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HEAR REV. DR. W. H. MIXON AT FIRST A. M. E. CHURCH SEPTEMBER 5 NEGROES IN WAR WORK 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 527 Make Y THE COLORED AMERICA A Review of What the Negro People the World-Wide War for Lide Issued From the Office of Emmett J. Scott, Special THE COLORED AMERICAN IN WAR WORK A Review of What the Negro People Are Doing to Aid in Winning the World-Wide War for Liderty and Democracy. Issued From the Office of Emmett J. Scott, Special Assistant to the Secretary of War.. Washington, D. C.—Company A, 301st Stevedore Regiment, "Somewhere in France," has been cited by Rear Admiral Wilson and General McClure for exceptionally efficient work. These colored men unloaded and coaled the immense steamship "Leviathan," formerly the "Waterland," in fifty-six hours, making a new world's record, in competition with other stevedore detachments on the western front in France, many of which are white. A film showing this splendid regiment at work and at play, is to be exhibited through- 1930 THE EDITOR MR. EMMETT J. SCOTT, Assistant to the Secretary of War, who is each day demonstrating his absolute loyalty to his race by the unswerving interest manifested for their benefit through his intercessions with the President. Too much credit cannot be given to Mr. Scott. out the country in the leading colored and white theaters. In Los Angeles, Cal., nine colored "four-minute men" are at work talking up the purchase of liberty bonds, war savings stamps and war organization activities among the colored people, with excellent results. cots for the colored soldiers in this vicinity, with small expense, if any to the men. A group of representative business men have agreed to furnish and equip the building with light and heat. August 3d to 18th a campaign for health, of state-wide proportions, is being carried on at Columbia, S. C. Or The Army is still in need of chaplains. The ultimate plan is to have one for every 1,200 officers and men. It wants a special kind of chaplain—a sturdy, upstanding, brotherly man between the ages of 21 and 45—who cares a good deal more about the welfare of soldiers than about distinctions in creeds. At Camp Zachary Taylor, near Louisville, Ky., the Army is conducting a school for chaplains. The course covers five weeks and new classes are formed at about an interval of a week after the current class is graduated. Applicants must pass physical test prescribed by the local draft board. While at the school the student-chaplain receives free subsistence, lodging and uniform and the pay of a first-class private, $33.00 per month, with mileage home at the rate of three and one-half cents per mile upon the completion of his course. If appointed he takes the rank and pay of a first lieutenant of the National Army, $2,000 a year and $2,200 abroad. The next class begins August 23. Applicants should apply directly to The Adjutant General of the Army, who will furnish all necessary information. There are now about thirty-one colored chaplains in the several branches of the Army. Arrangements have been made for arm the use of the splendid Parish House loc The Kansas City Sun of the Church of Our Merciful Savior at Louisville, Ky., as a club for the colored soldiers, several thousand of whom are stationed at Camp Zachary Taylor nearby. The house has two large reception rooms, a good-sized assembly hall, large kitchen, reading and writing rooms, bowling alley, pool room, rathskellar, etc., in basement and toilet and bathing facilities. There are six dormitory rooms, suitable for 24 cots. In addition to this place, there is a prospect for a building to be equipped as a dormitory that will accommodate two or three hundred THE NEW YORK TIMES cots for the colored soldiers in this vicinity, with small expense, if any, to the men. A group of representative business men have agreed to furnish and equip the building with light and heat. August 3d to 18th a campaign for health, of state-wide proportions, is being carried on at Columbia, S. C. On the 4th a meeting was held, and Governor Manning presided. The chief executive also paid a visit to Camp Jackson to encourage the colored citizens in their very helpful effort in promotion of better health conditions among their people. The State Council of Defense is in charge of the campaign. Some of those interested in the work are: Seymour Carroll, secretary of State Council of Defense; I. S. Levy, chairman of the Columbia Council of Defense; J. H. Goode, president of the Negro Business League; Dr. M. A. Evans, president of the South Carolina Health Association; R. W. Westbury, food administrator for the State of South Carolina; Dr. J. H. Goodwin, president of State Fair Association; N. J. Frederick, editor of the Piemont Indicator, and R. W. Boulware, president of the Association for the Advancement of Colored People of the State. The colored man is a willing factor in the war. This has been so convincingly demonstrated upon so many occasions that additional evidence is scarcely necessary. A striking case in point, however, may be noted in the journeying at his own expense from Birmingham, Ala., to Washington of Archie Neely, a stalwart young colored American, to enlist in the army. He had been refused by the local boards at his home, but was so KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1918. determined to battle for Uncle Sam that he scraped together the necessary funds and came to Washington to see the officials of the War Department in person and tender his services. His personality was so inviting and his plea so eloquent that Neely was accepted. There wasn't a happier youngster in the land than Neely when he left the War Department with a paper authorizing him to proceed at once to Camp Meade. The colored churches and fraternal societies of Jackson, Tenn., are planning to have an elaborate patriotic demonstration August 29th, to continue three days. Speakers of national renown will be on hand, and a strenuous effort will be made to raise $5,000 for war purposes. A big parade is to be an outstanding feature of the occasion and it is expected that 25,000 marchers will take part. The affair is under the management of a local committee, headed by R. Flippin. Surgeon-General Gorgas, of the United States Army, has called for the enrollment of 3,000 graduate nurses to enter the service at the rate of 2,000 a week. Says he: "The Army today is growing faster than the Nurse Corps is increasing. I therefore urge upon the American Red Cross, through its agencies, to to the attention of the trained nurses of this country the necessity of immediate offer of service and their enrollment in the Army Nurse Corps." With the rapid increase of colored troops in the Army, the necessity of larger numbers of colored nurses will be apparent. Women who desire to register and enroll for this service should write to Miss Jane Delano, Headquarters of The American Red Cross (Army Nurse Section), or apply to the Red Cross auxiliaries in the locality in which they reside. A new community house, adjudged the best in the district, has been opened for Negro soldiers at Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas. A committee has been appointed by the War Commission on Training Camp Activities and a colored worker has been placed in charge of the club home. The appointment of Lieut. Russell Smith, detailed in charge of the 2nd Battalion, Student Army Training Camp, Howard University, is the first time in the history of the United States Army when a colored officer has been placed in charge as commanding officer of a training camp. Dr. J. W. E. Bowen, of Gammon Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Ga., one of the race's ablest speakers, addressed a monster patriotic meeting recently at Wadesboro, N. C., with more than 6,000 persons in attendance from Anson and adjoining counties. Dr. Bowen was introduced by the Hon. L. P. Robinson, member of Congress from the Wadesboro district. He pointed out in a most luminous manner the duty of the race in support of the war policies of the Government and urged the people to respond cheerfully to the call to the savings stamps, to contribute generals, to buy Liberty bonds and warously to the funds for the Red Cross; the Y. M. C. A., and to engage heartily in all of the activities designed to aid the nation in the winning of the war. Dr. Bowen spoke to another large gathering at Hickory, N. C., en route homeward to Atlanta. The full text of President Wilson's letter in denunciation of lynchings will probably be circulated in France among the colored soldiers. The Negro Auxiliary of the Knox County Chapter of the American Red Cross Society of Knoxville, Tenn., is doing excellent work, with Mrs. J. G. Robinson as president. At a recent patriotic celebration Mayor John E. McMillan spoke and helpful addresses were delivered by Editor W. L. Porter of the East Tennessee News, Prof. C. W. Cansler, Hon. W. F. Yardley, Dr. J. H. Henderson, Rev. L. St. George McCallum and others of like prominence. Mrs. Lottie Gamble is enjoying a delightful visit in Denver, Col., and writes friends she is having a pleasant stay. WAR WORK OF COLORED WOMEN Mrs. A'ice Dunbar Nelson Named as Field Representative for Women's Chmmittee of the National Council of Defense. Washington, D. C., Aug. 22.—Mrs. Alice Dunbar Nelson has recently been appointed field representative of the Women's Committee, Council of National Defense. This week she is leaving Washington for the states to make a preliminary survey of the war work which is being done among the colored women by the various State Divisions of the Women's Committee and to assist them in perfecting any organization they may have in hand. In a number of states these auxiliaries are already in existence. Mrs. Nelson comes to this work from Washington, Delaware, where she is the head of the English Department of the Howard High School, which has given her leave of absence for a year in order to do war work among the colored women of the country. She is well known as a club woman, having served for several years as secretary of the National Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, and is intimately in touch with the women of the country who are interested in or actively identified with philanthropic movements or public service organizations. Mrs. Nelson is the widow of the late Paul Laurence Dunbar, the poet, whose productions are familiar to every household in the land, and who first sprang into fame through his verses under the caption of "Lyrics of Lowly Life." Mrs. Nelson is an author of note, having written a volume of very creditable poems and some short stories of Louisiana Life, and compiled a collection of best orations by Negro leaders. She is also a newspaper and magazine writer of recognized ability and far-reaching influence. COLORED NURSES GRATEFUL OR CHANCE TO SERVE President of National Association of Graduate Nurses Sends Greeting to Race Representative in the War Department. Special to The Kansas City Sun. Special to The Kansas City Sun. Washington, D. C., Aug. 21.—The colored people throughout the country continue to feel deep satisfaction over the authorization of the enrollment of colored women as nurses in the base hospitals and camps where soldiers of the Negro race are stationed in large numbers. The hundreds of competent colored nurses, who have been registering their names for many months with the Nursing Division of the American Red Cross, with the hope of finally securing positions where their skill and experience might be utilized to proper advantage, are particularly gratified over the happy turn of affairs. At the coming convention of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses at St. Louis, Mo., it is expected that a formal message of appreciation will be sent to the War Department, The American Red Cross Society and other agencies that have been instrumental in pushing their claims for recognition. The following letter from Mrs. Adah B. Thoms, R. N., president of the National Association of Graduate Nurses, attached to the staff of the Lincoln Hospital and Home in New York City, gives a typical expression of the sentiments of the colored nurses and of the colored people generally, with reference to the admission of colored women to this helpful branch of Army service: MRS. THOMS EXPRESSSES GRATI TUDE OF COLORED NURSES. Lincoln Hospital and Home, East 141st Street and Southern Blvd Mr. Emmett J. Scott, Special Assistant to Secretary of War, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: Now that the American Red Cross has accepted Negro nurses for membership and has begun to en- roll them for nursing service, we feel that we cannot begin our rejoicing before we have offered our heartfelt gratitude to you, who have kept our interest at heart and have always striven to bring about equality of opportunity to the members of a race so fortunate as to have such an able representative at Washington. At the eleventh annual convention of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses, which convenes in St. Louis this year, I shall take great pleasure in acquainting the nurses of the influence you have exercised in our behalf. With very best wishes for your continued success, I am Very sincerely yours. (Signed) ADAH B. THOMS, President National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses. Miss Frances Reed Elliott, formerly head nurse of the John A. Andrew Memorial Hospital, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, who was the first colored nurse enrolled, as No. 1-A, has also written Mr. Scott to express her appreciation of his action in having her enrolled and commissioned by The American Red Cross Society. A PROMINENT MASON PASSES AWAY. Mr. E. O. Boone, Sr., a well known and prominent citizen of Louisiana, Mo., passed away last Wednesday, August 21, following an operation for appendicitis at Jacksonville, Ill. Mr. Boote was Grand Senior Warden of the Masonic Order of Missouri, and only last week was in this city attending the meeting of the Grand Officers. The funeral was held yesterday at 2:30 at Louisiana, Mo., and quite a number of the Grand Officers, A. F. and A. M., were present. He leaves to mourn his loss a devoted wife, a son and grandson. PASSES AWAY. Rev. B. W. Stewart, a pioneer minister of the A. M. E. Church and an old resident of the city of St. Louis, after several months' illness passed away Thursday, August 8th. Funeral services were held Monday at St. Paul A. M. E. Church. Rev. C. W. Newton, president of the Ministerial Alliance, conducted the services. His life of long and untiring service was very beautifully portrayed in four minute talks by the ministers of the city. A large audience was present and beautiful floral offerings as tokens of respect for this veteran of fifty years' service in the ministry. His body was laid to rest with Masonic rites. GRADUATE NURSES SERVICES. The Graduate Nurses' Association of Greater Kansas City will hold their first public service at Allen Chapel 10th and Charlotte streets, Sunday August 25, at 11 a. m. Miss Myrtle Anderson of Los Angeles, Cal., will deliver the address. The public is cordially invited to attend. Mrs. J. H. Hale, wife of Dr. J. H. Hale, a prominent surgeon of Nashville, Tenn., who has been visiting Dr. and Mrs. A. Franklin Radford for two weeks, has returned home via St. Louis, where she wii visit a short while, attending the National Convention of Nurses, of which she is a member. Mrs. Hale is head nurse of her husband's hospital, and while here visited several hospitals. Among those who made Mrs. Hale's visit a pleasant one were: Dr. and Mrs. A. Porter Davis, who entertained August 10 with a dinner, followed by a card party; Mrs. T. C. Chapman took Mrs. Hale for a trip to Excelsior Springs Sunday afternoon, followed by a dinner at the Y. M. C. A.; Mrs. Radford entertained with an informal reception; Dr. and Mrs. S. M. Banks gave an elaborate breakfast last Sunday morning, while on Saturday afternoon Dr. and Mrs. L. V. Miller entertained with a card party in her honor. Mrs. Hale was also the recipient of many automobile parties given in her honor U. F. B. GRAND LODGE HOLD SESSIONS LARGE DELEGATION PRESENT. The 48th annual grand session of the United Brothers of Friendship of Missouri and jurisdiction, opened its regular session last Tuesday morning at the Second Baptist church, promptly at 10 o'clock. The following grand officers answered present as their names were called: Grand