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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15
REAL TRUTH IN THESE LINES
One Might Criticize Them as Poetry,
But They Contain a Lesson
Worth Needing.

A Quincy travelling salesman, who
keeps open a most observant eye in
his travels around the country, MOTTO
ing the influences which affect a city's
prosperity, sends to the Herald what
he terms a good piece of poetry"
The poetry may be open to question,
but the sentiment is one which every
Quincyan should have deeply i'm
pressed upon his mind, and hence it
is worth repeating. 1t is as follows:
"If you want to live in the kind of
a town like the kind of a town you
like, you needn't slip your clothes in
a grip and start on a long, long hike,
You'll only ind what you left behind.
for there's nothing that's really new.
It's a knock at yourself, when you
knock your town. 1t isn't the town
its you. Real towns are not made
by men afraid lest somebody else gets
ahead. When everyone works and no.
body shirks, you a raise a town
from the dead. And if while you
make your personal stake, your neigh
bors al make one, too, your town
will be what you want to see. 1t isn't
the town-itss you"
The Quincy man further says in his
letter: 1T will be a good thing to
put in the paper for Quincy people
who go to Chicago and st. Louis to
buy their goods" For these very per-
sons it is here reprlnted.-Quincy Her.
aid.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15
Eamous Malkere.

The record for one-mile walk seems
to have been made by G. H. Goulding.
a Canadian, on June 4, 1910, in six
minutes, twenty-five and four-ffth sec
onds. H. V. L. Ross, an Englishman,
walked fifteen miles in one hour and
hfty-nine minutes, and T. Griffith, also
an Englishman, walked twenty miles
in two hours and forty-seven minutes.
C. A. Schoield Of England, on May
20, 1911, walked twenty-five miles in
three hours and ~thirty-seven minutes.
A few other walking records are 100
miles, 18:53:40, by Dan OLeary, at
Chicago, in 1875; 200 miles in 40:46:3o
and 531 miles in 144 hours. by George
Littlewood in a six-day race, England,
In 1882. In six days, twelve hours
per day, Joe Scott of England. 1888.
walked 1853 miles.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15
HOW ONE MAN GOT HIS START
Ambition to Be Author Not Successful,
But 1t Served a Good Purpose
in the End.

81 got my start in life" said a
wealthy retired hardware dealer, in
a singular manner.
You might not think it, l having
passed the major portion of my life in
selling nails, padlocks, stoves and
shovels, but in my early youth my
great ambition was to be a writer, an
author. l had no doubt whatever that
that was what l was cut out for, and
certainly / worked at it good and hard;
but o of the publishers seemed to
agree with me. AS fast as l sent the
things in to them they would send
them back.
But that didn't worry me l knew
that ooner or later they would come
to like what l wrote and buy it. What
got my goat was the expense. / was
a very ready writer and l wrote long
pieces. The stamps l had to use to
send these pieces out and get them
back cost me a lot of money.
When l realized how much l was
paying out for stamps l said to my
self, 'Humpf! I'll save up that money
for five years and then I'll go to writ
ing again And for the next five years
l did put aside regularly the amount
that would otherwise have spent for
stamps, and you would be surprised If
l should tell you how much it amount.
ed to. But at the end Of that time l did
not again take up writing.
Just at that time the senior partner
in. the hardware store in our town
died and his heirs drew out all his in
terest in the firm. There was a chance
for a man with a little capital to get
into a good business. l had the capt.
tai, my accumulated stamp money, and
l bought that interest in the hardware
store.
From that time on l was always too
busy to write; but my great success
in the hardware business you can
clearly trace to my original ambition
for authorship"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15

Although SO great a variety of
shapes has been designed for children,
those that suggest the bonnet have
outdistanced all others in point of
popularity. But little variations in
shape, and clever new ideas in trim
ming. save these pretty and childish
bits of headwear from becoming mo-
~notonous.
Two of the best ideas in trimming
are shown in the picture given here.
In the bonnet at the left, the crown
is sloping, higher at the front, and
the brim curves up both at the back
and front, suggesting the poke bonnet
of blessed memory. 1t is trimmed
with white ribbon having a picot edge
in color and buds made of satin, with
long stems trimmed In a wreath eff
feet about the hat. A bow of the rib
bon is posed at the front and tucked
fiat to the crown.
The shape at the right Is a famil-
lar mushroom" model of hemp braid
pressed with ridges over the crown,
extending from front to back and
from side to side. These are placed
in the shape by way of variety and
add nothing to it's attraction.
Daisies, June roses and forget-me-
nots form a wreath for trimming, and
behind each daisy a length of ribbon
in brown or some other dark color is
folded and sewed to the hat, resting
both on the crown and brim.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15
Home Town|
Y Helps Y
NEED FOR CITY PLANNING
Many Intelligent Men Do Not Seem to
Understand What Is kieant
by the Term.

