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Hospital Realizes $27,894.45 What can I do for the Colored Soldiers? Why send them the Sun Its better than a letter from home Bell Phone East 999 The Kansas City Sun HaveYouGot Rooms,Houses or Flats Furnished or unfurnished ForRent? Advertise Them in the Sun Our Special Rate of $1.00 Expires January 31st VOLUME X. NUMBER 19. A GRAND RECITAL. Unquestionably the most delightful recital of the season was that given by Rev. and Mrs. T. H. Wiseman of Oklahoma City, Okla., at Allen Chapel Thursday evening. They were ably assisted by local talent and the elite of the city were in attendance. Dr. Wiseman was especially pleasing in his rendition of "The Torreador's Love Song" and Burleigh "Jean" while Mrs. Wiseman's reading of "Leah the Forsaken" was simply superb. Their closing number was a stirring duet entitled "Keep the Home Fire Burning" and stirred to a remarkable demonstration the large audience present. The Douglass Hospital Committee is to be congratulated in bringing to our city Dr. and Mrs. Wiseman. TAG DAY CORRECTIONS. Several errors crept into the hastily prepared report of the Tag Day Campaign and we are endeavoring this week to correct them. Miss Judith Syms was credited with turning in only fifteen cents when she should have been credited with $15.29. The name of Miss Bessie Lee was omitted entirely but her box contained $7.73 Mrs. Emma Collins Payne's team was inadvertently placed in with Phyllis Wheatley Art Club when it should have been separate and Mrs. Della Sandusky Watkins had the latter part of her name omitted. Mrs. Virginia Price should have been given credit for $9.50 and Mrs. Salina Berry, $8.10. Mrs. Unthanks' team consisted of the nurses of the Old City Hospital who won second place, instead of Mrs. Perry's team, by the narrow margin of $7.06. A box containing $1.25 from one of the workers at Douglass school has since been returned adding that much more to the totals. DR. WM. J. THOMPKINS. former superintendent of the Old City Hospital, one of the greatest hustlers of the race, who has the confidence of the leading Democrats of the State and Nation and who is seriously being considered as Surgeon-in-Chief of the Freedmen's Hospital at Washington, D.C. Dr. Thompkins led all Captains in collections during the Wheatley. Provident Campaign, securing a pledge of $1,000 from New Era Lodge, K. of P., the largest sum given by any Colored organization in the city. HON. AND MRS. L. A. KNOX EN TERTAIN SECOND BAPTIST CHOIR. On Friday evening, December 21, 1917, the Second Baptist Choir met at the beautiful home of Lawyer and Mrs. Knox, which was decorated for the occasion with cut flowers. The choir rendered a most interesting program, at the close of which Lawyer Knox made helpful as well as encourage remarks. At this time they were royally served a delicious repast. It was unanimously voted that Lawyer Knox be Honorary member of the Choir. At a late hour they departed for their different homes, declaring Lawyer and Mrs. Knox ideal host and hostess. ```markdown ``` THE HANDY COLORED STORE of 2409 Vine Street thanks its patrons for the support of the past year, and wishes its friends and patrons a happy prosperous New Year. TAYLOR HOLMES & CO. Bell Phone E4221-J. COLORED TROOPERS MAKING GOOD. By Henry C. Newell. Many thousands of Colored men who are in the draft are today finding greater opportunities than they have ever known before. The fact that they are in the army means now if it never meant before a broader education, a better physical body, a clearer brain and a brighter future. As one goes about from one big canonment to another he cannot help observing that the Colored race is figuring in this greater opportunity, that there is a stirring of ambition that is bound to result in great good. Men of the race who never had held a pen or pencil between their fingers in all their lives are now learning their A B C's with the same delight that children do. The presence of hundreds of men in the Y. M. C. A. huts doing the same thing spurs them on. When they have really learned to write so that they can get word back to their friends they have left behind, then they are in the way of becoming efficient soldiers. It may seem strange t ooy, but actually some of these men could not even understand orders when they first came to camp. For one thing, they didn't know their right from their left; and lots of them could not tell what the sergeant meant when he said "Right about face." They didn't know which way to turn. Of course, that was to be expected for there are some well educated people I know who wouldn't have executed orders any better than these fellows in the Colored regiments. But it did not last a great while. The boys learned—they learned mighty rapidly, too. At Camp Grant, near Rockford, Ill., there is a particularly fine piece of work going on for the Colored troops. It is under the supervision of the Army Y. M. C. A., the Colored branch of which employs four able secretaries to study and solve the physical, intellectual, social and religious problems and needs of the men encamped there. Early in the encampment, only a few letters were written in and mailed from the Y. M. C. A. hut for Colored soldiers but after a campaign that had this slogan: "Every Man Must Write His Name," the sale of postage stamps increased greatly—simply because men who had never been able to write even their names learned to do so and also began to write letters to friends and relatives. The story of Bill Bailey is rather typical. Bill had been a coal heaver and education never had appealed to him; he couldn't use it in his business. He could neither read nor write and the little figuring he found necessary could be done on his fingers. But as soon as he got into camp, away from the Chicago friends, he grew lonesome and eve na bit home-sick for them. Just then the Y. M. C. A. campaign came on and Bill Bailey discovered that writing was the thing that would immediately connect him with his friends again. So he enrolled in a class in writing and after a week or more of harder labor than he had ever done in his life, he was able to scrawl his name. The achievement whetted his appetite, he wanted to learn rapidly now so that he might soon write a letter to his folks in Chicago—a thing he had never been able to do. But several weeks later, Bill actually wrote his first letter—wrote it and then surveyed it with the proud eye of an artist. It looked good to him—and it was good, too. But all of this was only the beginning of Bill Bailey's adventure in education. Very shortly he was asking if he could not learn to do "sums." A class in mathematics was organized by the Y. M. C. A. secretaries and Bill and a number of his fellow soldiers were enrolled. They are now being instructed in the subject and when they have mssater it they will take up French, geography and other studies. Thus Bill Bailey is better able to entertain himself and use his leisure hours to some good purpose than he would have been without the Y. M. C. A. campaign for every man to write his name. He is also having a chance to play games and build up muscles that he never used before. The outdoor games are teaching him to think and act quickly; boxing he enjoys most of all, perhaps; it is boxing that trains him for trench fighting, bayonetting and grenade throwing, all of which the good soldier now knows. In all of the cantonments the Y. M. C. A. religious program for the Colored troops has had a beneficial ef- KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1918. fect. Many men have been converted and man yothers have given up filthy and expensive habits. Profanity has decreased to a noticeable extent where campaigns have been made to show the troopers how useless it is. The cleaner atmosphere in the camps has made it possible to entertain women friends and relatives of the soldiers in the Y. M. C. A. huts and these parties are greatly enjoyed by the men who are away from their own families and friends. In the Y. M. C. A. buildings erected for the special use of the Colored troops there is ample space for motion pictures and theatrical entertainments, as well as for letter writing and social games. This is one place in camp which the men really enjoy, for it makes them feel thoroughly "at home." E. L. WARD DEAD As we go to press, news reaches us of the death of E. L. Ward, a prominent Mason, an officer for many years in Allen Chapel and a faithful employee for more than twenty years of the First National Bank. He was married just a few months ago and had been ill only a few days. THE LYNCHING RECORD FOR 1917 I send you the following relative to lynchings for the year. I find from the records kept by the Division of Records and Research of Tuskegee Institute, Monroe N. Work, in charge, that there were 38 persons lynched in 1917, of whom 36 were Negroes and 2 were whites. Thirty-seven were males and 1 female. Twelve or a little less than one-third of those put to death were charged with rape or attempted rape. The offenses charged against the whites lynched were: rape and murder, 1; fomenting strikes, 1. The offenses charged against the Negroes were: Attempted rape, 5; rape, 6; murder, 3; killing officer of the law, 2; for not getting out of road and being insolent, 2; attacking women, 2; disputing white men's word, 2; entering woman's room, 2; wounding officer of the law, 1; molesting women, 1; stealing coat, 1; intimacy with woman, 1; killing man in altercation, 1; accidentally killing child by running automobile over it, 1; vagrancy, 1; wounding and robbing a man, 1; attacking an officer of the law, 1; opposition to war draft, 1; insulting girls, 1; writing insolent letter, 1. The states in which lynchings occurred and number in each state were as follows: Alabama, 4; Arkansas, 4; Arizona, 1; Florida, 1; Georgia, 6; Kentucky, 2; Louisiana, 5; Mississippi, 1; Montana, 1; Oklahoma, 1; South Carolina, 1; Tennessee, 3; Texas, 6; Virginia, 1; Wyoming, 1. Mr. William Jamison, one of Kansas City's oldest and best known citizens, died after a long illness from septi-emia at the Wheatley-Provident Hospital last Monday and was buried Thursday from the Second Baptist Church, of which he was a member, under the auspices of Pritchard Lodge, A. F. & A. M. His funeral was attended by his son, Rev. H. W. Jamison, D. D., of Peoria, Ill., presiding elder of the Springfield District and National Deputy Grand Master of the U. B. F. The Pleasant Hour Social Club, of which Mr. William Thompson is president and Mrs. Mrs. Joseph ne Finney, secretary, having three dollars and forty cents left in their treasury at the close of the year, unanimously voted to divide it between the Wheatley-Provident Hospital and the Children's Home. This is a splendid example for other organizations in the city, and it is the spirit that will keep alive our organizations and support our institutions. DR. JAMES H. WILLIAMS, popular Grand Master of the United Brothers of Friend- presented his frate nity at the Conference called in byWilliam G. Mc Adoo, Secretary of the Treasury. Lincoln High School Extension MONTHLY MUSICAL CONCERT. Lincoln High School Auditorium, 19th and Tracy SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 3:15 P. M. PROGRAM GIVEN BY SECOND REGIMENT KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS BAND. Sergeant Wm. E. Cooper, Director. PROGRAM 1. March—"Stars and Stripes Forever".....Souza 2. "Gloria"—Mozart's 12th Mass.....Mozart EXTRA 3. Waltz—"Crimson Petal".....Fred Jewell 4. Selection—"Lucia Di Lammermoor".....Donizetti's Opera 5. Cornet Solo—"Inflamatus from Stabat Mater".....Rossini 6. Selection—"Il Trovatore".....Verdi 7. Reverie—"On a Summer's Eve".....K. L. King 8. "Star Spangled Banner".....Audience and Orchestra J. R. E. LEE, Principal. MAJ. N. CLARK SMITH, Director. DR. JAMES H the brilliant and popular Grand Mast ship, who ably represented his frate Washington, D. C. by William G. Mc Dr. J. H. Williams, Grand Master of the U. B. F. and the S. M. T., of the Missouri jurisdiction, was called to Washington, D. C., recently by Hon. W. T. McAdoo, Secretary of the U. S. Treasury and railroad director, to attend a conference of fraternal heads of the United States for the purpose of discussing steps to be taken to better the condition of mankind in general. The Grand Master was accompanied by Prof. P. C. Givens, editor of the U. B. F. Searchlight, and they arrived in Washington, December 15. The conference was held in the auditorium of the massive Interior building where he met chief officers of fraternal organizations, white and Colored, from all sections of the United States. Mr. McAdoo addressed the convention stating that they had been called in the interest of a common cause and to devise ways and means to give the best possible service ice both to the country and our soldiers and sailors across the sea. Dr. Williams was given a most hearty reception by both Secretary McAdoo and the white delegates and at 2 o'clock in the afternoon he with others were invited to call at the White House where they were received and entertained in the Blue Room by President Wilson who gave a splendid address and shook hands with all who were present. Dr. Williams returned home fully imbued with the necessity of every citizen doing his full duty, and will doubtless infuse his enthusiasm and loyalty to duty in the hearts of all the members of the great fraternity over which he presides. It may be worthy of mention to note that the United Brethren of Friendship holds second place among all Negro societies of the United States as contributors to the war loan, more than $10,000 having been contributed to this organization alone. Grand Master Williams and Editor Givens were loyally welcomed by the citizenship of Washington and many former U. B. F.'s living in that great city and a pressing invitation was extended to him to come back to the capitol in the near future for the purpose of organizing the U. B. F. in that city. Not only Kansas City but the entire jurisdiction is proud of the splendid record being made by our Grand Master who has demonstrated a peculiar fitness and ability for the very exacting position he holds in this organization. During his two and a half years as Grand Master the organization has witnessed a wonderful growth ramifying every section of our commonwealth, its finances have been placed upon stable basis and to be a U. B. F. now in Missouri is an honor which every thoughtful citizen is proud to enjoy. Commanding in presence, eloquent in speech, genial in disposition, Grand Master Williams possesses all those qualities that are essential to real leadership and doubtless the race has in store for him many honors which he will yet attain. "JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK." A vast audience braved the stinging cold weather because Mrs. W. T. Osborne, wife of the pastor of Ebenezer A. M. E. Church, 16th and Lydia avenue, had buried herself into the hearts of the people to see if "Jack and the Beanstalk," what she was really pro moting, really was all it was said to be. They may have come because it is the custom of Ebenezer to love her own. Whatever the loadstone was they came to the church in large numbers expectant, cherry, and they were not disappointed; they stayed radiant and joyous; they were captivated. It was the most remarkable outpouring in such weather Ebenezer has ever seen. It would be hard to tell what part of this high class operetta was the best. It was in four acts and played by 50 boys and girls. While the children have appeared in many concerts, cantatas, etc., never before have they appeared in as grand an operetta as was this. The play consisted of five principle characters, eight choruses, eleven solos and a range of dialogues. It would be hard to tell what part of this production appealed most to the audience. There was much amusement, and a thrill went through the crowd where the butcher shop scene, entirely original, eruminating from entirely original, eminating from the brain of the directress, Mrs. Osborne, which was indeed great. The conservation of food was brought out to a splendid advantage. Each scene, each mood, each change was admirable. Not a hitch, a slip, nor a mishap was made by the children; all due to the management of the directoress to whom it was entrusted. The Butcher Shop scene, with Master Earl Braden and Carrol