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SWAT THE FREAK CHARTER Race Women and Children Will Inherit Big Estate Valued at More Than $100,000 LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL EXTENSION BIG HEALTH MEETING Under auspices of KANSAS CITY MEDICAL, DENTAL AND PHARMA- CEUTICAL SOCIETY LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Nineteenth and Tracy SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1917 3:15 p. m. EVERYBODY WELCOME GOOD MUSIC The Sun Goes to 36 States and Canada. Are Your Relatives and Friends Getting It? VOLUME IX. NUMBER 25. THERE TENNESSE SUPR COURT UP Race Women and Inherit Big Estate More Than $ Woman is Intimidated to Give False Testimony and the Executor Was Forced to Make Invalid Contract OVERRULED BY THE JUDGE Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 7.—The supreme court affirmed the judgment of the trial court in the Jennings will case from Memphis, and upheld the will of J. H. Jennings as valid and binding. By his will Jennings, a white man, devised an estate consisting of about 1,000 acres of valuable farm land to Miss Bettie Hicks. It is said this wwo man bore ten children for Jennings and had been his consort since she was 14 years old. Children Share in the Beguest The children shared in the bequest. The will was contested by members of the Jennings family on the ground that the signature of an essential witness to the will was a forgery and had been placed on the will after the death of the testator. This contention was overthrown by the proof, as the court found, and it was held that all the evidence to sustain the contention of the contestants was the AUTOMOBILE TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NEGROES The A. A. A. Training School will open about March 1. The object of this school will be teaching the automobile and traction engine business to the young men of the Negro race by giving them instructions and practice on real automobiles and traction engines. The motor industry is becoming so great that young men must prepare to meet the demand. Competent mechanics are in great demand at good salaries. We will use no books, you wear overalls and use tools. Upon investigation we found that none of the various training schools throughout the country will accept Negroes as students and for this reason we are establishing this school for Negro students. The opening of our 1917 class will be stated in the next issue of this paper. This school will be equipped with all the modern and up-to-date equipment. A thorough course of Oxy-Acetylene Welding, Brazing and Vulcanizing will be taught by experts along these lines. In this school will be found all the various types of motor cars ranging from the twelve-cylinder down to the four. When a student finishes this school he will be capable of working on any car. We will also give special courses in driving to young men and women. For further information regarding school arship terms, etc., write the A. A. A. Training School, 1510 E. 18th Street. The following men are interested in the promotion of this enterprise; FORTUNE J. WEAVER, DR. MARTIN G. BROOKINS JAMES A. DAVIS THE NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION MEETS. The National Negro Press Association met February 12 at Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Chris J. Perry of Philadelphia, Pa., was elected president and Mr. Henry A. Boyd of NaNshville, Tenn., secretary. LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL BIG HEALTH I Under auspices KANSAS CITY MEDICAL, DEN CEUTICAL SOCI LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL Nineteenth and SUNDAY, FEBRUAR 3:15 p. m. EVERYBODY WELCOME The Kansas City Sun result of intimidation on the part of some of the contestants. **Contestants Intimidate Heirs.** It appeared that the woman, the chief beneficiary of the will, had become so intimidated by the testator's brother, and was in such fear of him that she became the chief witness against the will and gave false testimony against her own interest. The court stated that the executor, Paul Barnett, who was the closest friend of the testator, had been threatened with an unjust criminal prosecution and induced to agree to a compromise, which was afterwards overthrown. The court found that the testator had recited in the will that he felt it to be his moral obligation to leave his estate to the woman with whom he had lived and to their children, and that it was his strong desire that none of the property should go to the Jennings family. The court stated that the only decent thing the testator appeared to have done in his lifetime was to provide for his children by his will and that it would have been a pity if this action had been set aside. **Attorney Committed to Jail for Contempt of Court.** The Jennings will was prepared by Paul Evans, a former attorney or Memphis. Evans refused to testify to his signature as a witness to the will when it was probated because he had not been paid a fee of $1,000 which he claimed to be due him from the estate, and was committed to jail for a short period for contempt he forest his consent to testify was procured. CALCINE CINDERS. Anaconda, Mont I am pleased to state that the situation of the electrical workers at the smelters has taken on a different settlement than was expected. It seems now that the crisis is over, at least we all hope so. The electrical workers struck and walked out, leaving their places to be filled by inexperienced men, to gratify their selfish desires. They want the jurisdiction over twenty-four crane men, who have been governed and controlled for the past ten years by the Mill and Smelter Men's Union. This is a disagreement between two unions; the company is not involved, but Mr. Kelly made it plain to all concerned that he would not jeopardise the destiny of 20,000 men and their families for the wish of 24 hardboils. And if they did not care to pay their dues into the Mill and Smelter Men's Union they could get their time. Mr. Ed Bigsby is the heartfelt sympathy and condolence of all his friends in the death of his mother, Grandma Bigsby, at her home in Great Falls, January 29...Mrs. Alonzo Leatherbury was called to Kansas City through the death of her brother; Mr. Leatherbury accompanied her as far as Butte...Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lane of Helena are the guests of Mrs. George Carter of Commercial Avenue. ...Mrs. Mollie Hammond and sister, Camille, have been confined to their home for weeks owing to an attack of inflammatory rheumatism. At present both are able to be out...Mr. James H. Howard of Helena has accepted a jantorship with Mr. Simmons for the A. C. M. Co...Another soul saved, thank God—Mr. J. Harry Palmer joined church Sunday night. Wonders never cease...Mrs. Poison received the news of her brother being seriously ill in Kansas City and left for that place last week. We hope he may be spared until she arrives. ...Mr. L. P. Driver, our country ranchman, comes to town in his Over land car; some mark of distinction. I assure you...The Atlanta Club entertained several visitors from Butte last week. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17. 1917. Bishop Walters Laid to Rest Mid a Bed of Roses New York, Feb. 6.—The funeral of Bishop Alexander Walters, the noted churchman and public orator, was held on Tuesday morning from Mother Zion A. M. E. church, Rev. J. W. Brown, pastor. Long before services began the church was packed to its doors. Hundreds were turned away. Around the casket and rostrum were banks of oral pieces sent from far and near. Scores of ministers of every denomination and six venerable bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal church, of which the late Bishop Walters was a member and their senior, journeyed to the city to pay the last respects to their dead brother. Services were opened by Pastor Brown, who introduced Bishop W. H. Lee, and the choir sang "Asleep in Jesus," after which Dr. Hannibal of Philadelphia, Pa., and Dr. White of the New Jersey conference read scripture lessons. Bishop Caldwell of Philadelphia presided. In accordance with a request made by Bishop Walters, the eulogy was delivered by his life-long friend, Bishop G. W. Clinton, of Charlotte, N. C. Gets Pittance For Great Song Hit Chicago, Ill.—Tony Jackson, a Colored piano player in a city cabaret only received $45 for the great song hit, "Pretty Baby," which scored so heavily in "The Follies." Thousands of dollars have been made off the song by the publishers, while the composer is still pounding the piano every night for a few dollars. Washington, D. C.—A bar license has been issued to J. Ottoway Holmes by the Excise Board and this enterprising business man is to open his establishment this week at 211 Seventh street, northwest, opposite Center Market. The entire building will be occupied by Mr. Holmes. The bar will be on the first floor and the upper rooms will be used as ladies' private dining parlors and as a public restaurant. This will make four licenses issued to Colored buffets in a Colored population of 100,000, the others being A. J. Gaskins, Moses Dade and P. Dallas Washington. All are located in the down-town business district. Well, that's four too many—Editor. Miss Burrough's $3,000 Campaign for Teaches' Building. Miss Nannie H. Burroughs is pushing a ten days' campaign for $3,000, which is to go toward the erection of a trades' building for the National Training School for Girls at Lincoln Heights. The school is overcrowded and stands greatly in need of this addition to its work. Former Commissioner MacFarland paid a high tribute in the Evening Star to the constructive endeavors of Miss Burroughs in the elevation of her race and heartily endorsed the movement for its enlargement. As a part of her campaign Miss Burroughs is circulating a button souvenir bearing the motto "America needs trained servants more than she needs trained soldiers." ALLEN CHAPEL. (Py Delia H. Moses) The sermon delivered by Dr. Thomas last Sunday morning was filled with inspiration. Its tendency was toward the uniting of father and son more closely in companionship. The appeal to "Come to Jesus" was answered by fourteen brave hearts. Everyone enjoyed the program rendered Young People's Day, February 11, celebrating the 17th anniversary of the Allen Christian Endeavor League. Many pledges have been made toward the liquidation of the mortgage indebtedness and many more are expected to follow. The ladies' social aid had a Valentine social at the residence of their president, Mrs. Mary Hill, February 16. The Social Pathfinders had a Valentine party Wednesday, February 14, Mrs. W. H. Dawley hostess. The Douglass Hospital club observed the 100th anniversary of Frederick Douglass after whom the hospital is named by receiving guests at the hospital from 2 to 6 p. m., Wednesday, February 14th. HARLAN WINFREY DEAD HARLAN WINFREY DEAD. Harlan Winfrey, 32 years of age, a railroad porter, was attacked with a hemorrhage and died almost instantly Thursday evening at the corner of 19th and Vine streets. Winfrey was a brother of Mrs. Stella Woods of 2219 Woodland avenue and a son of Col. Alex. Winfrey of Chillicothe, Mo., one of the most prominent and wealthy colored men of the state. The body was taken to Chillicothe Friday night for the funeral. The Sun extends its deepest sympathy. THE CHRISTIAN COMING TO ALLEN CHAPEL FEBRUARY 24 WELLINGTON, MISSOURI. (By Hattie Hanna.) Miss Mary Triplett of Kansas City was called home on account of the illness of her mother...Mrs. J. D. Carey and daughter, Lucinda, visited in Kansas City a few days...Mrs. Cora Walls returned to her home in Kansas City Friday...Messrs Nelson Walker, Oliver Martin and Carle Hanna spent Sunday in Odessa, Mo...Mr. Gibson Hanna, a young man led the payroll of the Lanning-Harris coal mines of 150 men, the amount being $85.67 in two weeks...Mrs Lucy Martin, who has been on the sick list for some time is much better at this writing...Mrs. James Price was shopping in Lexington Friday. THANKS! As I sit by my window chatting under the doctor's edict that keeps me indoors this beautiful winter weather my thoughts turn to those dear friends who have made my ten days' illness seem like a dream by their kindness—their flowers and fruit, and their radiant sunshine. Our physician, our accomplished nurse, our dear little wife, our brother, our neighbors and our niece, Mrs. Schumache, of Troy, Kansas, have rendered every service possible, and we never knew how numerous and devoted our friends were until we became ill. And we would not forget our splendid office force under the management of that admirable little human dynamo, Willa M. Glenn, who have gotten our paper out on time each week and have made the Sunshine as brightly as though we were on the job. To one and all again we say: Accept our heartfelt thanks. NELSON C. CREWS WARD CHAPEL Our church is getting along nicely. The attendance is good. We extend an invitation to the Mistors and their members to be present with us Sunday, at 3 p.m. This will be our Second Quarterly meeting and the presiding elder will be present with us all of the day. Allen Chapel Sunday School offers Hall Caine's superb love story, a masterpiece in 500 scenes and all star cast, SATURDAY, FEB. 24. Special matinee at 3:00 p. m. Evening show at 8:00 p. m. Admission 10 cents. This film has 8 parts, takes one hour and fifty minutes to show this play. Allen Chapel's magnificent pipe or gan will be used to feature this film. Tickets can be secured from the Paseo Y. M. C. A. WM. H. WASHINGTON, Mgr. W. H. DAWLEY, Suit. SYNOPSIS: Glory Quailie, a natural born mime, leaves her country home, reaches London, goes on the stage, gains fame and affluence, returns to her heart, believing he has lost Glory forever, enters a Monastery, tries to forget her, cannot kill his love, returns to the world, becomes a famous slum worker and friend, returns to her home, vampire, a beast in human form, betrays Glory's chum, Polly Love, Love tells John of Lord Robert wakes the moment of death, the moment of exile, exile marry Poly to save her from dishonor Lord Robert refuses, as he intends to SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH. After Rev. Lewis Sheafe, the evangelist of Los Angeles, Cal., preached an eloquent sermon on "What Think Ye of Christ." He sang "He Rescued Me, a Brand From Burning," and several other beautiful gospel hymns, which were greatly enjoyed by the large congregation last Sunday morning. In the evening services the pastor, Rev. Bacote, preached a great sermon on "Take Away My Heart of Stone and Give Me a Heart of Flesh." to a large congregation...The Union revival services are abounding with so much success and enthusiasm that it was decided to continue them for another week...Prof. Jackson and his excellent singers from Western University furnished several fine selections on last Monday night to the overflowing congregation at Metropolitan Temple...Dr. Bailey and his workers have been rewarded for their efforts by a great ingathering of souls. Thus far during the four weeks of the revival there have been 867 who have hit the trail. Everybody is invited to come out and help to be instrumental in saving souls. Stop that bad cold. Smith's Vim and Vigor Cold Tablets will do it. Price 25 cents, 18th and Tracy. Refused Negro Check; Angry Carlisle, Pa.-Late last Saturday afternoon John Humbert appeared at the cashier's window in the Farmers' Trust company bank and asked to have a fifty thousand dollar check cashed. Upon the cashier's refusal Humbert became angry because he fancied the cashier would have been more obliging a white man made a similar request. And in order to emphasize his displeasure Humbert pulled a revolver and began shooting at the cashier. None of the shots resulted fatally, but the angry man was soon placed under arrest. SUPREME LODGE OFFICERS COM PLETE ARRANGEMENTS For Grandest Gathering of Fraternal and Military Display in This City, Week of August 19, 1917—Last Session Held in Columbus, Ohio, Over 20,000 Visitors present and 5,600 Uniform Men in Parade—Three Hours Passing. The official machinery was set in motion last Monday for the nineteenth biennial session of the Supreme Lodge and National Encampment of the Uniform Rank of the Knights of Pythias which will be held in St. Louis, beginning August 19, 1917. Supreme Chancellor, S. W. Green, Supreme Worthy Counsellor Joseph L. Jones, Supreme Attorney S. A. T. Watkins and Major General R. R. Jackson spent several days in St. Louis during which they made an official inspection of the arrangements and plans for entertaining the Supreme Lodge and Military Conclave. On last Monday night the Supreme Chancellor and his cabinet were the guests of the local committee of arrangements, of which W. W. Buckner is chairman and W. E. Osborne, secretary, at a splendid banquet at Doug lass hall. IN MEMORIAM In loving memory of my niece, Mamie E. Brown, who departed this life February 18, 1913. MRS. FANNIE PRYOR. COMING TO EL FEBRUARY 24 marry a rich American heiress. Terriile clash between the Right of John and the Lord of Manie. Lord Robert, who swears revenge. Polly dies of shame and a broken heart. Lord Robert the greatest day of sport in England. John spreads broadcast the report that John predicts the end of the world on Derby Day, the greatest day of sport in England. Britain, wrought up by John's alleged prediction. His former friends become bitter foes, the uneducated and weak in mental form. Friends of John thousands incite riots against John. Widespread and awful riots in the slums. Derby Day becomes a day of terror. Wonderful scenes of the world-famous Derby Race, with its great horses and its terrific crowds. In England especially, for ten years John is a target for the vengeance of everyone, both rich and poor. He stands alone, with all the world around him. John quells the angry borders and saves him from them. Through persecution, John's mind becomes unbalanced. That night, fear, guilt and despair surround him, to kill her to save her from a fate like the one which befall poor Polly. Gloomy defences result, the deep disappointment, the tribulations, the misunderstandings, in spite of all, Glory and John find happiness in each Y. M. C. A. Notes "Shangan and His Ox-goad" is the subject of the address to be delivered by Dr. L. C. Sheafe, the evangelist, at the men's meeting on next Sunday, February 18, 3:30 p. m. The Religious Work Committee is planning for Railroad Men's Sunday, February 25th. Fourteen boys, two of whom were Reverend Thomas' sons, made decisions to live the Christian life at Allen Chapel on last Sunday, where special services were held for father and sons throughout the city. The reports from the other churches had not been received at this writing. The first High School track meet was held Monday at 3:30 p. m. William Smith was first with 13 points to his credit. Earl Winfrey, second, with 9 points, and Coburn Walden, 3d, with 6 points. Physical examinations are still in progress and bringing out results. On Thursday evening, February 22, there will be a special program for the Boys of the Association. In their department motion pictures will be a special feature on the program. A stereoptic lecture will also be given. Each boy will bring his friend. --- LINCOLN, NEBRASKA Mr. A. E. Hale returned home last Friday from Broken Bow, Neb., where he had been on business for the past two weeks.....John Kaholakula is in the city this week from Alliance, Neb. .....Messrs. R. H. Young, C. L. Moore, T. T. McWilliams and C. T. Denton were in Omaha last Sunday on business.....Major Moore was in Omaha last Sunday to see his brother, George, who is very ill there.....S. A. Venerable is confined at home with illness.....Last Sunday was Quarterly meeting at the A. M. E. church. Presiding Elder J. C. Owens was present and conducted the services.... Word came from Los Angeles, Cal., that Nelson Taylor, formerly of Lincoln, had died there after some illness.....Word received from Omaha, Tuesday, that Wm. F. Brown, formerly of Lincoln, had died in that city, Deceased leaves a widow Mrs. Sallie Brown.....Rev. John McWilliams is on the sick list.....Lebanon lodge was visited last Tuesday evening by a committee of sisters from the Amaranth Chapter No. 54 of O. E. StSar, who came to ask a request of the brethren, Mrs. Laura Johnson, D. G. R. A. M., acted as spokesman, as did Mrs. George Flippin. The request was granted. ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY LINCOLN INSTITUTE February 12th, the anniversary of Lincoln's birthday, was appropriately observed by Lincoln Institute, Jefferson City, Mo. The following excellent program was given: "America".....School Selection.....Orchestra Damascus Triumphal March, "Coata".....Chorus and Orchestra Piano—Valse de Concert—Matter.....Eugenia Drew Address, "Emancipation and Its Justification".....Pres. B. F. Allen Song, "Kentucky Babe".....Young Men's Glee Club Violin Duet, "Dream of Shepherdess".....Sabiksht Song, "Lincoln, O Lincoln"..... President Allen, in an impassioned address, paid a glowing tribute to the "Great Emancipator." In language no less forceful, Dr. Allen set forth the responsibility that rests upon the Afro-American of today. He must cherish only those ideals which are pure and lofty, and seek to bring others to the heights in intelligence and character, and to elevate their social and economic standing. The Damascus triumphal march was splendidly interpreted by both the orchestra and chorus. In fact each number on the program deserves commendation. Several members of the legislature were present; and at request Miss Overstreet sang "I Hear You Calling Me," and Miss H. Johnson, teacher of the violin, played "Deep River" by S. Coleridge Taylor. Both teachers are artists. It was an evening that ministered to the best, and the large appreciative audience showed how highly these entertainments are valued by the student body and the citizens of Jefferson City. (MISS) THERESA SMITH. Do you know the method of realizing health, happiness and prosperity is an exact science and that you can master it? I give treatments for all undesirable conditions. An offering should accompany each appeal for aid. MRS. M. L. FOSTER, Student of H. J. Howell. Metaphysician 945 Washington Blvd. Kansas City, Kas IN MEMORIAM. In sad and loving memory of my dear mother, Mrs. Laura Christman, who passed, away February 11, 1916: We miss the voice of one we love, One we lost is stillied. A place is vacant in our home Which never can be filled. Mother, we miss you more and more each day. Sadly missed by her daughter, Miss Flora Hutchinson, and Mrs. E. Whyte and family. THE CLIPPERS at Pr ROLAND W. HAY In I at the Manual Tr 15th Street and MARCH Admissio Do You Know That Advertising is the Life of Trade and the Only Real Business Getter PRICE, 5c. Took Revenge for Death of His Wife Mob Hung Her to Tree, but He Killed Six and Made His Getaway. Athens, Ga., Feb. 2—Two little boys (one white) got to fight in a town a few miles from here and the result was that the mother of the Race boy slapped the white one. Twelve men formed a mob and took her to the outskirts of the city and lynched her. They hung her body to a tree and then went to where her husband was working and asked him to come and help them cut down a cow which was too heavy for them. He went and was dumfounded when he saw that it was his wife. He humbly begged of them to allow him to go home and get a sheet to wrap it around her. They consented. While in the house he put his Winchester under the sheet and came back. They waited to watch him, but he had beat them to it. Approaching them, he opened fire, killing six. Before they could get him he made his escape. The Associated Press never said anything about the matter—Exchange. EDITOR MURRAY DEAD. St. Louis, Moe, Feb. 9—Prof. Philip H. Murray, newspaper man and lecturer, formerly editor of the "Truth" and "Advance," is dead. He was 74 years old and served in the Union army and was president of the first Press Association. His last journalistic work was editorial writer on the St. Louis Argus. He leaves to mourn his loss three daughters and one son. The funeral services were held at St. Paul's chapel Sunday afternoon. MARION. IND. Rev. Mrs. Lena Mason, the celebrated evangelist of Baltimore, Md., is holding a series of meetings at Allen's Temple. Rev. G. H. Butler, pastor. SENATOR T. T. ALLAIN DEAD. Chicago. Ill.