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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-25

sorted collection of timetables, and
1 won't owe you a cent for my fare
to New York and a new outfit from
plume to patent feathers. Now, don't
ask me how I'm going to do it, or I'll
giggle myself to death over how easy
it is"
IF blind can lead blind l am very
willing to be led" he laughingly OBJ
served as he caught step with her.
But you have not told me about your
own troubles"
Mel" she said with infinite disdain.
II fell a victim to my own fatal beauty
and it gave me the brain storm all
right. / dreamed 1 had a voice and
a figure, and that If l just let the pub
lie know about them I'd have Patti
forgotten and Melba retired on a pen
sion. So I tried 1t, and The Belle Of
Broadway Company Number Forty
Two quit here. That's all. There's
only seven people in this town with
pink nails and there's AZ girls to look
after them. II I'd send to mother for
a cent she'd have to borrow a jimmy
and a dark lantern to get it; If I'd
send to the boss barber at the Bel
weigh I'd get money so quick the edges
would be scorched of when it got
here, but I'd have to marry Jimmy
when 1 got back, and while starving
would be quicker, 1t wouldn't be so
painful. And that starvation turns
no musical comedy. either. I've got
a dinky little ~two-by-two paid
for until tomorrow night, and then 1t
would have been little me to some
body's kitchen with a half-Nelson on
a gas range. And I can't boil eggs"
They had crossed the little park by
this time, and had stopped in front Of
one of those dingy-looking houses that
have the perpetual smell of mildew
in the front hall. She ushered him
into a dim parlor embellished with six
pieces of ragged plush furniture and a
collection Of atrocious wax flowers
on the mantel under a glass globe,
and then she tripped upstairs to the
third floor. In a moment she hurried
back with her suit case and a bowl OF
water. She threw up a blind and
placed the bowl on a little table be
side the window.
First Of all, you've got to look the
part, SO dip in your hand" she di
rected him as she opened the suit
case and produced her manicure set
She was silent only until she sal
down. when / get back to little ole
Broadway tomorrow night, she ratified
on as she deity and vigorously mani
cured him, I'll promise never to gei
farther than four blocks away from
the subway again as long as I live.
used to kick because I'd get called VI
| to a room, as sure as death that thu
job would take an hour and a half
and that there'd be no tip, to manicure
some waspy woman with her hal
on the table and her complexion OIL
the dresser, and her figure hanginl
up in a closet, and the rest Of he
beauty scattered on four chairs ant
the bed; but even that would be 10,
l to me now. I've seen all of the coun
try 1 want, and it's Bessie-sit-by-the
) fire for me from this on! I'm Willing
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-25

ter; but after he had left the train he
found to his dismay that he had only
one solitary ten-cent piece in his
pocket.
Five cents of that he used in car
fare to the office Of the man he had
so hastily come all this distance to
see, and the other five cents he used
in riding back downtown. His man
had been called from the city that
morning, and would not be back for a
week or more! P%reoccupied with vex-
alton, he walked into the nearest big
hotel and scrawled his signature upon
the register.
The clerk hesitated a moment,
though merely out of habitual our
tesy.
Your luggage not arrived yet, Mr..
-er-Cash?" he stumbled, puzzling
over the register.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-25

sign a block away brought him back,
with a comfortable jerk, to practical
affairs, The sign betokened the loca-
ton of a telegraph office, and as a
happy haven of refuge he hurried to
it.
Collect" he directed presently,
handing in his telegram at the receiv-
ing window.
The girl in charge did not even
glance at the telegram. She was look
ing at the man; at the unshaven face
and the soiled collar,
Are you located in the city," she
asked mechanically.
NO"
where are you s%topping?"
Nowhere as yet he confessed,
angry with himself that he felt a flush
rising under the skin of his cheeks.
1--WE can send no kilograms for you
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-25
Points for Improvement Workers.

