Kansas City Sun

A Happy New Year and a Bigger, Better, Brighter "Sun" for 1915 VOLUME VI1. NUMBER 18. A FEARLESS DEFENDER OF THE RACE PROF. ROBERT G. JACKSON. Organist of Allen chapel, superintendent of the musical department of Western University, who stands without a peer as a pipe organist, who not only gave one of the most impressive programs Christmas morning that Allen's congregation has ever known, but took his full choir at 8 o'clock in the morning to the city hospital and gladdened the hearts of the inmates with delightful renditions for an hour or more and furnished part of the program with his Choral Club from Western University at the mayor's Christmas entertainment in Convention hall. MRS. LYDIA C. SMITH. The charming secretary of the Yates branch Y. M. C. A., whom rumor says is soon to be the bride of Presiding Elder A. M. Ward of Denver, Col. MRS. BESSIE M. WEAVER. Kansas City's pioneer florist, who has made a success of this exacting profession. MRS. LUELLA BASS DEAD. Mrs. Luella Bass Noble, governess of the District Household of Ruth of Missouri, member of the H. of J., the Eastern Star and Court of Calanthe, died last Sunday morning at the Wheatley Provident hospital and was buried Thursday under the auspices of these organizations from the Second Baptist church, Rev. S. W. Bacote, pastor, of which she was a member for many years. Mrs. Bass was held in high esteem by those who knew her and she was a tireless worker for her fraternity and for the welfare of her husband, Minor H. Bass, whom she leaves to mourn her loss. "When our days of toll are passed, And the evening comes at last, If our hearts have truly honored his behest We shall safely cross the tide And the gates will open wide And we'll enter into happy, happy rest." The Sun extends its sincere sympathy. Miss Ann, Messrs. David and Paul, children of Prof. and Mrs. D. N. Crosthwait, came home to attend the 25th wedding anniversary of their parents, which was one of the most delightful affairs of the holiday season. Miss Ann is a teacher in the St. Louis High school; Paul is a dentist in Chicago and David is a draughtsman and civil engineer in Marshalltown, Ia. All have achieved success in their chosen profession. The Kansas City Sun ```markdown ``` Our New Years Gift.... Do You Read The Sun? This Offer is to New Subscribers, and to Old ones who are SQUARE on our books. 29271 Many Colored Men Have Sat in Congress Some Now Living—South Carolina Has Furnished Seven of These Bright Lights. In the United States congress at Washington, D. C., no less than 22 men of color have occupied seats. Two senators and 20 members. Hiram R. Revels, United States senator, served twelve months and ten days in 1870-71; B. K. Bruce, six years, 1875-1881; Joseph H. Ralney, M. C., Forty-first to Forty-fifth congress, ten years; R. B. Elliott, M. C., two years, ten months; R. H. Caine, M. C., four years; Robert Smalls, M. C., six years; George W. Murray, M. C., four years; Thomas F. Miller, M. C., two years; Alonzo J.Ransler, M. C., two years; Jerre Harrison, M. C., two years; Benjamin S. Turner, M. C., two years; James Rapier, M. C, two years; Joshua T. Walls, M. C, six years; Robert DeLarge, M. C., two years; John H. Hyman, M. C, two years; James E. O'Hara, M. C, two years; H. P. Cheatam, M. C, four years; George H. White, M. C, four years; John R. Lynch, M. C, six years; Jeff Long, M. C, two years; Charles E. Nash, M. C, two years; John M. Langston, M. C, two years. From this list, by consulting the congressional record, it will be seen that two of these men actually occupied seats of election in United States senate. Their record was in all cases satisfactory, and in many instances the men in this list showed unusual brilliance. This was especially true of Senator Revels, Senator B. K. Bruce, who at one time occupied the position of vice president of the United States, by acting as presiding officer of the senate. John R. Lynch of Mississippi, Robert Smalls of South Carolina, John M. Langston of Virginia and many others proved themselves the peers o f their white colleagues. Gen. Robert Smalls, collector of customs at Beaufort, S. C., the hero of the planter, Thomas E. Miller, former president of the State Colored college for South Carolina; George W. Murray, George H. White and John R. Lynch are now living. Seven of the above mentioned were of South Carolina and held sway before the advent of the Tillman and Please type reached the surface or appeared on the political horizon. Cactus will remove corns and burls. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1915. CHAPLAIN THEOPHILUS G. STEWARD. Whose new book is eliciting favorable comment throughout the country. CHAPLAIN STEWARD'S BOOK. BY PROF, WM. H. DAWLEY, JR. The Haitian Revolution, 1791-1804, or Side Lights of the French Revolution is the name of the remarkable book fresh from the pen of Rev. Theophilus Gould Steward, father of our own Prof. T. Bolden Steward, retired chaplain of the Twenty-fifth infantry, U. S. A., professor of history at Wilberforce, former scholarly pastor of the A. M. E. church at Philadelphia Pa., Washington, D. C., and of the same church at Haiti. He stands foremost as a pubilc orator, not the orical, but argumentative, logical and convincing. He has already attracted attention as a novelist but more widely as a historian. Hence he is eminently by nature, education, contact with the Haitians to give a fair, impartial yet sympathetic review of this noble, isolative and misjudged pele. He has investigated at first hand the French and Spanish sources with out the aid of translation, sources in the main hostile to and lacking in sympathy with the Haitians. From the author's ancestry one would suspect that his leanings would be to ward the mulatores, but his judicious religious bent does not allow him in these pages to detract one foeta from the grandeur of the black L'Ouverture, or the glory of the unbleached Dessalines. The brilliant 'master of Rigaud, Petion and Boyer mulatores he permits in no way to dim the blazing light of the other two. Where since the deeds of men have been chiselled Call us, write, or see our agents. in stone, painted on canvass or penned on paper has any people, brown or yellow, white or black, broken and dashed off the chains of slavery, driven their masters, the most forceful on earth, out of their country, seized the reins of government unaided, untutored, alone, with no model placed themselves in the front rank of civilized nations and maintained that positin against all odds for more than a hundred years? The Hebrew did not do it, the Netherlands did not do it, nay even the thirteen colonies did not do it, yet these black and brawny sons of Haiti did it, and the world reluctantly acknowledges that fact. Chaplain Steward dispassionately, without rhetorical embellishment, yet graphically portrays how this unheard of feat was done. Who knows that the mulattoes, Beauryais, Christophe, Petion, Rigaud, fought on the side of Washington in the American Revolution? That the much maligned voudoo dancers had the effect of our own underground railroad; that Dessalines was emperor of Haiti two months before Napoleon was emperor of the French? No one can read this book without being revived with a greater love for freedom. Mrs. Minnie Doyle served the members of Eureka Household and their husbands an elaborate three course dinner Sunday, December 27, at 5 o'clock. The table was covered with a beautiful drawn work table cloth which the Household had given her for her faithful work. REV. RICHARD DAVIS. Pastor of Centennial M. E. Church, one of the most beloved ministers who has ever pastored a church in Kansas City. REV. LENA MASON. Whom hundreds of Kansas Cityans would be pleased to have conduct one of her famous revivals again in this city. THE SUN FOR $1.00 DURING JANUARY. We will send the Sun for 1915 to any address in the United States for $1.00, if ordered now and accompanied by the cash. Miss Marie Overtstreet, musical instructor at Lincoln Institute, who has been the house guest of Mrs. N. C. Crews during the holidays, has been the recipient of much social attention during her stay. Kansas City Sun 1915 A WEALTHY NEGRO FARMER. One of the wealthiest and most successfulful Negro farmers in Missouri is Ruben Dameron of Chariton county. He owns 182 acres of the best land. He raised over 1,000 barrels of corn last year and abundant crops of other grain, and sorghum. He is known as the "molasses king" of Chariton county. He and his wife began working as farm hand and cook. His salary was 181 per month and hers $5. Their inheritance now reach far up into the thousands of dollars and no debts. They are the parents of 16 children, six daughters are married and all live on farms. No school has been provided in Mr. Dameron's district for colored children, but Mr. Dameron provides a school eight months in the year for his younger children, and grandchildren in his own home by employing a teacher at his own expense. He has on his farm a park and picnic grounds where is held annually a "Feast in the Wilderness," which is attended by hundreds of people from miles around. MASONIC The brethren have accomplished so much in the way of progress during the past that not much change is needed, and we order to carry out the plans for the New Year. The Masonic Temple should present a magnificent display of the work that months have passed. The plans projected by the building committee should be speedily carried out, and the building facilities and social headquarters for all Kansas City. The people are demanding a entertainment hall, better facilities for lodge comforts. It is our opportunity now to supply these needs without incurring the expense to our people—Hertford. DR. LLOYD E. BAILER. One of the corps of city physicians and a decided success in his profession, who has promised to resume his column of health hints in this paper during 1915. Don't forget New Year's ball at Lyric hall. ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME PRICE. 5c. PROF. JOE E. HERRIFORD. Principal of Lincoln School, for 16 years Chief Grand Mentor of Knights of Tabor, and conceded the most brilliant correspondent that ever sat at the Masonic round table, and the author of the Masonic gems that appear from time to time in this paper. PROF. G. N. GRISHAM. Principal of Lincoln High School, president of Negro State Teachers' Association and one of the foremost educators of this country regardless of race. PROF. R. T. COLES. Principal of Garrison School and the originator in the movement for the acquisition of the beautiful Garrison Field House and playground which stands as a monument to his tireless efforts. W. C. MOON. Kansas City's hustling commission merchant who is making a success in his new field of endeavor. A. T. MOORE. Kansas City's popular undertaker, who has brought the mortican's art to a high plane of efficiency in this community. AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS Henry Mock, a Negro of Mingo Junction, O_x, has invented what he calls a "mine destroyer," which will not only prevent a ship from being blown up by a submarine mine, but will set off the mine without harm to the vessel which is equipped with his device. He also claims that his invention will locate icebergs and prevent vessels from running into such "terrors of the sea," and that it is a safe device for rescuing passengers from sinking or burning ships. Mock says he has not secured patents on his invention, but has applied for them in this and other countries. He also says he has correspondence with governments regarding his invention, with gratifying encouragement of their adopting it as an equipment of their navies. "I have made a number of experiments with my invention," said Mock the other day, "and everyone of them has been an unqualified success. I have experimented on an Ohio River steamer several times with dynamite bombs, and the steamer was as safe from harm when equipped with my invention as though there was no dynamite within a mile of it. The locating of other dangerous substances in the river in the path of the steamer also was tried a number of times with great success. "I hope soon to secure patents on my invention. When I do I will be glad to have the secret of it made public. It can be used on any sort of steamer or sailing vessel, and I am sure it will be the means of saving thousands of lives at sea every year, as well as locating and destroying submarine mines and finding icebergs in time to prevent the destruction of ocean-goings ships." To ambitious Negro and Indian students, the following courses are offered: Academic-normal, covering four years of work for those who are preparing to become teachers; an agricultural course of four years, and a trade course of four years in any one of 13 trades, including the building industries, as well as such indoor trades as tailoring and printing. "In 1914 and thereafter," according to the latest announcement, "a diploma from the Hampton school will indicate that the recipient has done at least four years of work beyond the grammar grades. It will be the policy of the school to grant a diploma to no one who has not received sufficient vocational training to make self-support possible at some skilled occupation. "In all the industrial courses leading to a diploma, a fixed minimum of academic work is required; indeed, it is regarded as an essential part of all industrial courses." In the agricultural course the Hampton student has the opportunity of learning the best modern practice in field, garden, orchard, greenhouse, horse barn, dairy and poultry houses. Hampton sends out "agricultural missionaries." Mere bigness has never been a goal at Hampton. Every department has grown in natural response to the pressing needs of the races receiving training. Today, between twelve and thirteen hundred students, including some forty Indians, are enrolled. These figures include some four hundred children in the Whittier school, which is a neighborhood elementary school, and is used by Hampton institute as a training school for teachers. The student life at Hampton institute tends to develop character. In the dormitories, on the parade ground, on the football field, in the cabins of the old and lowly, indeed, at every turn, fortunate Negro and Indian youths who reach Hampton are receiving valuable training in self-control in obedience, in courtesy, in team work. From the rising bell, which sounds at 5:30 in the morning, until "taps" at 9:30 at night, the Hampton students are being trained in the value of promptness, alertness, discipline, endurance, respect for authority, and applied Christianity. Hampton institute stands for all that aids in training Negroes and Indians to become earnest, Industrial, Christian citizens. It teaches the dignity of labor, the happiness of service, and the value of moral and physical cleanliness. Hampton institute is neither a state nor a government school. It must depend largely on voluntary contributions for its support. Indeed, $125,000 are required annually, above the school's regular income, for scholarships and expenses. The school is striving to raise an endowment fund of $4,000,000 Argentina in January shipped 900, 000 bushels of corn to the United States. During 1913, 1,730,872 British workers received a net wage increase of $807,566 a week. Tampico, Mex., last year exported to the United States crude oil valued at $7,130,632. The oldest known specimens of writing are in the British museum. They are of Chinese origin. Aviator Makes Legs. Nearly forty one-legged people have asked M. Desoutter, the aviator, to supply them with legs like the one he has made for himself. It weighs only two pounds, has a padded calf, and is composed of an alloy of aluminum, the secret of which is known only to M. Desoutter. And so he has decided to take up artificial legging professionally, and is setting about patenting his invention. "All the tools I use are those I have for my trade, which is watchmaking." The music of the Negro, like the music of the Indian, has caused much ink to be spilled. Some enthusiastic souls have looked to