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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10

the convict road work in some nine
states-Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Kan
sas, Michigan, Missouri, North Da-
kota. Oklahoma and Wisconsin. State
prisoners are turned over to the coun-
ty authorities to be worked on the
county roads in Florida, Georgia,
North Carolina and South Carolina.
This system is not approved by the
national committee on prisons and
prison labor, which holds that the
state under no circumstances is justi-
fed in d~elegating the responsibility
for its convict wards to county au-
thorities.
The system in New York state d.
vides the responsibility for the con-
struction work and maintenance of
the camps between the state highway
department and the commissioners of
the counties in which the roads are
to be built, with the state superintend-
emit of prisons in final authority. In
Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming
the highway department and the pris-
on department cooperate in the con
troll of this work. The prison depart
ment is fully responsible for the care
and discipline of the prisoners, while
the road department is called upon to
do the work which it is equipped to
do, the building of roads.
The committee has found this lat.
ter system essential to the successful
development of convict road work.
The prison department is in a posi-
ton to care for the prisoners and to
handle such matters as food, clothing,
housing, medical attention, the afford
ing of educational facilities and recre-
alton.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10
Hydroplane a Freak.

The h~ydroplane of the day is a
freak in every sense of the word. The
various types of underbody construc-
ton are designed to give the boats
lifting power, to lessen the draft I'M
der speed, and, consequently, the dis
placement-in other and palmer
words, to lessen the amount of water
that has to be pushed aside in the
endeavor to make high speed. The
~hydroplane is the outcome of years of
study by the best naval architects and
marine engineers in freak-boat. con-
struction. Thousands of dollars are
spent annually on these freaks, but
many are thrown on the junk pile and
the effort repeated. All of these boats
are ~overpowered, as one would con-
slider the needs of an ordinary boat.
But extra power is added to gain a
little extra speed. Thus one of the
Atlantic coast owners is this year du-
plicating his power by adding a sec
ond motor to a 45-miler with the hope
of adding an extra ten miles an hour
to the speed. This may be termed
freakishness, yet in the quest for the
60-miler all sorts of freakish things
r being undertaken.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10

The outing cap, which can be easily
converted into an auto bonnet, and is
made of stuff that will stand the stress
of wind and weather, needs not to be
recommended. 1t speaks for itself and
its talking points are Inanswerable.
AS a rule these caps are made of
mercerized poplin or Palm Beach
cloth, although pongee, taffeta and
some other fabrics are occasionally
used. Mercerized poplin and Palm
Beach cloth are cotton materials in
weaves SO attractive that they are
often combined with silk and lose
nothing by this close association with
it. Both these materials are washable
and strong,
Machine stitching and narrow silk
braid are relied upon TO furnish the
decorative features in these useful
caps. Sometimes they are used to-
gether. The brims and crowns are
often in contrasting %colors, or the
brims are faced with a color different
from that in the body of the cap. Fa-
vorite combinations are those made
of pongee-colored cloth with bright
green, blue, black or red introduced IN
the brim facings.
Wells are either Of the same color
as the body of the cap or like the con
trasting color used. They are about
two yards long and th~ree-quarters Cor
less) in width. When the cap is to be
used for motoring they slip through
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10
Artificial Bones.

A new method of mending a frac-
tured bone has been discovered by an
English doctor. He dries and grinds
to powder a piece of fresh bone, and
this powder he mixes to the consis-
tency of a paste with petroleum., and
properly sterilizes the mixture. After
the ends of the fractured bones have
been brought into proper relations,
and the location a%scertained by digi-
tai examination and X-ray, a syringe
having a long needle is filled with the
warmed bone mixture, and the needle
is inserted to the seat of the frac-
ture, and as deeply as possible be-
tween the fractured ends. The con-
tents of the needle are then injected
as the needle is slowly withdrawn to
the surface of the bone, when the in
lection must stop. This procedure
may be repeated several times at diff
ferent angles. thus filling the entire
space between the fractured ends with
the petroleum. and bone cells, which
act as a focus for the formation OF
new bone.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10
New Hat Model.

