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WHY NOT ASK THE GOVERNOR FOR A NEGRO REGIMENT IN MISSOURI? A FEARLESS DEFENDER OF THE RACE VOLUME VII. NUMBER 10. WHY NOT AS THE NEGRO AND An Entertaining Account of the Grand Master and Other Dignitaries to the F NOTABLE PERSONS AND CITIES THE NEGRO AND THE WEST An Entertaining Account of the Recent Trip of the Grand Master and Other Masonic Dignitaries to the Far West. NOTABLE PERSONS AND CITIES VISITED ON THE TOUR By DR, M. O. RICKETTS, ST. JOSEPH, MO. Past Grand Master of Masons. On September 24 I received a letter from Most Worshipful Grand Master Nelson C. Crews informing me that he was making up a party for the purpose of going to Douglas, Ariz., to do some Masonic work and asking me to make one of said party. He informed me that the party would leave Kansas City Wednesday, September 30. I answered at once, accepting the splendid offer of the trip and assured him that I would report in time for the start. On the date fixed George W. K. Love, E. S. Baker and myself, with the Grand Master, boarded the Rock Island Golden Gate Special and pulled out of the Union depot at 10:15 p. m. for Douglas, Ariz. We had gone but a short distance when Grand Master said to me that the trip might develop into one which might interest the readers of his paper and requested that I become the historian of the party. One gets a fine line upon the characteristics of his fellows by contact, and as the individual units of this party had only studied each other a distance, each expected a closer acquaintance from the more intimate contact which this trip would in a large measure supply. Love and Baker retired before we reached Topeka, while the Grand-Master gave evidence of the first of his peculiarities which we were to meet—an insatiable appetite for pie, and he remained up until he was able to secure a generous peach pie, which he and I ate. The fact that we disposed of this pie without calling in the other members of the party must not be looked upon as an act of selfishness, for just the contrary is true. Our two friends were so sweetly locked in the arms of Morpheus that it would have been a shame to have disturbed the sweetness of their dream. We desire to say right here to save repetition that the Grand Master never missed an opportunity to purchase a pie and no matter how depleted our commissary department became we could always count upon finding therein a pie. Nothing worthy of mention transpired until we reached Pratt, Kas., the breakfast station, where we experienced some difficulty in securing coffee to go with the splendid lunch with which the forethought of Mrs. Love had provided us. This difficulty provoked the Grand Master into telling a car load of white men his opinion of a damnable caste prejudice which would deny human beings the right to eat purely on the account of the color of their skins and the texture of their hair. We have never listened to a more scathing rebuke, and his truths were poured forth with such eloquence that several very prosperous white men were moved to the extent of so interesting themselves that we got all the coffee we wanted. We arrived at Liberal, Kas., at 12:52, where we secured a fine dinner and we had the satisfaction of leaving the state that was born amid the struggle and anguish which brought us liberty on full stomachs, for one needs just that sort of satisfaction when he is going to travel in Oklahoma. To make our history complete we must record the fact that the Grand Master bought his usual pie before leaving Liberal and we had his assurance that it looked good and from the seeming pleasure he derived from eating it, we must admit that it seemingly came up to his expectations. When we reached the Oklahoma line we expected to see a general exodus from the coach in which we were sitting, but we saw nothing of the kind, and so far as we were concerned we could see no difference between riding in that state and in riding through Missouri. From Pratt, Kas., far into Oklahoma we did not see a single colored person. Just before leaving Oklahoma for Texas a Mr. Seymour, an old friend of Mr. Crews, and an employee of the dining car service, came through the train and invited us to be his guests at supper. It is needless to say the party had no desire to offend, and of course accepted the invitation. We found no attention paid to the separate car law in Texas, and we were unmolested the two hours we were in that state. This may have been due to the dignified appearance of the distinguished Baker of our party. We arrived at the old historic city of El Paso about 8o'clock Friday morning tired and as usual, hungry. After a good breakfast of ham, eggs and cot fee we started out to see the sights. We went across what some people are pleased to call the Rio Grande river into Juarez, Mexico. On every --- The Kansas City Sun hand we saw evidences of war. The expression on the faces of the citizens of this strife torn country was one of inexpressible sadness, and when we saw mere children in uniform and doing pickt duty, and we saw the women in mourning and the great gashes which had been torn into many of the buildings by the shells of contending forces, we had no great difficulty in accepting Sherman's estimate of war. The people showed every evidence of poverty, and many of them looked as though they had never used water for any other purpose than for drinking. If at all, the country is tax ridden to such an extent that it costs 4 cents to mail a postal card. We went to the Juarez postoffice to secure stamps with which to mail our cards. Having completed our purchase and mailed our cards, we were making for the door when I heard Baker mattering to himself: "We don't have anything like this in the postoffice department of the United States, and I am surely glad that there is nothing like that out at Station B." I said: "What are you talking about Baker?" And he said: "Did you not see it?" "See what?" I asked. "That stamp clerk," he replied. "God might have made something more beautiful and more charming than that had he wanted to do so, but I am sure he never wanted to." Just think of that, and he a married man, too. The Grand Master had seen the vision and was letting drop this observation: "Enough to make a fat man walk ten miles in dog days and crawl through a barbed wire fence just to look at such lovelliness." George had not finished his work on the inside, for he had suddenly decided to write all his cards before leaving. I was thinking that the man who would not sit up and take note in such a presence had a bad case of leucocythaemia of the polymorphonuclear type. When we finally persuaded George to come with us we had to run to catch the car, and I am unable to give the benefit of his valuable opinion on the subject. They have adopted so many expedients for a medium of exchange that one can not tell whether his money will remain good over night. One of the peculiar customs of the country is for the women to go bareheaded, and it was the rule for them to wear black. Every woman carried about her shoulder or over her head a thin vell. We saw some evidences of jimcrow cars in the street railway service in El Paso. Colored people are required to sit in the rear end of the cars, and as humiliating as all this is, it has just one redeeming feature—they make the other fellow move and give you a seat. El Paso is to all intents and purposes a Mexican city. The population is largely Mexican, and all the public work and much of the private work is being done by them. There you will find four negro churches, all sorts of secret societies. While the Mexicans furnish as great a variety of color as do the negro race, they are permitted to attend the public schools, while separate schools are maintained for colored children and for their education six negro teachers are provided. We find no negro business enterprise to speak of. They have barber shops, restaurants and clubs. The competition with the labor of the Mexican peons is hard and from the negro's viewpoint the outlook is anything but cheering. One of our great troubles is a lack of the pioneer spirit among the better class of negroes. The class which believes in clubs is usually the first to get to a place, and when the other class gets there it is to find themselves measured by the class which will not work, and is on this account looked upon as undesirable. At 2 o'clock Friday, afternoon we boarded the train for a run of 217 miles, which separated us from Douglas, Ariz., our objective point. We arrived at 8 p. m. amid a downpour of rain. We were met at the station by ten men from the Ninth cavalry, and all these men were non-commissioned officers except Chaplain Prellou. We were placed in automobiles and hurried to the splendid home of Captain Weatherly, where we found a good supper awaiting our arrival. The wife of Captain Weatherly proved to be a most charming hostess and soon made us feel at home. Mrs. Weatherly was exceedingly entertain KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1914. ing and delighted us with accounts of the experiences of a soldier's wife. She had traveled very extensively, having made two trips abroad. They own their home in Douglas and to our surprise it was modern. To her many other accomplishments Mrs. Weatherly has added that of being a first class cook, and the way she, in the language of our friend Baker, "brought down the corn cakes" was a thing of beauty and a joy forever. Douglas was a surprise to all of us. We were expecting to see a little village, such as is characteristic of frontier settlements, and we were credulous enough to believe Loxe when he told us that in all probability we would have to sleep in tents, and you can imagine our surprise when we saw a modern city of 15,000 inhabitants, with electric light service and street cars. The principal interests are mining, and it must be a great mining country, for here are located the most important smelters in the whole Southwest. Here as in El Paso most of the work is being done by Mexicans, yet there is a demand for first class colored people who know how to work and who are willing. Women who work by the day receive $2 per day, and those who work out at service receive from $25 to $40 per month. We were made to wonder why it is with such excellent opportunities awaiting them so many of our people persist in leading precarious existences in the cities where the competition is acute and where the wage is inadequate to permit of saving anything for the proverbial rainy day which is sure to come. There are three colored churches in Douglas and a separate school is maintained for colored children. We came near to forgetting to state that men who work by the day receive from $2.50 to $3. Douglas is right on the border line between the United States and Mexico. The Mexican city just across the line is called Agua Prieta (Pretty Water) and has been the seat of several fights between the contending factions in Mexico. We went to Douglas for the purpose of doing some Masonic work for the members of Joppa military lodge of the jurisdiction of Missouri. Texas has a subordinate lodge in Douglas as well as an Eastern Star chapter. We organized a Consistory and a Temple of Shriners, and we had a fine lot of men with whom to work, and while they were delighted with the work done, we had lots of fun while doing it. On Sunday evening we attended a public meeting at the camp and Grand Master Crews and your humble scribe made addresses. The audience was large and enthusiastic. Mr. Crews made one of his characteristic eloquent addresses which brought forth frequent applause. The pleasing feature of the evening was the concert given by the now famous Ninth cavalry band, under the leadership of the renowned band master, Wade Hammond. This is one of the finest musical organizations to which we have ever listened and to prove that we were not alone in the estimate which we place upon it we desire to relate this fact. (Continued next work) (Continued next week CREWS-BASS WEDDING. Among the many presents given Mr. and Mrs. Crews at their recent wedding the following were either omitted or received too late for last week's publication: Half dozen Crystal Champagne glasses, T. H. Quinn and Jas. H. Burton, Chillicothe, Mo. Silver engraved Salad Spoon, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Rush, Des Moines, J. Chochieted Irish Linen Center Piece, r. and Mrs. W. W. Payne. Embroidered Satin Spread, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Pitman. Fancy Hand Embroidered Linen Pillow Cases, Mr. and Mrs. A. Frank Neal, Salt Lake City, Utah. Crisp Dollar, Rev. C. H. Crews, Chillicothe, Mo. This gift was highly appreciated by the recipients, coming from their old est brother who is more than 77 years of age, a retired minister and having just returned from the Ministers' home in Colorado. He said he wished to give something to "baby brother," although said baby brother is forty eight years of age. Hand painted Initial Salt and Peppar Set, Prof. W. E. Jacobs. Silver Cream Ladle, Mr. and Mrs. Silver Cream Ladle, Mr. and Mrs C. G. Bys, Buncein, Mo. White Savery Cake Box, Miss Ethel Jackson. Pair Linen Guest Towels, r. and Mrs. J. Louis Gamble. In the list of donors of the Silver Candelabra the name of Mrs. J. S. Gardner was omitted. Pair Embroidered Pillow Cases, Mrs. Melissa E. French and Mrs. Benford. In the list of donors of the Crystal Glasses and Crystal Sherberts the name of Mrs. Rosa Bradley was omitted. In the list of contributors to the Cut Glass Orange Bowl and Vase the names of Mesdames Emma and Arthur Pullman were omitted. Mr. and Mrs. Crews would be delighted to know the names of the donors of a beautiful pair of embroidered pillow cases in which was wrapped in bouquet of roses and to which there was no card attached. Mr. E. A. Robinson received the sad news of the death of his brother, Jas. Robinson, at Great Falls, Mont. ANOTHER NEERO REAL ESTATE BUSINESS FOR KANSAS CITY. Stewart & Smith, Who For The Past Twelye Years Have Been Engaged in the Real Estate Business in Winnipesg, Man, Canada, Open Offices at 1515 E. 18th Street, Kansas City, Mo. The Kansas City Sun takes especial pleasure in introducing to its many readers the personnel of this company as both are Kansas City products. L. C. Stewart of Stewart and Smith. Mr. Stewart the senior member will be remembered by many our citizens as an active member and official of Allen Chapel some fifteen years ago; and also, as the pioneer Negro grocer of Kansas City, having successfully conducted the business of Stewart and Bean for a number of years; in fact, until the illness of his wife necessitated a change of climate. As a result whereof Mr. Stewart removed to Canada some fourteen years ago and engaged in the real estate business at Winnipeg, where he became an accredited member of the real estate fraternity of that city; but being a race man, in every true sense of the word, he felt the call of the people; and believing Kansas City one of the most ideal places in which to cast his lot both from a business and social standpoint, he has taken the step hereinbefore outlined. L. C. Smith of Stewart and Smith. Mr. Smith, the junior member, is also well known, having attended the public schools here, graduating from Lincoln High School in the class of '97. For two years thereafter he pursued the study of medicine; and then, took up residence at Montreal, Canada with the intention of entering McGill University there. But as is so often true with our youths, circumstances and conditions caused him to drift into channels entirely different to his chosen avocation. With the result, that in the year 1902 he became associated with Mr. Stewart (aforementioned) in the real estate business at Winnipeg. Since which time the firm of Stewart & Smith has been engaged in business there. The ties of home and a desire to be of service to his race have been instrumental in influencing Mr. Smith in continuing to partnership here which had its inception in Canada some twelve years ago. Our representative had the pleasure of interviewing these gentlemen on Tuesday last, and it is his belief that this company will fill a niche in the Negro business world here that will work to the advantage of the race generally. The Kansas City Sun welcomes, yeheartly welcomes the firm of Stewart & Smith. The funeral of Mrs. Pocahonta Sullors who died last Sunday night was held Wednesday at 3:00 P. M. from the residence of her parents, Rev. and Mrs. O. T. Redd, 2642 Highland Avenue and the remains were taken to Macon, Mo., for interment in the family burying ground. She leaves a husband, 9 months old baby, father and mother, 5 sisters, 2 brothers, and many other relatives and friends to mourn her loss. Monda; evening, October 26, the following friends were delightfully entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Preston Porter at their home, 1614 Virginia; Mr. and Mrs. J. Dayton, Mr. and Mrs. L. Caldwell, Mr. and Mrs. R. Adkins, Miss Maude Olden, Miss Eliza Tyler, Mrs. Lizzie Walker, Mr. C. H. Countee, Mr. M. Caldwell. Note—Men would assign to women an inferior place in the world of art or the field of genius, but down the long centuries, here and there, our sister in some way has distinguished herself and elicited more consideration from the narrow sex. Aida Overton Walker's message to the world was a high grade professionality coupled with the sweeter qualities of womanliness that endeared her to her thousands of patrons. She elevated the stage and she gave to her race a better rating in the annals of productive art. Lo! Breathless silence all Ethope enthralls. And hushed the happy voice that once entranced. Night's sable garment enmant'ling falls. Eternity proclaims another soul advanced. No! Not one tear would we dare to shed Or attempt sad sorrow to express, Remembring as one living and not as dead, Immortal fame is life and nothing less. But tears will come when deep friends part, Though we seek to steel the thoughtful mind And thinking on thee dear Aida, the heart Must burst if expression it does not find. So lovely in form, in deep art skilled, Halled a dusky queen where ever you went Thousands drank thy charms that always thrilled With histronic graces which you sweetly lent. Thy face with its marvelous expressive look Haunts us. Nor do we seek to rid its spell Indescribable as a treasure filled book. Rich and deep as the living well. The goddess Terpischore with graceful art and style Your songs were delights which shed their flowers. Your sweet personality was one endearing smile. Oh Art! Enthroned on thy topmost mount. Watching o'er thy children in ev'ry single line. Great is thy genius which flows from the fount, Peaceful thy daughter's sleep, Aids the "divine." Peaceful in that mystic and unknown land Where each undimmed soul takes its solemn place Swelling and adding to that immortal band Joining fame's great ranks of a deathless race. Mr. Thaddeus S. Hulsey, who has been suffering with a slight attack of pneumonia at his residence, 1116 Armstrong avenue, is improving. The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text or graphics. It appears to be a blank or heavily pixelated area with no discernible content. 