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Willa M. Glenn, Notary Public and Expert Typist, Kansas City Sun Office A FEARLESS DEFENDER OF THE RACE VOLUME VI. NUMBER 48. HARMONY OF MIND. The music of my soul, the tende The music of my soul, the tender strains of harmony. Then the wild wierd notes of distant chimes. chimes, As dreams which lead me on to worlds unknown. Sometimes a tuneful instrument lures to sweetest rest, With charms of strangest symphonies Sometimes a mighty orchestra enguits the soul gains the soul, Rising and falling in grandeur, and astounding, Again the dulct lulls and then the in- expressible Music that hints of peace divine. A world of poetry and song, touching, then solemn I soar to realms of beauty, of love then contentment, This manna that feeds the hungry soul, When relaxation of things material, Then mind knows harmony for its very own Tis the music of the muse, Dvlvine Thought Blessing. And the whispering of angels which delight To drink in the rich notes of Truth- mind. To have the dark waters of mentality or thought Turned into sparkling wine or inspira- tion Is sweeter than chiming bells or heavenly notes of the harp. —Charles A. Starks. GRAND COURT OF CALANTHE E. AND W. H. HOLD THEIR SEVEN- TEENTH ANNUAL SESSION. Lexington, Mo.—The Grand Court of Calanthe held its seventeenth annual session here July 14-17, in the Masonic hall. The favorable weather and splendid attendance marked for the advancement of the order, and the delegates from all the various courts left no stone unturned to make this one of the most successful ses- sions in the history of the order. The Mrs. Rosa C. Glipson of Pleasant Hill, Mo., Grand Representative of the Supreme Grand Court, O. O. C. E and W. Hemis, and one of the most talented and successful business women of the race. session opened on the first day at 9 a.m. with the G. W. C., Mrs. Rosa C. Gibson, presiding. The court did much in devising many plans by which this jurisdiction may extend its work. Memorial services were held on Wednesday night at the M. E. church. The grim monster, Death, with his cycle was busy among our ranks in the past year, and while on his mission vlisted Sanhedran Court No. 6 and took from us our beloved Sister Mollie Claybrooks, whose chair has never before been vacant since the organization of the grand court. We miss her and feel that a chair is vacant in our hall, that never can be filled. The cadets in attendance paid tribute to Brother John M. Wheeler, who, too, was called from labor to reward in the G. C. above. Devotional exercises were held and many petitions went up for our dear Sister Georgiana Badlock, who is on the bed of affliction. We hope that her health will be soon restored. Thursday morning found us completing the business which had been done in F. H. and L., and the following officer swered elected: G. W. C. Alice Harris Crouch; G. W. Asso, Sister Mae Alexander-Wood; G. Orator, S. Johnson; G. R. of D., Sister Cordella Taylor; G. R. of Acct, Sister Blanche Bryant; G. R. of Deposits, Sister Hettie Nix; Grand Cest, Sisters Mennail Schultz, G. Herold, Gertrude Mae, G. Proctor, Daisy Marshall; Supreme Rep, Rosa C. Gibson; Secretary Burial Board, Mrs Jessie James. The separation of Kansas from Missouri has in no way impeded the progress of the order, neither has it caused the loss of a single court. Two facts stand out with conscientious prominence: the first fact is that during the past seventeen years the material progress of the courts of this jurisdiction has been wonderful. The second fact is that during the same period, unity among the Calantheans has increased in this jurisdiction two or three hundred per cent. We also feel that the visit of our Supreme Chancellor, Sir Ashley W. Hawkins, Baltimore, Md., to this jurisdiction was a great benefit. The Kansas City Sun The great Mid-Summer Carnival is now under way. One hundred and fifty persons are gorgeously garbed in the costumes of the Orient. This Carnival will continue to Friday, July 31st. The two ladies contending for the honor of Queen are creating great excitement. Sunday service will be held under the tent tomorrow. At 11:00 A. M., Sunday, July 26, Rev. W. C. Williams will preach. At 8:00 P. M. Dr. W. H. Thomas will preach. Baby Contest Wednesday night, July 29. Prizes will be given as follows: 1st prize $10.00 to baby raising highest amount over $20.00; 2nd, $5.00 in gold for highest amount raised over $10.00; 3rd prize, $2.50. REMEMEER THE PLACE---PASEO. NEAR EIGHTEENTH STREET. FRATERNAL UNION On Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock, July 22, 1914, grand officers and delegates from various Negro fraternities met in the offices of Grand Master of Masons, Nelson C. Crews, Kansas City, Mo. The following were present: United Brothers of Friendship—Dr. J. T. Caston, Grand Master; Dr. J. W. Hurse, Hon. C. H. Calloway, Grand Aitorney; Prof. B. K. Bruce, Grand Treasurer. Knights of Pythias—Hon. L. A. Knox, Grand Attorney; J. P. Maynard, O. M. Robinson, Hon. W. C. Hueston. Knights of Tabor—Prof. A. R. Chinn, C. G. M.; M. S. Bryant, Joe E. Herriford. Grand U. O. O.—Benj. Thomas, W. C. Hueston. Masonic Grand Lodge—Hon. Nelson C. Crews, G. M.; Charles Griggsby, Wm. H. Jones, Mem. Relief Board; G. W. K. Love, Grand Secretary; Joe E. Herriford. The meeting was called to order by Joe E. Herriford. Hon. Nelson C. Crews, Grand Master of Masons, was chosen chairman and Joe E. Herriford was made secretary. A delegation of ladies from the Grand Court, Heroines of Jericho, Kansas Jurisdiction, were accorded the courtesies of the meeting. Chairman, Bro. Crews, stated the purpose of the meeting and urged the necessity of concerted action along the line of endowment benefits in the Negro secret societies of the state. Brother Herririon then offered the following resolutions, which were considered and approved by items after full discussion by those present: Resolutions. Kansas City, Mo., July 23, 1914. Whereas, The representatives of various secret societies of the state of Missouri have convened for the purpose of discussing such means as will better promote and protect the operations of Negro fraternities, be it Resolved, (1) That we first declare it to be our finding that the basic principles of secret societies are the most important and necessary elements to be fostered by our race. Resolved (2) That the emphasis and stress now being put upon financial benefits for members is a deterrent rather than a promotion of the ideals of Rriendship, Morality, Truth and Brotherly Love. Resolved (3) That in these principles alone is to be found the only proper field for rivalry among our people, each individual and each organization striving for the highest degree of excellence in these; that we commend such rivalry as being in keeping with the supreme purposes of social, moral and religious ethics. Resolved, (4) That all financial benefits accruing from membership in secret, fraternal institutions are really subordinate and immaterial, when weighed beside the higher interests and that such financial benefits should always be calculated upon such sound and reliable schedules as will forever protect the more sacred tenets of fraternity. Resolved. (5) That for such financial benefits all secret societies among our people should operate upon the same system in order that no unbusinesslike pledges be made through ill-advised desire to excel even in the face of known vital statistics and insurance data. Resolved. (6) That in order to attain such ends for the benefit of the subordinate members of our secret societies we recommend that the various Negro fraternities of Missouri constitute themselves into a fraternal union, the directors of which shall be composed of the grand presiding officer and two other members selected from each organization. Resolved. (7) That said Fraternal Union shall meet at such times as may be necessary for the purpose of simplifying and unifying the work above set forth, the first call for such meeting being made by the chairman of this conference. Schedules. Following the adoption of the above resolutions, Hon. Nelson C. Crews, Grand Master of Masons, entertained the entire delegation at luncheon at the Hurse Cafe, 808 Independence avenue. Dr. Hurse was the host in transporting the members to the cafe and return. At the afternoon session, the following schedules were submitted and ordered to be referred to the first meeting of the Fraternal Union. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1914. The Grand United Order of Odd Fellows will hold their 32nd Anniversary of the District Grand Lodge No. 8 of Missouri and District Grand Household of Ruth No. 15 at Kansas City, Mo., August 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th, 1914, and also the Grand Staff Council of the 14th Patriarche Regiment will hold their encampment at Ridges Grove, 20th street and Woodland avenue. This promises to be the greatest meeting ever held by the Order and a week's pleasure for all who attend—there will be more than 500 delegates and visitors attending the occasion. The Grand Lodge will hold their session at Metropolitan A. M. E. Zion Church on Woodland avenue between 18th and 19th street, and the Household of Ruth's sessions will be held at the Vine Street Baptist Church. The entire week will be devoted to Competitive Drills and Dress Parades by the famous drill teams of St. Louis, Mo., Topeka, Kan., Kansas City, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo. Also the Cadets of St. Louis, Mo., Kansas City, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo. will compete for the Grand Lodge prizes. Don't fall to attend this meeting. All kinds of attractions will be at the Grove during the week. Admission: 10 cents. The Hueston Schedule. Hon. W. C. Hueston submitted the following: (1) The face values of all policies shall be graded as follows: Under six months' membership, one-fifth of face value; under one year membership, two-fifths of face value; under two years' membership, three-fifths of face value; after four years membership, the full value of the policy. (2) The face value of policies, based upon a quarterly tax of $1.50, shall be as follows: The Herriford Schedule. Joe E. Herriford, Secretary, offered the following schedule, based upon length of membership and an annual rate of $2.50 for each $100 in expected benefits, the dues being paid monthly: After this the meeting was closed and Grand Master Nelson C. Crews invited the entire delegation to join him in an automobile ride over the city boulevard system. The invitation was accepted and the ride furnished a delightful closing of what was unanimously voted to have been one of the most important meetings ever held by Negro secret society workers in Missouri. The editor took for an auto ride over the boulevards last Wednesday, Dr. J. T. Caston of St. Louis, Grand Master of the U. B. F.; Prof. A. R. Chinn of Glasgow, Mo., Chief Grand Mentor of Knights of Tabor; B. K. Bruce of Leavenworth, Kas. Grand Treasurer U. B. F.; Rev. J. W. Hurse, pastor of St. Stephen's Baptist Church; Rev. M. S. Bryant, presiding elder, St. Joseph District; Chas. Griggsby, D. D. G. M. Liberty, Mo.; Prof. W. H. Jones, principal High School, St. Joseph; Prof. J. E. Herrford, Geo. W. K. Love. The visitors all expressed great admiration for the beautiful park and boulevard system of Kansas City, as well as the many beautiful homes owned by Kansas Cityans. GRAND UNION EMANCIPATION CELEBRATION. Given by King of the West Lodge No. 218, U. B. F., Carus Amo Temple No. 116, S. M. T., and the Sons and Daughters of Jerusalem, at the Shelley Park, Independence avenue and Oak street, Kansas City, Mo. Speakers of national eminence will address you on racial topics. Among them are Hon. Nelson C. Crews, Attorney W. C. Hueston, Prof. Harry R. Graham and others. Some of the varied attractions are the Fat and Lean Men's races, the Carry-us-all for the children, the Oldtime Fiddlers Contests, Ragtime Music. First and second prizes in cash awards. Famous St. Elmo Ladies' Drill Team will relight you with out of their exhibition drills, Mrs. Georgia A. Woods, captain. Mr. "Tennessee," the King of Barbecuers, with the real "come-back sauce" will serve you with all kinds of Barbecued Meats. The band will give concerts each evening. To the public we guarantee you a pleasant time, and with our eat collection of varied attractions there will be nothing to shock the modesty of the most refined. For concessions and other information, call on or address W. F. O'Bannon 556 Grand avenue, Kansas City, Mo Gatekeepers, D. M. West and T. B. J. Robinson. MONDAY AND TUESDAY, AUGUST 3D AND 4TH. ADMISSION 10 CENTS. ON TO MUSKOGEE. The National Negro Business League Convention Commands Attention SPECIAL TRAIN TO BE MOBILIZED AT KANSAS CITY,MO. St. Paul, Minneapolis, Des Moines, Omaha, Topeka, St. Joe, Atchison, Leavenworth and all adjacent cities, towns and villages of the Southwest seize this grand opportunity to take a memorable trip, make a great outing for social elevation, a great movement for recreation and a nation-wide business gathering for great business inspiration. Anyone of the above causes should appeal to all Negro business people and others to take this treat as a choice selection for rich benefits. For the round trip we have been given a fare of $10.20. For other inside information as accommodations and reservations, address Mr. F. J. Weaver, President of the Negro Business League of Greater Kansas City, 911 McGee street, who will cheerfully comply with the wishes of all inquiring delegates and friends desiring to go. Special train will make several stops on the way to Muskogee. Write your wishes for tickets and so forth. Yours for Negro Enterprise, E. A. ROBINSON, Secretary Negro Business League, Greater Kansas City. Miss Rosa Morton, the faithful and efficient collector of the Sun of Rosedale, Kas., is visiting relatives and friends in Chillicothe, Mo., and Miss Eva P. Washington, the travelling representative of the Sun is attending the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows at Atchison, Kas., and also visiting friends in that city. The Sun is proud to be able to give these splendid representatives a well earned vacation because they have contributed much to make it the great newspaper that it is today. NEW BAPTIST CHURCH. The Friendship Baptist Church, of which the Rev. G. W. Boyd is pastor, has purchased the old Ebenezer A. M. E. Church, Seventeenth and Tracy avenue. They will hold their opening service Sunday, July 26. Morning service at 11 a. m.; Sunday School at 12:30 p. m.; afternoon service at 3 p. m., at which time the pastors of the different churches and their congregations will be present to participate. The Rev. J. M. Booker, D. D., will be master of ceremonies; sermon by Rev. G. R. Daniels; music by St Stephens choir; short addresses by ministers present. Monday evening at 7:30 preaching by Rev. C. Calloway, subject, "Son Remember." Beginning Tuesday evening, preaching by Rev. J. W. Hurse. We expect the many friends of the cause of Christianity to be present during the week to help in this soul winning for Christ. LULA PROCTOR, Clerk. ALL BECAUSE SHE WAS COLORED. ALL BECAUSE SHE WAS COLORED. The joke is distinctly on the Richmond (Va.) News-Leader. It itself opposed to suffrage extension, it recently offered ten dollars for the best argument against the enfranchisement of women. No less than 625 answers being received, the "contest editor" certified that "no more interesting reading ever came under his observation," and that no decision was ever so difficult for him. Finally, the "very excellent answer" of a Mrs. Goode was chosen. She was asked to take part in other contests, and was requested to do the "contest editor" the favor of sending a photograph of herself for reproduction as the prize-winner. The photograph came, but it was of a comely Colored woman. The chivalrous News-Leader, of course, found the pressure upon its columns so great as to make it impossible to make room for Mrs. Goode's picture. Our sympathy goes out to the News-Leader. We presume it is being accused of fostering social equality by not having limited its contest to white women only. Moreover, the godly are indignant with it for permitting a Colored woman to triumph over 624 white sisters and thus cast doubts upon the as sertion that the Negro is a hopelessly inferior being, mentally as well as racially; while the ungodly Negro publifications are rejoicing loudly at what they term "another Southern disaster." —The New York Evening Post. ALLEN CHAPEL-EBENZER CAR NIVAL. Last Sunday's services at the Car nival marked an epoch in the religious life in Kansas City. In the morning the pastor of Allen Chapel preached. At 3 p. m. a union class service was conducted by the class leaders of both churches, and the religious server ran high, but the climax was reached at the evening service, when the popular and energetic pastor of Ebenezer preached. The great audien sence was moved to tears, many and loud were the responses, and nine per persons responded to the invitation, and joined the two churches. Be sure to attend the services Sunday. WILL RUN SPECIAL TRAIN. Emancipation Day Committee Arrange to Handle Crowds from St. Joseph—Four Speakers. Maryville, Mo.—The plans for the Emancipation Day celebration there August 5, which the committee on arrangements made yesterday will make this year's celebration one of the best ever held. The excursion train from St. Joseph is assured and four speakers have been secured for the day. In getting the excursion train from St. Joseph the committee made possible the procuring of several other attractions for the day. The Knights of Tabor drill team of St. Joseph and the Mose Dixon Palestine Guards of Atchison, Kas, will come on that train to compete with the W. O. W. drill team here. Already a large crowd from St. Joseph is being worked up, and the special train will have seven coaches to carry the people. The speakers for this year are all colored. They are Nelson C. Crews of Kansas City; M. O. Ricketts of St. Joseph; C. W. Crews of St. Louis, and W. C. Houston of Kansas City. The complete program will be arranged this week and next week the advertising campaign will be started and the program will be displayed on posters and handbills. A Grand Day in Excelsior Springs Tuesday, August 4th, at Whale Lake and Park. Under the Auspices of the Morning Star Baptist Church, Four Cars will be waiting at 13th and Walnut Streets for the People From Kansas City and Independence, Missouri; Rose-dale, Argentine and Kansas City, Kan. Round Trip Fare for Adults, $1.00; Children 7 to 11 50 cents. Everybody Invited. 777 IN SOLO DEO SALUS 333 International Order of Twelve, Knights and Daughters of Tabor. Twenty-seventh Annual Grand Session of the Crand Temple and Tabernacle of the Missouri Jurisdiction. AT HANNIBAL, MO., JULY 28-31, 1914. PULLMAN COMPANY TO PENSION ITS FAITHFUL PORTERS. Officials of Company Work Out Plan to Benefit its 33,000 Employees, 7,000 of Which are Afro-Americans, Many of Whom Have Spent Lifetime on the Road. PENSIONERS TO BE 70 YEARS OLD AND IN SERVICE 20 YEARS No Age Limit for Disabled Employees, Twenty Years' Service Being Only Requirement—Women to Be Retired at the Age of 65 Years. The announcement this week that the Pullman Company was to pension its old employees caused considerable interest and speculation in the families of the many porters living in and around Chicago. Sensational stories were afloat of princely sums to be awarded to selected men in the service, but a careful study of plan shows the contrary. The faithful porters will benefit under the new pension scheme, but there are very few who will be benefited immediately. 33,000 Employes. The Pulman Company has 32,000 employees. Of this number more than 7,000 are Afro-Americans, principally employed as porters. The new pension plan includes all of its employees and has been issued in pamphlet form. Under its conditions employees who reach the age of 70 years and have been twenty years in the service of the company will be pensioned at the rate of 1 per cent for each year of service of the average monthly pay received during the last full year of employment. The lowest pension allowance is fixed at $15 a month. Employees who have been twenty or more years in the service of the company and have been disabled may be retired and pensioned. Women may be retired at the age of 65 years.—De fender. POKER PLAYERS FIGHT; 3 DEAD Negroes Dispute Over Game and Shooting Follows. St. Louis, July 19.—A dispute as to whether or not a poker game in a negro "lid" club was conducted honestly resulted in the death of three Negroes here this morning. One of the dead Negroes, "Bammo" Harris, accused another, Waddell Wilson, of having won his money unfairly and pointing a gun in the latter's face demanded a return of the money. Wilson refused and Harris started shooting. Wilson returned the fire and when the shooting ended Lewis Perry man a visitor at the club, together with Wilson and Harris were dead on the floor. A raid on the club soon after the shooting resulted in the arrest of tet Negroes who are held for the coroner. Miss Myrtle Hillman, one of the teachers in the Chillicothe, Mo. school, and a most charming young lady is visiting her uncle, the Rev. B. Hillman, 2319 Highland avenue. 777 IN SOLO D International Order of Twwers of Tabor. Twenty Session of the Crand nacle of the Miss AT HANNIBAL, MO Large Delegations from St. Louis, Kansas City, St. Joseph and all Parts of the State. 5,000 Taborians to be Represented—A Business Session from Start to Finish. The International Order of Twelve is both patriotic and beneficiary; 40,000 Sir Knights fought gallantly during the Civil War to free our mothers and fathers and for the preservation of the union. Missouri was the first of the secret societies to initiate the system of paying death and funeral benefits. The International Order of Twelve of Knights and Daughters of Tabor is a race institution; every phase of its government, its ritualism, its lit- ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME Sun Office Excelsior Springs th, at Whale Lake Park. The Morning Star Baptist be waiting at 13th and People From Kansas ence, Missouri; Rose- Kansas City, Kan. ts, $1.00; Children 7 to 11 everybody Invited. Prof. Joe E. Herriford, who was the prime mover in one of the most important conferences ever held of Negro Fraternal Organizations of this state. WHY NEGROES FAIL IN BUSINESS The cause for failure of Negro business men are numerous, but may be brought under the following heads: 1. Lack of experience. Most of the Negroes who had gone into business and failed have come from pursuits very different from that in which they are engaged, and have not had the necessary apprenticeship to qualify them to conduct the business. 