Master, Dr. J. H. Williams, Kansas City, Mo. Deputy Grand Master C. W. Black, Plattsburg, Mo. Grand Secretary Duke Diggs, Jefferson City, Mo. Assistant Grand Secretary Rev. John Goins, Kansas City, Mo. Grand Tretsurer Dr. J. T. Caston, St. Louis, Mo. Grand Medical Register Dr. G. W. Brown, Kansas City, Mo. Grand Chaplain Rev. H. W. Botts, Booneville, Mo. Grand Senior Marshall C. H. Wilson (acting), Des Moines, Ia. Grand Junior Marshall Davis, Lexington, Mo. Grand Right Supporter H. C. Samuels, Columbia, Mo. Grand Left Supporter B. C. Slaughter, St. Louis, Mo. Grand Inside Sentinel W. W. Turk, Malta Bend, Mo. The above is a view of the third chanical Building, in course of erection and 2, is being constructed entirely by supervised by Mr. W. T. White, direct Mr. J. W. Spaulding, in charge of Masc. In the construction of the first and tion received in Carpentry and Masonry in wages $2,336.45. During the past summer these boys In this construction, including the four cement, 75 barrels of lime, 75,000 brick The wages paid to these boys during aggregates $4,120. The above is a view of the third unit of the Lincoln High School Mechanical Building, in course of erection. This unit, as was true of units 1 and 2, is being constructed entirely by the boys of the Lincoln High School, supervised by Mr. W. T. White, director of the Vocational Department, and Mr. J. W. Spaulding, in charge of Masonry. In the construction of the first and second units, in addition to the instruction received in Carpentry and Masonry, the Lincoln High School boys earned in wages $2,336.45. During the past summer these boys have been constructing the third unit. In this construction, including the foundation, they have used 242 barrels of cement, 75 barrels of lime, 75,000 bricks and 15,000 feet of lumber. The wages paid to these boys during this summer from June to September aggregates $4,120. Grand Outside Sentinel H. E. Rey- sity, who delivered one of the most polls, Jacksonville, Mo. Grand Sword Bearer Wm. Hagwood, Lexington, Mo. After the usual formalities in opening the lodge, the grand master appointed the following committees of which we will name the chairman and secretary of each committee. Committee on Dedication—Dr. T. H. Phillips, Keokuk, Ia., and Rev. O. T. Reed, Columbia, Mo. Committee on Greetings—Attorney C. C. Calloway, Kansas City. Committee on Returns — J. C. Groves and Dr. H. E. Johnson. Committee on Rules— Committee on Credentials—William Pitts and F. J. King. Committee on Special War Service—H. C. Vaughn. Official Reporter—John L. Thompson, Des Moines, Ia., and Dr. H. A. Longdon, Moberly. The grand master then introduced all new members who had never attended the grand session before, which numbered about 25. He then introduced some of the distinguished members who are visiting this grand body, as follows: Capt. C. H. Tandy, one of the old est past grand masters of St. Louis, a venerable sage of 85 years. Dr. T. H. Phillips of Keokuk, Ia., one of the first grand masters. B. K. Bruce of Leavenworth, Kas. one of the first grand masters. Mrs. Minnie Jennings of 1245 Barnett avenue is confined to her home with illness. 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? Pledge DGE HOLD SESSIONS ter and present grand treasurer, of St. Louis. Prof. C. G. Williams of Booneville. A. M. Schwelch of Columbia, the oldest member of the U. B. F. lodge in point of membership. The session adjourned until 3 o'clock, when they went to meet in a joint session in the Princess Theatre. Promptly at 3 o'clock the grand officers, members and friends crowded the theatre to its utmost capacity. The following program was rendered: Song by the Sisters of the Mysterious Tens. Prayer by Rev. J. W. Damel. Song, My Country 'Tis of Thee. Welcome address by Prof. W. B. Coleman of Moberly. Responded to by H. C. Calloway of Kansas City. Dr. Brown of Kansas City introduced Dr. H. A. Longdon of Moberly, who welcomed the grand lodge in behalf of the local lodges and temples with a very eloquent address. Responded to by Rev. H. W. Botts, grand chapain. Mrs. J. Johnson of St. Louis responded in behalf of the grand temple. Then Grand Master Williams introduced the newly elected president of Lineoln Institute, President Richardson, formerly of Tuskegee, who is a graduate of Harvard Univer- and unit of the Lincoln High School Medion. This unit, as was true of units 1 by the boys of the Lincoln High School, director of the Vocational Department, and secretary. And second units, in addition to the instruc- tory, the Lincoln High School boys earned boys have been constructing the third unit. Foundation, they have used 242 barrels of rocks and 15,000 feet of lumber. Being this summer from June to September sity, who delivered one of the most scholarly addresses heard. The grand master also introduced Mr. E. E. Atwell, one of the food commissioners of Tuskegee, appointed by Mr. Hoover, who made a few remarks, after which benediction was invoked by Rev. O. T. Redd. The report of the Grand Secretary, Duke Diggs, of Jefferson City, in brief was as follows: 154 lodges, 218 temples; 118 Juveniles. Total deaths for the year, 900. Total members received for the year, 1205, making a grand total membership of 12,126. Total amt. of money received from all sources, first quarter, $14,245.88; second quarter, $14,243.33; third quarter $14,234.77; fourth quarter, $20,169.37. Grand total for the year, $62,893.35. Total liabilities $7,384.84. The secretary of the Grand temple Mrs. Leota Caston, St. Louis, was as follows: Total amount received from all sources during the year was $2,236.06. Disbursements $711.86. Leaving a balance in the treasury of $1,524.20. The Grand treasurer of the U. B. F., Dr. J. T. Caston, reported the total amount of money received from all sources this year to be $84,704.48. The total amount paid for burials, benefits, etc., to have been $50,980.12. Leaving a net balance in the grand treasury of $33,724.36. The convention will continue until tonight. About 1,000 attended the meeting. Mrs. Earl Smith, 1903 Paseo, received a letter from her husband stating that he is in the trenches in France. PRICE. 5c. From Our Foreign Correspondents A. F. and A. M. Mo. Jurisdiction A. F. and A. M. Mo. Jurisdiction W. W. Fields, Cameron, Mo., Grand Master. C. C. Clark, St. Louis, Mo., Dep. Grand Master. Ernest Boone, Louisiana, Mo., Senior Grand Warden. I. 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, Relief Secretary. E. G. Lacey, Kansas City, G. L. 1st District. E. 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., Quindaro, Kans. A. L. Thomas, D. G. H. P., Jefferson City, Mo. J. P. Moffett, G. King, Sedalla, Mo. S. A. May, G. Scribe, St. Louis, Mo. Chas. Griggsby, G. Treas., Liberty, Mo. E. S. Baker, G. Secretary, Kansas City, Mo. OFFICERS OF GRAND COMMANDERY, K. T. Missouri and Jurisdiction 1917-18. W. G. Mosely, R. E. G. C., Kansas City, Mo. J. W. Beard, V. E. G. C., St. Louis, Mo. G W. Lewis, E. G. G., St. Louis, Mo. C. Brassfield, E. G., Captain General, Kansas City, Mo. W. A. Ashley, E. G. P., St. Louis, Mo. J. H. Kenner, E. G., Treasurer, Marshall, Mo. J. T. Cannon, E. G., Recorder, St. Louis, Mo. George A. Johnson, E. G. S. W., Kansas City, Mo. Benjamin F. Graves, E. G. J. W., St. Joseph, Mo. Lodge Directory Rone Lodge No. 25, A. F. and A. M. meets the 1st and 3rd Monday in each month. All Master Masons in good standing welcome. F. A. McWilliams, W. W.; C. H. Countee, Sec'y. and A. M., Liberty, Mo., meets the 2nd and 4th Saturday nights in each month. William Parker, W. M.; Nelson Wallar, Sec'y. St. Stephens Chapter No. 37, Royal Masons Library, Larry M. Meer; first Tuesday in each month. Nelson Wallar H. P. Wm. Capps, Recorder. St. Matthew Commandery No. 17, Liberty, Mo., meets the third Saturday night V. S. Starks, E. C.; W. M. Robinson, Rec Sec'y. MOC IN MOCW E. A. Walker Lodge No 257, U. B. F., meets the 2nd and 4th Fridays of the month at 140 Michigan Ave. Ae. Sec., 120 E. 16th St. W. W. Watkins, Sec., 1629 Virginia. ```markdown ``` T. G. McCampbell, President. E. B. Thompson, Vice President. W. H. Washington, Treasurer. S. H. P. Edwards, Secretary: Board of Directors: N. W. Jordan. S. Myers, W. H. Brown. E. S. Baker, W. R. Patterson. R. V. Adkins, B. R. Francis. Richard Harris Geo. Johnson. R. Fulbright. Meets second and fourth Tuesday in each month. CHURCH DIRECTORY. Greenwood Baptist Church, 18th and Terrace. Ellen Chapel M. E. Church, 1664 Madi- son Avenue. Bethel A. M. E. Church, 24th and Flora. St. Stephen's Baptist Church, 604 Char- lotte St. Centennial M. E. Church, 19th and Woodland. Second Baptist Church, 10th and Char- lotte. Allen Chapel A. M. E. Church, 10th and Charlotte. Ebenezer A. M. E. Church, 17th and Tracy. St. Augustine's P. E. Church, 11th and Troost Avenue. St. John's A. M. E. Church, 1743 Belie- view. Seventh Day Adventist, 23d and Wood- land. St. Monica's Catholic, 17th and Lydia. Vine St. Baptist Church, 1825 Vine St. Ward Chapel A. M. E. Church, 11th and Troost. Mounting Star Baptist Church, 2311 Vine, Highland Avenue Baptist Church, 1111 Highland. St. James A. M. R. Zion Church, 1823 Woodland Ave. C. M. E. Church, 1817 Flora Ave. St. Baptist Church, 4093 Mill St. St. Luke's, M. E. Church, 438 and Prospect Place. KANSAS CITY, KAN, CHURCHES, Church of the Ascension Episcopal- Third and Stewart, Kansas City, Kans. First A. M. E. Church, 8th and Neb. Eighth St. Baptist Church, 8th and Metropolitan Baptist Church, 9th and Washington. First Baptist Church, 5th and Neb. Sing Solomon Baptist Church, 3rd and 4th. Gundarro A. M. E. Church, Quindaro. Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, Rose- dale, Kan. Second Church, 9th and Oakland. Second Baptist Church, 24th and Ruby. Wesley Chapel M. E., 108 Shawnee. Bethel A. M. E. Church, Rosedale Kan. Kabernacle Baptist Church, 760 Musk- gret Island, Kana, Bev, D. Nor- glet pastor. [Image of a soldier in uniform]. Sergt. Nathaniel Schumacher of the 325 F. S. Bn. Co. B. FAMILY PRAYER FOR OUR BROTHER "OVER THERE." O. God, we make this prayer for him; he has gone to war; let him find the higher meanings of war and not the lower; war's beauty and not its ugliness. Let him find such things as self-surrender, for the common good; self-sacrifice for an ideal; such devotion to a cause as shall develop heroism; such patience under hardship as shall create strength of soul; such courage in peril as shall bring out that which is noble and God-like in him. Let this war be to him an adventure, fine and wonderful; an education wherein he shall learn life's deepest lessons; an apprenticeship for ultimate manliness; a training that shall provide him a perfect body, a spiritual opportunity that shall enable his soul to come to its due stature. Keep him from war's debasements, from excesses that lessens life, from cruelty and brutality that harden, from lust and drunkenness that rot life, from dishonor, cowardice and all things that make life coarse and common. If he shall have good fortune, favor and advancement, give him industry and greatness of spirit that shall leave him unspoiled. If it be doomed by destiny that he shall be wounded or taken to prison or be in any way unfortunate, may he show that noble spirit which redeems disaster, and if he fall, if his life be among those lives that are to pay the penalty of the world's migovernment, may he die as a hero, leaving to us the memory of his sacrifice as an undying inspiration. O, God, let him ever feel that our loving thoughts hover about him day and night as guarding angels make him a help and not a hindrance to his comrades. Make him the pride, not the shame of his country, and keep him the hope of our hearts, the nest of our dreams, the chosen one of our love, our treasure of treasures that we give to our God and country. Let us be in every way worthy of him, and bring us in Thy divine mercy some sweet day to a blessed reunion where all these blessed heartstrings shall be healed and knitted. Thou Who art all compassion, hear this cry of the family. Henry Schumacher, Lineti S. H. Schumacher, W. P. Schumacher, Mattie Hobbs Porter, Mildred Dunn, Alice Davis, Thos. E. Schumacher. HELENA, MONTANA. "Never throw mud, you may miss your mark; but you must have dirty hands." John Williams, our old friend, is wearing a very broad smile these days. It's of the feminine gender and weighs nine pounds. The mother is doing well. We learn that Mrs. Bessie Lucas is having many "ups" and "downs" as elevator operator in one of the large department stores at St. Paul, Minn. Mrs. Jasper Campbell and little daughter of Butte, returned home last week after a short visit with Mrs. J. H. Hilliard and sister, Miss Kattie Brown. Apropos of the very excellent and timely article in the Sun on the loud talking of our people, I relate a little incident which took place in Helena a few days ago, with Broadway as the stage setting and two of our prominent society stars as principals in the cast of characters. Broadway is quite steep at this point, which may or may not have accounted for the explosion of lung power, making these ladies' voices sound like a "Big Bertha" on the firing line. A white woman, sitting at a window in an upper story of a block along the street, overheard this delectable? part of their conversation: "Since has been applying a bleach to make herself white, she is blacker than ever." This white woman told a colored friend, who told the one talked about. No, not yet. All are THE KANSAS CITY SUN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1918 WESTERN UNIVERSITY QUINDARO, KANSAS Will Open Its Fall Term on Monday, Sept. 9, '18 Write for Catalog and Application Blank Now. 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 departments 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. 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 Word comes to Helena that Mrs. drinks.....All notes for the papers Wesley Cottles, of Big Sandy, was must be in the hands of the agent operated upon for appendicitis, at a by Wednesday evennig. Great Falls hospital, this week. still wearing their full complement of hair. Robert Brown, Sr., was struck by an automobile while crossing Park avenue near the postoffice this week, receiving severe bruises, which, while not serious, were very painful. The white brute at the wheel never stopped to ascertain the extent of Mr. Brown's injuries, but sped away all the faster to escape recognition. His number was observed, however, and the authorities will attend to him, if be caught. Members of Pride of Montana Lodge, No. 4, K. of P., are preparing to entertain visitors who come to the State Fair with a grand ball. Upon the invitation of its superintendent, Mrs. H. J. Baker, St. James A. M. E. Sunday-School had break fast on Mt. Ascension on the 16th. The annual picnic of the school was held at the Broadwater hotel park on the 22nd. Miss Carlotta V. Ford, who has been in Bethe several months, received a telegram announcing her appointment as clerk and typist in the construction division of the War Department, at Washington, D. C. Miss Ford passed a successful examination a short time ago and has been expecting this good news. Her brother, Arthur C. Ford, is already in the government service at Washington. These two young people deserve the praises of their Helena friends for the determination they have shown in their effort to make good. Both are graduates of the Helena High School. Their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Ford, are prominent in church and lodge work in our city. WESTERN Q. Will Open It Write for C Several thousand improved Commerce A number of re ments making it p OUR FOUR-YEAR year Normal course allowing a graduate of Kansas. Certifi Special attent Students. Academic, 4 years Trade Courses, 3 y Greatest Institu F. Jesse Peck President Word comes to Helena that Mrs. Wesley Cottles, of Big Sandy, was operated upon for appendicitis, at a Great Falls hospital, this week. It was to be expected that the meeting called, on the 15th at the Commercial club rooms would end in a fizzle. While the chairman lacked knowledge of procedure, there was no excuse for those present to exhibit such discourtesy and want of decorum as was shown, and, which resulted in breaking up the meeting, and delaying a movement toward a good cause. The erudite parliamentarians, political orators and trouble makers were very much in evidence and gave aid to this delay. In calling this meeting the promoters had in view patriotic purposes, and should have had at least, the good will of those present. Did we not know the