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U. B. F. and S. M. T. MEETS NEXT WEEK AT MOBERLY 1,000 NEGRO NURSES Make Your Word Good--Pay Your Hospital Pledge If you want a real live up-to-the-minute Negro Newspaper that gives ALL the News in which colored people are interested, subscribe for the SUN. Bell Phone East 999 and 2789 VOLUME X. NUMBER 51. A CONTEMPTIBLE OUTRAGE A Well Known and Highly Respect able Colored Woman Brutally Insulted by a Dirty Pro-German Cracker Watchman. Ordered From Paseo Park by Him Be cause He Said the Park Board Instructed Him Not to Allow Negroes in the Paseo Between 12th and 9th Streets. DID THE PARK BOARD MAKE SUCH AN ORDER? Mrs. Julia Morrison, a property owner and taxpayer, and one of our most cultured and respected Colored ladies, was sitting in the Paseo between Ninth and Tenth streets last Monday morning reading a newspaper who na big burly white watchman came up to her and rudely ordered her to vacate the seat she was occupying and leave the Paseo with the remark that "You Niggers are not going to light in this Parkway between Ninth and Twelfth streets," and when she demurred and tried to question his right to order her from the Park he became threatening in his manner, drew his blackjack and started to strike her. Rather than suffer violence at his hands or be humiliated by being placed under arrest for no other reason than trying to breathe God's pure air on a very warm and sultry day, Mrs. Morrison left the park and through her husband is preparing to file charges against the brutal watchman and also to recover damages if possible from those putting such a vicious unwarranted and illegal order in effect in this city. Surely the Negroes' patience and loyalty is being sorely DR. EDW. P. JONES Of Vicksburg, Miss., President of the National Baptist Convention of America, will be with Dr. J. W. Hurse and the good people of St. Stephen's Baptist Church All Day Sunday, August 18, and will preach at each service. At 1:30 p. m. there will be a great Baptising at which all the converts of the recent revival will be immersed. Dr. Jones is one of the most eloquent and magnetic speakers of the race and doubtless thousands will hear him during the day. Remember, the services have all been moved from the big tent back to the Church, 604 Charlotte street, and all are invited to hear this great man. tried in this world's crisis by the brutal Hun at home and the contemptible cracker element that is both too cowardly and disloyal to fight for the principles of universal democracy. The business Negroes of this city, as well as the political leaders, should get behind Mrs. Morrison in this matter and fight it out to a decision. President Kansas City Civic League August 14, 1918. Dr. William J. Thompkins, Kansas City, Mo. My dear Dr. Thompkins: Pursuant to our conversation this evening relative to the communication of Mrs. Julia G. Morrison, addressed to the Kansas City Civic League, in which she relates the effort of a Park attendant to elect her from one of the public parks on account of her color, I am forwarding you herewith Mrs. Morrison's letter. As you are the chairman of the committee on Streets, Alleys, Parks and Playgrounds, I am quite sure that the alle The Kansas City Sun gations made by Mrs. Morrison will suggest to you the importance on an immediate conference with the Park Board. In fact Mrs. Morrison's recital impels me to ask you in conjunction with Mr. Nelson Crews and Mr. James A. Lee to act as a special committee to take the matter up with the Park Board. Your suggestion that the Park Board probably has not issued any such order as mentioned in Mrs. Morrison's letter, makes it all the more imperative that the matter be called to its attention. If it is the act of a subordinate, the Park Board should at once know the fact. I shall thank you to arrange a conference with Mr. Crews and Mr. Lee as soon as possible to take steps to investigate the matter. I am writing to notify them of this request. Kindly preserve the enclosure for the files of the League. Very truly yours, JOHN J. LOVE. President Civic League. 2623 Euclid Avenue Kansas City, Missouri. August 14, 1918. Mr. Nelson Crews, Kansas City, Missouri. My dear Mr. Crews: Enclosed please find a copy of a letter I have written Dr. Thompkins relative to the matters alleged in Mrs. Morrison's communication to the League and about which we conversed. You will agree with me, I am sure, that what is related in Mrs. Morrison's letter ought not to obtain in any American City at any time and certainly not in times like these. Where they never have obtained, it should be impossible for them to be thought of, certainly not sanctioned, by any public official. I shall thank you to cooperate heartily with Dr. Thompkins in bringing this matter to the attention of the Park Board as soon as possible. NURSES' AID SCHOOL OPENS AUGUST 15. With our country deeply involved in this great world's crisis, it is so necessary and befitting that every call for service of any kind be answered immediately and willingly, no sacrifice or task is too great and should be made at once by every true American. The American Red Cross Association has issued a call for the immediate registration for service of all Colored graduate nurses, but the number needed is far greater than the registration. Another call has been issued for women between the ages of 18 and 25 years. These women are to be trained in first aid work. Why should not the Colored women of the country be given the opportunity to show their patriotism and to serve with their husbands and brothers in the struggle for democracy? The Hospital and Health Board of Kansas City has generously opened the doors of the hospital for a course of free training to the Colored women of the country to fit themselves for service in first aid work. We can accommodate 1,000 members. Registration days August 12, 13 and 14 at the City Hospital from 9:00 to 3:00. School qualifies applicants for foreign and home service. Certificates of graduation given on completion of course. Tuition free. The Benefit Concert given by the Soldier Boys and the Twelve Charity Girls Friday, August 9, at Academy Hall was a grand success. The Soldier Boys under the leadership of Prof. R. G. Jackson with the assistance of Mrs. Jackson who is a T. C. G. rendered a very pleasing musical program after which the dance started. Dr. T. C. Unthank and Mr. Felix Payne rendered invaluable assistance to the girls in helping to make it a success. A few reports are out but the following is a partial report: Door receipts, $83.00; Ice Cream and soda, $57.50; Tickets, $15.25. Total receipts $155.75; Expenses $52.80; amount on hand $102.95. This money the girls will turn over to the Captain of the company. Naomi Foster, Pres., Etheline Wilson, reporter. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1918. THE FASHION WEEK MRS. L. L. SAWNER owner, the wealthy cotton buyer and principal of the High School of Chai holding a like position; has charge of the State, is a member of all lodge the Treasurer of Endowment for the visiting Mrs. M. E. Daugherty, 1517 W entertained while here. Wife of G. W. F. Sawner, the wealthy cotton buyer and banker of Oklahoma. Mrs. Sawner is principal of the High School of Chandler, Okla., the only lady of the State holding a like position; has charge of all the war activities in her part of the State, is a member of all lodges in the State, being the present State Treasurer of Endowment for the Order of Calanthe. Mrs. Sawner is visiting Mrs. M. E. Daugherty, 1517 Woodland Avenue, and is being royally entertained while here. AMERICA GOD'S MELTING POT (Mr. Bowser is the author of "Take Up the Black Man's Burden" and other splendid selections which from time to time have appeared in print.) God, the great Alchemist, hath lit the fires Beneath the seething cauldron of red war; The lurid, roaring flames are wreathed around The furnace of this wrath, the big round world Is bowled therein. The glowing melting pot Is fusing all the ores of mortal kind In the pure gold of human brotherhood. The palaces and other worn-out toys, Worm-eaten, decorated castle walls, Corroded crowns that crumble in the dust Of monarchies not tottering to their fall; And peerages that show a human spirit Of bygone days when deudal lords were Kings, All pomp built on a low morass of crime; Sodden with blood and beastly massacres; The tyrant who mistakes himself for God,— The great Colossus of the universe;— A cruel despot, ruling by the sword; The Anarchist, the one-man grasp of power; The lust for fame, the greed for tarnished gold; The car of Juggernaut, the wooden God; The mosque of Omar and the synagogue; The Christian Temple and the pagan shrine, The unbeliever and the atheist, And all whose faith and conduct are not one Are in the racial ferment strangely blent. When over all lands the white-winged dove of peace Shall cleave the air bearing an olive branch, Out of the crucible will freely flow The racial current of democracy. No more a varied language will men speak; No more unchanging creeds of Church and faith; No more the reign of dogma-useless forms And ceremonials. The upraised cross Will ally with the crescent. The curse of caste, All race antipathies, will be transfused To rights inalienable. Man will be free, The French will neighbor with the brutal Hun The Briton bedmate with "the horrid Turk"; The Yank will follow all the tribes of earth. All Nations will be kinsman to his kind. America will be the melting pot Will be the alchemist to change to gold The baser metals from the human mines Will set the standard for the race of man Will purge the dross to build the superman Cast in the mold of civic righteousness And "we the people" shall the people rule; Our stars and stripes unfurl to every breeze:— Our flag shall be the banner of the world. THE PASSING OF CAPTAIN LEON H. JORDAN. The End of a Brilliant Career. Captain Leon H. Jordan, one of the best known men of the race in Missouri, passed away Saturday evening, August 3, at 7 o'clock at Topeka, Kansas. He was a man of unusual ability and of a striking personality. His highest ambition was to be a man; for this he lived, struggled and died. He was ambitious, and no matter how difficult might be any work in which he was engaged, he sought by ability and efficiency to lead. Passing rapidly through the grade and high schools of this city, he early evidenced those remarkable qualities of mind and heart that at once stamped him as a born leader of men. He loved politics, not for self, but as a weapon for the defense of his race. As a deputy United States marshal under the distinguished Confederate General, Jo Shelby, Assistant Recorder of Deeds under the famous first Negro Democrat of note, C. H. J. Taylor, Captain in the Spanish-American War, seeing service in the Philippine Islands, he made a record so brilliant that it will live in the minds of men for years to come. That he might be able to look after his large interests, he devoted years to the study of law, and was one of the best posted men of the race on "civil practice." He was a contractor and builder, constructing one of the great sewers of Kansas City and building grain elevators at Atchison and at Kansas City, Kas., in all of which undertakings he won the confidence and respect of those for whom he labored. In all of the stirring activities in which the Negroes of Kansas City and the State of Missouri have been interested during the past quarter century, no man was more active than Leon H. Jordan. He gave freely his time, his money and his voice; and of the latter it may be truthfully said, he was one of the most eloquent men of his day. Years ago when a Democratic legislature sought to saddle an obnoxious "Jim Crow" law upon the State of Missouri, it was Leon Jordan who called the leaders of the race together and hurried to Jefferson City to battle for the rights of his people, and his masterly effort before the legislature will never be forgotten. For nearly an hour, he poured out a torrent of eloquence before that august body that wring from them the heartiest applause and turned the tide of sentiment in favor of the Negro. The bill was defeated and every Negro in Missouri owes him a debt of gratitude. With him upon this memorable occasion was such disinguished men as Bishop Abram Grant, Hon. J. Milton Turner, Hon. Nelson C. Crews, Hon. George B. Vashon, Prof. J. Silas Harris and others whose names are familiar to the people of the Nation. Just a little while ago the news of the East St. Louis "horror" cast a gloom over all America. Strong men and women wept like infants as the news of this awful butchery of innocent and defenseless people swept over the land and a congressional investigation was demanded by the leading Negroes of Kansas City. It was Leon Jordan's money that paid for hundreds of telegrams to members of the United States Senate and House of Repre sentatives, and to his generosity the Negroes of the United States are indebted for the first investigation of race riots by the National Government. Leon Jordan lived in the most critical hour of our national life; an hour when the race needed strong men, men of courage, men of vision men willing to do and die for a principle, and no man who knew him will deny him membership in this group. His day is done and his worth to this community will grow in estimation as the years pass by. He leaves a wife a son, a mother, four sisters, three brothers, and a host of friends to mourn his loss. The Sun exceedingly regrets his passing and extends to the family, and especially his dear old mother, one of the race's grandest women, its deepest sympathy. Rev. G. C. Logan, astor of the Grove St. M. E. church, Omaha, Neb., was a pleasant caller at the Sun office this week, enroute home from Salina, Kas, where he had been in attendance at the District Conference. THE CASUALTY LISTS. By Chas. A. Starks. Though we belong to the darker contingent in this country, let us not forget that we are human. Being thus we feel, see and think and are susceptible to the varying emotions that the war engenders for all peoples who are concerned. We are generally interested in the welfare of the whole American army. We are thrilled with its announced success, and anything to the contrary fills us with apprehension. But we are as a matter of fact, superlatively interested in our "Blackboys" at the Front. tWe would like to know how they are getting along at all times, what they are doing and how they are feeling, and all those human things, which are eius human. We want to hear from our kith and kin, through the Associated Press, and we do not care for a display of white superior wit against a "darky back ground, as it is so often tried by would be humorists in the big dailies. Yes we want to hear more eabout our boys. However, there is one thing we will bet on, it is that wherever they are, and under what ever conditions they are placed, they are doing their duty; facing their tasks like men; going down to death uncomplainingly, without fear: They are Americans, yes and they are only Negroes, perhaps it is this that makes us love them; to feel a sense of loss; the bereavement of friends, bound to us by every holy tie, we feel these things deeply. But how are we to know when our beloved have fallen? How many, who they are, where they live? We now suggest the following: Doe, John, Boston, Mass. Jones, Samuel, (Negro) Kansas City, Mo. Thus we would know, that the first is white and the second black. This would be fair to all concernede. Interested parties could write or extend sympathies without fear of embarrassment. We repeat, the policy would be just and fair to all. It would brighten the fire of patriotism in the Negro's breast. It would also strentgent an dinstruct all in the new Liberty of Democracy. There is no possible chance for important news of white units to be overlooked, because they have all the channels of information at their command. They can glorify or minimize, as they choose, while Mr. Negro must be content with what he gets and pray that his good works will meet with proper recognition, and his failures not be placed too conspicuously before the public. If we are to have a new order of things, then the Black Brother's merits must be better advertised. He must be considered a part of this new Americanism. Out of this exercised policy, can come a better understanding between the two races. A nobler attitude. A bond of common friendship. We made a suggestion that the word (Negro) should designate the Casualty, if belonging to our people. We now enlarge upon the same and offer in addition to Negro, the words Black or Colored. Negro—Is customary. Black—Scientific, because contradistinct to white. Colored—Polite and considerate. We are used to these distinctions in other lines, why not in the casualty list? It is inevitable that deaths should occur within the ranks of the colored contingents who have been on the firing line for some time and we think it perfectly appropriate that in conjunction with others that the public should be so informed. It is right that it should be done and natural that we should expect. It will be done when the powers that be see fit.