Kansas City Sun

TWO WOMEN DEAD T. R. WANTS 25,000 NEGRO TROOPERS. GUESS WHY TWO PROMINENT WOMEN DIE Mrs. Amelia Gibbs and Mrs. Amanda Naview, living within one block of each other on Michigan Ave., pass away Suddenly last Monday Morning. BOTH MEMBERS OF ALLEN CHAPEL AND THE MASONIC FAMILY LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL EXTENSION MONTHLY FREE MUSICAL CONCERT LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM 19th and Tracy, SUNDAY, MAY 6th, 3:15 P. M. Program will be furnished by Allen Chapel Choir under the direction of PROF. R. G. JACKSON Conductor MISS BEULAH DOUGLASS Accompanist A program with unusual talent and of unusual quality No one should fail to hear this famous choir under the direc- tion of this eminent musical director. J. R. E. LEE, principal. MAJ. N. CLARK SMITH, musical director. The Sun Goes to 36 States and Canada. Are Your Relatives and Friends Getting It? VOLUME IX. NUMBER 36. T. R. WA TWO PROMINENT Mrs. Amelia Gibbs and Mrs. Ama in one block of each other on away Suddenly last Mor BOTH MEMBERS OF ALLEN CHAPEL A Mrs. Amelia Gibbs, 2518 Michigan avenue, one of the best known woman of our race in this city was found dead in her bed Monday morning at 6:00 o'clock. Mrs. Gibbs had just recently recovered from a paralytic stroke, but had been able to resume her duties and was supposed to be getting along nicely. Her death was a distinct shock to the older citizenz, white and Colored, of this city. She was a member of many years standing in Allen Chapel and was also a member of Carnation Court, H. of J. under whose auspices the funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at Allen Capsel. She left only one relative so far as known, a son, Roy Gibbs, the well known musician. Her husband, Edward Gibbs, who died several years ago, was one of the best known barbers in Kansas City and in his lifetime he made a host of friends among the representative white people of this city. Hardly had the announcement been made to immediate friends than that entire section of the city was again startled by the shocking announcement that Mrs. Amanda Naview, who lived just a half block away from Mrs. PROF. ROBERT G. JACKSON, The race's greatest musical instructor and director of music at Western University, whose splendid chorus rendered a magnificent program Wednesday night at the Westminster Congregational Church possibly the most beautiful auditorium and the most aristocratic white congregation in Greater Kansas City for which he received a magnificent ovation, and who will direct the famous Allen Chapel Choir in the program to be rendered at the Community meeting at Lincoln High School Sunday. LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL MONTHLY FREE MUSIC LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL 19th and Tra SUNDAY, MAY 6th The Kansas City Sun Gibbs' residence, had also passed away without warning during the night and was found cold in death on Monday morning at about the same time the lifeless form of Mrs. Gibbs was discovered. Mrs. Naview was also an old member of Allen Chapel where for a number of years she has served on the Senior Stewardess Board and was at her post of duty in that church apparently in good health on the preceding Sunday. Mrs. Naview was about 61 years of age and leaves an immediate family consisting of a husband, three sons: Joseph, William and Octavious Naview; three daughters: Mrs. Eliza Edwards, Mrs. John Edgar Taylor and Mrs. Emma Brown; also a brother in Chicago, Ill. She was a member of Covenant No. 20, the Tabernacle No. 333 and the Household of Ruth, under whose auspices she was buried from Allen Chapel Thursday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock. Rev. Wm. H. Thomas officiating at both funerals. Her burial was in Kansas City, Kansas, in Woodlawn Cemetery. Kansas City has lost two splendid women in the passing of Mrs. Gibbs and Mrs. Naview. TEACHES FOREIGN LANGUAGE Chicago, April 19.—Winning honors throughout her high school and college career, Miss Beatrice E. Lee, 5259 Dearborn street, daughter of Prof. and Mrs. S. I. Lee, has won another distinction by being the first Colored girl to teach foreign languages in the Chicago public schools. She is teaching German in the Carter School. Miss Lee graduated from the Farran School in 1908, and from there entered Wendell Phillips High School, graduating in 1912. Entering Chicago University, she made a record for herself by winning honors for excellency in scholarships and honors for having no mark less than excellent in her four years' work in German. Miss Lee also specialized in French. She is taking a special course at the Chicago Teachers' College and will receive a teacher's certificate in June. This girl sets an example for all other young women in this city and throughout the country, as she has educated herself so that she can accomplish something worth while. Her future is marked for success. Prof and Mrs. Lee are well known in Kansas City, having formerly lived here. John Donaldson, the star colored baseball pitcher, will pitch Sunday's game at Association Park. The game is Schmelzer All Nations vs. Nebraska Indians. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, SATURDAY, MAY 5. 1917. Lincoln High School 500 Boys and Girls in Action CONVENTION HALL Friday Evening, May 11 THE MILITARY CORPS THE CHILDREN OF THE CHURCH 512 Box Seats (Reserved) . . . . . . 25c 4000 Arena Balcony Seats (Not Reserven) 15c 2000 Upper Balcony Seats (Not Reserved) 10c Reserved Seat Tickets reserved at the office of the Lincoln High School QUARTERLY MEETING Grant Mission A. M. E. church, 1000 Crystal ave., Centropolis, Mo., Rev David Hickman, pastor, will hold quarterly meeting Sunday May 6. Rev F. D. Wells will preach the sacramental sermon at 3:00 p. m. The public is invited. DR. W. S. SCARBOROUGH will lecture at the Lincoln High School, under the auspices of the Wilberforce Club, Wednesday evening, May 9, at 8:15. Admission free. Dr. T. C. CHAPMAN, Pres. Prof. T. B. STEWART, Pres. Rev. A. Moore, the great evangelist, began preaching at St James' Church, 18th and Woodland Thursday night, May 3. He will be with us at least 12 days. He and his great singers will have full charge of the services. He is a great gospel preacher and those who will attend these services will be given a rare treat. Prayer services will begin promptly at 7:30 p. m. under the leadership of a strong band of Christian workers. OFFICIAL NOTICE OF THE WHEAT LEY-PROVIDENT HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION. The members of the Wheatley-Provident Association are officially called to meet May 16 at the Y. M. C. A. at 8:00 p. m. to fill vacancies on Board of Directors. By Order of the President. Fred Harris has returned from Chicago n High S 0 Boys and G in Action VENTION H y Evening, Ma BOYS' MILITARY DRILL GIRLS IN INDIAN CLUB DRILL TICKETS Five Seats (Reserved) Arena Balcony Seats (Not Reserved) Super Balcony Seats (Not Reserved) Seat Tickets reserved at the Lincoln High School The invitation extended to Dr. Wm. H. Thomas to deliver a sociological talk before the senior class in a leading white college was a high compliment paid to one of the foremost thinkers of the race. WANTED! ONE THOUSAND NEGRO MEN AND BOYS To learn to be expert automobile mechanics and chauffeurs. Positions waiting. Special course in driving for ladies and gentlemen. We teach you to drive any make of car in ten days or full mechanical course in eight weeks. Our night class opens May first. For full information as to terms and so forth, address Afro-American Automobile Training School, 1420-26 Woodland Avenue, Kansas City, Mo. The largest automobile training school for Negroes in the world. GUESS W --- TO ROSCOE CONKLIN SIMMONS. Thine is the Muse that Thy words fall sweet a The Soul may soar, wh Like the bird that spu And when you cease i To find itself on earth You stand before us o And hushed are all, be With that strange spe Held Rome, when spal The heart beats quick As a Warrior's hearing Speak, on! Speak On! Look smiling on thee Happy that you their And speak their souls Thy name on Truth's Fame has dipted her p Dr. J. Edward Perry, One of the cians of the race. he is the Muse that unto Poets belong, words fall sweet as those of Song. Soul may soar, when thy tongue speak the bird that spurns the Andes peaks, when you cease it feels a pain, and itself on earth again. I stand before us on the stage, hushed are all, both fool and sage, that strange spell that long ago, Rome, when spake great Cieero. Heart beats quick, the blood leaps far Warrior's hearing the trumpet's blast. k. on! Speak On! They who were slack smiling on thee from their graves, joy that you their son can rise, speak their souls' unworded cries— name on Truth's record of light, he has dipted her pen to write! —Roscoe C. J. Thine is the Muse that unto Poets belong, Thy words fall sweet as those of Song. The Soul may soar, when thy tongue speaks, Like the bird that spurns the Andes peaks, And when you cease it feels a pain, To find itself on earth again. You stand before us on the stage, And hushed are all, both fool and sage, With that strange spell that long ago, Held Rome, when spake great Cieero. The heart beats quick, the blood leaps fast, As a Warrior's hearing the trumpet's blast. Speak, on! Speak On! They who were slaves, Look smiling on thee from their graves, Happy that you their son can rise, And speak their souls' unworded cries— Thy name on Truth's record of light, Fame has dipted her pen to write! [Image of a man in a suit with a bow tie, looking slightly to the side.] Dr. J. Edward Perry, One of the Physicians of the race. Dr. J. Edward Perry, Kansas City's foremost physician and the founder of Perry's Sanitarium, now the Wheatley-Provident Hospital, last left Monday evening for an extended visit to his native state Texas. He will visit the community of his boyhood days. the old farm place, the little old school house, the old well where many, many times he quenched his childhood thirst, and some of the old settlers who may be living and who were life long friends of his saint-ed father and mother, who have long since passed to the great beyond. He will also visit his Alma Mater, Bishop College, and enjoy the commencement exercises after an absence of twenty-six long years. Most Prominent and Successful Physicians of the race. a leader, not only in his profession but among all men and his professional efficiency and successful career has been an inspiration to many young men in the medical profession. The Sun wishes him a pleasant trip and a delightful sojourn among old scenes and old acquaintances, but demands that he hurry home when his visit is over as his services are always needed in this great city. Dr. Perry possesses a charming wife, formerly Miss Frederica Sprague, a granddaughter of the immortal Frederick Douglas, and one of the race's most cultured and progressive women. She has only recently returned with her sister, Mrs. Dr. T. A. Jones, from a visit to the old home Missouri in general, and Greater Kansas City in particular is exceedingly proud of Dr. Perry, who has for twenty-two years been a citizen of this commonwealth. During the Spanish-American war, he served as a first lieutenant in one of the Immune Regiments and his patriotism and loyalty to his country has always been pronounced. Only those who know realize the splendid sacrifice Dr. Perry has made to advance the interest of his race, and when there was not a single hospital in Kansas City to admit Negroes, he drew on his personal funds for the construction and development of the famed Perry Sanitarium, which is filling a much needed want in this great city. Dr. Perry is a Christian gentleman, a scholar and Do You Know That Advertising is the Life of Trade and the Only Real Business Getter S WHY! unto Poets belong, is those of Song. hen thy tongue speaks, mns the Andes peaks, feels a pain, again. in the stage, with fool and sage, all that long ago, the great Cieero. the blood leaps fast, the trumpet's blast. They who were slaves, from their graves, con can rise, unworded cries— record of light, en to write! —Roscoe C. Jamison. Most Prominent and Successful Physi- a leader, not only in his profession, but among all men and his professional efficiency and successful career has been an inspiration to many young men in the medical profession. The Sun wishes him a pleasant trip and a delightful sojourn among old scenes and old acquaintances, but demands that he hurry home when his visit is over as his services are always needed in this great city. Dr. Perry possesses a charming wife, formerly Miss Frederica Sprague, a granddaughter of the immortal Frederick Douglas, and one of the race's most cultured and progressive women. She has only recently returned with her sister, Mrs. Dr. T. A. Jones, from a visit to the old home, and the places made historic by her illustrious grandfather in the East; and it was her insistence that induced the Doctor to take a few days from his exceedingly heavy practice, and visit the scenes of his early life. We compliment the old Lone Star State upon having produced such a worthy son as Dr. J. Edward Perry, and if they have anymore like him down there, in the vernacular of our grand old Missouri: "You've got to show us." Mr. F. H. Baker of Sious City, Ia., who has been visiting in Excelsior Springs, visited friends in the city and in company of Mr. V. D. Harris paid a visit to the Sun office. PRICE, 5c. From Our Foreign Correspondents A. F. and A. M. Mo. Jurisdiction 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. P. L. Pratt, Cameron, Mo., G. L. 1st District. E. J. Cooper, Mexico, Mo., G. L. 2nd District. Lodge Directory G MAJOR MASONRY Rone Lodge No. 25, A. F. and A. M., meets the 1st and 3rd Monday in each month. All Master Masons in good standing welcome. Emmett Spruell, W. M.; C. H. Countee, Sec'y. G and A. M. , Liberty, M. , meets the 2nd and 4th Saturday nights in each month. William Parker, W. M.; Neison Wallar, Sec'y. Mt. Olive Lodge No. 53, A. F. and A. M. , meets the 2nd and 4th Fridays in every month. Visiting Master Masons are welcome. W. H. Brown, W. M. Albert Wilson, Secretary, 1820 Highland. G WESTMINSTER St. Stephens Chapter No. 37, Royal Arch Masons, Liberty, in each month, W. H. Robinson, 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. Sec'y. NPC INC. MCA MCA U. B. F. King of the West Lodge No. 218 meets first and third Wednesdays in each month at 10th and Campbell. C. F. Wilson, W M.; H. Conway, 686 Tracy Ave., Seyc. D. O. F. Primrose Tabernacle meets is and 3d Wednesday nights in each month at Tabor Hall, 1415 Vine street. All Daughters and Sir Knights in good standing with the Women's Dotson, H. P. 1705 E. 12th; Estelia Pitts, C. R. 1815 E. 17th. MASONIC BUILDING ASSOCIATION W. G. Mosely, President. T. G. McCampbell, Vice President. Wm. Washington, Treasurer. E. S. Baker, Secretary. Board of Directors: 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 month. CHURCH DIRECTORY. Bethel A. M. E. Church, 24th and Flora. St. Stephen's Baptist Church, 604 Charlotte St. Bemidhal M. E. Church, 19th and Woodland. Second Baptist Church, 10th and Charlotte. Allen Chapel A. M. E. Church, 10th and Charlotte. Ebbseraz A. M. E. Church, 17th and Tracy. St. Augustine's P. E. Church, 11th and Woodland. John's A. M. E. Church, 1743 Belleview. Seventh Day Adventist, 23d and Woodland. Monica's Catholic, 17th and Lydia. Vine St. Baptist Church, 1825 Vine St. Ward Chapel A. M. E. Church, 11th and Troost. Morning Star Baptist Church, 2311 Vine. Highland Avenue Baptist Church, 1111 Highland. Centropolis A. M. E. Church, Centropolis. Mo. St. James A. M. E. Zion Church, 1823 Woodland Ave. Second Christian Church, 24th and Woodland. St. Paul's Baptist Church, 19th and Belfield. Friendship Baptist Church, 17th and Tracy Avenue. Pilgrim Baptist Church, 614 Charlotte St. Pleasant Green Baptist Church, Independence Avenue and Tracy. Calvary Baptist Church, 19th and Askew. Bigelow A. M. E. Mission, 5th and Lake. C. M. E. Church, 1817 Flora Ave. St. James Baptist Church, 4039 Mill St. St. Luke's A. M. E. Church, 43rd and Prospect Place. A. M. E. Mission, 565 Grand Ave. CLARK CHAPEL M. E. CHURCH, 1664 Madison Ave. First A. M. E. Church, 8th and Neb. Eighth St. Baptist Church, 8th and Oakland. Metropolitan Baptist Church, 8th and First Baptist Church, 5th and Neb. King Solomon Baptist Church, 3rd and Quindaro A. M. E. Church, Quindaro. Nassau Valley Baptist Church, Rose- dale Protestant Episcopal, 3rd and Stewart, Second Baptist Church, 24th and Ruby, Wesley Chapel M. E., 106 Shawnee. Bethel A. M. E. Church, Rosedale, Kan. Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 4th and Virginia. Ebenezer A. M. E. Church, Sanford and T emont. Mrs. W. I. Colley, experienced dressmaker, 911 Michigan avenue. Beil Phone, East 5326. ARGENTINE, KANSAS. (By Mrs. Ophelia Jackson) Mr. Jeff Lytle, who was convalescent from a case of pneumonia and suffered a stroke of paralysis Sunday, April 22, died Saturday morning April 28. He was a member of the Primitive Baptist church of Holliday, Kansas. His funeral was held at St. Paul Chapel Monday, April 30. Rev. DeMoss, moderator of the P. B. church, officiated. He leaves a wife, two daughters and four sons to mourn his death....Dr. W. P. Gray visited the Dental Convention at Topeka, Kansas, last week....Mr. J. W. Weaver recently operated on at the Wheatly Provident Hospital is seriously ill....Miss Georgia Tucker, who has been complaining for a week, is better and her father, G. W. Tucker, is slowly improving....Mrs. McReynolds, prestof the Patrons Club of Lincoln High school, received a card from the retiring president of the Kansas Patrons' Club, thanking her for the part the club took in the purchase of a gift for her two years service....Mrs. Estella Bell, who was injured by a street car a week ago is improving. The Patrons' Club of Lewis school met on Friday, April 20. Mrs. Smith of the Patrons' Club of Douglas school gave a very interesting talk, followed by remarks by Dr. Davis. The Nee dclecraft Club gave a stork shower for Mrs. Frances Balthrop Thursday, April 19. Mrs. Balthrop was very much surprised and words failed her when she attempted to express her appreciation, she was so overcome with emotion. A dainty repast of sherbert and cake was served and the afternoon was spent very pleasantly ...Mrs. Millie Porter is suffering very much as a result of being struck with a piece of wood. She was breaking the wood when it struck her above the eye and made it necessary for her to consult a physician...Mr. Frazier left for Burlingame, Kansas Monday evening to be at the bedside of his gather, who is reported dying...Mr. Geo. Tucker, who has been very sick, is slightly improved...Mr. Jeff Lytle, who has been sick with pneumonia, was slightly improved when he suffered a stroke of paralysis on Sunday, April 22, and has been speechless since...Mrs. Simpson is confined to her bed on account of illness...Mrs. Pearl Morris, who has been quite ill is better at this writing...St. Paul Chapel will have its annual rally on May 6. There will be three services, at which time they hope to raise enough money to make some improvements...The services last Sunday were very good and at night, Rev. Mitchell of Kansas City, Kansas preached. ST. JOSEPH. MISSOURI. A select club has been formed to promote racial and commercial activity and has been named "The Ethiopian." Mr. Smith Crews is president, Queen Esther Tabernacle will give a public installation at the Knights of Tabor's hall, 2d and Francis street, on the 17th of May and the A. R. Chinn Palatine Guards will give an exhibition drill on the night of the 17th for the benefit of Queen Esther Tabernacle....Miss Clemie Williams of Weston, Mo., is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Smith Crews....Mrs. Belle Brown, who is a highly esteemed daughter of Queen Mary's Tabernacle, is very ill at present....Mr. Roscoe Conklin will speak at the Auditorium Wednesday night, May 2. A large audience is expected....Miss Alma Jamison, who has been ill for sometime, is slightly improved. Mr. Sherman Thal of Oregon, is visiting his mother....Mr. Floyd Carter, the drill master of the Mount Tabor Temple No. 9, is going to be married soon....Rev. Woodford, formerly pastor of the M. E. Mothodist church, 19th and Angelique, has been assigned to the M. E. Mothodist church of Fulton, Mo....Rev. P. C. Crews, presiding elder of the Columbia district, recently visited his brother, Mr. Smith Crews, in company with Rev. Benjamin Monroe of Richmond, Mo....Mrs. Phenix, Worthy Princess of S. M. T. underwent an operation at the Sisters' Hospital last Thursday and is doing nicely at present....Mrs. Geo. Cook is indisposed, but nothing serious....Mrs. Sarah Ousley, who has been in Chicago the last two months visiting her son has returned home. The stork visited Mr. and Mrs. Fields and left a fine healthy boy. WESTON, MO. The Dunbar Literary Society will give a Temperance Drama entitled "One Glass of Wine," Friday May 11. ....The program given by the Mission Circle, April 27, was well attended in spite of the inclement weather. ....There will be a May Feast of the Methodist Church Friday evening, May 4....Miss Emery, Mr. Bell and Mrs. Willis were guests at dinner of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Parker, Sunday....Mission Circle will meet with Mrs. Mattie Reese, Friday....Sewing Circle will meet with Mrs. Mattie Washington Saturday....Mrs. Ophelia Guilford, for many years a resident of Weston, has moved to Kansas City, Kansas. We miss her very much. She was president of the Mission Circle here....Mr. Ira Kelly, one of the last year's graduates, has enlisted in the Potato army. He planted nearly two acres week. We wish him much success with his potato crop. THE KAN SAS CITY SUN. SATURDAY. MAY 5. 1917 KELLEY'S BEST HIGH PATENT FLOUR Kelley's Best Beat all the Rest. Kelley Milling Co. K.C., U.S.A. CHILLICOTHE, MISSOURI. (By Benj. V. Longdon) Altho Mr. Wm. Botts is confined to his home we learn that he is recovering from the slight stroke of paralysis received two weeks ago....The inclement weather did not prevent a good attendance at the musical program rendered by the select, talent under the direction of Mrs. Ward at the A. M. E. church last Friday night....Rev. I. L. Talley preached a special sermon to the Missionary Sisters and the Mission Board last Sunday morning. A program was rendered at the evening service under the auspices of the Missionary Sisters. They are doing commendable work....Quarterly meeting was held at the A. M. E. church last Sunday. Rev. M. S. Bryant, P. E., was unable to be present, but like a sick soldier, he is eager to fall into line at the trumpet's call. Despite this fact prayers were offered for his recovery and a very successful meeting was conducted by Rev. J. H. Word, who was assisted by Rev. R. H. Longdon....The funeral of Mr. Phillip Trosper, whose death occurred at his home in this city last Monday after a brief illness, was held from the A. M. E. church at Utica, Mo., with Rev. Longdon officiating. Mr. Trosper was married to Miss Pearl Lee of Utica, Mo., and was one of the most domestic of men his career was just begun. His death was untimely. But God, Who took him, knew best. He leaves to mourn his loss, a wife and two daughters, a mother, father, brother and a host of relatives. In accord with their method of having an annual exhibit of the literary and industrial work of the pupils of Garrison school, Prof. Williams and Brown and Miss Hillman had the splendid work wisely and artistically arranged for the large crowd of visiting patrons and friends last Friday afternoon...Mrs. Henry Williams received a letter from Mr. Wm. Williams last week stating his standing in a recent examination which brought an increased salary and compliments from one of the chief officials of the civil service department. It is not for us to say that Mr. Williams of St. Louis, Mo., or Mr. Thos. Banks, Jr., of Washington, D. C. and others are proud of their native town, gut Chillicothe points to them with pride because the achievements of each gifted son or daughter reflects glory upon the entire race. HELENA, MONTANA. (By J. H. Hilliard) Rev. H. C. Parsons returned from Spokane, Washington, Sunday; also North Yakimo and reports a successful meeting at the Calvary Baptist....Mr. Charlei Connolly of Great Falls, made a flying trip to Helena last week on business and was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Judge D. Hart, 1406 North Benton....Rev. Geo. F. Martin and Miss Olga York went to Great Falls to attend the conference....Mr. Geo. Robinette went to Anaconda, Montana, last week....Mrs. Albert Nappier has moved to 1406 North Benton....The ladies of the St. James A. M. E. church gave an entertainment at Cruise Hall Thursday. The Baptist people commence work on their new church last week....Mrs. Annie Powers and her two daughters left the 18th for King Fisher, Okla, where she will join her husband, Rev. Riley R. Powers. While endeavoring to break a jonesome time and getting away from a half occupied personage, Mrs. Geo. F. Martin visited friends last week. Hurry back Rev. Martin, because she is afraid to go home until morning. To be wise as your neighbor, you must read The Sun. Call 1554xx and say Sun. PLEASANT HILL, MISSOURI. Sunday was so very inclement that the services were very poorly attend- o1. The teachers are busy drilling the children for the closing of school May 18...Mrs. Dora Wood and Amanda Ingram have returned from their visit to the city...Mrs. Ollie Snead was very pleasantly surprised on her birthday. Her cousins very nicely arranged matters and when she returned from the show she found her house filled with a very pleasant party. After refreshments were served by the courtesy of Miss Rivers, the party was given an tutomobile ride...Mr. Samuel Wilkerson, Mr. Gillespie Wilkerson spent a few days last week in Kansas City...Mr. Walter Tucker of Iola, Kansas, is the guest of Mrs. Mollie Cook at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Gipson...Mr. Howard Mills Sundayed in the city...Several visitors of Lee Summit were down Saturday evening to attend the entertainment given by Mr. Wood. LEADERS WITHOUT CONVICTION AND PURPOSE. Men without convictions are like ships without rudders that go hither and thither because they have no fixed purpose, and they drift like leaves on the surface of a stream. If there is any one thing in which Negro leadership is lacking, it is strong convictions, fixed purpose. They have no clear conception of purpose, and as a consequence they accomplish very little for their constituents. In this great age of intelligence and efficiency, it is of the highest importance that those who are leaders should have strong conviction and purpose, and will and energy to execute them. The result of their achievements, the good which they can accomplish for the race will be in direct proportion to the distinctness and clearness of their vision and their honesty and sincerity in the pursuit or enterprise undertaken. It must not be superficial; it must be the reequal of great thought and deliberation.—The Atlanta Independent. CLOVER LEAF INSURANCE COM PANY SHOWS THAT THEY RE- SPECT HONESTY AND ABILITY, NOT COLOR. J. J. Allen, district manager for the Clover Leaf Casualty Insurance Company for Kansas City, Mo., who has been in the employ of the company over five years, is the only Colored man working for the company who is furnished with the company's check book and writes his own checks in settlement of claims. I would like to impress upon the minds of our policy holders and to the people of Kansas City that I have worked hard to secure this privilege not for the honor that might be attached to it, but for the fact that it has always been my desire to be able to give my people the very best service in any line of business that I may be engaged. A. B. J. J. ALLEN, District Manager. I don't think it necessary to say that the Clover Leaf is an old line company whose financial standing is unquestionably safe, for that fact has been established years ago in Kansas City. The Clover Leaf is issuing the best policies for business and professional men and women, and for all men and women in various occupations of any company in Kansas City, and if you are not carrying a policy with us at this time I would like for you to give one of our agents an opportunity to explain our contract to you. Our agency force is composed of men and women of our own race who are well known and respected by all, and I would like to secure the services of other persons who are ambitious to make more money. Fall in line with your friends and carry your Health and Accident Insurance with the Clover Leaf. Office 1507 E. 18th Street. Bell Phone East 2766. STATEMENT District Mgr. Clover Leaf Casulty Insurance Co. Dear Sir:— I accept draft for $25.00 in settlement for a week's disability of Lagpipe. I am well pleased with the settlement and will take great pleasure in recommending the Clover Leaf Insurance Company to anyone wanting Casualty Insurance. I must admit this is my first time to know of a white insurance company to give one of my race authority to adjust claims and write a draft in settlement of same. Very truly yours, WM. T. WHITE, Teacher Garrison School. Quinoleum Is Queen YES, I Use Quinoleum, and like it fine. JUST FOLLOW DIRECTIONS. Ours are the finest made preparations for the hair and face. Quinoleum Hair Grower.....50c Quinoleum Hair Tonic.....50c Quinoleum Hair Shampoo.....25c Face Preparations. Quinoleum Face Bleach.....25c Quinoleum Face Cream.....25c Quinoleum Camphor Ice.....25c A liberal sample of our new preparation, a fragrantly perfumed toilet powder and a velvety color powder in pink and flesh colors (brown) sent free with any order. Call Bell Phone West 1757. 26th and Parkway, Kansas City, Kas. QUINOLEUM MANUFACTURING COMPANY. PRINTING. When you want it Where you want it As you want it Franklin's, 1309 E. Eighteenth. Bell Grand 2988. 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KNIGHT 1513 Lyda Ave. E. 3955J Phone G. 1650 1826 Woodland Ave. Many of the readers of this paper are buying their furniture at THE AVERY FURNITURE CO., 1308 GRAND AVENUE, where the prices are said to be the lowest in the city and the terms the most reasonable. As It Grows Older It Grows Better PORO TRADE MARK A Hair Grower That Won For Itself Over 4,000 New Patront Last Year For Details Write Poro College Co., 3100 Pine St., Dept. G. St. Louis, Mo. Please mention name of this paper when writing. Bell Phone E. 4394Y Office 2460 Waldrond Ave. THE Modern Builders Co. A. E. ESTES, President General Contracting Repairing a Specialty MADAM LYDIA GARDNER'S MAGICAL LIP REDUCER TRADE MARK BEFORE AFTER 316 KENTUCKY AVENUE. ONLY The history of Kansas City re competent, established Negro J. A. W at 1616 W. 9th St. Half Mr. Wi Diamonds, Watches, Cl :: a Guarantees to the public sati NLY O Kansas City records but o established Negro jeweler, an A. 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There will be the third and fourth of a series of sermons from the Revelation of Jesus Christ. "Mother's Day" will be observed with a special program at 11:00 a. m. and 8:00 p. m. You are invited to worship with us in all services. VINE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH. All services were poorly attended Sunday on account of the rain. One addition was made to the church. Mr. D. W. Ross is still improving. We hope he will continue. He can be seen at his new residence, 828 Eucilid avenue. The death of Mrs. M. Lamb was indeed sad and the body was taken to Carrolton for burial. Mrs. James Graham and Miss Lucille Gilham and others acted as escorts from the church. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family. ALLEN CHAPEL Dr. Wm. H. Thomas, the pastor, delivered uplifting, encouraging sermons Sunday morning and evening. Go to class night May 1st received a hearty response from the members. The Missionary societies of Allen and Ebenezer were entertained by Prof. T. B. Steward at Lincoln High school Monday afternoon. Col. Boscoe Simmons will be the principal speaker at the Patriotic service to be held in Allen Chapel Sunday morning, May 6. Special music by the choir. In the evening, Baby Week will be observed by the Federation of Womens' Clubs. Those who stayed at home last Friday night missed a rare treat in not seeing the "Old Maids Convention." Only 10-Day MAC WOR RHEUM 75 Co It is International- State, Territ AGE Ten days for Rheumatism—Imm hours for Lumbago—One week for Ten days for Asthma and all Pain dicitis. Guaranteed Under the P PERSONS W Kansas City, Mo. For more than 15 years I had no use of the right side of my mouth. This was caused by neuralgia. After using two bottles of Mackey's Wonderful Rheumatic Cure I am entirely cured. I cheerfully recommend this splendid liniment to all who have this complaint. Deacon of St. Stephen Baptist Church. Kansas City, Kans. I suffered with rheumatism and was unable to walk at times. After using one-half bottle of Mackey's Liniment I could walk and go anywhere. I recommend Mackey's Liniment for anyone who suffers with rheumatism. LEBANNA PORTER. I used one bottle Mackey's Liniment for rheumatism in the foot, and am no wable to walk and go anywhere. I will recommend Mackey's Liniment to all who have this complaint. I had rheumatism so bad I could not raise my arm. I used one-half bottle of Mackey's Liniment and now I have no pain or stiffness. MRS. T. SHEPARD, 526 Clairmont. Persons ordering n REV. J. W. HU 800 INDEPENDENCE AVENUE Office Phone Bell Main 3786 presented by Douglas Hospital Club. At 9:30, the Sunday school began its morning sessions with a good attendance. Dr. Maydeen (white) preached a powerful sermon on "Citizenship" at 11:00 a. m. and at 3:00 p. m. the pastor, choir and congregation assisted in the rally at the Metropolitan Temple after which several selections were rendered by the choir at the Forum....At the evening services, the Sunday school and B. Y. P. U rendered an excellent program in the interest of "Education." During the day six joined the church. The beautiful new pipe organ which was purchased by the church a few months ago has arrived....The prayer meeting was conducted Wednesday by Rev. Redd. The Mission Circle held an interesting meeting at 2:00 p. m. at the residence of Mrs. Smith, 2325 Highland avenue. ST. JAMES BAPTIST CHURCH. Good services all day Sunday. The funeral of Mrs. Lucinda Russell, who was the oldest member of our church, was preached at 2:00 p. m., assisted by Rev. Clay. A paper of condolence was read by a member of the Vine Street Baptist church. A solo was sung by Mrs. Inez Wilson, also a paper by Mrs. Nettie Cannon on the Christian life of the deceased and her faithfulness to the church. The floral offerings were many and beautiful. Rev. G. W. Dickerson of Lexington, Mo., preached an inspiring sermon at the evening services. The B. Y. P. U. services at 6:30 p. m. were well attended. Miss Taylor, the mission worker of Lexington, Ky., was present. Our organist, Mrs. Velma Roy left always Cure on the CKE WONDERFUL MATIC Cents per Bo nal—Sold by 7000 A territory and Foreign AGENTS WANTED Immediate relief, two hours kek for Throat---Ten days for I Pains and Stiffness in the Boo he Pure Food and Drugs Act, S WHO HAVE BE I want to say I used one bottle of Mackey's Liniment and it has done me more good than any medicine I ever used. For 15 years I suffered with severe throat trouble, but am now cured. For these complaints I find nothing to equal Mackey's Liniment. MRS. LIZZIE LOGAN, 800 Independence Ave. I suffered with lumbago for a long time and I heard of Mackey's Liniment. I used one bottle of this Liniment and was entirely cured, and I feel safe to say it is the best Liniment made, and it cannot be beat. I must say Mackey's Liniment will do all it is recommended to do. JOHN SAULSBERRY, Deacon Morning Star Baptist Church, 2414 Highland Ave., Bell East 3757. Kansas City, Mo. I was suffering with rheumatism in my arm and after talking with my sister, who had used Mackey's Liniment and gotten relief, I decided to try it. I bought one bottle of the Liniment and used it only twice, and I have not had rheumatism since. I truly recommend Mackey's Liniment to any one. MRS. MARY JACKSON, 1520 McGee Street. ing medicine must send postage to c Sold by HURSE, Gen. Agen NUE ST. STEPHEN'S BAPTIST CHURCH The pastor preached at the 11:00 o'clock service and a spiritual feast was enjoyed by all present. At 2:00 o'clock the Sunday School was largely attended and a very interesting program was rendered. At 3:30 p. m. the Laymen's Platform meeting was well attended. Dr. G. W. Brown was Master of Ceremonies and addresses were delivered by H. B. Moore, the well known undertaker, and Dr. D. M. Miller, recently of Georgia, now located at 804 Independence avenue who delivered a magnificent address which held his audience spellbound. At 7:45 Processional by the Choir, under the leadership of Miss Magnolia Lewis, director, after which the pastor conducted the usual opening devotional exercises and then introduced Dr. Miller as Master of Ceremonies, who presided with much dignity and pleasure. Able addresses were delivered by Mr. W. C. Hueston, the well known attorney; Mr. C. A. Franklin, our leading printer, and Nelson C. Crews, Editor of the Sun, while select musical numbers were rendered by Mrs. Sarah Lee Hammett and St. Stephen's famous choir. To say that the evening's program was enjoyable is but a mild expression of what those felt who were present and not only did enthusiasm run high but the Holy Spirit was much in evidence and the Cap stone to the services was put on by our beloved pastor in his own eloquent way before the offering was taken. J. H. Fields, the well known chef of Kansas City, has opened a Cafe and Lunch Room at 2403 Vine St. Our prices can't be beat. Give us a trial. the Market CY'S FUL CURE tittle Agents in every Country. ! for Neuralgia—Forty-eight Lungs in 1st and 2nd stage--- y. Fine destroyer of Appen- Serial No. 44,333. NEFITED Kansas City, Mo. Kansas City, Mo. I suffered with pleurisy and also had sore feet. I heard of Mackey's Liniment and secured one bottle, and I must say it gave me immediate relief. MRS. MARY THOMPSON, 4019 East 14th. Kansas City, Mo. I took a severe pain in my neck, and having a bottle of Mackey's Liniment in the house, I tried rubbing my neck with it and I received immediate results. ANNIE McGREW, 1617 Agnes Street. I have suffered with rheumatism for the past two years, sometimes having to walk with a cane. I heard of Mackey's Liniment and secured one bottle of it for 75 cents, and it gave me complete relief. J. H. WILLIAMS, Deacon St. Stephens Baptist Church, 1615 Troost Ave. Kansas City, Mo. I have suffered with rheumatism for years and could find nothing to give me ease until I heard of Mackey's Liniment and it gave me quick relief. I recommend Mackey's Liniment to be a sure cure for rheumatism. CHARLES McBETH, 516 Troost Ave. over same. t for Missouri 1228 MICHIGAN AVENUE Res. Phone Bell East 4880 The championship match between Pepp and Jackson resulted favorably for Mr. Jackson, score being 13 to 8. Mr. Jackson thus becomes the champion of Greater Kansas City. He receives the unstinted congratulations of the checker fans. Dr. Geo. C. Hall, president of the Wabash Avenue Y. M. C. A., Chicago, unexpectedly dropped into the Paseo Association for several hours visit on last Monday. He delivered the principal address at the ground breaking of the St. Louis Association, Sunday, April 22nd. During the interim he has been visiting at Excelsior Springs. Captain Austin Young of the Reds with his cohorts had the pleasure of defeating his unplacable foe, Captain S. H. P. Edwards, Captain of the Blues, and his workers by a margin of ten. Captain Young brought in the largest number by any single worker, Lieut. Jas. H. Crews was a close second. Both Captains agree that through the campaigns they received more pleasure than through any previous activity in their lives. The Senior Class in sociology of Park College, Parkville, Mo., made its second annual visit to our building Wednesday of this week chaperoned by Prof. Roy V. Magers. Dr. Wm H. Thomas, discussed general sociological conditions of the city. The class is composed of students from all sections of the country, including one Porto Rican. One young man from Arkansas, where the population is 50-50 who called himself a rank southerner and asked several pointed questions on segregation, stated he had received some ideas that he could use in the future. The large audience that braved the rain on last Sunday was well repaid through hearing the masterful address by Dr. Robert Nelson Spencer of the Trinity Episcopal Church on the subject, "The Tale of Two Cities." So inspiring was the central thought, "the need of consecrated citizenship to bring about the ideal city, the city beautiful here in Kansas City," that Mr. Nelson C, Crews made a direct appeal to the membership of the Y. M. C. A. to start a campaign to rid the neighborhood surrounding the Lincoln High School and the Association of the iniquitous cesspools of vice. Word again comes to us, as last week, that Judge Johnson cannot be with us Sunday, May 6th. Order of service will be announced later. NOTICE! NOTICE! Remember you are never too far to deal with us. 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, Titter 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. Mail Orders Promptly Filled. THEO. SMITH'S DRUG STORE 1301 East 18th St., KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. H. P. Main 5467 B. P. Gr. 4591 MELISSA FUELL-CUTHER Authore of "BLIND BOONE, His Early Life and His Achievements" This book also contains a full biography of the life of the late John Lange. No race lover can afford to be without a copy in his home. A memorial edition is now on the press and will be out soon. Good agents wanted. For information, write MELISSA FUFLL-CUTHER, 316 Kentucky Ave. Joplin, Mo. MME. A. MOORE, TEACHER OF PIANO and VOICE For Engagements, Phone Studio, 1905 East 19th Street. Bell East 5407. MISS LILLIE WILLIAMS MODISTE 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 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 Business Man Praises Dr. Miles' Heart Remedy Successful Merchant After Investigation Found a Remedy That Restored His Health. "This is Thanksgiving day in the state of Pennsylvania, and I want to devote a part of it in writing a letter to you. On the 26th day of November, '10. I was stricken with heart trouble. My family physician called it Angina Pectoris. I had from one to five attacks in 24 hours. In the latter part of December, 1910. I wrote to the JOHN H. HARRIS Miles Medical Co., for information concerning my case, and in reply I received a very kind and instructive letter, which I handed to my family doctor, and he told me to use your Remedies in connection with the medicine he gave me, so I did. I used five bottles of Dr. Miles' Heart Remedy and seven bottles of Dr. Miles' Nervine. I was confined to the house for about four months. The action of my heart is now and has been normal, the last six months. I only recommend Dr. Miles' Nervine and Heart Remedy to do what they are intended for, if used according to directions. I thank you kindly for your advice in answer to my monthly reports. I am now sixty-seven years of age, have been in the mercantile business for thirty-five years and lived retired for the last thirteen years." A. B. HOLLINGER, Lincoln, Penn. Dr. Miles' Heart Remedy is sold and guaranteed by all druggists. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind. [BERBER RRR r a r ‘ | CITY NEWws | ue ae italia ioc a ames ae SRERLR TELE SER RRS R Sh AO hhh See Geo. W. Little before buying a] They have moved. monument and save money. Who has moved? KANSAS CITY, KAS. ed The Avery Furniture Company, — WANTED—Children to care for by} Where? (By Mrs, Zenobia Nelson) day or week. 1514 East 10th St. TIP AC boONphine otk turniture?|., M78 Mary Jones of Oklahoma is , Bast 11470, s 0 */ attending her during hi . eee Yes, indeed, Best in the city. , eee eeu t Do they have a good selection? , Mrs, Minnie White of Butler, Mo., Mrs, W. Collins of 1953 North Sixth spent a few ways with her son and eee wee and a most satis-! street, is confined to her home with “ind Pr . . illnes ear in-law, Prof. Roscoe White Do ihey give terms? 8. Z --—— Yes. Most reasonable terms. Mrs. Alice Myers of Lawrence, Kan- Mrs. J, M, Clendennon and her two} Sansa _ | Sas, was the guest of Mrs, I, F. Brad- sons of Neosho, Mo,, are visiting Mr.| . Saturday, April 28, Sir C. L. Drew. jey, 409 Haskell avenue, last week. and Mrs, Robert Armstrong, 1016 Supreme Deputy and wife and Sir “aidienile Highland avenue. Geo. W. Cork, Chancellor Commander) Miss Mildred Wilson of Columbia, me of Emanuel Lodge No. 5, Kansas City,| fo,, is the guest of Mrs, R. H. Cow ; Mo., entertained Sir Geo. E. Gordon,| gen, 2944 North Hi ay = cs Fat tne educates te tncae | Supreme Secretary of the Beneficiary |” allone atceets betten—Hote in the Wall—Every week | Department, of the H. and Avi H. Ord-| atrs, Stovall Lashley and son sent is health week, .1412 East 18th st. |CF Of K.P. at a 6 o'clock dinner, at! beautiful spray for Mother Brown, Asai | the residence of Sir Drew, 1914 Hast| whose funeral was held at Lawrence Mrs. J. C. Stokes, 1012 Euclid ave-| 10h strest, | The following persons |iast, Sunday. nue, who has been very ill for six aa 2 rae Wo i et a ah ae es weeks. is sufficiently improved as to| 5 8ters May Woods, Gran = al Miss Martha Canterbury, M. W. P., be able to sit up a short while each|Councellor; Nannie Streets, Grand) o¢ pk. Bruce Tmple, S. M. T., met day. Treasurer; Daisy Marshall, Grand | with a painful accident by a fall down Sarena Deputy Councellor; Bernice Jones,| stairs at her home, 382 Greely avenue. Mrs, A. Eoistes, 2460 Waldron ave, | Helen Lewis, At the close of the din: | wats has! returned from a ten’ day's atay| eM Sir C. L, Drew presented Sister" tr, and Mrs, J. T. Holliday of Mem- at Atchison, Kansas, at the bedside) May Woods a beautiful carving S| phe, Tenn,, enroute to Portland, Ore., of her aunt, Mrs, Charity Mack, who | {7™ Sit Geo. Gordon as an apprecla-| spent ‘Tuesday and Wednesday with passed away April 23, | tion of her hospitality while a guest! Mr, and Mrs. W. E. Hart of 1043 You should be more particular about eating clean food than wearing clean clothes, The first will save your health and beauty—Hole in the Wall —Clean all the way through. 1412 East 18th St, Mrs, Lillian Berryman of 1230 Mich- igan avenue, has been very ill for the past three weeks with rheumatism and will go to Excelsior Springs for an indefinite stay as soon as she is able to do so. 7__MRS._MAqQiE AICC———_} | the popular hair dresser desires to see her old as well as new ones , at her new residence. | 1921 Howard St. (2d floor) Bell Phone, Hast_2472W. | Little Norrine Bates, the six-year- old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bates, elicited much favorable com- ment at Allen Chapel last Sunday by her sweet singing of a solo. Prof. Jackson predicts for her a wonderful musical future. Have you ever ridden in Hubbell's néw Cole 8? If not you have missed the most delightful treat of your life. Try it. He is a skillful driver and drives his own car which insures safe- ty as well as cleanliness. Ask the Hditor, he knows. Mrs. Geo. W. Little fell down the stairs of her residence, 1013 Michigan avenue, and suffered a fracture of her right arm last Thursday, She was attended by Drs. Unthank and Brown. Although suffering much pain, Mrs. Little is improving nicely. Among our new members of the “Get One Club” is Mrs. Mollie Me- Comb, Miss Hazel Crews, Miss Ada F. Hayes, Mrs. Victoria Givens, Mrs. Birdie Pinkard, Mrs. Mary Sullivan, ‘Mrs. Cora Patterson, Mrs, Martho Me- Reynolds, Mrs, W. R. Colley, Homer Welker, Mrs, M, J. Bailes, Edw. Hill and Mr. C. A, Savage. * Mr. John Page, Sr., of Topeka, Kan- sas, 90 years of age, father of Prof. Gaitha A. Page of this city, passed away Wednesday morning at his home in that city. Prof. Page was at his bedside when he passed away. He leaves ten children one of whom, Dr. Jas, Page of Pittsburgh, Pa., is ran- gerously ill. The funeral will be held Sunday from the Shiloh Baptist church. o Mrs, Caddie, Witchef, who has been visiting her mother and friends for the past three weeks, returned to Chicago ‘Wednesday night to resume a very desirable position she has in that city. She was accompanied by Mrs. Sallié "Woods Jackson, former bookkeeper for the Kansas‘City Sun and a musi- cian of much ability, being the direc- tor of the famous Choir at the King Solomon Baptist Church, who will re- main for an indefinite stay. Wer are’ in receipt of a letter from Rey. W. Sampson Brooks, D. D., who has been pastor of St. Luke A. M, E. church, Wichita, Kansas, announcing that he has accepted the pastorate under Bishop J, Albert Johnson, of Big Bethel church, Baltimore, Md. one of the largest and most histdric churches of the Connection in that city, and that he preached his initial sermon there Sunday night, April29. ‘While the West sincerely regrets the loss of Dr. Brooks, yet we predict for him the same unqualified success in the Bast that has marked his bril liant career in the West. A GOOD SPRING TONIC. A bottie of Vim and Vigor, kidney, liver, blood and rheumatic remedy is what you need, Let us send you ‘a bottle today. Price $1.00 per bottle. SMITH'S DRUG STORE, “148th and Tracy. They have moved. Who has moved? The Avery Furniture Company. Where? 1308-10 Grand Avenue. Is it a good place to buy furniture? ‘Yes, indeed. Best in the city. Do they have a good selection? Yes. Excellent, and a most satis. factory store. ‘ Do they give terms? ‘Yes, Most reasonable terms. Saturday, April 28, Sir C. L. Drew, Supreme Deputy and wife and Sir Geo. W. Cork, Chancellor Commander of Emanuel Lodge No. 5, Kansas City, Mo., entertained Sir Geo, ©. Gordon, Supreme Secretary of the Beneficiary Department, of the H. and W. H. Ord- er of K. P,, at a 6 o'clock dinner, at the residence of Sir Drew, 1914 Hast 1th street. The following persons were present: Sir Geo. E. Gordon, Sisters May Woods, Grand Worthy Councellor; Nannie Streets, Grand ‘Treasurer; Daisy Marshall, Grand Deputy Councellor; Bernice Jones, Helen Lewis. At the close of the din- ner, Sir C. L, Drew presented Sister May Woods a beautiful carving set from Si Geo, Gordon as an apprecia- tion of her hospitality while a guest in her home. A most pleasant time was had by all present, the only regret was, that it was Sit. Geo. Gordon's last evening in our city. Sir Gordon left Kansas City Sunday a. m. via Santa Fe for Chicago, Il, NEGRO PUBLICATIONS. Remember that the Kansas City Sun, Dallas Express, Chicago Defend- er, Indianapolis Freeman, Boston Guardian, and Crisis can be bought at SMITH’S DRUG STORE 1301 East 18th St. es NOTICE. There have been made a special reservation for the members of the Masonic Fraternity who wish to turn out in the Loyalty Patriotic parade Monday evening May 7 at 6:00 p, m. E, G. Lacey, D. D. G. M. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank our many friends and neighbors for their kindness and assistance during the sickness and death of our darling baby; also for the beautiful flowers. ‘Mr. and Mrs. Harry Motin. CARD OF THANKS, I desire to.express my sincere thanks to my neighbors and friends, also to Carnation Court No. 95 and to Rey. Wm. H. Thomas for their assist- ance, kindness and sympathy and for the beautiful floral offerings on the death of my dear mother. ROY GIBBS. THE ATHENAEUM ART CLUB EXHIBIT AND DANCE At Lyric Hall Monday, May 14 Good Music CLOSING OF BABY WEEK ACTIV. TIES. Sunday, May 6, 1917, 8:00 P, M. ALLEN CHAPEL, MaaaiO ys sisvictcneaan'esvigseist cp ONCIE Invocation.......Rev. W. H. Thomas MUSIC oo ciscvessceeccesesoeses CROP Address ........+.+.+..+-Dr, Kath- erine Richardson, Mercy Hospital Reports from Clubs on meetings dur- ing Baby Week, Reports of Secretary of City Federa. tion, Exhibit in basement conducted by Dr. T. C. Unthank, Supt. of General Hospital. Mrs, L. A. MeCampbell, President City Federation, AUSTIN CHOUTEAU DEAD. Mr. Austin Chouteau, 52 years of age, passed away after a lingering ill- ness at his residence, 2417 Montgall avenue, last Wednesday morning at 6:00 o'clock. Mr, Chouteau was one of the best known men in this cit@, was for several years Master of Pritch- ard Lodge No. 47, A. F. and A. M., a member of Kaw Valley Lodge K. of P. and a faithful member for many years of the Second Baptist church He leaves a wife, a daughter, Mrs, Pearl Steward; three brothers, three sisters and a multitudeiot friends ‘to mourn his loss, The funeral services were held Saturday morning from the residence and interient in the High- land cemetery. CARD OF THANKS. “We desire to extend our sincere thanks to the many friends and neigh- bor’ who so kindly assisted at the re- cent illness and death of our beloved daughter and neice, Ruby Varker, who was a pupil in Attycks school. We also desire to thank one and all for their beautiful floral tributes. J. A. PARKER, Father, Clarksdale, Miss. REV. AND MRS. G. W. BOYD, AND OTHER RELATIVES. eae ‘This City. ‘HE KAN SAS CITY SUN, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1917 KANSAS CITY, KAS. | (By Mrs, Zenobia Nelson) Mrs. Mary Jones of Oklahoma is attending her during her illness. Mrs. W. Collins of 1953 North Sixth ‘street, is confined to her home with illness, Mrs. Alice Myers of Lawrence, Kan- Sas, was the guest of Mrs. I. F. Brad- ley, 400 Haskell avenue, last week. Miss Mildred Wilson of Columbia, Mo., is the guest of Mrs. R. H. Cow: den, 2944 North Hallock street. Mrs. Stovall Lashley and son sent a beautiful spray for Mother Brown, whose funeral was held at Lawrence last Sunday. Miss Martha Canterbury, M. W. P., of B. K. Bruce Tmple, S. M. T., met with a painful accident by a fall down stairs at her home, 332 Greely avenue. Mr. and Mrs, J. T. Holliday of Mem- phis, Tenn., enroute to Portland, Ore., spent Tuesday and Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hart of 1043 Grandview boulevard. Rally day was successfully observed last Sunday at the Metropolitan church. Rey. D, A. Holmes preached impressively from the subject, “Fall of Man.” Many hearts were deeply touched. Sunday seemed to be a day of rare blessing. Every department of the church has caught a new vision At 3:00 p. m., Rev, Bacote, of the Second Baptist church, accompanied by his choir and a large representa. tion from his church was present, and the choir deserves much credit for the inspiring services. $11.25 was real- ized from the rally. Biblical lessons are taught each Wednesday at 2:30 P. m, at the Missionary Circle by the pastor. A large crowd assembled at the Met- ropolitan Temple last Sunday to listen to the special program given by the Lawrence Citizens’ Forum, The pro- gram proved one more than usual in interest. The Forum opened with a selection from the choir of the Second Baptist church of Kansas City, Mo, Invocation by Rey. N. B. Robinson, Dr.,P. D. Harvey was introduced by the president and asked to preside over the Forum. Mrs. Geo. K. Will- iams delivered the welcome address which was captivating, eloquent and showed itself to be the product of a master mind, Mr, Arthur Hill re- sponded. The music was superb, each performer being a finished artist. Prof. Copeland, one of the most pro- ficient musicians of the country was the chief attraction. An original poem by Mr. James Scott was teeming with beautiful, as well as brilliant thoughts. The principal address by Mr. Wm. Wright was very timely. Prof. 'T. Davis pened the discussion and was followed by Judge I. F, Bradley and Prof. G. N. Grisham. A reception was given the guests at the magnificent home of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Dwiggins, and a large crowd of Kansas City, Mo., Were present, See Geo. W. Little before buying a monumemmt and save money. SECOND CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 24th and Woodland Ave. Bible school at 9:30 a, m.; preach: ing and Communion at 11 a,.m,; Y, P. S.C. E, at 7 p. m.; preaching at 8:15 p. m.; prayer meeting Wednesday at 8:30 p. m.; Christian Woman's Board of Mifsions Thursday at 2 p. m, WILLIAM ALPHIN, Pastor. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank our many friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of our beloved wife and mother, Sena Dyer; also for the beautiful floral offerings. MR. JAMES DYER, Husband. Mrs. Linnie’ Anderson, Daughter. CECE A ‘fn Memoriam In sad and loving remembrance of our dear mother and sister, Mrs. Su- fronia Davis, who passed away one year ago, May, 1, 1916. In the silent shade of Woodlawn, In a narrow casket bed They have placed our darling mother With the calm and peaceful dead. With the flowers reathed about her And the lilies upon her breast, Wake her not for Jesus called her Sweetly, calmly let her rest. Sadly missed by Mrs, Stella Chappel, Mrs. "Ophelia Hendricks, ns % Daughters. Mrs. Fannie Dodson, Sister. The patriotic services to be held at Allen Chapel Sunday morning at 11:00 o'clock should bring an atten- dance that will tax the capacity of the building. ‘The Lincoln High Schoo! Cadets in full uniform, and their own band under the command of Major Smith, and the Western University students under their commandant will also attend in a body and brief ad- dresses will be delivered by several prominent citizens and Col. Roscoe C. Simmons, BABY WEEK. Baby week has been very generally observed by the women’s clubs and other organizations in this city by the holding of public meetings in various sections of our cities during the week. Last Monday night a representative of the Sun attended the meeting of St. John's A. M, E, church, 17th and Bellview, where Dr. E. J. Campbell delivered a very able, interesting and scholarly address on the “Care and Health of the Baby,” Brief addresses also made by Mrs. T. G. Campbell, president of the Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs, and Mrs. Pryor, ‘The final and most important meeting of the week will be held Sunday night at Allen Chapel, when all the various organizations of the city interested in Baby Week will be present. “TROOPER OF TROOP K.” ‘The presentation of the film play, “The Trooper of Troop K," at the Vine Street’ Theatre lust Tuesday night witnessed one of the largest gather- ings of Colored people that have ever attended a movie house in this city It is unquestionably one of the great est photo-plays, ever exhibited in this city regardless of the racial identity of the actors taking part therein. nd the management of the.Lincoin Mo- tion Picture Company, which has charge of the production, has a right to feel proud that it has been able, thru Noble M. Johnson, America's pre- mier Afro-American screen star to give such a creditable and inspiring production for the public, It is sin- cerely hoped that all their other pro- duetions will have a showing in the very near future in this city, NEGROES AND THE NAVY. Mr. Editor: Knowing the value of discipline informing the character of a young man as well as the benefits to the mind of travel and regular em- ployment, I applied a few weeks ago to a naval recruiting station of this city to see if | could enter my boy in the service of his country. ‘The re- plies I received from the recruiting officer were curt. It may be that was his official manner, but the sum of them was: “Your boy is Negro and there is no chance for him.” Instead of going away “cussin’” the govern: ment and claiming that a “black man has no rights” and “this is a white man’s country anyhow,” I remebered that there is always a man higher up, so I wrote a direct and personal let- ter to the Secretary of the Navy, both of which and the reply follow and speak for themselves. Yours, J. A. WILSON. Sa ee ee ney tN Te ERR or ee Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: Realizing the value of your time I will be very brief and to the point. By birth I was a British subject, but I am rearing an American family. I desire boys to be useful cit izens and of service to their country. To that end I applied a few weeks ago to the local recruiting station for a position in any capacity for my boy. but was told by the recruiting officer that there was absolutely no chance for my boy to enter the service and gave as his reason that he ‘had re- ceived orders from Washington to en- list no Negroes. In view of the fact that my boy has received patriotic teaching both at school and home and also that many members of other races here have manifested a very un- patriotic spirit, I have been since im- pressed with the thought that the ten- or of the recruiting officer's state- ment was wrong, and so I am taking the liberty to write you personally for your opinion or explanation of the ‘matter, Trusting you will favor me ‘by complying with request I have the ‘Ronor sir to be, Very respectfully yours, J. A, WILSON. UNITED STATES NAVY RECRUIT; ING STATION. Kansas City, Mo., April 24, 1917. | Mr. J. A. Wilson, 1616 West 9th St., Kansas City, Mo. | Dear Sir: Your letter to the Secre- tary of the Navy has been referred to me for a reply. In reply, I wish to state that Negroes are enlisted in certain branches of the Navy at cer- tain recruiting stations usually located on the seaboard, but that this station has been one of the exempted ones and I understand that the vacancies in the Navy for Negroes are always well fill- ed as there are many applicants, Your patriotism is commendable and I am sorry that you did not réceive the correct information regerding this matter when you applied here. Yours truly, H, V. M. CABE. Feminine Amenities. Hlaxel—I had three men at my feet at the ball last night, Aimee—What, only three? Hazel—What do you mean to in sinuate? Wasn't three enough? Aimee—Oh, I suppose go. But thers must have been plenty 4f room for at least half a dozen. Steamer vs. Motor. ‘The economies obtained in the oper- ation of a motorship as compared to a steamer are almost unbelievable, due to the fact that there are no large boilers or stokeholds in the former and because the consumption of oil fuel iagonly one-fifth of that of a coal, or oll, fired steamer, so the bunker and boiler spaces thus saved can be given over to extra cargo. With a tramp steamer of 10,000 tons about 600 tons of extra cargo can be carried, and at the present high rate of freights the economical advantage in a year is enormous, apart from the largo saving on the fuel bill, th - Rei a EIR To, MICA es 4) iy i ey tie , i Pa dy ts Yes, friend, shoes have gone up. But Crossett value was never higher than today. Crossett prices cover simply the cost of flawless leather and top-class work manship sold at moderate profit. —— Crossett Oxford below has excellent fitting quali- ties. Comfortable vici kid or chrome calf. See it. Lawis A, Cnosserr, Ine. Maters North Abington, Mass, “Makes Lifes ae ee se oS Holeproof Hosiery The Original Guaranteed Kind Crossett Boot Shop 1005 Main St., Kansas City, Mo. W. D. WALLACE, Mer, FOR RENT— Four rooms furnished, bath, electricity and gas to a couple for $17.50 a month, 412 Steptoe. FOR RENT—Two story frame house 2018 Olive Street, 6 rooms, water, bath, $18.00 a month or for sale, $2,000. ‘ FOR RENT—Furnished rooms. Modern, $2.00 and $2.25 per week. 918 East 21 street. Call Bell Phone. Grand 2303R. Mrs. H. L, Kinsler, FOR SALE, eight rooms. Water, gas and sewer. Ono family or two. Upstairs rooms rent. for $8.00. ‘This can be bought at a reasonable price, Owner, 2115 Bellefountaine. FOR RENT, Six room modern apart- ment at 21st and Harrison streets. Rent reduced to $18.00 per month. A ‘good place for roomers. See Kinsler, Bell Phone, Grand 2303R. FOR RENT—T wo story frame house, 2018 Olive street. Six rooms, gas, bath, water paid. Gas stove furn- ished. $18.00. FOR RENT—Four-room flat; strict: ly modern, steam heat and electricity. See Kinsler, Bell Grand 2303R. THE WILLIS REALTY AND INVEST: MENT COMPANY. Modern and partly modern homes for salg. One thousand dollars up to ten thousand dollars on easy terms / Fire insurance rentals and collec tions. Money to loan. Estates economically administered, if you have a house for sale, rent o1 exchange. ‘Come in and let us talk it over, . D. A, WILLIS. 2610 Highland Avvenue Bell Phone, East 3440. With the coming of Summer there are certain new things every home requires, in the way of furnishings, curtains, decorations and Summer Furniture for the home, porch or garden. Our Furniture and Artwares Departments on the Fourth and Fifth Floors, are splend- idly equipped to meet your summer needs. Grnany, died, Thayer Bo- KANSAS CITY, Mo. : WHITE-WO0D DRUG STORE THE QUALITY STORE. Nineteenth and Vine Sts. (Transfer Point). Fresh drugs and pure chemicals, Prescriptions and sodas a specialty. Our prescription department is one of the most complete in the city and is in charge of graduate, experienced, | care-taking and registered pharmacists. Other sundaes and | sodas sell at the same price, but don’t have that refreshing | fruity taste. Come where your nickles and dimes have the most cents. | PHONES—HOME EAST 2293, BELL E. 641. a a ie ee i i 9 Peoples’ Drug Store | Northeast corner of Eighteenth Street and the Paseo | | For twelve years we have serv- | ed you. We have never substi- tuted nor given you an inferior article. We carry everything i in the Drug line; all the latest \ and best toilet articles. We | deliver anything to any part of | the city - - promptly -- call us up. PHONES | Bell East 1814 Home East 4082 | THE BEAUTIFUL IN LIFE Follow the true course of your life, but keep your eyes open for all beauti- ful sights and the ears responsive to all harmonious sound, as you go steadily forward. NOW! is the time to get your Monument or MARKER. HAVE THEM UP FOR DECORATION DAY. Prices right—$15.00 and up to as much as you care to put into a stone, TERMS TO SUIT. Call G. W. Little, agent for the KANSAS CITY GRANITE MONUMENT CO, We call for you and your party, Five-passenger car free. Call week days or Sunday. Betl Phone, East 2952. 