1920 M. H. JUDGE CASIMER WELSH Candidate for re-election as a District, comprising a part of the City. Boundaries: 13th street south, Grand avenue on the west deserves the support of all (Color our friend for all that term meant to our friends and we will prove Remember Judge Welsh for Just pre-election as Justice of the leg a part of the Eighth and 13th street on the north, ne on the west, and Cleveland of all (Colored) people in that term means. We are not we will prove it to the judge Welsh for Justice of the Sixth Candidate for re-election as Justice of the Peace in the Sixth District, comprising a part of the Eighth and Ninth Wards of the City. Boundaries: 13th street on the north, 20th street on the south, Grand avenue on the west, and Cleveland on the east, richly deserves the support of all (Colored) people in this district. He is our friend for all that term means. We are not wanting in loyalty to our friends and we will prove it to the judge on election day. Remember Judge Welsh for Justice of the Sixth District. --- --- "DIVINE" AIDA. By Chas. A. Starks. Thos. W. Howard J. Silas Harris Nelson C. Crews Prof. A. M. Wilson Ollie J. Brooks J. C. Hobbs Mary Who became the bride of Mr. Neil costume, which attracted favorable co. City's famous modiste, Madame Jacks hand-embroidered lace gown over chatin pumps to match. Her ornament hung a diamond pendant. She carrié of the valley, furnished by the Weavings, which were extremely beautiful, Franklin and D. A. Willis, assisted by Floral Co. Who became the bride of Mr. Nelson C. Crews the 21st inst. Miss Baaa* costume, which attracted favorable comment, was the handwork of Kansas City's famous modiste, Madame Jackson Andrews, and was a beautiful white hand-embroidered lace gown over chiffon with pearl trimming, with white satin pumps to match. Her ornaments were a string of pearls from which hung a diamond pendant. She carried a bouquet of white roses and lilies of the valley, furnished by the Weaver Floral Co., while the house decorations, which were extremely beautiful, were by Mesames Emma Payne, C. A. Franklin and D. A. Willis, assisted by Mr. D. L. Houston and the Crosthwait Floral Co. COL. KNOX BANQUETTED The banquet in honor of Col. L. A. Knox of Kansas City, Mo., commanding the Second regiment. Uniform Rank K. of P., at the Keystone cafe, Saturday, October 17, will go down in the history of the uniform rank K. of P.'s as one of the most brilliant and elaborate banquets served in the beautiful cafe. Picture in your mind forty-five distinguished men sitting around a table gaily decorated with roses. The beautiful lights, with a blaze of fire glittering from the uniforms, will be a sight long to be remembered. The banquet table arranged like the letter L was certainly beautiful and too much credit can not be given to Chas. A. Mills, owner of the popular Keystone, and assistant commissary general on Gen. W. H. Butler's staff. Es [Image of a man in a suit with a tie, looking slightly to the side.] Justice of the Peace in the Sixth the Eighth and Ninth Wards of the on the north, 20th street on the t, and Cleveland on the east, richly red) people in this district. He is us. We are not wanting in loyalty it to the judge on election day ice of the Sixth District. Prof. T. B. Steward Dr. Wm. J. Thompkins Leon H. Jordan Dr. Lucian P. Richardson R. E. L. Bailey C. H. Calloway IN MISS MISS MARGARET ANN BASS bride of Mr. Nelson C. Crews the tested favorable comment, was the Madame Jackson Andrews, and gown over chiffon with pearl . Her ornaments were a string ant. She carried a bouquet of by the Weaver Flor Co., w wemely beautiful, were by Mesdan Millis, assisted by Mr. D. L. Houst --- ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME MISSOURI? Bron C. Crews the 21st inst. Miss Bass* commment, was the handiwork of Kansas Andrews, and was a beautiful white off肩 with pearl trimming, with white urs were a string of pearls from which a bouquet of white roses and lilies Floral Co., while the house decor- were by Mesdames Emma Payne, C. A. Mr. D. L. Houston and the Crosthaw corted by the first regiment cadet band, 30 strong, under the leadership of Col. W. H. Hughes, the staff and officers, with their distinguished guests, marched from the K. of P. hall to the Keystone cave. Such good fellowship is bound to work havoc in bring out success. When Gen. W. H. Butler, the toastmaster of the evening, arose from his chair at 9:30 and opened the social gathering with an eloquent speech, he had struck the keynote of sociability and good fellowship of the uniform rank of K. of P. of St. Louis. Following in order, Capt. Wm. H. Shackelford, who delivered the address of welcome, should be highly commended. In response, B. C. Katkins made a most brilliant speech, a credit to his excellent ability. Short talks were made by Dr. T. A. Curtis, F. J. Brown, A. W. Lloyd, W. C. Ancell and Charles Baker of Farmington, Mo. Colonel Knox in delivering his address spoke on conditions of the Second regiment of Kansas City, paying high tribute to Col. B. J. Riley, commanding first regiment uniform ranks, K. of P. of St. Louis. A musical program was rendered by the Keystone trio, Miss Edna Freeman, pianist; Mr. Leroy Morton, vocalist, and a few selections on the piano by Mr. Shelton of Fiddler and Shelton, which closed one of the grandest affairs seen in St. Louis in years.—St. Louis Argus. The wise business man advertises his merit. Business is good with him. He uses printer's ink. The Kansas City Sun will tell your story. You need the printer, too. Try Franklin. He gives service. 1008 East Eighteenth street. Transfer at Troost. Bell phone, Grand 2988. A Beautiful Design. Sprays .....$1.00 and upward Designs .....$1.50 and upward We please the people both in price and quality. Flowers for all occasions. WEAVER FLORAL CO. 1510 E. 18th St. Home phone Main 7555. Bell phone East 4798. PRICE. 5c. THE NELSON GIRL q Are you satisfied with your hair? Is it as long as it should be? Is it soft and glossy and full of life? Can you comb it out easily or is it full of tangles? 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Kiel announced that he would sign the ordinance which was passed recently for the repeal of the 50-year franchise to the Southern Traction Company to operate street cars over the unfinished free bridge and to build a loop in the downtown district of St. Louis. The house of delegates voted for the repeal 26 to 1. It was repealed by the council early in the week. The bill goes to the mayor for signature after it has been signed by the speaker of the house of delegates and the president of the city council. The special election on the 2 3-4 million dollar bond issue to complete the bridge will be held November 6. It is expected that the mayor will have signed the bill by that time. While this, more than anything else, probably predicts the passage of the bond issue, it will make virtually worthless the $330,000 worth of the traction company's bonds that Jeptha D. Howse received for the passage of the franchise and which he lent to the Lorimer-Gallagher Construction Company which borrowed $180,000 on the bonds from the Lorimer bank. Largely because of that, it was said that the attorneys for the traction company would file an injunction to prevent the mayor from signing the measure. They have served warning that they will have the courts of the city and the state interpret the law as to whether the city has a right to repeal the franchise. If the injunction is granted, it is believed here that it would again defeat the bridge bond issue. THRIFT OF A LITTLE GIRL Member of School Tomato Canning Club Earns $23 on One-Tenth of An Acre. The story of how a little girl earned $23 net profit off one-tenth of an acre in the hills west of Kirksville as a member of the Sugar Creek School Tomato Canning Club was told at the fourth annual rural life conference in session under the auspices of the State Normal School. The cost of producing the tomatoes on the tenth of an acre was $5, and the receipts $28. Five counties held their autumn teachers' meetings in connection with the conference, and there were more than five hundred teachers present. The program was divided into two sections, one on the school and one on the church, with such topics as "Tomato and Sewing Clubs," "The Boy Scouts," "Parent-Teachers' Associations," "The Church as a Social Center" and others. ★★ C. E. Elected Officers.—These officers were elected by the twenty-seventh annual convention of the Missouri Christian Endeavor Union at Springfield: Frank M. Lowe, Jr., Kansas City, president; Fred Struddell, St. Louis, vice-president; T. B. Prescott, Kansas City, secretary; Anne Fleming, Columbia, statistical secretary; Ben F. Dickson, Canton, treasurer. Canton was selected as next place of meeting. ★★ Shot His Visitor.—William H. H. Brown, a retired farmer residing in Warrensburg, was shot and dangerously wounded by Oscar Applegate, a young farmer living four miles north of Warrensburg. Brown had accompanied J. W. Harrison of Warrensburg in a buggy to Harrison's farm, on which Applegate was a tenant. In the visit Harrison is said to have upbraided his tenant for pasturing some ground he had forbidden him to use. Applegate ordered Harrison to leave his premises. He turned his horse to leave, when, Harrison says, Applegate ★★ Shot His Father—Arthur Biggs, 21 years old, shot and seriously wounded his father, James Biggs, as the latter was opening a door at the Biggs home in St. Louis. The son mistook his father for a burglar. Doctor Found Dead—Dr. M. D. Lewis, 69 years old, was found dead from apoplexy in his office at Columbia recently. Christian Endeavors Meet—The twenty-seventh annual convention of the Missouri Christian Endeavor Union was held at Springfield recently. The largest delegations were from Kansas City and St. Louis. The Kansas City workers, numbering 100, arrived by special train. A Wealthy Suicide--Jasper Gaines, Brunswick, 72 years old, a wealthy pioneer resident of Charlton County, committed suicide recently at his home. He shot himself with a revolver. No Miracle. Black Race Forms Ten Per Cent of the Population of the Country. Washington, Oct. 14.—A bulletin on negroes in the United States will be issued at an early date by William J. Harris, director of the census, which will contain all the principal information obtained through the census regarding the number and distribution of the negroes, their rate of increase, their sex and age distribution, and their marital condition. The bulletin will sho what the number of negroes in the United States (exclusive of the outlying possessions) in 1910 was 9,827,763, and they formed 10.7 per cent of the total population. In 1900 the number of negroes was 8,833,994, or 11.6 per cent of the total population of that date. The increase among the negroes during the decade was 993,769, or 11.2 per cent, as compared with an increase of 20.8 per cent among the native whites and 30.7 per cent among the foreign born whites. The growth of the negro population results from their own natural increase, while the growth of the white population is accelerated by the great influx of immigrants and the high birth rate in immigrant families. Of the total number of negroes in 1910 about one-fifth were reported as mulatto; that is, as having some white blood. The proportion that mulattos formed of the total negro population increased from 12 per cent in 1870 to 16.2 per cent in 1890, and to 20.9 per cent in 1910. Urban and Rural Distribution. Nearly three-fourth of the negroes (7,138,534, or 72.6 per cent) were rural dwellers, while about one-fourth 2,689,229, or 27.4 per cent) lived in towns or cities of at least 2,500 inhabitants. Of a total of 2,953 counties in the United States there were only 110 in which there were no negroes, and there were fifty-three counties in 1910, as compared with fifty-five counties in 1900, in which seventy-two per cent of the population was negro. There were 263 counties in 1910 in which fifty per cent of the population was negro. In 1910 there were 4,885,881 negro males in the United States, as compared with 4,941,882 negro females, the number of males to 100 females thus being 98.9, as compared with a ratio of 106 for the whites. The negroes were the only race in the United States in which there were more females than males. The negro males in the United States of voting age numbered 2, 485,873 in 1910, and the negro females of voting age numbered 2, 427,742. Of the negroes 6 to 9 years of age 488,954, or 49.3 per cent, were reported as having attended school during the school year 1909-10; of those 10 to 14 years of age, 791,995, or 68.6 per cent, were so reported; and of those 15 to 20 years of age, 338,750, or 26.5 per cent. In each age group the percentage of school attendance was much lower for the negroes than for the whites. Percentage Decreased. Of the total number of negroes 10 years of age and over, 2,227, 731, or 30.4 per cent, were reported as illiterate; among the whites the percentage of illiteracy was five, being three among native whites and 12.7 among the foreign born whites. The percentage of illiteracy among negroes decreased from 57.1 in 1890 to 44.5 in 1900, and to 30.4 in 1910. The total number of farms operated by negroes in 1910 was 893,370; of this number, 218,972 were operated by their owners, 672,964 by tenants, and 1,434 by managers. The number of farms owned by negroes increased by 31,175, or 16.6 per cent, between 1900 and 1910, and the number of negro tenants increased by 115,790, or 20.8 per cent, during the decade. The total value of farm property operated by negroes in 1910 was $1,144,181,000, as compared with $499,941,000 in 1900, indicating that the value of agricultural property operated by negroes increased considerably more than two-fold during the decade. The statistics show that 1,806,727 negro males and 1,050,849 negro females were engaged in agriculture. The death rate among negroes in 1910 in this area was 25.5 per 1,000, showing a decrease as compared with the rate in 1900, which was 29.4, and the death rates for 1910 show many decreases, especially in the southern municipalities. Willie's Part. Mother—What is Willie crying about, Ethel? Ethel—Tommie was standing on him. "Judging by the effect of this thermometer, there are evidently squalls ahead." TREAT YOUR SCALP, AND HAIR MUST GROW! 