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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04

vices that a pretty little luncheon OF piazza sup
per is a comparatively easy thing to prepare.
OF course, the red, white and blue predominates
and the symbols of the patriotic Fourth are re-
produced in cardboard and paper with such real
ist1c effect that the candy counters In the largo
department stores seem to have changed their
usual stock for a supply of fireworks.
There are most natural looking packages of
frecrackers with the usual Chinese paper covers
and glaring red posters. The contents are red
candy sticks for all the world like the real fire.
cracker. There are candy boxes in the form of
Roman candles, pinwheels, large cannon crackers,
ETC., all of which will make good souvenirs Of the
occasion. Grape paper is used for a greater va.
riety of boxes and baskets than ever and very
pretty and fanciful little devices are on hand,
mostly In red. white and blue.
Red paper forts hold up warlike little cannons,
keeping guard over the supply OF candy stored
within; the Liberty bell Is reproduced in Grape
paper, and other ideas, all suggestive of the great
event OF '76.
The paper manufacturers have tablecloths and
napkins ornamented with American flags, and
flags In all sizes are found mode OF Grape paper
and attached to wooden sticks. Those In paper
are a little more attractive than the ordinary stif
muslin affairs. The candelabra, too, may be in
the spirit Of the event with its red, white and
blue candle shade, and altogether without much
trouble OF expense a table may be fitted up which
will be patriotic enough in its appearance to salts
fly the stanchest of admirers Of Uncle Sam and
Old Glory.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04

In justice to Mr.. Oswald Carlson
Willard, who recently delivered an adj
dress on the negro problem in our city.
l desire TO reply TO O letter Of A. s.
Edmonds in the Public Mind" column
Of the Times of the t-wenty-second,
writes H. o. Cook in a communication
to the Kansas City Star.
Mr.. Edmonds, in comparing thei
views Of Mr.. Willard and Mr.. Booker
T. Washington in his Atlanta address,
sees a wide difference in the opinions,
of these two men, and concludes that
certainly MI. Washington knows, III
anyone does, the best means of solv-l
ing this problem" II MI. Edmondsl
would talk with Mr.. Washington today
he would find that he (Mr. Washing
toni has made a long jump since that
Atlanta address. Moreover, Mr.. Ed
monds, as a great many others, has
the impression that the men who be+
lieve and are working with MIR. Willard
are opponents of Mr.. Westinghouse
policy. These men, on the contrary.
thoroughly believe In the policy of in
dustrial education and the aceumHia-l
ton Of property for the negro, but dol
not believe that these alone will se-
cure all those rights and privileges
that are justly due him IS an Ameri-
can citizen.
Mr.. Willard, with thousands of 9TH
ers in this country, feels that the me-
gro needs not only this education and
material wealth, of which he Is secur-
ing more and more every year, but
that he deserves justice in our courts,
equal opportunities in civic and politi-
cal life and the privileges of enjoying
the best in a country which he has
helped to build and protect.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04

gates In congress to present to that body a reso-
luton in favor of the mighty schism from Eng
land, and the formal declaration of the colonies
independence. Richard Henry Lee on the 7h of
June arose and solemnly moved that the united
colonies are, and ought to be. free and i%ndepend-
ent states, and that their political connection
with Great Britain Is and ought to be dissolved"
John Adams Of Massachusetts seconded the reso-
luton, and thereupon a long and vehement debate
began. 1t was adopted by the closest possible
majority-seven colonies giving 1t their approval,
six voting in. the negative. ia
A committee was then appointed to draw up
the Declaration. Its members were Benjamin
Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson. Roger
Sherman and Robert r. Livingston.
The committee reported the result Of its de-
alterations on June %, the other members Of con-
gress In the interim having bestirred themselves
to learn the wishes of their constituents.
Thomas Jefferson, as every one knows. was
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04