1013 MICHIGAN AVE, a" wT ‘« # Fe oe . pi te r ; ss | — a ! i Pi ane -_ eS @ b Fy ce a — (Copyright, 1917, by W. G. Chapman.) Miss Eunice Chandler languidly nodded approval, as she critically regarded the young lady whom Tilson & Co. had sent to exhibit the latest thing in dress. Ora Valette, the cloak model of the establishment, had robed herself at the behest of this wealthy patroness. Her graceful figure added a great deal to the general effect. "That dress you may leave." directed the lady of fashion and exclusiveness. "Thanks for your trouble." And then she forgot Ora and returned to a perusal of her novel. Ora could not help glancing at herself in a long mirror as she stepped into the next room. Her color heightened with pleasure, for she was conscious of the fact that the elegant outfit she had donned quite became her. She was not a whit covetous or envious, but she really would have liked to possess one-tenth of what Miss Chandler wasted monthly. Visits to stately mansions to exhibit the wares of the store were common to Ora. Outside of her grace she had a sweetness of voice, face and manner that soothed the exclusive clients. About to remove the attire in which she looked the princess complete, Ora started, bent her ear, and a quick token of alarm assailed her ear. The word rang out from below. There was a growing babel of voices, a swiftly increasing taint of smoke pervaded the air. Ora ran back into the other room. It was to face a belching volume of smoke that blurred her sight. A scream, then a moan, then a fall—Miss Chandler had arisen in alarm and had sunk prostrated with terror. Ora A woman in a dress playing a harp. Struck the Thick Glass Pane. comprehended the peril of the moment. She seized her helpless patroness and half-carried, half-dragged her into the hallway. She managed to reach the head of the stairs, slipped, slid their length somehow. A frenzied servant stood at the next landing wringing her hands in frantic distress. "My young mistress, Miss Chandler!" she wailed. "Take her," ordered Ora, and ran upstairs again. Miss Chandler might care little for the destruction of her easily acquired wardrobe, but to Ora her one street suit was much. She regained the room from whence she had just rescued its mistress. It and the adjoining one were now filled with smoke. Ora, confused, gured her way back to the hall. A bright glare shot up where the stairway was. Ora continued to retreat, hoping to discover some other avenue leading to the floors below. The deadly foe beat her back. She was nearly suffocated when she reached a door, pushed it open, and found herself in what seemed to be a large storeroom. She slammed the door shut to keep the fire at bay, and ran to the one window of the room to look out. Ora was fully frightened as she noted that the ground was fully 30 feet below. She tried to lift the heavy sash, but her strength was not equal to the task. The air was growing more and more oppressive, and she could hear the crackling of flames in the passageway beyond the door she had just closed. "I must get through the window some way!" she breathed flutteringly. Ora seized a chair, lifted it and struck the thick glass pane. It shattered; she peered through the aperture. A well-dressed young man was running past through the rear yard, his eyes lifted, scanning the upper windows as though with a definite purpose in view. "Ah," he exclaimed, as if with satisfaction, darted back to avoid the descending shower of glass, and then started up to Ora: He disappeared, but to speedily return with a long, light ladder. He dropped its top across the window coping, ran up it nimply. "Now, then!" he spoke, bracing his feet and opening his arms. "Just in time!" he added, for a tongue of flame darted through the transom of the room. Ora was so weak and trembling that she hesitated with no false prudery to accept the shelter of those strong, reliant arms. Her rescuer was handsome, nothing loth to enfold a beauteous creature, faultlessly attired. They reached the ground safely without a jar. "I was driving by in my car when they brought out Miss Chandler. She was hysterical, but told me there was a young lady in the house. The front was all ablaze. I rounded the house. Lucky stars! there you were." Ora smiled at the ingenious offhandedness of this admirable young man, frank and unassuming to the point of oddity. "Wraps lost, I suppose," he proceeded briskly. "Friend of Miss Chandler? My brother is engaged to her. Car near by. I must get you home. This way, and we'll evade the crowd." "I am not—" began truthful Ora, but she was not allowed to disclose the fact that she was not so forunate as to be a friend of Miss Chandler, as the young man had supposed, but a very humble caterer, indeed, to the whims of style of that votary of fashion. The smoke choked her utterance and her escort breasted a crowd to reach an automobile in which Ora soon found herself, and the young man by her side. "Now, then," he spoke, when they had got a square from the burning house. "what is the address?" "Twenty-two Danbury place," said Ora. "but I cannot put you to the trouble of driving me there." She noticed an expression of surprise come into her escort's face. It was apparent that he knew that Danbury place was located in the poorest quarter of the city. "I am afraid that my borrowed finery and the fact that I was in the Chandler home have misled you," she spoke out abruptly, deception and false pride having no part in honest Ora's nature. "'Borrowed finery?'" repeated Mr. Dale Gregory vaguely. "I must explain," proceeded Ora. "I must explain," proceeded Ora. He listened with eyes full of interest. He laughed in a free, jolly way at the conclusion of the brief narrative. "Why, it's like a story book!" he cried, stimulated by the fantastic situation. "I declare! but where do I come in?" "Oh, you are the hero of the occasion—I shall never forget that," said Ora, and her gratitude was sincere. To the heroic, the sensational in the episode of the hour there was added a touch of real pathos, Dale Gregory realized, as, safely leaving Ora at her humble home, he drove away thoughtful and roused considerably out of his normal self. "Sweet, patient little creature!" he mused. "What contrasts in life! Why, really, she has brought out some sense of my real worthiness. What will my friends say to the hero layout? I declare, it's like a genuine stage romance." Of course Miss Chandler sent for Ora. Shallow-souled amid her indolent life as she was, the society girl fully recognized the deep debt of gratitude she owed. Then, of course, Dale Gregory's part in the fire rescue came to light. "Ive won her!" the ardent young man told his brother one day, "and if you will put off your union with Euince a month or two, we will have a double wedding in the family." The Paradise of Artists. The death of William M. Chase brings to mind a story that that artist used to tell in the course of a lecture on Japan. "I was standing on a railway platform in Japan, waiting for a train, and whiling away my time by watching a particularly beautiful sunset. "Suddenly a freight train pulled in, and, stopping in front of me, cut off my view. Being a good American, and trained in a very proper respect for 'business', I merely turned philosophically away and proceeded to look at something else. In a moment, however, the station master appeared at my side and inquired with the politest of bows if I had been enjoying the sunset. "I admitted that I had, and smiling accepted his apology for the intrusion of the train. Of course I recognized that trains were the first consideration in stations. I said. "I imagine my surprise, then, when the little Japanese shook his head firmly. 'But no,' he said, bowing even more deeply than before, 'the train must not be allowed to obstruct the honorable artistic traveler's honorable esthetic enjoyment!'—or words to that effect. I will cause it to withdraw.' "And he actually did precisely that!"—Youth's Companion. Father Not Efficient. Johnny B——, who has seen eight summers go by, not very long ago developed a fondness for playing "hookey" from school. After two or three offenses of this kind he was taken to task by his teacher. "Johnny," she said, 'the next time you are absent I want you to bring me an excuse from your father telling me why you were not here." "I don't want to bring an excuse from my father," protested the boy. "Why not?" asked the teacher, her suspicion plain. "Cause father isn't good at making excuses. Mother finds him out every time."—Topeka State Journal. THE KAN SAS CITY SUN. SATURDAY. MAY 5. 1917 What Well Dressed Women Will Wear An oyster-white silk crepe, a ponge or "khaki-kool" or any of the new heavy weaves in silk, will make an afternoon gown like that shown in the picture, that could not be excelled for simple elegance or refinement. The trend of fashion toward the straight silhouette has placed the seal of approval on plain straight hanging skirts, and on long bodices without definition at the waistline. Beautiful accuracy in the plaits and in every other detail of the mak- A 1920 A AFTERNOON FROCK FOR MIDSUMMER ing of this gown, is essential, as in all simple designs. In this respect the home dressmaker must be faithful to the model if she undertakes to copy it; but a light wool or heavy cotton fabric may be used instead of silk, with good success. Small shepherd check, in black and white, decorated with black soutache braid will convert the model into a perfect one-piece street dress. One of the latter is wider brim than the round crown. It is under brim, with a narrowed at the inner edge introduced into the cowl. A cluster of sun at the front. This is ming for both black braid hats. As pictured the dress is made of a heavy silk crepe and fastens at the front with white buttons, set close together, and loops of silk cord. Down each side of the bodice at the back and front a border design in soutache braid provides a decoration in perfect harmony with the dress. The design is widened at the shoulders to extend to the arm's-eye. The sleeves are long and without cuffs, but the braided pattern appears at the wrist and three buttons, matching those that fasten the dress, are set close together here. A narrow, flat sash of the material is finished at the end with a bit of handsome fringe. It is tacked to the dress and looped over at the front. The neck is managed with the same reserve that characterizes the entire design, having a narrow V-shaped opening, small revers, and cape collar at the back. Resting upon well-earned laurels those who think up, or dream out or discover our millinery for us, might lea us ***o* to midsummer hats I THE HAT CIRCLE THE HAT FASHION THE STORY OF SUMMER HATS. from among the styles already presented. For-by the time Easter arrives—they have attended to all needs, not neglecting those of June brides and bridesmaids—and tourists and sports women and people who are devoted to tallored things. The story of summer hats is told and it never was more interesting or better. The group of hats shown here gives an inkling of the variety of choice which promises a happy ending to the --- shopping tour. There are hats of the airiest braids and tulle and hats of fabrics more substantial, along with heavier braids and bodies that we have known for many years. One of these appears in the milan, with round crown and flat brim, prettily trimmed with a cluster of strawberries at each side and a flat bow of narrow ribbon applied to the crown at the front. Milians are very fine this year and do not seem heavy even by comparison with hats of lace braid. A One of the latter is pictured with a wider brim than the milan model and a round crown. It is bordered, on the under brim, with a narrow ribbon gathered at the inner edge and a ribbon is introduced into the crown in the same way. A cluster of small roses is posed at the front. This is a favorite trimming for both black and white hair braid hats. The third hat is an unusual model of purple georgette crepe and sipper straw in the same color. The upper and under brim are of crepe with a scalloped border of the straw. The top crown and part of the side crown are covered with crepe, also with a wide band of straw covering that portion of the crown which appears below the wreath of violets and small roses encircling it. The flowers are in their natural colors and they are lacquered by a process which stiffens and brightens them so that they will hold their own in the summer sun. Julia Bottomley Use for Discarded Waists. A most satisfactory way of using up all discarded shirtwaists which button in the back, and after they are worn out under the sleeves, is to make them into children's dresses. Leave the backs as they are, start from waist- 1 line, cutting upward, leaving two inches for the shoulder of the dress. Cut the bottom part of the sleeve and use for the child's dress; cut the collar off and trim as preferred. For a small child they will be long enough to even off the bottom and hem up, while for a larger child a flounce of hamburg or lace can be used. They are very easily and quickly made, as I have made them, and find them very satisfactory, writes a mother. INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON (BY E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director of the Sunday School Course in the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) (Copyright 1913, Western Newspaper Union.) LESSON FOR MAY 6 JESUS THE SERVANT OF ALL LESSON TEXT—John 13:1-15. LESSON TEXT-John 13:1-15. GOLDEN TEXT-And whosover of you will be the chieftest, shall be servant of all-Mk. 10:44. This lesson is really a continuation of the latter part of the lesson of last week, for the glory of Jesus is his unselflessness whereby he wrought out redemption for mankind. 1. Selfishness Amid Holy Surroundings (vv. 1-11). The world does not appreciate Jesus. It never has. "His own," the Jews, did not appreciate him. We are considering him today as he was about to depart from the world that had desired and rejected him to one that appreciated him (Heb. 1-6). The development. Verse 2 tells of the Satanic suggestion that came to the heart of Judas. In it was personal desire, and, connected with it, human conspiracy. The coming to this upper room has been pointed out by a man bearing a pitcher (Mk. 14:12-16), the pitcher being suggestive of the Holy Spirit which was about to come in the place of the visible Christ, and it is in the midst of such sacred surroundings as this that Satan enters the hearts of students. This is a suggestion as to the power of environment. Environment is an aid, but it does not produce effective safety. No moment is too holy for Satanic suggestion. Jesus knew that the hour was come when he was to depart out of the world. "Having loved his own, he loved them to the end." Even though the Father had given all things into his hands, still it was necessary for him to teach the disciples once more, and finally, the lesson of humility. He knew and remembered the strife among the disciples (Luke 22:24-28). Doctor Bonard's famous dream, analyzing zeal as being made up of ambition, pride and elements other than the love of God is worthy of consideration in this connection. We need to realize the danger of selfishness even in our service for God. Have we examined our motives? If the consequences of our superiority, either of rank or ability, tempts us to shirk the lowest of services, it is time for God's children to recall this scene, and remember that "the servant is not greater than his Lord." Peter's strong protest (v. 8) brings out the fact that the washing by Christ of the disciples' feet was deeper than merely the outward application of water (See Rom. 8:9). II. Service, the Evidence of Divine Humility (vv. 12-15). (1) This service was tender. Jesus had all things (v. 3), yet he became the servant, of all. (2) It was for all. All needed a washing. All the disciples needed to learn, and all servants must learn, to obey. (3) It signified sanctification. We are saved once for all, but we are constantly being stained by our contact with sin in the world; hence the need of renewed cleansing. New light reveals new need of cleansing. (4) It signified deity. Jesus read the thoughts of his disciples. He became their servant that in years to come they might know the meaning of service. He became their example, and in years to come they remembered his knowledge and service. (6) It was for "his own." The disciples did not know what it was he had done to them. Little do we understand oftentimes what it is the Lord has done to us. Jesus set them an example whereby he would remove the dirt of crime, self-seeking and every manifestation of selfishness from their sin-stained souls. We may call Jesus Lord and Master, and it is well that we do so, for Master and Lord he is indeed, but, if we call him so, let us not do aught than make him in our lives what we call him with our lips. The idea here emphasized has given rise to much religious literature, "The Imitation of Christ" by Thomas a Kempis, is the most popular book in the world next to the Bible. "Verily, verily, I say unto you" (v. 16). This introduction shows how important Christ considered his teaching at this point. "The servant is not greater than his Lord" (See Matt. 10: 24; Luke 6:40; 22:27). If the Lord bent to this lowly service, certainly they, the servants, should not think it beneath them to do likewise, nor should the one that is sent (an apostle) consider himself greater than he that sent him. John, who wrote this epistle, was one of the apostles guilty of an unholy strife for power and position, and desirous of bringing fire down upon those who did not acknowledge and follow Jesus, but he became a marvel of love and tenderness. Knowing and doing are the twin pillars of the Christian faith upon which the house of happiness is built. Such service is not egotistical. It is this that has proved the superiority of Christianity over all the religions of the world. If we seek to do service for others, then we have the right to call Jesus Master and Lord, but if we seek honor rather than to be humbly useful, we shall have no right to call him thus. This instance made a deep impression upon Peter, as can be seen from the striking illusion in his first epistle (I Pet. 5:5 R. V.). NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS Juniors of Washington Society Doing Their Bit Juniors of Washington Society Doing Their Bit WASHINGTON.