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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29
AFRO-AMERCAN CULL|NCS

lowering of 20 per thousand for the
whites.
A comparison for t~wenty-four south
ern cities showed a rate of 29.6 for
Negroes, a decrease of 4 per thou
sand, and 1863 for whites, a decrease
of 80 from 1900. Malaria, tubercu-
losis, pneumonia and whooping cough
seem to be more deadly among Ne
groes than among whites, while Nes
groes are better able to withstand
measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria, can
GER, appendicitis, diarrhea and vio-
lence. Also fewer Negroes commit
suicide.
DR.. w. F. Drummer, health officer
of Savannah, Ga, shows clearly in
the current survey, how much of a
menace this high death rate is to
both Negroes and whites in the South.
In 1918 there were about $4,000
whites and $4,000 Negroes in Savan-
nah. Deaths from natural causes to-
tailed 1,03S among the Negroes and
only 442 among the whites. The in
famous housing upon city dwelling
Negroes, North and South, account
for this great disparity. OF course,
however. the city which permits a
high death rate among Negroes pays
the penalty among all it's people.
Bacteria are color blind.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29

of Paris. as well as on the summit Of
Eiffel tower, The birds have shown a
remarkable power of heralding the APP
proach of In aeroplane when the latter
has been quite invisible to trained OBJ
servers stationed near.
Warning is given by the birds in a
peculiar way. Their feathers literally
bristle with excitement. and they yell
and screech until they are pacifed.
The extraordinary thing about this
power Of the parrot is that it has moth
ing whatever to do with eyesight, many
Of the parrots having siTei wSrning
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29

That the mortality rate among the
colored population is vastly higher
than among the whites has long been
known. But efforts to learn the cause
and to remedy the trouble have not
yet gone very far. The New York de-
partment of health, however, is going
into that task with an energy that
promises good results.
1t is taking up the task with the CO.
operation of various colored civic or
CARNATIONS, all under an impulse CIV
en- by Booker Washington and the
National Negro Business league. 1t is
generally understood that this heavy
death rate is the result of ignorance as
to the most sanitary methods of life
and the care of ailments in their in
ception. For example, two types of
disease are notable for abnormally
large death rates among the colored
people. These are infant mortality
and tuberculosis. But in both of them
it has been shown that right methods
of living and care in the treatment
of the disease can produce a notable
saving of life.
The work Of training the Negroes
to the style of life that will lower NOR
tally is eminently notable in itself.
But it is even more so with regard to
its effect on the whites. Living as
they do, close to us, even when segre-
gated, they cannot convert their quar-
ters into breeding places for disease
without e%nlarging the danger of in
lection for the white population. 1t is
to be hoped that the New York effort
to improve that evil will be success
full and widely copied.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29

According to a Negro publication,
the Crisis, members of the darker race
have gained recognition from scientific
bodies in music, in art and also in the
more commonplace walks of life.
There is a colored man who is a ma
jor in the United States regular army,
Mai. Charles Young. He has passed
all his examinations with flying col
ors, is a irst-class soldier and fighting
man and, as a matter of fact, army
officers are rather proud of him in an
official way.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29

