davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Albuquerque morning journal., 1914-10-03
surprl-ed by Recommendation.

The committee notion with refer
ence to gasoline ana automobiles oc-
easioncd considerable surprise, as the
general expectation hns been that an
automobile taN would be substituted
for the gasoline tax The one-ccnt on
gasoline VIII bring revenue amounting
TO $4,000, 900. The proposed fifty
cents per horsepower on automohile
salos win not affect persons owning
automobiles. but viii be levied only on
sales There is provision here, that
whenever manufacturer already had
contracted to sell automobiles at a
certain price the tax shall be paid by
the iobber or dealer.
The stamp tax Including the insur-
ance taNes, tobacco dealers tax and
other feature of the bin VIII be- con
sidcred tomorrow.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-12

parlor floor he stopped, and looked
into Emma McChesney's face. His
own was rather white and tense.
Look here" he said. I've got to
thank you. That sounds idiotic, but 1
guess you know what 1 mean And 1
won't ask you to forgive a hound like
me. l haven't been so ashamed of my
self since l was a kid. Why, if you
knew Bess-if you knew"
Il guess l know Bess, all right. 1
used to be a Bess myself. lust because
I'm a travelling man it doesn't follow
that I've forgotten the Bess feeling. AS
far as that goes, l don't mind telling
you that I've got neuralgia from sit
ting in that park with my feet in the
damp grass. l can feel it in my back
teeth, and by eleven o'clock it will be
camping over my left eye, with its lit
tie brothers doing a war dance up the
side of my face. And, boy, I'd give
last weeks commissions if there a
some one to whom I had the right to
say: Henry, will you get up and get
me a hot-water bag for my neuralgia?
It's something awful. And just open
the left-hand lower drawer of the chif-
fonier and get out one Of those gauze
vests and then get me a safety pin
from the tray on my dresser, I'm 60
ing to pin it around my head"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-12

There is a journey compared to
which the travels Of Bunyan's hero
we're a summer evenings stroll. The
Pilgrims by whom this forced march
is taken belong to a maligned frater.
nifty, and are known as travelling men.
Sample case in hand, trunk key in
pocket, cigar in mouth, brown derby
Rtilt at an angle Of ninety, each young
and untried traveller starts on his jour
ney down that road which leads
through morasses Of chicken a la Gre
ole, over greasy mountains of queen
fritters made doubly perilous by slip
perry glaciers of rum sauce, into for
midable iungles of Dreaded veal chops
threaded by sanguine and deadly
streams Of tomato gravy, past slug
gish mires of dreadful things en- cas-
serole, over hills Of corned beef hash,
across shaking quagmires of veal
glace, plunging into sloughs of slaw,
until, haggard, weary, digestion shat.
tered, complexion gone, he reaches the
safe haven of roast beef, medium.
Once there, he never again strays,
although the pompadoured, white
aproned siren sing-songs in his ear the
praises of Irish stew, and pork with
apple sauce.
Emma McChesney was eating her
solitary supper at the Berger house at
Three Rivers, Mich. She had arrived
ut the roast beef haven many years
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-12
Home Town|
y Helps Y
TO STUDY CITY PROBLEMS
Chicago Organization Has compre-
hensive Scheme for the Improve
ment OF Western Metropolis.

The modern city is a haphazard
conglomeration Of private and public
institutions, according to the City club
of Chicago. 1t suffers from a want OF
healthy n~eighborhood life. The effi-
cheney Of many public institutions,
such as charity stations. social settle
ments and the like. is greatly im-
paired by the thoughtless manner In
which they are distributed.
The club announces, therefore, q
competition for plans for a neighbor-
hood center. The plans are designed
to show "the practical possibilities Of
enhancing nelghborhood life in u
cities by proper grouping Of buildings
and grounds for n~eighborhood activ-
tiles. The ideal city, according to
the promoters Of this competition, Is
a federation Of such properly planned
nelghborhoods.
Any study of housing conditions in
our industrial cities should be well
coined. Inefficient housing is at the
root Of a great many distressing stu
atoms which for want of a better word
must be designated as social prob
lens" The work of the City club in
the direction of finding practical and
graphic suggestions for better city
planning may be made to hold great
benefit If the plans decided upon are
brought to the attention of the public
and are made the opening wedge for
a vigorous campaign for better city
building.
We have had so man. commissions
in recent years Studying" 'investi-
gating," reporting and resolving on
all ann of matters that are wrong
with US. 1t is to be hoped the City
club competition will be more than
just another, destined to dust and
desuetude.-Chicago Tribune.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-12

