Kansas City Sun

G. A. R. Veterans: Our Toast--Honors For The Living; Flowers For The Dead A FEARLESS DEFENDER OF THE RACE VOLUME VI. NUMBER 40. TWO ROUSING MEETINGS, NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE ENTER TAINS, Large Audiences in King olommon and the 8th Street Baptist Tabernacle. MAGNIFICIENT ADDRESSES. Kansas City, Kansas in Line. The Negro Business League is slowly but surely with bread winning and sedate advice uniting our people for their industrial, commercial, economic, professional, civic and moral development. Thought backed by sound reason elegantly delivered with matured judgement used in sounding the keynote of what appears to be the universal aim of mankine of this day and age. "Love, union, co-operation and consequent success." Each fellow beginning at home with faith and works. The Afro-American is coming. Like a burdened beast, up from the lowest swamps and confronted by natural and unnatural forces of resistance. Each day lessens his burden, each day increases his strength, each day brings him closer to the crest of the hill of prosperity, honor and renown. While the evil among us is magnified, most of our good deeds unnoticed or deprecated; yet the cold fact remains undeniable that the black horse is surely coming; with come inexhaustible strength, irresistible power and unchecked ardor. President F. J. Weaver assisted by J. A. Wilson and C. A. Franklin received a warm reception at King Solomon Baptist Church. The Secretary was told that the meeting was highly appreciated. Dr. J. E. Dibble assisted by Hon. E. A. Shackleford and Hon. C. H. Calloway held one of the best meetings of the entire Campaign. Officers of the Church followed the Secretary out of Church begging us to return the first Sunday in June. Dr. D. B. Jackson and his people deserve the praise for the beautiful edifice which they have erected. Their Church was built entirely by Blacke; is old and is in this respect and others unique and second to none in Kansas City, Kansas. This fact seemed to inspire the speakers, and they surely did speak. Eloquence, facts, wit and persuasion swayed the people to love and union for which the Master prayed: "That they may be one as we are." "United we stand and divided we fall." Hon. C. H. Calloway whose works are speaking and whose words were supported by works was called "the brownskin legal prince." Hon. E. A. Shackleford upheld Kansas so well that he is called "the legal sunflower arrayed in glory." Next Sunday President F. J. Weaver assisted by Hon. Dorsey Green, Mrs. G. L. Prince and Dr. J. Franklin Wilson will be at the Metropolitan Baptist Church. Dr. J. E. Dibble assisted by Dr. Lee R. Petty, Judge L. F. Bradley, Hon. L. W. Johnson, and C. A. Franklin will be at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church and the Church of living God, 337 Oakland Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas. Let each member turn out. Keep the good work up. Make good. God Almighty hates a quitter. Stick Two more weeks and the battle is over. When our people are united when Negro enterprises flourish when our sons and daughters have an open door of opportunity, we shall thank God for being allowed to labor for such a noble cause. Yours for Negro Enterprose, E. A. ROBINSON. Monday evening, May 25 Wendell Phillips School Parent-Teachers Association held their last meeting for the year. The attendance was not as large as usual but a good program was rendered. Mrs. Hickum the President presided. Music by Boys Orchestra, vocal solo by a little Kansas girl Letitia Bradfield, Mrs. R. D. Wells read an excellent paper. The introduction being a tribute to Mother. She developed her subject by explanation of what a mother's influence means to her child. Music by Orchestra, A Spanish Waltz. Paper...Miss Sexon teacher, subject "Happiness of Teaching," a paper of encouragement for the teacher who is happy. Remarks by President. Music by Orchestra. A Schittische was given as pleasingly as the former number. After which came an unexpected but a very palatable treat from the Teachers who served Parents and friends with refreshments which all seemed to enjoy. ANNIE HICKUM, President, ESTELLA WOODS, Secy. The Parent-Teachers Association of the Booker Washington School held its regular monthly meeting on May 14. The principal feature was an address by Prof. T. W. H. Williams Principal of Bruce School. The excellent address was well received by the patrons. In addition there was a wand drill by the smaller pupils, a guessing contest and an arithmetical exhibition by the pupils of the fourth grade. The guessing contest was won by Cartright Ward. In the Arithmetical Contest Ruth Dixon won first prize and Helen Johnson second prize. MRS. HARPOLE, Pres. MR. STEELE, Secretary. Dr. G. W. Stevens, the well known and famous spiritualist, can be consulted at his residence, 1904 Paso, any day from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. The Kansas City Sun NURSES Colored Nurses and Internes of General Hospital and standing in rear center, Kansas City's brilliant and highly successful physician and surgeon Dr. Wm. J. Thompkins whose unswerving persistence, high standing with the White profession and popularity with the present city administration secured this splendid opportunity for our race. The three graduate nurses can be distinguished by the black cord across the front of their Believing that many of your readers would be interested in the doings of the Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, the late session held in Philadelphia May 8, I desire to state it was the largest ever assembled in the history of the organization. Every part of the Empire was fully represented. Grand Commander III. Jas. Francis Richards 33 delivered his Allocation dealing with every phase of Masonic life and conduct. Supreme Councils as at present constituted are an extraordinary body of men and Masons. They, usually are the picked men of the Community in which they live. They are the true and tried, the never denied, and the always ready and willing class to be tried again of every race and nationality. They are, again—the historians, Scientists, Philosophers of this day and generation. They deal with facts and figures and not with Metaphysics as a basis of calculation. The people of which the above is descriptive sustains a very remote relation to that twitch you and the writer ought to know the most or reason to suppose sympathetic consideration. The history of Scottish Rite of Free Masonry is variously understood but suffice it to say that in 1871 the United Supreme Councils of the Northern and Southern Jurisdictions were born out of a Council of deliberation with territorial jurisdiction defined. And territorial Sections respective—Philadelphia and Washington City. The territorial empire of the Northern jurisdiction embraces all of that part of the United States bounded on the North by Canada and South by a parallel line coinciding with the Ohio river from East to West, Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans, Missouri and California excepted. Within the territorial lines there is a colored population of more than two million people with taxable wealth and bank deposit of three hundred fifty million dollars. Fourteen grand lodges and 20,000 members with an educational and religious advantages second to none and natural resources, powers and possibilities almost unlimited. These statements of facts before us suggests an inefutable argument why colored men should take higher ground in the work of our uplift. Time and space will not permit a review of the Colored man's past or the rough and rugged road over which he has traversed. This should be familiar history to every school boy. The imperative need of the hour is not recounting the gloomy, past with all of its iniquious horrors but relief from encroaching and prevailing with that which theatreats t he peace and tranquility of a dependent people. The oft repeated assertion that the Colored man is an American citizen has only force and effect from a colored man's viewpoint. The Colored man plays no part in the drama of American social, civil and political life, only in so far as he is permitted. In the Councils of War, on the bench or in the legislative halls he is neither to be seen or heard. He is forced if he would stay, to ally himself with a people with whom he must forever remain a stranger less than a man and more than a brute. Such a monstrosity never was and can never be endowed with inalienable rights under prevailing conditions. Hence it devolves upon him to prove his eternal fitness. The Denver Five Points Club of Ebenenez Chapel, gave a delightful reception Friday from 2:30 to 11:00 p. m., at the home of Mrs. Albert Price, 1736 Brooklyn avenue. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1914. ORATION ON THE UNKNOWN DEAD. Crispus Attucks, Hero of the Ameri can Revolution. By Charles A. Starks. Fellow Countrymen: We consider it a glorious privilege to live in an age so fruitful of the solid things that go to promote civilization and thus insure mankind of a reasonable hapiness which is theirs by divine right. And so in looking back we do not sigh for what was, but for what could have been. Still to go back over some of the old times and scenes, though painful, has a soothing effect in their study, and we remember that out of these pioneer events came the possibility of our own age which is reaching its mighty eminence. What recalls so vividly the old past to us is that today is dedicated to the memory of the Nation's dead. The very thought is teeming with emotions too deep for words, and defies studied expulsion. We can only look—realize but helpless to express. Still in our larger understanding of life we know that Truth can not die and that every good and brave act is immortal, partaking, as it does of the realness of eternity, therefore it is fitting that we look back with our minds and view some of the brave and good acts our forefathers performed for us that we, their children, and their posterity might enjoy the great blessings of liberty. Yet, when I recall that able histories have reflected these acts; that lofty poets have immortalized them in song; and that the deep souled orator has weaved his golden wreath around each hero known to the world, then I say to von, yet me dwell on the "Great Unknown Dead." The dead live to us not merely through memory but through the consciousness of undying spirit. We think of this when placing the floral wreath upon the grave of the known, but in doing so let us remember that there are numberless heroes uncrowned with distinctive glory who sleep in unmarked graves and cannot be singled out on this account, yet they were deserving! Then to the unknown dead, who died at the stern post of duty we remember you with love and gratitude. Ye who fought for the crown of liberty; whose patriotism was rich and glorious; who gave up this mortal existence rather than see God's kingdom mocked with tyranny, we consecrate our thoughts this hour remembering what we owe to God and thee. Lastly, one of the bravest men in this venerable field of the unknown whose immortal act preserves itself unto us was a child of Ethiopia and: Lo! Noble Attucks, how doth thy memory rise, This day the Revolution regrets the eyes; We remember thee when thy loyal flied. And say, Thou art first of the bravest dead. Second, thy spirit rekindled in the Civil War, Led your race to glory and spread its fame afar. And when its bright arms conquered Spain, The Ninth and Tenth Cavalry knew thy spirit again. NO MIDDLE MAN'S PROFIT. If you have not time to bring your printing to my office phone me and I will send after it. I use no solicitors. The cost he would be I give to you directly in material and good service. Persons have complained recently that some one is soliciting printing in our name which is a false representation. C. A. Franklin, the printer, 1409 Main Street, Bell Phone, Grand 2988. NURSES GRADUATE A new feature of the Commencement season in Kansas City this year was the graduation of the first class of Negroes from the Nurses' Training School of the City Hospital. Those who have the distinction of being in this class are Misses Mayme Branch Vaughn, of Moberly, Mo.; Bertha Corrine Hanna, of Boonville, Mo.; and Marle Vickers, of Springfield, Mo. On Sunday, May 24, at the Second Baptist Church, an able and forceful Baccalaureate Sermon on the subject, "The Sword of the Lord and Gideon" was preached to them by Rev. Samuel W. Bacote, pastor of that church. Besides a soprano solo by Mrs. A Holmes, of Springfield, Mo., the excellent music on this occasion was under the direction of Mrs. S. W. Bacote, particularly beautiful being the chorus, "By the Waters of Babylon," by Coleridge Taylor. The commencement proper was held at Allen Chapel the evening of Monday, May 25, and was witnessed by a large audience, about one-third of whom were of the White race, comprised mostly of Nurses and others connected with the City Hospital. The Master of Ceremonies, Hon. T. M. Fynn, a member of the Hospital and Health Board, was introduced by Dr. Wm. J. Tompkins, who paid him a glowing tribute for his zealous and enthusiastic efforts on behalf of the Negro, since being connected with the Board, and of their results as shown in the many improvements in the Colored Department of the hospital during that time. Mr. Fynn proved himself worthy of this tribute by declaring the highest ambition of his administration to be the complete possession of this part of the hospital by Negroes—since, at present they have only Staff Officers, Nurses, and Internes, and none of the administrative positions—and asserting his determination to exert himself to the utmost in helping the Mayor to achieve this. Dr. Thompkins then gave a concise and enlightening sketch of the "History of the Colored Department of the General Hospital." He told of the political conditions that surrounded and really made possible its origin, of some of the difficulties that have been encountered, due both to race prejudice and to political differences, and also gave statistics showing the nature and extent of the work and the vast amount of good that is being accomplished there. He extolled in highest terms of praise the Hon. W. P. Motley, who, the 'o' a Southerner, and a Democrat, was really the savior of this department to the Negroes, when he was a member of the Board. Being the Official Representative of the Hospital and Health Board, Dr. Thompkins was the one best fitted to give the facts in the development of this institution, and in doing so he was careful to give credit where it was due, expressing a regret that so much incorrect information has been circulated at different times, and particularly on the occasion of the recent visit of Dr. Booker T. Washington, when, because of being misinformed by others, he made a serious error concerning the Hospital in his speech before the public. A splendid commencement address was delivered by Rev. H. T. Kealing, President of Western University, and after listening to the ontorical, logical, and inspiring treat that held his audience spell-bound, each one present felt that the Master of Ceremonies had not erred in proclaiming him, second to none, only Booker T. Washington, the' last part might have been omitted. The music was furnished by the combined choruses of Western University and Allen Chapel, under the leadership of Prof. R. G. Jackson, and surpassed even the standard of that unequalled organist and director of the West. A special feature was the inimitable rendition in warbling tones of a solo that made her audience think of her as one of the birds about whom she sang, by that Negro Melba, Miss Effie Grant. The presentation of diplomas was made by Dr. George Pipkin, Superintendent of the Colored Department of the General Hospital, and the presentation of Pins by Miss Harriet Leck, Superintendent of Nurses. The invocation and benediction was pronounced by Rev. W. H. Thomas, Pastor of Allen Chapel. Dr. J. E. Moorland. Washington, D. C., who had a large share in influencing Mr. Julius Rosenwald to make his magnificent gift of $25,000 to the Negro Associations of the Country. DECORATION DAY Is the day set aside for you to remember and respect your loved ones that have passed away. This can best be done by having some flowers or potted plants placed upon their last resting place. THE WEAVER FLORAL CO. has made special arrangements to accommodate its many customers by making two deliveries to Highland Cemetery on Decoration Day. First delivery 11 A. M. and the last delivery at 4 P. M. We will have no flowers at the end of the car line or Cemetery for sale. Give us your orders early and you will not be disappointed. The Following Prices Will Be Given On Advance Orders. Potted plants and vines. .10c, 15c, 25c and 50c each. Monthly blooming roses...35c to 50c each each. Magnolia Wreaths.....$1.00 each Immortelle Wreaths.....$1.00 each Cycus Leaves.....50c to $1.00 each Carnations.....75c to $1.00 doz. Peonies.....75c to $1.00 doz. Roses.....50c to $1.50 doz. WE LEAD, OTHERS FOLLOW. Weaver Floral Co. 1510 E 18th. Bell Phone East 4798. SPECIAL TO HOME BUYERS. We are agents for several 6, 7 and 8 room strictly modern houses on Michigan Av., Euclid Av., and Gar- field between 10th and 15th st. This is an excellent chance to buy a home in a fine neighborhood at a rea- sonable price. These houses will be shown by ap- pointment only. We also have 4 new cottages, 3 and 4 rooms each near Wendell Phillips School, price $1100 to $1500 each. Easy terms. AFRO-AMERICAN INVEST CO. 911 McGee St. Home 7555 Main Bell 751 Main Monster Celebration Corner Stone Laying Y. M. C. A. Building — Officers of Grand Lodges From Four States Expected. Y. M. C. A. NOTES As the day of the Y. M. C. A. corner stone laying ceremony for Sunday, May 31st, 2:30 P. M. draws near, its magnitude grows by leaps and bounds. Each day brings communications from distant cities in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Colorado, reporting the coming of Grand Officers and in some instances escorts of subordinate lodges and uniformed ranks. Representatives of the various lodges met in conference last week and mapped out the program. The various orders will mobilize at 15th and Woodland and the monster parade with over 2000 men in line will start promptly at 2 P. M. headed by the mounted officers of the uniformed ranks and Negro patrolmen. Col. Thos. Eaton, Aide de Campe and staff with Patriarchy No. 66. Juvenile Cadets No. 66 and Patriarchy No. 147 of Kansas City, Kansas will head the Odd Fellows; Col. Wheaton and staff will direct the H. M. Beardsley. President of the Metropolitan Y. M. C. A. and a staunch friend of the Negro Knights of Pythias, Eastern and Western Hemispheres; Knights of Pythias, Five Grand divisions will be headed by Brig. General Wm. H. Butler of St. Louis Commanding, accompanied by Col. L. A. Knox's staff. P. G. M. B. K. Bruce will be ranking officer in charge of the U. B. F.'s. Emanuel and Far West Commanderies headed by Emm. Comm. Geo. H. Johnson and Emm. Com. Porter Bailey respectively will marshal the forces of the Masonic lodges. Mr. L. E. B. Bailer, G. A. Page and C. C. Calloway as Marshals will represent the Young Men's Christian Association. The following bands will be in line: K. of P.'s second Regimental, the 23rd Regimental of Topeka, Kansas with the Masons, the Cadets' Band with the Old Fellows and probably other bands. Chairman H. O. Cook, presiding, promptly at 2:30 o'clock will introduce Hon. H. M. Beardsley, president of the Metropolitan Board of the Y. M. C. A. followed by Mr. J. E. Moorland of Washington, D. C. representing the International Committee of the Y. M. C. A. He will make the principal address. That a complete record be made of all the persons who have contributed to the Building Fund up to the time of the corner stone laying a supplemental list will be attached to the scroll that goes into the stone including the names of all who contribute at this time. Grand Master N. C. Crews will have charge of the offering and announce the result. Every body will have an opportunity to have his gift recorded on the scroll. Prof. G. N. Grisham, who was Chairman of the Building Campaign will deliver the address of welcome to the lodges followed by brief addresses by Grand officers of the respective organizations. To date the following have sent word that they will be present: P. G. M. B. K. Bruce, U. B. F.'s; G. M. Dorsey Green of Kansas, G. S. Geye E. S. Lewis, G. Atty. W. C. Hueston and G. S. G. Dr. E. M. Phoenix of the Odd Fellows and Patrilieches; G. C. A. W. Lloyd and General W. H. Butler of the K. P.'s. Five Grand Divisions; G. C. Floyd Smith, K. of P. B. & W. Hemil spheres; Grand Master N. C. Crews of Missouri and Jurisdiction, G. M. E. J. Hawkins of the Kansas Jurisdiction, and the Lawrence Commandary. G. M. J. L. Thompson of Iowa and Jurisdiction accompanied by a Commandary, will represent the Masonic Grand Lodges; T. S. Rector G. M. of the Masons of Colorado and Jurisdiction is expected. The ranking Grand officer of each order will deposit the emblem in the stone. Final exercise, laying of the corner stone by the R. T. Coles and Masonle Grand Lodge. Closing with the combined bands and chorus playing and singing "My Country Tus of Thee." FLOWERS FOR DECORATION DAY. The Crosthwaite Floral Co., 1611 E. 18th St. is prepared to fill all orders for flowers and floral designs for Decoration Day. Get your order in now. Bell phone East 272. THE CROSTHWAITE FLORAL COMPANY. Grand High Priest Geo. Broomfield of St. Louis, Mo. paid his annual visit to St. Paul and Keystone Chapters of this city last Tuesday night. He reports a successful trip and much work being done in the Royal Arch Chapte ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME PRICE. 5c. Prof. G. N. Grisham. Chairman of the Building Fund Committee and who made the largest gift of any Colored person. He gave $525. GEO. W. CHIVIS DEAD. On last Saturday George Chivis, who is known throughout the country as the publisher of the Railroad Porters' Magazine, died in the city of Oakland after a long illness. While Chivis was not considered a legitimate newspaper man, he was known for his genius in procuring advertisements for his journal, and it is said that he made more money as an ad solicitor than any man of the race who was ever in the business. He leaves a wife, sister, other relatives and friends to mourn his loss.