the rhythms of the red man for the melody that is to create American music; in fact, some have gone so far as to declare that the only possible American music can be Indian music. Which is all very interesting and absolutely inconclusive. The fact remains that Indian composers, in any fair sense of the term, do not exist; while we have among us many talented and well-trained Negro creative musicians. It was with one of these that a New York Tribune representative talked last week, with a man who has written a very large proportion of the so-called modern dances. The man was Jesse Rees Europe, the composer of all the cast dances, and the director of Europe's orchestra, an organization which has all but secured complete control of the cabaret and dance field in the city. Mr. Europe is a well-trained musician and a man who has thought deeply on the musical possibilities of his race, and of these possibilities he has firm and well defined opinions. "I am striving at present to form an orchestra of Negroes which will be able to take its place among the serious musical organizations of the country," said Mr. Europe. "The Tempo club now contains about two hundred members, all musicians, and from this body I supply at present a majority of the orchestras which play in the various cafes of the city and also at the private dances. Our Negro musicians have nearly cleared the field of the so-called gypsy orchestras. The Negro, while not generally equal to the demands of the more sophisticated forms of music, is peculiarly fitted for: the modern dances. I don't think it too much to say that he plays this music better than the white man simply because all this music is indigenous with him. Rhythm is something that is born in the Negro, and the modern dances require rhythm above all else. "I myself do not consider the modern dances a step backward. The one-step is more beautiful than the old two-step, and the fox-trot than the schottische, of which it is a development. As to the so-called dance craze, it does not appear to be a 'craze.' I have had probably as good an opportunity to observe the various dances as anyone in the city, and I have found that dancing keeps husbands and wives together and eliminates much drinking, as no one can dance and drink to excess. However, these are questions for a philosopher and not for a musician." The Negro farmer reads no bulletins, few agricultural journals, and seldom sees the daily or semi-weekly market reports published in our papers. He has not taken any interest in the subject of transportation. Freight, express and parcel post rates and their relative value and the importance of this service do not interest him, as he has nothing to ship. Demand and supply appeal to him only to the amount of food required or demanded to supply his appetite. He has never been taught anything about farm accounts, and so his receipts and expenditures have no safe check, and often, more often than otherwise, these expenditures are injudicious. Kangaroo farming is a very important industry in Australia. But we sit not down and complain of our lot. We know that we have women in our race today who stand shoulder to shoulder with any women. We need and must make all the friends we can with white people. They need us and we need them. If centuries were needed to bring the Anglo-Saxon from the morasses of central Europe to the height of today's civilization they cannot expect us to be perfect—yet. We are like the wrecked ship which to the call, "Shall we lower the boats and take you in" gave answer thus: "No. Lay by us till morning." So say we to our generous, sympathetic and true white friends. Our record for this half-mile stone from human slavery is unequaled. Let us go on with the team work which embodies the grand old motto of the Swiss republic, "All for each and each for all."—From An Address at the Biennial Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. In an electric gun invented in England, which seems to be successful, a projectile is hurled through a tube by the action of electric magnets on the outside. An American visitor in Montreal recently saw a squad of boys whose ages ranged from six to nine, being drilled by two little girls of corresponding age. Upon inquiry one of the drill sergeants explained that her father said the war might last twenty years, and then these boys might fight for the union jack while their fathers came home to rest. Slamese capital, employing Danish engineers and machinery, is constructing a large cement plant near Bangkok. he said recently. "Legmakers want me to share my secret with them, and I have even had requests for my old wooden leg. I have half a dozen orders now, which will keep me busy for the next six months, for each leg takes four weeks to make. I hope to buy an aeroplane out of the profits." Here and There. She—Is the new chauffeur here? He—You bet he's here, and he's certainly there when it comes to running a car. FIGHTING THE PLAGUE SPREADING RAT Edward B.Clark STAFF CORRESPONDENT OF THE WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION LONG the levees guarding the crescent-shaped banks of the Mississippi river at New Orleans, the good rat ship, Neptune, is at its deadly work. Deadly work which is life-saving work, done under the direction of Uncle Sam's public health service. Rats carry the parasite which transmits the frightful disease, bubonic plague, to man. The Neptune's work is to kill the rat and to save man. It is doing its work most efficiently. The Neptune is in charge of Past Assistant Surgeon Norman Roberts, while Assistant Surgeon-General William C. Rucker is in charge of the general crusade being conducted by the public health service against the rat plague and parasite. Dr. Claude C. Pierce is also one of the determined workers in the antiplague crusade. This rat-killing ship is worth a thousand ferrets, a thousand cats and a thousand terriers in its work of rodent extermination. With one breath it can kill 10,000 rats. It can kill the assistant Sur- surgeon-Gen- the general health service r. Claude C. workers in the p is worth a a thousand station. With can kill the 23 22 21 WARD ing its vic- tile in bed. p after a seen at its dead only. write, which which occasionally wounds only, allowing its victim to live out his natural days and to die in bed. There are no wounded to be picked up after a battery of monoxide of carbon has been at its work. The casualty list is one of the dead only. Rats, as has been said, carry the parasite, which is a flea, from which it is possible for man to become infected with the disease, bubonic plague. The public health service has classified all the commercial ports of the world as follows: "Clean," "Suspected," "Infected." When a ship bound for New Orleans, reaches quarantine, which is a good ways down the river from the Crescent City, it is boarded. There, if an unusual number of rats are on board, or if other conditions seem to require it, there is a sulphur fumigation. Then the ship proceeds on its way to New Orleans. It is then that the public health officers take up a watch on the vessel. had all the follows: when a ship line, which the Crescental number two conditions ammunition. The New Orish officers in New Orleans. We are more a vessel greater degree infected the same shore. It which will ing or entergress or lead fromrance and no rat that it is carbon battebatten sealed, and with paper in the Nepclosed generated those into the dead cabins then its full and then holes are remains to dead rats, the rats, board and the minutest New Orleans the health ause of the man at once and there, the buon foothold. In charge at lague work, having served in San Francisco executive officer when the plague was instituted in the rat ship Neptune waterfront of cities, but that vessels alone are that may carry with them the ease. In any city which boring rats afflicted with crusade against the rode sections of the town whenthousands upon thousand in traps and every rat on the place where it was nitely. The bodies of the public health labora examined, the examinat the number of 1,000 a day. Each of the dead rats and an experienced man which appear to be affect, or where it is definat rat actually has the disce and the place of capture. Then the work of extern and perhaps demolition a neighborhood from which Here is what Assistia llam C. Rucker has said concerning the eradication bonic plague: "Plague is primarily a secondly and accidentally safety from the disease the rodent and its paras of all preventive and eras can live in rodent-free so no fear of plague, because there can be no rodent pical purposes the flea m common vector of the rodent and from rodent of bubonic plague, thereion of rodents." Now, in a layman's labyubonic plague from rock like this: A rat has the we will say nobody know thing is as much of a first, the hen or the epe The rat which has the p which absorbs the plague we will say; the flea gets on to a man; the the disease and if the There have been plague rats in New Orleans. There are certain places where rats are more likely to succeed in getting onto a vessel than they are at others. There is no greater desire that rats which possibly may be infected shall get on to a ship than that rats in the same possible condition shall leave it for the shore. It is possible for precautions to be taken which will prevent the rodents either from leaving or entering the vessel. Their ordinary way of egress or ingress is along cables or ropes which lead from the vessel to the shore. To prevent entrance and exit guards are attached to the ropes and no rat is able to pass them. When the public health officials find that it is necessary to turn their monoxide of carbon battery loose on a ship the hatches are battered down, every window of every cabin is sealed, and all the cracks of the doors are closed with paper attached by means of flour paste. Then the Neptune steam ups alongside, the coke in the closed furnace is started burning and the generated monoxide of carbon passes through a hose into the hold of the ship until it is filled with the deadly gas. Then attention is turned to the cabins and staterooms, each of which is given its full charge of the overpowering fumes. The vessel is left alone for six hours and then the hatches, doors, windows and port holes are opened and the gas escapes. All that remains to be done is to go in and gather up the dead rats. The fumigating process kills not only the rats, but everything else living that is on board and this means everything living down to the minutest form of animal life. Danger is passing quickly from New Orleans and it is passing because not only the health authorities of the state and city, but those of the government took hold of the situation at once and saved it. If it really needed saving, and there are those who believe that if unchecked, the buronic plague might have obtained a firm foothold. Dr. William C. Rucker, who has been in charge at New Orleans, is experienced in antiflag work. "Only until the war closes, my dear." "But I don't see that it is necessary for you to be out every night until midnight. During the Spanish war you were not out a single evening. In fact, you said the men who were whooping around nights were a pack of soft heads." "So they were, dear, but last campaign is not this campaign. Last campaign things ran themselves, and there was nothing for the patriots to do. X DR. CLAUDE C. PIERCE LONG the leve cent-shaped sippi river good rat sh deadly work is life-saving the direction lic health se parasite whi ful disease man. The kill the rat 10,000, but let it be said that only occasionally is it called upon to breathe out death upon more than 500 of the pests at one exhalation, for seldom is a larger number found on one ship. Why it is done, and how it is done, it is here the purpose of a layman to set down, trusting that the doctors of the public health service will approve the spirit, even if the strict language of science, in which the profession usually commends its views, is here notorious by its absence. Let it be told first how it is done. The Neptune is little more than a big tub, but it is well fitted up with quarters for the medical officers and the crew who navigate it and direct its beneficent work. When there were rumors of the appearance of the dread plague in the Crescent City, the Neptune put to sea from Philadelphia and made the trip in quick time to New Orleans. Its deadly projectile is monoxide of carbon; its weapon of offense is the hose and nozzle; and its powder is coke which burns in a closed furnace. Monoxide of carbon is more deadly than shrapnel. A RAT GUARD HERE'S FRAGMENT OF FICTION Of Course No Such Deceptive Creature as Mr. Jones Existed in Real Life. Dinner had been over only ten minutes when Jones made a move down the hall for the hall-tree and his hat, and the long-suffering Mrs. Jones followed after to say: "You have been out every night for a month. How long is this thing to last?" THE TOWING THE DESTRUCTION OF THE WORKING HOUSE. DEMOLISHING A "RAT ROOKERY" having served in San Francisco, where he executive officer when the crusade against plague was instituted in that city. The rat ship Neptune does its work on waterfront of cities, but it must not be super that vessels are the habitation of rats a may carry with them the germs of a disease. In any city which may be suspected on oring rats afflicted with the plague parasite russe against the rodents is carried on a sections of the town where the rodents are on thousands upon thousands of the rats are on a traps and every rat caught, is tagged, so the place where it was taken can be known nicely. The bodies of the animals are taken to public health laboratory and there they examined, the examinations sometimes reach the number of 1,000 a day. Each of the dead rats is examined thorow and an experienced man can tell instantly which appear to be affected. In the case of a effect, or where it is definitely determined the rat actually has the disease, the tag is舍弃 and the place of capture of the animal is lea then the work of extermination and of fumigation and perhaps demolition of buildings begins in neighborhood from which the infected rat Here is what Assistant Surgeon-General Jam C. Rucker has said in one brief paragraph the eradication and prevention of plague: "Plague is primarily a disease of rodents secondly and accidentally, a disease of man. Safety from the disease lies in the exclusl the rodent and its parasites. This is the if all preventive and eradicative work. If a man is in rodent-free surroundings he need no fear of plague, because if there be no no here can be no rodent parasites, and for allical purposes the flea may be considered a common vector of the disease from rodent and from rodent to man. The eradication of bubonic plague, therefore, means the erosion of rodents." Now, in a layman's language, the path of bubonic plague from rodent to man is some like this: A rat has the plague. Where it we will say nobody knows, for the origin thing is as much of a question as which first, the hen or the egg. Every rat has the rat which has the plague is bitten by a which absorbs the plague poison. The rat we will say; the flea leaves it and in some sets on to a man; the parasite is charged the disease and if the poison is transmitted having served in San Francisco, where he was executive officer when the crusade against the plague was instituted in that city. The rat ship Neptune does its work on the waterfront of cities, but it must not be supposed that vessels alone are the habitation of rats which may carry with them the germs of a dread disease. In any city which may be suspected of harboring rats afflicted with the plague parasite, the crusade against the rodents is carried on in all sections of the town where the rodents abound. Thousands upon thousands of the rats are caught in traps and every rat caught is tagged, so that the place where it was taken can be known definitely. The bodies of the animals are taken to the public health laboratory and there they are examined, the examinations sometimes reaching the number of 