the nearby boundaries of Lincoln and
Bedford wholly include the fame of
this belfry, for It was from this belfry
that there sounded, 1874 years ago. the
first authentic call to revolution, and
under its very shadow Captain Parker
formed his minute men to receive and
return the first musket fire Of the war
for independence. More than a year
was to pass before the more famous
bell OF Philadelphia was to take up
and re-echo the notes which sounded
first from Lexington belfry.
The old belfry. however has been
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04

first forgotten and now has fallen.
Standing upon a hill above the town,
beyond the sight of trolley tourists.
out of the course OF the ordinary ex-
cursionist. It has quietly slipped out Of
all but local history.
Nevertheless, there will remain a
few who still love their old New Eng
land TO rejoice in the announcement
that the selectmen, the cess of
the Lockes and Merriams and Parkers
and Swans Of other years. have de-
cided to rebuild the old belfry, Rebuild
it-even that is not quite necessary.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04

After a hundred and fortyone Years
many Of the timbers are still sound.
have survived the years that have
ieveled so many generations in the vii
lage under the hill.
In a countryside where every stone
wall boasts a tablet and every full
grown tree seems to have a record OF
something that nee stood on that
spot but passed 80 many years ago
that no resident recalls 1t, it is pleas
ant to know that one authentic sur
yival of old years is to stand a few
years more.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04
Few People Walk Properly.

The importance OF a graceful car
rage can hardly be overestimated-
Few people walk properly and we'll.
Ones walk should be easy, graceful.
and. above all. natural. Do NOT turn
the toes in. but take firm and decided
steps, Do not bring the heels down
with a thump at each step, but have
them moderately long and quiet. A
well-known writer says Whoever car
ries the chin close to the neck is all
right from top to toe and viii walk
we'll"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04
LAST FOURTH OF JULY

Last Fourth of July I was only six,
A reg'lar little chump,
/ got into a dreadful fix.
You see there was a stump
In our back yard, where l used to play
All sorts of things alone;
On Sundays twas a pulpit,
On week days twas a throne.
I was preacher Sundays,
And the pickets on the fence
Were the people that / preached to,
But l didn't preach nc sense.
On other days I was a king.
The pickets were my people.
/ wore a golden paper crown
All pointed like a steeple.
Well, Fourth of July my cousin Bob
Came from the great big town,
With crackers, punk and fireworks
: To do the Fourth up brown
l told him how l was a king,
He is bigger some than me,
And he said VIC would lave a siege,
The stump would be my fort,
And he would try to blow 1t up
He said twas lots Of sport.
So l got up upon the stump,
And the crackers in a row
He piled up thick around the foot,
You should have heard It blow!
The stump caught fire. l lost my head,
My father carried me to bed.
l stayed in bed a long. long time,
All bandaged-'twasn't fun.
Pm big this year-you needn't smile,
I'm not 30 big a chump,
And II We have another siege
Boil can sit on the stump.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04
His Daily supply Of Cake.

A Wicnita attorney Is very fond OF
a certain kind Of cake his wife is ex.
pert at making. Recently she left for
a visit with her parents, and before
going baked a large cake. She knew
that II she left the entire cake where
her husband could find 1t he would
eat It all in n day. so she cut it into
slices and hid them in various parts
OF the house. Each day she writes
her husband, and in the letter abe tells
him where he a find a piece OF the
cake.-Kansas City Star.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04
Woman's Influence.

Some men strive to gain success,
To win firm footholds on the height
Because within them selfshness
Is ever urging, day and night.
Some men press on as best they may
With pick or spade or sword or pen,
Because their wish is, day by day,
To benefit their fellow men.
One in ten thousand, glad TO claim
The worlds approval, nobly strives:
But most men who win wealth or fame
Do so to satisfy their wives.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04
FOUND BROTHER AT LAST.

