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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18

Agnes and Stefano Macchi di Col
lere, the children of the Italian am
bassador to the United States, who
aided in the Italian war relief fund
by performing native dancing in ma
tive costume. The Italian fiesta at
which they appeared was under the
patronage of Ambassador and Count
ess Dolores Macchi di Collere, the par
ents of the youngsters, at Lookout
Hill, the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Hays Hammond. A program of Ital-
ian music, songs and folk dances en-
tertained the most prominent of New
England's society members. The pro-
ceeds of the entertainment will be
used for the relief of the wives and
children of the Italian reservists who
have gone to the front from New Eng.
land
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18
BEES STINGS KILL A cow
Valuable Jersey Animal Tries to Fight
Insects and Gets the Worst
of II.

Monmouth, Ore.-Stung by thou
sands of Italian bees, a valuable Jer-
sey COW, owned by o. A. Wolverton,
ex-postmaster of Monmouth, died
Tuesday afternoon. The animal had
been turned into the grass on the
southwest corner of the Normal cam
pus. On a small lot adjoining the
campus were rs hives. When Bessie
began to fight several of the Italians,
hundreds, then thousands, modified"
and aid for the distressed cow was i'm
possible.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18

Six pounds of green tomatoes, If
very large, cut in pieces. Put them into
strong brine for "a hours, drain them
very dry. Put them in a stewing pan,
cover with vinegar to which has been
added one pound Of sugar., o~ne-quarter
pound long pepper, ~one-quarter pound
allspice. one-quarter pound cloves and
one-quarter pound cinnamon. Simmer
till tender, but do not let them boil.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18
For Cream presslnns-

All white or cream dressings are
made by blending the butter with the
flour, then stirring it rapidly into the
boiling milk. Use white pepper when
making the dressing and boil it in a
double boiler. Keep it warm, and thin
with cream if too stiff when done, or
fold in the white of egg, whipped to a
stiff froth.
A teaspoonful OF vinegar to a quart
of flour if added with the ice water,
gives the m~uch-desired fiaky appear.
ance to fruit pies.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18
Monkeys and Microbes.

In the Geological gardens in Lon
don the anthropoid apes have been
kept alive by shutting them in behind
glass, not to protect the visitors from
them, but to protect them from visi-
tors-that is to say, from the mi
crobes that man harbors in his mouth.
Man has more or less successfully
learned how to disarm those invaders.
but they will readily destroy those
near relatives OF his whose bodies
have not learned how to resist them.
Mankind has no better friends than
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18

sigh of satisfaction, and as for me,
take me to the first aid station
Il held out the child to it's mother,
saying: BE careful, no shaking; he
is sleeping, do not wake him. l went
off at a jog trot, without turning
round for fear of ~betraying emotion. l
had the little finger taken off-see-
and two bullets through the shoulder,
high up.
But that was nothing to compare
with what l was suffering, For l can
tell you now, gentlemen, / had known
ever since the first shot that l was
carrying a dead baby"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18
JUST FIBs, NOW AND THEN
Shoe Salesman Talks in Large Figures
in Presence Of Revenue Col.
lector.

Atlanta--G. c. Hamrick. deputy in.
ternal venue collector in the FEEDER.
al building. is back from a Florida
vacation trip with a good joke on an
Atlanta shoe salesman.
~ have been with the company I'VE
years" said the Atlanta shoe man,
and each year a brought good re-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18

suits. The first year l made $4,000 in
commissions. the mex $4,000. the
next $4,000 and the last two $1,000
each"
The other statesmen gasped. and
Mr.. Hamrick looked through a book
with the name of Atlantans whose in,
comes are above $1,000. but failed to
find the name of the speaker,
Il don't see your name in here,e he
said. but I'm mighty glad to get IL.
By your own figures you W the gov.
eminent $125."
The shoe salesman moved toward
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18
German Potatn kInesse