The waging of improvement work is
dependent for success upon the same
support accorded all effective warfare,
for the greatest need is money and
the second greatest need is more
money. Funds are necessary for i'm
mediate action and for perpetuation of
the work and these should be secured
before starting OF n specific prob
lem. Annual dues are necessary to
insure permanence, for little lasting
interest is felt that is entirely aside
from all feeling OF proprietorship. In
terest all classes and all ages; do not
overlook the children and the work
they may do. Select for your initial
work something in which all, or near
ly all, are interested. Have regular
and frequent meetings; nothing is
more contagious than enthusiasm.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-25


The mere fact that he was q many
times millionaire and owned or con-
trolled enough railroads to string al
most twice across the continent did
not help the far-famed e. H. Cash one
bit in the present juncture. Indeed,
likely, if he ventured to use 1t, to get
him into trouble than to aid him.
Impossible as it may seem, the Illus
trious ringmaster of the financial cir
Gus was without a cent, in a strange
city, a distressingly immense distance
from New York, and with absolutely
no prospect Of getting money unless
he should earn it by manual labor, like
any other homeless and penniless wan
derer. Such an absurd condition was
his W fault entirely, and due to two
causes: his tremendous business en-
ergy and his equally notable personal
carelessness.
MIR. Cash was supposed to have
started upon a summer cruise in
northern waters, and had ostensibly
cut the cables from all his business
affairs. At Quebec, however, some
newspapers had been brought aboard,
and in n of them he found an OBJ
scure four-line item which made him
change his plans in a hurry.
81 am afraid I'll have to apply for
a weeks shore leave" he explained to
his guests, a stag" crowd. You fell
lows don't need any help in enter
tanning yourselves, for you never get
away from the poker table anyhow
except to eat and sleep. You own the
Petrol till I get back. Just lazy around
wherever you like, and pick me up
here a week from Monday morning.
if you will"
AS he hastily threw some necessi-
ties into a travelling bag, he noted that
he needed a shave, but there was no
time for it now. He had almost lit
orally Jumped" into a plain travelling
suit, and did not even stop to put on
his watch. He found that he had
enough cash on hand to pay for his
transportation, berth and meals en-
route, and beyond that he had no
worry, for his checkbook and papers
were in his travelling bag.
Ashore, he caught his train with but
brief minutes to spare, and was so abb
sorbed in the deal he meant to put
through that he was a hundred miles
on his way before he missed his lug
gage, finding in place of it only the
uncomfortable reflection that through
out his long 30-hour ride he would be
deprived of a shave and clean linen.
He was not one given to worry,
however, and when he had his final
brushing up at his destination he me-
chemically handed a dollar to the por'
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-25
statIoner.

The name stationer, used to desig-
nate n who sells paper. ink. ETC.,
came to be SO used in the following
way: Originally there were two class
es of booksellers, those who had only
carts in which they peddled their
wares about the street. and those who
had shops Of stalls. These latter were
distinguished from their wandering
brethren because they remained sta
tionary. and because OF the fact that
they did not travel about they were
able to sell other goods besides books,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-25
RIA. Captures a Bird.

A large rat was seen to capture an
English sparrow yesterday by hiding
behind a garbage box and springing
upon its prey when the bird alighted
to eat. At least such is the story told
by w. Seward Shore. a druggiSt, 1900
North Bond street. Mr.. Shore says
that he watched through a window
and saw the rat secret itself behind
the box and when the little bird came
down spring upon It, He ran into
the yard and the rat dropped its
prey and fed into q hole. The wing
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-25

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COOPERATE FOR MODEL. CITY
Civic Organizations and High School
Boys Doing Splendid Work
at Reading, Pa.

Reading. Pa, has a number of civic
organizations, such as the woman's
club. Civic league, civic division of
the Woman's club and the Reading
Kindergarten association, and all have
accomplished noble work. But the
youngest workers, and probably the
most enthusiastic In this sphere. are
the members Of the high school for
boys, who belong to the civic classes,
and who are under the instruction and
direction Of Prof. s. H. ziegler, one
Of the city's greatest enthusiasts for
a more beautiful Reading, a cleaner,
better, larger city. He has been teach
ing and preaching at almost every
recitation civic pride, until the noble
work of the boys has been recognized
by the former board of trade, and
the state board of education has taken
ar interest in what they have accom-
plished and set out to accomplish.
City officials and the chamber Of COM
merce give them encouragement, So
that there are almost 100 boys from
freshman to seniors who are peeping'
into every nook and corner of the city,
into alleys and byways and around
and over fences to see If they
can find something that ought to be
removed.
Practically every member has a pa
per pad In his inside coat pocket and
a kodak In the outer pocket when they
make their trips of investigation, and
as things appear before their eyes
they are noted in the book or pictured
on the film, so that they have a two
fold record which will bear them out
when they make reports as to the
necessity for immediate remedies or
improvements.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-25