Helena people to be 100 per cent loyal citizens, one might have thought German propaganda held sway. Let's get together for work, and become grown-ups. Helena delegates to the annual meeting of Ebenezer Baptist Association, at Great Falls, carried off many of the official plums. Rev. H. C. Parsons was re-elected moderator; Rev. C. P. Patterson, clerk; Mrs. O. M. Ruffin, corresponding secretary. For the women's work, those elected from Helena were: Mrs. Julia Parsons, vice-president, and Mrs. Pansy Patterson, treasurer. On the closing evening of the session, Rev. Patterson delivered the lecture, "Building on a Solid Foundation." The next meeting of the association will be held at Helena. Mrs. Edith Williams and Mrs. Birdella Allsup of Havre, were the guests of Rev. and Mrs. Parsons for a few days, en route home from the Baptist convention at Great Falls. The members and friends of the Busy Bee club were entertained at the very pleasant home of Mrs. Edward Johnson, on Ewing street, last Thursday evening. Mrs. James Talbott died at the family residence, 412 North Beattie street, about 2 o'clock Saturday aft- ernoon, the 17th. Mrs. Talbot was formerly Mrs. Annie Brown and had resided in Helena many years. The Talbotts were married last September at the residence of Mrs. Elimira Dorsey. Mrs. Talbott is survived by her husband, and one sister whose whereabouts is unknown. The funeral was held from St. James A. M. E. church, of which she was a metter. Rev. George F. Martin conducted the services and interment was at Forestvale BUTTE, MONTANA. There is quite a change in the wether, reminding one that summer is about over.....Mrs. J. Phelton and Mrs. Ellison of Anaconda spent Sunday in this city the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Williams and Miss Inez Pierce.....Mr. Abe Warwick and wife have returned from their trip East, including Chicago, Kansas City, Mo., and Louisville, Ky.....Mr. LaGrant of Los Angeles is in the city, stopping with Mr. John Fagan..... The Booker T. club met Monday night at the A. M. E. Church. A large number were present.....Mr. Wm. King and son, Walter, will leave soon for Seattle, Wash.....Mr. Robt. Lee left for his old home to pay his parents a visit before being called for war duty.....We are glad to have Mrs. Sheets named among those who attended the convention at Great Falls. She reports a grand trip, both spiritually and socially.....Everybody's News Stand carries all the leading books, papers, and magazines, also candies, ice cream and soft ERN UNIVE UINDARO, KANSA ts Fall Term on Monday catalog and Application NEW FEATURES dollars worth of new equipment installa tional Course answering the present day of new Teachers have been added; together possible to give better instruction along BEAR ACADEMIC COURSE has been be added, and approved by the State be a Certificate with the privilege of te cate renewable every two years. ion given to Military Training and W DEPARTMENTS Normal, 1 year. Co years. Theological, 3 years. Nurse Training, 3 years. tion in the West for Pra or Catalogue and other Information writ k or Geo. QUINDARO, KANSAS drinks.....All notes for the papers must be in the hands of the agent by Wednesday evennig. ROSEDALE, KANSAS. The condition of Mrs. T. T. Morton shows little improvement...Mrs. Fannie Collins is convalescing from her recent illness...Mr. Peter Greenwood, who was injured while at work, is able to be out and continues to improve...The bazaar given by the choir Thursday and Friday was a success financially. The programs rendered by the ladies Friday and the gentlemen Friday evening were very good. PLEASANT HILL, MISSOURI. Mr. L. Roy Anderson spent a few hours here on business...Mrs. Carl Williams was one of the spectators at the State Fair in Sedalia, Mo., last week...Mr. G. W. Wood, Jr., spent a few days of last week in Kansas City...Mrs. R. H. Monday was the guest of her daughter last week in Kansas City. She was accompanied on her return by her granddaughter, Miss Sybil Green, who will be in our midst for a few weeks...Rev. J. R. Minor and Miss Lillian Hemsley were delegates to the New Era District Association which will convene in Joplin, Mo. Rev. Minor represents the Church and Miss Hemsley the J. M. S. Club...Miss Gladys Wells of Kansas City is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Hemsley...Miss Opal, Wood' of Lawrence, Kas., is spending a few weeks with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Wood, ...Mr. Herbert Scott of Kansas City is here on an extensive visit' with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Snead...Mrs. Rosa C. Gipson is in attendance at the Grand Lodge and Temple Session which convenes in Moberly, Mo., this week...Rev. Rucker of Kansas City, Kas., was a visitor at the morning service at the Second Baptist Church Sunday and held service at the A. M. E. Church Sunday afternoon and evening to fill the vacancy of Rev. O. H. Burbridge, who is visiting his parents. LINCOLN, NEBR. By W. W. Mosely. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Corneal returned home from Kansas City last Wednesday....Mrs. H. Williams is visiting friends in the Kansas Cities this week....A Grand Rally at the A. M. E. Church Sunday August 25. Good services....Mrs. Odessa Price and Mr. John Johnson were united in marriage Monday. Congratulations to them....The Union Sunday school picnic was held in Antelope Park as scheduled with a fair attendance....Mr. A. B. Mosely of the State Journal and Mr. W. W. Mosely of the City National Bank will spend their vacation with her mother and friends in Atchison, Kansas....Rev. J. S. Payne preached for Rev. R. R. Powers last Sunday afternoon in his rally....L. L. Kensington Club gave a private picnic at Capital Beach Tuesday night and had a poyous time....The Red Cross Society had a social affair at the Dunbar Tuesday night and was nicely attended....A number of draft men leave for Camp in Arkansas this Friday. EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, MO. The Albany Hotel is running at her highest. A grand service was held at the Baptist church Sunday, August 18, in honor of the twenty-four boys who have gone to the front. The speakers were Mr. Frank Harris of the Y. M. C. A. and Prof. G. N. Grisham of Kansas City, Mo. Pastor Rev. Daniels was Master of Ceremonies. The following were guests at the Al- ERSITY AS y, Sept. 9, '18 Blank Now. ed. A revised and demands. er with new depart- all lines. revised and a one Board of Education, teaching in the State Var Work for male commercial, 2 years. Music, 4 years. tactical Training K. Williams Registrar bany this week: Messrs C. H. Calloway, Hillwell Bailey, Dr. E. B. Ramsey, A. Hatch and wife, Mrs. Pearl Riley, Dr. McQueen Carrion, Mrs. J. N. Mitchell, Miss Sadie McWorters, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Davenport, Mrs. Mayme McLean, G. N. Bryant, R. L. Logan, R. F. Green and wife, Misses Amelia and Henrietta Hunt, and Mrs. W. T. Osborne of Kansas City, Mo, Mr. James Miles, Lambert, Okla. Miss Isabelle Carter, E. H. Hamilton, E. Burns Crute, Mrs. C. J. Burch, Chas. W. Walker, St. Louis; Mrs. Zelia N. Breaux, Langton, Okla, Mrs. S. A. Mayo and Mrs. Fannie Stafford Emporia, Kansas, Mrs. Saille Cooper, Mrs. Dorsey Hodes, Georgia Fanteroy Topeka, Kansas, Mrs. Mabelle Hart, St. Joseph, Mo, Mrs. M. W. Langford, Omaha, Nebr., R. R. LaMay, Mrs. Laura Howall, Mrs. R. M. Bradshaw, Mrs. Blanche Washington, Mr. J. H. Claybourne and Prof. A. J. Neeley, Kansas City, Kansas, Mrs. E. E. Wade, Beggs, Okla., Alfred Anderson, Venice, Callf. Mrs. James Miller, Eldorado, Kas, Mrs. L. W. Scott, Bethel, Kans. COLUMBIA, MO. Mr. Russel Erkson of Moberly, Mo., spent the week end with his sister, Mrs. F. Crosswhite...Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Boone, Jr., were called to their home in Louisiana, Mo., on account of the serious illness of their father, Mr. E. O. Boone, Sr. Mr. Boone died on Tuesday evening and his many friends in Columbia extend to the family their sympathy...The Victory Auxiliary of the American Red Cross wish to thank the J. W. Boone Lodge A. F. & A. M. and Amos Johnson Chapter for their contribution towards the rent of their work room...Mrs. Addie Triggers of Carrolton, Mo., is the guests of Mrs. A. M. Schweich. Mrs. Schweich entertained a number of ladies at breakfast Thursday morning complimentary to Mrs. Triggers... The W. M. M. S. of St. Paul A. M. E. church held a delightful picnic at the residence of Mrs. Alice E. Williams...Mr. Abraham Fisher is on the sick list...Master Kirklin Renfro has re- turned from Moberly and reports a delightful visit...Mr. and Mrs. Russell Roster and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jackson attended the State Fair at Sedalia, Mo. They were the guests of Mrs. Schweich Jackson...Miss Fannie Nichols is the guest of Mrs. M. Robnett...Miss Bertha Sailes and Mrs. Mattie Snell are visiting friends in Kansas City, Richmond and Excelsior Springs...Miss Corrine Steele is visiting in Kansas City, Mo...Miss Jo Zora Peach has gone for an extended trip through the middle of the West...Miss Fannie Mae Johnson has returned from St. Louis. Mo...Subscriptions to the Sun taken daily, Call 384...Mr. and Mrs. Roy Turner and daughter have returned to their home in St. Joseph after a delightful visit wit htheir parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall...Mrs. Jessie Robnett have returned from Troy, Mo...Mr. Roy Turner of Kansas City, Mo., has been the guest of Miss Lauretta Gatewoods...Mrs. Williams and son, Grant, are the house guest of Mrs. Milton Baker...Dr. Francis Robinson of Chicago, Field Secretary of the National Baptist Convention and speaker of the War Aims of the Government, under the authorization HAIR CULTURE I have the greatest hair-growing system in the world. Have just received diploma from Prof. G. Yhnell of Stockholm, 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. Uncle Sam Needs PORO S Take Ca FORMULA 68 PO HAIR G MADE Mrs Amelia Mrs ST. LOUIS FOR DANDRUFF, FA SCALP; GIVING L ANDABUND THIS STYLE OF BOX PRICE "PORO" COLL ST. LOU De Uncle Sam Needs Our Men. Let the PORO SYSTEM Take Care of You FORMULATED 1900 PORO HAIR GROWER MADE ONLY BY Mrs A.M. B. Purubo Malloni ST. LOUIS MISSOURI FOR DANDRUFF, FALLING HAIR, ITCHING SCALP; GIVING LIFE, BEAUTY, COLOR AND ABUNDANT GROWTH. THIS STYLE OF BOX ADOPTED JUNE 12, 1915. PRICE 50 CENTS "PORO" COLLEGE COMPANY ST. LOUIS, MO. Dept. G THE Modern E A. E. ESTES General O Repairing THE Modern Builders Co. A. E. ESTES, President General Contracting Repairing a Specialty ONLY ONE The history of Kansas City records but one real, legitimate, competent, established Negro jeweler, and he is J. A. Wilson at 1616 W. 9th St. Half block west of Wyoming St. Bell Phone E. 4394R of the U. S. A. War Department at Washington, spoke to the citizens of Columbia Sunday, Monday and Tuesday evenings. SEE US—SEE BETTER 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. We grind our lenses on our own premises. ALCO OPTICAL COI Opticians and Optometrists 1103 WALNUT A. E. Our Men. Let the SYSTEM care of You ATED 1900 1999 GROWER ONLY BY Pete Durubo Salon MISSOURI STALLING HAIR, ITCHING LIFE, BEAUTY, COLOR PAINT GROWTH ADOPTED JUNE 12,1915 CENTS EGE COMPANY LUIS, MO. pt. G Office 2460 Waldrond Ave. Builders Co. S, President Contracting a Specialty ADDITIONAL CITY AND LOCAL HAPPENINGS If Your Business Is Not Worth Advertising, NELSON C. CREWS, Editor BEST SERVICE BEST ARTISTS E. ROY CARPENTER'S BARBER SHOP BATHS CIGARS TOBACCO 1520 E. 18TH STREET KANSAS CITY, MO. Pianos and Victrolas Easiest Place to Buy is THE JONES STORE CO - 3rd Floor 12th & Main Sts. COSMOPOLITAN CLUB 0— Armory Hall, Cottage & Vine Sts. TUESDAY, AUGUST 27 Arthur Williams Singing Orchestra Admission 25c Half of our Club has gone to war; the other half means to have a club home for them when they return. THURSDAY ONE MEAL WHEATLESS USE NO BREAD CRACKERS, BATTER OR BREAKFAST FOODS CONTAINING WHEAT 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 UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION. Statement to the Public. Complaints have reached me from time to time of overcrowded trains and unsatisfactory conditions prevailing in some sections of the country in passenger train service. I feel certain that there are grounds for some of these complaints, but I am sure the public will be interested to know that the reasons are twofold: First, the great number of troops now being handled over the various railroads between the homes and the cantonments, between the different cantonments and then to the seaboard, is making extraordinary demands upon the passenger car and sleeping car equipment of the country. This has caused a scarcity of day coaches and sleeping cars which it is impossible to remedy immediately. Secondly, the increased demands upon track and terminal facilities for the transportation of the tremendous amounts of coal, food supplies, raw materials, and other things required for military and naval operations, as well as for the support of the civil population of the country, force the largest possible curtailment of passenger train service. The movements of troops and war materials are, of course, of paramount importance and must be given at all times the right of way. It is hoped that the increase in passenger rates recently made would have the wholesome effect of reducing unnecessary passenger traffic throughout the country. The smaller the number of passengers who travel, the greater number of locomotives and cars and the larger the amount of track and terminal facilities that will be freed for essential troop and war material movements. Engineers, THE KANSAS CITY SUN. SATURDAY. AUGUST 24. 1918. firemen and other skilled laborers will also be released for service on troop and necessary freight trains. Among the many patriotic duties of the American public at this time is the duty to refrain from traveling unnecessarily. Every man, woman and child who can avoid using passenger trains in this time should do so. I earnestly hope that they will do so. Not only will they liberate essential transportation facilities which are necessary for war purposes, but they will save money which they can invest in Liberty Bonds and thereby help themselves as well as their country; and the fewer who travel, the more ample the passenger train service will be. I may add that consistently with the paramount demands of the war, every possible effort is being made by the Railroad Administration to supply the largest possible amount of comfortable and prompt passenger train service. W. G. McAdoO. Mr. W. J. Moore, manager of the Woodland Garden was very painfully injured last Tuesday between 12:00 and 1:00 p. m. when a gang of thugs attacked him near 12th and Central street for the purpose of robbery. Mr. Moore had just finished making some collections for the Garden and apparently had been shadowed. He escaped without financial loss but sustained serious injuries. NOTICE. LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL. Enrollment at the Lincoln High School will take place next week as follows: Mon., Aug. 26—Seniors. Tues., Aug. 27—Juniors. Wed., Aug. 28—Sophomores. Thurs., Aug. 29—Freshman. Fri., Aug. 30—Specials, Part time and Post Graduates. A recent incident published in your paper regarding an insult and outrage offered a Negro woman in a public park by a workman of said park calls for a thorough investigation. As I understand it, a Negro woman, a Mrs. Morrison, who is reputed as intelligent, cultured and refined, was simply resting on a park bench within the public highway, not disturbing the public peace, when a park workman, by whom appointed I do not know, ordered her out of the park, with insulting language; threatened her with violence when she remonstrated against his outrageous action and humiliated her by forcing her out. This incident would not have happened in England, France or Italy, and not even in Germany, and it happened in this country because of a condition between the races which ceased to exist nearly half a century ago. There is a certain class of Americans who will find it difficult to thoroughly understand the true meaning of the Democracy of nations and the same class has failed so far to learn that slavery was a wrong perpetrated by one class of people on another class of human beings and that when it was abolished both the slave and his owner were freed alike from its demoralizing influence. But there is a useful lesson in the story of the Ten Virgins, who according to a custom of the Orient were waiting to accompany the bridegroom into the festive hall. Five of them were wise, and were waiting; but five were foolish, and neglected to prepare themselves; so that when the bridegroom came they could not enjoy the privileges they were entitled to. The present condition of the world's affairs are by the power of destiny bringing to the Negro of this country a fuller, if not a full, measure of his civil rights and privileges. But there is a large class who like the foolish Virgins are not getting ready. This class is not industriously saving money, not acquiring property, not seeking useful knowledge and not improving its prominent, obtrusive, obnoxious, public manners, which last was the direct cause of Mrs. Morrison's humiliation. Fortunately among the other class of Negroes are many who have learned the lessons of race usefulness from Frederick Douglass, Abraham Grant, Booker T. Washington, H.T. Kealing, Harriett Beecher Stowe and other illustrious men and women and are ready now to work. The task seems sometimes a difficult one, but is one which must be performed by the more fortunate members of the race, and if Hercules could successfully clean the enormous Angean stables in one night in myth, certainly with modern intelligent methods some of the great faults of the race can be improved or cured. I have on several occasions mentioned this matter in these columns and now I offer a practical idea. Many Negroes conduct themselves badly because they have not been taught proper deportment. Let us try to teach those who are not under discipline. Let us raise a fund to have printed placards bearing short lessons in proper public deportment and place them in such barber shops, pool halls, club rooms, churches, schools and other suitable places of public gatherings and keep them there until they effect the purpose sought. Let the local association for the advancement of colored people. The Civic League, take the project in charge. My dollar and other ideas are ready. But in the meantime let the Morrison case be thoroughly investigated and let us insist that we, the American Negroes, are also American citizens. Mrs. Jennie Buckner of Hannibal, Mo., is the guest of Mrs. W. H. Raynor, 2442 Highland avenue. HAVE YOU SEEN IT? WHAT? 