—C. S. Dr. J. E. Perry, Kansas City's famous physician and surgeon, leaves Sunday morning for a much needed rest. He will also go to Rochester, Minn., to visit May Brothers' famous Sanitarium and hopes to return refreshed and invigorated. Dr. Perry is Kansas City's most useful citizen. Mr. Green Armstrong of Memphis Tenn., is visiting his daughter, Mrs George E. Payne, 2315 Woodland Ave We have many calls each week for houses and rooms of all descriptions. Why not advertise what you have to rent or sellin thispaper which reaches all the colored people in greater Kansas City? PRICE, 5c. HOSPITAL NEARING COMPLETION The New Home of the Wheatley-Provident Hospital Positively to Be Ready to Be Turned Over by September 1st, Say the Contractors. HAVE YOU PAID YOUR PLEDGE? In spite of the extremely warm weather for the past two weeks the Hospital Collections have not been allowed to lag and the Committee is putting forth a strenuous effort to collect sufficient funds to meet all outstanding obligations. A number of people perfectly able to pay their pledges in full have been withholding their payments for some reason and the collectors for the Hospital are going after them next week in a vigorous manner. A man or woman who does not pay their pledge makes himself small in the eyes of his fellows and at the same time lays himself liable to being sued for the amount of the pledge with interest added at the rate of 6 per cent. Dr. Perry, our brilliant surgeon and physician, has denied himself much needed rest and vacation throughout the extreme warm weather to be able to render every possible service to the completion and equipment of the hospital, and he has earned the gratitude of every thinking and loyal Negro citizen in this community by his intense devotion to this much needed institution. During the absence of Chairman Franklin, Vice Chairman T. B. Watkins, Principal J. R. E. Lee, Drs. Unthank and Lambright and Executive Chairman Crews have put their best energies into the Campaign and they are determined to "go over the top" by September 1st. Will you do your duty and pay your pledge? A num DR. WILLIAM J. THOMPKINS, our brilliant young physician who has justly earned the sobriquet "The Man Who Does Things," who is arranging on a broad scale to train at the Old City Hospital one thousand Negro women and girls for War Nurse Service. Dr. Thompkins should have the unqualified support of every Negro in the West who believes in equal opportunities for the race in every walk of life. ber of organizations have agreed to furnish certain rooms or furnish certain equipment, and each and every one reports that they are getting on famously. The following persons have completed their payments in full since the last report: $15.00— Mrs. Maggie Grant. $5.00—George H. McPike, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Maxey, Emmett Barnhill, Miss Judith Symms. $2.50—Mrs. Bettie Bailey. Mr. Geo. W. K. Love, Royal Grand Patron of the Order of Eastern Star and the very efficient Secretary of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge A. F. y A. M. accompanied by his wife and Mrs. E. B. Ramsey, wife of the well known physician, left Thursday morning for Columbus, New Mexico, where he will institute a new Chapter; before returning home they will visit El Paso, Los Angeles, San Diego Salt Lake, Billings, Denver, and Colorado Springs. They will be absent about three weeks. Dr. Bryant, one of the leading physicians of Tulsa, Okla., was a caller at the Sun office last week. | Our Foreign Correspondents A. F. and A. M. Mo. Jurisdiction Officere—1917. ‘W. W. Fields, Cameron, Mo., Grand Master. C. ©, Clark, St. Louis, Mo, Dep. Grand Master. Ernest Boone, Louisiana, Mo., Senior Grand Warden. 1. H. Bradbury, St. Louis, Mo., Junior. Grand Warden. ‘H. H. Walker, St. Joseph, Mo., Grand ‘Treasurer. Geo. W. K. Love, Kansas City, Grand Secretary. Nelson C. Crews, Kansas City, Re- Met Secretary. B. G. Lacey, Kansas City, G. L. Ast District. B. J. Cooper, Mexico, Mo, G. L., 2nd District. OFFICERS OF GRAND CHAPTER, R.A. M. Missouri and Jurisdiction, 1917-18. T. G. McCampbell, G. H. P., Quin- aro, Kans, A. L. Thomas, D. G. H. P., Jeffer- son City, Mo. J, P. Moffett, G. King, Sedalia, Mo. 8. A. May, G. Scribe, St. Louis, Mo, Chas, Griggsby, G. Treas, Liberty, Mo. B. 8, Baker, G. Secretary, Kansas City, Mo. OFFICERS OF GRAND COMMAND- ERY, K. T. Missour! and Jurisdiction 1917-18, W. G. Mosely, R. B. G. C., Kansas City, Mo. J, W. Beard, V. B. G. C,, St. Louis, Mo. G W. Lewis, E. G. G., St, Louls, Mo. ©. Brassfield, E. G., Captain Gen- eral, Kansas City, Mo. W. A. Ashley, E. G. P., St. Louis, Mo. J. H. Kenner, B. G,, Treasurer, Mar- shall, Mo. J. T. Cannon, EB. G., Recorder, St. Louis, Mo. George A. Johnson, E.G. 8S, W., Kansas City, Mo. Benjamin F. Graves, E. G. J. W., St. Joseph, Mo. Lodge Directory Rone Lodge No. 2, A. F. and ANSh, meets the iat_and rd Monday in each month. All Master Masons in good standing Welcome, F_ A. McWilliams, W. M.; C, H. Countee, Sec’y. Liberty Lodge No. 87, A. F. ne A. M., Liberty, Mo., meets dnd ’and. 4th Saturday nights in each month. William Parker, W. M.; Nelson Waillar, Beo'y. St. Stephens Chapter No. $7, Royal arch "Masons, Liberty, Mo. Meets first Tuesday in each month. Nelson Wallar ‘H. P. Win. Capps, Recorder. St. Matthew Commandery Se No. 11, Liberty, Mo., meets Ea OF]|| tho third Saturdsy night ZBI || V. 8. Starks, B.C; W. M. Wi ee Mwy, E. A. Walker Lodge No. DAY, 287," U.'B. F., meets the 2nd ~ sand 4th Fridays of the month iat 1403. Michigan Ave. i, R. Robertson, W.-M, 1210" E. iéth St.” WW.” Watkins, E ry % Sec., 1629 Virginia, MASONIC BUILDING ASSOCIATION T. G. McCampbell, President. B. B. Thompson, Vice President. ‘W. H. Washington, Treasurer. 8. H. P. Edwards, Secretary. Board of Directors: N. W. Jordan. 8. Myers, W. 4. Brown. 4. 8. Baker, W. R. Patterson.R. V. Adkins, B.R. Francis, Richard Harris Geo Johnson, —R. Fulbright. Meets second and fourth Tuesday im each month. CHURCH DIRECTORY. Greenwood Baptist Church, 18th and Terrace. Clark’ Chapel M. B. Church, 1664 Madi- son Avenue. ‘Beloel A.M. B. Church, 24th and Flora, tot; Sievlion’s Baptist Church, 604 Cnar- Centennial M. HB, Church, wreunterin! urch, 19th and sofgcond Maptist Church, 10tn and Char ‘Allen Chapel A. M. H. Chureh, 10th and Charlotte. ‘Bbeneser A. M. B. Church, 17th and St. Augustine's P, H, Church, 11th and Trpont Avene. toe, ohne A M. H, Church, 1748 Belle- lew. Seventh Day Adventist, 284 and Wood- ‘Bt. Monica's Catholic, 17th and Lydia. Vino St, Baptiat Church, 1826 Vine St Wara Chapel & Mf, H. Church, 11th and Porning star Baptist Chureh, 2511 Vine, nian Avenud Baptist Church, 1111 jt. James A. M. , Zion Church, 1828 Woodiand Ave. Second Christian ‘Church, 2th and Moodiand. a hip Baptist Church, Seventeenth . Church, 1817 Fiora, Ave. ~ BE James Baptist ‘Ghuren, 40d Nim Be uke's A.M, 1, @hurch, 43rd and wProspect Place, KANSAS CITY, KAN. CHURCHES. ‘Church of the Ascension Episcopal waa and owart, anees, City, Kans. Eighty’ et Baptist Ghiuren, “fth “and Oakland. wee Baptist Church, #th and ‘Bethel A. M. B. Church, Water and Bteward Streets, ore vie Chants hay ant First Baptist Chi 5th and Neb. Hing Golbison Baptist Churen, 9d and a A Chr Quindaro. aude Baptioe Charen, Base. E. Churen, sii Qaklend. Recor Bat Chur i ‘Ruby. Mihdl 8; XG ale ret he a ae eee Tae HELENA, MONTANA, +B W Clark “A fool can cast a stone into a well, which many wise men cannot get out.”....Mrs, Leno Hall of Butte is visiting with Mr. and Mrs, Homer J. Soulds....Geo. M. Lee, Sr., made an overnight trip to town from Bould- er Hot Springs this week....Mrs. N. Ford and Mrs. William Mason spent the week visiting at the bungalow as the guest of Mr. and Mrs, Robert L. Houston. ...Mr. George Lucas, once a resident of our city, is running out of St. Paul to Seattle at present... .Mr. and Mrs. George Christian of Town- send received a visit from the stork last week. It’s a boy..,.Rey. George S. Allen, pastor of Schafer A. M. E. church of Butte, was in the city on business last week....Mrs. James Talbot, who has been at St. Peter's hospital for a month has returned to her home. She is still in a serious condition....Mrs. Almira Dorsey was taken suddenly ill a few days ago but is rapidly recovering. Mrs. Dorsey is one of the most active business wo- men of our city; and since the death of her husband, W. R. Dorsey, several years ago, she has labored hard to make her store a credit to the race. General merchandising is her line... «Mrs, Anna Marshall received a let- ter from her son, Albert, who is “Somewhere in France.” He is enjoy- ing good health, and asks to be re- membered to his old friends on this side of the water....George Donnell left for Camp Lewis, Sunday, August 4th, ‘The members of the Montana Club, where he worked, gave him a wrist watch, besides donating a neat sum of money. George is the second son of Mrs, William Irvin's to be call- ed into the army.....M, A. Lowery who was in an automobile accident a week or two ago has recovered. ‘The machine is still on the sick Uist, but repairing rapidly...."Have you got a dollar?” This is the greeting, along with the firm hand clasp of nae George F. Martin these days. Conference is in sight!....Mrs, Jul-' jan Anderson gave a reception on the evening of the 3rd in honor of George Donnell, who is called to the colors. | ..+.The Second annual convention of ‘Ebenezer Baptist Association of Mon- tana was held in Emmanuel Baptist ‘Mission, Great Falls, August 13-15 in- clusive. An elaborate program for the occasion was carried out in detail during the three days seesion. After the organization at the forenoon and afternoon meetings, the Association, during the evening, the 13th, was given full swing by the welcome ad- dress of A. K. Fousek, Mayor of the city, which was ably responded to by Rev. Emmet B. Reed of Butte. Rev. H, C. Parsons of Helena, Moderator and H. C. Chase, Supt, Those on the program from Helena were: Revs. H. C, Parsons, C. P. Patterson, Mrs. H. C. Parsons, Mrs. C. P. Patterson, Mrs. 0. M. Ruffin and Miss Corine Soulds. ‘The Woman's Missionary Convention and the Young People’s meeting held in conjunction with this session were linteresting and instructive.....News comes to Helena that George Robnett has gone to Camp Funston. His bride, who was Miss Olga York, is visiting her husband's relatives in Kensas City.....Mrs, Calvin Arm- |strong who is visiting her sister, Mrs. Edward Johnson, is indisposed and as been unable to be out since com- ing to the city. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, By B, F. Parks. Lieut. Clemmie ©. Parks enlisted in the U. S. Army at the age of 17, with the 24th Infantry, After serving onee term, was honorably discharged Sergt. He attended school at Des Moines, Ya, When the Colored boys were training there he was received and commissioner First Lieutenant, He took up duty at Camp Funston, then to Virginia and on to France. There are seven brothers of the Parks, five ready to face old glory, two that are in the harness, the remaining two are in their teens, Their father and mother are extremely proud of them all, not excusing the seven sisters. Give my regards to A. Frank Neal, B. F, Walden, D, A. Willis, Dr, Brookins, Dr. Bailer, A. M. Wilson, and Nelson Crews. SOLDIER SAYS TRENCHES ARE NO PLACE FOR ONE WHO HAS WEAK HEART. In a letter to his brother, Benjamin F. Parks of the Hotel Utah cafe, Clemmie C. Parks, first liteutenant, Company C, 372nd R. 1. U. 8., gives some interesting sidelights on life in the trenches. He says: “I have been in France now about four months and like the country very well. Of course, I am connected with a very dangerous job, but hand- ling it like a man, fearless and full of pep. “My position as a first Ieutenant now pays me $185 per month, and at the end of seven months it will be in- creased to $200, so 1 am well paid for a 24-year-old boy, I think, and have ‘& very important job. “At present I am in the first line trenches and, believe me, it is some job. If you have a weak heart or 2 timid mind, you can't stoy here, but with the helep and assurance of God, and a bit of manly courage, I have not once shown any signs of fright. , “Ot course, it is natural for a mar to feel a bit shaky when shells upor shells are falling and bursting around put if they dor a an sg t pemaae tb: toooent ant ‘THE KANSAS CITY SUN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1918. QUINDARO, KANSAS Will Open Its Fall Term on Monday, Sept. 9, 18 Write for Catalog and Application Blank Now. NEW ‘FEATURES Several thousand dollars worth of new equipment installed, A revised and improved Commercial Course answering the present day demands, A number of new Teachers have been added; together with new depart- ments making it possible to give better instruction along all lines, OUR FOUR-YEAR ACADEMIC COURSE has been revised and a one year Normal course added, and approved by the State Board of Education, allowing a graduate a Certificate with the privilege of teaching in the State of Kansas, Certificate renewable every two years, Special attention given to Military Training and War Work for male Students. DEPARTMENTS Academic, 4 years. Normal, 1 year. Commercial, 2 years. Trade Courses, 3 years. Theological, 3 years. | Music, 4 years. Nurse Training, 3 years. Greatest Institution in the West for Practical Training For Catalogue and other Information write F. Jesse Peck or Geo. K. Williams President Registrar QUINDARO, KANSAS to me if they don’t send it, Ha, hat “My health has been fine ever since being here and I hope it will continue, but it is hard to say what the next day will bring. My weight is about 159 and height 5 feet, 7 inches.” NEWTON, KANSAS. Mr. Joe Newborn returned from Pratt, Kansas, after a pleasant visit. ....Mrs, Mattie Ridley left Tuesday for Kansas City where she is attend- ing the Grand Chapter, 0. B. 8. She will visit relatives and friends before returning home....Mrs. Ed. Johnson left Tuesday night for Kansas City to attend the Grand Chapter, 0. E. S. ...