2. Lack of capital. Others venture with a very few dollars, enough to purchase a small stock and only pay a few months' rent, nothing for advertising, and but little for the period of building up the business. Hence most of the failures come in the first year. 3. Lack of attention to business. Failure after the first two years comes chiefly from lack of attention to business. Many Negroes go into business to be "their own boss," and lacking discipline they therefore neglect their business; others count too largely on the value of "race pride," expecting that other Negroes will voluntarily patronize one of their own race in preference to others, which they find in time is quite the opposite of the fact. Others become intoxicated with success and either enlarge their business beyond the immediate needs or leave it into other hands while they use the prestige gained by meagre success for social purposes. Moon's live and dressed poultry, fresh from the country, is making its way into many homes, especially those who appreciate the direct cause of the high cost of poultry, eggs and butter being reduced. Call Bell phone, Grand 1748W, for Quality, Service, Efficiency. Our spring chickens and broilers are 20c and 24c per lb. Young hen, nice and fet, 14c and 16c. Fresh country eggs, 19c doz. Country butter, 25c pound. Spring ducks, 16c lb. Fresh fish, 7c up. Give us your order. 1335 East Eighteenth street. DEO SALUS 333 twelve, Knights and Daughtry-seventh Annual Grand Temple and Taber-issouri Jurisdiction. D., JULY 28-31, 1914. terature and all its manifold paraphernalia is the work of Negro mind, Negro brains, Negro ingenuity. We solicit your encouragement and association. Join us and we will do thee good. Meet us at Hannibal. Big competitive drills by Palatine Guards and drill corps. A big business and pleasure meeting combined. The representative of each Temple, Tabernacle, Palatium and Tent must come prepared to legislate for the good of Tabor. Meet us at Hannibal, Mo., Tuesday, July 28, 1914. SIR A. R. CHINN, C. G. M., MRS LILLIAN BOOKER, G. H. P., REV. SIR J. G. HAYES, C. G. S., MRS. JENNIE L. HAYES, C.G.R., SIR JOE E. HERRIFORD. End-Bur. Sec'y. Negro Business League of Kansas City. F. J. Weaver, Pres. E. A. Robinson, Secy. Members will please report any mistake or change of address to E. A. Robinson, Financial Secretary and Fiscal Agent. Bell Phone East 754. AUTHOR AND WRITER. AUTOMOBILES. Boo Broomdale 3125, Matthews 3126, Park 3127, Baltimore 3128, Boehringer 3129, Bell East 1759; Home, Main 8467, Chas. Morrow, 2102 Woodland Auto & Hack Service, Bell East 5194, Jas. Cowden, 1617 E. 12th St. Automobile to hire. Bell East 26; Home Main 1532. Wm. D. Foster Auto Co., 1423 Forest, hire and repair; office Bell Grand 1630W; res. phone Bell East 4417W. Thomas Black, 7-Passenger Packard, Safety and Service, Bell, East 2833, Home, Main 6545. BAKERS. Bessie Evans' Cook Shop and Catering, 2428 Vine St. Bell phone, East 3637. Henry Compton, home bakery, 1512 East 18th. Susie Owens, 2329 Vine. George Purnell, 1312 Vine; East 4915W Bell. BARBERS. J. G. Ashcraft, 911 Wyandotte. Bell Phone, Main 3849. Residence, 2636 Highland; Bell Phone, Ease 4908. TWO-STORY BUILDING Burt Bros, 1422 East 18th St., Barber Shop and Pool Hall, Bell phone, E. 2442. Wm. Lewis, Atlanta Pool Hall, Barber Shop and Bath, 1609-11 E. 18th St. Bell Phone, East 721. Wm. Stitts, Criterion Barber Shop and Pool Hall, 1717 East 18th St. BLACKSMITH. L. M. Townsend, Blacksmith, 1720 Lydia. Grand 1772. Jas, Hopkins, 2325 Vine St. CAFES AND RESTAURANTS. Henry Perry, Barbecue King, 1514 E. 19th St. Bell, East 2833. Mrs. Glover and Daughter, 1431 Walnut Street. S. Matthews, 1010 North 3rd St. Original "69" Barbecued Meats, Ice Cream and Refreshments. Mrs. E. Dora Thomas, 23 West 13th St. Spotless Kitchen, Steam Table Service, Bell Phone, 2863 Grand. J. A. Reid, Daisy Cafe, 1619 E. 18th St. Henry Compton, 1512 E. 18th St. Bell phone, East 618. Mrs. King, Eleighteenth and Paseo. Mrs. H. W. Dotson, 1705 E. Twelfth St. Phone, Bell 2214 Madame U. F. Scales, Northeast Cor. 5th and State, Kansas City, Kans. R. W. Alexander, 1619 E. 18th St. Barbecued Meats. M. Hunter & Son, 1319 E. 18th St. "M. C. Lunch Room." Dora Tilson, Baltimore Cafe No. 2, 575 Grand Avenue. Mrs. Lyda Franklin, Lincoln Cafe, 1312 E. 18th St. CHRISTIAN SOCIETIES R. B. DeFrantz, Secy. Y, M. C. A., 1830 Paseo, Bell, Grand 885. Mrs. Lydia C. Smith, General Secretary Y. W. C. A., Fifth and State Avenue, Kansas City, Kans. Bell phone, West 1566. CLEANERS, DYERS AND TAILORS O. K. Cleaners and Dyers, guaranteed not to shrink any garment we dye, 1113 East 18th; Bell Grand 2437. R. Bennett, 1515 East Eighteenth; East 4746 Bell. J. F. Basil, 1509 Main; Main 6449 Home. John Holmes, 1903 Vine. Wortham Bros., 1222 E. 19th St. Bell Phone, Grand 3933-W. G. W. Golden Steam Dye Works, 1605 East 18th; Bell East 539. R. L. Hopkins, 2326 Vine St. "The Star." Bell Phone, East 3135. CARPET CLEANERS. David M. West, 1718 Euclid Avenue. Phones, Bell East 3555; Home, Main 1169. CIGAR MANUFACTURER Henry Parks. 1509 East Eighteenth; Main 4905 Home, East 45 Bell CLERGYMEN. M. I. Warfield, C. M. E. Church, Kansas City, Kan. Preston Kyles, 1310 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kans. C. J. Ferguson, 416 New Jersey Ave., Kansas City, Kans. F. D. Wells, Bethel A. M. E. Church, 24th and Flora. G. E. Arnett, 14th and Spruce, Baptist Church. Rev. G. H. Dahlke, 2013 Wine Street. Home phone, Main 5513. E. N. Carron, 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, East 3522. G. T. Mosby, Pastor Greenwood Baptist Church, 18th and Terrace, W. H. Thomas, Pastor Allen Chapel A. M. E. Church, Bell, Main 3660. J. W. Hurse, 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. Rev. W. C. Williams, 17th and Tracy Ave, Ebeneser A. M. E. Church. Rev. R. Wilson, 1747 Belleview Ave, Grand 2688. J. M. Booker, Peasant Green Baptist Church. Res. 595 Tracy. J. W. Clay, King Solomon Baptist Church. Res., Bell, West 1434. D. B. Jackson, 8th Street Baptist Tabernacle, 719 Freeman, Bell, West 3763. G. McNell, 211 Garfield. Bell, West 1999. J. M. Gilbert, First Baptist Church, Bonner Springs, Kans. C. C. Callaway, Pilgrim Baptist Church. Rev. A. A. Harris, Second Christian Church, 2220 Michigan. COAL, FEED, ICE AND KINDLING. I. B. Blackburn, 1612 N. 9th St., K. C., K., Bell phone, W. 1576. J. H. Hall, 1208 Vine. Herman Kinsley, 2012 Harrison; Grand 2766 W Bell. E. A. Sailbury, 2206 Vine; East 879 Bell. R. Williams, 1815 East Seventeenth. Hopkins Bros., 2323 Vine. W. H. Lambright & Sons, Coal, Ice and Feed. Bell phone, W. 1923. 1620 North 3d street, Kansas City, Kas. CONTRACTORS—GENERAL. DAIRY. William Sprangles, 2224 Vine St., Countee's. Phones. DENTISTS. W. L. Hayden, cor. 4th and Minnesota. Bell, West 823. K. C., K. T. C. Chapman, 1505 East Eighteenth; East 798 Bell. A. H. Hudson, 2330 Vine; East 2330 Bell. McQueen Carrion, 18th and Paseo. Bell Phone, E. 144. Home Phone, Main 3490. DENTISTS. H. D. Voorlies, 500 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kans. Bell Phone, West 1910. DRESSMAKING. Mrs. Blanche Page, Dressmaker, 2412 Vine St., Bell Phone, East 3192. Miss Georgia Coleman, 1510 E. 18th street. DRUG STORES. Palace Drug Store No. 2, E. S. Lee, 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. DRY GOODS, GENT'S FURNISHINGS, NOTIONS. Taylor Holmes, Ladies' and Gents' Furnishings and Notions, 2409 Vine St. Mrs. Josephine Abernathy, Ladies Furnishings and Notions, 2413 Vine street. Bell phone East 2192. Ell Harris, 2333 Vine St. B. A. Robinson, 2413 Montgall Ave. Bell, East 754. C. Washington, 1326 Highland. Home phone, Main 5119. FLORISTS. Crosthwaite Floral Co., 1611 E. 18th St. Anna J. Carter, Llia H. Swan and Minnie L. Crosthwaite. Bell Phone 8381. 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 C. C. Simons, 528 Lydia Avenue. Bell, Main 3692. H. C. Spigenner & Sons, Phillips School Grocery. Bell Phone, E. 3679-W. W. C. Carroll, Groceries, Ice Cream and Refreshments, 2120 North 3rd St., Kansas City, Kans. Bell, West 1653. 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. 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, 825 Freeman Ave., Kansas City, Kan. C. L. Williams, 1508 E. 24th St. Bell Phone East 1437W. Marshall Wilson, 2644 Woodland, Bell, East 1493. HAIR AND SCALP CULTURIST. Mrs. Lena B. Dowson, 422 Haskell, Hair and Scalp Culturist. Bell, West 2781. Laura Jacobs, 120 Mills St., Rosedale, Kansas. Madame Grant Jones, 5th and State Ave., Kansas City, Kans. Res. Phone, Bell, West 3715-J. Mrs. Ella Neff, 1714 E. 18th St. Bell phone East 412. Mrs. C. E. Taylor, Pore & Scalp Treatment. Bell, East 1927-W. HOTELS. 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 Flora Johnson, 1003 North 3rd St. Meals, Confectioneries and Refreshments. Church, 9th and Everett, Kansas City, Kans., Ice Cream Manufacturers and Refreshment Parlor. Bell Phone, West 455. Ernest W. Williams, 2721 E. 44th St. 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 East 4955. H. Walden, 2442 Montgall, 1507 East 18th St. Bell, East 4955. Health and Accident Dept., Standard Life Ins. Co. Bell, East 4955. H. D. Simmons, 1832 Vine, Phone East887. J. W. Golden, 1612 Lydia, Grand 3631. E. A. Robinson, 2413 Montgall, Bell, East 754. Special agent Standard Life 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, etc., 2110 Vine street. Mattie P. Garner, electric straightening, comb and hair goods; Bell East 4741W. LAWYERS. L. W. Johnson Offices, 335 New York Life building, Stein-Miller building, corner Sixth and State. Bell phone, West 938; Residence, West 3985. Judge I. F. Bradley, 721 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kan. Rooms 5 and 6. Bell Phone, West 2335. William B. Bruce, Attorney-at-Law and Counsellor. Phone, Home 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 424. I. H. Spears, 18th & Paseo, Bell, East 1690. MANUFACTURER. MANUFACTURER J. E. Laing, Human Hair, Hair Dye, Hair Dresser Supply and Hair Dressing School in connection, 1715 E. 18th St. MISCELLANEOUS. G. K. Williams, Registrar, Western University, Kansas City, Kan. Mrs. Francis J. Jackson, Inspector, 349 Montgall. Bell East 3942. Amus Barnett, 1230 Forest; Main 5018 Home Wm. Sprangles, milk and butter, 53rd and Montgall; Lln. 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. 5th Street. C. A. Young. MUSICIANS. Beulah Douglass, Music. 16 North Mill St., Kansas City, Kans. Bell Phone, West 2297. Winston Holmes, Plano Tuner, Case Refinisher, Action Regulator and Player Plano Expert. Home, Main 8864. Office, 926 McGee, Samuel S. R. S. Stewart, 1714 South 4th Street, East, Salt Lake City, Utah. NEWSPAPERS. The League Enterprise, newspapers, notions and stationary; shining parlor. C. A. Starks, Prop., 1521 E. 18th St. Bell Phone. 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. ... T. H. Bailey, 911 McGee St. Bell phone, Main 751. PHYSICIANS. PHYSICIANS. Dr. E. A. Walker, office and residence, 1426 E. 18th. Home Phone M. 8071; Bell G. 4332. W. 8071; Bell G. 4332. W. Hubert Bruce, 1512 East Eleighteenth Street. Home phone, Main 4620; Bell phone, East 3151 Lucian P. Richardson, 2439 Waldron. Bell phone, East 2527. Henry W. Dillard, Graduate Ph.D., 1512 North 5th St., Kansas City, Kans. M. L. Finch, pharmacist, 1301 East 18th. L. E. Baller, N. W. Cor. 12th and Vine. Bell East 232. Howard M. Smith, 1509 East 18th St. Bell East 495. Wm. J. Thompkins, 1509 E. 18th St. Bell East 495. L. J. Lolly, 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, 112 Independence avenue. Both phones, Main 7488. W. W. Montgomery, 400 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kans. Phones: Bell West, 2302; 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 2711. M. B. Jones, Eye Specialist, 1419 East 18th St. Grand 2243. R. C. Hayden, cor. 4th and Minnesota Bell, West 823. Res., 1403 North 10th St. Bell, West 3739-R. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PRODUCE AND POULTRY MARKET. S. M. Steele, 29 Sloan Avenue, Quindaro, Kans. PHOTOGRAPHERS. Charles Williams.....1015 Oak; Main 3154 Bell C. Bruce Santee, 1718 East 18th St. "Photo Fad." PIANO SALEMAN. J. H. Malone, Talking Machines, Etc. Bell, East 4573-W. PRINTERS. C. A. Franklin, 140º Main; Grand 2988 Bell. John H. Fairley, Square Deal Printing Co., 1731 Lydia. Bell phone Grand 1647-Y. REAL ESTATE The Ward & Samlington Investment Co.; Bell Phone East 4294Y. Patterson & Gayden, 527 State Ave., Kansas City, Kan. Bell phone, West 215; Home phone, West 503. W. M. Johnston, rental agent; Main 7555 Home; Main 751 Bell. W. G. Mosely, Ivanhoe Investment Co., 2220 Woodland avenue. E. E. Vaughan, 26th and Parkway, Kansas City, Kan. Bell, West 1757. People's Investment Co., Solomon Smith, Pres; R. D. Jackson, Sec.; C. H. Adkins, Treas., 2427 Vine St. Home, Main 920-S. Bell Phone, East 1011. Geo. W. Edwards, Moberly, Mo. PROBATION OFFICER. 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 Main. SHOE STORES. SHOE STORES A. W. Williams, General Repairing, 1960 N. 3rd St., Kansas City, Kans. H. Shumaker, Ladies' and Gents' Shoe Shining Parlor, 1702 E. 18th St. 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, Main 1133. Harry E. Taswell, Artist, Sign Painter, Paper Hanger. Res. 2400 Flora. Office and Shop, 1803 Vine St. Woody E. Jacobs, 2055 North 3rd St., Kansas City, Kans. Bell, W. 3112. J. P. King, Sumner High School, Kansas City, Kans. Res., 916 Everett. D. G. Watson, 1906 E. 24th St. J. Silas Harris, 1611 Forest, President National Negro Educational Congress and Principal Sumner School. R. T. Coles, Principal Garrison School, 2327 Lydia; Grand 1851 Bell. W. T. White, manual training, 1612 Lydia; Grand 3631 Bell. G. A. Page, 2419 Flora, Bell E. 501. Principal Attucks School. T. W. H. Williams, 1323 Jackson. Bell E. 3259-Y. Principal Bruce School. Chas. A. Westmoreland, 2325 Lydia. Bell Grand 1320-W. Lincoln High School. R. G. Jackson, Music, 531 Nebraska. Bell, West 1032, Kansas City, Ks. THEATRES. J. L. Williams, Old Kentucky Theater, 1702 West 12th St. Homer Roberts, "Dixie Theatre," 2411 Vine St. TRANSFER. The Exact Transfer Co., Pianos a specialty. R. R. H. Gordon, Mgr. Move everything. Office 926 McGee. Home, Main 8864. Res. 1708 E. 14th St. Home, East 1969. Lewis Townsend, 1720 Lydia Ave. Bell, Grand 1772. Geo. Jones, 1008 McGee. Home Phone, 5188 Main. W. Lee Whibby, 18th and Forest. Home phone M. 4023. R. W. Elmore, 1607 Harrison street. A. B. Hun, northeast cor. 7th and May. Home, Main 7261. UNDERTAKERS. H. B. Moore, Undertaker. Bell, Main 3398. 1031-33 Independence Ave. Home 3341. Wyatt & Randolph, 920 N. 3rd St., Kansas City, Kans. Bell West 2569. C. H. Countee, 2220 Vine St. Bell East 3336. Watkins Bros. & Co. 1729 Lydia, Telephone Grand 987. Jno. W. Jones, 440 State Ave., Kansas City, Kans. Both Phones, West 253. Golden Steam Dye Works 1605 EAST 18TH STREET When sending your Clothing to be cleaned and pressed have you ever realized, and every clean minded man would shudder with disgust at the thought, that the cloth use to press your suit had just previously been used to press the suit of a man suffering from Disease, Filthy Habits, etc.—the cloth in the interim being wet and wrung out in a pail of probably dirtier water, especially so toward the end of the day's work? OLD WAY OF PRESSING To overcome unsanitary methods we have installed an up-to-date Sanitary Steam Press. A garment that passes through this machine is disinfected, as no germs or microbes can exist under a temperature as high as the dry steam we inject. At the same time it removes any odor, takes away the grimy appearance, raises the nap, revives the colors and imparts to the garment that freshness desired by all dressers. 'THE MOFF-MAN' NEW WAY OF PRESSING NEW WAY OF PRESSING We are Hatters, Tailors and Cleaners. No delay in getting your work. We do everything in our own shop. When you send us your work we do not have to disappoint or delay you, as our equipment is equal to anyone's. We specialize on quality and carefulness, for if it pleases you it please us. We have one of the best Dyeing and Tailor Stores in the city. Everything new and up-to-date. We are prepared to clean any garment, no matter how richly trimmed or flouenced, without injury. We employ only expert workmen and guarantee to satisfy every customer. Soliciting an opportunity to serve you, we are yours. GOLDEN'S STEAM DYE WORKS Calling Cards, Business Cards, Church, Society, Book and Stationery Printing of all kinds. Square Deal Printing Co. The Printing House for the two Kansas Citys. Our Facilities for doing first class work unexcelled Home 2785 Main Bell 1647Y Grand 1731 Lydia Ave. (Hod Carriers' Hall.) NATIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE. The Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the National Negro Business League will be held at Muskogee, Oklahoma, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, August 19, 20 and 21, 1914. The Oklahoma State Negro Business League in co-operation with the Muskogee Local Negro Business League has arranged a most comprehensive program for the reception and entertainment of the delegates who may be present. Aside from the regular and most interesting sessions of the League itself, arrangements have been made for an Industrial Parade on Thursday afternoon, August 20th, which shall embrace a large number of floats upon which will be represented the progress and industrial achievement of the Negroes of Oklahoma. Thirty (30) full-blooded Seminole Indians in native and picturesque costumes are planning an entertainment at the Fair Grounds, following the Industrial Parade on Thursday. On Friday afternoon, August 21st, the delegates will be given a view of the city. A live stock and agricultural exhibit, showing the great possibilities of the southwest section, will be open for the inspection of the delegates; also, on Friday evening, a Grand Banquet will be given in honor of the delegates. On Saturday, August 22, a special train will leave Muskogee for Boley, Oklahoma, the largest and most prosperous Negro city in the United States. The train will pass through some of the richest agricultural land in the world much of which is owned by Oklahoma colored citizens. For the annual meeting of the League, the Southwestern Passenger Association has announced through its chairman an intention to authorize an open rate of four cents a mile for the round-trip from all points in the territory of the Southwestern Passenger Association except Oklahoma, selling tickets August 16th to 18th, inclusive with final return limit to reach original starting point August 31. The Western Passenger Association through its chairman also announces an intention to authorize an open rate of two cents a mile in each direction from points in Missouri and Kansas to Muskogee and return, tickets to be sold on August 16th to August 18th, inclusive, with final return limit to reach original starting point prior to midnight of August 31, 1914. Application has also been made to the Southeastern Passenger Association embracing the states south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers, and east of the Mississippi river, for reduced rates, and these will most likely be granted on the basis of four cents a mile for the round trip. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad with headquarters in New York City is planning to provide for the transportation of delegates from the eastern territory—New York City, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Baltimore and Washington, and for all eastern delegates who plan to be present at the meeting. A special Pullman Car will be provided if enough delegates signify their intention of making the trip. Delegates will most likely be present at the coming meeting in larger numbers than ever before from the Southern and Southwestern States. It is expected also that the east will not be neglectful of its duty, considering the fact that the Southern States have always been so largely represented at all of the meetings which have been held in the North and East. The annual session of the affiliated organizations of the League will be held at the same time—The National Negro Bankers' Association, The National Negro Press Association, The National Negro Funeral Directors' Association and the National Negro Bar Association, a group of the strongest organizations in the country among Negro people. Further information as to details, plans for the coming meeting, etc., may be secured from: Booker T. Washington, President, J. C. Napier, Chairman, Executive Committee, or from Emmett J. Scott, Secretary, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. J.C.WAGNER The Clean Market Man Fancy Groceries and all Table Luxuries. Bell Phone 3596 Eas Kansas City, Missouri. "Riches take unto themselves wings," quoted the Wise Guy. "Yes, and you don't have to be a high flyer to realize it," added the Small Mug. Every day in your talk and reading, on the street car, in the office, shop, and school some new question is sure to come up. You seek quick, accurate, encyclopedic, up-to-date information. This NEW CREATION will answer all your questions with ina权威性, 400,000 Wide Denied. 2700 Paces, 6000 illustrated $400,000. The only dictionary with the new divided page. A "Stroke of Genius." Write for specimen illustrations, etc. Mention this page for you and receive the latest edition of pocket maps. G. & C. MERRIAM CO. Springfield, Mass. U. S. A. How Tunes Are Built. The mystery of music never just "came naturally" to any human being. The world has never known a more industrious worker than the illustrious Franz Schubert. Yet, if to any one in the world music "came naturally"—it seemed to come so to him. When the school principal asked his harmony teacher how young Franz Schubert was progressing, the teacher said: "He is a wonder. Whenever I explain anything to him, he always seems already to know it. He must have received his knowledge straight from heaven. Yet in spite of such superb gifts, there was never a harder worker than he. And don't you think that we, with our lesser gifts, should follow his example? If he, with all his heaven-sent genius, could not succeed without strenuous daily labor, how can we hope to accomplish anything worth while, without ceaseless, patient and conscientious toll?