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Manufactured only by INC.&CO. PUBLISHED WEEKLY ‘Ail communtcations should be addressed gpiFne anonn City" Gun, 10d Bnet 18tn Gell Phone ast 999. Bell Phone East 2780 mastic vostofice at anise Cay, ia office. a , fo. "tnaer the act of March 3, 1870. Netwon_G. Crews.......2oditor and Owner Wie M Gienns.....:1-General Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES: GH Sab ies cians csvescsinvakorss BO SEO Bain 20220000 tiree Months “<2istiiruscisissegeeas 008 Gihada and Foreign Countries $1.00 ad- Gitional. ADVERTISING RATES, 200 PER INCH PER MO! MEMBER NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION. EDITORIALS. ‘That so-called race riot at Fifteenth and Indiana this week was merely ax attempt upon the part of poor white roughnecks to run colored people away from a public park, the colored people refusing to run, just as they are refusing. to run from the Kaiser over in France. God took Tillman away and Presi dent Wilson has hung Vardeman up to dry. Things are coming to pass and the race baiters should all take notice in time, Now, if something ‘will just happen to the old soreheaded cop who thinks he is called upon to segregate Negroes who visit the Paseo we shall have gained another point in the salient. ‘The action of the Board of Educa- tion in changing the name of the old Lincoln School to the W. W. Yates School, thus obviating the confusion which has always prevailed from hav: ing two schools by the same name, is to be strongly commended. The lnte Prof. Yates, while not a distine- tive educator, was a loyal, industrious school man, and as a race advocate had no superiors. UNITED STATES RAILROAD AD. MINISTRATION, Office of the General Director of Railroads, Washington, D. C. ‘August 18, 1918. General Order No. 40. To All Employees in the Railroad Ser- vice of the United States: Complaints have reached me from time to time that employees are not treating the public with as much con: sideration and courtesy under Govern: ment control of the railroads as un der private control. I do not know how much courtesy was accorded the public under private control, and 1 have no basis, therefore, for accurate comparison. I hope, however, that the reports of discourtesy under Gov- ernment administration of the rail- roads are incorrect, or that they are at least confined to a relatively few cases. Whatever may be the merits of these complaints, they draw atten- tion to a question which is of the ut most importance in the management of the railroads. For many years it was popularly believed that “the public be damned” policy was the policy of the railroads under private control. Such a policy ig indefensible either under private or Government control. It would be par- ticularly indefensible under public control when railroad employees are the direct servants of the public. “The public be damned” policy will in no circumstances be tolerated on the railroads under Government con: trol. Every employee of the railroad should take pride in serving the pub lic courteously and efficiently. Cour. tesy costs nothing and when it is dis pensed, it makes friends of the pub: lic and adds to the self-respect of the employee, My attention has also been called to the fact that employees have some times offered as an excuse for their own shortcomings, or as a justifica tion Yor delayed trains or other diffi culties the statement that “Uncle Sam is running the railroads now” o1 “These are McAdoo's grders,” ete Nothing could be more reprehensible than statements of this character, anc nothing could be more hurtful to ti success of the Railroad Administrs tion or to the welfare of railroad em ployees themselves. No doubt, thos who have made them have done s thoughtlessly in most instances, bu the harm is just as great if a thin of thi sort is done thoughtlessly as i it is done deliberately. There are many people who fo partisan or selfish purposes wish Gov ernment operation of the railroads t be a failure. Every employee who i iscourteous to the public or make excuses or statements of the kind have described, is helping these part san or selfish interests to discredi Government control of railroads. ' Recently the wages of railroad en Ployees were largely increased, it volving an addition to railroad ope ‘ating expenses of more than $475,000 000 per annum. In order to meet thi increase, the public has hee calle Giger and ole a eon ee, and rates. The peop! have accepted this new burden chee - fully and patriotically. The least ths employee can do in return is t 5 the publiv courteously, faith ji and duty rest railroad employees of th United States. Upon their loyalty, efficiency and patriotism depends in large part America’s success and the overthrow of the Kaiser and all that he represents. Let us not fail to mea. sure up to our duty, and to the Just demand of the public that railroad service shall not only be efficient, but that it shall always be courteously administered, — W. G, McADOO, Director General of Railroads, FOR RENT—Four room apartment; modern. 2517 Grove street. Call Bell phone Kast 488. FOR RENT—Elegant front room to man only. Call morning or evening. 1504 East 10th street. Home phone East 4199. WANTED TO KNOW. ‘The whereabouts of my daughter. When last heard from she was living in Kansas City, Mo. Would like to hear from her. Old man is very ill, Any information, kindly address WM, H, FREENEY, Care Defender and Sun, | 2274 Washington St, Gary, Ind. | FOR RENT—Nicely furnished room to man or woman who works. Call in the afternoon. Bell G. 3532W. ‘Mrs, Swann, 1514 E 17th. . 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HOURS 2:00 TO 6:00 P. M. BELLPHONEEASTi992W. The Handy Colored Store 2409 Vine St. Ladies’ and Gent’s Furnishing Goods and Notions d sme 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. ‘Mrs. Annie Holmes, Mngr. 2409 VINE ST., Kansas City, Mo. Beil Phone East 4221) THE KANSAS CITY SUN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1918. Negro Business and Let. = ye Professional Directory) ~~. cam af Groater Kansas city | gem’ @ y ee Se, ee eee ate BAKERIES. MRS, SUSIE OWENS, 2331 Vino street. Bell phone, Bast 5017. HOME BAKERY. Mrs. A. Compton, Prop. 1717 B. 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 lunes PREPARATION, 2100 East 9th. MRS. CORA WILLIAMS, Graduate | Masseuse. Treatments given. Also residential work. 1317 East 224 St, |Bell phone Grand 2319. |MRS. SUSIE P. GIPSON, 1704 Paseo, | Pore Hair Dresser. Bell plone, | Grand 4035-w. | Poro Hairdressing, Singueing, Mani- curing and Facial Massage. Instruc- tions. Mrs. Hattie Wiley, 329 Parallel |avenue, Kansas City, Kans., Bell West | 2378 W. MRS. ROSIE B. JONES, Poro Hair Dresser, 820 South Fourth St, Ar | mourdale, Kans. | CAFES. |BOND CAFE, 618 Charlotte Street. | Mrs, Amanda Bond, Prop. Home | Cooking. DRESSMAKER. |MISS PEARL MAYSE, 1715 B. 18th. Bell phone, B, 412 W. | FLORISTS. CROSTHWAITCARTER 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, Kan- sas City, Kans. Bell Phone West | 3868. ©. H. CALLOWAY, N. W. cor 12th and | Highland, Home phone East 2850, | Bell phone East 4648, Practices in ;| all courts. i } |W. C. HUESTON, N. W. cor 12th and | Highland, Home phone East 2850, | Bell phone Hast 4648. Legal advice. Practices in all courts. JEWELERS. |J. A. WILSON, 1616 W. Ninth street | Kansas City, Mo, Bell phone, Matz | 3859, PHOTOGRAPHERS. ¢ J. E. MILLER STUDIO, 1622 Bas Bighteenth street. Bell phone, , 91 | PRINTERS. 1|JOHN LANGE, 1515 E. 18th street t| Bell phones East 2782 and East 571 eC, A. FRANKLIN, 1309 Hast 18th St S| Bell Phone, Grand 2988, ; REAL ESTATE and EMPLOYMENT ; COLORED PEOPLES INVESTMENT ,| CO, Solomon Smith, Pres., 212: ;, Vine St. Bell/Phone, Hast 1011 ;| Home Phone, East 4011, ; HL. KINSLER, 918 East Twenty ,| first street. Bell phone, Grané 4204. Home Phone, Delaware 950 SHOE STORE. GA. PAGE'S SHOE STORE, 1507 E Righteenth street, Pell phone, Eas 1828. SHOE REPAIRING. ELECTRIC SHOE & REPAIR SHOP J.C. Banks, Prop., 1514% East Bigh | teenth street. Bell phone East 4939 UNDERTAKERS, |ADKINS BROS., Nineteenth and Vine | streets. Both Phones, East 4349. | Bast 4349, | H. B, MOORE, 1104 Independence ave 4] nue, Bell phone Main 3398W, Hom >| phone Main 3341, | WATKINS BROS., 1729 Lydia avenue | Bell phone Grand 987, Home Malt | , 7988, Res, Belt Kast 281. ptr eaters ceee re) |* You've Tried the Rest, Now Try | * the Best. \* Driven by the Owner \* 8. J. HIGHTOWER, . Pull 7 Passenger Car |* _BIG COLE @ LIMOUSINE. |* With Foot and Reading Lights, | |* Speaking Tube and all Modern | \: Conveniences. . 2436 Highland Ave, |: Kansas City, Mo. ' . Call Both Phones. ; BIG’ COLE EIGHT SOCIETY CAR. Plenty of room for seven people. Don't crowd in small cars with reck- less 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, | CT . . Service § Satisfaction are what you get when youpatrovize C. A. FRANKLIN THE PRINTER 1309 East 18th St Bell Phone Grand 2988 | Betty@ Sum's | Little Corner) SS ee pnb AY Cee ne Ui AN TAAL ee se | fared YJ bs ae eea\/ psi 89 4 TES SAS —CALL WEST 380, ig —That this feathes is awfully har¢ on the guy who hasn't but two shirts —That the reason a certain well known man can't walk straight is be- cause a fair dame who was visiting ‘the city the other week “pulled his| leg” too much, —_ | —That if smiles add to a woman’s| beauty, there are a whole lot of them| ‘that ought to keep smiling. Hush up, | jhoney, hush up!” | —That when a new family moves] into a neighborhood, all the neighbors’ watch to see how many collectors call’ on them the following week. | | —That an old gentleman got reli- gion at a certain revival recently, car- | ried on, and he looked in the face }as though he'd eaten something that baie agree with him. Well, you have to get used to religion the same jas anything else. —That a well known woman who boasted that she did as she pleased and it always pleased her husband was caused to do some fast running | up Highteenth street this week and it | apparently pleased her husband for \her to do 0, judging by the rate of eee he was making behind her. Well, she didn't lie, —That at a recent Grand Lodge Session one of the members was so intent on seeing “much” of a certain prominent lady who was also attend- ing the sessions, that he didn’t know his wife had arrived until she whack ed him across the head with her um- brella as the cople were about to go autoing and said, “I'm here, and I'm here to stay as long as you do, and if there's anys money to be thrown away, its going to be thrown away on me.” Too bad, she took all the Joy out of life for him, MAN WANTS EYES OF LIVING PEOPLE WILL PAY $10,00 A PIECE. You very justly think this man must be crazy. Yet when your eyes are strained and your head hurts, if you let the downtown cut-rate optical shops and free examination peddlers fool with your eyes, sometimes you are selling your eyesight for what you think you save on your glasses, ‘The lenses these people handle are moulded bottle glass or seconds dis- carded in grinding good lenses. Some eyes can’t stand this. Why chance your precious eyesight? Their frames are of inferior metal, which poison some people's system. Why risk yours? The acids of your body might not be able to stand contact with in- ferior metals. Many of these men have little or no education, or sobri- ety, and peddle their cheap stuff en- tirely among Negroes. When a white man specializes among Negroes, look out, m Dr. I, M. Horton, 1787 Paseo, Bell ‘phone 2744, is graduated from the ‘best literary and Optical schools in ‘the state. He has studied under Dr. |W. B. Needles, 9th street and Tracy ‘avenue, an international expert. (Put in other ad already set) .. .. .. DR. HORTON EXCELS ALL COMPE. TITORS. When the cut-rate eyeglass peddler and the cheap downtown stores have mussed up your eyesight, then sec Dr, |. M. Horton, expert in Optometry and the aristocrat among the ey men, white and black, The Doctor Knows. 1737 Paseo. Do you need money eb tats Gist ok sean 0 home to rooming house keepers on short terrae Were ieee PROPERTY OWNERS can, shin nae gun gue ee ae a ere installments. © 4F YOUR HOUSE NEEDS repairing, pene, or papering, get a@ loan and put in its necesary repairs, : Our ines Is Strictly nfidentlal, : Bell Grand 4204, A heal a Ny Mackey’s Liniment Dr. Hurse has for sometime been the distributor of Mackey’s Wonderful Rhelmatic cure has recently purcbas- ed outright the formula for compound- ing the same and now has the sole rights for the manufacture and distri- bution of this wonderful preparation. ‘This is the only ten days’ cure on the market taking ten days for rheu- matism two hours ahd immediate re- lef 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, 44338.» 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 bot- tle—Agents wanted. Orders out of the city 25¢ extra for postage. Kansas City, Mo. I suffered with Iumbago for, lone time and I heard of Mackey’s Liniment. I used one bottle of this Liniment and was entirely ‘cured, and 1 feel sate te say it is the best’ Liniment made and it cannot be beat. 1 must say Mackey’s Liniment will do'all it 1s recommended to, do. JOHN SAULSBERRY, ‘2414 Highland Ave., Bell East 3757. ee eh arenas ‘This ts to certity that T had Rheumatism very badly, limbs swollen tight, pain in- Tonge. "T” securea ‘a bottle “of” Mackey'a Liniment from Miss Lillian Tooley and after trying, according to directions, found more immediate rellef than in any- thing else T had tried, MRS. LILLIAN B, SMITH, hibi Fora Ave, March 21, 1918, Having bought a bottle of Mackey’s ‘Liniment of Miss Tooley and tried it for Kheumatism on my sony cound. it all ‘that was needed. wi recdmmend ft to any one for soch troubles or neuralgia, MRS. N. M. HENDERSON, 1525 Virginia. March 19, 1918, My face was swollen from neuralgia al- most had the lockjaw. Mackey’s Liniment | was recommended ana 1 purchased a. bot tie of SMive “Eiian “fooley and had “onc | treatment before” bedtine. me. nex Thorne twas able to eat with ease. |fing We Instant relict for any disease wher |Mniment is required, I always expect te keep a bott! on hand. | 8. W, HENDERSON, | Tia7 Forest Avent. || oediees MAN || Baie| WHO. | ( MUD FIGHTS 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 me: chanics. Bell Grand 3026 Home Main 8476 1106 E 19TH ST. : WILLA M. 