Nealey as proprietors; Oneatha Mitchell and Jessie Martin, representing the Conservation of Food, and the little customers of the butcher shop; Charles Singleton, as Jack, was truly the star of "Jack and the Beanstalk." It was the glamour and enchantment of an exquisite fairy tale. Elizabeth Dimery, dainty, saucy, patient, devoted, appearing as never before as the "Fairy." Grand Opera work was brought out to a splendid showing by Mr. Edward Boatnier as Giant, Edith Greenless as Giantess and Florence Robinson as Jack's Mother. Pretty solos were sung by Esther Johnson, Hortense Dimery, Hermena Clay and little Charley Gales. Many thanks to the members and friends of Ebenezer who made it all possible. Those who missed this operetta missed a treat. We are more than ever impressed with the pastorate of Rev. Osborne and his splendid wife, whose thoughtfulness and the service they are giving the church was demonstrated by this great enterprise. The church congratulates them upon the success of this unique exhibition, and thank God for them and the service they are rendering. The music, by Mrs. Belle Jones, plano; Maurice Johnson, violin, was exceptionally fine; the program an ideal one from the beginning to end, and only hope it will be repeated in the near future. Some weeks ago there appeared in The Kansas City Advocate a statement naming certain high schools as the only accredited schools in the North Central Association. The attached letter of correction is self explanatory: University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo., Dec. 28, 1917. High School Visitor, Professor High School Administration Mr. J. R. E. Lee, Principal Lincoln High School, Kansas City, Missouri. Dear Mr. Lee: The Lincoln High School, Kansas City, was accredited to the North Central Association last year. Very truly yours, J. D. ELLIFF, Chairman, Commission on Secondary Schools SECOND NOTICE Subscribe NOW if you want to secure our $1.00 rate. 1803 E. 18th Street Bell Phone East 999 and 2789 PRICE, 5c. NEW ERA LODGE SCORED. New Era Lodge, No. 40, K. of P., of which Col. Walter Pritchett is master of exchequer, has the signal distinction of having pledged the largest sum for Wheatley-Provident Hospital of any Colored individual or organization in this city. After due consideration and by unanimous vote they pledged $1,000, which went a long ways toward making Dr. Thompkins a winner in the contest between the Captains as well as making the campaign a complete success. All honor to the splendid boys of New Era. May other organizations emulate their commendable and praiseworthy example. EMANCIPATION CELEBRATION. The fifty-fifth anniversary of the issuance of the Emnacipation Celebration was fittingly celebrated under the auspices of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of greater Kansas City at Centennial M. E. church, 19th and Woodland avenue, at 11 o'clock, New Year's day. Excellent music was rendered by the combined choirs of the Centennial and Christian churches with the capable Mrs. Nelle Hendricks as directress. An able address on the "Day we Celebrate" was delivered by Hon. C. H. Calloway( attorney at law, while a paper by Mrs. William Alphin, a reading by Miss Mary Whiteside and a rousing address by Rev. D. A. Holmes the brilliant pastor. The Metropolitan Baptist church of Kansas City, Kans., featured the program, Rev. F. D. Wells, president of the Alliance, was master of ceremonies, and at the conclusion a silver offering was taken for the various Negro charities of the two cities. The only regretable feature of the entire affal rwas the small attendance on an occasion of this kind. DR. G. W. BROWN. One of the most popular as well as successful of the younger physicians of this city, who is Captain of Team No. 6, won second place in bringing in the largest amount in the Wheatley-Provident Hospital Campaign. Dr. Brown is the Grand Medical Registrar of the U. B. of F. of this State, and the wise ones are predicting that he will be the next Grand Master. AN ELABORATE TEAC The tea given by Mesdames B. O. Crane, Nellie Young, J. W. Mitchell and Lossie Penn in compliment to Mrs. Grace Thomas Martin of Jersey Citq, N. J. Tuesday afternoon, January 1st, at the residence of Mrs. Crane, 1621 Cottage avenue, was one of the priettiest and most elaborate social affairs given this season. The color scheme of red and white was carried out in every detail. The centerpiece on the dining table was a Christmas tree beautifully electric lighted and interspersed with minute Santa Clauses. Throughout the afternoon the tea service was presided over by Mesdames J. R. E. Lee and Ophelia Watts Jackson while Mrs. M. G. Brookins poured coffee. Two hundred ladies were received during the afternoon. NEGRO FROZEN TO DEATH. A. W. P. Griffen, the well known barber and ex-pugilist, was found frozen to death at his home in Kansas City, Kansas, where he lived alone. Griffen was a popular figure among the sporting fraternity some years ago but in the last two years he had dropped almost out of sigat, working in a little shop at 14th and Walnut. 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There will be given at Old City Hospital, a series of lectures on Social Service, beginning Wednesday evening, September 19, and every Thursday thereafter throughout the year. These lectures will be given by experts along their special lines. as indicated by the following program. They will also be free, and anyone wishing to take advantage of them is invited to attend. They will be given in the nurses' Study Room of the Old City Hospital, and will begin promptly at 8 o'clock p. m. Jan. 10, 1918: Mrs. J. E. Dibble, investigator, Provident Association. Subject, "Social Service in the Hospital." Jan. 17: Mr. J. A. Borron, chief sanitary inspector, Board of Health. Subject, "Sanitation as Related to Social Work." Jan. 24-31: Miss A. J. Sorta, Women's Reformatory. Subject, "Training and Care of Delinquent Girls." Feb. 7: Mrs. T. W. H. Williams. Subject, "The School for Servant Girls." Feb. 14: Mrs. Mary Green, investigator, Provident Association. Feb. 21-28: Mr. J. O. Stutsman, superintendent Municipal Farm. Subject, "Causes of Crime." March 7: Dr. E. L. Mathias, chief probation officer. Subject, "The Juvenile Court." March 14: Dr. Alberta Green, Women's Reformatory. Subject, "Girls." March 21: Prof. J. R. E. Lee, principal, Lincoln High School. Subject, "The School and Social Service." March 28: Mrs. E. L. Bringham, Helping Hand Association. April 4: Miss Anna Jones, Lincoln High School. Subject, "The Working Girls' Home." April 11: Mrs. Margaret Barnett, investigator for Board of Health. April 18: Mr. James A. Lee, truant officer. Subject, "The Truant Child." April 25: Miss Beatrice Sydnor. R. N. and Miss Grace White, teacher. Subject, "The Fresh Air School." May 2: Miss Eva M. Marquis. Subject, "How to Develop the Social Life of the Community." May 9: Mr. O. J. Hill, president Federated Negro Charities. May 16: Mrs. Frances J. Jackson, County Home for Negroes. Subject, "The County Home." 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The Junior Choir wore their white robes Sunday morning which was indeed fine. They rendered a fine program. Miss Captola Richardson and Miss Helen Floyd sang "The Star of the East." Many compliments were passed on the ladies. It is hoped that they will sing again. The choir is doing fine under the leadership of Miss Helen Floyd....Mrs. Anna Howard of 1513 East 22d street, was called to her home in Weir, Kas., on account of the illness of her sister. We hope she is better by this time. SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH. On account of illness Rev. Bacoter was confined to his home last Sunday. Rev. Harris preached a beautiful sermon on "Love," to a large congregation. In the evening services Rev. J. A. Sharp, superintendent of the Teachers' Training Service of the National Baptist Publishing Board, preached a grand sermon on "The Race and the Goal," which was enjoyed by all. The Mission Circle met at the home of Miss Ellen Watson, 1424 Independence avenue, last Friday afternoon. The Friendship Club held a very interesting session at the home of Mrs. Virginia Green, 932 Woodland avenue. The funeral of Deacon William Jamison was held in this church last Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The church extends its relatives. Strangers are especially invited to share our church home. CENTENNIAL M. F. CHURCH CENTENNIAL M. E. CHURCH. Centennial M. E. Church choir rendered a splendid program Christmas morning at 5 o'clock, before a large and appreciative audience. This being the first meeting of its kind that was ever held the choir was indeed grateful to see such a splendid crowd. Exactly at 5 o'clock the choir, twenty-four in number, arrayed in white robes with their candles lighted, wended their way down the aisle as did the wise men, seeking the young child, Jesus. This was indeed a beautiful picture, the church being in darkness. The only lights visible were the candles that were carried by each member, while they sweetly sang, "Silent Night." Another special feature was the beautiful reading of Miss Luvenia Franklin, subject, "Christmas." Under the direction of Mme. Nelle Hendricks, the singing was so angelic that it held the attention of everyone present and many shed tears of joy and appreciation. Dr. Davis delivered an able sermon, the story of the birth of Christ was made so clear that one could form an igaminary point of view. Behold the little babe and his Virgin Mother in the manger. At the closing the choir sang "Gloria," by Mozart, from the 12th Mass, and as a token of respect and high regards, the president, Miss Ethelyn Crawford, was presented with a genuine pin-seal handbag, and the instructress, Mme Nelle Hendrickski was presented with a baton of ebony, striped STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY POLICE POLICE I Take One Pain Fill, then— Take it Easy. 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Standing room was at a premium at Ebenezer Watch Meeting night. Mrs. Hall, the evangelist, preached the watch meeting sermon. A great meeting was enjoyed. The operetta, "Jack and the Bean Stalk," presented by Mrs. Osborne, with fifty children, was a great success in every particular. The children agreeably surprised a very large audience. They went through an hour and a half's performance without a hitch, displaying marked training. The Christmas tree was largely attended. The program was good. Rev. and Mrs. Osborne were the recipients of many useful gifts. Mesdames Charles Garrett, Ethel Morris and Madlinda Reeves, of Omaha, Neb., were pleasant visitors at the parsonage during the holidays. Mrs. Sadie Dimery will take up the State League work after the first week in January and will visit all A. M. E. churches in the state. ALLEN CHAPEL. By Della I. Mosee. Rev. T. H. Wiseman occupied the pulpit Sunday morning, preaching a powerful sermon, entitled "The Magnetic Power of Christ." Although the temperature was hovering around zero and a strong north wind was blowing, a large number were present to greet Dr. Wiseman, who enhanced his masterly discourse by his charming singing.....Class Monday night, December 31, was followed by the sacred custom of watching the old year out and the New Year in.... Christmas morning, services were repeated Sunday evening by special request....The first, Quarterly Conference was held Wednesday night, many lending their assistance to the establishment of a new Mission church just north of Belvidere Hollow. Your assistance will be appreciated. The Christian Endeavor and Sunday school services grow interested. You are heartily welcome to all these services. Come and be a friend. AN EPISCOPAL NEGRO BISHOP. The Rev. E. T. Demby to Work in the Southern States. New York, Dec. 29.—The Episcopal diocese of Arkansas has taken a step toward the color line that is held to be in advance of any yet taken by any religious body in America, Protestant or Catholic. It is the election of a full blooded Negro to be a bishop. The E. W. Laden Tailoring Co. MOVED TO 822 EAST will tail A SUIT or an OVERC PANTS, $5 A large stock of import CLEANING, PRESSING Suit cleaned and pressed $1.00 We desire to have all o call and see us in our n Business phone, Bell Grand 42 The LaBelle College Emporium MOVED TO 822 EAST EIGHTEENTH ST. will tailor you A SUIT or an OVERCOAT for $18.50 and up PANTS, $5.00 and up A large stock of imported goods to select from. CLEANING, PRESSING AND REPAIRING Suit cleaned and pressed Suit pressed $1.00 50c We desire to have all of our old customers to call and see us in our new up-to-date location Business phone, Bell Grand 4281. Res., Bell Wabash 1346J The LaBelle College and Hair Dressing Emporium Manufacturers of Human A. Mme. S. E. LA KANSAS CITY, MO. man chosen is the Rev. Edward Thomas Demby, archdeacon of Tennessee and principal of an industrial school in that state. He is reported to be a man of scholarly attainments, and to have done sound educational work in Hebrew, Greek, Arabic and German and French philosophy. If he accepts the election, as it is expected he will do, he will be the first Negro bishop to be elected under a plan long discussed North and South, and may be given jurisdiction beyond the state of Arkansas, extending into Texas, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma. Editor's Note: Bishop-elect Demby is well qualified for the responsible position to which he has been chosen. He was educated at Howard and Wilberforce universities and at Matthew Hall, Denver. He was ordered deacon by Bishop Gailor of Tennessee in 1898 and ordained to the priesthood by the same prelate in 1899. He began his ministry as rector of St. Paul's, Mason, Tenn. Subsequent cures held by him were St. Augustine's, Kansas City, Mo.; St. Peter's, Key West, Fla., and Emmanuel, Memphis. In 1912 he was appointed by Bishop Gailor archdeacon in charge of the Colored work in Tennessee, in which position he has shown tact and administrative ability of high order. As a young man he was a successful teacher in Delaware, Texas and British America. He is a man of wide experience and sound scholarship. He has not yet signified his decision, but it is believed that he will accept the election. THE DAY WORKERS' INDUSTRIAL UNION. In view of the fact that living has increased 180 per cent in the last 18 months, the Colored working women of Kansas City have organized into what is known as the Day Workers' Industrial Union, under the American Federation of Labor, for a 50 per cent increase of wages, thus receiving $2.10 per day instead of $1.60 per day. The Union members are demanding the Union wage, $2.10 per day, and all are receiving it with little protest. We are making an earnest appeal to all women that do any kind of work by the day to join this union. Do not be afraid of losing your work, as no one is doing day work but the Colored women, and this is your opportunity to ask for what we want and receive it as well, as the high cost of living makes it necessary. Joining fee, 50 cents. Meetings every Thursday evening, 8 p. m. at the Labor Temple, 14th and Woodland avenue. Emily Drew, President. Josephine Abernathy, Fin. Sec Bethel Northcutt, Rec. Sec. Josephine Abernathy, Fin. Sec. Pianos and Victrolas Easiest Place to Buy is THE JONES STORE CO 3rd Floor 12th & Main Sts. FIRST EIGHTEENTH ST. tailor you COAT for $18.50 and up $35.00 and up otted goods to select from. ING AND REPAIRING Suit pressed 50c of our old customers to new up-to-date location 281. Res., Bell Wabash 1346J and Hair Dressing Manufacturers of Human Hair goods in all styles, viz: Switches, Hair Puffs, etc., Wigs and Toupes made to order. French ventilating on net. Match any shade of hair. We guarantee to grow 4 inches of hair in six months with our Electric Scientific Method. We guarantee to cure all scalp diseases, viz: tetter, eczema, ring worm of scalp, etc., with our scientific preparations, if used according to directions. For all styles of artistic hair dressing for special occasions see Mme. Laing. We teach Hair Dressing, Wig Making, Hair Manufacture, Manicuring and Facial Massage. Special inducements to apprentices. AGENTS WANTED everywhere to handle our La Belle Preparations and Hair Goods. Manufactured only by 1607 EAST 18TH ST. For All Entertainments — See — C. H. HARRIS, Mgr. 1731 Lydia Ave. Hours: to 9 a. m., 12 to 1 p. m. Hall