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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-12-05

happy. The question continually re-
Cured. How well had he builded?
With suddenly clarified vision he be-
held the youth at HIS side, raw, un-
shaped, the reaches of his soul as yet
unlighted by purpose, unwarmed by
inspiration. After ten years he was
almost as Richard Courtney had found
him.
'T have secured the windows.
cannot give the light" thought the
preacher sadly.
He became aware that Mark had
broken the silence. Il owe you a
lot," he had said.
Not very much" Courtney sighed.
1T wish 1t were more-much more"
ooh, yes. it is much. You've taught
me to read and talk and-and think"
Courtney repFessed an unhappy smile.
you've made me-see big. You've
got me ready to go away from here.
II appreciate it,
I'D rather you could see true. But
must you go?" The plea was without
spirit; he knew its uselessness.
There's life to be lived here, even
by a man who sees big. / wish you
would stay, at least for while"
No, / must go now. I've a reason
you don't know"
The preacher felt a jealous pang.
After a while he said Did you by
any chance hear my sermon this morn
ing?"
Mark looked away, uncomfortable.
only part of it 1 was thinking pretty
hard"
"Of yellow braids and pretty COM
plexion," Courtney said to himself bit
terly.
Mark was frowning in an effort to
recall and piece together detached
phrases that had f1oated to him dur
ing the service and then, finding no
welcome, floated away. ct was about"
he said hesitatingly. sit was about
man finding his big idea"
Il am battered" The dry droll in
Election was a concealment.
1.-The big idea,'a' said Mark vaguely.
does it mean-God."
It's His way of lifting the world
forward It's" Courtney stopped
abruptly, with a hopeless smile. He
looked away across the hills.
Suddenly, with an oddly appealing
gesture, he turned again to Mark. All
the intense longing Of the man who
has dreamed and failed and yet chung
to some fragment of his hope, paint
ing his vision, breathed in his words.
Some day you may remember
told you It's the big purpose that
sometimes comes to the big. passion
ate man, to accomplish some work for
its own sake; that grips him. drives
him, makes him ruthless to his own
desires, forgetful of his failures and
blind to everything but his task; that
transforms him into a narrow zealot.
a fanatic, but a power-always a
power, because he is his purpose in
carnate 1t is that without which the
big man is wasted, because he is that
dangerous, useless thing, a force I'M
controlled It's what / wanted
you to have"
Mark stared Tin afraid don't
understand
And l." Courtney cried, Il can't
make you understand But you win
know, when it comes to you" The
IRE began to die from his eyes and
voice IF 1t comes" he added
For a while Mark considered per-
plexedly this outburst- Then he dis
missed it as ont of the Incompetent
sfb1e moments of a man whom, de-
spite oddities. he liked very much he
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-07

deliver immigrants that need and de-
sire guidance TO any part of Greater
New York for sums ranging from rs
cents to 81.
The investigation that preceded the
organization OF the Immigrant Guide
and Transfer in 1909 disclosed the
presence of fifty or sixty licensed and
unlicensed porters, runners and cab
men at the barge office. There was
almost no check upon their opera
tions. True, their licenses we're re-
vocable il they were convicted of
abuses, but the several licenses for
p%orters, n and cabmen we're is
sued by several different powers, and
If a man lost one sort of license he
could promptly apply for another.
Moreover there was no system for
Identifying license holders, 80 hat
there vas no practicable way of dis
tinguishing between a licensed man
and one that had merely rented an
official cap for two dollars.
Preyed On the Ignorant.
In the heyday of the activities of
INSCRIPTIONS porters and runners a
stout little man about twenty-five
years old with dark curly hair and
dark eyes took up his permanent
camp neal the fruit stand under the
elevated stairs and followed groups
of immigrants to the ticket offices of
the elevated road and the subway. He
displayed a porter's license and
showed marvellous skill in getting i'm
migrants away from the guides of
philanthropic societies, grabbing their
addresses out of their hands and
taking general possession of them.
In his palmy days he boosted that he
cleaned up 1000 a week"
Naturally Christos C%onstantinos,
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Evolution of Modern Trade

