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Is Your Money Spent Wisely? Patronize Our Advertisers VOLUME VIII. NUMBER 35. Say, have you a furnished or unfurnished room for rent? Advertise it in The Sun and let it be bringing you in something. BIG CHORUS RENDERS HIAWATHA By CHAS. A. STARKS. Can anyone imagine anything more weird and touching than the prelude, played as introductory to the Wedding Feast of Hiawatha? Hiawatha, son of Mudjekuwu of the West Wind and the beautiful Wenokah, daughter of old Nokomis, who fell from the full moon, "Down thru the evening twilight In the days that are forgotten." There was a great chorus to take up the narration of the wonderful Wedding Feast, which had begun so gloriously with orchestra batoned by N. Clark Smith in his graphic and inimitable style. Despite the natural, beautiful, romantic and appealing wildness of Longfellow's poem, it enjoyed but little popular form until one S. C. T., Son of Africa, kissed it with his magic wand of music and Hiawatha became a living dream. The characters and scenes are possibly peculiar to Red men, but the music of the composer makes their souls black by the touch of Africa's muse. The Harp of Ethiopia is brought from the land of the morning the land of the setting sun, brought to give a new language to the sunshine of the mendow, the shadow of the forest, the wind among the branches. Then it was another brilliant Cole- ridge Taylor evening. The spirit of his music was rampant. Taylor was just as much alive as if he was there in person. Time, Friday, April 21; place: Allen Chapel, which was amply PROF. ROBT. G. JACKSON Who so successfully conducted "Hiawatha" last Friday evening at Allen Chapel. filled by music lovers of the city. The historic meeting place was alive with a great throng listening to weird chants, swelling volume and the mighty pitch of voice, string, piano and organ vieing and soaring above the lofty columns of the building. We are told that Prof. Jackson tackled this difficult work with some natural apprehension as to its musical success under prevailing conditions. But the verdict of the audience would no doubt pronounce his effort as one decidedly happy, and thus another star in his profusely decorated Corona which he wears with perfectly unaffected modesty. Then it was a success. Those contributing in special roles were: N. Clark Smith, who presided over the Orchestral Division; Miss Beulah Douglass, Organist; Miss Joyce Dorsey and Miss Eva Moore, as Planarian, and such local talent as this high-class trio: Miss Effie Grant, Soprano; Prof. F. J. Work, Tenor, and Mr. Lemuel Russell, Baritone. These handled the difficult singing roles. As a relief against the first and last parts of Hiawatha Mrs. Emma Payne sang a number from J. Rosamond Johnson entitled "Since you went away." Never was song rendered with such plaintive dreariness. There was not the slightest tremor in the singer's voice as she interpreted for the audience the meaning of the pathos of a heart who feels the absence of a beloved one—sung in perfect accents, exact and rich with touching sympathy. Too bad there was no place for this singer in Hiawatha proper. Her second number was an innovation. "I heard the voice of Jesus Say," sung to the tune of "Dearest Memories," by Vodery. This was well received. "Steal away to Jesus" was rendered by the Chorus with N. Clark Smith directing. This number was characteristic and discovered some clever tone maneuvering under the sharp baton of the director. "The Crucifixion," one of Smith's own compositions was pleasingly rendered by the Chorus with Jackson directing. "Oh, the long and dreary winter! Oh, the cold and cruel winter!" The disconsolate theme is now taken up. The chorus gives a fair interpretation, singing as even as could be expected. Indeed, one could see the effect of The Kansas City Sun Jackson's drilling in every turn. The rendition was all that could be asked under the circumstances and we call your attention to the unusual ability of Prof. Jackson in training voice and hand. Every local student should take advantage of Jackson's genius to impart thoroughly the higher perception of music to those who would learn. The writer notices the fine spirit of relationship that exhibits itself between teacher and student. It must be pleasant for those privileged to study in such an atmosphere of congeniality and profitableness. Those who want voice culture, those who would understand the fundamental manipulation of the piano and its technique, those who would be a part of the great musical organization. See R. G. Jackson at his studio. Join his class. Become of the elected, initiated into the inner science of music—the harmony of tone and color. Dr. Theo. Smith's Easter opening was the largest, grandest and most successful in the history of his business. All classes were represented from school principals to washer women, and laborers. Dr. Smith is popular among all classes because he plays no favorites. The servant and working classes get as much consideration as the professional or wealthy class. Dr. Smith came here a few years ago with less than Five Hundred Dollars and today his assets runs up into the thousands. His word and indorsement means something among the best white people. We need more race men like him. PATRONS' DAY AT LINCOLN SCHOOL. The annual patrons' day at Lincoln school will be held next Wednesday, May 3. An elaborate exhibit of the year's work will be on display in each of the rooms and in the domestic science and manual training departments. A special feature of the display will be the handwork of the various classes. The millinery work of the seventh grade pupils under Miss Clara V. Lynden has been made a great success this year and each parent has sent to the teacher a special letter of thanks and congratulations. This work will be on display. The kindergarten exercises will begin at 11 o'clock, luncheon will be served in the school cafeteria and during the afternoon there will be singing, games, drills and folk dances on the school grounds. It is always a great comfort to one to know they're kindly remembered by dear friends after many months of lingering illness and the kindly felt appreciation is better expressed by one who is truly the recipient at this time. Such is the case of Mrs. Frances Wilson who was so kindly remembered by the following friends at Easter time; Mrs. Charlotte Vire, a potted Easter lily; Mrs. BenJ. Braxton, a potted Martha Washington geranium; Mrs. Milo Hawkins of Washington, Ind., a large box so heavily lawen with lovely serviceable clothing from the daintiest lingerie, pretty doilies and so forth to the richest silk and velvet ready to wear costumes, the outfits completed with two stunning hats that would arouse the envy of any of our artistic milliners. Mrs. Wilson in her pleased air of astonishment and thanks only says: "Praise God from whom all blessings flow." ALLEN CHAPEL. God gave us a most beautiful day. The church was artistically decorated with flowers and ferns and singing birds and people came out in large numbers. There must have been fully 1,500 people at the morning services. The choir was simply grand. The minister preached a great and forceful sermon. His text was: "Why seek ye the living among the dead?" After preaching the rites of baptism were administered to Miss Eugia Zephyr Anna Lewis, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis, and Miss Hellen Thompkins, infant daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Thompkins. At 2:30 the minister preached the annual Easter sermon of Far West Commandery No. 3, Knights Templar, and again Allen chapel was filled to its capacity.... At 7:30 vesper services were held. At these services Rev. J. C. C. Owen spoke. We were all glad to have Rev. Owens with us.. The fair begins Monday night. Remember this and be present as many nights as possible. EBENEZER A. M. E. CHURCH. Rev. C. A. William of Wichita, Kas., will preach at 11 a. m. Sunday. The two weeks' rally up to date netted the trustees $623.45. The rally will continue over next Sunday. Mr. J. E. Laing, 1715 East Eleighteenth street, has returned to the city after touring the state of Oklahoma in the interest of his business. He was accompanied home by his wife, who has been teaching in that state. Mrs. Laing will now have charge of their establishment. Our Children's Shoes and Slippers can not be surpassed. They are late in cut and color and prices right. 1507 E. 18th st. G. A. Page Shoes. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1916. Association of Colored Chauffeur's Banquet Sixty chauriers sat down at the banquet table on last Tuesday night at the X. M. C. A. This was the first of a series of such social business gatherings of the Associated Colored Chaufeurs for the purpose of uniting the colored chauffeurs of the city for the mutual benefit of employer and employed. The following program was rendered: Address—R. B. DeFrantz. Instrumental Solo—Tapley Berger Address—Prof. J. R. E. Lee. Banjo Selection—George Donel. Address—Dallas Foster. Music—Orchestra. Paper—"Motives"—R. A. Perkins. "Why We Organized"—J. S. Weatherly, president. Our Association—Charles Garrett. My Duty to the Association—John B. Lucas. General Remarks—Fred Wright. Menu. Fruit cocktail Young spring lamb Stuffed peppers Green Peas. Russian salad Cake Brick ice cream Black coffee. THE FEDERAL NATIONAL PRESIDENT MR. EMMET J. SCOTT Secretary of National Negro Bus- ington in his annual address said: "the business tact, and the modest, un- which makes this Business League PROFESSOR R. G. JACKSON School at Allen Chapel this su- Piano, Organ, Voice and Harm given to those who have never dren between ages of 7 and 12 literature address Box 170, o Secretary of National Negro Business League. Mr. Booker T. Washington in his annual address said: "In a large measure it is the hard work the business tact, and the modest, unselfish resourcefulness of Mr. Scott which makes this Business League the powerful agency for good that it is." PROFESSOR R. G. JACKSON will conduct a Summer Music School at Allen Chapel this summer. There will be classes in Piano, Organ, Voice and Harmony. Special attention will be given to those who have never had lessons before and to children between ages of 7 and 12 years. For catalogue and other literature address Box 170, or call Bell phone West 1032, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS ARGENTINE NEWS. By Ophelia Jackson. Mrs. Lulu Berry of Silver avenue, was run down by a motorcycle at 22d and Metropolitan avenue on last Monday afternoon. Three ribs were fractured and she received other very serious injuries. Mrs. Mayme Dobb of Oklahoma City, who is here visiting, has been quite sick but is very much improved at this writing. An excellent Easter program was rendered at the Second Baptist church on Sunday night. Miss Tule, a missionary from Africa, gave a very interesting talk, and several musical numbers were rendered by Miss Martha Ford of Virginia avenue, Kansas City, Kas., which were received with a great ovation. Miss Ida Stanifer on South 37th street, is sick with pneumonia. Large congregations were present at St. Paul A. M. E. church all day on Easter. A very good and well received program was rendered by the Sunday school and choir on Sunday night. Several residents of Argentine attended the rendition of Coleridge Tay. WATCH NEXT WEEK for the first MUSICAL PROGRAM OF which will SUNDAY AFTER Best Musical Talent from all HIGH SCHOOL WATCH NEXT WEEK'S ISSUE OF THE SUN for the final monthly MUSICAL PROGRAM OF LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL which will be rendered SUNDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 7 Best Musical Talent from all parts of the City will assist the HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA Toastmaster—C. E. Cross. Music—Orchestra. EASTER SERVICE OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. The Far West Commandery No. 3, and Emanuel Commandery No. 25, Knights Templar, turned out in great array last Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at Allen Chapel, where their annual Easter services were held. A large and appreciative audience listened to a very fine and inspirational program. The sermon was preached by the Rev. William T. Thomas, D. D., and the prelate, Prof. Wm. H. Dawley, Jr., was master of ceremonies. Music was furnished by the Lincoln High School chorus, while soloes were sung as follows: "Calvary," Miss Saxe P. Englis, and "The Sanctus" and "Ademaria" by Prof. Fred J. Work. The ritualistic service was conducted by Eminent Commander Edw. S. Baker, Grand Master Crews extended the invitation of the church and so urgent was his appeal that twelve persons came up and pledged themselves to join some church the next Sunday. Rev. Wm. H. Thomas, pastor of Allen Chapel, will leave Sunday night for the General Conference, which convenes at Philadelphia. Delegates leaving here at the same time are: Revs. A. A. Gilbert J. F. Sage, W. C. Williams and Mr. Geo. W. Teeters. 1 business League. Mr. Booker T. Wash- In a large measure it is the hard work, inselfish resourcefulness of Mr. Scott the powerful agency for good that it is.' I will conduct a Summer Music summer. There will be classes in mony. Special attention will be had lessons before and to chil- years. For catalogue and other or call Bell phone West 1032, lor's Hiawatha at Allen Chapel on Good Friday evening. Among them were Mrs. Victoria McDaniel, Mrs. Hawthorne and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Jackson. In the death of Aaron Overton, Argentine has lost one of its best thought of and most beloved citizens. He was held in high esteem by all who knew him. During his illness, which lasted a year, the untiring efforts of his brother and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Turner Overton, an aunt, Mrs. Mamie Maxie of Kansas City, and his devoted wife remained unchanged. He died on Saturday morning, April 22, at 2 a.m. He was conscious to the last and bade those at his bedside goodbye. His tuneral was held at the St. Paul A. M. E. church. Rev. H. D. Harris of ficiated. The body was escorted by the Argentine Cornet band, of which he was leader eight years, and Mr. Geo. Simmons had charge of the funeral, an undertaker for whom he had worked ten years. He leaves a wife, two sons, one daughter, one brother, two sisters, an aunt and a number of other relatives and friends to mourn his demise. K'S ISSUE OF THE SUN annual monthly T LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL will be rendered EVERNOON, MAY 7 parts of the City will assist the ORCHESTRA The Owl's Easter Ball Prof. Dude Knox's orchestra was playing one of those all engulfing schottisches, such as "Down Among the Sheltering Palms," when 200 couples swayed to and fro, now here and now there, walking and skipping, now close locked and "seasiding" with the music as the graceful waving of waters. Four hundred feet raised in unison, running forward, now aside, wheeling and turning all to the tune of some stirring and catchy rag. It was the night of the Owls. Their weekly Monday night ball. Over 400 people were there. Every attendant more or less dressed to death in some new fangled Easter creation. Every mother's son and daughter seemed to "have 'em." There were prizes offered for the two best dressed ladies present. Every fair one in the hall was a brilliant contender and the contest was finally and agreeably settled. A genteel good time was in vogue for everyone. The stellar lights of the Owls were there. That prince of entertainers, Marshall Rodgers, was there. Steve Lane, the joy dispenser; Jim Carter, the personage who is about, and the "Yellow Peril," better know as "Jap" the Oriental Kid, a popular favorite. There was not a dull moment. The hall was decorated for the occasion, the music was good and the terpsichore devotees danced till 1 o'clock. All of which is another reason why Wright's academy is the best. ONCE MORE TO THE FORE Lincoln Electric Park, 20th and Wood- land, Kansas City, Mo., Greater, Grander, More Interesting Than Ever — America's Greatest Colored Resort. GRAND OPENING, MAY 6, 1916. With new attractions, new concessions, surprises galore, amongst which has been added the construction of a new $2,000 swimming pool, with more than a hundred separate lockers, furnished with latest style bathing costumes; departments for ladies and gentlemen, the whole immense inovation suggestive of an of an Eastern of west coast seaside resort. Come and see! On the stage, new faces, new acts, combining every form of theatrical art—Madame Billy Kersands, with her phenomenal voice, who has pleased the multitude, in the United States, Canada and Australia, will positively appear here at the Lincoln Electric Park, supported by an excellent company of singers, dancers and vaudevillians. The merry-go-round, the bowling alley, the only one in town at our service, are amongst the principal new concessions. The rising popularity of the Knights Templar band has enlisted their services in the Park and splendid street parade. The dancing pavilion and academy will be open every evening under the charge of Prof. W. C. Clark. The management has been fortunate in securing the services of Prof. Chas. T. Watts as musical director for the stage productions. Many of the principal lodges and other organizations of Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, have booked for their annual fetes at the Park. Beginning on Saturday, May 6, every school child on the Missouri side, will take part in a great athletic tournament. Otis H. McDaniels is the manager of all amusements. ST. STEPHEN'S BAPSTIST CHURCH. Services were well attended at the St. Stephen Baptist church Sunday....The pastor, Rev. J. W. Hurse, preached a soul stirring sermon morning and evening, from Matt. 26:6. Subject, "The Risen Lord." At morning service two souls were happily converted....The B. Y. P. U. rendered a splendid program at 6:30 p. m....There were 14 additions....At the close of evening services fifteen came up for prayer. On the strength of this pastor will preach every night this week, and if it pleases the Lord will close Sunday night by preaching "The Eagle Stirreth Up Her Nest." CENTENNIAL M. E. CHURCH Easter Sunday was a great day at Centennial. The worshippers attentively listened to a beautiful sermon on the Resurrection of Christ by the pastor, Rev. Richard Davis. There were four additions to the membership, two of which were converts. A delightful program was rendered in the evening under the direction of C. A. Warrick. The total collection for the day was $83.00. VINE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH. All services well attended last Sunday....Mr. Geo. W. Taylor has been very sick for two weeks. He was confined to his room a large portion of the time, but is somewhat better at this writing. We hope he will continue to improve. Houses and flats for rent. We have houses for $50.00 down and $10.00 down. Call White. Either phone, East 4349. MRS. BESSIE M. WEAVER Kansas City's popular florist, who delivered the following address before the National Negro Business League in Boston, August 20, 1915: The Business Opportunities Offered Colored Women in the Florist Business "I have been so busy out there on the floor of the convention trying to get life and annual memberships, as you requested. Dr. Washington, that I have almost forgotten the few words I intended to say on this important subject. I want briefly to speak of the opportunities offered the women of our race in the florist business. This is a big, undeveloped field, which should especially appeal to a woman and it is one of the most profitable enterprises a woman can engage in. I have found it to be very interesting work and as healthful as it is interesting. Be it said to the credit of our race, our people have always been lovers of music and flowers. They buy lots of flowers, especially for funeral purposes, to say nothing of weddings, entertainments, table decorations, yard and garden use in the matter of bulbs and plants, graduating exercises and for a number of other purposes that will easily occur to you. When I made my first report to you at the Philadelphia meeting, I was the only Negro florist in Kansas City, Missouri, but since that time there have been two other ladies engaged in the same line of work. And we are succeeding in educating and inducing our people as well as others to buy flowers for Christmas gatherings and entertainments, Easter greetings, Mother's Day, flowers to be used in the home, in the church, in the Sunday school, in the hospitals, at weddings, as well as for funeral designs. So you see this is a business that can be profitably conducted the year round, and the nature of which is admirably suited to womanly endeavor. Here in Boston there is a splendid opportunity, indeed there is an opportunity for us in any section of this country for pretty, well grown flowers never draw the color line. The business requires comparatively small capital start for as Dr. Washington has said "you can begin at the bottom" and gradually increase your stock and equipment until you are well established. Another feature of this business which is not true of the average mercantile venture and that is your flowers grow even while you are asleep and the forces of nature are in league with you in your endeavor to succeed; when the men, when the merchant closes his doors for the night his income ceases, his stock is depreciating in value; the air and sunshine and moisture and the gentle rain from Heaven mean but little to him as an asset, but to the florist they mean much, and even when the florist retires, the buds will-burst forth and blossom in the night. In connection with my florist establishment I conducted a laundry agency which helped to tide me over the operating expenses and enabled me to make money from the very beginning. I would not exaggerate the profits to be made in this business at first for it takes time to grow plants and flowers, there are expenses to be met, and it also takes time to win trade and build up any kind of lucrative business but I know of no business more suited to women and which promises an almost certain profit if rightly conducted than the florist business. The propagation of plants enables you to take one plant for instance a geranium, and from that one plant you can root a dozer or more potted plants after a little in struction. Many florists of this country have grown rich in the business owning greenhouses and equipments that run up into the hundreds of thousands of dollars and a large number of them I can name started in a very humble way. Why can't we do likewise? (Aplaume). Now I hope when this league meets in Kansas City next year (aplaume) we will be able to hear reports from quite a number of our young women to the effect that they have embarked and are succeeding in this same line of work. You have a crowded program and there fore I shall not detain you further. I thank you." (Hearty aplaume). Mrs. Cox of Boston, Mass., said: "I want to correct Mrs. Weaver by saying that we have a young woman who is in the florist business right here in Cambridge." Mrs. Weaver replied: "I am delighted to know that." It also developed that young colored women were engaged in the flor We want good reliable Agents in every city and town in the country. Write us for terms. PRICE. 