-Senator T. T. Allain, 3709 State street, aged 71, died the first of the week at his home after lingering for several months. He was among the last of the "old guard" of the Reconstruction Period. He was born and educated in the state of Louisiana. He took a prominent part in politics and served in the state legislature of Louisiana with distinction and credit. At one time he was reputed to be one of the wealthiest men of the Race in that state. He came to Illinois 24 years ago and toward the last took an independent stand in politics. The funeral was held at St. Monica's Catholic church, 36th and Dearborn street, Thursday morning. He is survived by a wife, two sons and two daughters: Mrs. B. A. Purnell and daughter, Oakland, Calif., arrived in the city Wednesday morning to attend the funeral of her father. REPORT OF CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS' CAMRAIGN The Sunday school campaign for the interest of young people closed Friday night. January 26, with a GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY January 28. After a house to house campaign had been made and more than 600 homes visited and over 900 enrolled for the different Sabbath schools, the results cannot be estimated; the churches reported an increase of both church and Sunday school attendance. The workers are interested in the young people and have endeavored to awaken the parent to the sense of their duty in sending their children to the Sunday school. There are more than 29,000 Colored people in Kansas City, 3,350 girls, 5,006 boys attending public school. Think of it! 8,356 Colored children and less than 1,000 in Sunday school! The gospel was carried into all the homes by the interested and earnest workers in an endeavor to save the parent in order to save the child. May God bless the workers. "Lift up your eyes and look on the fields, for they are white, al ready to harvest. Truly the harvest is ripe but the laborers are few." AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS Dr. James Hardy Dillard of Charlotteville, Va., who is the executive officer of the Jeanes and Slater boards, and one of the foremost educational experts in the country, spoke at the public meeting at the Hotel Somerset, Boston, in behalf of Hampton institute. Doctor Dillard was for a number of years professor of Latin and dean of the academic college of Tulane university, New Orleans. Since 1907 he has been engaged in Negro school work, and it is said of him that he has traveled through the South to a greater extent than any other man in the country. Hampton institute and other schools for Negroes had made a slight rift in the colored man's "cloudy way" when in 1892 announcement was made of the establishment of the John F. Slater fund for the education of the freedman, with its million-dollar endowment. In 1908 the Anna T. Jeunes foundation for the assistance of Negro elementary schools was started with an endowment of a million dollars. Doctor Dillard declares that the migration of southern negroes to the North in the last ten months has forced a new problem on the South that legislation only may solve. It is said that 10,000 Negroes in Savannah and vicinity are already at work in the North, attracted by high wages, many of them having left their families in want. "The Southern educational problem is showing steady progress." Dillard says, "but unfortunately a low grade of politics in many places still stands in the way. The need in the South is still great for bringing more and more to the front the better thought of our most intelligent and progressive people. This seems to me our chief Southern problem today. "Politicians count relatively more with us than they do in other parts of the country. Public sentiment is more dependent upon the professional politician than it is upon other classes of public men, such as clergymen, educators and educated men of business. "We badly need more voices from the thinkers who are not politicians, and we need the commanding voices from politicians who are statesmen." The Hampton meeting, presided over by Hon. W. Cameron Forbes, was addressed by Doctor Dillard, Rev. George A. Gordon, Dr. Hollis F. Frissell of Hampton and J. E. Blanton, a half brother of Major Moton, president of Tuskegee, who is in charge of the government farm demonstration work in Beaufort county, South Carolina. Mr. Beaufort, a graduate of Hampton, told of many interesting experiences on the island of St. Helena, off the South Carolina coast, where the population consists of 6,000 Negroes and 45 whites. --- The Negro who was enfranchised 54 years ago was in no sense like the Negro as he is today. In many respects, obedience to authority, respect for his white neighbors, freedom from evil habits, the newly enfranchised slave was a far superior being to his descendants of the present day; but the Negro of today in educational fitness, in property interests, in business ability, bears little resemblance to the newly manumitted slave, and is far better informed upon all questions of government than any of his race who has preceded him; and for the reason that he is growing up into the ability to understand A decidedly better treatment of the Negro, both in the North and in the South, will grow out of this scattering of the race. The old condition grew out of the fact that the demand for his labor has been limited and the supply unlimited. Other influences, some sinister and some not so sinister, have worked against him. In the South it has been that old and seemingly ineradicable prejudice which would give to him only those things which the white man did not want. Not infrequently the ostracism that came to the Negro in the East and middle West came by virtue of the fact that in religion, in race and sometimes in politics, he has been an outsider. It is not unnatural in the small community for the priest to intercede with the employer for his flock and for those of his persuasion. Neither is it out of the ordinary for the politician to desire to control jobs out of the narrow range of political appointment. Closer ties still are those of race and language and nationality. The Negro heretofore, with merely sentiment on his side, has not been able to overcome these barriers. But if all signs Electric locomotives are in use in Switzerland, in which powerful electric magnets are used instead of couplings in drawing cars. In Mexico there is a 150-foot bridge over a river that is composed entirely of mahogany, worth at the present price of the wood, almost $2,000,000. A new kitchen utensil is a cutter for removing cores from vegetables in the form of a long spiral that can be used if wished. Mine Production Increases Mine Production Increases. The report of the geological survey for the year 1916 shows that all records have been broken during this period. Production, it is estimated, has run at least 25 per cent ahead of that of 1915. Iron contends with copper for first place among the metals produced and the production or coal was the greatest ever known. The mines sold 507,000,000 tons, compared with 750,000,000, the record established in 1913. The coke output also broke all records, increasing 27 per cent over American institutions, Captain Crosby would extend to him the suffrage restricted and regulated by the Constitution and by the laws of congress so that he would not find himself entirely shut out of all participation in public affairs. Captain Crosby holds that a restricted and regulated suffrage would not be "manhood suffrage," and that the integrity of his race ought to be of as much concern to the Negro as the integrity of the white race is to the white man. No race which has despaired itself has ever prospered. The fact that the Negro is a Negro cannot be changed by constitutional amendments or statutory enactments; but an assured and regulated suffrage would make him all the more desirable citizen and all the better able to protect his racial integrity, which is absolutely essential to his racial salvation.—Birmingham (Ala.) Age-Herald. --- There are in Texas, according to the thirteenth decimal census of the government, 252,808 children between the ages of six and twenty years, of which number 130,708, or 51.7 per cent, are attending school; there are 85,461 children in Texas of Negro blood between the ages of ten and fourteen years, of which number 67,635, or 79.1 per cent, are attending school; there are 93,271 between the ages of fifteen and twenty years, of which number 27,694, or only 29.7 per cent, are in attendance upon school. According to the above figures it is readily discernable that the tendency of colored parents is to start their children to school at a late age and to take them out early. The proof of this tendency is further substantiated by the fact that Texas literacy is higher than that of any other state having a Negro population of as many as 300,000, while there are several such states whose total scholastic attendance is greater in percentage than that of Texas. The point I wish to emphasize is the fact that statistics show that while Texas has good schools and other things necessary to the educational development of our race, we are taking but meager advantage of them. Out of the 14 years of the possible scholastic life of a child, it is clearly shown by carefully compiled statistics that from 29 per cent to 65 per cent of the children of colored parentage in Texas at different periods of their scholastic life do not utilize the advantages offered them along educational life. Only for about four years of the probable school life of the children in Texas of Negro descent is there anything like a decent showing made in school attendance. From the ages ten to fourteen as indicated above, we have 67, 636, or 79.1 per cent out of a possible 55,461 who are in school. This period is when the best record in attendance is made.—Communication to Houston Post. --- Prunes stored in a California warehouse after a few months have been welded into a solid mass, which is attacked with pick and shovel when it is desired to remove them for shipment. French scientists have demonstrated that the vapors of iodine and bromine pass through thin glass, even at ordinary temperature. Whistler's picture, White Girl, described by himself as one of his most important works, brought $10,500 in London at auction. fall not, the conflict now raging will so lessen the effectiveness of these agencies that the black man will not find it difficult to win a place and hold it in our larger industrial and economic scheme of things. A novel time recorder employs a phonograph cylinder to record the sound of a clock striking and the voices of employees at about the same instant. --- In one region of government forest land in Argentina it is estimated that there are at least 1,000,000 pine trees large enough for profitable lumbering. An English railroad supplies toy locomotives and cars to children taking long journeys to relieve the monotony of riding. It is estimated that in twelve years Boston has lost $3,040,244 in poll taxes. The Grand Trunk Pacific drydock, at Prince Rupert, cost $2,500,000. If the sea should rise one-twenty-sixth part of its depth, one-half of the land would be under water. Thunderstorms are rarer in San Francisco than in any other part of the United States. Fifty thousand combinations are fiveable with a new combination padlock. Spanish fishing fleets employ 80,000 men. the previous year. Arizona led all states in copper, with Michigan next. The profits in this metal were the greatest ever known. Followed Instructions Country Lady—I've been expecting a packet of medicine by post for a week and haven't received it yet. Post-Office Clerk—Yes, madam. Kindly fill in this form, and state the nature of your complaint. Lady—Well, if you must know, it's indirection—London Tit-Bits. THE KANSAS CITY SUN. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 17. 1917 PREPARING FOWL FOR TABLE Rules It Will Be Well to Observe in the Operation of "Plucking" Biddy Before Cooking. The fowl being carefully plucked and singed must next be drawn. To do this cut off the head, leaving about four inches of the neck, slit the skin down the back of the neck and loosen it completely all around. Separate the gullet and follow it with the fingers, passing them all around where it enters the body, so as to loosen the crop, which can then be pulled out whole with its contents, merely by laying hold of the gullet with a cloth to prevent it from slipping. Then cut the neck off quite close to the body, leaving the flap of skin on. With the point of a sharp knife make a short crossway slit, just beneath the tail of the bird, taking care in doing so, however, not to wound the intestines. Into this slit put one finger as far as it will go, and pass it round close to the breastbone and backbone, so as to break through the attachments which hold the internal organs in place. Enlarge the hole then, if necessary, enough to admit two fingers, and between these lay hold of the gizzard, the large hard mass which will usually be found lying just beneath the point of the breastbone. Draw this out first, and then, by pulling gently but firmly, all the rest will follow together, after which the body should be washed or wiped out—Modern Priscilla. SWEET DISH ALL WILL LIKE Strawberry Ice Comparatively Ixepensive and One of the Most Delicious Dessert Confections. A most inexpensive strawberry ice may be made by boiling two cupfuls of sugar with a half a cupful of hot water for three minutes. Cool and add a box of berries, crushed, and the juice of a lemon. Then add a cupful of ice water and partially freeze. Stir in the stiffly beaten white of one egg and finish freezing. Tiny sponge cakes iceed with strawberry juice and confectioner's sugar are delicious to serve with this ice, or a big layer cake, frosted with white and decorated with a wreath of roses made from candied rose leaves and citron, with yellow candies for centers. Or the ice may be made from grape juice and the little cakes decorated with candied violets. Strawberries dipped in pink fondant and served in little paper cases are very pretty.—People's Home Journal. How to Pour Liquids In pouring a liquid from a jug or bottle the vessel should be held with the opening downward, rather than horizontally, if convenient, and swung quickly with a circular motion, says Popular Mechanics Magazine. The liquid will rotate, and in leaving the opening will permit air to enter continuously, causing the liquid to run rapidly and without intermittent gurgling sounds. If the opening of the container is at one side it is best to hold the container so that the opening is at the highest point of the end, rather than at the bottom. The air may thus enter and permit a continuous flow until the container is empty. Lemon Pie. One large or two small lemons, grate the rind and add the juice, two-thirds cupful sugar, one whole egg and one yolk (save one white for frosting), one pint boiling water. Cook in spider and when boiling thicken with three tablespoonfuls cornstarch in a little cold water. Have the crust already baked. Pick it all over with a fork before baking, so it will not rise from the plate. Now put in the filling and frost with the beaten white, sweetened with granulated sugar. Set it over a minute or so to brown. Mock Chicken Omelet One slice of roast veal or roast pork will do, cut up in tiny pieces. One or two slices of onion as thin as a wafer, cut up very fine, put in frying pan with one teaspoonful butter after it is melted. Pour over one well beaten egg with one teaspoonful (scant) flour, a little salt and pepper and four tablespoonfuls of milk mixed with it, and cook slowly until egg is all cooked. Delicious on toast. Cheese Scallops Soak one cupful of bread crumbs from the center of a stale loaf of bread in one pint of milk. Add two well beaten eggs, three tablespoonfuls of melted butter, one-half teaspoonful each of salt and paprika, a dash of cayenne and three-quarters of a cupful of grated cheese. Butter some scallop shells, fill with the mixture and bake in a hot oven until firm. Serve at once. Good Supper Dish. Here is a good supper dish. Cook one pint tomatoes and a small onion. When done, strain. Blend two tablespoonfuls of flour and two of butter, salt and pepper to taste, and add to tomatoes. Mix together one cupful chopped chili, beef, veal or chicken and one cupful boiled rice. Put all the ingredients in buttered baking dish, cover with crumbs and bake until brown. Chocolate Jelly. Three cupfuls of milk, one and one half tablespoonfuls of gelatin, one and one half squares of chocolate, one half cupful sugar. Soak the gelatin in one half cupful of the milk, add chocolate and sugar to the two and one half cupfuls of milk and scald, then add gelatin dissolved in the half cupful of milk. Strain into individual molds through cloth or fine sieve. Serve with cream. Odd Refreshment. Here is something odd in the way of refreshments. Now this may not appeal to you, but I wanted to send my mite. Core and pare an apple, bake the apple not to be mushy, but cooked through tender. When the apple is cool fill the center with mincement, then put a little whipped cream on top. It is delicious. Try it Fads And Fancies Of Fashion SE NOVEL ONE-PIECE PROMENADE DRESS. One of the developments of the one-piece dress, which makes of it a good model for the promenade, is shown in the accompanying photograph. It looks like a plaited skirt of silk jersey, with a plain coat suggestive of a sweater, but its looks are misleading. It is a one-piece garment, and it might be made in serge, gaberdine, or any pliable woolen goods. Like so many others, it bears the imprint of sports styles in the straight lines of the body, in the long girdle which is wrapped easily about the waist, and in the patch pockets. This is one of those designs which are adapted to almost any color. It has a number of novel finishing touches that give it a distinction which will match up with the peculiar shades of green and the beautiful blues that have captivated everybody. But whatever color is chosen must be used throughout. The ties at the throat, of brocaded ribbons, furnish all the contrast needed. surely turn round to let wonder at the clever signer. Because of its pocke and its odd belt, "Sp written boldly on the And because of her su her swagger stick the their wearer is above knows smart style and her own. It does not take lo story of the pretty suit is plain and all its po centered in the coat. Although women are a giving up short skirt reaches an inch or so top, and shows the signs in their attempt skirts into favor. The coat hangs straig and would at the back held in a little by the an odd management of the belt of the materi It is noticeable that the sleeves are of the same material as the dress and 7 M that a deep cuff is set into the band that finishes them. Those who regret the disappearance of the crepe sleeves may have these cuffs made of crepe, which is so soft and so becoming to the hands. The pockets are put on with close-set rows of buttons, covered with the same material as the dress. Smaller buttons, made the same way, fasten the bodice above the waistline. All the lines are long and straight in this model; even the collar is carefully managed so that they are unbroken. The first fugitive fine day that the year vouchsafes to drop in the frozen north, we are likely to meet this pretty substitute for the street suit. We will pockets are large and contrasting color. T and turned back, the down with buttons. ished in the same way the same as that in Buttons covered the of the suit fasten the front and are used in on each side. A must, of course, appe regulated garment for is seen in the lines the side the buttons, br greater prominence. Stiffening Gore From Skirts. About July 1 the French woman discarded her distended petticoats and took to clinging effects. This does not mean tight skirts by any means, but skirts that fall in soft folds with a clinging rather than a crinoline silhouette. The change has been slow in arring over here, but it was felt by Thanksgiving and already fashionably dressed women who follow Paris closely are wearing the new, graceful skirt which reveals while seeming to conceal the lines of the figure. These softly surely turn round to look it over and to wonder at the cleverness of its designer. Because of its pockets and buttons and its odd belt, "Spring, 1017," is written boldly on the suit pictured. And because of her suit and hat and her swagger stick the judgment of their wearer is above question; she knows smart style and chooses it for her own. It does not take long to tell the story of the pretty suit, since its skirt is plain and all its points of interest centered in the coat, which is short. Although women are reluctant about giving up short skirts, this model reaches an inch or so below the shoe top, and shows the insistence of designers in their attempt to bring longer skirts into favor. This skirt model The coat hangs straight at the front, and would at the back if it were not held in a little by the belt. There is an odd management of this feature. The belt of the material slips through the coat and buttons in the back. The THE GARDEN OF THE GARDEN pockets are large and lined with a contrasting color. They are slashed and turned back, the points fastened down with buttons. The cuffs are finished in the same way; their lining is the same as that in the coat. Buttons covered with the material of the suit fasten the coat down the front and are used in decorative rows on each side. A little needlework must, of course, appear on every well-regulated garment for spring, and it is seen in the lines that are placed beside the buttons, bringing them into greater prominence. Julius Bottomley draping skirts are a bit longer, too— almost to the instep, but the pretty buttoned boot is by no means hidden and boots are more fascinating affairs than ever, with their high heels, turned soles and tops of kid or cloth in con- trasting shades. New Sweaters Keeping up with sweaters is a seriousposition. A new model ismade of two colors, one above and the otherbelow the waistline. Sometimes a wide decorative band is used at the bottom. DESSERT TO TEMPT INVALID Baked Milk With Stewed or Fresh Fruit Is Appetizing and Can Do No Harm. A perfectly innocuous dessert for the most delicate of patients is provided by baked milk, and it makes a very pleasant accompaniment for stewed or fresh fruit. It is very simply prepared, as the milk is merely put into an earthen jar, covered tightly and allowed to bake in a very slow oven for several hours, until it is of the consistency of very thick cream. The main attraction about that recipe is its hardnessless, but a really delicious and nutritious pudding can be made from the following: Rice Flour Pudding.—One-half pint milk, two tablespoonfuls cream, one ounce butter, one ounce rice flour, whites of two eggs, flavoring, one tablespoonful sugar. Put the milk, butter and sugar into a saucepan and bring just to the boiling point; mix the rice, flour and cream well together and stir into the boiling milk; draw to one side to cool and beat the whites of egg to a stiff froth, then add them to the rest, folding them carefully in so as not to break down their fluffiness. Pour into a fireproof dish and bake in a quick oven until a light golden brown. MAKES MOST TASTY OMELET Prepared With Kidneys It Is "Something Different" From the Usual Run of Egg Mixtures. Melt two tablespoonfuls of bacon drippings in a frying pan; add two lumbs' kidneys that have been cut into dice and toss them about in the hot dripping for three minutes. Then add sufficient thick brown sauce to moisten, and season with a pinch of paprika and one tablespoonful of worcestershire sauce. Prepare an ordinary omelet from the yolks of four eggs beaten with a little salt, pepper and four tablespoonfuls of water, and when very light fold in the stiffly whipped egg whites. Turn into an omelet pan in which has been melted one tablespoonful of butter and cook very slowly until well risen. Then spread with the kidney mixture, sprinkle with chopped parsley, and turn over, after loosening the sides, into a neat half circle. Tip the pan gently, so that the interior of the omelet may cook through, and serve inverted on a hot platter. Pan Dowdy. Pare and quarter enough sour, juicy apples to nearly fill an earthen baking dish, add to the apples half a cupful of hot water and nearly a cupful of molasses. For crust use one quart of flour, one teaspoonful soda, two teaspoonful cream of tartar, one teaspoonful salt, half a cupful creamed butter, one pint rich, sweet milk. Mix soda, cream of tartar and salt well into dry flour, work the creamed butter into the prepared flour till fine and yellow. Add milk to this mixture and mold to a delicate dough. Roll it out an inch thick and fit closely over the apples. Bake in a moderate oven as long as the crust will allow. When done, while warm, break the crust into pieces and mix through the apples; serve with cream or milk. Something Nice for Supper Here is a nice supper dish I made from the remnants of a roast of beef. Chop or cut fine all the lean beef and mince an onion line. Put into a baking dish and cover with the leftover gravy. Cook in hot oven about threequarters of an hour. Have hot mashed potatoes ready, remove dish from oven and spread mashed potatoes over top. Well season and return to oven to brown. I served this dish one night last week with hot biscuits, apple sauce, doughnuts, pickles and tea and I must say they did full justice to it. Try it some day.