered a chance for industrial co- operation. There is a thriving sea island cotton factory, considerable ex- porting of moss and velvet beans, while colored men have numerous stores and are supporting professional men. Recently the Metropolitan Real- ty and Investment company has been organized and has erected a $20,000 building. In this a bank with a capl- tal of $25,000 has been located. ‘The president of the company, George Giles, is a large holder of real estate. ‘The vice-president, Joseph L. Wiley. fs the founder of Fessenddh academy, and the cashier, F. P. Gadson, 1s the owner of the largest dry goods an¢ notion store owned by a colored man in the United States. Other directors are Dr. Williams, a well-to-do physt clan; A. S. Richardson, D, W. Good: win, Charles Stewart, J. 8. LaRoche N. T. Brown and 8. H. Hadley.” By a deal which was closed last week and in which a consideration of $30,000 was involved, a tract of land near Thornton, Ill, to be used for the purpose of a negro cemetery, and to be known by the name of Mount For- est cemetery, was acquired, reports a Chicago correspondent, In @ communication to the Kansas City Star a correspondent, “Lacey,” writes as follows: “Africa in not the place for the American negro, As yet we have not heard enough to warrant our going there. I don't think the ne- groes of the United States should sac rifice our fifty years of success here to start all over in a barren, half-clv- Silzed country. Here we have our own churches, schools and colleges. Now comes Chief Sam and asks us to break these up, leave all woe have worked for and go back. It Africa fe as rich as Chief Sam snggeste it will not want for others who will seize its riches.” It is said that descent can be traced from only 49 passengers that came over in the Mayflower, the rest hav. ing died without issue. Whea George Schwartz, a farmer In Scrarton, Pa., cut down an oak tre> he found imbedded in its heart @ pine tree shilling dated 1612, As @ universal dangor signal, a Den- ver firm has designed and vopyright- ed signs bearing a human hand, across ‘the palm of which appear the words “Safety First.” In London a motor bus proprietor has to comply with between 50 and 60 conditions before he can obtain a Il. conse, Need of Ventilating Church. “Our church janitors need drilling on the subject of ventilation,” says the Downs News. “A morning or eve- ning congregetion of several hundred persons is entitled to pure air, for there aro ogeans of it outside. After the morning service the whole room should be thoroughly aired, and yet no doubt the doors are closed when the people leave, and the foul air securely boxed for the evening service. ‘This fs dreadful, the News declares. No ‘wonder folks sleep and get a bead. Writing in the Baltimore American, the Rev. J. U, King, pastor of the Union Methodist Episcopal chureh at St. Michaels, Md,, has this to say: “To be successful in the develop- ment of the soll we must have ecten- Uiflc training: thus well-equipped agri- cultural conegelict ‘the negro are in- dispensable, aay of the ignorant and superstitious farmer has passed. Superstition ts being replaced by scl- ence, Ignorance by “knowledge, ineffl- ctency by effletency. “It the white man, who fe nearing the top of the hill of our great ma- terial endeavor, needs the advantages of a well-equipped agricultural college, how much greater are the needs of those who only yesterday, Ike goods and chattels, served as a medium of commercial exchange; who stand at the very foot of the hill struggling to ascend? ‘This efficiency will not only be of benefit to all of those whose Tacial identity I bear, but more far reaching than the average person ‘would {magine will be the benefite de rived by the white peaple as well. Ob- servation alone has evidently taught every thoughtful white man that the inerease of mental, moral and material efficiency on the’ part of the negro means the decrease of ignorance, idle- ness and crime.’ We live side by side with our white neighbor, and be our contribution to this great social fabric helpful or baneful he 18 affected ac- cordingly and commensurately, “Is it not, therefore, the highest wie- dom on the part of every constituent part of a community to welcome cor dially every means that will perma- nently establish tho criterion: All men ‘up, and not some men down?” More's been accomplished with a good set of nerves then by the fellers what gits by on their nerve. Organization of an Omaha branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is now being completed. Over 25 peo- ple, most of them colored, have joined the local movement, which has for its Durpose the economic, political and so- clal advancement of the American ne- gro. John H. Grove of the Grove- Wharton allied bjsiness interests, was one of the white men who helped the association. to establish a branch in Omaha, and he has been elected treasurer. The other officers, all col- ored, are: Rev. William T. Osborne, pastor of St. John's African Methodist church, president; Thomas Reese, 2723 Miami street, vice-president; Samuel L, Patton, 2420 Patrick ave- nue, recording secretary; Jesse Mer- chant, 712 North Twenty-elghth ave- nue, corresponding secretary. Meet- ings have been held monthly at St. John's African Mgthodist church since the organization begin here, three months ago. Dr. C. M.’B. Mason of New York, national organizer for the association, helped to promote the new branch in Omaha. Rey. John Al- bert Williams, rector ‘of the colored church of St. Philip the Deacon, ts also an active member, and says that membership is open to all persons, either white or colored, who wish to participate in the national move for the advancement of the black man. Hereafter meetings will be held every two weeks, and an executive commit. tee will be chosen to assume active charge of the association's work in ‘Oviaha: It shore would be a fine thing if this rest cure business was for them as really needs it. ° An Interesting story of how preju- dice against a race can be removed by learning to like onevof its members comes from the Provident hospital, in Chicago's “Black Belt.” It began as & negro enterprise and has graduated 118 negro nurses. A white boy was recently hurried to the hospital terri- bly i with pneumonia, His mother, @ southern woman, telegraphed from the east, urging his removal to some other hospital. It was too late for that. ‘The doctors gave him up. But the negro nurse did not, For thirty- six hours with not a moment's rest che fought for his life, and won. The boy's mother is no longer prejudiced against negro trained nurses. —— Fuel off consumption this year by the United States navy is estimated at 30,000,000 gallons. More than 10,000 boys under sixteen years of age were injured in mines in Great Britain last year in such a way as to disable them for more than a week. There are about a million coal mine workers altogéther, one worker in every seven being killed or injured last year. Carlsbad by law requires all build- ings to be as nearly freproof as pos sible, with the result that the city’s firemen earn most of thelr wages as chimney sweeps. A Norwegian company has patented @ secret process for producing 98 per cent, nitric acid from the 30 per cent. acid it has been making from atmos pherte nitrogen. ‘Ain't it funny that ther hens lay ther most at a time when eggs is so cheap? eater inin nnn ache. They aro dying for oxygen, Open the windows, if it doce take more coal. If a church once gets the reputation of always being well ven- tilated there will be more people at every service to drop extra coal money tm the contribution box.” Money Particularly, Bince SM sold oh, bar wocting day that che would go throue® every- hing’ for him,” Wnite-—"Wol, 74 guess she has. J loaned him « ttm epot this ” “Ghe ODIER HENRY HOWLAND Wait and See + & am ! & | : | I Wh ; “THE STORE OF RELIABILITY” The People’s Drug Store All that’s best in Drugs and Sundries. | Prescriptions Promptly and Carefully Compound- ed by graduate pharmacists. All brands of Cigars, Cigarettes and Tobaccoes. Our Motto: “Sell only the Best,” COURTEOUS ATTENTION TO ALL. N. E, Gorner 18th and Paseo, M. 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It seems to me that he ought to have known he would get found out. What do you suppose he did with all the money?” “Lost it speculating, I suppose.” “I'm awfully glad they are not going to send him to jail. It would kill hie poor wife. She seems to be awfully crushed.” “Well, I am inclined to believe they are making a mistake in letting him off so easily. That's the sort of thing that causes people to ignore our laws ‘When one man is let off others think they may go wrong and also get theft friends to intercede.” “Still, he 1s to be turned out o church, you know. ‘That will be pun ishment enough, I should think.” “Great heavens! you don't call be ing turned out of church punishment do you?” 0, Noble Judge. ‘The world again seems fair, My heart once more ts light; Around me everywhere ‘AIT behold Is. bright: I feel superbly rich; The alimony which In filture shall be mine ‘Will-be enough to take Away the foollsie ache: ‘The judge was Just divinet HE. I'm freo again! I'm treet How beautiful and bright The old World seems to be— My heart once more is light, ‘The allmony Shan have to pay her—why "Pia small beside the price I had to pay before She turned me froth the door; ‘Gee, Wut the judas was alos! KELLEY’ FLOUR : sEST Kelley's Best == Beat all the Rest.) HIGH PATENTS Kelly iting Cov The Albany Hotel’ Firet Ginss totes GROCERIES AND MEATS gape h ata ag a SHAWHAN WHISKY “KEEPS ON TASTING GOOD” MORRIN-POWER® MERCANTILE @8 oh a Why She was Worried. “But, mother, why do you object to to my being pleasant to the young men? You can’t hope to keep me with you always, you know, One of them will take me away from you some day.” “Take you away from me? Well, if ‘that happens I shall not complain, It is the certainty that none of the young men who have been coming here so far would take you away that has worrled both your father and me.” His Winning Way. “Tt seems queer that she ever took a fancy to him. He isn’t at all the kind ot man one would expect her to ad- mire.” “T know; but he always had a way of noticing it when she happened to have on a new hat or a gown that had just come from the dressmaker’s.” Hard for Mother, “T euppose you often find it rather trying to have six marrisgeable daugh- ters on your hands?” “Oh, I don't mind it so much my- self, but my wife has a pretty hard time of it, seoing that she can’t. pos- sibly watch at more than one keyhole at a time,” Santicer “Do you believe the truth should be spoken at all times?” “No. When your wife comes home with a new hat and wants to know whether you think it is becoming why tell her that it fen't, even if it makes her look like a fright?” / Aitigstitintiin : ini Gadel “Oh, mamma,” said little Albert, who was having his first view of an aeroplane action, “see the cattle pen fying.” Nae! gata: ‘The greatest misfortune that can come to a woman who trusts a man blindly 1s to have her eyes opened, Worth Knowing, —~ ‘One who can use technical terme in discussing art or music has a big ad: vantage {n. society. ee f 7” re ; | i Cie we 4 ON ee y yr, 4X = 8 EM pr ( i} kh ae y ae 7 \ Coe a 2 ‘ ae , J A4 Va oo, GES AY, >) ~~ Mx \C tu ir oe y Wy : " Mp NA is y OD sal fi hele Gr (N27 Wy) > ba, (Le A f ‘ CX GD aes 6 V\DQDH \ tie BE ‘oa arette LASS LG oe SSN TEE REV. FAINTLY GOODWIN, Sars eee CS oS ~ oP Sy x INVENTOR OE PHCTOREREATE LGC * MAN whose temper was quick and ws ssa ‘whose thumbs were thick used to in- f , oe PJ MBS, cvigo in violent language every timo v ss (i f})._ his wite called upon him to button her 44’ e an Wi Wy waist up the back. He had a bard Lon/ z on OE SY” time getting tho hooks into the eyes, 4 ery Ss ? and even after he had thom all ad- (* 3 SFOS Justed there waa no telling whon some alle of them would get loose. b YY ‘etl ie ‘One day after he had nearly all of them fastened : at EA as hin wifo wriggled a bit and most of the hooks came |e , : Pp loose. ® f a oe are 4 “I wish some darn fool would invent @ hook that e %, i ae would stay hooked,” said the husband after he had E Te a9 TR uttered some things that are unnecessary to repeat, vem : 8 “Why don't you?" asked the wife, not satirically [ae i gor ae nor because sho thought he was a fool, but for her foe ms i a Own peace of mind and to save him annoyance. i —_ “I will some day when-I have a few minutes to —— pare,” he declared And he did. From a simple device which he pat- ea zs . ented and put on the market he has made nearly . we $2,000,000, VW a {| ‘What a contrast this ease 1s to that of Charles ‘ & ‘Tellier, who died the other day. ‘Yellier’s whole life j ee swas‘one of poverty and struggle. More (han once / oon he was cast into prison for debt. He died of starva- ’ t Le tion, being too poor to buy enough food to sustain at Uife, yet no man in all the history of the world did 2) A a) aS ae cee a food supply of the human race « oe i \ than Charles Telller, oe " y | He was the. Inventor of cold storage. Other men _ ue ieee “Sree seman CLS | 4 (sisllalee Za N ee 8 .S ie 3 ee esc ay oD) he : r <a, RMN eee Ost er lation, its position is one of comparative safety. It carries in cold storage enough food to support it for weeks. And yet Charles Tellier died of starvation! France was responsible for Tellier, but every na- ‘Sign. was his debtor. He was bofa. in Amiens, 3 40 years ago, after being released trom: ‘@ debtor's prison, he perfected a system for the Preservation of meats, vegetables and fruits. ‘Thirty-seven years ago a ship equipped with his old storage appliance was at sen for more than 400 days and brought its cargo of meat into port as fresh as the day it was put aboard. Some inventors are careless. Many of them Jack business ability, ‘Tellter’s ideas were appro- printed by clever men who thought only of using them to their own advantage without feeling any sense of obligation to the inventor. Some of them Jaughed or scoffed at him when he protested that, they were robbing him of his rights. Sensitive and proud lie tried to hide his bitter- was and sought solace in working on other great fEventions for the good of mankind. It takes njoney to prosecute studies and experiments, and Tellier had little of {t. One day some one re- proached the French government for its neglect ‘of Tellfer, who was in dire want., The government ‘acted promptly. It gave the ribbon of the Legion of Honor to him. This was a fine thing to do for ‘an old man, nearly all of whose clothes and furnk ture were in pawn. ‘Tho news of Tellier’s death Inst month stirred ‘ail France. ‘The people may have neglected Tel Uer alive, but they honored him dead. His funeral ‘was a national event, Great men delivered eulo- gies of him. And now France 14 to put-up.a monument to him as one of'its greatest sons. 6 has monuments in’ the shape of industrial plants ‘und ships the world over. About the same time that Tellier was dying Rudolf Diesel, one of the greatest inventors Ger- many has produced, fell or cast himself from the deck of a ship on whigh he was a passenger. | He was a broken-hearted bankrupt—a genius without, business sense. His engine {s in use in every quarter of the ijobe. Next to Watt ho is ranked Dy some as the greatest figure in the development ‘of power. For all the good he did in the advance- “ment of science and industry his reward was small indeed. Harassed by creditors, by bis ur- gent needs, his life had been one of misery for years. = ‘The tragedy of great inventors 1s not confined to Franco or Germany. The United States has more cases perhaps than Europe, It is seldom that a genius is ablo to protect himself in a world- “Ayway. It 1s only after he Is dead that the world Begins to appreciate hie full worth, "Sometimes ‘even that {8 lacking. ‘Without the Rey. Hannibal Goodwin photogra- phy would not have been developed to the extent 4t Is today. Without bim jt {s doubtful if there would be motion pletures today, yet it Is a ques- tion whether any of the great producers of tho photo play who Have made millions upon millions of dollars in the last ten yeurs or one person out ot ten thousand’ of those who go to see the “*movles" know of Hannibal Goodwin and his work, j fe. The Tey. Mr. Good wit was l pastor ‘of a Unite “eburch in Newark. His pay was small, barely , to support his family, He was a great big, man. Nature intended him for « sclentist. ditions made him a siergy man. | He looked affer his little flock, visited the sick and helped NAME WAS STRANGE TO HIM Frenchman Could Recall Nothing of ‘One of the Greatest Statesmen of | His Race, ? Painters are notoriously lacking in the bump of reverence, sayn the Lon- don Telegraph. One of the long-haired tribe ot “blaguers” happened to be spending a day ur two at Castres, the Dirtuplace of the great M, Jaures, and ot into conversation with a relative over bis aperitif at the cafe, The loyal q ! deat a eT — i Rave been made rich through his genius, Hun- dreds of millions of dollars are saved each year through the process he de- veloped. But for him great cities such as New York, London, Paris and Berlin would be in danger of famine if cut off from their sources of food sup- ply through a great storm ‘or the interruption of their lines of communication. New York, so far as its fresh food is concerned, lives from day to day. says the New York Sun. In 1888, when it was tied up by a blizzard, most of the food within the city had been consumed be- fore 72 hours had passed. Another 72 hours would have meant much suffer- ing. Today, with a tre- Re a ELI WHOWEYV. IDVENTOR OF JAK COVTTAN Cary When he got into that gar- ret he forgot the world. His wife or his daughter might call him and he might answer mechanical- ly, but it Is doubtful if he heard them. He would forget his meals, possibly some engagement, so absorbed would he become. Sometimes he would climb into the garret early Sunday morning and when hours later he would appear tn the pulpit his hands would be stained with the chemicals he had been using. Once he went into the pulpit with his vestments discolored by the acids. He did not know {t. In that garret the preacher-scientist developed the photographie film. Success with his invention brought sorrow to the clergyman. It was in 1887 that he completed his work on the film, Whatever bis dreams of fortune they were shattered. A photographic company attempted to prevent Goodwin from ob- taining a patent. The company was rich. The clergyman was poor, A man who {s poor has a ‘tremendous handicap {n such a legal fight as the one that followed. A rich corporation can hire lawyers of fine ability. ‘Tho law is very slow. The suit became a fearful burden to the preach- er. Year after year the case dragged on. When the case liad been In the courts 1 years the Rev. Mr. Goodwin died. He was poor. He woyld not have been 20 poor had he never invented the pho- tographic film. Possibly the struggle to carry on the suit and to gain what he believed was his own shortened hie life. After the clergyman died his rights to the film were gold to a company. His widow got stock In this concern in return for the sale of the inven: tion. Years: passed and the lawsuit went from court to court. A few months ago—26 years after the Goodwin Invention was perfected—a decision ‘was handed down supporting all of the Goodwin claims and declaring the company that had fought the clergyman from the first to be infringing the Hannibal Goodwin patent, ‘What does triumph mean at this Inte day? Han. nibal Goodwin's widow is past eighty, His ‘daughter is sixty years old, Money cannot com pensate them for all the years that are gone, the years of disappointment, hope deferred and of poverty. And even now they may not get the money. It will not sadden the aged widow if she never gets a dollar from the film her husband crested. “Great expectations,” she says, “makes one's life dixcontented. We have taken this matter phil- osophically. We haye expected little. With this decision rendered we still expect little or noth- ing,” ‘The one great satisfaction she has and that counts more than money {s the vindication of all that was claimed in behalf of her husband as tho man who gave the film to the world. Alexander Graham Bell will go down in history as the Inventor of the telephone and compara- tively little space will be given to Dantel Draw- baugh, yet Bell aud Drawbaugh filed their patent papers the same day, and after elght years of Utigation, in which same of the greatest lawyers in Aimerican were engaged, three justices of the Supreme court of the United States supported Drawbaugh’s claim to priority and four supported Bell. By the narrow margin of one vote Bell was ‘made rich and Drawbaugh continued poor. Bell came on his Invention by chance, Draw. baugh by laborious “study. Bell had every ad- vantage in an educational way. Drawbough work- ed for years in his father’s blacksmith shop. ‘Most offhis life Drawbaugh was hard pressed for FUIBS HOW, INVENTOR OF Yt eS FWING DIACHINE—~ Caastrian vaunted the glory of his elty, “Our city,” he said, “produces the best billiprd table in France. It has also” —and here he lowered his voice rever- ently—“siven birth to M. Jaures.” “Jaures! Jaures!” ‘mused the shameless painter, “who's he?” “You don’t mean to say you don't know Jaures?” gaxped his Interlocu- ter; and the painter, as if with dawn- ing comprehension, replied: "Oh, you mean sete the man who won the race through Paris some Yeats ago?” ‘It"was too much for the patriotic ‘Tyler Home, invented the spring bed. Elias Howe was lame, lazy and shiftless. For years after ho married his wife supported him and their children by sewing. His wife's patient in- dustry no doubt led him to think of ways to light- en her toll and the, sewing machine was the re- sult, When he took out his patent he sold a halt interest ‘a i€ for $500 to the man from whom he rented a garret, leven days after the granting of the patent he assigned the other half interest over to his father, nominally for $1,000, but really to satisfy claims for small sums the father had given to him.’ ‘To support his family he became ‘@ locomotive engineer. He was not much of a success as an engineer and lost his Job. That was fortunate, although he did not think so at the time. His brother had veen sent to England to, intro- duce the sewing machine and thought he was doing a wonderful piece of business when he sold the English rights for $1,250. There was one saving clause in that bill of sale. It provided that the inventoF should get $15 for every ma chine sold. Ellas Howe with his wife and three children followed his tvother to England, He got work at $15 a week at manufacturing his own machines. He was so incompetent asa worker that he was Gischarged. For two years hes was poverty Stricken and’ only escaped jail in England by tak ing the poor debtor’s oath. Through the charits of a sea captain he and his family were brought back to America, ‘Two weeks after his return his wife died owing to the privation to wich she had been subjected Destitute and forlorn Howe drifted about from place to place. His fathor took pity on iim and reconveyed the half interest in the patent to Elias. ‘Then Howe took advantage of the fac that various persons wore infringing on his pat ent and sued them. For four years the suits dragged along. Howe won most of them and col lected $15,000 in one instance: With thts mone; he repurchased the half interest he had sold t the owner of the garret for $500, ‘That was one of the few sensible things he eve did in a business way. When he died in 1867 a the age of forty-eight he left $2,000,000. Hl Whitney invented the cotton gin. He was New Englander who went south, and on the plan tation of Gen. Nathaniel Groen’ of Revolutionary fame saw the slayes separating the lint from the cotton seed by hand: Few things that came from the brain of many have worked a greater revolution than the cotton gin. Without injury to the fiber it cuts the lint from the seed and piles it Into the frame in which later it {s baled, From his invention, which*may be classed as one of the ten’ most tmportant in history, Whituey never gota dollar of profit.» Immediately. upot the introduction of the gin» dozens of person: pirated the invention. Whitney tried to protec his legal rights and soon became involved in 1 lot of lawsuits, Some of them he won withou much trouble, some of the more important wer carried from court to court and were dragged 0: interminably.. ‘The affair became on of the scandals of th (ime. Mr. Whitney, disgusted with the protractec and expensive litigation, nearly at the end of hi financial resources and despairing of ever gettin Justice In the courts, determined to let the work have the benefit of his invention without profit t himself, The state of Georgia in recognition o what it had benefited through tho gin voted $50, 000 to him. ‘That did not cover the legal costs the lawyers’ fees and the time he had given \ the creation of the gin, but with this money he embarked in business in New England in the man ufscture of firearms, and made enough money t Lye In, comparative ease, pT gece, . os * es RO D\ 2 ea SY Pa raat aa 8 ie) 3H. es OBO (EV if oe TONY ; oped OO SF iiss 8 ce - fA RN ono 7 7” THE COTTON Gir? the poor and did his full Tyler Home, inv duty, but he loved to climb Elias Howe w to the garret of Is Uttle years after he m house and work out problems their children b in chemistry, duatry no doubt. city, | citizen, who rose in disgust gnd left | bus heat |the cafe. A few minutes: later the | oth; nino" | painter saw him tn earnest conversa: | a f4 ever | tion with several other local worthies | boo ‘lon the pavement opposite, All gazed | his the |in amazement at the strange mortal | tion who did not know Jaures, Imagine a! a 6 don't | Cockney at Criceleth who knew not | * locu- | Lioya-George, and you have a fair | par awn: | parallel, wis you etre “ the ‘Two Partners, hap or” | A wicked story ta told about two | of 1 Hotic |partuers who respected each other's | me, \ ‘ by money. His workshop was an old tumbledown shack known as Eberly's mills. ‘There he labored year in and year out. He practically died in harness, for he worked on the day he died and he then was eighty-four years old. He invented 600 articles that have been of value to the world at large, but he got little money out of them. Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine, was lucky in escaping the poor- house, He came from a fam- fly of inventors. His uncle, William Howe, invented the Pecans ae wal haar age bpeaeer Fa business ability, but who hated each other cordially. "To one of them came & falry saying that he could have any boon he desired, and whatever he had his partner should have in double por- Hon. Naturally bid first wish was for a barrel of money, “All right,” sald the fairy, “but your partner will get ,wo barrels on that wish,” “Stop @ little," sald the first. “Par. haps you'd bolter not give me a barrel of money. I'd rather you would mike ‘me totally blind tn one eye," ‘ y Pad and Pencil Microbe Lurks in Every Booth. Few Persons Are Immune; Works While One Talke—What Do You Draw While Waiting for Your Number? Asks Writer. Or, are you one of the numeral of word artiste? Do you make wiggles? Do you make faces (not your own, that je) Doe. Beeigin }, OF merely arabosques? ‘Whether you answer or ot, re marks the New York World, it is a dead ce" .atnty that you do one of these things. Probably you're uncdnscious of the fact, but you're one of the mil- Mon and more telephone booth artists who are the involuntary slaves of a masterbug which lives in every tele- phone booth in the eity. Just think a moment and call to mind the last time yout were in a booth with a ponell and a bit of paper handy. Don’t you recall that you had to walt while “central” was getting the num- ber? What did you do in the inter- valt You needn't answer; you took up the pencil and began to draw or to make curlicues or figures, "perhaps to write a name. You do it every time you get into a booth, In nine cases out of ten you continge the art work during your conversation, too. Whoever is ekoptical need only go, for example, to the Hotel Knicker: bocker and watch the people in the booths there. There are eight tele phone compartments and each {s pro- vided with a pad and pencil placed in the booths to facilitate notemaking, but it may be that a farsighted man- agement was aware of the “bug” and promptly supplied the means for ite culture. ‘The matter of this “telephone bus" was referred to no less an authority pon quirks of the mind than Dr, Car- los F, MacDonald, the allenist. He recognized It at once. He even said that he himself was a victim. “{ firmly believe that nearly every one who uses a telephone,” he said, “ig given to scribbling or writing or drawing or figuring on a bit of paper if it be handy. I always do it myself if the conversation be at all prolonged. It’s a curious mental process. Really it’s a dual operation of the mind, When a man is waiting, for instance, for a telephone number his conscious mind Is directed attentively to waiting for the answer at the other end. His subconscious hand disengages itself ‘and if the pencil and pad be there It turns to them. ‘There fs no diminua tion in the intentness of the conscious mind while the hand is busy tracing the figures or what not upon the pa per. It is just that the mind ts capabie of doing two things at once and g:ve! ‘& damonstration of its ability. “The things persons produce on pa per at such a time may be most care fully executed, but the execution doe: not in any way hamper_a thoroughl; rational aitention to the conversation or communication taking place. Th drawings really make practically n impression on the mind, and I'd ven ture to say that not one man in a hun dred could tell you after leaving the booth what he had drawn or writter on the pad. It does not register on th mind, you see. ‘The migd—that Is, the subconscious mind, 1s focused on th conversation and is far too intent té be distracted by the other operation, “Some persons draw, others merel} || scribble. I generally set down figure —1, 2, 3, 4, and then write them in re || verse order. «itten I go to the ver edge of the paper with the string o ‘Jaigits. It’s a mental process whic || rarely has anything to do with the cor versation—that 1s, the figures o ‘| scrawls or drawings bear no pictorla | relation to the subject of the talk. '| “I believe, however, that these sut "| conscious deductions bear come reli | tlon to the character of the individual | Just as does handwriting, If, say, 50 | examples could be collected and place | in the hands of an expert in handwri "| ing 1 think he could resolve the prc ducers Into distinct classes, as it wer "| 1 think that the traits of the indjvidus ,| might be found to show in the drav ings. They are produced with eve _| ess thought than one must give to th {formation of characters in writing, b cause the conscious mind 1s busy wit _| the talleing, but tt seems to me tha they might show the characteristics o "| the makers.” || ‘The care with which some ere ex }| cuted ts indicative of the care wit }| which the accompanying telephon "| conversation was carried on, becaus |it has been found that the more in portant the talk the more carefully th ,| subconscious mind worked, | Now, the next time you go into _| telephone booth just see it you don || grab the penell and get to work. Everglades of Florida. ‘The region down in Florida known as the “Everglades” is not as yet available for cultivation, although it a understood that an attempt is be- mg made by the state to reclaim the territory. ‘The region ts 70 miles fong and 60 wide, the water boing from one to six feet deep, studded thickly. with ridges, or islands, from one-fourth of an acre to hundreds of acres In extent, Out of the water grows a rank grass, from six to ten fect high. The vegetable deposits of the Everglades are enormous, and be- yond a doubt the great swamp, when thoroughly drained? will produce amas- Ing crpps, especially of bananas and plantains and other sub-tropical fruits, ‘Superlatives In Advertising, Japanese advertisers believe tn a lavish use of superlatives. “The pa: per we sell,” mins the announcement ina Tokyo stationer's window, “ip as golld an the bide of an elephant.” “Step inside!” t# the Invocation of a big multiple shop in the same city. “You will be weicomed as fondly an a ray of sunshine after a rainy day, ea are as amiable as a seeking @ husband for & dower less daughter. Goods are dispatched to customers’ houses with the rapidity ‘of @ shot from the canuon’s mouth.” RUSSIAN FPERALIONT oo ee de " HEN it happened to be my good fortune to be the guest for a fortnight of Prince Golitzine, the Master of the Russian inecrial Hust. 1 Russian Imperial Hunt, 1 knew that 1 had an interesting time before me. Leaving the Warsaw sta- tion in St, Petersburg, a three-quarters of an hour’s run sufficed to cover the distance to Gatchina, some thirty odd miles, where are situated the Imperial Kennels. Gatchina, it may be men- tioned, 1s a garrison town, adjoining which’ is the magnificent park {n which are situated the prince's hunt- ing box, the kennels and a fine set of buildings housing tho hunt staff. Without doubt the most interesting feature of the kennels Is the magnifi cent pack of wolfhounds, more com monly known in England as Borzols writes a correspondent of Country Life, It is doubtful if anywhere in the World so large and fine a collection exists, there being all told some sixty couple; in addition also are twenty couple of English foxhounds, not used in their normal capacity, but in con nection with the hunting of the wolt. Besides these are to be found eight couple of very handsome bearhounds, massive animals of a broed which 18 rapidly becoming extinct. Within a few hundred yards of the kenpels are to be found the stables, in which are Kept about ono huncred horses used doth for riding purposes and for the trotka. Big Bison Preserves. One of the most interesting and unique features, however, 12 connec: tion with the hunt is the bison pre serves, one of the very few in exist ence and probably the finest, since ‘he animals thrive so much in thelr nat ural surroundings that they breed freely, and thus maintain thelr num bers and high standard. ‘The preserv contains over a hundred of these fin antmals. ‘What strikes the visitor to Russia in the hugeness of everything. The statues, the streets and the spaces al are vast. Then most other undertak ings are carried out in a big way, anc a pheasant shoot 1s no exception tc this, It {s nothing out of the ordinary for forty to fifty sleighs to be in com mission to convey guns and beater from point to point. It should be men toned that the distances from on beat to another on the royal preserve fare often very great. The averag | bag on @ royal shoot may number any where between fifteen hundred ant two thousand cocks, the hens ar |never shot. ‘The tmperlal pheasan shoot is most picturesque, the cos tumes and cries of the beaters mak -| ing it particularly unique. The Wolf Hunt. | ‘rhe royal estate 1s well stocke | with hares, mostly imported from Ire '|iand. At the same time, they assum -| q white coat in the winter, as do the! native brethren. Both foxes and lyn: .| are to be occasionally found in thes '| parts, and are much prized whe -| bagged, but they are gradually becom '| {ng scarcer, and to hunt them wit | any certainty of sport means trave -| ing into wilder and more rugged por | tons of the country. The same als :| may be sald of the wolf, and to hun ‘| him now means a considerable journe: from the kennels. Some years ag -| these hunts were carried out on | '| magnificent scale, special trains bein '| chartered for the convenlence of th -| huge army of guests, beaters and keer -| ers. Most of these big trips have "| however, been dropped since the rev Jution in 1905. ‘The method adopte ‘| to hunt the wolf is interesting, Th ‘| hunt takes place only in the winte months. After the place where th ‘animal {s lying up has been locate by his tracks that part of the fores . | ts “ringed” off and preparations mad | The field remain mounted in the viclt years ago Into the southern states, is @ plant, the flowers of which have fleshy calyces from which a sauce that looks like cranberry sauce, as well as syrup, jelly and preserves are made. Tn the Philippine islands a canning factory bas just begun making roselle sauce. It was thought untll very re- cently that the calyces were the only edible part of the plant, but the Unit- ed States department of agriculture announces that also the leaves and young stems yield palatable producta, cise ‘A wealthy woman of Chicago am nounces an intention to adopt and to raise in one houshold. as an equal fam- fly 15 children chosen from as-many reses. Negroes, Arabs, Chinese, Semites, Malays, are to be included, as well an members of the. vartous San lage i te seis of the mother ‘they will or a2 area ve an ‘for them all. x % W Gotham Ie Interested. ity, most of them holding three Borzot hounds apiece in the slips. Foxhounds fare now thrown into the forest to make him break covert, and then i to bo heard a medley of sounds and cries strange to the English ear, At last a rustle {s heard, and as the wolt breaks covers the three Borzols most conveniently placed are slipped on to him, After this follows an exciting rough and tumble gallop for the field. Should the quarry to be able to stay for two miles, he will probably have shaken off the Borvois by that time. In most instances, however, they pull him down, and although unable to hold him, can make some little impres- sion on his tough akin. On the arrival of the first horseman he {s dispatched ‘or, as 1a more often done nowadays, he ‘Is ted up and muzzled. Then he 1s carted away and, after being on view for two or three days, 1s once more released. . Generally speaking, an old wolt can beat hounds on equal terms in most Instances, so on ome occasions “sllghtly diferent tactics are adopted, the field sitting in thelr troika slelghs tn which the Borzois are concealed at various points around the forest. A® soon as he breaks covert the troikas start off, chasing him over the snow perhaps for as many as twenty miles before showing signs of distress, then at the right moment hounds will be slipped on to him trom the trofka. By these methods, of course, the hound 1s given a great advantage. Prince Golitzine relates how on one occasion, after hunting an old warrior for thirty miles apparently half-dead and with bleeding mouth and drooping ears he took a new lease of life and managed to outdo three freshly-slipped hounds. This gives some idea of the marvelous staying power of the wolf It may be mentioned that in Russia the fox and the lynx are both shot, first of all being ringed in the same manner as the wolf, and {t 1s a curious sight to see the beaters in thelr grey overcoats lined with sheepskin and wearing snow-shoes if the snow lies deep. The guns take up their post tions at about eighty yards apart. each placed behind a white screen, matching the snow as nearly as poss | ble, As soon as all ta ready the shoot ing begins and the hunt is started. ‘The gun that secures a fox or lynx on such a beat may consider himself lucky. Etk and bear are sometimes found in this district, though they are now becoming very scarce. In connection with the hunt and tn an adjoining park are to be found waplti, red and roe deer, The czar, as 1s well known, {8 a lover of all kinds of sport. Duties of state, how: Jever, allow him comparatively few | opportunities. Of one kind of sport | he is particularly fond, and that is of || shooting the capercailzie in the spring. Walker Whiteside, {n his barn storming days heralded as “the only actor who ever played Hamlet , at Hamlet's age,” bas in late years coma into his own, and those who once laughed at bis presumption now bow to his artistry, so it can do no harm to recall an old Eugene Field pun at his expense. ‘When Field was on the staff of the Denver Times young Whiteside passed that way on ono of his boy Hamlet tours, and the gentle humor at wrote of him: "Mr. Walker White- side acted ‘Hamlet’ at tho Tabor Grand last night. He ucted till 12 o'clock. Ita Kind. “That was paradoxice! sort of re venge his enemies took on Smith.” “In what way?” “They cooked up a scheme to touch’ him on the raw.” pA AAA AA AAAARARAA ANA As the Chicago family Is designed to test the effect of environment in shaping the characters of children of different races, it Is to be regretted tt eannot bo tried ont under better conditions than are now possible. The foster mother may teach equality in the home, but when the young play- mates go out upon the streets and t ‘the public schools, how will It fare ‘with the home teaching agalnst the al- most universal prejudices of they will meet there’—New : World. ¥ “ “What are ‘diplomatic circles? asked the girl who was reading the newspaper, “There are different kinds, One prom- inent style of diplomatic circle ia the conversation which keeps getting eround to precisely whera tt began.” Mean Suggestion. Starcraze—In my coming tour, ¥ am going to be earner. by my wife, family toll’ her she eould wwe te aaa eee a Hie Acting. tte Kind. Circles. Mean Buagestion. THE KANSASCITYSUN All communications should be addressed to The Kansas City Sun, 1803, East 18th Street. Bell Phone East 999. Entered as second-class matter, August 12, 1903, at the postoffice at Kansas City, Mo., under the act of March 3, 1879. Nelson C. Crews ... Editor and Owner Wilma B. Glenn ... General Manager J. G. Tylier ... Advertising Solicitor Eva P. Washington ... Traveling Representative Rosa Morten ... Collector Alma Crews ... Collector SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year ... $1.50 Six Months ... 75 Three Months ... 