In a jewelry store more than fifty
years ago, John Wanamaker was buy
ing a present for his mother with a
few dollars of his earnings. I'll take
that" he said, pointing to a dainty
jewel and handing out the cash a little
proudly. AS he spoke, he saw another
shiny something that pleased him still
more, even though it came higher. 81
think III! change my mind and take
that one instead" he said to the man.
who had not yet wrapped up the first
selection. tits too late now" snapped
the jeweler. you've bought this n
you must keep it." Doubtless it had
been in stock a long time and he
salesman felt proud that he had
worked it off. 1t was an affront to the
young purchaser, but it was the in
ception of one of the basic policies in
the Wanamaker system. The jewelers.
attitude reflected trade conditions
prior to 81, but all this was reversed
in the Wanamaker idea, whose creator
has lived to see his convictions adopt
ed as business axioms. One price for
goods and the return of purchases has
revolutionized retail trade not only in
Philadelphia, where it met with bitter
opposition, but in all parts of the
country. John Wanamaker was one of
the first merchants to recognize the
privilege of the American woman to
change her mind.-"A Modern Bust
ness General" by Flynn Wayne, in
National Magazine.
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down which may come only those i'm
migrants discharged for New York
city. Not W all those that are
bound for New York city pass unchal-
lenged through the swinging door.
Those that are waiting for friends or
relatives go down the stairs, it is
true, but their section of tie stairs
leads to a detention room, not to the
swinging door. From where l stood
could see into the detention room, for
a small part of the dividing wall is
made of iron screening. 1t was full
of women and children, some of them
lunching happily, others rising on the
benches in nervous hope or fear at
every new sight or sound.
AS the afternoon wore on and a
denser line began to move more
quickly down the stairs-there were
several ships in that day bringing
mixed crowds of Italians, Greeks. Hun
garians and Russians-I followed the
line through the swinging door, down
to the barren, cellarlike corridor, past
the cagelike quarters of the waiting
friends to the outbuilding adjoining
the dock. The uneven line scuttled
along r~esoundingly on the wooden
floor until at the dock end it was
halted in front of a high desk.
Guide and Transfer Agency.
The desk belongs to the Immigrant
Guide and Transfer, established to
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-07

From the report of the correspond
ing secretary of the Federation of Col
ored Women's clubs, Miss Ida Cum.
m1ngs of Baltimore, Md, the follow.
ing excerpt is given:
Our women are realizing as never
before the power of organization. They
are showing better judgment, working
Tor larger results; they have caught
the vision of service. Playing its part
In all the forces of human endeavor,
mutually and helfulness have stamped
themselves. For these bodies of ours
to be out of harmony means disease
and death. Oh, a lack of human mu-
tuality means morel
Here we have come as the Jewish
people came, centuries ago, to Jerusa-
lem, with their offerings, to celebrate
the harvest. Instead of dipping a gold
en- pitcher in the pool of Sloan for
the altar, we are come to draw water
OF inspiration from the we'll of our
different experiences.
In some states the ballot has come
to our women We hope the day may
o dawn when all of us may enjoy
this privilege. Jane Adams says: If
woman should fulfill her traditional
responsibility to her W children, she
must bring herself to the use of the
ballot, that latest implement for self
government | believe in woman suf-
rage because women are as integral a
part of the commonwealth as man,
and have equal social rights. But, sis
tiers, what we need is to work hard
and train ourselves to be fully pre-
pared to use this privilege when it
comes to us.
The temperance question is of vital
Importance to us. Sisters, let us work
with renewed energy to rid the land of
that which is doing so much to drag
us down as a race. March 10, 1913,
marked II of the most impressive
scenes in our civic life in Baltimore,
when hundreds of our citizens ap-
peared with white citizens to protest
against the resistance of certain
saloon licenses, and a woman of our
race held them spellbound as she
pleaded with them to close those dens,
for the children's sake. Thirteen sa-
looms in that one district we're closed
and 200 in the city.
I'm the training of our children
homes and fresh air camps are being
established for the dependent ones,
girls homes for d~elinquents, and for
strangers from the rural districts.
Three hundred Negro children are
born daily-and so much depends on
the child culture of today"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-07