5c. let business in Seattle, Wash., and Cohassett, Mass. Dr. Booker T. Washington said: "We will continue the discussion of the subject 'The Beauty Parlor Business,' the next speaker being Madam Mary L. Johnson, wife of W. W. Alexander Johnson, who is president of the Boston Negro Business League." Y. M. C. A. the dormitory rooms are so filled that it is now necessary for men desiring accommodations to make reservations in advance. Present indication are that May will equal April for the number of banquets and special parties to be served in the association's banquet ball. That a larger number of men might take advantage of the physical privileges, including shower baths, a special rate of $5 has been made until May 8 for full membership. The Boosters' club is to give a musical entertainment for the benefit of the club and the boys' summer camp, which will be rendered May 12 in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium. "Making Good" will be the subject of the address by the international secretary, R. P. Hamlin, at the men's meeting April 20, 3:30 p.m. Mr. Hamlin, whose headquarters are in Washington, D. C., is making a tour of the West associations. All men, and especially members of the Y. M. C. A. are expected to be present. Rev. Davis' Laster address was a treat for the men. OFFICIAL CALL. To the Members of the Western Negro Press Association. At the 17th annual meeting of the association in Kansas City, Missouri, December 27, 28, 1915, it was voted that the 18th annual session of this organization should be held in the city of Chicago on Monday and Tuesday, Junte the 5th and 6th, 1916. Therefore by the authority vested in me as president of the Association, I hereby call upon each member of the Association to be present at the office of the Chicago Defender, 3159 State street, in said city of Chicago, at 10 o'clock, Monday morning, June 5th, 1916, for the purpose of transacting the business of the Association and discussing questions of interest, the race, state and nation. All newspaper, or magazine editors, editors, reporters, managers or correspondents not members of the association are cordially invited to attend this meeting. Respectfully. J. D. COOKE, Rec. Sec., Milwaukee, Wis. THOS. KENNEDY, Cor. Sec., Kansas City, Kas. COLOR AND WORK It was a happy thought to have half a dozen dark-faced men supply music in advance of Mr. Moorfield Storey's address before the New England Dry Goods Association. That body had gathered to hear his plea for a fairer distribution of industrial opportunities among our colored citizens, and the orchestral performance significantly anticipated the lesson he came to teach. What the guests heard was music, and there is no color in music. None is injected by the score sheets or even by the instruments; plano, violin, cornet and drum give out an absolutely unprejudiced manner the notes required of them. The musicians, differ as they may in skill, show no peculiarity which can be traced to "race, color or previous condition of servitude." You can not tell by mere listening whether they were born North, South, East or West. "America" and "The Star Spangled Banner" sound the same whosoever touches the keys, bows the strings or supplies the "wind." And if there is no color in music, why should there be color in work? That question is raised by the declaration which has just gone forth from about 1,500 of Boston's best known residents announcing their willingness "to be served by colored salespeople and other colored employees, wherever found competent for the duties assigned them," and adding the request that "opportunity be given to colored applicants for positions to demonstrate their fitness for employment." This can only mean it is intended to mean that our colored men and women are being slighted in the distribution of certain kinds of work. And yet a good deal of disinclination to try them out, as Mr. Storey more than hinted, arises out of a supposition rather than out of a fact. The employer is bound to avoid giving offense to his customers, but does not always take the trouble to find out how many of them would be "offended." That 1,500 citizens have taken the trouble to disclaim all sensitivity in the matter should serve to "encourage the others." A reasonable share in the city's industrial and commercial opportunities is the right of all our people, irrespective of class, color or creed—Boston Herald. Slippers and low shoes for men, women and children at G. A. Page's, 1507 East 13th street. Negro Business and Professional Directory of Greater Kansas City AUTHORS P. WILLIAMS, Author and Lecturer, 18th bell phone East 4735. DUTY PARLORS AND HAIR DRESSER. STIRMAN, Hair Dressing, Poro Treat- Avenue. BACKSON & JOHNSON, 18th and Highly 1788. WITCHER, 1708 Michigan Ave. Mad- calp Treatment. Bell phone, East 4167. CAFES. CAFE, 1512 East 18th St. Bell phone, E. COAL AND FEED. 1902 1-2 Vine St. Bell phone, East 559. CLEANERS, DYERS AND TAILORS. COE., 1831 Paseo. Bell Phone East 701. MRS. MARIA P. WILLIAMS, Author and Lecturer, 1204 Highland Avenue, Bell phone East 4735. BEAUTY PARLORS AND HAIR DRESSERS. MRS. MARION STIRMAN, Hair Dressing, Poro Treatment, 903 Independence Avenue. dependence Aidee: MESDAMES JACKSON & JOHNSON, 18th and Highland Ave. Bell phone E. 4788. MRS. CADDIE WITCHER, 1708 Michigan Ave. Madame Walker's Hair and Scalp Treatment. Bell phone. East 4167X. CAFES DELMONICA CAFE. 1512 East 18th St. Bell phone, East 618. W. W. PAYNE, 1902 1-2 Vine St. Bell phone, East 559; Home phone, East 4132. WORTHAM BROS.. 1831 Paseo. Bell Phone East 701. DRUG STORES THEODORE SMITH, 1301 East 18th St. B Home Main 5467. PEOPLE'S DRUG STORE, 18th and Paseo. Horne East 4082. R. W. FOSTER'S PHARMACY—18th and Bell phone East 272, Home phone East 4 DRY GOODS AND NOTICE MITH, 1301 East 18th St. Bell phone 5467. BUG STORE, 18th and Paseo. Bell phone 4082. R'S PHARMACY—18th and Woodland East 272, Home phone East 4070. DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS. THEODORE SMITH, 1301 East 18th St. Bell phone Grand 4591 Home Main 5467. PEOPLE'S DRUG STORE, 18th and Paseo. Bell phone East 1814 Home East 4082. R. W. FOSTER'S PHARMACY—18th and Woodland. TAYLOR-HOLMES & CO., 2409 Vine Street. EXPRESS AND BAGGAGE THOS. JACKSON, 1816 Highland, Bell phone MOVING VANS, F. W. DAVIS. Moving, pa- hold goods. Bell phone, East 529; Home dence, 1229 Woodland. FLORISTS. CROSTHWAIT FLORAL CO., 1801 East 18 272. Home phone, East 4070. JEWELERS. J. A. WILSON, 1616 West 9th St., Bell phone LAWYERS. C. H. CALLOWAY, 601 Delaware, Home pho- 448. Practices in all courts. W. C. HUESTON, 601 Delaware, Home pho- 448. Legal advice. Practices in all cou E. A. SHACKLEFORD, Attorney at Law, 5 sas City, Kas. Bell phone, West 3866. ON, 1816 Highland, Bell phone, East 23 S. F. W. DAVIS. Moving, packing and Bell phone, East 529; Home phone, Ea Woodland. THOS. JACKSON, 1816 Highland, Bell phone, East 2377J. MOVING VANS, F. W. DAVIS. Moving, packing and storing house hold goods. Bell phone, East 529; Home phone, East 2158. Residence, 1229 Woodland. FLORISTS CROSTHWAIT FLORAL CO., 1801 East 18th St. Bell phone, East 272. Home phone, East 4070. JEWELERS. J. A. WILSON, 1616 West 9th St., Bell phone, Main 6248R. LAWYERS. WAY, 601 Delaware, Home phone M58, Bedices in all courts. IN, 601 Delaware, Home phone M58, Bed advice. Practices in all courts. LEFORD, Attorney at Law, 516 Minnes Kas. Bell phone, West 3866. C. H. CALLOWAY, 601 Delaware, Home phone M58, Bell phone Main 448. Practices in all courts. W. C. HUESTON, 601 Delaware, Home phone M58, Bell phone Main 448. Legal advice. Practices in all courts. E. A. SHACKLEFORD, Attorney at Law, 516 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kas. Bell phone, West 3866. MILLINERY. PHOTOGRAPHERS C. BRUCE SANTEE, Proprietor The Fad, phone East 1643. PRINTERS. C. A. FRANKLIN, 1309 East 18th Street. C. BRUCE SANTEE, Proprietor The Fad, 1607 East 18th St. Bell phone East 1643. PRINTERS. C. A. FRANKLIN. 1309 East 18th Street. Bell phone, Grand 2988. REAL ESTATE and EMPLOYMENT. AFRO-AMERICAN REAL ESTATE & INV nished. 911 McGee street. Bell Phone 751 Main. A B C EMPLOYMENT AND INVESTMENT (upstairs) Kansas City, Kans. Bell p phone, West 1036. C. W. Neloms, Mgr. COLORED PEOPLE'S INVESTMENT CO. East 1011, Home East 4011. Sol Smith, Pr ICAN REAL ESTATE & INVESTMENT 11 McGee street. e 751 Main. Home Ph YMENT AND INVESTMENT CO., 500 Kansas City, Kans. Bell phone, West est 1036. C. W. Neloms, Mgr. OOPLE'S INVESTMENT CO., 2427 Vine Home East 4011. Sol Smith, Pres AFRO-AMERICAN REAL ESTATE & INVESTMENT CO., Help furnished. 911 McGee street. Bell Phone 751 Main. Home Phone 7555 Main. A B C EMPLOYMENT AND INVESTMENT CO., 500 Minnesota Ave. (upstairs) Kansas City, Kans. Bell phone, West 1743; Home phone, West 1036. C. W. Neloms, Mgr. COLORED PEOPLE'S INVESTMENT CO., 2427 Vine St. Bell Phone East 1011. Home East 4011. Sol Smith, Pres SECOND-HAND GOODS. W. G. HOPKINS. 2122 Vine St. Bell phone East 3851 SHOE STORE. G. A. PAGE'S SHOE STORE, 1507 East 1 East 1328. THEATRES. OLD KENTUCKY, 1702 East 12th Street, tor, Bell phone East 4735. G. A. PAGE'S SHOE STORE, 1507 East 18th street. Bell phone East 1328. THEATRES OLD KENTUCKY, 1702 East 12th Street, J. L. Williams, proprietor. Bell phone East 4735. UNDEBTAKERS H. B. MOORE, 1031 Independence Avenue. Home phone Main 3341. ADKINS BROS. & GREEN, 19th and Vin East 4349. C. H. COUNTEE, Licensed Embalmer, 2220 3336, Home East 3341. WATKINS BROS., 1729 Lydia Ave. Bell Main 7989. Res., Bell East 3281. 1031 Independence Avenue. Bell phone line Main 3341. ROS. & GREEN, 19th and Vine streets. REE, Licensed Embalmer, 2220 Vine St., B pine East 3341. ROS., 1729 Lydia Ave. Bell Phone Gr . Res., Bell East 3281. H. B. MOORE, 1031 Independence Avenue. Bell phone Main 3398W Home phone Main 3341. ADKINS BROS. & GREEN, 19th and Vine streets. Both phones East 4349. C. H. COUNTEE, Licensed Embalmer, 2220 Vine St., Bell Phone, East 3336, Home East 3341. WATKINS BROS., 1729 Lydia Ave. Bell Phone Grand 987, Home Main 7989. Res., Bell East 3281. YOU CAN BE BEAUTIFUL LET US HELP YOU WE SPECIALIZE IN HAIR GOODS AND SELL ALL THE LATEST STYLES IN WIGS, PUFFS, SWITCHES, ETC. WE GUARANTEE ALL OUR GOODS MONEY BACK IF NOT SATISFIED. WE SELL THE FINEST HAIR STRAIGHTENING COMB IN THE WORLD NONE BETTER MADE. FREE: A CATALOGUE TO EVERYONE MENTIONING THE NAME OF. THIS NEWSPAPER. Halo Hair Company 647 STEINWAY AVENUE L. I. C. NEW YORK AGENTS WANTED Scalp Treatment a Specialty. Caldwell's Pomade and Tonic really Grows Hair! With our combings, cut hair and any old hat you use, it hair The Moses Dickson Regalia and Supplies Co TEN REASONS WHY N. N. B. L. SHOULD BE WELCOME. (Continued from last week). The last order given by Dr. Washington to his secretary relative to the N. N. B. League was: "Inform the branch at Kansas City that our next session will convene with them." Having explicit confidence in the representatives from Kansas City that their invitation was worthy of consideration from many view points, we must not betray that confidence though our late president can not witness same. It has been said by a friend of Dr. Washington, who has known him for years: "If it was possible for Dr. Washington to speak to us from his grave he would say to us: Don't stop to mourn my loss and waste time in weeping and despairing, but rise up, get busy and carry out the cause that we have thus far nobly advanced." Kansas City having this opportunity to set the pace so far as making the entertainment of the league a success, should rise to meet the emergency as one man, and make all other cities that may have the honor conferred in years to come say "that the work done by Kansas City is hard to equal, and can never be surpassed." Let every patriotic member of the race arise and go to the task with a will to accomplish their part of the work or report to God the reason why. (Continued next week) "ON TO BALTIMORE." (From the Department of the President National Association of Colored Women's Clubs). Easily, the greatest forward race movement of the age is the National Association of Colored Women's Club's and the leading spirit among them the president, Mrs. Booker T. Washington. Emerging from the gloom which has recently enveloped her, she has apparently reconsecrated her life to the uplift of the race, and by her helpful messages of encouragement to club leaders all over the country is inspiring officers, department heads and members to a greater activity than has ever before been evinced in the work. The next biennial will be held at Baltimore, Md., in August, Mrs. Washington presiding. This meeting bids fair to be the most interesting in the history of the association. The meeting in 1912 at Hampton was intensely interesting and inspiring; that at Wilberforce in 1914 was wonderful and far-reaching in its effects—a wonderful group of women, showing a remarkable insight in the philosophy of life and demonstrating a constructive ability which portends wonderful results in the next few years. "On to Baltimore" is the slogan of every race organization of women, and where the women and the men will likewise be found. By courtesy of the editor I shall from time to time issue information through the columns of this paper relative to the great biennial at Balti more in August. MRS. W. T. FRANCIS, Chairman President's Committee. St. Paul, Minn. To the Pastors and Members of the Churches Throughout Missouri and the West: We are striving to make Western college what its name signifies, a school for the West, and we are calling upon all persons who are interested in Christian education to observe the fourth Sunday in April as educational day, and if it is not convenient to observe this day, that some other Sunday be given instead. Let us attempt great things for God and expect great things from God. Let us rise above our selfishness and give one Sunday for this great work of the Lord's. How many will give the entire day's collection for educational purposes? HELENA, MONT. By Mrs. Mattie McGinnis. Easter was observed at both churches. The church was beautifully decorated with lilies that were sent from Oakland, Cal. by Mrs. B. Pope, sister of Mrs. Jeff Harrison....The Passion Play at the Literary Society was rand....The little women's drill Wednesday evening given at Cruse Hall drew a large crowd, $37 being added to the treasure....Miss Lena Dorsey was a visitor in Butte Easter Sunday....Mrs. Mona Mathews left Wednesday with the Georgia Serenaders to tour Montana....The Tuskegee Singers will sing at A. M. E. Church Saturday evening, April 29....Mrs. Jeff Harrison will leave this week to attend the General Conference in Philadelphia. She will also visit in New York, Chicago and Terre Haute, Ind....Rev. Rosman of Great Falls will speak at the A. M. E. Church Sunday evening....The Colored Giants were defeated by the White League team, the score being 13-12. A large crowd attended....Mr. Hayes and Mr. Walker of Butte, Mont., and Mr. Kennedy of Spokane came and played with the team....Mrs. Ella White, who went to Colorado Sprins for her health is very sick there in a hospital....Mrs. Jennie Seals is very sick in a home in Kansas....Mrs. Ella Simmons is doing nicely after an operation....Mr. Geo. Campbell is much improved....Mr. A. I. Butler died Monday after an illness of four weeks. He was a class leader of the A. M. E. Church and leaves a wife, son and daughter, who is attending the conservatory of music....The Odd Fellows had charge of his body which was shipped to Bridgeport, La., his wife and daughter accompanying the body....Mr. Denny Baker is remodeling and adding two more rooms to his beautiful home....Mr. and Mrs. Robert Houston left for the ranch, to be one all summer. LA GRANGE, MO. Easter services were a success Sunday...Saturday night a beautiful program was rendered by the Busy Bees, representing twenty different nations...Sunday morning at 9:00 o'clock at the A. M. E. Church Mrs. J. M. Wilson, Superintendent of the Sunday school presented her pupils with Easter eggs...Miss Lottie Belle Calsaw, Superintendent of the Green Chapel Baptist Sunday School had prepared a program in behalf of the Sunday School and passed beautiful colored Easter eggs to the large crowd that attended...Rev. Ed. Green preached two able sermons morning and evening...Those on the sick list are reported better...Several couple of young folks visited in Maywood Sunday afternoon...Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith and Mr. Geo Wilson and Miss Ella Anderson visited in Quincy last Sunday...Prof. A. H. Harris, principal of our school, will close a successful term of school May 5. Prof Harris has done a great work in the past year and also his assistant Miss Calsaw. The closing exercises will not be until May 19...An entertainment will be given by Club No. 3 Saturday night. Mr. Andy Turpin captain of the club is putting forth a special effort to raise a large sum of money by the first Sunday in May when the church is preparing to have a large rally. ROSEDALE, KANSAS. By Mrs. Rosa Jones The Easter services at the churches were all good...Mr. S. S. Slater received word Monday of the death of his sister, Mrs. Maude Jones in Kansas City, Mo...Mesdames Edward Marshall, Edward Strickland and Master Leon Strickland of Kansas City were guests of Mrs. T. T. Morton Monday...All the services at the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church were very good. Services were held at four o'clock a. m. At 11 o'clock communion was administered, in the afternoon and at night the Sunday School rendered a very interesting program. Three additions were made to the church during the day. ADKINS BROS. & GREEN Undertaking Establishment 19th and Vine Sts., Kansas City, Mo. One of the most successful business enterprises that has been launched by the members of the race in recent years is the new undertaking and embalming establishment of ADKINS BROS. & GREEN occupying entire building of the Northeast corner of NINETEENTH AND VINE STS. If you want the latest and best in Undertaking Service, coupled with courteous service and prompt attention, call Remember, They Are Open Day and Night! Lady Assistant Their furnishings and equipment is of the very latest model and their popularity and uniform courtesy has made their business an instantaneous success. Not only have they beautiful caskets, costing from fifty to two hundred dollars, but they furnish the most elegant andsatisfac- R. F. GREEN. 99023 6349 LN1 ADKINS BROS. & GREEN 99023 6349 LN1 OUR CENTRAL LOCATION 19th and Vine Streets embalmers of the race. And their work has won much favorable comment in the many funerals they have had in both Kansas Cities. Their policy is not to attempt to force shop worn and inferior goods on their patrons, but to be guided by their patrons' desires and give them the very best possible service, whether it represents a ten dollar funeral or a two hundred dollar funeral. All fraternal society emblems and mottoes furnished on application, as well as floral designs and decorations; also the use of their chapel to those desiring such service. and best in Undertaking Service, co S BROS. & h and Vine Stre Both Phones East 4349 ey Are Open Da C. H. ADKINS. GREEN ast corner of E STS. tory caskets for from twenty-five to forty dollars that can be found in this city. They furnish either automobile or carriage service with their funerals as their patrons may desire, and they employ nothing but skillful and careful drivers on either their autos or carriages. They have one of the best graduate R. V. ADKINS. coupled with courteous service GREEN MADAM KATIE MARTIN'S "Sanitary" Hair Preparations "Sanitary" Hair Preparations are just what the name implies. They cleanse and cure the scalp of all diseases, such as Dandruff, Tetter or Eczema, and finally produce a thick growth of hair. T. E. H. given a careful study to hair and heads of the people. She manufactu Madam Katie Martin has given a careful paed to meet the demands of the people. TESTIM I have been taking treatment from Mme. Martin for about three months. My hair has grown wonderfully—three inches. My scalp is perfectly clean of disease, which was never so before. Sanitary Hair preparations have given me perfect satisfaction. I recommend them highly. her preparations, fore using my hairstyle account of my hair is thicker than it and it has grown since March 1st. Madam Katie Martin has given a careful study to hair and scalp culture and is prepared to meet the demands of the people. She manufactures all of her preparations her preparations are wonderful. Before using my hair was very thin on account of my bad scalp, but now it is thicker than it has been for years and it has grown several inches since March 1st, 1915. MRS. G. H. SMITH, 3406 E. 6th St. Kansas City, Mo. Madam Martin's "Sanitary Hair Preparations" have produced results that no other preparations have done. My scalp was in a very bad Martin Manufacturing Co. enclose I began to use Madam Martin's Preparations" have produced results "Sanitary Hair Preparations" March that no other preparations have 1st, 1915. I can positively say that done. My scalp was in a very bad I began to use Madam Martin's Preparations" ha "Sanitary Hair Preparations" March that no other 1st, 1915. I can positively say that done. My scalp When writing to Madam Martin Manufa if answer is desired. When writing to Madam Martin Manufacturing Co. enclose two-cent stamp for postage if answer is desired. 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GOLD CROWNS, $3, $4 AND $5 WHITE CROWNS, $3, $4 AND SET OF TEETH, UPPER AND LOWER, NEW YORK DENT 1017-19 Walnut St Over Jaccard's Jewelry Store, 1 door north Emery CROWNS, $3, $4 AND $5 UPPER AND LOWER, $5.00 AND UP K DENTAL CO. Walnut Street e, 1 door north Emery, Biro. Thayer Co. WHITE CROWNS, $3, $4 AND $5 SET OF TEETH, UPPER AND LOWER, $5.00 AND UP Over Jaccard's Jewelry Store, 1 door north Emery, Bird, Thayer Co. A six weeks' trial treatment will convince any one of the value of Madam Martin's Sanitary Hair Preparations. A six weeks' trial treatment consisting of Sanitary Shampoo, 50c; Sanitary Grower, 50c; Sanitary Glossine, 35c; Sanitary Temple Grower, 35c, will be sent to any address in United States, prepaid, for $1.70. No goods sent C. O. D. AGENTS WANTED! GOOD PROFIT! MRS. KATIE BROOKS, 2112 W. Prospect, Kansas City, Mo We Alter and Repair Clothing ```markdown ``` TESTIMONIALS BRIDGE WORK Treating Scalps and Growing Hair Taught for $25.00 Write for Information. MME. KATE MARTIN Scalp Specialist 2220 MICHIGAN AVENUE KANSAS CITY, MO. BELL PHONE, E. 3936W. and scalp culture and is pre- tures all of her preparations condition: my hair was about 1½ inches in length, but after three months' treatment with Mme. Martin's Sanitary Hair Preparations my hair has grown 3½ inches. For many years I tried many other preparations, but found nothing that would heal my scalp and grow my hair, until I used Mme. Martin's Preparations. I highly recommend them. Any information desired consult, MRS. HARRIET FRISTO, 2223 Woodland Ave., Kansas City, Mo. Look at our children's fine shoes and slippers for Easter. Prices low. G. A. Page, 1507 East 18th st. Our men's low cuts and fine high shoes make your feet fit. G. A. Page, 1507 E. 18th st. HENRY H. SCOTT Interior Decorating, Painting, Paper Hanging. HOUSE PAINTING. Old English process of Hardwood Finishing. Quinoleum Is Queen YES, I Use Quinoleum, and like it fine. JUST FOLLOW DIRECTIONS. Ours are the finest made preparations for the hair and face. Quinoleum Hair Grower.....50c Quinoleum Hair Tonic.....50c Quinoleum Hair Shampoo.....25c Face Preparations. Quinoleum Face Bleach.....25c Quinoleum Face Cream.....25c Quinoleum Camphor Ice.....25c A liberal sample of our new preparation, a fragrantly perfumed toilet powder and a velvety face powder in pink and flesh colors (brown) sent free with any order. Call Bell Phone West 1757. 26th and Parkway, Kansas City, Kas. QUINOLEUM MANUFACTURING COMPANY COMPANY. Free to C Wox 1916 We are the largest manufacturer of colored women's hair, and we can introduce our goods we are sending free our latest book, our styles for colored women, in the latest hair dressing. Every colored woman should have one. We guarantee away artifice with sell money refunded. All hair will positively stand combing and washing the same as your own. We manufacture a STRAIGHTENING COMB of solid brass, with exquisite design. We serve on most serviceable made, fully guaranteed. With each comb we sell at the low price of $9 cents we give you a free hair dresser for this straightening comb today. A FULL LINE of Hair Brushes, Nets and Tollet Articles is illustrated and can be bought for less than offered elsewhere. Send two-cent stamp for book today AGENTE WANFRED KUMANIA HAIR COMPANY, 181-187 Park Row, New York. Chapter 30. Richmond nestles in the bosom of a fine agricultural section of the state and the colored people of that section are usually thrifty and prosperous. The little city was found to be in the hard-to-reach class, but once there one would fain take his leave. His honor, W. T. Shoot, mayor, delivered an inspiring address of welcome, saying nothing at all about his "ole culdul mammy," and Joe E. Herrford was appointed to respond upon behalf of the Grand Lodge. Brother G. C. Kimbrough, now dead, was at that time master of the local lodge, Keystone No. 73, and was the very embodiment of physical energy and Masonic activity. He was of ambitious temperament; clean in his com- [Image of a man in a suit and bow tie]. ceptions, charitable at all times and always pleasant. His loss a few years later was a severe blow to his community, to the Grand Lodge and to the Order Eastern Star, of which he was a leading factor. Upon behalf of the Masons Brother Kimbrough delivered an address full of fraternal cordiality and was responded to by Brother Wm. H. Jones of St. Joseph. The annual address of Grand Master Chinn was of a high rank, in several points reaching near to sublimity, in every respect indicating a deep-seated interest and a profound knowledge of the work entrusted to his care. He discussed a wide range of topics, many of them being of general interest, and he set forth his ideals in a most cogent as well as delightful manner. He had gone to the very bottom of the system under which the Masonic relief department had been operating, and under the intelligent co-operation of Brother C. G. Williams, the then secretary, he ironed out many of the crinkles and gave to the department a tangible aspect. Chinn differed from Pelham in that he was more careful of details, more plainly practical and more economical. He was also of a more strict disposition and at once gave the lodges to understand that he would not temperize with them regarding the payment of dues to the relief or the general departments, and that he would administer the benefits with equal justice to all. Under this inspiration the lodges were more prompt in meeting their obligations, so that at Richmond the Grand Master announced that for the first time in its history the relief department was able to sustain all claims paid at he full amount and hold a neat balance in reserve. It is needless to say that the effect of this announcement was most salutary to he jurisdiction. All the slothful and doubtful brethren now fell into line and the Masonic relief was at las firmly established as an indispensable institution of the craft. In all the subordinate lodges it was found that financial troubles had disappeared simply because the Grand Master had the nerve to say: "If you do not pay you can not say." The grand dues, too, were paid with greater promptness and at his session it was proposed to raise this tax to 40 cents per capita in order to better meet the current expenses of the Grand Lodge. The committee, headed by Brother Joe E. Herriford, which was appointed the year before to present at this session a revised form of the constitution, made its report. The committee recommended the abolition of the proxy system, a limited tenure of office for the Grand Master and an increase in the annual grand dues. Only one of these, the tenure of office provision, got through. The Grand Master was a friend of the proxy system and the "boys" thought they could not stand 15 cents more per year on the grand dues. So there was not much revision after all, the changes agreed to being of minor importance and the new sections being merely an enchancement of legislation already in force. The death of P. G. J. W. Rev. J. W. Hughes, minister and former teacher, also founder of Hughes lodge at Louisiana and one of the best loved Masons of the jurisdiction, was announced at this session. At the annual election of officers Brother Sonny Vaughan, heretofore mentioned in these notes, was elected Junior Grand Warden. The always popular Tom Mahammitt was unanimously chosen Deputy Grand Master. It was expected that Brother J. S. Cobb of Cape Girardeau, who had been made Junior Grand Warden the year before, would now advance to the position of Senior Grand Warden, but friends of Rev. M. S. Bryant thought he had been waiting long enough for Masonic honors and insisted upon putting him in the Grand West. Brother Bryant, much like Brother Vaughn, for many years, and is at this time, one of the most zealous of Masons. No meeting of the Grand Lodge is complete without him and he never allows any circumstances to keep hi maway from its councils. He is a man of iron con- victions, a fearless champion and of most powerful persuasiveness. Above all this his long service as a minister of the gospel and the uprightness of his life among us has made for him a name and given to him a standing that any man might well envy. The thirty-eighth annual communication was voted to Carrollton. When you think of your Spring Sewing and a duplicate of your own body on which you can MAKE AND FIT EVERYTHING from the top of your collar to the hem of your skirt without trying on yourself, think of us. See yourself as others see you. First DRESS FORM advertised and made in Kansas City for and by our RACE. When you think of your Spring Sewing and a duplicate of your own body on which you can MAKE AND FIT EVERYTHING from the top of your collar to the hem of your skirt without trying on yourself, think of us. See yourself as others see you. First DRESS FORM advertised and made in Kansas City for and by our RACE. Price reasonable. Call and be convinced. MRS. AMANDA SIMPSON, 1009 Virginia Street. PRINTING? SEE FRANKLIN. Bell phone Grand 2988 Everything it takes to make Printing pleasing and attractive —why he's got it. "He Delivers the Goods." 1309 East 18th Street. (Near Tracy Avenue) SMITH'S HAIR GROWER. Madame C. A. Smith announces to the public that her marvelous hair grower and scalp treatment has been tested out thoroughly and proven to be the MOST WONDERFUL TREATMENT FOR THE HAIR She has ever used or seen used. Every ingredient safe and harmless. Patients received from 8:30 a. m. to 6 p. m. Bell phone East 4975. 1100 Highland Ave. The Handy Colored Store 2409 Vine St. Ladies' and Gent's Furnishing Goods and Notions FURNISHING COOTS & KNIVES MUSLIN UNDERWEAR Slightly Soiled An assortment of ladies' muslin pattiecoats, gowns, corset covers and children's muslin pants that have become slightly soiled and mussed from display and handling. Some are embroidery and lace trimmed. OUR SALE PRICES ARE 19c, 25c, 49c and 79c a Garment. VISIT OUR DRY GOODS AND HARDWARE DEPT. BARGAINS SPECIAL BARGAINS IN OUR NOTION DEPARTMENT AND HAIR GOODS. Special Values in Furnishings for Men, Women and Children. GIVE US A CALL. Taylor Holmes & Co. Mrs. Annie Holmes, Mngr. 2409 VINE ST., Kansas City, Mo. If a Beautiful Head of Hair Is Your Pride, then it's the Most Beautiful Head, the Most Wonderful Display of the Century. 211 PERSIAN CREAM Affair Grower and Straightenen The New Way of Treating the Scalp and Growing the Hair. 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MID-WEST Tailors, Cleaners and Dyers Little do millions of people realize that the garments they wear may be laden with germs which carry and spread disease of every kind and nature. A moment of earnest reflection upon this subject will at once disclose the fact that one's outer clothing comes in almost continuous contact with germ elements that have their source of entry to the body through the clothes we wear. THE SHOP Pressing clothes by hand with the half rotten sponge or dirty press cloth is adding fuel to the fire of contagion, but To have your clothes pressed the Hoffman saintary way is positive assurance that they will be thoroughly sterilized. Every square inch of your garment will be treated with clean hot dry steam without scorching, burning or glosser it. This process of pressing also raises the nap, brings out the color, sets, cures and dries the fabric, producing a newness in appearance as well as lengthening the life of your wardrobe. 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St. Stephen's Baptist Church, 604 Charlotte. Centennial M. E. Church, 19th and Woodland. Second Baptist Church, 10th and Charlotte. Allen Chapel A. M. E. Church, 10th and Charlotte. Kansas Ave. Baptist Church, 46th and Kansas. Phelzey A. M. E. Church, 17th and Tracy. St. Augustine's P. E. Church, 11th and Washburn. Blue Valley Baptist Church, 1120 Crystal avenue. St. John's A. M. E. Church, 1743 Belleview. Seventh Day Adventist, 23d and Woodland. St. Monica's Catholic, 17th and Lydia. Vine St. Baptist Church, 1825 Vine St. Ward Chapel A. M. E. Church, 11th and Troos. Morning Star Baptist Church, 2311 Vine. Highland Avenue Baptist Church, 1111 Highland. Centropolis A. M. E. Church, Centropolis St. James A. M. E. Zion Church, 1823 Woodland Ave. Third Baptist Church, Roundtop. Fresh Mission, 30th and Genesee. St. Paul's Baptist Church, 19th and Highland. Friendship Baptist Church, 17th and Tracy Avenue. Pilgrim Baptist Church, 614 Charlotte St. Pleasant Green Baptist Church, Independence Avenue and Tracy. Calvary Baptist Church, 19th and Askew. Bigelow A. M. M. Mission, 5th and Lafayette. Progressive Baptist Church, 29th and Summit E. E. Church, 1817 Flora Ave. St. James Baptist Church, 4039 Mill St. M. E. Church, 43rd and Prospect Place. A. M. E. Mission, 565 Grand Ave. CLARK CHURCH, 1864 Madison Ave. First A. M. E. Church, 8th and Neb. Pleasant Green Baptist Church, 1st and Splitlog. Bingham St. Baptist Church, 8th and Oakland. Metropolitan Baptist Church, 9th and Washington. Bethel A. M. E. Church, Water and Stemtall Streets. St. Paul A. M. E. Church, 21st and Ruby. King Solomon Baptist Church, 3rd and State. Quindaro A. M. E. Church, Quindaro. Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, Rosedale. M. E. Church, 9th and Oakland. A. M. E. Church, 4th and Oakland. sister session A. M. E. Church, South Park Kan. Protestant Episcopal, 3rd and Stewart. Second Baptist Church, 24th and Ruby. Wesley Chapel M. E., 106 Shawnee. St. Paul A. M. E. Zion Church, 4000 Adams. Bethel A. M. E. Church, Rosedale, Kan. Mi Zion Baptist Church, 4th and Virginal. Ebenezer A. M. E. Church, Sanford and Tremont. St. Paul Primitive Baptist Church, Westport avenue and Tangent street, Rosedale. EDITORIALS Those Southern Democrats who mounted the chairs at a Waldorf-Astoria banquet last week and sang "I wish I was in Dixie" might be reminded that many friends join in the wish. If Christ is given a very wide range in the big Sunday Tabernacle there will be no way found to draw the color line. Even though all the pictures of angels are white, the devil is not pictured as black and religion is not founded upon art alone. Judge Dyer of the United States federal court has issued an injunction against the enforcement of the St. Louis segregation ordinance. He said some very brave things concerning the rights of colored people, but of course had to say: "The Negro does not desire social equality." Certainly not. The Negro deems himself far too good to socialize with a very large class of white people, especially that type of transient renters who voted against the St. Louis Negro home owners. Little Corner —That Prof. Robert G. Jackson does things right. If you heard "Hiawatha" you think so, too. —That money is the root of all evil" but there has been many a happy face since the election. —That it's easier to show a man that he's in error than to show him how to correct that error. —That since the price of shoes has gone up the young men have been pondering over the question: "To love or not to love." —That a certain society lady was heard to say: "Watch me cut any body who doesn't come my way." Some power, eh? —That "bustin' up and reorganizing" seems to be the fad in Colored Women's Clubs. What's the matter ladies; can't you get along? —That recently a lady's home was burglarized and in the excitement she said: "Oh, my, if they left my $10.00 boots, I don't care if they took every thing else." —That a lady was giving a party the other day and just as the guests were being served, an expressman came for hubby's trunk. Too bad, wasn't it? —That there will be so many June weddings that some are talking of starting 10-cent clubs for presents. There will sure be some long lists then, won't there? —That an old Negro was recently arrested and taken before the municipal judge to answer to the charge of vagrancy. "What do you do?" asked the judge. "Nuthin." he answered. "What are you worth then?" "Nuthin.". To this the judge smiled and said: "I believe you have spoken truthfully so you may go." Table Talk. For the past few days matters have been a trifle balled up at the Claridge hotel, says the New York Mall. A H. Billard of Meriden, Conn., and J. O. Pool of Springfield, Mass., although total strangers to each other, arrived at the hotel at the same hour one night. The room clerk, when he noticed the combination, turned as white as chalk, but, taking his cue from a run of similar surprises, easily bridged the difficulty. Quickly he called Kelley from the cushions at the side rail, adjusted his diamonds, peered into the rack, scratched his ear, picked up a bottle and extracted from it a pill, and in rotation shot a look of welcome at the men, carefully pocketing his emotions. The Public Pose. "The author of this novel says the heroine lost herself in a maze of reflections, as she and the hero stood by the ralling of an ocean liner." "And what was the hero doing?" "This is one of those society novels. Can't you guess what the hero was doing?" "He was toying with a silver cigarette case." Season 1916 BankruptSale OVIATT'S 15,000 PAIRS PATRIICIAN, JOHN KELLY'S, H. H. 