1,000 a day. Each of the dead rats is examined thoroughly and an experienced man can tell instantly those which appear to be affected. In the case of a suspect, or where it is definitely determined that the rat actually has the disease, the tag is consulted and the place of capture of the animal is learned. Then the work of extermination and of fumigation and perhaps demolition of buildings begins in the neighborhood from which the infected rat came. Here is what Assistant Surgeon-General William C. Rucker has said in one brief paragraph concerning the eradication and prevention of bubonic plague: "Plague is primarily a disease of rodents, and secondly and accidentally, a disease of man. Man's safety from the disease lies in the exclusion of the rodent and its parasites. This is the basis of all preventive and eradicative work. If a man can live in rodent-free surroundings he need have no fear of plague, because if there be no rodents there can be no rodent parasites, and for all practical purposes the flea may be considered as the common vector of the disease from rodent to rodent and from rodent to man. The eradication of bubonic plague, therefore, means the eradication of rodents." Now, in a layman's language, the path of the bubonic plague from rodent to man is something like this: A rat has the plague. Where it got it we will say nobody knows, for the origin of the thing is as much of a question as which came first, the hen or the egg. Every rat has flices. The rat which has the plague is bitten by a flea, which absorbs the plague poison. The rat dies, we will say; the flea leaves it and in some way gets on to a man; the parasite is charged with the disease and if the poison is transmitted be Francisco, where he was the crusade against the that city. does its work on the it must not be supposed habitation of rats which a germs of a dread dismay be suspected of harboring the plague parasite, the rats is carried on in all are the rodents abound. of the rats are caught caught is tagged, so that taken can be known defeate animals are taken to torty and there they are tons sometimes reaching is examined thoroughly can tell instantly those. In the case of a suitably determined that the case, the tag is consulted of the animal is learned. nation and of fumigation buildings begins in the infected rat cat. at Surgeon-General Wil- in one brief paragraph on and prevention of bu disease of rodents, and a disease of man. Man's lies in the exclusion of cities. This is the basis indicative work. If a man groundings he need have if there be no rodents erasites, and for all acracy be considered as the disease from rodent to so man. The eradication store, means the eradica language, the path of the tent to man is something plague. Where it got it was, for the origin of the question as which came. Every rat has fleas. lague is bitten by a flea, the poison. The rat dies, lives it and in some way parasite is charged with poison is transmitted be with man. world, travitionally on live in hum migrations. most a nega the disease function in reservoir f ease flows in city cousins. In parts is conducting rel. This is gray squirrel the biologic ture in War of the extre tracts of la. The public ports describe taken to pr which the given in ra destroying of chapters of hawks, wee creatures w a delicacy of killing. The count the constrain public health ment to sa death. The been done esting work endeavor. Nervous mouse-trap Harry-H Nervous in that—P language, the path of the tent to man is something plague. Where it got it was, for the origin of the question as which came. Every rat has fleas. lague is bitten by a flea, the poison. The rat dies, lives it and in some way parasite is charged with poison is transmitted be with man. world, travitionally on live in hum migrations. most a nega the disease function in reservoir f ease flows in city cousins. In parts is conducting rel. This is gray squirrel the biologic ture in War of the extre tracts of la. The public ports describe taken to pr which the given in ra destroying of chapters of hawks, wee creatures w a delicacy of killing. The count the constrain public health ment to sa death. The been done esting work endeavor. Nervous mouse-trap Harry-H Nervous in that—P language, the path of the tent to man is something plague. Where it got it was, for the origin of the question as which came. Every rat has fleas. lague is bitten by a flea, the poison. The rat dies, lives it and in some way parasite is charged with poison is transmitted be with man. world, travitionally on live in hum migrations. most a nega the disease function in reservoir f ease flows in city cousins. In parts is conducting rel. This is gray squirrel the biologic ture in War of the extre tracts of la. The public ports describe taken to pr which the given in ra destroying of chapters of hawks, wee creatures w a delicacy of killing. The count the constrain public health ment to sa death. The been done esting work endeavor. "So you Yes," re "But you as a farew" "It was thousand d "The bulwarks of liberty are totering to their fall. "Shall this country be ruled by patriots or traitors? "Is Bunker hill to go for nothing, and are our liberties to be sold for a mess of potatoes? "Shall I stand supinely by and see this great and glorious country go to destruction, or shall I lead the movement to still further exalt her? "Shall the American eagle still continue to soar on pilons proud, and old glory wave in every breeze that blows. ASSISTANT SURGEON GENERAL W.C.RUCKER "HEPTUNE" COMING ALONGSIDE VESSEL TO FUMIGATE FOR RAT DESTRUCTION. with man. It frequents the great highways of the world, travels long distances in ships and occasionally on trains. The ground squirrel does not live in human habitations and it makes only short migrations. As Doctor Rucker puts it, it is almost a negligible factor in the direct transfer of the disease to man. The ground squirrel's great function in the plague scheme is that of a rural reservoir from which from time to time the disease flows over to the suburban rat, thence to his city cousin and thence to man. In parts of the West the public health service is conducting a crusade against the ground squirrel. This animal looks not unlike the common gray squirrel, and the help of the scientists of the biological survey of the department of agriculture in Washington has been given to the work of the extermination of this animal over large tracts of land. The public health service has given in its reports descriptions of the means which should be taken to prevent the spread of the disease with which the rodents are affected. Instructions are given in rat-trapping, rat-proofing, in methods of destroying rat habitations and to these are added chapters on the natural enemy of rats, owls, hawks, weasels, cats, dogs, ferrets and the other creatures which either consider the repulsive rat a delicacy or like to prey upon it from sheer love of killing. The country probably has little knowledge of the constant work which is being done by the public health service of the United States government to safeguard the people from disease and death. The plague preventive work which has been done is to scientists one of the most interesting works in the whole field of their study and endeavor. Nervous Wife—Oh, Harry, dear, do order a mouse-trap to be sent home today. Harry—But you bought one last week. Nervous Wife—Yes, dear, but there's a mouse in that—Pearson's Weekly. E AUSIANT SURGEON GENERAL W.C.RUCKER E" COMING ALONGSIDE VESSEL TO TE FOR RAT DESTRUCTION neath the skin of a human being the plague results. In the week ending September 26, 1914, Assistant Surgeon-General Rucker's report shows that 70 vessels were fumigated with sulphur and 13 with carbon monoxide and there were 128,853 packages of freight inspected. In this week more than eight thousand rats were trapped and examined. Hundreds of premises were fumigated or disinfected and many more places were inspected. During the one week 199 buildings were made rat-proof. Altogether the number of buildings thus guarded against the entry of rodents was 1,300. Assistant Surgeon-General Rucker follows his word that the eradication of bubonic plague means the eradication of rodents by saying that in America we have two rodents which are comprehended in the problem, the rat and the ground squirrel, and apparently each plays a very distinct role in the propagation and perpetuation of the disease. The rat is distinctly domestic in its habits, and therefore comes in more or less intimate contact a man. It frequents the great highways of the old, travels long distances in ships and occasionally on trains. The ground squirrel does not in human habitations and it makes only short migrations. As Doctor Rucker puts it, it is a negligible factor in the direct transfer of disease to man. The ground squirrel's great action in the plague scheme is that of a rural inviror from which time to time the disfloors over to the suburban rat, thence to his cousin and thence to man. parts of the West the public health service conducts a crusade against the ground squirrel. This animal looks not unlike the common squirrel, and the help of the scientists of biological survey of the department of agriculture in Washington has been given to the work the extermination of this animal over large ests of land. the public health service has given in its rea descriptions of the means which should be used to prevent the spread of the disease with which the rodents are affected. Instructions are given in rat-trapping, rat-proofing, in methods of croying rat habitations and to these are added peters on the natural enemy of rats, owls, sks, weasels, cats, dogs, ferrets and the otheratures which either consider the repulsive rat licacy or like to prey upon it from sheer love killing. the country probably has little knowledge of constant work which is being done by the public health service of the United States governet to safeguard the people from disease and death. The plague preventive work which has done is to scientists one of the most intering works in the whole field of their study and eaver. OUT OF COMMISSION Fervous Wife—Oh, Harry, dear, do order a use-trap to be sent home today. Harry—But you bought one last week. Fervous Wife—Yes, dear, but there's a mouse that—Pearson's Weekly. A SAD FAREWELL. So you are going to make another tour?" Yes," replied the actor. But you advertised your previous engagement a farewell occasion." It was one. We said good-by to nearly a thousand dollars." the tott- by pa- or shall the bird become a crow and the flag become a dishcloth? "Why, Thomas, is it as bad as that?" asked the wife in alarm. "It's worse. The next gale that sweeps from the North—" "Then hurry along, and be gone as long as you want to." And Jones went down to his club and played poker until three o'clock next morning.—Exchange. A train of thought isn't always an time. INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON (By E. O. SELLERH, Acting Director on Sunday School Course.) GOD'S PATIENCE WITH ISRAEL LESSON TEXT-Judges 2:7-13. GOLDEN TEXT-I will heal their back-siding, I will love them freely-Hos. 14:4. This year we again return to the history of the chosen people and follow them through the period of the judges, the days of the monarchy under Saul, David and Solomon, and the divided kingdom in the times of Elijah, Amos, Hosea and Jonah, down to the time of Daniel during the captivity. 1. Another Generation, vv. 7-10. During the days of Joshua Israel served Jehovah, but his influence did not last long after his death. Ever and anon God must needs raise up a Joshua to lead his church. We have another "Joshua"—Jesus—who is ever with his people and we do not need any earthly leader (Ps. 62:5; Phil. 2:12). Still God is working through human agents and in every crisis raises up his spirit-clothed leaders. No doubt this "another generation" honored Joshua as a hero but they did not follow in his obedience to Jehovah. It is easy to dismiss God's mighty够sends among men by calling them myths and traditions, or to deny the "accuracy of the records." Doubtless the Israelites felt their obligations to their neighbors and fellow-tribesmen, but they lost a deep sense of their obligations to God. America today is charged with an altruistic spirit but seems lacking in a deep sense of that obligation to God which is primary. Sin of Idolatry. II. They forcook the Lord, vv. 11:13. Backsliding Israel is a proverb. Over and again there was a return to true worship and just as often a forsaking. For centuries Jehovah bore with, forgave, restored and punished this "stiffened" people, until the final overthrow and captivity burned into their consciousness the sin of idolatry. The reason for this was their disobedience in not putting out of the land "the gods of the peoples that were round about them." Liberality of this sort always results in spiritual ruin. A nation's ideals about God not alone determine its moral status but eventually its physical and temporal welfare as well. Their way was not evil in their own sight and doubtless they were considered very progressive, and their course an evidence of greater wisdom than that of their fathers, but it was "evil in the sight of the Lord." We do not understand that these Israelites took up the worship of Baal, the sun god, with all of its abominations at once, but rather sought a combination, a compromise worship, which of course led to the inevitable forsaking of God. Verse 12 indicates the base ingratitude of such a course for he it was "which brought them out of the land of Egypt" (Titus 2:14; 2 Pet. 2:1). III. The Anger of the Lord, vv. 14, 15. There is no anger like that of outraged love. We are apt to forget the other attributes of God, those of justice, holiness and purity and that God can not look upon iniquity (Hab. 1:13). The light men enjoy only heightens and makes more black their offences. God's anger can "wax hot" and here he "dellivered them into the hands of the spoilers that spolled them." God Keepa His Promises. IV. and the Lord Raised Up Judges, R. V. vv. 16:19. These were men who felt the bitterness of the distress of their nation. God keeps to the letter his promises, both of blessing and of punishment, but "in wrath he remembers mercy." These judges had higher aspirations than simply to judge, for they "saved" the people. We who live in this present dispensation of grace have one who is now the savior but who shall yet be the judge. That these righteous leaders of the people had a difficult task is suggested by verse 17. The hearts of the people "went a whoring," lusted after the things represented by Baal and Ashtarcth, which history tells us were too vile to be enumerated. The judges secured for the people of Israel their rights according to the mercy of Jehovah. At the same time they were rulers, and as such secured for individuals their rights. Professor Beecher has calculated that the period of their administration was about three hundred and thirty-two years, from the death of Jura, 1434 B. C., to the anointing of Saul, 1030 B. C. It is probable that at times one part of the land was under oppression and other parts were enjoying security under its judge. It has been suggested that Israel, during the time we have been and now are studying, passed through four grades in God's school: (1) That in Egypt; training in bondage and contact with the highest civilization of the day. (2) That in the desert; training in faith, law and religious observances in the presence of peril and hardships. (3) That in the time of the judges; training in self-government while in contact with enemies and moral evils. (4) That of the kingdom; training in the arts and in religious life as manifested by the temple, the priesthood and the prophets. Hololay was fascinating, it had a false freedom, it appealed to every passion, and was the very antithesis of the Jehovah worship of purity itself. The worship of Jehovah always taught and impressed moral and spiritual truth and required the confessing and forsaking of evil. 