—The Study of Music, in Woman's World. Back to the Land. In New York certain persons who have purchased 1,000 acres of land in New Jersey, have formed the "American Agricultural association," to encourage and produce a "back to the land" movement. The 1,000 acres will be subdivided into five-acre parcels, on each of which will be built a house and a barn and on which a well will be bored. These little ready-made farms will then be sold practically at cost. Purchasers will be urged to enter truck and chicken farming to supply the New York market. Fine idea, isn't it? But does it take account of all the needs? That is, has it been demonstrated that the five-acre farm can in the majority of cases be made to pay? Or is the unit of land too small by 50 per cent? And does the farmer need some practical experience or can he just jump in and win right off the bat, so to say? For Flower Holders. No veranda is complete that is not decorated with flowers. Flowering vines growing at the posts of the veranda are attractive. Climbing roses and other vines can be trained over lattices that can be ordered to fit any space. Jardinieres of heavy pottery in browns or blues or greens can be kept filled with field flowers—daisies, buttercups, wild asters, or golden rod, each in its appointed time. Other bowls and jars and vases, of plain glass or of heavy pottery, can be filled with garden flowers for the veranda. Hanging baskets of Japanese, mahogany-stained split reeds or willow are very good on the veranda. They can be hung from the eaves or from brass or wood spikes driven into the house wall for the purpose of holding them. "Oh. Hello. Hello. Hell—" Morris Feldman of 207 Washington street, Brooklyn, was in the men's court on a charge of peddling without a license, says the New York Tribune. Patrolman McMahon said he found the prisoner at Fourth avenue and Fourteenth street selling parquets. "Hell, oh, hell," said a small yellow bird, climbing out of Feldman's pocket. "What's that?" demanded Magistrate House. "Hell-o, hell-o" said the parquet cheerfully. The magistrated smiled and regarded the bird more kindly. But the moment he turned to resume the case the same syllables, differently accented, smote his ear. "Hell, oh hell-o, hell-" "Feldman, I fine you two dollars," snapped the magistrate. Sample of English Obstinacy. Sample or English Obstacle: A twelve year dispute has just been settled in a little village on the Holderness (England) coast name1 Ulrome. The dispute was over a clock for the church tower, for which 40 poor parishioners subscribed. The clock was not placed in position because the representatives of the subscribers were unwilling to let the clock pass under the control of the vicar. The vicar declared that the clock was not erected because the farmers did not want the laborers to know the time to knock off work. After the lapse of all these years the clock has now arrived in the village and will be installed shortly. Pine Worth Half Million Dollars. Pipe Worth Half Million Dollars. Among the royal treasures of Persia is a pipe set with diamonds, rubies and emeralds, to the value, it is estimated, of no less than $500,000. This pipe was made for the late shah, and it is said to be even more valuable than his famous sword. In the matter of swords, it is said that the gaekwar of Baroda who, on the occasion of the coronation of George V in India, added to his fame by snubbing that monarch, possesses the most precious blade in existence. Its hilt and belt are incrusted with diamonds, rubies, sapphires and emeralds, and its value has been put at $1,000,000. Improving the Language. Apart from the United States, where the coling of new words and phrases is by way of developing into a recognized industry, writers in this country are constantly adding to the language. "Chocolatist" and "mixologist" are the titles lately adopted by a confectioner and a blender of cocktails respectively; and one of our contemporaries has just invented "necepted." Another is responsible for "mascotry." The English language is rich enough without these unnecessary additions.—London Globe. This would be a grand old world if people could purchase experience on trial, with the privilege of returning it if not satisfactory. Mme. Benton Dean, the popular milliner, has moved $1010 Troest avenue, where she is elegantly located and will be extremely pleased to meet her many friends and customers at that number. Belle phone Main 2102J. GEO. R. 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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? Write today for full particulars Emery, Bird, Thayer D. G. Co., Kansas City, Mo. ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` Hello, Neighbor! Do You Read The Sun? Do you know you can get it for ONE YEAR for ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS. Sent anywhere in the United States. ORDER NOW! OUR PHONE IS BELL EAST 999. Call us, write, or see our agents. 1803 East 18th Street. NELSON C. CREWS, Editor and Owner. SOME OF THE STRUGGLES OF THE NEGRO PRESS. One evening this week at the close of a very busy day I drew me up at my desk. Before me was scattered a mass of newspapers, all bearing the distinction og colored. My already tired brain and sun strained eyes almost refused the task that was set before. But from somewhere and somehow I gained courage, and plunged in by string 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 journal was so poor that one could not even properly translate the answers to Booker Washington's article, asking for better traveling accommodations for Negro passengers over certain railroad lines; which was bravely undertaken. The Dallas Express came in for a similar criticism while the Boston Alliance and Conservative Counsellor is void of that harmonious toning with other parts of the papers on account of too much front page advertisement. In others there were similar and even more grievous errors. The colored papers that take first rank in typographical cleanliness and mechanical accuracy are the Amsterdam News, Richmond Planet, Kansas City Sun, and New York Age. It is with no small degree of appreciation that I review the merits and demurits of these journals and journalists, who are struggling as I am; for to publish a Negro journal at this period means sacrifice at every stopover. I see written in great red headlines at the head of the meanest effort in the way of a Negro journal these words. "Self Sacrifice." Our readers are more sensitive to literary abuse in a race paper than they are to the big dailies. I often have a man come into my office to complain about a stick of matter upside down in the last issue of an article that was backed up the wrong way. Now, if he, perhaps, knew that my day had been 36 hours instead of 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 little in relieving the situation. For whenever you see faults standing out conspicuously in Negro papers there is but one conclusion to come to, and that is 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 subscription will be precious in the editor's sight.—California Eagle. ADVERTISE YOUR SOCIETY. We would like to see every lodge and society in Kansas City put their cards in The Sun. It is the most popular way to let the world know who you are, when and where you meet and your object and purpose. For the next month we will make special announcements to have you put in your lodge or society list of of officers in this paper. TYPEWRITING DONE at Kansas City Son office, 1803 East Eighteenth street. Neat, quick work. Rates reasonable. Engagements by appointment. Bell phone East 999. KELLEY'S BEST HIGH PATENT E ESTATE All Kinds For Sale s Citys and Topeka IS TO SUIT BRADLEY & CO. uskell Ave., Kansas City, Kas. ONE WEST 644 n Bldg., Sixth and Minnesota Ave. ka, Kas.: 410 Kansas Ave. Metal Specialists KAS CITY. We have been doing high class guarantees. We have thousands of satisfied patients. Business 80 Years in repair free of charge. 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Remember, in Business 20 Years All work kept in repair free of charge. SAVE MONEY EXAMINATION FREE All work guaranteed 20 years The doctor who extracts your teeth here has undoubtedly had more experience in this line than any other dentist in the city, so you get the most expired service. Painless Extracting, 25a. BRIDGE WORK Spaces where from one to ten teeth have been lost we replace with bridge work. It looks the same natural teeth last time and requires no plate. Broken down teeth we restore to beauty and usefulness with crowns of porcelain and gold. $8 , 75e. and $1 Tee Crowne $3, $4 and $8 Platina Fillings 200 TEETH $4 TO $8 BK DENTAL CO on 1017-19 Walnut St. 1 door north Emery, Bird, Thayer Co MARSHOCK AND MEATS AND VEGETABLES Fresh and First Class PHONE 6496 MAIN Gold Crowns #3, $4 and $8 Silver Fillings, 75e. a. White Crowns FULL SET TEETH 'NEW YORK D New Location 1017-1 Over Jaccard's Jewelry store, 1 door n FRED MAR GROCERIES A FRUITS AND VE Everything Fresh a HOME PHONE 6 Gold Crowne #3, $4 and $8 Silver Fillings, 75o. and $1 White Crowne $3, $4 and $8 Platina Fillings 300 New Location 1017-19 Walnut St. Over Jaccard's Jewelry store, 1 door north Emery, Bird, Thayer Co FRED MARSHOCK GROCERIES AND MEATS FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Everything Fresh and First Class HOME PHONE 6496 MAIN ghbor r! ```markdown ``` 900 Charlotte Street Kelley's Best Beat all the Rest. Kelley Milling Co. K.C., U.S.A. BRIDGE WORK Kansas City, Mo A. F. and A. M. Missouri Jurisdiction N. C. Crews, Kansas City, Grand Master. Deputy Grand Master, Richard Young, Lincoln, Neb. L. F. Payne, Glasgow, Mo., Grand Senior Warden. F. J. Brown, St. Louis, Grand Junior Warden. H. H. Walker, St. Joseph, Grand Treasurer. Geo. W. K. Love, Grand Secretary, Kansas City, Mo. W. W. Fields, Secretary of Masonio Relief, Cameron, Mo. E. J. Cooper, Mexico, Mo., Grand Lecturer. Grand Commandery Officers. A. D. Butler, R. E. G. C., St. Joseph. Mo. W. G. Mosely, G. E. G, Kansas City. Mo. Theo. Wiley, V. E. G. C., St. Louis. Mo. P. C. Kincade, E. G. C. G., Kansas City. T. P. Mahammitt, G. Treasurer, Omaha, Neb. Geo. Broomfield, G. H. P., St. Louis, Mo. T. G. McCampbell, D. G. H. P., Kansas City. A. L. Thomas, G. K., Jefferson City, Mo. J. P. Moffitte, G. S., Sedalia, Mo. Chas. Griggsby, G. Treas., Liberty, Mo. E. S. Baker, G. Sec'y, Kansas City, Mo. MASONIC BUILDING ASSOCIATION MEMBERS. R. T. Coles, Chairman. E. S. Baker, Secretary. R. W. Foster, Treasurer. W. C. Mallory, Sandy Meyers, Wm. Washington, Geo. Bradley. T. W. H. Williams, H. R. Edwards, J. E. Herriford, E. G. Lacey, E. G. Miller, W. C. Hueston. Lodge Directory DIRECTORY Pritchard Lodge No. 2, A. F. and A. M., meets the 2nd and 4th Monday in each month. All Master Masons in good standing welcome. R. Greer, W. M.; J. H. Snigher, Secy. Rone Lodge No. 25, A. F. and A. M., meets the 1st and 3rd Monday in each month. All Master Masons in good standing welcome. R. Greer, W. Glimore, W. M.; T. J. McCampbell, Secy. M. Olive Lodge No. 63, A. F. and A. M., meets the 4th Friday in every month. Visiting Master Masons are welcome. Thos. Jackson, W. M. Baltimore, Secretary, 1518 Baltimore Ave. U. B. F. King's West Lodge No. 21 meets first and third Mondays in each month at 638 W. M., 1718 Euclid, M. West, W. M., 1718 Euclid, M. West, Secy, 1732 Woodland Ave. Office of DR. M. G. BROOKINS 1816 Woodland Avenue Bell Phone East 838. Home Phone Main 2554. Office Hours: 10 to 12; 2 to 4; 6 to 9 p. m. Calls Answered Day or Night. Office Hours 8 to 12 m. & 1 to 5 p. m. Sunday by Appointment Bell Grand 2553W DR. E. C. BUNCH DENTIST Gold Crown, Bridges and Plates A Specialty Painless Extraction 716 East 12th St. Kansas City, Mo. 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. Mrs. Smith will receive patients for treatment from From 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at her residence. 11th and Highland Every ingredient used on the hair is perfectly safe and Guaranteed to Give Satisfaction Bell Phone, East 4975. Best Shine in K. C. 5c For Ladies Gents AGENCY FOR The Kansas City Son. The Crisis, The New York Age, The Freeman and All Daily Papers Ice Cream and Soda Cigars and Tobacco HENRY SHUMAKER 1702 East 18th St. THEKANSAS CITY SUN All communications should be addressed to The Kansas City Sun, 1803 East 18th Street. Bell Phone East 999. Entered as second-class matter, August 12, 1908, at the postoffice at Kansas City, Mo., under the act of March 3, 1879. Nelson C. Crews. Editor and Owner Willa B. Glenn. General Manager Geo. E. Thompson. Adv. 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. .75 It occasionally happens that papers sent to subscribers are lost or stolen. In case you do not receive any number when due, inform us by postal card and we 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 Charlotte St. Christian Church, 19th and Tracy. Ebenezer A. A. M. E. Church, 17th and Tracy. St. Augustine's P. E. Church, 11th and Trost. Vine St. Baptist Church, 1825 Vine St. Ward Chapel A. M. E. Church, 11th and Woodland. Baptist Baptist Church, 1120 Crews. Blue Valley Baptist church, 1120 Crystal avenue. St. John's A. M. E. Church, 1743 Halleview. Seventh Day Adventist, 22rd and Woodland. St. Monica's Catholic, 17th and Lydia. Morning Star Baptist Church, 2311 Vine. Highland Avenue Baptist Church, 1111 Highland. Campoopsia A. M. E. Church, Centropolis, Mo. Germany. A. M. E. Z. Church, 1823 Woodland Ave. Third Baptist Church, Roundtop. People's Mission, 30th and Genesee. St. John's Baptist Church, 19th and Highland. Plagim Baptist Church, 614 Charlotte St. Calvary Baptist Church, 19th and Askew. Bingham A. M. E. Mission, 5th and Lydia. Progressive Baptist Church, 29th and Summit. E. Church, 1817 Flora Ave. St. James, Baptist Church, 4059 Mill St. St. Luke's A. M. E. Church, 43rd and Prospect Place. A. M. E. Mission, 565 Grand Ave. KANSAS CITY, KAN. CHURCHES. Fraser A. M. E. Church, 8th and Neb. Pleasant Green Baptist Church, 1st and Splittig. Eighth St. Baptist Church, 8th and Oakland. First Baptist Church, 5th and Neb, King Solomon Baptist Church, 3rd and 4th Quindardo A. M. E. Church, Quindardo Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, Rosedale Kan. 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, Second Baptist Church, 24th and Ruby, Shawley Chapel M. E., 106 Shawnee, Shawley A. M. A. E. Zion Church, 4000 Adams. Bettel A. M. E. Church, Roseale, Kan. Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 4th and Virgil Ebenezer A. M. E. Church, Sanford and Tremont. The George R. Smith College, Sedalia, Mo., has recently added to its faculty, Prof. Jacob E. Jones of Washington, D. C., who is a B. S. of the State College of Delaware and an A. B. of Howard University, and a teacher of some experience. Professor Jones will have charge of the Normal Department of the institution, for which position he is specially fitted. The new principal of the Grammar Department is Miss Alda M. Johnson, of Springfield, Mo., a graduate of the Normal Department of Atlanta University. Miss Johnson has taught in Straight University, New Orleans, and at Atlanta University, where she has also taken post graduate work along special lines. If the plan being worked up by Prof. Joe E. Herriford of establishing a fraternal union among the various secret societies of the state can be carried through, and the prospect is very encouraging, a long step will be made in the direction of safe and sane operations in these organizations. The idea being advanced is that all the societies should work upon a uniform schedule of dues and benefits and tables have been prepared which, while uniform, still permit each order to pay as little or much in the way of benefits as if 4chooses. The plan is being worked out this week through a committee representing each of the larger se cret bodies. An illustration of what Negroes can accomplish by intelligent protest against unjust conditions is shown in the results following the recent campaign against dirty jim Crowism upon southern railroads. The agitation was directed by Dr. Booker T. Washington, and was successful in many ways. Railroad officials have already ordered improvements in some cases and others are to follow. The next step will be for the leaders of our race to teach the rank and file how to appreciate these considerations by better conduct on trains and better preparations as to appearance and cleanliness before asking for better accommodations. Other people will respect us as we respect ourselves. It is wholly unreasonable to take the position that the dominant race is not justified in some instances in asking for separate accommodations for the races upon street and railroad cars. But our people can easily remove every such reason by a proper amount of pride in appearance, bodily cleanliness and quiet conduct. In this way the whole question can be solved and jimcrowism will finally disappear instead of showing a disposition to grow. We must examine and correct our own faults while asking others to do so, otherwise we are unreasonable instead of the other people. The proper balance in every issue is that one should know his duties as well as his rights. Let the school the press and Where Kansas City's Elite Eats the Tango on a Blazer. Price 15c. SMITH'S DRUG STORE, 18th AND TRACY. THE COFFEE SHOP Smith's Drug Store the Sansation of the Town. Everybody Going. Conspicuously before the public's eyes is Theo. Smith, our druggist, who is located on the busy corner of 18th and Tracy. If you belong to that class of men and women who think and do things, don't ever be guilty of saying that you have never visited this up-to-date store. His latest creation is the Tango Sundae on a Blazer, 15 cents. This is a combination of the best fruits and fruit syrups incorporated with ice cream and capped with angel cake, served in gold and silver containers under a bamboo tree among gleaming electric lights and before the breeze of an electric fan. This is irresistible. The following is a list of distinguished guests and popular society people who have visited and declared the Tango Sundae to be the most delicious they have eaten. Is Your Name In the List? Mr. Jarrett Pryor, Mrs. Jarrett Pryor, Mr. S. Williams, Mr. Quint Tiomas, Mrs. R. Williams, Mr. Quint Tiomas, Mrs. Ala.; Mrs. J. Albert English, Mrs. Marg- gard Jackson, Miss Mable Floyd, Mrs. J. Robinson, Miss Mable Floyd, Mrs. J. H. Robinson, Mr. M. A. Eovens, Groops, Mrs. Mae Brown, Mrs. Sadie the pulpit unite in this teaching and the work will soon be accomplished. Prof. A. R. Chinn, Chief Grand Mentor of the Knights and Daughters of Tabor, for the Missouri jurisdiction, with Mrs. Chinn, was a visitor in the city this week. In addition to a most enthusiastic reception from the order they were also highly entertained by other friends in the two Kansas Cities and Independence. On Friday morning they were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe E. Harriford, Jr., at breakfast and in an automobile ride following. The Sun was honored with a call from Mr. and Mrs. Chinn who highly complimented our humble efforts in the field of journalism. The next biennial meeting of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs will be held August 4, 5, 6 and 7 at Wilberforce University, Xenia, Ohio. Representatives from all of the various organizations affiliated in any way with the National Federation of Colored Women's Clubs will be represented. A program is being formulated which will show the work that has been done by the various organizations under the direction of the state presidents and department organizations. Many of the ablest women of the race are planning to be present at the coming meeting and to speak, including Miss Anna M. Jones of Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. B. K. Druce of Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Mary Church Terrell of Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Mary Talbert of Buffalo, N. Y.; Mrs. Geo. Cook of Washington, D. C. Some people are completely carried away by music, but where the piano mover is concerned it's the music that is carried away. Mr. Fred Plummer, Mr. Fred Snoddy, Miss Mable Edwards, Miss F. Wilburn, Miss Wilburn, Miss Ethel Taylor, Miss Stella Gant, Miss Bertha Smith, Mr. Milton Clay, Mrs. F. Lewis, Miss Ethel Lewis, Mr. L. Peppars, Miss Ethel Crowder, Miss Arthur Brown, Mr. Wm. Johnson, Mrs. E. P. Fagan, Mrs. Anna White, Mrs. D. Miss Clara Howard of Minneapolis. Miss Ethel Berryman, Mrs. Lillian Berryman, Dr. W. Hloomkins, Mrs. William H. Thompkins, Mr. Ernest Johnson, Miss Bertha Alexander. Mr. Little Corner —That Theodore Smith has succeeded in of h. and h. w. —That there are people running buffet flats whom you would never suspect. —That you can't pay $25 a month rent on a $20 salary unless you've got a side line. —That the society girls are asking "have you seen that swell all-glass table at Smith's?" —That a good many Negroes going to summer resorts will be buying coal by the basket this winter. Asa Damon, Mrs. Leslie Brown, -Miss Johnson, Mrs. Leslie Brown, -Miss Asa A. Nories, Mrs. Mary Henderson, Mrs. Mary Lewis, Mr. Jessie Meyers Mrs. Jessie Meyers, Miss Galena Plum L. A. Knox, M. C. Hollingsworth, Miss B. Golsberry, Mr. A. J. Rollins, Miss Florence Golsberry, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Taylor, D. G. Watson, Miss Estellin Greer, Mrs. Fred G. Magee, Miss Sandra M. Willis, Mr. Thomas Sanders, Mrs. Genea Sanders, Miss Minnie Coleman, Miss Lena Anderson, Mr. N. F. Ward, Miss Craig, Prof. Marquess, Miss Clymer, Mr. Roy Mosely, Miss Hattie Ewing, Miss Mattle Hanna, and Mr. Ferguson, Mrs. Charles J. Adams, Miss Manile Martin, Mr. Griggs, Mr. W. W. Young, Mr. C. M. Thompson, C. W. Comagor, Miss P. Brown, Mrs. Julius Fox, Miss Allene Fox. Mrs. Marie Patrick, Mrs. Charles A. Ellis, Miss Emma Rector, Miss Blanc Woodson, Miss Claudia L. Quarrels, Mrs. J. E. Frazier, Mrs. Leona B. Mosby, William F. Taylor, Mrs. W. W. Lynn, Luella Reeves Turner, Mrs. Lula Sweat— That a certain young teacher living on a avenue was secretly married to a Pullman porter last winter. —That all the girls make a grand rush for that classy glass top table when they drink their sodas at Smith's. —That a certain groom is unable to relinquish his attention to a former sweetheart lest there be trouble! Some hold, eh? —That a well known man while extolling the virtues of a dear fj was to... of some startling incidents of which he was not cognizant. —That a well known Miss lost her skirt on Eighteenth street last Sunday afternoon, and what do you reckon she had on beside it—? —That a certain teacher who is married should give the single teachers a chance and not try to draw a salary from the school board with a husband at the same time. —That two society leaders had a hair pulling over the failure of one to pay the other 25 cents she had contributed for her to buy a present for a well known June bride. —That an automobile party stopped at a certain home last week and while the landlady was in the kitchen somebody relieved her of a gun which was always kept under her pillow. It pays to be honest, but sometimes pay day is late in showing up. What has become of the old fashioned man who used to compare a small person to a plint of elder? Miss Kingsbury, Dr. Pearl, Mrs. E. V. McMillan, Mrs. W. William, Snell, Miss C. Johnson, Mrs. Haze Long, Mrs. T. W. H. William, Mrs. Haze Long, Mrs. C. Johnson, Mrs. Bert Lawyer, Miss Looks, Mrs. Hunter, Mr. Andrew G. Williams, Mrs. Carmen Hackley, Mrs. Hattie Ewing, Mr. Clarkd, Miss Hattie Ewing, Mr. Charles Holmes, Mr. T. B. Beard, Bertie Taylor. Miss Wauenebia C. Webb, John Roy Smith, Effie Peninston, Mrs. Mary Smith, Miss Catherine Washington, Miss Irma Anthony, Edith Willimars, Mrs. Greens街, Mrs. Randall, Mrs. Mickle, Prof. G. A. Page, Mrs. A. Wewen. The Ka-Se Gliris in a body, and the following Clio Club members: Mrs. P. C. Weaver L. L. Woods, Mrs. C. Washington, all Mrs. M. Ida F. Bell, Miss Armeda Jarrett, Miss Williams, Mrs. E. C. Bunch, Mrs. Ida F. Bell, Miss Armeda Jarrett, Mrs. Dorsey, Mrs. Brown, Miss Stella Washington, Miss Coleman, Mrs. Carter, Stewart, Mr. M. Franklin, Dr. E. C. Bunch, Mrs. B. L. Fisher, Mrs. A. E Osborne of Los Angeles. Colle. Miss L. Patton, Miss Susie Pearl, Miss Anna Caro, Miss Hattie Shy, Mr. Hubbard Ramsey, Mr. Dorsey Brown, Mrs. Tilford Davis, jr., M. K., Mrs. J. Lewis Gambles, K. C. K. Meet me at Smith's after the show after church or after the dance, where we can sit and talk the matter over and enjoy eating one of those Thrilling Tangos. Eighteenth and Tracy is the place. Y. M. C. A. Notes If you have not seen the progress made on the new building you should visit it and get an inspiration. A great effort is now being made on the part of the workers to push the collections in order that we may be able to push the work to completion. Will you help them? Last Sunday afternoon a goodly number of men heard the lecture by Mr. H. J. Messley and were highly pleased. His "Appeal to Men" sounded the right note and was well received. Next Sunday afternoon the Assistant Secretary will tell of the work at the training school at Lake Geneva, Wis., and of the great enthusiasm of the men engaged in the study of Association work. At the rooms, 1830 Paseo at 3:30 p. m. T 24-HOUR SERVICE BOB ROBINSON Seven Passenger Car Special attention given to sightseeing parties. Residence Phones, Bell East 3852. Stand Phones, Home, Main 8647. Bell, East 1759. Stand, 18th and Vine Streets. Kansas City, Mo. Efficient, Practical Printers—Can do it Cheaper, Quicker and Better. TAKE YOUR MEALS AT THE DELMONICO CAFE And Have Both We have installed our elec- tizing room a place of pla- n remember the excellent se- t with your meals. Finest se- ents. H. Bell Phone, East 6 FOR died our electric fans which practical place of pleasure Remember where we excellent service. Best quality of foo . Finest selection of Bakery Goods is H. COMPTON, None, East 618. 