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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04
OWN THEIR OWN GREENHOUSE
Leading municipalities Are %5eautify-
ing Their Streets With a Profit
to Themselves.

Tree planting campaigns are being
carried on in many cities Of the United
States, resulting in profit and attract
~iveness to these cities. In St. Louis,
for instance, the estimated value of
the $500 trees and shrubs turned out
in two years by the two municipality
owned greenhouses was $12, 721.70.
The original cost and maintenance ex-
penditures amounted to $4,000, leaving
a net profit to the city of $S,721. For
merly the park department was
forced to buy the trees they set out
In Philadelphia, the Fairmount Park
commission, which has supervision OF
over 127, 900 street trees in the city,
Is planning to turn many ~treeless
streets into shady as a step
toward conserving life and health. A
tree-planting campaign in Baltimore
in 1914 will be extended to the plant
ing of 1,500 trees, and during the win
ter all the dead trees in the city will
be removed. 1t is estimated that by
planting seedlings the city will in the
course of three years save many hun
dreds of dollars each year.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04

The boss barber was not, however.
Some chummy with Mr.. zap from
Yapville," he sneered to the Manicure
Girl.
Hes a real nice little Kick, Billy"
she insisted, ".but he was as solemn
as classic music; and you know me
Any time l see anybody look
eyed I've got to be Busy Bessie, the
Cheerful-C hirker-up.'
80 l notice. said Billy, but you
usually manage to spring that gag
on the strangers"
You needn't worry, Billy" she re-
torted. Not that you've got any
mortgage on the premises, but that
1 hate to see you taking all that spite
out on the poor Dagoes. Considering
the couple of hundred dollars my pet
Hick has left, he's not likely to be in
any more"
She was mistaken. In a week he
was in again, more aggressive even
than he had been the first time. Some
way there was a change in him. The
noisy tie vas gone, he had a new
hat, and he carried himself a shade
"scrappy," as she expressed it.
"Hello!" she hailed him. 81
thought you'd gone back to the girl in
Prosperity"
Not yet" he said. 81 don't think
I'm going back except when l &c
after the girl"
MOI" she asked. whats hold
ing your"
Money" he replied gleefully, ant
displayed a huge roll of bills.
Who died in your family?" she
asked.
1T isn't that" he laughed "bu'
New York has too much loose coli
for a man to leave. I've found GU
how to take it's wealth away from it.
Good" she exclaimed. Little ole
New York needs a trimming. Gt
after it and get 1t good. But how
are you doing it? I'm greedy tt
know"
"Oh, just specializing a little il
stock and grains" he replied.
Reuben, Reuben!" she gasped
You'll be the death of me yet"
You're mistaken in the name" h,
retorted. Its Hiram H. Hanks o
Hawkinsville, or possibly Josh Dill
of Picklesburg."
She surveyed him with some dis
favor.
| MY, but 1 bet they miss you Il
Prosperity. What a merry wag 20
) must be when you're going good"
| Regular clown" he grinnet
| Just for that I'll make you listen t
my real name"
From his pocket he drew a stampe
and addressed letter and pointed t
> the James E. Carroll written in tn
corner under the Belveigh card.
I And here's the girl" he sait
pointing to the address with
strange combination of difidenc
and assertiveness. Elizabeth Rut
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04
Progressive Publicity.

When you want a new cook you
advertise. When you want to let the
world know-which meal the man
around the corne and his wife-that
you sell better meat or better carpets
or better automobiles for less money
than your competitor down the street
you advertise.
Therefore, if a big city wants to
be bigger, if a prosperous city wants
to be richer, why not advertise? Pub
licity, in one way or another, has made
most big fortunes and most big in
dustries. Advertising, clever, consist
ent, persistent advertising, has turned
half-starved little businesses into
sleek, wellfed corporations.
Let Fasteners wake up to the busi-
ness interests of their home town and
build up their city commercially by
the same methods that they would
adopt in booming their own business.
Money spent on municipal advertising
pays-cities out West learned that
long ago.-Washington Herald.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04