One of the prettiest transparent hat
models is shown in a shop which
caters to exclusive patronage, writes a
New York correspondent. The crown,
a round hunchy, dented tam-o'- shanter,
is of neapolitan and the brim is
naught but a wide stiffened ruffie of
malines, so full that the rufie curves
up and down bonnily at the edges. II
desired. so that the malines will long
er keep its shape, the rufle may be
supported with satin-covered wire,
bent to accommodate the natural
curves of the rufie and extending in
a few radiating spokes from the crown
as we'll. If the malines rufie is un.
supported by wire. then the malines
must be renewed from time I O time,
and a very stiff variety must be OBJ
tanned.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10
GOOD ROADS ARE INCREASING
United States Leads France In Miles
of improved Highways-State
Aid Now In Effect.

According to the Good Roads Year
Book of the American Highway asso-
citation, recently issued, America now
has 5000 miles more of good roads
than France, the total for this coun-
try now amounting to $1,000 miles. OF
this 5000 miles were built in 1912 and
about 5000 in 1914, making a total Of
owe one-third of the entire mileage of
the good roads of the country.
New Jersey was the pioneer state to
provide state aid for public highways,
in 1891, and Massachusetts and Con,
necticut soon followed, but it is only
during the last ten years that the
state aid policy has been in effect to
any considerable extent.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10
MANY STATES USE CoNvICTS
Different Systems Of Employing Prison
Labor On Public Highway Improve
ment Is Described.

Thirty states at the beginning Of
the present year had on their statute
books laws providing for the employ
ment of state prisoners in road build
ing. Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Louisi-
ana, Maryland, Montana, Nevada, New
Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Vir-
ginia and Washington follow practical
ly the same system, providing that the
control of this work shall be vested
in the state highway commission.
The highway commission or state en-
gineer makes requisition for such
number of prisoners as he can use
effectively, and the prison authorities
turn over to him such prisoners as
are suitable for the road work.
The prison commission or board of
control of state institutions is held
responsible for the development of
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10
New Record by Fisheries Bureau.


The commissioner of fisheries, I'M
der date of June 10, advises that not
only will the output of the ish-cul-
tural operations of the bureau Of fish
cries during the fiscal year ending
June so surpass previous records but
for the first time in many years there
has been a sufficient supply of black
bass to meet all current demands for
both public and private waters. All
outstanding applications for black
bass will be filled. Some of these have
been held over for several years for
lack of a sufficient supply of the fish.
Among recent deliveries of this fish
have been 10000 to a large artificial
lake at Austin, Tex, formed by the
damming of the Colorado river, and at
the station whence the fish came a
large supply is now on hand. II is the
policy of the bureau to distribute each
year an increasingly large proportion
of fish which have been retained at
the hatcheries until they reach the
lingering or yearling stages, which
mean that the output, being more
mature, is better able to care for itself
and is not so subject to the depreda-
lions of natural enemies.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10

the east of the year. What a diff
ference between this and former
times when so many dresses
were thought necessary and did not
look half so well as our simple dark
blues with neat collars and cuffs. No
longer do W. envy those who wear
better clothes than ours. Less time is
spent in worrying over what to wear.
consequently hardness has been great
ly reduced. We have also learned that
good taste demands simplicity and so
the jewelry not permitted during
school days is often forgotten during
Sundays. After becoming accustomed
to our uniforms we are not so prone
to rival the rainbow in choosing col
ors for other occasions. For all Of
these lessons we are grateful to our
school.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10

slides sewed at the sides Of the cap.
The brims turn up or down and re-
main in almost any position the wear
er may want. The wells may be tied
about the cap in big bows and become
a trimming in an emergency requiring
something more %pretentious looking
than the cap unadorned. The clever
girl may be trusted to ring all the
changes possible with these classy bits
of headwear, which are, by the way, SO
inexpensive hat everyone may own
them. JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10
New Pettlcoats.