Beggar-Kind sir. could you help a brother
Mason. Odd Fellow. Elk. Moose, Eagle, Owl or
Forester?
Passerby-I belong to none Of them.
Beggar-Ah, den, could you help a fellow
Methodist. Baptist, Catholic, Episcopal or Pres
byterian?
Passerby-l belong to none OF them.
Beggar-Ah, den, shake hands and assist q
Teller Socialist and uplifter in distress.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04
Away With the Menl

so you think the world would 90
on very successfully If there were no
mem"
81 can't see why it shouldn't. Wom-
en- have shown that they are capable
Of doing everything the men have pre-
tended that they only were able to do.
By the way, do you know of any man
l could get to trim that big elm tree
in the front yard? 1t seems to me
some of the upper limbs ought to be
cut on"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04

do you care If I paint your barn.
asked the summer boarder with the
peaches and cream complexion. as she
put down her palette and began ar
ranging her color tubes.
NO" replied Uncle Jasper; go
right ahead. 1t needs %paintin' all
right, but l don't see how you expect
to git much done with them little bits
of breshes."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04
Sinners Idea,

PA, is %retribution the worst thing
a man can haye?"
mo, it isn't half as bad as the
feeling a man is likely to have after
he has confessed and then become
convinced that he would not have
been found out II he had kept quiet"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04
Ready 70 LIsten.

"Is there any last wish hat you
would like TO make known" asked
his best friend.
Amy last wish? What do you
meanT"
You're about to be married, you
know"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04

Child Visitor-Mrs. Jones. please
AN / go upstairs in you room and
look in your closet7
Hostess-Why, Willie, what do you
want in my closet?
Child Visitor--I want to see the
skeleton pa says you've got there.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04
LANDMARK WILL BE MISSED
Lexington 5elfry, Where the First
Call 81 the Revolution Rang Out,
10 Gone.

The ancient but far from decadent
town OF Lexington has suffered a loss
comparable only with that which be-
fell Venice when the Campanile
crashed down into the piazza below.
What the Campanile was to the city OF
the doges the belfry was to this sturdy
old Massachusetts town. Nor should
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04

The travellers who boast about the
number OF times they have crossed
the Atlantic should hearken to the
story of Donald McCave, a greaser on
the steamship Oceanic. He has made
$50 voyages to America and back. 1t
is estimated that he has travelled q
AGO. 600 miles on the Atlantic ocean.
He made $50 trips on one vessel, the
Teutonic.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04

Travellers may now go from Toxic
to Picking in IS hours. This route is
through Seoul and Mukden. Trains
run twice a week. The popular route
heretofore has been by sea from Kobe
and requires 144 hours.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04

The average nominal rate of wages
to adults is SIC a week in West Aus
tralia, as compared with $3.50 a week
in Tasmania, the two states of Aus
tralia where the highest and the low
est wages, respectively, are paid.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04

Despite the fact that the prices OF
its vehicles have been doubled in
two years, the Zeppelin company en-
gagged in the, manufacture of dirigi
bles, lost $375.0O0 during the fiscal
year Just closed.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04

The governor Of Iowa has set aside
a FIRE prevention day. urging that the
citizens discuss conditions and create
a sentiment against forest fires and
other c~onilagrations. y
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04
"Mebbv,"

Willie" the Sunday school teacher
asked. can you tell me why Rachel
wept for her children?"
"Mebby it was because the preacher
came before she had a chance TO git
them cleaned up"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04
INDEPENDENCE DAY FAvoRs DISPLAY OF
THE RED, WHITE N BLUE.

Warm weather does not in the least interfere
with the plans Of the maid who Is ambitious
enough to entertain a coterie of friends at some
kind Of an end-of-theseason festival; and the ap-
preaching independence day holiday admits of 30
many forms of novelties in decorations and de-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04
HAD Dome somethInn.