—Exchange. Health Twist A new exercise is called the "liver twister." It starts a sluggish liver into activity and helps to clear the complexion. Here is how it is done: Sitting erect, take a deep breath, place the tips of the fingers upon the shoulders and slowly twist the body from the waist up as far as possible to right and left without moving the hips. Then make the same movement with the fingers clasped back of the neck and the elbows on a line with the shoulders. Turkish Dish Stew one cupful of cold lamb with one teaspoonful of minced onion in one cupful of water until very tender. Skim out the meat and add to the water enough strained tomato to make one pint, or use more water if you have not enough of the tomato. Season highly with salt and pepper and a little curry or chutney sauce. There Are Other Things. Dieticians say a 10-cent can of molasses contains eight and one-half times as much heat and energy as 10 cents' worth of beef. But these gentlemen forget that few people care to make a meal on molasses and that heat and energy are not the only things to be considered in a fine, juicy beefsteak. Cafe Mousse. Whip one pint of heavy cream and add one-half cupful of powdered sugar. Next add one cupful of black coffee infusion and one-fourth teaspoonful of salt. Turn the mixture into a mold, pack in ice and let stand for five hours. Ada's Hoptoads. Very nice for breakfast with coffee. One cupful sour milk, one egg, one-half teaspoon.ul salt, one of soda and flour enough to make a stiff batter; drop from spoon into hot lard and fry. Ink on the Carpet To remove ink spots from the carpet after they have become dry rub them with milk, taking fresh as it becomes inky. Afterward wash the spot with ammonia water to remove the grease. Restoring Color. When the color has been taken out of black goods it may be restored by the application of liquid ammonia. INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON (By E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director of Sunday School Course of Moody Bible Institute.) (Copyright, 1917, Western Newspaper Union.) LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 18 JESUS MEAL$ NOBLEMAN'S SON. LESSON TEXT—John 4:55-64. GOLDEN TEXT—As then hast believed, so be it done unto them—Matt. 8:13. This event occurred a few days after that of last Sunday's lesson. It was Jesus' second miracle in Cana. John the Baptist is still preaching, and Jesus is closing the first year of his ministry and beginning his work in Galllee. Teachers should bring a vivid picture of Galilee to their classes, as that was one of the important fields to which our Master devoted much of his time. (For description see some good Bible dictionary.) The people of that land were more worldly, less bound by convention-titles, and more accessible to the teachings which Jesus brought than those of Juden. Josephus says they were "fond of innovations, and disposed to changes." 1. Supplication (Testing) vv. 43-49. Jesus left the revival at Samaria (vv. 39-44) and returned to Gillee. His own people of Nazareth refused to accept him "for a prophet hath no honor in his own country." It was in Gillee that he had his great victories. Here he was welcome (v. 45) because they had known the things that he did at Jerusalem, the report of which was brought back by those who had visited the feast (John 2:14-17). In Cana (Ch. 2:11) one came to him who was a king's officer, one who was used to command, and whose great personal need overcame any prejudice (Matt. 9:18; Luke 7.2). We use afflictions oftimes to drive us to him, and the most effective way to induce men to come to Jesus is to bring them to recognize their need which he alone can supply. The lad was "at the point of death," hence the father's journey of twenty miles from Capernaum to Cana, seeking help. We have here the weakness of faith indicated in verse forty-eight. In that the man would not believe except he should see signs and wonders. We have also the earnestness of the man in verse 49. "Sir, come down are my child die." Man's extremity is ever God's opportunity. Not only extreme cases of sickness can be brought to him, but extreme cases of sin as well (I Tim. 1:15; Heb. 7:25). He can heal not only those who are "at the point of death" but those who are already dead (Eph. 2:1). The child was dying, the father had not strength to wait to see wonders, but he could and did trust Jesus to heal his son. 11. Surrender (Trusting) vv. 50-51. When the soldier took Jesus at his word, he surrendered his previous conception, and accepted the word of God; literally acting upon his belief. He went his way because he believed. He did not ask Jesus again to go to Capernaum. We must not confuse this kind of faith, however, with his having accepted Jesus as Savior. He accepted Jesus only as healer. We have men today who will accept Jesus Christ in the perfection of his character and the purity of his teachings but who will not accept him to be their personal Savior. Such men want to receive the benefits of Christianity, failing to recognize its spiritual power and authority. It was probably one o'clock when Jesus spoke the healing word in Cana. At that same hour the household at Capernaum saw the change in the sick boy for "the fever left him." We may well imagine the joy which possessed the father, and that household on the following day when he received this report. 111. Satisfaction (Triumph) (vv. 52-54). The father's faith rose to the need for "he believed the word that Jesus spake." That word did not seem at all probable, but it was enough. The word of Jesus who is, himself, the truth, is a sure and more reasonable ground of faith than any amount of speculation. This father's walk from Cana to Capernaum was a walk of faith. He had nothing but a bare promise to support him, yet on his return he found his son living (v. 52). On this word of Jesus he, himself, believed, and his whole house. It seems improbable that this could be otherwise if he were an honest man. If any father who is an honest man will read the records of the life of Jesus without being convinced that the stories are true, by that disbelief he gives evidence of his lack of sincerity, and any father who believes, and whose household does not also believe, gives evidence of a fundamental weakness in either his own profession or in his application of the truths of the gospel. IV. Suggestions (1) The living, personal presence of Christ is not needful. It was a wise provision of God's economy that Christ should have returned to heaven. (2) Acts are the true indications of our faith. God's written revelation and the revelation of his son, the Living Word, and the witness of the experience of God's saints are sufficient facts upon which to base faith. (3) Faith is progressive. Notice the growth from verses 48 to 50 and 53. At first the man believed in Jesus' power; then he believed in Jesus' word, and believed in Jesus' himself, then he reaches the highest point in that he does not believe alone, for his whole house believed with him. (4) Faith is the source of all Christian gifts and graces. We have an advantage over these Gallileans of nearly nineteen centuries of what Christ has wrought among the peoples of (the earth among those who have believed on him. He has been tried and proved, and the gifts of God's grace, eternal life, the gifts of the Spirit are all conditioned upon our faith in him and in the Lord Jesus. Our salvation from sin, our effectiveness as disciples and followers depend upon our faith in Jesus Christ as our Savior from sin, and as our Lord and Master. Two Bold Buccaneers By HI AKERS (Copyright, 1917, by W. G. Chappan.) Jerry Parks had taken notice of Vera. He liked her voice, the way she spoke, her firm, swinging walk, and the straight gaze of her gray eyes. But things had not gone much further than a few words between them, which came about through his helping her to rescue a floating oar. Talk about American democracy! Well, at a summer resort it's about as easy to establish social relations between the cottagers and a boarding-house keeper as it is to get a lady's maid on the calling list of the duchess of Parchchester. Vera's mother took summer boarders in order to be able to live through the winter when there were not any. She had "seen better days," and the remembrance of them had made her careful to instill into the mind of her daughter the fact that she was not to allow herself to be patronized by the "cottage set." The bitterness of her own ostracism caused her to lay rather an undue stress on her advice. But Vera did not seem to even have to repel patronage, she was simply ignored by the social leaders. Still this did not in the least trouble her. The social swim was not with her a burning ambition, and she was too busy helping to run the house, and keep track of a Teddy, a particularly adventurous, small brother to have time to be unhappy. When Jerry branched the subject of Vera's attractions to his mother, a fashionable matron of the exclusive set, she gave him such a hard, cold, emphatic settler on any attempt at social recognition in that quarter that the young man went off by himself to ponder over the prose and cons of the situation, and whether after all the so-called "best society" was not in need of "hurry' call treatment, and if transfusion of blood were not necessary for it's continued existence. Rebellion was rising in his soul, but his mother's teaching from the time he THE BOAT There Was No Trace of the Bold Buccaneers. was a little lad was not without its influence. Perhaps after all this girl was not well-bred enough to fit in with his people. Small boys as a general thing are exceedingly democratic. A common object brings them together on the same footing. True there are sometimes small snubs who are the fruit of the training of the big snubs; but up wholesome, ordinary boy is born snobbish. Birch Parks, and Jay Benson were of the latter class. They affiliated cordially with Teddy Carr whose adventurous spirit not only attracted them, but made him a kind of leader. 1 It was through the small boys that Vera came to know more of Jerry Parks. He was especially popular with them all, and some of the stories about him that came to her ears made her think she would really like to know him better, even if he did belong to the "cottage set." Teddy Carr was always promptly on hand for luncheon, so one day when he did not appear it was opined that something rather unusual was detaining him. Vera took the small rowboat, and started out to search. A slightly sprained wrist made the handling of an ear rather painful, but she was not the sort to be kept back by a personal hurt, so she went on. She was making for one of the little islands in the bay when she heard the chug, chug of a motor boat. It was Jerry Parks' launch, and the next moment he was besieged her. Toward the twelfth and thirteenth centuries the mullioned windows, made up of small elliptical or diamond-shaped pieces of glass, were used for ordinary dwelling houses, remaining in vogue, more or less, until in the eighteenth century we reached the style of window familiar to us in the early Victorian era—the rectangular opening fitted with wooden framework and squares, fitted in with glass panes and depending for their architectural effect on the molded jamb and the lintel friezes and cornices over the window top—many examples of which are still to be found in the old quarters of New York. Snider's Method of Locomotion The way a spider moves its eight legs in walking is interestingly described by a great authority on natural life. In order to observe this movement at its lisure—for it is usually too rapid to be followed by the human eye—he fired the spiders by making them swim, and then let them walk slowly over a smooth surface. And this is what he discovered: 1. The "Ship ahoy!" he called out. Then he noticed the bandage ground her wrist. "Had an accident?" he asked. "Oh just a little sprain. I turned it yesterday." "And you're trying to row with that!" he exclaimed. "Now don't do it. I'll give you a tow right away." And he shut off the engine and started up for the rope. She stopped him with: "No please—I'm looking for Teddy, and I may be gone quite a while." "And I'm looking for Birch. I'll bet my hat they're together, and we might as well join forces. I'll give you a slack line, then you come in here." It seemed quite useless for Vera to demur. He declared he was "first aid to the injured," and almost lifted her into the launch. "I believe I know what those small sons of Belial are up to," he said after Vera was comfortably settled. "They have turned bold buccaneers, and are searching for treasure." "I think," added Vern, "by what I gathered yesterday, it's buried treasure, and it's located on a desert island under a blasted oak." "Oh, that's the wild adventure, is it? he laughed, 'Well, then we'd better put in to the first island we find.'" "Yes," said Vern, "that's what I thought of doing. It won't matter whether it's oak or pine trees, and their imagination will supply the 'blasted part.'" "I can supply the 'blasted' part without any imagination," remarked Jerry with some vexation. "Here's mother having a fit over the young pirate." "Yes, my mother was beginning to be a bit anxious, and I told her I thought I could find him, and I hope she won't worry. I laughed so when I overheard that pirate scheme, I came pretty near being branded as a spy, Oh, I think the imagination of boys is lovely! I just wish they didn't lose it." "But suppose," he said, "it should go on leading them on such a wild goose chase as this?" "Men will be always led by imagination, and will always be going on wild goose chases. I only think that if they kept the boy's imagination they would go on finer quests." Jerry stared wonderingly at the girl. Then he fell to thinking. She had said something that made him think. They explored the two small islands quite thoroughly, but there was no trace of the bold buccaneers. Jerry, who wished to prolong his stay with Vera, was for starting on a still further cruise several miles away, but she suggested the boys might be home by this time, and they had better turn back. Jerry discovered his supply of gasoline was low, and reluctantly changed his course. "I'm about starved, too, aren't you?" he asked. "Well I think it must be about dinner time. Perhaps I can be 'first aid' this time. I put up a lunch for the boys, and if you'll reach for that basket—" Jerry reached for it, and they became more chummy than ever over the sandwiches which Jerry declared were the best he ever had in his life. Much to their surprise they found on arriving the boys had not returned. Vera determined to start out alone to a spot they had not visited. She remembered a little rocky cove further down the shore on the mainland. She put up a light on the boat, and started out. Nearing the place she heard a well-known voice raised in a cry of distress. A sorrier, more forlorn pair of pirates were never seen. They had clambered along the rocks to an isolated point, and the rising tide had cut them off from the shore just as they had concluded to try to swim for safety. Birch Parks had fallen on the slippery rocks, and either broken or put out of joint a bone in his ankle. It was so badly swollen Verna could not tell. With the help of Teddy he was lifted into the boat, groaning with the pain. No one seemed to be at hand when they landed, and the Carr home being nearest, they carried him to the house and hastily informed the Parks family. As soon as possible a car appeared with Jerry and his distracted mother. After the first meeting with her boy, she stopped and stared at Mrs. Carr. "Mabel Thurston!" she cried. "And here you've been living right near me, and I didn't know!" And she flew at the little woman, and hugged her. When Jerry and Vera came back from their wedding tour they brought gold watches to Birch and Teddy. "If it hadn't been for those pirates," they said, "we wouldn't have found the treasure." Denmark's Sovereigns Denmark has had a most curious array of sovereigns, the Blue Tooth, Forked Beard, Simple, Hungry, Harefoot, Lamb, Plus and Cruel being among them. This latter, who was Christian II, belled his real name by gaining the additional title of the Nero of the North. There was probably little happiness in Denmark when he sat upon the throne. longest legs, those of the first and fourth pairs, move along lines of their own direction by vertical bending of the joints; the shorter legs of the second and third pairs move forward by rotation from the coxae—at right angles to their own directions. 2. First near leg moves with fourth off leg; second near leg moves with third off leg; third near leg moves with second off leg; fourth near leg moves with first off leg. Vassar to Revive Daisy Chain The time-honored daisy chain process, which for 50 years was the big feature of the class day exercises at Yassar college and which was abandoned last June, is to be revived. After a controversy covering many weeks the students have voted to go back to the old custom, and as in the past select the 24 prettiest members of the sophomore class to carry the chain. The students have concluded the alleged bitterness caused by the selection of the two dozen prettiest sophomores as daisy chain girls under the old system was more imaginary than real. THE KANSAS CITY SUN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1917 WOMEN IN SECRET WARFARE By LAURA JEAN LIBBEY. I want to give to others hope and faith. I want to do all that the Master saith. I want to give eight from one to day. I'm sure I shall not pass again this way. graces of the mothers. There are house- hold warfares where the half-dozen girls refuse bitterly to be kept back to give the eldest daughter a chance. I want to give to others hope and faith, I want to do all that the Master saith, I want to live alight from day to day; I will not pass again this way. Who is it that says that women know little or nothing of the tactics of war? Secret warfare go on against the innocent widows who are willing to marry the other woman's rich brother or uncle who is doing his best toward sister or niece to help bring up her family. There's warfare on the stage when the public sees more talent and beauty in one star than the other. You didn't suppose the defeated candidate for stage honors was joyous over the other's success, did you? Thus it is through every walk in life; in every community there are women who are at secret warfare over one thing or another. More often than not, it's war between husband and wife over money matters. Jealousy is not lacking as a favorite cause. It will therefore be seen that women are well up in every stage of warfare. They have been all through its skirmishes, its defeats and its victories. They are natural-born warriors. Why, there isn't one of Eve's daughters who isn't engaged in secret warfare from the crudite to the grave. Widows are generals in love's warfare; maidens are volunteers; married women are life enlisters. From the time they were pinafores, they have battled with each other over their playthings. Soon as their dresses were let down ankle-length. MARY the young women were engaged in polite warfare over their beaux. Mothers skirmished valiantly, engaging in royal secret battles to best each other in securing the man so many coveted for a son-in-law. A secret battle has waged among the social climbers. They employ every known tactic to further their interest. Once in a while we hear of a valiant, feminine soldier cutting and lashing with her tongue, if she has no other weapon. Women are the first, however, to sue for peace and appreciate it. Let no one worry hereafter as to what women would do in case of war. Trust them to grope their way to victory. Bless their dear hearts, they're used to it. They don't have much to say about it, but if occasion demands they'll defend those they love at all hazards. There are secret and bitter wars going on between mothers and girls who want to marry their sons. Other wars are going on to keep daughters from marrying men who haven't been able to wedge their way into the good to wedge their way into the good (Copyright, 1917.) Divers Who Work on Bottom Of the Sea Must Be Willing To Confront Many Danger POULTRY POINTERS Geees wash their food down with lots of water. Give them plenty, and have it always good and fresh. Arthur P. Mayfield of the United States navy was honor man of the first class to be "graduated" by the deep sea diving school started by the navy department. Here is how it feels to go down to the floor of the ocean with life dependent on a slender hose, as related by Mr. Mayfield, according to the Kansas City Times: Foks use onions to ward off colds. Just exactly as good for hens. Chop them fine and mix with other feed. Take a bit of time and wipe off the windows of the houses. Hens like a nice light home as well as you do. "When they let you down from the side of a boat into deep water, the first impression is like going out of a brilliantly lighted room into a dark one, for your eyes are slow in getting accustomed to the gloom. After a while you begin to see the phosphorus in the water, and that helps a bit, and later when you are used to the difference, you find that you can see things dimly by means of the light that has filtered down from above. However, that is not enough to work by. You take Some of the commercial egg producers are fine, but with the best of them must go good care and kindly treatment. Remember that the turkey is a great meat eater, and keep that part of the food supply up. Fancy fixings add nothing to efficiency. Good, substantial things are all the heens demand for the furnishings of their houses. Have you ever thought that hens prefer dark nests in which to do their laying? It is so. How It Is Done. "What does a man mean when he says he is tapering off?" asked Mrs. Twobble Hot food should never be given the fowls, though warm food is appetizing and sometimes helpful during cold weather. "He thinks he is slowly overcoming a bad habit," answered Mr. Twobble. "Drinking, for instance?" "Yes. He 'tapers off' by reducing his allowance one day and making up for lost time the next." We do not advise the use of pepper and other spices in poultry foods, for they are likely to injure the digestive organs of the fowls. Loyalty. "You say Dib- ling's allegiance to his alma mater has never wavered." B. During cold weather, fowls can eat more corn with advantage than they can during warmer weather, because corn furnishes considerable of the heat-making elements of food. "Never. Dobling has been out of college 20 years and he still borrows money from his college chums exclusively." 