—In the broad and ever increasing work of organizing movements for preparedness at home without hampering work for relief abroad, the fact has been lost to sight that the juniors of society are "doing their hill work. Deserts and other truth. Chief among these children's organizations is the Junior Society of Colonial Dames, composed of younger daughters of Colonial Dames, who stimulate the spirit of practical philanthropy in many ways while increasing among themselves and their young friends knowledge of what their forbears did in laying the foundations of the United States. The boys of this large group of society already are responding to the appeal of the Junior Patriots of America, just organized by Mr. Hamilton Fish, Jr., Mrs. Oliver Harriman, Mr. J. Beaumont Spencer and Mr. Robert Ingersoll Brown. There are several military organizations, such as the Knickerbocker Grays, in and near this city, which for many years have instilled the spirit of military discipline into the rising generations of boys, fitting many of them for service in the National Guard, in which they have risen to high rank. But the girls also have their work to do in this emergency, and what they have accomplished is only a suggestion of what daughters of leading families, still in their teens, intended to do. One of the chief organizers of this work was Miss Marion K. Hoffman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman, and she, herself, sold nearly 100 tickets at $2 each. One of her chief aids was Miss Cathleen Vanderbilt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Reginald C. Vanderbilt. Flags Very Much in Evidence at the Capital Flags Very Much in Evidence at the Capital WASHINGTON this last two or three weeks would stir the patriotism of the most phlegmatic. Never—not even at inauguration time—has the city been so beflagged as it is right now. Old Glory is waving from fully half sings and the Danielses, the Houstons and the Wilsons hung theirs out. The McAdoos had not up to that time unfurled their flag. There were certain people who, like the Lanes, had had theirs out for weeks—the Boardmans, for instance—everyone knows that Miss Boardman is "strong for the flag." But that was about the only one of the great mansions on Dupont circle that was showing its colors. The Leiters were not—and Joe Leitter just recently elected head of the Army league!—the William R. Hitt house and the Robert Patterson house and the Edson Bradley house were all unfagged. With flags waving from the windows all around them, Senator Lodge and his neighbor, General Crozier—neither man whose patriotism was open to question—left their houses unadorned until recently. On the other hand, the entire Pinchot connection—Gifford in the old Pinchot mansion on Scott circle, his aunt, Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood, in her big Rhode Island avenue residence next door, and his uncle William Phelps Eno, a block away on N street—have all had dandy big flags waving "ever since the break." So has Mrs. Dewey, widow of the great admiral, and opposite her Mrs. Eugene Hale, widow of one senator and mother of another. Lively Old Tune Recalled His Days of Youth HE WAS at the dubious age when a man's friends chaff him about getting younger every day, and the thickness of his neck made you know that he had a doctor who warned him not to get excited and bring on old appy. But scraping out a tune on a fiddle. It was a squeaky fiddle and the bow called for more resin, but memory helps a whole lot when the tune happens to be "Turkey in the Straw." It helped such a lot that as the fiddler sawed the strings the ancient air seemed to carry with it the unstudied melody of a voice that will call no more: "Swing yo' partnah! All han's sash-shay." "Old reels like that always go to my toes—hold on, I must stake the little dame to a dime for reminding me of my dancing days. Here's where you don't have to shell out—I don't believe you ever had a dancing day in your life, you old stick, you!" "Oh, I might as well chip in. The poor old soul doesn't look as if she ever had a dancing day, either." And the old stick slipped something into the fiddler-woman's open-mouthed bag. Washington Mansion Devoted to Red Cross Work THERE is a handsome yellow-gray house on Massachusetts avenue whose gracefully rounding windows pleasantly overlook Dupont Circle. Within recent weeks this western bay window has taken upon itself the insignia of house was a beautiful home filled with the appointments which bespeak luxury and ease; today the great chambers and halls are stacked with hospital supplies and long tables are surrounded by women cutting out and basting hospital garments and rolling bandages, while the former library overlooking the cirec now re-echoes the sound of clicking typewriters, for it is the office headquarters of the chapter. Nearly every woman's club in Washington has become a war-relief organization and is working for the cause. This relief work is practically all connected with the Red Cross, the arm of national relief authorized by congress and that on which the army and navy rely in time of war. The Wadsworth house is the headquarters for all national Red Cross activity. their bit." Parents and older brothers and sisters have, per force, occupied the foreground in this incessant demand upon time and means, but through the winter younger brothers and sisters, particularly the little women, many of whom will remain in the social background for several years, have not lost an opportunity to aid in bringing into various funds dollars for the help of fortunate children of the war. Chief among these children's or- ganizations is the Junior Society of O daughters of Colonial Dames, who sti thropy in many ways while increasing friends knowledge of what their forbean United States. The boys of this large group of s appeal of the Junior Patriots of Ame Fish, Jr., Mrs. Oliver Harriman, Mr. J Ingersoll Brown. There are several Knickerbocker Grays, in and near this stilled the spirit of military discipline fitting many of them for service in the risen to high rank. But the girls also have their work t have accomplished is only a suggestion a still in their teens, intended to do. One of the chief organizers of this daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman, an at $2 each. One of her chief aids was Mr. and Mrs. Reginald C. Vanderbilt. Flags Very Much in E WASHINGTON this last two or three the most phlegmatic. Never—not city been so befflagged as it is right now THE HOME OF THE HOLLYWOOD MUSEUM sings and the Danielses, the Houstons McAdoos had not up to that time unfurled There were certain people who, li weeks—the Boardmans, for instance—is "strong for the flag." But that was sions on Dupont circle that was showc Joe Leetter just recently elected he R. Hitt house and the Robert Patterson were all unflagged. With flags waving from the window his neighbor, General Crozler—neither question—left their houses unadorned entire Pinchot connection—Gifford in t his aunt, Mrs. Charles Boughton We residence next door, and his uncle WI street—have all had dandy big flags w Mrs. Dewey, widow of the great admin widow of one senator and mother of a Lively Old Tune Recall HE WAS at the dubious age when a younger every day, and the thicken had a doctor who warned him not to g his pigeon-wing was fine! He cut it with boyish abandon as he skipped the curb from asphalt to pavement the other twilight, and as it isn't the usual thing to be expected from a somewhat oldish and portly gentleman, he felt called upon to chuckle an explanation to his companion, whose dignity matched his gray hairs. Also, being a man, he naturally blamed the woman—a shriveled leaf of something that may once have had its blooming in the poet's garden of girls—who was scraping out a tune on a fiddle. It wi for more resin, but memory helps a w "Turkey in the Straw." It helped su strings the ancient air seemed to can voice that will call no more: "Swing-yo "Old reels like that always go to m dame to a dime for reminding me of don't have to shell out—I don't believe life, you old stick, you!" "Oh, I might as well chip in. The had a dancing day, either." And the old stick slipped some mouthed bag. Washington Mansion Dev THERE is a handsome yellow-gray gracefully rounding windows please recent weeks this western bay window RED CROSS house was a beautiful home filled with luxury and ease; today the great chapital supplies and long tables are s basting hospital garments and rolling overlooking the cfrcle now re-echoes it is the office headquarters of the clu Nearly every woman's club in Wai lization and is working for the cause. connected with the Red Cross, the arm o and that on which the army and navy house is the headquarters for all local FOR THE FRENCH ORPHANS Colonial Dames, composed of younger immulate the spirit of practical philan- ing among themselves and their young ers did in laying the foundations of the society already are responding to the America, just organized by Mr. Hamilton J. Beaumont Spencer and Mr. Robert military organizations, such as the city, which for many years have in- side the rising generations of boys, the National Guard, in which they have to do in this emergency, and what they of what daughters of leading families, his work was Miss Marlon K. Hoffman, and she, herself, sold nearly 100 tickets Miss Cathleen Vanderbilt, daughter of Evidence at the Capital three weeks would stir the patriotism of even at inauguration time—has the Old Glory is waving from fully half the houses in the residence parts, and from all the windows in the business district. It has been interesting to watch the wave of patriotism grow and sweep over the city—to see who succumbed—and who did not. It was rather curious to note that as the fever spread, the cabinet remained singularly aloof and immune. Until quite recently the Lanes were the only members of the circle of administration's official advisers who had put out their flag. Then the Lan- and the Wilson's hung theirs out. The led their flag. like the Lanes, had had theirs out for everyone knows that Miss Boardman is about the only one of the great maning its colors. The Leiters were not—head of the Army league!—the William on house and the Edson Bradley house news all around them, Senator Lodge and man whose patriotism was open to until recently. On the other hand, the old Pinchot mansion on Scott circle,ood, in her big Rhode Island avenue William Phelps Eno, a block away on N waving "ever since the break." So has real, and opposite her Mrs. Eugene Hale, another. Ned His Days of Youth A man's friends chaff him about getting less of his neck made you know that he get excited and bring on old appy. But A man playing the violin and a man in a suit. was a squeaky fiddle and the bow called whole lot when the tune happens to be such a lot that as the fiddler sawed the erry with it the unstudied melody of a o' partnahs! All han's sash-shay." my toes—hold on, I must stake the little of my dancing days. Here's where you ve you ever had a dancing day in your poor old soul doesn't look as if she ever ething into the fiddler-woman's open- voted to Red Cross Work house on Massachusetts avenue whose santly overlook Dupont Circle. Within we has taken upon itself the insignia of the American Red Cross, which tells a story. The house was until recently the Washington residence of Herbert Wadsworth; today it is the headquarters of the District of Columbia chapter of the American Red Cross, and in its transformation it has the distinction of being the first private residence in the United States to have been turned over by its owner to a city for use in Red Cross work. Two months ago the Wadsworth with the appointments which bespeak members and halls are stacked with hos- surrounded by women cutting out and ing bandages, while the former library is the sound of clicking typewriters, for chapter. Washington has become a war-relief organ- This relief work is practically all con- of national relief authorized by congress y rely in time of war. The Wadsworth al Red Cross activity. T IS late in the afternoon, a comparative calm is over the sector, so that a dull booming of cannonading far over on the left can be heard. Through the sector among the thousands of soldiers is a note of expectancy. They are quieter than usual. Suddenly from near the village in the rear come several sharp reports in quick succession from a battery. There are several answering booms farther away; immediately more reports nearer at hand, and instantly it is followed by a crash and tear of sound. The first impression is that the town is being blown up in a bombardment. Few have ever heard anything like it. The soldiers look at each other. "It is the attack beginning," they say. Later they get their orders. In a smaller town nearer the trenches, where there is even more artillery, the noise is still greater. By the sound there seems to be a gun to every few square feet, one thinks when thinking is possible. The scream of the shells passing over from batteries in the rear is drowned in this din. It is an inferno of ear-splitting noise. In the trenches the few soldiers cower in the dugouts. Heaps of debris fall about them. To them the noise of the guns in the rear is drowned in the crash of hundreds of shells bursting in the Germans' trenches before them and the shrieks of the shells as they tear above them in the air faster than sound in such numbers that the noise is indescribable. Where the enemy's trenches are is now a continuous mass of spouting dirt that shuts out everything. The whole German line here is being beaten to pieces. Few of the soldiers have ever experienced anything like this. The trenches of the Germans are but 400 feet away. Now and then a shell falling short of its range comes near the French trenches or tears into them, with the innumerable shells now tearing about it cannot be helped. The Germans, taken by surprise, do not reply until some time later. They open up their own artillery little by little. Their guns, is seems, are aimed at the batteries of the French they know, for few of the shells fall about the trenches. But it is nothing to the madness of the fire they are fighting against. Some of the French guns are aimed at the German batteries and an artillery duel is on. The German guns are outnumbered. Other French guns are firing on the roads of the enemy to prevent troops and supplies from being hastened up. And now in the rear of the French lines—nobody seems to know where they are coming from, where they have been concealed all this time—still other guns of all sizes are being rushed up. They tear through the amazed villages drawn by wild steeds maddened by the drivers. Efforts of spies are now in vain. The line bearing assorted equipment has ceased in a measure. Instead are the guns and the heavy, skidding calssons bearing ammunition. Darkness falls and the whole countryside is covered with flashes. It is impossible to distinguish sound from sound, but the flashes dart out from everywhere like summer lightning. More guns are being rushed up, an increased number of ammunition wagons, and troops—countless numbers. The terrific cannonading continues all night. Soldiers, who are able, sleep in dozes. Morning breaks. The soldiers nearer the front begin to march up. As soldiers enter the rear towns those who were there, equipment ready and waiting, go forward. As the men march they frequently turn off into the fields along the road to avoid the guns and wagons thundering by. As far as one can see the whole road, ahead and behind, is a compact mass of troops—marching up. The Germans are now shelling the roads at many places. At first the shells fall among them. There are the usual scenes of the dead, torn up in every manner, while the chaplain-priests, facing the almost certain death of their lot, are seen through little clearings in the thick clouds of choking smoke rushing about, some themselves wounded, helping those asking for aid. HOMETOWN HELPS No Other Pastime, Unless It Be That of Angling, Has a Stronger Grip Upon Its Devotees. "There be delights," says an ancient writer, "that will fetch the day about from sun to sun and rock the tedious year as in a delightful dream." Thus, and very much after this manner, the charming old prose-poet, amiably garden made, continues, page after page, to describe the "1,000 delights" to be found in the "flowery orchard" of his century—describes them with an abandon of happiness that suggests the rapture of St. Bernard when hymning the "New Jerusalem." In fact, barring the equally ancient and alluring pastime of going