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Kelley's Best Beat all the Rest. Kelley Milling Co. K.C.,U.S.A. A. F. and A. M. Missouri Jurisdiction Officers—1914-15. N. C. Crews, Kansas City, Grand Master. Deputy Grand Master, Richard Young, Lincoln, Neb. F. J. Brown, St. Louis, Grand Senior Warden. Wm. Green, Plattsburg, Grand Junior Warden. H. H. Walker, St. Joseph, Grand Treasurer. Geo. W. K. Love, Grand Secretary, Kansas City, Mo. W. W. Fields, Secretary of Masonite Relief, Cameron, Mo. P. L. Pratt, Kansas City, Mo., Grand Lecturer. Grand Commandery Officers. W. G. Mosely, Kansas City, Mo., R. E. G. C. J. H. Sherwood, St. Paul, Minn., G. E. G. P. C. Kincald, Kansas City, Mo., V. E. G. C. J. W. Beard, St. Louis, Mo., E. G. C. G. Wm. Roberts, Hannibal, Mo., Grand Secretary. T. P. Mahammitt, Grand Treasurer, Omaha, Neb. Grand Chapter Officers. Geo. Broomfield, G. H. P., St. Louis, Mo. T. G. McCampbell, D. G. H. P., Kansas City. A. L. Thomas, G. K., Jefferson City, Mo. J. P. Moffit, G. S., Sedalla, Mo. Chas. Griggsby, G. Treas., Liberty, Mo. E. S. Baker, G. Sec'y, Kansas City, Mo. MASONIC BUILDING ASSOCIATION MEMBERS. R. T. Coles, Chairman. E. S. Baker, Secretary. R. W. Poster, Treasurer. W. C. Mallory, Sandy Meyers, Wm. Washington, F. P. Porteet, T. W. H. Williams, W. G. Moseley, J. E. Herriford, E. G. Lacey, E. G. Miller, Robt. Wiley. Lodge Directory G WESTMINSTER Pritchard Lodge No. 42, A. F. and A. M., meets the 2nd and 4th Monday in each month. All Master Masons are good standing welcome. R. Gret, W. M.; J. H. Sniginer, Sec'y. Rone Lodge No. 25, A. F. and A. M., meets the 1st and 2nd Monday in each month. All Master Masons are welcome. F. W. Glimore, W. M.; T. J. McCampbell, Sec'y. Mt. Olive Lodge No. 53, A. F. and A. M., meets the 4th Friday in every month. Visiting Master Masons are welcome. Jackson, W. M. Frank Love, Secretary, 1518 Baltimore Ave. U. B. F. King of the West Lodge No. 218 meets first and third Mondays in each month at 568 Greater Boston, M. West, W. M., 1718 Euclid, M. Harris, Sec'y, 1732 Woodland Ave. ADVERTISE YOUR SOCIETY. We would like to see every lodge and society in Kansas City put their cards in The Sun. It is the most popular way to let the world know who you are, when and where you meet and your object and purpose. For the next month we will make special anouncements to have you put in your lodge or society list of of officers in this paper. Office Hours 8 to 12 m. & 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday by Appointment Bell Grand 2553W DR. E. C. BUNCH DENTIST Gold Crown, Bridges and Plates A Specialty Painless Extraction 716 East 12th St. Kansas City, Mo Mrs. C. A. Smith has opened a branch office of MRS. S. BEDFORD'S Wonderful Hair Grower & Scalp Treatment This treatment has proved to be a wonderful success. Mrs. Smith will receive patients for treatment from From 8:30 a. m. to 6:00 p. m. at her residence, 11th and Highland Every ingredient used on the hair is perfectly safe and Guaranteed to Give Satisfaction Bell Phone, East 4975. Best Shine in K. C. 5c For Ladies Gents AGENCY FOR The Kansas City Son. The Crisis, The New York Age, The Freeman and All Daily Papers Ice Cream and Soda Cigars and Tobacco HENRY SHUMAKER 1702 East 18th St. THE KANSAS CITY SUN All communications should be addressed the Kansas City Sun. 1803 East 18th Bldr. Bell Phone East 999 Entered as second-class matter, August 15, 1908, at the postoffice at Kansas City, Mo., under the act of March 3, 1879. Nelson C. Crews. Editor and Owner W. J. TLEEN. General Manager G. E. THOMPSON N. Adv. Agen SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.50 Bix Months .75 Three Months .50 ADVERTISING RATE, 50 CENTS PER INCH. CHURCH DIRECTORY. Bethel A. M. E. Church, 24th and Flora. St. Stephen's Baptist Church, 604 Charleston. Christian Church, 19th and Tracy, Maryland M. E. Church, 19th and Woodland. Kansas Ave. Baptist Church, 46th and Kansas. A. M. E. Church, 17th and Tracy. Augustine's P. E. Church, 11th and Post. Vine St. Baptist Church, 1835 Vine St. Chapel A. M. E. Church, 11th and Woodside Blue Valley Baptist church, 1120 Crystal avenue. St. John's A. M. E. Church, 1743 Bellevue Savannah Day Adventist, 23rd and Woodland. St. Monica's Catholic, 17th and Lydia Mormon Star Baptist Church, 2311 Vine Highland Avenue Baptist Church, 1111 Highland. Centropolis A. M. E. Church, Centropolis, Mo. James A. M. E. Z. Church, 1832 Woodland Ave. Third Baptist Church, Roundtop. Church, Anointing People's Mission People's Baptist Church, 19th and Highland Friendship Baptist Church, 17th and Pilgrim Baptist Church, 614 Charlotte Pigrim Baptist Church, 614 Charlotte Pleasant Green Baptist Church, Inde- pendence Avenue and Tracy. Cavary Baptist Church, 19th and Ashley. Bigslow A. M. E. Mission, 5th and Lydia. Progressive Baptist Church, 29th and Summit. C. M. E. Church, 1817 Flora Ave. 545 E. Baptist Church, 400 Mills St. St. Luke's M. Church, 452d and Prospect Place. A. M. E. Mission, 665 Grand Ave. KANAS CITY, KAN. CHURCHES. First A. M. E. Church, 8th and Neb. First Green Baptist Church, 1st and splitting. Eighth St. Baptist Church, 8th and Oakland. Baptist Church, 8th and Metropolitan Baptist Church, 9th and Watson Street. Beth A. M. E. Church, Water and Steward Streets. Paul A. M. E. Church, 21st and Ruby. First Baptist Church, 5th and Neb. Solomon Baptist Church, 3rd and Saint Quindarao A. M. E. Church, Quindarao Pavalley Valley Baptist Church, Rosedale, Kan M. E. Church, 9th and Oakland, A. M. E. Church, 4th and Oakland. Salter Mission, A. M. E. Church, South Park, Kan. Protestant Episcopal, 3rd and Stewart. Second Baptist Church, 24th and Ruby. Wesley Chapel M. E. 166. Shawnee. Paul A. M. A. E. Zion Church, 4000 Bethel A. M. E. Church, Roseale, Kan. Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 4th and Virgil Ebeneres A. M. E. Church, Sanford and Tremont EDITORIALS. If the year 1915 brings no new obligations to our people in Kansas City it should bring increased determination for carrying out the old ones. Our public schools must reflect a greater degree of real educational value. Veneer and unsubstantial showings must be discarded and the sort of education that will stand the test must be emphasized. During the coming year the work of popularizing the Y. M. C. A. must be completed so that every worthy man in the community will look upon the institution as his "second home." The Wheatley-Provident Hospital Association must wake up and accomplish something tangible. At present only two or three members are doing any real work and that in a greatly restricted manner. The as sociation evidently needs more energy somewhere. The small circle of earnest men and women who are trying to do everything should be enlarged so that the few shall not be worked to death. There are enough of us in the community to divide up necessary labors and do everything well. Every Negro who has any constructive ability should do more for his race this year. There are too many organizations in the city managed by the same people and aiming at practically the same ends. They should be combined so as to conserve time and energy. We need a big, dignified, popular organization that will reflect the civic sense of our race in Kansas City and all other moral and social interests which concern us. Let us get together this year. We should resolve to be more loyal to race enterprise during the New Year. Those nickels and dimes which we bestow elsewhere, if spent among our own people, would firmly establish our mechanics, merchants and professional men. All races do this except the Negro. We are not sufficiently loyal and that is the very reason why we are not sufficiently protected and respected. If you go to a Negro store and ask for an article temporarily out of stock, do not go away denouncing race enterprises. The same thing happens daily in each of the big down town stores. Put more money into your business efforts and the enterprises will thus be able to render you better service. Just have a little more confidence, a little more patience and a little more unselfishness. 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 Eight eighth street. Transfer at Troost Bell phone. Grand 2988. CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF HAP PENINGS DURING THE JANUARY January 1.—Covine Patterson, one of the best known men in the West, was found dead. January 3.—Miss Anna Jones entertained in honor of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hunton of New York City. January 5.—The Peck Missionary Society of Allen Chapel gave a drama entitled, "The Prophet's Play." January 1.—Mr. A. W. Harris was tendered a magnificent birthday party at the residence of Prof. and Mrs. J. Silas Harris at which many of Kansas City's prominent citizens were in attendance. January 15.—Prof. J. E. Spingarn addressed an audience of more than 1,000 people at Allen Chapel in tre interest of the N. A. A. C. P. January 10.—The Perry Sanitarium was taken over by the Provident Wheatley Hospital. FEBRUARY. February 1. — Go-to-Church Sunday, Seventy-four people united at the morning service with Allen Chapel. February 10. — Afro-American Investment Co. paid, 6 per cent interest to all of its stockholders. February 16. — H. R. Edwards, one of the best known Masons in Missouri, passed away after a long illness. February 14.—Mrs. Henrietta Harris died. February 23.—Bank Messengers' Club gave a delightful banquet at the Delmonica. February 24.—Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Branch of the Kansas Side entertained the railway postal clerks. MARCH March 4—Dr. Booker T. Washington addressed more than 2,000 people at the Second Baptist church; was given an ovation during his stay in the city. March 8—Funeral of Emma Smith, soloist for the Blind Boone company, was held from the Second Baptist church. March 29—Knights of Pythias held their annual Thanksgiving services at the Second Baptist church. March 25—Mrs. T. W. H. Williams explains the work of her Domestic Science Circle to the Board of Public Welfare, and is highly praised. March 27—Dr. Sampson Brooks delivers a brilliant lecture at Allen chapel. APRIL. April 5—Eight Courts H. of J. held memorial services at Masonic hall. April 11—Second Baptist choir rendered in magnificent style the oratorio, "Seven Last Words of Christ." April 26—Chas. H. Lewis, prominent young Mason, dies suddenly. MAY. ARBU MAY May 31—The corner stone laying of the new Y, M, C A. building. May 13—Oswald Garrison Villard, grandson of William Lloyd Garrison, delivered an address at the Second Baptist church. May 8—Harry Bean, for many years a footman at Emery, Bird, Thayer dry goods store, dies. May 25—First graduating exercises of the training school of the colored department of the general hospital. May 27—Commencement exercises at Western university. May 29—Graham lodge A. F, and A. M. celebrated its thirty-fifth anniversary. May 23—George W. Chivers, well known throughout the United States, died in Oakland, Cal. JUNE June 13—U. B. F. held its annual sermon at the Second Baptist church June 17—Miss Grace Thomas is married to Mr. Henry Marton of Jersey City, N. J. JULY. July 2—Sallie Moore Haworth, prominent for many years in the S. M. T., died after a long illness. July 28—Knights of Tabor held their annual session at Hannibal. July 22—Attorney Dorsey Green reelected Grand Master of Odd Fellows of Kansas. AUGUST. August 3—T. B. Watkins, the well known undertaker, elected Grand Master of the Odd Fellows of Missouri. August 12—The Masonic Grand Lodge meets at Moberly. August 10—August 6 Mrs. Elizabeth Richardson, one of the most prominent members of the S. M. T., mother of Mrs. Annie E. Floyd, died in the lodge hall. August 17—Kansas City Tennis Club smothered St. Louis in the state tournament. August 18—Grand Lodge U. B. F. meets in Keokau, Ia. August 24—Mrs. H. O. Cook dies after a long illness. August 24—Bill Lindsay, Rube Foster's crack pitcher and a former Kansas City boy, dies. SEPTEMBER September 7—Mayor Henry L. Jost vetoes segregation ordinance aimed at Baptist college. September 16—Dr. Halley S. Gillespie dies of pomtame poisoning. September 27—Dr. Reverdy C. Ransom delivers a brilliant lecture at Allen chapel. OCTOBER. October 4—Ebenezner A. M. E. church marches into its new building at Sixteenth and Lydia. October 3—Officer L. A. Tillman, one of the bravest and most capable officers on the police force, passed away. October 18—Mrs. Dr. E. A. Walker dies in Columbus, Miss. NOVEMBER. November 1—Dr. Wm. J. Thompkins appointed superintendent of the city hospital for colored and his wife appointed matron. November 12—Alfred A. Perry dies. November 14—J. Silas Harris writes a letter defending segregation which creates a newspaper controversy among the colored people. November 26—Desdunes band of Omaha gives concert at Convention hall. November 28—Opening of the new Y. M. C. A. building for colored. DECEMBER. December 5—Federation of Colored Women's Clubs give notable banquet at Y. M. C. A. building. December 4—Marlon Brooks, former manager of the Criterion theater, dies at Cincinnati. December 25—Impressive services in the early morning hours at all the colored churches of the city. M. B. REV, J. R. RANSOM, D. D. Pastor of the First A. M. e. church, Kansas City, Kas., and a power in his church and his party. OUR BIRTHDAY. Bv BENJ. LONGDON What think you of our birthday? A strange introduction you will say, and one bordering on familiarity. Yes, so familiar that I write as though we were together in the naturalness of home conversation. Come and "sit down before a fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, or you will learn nothing." Now let us calmly and quietly see the truth hidden in our subject through two birthdays, two days at least in every year which set him upon revolving the lapse of time as it affects his mortal duration. The one that which in an especial manner he terms as his. In the gradual desuetude of old observances, this custom of solemnizing our proper birthday has nearly passed away, or is left to children, who reflect nothing at all about the matter nor understand anything in it beyond cake and pie. But the birth of a new year is of interest too wide to be permitted by king or cobbler. No one ever regarded the first of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam. Of all sound of all bells, the music highest bordering upon heaven, most solemn and touching is the peal which rings out the Old Year. I never hear it without gathering up of my mind to a concentration of all the images that have been diffused over the past 12 months: all I have done, performed or neglected in that regretted time. We abstain from giving wry evidence of the fact that we have very few words to add to the above quotation that explains as well as describes why and how we should celebrate the first of January as one of our birthdays. May we remember more clearly that each recurring New Year makes a ne wimpression of "Those first affections, those shadowy recollections, Which be they what they may. Are yet the fountain light of all our day, And yet a master light of all our seeing." And we are hopeful when we remember that on this day we should resolve to regulate our lives, more and more by arithmetic; along with this new year resolve will come the desire to add to our wisdom and understanding, and to subtract from our useless and harmful habits and to multiply our endeavors and to divide our duties. It is wonderful how fast we grow by self-help, to say nothing of the one continual and omnipotent presence of help and good will which is sufficient to "Uphold us, cherish and have power to make We wish the Sun and its readers a "happy birthday." We wish the Sun and its readers a "happy birthday." AUSTIN YOUNG. The oldest bank messenger in Kansas City and for more than thirty yeare a deacon in the Second Baptist church. LITTLE CORNER —That it doesn't pay to always say what's in your mind. —That the person who once eats at the Y. M. C. A. cafeteria always returns again. —That the Bachelor Boys' ball Monday night was the finest ever given in Kansas City. —That those Christians who serve drinks on New Year's day are only agents of the devil. —That the