Mr.. ]. Horace Mcfarland, president
of the American Civic association,
took as the subject of his annual ad-
dress at the convention of the associa-
ton in Washington. "Wanted-Ameri-
can City Planning for American
Cities" BY way of introduction, he
said: ut may truthfully be said that
to the average intelligent American,
be he mechanic or business man, doc
tor or professor, preacher or politician,
the words city planning at once re-
fer themselves as part of a vague
propaganda for the city beautiful,
having to do with permanent or tempo
rary courts of honor, extra illumina-
lions, and other forms of municipal
frippery. 1t is a serious fact that this
complete misunderstanding exists to
such large extent among the many
excellent people who call themselves
practical and who really try to be
good citizens. This fundamental error
of conception prevents these good peo-
pie, most essentially necessary to the
efficient progress Of orderly city max
ing, from realizing that city planning
which is at all worth while is con-
cerned, first, with means of inter-
communication, with transportation,
with markets and house sites and fac
tory locations, with water and sewer
age, with parks and Fairgrounds, and
III the other factors of prosperity, eff
~iciency and convenience, rather than
with appearance or ornament as es-
sentials. When we shall have estab-
lished in the minds of these unknow-
ing citizens the plain fundamentals of
that larger use of architectural and
economic principles which have to do
with the community efficient, there
will be far less trouble in bringing
about the use of common sense in
those municipal operations concerned
in the framework and structural de-
tails of our towns and cities"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15
Makinn Gardena.

A Chicago man has given $1,000 to
buy seed for gardens to be made in
the vacant lots of the city. There is
help to a noble municipal enterprise.
There is nothing that will so enhance
the beauty of a city as well-made gar,
dens. A garden is the workshop of
the soul. 1t not only awakens the bet
ter natures of men. but it crowns the
table with vegetable delights that
make good blood where greater spir-
its dwell. There is nothing that re-
fleets more joy than a well-made gar
den. 1t conduces to good citizenship.
1t drives away selfishness, meanness,
grief, disappointment and fills the
heart with beautiful impulses. Every
vacant lot given over to waste is
wasted opportunity, and indicates a
lack of true enterprise in the citizen
ship. There ought to be an organiza'
ton in every city to make the vacant
spots blossom as the rose. Talk about
education-here is a chance for the
best that can be had.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15
GAY Did you ever take your life in
- your right hand and go shopping

GAY Did you ever take your life in
- your right hand and go shopping
with your wife?
l tried it the other day and I've been
hearing voices ever since.
When l say shopping" l don't mean
that simple everyday gag of bursting
suddenly in upon the sleepy floor
walker in a delicatessen parlor and
with languid elbows leaning over the
remnants of a once beautiful cheese
while he cruelty separates four kip
pered herring from the bosom of a
large and loving family.
Nix-I mean Big League shopping.
I mean that kind of shopping that
women go in training for two weeks
in advance; high-class, expert shop
ping, where important money changes
hands; the kind of shopping that
wives look forward to with dreamy
eyes and live ever after on the memo
ries; the shopping that sweeps a hus-
band off his feet and makes him long
to be a dusky-hued postmaster in No.
8 township, Samoan Islands, where
NhO lo0hAOh III hb lGaNGS L pei AIoAACAN
and money is a myth.
John" said Peaches, the other
morning, II want you to go to the
stores with M today. l have a lot of
shopping to do and you can be such a
help to me, because"
Wait a minute, friend wife," l
broke in. What have l done that
you should wish such a calamity on
me? Tell me to go out and get for my
personal use an attack of inflamma-
tory rheumatism and I'll do so; ask
me to try to catch a street car at the
corner Of Broadway and Fifty-third
Street and I'll work hard at the job
up to the time a murderous taxicab
climbs my front elevation and mains
me for life-but don't, Oh! wife,
don't ask me to go shopping with
you"
"Nonsense!" she gurgled. 81 can't
go alone, can l? And, besides, you
must help me select two new gowns
at the Maison de Splash must have
at least two, mustn't 1? And from
there we'll go to Ginkstein and Boob
helmer's, where l want to get a hat
l must have something chic to take
of in the theaters, mustn't I?-And
then we'll spend an hour in Gorgon-
cola Brothers, where l can pick out
the set of furs you promised me for
Christmas, and then we'll go to Cam
embert's for some gloves l need, and
then"
Help! Throw me anything! Don't
you see I'm sinking!
The answer is l went-and live to
prattle about 1t.
You know, this shopping gag brings
out more prominently than anything
else the fact that the high cost of liv.
ing is caused by living high at any
cost.
The ancient Greeks had a saying,
"He spends his money like a drunken
sailor" and that goes for seventy-five
out of a hundred today.
The majority of the boobs give
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15