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Come where your nickles and dimes have the m PHONES—HOME EAST 2293, BELL E. 64 Fresh drugs and pure chemicals. Prescriptions and sodas a specialty. Our prescription department is one of the most complete in the city and is in charge of graduate, experienced, care-taking and registered pharmacists. Other sundaes and sodas sell at the same price, but don't have that refreshing fruity taste. Come where your nickles and dimes have the most cents. PHONES—HOME EAST 2293, BELL E. 641. CITY'S ISRAEL IN MOURNING War Has Played Havoc With London's Second-Hand Business in Men's Clothing. There is sorrow in Judea and mourning in the tents of Israel. At least, this applies to that large and hitherto flourishing section which is especially interested in the vending of second-hand clothing. Several marts wherein the impecunious were wont to be smartly endured with "West end missifs" have been closed down altogether, and others are feeling a severe draft created by the blast of the war trumpet. "We cannot get the stuff," is the cry of the beady-eyed salesmen with the crisped hair, lurking mournfully behind a deserted counter. The war affects the second-hand clothing trade in two ways. First, the young knut whose cast-off raiment was the mainstay of the business is now in khaki. He has not troubled his tailor in the matter of civilian clothes for many moons. Formerly a brisk trade was done in the morning coats and bounce suits discarded by young and fastidious officers. These were eagerly bought up by the city clerks and others whose means were not equal to their taste in attire. Now that source of supply is cut off. The military Brummel is living, and has been for months, in a suit of torn and mud-stained khaki. Furthermore, many hundreds of young dudes have joined the army since the outbreak of the war. So that channel is stopped up, and the disconsolate Israelite repeats his mournful cry: "We cannot get the stuff."—London Globe. 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LOUIS THE ALTON ROAD KANSAS CITY Delegates and others from the West will join the Kansas City Delegation and leave Kansas City 6 p. m. Sunday, April 30, in special equipment which has been reserved for their exclusive use, going via Chicago, Michigan Central R. R. to Buffalo viewing the wonderful cataract, Niagara Falls, en route. From Buffalo party will use Lehigh Valley, Philadelphia and Reading, a route noted for its beautiful scenery. Delegates and others contemplating attending this conference should send their names in to Rev. J. R. Ransom, 1930 North 6th street, Kansas City, Kansas, at an early date in order that proper provision may be made for their accommodation. C. R. MURRAY, Western Passenger Agent. 919 Walmut Street. Letters, circulars, etc., done quickly and neatly at prices that you will appreciate. Office hours 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. 1022 Michigan ave. Home on Sundays after 1:30 p. m. Bell phone East 3918W. A. FRANKLIN RADFORD 716 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo. Office Hours—10-12 a. m.; 3-5; 7-8 p. m. Office phone, Bell Grand 2553W Residence phone, Bell East 3398. REV. SISTER PEARL. D. D. The following are some forceful and helpful scripture lessons which I would be pleased to have my many friends read while thinking of me: Psalms 37: 1-2-9-17-24-37.—Rev. Sister Pearl. Did you give her a lift? She is a sister of man and bearing about all the burden she can. Did you give her a smile? She was downcast and blue, and a smile would have helped her to battle it through. Did you give her a hand? She was slipping down hill and the world so fancied was using her ill. Did you give her a word? Did you show her the road? Or did you just let her go on with her load? Do you know what it means to be losing the fight, when a lift in time might set everything right? Do you know what it means just a clasp of a hand, when a woman's borne about all a woman ought to stand? Do you ask what it was, why the quivering lips, why the half suppressed sob and the scalding tears drip, were you sister of her when the time came of need? Do you offer to help her or didn't you heed? N. C. Crews, Kansas City, Grand Master. Deputy Grand Master, Richard Young, Lincoln, Neb. Wm. Green, Plattsburg, Mo., Grand Senior Warden. Crittenden C. Clark, St. Louis, Grand Junior Warden. H. H. Walker, St. Joseph, Grand Treasurer. Geo. W. K. Love, Grand Secretary, Kansas City, Mo. W. W. Fields, Secretary of Masonic Relief, Cameron, Mo. P. L. Pratt, Kansas City, Mo., Grand Lecturer. Royal Arch Masons: Grand High Priest—Geo. Bloom- field, St. Louis. Deputy Grand High Priest—T. G. McCampbell, Kansas City. Grand King—A. L. Thomas, Jefferson City. Grand Scribe—J. P. Moffett, Sedalia. Grand Treasurer—Chas. Griggsby, Liberty. Grand Secretary—E. S. Baker, Kansas City. Grand Lecturer—W. H. McAdams, Springfield. Grand Champion—Rev. R. Barber. Knights Templar: Right Eminent Grand Commander —Willis G. Moseley, Kansas City. Deputy R. E. C.—Peter Kincade, Kansas City. Grand Inspector—T. G. McCampbell, Kansas City. Grand Captain General—James W. Beard, St. Louis. Grand Senior Warden—Geo. A. Johnson, Kansas City. Grand Prelate—Henry Roan, St. Louis. Grand Recorder—James T. Cannon, St. Louis. MASONIC BUILDING ASSOCIATION MEMBERS. W. G. Mosely, Chairman. E. S. Baker, Secretary. R. W. Foster, Treasurer. W. C. Mallory, Sandy Meyers, Wm. Washington, L. P. Porteet, T. W. H. Williams R. T. Coles, J. E. Herriford, E. G. Lace, Geo. Johnson, Robt. Wiley. R. Y. Adkins. Lodge Directory ```markdown ``` Cheap John's Place 2224 VINE STREET WM. HOPKINS, Proprietor New and Second Hand Furniture SECOND CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Preaching at 11 a., m. and 8 p. m. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Christian Endeavor at 6:30 p. m. Rev. Wm. Alphine of Fort Worth, Texas, preaching. Class Domestic Training School for Girls. Hours—1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Wed nesday and Thursday. Employment for members only. Bell phone East 3259Y. 1323 Jackson Ave. Kansas City, Mo DUNSON and HUTCHINSON 1116 PASEO Bell Phone Grand 2298 Let us figure with you. Our prices are right. Wm. Dunson, who makes a specialty of fancy paper hanging and imitations of oak, mahogany, walnut, and pine woods. His practical experience has made him master of his profession. All Work Absolutely Guaranteed. TELL YOUR FRIENDS Paseo Candy Kitchen 18th and Paseo Everybody welcome FRESH HOME-MADE CANDY Home-Made Candy a Specialty 10c a pound. OLD HATS MADE NEW CLEANING, PRESSING AND REPAIR SHOP. HARRY J. BROWN, Prop. Work Called for and Delivered to any Part of the City. First Class Work. Ladies' Work a Specialty. Bell Phone Grand 3013J 1808 FOREST AVE. Bought, Sold and Exchanged Big bargains at all times in house- hold necessities. Bell phone East 3851. G Pritchard Lodge No. 42, A. F. and A. M., meets every day 4 and 4th Monday in each month. All Master Masons in good standing welcome. C. Thompson, W. M. M. J. H. SPIGENER, Secretary G GREAT WESTERN MASONRY Rone Lodge No. 25. F. A. f安 and 3rd and 4th Monday in each month Master Masons in good standing M. M.; T. J. McCampbell, Sec'y G MASTERMEN Mt. Olive Lodge No. 53, A. F. and A. M. meet the 2nd and 4th Friday in every month. Visi- master Masons are welcome. Miyers, Mysr. M. Frank Love. Secretary, 15.12 Baltimore Ave. G MASONRY Lebanon Lodge No. 163, A. F. and A. M., Lincoln, Neb. meets in A. M., Tuesday in the month. All M. M. Maeons in good standing are • John C. Galbreath. W. M.; W. Mosey. W. Mosey, Sec.' 135 Rose, T. G MASONRY Liberty Lodge No. 37. A. 1, and A. M. Liberty, M. mo. meets in the 4th and 6th Saturday nights in the V. T. Starks, S. W. Acting, Master; Nelson Wallar, Sec'y. I. O. I. Queen Esther Court No. 43. Hake from the hall in each first and third Monday in each month at 2:30 p. m.; M. B. Campbell Sts., Kansas City, M. B. Q.; Rosa L. Jones, Chron., 1406 North 3d St., Kansas City, Kas. U. B. F. King of the West Lodge 218 meets first and third Monday in each month at 563 Grand Avenue, Wilson, W. M.; D. M. West, 1718 Euclid Ave., Secretary. CITY NEWS --- King Quality Shoes for men.—G. A. Page, 1507 E. 18th st. Prof. and Mrs. G. A. Page spent Easter at Topeka the guests of their father, Mr. John Page. Mrs. Maggie Brooks and little Hortense Brown are visiting in Omaha for a week, with sister and grandmother. Mr. William Smith, who is walking from Kansas City to New York, reports that he has reached Fayette, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Straughter of 1206 Paseo, were called to Ottawa, Kas., on account of the illness of his brother, William Straughter. Mrs. Esther Mitchell and Mrs. Henrietta Parson of Quincy, Ill., has been in the city visiting for a few days and were the guests at breakfast of Mrs. Francis Wilson, 913 Woodland avenue. Monday a sight draft for $100.00 from the Clover Leaf Casualty Company was delivered to Mr. L. S. Jefferson, proprietor of the "Hole in the Wall" restaurant for his recent disability from appendicitis. The Clover Leaf does pay. P. C. James, Agt. Mrs. Annie E. Floyd wishes to thank her many friends for the beautiful Easter cards and flowers sent her Easter, especially Mrs. Amanda Wooby, who sent her a beautiful box of roses from Phoenix, Ariz. Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe White's Dancing Academy, Armory Hall, Cottage and Vine streets every Wednesday and Saturday nights. Private class any time. Bell Phone, East 2690. Dancing teacher wanted. There was a grand spiritual meeting last Sunday, April 23, given by Madame White at 1605 Forest avenue. It was largely attended. Many persons were the recipients of messages from Mrs. White of friends gone on before. G. A. Page declares that his shoe store enjoyed the biggest Easter trade in the history of that institution. He wishes to thank his many patrons for their loyalty and patience during the great rush Saturday evening at the shoe store, 1507 East 18th street. Come again, our goods are getting better all the time. Grand Master Nelson C. Crews and Mr. Edw. S. Baker left last Sunday evening for Fort Huachuca, Arizona, to give the degrees of the Consistory, to a large body of Masons stationed at that point. They were joined at Douglass, Arizona, by Mr. Willis G. Mosely, who had been in St. Louis, Mo., attending to affairs pertaining to the Grand Commandery. CARD OF THANKS. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hopkins and daughter, Mrs. Ethel Williams, extend their heartfelt appreciation to their friends and neighbors for kindness shown during the illness and death of their beloved daughter and sister, Bernice Lewis, especially Mrs. Eubell and Mrs. Shepard. We wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to the neighbors and friends who rendered assistance to us during the illness and death of our beloved husband, father, brother and nephew, Aaron Overton. We also thank Rev. H. D. Harris, the Argentine Concert bang, and all who gave floral offerings. MRS. EVA OVERTON, wife, TURNER OVERTON, FINDLAY OVERTON, brothers, MISS CLARINDA OVERTON, MRS. TURNER OVERTON, MRS. ALICE FINDLAY, sisters, SAMUEL OVERTON, FRED OVERTON, DOROTHY OVERTON, children, MR. and MRS. ALLEN MAXIE, Kansas City, Mo. FIRST TROLLEY PARTY. A trolley party to Leavenworth will be given by Kansas City's popular dancing teachers, Prof. and Mrs. Roscoe White. Dancing at the Coliseum rink. Visitors will be there from Atchison, Topeka and St. Joseph, and all will be entertained by the Link club of Fort Leavenworth and the Tango club. Cars leave Tenth and Main at 6:30 and 7:30 p. m. Save your transfers. For further information call Prof. or Mrs. Roscoe White. Bell phone East 2690. Remember the date—Monday, May 1. Round trip—60 cents. WOMEN'S CLUBS. Kansas City's Greatest Fraternal Movement. A great Calanthian Bazaar, in which fifteen counts and five juveniles will participate, will be given three nights in May, the 22nd, 23rd and 24th respectively. Cash prizes will be given. $10.00 for selling the most over 100 tickets and $5.00 for the most over 75 tickets. Price of tickets is 10c and anyone can enter the contest by seeing Grand Matron Katie Martin, chairman of the general committee, who will hold a meeting of her committee Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the residence of Mrs. Nora Allen, 2322 Michigan. The Council will meet Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 with Mrs. M. A. Kirkpatric, 1212 Vine street. All are urged to be present. Mrs. F. E. Birch, Pres. Our windows speak for the style and quality of our new lines of shoes. —G. A. Page, 1507 E. 18th st. IN MEMORIAM In memory of my beloved husband, Chas. H. Lewis, who passed away two years ago to day, April 26, 1914. Recollections of thee, dear heart, Fond memories of which I'll ne'er depart. Nothing in life can eliminate Sweet memories of your love so great, Your heart was true, I am proud of you, dear. Loving you were, and always sincere. No higher eulogy can I give, May your Masonic name forever live. Blesseth he thee, in thy resting place, May we meet again, some day, face to face. God bless you forever, my love of the truest, Your loving wife, Mrs. Chas. H. Lewis. Sadly missed by wife, MRS. CHAS. H. LEWIS. ST. JOHN A. M. E. CHURCH In Mock Conference at 1747 Belleview Avenue, Kansas City, Mo. Friends or friend will you rally and help us to raise $700 in May to save our church? This Conference will open May 1, 1916, and will close May 15. The Bishops in attendance will be as follows: Bishop I. Allen, Monday, May 1; Bishop C. W. Walker, Tuesday night, May 2; Bishop L. Pany, Wednesday, May 3; Bishop M. Parker, May 4; Bishop C. Moore, Friday night, May 5. Sunday, all day will be preaching by visiting brothers. Bishop A. Liggins, Monday night, May 8; Bishop of Africa, Tuesday, May 9. Friends come and see the grand mass meeting and the closing of the Conference. See bills for further information. An invitation has been extended to the pastors of all Methodist churches to be present at the opening of the Mock Conference which opens April 31, at 2 p. m. Revs. McClain and Wells will conduct the general class meeting. This invitation includes all the churches of the two Kansas Cities. Rev. Warfield and choir will be present, Rev. J. R. Ransom, candidate for the Bishopric will conduct the services. Rev. W. C. Williams will be general supervisor of the collection, and Rev. Wm. H. Thomas of Allen Chapel will be the financial secretary. We have only 80 members of this church, hence this great struggle. Come and help us. The Baptist Twin City Alliance will be present with us May 2. Rev. G. T. Mosby, D.D., is vice president. Invocation will be by Dr. S. W. Bacote and Dr. W. A. Boren, president of the Kansas State Convention, will preach on that date. All Baptist ministers and their congregations will be present. Rev. D. A. Holmes and his choir will be present at this meeting. The Lord has said, "Help us help each other, Lord, each other's cross to bear"; and "Ask and it shall be given, knock and it shall be opened." In this way we are trying to get into your hearts to be with us and help raise the $700 by the 15th of May. G. W. WALKER, Bishop of the Southwest Missouri Conference. SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH The Easter program rendered by the B. Y. P. U. last Sunday was excellent, especially was the music by the choir, which has taken on new life. The topic lesson led by Mr. Smith was well discussed. The attendance was 110. Next Sunday the choir will begin its processional promptly at 6 o'clock. Come early and see this splendid choir perform and listen to the melodious songs and anthems. Also Mr. Well of St. Louis will address the union.... The senior B. Y. P. U. held an interesting session in the lecture room last Sunday. The following program will be rendered, beginning at 6:30. Everybody is invited. The services all day last Sunday were glorious. In the morning Dr. Bacote delivered one of his masterpieces relative to the Risen Lord, which was appreciated by an unusually large congregation. In the evening the pastor's discourse was grand and the attendance was large. The Sunday school rendered an excellent program, after which the hearts of all the boys and girls were gladdened by the distribution of beautiful colored eggs. "I Am a Cat." A Japanese critic in the New Re public described a recent humorous masterpiece in Japanese literature. "The tradition is that Japanese literature very seldom smiles. 'I am a Cat' appeared in our literature to relieve the long strain of lachrymose history with a thoughtful, cynical smile—a smile, at any rate. It is the biography of a nameless cat residing in the home of an absent-minded professor. The cat is baptized in a gutter of Tokyo and saves himself from the hands of a brusque student with an enormous stomach and a big stick trying to pay him a compliment, which marks the first episode of the feline career. He goes into the professor's house and observes the ingenuity and prejudice of that sommolent specimen of humanity, and there he stays in spite of his tastes and philosophy, and the story runs on agilely until he dies, poisoned like a Socrates. Cats are not as smilable creatures as dogs, so the difference between Sosek's book and that of M Anatole France lies mainly in the nature of their smile, the difference of mewing smile and barking smile." Trolley Party Cosmos Club to Leavenworth MAY 9th THE BOOSTERS' CLUB MISSES EDNA HAMMETT, KATHERINE ADAMS and MAZIE WOODSON; MESSRS. MACEO WILLIAMS, U. G. WESTON, LEMUEL RUSSELL, ROLAND BRUCE and J. MILTON SMYLES. A SPRING CONCERT Women's Clubs. The Ladies' Coterie Art Club met with Mrs. H. Compton, 1425 Michigan, last Wednesday, with a nice attendance. After a delightful program the club adjourned to meet with Mrs. Sophronia Simpson, 917 Vine street, upstairs. Two visitors were present, Mrs. Perry, who made excellent remarks to the club, and Miss Bacot, who read an interesting paper. KENSINGTON ART CLUB The Art exhibit given last Monday evening by the Kensington Art Club was very largely attended. The work on exhibition was up to the usual high standard of this club. The S. M. T. Social Club was or organized Monday evening, April 24, at the residence of Mrs. Annie E. Floyd, 1639 Cottage avenue. The Past Worthy Princess of Golden Gate Temple 146 and Second Grand Trustee of the Grand Temple. The following officers were elected; Annie E. Floyd first president; Georgia A. Baldock second president; Missouri Ford, first vice president; Lizzie Moten, second vice president; Elliza Lynn, secretary; Emma Lefroa, assistant secretary; Lula M. Bates, corresponding secretary; Mollie Trouser, finance keeper; Sarah Hubbard, chaplain; Matte Hardin, warden; Sadie Gower, sentinel; Lula Brown, messenger; Chloe Clay, auditing committee; Matte Grider visiting committee; Elizabeth Cald well, reception committee; Ida Alexander, delegate committee. Next meeting will be Friday evening, May 5, at the beautiful home of Mrs. Sarah Hubbard, 2213 Lydia avenue. ANNIE E. FLOYD, President ELIZA FLYNN, Secretary. THE TIVOLA CLUB The Tivola Club met Friday, April 21, with Miss Susie Young, 1023 Nebraska avenue, Kansas City, Kas. The hostess served a lovely Easter lunch eon. Mrs. Susie Craig, president; Mrs. Belford Green, vice president; Miss Lula Marshall, secretary. OAK LEAF ART CLUB The Oak Leaf Art Club members will be very glad to meet all of their many friends at Lyric Hall, May 10 at their exhibit. Please don't forget the date, May 10. Mrs. Tony, Pres., Miss Wanzer, Sec. XX HISTORY AND ART CLUB. The exhibit of the XX History and Art Club was quite