50 It occasionally happens that papers sent to subscribers are lost or stolen. In case you do not receive any papers, you will be sent a postal card and we will welcifully forward a duplicate of the missing number. % ADVERTISING RATE. $0 CENTS PER INCH. The annual Tuskegee Conference will be held this year at Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, Wednesday, Jan. 21, followed by the Workers' Conference Tuesday, Jan. 22. Thousands of visitors will be in attendance. Neal Range, manager of the People's Band, made a splendid talk before the members last Tuesday evening urging the whole band to join the Y. M. C. A., which they agreed to do and they will attend the Y. M. C. A. Sunday in a body. It is hoped that among the resolves of the new year the Negro has registered a wish to stand closer to the interests of his own race, to patronize his own enterprises, to honor his own fireside, to protect his own women and to set a manly example before his own children. The death of Mr. Bernard Corrigan removes from the activities of Kansas City one of the most aggressive and forceful characters of the century. Mr. Corrigan was generous to the colored people of this city and never turned a deaf ear to their complaints. Peace to his ashes. An exchange blandly remarks: "Chickens should not be allowed to run the streets; it will make them tough." The same is true of children, especially of girls, and this fact should be constantly in the minds of others. There are too many Negro girls running the streets unattended at night it is sure to make them "tough." Conditions are sure to change in our favor before long. We must, in the meantime, strive to be ready for the change when it comes. We must cultivate serious purposes. We must practice economy and temperance. These cannot be put off any longer. Every home owned by a Negro is a bulwark against envy and racial prejudice. There is a bunch of hungry, jackleg scalawags calling themselves preachers who are constantly haunting the big office buildings and harassing the business people of the city who should be summarily suppressed. They are not preachers—have no churches and usually spend what they "mooch" for whiskey. They are a disgrace to the race, and the real ministers of the city for their own protection should unsparingly denounce these pretenders It is worthy of note that during the periodic "hard times" in this country the Negro seldom features in the clamor of the unemployed. Those of our people who work usually have employment throughout the year. The exceptions are. Those who will not work at all, and there are some, find no period of time harder than another. This phase of our industrial problem never assumes noticeable form, although w are deliberately denied a chance in those occupations which offer the best chances of livelihood. If given a half chance in the race of life, the Negro would furnish the world's best example of tranquil domestic and industrial existence.. MISSIONARY CLAIMS DISCOVERY OF NEW NEGRO RACE. Great in Stature—Described as Anti- Cannibalistic—Kind to Their Women—Have Many Similar Traits to Modern Civilized Races. London, Jan. 5—It is reported here that the Rev. C. Lea-Wilson, who conducted a mission in the district of the White Nile, 1,000 miles south of Khartoum, is now in England with interesting facts concerning a race of Negroe giants, who inhabit the Bahr-el-Ghazel, 200 miles west of the river. These natives practice neither cannibalism nor human sacrifices, and have some admirable traits. Unlike their neighbors, they are never cruel to women or children, and their habits of decorating themselves are some what akin to thepeopleofcivilization. It is said, for reasons unknown to themselves, the adults have six of their lower teeth removed. Of those remaining, however, they take the most scrupulous care, cleaning them daily with a native brush and wood ash. They take much pride in dressing their hair, powder their faces and wear ostrich feathers. They believe in a savreme being, to whom they make sacrifices through their chiefs or witch doctors. Chillicothe, Mo. Hon. Nelson C. Crews. Dear Sir and Brother—Whoever introduced the "Sun" to the New Year was right if he said "This newspaper has transformed its name, its contents, and advanced from the better to one of the best newspapers of our race within in the past year. Shake hands, sir, with this blossom of ours, stamp upon its petals the blessing and sorrows you have in store for us and contribute to its usefulness and growth so as to hand it to your successor as fruit." I wish you all the good fortune that you can wish for yourself. Yours very truly, BENJ. V. LONGDON. PATTERSON FUNERAL The passing away of Corvine Patterson on last Wednesday, closed the career of one of the best known pioneers of Wyandotte county. The untimely death of his only son about one year ago, whom it is thought by many, was murdered, preyed heavily upon his mind and he seemed not to have entirely recovered from it. This heavy blow, together with the increasing weight and cares of his many years, broke the thread of his long and useful life. Courtesy and kindness were the strong elements of his nature, and he was honorable and straight-forward in his dealings with all. He was really and truly a popular man, knowing almost every man, woman and child in Wyandotte county, and being known by all of them. The history of Wyandotte county will not be complete without some record of this remarkable man. He was born at Roanoke, Howard county, Mo. Ocet. 31, 1848, and at the aeg of fifteen took French leave of his master, going to Glasgow, where he enlisted in the Skyx-fifth regiment of U. S. Colored Volunteers. He was mustered in at St. Louis, Mo., and proceeded south, where he took part with distinction in the battles of Port Hudson, Miligans Bend, Baton Rouge, New Orleans and others. He was mustered out at St. Louis, Mo., and returned to his old home, but spent only a short time there, and drifted with the tide of emigration westward to Kansas, arriving here in June, 1867. He took employment with the Union Pacific Railway Co. and helped lay this great trunk line to the West, being present at the driving of the Golden Spike that linked the Eastern and Western sections of its construction. He was constructing a grocery store in this city at the northeast corner of Fifth street and Minnesota avenue at the time of the exodus of Negroes from the South in 1879, and was appointed on a committee to care for these unfortunates, a duty he performed with kindness and credit. As a token of the esteem accorded him in the community, he was elected coastable, then appointed deputy sheriff, then deputy city marshal for six years, following which he served as sanitary sargent for two years, after which he was elected a member of the board of education for two terms. Following these, he was appointed street commissioner in 1889 by the Hon. W. A. Coy, and filled his position with credit, and later was appointed to the position of deputy sheriff by S. S. Peterson and J. W. Longfellow successively, serving a term of eight years. His last political preferment was the appointment to the office of street commissioner by the late lamented mayor, D. E. Cornell, who had known and respected him for more than two score years. For forty years he was the soul of Wyandotte county politics, and was active and effective in every primary and convention, be it city, county or state; and there is no man who has taken an active part in the conduct of public affairs, who has not known him well and favorably. For although an uncompromising and stalwart Republican, still he was considerate, kind and courteous to all, and all who knew him loved and respected him. Just forty years ago he organized Summer Post, G. A. R., and for as many years has not failed once, on the 30th day of May, to lead the ever decreasing number of his grizzled comrades to plant a bunch of roses on the graves of those who bravely offered their bodies on the altar of Freedom. Let us see to it that his is kept green, and his memory fresh through the ages. He was not what could be called a college bred man, though he was one among the first students of Lincoln Institute at Jefferson City, Mo., where he spent one year, after which he took an extensive course in the school of experience, and in the nighways and by-ways of life he gathered much useful knowledge, so that it could be truthfully said of him. "He was a fairly well informed man, one who always had a care for the uplift and betterment of his people: always ready, apt and full of good and useful information. In all his long career there was no day so short, dark or dreary that he could not do some act or say some thing that pointed or helped some member of his race to higher ideals and a better life. Among, and the last of his faithful public services, were those through many years as a trustee of Western University at Quindaro. He was a church man, indeed, and active in every and all of its departments, a friend to all strangers, whom he warmly welcomed into the congregation; a leader, and "sweet singer in Israel"—every song in the hymnal was his favorite—the soul and body of the Sunday School and a father to all the children. Indeed he was a man whose absence will be noticed. He leaves a widow, a daughter, six grandchildren and three sisters. The greatest estate that he leaves is the earnest and ardent esteem of all who knew him. WOULD YOU BE A STENOGRAPHER? Full Business Course, Including Shorthorn, Typewriting, Bookkeeping, Commercial Law, English, and other subjects, is offered at GEORGE R. SMITH COLLEGE, SEDALIA, Mc. Alson Normal, Preparatory and College Courses, with splendid instruction in Music, Sewing, Dressmaking and Cooking. Second term opens Wednesday, Jan. 21. For rates and other information address GEORGE EVANS, President. Read The Sun LITTLE CORNER THEY —That Miss A. Mc. wore the hand-somest gown seen at any of the entertainments given during the holidays. And that L. J. B., her escort, should feel extremely proud. —That a certain married woman has been gone two weeks when she said she was only going to be gone two days. What's the matter? —That if you want to be happy help the poor and the needy. —That Dr. W. H. Thomas has a backbone like a circus pole. —That the society young men must be on a strike as there are three ladies to every gentleman present at social functions these days. —That you can buy a bottle of beer for ten cents in the Buffet flats now. Cause—keen competition. —That Negroes are beginning to vent their feeling through the "Speaking the Public Mind" column of the Star. —That a certain bunch of ladies in discussing who should be invited to their reception objected to one whose name was on the list because as one of the members filippantly said "She's an eight rock and no eight rocks go with this bunch." Ain't that a shame? —That there are still cultured Negroes going to the "Nigger heaven" in white theaters in this city. Shame! To the Public: The Institution formerly run by Dr. J. E. Perry and known as the Perry Sanitarium has been taken over by the Provident Hospital Association. The doors of this Institution were thrown open to the general public January 1st, 1914, and the management of the same is vested in a board of directors consisting of five of Kansas City's well known and public spirited citizens, towit: Evelyn Baldwin, Marilida Gardner, Clara T. Knox, E. M. Smith and T. B. Watkins. The officers are: President, Evelyn Baldwin; secretary, Eva M. Smith; assistant secretary, Effie Watkins; treasurer, Mrs. Clara T. Knox. The building of which the Provident Hospital Association assumes charge has twenty-five beds, two of which this association has for several months maintained as free beds and this policy will be continued. The building is provided with steam heat and lighted with electricity and has an operating room with all the instruments necessary for the most difficult operations. In this connection also the institution has retained the services of Miss Nellie Palmer, the most accomplished and experienced nurse in the West, together with other competent nurses who will render valuable assistance. This institution therefore belongs to the public, is a public necessity and merits the public's support. The following physicians and surgeons are on the lecturing staff: Dr. Lloyd E. Baller, Dr. G. W. Brown, Dr. J. H. Williams, Dr. J. E. Perry Dr. Thos. A. Jones, Dr. E. A. Walker Dr. M. H. Lambright, Dr. Thos. A. Fletcher, Dr. C. M. Kane, Dr. Whit tington Bruce, Dr. Wm. J. Thomp kins. The medical profession when desiring hospital services for their patients will find the Provident Hospital an ideal place. Doctors desiring to serve on the staff for either medical or surgical are kindly requested to apply to the president. Golden Steam Dye Works Bell East 539 1605 E. 18th Street The Best Equipped Negro Cleaning, Dyeing and Tailoring Shop in Kansas City, Mo. We sell you service. We do what we advertise. Our experience has taught us that quality outlasts quantity. We do not advertise a WHOLE LOT for NOFIRING. You can't get anything good—CHIMAP. Cut prices mean poor WORKMANSHIP. We specialize in carefulness. We clean furs beautifully. GEO. W. GOLDEN, Prop. 1605 East 18th Street Negro Business League of Kansas City. A. E. ESTES, Secretary. Members will please report any mistake or change A. Robinson, Financial Secretary and Fiscal Agent. Bee AUTOMOBILES. Wm. D. Foster Auto Co., 1423 Forest, hire and re Grand 1630W; res. phone Bell East 4417W. BAKERS. Henry Compton, home bakery, 1512 East 18th. Susie Owens, 2329 Vine. George Purnell, 1312 Vine; East 4915W Bell. BARBERS. William Dabbs, 1219 Baltimore; Grand 3125 Bell. J. A. Jones, 1514 E. 18th St.; Home Phone Main 51 Palace Barber Shop, J. C. Hobbs, Prop. 1518 E. 196 2833 East. BLACKSMITH. Members will please report any mistake or change of address to E. A. Robinson, Financial Secretary and Fiscal Agent. Bell Phone East 754. AUTOMOBILES. Wm. D. Foster Auto Co., 1423 Forest, hire and repair; office Bell Grand 1630W; res. phone Bell East 4417W. BARBERS: William Dabbs, 1219 Baltimore; Grand 3125 Bell. J. A. Jones, 1514 E. 18th St.; Home Phone Main 5119. Palace Barber Shop, J. C. Hobbs, Prop., 1518 E. 19th St. Bell phone, 2833 East. BLACKSMITH. Jas. Hopkins, 2325 Vine St. CAFES AND RESTAURANTS. Henry Compton, 1512 E. 18th St. Bell phone, East 18th Mrs. King, Eighteenth and Paseo. Maggle Seamster, 1507½ East Twelfth. Harmless Wynn, barbecued meats, 2315 Vine. J. E. Rolland, "Catfish John's, Cafe," 2330 Vine st CLEANERS, DYERS AND TAILORS. O. K. Cleaners and Dyers, guaranteed not to shrink dye, 1113 Eightth; Bell Grand 2437. R. Bennett, 1515 East Eighteenth; East 4746 Bell. J. F. Basil, 1509 Main; Main 6449 Home. John Holmes, 1903 Vine. Laden Bros., 2427 Vine; East 569W. Worthan Bros., 1222 East Nineteenth; Grand 3933W. G. W. Golden Steam Dye Works, 1605 Eightth; Be CARPET CLEANERS. D. W. West, 1718 Euclid; East 3555 Bell. CIGAR MANUFACTURER. Henry Parks. 1509 East Eighteenth; Main 4905 Home. COAL, FEED, ICE AND KINDLING. J. H. Hall, 1208 Vine. Herman Kinslee, 2012 Harrison; Grand 2766W Bell. E. A. Sallisbury, 2206 Vine; East 879 Bell. W. H. Winters, 1915 Highland. R. Williams, 1815 East Seventeenth. Hopkins Bros., 2323 Vine. W. H. Oambright & Sons, Coal, Ice and Feed. Bell 1620 North 3d street, Kansas City, Kas. CONTRACTORS--GENERAL. Wm. T. Garner, contractor and builder, 1728 Woodland. A. E. Estes, 2460 Waldron. Bel 1, East 4394-Y. Leon H. Jordan, 712 East 12th St. Bell Grand 2873. W. R. Nelson, 1322 Pacific Street. C. S. Page, 1514 East Eighteenth; Main 5119 Home. COOPER. CAFES AND RESTAURANTS. Henry Compton, 1512 E. 18th St. Bell phone, East 618. Mrs. King, Eighteenth and Paseo. Maggie Seamaster, 1507½ East Twelfth. Harmless Wynn, barbecued meats, 2315 Vine. J. E. Rolland, "Catfish John's, Cafe", 2330 Vine street. CLEANERS, DYERS AND TAILORS. O. K. Cleaners and Dyers, guaranteed not to shrink any garment we dye, 1113 East 18th; Bell Grand 2437. R. Bennett, 1515 East Eighteenth; East 4746 Bell. J. P. Basil, 1509 Main; Main 6449 Home. John Holmes, 1903 Vine. Laden Bros, 247 Vine; East 559W. Worthan Bros., 1222 East Nineteenth; Grand 3933W Bell. G. W. Golden Steam Dye Works, 1605 East 18th; Bell East 539. CIGAR 'MANUFACTURER' Heury Parks 1509 East 1905 Home, East 45 Bell COAL FEED, JCE, KINDING. J. H. Hall, 1208 Vine. Herman Kinslee, 2012 Harrison; Grand 2766W Bell. E. A. Salisbury, 2206 Vine; East 879 Bell. W. H. Winters, 1915 Highland. R. Williams, 1815 East Seventeenth. Hopkins Bros., 2232 Vine. W. H. Oambright & Sons, Coal, Ice and Feed. Bell phone West 1923. 1620 North 3d street, Kansas City, Kas. CONTRACTORS—GENERAL. Wm. T. Garner, contractor and builder, 1728 Woodland; Bell E. 4741W. A. E. Estes, 2460 Waldron. Bel I, East 4394-Y. Leon H. Jordan, 712 East 12th St. Bell Grand 2873. W. R. Nelson, 1322 Pacific Street. C. S. Page, 1514 East Eighteenth; Main 5119 Home. COOPER. Lee London, 407 West 5th. DENTISTS. T. C. Chapman, 1505 East Eighteenth; East 798 Bell. A. H. Hudson, 2330 Vine; East 2330 Bell. McQueen Carrion, 18th and Paseo, Bell Phone, E. 144. Home Phone, Main 3490. DRESSMAKING. Miss Georgia Coleman, 1510 E. 18th street. Birdie Jackson, 1913 E. Nineteenth. DRUG STORES. McCampbell & Houston, 2300 Vine street, and N. W. Vine Sts. E. S. Lee Pallace Drug Store, 19th and Vine Bc. DRY GOODS, GENT'S FURNISHINGS, N Mrs. Josephine Abernathy, Ladies Furnishings Vine street. Bell phone East 3192. Ell Harris, 2333 Vine St. Taylor Homes & Laden Bros. & Co., gents' furni 2427 Vine. EMPLOYMENT AGENTS. Afro-American Employment & Inv. Co., 911 McGe FISH AND OYSTER MARKET. Miles & Hill, 1702 East Eighteenth. FLORISTS. Weaver Floral Co., 1507½ E. 18th; Main 7555 Home GROCERS. G. E. Arnett, 2200 East Twenty-fifth. R. Mason, 1905 Vine. J. L. Matson, 19th and Grove. Bell Grand 1417-X. M. R. Wilson, 2644 Woodland. HOTELS. J. H. Simmons, 915 Oak; Main 4072 Bell. Hotel Woods, 721 Charlotte. Lewis Woods, Prop. INSURANCE. E. A. Robinson, 2413 Montgall; East 754 Bell. T. A. Ross, 1507 East Eighteenth; West 1496 Bell. H. D. Simmons, 1832 Vine. G. F. Porter, 1507- East Eighteenth; East 4955 J. W. Golden, 1612 Lydia. Grand 3631. INVENTOR. W. J. Dixon, 2828 Cleveland Avenue. JEWELER. J. A. Wilson, 1616 W. 9th St. Bell Main 6453-Y. HAIR DRESSING AND MILLINERY Madame N. P. Jones, Beauty Culture., Hair Co. street. Mattie P. Garner, electric straightening, comb a East 4741W. Lillie Johnson, 1508 East 18th; Bell E. 1795. Chapman & Caldwell, 18th hand Paseo). Phone E. Eva P. Washington, milliner and hair dresser, phone, 2306 West. Mrs. Stella Hubbard, 1510 E. 18th St. Bell Phon LAWYERS. McCampbell & Houston, 2300 Vine street, and N. W. Cor. Howard and Vine Sts. E. S. Lee Pallace Drug Store, 19th and Vine. Both phones. DRY GOODS, GENT'S FURNISHINGS, NOTIONS. Mrs. Josephine Abernathy, Ladies Furnishings and Notions, 2413 Vine street. Bell phone East 3192. Ell Harris, 2333 Vine St. EMPLOYMENT AGENTS. Afro-American Employment & Inv. Co., 911 McGee. Both phones. Weaver Floral Co. . 