1510 E. 180 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 613. 1510 E. 18th St. MISS NAN Vocal Cur S NANNIE C. BURR Teacher of Local Culture and Staging Woodland Studio 2116 Woodland Ave. U.B.F. ATTN SPECIAL STOCK R T. CORO See Us for Qu on R The Moses Dickson 1217 Woodland Ave., ATTENTION S SPECIAL PRICES ON NEW STOCK REGULATION S. M. CORONETS. Us for Quick Service and Low Price on Robes and Badges. S Dickson Regalia & Supplies and Ave., -:- KANSAS C --- U.B.F. ATTENTION S.M.T. SPECIAL PRICES ON NEW STOCK REGULATION S.M. T. CORONETS. See Us for Quick Service and Low Prices on Robes and Badges. The Moses Dickson Regalia & Supplies Company 1217 Woodland Ave., KANSAS CITY, MO Headquarters for Home Made Pies OFFICE PHONE BELL 3786 M. We Boast of Serving The Bar JAMES W 3rd Member of Board Import ICE CREAM Of Serving the Best Meals in the T the Baltimore Co JAMES W. HURSE, Propriet er of Board of Management V. B. F. @ S. M. Imported and Domestic Cigars CREAM, SODAS and SUNDA We Boast of Serving the Best Meals in the Twin Cities The Baltimore Cafe JAMES W. HURSE, Proprietor 3rd Member of Board of Management, U. B. F. @ S. M. T. of M Imported and Domestic Cigars ICE CREAM, SODAS and SUNDAES. 808 Independence Ave. A Splendid Opponent STOCK Kaw Valley (IN) BROWERS AND SHIPPERS SWEET POTATO M CABBAGE I References: Commercial Commercial d Opportunity For Inv A Splendid Opportunity For Investment! STOCK FOR SALE IN THE Valley Truck Farm (INCORPORATED.) D SHIPPERS OF EARLY GARDEN W POTATO PLANTS, TOMATO, PEPPER ABBAGE PLANTS, POTATOES AND WATERMELONS. Commercial National Bank, Independen Commercial National Bank, Kansas 6 Kaw Valley Truck Farm Co. (INCORPORATED.) GROWERS AND SHIPPERS OF EARLY GARDEN VEGETABLES, SWEET POTATO PLANTS, TOMATO, PEPPER AND CABBAGE PLANTS, POTATOES AND WATERMELONS. References: Commercial National Bank, Independence, Kansas. Commercial National Bank, Kansas City, Kansas. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS General Offices: 117 W Agents: J. P. MAYNAR REV. G. T. M WAGNE Choice Cigars S: 117 West Sixth Street—H. P. EW MAYNARD, 2330 Vine Street, Bell Ph V. G. T. MOSBY, 2404 Highland Avenue GNER'S BUR choice Wines, Lique gars and Tobacco General Offices: 117 West Sixth Street—H. P. EWING, Manager. Agents: J. P. MAYNARD, 2330 Vine Street, Bell Phone, East 2330. REV. G. T. MOSBY, 2404 Highland Avenue. WAGNER'S BUFFET Choice Wines, Liquors Cigars and Tobaccos Heim's Beer on Tap . We solicit your patronage 000 Indep. Ave. A. L. Wagner, Prop. Home Phone A. L. Wagner, Prop. Home 1000 Indep. Ave. A. L. Wagner, Prop. Home Phone 4959 M CONCERT FOR eric fans which practically make our secure Remember where the Elite go. price. Best quality of food and music section of Bakery Goods from our own COMPTON, 1510 E. 18th St. ORATORIO RECITAL NIE C. BURDEN teacher of ure and Staging ORATORIO Residence 2444 Highland Ave. ENTION S.M.T. PRICES ON NEW REGULATION S.M. DETS. k Service and Low Prices oes and Badges. Regalia & Supplies Company KANSAS CITY, MO the Best Meals in the Twin Cities timore Cafe HURSE, Proprietor Management U. B. F. @ S. M. T. of M. and Domestic Cigars SODAS and SUNDAES. Fortunity For Investment! FOR SALE IN THE Truck Farm Co. (CORPORATED.) S OF EARLY GARDEN VEGETABLES PLANTS, TOMATO, PEPPER AND PLANTS, POTATOES AND TERMELONS. National Bank, Independence, Kansas. National Bank, Kansas City, Kansas. Rev. J. R. Richardson, President, Rev. W. A. Bowren, Vice-President, Rev. D. B. Jackson, Treasurer. H. P. Ewing, Secretary and Manager, George McNeal, Assistant Secretary, J. C. Branch, Assistant Manager, Nick Chiles, Auditor. I. F. Bradley, Attorney. Sixth Street—H. P. EWING, Manager 2330 Vine Street, Bell Phone, East 2330 BY, 2404 Highland Avenue. R'S BUFFET Wines, Liquors And Tobaccos Wagner, Prop. Home Phone 4959 M FOR RECITAL Prof. A. R. Chinn spent Wednesday in the city on business. Nicely finished furnished rooms, modern, 1712 Troost avenue. Mr. Percy Robinson and wife of St. Joseph, are visiting his mother, Mrs. Nelle Bennett. FOR RENT—Two furnished rooms, modern except bath. Mrs. H. Bean, 1009 Euclid avenue. Mrs. Robert Huff of St. Louis is in the city visiting her sister and niece, Mrs. M. Reid and daughter. Miss Janet Long of the Kansas side, was the guest of Miss Cherry McGill Sunday evening. The members of the L. S. P. Ladies' Club announce their mid-summer party for a very near date. Mr. F. R. Reed, wife and daughter of Kansas City, Kas., left the city for Port Arthur, Tex., to visit friends. Every kind of tennis shoes may be bought at Page's Shoe Store, at 1507 East 18th street. H. G. Jones, Mgr. Mrs. H. O. Browne, 1714 "A," East 13th street, will leave Saturday, July 25, for a six weeks' visit to Chicago, Ill. Mr. E. B. Bennett, 818 East 10th street, was called to Troupe, Texas, on account of the serious illness of his mother. Mr. George Roper, wife and daughter, of Fallis, Okla., are visiting his sister, Mrs. Mae Woods, 2314 Woodland avenue. Mrs. G. D. Flynn, wife of the well known contractor of 1811 Euclid avenue, after a long illness is gradually improving. Mrs. E. Wilson and daughters, Augusta May, from Pittsburg, Kas., were the guests of her sister, Mrs. S. Harris, 1012 Highland avenue. Poro hair dressing, hair weaving and facial massaging. Scalp treatment a specialty. Mrs. E. Norles, 1737 Paseo, upstairs. Mrs. N. Clark Smith and Miss Anna Smith, her daughter, booth of Wichita, Kas., enroute to Chicago, spent Friday of last week here the guest of Mrs. W. J. Jones, 1317 Vine street. WANTED COLORED AGENTS at once. Ladies or gentlemen. Ready money. Call at 1312 Vine street Saturday evening after 7 p. m., or Monday at any hour. Ventilated Oxfords and light vici shoes for men. Sandals for women and children will give ease and comfort during there hot spells. Step in and look at our line of above goods. 1507 East 18th street. The famous Criterion Theatre that has been dark for several weeks, is to reopen Sunday week, under the management of Homer B. Roberts, who controlled it during the most successful period of its career. Watch for the big opening. Don't miss the Egyptian Booth at the Carnival. Rev. Lewis, the Clairvoyant Medium, will read your mind. Miss Carrie Logan will read your palm from the cradle to the grave. Mesdames Orando Knox, Matthilde Johnson and Miss Cherry McGill were the guests of Mrs. Eliza Shannon and daughter, Cordella, during the session of the Grand Court of Calanthe, E. W. H., in Lexington, Mo., last week. The Buckner Jubilee Singers, enroute to Des Moines, Ia., were the guests of Mrs. Caddle Wicher, last Monday evening. The singers were met at Oatle, Kas., by Mrs. Witcher and Miss Viola Kinney, and accompanied to the city. A most enjoyable evening was spent. We sincerely thank our patrons for their loyalty to our business. And, to show our thanks we have cut our prices away down on all white shoes and slippers. The season is young yet and you need white goods. 1507 East 18th street, G. A. Page, shoes. H. G. Jones, manager. Word comes to the Sun that Miss Joyce Dorsey of this city and a graduate of the Western University musical department, under direction of Prof. R. G. Jackson, appeared in a class recital in Minneapolis, Minn., on Wednesday, July 22. Miss Dorsey is now a student at Northwestern University and is progressing nicely in her studies. She entered Northwestern with full credit for work done at W. U. A surprise party was given last Wednesday evening on Miss Cora Ramey, at 1225 Michigan avenue. Those present were Mrs. Esther, Mrs. Carrie Houston, Miss Catherine Houston, Mrs. Ellen Carpenter, Messrs. C. H. Countee, J. Miller, Geo. Crosby. Music was furnished by Ford's quartette. Many beautiful presents were given the young lady, among them a quilt with one hundred seven stars, given by her mother, Mrs. Thomas Galanes. Mrs. Laura Lewis presented the gifts. Dainty refreshments were served, and all left saying they had spent a joyful evening. On Tuesday evening of last week Mr. and Mrs. Joe E. Herriford, Jr., were treated to a happy surprise party by a number of the younger society people. The affair was worked up in the usual manner and after the "surprise" the evening was spent in a most pleasant manner at the beautiful Herriford home. A large display of mimic wedding presents was a feature of the fun. Those present were: Misses Alberta Wells, Ethelene Wilson, Genevieve Wilson, Grace Middleton, Anabel Montgomery, Effie Peniston, Beatrice Sternes, Pauline Vaughn, Viola Robinson, Edna Herndon, Clara Holland, Sue Hutchings, Ann Crosthwait, Irvale French, Maude Glover; Messrs. Franklin Bradley, Marion Smith, Phillip Johnson, Will Godwin, Fred Green, James Oliver, Charles Black, Ernest Vaughn, Lucius Holly, Frank Vincent, J. H. Jenkins, Jr., Fred Banks Drs. Bruce and Grey. NO MIDDLE MAN'S PROFIT 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. Mrs. Mary E. Monroe, Most Excellent Grand Queen of Royal House of Missouri and Jurisdiction, S. M. T. s, met Hosanna Royal House No. 5. Monday night, July 20, and examined the books and found them correct. A large attendance greeted her and she was pleased to report H. R. H. in peace and harmony. Mrs. Monroe was royally entertained Tuesday evening, July 21, at the residence of the Most Excellent Queen, Mary E. Walker, of H. R. H. No. 5. Refreshments were served in abundance, and the officers and members of H. R. H. through the Most Excellent Scribe, Mrs. Maggie Hopson, presented the M. E. G. Q. with a cut glass comport, which was accepted with high elation, and with many thanks. She also expressed herself as being most highly entertained by Hosanna Royal House. The guests present were Mrs. M. E. Monroe, M. E. G. Q.; Mrs. Clara E. Adams, P. M. G. Q.; Mrs. Jennie Cotton, G. M. E. Scribe; Mrs. Annie E. Floyd, G. Pilot; Mrs. Jessie Parks, G. Trustee; Mrs. Missoula Ford, W. P.; Mrs. Malinda Robinson, W. P.; Mrs. Amanda Harper, W. P.; Mrs. Fannie F. West, Mrs. Bessie M. Weaver, Mrs. Lue Ella Bass, G. N. Gouverness of H. of R.; Mrs. Mattie Hobbs, Mrs. Lizzie Strong, Mrs. Anna Blanton, Mrs. Katie Morton, Second G. C.; Mrs. Missra Trent, Mrs. Maggie Hopson, M. E. S.; Messrs, Wm. Saunders, M. N. King; Edw. Hudson, P. M. N. G. King; J. R. Haworth, P. N. K., and Chas H. Blanton, P. N. K. The house was beautifully decorated with American flags, ferns and Japanese lanters, and the guests parted at a late hour declaring Mr. and Mrs. Walker royal host and hostess. CARD CF THANKS We wish to express our most sincere thanks to the many friends and neighbors for their beautiful flowers, and for the sympathy shown us during the illness and death of our husband, son, brother and nephew, Frank E. Wilson. Especially do we thank Mr. and Mrs. Goff, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. McDonald and Mesdames J. Adams, Browne, Waldron, Brooks and the ladies who rendered songs and instrumental selections. MRS. LENA L. WILSON, MR. CHARLEY WILSON, MR. PEARL WILSON, MISS MATTIE G. WILSON, MR. MATTIE S. BLY. VINE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH. The Sunday morning and evening services were well attended. Rev. Hillman preached in the morning, and Dr. T. H. Ewing in the evening. It was our rally day, and the church had been divided into two clubs: The Queen of Sheba, with Sister Samantha Walker as president, and the Canaanite Club with Brother James Graham as president. The Queen of Sheba outrun the Canaanites, and is therefore queen indeed....Our pastor was called to Leavenworth on account of the illness of his daughter, Miss Ethel Ewing....Revs. Carum and McDowell visited our church Monday night and spoke in the interest of Macon College. We enjoyed their talks very much, and hope they will come again....The annual sermon of the Woman's Mission Circle was preached Tuesday evening, July 21, by Rev. B. Hillman. He preached a very instructive sermon, which was enjoyed by all. It is to be hoped that the success of the Circle will be great in the future. Probable Duration of Sun. Adopting the well-known hypothesis of Helmholtz, which attributes the production of the heat emitted by the sun to its contraction, an idea can be formed of the sun's duration. If one gives to the sun a co-efficient of expansion intermediate between that of mercury and that of gas, one arrives at the conclusion that it has taken one million to three million years for the sun to contract to its present radius; in particular, it would have taken ten thousand years to contract from infinity to a radius twice its present radius. Finally, the sun will take 200,000,000 years to contract from its present radius to half that radius, and even then its temperature at the surface will be 3,000 degrees.—Scientific American. Build Island of Concrete. An artificial island of reinforced concrete has been built in the Mediterranean at Hyeres strait, near Toulou, the great French naval base, which is to be used solely for testing torpedoes. The island is not a large one, being less than 80 feet long by about 50 feet broad, and is built upon a reinforced concrete caisson which was towed out from Toulou and submerged. It is divided into compartments by walls 4 feet thick, in the largest of which, 10 feet below the sea level, the torpedoes are handled. Projecting from this compartment are three torpedo tubes, while above the surface of the water, 10 feet in the air, and two aerial-torpedo tubes. The operating mechanism, which uses electricity as a motive power, is all contained in the superstructure built over the caisson, and lighting and ventilating systems as well as wireless and searchlights are provided. An electric crane extending out from one side permits the torpedoes to be lifted from the water and returned to their stations after practice—Popular Mechanics. Missionaries Discover Waterfall. Missionaries Discover Waterfall. Father Colbachcini of the Salesian order, founded by Don Bosco, which has important mission stations among the Indians of Brazil, reports the discovery of a great waterfall on the Rio das Mortes, in the Matto Grosso, which he named after Plus X. The Rio das Mortes, which is between 150 and 200 meters wide and more than two meters deep in its higher course, narrows down gradually to about eight meters, and the immense volume of its waters dashes down through a mass of high rocks in a wonderful waterfall more than 500 meters long. Father Colbachcini had the name of Plus X cut in the rock near the waterfall and erected a large cross made from the branches of two trees on the brink of the water. He then explored the lower course of the river. The surface of the region crossed by Father Colbachcini and his party of Bororos is by strata of sandstone deeply eroded and indented by water, and the river basin was surrounded by ridges and ranges of hills.-New York Sun. New Paper Fabric The Boston News Bureau says that at the sugar mills of the Nipe Bay company in Cuba more bagasse or refuse is being developed from the cane than is needed for fuel and that the surplus is being made into paper. It says that this paper is of a "splendid grade," selling at high figures and good profit. This possibility has been discussed often and sugar cane is not the only product considered capable of such use. Over in the Philippines one of the difficulties of agriculture is the rapidity with which the cogon grass springs up and occupies the soil. Many experiments have been made with this fibrous substance in the way of papermaking and good prospects have been reported. If it proves available, we shall have a crop, self-sowed, which ripens in a few months, as against the spruce, which, if it revives at all, takes 20 years for renewal. The Bottle Tree The Sterculias is a genus largely represented in Queensland, and widely distributed. To it belongs the bottle tree of the west of Queensland. Blacks eat the seeds of one of the species of the coast, and in the Philippines those of apparently a closely allied species are considered wholesome when roasted or boiled, though eaten in large quantities. The tree belongs to a good family, being related to the Theobroma (food of the gods), which supplies the world with cocoa and chocolate. When the fruit splits open it is a brilliant scarlet with orange-tinted interior; along the parted edges are the seeds, oval and black, covered with a rich purple bloom. The fruit, being tough and leathery, it remains on the tree a long time, forming a most effective display in the gloom of the jungle. Boiling Down a. Profession. Bolting Down a Profession. A young fellow living in one of Indiana's small towns was graduated from the high school and looked about for some easy, yet lucrative profession. He finally decided to study medicine, and settled down in the office of the town's most popular doctor for a summer's reading. As he read he watched this busy man's hours of work. One day in the late summer the doctor came in out of a drenching rain, tired out, and a trifle cross. Glancing at the immaculate young fellow, whose heels were reposing on the office desk, he asked brusquely: "Still think you want to be a doctor?" "Ye—es," he called the guld answer, "but I've decided to practise only on fair days, and not go out of nights." Preservative of Youth. None of the nature studies requires much money or time. A cheap illustrated guidebook, an opera glass, and, if possible, some walks and talks with an expert, and you will learn almost immediately to identify a score or more of flowers, or birds, or constellations, or mushrooms, and you will have found a hobby on which you may ride away from Death. Try it, young men, less you grow old. Try it, old men, before you grow tired. Escape into the open from these narrow indoor days and learn the way to where the wild folk dwell. In their land you will find the help of the hills, and wide hope as the world, and strength, and youth, and happiness. Try it—Samuel Scoville, Jr., in Lippincott's Magazine. THE LEAGUE ENTERPRISE. Many, no doubt, have not considered just what this Enterprise means to the Colored people of Kansas City. First, it means that the best appointed shoe shining parlor in Kansas City is at their disposal and particular service. Here is a long felt want fulfilled and realized. How often have we heard some woman exclaim: "Oh, there is no place for a Colored lady to get her shoes shined without going into a barber shop." This is no longer true. Our well equipped shining parlor is sufficient for all needs and we make a special effort to serve the ladies in this line. We call for and deliver your shoes, when so desired and we extend an invitation to all to attend our parlor where we give the best service and the most generous accommodation in town. Remember a shine in our parlor is always five cents, morning, noon and night. We do not raise the price on Sunday afternoons or holidays. It is always the same in price and the same good quality of workmanship. We have everything necessary to render First Class Service. Expert workmen—shoes scientifically cleaned, such as black suede, white suede, and any type or color, shoe laces furnished, buttons put on, buckles and laces worn, buttons put on, the lowest price. Always polite and glad to get your patronage—cater to accommodate you in any manner. A Free Bell Phone for Your Own Use. Ice water to refresh you&Music to entertain you. We predict for ourselves the best advertised, the best patronized and the best managed Negro business in the city. Clean cut, no graff. Everything business like. Located in the heart of the Negro business district. We are at your service all the time, night and day. Our second line furnishes you with all of the noted Negro newspapers such as the New York Age, Amsterdam News, Chicago Defender, Indianapolis Freeman, Dallas Express, Richmond Planet, Topeka Plaindealer, and the famous Crisis Magazine, with others. Our line of books by Negro authors will be of a large selection. Watch our windows for different displays. The place is located at 1521 East 18th Street. Roy Farley, head workman; Charles A Starkes, proprietor. OFFICIAL CALL To the Members of the Western Negro Press Association: I hereby call the Association to meet in its 16th annual session in the city of Muskogee, Okla. August 18-19, 1914. All newspaper men and women are urged to be present. A. J. SMITHERMAN, Pres. Attest: Tulsa, Okla. J. D. COOK, Secretary, Milwaukee, Wis. There is a reason why the larger per cent of Cabinet Stationary used in the printing industry came from the Arthur W. Harris Printing Establishment. First their work was machined and built by any of the larger and best equipped, printing, establishments in the country, with speciality of this class of work. Second, while their prices are not always the lowest, they are always the most expensive" with accuracy and despatched to over 90 per cent of the class of stationary used in the past year and now when a function of class is announced its a ten-to-one shot that Harris will handle the job. Call Chas.Monroe For Carriage or Automobile Funerals and Parties a Specialty Rates Reasonable 2102 Woodland Ave. Bell Phone 5194 East Bell Phone 2523 East Kansas City, Mo. WORDS OF APPRECIATION. More Mothers 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 mall 3 bottles of shampoo, 3 boxes of hair grower and 2 boxes of pressing oil. I like the remedy just fine; I would not be without it for anything. I am using it on my little girl's hair; it seems to be helping it greatly. Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 20, 1913. Dear Madam Dabney: I am a moth er 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, barsh 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. THE UNREST IN OUR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SYSTEM. (By Dennis S. Thompson.) In these days of unprecedented hustle and bustle, one reads and hears much about the great unrest and struggle for places of honor in the economic and social affairs of our lives. From every avenue of human endeavor comes the cry of dissatisfaction; in one instance it is the religious leader who is not measuring up to the standard the people have expected him to set, while on the other hand, it may be that the leading educator of the community has not conducted his affairs in such a manner as to receive the full glory of the people. The newspaper editor is unpopular because he cannot publish every insignificant happening, and the reporter or correspondent has hard things said about him because he is unable to take notice of every trifle that comes up in the community. It happens nowadays that every fellow has some faults, and many of them argue that things were not so away back in the good old days. I am of the opinion that the people have always had faults, but the difference now is that there are so many more people that it is easier to notice these little shortcomings that distress so many of us. We are very religious, but we soon come to have a dislike for the pastor of our church if he points out the right way of living. Some desire their children to be properly educated but if the school's principal corrects them as to how best get through life, they say it is a poor school, and are ready to make a complaint to the board of education. And so it happens all along the line. They say we must change or the church will die, or the school will go to pieces; we must have a new breather and another principal; we must keep the people together. This keeping of the people together is just the thing that is hurting us now, from the fact that too many are together on the wrong idea. It is to the advantage of any people, however, to come together on the right thing, in that it strengthens and makes them appear more representative. It would be better for each one to bear in mind how necessary it is for us to do our duty before condemning the other fellow. If we would give our churches the proper support, moral and financial, we could probably see the pastor in a different light, as in the same manner our schools. If we could read more Negro newspapers, pay for them, and encourage them, we could have good newspapers, instead of always abusing their quality. The same holds good in all lines of business; we must help to establish a substantial business among our own folk; and if we are not able to give financial aid all the time, let us not find fault but always speak a good word. There are many persons who are not willing to help the race in any way, a class of self-appointed leaders in every movement that takes form in the community but finds fault and causes unrest among others, and in many instances bears a good name among the people. The great majority of the people will be more than likely to follow the person with a good name, but when one stops to consider the matter, they will find there is a vast difference between a good name and character. It would seem, then, that we should prefer being influenced by people of good character, rather than by those with the good name. Character is one of the greatest motive powers in the world. In its noblest embodiments, it exemplifies human nature in its highest forms, for it exhibits man at his best. Although genius always commands admiration, character most secures respect. The former is more the product of brain power, the latter of heart power, and in the long run it is the heart that rules in life. Men of genius stand to society in its relation of its intellect as men of character of its conscience, and while the former are admired, the latter are followed. Commonplace though it may appear, this doing of one's duty embodies the highest ideal of life and character. There may be nothing heroic about it, but the common lot of men is not heroic. And though the abiding sense of duty upholds man in his highest attitudes, it also equally sustains him in the transaction of the ordinary affairs of every-day existence. Man's life is "centered in the sphere of common duties." The most influential of all the virtues are those which are most in request for daily use. They wear the best, and last the longest. Character, then, is the noblest of possessions. It is an estate in the general good will and respect of men; they who invest in it—though they may not become rich in this world's good—will find their reward in esteem and reputation fairly and honorably won. It is apparently expedient, then, that in life good qualities should be foremost. If we are to continue to rise in life we must combine those principles that are going to contribute to our better interests. We must exclude from our social and our business life as well, the little tangles which are the outcome of struggles for superlity and empty honors, which are of na avail to anyone, but only tend to aggravate and create a spirit of unrest in the affairs of society. The one thing most to be sought after is simply honesty of purpose, which in a person goes a long way in life, if founded on a just estimate, and a steady obedience to the rule, which one knows and feels to be right. Miss 'Lillie Page, advertiser and agent for Mrs. Simpson's Vegetable Salve and Hair Tonic, will give treatments at 1730 Michigan avenue. Simpson's Hair Tonic .50c Salve .50c Treatments $1.00 Kansas City Agency, 1730 Michigan avenue, Kansas City, Mo. CHEAP JOHN'S PLACE New and Second Hand Goods Bought, Sold and Exchanged Bell Phone East 8851W 2122 Vine Street WM. HOPKINS, Prop Ladies' Tailoring Dressmaking AND Drafting... Fancy Gowns a Specialty I am prepared to offer the public the best dressmaking, tailoring, drafting and fitting. Will also teach Drafting. Bell Phone East 4139 W Mrs. Lillie Williams 2914 Wood'and Avenue KANSAS CITY, MISCURI E. EUGENE VAUGHAN. MEMBER K, C. BUSINESS LEAGUE ANNOUNCEMENT. I have plenty of capital to build houses. Telephone me to-day. Event until you will. Estimates cheerfully given. Is a step you'll ne'er regret. GOING! First class 7 per cent mortgages for sale. 25 ft. $500. $50.00 down rooms, 25 ft.... $50.00. $50.00 down EUGENE EDWARD VUAGHAN, Twenty-sixth and Parkway, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. Bell phone, West 1757. A NEW ENTERPRISE WATCH IT GROW. WHO IS PROMOTING IT? ANSWER: Watch the Columns of The Sun for Particulars. 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 studies 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. Subscribe for the SUN Bell Phone East 999 1803 East 18th Street Every Negro Periodical, Negro Pictures, Negro Books: Novelties Stationery A FIRST-CLASS Shoe Shining Parlor 5c. Every Day in the Year 1521 East 18th Street. CHAS. A, STARKS, Prop. The Kansas City Sun can be found on sale at the following prominent places: Palace Barber Shop, 19th and Vine streets; Shumacher's News Stand, 18th and Highland; Unthanks' Drug Store, Independence and Harrison; Tucker's News Stand, 12th and Vine. Rooms For Rent Furnished Rooms for rent. Hot and cold water; telephone. Melissa E. French, 1315 Michigan. FOR COLORED. N. W. Cor. 4th and Forest—Several houses, 2 stories, 7 rooms each, all in fine order; your choice, $14 to $16; or apartment, only $10. Remember that this location is opposite and very convenient to Garrison School, also field house and free baths. ROOMS FOR RENT Furnished and unfurnished rooms in the rear of 21st and Harrison Street Flats, for light housekeeping if desired. All modern conveniences. Only $1.50 and $1.75 per week. Also rooms in flats. See Kinsler, 918 E. 21st St. Phones, Bell, Grand 2303-R; Home, 6516 Main. FOR RENT—Furnished rooms partly modern. Mrs. Eliza Jessee, 923 Campbell St. FOR RENT—Nicely furnished rooms; strictly modern. Call 1802 E. 16th St. Bell Phone, East 4788. Mrs. C. L. Jackson. FOR RENT—Modern furnished room. Bell phone, East 4721-W, 910 Garfield avenue. Wm. Fisher, Prop. FOR RENT—Nicely furnished front room, modern. Mrs. Tolliver, 1419 Lydia. FOR RENT -Furnished room; gentleman only; strictly modern; private family. Bell phone, East 1270. 2840 Highland avenue. Our Motto "Nothing but The Best" The Crosthwait Floral Company Everything in Flowers and Flower Designs "WE DELIVER THE GOODS" The People's say we have made some of the most beautiful and original de- signs in flowers ever seen in Kansas City. Our Specialty— "Quick Delivery--Satisfactory Service" Bell Phone East 3813 1611 E. 18th St., Kansas City, Mo. A NEW ENTERPRISE Carl Spencer,s Ice Cream Parlor Pay Him a Call and Try Franklin's Ice Cream—Fresh Every Day. Soda Fountain, Candles, Sundaes of all Flavors, Strawberry and Vanilla Ice Cream. LEMONADE MILKSHAKE All Soft Drinks. ON TWELFTH AT HIGHLAND CARL SPENCER, Proprietor. [Picture of a man in a suit with a mustache]. PROG. GEO. W. STEVENS. Dr. G. W. Stevens, the well known and famous spiritualist, can be consulted at his residence, 618 State St., Kansas City, Kan., any day from 8 a. m. to 9 p. m. Human Documents of Married Life By Virginia T. Van de Water Intimate and Human, Intensely Alive, Each Story Presenting a Problem Which Might Occur to Any One of Us at Any Time WHY I LEFT MY HUSBAND NOT long ago a woman was talking to me of an acquaintance of mine whose husband was misery, ill tempered, ill bred, yet whose wife was uniformly patient with him. "She can stand it all," remarked my friend, "because her husband has always been faithful to her. He has never talked love to, or looked love at, another woman." The remark set me to thinking. Are there women who can forgive all that a man may do so long as he remains faithful to the letter of his marriage vows? The sin of infidelity the only one that the average woman cannot condone? Perhaps that is true, but, if so, I am not like other women. For my husband was faithful to me, as the world counts fidelity. He certainly never made love to any other woman, nor did he care particularly for the society of the oppo site sex. One of the wearing things about a sorrow or a mistake is that one goes over it in her mind, again and again, always with the same wondering thought, "Suppose I had done this or that, might not the result have been different?" Who that has suffered does not know the torture of such futile conjecture? So I, in reviewing my marriage, find myself wondering if, as a girl, I had been trained differently, I might not have been a more judicious wife and made a better husband of the man I married. But my parents were affectionate old-fashioned people whose one law of life was that of love. "Bear and for bear," I was told, was the rule for a happy marriage. To efface one's self if need be, for the sake of the dear one was right. The plan worked well with my parents and in their home. We were a singularly happy and devoted family. So when I married the man I loved I determined to smooth his pathway through life, and to sacrifice my own wishes when they conflicted with his. This gave him happiness for a few years, and made him selfish. I had not learned that a wife is, to a certain extent, responsible for the character of the man she marries as well as for the characters of the children she bears. The old adage, "Marriage makes or mars a man," is sadly true, and the pitiful part of it is that in trying to make a man comfortable a wife often mars him. For the first five years of our wedded life we were tolerably happy. My husband's income was sufficient for our wants. We lived in a pretty cottage in a suburban town, and my babies and home kept me confined so closely that I had no time for outside interests or ambitions. My father had given me a musical education, and before my marriage I was known as a rather remarkable pianist. As a wife and mother I kept up my practicing. That I did this in spite of motherhood cares and housekeeping responsibilities was, perhaps, evidence that I was one of the musicians who really love their art. Money matters cause more marital unhappiness than all the conjugal infidelities which are supposed to fill divorce courts. At first the one point of painful feeling between my husband and myself was the financial situation. I do not mean that my husband was stingy. During the early years of our wedded life he was willing to have me order such clothes as I needed and send the bills to him. He was safe in doing this, for I was not extravagant. Alfred paid the wages of our one servant, settled the housekeeping accounts, wrote out a check for the tailor who made me one handsome street costume each year, but he did not give me money. When we had been married some months I spoke of this to him. He laughed lightly. "Why, dear girl," he said, "don't I give you all that you want? You know I am willing to get you any little things that you ask for. I can't see what use you have for money beyond car fare and postage stamps." I flushed uncomfortably. I could not explain to him that I disliked having to ask my husband for every cent I spent. But I tried to explain. "Well, it is embarrassing not to have a penny. Suppose I want to take a ride on the street car, or suppose a friend asks me to go walking and proposes that we take a cab home—it is uncomfortable not to have a cent in one's pocket." "Ab-h," he said slowly, "you want your friends to think that you have money of your own? I understand. Hereafter I will hand you a couple of dollars when you want it for car fare and similar trifles. As I have an account at the stable, have the cab charged to me if you need one. Let me know when you require money for stamps and cars—and take this now!" He laid a two dollar bill on the table and went off to the station to catch the train that would carry him to his office in town. This was the first time that I had ever been out of temper with my husband. At another time my husband was Failible Judgment of Rich Men. Wealthy men are credited with so seen a perception that average mortals believe them infallible in matter of investments. No human is infallible; the appraisals of property of those wealthy men whose deaths occurred in recent years have shown every one to have made indulgent investments. E. H. Harriman's account was littered with "cate and dogs." So even was that of Russell Sage. Schedules of the property owned by the late Darlin Ogden Mills, published recently, show thou planning to be away for several days, and I told him, stammeringly, that I had no money in the house "if anything should happen." He gave his smile of amused and slightly wearied patience, and drew forth a roll of greenbacks. Drawing out three one-dollar bills, he gave them to me with the remark: "Here, take these to use as you please in case 'anything should happen,' as you say. Remember I gave them to you, however." His speech left me with an uncomfortable feeling when he told me good-by and went to town. As he was not to be back for three days, he had suggested that I ask an old school-mate of mine to make me a little visit during his absence. She arrived that noon. In the afternoon she and I went for a stroll down the one business street of our little town. Our only drug store was an agency for a popular candy firm. My friend called my attention to this fact, adding: "Let's get some caramels—I'm candy-hungry!" She tried to pay for the pound of sweetmeats, but as she was my guest my ideas of hospitality interfered with my allowing her to do so. I laid one of the dollar bills my husband had given me on the cashier's desk. What would Alfred think? I wondered with a little thrill of apprehension. I was soon to know. When I reached home I found a telegram from Alfred saying he had received a letter at his office which made his trip unnecessary, and that he would be home to dinner. We were in our own room that night before he spoke of the money. "By the way," he said suddenly, "I will need some change tomorrow morning, and have only large bills with me. Let me have those three ones I gave you this morning, will you? I will give them back to you before I go on my next trip," he added teasingly. And then I had to admit that I had used sixty cents. He asked for what I had needed it, and I felt like a naughty child when I murmured guilty, "Caramels." The humor of the situation did not strike me then. Even now I cannot smile at it, for I remember his contemptuous laugh. "You said you wanted to have money on hand 'if anything happened,'" he remarked. "And candy was what happened. I fancy that is the silly kind of thing that would often occur if you had the handling of the family purse." When the elder of our two boys was five years of age, the firm employing my husband failed. He had little trouble in getting another position, for he had engaging manners and personal magnetism, and was popular with his business acquaintances. But the new position made our moving into the city a necessity. My husband did not like the idea of an apartment, so we decided to take a house, although our income really did not warrant it. I opened my eyes in horror as I heard what, the 'rent would be, but Alfred, always sanguine when prompted by desire, assured me that I had no need to worry, as that was his business, not mine. "If I can stand it I guess you can," he said shortly, and I was silenced. But I soon learned that he could not meet all the expenses incidental to a city residence. He became morose, unhappy, and, at last, when I begged him to confide in me, he burst forth with: "Our family costs too much! Somehow other men can get on with a salary like mine. But we can't! I suppose you feel now that you're in town you must make a splurge, for your bills are half as much again as they used to be. "You have ordered new carpets, new hangings, and new curtains, while in the country you were satisfied with those you had." I saw he was in one of his unreasonable moods, but I tried to explain. "My dear Alfred," I pleaded. "I told you that it would cost a great deal to furnish a city house, and I wanted to make the things we had out in the country go as far as they would, but you insisted that I get the carpets, rugs, and hangings of which you speak. Yet I did not get as handsome articles as you suggested." "Oh, that's it!" he exclaimed. "Say, I told you so!'" the fact remains that I advised you to get what was necessary, and, of course, to buy good things, thinking that you would have sense and judgment enough to go slowly and easily. The result is but another proof that you have no idea of the value of money. It serves me right for thinking that you had!" Yet, the next week, he proposed that we engage a second maid. I showed him how much this would increase our expenses, but he said he knew where the money was coming from, and insisted that I hire a girl who should be waitress and chambermaid. The maid-of-all-work thus became cook and laudress. Oh, that first winter in town! How hard it was! Burdened with the sense of loneliness in a great city, with the knowledge that we were liv- sands of shares of worthless stuff. Of one concern alone, the Holy Terror Mining company, there were 20,000 shares. The estate had 2,000 shares of Rock Island common, which were bought at a much higher price than that of $3\frac{1}{2}$, now quoted on the stock exchange. The Empress Haruko, who died a short time ago, is said to have done much to make possible the many reforms credited to her husband, the ing right up to our income and not saving a cent, that my boys missed the country air and the freedom to run out of doors and play as they used to on our quiet suburban streets. I would lie awake far into the small hours, listening to the wind moan about the house, and longing for the little cottage thirty miles away. True to my theory of unselfishness, I told my husband nothing of all this, but I tried to make him love his new home. When bills were large he would regret that I "could not be content in the country," forgetting that I wanted to remain there, and that he and insisted on our coming away. But, little by little, the city life attracted him, and at last he joined a fashionable club, after which he complained less of the "barren town life." He told me little of his business affairs until one day when he came to me and asked me if I would go to a notary public with him, as he wanted to have me sign my name with his so that he could get some ready money. "But I don't understand," I said, "what my signature has to do with it!" Then, in a sudden impulse of confidence, he told me that he had not the money for the rent, and wanted to borrow something on his life insurance, and, as he was insured for my benefit, my signature was necessary. It was at this juncture I determined I must do something to increase the family income, so, without mentioning my plan to my husband, I went to a professor of music with whom I had been acquainted for years and asked him if he would tell me how to get a few pupils. He knew of my musical ability and recommended me to several wealthy persons who had children to be taught, and who were able to pay the prices which he told me to ask. When, after some months, I had made two hundred dollars by this work, I confessed my secret to my husband, just when he was again in financial difficulty. I had hoped the fact that I could hand him some money would lift a load from his mind. To my astonishment, he became furiously angry. "To think that you, my wife, should demean me by earning money!" he explained. "It is a part and parcel of the whole thing nowadays! You are not satisfied to live simply, to economize and help your husband as the dear, old-fashioned women used to, but you must get out into the world and hustle, just as men do!" There was much more said. I apologized and told him I only meant to help him. At first he would not forgive me. Then, suddenly, his whim changed, as unexpectedly and quickly as a weather-vane will veer about in a southernly gale. "Poor girl!" he said, putting his arm about me. "What else could I expect?