social butterfly only lasts a season or two but that real manhood and womanhood lasts a life time. —That the side entrance to the Negro section of the new Orpheum doesn't appeal to the colored people at all. —That the Sun will introduce new features during 1915 which will make it the BEST NEGRO newspaper in the country. —That if you have to drink whisky all night to stay up for the 5 o'clock Christian services, why you'd better miss the services. —That Miss Maude Taylor is conceded to be fully qualified as the new fashion plate and most elegant dresser, in Kansas City. —That no man does more for the poor and needy or for churches and hospitals in this city than our own gallant Dr. Theo. Smith, the well known druggist. —That the beautiful calendars designed by George W. Little for Watkins Bros., undertakers, 1731 Lydia avenue, that can be bead for the asking, are the finest things in art ever sent out by a Negro business firm. —That a lady who had stepped into the League Enterprise shoe shining parlor to speak to one of the boot-blacks was asked by one of them if she was waiting for a shine. "Yes," she said right cute, "I'm waiting for that shine over there," pointing to the ebon hued gentleman working on third chair. MARYVILLE, MO. A grand time was had at the A. M. e. church Christmas eve and an excellent program was rendered, under the leadership of Mrs. Alfred Allen and Mrs. E. Page. Two solos were sung by Mrs. Allen, "Old Fashioned Roses" and "You're All the World." A duet by Mrs. Page and Mrs. Allen; a quartet of two young men and two young women rendered good music...Rev. Well's niece of Glasgow, Mo., has come to spend the winter with him and has already made many warm friends. Mr. Othello Wanzer, who has been in Los Angeles, Cal., during the past year, has returned home for an indefinite time. MISS LILLIAN TOLLEY. Kansas City's famous elocutionist and character impersonator, whose services are constantly in demand. DR. M. B. JONES. Kansas City's famous eye specialist, who is winning success in his particular field of professional endeavor. REV. J. M. BOOKER. The energetic and intellectual pastor of Pleasant Green Baptist church The editor and wife were the recipients of many beautiful and artistic postcards during the Yuletide for which they desire to acknowledge their sincere thanks. Cards were received from Dr. and Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee Institute, Ala.; President and Mrs. B. F. Allen of Lincoln Institute; Dr. and Mrs. Sampson Brooks, St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. John Lange, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Fields, Cameron, Mo.; Deputy Grand Master of Masons R. H. Young and wife, Lincoln, Neb.; Grand Master C. C. Johnson of Alkens, S. C.; R. B. DeFrantz of the Y. M. C. A.; Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Walker, St. Joseph, Mo.; Mrs. F. A. Harris, and Mrs. D. A. Willis, Miss Daisy Stonestreet, Topeka, Kas; Miss Eva McAdoo, Topeka, Kas; Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Marquess, Kas, Mr. and Geo. W. K. Love, Mrs. J. T. Johnson, Topeka, Kas; and Mrs. Wm. H. Peck, the Clippers; Mrs. P. M. Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. K. D. Smith, Dedo, Mo.; Mrs. M. Branham, Ida Grove, Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Vena, Los Angeles, Cal.; Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Williams, Lincoln, Neb.; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Dixon, Hanibal, Mo.; M. Robinson; C. E. Brassfield; Mr. and Mrs. John L. Thompson, Des Moines, Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. T. W. H. Williams; V. E. Williams, Farmington, Mo.; Mrs. Sallie Moore; Prof. Wm. H. Dawley, Jr.; Mrs. M. E. Duncan, Prof. and Mrs. R. T. Coles, Mr. and Mrs. Whitworth, Mrs. Minnie Robinson, Miss J. E. Vernon, Mr. and Mrs. Chas Baker, Farmington, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Bohnon, D. D. G. M. Hannibal, Mo.; Father Cyprian, priest in charge of St. Monica's Roman Catholic church in this city. JAMES H. CREWS. The oldest mail carrier in point of service among the colored men of this city, having seen twenty-seven years of service, and one of the original members of Allen chapel choir, organized thirty years ago. There will be a large crowd at the New Year's ball, Lyric hall. THE NELSON GIRL Is it as long as it should be? A. MRS. GRACE THOMAS MARTIN. One of Kansas City's most popular fashion plate of this city, who is reco operation. Kansas City's most popular girls, who was for years of this city, who is recovering nicely from the One of Kansas City's most popular girls, who was for years known as the fashion plate of this city, who is recovering nicely from the recent severe operation. [Portrait of a man in formal attire, facing the camera. The background is plain black. The portrait is oval-shaped with a white border. The man's face is centered, with a bald head, a mustache, and a serious expression. He is wearing a dark suit with a white shirt and a dark tie. 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Mrs. Minerva Harris of 2643 Highland, who has been quite ill, continues to improve nicely. Johnny F. Nichols left Thursday, the 24th, for Mt. Leonard, Mo., to visit Anna May and Jasper Baker. What more suitable gift could you present a friend than a year's subscription to the Kansas City Sun? Mrs. May Woods of 2314 Woodland, slipped on the icy sidewalk last week and is yet confined to her home from the injury. The Billikens surprised their president by giving her a beautiful Japanese hand painted breakfast set for Christmas. Rev. J. C. C. Owens, the veteran presiding elder of the Kansas Conference, worshipped at Allen chapel last Sunday morning. WANTED. Four solicitors at the Kansas City Sun office. A splendid opportunity to earn $7 or $8 a week. Percy S. Nichols of 2101 East Ninth is doing fine at Chicago Musical college in pianoforte, and is improving wonderfully in technique. Miss Vera Black left last Thursday for her home in Chicago after spending several months the guest of her sister, Mrs. H. L. Kinsler and Mr. Kinsler at 918 East Twenty-first st. Poro hair dressing, hair weaving and facial massaging. Scalp treatment a specialty. Mrs. E. Norles, 1737 Paseo, upstairs. Mrs. A. C. Tolson, 2129 Highland avenue, who has been ill for nearly a year, is slowly improving and was able to take dinner with her family for the first time last Sunday in many months. Mrs. SADIE DIMERY. The Mother of two of the brightest and most precocious children of the race, and herself a reader of much ability and an earnest worker in Ebenezer church. "What paper do you read?" said he. She answered: "Did you speak to me? For all the news I need but one—That is the KANSAS CITY SUN." Wm. M. Lucas died December 14, 1914, at the age of 46 years, leaving a wife, sister and step-daughter to mourn his loss. We extend sympathy to the widow as well as other relatives. Mrs. Lucas had just buried her mother November 18. "Sleep on dear one, and take thy rest, For none but God can wake thee. Thy spirit longs and waits for thee, For in heaven thou sall be. —Mrs. Florence Montague. Crisis, with beautiful Aida Overton Walker on cover page, for sale at the League Enterprise, 1521 East Eleighteenth. What is our phone? Why it is the same as our street number, East 1521 on the Bell. The Chicago Defender, New York Age, Boston Guardian, Freeman, Topeka Plain-dealer, Independent, Dallas Express and Kansas City Sun are always on sale here. Negro books by Negro authors. Mrs. E. LAMBLE & CO. DRY GOODS STORE, 13th and L Road, Kansas City, Kansas—LADIES' AND GENTS' FURNISHINGS — LATEST STYLE IN MAY MANTON PATTERNS—SCHOOL SEWING SUPPLIES. Doubles SUREty Coupons given every Saturday afternoon and evening—$2.50 Merchandise free with every book redeemed. Surety Coupons given with all purchases amounting to ten cents. Shoes—Rubbers—Overshoes. CITY NEWS. Have you tried Cactus Corn Cure? Wanted—Young woman to take hospital training graduate course. We pay salary, board and uniforms. Write Wheatly-Provident Hospital, 1214 Vine street, Kansas City, Mo. [Name] S. H. P. EDWARDS. One of Kansas City's substantial citizens and the owner of much valuable property. Miss Ida Jones, one of the most successful teachers in the state, who resides in Macon but teaches in St. Charles, visited relatives and friends in this city during the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Dabney, 1806 East Twenty-fourth street, entertained during the holidays her mother, Mrs. J. M. Saunders of Bucklin, Mo.; Mrs. Dr. J. D. Ball of Lexington, Mo., and Mrs. Bertha Pendleton, her sister, of Brookfield, Mo. A. Lorenzo Countee spent the holidays with his father and grandmother. Mr. Countee won the scholarship at K. U. in the musical rendition contest December 12. This was the first time in the history of Kansas university that this scholarship was won by a Negro. WM. HOPKINS. Veteran real estate man and one of the hustling business men of this city. Thos. Fields of Platte City, W. M. of Wm. Henry Lodge No. 45, A. F. and A. M., died Monday after a long illness and was buried Wednesday under the auspices of the lodge. HEAR YE! HEAR YE! Master Masons, Heroines of Jericho and Honored Ladies of the O. E. S. Behold! the Daughters of Isis assisted by the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine and the local ladies of the Golden Circle assisted by the Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret, invite you one and all New Year's Day after 3:00 p. m., to their open house, 2327 Lydia avenue, the residence of Grand Inspector General R. T. Coles, Past Grand Master. Mrs. M. L. Crosthwait, Commandress, III. W. G. Moseley, Potentate, Mrs. Ada Baker, Loyal Lady Ruler, II. R. C. Pierce, T. P. G. M., III. Anthony Dickens, Wise M., II. Geo. W. Johnson, V. C., III. D. N. Crosthwait, C. in C. A LITTLE HELLL MAY FLOYD. The charming and cultured daugh ter of Mrs. Annie E. Floyd. KANSAS CITY, KAS. Mrs. Mary Miller, 206 Franklin avenue, is ill at her home. Dr. and Mrs. Wm. Montgomery, 400 Minnesota avenue, are the proud parents of a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Edwards, 612 Troupe avenue, have moved to 2203 Vine street, where he is seriously ill. Mrs. Willa Dwiggins, 852 Oakland avenue, is attending the Interstate Literary Association at Lawrence this week. Mr. Leslie Caldwell of Chicago, Ill., was the guest of his cousin and brother, Mr. John Caldwell, during the holiday days. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ward, 2042 N 3rd street, entertained the family Christmas at dinner. They report a fine time. Miss Eva P. Washington was entertained Christmas by her brother, Mr. Charles Washington, who gave a family dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Tilford Davis, 1116 Washington boulevard, are in Lawrence attending the Interstate Literary Association. Mr. Sam P. Mix of Chanute, Kas., is in the city for an indefinite stay at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Webster Ball, 1035 Freeman avenue. Mrs. E. A. Ward, Matron of the Boys' Dormitory, Langston, Okla., was the guest of Mrs. Webster Bell, 1035 Freeman, during the holidays. Miss Marie Climer, 1318 Barnett avenue, spent Christmas in Belton, Mo., where her father and aunt entertained her with a family dinner. Excavation for the new M. E. Church, 9th and Oakland avenue, will soon be completed and the stone work begin at once. Rev. T. S. McMorris is the pastor. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Fitzhugh, 1514 N. 9th, were entertained Christmas at the home of Mr. Fitzhugh's mother with a family dinner. They report a delightful time. Prof. and Mrs. J. M. Marquess, 2010 N. 6th street, are the proud parents of a daughter, Prof. Marquess' mother of Helena, Ark., is a guest at the home during the holidays. Little Harold Montague is indisposed this week. Mrs. A. S. Fulcher of 2638 Highland has been quite ill throughout the holiday days. MRS. IDA M. BECK8. *Hear Mrs. Ida M. Beck's in cos- *tume recital, patriotic, dramatic, *descriptive and humorous selec- *tions. Special music for the oc- casion under the management of *Mrs. S. W. Bacote. Given under *the auspices of the church tru- tees, Thursday, January 7, 1915, at 8:30 p. m. Admission 15 cents. * The press-box gang employ much slaug To do a winning game, But when we lose they don't enthuse; Their literature is tame. We make a specialty of decorating for parties, weddings and balls. Christmas trees and wreaths specially priced to clubs and Sunday schools. WEAVER FLORAL CO. 1510 E. 18th St. Home phone Main 7555. Bell phone East 4798. Among the Churches ALLEN CHAPEL NOTES. The services at Allen Chapel at 5 o'clock Christmas morning were extremely impressive and in spite of the thermometer registering four degrees below zero, more than 1,000 persons attended these services. The musical numbers were exceedingly good and Miss Woodson, Mrs. Glass and Miss Mosely acquitted themselves credibly as solists, while Dr. Thomas delivered a sermon befitting the occasion and the day. On Sunday the services were attended by a large number of strangers in the city and at night the Christmas program was repeated to an unusually large audience. Watch meeting services will be held Thursday night and the revival will be conducted by Rev. J. P. Howard. EBENEZER A. M. E. CHURCH. Quarterly meeting was held last Sunday at our church and in spite of the disagreeable weather all the services were largely attended. Dr. Peck preached a sermons both morning and evening and splendid music was rendered by the choir under the leadership of Prof. F. J. Work. The congregation taxed the large auditorium to its capacity at the communion services at 3 o'clock the sermon being delivered by Rev. T. A. Wilson of St John's church. More than 20 ministers were in attendance at this service. On Thursday night Dr. Winston the noted pulitonator will open the revival for Dr. Williams which all expect to be a record breaker. Mrs. Ella Neff, 1714 East Eighteenth street, left the 24th to spend Christmas in Sweet Springs and Marshall, Mo. Mrs. Neff was accompanied by her nephews, Messrs. Lester Henderson and Sterling Green. They will return New Year's day. CAFETERIA New Year's Day Celery .07 Turtle Soup .05 Hotel, with Saratoga Chips .12 25 Edge Hen, Stuffed with Oysters .25 Bolled Potatoes Tomatoes .03 Bolled Rice .05 Pumpkin Pie .05 Assorted Cake .10 ```markdown ``` Queen Olives .05 Green Sea Turtle Soup .05 Celery .07 Broiled White Fish, maitre d'hotel, with Saratoga Chips .12 Roast Turkey, Cranberry Sauce .25 Sage Hen, Stuffed with Oysters .25 Mashed or Boiled Potatoes Green Peas .04 Stewed Tomatoes .03 Boiled Rice .05 Mince Pie .05 Pumpkin Pie .05 Ice Cream and Assorted Cake .10 --- BANQUET THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1915, AT 8:00 P. M. AT THE Y. M. C. A. FIFTY CENTS PER PLATE Attention! Every member and his wife, or her husband, are urged to be present at the call meeting at the Y. M. A., 8:00 p. m., Thursday, January 7, 1915, to make arrangements for this first annual banquet. G. W. K. Love, General Chairman. C. H. Calloway, Chairman of Program and Ticket Committee. Mrs. Myrtle F. Todd, Chairman of Banquet Committee. W. H. Dawley, Jr., and Mrs. Ida Wood, Chairmen of the Publicity Committee. Anna H. Jones, Pres Mrs. Lena DeFrantz, Sec. Mrs. Fannie B. Peck, Treasurer. Attention! Every member and his wife, or her husband. You are urged to be present at the call meeting at the Y. M. C. A., 8:00 p. m., Thursday, January 7, 1915, to make arrangements for this first annual banquet. G. W. K. Love, General Chairman. C. H. Calloway, Chairman of Program and Ticket Committee. Mrs. Myrtle F. Todd, Chairman of Banquet Committee. W. H. Dawley, Jr., and Mrs. Ida Wood, Chairmen of the Publicity Committee. Miss Anna H. Jones, Pres Mrs. Lena DeFrantz, Sec. Mrs. Fannie B. Peck, Treasurer. Houses and Flats FOR RENT 2214 Lydia, 1st fl, 4 rms. $13.00 2d fl, 4 rms. 12.00 2215 Dillen, 1st fl, 4 rms. 12.00 2216 Holmes, 6 rms, water and gas. 12.00 2217 Flora, 4 rms, cottage. 12.50 2218 Indep, 9 rms. 8.00 2219 Broom, 9 rms. 50.00 2220 Mich, 4 rms. 8.00 2221 25th and Parkway, Quindaro, Kas. 7.00 cottage. 