her dream-thoughts scattering to the
winds.
Honestly, kid" said the voice, 81
could be crazy about you, If you'd let
me-"
The forgotten figure beside her woke
into sudden life. A strong arm en-.
circled her shoulders. A strong hand
seized her own, which were clasped
behind her head. Two warm, g
lips were pressed upon her lips, check
ing the little cry of surprise and wrath
that rose in her throat.
Emma McChesney wrenched herself
free with a violent jerk, and pushed
him from her. She did not storm. She
did not even rise. She sat very quiet
ly, breathing fast. When she turned
at last to look at the boy beside her
it seemed that her white profile cut
the darkness. The man shrank a lit
tie, and would have stammered some
thing, but Emma McChesney checked
him.
You nasty, good-for-nothing, hand
some young devil, you!" she said. 80
you're married"
He sat up with a jerk. How did
you-what makes you think so?"
That was a married kiss-,a two
year-old married kiss, at least. No boy
would get as excited as that about
kissing an old stager like me. The
chances are you're out of practice. l
knew that If it wasn't teeth or impedi-
ment it must be morals. And it is"
She moved over on the bench until
she was close beside him. And, lis
ten to me, boy" She leaned forward,
impressively. Are you listening?"
Yes" answered the handsome
young devil, ~sullenly.
What I've got to say to you isn't
so much for you sake, as for your
wife's. l was married when 1 was
eighteen, and stayed married eight
years. I've had my divorce ten years,
and my boy is seventeen years old.
Figure it out. How old is Ann?"
Il don't believe It," he flashed back.
You're not a day over tw~enty'six-
anyway, you don't look it. L"
A"AhSg ldM4O GAuuud. 1udI 3
because you're never seen me in negli-
gee. A woman's as old as she looks
with her hair on the dresser and bed
only a few minutes away. Do you
know why / was decent to you in the
first place? Because l was foolish
enough to think that you reminded me
of my own kid. Every fond mamma
is gump enough to think hat every
Greek god she sees looks like her own
boy, even If her own happens to squint
and have two teeth missing-which
mine hasn't, thank the Lord! He's the
greatest young-Well, now, look here,
young 'un. I'm going to return good
for evil. Travelling men and geniuses
should never marry. But as long as
you've done it, you might as we'll start
right. If you move from this spot till
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-12

to plain, everyday roast beef. medium.
That other stuff may tickle your pal
ate for a while, but sooner or later 1t
viii turn on you, and ruin your moral
digestion. You stick to roast beef, me-
dunn. 1t may sound ~prosaic, and un-
imaginative and dry, but you'll find
that 1t wears in the long run. You can
take me over to the hotel now. I've
lost an hours sleep, but l don't con
slider 1t wasted. And you'll oblige me
by putting the stopper on any CONVEX
sation that may occur to you between
here and the hotel. I've talked until
I'm so low on words that I'll probably
have to sell featherlooms in sign Ian
guage tomorrow"
They walked to the very doors Of
the Berger house in silence. But at
the foot of the stairs that led to the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-12
HOLDS ROUSSEAU IN HONOR
French Republic, Unlike Ame1iea,
commemorates the Birthday of
One Of Its Chief Founders.