52 Bits of Science. Made Her Mad. Sixteen to eighteen a minute should be the regular number of inspirations in a healthy adult. "Did Miss Grabcoin seem impressed when you proposed to her, Dubson?" "Oh, yes. By Jove! I don't believe I ever saw a person quite so angry before." In the near future wireless apparatus will be installed in all important police stations. That there are airquakes, caused by the explosion of meteors in the atmosphere and entirely independent of earthquakes, is a theory advanced by an eminent English astronomer. Tongue Twisted. "Last night Soaksby was telling me about a visit he once paid to the Phinks." "You mean the Sphinx, don't you?" "Of course, but Soaksby had had six or seven drinks and couldn't say 'Sphinx.'" Milk has been found to be a better cutting lubricant than oil in a Chicago gear factory that is manufacturing blind nuts out of a soft machine Simple Operation A centrifugal pump directly connected with an electric motor that runs equally well either in or out of water has been invented by an Englishman. "Is there really such a thing as thought transference?" "Oh, yes," replied the literary person. To protect the contents of store windows from burglaries, a Chicago indoor metal curtain which drops simultaneously with the breaking of the glass. "Could you give me a convincing demonstration?" "Certainly. In to see me some time and I will sit at my typewriter --- Brackets for window shades, adjustable horizontally, have patened. New Things Under Sun. --- made movability, may have patented. The company have succeeded in making artificial teeth from pum- pul that closely imitate the genuine and are as soft and pliable. Clamps joined by a double-threaded screw have been patented by a Louisiana inventor for drawing the ends of railroad rails together. A medicine bottle and dropper have been combined by an inventor, the outlet being at one side and a rubber bulb covering an opening on top. To aid students of singing a Paris physician has invented a machine which records the vibrations of the voice on a photographic film. To enable an automobilist to signal to following vehicles at night a glove with an incandescent lamp and dry battery in its back has been invented. For dipping sheep a Utah man has invented a machine in which a moving platform carries the animals into the vermin destroying solution. Designed for retail stores which do a credit business is a combined cash register, credit register and adding machine. Two Kansas City men have patented a saddle to be strapped to a fireman's back to help him carry persons from burning buildings. An electrically operated coffee mill has been invented that is small and light enough to be carried in an overcoat nocket. An Indiana man is the inventor of a simple device to enable tailors to instantly measure the angles at which men's shoulders slope. $ ^{8} $ A new fireproof building material of Swiss invention is made by compressing Portland cement and asbestos fiber into blocks. Age of Niagara Falls. The exact age of the Nigara falls is important, because they serve as a kind of standard by which all geologic time is measured. A Wisconsin inventor has patented a machine that enables one man to clean and sort a large quantity of beans in a short time. By observing the rate of recession "Now! All Together!!" Boost the goods that you are selling. Boost the man for whom you la- bor Cease to be a chronic knocker, Cease to be a progress blocker. If you'd make your city better, Boost it to the final letter. —Detroit Free Press. "By the time you get down around ninety feet the oxygen supplied through your air hose gets in its work, and you feel wonderfully exhilarated—it's almost like having a 'jag' on. You descend gradually, and the feeling of exhilaration wears off a bit, and then you begin to realize the dangers about you. "There are all kinds of dangers. First there is the danger of carbon dioxide poisoning, which hits a man if he doesn't regulate his air supply properly and breathes vitiated air over again. It's just like being in a closed room without any ventilation. The air pressure is regulated to some extent from above, but you have got to do most of the regulating yourself by means of the valve in your diving suit. Then, at great depths, when the pressure is half a dozen or more atmospheres, there is danger from oxygen poisoning, and this is extremely hard to overcome. "Contrary to the general belief, there is little danger from the sharks or other big dwellers down in deep water, for they are afraid of divers. You see, the air rushes out of the diver's suit with a shrill, whistling sound; he carries an electric light, and his looks are enough to frighten off worse things than sharks. "A diver stays down from twenty to twenty-five minutes, on an average. It would be dangerous to stay down too long, for in addition to the chance of being poisoned, there is the cold to be reckoned with, to say nothing of the tremendous pressure." and show you how to transfer a thought from my mind to a sheet of paper." "Mrs. Wopsley tries to create the impression that she is a most refined and cultured woman." c. 1920 "I've noticed that. Whenever Mrs. Wopsley makes use of her favorite expression, 'Butting in,' she doesn't say 'Butting in,' as common persons do but sounds the final 'g' quite distinctly. Flying High. "You say their honeymoon was a success?" "Undoubtedly." "But aren't most honeymoons considered a success?" "Perhaps so, but this couple had to wire back home three times for more money." Asking Too Much "The right sort of man takes pride in being the breadwinner of a family," said the student of economic problems. "Of course," repiled the impecunious toller. "He would be proud and happy to provide the bread, and even the meat and a reasonable supply of wearing apparel. It's when he's called on to win talking machines, imported finery, motorcars and trips to Palm Beach that he gets grumpy." Bostonese. "When the Boston girl wishes her pet dog to stand on his hind legs," remarked the Observer of Events and Things, "she requests him to assume a rampant attitude." during the last 48 years, and by other experiments, it has been decided that the falls are about 31,000 years old, and the Niagara river 32,000 years of age, and that the Huron drainage was turned into the Erie less than 8,000 years ago. According to an authority, the lake epoch began 50,000 or 60,000 years ago, and the falls will last about 5,000 years longer. Europe "Sticks to Its Knitting." One of the singular conditions out of the many arising from the war in Europe is that for some reason not clearly explained the efficient German is the only person now extant who knows how to make a really first-class knitting needle. There exists already in the United States a famine which knitting needles "made in Germany" alone can assuage. Numbers of textile manufacturers in this country have been forced to limit the output of their knitted goods, and hundreds of thousand of workmen and their families have been affected by the necessity, because of the knitting needle shortage. -St. Louis Times. NEWS and GOSSIP of WASHINGTON White House Is a Most Desirable Residence WASHINGTON—The White House is far and away the most desirable residence in the national capital. (This in spite of the mobility of vice presidents.) on the whole, the disinterested observer must adjudge victory to our deep-seated democracy which makes it really unsuitable that the White House should ever be exactly fashionable. We never forget not only that the presidential residence is our home, but that the president in it is our man. The almost utopian democracy of public receptions at the White House is both engaging and picturesque. In the early days congressmen used to come to them with bowie knives in their high, cowhide boots, and in Jackson's time, guards with stout sticks beat the guests while the food was being fetched from the kitchens. Then an evening party had all the charm of a riot. A diplomat complained not so long ago that even at the exclusive receptions for the corps, the American young ladies surreptitiously cut all the buttons off his clothes for souvenirs. Another diplomat, new to these democratic shores, arriving late for a New Year's reception, was astonished to find that the negro hackman who had driven him to the White House had slipped in ahead of him and was the first to grasp the presidential hand! Funny Letters Received by Members of Congress MEMBERS of congress continue to receive letters in which the writers display unconscious humor. Here is one that reached Representative Rainey of Illinois: "All the old wimmin' I know are getting a pension, but I don't examined a third pension applicant: "The soldier, as a result of his active service in the Civil war, has contracted valuolar heart disease, and there is a very bad regurgitation of the mitral valve, giving a loud murmur on osculation." A West Virginia congressman has a constituent of venerable age who is not in sympathy with modern progress. Recently the congressman received a letter from the old man and dictated a courteous reply to his stenographer. The lawmaker's surprise may be imagined when he got this answer: "You don't need to print your letters to me; I can read writing." One-Legged Men to Convene in National Capital F IFTY one-legged men will arrive in this city next June, will be welcomed by a one-legged hotel man, and will settle down to a three-day organization convention of the most extraordinary character ever started in the Capital when he was gunner's mate aboard one of Uncle Sam's battleships. A bland smile curled the lips of Mr. Gumpert when he told of plans for this odd convention. "You bet we'll have a bully time, the bunch of us," he said. "Ever notice that one-legged men are the best fellows in the world? "We're going to organize an association that every mother's son of us will be proud to be a member of. And you can see we're going to be 'some' exclusive. "Anybody that's a good fellow can be a member, but they've got to measure up to pretty rigid standards. No ordinary bipeds can belong to our clan." Valuable Government Maps Offered at Low Price THE project of covering the 3,000,000 square miles of the United States with accurate land surveys was adopted by the government as far back as 1882, but the work is even now less than half completed, according to experts federal government itself is making a large and increasing use of these topographic maps, but the expenditure of public funds for these surveys is otherwise fully warranted, the officials of the geological survey think, only as the public uses the maps. To promote this use, the survey has recently given more attention to the wider distribution of the maps. According to those who have been at work on this plan and are most interested in its success the distribution of a government map is largely a problem of publicity, though the necessity of adopting commercial business methods in handling orders for the maps when once a demand is created is not overlooked. In informing the public of the existence of authoritative maps published by the government a special effort is now made to reach the communities in each area covered by the map, and to this end every map, as issued, is brought to the attention of the local and state press, as well as to postmasters and schoolteachers. Other methods of promoting wider distribution involve the co-operation of Boy Scout masters, schoolboys and hotel managers, as well as of a large number of book stores as local agents. presidents, which, or course, oughes it more, who said, when he was called to the executive mansion, "This is my first misfortune." It is the most personal, most picturesque of the government's possessions. Its history is the history of many of our American ideals, says Harrison Rhodes in Harper's Magazine. The White House, as is natural, is the constant theater of the conflict to be observed everywhere in Ambriam life between our wish to have an aristocracy and our wish not to. But on the whole, the disinterested observer seated democracy which makes it really should ever be exactly fashionable. We never forget not only that the president in it is our man. The receptions at the White House is both early days congressmen used to come to cowhide boots, and in Jackson's time, guets while the food was being fetched party had all the charm of a riot. ago that even at the exclusive reception ladies surreptitiously cut all the buttons. Another diplomat, new to these de New Year's reception, was astonished to had driven him to the White House had first to grasp the presidential hand! Funny Letters Received by MEMBERS of congress continue to rec play unconscious humor. Here is on of Illinois: "All the old wimmin' I know wider Remay. deen an - all the old women, a annour are putt to don't get me. and I'll. I'll get an't get min examined a third pension applicant: "service in the Civil war, has contracted a very bad regurgitation of the mitral lation." A West Virginia congressman has is not in sympathy with modern progress a letter from the old man and dictated The hawmaker's surprise may be imaged "You don't need to print your One-Legged Men to Conv FIFTY one-legged men will arrive in by a one-legged hotel man, and will convention of the most extraordinary City. The one-legged men will be mostly salesmen for artificial limb firms in the United States. They propose to organize socially and to discuss ways and means of increasing their firms' business with European countries. Gustav Gumpert will bid them welcome. Gumpert is prominently counted on to become president of the One-Legged Men's Association of America." He lost his limb ten years ago in the service of his country, when he was gunner's mate aboard one smile curled the lips of Mr. Gumpert wention. "You bet we'll have a bully time, that one-legged men are the best fellows. We're going to organize an assoc will be proud to be a member of. And exclusive. "Anybody that's a good fellow can measure up to pretty rigid standards. clan." Valuable Government Map THE project of covering the 3,000,000 with accurate land surveys was added 1882, but the work is even now less than C. federal government itself is making topographic maps, but the expenditure otherwise fully warranted, the official as the public uses the maps. To prov give more attention to the wider dist According to those who have been terested in its success the distributive problem of publicity, though the need methods in handling orders for the not overlooked. In informing the pu maps published by the government a communities in each area covered by issued, is brought to the attention of postmasters and schoolteachers. Other methods of promoting wide of Boy Scout masters, schoolboys and number of book stores as local agent POSTSCRIPTS More than 5,000,000 bushels of fax-seed were grown last year in the Argentine. A combined dishpan and draining board for dishes is covered by a recent patent. In proportion to its size a fly walks 13 times as fast as a man can run. A rough estimate of the power that can be developed from the rivers of Alabama places the total at 1,378,000-horse power. THESE GIRLS HAVE SUCH TRAINING MAYS GET ONE FOR ME presidential residence is our home, but the almost utopian democracy of public engaging and picturesque. In the guards with bowie knives in their high, guards with stout sticks beat back the sed from the kitchens. Then an eve. A diplomat complained not so long as for the corps, the American young is off his clothes for souvenirs. democratic shores, arriving late for a to find that the negro hackman who slipped in ahead of him and was the baby Members of Congress receive letters in which the writers dis- one that reached Representative Rainey now are getting a pension, but I don't get none. I have raised five idol pension. Please send one at once. And here is another, which Representative Jacoway of Arkansas found in his mail: "Plez send me a pensum by return mail. I wuzent in the army, but my father wuz. And I could prove it, but the captain lost the mustard role." This is an extract from an affidavit submitted to a Missouri congressman by a country doctor, who "The soldier, as a result of his active used valuular heart disease, and there is valve, giving a loud murmur on oscui as a constituent of venerable age who recently the congressman received a courteous reply to his stenographer,igned when he got this answer: letters to me; I can read writing." Convene in National Capital In this city next June, will be welcomed and settle down to a three-day organization character ever started in the Capital e.s! one of Uncle Sam's battleships. A bland when he told of plans for this odd con- tract the bunch of us," he said. "Ever notice us in the world? ociation that every mother's son of us and you can see we're going to be 'some' can be a member, but they've got to No ordinary bipeds can belong to our aps Offered at Low Price 1,000 square miles of the United States opted by the government as far back as man half completed, according to experts of the geological survey. It is said that the standards of accuracy and refinement in this work have been constantly raised by the engineers carrying it on, with the view of meeting adequately every use to which the resulting maps can be put. The law provides for the sale of these maps by the survey at the cost of printing, which is interesting when it is taken into account that this cost is only a small percentage of the cost of surveying the area it represents. The ing a large and increasing use of these are of public funds for these surveys isals of the geological survey think, only promote this use, the survey has recently distribution of the maps. on at work on this plan and are most ination of a government map is largely accessory of adopting commercial business maps when once a demand is created is public of the existence of authoritative special effort is now made to reach the map, and to this end every map, as of the local and state press, as well as to under distribution involve the co-operation and hotel managers, as well as of a large ents. Glass is now made so as to be practically unbreakable. More than 30,000 government civil employees are paid less than $820 a year each. Pension funds for municipal employees have been established in 150 cities in this country. A Hungarian inventor has succeeded in perfecting a wooden-soled shoe that is flexible. Before the war Germany's annual production of matches was valued at $32,000,000. (BY BEH, V. LONGON) Mrs Flora Tolson has returned from Kansas City, Mo., where she attended the funeral of her brother...Mrs. Almyra Jones of Kansas City, Mo., was the guest of Rev. and Mrs. R. H. Longon last week...Rev. Ward is assisting Rev. Long of Utica, Mo., who is conducting a revival meeting...The funeral of our esteemed pioneer citizen, Mrs. John Williams, who died at the home of her step-daughter, Mrs. Alex Winfrey, was held from the Baptist church last Monday afternoon, with Rev. I, L. Tally officiating...A review of the life and work of Paul Lawrence Dunbar, intermingled with appropriate songs and solos, was given through the effort of Miss Sadie Saunders at the Baptist church on the night of February 9, the date of his untimely death, eleven years ago...Lincoln exercises were held Sunday afternoon at this church to the delight of all, who seemed to think of his deeds not only as ribbons to be tied around a cluster of states to keep them together; Lincoln's words and deeds are also the beauty, the aroma, the life, the blossoms of freedom for the millions of emancipated slaves. W. W. Fields, Cameron, Mo., Grand Master. Wm. Green, Plattsburg, Mo., Dep. Grand Master. C. C. Clark, St. Louis, Mo., Senior Grand Warden. Ernest Boone, Louisiana, Mo., Junior Grand Warden. H. H. Walker, St. Joseph, Mo., Grand Treasurer. Geo. W. K. Love, Kansas City. Grand Secretary. Nelson C. Crews, Kansas City, Relief Secretary. P. L. Pratt, Cameron, Mo., G. L. 1st District. E. J. Cooper, Mexico, Mo., G. L. 2nd District. MASONIC BUILDING ASSOCIATION W. G. Mosely, President. T. G. McCampbell, S. H. P. Edwards, E. G. Lacy, J. E. Rhodes, T. W. H. Williams, E. S. Baker, Wm. Washington, R. V. Adkins, Geo. Johnson, W. G. Mosely, S. Myers, Richard Harris Edw. Thompson, R. Fulbright. Meets fourth Tuesday in each Lodge Directory HRC IN TIMES TIMES DON'T FORGET Butter-Cream BREAD Order From Your Grocery NAFZIGER BAKING "The Cleanest Bakery in the DON'T FORGET Butter-Cream BREAD Order From Your Grocer Today NAFZIGER BAKING CO. "The Cleanest Bakery in the world" KELLEY'S FLOUR BEST HIGH PATENT Kelley's Best Beat all the Rest. Kelley Milling Co. K.C. U.S.A. THEKANSASCITYSUN All communications should be addressed to Kansas City Sun, 1805 East 18th Street Bell Phone East 999. Entered as second-class matter, August ..., 1908, at the postoffice at Kansas City, Mo., under the act of March 3, 1879. Nelson C. Crews.....Editor and Owner Willa B. Glenn.....General Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year ..... $1.50 Six Months ..... 75 Three Months ..... 50 ADVERTISING RATE, 50 CENTS PER INCH. MEMBER NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION. EDITORIALS As a matter of fact, the buffet flat liquor industry, which, by the way, is increasing every day, is a far greater menace to the public morals than the open cabaret, or even the saloon. The dodging, nerve-ridden pedestrian has the final satisfaction of knowing that ever now and then two loads of howling joyriders run together and break their famdool necks. It really appears that public officials, no matter what reputation they bear for honesty and fairness, never give serious attention to immoral conditions among Negroes until it is pointed out that the two races are mixing in those conditions. --- It is worthy not only of mention, but of the highest commendation, that the entire teaching force of Lincoln Elementary School has signed up for membership in the N. E. A., a branch of which is to be in session here the latter part of this month. Our old friend, Joe Bass, of the Los Angeles Eagle, who was recently appointed a Sergeant-at-Arms of the California Legislature, is very much peeved because a wild-eyed representative from Bitter Creek introduced a resolution reducing him to a whisky broom official. After a stormy debate the resolution was defeated, but Joe is not happy. --- Common sense suggests that during the terrible conflict now waging between European nations, the people of this country should stay off the high seas and that our commerce should be diverted from the blockaded ports, but the rich food and munition speculators decree otherwise, even to the point of tempting a condition of war in our own land. These rapacious citizens, too, belong to the class who would not fight in the war which they themselves might bring about. COLUMBIA, MISSOURI There is a great awakening here among the church going people. Rev. G. M. Tillman, pastor of the St. Paul A. M. E. church, and his officers have declared war on sin and opened a campaign. The pastor was fortunate to secure the services of Rev. F. F. Moten, evangelist for the State of Missouri of the A. M. E. Church He is our evangelist, and the meeting is growing in interest each night. Many who have become careless and indifferent are coming home. Last Sunday was Quarterly meeting day Presiding Elder Crews was in the services all week but had to go to Roan oke to hold Rev. Price's meeting. He left Dr. Moten to preach Sunday which he did to the satisfaction of all present and administered the Lord's supper. The house was crowded, afternoon and night, to hear this Gospel herald. Monday night three came over and began life over again for Christ. Tuesday night the Quarterly Conference was held. Reports were good. Notwithstanding that Sisters Tillman and Crows have been confined to their homes on account of illness, the other good sisters came to the front and made splendid reports. The pastor, Dr. G. M. Tillman, and wife were surprised by a host of members with a shower of eatables. Dr. Moten desires all readers of the Sun, together with the editor and staff, to pray for the meeting in progress in Columbia. CHILLICOTHE, MISSOURI. A. F. and A. M. Mo. Jurisdiction T. G. McCampbell, Vice President. Wm. Washington, Treasurer. Susan Pritchard Lodge No. 42, A. F. and A. M., meets every 2nd and 4th Friday in good standing Master Masons in good standing welcome. Wm. Hopkins, W. M. M. J. H. SPIGENER, Secretary. Rons Lodge No. 25, A. F. and A. M., meets the 1st and 3rd Monday in each month. All Masons in good standing welcome. Emma Spell, W. M.; C. H. Countee, Secy. Mt. Olive Lodge No. 53, A. F. and A. M., meets the 2nd and 4th Friday in every month. Visitation Masons are welcome. H. Brown, W. M.;bert. Wilson, Secretary. 1829 Highland. Lebanon Lodge No. 126, A. F. and A. M., Lincoln, Neb., meets the 25 and 4th Tuesdays in the month. Good standing are welcome. R. H. Young, W. M. 1315 Washington St. B. J. Smith, Secy. 617 S. 20th St. G MAJOR CITY MASONRY Liberty Lodge No. 37, A. F and A. M., Liberty, M., meets the 2nd and 4th Saturday, M. each month, William Parker, M. each month, Nelson Wallar, Secy. St. Stephens Chapter No. 27. Royal Arch Masons, Liberty, M. each month, W. H. Robbison, H. P. Wm. Capps, Recorder. ```markdown ``` St. Matthew Commandery No. 17, Liberty, Mo, meets the third Saturday night, William Capps, E. C.; W. H. Robinson, Rec. Secy. U. B. F. King of the West Lodge No. 218 meets first and third months in each month, 683 and above. C. F. Wilson, W. M.; D. M. W. 1718 Euclid Ave. Secretary D. OF T. Primrose Tabernacle meets 1st and 3d Wednesday nights in each street. All Daughters and Sir Knights in good standing are welcome. Susie Dotson, H. R. C. Estella Pitts, C. R. 183. E. 17th THE KANSAS CITY SUN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1917 Betty@ Sum's Little Corner FOR BEAUTIFUL Little corner —That its great to be the boss, but its hell to pay the bills. Holler if you're hurt. —That if political candidates were sent to jail for the lies they tell, we would have to build stockades. —That the best religion in this old world is that religion that's lived and not talked. Amen, brother; Amen. —That a "yaller jacket may not be very big, but no one is going to sit on him without the world knowing it. —That the Roland W. Hayes recital by the Ivanhoe Club and the Clippers, March 2, will be the society event of the season. —That when the average Negro gets $20.00 he "goes in business," and never comes too until the next month's rent is due. —That a certain well known deacon was "sho prayin" and telling the truth too, when he said, "My Lawd, people are dying today who never died before." —That dazzling new plaids to be worn by the girls this spring are hard on the eyes, but if they are short as the old ones, the boys will risk at least one eye. —That if you see a red-headed white woman nowadays, look for a Ford, instead of a white horse; if a red-headed Negro woman, look for an aeroplane, if a red-headed Chinaman, look for hell and high water. —That a certain brother bought a quarter's worth of coal the other day, and when the peddler asked where he would have it, he just took off the top of his dinner bucket and said, "If that's all, just put it in there." —That when a "Culud" lady unacustomed to society was introduced to another lady of the same hue at a recent swell affair in this city to which she had accidentally been invited, she turned to the hostess and said, "Who you say dat am," and the hostess very CALDWELL Hair and 18th and Paseo, Home Phone Scalp Treatment a Specialty. 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Mrs. Mary Schumache of Troy, Kans., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Crews this week. Mr. A. Henderson of Scott City, Kans., is visiting his sister, Mrs. A. B. Woods, 1804 East 16th sereet, for ten days. Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Davidson and little daughter, Margaret, have moved to their pretty home, 2410 North 5th street, Kansas City, Kans. Rev. S. Montgomery will return from Dallas, Texas, Tuesday morning to take charge of the Highland Avenue Baptist church for an indefinite time. In last week's issue of the Sun the name of Henry Schumacher was omitted from the list of brothers attached to the memorial card of their mother. Reserved seats for the Roland W. Hayes recital given by the Ivanhoe Club and the Clippers, March 2. may be secured NOW at the Paseo Y. M. C. A. Mr. John Donaldson left Thursday for Los Angeles, Cal., to pitch for the White Sox. He will return the first of May to resume his position with Schmeltzers' All Nations. Grand Master Fields of the Masonic fraternity paid a flying visit to the city to visit Past Grand Master Crews who is ill and to transact business. He says the Masonic affairs are getting along nicely. Mrs. Isabelle Daugherty of Chicago who has been visiting Mrs. D. A. Willis of 2610 Highland avenue for the past four weeks, left Wednesday night for St. Louis to visit her sister, Mrs. F. J. Brown. Mrs. M. B. Carr, who returned from Los Angeles, Calif. Tuesday evening, has not yet recovered from the surprise tendered her Saturday night in the form of the marriage of her daughter, Laura C. Smith, to Mr. Preston Prescott of Los Angeles, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. J. R. Fisher. February 22, 1915 Announcement THE PUBLIC IS INVITED ANNIVE Superb opening and fine Thursday, February THE GRAY PRINT Junius J. N. Bell, West 4187, 5th and Oak Stop that bad cold. Smith's Vim and Vigor Cold Tablets will do it. Price 25 cents, 18th and Tracy. The management of the Empress Theatre has made special arrangements for its Colored patronage to attend the matinees on the following days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of each week. Dr. J. Edward Perry, our eminent surgeon, was called to St. Louis last Tuesday to perform a rare and difficult surgical operation on a patient one of that city's leading physicians. He returned Wednesday. Prof. Roscoe White expects to leave soon for Joplin, Mo. Although the manager of Armory Hall, Mr. Fred Harris has offered him $100.00 a month to remain here. The many friends of Prof. White will regret to lose him. FOR RENT -2447 Woodland Ave., 5- room cottage, bath, electric lights, gas stove shades, hot and cold water, large cement basement with laundry conveniences. Apply 2445 Woodland avenue after 5:00 p. m. Bell phone EAST 1551W. CHRISTIAN CHURCH The musical recital by the choir and pupils of Mrs. Effie Grant Hardy, the instructor of the choir, was good and gave perfect satisfaction. The attendance was below the average all day Sunday. The services in all the departments were good. Two additions to the Church. Interest and offering good. Next Sunday, 11 a. m., the pastor will preach an exegetical sermon from Mark 16:14-18. Read it and hear him at 8 p. m. What must one believe to be a Christian. CARD OF THANKS. I wish to thank my relatives, friends and neighbors for the kindness shown me in the recent illness and death of my beloved husband, also for the beautiful floral designs. I especially thank the B. M. Weaver Temple, Anna J Carter Court, the Negro Business League, Pritchard Lodge and Centenniel Sunday School and Mrs. F. C. Malone. MRS. JOSEPHINE HOPKINS. Wife. The banquet tendered by the American Wooden man last Friday night, February 9, was well attended. A delightful program was rendered, including musical selections by the Lincoln High School Chorus and the Verdi Sextette, piano solos by Mr. Fred Joplin and Mrs. L. D. Hines, vocal solos by Mrs. F. S. Gray and Mrs. Marie Watson, a violin solo by Charles T. Watts, and original poem by Mr. C. H. Warrick. The address was delivered by Hon. C. M. White, the Supreme Commander, while the invocation was by Dr. Wm. H. Thomas. Don't fail to see Rucker & Winifred at the Empress this week pronounced by the public as the best vaudeville act on the stage this season. If you want to have a good laugh go and see Rucker & Winifred, the two colored boys, in their funny sketch at the Empress all this week. Attend the matinee performance. IN MEMORIAM. In loving remembrance of Louis G. Henderson, who departed this life two years ago February 14: Gone but not forgotten; Never shall thy memory fade. Sweetest thoughts shall always linger Around the spot where you are laid. MRS, E. H. MOORE, Sister; MRS, M. E. ADAMS, Friend. The East Side Progressive Whist Club met at the residence of Mrs. Jones, 1106 Highland avenue, Mr. J. Massey entertained. Five officers and twelve members were present, Mrs. H. W. Johnson was appointed vice president and Mr. H. W. Johnson, chairman. The club met February 13 with Mr. H. W. Johnson, 1206 Highland avenue. H. L. Jackson, Pres. Mrs. H. W. Johnson, Vice Pres. G. W. Wilkerson, Secy. H. W. Johnson, Chairman. Mrs. E. Taylor, Treasurer. Mrs. G. W. Wilkerson, Asst. Secy CLIPPER CLUB. The Misses Pendleton and Davis entertained the Clippers last Saturday at cards and a five-course luncheon at the former's residence, 2010 North 6th street, Kansas City, Kas. The party was unique in more ways/ than one—hearts were trumps for the entire afternoon. Dark red carnations and red bon bon baskets decorated the luncheon tables, and several of the dishes of the most enjoyable luncheon suggested hearts by color or shape and some by both. February 22, 1917 Extraordinaire LIMITED TO OUR SECOND AVERSARY The arts exhibit beginning 22 to 25 inclusive INTING COMPANY F. Gray, Mgr. Oakland Ave., Kansas City, Kas. Mrs. M. L. Cessney left today for a visit to Nebraska and from there will go to Chicago, where she expects to finish her course in hairdressing, electrical scalp treatment and massages. Upon her return she will open up a first class office and will be pleased to receive calls from her friends and associates. Mrs. Mollie Allen of Kansas City is house guest of Mrs. R. J. Balley, of 1033 East Ninth street.—Los Angeles, Calif. NOTICE—B. Y. P. U. There will be a special program rendered by the Senior B. Y. P. U. of the Second Baptist church, Sunday, February 18th, to which the public is cordially invited. Topic: "Using What We Have." Acts 3: 1-10. There will also be an address by Dr. J. F. Shannon, subject: "Hygiene of the Body." We should not fail to hear him. This union will give a box social at Garison Field house. Thursday evening, March 1st. The women will prepare the boxes and the men will meet in an eating contest. Come out and you will laugh until your sides are sore. MISS CLARA MOTEN, Correspondence Secretary * On easy terms, 4 new, modern * 5 room cottages on Highland ave- * ine, between 27th and 28th * streets. Money to loan and insur- * ance. D. A. Willis, 2610 High- * land. The Pleasant Valley Mission Circle met with Mrs. Walter Henderson Monday afternoon. Mrs. Katie S. Brown of Lexington, Ky., was a visitor and made interesting remarks. Dainty refreshments were served.... The Community Club of the St. Paul A. M. E. church met with Mr. and Mrs. Brazzie Strickland, Tuesday evening. An enjoyable time was spent. THE KANSAS CITY SUN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1917 A POINTER You endeavor to have the best in life. Why not have it when in need of an undertaker and be protected from the humiliation of inexperience and unreliable persons. All worry is eliminated when you entrust your work to C. H. COUNTEE UNDERTAKER Either Phone, East 3336. 2220 Vire Street. By Mrs. Zenobia Nelson. Miss Mae Jones of 1016 Washington boulevard is ill. Miss Ollie Henry of 1027 New Jersey avenue is indisposed. Mrs. Cora Evans of 1412 North 5th street, is indisposed this week. Mrs. Rogers Pointer of 1137 Grand view boulevard, is confined to her bed with tonsilitis. Mrs. Susan Rollins of 1026 State street, who has been seriously ill, is somewhat better at this writing. Mrs. Harry Brown of Atchison, Kansas, is the guest of her niece and nephew, Mr. and Mrs. Fairfax, at 517 Nebraska avenue. Judge I. F. Bradley of 400 Haskell avenue attended the Emancipation celebration of Abraham Lincoln at Topka, Kans., last week. He is president of the Lincoln Day Club. The L'Allegro Club composed of young ladies who are teachers on the Kansas Side, gave their initial Blue Bird Party at the Lyric hall. The artistic decorations were of bluebirds and ferns. Burdett's orchestra furnished the music. One hundred and seventy-five guests were present. Miss May Jones presided over the punch bowl while Mr. Wilbur Pinkard acted as usher. The monthly meeting of the club will be at the residence of Miss Sarah Chinn Saturday at 7:00 o'clock at her residence, 740 New Jersey avenue. The Union revival of 22 Baptist churches closed its campaign with 872 souls added to the cause. Rev. Bailey and all the ministers brought such an atmosphere of spiritual enjoyment that all caught the spirit of the occasion. Prof. Jackson and forty voices from Western University furnished music: Dr. L. K. Williams of Chicago will carry on a series of meetings at the Metropolitan church. Sunday School promptly at 10:30 o'clock; at 11:00 a.m. the pastor preached the sermon from Daniel, 3d Ch. 18th verse which was responded to with loud amens. The Holy Ghost was with all at 3:00 p. m. Rev. Bacote, pastor Second Baptist Church, Kansas City Mo., delivered a gospel message to women subject "If ye be my disciples deny yourselves to follow me." It was spiritually enjoyed by all. Rev Bailey preached at night. The 17 con versions were baptized after service. The B. Y. P. U. is doing good work under the leadership of Mrs. Lillian Eskridge. ARGENTINE, KANS. "The man who is strong to fight his fight, And whose will no front can daunt, If the truth be truth, and the right be right, Is the man that the ages want." —Dunbar. Those who failed to attend the 11 o'clock services at St. Paul's church Sunday, February 11, missed a rare treat. Mr. Dunleavy of the Welfare Board spoke and from beginning to end his talk was so interesting he held the attention of both children and adults alike. His text was "Christ in you and Christ in me, our hope in glory." Throughout his discourse he spoke of how much work for the good of our young folks there is for us to do. He told of the vice and sin he had found since he has been holding the position of welfare officer, and admonished his hearers to do their duty as Christians, stand up for all that is good and help the community get rid of all that is bad and detrimental.... The ladies of the Second Baptist Church served lunch in the basement last Friday evening for the benefit of the improvements of the Church.... The papers read by the young people on Sunday evening were full of thought and expression. The singing was very good and especially the duet by the Holtz sisters. Mary Harris re cited a poem "Come and See," which was well received... Mrs. Rosa Kirkpatrick is ill and in a very serious condition... Mr. James Dabney, who recently felt himself called to preach, delivered his initial sermon at the Church in Spring Garden last Sunday evening and from all reports did well. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank all our Kansas City friends for the generous contribution given at Allen Chapel for Dr. M O Ricketts. MRS. ALICE RICKETTS, MRS. HELEN NELSON, HELENA .MONTANA. A large part of the colored population of Helena honored the memory of Abraham Lincoln, the great emancipator, at special services which are to be held at the Ebenezer Baptist church, Wilder and Harrison, Monday evening, February 12. At the same time they will honor the memory of Frederick Douglas, a noted negro, who during his lifetime did much to uplift and advance the interests of the colored race. The Rev. H. C. Parsons and the members of the church issued a special invitation to the members of the Grand Army of the Republic, and veterans of others wars to attend. The program: Cello Selection—Rest in Peace..... ....Rev. H. C. Parsons Song—America...Led by Hible School Short History Life of Abraham Lincoln Short History L.Lolita Walker Folk Song...Select Quartette Short History of Frederick Douglas....Mrs. M. Bridewater Song—Columbia the Gem of the Ocean....Congregation Lincoln's Gettysburg Speech..... ....Royal I. Parsons The Progress of the Race Since Emancipated....Corine Soulds Remarks by Rev. Geo. F. Martin, pastor A. M. E. church. Star Spangled Banner...Quartet Mrs. M. Mathias, J. Parsons, R. I. Mrs. M. Madhuis, J. S. Tavens, H. P. Parsons, Rev. H. C. Parsons. Glimpses from American History of the Negro Soldier and Sailor... Mr. Geo. Alexander, Jr. Emancipation Proclamation... Mrs. Myrtle Oliver Battle Hymn of the Republic... Co Ongregation Stereopticon and Statue Tableau. Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. Lane spent a few days in Anaconda last week... Mrs. Buckanand and neice. Lois, received the order to come at once to the bedside of her sick mother at Top penish. ...Mrs. Mary Harvie is still on sick list. ...Mrs. A. L. Stitt is convalescent. You can get the Kansas City Sun at D. S. Gordon's. 15 Wall street. LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS By Mrs. Gladys Young. The work on the First Baptist Church continues. We expect to plaster as soon as the weather permits. We wish to add to the list published two weeks ago the name of the Knights of Pythians who contributed ten dollars for the work....The Clover Leaf Club met Friday with Mrs. Hannah Norman at her home, Spruce & Washington streets....The White Rose Court of Calanthe will entertain with a prospective party, February 16, at the Masonic Hall....Mrs. Emma Young is able to be able after a six weeks' illness....Miss Fay Dawson and Mrs. Lucy Lamb are improving....Mrs. Jerry Nichols died February 12 at the home of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Alice Cultern, 1010 Delaware street. Apoplexy was the cause of his death. He is survived by a wife and son and one sister....Mrs. Mollie Brown of Kansas City, Mo. was visiting friends in Leavenworth, Kas, last week....Mr. Adam Tolliver is not improving....Presiding Grand Prince C. M. Johnson of the Plasman spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Walker on Kiowa street....Mrs. Alice Beaham of Sioux City, Ia., is visiting her mother, Mrs. Lucy Murphy, in Miami street. DO YOU NEED MONEY? COLORED LOAN AGENCY Working Man and Woman's Best Friend. 1507 East 18th St. (upstairs) Quick small loans on furniture salaries and insurance claims Strictly confidential. Bell Phone East 2766. the best in life Why not have BLIND BOONE CONCERT FINE. Large Crowd Enjoyed a Real Musical Treat. The concert given last Monday evening at the Normal auditorium by Blind Boone and his company was witnessed by a large audience and was a special treat, as are all the entertainments given by this popular company. That Blind Boone is a musical marvel is not denied by any one and his unusual talents have been cultivated through many years until they have well nigh reached perfection. Despite the handicap of being blind he is at perfect ease and grace in rendering his famous selections which include classical, popular and descriptive compositions as well as sacred, national and plantation metodies of every nature. His marvelous feat of reproducing from memory any selection which may be rendered in his hearing, stands out prominently among the musical abilities of the age. And not to be overlooked are the female voices which ably assist in rendering these most pleasing entertainments throughout the length and breadth of the land. Blind Boones are not plentiful and the concert was highly appreciated by all.—Weatherford, Olc., Booster. The progress of a race, or nation is best measured by' the attachment of the mass; but the culture is ever expressed in the achievement of the few. They are co-ordinate influences vitally affecting, subjectively and objectively the respect the general judgement that contemporary opinion ascribes to the particular group: subjectively, in that the applause of the mass inspires the individual, and the inspiration of the individual heights ens the aspiration of the mass; objectively, in that the inspiration of the individual and the aspiration of the mass tend toward progressive, rational development thereby increasing the respect of the entire group by those without. The progress of the mass is gradual, so much so, as to pass almost unnoticed save by the student or the thoughtfully observant; yet the culture of an individual genius may inspire such admiration and respect that he may achieve in one stroke what the mass has not accomplished in a generation. Such was the case during the recent visit of the Blind Bocce company, playing its thirty-seventh and most successful season, to Norman, Okla. Norman has the reputation of refusing to permit members of the race to reside there; yet the boone company played to a capacity house and during the reception after the concert, which is one of the most interesting features of entertainment as all wonder at his almost occult recognition of persons once known, many of the most prominent citizens, knowing the city afforded no public accommodation for the individuals of the race, courteously, yes even solicitously, offered the company the hospitality of their homes for the night. As he had arranged to return to Oklahoma City by late train, he thanked them for the courtesy; and though the company left something of their ideals of man and womanhood, talent and genius as evidenced by their work, will remain in the form of increased respect that, let us hope, may ameliorate the environment with which the racial mass must contend. While in Oklahoma City the company stopped at the Keystone hotel; a completely modern hotel located in the same block as the Lee Huckins hotel, a million dollar structure. The Keystone hotel building is owned by Mr. Sawner, a wealthy man of the race; and operated by Mr. Gillespie, formerly of Chicago; and is superior in appointment and service to any similar institution in the West. While in Oklahoma City the company was visited by Dr. E. B. Ramsey and Mr. John M. Day of Kansas City, Mo. During the visit Miss Marguerite Boyd, the mezzo-soprano and secretary of the company, and Mr. John M. Day, of Kansas City, Mo., were quietly married Monday, February 5, at the hotel by Rev. Wiseman, formerly of Kansas City, Mo., but now pastor of the A. M. E. church of Oklahoma City. The company gave three concerts to capacity houses; which has been their fortune the entire season. Star Chamber Lodge No. 23, Knights of Pythias, entertained the Boone company and visitors by a banquet February 6. Professor Boone responded to the welcome address of Professor Brunner of Oklahoma City high school, in his most effective and pleasing manner; and his hearers felt that had not been the race's greatest musician he could have been its greatest orator. Among those present were Dr. Young mayor of Boley, Attorney Twyman Mr. Richard Harrison, the reader of Chicago, Mr. John M. Day and others ST. JOHN'S BAPTIST CHURCH. ST. JOHN'S BAPTIST CHURCH. The church services were well attended last Sunday and all present were much benefited. In the morning the pastor Rev. St. Clair's theme was "The Conversion of Lydia," and very impressively showed how a Christian has but one principal means o prevailed his identity with Christ. In the evening his subject was "The Way, the Truth and the Life." Many shouts went up in praise of God. The Sunday school was called to order by the superintendent. Cedric Johnson. The weather being clear, a nice audience was present. Superintendent Johnson demonstrated the lesson. B. Y. P. U. met at 6:30 with President Mrs. G. H. Jones presiding. The lesson was taught by the pastor. It is quite gratifying to se the interest which the parents are taking in the B. Y. P. U. which welcomes all strangers that are within its gates and urges everyone to join its band. Stop that cough. Smith's Egg Emulsion will do it. Made fresh every week. Price 75 cents. Let us send you a bottle today. 18th and Tracy. To Our Patrons: We take pleasure in announcing Also 100 pairs of $6, $7, $8 Winter Boots at $4.95 Owing to the high price of good leather today we consider these shoes an excellent value SERVICE W. D. Wallace, Mgr. SATISFACTION Wall Paper and Paints Begin Decorations earlier and avoid the rush and high prices. Latest Spring Samples shown in your home by request. We do all kinds of repair work. Guaranteed satisfaction WHITE-WOOD DRUG STORE THE QUALITY STORE. Nineteenth and Vine Sts. 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"Well, my man, what is it?" challenged the stage doorkeeper. "You advertised for supers." "We did, and are overstocked. Besides, that's your sole wardrobe. I suppose?" "Why wouldn't it be?" questioned the other, aroused. "Are you too poor to furnish the stage clothes?" He turned away. He was ragged, unmouth, for he had not been shaved for a week. He bore the looks of a drinking man, and he was that. He was young, but his face was blonted, and he was none too clean. "What's the trouble?" clinched in a brisk voice, and the male star of the week came upon the scene. "Oh, only an actor out of a job!" sarcastically informed the doorkeeper. "Hold on!" quickly interrupted his questioner. "My man, we can use you." Richard Evans turned back. The actor made a beckoning gesture. Richard followed him through labyrinth passages till they reached a dressing room. "Sit down there," directed his guide, motioning to a chair. "Hey, there, Calder!" he hailed someone as he closed the door. Its panels were thin. Evans could not help but overhear a rapid conversation at its other side. "I've engaged a new man for the drink scene," spoke the actor. "The mournful example' role?" "Yes, and typical. He looks the part naturally. Put 'John Jones' on RULES Evans Could Not Help But Overhear a Rapid Conversation. the payroll for the week. That is, if he will keep sober that length of time." The actor returned to the room where he had left Evans. He stared hard at the latter as Richard uttered an abrupt laugh. It had bitterness in it, besides a tinge of recklessness. "What are you laughing at?" challenged the actor. "At what I've come to, I overheard you—mournful example." As to the sobriety clause, of course, you won't object to a bracer before I go through the stare ordeal!" "That's all right," nodded the actor, "Rehearsal will be in an hour. You don't have a speaking part, but you must drill up so you make no breaks." Richard Evans went through his part with little interest, except in the anticipation of sufficient money at the end of the week to keep him supplied with liquor for the one following. Fiction, the drama had little charm for him. He had faced too much of the real in his varied experience. Drinks had cost him position, home, friends. A derelict, he had sunk lower and lower, year by year. When his part in the first act was over with Evans lingered. There was a lovely-faced girl of about eighteen Nina Burr. She was a novice, Evans saw that, but in her part as the wife of an inebriate, her rare pathos, more of facial expression than enunciation, affected Evans powerfully. The final death of the inebriate amid the horrors of delirium set Evans to thinking. The girl left the rehearsal homeward bound, just in advance of Evans. She dropped her gloves in the stage alley without missing them. Evans restored them to her. She nodded her thanks brightly, kept by his side and began a conversation, which was warranted by their being employed at the same place. "I shall never get ahead in the progression," she declared. "I can't memorize and the director says my voice won't do at all." Evans considered it the sweetest voice in the world, but did not say so. "To a man who had been shunned, to the welcome in such respectable companionship around both appreciation and pleasure. He learned that Miss Burr was poor and lived with an invalid mother. Out of regular-work, she had tried the stage to carry them over a period of financial stress. Somehow a new interest seemed to have come into his life. The next day he did not take his "bracer." The third day of his apprenticeship he appeared cleanly shaven and more presentable in his general appearance. "You've spoiled the natural!" grumbled the actor. "Oh, I can fix a make-up for the stage," declared Evans. He was greatly pleased after the night performance to find Miss Burr lingering at the stage door. She was an honest-hearted, sincere little creature. "You go my way," she told him, "for which I am gind, if I can walk with you." "You honor me," said Evans with a quiver in his voice, and somehow his soul opened. He was influenced to tell Miss Burr something of his past life and honest regret was evidenced in his utterances. There was a sympathetic pressure to her hand as she bade him good night. It was the last night of the week, and the performance was concluded. Nina was standing talking to the manager as to continued employment, when suddenly Evans sprang forward. A rotted tackle had given way under a strain among the flies. A heavy piece of framed scenery came shooting down. On his higher shoulders, braced like a gladiator, Evans caught the lower metal-bound edge of the scene. "Back, out of the way!" he shouted, and then as the affrighted Nina drew out of range of peril he dropped, and the heavy scene held him pinned to the stage floor. They got him out from under the wreck, his collar bone wrenched and with a broken arm. The manager who had to bear the responsibility of the incident was terribly flustered. He was for sending his injured employee to a hospital. Nina stepped to his side. "He saved my life," she said simply. "It will save you money to have him nursed at our home." Racked as he was with pain, Evans gave his little friend a grateful look and experienced a glow of delight that brought him to the very threshold of love. The manager ordered a tacticub and left all arrangements for the comfort of the sufferer to Nina. There was a spare room at the humble home of Nina. Her mother was able to get about most of the time. For a week Evans was confined to indoors. It was a week of rest, of mental and moral recuperation. Nina and her mother scarcely knew him when, after his settlement with the theaterpeople, he appeared before them well dressed, all the old blight of drink departed from his naturally handsome and intelligent face. He secured a room nearby, and during a two weeks' convalescence was a daily visitor to the little home where he was welcome. Richard Evans had seen on the multie stage displayed the sure ending of the inebriate. It had presented facts in which he had taken part and had impressed him. But it was the sweet influence of Nina that had sustained him in his struggle against the demon of drink. And Nina was proud of it. She acted it, she told him so. Fortune had smiled upon her again. She had got back her old place at office work, and there were new congratulations all around when Richard announced his engagement as proofreader on a newspaper, a line in which he was proficient. "I shall never forget, nor I guess regret my brief experience on the stage," said Nina one evening, as with Richard she was on her way to select with Richard a birthday gift for her mother. "It gave me a broader view of life." "And you met me, and brought me forth a brand from the burning," spoke Richard. "Nina, can I speak out my heart, here and now?" "Whatever is in your life is of interest to me, Richard," replied Nina simply, and she looked up, smiling love into his earnest eyes. He Who Conquers. "Who slays the lion? Who slays the giant? That does he who tames himself," sang a sweet singer who lived in an age when might was right, when men's wills, strong and turbulent, unchecked by the reins of self-mastery or the influences of a refined civilization, overpowered the weak and defenseless. He saw men, brave and daring, conquer their fiercest enemies, he saw them take pleasure in meredlessly pursuing the wild beasts of their vast forests until they were shain; and yet they could not conquer themselves. And so this wise man who had tamed himself, who was sincere and unseifish, and loyal to the right, sang sweetly but fearlessly his words of wisdom, until, after a time, there were some that began to listen and to realize that the bravest man was not always the greatest hunter or the mightiest in battle, but was he who held self in mastery. Appreciation. Four-year-old Helen is the preoccuous daughter of an Indianapolis editor. Sitting with the family one evening in their parlor amidst a confusion of newspapers and magazines scattered on the floor. Helen picked up her father's paper. "I think daddy's the bestest man that ever lived," said Helen, as she looked up into her mother's face. "You mustn't forget Jesus," replied the mother, in gentle reproof. "Of course Jesus was a good man, too. And so is Santa Claus. That makes three—daddy and Jesus and Santa." And father regarded the child with that parental pride which wells up in the heart at such an expression of filial appreciation and gratitude.