The phases of the new petticoat are
many. We have princess slips of
silk, batiste, crepe de chine, held
over the shoulders with straps of
ribbon and deliberately trimmed
about the hem with wide fiounces of
lace, plated organdie, chiffon O net,
caught here and there with bouquets
of ~delicately tinted French flowers.
They measure from four to six yards
about the hem, and sometimes little
1S45 pantalettes, made of materials to
match the petticoat, are worn beneath.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10

Save the boy, and it will not be
necessary to reform the man. was the
keynote of the addresses delivered in
the National Negro Baptist Sunday
school congress at Washington, and
resulted in an organized effort among
the boys against l~oafers. crime and
criminahty, and a declaration on the
part of boys representing IS states to
assist the officers of the law in pre-
serving law and order.
Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone?"
was used to open one of the busiest
sessions of the meeting of the con.
gress, and many new features looking
toward the betterment of the home
life of the Negro race throughout the
country were introduced through ad-
dresses.
Starting with the cadet movement,
under DR.. w. H. Crawford, with 800
boys in uniform, making a demonstra.
ton. brought out many Negro boys OF
Birmingham, who made application
for membership, but were told they
would have to come in through the
Sunday school.
These boys will be of benefit to
communities in which they live" said
Doctor Crawford. They will work
against cigarette smoking, tobacco
chewing, and will be opposed to strong
drink. You will find in these places
where the cadets are there will be
fewer arrests of boys, and stronger
men will be developed. That shiftless,
loaing criminal Negro will become a
thing of the past. The Sunday school
movement means this or nothing. We
are going to do practical Sunday
school work in the future"
Mans Part in Lies Choice" was
the subject of the Bible lesson taught
by DR.. E. Ford OF Jacksonville.
with a common God there can be
no misunderstanding between two
men or two races" declared Prof. A.
NJ. Tarwick. international secretary
of the Young Mems Christian a~ssocia-
ton, one of the instructors in the
Methodist institute, conducted by the
Methodist Episcopal church, South,
for the Negro Methodist ministers.
Il want to here congratulate you
upon the wonderful progress you have
made, and that you are still making.
This movement mean much to your
people. You have strong men here,
and you are to be congratulated"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10
Auto Wins IN rraIn Race.

After a mad race, covering IS miles,
between an express train on the Laurel
line and a high-powered automobile,
which had been requisitioned by Chief
of Police Roberts Of Wilkes-Barre,
the latter captured a man accused OF
timfamming a Wilkes Barrean as he
stepped from a train in Scranton, Pa.
The fugitive got away with a ten
minute start, but the big racing car
cut down the running time, and the
officers were waiting at the station
here for their man. who was takel
back to Wilkes-Barre.
The running time OF the train was
IS minutes, and the automobile tray
eled a little more than a mile a minute
to overhaul it.-Scranton Dispatch TO
Philadelphia Record.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10

The veil worn with this gown was
of lace-bordered net, ample as TO full
ness and long enough to lie a few
inches on the floor.
Nothing could be much simpler in
design than the splendid wedding
gown of n of New York's spring
brides. 1t was made of white and sill
yer brocade with white satin court
train, and cut in the empire style. Tho
skirt and waist were in one. The
skirt, long and only moderately full,
hung close to the figure. The baby"
waist had a V-shaped neck and very
long sleeves of net. The train was
bordered with wide lace, and a hand
some lace veil was arranged in man
tilla fashion over the hair. 1t fell part
ly owe the train.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10

The superintendent of education in
Russell county, Alabama, conceived
the enlightened thought that the Ne
gro would be less a menace to the
community if he were educated. He
called a meeting of the white folks in
the courthouse and tactfully asked
them if they would be pleased to hear
addresses from three educated colored
persons. They agreed to listen and
two Negro teachers and a Negro edi,
tor from Tuskegee presented the Cos.
pei of education for usefulness for
which that institution is famous. The
white folks were persuaded. They
thereupon decided to add to the
schools of Russell county a plan of in
dustrial training, not only for colored
children, but for their own white chill,
dren as we'll.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10
Gems for the Months.