phones, Home Main 2783, Bell Grand 3352. Residence, 2624 Euclid Ave. Res. Phone, Bell East 3429W. RATES REASONABLE. Why pay more to get a t LIVE AND LET LIVE AUTO T. T. T Bell Phone Stand, 2109 C Haul Everything. The Spotle (All that its 23 WEST 13 The best place in Kansa some, Sati Why pay more than 50 cents to get a trunk hauled? AND LET LIVE AUTO BAGGAGE AND E T. T. TIVETT Bell Phone Grand 1266 Stand, 2109 Campbell Street everything. KANSAS C the Spotless Kitch (All that its name implies) 23 WEST 13th STREET at place in Kansas City for a Clean some, Satisfying Meal Why pay more than 50 cents to get a trunk hauled? LIVE AND LET LIVE AUTO BAGGAGE AND EXPRESS T. T. TIVETT Bell Phone Grand 1266 Stand, 2109 Campbell Street Haul Everything. KANSAS CITY, MO. The best place in Kansas City for a Clean, Wholesome, Satisfying Meal Special Dinner and Lunch at Noon for those employed down town MRS. PEARL RILEY, Manager MARTIN YOUNG Proprietor WOMEN, GIRLS, EARN MONEY MY FREE BOOK TELLS HOW LEARN TO GROW HAIR MEN, GIRLS, EARN MORE MY FREE BOOK TELLS HOW EARN TO GROW HARD WOMEN, GIRLS, EARN MONEY MY FREE BOOK TELLS HOW LEARN TO GROW HAIR WOMEN, GIRLS, EARN MONEY MY FREE BOOK TELLS HOW LEARN TO GROW HAIR MME J. NELSON A Wonderful Hair Dresser One thousand agents wanted. Go THE STAR HAIR GROWER. This preparation. Can be used with or w ening irons. Sells for 25c per box—one 25c b value. Any person that will use a convinced. No matter what has your hair just give THE STAR HA trial and be convinced. Send 25c If you wish to be an agent send $ send you a full supply that you with at once; also agents' terms. by Money Order to . A Wonderful Hair Dresser and Grower One thousand agents wanted. Good money made, THE STAR HAIR GROWER. This is a wonderful preparation. Can be used with or without straightening irons. Sells for 25c per box—one 25c box will prove its value. Any person that will use a 25c box will be convinced. No matter what has failed to grow your hair just give THE STAR HAIR GROWER a trial and be convinced. Send 25c for full size box. If you wish to be an agent send $1.00 and we will send you a full supply that you can begin work with at once; also agents' terms. Send all money by Money Order to THE EAST INDIA H AST INDIA HAIR GI THE EAST INDIA HAIR GROWER A. Leaves the hair soft of a thousand flow Heavy and Beauti Gray Hair to its N Iron for Straighter Price, Sent by Leaves the hair soft and silky. Perfume of a thousand flowers. The best know Heavy and Beautiful Black Eye-Brows Gray Hair to its Natural Color. Can be Iron for Straightening. Price, Sent by Mail, 50c; 10 cExtra f Leaves the hair soft and silky. Perfumed with a balm of a thousand flowers. The best known remedy for Heavy and Beautiful Black Eye-Brows, also restores Gray Hair to its Natural Color. Can be used with Hot Iron for Straightening. Price, Sent by Mail, 50c; 10 cExtra for Postage. AGENTS' OUTFIT. 1 Hair Grower, 1 Temple Oil, 1 Shampoo, 1 Pressing Oil, 1 Face Cream and Direction for Selling, $2. 25c Extra for Postage. or Postage. INTERNATIONAL BANK OF AMERICA may more than 50 cents a trunk hauled? THE AUTO BAGGAGE AND EXPRESS M. TIVETT Phone Grand 1266 2109 Campbell Street KANSAS CITY, MO. Notless Kitchen (that its name implies) T 13th STREET Kansas City for a Clean, Whole- e, Satisfying Meal MARTIN YOUNG Proprietor RLS, EARN MONEY THE BOOK TELLS HOW TO GROW HAIR Don't struggle along in uncon- genial employment with long hours and short pay. Educate yourself to do work that has little compa- tition; isn't it better to spend a half hour daily and qualify yourself to do work that everyone else cannot do? The fields are large. ELOSO HAIR GROWER 50C PER BOX Are Seldom Equaled and never Excelled: Instructions by mail or in person. Diplomas to Graduates. Agents wanted everywhere, don't delay, write today. A penny will do it. ELOSO HAIR GROWER Manufactured only by MME, J. NELSON, President of ELOSO COLLEGE CO. 21 S. Compton Avenue, ST. LOUIS, MO. Wonderful Hair Dresser and Grower One thousand agents wanted. Good money made. THE STAR HAIR GROWER. This is a wonderful separation. Can be used with or without straightening irons. Sells for 25c per box—one 25c box will prove its blue. Any person that will use a 25c box will be invinced. No matter what has failed to grow our hair just give THE STAR HAIR GROWER aal and be convinced. Send 25c for full size box. you wish to be an agent send $1.00 and we will and you a full supply that you can begin work with at once; also agents' terms. Send all money Money Order to THE STAR HAIR GROWER MERS. INDIA HAIR GROWER Will Promote a Full Growth of Hair; Will also Restore the Strength, Vitality and the Beauty of the Hair. If your Hair is Dry and Wiry Try EAST INDIA HAIR GROWER If you are bothered with Falling Hair, Dandruff, Itching Scalp, or any Hair Trouble, we want you to try a jar of EAST INDIA HAIR GROWER. The remedy contains medical proprieties that go to the roots of the Hair stimulates the skin, helping nature do its work. hair soft and silky. Perfumed with a balm and flowers. The best known remedy for Beautiful Black Eye-Brows, also restores its Natural Color. Can be used with Hot lightening. Sent by Mail, 50c; 10 cExtra for Postage. S. D. LYONS, Gen. Agt., 314 East 2d St. Oklahoma City, Okla. --- Evanston, III. THEKANSASCITYSUN PUBLISHED WEEKLY All communications should be addressed to The Kansas City Sun, 1803 East 18th Street. Bell Phone East 999. Bell Phone East 2789 Entered as second-class matter, August —, 1908, at the postoffice at Kansas City, Mo., under the act of March 3, 1879. Nelson C. Crews.....Editor and Owner Willa M. Glenn.....General Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year ..... $2.00 Six Months ..... 1.00 Three Months ..... 60 Canada, and Foreign Countries $1.00 additional. ADVERTISING RATES, $2.00 PER INCH PER MONTH. MEMBER NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION. Nelson Curry, a prophet who lives beyond Leeds, says that the war will end February 1 and that there will be no more winter after that day. Well we hope Brother Curry has got the "right hunch." Since through the virtuous ideals of race satisfaction the Negro no longer affords an excuse for the spectral dread of the "social equality" spook the fear of civic equality is rising to take its place. Those high class white men who are fastering race hatred by discouraging Negroes from depositing their savings in the banks are putting up a fine prelude for the great world democracy idea. --- It's a very shabby Negro who will continue to slip in and out of a place of business after he learns that the trade or patronage of his race is not desired. Be manly! Be loyal to the race. Let us all rise or fall together. By way of a New Year suggestion we state again that the advertising columns of the Sun are open to that great army of business promoters who continue to make use of the pulpit as an advertising medium and who are at the same time gradually driving the congregations away in disgust. WOODMEN 1. Because it is an association of Colored people, operated by and for the protection of Colored people, and is not operated for profit. 2. Its rates are those of the National Fraternal Congress and therefore it is enabled to maintain a reserve sufficient to meet the increased mortality of its members in later years without resorting to taxes or extra assessments. 3. Because all certificates carry old age, permanent and total disability, accident, sickness, death, and burial benefits, thereby enabling any member to cover in a single policy such protection as otherwise would require the carrying of two or more policies in different companies at a cost in the aggregate far in excess of the rates offered by the American Woodmen. 4. Because there is no discrimination in rates. The humblest wage-earner pays no more than the professional or business man; age regulates the rate. 5. Because your policy cannot lapse on account of illness or accident unless you so desire, for it pays benefits from beginning of illness or accident until the restoration to health regardless of the time, whether measured in hours, days, weeks, months, or years. 6. In the event of death from whatever cause, there is an amount varying from $250 to $2,000 to maintain and protect those who are left dependent. It has paid within the past sixteen (16) years to its members, $400,000. 7. Because, by giving employment to hundreds of Negroes, it opens the door of hope to you. Its clerical force is composed of young men and women of the race, thereby giving an opportunity to earn a livelihood in a creditable way. 8. Because it is the oldest and strongest fraternal life insurance society for Colored people in America. It has $150,000 for the protection of its policyholders, and its solvency is unquestionable, being valued at one hundred per cent. 9. Because it accepts the membership of women on the same basis as men, and allows them to affiliate in all matters affecting the camp to which they belong. 10. Because of its fraternal feature, large numbers of men and women are brought into personal contact, thereby learning to guard and respect each other's interest, which ultimately develops into a racial love that promotes business. Then you should waste no time to become a member. Local Office, 1315 East 18th St., Kansas City, Mo. L. D. HINES, Supervisor. Phones: Bell, Grand 317; Home, Main 3963. THE WILLIS REALTY & INVESTMENT CO., 2610 Highland Avenue. Bell Phone East 3440. HOMES FOR SALE For $1,000 up on Easy Terms. Estates Administered— Properties Taken Care Of Taxes paid for you, which you may repay by weekly or monthly installments. Betty & Sam's Little Corner) A —That every man who grasps your hand is not your friend. —That many of us saw 1918 come in will never see it go out. Well, such is life. —That a great many resolutions made New Year's day have already been broken. —That it's a long lane that has no turn and surely the Negro is at the end of the turning. —That when it comes to "puffing" one's self, there are Negroes in the two Kansas Cities that take the bakery. —That the Jim Crowing of Negroes at the Star's picture play during the holidays was to be expected by those who know the policies and disposition of the Star. So why complain? —That the Negroes of Kansas City should build an up-to-date office building that should house a bank, a modest department store, the professional people of the race, and a great fraternal hall. Can't we do it, folks? --- —That those skeptics and knockers who not only refused to give to the Hospital Campaign, but who industriously knocked at every opportunity now that it has been an overwhelming success ought to crawl in their holes and pull the hole in after them. —That if the Negro churches would lay aside their doctrinal prejudices and foolish differences and get to together i na big Union Revival' with a competent revivalist, there could be one of the greatest revivals among Negroes in this city ever held in America. What do you say, brother ministers? Classified Wants and Rooms to Rent FOR RENT—Nicely furnished rooms, 1514 East 17th street. Ball Bell phone Grand 3532W. WANTED—Children to care for by the day or week. 1504 East Tenth street. Bell 'Phone East 1147J. FOR RENT—Furnished or unfurnished rooms. Bell phone East 4652J. Mrs. Alexander. FOR RENT—One apartment, 4 rooms and bath, first floor west in Ala- pha Flat, 22nd & Paseo. One ap- artment, 5 rooms and bath, 3rd floor east Omega Flat, 22nd and Flora Ave. Inquire Home phone Linwood 70. Burtch Investment Co. FOR RENT—Nicely furnished room, 1327 Woodland avenue.—Mrs. Virginia Price. FOR SALE. One-ton Ford Truck, in good condition. Can give terms to responsible parties. Call at The Sun office, or at 1700 Prospect avenue; South floor, upstairs, after 6 o'clock. FOR RENT By the Willis Realty & Investment Co 2610 Highland Avenue. 5 room apartment, 2607 Highland Ave., modern, $22.50 per month. 6 rooms on 24th street, lot 31x100 $17.50. $50.00 cash, balance $15.00 monthly. WANTED. Colored girls with good education between the ages of 16 and 24, neat, given opportunity to learn a trade on power machines. Business hours: 7:30 a. m. until 5:30 p. m. This is only for girls who will stick to this work. After a few weeks they are able to earn between $8 and $10 a week. This is the only garment factory that employs Colored help and if this is a success the Colored race has a new field open. Apply U. P. Garment Mfg. Co., 915 Broadway. Putting It Plainly. For, be it known and confessed, that we must all succeed or fall, survive or perish, with the farmer.—Exchange. THE KANSAS CITY SUN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5. 1918 GOOD SEED SCARCE Few Communities in Kansas Have Surplus of Kafir and Sorghum Grain. OTHER STATES SHORT, TOO Texas and Oklahoma Farmers Have No Seed to Spare This Year, Reports Say. There is a serious shortage of good kafir and sorghum seed. An inquiry made of farmers in practically every section of Kansas indicates that there are very few communities that have a surplus of seed and in most communities seed will be needed to plant a normal acreage of kafir and other sorghum crops next season. There is a fair supply of milo, fetitera, and sudan grass—crops that are early-maturing—but good kafir and sweet sorghum or cane is very scarce. In past years when there has been a shortage of these crops in Kansas, seed could be secured from Oklahoma and Texas. This season western Oklahoma and Texas are as short of good seed as Kansas. Already farmers and seed dealers in those states are trying to secure seed in Kansas. Because of the serious shortge of good kafir and cane seed it is important that anyone having grain of these crops suitable for seed hold it for seed purposes and not to use it for feed. Anyone who expects to plant kafir and cane in the spring and does not have sufficient seed should secure the seed needed as soon as possible. It may be impossible to secure good seed at planting time in the spring. The agronomy department of the agricultural college will appreciate the name and address of anyone who has seed for sale and will be glad to assist anyone who wishes to secure seed. ★★ Clay Center Editor Retires.—Fred W. Parrott, part owner and editor of the Clay Center Republican, has sold his interest in the publication and retired as editor. He had been editor for virtually twelve years. Mr. Parrott has been active in Kansas politics. V. G. Scrivener becomes editor for the Republic. ★★ Founder of Emporia Church Dead.—Father Joseph Perrier, for fifty years a priest, missionary and church builder in Kansas, is dead in Los Angeles, Cal. Father Perrier established the first Catholic church in Emporia and started the churches at Clyde, Concordia, Plainville and other Kansas towns. ★ ★ ★ Mining Wage Scale Settled.—The fifth attempt since April to make a wage scale for machine mining work in Osage county has succeeded, President Alexander Howatt of the United Mine Workers announced recently. The men are to be paid $1.50 a ton for loading and taking care of the working place. ★★ Adopts 6-Day School.—The board of education of Stafford decided at a recent meeting to extend the school week to six days for the remainder of the present year. The plan is to release school three weeks earlier to enable the pupils to work on the farms in the spring harvest. ★ ★ ★ Emporia's First Bride Dead—Mrs. Joseph V. Randolph, Emporia's first bride, is dead at her home there. Mrs. Randolph was born in Ohio in 1838 and came to Kansas with her parents in 1858. Her maiden name was Anna Margaret Watson. She was married to J. V. Randolph in Emporia December 22, 1859. ★★ Woman Died of Burns—Mrs. Fay Bryant, 20 years old, wife of Dr. William Bryant of Augusta, is dead at a hospital in Wichita, the result of burns received when her clothing caught fire from an open gas stove. Mrs. Bryant, before her marriage, was Miss Fay Rich of Wichita. Pioneer Woman Dead.—Mrs. Wash Reed, 67 years old, is dead at her home near Ottawa. She came to Kansas in 1857. Her death is the third to occur in the family in one week from pneumonia. M. E. Endowment Fund $200,000.—The Methodist Commission on Conference Claimant Endowment Fund met at Hutchinson and decided on a program to present to the General Conference that meets at Pratt, March 6. The commission must obtain $200,000 for retired ministers and widows and orphans of deceased ministers. The Rev. L. M. Riley of Wichita, is the traveling agent for this commission. The General Conference will be told that the ministers themselves should be taxed to pay the remainder of the fund. ★★ Wichita Had Building Boom.