ut was too bad" said the young
lady, about your right tackle getting
hurt that way. / see the doctors
no hopes OF his recovery"
Yes" the captain OF the team re-
piled, 1T was very unfortunate, We
haven't a mar in the college who can
NIL his place. and here 1t is just at
the beginning Of the season. too"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-25
found Snake In Engine Room.

A travelling Snowman at Columbia,
8. c., gave 1t out that an 1S-foot boa
constructor belonging to his show had
escaped; but. as the reptile was not
found, the story was put down as an
advertising dodge. The other MORN
ing. however. when the porter OF an
ONCE building went dewn into the
basement to fire up, he saw what look
ed like a log lying beside the furnace.
While he stood wondering how II could
have got there. the log" moved. Then
he made his way up stairs In a hurry.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-25
encourage Travel In sIcIlv.

Sicily is a land of great beauty. rich
in historical remains and associations
and with a wonderful climate; 1t has
been for many years a resort for the
traveller from other lands. A move
mont has been inaugurated recently
looking to the encouragement Of tray-
81 In the territory.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-25
A srownIno cIub.

81 want you to join our Browning
club"
Really, I'm not cultured enough for
that highbrow stuff"
"Oh. all we do is to dance the tango
and go to musical comedies once in
a while"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-25
What He Wanted.

They say he married her because
he felt that his children needed a
mother"
Yes. He has just bought her a
$3.50 toy dog and sent his children 10
live with his first wife's mother
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-25

and shouted that the boa had been
found. Fortunately, 1t was half tor
pid, SO it was captured by a dozen
men and put in a large box for ship
ment to its owner.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-25
AthIetIn cnmhar

do you take exercise regularly?-
Yes"
Gymnasium"
"No. l travel a great deal and al.
ways take an upper BERTH"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-25

such as pens. paper. etc, and in this
manner the articles known as being
sold especially by s%tationers became
known as stationery.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-25

of the bird had been broken. however,
and Mr.. Shore thought 1t humane to
kill it.-Baltimore Sun.
Arizona republican., 1914-09-14
Amey1can Slang
 Causes AyyeSt
 As German Spy
ASSOCIATED PRESS pIsPArCHl

NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-Dr. Alexan- der Becker instructor in a Brooklyn school, who arrived on the steamer Acona. told of his arrest in Germany on suspicion of being spy as the re- suit of receiving a message written in slang from a friend in Italy.
 The message which caused the ar rest of Becker was:
 ''Kale all gone wire thirty beans at once'
 When the German censor at Mar kirch, in Alsace intercepted this mes sage. the strange words evidently aroused his suspicion. Kale" looked somewhat like "Kehl," town in Ba- den on the Rhine, and beans" bore some resemblance to bombs. App parently the censor concluded that Becker was implicated in plot to blow up big bridge at Kehl. Becker was kept in a cell for thirty hours. He was given twelve hours to leave Germany and fled to Switzerland.
 Later he met his friend in Naples, the latter explaining that as soon as war broke out the bank where he kept his money Was closed and so he appealed to Becker for funds, using slang.
Arizona republican., 1914-09-14
SHAME YOUNG MEN |NTO THE
 BRITISH ARMY
Advertisements for Petit coats for Able bodied Lag gards and Offer of Wo- man to Take Place Aid Recruiting
tc) Underwood 6 Underwood.
I ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATCH]

LONDON Sept 13-"Wanted-Pet . ticoats for strong. able-bodied young men not in the army''-is a sample of personal advertising in the columns of London papers since it has become evident that recruiting the army up to the strength desired work
 Another reads: Doctors wife. middle aged. will undertake the work of any tramway conductor, coach man, shop assistant or other married worker with children provided that worker will undertake to enlist and fight for his country in our hour cf need All wages earned will ba turned over to the wife and family. Apply, Mrs. Lowry, 1 Priory Terrace, Kew green, :. w"
 Sir Gilbert Parker is among the prominent men who are alarmed by the reluctance of young men to an- swer the call to arms. Ina ring ing appeal he says:
 
