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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23

fort, especially so with a chair the
back of which is composed solely of
wood, but it is difficult, if not almost
impossible, to keep a cushion in po-
sition in a chair of this description,
as the least forward movement of the
occupant Of the chair causes the oush-
ion to slip out of place; then again,
II n sits at a table with back to
the fire, it is often a comfort to have
something owe the back of the chair.
In this little sketch we illustrate a
way in which this difficulty may be
met, and it is a notion that can be car
ried out with any ordinary cushion al.
ready In existence. 1t merely con.
sists of sewing a piece of material,
about the same size as the cushion,
but a trite longer. to one edge of It.
To the end Of this piece Of material
ribbon strings are sewed, and on either
side of the lower edge OF the cushion
ribbon strings r also attached.
Diagram A, on the right of the IL.
lustration, explains this. the cross In
dicating the large tab of material
which is allowed to hang down be-
hind the back of the chair and then
secured in position by tying the rib
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
EDIcTS OF FRENCH MoDIsTEs
Likelihood of a Return to the Small
Waist-The Latest Thing in
Dance Petticoats.

The French designers say hips are
still fiat, and there is no sign of a
curve in them, but the normal waist
line may lead to the small waist, which
in turn, will call for rounding hips.
Designers, show a desire to revert to
he Louis V fashion of the small elbow
sleeve, with its deep rufle of lace.
Quite the latest thing in dance pet
ticoats are the loose-scalloped, or
petal-1ounced skirts, as they are
called. The petticoat is of organdie.
in sheath model to the knee. From
1t depends a fiounce of scallops or
petals six inches wide, gathered full
enough to hang close together, though
each scallop is trimmed all the way
around the flounce by a beading
through which the ribbon is run.
The founces are of dotted Swiss
lace and insertion trimmed, of dainty
shadow embroidery, in dainty rufled
net, and in lace medallions, with lace
insertion and edging. Two other new
petticoats worth mentioning are the
ones In pique and Saline. They have
darts enough to fit we'll without being
bulky, and are finished with six-inch
embroidered or tucked ruffies at the
bottom. Their special appeal is that
they are not transparent under hin
gowns.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23

and short sleeves and is lined with
the poplin. This is used also for the
turnback cuffs and collar and appears
in a piping about the edges of the lit
tie garment. Small pink frogs form
the single fastening. A girdle is worn
with the dress.
Among other pretty models for the
little miss are full skirts of plaid ma
terial confined at the waist with sew
eral row of shirring and set onto a
plain belt of the plaid. Wide suspen-
ders made also of the plaid material
are set onto the belt. Such skirts are
finished with q plain, three-inch hem
and are only moderately wide. They
are worn over thin blouses made of
batiste or organdie or other sheer ma
teria!. Short top coats or jackets of
plain wooden goods, matching the dom
inant color in the plaid skirt, are worn
with them. Together they make a
smart looking outfit for the little girl.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23

becoming lines. Such shapes are not
universally becoming, but when they
do suit the face, they seem made es-
pecially for the wearers.
Below is a French sailor with the
brim widened at the left front, which
is an indication of the privilege &C
corded to brim by the mode. They
do all sorts Of unexpected things. The
brim is of hatters' plush faced with
velvet and has a narrow velvet bind
ing. The top crown is soft and of
velvet.
This hat, becoming to almost every
face, has a band of the new, brilliant
fitter-jet about the side crown. The
sequins are small and set very thick,
overlapping one another in a mass of
brilliant scales. Two long 'feelers'
spring from a small oblong body of
the fiitter-jet, the little sequins or
spangles extending a little way on
each one. Two of the odd, stin orna-
ments are set at the backbone on
each side of it. The hat would be pref
tier without these, and measured By
the seasons standards would be amply
trimmed.
JULIA 6oTToMLEY.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23