One pint mashed potatoes, mixed in
two beaten eggs, n pint of -four, one
even tablespoonful of salt. Form into
small fiat cakes (same as fishballs) },
cook in boiling water about ten min
utes. When first put in kettle, stir
around until they rise to the top of
water. Very nice with roast of veal
or n nice brown gravy. Good
warmed owe in butter, cut up.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18

Two pounds round steak chopped,
quarter pound pork chops also
chopped, n onion, medium size,
chopped, n tablespoonful butter,
three large slices bread soaked in one
pint of milk, two eggs beaten. salt.
one scant teaspoonful poultry dress
ing. Stir all together. Place slices
of salt pork in bottom of pan and on
top. Bake one hour
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18
Chilled MatermeIon-

Cut the ripe pink flesh from a good.
sized watermelon, put it into a freez-
Ing can and pack with salt and ice.
Turn the crank slowly until the water
melon is half frozen. Serve in punch
glasses at the close OF luncheon or
dinner. Those who use wine may add
to each glass a tablespoonful of
sherry.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18
Fruit Eluh

To every pint of chopped peach. ba
mana or pineapple allow one pint OF
water, six eggs and one pound Of su
gar; beat eggs until light. then add
other ingredients and cook until thick
as custard Strain. set dish IN pan OF
cold water and beat until cold. Freeze
and serve with a strip ike a Eundae
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18

The rush of people into Vera Cruz,
Mexico, since United States soldiers
evacuated 1t, has raised the population
from $4,000 to more than 100, 900. 1t
is said that all traces of the cleanup
u troops made have long since dis
appeared, and that the water and sani
tation problems are acute.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18
AFRO-AMER|CAN CULL|NCS

might be able to read the New Tesla
ment. When l realize what the Ne.
gro has done for himself and what
has been done for him since, l am
astounded.
The object Of the exposition is a
better understanding of the relation
between the white and the Negro pop
ulation of the United States.
We have from 5000, 900 to II, 1000, 900
Negroes-about one-tenth of our total
population. They have developed with
the nation. In every battle, from the
Civil war down, the Negro has fought.
He is found in every walk of our ma
tional life. There can be a true racial
and social feeling only when there is
an n of needless a-ntagonism.
Our aim is to make this exposition
the greatest movement ever created
to bring abou. a better understanding.
The Negro has a capacity to grow, to
do things and to be one of us. We
aim to show that isolated cases trum
peted all over the country are only the
muck thrown off the great wheel of
Negro progress.
AS a general l helped emancipate
the Negro. In my church life we early
gave Negro presNyters the same right
on the floor of our general council as
whites. Ell
The Confederate officer who fired
one of the first shots at Sumter be-
came a bishop in my church and de-
voted his whole life to the education
and development of the Negro. He was
bishop f. +. Stevens.
Before the war re was commander
of the South Carolina Military insti-
tute, which turned out more Confed-
crate officers than any other institu-
ton, save possibly one. After the war
he became bishop of all the Negroes OF
his state. He was my close friend.
Indeed, it was on my motion that he
became a bishop.
The exposition will include singing
by great choruses of the most noted
jubilee singers in the country. There
will be folk song festivals, historical
tableaux de Iic.ing the advance of the
colored people, and other interesting
and instructive Features.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18
Stale Bread Fritters

Cut the bread in slices. about a third
of an inch thick. fry in fat. from which
a faint blush smoke is rising. and when
each piece is fried on one side turn
1t over and spread the Drowned side
with marmalade or Jam. When cooked,
lift out and sprinkle with caster
mixed with a little cinnamon.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18