The name Manassas conjures up in
the minds of most people in this
try the great struggle between the
North and the South on the battlefield
of Bull Run fifty years ago, in that
Observation-Disclosures strife for the
freedom for the Negro. 1t seems,
therefore, peculiarly fitting hat on
this battlefield which witnessed such
havoc and bloodshed for the enamel
patton of these people, there should
spring up a school where they might
learn the value and usefulness of the
liberty won for them at so great a
cost. Such a school-a school Of ev-
eryday common-sense training with in
dustrial work supplemented by practi-
cal academic studies-came into exist
nee there twenty years ago. under
the guiding hand of a colored woman,
Jennie Dean.
The founding of the Manassas In
dustrial School for Colored Youth is
really the l~ife-story of Jennie Dean.
Her parents were slaves, but of the
most intelligent class of Negroes, her
father having been taught to read and
write early in life. He was ambitious
after the war. to own his farm, but
died before he had finished paying for
it. Jennie Dean, then a young girl,
left home and went into service in
Washington, her wages going to pay
the balance on the farm, as well as
to pay her younger sisters tuition at
college.
Jennie Deans life in Washington
brought to her full realization of the
danger her people run in migrating
to the cities, and she made up her
mind to try to do something to keep
them at home. Her first work toward
this was the starting of a Sunday
school n summer while on a visit
home, which later developed, through
her efforts, into the founding of a
church in Manassas. During the time
that she was conducting these Sun
day school classes and working for the
church, Jennie Dean was also hold
ing Saturday afternoon classes in
cooking and sewing, and through this
work she realized the possibilities
which might develop out of training of
this sort for young colored people.
She spent twelve years in this mis-
sion work before she determined to
devote herself to the industrial edu-
cation of the Negroes of northern Vir-
ginia and to found a school for that
purpose. She knew the danger that
lurked in the cities for these young
people, but she also realized the dis
%couraging situation which confronted
them if they remained at home. She
was mindful of the skilled labor of
slavery days, and bemoaned the fact
that nothing had come to replace that
industrial side. By this time, Jennie
Deans influence had become very
strong in the community, so that they
were all ready to help her when she
called the people together and said:
Keep your children at home. Don't
send them to the cities. You must
buy your land; become taxpayers.
Make all you can and save all you
can. Meanwhile, l will go out and
raise the money to build a school
where your children may be educated
to trades. You do your part here,
and l will do mine in the world"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29

called from a celebrated pottery on
the Asiatic side OF the strait. An
agent from this pottery used to be
always on the lookout for a wander.
ing European. and hooked onto every
passing ship. His boatload of gaudy
crockery was generally more remark
able for gliding and tawdry color than
for taste. But the forms Of the YES
sells were often graceful, even CLASH
cal; and specimens of the tall water
jugs he sells, or once sold, can be
e throughout the Leyant, though
seldom In London.-Lond-p Chronicle
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29

siege. So. on this thirtieth of May the
inhabitants were just beginning to be
subjected to the horrible experiences
of continual bombardment and starva-
ton, which lasted until the Fourth OF
July, when the city surrendered. Caves
were dug in the ground for the protec-
ton of the women and children, and
food became so scarce that rats were
sold in the butchers shops.
While on this thirtieth of May the
people throughout the country were
watching with interest the develop
ments of the siege at V~icksburg, their
chief interest must have been centered
on the movements of the armies in
Maryland and Virginia. Since the last
thirtieth of May these armies had met
at Antietam, at fredericksburg and at
Charlottesville. Thousands of soldiers
from both the North and the South had
fallen In these battles. Only 25 days
had passed since the battle at Chancel-
louisville. Stonewall Jackson, the idol
of the southern soldiers who followed
him, had fallen in this battle. but the
spirit of his name remained; his faith
full followers were still ready to stand
like a stone wall" against their foe, as
they had lone while under his leader
ship.
The situation in the East gave hope
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29
Fear Of Poverty.

We have grown literally afraid to
be poor. We despise anyone who
elects to be poor in order to simplify
and save his inner life. We have
lost the power of ven imagining
what the ancient idealization of pow
erty could have meant; the liberation
from material attachments, the un-
bribed soul. the manlier indifference.
the paying our way by what we are or
do. and not by what We have. the
right TO fling away our life at any mo
ment irresponsibly-the more athletic
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29
BIRDS WARN OF AIR CRAFT
screeehlns Of Parrots Lets Paris Know
When Hostile Filters Approach
the City.