a-fishing, no hobby has a stronger grip on its devotees than gardening, observes Frances Duncan in Scribner's. At four o'clock of a summer morning Celia Thaxter could be found at work in her radiant little island plot, a sister in spirit to old Chaucer when on his knees in the grass at dawn to watch a daisy open. And these 'were not exceptional, not extraordinary cases of devotion; they were merely typical exponents of the true gardener's passion. Nor is this tense enthusiasm fleeting. Not in the least. It is no more transient than the bibliomaniac's passion, no more evanescent than the collector's zeal, which only death can quench. It is no sudden, youthful fervor; indeed, it is rarely found in youth at the storm and stress period, while it may be observed to be strongest in those for whom the days of wild enthusiasm are over. The bachelor clergyman or the quietest of splinsters, for whom other passion is nonexistent, will yet lavish on their gardens enough devotion to have won the heart of the most obdurate of persons, enough tenderness to have suffaced for the mothering of a dozen little ones. A garden is the world of the recluse, the passion of the lone man or woman, the diversion of statesmen, the recreation of poets and artists of all ages. NEW METHODS BRING SAVING Application of Business Principles by Town Manager Finds Favor in Massachusetts Community. George F. Willett of Norwood, Mass., gave a talk on the business manager form of government for towns and cities at a meeting of the Boston Art club recently. He showed how the scientific and efficient business principles of a well-managed and conducted corporation can be applied to the administration of public affairs and public expenditures. This system in Norwood, he said, has resulted in a more democratic form of government and brought about a substantial saving in the expenditures of the town. The average citizen gets a better knowledge of affairs under that system, he said. Notwood has an unpaid commission of five men. They determine the policies of the town, and paid experts under the leadership of a professional town manager carry them out after the citizens have passed upon them. It is not leadership under one man or a despotic form of government, but the intelligent response of American democracy to its responsibilities. In the crisis this country is now facing the speaker said that the business men are rushing forward to offer their services to help the government carry on a war as efficiently as possible. If the business men would only display the same interest in the ordinary affairs of state, he declared, millions of dollars would be saved yearly by the application of their business knowledge to the affairs of towns, cities and states. Help to Save the Trees. The plea of the city forester for the aid of citizens in protecting our street trees from insect attacks should be heeded. A little individual effort on the part of householders would be of great assistance. It would cost but little in time or trouble to remove the conspicuous egg-masses of the tussock moth, one of the worst of our tree foes here which later hatch into voracious caterpillars, or to wrap the trunks with sticky fly-paper before the middle of May. The slight labor would be amply repaid in benefit to the trees and the riddance of fuzzy caterpillars crawling over porches and plaza furniture. Why not help a little, personally, instead of expecting the city to do it all? —Detroit Free Press. The Rambler Roses. One of the loved roses of summer is the rambler rose, which rambles about, scattering its joyous self among hundreds of people in addition to those who grow it. Clambering over houses, both of rich and poor, it gladdens the eye of the tourist, and in great arm-loads it wanders from its home vine to the rose-loving, but not rose-possessing to the sick, to the weary, to the tired business folk, to whom it brings a bit of relaxation. The rambling rose of June, which rambles all over to the joy of everyone—here's to the insectless health of the rambler rose, whether Dorothy Perkins, Pillar or whatever brand. The "Great Drive"—a Nightmare of Horror How one section of the German line was taken by the French in a recent advance on the western front T IS late in the afternoon, a comparative calm is over the sector, so that a dull booming of cannonading far over on the left can be heard. Through the sector among the thousands of soldiers is a note of expectancy. They are quieter than usual. Suddenly from near the village in the rear come several sharp reports in quick succession from a battery. There are several answering boots THE KAN SAS CITY SUN, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1917 At these points the soldiers following turn off from the road, take to the fields or other roads until they are past. By this means the Germans, knowing what is coming, are making desperate efforts to stop the onrush of troops by shelling the roads. The gigantic shotgun charges of their shrapnel break over the heads of the soldiers, while many are torn to bits by the concussion shells crashing into the road among them. The soldiers then take roundabout courses. Most of them are getting through. Past the last town, where the road terminates because it has been blown into nothing, it soon becomes impossible for the soldiers to march along in masses. They scatter over the ground on their way onward. The terrific bombardment of their own side continues without letup. Also German shells fall over all the land here and it is a question of which of the soldiers will get through. From behind come such numbers of troops that there seems to be no end to them. do not hear the shells of the Germans crush above them. It is thus for only a brief period. As suddenly grows a new confusion in front first it sounds like a murmur, a babble of voices. They turn out to be shrieks. The has been given to jump out and advance. come from men delirious in a frantic haste to on after the strain of it. As the men in front jump out and rush in advance, rifles held almost at arm's length the bayonets in the dim smoke clouds stickle in front, the other crowds back in the trench out to fill their places and in turn jump or rush on. It is all done as quickly as possible is no times lost and hardly a motion. And while the mass of frenzied men rush ward the trenches of the Germans, fall scores, whole groups of them turn this way that as the Germans concentrate their fire, others keep filling in from the rear. No end to their number, apparently. The With a legion ahead and an endless number behind, we enter the ditch and continue our way, now in single file, for there is not enough room for two to walk abreast. As we proceed the trenches get deeper and deeper and soon our heads are below the surface of the ground. Casualties are lessened now. Shells continue to burst about, even in greater numbers than in the land we have left. But the most of the shells tear up columns of earth about, but above us. Because the ditches we are traveling in are so narrow few shells explode there and now for the most part the men are caught only by the debris, that in some places partly buries them. There seems to be no end to the trenches that branch off, continue to separate until they enter a region of trench network. The detachment I am with receives orders which of the boyaux (the communication trenches) to take as we proceed. Now we move forward slowly, frequently crouch under the fall of the dirt, stones and things and cringe against the all-penetrating tear, the mighty explosions of the shells near us and the shrieks of others passing overhead. As we approach the first line the confusion of noise of the batteries pounding away behind lessens in sharpness, takes on more of a roar, a regular working as though of some gigantic machine, grows less harsh and a new confusion in front begins to grip the senses. One sees nothing except occasionally when he opens his eyes for a brief period to see the direction, the geysers of spouting ground about them and out above in front. Eyes closed and head lowered, he feels his way, the same as the man before him and the one behind him. Suddenly one bumps into the man in front and comes to a stop. As soon as one is able he opens his eyes and sees everyone in front has come to a halt. They are near the first line, the man in front shouts. Soldiers thickly crowd the trench in front as far as he can see. Other soldiers, still coming up, also come to a halt, soon filling up the trench in behind. One feels himself to be part of a tightly jammed mass of men cowering there in the trenches under the spouting of the land about them, debris falling over all. They are standing by their rifles, fixing on them their bayonets, all carrying their full equipment—ready. There is a strange grimness among those standing there. No one in the crowded mass of men tries to speak. The din seems more than a human being is able to stand. One feels like jumping over the trenches and, regardless of anything, rushing blindly on. Anything but the strain of this, he thinks, action and more action. He never before thought he could be capable of so much action. What is coming, let it happen quickly, he thinks. Head lowered and eyes closed, one's thoughts pierce the masses of flying things that look like clouds out there in front, picturing a scene as he last knew it—his home, his town and the people he had grown up with, away off on the other side of that. He wondered what has become of them and he wonders whether he will ever know. Still they wait, minute after minute, while in one's bewildered senses it seems as though many hours are passing. No wounded are being passed along on their way back. The younger men are wondering why. They are probably being taken back in another trench reserved for them and for messengers also. Then suddenly, possibly within the space of only a few seconds, there seems to be sudden quiet. It is the first cessation in a bombardment of their guns that has lasted almost 20 hours. It is a comparative quiet, a tranquil period to the confused senses of the beings there; at other times some might call it a terrific racket. For just now they do not hear the shells of the Germans crashing above them. It is thus for only a brief period. As suddenly grows a new confusion in front. At first it sounds like a murmur, a babble of many voices. They turn out to be shrieks. The order has been given to jump out and advance. They come from men delirious in a frantic haste to rush on after the strain of it. As the men in front jump out and rush along in advance, rifles held almost at arm's length, with the bayonets in the dim clouds clouds sticking out in front, the other crowds back in the trenches rush out to fill their places and in turn jump out and rush on. It is all done as quickly as possible; there is no times lost and hardly a motion. And while the mass of frenzied men rush on toward the trenches of the Germans, falling by scores, whole groups of them turn this way and that as the Germans concentrate their fire among them, others keep filling in from the rear. There is no end to their number, apparently. The entire rear is now packed with men and more men, while behind them are still more men—men without number. "There will be a signal when you get out there," we are told. "It is an order to fall on your faces. Fall on them! No time to lose." The men who first leaped out and started to rush along fell in another way long ago—it was but several seconds or so—and the ranks behind them in turn dissolved. Still others came on and now the first of the advancing mass are at the first trenches of the Germans. Comes the signal. Suddenly in the frenzy men cease to leap from the trenches, while the advancing ranks rushing blindly on flat flat. Almost at the same instant, possibly a couple of seconds later, to the men lying there comes a noise that is even greater than the crash of a few minutes before. But it is hardly perceptible, for the senses, working at capacity, cannot grasp it all. It is the French guns opening up again. They are tearing out a way for the infantry, tearing away what humanity is left in the second and third line trenches. Even during the previous hours of bombardment the Germans tried to keep these in some semblance of holes. There cannot be many beings left in them, but re-enforcements probably are coming up. A few seconds later the gunfire of the French again ceases as though by magic. Immediately the soldiers jump to their feet and again rush on. They pass over the first line of German trenches, reach the second line and on to the third line. Another signal, a loud shouting and they again fall down. The guns open up again. This time the guns pound away on German works farther in the rear. They stop again and the troops dash on. Every man knows his place in the drive and every body of men. When one man falls another is there to do what he was doing. The soldiers feel the success of it by this time. They are instilled with enthusiasm, the wild joy of victory. Shells fall among the advancing hordes, but in the wild din just passed those who escape hardly know it. Now there are fewer guns firing on the German side. Others of the French artillery, when not firing at places ahead of the advancing soldiers, quickly change their range to the batteries. The French have now passed the first four lines of regular trenches and are running over the network of connecting trenches. Masses of Germans are in these. Terrified by what they have been through, few show resistance. It is useless. The French soldiers continue to advance, charging when resistance is offered, dellirious with the wine of a successful drive. They do the feats of superbeings and are unaware of it. * Hours later, after it has ceased and the lines are again deadlocked, soldiers in the towns of the old sector gather in groups around the bulletin boards where is posted the brief official communique. The soldiers standing around reading are new The soldiers standing around regiling are new troops. They are on their way to the trenches. Ambulances still rush up from the rear and back again, catching up with the work. The masses of prisoners are already on their way southward. Included in the number taken was a detachment, a crowd of 70 men who were all that remained of several hundred German soldiers. They were caught in a trench and unable to escape during the terrible bombardment, explain the few able to think coherently. Retreat had been cut off by shells falling behind them. Of the number yet alive are maniacs—men who are raving violently. They are imitating the noises of shells and the motions of men struck by them—William T. Martin, in New York Sun. Picturesque Halifax HARBOR PROTECT ```markdown ``` COUNT VON BERNSTORFF'S enforced duty at Halifax during the examination made by the British authorities of the neutral ship by which the dismissed diplomat was journeying, would have been far less irksome if the voyagers had been permitted to visit the picturesque city, which occupies a commanding position on the east slope of a peninsula lutting into the deep waters of the Bay of Chebuco on the southeast coast of the far larger peninsula of Nova Scotia, says a war geography bulletin issued by the National Geographic society. From its foundation in 1749 the town has been a center of British military activity and it was established at the instance of the New England colonists who had recognized the advantages of the wonderful harbor whence D'Anville's fleet had made its futile descent upon the New England coast in the course of the long war between France and Great Britain. Where All Navies Might Float. The town was the first English-speaking settlement in the midst of the French colonies of Acadia and it speedily took on importance. Within five years from its founding it became the seat of British North American government, and Britons have long termed it the "warden of the honor of the north." Its harbor is deep and ample and claimed to be sufficient to float all the navies of Europe. Eleven forts command its spacious waters, and up to 1905 Halifax was an active center of British activity. In that year, however, as a mark of friendly relations with the United States, all British regular troops were withdrawn and the care of Halifax and its fortifications was committed to the government of the Dominion of Canada. With the outbreak of the Eu- Copyright Badermood & Badermood Copyright Underwood & Underwood SHOWING ENTRANCE TO GREAT HARBOR ropean war, however, Halifax was again made military and naval headquarters for British America, and many German prisoners have been interned upon the well-guarded islands of its harbor. Here, too, was the chief port of embarkation for the numerous contingents which Canada has contributed to the English armies, and the scenes of today must call to mind the earlier