406 Haskell, C. Kas., 6 rms. 18.00 modern. 5418 Anasas. 6 rms. 18.00 2222 Montgomery, 6 rms. 20.00 2223 Woodland, 5 rms, water. 12.50 2224 Vine, 10 rms. mod. $27.50 Howard, Mich. Sts, 4 rms, and bath, 1st fl. 17.00 2d fl, 4 rms. 16.00 3d fl, 4 rms. 15.00 **FIFTEEN DAYS' RENT FREE** 1713 E., 11th, 5 rms. $12.00 1534 E., 11th, 5 rms. 10.00 2034 Holmes, 8 rms, water, gas. 18.00 2035 Oakley, 5 rms, cottage. 18.00 2114 Hound, 5 rms, water. 12.50 2226 E., 6th, 9 rms, mod. br. 26.00 599 Grand, 25 rms. 50.00 Morton, 4th, 4 rms and bath. 12.00 2108 Highland, 6 rms. 15.00 1324 E., 24th, 7 rms, strictly mod. 22.50 1328 E., 19th, 4 rms, rear. 7.00 1329 E., 19th, 4 rms, rear. 7.00 gas. 15.00 1835 Passeo, 5 rms. $15.00 1836 Passeo, 5 rms. mod. 20.00 1834 Euclid, 6 rms. mod. 18.00 1834 Garfield, 4 rms. part mod. 12.50 1914 Garfield, 9 rms. mod. 22.50 1826 Highland, 5 rms. mod. FOR SALE. 913 Mich. 6 rms. partly modern, 2-story frame. Price, $1,800 $100 down and $15 per month. 913 Mich. St. 7-ram. 2-story modern residence; excellent condition. You can live in three rooms and rent the other two rooms at the same price. Price, $3,000 $300 down and $20 per month. Truck Farm, 4-ram; cottage; 1½ acres of ground; fine place for raising hogs and chickens, two blocks from car line. Outdoor space. Price, $1,800 $200 down $10 per month. 2412 Mersingham Ave. 4-ram; cottage, location of house price, $1,250 $50 down and $12 month. People who rent or buy from us will be given preference of all employment listed in our employment department. Afro-American Investment Co. 911 McGEE ST. Phones:—Home, 7555 M; Bell, 751 M. Rooms For Rent For Rent—2440 Montgall ave., six rooms; modern; $2.50 per month. John M. Day, 1411 Lydia ave. FOR RENT—Furnished rooms for light housekeeping. Water, gas and telephone service. Rates reasonable. Bell phone East 2667J. 2632 Euclid.—Ind. 28. Y. M. C. A. NOTES Don't you know your relatives and friends who formerly lived in Kansas City would enjoy the Sun for a present better than anything else you could send them? Checkers have become most popular during the past week. Our Kansas City players have been able to beat those fro mall parts of the country. During the Christmas week a large number of dinner parties were served in the cafeteria, testifying to the excellence of the service and cuisine. Persons wishing to arrange such afairs would do well to call the secretary at least 24 hours in advance. The Christmas tree was a real treat to the members of the boys' department. Many surprises came to the large number of boys present, not the least of which were the year's membership cards received by some. There will be open house on New Year's day from 3 to 9 p.m. Physical exhibitions and swimming contests will be given to which the public, both men and women, are invited. The following is the program: Special Gymnastic Exhibition—Bustiness and professional men's class. Volley Ball—Reds vs. Blues. Marching and Fancy Drills—High school squad. Basket Ball—Picked teams from the High school. Swimming Exhibition and Fancy Diving—High School Aquatic Club. Among the out of town visitors who stopped in the building this week, taking advantage of the comfortable rooms and cafeteria service wee; Mr. Blyden Yates of Iowa University, Jack Johnson of Topeka, J. S. Coleman of Des Molines, Ia.; Frank Barbee and Wm. Wimkens, Kansas University; Prof. J. A. Endicott of the St. Joseph high school, Rev. J. J. Sayles, Ellis, Kas.; Mr. Walt Harris, D. H. Chappelle, Wilberforce, Ohio; J. C. Banks, Lincoln Institute; M. C. Owens, Topeka, Kas.; Dr. T. B. Reddick, St. Louis; A. L. Wright of Oklahoma, J. W. Baldwin, Minneapolis, and G. W. Rose, St. Louis. The meetings for the past two Sundays have been most interesting and inspiring. Dr. H. T. Kealling spoke Sunday, the 20th. His address was thoughtful and instructive. On the 27th the addresses were delivered by Messrs. L. A. Knox and W. G. Moseley. Prof. J. E. Jones of George R. Smith college not only inspired the men with song but also delivered a short, stirring talk. Mr. N. C. Crews, in his usual impressive manner, aroused the members to militant spiritual service. Let all men be present the first Sunday in the year. NOTICE TO REAL ESTATE BUY ERS-COUNSEL FREE. Have you made up your mind to buy? Have you saved up $100 or $200? Do you want the best bargain you can get for your savings and enjoy it paying for your home as you would pay rent? Ask Wm. Hopkins. He will give you sound and reliable information free. Has the best knowledge of property values in Greater Kansas City and will gladly help you. Free consultation. Absolutely no charges. I make it my business to list property for sale to colored folks at the very lowest figures for your money. I show you the property and let you find out for yourself. Bell phone Eust 3851W. WM. HOPKINS. Joe Dimery TempleBarberShop SERVICE FIRST-CLASS IN EVERY PARTICULAR THE FASHION OF THE NORTHWEST MISS CLARA HOLLAND. The expert stenographer for the Madame P. M. Dabney Hair Preparation Company, and the daughter of our esteemed townman, R. C. Holland. The expert stenographer for the Madame P. M. Dabney Hair Preparation Company, and the daughter of our esteemed townsman, R. C. Holland. Former president of the National Federation of Colored Women's Clubs and the only colored lady principal of the ward schools. 1930 [Image of a man in a suit with a mustache and glasses. He is facing slightly to the right.] [Image of a man in a suit with a mustache and glasses, looking slightly to the side.] PROF. JAS. C. HOBBS. Kansas City's premier dancing master MONTGALL AVENUE Six-room brick and frame porch; full modern, furnace, 32x125. Price, $3,150; cash, $ **PARK** Six-room frame, all nice house in splendid condition; lines. Lot 25x134. Price, $2 **PASE** Two-story frame, fronting Six-room brick and frame; three bed rooms and sleeping porch; full modern, furnace, gas range; fine location. Lot 32x125. Price. $3,150; cash. $350. PARK AVENUE frame, all nice large rooms; plen andid condition; fine neighborhood; 1x134. Price, $2,300; cash, $500. PASEO SNAP my frame, fronting Paseo on 25-ft. le er see us about this at once. STEWART & SMITH 1515 East Eighteenth Street Lines: Home, Main 7255; Bell, East Six-room frame, all nice large rooms; plenty of closets; house in splendid condition; fine neighborhood; near two car lines. Lot 25x134. Price, $2,300; cash, $500. PASEO SNAP Two-story frame, fronting Paseo on 25-ft. lot. Price, only $1,200. Better see us about this at once. STEWART & SMITH 1515 East Eighteenth Street Phones: Home, Main 7255; Bell, East 4893 Wonderful "7 0 7" Positively Cures the Worst Cases of Rheumatism 50 cents per bottle Your, money back if three bottles fail to cure! One bottle is usually more than enough The Palace Drug Stores 19th and Vine Sts. Bell Phone E. 641 1611 E. 18th St. Bell Phone E. 3668 Phone and we'll deliver it without extra charge. MR. GEORGE W. TEETERS. One of Kansas City's oldest bank messengers and an invaluable fixture in Allen chapel. 1910 ; three bed rooms and sleeping gas range; fine location. Lot $500. AVENUE large rooms; plenty of closets; ine neighborhood; near two car $500; cash, $500. O SNAP Paseo on 25-ft. lot. Price, only HER SISTER'S RING By EDWARD MARTINDALE. "Worshiping a divinity at a distance, eh?" ralled Warren. Warren cast a look through the leafy screen of greenery that shaded the river path where he had come upon his friend. In the center of a rustic bridge spanning a purling brook stood a young lady, a fair picture, indeed, in her neat walking dress and dainty sunshade cap. She stood gazing dreamily down into the limpid waters, mechanically slipping up and down her slender finger a ring, her glowing face showing health, beauty and intelligence. "It's Miss Ava Reese of the big place up the road, isn't it?" spoke Warren. "No, I don't blame you. Nate. She has some handsome sisters, and if I wasn't called back to the city I would put in the rest of the vacation courting their attention." The speaker passed on his way. He and Nate had been together at Hazelwood for a week. Only incidentally twice at formal social functions had Nate met Miss Reese, not half a dozen words had been passed between them. Nate, however, had A woman in a long dress stands on a balcony, holding a railing. She is surrounded by trees and a river. Stood Gazing Dreamily Down Into the Limpid Waters. surrendered his soul's best adoration to the charming miss who had crossed his path, a fresh bright rural flower, the modest violet, and not a wilted weared rose of the great city. "I must speak to her," he resolved, after watching the object of his adoration in silence for a few minutes. "She is gentle, kindly and will not take it amiss." Ava did not change her attractive meditative pose as Nate approached. She was not aware of his coming. He was almost at her side when she started back with a quick scream. "Oh, dear! what have I done?" she gasped, turning pale with dismay, her distressed eyes fixed upon the surface of the brook directly beneath the spot where she stood. "Miss Reese, something has distressed you?" ventured Nate. Ava turned quickly. Involuntarily she placed her hand upon his arm in a pleading hand and he thrilled at the touch. "Oh, can you help me?" she pleaded. "See," and she held up her finger—"the ring was too large for me. How foolish I was to wear, to toy with it! There—there! It fell right inside of that little heap of rocks," and she pointed tremblingly, with Nate's peering face dangerously close to her own. The stream was shallow and clear, but the lost object had been engulfed by the pebbles and sand. "It was valuable?" hinted Nate. "No—oh, it is not that. Indeed, I must recover it! Is it possible, do you think?" "I shall try hard," promised Nate and descended from the bridge. Miss Ava uttered a little disducing cry as Nate waded recklessly out into midstream. She quite besought him to desist, as he reached the spot she had indicated and thrust an arm clear to the shoulder into the eddying water. He reckoned on it that the missing ring was held within the shallow rock-fringed pocket that she had indicated. Nate worked carefully. He would grope out a handful of sand and gravel at a time until he had filled his cap. Then he would sift the sand free much like a miner with his sleeve. He was wet now from tip to toe, but he kept up the labors of love industriously, uncomplainingly. It was with a real cry of satisfaction that he at least lost the lost ring aloft. "There it is," he announced. With a gasp of joy Ava took it from between his fingers as he held it towards the bridge, he knee deep in the water. "You are soaking wet," said Ava commiseratingly. "You must come up to the house and father will see that you have dry clothes. Sister, too, will want to see you and thank you." "I will make a quick dash for home and call later, if I may," suggested Nate. "You cannot know how glad I am to get this back," said Ava. "It is an engagement ring," and she fondled it as if it were a precious possession indeed. With precipitate haste Nate waded ashore and started away. Ava gazed after him in manifest surprise, almost feeling that he was discourteous. Nate strode on in a passion of vivid emotion. He was like one who had received a smarting blow. "Engaged!" he groaned. "Ah, it will be hard to cure myself of this folly!" He was terribly humbled and disappointed. He thought not of his wet and uncomfortable condition. His dream was over—its fair guardian spirit to him. Ava belonged to another. Oh, the bitter awakening! Nate wandered about for hours. Then he lay down on the grass to rest, to think. A cold wind came up. He reached home chilled through and through. The next morning Nate was in the grasp of a hot fever. It was a week later when he came back to something like normal coherency. His landlady explained to him about the flowers that stood upon the stand at the head of the bed. "Miss Ava Reese sent them, sir," she explained. "She has called twice. I promised to phone her as soon as you were well enough." It would be pain ineffable to view that fair face again, yet Nate could not forego the opportunity. He saw a trap driven by a handsome young man come up to the house. Ava was with him in another minute. Her words were sweetest music to his ear. She was gracious, gentle, sympathizing. She told of how she would never forgive herself, that she had brought upon him such serious illness in his efforts to restore the ring. Nate hopelessly thought of the handsome fellow in the trap—probably her lover. Happy rival! Ava noted his glance. "My brother," she explained. "He is anxious to know 'the gallant knight errant,' as he calls you. My sister has yet to thank you, too—" "For what?" stammered Nate, not understanding. "For restoring her engagement ring. She had loaned it to me. She is a superstitious being, is Marcia, and—" "Your sister!" breathed Nate, a whole heart of hope springing to his ardent eyes. She flushed and thrilled, Artless as she was, Ava read in the radiant glow of love in those intense eyes the secret of his soul—and was glad! (Copyright, 1974, by W. G. Graham.) PIECE OF BLOTTING PAPER Few people realize the true inwardness of blotting paper, particularly people who live in big towns and should know better. It is, for instance, a real pleasure to sit down to a large, clean sheet of new pink blotting paper and instead of its soiling one, to be the first to soil it. White blotting paper has to be very thick and absorbing to hold its own, while green blotting paper is only suggestive of banks and business, and little soiled ends which are used for the week's books. The blotting paper connoisseur changes his blotting paper with absolute recklessness. It becomes to him like the paper target which, once marked with his prowess, has fulfilled its function. It is a delight to tear the corner off a sheet of thick pink and pick up as much as possible of the blot made by an overflowing pen. But the corner once away the sheet loses its charm and should be replaced by another. Hotting paper and blotting pad are indices of the household psychology, a writer in the Manchester Guardian observes. There is, for instance, the pad which, though not very much used, has grown shiny with use, and its acquired surface absolutely refuses to pick up any ink at all. There is the pad that has been overused and has lost its absorbent power through the writing of many black and dashing notes. There is the neat pad which is always carefully tended and which suggests that the sooner all trace of writing be removed the better, and there is the blotting book, with its choice of half dirtied leaves and its surface which by no possible means can ever be as level as blotting paper should be. The ideal way of using blotting paper is to have two or three loose sheets of thickish red or pink, which can be thrown away, used or stolen with impunity. It is useful to be able to blot from above and the singleness of the sheet enables this to be done most efficaciously. Also it necessitates no consciervious scruples as to waste, and enables the writer to write straight ahead with comfort instead of dodging about his pages to avoid the pains of blotting. Why the Boundless Dardanelles? Why the Boundless Dardanelles? Why did Homer call the Dardanelles "broad" or "boundless," although at the point where Leander and Byron swat it the breadth is barely a miles Byron's comment is very neat: "The wrangling about the epithet 'the broad Hellepont,' or the 'boundless Hellepont,' whether it means one or the other, or what it means at all, has been beyond all possibility of detail. I have even heard it disputed on the spot, and, not foreseeing a speedy conclusion to the controversy, amused myself with swimming across it in the meantime, and probably may again before the point is settled. Probably Homer had the same notion of distance that a coquette has of time, and when he talks of boundless means half a mile, as the latter, by a like figure, when she says eternal attachment simply specifies three weeks." The Marine's Debut The marine is in his origin and use peculiarly British, and even today America is the only country to possess a similar force. The marine originated in 1654, when "1,200 land souldgers were rayzed to be distributed in his majesty's feete." Since then the marines have been constantly disappearing and coming to life again. In 1697 they were disbanded, only to be revived by Queen Anne. Disappearing again in 1712, they were revived as part of the army 26 years later. In 1748 they vanished again, but seven years later they appeared once more, and since then their history has been continuous—and glorious. — London Chronicle. 