A design in a dress and coatee for
a little girl, which may be successful
ly made up in any sort of material is
shown here. AS pictured the dress
is of Irish poplin with a border of
ottoman silk in a wide bias band
about the bottom of the skirt, and a
Jacket of the same silk as the band.
But the model is just as well adapted
to many of the new cotton fabrics. 1t
might be developed in cotton gaber-
dine for the dress, and cotton cordu.
roy for the jacket, in any of the light,
staple colors that these new fabrics
are made in.
AS shown in the picture the skirt
is set on to a belt of the poplin which
is also the belt of the plain bodice.
The bodice has a small yoke, opening
at the neck in a shallow "V" and fin.
ished with little, buttonholed scallops.
The coat is cut with long shoulders
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
IN WASHABLE LINGERIE
MANY CHARMING AND PRAc-
TicAL DESIGNS SHOWN.
French Ideas Improved Upon by
American Makers Of Underwear
All Kinds of Laces Have
Sanction of Fashion.

The best of French ideas have been
adopted by American designers and
transferred into washable lingerie.
Such a display of charming and prac-
teal %conceits are glimpsed in the
lingerie field that each one seems
prettier than the other. II is crafty
ing to note that even in the moderate,
priced undergarments the quality is
not sacrificed for the benefit of cheap.
er SNOWY trimmings and workman
ship.
Laces Of all kinds are used on fem
mime underapparel. Valenoiennes,
binche, fancy net laces, milan and rib
bon laces such as bruges, are amply
used. Openwork embroidery in Eng
lish and Madeira styles in the form of
motifs, wheels and flowers meet in va
rious ways with lace trimming. Little
tiny plaits alternating with handmade
openwork are features of the white
lingerie, which does not. permit of a
touch of color to mar its snowy fair
ness.
The newest lingerie is of silk wolfe
trimmed with a succession OF frills
and footings.
A nightgown trimmed with ribbon
threaded through puffs of net in en-
pire style had rather wide satin rib
bons used to draw the tucked upper
part together and relied more upon
the grace of outline and daintiness of
material for its charm than upon any
adornment of lace.
Nightrobes of lustrous pussy willow
taffeta are made in ~redingote style,
trimmed simply with bows of ribbon
and picot edging. A row If large eye
lets Just below the bust and another
row just below the knees allow wide
ribbons to be drawn through and tied
in bow knots. Deep square scallops
al the hem finish the rather full skirt
portion.
Almost all the chemises have re-
movable shoulder straps. They are
made shorter than usual and have
gained in width what they lost in
length.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
PUMP cLlNGs TO THE FOOT
Model o. 1915 las at Least One Good
Thing That Can Be Said In
It's Favor.

There is one pleasant thing about
the pump OF 1915. If the foot is once
persuaded to squeeze through the mar
row ankle opening it is likely TO stay
in place.
And really this lev pump is not so
difficult to get into. A shoehorn is
absolutely essential. But then. even
a plump cut out i've the instep ought
always to be adjusted with the help
of a shoehorn. And as for toe room.
there is as much of that in these new
humps as there is in any of the sea.
sons shoes, Although they are all
cut on an apparently narrow last. they
are quite comfortable.
Many inexpensive little shoehorns
are sold, and one might well invest
in several Of these. SO that one will
always be on hand. Some with han.
dies that are shoe buttoners are sold
In little leather cases. The handles
fold shut and so make the shoehorn
very small and compact. The cheap.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
crInolIne FaeInas.

Crinoline facings ere a feature OF
many of the new dance frocks. These
supports are used for the overskirts.
Tulle-made frocks depend upon corded
hens for their extended effects.
Princess nnderslips of satin in pale
colors are being brought forward.
These are for under dancing
frocks made of tulle, net and lace.
Flesh colors. white and black are the
preferred all~-one-color modes, but
striped and brocaded silks and satins
are draped with airy white tulles-aft.
er the fashion OF the 1895 period.
Basques are boned and girdles are
growing broader.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23

thoughtfully, to the poor old Negroes
devout reading of the Bible, the name
of Charles Smith would never have
been mentioned beyond his own mar.
row circle. 1t is probable that his
emotional religion was sometimes ac-
tually ridiculed by those who knew
him. Had Charles Smith been told
that he would bear an influential part
in making one of the most famous of
American preachers, that his NAM
would be mentioned with reverence in
one of the greatest of American
churches, and be revived for praise
and commentator after forty years,
such a result would have seemed to
his simple mind quite incredible.
1t is not unlikely, either, that some
humble, un~pretending Christian was
cheered and encouraged by Mr.. Beech
er's recital of the incident that day,
and that new impulses were started,
quite as important and far-reaching as
the original To many readers of
these lines, too, the story will come
with a fresh suggestiveness, and the
simple faith of a plain, unlettered man
may thus influence other lives that
Charles Smith never could have
dreamed of touching.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23