II parrots could state the nationality
Of any ~aeroplane they hear there would
be no need for men to be continually
on the outlook for hostile aircraft. The
parrots would give warning quick
enough.
The French authorities have had a
number Of parrots kept In the outDostF
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29

when perched away from the windows.
This peculiar power of parrots was
discovered quite accidentally by the
excitement they showed whenever
the Paris air patrol was flying, or a
raid was made by the German air
craft.-Pearson'a.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29

The colored American citizen is not
an alien. Reaching this country I'M
willingly about the same time as the
white man, he has demonstrated his
loyalty in every war in his country's
defense. He is a self-supporting, in
dustrious, thrifty and useful citizen,
and has as much right to equal treat
ment as those who have come later
and rendered less service.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29

trim. in short, the moral fighting shape.
Z. . 1t Is certain that the. prevalent
fear of poverty among the educated
classes is the worst moral disease
from which our civilization suffers
Prof. William James.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29
War Name Explained.

Chanak-Kales the struggling town
near the 'narrows" of the Darda-
nelles, which figures frequently in the
latest operations. means "earthen-
ware castle In Turkish. and Is SO
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29

and confidence TO the
people in the South,
but encouragement to
the people of the North.
Many northern people
we're demanding that,
since H o o X e b a d
failed IL the last two
battles, a new COM
mander in chief be APP
pointed. cClellan was
called for, but Lincoln
appointed Meade. Since
the Confederate vic
tory at Charlottesville
Lees army had been
steadily growing until
1t now numbered 49,
600 men men who
were still elated over
the last two victories.
Taking advantage OF
the confusion at Wash
ington occasioned by
the changing of COM
manders of the Army
of the Potomac, Lee
with his entire army
slipped into the Shen-
andoah valley and
m h e d northward
with the intention of
invading Maryland and
Pennsylvania. Meade
with $4,000 men fol-
lowed him. Would they
meet? If so, where?
The people both in the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29
Just What pId He Mean2

Judge-"What was the cause of the
rumpus?" Policeman-"Well, you see.
judge. this man here and that woman
there are married. Judge-"Yes,
yes, | know; but what was the other
cause T"-Boston TranscFtat
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29

"She is the sort of girl" said Eph
Wiley yesterday in discussing Gene
We've Willorghby, who will turn
around to see If she has attracted your
attention and then frown at you for
looking at her"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29

The will of Lemuel Googins, a col
ored barber of Baltimore, who died
recently, was filed for probate. Goo
gins estate is said to be worth $780,
900. Letters testamentary were is
sued to the Colonial Trust company,
executor and trustee. The will be-
queaths $4,000 to the Colored Masonic
home to furnish two rooms in mem
DRY of Florence Googins, a deceased
daughter. The residue of the estate
is placed in trust with the Colonial
Trust company as trustee, the in
come to be paid to Henrietta Googins,
widow of the %decedant, as long as she
lives. At her death the estate goes
to Granville Googins and Lemuel Goo
gins, Jr., n
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29

1t has been a practice in the recent
past among u people to stand off and
criticize the hayward young Negro
and make no effort to help him. Many
of US charged him with being respon-
sible for his lost and ruined condition
and fused at him for not turning vol
UNFAIRLY to the paths of rectitude and
for not healing his own ills. Others
of US blamed our schools and educa-
tional institutions for these lamentable
conditions, always seeming TO excuse
parents for their responsibility in the
matter.
All of which was wide of the mark.
1t is beginning to dawn now upon
the majority of us that there is no
effective substitute for good home
training. Neither schools, colleges nor
reformatories car do a work for the
young as effectively as the home. The
schools and colleges do all within their
power for the morals of the young;
the most of their time must of neces-
sity be spent in technical or book in
struction, which of itself may or may
not better the morals. But conditions
which compel fathers and mothers in
Negro homes to become breadwinners
TO the neglect of the shildren, force
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29

The highest temperature ever
known in a human being was recorded
in the case of an Italian recently. A
victim of lung disease, his tempera-
ture was 1873.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29

Some men who think they are lear
are easily bought.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29

A man can't do justice to himself as
an entertainer when his wife is
around.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29

No woman is safer than the length
Of her hatpin.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29

The gold industry of the Rand is es-
timated to be worth $780, 900 a day to
South Africa.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29