图 BEFORE the great French dress-making houses were caught in the alematrium of the war, they had brought out many new modes that were successful upon their presentation, and had in them a vitality that makes them apparent now in the fashions of the hour. Our coats and gowns and hats are rarely exact copies of the original models, but the original models are reflected in them. As Americans we see fit to follow certain Paris creations at a little or a great distance, according to their adaptability to our needs. The originals are beautiful, or, at least, interesting. The coat pictured here is one of those that may be copied exactly to advantage. It is of satin with long waist and flaring skirt, the front cut in one piece. Three cords are inserted near the bottom, giving the skirt its outward swing. The body is cut in one, with the sleeves and its ample fullness at the back gathered in where it is joined to the skirt. It is cleverly shaped in at the neck by means of cords inserted in shirrings. The neck and revers are finished with a narrow fringe of ostrich flues and malines, and the sleeves with plaiting of malines beaded with two rows of cording like that at the bottom of the coat. The coat is lined and interlined, and Dainty Morning Ca ALTHOUGH there is nothing startlingly new in morning and boudoir caps, they continue to captivate the feminine public and cause them to part with small sums of money. Surely nothing was ever designed which offered more in the way of daintiness and beauty in return for a little outlay than the gay caps of ribbon and lace which remind one of bright, well-known and well-loved flowers. The two caps shown here are made of thin satin ribbon and shadow lace. The ribbon is about three inches wide, and one yard of it is used to join the strips of lace together, which form the cap. Wide flouncings of shadow lace cut into strips will provide a lace frill for one cap and the insertions in the crown of two. That is, a flouncing of ordinary width may be cut into five strips. In the cap shown at the left two strips of ribbon join three of lace, making a square of 18 inches. The corners are rounded off and the edge turned up in a narrow hem. A narrow side-plaiting of net is sewed about the edge, and a narrow bias tape is stitched on the under side along the top edge of the net, to form a casing. Flat elastic cord is run in this casing, gathering the cap in Starched Tudor Collara Starched Tudor Collars. Collars are very uncertain. They follow the lead of Cromwell, Raeburn, or Romney, Medicl, or Mary Stuart. Very pretty are the elaborately folded fichus, which appear just inside the bodices, a revival from the days of our great-grandmothers, and they are fastened with all sorts of brooches and pretty pins, the more old-fashioned the better. All the summer through, the fronts of the bodices have displayed the prettiest lace and the prettiest diaphanous muslin. The latest idea Finished at the back with sash ends that terminate in flat rosettes. Narrow borders of fur might be substituted for the ostrich feather fringe, and the sleeves and skirt bordered with wide bands of fur. Coats very similar to this in outline have been made of heavier materials and trimmed with fur. The skirt appears only of moderate length because of the long waist line. But the garment is long, graceful, attractive and comfortable. And it is distinctly original and new in design. Simple Blouses. Attractively simple blouses for women who cannot stand fussy trimmings are of daphnie silk made with long sleeves, a little fulness at the shoulder seam to give soft lines over the bust, and a kimono finish around the neck and down the front edges—that is a flat facing on the outside which forms a narrow upstanding collar band across the back of the neck. A blouse of this sort of dark green daphnie silk over white has a kimono facing of black satin, and within this a facing of equal width of white satin. The blouse crosses in kimono fashion at the bust and a single snap fastener holds it in place. The rather severe neck finish is becoming because of the softness of the materials. aps That Cost Little about the head. It is finished with small flowers and loops of satin ribbon a half inch wide. A ribbon only two inches wide is used for the second cap, cut into one length of 23 inches and one of 15. The short length is drawn up, by gathering it along one edge, into a small circular piece for the center of the cap, and finished at the center with a tiny ribbon flower. The lace strips are $3\frac{1}{2}$ inches wide. They are machine stitched to both edges of the longer strip of ribbon. This makes a wide band of ribbon and lace. The ends are sewed together, forming a circlet. The top edge of this is filled in to the center already made, and stitched down, completing the cap. Baby ribbon is threaded through the lace frill and ties in a bow at the back, adjusting the cap to the head. Three little ribbon flowers are sewed to the frill at the front. All the materials for a cap of this kind will cost less than fifty cents. Thin silk may be used, cut into strips, instead of ribbon. There is economy in making two caps at one time. They are made up in all the light, beautiful colors—pink, blue, lavender, rose, green, etc. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. is a large starched linen fuchi collar on wires, suggestive of Tudor days. Chantilly Capes. Capes of chantilly, ornamented with embroidery, are formed in loose sacks, dark blue, silver and deep red appearing in the stitchery. Sometimes the chantilly is mounted over a cape of black tulle for young girls. They are just little sacks with kimono sleeves, the long fronts turned under and caught into the belt; this makes a pretty little addition to a dress. REALLY ODD "SAVINGS BANK" Wife of Mexican Millionaire Devised Most Curious Hiding Place for Her Money. With the coming of the pay envelope for women has developed the evolution of the broken-nosed teapot as a savings bank. Many and varied are the methods women have worked out to save money, although it is only within the last fifty years that the average woman has had to consider the problem individually. With their "going to business," however, questions of finance and investment have come to them. Many amusing incidents of the broken-nosed teapot as a savings bank have come to light. There is a story of Pedro Alvarado, the peon millionaire of Parral, Mex., whose mines yielded silver so fast that he could not spend it, though he bought pianos and ponies by the carload, and all the metal work in the palace that stood where his old adobe hut had once been built was of silver. Alvaredo had no faith in banks and kept great quantities of cash in his house. Naturally, much of this came into the hands of Sonora Alvaredo. The senora had a special bed quilt which always covered her at night and was never far away in the day time. When the senora died her maid went to Alvaredo and asked for the quilt. But Alvaredo was superstitious and disliked to give away anything to which his wife had been so much attached. He offered the woman money instead and, though dollars were no longer flowing in at the rate of 30,000 a day, he was generous in the matter. But the girl insisted that she would have no memorial of her mistress but the quilt. Finally Alvarado's suspicions were thoroughly aroused and he ripped the quilt to pieces. It contained $30,000 in $1,000 pieces. Among them was a letter from the senora saying that she had saved the money for her two sons and directed that it be put in the bank to their credit. And now the young men are being educated in an American college upon the interest of their mother's savings.—From the Business Woman's Magazine. Getting Lead From Badium A very interesting paper by K. Fajans on the different atomic weights of lead was read recently before the Bunsen Gesellschaft fuer angewandte physikalische Chemie at Leipzig. According to a line of reasoning, simultaneously developed by Fajans and Soddy during the last few years, lead derived from radium and lead derived from thorium by the loss of five and six atoms of hellum, respectively, should be identical, except in atomic weight. Throughout the past year Doctor Fajans' assistant, Doctor Lemberh, has been working in Richard's laboratory at Harvard, in order to obtain atomic weights of as high a degree of trustworthiness as possible. The differences established by the series of determinations announced at the meeting by Fajans amount to about 0.3 per cent. In this connection it is interesting to note that Soddy and Hymans read a paper before the London Chemical society early in the spring, in which they likewise described experiments which showed a difference between thorite lead and ordinary lead of 0.5 per cent. In the Day of Love. If men are just to each other they will love each other without effort or coaching, because of the justice they receive. They will not need to be taught to love each other. Men are taught that now because they find it impossible to love the man who is exploiting him or depriving him of his due in any sense, either as exploiting, slave-driving employer or competitor in business or labor. And that, by the way, is exactly the reason why teaching men to love one another as they love themselves, if not a failure in 2,000 years of trial, has not been the success the teachers have hoped. For, how can men love each other when their principal business is to cheat each other? It can't be done. It ought not to be expected. Men simply can't love each other under these conditions.—Exchange. Ready With Answer. The prevalence of hog cholera in central Kansas recalls the meeting of the state Y. M.-C. A. which was held in Salina a few months ago, and is giving Dave Bean, a big ranchman, merited distinction as a prophet. Efforts were being made to raise money by subscription, and a noted worker from New York was telling the audience what they should give. "You Kansas people spend your money for farms to raise corn to feed more hogs, to buy more farms to raise more corn to feed more hogs," etc. After he had gone over the rotation of words a dozen times he cried out at the top of his voice: "And where is it all going to end?" Mr. Bean, in the center of the auditorium, who knew by experience, spoke up quickly. "More hog cholera!"—Kansas City Star. Physical Facts. The faculties of the mind are rendered active by heat, under whose influence thought, talkativeness, versatility are increased. Cold and phlegm produce apathy of mind and torpidity in the members. So alleged the Syrian author, who approved Hippocrates' dictum, "Excessive sleep and excessive wakefulness are equally bad." Pain in the brain is caused by some change in its composition, or in that of the arteries leading to it, or by increase of moisture in the brain. Unused to That Voice. A sweet little child is Frances, but but there are moments when her busy mother finds her reiterated questions and repeated requests somewhat trying. One day, receiving a rather impatient reply to an innocent remark, Frances, who sat out of range of her mother's countenance, quaintly expressed her surprise and perplexity over that dear mother's unwonted brevity and crispness. "Is your face smiling, mamma?" she natively inquired. "Your voice sounds awful strange!" Japan's Hard Working Women G LADLY though I would linger on the more beautiful and romantic aspects of Japan, the Japan of the iris and cherry blossom, of violet lake and pine-clad mountains, of maple trees running in autumn like tongues of flames along the hillside, of little fishing villages crowding the romantic shores of the Inland sea, of Fuji, snow-powdered and aloof, hanging as it were in midair 'twixt earth and sky—it is of another and less lovely Japan I must speak today. Modern industry has laid its hand already on this race, writes Violet Markham, in the West-minster Gazette, and the pressure is not likely to grow less heavy as time goes on. Bounties for Industries. Bounties for industries. The establishment of factories and industries in Japan is a matter which causes the government much preoccupation. It is sought by bounties to foster and encourage infant industries, and in Manchuria there is much grumbling over the preferential position Japanese control of the railway achieves for Japanese goods. So far the number of operatives, male and female, in Japan is but small—793, 885—as compared with her total population of 53,000,000. But the statistics published by the Economical and Financial Annual of the department of finance, 1913, afford much food for reflection when taken in con- THE WORKING AREA OF THE WOOL MACHINE THE COTTON MACHINE junction with the actual conditions of life and labor revealed by a visit to a Japanese mill. According to these returns there are in Japan 305,196 male operatives over fourteen years of age, and 427,676 women. Under fourteen years of age there are 12,192 males and 48,821 females employed. The dominant industries in Japan are cotton and silk, and they absorb the largest proportion of the workers, namely, 448,243 persons, male and female. In raw silk, cotton spinning, and cotton weaving we find employed 45,496 men and 293,468 women. In the thirty-two Japanese cotton mills for which returns are given the average number of working days per annum was 325, and the average number of working hours per day was 22.44. The two great centers of industrial activity are Tokyo and Osaka. I penetrated, not without considerable difficulty, into various cotton mills in Japan. and even lives. In inter and after memory of Hospitals, sary adjourn managed, one compo of garden in another. Even at the young best years dittions? I have few irs if her fam ent she f hate to whi her, being either to f deeper depr that the ting to rey is a health Women and Children in Factories. Women and Children in Factories. Generally speaking, Japanese women en engage in the cotton trade work under contracts essentially servile in character. They are indentured for a period of three years, and live in compounds attached to the factory. During this term they seldom leave the compound, and cannot, save under very exceptional circumstances, break their indentures. Sunday, of course, is not kept in the far East; the principle of one day's rest in seven does not obtain there. The cotton factories work day and night on shifts of 12 hours each, and there are two holidays in the month, more, one suspects, for the needs of the machinery than that of the human beings. The average daily wage of the female silk spinner is 30 sen (say 14 cents), and of the female weaver 25 sen. But from COAL FIELDS NOT EXHAUSTED Estimated That Many Millions of Tons Still Remain to Be Drawn Upon. It has been estimated that the amount of coal which will be dug out of the ground in the United States during the present year will be greater by far than the total excavation for the Panama canal. Experts of the United States geological survey have estimated that originally there was enough coal in this country to make a solid block ten miles long, ten miles wide and ten miles high. A block of this size would weigh more than 3,500,000,000 tons, and up to the present time the coal that has been removed amounts only to something like 15,000,000,000 tons. The coal mined during 1914 will amount to about 600,000,000 tons, containing about 300,000,000 cubic yards. The total excavation for the Panama canal from start to finish is computed at some 262,000,000 cubic yards. The comparison indicates in a striking way the extent of the coal