There live in Birmingham today
many families of Negroes who have
beer our family friends always, and as
we go to their homes we find pictures
of "the old white folks" hung conspicu-
ously on their walls, writes Mrs. J.. B.
Reid in the Birmingham (Ala.) Age
Herald. These remind US that the
true type of Negro stands by his white
friends today, and the whites value
that respect and that friendship as a
token of justice one to the other.
Wherever We a help each other we
are only creating a better world. and
that is what progress is working for
today.
The Negro is striving to make his
share of it better like the rest of us.
Their homes have a peculiar advan-
tage, and they are availing themselves
of the privilege. AS they serve in the
homes of the white people they catch
the phase of life that teaches home
making; they have the opportunity to
study home arrangement, housekeep-
ing economy and good cooking. and
the ambitious class is taking these
lessons home with them, and are max
ing themselves more comfortable,
more clearly and more healthy, thus
better citizens. The Negro teachers
are preparing for better service
among the parents and children of
their race.
Booker T. Washington, the leader
Of the race, is ever on the alert to
give opportunity, and in so doing is
conserving the interest of both races.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
Crock for Girls

For little girls there is no more pop.
ular or becoming style than the plat.
ed tunic frock with smart little rag.
Ian sleeves. the fiat kits held to. the
figure at the waist by a fairly wide
black patent belt, while p~racticability
as well as a dainty finish has been
studied in the adjustment of the white
pique collar and cuffs. so disposed
they an easily be removed for wash.
ing purposes.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
FRIENDSHIP BRACELET A FAD
Pretty Idea Which at Once Met With
Recognition and is Spreading
Among Young People.

There is a fad among young people
for so-called friendship" bracelets.
Each of her friends. .of either SEX. fur.
nlshes the girl who is starting her
bracelet with one fiat link. upon
which his or her initials are engraved.
Then the links are slipped on to a
Fat velvet band and tied with a bow.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23

or have a clasp which the girl herself
has made. with her own initials en-
graved upon it.
Many dealers furnish the links from
20 cents up according to size. mate
rial and weight, engraving the initials
free of charge. II desired. one may
have the links fastened together by
little rings. doing away with the vel
vet band.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
Purpose and Action.

He is a weak man who cannot twist
and weave the threads of his feeling
however fine. however tangled,
however strained or however strong
into the great cable of Purpose by
which he lies moored to his life OF
Action.-D. G. Mitchell
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23

when it was thoroughly Russihed. A
long list of great German investiea.
tors, who worked and taught at
Yurief. until its naturalization, was
the intellectual center of the car ;
Teutonic subjects.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
AFRO-AMERICAN CULL|NCS

success in business means, and how
that vision may be fully, If painfully,
realized.
The leagues real work. however, is
carried on silently and efficiently
through its executive officers who help
to organize local business leagues;
keep alive the existing leagues, 600 in
number; administer the necessary
tonic for those leagues that seem
ready to faint away; offer helpful sug-
gestions to merchants for reaching
available Negro customers and for Sc
curing better business methods, and
keep, through the press, the best in
terests of the Negro in business before
the American public.
Doctor Washington summed up the
progress Of Negroes in business and
indicated that hundreds of thousands
of opportunities in business await Ne
groes who are ready to grasp and cap.
italize them. That the Negro in bust
ness must pay the price of success
Doctor Washington frankly admits.
That the South is clearly the field for
the Negro to make his greatest gains
is evident from the testimony of Ne
groes from the North and the South,
as well as from such S%outherners as
the Rev. DR.. John E. White of Atlanta,
Ca, and DR.. James Hardy billiard OF
Charlottesville, Va, president of the
Jeanes fund and director of the Slater
fund.
That Negroes in business. especially
the women, are going ahead with a
tremendous stride and are meeting
with the cooperation of the best white
people everywhere should prove en-
couraging even to those who are in
clined to be pessimistic over segrega-
ton legislation, l~ynching and other
MISREPRESENTATION Anthony Aery, in
Chicago Daily News.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
Happy Thouuht.