—I, a man who cannot supply his wife with the luxuries most women have! What a failure I am! No wonder that, seeing other women with handsome homes and more pleasures than you have, you should use your talent to get these things!" I hastened to reiterate my statement that my desire was to be of assistance to him, and, to prove it, I pressed upon him the money I had earned. He protested at first, then took it to please me and "just as a loan." He never offered to return it, and I never asked for it. And here I acknowledge that I made the greatest of blunders. This is one of the things over which I ponder and say, "If I had acted otherwise." But such speculation is useless. I appreciate that what I then called my unselfish duty was a sinful error. I should have allowed Alfred to be independent of me, since he claimed to be. I might have been hannier. For by this time I appreciated that I was not happy. I had my children, my two bonny boys, and it was for their sakes that I had tried to make myself believe that their father was all that I wished him to be. Yet his attitude toward them was one of the things that widened the breach between us. He loved his boys in a certain way, especially when I paid little attention to them. But he was jealous of my devotion to them, and, when angry, was very severe with them. I have a theory that parents should seem to agree in the management of their children, so when Alfred was unjust to the boys I said nothing at the time, but afterward my sense of justice would lead me to explain the circumstances. Such explanations irritated my husband. I remember one afternoon when he came home and found lying on the table in his room his favorite meerschaum with the mouth-piece broken. David, our elder son, then a lad of ten, chanced to be passing the door His father called to him. I knew from his voice that he was angry, and I hastened to the scene. He had the child by the arm and was asking: "Who laid that nine there?" "I did, father," replied the boy. "I picked it up from the floor where—" He got no further, for his father struck him across the face. "Of course you picked it up from the floor after dropping it there!" "But, father, I did not drop—" "No lies, sir! See here," turning to late Emperor Mutsuhite. She advanced in step with her husband, realizing that one must either advance or go backward, as there is no standing still in an age of progress. Since her time Japanese women have taken a larger part in the affairs of the life of that country. Speech of Little Value. Nine-tenths of the things that have been said might as well have been left unsaid for all the benefit they are to humanity. 20 "TO THINK THAT YOU,MY WIFE,SHOULD DEMEAN ME BY EARNING MONEY!" me, "what this puppy has done! Little cur! Little hari!" I interposed gently, "My dear, perhaps he did not break the pipe. Did you, son?" I asked of the frightened boy. "No, mother, I only picked it up when I saw it lying on the floor." His father gave a derisive laugh. "And I suppose it fell down of itself from the pipe-rack and broke itself," he sneered. "But, father—" "Go to your room!" ordered my husband, and, as the lad turned to obey, he caught hold of his arm and shock him roughly. I kept silence until the door of the boy's room shut behind him, then I said: "Alfred, you are behaving foolish. How do you know David broke the pipe?" But he was past reasoning with, and answered me with a flow of sarcasm that was so pitifully weak and silly that, as I listened to him, to his railings and childish fury, I found all respect for him dying within me. When he paused for breath I went to my own room. Later I descended to the kitchen and interviewed the mals, asking them if they knew who had touched my husband's pipes that day. The chamber-maid remembered that she had knocked one out of the rack when dusting. "Do not forget to tell the boys' father of it," I said, "for he thinks one of them did it." I was in the dining-room when the maid made her confession. She was sorry, she said, but it was an accident. My husband remarked that he was sorry, too, as the pipe was a valuable one, but that he knew "accidents would happen." He never apologized to his son, nor referred again to the matter. Yet what could I do or say when my boys would come to me after such a scene and express their indignation? It taxed all my ingenuity to seem to explain their father's attitude. I pleaded that he had business troubles, that he was not well, that he was nervous, that he loved them truly, and that they must not mind his little irritable ways. I knew that I was not honest with them. But he was their father, with whom they must live, with whom I must live. When the younger boy was fifteen, my mother died. To me, her only child, she left enough money to buy the house in which we dwelt, and to "TO THINK THAT YOU, MY W BY EARNING MONEY!" lay aside something toward my boys' education. I did not tell my husband what the small amount was, only that it was not much. I was sure that if he knew the real sum he would some day come to me with a complaint of the cost of living, and that I would weakly help him out by letting him use my money. In justice to my boys I had no right to do this. When my mother died, my father came to live with us. That was my mother's wish, and my husband agreed willingly to this plan, for I was in great sorrow. At such times he was always considerate. I had thought the situation trying before my father came to live with us. After that it was well-nigh intolerable. My father's health was not strong, and I had to watch his diet carefully, and see that he did not overexert himself. There never was a more sweet-natured man than he, nor a more loving parent. He must have seen the difficulties in my path, for he tried, in little unobtrusive ways, to make things easy for me. All these small acts of thoughtfulness Alfred would resent, for he was jealous of my love for anyone but himself. I remember his anger when father made me a present of an easy chair, upholstered in a color which my husband did not like. When he came home that night I called him into the library to see father's gift to me. Fortunately the donor had gone up-stairs to get ready for dinner and did not witness my husband's dark looks as he surveyed the piece of furniture. "So you like that, do you?" he sneered. "Well, I presume, as the im- The Chester County (Pa.) Historical society is planning to place a marker upon the old homestead of Gen. Anthony Wayne of Paoll, and hold commemorative exercises there some time in early fall. The Chester County society will seek the aid of the Pennsylvania state historical commission, recently appointed, to suitably mark many places of historic interest in Chester county, and the state commission will be asked to take care of the old Friends' mortal Abe said, "if people like that kind of thing that is the kind of thing they like." "But, Alfred," I faltered, "it is very handsome." "Perhaps you think so. For my part I think it is hideous, and an unnecessary addition to the house." "But father meant to please us," I reminded him. "To please you, perhaps," he replied. "I beg you to remember that any addition to this house is not a present to me, nor is it made for my benefit. The house is yours, you know—yours, by the right of purchase with your mother's money, and I have no claims here. You are careful to remind me of that by buying things without consulting me, and your father aids and abets you in it by sending home furniture which I do not like, and which I shall never use." During all these years Alfred's income increased steadily, but we had no more money to spare than when he drew a smaller salary. Our expenses kept pace cruelly with our resources. One of the hardest things I had to bear during the last winter of my father's life was my husband's resentment of my care of him. The disease that was killing the elderly man made him weaker each month, but to the last he kept up and about and dreaded to give trouble. He insisted upon paying higher board to me, as he said that he knew the delicacies he must have to suit his weak digestion were an added expense. He had a nurse come in and attend to him each night and morning to relieve me of care. Yet my husband would fly into a temper whenever I spent ten minutes with the sick man while he was at home. One evening my husband and I were going to dinner at the house of Alfred's employer. I dressed rather early, as did Alfred, and being entirely ready, I went into my father's room to tell him good night. As I came out of his door my husband stood at the head of the stairs awaiting me. He asked me stiffly, to come down to the library I went with him, silently, for I knew there was a storm brewing. Closing the door behind me, he said: "May I inquire if you intend to make a slave of yourself to your father's whims for the next ten years? He may live as long as that, you know." "He cannot live very long, Alfred." VIFE, SHOULD DEMEAN ME I said, "I hardly think you appreciate how serious his condition is." "Well, you appreciate it enough for two," he said, with the curl of the lip that always exasperated me. "Where do I come in this deal?" The scales fell from my eyes, and I saw how, through years of folly, I had fostered this man's selfishness. I had time to wash my face in cold water to steady my nerves a little before the cab in which we were to go to dinner was announced. During the drive to our destination not a word was said by either my husband or myself. Yet I was hardly prepared for the toast which my husband offered when, toward the close of the dinner, our host laughingly challenged each man to drink to that which he loved best. Alfred sprang to his feet, holding his glass of champagne high above his head. The candles lighted up his handsome, beaming face, his fine eyes, the gleam of his teeth as his brilliant smile flashed forth. "Gentlemen!" he exclaimed, "stand up, every one of you! For I drink to the dearest thing in life or death to me--my peerless, beautiful wife!" When the toast had been drunk amid loud applause, my hostess leaned toward me, tears in her honest eyes. 'Oh, my dear!" she said, "It is worth while to have lived to win such a love as that!" Three months after the scene I have described, my father died. I could not weep as I stood by his open grave, but Alfred, burying his face in his hands, shook with sobs. "The officiating clergyman told me afterward It is proposed to erect a tablet near that old Goshen meeting house, near which there came near being a battle between the American army and the British troops in the fall of 1777. There came a heavy rainstorm as the fire began, and the forces withdrew from the neighborhood. Turtles Far From Home. Drifting slowly with the equatorial current, a huge tree covered with bar- that my husband "felt as if he had lost an own father." Six months later my elder son married the girl of his choice. He had accepted a position in Colorado, and, after the wedding, the young couple went west to their new home. The house was sadly quiet during the long winter after my son's departure. His brother was now through college and doing night work on a newspaper. He had but one evening off a week, and insisted on devoting that to me, although I begged him to make calls or seek young society. But he had always been a "mother's boy" and was, he said, happier with me. My husband spent most of his evenings at his club, coming in late. He had bought himself a handsome saddle horse, and after office hours would take long rides with his friends. Sometimes he would dine with these friends before returning home. I always ordered dinner for the usual hour, on the chance of his coming in, but half of the time I sat down to the table alone. The loneliness and strain began to tell on me. I was thin and nervous and so far from well that my son insisted I must have some recreation. His "evening off" was Saturday, and, one week, as a surprise to me, he got the theater tickets for that evening and appeared at the door of my room about five o'clock in the afternoon to tell me to dress to go out to dinner with him and to the play afterward. He kissed me as I exclaimed with pleasure. "It is so long since I have had any little fun like this!" I said. "Well, you shall have it any time I can give it to you, mother mine. I wish I could be with you all the time." Then I remembered my husband. "But suppose your father comes home to dinner?" I said hesitatingly. "I can't help it if he does, mother. I have kept count, and out of seven evenings he has been at home to dinner just three times, and you have, for the other four nights, dined alone, and spent the entire evening by yourself. This kind of thing has got to stop. If he does not consider your convenience, you need not consider his." I laid my hand on his lips. "Don't talk like that, dear!" I begged. "Your father has always done as he pleased, and I have encouraged him in it. He is master in his house and has a right to go and come as he chooses. I do not want to be selfish." "And I want you to be just this once. I do not believe that father will come home, anyway. And if he does, he should be glad that you are out having a good time." "I will leave a little note of explanation for him." I said. We had a lovely time, Donald and I. It made me feel almost young again to sit opposite the good-looking boy at dinner, to hear the music of the orchestra, and to have to make no effort to please anybody. My boy always understood me, and if I talked he was pleased; if I was silent, he did not mind. The play was "Peter Pan," and I was as much charmed by it as were the children in the audience. We chatted happily of the events of the evening all the way home. As we reached the front door I saw a light in the library windows and knew that my husband was waiting up for me. A glance at his face showed me that he was angry. I tried to ignore his manner and to tell him cheerfully what a pleasant time we had had. "Who paid for this nonsense?" he asked sharply. "It was Donald's treat," I said, before my son could reply. And I tried to smile. "A fool and his money are soon parted!" remarked my husband. "It's a pity, sir, that instead of throwing away your cash you don't try to lift some of the load from the shoulders of the father to whom you have been an expense all these years." I tried to check my son's reply, but he was no longer a child, but a man, and answered hotly: "I was not aware, father, that you were burdened by my support. I have watched this menage for many years, and, so far, I cannot see that Dave and I have been an expense to any-one except mother." "And who do you suppose supports her?" roared my husband furiously. "I will if she will let me!" was the unexpected reloinder. But why recall all the painful scene that followed? Until my husband and my son faced each other in anger that night I had never known actual terror. I feard that Alfred would strike Donald, and, knowing how ungovernable my husband's rage was, I trembled for the result if he did. The climax was reached when the father ordered the son to "leave the house tomorrow morning and never set foot in it again." In the silence of my room in the early morning hours I determined to leave my husband. I would sell my house and take an apartment where Donald and I could have a quiet little home together. By the terms of my father's will I had enough to live on economically for the rest of my days. I would be a burden to nobody. I knew that my husband's income was sufficient to support him in luxury. He did not need me; my son did. I no longer loved my husband. I could not stand life with him another day. Alfred and I had been married for twenty-seven years. When I left him my uncle asked me it, after enduring the condition of affairs for over a quarter of a century, I could not have borne it to the end of my life. I asked him whether, if a life sentence had been pronounced upon him, he would have refused, after twenty-seven years, to have the sentence commuted. (Copyright, by Moffat, Yard & Co.) nacles and in possession of three turtles was sighted off the Pacific coast recently by the captain of a San Francisco steamer. The tree was 40 feet long and had been floating so long that its limbs appeared to be perfectly pitted. A truth has never yet been protested at the Bank of Good Citizenship; while a lie, which is only a counterfeit of the truth, will some day return to the maker dishonored. HOME TOWN HELPS CITIES NOW MORE HEALTHY No Longer Eat Up Men as a Furnace Eats Coal—How Health Is Guarded. Mortality statistics are showing that the great cities of the world no longer eat up men as a furnace eats coal, and that they are outgrowing their dependence on rural districts for fresh human supplies. This interesting theme is worked out by a writer in the Independent, William B. Bailey, assistant professor of political economy at Yale. The death rate in London, for instance, from 1881 to 1885 was 20.9 in each 1,000 people. In 1910 it was 12.7. New York dropped from 27.5 to 16. Chicago from 21.5 to 15.1. Berlin from 26.5 to 14.7. St. Petersburg from 22.8 to 24.1 and Paris from 24.4 to 16.7. In medieval times pestilence found cities easy prey; today the great communities, guarded as they are by alert, intelligent, vigorous health departments, are beginning to act as outposts against the spread of disease. Tuberculosis, malaria and other destroyers of life may stalk unmolested through the country districts, but when they reach cities a determined fight is made against them. The health department of Chicago at the opening of every vacation season issues bulletins warning citizens against the perils of the uninspected well water they may find on farms and at many summer resorts. Not a few of the advantages of the country—the broad open spaces, clear air and opportunity for exercise—are now given to the cities in parks and playgrounds. If the movement keeps up the cities of the future will be more beautiful as well as more healthful than the country whose benefits they borrow. Rapid transportation—when it is both frequent and reliable—is one of the great factors in promoting city health. The car lines enable a city's population to spread out so that every man, woman and child has a chance to get fresh air and sunshine. The falling death rate in the chief cities demonstrates that those who seek protection shall perhaps find it best in the centers where the peril of numbers forces the crowd to fight unceasingly against disease. WEAR AND TEAR OF STREETS Weight of Load Being Increased Without Increasing Strength of the Pavements. We are increasing the weight of loads hauled over our streets and not correspondingly increasing the strength of the pavements to carry them. The legal limit of a load to be hauled over the streets of this city is 7½ tons. This weight is being constantly exceeded, and the streets are damaged accordingly. Occasionally we see these heavy loads drawn by long strings of horses, and when horse power is used the damage is greater by reason of the narrower tires usual on the vehicles and the shoes of the straining animals. But the greatest danger is from the power-driven trucks. In these the horse power can be increased at will, and it is of no use to increase horse power unless the load is increased to correspond. The damage done by these heavy loads is different from that caused by the swift-moving automobiles. It is not so readily noticed, but it is the more dangerous. While the tires of power trucks are wider than those of the horse-drawn wagon, there comes a time when the weight, even if distributed over very wide tires, has a crushing force which the ordinary pavement cannot withstand. If the pavement is concrete it is broken, and if basalt blocks they are driven into the ground, in either case very soon resulting in a chuck-hole. The limit of weight of loads which can be properly transported over any public street is the limit of the money which the public is willing to spend on the foundations of its streets.—San Francisco Chronicle. Gardens on Lamp Posts. A unique work is being carried on successfully in Minneapolis, for example, where window boxes and hanging gardens have been introduced into the business thoroughfares. Last year more than 15,000 feet of hanging gardens were maintained in the busiest streets. The business houses are regularly canvassed for the purpose, and agreements are made for installing boxes of flowers or shrubbery. A private subscription was started furthermore to install hanging gardens upon the ornamental lamp posts of the city. More than 500 of these attractive miniature gardens have been installed by an association which regularly waters the plants and replaces the flowers when they wither. As the result of this public-spirited work and at very trifling expense Minneapolis has won the enviable title of the "City of Flowers and Hanging Gardens."