Hoops. my dearl" I asinined. not
knowing what else to say.
lie M%inaret," continued the friend
OF Louis the Xl, ut would be to
Madame's beauty as the rose is to a
lovely garden, yesl"
He was there with the salve, that
old boy.
Hypnotized by the harmony of col.
ors and carried away by the up-to-
dateness OF the creation, Peaches
breathed in the ear of v%oulezvous an
eager. How much?"
Three hundred and feefty dollaire,-
he breathed back to her.
Sinking for the second time. I didn't
breathe at all.
Then, with a forgiving smile.
Peaches turned to me and said. Isn't
it lovely? Isn't 1t wonderful"
She is" l answered; she's a
quaint little package of pepper-that's
what she isl l thought l liked that
blonde, but 1t was only a passing fan
cy. This brunei has me limping after
her along the Road of Happiness. Did
you pipe the smile she saved up for
me and me alone? She must burn
acetylene in both lamps, because I'm
all lit up with excitement. A queen.
take it from an expert-a queen!"
Exit lie Minaret hurriedly, while
V~oulezvous stood there expressing as
constituent with both shoulders and
the small of his back.
Does Madame prefer something
else, yes?" he ~wigwagged, after MOTTO
ing how high in the air Peaches was
wearing her chin.
Yes" l butted in quickly; bring
on something nifty in a transparent
skirt"
Curtain.
When came to l was put on the
sidewalk listening to Section VI, Par
agraph ", Of the Riot Act.
Then she pointed her nose at the
North Star and left me fiat.
Peaches will probably speak to me
again some time before Christmas.
She'll have to if she believes in Santa
Claus.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15
DANUBE IN HISTORY
River Has Always Been Great
Highway of Commerce.
DardanelIes Has Ever Been Looked
Upon as the Real Mouth of the
Great Waterway Of Eastern
Europe, With Reason.

Probably most Americans know
more about the Danube as the subject
Of a popular waltz than as a historic
highway of and a strategic
frontier. Perhaps some of our read
ers were ~astonished to learn that the
allied fleets are opening the mouth
of the Danube" by forcing the Darda-
nelles. They know that the Danube
empties into the Black sea and cannot
understand the statement. Technical.
ly, they are correct, but, the Phila-
delphia Inquirer says, from time imme-
mortal the Dardanelles has been
looked upon as the real mouth If the
great river of eastern Europe, and for
the best of reasons.
In his will Caesar Augustus ex-
pressed a wish that Roman conquests
should never proceed north of the
Danube. He had succeeded in max
ing that river a strategic frontier by
adding a chain of forts which extended
to the Swiss Alps. Behind this barrier
were unknown hordes of savages and
barbarians who were certain at some
time by economic pressure or by a
restless spirit to assault the integrity
of the empire, and Augustus foresaw
that any extension beyond this from
tier would be dangerous. Unhappily,
his advice was not accepted, although
the reasons for a forward movement
seemed excellent at the time. The
imperial legions crossed the Danube,
and the name Roumania remains as
a relic of their forward movement. 1t
proved a fatal mistake, for pretty soon
the Danube became the danger spot
of the empire and the seat of the gov
eminent was transferred to Byzanti-
UNI, the modern Constantinople. Grad
ually the Roman empire divided and
fell under the oncoming rush of
Goths, but the struggle along the
Danube has continued to this day.
Hun and Turk entered Europe along
this great highway and were with diff
1culty turned back at Vienna. Since
that time the Balkan question, with
its control of the great river, has been
dominant in European politics, and
never was more important than today.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15