The work of the Tuskegee institu-
ton is extending. Mr.. julius Rosen-
valid of Chicago has give this oppor-
tunity. He has reserved a fund to be
expended in school extension among
the Negroes of Alabama. This beneti-
cence is to be distributed through
Tuskegee institute upon the recon-
mendation of its president. Already
schools have been built upon the plan
in y counties, including Macon, Rus
sell, Lee, Chambers, T~allapoosa,
Coosa, Dallas, Perry, Hale, Montgom-
cry and Lowndes. Each county's
own people must raise $500 and Mr..
Rosenwald will give an equal amount;
the property is decided to the state;
the teachers paid by county school
funds and the schools are planned to
cover just such work as have above
described in the cottage training at
Tuskegee.
Can you see anything but help to
Decentralization, better morals,
better service, less need of jails and
penitentiaries? When everything is
done to build a better man or woman,
no matter what the color, it is social
service, kindness, uplift. The Negro
race today has a leader who is a mis-
sionary-the best among them; If they
follow his lessons as / saw them at
T~uskegee, they are entering a new
life, and their white friends, North
and South, are glad to see them i'm
prove their character and their skill.
Mrs. j. S. Reid in Birmingham Age
Herald.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18
Bride of a Day Drowned in l.k.

Toledo. o.-Mrs. Charles Dietsch
lost her balance and fell overheard
while rowing with her husband in the
lake near Monroe. Mich. She was
rescued by her husband. but died in
MS arms presumably from the sbock
OF ner mlshap. They had been mar.
ried the previous day,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18

those who, like Metchnikoff. teach us
what to do and what not to do In
arming and inuring ourselves against
these sleepless and ~implacable but as
suredly door enemies Of II kind
Youths Companion.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18

Reports submitted to the annual
convention of the National Negro Bust
ness league, Boston. showed that. in
the is years since the organization of
the league, the total value OF farm
property owned by Negroes in the
United States has increased from
s177, 4O4 ,6SS to $492. 1892, 21S.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18
Usually Gets Il.

What the average girl in high So
ciety in New York seems to want is
husband enough 10 last about three
years and alimony enough to carry her
through the rest Of her hfe.-Houston
Post
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18

A luminous paint for automobiles
invented in England. is said to be SC
effective hat a car coated with 1t lie
visible at night for two miles without
the use OF lamps.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18

Coming down town this morning you
met a little girl on her way to school.
BY the time you get home this even
ing she will be a grown-up young
woman dressing for a party.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18

when she was told about it. Seemingly
all she cares for is hearing news of her
relatives and getting something to eat
each day. The other old women who
live near her all have interesting sto-
ries, but they admit themselves the
inferior of their dean. They are Rose
Caesar, one hundred; Emma Durham,
ninety-two, and Sarah Davis and
Emma Warm, both ninety.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18

A Boston correspondent Of an east.
ern paper remarks that scattered
throughout the South are thousands of
industrious and respected Negroes,
who, while they know nothing at all
about books, and are, indeed, unable
to read or write, nevertheless have &C.
cumulated property and given their
children the opportunity of going to
good schools. This will be widely rec
ognized as good news not only by en-
terprising colored people the country
over. but also by white people who de
sire to see the colored population in
the United States receive fair treat
ment.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18

ne water cooler and gave the income
TAX oiicial the high sign. I'm a noted
mar" he said. Il was just trying to
kid those fellows"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18
He slnus arlDn.rsrv.

GAINESVILLE, GAG. G, Hayes OF this
place has on his premises a hooking
bird that would doubtless be highly
priced in the British trenches. In
Willing the hours away Mr.. Hayes
has frequently rendered "Tipperary"
on his graphophone, and now as the
mockingbird woos it's lady love its
song is interpreted with occasional
notes OF ~"Tipperary" clear enough to
be understood.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18

AS far as possible the industrial ex-
hibits at the exposition in Chicago
show the Negro actually at work dem
o%nstrating his handicraft, wrote Bish.
op Tallows. Tuskegee and the 9th.
er great Negro schools will be
represented, and Booker T. Washing.
ton and other noted Negro educators
will come to add their efforts to make
the exposition a success.
The Negroes progress has been Won
derful. Fifty years ago, as an army
officer and minister, ! saw the for
bears of the Negro of today walk into
camp, ignorant and unlettered.
taught the old folks, leading their
children, their first letters that they
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18

The water in the Panama canal is
gradually becoming salty.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18