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HARRIS, Mgr. 1781 Lydia Ave, Hours: to 9 a. m., 12 to 1 ‘p.m. Hall phones, Home Main 2783, Bell Grand 3352. Residence, 2624 Euclid Ave. Res. Phone, Bell East 3429W. RATES REASONABLE. i) am see “ BAe | ee aN cae ts OR cg ee ent Fer ene tet ees dF i SLR ait phan | ge : x oa a aides Fs NER ei or sn a io aaae IN THE CITIES Crowd Forced School Janitor to Kiss the Flag INDIANAPOLIS.—Employees of the Nordyke & Marmon company's plant, said to have been 500 strong, and headed by a group of soldiers on duty at the plant, placed an American flag on a house occupied by Charles E. men in the crowd who went to his home. Heckman, the workers say, is the janitor at public school No. 3, York and Silver street. One man employed at the Nordyke & Marmon plant said neighbors reported at the plant that Heckman had placed the school flag on its staff upside down on more than one occasion. In the angry crowd that went to Heckman's home and later to the school building, where he was found, were a number of women and girls. There were threats of violence, it was said, but the soldiers took charge of the situation and released Heckman after he had kissed the flag. Herbert Foltz, president of the board of school commissioners, said the board would make an investigation of the reported action of Heckman and. If the reports are found to be true, "quick action will be taken by the board." "Such a thing as that will not be tolerated for a minute," Mr. Foltz said. "If the janitor has done and said the things he is charged with he will be dismissed at once." Tire Salesman Had a Perfectly Corking Good Time KANSAS CITY.—"Stick" Stanley is no common crook, he says. He's a salesman. Every Sunday he takes his little notebook and circulates among chauffeurs and motorcar owners, taking orders for tires. In his little months ago on a similar charge, "Stick" pleaded that he be allowed to join the navy. He was fined and permission granted. The navy refused to take him, with his police record. Today he made a similar plea, asking he be allowed to join the army. Judge Clark fined "Stick" $100 and gave him to July 15 to leave town or get into some useful work. Else a sentence of 200 days on the municipal farm awaits the tire "salesman." Stanley said he had a job in Kansas that he could take and that he'd leave at once. He said he thought he'd wait for the draft to come around to him. "Stick" is twenty-seven years old and has spent some of that time on the municipal farm and in the county jail. He was arrested with his little notebook at Eighth street and Grand avenue by Patrick Thornton, patrolman. Seemed Like Large Sum, but It Was Phony CHICAGO.—Judge John J. Gregory held $5,000 in his hands for five minutes the other day. It belonged to William Fillman, whose wife, Jeanette, seeks a divorce and alimony. They live at 1722 Kinnickinnie avenue, in a home owned by the defender. He certified $5,000, and may it please your honor I will make you a present of it." And, suiting the action to his words, William pulled a role of $50 bills from his back pocket and handed them to the judge. Lawyers on both sides gasped. Judge Gregory said he had never had so much money before and then he started to count it. It was stage money! William explained he had to do things like that to appease his wife, who always wanted money. The two have been married 18 years and Judge Gregory told them to come back in a day or two and meet him in chambers. "You two folks ought to make up and be happy," he said. Captain's Head Is Bald, but Not From Gas Attack KANSAS CITY.—"I haven't a blade of hair on my head," wrote Capt. Hughes Knight, son of W. W. Knight, chairman of the draft board of division two. It was a letter telling of his complete recovery in a hospital said he did not. Mr. Knight visited Dr. Lester Hall. "Can't you give us some hope that he won't always be shorn?" he asked of the physician. "I have never heard of this condition," replied Doctor Hall. Still disturbed, Mrs. Knight mentioned the fact to a neighbor who has sons in the treaches. "Don't worry," she said. "They shave their heads in the hospitals to get rid of cooties." A subsequent letter has verified the fact that this is the extent of the injuries to Captain Knight. Between enemy bullets and persistent and irritating cooties, it can hardly be said with truth that the soldier's life is one continuous round of happiness. Heckman, the workers say, was reported to have made the assertion that he "would not have the —— flag on his house and would shoot the first man who tried to arrest him or put a flag on his house." Before the flag was hoisted on his home Heckman declared his loyalty to the United States, said some of the men in the crowd who went to his house janitor at public school No. 3, York are the Nordyke & Marmon plant said neigher man had placed the school flag on its occasion. In the angry crowd that went to B building, where he was found, were a were threats of violence, it was said situation and released Heckman after Herbert Foltz, president of the board would make an investigation of if the reports are found to be true, "qu "Such a thing as that will not be "If the janitor has done and said the dismissed at once." Tire Salesman Had a Pet KANSAS CITY.—"Stick" Stanley is salesman. Every Sunday he talks among chauffeurs and motorcar owner I OUGHTA GET A GOOD PRICE FUR A TIRE LIKE DAT— months ago on a similar charge, "Stick the navy. He was fined and permission him, with his police record. Today he lowed to join the army. Judge Clark it 15 to leave town or get into some use on the municipal farm awaits the tire. Stanley said he had a job In Ka leave at once. He said he thought he him. "Stick" is twenty-seven years of the municipal farm and in the county. He was arrested with his little avenue by Patrick Thornton, patrolm Seemed Like Large Su CHICAGO.—Judge John J. Gregory he the other day. It belonged to Will a divorce and allommy. They live at owned by the defendant. He testified he and his wife did not agree, and all the money he had was about $600 in the bank and $15 a week he drew from a machine shop he owns. "He had $7,000 in cash only the other day. I helped him to count," exclaimed Mrs. Fillman. The judge looked serious and asked: "Is that so, Fillman?" Fillman replied: "We sure did count the money. It was $6,800. She counted $1,800 and I counted the other $5,000, and may it please your honor to And, suiting the action to his w from his back pocket and handed them Lawyers on both sides gasped. Ju much money before and then he started It was stage money! William explained he had to do th always wanted money. The two have been married 18 y come back in a day or two and meet h to make up and be happy," he said. Captain's Head Is Bald, KANSAS CITY. "I haven't a blad Hughes Knight, son of W. W. K division two. It was a letter telling MY HAIR DON'T BOTHER ME AT ALL said he did not. Mr. Knight visited some hope that he won't always be s "I have never heard of this condition. Still disturbed, Mrs. Knight men sons in the treaches. "Don't worry," she said. "They s'rid of cooties." A subsequent letter has verified injuries to Captain Knight. Between enemy bullets and persis be said with truth that the soldier's li SURE — I KISSED DER FLAG — ER-R DEY MADE ME — me. Heckman, the workers say, is the old Silver street. One man employed at atbors reported at the plant that Heck- staff upside down on more than one Heckman's home and later to the school a number of women and girls. There but the soldiers took charge of the he had kissed the flag. board of school commissioners, said the the reported action of Heckman and, rick action will be taken by the board." olerated for a minute," Mr. Foltz said. things he is charged with he will be Perfectly Corking Good Time no common crook, he says. He's a uses his little notebook and circulates taking orders for tires. In his little book he marks the size of the tire required and identifies the purchaser by some system of his own. Later in the week he delivers the tires. During the week he steals them, he admitted before Judge Charles H. Clark in the North side court. "Stick" Stanley knows practically every policeman on the force, in a personal, intimate way. His record, stated in an offhand way, embraces some 150 to 200 separate arrests for petty thefts. When he appears in court several when he appeared in court several k" pleaded that he be allowed to join on granted. The navy refused to take him made a similar plea, asking he be al- named "Stick" $100 and gave him to July ful work. Else a sentence of 200 days "salesman." was that he could take and that he'd wait for the draft to come around to and has spent some of that time on jail. notebook at Eighth street and Grand man. him, but It Was Phony hold $5,000 in his hands for five minutes from Fillman, whose wife, Jeanette, seeks 1722 Kinnickinnic avenue, in a home IS THIS REAL? I will make you a present of it." wards, William pulled a role of $50 bills n to the judge. Judge Gregory said he had never had so d to count it. ings like that to appease his wife, who ears and Judge Gregory told them to m in chambers. "You two folks ought but Not From Gas Attack e of hair on my head," wrote Capt. night, chairman of the draft board of of his complete recovery in a hospital after a gas attack. "I'm well and strong except for this disfigurement," he continued. Mr. and Mrs. Knight were disturbed over this announcement. "I wonder if it will be for life," worried Mrs. Knight. Mr. Knight met Dr. W. F. Morrow on the street. "My boy hasn't a hair on his head," he said. "Do you know whether it will grow again or what the effect of gas in this way is?" Doctor Morrow Dr. Lester Hall. "Can't you give us horn?" he asked of the physician. "On," replied Doctor Hall. Honed the fact to a neighbor who has have their heads in the hospitals to get the fact that this is the extent of the extent and irritating cooties, it can hardly be one continuous round of happiness. THE KANSAS CITY SUN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1918 WEAR GOLD STAR ABANDON CREPE? 1 At the left is an all-white costume with a tiny touch of black on the sleeve. The coat is of broadcloth, with wide collar and cuffs of angora. The skirt is of plaited Jersey cloth. At the right is a costume of cashmere and faille combined. The vest is of faille, and fastens high in the neck with a narrow turnover of organdie. Folds of the cashmere trim the coat. A hat of faille, draped with chiffon, and suede pumps finish this smart costume. to Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, chairman of the woman's committee of the council of national defense: "I do entirely approve of the action taken by the woman's committee—namely, that a 3-inch black band be worn, upon which a gilt star may be placed for each member of the family whose life is lost in the service, and that the band shall be worn on the left arm. I hope and believe that thoughtful people everywhere will approve of this action, and I hope you will be kind enough to make the suggestion of the committee public, with the statement that it has my cordial endorsement." New York.—It is impossible, as the casualty lists grow, to disregard the subject of mourning clothes, writes a leading fashion correspondent. In a population of over a hundred million, it is quite true that a casualty list of At the left is an all-white costume sleeve. The coat is of broadcloth, with skirt is of plaited jersey cloth. At the faille combined. The vest is of faille narrow turnover of organdie. Folds of faille, draped with chiffon, and sue less than five thousand is too small to make any physical impression. The mental impression grows, however, and women speak of mourning who have heretofore not thought of it. It is a situation to which we must look forward. There is no gentle way of waging war, as was said by the chief of staff. Men must die that nations may live, and women must lose those men. We face the truth quite calmly these days, because, as a nation, we usually grapple with the inevitable with the belief of youth and the patience of age. Women are supposed to be a gentle race, nurtured by chivalrous men, and our nation is supposed to be one of peace, serenity and calm. Will We Wear Mourning? It is a strange thing that today we link this thinking and talking about immortality with an intense desire to laugh, to be amused, to do our best for those who are going and coming, and to lead our lives as though war had not smashed a shell across its routine. With this spirit the idea of deep mourning is not consistent. The world has gone through several rapid phases on the subject of wearing crepe during the last two years. France has been the nation that thought it most decent to wear the deepest habiliments of woe out of respect to the dead and comfort to one's own feelings; but even France has considerably lightened her mourning that her women often do not wear crepe or even a widow's bonnet Already the long crepe veil has practically disappeared. One sees women of ultra-conservative tastes dressed in black chiffon, with a black silk hat and a small mourning veil of coarse-mesh black net, so open that it is merely a cobweb of silk strings. This is a widow's costume. There are sisters and mothers who even omit the veil and wear simple black clothes. There are other sisters who put the broad band around the sleeve; and this has already been done, mind you, and its influence is potent. This manner of dressing is aided and abetted by our government, which hopes that women will not discard the clothes they have in order to buy costly and sometimes large wardrobes of crepe and other mourning habiliments. It feels that the whole nation grieves for itself and for others; that each woman's woe is echoed in another woman's heart; that anxiety is universal. Therefore, it is not necessary for a woman who has lost a man in battle to go to the extreme length of draping herself in crepe, so that her face is invisible and her body weighted down with heavy and unusual fabrics. This is sane and sound reasoning on the part of the government, and every woman should adopt it in a spirit of patriotism and an earnest desire to make the best of the situation. If crepe is to be abandoned by the majority, what is to be taken up? Here is a list compiled by the women who want to be consistent and by the shops who cater to them: Crepe de chine is an admirable fabric, it has been found. Black chiffon, without a glint or sparkle in its surface, is another summer material that with a tiny touch of black on the high wide collar and cuffs of angora. The the right is a costume of cashmere and , and fastens high in the neck with a of the cashmere trim the coat. A hat side pumps finish this smart costume. serves for the street, and will serve for the house later in the winter. Black pongee, made into one-piece frocks and tailored gowns, is chosen, as well as black faille, dull net, China silk and black muslin. There are also black and white muslins, black and white checked woolens, and dead-white fabrics, touched with a black band on the arm. Band and Star on the Arm. There is no definite way to make these mourning clothes. They follow the usual fashions, but they should not be conspicuous. This emphasis is not observed by certain segments of society, whose clothes must be exaggerated to be in keeping with their personalities; but one speaks of the mass. So far, these clothes are for those who will wear black, but America must be prepared for the wearing of colors by those who have lost their men. This must be brought about by national feeling and by the exigencies of the labor situation. Women who are busy, women who have small salaries, women who are dependent upon the Red Cross for their support while their men are in battle, will not change their clothes when they receive the fatal message from the war department. Dark-blue serge, black taffeta frocks, gray gowns, checked suits and white shirtwaists will be worn. The American woman will adopt the British woman's bravery and put a black band on the arm of whatever coat or frock she possesses. There is now a strong propaganda for the gold star in memory of those who "go West." It has been taken up by institutions, churches, banks and by many women. It is in keeping with that departure of the newspapers in which they announce casualties under the caption of a roll of honor. (Copyright, 1913, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) A new table for automobile tourists folds to but two inches in thickness and can be conveniently carled under a cushion on the seat of a car. NEWS and GOSSIP OF WASHINGTON WASHINGTON.