1t is interesting to note that the
French republic is not ungrateful to
its founders. On every twenty-eighth
day of June, the birthday of Jean
Jacques Rousseau Is commemorated in
Paris and throughout France. Like
Paine, the author of "The Social Con-
tract" vas hardly respectable, and he
is known to Americans not as the
friend-one might almost say the IA
ther-of liberty, but as the author of
those Confessions" in which he laid
bare all his weaknesses, all his vices
and all his petty sins, and gave to the
world for the first and only time the
spectacle of a man who dared to tell
the whole truth about himself. But
despite these revelations, France does
not leave to its ultra radicals and So
cial outcasts the task of perpetuating
Rousseau's memory. The foremost
statesmen Of the republic have joined
in the annual tribute of respect to
Jean Jacques.
So France honors Rousseau. But OF
the 100, 000,0 900 people who live under
the flag of the American republic
which Paine helped to found, only a
few hundreds remember his birthday.
A few gather in New Rochelle. per-
haps a few others meet in Philadel-
phia and Boston-and for the rest, ST.
lence. Why? Because Paine neg
lected his finger nails-or so his en-
emies alleged-and because he was
supposed to be an atheist-he who
began his confession of faith, written
in the shadow Of death, with the state
ment; Il believe in mi God."-Chi7
cage Journal.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-12
PLANT FLOWERS AND SHRUBS
Community Is of One Mind In
the Matter.

l visited Europe last summer and
had occasion to travel a great deal in
different parts, but nowhere could 1
see a small city like that of Strass-
burg, Alsace, writes a correspondent
Of the Chicago Daily News. There,
wherever one looks, one sees the Bos-
ton ivy growing up along fences and
around trees. The street called Rup-
rechtsauern Allie Is simply a park, as
all places along this street have their
flower boxes and gardens in front of
the house and Boston ivy all along
their fences.
1t is SO easy to cultivate flowers and
shrubs. including the Boston ivy, as
Just a little time and patience is need
ed, mornings and nights. Where one
has the good fortune to have running
water, 1t should be q pleasure and
comfort, compared to us in the coun-
try, where we must pump all our wa
ter by hand in order to keep up our
flower garden.
Another thing in the cultivation of
flowers is a beautifW rose garden,
where one can have roses all summer,
as they are also easy to raise and care
for. Just a little common sense is re-
quired in feeding them well from the
start and using a good insect powder
to keep off the green lice.
1t ought to be a pleasure for people
who live In a house or fat to keep
their yards. and windows cultivated, in
not alone growing flowers but all kinds
of vegetables FOR their kitchens.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-12

strong, white hands behind her head,
and stared straight ahead into the soft
darkness. And If it had been light you
could have seen that the bitter lines
showing family about her mouth we're
outweighed by the sweet and gracious
light which was glowing in her eyes.
"Fred-deei" came the voice of COM
mand again. "May-bellel This min
ute, now!"
One by one the flying little figures
under the arc light melted away in the
direction of the commanding voice and
home and bed. And Emma McChes-
ney forgot all about fresh young kids
and featherloom peticoats and dis
counts and bills of lading and sample
cases and grouchy buyers. After all,
1t had been her protecting maternal in
stinct which had been aroused by the
boy at supper, although she had not
known 1t then. She did not know It
now, for that matter. She was busy
remembering Just such evenings in her
own Midsummer evenings, filled with
the high, shrill laughter Of children at
play. She, too, had stood in the door
way, making a funnel Of her hands, SO
that her clear call through the twi-
light might be heard above the cries
of the boys and girls. She had known
how loath the little feet had been to
leave their play, and how they had
Jagged up the porch stairs, and into
the house. Years, whose memory she
had tried to keep behind her, now sud-
denly doomed before her in the dim
quiet of the little flower-scented park.
A voice broke the silence, and sent
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-12

going to get out those letters, and
then, IL it's Just the same to you. wen
take a walk. These nickel shows are
getting on my nerves. 1t seems to me
that II l have to look at one more
western picture about a fool girl with
her hair In a braid riding a show horse
In the wilds of Chaplain Junction and
being rescued from a band OF almost
Indians by the handsome, but desplsed
eastern tenderfoot, or If l see one more
Of those historical pictures, with the
women wearing costumes that are a
cross between early Egyptian and late
State street, l know I'll get Mysteries
and have to be carried shrieklng up
the aisle. Let's walk down Main street
and look In the store windows, and
up as far as the park and back"
Great" assented he. rs there a
park2"
Il don't know" replied Emma Nc
Chesney, "but there is. And for your
own good I'm going to tell you a few
things. There's more to this travelling
game than just knocking down on ex-
penses, talking to every pretty woman
you meet, and learning to ask for
fresh white bread heels at the Palmer
house In Chicago. I'll meet you in the
lobby at eight"
Emma McChesney talked steadily,
and evenly, and generously, from
eight until eight-thirty. She talked
from the great storehouse of practical
knowledge which she had accumulated
in her ten years on the road. She told
the handsome young cub many things
for which he should have been indy
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-12
Good Use Of Elous Rspens.