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Crews, Kansas City, Grand Master. Deputy Grand Master, Richard Young, Lincoln, Neb. FP, J. Brown, St, Louls, Grand Sen- for Warden, Wm. Green, Plattsburg, Grand Jun- jor 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. P. L, Pratt, Kansas City, Mo,, Grand Lecturer, Grand Commandery Officers. W. G. Mosely, Kansas City, Mo, R.EG.C. J. H. Sherwood, St. Paul, Minn., GB. G. P. C. Kincald, Kansas City, Mo., V. BG. J. W. Beard, St. Louis, Mo, B. G, GG: Wm. Roberts, Hannibal, Mo., Grand Secretary. T. P, Mahammitt, Grand Treasurer, Omaha, Neb, "ond Chatter Officers, Geo, Broomfield, G. H. P., St. Louis, Mo, T. G, McCampbell, D. G. H. P,, Kan- sas City. a A. L. Thomas, G, K., Jefferson City, Mo. J. P, Mofitte, G. 8., Sedalia, Mo, Chas. Grigesby, G. Treas., Liberty, Mo. we BE, §, Baker, G. Sec'y, Kansas City, Mo, MASONIC BUILDING ASSOCIATION MEMBERS. R. T. Coles, Chairman, { BE. S. Baker, Secretary. * R. W. Foster, Treasurer. W. C. Mallory, | Sandy Meyers, Wm. Washington, F.P. Portect, T. W. H, Williams, W. G. Moseley, J. B. Herriford, B. G. Lacey, E.G. Miller, | Robt. Wiley. Lodge Directory Lopae pinEcToRY. Pritchard Ledge No. 42, A.B one ae tees Ge Ue tet bee ak te Male tions fae Spang Wane a ake Ww. et ee wae Rove edge Ne tt, A, we nage teats “tA Be eer etaes Marker Manone Oa Sey MM; i J. MeCampbell, Beo'y. Mt, Olive Lodge No. 08, 'A. enttacitee Nadas Ne, Pata Sit hiaa aire eee Say sine male ae oe ine eee yee, aes ete Eos Seren as Ea v. BF. King ef ie, West Lode. Na ek haat he, West are re Pe oe See Gina arena SB Wee . GE ME it 36, Bae Ms, Biot tra Weialata ee 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 pop- ular way to let the world know who you are, when and where you meet and your object and purpose. 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Chu: fore Shen roa, Sanford and READ MEDITATE . | HUSTLE AGITATE The American Negro must read, meditate, hustle and agitate it he would obtain anything like an equal ehance in that race which results only in the survival of the fittest. While there Is so much agitation going on in the daily press, as to the necessity of strengthening our defenses and in- creasing our military forces, wouldn't it be a good idea as well as the right time to petition his excellency the Governor to authorize the organiza- tion of the Negro Regiments in the State of Missouri? Now that the election is virtually over in which an attepmt to make the political pot “boil” has been a dismal failure it will be well for the country to buckle down to business and re- move, if possible, the depression that has settled over the country through lack of confidence in the present ad- ministration, Colored women who are waxing warm over the subject of suffrage should bear in mind the fact that all “Jim Crow” legislation has come at the behest of women. If the “Full Crew” amendment car- rles, the railroads will be compel- Jed to hire more brakemen, Then in order to retrench, they will be compel- led to lay off the colored porters. Vote against Amendment No. 9. School authorities have given out a rule prohibiting outside phone calls to schools except during the first half hour of each half-day session and af. ter 2 o'clock. ‘This 1s a good rule and will be appreciated by teachers who desire to do their work uninterrupted, The return of Rey, Wm, H. Thomas to the pastorate of Allen Chapel in- sures another yeur of prosperity for both pastor and church, — Rev. | ‘Thomas, coming among strangers one Year ago, has more than made good and has established himself not only 8 @ great preacher but as a ste:ling christian leader and a strong factor in the moral and social life of the com- munity, Naturally there are a few perhaps, who have not learned to ap- preciate the value of his work for good reasons which ignorance and Jealousy so easily contrive disparase his efforts. But the fact remains that the church debts are being paid, the membership increased as never be fore, the congregation growing with each week and the services attracting the attention of the most intelligent 4 cultured, all fowhich looks good us. ‘Drs, L, Mf, Tillman, this city, A. F, Radford, Kansas City, Kans, J. A. Simpson, of St. Louis, Mo., all Internes ; BeBe BA ee CORE Aes fee Oe oe ae ai pent Sa na Lote en Pee aos at jae Sty r Pd een: be | pe tit EE Pred — yee ee ee || a i ee Fk ararepeers peed H i 7 Be Kerem: Pk il el ray Baik) Dats eee SG See eo ee es 2 a ae Cn weer rey va Ps ae , eae Se i Pe ali ee ae rs 3 es ae Be iss ge we mt mms ft a =. £. | cops’ © Nhe Meee Sa , z ere NA en baci oii PE eae One ok A ; oy “i hed 1h ie ee ey oe Cs Re FE BRE PMR N EN WORE Ree RNR! Re oe ae esr ty, at the General Hospital passed the State Board at the last examination. All of these young physicians are ‘graduates of the Meharry Medical Col loge at Nashville, ‘Tenn. Dr. EO. Rone of Howard University passed the Kansas Hoard and was complimented ly them. Among the attractive features of the October number of the Crisis was the halt-page cut of the three beaut ful and interesting children of Mr. and Mrs, Milton Webster of St, Joseph, Mo, ‘The natuaralness of thett ‘pose and their rogulsh emiling eounte. nance have enlisted admiration from all who have seen the pletures, | -Among the many candidates seeking election no next Tuesday there is none more upright and conscientious than Alderman Miles Bulger who 1s run- ning for presiding judge of the coun- ty court on the Democratic ticket. Alderman Bulger is a man renowned for his strong convictions and always exhibits the moral courage to. back them. We predict for Miles Bulger the largest vote cast for any candi date for office in Jackson county’ next Tuesday. Mr. Bulger has ex: pressed strong sympathy for the charity negroes at the county poor farm, and deplores the unsanitary and other frightful conditions which exist there, If elected he will immediately begin to remedy this existing evil __ President George Evans writes that George R, Smith college at Sedalia, Mo., opened very encouragingly. That a number of Improvements and repairs have been made this summer; the fac- ulty has been strengthened and an earnest spirit was manifested on the part of the students. Prof. Evans also informs us that the farm has become a real industrial feature under the su- pervision of Prof. B. H. Lilliard of this city. MAY END LID CLUBS HERE. The Police Commissioners Say They Will Enforce the Law to the Let- ter When They Receive the Baslatan:: The decision of the Missouri su- preme court yesterday that clubs, so- cfal, benevolent or any kind, that dis- pense intoxicating liquors must take out dramshop licenses is of the most far reaching effect. Right off the bat it will result in the big social clubs of the city, such as the Kansas City Club, the Athletic Club, the Elks, Country Club and such, closing thelr bars on Sunday. They also must close nights at 1 o'clock, More than that, it will mean, if the law is en- forced, the passing of the “lid club.” Must Take Out Saloon Licenses. ‘The police commissioners said last night they had not received notice of the decision yet. But as soon as they got it they would see that it was complied with to the letter. That will mean that each club must come before the board and take the chance of getting a saloon license in the name of its secretary or some offi- ae It will mean the clubs must pay the regular saloon license and come under the jurisdiction of the police commissioners. If a man has a habit of getting hot under the collar he should quit wear- tne collars. Favorite Prescriptions Which Have Been Used asa Preventive | As Well As a Cure, | HOW TOGET WELL No. 10 | For rhoumatiem, aches, paing and neu- raigia:' Potasstum lodide ¢'drachms; So: | din gute” ¢"arachoa," Vin an Visor Annigeste, Gomp. VN. ¢ cunsest Bigs” ieunpooontal "every three “hous: | Dice, seventy efve. conte | No, 0. Cut thia out and bring to ur store, Potautlam Acetate'd deachnn; Winn and Vigor dluvetie comp. v.86 ounces: Sig: teanpoanful ever}? hiee’ hours; price seventy-five. cont, No, 44. For female complalnin; Cut, this out and bring to our store, Elixir Virbornum imo, founces; Vin and igor anaiges!? every’ theee hora prise one dollar | Betty@ Sam's | Little Cormer) x ey Gx: aN RE en Ws | he EAL }/ OH, he et oe, Ve |/ hig » ed NE siden a Re |) 4 Nn VAS ae | Ya WY Bathe ~ eal Yi = a. A, ca Wie Deioy SAW =a of sit lt Wordnet on pen, the anddest are these: it might have ‘been, —That « certain disconsolate young man stil sings “I wonder if you mies itis as Wich est Bilka you.” ~—That Betty and Sam came near having a falling out last week because Sum told Betty she talked too much. —That it looks like the Divorce Docket is going to be well filled this term, —That money and beauty and edu: cation do not make happy homes, Only true, united and sympathetic souls can do that, —That the Masons are preparing to remodel their Temple until it shall be the finest in the West. —That efter a man is ffty he would rather lose his hair than his teeth, What if he loses both? —That some of the Negroes who brag about “supporting” candidates can't support themselves, Hey Bill? —That lemons are going up. Well who wants a Iemon anyhow? —That some people seem to think that chewing the rag is food for thought. What do you think? | —That the Rex Theatre, 2411 Vine Street deserves the patronage of every Negro in Kansas City because it is owned, managed and controlled by Nesscea, The mean, sneering, contemptible attitude of the Kansas City Star as re- flected through its asinine reporters in dealing with all things concerning the Negro is simply a case of ‘storing up wrath that will break on its head “some sweet day by and by.” TYPEWRITING DONE at Kansas City Son office, 1803 East Eighteenth street, Neat, quick work. Rates rea- sonable, Engagements by appoint ment, Bell phone Bast 999. COMBINATION. 1 No, 12, Cut thls out and being to our store. | (A), For coughs, colds and lagrippe Ammonium Chloride = drachies Bitar herion and ‘urven. fiydeatn 1. ounce, Glico’ heron T' ounces Creosote oi Grachm: Eltsir Analgesis Compo v8 founreg! i Quinine uiphate Is Birin ie gralne, ert ae (8) Catting Citrate 10 grains: Analgesl powders 20 grains: make twelve cay EMlos: alg: one every’ three hours Vim"and’ Vigor Laxative ‘Powder 1 ©, Dissolve Jo a halt glans of water and Is recommended to curt” ‘emo ee and’ eter" Pricevone dollar SOM ‘The following prescriptions have siven satisfaction to hundreds of peo- ple, We recommend them and stand be- hind them with our guarantee to give satisfaction or money refunded: if you are troubled with any of the following diseases, rheumatism, kidney and lver troubles, female weakness, headache, neuralgia, piles, constipa- tion, billousness, stomach troubles, in- siti ‘ ” Y. M. C. A. NOTES More than twenty per cent of all the subscriptions to the recent fur: nishings fund were paid in cash, As the workers were instructed to take subscriptions from only persons con- sidered wholely reliable, the building committee te ordering the furnishings in as fast as the workmen finish each portion of the building. ‘The forty-six dormitory rooms nave already been carpeted with the best of carpet. These rooms with the rest of the build: ing will be steam heated. ‘The latest two-pipe valve system of steam radia- tors are in each room. Each man can regulate his own heat. ‘The rooms will be lighted by electricity, All the water in the building, for swimming, bathing, drinking and cooking will be double filtered, making it as pure as possible, ‘The floors will be swept with a vacuum cleaner. As every room is an outside room, plenty of sun- shine, air and light will be obtained, The wash rooms on each dormitory floor ‘contain a shower bath room The dormitory floors will accomodate ninety-two men, Already the men are asking for space when these” rooms are opened. Although the building as a whole will not be dedicated until Thanksgiving week, the management hopes to have the dormitories open by the Sth of November. Prof. Frenchs address on “The Open Door” was the treat of the sea- son, The men voted to have him re- peat «this same address in the new building when a larger number can be accomodated. Sunday, November 1st, the men’s meeting will be given over to a praise service, when the fine result of the furnishing campaign will be especially before the men, Man's Wants. Man wants but little here below, But wants it mighty hard, When he finds he only needa but one ‘More spot upon a card, —Puek, Forgot Themselves. “How does Pilkin stand with his fashionable neighbors?” “Several of them spoke to him once when there was a fire in the vicinity.” “Indeed?” “But they exclaimed Inter that it was due to the excitement of the mo- ment.” Farming Literature. “The agricultural department issues some interesting and helpful bulletins.” “Anything new about handling sum- mer boarders?” inquired Farmer Whif- fletree. “Mine gimme a lot of trouble last year.” Sarcasm, “I'm sending this communication to an editor. Would you write him that if it 18 too long he might cut it down to suit himself?” “Indeed, I should. If you didn’t men- tion it, suck an idea would never occur to him.” ; Gsae Advicn: “Mr. Gayboy talks in his sleep, doc- tor,” sald Mrs. Gayboy. “What would you advise me to do?” “It you wish to preserve your peace of mind,” said the doctor, who was personally acquainted with Mr. Gay- boy, “I advise you not to listen.” digestion, dyspepsia, ete. our favorite prescriptions are recommended and guaranteed to give satisfaction. These prescriptions are only at SMITH'S DRUG STORE. CUT THIS OUT AND BRING IT TO OUR STORE. Drug Specials for This Week. 25-cent Black Draught 15 cents, $1 Wine of Cardul 85 cents, 50-cent Caldwell Syrup of Pepsin 45 cents. 25-cent Eillisian Cream 20 cents, $1.25 Fountain Syringes $1 $1 Hot Water Bottles 75 cents. 25-cent Massatta Taloum Powder 19 cents, Full iine of stage makeups. Soja Fountain Specials. Teo cream sodas served the year around, ‘Tango Sundae on a Mazer, 15 cents, Hot soda drinks,‘hot chococalte, 6 cents. Hot co:tee, 5 cents; hotb eet tea, 5 cents. HATRED THAT WAR BREEDS Remarkable Changes in Pleasant Re- lations Caused by Hostilities Be- tween Nationa, | Hate and war must go hand in hand. You couldn't go out and shoot your ‘neighbor to death unless you first ‘hated him, If circumstances should force you to such a thing you would speedily, by a sort of self-hypnosts, work yourself into a state of mind where you honestly believed that kill ing was entirely too good for him. ‘This is-just what the nations in Ku- rope have done, writes Martin Mar- shall in Lesile’s. We read now how the Germans have despised the Eng- Ush in the past and how the French have for 44 years longed for revenge on the Germans; of how Belgium hated the kaiser with the hatred of fear, and of mutual antagonisms be- ‘tween Teuton and Serb. These senti- ments were partly official and conven- tional, but mostly imaginary. The people got along pretty well together. Frenchmen did business in Berlin and Germans went holidaying to Paris; London's restaurants were largely manned by German staffs and Russian peasants “helped to reap the harvests in Prussia, Educated men in each of these nations prided themselves on their familiarity with the languages of the others, and enjoyed their litera- ture, art and muste. Then came war, and all was changed, Some milliohs of men were going to slaughter each other, and first they had to convince themselves that they ought to do it. The prelim- inary era was of window smashing, street demonstrations, trade boycotts and imprisonment of inoffensive na- tionals of hostile nations. ‘Then Wag- ner's muste was tabooed in Russia and France; St, Petersburg must have its name changed to cleanse it from the loathsome Teutonic termination; Eng- lish table sauce disappeared from Ber- lin restaurants; Paris styles were an- athema in Vienna; London poured Munich beer into the gutters; a Paris magazine started a popular prize con- test for the best substitute name for Eau de Cologne—in short, Europe ran the whole gamut of silly, seritimental hysteria preliminary to shooting of suspected spies, the bombardment of peaceful villages, the killing of women and children, the “strict military reprisals” that always occur in war— and always shock the victims and the neutrala. Big Pin Money. Some of the large dress manufac: turers in New York, in whose factories a considerable amount of draping must be done, find that thelr bills for pins frequently run as high as $1,500 a year. Used only once, the pins are Temoyed and permitted to fall on the floor, where they are swept away. Even if gathered up at the day's close they would be too dirty for use gain. A company, just starting in business, Proposes to effect a saving in the pin item by taking all the used pins, and, having cleaned and polished them, re- turn them at half what they cost the manufacturers originally. The experl- ments to produce a clean, refinished pin entailed over a year's work. It was found that if the pins were gath- ered together by using a