daily limitations of the sailor and they
don't even wait to get intoxicated.
Whatever my neighbor does l want
to do-only more so.
II my neighbor saves up eight dol
lars and twenty cents and buys a red
'benzine buggy l Immediately get to-
,gether seven dollars and a quarter
and get a blue one. In the meantime
the automobile people put a white
chalk mark on u houses.
II your wife buys a nearly-sealskin
my wife has to rush and get an almost
mink with possibly-ermine trimmings,
and the children fill up the holes in
their shoes with putty and exclaim,
E"Oh, doesn't Mamma look sweet in the
fur macintosh"
Vanity is a worm that eats the lin
ling out of a p~ocketbook.
All of which is neither here nor
there, as the engineer said when the
train left the track.
So it's back to that shopping propo-
isltion with friend wife.
OuT nIbl POAb u NaA was LAG
lMaison de Splash, where they trim a
piano cover with a lace curtain and
call It a creation"
1t certainly was a gorgeous coy
corner, that place! The walls were
decorated in soft. harmonious shades
and the floor had an Alfalfa carpet 80
Ia woman could faint wherever she
happened to be standing when told
the price of the particular gown she
had picked to win.
D,Artagnan's. grandfather met us al
the front gate and swash-buckled us
into the main Torture Room In the
IInquisition.
Suffering Savings Banks. such
gownsl Never before have l seer SO
many good excuses for a woman to
leave home.
In the meantime D'Artagnan's
grandfather was splashing French
idioms in all directions until l turned
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15

"Of curse not" she pouted. HE is
M'sieu Vo%ulezvous, the Proprietor of
the Maison de Splash-a recognized
authority on women's dress"
Enter M'sieu Voulezvous, alias
D'Artagnan's grandfather, at Left
Second, dancingly; followed by Clara
Panatella, blonde and glad of it.
Who is the ingenue?" whispered.
"Shush!" friend wife came back.
"She is nothing but a manikin parad.
ing a costume. Isn't it perfectly love,
ly?"
"Oui, oui!" chimed in D'Artagnan's
grandfather. You see what it is
yes! Faded gray chiffon cloth figured
with re raspberry and a small lemon.
colored flower. You see double fchus
of re material edged with deep cream.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15
TO FOIL THE PlCKPOCKET
Barbed Guard Is an Old Device, but It
Is Guaranteed to Hold the
Watch Secure.

Though patented so long ago that
the patent has run out, the device for
holding a watch secur from pickpock-
cts, which is illustrated herewith, is
so ingenious and so little known that
it deserves to have attention called
to it. 1t consists of a little acorn
shaped bulb between the hasp and the
ring to which the chain is attached,
and in this bulb three slender, sharp
spikes that protrude the instant the
chain is pulled. The spikes stick into
the lining of the pocket, from which
the watch cannot possibly be pulled.
AS soon as the pull is released the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15

colored Bulgarian embroidery draping
re shouldaire and crossing in re front
and back-ravissant! Re skirt is vaire
full at re top with re pannier effect
at each side and draped into a panel
of raspberry color silk in re back,
which falls down from a girdle OF re
same raspberry color silk-ravissant,
yesi"
"Exquisite!" murmured Peaches.
How much?"
Two hundred feefty dollaire," an.
swered D'Artagnan's grandfather,
without a culver. Some actor, that
old boy.
choked back a couple of sobs and
began to think hard. Two hundred and
fifty dollars for a dish of raspberries
with cream colored trimmings-assist.
ance!
Cow do you like it?" Peaches
cooed.
Lovely" / answered as one I'm.
spired. "Prettiest hair I've ever seen
And her eyes-blue mirrors of her
80 AChANSA hhCdhs We DGGn lOSL
In admiration ever since she Hoated
into the room. Did you get that glad
gaze she handed out to me when"
By this time the blonde Venus
wrapped up In the raspberry trim.
mings was being led hurriedly away
from there by the %bewildered grand.
father of D'Artagnan. and in the
short, sharp silence which followed
lightning flashed from the eyes of q
certain party and storm signals were
ordered up from the Capes to Bangor
Enter trippingly, from Left End:
Mons. Voulezvous. followed by Carts
sima Maduro. walking a la SLOUGH.
Now we have it. yes!" spluttered
the ancestor OF D'Artagnan. turning
the manikin around and around for our
inspection. you see. LIE Minaretl II
Is ravissant, incest pasl You, M'sieu,
/ should value your opinion Of lie
Minaret yesl"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15
Plant Snapdraqons.