An old astrologer's table tells the
symbolism of each gem as follows:
January, jacinth or hyacinth, con.
stancy and fidelity; February, am,
ethyst. peace Of mind and sobriety;
March, bloodstone or jasper. courage
and success in dangerous undertak.
Ings; April. sapphire and diamond. re-
pentance and %innocense; May. emer-
aid. success in love; June. agate, good
health and long life; July. carnelian,
cure OF evil resulting frsm forgetful-
ness; August. sardonyx Of onyx. con-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10
Boxes for Hosiery

A dainty woman does not tumble
her silk stockings heller skelter into
q bureau drawer, but keeps each pair
separate from the others in a long.
narrow box. divided into compart-
ments. This makes it easier. also. to
select just the right pair OF stockings
when one is in a hurry, for the day of
black stockings, with an occasional
resort to white silk, is past.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10
Dresses for the Small Girl.

For everyday wear plain-colored fab
RIGS, as well As smart plaids. checks
and neat stripes are used for chill
dren's dresses. Many are in bolero
effect, some are made in Russian style.
others have s%uspender skirts, while
stin others are a modification OF the
MILDLY and the norfolk. Guimpes are
made of lawn, organdie or handker-
chief linen, Belts are Of patent
leather, suede or self-material. Pock-
cts often give a smart finishing touch.
These are Of various b"ds, including
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10
Los Angeles TO Improve.

Seven million dollars will be ex,
pended on the roads of Los Angeles in
1915. Three hundred and twenty-four
miles of concrete boulevard and 160
miles Of decomposed granite highway
will be constructed.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10

In a costly watch that has been
made for exhibition purposes there is
a wheel that makes the revolution
only once in four years, operating a
dial that shows the years, months and
days.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10

The traffic of the Forth bridge, which
is the largest of its kind in the world.
for the year ending March, 1913, was
62,944 trains, an increase of 40 pei
cent, while the total weight increased
to To- 4,41O tons, or about 60 per cent
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10
Comforting

Doctor" groaned the sick man, 81
am so tired can only lie on one
side"
"Oh. come.'' said the doctor cheer
fully. You believe that. and you a
lawyer"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10
kIm cahhana Worms.

Persian insect-powder sprinkled
over cabbage worms, in the morning
before the dew is off the plants. will
finish their career in a short time.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10

Buck Kilby, who is one of the Noble
Red Mans stanchest defenders, says il
can at least be said for the Indian that
he never tries to make" conservation.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10
Causes Of Mortality

Chill, o~yercrowdlns and dirty quar-
tiers are common causes of mortality
among chickens.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10

Lafcadio Hearn held that the term
Negro melodies" is a misnomer. He
traced all Negro songs back to Eng
lish, Spanish and particularly French
sources. The old ballads of these peo-
pie which were in vogue at the time
of settling in America were adapted,
transformed, Africanized by the Negro
slaves, and preserved in their new
form long after the originals were for
gotten.
Doubtless Hearn's theory is correct
in essentials, but it has one defect. 1t
does not give full credit to the Negro
element in these tunes as they exist
now.
If the Negroes had not been a mu-
steal race, they eve would have
taken over and finally made their own
the music of their masters. The In
dams, a far more stiff-necked and in
dependent race than the Africans,
have no such group of songs to their
credit, not even where they form an
overwhelming majority of the popu-
lation. Mexican bands do not play
Aztec music, and it is not Of record
that Peruvian audiences listen to
Quichua variations on Spanish airs.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10

The average mi likes to talk
about her neighbors almost as well as
the average man likes to talk about
himself.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10

An electrically heated incubator for
the production of bacteria has been
developed by a Salt Lake City
scientist.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10