While Negroes have progressed, pow
erty still shows it's handicap. The
death rate of Negroes in thirty-three
northern cities, each having a Negro
population of at least $500 in 1910,
vas Pol per thousand. This was a
decrease of 2 per thousand in a de-
cade, but it was still very high in
comparison with the white death rate
of 1871 per thousand, incidentally a
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29

There are 10000 Indian farmers in
the United States.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29

upon the schools the impossible task
of trying to counterfeit the evils plant
ed by a lack of adequate hearthside in.
struction.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-29

- EMORIAL day, as it is
now observed in most OF
I'VE the states of the Union,
is a day of thankfulness,
FCTT1-N patriotic t~hankfulness for
SS4S the preservation of the
- Union. A majority OF
people who will take part in the strew-
ing of flowers on soldiers graves are
not veterans who fought in the Civil
war. To those who are old enough to
remember the war, its memories have
softened and grown calm, its material
evidences have about all faded from
sight. To those who are not old enough
to remember the war, its events are
only matters of history. But to the
old soldier Memorial day is a day of
reflection and meditation. He will be
thinking of events of those stirring
times as living realities. Some thir-
tieth of May in the Civil war, in all
probability, was to him an eventful
day. Possibly he may remember some
event that took place on each thirtieth
of May in the war. Go back with him
In his reflection as he fancies himself
back in those old days. and begin with
the first thirtieth of May il the Civil
war. 1t was "a years ago.
The thirtieth of May in 1861 was a
sort of calm before the storm. No great
battle had as yet been fought. Just
As days had passed since the firing
upon the Stars and Stripes at Fort
Sumter. The battle of Bull Run did
not take place until 50 days later. Peo-
pie this thirtieth of May must nave
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-10-01

part of the human family's want and
misery
Mony a typhoid epidemic is due
to imported infection and many
case is brought home from the sum-
mer vacation spent without investi-
cation of the purity of the food and
water supply. In Wisconsin, Sep
TENDER marks the beginning of the
real danger period from typhoid, the
number of cases and deaths increas-
ing until they reach their maximum
in November This has been the
experience of past years.
The Importance of organized. sys-
tematic sanitary effort in conquering
typhoid has been demonstrated in
striking manner in the United
States army. Our own state fur
nishes a recent illustration which
is perhaps even more significant be-
cause it deals with everyday condi-
tons here at home. In 1906 there
were 10 deaths from. typhoid in
Kenosha, each of the next three
years recorded deaths, 1912 had 6,
and 1913 had II. In 1914 there was
but one death from typhoid. Kenosha
had employed a full time health Of
ficer and the city had been thorough
ly aroused to the need and value of
cooperation with the health depart
ment. It's people are now joining
hands, mingling each others business
and their own The city's death rate
from all cases has been cut in half
in the last two years.
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Prepared for the News-Budget by
Mrs. A. r. r. Hewitt, Home Econ
omics Department of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin.
Despite the convenience of the tele-
phone and quick delivery service,
the market basket is coming back.
One of the chief reasons is that
by actually doing our own selecting
We become acquainted with the mar
ket and so are much more intelligent
buyers. We learn when the differ
season, and therefore, when they are
the best and lowest in price. We
also learn of the special offers which
the grocer is often able to make on
staple goods, perhaps because OF
overstock at the wholesalers, and in
this way we get real bargains OF
which we might or would not know.
The use of the market basket
should save us money. Few realize
that luo uGllNGIy Is Il large lt6ul vi
expense to the grocer and, of course,
we must pay for this service.
Why thoughtlessly telephone and
ask the grocer to deliver one loaf
of bread or can of pineapple? If
we have forgotten to order it with
our other groceries, let us use sub
stituta or go for it and thus save
the grocer that added expense of de
livery and, ultimately, the cost OF
groceries to the consumer.
1t costs practically as much to de
liver a very small order as to de-
liver a large order. Just recently
a grocer told me that it cost him
from eight to ten cents for every
stop he made in his delivery service
Let us be more thoughtful.
Frequently, one of my neighbors
| asks to borrow some matches, bal
of soap, or a can of fruit Or vege-
| tables. She has forgotten to order
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WINDING YOUR OWN BUSINESS