1507½ E. 18th; Main 7555 Home; E. 4798 Bell GROCERS. G. E. Arnett, 2200 East Twenty-fifth. R. Mason, 1005 Vine. J. L. Matson, 16th and Grove. Bell Grand 1417-X. M. R. Wilson, 2644 Woodland. HOTELS. J. H. Simmons, 915 Oak; Main 4072 Bell. Hotel Woods, 721 Charlotte. Lewis Woods, Prop. Bell Main 2078. INSURANCE. E. A. Robinson, 2413 Montgall; East 754 Bell. T. A. Ross, 1507 East Eighteenth; West 1496 Bell. H. D. Simmons, 1832 Vine. G. F. Porter, 1507- East Eighteenth; East 4955 Bell. J. W. Golden, 1612 Lydia. Grand 3631. J. A. Wilson, 1616 W. 9th St. Bell Main 6453-Y. HAIR DRESSING AND MILLINERY. Chas. H. Callaway, 117 W. 6th. Home Main 58. W. C. Hueston, 117 W. 6th. Home Main 58. L. A. Knox, 117 W. 6thSt. Home Main 5478. MISCELLANEOUS. Amus Barnett, 1230 Forest; Main 5018 Home. R. C. Roland, 2423 Green; Main 5126 Highland. S. J. Highpower, 2436 Highland. Solomon Smith, 2643 Highland. George Teeters, Southwest National Bank of Co John Thomas; 425 Waverly Way; South 5087W H. H. T. Kealing, Western University; West 4480 P Edward D. Craig, sausage manufacturer, 5328 Kr Henry P. Ewing, scientific farmer, 1105 Woodland Wm. Sprangles, milk and butter, 53rd and Mont D. W. White, "White's Furniture Exchange." Minnesota avenue Kansas City, Kas. Amus Barnett, 1230 Forest; Main 5018 Home. R. C. Roland, 2423 Grove. S. J. Hightower, 2436 Highland. Solomon Smith, 2643 Highland. George Teeters, Southwest National Bank of Commerce. John Thomas; 425 Waverly Way; South 5087W Bell. H. T. Kealing, Western University; West 4480 Bell. Edward D. Craig, sausage manufacturer, 5328 Kansas. Henry P. Ewing, scientific farmer, 1105 Woodland. Wm. Sprangles, milk and butter, 53rd and Montgall; Lin. 750 Home. D. W. White, "White's Furniture Exchange." Bell West 483, 423 Minnesota avenue, Kansas City, Kas NEWSPAPERS. N. C. Crews, Kansas City Sun, 18th and Woodland Rev. J. Frank McDonald, Western Christian Rec Bell phone East 488. PAINTERS AND PAPERHANGING L. H. Balley, 911 McGee. Bell Phone 751 Main. PHYSICIANS. M. H. Lambright, 1508 E.est 18th; Bell East 144; Thos. A. Fletcher, Home West 171; Residence, N. M. L. Filin, pharmacist, 1301 E.est 18th. L. E. Baller, N. W. Cor. 12th and Vine. Bell E. Howard M. Smith, 1509 E.est 18th St. Bell East Wm. J. Thompkins, 1509 E. 18th St. Bell East L. J. Holly, 1117 Campbell. Bell phone, 783 Gra E. J. McCampbell, 2032 Vine street. Bell phone M. G. Brookens, N. W. Cor. 12th and Vine. Bell E. Edgar Dibble, 19th and Vine. Bell East 887 J. E. Perry, 1512 E 18th St. Bell East 2151. Ho. J. F. Shannon, N. E. Cor. 18th and Paseo. Be N. C. Crews, Kansas City Sun, 18th and Woodland; East 999 Bell. Rev. J. Frank McDonald, Western Christian Recorder, 2517 Grove St. Bell phone East 488. M. H. Lambright, 1508 East 18th; Bell East 144; Home Main 3490. Thos. A. Fletcher, Home West 171; Residence, Home East 2856. M. L. Linn, pharmacist, 1301 East 18th. L. E. Baller, N. W. Cor, 12th and Vine. Bell East 232. Howard M. Smith, 1509 East 18th St. Bell East 495. Wm. J. Thompkins, 1509 E. 18th St. Bell East 495. L. J. Holly, 1117 Campbell. Bell phone, 783 Grand. E. J. McCampbell, 2302 Vine street. Bell phone, 501 East. M. G. Brockens, N. W. Cor, 12th and Vine Bell East 232 J. Edgar Dibble, 19th and Vine. Bell East 887. J. E. Perry, 1512 E. 18th St. Bell East 2151. Home East 4620. Jas. F. Shannon, N. E. Cor, 18th and Paseo. Bell East 670. T. C. Unthank, 1112 Independence avenue. Both phones, Main 7478. POULTRY RAISERS. S. M. Steele, 29 Sloan Avenue, Quindaro, Kans. Fred T. Drew, 2022 Bales avenue. Bell phone, East 5277-W. REAL ESTATE. J. Dallas Bowser, 1509 E. 12th St. Bell East 761. F. J. Weaver, President Afro-American Inv. Co., 911 McGee St. Bell Main 751. The Ward & Samlington Investment Co., Bell Phone East 4294Y. W. M. Johnston, rental agent; Main 7556 Home; Main 751 Bell. W. G. Mosely, Ivanezy Investment Co., 2220 Woodland avenue. Edw. E. Vaughn, Afro-American Inv. Co., 911 McGee St. PROBATION OFFICER. Edward Ross, 1419 E. 18th St. Bell Grand 885. REGALIAS, BADGES, ETC. Geo. W. K. Love, 2418 Flora. Telephone East 944. Moses Dixon, 1217 Woodland; East 3797 Bell. SHOE SHINING PARLOR. Moses Fields, 614 Main. SIGNS, LETTERS AND SHOW CARDS. Prof. D. G. Watson, 1906 East Twenty-fourth. SHOE STORES. Henry Jones, Mgr., Temple Shoe Co., 1507½ E. 18th street. TEACHERS. R. T. Coles, Principal Garrison School, 2327 Lydia; Grand 1851 Bell. W. T. White, manual training, 1612 Lydia; Grand 3631 Bell. G. A. Page, 2419 Flora. Bell E. 501. Principal Attucks School. T. W. H. Williams, 1323 Jackson. Bell E. 3259-Y. Principal Bruce School. Chas. A. Westmoreland, 2325 Lydia. Bell Grand 1320-W. Lincoln High School. THEATRES. Homer Roberts, "Dixie Theatre," 2411 Vine St. TRANSFER. Geo. Jones, 1008 McGee. Home Phone, 5188 Main. W. Lee Whibby, 18th and Forest. Home phone M. 4023. R. W. Elmore, 1607 Harrison street. UNDERTAKERS. C. H. Countee, 2220 Vine St. Bell East 3336. Watkins Bros. & Co., 1729 Lydia. Telephone Grand 987. People's Undertaking Co., 1211 East 18th; Phones, Bell Grand 1565; Home 8163 Main. Edward Jones, Mgr. Save 20 Per Cent Money Loaned at a Low Rate. Fine Watch Repairing. Cash Paid for Old Gold, Silver and Diamonds. Unredeemed Pledges For Sale at a Bargain, see MORINO OPPOSITE POST OFFICE 812 Grand Ave. Market Elk Ma k Mark Elk Market GROCERIES AND MEATS The Lowest of Prices and Best Brands of Goods. 20 Pounds Sugar.....$1.00 24 Pounds Kelly's K 1 Pound Good Coffee.....20c 1 Pound Country Bac Round Steak.....15c Best Lard. Milk. per Quart.....6c gar ..... $1.00 | 24 Pounds Kelly's King Coffee ..... 20c | 1 Pound Country Bacon ..... 15c | Best Lard Milk. per Quart ..... 6c 24 Pounds Kelly's King Flour... 60c 1 Pound Country Bacon... 20c Best Lard... 15c 6c 20 Pounds Sugar.....$1.00 24 Pounds Kelly's King Flour.....60c 1 Pound Good Coffee.....20c 1 Pound Country Bacon.....20c Round Steak.....15c Best Lard.....15c Milk. per Quart.....6c We Appreciate Your Trade. ELMER'S 1305 EAST EIGHTEEN Home Phone 9 Bankrupt of the John M. Habash $2 Drawn Work, Cluny Lace, Rena Silk Shawls and Crochet Silk Ne Waists and Dress All goods are imported and will be Sale commences Saturday Morning at 8: two weeks. Come quick and get JNO. M. HABASI -Special MER'S PLACE EAST EIGHTEENTH STREET Home Phone 9723. Bankrupt Sale of the John M. Habash $2,000 stock of York, Cluny Lace, Renaissance, Needle ls and Crochet Silk Neckties, Kimon Waists and Dresses. Goods are imported and will be sold at actual ences Saturday Morning at 8:00 o'clock and c weeks. Come quick and get Christmas bargae M. HABASH, 518 East Special Offer PLACE NTEENTH STREET. Phone 9723. upt Sale abash $2,000 stock of e, Renaissance, Needle Work Silk Neckties, Kimonas, Shirt and Dresses. and will be sold at actual cost. going at 8:00 o'clock and continues for k and get Christmas bargains. BASH, 518 East 12th St. al Offer- ELMER'S PLACE 1305 EAST EIGHTEENTH STREET. Home Phone 9723. of the John M. Habash $2,000 stock of Drawn Work, Cluny Lace, Renaissance, Needle Work Silk Shawls and Crochet Silk Neckties, Kimonas, Shirt Waists and Dresses. All goods are imported and will be sold at actual cost. Sale commences Saturday Morning at 8:00 o'clock and continues for two weeks. Come quick and get Christmas bargains. JNO. M. HABASH, 518 East 12th St. -Special Offer- TO COLORED PEOPLE OF High Grade Trunks and Grips for the Holidays. BIG DRESS TRUNK—Regular $8.00 Value, for $4.75 ```markdown ``` bre Trunks for..... $10.75 sewed, at..... $6.95 and $2.95 unk & Grip Mfg. Co. 12th and Central; 223 West 12th. to repair work. Call Home Main 1909. Owl Market Woodland Ave. for Eat for Christmas Special Offer of $25.00 Fibre Trunk Real Leather Bags, hand sewed GET THE RIGHT PLACE American Trunk & Gr SPECIAL ATTENTION given to repair w Go to the Ow S. W. 18th and Wood Good Things to Eat Offer of $25.00 Fibre Trunks for..... other Bags, hand sewed, at .....$6.95 RIGHT American Trunk & Grip Mfg. Co. 12TH L ATTENTION given to repair work. Call Home to the Owl Ma W. 18th and Woodland Ave Things to Eat for Chr Special Offer of $25.00 Fibre Trunks for.....$10.75 Real Leather Bags, hand sewed, at .....$6.95 and $2.95 GET THE RIGHT American Trunk & Grip Mfg. Co. 12th and Central; PLACE 223 West 12th. SPECIAL ATTENTION given to repair work. Call Home Main 1909. And Free Useful Christmas and New Year's Presents Owl Market, 1725 East 18th S Home Phone 5238 Main Bell Pho WINES LIQUORS owl Market, 1725 East 18th St phone 5238 Main Bell Phon LIQUORS 725 East 18th Street Bell Phone 3262 East Owl Market, 1725 East 18th Street Home Phone 5238 Main Bell Phone 3262 East Home Phone Main 5130 Leo's Place S. E. Cor. 13th and Baltimore, K or. 13th and Baltimore, Kansas althmore, Kansas City, Mo. S. E. Cor. 13th and Baltimore, Kansas City, Mo. OPPOSITE POST OFFICE 812 Grand Ave. CIGARS A COLORED MAN'S THANKSGIVING FOR HIS SKIN. The Congregationalist asked a number of men for what blessing they were most thankful 1. Among all the answers this from William Pickens of Talladega, Ala., a Negro, stood out alone. He was thankful for being black. I cannot answer in two hundred words; I could no tanwer in two thousand words. And yet I might indicate the answer in a single word; I am thankful that I am one of the lowly. That being one of the lowly I have the gracious opportunity of interested struggle if I would rise even a little way. That I was not born on the top of the hill, but must climb. That I have at least a chance to learn the whole way of life, in that the whole way is before me. I thank God that I can have an enlightened sympathy for the lowly, and a faith in the friend of the lowly. That my own experience of the goodness of the men who are up, forbids me to say or think that all men are selfish and sordid. Naw more, that I am learning to look at the worst deeds of my fellowman as sad mistakes rather than monstrous meanness and that in consequence I hate no man. Pity is more reasonable than hate. "I thank heaven that I have been born into a great country, where there are great rivers to cross and great mountains to climb—great figs to fight and great problems to solve. White reader, I am glad that I am black and that you are white—and that you and I must live in the same country, with the same laws, the same language, and the same religion. In that rare mixture of sameness and difference, of unity and variety, you and I have the most enviable opportunity of all history to help the providence of God in establishing the fact of the brotherhood of man. It is better that you are white and that I am black. The measure of our difference is the measure of our opportunity. If both were white or both were black—if ye love them which love you—then our opportunity for reaching toward God would not be better than that of a thousand monochromis civilizations of the dead Past. With all our heart thank God that you and I have the peculiar privilege to justify the ways of God to man!"—Southwestern Christian Advocate. Miss Beatrice L. Tyler of St. Louis, Mo., is visiting Mrs. M. L. Walden, 2442 Montgall avenue. Mrs. M. Ford, 918 Campbell street, has been very ill with acute indigestion for the past ten days. The prices and the goods at the Colored Shoe Store are right. Try them at $107\frac{1}{2}$ E. 18ttth. G. A. Page. E. A. Robinson, Express, Baggage and Light Moving. Prompt and courteous service. Call Bell phone East 754. Miss Emma Smith, formerly a member of the Blind Boone Concert Co., who remained in the city to recuperate this season, is improving rapidly. Mr. Robert Waldron, Mrs. Prentice Freeman and Miss Mable Emery entertained fifty guests at Overall Studio Saturday. Favors were won by Mrs. Minnie Adams. Misses Lulu Shelby, Pauline Ray, teachers at Lincoln Institute; Pansy McDaniels, Lucy Velar, Cozetta Kingsberry and Grace Williams, were Sun's visitors last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Davis re turned Wednesday night after spending the holidays in Lawrence and Atchison, Kas. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis had a very pleasant stay in both cities. Herman L. Kinsler, the coal dealer at 2012 Harrison street, gave a ton of coal to the Old Folks and Orphans' Home last week. May others do like Mr. Kinsler and they will surely prosper. PORO HAIR GROWER. Mrs. Geo. Howard—Wonderful Hair Grower and Scalp Treatment. This treatment has proved to be a wonderful success. Mrs. Howard will receive patrons for treatment from 8:30 to 6:00 p. m. at her residence, 567 Harrison street. Also switches woven from combings. Complete course of hair weaving. A COLORED MAN'S THANK The Congregationalist asked a nun were most thankful 1. Among all the a Talladega, Ala, a Negro, stood out alo. I cannot answer in two hundred thousand words. And yet I might ind am thankful that I am one of the lowl the gracious opportunity of interested way. That I was not born on the top have at least a chance to learn the way is before me. I thank God that for the lowly, and a faith in the friend ence of the goodness of the men who that all men are selfish and sordid. I at the worst deeds of my fellowman a meanness—and that in consequence I than hate. "I thank heaven that I have been there are great rivers to cross and go to fight and great problems to solve. White reader, I am glad that I am that you and I must live in the same language, and the same religion. In difference, of unity and variety, you a nity of all history to help the provid of the brotherhood of man. It is best black. The measure of our difference. If both were white or both were black then our opportunity for reaching to that of a thousand monochromic civ our heart thank God that you and I the ways of God to man!"—Southwest E. A. Robinson, Express, Baggage and Light Moving. Prompt and courteous service. Call Bell phone East 754. Get used to the imprint of the race printer, who wishes your patronage on the basis of better and quicker printing service. This is it: C. A. Franklin, Printer, 1409 Main St. The Nine O'Clock School Shoe for children is absolutely the best shoe at the lowest price for your boy or girl in school. Think of it. From two and one-half dollars on down, at the Colored Shoe Store, 1507½ East 18th street. The Weaver Floral Company has moved to new and more commodious quarters, just across the street from their old location at 1510 East 18th street, and are better prepared than ever before to supply and satisfy their many customers. A pretty afternoon party was given by Mrs. S. E. Smith, 2420 Woodland avenue, last Wednesday in honor of her sister, Miss Ollie Smith of Neosho, Mo., and Miss Elliott of Paola, Kas. The house was beautifully decorated with Christmas foliage. Honors were won by Mrs. Haywood Murphy, Mrs. McCray and Mrs. M. Johnson. the reception tendered Mr. W. A. Monton, senior international secretary of the Y. M. C. A., at the residence of Miss Anna H. Jones, 2444 Montgall avenue, was one of the most brilliant affairs witnessed during the holiday season. More than five hundred guests called between the hours of five and eleven to pay their respects to Mr. Hunton. The house was beautifully decorated with cut flowers and festooned with Christmas greens and palms. The receiving line consisted of the following: Mrs. Lydia C. Smith, Mrs. Maye E. Bradley, Mrs. J. M. Marques, Mrs. S. H. Thompson, Mrs. Minnie Croschwaite, Mrs. Lena DeFrantz, Mrs. H. T. Kealing, Miss Anna Jones and Mr. Hunton. Much credit is due the hostesses for this most brilliant affair. --- CITY NEWS. There's nothing more acceptable than a nice photograph of yourself for an Xmas gift. Something nice and costs but little. You'll get them at the Fad, 1718 E. 18th. Master J. A. and Mrs. J. A. Saunders of St. Joseph, Mo., spent a couple of days last week in Kansas City the guest of Miss Maggie Buford, 2461 Montgall avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Van of Chicago en route home from Osawatomi, where they had been visiting, stopped over for a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery of 1010 Troost avenue last Tuesday. Mrs. Bertie L. Tucker Fisher, 2434 Woodland avenue, gave a 5 o'clock dinner Jan. 2 in honor of Miss Eleanor and Abbit Barnett of Boley, Okla., who are attending Western University. The evening was very pleasantly spent with music and games. Miss Panys McDaniels entertained with a New Year's party in honor of Misses Lulu Shelby, Grace Williams, Lucy Vellar and Pauline Ray Thursday evening at her residence, 1011 Tracy avenue.. Whist and music were amusements of the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Kelton wish to acknowledge their appreciation to Miss Iezm M. Page, hostess for their little daughter, Wee Evelyn Elizabeth, for the charming little Christmas shower. Her love in doing for others cannot be excelled. Also thanks to the Y. W. P. C. girls and friends for so many useful and beautiful presents. Wee Evelyn is only 14 weeks old and indeed a progressive baby. Office of DR. M. G. BROOKINS, 24th and Vine Sts. Bell Phone Last 232. Residence, 1816 Woodland Avenue Bell Phone E. 838. Office hours: 11 to 12 a. m.; 2 to 4 p. m.; 6 to 8 p. m. Calls Answered Day or Night. number of men for what blessing they answers this from William Plekens of one. He was thankful for being black, and words; I could no tawner in two dedicate the answer in a single word; I only. That being one of the lowly I have a struggle if I would rise even a little up of the hill, but must climb. That I whole way of life, in that the whole I can have an enlightened sympathy and of the lowly. That my own experi- io are up, forbids me to say or think Nax, more, that I am learning to look as sad mistakes rather than monstrous hate no man. Pity is more reasonable when born into a great country, where great mountains to climb—great fights am black and that you are white—and country, with the same laws, the same in that rare mixture of sameness and I have the most enviable opportun- dence of God in establishing the fact better that you are white and that I am face is the measure of our opportunity. sick—if ye love them which love you'—oward God would not be better than civilizations of the dead Past. With all have the peculiar privilege to justify later Christian Advocate. We have at last put in a complete line of Men's, Women's and Children's shoes at the Colored Shoe Store, 1507' East 18th street. A Circumlocution. Judge—The prisoner says he assaulted you because you called him "a nut." Complaintant—I uttered no such word, your honor. I merely warned him against going into the park where the squirrels are. SURE THING. Mrs. Justwed—You must not expect me to give up my girlhood ways all at once. Mr. Justwed—That's all right, go right on taking an allowance from your father just as if nothing had happened. PROFESSIONAL CRITICISM. At a banquet of New York newspaper men recently a story was told to exemplify the pride which every man should take in the work by which he makes a living. "Bill certainly was a good sweeper," said one. "Y-e-s" conceded the other thoughtfully. "But—don't you think he was a little weak around the lamp posts?" —Everybody's magazine. KANSAS CITY, KAN. Rev. J. R. Richardson, 2400 Allis, is indisposed. Mrs. G. F. Porter, 720 Everett, left last week for Oklahoma for an indefinite stay. Mr. Brown, 947 FFreeman avenue, is ill at the home of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Williams. Mrs. Sarah Parks, 712 Everett avenue, who has been ill, is out again among her friends. Mrs. Sam Cole, 413 Freeman, and Mr. Edmonds, 423 Freeman, passed the examination and were admitted to the colored fire department. Mr. and Mrs. Byrd of Rosedale, Kas., and Mr. S. Hopkins of Kansas City, Mo., were guests of their brother, Jas. Hopkins, 1110 North 3d street Sunday. Mr. E. A. Shackleford delivered an address before the Interstate Literary Society at Atchison, Kas. Next year this association will mee tat Lawrence, Kas. The funeral of Mrs. Rosa Ferguson, 363 Georgia avenue, will be held Sunday afternoon at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 4th and Virginia avenue, Rev. C. Ferguson, pastor. Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Maddux, 397 Freeman avenue, entertained the family and friends Sunday with a New Year's dinner. Covers were laid for twelve and three courses were served. The funeral of Mr. Allen Campbell was held from the chapel of Wyatt and Randolph Jan. 8. He leaves a sister, Mrs. Mattie Oden, an uncle, niece, two aunts and other relatives and friends Miss Buelah Douglass entertained last week at her home the choir of Pleasant Green Baptist Church and Rev. G. McNeal, the pastor. She has been their musician for several years and seh received a large number of Christmas and New YYear's presents. An elegant dinner was served and a delightful time spent. They left declaring Miss Douglass a charming hostess. Harrowing Experience. "I'm afraid that you are seriously ill," said Mrs. Mopser, at the breakfast table. "My dear, I had a frightful night-mare last night," answered Professor Mopser, white and shaking. "What did you dream?" "I dreamed I split an infinitive." Pumping Easier Than Shoveling. Church—I see a cubic foot of newly-fallen snow weighs five and a half pounds, and has 12 times the bulk of an equal weight of water. Gotham—That's the reason so many men would rather work for a milkman than a snow-removing contractor. Warm Bunch. Bacon—I see more than 9,000,000 fewer tons of coal were mined in the United Kingdom last year than in the year before. Egbert—Well, they don't really need it. The suffragette bunch is making it warm enough over there." A COME BACK. Mr. Kitson—I suppose you think that a man never deceives his wife. Miss Kidder—Oh no! Why, it would be impossible for the average man to get a wife if he didn't deceive her. Shattered Ideals. She thought he was a god, and so she married him. Poor Fan. She was then she found out That he just was a just man. "No. I merely made them think that I thought they thought I was teaching them to swim." To Keep Your Dog Well. Linseed oil once a week is a great help to keeping a dog in good condition. For a grown dog use one teaspoonful; for a puppy, one-half. Retort Professional. Author—"I would have you know, sir, that I have written for better magics animes than yours!" Editor—"And did you get them?"-Judge R-R-Revenge. Frend—"So the editor rejected your veres, did he?" Poetess—"Yes, but I got even with him. I rejected his son." "Women have all sorts of excuses for wearing slit skirts." "Yes, and some of the excuses are mighty slim." feed to do so). Clothes get first place, and if there's any room left maybe money will get it." At this juncture the car for which the boy was waiting passed—he swung it and a moment later was lost in the crowd. I boarded a downtown car, buried myself in the news columns of my paper and later transferred to the elevated line which goes to lesser New York by way of the Brooklyn bridge. This New York incident was recalled the other day when I crossed the street at Third and Main in a city in the eastern part of the state. Lost in thought, not payinng especial attention to anybody or anything at the time, was aroused when a voice called out: I raised my head and looked into the congenial face of a stranger with proffered hand. The man who confronted me was a Missourian and showed it in voice and action. But otherwise he looked like a working man of any state. On this street his clothes seemed just as odd and were in as much contrast to those about him as were those of the agricultural king who stood at the intersection of Broadway and Twenty-third. 