A company of t~erritorials we're at
the range. The usual marker had
not turned up, but a deputy was soon
found in the person of an old worthy
well known in the district who occa-
sionally acted as substitute in such
circumstances. The first round was
about to be fired when the captain,
looking towards the target, was al
most ~stupefed to see the newly-en.
gagged marker right in the line of
fire.
stop firing!" he sc~reeched, as he
fastened to where the old man stood.
calmly smoking. You blithering
IDIOT" he yelled, as he approached.
do you know you were within an ace
of death just now?"
och, aye" was the reply. "Jist fire
ava. Ave marked for your squad
before. London Tit-Bits.
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which your Imagination puts In 1t win
be gone when you reach It. that the
mirage which you witness today comes
from the distance, but that when you
arrive 1t will be gone, and you will
hnd only a common, ordinary day
practically a duplicate Of this com.
mon, ordinary day, through which you
are now passing?
The trouble with many Of us ia
That we are waiting for the ideal con
dition before we enjoy ourselves.
Somehow we cannot seem to manage
to extract satisfaction and enjoyment
out of the day that is so full Of cares,
anxieties and the humdrum routine
OF life. We are dreaming of that
Utopia somewhere in the future that
VIII have all the good things, the
comfort, the convenienoes and lux
urtes without the annoying things,
the thousand pin pricks and the little
a~nnoyances, the fretting and the wor-
rying and the anxiety of today. We
are dreaming of the condition when
our family will all be well, when We
shall be strong and healthy, vigorous,
and when we shall be rid of the things
that harass.
But there is no such Paradise
awaiting us. We are really r0w in
the Paradise which we pictured in
our dreams a few years ago. We all
are in it. This is the future we
looked forward to when we were in
school or college, when we first left
home to start out in the world for
ourselves, and is it materially different
from yesterday? Is it not the same
humdrum sort of life, with the same
.anxieties, the same worries, the same
cares that we had then, and probably
many more? Life is made up Of days.
each one must be a success or the
who'll is married. The habit, there
fore, of resolving when we start out
each morning that the day shall find
us a little farther ahead, a little far
ther on, is a wonderful help. Life
as a whole will be a success il each
day is a success.
To-day is your day and mine, the
only day w have, the day in which
we play our part" says David Starr
Jordan. What our part may signify
the great whole we may not un-
derstand; but we are here to play
and now is our time. This we
know; it is a part of action, not OF
whining. 1t is a part of love, not
cynlclsm. 1t is for us to express love
In terms of human he%lpfulness."
Today is the day that holds the key
to your future. What you do today
you will likely do tomorrow; what
you are today you will be tomorrow,
with simply n days growth or one
r~etrogression. Today is the
b~ulletin-board of what you do tomor- A,
By what philosophy can you idle
away your time today, waste your
squander your force, and do
your work like a drudge, and expect
l magnificent harvest of success,
prosperity and happiness from such
sowing? Today is the seed you are
for tomorrow's harvest, and if
you SOW seeds of carefulness, accu-
'acy, energy, zeal and enthusiasm. If
SOW optimistic good cheer, help
I'll seeds, you will reap the same kind
II a harvest tomorrow.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-07

The vast area of rich lands in Texas,
her splendid climate, her generous
laws and her warm:hearted citizens
constitute a firm base upon which will
be erected from year to year a com
monwealth of unprecedented prosper
ity. The instruction given in her agri-
cultural colleges and the research
work in her experiment stations will
be carried to the people of the rural
districts. Already the work of organi-
cation has begun and instruction and
demonstration in agriculture and home
economics in conformity with the pro-
visions of the Smith-Lever bill, will
inaugurate the work of popular edu-
cation of the working farmer. Surely
the good people of Texas must see an
immediate and urgent need for this
work among the people "furthest
down." All the arguments in favor
of extension work among any people
anywhere apply with greater emphasis
to the Negro farmer.-Wade C. Roll
Inns, in the Houston Post.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-07