Town.
70 Helps
KEEP FIRE LOSS AT MINIMUM
Advice Given New Workers. lie Worth
Needing by Resldents Of the
Smaller Cities.
Don't block the fire escapes. You

Don't block the fire escapes. You
may need them yourself tonight.
Don't leave everything to the land
lord. Inspect your own house from
cellar to garnet and locate all exits.
Don't throw cigars or cigarettes out
of windows. They drop on awnings
and set them aire.
Don't allow children to play with
matches.
Don't use matches or candles In
dark closets or cellars.
Don't keep matches except In a tin
box with cover attached.
Don't toss away a match unless
completely extinguished, and then toss.
it into a metal or porcelain receptacle.
Don't fill lamps or oil stoves while.
lighted.
Don't use naphtba or gasoline for
cleaning purposes where there are
open lights or fires.
Don't put ashes on a dumbwaiter.
Don't accumulate old beds and bed
ding or other trash in cellars.
Don't allow delivery boys to tie
back the dumbwaiter door in cellar;
by this means Tres have spread
throughout buildings.
Don't neglect to have the chimney
1ue cleaned ono a year. You are re-
sponsibie, not your landlord.-From
"~Fireproofng a City," by Joseph John
son, Fire Commissioner of New York,
In the American Review of Reviews.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04
Gratifying PROGRESS.

The current decade is remarkable
for the generality of the movement
among American cities in way of de-
veloping the public service equipments
and the improving of living condi-
tons. This march of progress is not
an unreasonable reaching after Wis.,
ionary things, but is only in keeping
with the increasing populations and
the expanding wealth of cities. In
most instances the betterments are
based upon the perspective view
upon the consideration that the city
must grow, and that this growth must
be prepared for-but the betterments
are needful and are not being pushed
before the need for them has devel-
| oped.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04

"Hick. isn't he, Billy? Yap, I guessi
Also a pin-head and a few other
things; but just the same, he came
here to spend three hundred dollars,
and he's been here over a week, and
he's got about six hundred of it left.
/ call that real Marathon blood my
self. II you'd go out and turn a few
tricks like that you could come down
to YOU daily toll in a buzz-wagon."
Hell be down on the Bowery pan
handling before he gets through"
growled Billy.
1t did not seem to happen right at
once, however. Every time James e.
Carroll came in he looked more pros
porous, and he told the Manicure Girl
each time OF how much money he
was making as a grain and stock
| operator" Every time 1t was more
and more. He didn't exactly boast
about It; he was only gleeful in a
large, childish way, and 1t is doubt
full If he gloated to any one else as
he did to Miss Williams. He had
constituted her his confidante from
the beginning, and seemed to feel it
a solemn duty, as well as a Joy, To
come in and let her know his prog
ress. 1t was strange, too, to see his
transition from a country boy to an
all-rounder. His clothing now was
up to the minute, his talk up to the
second, and everything about him
was right on the dot; but in place
Of the rugged pink and brown of his
cheeks he now had a massaged com
plexion, and there were pouches under
his eyes.
The Manicure Girl came in one day
laughing and still half vexed.
Guess where l saw James E. Car
ROLL" she said to Tess; Gin a big red
racer with three stunning chorus girls
l was with Frank-you know him;
head rusher over at Churley's.
"'It's Plunger Jimmy Carroll Franz
told me.
"'Gee!' 1 said. Has he got so fal
along that Broadway knows him?'
"'Sure,' said Frank. He's the hot
test member on the main stem. He'i
just Jimmy, along the line. All tn,
late places know him and all the fol
lies and Flufies know him. How
that for a pace?"
HE got the quickest education o
anybody ever 1 saw" commented Tess
IF he was mine I'd have a sparkling
rock as big as the head of a hat PHI
out of him"
you've had plenty of chances" re
torted Miss Williams, but l don't nc
tice that Tiffany effect IN you"
Mr.. Carroll came in the next day
beaming.
You ought to see my new car" h
told the Manicure Girl as he sat dow.
at her table.
, 81 saw it yesterday" she snapped
| you were peddling a fine load {
shrimps."
i Weren't they the clacs of tn
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04