Mrs. Wulaby-De agent a II we
amt got do rent mex Monday out we
goes.
Mr.. Wulaby-Nex' MondayY Den
we doan' need ter worry 10 de mex To-
~days.-Puck
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
Great European University.

Yuriefs renowned university was
founded by the headlong warrior. Gus
tavus Adolphus. in 1882, the year OF
his death. Attached to 1t are an OBJ
se~rvatory. an anatomical theater. a
museum OF natural history, and one OF
the finest botanical gardens In Europe.
whose collection contains more than
10000 plants. Its library. $4,000 col
umes. is housed In a restored part of
the old cathedral. The university re
malned thoroughly German in spirit
and sentirient until the year 1895.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23

The ostrich has the distinction OF
laying the largest egg. The egg.
which weighs about three pounds, is
considered equal in contents to "a
hen eggs.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23

In a sermon that he preached nearly
forty years ago in Plymouth church,
Henry Ward Beecher declared that
one of the influences that had most
strangely shaped his life and charac-
ter was that of an old colored man,
Charles Smith, who worked as a hired
man On his fathers farm when he was
a small boy, the Youths Companion
states.
He did not try to influence me; he
did not know that he did it; | did not
know it until a great while after
ward. He used to lie on his humble
bed Il slept in the same room with
HIM and read his Testament, uncon.
scious that / was in the room, and he
would talk about what he had read,
and chuckle owe it, in that peculiar,
unctUous throat tone that belongs to
his race. | never had heard the Bible
really read before; but there, in my
presence, he read 1t and talked about 1t
to himself and to God. He turned the
New Testament into living forms right
before me 1t was a revelation and
an impulse to me-"
But for the little lad ten years old,
who listened, first %curiously, then
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23

Forestry experts have found that a
plant growing luxuriantly in the Phil.
ippines and heretofore regarded as a
weed is used in other parts of the far
East for the production of camphor.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23

bon strings together. This is shown
accomplished in diagram b.
The tab should be made of the same
material as the cushion is covered
with, a similar design ray possibly be
worked upon it, and it should be
lined with soft silk and edged with a
silk cord.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23

The entire plant of a Pennsylvania
asphalt block manufacturing concern
is mounted on freight cars so that it
can be taken wherever there is work
for it to do.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23

At the twelfth annual meeting of the
National Association of Teachers in
Colored Schools emphasis was placed
OIL the need for training the Negro o
cationally. 1t was urged that this
training should result in really skilled
mechanics and well-prepared farmers
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23

It is believed by the superstitious
that a mole in the hollow OF the cheek
denotes a quarrelsome disposition
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23

The United States does more to
stock its inland waters with edible
fish than any other nation.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
KEEPS CUSHION IN POSITION
Device Does Away With Difficulties
That Every Housekeeper Has
No Doubt Encounte, red.

A cushion at the back of an ordinary
dining room chair is another COM
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23

French Modistes Were so Charmed
With the PantaIette Idea although
they Were Worn Way Back in 1851
That They Decided to Adopt It and
Worked Out This Charming Model
for Fall Wear. So Popular Has It
Become Abroad, That over Here,
the Petticoat Manufacturers Are Al
ready Beginning to Make Plans to
OFFSET Its Effect on Their Industry.
The Model Is a Three-Plece Street
Costume. The PantaIoons and Waist
Are Combined. The Material Used
Is Black B%roadclotn Trimmed With
Russian Fitch.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23

est of thee costs less than 20 cents.
It is small enough SO that it could be
easily carried in the handbag.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
Rivals of Seroe.