—Los Angeles Eagle. Geo. Chivis was a Missouriian by birth and was perhaps one of the best known Colored men in America. He always entertained on a lavish scale and dressed like a Chesterfield all the time. He knew every public man in America personally and it was easier for him to get $100 than for the average Negro to get 30 cents. Peace to his ashes. The patrons of Attucks School were given a fine treat last Friday afternoon from 2:00 to 4:00 P. M. in the way of an exhibit of some of the work done by their children during the past year. The whole school was thrown open for inspection from cellar to garret and the handwork of the pupils was so displayed that a close examination could be made. The shop was appropriately decorated with wood work of every description; five joints; smooth finishes, and stains of every color. The work reflected a practical turn there being several tables for reading and a music cabinet. All of the articles shown indicated considerable talent. In the South end of the Shop was a Shoemaker's bench equipped with a complete line of tools of good quality, selected by Principal G. A. Page with the consent of the Board of Education. There is only one other School in the City with a Shoemaking equipment. There have been nearly fifty pairs of shoes half soled and as many heels built up. Some of this work on display and received high commendation from the visitors. In the kitchen was canned fruit and so forth and on the black board an ideal menu for a good wholesome but inexpensive dinner. The sewing room presented a sight never to be forgotten. Twenty-two dresses made all complete for a good wholesome and inexpensive dinner. The sewing room helped to make up one of the very best displays ever seen in an elementary school. Each room decorated with appropriate work and colors. Ice cream and cake were served. A magnificent likeness of Crispus Attucks was unveiled. Probation Officer Ross spoke to the Patrons. The guests seemed to be amazed at the excellent garden operated by the school. At 4:30 Mr. and Mrs. Curry, patrons of the school invited the teachers down into the kitchen where good old country ice cream had been frozen and a giant cake all sliced; the way those Attucks teachers showed their appreciation was a caution. Some one said Mrs. Curry spoke about a chicken fry in latter part of June. Hon. N. C. Crews, though absent from the City, being invited to speak sent a splendid letter of congratulation to Principal Page from St. Louis, Mo. and wished the good work God speed. The Attucks School children will appear on program at New Northeast High School at final Institute on May 31. Los Angeles, Cal. Dear Editor: What became of Betty & Sam's Corner? I missed them so much in the last issue. Well I guess our people have all joined Church and decided to be good from now on. Or it may be that you get so straight behind them. We must say that it is a great consolation to receive the Sun each week and receive the news from my old home. MRS. W. T. JOHNSON, 1426 W. 35th St. MRS. ELIZABETH BAILEY, 1431 W. 35th St. Well Wishers. Editor's Note—We shall see that Betty and Sam do not play hooker, any more this summer. Mrs. Susie Shacklaford, 1523 Lydia Avenue who has been quite ill is improving. DIRECTORY OF THE B. case report any mistake or chal Secretary and Fiscal Agent. AUTHOR AND WRITER. Vine street. Bell phone, East AUTOMOBILES. Woodland Auto & Hack Serv E. 12th St. Automobile to 532. Co. Co., 1423 Forest, hire and es. phone Bell East 4417W. passenger Packard, Safety and Main 6545. Negro Business League of Kansas City. F. J. Weaver, Pres. B. E. A. Robinson, Secy. A Members will pres. report any mistake or change of address to 754 Secretary and Secretary Fial Agent Group 754 Chas. Monroe, 2102 Woodland Auto & Hack Service. Bell East 5194. Jas. Cowden, 1617 E. 12th St. Automobile to hire. Bell East 26; Home Main 1532 BAKERS. Up and Pool Hall. Pool Vine. Shop and Catering, 2428 Vine Home bakery, 1512 East 18th. Vine. 2 Vine; East 4915W Bell. BARBERS. 12th. Barber Shop and Bath at 18th St., Barber Shop and Po Pool Hall, Barber Shop and Vine, East 721. Baltimore; Grand 3125 Bell. 18th St.; Home Phone Main. J. C. Hobbs, Prop., 1518 E. Barber Barber Shop and Pool Hall. BLACKSMITH. Vine St. CAFES AND RESTAURANTS. Cafe, 1610 E. 18th St. Cafe, 1610 E. 18th St. 1705 E. Twelfth St. Phone. Cars, Northeast Cor. 5th and Stat. 1691 E. 18th St. Barbecued M. 1514 E. 19th St. Barbecued 1319 E. 18th St. "M. C. Lun- core Cafe No. 2, 575 Lunve Lincoln Cafe, 1312 E. 18th St. CHRISTIAN SISTERIAL. Ch, General Secretary Y. W. C City, Kansas, Bell phone, Writingy Y. M. C. A., 1419 Ea- nders and 885. INNERS, DYERS and TAILOR Deters and Designers, 2428 Vin Dyers, guaranteed not to洗 18th; Bell Grand 2437. East Eighteenth; East 4746 Beln- main, Main 6449 Vine. 12. 19th St. Bell Phone, Gr Dye Works, 1605 East 18th; 6 Vine St. "The Star." CARPET CLEANERS. Uphol. Phones, Bell East 3555 CIGAR MANUFACTURER. East Eighteenth; Main 4905 Jas. Cowden, 1617 E 12th. Barber Shop and Bath. Burt Bros., 1422 E 18th St. Barber Shop and Pool Hall. Bell phone. E. 2482. Wm. Lewis, Atlanta Pool Hall, Barber Shop and Bath, 1609-11 E. 18th St. Bell Phone, East 721. 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. Wm. Stitts, Criterion Barber Shop and Pool Hall, 1717 East 18th St. Laden Brothers, Cutters and Designers, 2420 Vine St. Bell, E. 4950J. O. K. Cleaners and Dyers, guaranteed not to shrink any garment we dye, 1113 East 18th; Bell Grand 2437. CLERGYMEN. Grand Spruce, Baptist Church. 2133 Vine Street. Home phone Baptist Missionary, 708 North 2137. Cor A. M. E. Church, 8th and N. Phone, West 2904. Cor Second Baptist Church, K. 3522. Cor Greenwood Baptist Church Corner Alen Chapel A. M. E. Church Cor Saint Stephens Baptist Church Corner First Baptist Church. Bed, and Euclid Ave, Kansas City, 14th and Spruce, Baptist Church Corner Baptist Church Convention Secretary. 2224 Mich. St. James A. M. Eas. 17th and Tracy Ave, Eben. 1747 Belleview Ave, Grand 20 Ant Green Baptist Church. Rivolomon Baptist Church. Res A street Baptist Tabernacle, irfield. Bell. West 1999. Baptist Church, Bonner Sprig Sprig Baptist Church. Second Christian Church, 22 AL, FEED, ICE AND KINDLU 12 N. 9th St, K, C., K, Bell ph 12 Harrison; Grand 2766 W. 6 Vine; East 879 Bell. 5 Highland. East Seventeenth. 3 Vine. B Sons, Coal, Ice and Feed. B street, Kansas City, Kas. CONTRACTORS--GENERAL ment, stone, sodding and gradi Ave. 12 E. 18th street. Bell phone attractor and builder, 1728 Woo Waldron. Bel l, East 4394- 2. East 12th Street. Bel l Grand 2. Pacific Street. East Eighteenth; Main 5119 Ho COOPER. West 5th. G. E. Arnett, 14th and Spruce, Baptist Church. Rev. G. H. Daniels, 2213 Vine Street. Home phone, Main 5618. E. N. Cohron, State Baptist Missionary, 708 North 24th St., St. Joseph, Mo. Phone 2137. J. R. Ransom, Pastor A. M. E. Church, 8th and Nebraska, Kansas City, Kans., Bell Phone, West 2904. S. W. Bacote, Pastor Second Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo. Bell Phone, Fest 2522. House. G. T. Mosby, Pastor Greenwood Baptist Church, 18th and Terrace, W. H. Thomas, Pastor Allen Chapel A. M. E. Church. Bell, Main 3660. W. H. Wine, Pastor Saint Stephens Baptist Church. Bell, East 4090. W. A. Bowren, Pastor First Baptist Church. Bell Phone, West 3510. Lee H. Mills, 10th and Euclid Ave, Kansas City, Mo. Rev. G. E. Arnett, 14th and Spruce, Baptist Church. Rev O. T. Reed, State Baptist Church Convention and Twin City Ministers' Alliance, Secretary. Thos, W. Rice, Cement, stone, sodding and grading. Home Main 8236. 1908 Woodland Ave. John Day, office 1426 E. 18th street. Bell phone, Grand 1413. 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 Eightth 12t. St. Bell 2873. W. R. Nelson, 1322 Pacific Street. C. S. Page, 1514 East Eighteenth; Main 5119 Home. DENTISTS. 4th and Minnesota. Bell, W 055 East Eighteenth; East 798 Vine; East 2330 Bell. 18th and Paseo. Bell Phone 490. 0 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City DRESSMAKING. A, Dressmaker, 2413 Vine St, N. B, Human, 1510 E. 18th street. C, East Nineteenth. DRUG STORES. A, Ne. 2. E, S. Lee, 111 E. B, M. H. Lambright, Mgr. B, B, Main 4382. C, Juston, 2300 Vine street, and N. Drug Store, 19th and Vine. 1532 E. 12th Street, Bell pl 1532. ODDS, GENT'S FURNISHINGS Ladies' and Gents' Furnishing Albernathy, Ladies Furnishing Bell phone East 3192. Est St. EMPLOYMENT AGENTS. Employment & Inv. Co., 911 Mc EXPRESS AND BAGGAGE 196 Wendell, Kansas City, Kan. 413 Montgall Ave, Bell, East 26 Highland. Home phone, M Mrs. Blanche Page, Dressmaker, 2413 Vine St., Bell Phone, East 3192. Miss Georgia Coleman, 1510 E. 18th street. Birdie Jackson, 1913 East Nineteenth. DRUG STORES. Palace Drug Store No. 2, E. S. E. S., 1611 E. 18th St. Bell Phone E. 3813. Peoples Drug Store, M. H. Lambright, Mgr. Bell Phone, East 1814. Home Phone, Main 4382. McCampbell & Houston, 2300 Vine street, and N. W. Cor. Howard and Vine Sts. E. S. Lee Pallace Drug Store, 19th and Vine. Both phones. Ideal Pharmacy, 1532 E. 12th Street. Bell phone, East 26; Home phone, Main 1532. Mrs. Josephine Abernathy, Ladies Furnishings and Notton, 2413 Vine street.. Bell phone East 3192 Linden street, W. St. Ransom White, 1106 Wendell, Kansas City, Kant. E. A. Robinson, 2413 Montgall Ave. Bell, East 754. C. Washington, 1326 Highland. Home phone, Main 5119. FLORISTS. Co, 1611 E. 18th St. Anna J. L. Croistwaite. Bell Ploe E. 1510 East 18th St. Main 70 FURNITURE DEALERS, & Repair Co., Lewis Towns Grade 1772. Crostwaite Floral Co., 1611 E. 18th St. Anna J. Carter, Lilla H. Swan and Minnie L. Crostwaite. Bell Phone East 3813. Weaver Floral Co., 1510 East 18th St. Main 7555 Home; E. 4798 Bell FURNITURE DEALERS. L. M. Furniture & Repair Co., Lewis Townsend, 1720 Lydia Ave. Bell phone, Grand 1772. GROCERS. 321 East 54th St. East Twenty-fifth. nine. and Grove. Bell Grand 1417- 14 Woodland. Phillips School Grocery, 2440 V 08 North 9th St., Kansas City 10th and Washington Blvd. 1 852 Freeman Ave., Kansas 08 E. 24th St. Bell Phone East 2644 Woodland. Bell, East 14 Abraham Clark, 2831 East 54th St. 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. Solomon Smith, Phillips School Gröcery, 2440 Vine. Bell East 3679W. Geo. M. King, 1208 North 9th St., Kansas City, Kan. Bell Phone, West 3597. J. H. Claybourne, 10th and Washington Blvd. Bell phone, West 2682. E. Johnson & Son, 852 F. Eeleman Ave., Kansas City, Kan. C. L. Williams, 1508 E. 24th St. Bell Phone East 1437W. Marshall Wilson, 2644 Woodland. Bell East, 1493. J. H. Simmons, 915 Oak; Main 4072 Bell. Hotel Woods, 721 Charlotte. Lewis Woods, Prop. Bell Main 2078. Madame S. A. Bell, Hair Culturist and College in Connection. 923 Campbell. ICE CREAM PARLORS. Ernest W. Williams, 2721 E. 54th St. INSURANCE. Standard Life Insurance Co., General Office, Atlanta, Perry, president; Harry H. Pace, secretary; G. H. intendent local branch, Kansas & Missouri; T. Charles C. Buster, assistants; P. K. Brown, upper & Accident department; W. L. Robbett, assistant 1507 E. 18th St. Bell Phone East 4955. H. Walden, 2442 Montgall, 1507 E 18th St. Bell, A. D. Parron, Agent, Bell, East 4955. Health and Accident Dept., Standard Life Ins. Co. B. H. D. Simmons, 1832 Vine, Phone East887. J. W. Golden, 1612 Lyda, Grand 3631. E. A. Robinson, 2413 Montgall, Bell, East 754. Special Dail and District Mgr. Continental. 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 Goods, street. Mattie P. Garner, electric straightening, comb and I. East 4741W. Lillie Johnson, 1508 East 18th; Bell East 1795. Chapman & Caldwell, 18th hand Paseo). Phone East Eva P. Washington, 849 Freeman Ave., Kansas City, Ks 2306 West. Mrs. Stella Hubbard, 1510 E. 18th St. Bell Phone East LAWYERS. L. W. Johnson Offices, 325 New York Life building, Sing, corner Sixth and State. Bell phone, West 3985. Judge I. F. Bradley, 721 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City 5 and 6. Bell Phone, West 2335. William B. Bruce, Attorney-at-Law and Counsellor. Main 5478; Office, 117 West Sixth Street. 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. Dorsey Green, 516 Minnesota Ave. Bell, West 424. E. A. Shackelford, 516 Minnesota Ave. Bell, West 421. I. H. Spears, 18th & Paseo, Bell East 1690. INSURANCE. Standard Life Insurance Co., General Office, Atlanta, Ga. Heman E. Perry, president; Harry H. Pace, secretary; G. F. Porter, superintendent local branch, Kansas & Missouri; T. A. Ross and Charles C. Buster, assistants; P. K. Brown, upintendent Health & Accident department; W. L. Robnett, assistant superintendent; 1507 E. 18th St. Bell Phone E. 4955. H. Walden, 2442 Montgall, 1507 East 18th St. Bell, East 4955. A. D. Parron, Agent, Bell, E. 4955. Health and Accident Dept., Standard Life Ins. Co. Bell, East 4955. H. D. Simmons, 1832 Vine, Phone East87. J. W. Golden, 1612 Lydia, Grand 3631. E. A. Robinson, 2413 Montgall, Bell, East 754. Special agent Standard Life and District Mgr. Continental. INVENTOR. J. A. Wilson, 1616 W. 9th St. Bell Main 6453-Y. LAWYERS. L. W. Johnson Offices, 325 New York Life building, Stein-Miller building, counter Sixth and State. Bell phone, West 938; Residence, W MANUFACTURER. J. E. Laing, Human Hair, Hair Dye, Hair Dresser Supply and Hair Dressing School in connection, 1715 E. 18th St. MISCELLANEOUS. Mrs. Francis J. Jackson, Inspector, 2434 Montgall. Bell East 3942. Maggie Seamster. John Hill, 1513 Woodland. Bell Phone, East 1254. Amus Barnett, 1230 Forest; Main 5018 Home. R. C. Holland, 2423 Grove Street. 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. 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. Mr. T. G. McCampbell, Custodian Western University Grounds, Phone, West 1454. John Acy, Glacier, plasterer and plumber, 1405 Spruce. Independent Printing & Publishing Co., Kansas City, Kas. 1103 N. Mrs. Francis J. Jackson, Inspector, 2434 Montgall, Be Maggie Seamster. John Hill, 1513 Woodland. Bell Phone, East 1254. Amus Barnett, 1230 Forest; Main 5018 Home. R. C. Holland, 2423 Grove Street. S. J. Hightower, 2436 Highland. Solomon Smith, 2643 Highland. George Teeters, Southwest National Bank of Commer John Thomas, 425 Waverly Way; South 5087W Bell. H. T. Kealing, Western University; West 4480 Bell. Henry P. E. Pwing, scientific farmer, 1105 Woodland. Wm. Springles, milk and butter, 53rd and Montgall; D. W. White, "White's Furniture Exchange." Bell Minnesota avenue Kansas City, Kas. Mr. T. G. McCampbell, Custodian Western Univer Phone, West 1454. John Acy, Glacier, plasterer and plumber, 1405 Spru Independent Printing & Publishing Co., Kansas City 5th Street. C. A. Young. MUSICIANS. Samuel S. R. S. Stewart, 1714 South 4th Street, East Utah. John Acy, Grieder, master and plumber, 1465 Spruce. Independent Printing & Publishing Co., Kansas City, Kas, 1103 N. 5th Street. C. A. Young. MUSICIANS. Samuel S. R. S. Stewart, 1714 South 4th Street, East, Salt Lake City, Utah. NEWSPAPERS. Arthur A. Anderson, 543 State St., Kansas City, Kans. 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. PAINTERS AND PAPERHANGERS. A. L. Williams, 1519 E. 23d, Patching, Painting and Bell phone, East 159. T. H. Bailey, 911 McGee St. Bell phone, Main PHYSICIANS. Dr. E. A. Walker, office and residence, 1426 E. 18th M. 8071; Bell G. 4329. W. Hubert Brune, 1439 East Eighteenth Street, Holm 4629; Bell phone, East 3151. Lucian P. Richardson, 2439 Waldron, Bell phone, East C. A. Murray Kane, Southeast corner 18th and Paseo, Home, Main 5809. Residence Phone, Bell East Henry W. Dillard, Graduate Ph.D., 1512 North 5th St. Kans. M. H. Lambright, 1508 East 18th; Bell East 144. Homos Thos. A. Fletcher, Home West 171; Residence, Home M. L. Finn, pharmacist, 1301 East 18th. L. E. Baller, W. N. Cor. 12th and Vine. Bell East 2. Howard M. Smith, 1509 East 18th St. Bell East 498 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 M. G. Brookins, Northwest Corner 24th and Vine S. East 232. J. Edgar Dibble, 19th and Vine. Bell East 887. E. J. Perry, 1512 E 18th St. Bell East 3151. Home Jas. F. Shannon, N. E. Cor. 18th and Paseo. Bell Eat T. C. Unthank, 1112 Independence avenue. Both phone W. W. Montgomery, 400 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Bell, West 2302; Home, West 478. J. Franklin Wilson, 1317 North 10th St., Kansas C Phone, West 2249. Res., Bell West 3734-R. Thos. A. Jones, Southeast Cor. 18th and Paseo. Phon 5807; Bell, East 5069. A. D. Bradbury, 821 Independence Ave. Bell Phone, Lee R. Petty, 5116 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, West 3711. M. B. Jones, Eye Specialist, 1419 E 18th St. Gr. R. C. Hayden, 4th and Minnesota Bell, West, North 10th St. Bell, West 3739-R. E. B. Ramsey, northwest cor. 18th and Paseo. Off 1413. Res., East 2144. H. Sylvester Gillespie, northwest cor. 18th & Paseo. A. L. Williams, 1519 E. 23d, Patching, Painting and Paper Hanging. Bell phone, East 159. T. H. Balley, 911 McGee St. Bell phone, Main 751. PHYSICIANS. Dr. E. A. Walker, office and residence, 1426 E. 18th. Home Phone M. 8071; Bell G. 4332. W. Hubert Bruce, 1513 E. Eighteenth Street. Home phone, Main 4620; Bell phone, East 3151. Lucian P. Richardson, 2439 Waldron. Bell phone, East 2527. C. A. Murray Kane, Southeast corner 18th and Paseo. Bell, East 5069. Home, Main 5807. Residence Phone, Bell East 693. Henry W. Dillard, Graduate Ph.D., 1512 North 5th St., Kansas City, Kans. M. H. Lambright, 1508 East 18th; Bell East 144; Home Main 3490. Thos. A. Fletcher, Home West 171; Residence, Home East 2856. M. L. Flinn, pharmacist, 1301 East 18th. L. E. Baller, N. W. Cor. 12th and Vine. Bell East 232. Howard M. Smith, 1509 East 18th St. Bell E. 495. Wm. J. Thompson, 1509 E. 18th St. Bell E. 495. L. J. Holly, 1117 Campbell. Bell phone, 783 Grand. E. J. McCampbell, 2302 Vine street. Bell phone, 501 East. M. G. Brookins, Northwest Corner 24th and Vine Sts. Bell phone, East 232. J. Edgar Dibble, 19th and Vine. Bell East 887. J. E. Perry, 1512 E 18th St. Bell East 3151. Home East 4620. Jas. F. Shannon, N. E. Cor. 18th and Paseo. Bell East 670. T. C. Unthank, 1112 Independence avenue. Both phones, Main 7488. W. W. Montgomery, 400 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kans. Phones: Bell, West 2202; Home, West 478. J. Franklin Wilson, 1317 North 10th St., Kansas City, Kans. Bell Phone, West 2249. Res. Bell West 3734-R. Thos. A. Jones, Southeast Cor. 18th and Paseo. Phones: Home, Main 5807; Bell, East 5069. A. D. Bradbury, 821 Independence Ave. Bell Phone, Main 4438. Lee R. Petty, 516 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kans. Bell Phone, West 3711. M. B. Jones, Eye Specialist, 1419 E 18th St. Grand 2243. R. C. Hayden, cor. 4th and Minnesota Bell, West 823. Res., 1403 North 10th St. Bell, West 3739-R. E. B. Ramsey, northwest cor. 18th and Paseo. Office, Bell, Grand 1413. Res., East 2144. H. Sylvester Gillespie, northwest cor. 18th & Paseo. Bell, Grand 1413. POULTRY RAISERS. S. M. Steele, 29 Sloan Avenue, Quindardo, Kans. Fred T. Drew, 2002 Bales avenue. Bell phone, East PHOTOGRAPHERS. Charles Williams.....1015 Oak; Ma C. Bruce Santee, 1718 East 18th St. "Photo Fad." PIANO SALESMAN. J. H. Malone, Talking Machines, Etc. Bell, East 45 PRINTERS. C. A. Franklin, 1409 Main; Grand 2888 Bell. John H. Fairley, Square Deal Printing Co., 1731 Lo Grand 1647-Y. S. M. Steele, 29 Sloan Avenue, Quindaro, Kans. Fred T. Drew, 2002 Bales avenue. Bell phone, East 5277-W. PRINTERS. C. A. Franklin, 1409 Main; Grand 2988 Bell. John H. Fairley, Square Deal Printing Co., 1731 Lydia. Bell phone Grand 1647-Y. REAL ESTATE. William Hopkins Afro-American Investment Co. J. Dallas Bowser, 2400 Paseo, Bell Phone 3795 W F. J. Weaver, President Afro-American Inv. Co., 911 Main 751. The Ward & Samlington Investment Co., Bell Phone W. M. Johnston, rental agent; Main 7555 Home; Main W. G. Mosely, Ivanohe Investment Co., 2220 Woodl E. E. Vaughan, 26th and Parkway, Kansas City, Kan. Patterson & Gayden, 527 State Ave., Kansas City, R West 215; Home phone, West 503. Geo. W. Edwards, Moberly, Mo. C. H. Adkins, Colored Peoples Investment Co. 24 Phone, Main 9203. Bell, East 1011. PROBATION OFFICER. The Ward & Samlington Investment Co., Bell Phone East 4294Y. W. M. Johnston, rental agent; Main 7555 Home; Main 751 Bell. W. G. Mosely, Iyanohe Investment Co., 2220 Woodland avenue. E. E. Vaughan, 26th and Parkway, Kansas City, Kan. Bell, West 1757. Patterson & Gayden, 527 State Ave., Kansas City, Kan. Bell phone, West 215; Home phone, West 503. Go to www.SamlingtonInvestmentCo.com Edward Ross, 1419 E. 18th St. Bell Grand 885. REGALIAS, BADGES, ETC Moses Dixon, 1217 Woodland; East 2797 Bell. SHOE SHINING PARLOR. Moses Fields, 614 Mile. SHOE STORES. A. W. Williams, General Repairing, 1960 N. 3rd St., K. H. Shumaker, Ladies' and Gents' Shoe Shining Parlor Temple Shoe Store, G. A. Page, Prop., 1507 E. 18th St. SIGN PAINTER AND SCENIC ARTIST Geo. W. Martin, 1812 East 17th St, Home Phone, N. STOCKMEN. Thos. Bass, Dealer in High Class Stock, Mexico, M. A. W. Williams, General Repairing, 1960 N. 3rd St, Kansas City, Kans. H. Shumaker, Ladies' and Gent's) Shoe Shining Parlor, 1702 E. 18th St. Temple Shoe Store, G. A. 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After examination, if I send you $1.00 per month for six onths, we books in good order within five days, Title not to pass to me until the books Epicures in the United States, who love mushrooms will long for a time in the Austrian Tyrol, where real mushrooms grow. A traveler writing of the region says: Bordering the road that led up the mountain were Italian chestnut trees, so large that it took from three to five of us to span the trunks of most of them. Under one of these one evening I saw crouching what I took to be a small, dark gray kitten. Stooping, I found that it was not a kitten, but a mushroom. Our good peasant *neighbor*, hurrying toward me, begged that I would not disturb it, saying that she depended on this every year. After a few days of rain, what had seemed a kitten now looked a stately cat, and when it reached the weight of six pounds it was gathered and eaten. Somehow Good. A lecture by that brilliant craftsman and poet, William Morris, was not always a season of rare enjoyment. Sometimes, according to Morris recent biographer, Mr. Compton-Rickett, his lectures were dull, as on that occasion when he turned to one of the ladies in his audience, and asked her how she had liked the lecture. "Not at all!" was the unexpected reply. "But I thought the color of your blue sairt charming." Morris was delighted, for he had taken great pains to find the right dye. His love of color, particularly indigo blue, was as keen as his delight in Gothic Art—Youth's Companion. TEACHERS. Some Mushroom. QUITE STRONG ON ECONOMY Of Course, These Remarks May Never Have Been Made, but Here They Are, Anyway. "Do you know, I am getting so I don't care for eggs any more. Honest, I used to like them for breakfast, but now I don't care whether I ever get one. It's no hardship for me to go without them, I assure you." "Sometimes my mother says: 'Why don't you use more butter on your bread?' She thinks I ought to eat a lot of it, but I don't. Besides, what's the use of eating a lot of something you don't care particularly for, especially when it's expensive?" "People, I think, would be a whole lot better off if they ate less meat. I used to think that meat was a necessity, but I don't any more. Why, I could get along on about a pound of beefsteak a week. I think it's all ridiculous nonsense, paying such awful prices for meat." "In't it fierce the way some girls and women want to deck themselves out in fur? They look positively barbarous with the heads of animals hanging on all over them. Wearing of fur is a relic of barbarism anyway, so I think. A good warm cloth coat is plenty good enough for me, and always will be." "I can't for the life of me see why married people get so worried every year over the price of coal. Coal is going up all the time, I know; but people always get a lot more of it than they really need. Nearly every house you go into is overheated, and the people suffer in consequence. If I were housekeeping I'd buy just as little coal as possible, and then use it sparingly, so that the folks in the house with me would have some chance of keeping healthy."—Brooklyn Times. POSSIBLY A FEW DOORS OFF But Little Man Had Small Chance of Getting What He Wanted in That Particular Store. The apoplectic little man pounded the counter with his apoplectic little fist. "I never dealt here before and I'll never deal here again!" he shouted. "The management here is rotten. You have nothing, nothing! I'll try once more. Have you any tomatoes?" "No, sir; sorry, sir," replied the clerk. "What? Not even in cans?" "Not even in bottles." The apoplectic little man crushed his hat down farther on his head and bit his mustache until the blood came. He consulted the list in his hand. "Not a potato in the place," said the clerk apologetically. "Ye gods! Well, I'll give you one more chance. I'd like to see the end of this. Have you any sugar?" "Not a grain, sir. Sorry, sir." The aplectic little man sat down on a stool and let his list flitter to the floor. "And you call this a grocery store," he said tauntingly. "No, sir," corrected the clerk mildly. "This is a cigar store." The apoplectic little man rolled off the stool in a fit. Growing More Lavender Owing to the continuous rise in the price of lavender essence the acreage devoted to the cultivation of lavender flowers in the Marselle consular district has increased considerably. The fact that barren soils, unproductive for other purposes, may be successfully utilized renders this industry particularly attractive to the farmers in this part of France. Thin, rocky soils, well exposed to the sun, situated at an altitude of 1,312 to 3,937 feet, are best adapted for this purpose. Suitable soils at lower altitudes, unless properly fertilized, seldom give satisfactory results. Experience shows that flowers cultivated at altitudes of 2,953 feet produce the best essence. Truffles are often planted between the rows, that every foot of soil may be put to use. Judgment by Faith. Judge not by deeds and things, take the good heart and the good motive on trust. Believe in it, affirm it. To affirm a thing is literally to make it firmer. To glorify the good self of another is to set going the machinery by which goodness manifests. When others believe us good, or wise, or lovely, we catch the vibration by thought transference and begin to believe in ourselves as true, beautiful and good. And whatsoever things we believe in we think upon, and we become like that which we think upon. Also we act accordingly. If you want to see beauty in this world, just believe in those about you.