2. UNIMPORTANCE OF IMPORTANT MEN. By Junius J. N. Gray. The city was quite busy, but if it had not been so I would have been alarmed, and not at all alone in the surprise. It would be a waste of time to attempt to describe just how busy everybody was, hurrying to and fro, on foot and in cabs. I had been talking—principally asking questions—and walking. I did not take to the cabs readily, because of a feeling that there I would be shut off somewhat from the rush and roar of the much alive metropolis. Just for the novelty of it occasionally I rode the horse cars, but not for long, for I had lo g since learned to hurry as did the native New Yorkers. Like the busy throngs that are hurried here and there, I sometimes rode the surface or troLLery cars, but for quicker transportation, would take an "L" or "Sub" train. As has been said, I asked many questions, not unlike the newspaper reporters. I knew that questions were not popular in the city. If they were unpopular, the proper answers there were more so. I was also sufficiently acquainted to know that there was not much street manners or politeness in vogue in the great city. So when a graff voice replied to my queries: "I'm no walking encyclopedia," or "See the information bureau at ——," I took it all good naturally and not allowing the expressions to create the least insult. I was aware that many persons really did not have time to give justifiable answers; irritable by nature or rendered so by thousands of too frequent previous inquiries, would find it easier, in keeping with their dispositions, to swear than give the desired information; still others were blind to everything but the insignificant illuminations of their own sphere, and not to overlook the practical joker. Therefore, the best answers to my questions on the street usually came from the lips of boys, who, omitting exceptions, tell the truth when the interview is not prearranged. On this occasion I had been out of town for several days. Returning, I reached "Little Old New York" by way of the Pennsylvania ferry from the Jersey side. Wanting a little extra ride and especially fond of the Hudson breeze, went up to West Twenty-third street. Leaving the ferry, walked over to Broadway, where I stopped on the southwest corner of Broadway and Twenty-third. It was early in January. As I stood there a clock from somewhere behind me announced the noon hour, and the changing strokes were twelve times heard above the noes of the streets, which were filled with persons on foot and in the common carriers rushing from a thousand offices and other places of business to nearby cafes and homes. "Noonextrah! Noonuxtrah!" yelled a number of boys with any any bundles of papers. I bought a "Journal" from one of the boys nearest to me. And as I wont to do at every opening, beq asking question: "How long are you on duty, my little man?" I inquired. "I'm playing quits, now, boss," was the reply from a boy about 12 years old. "Then what, do you do?" "Go t' school 'till this evenin', then I put on another extra 'till nine." "So, you're really a busy boy, eh?" "What do you do?" he asked with true boyish inquiry and less premature manhood so often found in the boys of the greater cities, although, probably by contact, he had much of the slang accent characteristic of the street urchin who also sells papers for cigarette money and even for sustenance and to keep him war during the icy winter months with days as cold as the one of which I refer you. "I am a statistician," I replied. "And your name?" he asked, looking up into y face. "Winfield—Cecil Winfield," was the answer. The boy seemed to be deep in thought then, but soon continued: "I don't remember seeing your name—and I didn't know they had colored men to take statistics?"—say, you know that old man, right there," he went on, apparently abruptly changing the subject. Out in the street near the car track stood a man of about fifty or fifty-five years. He was short and stout, rather corpulent. His face was square with jaws firmly set, and as he turned toward the sidewalk I noticed that he possessed a set of keen, piercing eyes. His face was covered with a stubby beard of some two weeks' growth, and his hair streaked with gray. He wore a slouch hat that had been long in his service judging from its appearance; unpressed, well worn long black overcoat that showed little of the black trousers slightly raveled at the bottom. His foot covering was a pair of heavy, flat-heel shoes. "No, who is he?" I asked, centering my attention and interest upon the man awaiting the arrival of a downtown car. "They say when he first came to the city he was a statistician of some kind. But now he's a millionaire—a power in Wall street, my dad says." "How did he make his money?" I asked. "He came here from a Jersey farm several years ago. Couldn't make it pay there, I think. I don't understand it so well, but after a few years he started to farming by long distance telephones, telegraph, letters and through men and never seeing the land. Now he's what they call a land grafter and farm magnate. But I don't under-tand it at all." "A remarkable character," I replied and would have said more, but the boy butted in with: "Iy you had plenty money like that old top would you dress as few as he does and look so commonplace with y face covered wit h brush?" he asked, but did not wait for a reply. "Well, I guess not," he went on, "colored people must have their fine rags, even if they have t' go off their "Hello, Mr. Winfield! Prof. Alden told me you were here. Although I have never met you personally, I readily recognize you at sight by what I know of you through the papers." "Of course, you don't know he," he continued, realizing my surprise, which I suppose I showed, "and it doesn't matter much, because I'm just an everyday fellow." After keeping me in suspense for a while he made known his identity, Paul Flipping was clad in a broad-brim felt hat which had evidently several years since better lays—it had been black once before the red set in. His other clothing consisted of a short overcoat, worn into shreds at the elbows. He wore a blue white striped suit of overalls, and heavy, serviceable shoes completed his movable wardrobe. His complexion was red-dish-brown; hair dark streaked with gray; uncertain eyes of brown; ;high nose, long sandy mustache which curled up at the ends in true foreign style. His face was round with a few lines carved by care and toll. He was of middle age; fully six feet, with a good stride. Mr. Paul Flipping is a farmer owning 180 acres of fine farm land. His city property 'is valued way up in the thousands. Although he knows how, he is not an active farmer himself. His busiest thoughts are on contracting and building where he does a competitive business. "For years," he informed me, "I carried thousands of dollars in my pockets. They were my profits from deals. I was then beginning and all the whites looked upon me as a poor man who worked hard, but apparently went back two degrees for every degree of progress. I wore, and even now, shabby clothes except when away from home." This farmer-contractor could build a town of his own with at least a hundred houses. I found him unpretentious, simple but practical, and never made a front that he could not back up. He was for a long time and is now a leader of men. He witnessed only eight years of school life, but his knowledge would do credit to a university man. His business transactions are broad and far reaching, involving many whites of position and influence. While his real financial standing is known to but few, yet the secret of his manipulations and increasing wealth has leaked out. But Paul Flipping is now on his feet, using his term, and has his eyes open. 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THREE STORES Established 30 years FOR SALS The League of Lost Causes By H. M. EGBERT Being the Romantic Adventures of Paul Lane, American Millionaire A Dutch Music Lesson (Copyright, 1913, by W. G. Chapman.) HAVE been expecting you for some days, Mr. Lane," said Lord Claude Tresham, when the young American stood before him in the library of his mansion on Park lane, London. "I learned some time ago that you had ceased to be keep the Princess Juliana constantly under your supervision. "Now, my dear Lane, there is a very unfortunate incident in this fair. The notorious Princess Clothilde, of Austria, who is well known to be connected with the League, has been installed at The Hague for several weeks as the Princess Juliana." associated with the League. Sit down and tell me precisely why." Paul Lane answered with some vehement: "I was, as you probably know, induced to place my services and my fortune at the League's disposal by Her Highness Princess Clothilde," he began. "I say 'service and fortune,' although I believe that only the latter was required by the minds at the back of the organization. At first I was unaware of this. I threw myself with enthusiasm into the cause." "That enthusiasm of you Americans will yet be the cause of your country's downfall," answered Lord Claude. "But please pardon the interruption. You found things different from what you had been led to expect?" "Yes. I had been told that the League was an international association for promoting the principles of monarchy. I found it to be an anarchistic body, controlled by men of whose identity I was never informed. I worked in the dark, and they spent my money—some three millions of dollars—also in the dark. Finally, when the princess proposed that I should organize a conspiracy against my own country, which would have led to the absorption of all the Pacific coast states by a hostile power, I severed my connection. And so—" "You have come to me to offer to place your services and your knowledge of affairs at the disposal of the counter-organization?" said Lord Claude. "I think you have acted wisely, Mr. Lane. The League is nothing but a criminal society, led by some of the younger and least influential of Europe's rulers. Under the cloak of devotion to monarchy—and no one believes more in that principle than I, for I am an secretary of what is called, I believe, the Black Cabinet of Rulers—as I was saying, Mr. Lane, under this pretense the League has united all the criminal and anarchistic elements in Europe against the established order of society. I welcome you and trust that we shall deal with you more frankly than your late friends did." Lord Claude dismissed Paul Lane cordially soon after, promising to call upon him as soon as the need for his services developed. The summons from Lord Claude came more speedily than either man had anticipated. When, a few mornings after, Paul went to the secretary's house by invitation, he found him pacing the floor of his study in what in any other man would have been marked agitation. In Lord Claude, however, this mood evinced itself only by a sharper manner of speech than his habitual drawl and certain nervous movements of the hands. "I am glad you have come so promptly, Mr. Lane," said Lord Claude. "I want you to go upon a mission of the utmost delicacy. I have not forgotten how you outwitted me in the matter of the kaiser's visit to Paris, when you were with our enemies, and if any man can clear up this situation, I know you can." He handed Paul a cigarette, lit it, and resumed "Trouble is brewing in Holland—very serious trouble. Her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina, as you doubtless are aware, when she ascended the throne at the age of eighteen, became fascinated by the ideals of the League, and for a time assisted in its councils. Later, when her eyes had been opened to the true nature of this body, she withdrew from all participation in its schemes, thereby incurring the deadly hostility of the society. You are aware, of course, that her majesty visits Berlin on the fifth, in order to discuss with the kaiser the proposed fortification of Flushing, a measure which he has inspired, and which gives cause for considerable anxiety to England. "Certain patriots of Holland, considering that the queen, in visiting Berlin, has betrayed her country, are planning a counter-measure, aided, of course by the ubiquitous League. What this is we do not know. We know only one fact—that it is to center around the Princess Juliana, her majesty's five-year-old daughter, and heir to the Dutch throne. It may be the plan to proclaim her queen in her mother's place; it may be something more dardly. That is what we have to discover—and we rely on you to do it. "There is no fear of a coup d'etat, for, during the queen's absence, together with her husband, the palace will be guarded by two regiments of loyal troops. What treachery is planned must be consummated by stealth. Your task will be to go to the palace, arriving on the fifth, immediately after her majesty has left. You will remain there until the eighth one hour before the queen's return she, of course, knows nothing of this. You will deliver your credentials to Herr Von Grobelaar, the Dutch miniset for home affairs, who will be in attendance at the palace; you will take up your quarriers there and will Peculiar Regard for Animal is Entertained Throughout the Japanese Empire. From time immemorial deer have been held in reverent regard by the Japanese. Herds are kept in compounds, and the highest respect is paid to the animals. In olden times the shogun gave the people such a strict order to protect the sacred animals that if anyone happened to hurt or I keep the Princess Juliana constantly under your supervision. "Now, my dear Lane, there is a very unfortunate incident in this affair. The notorious Princess Clothilde, of Austria, who is well known to be connected at the League, has been installed at the Hague for several weeks as the Princess Juliana's music teacher. She has completely won the favor of Queen Wilhelmina, and all representations made to her majesty on this point have been fruitless. When the queen's mind is made up, nothing can shake her. In that respect she is a true Netherland. And her majesty, unfortunately, has the most complete confidence in the Princess Clothilde. So you will have to regard the princess as an enemy within the gates. Von Grobelar will doubtless post you on all necessary matters. You can trust him implicitly. Good morning, Mr. Lane. You will report to me here five days hence at the same hour." The thought of meeting Clothilde again, matching himself against her, sent the blood coursing wildly through Paul's veins. He hurried home, packed his suit-case, and caught the next train for Harwich, whence a fast steamer landed him in Holland on the following morning. That afternoon he reached The Hague and he drove at once to the palace, and was soon in consultation with Von Grobelaar. "I have received a communication from Lord Tresham," he said. "He has described you thoroughly, both in features and manner, so that I am confident that you are the person whom you represent yourself to be. You will appreciate the necessity of these precautions when I tell you that Holland is facing the greatest crisis in all her checkered history. Its precise nature is still unknown to us, but we know enough to be aware that it centers upon the Princess Juliana, and it will be effected tomorrow evening as soon as the news is telephoned to The Hague that her majesty has ratified the treaty which is now pending with Germany. Your task will be to guard the little princess. You are to act under my orders as the princess' guardian until her majesty returns. In particular, you are to watch scrupulously the Princess Clothilde, who is quite well known to be an agent of the League, and who, unhappy, was placed in charge of the princess' musical tuition by her majesty, in spite of all our representations. "Come, now," he added, "and I will introduce you to her highness." With a beating heart Paul followed the old minister along the main corridor of the old-fashioned, rambling palace, until they entered the royal apartments. Sounds of a child practicing scales were hard as soon as the heavy swing doors were opened, and Von Grobelrael led Paul into the music room, where, seated upon a high stool, the royal princess was fingering a small keyboard with her tiny fingers, under the direction of Clothilde, who sat beside her on a straight-backed chair. The entrance of the two caused an immediate cessation of the lesson. The child princess looked round curiously; the other princess, she of Austria, rose and stood looking at Paul defiantly. "Mr. Lane and I are old acquaintances," murmured Clothilde, inclining her head. During the remainder of that day the four never left one another. They seemed inspired by mutual distrust. Under other circumstances, it would have seemed comical to Paul for two men and two women to attend laboriously upon the wishes of a child that devoted its pampered day to playing with an enormous collection of toys—bricks, dolls of all kinds—and throwing them aside as it grew tired of each. But to Paul the situation was fraught with ghastly mockery. It was not until the little princess was safely in bed, under the guardianship of the capable nurse, that Paul found himself for a few moments alone with Clothilde. "Monsieur, I learn that you have left the League," she said, in a tone of inquiry which startled him. "I, too, am no longer connected with it," she said. "Monsieur, I too, was unable to acquiesce in the demands made upon me. So now, you see me here, a revolutionary turned courrier, a humbie music teacher to the Princess Juliana." She was trying to disarm his suspicions; Paul saw that, and though he strove to conceal his knowledge of it, he could see that she knew. "Monsieur Lane is still suspicious of me?" she asked mockingly. She came close to him and stood looking up at him, her arms at her sides, her lips temptingly close. "Monsieur has not repented of the harsh and cruel words he said to me when we met last?" In another moment he would have caught her in his arms. But just then the door opened and the minister came slowly in. The princess started round, an angry look upon her face; then, recovering her self possession with amazing swiftness, she burst into laughter. "I was just telling Monsieur Lane," she said, "that I am a revolutionary turned courtier. I believe that Mon- kill them he was put to death on the spot. It was a period of terror. Even at the present day the deer are so tame and abundant in the shrine grounds that they, in fine weather, stroll round to the streets by twos and threes and surround pass-by, asking for food, and sometimes holding their sleeves in their mouthes in an affectionate manner. Once a year some of the deer are caught by means of a net with a handle by several tamers (in service of the Kasuwa Shrine Office) and taken The other princess, she of Austria, rose and stood looking at Paul defiantly. sieur suspects me of complicity in the plans of the conspirator." Schooled as he was in diplomacy, Von Grobelaar could not help starting. This was the first allusion made in the palace, except in his own talk with Paul that morning, to what everyone knew. "But let me say, Mynheer," went on Clothilde, "that I, for one, hope with all my heart that the German treaty will be ratified, and that tomorrow night we shall hear the good news by telephone. And in proof of my own good intentions, I request that, as soon as the news is verified, Her Highness the Princess Juliana may be permitted to play the Dutch National anthem upon the old state harpchord in the royal museum." "Thank you, mademoiselle," said Von Grobelaar coldly. "I am sure that the museum can be placed at your disposal if you desire it." "Now, I wonder what deviltry is afoot," said Von Grobelaar thought fully. "You do not trust her?" asked Paul, shaken with miserable doubt. Von Grobelair advanced and placed his hand in a kindly fashion upon the shoulder of the younger man. Perhaps he surmised the true condition of Paul's feelings. "My boy," he said—"for you are only a boy compared with an old man like myself—I trust few men and no women in matters of state. A man is bound by certain social codes. A woman has no code in such matters. THE WORLD'S FINEST CHAIRS Love them, worship them, serve them—but do not trust them, Paul." "And how about her majesty the queen?" asked Paul with some indignation. Von Grobelara smiled wearily. "Her majesty is—Holland," he answered. "And Holland must be preserved. Come, Mr. Lane, forgive an old man's outburst, and let me see you to your sleeping quarters. You were not, I think, informed that they are those occupied by her majesty herself when she is in residence here, and that they command the approach to the