magnet they made a mark on white fabrics, so this method was discarded. A process has been discovered, however, whereby the satisfactory result waf obtained, 10 cents; hot egs and grape juice, straightening and drying combs, hair pressers, watches and clocks, tal- cum powders and toilet articles en- Gace wise bottom prices. Phone us or write us ith’s Drug, St tweo. Smith's Drug Store S, B, Corner 18th and Tracy | Mail Orders Promptly Filled <IExe. ; Cle ACME UY NG ‘INFOO row : ir Vi ‘anise me anal [amish SEE Ee UU CHOSE era ated ae Ra Mecicies rics Me T tte ’ ey furscrawcesy | A Acts Novelty Co.” | eras mascara WOR ay MME NOVELTY CO, Re aa” se rexmsanpne | ni lurreseeegess BRE ~ i ements i waver NS | : La ; Se Cen ) fos Bp Serie Pare ont equi BR | 1 “ey, ‘} Pernt a \ Goes / ha \ Sa Jog es ‘ iy ae SS : si | Here they are! The Big Four, An unsurpassed scalp food and hair dressing (full 3-02, box), a two-ounce box of snow white beauty cream, & full size box of face powder in (high brown, flesh color, or white), and a box of shampoo powder that does the work and leaves the hair in a soft piable condition, all for 80c. Any three G5c. Choice of any two, 50c, Postage prepaid. Agents wanted. Send money order today, and get them for future use as this is an introductory offer. Address Acme Novelty Co. Ltd. Wilkes-Barre, Pa, P, 0, Box 36. Pe COOPER & CAMPBELL. <u GLa DRUGS, Patent Medicines Cigars, Sundries and Paints 18th and Paseo . M. MYERS, Tailor 1518 E. 12th Street Home Phone East 2192 _ Bell Phone East 1667W Man, you don’t know what you miss, Every time that you forget, Real life is only this, Clothes will make you happy yet, High-grade clothes is what I make, And you would well pleased be Now if we your measure take To perfectly fit thee, Try me, then give me a chance, id you will content be; I kmow your business will advance— Long my clothes will last thee. : Our grade of goods are best, Rightly tried by long, long test. SESE SE LEG Se SE Eb Eb Eh Eb eb eb ob TELEPHONE GRAND 1356W : : THE WHIBBY UNIQUE | q 4 ‘ ‘ ’ 9 Cleaners and Dyers ‘ —o ‘ SUITS TO ORDER, $15 oo up. Fit and Work- ? manship Guaranteed. : RAINCOATS TO ORDER, $7.50 up, Including # the celebrated Balmacaans for men and women § ray \ We also clean Portiers,Curtains, Shawls, Piano q Covers, Carpets, Furs, Etc. Prices * on application % THE TEST OF SUPREMACY IS COMPARISON ; ‘Work Called for and Delivered, Gloves and Neckties Cleaned free ¢ 1808 Forest Ave. KANSAS CITY, MO. ¢ OD te eise gids peewee reek ew adamant WATCH THIS SPACE ¢ \= F ca F Sak ft x \ R icone) R Shab, ia CL E a a eee Se we E km E temo Beautiful Faashion Book for Colored Ladies, Showing all the latest styles tn hair, We aro the Jurgen, nporters ind manuface turer of this nyle halt wich da wold by Us" al prices lower than any dealer, an ng guaranteed) t0 te of tho eat quailty, and and washing and comings” Halt sold by the pound, alvo ‘hair nets and tollet articles, Lowest prices. "if ‘not satisfjed money returned. Agents want ed: Bend’ 20 stamp for book. HUMANIA HAIR COMPANY, 23 Duane Street (Dept. 100) NEW YORK It is depressing to note with what laxity our children are being trained in our modern homes. The old-fashioned religious influences have almost disappeared. Children are actually being encouraged in things that are vain and shallow. The real traits of character among which are truthfulness, fidelity, filial love, punctuality and reverence are given such little esteem that it almost causes one to shudder for the future. Flocks of children are seen going late to school each day. They appear to have no idea of the value of promptness. In many cases they are loud and boisterous upon the streets, thus attracting the attention of those who are fond of pointing out our frailties. The school must not be held wholly responsible for these things. We must look to the home for the most enduring influences. Visit Smith's drug store. If you want to buy a home see Stewart & Smith. Visit the new, up-to-date real estate offices of Stewart & Smith. If you want advice concerning real estate, see Stewart & Smith. Have you ever been to Dr. Theo, Smith's drug store at Eighteenth and Tracy. Attorney C. H. Calloway spent Friday and Saturday in Hannibal on legal business. Mrs. Roy Davis of St. Paul, Minn. is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Simons and Mrs. T. E. Grear, 2126 Woodland Ave. Mrs. Joseph Henderson of Atchison, Kas., is in the city the guest of her daughters, Mesdames E. W. Fields, E. B. Roberts and F. J. Weaver. Mr. J. T. Watkins the well known undertaker who has been seriously ill is improving nicely, to the pleasure of his many friends. Poro hair dressing, hair weaving and facial massaging. Scalp treatment a specialty. Mrs. E. Norles, 1737 Pasco, upstairs. Mrs. C. L. Davis, 1320 Kensington avenue, left the city Thursday morning for Lexington, Mo., to visit her cousin, Mrs. Henderson, for a few days. Miss Ada McAfee, 2110 Highland avenue, has returned from Sedalia where she attended the state fair. En route home she visited friends at Sweet Springs, Mo. It is depressing to note we are being trained in our modern ligious influences have almost certainly being encouraged in this The real traits of character a fidelity, filial love, punctuality, little esteem that it almost causes. Flocks of children are seen They appear to have no idea of many cases they are loud and be attracting the attention of those our frailties. The school must not be her things. We must look to the fluences. Mr. Harvey Groves of Denver, Colo., was in the city this week with cattle from his ranch. He is looking well and was pleased to see his many friends. Mrs. J. B. Young entertained at her residence, 2456 Waldron Avenue, Friday evening, October 23 in honor of Mr. J. J. Godwin, of St. Louis, Mo. The house was beautifully decorated with ferns and flowers. Games were indulged in after which an elegant luncheon was served. A most delightful evening was enjoyed by all present. NELLE HENDRICKS Teacher of Piano. Thorough Instruction Guaranteed. Studio 1802 E. 24th Street. ```markdown ``` The advertisement of the Nelson Manufacturing Company of Richmond, Va., which will be found in another column is of special interest to every one who takes a pride in their personal appearance. They are the originators of Nelson's Hair Dressing, a preparation that is sold in every state in the Union. It has been on the market for nearly twenty years and today has probably the largest sale of any preparation of its kind. Such a remarkable success would not be possible unless the article had real merit. Many of our readers have no doubt used it and know of its value. Those who have not used it and would like to test it can do so without cost as the manufacturers offer to send any reader of this paper a liberal free sample if they will enclose a 2 cent stamp to pay postage and mention this paper. They will also include a sample of their other preparations. Nelson's Scalp and Hair Cleaner and Nelson's Skin and Complexion Soap. Write today and get these samples and give them a personal test. Victimized by Changing Times. "Now, then, Cousin Emma, let me give you a bit of the breast." "Yes, please. I should like to taste that, for in my young days they always gave it to the grown-ups and now they keep it for the children, so I've always missed it."-Punch. Ancient Goods. "Has your neighbor a new wife?" "No." "Why, I heard he had just married her!" "So he has, but she's not new; she's as old as Kethusalch." Not For Him. "I want you to meet a friend of mine, a remarkably clever girl who taught herself to swim in one lesson." "If she is so ugly she had to teach herself to swim I don't want to meet her." CITY NEWS. Mr. Arthur Sanford of Carrollton Mo., was here Sunday on business, and while in the city accompanied by Grand Secretary George W. K. Love and Mr. E. W. Fields, called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson C. Crews and viewed the elaborate presents recently given them. Some business and professional men are complaining of hard times, but it is not so with Dr. Theo. Smith, who has one of the handsomest, busiest and most up-to-date drug stores in the country at Eighteenth street and Tracy avenue. The Concert by the Hann Jubilee Singers at the Second Baptist Church last Monday night was an unqualified success. Nearly a thousand persons were inattendance, and an excellent program was rendered by this capable company. CARD OF THANKS We are deeply grateful to you for the continuous courtesies extended; contributions of fruit and flowers and the many expressions of sympathy during the recent illness and death of our beloved wife, mother and daughter. Very gratefully yours, Last Friday evening was the scene of a very unique and enjoyable affair when Miss Hattie Scott, of 2838 East Sixth Street, entertained the members of the Jolly Whist Club. The house was beautifully decorated and the luncheon served was dainty and delicious. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Roy, Mrs. W. M. Stacy, rs. Jennie House, rs. L. V. Farnsworth, rs. Nannie Weans; essrs. Geo. Johnson, Gardner Beshears and G L. Lewis. with what laxity our children own homes. The old-fashioned re- disappeared. Children are ac- cents that are vain and shallow. among which are truthfulness, and reverence are given such ones to shudder for the future. In going late to school each day. of the value of promptness. In poisterous upon the streets, thus who are fond of pointing out old wholly responsible for these home for the most enduring in- An Open Letter to The Negro Business League An Open Letter to The Negro Business League By Charles A. Starke. If there is anything in a name, then the National Negro Business League means a great national body of Negro business men leagued together, mind you, to promote the general order of business among Negroes. This is doubly true in local organizations, as the national affairs are fraught with the convention spirit, it is to our local league that we must look for an effective work toward uplifting business standards and the promotion of trade among ourselves. To do this we will find it necessary to follow the well established rules of commerce which has always for its basis honesty, full value for the money and fair dealing. Other peculiarities should be dalt with strong and unusual methods of race loyalty and common sense. The business outlook for the negro is great. To the wide wake the light of truth sheds its rays over the horizon of the business world and opens to him possibilities never discovered before, but across this favorable sky emblazoned in bold and stern reading is this one command—work. Unless you invest your money in a business of some kind and work and feel the hopes and setbacks, follow the dalyy routine with added vigor, improve and wrestle with the thousand phases that bob up for consideration, you can not lay claim to real membership in the local league if that league means business. Then the Negro Business League is for business people, and business people should only be admitted to the ranks in order that nothing but business might be transacted or promoted. If you wanted to organize a carpenters' union you would not go to bricklayers, iron workers or common laborers to secure members, would you? No. But you would naturally go to carpenters, an decarpenters only. Here we have quite a contrast from this. We have the business league going to churches, women's clubs and to every place but to the highways of business life to get timber for its use, so that today we have upon the books of the organization a list of names that really mean nothing and stand for nothing in the business community. What the Negro Business League wants now is customers and patrons of the business the individual members and association of a roomful of vociferous persons arguing points of order, berating each other about their knowledge of "parliamentary usages" and debating whether preachers shall be admitted with special honor, and that gratis. "Resolve," said Booker T. Washington, rolling up his sleeves in imitation of the mysterious individual --- whose activity consists in making resolutions that reach no farther than the door of the meeting place. Let us get out of this habit of resolving and do a little active work in bringing about better conditions among our people and institute a sounder business policy among business people. The Way. There are some 33,000 Negroes in Greater Kansas City to be fed, clothed and housed. Abstractly, this means much, how to feed; clothe and house these people through Negro enterprises and with capital controlled by Negroes the practical problem of our business men. We have had great orations in abundance telling us how far the Negro has come, but little or nothing about how to really solve the "eternal row" problems which are confronting the business person of the hour. We believe that the Business League started wrong, and therefore can not end right. The thing to do is to halt and correct ourselves and put this organization which really has a latent power for great good upon a better working basis. To do this we are giving (what appears in our opinion) some practical suggestions to advance the cause of business. zFirst—Cleaner and better appointed business places, neat and attractive, polite and prompt service, not a mere sign hanging on the wall, but a real active and sincere effort to please and satisfy. Satisfaction they say makes regular customers. Second — Honest, advertisements with persistency, not the halting or sporic kind, but steady, practical advertising that brings business and keeps alive business consciousness of the people who would otherwise forget. Back up everything we say and pay for advertising as scrupulously as we do our gas bills. Advertising is a science. If you do not know the game secure the services of an expert and pay him for his labor. Advertising is what keeps the wheel of industry "a going." "So the people may know" is a good slogan in advertising. Third—A concerted actio non the part of all members to his own people, and make it a crime for any member of the business league to trade with a people who despises his very presence but who will take his money and hate him more. Any member of the Business League found guilty of buying an article from a white concern when he could easily secure the same from like place run by colored should be ostracised from the league church and lodge. If the white man wanted your patronage he would not har you from his best places. Then out of decency and self-respect we should stay out altogether. Fourth—We speak for cleaner and better places. Remember it does not cost as much to keep a place clean as it does dirty. Cleanliness is economy -dirt is wastefulness. Order invites business and trade. Disorder repulses both. Fifth -Let the league get out a "merit sign" for window display and general efficiency to be given only to members who meet requirements or standards set by the league. Sixth—Appoint every member a delegate to actively patrol the streets and boost Negro business and direct customers to all progressive Negro enterprises. Gy a little work on our part and a little loyalty on the part of the public we could easily "freeze out" a certain element who are not of our race and who do not contribute anything to our churches, public institutions or to our real economic life. As the administration for cleaner streets in our business district. Stop the tendency to slum our best community. Put our small capitals together and do something practical. A big, well established grocery store on Eighteenth street, run and controlled by negroes, would contribute toward more race salvation than a hundred poverty ridden churches which sap the vitality of the people at least financially. Start a great movement to patronize our press ent enterprises and we will have better business concerns. Put enthusiasm in our business and let us be loyal to ourselves. There are 5,000 suggestions to be carried out, but let us start right. Diamond Operations Machinery and barbed wire have supplanted the crude methods of breaking up diamond-bearing blue earth and protecting the valuable finds employed 20 years ago in the South African diamond mines. The depths of the strange crater shaped holes in which the peculiar diamond-bearing earth is confined are now penetrated by shafts, reaching hundreds of feet down into the earth with 40-foot levels. The broken earth is removed in closed trucks to the surface, where, after a season of exposure to sun and atmosphere, strewn on the ground, it is hauled to the mills. Here pulsators finally locate the diamonds on grease-covered inclined tables, to which the diamonds adhere, while loose sand, earth and gravel are washed away by water. Acres of ground, covered by broken earth brought up from the mines, contain possibly millions of dollars' worth of