—The Nautilus. Worth Knowing. Automobiles date back to the time of Sir Isaac Newton, who in 1680 proposed a form of steam carriage which embodied the essential features of a steam automobile. In 1790 Nathas Read patented and constructed a model steam carriage. In 1769 a French army officer, Nicholas Cugnot, built a three-wheel automobile. In America as early as 1788 Oliver Evans suggested a road wagon to be propelled by steam. In 1803 Richard Trerthick went 90 miles in a steam carriage which was exhibited in London. Many such were operated during the past century till 1895, since when improvement and perfection have come. Confirming the Book. Committing the Book: Mr. Brown had been helping little eight-year-old May with her school work, and she had learned to believe implicitly in his knowledge. One day at dinner she asked Mr. Brown what the United States paid for Alaska. "A little over $7,000,000," said he. "All right," said May as she consulted a slip of paper. "I looked it up in the encyclopedia." "Why did you ask me, then?" said her father. "I wanted to see if the encyclopedia was right." IDR. J. H. JONES Physician and Surgeon Office Hours: 10,t0 11a. m., 1to Band 5 to 6 p.m. Hice, 1301 EAST 18th STREET fesidence,1526 Highland Ave. Res, Home Phone, East 852 KANSAS CITY, MO. ‘Over THEODORE SMITH, Druggist jome Phone, MoT Main Bl ‘861 Grand 01 Easti8th St. KANSAS CITY, MO, ‘Office of DR. M.G. BROOKINS ) 4816 Woodland Avenue, » Bell Phone East 838, Home Phone Main 2554. Office Hours: 10 to 12.. 2to 4. | 6 to 9 p.m. Calls Answered Day or Night. ‘Office Hours Sto 12m. &1tod p.m Sunday by Appointment Bell Grand 2553W DR. E. C. BUNCH DENTIST Gold Crown, Bridges and Plates A Specialty, Painiees. Extraction 716 East 12th St. Kansas City, Mo. BEDFORD’s HAIR GROWER. , : Mrs. C. A. Smith has opened a branch office of MRS. S. BEDFORD'S Wonderful Hair Grower & Scalp Treatment ‘This treatment has proved to be a wonderful success, ‘Mra, Stalth wil receive patients for tredtment from From 8/30 a. m. to 6:00 p, m. at her residence, 1th and Highland Every ingredient used on the har is perfectly safe and Geraiesd to Give Basetction v Bell Phone, East 4975. FIGHTING FOR LIFES Father and Son, Because the Latter “Tried to Protect Hie Aged Parents —Let Us All Help Financially. Hon. N. C. Crews, Dear Sir: 1 am enclosing herewith a copy of @ dects. jon} (down by the supreme court oy. flo in regard to my case, Wh. 08 hastily tried in district court of Otero county at La Junta, Colo. in July, 1911, where I was la- stantly convicted and sentenced to death and my aged father, a man of near 83 years, was also convicted as an accomplice and sentenced from 30 to 50 years at hand labor in state pen- itentiary,- I was sentenced to death for..protecting my aged father and motiier, in their own home, and my life at the cost of the lives of the two brutal, inhuman, prejudiced, Negro- hating, lawless policemen who were assaulting my mother and father, and seeking to murder me, But after being denied a new trial by the judge trying my case, my at- torney, ExJudge Lyman I. Henry of Pueblo, Colo,, assisted by W. B. Town- send, attorney-atlaw of Denver, Colo., aided at great expense by good citi- zens of both races and members of my lodge, the R. T. Coles lodge, No. 36, A. F. and A. M., Kansas City, Mo., and my father’s, Prudent lodge, No. 6, A.B. and A. M., Kansas City, Kas, ¥ succeeded in getting our case to the supreme court, which readily reversed the judgment of tho lower court, and granted me a new trial which wil soon come. Now, dear sir, the fight has just commenced as the prejudiced class in that community are determined that ‘the sentence imposed on my father and myself be carried out, and they will use every means in their power to gain thelr hellish ends, and to thwart all in thelr desire to see me get justice. I appeal to you for finan eial aid, if you can assist me in any way through the columns of your pa por, or otherwise, to meet the finan ial demands involved, it will be great ly appreciated, My reason for sending you @ copy of the supreme court’s de eision and comments, is for you to see elearly it was not an Act trying or at tempting to dety the aw in any, way ‘but one of protecting my parent’ anc my life, 1 again beg to state that | am a worthy member of R. T. Cole Jodge, No. 86, Kansas City, Mo., an my father, Joseph Harris, of Pruden Jodge, No. 6, Kansas City, Kas,, being a 32 degree man and a 38 degree gen tleman. So I appeal to you most ea: aestly, that you may do for us wha you cad, You may refer to your re spective lodges as to our standing Should you feel disposed to ald us forward same to my mother, Mrs Clara Harris, No, 1819 River stree €anon City, Colo., as she 1s strivin: to gain us Justice and every one look: to her to be pald for any expense in eurred in helping father and me, Please acknowledge receipt to m¢ Moping for your assistance, I am, Yours respectfully and fraternall tm AF. and A. M., ROBERT HARRIS, ‘No, 8180, Colorado State Prison, ‘Canon City, Colorado, Confer with me-It pants ria eothiag| Wm. HOPKINS Representing THE AFRO-AMERICAN INVESTMENT & IMPLOYMENT CO. Makes » Spectalty of Assisting You to Buy 4 Home {n Bither Kansas City PHONES: Bell, Maln751 MomeMale 7555 M1 McGee Street, Kansas City, Mo, GEO, R, COOPER . Druggist (2th & HICHLAND If you know your neighbor, you know me For I am your neighbor’s druggist On the corner of rath and Highland Come in and see me, courteous treatment and very “quick delivery service” will make you want-to come again. ear) RE creer ear nee ne ieee en —- a IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE. “T did not know you were keeping store here, else I would have been around to patronize you,’’ was what a colored man was over- heard to say to a colored business man a few days ago. This busi- ness man had been at the one stand for several years, but this friend did not know it. He was managing to make a living, but he had not gotten his friends’ trade because he had neglected to let his friends know that he was in business. How many friends were there just like the first? How many dol- lars had this colored man lost through neglect to notify the public which ineludes his friends. ‘The business man did not even resort to the somewhat out-of- date method of seattering circulars. He had never considered ad- vertising. He, too, knew that white merchants who have built their business from small beginning to large propositions had been large users of advertising space in the newspapers. He did not seem to care to know that the public largely patronized these merchants be- cause they let the community know what they had for sale, He was still in the beginning class, making but little more than a laborer ets. Er ate: Cplotad Budtiom Men) the opportunity is yours, like that of the white man who began small: ‘The race wants to support you, but wants you to let the public know what you have. : _ Try the Sun for results. | The Kansas City Sun can be found | Mme. Benton Dean, the =e sale at the following prominent milliner, has moved to 1010 Troost | piaces: avenue, where she is elegantly lo-f ‘cated and will be extremely pleased || Palace Barber Shop, 19th and Vine to meet her many friends and cus-f|steets; Shumacher’s News Stand, tomers, at. that” number. 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SEND SAMPLE AND WE WILL MAIL YOU THE ORDER Bell Phone Main 3297W. SOME OF THE STRUGGLES OF THE NEGRO PRESS. One evening this week at the clos¢ of @ very busy day I drew me up a my desk. Before me was scattered « mass of newspapers, all bearing the distinction og colored, My already tired brain and sun strained eyes al most refused the task that was set be fore. But from somewhere and some how I gained courage, and plunged in by strting with the one on top—it was the Oklahoma—o, there I go, I didn’t mean to call any names, but the press work on that particular pour- nal was 80 poor that one could not even properly translate the answers to Booker Washington's article, ask- ing for better traveling accommoda. tions for Negro passengers over cer tain railroad lines; which was brave ly undertaken, ‘The Dallas, Dxpress came in for a Similar critfciam while the Boston Alllance and Conservative Counsellor is void of that harmon: fous toning with other parts of the Papers On aecount of too much front page advertisement. In dthers there were similar aud even more grievous errors, The colored papers that take first rank in typographical cleanliness and mechanteal accuracy are the Amster dam News, Richmond Planet, Kansas City Sun, and New York Age. It {8 with no small degree of ap. preciation tht I review the merits and demerits of these journals and Journalists,“ who are struggling as | am; for to publish a Negro journal at this perfod means sacrifice at every stopover. I see written in great red headlines at the head of the mean est effort in the way of a Negfo jour- nal these words, “Self Sacrifice.” Our readers are more sensitive to Mterary abuse in a race payer than they are to the big dailies, 1 often have a man come into my office to complain about a stick of matter up- side down in the last fssue of an artt- clo that was backed up the wrong ‘Way. Now, if he, perhaps, knew that ‘my day had been 36 hours instead ot ‘eight in comparison with his, instead of criticising he would step in and offer to pay his subscription with the hope that his mite might help a ilt- tle in relfeving the situation, For whenever you see faults standing out conspicuonsly in Negro papers there 4s but one conclusion to come to, and that 1s that finance is oh, so short. Now, don’t stand apart and laugh Jeeringly or criticise an effort that You yourself are not brave enough to make, If you cannot give thousands, you can give the widow's mite and the least you pay on your subserip- tion will be precious in the editor's gight.—California Eagle. REAL ESTATE Property of All Kinds For Sale In Both Kansas Citys and Topeka TERMS TO SUIT Main Office: 400 Haskell Ave., Kansas City, Kas. BELL PHONE WEST 644 Branch Office: Portsmouth Bidg., Sixth and Minnesota Ave. Branch Office, Topeka, Kas.: 410 Kansas Ave. Expert Dental Specialists OF KANSAS CITY. Our work has stood the test. We have been doing high clams guarantes® Dental Work for the past 26 yearn. We have thousands of satisfied patientn Beem nts! Yoore Be ‘SAVE MONEY JkisGeusrene GET THE BEST ‘The doctor who extracts your teeth here has undoubtedly had more experieney fm this line than any other dentist im the elty, so you get the most expat fervies, Painless Extracting, 260, BRIDGE WORK oo Bpaces whore from one to ten teeth have been lost we replace with bridge work. 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Bring your troubles to us. We can help you. Afro-American Investment Co, 911 McGee Street. $ A. F.and A.M. Missouri Jurisdiction Officers—1913, N. C. Crews, Kansas City, Grand Master. Deputy Grand Master, Richard Young, Lincoln, Neb. 1, F, Payne, Glasgow, Mo, Grand Senior Warden. ¥, J, Brown, St, Louls, Grand Junior Warden, H, H. Walker, St, Joseph, Grand ‘Treasurer, Geo. W. K. Love, Grand Secretary, Kansas City, Mo, W. W. Fields, Secretary of Masonte Relief, Cameron, Mo. ¥. J. Cooper, Mexico, Mo. Grand Lecturer. Oils. Cdindiedeey a. A, D, Butler, R. E. G. C., St. Joseph, Mo. W. G. Mosely, G. E. G, Kansas City, Mo, ‘Theo. Wiley, V. B. G. C., St, Louls, Mo. P, C, Kincade, B. G. ©, G,, Kansas City. T. P. Mahammitt, G. Treasurer, Omaha, Neb, Grand Chapter Officers. Geo, Broomfield, G. H. P., St. Louls, Mo. ‘T. G, MeCampbell, D. G. H. P,, Kan- sas City. A. L, Thomas, G, K., Jefferson City, Mo. J.P. Mofitte, 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. BE. 8. Baker, Secretary. R. W. Foster, Treasurer. W. C. Mallory, Sandy Meyers, ‘Wim. Washington, Geo. Bradley, T. W. H. Williams, H. R. Edwards, J, B. Herriford, " B. G. Lacey, E. G. Miller, W. ©. Hueston. Lodge Directory Lopae binecrory. Pritchard Lodge No. 42, A, aoa iear! Poa es ha Ui stonday Meenth Moats Salt Minter tions IntoS) tthalng Se Se ee He ener Bae Rane Lodge No, 25 A. F, and Pate Seats Nea Martane Sony Mente stad ete alana get aie Marie, aimee ae Ste cane ; ‘M.; 'T. J. McCampbell, Sec’y. Mt, Olive Lodge No. 88, A. ett le eats es eae Si hate ta'eeney eee wae ihe siatue Saar oa ek ee ne, Tag Ss. Sioa eee! | VISIT THE Known as the Fad Studio A First Class, Up-to-Date Gallery Views, Flashlights of Banquets, Pas ties, Groups of all Public Functions, Enlargements our Specialty. Post Cards, three for........-0..+.25@ Cabinet Photos made, per dozen, $2.00 UP. AGENTS WANTED, G. BRUCE SANTEE, Prop. 1718 E. 18th ST., KANSAS CITY, MO. We are trying to serve the people in a legitimate business by giving them the best and latest in all styles of shoes and slippers. Think seri- ously about this matter and let us fit you out in your Easter Goods. Bring your children with you. Special care will be taken to give complete satis- faction. Our prices are low and goods guaranteed, Give us a chance. 1507 E. 18th St. G, A. Page, Prop. In passing, look at our windows, Remember all our shoes are not in the windows. Come in therefore and let us show you our entire stock. 1507 E. 18th Street. J.C.WAGNER The Clean Market Man Oysters, Fish and Game in Season. Fancy Groceries and all Table Luxuries, Courteous Treatment to All 1819 Howard Ave. Bell Phone 3596 Eas Kansas City, Missouri, Best Shine in K.C. For Ladies » Gents jomionen ‘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 1702 East 18th ‘Bt THEKANSAS CITY SUN All communications should be addressed to the Kansas City Sun, 1803 East 18th Stre Bell Phone East 999 Entered as second-class matter, August 12, 1908, at the postoffice at Kansas City, Mo., under the act of March 5, 1873. Nelson C. Crews. Editor and Owner Willa P. Ellem. General Manager J. G. Thompson. All, Agent J. G. Tyler. Advertising Solicitor Eva P. Washington. Traveling Representative Rosa Morton. 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 number when due, Morton will post a card, and you will cheerfully forward a duplicate of the missing number. % ADVERTISING RATE, 50 CENTS PER INCH. CHURCH DIRECTORY. Bethel A. M. E. Church, 24th and Flora St. Stephen's Baptist Church, 604 Charl- sley Christian Church, 19th and Tracy. Greenwood Baptist Church, 1829 Ter- race. Centennial M. E. Church, 19th and Woodland. Broad Baptist Church, 10th and Charlotte. Allen Chapel A. M. E. Church, 10th and Charlotte. St. Augustine's P. E. Church, 11th and Troost. Iine St. Baptist Church, 1835 Vine St. Pine Green Baptist Church, Independence and Traxey. Ward Chapel A. M. E. Church, 11th and Woodland. Blue Valley Baptist church, 1120 Crystal avenue. St. John's A. M. E. Church, 1743 Helle- view. Seventh Day Adventist, 23rd and Wood- 125d. St. Monica's Catholic, 17th and Lydia. Morning Star Baptist Church, 2311 Vine, Highland Avenue Baptist Church, 1111 Highland. Centropolis A. M. E. Church, Centropolis, Mo. St. James A. M. E. Z. Church, 1823 St. James Church, Roundtown, Third Baptist Church, Roundtown, People's Mission, 30th and Genesee, St. James's Baptist Church, 19th and Highland Filgrim Baptist Church, 014 Charlotte St. Calvary Baptist Church, 19th and Askew. M. A. V. Vinson 19th and Bigelow A. M. E. Mission, 5th and Lydia. Progressive Baptist Church, 29th and Bumnn E. L. Church, 1817 Flora Ave. T. James Baptist Church, 4053 Mill St. 45rd and Possible Place. Cemetery. M. A. E. Mission, 565 Grand Ave. KANSAS CITY, KAN. CHURCHES KANSAS CITY, KAN. CHURCHES. First A. M. E. Church, 8th and Neb. Pleasant Green Baptist Church, 1st and Splittog. Eighth St. Baptist Church, 8th and 9th Metropolitan Baptist Church, 9th and Washington Bethlehem M. E. Church, Water and Storming Streets St. Paul A. M. E. Church, 21st and Ruby. First Baptist Church, 5th and Neb. Solomon Baptist Church, 3rd and Eatat Quindardo A. M. E. Church, Quindardo Pasant Valley Baptist Church, Rosedale Pasant Valley M. E. Church, 9th and Oakland. A. M. E. Church, 4th and Oakland. Salter Mission, A. M. E. Church, South Park, Kan. Protestant Episcopal, 3rd and Stewart, and Church, Ruby, and Ruby, West Chapel M. E. 106 Sharpe, St. Paul A. M. E. Zion Church, 4000 Adams. Brennan A. M. E. Church, Roselale, Kan. Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 4th and Virginia. Ebenezer A. M. E. Church, Sanford and Tremont. Large numbers of boys and girls are soon to be sent from the elementary grades to the high school. Parents should be vitally interested in this epoch of the child life. There is more danger in the child being sent to high school too soon than in its being kept in the grade school too long. There should be no "railroading" for the sake of mere numbers or to make a vain showing. Such follies are only to be paid for in the wreck of intellectual lives. --- We have always contended that a school is the rail neighborhood center and should be the seat of all neighborhood activities which have for their end the social, moral and educational uplift of the patrons. It seems inconsistent with this idea that the graduating exercises of the school should be held at some point far away from the center simply for the sake of making a big display at the cost of not being witnessed by the persons most interested. Young men and women of our race who are doing well upon the farms or in the smaller towns should be contented and stay away from the big cities. The mad rush for city life is making us all poorer financially and weaker morally and spiritually. Stay on the farm and build up something substantial, something free from the narrow, selfish greed of the city. The meager, hand-to-mouth existence in the metropolis has no compensation. The imaginary joys of the city are in most instances merely the paths of peril and the roads of ruin. The Duntley Pneumatic Sweeper, of which Mr. J. W. Duntley was the originator, is one of the best Sweepers used today and housewives and maids alike are loud in their praises of this excellent sweeper, which saves a vast amount of labor and removes dust and dirt in a sanitary way at a trifling cost. Every wamily should have one in their homes. The solo by Mrs. D. A. Holmes of Springfield, Mo., at Allen Chapel last Sunday, was magnificently rendered. Her voice being one of the most pleasing and delightful heard in this city for years. The vast audience could only be restrained with difficulty in voicing its appreciation in vigorous applause. Allen wants to hear Mrs. Holmes again. The graduating exercises of the Negro department of the General Hospital at Allen's Chapel last Monday night was the most entertaining and delightful affair of its kind ever witnessed in this city. Dr. Wm. J. Tompkins, Kansas City's brilliant Negro physician and surgeon, gave a most interesting history of the Colored department of the General Hos pital, followed by Plantation Songs by the combined Allen Chapel and Western University chorus, after which Dr. H. T. Kealing delivered one of the most illuminating and impressive addresses ever heard in Kansas City. Miss Effie Garrant sang in commanding style Gaynor's "Orloles," and the choir rendered in magnificent form the "Hallelujah Chorus" by Handel, after which Dr. Geo. Pipkin presented the Diplomas and Miss Harriet Leck, R. N., presented the Class Pins. The graduates were Mayme B. Vaughan of Moberly; Bertha C. Hanna, of Boonville, Mo., and Marle Vickers, Springfield, Mo. Y. W. C. A. NOTES "I am come that they might have life; and that they might have it more abundantly." John. 10:10. There should have been at least one thousand girls with as many more young women to have heard Miss Anna H. Jones the well known Educator as she spoke at our splendid Vesper Service last Sunday. The subject of her very able and thoroughly interesting address was "That our Daughters may be as Corner Stones polished after the Similitude of a Palace." The service was held in Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church of which the Rev. J. R. Richardson is pastor. Miss D. M. Lee an elocutionist from Ilwa rendered by special request "Hagar the Bondswoman." The closing remarks were made by Rev. Richardson. The Japanese Tea Party given by the Sorosis Club composed of prominent women in the two Kansas Cities at the Yates Young Women's Christian Association on the afternoon and evening of May 25, proved an enjoyable occasion. About thirty persons were in attendance. The program was furnished by Miss Lucinda C. Dixon, Miss Margaret Banks, Misses Mable B. and Pauline Vaughan, Miss Rosa Bouchelles Miss Eloise Cole, and Lawyer Wm. B. Bruce. The latter was speaker and gave an address on "Charity." TAKE NOTICE. Rev. S. C. Casmon, the champion young speaker of Kansas City, will speak at the Morning Star Baptist Church, 2311 Vine street, Rev. G. H. Daniels, pastor, Sunday, May 31, at 7:30 p. m., on "The Developed Manhood of the Race." Don't fail to hear him.-Adv. NEGRO CHRISTIAN STUDENT CONVENTION. The first meeting of the Negro Christian Students Convention convened at Atlanta, Ga., May 14-18, which is to the Negro what the Student Volunteer Movement which convened in Kansas City the first of the year is to the white people. The object of this Convention is, first, to give to the present generation of Negro students in the United States a strong spiritual and moral impulse. Second, to study with thoroughness their responsibility for leadership in Christian work at home and abroad, thus bringing them face to face with Christian life callings. Third, to face the responsibility resting upon the Negro churches of America to help the claims and crisis of Africa. Fourth, to consider what light Christian though may throw on present and future co-operation between the races. The Convention was a complete success and all feel that a greater organization does not exist. Number of male students, 288; female students, 182; teachers and professors, 42; speakers and visitors, 149; grand total attending Convention, 641; schools represented, 81; different states, 18; Y. M. C. A., 18; Y. W. C. A., 36. Foreign countries, 4; other attendants, pastors, bishops, missionaries and editors. Some of the most prominent leaders of the age were present. Dr. John R. Mott, General Secretary of the World's Student Christian Federation, presided over the Convention. Throughout the session the spirit of the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man eminently prevailed. IDA M. BECK. THE NEGRO NATIONAL EDUCA TIONAL CONGRESS APPEALS FRENCH. JOURNALIST. J. Silas Harris President of the Negro National Educational Congress is in receipt of the following letter from M. Ide Biermont the famous French writer and Journalist of Paris. 