—Oil did for Wichita in a year what a dozen wheat crops could not have done. More than 4 million dollars in building permits were taken out in 1917, according to the report of the fire marshal's office. Would Build New School.—Mayer W. H, Thompson of Junction City has called a special election for January 15 for the purpose of voting on the issuance of bonds aggregating $100,000 for the erection of two new school buildings in Junction City. TO SAVE MORE FOOD Food Administrator Mumford Appeals to Missourians to Back Up the Army. MORE CONSERVATION NEEDED Soldiers Engaged in Strenuous Training Must Have Plenty of Strong, Wholesome Food. An appeal to the people of Missouri to reduce their consumption of meat and meat products has been issued by the Federal Food Administration for Missouri. In addition to the meatless day, the administration asks that all other conservation methods possible be used. "We must save pork especially," the appeal declared, "and its by-products such as sausage, bacon and lard, if we are to supply the needs of our soldiers fighting the battles of democracy on foreign soil. "At the present time, through our own excessive consumption and an abnormal war demand, a shortage so serious as to jeopardize the plans of the government for feeding the soldiers and the Allies has already arisen. "Soldiers strenuously engaged must have sustaining food. They need strong meat and an abundant supply of it—beef, mutton and fat. We must not cut down the meat rations of the men in the trenches but must curtail our own extravagant appetites. This can be done to the advantage of our own health by moderate self-restraint and by substitution of poultry, fish and game." There is a world shortage of 115 million animals of the meat producing type—the shortage in this country being seven million, as compared with seventeen years ago. The meat supply of France has been drained to its lowest ebb and the meat rations of the soldiers cut. In the great Italian drive the soldiers of that country were forced to partially subsist on fish because of the meat shortage. England has only enough meat for her own consumption, and that on reduced rations. "We cannot expect these nations to feed the American army," the request concludes. "It is for the American people, by conservation, to give meat to their own fighting men and to add strength to the armed forces by additional food supplies." Piersol Plotted to Escape. Claude Piersol, under sentence to the penitentiary for the kidnapping of Lloyd Keet, and Taylor Adams, who is awaiting trial for alleged complicity in the crime, have been confined to inner cells of the Webster county jail at Marshfield and many of their privileges taken from them. According to Sheriff Mackey, he overheard Piersol and Adams plotting to make their escape. He said he heard Adams asks Piersol the best means to effect a jail delivery and Piersol suggested to Adams that Adams knock the sheriff down with a club. Complete Callaway Levee The first levee of any size built in Callaway county to protect low lands from Missouri river floods was finished at a cost of $10,000. It is known as Reveaux Drainage District and protects 970 acres of land. The cost was $11.62 an acre and the bill was paid by property owners directly. Father and Son Die of Pneumonia. Fillmore Lawry, a farmer of Vernon county, is dead following an attack of pneumonia contracted when he went to Camp Doniphan after the body of his son, Edward Lawry, who had succumbed to pneumonia. Refused to Accept Flag. The chairman of the Linn County Council of Defense was notified that Superintendent of Public Instruction Lampkin has revoked the life teacher's certificate of J. A. Lind, a rural teacher of that county, who had a hearing before the state superintendent on charges of disloyalty. Lind has been teaching under his life certificate since 1886 and for a number of years was a member of the high school faculty at Moberly, but more recently he has been employed in the rural schools of Linn county. He is not a German, but is a native American of Swedish ancestry. Student Dies in France. Irwin H. Shaw, a former student of the University of Missouri, who went to France with the first squad of American aviators, died of ptomaine poison on November 29, according to a recent telegram from the adjunct general at Washington. Mr. Shaw went into the aviation service from Ava, Mo. He was in the signal service in France. A Chillicothe Depot Burned. A carelessly dropped match, which fell into inflammable sweeping compound, caused a fire in the Wabash Depot at Chillicothe which destroyed the building. A fire hydrant near the station was frozen. Mrs. Sarah Burnham Dies. Mrs. Sarah Angie Burnham, 70 years old, the wife of the Rev. W. H. Burnham, dean of the Baptist ministry of Callaway county and a student of William Jewell, college sixty years ago. is dead. Negro Business and Professional Directory of Greater Kansas City BAKERIES MRS. SUSIE OWENS, 2331 Vine street Bell phone, East 5017. HOME BAKERY. Mrs. A. Compton Prop. 1717 E. 18th street. BARBER SHOPS LABORING MEN'S BARBER SHOP, W. F. O'Bonnon, Prop., 558 Grand avenue. BEAUTY PARLORS AND MAIR DRESSERS. MISS ELSIE ROGERS, Poro Hair Dresser, 1244 Armstrong Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas. MRS. CORA D. WILLIAMS, Poro Hair Dresser, 1319 Euclid Ave. Bell phone, East 1215J. MRS. SUSIE P. GIPSON, 1725 Michigan avenue, Poro hair dresser. Bell Phone, East 8058J. CAFES. MRS. H. W. DOTSON, 1705 East 12th, Bell Phone, E. 2214. FLORISTS. CROSTHAWIT FLORAL CO., 1501 E. 19th. Bell phone. East 272. LAWYERS. C. H. CALLOWAY, 601 Delaware, Home phone M. 58, Bell phone Main 448. Practices in all courts. W. C. HUESTON, 601 Delaware, Home phone, M58, Bell phone Main 448. Legal advice. Practices in all courts. E. A. SHACKLEFORD, Attorney at Law, 511 Minnesota avenue, Kansas City, Kas. Bell phone, West 3866. JEWELERS. J. A. WILSON, 1616 W. Ninth street, Kansas City, Mo. Bell phone, Main 6248R. PHOTOGRAPHERS J. E. MILLER STUDIO, 1622 East Eighteenth street. Bell phone, E. 91. REAL ESTATE and EMPLOYMENT. COLORED PEOPLES INVESTMENT CO., Solomon Smith, Pres., 2122 Vine St. Bell Phone, East 1011. Home Phone, East 4011. A B C EMPLOYMENT AND INVESTMENT CO., 500 Minnesota avenue. (Upstairs) Kansas City, Kas. Bell phone, West 1743; Home phone, West 221. C. W. Neloms, Mgr. H. L. KINSLER, 918 East Twenty-first street. Bell phone, Grand 4204. SHOE STORE. G. A. PAGE'S SHOE STORE, 1507 E. Eighteenth street. Pell phone, East 1328. SHOE REPAIRING. ELECTRIC SHOE & REPAIR SHOP, J. C. Banks, Prop., 1514½ East Eighteenth street. Bell phone East 4939. UNDERTAKERS ADKINS BROS., Nineteenth and Vine streets. Both Phones, East 4349. East 4349. H. B. MOORE, 1104 Independence avenue. Bell phone Main 3398W. Home phone Main 3341. WATKINS BROS., 1729 Lydia avenue. Bell phone Grand 987, Home Main 7989. Res., Bell East 3281. All the musical talent of greater Kansas City, white and Colored, will hear Roland W. Hayes next Friday night. MONEY TO LOAN ON FURNITURE. MONEY TO LOAN ON FURNITURE. 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Either this is because the knitters keep their work, once finished, or because of some irregularity and lack of system of distribution. At any rate, several yeomen, permanently stationed in Washington, where there are no bitter winds, were found strutting about clad in sweaters knitted by kind hands. Knitting is, of course, a wonderful war service, if directed in the right way. But there is a fear that knitting is becoming a fad and is occupying the time that might be used to a better advantage in some more permanent sort of war work. Gorgeous knitting bags of course, add a great deal to the appearance of any street costume, but is it the purpose of this war to make our American girls more fetching? Are you using all your wool to a good advantage? Do you ever find your handwork too good to be sent away, and keep it yourself as an added but unnecessary garment? Knit on, girls, but be sure you are right. Don't waste your time dawdling with knitting when you might be in the kitchen cutting down the food consumption, or in Red Cross headquarters making bandages. Government Printing Office Needs More Room Government Printing Office Needs More Room URGENT need for a new building for the government printing office, to cost approximately $2,250,000 and to be located adjoining the present building, at North Capitol and H Streets, is emphasized by Cornellus Ford, the public print- points out that even for normal work the present structure is inadequate. He says: "Printing and binding for 1917 exceeded that of 1916 by over 30 per cent, and it can readily be seen that if an urgent necessity for more working space existed in 1916, the demand for more room at this time is an imperative one. "Halls and passageways are now used for storing signatures, and in some cases presses have been stopped on certain work because the bindery or other divisions through which the jobs must progress could not at once accept the work by reason of lack of space. In order to carry on the work at all it has been necessary to use the old building for both storage and production. Condition of this building is bad, and it has been condemned several times; many portions have been re-enforced, the walls have been tied to prevent them falling out. It is built entirely of wood, excepting the exterior brick walls, and for this reason there is constant danger to life and property; in case of fire it does not seem possible that any of the old building could be saved, and the new building would be in grave danger." War Has Not Extinguished All Sense of Humor THE senators and representatives are back in town for the biggest session of congress perhaps that this country has ever seen. One and all they are determined to back the president. They are back, and they are back of Wilson. One representative I know has a sense of humor as big as his body and kindly heart. He asked me not to mention his name in connection with this recital, because he is tender respecting the feelings of "the folks back home." He just got back from the home state. Those constituents of his hate sham and pretense of all sorts. They hate affectation so much that sometimes—quite often, in fact—they imagine people are "putting on" when they are not. Some woman, moved away from the old town to a big city, for instance, will come home on a visit one day. She will be well dressed. The women of the town will look her over and say: "Doesn't she think she's smart!" Poor lady! That's the last thing she thinks she is. She has been to the city and knows she is not particularly "smart." But those "home folks" know better. National Capital Has Become Great War Center "ONE cannot appreciate the things the government is doing in the war until he comes to Washington," remarked J. R. Jackson of Detroit, at the Willard. "If there is activity in other cities, it amounts to almost riot in Washington. One observes this more par- ment. If the people of every little town and hamlet could get a glimpse of Washington in these days, they would come to a sudden realization perhaps that Uncle Sam means business, and that he has gone into this war to stick until the finish. The pacifists, I imagine, if they could stay in Washington for a few days, would see the futility of their cause. Likewise, I imagine, if the German people could see what is going on in Washington they would not be lulled into sleep by the siren voice of the Prussian militarists, if that is what is keeping the German people in line." THIS IS SO GOOD THAT I'll KEEP IT FOR MYSELF ing out an urgent appeal for clerical help Knitting has almost disrupted the effec- departments. Military and naval officials do entire approval. Secretary of War Baker has partial remarks about the practice in public. It age of sweaters and wristlets which reach the Either this is because the knitters keep the of some irregularity and lack of system of a yeomen, permanently stationed in Washing winds, were found strutting about clad in sw Knitting is, of course, a wonderful war way. But there is a fear that knitting is beed time that might be used to a better advants of war work. Gorgeous knitting bags of course, add a any street costume, but is it the purpose of girls more fetching? Are you using all your wool to a good a handwork too good to be sent away, and kee necessary garment? Knit on, girls, but be sure you are right, with knitting when you might be in the kit umption, or in Red Cross headquarters Be sure you are right, then knit ahead. Government Printing Office URGENT need for a new building for the approximately $2,250,000 and to be locate North Capitol and H Streets, is emphasized by er, in his annual report to congress. The report sets forth that the amount of printing and binding produced during the fiscal year 1917 far exceeded that of any previous year. A large portion of this increase was during the last quarter due to preparedness and war activities. The lack of space to handle properly this rush order of war work is not the only reason for the public printer's urging a new building. He renews a recommendation made last year and points out that even for normal work the pres- says: "Printing and binding for 1917 exce- cent, and it can readily be seen that if an space existed in 1916, the demand for more tive one. "Halls and passageways are now used in cases presses have been stopped on certain divisions through which the jobs must progra- work by reason of lack of space. In order been necessary to use the old building for b dition of this building is bad, and it has bee portions have been re-enforced, the walls ha hing out. It is built entirely of wood, excep for this reason there is constant danger to it does not seem possible that any of the old new building would be in grave danger." War Has Not Extinguished THE senators and representatives are back congress perhaps that this country has e- termined to back the president. They are b WELL, IVE GOT TO GET BUSY enough business without making it any more dent Wilson finishes sentences that way!) One representative I know has a sense kindly heart. He asked me not to mention rectinal, because he is tender respecting the He just got back from the home state. Those constituents of his hate sham an affectation so much that sometimes—quite ple are "putting on" when they are not. Some woman, moved away from the will come home on a visit one day. She w the town will look her over and say: "Doesn't she think she's smart!" Poor lady! That's the last thing she city and knows she is not particularly "smarter. National Capital Has Become "O NE cannot appreciate the things the g he comes to Washington," remarked hard. "If there is activity in other cities, ington. One observes this more particularly about the hotels, where everything is confusion. "Everybody who comes to Washington, of course, has some sort of business with the government, and all connected with the war. Traveling on the trains that go through this city one meets all sorts of men, representatives of all sorts of business, and all have some objective that has to do with getting a contract or doing business in some manner with the govern- ment. If the people of every little town Washington in these days, they would co that Uncle Sam means business, and that until the finish. The pacifists, I imagine for a few days, would see the futility of the German people could see what is goin be lulled into sleep by the siren voice of what is keeping the German people in line in the war capital as it is anywhere else, but it is just a bit under the shadow of disapproval. In the first place, the thousands of girls employed in the government offices here have become too enthusiastic with their knitting. So much so that they have forgotten their work. Consequently one wanders through those official buildings where entre can be secured and sees throngs of girls sitting at typewriters and desks knitting. At the same time the government is send- help in the departments. efficiency of some of the government mals do not look upon the knitting with kter has taken occasion to make deferen- lic. It is claimed here that the percent- each the boys in active