Princess Juliana's room. Lock your door and take this pistol." He drew a serviceable weapon from his pocket and handed it to Paul. "But you are not likely to be called upon to use it," he added, "for two thousand loyal soldiers are at this moment under arms in the Hague and command all approaches to the palace." It would be difficult for any man to sleep soundly after receiving such information, and Paul was no more phlegmatic than most men. He did not even undress, but resolving to be faithful to his trust, he started in to spend a watchful night. His first step was to assure himself that Von Grobelaar's statement as to the location of the princess' room was accurate. His first search was for the royal museum, and this he found to be upon the floor below his, and almost immediately beneath his apartment, except that, being of considerably larger size, it extended beneath the apartments of the princess and her nurses. It was devoted to the storage of articles and to an enclosure, where their splendid horns are cut off with a saw, while a crowd of spectator watch the work with breathless interest (admission ten sen, equal to about 3 cents). This done, some of the sacred horns are, as a custom, awarded to the spectators by means of lottery. Makes All the Difference. Teacher—"Now, David, can you tell me what 'Dr.' stands for?" David (aged seven)—"It depends on whether it is before or after a man's name." objects of no special intrinsic value, but much prised on account of their historical associations. Among these was the old harpsichord which was said to have been used by William of Orange, afterward William III. of England, and to which Clothilde had evidently referred. But why had the Princess Clothilde selected this as the instrument on which her infant charge was to play the Dutch national anthem? He resolved to examine the harpsichord in order to determine whether it could be reasonably associated with the design of Clothilde. For that, despite her denial, she was the center of the conspiracy, he entertained no doubt whatever. He half expected to encounter Clothilde, bent upon the nocturnal errand. It seemed incredible to him that she would not be watching for just such a visit on his part, if, indeed, there lay some sinister design beneath her project. But the corridors were deserted, and, when he reached the museum, he found that the door was unlocked. Inside a single electric light, burning over the door, showed him the switch. And in the center of the room stood the old harpsichord, wide open, its strings, though still serviceable, rusty with age. It stood between one of the old state coaches and a curious wooden statue which, according to the printed story, which Paul spelled out with some difficulty, had once stood in the The other princess stood looking at assembly house in the days of the Dutch republic. It was a grotesquely carved figure of Justice, of heroic size, and the finger of the uplifted hand reached to within two or three inches of the low ceiling. The statue absorbed Paul's attention but a moment. He turned to open the harpsichord. Somebody had evidently been playing on it at no remote date, for the dust which lay on it thickly had been carefully wiped away from the keyboard and a sheet of modern music lay on the square stool beside it. Paul picked this up and examined it. It was the Dutch national anthem. But it was written in G major. This fact alone interested Paul considerably. The Dutch national song, like most such, is extremely simple, and is almost invariably played in the key of C major. The change from the key of C to that of G interested him at first as a musician. Upon closer examination Paul perceived that the work was not printed at all, but written in ink, and so finally done that it would have passed for print at a cursory examination. Why did Clothilde wish the princess, a child of five, whose musical education was necessarily of the most rudimentary character, to play the anthem in the key of G major? The question recurred again and again as Paul studied the piece in the hope of coming upon some solution of the enigma. That this could have any relation to the conspiracy seemed incredible. But he had learned one thing during his experiences with the League; the most trivial matters often prove the orig For Once, at Least, Moving of Furniture Proved a Trap for Sleepy Housewife. A woman who lives in a south side apartment made up her mind the other day it would brighten up the rooms and relieve the monotony if the furniture were shifted around. She spent the afternoon "shifting" and went to bed, tired. Her son, at night, called her up over the tele- ins of weightiest actions. He read the piece through, note by note, and, at the end, found himself entirely battled. The only effect of the change of key was that it involved the occasional striking of F sharp, which, in the key of C would, of course, never be played. This suggested to Paul a new line of investigation. He bent over the keyboard and examined the recurring F sharps minutely. They were of black ivory. Paul tapped them softly, forbearing to press them lest the sound should bring someone into the museum. They seemed exactly like the other black notes as he ran his eye upon the keyboard. One had a small chip or erosion on its surface toward the bottom of the block. It might have been designed to give some signal. But his reason revolted at this petttifogging. It told him that this was an ordinary piano, in no wise different from others of that primitive type; undoubtedly he was playing the fool in the museum at midnight. He rose to go to his apartment. Something made him sit down again. Something in him rose up in intense warning. Something bright caught his attention. He gasped with excitement. The open string of the instrument which communicated with this particular note was not rusted, as were the rest, but bright, metallic, and new He ran his eye all over its shining surface. He followed its course under the veneered casing. He then saw that it ran down on the other side of s, she of Austria, rose and Paul defiantly. the instrument and into the body of the Statue of Justice. In an instant raut was at the base of the statue, upon his hands and knees. He saw that the wire ran straight through the wood, and, springing to his feet, he commenced cautiously to clamber up the wheel of the state carriage until, standing upon the coachman's box, he could see between the ceiling and the statue's upstretched finger. His suspicions were verified; the wire ran into the ceiling immediately beneath the chiffonier in his own room above. If Paul had prayed to meet no one upon that journey he prayed more earnestly now on his return. Every moment he expected to encounter Chloehlide upon the stairway. It seemed incredible that fortune should have permitted him to make his discovery without arousing her suspicions. When he reached his own apartment again he was trembling so that he could scarcely stand, and it was not until he had regained his self-control in some measure that he was able to make the rest of his examination. A very short investigation showed him that the wire passed through the floor and into the body of the chiffonier. But there it apparently ended. Paul pulled out every drawer, inspected every inch of the old piece of furniture with scrupulous care, in vain. At last he was compelled to acknowledge himself defeated. The wire end ed somewhere in the wood; but unless he could break the chiffonier into minute pieces he could discover noth ing further. phone, but could get no response. A little later his office telephone rang and his mother asked: "Were you ringing me?" "Yes," he said. "Why didn't you answer?" "I heard the bell ringing. I thought it was you and I got up to answer but I could not find the telephone." "Why didn't you turn on the light?" "I couldn't find the switch. I tried to feel my way to the switch, but I had moved the furniture and I became lost. For a while I could not find my Morning dawned after what seemed an eternity. Breakfast was served to Paul in his room About ten o'clock Von Grobelaar made his appearance and invited Paul to accompany the child princess and himself upon a morning stroll. So the day wore away. At six o'clock all were gathered in the queen's boudoir to await the expected telephonic message from the ambassador at Berlin. At six thirty the telephone rang with a sudden shrillness that started all and set them upon their feet. From his chair the old minister arose. He walked slowly toward the instrument—slowly, not because he was the less anxious but because he was the more fearful. He listened; then, after a moment, he hung up the receiver. "Mademoiselle and Gentleman," he said, "I have the honor to announce to you her majesty has ratified the treaty and left Berlin ten minutes ago, accompanied by his royal highness the prince consort." For a full half minute nobody spoke. Then Clothilde came forward. "Mynhear —" she began. "Gentlemen," said Von Grobelaar, "Her royal highness intends to celebrate the joyful news by playing the national anthem upon the harpschord of William of Orange." They trooped down the grand stairway, the Princess Juliana in the lead, whooping exultantly as she raced along. There was not one wrong note. The princess played with no bad execution and her fingers instinctively felt for and found each separate key. And what had begun as a prank ended differently, for the setting of the scene wrought itself upon the imagination of all present, so that each eye was moist—even Von Grobelaar's, and at the end he was swallowing hard. Paul saw Clothilde turn her head away; he touched her lightly upon the shoulder and she started violently. "You taught her all this yourself?" he asked. She stared at him like a madwoman, and suddenly, brushing him aside, broke through the crowd, gained the passage outside, and ran down the corridor, sobbing violently. Paul turned to Von Grobelaar. "I think that is the last we shall see of Mademoiselle," he said. "Why?" asked the minister quickly. The crowd had dispersed outside the door, whither they had been attracted by the Princess Clothilde's behavior, and they stared at her curiously. The little princess was resentfully complying with the admonitions of the head nurse concerning retiring time. Paul led Von Grobelaar to the harpischord and showed him the new wire. "I didn't understand," said Von Grobelair, looking at Paul with the vague air of one absorbed in some abstract cogitation. "Do you know," he continued, "that the sight of her little highness there made me feel like an old fool? When I think how many such princesses have grown up to be men and women —" "I beg your pardon," said Paul. Did you notice that wire? "I — what — which wire? Well, what of it?" "I was here last night when the palace was asleep." "Then, sir, you were grossly remiss in your duty. You should have remained in your room." "Possibly," answered Paul drily, "But the fact remains that that wire runs out of the harpsichord and through that statue and into my room?" "What!" Von Grobelaar turned on him a face yellow with fear. He totered and seemed about to fall. "I did not hear you, my friend. You spoke about some wire?" "That wire," repeated Paul indulgently, "connects with the chiffonier in her majesty's —" "My God!" yelled the minister, and he dashed for the door. Along the corridor he ran, Paul hurrying after him. But, agile as he was, Paul could not catch the old minister until he came upon him at the door of his own apartment. Von Grobelaar did not seem to notice him. With one sweep of the hand he consigned the chiffon cover to the floor, with Paul's hair-brushes, keys, collar-box and various small articles of baggage. He pressed a thumb-nail to the polished surface and tapped once. The veneered top slid back, disclosing an ivory button on which was printed, in tiny type, Groningen. He stared at it and turned on Paul like a madman. "It is all gone!" he yelled. "Holland is gone—drowned under the waves. That button connects with the military defense works beside the dykes. A touch blows Holland's bulwarks against the sea to pieces and submerges the land, with five million living men and women. The queen and I, alone of all Holland, knew where the secret lay. That button was to be touched when Holland's foes were at the gates of the Ingue. I knew they meant to blow up the dykes, but never dreamed they knew the secret." He shook his fist in Paul's face. "You have killed five million men and women, murderer," he screamed. "You were not put here to guard the Princess Jullana. You were put here to prevent anyone entering and touching that button. I couldn't reveal the secret to you. I thought you would be true to your trust. God almighty, they found the secret and connected the wires below. And hen majesty—Ah, God, I can almost hear the floods!" "Calm yourself," said Paul, gripping the old gentleman by the hands. "The dykes are safe. I cut that wire last night." way back to the bed. When I found the bed by feeling my way in the dark then I sat down and got my bearings and figured out how I had moved the furniture and just this moment figured out where the light switch was." —Kansas City Star "Goodness, John," said a woman to her husband, "your suit looks as if you had been sleeping in it!" "Well," replied John, "why not? Isn't that the suit I wear at church?" HOME TOWN HELPS City Once Properly Lald Out, Residents May Be Trusted to Develop and Beautify It. A movement of the first importance and of great proportions is taking place among American cities, which, while it has not attracted any very marked degree of attention on the part of the general public, is yet one which will have lasting consequences of the most beneficial character, writes author of "American City Planning," "Modern City Planning and Maintenance." This movement, the replanning of cities, has only begun to take shape in this country in the last few years, but already great progress has been made, and plans of the most elaborate and magnificent character have been proposed. The subject is one of such importance in the social, aesthetic and practical betterment of cities that it is of vital interest not only to the city administrator, the engineer and the architect, but also to every citizen who has the advancement of his city's welfare at heart. The work of the expert is to supervise the whole undertaking, to conceive the design and develop the plan; to direct the work of the engineering staff and that of the office as well. He is the directing head of the whole undertaking, and working in harmony with the commission, should have a free hand to develop the best possible plan. In cases where more than one solution of the problem of the city's replanning is practicable, he should submit tentative plans for the further consideration of the commission and the public. When the work of the expert has been completed a public exhibition should be held of the drawings and the plans and they should be subjected to the criticism of the public at large and discussed in public meetings and in the press. The commission should then decide upon the plan to be adopted and the work then should be actually undertaken. SAVE MONEY FOR TAXPAYERS English Cities Draw Revenue From Exploitation of Municipal Property or Some Points of Interest. Norwich, Eng., has converted the Norman keep of her castle into one of the finest museums in the country, and makes it minister in a small way to her rates; while the famous and beautiful Valley Bridge at Scarborough yields a yearly profit of about $1,000 to the corporation for various town purposes. For a whole century Plymouth has been owner of her Theater Royal, ever since its foundation, stone was laid by Mayor Lockyer in 1811, and its lease reduces the rates by considerably over $5,000 a year. The ratepayers of Birkenhead owe much relief to the famous ferry across the Mersey to Liverpool. I own a fleet of many steamers, which, as carriers of goods and passengers, contribute, it is said, something like $50,000 a year to the municipal exchequer; the contribution to the rates during the last half-century falling little short of half a million pounds. Liverpool makes from $15,000 to $20,000 by the annual exhibition of pictures in the Walker Art gallery. Already it is claimed that more than $5,000,000 has gone to the city funds from this source alone, in addition to the profits made in other directions, such as electricity works and the manufacture of concrete slabs for paving purposes. In fact, Liverpool is credited with making well over $500,000 a year by its various enterprises. Physical City Conferences. Mankind is every day becoming more cosmopolitan, and perhaps a significant indication of this is to be seen in the number of congresses, both national and international, that have recently been held. In connection with town planning and its allied subjects there have been held this year an international town planning congress at Ghent, an international road congress, an international housing congress, and an international congress of architects, and, in addition, important congresses on housing and town planning both in London and several provincial towns held under the auspices of the National Housing Reform council, an important congress in town planning held under the auspices of the engineers at Norwich, and also a sanitary congress. This national and international handshaking is certainly of the utmost value in coordinating the work of experts. Ideal Houses for Poorer Classes. In Huddersfield, England, the borough council has decided to erect 357 houses for the laboring classes. These houses will be erected in different localities, easy of access, and in districts where good light and air as well as good sanitary conditions can be bad. Equal Suffrage. Equal suffrage prevails in Mexico to a large extent. The women are not permitted to vote and the men are afraid to—Kansas City Journal. Destroying Dangerous Animals. Many wild animals are destroyed every year in India. The following list is for Bengal in 1912, three wild elephants, 132 tigers, 327 leopards, 26 bears, 18 wolves, 2 hyenas and 1,604 other wild animals, besides 12,674 snakes, and Rs. 13,477 was spent by the government in rewards for their destruction. We are all born for love. . . It is the principle of existence and its only end—Disraah. [Name not visible] EXPERT PIANO TUNER AND REPAIRER VOICING AND REGULATING All Work Guaranteed. 