a success in attendance, finance and enjoyment. At 12:00 o'clock promptly, the Cake Walk began and the prize winners were Miss Catherine Washington and Prof. Clark, who were very generous in passing the cake around to the onlookers. The work displayed was very beautiful. THE SOROSIS CLUB With the deepest gratitude to the kind patrons of our recent dinner for benefit of our Y. M. C. A Piano Fund and with perfect satisfaction that we had succeeded in serving our guests uniformly well to the best of our ability, the article of criticism occurring under the above caption in last week's issue clothed in such unhappy diction was startling news to each member of the club. Each waitress was aforehand assigned her line and worked systematically at her own position. We deeply regret any grievances, real or imaginary. MRS. J. F. SHANNON, Chr. Ex. Com. THE COSMOS CLUB The Cosmos Club, a social service organization, organized three years ago for the laudable purpose of providing a Friday night dance at the M. and O. hall for the young people of the two cities, adequately supervised and chaperoned under the leadership of that prince of good fellows, Tilford Davis, Jr., has been persuaded to go on the second of its now famous outings to Leavenworth. The date is set for Tuesday evening, May 9. Like the one last year this affair is unique, in that it guarantees a seat "gwine and comin" as Uncle Mose would say. President Davis informs us that while the Trolley Party of 1915 was the best ever taken out of Kansas City, the club has profited some by that experience, and proposes to make the coming event better still in several ways, although the Order of last year can hardly be improved on—it was so near perfect. The fact that the Club does not try to carry anybody and everybody, and Tom, Dick and Harry, is one of its strongest recommendations to our good people. Another thing we like about this Club is that it promises no more than it can perform and sets a good example by keeping its promise, as some of our readers found out to their chagrin last year when they tried to get tickets after the date set for them to be withdrawn from general sale, which is May 6, for this year—and found it difficult to get hold of one. Tickets on sale at the People's Drug Store, Slaughter's and Home Drug Company, exclusively. A CORRECTION In the article last week relating to the death of Mr. Guy Marshall, the name of one brother was omitted; which was Mr. S. C. Marshall of Butler, Pa., and it was also stated that the apartments at 1207.9 E. 16th were owned by Mr. Marshall which was a mistake. They were built by Mr. Marshall according to his own plans. AUTO DIRECTORY AUTO DIRECTORY BLUNK'S PLACE 1516 East Eighteenth St. Fills a long felt want among the Color- ed People of this city. Headquarters for Auto Service. Also a fine line of Cigars, and an ele- gant shoe shining parlor. For Auto or Taxi stop in or call Bell, E78 782, or Home, East 802. UP TO THE MINUTE AUTO LIVERY Best Cars Best Service Best Chauffeurs Call Bell Phone, Main 3597 FRED MAHAN 578 Harrison St. TRY US! BROWN CLIPPER 40-Horse Power 7-Passenger Automobile. As a pleasure car The Clipper has no equal. Driven by Owner. 24-hour. Stick this near your telephone. W. H. HUBBELL Bell Phone East 2013 Home Phone East 4159 MISS EDNA HAMMETT announces that she is open for engagement as PIANIST for Receptions. Bell E. 2943. Home E. 802. Rooms to Rent WANTED—A 6, 7 or 8-room modern house by a first-class family. Good location. Call Bell phone, East 3918W. FOR RENT—Nicely furnished rooms. Men preferred. Near car line. 1915 North 3d, Kansas City, Kas. FOR RENT 1630 Cottage, 3r, 1st floor. 6.50 1728 Woodland, 4r, modern 16.00 1804 East 16th, 5r, 1st floor 16.00 2034 Holmes, 8r, modern 16.00 1185 Woodland, 8r, modern 16.00 1303 East 19th, 3r. 6.00 1909 Tracy, 5r. 18.00 1154 Mays, 5r, modern 10.00 505 East 6th, 5r, modern 10.00 1831 Paseo, 7r, modern 23.50 1742 Woodland, 5r. 12.50 1262 Bell, 5r. 15.00 1502 East 6th, 3d fl. 4r mod. 9.00 507 East 6th, 2d fl. 4r mod. 10.00 1434 Woodland, 5r. 10.00 2205 Michigan, 4r. 8.00 1108 Vine St, 5r, rear. 8.00 1108 Vine St, 5r, rear. 14.00 1510 East 18th, 6r modern 25.00 1936 North 3d, K C., Kans, 6r. 15.00 1699 Mo. Ave, 5r. 15.00 1699 Tracy, 5r. 17.50 1902 Woodland, 8r, gas, water and electrical. 17.00 1736 Highland, storeroom 17.00 400 Cherry, 10r. 25.00 1698 Gail, 5r. 10.00 2635 Michigan, 4r. 10.50 2743 Norton, 4r. 6.00 1613 East 22d, 4r. 10.00 1613 East 22d, 4r. $9.00 to $12.00 704 W. 30th, 8r. 10.00 1715 W. Prospect, 3r. 10.00 1424 Gail, 4r. 8.00 1423 East 6th, 4rst floor 12.00 510-12 E. 6th, 40r 75.00 2958 Norton, 7r.mod. 15.00 MR. F. J. WEAVER. FOR SALE 29th and Norton, 5-room cottage, $1,000. We have several vacant lots on which we will build to suit customers for $300.00 down, balance on easy terms. 1118 Iline, 4r. part modern cottage, $1,700; $200 down and $12 per month. 2631 Euclid, 5 rooms, modern, brick oungalow. Price $2,200; $200 down, $20 per month. Persons renting or buying from us will be given preference on all employment in our employment department. 1706 Park—7r, modern, 2-story residence, large lot. Price $2,650.00; $300.00 down balance to suit. 1518 Park—5r, modern cottage, $2,000; $200 down $20 per month including all interest until paid. 1623 Agnes—7r, strictly modern, almost new. Price $2,800; $200 down balance to suit. Automobile—5-passenger Overland, will trade for equity in real estate or secured note. 911 McGee St. PHONES—HOME, East 802, Bell 782 Small Facts About Horses. Gray horses are the longest lived and cream colored ones the most a- ffected by temperature changes. Optimistic Thought. Prosperity gives us friends but ad- versity proves them. THE SOUTHWEST'S GREATEST STORE! Everything to completely outfit the whole family and furnishings for the home. Emery, Birch KANSAS CITY BIG DISCO ON ALL NEW AND S The Largest Stock in Our Safes were all bought at safe for the CRAMER BR 1422 WALN Menz, Bird, Thayer Co. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. MG DISCOUNT SALE IN ALL NEW AND SECOND-HAND SAFES The Largest Stock in the West to Pick From. s were all bought at the old prices. See our sp safe for the home—$18.00. RAMER BROS. SAFE CO. 1422 WALNUT STREET Emery,Bird,ThayerCo KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. BIG DISCOUNT SALE ON ALL NEW AND SECOND-HAND SAFES The Largest Stock in the West to Pick From. Our Safes were all bought at the old prices. See our special safe for the home—$18.00. CRAMER BROS. SAFE CO. 1422 WALNUT STREET GROW SOMETHING Even without considering the advice the actual saving should give you something yourself this summer est part of your investment but age of Harden's Seeds has behi years. Everything for the Farm and Two Stores 505 Walnut St. 1418 Grand Ave BOTH PHONES out considering the advantage of fresh, crisp vegeta saving should give you a sufficient reason for gre yourself this summer. The cost of the seeds is the cost of your investment but the most important. Every Brunner's Seeds has behind it the practical experience. anything for the Farm and Garden—Ask for Catalogue 505 Walnut St. 1418 Grand Ave. BOTH PHONES The Harden Seed TANSAS CITY, MO. Even without considering the advantage of fresh, crisp vegetables the actual saving should give you a sufficient reason for growing something yourself this summer. The cost of the seeds is the smallest part of your investment but the most important. Every package of Harnden's Seeds has behind it the practical experience of 30 years. Everything for the Farm and Garden—Ask for Catalogue. Two Stores 505 Walnut St. 1418 Grand Ave. BOTH PHONES The Harden Seed Co. TANSAS CITY, MO. GOOD TO THE END CROSSETT SHOES FOR MEN. "Makes Life's Walk Easy." $4 to $6 CROSSETT BOOT SHOP, 1005 Main St. Nat D. Jones, Mgr. REMOVAL NOTICE. On or about May 1 the C. C. 1433 East 18th Street, will move Our Prices are Home Phone East 4082 CALL (At Eighteen) Toilet Article Prescriptions filled ad by Graduate Regu Anything in Drug Line Peoples D or about May 1 the C. COLLINS DRY GOODS STO 18th Street, will move four doors west. Our Prices are Very Reasonable. CALL US UP (At Eighteenth & Paseo) et Articles Deliver descriptions filled accurately and promptly by Graduate Registered Pharmacists. Peoples Drug Store On or about May 1 the C. COLLINS DRY GOODS STORE, 1433 East 18th Street, will move four doors west. Our Prices are Very Reasonable. Home Phone East 4082 CALL US UP (At Eighteenth & Paseo) Bell Phone East 1814 Toilet Articles Delivered (Prescriptions filled accurately and promptly by Graduate Registered Pharmacists. Anything in Drug Line Peoples Drug Store Everything for the Toilet For Biscuits Fine And Cakes Divine Bakes Perfect Bread All The Time Corn Meal Too ISMERT-HINCKE MILLING CO. --- D. Thayer Co. TY, MISSOURI. COUNT SALE SECOND-HAND SAFES the West to Pick From. the old prices. See our special home—$18.00. OS. SAFE CO. OUT STREET a sufficient reason for growing The cost of the seeds is the small- the most important. Every pack- it the practical experience of 30 d Garden—Ask for Catalogue. The Harden Seed Co. TANSAS CITY, MO. COLLINS DRY GOODS STORE, are four doors west. Very Reasonable. US UP (enth & Paseo) Bell Phone East 1814 Les Delivered accurately and promptly registered Pharmacists. Drug Store Everything for the Toilet ISMERT-HINCKE MILLING CO. I-H BEST PATENT HARD WHEAT FLOUR. KANSAS CITY, U.S.A. I-H --- ay Bo. LESSO! es ot Mutlag School Cotte tt the’ Moody Bie Tnwties, chicago. Se LESSON FOR APRIL 30 PETER DELIVERED FROM PRISON, Gahan Uatudoe Bink One day the “sons of Zebedee” de- sired Jesus to grant a carte blanche petition, Pressed further as to their particular request, they petitioned for the seats of authority on the right and left hand of Jesus in glory. ta reply Jesus said that such a petition was not a proper one nor intelligent ly asked, but according to their in- trepid assertions of willingness they should be baptized with his baptism of death (Mark 10:35-45), and that the greatest of his followers should be “servant of ali,” ‘Today's lesson is # fulfillment of that prophecy. |. Peter in Prison, the Church Pray- ing (vs, 1-8). Persecutions had been Fosumed (9:81) after a temporary lull. Bome peopie serve Christ by living, others by yielding up their lives for his sake. James (not the one men- (oned in chapter 15) was slain and Peter's death delayed in order not to pollute the feast of the Jewish Holy week. Peter's position was perllous. Sixteen soldiers guarded him in a Ro- man dungeon, But his enemies had left God out of their calculations and tho believers had linked thomselves through prayer with the source of all power. Against such a force Herod's cunning plan, whereby he might curry favor with the Jews (¥. 3), is power- less. But {t is now almost the hour for Peter's execution. Why the de- lay? The greater to demonstrate the power of God. Herod and the Jews eared not for, nor recognized, Easter, Dut God cared for his servant and hon- ored the prayers of his saints, Peter's faith in the plans and purposes of God {s indicated by his slumber and the need of being fully awakened by the angel. There are four things avout that vigil of prayer (v. 5) offered by tho church on Peter's behalf, which ‘was s0 wondrously answered. (1) It was directed “unto God.” Some pray- ers are offered to audiences or the ears of man, but not such as are an- awered. We have heard prayers, so- called, offered where the name of Jesus is never mentioned, and scarce- ly the name of God. Literally (v. 5) this was a “stretch-out-ed-ly” prayer, and its earnestness was such as to circumvent this vile grandson of Herod the Great. (2) It was made without ceasing” (“eartestly” R. V.). ‘There was a sincerity and an intensity of desire on Peter's behalf which lan- guage can scarcely express (See also Rom, $:26). The same word is used of cur Lord's prayer in the garden when “His sweat was as great drops of blood falling own to the ground” (Luke 22:44, Rom. 15:30, Col, 4:12, 13, R. V.) There is little such prayer to be found, but once found it is an- swered. (3) It was “ot the church,” fe, it was a united prayer. Such unity is the evidence of the Spirit's presence (Eph, 4:116). One shred of hemp is not very strong, but many united form the strong and mighty rope. Multiply individual prayer by the united prayer of the church and see the mighty works of God. (4) It was definite, “for him.” Deflnite prayers of definite individuals for deft nite purposes will produce definite re- sults. (J. Prayer Answered, Peter at Liberty (ys. Til). The messenger of God (y, 7) brought light, yet the servant of God needed awakening, a sugges- tion to appiy to our modern church Mife. His method of awaking Peter fuggests that it often takes sharp blows {0 arouse us to our duties and privileges. The sinner has to be awakened before he can be delivered, Deliverance {s more needed than sleep. Neglect is more dangerous than rebellion. Halt-awake Peter neverthe- less obeyed God’s messenger, Nor did he seemingly stop to argue or ask for further particulars and explana- tions as so many sinners do, The rec- ord of this deliverance is most graph- fe. Peter did nothing but to follow, and as he obeyed, one after another of the scemingly unsurmountable diff. culties which lay between him and freedom, melted away, even before he had time to lay so much as his finger to the task. If we obey God, what seems to man to be an absolute bar. rer, will be overcome, though tre quently it is not removed until we are face to face with tt even as Peter ‘stood before first one gate and then another. Looking back many of us can exclaim of our deliverances that we “wist not that it was true,” 111, Joy and Amazement (vs. 12-17) Peter, finding himself untrammeled ‘and free upon the streets of the city, ‘and no longer angel-accompanied, at once repaired to his friends. Do’ we seck the prayer meetings? It wai startling indeed for the subject of theis prayers to knock at the door; perhaps he should have been more consider ate of thelr feelings. One, Rhoda readily responded, and it was her per sistent faith that finally overcame the Jack of faith on the part of the others While they were yet speaking Go bad answered (Isa. 65:24), but sucl ® prompt and complete deliveranc ‘was not expected, and it amazed an bewildered them. Rhoda seemed t ‘be expecting Peter, for as soon as shi answered Peter's rap at the door sh Fecognized his voice (v. 14), and tron alee ren es eal here en wean Mee AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS rial exercises held at Washington tor Booker T. Washington, late head of Tuskegee institute, was R. R. Moton of Tuskegee and success to Doctor Washington, ‘The exercises were held in connection with the annual conven- tion of the colored teachers associa- tion of the stato, Other speakers at the meeting who paid high tribute to the late head of ‘Tuskegee institute were two of the state's most prominent citizens, W. W. Campbell, a banker of Tuskegee, and former president of the Baptist state convention, and H, 0. Murfee, prest- dent of Marion institute. Mr. Campbell told of his acquatnt- ance with Booker Washington and his | work for a quarter of a contury and spoke of the high regard in which he was held by the white people of Tuskegee and, Macon county. Mr. Murfee ‘paid a tribute to Booker Washington as a leader of his race and an educator and told of the splen- did work he had done to elevate the | Negroes of the South. Mr. Murfeo stated that the late head of Tuskegee |was held tn the highest regard by jeducators throughout the nation and that he had done much to bring about & better feeling between the races A large number of prominent white | men and women attended the meeting, |a large number of seats having been |reserved for them. The address of |Principal-elect Moton was the first de- llivered in this state since he was jchosen as the successor to Booker | Washington, and he created a most favorable impression, “Booker T. Washington's educational program was not merely local, it was national, world-wide in scope,” he said. |industry, thrift, morality, decent homes, clean bodies and minds, better | methods of farming—a kind of educa- tion which made a universal appeal was his, It was an education that helped farmers to do better farming, the carpenter to do better carpenter. | ing. and the cook to do better cooking. | He believed that education in the broadest sense should teach a farmer | how to get more out of an acre by better | methods; that a carpenter was recelv- | ing useful and very necessary instruc. | tion when taught how to bulld a bet ter and more beautiful home at less cost; and to Instruct those who cook how to keep a cleaner kitchen and pre pare a more appetizing meal at less expense was, in bis opinion, an educa tion of the most essential sort. “Booker T, Washington was most persistent in his efforts that educa tion, whether for farmer, preacher or teacher, should be linked in a deft nite, tangible way to life, and the life of the lowly man and woman in par |tieutar—tor Ne wanted to ace. cack man and each woman live to do better im his daily vocation, This idea he | worked out and put into practice in }such a remarkable and convincing | way as to command the respect and admiration of the entire world. | The colored schools of Alabama, a a rule, have been wise enough to fol [low Doctor Washington's course, and 88 a rosult the white people of the state are growing more interested {r | Nekro schools. If the white man see: that Negro education makes a moré | industrious community, if he sees bet ter results on his farm, in his kitchen |better behavior on the streets, in the life and conduct of the colored people not only believe in and unreservedly ap larove of Nearo education, but he will ‘The movement to provide a $2,000,- 000 endowment fund for Tuskegee Institute as a memorial to Booker T. Washington, has been brought to the notice of Indianapolis by a committee which met recently at the colored Y. M,C. A. It is desired that at least $259,000 of the endowment be ob- tained from colored people throughout the United States, The committee organized in this city formed subscrip- tion teams, Contributions were asked only from the colored people, although ‘any person desiring to participate in the general fund might do so by send- ing a subscription direct to the col- ored Y. M.C. A. It was hoped by the committee that at least $3,000 would be raised among the Negroes of In- @ianapolis, Receipts were given for all amounts, and $5 or more entitled the subscriber to a certificate of rec- ognition from Tuskegee, The commit- tee ought to experience no great dif- ficulty in obtaining considerably more than $3,000 from the colored people of Indianapolis, The city contains a great many of this race, not a few of whom have been successful in busi- ness or the professions. Indianapolis ‘The capabara ts the largest of the rodents, It grows to the size of a small pig and similarly is fond of wad- ing about in mud. It’s flesh is a del- feacy as food, suggesting both tender pork and the meat of the squirrel. Hoolock, a lonesome monkey in the Central Park 200, New York, was mis- erable until the curator conceived the idea of taking phonographic records of his whining chatter. Now Hoolock listens to his own talk, thinks he has @ companion and {s perfectly happy. Loraine rac Aenea cue Where Alexander Was Born. British trayelers at Salontki may easily make the excursion of a few miles to the birthplace of Alexander the Great— and whistle “The British Grenadiers” while doing so if they ehoose, But they will not find much there, observes the London Chronicle. ‘The name of Pella etiil lingers in the istrict, but the great Macedonian city of Pella, where Alexander wos born on a night of storm and portents in Votober, 356 B, C,, bas yanished, ac eording to the testimony of Mr, D. Q. find some way to give us better schools, Our white people can usually find a way for anything they think is really worth while, but they of, be convinced that it is worth while and nobody can do better than the Negro teacher, and no one demonstrated this more conclusively, more effectively or more beautifully than the man in whose memory we are gathered to ‘gether. “We, as teachers must, first of all, live clean, honest, industrious, un- selfish Hves. We are living in an era when we are expected to practice what we preach. Let us take a