service is small. up their work, once finished, or because m of distribution. At any rate, several Washington, where there are no bitter in sweaters knitted by kind hands. war service, if directed in the right is becoming a fad and is occupying the advantage in some more permanent sort add a great deal to the appearance of pose of this war to make our American food advantage? Do you ever find your and keep it yourself as an added but un- right. Don't waste your time dawdling the kitchen cutting down the food con- s making bandages. nead. Office Needs More Room For the government printing office, to cost located adjoining the present building, at ized by Cornellius Ford, the public print- the present structure is inadequate. He exceeded that of 1916 by over 30 per if an urgent necessity for more working or more room at this time is an impera- used for storing signatures, and in some certain work because the bindery or other it progress could not at once accept the order to carry on the work at all it has for both storage and production. Con- has been condemned several times; many walls have been tied to prevent them fall- excepting the exterior brick walls, and eager to life and property; in case of fire the old building could be saved, and the er." Hed All Sense of Humor we back in town for the biggest session of has ever seen. One and all they are de- are back, and they are back of Wilson. These are serious days, big days, days that in years to come will be regarded as epocalyx days. In the history books all we get are the big events. Getting up in the morning, eating breakfast and hurrying off to work never get into the history books. But it is not left out of our day-by-day life. Even these busy congressmen are still finding time to relish all the fun that crops up. Truly, we need all the humor we've got in war time. It is serious by more serious than we have to. (Presi- way!) Humor lightens the pall of action. A sense of humor as big as his body and mention his name in connection with this ing the feelings of "the folks back home," state. Dam and pretense of all sorts. They hate —quite often, in fact—they imagine peo- town. In the old town to a big city, for instance, She will be well dressed. The women of she thinks she is. She has been to the city "smart." But those "home folks" know Become Great War Center is the government is doing in the war until arked J. R. Jackson of Detroit, at the Wil- ties, it amounts to almost riot in Wash- PACIFIST town and hamlet could get a glimpse of could come to a sudden realization perhaps and that he has gone into this war to stick imagine, if they could stay in Washington city of their cause. Likewise, I imagine, if he is going on in Washington they would not vice of the Prussian militarists, if that is in line." THE KANSAS CITY SUN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1918 What Can We Do? * Trained nurses are urged by the Red Cross to enroll for service in European hospitals. Nurses who can leave this country at any time, for foreign service, are needed or will be, and it is very necessary that they should enroll at once. The woman's bureau of the Red Cross has published a leaflet which may be had by applying at any chapter, describing layettes for French or Belgian mothers who may need them. With regard to these simple outfits of warm baby clothes the Red Cross has issued the following: "The articles and garments in the layette have been chosen upon the advice of the woman's bureau representatives who have returned from a two months' investigation of allied needs in France. The Red Cross is anxious that these baby clothes be made by women working at home instead of in the chapter workrooms. "The garments are very simple. Great emphasis is laid on the purchase of extremely durable materials, since owing to the coal shortage in France, hot water is available in most villages only twice a week, while the greater part of the laundry work is done in ice streams. The method of cleansing is by pounding with stones. Warm baby clothes will save many a child who otherwise might perish this year. Attending to There is no prospect now of a respite from the necessity to knit and if such a respite were in sight there are many women who would not take advantage of it. This knitting for the soldiers turns out to be a fascinating occupation that quietes the nerves and satisfies the heart's desire to do something worth while. There is no end to the demand for warm sox, for scarfs and sweaters and helmets, and there is no limitation to the willingness of women to make them; so we are destined to go on knitting. Even the end of the war will hardly see the end of our devotion to the good, old-fashioned art. By that time we shall have become addicted to it—and also to the necessity of being useful. The knitting bag is the outward and visible sign of our patriotic industry and every day brings out new ones. The last arrivals are somewhat smaller than the sweater bags that were so numerous in the summer and fall followed by knitting bags patterned after them. Satin and ribbon are used for making many of these new bags, in plain and printed weaves and in brocaded and embroidered patterns. They are designed so that they can be easily carried on the arm and to make the knitting so accessible that everywhere their wearers sit down for a quarter of an hour, or even less time, the knitting goes faithfully on. Three ribbon bags are shown in the group illustrated. The largest bag is made of rose-colored ribbon in five strips, herringbone-stitched together. The end strips are trimmed in a curve and the edges are finished with a narrow plaiting of inch-wide satin ribbon matching the bag. Small rings with cover of crocheted silk floss suspend the bag "The layette will, if necessary, serve also for civilian relief here in America. "Patterns described in the leaflet can be obtained at Red Cross chapters, and at practically every retail dry goods store with a pattern counter. The outfit calls for: "Two daisy-cloth or outing flannel dresses, one flannel or knitted or crocheted jacket, three bleached muslin jackets, three thin white flannel brassieres, one flannel or daisy-cloth hood, two pairs of bootees, two swaddling cloths or woolen blankets, three flannel binders, twelve diapers, three undershirts, one bonnet and a bug filled with sundries for the little newcomer into a warring world. Wherever possible the Red Cross urges that the layette be completed before it is turned over to the chapters for shipping. Where this is not possible, single articles will be acceptable. "Members of the Junior Red Cross, little girls in the grammar grade sewing classes, have offered to help with the baby clothes; and many women in rural districts will find these simple contributions to the winning of the great war and the comforting of French motherhood, easier to make than cutting hospital garments for men or struggling with the wool scarcity when they have volunteered to knit." Our Knitting from large metal ring handles. The bag at the lower left of the picture is made of black satin ribbon set at each side of a handsome brocaded ribbon, with black ground and flowers in many rich colors. It is suspended from two narrow metallic rings, one of them set with a few mock jewels in colors. A handsome black silk tassel finishes each end of this dignified bag. Wide black velvet ribbon at each side of a richly embroidered satin ribbon serves to make the handsome bag at the right. The trumpet flowers embroidered in red silk in a black ground are enriched with silver threads entwining their stems and foliage and brightening the blossoms. This bag is lined with soft green satin and is suspended from large satin-covered rings. Julia Bottomley Feather Hats. The feather hat for afternoon deserves a place all by itself. All the best French milliners have sponsored it and, what is more to the point, have sent over such models that they are sure to be taken up and worn. After all, in a new mode the principal thing to make it a success is that it shall be so new and attractive that a woman just cannot ignore it. Embroidery on Velour Women are used to wool embroidery on street suits. And now they find floral designs, worked in silk, on suits of velour—floral designs such as once could have been considered suitable only for centerpieces! POSTAL SERVICE IS BETTER Improvement Throughout the Country In Conduct of Business Is Noted by the Department. Officials of the post office department claim that it has been proved that the service rendered to the people of the country at post offices has been greatly improved, notes a Washington correspondent, and they substantiate this claim by the diminishing number of complaints that are received and by expressions of approval in the press and elsewhere. In the department, it is also pointed out, correspondence with postmasters is conducted with more facility and expedition than formerly, and the reports of post office inspectors, as well as statements furnished by the auditor of the department indicate that the ability of postmasters to conduct their post offices satisfactorily to the public and to the department is greater than it has been at any time in the past. The increased efficiency of postmasters has been due, it is asserted, not only to the care exercised in their selection, but also to the kind and amount of service required of them. No postmaster has been permitted to regard his position as a sinecure, but all postmasters have been required to devote not less than eight hours of the day to their official duties and to assume the active direction of the postal operations committed to their charge. Wide discretion has been granted postmasters in the arrangement and adjustment of their facilities to meet local needs and demands for service, but complete subordination and co-operation has been required with respect to the important general policies of the department and the specific directions issued for standardizing the methods of work and organization in post offices. The department has not hesitated to remove such postmasters as have failed, after appointment, to measure up to the required standard of efficiency and performance. It is stated that practically all postmasters of the fourth class now serving have been appointed as a result of competitive civil service tests. The service in small communities throughout the country has been benefited by the impartial selection of the most competent persons available to serve as postmasters, and by the appointment of those persons in accordance with procedure which makes the civil service status of each unquestionable. Girl's Hat Halts Traffic. Old Boreas is no respecter of persons, especially near the tall buildings. Besides showing the male portion all the latest designs in hosiery, he not infrequently steals the dome covering of some fair one who is negotiating a crossing. That is what he did recently, but at the same time there was an exhibition of chivalry, which showed that it was not buried when knighthood passed away. At one of the Broadway corners, notes a New York correspondent, where traffic is exceptionally heavy, a gust of wind caught in its whimsical grip the headgear of a young lady who was crossing the street and caused it to roll merrily past a car and close to the hoofs of a passing team, before the warning hand of the big bluecoat guardian had been raised all traffic was voluntarily halted and he was given opportunity to rescue the undamaged piece of millinery and return it to its embarrassed but grateful owner. A wave of the cop's arm and every vehicle continued its journey, which had been momentarily halted by the girl's mishap. All of which proves that the days of chivalry are still with us. Alibis Cheerfully Furnished. There are tricks even in the sailor boy's trade. Consider the one of this young man whose war vessel is anchored somewhere near New York. He came into a hotel in West Forty-second street one night at 3 o'clock, writes a New York correspondent, the clerk pushed the register around and the scaman signed his name. He did not speak. He took his room key and went to his room. Next morning at 11 o'clock he came downstairs in a rage. To the clerk he told the story of having left a call for 5 o'clock, and of not having been called. Then to the manager he rushed. "I have not been called by your clerk, and I am six hours late reporting at my post of duty. It is the fault of the hotel and I demand a written letter from you, the manager, to the commander of my ship, saying the blame is yours, that I was not called when I should have been." The manager didn't even smile. He knew the sailor's game, and hurriedly dashed off a letter, assuming all blame for the young patriot's failure to arrive at his post on time. The Sound of Guns. Conflicting statements have been made from time to time as to the distance at which the guns can be heard. On a still night, when an easterly breeze is prevailing I have heard the dull thud quite distinctly in South London, observes a writer in the London Chronicle. It is this disquieting sound, not less than the din of an occasional air raid, which gives Londoners an idea how near the conflict really is. Now records are being prepared which show the extent of the distance at which the guns are heard. Scientists at University college declare they can be distinguished at a range of 200 miles. This would include places like Warwick, Hull, Cromer, Brighton and Weymouth. Sound travels at a rate of about 1,000 feet a second, so that the sound of the guns in Flanders reaches London about twelve and a half minutes after the explosions occur The KITCHEN CABINET Not to know at large of things remote from me, But to know that which before us lies in daily life Is prime wisdom. GOOD THINGS AND INEXPENSIVE. We are learning that good, tasty food need not be of high cost. mold. Unmold on a large platter and garnish with whipped cream and orange peel. If the diet is to be healthful and economical, the person who plans it ought to know in a general way how much protein and other nutrients are needed and how much is contained in the different food materials. WHAT MAY BE DONE WITH WINTER FRUITS. We have grapefruit, oranges, lemons, bananas and apples in plenty in most markets the year round. In winter when the fresh berries are lacking there are many dalnty ways of using these common fruits. Banana Salad.—Split bananas in quarters lengthwise and lay on a Banana Salad.—Split bananas in quarters lengthwise and lay on a bed of shredded lettuce. Sprinkle with finely chopped nuts and serve with French dressing. Chilled bananas served this way make a tasty dessert, using whipped cream in place of the salad dressing. Celery and Grapefruit Salad.—Cut the grapefruit in thirds, remove the pulp and cut up with an equal amount of celery. Mix with salad dressing and fill the shells with the mixture, garnish with celery tips or watercress. Mint and Orange Salad.—Take three tablespoonfuls of finely chopped mint, six oranges, the juice of half a lemon and two tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar. Remove the pulp from the oranges, mix with the other ingredients and chill. Serve in dainty glasses. Grapefruit Cocktail. — Cut each grapefruit carefully to resemble a basket, remove the pulp and scallop the edges. Cut the pulp rather fine and mix with canned white cherries, sweeten to taste. Chill and serve in the baskets. Garnish with red cherries. Other fruit combinations may be used if desired. Orange Salad.—Peel oranges and slice thin, laying them in overlapping slices on an oblong plate, garnish with powdered sugar and candied cherries, or dress with French dressing and garnish with parsley or watercress. Apple Cups.—Pretty apples scooped out to form cups and refilled with the minced apple with celery and nuts, make a most attractive salad. Any salad dressing may be used. Slice a small piece from the stem, and, leaving the stem in for a lifter, then with a sharp spoon scoop out the apple; when filled the lid may be replaced, the apple served on a dolly covered plate. Yellow, green and red apples may be used, or one color is preferred. A cocktail may be served in apple cups or any sauces for meats, making a most dainty receptacle. Be always displeased with what thou art, if thou desire to attain to what thou art not; for where thou hast pleased thyself, there thou abidest.