The National Negro Business league
will celebrate the fifteenth anniversary
of its organization by holding a con-
vention in Boston, August IS to 20.
Booker T. Washington, president Of
Tuskegee institute, who also is head
OF the organization, will preside. Gains
made by the Negro race since the
founding of the organization will be
discussed. In 1900 there we're 10000
Negro business enterprises, and the
number now has increased to $4,000.
The total value of property owned by
Negroes in the country is estimated al
nearly So. 700, 600, 900.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10

jugal felicity; September, ~chrysolite,
preservation from folly or its cure;
October. beryl or opal, hope; Novem-
Der, topaz, fidelity and friendship; De
cember, turquoise OF ruby. brilliant
success.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10
Poultry Like Variety.

Poultry appreciate a variety OF
grains in their rations and should
! never be confined to but one or two.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10

It's easy to gauge a mans intelli-
gence. Draw him into a discussion,
and if he agrees with you he's sensi.
BILE.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10

The first woman handed the first
man an apple, but her daughters have
been handing men lemons ever since.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10
Judalna a Community.

A community can safely be judged
by the kind of highways it maintains,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10

Farmer Realizes Value.
No other citizen realizes the value
of good roads as does the farmer.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-10

the simple patch pocket. the plated
pocket and the military pocket.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-23
THE CITY.
WEATHER

Fair tonight and Sunday; warmer
north portion tonight.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-23

Lozier belonging to w. Il. Adams of
Deadwood. being accompanied at the
time by Miss Margaret Jenkins of
Lead.
In backing up the ar, they struck
an intoxicated Mexican soldier, kill
ing him. Hull was arrested, but Miss
jenkins. refusing TO be influenced by
Mexicans who advised her to flee
from the city and offered to show
her the way, stayed on the scene and
procured the names of witnesses and
other testimony.
After being in jail eight days. Hull
was released in the city under $500
bonds. Through the assistance OF
Congressman Martin and Secretary
Lansing, a brother of Gov. Dotta of
Esenada was reached and Hull re-
leased from the restrictions of re-
naming in Mexico. but not before he
had given $500 bail bonds TO pre-
vent a removal to another state,
which bail, ii is stated, was secured
by grating officials and cannot be
recovered. The $500 given in bail
can be recovered, as it was put up by
a ranchman near the town in which
the accident occurred.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-23
W. R. C.. BANQUET
INTERESTING AND ENJOYABLE
ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE
COMRADES.

The ladies of the w. r.. C. gave
their third annual banquet and re-
ception to the comrades of the G.. A.
r. and their wives on Thursday aft
ernoon. The occasion was a very de-
lightful one in every way. The en-
te%rtaining ladies spared no pains to
make every detail of arrangements
the best possible to please the guests.
Promptly at l p. m. the company was
seated at the sumptuous tables. Dur
ing the banquet hour music was en-
joyed from a Victrola kindly loaned
by DR.. Mitterling. At $3.50 a short
program was enjoyed. DR.. Heston,
in a very %congenial manner, express
ed his appreciation of the lives of the
comrades. He compared briefly the
conditions existing at the time of our
civil war with the present state of
"a in Europe, making it plain that
the establishment of progressive
principles has always required sac
rifice. Revs. Brown. Palmerton and
McKibbin rendered a couple of must
cal selections which were afterward
highly complimented. Rev. Palmer
ton gave a very happy talk including
mirth and also pointed facts concern
ing present day allegiance to patriot
ic principles. Mrs. Lindsay favored
the company with a couple of musical
numbers in her rich voice. Mr.. Jay
Goodroad, a promising young reader
of the high school. rendered two
humorous selections, much to the en-
joyment of all present. Opportunity
for extemporaneous speaking was
given Rev. Brown responded in a
very happy way. Comrade Holdridge
responded for the soldiers in his
usual witty style. expressing his ap-
probation of the pleasure that the
w. r.. c. afforded the soldiers by Civ
ing them this social opportunity
Press Correspondence.