firm stand for morality, and set our faces like flint against the loafing, worth: less clement in the Negro race. Let us follow Doctor Washington in teach- ing the members of our race the neces- sity of decent living, and the beauty and dignity of labor. For, indeed, we have more to fear from the lazy, shift- less, ignorant, criminal Negro than from any race prejudice in Alabama. And let us remember that in the solu- tion of the race problem, a large meas- ure depends upon us, and practical, Christian education will be one of our | most forceful and helpful mediums for good.” In closing his address Principal Mo- ton made an earnest appeal to the white people for their continued co- operation and support in helping the Negro in Alabama carry out the wise, unselfish program formulated by Book- er Washington. This appeal was ef- fectively emphasized by the story of Dr. John White of Atlanta, given be- fore the National Negro Business league, in which Principal Moton urged that the white people who had a firm, definite hold on civilization, would not cut the rope.from the Ne- gro whose grasp was 0 indefinite and uncertain. “My people,” said he, “need your kindly advice and criticism— your religious and moral instruction, and your help and protection in all that makes development.” Maj. Charles Young, the only Ne- gro graduate of the West Point Mill- tary academy, who won distinction in the Cuban campaign, is among the comparatively few American soldiers that have engaged in actual battle with the Villa bandits. Major Young is at present with the Tenth cavalry, ‘a squadron of which, under command of Col, W. C, Brown, attacked the Villistas 18 miles southeast of Bachiniva and kil!ed between 40 and 50 of them without a single American trooper being wounded, ‘Although reports from the front have made no direct mention of Ma- Jor Young, it is presumed he was with the detachment that routed the Mexi- can murderers from their lair. He was with his command when it start- ed on its pilgrimage into Mexico, hav- ing been recalled from Liberia to re- join the Tenth just before the trou- ble started, Major Young was awarded the Spin- garn Medal on February 22 by the ‘National Association for the Advance- ment of Colored People, for distin- guished services in Liberia in reor- ganizing the constabulary and con- structing roads into the difficult hin- terland, Governor McCall presented the medal at a mass meeting in Tre- mont temple, Boston. In Italy, fuel made of old newspa- pers, rolled and compressed, is coming into use as a substitute for firewood. has encouraged education among the colored folk, and this should encour- age support of a memorial to Doc- tor Washington. Tuskegee institute stands today largely as the product of his zeal and devotion to the cause. The memorial fund will be needed to continue the good work. In- dianapolis, or. at least Indiana, has contributed to the teaching staff of ‘Tuskegee. Colored teachers trained in the public schools of this state have not infrequently followed their profession elsewhere. Doctor Wash- ington was pre-eminently a teacher of his people, and it is fitting that any memorial should be generously par ticipated in by colored people, ac- cording to their means.—Indianapolis News. ‘The city of Roanoke is scarcely more than twenty-five years old, but now {t has a population of about 30, 000, and is sometimes called the Chi- cago of Virginia. It was produced by the location of the Norfolk & Western shops. Men who were failures else- where have made their fortunes in Roanoke, Te ee For houses of limited room @ com- bined kitchen sink and bathtub has been invented, the former being mount- ed on top of a cabinet that is moved out of the way when the latter is used, the same faucets and outlet serving both, | The largest single dock'inclosed by artificial walls In Great Britain is at Newport, Monmouthshire, Its total water area {8 110 acres and its di mensions 4,000 feet long by about 2,00¢ feet wide. pen Hogarth, who visited its site in 1867, “as though it had never been. The plateau above the marsh, on which tt stood, is now plow land, where a few fragments of marble and moldings and many coins have been turned up from time to time,” | ‘Piritnaeteienl Acieae. “I wonder why Nero fddied when Rome was burning.” z “1 suppose it was because he thought the critics would have other things om their minds,” In Woman’s Realm For the Afternoon a Costume of Taffeta Silk Is Among the Best— May Be Had in Pactically All Styles and at All Prices— Pretty Bonnets: Have Been Provided for Delight of the Little Miss. A quiet and simple afternoon cos: tume, of taffeta siik, follows the modo ina sooty ‘and justifies its reserve by its CHarm. It is a design essentially youthful, with the lines of its full skirt unbroken and the fullness & mere matter of,width shirred tn at the waist, Suol artlessness belongs to the young and tends its own ait to the wearer. | The little coat disposes of tts full neat above and Boiow by ablrrings a the waist line, If dips at the front and back of its skirt and has cascaded revers, The sleeves are full but of a ‘simplicity to match the skirt, Two bands of velvet ribbon finish them and appear also on the coat revers. A nar ‘row sash of the silk ties in the most ‘casual manner at the front, with {ts ends hanging @ little below the bot ny aS tl Gate’ |) >) Pat Way) Th) we eas a aide are - Sod a ZB 2 a a ' Eee : . aa = ee YOUTHFUL AFTERNOON COSTUME. tom of the coat, They are pointed and| held firmly by a m untrimmed. The easy-going coat is] keeps them in plac smartened by a high flaring collar at | way they form, wit the back, and {ts open throat gives a| wreath having the glimpse of lace in the blouse worn an- | broidery or painting der it. the way, are used | ‘The suit as pictured is made of black | Ties of narrow taffeta, but the design would be suc-| fairly dark blue shi cessful in any color of silk, with vel-| side, and the same | vet ribbon to match, used for trim:| facing about the ui ming. For generel service nothing | noticeable among tt could be better. The coat is available | girls, but It is alw for wear with lingerie gowns and sepa- | lowers and ribbons rate skirts, and the skirt may be worn| A bonnet of chit with ang sort of Blouse, so that each | tho left, has a s0 does dofible duty. In selecting taffeta | silk and two ruffle suits the plainer models wil! make| cred brim. They ai themselves very useful in this way. | hemstitching, as is: ‘Taffeta appears to have taken the| linery for grownups world of fashion by storm. and there | lingerie lace is set t a or Po g : ag + i se ' bie eee a Po a NI Sn @ are suits and suits of ft. Also there are numberless frocks that run after strange gods in pannter and bustle Araperies or hoops placed in the skirts, ‘These are the unusual things which may become popularized. In the meantime the unpretentious sult is al- ready popular and fs prettily developed fn many colors. It is charming tn champagne and gray and appears along with blue, rose and the darker colors as well as black. ‘There is noth- ing that will give better value as a part of the outfit for summer than the sult made of taffeta, and manufac- turers have made them in a wide range of prices. No one is happier at the Eastertime than little maids who bubble over with ba joy in new finery. They are Beauty Hints. Careless washing and imperfect dry- ing are the reasons for more red, un- sightly hands than anything else. ‘The slightest dampness of the skin in cold weather will make the hands chap and crack. Hot water should not be used more than once a day at most for washing the hands, and then they shgbld be rinsed in cold. At night, before retiring, when the hands bave been well washed and dried, rub in @ fair quantity of a eo cold cream or camphor ice. the fairest things in mortal eyes, and ready to share their pleasure with ev- eryone who has eyes for them. It takes so little to gratify their instinct for clothes that will make them pleas ing, and not one of them should be de. nied, Two bonnets for the little lady of four to seven years are shown in the picture. They are both inexpensive and both very pretty. They are thor oughly practical, 100, and are chosen from many displayed by a manufac turer who specializes in headwear for children, so we may be sure that thelr style is correct. At the right a shape of milan hemp in black has small flat roses applied to the crown at the front, back and sides. Hach one is set,in sprays of small rose foliage, flattened against the shape and held firmly by a millinery glue which keeps them in place. Mounted in this way they form, with the roses, a prim “wreath having the appearance of em broidery or painting, both of which, by the way, are used in spring millinery. ‘Ties of narrow faille ribbon in a fairly dark blue shade hang from euch side, and the same ribbon is used for a facing about the underbrim. Black is noticeable among the bonnets for little girls, but it is always enlivened with flowers and ribbons. A bonnet of chiffon and taffeta, at the left, has a sort pulfed crown of silk and two ruffles over the silk-cov: cred brim. They are finished with cut hemstitching, as is so much of the mil linery for grownups. A frill of narrow lingerie lace is set near the edge of the underbrim, which is bent into a point at the front. Here and at each side a small rose {s set on the edge of the brim. A sash and ends of faille rib- bon add any color desired to the bon- net, which is shown in white and in light colors. ‘The sash {s finished with loops and ends at the right side, What Settled Him, She—"You'd think he'd cut more fee! He's a Son of the Revolution, and—" He—"I know—but he mar ried @ daughter of the resolution.” — Judge, powder them lightly with a fine tal- cum and slip on loose old gloves re- served for this purpose. This will whiten the hands and keep them soft and smooth even in cold weather, ‘An Outsider, “Does she care for you a little bit?" “I fear me not.” “Oh, be not despondent.” “L cannot help it, Horatio. Her pet dog shows no signs of becoming jeal va ot me."—Louisville Courler-Jour- nl | By A. NEELY HALL and DOROTHY PERKINS (Copyright, by A, Neely Hall) A WIRELESS TELEGRAPH RECEIV-| THREE GOOD GAMES TO MAKE. ING SET—PART 1. — — ‘There isn't much work to the mal With one or two exceptions a boy | ing of a checkerboard like that show can easily construct the instruments | in Figs, 1 and 2. of a “wirelfss” receiving set. Twelve inches and one-quarte ‘The detector, shown in Fig. 1, re} square {s a good measurement | quires a wooden base, A, a pair of| use. ‘This provides for 64 square dry-battery binding-posts, B, a plece| each one inch and one-half in siz of silicon, ©, a strip of brass, D, and| and a margin of one-cighth inc 8 plece of springy wire, B. around the outside, It ts better t Bind the silicon to the base with| uso cardboard than wood, because ¢ the brags strip, D, bending this as in| its lightness, and if you will hinge tw SOO Se en eh as Bg) P-Fr Qs pees oy [LO eB GH © | aw O) @ @éEsiicon Fig. 4, and punching holes to fit over the binding-post. Bend the piece of wire E into the looped form shown in Fig. 5, secure one end to the bind- ing-post, and cut off the other end ‘The tuning-coil (Fig. 6) requires a cylinder about 2% inches in diameter and 11 inches long (A, Fig. 7). A roil- ing-pin with its ends sawed off will be just right. On this cylinder a single layer of copper wire of about No, 20 gauge, not insulated, must be wound. the wire from coming into contact with the adjacent turns, and this fs done by winding a heavy thread be- tween the turns (Fig. 7). Two coats of shellac will help hold the coils in place. The end blocks (B, Fig. 7) should be 2% inches square, with a %-inch notch cut in each of two cor q hg Bait eK LA © 4 oe ners, Nail thera to the ends of the cylin- der as shown. The slider rods (C, Fig. 6) should be of brass, %4 inch square and 12 inches long, and should have a hole drilled at one end to receive bind- ing-posts D (Figs. 6 and 8), and a pair of holes through which to screw the rods to blocks B. You can get the brass rods and have them drilled, at almost any machine-shop. Make sliders E (Figs. 6 and 9) out of a piece of springy brass. Bend one end into a sleeve to slip over the slider-rod, and round off and bend down the other end to slide over the surface of the wire coll. Scrape away the shellac in thetr path. Fasten a post to one end block B, and connect an end of the wire coil to it. ‘The fixed condenser (Fig) 10) Is made of alternate layers of tin-foll and writing-paper. Cut two pieces of cardboard of the size of A (Fig. 12), for the top and bottom (Fig. 11), then 21 pleces of o.8 °c ee $3 | writing-paper of the same size, for layers B, and 20 pieces of tin-foil of the size and shape of C (Fig. 13). Build up the condenser as shown in Fig. 11, with the tabs of the tin-foll layers projecting over the ends, ana with alternate layers reversed. When the top cardboard has been put in place, take two pieces of insulated wire, scrape bare a length of six inches of each, and run these bared ends through the top cardboard and wrap around the tin-foll ends (Figs. 10 and 11). Then wrap the condenser from end to end with bicycle tape, In the next article you will learn how to connect up the instruments, and how to make the aerial, Masculine and Feminine Sins, Hardly any priest, hardly any phy- sician, would agrea’ that women are better morally than men. There are some kinds of sin which men commit more readily than women. Such are the gins of lust, and possibly those of anger. But there are others where men and women seem to offend about ‘equally, the sins of gluttony, sloth, and covetousness. And of tbe sins of “pride and envy, one might call them Preominontly feminine sins, -Uornard Bell, in the Atlantic THREE GOOD GAMES TO MAKE. ‘There isn't much work to the mak- ing of a checkerboard Iike that shown es eee Twelve inches and one-quarter square is a good measurement to use, ‘This provides for 64 squares each one inch and one-half in size, and a margin of one-cighth inch around the outside, It 1s better to ‘use cardboard than wood, because of its lightness, and if you will binge two pieces together as in Fig. 2, the check- erboard will slip into a bookcase. ‘To prevent the cardboard from warp- ‘on both sides. The black or red pa- 2 as °8 @ |! oa per 1s best for covering the back. Paste this on first, lapping it a dis- tance of one-half inch over the edges of the playing surface; then cover the playing surface with the lighter-col- cored paper of the two you have select~ ed for the squares. When the pasted paper has dried, measure off the width of the margins and the squares along the four edges of the playing surface, and with ruler and pencil rule lines across from side to side, from these points. This will give you the positions of the 64 squares. Hunt up small silk spools for the checker men. You will need 24. Fig. 3 shows how a short peg should be cut to fit in the top of each spool, SN a ile a~ 64.0 80 one spool can be fitted over an- other to crown the mon (Fig. 4). Twelve of the spools should be stained black or red, 80 they will be distin- guishable from the other twelve. Figs. 5, 6 and 7 show the home- made game of jackstraws, Inasmuch as you may never have played this game, I will explain that it consists in removing “straws” from a_ pile, without disturuing any “straws” but the one selected for removal. A play: er’s turn continues as long as he can remove the “straws” without disturb- ing the pile. Fig. 5 shows how the “straws” are dropped in a heap, and how they are removed by means of a hooked stick. Fig. 6 shows how the “straws” are made of toothpicks with pieces of tes. FAX cardboard cut to the shapes of shovels, rakes, pickaxes, etc, glued to the ends, and Fig, 7 how a pin bent into a hook, 1s bound with thread to @ pen: ll end, for the hooked stick. Put numbers upon the "straws" for the points to be counted as scores The shopping game in Fig. § em- braces a new idea, Get a cover trom 4 large hat box for the playing board: then cut pictures of various household articles from advertisements, - paste these upon the inside of the cover (Fig. 9), and mark the prices of the articles upon them. You must also havo a small spinning top. One of the wheels from a broken alarm clocie (Fig, 10) 18 best. ‘Two or more can play the game. Bach player has @ turn to spin the top upon the playing board. When after spinning, the to topples over, the price of the article upon which its point rests will repre: sent the numbr of points scored, Never Fazed Him, Irate Pa—Did you tell that chap who calls on you every other night that was going to have the gas turved off promptly at 70 p. m.? Protty Daughter—¥es, papa, Irate Pa—And what did he eay to that? . Pretty Daughter—He sald he wovld consider {t a personal favor if you would have tt turned off at 8:39, While you are waiting and hoping she undertaker comes along and gets The Ring By H. M. EGBERT (Copyright, 1916, by W. G. Chapman.) "And you start for West Africa tomorrow?" Bransome felt that the question was like an unwritten doom. He looked at Mary Starr in the moonlight as they stood outside Colonel Starr's conservatory. Bransome had known Mary for five months. Colonel Starr, in whose regiment he was now a captain, had taken a liking to the young man when they were posted in Malta, and had invited him to his home in England. Now Bransome, with the acting rank of major, was to leave for West Africa to put down the rebellion of the Kru tribe in the recesses of the forests. And he loved Mary. But he knew that she was engaged to Lionel Travis, the political agent among the Krus, who had made his escape to the coast after sanguinary fighting. Yet they loved, and love was stronger than honor at that moment. They gravitated toward each other, and stood looking at each other, not daring to speak lest they betray themselves. "I I meet Travis—" began Bransome at length. "Yes?" Her word was like a caress. "What shall I tell him?" Mary took the solitaire from her finger. "Give him his," she said softly. Bransome, incredulous, clasped her in his arms and their lips met. "You love me, dearest?" he murmured. "I have loved you since we met. It is wrong, but it is better than a mar- A man in a military uniform is standing in front of a bed, looking at a woman lying in bed. The bed is covered with a blanket and has a window behind it. Held Up the Diamond Ring. riage that shall wrong Lionel and myself, too." Before Bransome departed it was understood that they were engaged. And Lionel Travis' ring reposed in Bransome's pocket to be handed to the agent if they met. Bransome would affect ignorance of the contents of the little box. It was a cruel mission, but there was no way of getting a letter to Travis, who might be in any part of the coast. Bransome sailed the following day, and, fifteen days later, arrived with his regiment at the coast town. All the interior was in a ferment. The regiment was sent up hastily to the base, where it halted while the pioneers cut roads through the forest. And it was there that Bransome met Travis. He was to accompany the column as political delegate to the loyal tribes. The two men, who knew each other, greeted each other warmly, though Bransome naturally showed something of constraint. Travis lunched in the mess, and they smoked their cigars together afterward. When Travis rose to depart to his quarters Bransome spoke of Mary Starr for the first time. "She asked me to give you this," he said, hending him the little box containing the ring. "Thanks!" said Travis indifferently, and slipped it into his pocket. The column started a day or two later, Travis accompanying it. Often the men exchanged words. Bransome would look curiously at Travis, but he could gather nothing from the agent's inscrutable countenance. There was, however, little time for thinking. On the sixth day the enemy's stronghold was sighted. The messenger who went forward with a summons 'o su,ender was met with defiant shouts from the negroes. Half an hour later the seven-pounders opened fire on the rebel stockade. A fusillade from elephant guns followed, but few of the attacking party were hit. Presently the guns ceased; a breach had been made in the strong walls, built of hardwood logs and almost as resistant as cement and mortar. The regiment spread out in line. Bransome ran before