who gave a guide" money enough to
get him a ticket to Chicago and was
put on the subway and told to stay
there until he got to Chicago "tomor-
row night" showed himself stupid
and dazed when the subway guard in
sisted that Christos must get off at
Dyckman street. And Ivan Burif,
who handed over his $25 for an Of
fetal cap sold him by a runner who
declared his father was boss of the
American government" and that the
cap represented a life job for Ivan,
was in a high state of excitement
when he found himself not only with
out the job but also without his en-
tire capital in America. Another run
ner, after giving a Greek immigrant
a counterfeit $40 bill for SIS in Eng
lish money, piloted him around
corners till he was confused, and then
slipped away from him.
On a busy day the Immigrant Guide
and Transfer agent may arrange to
deliver several hundred immigrants.
These are tagged at the desk with a
yellow ticket pinned under the lapel
so that they can be identified by the
Immigrant and Transfer guides. I'm
migrants have been known to object
to this public tagging and to meet
this sufficiently human objection a
rather less obtrusive button is sup
piled to the sensitive.
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of the northern waters. Under his
tough, thick skin he has an inch or
more of blubber. When the ice closes
up the open water in the Arctic, the
seal selects a spot, and begins to
drill a hole to the surface by pressing
his warm nose against the ice. No
body knows how many hours 1t takes
him to accomplish his task, but he
manages it; and although he is
obliged to work most of the time,
ecaus the surface of the hole is
continually freezing, he keeps it open
all winter, and obtains air. Seals
have been known to drill In his man.
ner through so feet of solid ice.
Whether OF not they take turns in
the slow drilling is not positively
known. 1t is at these seal holes,
that the polar pear seeks food In
the winter, and there the Eskimo
waits. spear in hand, for his weekly
supply Of meat.-Youth's Companion.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-07
Call 1t a "Tub Cure" in Fredonla.

Call It a "Tub Cure" in Fredonia.
Every Monday morning one can see
scores of Fredonia's fair sex disport-
ing themselves in the new tub cure.
The process is described by the Ere
donia Herald as follows: One arises
before six in the morning, fills a tub
with hot water and then taking all
the soiled linen of the household,
dumps it promiscuously into the wa
ter. Then a bar of soap and a wash
board are brought into play. The
linen is rubbed up and down with a
brisk motion until the arms and face
are a rosy pink. If perspiration can
be brought to the surface of the skin
SO much the better. When all the
linen is so rubbed it should be rinsed
in cold, clear water. This exercise is
good for the complexion and should
be done at least once a week."-Kan-
sas City Star.
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Progressive Crime.

The Richmond Virginian, in describ.
ing a small battle, says; "The officer
attempted to arrest the negro on the
charge of stealing a ham, which, it
afterward turned out, he carried con-
cealed beneath a large white apron.
Sweet started for the first police sta
ton with his prisoner. When the
pair reached the open window the me-
gro suddenly whirled. showing the Off
Ger through 1t. In doing this, however,
he lost his balance and tumbled
In behind the officer. While the off,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-07
TODAY is YOUR DAY AND MINE.

The majority of people get a very
small percentage Of the possible hap
plness out of life because they are
waiting for that paradise of tomorrow
when they believe their worries and
their anxieties and the things that
embarrass and harass them and fret
them VIII be eliminated and only the
zoe things, the things that make
people happy, will remain.
Do you ever realize, you who are
dreaming about tomorrow and its
wonderful possibilities, that it will he
Just like today. that the glamour
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-07
AFRO-AMER|CAN CULL|NCS