-Mr. and Mrs, Joe Newborn are the proud parents of a‘ baby girl.... Mr. Clifford Holt has returned from Camp Funstop disqualified on account of his health......Mrs. 1, Jacobs of California is visiting her daughter, Mrs. John Payne. ...Miss Myrtle Tan- dy is home the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Tandy....The C. M. B. Sewing Circle met at the home of Mrs, Perkins Wednesday. FULTON, MISSOURI, NEWS. Miss Hattie McKimm of Fulton was united in marriage to Rev. H. W. Botts of Booneville August 7th, the cere- mony being performed by Rev. W. F. Botts of Omaha, Neb., a brother of the groom. The house was beautifully decorated with palms and cut flowers. Immediately after the ceremony the bride and groom departed for a short trip to Excelsior Springs. They will be at home to their friends in Boon- ville in about two weeks. LINCOLN, NEBR. By W. W. Mosely. Mr, A. L. Corneal attended the An- nual Encampment K. of T. at Mar- shall, Mo, this week-—-Mr, Ben Hampton was ordained for the minis. try at Mt. Zion Baptist church last Sunday night by Revs, R. R. Powers and R, Bell and has accepted a charge at Beatrice, Nebr....Rev, Mrs. Snel- Ingrro of Los Angeles, Calif., is hold- ing local meetings....Mr. T. P. Palm of this City now stationed in Wash- ington, D, C., returned here for a month’s vacation....Rev. Mr. Young of Omaha was in the City last Sunday and preached for Rev. Power's congre- gation Sunday night....Last Sunday was Quarterly meeting at the A. M. E. Church and Presiding Elder J. W. King was present and conducted the sacramental services....A rally was held at Mt. Zion the past Sunday and continued to August 18....The amount of money raised at the New- man Church rally recently was fifty dollars....The Mt, Zion Baptist church and A, M, EB. Sunday schools enjoyed a Union picnic in Antelope Park Thursday of this week....The Davis Club held a picnic in F. street Park Monday afternoon. WAVERLY NOTES. The celebration given August 3, was # glorious success, in every way, the people came from all around....Mrs. R. G. Jackson and daughters of Kan- sas City were present, also Prof. R. G. Jackson....Little Evelyn Price of K. C, is visiting Mrs. Lloyd Wilker- son and Mrs. Annie Wilkerson of Hut- chison, Kas....Rev. A. A. Gilbert held his Quarterly meeting Sunday and found things in good shape, the parsonage has been painted and now stands complete, at a cost of $1100.00 and only about $400.00 owing... .Rey. F, F. Moten and his working members have done the work. The amount raised in Quarterly meeting was $70. +++,There will be an old-fashioned camp meeting in Waverly beginning August 18th, and lasting ten days, ‘eonducted by Rev. Moten assisted by the pastors of surrounding towns.... Mrs. G. C, Hawkins lewt Friday for Camp Funston. ...Mrs, Amanda Haw- kins spent the day with her daughter, Mrs, H, L, Anderson....Mr. James Talbert is still on the sick lst....Mr. Robert Steward is improving slowly. :...Mr, Forest Armsted left Sunday foro Camp Funston....Miss Ethel Davis has returned from a visit to Odessa, where she was the guest of Mrs. J. Bell....Mrs. Lloyd spent the week end with her mother, Mrs, Lula Bibbs in Kansas City, Kansas... .Lit- tle Miss Marie Jackson spent a week with Miss Etta G. Moton.... Miss Anna Wilkerson is visiting Mrs. Joe Patterson near Malta Bend. BUTTE. MONTANA. Butte is undergoing quite a cool sell, but nothing out of the ordinary. -+,.THe Ebenezer Baptist Association spell, but nothing out of the ordinary Greaet Falls, August 13-15, and quite a number of the Butte folks will be present....Rey. G. S. Allen made a flying trip to Helena on business, re- turning the game day....Mr. Henry Davis has had a slight attack of La Grippe, but 18 able to be out at this writing....Hitam ©. Dunn, son of Mr. and Mrs, H. C. Dunn, died at his home, August 2, after a lingering ill- ness. He was buried from the Bethel Baptist church, of which he was a member, Monday afternoon. Rey. 5. B, Reed officiating....Game Woods has returned to the city from Thermo- polis, where he went for his health, he is much benefitted by the trip... Mrs. John Palmer celebrated her birthday with a few of her friends at her home on W. Mercuhy street, A delicious dinner was enjoyed by all. Numerous presents were receieved and we wish her many more returns of the day....Rev. Patterson of Hel- ena occupied the pulpit at Bethel Bap- tist church Sunday....In the absence of Rev, Reed, praise service will be lead by Brother B, 8. Lewis and Wal- lace Hagin in the morning, and by brothers, A. J, Henson and W. F. Bland in the evening. ...Hverybody’s News Stand carries a complete line of books, magazines ete. By Jesse H. Smith, COLUMBIA, MO., NEWS. Miss Lucille Fisher has returned from Fulton, Mo., where she attended the wedding of Miss Hattie McKim and Rey, H. W, Botts....Miss Mar- garet Akers hag returned home after @ successful term in summer school. ;...Master Kirkland Renfro is visit- ing in Moberly, Mo.....Messrs. Carter, B. §, Baker, W. H. Dawley of Kansas City, Mo., and Major Sherwood of St. Paul, Minn., were in the city on Ma- sonic business. While here they were the guests of Prof. and Mrs. B. 0. Boone and Mr, and Mrs. J. G. Will. iams....Dr. Longdon of Moberly was in the city on business this week... Rey, A. W. Ross was @ business vis itor in the city this week....Mr James Bryant has returned from pleasant visit in Kansas City, MARYVILLE NOTES. Mra. Senora Gunn entertained the J. G. B. Club Tuesday evening and everybody enjoyed themselves after the business meeting. Refreshments were served....An entertainment was given at the A. M. EB, Church Thurs day evening, which was a great suc cess....Mrs. Everet Page entertained the Mite Missionary last Thursday evening....Mr, Chester Williams and Levold Page gave the best ball ever given in Marysville last Monday even ing. Out of town guests in attendance were Mr. L. Montgomery and sister, Lydia, Mr. F. Harvey and wife and Miss Louise from Clarinda, Ia... .Mr. John Gooden and Dorel Carrigan gave @ successful chicken supper last Mon- day, evening. ...The Colored people of Maryville gave a celebration last ‘Thursday on the river and every one reports a nice time....Mr, Chester Williams, Harold Carrigen, Paul Smith and Mr, Robert Fields left Sun- day for Kansas to work on the rail- road....Mrs. Helen Camp Bell is very sick at this writing and our prayers are for her speedy recovery. ATLANTIC CITY PREPARES TO WELCOME NATIONAL NEGRO RBUSINERS LEAGUE. Atlantic City, New Jersey, July 6.— Elaborate preparations are being made by the various committees of the Local Negro Business League of this city to welcome the National Negro Business League which will meet here August 21, 22, 23, 1918. His Excellency, Governor Walter ¥. Edge, of Jersey City, has consented to deliver one of the addresses of wel- come, and His Honor, Mayor H. Bach- rach, has also consented to speak on the opening day, Other features of the day will be yachting trips and a reception at the City Hall to the dele- gates by the Mayor of Atlantic City and his staff. Mr, J, C. Napier, Nashville, Ten- nessee, President of the National League, Dr. R. R. Moton, Tuskegee Institute, Albama, Chairman of the Executive Committee and Mr, Emmett J. Scott, Tuskegee Institute, Albama, Secretary, together with the other of- ficials, are working out the details of the program and the session promi- ses to be of vital interest to the race. The Handy Colored Store 2409 Vine St. Ladies’ and Gent’s Furnishing Goods and Notions MADAM P. M. DABNEY'’S XX CENTURY PREPARATIONS FOR SALE HERE. SPECIAL BARGAINS IN OUR NOTION DEPARTMENT AND HAIR GOODS. Help Make Our Store, “Your Store, Our Customers Your Friends Special Values in Furnishings for Men, Women and Children. GIVE US A CALL. $2.50 In Goods Free. WE GIVE SURETY COUPONS. Taylor Holmes & Co. Annie Holmes, Mngr. 2409 VINE ST., Kansas City, Mo, . Bell Phone East 4921) Uncle Sam Needs Our Men. Let the PORO SYSTEM Take Care of You ; SF GS ow 82 7835 TE yay 399 Ny Gay, CORO ac waters) | Canleptarubo ANS } pe ili ah KW ( ror GANDRUFF. FALLING HAIR, ITCHING Ki) A h ‘SCALP; GIVING LIFE.BEAUTY,COLOR [> Ree and WU my VA crashes) WU WE "PORO” COLLEGE COMPANY ST. LOUIS, MO. Dept. G Bell Phone E. 4394R Office 2460 Waldrond Ave. MiE Modern Builders Co. A. E. ESTES, President General Contracting Repairing a Specialty The history of Kansas City records but one real, legitimate, competent, established Negro jeweler, and he is J A WwW i i . A. WHSOn at 1616 W. 9th St. Half block west of Wyoming 8t. Mr, Wilson sells Diamonds, Watches, Clocks and Staple Jewelry tt and 33 Guarantees to the public satisfactory and proper treatment. BELL PHONE, MAIN 3859, A J B BEaag i 3 Kansas’ Famous Wheat makes : nt we — aristocrat of every - Ismert-Hincke Milling Co, SE 4 Kansas City, U.S.A. { a \iNnooe al HAIR CULTURE I have the greatest hair-grow- ing system in the world. Have just received diploma from Prof. G. Yhnell of Stock- holm, Sweden, I claim to Positively grow hair and I teach what I do. . Give me a call. MADAME E. NEFF 1715 EAST EIGHTEENTH ST Bell Phone East 412. 7. Se na ae fe ne “4, Ps fiw’ ae ; 3 Me 3 i : Fl i) ; sic et he aiee Sioa MP i , Lo ee ae Pe i oy gs 2a Hh aad | ei BS is as ad ADDITIONAL CITY AND LOCAL HAPPENINGS If Your Business Is Not Worth Advertising, NELSON C. CREWS, Editor 1520 E. 18TH STREET KANSAS CITY, MO. PianosandVictrolas Easiest Place to Buy is THE JONES STORE CO 3rd Floor 12th & Main Sts. Too many people wait until their eye-sight falls them before they go to see an optician. Better come down today and let us examine your eyes. It might save you a great deal of trouble. Courteous Treatment Prompt Service Efficient Fitter We grind our lenses on our own premises. ALCO OPTICAL CO Opticians and Optometrists 1103 WALNUT --- If you want the business of 40,000 Negroes who spend approximately $200,000 per month We reach the buying public of both cities and surrounding communities, and we solicit for them only the most reliable firms. The buying public patronizing our advertisers are certain to be treated courteously, find goods as advertised and receive quality and service Call Our Advertising Representative for Rates Bell Phone East 999 1803 E.18th Street Camp Lewis, Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 8.—Twelve hundred negro selective service men who have come here during the past week from Washington, Colorado, Wyoming and California, apparently show an average physical fitness better than most white prospective soldiers, according to mustering officers who have examined the men. FROM CAMP FUNSTON. The following splendid letter from our young friend Dr. Phil. B. Johnson is too good to keep so we give it to our readers with the assurance that Phillip will do all he says—and more. Dear Editor: Amid a vast realm epitomizing universal diffusion of human beings, Kansas City boys are standing head and shoulders above the rest, from a moral, physical and mental standpoint. All that is necessary is for the order to be given we do the rest. As a whole our boys are making a good showing, many however have worshiped so long before the shrine of dissipation that it will take training and discipline to make men out of them. The Y. M. C. A. and Knights of Columbus are doing excellent work. I have gotten to the point where I can appreciate what Uncle Sam is doing for our people; via this melting pot will come a race that will go forth and do good for themselves and humanity. 'Tis hot as hell hinges, the wind always windy, the rain is always dafp, but we are getting use to it. One round of pleasure from Revelle to Taps. I have charge of a squad of St. Joe boys, bright eyed, alert and sensible, needless to say they will make good as well as the Corporal. Philip Johnson GRAND COMMANDERY MEETS. · The Grand Commandry of Missouri Jurisdiction held a two days' session at Marshall, Mo., Monday and Tuesday. Although there were but few in attendance, a very interesting session is reported. Major J. H. Sherwood THE KANSAS CITY SUN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1918. [Picture of a man in a suit with a tie]. HON. S. A. T. WATKINS. of St. Paul, Minn., was elected Rt. Eminent Grand Commander and James Cannon reelected Grand Secretary. THREE NEGROES NOMINATED. Charleston, W. Va., August 10.—In the state-wide primary, held last Tuesday, three colored men were nominated on the Republican ticket in as many counties for members of the House of Delegates, the lower branch of the legislature. The nominees were: J. V. Coleman, Kimberly Fayette county; Harry J. Capehart Keystone, McDowell county; and T IN BUSINESS SINCE 1896 Tuesday, three colored men were nominated on the Republican ticket in as many counties for members of the House of Delegates, the lower branch of the legislature. The nominees were: J. V. Coleman, Kimberly; Fayette county; Harry J. Capehart, Keystone, McDowell county; and T G. Nutter, Charleston, Kanawha county. Leislative candidates, in fact, members of that branch of the state government, are not novelties in West Virginia, few terms having passed in the last twenty years without race representation. But at no time before have there been so many candidates, nor has Kanawha county before given a Colored man a nomination, though there were two previous attempts. The honor of breaking through the barriers came to T. G. Nutter, an attorney at law, former Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks, now Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias and secretary-treasurer of the bank recently organized here by colored citizens. Of the six nominated from among six candidates. The Colored population in none of these counties is one sixth of the whole, that of Kanawha being only about one tenth. J. C. Gilmer. Dr. Chas, L. Morgan and Dr. C. Roy Busch of Dallas, Texas, who have been taking a Post Graduate Course in Surgery in this city were pleasant callers at the Sun office last Monday in company with Dr. E. M. Phenix, Independence, Mo.'s successful and popular physician. Dr. Busch was accompanied to the city by his wife who has gone on to California to visit friends where he will join her shortly. Major Geo. W. Prioleau ranking Chaplain of Color in the United States Army and who was home on a two months' vacation from his Regiment, the 25th Infantry stationed in Honolulu, was hurriedly recalled and left with his family for Los Angeles last Friday night. Many receptions and entertainments had been planned for the Chaplain and wife but they were called away before they could be carried out. HAVE YOU SEEN IT? WHAT? The Beautiful, Up-to-the-minute Spotless Kitchen Annex Cafe 1303 Baltimore Avenue The Best Service--The Best Foods--- The Best Place in Town FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. Mrs. Pearl Riley, Mgr. Martin Young, Prop. The LaBelle College and Hair Dressing Emporium Manufacturers of Human Mme. S. E. LAING & CO. 1607 E. 18th St. Kansas City, Mo. Bell Phone, East 2508-W. WILLA M. GLENN, Manager THE WORLD'S FIRST WOMEN'S HISTORY MUSEUM 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 "Tired of Saving Wheat? You don't know what it is to be Tired!" FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY PORO LIFE SERVICE PORO-SYSTEM ST. LOUIS, MN. 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 G. 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 ad- ditional. ADVERTISING RATES, $2.00 PER INCH PER MONTH. MEMBER NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION. EDITORIALS. The poor white folks of Dewey, Okla., evidently do not read the newspapers or they failed to catch the spirit of President Wilson's letter on the subject of lynching. Failing to get possession of a colored man accused of a crime this week, the frenzied mob hastened to the Negro section of the town and applied the torch to every home, thus indicating a very high order of civilization. Now is the time for Negroes to buy homes. Property has not advanced much in cost and wages are higher than ever in the history of the world. Every man and woman can get work and each ought to save something for a rainy day. When the war is over wages will fall but living prices will remain the same for several years. Look ahead. Let us not waste our opportunities for substantial provisions for old age and the comfort of our families. That our people are the most generous and free hearted people in the world was demonstrated last Sunday at Allen Chapel, where the congregation was called upon to contribute to four separate and distinct collections, the last one being for a poor sick widow whose only son had been drafted and who was desirous of getting back to the Southland from whence she had recently come, to be among her old friends and acquaintances. To this collection more than $20.00 was given, while a collection to assist in furnishing a Recreation Hut for the Drafted Boys at Western University brought in $30.00. This splendid spirit of helpfulness and kindness to ward each other will yet make us the greatest race in the world. SUNDAY ONE MEAL WHEATLESS USE NO BREAD CRACKERS. EATEN OR BREAKFAST FOODS. CONTAINING WHEAT Classified Wants and Rooms to Rent For rent—Nice clean cool front room. 1021 Tracy Ave. Mrs. Carter. FOR RENT—Nicely furnished room to man or woman who works. Call in the afternoon. Bell G. 3532W Mrs. Swann, 1514 E 17th. We want a good live, active, intelligent Collector. Call at this Office. FOR RENT—Rooms for rent; strictly modern, near 14th and Michigan avenue. Mrs. H. L. Kinsler, Bell Phone Grand 4204. Home Del. 950. WANTED—By first class hair culturist, a music teacher in exchange for hair culture. Call Mme. I. B. Robinson, East 591. WANTED A first class gentleman with small capital to take one-half interest in paying undertaking establishment. Call Sun office for information. WILLIS REALTY CO. If you are looking for a home, call at the Willis Realty and Investment Co., 2610 Highland avenue. I have cottages, residences and apartments on very reasonable terms. If you have houses, cottages or apartments for rent, I can rent them for you to desirable tenants. I have calls every day for them. If your properties are not paying you as much as you think they should, I can make them pay you. COME IN AND WE WILL TALK IT OVER. J. ANDREW HILL VOCAL TEACHER ALL VOICES. HOURS 2:00 TO 6:00 P. M. BELLPHONEEAST1992W. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA FOOD WILL WIN THE WAR SAVE SUGAR FOR THE MAN WHO FIGHTS THE KANSAS CITY SUN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1918. 