 The men of the country as a whole do not understand yet the peri, in which we are. the crisis in which we are moving. They do not realizl the day is here when it may be nee essary for every man from 15 to 50 to shoulder Q rifle and fight for his very home and hearthstone. The country is not vet awake. England must wake soon until the farthest cottager in the farthest country shail imagine an enemy on his doorstep and be ready and fitted to give his life and save his home and country The ease with which Canada ais ed 100000 volunteers in less time than it took England to raise the same number. has produced many caustic letters. One woman writes; Khaki should be the only wea, | for self respecting men between 2 and 30 and women should show theil Gisinclination to be seen in public with any man of suitable age an,
Arizona republican., 1914-09-14

wounded, supplies and pris- OnerS.
 Last Sunday was the darkest day in the war for the allies. The French gov ernment emigrated from Paris to Bordeaux in a long, sad procession of motor cars. An attack upon the capital appeared imminent, as the main German force hammered a huge wedge into France between Paris and Verdun, with its center some miles south of that line.
 The French people trem- bled with the question of whether their army was not a beaten army and whether the history of 1870 would repeat itself.
 The battle of the Marne, which was decided in a week, is regarded by mill tary critics as the most mar vicious reversal of the roles of two armies known. In their view, it appears to have decided the first phase of the war and to have made impossible the plan which the. German staff is sup posed to have had of smash ing the French by one com prehensive stroke and then turning the bulk of the Ger man forces eastward to con front the Russians.
 Military experts, however, are still cautious. While recognizing the possibility 1 that the German armies will yet rally and draw a strong defensive line, they recog- nize also the possibility of the almost complete evacua-
Arizona republican., 1914-09-14
Commander-in-Chief of the French Forces Announces Victory is More and More Complete With Enemy Still in Retreat
GERMANS LEAVE
 THEIR WOUNDED
After Heroic Struggle of Seven Days, French Army is Flushed With Success and Keeps on the Heels of Germans
ASSOCIATED PRESS pISPATCH1

BORDEAUX, Sept. 13-Minister Of War, Alexandre Millerand, communI- cated today to the cabinet the follow. ing telegram which he received from General Joffre, commander in-chieI of the French forces:
 Our victory is confirmed as more and more complete. Everywhere the enemy is in retreat Everywhere the Germans are abandoning their prisoners, their wounded, and muni- tions of war.
 After heroic efforts on the part of our troops during this formidable struggle. which lasted from the fifth to the twelfth of September, all our arms are flushed by success, and are executing a pursuit unexampled for it's extent. On our left we crossed the Aisne, below Soissons, thus gain ing 100 kilometers (about 65 miles) in six days fighting.
 Our armies of the center are all ready north of the Marne, while those of Lorraine and Vosges are ar irving on the frontier. The morale. endurance, and ardor of our troops and those of our allies are admirable. Tn. pursuit will be continued with all our energy. The government oi the republic may well be proud of the army with which it is equipped.
 "(Signed)
 "JOFFRE."
Arizona republican., 1914-09-14
PEACE TERMS CONSIDERED
Believed Kaiser May Soon Give His
 Views on Proposal
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH


 WASHINGTON, Sept. I3-Knowl- edge that Emperor William has been considering for several days the mes sage from the United States govern ment inquiring. in effect, if Germany is desirous of discussing peace meas ures has set official and diplomatic Washington alert for possible exchange of peace terms between the belliger- ents.
 Among the diplomatists of the friend- ly allies, the view is expressed that while the effort to make peace may have seemingly failed, a sudden turn of events might at any moment change the situation. It is pointed out if the retreat of the German army continued so that it is forced to the borders of France and if Austrias reverses are prolonged, President Wilson's personal influence in Great Britain and France might be brought to bear to obtain a definite statement of peace terms.
Arizona republican., 1914-09-14
NO REPORTS RECEIVED