Have a bed of snapdragons for the
garden. These old-fashioned weeds,
as they are sometimes called, have
become very popular. As a table
flower they surpass most any other.
Sow the seed inside in pots, or out
side when weather permits, broadcast.
When the plants are five inches tall
set them in rows two inches apart
each way. Close growth gives the
hest effect and bloom. All colors and
both tall and dwarf are consistent
boomers.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15
SEEING LIFE 1U1h
HENRY
HSHhW Geo1peX Hobart
K1R lN4M Going Shopping
Going Shopping

and gave him the mackerel eye. Then
he switched to E~nglish-and killed 1t
all except a few vowels.
"Ah! Madame wishes a new gown,
incest pas? Something chic, Partisan,
ra%vissant, incest pas? l have here
such wonders. Paquin, yes! Worth,
Ell! Poiret, yesl Callot Soeurs, Ell?
Doucet, yes!" Then he nailed me with
the gimlet holes he used as eyes.
"Is that the correct batting order for
today?" l inquired politely.
Batting ordaire!" he fumbled, and
then Peaches ordered me to the bench.
She turned and whispered a few en-
~couraging words to D~'Artagnan's
grandfather. %whereupon he began to
do Pavlowas hither and thither across
the room until he finally disappeared.
He's going to show US the latest
creations" Peaches explained.
What is he?" l worried. "a
French nobleman over here under
cover to pick up a bit of cake money!
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15
a. couIdn,, Lose.

A lady in Los Angeles decided
whether she would bring divorce pro-
ceedings or not by boiling an egg.
Some Of the eggs were hard and some
soft. II she drew a hard one she was
to sue. II her egg was soft she was
to remain unhappy and married. She
drew the hard egg. Any husband who
was given an even break like that
with an egg and a divorce ought to be
glad to abide by the consequences. He
would win II he lost--and he did.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15
Grapes Are Chic.

As usual in the spring of the year.
the fruit of the vine appeals to fash
ion. Grapes are immensely chic, not
only on spring millinery, but in the
form of corsage ornaments on eve
ming gowns. A lovely little dance
frock Of white tulle over silver green
pussy willow silk has punches of pale,
translucent grapes on the shoulders
and at the girdle. Very smart, on the
other hand. is a spring turban of black
milan trimmed with black and green
grapes and black velvet leaves. With
this hat is worn an entirely new veil
of sheer black mesh appliqued with
green and bronze velvet leaves. The
pattern is SO delicately applied. and
so soft in color that the effect is very
beautiful.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15

ulate two little pockets with flap fas-
tening. These are finished with a
small metal button. Three of the
same kind of buttons finish the narrow
t~urned-back cuffs that are outlined
with a piping of the serge.
When the material for a suit of this
kind is bought it is a good idea to buy
an extra yard, so that when the time
for altering or remodeling comes this
will be available for changes in style
and the replacing of cuffs, collar or
sleeves.
Worn with this comfortable street
suit are equally comfortable and smart
low shoes over which tan-colored spats
appear. In summer weather these
are left off. The strictly tailored
sailor hat with black crown and sand
colored brim is trimmed with cabo-
chon of barnyard straw set W. fat
loops of ribbon.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15

These shapes come in all colors and
are held to the head with elastic cord
which is concealed by the hair.
Many of the prettiest hats for mid
summer wear have been made of
point d'esprit or plain net shirred
over wire frames. Others are of net
draped over l~ight-colored silk, and fine
swiss embroidery is used in the same
way. Frills of lace or net made Of
finer side plaitings form the brims and
fall prettily about the face.
JULIA BoTToMLEY.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15
E Pluribus Unum.

Dribble-Hello. old boy! What are
you doing now?
~Scribble-Writing for the maya
zines.
Dribble-Don't you find 1t rather
thankless sort of work?
Scribble-on the contrary, nearly
everything l write is returned with
thanks.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15
Enter the Full Skirt.

Foreign fashion experts say that the
prompt acceptance of the full skirt
by American women has made its sue
cess certain. Paris had such models
ready just before the outbreak Of the
war, but the best London dressmakers
did not think the women of England
were ready for so novel and radical
a change. From the tight skirts OF
the last few seasons to a skirt six
yards around is about as revolution
airy a change as is possible. Why
couldn't the fashion makers have
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15

A woman seems particularly fitted
TO C as a Judge of the women who
pass through the police court. and
IT Is her juvenile court experience
which has enabled Mary M. Bartelme
OF Chicago I o be such an efficient
judge. and so well beloved of the
offenders who are brought before her.