gems, and these treasure-troves are protected by high fences of barbed wire, with intricate arrangements at the corners and at the gates. About four thousand miles of wire are used in the defenses about the Kimberley mines. a Load of Buckshot. "I see where Doctor Olsen says tuberculosis is not hurtful unless one gets too much of it." "Neither is corrosive sublimate or a young bride's first batch of biscuits." Women's Club Notes Among the Churches The Ladies' Coterie Club will meet with Mrs. Dodson, 1706 45 12th Street Wednesday, November 6. MRS. COMPTON, Pres. MRS. BLACKBURN, Secy. The Clippers Charity Fund has now increased to $148.25. MISS VICTORIA NEWSOM, Pres VICTORIA NEWSOM, FRES. IRVA FRENCH, Scribe, BESSIE JACOBS, Treas. The Relief Workers will meet Sunday afternoon, November 1, at Garrison Square at 4 o'clock. Mrs. Maude Gamble, president; Miss Club's Inez Page, secretary. The City Federation of Women's Clubs meets at Garrison Field House Friday, November 6, at 2 p. m. Program by the Graeco Club. All club members requested to attend to arrange for our tenth anniversary. Mrs. Allene James Walker, age 25, the amiable and accomplished wife of Dr. E. A. Walker, 1420 East Eighteenth street, Kansas City, passed away Sunday, October 18, 1914. at 4 p. m., in Columbus, Miss, near the place of her birth, to which place she had gone, one month previous, in search of health, a change to a milder climate for the winter being advised on account of her lingering illness. Before marriage she was Miss Allene Ambrette James, eldest of the three living children of E. C. and Josie Motley James, well known and wealthy land owners of Bent Oak, Miss. Though frail physically in early life, her ambition was to acquire a liberal education in the pursuit of which she graduated from the following: High school, Columbus, Miss.; Union academy, West Point, Miss.; Fisk university, Nashville, Tenn. Fully realizing the commanding need of her people—education—she began teaching near Bent Oak in the community where she had been reared. Her evenness of mind, rare devotion to duty and a genius for instructing, were her towering qualities in the school room. Six years close application and increased weight of responsibility of instructing, overbalanced her health and she was forced to resign. The numerous appeals to her to remain and regrets for her enforced resignation bear testimony of her brilliant success, and the deep love and respect the people held for her. At Wichita, Kas., 1912, she was a member of the first corps of teachers in the separate schools. Her personality was pleasing; her kind manner dISTINCTive, love was the life of her. Yielding to the noble calling of womanhood, for which her matured judgment coupled with the insistent wooings of her many suitors, convinced her she was prepared, she was hap pily married to Dr. E. A. Walker Christmas eve, 1912, at Wichita, Kas she came at once to Kansas City, her future home. Amidst the new scenes of this cultured city, and in the atm sphere of its refined people, she found the happiness she sought, added to this was nature's greatest gift, motherhood. The two years of matrimony spent in Kansas City she offended referred to as the happiest of her life. But they were the splendor of her eve. Her funeral was held by her friends of early life, and her last remains inferred by those who had nursed her. She leaves to mourn her untimely death her husband and son, E. A. Walker, Jr., of Kansas City; parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. James, a sister, Mrs. Funie Harris; a brother, Peter W. James, all of Bent Oak, Miss, numerous relatives and a legion of friends in all parts of the country. Her funeral was held Monday afternoon, October 19, at Bent Oak, Miss. NO CHANGE IN WAGE SCALE Coal Miners Will Receive Same Pay and Work Same Hours Under New Schedule. No changes in-the wage scale or working hours of the coal miners of Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma have been made in the new biennial schedule agreed upon at the last interstate conference of the operators and employees held at Kansas City last May. The old system of arbitration by which a permanent arbitrator, John Steele of Pittsburg, Kan., did all the final deciding, is changed, however. In its place is an arrangement by which each of the three mining districts establishes a joint board of arbitration composed of three miners and three operators. This is considered a more democratic method of settling disputes. The new schedule came up at the interstate convention of mine workers in the Labor Temple at Kansas City recently and was ratified. About 230 delegates representing the local unions in the four states were present. "No changes in the working schedule were made," John P. White, president of the International union, said. "During our conference with the operators last spring we tried principally to get better working conditions for the men. Hereafter each district will have its own arbitration board to handle local disputes." **Finds Doctor Dead.**—The body of Dr. E. P. Walker, 50 years old, for more than thirty years a practicing physician here, was found at 6 o'clock at night in the yard of his home. He had been dead for some time. A neighbor woman first noticed the body. The dead man's wife is said to be out of town on a visit. Foul Ball Kills Farmer—Calvin Grehinger, 55 years old, a farmer living near Sedalia, is dead from an injury received when he was hit on the head by a foul ball while watching a ball game. THE SECOND CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Located at Twenty-fourth street and Woodland avenue, will be dedicated Sunday, November I, at 2:30 p. m. The dedicatory sermon will be delivered by Dr. W. H. Bowen of Fulton, Mo. Good music by the choir under the direction of W. B. Countee. Solos will be sung by Miss Saxie English, Miss Margerie Debo of Kentucky, and short talks will be made by W. F. Richardson, Fletcher Cowherd and R. P. Jackson. Prof. G. A. Page will take the offering. Come one and all. You are welcome. The following program will be rendered during the day: Morning service at 11 o'clock. Prelude. Choir—"Praise God," W. B. Countee. Choir—"The Lord's Prayer," W. B. Countee. Choir—"Soldiers of the Lord," W. B. Countee. Scripture reading. Duet and Chorus—"To Dwell With Thee," Ira B. Wilson. Choir—"Holy, Holy, Holy." Sermon. Solo and Chorus—"I am the Way," W. B. Countee. Collection. Doxology—"Glory Be to the Fath- er," W. B. Countee. Afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Prelude. Choir—"Praise God." "The Lord's Prayer"JW. B. Countee. "Come Let Us Sing"—Carrie B. Adams. Scripture reading. Solo—"A Contrite Heart," W. B. Countee. Prayer. Choir—"Holy, Holy, Holy." Sermon. Solo and Chorus—"I Am the Way," W. B. Countee. Collection. Doxology—"Glory Patria," W. B. Countee. Evening service at 8 o'clock. Prelude. Choir—"Praise God," W. B. Countee. "The Lord's Prayer"—W. B. Countee. "Come Let Us Sing"—Carrie B. Adams. Scripture reading. Duet and Chorus—"To Dwell With Thee," Ira B. Wilson. Prayer. Choir—"Soldiers of the Lord," W. B. Countee. Sermon. Solo and Chorus—"I Am the Way," W. B. Countee. Collection. Doxology—"Closing Worship," W. B. Countee. Committee—J. R. Brown, R. P. Jackson, A. J. Lewis, J. T. Watkins, Rev W. A. A. Harris, pastor ALLEN CHAPEL. Last Wednesday night a very appreciative audience greeted Prof. C. Cameron White at Allen chapel when he was never seen at a better advantage. Dr. Wm. H. Thomas, the pastor who has been spending two weeks in Colorado, returned home and preached two sermons last Sunday. An excellent audience was out In the morning and an appreciative one at night. Next Sunday morning the pastor will preach on "The Unknown God." Special music by the choir under direction of Prof. R. G. Jackson. Efforts are being made for a big rally the third Sunday in November. The members are being asked to pledge. An effort is being made to get away from past methods in rallies and each member is asked to give according to his ability. The Ministers' Alliance has adopted a resolution urging each pastor to ask his members to vote NO to the ninth proposition known as the full crew bill. MORNING STAR BAPTIST CHURCH. The services last Sunday were of very high order. An excellent seremon was delivered by the pastor subject of which was "Upon this rock I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." In the afternoon a long preacher of the church preached from "Let us make man in our own image, after our own likeness." The pastor, at night, then preached another able seremon, subject, "The Lord's Plantation." The rally just closed was very successful, amount raised during the week, $52.09. Total amount, $286.44. FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH Last Monday morning services were excellent. Messrs. J. D. Bowser and F. J. Weaver made short talks which were good. Sunday afternoon was the laying of the corner stone. Rev. J. M. Booker presided. Revs. G. T. Mosey and Crutchfield held the stone. Revs. Calloway and Hurse spoke on "Why Corner Stones Should Be Laid by the Ministers." The attendance was good. Next Sunday regular services will be held at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Rev. G. W. Boyd, pastor. VINE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH VINE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH. Brother Eli Harris is quite ill. Morning and evening services were well attended last Sunday. wo additions were made. Dr. T. H. Ewong has selected Dr. M. L. Lambricht and Attorney C. H. Calloway to present the prizes to the two clubs, the Canites, of which Brother James Graham King is president, and Queen Sheba, of which Sister Samantha Walker is queen. The latter will receive first prize, having raised the largest amount of money. Our Sunday school can't be beat. All are invited to attend. H. J. Spigner, superintendent. Don't fail to attend the B. Y. P. U. and hear Brother D. A. Ross discuss some of the most important subjects in the Bible. Brother Ross is a great speaker. Come hear him next Sunday evening at 5:30. Amman in no way a weather man Even in the spring the weather man Finds Cure for Epilepsy After Years of Suffering 'My daughter was afflicted with epileptic fits for three years, the attacks coming every few weeks. We employed several doctors but they did her no good. About a year ago we heard of Dr. Miles' Nervine, and it certainly has proved a blessing to our little girl. She is now apparently cured and is enjoying the best of health. It is over a year since she has had a fit. We speak too highly. good. Most year ago we heard of Dr. Miles' Nervine, and it certainly has proved a blessing to our little girl. She is now apparently cured and is enjoying the best of health over a year since she has had a fit. We cannot speak too highly of Dr. Miles' Nervine. MRS. FRANK ANDERSON, Comfrey, Minn. Thousands of children in the United States who are suffering from attacks of epilepsy are a burden and sorrow to their parents, who would give anything to restore health to the sufferers. Dr. Miles' Nervine is one of the best remedies known for this addiction. It has proven beneficial in thousands of cases and those who have used it have the greatest benefit, but a reliable remedy for nervous diseases. You need not besithe to give it a trial. Sold by all Druggists. If the first Sold by all Druggists. If the first bottle fails to benefit your money is returned.® MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind. NEVER A PLEASANT FEELING Nervousness May Affect Different People in Different Ways, But It is Never a Welcome Visitor. The mental state of a person suffering from "nerves" is very much like that of a man who is wanted by the police, or who has just heard a rumor that the ship on which his wife and children have sailed has been sunk in a collision, or who has cried "fire" in a theater and been thrown out, and knows his name has been obtained by the reporters. Very often it is a combination of all three, with per haps the added sensation of a man in doubt if he closed the safe before leaving the office. Perhaps some sufferers will disagree with this and say it is not like that at all, but rather like having fallen into a dry well, from which you can hear the voices of people passing near by, but are unable to make yourself heard, or like having accidentally shot your neighbor's only child while cleaning a revolver. The point is that it is distinctly unpleasant. Any bad quarter of an hour that you may have experienced of uneasiness, anxiety, guilt, remorse or mortification will give you a very fair idea of the chronic condition of the so-called neurasthenic. A good nightmare will help. There is nothing about this in the books. There the symptoms are described as "loss of interest," "inability to concentrate," "extreme depression," feeling of numbness in the extremities," etc. In a way this is true; just as it would be true of the men referred to above. The man wanted by the police would take little interest in the shop windows, and the man who thinks the ship has sunk would not get very far with a letter arranging the details of a business reorganization; and as for the man thrown out of the theater, he would probably admit, if brought to it, that he was profoundly depressed. None of these individuals would feel that the books quite did justice to their feelings. And it goes without saying that none of them would respond with enthusiasm if a brisk person came along and said: "What you need is to get your mind off yourself," or. "What you need is plenty of fresh air and exercise." The main thing is that the nervous victim is suffering severe mental distress. He is not simply "out of sorts." —Medical Record. Heard General Sherman Say It. Heard General Sherman Say It. Recently someone who seemed to know issued a denial of the prevalent impression that Gen. W. T. Sherman said "war is hell." J. P. Francis of Nickerson declares he heard General Sherman say it. He writes: "I never understood that General Sherman used the term 'war is hell' in any of his orders or official correspondence, but did use the term in a public address at a soldiers' reunion at Columbus, O., in 1880. The writer was seated near the speaker's stand and recollects the occasion which called the famous expression from the general. General Sherman, in his address, referred to a particular military feat which called (on part of the troops selected to perform the task assigned them) for heroic courage to accomplish the task successfully. And when he closed the narration the militia boys gave a hearty cheer. When the applause subsided the general looked down at the militia and said, 'Boys, you may think war is great sport, but I say, war is hell.'" Driest Spots in America. According to the weather bureau returns one of the driest spots in the United States is in the Fresno district of California. They have had only 34 per cent of the normal rainfall since March 1. The west coast generally has been short of precipitation. Another dry district centers in St. Louis, which has only 32 per cent of normal rainfall. The Ohio valley has had from a half to two-thirds of the usual quota, and there are some very dry spots in the Southwest and the Southeast that have not yet been cleared up. But generally the country is fairly well supplied with moisture for the late summer season. Streams are fairly full and reservoirs are not low as a rule. The distribution is uneven, however, Fort Worth, Texas, has 194 per cent of normal, and Fort Smith, Ark., only 48 per cent. Some portions of Kansas have had three weeks of 100 per cent weather, practically arresting vegetable growth and cutting off the corn crop for anything else but fodder. Neatly Furnished Room—Strictly modern. Six blocks south of the new Union Station. A suite of rooms suitable for men. For information call Home 'phone South 4098. ROOMS FOR RENT—Two first class rooming houses—modern-best location in the city. 813 Charlotte street and 1023 Charlotte street. Rates from $2.00 per week. Geo. W. Little. Prop. Bell phone Main 3910. FOR RENT Four large modern rooms, bath, gas, water paid, Cedar closets, $12.50, worth $15.00. For rent by the owner, 3562 Michigan Avenue. J. Dallas Bowser, 2400 Paseo; Bell phone Grand 3795-W. For Rent—Nearly furnished rooms. Furnace heat. Mrs. L. W. McKeever, 1301 Michigan Ave. 31. For Rent—Modern furnished room for gentleman. Heat furnished. 