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. BEAUTY PARLORS AND MAIR DRESSERS. MRS. BERTHA McCAMEY, Poro Hair Dresser, 818 East Tenth St. Bell Phone, Main 4756. M. B. JACKSON'S WONDERFUL HAIR PREPARATION, 2100 East 9th. MRS. CORA WILLIAMS, Graduate Masseuse. Treatments given. Also residential work. 1317 East 22d St. Bell phone Grand 2319. MRS. SUSIE P. GIPSON, 1704 Paseo, Poro Hair Dresser. Bell phone, Grand 4035-W. Poro Hairdressing, Singueing, Manicuring and Facial Massage. Instructions. Mrs. Hattie Wiley, 329 Parallel avenue, Kansas City, Kans., Bell West 2378 W. MRS. ROSIE B. JONES, Poro Hair Dresser, 820 South Fourth St., Armourdale, Kans. CAFES. BOND CAFE, 618 Charlotte Street, Mrs. Amanda Bond, Prop. Home Cooking. DRESSMAKER BRESSMAKER. MISS PEARL MAYSE, 1715 E. 18th. Bell phone, E. 412 W. FLORISTS. CROSTHWAIT-CARTER FLORAL CO., 1510 East 18th street. ICE CREAM PARLOR. Mrs. Charles Black, 2815 North 5th St., Kansas City, Kans. LAWYERS. E. A. SHACKLEFORD, Attorney-at- Law, 511 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kans. Bell Phone West 3866. C. H. CALLOWAY, N. W. cor 12th and Highland. Home phone East 2850, Bell phone East 4648. Practices in all courts. W. C. HUESTON, N. W. cor 12th and Highland. Home phone East 2850, Bell phone East 4648. Legal advice. Practices in all courts. 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. PRINTERS. JOHN LANGE, 1515 E. 18th street Bell phones East 2782 and East 571. C. A. FRANKLIN, 1309 East 18th St. Bell Phone, Grand 2988. REAL ESTATE and EMPLOYMENT. COLORED PEOPLES INVESTMENT CO., Solomon Smith, Pres., 2122 Vine St. Bell Phone, East 1011. Home Phone, East 4011. H. L. KINSLER, 918 East Twenty- first street. Bell phone, Grand 4204. Home Phone, Delaware 950 SHOE STORE. G. A. PAGE'S SHOE STORE, 1507 E. Eighteenth street. Fell 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. * BIG COLE 8 LIMOUSINE, * With Foot and Reading Lights, * Speaking Tube and all Modern * Conveniences. * 2436 Highland Ave, * Kansas City, Mo. * Call Both Phones. * Day or Night. * Bell East 5395 Home East 906 * BIG COLE EIGHT SOCIETY CAR. Plenty of room for seven people. Don't crowd in small cars with reckless drivers. See Kansas City by day or night, with the man of the hour and the car of the minute. One of the world's best makes. KING COLE EIGHT. This Big Mogul is driven by owner. W. H. Hubbel, Bell phone East 2013. Service Satisfaction are what you get when you patronize C. A. FRANKLIN THE PRINTER 1309 East 18th St Bell Phone Grand 2988 Betty & Sam's Little Corner —That broken hearts have caused more sadness and suffering than the world's war now raging. "Spect youah right, honey. —That a new recruit who was asked at one of the "Y" meetings to lead in a word of prayer, and who was absolutely unfamiliar with prayer, made a bold effort and belched forth this: "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust; "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust; De White folks can't get do Kaiser, So us Black folks must. Amen." Wasn't so bad, after all, was it? — That those whom the gods would destroy they first make mad. Well, if that's true, we know two or three big-todo dingies around this old town who are almost gone. — That while you're carrying ice this extremely warm weather, don't over- look a few lumps of coal that are going to be needed much worse than ice is just now. —That a house dog created a big excitement in a certain quiet, respectable neighborhood the other day when he scented around for his master. He went to a well known lad's house and persisted in being admitted, but just as the husband came to the door to admit the dog his wife came upon the scene and entered the house also. Things got pretty lively for awhile. —That a well known man about town said if his gasoline would just hold out he'd haul every good looking woman who came to town this summer. Well, thus far he has made good. —That a Negro who had been sent out by his employer to get change for a ten rushed into a quiet little crap game to secure the change just as another Negro came out on ten. The other Negro who was handling the dice seemed to know his "stuff," for he looked at the newcomer and quietly said: "Ten dollars I'll make ten." The first Negro in a spirit of bravado threw his boss's ten into the ring and said, "turn," and the second Negro came right back with the dice and make ten a-whooping. The aforesaid first Negro fainted dead away, and it took Drs. Lambright, Brookins and Ramsey a full half hour to bring him to, and by that time his boss and two big policemen were waiting to receive him. Moral: Better let the little bones alone unless you know 'em COSMOPOLITAN CLUB PRESTON H. POWERS CO. Home Renovating Contractor. Modern House Painting, Interior Decorating. We do the finest work. Can furnish employment to good paper-hangers, painters, plasterers and other mechanics. Bell Grand 3026 Home Main 8476 1106 E 19TH ST. Do you need money We have plenty of money to loan to rooming house keepers on short time. Must have reference. PROPERTY OWNERS can obtain a loan through our agency and pay it back by weekly installment. IF YOUR HOUSE NEEDS repairing, painting or papering get a loan and put in its necessary repairs. A. B. REV. J. W. HURSE, D. D. Mackey's Liniment Dr. Hurse has for sometime been the distributor of Mackey's Wonderful Rhelmatic cure has recently purchased outright the formula for compounding the same and now has the sole rights for the manufacture and distribution of this wonderful preparation. This is the only ten days' cure on the market taking ten days for rheumatism two hours and immediate relief for neuralgia, forty-eight hours for lumbago, one week for throat trouble, ten days for asthma and all pains and stiffness in the body, ten days for lung trouble in first and second stage and a guaranteed remedy and destroyer of appendicitis, absolutely guaranteed under the Pure Food and Drug act, serial No. 44333. Sold only by Rev. J. W. Hurse, D. D., at his Laboratory and residence 1205 Michigan Ave., Kansas City, Mo Bell phone East 4880. $1.00 per botte—Agents wanted. Orders out of the city 25c extra for postage. Kansas City, Mo. I suffered with lumbago for a long time, heard of the Liniment. I used one bottle of this Liniment and was entirely cured, and I feel safe to say it is the best Liniment made and it cannot be beat. I must say Mackey's Liniment will all be needed to do. JOHN SAULSBERRY, 2414 Highland Ave., Bell East 3757. April 20, 1918. This is to certify that I had Rheumatism very badly, limbs swollen tight, pain intense. I secured a bottle of Mackey's Liniment as I took to Town Hall after trying, according to directions, found more immediate relief than in anything else I had tried. March 21, 1918. Having bought a bottle of Mackey's Liniment of Miss Tooley and I need or Rhinotesties and I all that was needed. I will recommend it to any one for such troubles or neuralgia. MRS. N. M. HENDERSON, 1525 Virginia. 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As there is no present indication the offer will be increased, it looks like a good time for those persons who range to get a tidy sum for one of your smaller ones in case you don't feel like parting with either of your grown-up toes. Before chopping any of them off, however, it might be well to submit them to the supreme court jury of 12 good men and true—or as much so as Brooklyn men can be—who decided that the Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad company ought to pay $17,500 to Miss Fannie C. Clamerille for removing the big toe of her left foot without first having obtained her permission. Miss Clamerille was greatly attached to the big toe until July 31, 1917, when she alleges, she was permanently separated from it by being thrown from an open car. Immediately following the verdict those in the courtroom began speculating on how many toes they could spare and keep from tipping over. More than one man was heard to observe he would be willing to have one of his toes cut off close to his knee for half the amount. Nothing in the evidence disclosed that Miss Clamerille's big toe was other than the ordinary, matter-of-fact, well-behaved big toe. No superior intelligence was claimed for it. There was no suggestion of it having been trained for any special purpose. In short, it was just a plain, honest, more-or-less blunt big toe, a toe that minded its own business and did not interfere with other toes. The fact that such a toe could earn that much money was what started the spectators figuring out how much income tax they would have to pay on certain amounts. Proving That When an Elephant Won't, She Won't Proving That When an Elephant Won't, She Won't NEW YORK.—There is nothing more exasperating—unless it be a hang-nail—than a homesick elephant. To this statement yardmen of the Long Island railroad and employees of the Richards circus of Coney Island will car specially fitted with mooring chains, her associates told Gwendolyn goodby, warned her to be careful of fresh drummers and her complexion, and to be sure to tip the porter, and then tearfully tramped back to the park. Gwendolyn was led aboard the car by her trainer and submitted to being tied fast. Then the door was closed and the trainer fled, pursued by indignant trumpeting. A telephone call reached the park before he did, and he retraced his steps to see Gwendolyn standing beside the ruins of the box car, with an "Tm-not-going-to-Wisconsin" expression on her face. She rubbed the tip end of her snout on the trainer's arm and seemed glad to see him, and her eyes rowed over to where a group of rough railroad men were standing, and she gave them a haughty "Tm-a-lady" stare. There was nothing else to do, so the trainer led her back to her companions and then wear over to drink his breakfast. Memphis "Tabby" Is Stripped of Its Iron Cross MEMPHIS—Glory be! The fair name of Memphis is saved from utter defaunation. The black cat now wears a green necktie. Originally the black cat—the god of luck that presides over and lends dignity to the Black Cat. the iron cross of Kaiser Bill he sees! So he just sat right down and took his pen in hand and wrote Mr. Hoover a letter telling all about the German emblem which adorned the advertising matter of the Chisca lunch room. Mr. Hoover writes back to the local food administrators and asked 'em how about it. The matter was referred to Bert Parker, as chairman of the Hotel and Restaurant Keepers' association, with instructions to censure the Chisca for being so unpatriotic. Bert writ a letter, also, to Mr. Hoover and explained hucumc the cat was wearing a Maltese cross—the same antedating Kaiser Bill's bit of trinkery by several centuries. But—yesterday new menus appeared upon the scene and the nocturnal prowler of inky hue now adorns its neck with a great bow of green ribbon. Matter of Pup's Ownership Is Quickly Settled BROOKLYN.—Desiring to learn more about the great world in which she lived, Beauty, a French poodle pup, wandered from the home of Mrs. Harry Kalman at 311 East Tenth street one morning last week. A few days The magistrate looked at Beauty and Beauty looked back at the magistrate. The court was clearly in a quandary, when Mrs. Kalman's "dearest friend" entered court, leading Beauty's mother. Miss Beauty rushed joyously over to Mrs. Beauty, who regarded her with a look more of sorrow than of anger, which plainly conveyed the message: "My daughter, what brings you into this place?" Magistrate Ten Byck told Mrs. Kalman to take Beauty home. "There is unmistakable proof that by instinct an animal knows its mother," said the court. are in need of money to exchange toes for cash. Nearly everyone could get along with fewer toes, especially in these parts, where the car straps are hung so low one doesn't need toes to stand on. Another thing about cashing in a few toes is that it will make no difference in your appearance. No one need know that your sudden prosperity is due to your having obtained an absolute divorce from them. While the Brooklyn price referred to a big toe, no doubt you could ar- range to get a tidy sum for one of you like parting with either of your grown-off, however, it might be well to submit good men and true—or as much so as that the Coney Island and Brooklyn H to Miss Fannie C. Clamierille for remove first having obtained her permission. Miss Clamierille was greatly attack when, she alleges, she was permanent from an open car. Immediately following the verdict lating on how many toes they could spit than one man was heard to observe his toes cut off close to his knee for half. Nothing in the evidence disclosed to than the ordinary, matter-of-fact, well-gence was claimed for it. There was no for any special purpose. In short, it blunt big toe, a toe that minded its own other toes. The fact that such a toe e started the spectators figuring out how pay on certain amounts. Proving That When an E NEW YORK.—There is nothing more nail—than a homesick elephant. The Island railroad and employees of the car specially fitted with mooring chain by, warmed her to be careful of fresh be sure to tip the porter, and then tear. Gwendolyn was led aboard the carried fast. Then the door was closed in anant trumpeting. A telephone call reached the part steps to see Gwendolyn standing best. "Tm-not-going-to-Wisconsin" expression. She rubbed the tip end of her snout to see him, and her eyes rowed over to were standing, and she gave them a nothing else to do, so the trainer led wear over to drink his breakfast. Memphis "Tabby" Is St MEMPHIS.—Glory be! The fair no defaunation. The black cat now a black cat—the god of luck that presides Cat lunch room at the Chisca—had a maitese cross, symbol of ye ancient crusader, suspended about its neck with a ribbon. Upon the menus of the restaurant the black cat, bearing her decoration, appeared. Thus has it been since the time the Chisca opened for business. Comes then a traveling man from Chicago and gazes upon the portrait of the aforesaid feline. Does he see a Maltese cross? Hevings, no! 'Tis the iron cross of Kaiser Bill he sees! his pen in hand and wrote Mr. Hoove emblem which adorned the advertising Mr. Hoover writes back to the lo how about it. The matter was referr Hotel and Restaurant Keepers' associ Chisca for being so unpatriotic. Bert writ a letter, also, to Mr. Ho wearing a Maltese cross—the same a by several centuries. But—yesterday new menus appear prowler of inky hue now adorns its n Matter of Pup's Owner BROOKLYN.—Desiring to learn more tived, Beauty, a French poodle p Harry Kalman at 311 East Tenth street I DON'T CARE WHO MY OWNER IS Silfin said the poodle was hers and The magistrate looked at Beauty trate. The court was clearly in a qu friend" entered court, leading Beauty' Miss Beauty rushed joyously over a look more of sorrow than of anger "My daughter, what brings you into t Magistrate Ten Eyck told Mrs. K. "There is unmistakable proof to mother," said the court. ID BE WILLING TO HAVE 'EM CUT MY TOE OFF AT TH' KNEE FOR THAT MUCH- our smaller ones in case you don't feel up tooes. Before chopping any of them it to them to the supreme court jury of 12 Brooklyn men can be—who decided railroad company ought to pay $17,500 by the big toe of her left foot without being the big toe until July 31, 1917, only separated from it by being thrown at those in the courtroom began specuare and keep from tipping over. More he would be willing to have one of his the amount. What Miss Clamerille's big toe was other behaved big toe. No superior inteli- no suggestion of it having been trained was just a plain, honest, more-or-less own business and did not interfere with would earn that much money was what much income tax they would have to Elephant Won't, She Won't we exasperating—unless it be a hang- do this statement yardmen of the Long Richards circus of Coney Island will attest individually and in chorus Gwendolyn, one of the largest elephants of the herd, believes most firmly that her place is in the home. That is why she didn't start for Wisconsin the other day. That is also why she will probably not go at all until the railroad builds an elephant-proof box car. Trunk to tail, with Gwendolyn leading, the Richards herd lurched down to the railroad yard the other morning, and there, before a box, her associates told Gwendolyn good-drummers and her complexion, and to fully tramped back to the park. by her trainer and submitted to being and the trainer fled, pursued by indig- before he did, and he retraced his de the ruins of the box car, with an a on her face. at on the trainer's arm and seemed glad where a group of rough railroad men naughty "I'm-a-lady" stare. There was her back to her companions and then ripped of Its Iron Cross name of Memphis is saved from utter swears a green necktie. Originally the eyes over and lends dignity to the Black So he just sat right down and took for a letter telling all about the German matter of the Chisca lunch room. Local food administrators and asked 'em ed to Bert Parker, as chairman of the station, with instructions to censure the over and explained hucum the cat was