One OF the features Of the program
at the Lincoln Jubilee exposition at
Chicago was a presentation of a por-
trait of Governor Ferris to him by Will
liam Ross Roberts of the Michigan
commission. President Oscar Baker
was unable to be present. The portrait
was made by a Negro.
The Michigan exhibit came il for
the lions share of observation and all
OF the articles shown. from the needle
work of an eig~ht-year-old girl to nu-
merous quilts made by eighty-year-old
Aunt Debby" Anderson of Cass coun-
ty, were made ready for inspection.
Aunt Debby" modestly bears the
distinction of having made more than
5000 quilts during her life. Particular
attention was called to the needlework
OF two blind Negro girls who are stu.
dents of a Lansing school.
The principal exhibits from Michi-
gan came from Cass county, where the
majority of the Negro population, out
side of the large cities of the state, is
located. The Negro population of Cass
county owns al area of about fifteen
miles, most of which is devoted to
farming, at which industry the Ne
groes have proved themselves efficient.
One or two of the Negro farmers own
as much as 1000 acres of land, and
their homes are fitted out with the
latest appliances for the comfort of the
occupants.
While about 5000 Negroes live in
Cass county, the exhibit was by no
means limited to that area. There
were exhibits from nearly every impor.
tant town and city in the state. The
exhibits were mostly of needlework
and millinery by the women and farm
products raised by the men. An old
darby named Turney Byrd has a new
tangled dump wagon which he devised
and which he is using to good advan-
tage in his home town of Lansing. The
wagon can be emptied all at once or a
quarter or a half load at a time.
While not strictly included in the
Michigan exhibit, the booth of the
United States census bureau was in
charge of a Detroit Negro-Robert A.
Pelham-who has been employed in
that federal department for the last Is
years.
The booth was given over to the
STORY Of the Census" from the Ne
gro's standpoint, and tended to show
that the Negro clerks in the depart
ment exceed in some respects in eff.
cheney the white employees.
The story is told by pamphlets ar.
ranged by Mr.. Pelham and deals with
the growth in favor Of the Negro in
government employ and shows how he
has justified the confidence that Uncle
Sam has placed in his ability. Incl.
dentally Mr.. Pelham shows two de-
vices which he invented and which
are now in use in the census bureau
namely, a paste-supplying device and
a tallying machine-the latter working
on the principle of an adding machine
and used in recording the population.
AS far as possible the industrial ex-
hibits at the exposition in Chicago
sbou, +ba Nagro antua11v OF urorLr dan,-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-18
INTERNATIONAL
SUNMSGlOOL
LESSON
By o. e, SELLERS. Acting Director Of
the Sunday School Course OF the Moody
Bible I%nstitute)
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER 10
DEFEAT THROUGH DRUNKEN
NESS.

J LESSON TEXT Kings 2O:1O-21.
GOLDEN TEXT-wine and new wine
AXE away the understanding. Hos. All
r. V.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04
THE LARGEST GUNS

Will Decide Victory in Near Future.
 The London Daily Mails correspon- dent at Rotterdam has received in formation that the Germans intend to resume the offensive in the west shortly on a gigantic scale. They are are concentrating men and guns in enormous force on the allies left wing" the correspondent says. "The tactics employed with success against the Russians will, it is said. be re- peated.
 "The fighting of the near future will be a battle of gups and victory will rest with the side that has the biggest and the most guns. In addi- tion to the 15-inch howitzers from Austria, the Germans for some time
 have been making huge guns at Essen. | These 15-inch guns, it is said, do not need concrete supplements.
 From Austria and all over Ger | many, guns are being concentrated at various points for the journey to
 the west. Enormous quantities of am-
 intuition have been stored at Lille and
 other places and guns will be massed
 not in tens. but in hundreds. The fire, concentrated at one selectedspoint and when, if the plans succeed, the defense ] has been paralyZed, hordes of infan- try will dash through the breach.
 These tactics will be repeated until | the enemy achieves his object
 'The menace of big guns has now | to be faced. The German military ex- perts have concluded that only guns will prevail in trench warfare
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04
NO ONE KNOWS THE LOSS OF
 LIFE.