The thirtieth annual conference of
Church Workers Among Colored Peo-
pie was held in st. Philips church,
New York city, October 6 to 8, by
courtesy Of the rector, Rev. Hutch
ms Chew Bishop, and his people.
About fifty clergy attended the ses-
sions and more than one hundred lay
men and women we're visiting dele
gates. There was much interest in
the sessions for consideration of var
led topics; the services we're well at
tended, the attendance was remark
ably good in the evenings when from
seven to nine hundred persons were
present. Dioceses in the following
states were well represented: Missis-
sippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
South Carolina, North Carolina, Vir-
ginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
New Jersey, New York, Connecticut
and Massachusetts.
On Tuesday evening, after short
ened evensong, Bishop Burch made an
address of welcome for the bishop of
New York, who was unable to be
present on account of the Minneapolis
meeting of the house of bishops. Ven
cradle Henry Baird Delany, d. D.,
president of the conference, respond
ed to the bishops cordial greeting.
The annual sermon was preached by
Rev. George f. Miller of Brooklyn,
and the necrologist's report was read
by Rev. Emmett E. Miller of Peters
burg, Va.
Friday was Woman's auxiliary day.
AS on other mornings, the holy COM
munion was celebrated at seven
o'clock. There were business meet
ings at 10 a. m. and s D. m.
At the closing session on Friday eve-
ming there was a solemn TIE Deum
and procession.
Besides the presidents annual ad-
dress and other official reports, a long
series of subjects were treated by
writer's, appointed speakers, and vol
unteer speakers.
An address by Doctor billiard of the
Slater-Jeanes fund was of particular
value. There was a fine address by
Doctor Du Bots on the subject War
and Prejudice" Rev. George CHAIN
ers Richmond of Philadelphia made an
impression by an address, and Miss
Julia c.. Emery of the Woman's aux
Hilary took active and helpful part in
the meeting of the women. A COM
mittee was appointed from member
ship in the several provinces to
report whether the organization of
provincial conferences of church work
ers would be useful. The need for a
field secretary for work among the
colored parishes and missions was
reaffirmed. Commentator was given
to work and Investigations of Mr.. C.
W. Robinson, a layman of st. Philips
church, New York, with respect to
conditions in connection with the
Brotherhood of st. Andrew and also
to the plan of having a colored Sec
rotary in charge of work among the
colored chapters. The plan for a "a
cial missionary episcopate was en-
Enthusiastically approved again, no dis
senting voice heard. A general ad-
dress to the church at large was set
forth in conclusion and was read at
the closing session.
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Don't Hand Diaries Around.

People in the habit of noting their
candid opinions in diaries should be
careful when showing them to other
people. Shirley Brooks records that
"Delane, the editor of the Times, Sir
William Russell and Lord Harrington
were In a railway carriage, when some
dispute arose about o date Russell az
hrmed that he knew, having made an
entry In his diary. This was In his
travelling case, and he produced 1t. He
found the page, but not being able to
read-his glass having slipped into his
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-07

A committee of seven Negroes rep
resenting the Colored Federated Char
tiles appeared before County Judge
Ward at Houston, Tex, and spoke in
behalf of the boys in contemplation of
which the sum of $4,000 was set aside
in the budget. The delegation declared
that a necessity for the institution ex-
listed despite the fact that the Gates
vile institution was a suitable institu-
ton for the Negroes sent from this
county.
]. Dixie Smith, chief probation Of
ficer of Harris county, who recently
paid a visit to the Gatesville institu-
ton, declared that the Harris county
school was needed to care for juvenile
d~elinquents who committed minor Of
lenses. Judge Ward declared that the
matter would be taken up at an early
session of the county commissioners
court and given due consideration.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-07
ROBE Is as strona as Steal.

Recent experiments show that ma
Mia rope is as strong as solid bar
steel. weight for weight, whereas a
leather belt is less than 40 per cent
as strong, compared in the same way.
A years use will take so per zen of a
ropes strength, after which the weak.
ening is more gradual.
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Neglected

Eyes" said the lifelong resident, 81
can remember when that stream was
10 feet across"
And now it isn't more than ive."
yes. 1t just goes to show that we
haven't been getting our share of the
rivers and harbors appropriations"
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Second sioht.

Miss Candor-What a splendid
world It would be If we could only
see ourselves as others see us?
Miss Hardhead-I know something
better than that.
Miss Candor-What?
Miss Hardhead-To see others as
we gee Observation-Disclosures Life,