intended Kaiser Bill's bit of trinkery red upon the scene and the nocturnal ceek with a great bow of green ribbon. **Birship Is Quickly Settled** We about the great world in which she up, wandered from the home of Mrs. get one morning last week. A few days later Mrs. Kalman saw the dog being chaperoned by Mrs. Louis Silfin of 421 East Ninth street. Mrs. Silfin refused to surrender the poodle, so Mrs. Kalman summoned her before Magistrate Ten Eyck in the Essex Market court. That put it up to Beauty, but the pup was not playing any favorites. She looked as Mrs. Kalman and then at Mrs. Silfin as much as to say, "Fight it out between you!" Mrs. Kalman said the pup was a present from her "dearest friend." Mrs. that it had been bought and paid for, and Beauty looked back at the magis- andery, when Mrs. Kalman's "dearest mother. to Mrs. Beauty, who regarded her with, which plainly conveyed the message: this place?" Mrs. to take Beauty home. that by instinct an animal knows its THE KANSAS CITY SUN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1918. Afghanistan-A Buffer State Fortified Pass Near Afghanistan Border. FGHANISTAN is a buffer state and a prize Germany would like to control. For it the custom of the kings of the West this absolute monarch of Afghanistan is accessible even to the humbles. is a broad door to India. The entente-versus-Teuton contest for its adherence is a gamble as delicate as the spin of a wheel. This contest may turn on a single throw of the dice. It is not a question of influencing public sentiment through a thousand and one approaches, any one of which may be abandoned if proved a mistake without jeopardizing the other thousand, writes Basantu Koomar Roy in Asia. The stakes are laid on the personality of one individual—the Amin of Afghanistan. He is astute, ambitious, conscious of the balance of power he holds, and not unlearned in the art of watching the turn of world events. If this is soil for intrigue and influence, the pretty gamble between the Briton and the German, which at one period of the war was at high tension, can hardly be considered finally settled, though the British claim that the game is much in their favor at the present time. Next to Turkey, Afghanistan is the strongest country in the Mohammedan world. It is, like Switzerland, a mountain fastness, and this has given it its independence as a buffer state. Its people are fierce fighters, a quality the British Raj had occasion to test in the two Afghan wars of 1840-41 and 1878-79. The dangerous nature of the country's topography was also discovered at this time. Afghanistan has an area of 250,000 square miles, inside which both Germany and Bulgaria could easily be placed. The population is 6,000,000, or as large as that of Holland. The Almaks, Ghilzais, Hazars, Kafirs, Pathans, Toljiks and the Uzbegs are the principal races of the population. The great majority of the Afghans are Mohammedans of the Sunni sect, but there is no such bitter animosity between the Shias and the Sunnis as between these sects in India. The Afghan chronicles call the people BemIsrail, and the people claim descent from Saul, whom they call Talmut. Nine years after the proclamation of the mission of Mohammed, the Afghans sent a deputation under Kals to Medina. The members of the deputation were converted to Mohammedanism. On their return home, the Afghans embraced the new faith, and even today high-caste Afghans feel proud to claim descent from Kals. The Afghan is of a remarkable race. With long beard and flowing hair, he walks with majestic step. He is kind, hospitable, grateful. He will do anything for a benefactor, but is correspondingly severe with the treacherous, or avowed enemies. He is handsome, hard-working, and capable of enduring long privations. He has the desperer fearlessness of the Gurkah—a terrible fighter—and the strong, sinewy and stalwart physique of the Sikh. He is a born horseman, an excellent shot, and uncompromisingly fatalistic. He is exceedingly patriotic, and guards the freedom and the honor of his country as jealously as he guards the honor of his wife or wives, as the case may be. His fearlessness, fatalism, physical strength and patriotic fervor make him a splendid soldier. Agriculture is the main occupation of the people. They have a remarkable system of irrigation, and every acre of fertile land is under cultivation. The products of the farms include wheat, barley, rice, lentils, tobacco, millet, sugar cane, lumber, cotton, grapes, castor-oil seeds, berries. Industry is undeveloped, yet the country is rich in mineral resources, particularly iron and coal; gold, silver, copper and lead; antimony, sulphur. The industries include the making of carpets, felts, silks and articles from goats' and camels' hair. Afghanistan imports every year from India a total of $2,721,000 worth of goods; her imports from Bokhara alone reach to $2,000,000. Exports to India amount to $4,035,000. It Is a Paternal Monarchy. The government of Afghanistan is an absolute, but a paternal, monarchy. The Amir is the executive and the judicial head of the state. He has a council which is composed of Mohammed priests, noblemen and the representatives of the people. This council is divided into an upper and lower house. He has cabinet ministers, but none is permitted to give any advice unless asked for it. But, quite unlike the custom of the kings of the West, this absolute monarch of Afghanistan is accessible even to the humblest peasant of the kingdom for redress of wrongs. The Kazis act as judges. It may be noted here that drinking liquor is absolutely forbidden in Afghanistan, and violation may be punished by death. Afghanistan has no outlet to the sea and hence no navy. But the paramount factor in its life is its state of military preparedness. Out of political and military chaos a new Afghanistan has been created by the supreme genius of Abdur Rahman, the late father of the present Amir. He fought his way to the throne of Afghanistan, and immediately after his recognition set himself to reorganizing the scattered forces of the army. He hired Turkish officers to train his officers and to drill his men. He built forts all over his kingdom, especially along its frontiers. He established arsenals, two of which, those at Kabul and Herat, were under German military experts for some time. Abdur Rahman used his subsidy money in buying guns, rifles and munitions of war from the British. He built storehouses throughout his kingdom for storing foodstuffs to be used only in cases of emergency. He built strategic roads—though there is not a single mile of railroad in Afghanistan—over some of the almost impassable parts of his mountain kingdom. ANT NURSES OF BUTTERFLIES Peculiar Relationship Which Naturalists Have Observed Between Creatures Which are Enemies. Ants and butterflies are not ordinarily on friendly terms, for ants have a ruthless custom of selzing and devouring their winged acquaintances. There is, however, one species of butterfly the larvae of which are protected by the large black ants found in Indian gardens. The secret of this care lies in the fact that the larvae give out a sweet liquid of which the ants are very fond, and which they obtain by gently stroking the little creatures with their antennae. At the foot of a bush on which the larvae feed, the ants construct a temporary nest and are then ready to act as attentive nurses. About the middle of June the ants are busy running about on this bush in search of the larvae, and driving them downward toward their own nest. When the prisoners reach their places, they at once fall into pupae. During this period, if the loose earth at the foot of the bush be scraped away, hundreds of larvae and pupae may be seen arranged in a broad even band about its trunk. In about a week the butterfly is ready to come forth and is tenderly assisted to leave its shell. If it is strong and healthy, it is allowed to spread its wings and fly away, but should it prove delicate the ants exercise the utmost care in assisting it to the tree, and holding it there in safety. It is a curious sight to watch these fragile creatures going about in perfect confidence among the fierce ants, which have, however, by no means adopted the profession of nursing for the love of it, for when the larvae of another species are thrown among them they immediately set upon them and tear them in pieces. Paradise Worth Attaining. Paradise Worth Attaining. According to the Koran the soil of paradise is composed of musk and saffron, sprinkled with pearls and hyacinths. The walls of the mansions are of gold and silver; the fruits are of a flavor and delicacy unknown to mortals. Numerous rivers flow through the paradise. Some are of wine, others of milk, honey and water. The pebbles are rubles and emeralds; the banks of musk, camphor and saffron. The meanest inhabitant of the Mohammedan paradise will have 80,000 servants and 72 wives. Wine, though forbidden on earth, will there be freely allowed and will not inebriate. "Do you remember," said Farmer Corntossel, "how you used to scold Josh for not comin' home to his meals regular?" "Yes," replied his wife, "Josh is havin' his own way. Since he went across, all we knn do is to keep the old farm busy and send his meals over to him." Reminiscence. NEWS and GOSSIP of WASHINGTON Motorman's Goldenrod Almost Caused Trouble WASHINGTON.—It is right early in the season for goldenrod, but there are always ploneers. One blossom, anyhow, must have started in to bloom ahead of official fall weddings, for a motorman had it stuck in his cap as he breezed his car toward the capitol the other afternoon. LET'S LOOK YOU SHOULD SEE TH' SWELL POSTCARD LIL SENT ME it there to make her believe his other make 'em jealous, all right. Oh, say, Lil sent me from Colonial Beach? It's leness which implied his right to be big passed around. pockets and then remarked with mad- left it in his other coat. but, but—take it from dear Mercutio— no other coat. love them, grinned over the show down, unless you have a memory of your a cool spring, with big trees overhead, out across the beach—and dear live ing in the bushes—and crawling under Upper Name for Grapefruit south in Dixie. And he has a room in man, who is helping to win the war. is one of the reasons that make people wiser, knew better. "Bettercher he stuck it there to make girl gave it to him. He knows how to make 'em jenlo ole man, did I show you the postcard Lil sent me from a dandy." The other responded with a suddenness which is considered when Lil's favors were being passed around "Let's look." The younger fellow fumbled in his pockets and the dening nonchalance that he must have left it in his ot wiser, knew better. "Betcher he stuck it there to make her believe his other girl gave it to him. He knows how to make 'em jeonlous, all right. Oh, say, ole man, did I show you the postcard Lil sent me from Colonial Beach? It's a dandy." The other responded with a suddenness which implied his right to be considered when Lil's favors were being passed around. "Let's look." The younger fellow fumbled in his pockets and then remarked with maddening nonchalance that he must have left it in his other coat. "Your other coat—huh." That was every word he uttered, but—take it from dear Mercutio—enough is always enough. There was no other coat. The two foolish youngsters, Lord love them, grinned over the show down, and that was all there was to it, unless—unless you have a memory of your own for goldenrod all fringed around a cool spring, with big trees overhead, the old Chesapeake swishing in and out across the beach—and dear live things flashing in the air—and chirping in the bushes—and crawling under roots and—everything. Read This and Learn Proper Name for Grapefruit HE IS a nice man from 'way down south in Dixie. And he has a room in the home of an equally nice woman, who is helping to win the war. With a kindly thoughtfulness which is one of the reasons that make people nice, he brought the woman a bag of That was every word he uttered, but—take it from dear Mercutio—enough is always enough. There was no other coat. The two foolish youngsters, Lord love them, grinned over the show down, and that was all there was to it, unless—unless you have a memory of your own for goldenrod all fringed around a cool spring, with big trees overhead, the old Chesapeake swishing in and out across the beach—and dear live things flashing in the air—and chirping in the bushes—and crawling under roots and—everything. Read This and Learn Proper Name for Grapefruit Read This and Learn Proper Name for Grapefruit HE IS a nice man from 'way down south in Dixie. And he has a room in the home of an equally nice woman, who is helping to win the war. With a kindly thoughtfulness which is one of the reasons that make people nice, he brought the woman a bag of fruit the other day. It was a bulgy bag filled with yellow balls that the woman accepted as grapefruit. But it wasn't grapefruit. The man said so, and he knew. "Down home, where this fruit grows, we call it pomelo, in honor of the man who introduced it into this country from the far East. We have always called it pomelo, and we always shall, because pomelo is its proper name." And you couldn't ask a better reason, could you, seeing that pomelo neither a grape? If you notice, few discoverers get the immortality of names, whether it be a Columbus, who founded a who provided it with something new in fruit—but do one of the little kinks in human nature that will be seen as the well-known millennium comes our way. Mrs. Frank Lesile, formerly of New York and prominent promoter of the popularity of pomelo in the conceded her share in renaming the fruit for the real "the big balls grow in clusters like grapes." In the present wisdom to which she has attained realizes the entire foolishness of robbing a man of wolf call the fruit of his labor—we have to go to heaven. Also, grapefruit tastes better when you call it pomelo. And the Women Simply Couldn't S ARE Washington women gallant? Now, I don't put question. All I want to do is set forth something street car the other afternoon, and leave it to you to you will. The car was one of these middoor affairs in which innocent passengers are packed to the tune of "Plenty of room up front." a better reason, could you, seeing that pomelo neither looks nor tastes like a grane? it pomelo neither looks nor tastes like the immortality due them in the matter who founded a continent, or a Pomelo, in fruit—but don't worry. It is just e that will be straightened out as soon our way. New York and now of heaven, was a of pomelo in the North, and frankly fruit for the reason, as she explained, apes." she has attained, Mrs. Leslie doubtless being a man of what you might literally to go to heaven to see things like that. in you call it pomelo. Try it once. Couldn't See Him at All Now, I don't propose to answer that at forth something I saw happen en a ave it to you to answer the question as If you notice, few discoverers get the immortality due them in the matter of names, whether it be a Columbus, who founded a continent, or a Pomeelo, who provided it with something new in fruit—but don't worry. It is just one of the little kinks in human nature that will be straightened out as soon as the well-known millennium comes our way. Mrs. Frank Leslie, formerly of New York and now of heaven, was a prominent promoter of the popularity of pomelo in the North, and frankly conceded her share in renaming the fruit for the reason, as she explained, "the big balls grow in clusters like grapes." In the present wisdom to which she has attained, Mrs. Leslie doubtless realizes the entire foolishness of robbing a man of what you might literally call the fruit of his labor—we have to go to heaven to see things like that. Also, grapefruit tastes better when you sell it pomelo. For it is Also, grapefruit tastes better when you call it pomelo. Try it once. And the Women Simply Couldn't See Him at All ARE Washington women gallant? Now, I don't propose to answer that question. All I want to do is set forth something I saw happen on a street car the other afternoon, and leave it to you to answer the question as you will. The car was one of these mildoor affairs in which innocent passengers are packed to the tune of "Plenty of room up front." He was an inoffensive-looking man with a large bundle in his arms. The bundle, wrapped in paper and tied with string, had all the seeming of a windmill. In reality it was an electric fan, as was apparent to prying eyes from the fact that a bit of the brass blade had penetrated the wrapper. Now an electric fan is pretty heavy. And when two hands are required to hold and guard it that leaves few hands to