'It amt none of my business and
| amt going to mix up in it." said
wealthy farmer in an eastern state
when asked to use his influence for
a certain sanitary measure. 81 keep
my own farm clean and up-tOdate
and it amt none of my concern if
my neighbor don't do the same.
There amt no typhoid around here,
amt never been none, and amt no
chance of ever being. If folks in
the city get it, l guess it's up to
you city chaps to get rid of it. I've
got my hands full tending to my
own affairs without poking my nose
into what don't concern me- If every
body else does the same, l guess
there won't be no need for fool laws"
Over a year later young man
from the city applied to this far
mer for work. He was hired, one
of his duties being to help with the
milking. Shortly afterward, the far
mer's wife and daughter were taken
sick with typhoid. Other cases Of
typhoid were traced to the FARMS
milk supply and investigation re-
vealed the fact that it was infect
ed. The Farmland had brought the
germs with him from the city, al
though he had recovered from the
disease some weeks before. He had
not been taught the necessity of alb
solute cleanliness in his personal
habits or perhaps he, like the far
mer argued that it was up to the
other chap to look out for himself
At any rate, city and country had
gone hand in hand in spreading the
disease just as they must go hand
in hand if typhoid and other need
less, communicable diseases are to
be banished from the face of the
earth where they cause the major
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-10-01
QUEER QUiRkS OF NEWS

HOLSTER, MOD. E. Rogers, a
merchant of Tauria, Mo, adopted a
garter snake which he found lying
under a stove in his store. The snake
pays for his board and keep by keep
ing the place entirely free from rats.
st. Joe, Ind.-Walter Baker of this
place has presented The News with
freak egg which has Columbus
famed one beaten to a FRAGILE for
standing on end Whenever the egg
is put on it's side it Immediately
takes an upright position resting on
the small end.
Liverpool, Eng.-Corporal Robert
Beck, a former motorcycle policeman
Of Chicago, was shot through the
head while dispatch riding in Elan
ders and lost his speech and hearing.
While recuperating he visited a NOV
ing picture show, where he rocked
with laughter at comic film and at
the end exclaimed Gee, that's fun
ny" He has been speaking since
without trouble.
London, Eng.-The bombardmen
of Tehesmeh by a British warship
resulted in one casualty. The ears
of donkey were shaved off as
clean as a razor could have done the
work. Business being slack, the
owner of the donkey charged admis-
sion and CLEANED up
Cheyenne, Wyo.-In reaching for
what he supposed to be a dry stick,
Guy Robinson, a tourist, picked up
a live rattle snake The snake coiled
about his arm, but Robinson re-
tanned his grasp on the reptile
neck, until it was killed by his wife.
Preacher Was Laid Up
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Of Interest to the Housewife
THE MARKET BASKET

one box of matches, one bar of soap,
or the much needed can Of fruit or
vegetables.
She realizes the convenience to me
as well as to herself of my way Of
ordering these things in larger guam
titles, but says she can't afford to
buy that way. She pays her bill at
the end of each month and | am sure
that in a. few months this would ad-
just itself SO that no months bill
would be excessively large.
what my neighbor loses by hand to
mouth" buying.
One box of matches costs five
cents and a package of II boxes costs
40 cents, a saving of 20 cents or four
boxes of matches; soap at five cents
bar costs $40 per box, but if pur-
chased by the box it costs $3.50, a
saving of 60 cents Or II bars of
soap; canned fruit which costs 80
cents per can may be purchased at
$500 per dozen cans, thus saving &C
cents or two cans Of fruit; vege-
tables which are IS cents per can
cost $1.6O per dozen cans, a saving
Of 20 cents.
AS spenders of the family income
can we afford not to know our mar
ket and not to buy in the most econ
omical way?