1013 Tracy Ave. For Rent—Furnished or unfurnished rooms; gas light, steam heat and bath; $1.50 per week and up. 2531 Michigan ave. —31 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 A NEW NEGRO BUSINESS FOR KANSAS CITY. We extend a cordial invitation to the public to visit our Hat Works, where we are prepared to clean and block hats for 50 cents. We guarantee all work strictly first class. We are prepared to block hats into the latest shapes. Our workmanship is of the highest art. Wishing to thank you in advance for your visit and future orders, we remain, Yours, WESTERN HAT WORKS, * THE ATHENAEUM ART CLUB HALLOWEE'N DANCE. October 30, 1914. At Armory Hall. Cottage and Vine. Admission 25 cents. Office Phone Residence Phone Home, Mail 18 1 Residence Phone 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. C. H. CALLOWAY Attorney at Law Notary Public Admitted to Practice in all State and Federal Courts. 601 Delaware St., Kansas City, Mo. FOR RENT 2635 Woodland, 4 r. 14.00 2636 Holmes, 9 rms. $18.00 916 Green, 9 rms. $18.00 2329 Highland, 3-r. $7.50 2454 Belfortman, 4-mm. $18.00 1807 Belfortman, 6-room partly modern cottage 15.00 2458 Monarch, 6-mm. $18.00 1326 Jabar, 3 r mod. 15.00 1316 E 24th, 6 m mod. 25.00 1316 E 24th, 6 m mod. 25.00 1316 Highland, 5 r. 15.00 1430 Garfield, 3 r. 12.50 1430 Euclid, 3 r. 16.00 1155 Michigan, 4 r. $13.50 1155 Michigan, 4 r. $13.50 1155 Michigan, 6 r gas and water, FOR SALE 1236 Michigan -6-r. modern cot age. $2,660. $200 down. $15 monthly. Near 11th and Michigan—S-r. str. mod. br. slate roof, lot 401x45, worth $5,000. br. slate roof, lot 401x45, worth $5,000. S. W. Corner, lot 401x45, worth $5,000. S. W. Corner, lot 401x45, worth $5,000. modern cottage, $1,900.00; $50.00 down and $14.00 per month. S. W. Corner, $1,900.00; $50.00 down and $14.00 per month. S. W. Corner, $1,900.00; $50.00 down and $14.00 per month. S. W. Corner, $1,900.00; $50.00 down and $14.00 per month. This is a real bargain. Get busy! Aro-American Investment Co. 911 McGEE ST. Phones: - Home 7555 Main; ST, 751 Main The Crosthwait Floral Company The People's say we have made some of the most beautiful and original designs in flowers ever seen in Kansas City. Our Specialty-- "Quick Delivery--Satisfactory Service" Bell Phone East 273 Home Phone Main 9070 1801 E. 48th St., Kansas City, Mo. CHEAP JOHN'S PLACE New and Second Hand Goods Bought, Sold and Exchanged Bell Phone East 3851 W 2122 Vine Street WM. HOPKINS, Prop. --- WAT GK FOO (Copyright, 114, by W. G. Chapman) “Stop that man!” ‘The no'er-do-well of the town, Jack ‘Hazeldean, put down a side alley with half a dozen men, women and children in hot pursuit, the watchman's rattle crackling out {ts hideous notes of ‘alarm. It was no unusual thing for Jack to create a commotion, The storekeepers did not move from thelr doorways, but looked upon the stir- ring spectacle as a bit of fun and frolic, all except one. This was a greengrocer into whose tub ot eggs Jack had mischievously tipped a lureh- Ang inebriate. | “Hold on!” ordéred a stern votce ‘as Jack, his pursuers eluded, darted across a garden space making for the ‘open country and security. | Jack recognized the minister of the church his uncle regularly, and he oc casionally attended. He — looked abashed but made a detour of the mus cular outstretched hand. “You'll end at the gallows!” the dis eomfited divine roared after the re calcitrant. “I'm sorry now,” confessed Jack Plunging into the woods. “That's too late to think of, though Uncle sald it was a parting of thé ways last frolic. This shuts me out sure,” Jack had an abundance of time tr which to think, for slowing down h planned out a march of over twenty five miles. That would take him ou of the county. He had no intentior of going back home. He was twenty two, long past school days, but tw Ae peme o Z t Ply ae “ah r | Peatsses, WS Bas We daily Er i i VRE ‘ Ps &> [ y (j n ue ; WM, Ny al A MN Nae Gere. “Stranger, Aren't You?” years he had simply hung around, made a failure of everything his uncle ut him at and was a sad dog general- ly and a sad failure. His impetuous freaks were always getting him into trouble. He could not resist the promptings of mischief, and these were fertile in his case. ‘Many a bill for his reckless fun his surly sordid uncle had paid for in 00d Canadian coin. ' “Yl mend It all," resolved Jack. “Yl strike out into new fields. Sure, I have been a disgrace to uncle and no credit to the town, so me for strange facen and a fresh start in life.” Jack trudged on the long night through, reflected and sobered down. ‘As all nature woke up with the early dawn he seemed to feel a new life stirring within him. As he passed along more of a path than a road, he became conscious of the echo of a pained grumbling yolce. Peering through a hedge he saw an old man standing in the center of a little copse. His hand was on one hip, as if to suppress some vagrant ache. His foot rested on a spade. He had apparently dug up a few shovels full of earth and his strength had failed him. “I can't do it!” he groaned in a whining tone," I can’t risk asking the crew about me to help me. What shall T do?” ‘Always ready and accommodating, Jack brushed past the hedge. “Hello, old man,” he hailed briskly. “What's the trouble now?” ‘The old man started and stared. He looked suspicious and embarrassed. “Nothing,” he replied dublously. Stranger, aren't you?” “In these parts, yes,” sald Jack. "You see,” the selfish faced old mar remarked, “I want to dig a hole tc bury @ pet dog of mine. Getting old ‘ah, me! too old to work.” “Let me help you.” | So Jack went hastily at work, He ‘dug the hole as ordered. “What shall I pay you? inquired his ‘companion. “Why, nothing,” replied Jack. \ “I you could give me work, though—” “Eh?” retorted the other, calculat ingly studying Jack. “Would yot work cheap?” “For anything to keep out of mis chief, yes," declared Jack. “All right,” sald the old man. “Key down the road till you come to th first house. 1 llve there. I'm Abe Drake, You wait till 1 come and 1) ‘set you at work. I've left my dog back in the woods, but I'll attend to him my welt.” “I see,” nodded Jack, thinking al this passing strange, but following or ders. He came to a small starved lookinj farm with a wretched old house on 1 ‘As he entered its yard @ girl cam from. ja abies carrzing a. pall a milk, Bho looked: askance at Jacl who lifted his cap, overcome with he rare beauty. “'m waiting for Mr, Drake,” he ex plained awkwardly. “He's going t hire me to work for him.” ‘The girl half smiled as she regardes hia white hands and respectable s tire, ‘Then she invited him to a sea on the porch and went about he housebold duties, It seemed to Jack as though hi ON NA oe & y/' AN Hane ai me ho co t ee ms : ‘3 a s 7 i : ’ 3 | he: die Oe DA GEIR DANCER. 0 AMAZING have been achievements of Wir Stoner, Jr, a ten-yea girl, that investigator mother and chief teac fred Sackville Stoner whole story of the c in a book. This unusual little ao Prepared | tor coliegs, i aneruon) © studying astronomy and some other branches. Sh speaks eight languages; she can recite a thousan poems and she has written nearly five hundre Poems and Jingles herself. Winifred plays the plano well. With no lesson except the game of:"'making up stories on the piano she can read over a page of Schubert's "Serenade close the book and play it accurately and with muc expression. She can also hear a difficult selectio played and so keen is her concentration she ca immediately sit down at the plano and play i Winifred draws well and paints admirably. Like Browning, one would tmagine she will hardly know which to choose for her life work, music, art or writing, but she is very decided as to what she expects to do. Winifred 1s going to earn and buy and be the editor of a great children’s maga- zine. In tracing Winitred’s development chronologt- cally it may be said that she: Used pelysyllables in conversation at the age of one year; read at the age of sixteen months; wrote her own name on hotel registers and be- fan keeping @ diary at the age of two; learned the musical notes and played simple airs on the plano and amazed adepts at spelling at three; learned the Latin declensfons and conjugations as singing exercises and recelved a diploma’ in Esperanto at four; wrote stories and Jingles for the newspapers, spoke eight languages, translated Mother Goose rhymes into Esperanto, learned the waltz, two-step and three-step at five; learned the outlines of Greek, Roman and Scandinavian mythologies at seven; composed a poem naming and locating all the bones in the human body at eight; and was elected president of the Junior Peace League of America at ten. How can readers account for the fact that Winifred is a perfectly normal, happy child, romp- ing, singing, loving and lovable, gay as the ca- nary she is glving the freedom of the entire house and teaching to whistle and to keep perfect time to all the music that she whistles? Winifred ha ‘a hundred dolls, As fast as she learns anything she imparts It to her dolls and pets. She is ardently devoted to sports. She swims, races, plays ball, dances and physically she 1s as well As ahe ts mentally, Hor little muscles are strong ‘as armor Volts, She 1s as large as an ordinary twelve-yearold girl and can walk five. miles with: out the least fatigue. ‘Winifred’s father {s a colonel and a surgeon in the Marine hospital service of the United States. Now he fs stationed at Pittsburgh, From him ‘Winifred undoubtedly gets her splendid physical care, and she 1s a perfectly well child. Sno is practical, like her father, and possesses all her mother’s love of art and music and the gift of writing, No less remarkable a the little giri’s mother, Mrs, Stoner in her book, “Natural Education,” seems to’ find nothing in Iittle Winifred’s devel- ‘opment that might not be attained in any healthy,, naturally bright child, If this is conceded for the sake of argument, {t would have to bo admitted that very, very few children would have the ad- vantages of the extraordinary cleverness of a porn teacher, such as Winifred’s. In fact, Mrs. Stoner has employed methods peculiarly her own. It might be said that Mrs. Stoner has given ten years of constgnt. labor to the education of her daughter, labor that was not merely constant, but that. was intelligent and tmaginative as well. For the whole secret of Winltred’s learning has ‘been the play spirit. Whatever she was taught, STRATEGY AY DINNER TABLE rilliant Piece of Headwork Procured ‘Steak Portion of Ple for Hungry Brothers. War,” said Major Jansen, “war is like the steak and potatoe ple.” “The steak and potato pie?” mur mured a mystified lady. “War,” sald Major Jansen, “goes on for awhile all in one party's favor; then comes a stroke of brillant strategy, and the tables are turned, weary walk and the absence of sleep had mado him light headed, for the sweet face he had seen seemed floating all about him. He was half asleep when Abel Drake came along. Jack'was hired. It was hard work, but the labor had {ts compensation. ‘The presence of Myrtle Drake, the granddaughter of the old man, lured him to stay. He felt himself bewitched by a pleasant lasting new influence At’ tho end of a month Jack re- celved his sparse wages. He calcu- lated the value of the broken eggs and sent the amount by letter to the green- grocer, He felt the better for it, an honest, act, and soul elevating he found it. ‘There came a letter from his uncle shortly afterwards. It read: “1 have learned where you are and of your honorable act in paying for the mis: chief you wrought, Come home. } forgive you.” But Jack could not leave Myrtls, ‘Then one day the old man died. He had apparently left nothing but the old farm, Myrtle sadly spoke of £0 ing to live with some relatives at a distance. Jack was uneasy, irresolute He wandered about, thinking, to com across his uncle in the nearby town “I've come after you," he advised “I want you to return home and settl down respectably. I've picked out 4 rich wife for you—" “I'm looking for a poor one," inter rupted Jack in his masterful way, an told about Myrtle. ‘Then the old man turned his bac! on him and told Jack never again show his renegade face in bis sight. Jack went back to) the farm, | mighty resolve working in his mind He found Myrtle packing up to leave “Sit down with me,” he said, “I've | story to tell you," and he told her al Myrtle looked at him with wonderin: | eves. | “You will rot return to your une! | —to wealth, position?” she said. “Not I,” answered Jack sturdily. “It 1 had my way, I would stay her | forever,” said Jack. “But that cannc be without you. And you, who hay taught me how to be a man—woul .| you think of marryipg a ne‘er-do-well! “No longer that,” she said plainl, “If you love me, Jack, I would feel | .| an honor to be your wife.” And later came love's reward, fc ,| one day passing the spot where he ha '| first met old Abel Drake, Jack took fancy to investigate the covered hole. And in it, within a leather bour box he found the fortune the old ma had buried, and had then feared | “| tell his favorite relative, Myrl '| where he had secreted it. CRUELTY IN ANIMAL. WORLD That Sick and Ailing Are tnvarlably Pints Death ey. rath Comsauee ath Benen e Many pretty tales are told in chil- dren's story books regarding the kind- ness of animals to éach other, but probably most of these are nothing more than the products of the {magin- ation, for there 1s very little kindness shown in the animal world when one of thelr number is sick. Wild birds and animals give’ no quarter to a weak or alckly comrade. ‘This fact probably accounts for the mystery of never seeing a dead wild bird or animal, for immediately one falls sick it 18 done to death, and buried, no one knows where. ‘The weakling dragging after a herd or flock is quickly put out of its mis: ery, not for humane reasons, but for fear of the latter being revealed to a common foe. Nor are tame animals and’ birds less guilty in this respect. Healthy ‘birds in an aviary will bully an all: ing bird shamefully. A sickly hen in a poultry yard has a miserable time, and even cats which have been brought up together will “round on" one of thelr number {f {t falls sick. No satisfactory explanation has yet been giver to account for this deplor able characteristic in birds and ant mals, It has been suggested that thes are governed by thet apparently crue law, ‘the survival of the fittest.” More likely 1s it that instinct guide them in this respect, for the good o| the race, so ‘at sickly young may not be reared from sickly parents ot inaybe. a Hmited food supply renders the removal of the useless desirable Better Excuse Than Some Lawyers. On the first day of enrollment at the University of Kansas a freshman happened to get the wrong blank. He wanted to enroll in the college and filled out a blank for the law school. ‘After waiting in line for four hours he finally reached Wis adviser. “Do you want to take a course in law?" asked the professor. “| should say not. I want straight college.” “Well, then; you'll have to fill out a new blank and start down the line again.” ‘Tho unsophisticated one looked down the long string of waiters and then tactfully replied: "Make ter out for the Iaw school. I'm gonna get outa here,” Slightly Mixed. Here 1s a schoolroom story, told us by a Michigan health supervisor: “We were raising funds for paying for operations for removal of the adenolds ‘and tonsils, The school children were much interested and canvassed the town selling stamps, At-one home where a little boy called to sell stamps the Indy asked: ‘What are you going to do with the money?’ ‘The Uttle boy quickly replied: ‘It ts tc buy adenolda for little ‘children that haven't got none.'”"—Pittsburg Chron tele-Telegraph. Berea ated Capt. Alfred Browne, commodore of the Flushing Bay division of the Amer jean Life-Saving society, swam from the battery to Sandy Hook, 22 miles, in 18 hours and 88 minutes. ‘This was done on August 28, 1918. On Septem ber 14 Samuel Richards of Boston swam the same distanco in 8 hours and 12 minutes. Many previous at tempts had been made, but proved t be failures on account of the strengt! of the tides.