hang onto straps with. And there aren't any straps on these cars, anyway. The best you can do is grab the back of a seat, or let your closely packed neighbors of the moment hold you up by mere juxtaposition. Every seat in that car was occupied by a woman. They were resting from their arduous shopping of the afternoon. The man, who for lo! these twenty-some years, he told me afterward, has been rising from his seat and giving it to women in the street cars, thought that maybe this time the tables would be turned. "These kind ladies," he thought, "will see what difficulty I am having with this thing and will take pity on me. Surely one of them will be sport enough to get up and offer me her seat." He eagerly looked around for the "sport." heavy. And when two hands are required to hold and guard it that leaves few hands to hang onto straps with. And there aren't any straps on these cars, anyway. The best you can do is grab the back of a seat, or let your closely packed neighbors of the moment hold you up by mere juxtaposition. heavy. And when two hands are required to hold a few hands to hang onto straps with. And there are cars, anyway. The best you can do is grab the back closely packed neighbors of the moment hold you up. Every seat in that car was occupied by a woman. They were resting from their arduous shopping of The man, who for lo! these twenty-some years, has been rising from his seat and giving it to wow thought that maybe this time the tables would be tur "These kind ladies," he thought, "will see what with this thing and will take pity on me. Surely on enough to get up and offer me her seat." They were resting from their arduous shopping of the afternoon. The man, who for lo! these twenty-some years, he told me afterward, has been rising from his seat and giving it to women in the street cars, thought that maybe this time the tables would be turned. "These kind ladies," he thought, "will see what difficulty I am having with this thing and will take pity on me. Surely one of them will be sport enough to get up and offer me her seat." He eagerly looked around for the "sport." But all the women were looking out the windows. Zeal May Be Overdone, but the World Needs It TWO woman clerks started to walk to work in the early days of car crushes and have kept it up ever since—going and coming without missing a day. Also they have developed the crusading zeal of the reformer, and with the but the World Needs It to work in the early days of car crushes and coming without missing a day, ing zeal of the reformer, and with the Zeal May Be Overdone, but the World Needs It TWO woman clerks started to walk to work in the early days of car crushes and have kept it up ever since—going and coming without missing a day. Also they have developed the crusading zeal of the reformer, and with the loftiest intentions in the world are making life raspy for friends who prefer to ride. "It is so much healthier, don't you know, and look at what we save. If you would only take the trouble to rise a bit earlier—all it requires is will power and—all that and more. But there are always others. One of them is a man in the same office, whom the crusaders have known years enough to nag into salvation, regardless of the world-old fact that people— good, honest, everyday people—object to being made of their own choosing. For days and weeks growing intuitively accepted their reformatory raids, but—you know the other morning he settled them with a masculine less considered original, but which Socrates got in ahearing how many others in eons gone before. "That's the worst of you good women. You never For that time, anyway, the crusaders went down same, brothers, what sort of a world would this be for good women should learn to let go? it to being made over by patterns not of weeks growing into months he has cheer- but—you know about that last straw— with a masculine protest which he doubt- crates got in ahead of him, and no tell- efore. men. You never know when to let go." aders went down in defeat, but all the would this be for you and for all of us if good, honest, everyday people—object to being made over by patterns not of their own choosing. For days and weeks growing into months he has cheerfully accepted their reformatory raids, but—you know about that last straw—the other morning he settled them with a masculine protest which he doubtless considered original, but which Socrates got in ahead of him, and no telling how many others in eons gone before. "That's the worst of you good women. You never know when to let go." For that time, anyway, the crusaders went down in defeat, but all the same, brothers, what sort of a world would this be for you and for all of us if good women should learn to let go? The yellow of it caught the interest of an oldish couple, who smiled at each other, the way comrades do when some trifle recalls associations that belong to both. Also, the sprig passed its talk-value on to a couple of young fellows, one of whom must have had experiences to go by: "His girl gave him that." His companion, being a trifle ounger and therefore a whole lot "Your other coat—huh." M. He was an inoffensive-looking man with a large bundle in his arms. The bundle, wrapped in paper and tied with string, had all the seeming of a windmill. In reality it was an electric fan, as was apparent to prying eyes from the fact that a bit of the brass blade had penetrated the wrapper. Now an electric fan is pretty SURE IT DOES WALKING MAKES ONE BEAUTIFUL ess flers Demure Little Goat There With the Hatpin. As a Result a Very Surprised and Disconsolate Dog "Stood Not Upon the Order of His Going," but Fled Hastily. My Nancy is as trim and charming a little goat as you ever wish to see. She wears a fawn-colored coat with cream trimmings, has confiding ways, and yet a gentle dignity, withal, which should protect her. Since she dedicated herself to tending the yearling colts in the barnyard she has seen little of the outside world. Indeed she is one of the least sophisticated of her kind. I had a right to be alarmed when a dissolute vagabond of a dog leaped over the fence and began harrying the colts; much more was I troubled when Nancy arose from a siesta in the hay loft and lightly dropped from the hay door to the ground. For that degenerate colle fastened upon her a lustful eye; the twitch of his nostril boded ill from the start. And yet he should have misdoubted a creature of such gymnastic ability, however much she smelled like a simple sheep. He boldly approached her; she tried to discourage his attentions and set a good example to the colts by maintaining a cold and unseeing gaze. He came the closer. Now she stepped away, stiffly, very much on her dignity. He followed up. She stood still, obtusively turning her back to his attentions. This disconcerted him; he had planned to catch her by the throat. Cautiously he edged over to the side; she let him come. He gathered himself to leap upon her. Then as he arose, she flashed about; he landed with his diaphragm polished on her slender horns. A fatal injury was not within her power, but it was not needed. He sprawled to earth with an anguished yelp, lit running, and cleared the gate at his second leap. That was no gay deceiver, no masterful betrayer, self-confident of his allure, that fleeting form which spurted gravel behind each eager stride. Nancy watched it go. There seemed almost an expression of regret in her amber eyes; she twiddled an impatient tail, then, primer than ever, went to finish her nap. But a diversion had been welcome in the virtuous monotony of her days—and the good old hatpin trick worked again.—John Breck in Detroit Free Press. Insisted Neighbor Was "Devil" She was a motherly old soul who wore glasses and she insisted, vehemently, that "that woman next door was a regular devil." And when the police court complaint clerk asked her to explain further she said: "She's a spiritualist. She sits up all night putting evil thoughts into my head. She won't let me sleep." It was a declaration that made the woman next the motherly old soul at the counter open one eye wide in amazement. That woman couldn't open both eyes, for her husband had blacked and closed one. The complaint clerk tried to soothe the motherly old woman, but she kept on insisting that her neighbor sat up nights transferring evil thought from bedroom to bedroom. She wanted something done, she said, for, as she insisted over and over, "No decent person can do that." The clerk had to humor her and it was a long time before he finally got rid of her.—Detroit Free Press. Trouble on Parnassus. The Poetry Society of America appears to be stumped. Its constitution falls to provide for the dropping of a member except for non-payment of dues. There is no provision giving power to expel writers of free verse—or even bad verse. And now the executive committee wishes to erase from the society's roster the name of one who has, in his day, written good poetry, but who, it is alleged, has not been so patriotic as the executive committee thinks he should have been. In such dubious cases it is always wise to turn to "Alice in Wonderland," where the King of Hearts reads out rule 140, "one of our oldest rules," which forbade anybody more than 40 feet high attending in a courtroom. Let it be held that the offending poet is physically—not prosodically—too short or too long.—New York Post. Where He Got the Other. A Boer who fought with the British forces in the East African campaign was recently operated on for extraction of a bullet. Shortly afterward an English surgeon remarked to him: "By the by, we took two bullets out of you. Did you know there were two?" "Oh, yes," replied the Boer; "one I got from the Germans and the other from you beggars at Colenso."—Manchester Guardian. When He Got Practice Flatbush—They say our neighbor who has gone to the war is wonderful in jumping over wire-entanglements and other obstructions. Bensonhurst—Well, he ought to be expert at it. You know, his wife used to do housecleaning stunts four times a year. Her Short Suit His Long One. Mrs Styles—Isn't her dress a poem? Mr. Styles—Yes, dear, and it has a characteristic that I enjoy in poems. "What is that, pray?" Heroic France Defies the Hun THE STORIES OF THE BATTLE OF THE BAY Comtessie de Bryas is a Frenchwoman, who came to America last April to represent the American committee for devastated France, and is now engaged in an extensive tour of the United States, speaking about her experiences in the war-riden districts. The comtessie's father is French, but her mother was a Philadelphia who went to Europe when a small child, we brought in there. Her great-grandmother, George Clymer and Thomas Willing, and her granduncle, George Read, were all signers of the Declaration of Independence, and one of them, George Clymer, was among the six who helped to frame the Constitution.-Editor's Note. BY COMTESSE MADELEINE DE BRYAS. SOMETIMES meet, in the course of my travels, people who say: "Ah poor France! Tragic, invaded country!!" But to these people I would say: "No, no! You do not know your France. It is not poor France but noble France. Not tragic France, but heroic France!" I can best explain my meaning by describing an incident which took place on the occasion of one of the SOMETIMES meet, in the course of my travels, people who say: "Ah, poor France! Tragic, invaded country!" But to these people I would say: "No, no! You do not know your France. It is not poor France, but noble France. Not tragic France, but heroic France!" I can best explain my meaning by describing an incident which took place on the occasion of one of the recent air raids on Paris. An air raid is a nerve-racking time. The newspaper accounts and the magazine stories do not tell you one-hundredth of the anguish lived through by the people who crouch in their cellars, listing to bombs that explode close by and expecting all the time that the next missile will demolish the house over their heads. The favorite gathering places for civilians during air raids is in the cellars. During the raid of which I speak, one of these underground places was crowded with refugees. But they were not moping or trembling. Instead, they were constantly joking and laughing about their predicament. They did not for one second lose their fine courage and stanchness. When the bombs had ceased to fall, they came up to the street level once more. But they did not breathe great sighs of relief and thank their lucky stars for not being hit. Not they! Their eyes glowed with the fire of unquenched spirit, and they shook their fists in the direction of the departing German airplanes. "Those fools!" they shouted. "Those fools! They think they can break us! They do not know us! Never shall we yield! Never!" This is not the only splendid exhibition of French devotion that I have seen with my own eyes. The people in the rural regions are no less determined in their ardor. Although nearly one-fifth of France has been invaded by a ruthless enemy and some portions invaded the second time, these country folk would die rather than give themselves up to the foe. In a village of the devastated district I found a little old woman who was living alone. She was working at washing linen for the soldiers who were in trenches not far away. Her own house had been burned down by the Germans. She told me her pathetic story. It seems that a German officer who had a very bad reputation for molesting the civilians had been quartered in her house. After he had been there for a few hours he went to the small stove which heated the house and opened it to put in some wood. But when he put in the stick of wood he allowed the end to protrude, so that, as soon as it began to burn, the fire blazed outward into the room. He then placed a screen near this blazing wood so that it would catch fire. The old woman saw what he was doing and knew that it was his design to burn down her house. He had already burned a house in the next street in the same manner. Knowing that she was powerless to prevent him, and being filled with despair, she fell on her knees before him. "Spare me!" she entreated of him. "Spare this house and allow me to live here in peace. What have I ever done to you!" But she had hardly uttered these words when shunne overcame her because she was abasing herself before a German. In another instant she had risen to her feet. "What am I doing!" she exclaimed. "Je suis perdu! I am disgraced. I have entreated a favor from the foe of my native country." Then she crossed the room before the astonished officer and took up his gun. Placing it in his hands she told him to kill her. "I deserve no less than death," she said. "I have disgraced France by kneeling to ask a favor of one of her enemies." Probably the German officer would have killed the woman, but at that moment one of his brother officers came into the house. He must have had a more tender heart, for he took pity on the old woman and put a stop to the proceedings. So her COPPIE K. Underwood & Underwood house escaped for the time being. But later on it was burned by other Germans. When I found this woman she was working 18 hours each day washing for the soldiers. I asked her why she worked so hard and she told me that it was because she had nothing left to her in the wide world, and the only way to keep herself from heartbreak was to be always occupied. The conditions under which most of these people have been living are horrifying. Their houses are heaps of ruins. You can hardly believe the systematic way in which the Germans proceeded to destroy their dwellings. A bomb was thrown into every house along the line of march. The furniture was all broken up or burned, fruit trees were cut down, and the wells polluted. Yet, when the invading tide was swept back these villagers came back at once to their former homes. This devotion of the French peasant to his little home is something which Americans can hardly appreciate. He loves it ardently; it is almost a part of him; he cannot bear to leave it. During the time when they were struggling to rebuild their shattered homes, these peasants had to live in cellars and dugouts. Of course these places were most unhealthy and not fit to remain in. I once went down into a cellar in which an old couple was living. The roof of the cellar was so low that when I was seated on a little plank talking to the old people I had to stoop. The floor was entirely mud, and the water seeped in through the walls and trickled down in tiny streamlets. In the corner was the straw bed which had been furnished the old couple seven months before. It was indescribably filth and so damp that one could twist it and wring water out of it. Yet the chief desire