—Indianapolis News. Development of Monarchy The conception of monarchy was derived through Christianity from the theocractics of the East; it was the underlying principle of the medieval empire, and also of the medieval papacy, the rule of the popes during the period of its greatest development being sometimes called "the papal monarchy." . . . The old idea of monarchy, viz., that of the prince as representing within the limits of his dominions the monarchy of God over all things, culminated in the seventeenth century in the doctrine of the divine right of kings. Few Lebanon Cedars There are now only about 400 of the cedars of Lebanon left in the grove from which Solomon obtained the wood for the Temple at Jerusalem. The best preserved are about 100 feet high and 47 feet in circumference at the base. They are more than 2,000 years old; in fact, tradition says they never die, having been planted by God on the third day of the creation, and that they will perish only with the end of the world. THE KANSAS CITY SUN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1917 French Village in War Time THE OLD VILLAGE CHURCH IFE in a French village in war time is described in an entertaining way by M. E. Clarke in Country Life. Even in peace-time the life of the village moves slowly, he says, but since the toesin sounded war's alarm it merely creeps along. Outwardly nothing is changed very much; the small white houses with their bright red roofs catch the smile and frown of every passing cloud, the poplars sing and murmur as they always have, the little gray church shows an open door and up the broken pavement of its nise stray lightens sunbeams, fallen leaves and dogs of more or less sober reputation, as well as women with heavy, anxious hearts who go to pray. Old women in blue handkerchief caps lead their cows to graze along the green roadside, and younger women go down to the stream to wash clothes. In the fields work older men, women, soldiers home on leave and a few children. The long strips of cultivated ground which make the hillsides look like a patchwork quilt pass through the usual yearly processes of tilling, sowing, reaping and gathering in the fruits of labor. Poppies, cornflowers, rugged robin, blue birds' eyes, the cuckoo flower and a hundred others come in turn and throw their beauties to the right and to the left with that prodigal generosity which is nature's splendid way. The birds are as generous with their song as the flowers with their beauty, and among this pageant of joy and loveliness walks the slow-moving, thrifty French peasantry. All the Younger Men Gone All the Younger Men Goose. The war has drawn from the village all its younger men, and already 30 of them have paid the supreme sacrifice as against ten in the war of 1870. Others have come home lame and malmed, others still are fighting. In one of the little white cottages with a garden renowned for its strawberries and asparagus you will find a well-built young woman with straight dark brows and a mouth which tells of both temper and tenderness. She is busy patching an old pair of blue overalls such as French workmen wear. Opposite her sits an elderly man with fine sensitive eyes and a strong beard. He is reading the Petit Parisien, the favorite village paper: "Another attack on Mort Homme." The young woman's heart is sick within her at the words. She is not married, has no son of her own, but she has been a mother to her five brothers since she was fourteen. They were all mobilized when France went to war. One has been killed, one has lost two of his limbs, two are in services more or less safe, and the youngest, the Benjamin, her baby, is at Mort Homme. She is not a religious woman, but that no stone may remain untumed to secure her boy's safety, she now goes to mass regularly and prays before the blue-robed Virgin whenever she has time. At the end of the village street stands a little farm; a tumbledown white house set in a yard where cows and pigs and poultry have it all their own way and no one ever "sweeps up." In a field near, a very old horse is working under the guidance of a Do you ever feel that nobody in the world cares anything for you? If you never feel that way, you miss one of the greatest melancholy pleasures of life. When you feel that you have no friends, and that the whole world is against you, you should not argue with yourself that you are wrong. You should go to some quiet place, where you can be alone, and there sit down and enjoy your grief. Of course, all people cannot find comfort in this kind of thing. Many of them are not fortunate enough to have the proper view of life. In order to enjoy gloomy happiness you must believe that the world is unkind. If you don't believe that much, there is no use of your seeking the sad joy that comes to those who do believe it.—Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Today I have taken to the river. The reflections show beautiful! Deep waving green in the still water with the sun low in the west. The water falling white from the wheel of a passing steamer is changed to illac. Life's Gloomy Joy. Reflections. thin old man whose admonitions to his patient, four-footed companion are more picturesque than effective. But the old horse goes gently on in his own way, as if he realized that a man must bully someone when he himself is subject to a wife. All the week the farmer talked to his horse and tried to turn a deaf ear to his wife; on Sundays he acted as the cure's right hand man in church and found consolation for many things in the importance of his office. But since the war, a common anxiety has drawn the farmer and his wife closer together. Their only son is in the trenches and his letters are his parents' daily solace. Every night the farmer reads the last one aloud to his wife, who, on a chair overrun by her numple proportions, listens with tearful eyes, while near her hangs the little farm servant, a girl of fourteen, soft-eyed and slender, with old-fashioned turns of speech gathered from her elders, and seven brothers called to the colors. Every household has its load of sorrow and anxiety, lightened on dulled by the daily routine of hard work which life demands from those who have not been called on to fight. The children are being clothed and fed and educated as in normal times; the old men and women have grown retrospective and talk often of Iannée terrible, 46 years ago, when they had the Germans in the village. Ten of them were billeted with the old woodman's wife. She made bread for them and they said it was the best they had ever eaten. The memory of it makes the old woman chuckle, but her daughter-in-law, whose home is in the invaded districts, grinds her teeth and declares that no power on earth would persuade her to make bread for the Germans. The hero of the village is the last man home on leave, and the hand of the White House president is not more ardently asked for on his accession to office than is that of the "permissionaire" when he returns to his native village. His stained tunic, his medals, the trench trophies he brings, and his personal opinion as to when the war is going to end, are all of thrilling interest to the village people, and his way down the village street is a slow, triumphant parade. His family wear his reflected glory with more obvious pride than he himself wears the original thing, for he is a modest man. They are all people of humble station in this particular village, with a maire chosen from their midst, a schoolmaster of strong republican sentiments, and a cure who is satisfied to do that which his hand findes to do and leave the rest with higher powers. There is no hospital for wounded, no relief work of any kind, and an extraordinary aloofness from the restlessness of war marks the entire neighborhood. Yet war means to each one of these village people a personal sacrifice. Beyond that it does not mean very much. The enemy, the allies, the refugees, are the things they read about in the daily paper when they read at all. Life to them is always laborious, for they work to save not to spend, and the "stocking" is only emptied in the national cause when the call is for a loan. A long smokestack in reflection seems broken into a hundred reflections, and the sun, smiling a window pane in the eastern shore, falls, a spiral of gold, in the wrinkled water. On one side of a little island where the water is still and the willows thick, two cranes watch noiselessly. As the sun sinks lower the waves take on a deeper purple that is broken, on the beach, into clear green, fringed with white. Fantastic scarc clouds wave over the sun. And now the afterglow—sky and river flooded with intense carmine.—Ingram Crockett. A recent investigation into the light-reflecting qualities of different-colored walls sheds some practical light on the question of what color the walls of living rooms should be tinted. The results of the research show that white walls reflect by far the most light; they throw back 66 per cent of the light that falls upon them. The other colors in order of their light-reflecting qualities are: Cream, rose, yellow, blue and green. Memories of the Aged. Light Colors the Best MADE PROPOSAL BY PROXY His Task Was Similar to John Alden's, but Fortunately It Had a Different Result. One day while Rev. J. Hines, a well-known retired Canadian missionary, was residing near Sandy like an Indian came to him and after much preliminary conversation said: "Well it is about six months since my wife died, and just before she left me she said in the presence of witnesses that if I remained single until the following spring I was to get married again, and, as the leaves are already big on the trees, I have come to see you and hear what you have to say about it." When I told him that there was no law to prohibit his taking another wife so soon, he went on. "I want you to select a wife for me." "Why," I said, "I should not care to undertake such a responsibility, for, if I named a woman and you married her and afterward she did not please you, you would be most likely to blame me for your unhappiness." "No, I should not," he said. Then I said, "In the first place I do not know whether you want to marry an old or a young woman, and I must have something to guide me in making a selection." "Well," he said, "I do not want to be troubled with an old woman, and I do not suppose a young woman would care to be troubled with me; I want a woman about my own age." I was much pleased with his words, for they seemed to me to be sensible and thoughtful; so I mentioned a widow about his own age, whom I had noticed taking great interest in his bereaved children. "Ah!" he said. "I knew you were guided by the great spirit in all you undertake. That is the very woman I have been thinking about, and how could you have known this unless the great spirit had guided your judgment." "Well," I replied, "I am glad that you look at it in that way; now you had better go and propose to her." "No," said he, "I cannot do that. If I knew she would say 'yes,' I should go; but she might say 'no,' and Indians never like to have their petitions rejected when they go on business of that nature." Then I asked him what he intended to do, "Why, sir," he said, "I want you to propose for me!" Well, I was in a fix; but having yielded so far to his request, I felt bound in some way to go on to the end. So, having obtained my wife's permission, I called on the widow at my earliest convenience and explained matters to her, taking great pains to make her understand I was proposing for the other fellow and not for myself. My mission was successful, and in due course they were hawfully married, and the union proved a happy one—"The Red Indians of the Plains." Profit in High Wages. Wherever rubber grows, there iniquity flourishes. Tropical fruits are made cheap because human life where they grow is cheap. The spirit of humanity is just beginning to creep into the relations between those who have much and those who have little. But a rare discovery has been made. Strange as it may seem, it has been proved by experiment that it pays to be reckless of expense when service is sought and rendered. That which has come to pass in the higher ranges of employment, where salaries have been increased tenfold and even more, is happening all along the line where labor and capital meet. Five dollars paid in wages to one competent man brings a larger return then $5 paid to five incompetent men and women; and the larger wage brings the greater fitness for the work. Better wages stir ambition and cause the horizon to expand.—Christian Register. Chimney Comparatively New. The chimney is something that is relatively new in architecture. Many of the old castles and other buildings of Europe which were constructed before the fifteenth century have no chimneys. In some of them a flue leads from the back and above the fireplace through the wall to the outer alr. It was somewhere about the thirteenth century that in certain buildings the masons began to run the flue to the top of the building, but the chimneys of that period had openings in the side, the top being roofted over. It was about the fifteenth century that masons began to build chimneys that extended above the roof of the house and to leave the top of the chimney uncovered.—Washington Star. Angularity Must Be Rubbed Off The pebble in the brook grows round and smooth because it is constantly rubbing against the rock and sands and others of its kind. So it is with life. Most of us have that which must be rubbed off. We are angular in ideas as well as conduct. Taking the angles off is a humiliating process, and most people rebel before it rightly begins. To bring out the luster of the diamond it has to be cut. That, too, is a tedious process. And so must it be with you if you are to be symmetrical. The best way is to go right after it. The sooner the corners are rubbed off the sooner the polish comes. —Exchange. San Luis Rey. San Luis Rey is one of the old runed missions, of southern California—one of the few traces left in the land by that kindly, brave old civilization that flourished there in the days when the middle West was given over to the buffalo and the Indian. The old church still stands, but the placta and the arcades, the attendant village and the tributary fields have vanished with the old life and the old builders before the steady march of the years. Retribution. A certain man broke through the ice. As the freezing waters clutched him he screeched most eerily for help. Another man came rushing up, and then, detecting the identity of the gentleman in the drink, turned and sauntered away, whistling. "He was one of those cold-bath cranks," he explained next day to the reporters.—Judge. With Vest Effect The smart frock here shown is made of tan-colored crepe meteor with trimming of darker, velvet, and blue and tan brocade. The velvet is used for the collar, inside facing of the sleeves, M Spring Frock Showing Effect of Vest, and for the two bands which run the length of the garment on either side of the front. The brocade is employed for the very smart little gilet or vest, and for the turn-back cuffs which finish the sleeves at the wrist. The skirt of the frock may be gathered in at the waistline, or it may be arranged in flat or box plats, all three of these methods being thoroughly approved. A fitted lining fastens in the center front, thus holding all parts of the gown snugly in place, with the vest buttoning at one side. Some of the best American and Parisian fashion authorities have set their seal of approval on the little vest effect in both suits and frocks for the coming spring. The vest is found attractive when developed in either silk or wool fabric. Some smart cottons and linens are even be- Copyright Underwood & Underwood Creators have set the sign of their approval upon the long suit jacket for all. This criterion will be followed throughout the winter season. The costume is an approved model for winter wear. It is of dark green satin, trimmed with gray rabbit. CHAINS AND BAGS OF BEADS War Seems Likely to Stimulate a Fashion That Never Really Has Lost Its Popularity. Bead bags and chains have never gone out of date, and now that some of the soldiers in hospitals are learning to make them they are likely to become even more fashionable than they were. People are getting tired of buying the raffia backpacks which the men make with such skill and taste, but no woman can refuse a bead bag or chain. I saw a neckchain recently made by a French soldier which was really a small work of art, says the London Queen. The coloring, the design and the fineness of the work altogether made it as decorative a note of color on the dress as could be desired. It was in rich blues and faint old rose, and it was worn on a plain gray liberty dress which had straight, long lines and no trimming. The bags are, of course, more ambitious, but the men are tackling them bravely. Artists, who in peace time live pleasant, busy ing developed into frocks for next summer with a vest of contrasting color to serve as the distinguishing note. A pink, blue or stem green linen with vest of white plaque would be smart, and a touch of black arrived at by the use of detachable velvet bands or by the use of black jet buttons is noted on many frocks for the summer of 1917. To make the gown shown in the sketch six yards of material 36 inches wide will be required, together with one yard and a quarter of velvet for the bands, collar, etc., and three-quarters of a yard of brocade or flowered fabric the same width for vest and cuffs. As will be noted by a glance at the sketch, a belt of the brocade continued from the vest circles the waist and is caught at the back by a single button. PRETTY VASES CHEAPLY MADE Jars That Have Held Jam, and Cream Pots, May Be Utilized for the Purpose. Jam jars and cream pots can be made into very pretty vases or plant holders. First of all the jars should be of earthenware, as glass is too slippery to work upon. First wash them well, then let them dry. If the surface is at all rough, rub it down with sand-paper. Now take some oil paint and brush smoothly all over the jar; a cream color is got by mixing the tiniest spot of yellow with white paint; a dainty pale blue by mixing a touch of blue with plenty of white. When the coat is quite dry, stencil round the jar a pretty design. Stencils can be bought ready-made and only cost a few cents; they last a long time. Oil color is simply dabbed Vase Made From Cream Pot. through the holes and the pattern is made. The coloring will depend upon the choice of the worker; if the background is cream or white, the flowers should be stenciled a pretty pink and the leaves a delicate green. Leave all to dry, then, if liked, the jars can be varnished with clear varnish. In many cases the natural jar can be left without being covered, and a pattern just put on. Very pretty effects can be got by covering the jars with very pretty wallpaper; this must be done with care; then, when the paste is dry, varnish all over. Really beautiful vases can be made by covering cream pots with cigar bands. These ornaments look most costly affairs, the colors are so beautiful and rich. Thus from odd jars lying about can pretty and useful articles be made, suitable for the home, for bazaars, or gifts to friends; the cost is very trivial and the work is easy and interesting. Jersey and Angora Sports Suits. Jersey and Angora Sports Suits. Jersey and angora make a splendid combination, both light and very warm, for winter sports. Both the Jersey and the angora may be had in any color, and the resultant schemes are very lovely. Green and brown are good together in these materials, blue and gray, or any color jersey—blue, rose, buff—with white angora for finishing. These suits are made up very simply, of course, with no decoration of any kind except, perhaps, a big cape collar, huge pockets or large colored buttons down the front. These are good for all kinds of rough wear. Jersey and angora combined are for scarfs and caps, as they have been for a long time in sweaters. Satin Frocks. The vogue of satin fur frocks and hats has led to a number of satin bags and card cases. Even cigarette cases for the woman who indulges in the weed are to be had in satin. The satin bags are generally embroidered, soutached or bead-trimmed. One new bag which magnetizes attention is trimmed with a fringe of small silver bells which tinkle the owner's way to popularity. lives in their studios working at their pictures, are now, in many cases, giving up their days to nursing the wounded. Some do massage, others what they laughingly call charwoman's work to help the nurses, and it is these girls and women who are teaching the some of the finer crafts. They buy one old piece of beadwork, and from it the soldier, with a sense of design such as many of them have, evokes several more; adapting it to the particular thing he is making. Filet Lace on Blouses New blouses show flat tie used extensively as trimming. This fashion began in November, but was not widely taken up until the present month. The usual form the flat tie takes is a wide turnover collar, extending into a broad panel that runs to the waist in front, and deep cuffs that ft the wrists and are fastened with small lace buttons. Although the lace is sometimes put on handkerchief linen blouses, the most fashionable combination is with crepe de chine and georgette crepe. A273X 60'0" MANURE CARRIER TRACK BUTTER COW STALLS MANGER FED CARRIER TRACK FLED ALLEY MANGER COW STALLS BUTTER MANURE CARRIER TRACK MANURE ALLEY MEANS MONEY IN FARMER'S POCKET Efficient Building Helps to Write Figures on the Right Side of the Ledger. HAVE SILO IN RIGHT PLACE Better That Indispensable Adjunct Be Too Large Rather Than Too Small —Here Is Design of Dairy Barn That Makes for Comfort By WILLIAM A. RADFORD. Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF any charge, particularly to the subject of building work, the readers of this paper. On account of its wide experience as a teacher, Author and author with the last dearm, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 575 Prairie avenue, Chicago, IL and only includes two-cent stamp for reply. Efficiency is a word of much prominence and importance at present. It means that you must accomplish the greatest amount of work possible with the least effort and smallest amount of capital. It is not confined to any one industry, but covers them all, including the farm. In the days past the farmer, who wanted a barn, often erected the walls and covered them with a roof. Many times the barn was built regardless of how quick it would enable the farmer later to do the work he had to do in this barn. For example, a silo may be constructed and located where it is convenient to get the silage to one part A273X MANURE CARRIER TRACK FED CARRIER TRACK MANURE CARRIER TRACK NLD. 10 FT. DIA. Floor of the barn, but considerable work is required to get the silage to some other part of the barn where considerable of it is used. This is not efficiency, for though you have perhaps wasted no money in the construction of the silo, you are daily unnecessarily wasting much of your working effort. The silo may not only be located inconveniently with respect to the places where the silage is used. By neglecting sufficient forethought the design may be decided on, and after the structure is completed it is realized that its capacity is too small. It is just as cheap to build a silo in the right place as in the wrong, and it costs but little more to build it large enough rather than too small. Additions later are much more expensive than the same thing would be if included in the original building. These are but a few of the many inefficient things which might be done in putting up farm buildings. In order to save on the original cost many things may be left out which are great time, thus money-savers. Money should wisely be invested in such time-saving devices. The money, represented by work which can be saved in the long run, will show a nice profit on the small extra investment necessary for time-saving installations. In a dairy barn, as well as all others, the comfort of the cattle, horses and other animals should be given considerable thought. They are just like a man. Under better conditions the cattle thrive more. Sanitation makes them less susceptible to disease. Let us say you lose two nice cows during the year from disease. That represents a loss to you of perhaps $150 to $200. Wouldn't it have been better to spend this $2,000 for construction in your barn which would·make it more sanitary and disease-resisting? During the first year you would make up for this $200 extra cost by not losing the cows, and during the second and each successive year you would be $200, ahead per year. The thing in selecting a design for your barn is this: Forget the first cost and think of the things which will make it convenient for you to work in, and sanitary and comfortable for your cattle. If you cannot get the first-cost idea of your mind, remember these things. You have perhaps borrowed some of the money for your barn from the bank. You must pay them back and make more besides for yourself. If you include sanitary and convenient things in your design you can pay the bank quicker and make larger profits for yourself. The dairy barn, if which a ground plan and perspective view are here shown, will accommodate 30 cows. The silo is 13 feet in diameter and will be "and to have sufficient capacity for --- GEORGE WASHINGTON'S TROUBLES The father of our country has told in personal letters what heavy burdens he had to carry during the war for independence B welfare and principles of the inhabitants, he receives today the homage of the millions who enjoy the heritage of the free America for which he fought and which he helped establish. This, according to an article in the New York Herald, which goes on to say: In this he was at one with other-great men bred in the new, free spirit and atmosphere of the colonies. He did not seek to set himself over them, but to work with them, contributing as his part in the struggle his military genius and experience and his carefully trained executive ability. His ideal was the common good. For that he gave his time and strength unintentionally, risked his all and withdrew only when government was so well established that it would not suffer from his retirement. Throughout his career the one reward he sought was that he might partake, "in the midst of my fellow citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free government, the ever favorite object of my heart." Washington, although possessing wealth and position, although observant of forms and ceremonies, in the best sense a democrat, a man who sought the same privileges and opportunities for everyone of his fellow citizens which he enjoyed and who devoted his gifts and energies to that end. That they might have them he not only expended freely his energies of mind and body, but he constantly exhorted his fellow countrymen to prepare themselves for the high destiny that he foresaw for this country, first, by raising and equipping an adequate army, a task that frequently hung leaden on his hands, and, second, by properly safeguarding their rights after they had been won. George Washington received less education—in school—than most lads of poor parentage do. He left school before he was sixteen years old, and, except in mathematics, in which he had advanced through geometry and trigonometry, his education did not extend beyond that which boys usually get in the grammar grades of the public schools. What he studied he knew, however, as his carefully kept notebooks attest. He manifested a special aptitude for surveying and for military affairs. This taste led to his having a royal middy's warrant, obtained for him when he was fourteen years old, and only because of his mother's reluctance to have him go to England he was spared to fight for the colonies instead of becoming an officer in his matesy's service. welfare and principles of the inhabitants, he receives today the homage of the millions who enjoy the heritage of the free America for which he fought and which he helped establish. This, according to an article in the New York Herald, which goes on to say: In this he was at one with other great men bred in the new, free spirit and atmosphere of the colonies. He did not seek to set himself over them, but to work with them, contributing as his part in the struggle his military genius and experience and his carefully trained executive ability. His ideal was the common good. For that he gave his time and strength unstintedly, risked his all and withdrew only when government was so well established that it would not suffer from his retirement. and his careful ideal was the c time and streng withdrew only tablished that in ment. Throughout the was that he m fellow citizens, under a free g of my heart." Washington, sition, although was in the be sought the sane everyone of hi and who devote That they m freely his ene stantly exhort themselves for this country, fli quate army, a his hands, and their rights af George Wash school—than m He left school except in math through geom d did not extend in the grammar he studied he notebooks att for surveying led to his ha tained for him and only beee have him go to the colonies in majesty's serv He had beee when he got h good one too. Throughout his career the one reward he sought was that he might partake, "in the midst of my fellow citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free government, the ever favorite object of my heart." Washington, although possessing wealth and position, although observant of forms and ceremonies, was in the best sense a democrat, a man who sought the same privileges and opportunities for everyone of his fellow citizens which he enjoyed and who devoted his gifts and energies to that end. That they might have he not only expended freely his energies of mind and body, but he constantly exhorted his fellow countrymen to prepare themselves for the high destiny that he hews for this country, first, by raising and equipping an adequate army, a task that frequently hung leaden on his hands, and, second, by properly safeguarding their rights after they had been won. George Washington received less education—in school—than most lads of poor parentage do today. He left school before he was sixteen years old, and except in mathematics, in which he had advanced through geometry and trigonometry, his education did not extend beyond that which boys usually get in the grammar grades of the public schools. What he studied he knew, however, as his carefully kept notebooks attest. He manifested a special aptitude for surveying and for military affairs. This taste led to his having a 'royal midy's' warrant, obtained for him when he was fourteen years old, and only because of his mother's reluctance to have him go to England he was spared to fight for the colonies instead of becoming an officer in his uncle's service. He had been out of school only a few months when he got his first job—as a surveyor. It was a good one, too, for Lord Falfax, having noted the lad's mental equipment and his intrepidity, gave him a commission to survey his wild acres in the Shenandoah valley. So well did Washington accomplish the arduous task that he was made a public surveyor. Almost coincident with his entrance upon a private career young Washington identified himself with public interests. Fond of athletes and sports as well as of military affairs, he joined the local militin and when nineteen years old was made a major. When he was still in his twenties he won his first colony in his gallant but disastrous first campaign against the French. It was there that he first tasted the bitter fruits of unpreparedness. When Washington went to Philadelphia as a member of the Second Continental congress he wore his provincial uniform, an instructive expression of his feeling in regard to the crisis that was to come—in its way a fulfillment of prophecy—for during the session he was put at the head of the irregular army near Boston. He found that army not only without discipline and equipment, but without powder. Men who had enlisted only for a few months ran away. Washington ardently appealed to the Continental and Provincial congresses to provide for longer enlistments and an adequate system of recruitment. Conservative and aristocrat as he was classed, Washington now favored the radicals, who sought to break with the home government and set up their own. "I have never entertained the idea of an accommodation," he said, "since I heard of the measures which were adopted in consequence of the Bunker Hill fight." His stanch attitude was maintained in the midst of disheartening experiences, not only with the enemy in the field, but with troublemakers in his own camp. "I know the unhappy predicament in which I stand," he wrote; "I know that much is expected of me; I know that, without men, without arms, without ammunition, without anything fit for the accommodation of a soldier, little is to be done; and, what is mortifying, I know that I can not stand justified to the world without exposing my own weakness and injuring the cause by declaring my wants. My situation has been such that I have had to use art to conceal it even from my officers." Jealousies hampered him so sorely that he sternly proclaimed: "The general most earnestly treats the officers and soldiers to consider consequences; that we can no way assist our enemies more than by making divisions among ourselves that the honor and success of the army and the safety of our bleeding country depend upon him; mony and good agreement with each other; that the provinces are all united to oppose the common enemy and all distinctions in the name of Conservative and aristocrat as he was classed, Washington now favored the radicals, who sought to break with the home government and set up their own. "I have never entertained the idea of an accommodation," he said, "since I heard of the measures which were adopted in consequence of the Bunker Hill fight." His stanch attitude was maintained in the midst of disheartening experiences, not only with the enemy in the field, but with troublemakers in his own camp. "I know the unhappy predicament in which I stand," he wrote; "I know that much is expected of me; I know that, without men, without arms, without ammunition, without anything fit for the accommodation of a soldier, little is to be done; and, what is mortifying, I know that I cannot stand justified to the world without exposing my own weakness and injuring the cause by declaring my wants. My situation has been such that I have had to use art to conceal it even from my officers." Jealousies hampered him so surely that he sternly proclaimed: "The general most earnestly entreats the officers and soldiers to consider consequences; that we can no way assist our enemies more than by making divisions among ourselves; that the honor and success of the army and the safety of our bleeding country depend upon harmony and good agreement with each other; that the provinces are all united to oppose the common enemy and all distinctions in the name of Shoes with aluminium soles have been invented for persons working in water or damp places. France makes elementary instruction obligatory for all children between six and thirteen years. British scientists are studying a mineral found in Wales that emits a faint light in its natural stae. Never dust electric globes while unlighted. The static electricity generated will break the filaments. --- slage to accommodate all the cattle. As shown in this view, the silo is built of wood. Hollow tile, concrete blocks, or re-enforced concrete, however, can be used equally as well. With the idea of making it possible to go quickly from one part of the barn to another sliding doors have been put in at all four corners and in the opposite end from the silo there is a door in the middle besides those on either side of this end. The ground floor is of concrete, which always makes a barn as sanitary as it possibly can be. It has a gambrel roof, which does away with the ruffers and other members of a truss which take up much of the space in the loft of a barn. The feed alley is conveniently located in the middle of the barn. This permits of easily distributing the silage to the mangers on either side of the alley. Concrete gutters are built in the floor in back of the cow stalls on either side of the barn. In back of these gutters are the manure-carrier tracks, conveniently located so that the refuse in the gutters can be directly picked up and carried out. The dimensions of the cow stalls can be made according to the ideals of the builder. In some places it is customary to build all of the stalls 3 feet 62 inches wide, and have 5 feet between the gutter and the manger. In other localities the stalls on one side would be made 4 feet 6 inches long, and on the other 5 feet long. The length of the stalls are made to vary in this way so as to accommodate the different lengths of the cows housed in the barn. There are stanchions made which are adjustable so that they can take from or add to the length of the stall, 6 inches or so. In case these are going to be used, all stalls can be made the same length. This particular barn was designed for a country where the winters are rather mild and the cows can spend a good deal of time in the cow yard rather than in the barn, as they would if in a cold climate. It would be found best if the front of the barn could face the south or east. This would give the cows the advantage of the nice morning sun and protect them from the north and west winds during the colder months of the year. WOULD DAY'S DANCE SHOCK? Probably Write of Fifty Years Ago Would Be Horrified at the Joyous Movements of Today. It was Goethe who said that "none but husband and wife can with propriety be partners in the waltz." He and the rest of society had been used to the square dance such as the Scotch reel, the minuet, the old-fashioned cotillon and a host of rather simple steps known as country dances. What would dear old Goethe have said he seen the dances of nowadays or a year or so ago? Would he, like the author of a quaint little book called Etiquette for Ladies, With Hints on the Preservation, Improvement agd Display of Female Beauty, published some 50 years ago, have said that he "summed up his advice in regard to the choice of dances, by warning them against the introduction of the new-fangled fashions of this sort." In this quintet little book on decorum one finds this advice: "Let our American fair also turn away from the almost equally unchaste dances of the southern kingdoms of Europe, and, content with the gay step of France, and the active merriment of England and Scotland, with their own festive movements continue their native balls to their blameless delight, and to the gratification of every tasteful and benevolent observer." And not only have the gone to the southern kingdoms of Europe, but to the much warmer nations in the south of our own land to Argentina first and of late to the states of Central America. Power of Radium. Prof. William Crookes, the noted English physicist, has calculated that if the total energy in the small quantity of radium which could be placed on the tip of the index tube was obtainable by an instantaneous disintegration of its atoms, it would be sufficient to raise the whole English navy as high as Mount Etna (altitude 10,755 feet). Sure of Him. "Isn't he rather fast, dear?" asked the anxious mother. "Yes, mamma," replied the girl, "but I don't think he will get away." —Boston Evening Transcript. THE KANSAS CITY SUN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1917 ECAUSE George Washington believed sincerely in the inborn inalienable right of men born on this soil, or transferred to it, spiritually as well as physically, to the fruits of freedom and independence; because he believed that this nation was to be held by them free of all oppression, whether in the form of unjust taxation or any other infringement of the interests BRIEF INFORMATION the most courage toward the enemy and the most kindness and good humor to each other. "If any be so lost to virtue and love of country as to continue in such practice after this order they will be severely punished and discharged from the service in disgrace." After the disastrous battle of Long Island Washington "once more took the liberty of mentioning to congress that no dependence could be put in militia or other troops than those enlisted and embodied for a longer period than our regulations have heretofore prescribed. "Our liberties must of necessity be greatly hazarded, if not entirely lost, if their defense is left to any but a permanent standing army. I mean one to exist during war. Men who have been free and subjected to no control cannot be reduced to order in an instant. . . . "There is no situation on earth less enviable or more distressing," continues Washington, "than that person who is at the head of troops regardless of order and discipline and unprovided with almost every necessity. The difficulties that have surrounded me since I have been in the service have kept my mind constantly upon the stretch; the wounds which my feelings as an officer have received by a thousand things that have happened contrary to my expectations and wishes; the effect of my own conduct and present appearance of things so little pleasing to myself as to render it a matter of no surprise to me if I stand capitally censured by congress . . . Induce a thorough conviction in my mind that it will be impossible, unless there is a thorough change in our military system, for me to conduct matters to give satisfaction to the public, which is all the recompense I aim at or ever wish for." This unhappy state of things was almost wholly due to the feeling manifested in several sections of the country, persisted in to the hampering of Washington's campaign and to the detriment of the cause. Congress was finally prevailed upon by Washington's representations and the tardily dawning consciousness that war was eneviable and that, being so, unpreparedness meant calamity. On December 20, 1776, he wrote to the president of congress; "Short enlistments and a mistaken dependence upon our militia have been the origin of all our misfortune and the great accumulation of our debt. . . . I beg leave to give it as my humble opinion that eighty-eight battalions are by no means equal to the opposition you are to make, and that not a moment's time is to be lost in raising a greater number, not less, in my opinion and that of my officers, than one hundred and ten. . . . In my judgment this is not a time to stand upon expense; our funds are not the only object of consideration. . . . It may be thought that I am going a good deal out of my line of duty to advise thus freely. A character to lose, an estate to fortell, the inestimable blessings of liberty at stake and a life devoted must be my excuse." Far from holding himself aloof and wanting to keep all power in his own hands, Washington welcomed co-operation. After he had been invested with the dictatorial powers necessitated by the emergency of public affairs, the Council of Safety of New York apologized for certain measures they had taken in regard to New York troops which were later discovered to have been an infringement of his authority. Washington replied: "I should be unhappy in the belief that any part of my letter to you could be construed into the slightest hint that you wish to interfere in the military line. Heaven knows that I greatly want the aid of every good man, and that there are not such enviable pleasures attending my situation us to make me too jealous of their prerogatives. Rather than complain of your efforts in the military way, you deserve the thanks of us all, and I feel myself happy in this opportunity of returning you mine in the greatest truth and sincerity." At Valley Forge, where Washington's troops were almost naked, had few blankets and scanty food, he was moved to resentment against "the gentlemen, without knowing whether the army was really going into winter quarters or not, reprobating the measure as much as if they thought the soldiers were made of stocks and stones and equally insensible of frost and snow, and, moreover, as if they conceived it easily practicable for an inferior army under the disadvantages I have described ours to be to confine a superior one, in all respects well appointed, within the city of Philadelphia and to cover from depreduction and waste the states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. . . . I can as- number plates for resi- attached to porch cove that they can be read at. an contractor is the inven- tor-driven riddle which graves gravel or sand into sizes. tric heating element into a spiral screw, which conveys it to the millstones. Apparatus invented by an Ohioan for setting broken legs permits a patient to move an injured limb slightly without displacing the fractured bones. The amount of standard tungsten ore used in the manufacture of incandescent lamps in the United States in 1915 was in the neighborhood of $4\frac{1}{2}$ tons. Maintaining a speed of $34\frac{1}{2}$ miles America. To make this name honorable and to preserve the liberty of our country ought to be our only emulation, and he will be the best soldier and the best patriot who contributes most to this glorious work, what ever his station or from what ever part of the country he may come. Let all distinction of nations, countries and provinces thereof be lost in the generous contest he shall behave with New glass number plates for residences can be attached to porch celling lights so that they can be read easily at night. A Michigan contractor is the inventor of a motor-driven riddle which quickly separates gravel or sand into six different sizes. The point of a new soldering iron for electricians can be set at any angle from its handle and is hollow so that solder can be melted within it. To dry grain before grinding a German inventor has introduced an elec sure these gentlemen that it is a much easier and less distressing thing to draw up remonstrances in a comfortable room by a good fireside than to occupy a cold, bleak hill and sleep under frost and snow without clothes or blankets. However, although they seem to have little feeling for the naked and distressed soldiers, I feel superbundantly for them, and from my soul I pity those miseries which it is neither in my power to relieve nor prevent." Washington made persistent efforts to get a guaranty of half pay for his officers after the war, himself having no personal interest in the measure; he had declared from the first that he would never profit by it to the amount of a single penny. He deprecated constantly the jealousy of the military part of the government by the civil department. "If we would pursue a right system of policy," he wrote to a member of congress, "in my opinion, there would be none of these distinctions. We should all, congress and army, be considered as one person, embarked in one cause, in one interest, acting on the same principle and to the same end." "That I have not been able to make bows to the taste of poor Colonel B. (who, by the way, I believe never saw one of them) is to be regretted," he wrote in a letter to David Stuart, "especially upon these occasions they were indiscriminately bestowed, and the host I was master of. Would it not have been better to throw the vell of charity over them, ascribing their stiffness to the effects of age or to the unskillfulness of my teacher rather than to pride and dignity of office, which, God knows, has no charms for me? For I certainly say I had rather be at Mount Vernon with a friend or two about me than to be attended at the seat of government by the officers of state and the representatives of every power in Europe." Washington explained that he had reception hours every Tuesday from three to four o'clock, when gentlemen came and went, chatted with each other and acted as they pleased. "At their first entrance they