—New York Times O AMAZING have been the intellectua: achievements of Winifred Sackville Stoner, Jr, a ten-year-old Pittsburgh girl, that investigators persuaded her mother and chief teacher, Mrs. Winl- fred Sackville Stoner, to write the whole story of the child's education in a book. ‘This unusual little girl fe already ‘Thus, I repeat, war resembles the ‘steak and potato ple which furnished the Sunday dinner of two brother boarders in Tioga. “The two brothers, Tom and Sam, boarded with a mean-minded couple who made thelr steak and potato pie with all the steak on one side and the potatoes all on the other. This couple sat, of course, on the steak side of the table; the brothers sat on the potato side; and so it came about that every Sunday the hosts got all the meat, while the guests got the potatoes only. . aI ASii_ (a= RO ae i » % .. - ae ee ea: a7 \ Fea Ks rein 4 QNR22F AER DURRO I PRS. MER AMD WUTED it came to her not as toil but as play. She lived in a land of fairies and giants and gnomes. In explaining her system, Mrs. Stoner starts ‘out with the assumption that every child 1s born with a distinctive tendency or talent and that this will always bear fruit, if discovered and cultt- vated in babyhood. It {s the mother’s part to dis- cover this in infancy and to try to develop tt just a8 much as to keep its body clean and see that it has the proper food. The mother's obligation begins before birth and imposes upon her the @nty of keeping herself so healthy and serene, doth mentally and physically, that the baby will not have to start out with handicaps on its very first day. Not being able to sing, Mrs. Stoner chanted the lines from Virgil's Aeneid to put the baby to sleep and taught the child's negro nurse to do the same. She declares that the meter is very soothing and that she has seen many another child yleld to the somnolent influence of “Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris.” When Winifred was six weeks old her mother began reciting selections from the Euglish poets. ‘The baby's favorites seemed to be Tennyson's “Crossing the Bar,” and Macaulay's “Horatius at the Bridge.” By the t!me Winifred was a year old she could repeat “Crossing the Bar” and scan the first ten lines of the Aeneld. The mother invented a game in which she would roll a ball to the baby and say “Arma,” Winifred would roll {t back and say “Virumque,” and in this way the Latin words and meter were fixed in the baby’s memory. From the very beginning the mother would carry her baby about the house, point out chairs, tables, ete., and pronounce thelr names carefully. She found it was just as easy to teach the baby to say “train” as to say “choo-choo car,” and just as easy to teach her to say “dog” as to say “doggie.” She surrounded the baby with colored pictures. To teach her colors Mrs, Stoner would take a box of variously tinted yarns, She would play she was "Mother Red,” and baby would be “Mother Green,” and they would look into the yarn for their children, those of green tints, of course, be- ing the bables of “Mother Green." ‘Wintfred’s first toy was a red balloon, which was tfed to her wrist where she could admire it. Bach day thereafter for several weeks there ‘would be a balloon of different color and shape, until the child cpeedily came to know whether a balloon was light, round, red, green and would go up and come down, She was never permitted to hear anything but the best English, although the mother was not finicky about vigorous, expressive slang. ‘As soon asthe child had learned to speak Eng- lish reasonably well her mother began teaching her Spanish. By the time she was five sho had learned to express herself in eight languages Mrs, Stoner declares, however, if she had it to do over again she would teach Esperanto first. “At last Tom said to Sam one Sun- day morning: * ‘Look here, Sam, no matter what 1 fay to you at dinner today, don't take offense, will you?! “'No, Tom, of course not.’ “Well, dinner time came; the ple ‘steaming hot, was set as usual on the table; the wily host and hostess took their places on the steak side, and the hungry boarders fell xs usual into chairs opposite the potatoes. “But, then, just as the boarding matstress was about to thrust carving aes ane ee eeeeeeaaenerem oere being herself and her dear friend Lucy. In this way they often could get up rath- er a sizeable party when about to make some new exploration into the realm of knowledge. Perhaps nothing 1s more {iluminative in Mrs. Stoner’s book than her account of how she taught the child mathematics. Winifred had failed to get any sort of grasp on the subject, she says, until the mother was in despair, fearing the child's mind might be lopsided, At a chautauqua meeting in New York, however, the mother met Prof. A. R, Hornbrook, a woman mathe- matics teacher, who soon put her on the right track, Professor Hornbrook explained that Mrs, Stoner had been successful In teaching music, art, poetry, history and languages because she herself loved those studies and had failed to teach mathematics because she had not brought the “fairy interest” into it, She volunteered to send weekly outlines of work, which Mrs, Stoner was to employ according to her own ideas. Mother and child then began playing games with small objects, such as beans and buttons, These objects would be placed in a box and they would take turns drawing them out, to see which could get the most at a single grab. When helping the maid shell peas they would try to see how many peas there were in two or more pods. In this ‘way rudimentary lessons in addition were taught. ‘To make greater progress they played parches! with small dice and got practice from adding up the spots, First they used two dice, but finally they used five and Winifred was soon able to add all the spots without conscfous effort. They played all sorts of games which would require simple addition and multiplication, In learning subtraction, they would have battles with tin sol- dters and marbles, and whenever a “cannon shot” would topple over a given number of soldiers, Winifred was able to decide how many were left standing without stopping to count. Cancellation became a battle, one af them play, ing the numbers on one side of the dividing lne ‘and the other playing the other. There never were any quizzes, because Winifred was taught to get results and was not taught rules. She learned the values of money by the actual use of coins and the values of market products by going to market herself. To learn pharmacist’s weights and measures, Winifred played at keep- ing drug store and sold things to her mother. And so {t went through the whole subject, until at last the girl became fascinated with the funny | doings of Mr, X and got interested tn algebra | Winifred never suffered the humiliation of | physical punishment. When she did well, the good | Fairy Titania would hide goodies under her pil low and when she was bad the fairy failed to ap. | pear. If she was ten minutes tardy about some task, that meant ten minutes lost which had te | be taken out of her next recreation time. She soon learned that offenses could bring about thei | own unpleasant consequences, while good be havior meant tangible reward. She was never permitted to stay at a single task when the poin | of fatigue had arrived. | A atriking instance of Mrs. Stoners methods | as well as an illustration of the child's intellec tual bins, {8 the story of Winifred and the bumble bee. In her zeal to study the insect at first hand, | she picked ne up. The natural consequences |. followed. While she was yet suffering, Winifred ," deseribed her expertence in these lines: One day I saw a bumblebee, bumbling on a rose _ And as T stood admiring bim he stung me on thi nose, | My nose in pain it swelled so large it looked Ik ‘a potato, ; So daddy sald; but mother thought ‘twas mori ; like a tomato. , And now, dear children, this advice I hope you"l : take from me, > fl } And when you seo a bumblebee fust let tha bumble be. - Like her mother, Winifred belleves in woman ; suffrage. She has written several poems in be | halt of equal franchise rights, which have beer published in various newspapers and magazines » Her “Valentines for Suffragettes” are decidedly . clever and have helped the cause. knife and fork into the crisp crust, ‘Tom struck the table a thundering blow with his fist, glared ferociously ‘at Sam, and roared: *‘Look-ahere, Sam, if ever you dare speak to me as you done this mornin’ while I was talkin’ to a young dlady, I'll serew your neck round, by crinus, the same as I’m screwin’ round this Dlasted pie" * In the past ten years tie Camogie Hero Fund commission has made awards to 54 women for barolem. IN A GIRDLE OF GARDENS Beautiful German City of Frankfort Compete the Admiration of kit Writers Can the new world learn from the, mistakes of the old? It ina an one 1s constantly asking, says the Obi cago Examiner. A thousand years and more ago, when the houses began to! spring up beneath the sheller of @ castle, and these for further protec- tion were girded by walls, it was not! possible to foresee the modern city with its teeming millions. i ‘We are free. We are free to delib- erate to choose, to plan for long. generations ahead. We are under ob- ligations to plan for posterity. Op portunity confers obligation, * It is interesting to contrast one of the oldest cities in Europe with one of, the newest; Frankfort, in Germany, with Letchworth, in England, ‘The medieval Frankfort grew up on! the foundation of an old Roman settle- ment. In the twelfth century It de- manded for itself more space and ramparts were erected, Streets today reo the course of those ramparts, In one of them it may be mentioned in passing, Goethe was born. In the fourteenth century Frankfort had to be enlarged again—its walls built round a wider elreumference. In the nineteenth century its walls were broken down. The land on whieh for- tiflcations had stood became public gardens; or, if sold to individuals, car- ried with it the stipulation that on a given area only one building should be erected, leaving the remainder for garden. ‘This is the explanation of the belt of public and private gardens by which Frankfort is surrounded, the pride of her citizens, the surprise and delight of all visitors. URGES CITY TREE PLANTING Professor Francis Finds Room for 10,- 500 on Upper East Side at New York. Prof. H. R. Francis of the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse university, who has been making » detailed survey of the street» in ‘Man- hattan for the Tree Planting associa- tion of New York city, has just com- pleted the survey of the streets east of Fifth avenue between Bighty-sixth and Fortieth. In this area there are nearly sixty miles of streets, 40 miles of which are capable of sustaining tree growth. At present there are only 541 trees, while it is possible to have 10,500. In certain sections trees are really needed, where there are thousands of children who have no place to play other than in the streets, Other cities, such as Buffalo, Newark and New Ha- yen, are successful where conditions for growth are as adverse as those found in this part of Manhattan. New York city could have trees if suctent appropriations were made. Professor Francis finds that the few trees which have been planted the past two or three years are dying elther from dry soil conditions or from the attack of insect pests—New York Times. ‘Sime aka) abc ake edie | Carefulness on the part of every- body is necessary to keep the streets clean. A careless boy, throwing scraps of papers in the highway, can make a tidy city block look untidy in thirty seconds. But it is not alone children on whom the responsibility rests. Many a grown person has the reprehensible habit of casting into the streets all sorts of unwanted articles —pleces of old newspapers, cigarette boxes, candy bags, banana skins and the like. Such thoughtless persons should be forced to a sharp realization of their offensive practice. The city suffers seriously from thelr aggregate carelessness. Five Stitches in Hig,Heart. With five stitches in Nis heart, M. Nigo walked into the office of District Attorney R. B. Goodcell, and an- nounced that he wistied to swear out complaint against a fellow country- man, B, Nakao, who, on July 13, stabbed him in the heart during quarrel at Bast Highlands. Nakao was captured at Ontario, and has been held in fail since, pending the outcome of Nigo’s injuries. The surgeon sewed up the wound in his heart, and today the Japanese scems as much with the living a8 ever—San Bernadino (Cal.) Aispatch Los Angeles Times. ‘anid Stee Mevian: The cinematograph is speeding up. Photographs at the rate of a hun- dred thousand a second fe its latest triumph. This extreme rapidity was necessary for recording the trajectory of a pistol ball and showing in detail how it penetrated a thin board. At the instant of firing an electric coil giving sparks at the rate of a hun- dred thousand per second is set go- ing and the views of the filght are taken on a ribbon film. Since this film is mounted on a wheel making 900 revolutions per second, the indi- vidual images are different and can be projected as slowly as desired for the analysis of the motion.—New York Independent, Hie Gifted Son. “| don't know what I'm ever going to make of that son of mine,” said a prominent citizen of the city of good will the other day. The P. C,, {t may pe said, 1s a self-made man, graduate ‘of the untversity of hard knocks, ete, And it naturally grieves him that bis son is not aggressive. “Maybe your gon hasn't found) him- self yet,” wo-consoled, "len’t he gitted in any way?” ' “Gifted? 1 should way he is. That's the trouble. He hasn't got darned thing that wasn’t given to him.” THE HOME OF THE MAYFIELD MUSEUM SPECIAL WAR-TIME BARGAINS 2412 Mersington—Four-room lot 40x130. Price, $1,200; $100 Corner 28th and Highland—south front; hardwood floors, v $19.50 per month including interiors 403 Steptoe—Five-room cottage 45x130. Price, $1,500; $100 Dow Eleventh and Euclid—Eight brick, slate roof, south exposure to suit. We have 700 houses for you by AFRO-AMERICAN INC. (Inco Phones—Bell, Main 751; Home, N Having Enlarged Our Quarters. As a result of cnanging phones ARTHUR COMMERCI 1515 East 18th Street Same place, same price, Hub of the Negro If you forget the phone number ask Bingham—Four-room cottage; water and price, $1,200; $100 down, $12 per month. Bain and Highland—Five-room modern s hardwood floors, very cozy. Price, $2; with including interest. Five-room cottage; water and gas price, $1,500; $100 down, $10 per month. and Euclid—Eight-room, strictly m of, south exposure. Price, $4,250; $500 100 houses for you to select from. See buying. O-AMERICAN INVESTMENT COMM (Incorporated.) Main 751; Home, Main 7555. 911 Red Our Quarters. Quicker and B cnanging phones, Our Bell No. is E ARTHUR W. HARRIS COMMERCIAL PRINTER 15 East 18th Street. Kansas City, M place, same price, same high class workma H ib of the Negro business district. Use phone number ask Information. Don't lo 2412 Mersington—Four-room cottage; water and gas in house; lot 40x130. Price, $1,200; $100 down, $12 per month. Corner 28th and Highland—Five-room modern stucco bungalow; south front; hardwood floors, very cozy. Price, $2,500; $200 down; $19.50 per month including interest. 403 Steptoe—Five-room cottage; water and gas in house; lot 45x130. Price, $1,500; $100 down, $10 per month. Eleventh and Euclid—Eight-room, strictly modern, pressed brick, slate roof, south exposure. Price, $4,250; $500 down, balance to suit. Having Enlarged Our Quarters. Quicker and Better Service. As a result of cnanging phones, Our Bell No. is East 2782 ARTHUR W. HARRIS COMMERCIAL PRINTER 1515 East 18th Street. Kansas City, Mo. Same place, same price, same high class workmanship. H ub of the Negro business district. If you forget the phone number ask Information. Don't look in the book M. S. S. Are You a You a Member Are You a Member of the Knights of Pythias? They keep every promise. They pay funeral and death benefits promptly. They protect YOU in life, YOUR family after death. They have 108,000 loyal members. They have 18,000 members in the Uniform Rank department. They have 38,000 members of the ladies' auxiliary. They have the cheapest, yet BEST, endowment policy. They are the best governed of any fraternal society. They have honest, thorough business men officials. Membership in Missouri over 7,500. WE NOW HAVE NINE LARGE AND AGGRESSIVE LODGES IN KANSAS CITY. THEY SUCCEED BE- CAUSE THEY TREAT YOU RIGHT. Dispensations now on in Kansas City and St. Louis If you wish to become a charter member of the new lodge now being organized, phone or write J. P. MAYNARD. Bell phone East 2098. 2330 Vine Street. —OR— If you wish to organize a lodge in this greatest and most progressive of negro societies, write for particulars. cottage; water and gas in house; down, $12 per month. live-room modern stucco bungalow; easy cozy. Price, $2,500; $200 down, it. age; water and gas in house; lot, $10 per month. -room, strictly modern, pressed. Price, $4,250; $500 down, balance. to select from. See us before ring. INVESTMENT COMPANY. orated.) main 7555. 