141 Rue de L'Universite, Paris, France, May 6, 1914. Mr. J. Silas Harris, Kansas City, Mo. U. S. A. Dear Sir: I am a sympathizer with your ideas. I am a writer and desire some information relative to the American Negro. Kindly send me any books, or other publications you may have, bearing upon the work of your must worthy organization. Is the Negro type changing in America? Do they lose something of their mental type by living in America? How do they compare with the white youth in mentality, when educated in the same schools? I shall be pleased to have you call should you ever visit Paris. Yours faithfully, M. IDE BIERMONT. EVERYBODY IS GOING Everybody is going to Smith's Drug Store to try the famous Tango Sundae on a Blazer. The following is a list of distinquished guests and popular society people who have visited and declared the Tango Sundae to be the most delicious they have ever eaten. Mrs. J. W. Daniels, Miss Lizzie Dusen, Miss Leona G. Johnson, S. M. Murphy, J. L. Miss Leonard, M. J. Murphy, J. L. Miss P. Washington, J. W. Wengate, W. B. Kennedy, Mrs. W. B. Kennedy, L. J. Manne, Mrs. W. B. Kennedy, L. J. Manne, Partie Harris, Mrs. Emma McIlan, Mrs. Lula Spalding, Will Finnel, Mrs. J. E. Ingram, Mrs. Pearl Taylor, Mrs. E. Ingram, Mrs. Pearl Taylor, Ednake Winda, Mrs. Dougless McMillan, Miss Minnie Johnson, Mr. Geo Taylor, Mr. Fred Plummer, Mr. Fred Snoddy, Mrs. Fred Snoddy, Mrs. Anna Combs, Mrs. Geo, Washington, Mrs. Anna Combs, Mrs. Ethel Taylor, Miss Stella Gant, M. Smith, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Smith, W. Anthony May Shields, Mr. C. C. Lewis, Mr. L. Peppers, Miss Ethel Crowder, Miss Arthur Brown, Mr. Wm. Johnson, Mrs. Fagan, Mrs. Anna White, Revolds, Miss Clara Howard of Nineapolis. Miss Ethel Berryman, Mrs. Lillian Fagan, Mrs. Anna White, Revolds, Miss Clara Howard of Nineapolis. Miss Bertha Alexander, Mr. Lruss Dumoe, Mrs. Llesie Brown, Miss Sila Dumoe, Mrs. Llesie Brown, John A. Norles, Mrs. Mary Henderson, Mrs. Mary Lewis, Mr. Jesse Meyers, Mrs. Jesse Meyers, Miss Galena Plum- Mrs. Marie Patrick, Mrs. Charles A. Ellis, Miss Emma Rector, Mrs. Blanche C. Woodson, Miss Claudia L. Quarels, J. E. Frazier, Mrs. Leona B. Mosby, Wil. Luela Reeves, Mrs. Lyman, Luela Reeves, Turner, Mrs. Lyman, Sweetman, Mrs. Eva L. Moore, Mrs. Inez McCoy, Mrs. L. V. Railey, Madame M. B. Allen, Mrs. H. Hopkinson, Mrs. Allen, Mrs. H. Hopkinson, Mrs. H. Miller, Mrs. Jennie V. Wilson, Mrs. Maude Glass, Mrs. Lillian Carey, Mrs. Dorothy Cole, Mrs. Bertha Johnson, Mr. Willie Whitmore, Professor Mabry, Saile McNielis, Mrs. Lillian Carey, Mrs. Dorothy Cole, Mrs. E. L. Washington, Mrs. Edward Whitmore, Kansas City, Kas.; Mrs. Phur-man, Mrs. May Hackworth, Geo. Hurd, Chicago; Mrs. J. W. Mitchell, Alernachy, Miss Carrier Sanders, Mr. Willie Wylan, Mrs. Lon Lored, Mille Willie Wylan, Mrs. Nancy Taylor, Hon. N. C. Crews, Mrs. W. H. Hicklett, Mrs. Clara Gardner, Backwell, Mr. C. Hollinsworth, Miss Ema Gardner, Mr. Andrew Rollins, Mrs. Carr, Rosedale, Kas.; Mrs. Beatrice L. Carr, Edna Kirkpatrick, Miss Mary Day. The Ka-Se Girls in a body, and the fooding Olo Club members: Mrs. P. C. Stewart I. B. L. Woods, Mrs. C. B. Washington; also Mrs. E. R. Whitmore, Miss Ida F. Bell, Mrs. Armada Jarrett, Mrs. J. E. Woods, Mrs. C. B. Elizabeth Stokes, and Mrs. Wills, Mrs. Dorssey, Mrs. Brown, Miss Stella Wellington, Mrs. Winnell, Carter, Mrs. Wills, Mrs. Wills, Mrs. Wills, Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin, Dr. E. C. Goborne, Los Angeles, Mrs. A. Eoborne, Los Angeles, Mrs. A. Williams, Mrs. T.-L. Patton, Miss Susie Pearl, Miss Anna Caro, Miss Dorsey Ransom, Mrs. Dorssey, Mrs. Tiflon, K. C., K., Mrs. J. Lewis Gambles, K. C, K. Mrs. Sarah J. Wheeler an aged and highly respected Colored Citizen of Bonner Springs, Kansas, died at the residence of her daughter Mrs. Lock, May 12 at the age of 82. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. M. Gilbert, Pastor of the First Baptist Church, assisted by Rev. J. B. Wallace, Bonner Springs, Kansas. Mrs. Wheeler had lived a clean, consistent Christian life for more than 60 years. Four sons, two daughters, eleven grandchildren and may relatives survive her. She was a woman of great physical endurance and strong character, a pleasing and entertaining Conversationalist and a ready reader of human character. Her mercy of passages in the Holy Scripture was remarkable. After fifty years of age she learned to read readily many passages from the Bible. Her remains were sent for enternment Monday morning to Bucklin, Mo. accompanied by the family and the Rev. Dr. Thomas. Pastor of Allen Chapel. Mrs. Wheeler has lived a long life. She has passed away but she has left the world better for having lived in it. May her noble life and Christian character ever be an inspiration to us all to so live and act each day that when we have passed away it can be said of us we made the world better by having lived in it. We connot say and we will not say That Our mother is dead; she's just away With a cherry smile and a wave of the hand She has wandered into an unknown land And left us dreaming how very fair It needs must be since she lingers there The sweetest love of her life She gave to simple things The harsh chirp of the little brown thrush Was as dear to her as the sweet notes of the Mocking bird. And she pitied as much a writhing honey bee wet with rain As a human soul in pain We will always think of her as the same She is not dead. She's just away. Betty & Sam's Little Corner —That if meat keeps going up only the rich can get it. —That X-Ray dresses are to be thinner than ever. How can they? —That a man is not fashionable if he does not "press" his hair. (If it's bad stuff.) —That among the June weddings scheduled is that of a recently divorced couple of prominence. —That its high time judging from some women you meet, the Free Public Baths were opened. —That the ladies are complaining because enough male guests are not invited to social functions. —That a certain preacher had to stay locked in a clothes closet for two hours until hubby went back to his work. —That if all the 18th street merchants would sweep their walks it would help the appearance of the street very much. —That business has become so good they have run a pipe line from a certain saloon to a nearby rooming house. (That's a pipe, sure.) —That a determined "Pa" in view of a certain circumstance, said his daughter would be a 1914 June bride or there would be a new dude in h-heaven. (Better hurry dude.) SPECIAL NOTICE TO TEACHERS. The Harris Printing Company has just received from the East samples of the latest and most up-to-date commencement programs and invitations. Owing to the fact that the local paper houses are no longer carrying in stock this class of stationery we beg to suggest that all orders for commencement programs be made at the earliest date possible to insure the prompt issuance of the finished product. We will be glad to send samples on request but where it is convenient would much prefer to have you stop in while passing and look over the assortment which cannot possibly be surpassed. Very truly yours, ARTHUR W. HARRIS, Commercial Printer. Bell Phone East 4746. 1515 E. 18th street. Music furnished by capable pianist for parties, receptions, teas, etc. Also instruction given beginners on the piano forte. Rates reasonable. MISS CARMEN HACKLSY. 2028 Harrison St. Flowers for Any And All Occasions We Lead in Quality and Low Prices. Weaver Floral Co. 1510 East 18th St Home 7555 Main Bell 4798 East Res. Bell E. 4852W. JUST A WORD We are giving you a good paper. Don't you think you ought to pay us? BE STEADFAST. Do not be alarmed because you heard that some one said something not complimentary about you. People have always said ugly things about those who struggle to be, and are achieving something; those against whom there is nothing said, anre negligible quantities—people talk about those who are doing good. You go ahead, like the ancient philosopher, who, when he was asked by an apparent friend, who really desired to help the old sage, what he could do for him, replied: "Please stand out of my sunshine." That is all the alert, energetic aspiring young person asks; "stand out of my sunshine." Ladies' Tailoring Dressmaking AND Drafting... Fancy Gowns a Specialty I am prepared to offer the public the best dressmaking, tailoring, drafting and fitting. Graduate of one of the best white downtown colleges. Will also teach Drafting. Bell Phone East 4139 W Mrs. Lillie Williams 2914 Woodland Avenue KANSAS CITY, MISOURI GO TO The Lincoln Cafe For First-Class Meals 20 and 25 cents Home Cooking Furnished Rooms in Connection Rates $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50 LYDA FRANKLIN, Prop. Call Chas.Monroe For Carriage or Automobile Funerals and Parties a Speciality Rates Reasonable 2102 Woodland Ave. Bell Phone 5194 East Bell Phone 2523 East Kansas City, Mo. FOR RENT-Modern four-room flats. Bath and private hall and porches. Call Mrs. Roberts, 1418 E. 24th street. Keep Cool and Be Pleasant! TAKE YOUR MEALS AT THE DELMONICO CAFE And Have Both We have installed our electric fans which practically make our dining room a place of pleasure. Remember where the Elite go. Remember the excellent service. Best quality of food and music with your meals. Finest selection of Bakery Goods from our own ovens. H. COMPTON, Bell Phone, East 618. 1510 E. 18th St. MISS NAME Vocal Cut Woodland Studio 2116 Woodland Ave. Comm Wester Wednesda Graduating B A Baccalaureate Sermon Address by Dr. J. J. To Literary and Re A GREAT Dont Miss the Great M Nothing like it Commencement at Eastern University Quindaro, Kansas Running from Wednesday Night May 27 TO Educating Day Thursday, June AT 3:00 P. M. Laureate Sermon, Sunday morning May 31, follow press by Dr. J. Franklin Bray of Hutchinson, Kane terary and Religious Societies at 4:00 P. M. Sun. A GREAT TREAT—HEAR HIM. Pass the Great Industrial Demonstration Wed- night, June 3rd. Nothing like it ever seen in Kansas City before. Commencement at Western University Graduating Day Thursday, June 4 AT 3:00 P. M. Baccalaureate Sermon, Sunday morning May 31, followed by Address by Dr. J. Franklin Bray of Hutchinson, Kans. To Literary and Religious Societies at 4:00 P. M. Sunday A GREAT TREAT—HEAR HIM. Dont Miss the Great Industrial Demonstration Wednesday Night, June 3rd. Headquarters for Home Made Pies OFFICE PHONE BELL 3786 M. We Boast of Serving The Bank JAMES W. 3rd Member of Board Import ICE CREAM 808 In SOL E. H. ADKINS, Tre Peoples REAL Fire and A Collections B Home Main 91 2427 VINE STREET WAGNE Choice Cigars List of Serving the Best Meals in the Two The Baltimore Cafe JAMES W. HURSE, Proprietor Member of Board of Management U. B. F. @ S. M. T. Imported and Domestic Cigars THE CREAM, SODAS and SUNDANCE 808 Independence Ave. We Boast of Serving the Best Meals in the Twin Cities SOL. SMITH, Pres. Apples Investment REAL ESTATE and Accident Insuran ections Help Furnis BOTH PHONES e Main 9203 Bell East NE STREET KANSAS C GNER'S BUFF choice Wines, Liquor igars and Tobacco Peoples Investment Co. REAL ESTATE Fire and Accident Insurance Collections Help Furnished BOTH PHONES Home Main 9203 Bell East 1011 2427 VINE STREET KANSAS CITY, MO. WAGNER'S BUFFET Choice Wines, Liquors Cigars and Tobaccos Heim's Beer on Tap We solicit your patronage 000 Indep. Ave. A. L. MONEY on Diamonds valuables. U at bargain pr on diamonds GOLDM Ave. A. L. Wagner, Prop. Home Pho HONEY TO LOA Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry and suuables. Unredeemed pledges for s bargain prices. Can save you 20 diamonds. LDMAN'S LO SHOP 1000 Indep. Ave. A. L. Wagner, Prop. Home Phone 4959 M. MONEY TO LOAN on Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry and all valuables. Unredeemed pledges for sale at bargain prices. Can save you 25% on diamonds. 1307 Grand Ave. Established 30 years Main4766 Home --- CONCERT ORATORIA Residence 2444 Highland Ave. Entrance at University Hendaro, Kansas running from Day Might May 27 TO Day Thursday, June 4 at 3:00 P. M. Sunday morning May 31, followed by Franklin Bray of Hutchinson, Kans. ious Societies at 4:00 P. M. Sunday TREAT—HEAR HIM. Industrial Demonstration Wednesday night, June 3rd. or seen in Kansas City before. The Best Meals in the Twin Cities Mittimore Cafe HURSE, Proprietor Management U. B. F. & S. M. T. of Me. and Domestic Cigars SODAS and SUNDAES. dependence Ave. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI R. D. JACKSON, Secy. Investment Co. ESTATE Accident Insurance Help Furnished TH PHONES 5 Bell East 1011 T KANSAS CITY, MO. R'S BUFFET Wines, Liquors and Tobaccos Wagner, Prop. Home Phone 4959 M. TO LOAN Watches, Jewelry and all redeemed pledges for sale es. Can save you 25% AN'S LOAN HOP --- FOR RECITAL CITY NEWS. The wedding of Miss Harriet Vivian Anderson to Mr. James Garfield Ashcraft will take place June 4. Show your children the way to their Shoe Store, 1507 East 18th Street, opposite the Peoples' Drug Store. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Ferguson, 3001 Wyandotte have gone to Little Hocking, O. for an indefinite stay. FOR RENT—Nicely furnished rooms modern, 1301 Michigan. Bell phone, East 2825. Mrs. Wm. Snell has returned to the city after a week's visit with parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Chiles of Topea, Kansas. Mrs. Clara E. Adams, Mrs. Essie Lewis and Mrs. Lawson left Saturday night for a few weeks' stay, in Des Moines, Ia. SMITH'S QUICK LUNCH CAFE. Meals at all hours—15, 20, 25 Cents Lunches Put Up CHAS. F. SMITH, Prop. 815 Independence Ave. Mr. Thos. W. Whibby who completed one years study at Croonborgs Chicago School of Sartorial Art has returned home. Readers of the Sun, don't forget the old reliable druggist, Geo. R. Cooper for drugs, toilet articles and patent medicines. For prices that are right in drugs, paints, toilet articles, etc., visit the Cooper & Campbell Drug Store at 18th and Paseo. In Judge Robinson's court this week an uncontested decree of divorce was granted to Sallie E. from J. L. F. Talton. FOR SALE—At a bargain—a Pullman porter's uniform, coat never been worn. Call 1515 E. 18th St., or Bell phone East 4746. Miss Lillian Grandberry of Chicago and Miss Edith Moore of Minneapolis, teachers at the Topeka Industrial School, are the guests of Miss Edna Herndon, 2445 Highland avenue. When you go out to the Mozier Place, stop for cigars, confeccioneries and refreshments at E. W. Williams. 2721 E. 54th street. The very best service. Mrs. Matilda Seymour was buried Sunday afternoon from the C. M. E. Church. Rev. McClaim officiated. She leaves two daughters, two sons and two sisters to mourn her loss. Have you seen how much our stock has grown. Come in and look over our goods. They'll please you and their quality and low prices will surprise you. 1507 E. 18th street. C. A. Page, Prop. Just think how your Shoe Store has grown. Call and see for yourself. 1507 East 18th Street, opposite the People's Drug Store. G. A. Page, Prop., H. G. Jones, Mgr. Poro hair dressing, hair weaving and facial massaging. Scalp treatment a specialty. Mrs. E. Norles, 1737 Paseo, upstairs. Miss Claudia Jones of Los Angeles, Calif., en route to Bermingham, Ala., was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Smith, 2427 Vine Street two days of last week. The Crosthwait Floral Company will be pleased to see its many friends. They are prepared to serve you satisfactorily. Bell phone East 272. CROSTHWAIT FLORAL CO., 1611 East 18th Street. 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. Mr. L. B. Williams, for nine years quarter Master Sargeant Troop K of the Ninth Cavalry is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Williams, 920 Central Street and received his honary discharge in Douglass, Ariz. Miss Scottie Herriford of Boley, Okla., enroute for Chicago on business for the Haynes-Turner Realty Co., Stopped over in Kansas City for a few days this week and was the guest of her brother. Mr. Colored Man:—Are you looking around to buy a home? If so call Main 751, Bell Phone. Aak for Wm. Hopkins. Why Worry? Why worry yourself out when I can take you direct to what you want? FOR RENT—Nicely furnished rooms upstairs—light and airy. Suitable to persons desiring a quiet suburban home. Telephone service. Address. Kansas City Sun Office, 1803 E. 18th street. Bell phone E99. 999 YOUNG LADIES WANTED. YOUNG LADIES WANTED. We want a number of energetic, intelligent young ladies of neat appearance to handle Mme. P. M. Dabney's XXth Century Hair Preparations. We pay salaries to those who are qualified. Previous experience not necessary. Apply in person Saturday, Monday of Tuesday morning between 9 and 11 o'clock at 1806 East 24th Street. Mrs. T. C. Champman, the wife of our well known dentist, left Tuesday night for St. Louis with the doctor, to attend the Medical Association and from there she went to Memphis, Tenn., to attend to some very important business. CARD OF THANKS I desire to express my sincere thanks to the members of Vine Street Baptist Church and my many friends for the kindness extended and for the beautiful floral offerings contributed during the illness and at the funeral of my dear brother Geo. Stacy. MATTIE HAYES, Sister. Graham Lodge No. 85 A. F. & A. M. celebrated its 35th anniversary with a reception Friday evening, May 29 at the Masonic Temple. Many excellent addresses were made interspersed by good music. E. B. Thompson is Worshipful Master of this splendid organization. And Mr. R. W. Marshall was Chairman of the Arrangement Committee. Last Sunday the Secretary of the Negro Business League visited the Solomon Church members and friends and spoke at the Church of the Living God, feasted with the graduates of Summer High School where were given a luncheon by the Mt. Pleasant Sunday School of which Miss Lola Terrel one of our accomplished young lady teachers is Superintendent. CAR OF THANKS We thank our many friends for their kindness and assistance during the illness and death of our mother Mrs. S. J. Wheeler who departed this life May 12. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lock. Mrs. E. F. Madison. Mr. & Mrs. Roscoe C. Hughes. S. W. Hughes. Bonner Springs, Kans. There is a reason why the larger per cent of Cabinet Stationary used by Kanser City's "600" fleet is excused by any of the larger and best, equipped printing establishments in this city, since they all but make a difference in the work of work. Second, while their prices are not always the lowest, they are always the fairest. They are delivered with accuracy and despatched to over 90 per cent of the classy weddings andceptions during the past year when a funnel of class is announced at its Ten-Oone shot that Harris will handle the job. All aboard to Leavenworth on the Odd Fellows' second Annual Trolley Party, Thursday, June 18. Come and go with us, and enjoy one of the best outings of the season. Good music and entertainments at Coliseum Rink. Round trip, 60 cents. Thursday, June 18. The Peck Mite Missionary Society gave one of the most pretentious receptions of the year at the residence of Mrs. May Kingsberry, 1007 Tracy avenue, last Monday from 2 to 1 p. m. The house was profusely decorated with potted palms and ferns and the color scheme was in pink and white. Music was furnished throughout the evening by Mrs. Bruce and son and a most enjoyable afternoon was spent. Nearly a hundred members and friends were in attendance. The guests of honor were: Presiding Elder W. H. Peck, Revs. Thomas, Ransom and Allen. IN MEMORIAM. In memory of our little son, Gerald Wm. Jones, who died three years ago May 30: We cannot feel that thou art far Since near at hand the angels are, And when the sunset gates unbar, Shall we not see the waiting stand And white against the evening star The welcome of thy beckoning hand? MR. and MRS. JONES, Father and mother. JULIAS JONES, Brother, MRS. A. V. MINOR, Grandmother, MRS. SMITH, Great-grandmother. The 18th Annual Commencement Exercises of Western University and the State Industrial Department of Quindaro, Kansas, will begin Wednesday evening, May 27, and close Thursday afternoon, June 4, 1914. Wednesday, May 27, annual Band and Orchestral concert; Thursday, May 28, 8:15 6 a.m. piano recital; Friday, May 28 at 8 p.m. exercises of the theological department; Sunday, May 31st, at 11 a.m. the baccalauratee sermon delivered by Dr. H. T. Kealing, the president; 4 p.m., address to literary and religious societies by Rev. J. Franklin Bray, D. D., of Hutchinson, Kansas; 8 p.m., reunion of religious societies; Monday, June 1f 8 p.m., annual class night exercises; Tuesday, June 2d 9 a.m., to 3 p.m., exhibit; 10 a.m., meeting of state board of trustees, 2:30 p.m. Tennis torunament, field day sports, 8:00 P.M. M. Annual Gratiorical Contest for Faculty Gold prize; Wednesday, June 3rd, 9:00 A.M. Meeting of the University Board of Trustees; 2:30 P. M. Alumni Senior Base Ball Game; 8:00 P. M. Industrial Demonstration Thursday, June 4—10:00 A.M. Annual Business Meeting and Address to Alumni Association and Election of Officers; 1:00 P. M. Alumni Luncheon 2:00 P. M. Commencement Exercises of the Graduation Class of 1914. Adress to Graduates by Mrs. Roland P Murdock, Wichita, Kans. Mrs. W. A. Montague and children of this City are visiting her grandmother of Emporia, Kansas. She will return during the month of August. Dancing every Wednesday night at Armory Hall, Cottage and Vine streets. Roscoe White, Dancing Master. Mrs. Janie White, Instructor. Hall for rent. Bell phone East 308R. The Sorosis will meet with Mrs. E. R. Vaughan, Quindaro, Monday, June 1. A talk by Mr. L. A. Halbert, Supt. of the Board of Welfare and a Literary and musical program will be the feature of the closing meeting. GRAND COURT H. OF J. Lexington, Mo.—The Grand Court Heroines of Jericho held their Fortieth Annual Session at Lexington, Mo., May 26-28 inclusive. There was a large attendance of delegates and quite a number of distinguished visitors. Among them were Nelson C. Crews, Grand Master of Missouri; G. W. K. Love, Grand Secretary; W. M. McDonald, Grand Secretary of Texas; the Grand Matron of Florida; Mrs. Boxley, Grand Matron O. E. S., and quite a fe wothers whose names we failed to get. Much business was transacted and the Grand M. A. M. McDowell presided with dignity and distinction. Her address was thoughtful, conservative and eloquent and she pledged much aid to the Masonic Home in her admirable paper. The old officers were e-gelected for the ensuing year with Sarah G. Robinson, G. V. M., and A. J. Carter, G. B. F. S. The next place of meeting will be at Macon. Let E. A. Robinson rent, sell or buy you a home. A square deal, prompt and courteous service. Call Bell East 754. PLENT OF BIG CARS FOR DECORATION DAY. There will be excellent Auto service to Highland Cemetery from the end of the 15 Street Car line in cars OWNED AND OPERATED BY COLORED PEOPLE. Mr. Hubbel will superintend the Cars and Mr. Geo. W. Little is Manager and Treasurer. Kindly get your tickets from Mr. Little and AVOID INTRUDERS AS Mr. Little has always arranged and handled this service to your satisfaction and Convenience. REMEMBER THE DATE—DECORATION DAY—MAY 30. Cars will run from 10:00 A. M. to 5:30 P. M. Round trip—25 cents. For further information call Bell phone Main 3910; Bell Phone 2013 East; Home phone Main 4726, Collector for Highland Cemetery Co. ELITE CAFE Prices reasonable Home Cooking Quick Service WHEELER & WHEELER, Props. 1904 Vine St. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank our friends for the beautiful floral offerings contributed at the funeral of our mother and sister, Mrs. Matilda Seymour, and especially the Central Baptist Church (white) who sent the most beautiful design we have ever seen. MRS. MAGGIE HARRIS, MRS CORDELIA S. WATERS, Daughters. CARD OF THANKS We sincerely thank our many friends and neighbors for their expressions of sympathy and kind assistance during the long illness and the death of our husband and father Harry W. Bean; also our daughter and sister Hazel V. Bean and for the beautiful floral offerings. MRS. H. W. BEAN. LITTLE ALBERTA BEAN. On Saturday night a grand surprise party was given the Rev. Sister Pearl, pastor of Grant Chapel, by the members of that Church. The party assembled at the Pastor's house 3112 East 12th Street. When the marking and tagging of the many useful and valuable presents was finished and the final word given all filed across to the pastor's beautiful residence, 3101 E. 16th St., fed by Sister Dora Matthews. As they entered the door they began singing "Blessed are the poor in Spirit." After laughing and talking and general merry making and an abundant supply of ice cream and cake was served, everybody present seemed to enjoy the occasion immensely. About 10:30 all expressing themselves as being highly pleased bade the Rev. Pearl good night and sang "God be with you until we meet again." KANSAS CITY, KAS. Wyandotte Lodge No. 8487 G. U. O. of O. F. is having much success. Mrs. Alice Younger, 843 Freeman Avenue is still seriously ill at her home. Rev. J. G. Hayes of Mexico, Mo., was guest of Mr. and Mrs. Tillford Davis, 1116 Washington Boulevard, Sunday. U. B. F. & S. M. T. held their annual sermon at the A. M. E. Church 8th and Nebraska, Sunday afternoon, May 24. Garrison School held their closing May 21. The program was very good under the direction of Miss Erma Bradford, Principal. Douglass Grade School held their Commencement Exercises Wednesday evening, May 27. There were 48 graduates. Miss Laura Harlan. Rev. S. L. Daes, pastor N. 7th Street M. E. Church, Muskegue, Okla., is the guest of Rev. S. M. McMorris and family, 1415 N 9th Street and is assisting the latter in a revival. Stowe Grade School held their Commencement Exercises Monday evening May 25, when they turned out 34 graduates this year. Miss Trussle Smothers, Principal. Dunbar School held their closing exercises Friday, May 22 and eleven graduates from this school for the first time in its history. Prof. Thompkins, principal and his assistants have brought it up to the standard. Annual service K. of P. and Courts of Calanthe E. & W. Hemis, was held at the 8th Street Baptist Sunday afternoon, may 24, Rev. I. M. Warfield, Pastor C. M. E. Church delivered a fine sermon to a large audience. The Kansas State Federation of Women's Art Clubs will convene in Kansas City, Kansas, at Summer High School, Wednesday and Thursday June 17-18. Delegates from nearly every city in Kansas will be present. Visitors are welcome to attend all sessions. MRS. GEO. MINER, President City Federation. SUMMER MUSIC SCHOOL. R. G. Jackson and Miss Beulah Douglass are going to conduct a summer school of music at Allen Chapel, 10th and Charlotte, Kansas City, Mo. All persons who may desire to take lessons will find it to their advantage to speak to Mr. Jackson early, for a number of periods have already been given away to city, and out of town persons. The advantage in enrolling early is, that you may have a choice of periods and avoid coming for lessons in the heat of the day. The studios at Allen Chapel are nicely located, well appointed and are equipped with pianos that are kept in fine condition. Special attention is given to children between the ages of seven and twelve years. The pipe organ of the church is at the service of pupils for practice, who are doing organ work. On account of the large enrollment in piano, organ and voice, only a limited number can be admitted into harmony classes, so it is advisable for persons wanting to do work along this line to enroll now. Mr. Jackson invites interested parties to call at Allen Chapel on Saturdays, between 8 a. m. and 8 p. m. to talk over music for the summer, or address him at 531 Nebraska Ave. Kansas City, Kansas, Bell Phone West 1032 and West 1102-W. WORDS OF APPRECIATION. More Mother's Testify to Merits 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 it 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., 1806 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. Call and See Us At the PASEO Home Made Candy Kitchen and Ice Cream Parlor Fancy Candies 10 cents per Pound WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 1426 EAST 18th STREET E. EUGENE VAUGHAN. MEMBER K, C. BUSINESS LEAGUE. THE COMMON CALL. I want a bungalow upon a knoll Describes a beautiful, lovely little soul And straightway she come to me. She knows I sell that kind of prop ANNOUNCEMENT I have plenty of capital to build houses. Telephone me to-day. Eventually you will. Estimates cheerfully given. SPECIALS. Two brand new houses, each with five (5) rooms and bath, in Kansas City, Kansas. Fifty (50) lots in Riverside Park, opposite Western University, to go at easiest kind of terms. A new rock road is now being built to this addition. Use the telephone, and make an engagement with me to-day to see these lots. Five (5) room and three (3) room house, forty (40) feet ground, close-in. Three thousand ($3,000.00) Dollars, Terms. Four (4) room house, and one acre of ground, $2,250. Terms. EUGENE EDWARD VAUGHAN, Twenty-sixth and Parkway. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, Bell phone, West 1757. Furnished and Unfurnished Rooms For Rent. FOR RENT—Modern furnished room. Bell phone, East 4721 W, 910 Garfield avenue. Wm. Fisher, Prop. FOR RENT—Nicely furnished rooms; strictly modern; Bell phone East 4090; 1606 Garfield Avenue. Furnished rooms for light housekeeping. Modern. 1607 Harrison or 1326 East 14 h street. R. W. Elmore. For Rent—Furnished rooms; modern, 1715 E. 18th street, 3d floor. Mrs. Mattie Hobbs, Bell Phone, East 2061W. FOR RENT—Nice furnished front room; strictly modern. Bell phone. Grand 1967-W. FOR RENT—Modern furnished room for man or lady. East 1846 Bell phone. 1319 Woodland avenue. Three furnished room for light housekeeping, strictly modern with telephone; 2313 Woodland avenue. Bell phone, East 3436W. Nicely furnished front room, first floor for gentleman or man and wife; strictly modern. 1419 Lydia avenue. Mrs. Tolliver. FOR RENT—Four rooms strictly modern. $0.00 per month. 1215 Indep Avenue. Call 211 W. 6th Street. Home Phone Main 5595. FOR RENT—2440 Montgall avenue, 6 rooms modern, $22.50 per month. J. M. Day, N. W. Cor. 18th and Paseo. Grand 1413—Bell phone. Furnished front room for rent; price reasonable; in quiet home; for one person—lady preferred. 2505 Michigan. WANTED—GOOD. 'RELIABLE COLORED AGENTS. Insurance ex- périence. A good proposition to the right party. Address the Sun Office. For Rent FOR RENT. FOR RENT. 1108 Vine, 3 rooms. $8.00 1108 Vine, 5 rooms. $8.00 1108 Vine, 4 rooms. $8.00 824 E. 54th St. 4 rooms (1st floor) $16.00 1116 Campbell, 14 rooms (modern) $16.00 1253 Flora Ave. 7 rooms (modern) $16.00 1720 E. 14th St. $15.00 FOR SALE. 1916 Highland, 7 room modern frame, $2600 1611 Garfield, 9 room frame, $2200 1611 Garfield, 9 room frame, $2200 24th and Lydia, 7 room mod. frame, $2400 24th and Garfield, $1400 Howard and Garfield—4 room new cot- tage, $1,200; $100 down—4 room a month. Any of the above can be bought on very liberal terms. Afro-American Investment & Employment Co. 911 McGEE STREET. Read the Sun Golden Steam Dye Works 1605 EAST 18TH STREET When sending your Clothing to be ever realized, and every clean minded must at the thought, that the cloth us previously been used to press the suit in silky Habits, etc.—the cloth in the suit in a pail of probably dirtier water of the day's work? OLD WAY OF To overcome unsanitary methods in Sanitary Steam Press. A garment that is disinfected, as no germs or microbes is high as the dry steam we inject. A odor, takes away the grimy appearance, colors and imparts to the garment, dressers. NEW WAY OF We are Hatters, Tailors and Closers. We do everything in our own work we do not have to disappoint equal to anyone's. We specialize on it pleases you it pleases us. We have one of the best Dyein Everything new and up-to-date. We ment, no matter how richly trimmed We employ only expert workmen and tomer. Soliciting an opportunity to GOLDEN'S STEAM your Clothing to be cleaned and presses every clean minded man would shudder at, that the cloth use to press your suit to press the suit of a man suffering from the cloth in the interim being wet probably dirtier water, especially so toward? WAY OF PRESSING unsanitary methods we have installed at press. A garment that passes through the germs or microbes can exist under a steam we inject. 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Prof. Hobbs in also Kansas City, being manager of the People's Dancing Academy, which dances every Thursday night at Lyric Hall, 1731 Lydia avenue, all the latest dances, Telephone, Bell 2833 East. BUFFET with Soda 10c. Kansas City, Mo. or The Sun Bell Phone East 539 THE DEVIL CHAIR AN INVOLUNTARY ALLY "YOU SKUNK!" SAID JOHN HARDER. DO YOU REMEM (Copyright by W. G. Chapman) D JOHN HAYNES SOB REMEMBER ME?" (Copyright by W. G. Chapman) less and was the result of a bullet in the spine, could not be cured. The instinct of poetic justice induced him to seek out Dr. Adolphus Theobald, formerly of the Nokomis hospital, the man who had tended him when he lay there, awaiting his trial and sentence under the pseudonym, Pete Timmons, a gang leader of the town. Haynes had suspected that his wound could have been cured and, that, in fact, Theobald had been invigiled into the conspiracy of the land gang. Theobald was now in private practice in the city of Nokomis. He did not recognize in the well-dressed, spruce, middle-aged Englishman who hobbled into his consulting room, the wounded man whom he had treated at the hospital five years before. Haynes had rented a furnished cottage on the outskirts, with a private garage in which he stored a rented automobile. Beneath this he had attached the gyroscope, fitting it to a larger wheel. The four wheels of the machine were dummies—for show, but not for use. Upon its single wheel the little machine would run at a hundred and fifty miles, firm as a rock—or as an operating table. "Cure you?" said Theobald, after he had examined and X-rayed his patient. "Of course I can. It requires only a very trifling operation. You see, Mr.—er—Thompson" and a vague memory stirred dimly among the forgotten reaches of his brain, did not rise to the level of consciousness: he only experienced a sense of momentary disquietude—"you see, Mr. Thompson, this bullet which you say the crazed workman fired at you two years ago reached the spine but did not penetrate it. It is, at present, pressing upon an important nerve center which controls the movements of the lower limbs. To remove it by a simple incision will be no danger at all." John Haynes was sure then that Theobald had been bribed by the confederates; that he had left the bullet in the wound purposely, to cripple him. "I cannot understand why the physician who attended you did not remove with a puzzled face." Theobald added with a puzzled face. "In Mexico, you say? That must account for it. In our country no doctor would hesitate to operate for a moment." "Till think the matter over," said Haynes, in order to arouse Theobald's expectations of a fat fee, and he went to the nearest telegraph office. From there he sent a message to his daughter in Chicago. "Be here on Friday morning next." he wired. "I will meet you at the station at 10 a.m. It is an important case. You had better travel in your nurse's uniform." That was all, but he knew that Eleanor When Dr. Johnson was writing his famous dictionary, he had an article on the "coco nut," but the careless proofreader passed a mistake in the spelling of the word, the compositor having inserted an "a," and the word appeared as "cocoa-nut." This spelling of the word has been adhered to ever since. Of late years the nuts have sometimes been styled "koker-nuts" and "kokers." The average depth of sand in the deserts of Africa is from 30 to 40 feet. --- ```markdown ``` The discovery of the body of a man lying in the woods, with a bullet from an automatic pistol in the brain, is unfortunately not an event so strange as to call for nation-wide publication. When Grand Valley, N. Y., learned of the discovery, under those conditions, of what had been one of her citizens, the story was featured prominently in all the local papers, for Jack Poole had been a financier and magnate in that remote northern town. But only here and there, scattered throughout the length and breadth of the land, were men who understood the awful portent of this occurrence. None but they connected it with the appearance of the man in the devil-chair, a vehicle with a gyroscope attachment, running at a prodigious speed, by means of which he had affected a startling robbery in Brooklyn and a still more astonishing escape. The now died down. A fickle public had turned to new interests. But these men knew—for Jack Poole had been one of the group whom John Haynes had marked out for vengeance. Five years before he had been robbed of vast landed interests in a western state by a confederacy of unscrupulous men, aided by a corrupt judge and a bribed lawyer. He had been treacherously wounded, paralyzed, railroaded under an assumed name to the penitentiary at Nokomis, Falls. John Haynes had been separated from his wife and daughter. The girl he had found, living upon the bounty of the man Poole, in the belief that both her parents were dead. Haynes rescued her and sent her to Chicago, to await the time when he should summon her to his side. He learned that his wife's whereabouts was known to another of the gang—Chauncey E. Robertson of Benderville, a mushroom township near Nokomis and built on his own lands in the midst of a wilderness of prairie and a jumble of barren hills. After Poole had come to his end through a new attempt at treachery, Haynes resolved to seek out Robertson, discover where his wife was to be found, and execute justen upon him. It was a feature of the plans which Haynes had formed during the period of his imprisonment that each of his enemies should meet with a fate approximating, as nearly as possible that which he had met out to him. He had no further confidence in the law; anonymously he would work, secretly he would devise; and his blow should fall like a lightning bolt out of a blue sky. But before meting out justice to Robertson he resolved to consult a physician in order to discover whether or not the crippling paralysis, which rendered his lower limbs use WAS PROOF-READER'S ERROR A story demonstrating the lasting effect of a proof-reader's error was told by Sir Everard im Thurn in the course of an address to the members of the Royal Horticultural society recently. It had been noticed, he said, that in the course of its growth the nut which was now known as the cocanut was similar to the face of a monkey, and the Spanish and Portuguese word "coco," meaning a grin or grimace, was attached to it. By H. M. EGBERT FTLY "LOOK AT ME would understand. On the Friday she reached Nokomis, dressed as a nurse, her suitcase in her hand. John Haynes had affixed his dummy wheels, and the automobile took them to his cottage. There he outlined the case. He was amazed at Eleanor's self-possession. The timid girl, ignorant of the ways of the world outside her little circle at Grand Valley, had become inflamed by his schemes of vengeance; not only the sense of loyalty to her father, but the desire to avenge his wrongs and to discover her mother had come to dominate her entire being. She learned his plan and she pronounced it good. "You see, my dear," John Haynes explained, hobbling to his chair beside the fireplace, "this Theobald is an unprincipled scoundrel, and doubtless he will not hesitate, under fear of betrayal, to turn on his former allies. I have made inquiries and understand that they have given him a number of shares in the land company. He is rich and respected. If his past, which he thinks forgotten, should rise up and threaten him, he would stick at no scruples. At the same time it is necessary to frighten him thoroughly and to impress him with our power, so as to prevent the possibility of renewed treachery." On the next day, Haynes returned to Dr. Theobald. "I've been thinking over the matter and I have decided to undergo that operation," he said. "You guarantee that there will be no danger?" "Absolutely none," the doctor answered. "You ought to have been operated on long ago. That physician in Mexico who treated you, Mr. Thompson, was criminally ignorant. I say this without hesitation." "Good," said John Haynes. "But you must operate at my home." "You will require a nurse," he said. "I have one at my house," answered the Englishman. "She is very competent." "Then how would Monday morning suit you?" suggested Theobald blandly. "My anesthetist end I can be there at nine o'clock." "No anesthetist will be needed," Haynes answered. "My nurse who attends me is amply competent to administer ether." "But I shall need her assistance during the operation. Of course it could be done. But—" "Dr. Theobald," said John Haynes, smiling, "I prefer to have my own nurse administer the ether. You said the operation will be a slight one, and I would rather place myself in her care than under that of any assistant of yours." "O, very well," answered Theobald shortly, mentally adding a hundred **English Cast Biggest ingot.** The biggest ingot ever cast in the world has just been turned out by a Sheffield, England, company, according to the Engineering and Mining Journal. It is designed for admiralty purposes and is cast of acid open-hearth steel. The feat was accomplished without accident and stands as a record in the production of steel ingots. It is 24 feet long, 7 feet 1 inch mean diameter over flats and 7 feet 6 inches mean diameter over corners. ```markdown ``` --- dollars on his bill. "Of course it can be done, it may take a little longer, though." "How long?" "Forty-five minutes." "And now about the anesthetic. How long will it take me to come out from under its influence?" "Well, usually a patient who is not heavily anesthetized begins to recover consciousness as soon as the mask is removed, that is to say, as soon as he is off the table. But of course, a certain amount of stupor exists for—well, perhaps for several hours." "But a patient could be aroused from it?" "O, undoubtedly. He would feel very sick, but he would be conscious, I might say, within a few minutes after the operation is ended—always provided that the anesthetization was not unduly heavy. Our practice nowadays is to keep the patient just sufficiently anesthetized to destroy the sense of pain; the administration of the ether is suspended during the operation until he begins to show signs of consciousness; then a few more drops are poured over the mask, and so on. In this way the mortality has been reduced to—well, practically eliminated." "I understand," said Haynes. "Then on Monday at eight-thirty we shall be at your door in the automobile." "But, my dear sir," said Theobald, surprised, "you will have to be waiting for me in bed. There are certain preparations necessary." "My nurse can attend to that. Will I not be as safe after an automobile ride as before?" Theobald began to think his patient crazy. Mentally he added fifty dollars more; if he were insane he should at least pay for his whims. "Well," he said, laughing, "of course we should have to sterilize your back all over again. But still, so long as you don't eat any breakfast, I don't see how a ride could hurt you." John Haynes rose up. He had learned all that he needed to know. "At eight-thirty, then," he answered. "Good-by, Dr. Theobald. I hope that our enterprise on Monday morning will be highly successful." Theobald watched him leave the room with a bewildered look. "Now where have I seen that man before?" he muttered to himself. "I know his face." But he had known many faces, and by the time the door of the house had closed behind the Englishman Theobald had ceased to search in the amber-room of his brain. There were so many things that he did not care to investigate. On Monday morning the automobile was waiting outside the Theobald's house promptly at the time appointed. Inside were the patient and a trim-look nursing nurse. The doctor gazed at her in some wonder. She seemed too young to be a trained nurse. But her get-up was irreproachable, and he was entirely indifferent to her abilities. Had she not been certificated he would not have cared. Since Saturday he had altered his prospective fee from three hundred to seven hundred and fifty; he could always cut it down afterward if his patient objected; but he would not be likely to object, since he had never broached the subject of fees. Theobald hopped into the machine with his instrument case and patted his companion on the back cheerly. “There no danger, Mr. Thompson,” he said heartily. “Don’t be afraid.” “I'm not afraid,” retorted Haynes grimly. “I hope you will not be.” The other laughed. "I'm not likely to be," he said. "By the way, what make of machine is this? I never saw anything like it. She must be on springs, but she runs so smoothly—why, I could almost perform an operation here." "Till give you a chance—perhaps," said Thompson, smiling, and turned abruptly toward the poorer region of the town, beside the freight station, edging the wilderness. Theo bald was now convinced that his patient was mad. He looked at the nurse inquiringly, but she sat silently in the tonneau and ignored his professional "signals." He felt a momentary pang of uneasiness, too, at the course the machine was taking—for he feared that he might have overestimated his patient's wealth. Certainly this quarter of the town was not inhabited by the wealthier citizens of Nokomis. However, he breathed more freely when the machine swung out from the town and along the roadway which bordered the railroad tracks. Soon they were in the midst of the prairie. Undoubtedly, then, Mr. Thompson possessed a house on the outskirts—one of those new residential mansions, doubtless, which were springing up everywhere in the vicinity. Of course—and that was why he had thoughtfully brought his automobile for him. He smiled at his thoughts and brought up his bill to its original figure again. Then, when Nokomis was out of sight behind a hummock of sand, the machine ran down the railroad embankment in a surprising fashion, traveling as though on level ground. Theoald saw his companion turn and fidget with a spring. He looked down; two wheels lay on the ground! He grasped the seat in terror. "Mr. Thompson—Mr. Thompson," he gasped, "you've lost two wheels!" "Four," answered John Haynes calmly, and the two others fell, rolled, detached, for a considerable distance and settled down beside the metals. The car stood steady as— As that which automatically detached itself from the opposite side and folded downward, at the touch of a spring, to meet the seat on which they sat. It was a smooth glass shelf. "Your operating table," said John Haynes grimly, and the car moved forward and gently balanced itself upon a single rail; then began to run RABBITS OUTWIT MAN About 45 years ago three pairs of enterprising rabbits were introduced into Australia. Today, the increase of these six immigrants may be counted by millions. They became a pest to the country. Fortunes have been spent to exterminate them. Wire fences many feet high and thousands of miles long have been built to keep out the invaders. The rabbits had to fight forward at about twenty miles an hour. Theoald attempted to spring from it; instantly the speed increased to thirty, forty, fifty-seventy-five. The machine bowled along on its rail, without a jolt or jar. Theoald might have thought it to be stationary, but for the whirl of objects that spun past them. While he sat there agast, John Haynes rose on his crutches, drew up the wind-shield, pressed another spring, and then the machine became an air-tight case of glass, save for a ventilator overhead. John Haynes sat down and put his hand to his hip; Theoald found himself looking into the muzzle of a pistol. "You skunk!" said John Haynes softly. "Look at me harder. Do you remember me?" "Pete Timmons!" gasped the doctor, the name flashing into his mind for the first time since he had sold his patient's body for fifty shares of stock in the Nokomis Land company. "Yes, Pete Timmons," answered Haynes. "What have you to say? You have convicted yourself!" Dr. Theobald, whirling along that narrow line in the car with his victim, felt a horror steal through his soul. Encased in glass, helpless, as this man's mercy, he might have been suffering in an inferno such as the earlier medicos had depicted as the penalty for those who broke the hippocratic oath which they had taken. "I don't know what to say," he pleaded. "You won't take my life? Before God, I swear I can cure you. It was so terrible a temptation, just to leave the bullet beside the spine and get—" "Yes, how much did you sell out for?" "Five thousand dollars," the doctor answered. "Theo bald," said Haynes, lowering the pistol because he saw that the man was incapable of further resistance, "you are one of the least of the scoundrels who railroaded an innocent man to prison to get his millions. How much you knew, I do not want to know. You will do two things, and in the consideration for these your life and reputation shall be spared. First, you will operate on me." "Yes, yes," urged Theo bald eagerly. "Turn around and I will go straight to your house with you." "Second," continued Haynes, "when I summon