—She hoped to go to France with her father, Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, former chief of the army staff. Now that he is not, his charming daughter, Louisita Wood, is a very much disappointed young woman. horsemanship from the troopers at Fort Myer and soon became as proficient a rider as any of them. Always a favorite with the men, she grew up spending half her time around the stables, never so happy as when with the horses. From her father she inherits a naturally robust physique, for General Wood even today is a powerful man, and in his youth was one of the finest all-round athletes in the army. That first long ride she undertook when a twelve-year-old girl was when her father and Colonel Hieston were obliged to ride that distance in compliance with army regulation to the effect that such a trip be made by officers once a year in the army test. It has been indicated that Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, who has been left without a permanent command since he was denied overseas service, might command the American forces. Although only a major general and ranked by March and Pershing, who have the rank of general by brevet, General Wood is by seniority the ranking general officer of the United States army. If chosen to lead the American force he might, as a matter of courtesy, be given supreme command of the expedition. One Man Who Might Have Evaded His Military Duty One Man Who Might Have Evaded His Military Duty LOST chords a-plenty, but how about lost questionnaires? Ever since the war department made the questionnaire well known to 10,000,000 young men and all their parents and friends there has been wonder on the part of It seems that a certain registrant left the city and was working on necessary government work in a nearby community. The work he was engaged in gave him good ground for deferred classification. But he got tired of the work and came back to the national capital. He secured himself a position in the fire department, I am told, and the very first day meandered down to his local board to ask about his standing in the draft. It may as well be stated right here that this man was willing to go to camp any time called upon. His local board members and the clerical force began to hunt up his questionnaire. But they couldn't find it high or low. The questionnaire was lost, that was all. "We wouldn't have known we had you on the rolls," said a member. "But, now that you're here, we'll send you to camp tomorrow." Ever Hear of a Sparrow That Had Sense of Gratitude? Ever Hear of a Sparrow That Had Sense of Gratitude? THE sparrow that adopted a man also may be added to your list of worthies. This natural biplane, being but a few weeks old, had his motor go back on him one day in a downtown street and fell into the gutter. A kind man Soon the sparrow revived. He grew fat. In four days he could fly around the room at a lively rate. "You are old enough now to take to your elemental heath," said the man. But the sparrow would not leave him. The bird insisted on perching on his shoulder and even wanted to travel down to the office that way. In order to escape from him the man had to suddenly dart from the room and close the door with speed. The last I heard of the sparrow he was sitting out in a tree waiting for his master to come home. Hezekiah Got Some Satisfaction for His Beating Hezekiah Got Some Satisfaction for His Beating ALONG time ago in a turpentine camp in the South, Lloyd Jackson and Hezekiah Brown had a falling out. The scrap was never settled because Hez got cold feet and ran away. Several weeks ago Lloyd got wind of the crowd he was with and follow her. She lured him into a house in southwest Washington and whispered some poisonous language in his ears. And when she was sure that he had no gun or razor on him, she gave Lloyd the signal. He came in from a back room and jumped on Hez and almost beat him to a jelly. The woman disappeared, otherwise Hez would have had her arrested also. Because he was mad about the way in which he had been trapped. However, the court avenged him. Lloyd got 60 days—and if Anne ever shows up she will get hers, too. Athletic, fond of all sorts of outdoor adventure, Miss Wood, when she was twelve years old, set a record for long-distance riding for girls. In October in 1913 she galloped into Fort Myer, Va., with her father and Col. H. C. Hieston at the end of the last 45-mile dash of a 90-mile ride. Ever since she has set the pace in hard and long-distance riding for girls. Miss Wood is about eighteen years old. From the time she could walk Louisita has been a rider. She learned horsemanship from the troopers at Fort Myer, a rider as any of them. Always a favorite with the men, she gr around the stables, never so happy as when From her father she inherits a naturally Wood even today is a powerful man, and in all-round athletes in the army. That first long ride she undertook when she her father and Colonel Hieston were obliged ance with army regulation to the effect that once a year in the army test. It has been indicated that Maj. Gen. left without a permanent command since he might command the American forces. Altho ranked by March and Pershing, who have the eral Wood is by seniority the ranking gener army. If chosen to lead the American force he be given supreme command of the expedition. One Man Who Might Have Eva LOST chords a-plenty, but how about lost war department made the questionnaire men and all their parents and friends there I'M GLAD I CAME IN — Y'KNOW I'M ACHIN' TO BITE TH' KAISER— DRAFT BOARD It seems that a certain registrant left the sary government work in a nearby community gave him good ground for deferred classification. But he got tired of the work and came be secured himself a position in the fire department first day meandered down to his local board to draft. It may as well be stated right here that camp any time called upon. His local board members and the cleric questionnaire. But they couldn't find it high. The questionnaire was lost, that was all. "We wouldn't have known we had you." But, now that you're here, we'll send you to Ever Hear of a Sparrow That Has saw the fall and hurried to the scene of the disaster. The little sparrow whnked his bright eyes, and growled in pain. Didn't you ever hear a sparrow growl? No? Well, what has that got to do with the story, anyway? While you are thinking up the answers to these three questions let us follow the man and the sparrow. The man picked up the half-starved little fellow and carried him to his home. He took him to his room and fed him bread crumbs soaked in milk. Soon the sparrow revived. He grew f around the room at a lively rate. "You are old enough now to take to your But the sparrow would not leave him. The bird insisted on perching on his travel down to the office that way. In order to escape from him the man had and close the door with speed. The last I heard of the sparrow he was his master to come home. Hezekiah Got Some Satisfact ALONG time ago in a turpentine camp in Hezekiah Brown had a falling out. The Hez got cold feet and ran away. Several w fact t ```markdown ``` DON'T YOU LIKE LLOYD NO MORE ? NO — THEDA IS NOT TH'ONLY VAMP — crowd he was with and follow her. She lured Washington and whispered some poisonous lash she was sure that he had no gun or razor on. He came in from a back room and jumped to a jelly. The woman disappeared, otherwise Hez also. Because he was mad about the way in. However, the court avenged him. Lloyd shows up she will get hers, too. A man riding a horse. Art Myer and soon became as proficient as she grew up spending half her time when with the horses. Naturally robust physique, for General and in his youth was one of the finest when a twelve-year-old girl was when obliged to ride that distance in complict that such a trip be made by officers. Aj. Gen. Leonard Wood, who has been since he was denied overseas service. Although only a major general and have the rank of general by brevet, Gen-g general officer of the United States force he might, as a matter of courtesy, apedition. The Evaded His Military Duty What lost questionnaires? Ever since theinaire well known to 10,000,000 young there has been wonder on the part of some as to whether one of those millions of documents might get lost some time. Each of the approximately 5,000 local boards of the nation guards its questionnaires with its life, of course, but since local boards are composed of human beings, and since even the greatest of human beings is not perfect, well—why say more? I have at last heard of a lost questionnaire. Right here in Washington, too. left the city and was working on neces- community. The work he was engaged in classification. came back to the national capital. He se department, I am told, and the very board to ask about his standing in the there that this man was willing to go to the clerical force began to hunt up his it high or low. was all. had you on the rolls," said a member. you to camp tomorrow." What Had Sense of Gratitude? o may be added to your list of worthles. few weeks old, had his motor go back g and fell into the gutter. A kind man I LOVE YOU —! ! grew fat. In four days he could fly to your elemental heath," said the man. him. on his shoulder and even wanted to man had to suddenly dart from the room he was sitting out in a tree waiting for Pissaction for His Beating camp in the South, Lloyd Jackson and . The scrap was never settled because several weeks ago Lloyd got wind of the fact that Hez was in town working on a government building. He snooped around the man for a few days—but Hez always had a stick or something in his hand and Lloyd was afraid to tackle him. Thursday evening while the parade was going on, Lloyd detailed his girl, Ann Crump, to lure Hez within striking distance. Hez was bound to fall for this and he did. Anne was only a few minutes in persuading Hez to leave the he lured him into a house in southwest nous language in his ears. And when azor on him, she gave Lloyd the signal. ad jumped on Hez and almost beat him ise Hez would have had her arrested way in which he had been trapped. Lloyd got 60 days—and if Anne ever Engine Goes Dead and Seaplane is at Mercy of Waves—School of Sharks Hungry for Their Prey. New York.—The crew and passengers of a steamship which arrived recently saw two seaplanes in the sky 200 miles from port. Everybody was on deck to watch their maneuvers. Suddenly one of the planes dipped out of the sky, and, landing on the crest of a wave, was tossed from one billow to another. The vessel captain ordered all speed ahead in their direction. Meanwhile the pilot and observer had donned their life preservers. The engine had gone dead on them and they were helpless. Shark's Snout Appears. Then from out of the choppy water appeared the snout of a shark. Another and another followed and the sea seemed full of fins. The sea wolves hungered for their prey, for they turned on their backs and bit at the pontoons as if they knew the weak spots which separated them from their meal. The men were horror stricken, realizing that the wreck of the pontoons would throw them into the water, where their life preservers would form little protection from the ravenous laws. Strike at Man Eaters. They succeeded in wrenching loose two uprights from their alboat and with them walloped every snout that protruded from the water, keeping the sharks away from the pontoons. They beat the waves lustily and yelled at the attacking man eaters. Thus they saved the pontoons until the SHARKS The Sea Seemed Full of Fins. steamship hove to near by and steered their drifting craft to the companion ladder. A boat was lowered from the steamship and the sailors beat the sharks and water with their oars, the school hanging on to the hydroplane. Finally both pilot and observer were hauled up the companionway out of the rough sea, and with the aid of those in the boat the machine, too, was lifted to the deck. It was in a badly damaged condition, but not beyond repair. MAN IS "LOST IN WOODS" Could Hear Street Cars and Sound of Water, but Couldn't Get Out. St. Paul, Minn.—With water only a few feet away, so close he could hear its trickle, and with leaves he raked up around him for his only covering. A. L. Smith, aged forty-three, was "lost in the woods" for three days and nights and lay in a clump of bushes suffering with paralysis and without food or water until found by a patrol man. Smith's story combined the hardships of the man lost in the woods and the aimless wanderer in the desert and all the time within a few blocks street cars were passing and hundreds of persons were coming and going, unconscious that almost in halling distance a man was struggling desperately for his life. Smith wandered away from a grading camp where he was employed and lost his way in the woods. He said he thought it a joke at first, until he passed nearly all one day trying to find a small creek he knew ran through the woods toward the grading camp. He believes he walked in circles until dark, finding neither the creek nor an opening from the woods. Dreams of Fire; Jumps. Redding, Cal.—Dreaming that the hotel was burning, Thomas Quinlan jumped out of his third-story window and landed on a brick pile. He suffered three broken ribs and internal injuries. America's Achievement Behind the Lines Greatest Scheme of Communications Ever Used in Warfare Is Rapidly Nearing Completion The London Times has published two articles described as "the first authorized description of what the American forces have accomplished in France during their first eleven months' participation in the war." The following are extracts from these articles: THE Americans in France are rapidly pushing to completion the longest and in many respects the greatest scheme of communications ever used in warfare. A trip over these lines today is a deeply impressive experience. Since Mr. Newton D. Baker, the United States secretary of war, inspected them less than three months ago, the work is fairly HE Americans in France are rapidly pushing to completion the longest and in many respects the greatest scheme of communications ever used in warfare. A trip over these lines today is a deeply impressive experience. Since Mr. Newton D. Baker, the United States secretary of war, inspected them less than three months ago, the work is fairly leaping forward; the very landscape changes overnight. After two solid weeks of travel, inspecting every main phase and much of the detail of this vast project, I return convinced that what the Americans have accomplished since their first detachment of troops landed in France 11 months ago will stand out in history as one of the greatest achievements of the war. The bearing of this vast work upon the whole war program is supremely important. There is no doubt in my mind that the extent of it, the meaning of it and the future possibilities of it should be made clear to the public, both here and in the United States. It is well at the outset to state some basic facts. The French had all their sources of supply near at hand, and the establishment of their lines of communication was a comparatively simple affair. The British, with all their sources much farther away from the fighting areas and with water transport entering as an important factor into their scheme, had a much more difficult task in planning and perfecting their supply service. But great as was the British problem, that which confronted the Americans when they entered the war was immeasurably greater. Their armies and all their war materials had to be brought thousands of miles from their sources of supply; the submarine campaign was at its highest point of efficiency; the adoption of the convoy system considerably reduced the capacity of shipping facilities, which, even in the most favorable circumstances, would have been totally inadequate to the demands made upon them; there were no large modern ports on the coast of France; nor was there anything like sufficient railway facilities to accommodate the vast stream of men and materials which must flow steadily in, with constantly increasing volume, from the date when the first detachment of United States soldiers landed on French soil. At the same time one must realize that, from the moment war was declared, America itself was rapidly resolving into a huge