—Quarles. The housewife of today uses the strictest economy with conservation of resources, without lowering the food value of her menus. Buckwheat Gems.—Beat a half cupful of sugar with one egg, add three tablespoonfuls of melted fat, add alternately one cupful of milk and a cupful of buckwheat flour, then beat in half a cupful of wheat flour, $1\frac{1}{2}$ teaspoonfuls of baking powder, and a half teaspoonful of salt. Bake in gem pans and serve with honey. Banana Sour Ice Cream.—Dissolve one cupful of sugar in the juice of two lemons, then add $1\frac{1}{2}$ cupfuls of sour cream and three bananas put through a ricer. Freeze. Simple Pudding.—Reserve a third of a quart of milk and scald the remaining two-thirds, add a half teaspoonful of salt, and mix with six tablespoonfuls of flour mixed with the third of a quart, when smooth add to the remainder and cook until thick and smooth. Remove from the heat and stir in two well-beaten eggs. Flavor to suit the taste. Put a small portion of a cupful of sugar into a deep dish, pour in the pudding and spread the rest of the sugar over it. Cover the dish and set away where the pudding will cool slowly. These last directions are the most important. Steamed Date Pudding—Beat one egg, add two teaspoonfuls of butter, one-half a cupful of flour, one-half a cupful of sugar and one-half a teaspoonful of baking powder, two tablespoonfuls of milk and a cupful of chopped dates. If this pudding is steamed in four cups it will take 25 minutes, if in one dish, allow 45 minutes to an hour. Serve with cream. A New Sandwich Filling—A cupful of finely minced cabbage salad which contained a bit of onion and green pepper chopped and dressed with mayonnaise was a leftover. Bread was buttered and on it was placed thin slices of cheese, then a spoonful of the salad, topping another slice of buttered bread. The combination was especially pleasing. Add a little sugar to both corn and peas, canned or fresh; it will improve the flavor. Nellie Maxwell Not to know at large of things remote from me, But to know that which before us lies in daily life Is prince wisdom GOOD THINGS AND INEXPENSIVE We are learning that good, tasty food need not be of high cost. Beef Liver With Onions.-Slice the liver very thin. Remove all veins and dust with seasoned flour. Slice six onions thin and fry them until soft in a little bacon fat. Remove the Onions.—Slice the liver very thin. Remove all veins and dust with seasoned flour. Slice six onions thin and fry them until soft in a little bacon fat. Remove the onions and fry the liver. When well cooked on one side, turn, put the onions on top and finish cooking. Remove to a hot platter, add a little water to the fat in the pan to make the gravy, then pour it over the liver. Hominy and Tomato.—Take two cupfuls of hominy and combine with well seasoned tomato, using a cupful seasoned with two tablespoonfuls of each fat and flour cooked together and added with salt and pepper to the tomato. Mix all together and bake in a well buttered baking pan, cover with buttered crumbs the last of the baking. Keep covered until the crumbs are put on, then let them brown and serve hot. Vegetable Chowder.—Dice six slices of fat bacon and cook it until brown, add two onions sliced thin, and cook until soft in the bacon fat. Combine a can of lima beans with four large potatoes cut in cubes, and a quart of milk. Add the bacon and onions and cook until the potatoes are done. Thicken with two tablespoonfuls of flour mixed with a little of the cold milk, add four and a half teaspoonfuls of salt, a can of okra and stir in a can of tomatoes, adding a fourth of a teaspoonful of soda as they come to the boiling point. Dried Beans With Cream.—Soak a half cupful of beans, any variety except the navy, and cook in the same water until tender. Season with salt and pepper and sweet cream; two or three tablespoonfuls will be sufficient. This is a most filling and nutritious dish good for a meatless meal. Bean Loaf.—Take one cupful of lima beans, soak over night and stew until tender, put through a sieve and season well with cream, salt and pepper, with a few dashes of red pepper, add crumbs and form into a loaf, steam or reheat in the oven and serve piping hot. Rice Cups With Marmalade—Mold in small cups sufficient rice (well cooked) to serve the family. Unmold, brush with butter and put into a hot oven ten minutes to brown. Take orange marmalade—freshly made is better—or heat a glass of the hardened marmalade and pour it rich and thick over the rice cups. Serve with a custard, making a most delicious dessert. I pray you O excellent wife, not to cumber yourself and me to get a rich dinner for this man or this woman who has hardened your heart and that chamber made ready at too great cost. These things if they are curious in, they may get for a dollar at any village. But let this stranger, if he will, in your looks, in your accent and behavior read your heart and earnestness, you shall not buy with which he can not buy at any price in any village or city.—Emerson. ORANGE POSSIBILITIES Oranges are always in season and are usually reasonable in price, so that they may be freely used as fresh fruit, or as dessert in combination with other materials. Orange Washington Pie.—Cream together half a cupful of butterline and one cupful of powdered sugar, adding PINEAPPLE when very light the grated rind and juice of one orange and one well-beaten egg; then stir in alternating half a cupful of milk and a cupful and a quarter of flour sifted with a teaspoonful of baking powder. Bake in two layer cake pans in a quick oven for 15 minutes. For the filling heat a small cupful of cream, add a tablespoonful of gelatin that has been soaked in a tablespoonful of cold water for five minutes, sweeten with a tablespoonful of sugar and flavor with the juice and rind of one orange; strain this into a bowl placed in ice water and whip with an egg beater, adding when quite stiff a cupful of whipped cream and half a cupful of chopped hickory nuts; spread this between the layers, heaping in a small pyramid on top. Frozen Orange Pudding.—Prepare a custard by using a pint of milk, two eggs and two tablespoonfuls of sugar. Remove from the heat and flavor with the grated rind and juice of one orange. While this is cooling, peel two oranges and remove all of the white and seeds, flaking the pulp in small pieces, sprinkle liberally with powdered sugar and let stand. To the cold custard add a half pint of sweetened whipped cream and turn at once into the freezer, stirring in when half frozen the prepared orange pulp and a small cupful of grated macaroni crumbs; continue the freezing until very stiff and then pack in a melon most markets the year round. In winter when the fresh berries are lacking there are many dalty ways of using these common fruits. SIMPLE ECONOMICAL DISHES. sewife of today uses the onomy with conservation of resources, without lowering the food value of her menus. Buckwheat Gems. Beat a half cupful of sugar with one egg, add three tablespoonfuls of melted fat, add alternately one cupful of milk a 5 4 Miss Doane’s } Fo Medee | | i By J. L. Harbour HARARE ee ae “No two of them seem to be exactly the same tint, and I never had such a lot of them out at one time before,” said Miss Semira, She loved flowers and nearly every foot of her small front yard was laid out in beds and mounds. ‘There was not a weed to be seen, and her plants looked thrifty and bore evidence of care, The little white house back of the flower garden had plants In the two front windows, and climbing vines completely covered the small, green lattice-work porch over the front door. All of the flowers and plants were of the old-fashioned varieties, Miss Semira did not care for floral “novelties.” She liked her four-o'clocks and ragged robins and lady-in-the-green and bleeding hearts better than any “others” she had ever seen, Miss Semira was so small and fragile looking, with such delicattty tinted pink cheeks, and such fluffy yel- low hair that she looked quite like a flower herself as she moved about in her little garden in a blue lawn dress with little white flowers in it, and her lace-trimmed snowy white apron in which there was neither spot nor wrin- kde. She was stooping over picking a dead leaf or two from one of her geraniums when a shrill, rasping voice startled her by saying. “How nice your flowers do look, Miss S’mira; an’ how sweet they smell. I can smell them clean over to my house when it’s still or when the wind is blowin’ in that direction, You allus have such good luck with 'em, Flow- ers grow better for some folks than for others.” Miss Semira looked up and saw a tall, gaunt woman in a chocolate-col- ored calico dress and green and white checked gingham apron standing at her gate. A red and white tennis cap perched on one side of her Iron-gray head gave the woman a grotesque look. “O, Mrs, Sampson, is {t you?” said Miss Semira, “Come in, won't you?” “No, it ain't wuth while little time as I've got to stay, Then I've left some ginger bread in the oven. I want to know if you wouldn't be willing to take a mealer.” “A mealer, Mrs. Sampson?” “Yes. You see I've got a chance to let my big front room upstairs if I can find a place for the person that wants It to take their meals, I can't undertake to give anyone their meals with my rheumatiz pesterin’ me the way it does, an’ Sampson havin’ it when I don't, Then I ain't no cook, anyhow. But I do want to let that big front room, an’ this person will take it if I can find a mealin’ place near by, an’ here you are right acrost the road an livin’ all alone, an’ you as much of a born cook as you are a born flower raiser. An’ I've heard you say, that you sometime got dreadful tired o’ takin’ your meals all by yourself.” “Who is it wants your room?” “Well, it’s a gentleman—but there, you needn’t look so scairt. Miss S'mira, for it ain't a young gentleman nor a middle-aged gentleman, but a real nice, fatherly-lookin’ old gentleman that there'd never be a mite o' talk "bout you givin’ his meals to. He must be old enough to be your father, ao’ I don’t know when I've seen a nicer ap- pearin’ man, I'd a sight ruther have him around than nine out o’ ten fus- ‘sy, fault-findin’ wimmen. Don’t you say no until you think it all over.” Miss Serira thought it all over with the result that two days later Mr. Jared Lyster found himself seated at Miss Doane’s daintily set table, Miss Semira had often been heard to say: “[ don't mind any part of living alone so much as I mind eating my meals all by myself, If I just had someone that was interesting and pleasant to talk to at mealtime I wouldn't mind the rest. I would take a mealer if I got a good chance,” Mrs, Sampson had gone a trifle be- yond the truth when she had said that Jared Lyster was a “real fatherly looking old gentleman.” Miss Semira’s mental comment when she saw him was: “Why, I don't belleve that he is a day over fifty-five.” Miss Semira’s own years numbered forty-five, She had expected her meal- er to be a man of at least sixty-five ‘and possibly seventy years of age, but she did not voice her surprise to Mrs. Sampson, She accepted the situation in @ manner that manifested her good senst, and she said to herself: “here's nothing for people to talk about if he isn't as old as I thought he was. I have lived In this town too Jong for anyone to gossip about me, He certainly ts a very well-favored, gentlemanly person, and there's noth- ing in me giving him his meals that should set any one’s tongue to wag- ging.” Jared Lyster was a childless wid- men he had a fondness for good meals well served and he liked to live in an atmosphere of cleanliness and order, ‘He found this atmosphere in Semira Doane’s pretty-and well kept little home, and the meals she served were to his entire satisfaction. Miss Semira, on the other hand, found the soclety of Jared Lyster to be more agreeable than she would have dared confess. She would not ac- knowledge even to herself how much she valued his presence when he hed been her “mealor” for three months, ‘But she found herself studying his tastes and cooking the dishes she knew ‘he liked, She found herself also put- ‘ting a red ribbon bow in her hair near- ly every day after he had casually re- marked that red was his favorite color and that he liked to see the little bow of red in her hair. She found her- self watching for his coming and he did not know that she often stood be- hind the lattice work on her little porch watching him out of sight. Nor did she know what his thoughts were as he walked away. He did not know how tumultously her heart throbbed one evening at the tea table when he said as he slowly and carefully folded his napkin back into its original creases: “Well, Miss Semira, I think that I must tell you that I have decided to ‘make a change.” “In your business?” she asked with her eyes fixed on her plate, “Well, yes; the change I have in mind will give me a partner in my business, But what I was going to speak to you about was a change in regard to my meals. It isn't altogether convenient having my room in one place and taking my meals in another. “Moreover, I do not quite like being a | mealer,”” | “Of course, if you wish to make a ‘change you are at Iberty to do so, 1 could not promise you any better meals ‘than I have been giving you even if ‘you stayed with me,” “I wouldn't want any better meats any place.” “0, thank you.” “The meals are all right, but I never before was what they call in this town a ‘mealer’ and I don't like tt, I would enjoy my meals a good deal more if they were served by—well, by my wife. ‘There! Semira, don't look so fright- ‘ened! It is what I have been wanting ‘to say for a long time, almost from the ‘first meal I ate with you! Let me stop being a ‘mealer’ and let me be your husband instead.” He had’ reached across the lttle table and taken her by both hands and was looking into her face with shining eyes. Her eyes met his in a moment ‘and he must have seen something of hope and encouragement for him in them, for he was by her side in a mo- ment with his arm around her waist and his cheek to hers. ‘The next day Miss Donne received a call from Mrs, Sampson, who said: “Well, S'mira, its turned out just the way Sampson an’ me have been sayin’ for two months that {t would turn out, an’ I'm glad of it even If I have lost a roomer, Anyhow, you gained a mealer ais ti. Sleatan Goon eee ct sual e a. IRON HADES IN SOUTH WALES are “movie” stars goes Without saying, of course, as such a thing would be impossible in any other field of endeavor. ‘That the romance that surrounded the mush- roomlike development of the motion-picture Indus- try has not all been dissipated since it has been placed on a modern business basis, ls shown by the stories of these young stars who haye risen to fame and fortune almost overnight. While they have succetded, of course, hundreds of others, treading the same path, have failed, but that 1s another side of the picture. ‘The world 1s not in- terested in failures. It Is interested in those who have “made good” under unusual circumstances, It seems probable that some of the leading “movie” stars of today may have had to tell a Uny fib or two to escape the clutches of the min- lons of the Inw whose duty It 1s to enforce the child labor regulations, for some of those who are now in the very center of the spotlight are still far from that age which they must attain, accord. ing to the fiction of the law, before they are cap able of managing their own affairs. The case of Bessie Love, one of the most recent youthful stars to flush into view in the “movie Armament, is typical of that of several others who have gained fame and fortune In the past year or two, Just a little more than a year ago this young star was just “Sweet sixteen” and still a pupil in the Los Angeles high school. She admits now that while she pored over her books her thoughts were elsewhere. She dreamed of the time when she might become a “movie” star, but she did not know then how soon her dreams were to come true, if she hadn't had tonsilitis and had to stop studying, Miss Love would not have been out of high school yet, but the doctor said “no more school for a while,” and that dictum resulted in Miss Love becoming a star almost in the twinkling of an eye, Of course she did not become a star the first day she visited a studio, and she worked hard before she reached the top, but her