of the old woman was for a plate to eat off. The Germans had destroyed their crockery and household utensils and they had only one old metal skillet, in which they cooked and from which they ate. In one village I saw a mother who had gone back to live in a little shelter which she had built for herself in the corner formed by the only two remaining walls of her dwelling. Over the top of this place she placed planks. One side was open to the weather. The cold, raw weather made it difficult to exist in such a place. I myself have lived in a little wooden building near the front, similar to the barracks in which the soldiers live, and I know the cruel winter weather of these parts of France. The hardship has been greatest on the little children. Oh, the poor children! They no longer play. They have forgotten all their games. They do not know what it means to run and laugh and be gay. As they walk along the streets you will see them start suddenly and look over their shoulders in a frightened way. So great has been the terror instilled into them by the Germans. An officer told me of seeing two little children standing against a wall in the town of Malssin, in the north of France, one day in August, 1914. Across the road was a burning house. When the French officer asked them why they were waiting so patiently, they replied that a German had shut their father and mother up in that house and had told them to wait there until they came back to fetch them. THE KANSAS CITY SUN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1918. The treatment of children during the German occupation was very terrible. Little tots of four and five, and children on up to the ages of thirteen and fourteen, were forced to work all day for their enslavers. They were taken into the fields at five in the morning and were not allowed to come back until seven in the evening. During all that time they were given only one meal. Their tasks were to dig potatoes, cut away the barbed-wire entanglements and pick up unexploded shells. After the Germans went away there was no milk to be got because all the cows had been either killed or driven away. In one district there were 500 children who existed for months without a single drop of milk. I met one little girl who had been kept for 20 days on a diet consisting of nothing but bread and soup, the latter being watery and scarcely at all nourishing. The destruction of the schoolhouses has made it impossible for the young children to gain any education. It is no strange thing to encounter a boy or girl of eleven who can neither read nor write. In their hideous thoroughness, the Germans destroyed books, pencils, desks and all. Not a thing was left. After the American relief workers came into the devastated regions they established schools and built little wooden buildings in which to carry on the work. At one school they told a story of a little girl who was brought in with the other children to learn to read. As soon as she discovered an old chair in one of the corners she immediately got into it and curled up in utter enjoyment and relaxation. She could not be persuaded to get out of that chair. The teacher inquired why she was so pleased with the chair and learned that the household in which the child lived had not boasted a single chair since the first invasion of the Germans. At one school they told a story of a little girl who was brought in with the other children to learn to read. As soon as she discovered an old chair in one of the corners she immediately got into it and curled up in utter enjoyment and relaxation. She could not be persuaded to get out of that chair. The teacher inquired why she was so pleased with the chair and learned that the household in which the child lived had not boasted a single chair since the first invasion of the Germans. The separation of the children from their parents is another very tragic occurrence. In the months and years before they are reunited the children grow and change so that they are not recognizable to their parents when they meet again. Some of them, to be sure, wear on a chain about their necks little gold baptismal gifts on which their names are inscribed. But this is exceptional. It is one of the confessed schemes of the Germans to divide and scatter families as much as possible. My heart bleeds for the children of France! Oh, that they should suffer this unmerited abuse and tribulation! The deportation of young girls has been systematically practiced. A German officer comes to the front door of a house and orders the entire family to assemble outside on the door step. Then he picks at random a number of the younger women of the family. "I will take you . . . and you . . . and you!" he says, indicating the chosen ones with his forefinger. At this summons they must leave their homes at once. They are not allowed to pack their belongings nor to carry much baggage. They are permitted only so much as they can carry wrapped in a handkerchief. After they are taken into Germany they are put to work cultivating the fields, doing the hardest and most menial kind of labor. They are forced to live with the soldiers, and are rudely treated by them. They can send no word to their families, and it is almost as though they were dead. The relief work in the invaded districts has been tireless. Great credit is due to the American committee for devastated France, organized by Miss Anne Morgan. Over 1,000 children have been turned over to this committee to be cared for. One of its most useful works has been in assisting the stricken people to leave their homes so long as there is danger from the Germans in the vicinity. Pitiful stories are told of the flight of these people. One old woman refused to be separated from her goat in transit, and would only consent to go when she could be assured that another goat could be got in case her own was lost. France has been hard-tried, but she is not broken. Never has the morale of the French people been more unshaken than it is today. France hails with joy the arrival of the Americans. It is most fitting that these great sister republics should be fighting side by side in this hour of stress. Victory will be won; it is inevitable! But ah, the pain, the woe and the unnecessary degradation that have followed in the wake of the invaders! Will the world ever forget these? Can the bitter memory ever be effaced? After they are taken into Germany they are put to work cultivating the fields, doing the hardest and most menial kind of labor. They are forced to live with the soldiers, and are rudely treated by them. They can send no word to their families, and it is almost as though they were dead. The relief work in the invaded districts has been tireless. Great credit is due to the American committee for devastated France, organized by Miss Anne Morgan. Over 1,000 children have been turned over to this committee to be cared for. One of its most useful works has been in assisting the stricken people to leave their homes so long as there is danger from the Germans in the vicinity. Pitiful stories are told of the flight of these people. One old woman refused to be separated from her goat in transit, and would only consent to go when she could be assured that another goat could be got in case her own was lost. France has been hard-tried, but she is not broken. Never has the morale of the French people been more unshaken than it is today. France halls with joy the arrival of the Americans. It is most fitting that these great sister republics should be fighting side by side in this hour of stress. Victory will be won; it is inevitable! But ah, the pain, the woe and the unnecessary degradation that have followed in the wake of the invaders! Will the world ever forget these? Can the bitter memory ever be effaced? THE END OF THE WAR A soldier at Camp Grant asked a French lieutenant, who was there as instructor, how much longer the war would last. The Frenchman calmly answered: "Well, I am not sure, but the tenth year will surely be the worst, and after that every seventh year will be bad." IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON (By Rev. P. B. FITZWATER, D. D. Teacher of English Bible in the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. (Copyright, 1918, by Western Newspaper Union.) LESSON FOR AUGUST 18 SOME ACTIVITIES OF THE PRIMI- TIVE CHURCH. LESSON TEXT-Acts 2:42-47; 4:32-36; 6: 14. GOLDEN TEXT-Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him and bless his name. Psalms 1004: 1. Praise 120 DEVOTIONAL READING—Psalms 122: 1-9 ADDITIONAL MATERIAL—Mark 11:15-17; Acts 10:33; I Corinthians 8:9; 12:4-29; Ephesians 4:1-16. 1. The Church Worshiping (Acts 2:42-47). As the result of Peter's preaching at Pentecost about three thousand persons confessed Christ in baptism. That their conversion was genuine is evidenced by what they did: 1. "Continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine" (v. 42). Continuance and steadfastness are infallible proofs of the gentleness of one's conversion. They not only were steadfast, but they kept themselves in the school of Christ—came regularly to the meetings to be instructed by the apostles. Christians cannot grow unless they feed upon God's word. Trashy novels and story papers will not make Christians grow. The "sincere milk of the word" is essential to growth (I Peter 2:2). 2. Kept themselves in the fellowship of the apostles (v. 42). This doubtless means that they attached themselves to the church and sought the friendship of Christian people. Christian growth is helped by association with Christian people, not by withdrawal. One who expects sanctification in seclusion will be doomed to disappointment. 3. They went regularly to the communion table (v. 42). In the "breaking of bread" they symbolically fed upon Christ. True worshipers will not neglect this means of grace. 4. They went regularly to the prayer meeting (v. 42). Prayer is the very breath of soul growth. It is as necessary to spiritual life as breathing is to physical life. The result of such life was: (1) Wholesome fear (v. 43). (2) A powerful ministry (v. 43). Many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. (3) Mutual ministry (vv. 44-45). Those who give themselves to Christ are large-hearted and generous, giving of their substance to help the poor and needy. (4) A constant worship (v. 46). (5) Unity and gladness (v. 46). (6) Gracious influence among the people (v. 47). (7) A perpetual growth (v. 47). Where such genuineness is manifest there will be growth. The Lord added to the church daily—there was a continuous revival. II. The Church Witnessing (Acts 4: 81-35). Note the characteristics of a witnessing church: 1. A praying church (v. 31). For every want and every need they betook themselves to God in prayer. 2. A spirit-filled church (v. 31). When they prayed the place was shaken wherein they were gathered together. They were all filled with the holy spirit. The spirit is given in answer to prayer (Luke 11:13). 3. A testifying church (v. 31). The ministers had boldness in testimony. 4. A united church (v. 32). They were of one heart and one soul, united in the one body to the one head by the holy spirit. 5. A charitable and generous church (v. 32). They held nothing back from those who had need. 6. Its membership possessed unblemished characters; great grace was upon them all. III. The Church Overcoming Difficulties (Acts 6:1-4). Out of the beautiful fellowship of this early church grew a peculiar difficulty. Among the Grecian Jews there came a feeling that partiality had been shown in the distribution of funds. The difficulty was recognized at once and properly dealt with. The apostles refused to allow this to divert their ministry, so they proceeded with the initial organization in the church, the appointment of deacons. We have here set forth the qualifications of those who are to look after the business end of the church. 1. Good report (v. 3). It is highly important that even the business affairs of the church should be in the hands of honest men. The church cannot afford to appoint men of doubtful reputation to do such work. 2. Full of the holy spirit (v. 3). The temporalities of the church should only be entrusted to spirit-filled men. 3. Full of wisdom (v. 3). The highest wisdom is required in the handling of the business side of church life, and this should be done by men other than ministers. Ministers should give themselves to prayer and preaching. Bible and Education. Men cannot be well educated without the Bible. It ought, therefore, to hold the chief place of learning throughout Christendom; and I do not know of a higher service that could be rendered to this republic than the bringing about of this desirable result.—E. Nott A X It is something of a snook to realize that it is already time to look about and choose a heavy coat as part of the college girl's school outfit. But manufacturers have seen to it that the looking about shall not be in vain. In view of the scarcity of wool materials it is a happy circumstance that the new coats are not radically different from those of last year, for it is the part of patriotism to make last year's coats do service for this year if possible. It can't be done many times—girls have a way of adding several inches to their height or other dimensions in the course of a year. Each outgrown coat ought to be passed along to someone who can wear it. The outstanding characteristics of the new coats are sturdiness and good style. The materials are in heavy wool mixtures, duotones, English tweeds, cheviots and other heavy coatings. Many coats have only their bodies lined, the thickness of the material making more lining unnecessary. Colors are quiet, including lovely shades in taupe, bison, French blue, dark Forerunners In July the woman who must provide herself with new headwear turns her back upon summer materials—straws and summer flowers—and asks for something new. It seems she likes to anticipate and foreshadow the season ahead in her millinery. This and the knowledge that summer is waning and another summer will bring its own new millinery allurements, makes her buy hats for fall even in the dogdays, as she crowns her head with straw in January or February—with the snow flying. The shops and stores are now full of fabric hats for the demi-season, between summer and early winter, and include many hats for fall that will outlast that season and do service in the winter as well. There has been a growing appreciation of beautiful lines that has resulted in the most becoming shapes we have ever had. Crowns are usually soft and often draped. These models passed the old acid test of good millinery—that is "the woman must look better in her hat than without it"—or it is not a successful hat. Much effective, but not intricate, needle work appears in new millinery—tinsel thread, chenille, heavy embroidery silk and yarns of all sorts. Millinery workrooms feel the obligation to save time and materials as a war measure, therefore work on hats must not be lavish, but what there is of it must be beautifully done. The group of three lovely hats for fall shown above tells much more plainly than words can the first of the story about the new season's styles. At the left a soft round hat is an example of clever use of cut out felt over satin. Long stitches out- brown and gray. Buttons are large and match the cloth. Collars are ample and button up about the throat in the coziest manner possible, allowing the throat and chin to snuggle into them. They extend up at the back over the neck and may be worn open—the largest ones forming graceful small capes becoming to slim girls. Imported English tweeds have the advantage of the best of cloths and the smartest of styles, for coats made of this unexcelled material are designed and made in this country. The raglan sleeve seems to belong to them and buttons carry out the mixture of gray and dark tones in the fabric. Many of the new models have large patch pockets cut in various shapes and most of them have narrow belt of the same material as the coat. Buttonholes are usually bound. In length the coats almost cover the dress, reaching to within two inches or so of the bottom of the skirt. Altogether the new coats for misses are a joy; full of style and comfort and a great credit to American designers, who excel in all tailored garments. of Fall Millinery line the cut out and either chenille or silk could make them. There is a frivolous but fascinating pompon at the front which proclaims it a hat for the young woman. Just below it is a hat for late summer and early fall of navy blue and white taffeta. Disks and rings of white felt are joined by stitches of yarn in a band for crown and brim. At the front there are two ornaments covered by being wound with folds of silk. Daintiness and elegance pronounce this a model that would trilumph anywhere—among women of fine taste. At the right a rich looking and picturesque model is prophetic of winter made of some novelty in fabrics that outrivals velvet. It has facing of satin, placed with such exquisite finish in the workmanship that it makes the hat a novelty of the highest class. And the trimming is a simulated quill made of the same fabrics as those in the hat—another example of what the millinery artist can do by combining materials and ideas. Julia Bottomly Blouse Fashions. It is evident that all blouses that bear the stamp of fashion will extend half-way between the waist and knees. These blouses are often sleeveless when worn under coats. They are built of colored chiffon that does not match the gown, or of linen, albatross, silk and woolen jersey and corded silks. Every effort is being made to put out of fashion the blouse that ends at the waist line and cuts off the figure. M. BY, Missouri, Grand Master of the U. B. F. of which will hold its Grand Lodge Lodge at Moberly. Dr. Williams has proven one of the most successful and Masters the fraternity has ever known, and that that he has but one more year to serve. INCLEMENT—After taking a much needful MRS. HATTIE LUCAS RICHARDSON, opened Her TEA ROOM at 1831 Palm. 