them, waving his sword. "Advance!" he shouted. Then he saw Travis beside him in his civilian clothes. The agent's white solar helmet made a splendid mark for an enemy. "Go back, you fool!" Bransome shouted. But Travis ran beside him, and Bransome had no time for argument. The whole line followed, with fixed bayonets, roaring behind him. The bullets churned among the trees and cut splinters from the boughs. Showers of leaves came down. The yelling, defiant Krus manned the walls of the breached stockade. The assaulting party was compelled to form into column to mount the breach. And now the enemy displayed its secret resource, nothing less than an old brass ship's gun, which might have done good service in the sixties, and was none the less effective here, 4 roaring detonation, and grape shot 6 have been working hand in hand with the medical profession in order to obtain the best possible results. Their principal aim is that wherever possible men who have become partially disabled through service at the front be fitted to resume their former duties where they have acquired valuable practical knowledge and skill in their work and no efforts are spared in order to have the men return to activity as speedily as possible, before their limbs have become stiffened, thus making adaption more difficult. The medical practitioner, as Herr Probst, director of a Dusseldorf factory, plainly put it in a recent lecture, "should to some extent become an engineer, while the works manager, under whose care the hospital is placed should acquaint himself with orthopedy." This difficult task has been solved in an exemplary manner at the workshops conducted by Herr Probst, where an "Industry hospital" has been founded, a sort of intermediary stage between the hospital and the factory, utilizing industrial labor as a curative agent for the treatment of patients, so that the latter, of their own accord, adapt themselves to normal factory work. The patients received at this unique hospital are expected to submit to the regulations of the factory, where they are placed under the supervision of a sergeant. After ascertaining the kind of work formerly done by each patient, he is given his present task. The doctor has to fix the time when the man is to commence his duties, the daily work at first starting with a few hours each day, then a half a day and as his strength and proficiency increase to a full day. For hygienical reasons patients at the hospital wear blue-white clothes, and on entering, their task is stimulated by a fortnightly pocket-money allowance, to be taken off the regular salary paid out on leaving the hospital. After each day's work the patients are examined by the doctor, and if necessary, spend some time in the medico- The Reason We Forget the medical profession in order to obtain the best possible results. Their principal aim is that wherever possible men who have become partially disabled through service at the front be fitted to resume their former duties where they have acquired valuable practical knowledge and skill in their work and no efforts are spared in order to have the men return to activity as speedily as possible, before their limbs have become stiffened, thus making adaptation more difficult. The medical practitioner, as Herr Probst, director of a Dusseldorf factory, plainly put it in a recent lecture, "should to some extent become an engineer, while the works manager, under whose care the hospital is placed should acquaint himself with orthopedy." This difficult task has been solved in an exemplary manner at the workshops conducted by Herr Probst, where an "Industry hospital" has been founded, a sort of intermediary stage between the hospital and the factory, utilizing industrial labor as a curative agent for the treatment of patients, so that the latter, of their own accord, adapt themselves to normal factory conditions. The patients received at this unique hospital are expected to submit to the regulations of the factory, where they are placed under the supervision of a sergeant. After ascertaining the kind of work formerly done by each patient, he is given his present task. The doctor has to fix the time when the man is to commence his duties, the daily work at first starting with a few hours each day, then a half a day and as his strength and proficiency increase to a full day. For hygienical reasons patients at the hospital wear blue-white clothes, and on entering, their task is stimulated by a fortnightly pocket-money allowance, to be taken off the regular salary paid out on leaving the hospital. After each day's work the patients are examined by the doctor, and if necessary, spend some time in the medic Haven't we often heard that phrase, or one very like it? Doesn't our memory often play us tricks and cause us to forget things we know perfectly well—"as well as I know my own name," in fact? There is a reason for this; for nearly every case of loss of memory we can find a cause. This discovery has recently been made and is one of the most important advances which psychology has made in the understanding of our mental life. Forgetting, of course, in one sense, is loss of memory. How, first of all, do we remember things? It has been assumed by physiologists that every event we experience leaves its trace in the nervous substance of the brain, in much the same way that a "trace" is left upon the phonographic record by the scratch of the recording needle; if the impression is "vivid"—that is, if it leaves a deep impression upon the nervous system—then we remember it; if not, we forget it. As the brain disintegrates with age, the memories become weak. This is the doctrine usually assumed for the storage of our memories. But psychologists have lately complained against this materialistic view of the facts. Of late years Professor Henri Bergson, in particular, has protested that such an explanation does not explain. We believe that memory is a mental thing, not a material one. To be sure, there was always the difficulty, in accounting for memory, that the brain cells, which are constantly being replaced, would eliminate the contained memories, just as new wax cylinders would efface the record, but scientific men "got round" this by assuming that the new cell as it was deposited somehow "inherited" the traces of the previous one and thus retained the memory. There was no evidence that it actually did so, but it was "assumed" to. The strong protest against this ma- Haven't we often heard that phrase, or one very like it? Doesn't our memory often play us tricks and cause us to forget things we know perfectly well—"as well as I know my own name," in fact? There is a reason for this; for nearly every case of loss of memory we can find a cause. This discovery has recently been made and is one of the most important advances which psychology has made in the understanding of our mental life. Forgetting, of course, in one sense, is loss of memory. How, first of all, do we remember things? It has been assumed by physiologists that every event we experience leaves its trace in the nervous substance of the brain, in much the same way that a "trace" is left upon the phonographic record by the scratch of the recording needle; if the impression is "vlvld"—that is, if it leaves a deep impression upon the nervous system—then we remember it; if not, we forget it. As the brain disintegrates with age, the memories become weak. This is the doctrine usually assumed for the storage of our memories. But psychologists have lately complained against this materialistic view of the facts. Of late years Professor Henri Bergson, in particular, has protested that such an explanation does not explapl. We believe that memory is a mental thing, not a material one. To be sure, there was always the difficulty, in accounting for memory, that the brain cells, which are constantly being replaced, would eliminate the contained memories, just as new wax cylinders would efface the record, but scientific men "got round" this by assuming that the new cell as it was deposited somehow "inherited" the traces of the previous one and thus retained the memory. There was no evidence that it actually did so, but it was "assumed" to. The strong protest against this ma- Sheepdogs are free from tax in the United Kingdom. The average adult inhales about one gallon of air a minute. The Australian commonwealth has the sweetest tooth of all the countries in the world, its annual per capita consumption of sugar being 109 pounds. The number of deaths due to diphtheria have almost uninterruptedly decreased during the last 15 years, and, at present, are less than one-half that of 1900. The residue the extractor been found for tobacco. In order to ice many of the electric Contractors England, har ber of women. burst among the British troops. They fell ir heaps, cut down by the well-directed charge. But the gun was, of course, not a quick-firer, and had to be reloaded. The troops closed up. Bransome, who had by some miracle escaped unscatched, put himself at their head again. "Advance!" he shouted. And again he was conscious of Travis in his white helmet, cool and smiling, beside him. It was a mad rush toward the walls. Just as the foremost man set foot in the breach the cannon roared again. The files were swept away. And again Bransome found himself uninjured. "Now, boys!" he shouted, amazed to find that he was still alive. The attacking party, which had recalled, heaped one man against his neighbor, and, the dead all about, rushed forward, cheering. Like a cataract the khaki-clad column swept over the breach, driving the dogged negroes before them, pinioning them with the bayonet. In a moment the fort was carried. From hut to hut the flying Krus were pursued. They fell in writhing heaps, their own gun turned against them. For perhaps half an hour the bloody struggle lasted. Then the British were in possession of the village. Bransome stopped; he had forgotten everything in the excitement of the battle. His sword was bloody, and yet he could not remember having struck down a man. A trickle of blood was running down his face. He limped from a slug in his leg that he had never felt. "Where's Travis?" he demanded of his surviving captain. The agent could not be found. Yet it was Travis who represented the majesty of the British raj, and it was Travis who must interview the trembling old king, now a prisoner it his own mud hut, guarded by a sullen, defiant chief wife, and a younger one, who held the royal red parasol over him. Bransome went back, searching among the fallen. Travis was not in the town; he was not anywhere within the fort. Bransome came upon him at last just outside the breach. He had been struck down by a dozen slugs from the brass cannon the second time the weapon was discharged. Travis lay under a pile of dead Krus, but he was alive. He recognized Bransome Bransome hailed the stretcher-bearers and had two men place him upon a stretcher and carry him into the town. They brought him to the king's hut, and Travis pronounced sentence. The king was to go in exile to the coast, to spend the last of his days there. The surgeon came up, looked at the agent and shook his head. "There may be a chance for him," he said. "Get him out of here. Put him in a but that hasn't been used. There's smallpox everywhere among the Krus." Travis did not catch smallpox, but it became clear, after a week of delirium, that he was dying. His mind grew clear toward the end. He motioned to Bransome to open the little satchel he carried with the government papers. Bransome did so and found in it the little box coma ning Mary's ring. He looked at Travis and carved that the agent's eyes were fixed upon it. He put it in Travis' hand. With fingers that almost failed him Travis slowly pulled off the cover and held up the diamond ring. It was incongruous to see the gem sparkling in the dying man's wasted hand. Travis motioned to Bransome to bend down. "The engagement ring I gave her," he whispered. "She is as true as gold, old man." "Yes," agree Bransome. "We were to have been married when this cursed business was over. Now we shall never marry. I want you to marry her. Bransome. You're about the only man that's fit for her." Bransome winced and tried not to show the emotion on his features. But Travis was too ar' gone to see anything except the face of Mary Starr that floated before him. "I wrote to her telling her how I longed for her in the silence of the brush," Travis whispered. "I said I had looked at her photograph and her mementos again and again. I wanted something else to bring her vividly before my eyes. And she—she sent me this. Nothing could have been a truer pledge of her love. A girl doesn't like to part with her engagement ring. Bransome." "No." Bransome agreed. And the irony of the situation struck into his soul. Travis had lived in the belief that his sw eheart was true to him, and he would die not knowing what the return of the ring meant. They buried him the following dawn under a cairn of stones. And Bransome, having done his duty to the dead, allowed his thoughts to turn toward the living. The past seemed obliterated—at least it seemed to be symbolized in the gem that sparkled in the dead hand under the damp soil of Africa. Ancient Fortification. An ancient fortification, declared to be more remarkable from an engineering viewpoint than the pyramids of Egypt, has been discovered in the Andes, according to G. W. Monkill, a member of the Yale and Geographical society expeditions to Peru, who has just returned to this country. He said the archeologists had discovered 'apparent evidences of a pre-Aztec civilization, which flourished about the eighth century. Excavations made 45 miles from Cuzco, Peru, revealed the fortification. It is an enormous edifice, composed of stones weighing thirty and forty tons, which had been transferred from a quarry across a river and carried up a steep slope. Somewhat Different. Friend—Congratulations, old man. Author — Congratulations! What for? Friend—Why, the paper, in referring to the initial performance of your new play, says there were numerous calls for the author. Author—Yes, but it was a typographical error. The calls were for the police authorities. How Germany Helps Her War Cripples SUPPLIED with artificial limbs, thousands of maimed soldiers are learning new trades so they can make a living RIPPLED and wounded soldiers, after leaving the hospital, have to undergo a long and laborious process of training in order to again fit themselves for their former occupation, or, if necessary, to learn some other trade. This preparatory stage involves a number of national problems and representatives of the various industries mentalistic view found in practically none of us but all can be removed and by proper means almost perfect. We should all strive much as possible, for us depends. If we had no feeling of "self"—no feel self we were yesterday this feeling we should mals." We may improve strict attention to what by trying to associate things as possible which it has been said that of memory." The more tend to forget, and the better it becomes with practice and habit. Forgetting is at time us into all sorts of so forget a name, an address to remember it. We seem at first perfect; they seem to follow to no fixed rule. So, then, when we for by some error of speed word for the right one find out why this should actual process involved the previous trains of forget because we wish known fact that we we events more readily that. That is because of the case, the memory is real it is not. WISDOM Little Lemuel—Say, cleaning department? Paw—it's the place w dissatisfaction of taxa not cleaned, son. FROM FAR "Let me see, what was that name?" The residue from indigo plants after the extraction of the dye in India has been found to be an excellent fertilizer for tobacco. In order to release for military service many of the men now engaged in the electrical industry, the Electric Contractors' association of Liverpool, England, has decided to train a number of women in electrical work. A man working with a tool on a table. WORKING AT THE SOLDERING BENCH 147 BLACKSMITHS AND FARM WORKERS RUNNING A TURNING LATHE RUNNING A TURNING LATHE THE FIREMAN'S FUEL AN EXPERT MACHINIST mechanical hall under the care and guidance of trained nurses and the sergeant. Another establishment of the same kind, though operated on a more elaborate plan, is the society hospital "Flora." which has been materialistic view found support in the fact that practically none of our memories is ever lost, but all can be removed under suitable conditions and by proper means. Our memory is potentially almost perfect. We should all strive to improve the memory as much as possible, for upon it our very personality depends. If we had no memory we could have no feeling of "self"—no feeling that we are the same self we were yesterday. And if we did not have this feeling we should be "lower than the animals." We may improve the memory by paying strict attention to what is being said or done, and by trying to associate it with as many other things as possible which have interest for us, for it has been said that "association is nine-tenths of memory." The more we forget the more we tend to forget, and the more we train the memory the better it becomes. Like all else, it improves with practice and habit. Forgetting is at times very awkward; it leads us into all sorts of social inconveniences. We forget a name, an address, a word when we wish most to remember it. These acts of forgetfulness seem at first perfectly erratic and spontaneous; they seem to follow no law and be subject to no fixed rule. So, then, when we forget a name or thing—or by some error of speech or writing give another word for the right one—we can nearly always find out why this should be so and uncover the actual process involved by a careful analysis of the previous trains of thought and action. We forget because we wish to forget. It is a well-known fact that we tend to forget unpleasant events more readily than we do pleasant ones. That is because of this fact—because, in one case, the memory is repressed, and in the other it is not. mechanical hall under the care and guidance of trained nurses and the sergeant. Another establishment of the same kind, though operated on a more elaborate plan, is the society hospital "Flora." which has been terialistic view found support in the fact that practically none of our memories is ever lost, but all can be removed under suitable conditions and by proper means. Our memory is potentially almost perfect. We should all strive to improve the memory as much as possible, for upon it our very personality depends. If we had no memory we could have no feeling of "self"—no feeling that we are the same self we were yesterday. And if we did not have this feeling we should be "lower than the animals." We may improve the memory by paying strict attention to what is being said or done, and by trying to associate it with as many other things as possible which have interest for us, for it has been said that "association is nine-tenths of memory." The more we forget the more we tend to forget, and the more we train the memory the better it becomes. Like all else, it improves with practice and habit. Forgetting is at times very awkward; it leads us into all sorts of social inconveniences. We forget a name, an address, a word when we wish most to remember it. These acts of forgetfulness seem at first perfectly erratic and spontaneous; they seem to follow no law and be subject to no fixed rule. So, then, when we forget a name or thing—or by some error of speech or write give another word for the right one—we can nearly always find out why this should be so and uncover the actual process involved by a careful analysis of the previous trains of thought and action. We forget because we wish to forget. It is a well-known fact that we tend to forget unpleasant events more readily than we do pleasant ones. That is because of this fact—because, in one case, the memory is repressed, and in the other it is not. WISDOM OF PAW Little Lemuel—Say, paw, what is the street-cleaning department? Paw—it's the place where they explain to the dissatisfaction of taxpayers why the streets are not cleaned, son. FROM FAR AND NEAR Little Lemuel—Say, paw, what is the street-cleaning department? Paw—it's the place where they explain to the dissatisfaction of