period of probation was a short one, and It was only a few short weeks, after she first went tlmidly to a studio in Hollywood, the center of the motlon-ple- ture industry In Los Angeles, and was given a trial ‘as an extra, that she was playing leads with such actors as William §. Hart, Douglas Fairbanks and De Wolf Hopper. ‘Then it was but a step to the point where It was “Bessie Love in —," when the pletures In which she played came out. She {s now a full-fledged star, appearing tn her own pletures and still she 1s only seventeen. ‘Through it all, Miss Love has remained un- spoiled. She 1s still the modest and unaffected girl of sixteen, Neither she nor her mother, who al- ways travels with her, seems to think that it Is anything unusual for a girl just past seventeen to be earning as much money as the president of the United States. Mrs. Love tells how Bessie used to sit up in her high chair end discuss elvie mat- ters and religton and music at the age of six, and of how they had planned that she should be a schoolteacher. “And here she is a film actress,” ‘says the mother; “but her heart was set on it and I believe that one only does well that which one loves to do.” And Besste declares that she loves her work in the movies. ‘Then there 1s Mary Miles Minter, who is not yet sixteen, and 1s said to be the youngest of all stars “sonnlving the amount of money which 1s pald to her Molten Metal Rolling Down Side of Invisible Wall Turns Heavens Into Great Blaze. The first night spent by a visitor in South Wales, in the center of the ‘great iron country, is marked by a wonderful impression, says the London Daily Mail. In the daytime the iron works seem only an ugly cluster of tall chimneys and uneven roofs seen through gray smoke, More insistent are the shrill voices of ragged children and the hud- dling cottages of the workmen, at whose doors stand careworn women with anxious eyes, And the dim moun- tains, sometimes half hidden by sweeping rainstorms and sometimes a clear greenish color, every lonely tree on thelr bare sides silhouetted in a darker hue, force themselves upon the eye with the tragedy of their impo- tence against the defiling hand of man. When one stands right beneath the tips they stand out against the sky like monstrous caricatures of Swiss peaks, ‘There is something about this place desolate and infinitely depress- ing. But at night when all ts dark the sky is suddenly lit with a red glare. From the window the stranger sees a ruddy light touching the billowing clouds and glimmering away to black- ness between them, He sees roofs and chimneys standing out in startling solidity ‘against the flaming back- ground; the furnaces are opened, and it is as though the ld of hell were lifted. ~'Then, on top of one of the tips, but appearing as though isolated in the sky, comes a stream of brilliant gold rolling down the side of the in ala’ Gait ’ta culten. Se Hospital for War Boots. The war girl is again setting new records in a factory near the east end of London. Here, however, it is not shells, but boots which she is turning out. ‘It is more like a surgery for boots than a factory because, within 40 minutes, a palr of boots from Flan- ders thick with mud and hardly recognizable are completely restored to strength and soundness. ‘The boots are scrubbed in warm water, dressed with castor oll, the heel and tap Is stripped off, then the outer skin of the upper part is taken off with a ma- chine invented during the war, ‘The sole and heel are renewed, the whole blocked into shape and finally restain- ed, polished and made ready for use again in the army; all in 49 miqutes. About 00 girls are working in this boot hospital THE KANSAS CITY SUN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1918. So lary fa * Fi de 5 a ° . fee Youthful lavorites Pinter ffm Y WY aVOriILes he oe 4 2 pte re = e fr “ La Jl 4 f » la Ce 2 - { | a4” 4 \ Sure. es Fa ‘ we / of lot {rnve fi e cere & ee Lf oe oy & _? tg : * i dh yy = ee) . Roe i a a se TES. <x ~j E> S ie oS OL = ws j — <x Pe “sc 4) 4 4 eae x i i, “Oy aa oa ab a a a Di I i ae x a ~~ Gs eS aes a fr vs Re “ ey rw : aR = % . rN ‘ oar ., es wo a ae . : fro < SD ee i hg <— . : ar % R may : ae © LUC <i FU) CUB b ~~ ee | |) i ate o~. Be ee | | Gait iN ~ , a pea ge ty : ly ; 4 4 “ ove er ‘ Ab \ aN Se eee Ae) \\ \ \ oe Ue Se BN % ee a 5) oe ali oe ‘ a a Helen lergussort» ld Re <i ean a f a) Se © ATTAIN nation-wide fame while Le Cs 4 * ere ee = E \ i | “T Racine a Haley equal or Intec vie eee ee > ? eee opie Steriane tok ie oi = a = cal u ie Ruth Clifford in salary each week, Unlike Bessie Love, she was raised Ina grease-paint atmosphere, her moth- er playing with many famous stage stars during the days when she was but a tot. She made her first appearance on the stage when she was so smal that she was still taking naps in the tray of her mother’s trunk in the dressing room. A few Years ago Miss Minter went into the “movies” and she immediately became a star. She is suid now to be drawing a fabulous salary. Miss Minter, like Miss Love, has none of the up- stage atmosphere about her that many of the mo- tion pleture stars accumulate when their salaries begin to crawl into the five-figure eycle. She is still a merry, unsophisticated child, anxious to suc- ceed In her pletures; but brim full of vivacity and freedom of her youth and reluctant to come into the age when she will have to put up her hair and wear long dresses, She loves her work, but dislikes very much the ordeals of shopping for clothes, having her pletures taken for personal photographs and belng com- pelled to dress up for compuny. Miss Minter gives several hours a day to her tutor, who reads constantly with her young charge. ‘Thus her education ts far beyond that of most girls of her age, for her appetite for knowledge often keeps her tutor working nights to keep up with her. She 1s especially fond of poetry und loves to gather about her an audience of children to whom she tells wondrous fairy tales, June Caprice is another film star who has had a meteoric career. In March, 1916, she was attend- ing school every day in Arlington, Mass. In March, 1917, she was one of the best-known and most popular of film stars. ‘The story of the intervening twelve months reads like a page from the Arabian Nights, Toward the end of that first eventful March a motion picture magnate happened to be in Boston on n business trip. He was on the lookout for new picture material. Consequently he kept his eyes more than usually wide open. As he was riding down Huntington avenue one day he saw a pretty Uttle golden-halred girl walking along by herself, He Instructed his chauffeur to follow her, ° ‘The result was that he met her at her home in Arling- ton, He also met her parents there. He told them his plan, They agreed. A week later June Ca- price was in New York. ‘The scheme was this: Little June, seventeen years old, was to come to New York to submit to a film “test.” If this proved that she photographed half as beautiful as she looked In the flesh, June was to be starred, It didn't matter whether she could act; the directors would teach her that. But, us a matter of fact, June had always had theatrical ambitions and had spent many moments In ama- teur acting. So she knew a great deal about the art before she began, When Miss Caprice arrived in the big elty for the first time, she was taken to a fashionable girls’ school on West Seventy-second street. ‘There she made her home during the first year of her life in New York. Each morning she would study, each afternoon she would work in the studios, and at night she was early to bed, weary from the day's tasks, Now she {s a real honest-to-goodness star with a great big salary. Ruth Clifford, who ts now in the class of high- salaried stars, violated all feminine traditions by pretending to be older than she really was when she was picked out from a big bunch of “extrar” in a California studio, as a result of her work in minor parts, and was offered a fat contract as a regular. In reality she was only eighteen, but she assumed all the dignity and Importance of twenty- one so that she might be able to sign her own con- tract, Her mother was unable to make the long trip to California in order to perform the necessury Lor- mality at the tne a contract was offered to the little actress, but she just couldn't wait to become a regular member in good standing of one of the largest film manpfacturing concerns in the uni- verse. So she did her best to add cubits to her stature by taking thought, and carried herself with such a grace and stately bearing that she really might have succeeded in getting away with it. However, when the formal, legal-looking docu- ment, with {ts “parties of the first part” and “whereas” and “do hereby agree,” and all the other quaint phraseology which is necessary to make a promise really binding, was laid out before her and she took her pen in hand to sign away her services, her courage failed. With nervous haste she de- clared her really insignificant number of years and the contract had to wait until mother could make the trip to California after all. Success did not come so easily to Miss Helen Ferguson, although she ts now a star at sixteen. Miss Ferguson says that much patience, courage, persistency and hard work were required before she got a start. She now looks upon her first ef- forts to get a trial as a joke, but it was not so much of a joke then, “I visited the studio every day It was open for four months,” laughed Miss Ferguson, “They wouldn't even give me a chance until one day, in & courtroom scene they had one vacant chair. They had pressed Into service stage hands and every. one else obtainable to fill other seats and finally, in desperation, the director grabbed me for the last chair. “That was the beginning. I made good as a courtroom spectator, so 1 got extra work from tme to time until finally I was a ‘regular.’” Miss Ferguson believes perfect health ts the greatest asset of an actress, therefore she taboos late hours and exercises regularly In a gymna- sium built especially for her in her home. “I want to look is young at thirty as I do now,” explained the little actress, “The only way I can do that is to sufeguard my health, I retire every night at 9:30 o'clock.” Miss Margarita Pischer 1s a youthful star who {s not satisfied with the success which she has al- ready attained, but believes in working hard all the time in an effort to improve her work, She takes life seriously in spite of the fact that most of her pictures do not indicate it, Miss Fischer's chief aid in the work which she does at home 1s her mother, When she reaches home after a busy afternoon in the studio, her mother has her mail all sorted out for her, and after dinner she retires to her study, where she looks after the answering of an immense correspondence, And after the letters are out of the way, she goes over the plans for her next day's work, “Co-operation of the star and the director is absolutely necessary for the making of better plo- tures," she says. “I give an hour every evening to going over the work and thinking out better ways to submit to the director, For you cannot allow yourself a moment's let-up, if you are am- Ditlous to do good work on the screer IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL @y fF, ©. LESSON or of the Sunday School Course of the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago.) (Copyright, 1917, Weatern Newspaper Unton. ao Sy LESSON FOR JANUARY 6 JOHN PREPARES THE WAY FOR JESUS, LESSON TEXT—Mark 1:1-11. GOLDEN TEXT—Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world. —John 1:23, PRIMARY MEMORY VERSE—Thow shalt call his name Jesus: For it is he that shall save his people from their sins, =Matt, 121. INTERMEDIATE, SENIOR AND ADULT TOPIC—Heralds of the king. ADDITIONAL = MATERIAL: FOR THACHERS—I6a. 40:3-6; Mal, 84-2; Luke 1:5-25; 89-80; Matt. 8:1-17; Luke 3:1-8; Johp 10-42, ‘The first lesson for this year marks the introduction of The Improved Unt- form series of International Sunday School Lessons, This series has growit out of several years of frank discus sion and the presentation of many pro- Posed lesson schemes, It 1s an effort to conserve the benefits of the unl- form system of lessons with the desire to adapt the lessons as thoroughly as possible to the modern pedagogical Idea of graded instruction for the varl- ous departments of the school: an attempt to provide for the whole schoo? as thorough and as teachable a unl form lesson idea as possible. Special topics and spectal memory verses and additional scriptural ma- terial have been designated wherever it has been deemed possible whereby to make the lessons more helpful to the pupils of different departments. It ts the beginning of an eight-year cycle, chosen with the view first, of Incorporating several short topical courses in addition to the usual series on the chronological basis, and sec- ond the committee had In mind the desirability of more frequent survey of the entire Bible with varying meth- ods of approach than Is possible under a six-years cycle, Finally, to har- monize In the period of the cycle the newly adopted quadrennial conven- tions of the International Sunday School association, Where no topic, memory verse or additional material 1s Indicated for inter-departments of schools, it is intended that uniform material should be employed for such departments. Occasionally the general title and lesson may be found to be more help- ful than the special topics or addi- tional material as indicated for a giv: en department, Sunday school lead ers frankly acknowledge that this new plan is an experiment, It is hoped, however, that the long continued eon- troversies over graded lessons, extra- biblical material and uniform lessons may find a solution in this newer plan. Mark's Gospel pictures Jesus as the servant; therefore, it makes no refer- ence whatever to his genealogy. The key-word to this gospel Is the word “straightway,” which is used more than forty times, and it is a sugges- tion as regards the obedience of @ servant, 1, Introduction (vv. 1-8). The be- ginning of the gospel is meant the beginning of the blessed story qs told by the evangelist, Mark. Note it Is a fulfilment of prophecy (Mal. 8:1; Isa. 80:3). Mark Is here more particular- ly referring to Isaiuh. This is the period in the life of Christ between his temple experience and the day of his baptism, when he first entered publically into the real history of Israel. Jesus must needs have a hers ald, even as an earthly king is an nounced before his arrival, Christ himself is the living word (John 1:1), though the voice which announces him is the voice of a man—John the Bap- tizer. The baptism of John was unto repentance ‘and the remission of sins, It must not be confused with Christian baptism. Some interesting questions arise as to the Ife of Jesus before this event—his religious habits (Luke 4:16); his attitude toward the word of God and its prophecies (Luke 4:17- 21); the work he had been doing im Nazareth (Mark 6:3). Il, The Baptizer, (vv. 4-9), To know what kind of a man John wag, we must look up Mark 1:6 and Mutt. 8:4, His religious convictions are in- teresting also. They were a matter of his heart (Luke 8:8), a thing of his daily life (Luke 3:10), He was @ man who held to a strict moral stand- ard (Mark 6:18). His method and his message were a protest and a warp- Ing as well as a preparation. Repent- ance Is not remission of sin ({ Johm 1:9). John demanded “fruit” whlets should accompany repentance (Matt. 8:8, 9). His message was not na- ‘tlonal but individual and his sugges ‘ton (Mutt. $:10-12) of future punish- ment for wrong-doing Is only exceeded by the words of our Lord himself. "Ill. The Baptism (vy. 10, 11), Bap- tism is always an emblem, a symbol. (See Matt, 3:11; Luke 3:6; Mark 1:85 Rom, 6:4.) It is a public identifies tion, a public consecration and confes- sion of faith. Jesus Christ himself took the place of sinners (II Com, 5:21). While this lesson is a lesson of the herald who preceded our Lord, who came to prepare the way and to usher in his kingdom, still there is the other side which we cannot forget, and ba teaching this lesson we must ‘the character of the king who John came to herald, am THE HONOR ROLL A Complete List of Subscribers to the Wheatley-Provident Hospital Fund for the Purpose of Purchasing a Hospital Building ALL HONOR TO EACH OF