When a man writes something that
somebody else claims to have written
he can feel reasonably sure that he
has had a real inspiration.
HENRY ROWLAND.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04

Jamaica produces a great variety of
hardwood trees. Lists of its tlmbers,
classified according to the suitability
Of the timbers (113 in all), have been
printed in a bulletin issued by the de-
partment of agriculture.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04

The verdict Of a jury in a criminal
case in Arkansas has been set aside
because the jury consumed nine
quarts of whisky in reaching a concIu-
sion.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04
old Age.

age is a curious thing"
What's the answer"
"A man is old at eighty, a horse at
twenty, a hen at two years, and an
automobile is old in about three
months"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04

Exports to Germany exceeded $751;
000. 900 in the eight months ended with
August, and imports from that nation
were above Sis. OO0. 600, an aggregate
trade of more than $3O5, 0OO. 1000,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04

A process of hardening steel with
compressed air is said to be in sue
cessful use by a German firm in cases
where only certain parts of the metal
require hardening.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04

Because the vitiated air is bad for
the workingman, the German govern
ment has forbidden the drying of plas-
ter in new buildings by the use Of
open stoves. The stoves must now be
connected by pipe with the outside.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04
she WENT o FAR.

John" s h 9
complained you
used to say that
you would always
think of me as
your little girl"
Nv ELL" h g
snarled. II did as
lonp as Won Kent
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04

In this much bemonumented land it
is rather curious that no monument
has yet been set up anywhere to
commemorate the loyalty of the
slaves that remained on the planta-
tions during the Civil war. OF course
commemoration of that sort belong to
the old slave states, but citizens Of
the North can regard the matter with
interest, if not with the same vital
and personal interest that citizens
of the South, may feel. Both dur
ing the war and in the half century
since it's termination C~onfederates
have been warm in their express
sion of esteem for the faithful slaves
that stayed at home while their mas
tiers went to the army, guarding faith
fully the women and children whom
the white men Of the South had to
leave at home when the call to arms
came.
Now the omission will probably be
recti1ed since at the recent reunion
of Confederate veterans at Jackson
Vile a motion was adopted recon-
mending that such a monument be
erected in the capital city of each OF
the former slave states. A little re
Election serve to show one how rich
ly the commemoration is deserved
Singularly beautiful and touching was
the loyalty of those black people to
the families of their masters. The
fact hat the white men dared leave
their wives and children to the protec-
ton of the black men who were their
slaves is in itself a tribute of which
the American negro can always be
proud and now monuments in the
capital cities of the South will per
m%anently recall to mind a reliance
that was not misplaced.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04
FATAL WORDS.

Ever hear from that college chum of yours
who went to Coiorado?"
"oh. he's dead. poor chap. He may be said to
have talked himself to death"
What do you mean?"
He called some Alkali Ike out there a liar"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04

The water Of the Swiss city OF Basic
is so injurious to teeth that a mu-
nicipal dental clinic has been estab-
lished.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04

Cola nuts, which have been exported
from the Gold Coast Of Africa to the
value of about $3.50, 900 annually for
several years. advanced In 1912 to
$650,000 worth. Exports from south
ern Nigeria increased to nearly the
same extent.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04

Ofieial figures recently completed
show that the metallic zinc production
Of the United States last year exceed
ed all former records.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04

English paint manufacturers have
found oil made from seeds OF Brazil
ian rubber trees as an acceptable sub
stitute for linseed oil.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04

IN winter time,
In summer to some northern cline;
O.. that his wealth. might melt away
My love would more than thrice repay
Her loss.
OF all fair maids she is most fair,
/ trow;
Her love my guide is everywhere
l go.
With her to share my lot I'd claim,
The highest honors, widest fame
For both herself and mel grieve
To say that she will not believe
1t, though.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04

One OF the French manufacturers
has produced a hydFeaeroplane SO
powerful that It Is IN reality little less
than a flying tugboat.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04

We were compelled a few evenings
ago to keep from laughing while a
young man with a receding chin and
a very thin tenor voice sang:
Il am the master of my fate,
/ am the captain of my soul"
What was the most ridiculous thing
you ever heard?
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04