G%aberdine and wooden duvetyn are
rivals of serge and velvet. but silk
often displays velvet checks and
stripes, and skirts of this would &C
company a plain velvet bodice.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23

Unrequited love is one brand OF
heart failure. But it's never fatal.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23

Diplomacy is the art of concealine
our dislikes.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23

overtalk tires more people than
overwork.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
Coats Button HIoh.

Many OF the coats are being made
to button up high on the chest. with
deep collars at the back. This will
permit the stoles of fur to fall grace
fully on either side, and not nece1sar-
lily to be drawn up very high to the
throat.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23

Optimistic Thought.
Always remember that birds of a
feather flock together.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
INTERNATIONAL
SUMNYSQIOOL
LESSON
LESSON FOR OCTOBER "a
ELIsHA's HEAVENLY DEFENDERS.
By e. o. SELLERS. Acting Director OF
the Sunday School Course. the Moody
Bible Institute, Chicago.)

LESSON TExT-1I Kings 6:S-23.
GOLDEN TExT-The angel of Jehovah
encampeth round about them that fear
him, and delivereth them.-Ps. s4;7.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-07-09

special DISPATCH % tnteiiiEenecr.
CHARLESTON. ". Va. July
h-goternor n NJ. Hatfield
vas cioseted All afternoon al
me state capitol with persons
lnterceding for the life Of Matt
FARRELL, condemned 10 hang to-
morrow evening al Mounds
vile. Governor Hatfield gave
out no intimarion a. TO wheth-
- or not he would commute
the mans sentence. Tnfuen-
tlal persons who stroye with
TIE Governor were Delegate
W. W. Nertz. OF Charleston:
Attorney Martin l.. Brown. OF
Moundsville. and Or. II. T. pa
Wis All were eloquent in their
appeals for Jarrell's life.
br. Davis said that the aged
mother OF farrell had laid bare
her life TO him. saying that her
son was Legitimate. Further
more. that at the time OF incep-
ton the father was subject to
parental influences that later
showed themselves IN the son.
tending 10 warp his mind. In
SWING out this story OF her life
Mrs. Jarrell crucified her fsair
name In an effort to save her
son from the gallows. She
also declared that her son had
epilepsy from infancy. She
left later for Moundsville. 10
be with her boy in his last
moments.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-07-09

convicted and sentenced 10 die on the
talioNs. shortly following his conVic-
i!ons smallpox broke out IN the
hanawha county Jail and IL was
couple Of months before he vas
brought back In court 20 receive his
lie Is utterly Indifferent 10 the fate
That awaits him. and those who arr
acquainted with him. believe that De
VIII meet his death calmly. and ais
play more nerve when he walks 10 the
2aAows. than any who have as Vet
met the same fate az the West Var
ginia state penitentiary Others are
led 10 believe farrell VIII break down
az the last moment
FARRELL says ne 4 ready to 40. II Il
% his Makers viii. but he Is stu OF
the opinion that Governor Hatnelu
VIII intervene. although h seems that
there Is not one ray OF hope left.
Everything IN Readiness
livery thing Is In readiness for the
execution. The Eallows being thorough
" tested out yesterday aud additional
tests OF teh trap viii be made today.
II no statement Is received from the
rovernor. farrell will b. given a me
ltinner. OF anything he desires. ana
shortly afternoon viii be dressed m
new clothes. ready 10 meet his fate
FARRELL viii spend considerable
time TODAY In prayer. with Prison
""fNaAL nv y = AIufAi suu ATtu-
deacon 3. NJ. spur The prison quar-
tet viii render entertaining selections
during the day. and Il Is likely a num-
Der OF ministers viii pay his visits.
and pray with him. as Is generally the
case
The hanging today will likely ba
witnessed by less people than have
been al an execution since the peni-
Tertiary WAS built. In all there were
about 20 permits issued. the greater
number being to state and Kanawh a
county court officials. and il is under
stood few OF hem will come 10
MOundsville today.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-07-09

The average depth Of the sands on
me African deserts r. from 30 to 40
feet.