THEM Prominent White People Contributed Liberally Toward This Much Needed Institution and the Colored People Responded Nobly. IS YOUR NAME MISSING? The campaign for the new Wheatley-Provident Hospital has been fought and gloriously won and the race has a right to congratulate itself upon the earnestness and unanimity with which they worked to achieve the desired results. Physicians and laymen vied with each other in rolling up the largest amount for the Institution and the honor of soliciting the largest sum goes to the team captained by Dr. Wm. J. Thompkins with $3,839.10 to its credit; while the team of Dr. G. W. Brown was a close second with $3,241.50; the team of Dr. E. A. Walker with only a few workers made a surprising showing being third with $2,961.00. The flying squadron composed of Drs. Perry, Lambright, Unthank, Prof. Lee, Rev. Wm. H. Thomas, F. W. Dabney and N. C. Crews secured a total of $10,361.00 while the total sum realized was $27,894.45. $5,000—The Kansas City Railways Co. Cash on hand $1541.00. Percentage from Tag Day collection, $1,512.00. $1,000—Mr. William Volker $1,000—Mr. Charles W. Armour $1,000—New Era Lodge, No. 40, K. of P. $500.00—Swift and Co. $500.00—Mr. W. S. Dickey. $250.00—Mr. R. A. Long. $50.00 each: Dr. C. C. Connover B. S. Poarman Dr. E. C. Bunch Nelson C. Crews Fraser W. Debryon Dr. J. F. Shannon Dr. T. C. Brown Dr. E. J. McCampbell Dr. W. H. Bruce Dr. L. P. Richardson Dr. L. M. Tillman z W. C. Hueston Rev. J. W. Hurse Dr. Lloyd Baller Dr. E. E. Dibble Dr. E. A. Walker Dr. McQueen Carrion Dr. T. A. Fletcher Dr. Thomas W. Jones Chaples H. Hickson Paxillus Wheatley Art Club Madorie N. Fields William Buckholtz William O. Berryman Mr. and Mrs. Martin Young Dr. J. H. Williams T. A. Harzfeld Frank C. Niles Cooper & Campbell Prof. L. N. E. Lee Sixth Grade Attucks School, Miss Whiteside, teacher Fourth and Fifth Grades Attucks School Owen & Payson Edw. Bedford Dr. E. T. Stone Jose Sanchez G. N. Grisham W. A. Love, Mr. Bush Wells, Mrs. James B. Kincaid, George W. K. Love, Mrs. H. Perry, Leslie Hammond, R. L. Logan, Mrs. E. A. Harris, Professor and Mrs. R. T. Coles, George H. Edwards, Mrs. R. T. Coles, George H. Edwards, M. O. Pickard, Roland Patrick, H. R. Ennis, W. Eugene King, Judge Miles Bulger, H. B. Parks, Agnes Burke, Kate Riley, Thomas Sanders, G. N. Grisham, E. B. Ramsey, M. Johnson, Mrs. Cora McCulm, Dr. J. Franklin Radford, Dr. T. C. Chapman, C. A. Franklin, Dr. M. G. Brookins, T. B. Watkins, C. H. Calloway, Geo. H. Hedgepass, W. H. Harrison, B. Bacote, W. H. Harrison, Herman L. Kline, A. Harris, Mrs. Theo Rowan, S. H. Thompson, J. F. Hoolehan, Earl Allen, Wm. W. Penn, Frank Christian, G. T. Maley, Edwin Fair, E. H. Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. A. L. Wright, Susie Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. S. Hill, Dr. St. Elmore $200.00 each: Mr. Wm. T. Kemper J. W. Jenkins & Sons Music Co. $105.00: Dr. D. M. Miller $100.00 each: First National Bank Dr. J. E. Perry Dr. M. H. Lambright Dr. William J. Thompkins Dr. T. Unhank Dr. G. W. Brown Butler Motor Co. Felix H. Payne Physicians' Supply Co. N. E. Malone, St. Louis, Mo. Flat & Marks Hettinger Bros. Frank P. Walsh Dr. Jabez N. Jackson Dr. Howard Hill Dr. Sean B. Norberg John Sheldon Mr. Jas. H. Harkless $40.00 each: Dr. C. Murray Kane John Connole $35.00; H. B. Moore. $30.00 each: L. A. Knox Prof. Joe E. Herriford. women who worked in this campaign deserves the fullest credit for their effort as well as the splendid body of women who contributed such excellent service on Tag Day. When Chairman Crews and Secretary Dabney began this campaign there were many who said that it could not be done, that it was impossible, that there were too many things going on, that money was too scarce, and a hundred and one other things to hinder and discourage the successful consummation of this much desired necessity but undaunted, they went ahead, carefully laid their plans, secured volunteer but loyal workers and the splendid result attest their wisdom as well as determination. The Hospital Board hopes as soon as the first payment of pledges have been collected to begin immediately to put the building in condition and it is their sincere hope that by not later than April they may be ready to dedicate it with all the honors befitting such a needed and gloriously won Institution. [Saunders, Dr. Julius Frischer, Q. J. Gillman, Mrs. Eli Harris, Miss Willa Brown, Nurses, Old City Hospital, H. L. Cox, Nurses, Old City Hospital, H. L. Cox, Farnam and Gallashue Murfin Myrs, Orda and Josephine Laurie, Gray-Bryan Sweeney Coal Co. E. R. Ewain, Judge Casimir J. Welch, Roland Smith, Dr. Howtom T. Jawahir, Frank Barbary, J. Ahn Tom Aembera, Josephine Finney, Burnham, Munger, Root Dry Goods Co. Jones Store Co. W. E. Halsell, T. J. Pendergast, Shaw Transfer Co. J. L. Williams, Norman Childress, Rothchild & Sons. $24.00 each: Bernita Winsley, Katie Brookins. $20.00 each: James A. Baker, John Todd, Dr. A. R. Bledson, m. and Mrs. J. Cook, H. W. Wright, Ch. A. Ross, m. and Mrs. Thomas Glenn, Edward C. Jones, H. Hibson, J. B. Wesson, Edw Friedson & Son. T. J. Mitchell, Joseph Maddox, O. H. McCandles, H. M. Leon Rosenwaid, Edward S. Lewis, S. Bishop, Vandern Wallace. $18.00: $15.00 each! Mrs. Funnie Carson, Mrs. V. L. Houston, Mrs. Maggie Grat, Mrs. Hattie Bradshaw, Mrs. Virginia Price, Stewart & W. Smith, W. H. Nolan, Anna William, L. Lee, Wood,ulus Hopser, P. Edwards, Lee Wood,ulus Hopser, D. R. Forthson, John Bryant, Cols Evans, Arthur W. Harris, Solomon Smith, Georgia Mason, Frank Moore, Guy Shriner, Hardy Smith, W. H. Nolan, lanl, W. Garlock, W. H. Jackson, E. Erljen, R. Woods, P. C Sharon, Jeff Simmons, Georgia Mason W. Jacobs, $12.00 each: S. J. Belore, Arthur Brown Wm. Bates, Mytter Porter, James Jefferson, Alonzo Lincoln, Tillie Halford, Jennie Porter, Mable Carter, Anna Carter Mary Johnson, Henry Hope, Lucy Jones, Marian Porter, Marian Porter, Mrs. Price Hamler, Mr. and Mrs. M. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Davis, Gertrude and Leroy Reed, Mr. and Mrs. Traylor Mary Goff, Cordella McFarland, Dan Robinson, Leband Porter, Emma Peters, L. Dickinson, Rosa Curran, Wm. Peters, L. Dickinson, Rosa Curran, Berth. Reece Wm. Paige, Fred Walker, Wm. Jenkins Chas, Marks, Johanna Sykes, Guy Straughter, Della Wallace, Rosa Perkins Herman H. Weinberg. $10.00 each: Eva M. M. Fox, Rev. R. Davis, Charles R. Humbert, D. E. Blackburn, William B. Bruce, Gertrude M. B. Wheeler, A. J. Kelly, Jr., J. L. Pearson, William J. Page, John Sample, Ells Paisley, John R. Haworth, E. L. Mathias, Harry Brown, Mrs. Alpha Conkling, Abe Angel, Edward Hicks, H. Compton, Zella A. Curry, J. J. Mattjoy, Hobert Penn, William C. Mallory, Samuel Roffel, Willie Bradford, James Chandler, Raymond Pearson, Elijah Washington, A. Woolridge, Maggie Washington, Edward R. Meadows, Josephine Smith, A. J. McCoy, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Malley, L. Mattson, C. Allen, J. L. Gamble, Ralph S. Lathaw, Brunswick-Balken Co. John Herndon, Mrs. Bertie Solomon, Bessie L. Lee, Sarah Brown, Sarah Park, Edwin Ethridge, Richard Davis, Dorsey B. Brown, Fred Richardson, E. E. Portfield, D. Morrison, Dude Knox, James B. Gray, Andrew Williams, Robert Perkins, Fred Millender, C. J. Nelson, Derr & Malson, Nelle Williams, Elijah Henderson, Nelle Williams, Elijah Henderson, Caldiggs, Arthur Hamilton, Charles S. Smith, Nestie Kerr, Anna H. Jones, Geo S. Ellison, Elnora Hackley, M. L. Hines, Allie Lews, W. W. Miller, George Anderson, W. W. Miller, Cletus J. M. W. G. Wiles, T. Cletus White, J. Owens, Willie Bowie, Hanson & Wright, W. H. Sweeney, James C. Nall, W. Carter, Jackob Hessler, Pauline Wilson, Mrs. Lewis Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Bainmichael, T. B. Stewart, Sydnor, Hattie Reid, H. A. Laden, Andrew Jackson, Lydia Gates, Maggie Curry, Burial Maxie, Pearl Dab THE KANSAS CITY SUN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5. 1918 $8.00 each: John Steele, Charles A. Starks, Sarah O. Lee. $7.50: Rosa B. Barbee Amos Smith $8.00 each: J. L. Gandol. Sig Ferguson, E. Whitmore, Dr. John P. Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ray, L. R. Ross, M. W. Wilson, Dolle Pearl, L. E. Nickens. MR. C. H. ADKINS. the well known undertaker who, despite the fact that he is extremely busy, captained a team during the Wheatley-Provident Hospital Campaign which was well up among the leaders. These are the kind of business men who achieve success because they are always ready to help in any enterprise that is for the public good. $2.00 each: Mamie Wilson, George Hill, Will Brown, Mrs. M. McDonald, George Eppright, Winifred White, Patronal Pate, Eppright, Winifred White, Patronal Pate, Leont, Bee Lapley, Erwin Wurden, Dan Stanley, V. N. Arena, John Scott, S. W. Dysant, Jennie Hill, Francis Age, Masse Collins, Allen Williams, Emma Collins, T. T. Charles, James Boston, P. L. Wilson, Pearl Riley, Sam Houlton, A. C. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Holmes, Inez V. Chinn, Mrs. A. Brown, Jno. H. Ward, Henry Reed, Leroy Burns, Elbert Holm, W. Holm, Whitworth, Sade M. Wortess, Alexander, Rosetta B. Greene, Mrs. E. A Mott, J. H. Hamilton, Marshall Jackson, Bryant & Douglas, Clarence Leort, A. E Tony, George Harper, Mrs. Frances Jeferson, Brady, Lucy Vauhan, Leon Jordan, Jr, Virey Humgan, C. E. Taylor, Freedman Bross, Mrs. T. W. H. Williams, Ingel Garan, Joseph Newview, H. A. Peace, Fred Ernds, hiteside, Samuel Glass, Marthin Jackson, Uley Jayes, Dorn Mango, Ida Bryant, J. W. Armint, $1.70: Pleasant Hour Club $1.50 each: Jesse Smith, Hershel Conway, Abner Johnson. $1.00 each: M. Silverman, Auto Savage Co., Security Iron & Metal Co., MidWest Haynes, Dora Haworth, James H. Hill, S. G. Guest, H. J. Gorman, Mrs. A. Ejenkins, Terrance L. O'Brien, T. C. Pauline B. Crawford, Virginia McGill, De Witt Davis, H. H. Webster, Joe Howard, Harold L. Worley, Charles Stone, Jessie Kemp, Tracy Scott, Eddie Priman, L. C. Payne, Marshall Rodgers, John Georgean, Mrs. Blond, F. A. Merriman, R. Lund, William Patrick, A. Miller, D. M. McCannah, Espie Singleton, Charlotte Brown, J. Wise, Max Singer, I. Duncan, Alonan Smith, F. A. Merriman, R. Lund, Smith, Tom Rho Geo, E. Mason Mrs. F. W. Calhoun, Kansas City Steel & Gate Co., N. Redheifer, Harold Smith, T. N. Chalney, Lemon Baton, Battery McCillin, Wm. Grenes, J. E. Nineheffer, J. A. Loee, J. A. Geo, A. Miller, D. F. Shrocky, Susie Johnson, Mozella L. Joseph, Catherine Washington, India C. Moore, Fred westbrooks, J. B. Collins, Martha Moore, J. A. Loee, J. A. Geo, A. Miller, D. F. Shrocky, Roy Moore, Joel Jolmes, Flora B. Jones, W. G. Donnelly, Bessie Walden, Edith A. Williams, Buelah Lewis, Lysetta Johnson, Herbert Patterson, Clyde Lannigan, Cannon, Sade Washinton, Wm. Green, Hart, Mrs. Alice Gasaway, Wm. Green 50 cents each: Charles E. Lavelle, Cash, Rev. G. G. Gillis, E. A. Amathey, Gertrude Harper, T. P. Strobel, C. M. Leslie, Mrs. T. H. Whibby, 25 cents each: Cash, Mrs. McCarty, E. Shaw, Gilin L. L. Smith, L. A. Stroch, C. Halderman, Carl Tucker, Lester Rowland, Tom Colly, Almond Williams, Mrs. J. D. Burton, A friend, Cash, 10 cents each: Wortie Slaighter, Ethel Kimball, Gertrude Smith. One of the most gratifying incidents of the campaign was the splendid cooperative spirit of the citizens of Independence, Mo., who under the leadership of Prof. W. H. Harrison, the brilliant and aggressive principal of the Attucks school of this city, who resides in Independence, raised by entertainment and solicitation New Year's day, $128.75, which was turned over to the hospital committee. Prof. Harrison was ably assisted by the following committee: Rev. J. B. Beckham, Rev. S. L. Brooks, Rev. A. A. Tolson, Miss Abbie Pollard, and Mrs. W. H. Harrison. The entertainment New Year's night was a grand affair and was generally patronized by both races. The contributors to this splendid sum were as follows: $10.00 each; Dr. and Mrs. S. H. Griffen, Mrs. Tully Turner. Mrs. Tilby Turner. $5.00 each: Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Jackson, Miss Josie Berry, Miss Carrie Pool, Mrs. Miss Joan Berry, Miss Carrie Pool, Mrs. Miss Nellie Raiglain, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Hambright, Mr. Leroy Noels, Mr. John Poole, Miss Abbie Pollard, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scott, Mr. and Mrs. David Taylor, Mrs. Hattie Taylor, and Mrs. J. B. Beckham, Hon. A. J. Bundschu. $2.00 each: Cooks' Market, Yantis & Fritts' Mr. Frader. Mrs. O. W. Jones, C. H. Roberts, Mize Peters, Lee Dooley, H. R. Mills, W. Watkins, J. W. Martin, Gerkey & Dillingham, F. Bergschauer, Woods & Hanley, Mr. Hanley, Mr. Bridges, W. Y. Peters, Mr. Cox, Mr. Brady, Mr. Johnson. 50 cents each: Mr. Humphrey, John Davis. Miscellaneous Cash: $9.25. Too much credit cannot be given We Have Canaries, Goldf Other Supplies to OLD BIRD STOR The Canaries, Goldfish, Cages, Globes and Other Supplies to Keep Birds and Fish BIRD STORE, 406 East 12 We Have Canaries, Goldfish, Cages, Globes and All Other Supplies to Keep Birds and Fish OLD BIRD STORE, 406 East 12th St. M. B. H THERON B. WATKINS. pric Phones: Home, M. 1729 Lyc Peoples' Northeast corner of Eigh B. WATKINS. prices we excel names: Home, M. 7989; Bell, Gr. 1729 Lydia Avenue eoples' Drug Sto east corner of Eighteenth Street and the B Phones: Home, M. 7989; Bell, Gr. 987 1729 Lydia Avenue Peoples' Drug Store Northeast corner of Eighteenth Street and the Paseo For twelve years we have served you. We have never substituted nor given you an inferior article. We carry everything in the Drug line, all the latest and best toilet articles. We deliver anything to any part of the city -- promptly -- call us up. Bell East 1814 PHONES East 1814 Home East 4 Free phone, Business St 1233 Home, Ma H. R. Shute Tailor The Builder of Suits That 806 MAIN SREET beg to inform you that I have sold my one-half the U. S. Tailoring Co. and have opened up for Main Street where I will carry a full line of A tie and Imported Woolens at popular prices. Would be pleased to have you call and if you want to buy or not, as I have the lighter the city and cut perfect full box coats. banking you for past favors and assuring you tion, beg to remain Yours very truly, PHONES Bell East 1814 Home East 4082 Residence phone, Bell, East 1233 H. R. Ta "The Builder o 806 MA I beg to inform you tha est in the U. S. Tailoring Co. at 806 Main Street where I w Domestic and Imported Wor and up. Would be pleased whether you want to buy or shop in the city and cut perf Thanking you for past f satisfaction, beg to remain "T H. R. Shute Tailor I beg to inform you that I have sold my one-half interest in the U. S. Tailoring Co. and have opened up for myself at 806 Main Street where I will carry a full line of All wool Domestic and Imported Woolens at popular prices, $30.00 and up. Would be pleased to have you call and see me, whether you want to buy or not, as I have the lightest tailor shop in the city and cut perfect full box coats. Thanking you for past favors and assuring you perfect satisfaction, beg to remain 806 MAIN STREET IN STREET. --- the citizens of Independence for their magnificent work, but it simply demonstrates that the Negroes of this country are slowly but surely getting together on all those things that are essential and paving a way for a more glorious future for the race. Hurrah for the citizens of Independence and all honor to every man, woman and child everywhere who contributed to the splendid success of this to our race gigantic undertaking. oldfish, Cages, Globes and All to Keep Birds and Fish ORE, 406 East 12th St. During the HOLIDAYS call on PERRY For your—— BARBECUED MEATS, O'POSSUM, GROUND HOG, COON, BEEF, PORK, and MUTTON. Wholesale and retail. The best in the city. HENRY PERRY, THE BARBECUE KING, 1514 E. 19th St. Watkin Bros. Funeral Directors and Licensed Embalmers For superior service and most reasonable prices we excel. M. 7989; Bell, Gr. 987 Lydia Avenue Drug Store Eighteenth Street and the Paseo HONES Home East 4082 Business phone, Home, Main 6433. K. Shute Tailor of Suits That Fit" MAIN SREET that I have sold my one-half inter- Co. and have opened up for myself I will carry a full line of All wool Woolens at popular prices, $30.00 used to have you call and see me, or not, as I have the lightest tailor perfect full box coats. fast favors and assuring you perfect main Yours very truly, HARRY R. SHUTE, "The Builder of Clothes that Fit."