1115 Highland Avenue. Bell Phone East 2446 KANSAS CITY, MO. REAL ESTATE Property of All Kinds For Sale In Both Kansas Citys and Topeka TERMS TO SUIT MISS RUTH BRADLEY & CO. Main Office: 400 Haskell Ave., Kansas City, Kas. BELL PHONE WEST 644 Branch Office: Portemouth Bldg., Sixth and Minnesota Ave. Branch Office, Topeka, Kas.: 410 Kansas Ave. A. F. and A. M. Missouri Jurisdiction N. C. Crews, Kansas City, Grand Master. Deputy Grand Master, Richard Young, Lincoln, Neb. L. F. Payne, Glasgow, Mo., Grand Senior Warden. F. J. Brown, St. Louis, Grand Junior Warden. H. H. Walker, St. Joseph, Grand Treasurer. Geo. W. K. Love, Grand Secretary, Kansas City, Mo. W. W. Fields, Secretary of Masonic Relief, Cameron, Mo. E. J. Cooper, Mexico, Mo., Grand Lecturer. Grand Commandery Officers. A. D. Butler, R. E. G. C., St. Joseph, Mo. Theo. Wiley, V. E. D. G. C., St. Louis, Mo. W. G. Mosely, E G. C. G., Kansas City. T. P. Mahammitt, G. Treasurer, Omaha, Neb. C. H. Lewis, G. Rec., Kansas City. Grand Chapter Officers. Geo. Broomfield, G. H. P., St. Louis, Mo. T. G. McCampbell, D. G. H. P., Kansas City. A. L. Thomas, G. K., Jefferson City, Mo. J. P. Moffitte, G. S., Sedalia, Mo. Chas. Griggsby, G. Treas., Liberty, Mo. E. S. Baker, G. Sec'y, Kansas City Mo. MASONIC BUILDING ASSOCIATION MEMBERS. R. T. Coles, Chairman. S. Baker, Secretary. C. H. Lewis, Asst. Secretary. R. W. Foster, Treasurer. W. C. Mallory, Sandy Meyers, Wm. Washington, Geo. Bradley, T. W. H. Williams, H. R. Edwards, J. E. Herriford, E. G. Lacey, E. G. Miller, H. C. Hueston. "Just the Information We Need" - WEBSTER'S NEW INTERNATIONAL - THE MERRIAN WEBSTER Every day in your talk and reading, on the street car, in the college, shop, and school some new question is sure to come up. You seek quick, accurate, encyclopedic, up-to-date information. This NEW CREATION will answer all your questions with Annaluthor- ity, 400,000 Works Defined, 2700 Pages, 6000 Illustrations, Cost $400,000. The only dictionary with the new divided page. A "Stroke of Genius." Write for ap- partment pages, illustrations, etc. Mention this purchase and receive MERRIAM CO., Springfield, Mass. U. S. A. DR. J. H. JONES Physician and Surgeon Office Hours: 10 to 11 a.m. 1 to 3 and 5 to 6 p.m. Office, 1301 EAST 18TH STREET Residence, 1526 Highland Ave. Res. Home Phone, East 852 KANSAS CITY, MO. Over THEODORE SMITH, Druggist Home Phone, 5407 Main Bell 4801 Grand 1301 EAST 18th ST. KANSAS CITY, MO. Mme. Benton Dean, the popular milliner, has moved to 1010 Troost avenue, where she is elegantly located and will be extremely pleased to meet her many friends and customers at that number. Belle phone East 2102J. VISIT THE New Negro Enterprise Known as the Fad Studio A First Class, Up-to-Date Gallery. Views, Flashlights of Banquets, Parties, Groups of all Public Functions. Enlargements our Specialty. Post Cards, three for.....25c Cabinet Photos, per dozen, 820 UIP AGENTS WANTED. G. BRUCE SANTEE, Prop. 1718 E. 18th ST., KANSAS CITY, MO Newly, Modern Furnished Rooms For Rent— with bath, and gas for light house keeping-by day or week. 1524 McGee Street. J. G. MILLS, Prop. TYPEWRITING DONE at Kansas City Son office, 1803 East Eighteenth street. Neat, quick work. Rates rea- sonable. Engagements by appoint- ment. Bell phone East 999. Gifts that Will Please them Most A Singing Canary OR A Globe of Gold Fish. All prices at the Old Bird Co. 406 E. 12TH ST. CAGES, GLOBES AND ALL ACCES SORIES. ```markdown ``` PROF. J. SPINGARN COMING A campaign upon the issue of Negro segregation will be begun early in January, when Professor Joel E. Spingarn of New York will start on a speaking tour of the Middle Western states. As president of the New York branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Professor Spingarn will tell of the recent investigation of the question of discrimination against Negroes in government departments at Washington, conducted by the Association, and will discuss the charges which resulted. Wider information on the condition of Negroes in the South, as the research of the Association has disclosed it, will be the purpose of the campaign, which is intended to enlist more general support in the fight for political and industrial opportunity for the Negro. Professor Spingarn's first address will be at Detroit on the evening of Jan. 8. He will be in CChicago on Jan. 10 and 11, in Quincy, Ill., on the 13th, in Kansas City, Mo., on the 15th, in Topeka, Kas., on the 16th, in St. Louis on the 19th and 20th, and in Indianapolis on the 22d. Interest in his trip is already evident in the cities where he is to appear, and many societies are making plans to receive and entertain him. He will make the entire tour at his own expense. Professor Spingarn, for 12 years professor of literature in Columbia University, and author of many books, some of which have been translated into foreign languages, is well known as a scholar and in public life. As candidate for Congress in 1908 he was indorsed by President Roosevelt and Secretary Root, and his effort as a delegate to the Progressive convention of 1912 to have a plank on the Negro question adopted in the party platform attracted wide attention. The Association he represents has a large membership of both white and colored people, with an organization embracing important cities from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast, and has the support of many prominent men and social workers in its work for the welfare of the colored citizens of the country. ATTENTION. We have many inquiries for furnished and unfurnished rooms. If you have rooms that are idle, why don't you advertise them in The Sun and keep them rented? BENNETT TAILORING CO., Steam and French Dry Cleaning Dyeing, Pressing and Repairing Ladies Work a Specialty. Old Hats Made New. 1515 E 18th St., KANSA8 CITY, MO. Harrison Williams Expert Furnace and Stove Repairs RESIDENCE 1612 COTTAGE AVENUE. J.C.WAGNER The Clean Market Man Oysters, Fish and Game in Season. Fancy Groceries and all Table Luxuries. Courteous Treatment to All Bell Phone 3596 East Kansas City, Missouri. More Mothera Testify to Merite of XXth Century Hair Preparations. Nelson, Mo., April 13, 1913. Dear Madam Dabney: I am writing you for a small order. I want you to please send by mail 3 bottles of shampoo, 3 boxes of hair grower and 2 boxes of pressing oil. I like the remedy just fine; I would not be without it for anything. I am using it on my little girl's hair; it seems to be helping it greatly. MRS. ANNA BRUNER. Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 20, 1913. Dear Madam Dabney: I am a mother of four girls. In trying to improve their hair I had tried several preparations, but none gave me good results until I used Madam Dabney's XXth Century Preparations. Their hair was thin, harsh and would fall out so that I dreaded to use a comb. Now their hair is growing nicely—does not fall out—has no dandruff—is soft and pretty. Three of these girls are attending Wendell Phillips School, Howard and Vine streets. Investigation will bear out my testimony. I would not be without the XXth Century Preparation in my house. A six week's treatment of Madam P. M. Dabney's XXth Century Hair Preparations sent on receipt of P. O. money order of $1.25, or a single package of XXth Century Hair Grower, Pressing Oil or Shampoo sent for 50c. Write today to Madam P. M. Dabney's XXth Century Hair Preparations Co., 1606 E. 24th St., Kansas City, Mo., Dept. 40. Persons living in Kansas City who cannot be supplied by their druggist will be called upon by an agent on dropping a postal card to the above address or calling Bell phone, East 2475. Scythe Was a Fixture. Three years ago last summer old Bill Shiftless got an industrial streak on and concluded he would cut some weeds in his back yard. He went to a neighbor's house and borrowed a scythe. When Bill got it back home he was all fagged out and hung the scythe over the limb of a peach tree and told his wife he would wait until morning to mow the weeds. I passed by Bill's house yesterday and the scythe was still hanging over the same limb—Kansas City Star. To Clean Plaster. To clean plaster, preparatory to re-whitewashing or to painting, first apply a coat of starch. By the time you have reached the last bit of space the first will be nearly dry, and if you begin at once to wash it off with water, to which some soda or kerosene has been added, all smoke and grime will come off with the starch. This is on the same principle of starched fabrics washing easier than unstarched—the dirt comes out with the starch. Was Returning Sam Jimpson, colored, had a colored neighbor of some means, who was unkind enough to build a high board fence about his yard, wherein grew many luscious melons. One day Sam found a hole in the fence, and, licking his lips, he started to crawl through. The neighbor happened to be standing near the hole, "Heah you!" he cried, "whah you gwine?" "I'se gwine back," said Sam, quickly suctioning action to word. Drumtochty. Logicalmond, Ian Maclaren's "Drumtochty," is neither a village nor a parish, but an estate about eight miles by four in extent, and situated some twelve miles north of Perth, and lying at the foot of the Grampian Hills. The only semblance of a village in the entire Logicalmond district is the little hamlet of Harrietsfield, where Mr. Watson lived. Lucky He Was There A teacher in a certain town (we considerately decline to be more specific) had a great deal of trouble to make a boy in his class understand a point in his lesson. Finally, however, he succeeded, and, drawing a long breath remarked: "If it wasn't for me you would be the greatest donkey in this town." Ought to Be Enough Physician at Watering Place to Patient's Husband—"And after all the great thing for your wife is exercise. Does she take any?" Patient Husband—"Take any! I should say she did. Why, doctor, she changes her dress at least six times a day."—Stray Stories. Negligible. "They tell me," said Mr. Robbett, "that the automobile is absolutely destructive of humility." "Wa-al, that ain't much of an objection," said the rural sage. "They ain't so much humility left in the land these days that the loss of it'll come to much."—Judge. Sunday School Scholars The number of Sunday school scholars of all countries is about 27,000,000, of whom 14,000,000, or more than half, are in the United States. England and Wales come next with 7,000,000—no other country having as many as a million. Cat's Sense of Smell. Cats can smell even during sleep. If a piece of meat be placed immediately in front of a sleeping cat's nose the nostrils will begin to work as the scent is received, and an instant later the cat will wake up. Poor Neighbor. Subbubs—"What kind of people are the Nextdores?" Outaways—"He's negligent and shiftless. The garden hose he loans me is full of holes and he never thinks of fixing it!"—New Orleans Picayune. Visiting Gull Honored. "Tommy" a seagull which visits Southwold, England, every fishing season, has been elected an honorary member of the Southwold Sea Anglers' society, and adopted as the society's creat. It Was Hen-ry. "Hear that hen cackling?" said the back-fence neighbor; "somebody's hen must have laid an egg." "No," replied Mrs. Boggs, "that was my husband. He's just laid a carpet." Time for silence. There is one man in the country who says he is able to tell a woman's age by looking at her. May he be, but if he has any sense he won't do it. Toledo Blade. To Clean Door Mats To clean door mats put the mat into a bath of soapy water and scrub with a hard scrubbing brush. Then rinse well in cold water, standing it up to dry. Sea Furnishes Their Living. In Norway and Sweden 36 persons out of every 1,000 live by seafaring. The next best average in this particular vocation is Great Britain. Here's the Recipe of Success. The way to make a success of any job is to care whether you do it right or not.—California Outlook. Ditto When They Are Full. Scientists have discovered that people fall in love when the moon is full.—Detroit Free Press. Daily Thought. Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motte of all quarrels.—Voltaire. GRAND OPENING A variety of NEW DANCES will be introduced; making the program entirely new to the people of Kansas City. Prof. Wm. G. Melford's orchestra needs no introduction. FROM 8 P. M. TO 12 P. M. ADMISSION - - 25c Office Hours 8 to 12 m. & 1 to 5 p. m. Sunday by Appointment Bell Grand 2553W DR. E. C. BUNCH DENTIST Gold Crown, Bridges and Plates A Specialty Painless Extraction 716 East 12th St. Kansas City, Mo The Crescent Cafe HOME COOKING Don't Forget our Thanksgiving and Christmas Turkey DINNERS. Meals, 15c, 20c and 25c. 1007 INDEP. AVE. Mrs. Sandy Williams, Prop. A. E. J H. SIMMONS, Prop. 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Our for doing first class work unexcelled 1731 Lydia Ave. (Hod Carrier 1783 Main 1779 Grand OPENING Calling Cards, Business Cards, Church, Society, Book and Stationery Printing of all kinds. Square Deal Printing Co. The Printing House for the two Kansas Citys. Our Facilities for doing first class work unexcelled Home 2785 Main Bell 1647Y Grand 1731 Lydia Ave. (Hod Carriers' Hall.) Of Prof. S. J. MORTON'S DANCING ACADEMY Evening, December 8th Y HALL Cottage NEW DANCES will be intre entirely new to the people G. Melford's orchestra needs FROM 8 TO 10 P. M. G ACADEMY Aug, December 8th, 1913 WLL Cottage & Vine Sts ICES will be introduced; making new to the people of Kansas City d's orchestra needs no introduction. IO P. M. GOOD MUSIC Day Afternoon from 1 P. M. t me adults will not be admitted. Cooks' Supplies, Lives, Razors, Shears, e Pomade. OF ALL EDGE TOOLS. t., Kansas City, Mo. Kansas City Undertaking Co. Motto: Prompt attention and courteous treatment. Lady Attendants. Caskets and Carriages Only Chapel Room in the City OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Home Phone, Main 3341. Dell Phone, Main 3398. 1031-33 Independence, Ave. KANSAS CITY, MO. INDY STORE Christmas Presents and your friends to visit our little store free for yourselves the line of Dry Goods we can gain your trade and sincerely to a creditable race enterprise. ING AND TAILORING Work Shirts, Gloves, Suspenders, Fancy Fancy Ties, Handkerchiefs, Ladies' Aprons, for men, women and children, Notions HOLMES & CO., HOLMES SALESLADY Cards, Church, Society, Book and Printing of all kinds. FAIRLEY, Mgr. al Printing Co. two Kansas Citys. Our Facilities class work unexcelled WHERE CAN YOU FIND ITS EQUAL? It has been said the value of convince the public of the advantage the advertiser. It is not the intec Delmonico Cafe and Home Bakery advertising phrases that long since rag bag of time. We have no do which that term is most generally a few, open facts which your inv has been said the value of advertising lies in the public of the advantages to be gained in tiser. It is not the intention of the manager Cafe and Home Bakery to deal at length with phrases that long since should have been of time. We have no desire to advertise in it term is most generally accepted; we simply en facts which your investigation will need It has been said the value of advertising lies in its power to convince the public of the advantages to be gained in dealing with the advertiser. It is not the intention of the management of the Delmonico Cafe and Home Bakery to deal at length with customary advertising phrases that long since should have been cast into the rag bag of time. We have no desire to advertise in the sense in which that term is most generally accepted; we simply desire to state a few open facts which your investigation will necessarily verify. A STATEMENT OF FACTS: The Delmonico Home Bakery, located East Eighteenth Sas City, Mo., thoroughly equips of the Mississippi it does a service to Negroes. The rooms in centrally situated of the Negro Dale the most modern furnished in the pointments. The Home Innection, while our new enterprise of greater Kansas from the day it measured well in the quality of And has today most finished Employed by Baker pacity anywhere. Our solicitation for your patron the traveling public, is based on our service and as a guarantee of our agreement of the Delmonico Cafe and this proposition: To supply any our people in this city with their foregoing statement of facts e HENRY C. CO. Delmonico Cafe and H The Delmonico Cafe and Home Bakery, located at 1511 East Eighteenth street, Kansas City, Mo., is the most thoroughly equipped Cafe west of the Mississippi, rendering it does a service almost whole to Negroes. The rooms in connection are centrally situated at the Hub of the Negro District, and are the most modern and neatly furnished in their various pointments. The Home Bakery in connection, while comparatively new enterprise to the Negro of greater Kansas City, has from the day it was installed measured well to the standard in the quality of their product. And has today in service the most finished Bakers ever employed by Bakeries of small capacity anywhere. Solicitation for your patronage, either to the public, is based on the foregoing facts, and as a guarantee of our position in this man of the Delmonico Cafe and Home Bakery position: To supply anyone of the recognizee in this city with their bread and pastry freeing statement of facts can be disproven. HENRY C. COMPTON, HENRICO Cafe and Home Bakery, The Delmonico Cafe and Home Bakery, located at 1512 East Eighteenth street, Kansas City, Mo., is the most thoroughly equipped Cafe west of the Mississippi, rendering as it does a service almost wholly to Negroes. The rooms in connection are centrally situated at the Hub of the Negro District, and are the most modern and neatly furnished in their various appointments. The Home Bakery in connection, while comparatively a new enterprise to the Negroes of greater Kansas City, has from the day it was installed measured well to the standard in the quality of their products. And has today in service the most finished Bakers ever employed by Bakeries of small capacity anywhere. Our solicitation for your patronage, either to the local trade or the traveling public, is based on the foregoing facts coupled with service and as a guarantee of our position in this matter, the management of the Delmonico Cafe and Home Bakery willingly makes this proposition: To supply anyone of the recognized Charities of our people in this city with their bread and pastry for one year if the foregoing statement of facts can be disproven. Less Muddy Voice. The madam's voice is creamy and clear. Better focused than most contratos and evener. More ringing in climax, less muddy in soft passages. It is as good as any voice can be that springs from fleshy throat, trusts the quivering lung for power, and records itself on the more or less dull, waxy surfaces of miscellaneous ears. It satisfies. It uplifts. It inspires. It completely conveys the message of a pure and confident motherhood brooding over the whole human race — St. Paul News. All He Asked: Up in Alaska there used to be a district attorney who was long on native oratory, but short on education. Once, while prosecuting a big case, coming to the finish of his argument, he leaned across the rail and made this plea: "All I asts of you, gentlemen of the jury, is that you now retire and mete out justice as she deserves to be met!" Had to Do It. "What do you mean by suing me for breach of promise?" he demanded. "I never proposed to you in my life." "Why of course you didn't," she answered, in a conciliatory tone. "And I wouldn't have accepted you if you had. But you know I am going on the stage, and I must have some preparations."-Judge. "Mercy, child!" exclaimed Mrs. Harlem. "I never would have believed my little boy could use such language. Been playing with bad children again, haven't you?" "No'm." replied her little boy. "Teddy Bacon and I have been playing with a parrot his uncle sent him from Chicago." Suffocated by Wine Eater Five were suffocated in a wine vat at Bruglier, near Limoges, France, a few days ago. The five were working at a wine press when one of them, a girl named Crouzet, who was in the vat, fell and was asphyxated. Her four companions rushed to her help, but also succumbed to the fumes. Dodging Promotion There is a chafing-dish period for every college girl; but when the time comes for the promotion to the higher position hard by a grand square cooking stove, most of the graduates prefer to toot the alarm whistle on a limousine—Dallas News. "Beware of the counterfeit $50 notes," says Uncle Sam, "it must be pleasant even to look at an imitation. If Uncle Sam will show us some real ones, perhaps we'll know how to guard against the imitations."—Salt Lake Tribune. --- Dreadful. Curiosity. of advertising lies in its power to stages to be gained in dealing with attention of the management of the key to deal at length with customary one should have been cast into the desire to advertise in the sense in accepted; we simply desire to state investigation will necessarily verify. Monico Cafe and is located at 1512 South street, Kan-., is the most shipped Cafe westippi, rendering as the almost wholly in connection are located at the Hub District, and are modern and neatly their various ap- Bakery in comparatively a to the Negroes Kansas City, has it was installed to the standard of their products. Buy in service the Bakers ever emeries of small ca- tronage, either to the local trade or in the foregoing facts coupled with our position in this matter, the man- and Home Bakery willingly makes anyone of the recognized Charities of our bread and pastry for one year if can be disproven. OMPTON, Prop. Home Bakery, 1512 East 15th Street Record Oat Plant. A wonderful oat plant was exhibited at a recent meeting of the farmers' union of New Zealand. It was an oat plant with 210 strong stems growing from it. The owner hopes to raise a new variety of a very prolific kind. Right in the Swim "My wife is always complaining she has nothing to wear." "Great Scot, fellow! What on earth is she kicking about? Get to her quick and tell her she's right in style and doesn't know it."-St. Louis Republic. Protection Against Crime It is estimated that there are in use in the United States about 100,000 elaborate electric protective systems against crime, about 300,000 smaller systems, and some 2,000,000 minor devices. "Have you adequate police protection for your house?" asked a man of a friend who lived in a lonely spot. "You bet! Why, we've got the prettiest servant girl in the country." Nagging Wife—drinking husband Which is cause and which is effect? Sociologists and temperance lectureors may think they know but they don't.