—Christian Herald. One Opportunity. Recently a lady amateur song writer sent to a popular actress-vocalist the words of a new song which she had written. The actress could see nothing attractive in the song, and read the verses to her husband. "Good heavens!" he exclaimed, when she had finished. "What's she talking about? What does she call it?" "She calls it I wonder if He'll Miss Me." was the reply. "Well," said the husband, "if he does he ought never to be trusted with a gun again!" The PLAYGROUND of EUROPE A AN ENGAGING HAY-WAGON HE coming of spring in the High Alps is not often witnessed by the tourist; summer is in full swing before he arrives upon the scene. The climbers appear later still, and at least one crop of hay has been taken from the upper slopes and pastures before the season of the guides comes on and the snow is in good condition on the heights. Though summer is already basking in the lower valleys, spring holds the heights for a long time yet. In a sense it never leaves them. Even in August traces of it linger sweetly against the edges of the snow-fields, and along the ever-sparkling pastures where the treeline stops. When nature has grown smug and lazy among the dust and heat below, one has only to climb a thousand feet or two to recapture all the lost brilliance of May and early June. The grass never seems to lose its vivid freshness, its emerald coloring; the larches still clap their little hands, so brightly gloved; the pines seem to have shaken off their snow only the day before. And water runs everywhere, pouring in countless rivulets to feed the bigger torrents down below. Spring never leaves the higher Alpine valleys. Her cave is somewhere just above the tree-line. She sings and dances there eternally. heights for a long time yet. In a seren leaves them. Even in August traps sweetly against the edges of the snow along the ever-sparkling pastures where line stops. When nature has grown lazy among the dust and heat below, or to climb a throb and feet two to three the lost brilliance of May and early grass never seems to lose its vivid emerald coloring; the larches still cling the hands, so brightly gloved; the pike have shaken off their snow only the And water runs everywhere, pouring rivulents to feed the bigger torrents to Spring never leaves the higher Alp Her cave is somewhere just above She sings and dances there eternally. It is the habit more and more to sit at Switzerland. She is a pretty, bourne the people unpicturesque and rather mere nation of hotelkeepers who exist tourists' pockets. She is played out hopelessly commonplace. Switzerland mosphere, no shading, no coloring of the chromograph order. The tourist is it. In this there lies a certain truth. It is a playground, and need not pretend thing else. There is little enough for artistic effects, and the coloring is repetition of brilliant green meadows, with white and black peaks that snakes without soft shading as in cusco and moister climates. And the people geois, unpicturesque and unimaginative provided they keep good hotels at prices, there is not much fault to be them on that score. The fortunate go further afield to Dalmatia, Bosnia, to if they will. The big world offers even still to those who have the time and measure it; but for the majority stations govern the selection of travel routes Switzerland must hold first place generations to come. And there are few places where coats as sweet and clean and wholesome, ing, stimulating and pure as a high A with its cozy, cheap hotels, in the months. Their contribution to the hope is no negligible quantity, even tribute to the deathroll, too. Compare seaside resort, with its demoralizing gambling, over-dressing, artificial gait, nothing of other undesirable elements favor and attract, these high Alpine vines every way superior. But it must be one finds in places usually what on them. A holiday becomes the reflex mind that seeks it, and ugliness and the heart find ugliness and cheapness forests, mountains, flowers, and in mosphere. Scenery is scenery, but tation is of the mind. In the last go world has grown immeasurably more fathers were happy in Switzerland; vote it dull, perhaps played out. Changes have certainly come over twenty years. The little inns, who REPLACING RUTHLESSIE a long time yet. In a sense it never u. Even in August traces of it linger ing the edges of the snow-fields, and over-sparkling pastures where the tree- line. When nature has grown smug and the dust and heat below, one has only thousand feet or two to recapture all alliance of May and early June. The seems to lose its vivid freshness, its loring, the larches still clap their lit- tle so brightly gloved; the pines seem to turn off their snow only the day before. runs everywhere, pouring in countless feed the bigger torrents down below. er leaves the higher Alpine valleys, is somewhere just above the tree-line, and dances there eternally. habit more and more to sneer a little land. She is a pretty, bourgeois state, unplecturesque and rather sordid, a of hotelkeepers who exist to pick the packets. She is played out, vulgarized, commonplace. Switzerland has no at- shading, no coloring but that of graph order. The tourist agents "run" there lies a certain truth. Switzerland round, and need not pretend to be any- there. There is little enough "atmosphere" effects, and the coloring is monotonous of brilliant green meadows, blue forests, and black peaks that into azure and soft shading in Scotland, Ireland or climates. And the people are bour- cturesque and unimaginative; though they keep good hotels at reasonable he is not much fault to be found with quat score. The fortune can always field to Dalmatia, Bosnia, the Caucasus. The big world offers endless variety who have the time and purse to; but for the majority stricter condition the selection of travel routes, and for the land must hold first place for many to come. There are few places where conditions are and clean and wholesome, as refresh- ating and pure as a high Alpine valley, zezy, cheap hotels, in the early summer the contribution to the health of Eu- negligible quantity, even if they con- e deathroll, too. Compared to many a sort, with its demoralizing influences of over-dressing, artificial galeties, to say other undesirable elements such places attract, these high Alpine valleys are in superior. But it must be added that in places what we know brings to holiday becomes the reflection of the seeks it, and uglish and cheapness in ind ugliness and cheapness also in the mountains, flowers, and in the very at- Scenery is scenery, but the interpre- tion of the mind. In the last generation the grown immeasurably more vulgar. Our are happy in Switzerland; our children perhaps played out. have certainly come over it these last have certainly come over it these last The little inns, where pensions CING RUTHLESSLY DEST It is the habit more and more to sneer a little at Switzerland. She is a pretty, bourgeois state, the people unpicturesque and rather sordid, a mere nation of hotelkeepers who exist to pick the tourists' pockets. She is played out, vulgarized, hopelessly commonplace. Switzerland has no atmosphere, no shading, no coloring but that of the chromograph order. The tourist agents "run" it. In this there lies a certain truth. Switzerland is a playground, and need not pretend to be anything else. There is little enough "atmosphere" for artistic effects, and the coloring is monotonous repetition of brilliant green meadows, blue forests, with white and soft peaks that cut into azure skies without soft shading as in Scotland, Ireland and moister climates. And the people are bourgeois, unpicturesque and unimaginative; though, provided they keep good hotels at reasonable prices, there is not much fault to be found with them on that score. The fortunate can always go further afield to Dalmatia, Bosnia, the Caucasus if they will. The big world offers endless variety still to those who have the time and purse to measure it; but for the majority stricter conditions govern the selection of travel routes, and for these Switzerland must hold first place for many generations to come. And there are few places where conditions are as sweet and clean and wholesome, as refreshing, stimulating and pure as a high Alpine valley, with its cozy, cheap hotels, in the early summer months. Their contribution to the health of Europe is no negligible quantity, even if they contribute to the deathroll, too. Compared to many a seaside resort, with its demoralizing influences of gambling, over-dressing, artificial galeties, to say nothing of other undesirable elements such places favor and attract, these high Alpine valleys are in every way superior. But it must be added that one finds in places usually what one brings to them. A holiday becomes the reflection of the mind that seeks it, and ugliness and cheapness in the heart find ugliness and cheapness also in the forests, mountains, flowers, and in the very atmosphere. Scenery is scenery, but the interpretation is of the mind. In the last generation the world has grown immeasurably more vulgar. Our fathers were happy in Switzerland; our children vote it dull, perhaps played out. Changes have certainly come over it these last twenty years. The little inns, where pensions REPLACING RUTHLESSLY DESTROYED TIMBER A man stands among the branches of a tree in a field. Three-Year-Old Catalpas Grown for Fence Posts on a Farm in Illinois. Farmers of the central and eastern states are now seeing the need of replacing the timber lands that were so needlessly destroyed in order to secure more land for cultivation and as a method of securing money by cutting into lumber and other materials. Now this same timber is wanted to replace farm buildings and then in the building of fences. Throughout the central west, good fence posts can only be had from lumber dealers, who sell cypress and cedar posts at prices almost beyond the reach of the small farm owner. Many are now planting timber for TRACING WORK OF DOCTORS Remarkable Exhibition That Has Been Collected and Is Now on View in the City of London. A museum of medicine is now open to the public at Marylebone, says the London Mail. It contains priceless records of the attempts that have been made to cure human ailments from the earliest times. Probably it is one the most interesting exhibitions in the world, but very few women will --- T could be had, and good frances a day, are rapidly seven or eight francs no cozy chalet-like hotels, and dressing for dinner easily found. Funicular have destroyed them; the all the mountain paths are red and green by the Adventures, due to losing liged to pass the night are rarely possible. T apace. There are giant and rings of smoke fr insolently across the g Soon, no doubt, we shall to the Blumlisalp by little inns, enormous her grinning windows. The MY DESTROYED TIMBER Fence Posts on a Farm in Illinois. replace farm buildings and then in the building of fences. Throughout the central west, good fence posts can only be had from lumber dealers, who sell cypress and cedar posts at prices almost beyond the reach of the small farm owner. Many are now planting timber for be able to see it, as they will only be allowed in with an introduction from a medical man. The historical medical museum is full of wonders. Ancient apothecaries' shops are there, fitted exactly as they were in the middle ages. In one place is an alchemist, surrounded by alembics, retorts, and dim red lights. In another is a barber-surgeon showing just how men were bled in the olden days. Further on is a group of figures making up a cure for the plague. There are also specimens of prehistoric den- GROUND PE THE BRIDGE OVER THE MATTER VISP AT STALDEN 6 THE MOUNTAIN LIFE ON THE TRYLOEAN IPLANDS — THE VIRTUALSPITZE IN THE DISTANCE could be had, and good at that, for four or five francs a day, are rapidly disappearing. One pays seven or eight francs now in such places. Those cozy chalet-like hotels, with sand upon the floor, and dressing for dinner unheard of, are not so easily found. Funiculaires and mountain railways have destroyed them; there are fewer diligences; all the mountain paths are striped with blue and red and green by the Vershonerung committees. Adventures, due to losing the way and being obliged to pass the night in some peasant's hayloft, are rarely possible. The exploitation proceeds apace. There are giant lifts up many a cliff now, and rings of smoke from railway engines float insolently across the glaciers of the Jungfrau. Soon, no doubt, we shall fit from the Matterhorn to the Blumlisalp by aeroplane. In place of the little inn, enormous hotels stand with rows of grinning windows. There is a tennis club and that, for four or five may hold a disappearing. One pays two days' grow in such places. Those and another with sand upon the floor, that a daily unheard of, are not so the world; and mountain railways overheavy here are fewer diligences; dered by ten are striped with blue and but once a Persheronung committees, dancing, not the way and being ob- They are he in some peasant's hayloft, people who the exploitation proceeds mountains. lifts up many a cliff now, place as yet on railway engines float fancy-dress of the Jungfrau, may want a lift from the Matterhorn put on in the proplane. In place of the ten hours' tels stand with rows of tains known are is a tennis club and flush—th a future supply. In planting, many plant the catalpa. Others are planting Osage orange, but it is a slow growing tree and has the fault of growing crooked, with short trunks and over much top. The tree that gives the best results with little care after planting is the black locust. It does well on any soil, wet or dry. It is a quick grower and when planted thick, say six feet each way, the trees will grow tall with but little top, and will, at the end of five years, be ready for the first thinning out. At this time all stunted trees should be worked up, and from this time on, ground thus planted will furnish material for posts as each year more thinning be done. In 15 years the trees will be large enough to make four posts to the cut and many of them will make three to five post cuts, with some round posts in the top. The black locust is also a fine tree for planting about the house and barn. When planted in the open it forms a beautiful tree, having a thick, heavy foliage, retaining its leaves throughout the summer, and in the early spring, has an abundance of sweet-smelling white flowers. When young, it is well protected by thorns, making it a tree that can be grown in a pasture or stock lot without being damaged by stock. Next to the black locust for quick returns, is the white mulberry. With this tree on rich soil, only four to five years are required to grow them large enough for use, but they seldom make tistry. Gold was evidently used freely to improve awkward teeth, but there is no trace of a stopping for a decayed spot. The procedure seems to have been to lash the teeth together with a silk-like gold thread, and to wind it round and round all the teeth, until their binding was so strong that none of them could fall out without the consent of the others. The queen of Sheba's teeth are said to have been kept together by this means, but they must have come away in a solid black and gold mass, because they may be CALLING THE CATTLE HOME - BERKSEE OBERLAND dancing every night. Many a hotel retains the services of a kind of major-domo, often apparently a mere guest, who organizes amusements for every night, gymkhanas, fancy-dress balls, theatralcals and bridge drives. Instead of climbing boots and windproof clothing, people take out fancy-dress costumes. Motors, though still forbidden in certain cantons, as in the Valals, for instance, have added not a little to the revolution. The spirit of the age creeps even into the distant upper valleys. Telephone bells ring side by side with the thunder of the avalanche. The vulgarization of Switzerland is no new thing, of course, but the deterioration proceeds faster and faster with every year. In eastern Switzerland, and out toward the frontier between the Austrian Tyrol and Italy, there still lie wonderful, unspoiled corners known to some of us, and jealously guarded. I know inns somewhere between Bozen and Trient—be it whispered—where the old conditions hold bravely, and may hold still for another generation. They lie two days' good walking from any railway station, and another good day's going even from places that a daily diligence taps. They stand high above the world; luggage must go up on mules, and not overheavy luggage at that. Rooms cannot be ordered by telephone, and letters come at the most but once a day. There is neither tennis club nor dancing, no noisy gymkhanas, nor evening dress. They are haunted, wild and lovely still, and the people who go there go because they love the mountains. The mountains have not taken second place as yet. You need not take white gloves nor fancy-dress costumes, nor even pumps. But you may want a good old pair of "comfy" slippers to put on in the evening when your feet ache after ten hours' roaming among the grandest mountains known to central Europe. Long may they flourish—these simple mountain inn's. over one post length to the tree, and should all be cut at the end of the seventh year, as they will soon replace themselves, from two to five shoots sprouting from the stump. If left to grow longer than seven years, they will commence putting out limbs near the ground, spoiling the growth already made. All land owners should plant some kinds of trees. There is always some waste land about the farm, some hillside or swamp that is not cultivated, which if planted to some kind of timber, would soon return a profit and would also improve the looks of the farm. IRON SHIP HAS LONG LIFE Remarkable Career of Ship So Constructed Has Convinced Builders of Its Merits. The first iron ship in the world is still doing service, having been built in 1842 by the famous old firm of Laird Bros., who built the Confederate cruiser Alabama. It was used as a lightship for 57 years, and then, in 1899, converted into a wreck-watch vessel. So successful was the wrought-iron hull in resisting the corrosive action of sea water, that the new battleship built for the Mersey Bar, at the entrance to Liverpool harbor, has its hull built of wrought iron instead of steel. The interior framing of the new vessel is of steel, but the hull plates are of iron.—Popular Mechanics. seen in the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons. Real Requirement "I suppose," said the new saleswoman, "that you want a suit that will make you look attractive to your husband" "Attractive to my husband!" echoed the shopper. "I should say not. He wouldn't know if I wore a suit ten years old. What I want is something that will make my next door neighbor turn a pink green with env." MOST POPULAR OF PICKLES Dill Flavor Has a Hold on People That No Other Variety Seems to Possess. The dill is most familiar to us in connection with dill pickles, and perhaps some of us use the name without knowing that it belongs to a plant, the seeds and tiny thread-like leaves of which are used for flavoring. German and Italian cooks make most of it, chiefly in preserves and pickles. The flavor suggests a combination of fennel and mint. In appearance the dill plant is something like the tall wild parsnip. Though originally a native of southern Europe, it grows easily in gardens in a colder climate if given a warm situation and well drained soil. For dill pickles the cucumbers, one quart of small-sized ones, should be used as soon as they are pickled. Scrub them, without breaking the skin, and lay in cold water in which a quarter of a cupful of table salt has been dissolved, using enough water to cover the cucumbers. Let this stand over night, pour off the water, add fresh water and drain, then pack the cucumbers with two or three peppers, a tablespoonful of mixed spice and some branches of dill, in a quart fruit jar. Dissolve a quarter of a cupful or more of sugar in enough scalding hot vinegar to fill the jar to overflowing; adjust the rubber ring and fasten the cover down securely. After the jar is opened if the vinegar srows over, pour it off and replace it with a second supply of scalding hot vinegar and sugar. The pickles should then keep in good condition though opened daily. The sugar may be omitted in making these pickles if they are preferred sour. TO MAKE WITH CHOCOLATE Most Approved Recipes for the Preparation of Cookies or Layer Cake. For cookies mix one small cup of butter, two cups of sugar, four eggs, one cup grated chocolate, three cups of flour, one teaspoon vanilla. Roll very thin and bake in quick oven. If the chocolate is melted, it will mix better with the batter. For a layer cake, try the old-fashioned Devil's Food, which somehow always pleases children. The recipe is three-fourths of a cup of chocolate, one cup of brown sugar and one-half cup of sweet milk. Set this back on the stove to dissolve. In the mixing bowl, stir one cup of brown sugar, one-half cup of butter, three yolks and one white of egg, $2\frac{1}{4}$ cups of flour, one teaspoon of soda, one teaspoon of vanilla and one-half cup of sweet milk. Add the dissolved mixture from the stove, and pour into three small jelly tins. When cold, frost with white ice. Codfish and Cream. Pick up and soak without boiling a pint of salt fish for each four persons to be served. Scald one quart of milk in double boiler, with butter size of small egg, and when at boiling point add one rounding tablespoonful flour carefully blended in cold milk. If an egg can be spared beat it well and add it with the flour to the hot milk. Drain fish and stir into the cream. Add salt if necessary. Have ready two hard-boiled eggs and a tablespoonful of parsley. Pour codfish and cream onto a large platter. Around the edge place strips or rings of the hard-boiled egg whites. Grate the yolks over the whole. Sprinkle with paprika and chopped parsley and serve with mealy baked potatoes. Preventing Taint To aid in keeping meat, fish and poultry fresh in hot weather, the use of vinegar and onion is relied on by some housekeepers. It is applied by washing over the surface with weak vinegar and water and then laying thin slices of onion over it. The slices of onion are removed just before the cooking time, and the meat rinsed in clear, cold water. No trace of the onion smell will be apparent.—P. F. M., N.B. Summer Mata. If you have any odd bits of cretonne left from making draperies or pillow covers, make the pieces into round or square mats and edge them with the cheap torchon lace one can buy on the bargain counter for five and ten cents a yard. Bureau scarfs and table scarfs of cretonne, edged with lace, tone in well with summer draperies at the windows and covers on the furniture. Raspberry Shortcake. One of the most popular kinds of raspberry shortcake is made of biscicle dough. Bake the crust in two layers. Put fresh raspberries between the crusts and pile on top and serve with a sauce made of the following ingredients: One cupful of granulated sugar, one-half cupful of water, and two cupfuls of crushed raspberries. Boil all together for four minutes and serve hot poured over the shortcake. Baked Salt Mackerel. Wash and soak mackerel over night. In the morning put into baking dish with a pint of milk, bake 20 minutes, remove fish to a platter, and to the milk add one tablespoonful of butter, one tablespoonful of flour, one salt-spoonful of pepper. Pour this over the fish and serve with baked potatoes. Orange Float. Two cups white sugar, juice of one lemon, one quart of boiling water, four tablespoons of cornstarch, wet with cold water, one tablespoon butter. Cook until thick. When cold pour over four or five oranges and the sugar, set on ice and serve cold. Have Glossy Look. To clean morocco leather prepare a lather of soap in warm water and sponge well with this to remove the dirt; then rub over with a clean cloth dipped in the well-beaten white of an egg and the leather will look like paw again. AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS "Iconoclast" declares, emphatically, that in the United States the negro receives just treatment, and that he has similar opportunities for advancement as the white man of the same financial status. These statements I deny with equal emphasis, says a writer in a Chicago paper. I have been in every state in the Union, as well as in many foreign countries, and I have yet to see a place in English speaking America with the exception of the British West Indies and British Guiana, where even the respectable negro is treated, not as a colored human being, but as a human being. There is a great difference in the distinction. Even in these excepted places, as well as in the remainder of the new world, the genuine or nearly genuine negro suffers many disabilities. To the uninitiated the negro in the North receives apparently fair play. There is the appearance of his being able to come and go at volition, but such is not the case, and there are many restrictions. "iconochast," if I rightly judge, can base his opinion only on a one-sided experience of the matter. To get some idea of the other side I would advise him to "color" up himself—just a little will do—and go forth to prove his assertions. He need not go south, but can remain right here in Chicago, where the negro is treated better than anywhere else north of the Rio Grande. Supposing him to be a paragon of refinement and culture, let him try to get employment other than menial, or to get a good seat in a theater, or to find a first class restaurant where he is not frowned upon. In at least one loop restaurant I know he will see a sign on the door telling him "We cater to white people only." I was once assaulted in a New York lunchroom for no other reason than the color of my skin. I went in and ordered in the pollest possible manner a meal. It is true that the negro is indebted, directly or indirectly, for his all to the white man, but has he not overearned it by the unrequited