and even more active moments of the town's history. Prominent in Napoleonic Wars. During the Napoleonic wars Halifax was the scene of many a demonstration of English prowess. The privateers, fitted out by prominent Hallgonians, frequently returned with their prizes, distinguished French prisoners made use of the enforced hospitality of the citadel, built by Prince Edward, son of George IV, which still caps the highest ground and is a landmark far to sea. The first prizes of the war of 1812 were brought by their British captors to Halifax, and it was to this capacious shelter that the Shannon brought the captive Chesapeake. It was from Halifax that the successful naval expedition against the coast of Maine set sail, and the succession of prize courts which followed the arrival of the victory ships, together with the social gayeties which marked the government house at that period, gave to the place an intensity of life which it has never since equaled. Added to Hallifax's Population. Following the capture of Washington a British brig and a transport ship arrived at Halifax bearing a large number of fugitive slaves from Virginia, whose descendants still populate negro colonies on the outskirts of the town. Another and larger and more important addition to the popula ED BY STEEL NETS tion of Halifax, however, came at the conclusion of peace between the mother country and the revolting American colonies in 1783, when thousands of loyalists, preferring the old flag to the new, left the states and renewed their British allegiance in Nova Scotia. By them was laid the foundation of the now considerable city of St. John, while many of them settled in Halifax, where they contributed at once and in no small measure to the enterprise of the community and where their descendants still retain that devotion to the empire which has had so remarkable a demonstration in these last troubled years for Britain's far-flung lines. Halifax has always been essentially English. It is, nevertheless, surrounded by the settlements which the earlier French had established in that part of the world, beginning as early as 1604; and it was not until 1710 that British sovereignty was definitely set up. By the treaty of Utrecht (1713-14) the Acadians were permitted to remain in the country, continuing their religion, or to leave with their personal effects. From 1755 to 1762, however, no fewer than 14,000 Acadians were forcibly dispossessed and Longfellow's "Evangeline" has immortalized their sufferings. . . City and Its Surroundings. The environs of Halifax are delightful. The city is capped by its citadel, a picturesque Martello tower, and the arm, a three-mile florid, is marked by chain rock, whence a boom used to be stretched, with a frigate moored inside, to repel the enemy. The roads were all laid out by army engineers with a view to transporting men from point to point in maximum numbers and in minimum time, and the result is a series of beautiful wooded drives constructed on the soundest principles ... of road-making and fringed with many alleys and bridlepaths which lead into the woodland maze. The harbor is never closed by ice and the development of the port as planned by the Dominion government looks to one of the largest centers of water transshipment on this side of the ocean. When completed these improvements will find Hallifax as the elimax of the grand Canadian transcontinental railway scheme—the transshipment point intended to guarantee that Canadian goods will be entirely carried over British soil, the link in the great British "all red" transport system of which English statesmen have long dreamed. Rash Ignorance. Senator Bankhead said at a dinner in Jasper, Ala. : "Those politicians know so little about cotton that they remind me of Blane. 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Perfumed with a balm and flowers. The best known remedy for Beautiful Black Eye-Brows, also restores its Natural Color. Can be used with Hot lightening. Print by Mail, 50c; 10 cExtra for Postage. S. D. LYONS, Gen. Agt., 314 East 2d St., Oklahoma City, Okla. --- THE KAN SAS CITY SUN, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1917 SPORTS These columns are devoted to any form of athletics interesting to our readers. Contributions will be gladly accepted. Sabac-El-Cher, whose mother was a native African of color, bandmaster of the First Grenadier Guards of the Imperial German army, was born on the grounds of the Royal Palace in Germany, educated and schooled in music in that country. He was a musical prodigy. His parents were taken to Germany from Africa by Prince Albrecht, an uncle of the present Emperor. COLORED TROOPS REACH ENGLAND. Toronto. Can.—It has been officially announced through the Chief Press Censor's office that the No. 2 Construction Battalion, made up of Colored men, has arrived safely in England. The Colored troopers sailed from Halifax March 25. Several hundred American Colored men are in the battalion. Washington. D. C., May 4. The people of this city and the members of Metropolitan A. M. E. church in particular, are wild in their nenunciation of Bishop J. Albert Johnson for removing without warning and before the expiration of his five years period, their popular and able pastor, Rev. C. H. Stepteau. From present indications it looks as though there will be a split in this historic church, which has had some stormy periods in its career. With but few exceptions, it is said the immense membership of this church demanded the return of Dr. Stepteau; but judging from results it apparently fell on deaf ears CAPTAIN DAVIS RELIEVED Wilberforce, O.—Captain Benjamin O. Davis, U. S. A., has been withdrawn as military instructor at Wilberforce University and will be sent to the Philippines. TRIAL DATE SET. Chicago.—The trial of former Akleen man Oscar DePriest, indicted for all alleged connection with the "graft ring," will begin on May 15. Watch for the Grand C HOW T TIME an IF YOU WISH TO RENT, BU ESTATE OF Square Deal R 1315 East 18th S Bell phon Samuel R. Hopkins, Pres. C. R. Groves, for the Grand Opening of Line HOW TO SAVE TIME and MONEY U WISH TO RENT, BUY, SELL OR EXCHANGE ESTATE OF ANY KIND, SEE Share Deal Realty & Inv 1315 East 18th St., Kansas City, Mo. Bell phone, Grand 317 R. Hopkins, Pres. M. E. Oden, Sec'y C. R. Groves, General Manager. Watch for the Grand Opening of Lincoln Park Folger C. IF YOU WISH TO RENT, BUY, SELL OR EXCHANGE REAL ESTATE OF ANY KIND, SEE Samuel R. Hopkins, Pres. M. E. Oden, Sec'y and Treas. C. R. Groves, General Manager. If you want work or a good job or a Position of any Kind call at the Employment THE NEGRO PROGRESS SOCI 1315 East 18th Street. Employment Bureau of THE NEGRO WAITER PROGRESSIVE AS- SOCIATION 18th Street. Men, Women, Boys War Employment Bureau of THE NEGRO WAITER'S PROGRESSIVE AS- SOCIATION 1315 East 18th Street. Men, Women, Boys Wanted at Once AFRICAN METHODIST EPIISCOPAL CHURCH MAKES FINE SHOWING. Washington, April 25.—The African Methodist Episcopal Church raised $223,796.05 in dollar money collection last year, an increase of $9,476.44 over the previous year, according to the annual report submitted by John R. Hawkins, financial secretary of the denomination, at the annual meeting of the financial board Wednesday of last week. Bishop B. F. Lee presided. Of this sum, $89,518.45 was for general church purposes, $80,566.58 for the local needs of annual conference, and $17,903.68 each too the boards of church extension, education and missions. Secretary Hawkins was highly commended for his report and all of his recommendations were passed. PHYSICIAN'S WIFE PREFERS LIFE IN EXILE WITH THE OTHER MAN TO HOME AND HON- OR WITH HUSBAND. Mrs. J. H. Bryant, wife of Dr. D. W. Bryant, a physician of Tulsa, Okla., and proprietor of the People's Drug Store, disappeared Saturday night or early Sunday morning, presumably in company with —— Bailey, well known in the gambling fraternity of Tulsa, and who it is said was known to be rather attentive to Mrs. Bryant. Dr. Bryant said the day after his wife's disappearance that they had been on the verge of separating for some time because he had objected to her attending public dances and dancing with "Tom, Dick and Harry." The crisis came one night last week, however, when Dr. Bryant found his wife playing cards with Bailey and he issued to her his ultimatum which was to give her the alternative of giving up her habits and associates or leaving him. She evidently chose the latter since she moved her trunk the same night and subsequently left the city with Bailey. —Tulsa Star. Opening of Lincoln Park NO SAVE d MONEY ANY, SELL OR EXCHANGE REAL ANY KIND, SEE Realty & Inv. Co. St., Kansas City, Mo. E, Grand 317 M. E. Oden, Sec'y and Treas. General Manager. Bureau of O WAITER'S SSIVE AS- ATION Men, Women, Boys Wanted at Once Theatre Boxing Wanted for Ft. Riley, Ks. Ninety Waiters, Forty-five Cooks, colored. See Samuel Hopkins, 1315 E. 18th St., Kansas City, Mo. CHEAP JOHN'S PLACE Open Under New Management New and second hand goods bought, sold and exchanged. Mrs. J. E. HOPKINS, Proprietress Bell Phone, East 3851, 2224 Vine St. HAS ITS PECULIAR QUALITIES Guncotton, Powerful Explosive, Will Simply Burn Rapidly When It Is Unconfined. If someone should place a wad of guncotton on the palm of your hand and threaten to touch it off with a lighted match, you would be frightened. Yet you need not be. Though guncotton is one of the most powerful of ordinary explosives, it would not hurt you. When. dry guncotton is exposed to the air it does not explode when ignited, but burns with great rapidity. So rapidly does the Burning take place that if a loose wad of the material be held in the hand and touched with fire, there is a sudden flash, and an instant later not a trace of smoke or a mark on the hand remains to indicate what has taken place. Guncotton does not detonate unless it is confined, as in the barrel of a gun. When dry, however, guncotton can be made to explode with great violence by being struck sharply between two hard surfaces. Detonation, as such an explosion is called, is quite a different phenomenon from burning. It seems to consist in the instantaneous disintegration of the molecules of the exploding substance. It is as though all the bricks in a great building were in a fraction of a second to be scattered about Greater New York. Good Done by Birds. The department of agriculture informs us that out of 50 species of hawks and owls, only four are actually injurious to crops. Our observer tells us that he has seen with his own eyes an owl of his acquaintance swallow nine field mice, one after another, until the tail of the last remained in evidence. However, in a few hours, this meal having been digested with no apparent effort, the owl was ready for four more mice. The old hawk and his wife will consume a round dozen of mice each during a single day, and in two months' time their youthful brood will devour a similar quantity. It has been stated that a colony of hawks will kill 10,000 rodents in three months' time. We all know what damage mice perpetrate in our grain fields. The farmer may well spare a chicken or two from his henyard in payment for service rendered him by these birds of prey.—Life. Try This. If you will take a pavement that is clear, and walk briskly in the center, you will find that before you have gone 50 yards you have unconsciously veered very much to one side. To make this test accurate you must not use any effort to keep in the center. If you think of something else and endeavor to walk naturally, you will find that you are not able to keep going in a straight line. In the same way a person lost in a wide expanse of level country will describe a complete circle as he keeps walking on and on. The explanation of this lies in the propensity of one foot to walk faster than the other, or to take a longer stride than the other, causing you to veer to one side or the other. EASY FOR THE PROFESSOR. "And now," said the professor, as the regular class exercises were finished, "is there any question any of the young ladies would like to ask?" "How is it, professor," asked the fluffy-haired maiden at the pedal extremity of the feminine bunch, "that Father Time is always represented as being bald headed?" "That is easily explained, 'the learned one replied. 'So many young young people during their school days grasp Time by the forelock in trying to get away from the foot of the class that his hair has all been pulled out. See?' And the girl at the foot said never a word in reply. Styles Soon Change. "So you are going to motor across the continent, Mrs. Whyffer?" "Yes. We start tomorrow." "I dare say you anticipate a pleasant time?" "Yes, but there is one thought that troubles me." "And what is that?" "I'm afraid our car will be out of date when we reach our destination." Great Advantage. "What is your idea of the zero of enjoyment?" "Why—er—a monologue on a phonograph." "I know something less enjoyable than that." "Yes?" "A monologue on the stage. You can shut off the phonograph." --- ASSOCIATION PARK Sat. and Sun. May 5 and 6 amelzer's All Nations vs. Nebraska I session 25cts.——Grand Stand 15 c PLEASURE SEEKERS' STUDY AND ART of Kansas City, Kans., will have their exhibit M day night, May 7, at Armory Hall, Cottage and V D MUSIC ADMISSION, vs. Nebraska Indians Grand Stand 15 cts extra STUDY AND ART CLUB I have their exhibit Mon- ry Hall, Cottage and Vine ADMISSION, 25 CTS THE PLEASURE SEEKERS' STUDY AND ART CLUB of Kansas City, Kans., will have their exhibit Monday night, May 7, at Armory Hall, Cottage and Vine GOOD MUSIC ADMISSION, 25 CTS A WAR DRAMA IN ONE ACT By Roscoe C. Jamison —Last Night. Place—Southe Scene—Public Street. Jamison Place—Southern City. Public Street. Time—Last Night. Place—Southern City. Scene—Public Street. Speaking to me? What do you say? The War brings Freedom? Yes it may. You came from Europe here to make— How's that? You want us to forsake This Country and help you to thrust Its Flag and Pride into the dust? Say, Who are you? My Friend? You lie! You are a sneak-thief, foreign spy. Take that, You scoundrel! That, and That! I wish I had a baseball bat— I'll teach you how to talk to me About money, and more liberty! Yes, Officer, I struck the man. Let him explain why, if he can. I knocked him down, and blacked his eyes- Wy look at me in such surprise? Because he's White and I am Black? Give me protection. Hold them back! Just see them come. The Mob grows bigger. They shout, "Lynch him, the dirty Nigger!" Because I dared to knock and beat A White man in the public street. It's the same old song. They pay no heed To right or wrong, but just the deed. the man. if he can. and blacked his eyes— surprise? and I am Black? Hold them back! the Mob grows bigger. am, the dirty Nigger!" rock and beat public street. They pay no heed just the deed. Yes, Officer, I struck the man. Let him explain why, if he can. I knocked him down, and blacked his eyes— Wy look at me in such surprise? Because he's White and I am Black? Give me protection. Hold them back! Just see them come. The Mob grows bigger. They shout, "Lynch him, the dirty Nigger!" Because I dared knock and beat A White man in the public street. It's the same old song. They pay no heed To right or wrong, but just the deed. This man I met just while ago, Called me by name, and whispered low, Asked me to help him get the ear Of all my people living near. Offered me money just to say, We would desert the Flag today. Said that my folk might swiftly rise, If we would help the foreign spies Wreck buildings, bridges, loot and spoil The Country where we gave our toil; Help bring it low with bomb and flame, Until it lisps the Kaiser's name. Oh, many things he said to me, Of Burnings, Mobs, and Liberty, And while he talked my eyes saw red. I knocked him down, sir! Say he's fled? Why has all the crowd grown still? Lead on, Officer, as you will. I care for neither bond nor bail. For the first time, I go to jail. You won't arrest me? Why the shout? What's the people cheering about? I, a Hero? Well, that's good. I've done no more than thousands would. We want the World to understand, Though oftimes scourged with cruel hand Always held up to the light for flaws, And girded round by Jim-crow laws, The Negro will not seek revenge, To force bound Justice's prison hinge. We are standing by the President, To do his will with full intent. Where he sends us we will go, To face undaunted any foe. We love the Flag that makes men free, We pledge it whole-soul loyalty. From Lexington to Carrizal, Black-men did fight, Black-men did fall, And ever at the high command, The Negro proudly takes his stand. Thank God! He knows no traitor's ban He's a true, blade-straight American! We want all our Subscribers to Join. "GET ONE" CLUB THE PURPOSE? To get ONE New Subscriber Each for the Su THE REASON? 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