911 McGee Street. Quicker and Better Service. Our Bell No. is East 2782 W. HARRIS AL PRINTER Kansas City. Mo. me high class workmanhip. business district. information. Don't look in the book The Star Cleaners and Dyers, Mr. R. L. Hopkins, proprietor, five years at this location, 2326 Vine street, wish to take your measure for summer and winter suits. Steam and French dry cleaning a specialty. Ladies' and gentlemen's clothes called for and delivered. We make a specialty of altering Ladies' and Gentlemen's clothes. Our work speaks for itself as well as hundreds of satisfied customers. If you want good work at moderate prices, give us a call. Bell phone East 1207J. R. L. HOPKINS, 2326 Vine street. member of the LAWRENCE, KANSAS. The Warrent Street Baptist Church assisted by the Colored students, is rendering some of the best programs in the history of the Forum. St. Luke has a pastor, Rev. Payne, who is well thought of by all the members—The Steward Board met at Mrs. C. Thomas Monday afternoon and elected all of their old officers except the Treasurer....Friday night there will be a grand Masquerade party given at McNutt's....The Lawrence Athletic football team plays G. R. College Friday, at Richmond, Mo. Lawrence Athletics would like a few more games this season. Write to Richard Elliott, 1508 Kentucky street, Lawrence, Kas., for dates. ROSEDALE KANSAS Prayer services are held every Wednesday night at the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church. We had splendid services last Sunday. The church will be comfortable and warm. This church is the stranger's home...Mrs. Leslie Berry, who has been quite ill, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Margaret Grant in Bryn Mawr addition...Mesdames Irving Johnson and Ell Tuppence spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lee in Fairmount, Kas...Mrs. Willa Lewis is ill at her residence on Division street...Mr. Henry Milton Kennedy died Tuesday at the residence of his sister, Mrs. Louis Mosely, 4030 Adams street. Mr. Kennedy came here from Minneapolis, Minn. and is survived by a wife, daughter, father, four sisters and four brothers and other relatives. TROY, KANSAS, NEWS As the writer for the Troy news was out of the city the past week, the readers of this city will excuse her for not having any news and will try and combine the two weeks' happenings together. Mrs. Dora Lee has recently returned home after having spent three weeks visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ola Thomas of Sedalia, Mo. Parties have been quite numerous this month in the city, it being the month for "noble" men, women and children. Mr. Willie Wilkinson was given quite a surprise, it being his seventeenth birthday, at the home of Mrs. Aaron Wilkinson, assisted by his sisters, Miss Mintle Wilkinson and Mrs. William Gaskin. Several of the young folks were in attendance and presented him with several presents. A dainty luncheon was served, and music interspersed between, which made the evening very pleasantly spent. On October 17th, quite a coincidence in being the birthday of three generations, namely: Mr. Charles Schumache, father, Mrs. Lillian Webster, daughter, and Master Charles Webster, grandson, celebrated their birthday. Each one had a birthday cake and you may imagine the number of candles were numerous. A few persons surprised Mrs. Webster by presenting her with a shower of handkerchiefs. Of course, Master Charles received presents in abundance. Mr. Ernest McCurry has gone to Hastings, Neb., to work for the winter. Mrs. Allie Duncan of Wathena, Mrs. Lillie Webster and Miss Leona McCurry of Elwood, and Miss Emma Starr of Highland were the out-of-town teachers who attended the Teachers' Association held here last Saturday. Miss Emma Fouts of Highland, Kas., was transacting business in the city Thursday and Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schumacher and Mrs. Nellie E. Howard attended the funeral of Mrs. Samuel M. Holt in Wathena, Saturday. The Republicans and Democrats are having quite a campaign here this month, and speaking is being held in the Court House afternoons and nights. The Republicans have been having the Troy Colored Band to furnish music for their speakers, and the Democrats had a fine Colored orchestra to play for them. They also sang quartets and solos that were appreciated by the audiences as much so as the speaking. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Davis and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Davis attended services at the A. M. E. Church, Sunday. They are of Wathena, Kas. Mrs. Mary Schumache, Mrs. Hiram Hughes, Mrs. Lillie Webster and Mr. and Mrs. Charles O. Howard attended the Bass-Crews wedding in Kansas City, Mo., last Wednesday, and report it as one of the swellest events of the season. One of the saddest scenes that has occurred in Troy for many years was Saturday morning, when Hattie Louise Snyder, seven years of age, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louie Snyder, was severely burned by a bonfire that she was standing near to get warm. The child was burned entirely over the body and ran to a neighbor's. Mrs. Mattie Eubanks, who tried to extinguish the flames by wrapping her in a carpet, but as this did not seem to take effect immediately, she put her in a tub of water and that was the only way to save her just then. The poor little thing had presence of mind all the time and asked the children around her to pray for her for she was burned to death. The doctor came immediately and said it was the worst case of its kind he had ever seen, and it made him so sick he could not be of much assistance only to tell the women what to do for her. She was conscious all the time and talked about how it happened, but on Monday morning she passed away about 7:30 o'clock. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon from the A. M. E. Church, where she was an active little Sunday school scholar. The family has our greatest sympathy in these sad hours of bereavement. God simply has plucked a flower before the fall dews have fallen on it and urging the parents to hear his warning and prepare to meet this darling child in the Great Beyond. Besides her parents she leaves one sister aged 8 years, and two brothers aged 5 and 2 years respectively, and a host of relatives. The young boys and girls gave a party the past week, and as far as we can learn of it it was for the purpose of entertaining each other. I think the young ladies who were at the head of the affair were Miss Rosa Snyder, Miss Beatrice Martin and Mrs. Ola Butcher. A very pleasant evening was spent in music and dancing. The house was beautifully decorated in autumn leaves and Hallowe'en colors, and a dainty three-course menu was served. The out-of-town guests were Misses Nelle Coleman, Gladys Henderson and Essie Davis and Mr. Grant Butcher and True Davis of Wathena, Kas. CHILLICOTHE, MO. Miss Clementina Banks is visiting in Macon, Mo....Mr. Turner, one of our new citizens and efficient plasterers, was happily married to Mrs. Kyles last Sunday evening by Rev. Charles Crews. They reside at the home of the bride....The body of Mr. Charles Wolficade, whose death occurred at St. Joseph, Mo., where he has been ill for several months, arrived Tuesday evening. We learn that the Oddfellows will take charge of the body, yet the time for the funeral services have not been announced.... Prof. Herndon of Brookfield, Mo., was a visitor in the city last Sunday. Through the kindness of Rev. Crews the young people of Bethel A. M. E. Church were privileged to hear an address from him. He spoke with good sense and good humor, and it was all spontaneous....Rev. G. W. Wright of Mexico, Mo., an ex-pastor of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church of this city, was hte guest of Rev. I. L. Tally last Thursday and Friday. A brief notice brought out a large congregation to hear Rev. Wright Thursday night. He has not departed from his admirable manner of presenting glad tidings, and his farewell remarks were complimentary to the marked improvements made in the city and in our homes, churches and school....Rev. W. B. and B. V. Longdon will spend Saturday in Brunswick, where they will attend the "Minsters and Teachers Literary Convention," of which Rev. Harris of Carrollton, Mo., is the chairman. Mr. Longdon will stand in the "dress circle" and perform the part of a spectator and the Professor will appear on the program Saturday afternoon. "When Ethiopia Stretcheth Forth Her Hand" It affords us much pleasure to extend thanks to our patrons and Kansas City Stars for their support. Our workmanship has proved satisfactory. Our team is second to none. Our prices are reasonable. We handle by hand, which enables us to clean and Hate into the Latest Styles. We carry, full line of the very latest trimming. The Negro Hatters west of the Mississippi. HATS CLEANED AND BLOCKED 50c We call and deliver in Kansas City, Mo. Kansas City, Kansas and Independence. WESTERN HAT WORKS Rev. S. B. Anderson arrived from the Annual Conference at Cape Girardeau Monday afternoon. He reports that the sessions of this Conference were the best he has ever witnessed. Rev. Anderson has been assigned to Quinn chapel, A. M. E. church, in South St. Louis, and we wish him unbounded success in his new field of labor....Rev. T. L. Watson has been assigned to pastor of the A. M. E. church in this city. Rev. Watson and wife came from Washington, Mo., to us and their arrival is the most earnest wish of the members of their pastor....Mrs. Alice Murphy of Deto arrived Saturday to attend the sick bed of her brother, Mr. John Kennedy....Mr. Reuben Staten of Coffman was a visitor in the city Saturday....Mr. Benjamin Chappelle of Avon was a visitor in the city Saturday....The Ivy Leaf Club met with Mae Baker Wednesday afternoon. At the close of the meeting 5 o'clock tea was served....The Clover Bee Club met with Miss Dayse F. Baker Thursday evening. A very pleasant evening was enjoyed....Mrs. Eliza Overton returned Sunday from a two weeks' visit in St. Louis, having her eyes treated. She was accompanied by her granddaughter, Mrs. Buelah Cayce, who will visit relatives....Mr. Will Kennedy arrived from Poplar Bluff Monday afternoon, having come home to attend the bedside of his brother, John Kennedy. LEXINGTON, MO Messrs. Thomas Stanton and A. W. Banion of Independence attended the street fair here last week....Mrs. Bertha Lear Page of Independence spent last week here with friends....Mrs. Allen and son spent last week here with friends. Her husband is pastor of the A. M. E. church at Independence....Mrs. Blanche Fagan of Kansas City spent Wednesday here on business....Mrs. Martha Woodson and son are here this week from Kansas City....Rev. J. Will Jackson of Independence is here this week....Mr. Dan Green passed away last Monday night after an illness of several months. He will be buried Sunday at 2 o'clock from the Second Baptist church....Mrs. Pearl Dabney is in town this week selling hair goods. PHOENIX, ARIZ. In order to formally welcome the new corps of teachers to the city, a reception was given at the C. M. E. church Friday night. All present report an enjoyable time....The Y. M. C. A. movement is still the chief topic of discussion and very soon we hope to write some tangible results of these discussions. We propose to erect a $160,000 building and the committee on finance says they have some encouraging reports to make on November 1 at the Forum meeting....Jeferson street has been paved from First street to Seventh street, and now you will see property along that thoroughfare advance in value. We are indeed pleased to know that so many of our people will profit by this improvement....This is a very busy season here and all business men report a flourishing business....The Sun is the most fearless race paper distributed in Poenix. Read it carefully and be convinced. You Should Use Maqam P. M. Dab XXTH CENTURY HAIR PREPARATION Madam P. M. Dabney's XXTH CENTURY HAIR PREPARATIONS And Have Good Hair Mme. P. M. Dabney's XXth Century Hair Grower Madam P. M. Dabney's XXth Century Hair Grower promotes a beautiful growth of hair, stops falling out and breaking of hair, removes dandruff and relieves itching of scalp. It will make YOUR hair grow. For woman, man or child. PRICE 50c. PER JAR Mme. P. M. Dabney's XXth Century Hair Grower Mme. P. M. XXth Century Madam P. M. Dabney's Century Pressing ideal hair dress properties which hair from wind, disease, make glossy; improves of the hair and straightening with For woman, man PRICE 50c. I TESTIMONIAL "This is to certify that the writer suffered for four years with danduft and itching of the scalp until practically bald, trying many remedies but of no avail. About six months ago I began to use Madam P. M. Dabney's XXth Century Hair Grower, the results up to date are pleasing. Dandruff removed, itching stopped, good growth of hair started. The remedy is O. K. Yours for succes, Rev. L. W. Harris, Mod. Mt. Zion Baptist Association, Carrollton, Mo." COLORED VOTERS ATTENTION! Where Does Your Candidate Stand on the Race Question? The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has asked all the Democratic, Progressive and Republican candidates for the United States Senate and House of Representatives how they stand on the following: Abrogation of the 14th and 15th Amendments, Segregation in the Federal Service, Segregation in the District of Columbia, The Jim Crow Car in the District of Columbia, Anti-Intermarriage laws, Lynching. Reduction of representation in the States that disfranchise the Negro, Replies of the various candidates in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma to these questions have been compiled and published on a large poster by the local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. We are sorry that lack of space prevents us from publishing this long list of replies concerning the stand of the candidates on the race question. We advise all of our readers to see these posters before casting your ballot. Let no one vote for a Senator or Representative unless you are sure of his position upon the race question. NOTICE. The Second Christian Church, 24th street and Woodland avenue, will have their dedication the first Sunday in November. Watch next week's issue for the purpose. REV, W. A. A. HARRIS, Pastor. Committee—J. F. Watkins, A. J. Lewis, J. R. Brown, R. P. Jackson. Moon's Live & Dressed Poultry Eggs, Butter and Fish, Fresh from the Country. Wholesale and Retail. THE GREATEST DRAMA Of all history, crimsoning Europe with the blood of ten nations, yields to the United States the commercial and industrial supremacy of the world. Just remember, you are living in the best and soundest country in the world, and keep on hustling. If the war fever gets you and you feel like shooting—shoot your orders in to MOONS—where the "Best of Everything" quality. A place where time may be well spent in just "being shown." There is an "Almost Compelling Consideration" when you see—the cost is no more. For quick service call Bell 1746 W. Moon's market, with its "Best of EVERYTHING" quality, going constantly forward, is on the march to win. Business expansion and development will take care of your every need here—the cost is no more. Moon Bros. Commission Co. 1335 EAST 18TH STREET. Dr. Howard M. Smith wishes to announce the removal of his office to 2409 Vine street, where he will be pleased to see his patrons and friends. Office hours until 10 a. m.; 2-4 and 7-8 p. m. Bell phone East 3424. M. Dabney's TURY PARATIONS Good Hair Mme. P. M. Dabney's XXth Century Pressing Oil Madam P. M. Dabney's XXth Century Pressing Oil is an ideal hair dressing, having properties which protect the hair from wind, weather and disease; make it soft and glossy; improves the quality of the hair and promotes straightening without irons. For woman, man or child. BRKCE 50; RED BOX PRICE 50c. PER BOX Mme. P. M. Dabney's XXth Century Pressing Oil Six Weeks' XXth Centr Make a course of treat which will last six week enclosing P. O. money o by parcel post prepaid, or mation to Madam P. M. Da HAIR PREB 1806 E. 24th St. Make a course of treatment for the hair and scalp which will last six weeks. Send us an order today enclosing P. O. money order for $1.25 and receive them by parcel post prepaid, or write for literature and information to Madam P. M. Dabney's XXth Century HAIR PREPARATIONS CO. 1806 E. 24th St. Kansas City, Mo. Mme. Benton Dean, the popular milliner, has moved to 1010 Troost avenue, where she is elegantly located and will be extremely pleased to meet her many friends and customers at that number. Belle phone Main 2102J. Subscribe for the SUI Bell Phone East 999 1803 East 18th Str CALDWELL & CHAPMAN Hair and Millinery 18th and Paseo, Kansas City, Mo. Home Phone Main 7499 Scalp Treatment a Specialty. Caldwell's Pomade and Tonic really Grows Hair. Try it. Save your combings, cut hair and any old hat you may have. Hair Matched From Samples. Feathers and Hats Cleaned, Dyed and Blocked. Agents for Spirella Corsets. Mail orders answered promptly BARBERS: T. E. Grear, Prop. F. J. Walker. Martin Franklin First Class Shaves, Hair Cuts and Shampoos. Best Shop in the City. Do not take your money down town when you can get good service for it at home. You will always find us at our post and ready to serve. If You are Pleased Tell Your Friends and if not Tell Us. 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Dabney's XXth Century Shampoo Treatment $1.25 Tury Shampoo . . . treatment for the hair and scalp eks. Send us an order today order for $1.25 and receive them or write for literature and infor- nabney's XXth Century DEPARATIONS CO. Kansas City, Mo. Subscribe for the SUN Bell Phone East 999 1803 East 18th Street & CHAPMAN Millinery o, Kansas City, Mo.