engine of war. With raw materials, industries, coal and railways, all put quickly under government control and each day becoming more centralized for the sole purpose of multiplying the output of war requirements, the pressure toward France increased with startling rapidity; indeed, it was measured only by the utmost limit of available shipping space. That situation has continued right up to the present, and will continue, no matter how great the output of new ships may be, for a considerable time to come. To take care of this steadily growing volume of men, horses, guns, foods and supplies, to resolve the modest existing facilities into a permanent line of communications hundred of miles in length, adequate to care for an army of the future numbering millions, at the same time meeting all the transport requirements of the civic population scattered over the great stretch of France through which these lines extended—that was the task which confronted the first detachment of American engineers who landed here 11 months ago. But with all their difficulties the Americans had one substantial advantage over the British, or even the French. They were able to profit by the three years' war experience of these two nations and shape the details of a considerable part of their main program in accordance with the full development of the British and French war machinery. They were not slow to avail themselves of this advantage, and the marvellous progress they have made is due in no small measure to the quickness with which they adapted and incorporated into their own scheme certain features of organization which the British and French had evolved through a long period of actual warfare. The cordial way in which the British and French transport and other officials received the Americans and gave them every possible kind of aid and advice is one of the many bright chapters in this story of achievement. After two solid weeks of travel, inspecting every main phase and much of the detail of this vast project, I return convinced that what the Americans have accomplished since their first detachment of troops landed in France 11 months ago will stand out in history as one of the greatest achievements of the war. The bearing of this vast work upon the whole war program is supremely important. There is no doubt in my mind that the extent of it, the meaning of it and the future possibilities of it should be made clear to the public, both here and in the United States. It is well at the outset to state some basic facts. The French had all their sources of supply near at hand, and the establishment of their lines of communication was a comparatively simple affair. The British, with all their sources much farther away from the fighting areas and with water transport entering as an important factor into their scheme, had a much more difficult task in planning and perfecting their supply service. But great as was the British problem, that which confronted the Americans when they entered the war was immeasurably greater. Their armies and all their war materials had to be brought thousands of miles from their sources of supply; the submarine campaign was at its highest point of efficiency; the adoption of the convoy system considerably reduced the capacity of shipping facilities, which, even in the most favorable circumstances, would have been totally inadequate to the demands made upon them; there were no large modern ports on the coast of France; nor was there anything like sufficient railway facilities to accommodate the vast stream of men and materials which must flow steadily in, with constantly increasing volume, from the date when the first detachment of United States soldiers landed on French soil. At the same time one must realize that, from the moment war was declared, America itself was rapidly resolving into a huge engine of war. With raw materials, industries, coal and railways, all put quickly under government control and each day becoming more centralized for the sole purpose of multiplying the output of war requirements, the pressure toward France increased with startling rapidity; indeed, it was measured only by the utmost limit of available shipping space. That situation has continued right up to the present, and will continue, no matter how great the output of new ships may be, for a considerable time to come. To take care of this steadily growing volume of men, horses, guns, foods and supplies, to resolve the modest existing facilities into a permanent line of communications hundred of miles in length, adequate to care for an army of the future numbering millions, at the same time meeting all the transport requirements of the civic population scattered over the great stretch of France through which these lines extended—that was the task which confronted the first detachment of American engineers who landed here 11 months ago. But with all their difficulties the Americans had one substantial advantage over the British, or even the French. They were able to profit by the three years' war experience of these two nations and shape the details of a considerable part of their main program in accordance with the full development of the British and French war machinery. They were not slow to avail themselves of this advantage, and the marvellous progress they have made is due in no small measure to the quickness with which they adapted and incorporated into their own scheme certain features of organization which the British and French had evolved through a long period of actual warfare. The cordial way in which the British and French transport and other officials received the Americans and gave them every possible kind of aid and advice is one of the many bright chapters in this story of achievement. This was the only substantial advantage the Americans had. Their handicaps were multifold, their task colossal. How splendidly they attacked their problems and conquered one after another of the obstacles which confronted them stands out in clear perspective as one passes along their great lines of communication today. Sixty days more will see the greater part of the whole vast scheme in full operation. Even now the completed part of the system is equal to all demands made upon it, and with labor and materials available in fairly equable proportions, as they are now, the actual construction work is going ahead more rapidly than ever. What the American forces in France have accomplished thus far is almost incredible. For instance, out of the waste lands adjacent to an old French port they have constructed a splendid line What the American forces in France have accomplished thus far is almost incredible. For instance, out of the waste lands adjacent to an old French port they have constructed a splendid line THE MARKET M. of modern docks, where every day now ships are pouring forth their cargoes of men and war materials, cars and machinery. This dock system is finished. It supplements the old French dock system in the town, where still more ships are constantly discharging American cargoes. A huge new warehouse system at this point is also nearing completion; even now it is able to take care of the great flood of supplies which is constantly pouring in. In the old part of this same coast town the Americans have installed motor operation and cold storage plants, a motor reception park, and quarters for storing supplies for ordnance and aviation forces. These are more or less temporary quarters, and will be merged in the near future in the general scheme which is now being completed in the outskirts of the town. for, as I have already developed of the great of some of its origin but, however that main pillars of the variety of enterprise tered at various points country, but skilful branch dovetailed in ing for the quick hau of millions. An "organization centered under the great intermediate formidable, perhaps, the Whitehall district officer is response reserve stores, for In addition to the new docks, warehouses and extensive railway yards (these latter have a trackage of nearly 200 miles), work is well advanced on the new car assembly shop, where already, when I saw it in its incomplete state, 20 odd freight cars a day, of three different designs, were being turned out and put into immediate service. Another assembly plant has been constructed—at a different point—to handle all steel cars, which are transported here from America "knocked-down"—that is, in sections, in order to economize shipping space. At this plant these steel cars are now being assembled at the rate of a complete train a day, and plans are rapidly culminating for a large extension of the work. Here, too, a huge camp has been built for the negro stevedores, also a remount camp and two big rest camps, each providing for many thousands of American soldiers, who march thence from the boats to be sifted and rearranged for dispatch to the various training camps farther inland. Not far from here work on a new 20,000-bed hospital is forging ahead, and 30 days from now it will be virtually completed. This is the largest hospital center yet constructed. It is composed entirely of small, one-story, light, airy and attractive structures, divided into small squares, laid out on a great, open stretch of sand, surrounded by pine trees, and altogether promises to be an ideal institution of its kind. In this same section is an immense new artillery camp all ready for the several brigades of artillery which were expected when I was there, and, like the hospital enterprise, it is in strong hands and promises well. In includes a large remount camp, in which were several thousand horses at the time of my visit. The work in this section, which is typical of that at all the other base ports I visited, is being vigorously and intelligently directed. Strong executives are in charge, and the spirit of the workers is excellent throughout. Everywhere the Americans are realizing that they have "caught up with themselves," and now that they can visualize the completion of what a few months ago looked so much like an impossible undertaking they are buoyed up, happy and inspired by their success; they have conquered obstacles and overcome conditions which only great ability and indomitable spirit could possibly surmount. One realizes, after inspecting the character and extent of the work at the several base ports which the Americans have taken over, that here lies the strength of their future scheme of operations. These port schemes are great affairs today; but they are so worked out as to be capable of almost unlimited expansion. This is highly important, for the war developments of the past two months have clearly pointed the way toward greater unity of effort by the allies and greater mobility of action by the French, British and American fighting forces. The tendency is toward a pooling both of effort and supplies, the natural outcome of centralization under a single command. This may easily resolve the American base ports in France into main reserve centers, from which their channels of distribution will radiate directly to railheads on all parts of the front, instead of mainly through the intermediate and advance area centers, which are now being constructed. These latter, in that event, would be utilized in connection with the great and ever-growing training centers through which, for a long time to come, the American army of 2,000,000 or more, in the making, must pass. As at the base ports, so I found conditions all along the hundreds of miles of the American THE KANSAS CITY SUN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1918 lines of communication; everywhere the same kind of capable men in command, the same splendid spirit and energy, the same steady progress toward the ends in view, the same optimism as to the quick and successful working out of the plans as a whole. At present the immense "intermediate section" looms large in the general American plan. It may or may not grow in importance as the war goes on, for, as I have already indicated, the further development of the great base ports may yet rob it of some of its originally contemplated functions; but, however that may be, it is now one of the main pillars of the structure. It comprises a wide variety of enterprises, all on a huge scale, scattered at various points over a large section of the country, but skilfully linked up by rail, one branch dovetailed into another, and all combining for the quick handling of stores for an army of millions. An "organization chart," showing the activities centered under the commanding general of this great intermediate section, though not quite so formidable, perhaps, reminds one of a chart of the Whitehall district of London. This commanding officer is responsible primarily for the main reserve stores, for the American expeditionary forces and the constant sending forward of their daily supplies; but in addition to that he has a large measure of responsibility for the organization and control of great camps, schools, base hospitals, rest areas, engineering and repair shops, the principal repository for "spare parts" of all machinery used in the army, cold storage plants, oil and petrol depots, forestry work and control of a good-sized labor army, which includes many thousands of negroes, Chinamen and German prisoners of war. A round of this huge field of operations is both instructive and inspiring. At one point I went through an enormous locomotive assembling and repair works (housed in a great modern factory building now nearing completion), built for the Americans, under French supervision, by a Spanish firm; a huge oil and petrol supply station., a 10,000-bed hospital and a number of other highly important branches of a central organization which constitutes one of the real backbone sections of the service of supply. At another point I went over great railway yards to see the rows upon rows of street structure warehouses which are being built to hold supplies for an army of a million men for 30 days; an immense refrigerating plant and countless other features, all on the same prodigious scale. Calm, quiet men are supervising it all, watching it grow before their eyes. When the telephones jingle (and they are never long in repose) there is no shouting, no excitement; just quiet, firm replies to the questions put. There is everywhere an air of suppressed energy rather than exuberance or "bustle." It is orderly progress, firmly guided by strong minds, by capable men. America has put her best executives into this work and they are rapidly "making good," as events of the very near future are certain to prove. Farther along the line I saw much the same evidence of orderliness combined with strength in the army bakeries, in the big central canouflage plant, at the various advanced centers from which the army supplies are rearranged for shifting to various railheads and thence to the soldiers at the front. If, as many believe, it is going to be necessary for the Americans to put an army of 3,000,000 into the field to enable the allies to achieve a definite and conclusive military victory, then the quick development of the full American program is a matter of the highest importance to the whole allied cause. From every point of view the results of the first year's work may be set down as a glorious achievement, of which Americans have every right to be proud; the year's record is a monument to their zeal and their wonderful ability. It is a record which promises still greater things for the near future. It spells the beginning of the end, and points clearly to an overwhelming victory for the allies It seems to me that the more the people of France and England and the United States know about this American work in France the better. If the enemy, falling in his effort to deliver a knockout blow by flinging against the allied lines the full force of his eastern armies, released by the collapse of Russia, next turns his efforts to a concentrated peace offensive, as doubtless he will, then surely a clear knowledge of the nature and extent of the American achievement to date, of the American plans, and most of all an understanding of the underlying determination to go the whole distance and not stop till the right kind of peace has been secured, will steel the hearts of the war-weary ones and silence the traitors and pacifists among us for good and all 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 25. CONFESSING CHRIST. (May be used with missionary applications.) LESSON TEXTS—Luke 12.8-12; Acts 1:1-11 GOLDEN TEXT—Whosover shall confess me before men, him shall the son of man also confess before the angels of God.