1t is often necessary to erect re-
tanning and other walls of cement
where their use is strictly utilitarian
and in no wise adding to the embel-
lishment of garden and grounds. To
hide the face without obliterating the
form Of such walls is one of the mis-
sions of Ficus repens, and splendidly
ia 1t designed and equipped for the
purpose. Then, too, an excess of CO.
ment wall and walk is monotonous,
and during summer this n~oticeably
raises the local temperature. This
in turn may be considerably modified
by covering excess areas of cement
with this closely-mantling evergreen
vine
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-12

ingly thankful. But when they reached
the park-the cool, dim, moon-silvered
park, its benches dotted with glimpses
of white showing close beside a blur
OF black, Emma McChesney stopped
talking. Not only did she stop talk
ing, but she ceased to think of the
boy seated beside her on the bench.
In tht band-stand, under the arc
light, in the center of the pretty little
square, some neighborhood children
were playing a noisy game, with many
shrill cries, and much shouting and
laughing. Suddenly, from one of the
houses acros the way, a woman's
voice vas heard, even above the clam
or Of the children.
"Fred-dee!" called the voice. May
belle! Come, now"
And a boys voice answered, as boys
voices have since Cain was a child
playing in the Garden of Eden, and as
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-12
Best Place for Babies.

Miss Julia c. Lathrop. chief of the
children's bureau at Washington, says
that the United States could learn
much from New Zealand in the way Of
saving babies. New Zealand has an
infant mortality rate which is lower
than that of any other country and
which is but half the size of the esti-
mated American rate. The New zea-
land Society for the Health of Women
and Children has had much to do in
preserving the health of babies. The
society was founded in 1907 for the
purpose of extending a health mission
which had been started by the medical
superintendent in one Of the hospitals
of a large city.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-12

In the Offices as clerks. the minimum
height will be n inch less than I'VE
feet. Furthermore. the new require
ments pay increased attention to the
antecedents OF the men. especially the
mental history, and a history of pre-
vious epileptic attacks or mental In
stability win make the man ineligible
for the service. In the last year.
when, owing to the uncertainty of the
political situation. preparations for
war Included the recruiting of large
numbers Of men from apparently I'M
derfed districts, It was noted that per
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-12

tired and excited by the event of
the day 70 sleep.
For a woman tired and hungry after
shopping a cup OF hot milk and a crisp
cracker. a piece of toast or a graham
wafer win supply the needed refresh
ment. A little f~iavoring is an accept
able addition. such as a pinch OF Gin
namon. cloves. allspice. nutmeg. va
niiia OF maple extract.
Then again hot milk 10 valuable for
the toilet. II is good TO apply TO q
burn Should the skin be- dry or
ohappcd wash It night and morning
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-12