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He chose for his subject "The unrecognized Christ"—St. John 1:26. The choir gave way to the chorus composed entirely of soldier boys under the direction of Prof. Jackson, rendering excellent music. They left camp Thursday. Another contingent will arrive from Mississippi to take their place. An after collection was taken to aid in establishing a recreation lot for these young men while in training. At the evening services, which were held in the open air, Dr. Thomas delivered a short inspiring sermon "Losing is finding one's way in life,e." During the day there were two additions. The first Sunday in September, the intermediate Endeavor Society will have an opening of the lecture room, which they are now painting; until then their meetings will be held upstairs in the annex. Their slogan "Bring a new member"...Prayer meeting Thursday nights. Class Tuesday nights...Strangers and visitors we heartily welcome you to all our services and extend to you our Church Fellowship. SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH. About one thousand listened to Dr. Bacote's powerful sermon on "Joint Heirship" lost Sunday morning....In the evening Rev. J. M. Battle preached a beautiful sermon. There were six additions. The B. Y. P. U. Choral Society is holding interesting rehearsals and meetings at the home of Mrs. Reeves. 2903 Mytle Ave. All are invited to join this society. The Wednesday evening prayer meetings are well attended....The Mission Circle held a very profitable session at the home of Mrs. Doxier, 200 E. 44th st. last Friday afternoon at 2:00 p. m. ....The White-King recital which was held in this church last Friday evening was a success. Remember the Sick Baby Camp. This is a worthy institution and deserves your patronage. All strangers in the city are especially invited to make this Church your church home....Come and bring a friend with you. EBENEZER CHURCH The Pastor delivered an eloquent sermon Sunday morning. It was both practical and interesting. Five additions....The Tuesday night class has held up remarkably well, during the hot weather. Class No. 14, Brother C. C. Rather leader stills holds the banner....Applause ran through the class Tuesday evening when the pastor announced that the rews had been paid for in full, and the Treasurer, Mr. Tyler Jackson stated that he had the receipt for the same....The Senior Setwards Board met with Mrs. S. Rickets on Friday....Mrs. Ollie Price entertained the Usher Board on Thursday....All who witnessed the Literary and Musical recital at Ebenezer on last Wednesday evening enjoyed a great treat. Madams Willis, Beck and Smith proved themselves great elocutionists, while Miss Cherry McGill brought down the house in her comical rendition of "Dividing the cow" and giving as an encore a patriotic rendition. Mrs. Lena Johnson, Mrs. Madison, Mrs. Jessie Norvell and the duett by Mesdames Ethel Shores and Mabel Grant, were all demonstrations of art and each singer was heartily enced. Maurice Johnson, violinist, proved himself master of the bow, and a bright future. Esther, his sister was equally as good at the piano, and the audience was much enthused over the skill of these two children. Mesdames L. Stewart and B. Jones pianists in charge were both very good and complete mistresses of the work in hand....Mrs. Julia Williams, who was quite ill, is much improved....Mrs. W. W. Watkins donated liberally to Douglas Hospital Club....Tickets are selling rapidly for the Invincible Concert Co.'s performance at Ebenezer, Wednesday evening, August 21. FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH. ... W. D. Johnson being the Supt... B. Y. P. U. at 6:30, as usual....Prayer meeting every Wednesday night... Mission Circle every Friday night... Next Sunday Rev. G. W. Boyd our beloved pastor will preach, we desire all the members present. This will be a good treat, the entire public is cordially envited to attend all services. VINE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH. The services last Sunday were very poorly attended....Mrs. John Ralls is improving slowly....Preparations are being made for the Association Meeting at Rev Richardson's Church, Kansas City, Kansas....All Departments of the Church are in fair condition... Mrs. Mamie Miller continues ill. ST. JOHN CHURCH. The choir members of St. John's are glad to have Miss Mabel Vaughn as organist again... Services all day at St. John's. All are invited.... Mrs. Mayme Banks, the correspondent from St. John's, has been unable to handle the paper for a few weeks-owing to the illness and death of her sister. She is able to begin handling it again now....Our fourth quarterly meeting will be August 25th. Meeting all day. The Junior and Senior stewards will serve a good dinner at a small cost. We invite you to be with us August 25th. WARD CHAPEL A. M. E. Services were well attended last Sunday. At 3 p. m. the pastor and congregation were with Rev. Hunt. The choir sang....The funeral of Mrs. Lindsay was held Saturday morning at 14th and Wodland....Miss Thelma Martin's funeral was held from the church Tuesday at 2 p. m....Miss Mary Young and Mr. William Howard were married Thursday at the parsonage....Our last Quarterly meeting will be Sunday the 18th. We are hoping and praying for a great quarterly meeting. We are expecting the presiding elder to be with us. Preaching at 3 p. m. by Rev. F. D. Wells. We extend to all the pastors and congregations in the afternoon....Miss Violet Sayes is visiting her grandparents for a few days....We had four additions to the church Sunday. Quick Action. Quick action has become the byword of commerce. Fortunes have been made and lost and remade in the time the undecided person wavers in his or her decision. But quick decision must not to be confounded with jumping impulsively to conclusions. This extreme, which admits of little or no thought at all, is always as bad as the other. Train your mind to act quickly. Plunge forward or draw backward, but don't stand falteringly in the middle, for you stand in danger of being laid low by indecision. Business and the Golden Rule. Business and the Golden Rule. Business men testify that the way of treating people represented by the expression, "Business is business," is going out of fashion. They say the best business is to work the Golden Rule into it wherever it is possible. Everybody notices that courtesy and politeness are more in evidence among the employees toward customers and among successful employers toward employees. Men and women get on best in all business relations when they treat each other as equals, and give what they like to receive. Peru's Great Museum Peru's capital is the home of a national museum, one of the wold's most interesting institutions of this nature. It shares with that of Cairo in displaying to modern peoples various incidents of life and activity of bygone races. Also the gallery of paintings of Peruvian history is particularly noteworthy. The remains of the first airplane to cross the Alps in which the Peruvian airman, Don Jorge Chaves, lost his life, is another interesting exhibit. Few Words Needed. It is declared by a philologist that nine words do one-fourth of our verbal work and 43 one-half. The nine most useful words are: And, he, have, it, of, the, to, will, you. The 34 more that with these nine do half our literary work are: About, all, as, at, can, come, day, dear, for, go, hear, her, if, in, me, much, not, on, one, say, she, so, that, there, they, this, too, time, we, with, your. Shrines to Foxes. There are numberless shrines in Japan dedicated to foxes. The badger is another animal feared by the superstitious Japanese mind. It is believed to have power to annoy people, and to be able to turn into a priest at will. The crying of weasels and the baying of dogs are considered evil omens, and such insignificant happenings send a shudder through the believers. Thackeray Always Late An external stimulus sometimes is necessary to bring a writer's ideas to a focus. It was the custom with Thackeray never to do today what could be put off until tomorrow. He was, therefore, frequently behind with his copy and it was no uncommon thing for him to keep the messenger from his publisher waiting at the door while he wrote the last pages of the book. Has 235 Species of Ferns. The island of Mauritius, less than one-third the area of Delaware, has 235 native species of ferns; Java, a little larger than New York, has 460, while Brazil contains 387. All Europe furnishes but 67 species, the Arctic zone, 26; North America, north of Mexico, has about 175 native species. Writer's Cramp. Writer's cramp is a disease to which those who do much writing are liable toward middle age, and a person afflicted with it has no complete control over the muscles of the thumb, middle and forefinger. The typewriter has proved the best resource of those who suffer from the aliment. WHAT CONSTITUTES A LEADER Ralph W. Tyler, Washington, D. C. "A leader," when used as descriptive of Colored men who have gained some notice in the public press, is too frequently but a misnomer. Especially is this true in these days when in the lines of some extravagantly flattering, grandiloquent tribute to a "leader" may be seen the dictation of the "leader" to some pecuniarily ambitious press agent. The "real" leader, and they are few is these days of a verile, unselfish Colored press, is one who has won his spurs by, and through, unselfish devotion to the common people—the "holy middle" and the plodding lowly who "earn their bread by the sweat of their brow." Too frequently do some Colored men, who having gained the acquaintance of some man of importance, and who merely because of that acquaintance, and without any merit or achievement of their own, their own, mistake such acquaintance, and a few invitations to empty social affairs given by aping, spurious, self-assumed "social lights," as the sin quo non for leadership, and proceed to exploit themselves as "leaders." The late Frederick Douglas was a "real" leader because he blazed the way for the common people; because they followed his believing in his sincerity; admiring his heroic defiance of threats and intimidation for having bravely espoused the cause of the common people—the masses. The late Dr. Booker T. Washington was a "real" leader because, coming up from the sweet fragrance of the soil, he labored and wrought, planned and builted, not for himself, but for the masses of his people—those over whom avresity had kept a constant menacing virgil; those who had known naugh but sorrow and deprivation from the day their eyes first opened upon a cruel world to the day manhood and womanhood's estate had presented to them an uninviting, unjust present and future. Both of these men were BORN LEADERS—they were magnetic leaders for whom there was always and ever the enthusiastic applause of the common people for whom they labored, and whom they served with unquestioned fidelity. And it is the "common" people who make up the great majority—they are the Lord's chosen. Lincoln once said he believed God loved the common people best, for he had made more of them than of any other class. DuBois is a "real" leader, because, radical though he be, he has fought the battles for the masses, and that too uncompromisingly. He has not the magnetism of the first two. Personally, he is rather a sort of recluse, but whether you like his personality or not you must agree that he has put up a splendid, a magnificent fight for FULL RIGHTS for his people, hesitating to even compromise by accepting the traditional half loaf when a crum was but the grudging possibility. Emmett J. Scott has developed into a "real" leader because he silently, unselfishly labors to bring to his race the full measure of reward their services, their loyalty and their ability merits. He does not possess the forensic force of a Douglass—the times do not demand it. He does not possess those abnormal attributes with which Booker T. Washington was endowed, and he does not aspire to that radical, as we call it, insistence which is peculiarly DuBoisesque, but he has shown marked leadership, nevertheless—a safe, sane man who deftly camouflages radicalism with effective diplomacy that gets results—and results are what we want. Major Moton has demonstrated "real" leadership because he has subordinated self interests to the interests of the masses; because he is striving to serve, to achieve the greatest good for the greatest number, to modestly sow for others to reap. There are many "real" leaders, less pretentious, but none the less earnest, laboring in restricted fields from sun up to sun down, in various fields of endeavor, for the common people of their race. And there are many "accidents," self-assumed "leaders," who because they have, at some time, won a smile from a Washington, from a DuBois or a Scott, in return for their selfishly promoted adulation; their willingness to carry the grip of "the most high," or because they have, at some time, held some petty political office, or because they have weedled themselves into a "society" of doubtful meaning and valueless worth assume they are "leaders" and who are constantly using the plural pronoun "we" for the selfish singular . . ." Those are of the common people, BUT NOT FOR the common people. However, the sun of self-assumed "leaders" is nearing the eclipse because of the enlarging field of our VERILE, DEVOTED, UNSELFISH, COLORED PRESS. More and more is the race beginning to regard the Colored press as the 52-weeks-in-a-year devotee of the common people; the powerful searchlight that shows up the puny, selfish assumed leader; the separator that separates the wheat from the chaff; the binder that binds up the grievances of the race for presentation to the world for correction; the keen-bladed scythe that cuts down these selfish WHY NOT NOW! Have Your House Wired for Electric Lights. Easy Payments We carry a select line of Electric Fixtures, Electric Stoves, Washing Machines, Vacuum Cleaners Grills and Irons. Ask Your Neighbor About Us. Call us on either phone— Home South 4399 Bell South 4960 MAGEE ELECTRIC CO. 3307 Summit St. THE DRUG STORE BEAUTIFUL Service and Quality are Paramount at the Bring Your Prescriptions to us and be assured of Absolute Accuracy and Fair Treatment. OUR STOCK IS COMPLETE IN ALL LINES N. W. Corner 19th and Vine Streets. (Transfer Point) PHONES—HOME EAST 2293, BELL E. 641. self-assumed leaders whose only goal is political office, and whose only stock in trade is selfishness, and whose chief occupation is setting their sails to catch each passing wind. Unless one is of AND FOR the common people; unless one dis-associates his personal aims from the desire of the masses; unless one sticks among the common people, and advocates their cause—actually works for them seven days out of every week—he cannot be considered as a "real" leader, and the splendid Colored press will not accord him a place in its valhalla for patriots. The day is past for the "exclusive;" this is the day for "inclusive," and inclusive means we must get down to the dead level of the common people for the purpose of raising them up to a living perpendicular. A full dress suit may emphasize the fool, but it never proclaims the leader. 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