card?" he laughed, and seemed quite
proud of it. THAT fossy blonde on
the outside was Beauty Phillips, the
sensation Of The Pink Canary She's
going to star next season, and Angel
Jimmy may back the show"
Fine for Beauty Phillips!" said the
Manicure Girl, and then she was an
grily silent for a few minutes. Look
here, Mr.. James E. Carroll" she sud-
denly demanded; when did you write
last to the girl in Prosperity"
"By George, II intended to write
her last night" he stammered. q
l haven't been answering her letters
as promptly as l ought, and that's a
fact"
when did = you - write - to
herr" she insisted.
well, it's been-why, confound it,
it's over three weeks" he finally con
fessed.
"And then I'll bet it was on one
page" she snapped back at him.
You told her you were too busy to
write, only Just those few lines, but
would write more tomorrow"
That time she made him blush.
Now" she sternly went on, you
go right out of here and write to that
girl; and keep 1t up, or don't ever
come back"
Gross my heart, hope to die If
don't" he promised.
The next time he came in he was
leading a particularly ugly bulldog.
isn't that a lovely mutt" he asked
as he tied the end of the chain to his
chair.
What's it good for besides Kill
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04

Emery. Don't you think it's some
pumpkins of a name?"
It's a shine to Elizabeth E. Car
roll; and for that 1 suppose l get
paid double"
You sure do" he agreed. I'm
writing her a dandy letter. I'm tell
ing her all about the good business
I'm in and how much money I'm
making. Why, say, do you known
since I saw you?"
The Manicure Girl pushed back his
hand, and hastily reached down his
hat from the hook overhead.
Rum" she exclaimed. Get away
quick before they find out you've got
it, or they'll take it away If they have
to strangle you"
He merely grinned.
"Oh, ! don't know" he said con-
fdently. I've noticed that the
people who do gouge It's money out
of New York, and keep it. come from
places like Prosperity, Indiana.
There's a lot more where this five
hundred grew, and I'm going to pick
it."
Poor child" she commiserated. 81
a see your bumps on the way"
Maybe So" he admitted, "but let
me tell you, little lady, I'll be hav.
ing the time of my life until they
reach me. and If they clean me I've
made my three hundred stretch q
long, long way"
He held his head high and his bis
shoulders square as he walked out
and Billy snorted; but he got no salts
faction out of the Manicure Girl.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04

When DIR. Johnson was writing his
famous dictionary, he had an article on
the coco nut" but the careless proof
reader passed a mistake in the spell
ing Of the word, the compositor having
inserted an "a" and the word appear
ed as "cocoa-nut." This spelling Of
the word has been adhered to ever
since. OF late years the nuts have
sometimes been styled "k~oker-nuts"
and "kokers."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04

awful odds to live. They have de-
veloped a new nail-a long nail by
which they can retain their hold on
the fence while climbing. With this
same nail they a burrow six or eight
inches under the netting. and thus en-
ter the fields that mea food and life
to them. They are now laughing at
man. Reserve power has vitalized for
these rabbits latent possibilities, be-
cause they did not tamely accept their
condition, but In their struggle to 1--we.
learned how to live.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04
WAS PROOF READERS ERROR

A story demonstrating the lasting eff
feet of a proof-reader's error was told
by Sir Everard i'm Thurn in the course
of an address to the members OF the
Royal horticultural society recently.
It had been noticed, he said. that in
the course OF its growth the nut which
was now known as the cocoanut was
similar TO the face of a monkey. and SO
the Spanish and Portuguese word "ec-
CO." meaning a grin or grim~ce. was
attached to it.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04
Futurist Roses.