—Luke 12.8. DEVOTIONAL READING—James $:1- 18. ADDITIONAL MATERIAL—Psalms 16; 1-21; Mark 5:19-20; John 1:40-46; Acts 4:18-20; I Peter 3:15. 1. Importance of Confessing Christ (Luke 12:8-12). To confess Christ is not easy; it has never been easy. To do so means exposure to ridicule, contempt and persecution. Regardless of its issue, the true disciple will confess his Lord. 1. Christ will confess before the angels of God those who confess him before men (v. 8). The true disciple will not be ashamed to let all men know that he knows, loves, and serves Christ. 2. Christ will deny before the angels of God those who deny him before men (v. 9). To deny Christ before men may get one a little of human applause, but will surely bring one to loss of heaven and to the sufferings of hell forever. 3. A pernicious testimony is unpardonable (v. 10). This testimony is the expression of a heart utterly perverse, attributing the mighty works of the Holy Spirit as wrought by Christ to the devil (Matt. 12-32; Mark 3-29). The unpardonable sin will only be committed by one whose heart is incurably bad, one whose moral nature is so vile that he fails to discern between God and the devil—a reprobate. 4. Divine aid given in testimony (vv. 11, 12). In the most trying hour the Holy Spirit will teach the disciples what to say, and how to say it. II.—Qualifications for Confessing Christ (Acts 1:1-11) Christ remained with the disciples forty days after his resurrection to prepare them for the important business of witnessing for him. He had a five-fold object: 1. To convince the disciples of the absolute certainty of his resurrection (vv. 2, 3). Before the disciples could undertake the great work for which they had been preparing, the question of Christ's resurrection must be settled beyond a doubt. No one can preach the gospel who does not have certainty of conviction touching the resurrection. 2. To instruct the disciples in things pertaining to the kingdom of God (vv. 3, 6, 7). Their unwillingness to hear Christ's instruction (John 16: 12, 13) before his passion shut out much valuable information, so the Lord tarries to supply this need. They had a wrong idea as to the kingdom being restored, not as to fact, but as to time. Christ had again and again predicted a coming kingdom in harmony with the united testimony of the prophets of Israel. They understood him aright as to the fact of the kingdom, but the time of its manifestation they failed to grasp. The disciples should be defended against the reproach for having a materialistic conception. The kingdom is still to come; the time of its coming is known only to God. 3. To show the disciples that their business was to witness for Christ to the uttermost parts of the earth (vv. 4, 5, 8.) This witnessing was to be done in the power of the spirit, the result of which would be the formation of a new body, the church, called out from the world in the time of the postponement of the kingdom. 4. To show the disciples the scope of their missionary activity (v. 8). This is shown to be as wide as the world itself. They were to begin at home and carry the good news concerning Christ to the uttermost parts of the earth. Mission work begins at home and ends with the bounds of the earth. 5. To show the disciples that Christ will henceforth operate from heaven. They were to work on the earth, but the source of their power was in heaven. Though he is separated from the disciples it will not be forever, for he will come again. He will come again as the God-man, our mediator. The words of the men in white apparel have a double significance. (1) To show that Jesus will come again. (2) To show that in the meantime they should set to work in the discharge of their commission, and not be gazing up into heaven. The Lord's instruction to the disciples was, "Occupy till I come" (Luke 10:13). Those who have an intelligent hope touching the coming of Christ are not sky-gazers, but are deadly in earnest witnessing for Christ. Divine Descent. The incongruity of the Bible with the age of its birth; its freedom from earthly mixtures; its original, unborrowed, solitary greatness; the suddenness with which it broke forth amidst the general gloom; these to me are strong indications of its divine descent; I cannot reconcile them with a human origin.—Channing. When It Is Hard to Pray. It is hard for a man to pray according to God's will if he is not living according to it. Copyright Underwood & Underwood THE FASHION It is the children of school age, and the young folks going away to school that claim attention in August. 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Sometimes it is combined with heavy linen For Fall To shade the eyes or not to shade the eyes, that is the question to be decided' when the quest is for auto bonnets for fall motoring. There are several requisites that the successful bonnet or hat or cap must fill. First of all it must stay on; no matter what winds may blow or how much the driver manages to exceed the speed himit. To wobble about or come off is the unforgivable sin in a piece of motor headwear. Besides this indispensable feature—and equally important—the bonnet must measure up to its wearer's ideas of becomingness. Comfort in all our apparel is an attribute that (it almost goes without saying) is required of it today. Nearly all the hats and bonnets for motoring have small brims, or visors at the front for shading the eyes, but there are some turbans and caps that are brimless. They are in the minority; so it is evident that if the question of shading the eyes or not were put to the popular vote—the eyes would have it. Nevertheless, the "Blue Devil" tam is so dear to the heart of young Americans that it enters the ranks of fall hats for motorwear. It sticks to the head as securely as a French soldier to a Sammy, and withstands shocks of wind and weather without betraying their punishment as in a model showing a plaited, long-waisted blouse of amethyst-colored linen to which a plaited blue serge skirt is buttoned. A broad belt of patent leather slips through crocheted loops of amethyst silk foss that hang from the blouse. They are fastened to it with a few fancy stitches, an inch or so above the buttons so that the belt covers the joining of skirt and blouse. Heavy linen in natural color makes collars and cuffs and sometimes vestees on serge one-piece frocks. Needle work in yarn or silk floss is more used for decoration than anything else. Usually one or two colors in contrast to the frock are used and the designs must be simple. The little frock pictured for the girl of six years is a good model for any sort of material—wool, linen, heavy cotton or plain wash silk. Wool and linen are most worth while, for the stitchery that must be put in by hand. Collars and cuffs or vestees in heavy natural linen are beautiful in combination with blue, brown or green woolens. They are made so that they can be taken out and washed; hence two sets are necessary to each dress. Motoring It is for youthful wearers and shading the eyes is not a matter of concern with it. There are veils and goggles for that—if shading is needed. This tam, made of silk, appears at the left of the two pictures. At the right there is a corduroy bonnet—clearly of Dutch bonnet inspiration. It has a becoming drooping brim all about the face, but a brief brimless space across the back. 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The first was the great necessity of sending the girls and boys to school, adding that it was a sin to deprive them of their education by keeping them out of school to earn money. And it was equally as important to see to it that the girl and boy spend their evenings in study instead of at the picture shows or a dance, if proper care and results physically, mentally and morally are to be obtained. The second message was the arrangement which has been completed by Dr. Thompkins to have one thousand Negro women trained for war service at the old City Hospital. This, he urged the women and girls to take advantage of the opportunity and prepare themselves to help care for their loved ones, who will need their care. The third message, "The Home Guard Organization." In this Director of the Vocational Departmenting charge of this work has not only but has created an unthought of degree the entire study body. Mr. White is p year. MR. W. T. WHITE, Director of the Vocational Department of Lincoln High School, who since taking charge of this work has not only raised the standard in this department, but has created an unthought of degree of interest in Vocational work among the entire study body. Mr. White is planning to do great work this scholastic year. he urged the men to join in order to be able to take care of conditions at home, when the call is made.... Prof. Lee congratulated the pastor and members upon the great change and improvement they had made in the lighting of the church, stating it was the first time he had really been able to see the splendid congregation of Ebenezer on account of dim lights. He also spoke of the electric fans, stating that Ebenezer was very much up to the minute. The collection was $350.25....The first report of the Mid-summer drive for coal was made Sunday. The second report will be September 15, on the parsonage and annual wind-up. Forty tons of coal were put in and the treasurer, Brother Tyler Jackson, states it is paid in full. Not much noise, but methodically and continuously the debts on Ebenezer are being paid in full....The Willing Workers' Club was royally entertained on Thursday evening by Mrs. Irene Blackwell....Class No. 3, Brother George Holler, leader, is this week....Mrs. Ella Thurman reported $13.50 for her club. The assessment was $6.25. She went over the top. Brother Givens and Brother Gilliam went a hundred per cent. Mrs. Givens and Mrs. Daisy Roberts, both stewardesses, Miss Lucy Turner, and Miss Stella Smith, captains, are all in sight. Great enthusiasm is being manifested by the loyal members of Ebenezer, who expect to bring their clubs up in the second drive, September 15....On September 4 a big trolley party, headed by No. 72, Beulah Walker, captain. This will be one of the greatest outings of the season. A three hours' ride for 25c....Mr. John Gregory of 1408 Woodland, a constant attendant at Ebenezer, who is visiting in Nashville, Tenn., writes that he is having a delightful visit, yet he misses the great morning service at Ebenezer. He also feels very keenly the effect of the ice and sugar famine through the South and after all, thinks, "There is no place like home."....Rev. Chandler worshipped at Ebenezer on Tuesday evening in class services....Special services at Ebenezer night. Miss Myrtle Anderson, the lady lawyer, of Los Angeles, Cal., will speak on the "Race Question." Mrs. --- EBENEZER CHURCH R. G. Jackson will sing. Prof. Jackson, accompanist. Special music by the choir, solos, duets and choruses. Despite the warm weather many were in attendance Sunday. Dr. Wm. H. Thomas, the minister, occupied the pulpit. His sermons were strong, energetic, masterful and highly appreciated by those who heard them. His pastorate of Allen Chapel is drawing near to its close. Members and friends alike are reluctant to see him leave, as he has endeared himself to all....The object of the Strangers' club recently organized, is the uniting of the new members of the church in worship and in work. Mrs. Rosa Scott is president....Prof. Jackson sprang a pleasing surprise on the pastor and congregation Sunday morning, in the playing of the pipe organ by little Margaret Thomas, daughterrr of Dr. Wm. H. Thomas. She acquitted herself well. Her father did not know that she could play the organ at all....The trustee helpers will have a lawn social Tuesday evening, the object of which is to help pay for the winter's coal. Admission, ten cents....The annual choir concert and recital of Prof. Jackson's young pupils will be August 30th. It is ```markdown ``` it of Lincoln High School, who since tak- raised the standard in this department, fee of interest in Vocational work among planning to do great work this scholastic hoped there will be a large attendance at both these affairs.....We must keep the home fires burning by doing our duty at home.....The Dollar Money Roll is increasing steadily; perhaps we won't keep our pastor in suspense until the last moment as heretofore.....Brother John R. Haworth, leader of class No. 3, has been appointed to take the place of Leonard Johnson, leader of class No. 8, who is now doing war work. Brother Wm. Perry was appointed to class No. 3.....The open air services Sunday evenings are being well attended. All are invited to attend our services. CHRISTIAN CHURCH. The minister and wife and others returned Monday from the State convention at New London, Mo. They reported the convention the best in history. Elder A. B. Ross had charge of the services during the minister's absence.....Prof. P. H. Moss, the National Bible School Secretary, made us a short visit, en route from the Missouri to the Kansas convention. .....Mrs. Wm. Alphin left Friday to attend the Kansas Convention at Troy and to visit relatives and friends in Topeka, Kans.....R. P. Jackson has been elected superintendent of our Bible school. The last Sunday in September will be promotion day in the Bible School and the pupils and teachers are busy.....The Patriotic Union picnic of the Christian Churches in Greater Kansas City will go at Swope Park August 30th. Special program will be rendered at 5 p. m. ....The attendance at the Bible School and 11 o'clock services holds up well for the hot weather, but a falling off at the evening services. ....Rev. R. C. Pierce preached a practical and very pointed sermon on Sunday morning. The attendance was good, spirit fine and the regular offering went beyond all previous ones, ...There will be special services all day next Sunday. At 8 p. m. there will be a patriotic service in which additional stars will be placed on the service flag. The choir will render special music. At all services there is always room and welcome for all. ALLEN CHAPEL. VINE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH. All services were well attended Sunday. There were two additions to the church....All of the sick are improving.....Mr. Anthony Ward, father of Mrs. P. L. Blackwell, died August 17th at the ripe old age of 87 years. He was the father of fifteen children, 32 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. We. extend to the bereaved family our heartfelt sympathies....The Kansas and Missouri Association convened with Mt. Pleasant church, Kansas City, Kas. Rev. Richardson, pastor....We are glad to say we were royally entertained by the Mt. Pleasant Church and its pastor....The following members of Vine Street were elected officers: Miss Bloomer Gillham, secretary of Sunday School Convention; Mrs. Addie Jones, president of B. Y. P. U.; Mrs. Gertrude Tibbs, vice president of Mission. Our pastor, T. H. Ewing, is still corresponding secretary....Cecil H. Spigner, gas inspector, 806th Infantry, U. S. A., camp Funston, Kas, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Spigner, 2544 Michigan avenue, Saturady and Sunday. He says Camp Funston is right....Mt. Pleasant Church will carry the banner.... SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH. The pastor, Dr. Bacote, was not in his pulpit last Sunday on account of attending the Baptist State Convention which was in session at Joplin, Mo., during the past week....In the morning services Prof. Lee made a very interesting talk which was enjoyed by all....In the evening services Rev. Green preached a grand sermon on "Christ, the Door to the Kingdom," which was enjoyed by all present....During the day there were three additions to the church....The Wednesday evening prayer meetings are interesting and well attended....The Mission Circle held a very interesting session at the home of Mrs. Givings. 616 Steptoe, last Friday at 2:30 p. m....The B. Y. P. U. Choral Society will render a special program under the direction of Mrs. J. L. Reeves in the lecture room, beginning at 6:30, August 25th. This special program will be rendered at the close of a rally conducted by the B. Y. P. U. for the benefit of the carpet funds....The general public is invited to attend all of our services. Come to church. JAMISON TEMPLE C. M. E. 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