—Philadelphia Record. Bill (readng) —"Here's a guy just went crazy that never used terbacker or liquor or played cards." Hank—"He didn't 'went', Bill—he allers wuz!" —Kansas City Star. After the Game. "Well, anyhow, Miss Vassar, you'll admit that our boys played very well. The game was lost through just one error." "Yes, so was Paradise." Removed All Doubt Scott—"I dreamed last night that I died and went to heaven." Mott—"That settles it. Dreams go by contraries beyond question." "What makes you so sure that all dressmakers go to heaven when they die?" "Why, they must necessarily live a pattern life." Strong Comparison A brakeman in Altoona was speaking of the bad weather. "It's as bad," he said, "as the third band in a circus parade." "See that bewhiskered man walking with Miss Peach. He's very hirsute, isn't he?" "No, he's her suitor." Cinched. Stand-Off. His Opinion. Quite Sew Help! In accordance with our usual custom, we will send The Sun during the month of January, 1914, to any address in or out of the city for one dollar ($1.00) for one year, or until January, 1915. What more acceptable present could you make to your family or friends than a year's subscription to an up-to-date, fearless, newsy Negro paper? Old subscribers can take advantage of this rate by paying UP IN FULL their back subscriptions and letting their new subscriptions date from January, 1914. KANSAS ROSEDALE, KANSAS Mrs. C. V. Allen of Quindaro, Kas, who spent the holidays with her mother, Mrs. Ida Brown, 4007 Adams street, left Monday for LaGrange, Mo., for a few weeks' stay with her mother-in-law...Mrs. John Ralls, 618 Booth avenue, entertained a large number of friends Thursday evening in honor of her husband's birth anniversary. ...Mr. and Mrs. Ell Tuppence, 3947 Adams street, entertained Mr. and Mrs. Burns Bond of St. Paul, Minn, and Mrs. J. T. Haskell at dinner Monday evening. The marriage of Mr. Wesley Chiles and Miss Millein Allen took place New Year's night at the Wesley Chapel. A reception followed the ceremony...Mr. and Mrs. William Kyle, 4131 Lloyd avenue, returned last week from Nashville, Tenn., accompanied by her sister, Miss Ollie Bryant. Mrs. Newton Sayers is indoposed this week...Mr. A. B. Zellner died at his residence, 4012 Lloyd avenue, Wednesday. Besides his wife he is survived by three sons and other relatives. The funeral was held from the Primitive Baptist Church Sunday Mr. and Mrs. George Scholler entertained a few friends New Year's night at 6 o'clock dinner at their residence, 118 Lafayette street, in honor of Rev. Ralston, pastor of the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church. Covers were laid for nine. The following were present: Rev. and Mrs. Ralston, Mr. and Mrs. John Ralls, Mr. and Mrs. Preston Smith, Master John Ralls, Mr. John Tucker and Mrs. Sallie Sims. Four courses were served. RENO. KAS. Mrs. M. Brown and mother, Mrs. M. Hamilton of Melville, Kas, visited Mr. and Mrs. Albert Shephard... Miss Rona Evans and Miss Nellie Peterson spent New Years with Miss Mable Glede... Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hawkins and family attended a reunion at Lawrence at the home of Mr. B. M. Hawkins in honor of a sister, Mrs. J. Holloway, of La Junta, Colo...J. M. Nelson went to Lawrence on business Monday... Mrs. Queen Glede and granddaughter, Mrs Louvena Hawkins, returned Monday at Atchison, where they spent Christmas with a daughter, Mrs. R. Perry... Mrs. Overton and Miss Emmia Raffle of Lawrence were guests of Miss Raffle's mother... Mrs. J. Brown and daigh In accordance with our January, 1914, to any address until January, 1915. What friends than a year's subscript scribers can take advantage and letting their new subsc ters, Misses Addle and Ethel Brown, and son, - George Brown, returned Thursday from Kansas City.....Wm. James of Tonganoxie was hunting here Wednesday.....Mrs. Rhodes of Kansas City spent a couple of days here hunting ...Mr. Douglass Hildebrandt and children went to Leavenworth Wednesday ...Mr. Roy Walton went to Leavenworth Thursday...Garcie Burris was a visitor here the guest of his grandmother, Mrs. W. Raffle. Mr. J. Brown went to Lawrence Friday on business. TONGANOXIE, KAS. Rev. White of Kansas City preach a very instructive sermon at the A. M. E. Church Sunday morning. ...Rev. Davis of Kansas City, Kas., has charge of the First Baptist Church first and third Sundays in every month...Miss Marie Walton of Leavenworth, Kas., visited relatives and friends Thursday and Friday...Mr. Roy Reynolds shipped a carload of cattle to Kansas City last week...Mr. Harry Tolliver visited his nephew, Gus Saunders, at Leavenworth last week...Mrs. J. M. Nelson was among the visitors here Monday...Mrs. C. Barnett of Kansas City, Kas., spent a few days with relatives last week...Mr. Henry James of Leavenworth, Kas., visited relatives and friends a few days last week...Mrs. J. S. James of Chicago visited her niece, Mrs. W. M. Wood, Tuesday and Wednesday...Mrs. Alec Jackson gave a dinner last Tuesday in honor of Judge I. F. Bradley of Kansas City, Kas., Mr. and Mrs. Helen and daughters of Atchison, Kas., were the guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Smith, last week...Mrs. H. D. Carter and daughter, Miss Lucille, visited her sister, Mrs. Montgomery, last week...The S. M. Ts. will have their installment of officers and bax social Jan. 16. The admission is five cents...The Progress Club will give an oratorical contest Jan. 24 for the bene fit of the First Baptist Church. Admission 10 cents. LARNED. KAS. Dec. 25, 1913, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Towne entertained with a delightful dinner party. The following guests were present: Mother Towne, Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Towne, Mr. S. Woods and his five daughters, Rev. C. H. Anderson, Mr. N. Hawkins and grandson, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin and daughter, John Towne and Lloyd Woods. The dining room was beautifully decorated and a most enjoyable time was spent by all present. The guests voted Mr. and Mrs. Towne charming host and hostess. NEELY. KAS. Mr. Ben Matthews is on the slick list...Mrs. Norris is ill at her home. ..Mrs. Laura Norris visited friends in Tonganoxie last Monday...Lulu Wake was among the visitors at Tonganoxie last week...Mr. and Mrs. Mat Wilson were in Tonganoxie Sat- urday and Sunday on business...Mrs. J. Matthew's daughter, Mrs. Redmon of Leavenworth, visited here last week....Mr. Sherman Wake is visiting in Tonganoxie. Y. M. C. A. NOTES Regular men's meeting at the rooms next Sunday at 3:30 p. m. Work on the new building is progressing rapidly. All the concrete footings are in and the stone work for the fillings will be completed to the floor level in a few days. The men's meeting Sunday was one of the best the men have enjoyed for some time. Messrs. Hunton, Tobias and Jones, International Secretaries, addressed the meeting and the men were highly pleased. The largest crowd that has ever visited the Y. M. C. A. on New Year's day was present last Thursday. The young men were kept busy all afternoon caring for those who were interested in viewing the plans of the new building. The personnel of the visitors would do honor to any organization and the men of the Association feel highly honored in having been permitted to entertain such guests. The majority of those present wore PAD-IN-FULL buttons. Y. W. C. A. NOTES "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly"—National Y. W. C. A. Motto. The secretary has been pleased to welcome many visitors in the Yates Branch of the Young Women's Christian Association this year. Our latchstring is on the outside and there is always a cordial welcome for all young women and girls. It is our purpose to get 180 new members by the date of our annual meeting, March 5, 1914. Will you who are already in the association show your interest by bringing into fellowship at least five of these?" "Let us love, indeed, and in truth." There are young women and girls in this city who would receive with readiness an invitation to clasp hands with this worldwide movement if you would extend it, who would go and bring others. TAKE NOTICE. our usual custom, we will send The press in or out of the city for one dollar that more acceptable present could yascription to an up-to-date, fearless, new age of this rate by paying UP IN FUL subscriptions date from January, 1914. THE SUN PUBLISHING COMPANY The Monday and Tuesday night Y. W. C. A. Bible Classes have continued with interest even through the holidays. The Tuesday evening class is open to all women. A knowledge of the Bible will be invaluable to women as to men throughout their lives. The Honorable Frederick Douglass who became famous in our own land and abroad as an orator and a statesman was a close student of the Bible. Amanda Smith, who for more than fifty years, held vast audiences spell bound with her wonderful essays of the Christ has done so with her treasure of beautiful Scriptural verses. Both of these were born during the days of slavery and on the soil of Maryland. Both lived to be honored by leading thinkers of various nationalities at home and abroad. The latter, though in her 78th year, is in apparent good health physically and mentally, and rests comfortably in her beautiful little bungalow (built especially for her by a rich man who was led to Christ through her beautiful Scriptural Messages) at Lake Sebring in Florida. Our visitors this week included the Rev. Dr. E. A. Wilson, Muskogee; Mr. W. A. Hunton, Washington, D. C.; Miss Anna H. Jones, principal of Douglass School; Miss Josephine V. Pinyon, National Student Secretary, New York City. Mr. Wm. A. Hunton, International Secretary of the Student Volunteer Movement, delivered an able and inspiring address to a large and representative gathering at the Y. W. C. A. meeting held at the First Baptist Church, Nebraska avenue and Fifth street, on Wednesday evening of this week. His subject was "The Price of Progress." He held his auditors (as he always does) from start to finish. The meeting was a pronounced success. On the platform with him were: Miss J. V. Pinyon, National Student Secretary; Dr. H. T. Kealing (who read the Scripture), Mr. R. B. Defrantz, General Secretary of the Y. M. C. A. and Mrs. Lydia C. Smith, who presided. The Rev Dr. W. A. Bowen, pastor of the church, gave the invocation. Miss Elle Grant rendered a solo and played for the congregational singing. The latter was a splendid feature. Mrs. F. K Douglass and others of the finance committee, booked after the offering to which the auditors responded cheer fully. It is to be regretted that scores of people who came early to the dinner left the church, ere they found out that while the dinner had been suddenly called off without consent or knowledge of the writer that Mr. Hunton would take the place of his wife as speaker. Mrs. Hunton was unavoidably detained and Mr. Hunton graciously stayed and spoke out of the abundance of his heart in her stead. There may be microbes in kisses, but no girl has ever seen one. ```markdown ``` MISSOURI Mr. Clyde Banks left for Jefferson City, Mo, last Saturday to resume his studies at Lincoln Institute.....Miss Odessa Hillman spent several days visiting relatives and friends in Kansas City, Mo, last week.....Mr. and Mrs. Bates, Miss Bates and Mr. Reynolds of Carrollton, Mo, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Anderson Sunday. Miss Hatch Young and sister of Macon, Mo., were the guests of Miss Jewell Cabbell during the holidays.... Mr. Clark of Macon, Mo, spent the New YeYar with Miss Jewell Cabbel. .....Already the winning of one of our accomplished young ladies by one of Atchison's fortune gentlemen is about an accomplished fact. This puts us in a position to see that our young men ust step to the front on the home as well as the foreign battlefield if they would win. Victories of peace and of war are never inherited. A New Year festival was given at the U. K. T. hall by the Sir Knights and Daughters last Thursday night. This society's festival, like its previous public entertainments, was a decided success.....Rev. I. L. Tally has begun a revival meeting. He is assisted by various distinguished ministers and loyal members. Their slogan seems to be, "Onward, Christian Soldiers." We are looking forward to occasional victories from such a marching as to war.... The funeral of Mrs. John Winfrey, whose prolonged illness was brought to a close last Tuesday, was held at the Baptist Church, with Rev. Talley officiating. The funeral was well attended by a host of friends, who join Mr. and Mrs. Chas, Johnson, the only relatives of the deceased, in mourning the loss of such an unpretentious Christian character. EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MO EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, M.C. Lady present at the McKnight White dance pavilion were presented with horns and whistles, which were blown at 12 o'clock. It was quite a novelty...Mrs. Will Carter's distressing cry last Thursday about 1 o'clock was hot rabbit, chicken chit terlings for salle, and the hungry crowd rushed to her relief....Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Bosier have returned from Plattsburg, where they spent a part Sun during the month of dollar ($1.00) for one year, or you make to your family or newsy Negro paper? Old sub-ULL their back subscriptions of the holidays...Miss Georgia GGolf has returned to Kansas City...Miss Dess Johnson of Lawson, Mo., spent Thursday and Friday at the Albany Hotel...Mr. Ruben Martin of Parksville, Mo., was the guest of his daughter, Mrs. Lena Mablon, Tuesday...Miss Mable King, who is attending Lincoln Institute, is home, also Mr. Caul Gibson, who is attending the Western college, is here spending the holidays...Mr. Clarence Carter of Macon, Mo., is the guest of Mrs Hatie Gibson...Mrs. James Frazier of Parksville, Mo., who recently lost her husband, is here visiting her mother. We extend to her our sympathy...Mrs. WWhite, the proprietor of the homelike Albany Hotel, gave a New Year's luncheon and a number of guests were present...The club members and friends extend to Mr. Lewis and family their profound sympathy during their recent bereavement... The Philomatium Society was entertained by Miss Chance Golf at the cozy little home of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Mablon on Osage street. After the formal opening every one told one one thing that they had learned during 1913, and many were interesting. One new member was added, Mr. Richard L. Jackson. After the business meeting was adjourned the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Lena Mablon, served a three-course luncheon, which was certainly enjoyed. Other guests besides the members were Misses Georgia Million, Clara Little and Otha Mablon. On account of sudden illness Miss Ethel Baines was unable to be present. ...Mrs. Norman Fage is rapidly improving...Mr. Edward Johnson has been complaining but is able to attend to his daily vocation...Quotation composed by Richard L. Jackson: "Here's to friends, here's to your foe, Never let a friend your secret know. For when your friend becomes your foe, Out in the world your secret goes." ...In speaking of unity, the Elms waiters certainly exercise it. They stick together in every instance, and everything they undertake is a success. They have a lecture-twice a week by Mr. McKnight, the head-waiter, who is a perfect genius. His main subject, Organization, Unity and Business. The waiters made Mr. McKnight a Christmas gift of $10 in gold. ...Christmas eve was delightfully spent in Excelsior. There was dancing at both halls and the young people went from one t o the other. BRUNSWICK, MO. Just in the midst of pleasure and prosperity the death angel visited our community. Mr. Sandy Cayhart departed this life Dec. 19, 1913, at 2:30 p.m. at the age of 60 years. The funeral was preached at the A. M. E. Church. He leaves a wife, mother, five sisters and one brother to mourn his demise....The Young Ladies' Golden Leaf Embroidery Club had quite a success with the bazaar and program the 27th....Sunday morning Rev. W. H. Davis preached a soul-stirring sermon....Both services Sun- $1 Straight or wavy SWITCHES 50c 24 inches long, made of good quality combination hair, on three stems. Sell regularly at $1. In this sale only 50c $1 TRANSFORMATIONS, 50c AGENTS WANTED Hundreds earn $10 to $80 weekly selling our High Grade Guaranteed Goods. Call or write for Special Agents Offer. The People's Undertaking Go. Cut Rate Undertakers BEN SCHWARTZBERG 408 East Twelfth Street Home Phone Main 2876. KANSAS CITY, MO. Subscribe for The Sun day were well attended. The pastor and wife visited friends at Marshall, Mo., during the holidays....Prof S. W. Bigby visited his daughter, Mrs. Velma Roy at Kansas City, Mo. PALMYRA, M. Prof. Richardson, after a pleasant visit with Miss Sparks, left for his home last week at Kirksville....Mrs. Carrie Lewis entertained the students. Miss Maggie Lee, Schuyler Bradley and Mr. Ralph Pinkard returned to Lincoln Institute Monday....Misses Murphy Curl and Lena Bryant, who are attending Lena College at Macon, spent the holidays with parents. Miss Alle Mae and Virginia Hunter and Messrs. Noble and Marry Hunter of Moline are visiting their mother....Rev. G. D. Saunders and wife of Eola were the guests of Mrs. Jennie Davis last week....Miss Hallele Davis of Quincy, III, spent Eaturday and Sunday with her mother....Miss Pearl Sparks, who is teaching, spent Christmas with parents....Mrs. R. B. Smith royally entertained the Sewing Circle of the Bethel A. M. E. Church Friday....Sunday was a glorious day at Bethel, this being the first Sunday in the new year. In the morning was general class meeting and at evening Rev. Haywood delivered an excellent sermon....Mr. Virgil Williams is on the sick list....Mrs. GGeorge Sandridge, Jr., of Hannah is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. George Sandridge, Sr....The Ideal Improvement Club will eat at Mrs. Eliza Ransom's Friday evening....Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Johnson spent Christmas with their daughter of Quincy, Ill....Shiloh Tabernacle gave an entertainment New Year's night....Mr. A. R. Bohon, D. D. G. M., visited Mt Hope Lodge No. 19 last Saturday. After business he was tended a reception. HARMONY IN THE COMMUNITY (By Prof, E. O. Boone, Jr., Mary- ville, Mo.) It is said when old age no longer does mischief, it proceeds to give out advice. I only want to try to convey to you the message that is being sent to our race through different ones. I want to arouse a spark of interest in our behalf, in the actions; we think are beneficial to us as individuals and a race as a whole. As we are aware we are now living in a progressive age, an edge that demands all one can give and sometimes more. It is left to us to take advantage of the various opportunities that present themselves at our doors. The younger generation have no excuse, unless it is that they had to support their aged parent, for not having at least a gram- mar school education. Now to pay a tribute and turn thanks to the old ones, the one who sacrificed and underwent many hardships that we theirs, daughters and grandchildren might enjoy public schools, colleges 814 E. 12th St. HESSEL'S Kansas City, Mo. AGENT our High Special Art universities and that we might have our eyes opened to the words of the Gospel and civilization in general. We alve organized in most towns and cities literary societies, sewing circles, reading circles and various other organizations to help educate and cultivate in a measure those that did not enjoy that opportunity. But you are the dear ones that made it possible for us to enjoy it. Clubs such as this, the Whatsoever Society and others that are under the voice of the church are blessings to the communities for they not only give one enjoyment, pleasure and recreation, but they tend to educate the one to the extent of table etiquette, social manners and politeness. Every individual in town should join hands and work with this club, for now as a whole our race will not stick together and until we learn to unite our efforts we cannot to forward as rapidly in the future years as we have come in the fifty years. We should work in harmony with the churches and schools. The members of this, the Whatsoever Society, are doing a great work. Let us join hands and lend our aid and assistance when we can, for it will be helpful to all. As with a person's life when indulgence resulted in the failure to form the habits of self-control and self-mastery. So let us hope that this society will in their monthly programs bring forth for public discussion such subjects that will be helpful and instrumental in character building, subjects that will bring out the needs of self-control and self-mastery. Papers that will teach us how to live in harmony, that will tell you and prove to you the importance of working together or as one. Our race needs unity. So let the work of this society in its literary infancy have a new start that is met with general; approval though small be its beginning let's hope its results to be great. "I live for those who love me, whose hearts are kind and true; for heaven that smiles above me, and awaits my spirit too." For the friendly ties that bind me, for the task that God has given me, for the memories left behind me and the good that I can do." Not Altogether Bad Disgusted Sportsman — "Missed again! I can't hit a thing. I'll have to give it up." Stalker—"Oh, I wadna dae like that. Ye canna hit them, but ye hae a fine style, whatever."—Punch. Eugenics The self-made man was speaking. He said: "My father was a raiser of hogs. There was a large family of us." And then his voice was drowned by the applause.—Life. Thea morpha ar. All-around Transformations, w. 11 oz. 20, in long; long of fine quality hair, straight or wavy. We carry a complete line of Hair Goods, including Wigs and Braids at 15 to $15, which we make and we sell direct to you at half-Price