In Bond street, London, there are
to be seen some crude artificial roses
with the label "Nuances futuristes."
A rose of harsh toned pink would have
a violet center, OF a brilliant peacock
green heart, n of violent mustard
was conferred with brown, while one
of raw scarlet had al orange heart.
The futurist rose has appropriately
unnatural leaves with a dark metal
lie sheen.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04
English Cast Biggest Ingot

The biggest ingot ever cast in the
world has just been turned out by a
Shsfield, England, company, accord
ing to the Engineering and Mining
Journal. 1t is designed for admiralty
purposes and is cast OF acid open
hearth steel. The feat was accom-
plished without accident and stands
as a record in the production OF steel
ingots.
1t is "a feet long, 7 feet 1 inch
mean diameter owe fats and z feet
8 inches mean diameter over orners
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04
RABBITS oUTwlT MAN

About As years g three pairs of
~enterprising rabbits were introduced
into Australia. Today. the increase
of these six immigrants may be count
ed by millions. They became a pest
TO the country. Fortunes have been
spent to axterminate them. Wire fen
ces many feet high and thousands OF
miles long have been built to keep out
the invaders. The rabbits had to fight
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04
New Application.

Maude-She's such a quiet little per.
o that I'm surprised to hear she's
wearing a diaphanous skirt.
Edna-Perhaps she believes in the
old saying that little girls should be
seen, but not heard.-London Tid-Bits.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04
Simple.

IAN aeroplane should never be sold
TO a fool"
"But how is a dealer to know that
the prospective purchaser is a sool?"
by the fact that he wants to buy ~
aeroplane."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04
SUNNY Streets peslrahle.

In the city planning congress at
Client there was much advocacy of
streets so laid out as to allow the
greatest possible amount of sunlight,
in order to secure the fullest microbi.
cidal action of the rays.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04
orluIn Of AwhIskx.r

The word Usk is an Anglicized form
OF the Welsh word wysg. a Celtic word
meaning water. 1t is connected with
the Irish word uisQue. from which the
Saxon gets the word whisky.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04
Seem. mad. way sometime.

seems rms way sometimes.
Some men succeed in life by mind
ing their own business. Others man
age to draw large salaries for neg
lecting other peoples business
washington Star,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-04

The average depth Of sand in the
deserts OF Africa is from 30 to 40 feet,
Evening journal., 1914-07-31
JOINT BUILDING
commission TO RUSH
The concrete WORK

In order to rapidly push ahead the
work Of erecting the new twin city
and county building. the Whining
ton and New Castle County Building
Commission has decided to immedi-
ately advertise for bids for the con
crete work entering into the CON
struction and completion Of the build
ing The bids will be opened in the
Office Of the commission in the
Church building at II o'clock. Au-
gust IL. The specifications call for
the work to be completed within 294
calendar days from the date Of the
notice to start work.
The idea OF the commission in award
ing the contract work at such an carly
date is TO allow the concrete contractor
to begin work on that portion of the
site that has been excavated and lay
the concrete footing for the steel struc-
tural work.
The work on the excavation Is pro-
crossing with great rapidity, today be-
ing the thirty-third day the contractors
have been working. AS they have 40
calendar days in which 10 complete the
work the time will not be half up until
Sunday, while the excavation work IA
far more than half finished.
Evening journal., 1914-07-31
TALLEY Will HAS
MORE DEFENDERS
BEFORE REGISTER