toll of centuries? Is not the same or even more done for the newly arrived foreigner, who had absolutely no hand in the country's development? There is a great difference between the opportunity of the poorer white man and that of the negro. The former, if he has health and the will to succeed, can aspire and hope eventually to reach any position. In no other country in the world has he such opportunities. Lincoln, Carnegie, Rockefeller and many others sprang from this class, and the chances are better today, because this great republic is now at the zenith of its power. The negro is susceptible to aesthetic refinement, or to its direct opposite, and he is today in all parts of the world just what his environment makes him. It has been estimated that during the present year 1,248,000 factory hands in Russia have already participated in strikes, in addition to 215,000 others who are employed in establishments not under the factory act. Chinchillas, valuable fur-bearing animals, which inhabit high mountains in Chile, have been imported into England for breeding experiments on a farm. That service and self-sacrifice are the gems of life, and that these virtues should be practised by the educated members of the colored race who are struggling to uplift their people, was the sentiment expressed by Henry Lincoln Johnson, the retiring recorder of deeds, before a large audience of members of the Christian Endeavor Societies of southwest Washington, at St. Paul's A. M. E. church. "For myself," said Johnson, "I would not care to live in any completed community where there were no unfortunate ones to help, no evil to combat, no suffering or distress to relieve, no lowly ones to lift up, no inspiration for service—in short, no real work to be done. "The Christian Endeavor," he said, in referring to the work of the societies, "deserves to be commended for the good work it has accomplished for racial and human uplift, and especially will it find among the 100,000 colored inhabitants of Washington a large field and ample opportunity for useful service." The old-fashioned man who used to deal in good greens now has a son who deals in green goods. It takes a woman two hours longer to wash the front windows than it does to wash the back windows. A rag and a bone and a hank of hair. And the rag so thin that it makes men stare. A woman is always afraid of mice if she is wearing silk stockings and there is a man around. Gry is for Leaders. There are plenty of common men. Leaders are scarce. Yet every man has in him latent potentialities which can make him famous if he will only give himself a chance. Every man has some line in which he can become a specialist. You can do some things better than your neighbor. Learn to do them better than anybody else and the world will make a place for you. It needs your peculiar genius to complete its efficiency roll. You need the reward it offers. Step The Tennessee supreme court's decision that former slaves cannot inherit property under the ordinary rules of kinship was upheld by the Supreme court of the United States. The question arose over the case of John Jones, a former slave, who owned a farm in Tennessee at the time of his death, and the construction of the state laws of Tennessee, which deny the right of collateral inheritance to be in violation of the fourteenth amendment to the constitution. John Jones died in Shelby county, Tenn., possessing 77 acres of land. He left no children, but a number of brothers and sisters. Marguerite Jones, the widow of John Jones, claimed the property. Will Jones secured quitclaim deeds from the brothers and sisters, turning over to him their interests in the property. Litigation resulted, in which the Tennessee courts held in favor of Marguerite Jones. They held that the brothers and sisters were born in the days of slavery, and hence could have no inheritable interest in the land. Will Jones, in his appeal to the Supreme court of the United States, claimed that this decree of the Tennessee court violated the fourteenth amendment to the constitution by depriving former slaves of their civil rights as guaranteed to them by the organic law of the land. Marguerite Jones claimed that the state of Tennessee had the right to say which of its citizens should inherit the lands of another citizen dying intestate, and also that none of the constitutional rights of Will Jones had been transgressed. Under the decision the land goes to Jones' widow. The promise of Mr. Julius Rosenwald of Chicago to duplicate all gifts for negro rural public schools in the South is no less notable for its wisdom than for its generosity. It is not clear from the dispatches whether this refers only to sums raised by colored people or by others; in either event, it is munificent enough. But Mr. Rosenwald is accustomed to bestowing his benefactions both wisely and generously, as witness what he has done for the Y. M. C. A. movement among the colored people. A number of impressive and useful buildings have arisen because of his aid and inspiration. So disheartening has been the condition of the negro rural school—in many counties they offer a mere mockery of education—that the Slater and general education boards, as well as the Jeanes fund which applies itself exclusively to the colored rural public schools, have been devoting themselves to the task of obtaining better supervision, better teachers, and better conditions. If Mr. Rosenwald will now duplicate every dollar raised by the colored people to improve their cross-roads schools, a splendid spur for their activities—and they give generously in comparison with their small means—has been provided. The colored population of the South is making more rapid progress in every line than those of the North, according to the Rev. Simon P. W. Drew, pastor of the Cosmopolitan Baptist church, who, in a sermon declared it would be but a short time when colored men desiring to advance themselves will return to their southern homes. He said that labor organizations in the North are prejudiced against members of the colored race, and in many trades exclude them from employment. Paul Laurence Dunbar day was celebrated by pupils of the G. R. Gildings school at Washington on the last day of the session. The anniversary of Dunbar's birth falls on June 27, but as school closed before that date it was decided to celebrate it on the day named. Exercises were also held recently by the school in memory of Samuel Coleridge Taylor. At this time Mrs. Andrew F. Hillier made an address and Miss Louise Howard sang folk songs from his works. The birth and early childhood of Dunbar was the subject of an address by Miss M. A. D. Madre, delivered in connection with the Dunbar day exercises. Miss L. A. Smith told of his start in life. Recitations were given by Misses E. J. Jones, Florence Scott and V. E. Edelin. Miss I. B. Clarkson also took part. Pupils participating were Marcellella Underwood, Beulah Overton, Theresa Butler, Margaret Cole, Samuel Cole, Dorothy Sinkfield, Francis Brown, Thomas Belt, Antoinette Bitchel, Florence Washington and Beulah May Green. A brute is a man who insists upon making his wife let him have his own way once a week. What has become of the old-fashioned man who wore a horse-hair watch chain? When a woman finds that her suspicions are baseless she immediately digs up some new suspicions. No matter how big around a woman gets she can always find a hat that will shelter her. out into your place and receive what is coming to you. It's only a fiction that says there is no place for you. Few live up to their possibilities. An Actor in Spite of Himself. President Arthur Twining Hadley, of Yale, used to recall with seat his one appearance, in his early days, as an amateur actor. "They didn't give me any words to speak," he said; "all I had to do was to walk across the stage, but it brought down the house." The World's Work. WHOM SHALL I EMPLOY? 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 Advisees them Sympathetically. The firm whose goods are of the best quality, prices the Most Reasonable services the Promptest, Most Efficient and Most Courteous. The firm that is well knn for its Upright Dealing and questioned Integrity. Such a firm is C. H. Coun Undertaker and Licensed balmer. It entered the busin first and Paved the way for others. 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COHN'S All Bonded Whiskevs HN'S BUFE ed Whiskevs with Soda 10c. 12th St. Kansas All Bonded Whiskeys with Soda 10c. 800 East 12th St. 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 advert No better comb on the mark when it comes to benefits and eff placed goes with it instructions, h preferable. Merchants and agents the public. They are usually sold for $1. be careful in the purchase as the Eureka. We wholesale the Eurek wholesalers of this special device. The devises are patented and 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. The devices are patented and registered. For prices and further information write LAMP CAP 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. admire men with beautiful air NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING FOR MANY STRENGTHS PRICE 25 CTS. SON'S DRESSING proud of your hair making harsh, kinky and 柔 and luxurious. the hair—but also keeps it Cents Everywhere , RICHMOND, VA. CAMPBELL G. A. Roy Full Line of JGS, Medicines Sundries Paints No. 7344; Bell East 43 Paseo If you should ask a Kansas City as to the most elegant and popular barber shop in the city he would unhesitatingly say. The Palace Barber Shop at 1516 East Nineteenth street (near Vine) owned by that prince of good fellow—Prof. J. Hobbs—who, also, has next door one of the neatest and best kept Pool Halls in town. Prof. Hobbs employees only the BEST workmen. T. D. Henderson, Henry Hobbs, David Robinson, W. T. Scott, and H. A. Peace, while he himself is a barber of acknowledged ability. Ernest Turner, the best known porter in Kansas City, looks after the comfort of his patrons with Miss Mary A. Woodson. the neat and capable cashier. Prof. Hobbs is also Kansas City's most popular barber, a long manager of the People's Dancing club and manager of dances every Thursday night at Lyrie Hall, 1731 Lydia avenue, all the latest dances. Telephone 2833 East. BUFFET with Soda 10c. Kansas City, Mo. attention may be given to the folle sands using the Eureka Comb tha give the best of satisfaction as to rely with one stroke, and as assist ing to us from every source, of wi tised. for purposes as we have been a ctual influences when used as to how to use and for what purposes. are successful when they are pl Miss Hannah Coleman left Tuesday for Coffeyville, Kas., where she will visit her sister, Mrs. G. Black well....Rev. H. Greene spent last week in Kansas City, Mo., visiting the A. M. E. churches' carnival....Miss Anna Britt returned Monday from Marshall, Mo., where she visted the Misses Sadle and Laura Henderson....Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Howard of Kansas iCity, are spending their honeymoon with his mother, rs. Lizzie Howard, this city....The Church Clubs are working earnestly to make the rally a success, which is to be August 2 at the A. M. E. church....Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cookrell, Kansas City, spent the past week with her parents, Rev. and Mrs. Watts. PALMYRA, MO. The body of Mr. Charles Holmes was brought here from St. Louis. Funeral services were held at Bethel A. M. E. Church, Monday, with Rev. G. P. Haywood officiating. . . Meadames Edward Porter, J. W. Smiley and Miss Pearl Sparks have been on the sick list. . . Missella Ban of this city, and Mr. Frank Williams of Hannibal, were married Saturday morning. . . Mrs. Edw. Allen had Mr. and Mrs. Horace Foster of Withers Hill, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Allen and Mr. Clay to dinner Sunday. . . Mr. Roy Smith of Chicago is the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Smith. . . Mrs. R. F. Noland, who attended the Grand Chapter at Columbus, has returned and reports a pleasant session. . . Two hundred and forty dollars was raised at the rally given by Park Chapel Baptist Church, Sunday. . . The trustee helpers of the A. M. E. Church will give a social night night. . . Mrs. Sarah Burkes of Saginaw, Mich., attended the funeral of her brother, Charles Holmes. . . A glorious meeting was held at Bethel A. M. E. Church, Sunday. EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, MO EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, MO. Mrs. Alice Hubert spent Saturday and Sunday in the city....Mr. Clarence Carter spent Sunday in Liberty and Independence, visiting friends and relatives....Dr. Wm. T. Vernon and wife are expected to reach the Springs by August 1. They have engaged rooms at the Flats. Mr. W. D. Seals will be the guest of Miss Ora Clark, Sunday....Mrs. Hattle Starks of Kansas City spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Clark....Many out of town guests are expected to be present at the picnic at Whales Lake, Saturday....Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Evans spent Sunday at Whales Lake fishing....Miss Maude Lewis, who is the housekeeper for her father, will visit her uncle in Marshall, Mo. She will be accompanied by her two younger sisters....Mrs. Glenn Triggs is in Richmond visiting....Mrs. Trave Million and son are improving fast....The sermon delivered by Rev. Hillman Sunday was well delivered. Many white people attended the services....Misses Essie Draper and Mabel Rogers will be the guests of Mr. Glenn and Mrs. Alena Mabion, both Saturday and Sunday....The marriage of Miss Hattle Glipson to Mr. Clarence Carter will take place at the home of the bride on August 4....Mrs. Murphy of Atchison, and her brother, Mr. Adams, are at the Harris Flats....Mr. Earl Glipson and Mr. Ralph Baylis assisted by Mrs. Alena Mabion, will give a linen shower Friday night, for Miss Hattle Glipson. Mrs. Florence Jackson of St. Joseph, spent the week end with her grandmother, Mrs. Waewfeel, who continues sick—Mrs. Henry Davis Telephone 561 Strictly First-Class Emma Montgomery DELICATESSEN 517 Shawnee St., Leavenworth, Kansas Open Day and Night Meals at All Hours Special Service for Balls, Parties, Etc. Meals Sent Out by Request and Satisfaction Assured. When in Moberly, Mo., Step 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 e Union Station the following subject, since there are hun- mb 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 comb poses. Wherever introduced the Eureka are placed conveniently in quantities for (ats) each complete. The only thing is to fill answer the purposes so well as the curers and promoters, and are the only and be pleased to be informed. earther information write EUREKA COMB COMPANY, Chattanooga, Tenn. offers Courses in English, Ancient and Modern Languages, Science, Agriculture, Music, Business, Sewing, Dressmaking, Cooking, etc. Summer Tourist Fares VIA Missouri Pacific 4 Trains Daily to St. Louis. 2 Trains Daily to Little Rock and Hot Springs. 3 Trains Daily to Omaha. 3 Trains Daily to Lopin and Carthage. 2 Trains Daily to Wichita. 2 Trains Daily to Pueblo, Denver, Salt Lake and Pacific Coast. of Wathena, united with the A. M. E. church here Sunday.....Rev. Majors of Atchison, filled the pulpit at the Christian church Sunday.....Mrs. Rena Botta and daughter of White Cloud spent the week-end with her daughter, Mrs. Floyd Holland..... The following ladies shipped in St. Joseph last week: Mesdames N. Howard, Katie Lightle, N. Taylor, Pearl Sportman, Opelia Snyder and Miss Turner.....Mrs. Eubanks and children of Chicago arrived last week to spend a month with relatives here ...Mrs. H. Martin spent the weekend in Elwood with Mrs. McCurry.... Meadames Schumache and Browne made a short trip to St. Joseph Monday evening for dental work and shopping.....Mr. Isaac Turner is marketing a fine crop of blackberries.... Mrs. William Enyard spent last week in St. Joseph while Rev. Enyard has been quite busy preaching "Annual Sermons" in the White Cloud to the U. B. F. s, S. M. T. s and to the Q. E. S. Chapter at Troy, and will have charge of the U. B. F. and S. M. T. s sermon here next Sunday. ...Mrs. George Lair, proprietor of the pantorium and tailoring shop, was overcome by heat last week, but she is now convalescent. Little Miss Amanda Butcher and Sam Johnson have the measles. Mrs. M. W. Webster, who is spending the summer here, made a week-end trip to her home in St. Joseph. Quite the most impressive service rendered here recently was that of the Morning Star Chapter, O. E. S., Kansas JURIadiction, last Sunday. Promptly at 3 o'clock, the ladies, beautifully regaled, formed a procession into the A. M. E. church, followed by the program Masons. The following program was rendered: Invocation, Rev. Enyard; song by Chapter; Scripture lesson, Rev. Majors: Welcome address, Mrs. Louise Holland, W. M.; vocal solo, Mrs. Mabel Gaston; address, J. W. Ward, W. P.; song, by Chapter; reading, Mrs. Pearl Sportman, A. W. M.; sermon, Rev. Enyard; remarks by A.; Wilkinson, W. M.; Mrs. Anna Ward, conductress, and Mrs. Lillie Webster of Foster Chapter, No. 11; St. Joseph, Mo., who acted also as organist. The collection was $15. The services ended with the closing ode, and left many last impressions of the beauties of this grand organization. ...Mr. and Mrs. Morris Snoddy visited their daughter in St. Joseph last week. Mr. Charles Pennel, of Lawrence, is visiting his uncle on the Pennel farm, west of Troy. ...The Troy band will give a picnic August 3 instead of the 4th, on account of the primary election. ...The annual sermon of the U. B. F.'s and S. M. T.'s and the Juveniles will be held next Sunday at the A. M. E. church. CHILLICOTHE, MO. The illness of Mrs. Peter White and Mr. Joseph Holmes is unchanged. . . . Miss Jones of Linneus, Mo, enroute from an educational convention held in the state of Oklahoma, spent several days with Mr. and Mrs. Alnutt last week. Although Miss Jones is a friend indeed to Mr. Alnutt she contributed much toward carrying out the plans of Mrs. Pannie Alnutt who gave her husband a successful surprise birthday Saturday evening. . . . Mt. Zion Baptist church, under the pastorate of Rev. I. L. Taley, is experiencing the opposite to stagnation and has moved forward in behalf of material improvement and the morning Sabbath school. . . . In accordance with a fixed custom the third Sunday of every month is observed as "Missionary Day" at the A. M. E. church. A special program was rendered last Sunday afternoon. Rev. Charles Crews read a thoughtful paper dealing with the accomplishment of "missionary zeal. The paper was so warmly received that a joyous and profitable pop-corn service was the result. . . Miss Rosa Morton of Kansas City, Mo, arrived Monday to be the week's guest of her relatives, Mrs. Edward Gilbert and Mr. and Mrs. Denny. Mrs. Morton is a member of the staff of the Sun and like its editor and manager, she has in store a pleasant smile or word for everybody. Such a smile or word carries the day with the popular heart all over the world. Herein lies the secret of her success for increasing the list of subscribers for this paper in and about Kansas City and we trust Miss Morton will add there-to during her brief stay in this city that "ought to have street cars" she says. We admit under the rays of a summer sun, these are the times that try our souls when a long journey is before us. MOBERLY, MO. Miss Russell of Omaha came to the city last week and is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. James Baker. Mr. Sylvester Baker is at home for a few weeks visiting parents.....Miss Mary Taylor of Huntsville spent a few days in the city.....Mr. Charles Gamaway met with a very painful accident on last week, but is very much better now....The rally at Second Baptist church last Sunday was a success; $130.10 was raised—there were four clubs in the field. Club No. 3, lead by Mrs. Ammanda Timony, was the leading club. Rev. J. G. Hayse of Mexico was the preacher for the occasion. There will be a rally at Pilgrim Rest Baptist church next Sunday....Mr. ElliJah Wells passed through the city Sunday.....The Magic City Cornet band has purchased uniform caps and in a short time will buy the rest of the uniform ...Mrs. M. Etta Bolden gave a very elaborate party in honor of Miss Russell of Omaha Tuesday night. Quite a number of our best young people were invited. Miss Aline E. Brown furnished music for the occasion....Rev. A. H. Higgs of Fayette spent Wednesday in the city....Mrs. Nellie Quinn is very much better at this writing. Miss V Vaughn is also better....Miss Bertha Althouse has made arrangements with Rev. Abbott of Huntsville to give a musical recital at his church, with Grant Chapel choir on August 7....Mr. A. C. Black is billed for New Florence Sunday, traveling in interest of the celebration August 3. Mr. Black says that he feels sure that there will be more people here on that day than ever before for this occasion. If you are thinking of running a stand in the park for the big celebration please see William E. Boone, 315 North Fifth street. TONGANOXIE, KAS. Mr. Clark Gibson of Leavenworth is visiting Mr. D. Tucker....Rev Mat Wilson of Neeley attended church here Sunday....Mr. Frank Browne and Mr. Fred Carter were among our Sunday visitors....Mr. Walter Nelson and Miss Addie Browne attended church services here Sunday....There will be a picnic given August 1 at Reno, Kas, for the benefit of the Tonganoxie First Baptist church. Everybody invited. Mrs. Celia Williams, Kansas City, Kas, spent a few days with her mother, Mrs. Eliza Reynolds....Mrs. L. Smith is visiting relatives here. Mr. Roy Walton spent a few days in Kansas City last week. Miss Gusse Nelson visted Miss Donor Walton last week. Mr. Dennis Carter made a business trip to our town last Saturday, and Mr. George Washington and family have moved here from Dodge, Kas.……Mr. Harry Barber, from Topeka, Kas, visited here with his sister, Mrs. Eugene Jarrett, Tuesday. Prof. G. A. Greeg of Western University, delivered an educational address here Monday evening in the interest of the school.……Mr. D. Tucker has moved his family here from Javable, Kas.……Miss Luzella Newby visited last Tuesday with her grandmother in Hodge.……The infant son, Harry, of Mr. and Mrs. D. Tucker, is seriously ill.……Mrs. Allie Hilderbrandt and daughter came over Sunday from Reno for a stay with Mrs. Z. E. Nelson and family.……Mrs. Bessie Roberts and son visted last Sunday with friends and relatives in Neeley. Let E. A. Robinson rent, sell or buy you a home. A square deal, prompt and courteous service. Call-Bell East 754. Up to the Very Moment—Sanitary in Every Detail. The Highest Class Service Guaranteed Elegant Appointed Bath Rooms. IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC CIGARS Four Skilled Workmen Constantly in attendance. M. B. S. CALDWELL Hair and 18th and Paseo, Home Phone Scalp Treatment a Specialty. C Grows Hair. Try it. S and any old h Hair Matched From Samples. F Blocked. Agents for Spirella Cor WORK GUARANTEED. 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