before. She knew the digestive perils
Of a small town hotel dining room as
a guide on the s~now-covered mountain
knows each treacherous pitfall and
chasm. Ten years on the road had
taught her to recognize the deadly
snare that turks in the seemingly calm
bosom of minced chicken with cream
sauce. Not for her the impenetrable
mysteries Of a hamburger and onions.
1t had been a struggle, brief but ter
rible, from which Emma McChesney
had emerged triumphant, her complex
ion and figure saved.
No more metaphor. On with the
story, which left Emma at her safe and
solitary supper.
She had the last number of the Dry
Goods Review propped up against the
vinegar cruet, and the Worcestershire,
and the salt shaker. Between con-
scientious, but disinterested mouth
fuls of medium roast beef, she was
reading the snappy ad set forth by
her firms bitterest competitors, the
Strauss Sans-silk Skirt company. 1t
was a good reading ad. Emma Nc
Chesney, who had forgotten more
about petticoats than the average skirt
salesman ever knew, PRESENTLY allowed
her luke-warm beef to grow cold and
fabby as she read. Somewhere in
her subconscious mind she realized
that the lanky head waitress had
placed some mi opposite her at the
table. Also, su~bconsciously, she heard
him order liver and bacon, with onions.
She told herself that as soon as she
reached the bottom Of the column
shed look up to see who the fool was.
She never arrived at the columns end.
Il Just hate to tear you away from
that love lyric; but If l might trouble
you for the vinegar"
Emma CROPPED for It back OF her pa.
per and showed it across the table
without looking up.
and the Worcester"
One eye on the absorbing column,
she passed the tall bottle. But at its
removal her prop was gone. The Dry
Goods Review was too weighty for
the salt shaker alone.
and the salt. Thanks. Warm,
isn't it?'
There was a double vertical frown
between Emma McChesney's eyes as
she glanced up over the top of her
Dry Goods Review. The frown gave
way to a half smile. The glance set.
tied into a stare.
But then, anybody would have
Etared. He expected It," she said, aft
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-12
SMALL MEN DO FOR AUSTRIA
Five Feet 10 c~onsIdered Tall Enough
for the Soldiers Of Emperor
Francis Joseph.

The new recruiting law Of the Aus
tro-Hungarian forces STIMULATES a
height OF at least hve feet for men In
be enlisted In ths ordinary rank and
file of the territorial forces or Of the
navy, while for those men who will
work in the workshops or araenaIs OF
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-12

boys voices will as long as boys ira:
Jaw, ma, l amt a bit sleepy. We
just begun a new game, an I'm lead
er. Can't we just stay out a couple
of minutes more?"
well five minutes agreed the
voice. But don't let me call you
again"
Emma McChesney leaned back on
the rustic bench and clasped her
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-12

with warm skinned milk. This is
far more healing than the average
cosmetic. MIX has a way Of soften
ing and whitening dark c~omplexions.
It is beneficial for those who live in
steam heated rooms and should be
used as q face lotion upon retiring.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-12
Church Of England.

The Church of England. so-called, is
the state church" and is necessarily
supported by the government. Just as
the Greek church is in Russia, or the
Roman Catholic church In Spain and
elsewhere, and the Lutheran church
in the Scandinavian countries.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-12
PASSING Of the EpItaph.

A monument dealer says but few
people now have epitaphs on the mon
uments of their loved ones. 1t is get
ting SO In many that you can't
guess a fellows final destination by
the way the marble ticket routes him.
Houston Post.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-12
REAL WORTH IN HOT MILK
Not Only a. Food, But for Many
Other Reasons II 10 Of Con-
siderable Value.

Not every one appreciates the value
Of hot milk. Many persons who cam
not digest cold milk fnd that when
n IL heated and a pinch OF ssit added
Il agrees with them perfectly. MIN
so hot that It must be slipped win oftsn
socthe the neryen OF a person too
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-12
AustraIIa's Record Wool Exports.

A~ustralIa's Record Wool Exports. ,
The wool exports from Australia for
ten months of the season showed an
increase Of over 100000 bales, COM
pared with the figures for the corre-
spending period of the previous sea-
son. Queensland alone showed an in.
crease of 10000 bales.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-12

Mrs. Medfll Mccormick declares
that women viii name the next presi-
dent. In all probability some woman
named him forty or fifty or sixty
years ago.-Ksnsas City Journal
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-12

sons otherwise quite healthy did not
reach the height limit. These would
be lost II the old law should continue,
In force.-From the Journal of the
American Medical Association.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-12
Its Kind.

did you see where somewhere late
ly a judge decided the validity of a
marriage by a kiss?"
Well ! suppose a marriage serv-
ice like that ought to be ranked as
merely lip service"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-12
Chances.

Does your husband ever gambler"
mo" replied young Mrs, Torkins.
Sometimes l wish he would gamble
a little instead Of waiting for those
sure things that somehow go WRONG"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-12
Beauty to Re Seen IN Rain.

It is a great mistake always to know
enough to go in when 1t rains. One
may keep snug and dry by such knowL
edge. but one misses a world of love
Illness.