salute me, and I them and talk with as many as I can. What pomp there is in all this I am unable to discover. Perhaps it consists in not sitting. To this two reasons are offered: It is unusual; a more substantial one. I have no room large enough to contain a third of the chairs which would be sufficient to admit it. If it is supposed that ostentation or the fashion of courts could give rise to this custom I will boldly affirm that no supposition was ever more erroneous, for if I were to give indulgence to my inclinations every moment that I could withdraw from the fatigue of my station would be spent in retirement. That it is not proceeds from the sense I entertain of the propriety of giving to everyone as free access as consists with that respect which is due to the chair of government, and that respect I conceive is neither to be acquired nor preserved but by observing a just medium between much state and too great familiarity." In 1793 Washington, in his second term as president, wrote to congress that while he sought peace and urged a faithful discharge of every duty toward others, he recommended prompt measures not only for defense, but for inforcing just claims. "There is a rank due the United States among other nations which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war," he wrote. As he wished to avoid war, so he also wishes to avoid alliances which might jeopardize the peace of the nation. "Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake," he said warningly. "The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is in extending our commercial relations to have as little political connection as possible. "If we remain one people under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may deny material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time be resolved upon to be scrupulously respected; when belligerents, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interests, guided by justice, shell counsel." an hour for four consecutive hours without showing any smoke was a recorder recently made by a United States torpedo-boat destroyer. Surgical instruments that are not affected by the presence of electro magnets are being made of a secure steel alloy by a French professor or medical electricity. A Louisiana inventor's automatic fire-alarm calls the nearest firemen rings alarms both outside and inside a building where a fire starts and lights a red light on the outside. HOME TOWN HELPS RECOGNIZE VALUE OF BEAUTY Los Angeles County Property Owners Wise in Planting Flowers on Borders of Roads. "Los Angeles county, California, is the American Riviera, and in no way is the visitor more reminded of the beauty of the famous Mediterranean playground than in the treatment of the roadsides," says the American Highway association. "There is one broad boulevard where, for 18 miles one travels between continuous rose bowers backed with palms or firs. About fifty thousand rose bushes of fifty varieties were used in this landscape gardening. "In many places the roads wind through orange, lemon and walnut groves separated from the roadway by masses of rose bushes four to six feet high, which charm the eye and fill the air with fragrance even in December. "The work was done by individuals, but it was so successful that about two years ago a committee was organized to carry on such roadside treatment on a larger scale and in accordance with comprehensive plans. Funds were raised by a direct tax, and the county forestry department was placed in charge of the execution of the project. "About two hundred miles of road now have 90 road trellises to the miles of highway. Each trellis is 20 feet long, five feet high and supports five bushes. Fifty varieties of roses are used, and give an attractive combination of colors. In addition, poppies, petunias and geraniums, which grow luxuriously in that climate, have also been used along the boulevards, and palms and eucalyptus trees have been set out where necessary to break flat monotony or furnish a background." HAVE HOUSE PROPERLY BUILT Duty Man Owes to His Neighbors and to the City in Which He Plans to Reside. Any house, whether it have three rooms or twenty, is a fascinating study. It is as full of possibilities as the owner himself, and like him its character is sometimes fully developed, sometimes not. But even an old, a stuffy house, one that has been as long "for let" as a man's conscience, may be improved! Here a window may be thrown out to admit light or to include a view, there a wing may be added and a dull dwelling transformed into one full of delightful surprises. A properly built house adds greatly to the appearance of the street on which it is built. "The most fascinating house I ever knew," said an architect recently, "had originally but four rooms, to which every five or six years a new wing was added, the net result being a long, rambling, bow-windowed structure, which one never left without regret, and to which friends came homing as to a dovecote." Concealed Will in Book A remarkable story concerning the discovery of a will was recently made known. Dr. Peter Quin Keegan, an elderly Irishman, and an LLD of Dublin university, was keenly interested in botany. A short time before his death he met Mr. Ronald Ellwood, traveler for a Penrith firm, and a friendship sprang up, based on their botanical studies. Doctor Keegan gave a book on the subject, but Mr. Ellwood had no occasion to refer to it until a few days ago. He then found that two of the pages were fastened together, and outside one of them was an instruction in Doctor Keegan's peculiar writing that the pages were not to be opened until after his death. Doctor Keegan being already dead, Mr. Ellwood opened the pages and found between them the old gentleman's will. Will Build Russian Canal. The project for the construction and equipment of a Volga-Don canal, as designed by the Russian minister of ways and communications, has been approved by the government. The projected canal will play an important part in the economic development of southeastern Russia and of the Volga and Don basins. Grain from Tsaritsin and timber and ore from the Urals will thereby obtain a direct outlet to the ports of the Sea of Azof and thence to the Black sea. Moreover, the canal will make it possible to supply coal to all the chief cities and industrial centers of the Volga and surrounding country from the rich coal district of the Donetz basin. Planting Trees in Streets. J. H. Reed says of street planting: "Proceed with caution, but proceed. It is too little appreciated that results from ornamental-tree planting, or its neglect, are to continue indefinitely. In the generations to come tree-lovers will be praising the good taste and good judgment of the planters and caretakers before them, or will be criticizing the injudicious work, or the entire absence of what should then have been done." Plant Vines. Home grounds whether in the country or city, are incomplete without vines. Gave Him Advice. An old gentleman walked up to a pretty girl attendant at the counter of a daily newspaper office and said: "Miss, I would like to get copies of your paper for a week back." "You had better get a porous plaster," she abstractedly replied. "You get them just across the street." Contrariness of the Sex. "How was it your wife came to give up housekeeping?" "Just her contrary ways. First, she broke down, and then she broke up." Wholesale and Retail LIVE AND DRESSED POULTRY, EGGS and GAME Fresh from the country. IN ONE EAR AND OUT THE OTHER Most verbal appeals fall down because people are indifferent to them. Inattention becomes a habit. in one ear and out the other. The very existence of the phrase proves the point. Visual impressions get there and stick. Live and Dressed Poultry, fresh from the country, can give you the impression through the eye that stick. If you see for yourself, you are sure to become a customer. TURKEYS, GE CALL BELL PHONE GR 1335 East GO TO MOON'S CAFE ONLY The history of Kansas City competent, established Neg J. A. at 1616 W. 9th St. Hall Mr. V Diamonds, Watches, Guarantees to the public s TURKEYS, GEESE, DUCKS, HENS WALL PHONE GRAND 3765 for SPECIAL P 1335 East Eighteenth Street LONDON'S CAFE--------1223 BALTIMORE ONLY ONE Of Kansas City records but one real, legit established Negro jeweler, and he is T. A. Wilson W. 9th St. Half block west of Wyoming Mr. Wilson sells Seconds, Watches, Clocks and Staple Jewelry :: and :: is to the public satisfactory and proper treat TURKEYS, GEESE, DUCKS, HENS CALL BELL PHONE GRAND 3765 for SPECIAL PRICES 1335 East Eighteenth Street GO TO MOON'S CAFE--------1223 BALTIMORE AVE. The history of Kansas City records but one real, legitimate, competent, established Negro jeweler, and he is J. A. Wilson at 1616 W. 9th St. Half block west of Wyoming St. Guarantees to the public satisfactory and proper treatment. BELL PHONE MAIN 2868W Bell Phone E. 4394Y THE Modern A. E. EST. General Repairing WE ARE Whom we accept, but even insurance and Woodcraft AMERICAN Only society extending ored people able to compre States. Our rates are th is what we furnish: E. 4394Y Office 2460 Walden Modern Builders A. E. ESTES, President General Contracting Repairing a Specialty WE ARE A LITTLE accept, but every honest, temperate, industrious and Woodcraft protection in thee AMERICAN WOODMEN of I society extending Woodcraft to Colored able to comply with every requirement. Our rates are those of the National Fraternity furnish: THE Modern Builders Co. A.E. ESTES, President General Contracting Repairing a Specialty WE ARE A LITTLE PARTICULAR Whom we accept, but every honest, temperate, industrious man and woman obtain fraternal insurance and Woodcraft protection in thee AMERICAN WOODMEN of DENVER, COLORADO Only society extending Woodcraft to Colored people and only society operated by Colored people able to comply with every requirement of the Insurance Laws of the various States. Our rates are those of the National Fraternal Congress Table of Mortality. This is what we furnish: Death Benefit to Beneficiary Sick Benefit to Member Accident Benefit to Member Old Age Annuity to Member Permanent Disability Benefit to Member Burial to Member In One Combined Certificate No foolish horseplay to work confusion. You parades. The State Insurer American Woodmen. Eve $1,000.00; $1,500.00; $2,000.00 Kansas City Camp N and affiliate in same camp fee now is $2.50, and that Office, 1309 East 18th Geo. C. Martin and H. L. Dr. W. H. Bruce Mr. L. 1 THE EAST IND Polish horseplay initiation, no annual, biennial, confusion. You pay the same each month. The State Insurance Department of Miss Woodmen. Every certificate guaranteed is $1,500.00; $2,000.00. Las City Camp No. 4 now being organized is $2.50, and that pays for Medical Examination. 1309 East 18th Street. Bell Phone G. Martin and H. L. Billups, National Deputies. Dr. W. H. Bruce, Medical Examiner. Mr. L. D. Hines and Mr. C. A. H. EAST INDIA HAIR GRO No foolish horseplay initiation, no annual, biennial, triennial Grand Lodge or other tax to work confusion. You pay the same each month. No gorgeous regalia to buy, no annual parades. The State Insurance Department of Missouri places its stamp of approval on the American Woodmen. Every certificate guaranteed. Certificates of $250.00; $500.00; $1,000.00; $1,500.00; $2,000.00. Kansas City Camp No. 4 now being organized for men and women. All meet together and affiliate in same camp. By special dispensation of Supreme Commander the joining fee now is $2.50, and that pays for Medical Examination. Mr. L. D. Hines and Mr. C. A. Franklin, Special Deputies. THE EAST INDIA HAIR GROWER any jar The that later Leaves the hair s of a thousand fl Heavy and Beaut Gray Hair to its Iron for Straight Price, Sent by Leaves the hair soft and silky. Perfumed of a thousand flowers. The best known Heavy and Beautiful Black Eye-Brows, a Gray Hair to its Natural Color. Can be use iron for Straightening. Price, Sent by Mail, 50c; 10 cExtra for I Leaves the hair soft and silky. Perfumed with a balm of a thousand flowers. The best known remedy for Heavy and Beautiful Black Eye-Brows, also restores Gray Hair to its Natural Color. Can be used with Hot Iron for Straightening. Price, Sent by Mail, 50c; 10 cExtra for Postage. AGENTS' OUTFIT, 1 Hair Grower, 1 Temple Dressing Oil, 1 Face Cream and Dressing Oil 26 Extra For Postage Postage. --- I GEESE, DUCKS, HENS GRAND 3765 for SPECIAL PRICES East Eighteenth Street E--------1223 BALTIMORE AVE. LY ONE City records but one real, legitimate, Negro jeweler, and he is Wilson Half block west of Wyoming St. Mr. Wilson sells Hes, Clocks and Staple Jewelry :: and :: public satisfactory and proper treatment. Office 2460 Waldrond Ave. Bron Builders Co. ESTES, President I Contracting ing a Specialty ARE A LITTLE PART every honest, temperate, industrious man craft protection in thee AN WOODMEN of DENVER ending Woodcraft to Colored people and o comply with every requirement of the Insu are those of the National Fraternal Congr play initiation, no annual, biennial, triennial You pay the same each month. No gorgeous Insurance Department of Missouri places Every certificate guaranteed. Certificate $2,000.00. Camp No. 4 now being organized for men and camp. By special dispensation of Suprem that pays for Medical Examination. St 18th Street. Bell Phone Grand 2088. H. L. Billups, National Deputies and Organ Bruece, Medical Examiner. L. D. Hines and Mr. C. A. Franklin, Spo INDIA HAIR GROWER Will Promote a Full Growth of Hair; Will also Restore the Strength, Vitality and the Beauty of the Hair. If your Hair is Dry and Wiry Try EAST INDIA HAIR GROWER If you are bothered with Falling Hair, Dandruff, Heching Scalp, or any Hair Trouble, we want you to try a jar of EAST INDIA HAIR GROWER. The remedy contains medical proprieties that go to the roots of the Hair stimulates the skin, helping nature do its work. Hair soft and silky. Perfumed with a balm and flowers. The best known remedy for Beautiful Black Eye-Brows, also restores o its Natural Color. Can be used with Hot lightening. Sent by Mail, 50c; 10 cExtra for Postage. S. D. LYONS, Gen. Agt., 314 East 2d St. Oklahoma City, Okla. --- THE KANSAS CITY SUN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1917 SPORTS These columns are devoted to anyform of athletics interesting to our readers. SMART SET ATHLETIC CARNIVAL AT 13TH REGIMENT ARMORY NIGHT OF APRIL 13TH. Greatest Aggregation of Star Athletes Will Again Perform at the Meet Brooklyn's Most Prominent Club. The Smart Set Athletic Club of Brooklyn, dean of the colored athletic clubs throughout the country, announces through its Athletic Director the date of its annual sport carnival as Friday evening. April 13, at the Thirteenth Regiment Armory, Brooklyn. COLORED BOY WINS PRIZE. Brunswick, Me--David A. Lane, Jr., of Washington last night won the class of '68 prize for the best written and spoken oration by a member of the senior class at Bowdowin College. Mr. Lane, who is the only Negro at Bowdoin, took for his subject, "The Task of the College-Trained Negro." NOTES FROM PIZARO MEDICINE COMPANY. We are in our fourteenth week in the Southland after the summer season in the land of the living. The boys are all well and enjoying the nice warm Florida breezes and we wish to say that the water-wagon is a very favorable member over here. We have the same boys, Sydney H. Carter, manager and clarinet; Stir Tomman, cornet; John C. Spikes, baritone; Bob As It Grows Older A Hair Grower That 4,000 New Pa For Det Poro Collage Co., 3100 Pin As It Grows Older It Grows Better "PORO" A Hair Grower That Won For Itself Over 4,000 New Patront Last Year For Details Write Village Co., 3100 Pine St., Dept. G. St. Louis, Mo. A Hair Grower That Won For Itself Over 4,000 New Patront Last Year Poro College Co., 3100 Pine St., Dept. G. St. Louis, Mo. Please mention name of this paper when writing. TICULAR a and woman obtain fraternal R, COLORADO only society operated by Col- lurance Laws of the various press Table of Mortality. This MRS. MAMIE HILL the Hairdresser desires to announce that she is now located at 2301 Vine Street and will be pleased to meet her friends and patrons. KINKY HAIR HAIR Atlanta, Ga. Baltimore Med. Co. Gentlemen. My picture shows you what your hair EXCELENTO QUININE POMADIE has done for my hair. Before I used it, my hair was short and coarse, and now it is 44 inches long, and so soft and diluted that it can do it up any way I want to. edge or other tax buy, no annual Special Grand Lodge or other tax ous regalia to buy, no annual its stamp of approval on the locates of $250.00; $500.00; and women. All meet together me Commander the joining nizers. special Deputies. Ta- 'The Table Tha Ta-Bed the Table That Goes to Bed' Ta-Bed 'The Table That Goes to Bed' A Bed By Night A full-length, comfortable, sanitary,safe bed, with sagless springs and a special mattress, in single, three-quarter, or full size bed. SEE Avery F 1308 and 1310 SEE ONE AT Avery Furniture Co. 1308 and 1310 Grand Avenue SEE ONE AT Avery Furniture Co. 1308 and 1310 Grand Avenue Baseball In One Combined Certificate Elmonds, telephone; W. Roger Bell, trombone; Jack Johnson, bass dum; Boston Webb, snare drum, and Elmer J. Stirman, tuba. MAYO WILLIAMS FIRST IN "40" IN BOSTON A. A. MEET. Boston, Mass., Feb. 13.—J. Mayo Williams, a former Howard University athlete, captured the special 40-yard dash in the Boston A. A. games last Saturday at Mechanics' Hall. Williams, who represented Brown University, was pitted against several white crack sprinters from the Metropolitan district, as well as New England. He jumped in front at the crack of the gun and won in a blanket finish that found all the runners almost evenly aligned. MME. HACKLEY SPENDS WEEK AT HOME OF DR. LYMAN ABBOTT. Mme. E. Azalia Hackley, the eminent prima donna soprano and folk-song exponent, has been spending a delightful week at the country home of Dr. Lyman Abbott at "The Knoll," in picturesque Cornwall-on-Hudson, as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Hamlin, brother and sister of Dr. Abbott, whose son, Dr. Theodore Abbott, is Mme. Hackley's medical advisor. It was Dr. Abbott's opinion that a sojourn in the quiet village would be of great benefit to his patient, while awaiting a decision as to wither a mastoid operation for her ear trouble would be necessary. the Hairdresser desires to announce that she is now located at 2301 Vine Street and will be pleased to meet her friends and patrons. -.- -.- KINKY HAIR Atlanta, Ga. ExxonMobil Co. Guantennia. I know you show you what your hair EXELENTO QUINNIE POMADE has done for my hair. Before I moved to Atlanta, was short and coarse, was soft and shiny, long, and so soft and it was a plan do it up any way I want to. Atlanta, Ga. Excelsior Med. Co. Contenance. My picture shows you what the EXELENTO EXELENTO POMADE has done for my hair. It was short and coarse, and now it is an inches long and silky that I can do it up say CELIA GREEN. Don't let some fake Kink Remover fool you. You really can't straighten your hair until it's nice and long. That's what EXELENTO QUININE does, removes Dandruff, feeds the Roots of hair, and makes it grow long, soft and silky. After using a few times you can tell the difference, and after a little while it will be soft and long and silky. After it up to suit you. If ExelentO don't do it we claim, we will give your money back. 25c by mail on receipt of stamps or coin. AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE A woman sitting on a bed. Bell Ph. East 559. H. Ph. East 4132. COAL--COAL--COAL PLENTY OF COAL. Coal Ordered Today Delivered Today. 1002 Vine St. AT RIGHT PRICES. Don't wait for cold weather, order while the weather is good. Call PAYNE'S COAL AND FEED STORE before ordering elsewhere. PRINTING. When you want it Where you want it As you want it at Franklin's, 1309 E. Eighteenth. Bell Grand 2988. Remember you are never too far to deal with you. We send and ship goods throughout the United States. Phone us or write us your wants and we will do the rest. We carry a full line of everything that can be found in a first class Drug Store. Fine Manicure Sets, Combs, Brushes., Toilet Articles, Watches, Clocks, Eyeglasses, Straightening and Drying Combs, Curling Irons, Wigs, Transformations, Syringes and Hot Water Bottles, Madam Walker's Hair Grower, Shampoo, Glossine, Temple Grower, Tetter Salve. All kinds of Hair Growers. We fill and send them by parcel post or express. We carry the leading Negro Newspapers and Magazines, such as the Kansas City Sun, Chicago Defender, Indianapolis Freeman, Topeka Plaindealer, Omaha Monitor, Crisis, Kansas City Independent, Dallas Express, Boston Guardian, New York Age. 1301 East 18th St, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. Home P. M. 54£7; Bell P. G. 4591 KING COLE The Aeroplane Since the ordinary car does the ordinary things, to take a ride in KING COLE 8 one comes out of the past into the present :: :: :: Our car is Steam Heated. PHONES: Bell, E. 2013. Home, E. 4349. W. H. HUBBELL. MISS LILLIE WILLIAMS Graduate of Royal Pattern Co. New York City Dressmaking, Cutting, Fitting, Designing Fancy Gowns a Specialty 2418 VINE STREET Bell Phone East '1798J. KANSAS CITY, MO. The Handy Colored Store 2409 Vine St. Ladies' and Gent's Furnishing Goods and Notions VISIT OUR DRY GOODS AND HARDWARE DEPT. BARGAINS FURNISHING GUILD & MILK SPECIAL BARGAINS IN OUR NOTION DEPARTMENT AND HAIR GOODS. Help Make Our Store, Your Store, Our Customers Your Friends Special Values in Furnishings for Men, Women and Children. GIVE US A CALL. $2.50 In Goods Free. WE GIVE SURETY COUPONS. Taylor Holmes & Co. Mrs. Annie Holmes, Mngr. 2409 VINE ST., Kansas City, Mo. Bell Phone East 4221J MONEY-MONEY-MONEY. Furniture loans made to honest people. Pay back in weekly payments. Business strictly confidential. Bell Phone, Grand 2303-R. Week Commencing Sunday, February 18th RUCKER & WINIFRED GREATEST COLORED COMEDIANS 7 OTHER FEATURE ACTS ATTEND MATINEE PERFORMANCES MON., TUES., WED., THUR., FRI. MATINEES ADMISSION 10c CAFETERIA Self-service grows in popularity. The is known far and new. The high quality of our food has not o cost of living. Breakfast Special— Cakes, butter and syrup..... Coffee with cream..... Lunch— Three different meats and four w Dinner— Three to four meats, four to five ALL BEFORE YOUR MASON & M ORIGINAL $16 TAID Are Showing Multitude of Attractive Materials in Their G DOUBLE LIFE SUIT popularity. The known far and n our food has not cost of living. and syrup.... meats and four meats, four to five BEFORE YOUR N & M ORIGINAL $16 TAIL attitude of Attractive materials in Their G LIFE SUIT Popularity. The Y. M. C. A. Cafeteria own far and near. Food has not changed with the high cost of living. syrup..... 5e ..... 5e meats and four vegetables. meats, four to five vegetables. BEFORE YOUR EYES. N & MASON NATIONAL $16 TAILORS Trade of Attractive and Serviceable Materials in Their Great LIFE SUIT SALE Self-service grows in popularity. The Y. M. C. A. Cafeteria is known far and near. The high quality of our food has not changed with the high cost of living. Breakfast Special— Cakes, butter and syrup.....5e Coffee with cream.....5e Lunch— Three different meats and four vegetables. Dinner— Three to four meats, four to five vegetables. ALL BEFORE YOUR EYES. MASON & MASON Are Showing Multitude of Attractive and Serviceable Materials in Their Great DOUBLE LIFE SUIT SALE Box-back Suits Our Specialt A DOUBLE LIFE SUIT MAN IS (All suits made in our ow You are certain to get full value with us, but that is not enough. We m fully satisfied in every particular. T creases our sales so enormously and en men and women busy making clothes YOU GET REAL SERVICE AT Double Life Suits, $16, $20 THREE BUSY STO 220 East Twelfth Street 204 West Twelfth St Final Clearing ABRA Clearing S SUIT MAN IS made in our ow to get full value it enough. We ne very particular. T ormously and en ey making clothes SERVICE A safe Suits, $16, $2 FREE BUSY STO eet West Twelfth St Clearing ABRAU Clearing S QUIT MAN IS ALWAYS HAPPY made in our own shop) get full value for your money spent enough. We must know that you are particular. This policy is what in- morously and enables us to keep sixty making clothes. In other words: SERVICE AT OUR STORE. Suits, $16, $20 and $25 FREE BUSY STORES St 914 Main Street West Twelfth Street Clearing Sale at ABRAMS' BOOTERIE Clearing Sale Begins Today A DOUBLE LIFE SUIT MAN IS ALWAYS HAPPY (All suits made in our own shop) You are certain to get full value for your money spent with us, but that is not enough. We must know that you are fully satisfied in every particular. This policy is what increases our sales so enormously and enables us to keep sixty men and women busy making clothes. In other words: YOU GET REAL SERVICE AT OUR STORE Final Clearing Sale at Nearly $50,000 worth of Ladie's High Grade Novelty Boots are included in this great money saving affair. Not a Shoe in the house but what has been reduced $2 to $4 a pair. $4.0 $7.0 $8.0 $10.0 $12.0 $4.00 $7.00 $8.00 $10.00 $12.00 ISMERT-HINGKE MILLING CO. I-H BEST PATENT HARD WHEAT FLOUR. KANSAS CITY. U.S.A. I-H For Biscuits Fine And Cakes Divine Bakes Perfect Bread All The Time Corn Meal Too ISMERT-HINCKE MILLING CO. --- --- QUALITY FOOD Box-back Suits 1025 MAIN STREET $4.00 Shoes at ..... $2.50 $7.00 Shoes at ..... $3.75 $8.00 Shoes at ..... $4.50 $10.00 Shoes at ..... $5.75 $12.00 Shoes at ..... $6.75 BEST SERVICE