you, you will be at my disposal. Later I shall have need of you." "I agree," cried the doctor, wringing his hands in fear. "But for heaven's sake, let us turn back and begin the operation." "No, no, Dr. Theo bald," answered the other. "You will operate here." "Here," gasped the doctor. "Here. This seat on which you are seated is also of glass. The two together make a very practicable operating table. It is a little short for the legs—but, as you see, my legs are without sensation. Under this seat are bottles containing alcohol and bichloride of mercury for sterilizing purposes. Under the other are basins, physicians' sponges, and two gallons of distilled water, which can be boiled on an electric heater. You can wash your hands here, sterilize your instruments, operate and administer other—which you have brought, I presume, in that bag of yours." Then, overcome by his smoldering resentment, he grasped the doctor with his strong right hand. "You dog," he shouted in his ear, "do you suppose I will give you a second chance to betray me; that I will place myself in your hands, to lie helpless at your mercy? "No, Doctor, this time you will work as you never worked before, for the sake of your life and mine. This car is mounted on a gyroscope wheel and is traveling now at seventy-three miles an hour. It is going so fast that track-walkers along this line will be unable to distinguish it from one of those little machines on which line superintendents are apt to move from station to station. If they can so distinguish it, it will not matter in the least, for I am now going to increase the speed to just double the amount—one hundred and forty-six, nominally one hundred and fifty." He looked at his watch. "It is now nine fifteen," he said. "The track will be clear until ten-thirty, when we shall encounter the transcontinental express at Buffalo Ford. My computation is exact. No one but I knows the mechanism by which this car can be stopped. You will, therefore, proceed with your operation and bring me out of the ether in time for me to stop the car before the train bears down on us. If you succeed you shall be dropped near Buffalo Ford, from which point you can, no doubt, find your way homeward. If you fall, we three will be ground to death under the wheels of the trans-continental. Do you agree to operate?" Theoald looked despairingly into the resolute face of the man whom he had betrayed. He looked at the nurse, seated quietly at his head and seeing that she remained impassive, nodded in token of acquiescence. For the first time Eleanor spoke. "I am no nurse," she said. "I am his daughter. You must instruct me in the application of the ether." Theobald nodded again. And now, to the credit of the man, be it said, the professional sense awoke in him and his fears vanished. The novelty of the situation, the difficulties to be overcome and perhaps a sense of shame and regret co-operated in his resolution to make the operation successful. Sented in that cage of glass, as though in an unshaken room, while trees flew past at intervals and the brown walls of the railroad embankment appeared as walls blurred, indistinguishable walls, creating the illusion of an actual room—he defyly prepared his patient. He boiled the awful odds to live. They have developed a new nail—a long nail by which they can retain their hold on the fence while climbing. With this same nail they can burrow six or eight inches under the netting, and thus enter the fields that mean food and life to them. They are now laughing at man. Reserve power has vitalized for these rabbits latent possibilities, because they did not tamely accept their condition, but in their struggle to live, learned how to live. water, scrubbed his hands and doned his sterilized rubber gloves. When his instruments were bolling, he gavs Eleanor the other cone and mask and quickly instructed her in the use of them. And as John Haynes quietly composed himself upon the glass table, his daughter leaned over him saturating the mask until her father's breathing became stortorous, and he bank into sleep, watching him and pouncing on the fluid from time to time, at the first quiver of his limbs, with calm faith in the success of the outcome. She did not faint or even turn her eyes away when the doctor set to his task. It was only afterward that the revulsion came. Presently it was ended and the wound bound and the clothing adjusted once again over the antiseptic bandages. Then, for the first time, Theo bald remembered the danger of his predicament. During that long hour he had worked swiftly, as a surgeon must, and deftly as befts one trained; but he had not hastened nor imperiled his patient's life because, miles distant, but ever bearing down toward them with dreadful speed, the transcontinental express was rushing from coast to coast upon those lines of steel. But now, when all was ended, Theo bald tore his watch from his pocket and looked at it. Ten twenty. What if the express should be in advance of time? What if the distance had been miscalculated? What if the gyroscope, untended during that hour, had increased speed? He glanced at the indicator; the car was running steadily at a hundred and fifty miles. Then he set to arouse his patient. One minute passed. Two passed—there was no response, and, with white face and features sternly set, John Haynes remained motionless. Three minutes. They chafed his hands. An eyelid quivered, a tremor ran through his frame. Four minutes: he raised his head, opened his eyes, muttered and relapsed into a more easy slumber. Five minutes. The train was due. John Haynes opened his eyes again. Eleanor's voice in his ear brought back that soul, hovering upon the confines of the misty borderland. "Father! The train! Wake! Wake Touch the spring!" Why had he not confided to her that secret? It was the impulse of the man, born from long confinement in the penitentiary, to be sparing of words and self-restrained. Perhaps he had feared that Theobald might wring the secret from his daughter's lips if he had told. He had sunk back to sleep again. They looked round desperately for the spring and could not find it. The train might be delayed—one minute or five. But, traveling at that fearful rate, the gyroscopic car was eating up the miles. Even in his predicament Theo bald's brain worked at the mathematical computation. One hundred and fifty in sixty minutes: two and a half miles each minute. He snatched at his watch again; it was seven and twenty minutes to eleven. Haynes must wake speedily or—He dashed his face with alcohol, raised him and shook him. Haynes's eyes opened again. A name was on his lips. Eleanor bent her ear to catch the word; it was her mother's name. And by the power of that name, repeated softly by the daughter, the sleeping man awoke. Consciousness struggling back, this time had come to stay. John Haynes peered out through the glass windows, and suddenly he understood. A look of horror passed over his face. "Ralse me!" he murmured. "Put the steering wheel in my hands." "No, no, father; the spring—the secret spring!" Now he understood fully. He signed to them to turn him on his side. From the uplifted seat of the machine he pulled a pin, cleverly concealed; he pressed it back, pulled it forth, pressed it. The speed slackened. The blurred wall resolved itself again into an embankment. The hand traversed the indicator in a retrograde direction. One hundred, ninety, eight, seventy. . . Through the glass wind-shield, very far distant, Theobald saw a monster crawling over the flat prairie land. Sixty, fifty. It was necessary to slow to thirty before the car could leave the rail. Traveling at a higher speed, the jolt from the smooth metal to the depressed roadbed, set irregularly with sleepers, would have shattered the car. Forty—the indicator ceased to move. That that thing was now a rushing serpent, coursing toward them with terrific fury. If they should meet it would annihilate them and then sweep on as though the car had never existed. The indicator hand was moving again. Haynes closed his eyes in weariness. But Eleanor had grasped the steering wheel. With a bound that shook them from their seats the car left the metals. It raced over the sleepers, not quivering, but tossing them and defily catching them again, as might some springless, wheeless wagon of palaeolithic men. Then the embankment quivered, the air was filled with sound, and the black cars of the train tore past them. Five minutes later Theobald dismounted two rules from Buffalo Ford. Haynes grasped him by the hand. "You have fulfilled the first part of your task." he said. "Hold yourself ready, for soon I shall call on you to complete your reparation. Good-bye." He woke from sleep hours later at the cottage which had been prepared for his convalescence, so far away that none could have traced them. As Eleanor helped him within, John Haynes uttered an exclamation of pain, which changed to joy. "Be careful, dear," he said. "You struck my foot against that door—I felt the blow." **Seea This Way Sometimes.** Some men succeed in life by minding their own business. Others manage to draw large salaries for neglecting other people's business.—Washington Star. **Origin of "Whisky."** The word Usk is an Anglicized form of the Welsh word wysg, a Celtic word meaning water. It is connected with the Irish word utsque, from which the Saxon gets the word whisky. Home Town Helps Baltimore Newspaper Points Out How Much They Add to Appearance of City. Baltimore can well approve of the movement for more city tree planting, launched by the Women's Civile league. There is no doubt other cities have paid more attention than has this to the subject, but it is one in which all who are working for a more attractive as well as for a larger and more prosperous city can well consider. While good care is taken of the trees in city parks and squares, those along the street curbs are sadly neglected, allowed to die and then rarely replaced. Yet it is no great task to make a tree grow along the sidewalk. A little careful trimming, a loosening of the earth at the roots now and then, a watch for bugs and borers, that's about all if the tree be strong and healthy when it is put in the ground. Of course, now and then an accident will happen and the tree be unrooted or broken by a runaway horse or a careless driver, but even then it can be easily replaced and when it can be a box placed around it, so as to shield it from harm. Let us hope that this movement will succeed. A thoroughfare with handsome, healthy trees on either side is a city beauty spot and a valuable city asset. Land is too valuable in a metropolis to allow the creation and maintenance of large lawns, except in suburban districts, but there is plenty of room for trees, even in streets on which traffic is very heavy. Arbor day, established to encourage tree-planting, has amounted to little in Baltimore, outside of the schoolhouse program, but now it can be put to practical use for civic betterment and civic beauty. Plant a few now and you will be surprised at the result—Baltimore American. CHILDREN AID GOOD WORK Even the Smallest Show Enthusiasm in the Effort to Keep National Capital Attractive. To turn the waste places of the city, the vacant lots and unsightly lawns, into beautiful gardens filled with blooming flowers and clinging vines is the object of the People's Gardens of Washington, and in the report for the past year, which has just been prepared, what has been accomplished along these lines is set forth. The building up of recreation gardens for the people of a neighborhood, the beautification of parkings and back yards of the city and general stimulation of interest in landscape gardening have been gone into with enthusiasm by the workers of the association and their labors have shown surprising results. One of the noticeable facts concerning the work is that a major portion was done during the past year by little children. And it is in building up the gardening incinulations of the little one that the elders are becoming much interested and lending a hand themselves. The children, having acquired a taste for gardening, are the ones who are to make the capital beautiful in the years to come. It will fall upon them to enlarge the park spaces, preserve the trees and encourage the planting of dooryard flowers and flowering shrubs. The children have taken up the gardening idea as they would take up a new game. They have shown unusual thoroughness and the utmost joy in their work, and even better results are expected from their efforts during the spring and summer to come. Good Plan for Small Town. Villages and small towns in all parts of the United States would do well to follow the example of Williamstown, Mass. There the town council has adopted a scheme proposed by President Garfield of Williams college, and providing that there shall be planted annually along the roadside of the town a number of trees that shall be valuable for commercial as well as ornamental purposes. President Garfield, it seems, derived his idea from France, where the plan has been carried out successfully and has been found to be decidedly worth while. Conditions vary in different towns and villages of course, and in some a scheme of this sort might be undesirable or impracticable. These, however, are the exceptions, and for a majority of our smaller communities adoption of Dr. Garfield's plan would be an excellent thing. One must wait a long time, it is true, before the trees thus planted become valuable commercially, and it may be that the public fund would never be swelled very largely by income derived from them. Yet if in France that income is found to be sufficiently large to take care of the town's most beautiful ornaments, its trees, and in addition leave something over for other purposes, there seems to be no good reason why the same thing should not be true in this country. Boost, Don't Knock. Don't criticize the old town, unless you can offer a remedy. Words Are as Cheap as Ever. An English economist announces that a world-wide decline in the price of commodities has begun, and that probably it will be more pronounced at the end of the year. He Got Them. "I want damages," shouted the bruised and battered citizen who had just been beaten up by his athletic rival. "I think," replied his friend and adviser, after a critical inspection, "that if you look in the glass you'll find you've got 'em." AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS A Hampton boys learn how to care for milk, make butter and cottage cheese, and handle cows to the best possible advantage. They must handle dairy products according to the most approved standards. The idea underlying this work is to train who shall go out and show the country people the value of good dairy methods. Rev. H. H. Dunn, pastor of Central Congregational church; Rev. A. Lawless, Jr., pastor of University church, and President E. M. Stevens of Straight university have returned to Washington from the National Congregational convention held in Washington. A large delegation was present from all sections of the United States. Four national Congregational societies were represented in the convention, viz: The National Congregational council, the Congregational Church Building society, the Sunday School and Publication society and the American Missionary association. The Southern negro is working out his own salvation, not in terms of politics, not in terms of formal education but in terms of property ownership and mainly in terms of land in the rural regions. He is doing this with out let or hindrance in the South largely aside from the awareness of the whites, largely because of their difference, but even more largely with the sympathy and help of his white friends and neighbors. He is lifttin himself by tugging at his own boo straps, a figure commonly used to indicate an impossible something; but in civilization as in education it is the The American Missionary association is carrying on a most extensive work among the colored people. It is now conducting and maintaining 64 schools for the colored people in the South, with an enrollment of 14,000, under the direction of 600 trained teachers. The churches among the colored people of the South number 206, with a membership of 15,000. A most aggressive program for the further extension of church work, for better equipment of school buildings, and higher efficiency in school work was adopted. The new program calls for greater local initiative, a more discriminating missionary support, a larger number of self-supporting churches, increased activities in social service in urban and rural centers, closer supervision of the field and a Sunday school superintendent for the colored schools in the south. Rev. Sterling M. Brown of Washington was elected president of the convention. Rev. H. H. Proctor, D. D., of Atlanta, Ga., was elected secretary. The next convention will meet at Talladega college, Talladega, Ala. Although she only thirty-one years old, Mrs. Winfield Stoner of Quarrysville, Pa., is the mother of nine children, and in a competition with 350 others she was proclaimed the champion cake baker. A final word on the subject of our personal responsibility as an executive council to the churches seems to be needed, says a correspondent of the Standard. It has been suggested that the executive council should ignore all organizations among the churches and deal directly with local churches. In many cases that may be the fair and proper way to operate, but I am firmly convinced that the experiences of the executive council in its work as well as the present needs of the negro churches only tend to emphasize the advisability of using our friendly offices to secure among the negro churches such an organization of forces as will win the respect and the regard of possible benefactors and make it possible for us to do through them as a group force, what we are confident that we could do less satisfactorily if we dealt with them separately and ignored that important and essential relationship which they have with one another. Miss Cristie Holmberg has been elected clerk in Santa Barbara, Cal., by an overwhelming majority over her male opponent. By February India's greatest hydroelectric plant will be supplying 60,000 horse power to industries in Bombay and vicinity. All the six sons of John and Mary Wheatland of South Croydon, Eng., are in the royal navy. Their ages range from sixteen to seventeen years. Countess Molitor, an English woman, will shortly start on a perilous trip across the Ruba-e-lKhall, the great sand desert of South Arabia, alone, using only native guards. Discordant Thoughts. Discordant thoughts. In wanderling through your mental pleasure-grounds, whenever you come upon an ugly intruder of a thought which might bloom into some poisonous emotion such as fear, envy, hate, worry, remorse, anger, and the like, there is only one right way to treat it. Pull it up like a weed; drop it upon the rubbish heap as promptly as if it were a stinging nettle; and let some harmonious thought grow in its place. There is no more reckless consumer of all kinds of exuberance than the The Southern negro is working out his own salvation, not in terms of politics, not in terms of formal education, but in terms of property ownership; and mainly in terms of land in the rural regions. He is doing this without let or hindrance in the South, largely aside from the awareness of the whites, largely because of their indifference, but even more largely with the sympathy and help of his white friends and neighbors. He is lifting himself by tugging at his own boot straps, a figure commonly used to indicate an impossible something; but in civilization, as in education, it is the only possible means of elevation. The negro is emerging from jungleism and winning civilization mainly and necessarily by his own efforts. His progress every inch of the way is marked by struggle—struggle within himself for mastery over himself and struggle outward, surrounding circumstances. The negro problem will not be solved by editorsials, creeds or statutes; by conferences, congresses or assemblies; by pride, prejudice or passion. The development of the negro can be stimulated, safeguarded and directed wisely and beneficently. The stream of tendencies can be kept clean of injustice and cruelty, brutality and inhumanity, and it will be so if we have any Christianity worth the name.—Dr. E. C. Branson in the Southern Workman. A plea to the Methodist Episcopal church, South, asking it to take a deeper interest in the affairs of the colored Methodist Episcopal church is contained in the quadrennial address of bishops which was made at a general conference of the colored church at St. Louis. When a woman is in love with a man she'll listen to what he says—just as if he were saying something. Well worth consideration is this extract from an editorial in the Chicago Record-Herald: "The problem is to educate these grown-up children into mental and moral maturity. That is no easy task. Rather it is an arduous effort to which many a life must be given, and it will never be helped along by oratory, but only by the patient teaching of line upon line, precept upon precept, till the fundamentals of honesty, thrift, thoroughness and keeping one's word have been drilled into their understanding and worked out by them in practise. To that end such a humble and patient propaganda as Booker Washington's, aiming to make the blacks into well-behaved citizens and good workers, honest and reliable, is worth all the oratory of Demos thenes and Cicero and Alexander L. Jackson combined." Strikas and lockouts in Rhode Island during 1913 caused a loss of $122,855 to wage earners and about three hundred and fifty thousand dollars in value of production to employers, according to the report of the commissioner of industrial statistics. London is divided into two camps over the proposition to widen Richmond bridge, over the Thames. The bridge was opened for traffic in 1777. The way is narrow, but opponents of the improvement plan say that to tamper with the ancient structure will destroy its beauty. L. B. Johnson of St. Albans, Vt., generally attracts attention when he drives through the town behind his pair of two-year-old steers. He has trained them so that they will obey the reins as well as a horse discordant thought, and weeding it out saves such an astonishing amount of eau de vie wherewith to water the garden of joy, with that it in hand every man may be his own Burbank.