The best many a girl gets out OF It
who marries for a home is a chance to
cook for boarders.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04

almost rs 1t came from Jefferson's hands, though
a few passages were expunged which, 1t was
feared, might give offense to Americas much.
needed friends in the mother country.
On the Fourth Of July all the delegates except
those of New York (whose representatives signed
a few days later had appended their names to
the document and had pledged their lives, their
fortunes and their sacred honor in the cause of
liberty. Then came the moment for the Song of
the Bella song whose reverberations shall not
cease till the last page of American history has
been written.
Truly prophetic was the biblical motto which
Isaac Norris is said to have chosen for the bell:
Proclaim liberty throughout the land and to all
the inhabitants thereof" And rapturousIy did
the multitude and the distant patriots
receive the announcement of the bell. that at
last the IS colonies had become the 10 United
States, and the days Of the dominion of the for
eign oppressor were forever past.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04

A hematite ore discovered on the
Kleena river has been acquired by
a Vancouver company. 1t is stated
that a large body of ore has been
removed by a glacier and deposited
over an area one mile square.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04
A LAMENT

I love a lady who
is fair
To see:
Her glad smile FITS
me from despair
To Rlee;
But though she
says her heart
lie mine,
In loneliness 1
must repine;
For she, though
willing to enc
trance,
Is not inclined TO
take a chance
With me.
What care I for
h e r fathers
gold?
'Tis dross!
He's wealthy but
%dyspeptic. old,
And cross;
He k her South
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04

the author of the Declaration. He wrote
It in a house at the present site of 700
Market street, now occupied by the
Penn National bank building, and the
very desk on which the immortal docu-
ment was drafted Is now in the library
Of the state department in Washington.
1t Is not necessary to quote the SOL
emn language of the Magma Charta OF
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04
Couldn't Quite See.

your weight under 40 pounds"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-04
CoNGGETA HID HDEeSDNEuCEH AAS

NTH the year 1915 the historic
shrine of American liberty in Phila-
M .delphia was known as the State
II house; but after that it was called
Independence hall. Thousands have
mad their reverent pilgrimage
thither from distant places as to .
W sacred shrine, and yet a great many
are unfamiliar with the history OF
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-29

Now, Rockefeller invites those tax
commissioners to visit his Cleveland.
residence and assess what they find
there. We would like a clear photo
graph Of what they find,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-29

Maybe Winston Churchill is loop
ing the loop with the aviatoFs just
so as to get used to an Upside-down
position, before the next personal call
from London sufrsgettes i.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-14
TWO CHANGES IN
OFFICIAL FAMILY
G. D. McGibboney New
Alderman and Earl Wood
City Attorney.
COUNCIL Is ORGANIZED
Little Ceremony Attaches to tssumu-
ton OF Duties by Men Elected
to Direct Affairs OF
the City.
COUNCIL Is ORGANIZED

An application by John r Mason, O.
negro, to operate retail liquor house
at 225 State street. was presented to
the city council last night, and license
granted. The vote stooed six to one
for license, Alderman H. V. Bahlau
voting no"
This was the last meeting of the old
council. The new council was sworn
Immediately after the adjournment of
the cid one.
An ordinance reducing the salary of
the city attorney from 5000 annually
to $500 was introduced by Alderman
Sorrells and read twice, after which
Alderman Sorrells asked that the ordi-
nance be not placed upon its third
reading. He explained that when it
was drawn UP it was thought that
the city would not receive any revenua
from the saloon license but now that
the city has collected in the neighbour
hood of $4,000 or $4,000, it could
better afford to pay the attorney the
salary he deserved. The ordinance
was placed on the table. The salary
was ordered cut when the new city
budget was made up some weeks ago.
Alderman SCrrells made motion that
a committee be appointed to draw up
resolutions on the death of Charles
We'll and presented at the next meet
ing CT the council. Mayor Blooom ap-
pointed Aldermen Sorrells, Bahlau
and Franey as the committee. Mr..
We'll was for eighteen years a men,
Der of the city council.