mining this sum nine sen is deducted daily for food. Compounds and factories alike vary in cleanliness and comfort. Some factories are well constructed and well ventilated and filled with machinery coming from Oldham. Others are dirty, dilapidated and ramshackle. It is the same with the compounds. When a factory has to provide accommodation for 1,000 or 2,000 women operatives we may well scrutinize the conditions, even when the altogether simple standard of life in the far East is taken into account. The Japanese have no beds, but sleep rolled up in quilts on the floor. In one compound I visited, I saw 24 girls asleep in a dormitory 24 by 13 feet, and this is no uncommon state of affairs. Pthitis is a disease which is beginning to play havoc in the cotton mills, and when, in as many cases, girls employed on the day and night shifts use the same dormitories and no proper ventilation is possible, it is easy to understand the spread of this dread scourge. The Japanese women are fragile little creatures, whose appearance does not encourage the idea that they can be tossed without protection into the fierce stream of industrial competition. These girls, drawn as they are from the farming and fishing class, often return home utterly broken in health at the end of their indentures. Some factories cater for the health LL IN KOBE and even amusement of their operatives. In one compound I saw a theater and also a shrine erected to the memory of those who died in the mills. Hospitals, unfortunately, are necessary adjuncts, some clean and well-managed, others slack and dirty. In one compound there would be a strip of garden nicely kept with flowers, in another a dank, depressing yard. Even at the best, who could wish for a young girl to spend three of the best years of her life under such conditions? But the Japanese daughter has few rights over her own person. If her family is poor, to the present she has resigned herself to the fate to which her parents may consign her, being practically sold by them either to factory, geisha house, or the deeper degradation of the yoshiwa. That the girls themselves are beginning to revolt against such conditions is a healthy and desirable sign of the times in Japan. The difficulty of obtaining cheap labor may lead to a reform of factory life from within. Though living in is the rule for women, it is not invariable, and I saw one factory where a large proportion of women lived out. Here arose the different evil of the employment of married women, this particular factory having a nursery attached where the women left their babies. But unquestionably there was a less coarse, hopeless look about the women who lived out and had some redeeming influences of home in their lives than what one noticed about the listless girls of the compounds. This circumstance struck me very forcible in a very dirty match factory, where all the girls lived at home. Despite the conditions under which they worked and the long hours, the women did not look amiss or ill nourished. Industry in the United States. The output of coal is enormous, but it is increasing year by year. 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It contains no astringents or other ingredients harmful to the scalp. It promotes hair health and vigor. For woman, man or child. PRICE 50c. PER BOTTLE Mme. P. M. Dabney's XXth Century Shampoo Treatment $1.25 Lutury Shampoo . . treatment for the hair and scalp keeks. Send us an order today order for $1.25 and receive them or write for literature and infor- Dabney's XXth Century SEPARATIONS CO. Kansas City, Mo. W. G. MOSELY. W. G. MOSELY. Rt. Eminent Grand Commander of the Knights Templars of Missouri. Miss Elsie Lair and Miss Beatrice Martin were shopping in St. Joseph the past week....Mr. Albert Walker of Elwood was transacting business in Troy Thursday....Messrs. Grant Butcher and True Davis of Wathena were guests of Mr. Julius Butcher the past week and secured license for hunting while here....Mrs. Ada Lighte and Mrs. Ophelia Snyder were guests in St. Joseph the latter part of the week....Little Madeline Butler is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Myrtle Hughes, of Falls City, Neb., during the holidays....Mr. and Mrs. George Johnson and son, Edward, were shopping in St. Joseph Monday....Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wilkinson of Fairbury, Neb., are guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Wilkinson of this city....Mr. Jenna Hughes is spending the holidays with his parents in Falls City, Neb....Miss Lucy Taylor has returned home after having spent the past few months in Kansas City....Miss Lucile Wallace and Master Anthony Hill of St. Joseph, Master and Anthony Hill of St. Joseph, Mrs. Salle Turner....Miss Leona McCurry and Mrs. Maggie McCurry of Elwood attended the Christmas exercises at the Christian church Friday night....Mrs. Adda Birch and children of St. Joseph are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Ward, of this city....Mrs. Mary Schumache, Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Webster and children, spent the holidays with their husband, father and grandfather, Mr. Chas. Schumache....Mrs. Nelle E. Howard was shopping in St. Joe Wednesday....Mr. Abram Rucker of Elwood was a visitor in the city Eastern Star drill and installation....The Christmas exercises at both churches were largely attended and every heart seemed to be made glad....The drill and installation of the Eastern Star was quite a success and a large number werer in attendance....Mr. Chas. Howard is visiting his parents and relatives in Sweet Springs and Mt. Leonard, Mo., this week....Messrs. Ray, Lair and Smith of St. Joseph motored through the city today enroute to the former's mother, Mrs. George Gater, who lives about five miles northwest of Troy....Miss Beatrice Martin was the guest of her father, Mr. George Martin of Atchil son, Kas, Monday. Those sojourning or living in Chicago will find the Sun on sale at Mr. W. H. Robinson's place, 1937 West Lake street, or A. D. Hayes, 3640 S. State street. Specials at Smith's Pharmacy for this Week. 25c Massatta Talcum Powder, 19c. 25c Black Draught, 15c. 25c Sachet Powder, 18c. 10c Hair Nets, 5c. $1 Dr. Caldwell's Syrup of Pepsin, 85c. 10c Talcum Powder, 5c. $1 Lydia E. Pinkam's Vegetable Compound, 85c. 25c DeWitt's Toilet Cream, 20c. 25c DeWitt's Golden Liniment, 20c. Beauty Spots, 10c. HAIR GOODS. 35c Bangs, 25c. We serve ice cream soda the year round. Tango sundae on a blazer, 15c. Ice cream soda, any flavor, 5c. Hot chocolate with whipped cream, 5c. Hot beef tea, 5c. We have just received a large shipment of human hair goods—straightening and drying combs—Madam Walker's Hair Preparations—combs and brushes—playing cards—syringes—rubber gloves—High Brown powder—Alda and Elite Pomades—watches, clocks and manicure sets—tooth brushes and perfumes—stage makeup. The ladies are specially invited to come and look over our large assortment of human hair goods. THEO. Smith's Drug Store S. E. Corner 18th and Tracy Home Phone 5467 M. Bell Phone 4591 G Mail and phone orders promptly filled. THE MIDDLE CLASS NEGRO. That there will be class distinctions among peoples is as natural as the proverbial wheat and chaff which is gathered up together for a final separation of the good, bad and indifferent. It is in the final analysis of the common product that different grades of the general whole are discovered, and we get a distinctive margin on quality. So regarding the people that make up what is essentially called society among Negroes which readily permits of three distinctive classes, perhaps more noticeable in our race than any other, the upper, the middle and lower classes. Professionals seem to be associated with the first, and it may or may not include teachers, lawyers, editors, preachers and so on. The second may or may not include porters, housemen, chauffeurs, waiters and so on, while the third may or may not include common laborers, hod carriers and CHAS. A. STARKS, general building workers. This much, whatever may be their vocation or occupation in life, a close study of conditions will reveal that character and manhood and not the vocational or occupational is surely determining the good from the bad, and this will never depend on any imaginary lines that men might draw for themselves. Truth will finally take away from them what they seem to have, and give it to them who really hath. In looking over these so-called classes, from a little experience one can see that perhaps the middle class are building more solidly than any other on the basis of honesty and sturdiness of character. They seem to avoid the deceit and hypocrisy which so often characterizes the so-called upper classes, and are freed fro mthe ignorance of the lower ones. The upper ones pretend to furnish the leadership of the people and depend largely, yes, altogether, on the lower classes for support, while the middle classes exemplify what real co-operation the race might possess and seem to furnish more real manhood and womannhood than any. Slowly but surely truth is swing the facts around to a common understanding of who is who in this old city as to manliness and womanliness, and people are beginning to become suspicious (and sometimes justly) of the "upper ten" who has victimized him in some manner, and are casting confidence and his society lot with those whose only pretensions to class are clean living and honest purposes. In this class none may be excluded on account of mental or particular physical condition, but surely and positively on moral grounds. There is a mid die class in this city of this kind, and strange to say it numbers individuals in its ranks who happen to be men who sweep the streets or climb the ladder with hod on the shoulder to the progressive teacher or the re spectable minister. CHAS. A. STARKS. Scalp Treatment A Specialty. Hours 8:30 A. M. to 7:30 P. M. MRS. A. B. HOLT, Home South 2408. 3215 Main St. [Name] HON. CRITTENDEN C. CLARK. Of St. Louis, Mo., Grand Attorney of the Grand Lodge of Masons, who is giving much valuable service to that organization. ROSEDALE, KAS. Miss Hazel Lacey of Topeka, Kas, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Ralls, 618 Booth avenue.....Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Morton entertained twelve guests at dinner Christmas day.....Mr. A. Lewis, 615 Booth avenue, has almost recovered from the injury received two weeks ago....The Sunday school of the Pleasant Valley Baptist church rendered a splendid profram Christmas eve. Some of the elderly members of the church were given gifts as well as the children....The services Sunday were well attended. Communion was administered by Rev. Horse. Watch meeting services will be held Thursday night. Everyone is invited. CHRISTMAS TRADING AT THE COLORED SHOE STORE REPORTER FOR THE SUN FINDS ABLE MANAGTMENT. Finds Place Handling Good Goods and Meeting Competitive Prices. To the Negro looking for good shoes at reasonable prices his footsteps must necessarily turn to the one shoe store in Kansas City for him. There is a moral as well as an economic reason why this should be. First, this shoe store we are speaking of is run by a colored citizen. (Some would say this is no appeal). This adds a peculiar value just as much so as the well known "Made in Germany," "American" or "latest import" from Paris" are supposed to signify unusual merit or advantages bearing their stamps. A successful Negro merchant means double merit in any line. This is strikingly true in the shoe business and the present success of our only shoe store in town can only be attributed to MERIT—delivering the goods and meeting the prices. This is no small task when we consider that colored people are the most touchy regarding footwear. They are willing to pay a good price for shoes and they absolutely insist on quality. The Page SHOE STORE located on 18th street near Paseo, has learned this fact about the place, has learned this fact about the place and found them all satisfactory. He has sent the place any number of customers with perfect confidence of satisfaction for all. This week upon visiting the place and interviewing the genial and polite proprietor, he secured the following splendid bargains for the Christmas and New Year season. Come on down this morning and look 'em over. The prices quoted here are only ten days. He has the famous "Dr. Bernhardt" with arch support, reduced to only $4.50; ladies' Patent Leather "cloth top," the popular kind, from $2.50 to $5.00; solid "gun metals" for women, $2.50 to $3.50; men's work shoes with best leather, $2.50; men's dress shoes, "English," in tan and black classy styles at popular prices. Sunbeam shoes and the new famous 9:00 00'clock school shoe with full vamp, double strength toe. Mr. Page caters to the Y. M. C. A. with his Athletic shoes ranging in price from 60 cents to $2.00. Dittman's children specials in rubbers from 50 cents to $1.50. For special Christmas suggestions he offers attractive felts and slippers as suitable gifts for men—ladies take notice—and buy "your dear one" a pair of these. We understand Mr. Page sends out these goods. His place is at 1507 E. 18th street. His phone, Bell East 1328. STARKS. Moon's Live & Dressed Poultry Eggs, Butter and Fish, Moon's Live & Dressed Poultry Eggs, Butter and Fish, A Christmas spirit. What a wonderful day Christmas is! In no other of the whole 365 is so much of happiness, of unselfishness, of kindness to be found. A profound transformation takes place in human hearts and they overflow with a kindness that best expresses itself in bringing happiness to others. And this is the strangest part of the whole wonderful thing—the more happiness you give to others the greater your own happiness becomes, and the long sought after big, fat hen, turkey, goose and ducks are found nestling down at Moon's. Where the "Best of Everything" quality abounds in such variety that even though your marksmanship is bad, your aim is good, for you are sure to hit the right thing—at Moon's. Thanking you for past favors, wishing you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Bell phone Grand 1746 W. 1335 E. Eighteenth street. Moonlight Celebrated Christmas Feast at 1223 Baltimore avenue, Kansas City, Mo. MOON BROS. Commission Co. 1838 E. 18th St. Bell Phone Brand 1746 W Try it and convince yourself by an appetizing trial. ---is the bread your grocer should give you, but be sure to specify BUTTER-CREAM. Sold thru merit Bought from of the product choice by all not by inducement. who buy the best. NAFZIGER BAY "The Cleanest GIVE U TAYLOR & WILLIE LOWEST PRICES 100 POUNDS O CHEROKEE, LEXING HAY, GR 1709 Lydia Avenue. CALDWELL Hair and 18th and Pasec Home Ph Scalp Treatment a Specialty. G Grows Hair. Try it. and any old Hair Matched From Samples. Blocked. Agents for Spirella Co WORK GUARANTEED. GER BAKING CO. The Cleanest Bakery in the World GIVE US A TRIAL & WILLIAMS CO. BEST PRICES BY TON OR Q POUNDS COAL.....25 C LE, LEXINGTON, RICHMOND HAY, GRAIN AND CHOPP venue. Bell P WELL & CHAS and Mill and Paseo, Kansas City, Home Phone Main 7499 Specialty. Caldwell's Pomade air. Try it. Save your combing and any old hat you may have. From Samples. Feathers and Hats For Spirella Corsets. 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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. GIVE US A CALL If You are Pleased Tell Y Fine Cigars and Tobacco based Tell Your Friends and Tobaccos Jackson If You are Pleased Tell Your Friends and if not Tell Us. Fine Cigars and Tobaccos Jackson Laundry Agency STEP RIGHT OVER TO THE CORNER DRUG STORE, SIR, AND GET A BOTTLE OF It takes the corn clear out! Don't hurt! It's as sure as shootin'! MANICURING Bought from choice by all who buy the best. BAKING COMPANY bakery in the World." IS A TRIAL WILLIAMS COAL & FEED BY TON OR QUANTITY COAL.....25 CENTS, TON, RICHMOND and SLACK. MIN AND CHOPS. Bell Phone, Grand 2441. & CHAPMAN Millinery Kansas City, Mo. The Main 7499 Holdwell's Pomade and Tonic really have your combings, cut hair at you may have. Sheathers and Hats Cleaned, Dyed and sets. 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