—Robert H. Schauffer, in the Atlantic To Get the Best In Life. Train yourself to find the good in what seems evil, to make of disaster an opportunity for your courage, to master suffering by patience, to learn from sorrow sympathy—G. S. Meriam. PROPER CARE OF BLANKETS Usefulness May Be Greatly Added to by Adoption of Methods Described Here. If housewives knew what a great saving there was in having three or even four sets of blankets for their beds, in as many weights, they would not hesitate to make the outlay for them. The cotton or silk and cotton blankets of June, July and August should be washed and rebound, if needed, and put away in their tar bags to give place to those of cotton and wool. Now, the all-wool blankets, as all housewives know, are most difficult to launder perfectly, and are not always satisfactorily dry cleaned, so every effort must be made to keep them clean. This is done by using them only in the extreme cold months, December, January and February, then shaking and airing them carefully, putting them away. If the upper sheet is very long, so that it folds over, and the spread is used over the blankets, they may really be used two seasons or more without a real washing being necessary. This method prolongs the life of the blankets and makes them always seem new. And once in two years one may afford to buy a new pair of blankets to use for best or to replace those that have grown the shabbiest in service. Old blankets are always in demand in the household economy for under blankets, frening board pads, scrub rags and polishing hardwood floors, and in a dozen other ways. The Indian blankets offered in our markets today are rather new, but already in demand, especially those of the Navajo weaving. This tribe numbers about 1,600 natives and they have a million sheep on their reservations. The designs on their blankets are geometrical as a rule, and the colors are black, blue, red, yellow and gray. They are warm and durable, so are in great demand for northern travelers and residents at the army posts. They are also quite a dominant note in the eastern blanket centers. OLD CHICKEN FOR FRYING More Economical and as Appetizing as Young Bird If Prepared in This Fashion. Few women know that from the much-despised old hen one can make a delicious dish of fried chicken. The market price of old fowl is always from 4 to 6 cents less per pound than that for the young birds; also, the former has the better flavor. Clean and cut up the old bird as for stewing (this must be done in the morning for an evening dinner), put in stew pan two small onions, some parsley, salt to taste and a pinch of paprika. Add the chicken and enough water and stew gently until tender. Do not take the fowl from the stew pot too soon, as herein the secret of a tasty meal, but allow it to remain in its own juices until you are ready to fry it. Then remove to a platter and lightly flour each piece. Have your frying pan hot; add your butter and a few tablespoonfuls of olive oil. Fry to a delicate brown and serve in a bed of lettuce, with milk dressing or cream if preferred. The chicken stock will make a fine cream of chicken soup or clear soup for luncheon. If the hen is fat, there will be on the soup stock, when cooled, a large amount of rendered fat, which maybe skimmed off and used for frying potatoes, thus affording saving in lard. Apple Cream Cake. Make a one-egg cake and bake in round tin and cut with sharp knife. Use this cream between and on top and scatter whole preserved strawberries over top if you have them: Cream—Bake three tart apples after coring. Scrape out inside of apple and beat till it grows light colored, then add a little confectioner's sugar and beat again. Then add stiffly beaten white of one egg and beat and add enough more confectioner's sugar, beating constantly till about the consistency of heavy whipped cream. Use the day after making. It sets into a sort of sponge and looks like whipped cream. The more you beat it the whiter it gets. German Dressing. Mix together one-half level teaspoonful of salt, one level teaspoonful of mustard, two level teaspoonfuls of sugar, one level saltspoon of paprika, one teaspoonful of onion juice, one quarter cupful of olive oil, one-quarter cupful pure malt vinegar. Beat all together with an eggbeater. Good on tomato, cucumber and lettuce salad, also fine for potato or vegetable salad of any kind. To Clean Stove. Have one tablespoonful of lard and one cupful of carbon oil in an old can. Saturate a flannel cloth in it and rub over your stove. This saves blackening or washing, and lasts for a long time. To grease pans—Use a small paint brush. Use up old stocking legs by folding them and cover with ticking for holders. Flg Tarts. Make and bake piecrust fillings. Fill with the following filling: Boll one cupful sugar and three teaspoonfuls water until it threads, or about six minutes. Pour over the beaten whites of two eggs. Add one and one-fourth teaspoonfuls of lemon juice, to one cupful of chopped fries. Mix well. Flemish Salad. Cut up any dried fish or herrings into waffelike slices, put them in a salad bowl with potato, lettuce, cold carrots, cut into dice, and a very few spring onions. Pour a mayonnaise over this and serve. Gray Cake. One egg well beaten, one cupful sugar, one teaspoonful butter, one cupful milk, two cupfuls flour, one cupful walnuts, two teaspoonful baking powder, one teaspoonful vanilla. A very rich and inexpensive cake. GENERAL VIZYSSPS OF GENERAL UNIVERSITY OF GRANT WHEREVER a group of grizzled Union veterans are gathered on Memorial day to crown with flags and flowers the graves of their comrades gone before, the figures of the two great Americans inevitably present themselves in imagination. One is Lincoln, the other is Grant. With the exception of Napoleon and Shakespeare, few characters in history have been so exhaustively written about as the great emancipator, but in the American Walhalla a niche near to his proclaims the fame of the warrior to whom Lee surrendered. Rarely does it recognition as achieves exalted happen, only struggled and almost hope such disesteem "make good" as were disposed to person to empl Rarely does it happen that a man who earns recognition as a total failure in life afterward achieves exalted success. This was exactly what happened, however, to Ulysses S. Grant, who not only struggled through many years of grinding and almost hopeless poverty, but actually fell into such dissemeet on account of his inability to "make good" at anything, that people generally were disposed to look upon him as an undesirable person to employ. Rarely does it happen that a man who earns recognition as a total failure in life afterward achieves exalted success. This was exactly what happened, however, to Ulysses S. Grant, who not only struggled through many years of grinding and almost hopeless poverty, but actually fell into such disesteem on account of his inability to "make good"; at anything, that people generally were disposed to look upon him as an undesirable person to employ. There are people still living in St. Louis who remember Grant as a shabby little man who brought loads of cordwood into town and sold it from door to door. He had been a captain in the army, but had resigned, and at the period in question he lived on a farm some distance out of St. Louis, on the Gravols road. But, in order to make it clear how this state of affairs came about, one must go back a few steps—in fact, to the boyhood of Grant, who was born at Point Pleasant, Hiram. His motthed used jokingly to say to him: "Be sure you don't become useless!" Not much is known about his early youth, except that at eight years of age he could ride horseback standing on one foot. He had remarkable skill with horses, and a story is told of his volunteering to be straddle, at a circus, an unmanageable pony which nobody else dared tackle. At the bidding of the ringmaster a large monkey jumped up behind him on the horse, and thence upon his shoulders, holding on to his hair, but he hung on like grim death, unperturbed. Another anecdote has to do with a horse which his father sent him to buy. "How much did your father tell you to pay for it?" asked the owner of the animal. "He told me," replied the boy, "to offer you $50, and if you would not take that to make it $55 or even $60, if necessary." Another anecdote has to do with a horse which his father sent him to buy. "How much did your father tell you to pay for it?" asked the owner of the animal. "He told me," replied the boy, "to offer you $50, and if you would not take that to make it $55 or even $60, if necessary." Another anecdote has to do with a horse which his father sent him to buy. "How much did your father tell you to pay for it?" asked the owner of the animal. "He told me," replied the boy, "to offer you $50, and if you would not take that to make it $55 or even $60, if necessary." Naturally, the man said that the price of the horse was $60. Whereupon the lad added: "But I have made up my mind not to pay you more than $50, and you can take that or nothing." He got the horse for $50. He got the no. 1 it so happenber of congress of Grant's faithobtain for Ulyssin in sending in the name of U. Simpson, so that down on the on accident earnedname of "Uncle"Sam," by whichfor many years He is describ an undersized,with high spirdress. Manythemselves upon an inclination it was only a tandistinguished ship, and one is said to remat at the academy. Scarce was y Point when he Dent, the dangererable farmingfar from St. L. of the match, lupshot of it was the Mexican with credit, andhe went back to lady. Six years lairarm, and withservice began. He was unablement, and finallaw offered to on the conditionoff of it. This building a loglived with his. It was at thling by haulingthe streets. U out private solof record that though everythrifailure. He w the place of su later applicationneer was turnement. "Refecte It so happened that General Hamer, the member of congress from that district, was a friend of Grant's father, and he took the trouble to obtain for Ulysses an appointment at West Point. In sending in the requisite papers, he mixed up the name of Ulysses with that of his brother Simpson, so that young Grant found himself put down on the roster of cadets as U. S. Grant. This accident earned for him at the Point the nickname of "Uncle Sam"—afterward abbreviated to "Sam," by which title of intimacy he was known for many years after he left the military academy. He is described at this period of his career as an undersized, awkward youth, much freckled, with high spirits, and very careless about his dress. Many of his fellow-cadets, who prided themselves upon birth and breeding, manifested an inclination to look down upon him, because he was only a tanner's son. While at the Point he distinguished himself chiefly by his horsemanship, and one leap that he made on horseback is said to remain to this day an unequaled record at the academy. Scarce was young Grant graduated from West Point when he fell in love with a girl named Dent, the daughter of a man who owned considerable farming property on the Gravols road, not far from St. Louis. Her father did not approve of the match, but her mother favored it, and the upshot of it was that they became engaged. Then the Mexican war broke out, in which Grant fought with credit, and at the termination of the conflict he went back to St. Louis and married the young lady. Six years later, in 1854, he resigned from the army, and with this separation from the military service began a long struggle against poverty. He was unable to hold on to any sort of employment, and finally, to help him out, his father-in-law offered to give him 40 acres of the Dent farm, on the condition that he would clear the timber off of it. This task he undertook, incidentally building a log house of four rooms, in which he lived with his wife and children. It was at this time that he made a meager living by hauling wood to town and selling it on the streets. Usually he was dressed in a worn-out private soldier's uniform. But it is a matter of record that he never lost his cheerfulness, though everything he tried seemed foredoomed to failure. He was defeated in his candidacy for the place of surveyor of St. Louis county, and his later application for appointment as county engineer was turned down with the simple indorsement. "Relected." It so happened that General Hamer, the member of congress from that district, was a friend of Grant's father, and he took the trouble to obtain for Ulysses an appointment at West Point. In sending in the requisite papers, he mixed up the name of Ulysses with that of his brother Simpson, so that young Grant found himself put down on the roster of cadets as U. S. Grant. This accident earned for him at the Point the nickname of "Uncle Sam"—afterward abbreviated to "Sam," by which title of intimacy he was known for many years after he left the military academy. He is described at this period of his career as an undersized, awkward youth, much freckled, with high spirits, and very careless about his dress. Many of his fellow-cadets, who prided themselves upon birth and breeding, manifested an inclination to look down upon him, because he was only a tanner's son. While at the Point he distinguished himself chiefly by his horsemanship, and one leap that he made on horseback is said to remain to this day an unequaled record at the academy. Scarce was young Grant graduated from West Point when he fell in love with a girl named Dent, the daughter of a man who owned considerable farming property on the Gravols road, not far from St. Louis. Her father did not approve of the match, but her mother favored it, and the upshot of it was that they became engaged. Then the Mexican war broke out, in which Grant fought with credit, and at the termination of the conflict he went back to St. Louis and married the young lady. Six years later, in 1854, he resigned from the army, and with this separation from the military service began a long struggle against poverty. He was unable to hold on to any sort of employment, and finally, to help him out, his father-in-law offered to give him 40 acres of the Dent farm, on the condition that he would clear the timber off of it. This task he undertook, incidentally building a log house of four rooms, in which he lived with his wife and children. It was at this time that he made a meager living by hauling wood to town and selling it on the streets. Usually he was dressed in a worn-out private soldier's uniform. But it is a matter of record that he never lost his cheerfulness, though everything he tried seemed foredoomed to failure. He was defeated in his candidacy for the place of surveyor of St. Louis county, and his later application for appointment as county engineer was turned down with the simple indorsement, "Rejected." At length he decided to abandon his little farm, which he had called by the appropriate name of Hardscrabble, and moved with his family to St. Louis. There he tried the real estate business, but, as usual, failed at it. As commonly happens when a man is persistently unsuccessful, friends COMING STAR IN LITERTURE The great man's daughter showed herself a deep thinker, a keen and critical observer, says a writer in Century magazine. She wrote in her diary: "Life is the most interesting thing in the whole world. And in spring everything comes to life. It is spring --- HEREVER a group of grizzled Union veterans are gathered on Memorial day to crown with dais and flowers the graves of their comrades gone before, the figures of the two great Americans inevitably present themselves in imagination. One is Lincoln, the other is Grant. With the exception of Napoleon and Shakespeare few characters' in history have been so exhaustively written about as the great emancipator. d remarked of his in unman- ackle. At the monkey and thence hair, but bed. verse which d did your the owner e boy, "or eze that to face of the bed: "But The year 1860 found O in the saddlery store. him as a failure in life, himself shared this opinion when the war broke out, it might offer him some effort in this direction w furnish the small amount starting a business of s tary camp near St. Louis fusal he went to Springs error Yates to give his capacity, it mattered n d did not look upon his favor, but finally directe a day to do odd jobs at horseman-horseman-backed record from West girl named consid-ided road, not not approve it, and the quiet. Then agent fought the conflict of the young from the military poverty of employ-father-in-front farm, the timber accidentally which he neager liv-elling it on in a worm-a matter usefulness, doomed to alldacy for city, and his unty engile indorse-little farm, the name of only to St. business, easily happens,ful, friends Modesty was always military commander. We the events just narrated apply for the colonel's "Few men are able to and I am sure I am not the day was to arrive he would command a mil- three years later, "W Grant?" Abraham Lincoln quieted little fellow you the least fuss of any man lie two or three time room quite a while before It's about so all around have that he's in any of the things git! Wherever a move." In later years, partie president, Grant was can- during the Civil war he ence to costume which in West Point. In the Vich in place of the usual man an old battered "stove" private soldier in his arm up in the street. In black cigar, and he s smoking. A friend of h a stevpepe as Grant" smoke." J. R. Ringwalt, auth- General Grant," says the though he constantly and himself. He was not nible to danger. Of his w was devotedly fond. O ning through a piece of a brisk engagement, he obliged to cross a bro fire of the enemy war deroic. A piece of tele now. Mowgil has five kittens. He has been off hunting for several days, and just got home with them today. We named him Mowgil, Jane Hyde and I, when he was a kitten himself. He began with field mice, and soon learned to find other things. But now, since the kittens, we realize Mowgil is a huntress and has become a mother. But he can never seem what she really is. "How often false starts are made in life! "Seldom can one make a new start." FAILURE in BUSINESS GENIUS in WAR A grew chilly. At this juncture, when things seemed about as hopeless as they could be, Grant's father offered him a job of clerk in his leather and saddlery store at Galena, the wages to be $50 a month. He was glad to accept it. The year 1860 found Grant keeping the books in the saddlery store. Everybody looked upon him as a failure in life, and it is likely that he himself shared this opinion. But soon afterward, when the war broke out, he was led to hope that it might offer him some opportunity. His first effort in this direction was to urge a relative to furnish the small amount of money necessary for starting a business of selling bread to the military camp near St. Louis. Meeting with a refusal he went to Springfield, Ill., and asked Governor Yates to give him employment in some capacity, it mattered not what. The governor did not look upon his application with much favor, but finally directed that he be hired at $3 a day to do odd jobs at Camp Yates. ed around the off hind for Grant dismounted and u the leg in a leisurely and withstanding the protests. Then, having mounted a when you have got a deal of, you should never him. If that wired had longer, the animal would and he might perhaps have To which Dent replied: law, and want no favors shall insist upon lookin safety, and if you are hur by you than you did by This was an allusion to Mexican war, when Dent was picked up by Grant a flat-topped wall, the should come back for his Dent rolled off the wall The year 1860 found Grant keeping the books in the saddliery store. Everybody looked upon him as a failure in life, and it is likely that he himself shared this opinion. But soon afterward, when the war broke out, he was led to hope that it might offer him some opportunity. His first effort in this direction was to urge a relative to furnish the small amount of money necessary for starting a business of selling bread to the military camp near St. Louis. Meeting with a refusal he went to Springfield, Ill., and asked Governor Yates to give him employment in some capacity, it mattered not what. The governor did not look upon his application with much favor, but finally directed that he be hired at $3 a day to do odd jobs at Camp Yates. Little as he could have imagined it, however, a new day was about to dawn upon the fortunes of Captain Grant, as he was then called. There was in camp at Mattoon a very unruly regiment of volunteers, the Twenty-first Illinois infantry, which seemed likely to be disbanded because of its unwillingness to submit to discipline. Grant, after all, was a West Pointer, and any real knowledge of military matters was just then at a high premium. He was asked if he cared to undertake the job of commanding the regiment in question, and promptly accepted the offer, becoming its colonel. It did not take him long to get the regiment into shape. Anybody who attempted to dispute his authority was soon sorry for it. In July he had orders to transfer his command to Alton. The regiment refused to ride on the freight cars provided for its transportation, and he made the men march all the way. He would not even allow them to get aboard a freight train when one came along. Modesty was always a marked trait of this military commander. When, some time before the events just narrated, a friend urged him to apply for the colonelcy of a regiment, he said: "Few men are able to command 1,000 soldiers and I am sure I am not one of those." And yet the day was to arrive before very long when he would command a million men. When asked three years later, "What sort of a man is Grant?" Abraham Lincoln replied: "He is the quietest little fellow you ever saw. He makes the least fuss of any man you ever knew. I be lieve two or three times he has been in this room quite a while before I knew he was here. It's about so all around. The only evidence you have that he's in any place is that he makes things git! Wherever he is he makes things move." In later years, particularly after he became president, Grant was careful about his attire, but during the Civil war he preserved that indifference to costume which had marked him while at West Point. In the Vicksburg campaign he wore in place of the usual military hat and gold cord an old battered "stovenpipe," such as the average private soldier in his army would not have picked up in the street. In his mouth was always a black cigar, and he seemed to be perpetually smoking. A friend of his, in excuse, said: "Such a stovepipe as Grant's should be allowed to smoke." J. R. Ringwalt, author of the "Anecdotes of General Grant," says that he was never wounded though he constantly and even recklessly exposed himself. He was not merely brave, but insensible to danger. Of his war horse, Cincinnatus, he was devotedly fond. On one occasion, while riding through a piece of woods in Virginia during a brisk engagement, he and Colonel Dent were obliged to cross a brook at a place where the fire of the enemy was concentrated and murderous. A piece of telegraph wire had got twist Modesty was always a marked trait of this military commander. When, some time before the events just narrated, a friend urged him to apply for the colonelcy of a regiment, he said: "Few men are able to command 1,000 soldiers, and I am sure I am not one of those." And yet the day was to arrive before very long when he would command a million men. When asked, three years later, "What sort of a man is Grant?" Abraham Lincoln replied: "He is the quietest little fellow you ever saw. He makes the least fuss of any man you ever knew. I believe two or three times he has been in this room quite a while before I knew he was here. It's about so all around. The only evidence you have that he's in any place is that he makes things git! Wherever he is he makes things move." In later years, particularly after he became president, Grant was careful about his attire, but during the Civil war he preserved that indifference to costume which had marked him while at West Point. In the Vicksburg campaign he wore, in place of the usual military hat and gold cord, an old battered "stovepipe," such as the average private soldier in his army would not have picked up in the street. In his mouth was always a black cigar, and he seemed to be perpetually smoking. A friend of his, in excuse, said: "Such a stovepipe as Grant's should be allowed to smoke." J. R. Ringwait, author of the "Anecdotes of General Grant," says that he was never wounded, though he constantly and even recklessly exposed himself. He was not merely brave, but insensible to danger. Of his war horse, Cincinnatus, he was devoted fond. On one occasion, while riding through a piece of woods in Virginia during a brisk engagement, he and Colonel Dent were obliged to cross a brook at a place where the fire of the enemy was concentrated and murderous. A piece of telegraph wires had got twist- --- place is that he makes he is he makes things sularly after he became ful about his attire, but preserved that indiffer- ed marked him while at sburg campaign he wore, ilitary hat and gold cord. pee," such as the average day would not have picked his mouth was always a demed to be perpetually s, in excuse, said: "Such should be allowed to or of the "Anecdotes of at he was never wounded, even recklessly exposed erely brave, but insensi- horse, Cincinnatus, he one occasion, while rid- woods in Virginia during and Colonel Dent were sk at a place where the concentrated and mur- graph wire had got twist- "I want to You sho- to go-in- Send me I could be Grant gg department stated. B secretary would go o some show your wife gave him person, and duly return in red ink vacancy, of this did no further next day, tapped the him: "W