taxpayers why the streets are not cleaned, son. FROM FAR AND NEAR --- G support in the fact that our memories is ever lost, under suitable conditions. Our memory is potentially so improve the memory as soon it our very personality memory we could have no liking that we are the same. And if we did not have be "lower than the ani-ive the memory by paying it with as many other have interest for us, for association is nine-tenths we we forget the more we more we train the memory Like all else, it improves is very awkward; it leads social inconveniences. We less a word when we wish these acts of forgetful-ly erratic and spontane-ow no law and be subject to forget a name or thing—or or writing give another—we can nearly always be so and uncover the by a careful analysis of thought and action. We to forget. It is a well- to forget unpleasant we do pleasant ones. its fact—because, in one expressed, and in the other OF PAW, PAW, what is the street-where they explain to the others why the streets are A bill establish govern-ment a total a total der the terior. I ments, of the inture and issing arist organization splendid fourteen management parks be at the sea. There travel to that which ma-tively parks. U little syst- possible, with facili there might formation things it monument that Canada has so the parks that was such. West, the gate more States, the govern-ional are Some m-ness, and India annually exports about 1,000,000 pounds of fish maws and shark fins for edible purposes, mainly to other oriental lands. In the British army a battalion of 1,016 men requires for its daily rations 655 two-pound leaves, 127 pounds of bacon, more than 31 pounds of salt and nearly 13 pounds of pepper, to mention only a few of the items. provided with extensive and well equipped workshops by a factory owner of the same city, Herr Emil Jagenen, who is the inventor of an improved artificial arm, which not only increases the capacity and working efficiency of injured soldiers, but also very materially increases the output of artificial limbs. The construction of this artificial arm is of steel and weighs but one and three-quarter pounds. Immediately below the stump is a ball-joint of steel arranged so that it can be clamped and adjusted in any desired position. Another ball-joint similarly arranged is at the wrist. The lower fitting is so short as to allow considerable force to be brought to bear on the work, while its mobility and adjustability enable the attachment to be used for an endless variety of purposes, even in case the whole arm up to the shoulder should be amputated, the patient will still be able to perform a great range of operations. After the day's task is completed this "working arm" is detached and replaced by a regular pleasure "Sunday arm." Immediately below the stump is a ball-joint of steel arranged so that it can be clamped and adjusted in any desired position. Another ball-joint similarly arranged is at the wrist. The lower fitting is so short as to allow considerable force to be brought to bear on the work, while its mobility and adjustability enable the attachment to be used for an endless variety of purposes, even in case the whole arm up to the shoulder should be amputated, the patient will still be able to perform a great range of operations. After the day's task is completed this "working arm" is detached and replaced by a regular pleasure "Sunday arm." The patients at these hospitals are not long in recovering their self-confidence and their working capacity increases daily. No patients are discharged until a suitable position has been obtained for them where they will be able to perform their duties in a satisfactory and proficient manner, which greatly increases the assurance of the patients and makes them self-supporting. For National Park Service A bill is under consideration in congress to establish a national park service. The federal government owns fourteen national parks, with a total area of nearly five million acres, all under the jurisdiction of the department of the interior. It also owns thirty-one national monuments, of which nineteen are in the department of the interior, ten in the department of agriculture and two in the war department. Under existing arrangements there has been no central organization for the administration of these splendid recreational possessions. Each of the fourteen national parks is now under separate management. It is very desirable that these parks be administered through a general bureau at the seat of government in Washington. A bill is under consideration in congress to establish a national park service. The federal government owns fourteen national parks, with a total area of nearly five million acres, all under the jurisdiction of the department of the interior. It also owns thirty-one national monuments, of which nineteen are in the department of the interior, ten in the department of agriculture and two in the war department. Under existing arrangements there has been no central organization for the administration of these splendid recreational possessions. Each of the fourteen national parks is now under separate management. It is very desirable that these parks be administered through a general bureau at the seat of government in Washington. There is a constantly increasing volume of travel to the national parks, and it is necessary that there should be one central organization which may furnish reliable information attractively prepared for the benefit of tourists to the parks. Under the existing order of things very little systematic work in this direction has been possible. With a national park service, equipped with facilities and a competent corps of workers, there might be developed a fine bureau of information, supplying to the general public the things it wants to know about its parks and monuments. It is to be noted in this connection that Canada, through its department of parks, has so thoroughly exploited its several national parks that during the season of 1915, when there was such a large volume of travel through the West, the Canadian parks attracted in the aggregate more visitors than the parks of the United States, thus affording a fine illustration of what the government in exploitation of its recreational areas can do. Some men are born great, some achieve greatness, and the rest try to thrust themselves upon it. Next to the Australians, the Americans are the greatest meat eaters. The United Kingdom is the wool grower and the United States is the wool consumer. Over 500,000 people die of communicable disease each year in the United States, and over 5,000,000 are sick as a result of infection. A Frenchman has perfected a horizontal windmill with the vanes so shaped that nine-tenths of them utilize the force of the wind no matter in what direction it is blowing. HOME TOWN HELPS Standardization of Streets Can Be Carried to Excess, as California Journalist Points Out. One of the greatest follies practiced in modern city-building, particularly where the topography is broken in character, lies in standardization of streets, more especially regarding the width, says the Los Angeles Times. The writer Lives on a "cross street," that is, one crossing at right angles a main thoroughfare — Avenue Sixty-four—that carries at least several hundred times as much traffic as the one first noted, yet the widths of the two are the same. The one is three blocks long, "blind" at each end, having no possibility of a direct outlet at either extremity. The other is the main highway from Los Angeles to Pasadena by way of Colorado street, and to Eagle Rock by the same "feeder." There is no question but a greater width is needed on Avenue Sixty-four, as is the case with scores of streets similarly situated. It is equally certain that the crossing streets are twice as wide as need be. The miserable parkways are but 42 inches wide, an area so restricted that good street tree growth is impossible. Every property owner with whom the writer has talked on the subject would be pleased to have several feet on each side added to the parkway, yet majority does not rule, even in Los Angeles. No traffic is seen on such streets except the daily routine of the milkman, baker and vegetable peddler. Yet the width is the same as that of the one great highway running through the district. The case cited is used merely because the writer has intimate personal acquaintance with it, having resided on this specific street for ten years. No personal grievance inspired this article, for the residents on the street have never sought to have it changed. All concede a widening of parkings, with a correspondingly narrower driveway, would make a more beautiful street, give it a more pleasant aspect, allow of fine parkway gardening, etc. But did they know that when the street is to be paved the cost of the useless strips of width in paving would pay for the change and new curbs, they might petition the proper officials to make such change. As all streets are of the same width, and all at right angles as well, the planning and platting of such districts may safely be turned over to our children. And some of the latter would be better than their parents. Economy in Fireproof Qualities. While fireproof qualities and permanence of materials are items apparently increasing the cost of the new house, the home-builder will find in the end that economy lies in these qualities; and applying the old adage of the chain, his house will be as lasting as its weakest part. Hence the ratio between the life of different materials should be considered and permanence in the walls of a building should be duplicated in its foundations and roof. As for instance: a house of brick to be consistently permanent, requires concrete or stone foundation, and a slate roof. The depreciation of a house of this type is said to be about 1 per cent a year, reckoning its life to be 100 years. But the permanency of materials is not restricted to brick alone, and that frame houses can be constructed to last 100 years, though not immune of course from the accident of fire, is typified in the numerous frame houses of historical interest standing in a state of good preservation throughout the country. Among these are the old Cushing house at Higham, Mass., built in the early part of the eighteenth century; the Wadsworth house in Cambridge, built in 1728, and the Fairbanks house in Dedham, probably the oldest house in America, built about 1636. White pine was used extensively in these houses, which fact is testimony to the lasting qualities of that wood. How to Keep a City Clean. To make a city cleaner and neater and to substitute beauty for ugliness is to enhance the value of both public and private property. As to public property, this work can be easily controlled. But the city authorities can be expected to act only on the insistence of the general public. Unfortunately, however, no matter how careful a city may be about structures erected on public property, the general effect of street and open places may be spoiled by ugliness in surrounding structures and private property. Billboards, signs, ugly, garish or unkempt buildings, buildings out of repair, untidy yards and vacant lots—all may counteract whatever the city may do to make public property attractive. The only way to keep the city neat and to make it look as though it were really self-respecting is for all citizens to co-operate in insisting on private as well as public neatness and attention to good design. —From the Report of the City Plan Commission, Newark, N. J. An Observation. “Are you goin’ to take boarders next summer?” asked the postmaster. “I dunno,” replied Farmer Corntossel. “I know some folks who would like a nice quiet place.” “Yes. But all most of them people want with a nice quiet place is to jump in an fill it check-full of their own particular brand of noise.” Sad Results. "The doctor says James has waters on the brain." "There! I told him this prohibition fight would set him crazy." Easter services were largely attended at all the churches....Rev. L. M. 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An interesting program was rendered. CHILLICOTHE, MO. By B. V. LONGDON. John Denny of Omaha, Neb., and Mrs. Woodson of Kansas City were summoned to the bedside of their father, Mr. Denny, who was seriously ill last week. We are pleased to report that he is recovering...Mrs. Molly Blackwell is on the sick list....Dr Harrison A. Longdon of Moberly spent Easter with relatives in this city...Misses Beasle and Annabelle Banks were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Agee of Triplett.Miss Rebecca Sawyer entertained the Eachelor Girls last Saturday afternoon. Dainty refreshments were served by the hostess....The Modern Priscilla club met with Mrs. Herbert Beach last Thursday afternoon. At the conclusion of a delicious luncheon the members of the club were the recipients of a novel Easter gift...Patrons-day was ob'served at Garrison school last Friday and the many visitors present enjoyed the exercises and folk games given by the primary pupils under the supervision of Miss Odessa Hillman....Professors Virgil Williams and Clem Brown had a commendable display of work from their respective grades and departments. Interesting talks were made by Rev. W. P. Clark and Superintendent A. R. Coburn, who spoke of the need and usefulness of parent-teachers' associations. The patrons showed their approval with the following officers: Mrs. Fannie Alnutt, president; Mrs. Nannie Winfrey, vice president; Mrs. L. L. Montgomery, secretary; Mrs. Wilrene Balleu, assistant secretary, and Mrs. Fannie B. Williams, treasurer...."Paradise," a cantata, with a body of sound religious sentiment, set to good and appropriate music given by the Bethel choir, was both a treat and an inspiration to the large audience at the A. M. E. church last Friday night....The choir has accepted the request to rehearse the cantata at Utica, Mo., April 29, under the auspices of the A. M. E. church in that city at the John Lee hall....It is a perfectly safe conclusion that the decorative opportunity was not neglected at the Baptist and Methodist churches last Sunday for the high religious festival of the year. Yet the beautiful decoration was not the end, but simply a means to an end. And the Easter exercises proclaiming the Easter appeal found a ready response in the heart of every worshipper who caught the suggestion o f the upspring, the strengthening and establishing of all that is purest and best in our lives. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. By W. W. Moser. The Easter musical program was rendered at Mt. Zion Baptist church Sunday night by the choir and members of the Sabbath school. The music and recitations were interesting and carried out with earnestness, which the large audience enjoyed immensely. Mrs. Emma Ford of Kansas City Kas., is in the city with friends. Subscribe for The Sun, a live paper. The Clover Leaf Club gave a swell full dress party in Walsh hall last Monday evening, in honor of Miss Alletha Russell of Omaha. A large crowd of jolly folks responded to invitations, and a joyous time was had. A spelling contest was given at A.M. E. Church last Thursday night. An Easter egg-rolling and program was given at Mt. Zion Baptist Church on Monday night. Mrs. M. Williams of Kansas City, Kas, G. M. A. M. of The Heroines of Jericho, is the guest of Mrs. L. P. Gates and Magnolia Court No. 10 this week. The ladies of the Court gave an informal reception in honor of Mrs. M. Williams, G. M. A. M., Wednesday afternoon at the Masonic Hall. Mrs. Williams left for home Wednesday evening. Miss Alletha Russel of Omaha, Neb., was the guest of Miss Hemphill this week. ST. JOSEPH. MISSOURI. ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI. Miss Buredene Gipson went to Lawrence, Kas., to spend Easter with Mrs. Parthene Henderson's niece, Miss Belle Walker. She will also visit other friends while in the city. She will remain about ten days...Mrs. Olive Gipson will spend a few days with Mrs. Carrie Davis and then accompany her daughter back to St. Joseph....The Easter Sunday morning Cantata at the Frances Street Baptist church, given by 30 young people, was a splendid affair presided over by Mrs. Phenix. Rev. Prince presided a soul stirring sermon....The Junior choir at night sang to a large audience. The church was crowded to the door. Mrs. Whisty presided at the organ. Miss Blanche Morrison at the pianoNNRegular services at the A. M. E. church Sunday morning was well attended. In the afternoon the Annual Sermon for Knights Templar was preached. Rev. N. C. Buren preached the sermon, which was splendid....The Sunday school children gave an entertainment at the A. M. E. church Sunday night. It was presided over by Mrs. Essex Allen and Mrs. Wm. Webster. Mrs. Buren presided at the piano....Mr. Albert Huffaker, Mr. Nathan Thal and Mr. Sherman Thal were visitors here Easter Sunday....Mr. K. S. Marney, the Grand P. P. Prince of the Knights of Tabor, has been very sick for the last two weeks. At this writing he is a great deal better....Sir John Johnson is a very sick man....Mrs. Mary Williams is on the sick list....Mrs. Missouri Harrison is very sick at this writing....Mr. Fred Meyers of Omaha, Neb. is here for a visit with his mother, Mrs. Phillis Meyers. By Mrs. Nelle E. Howard. .... Those who were e shopping in St. Joseph last Saturday were Mrs. Mattie Robinson, Miss Lizzie Lighe, Miss Elsie Lair and Mrs. Florence Lair. Mr. Boyd Snoddy and Miss Mintle Wilkinson are suffering with the measles this week. Miss Risa Snoddy spent the Easter week in White Cloud, Kas, the guest of Miss Mabel Stillman. Mrs. Adda Wakefield and daughter Dorothy visited in Wathena and St. Joseph during the Easter festivities. Mrs. Mabel Gaskin visited in Elwood and St. Joseph from Saturday until Monday evening, the guest of Mrs. M. A. McCurry and Mrs. Lake ...Mr. Charles Schumache, Mrs. Matte Robinson and Miss Nelle E. Schumache spent Sunday evening in St. Joseph, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. U. Webster...Mrs. Dilcey Suggs of Hiawatha, Kas., was transacting business in Troy, Monday...The Easter program at the A. M. E. church was quite a success and the children rendered their pieces exceedingly well...Miss Emma Starr of Highland, Kas., spent Sunday evening in Troy...Mrs. Effie Clark returned to Highland Saturday evening, after having spent several weeks in Troy, working...Mr. Charles O. Howard of Kansas City, Mo., visited the Schumache family Sunday and Monday...Mr. Alfred Taylor and Mr. John Wallace were St. Joseph visitors Sunday...The Ladies' Aid will meet at the home of Mrs. Dora Lee, Thursday evening...Mrs. Eva Sidney of Kansas City, Mo., was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Dora Lee, from Saturday until Monday evening...Mrr. Anna Pruitt of St. Joseph, Mo., spent several days in Troy with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hughs, the past week...Rev. William Hancock is holding a series of meetings at the Christian church this week...Mr. and Mrs. Frank Martin attended the Cantata at the Francis Street Baptist church in St. Joseph, Sunday morning, and Mr. Martin assisted in the musical numbers. Insects' Taste for Blood Insects whose ancestors for many generations have never tasted blood will seek it with the utmost keenness if an opportunity presents itself. The vast majority of the mosquitoes of all species (which are said to number probably 1,000) continue to exist and to reproduce their kind on purely vegetable diet. As a rule the blood-seeking habit is confined to the females, but in the case of a few species it is said to be common to both sexes. The taste for blood is stimulated by the heat. Some of the species are never met with near houses but are confined to the deep recesses of forests and woods, and these never have an opportunity of tasting blood. Food That Doesn't Show Dirt. FOOD That Doesn't Show Dirt. One day I visited a delicatessen shop to ask the owner to cover the food. His reply was: "I can't keep all my food in a glass case." A survey of the store showed me that he had a glass case in which he carefully placed all of his canned goo while on the top of the case there was a display of salads and cooked meats I asked him why he didn't reverse the situation and he said, "I hadn't thought of it." 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