No one knows what the European war has cost in men during its first year. The losses are not being pub lished in full by either government.
 Great Britain has had about a half million men in Belgium and France and in one month one-seventh of them were put out of service.
 Germany and her allies are believed to have 5000, 900 under arms and the allies have twice as many to the front and in training.
 At the Dardanelles Great Britain has had one-half her force put out of ac- ton, or 50,000 men.
 The New York World cannot be far from the truth when it says: '"The act- ual casualties of the French. Russians, Germans and Austrians are largely conjectured, but when the size of their armies and the severity of the fight ing in which they have engaged for the past twelve months are considered, the total casualties of all the powers may safely be estimated at between s,o0o.oOo and 9,000,O0O.'
 A large per cent. of these will get well. and go back to the front, but if the killed and crippled total 100000, what tremendous sacrifice of life 1t is, and the end ia not yet. There promises tF be. another year
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04

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 Hundreds of such letters expressing gratitude for the good Lydia E. Pink 1am's Vegetable Compound has accom- olished are constantly being received, proving the reliability of this grand old comedy.
 If you are Ill do, not drag along and continue to suffer day in and day out but at once take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound, a woman's remedy for woman's ills.
 If you want special advice write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (cOnfl- dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by Q woman and held in strict confidence.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04
Sergt. ReiIIy's Experiences.

Pembroke people are extending the glad hand to Sergt. w. Reilly, who mhas arrived in town. having been honorajbly discharged from further military service owing to wounds re- ceived at Hill 60 and the effects of poisonous gases.
 Sergt. Reilly enlisted in August last and. went to England with the first Canadian expeditionary force, arriving at Salisbury on October B.
 At Hill 50 a shrapnel shell burst just near and fragment hit him behind the knee. At the same time he was overcome by gas fumes and did not regain consciousness for four days.
 The effects of the gas are horrible" l" said Reilly. "One cannot imagine the suffering which that suffocating feel ing produces after regaining conscious ness. That feeling did not leave me and even yet I find great difficulty in breathing and cannot sleep at nights"
 Reilly still himps badly from his leg wound, but has been assured by his physician that he will completely re- cover. He would gladly go back to fight if he could. he says, but feels quite satisfied that he has done his lit tie bit. Speaking of his first few days in the trenches Reilly said that he was excited and terrified and that this feel ing did not leave him for a week. l After that, however, he became hard | ened to it and did not mind it much. "The Germans are splendid shots, '' he said. You would be taking an l awful chance if you even rut your little finger over the top of the trenches. The death of one's comrades makes one even more eager for fight Bayonet fighting is the worst of all It's no joke to see eight or ten bay onets coming at you full force. Some | times when you get too close to your adversary to use your bayonet you have to resort to your pugilistic skill In one instance I used a pocket knife which did great work. It is upstairs now and has blood stains on it yet Often we could hear the Germans singing Tipperary in their trenches We would then start singing O Can ada, and that would make them mad. 2 | Reilly says all the boys are high in their praises of what the Canadian women are doing for them. He was speaking to some German prisoners who said that they had no doubt that the allies would win in the end Some of the poor beggars are only too glad
 to give themselves up," said Sergt
 Reilly in conclusion
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04

one little gift that was intended for them was found, and 1t may possibly tell 8, story of boyish self-sacrifice that might never have been told but for the watchfulness of an employe of one of the organizations.
 In the pocket of a little pair of knee brooches was found an envelope, which was inscribed, From Billy Fitzgerald for a Belgian Boy" In this envelope were three Canadian dimes, a half dime and eighteen big Canadian cents "a total of fifty-three cents.
 "Billy's' contribution was in case of clothing sent from Halifax, Nova Scotia (1alifax papers please copy), but further than this, the Commission has been unable to identify him. That Billy is a big-hearted little fellow there can be doubt, and if he ever learns through the newspapers that his gift was not lost he may also learn that the Commission for Relief in Bel gium will see to it that the money is expended just as he wished it to be, and that he will also have the grat- itude of a little Belgian boy for his generous gift.