PARIS. Sept. 13-The following of ficial statement was issued tonight:
 No report was received tonight from general headquarters. The statements published yesterday after noon depicted with what vigor our troops were pursuing the Germans in thef.' retreat.
 Tt is natural under these circum- stances that the general headquar- ters cannot send twice day partic- ulars concerning the incidents of this pursuit
 All we know is that the forward march of the allied armies continues ali along the front, the contact with the enemy being maintained.
 "On our left wing we have crossed the river Aisne"
 A Havas agency dispatch from Bordeaux gives the following commit nication signed by General Von Stein officially issued at Berlin:
 News has been received from headquarters that the army situated east of Paris which advanced across the Marne was attacked by a super ior force of the enemy proceeding from Paris between MeauX Montm:- rail
 @The battle lasted two days, result ing in heavy losses on both sides The French troops advanced. and our troops retreated, followed by columns of strong fresh French troops.
 The situation in the region os Vosges remains without change In eastern Prussia fighting has been re- commenced"
Arizona republican., 1914-09-14
CROWD HEARD FAULK
 0N DRY SIDE
An Outpouring at Court House Plaza Yesterday Afternoon to Hear Flo quent Argument for Pro hibition Amendment

No mass meeting held in Arizona in recent years rivaled in size that as sembled at the court house plaza yes terday afternoon to hear Rev P. II. Faulk. the prohibition orator of Texas, who had been brought here to make a canvass of the state for the prohi- bition constitutional amendment. The audience ot the week before when MT. Chain was the chief speaker, was regarded as a record breaker but its figures were surpassed yesterday. It was estimated that almost, if not quite, 5000 persons had assembled
 The meeting was called to order by Charles J. Hall. who introduced q. F. Rinehart, in charge of the pro- hibition amendment campaign. MT. Rinehart presented a photograph he had taken of a billboard at the cor ner of Sixth and Washington streets. It displayed a poster-siZe photograph of President Wilson. and beside il, in large letters. were the words. ''I am opposed to prohibition" and T have seen it in operation where the state has been fixed as a unit and it has always failed" Then came the sig nature Woodrow Wilson. president
 of the United States The first sen tence was probably not uttered by the president. At any rate. 1t IS not quoted in the poster. Next to the picture of the president is an ad- vertisement of Pabsts Blue Ribbon | beer.
 ] Mr. Rinehart prefaced his remarks with the statement that he was democrat. and he thought it was fair
 to the president to say that he had confessed to many other previous er-
 TOTS. He had once opposed popular
 government. and had become an earnest advocate of it. Four years
 ago he wrote the famous Joline let
 ter. in which he expressed the ervent
 wish that some means might be dis J covered whereby Mr. Bryan might
 be knocked into a cooked hat. Yet
 he thought better of Mir. Bryan later MT. Bryan had heaped coals of fire on the Wilson head by making him
 president of the United States.
 MT. Rinehart then read letters from
 governors of several states where pro- hibition is in force, testifying to US efficacy and it's benefits. These gov
 ernors. speaking of things they knew, constituted a higher authority than the president, who had done as he had so often done before, rashly pro mulgated hastily formed theory. In conclusion, Mr Rinehart quoted from Mr Bryan in favor of prohlpl- tion.
 MT Faulk was then introduced. He is a gentleman of aggressive appear ance and a trained orator. Humorous ianecdotes were sprinkled plentlfuily throughout his discourse. His theme was personal liberty, and he lnVlteu any member of the audience who De- leved in personal liberty to occupy d seat on the stand that they might have it out.
 MT. Faulk laid down several propo- | (Continued on Page Three)
Arizona republican., 1914-09-14
TIDE TURNS RAPIDLY IN
 FAVOR 0F ALLIED ARMIES

SIXTH WEEK OF THE WAR BETWEEN GER MANY, FRANCE, GREAT BRITAIN AND BEL GUM HAS BROUGHT A VAST TRANSFORMA- TON WITH THE PURSUED NOW THE PUR- SUERS-GEN VON KIUCK'S ARMY, WHICH so LONG tBATTLED TO TURN THE ALLIES WEST ERN FLANK, IS ITSELF BEING SLOWLY BUT STEADILY OUTFLANKED - ITS RETIREMENT BEFORE THE SMALL BUT HARDY BRITISH ARMY TURNED THE TIDE OF BATTLE - THE FRENCH REOCCUPY MANY TOWNS