successor?" The see resignation that he "honor and Anabelle hatched three weeny ducks yesterday, though a hen herself. "Mrs. Cunningham has six of the darlingest little grunty pigs in her pen this morning! I was first to find them. She does not lick or cry over them, but pronounces in grunts her love and happiness. D. Wetherby came along just as I was naming them. He got up because he's going off on the 9.02. Are we saved? D. looked sleepy and cross, and, though I know mad at me, was polite enough. If only he never comes back! Rest DARF PHOTOGRAPH MADE WHITE GRANT WAS PRESIDENT SO THAT A MEDAL MIGHT BE DESIGNED FROM IT POINT PLEASANT, OHIO ed around the off hind foot of Cinchinnatus, and Grant dismounted and untwisted it, examining the leg in a leisurely and deliberate manner, notwithstanding the protests of his companion. Then, having mounted again, he said: "Dent, when you have got a horse you think a good deal of, you should never take any chances with him. If that wire had been left there a little longer, the animal would have gone dead lame, and he might perhaps have been ruined for life." To which Dent replied: "I am your brother-in-law, and want no favors on that account, but I shall insist upon looking after your personal safety, and if you are hurt I will try to do better by you than you did by me in Mexico." This was an allusion to a happening during the Mexican war, when Dent, having been wounded, was picked up by Grant and laid for safety upon a fat-topped wall, the idea being that Grant should come back for him later. Unfortunately, Dent rolled off the wall and broke two or three ribs, being much worse hurt thereby than by the shot that had hit him. During the siege of Richmond, it is related, Grant was making an inspection of the docks at City Point, and stopped to look at a couple of negroes who were trying to roll a barrel of bacon aboard a boat. They were unable to move it, and a young lieutenant, standing by, said: "Push harder, you niggers, or go get another man to help you." The commander-in-chief of the armies of the United States thereupon rolled up his sleeves and helped roll the barrel aboard the boat, wiped his hands on his handkerchief, and walked away. It was not until later that the lieutenant, to his great mortification, learned who the man was. During the siege of Richmond, it is related, Grant was making an inspection of the docks at City Point, and stopped to look at a couple of negroes who were trying to roll a barrel of bacon aboard a boat. They were unable to move it, and a young lieutenant, standing by, said: "Push harder, you niggers, or go get another man to help you." The commander-in-chief of the armies of the United States thereupon rolled up his sleeves and helped roll the barrel aboard the boat, wiped his hands on his handkerchief, and walked away. It was not until later that the lieutenant, to his great mortification, learned who the man was. Abraham Lincoln once remarked: "Grant is the first general I've had. I'll tell you what I mean. You know how it's been with all the rest. As soon as I put a man in command of the army he'd come to me with the plan of a campaign, and about as much as say, 'I don't believe I can do it, but if you say so I'll try it on'—and so put the responsibility of failure or success upon me. They all wanted me to be the general. Now, it isn't so with Grant. He hasn't told me what his plans are. I don't know, and I don't want to know. I am glad to find a man who can go ahead without me." A senator's son in one of the departments in Washington drank hard and was discharged. His friends gave him up as hopeless, and he came pretty near to the gutter. Then he reformed, and struggled hard for years to support his family. President Grant heard about the case, and send for him. He said: "I want to help you. What can I do for you?" "I want work," replied the young man. "You shall have it. Where would you prefer to go—in new scenes or old?" "Send me, sir, where I left a blackened record. I could be useful in my former position." Grant gave him a note to the secretary of the department, asking that the young man be reinstated. But soon he came back, saying: "The secretary sent out word that my application would go on file." Whereupon the president, with some show of anger, remarked: "You can't put your wife and children on file, can you?" and gave him another note, saying: "Present this in person, and bring me an answer." The answer, duly returned, was "No vacancies." Grant wrote in red ink across the face of the note: "Make a vacancy, or I will." But, strange to say, even this did not accomplish any result. No further notes were exchanged, but on the next day, after the cabinet meeting, the president tapped the secretary on the shoulder, and said to him: "Whom would you recommend as your successor?" The secretary, having no alternative, wrote his resignation. As for the young man, it is related to he "made good," and rose to a position of honor and dignity in the world. Grant gave him a note to the secretary of the department, asking that the young man be reinstated. But soon he came back, saying: "The secretary sent out word that my application would go on file." Whereupon the president, with some show of anger, remarked: "You can't put your wife and children on file, can you?" and gave him another note, saying: "Present this in person, and bring me an answer." The answer, duly returned, was "No vacancies." Grant wrote in red ink across the face of the note: "Make a vacancy, or I will." But, strange to say, even this did not accomplish any result. No further notes were exchanged, but on the next day, after the cabinet meeting, the president tapped the secretary on the shoulder, and said to him: "Whom would you recommend as your successor?" The secretary, having no alternative, wrote his resignation. As for the young man, it is related that he "made good," and rose to a position of honor and dignity in the world. --- his soul! He couldn't think of any names but Mary, Nellie and Bessie. I have named the Cunninghams Ivanhoe, Jane Eyre, David Copperfield, Coriolanus, Cleopatra, Frontou. How beautiful spring it, with things born to life!" Got a Surprise Himself. Cholly—And was my present a surprise to your sister? Willie—You bet! Sis said she never thought you'd send her anything so cheap. WHOM SHALL I EMPLOY? IF YOU DESIRE MODERATE PRICES, THE BEST QUALITY, COURTESY AND PROMPTNESS. CALL ```markdown ``` Men Admire Women with Beautiful Hair! NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING will make you proud of your hair It is unsurpassed for making harsh, kinky and stubborn hair—soft, glossy and luxurious. It not only beautifies the hair—but also keeps it in good condition. Price, 25 and 50 Cents Everywhere NELSON MFG. CO., RICHMOND, VA. COOPER & CAMPBELL Successor to G. A. Roy Carry a Full Line of DRUGS, Patent Medicines Cigars, Sundries and Paints PHONES: Home Main 7344; Bell East 43 18th and Paseo THIS Swiftly-Sweeping, Easy-Running DUNTLEY Sweeper cleans without raising dust, and at the same time picks up pins, lint, ravelings, etc., in ONE OPERATION. Its ease makes sweeping a simple task quickly finished. It reaches even the most difficult places, and eliminates the necessity of moving and lifting all heavy furniture. The Great Labor Saver of the Home—Every home, large or small, can enjoy relief from Broom drudgery and protection from the danger of flying dust. Duntley is the Pioneer of Pneumatic Sweepers—Has the combination of the Pneumatic Suction Nozzle and revolving Brush. Very easily operated and absolutely guaranteed. In buying a Vacuum Cleaner, why not give the "Duntley" a trial in your home at our expense? Particular attention may be given to the following subject, since there are hundreds of thousands using the Eureka Comb throughout the United States and Isles. They give the best of satisfaction as to our recommend, straightening the hair beautifully with one stroke, and as assistance in causing a rapid growth. Evidences coming to us from every source, of which is pleasing, that the Eureka Comb performs precisely as advertised. No better comb on the market for purposes as we have been advised that other combs are toys, when it comes to benefits and effectual influences when used as to directions, for which every comb placed goes with it instructions, how to use and for what purposes. Wherever introduced the Eureka preferable. Merchants and agents are successful when they are placed conveniently in quantities for the public. They are usually sold for $1.50 (one dollar and fifty cents) each complete. The only thing is to be careful in the purchase as there is no other comb that will answer the purposes so well as the Eureka. We wholesale the Eureka Comb, being the manufacturers and promoters, and are the only wholesalers of this special device; if there are others we would be pleased to be informed. This question comes at a time of Great Bereavement, Many are Least Prepared for it. Unhesitatingly the answer is, the Firm that does not take Advantage of its patrons because of peculiar bereavement, but Protects and Advises them Sympathetically. The firm whose goods are of the best quality, prices the Most Reasonable services the Promptest, Most Efficient and Most Courteous. IF YOU DESIRE MODERATE COURTESY AND C. H. CO UNDER 2220 VINE ST. Lady AU Men's Wool Swat Bea H NELSON HAIR D will make you It is unsurpassed for stubborn hair—soft, g It not only beautified in good condition. Price, 25 and 50 NELSON MFG. C COOPER & Successor Carry a DR Patent L Cigars, and PHONES: Home 18th an KEEPS YOUR FRESH and C Combination THIS Swiftly-Sweeping, E cleans without raising d pins, lint,ravelings, etc., in makes sweeping a simple tac even the most difficult place of moving and lifting all hea The Great Labor Saver of small, can enjoy relief from B the danger of flying dust. Duntley is the Pioneer of f Has the combination of the P revolving Brush. Very easily o anteed. In buying a Vacuum the "Duntley" a trial in your Write today for full part Emery, Bird, Thayer D Kansas City, M LAMP CAP Comb performs precisely as a No better comb on the ma when it comes to benefits and placed goes with it instruction preferable. Merchants and aga the public. They are usually sold for be careful in the purchase as Eureka. We wholesale the Eu wholesalers of this special dev The devises are patented a The firm that is well known for its Upright Dealing and Unquestioned Integrity. Such a firm is C. H. Countee, Undertaker and Licensed Embalmer. It entered the business first and Paved the way for the others. Its Nineteen years of unstinted satisfaction to Hundreds of patrons in the conduct of Thousands of funerals enable it to understand the Peculiar needs of the patrons of Greater Kansas City. CHILLICOTHE, MO. When in Moberly, Mo., Stop at ALONZO RAY'S ROOMING HOUSE ALONZO RAY, Prop. Electric Lights and Hot Baths and Ladies Massage Best Rooming House in Moberly 212 North Ault Street Opposite Union Station EUREKA REG. PAT D AUG 8 1911 the following subject, since there are humbly throughout the United States and as to our recommend, straightening the assistance in causing a rapid growth of which is pleasing, that the Eureka been advised that other combs are toys as to directions, for which every comboses. Wherever introduced the Eureka be placed conveniently in quantities for (s) each complete. The only thing is to tell answer the purposes so well as the carriers and promoters, and are the only be pleased to be informed. Further information write EUREKA COMB COMPANY, Chattanooga, Tenn. Masonry of such educational exercises and banquets. 'It softens the heart and even affects the nervous system of those who have no hearts." CAMDEN MO Jacob Crowley was born in Ray county December 27, 1832, and departed this life May 18, 1914. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Harrison Foster, assisted by Rev. Willis, Bro. Joseph Mason and Bro. Nathan Wardell. He was respected by both races. Many floral offerings were given. Several beautiful songs were rendered by the choir. He leaves a wife, one son, Charles Crowley, Fleming, Mo., two daughters, Mrs. C. A. Long, Kansas City, Kas., and Mrs. Nola Lowe, Bakersfield, Cal., two grandsons, and a host of friends to mourn his loss. PALMYRA, MO. Sunday was a glorious day at Bethel A. M. E. Church being unarterly meeting. Rev. Beal preached two excellent sermons...Miss Pearl Sparks teacher returned home...Miss Ada Vaughan of Moberly is the guest of her sister Miss F. Vaughan...Mrs.Madie Defouche of Hannibal is visiting relatives...Mrs.S. W. Dixon, Matron of Masonic Home installed the Officers of Marlon Court No. 30, Saturday, May 23...Mrs. R. F. Noland left Friday night to attend the Grand Court...Miss Lillian Hamilton, Grand Secretary left Monday for Lexington to attend the G. C...Mrs. C. R. McDowell passed thru the City Saturday enroute to Brookfield...Mrs. Matilda Orange entertained the Willing Workers of Bethel A. M. E. Church. The entailment given by the Calendar Club was a success. TONGANOXIE. KANSAS. Mrs. Henry Baker is very ill.... Mr. W. M. Baker, Mrs. Cella Jentry of Bonner Springs, were called to see their mother at Hoge, Kansas, who is ill.... Mrs. Parthena Smith of Iola, Kansas, and Mrs. Minnie Webster of Edwardsville, are in the city visiting their mother, Mrs. H. Baker, who is seriously ill.... Mrs. Jennie Page, Mrs. Delphia Johnson of Bonner Springs are visiting Mrs. Baker.... Mrs. Mare Smith of Nine Mile, visited relatives Saturday.... There was an entertainment given by the Literary Society at the A. M. E. church Tuesday, May 19. The discussion was led by Mr. Clem Nicholas and Miss Luzell Newly ...Rev. F. Davis of Abilene, preached an inspiration sermon at the First Baptist church Sunday afternoon.... Mrs. Z. E. Nelson visited Mrs. Lee Baker at Hoge, Monday.... The U. B. F. initiated four members last Saturday night.... Mr. Roy Walton, Grant Gleidon, Lon King and Rev. R. E. Saunders were new members.... Mr. Chas. Tolliver visited friends at Leavenworth Wednesday.... Mrs. Cora James left for Frankfort, Kansas, to attend the Baptist District Convention.... Miss Lazell Newby and Miss Bertha Newby made a business trip to Leavenworth last week.... Mr. Roy Horton was here on business last week.... Mrs. H. Nicholas, Mrs. Mary Jarrett, Mrs. Eliza Reynolds visited Mrs. Bake er Sunday.... Mrs. Amanda Turpin and Mr. Clam Nicholas visited Mrs. Turpin's son at Kansas City, Mo., last week.... Mr. H. D. Carter made a business trip to Lawrence last week.... Mr. and Mrs. Alex Jackson visited Mrs. Mason and family last Sunday.... Mrs. M. Williams and grandson of Fairmount, visited Mrs. Baker Sunday LAWRENCE, KANSAS. The Steward Board met at the church Tuesday.... The St. Luke A. M. E. church over which Rev. Smith presides, raised $110.00 toward their church.... This church has just closed a grand bazaar, each night seeing a full and well pleased house.... The play, "Out in the Street," will be played tonight at Warren Street Baptist church by the Nickel Girls' Club. Admission 15 cents.... Mr. Theo. Hamilton returned Sunday to Kansas City.... The K. U. Forum had a splendid program Sunday.... Friday night, May 22d, found the Lawrence High School Rewipe in their first annual spring party, which was held at the Auditorium on Massachusetts street, between 10th and 11th streets. The hall was decorated in great splendor with flowers of all kinds and the walls were decorated with all the Club colors. Promptly at 8 o'clock the orchestra struck up an air and the grand march was on. After which the people enjoyed a fine evening. A number of Lawrence boys and girls hiked to Lakeview Sunday afternoon, a distance of six miles. They took lunch and after enjoying themselves by taking views, they returned to Eudora on the train and at 11 o'clock caught No. 17 for home. Among those present were Carrie Davis, Richard Ellott Louise Johnson, Theo. Hamilton, Emma Lee, Jessie Scott, Catherine Grant Roy Gilliam, Vera Edwards, Alex Davis, May Edwards, Les Taylor. ROSEDALE. KANSAS. A very pleasant affair was the surprise party given Miss Hazel Williams by a number of her small friends at her home, 3836 Lloyd Avenue Saturday. Mrs. M. L. Jackson of Belton, Mo., is visiting in the City with Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Morton. The first Automobile funeral ever seen in this city among Colored people was that of Mrs. Martha Abernathy last Wednesday at the progressive Baptist Chruch. Mrs. Jas. Irvine, 266 Valley has gone to Little Rock. Ark. to visit her husband's relatives. The Barraca Class held its closing meeting Thursday evening with Mast- er Herman Pinkard, 4022 Adams St. Mrs. Geo. Turner, 3918 Lloyd Ave is indisposed. VINE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH The funeral of Bro. George Stacy was preached Sunday and it was indeed sad. Bro. Stacy was a member of our Church for many years and died in full triumph of faith. We extend to the bereaved family our heartfelt sympathy and can but say to them God's will must be done. Let us strive to meet him where parting will be no more. ...The funeral of Sister Catherine Jones was preached Monday at 1:00 o'clock. Sister Jones grew up in our Sunday School and a few years ago professed religion and joined our Church. Sister Jones was not a great worker in the Church but probably did what she could. Sister Jones leaves many relatives and friends to mourn her los but the saddest of all is that she leaves a small baby for which we pray God will provide a way thru this world. We extend to the bereaved family our heartfelt sympathies and say to them strive to meet her in that haven of rest. ...The Journal Chorus was royally entertained by Miss Dauphine Cole last Wednesday evening. After all business was transacted Miss Cole served the Choir with Sherbet and a delightful time was enjoyed by all. ST. JOHN A. M. E. CHURCH. ST. JOHN A. M. E. CHURCH. The Ladies of this Church will give a Mook Grand Rally at the Church 1747 Belleview Ave. Monday evening, June 1. Admission 1-0 cents. Don't fail to hear "Bishop Parks" and Rev. Mrs. Lena Mason. Proceeds for the Piano fund. Owing to the condition of the instrument at present the Choir has disbanded until able to purchase a piano. We solicit your aid to assist us for the same. Mrs. Myrtle Duncan, the Vice President of the Choir underwent a slight operation at her old home in Holden, Mo. April 7 after several weeks o fillness, she is again convalescent and was able to attend the Memorial services of the K. of P.'s and Calanthe of E. & W. Hemis. Sunday afternoon of which she is a member and also services at night. We are glad to have her in our midst once more... On the account of the High School Commencement being June 12 the St. John's Woman's Missionary Society will meet in the afternoon instead of night that the members may be able to attend the Commencement. The Corner Stone of the New Ebenezer A. M. E. Church will be laid at 16th and Lydia Avenue Sunday, June 7 by the Masonic Fraternity under the auspices of Rone Lodge No. 25. Melford's Military Band will furnish music and Dr. W. C. Williams the popular and successful pastor of this Church expects to make it the greatest event is the history of the A. M. E. Church in this City. Invitations have been extended to the people of Kansas City, Kansas, Rosedale, Liberty, Independence, and surrounding towns to be present. And it will doubtless be a memorable occasion. Insects Worth Protecting Insects Worth Protecting. Among the common insects of the household are two which are friends of the housewife. If she realized this fact, she would protect them, instead of taking every opportunity to kill them. One of them is the spider, and the other is the so-called "centipede," or "earwig." But the latter is neither an earwig (which is quite a different kind of creature), not yet a centipede. It is a "myriapod," and has fifteen pairs of legs. Like the spider, it is predaceous, attacking and devouring flies and other "undesirables." London's Foreign Quarter. Soho, the district around which now centers the night life of London, is one of the most interesting parts of the old city. In the last 300 years it has changed from the most fashionable residential quarter through the stages of aristocratic bohemianism and business invasion to becoming the most distinctive foreign quarter and the nucleus of that little section where life begins at midnight and ends with early breakfast, says a writer in the New York Tribune. Eccentric Inn Names. We are losing most of our eccentric inn names, but in Germany they are adding to them. Berlin now boasts the "Comfortable Chicken," "Cold Frog," "Stiff Dog," "Thirsty Pelican," "Dirty Parlor," "Musical Cats," "Boxers" Den," and "Lame Louse" Leipsic has "The Old Straw Bag," Stadtenh an "Open Bunghole," and the vicinity of many a cemetery in the Fatherland is graced by a "Last Fear"—London Chronicle. Ireland's Fisheries in Bad Way. Statistics show that Ireland's fisheries continue to decline in amount of fish landed and the number of men and boats engaged. Capitalists are displacing individual fishermen. "Newly Discovered Evidence." "And here is some further evidence." "Better bury that. We'll leave that to be discovered if the trial goes against us."—Kansas City Journal. Last Resort. "Do you think women should propose?" asked the passle lady. "I don't know," mused the young thing. "Have you tried everything else?" Putting on Alrs. O'Hara—"Since Callahan has inherited money, he's puttin' on all kinds of style." O'Reilly—"Yis, Ol've heard that he's changed the name of his goat to Nanette." Daily Thought. Nature, purity, perspicuity, simplicity never walk in the clouds. They are obvious to all capacities, and where they are not evident they don't exist—Voltaire. We are now entering upon our sixth year in the Undertaking business in Kansas City and we take this method of expressing our deep appreciation of the confidence and respect that the many families have shown in our efforts to please and our ability to render service by calling us into their homes or sending their loved ones to our pariors where they receive the same tender care as in the home. In the future as in the past, our time and energy shall always be spent in properly preparing the body, giving an expression to the face and restoring the life like appearance, for a body properly prepared and buried in the most ordinary priced Casket leaves a better impression with family and friends than a body poorly prepared and buried in the most expensive Casket and we spare neither pains nor expense in procuring the materials so necessary to obtain these results. We shall continue to render the same high class service in every case and our prices will be as low as can be obtained any place for the same quality of materials used. We strive to be first in quality of work, first in courteous service and first in reasonable prices. Scalp Treatment a Specialty. Caldwell's Pomade and Tonic really Grows Hair. Try it. Save your combits, cut hair and any old hat you may have. Hair Matched From Samples. Feathers and Hats Cleaned, Dyed and Locked. Agents for Spirella Corsets. 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We are now entering upon in Kansas City and we take the honour of the confidence and respect our efforts to please and our ability homes or sending their loved ones tender care as in the home energy shall always be spent in impression to the face and restoring early prepared and buried in the impression with family and friend in the most expensive Casket and procuring the materials so necesiable to render the same high will be as low as can be obtained materials used. We strive to be faire and first in reasonable price. CALDWELL Hair and 18th and Park Home Scalp Treatment a Specialty Grows Hair. Try and any Hair Matched From Sample Blocked. Agents for Spirell WORK GUARANTEE MANICURING We te THOMAS Tonson 2211 GOOD SERVICE First Class Shaves; Hair City. Do not take your good service for it at home and ready to serve. BARBERS; T. E. Grear, Pro GIVE If You are Pleased To Fine Cigars and Tobacco Bell Phone E. 4394Y THE Modern A. E. E. General Repairi Estimates C T. B. 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