Register of Wills Walker this morning
heard further testimony IN the contest
60 decide the validity of the will of
Pearson 1alley, when four witnesses
We're called by Robert G. Harmon, who
represents the WILL to testify for the
will.
Two Philadelphia experts ON insanity
yesterday were called by j. Frank Ball,
fopr0 enting Jennie Hampton, half-sis-
ter of Talley's who Is contesting the
will, and testified against the will on
the ground that Talley was of unsound
mind when he made the instrument, but
after the witnesses for the win were
heard this morning Mr. Ball asked for "A
continuance OF the ease, stating that he
desired 20 summon several other wit.
nesses who live ont of the city The
register therefore continued the case tor
further hearing until September s.
The witnesses called this morning were
| Hannah r. Johansen TO whom Talley
leaves all of his property and her hus-
band Edmund S. Hellings. attorney,
and Dr. Davies assistant superintendent
at the Delaware State Hospital, also tes.
titled for the will.
When the case was started. several
weeks ago DR.. William H. Hancker, SUI
perintendcnt at the State hospital for
the insane, also testified for the Will,
stating that in his opinion Talley was
not insane when he made the will in
April, 1911. Talley died az the hospi-
tai in March. 1914 The contest against
the will is made entirely on the ground
of insanity, he having been an inmate
of an insane asylum when IL was made
Evening journal., 1914-07-31
new HOME FOR THE
United BOAT CLUB
House Will Go Up On Land
Obtained From T. c.
dupont
LABOR DAY REGATTA
is BEING PLANNED

The charter of the newly-organized
United Boat Club was closed at the
meeting OF that club in Harvey Win
gates boathouse at The Orchard last
night. The membership of the club
had reached the 100 mark when the
charter was closed Twenty eight
new members were admitted last
night, thirty-hve more applications
were posted on the bulletin board to
be voted upon at the next meeting
OF the club.
During the meeting it was an
nounced that a large plot of ground.
on the Christiana near the anchorage
of the DUPONT yacht, Tech. has been
secured from T. Coleman DUPONT,
upon which will be erected the new
headquarters for the club Plans
were made TO hold a regatta on La
Dor Day for the opening event and
there will be warming at
the new club house at that time.
An invitation was received from the
Rod, Gun and Yacht Club, of Salem, ~.
j., for the local club members to be the
guests of that organization on the occa-
sion of their cruise to Salem on Sunday,
August 9. and setting forth that the
entertainment committee had already
been instructed TO prepare a sacred con-
cert and other features 10 entertain
them ON that occasion. The invitation
was accepted. The plans for the cree
tion of the new boathouse were out
lined by Commodore Dr. c. A. Church,
and il is expected that il will be COM
pleted before the end of August. Com
modore Church stated that the regatta
TO be held ON Labor Day will be one Of
the biggest events in the local motor
boat world.
Evening journal., 1914-07-31
Green LABEL beer
ON sale TOMORROW
Creates BIG STIR

Green Label" beer, a new bottled
product of the Bavarian Brewing
Company. will be on sale for the first
time tomorrow. Every cafe in the
city will be supplied with this new
beverage today.
Since the announcement was made
of the appearance of this new beer
hundreds of inquiries have been re-
ceived at the brewery office relative
TO how the beer could be ordered and
when Il would be delivered. Many
orders also were received, and the
wagons of the company will be kept
busy tomorrow delivering.
The new plant was operated for
the first time yesterday. That is,
Il was the first time Green Label"
beer was permitted to pass through
the plant. The management is par
ticularly pleased with the big
Pasteurizing machine TO assure sani-
tary bottling. This machine was
started and operated all day without
hitch. All other apparatus In. the
plant is working with equally good
results. The beer is bottled and
sealed automatically. without being
handled by persons.
Evening journal., 1914-07-31
NEARLY 3-4 MILLION IN
Taxes FOR The CITY

This is the last day for receiving
city taxes under the five per cent. re-
bate The tax collectors believe that
the receipts today will be far In ad-
vance of 100000 The collections
yesterday amounted to $1O0.5OO
Collector James II. Morris, of the
northern district, has collected $685.,
200 to date. and expects to add over
$4,000 today, so that the northern
district collections for July will be
about $4,000.
In the southern district S251. 900 has
been collected and an additional $780,
600 will be received today. as there is
a steady stream of people at the Of
flee anxious to pay their taxes.
No rebate is allowed on taxes paid
in August.