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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25
WITH CROCHET NEEDLE
FOREIGN IDEA EXTREMELY EASY
TO COPY.
Directions Given Should Be Followed
Absolutely, as Any Deviation From
the Plan Laid Down VIII Re-
suit In Disaster.

This puss is looking up in the air
at something we do not see. 1t is a
foreign design. Chain Sc makes two
rows of q spaces each.
Each row adds q.
Third row-17 sp, 4 blk, 6 sp.
Fourth row. sp, 2 blk, 8 sp, 2 blk,
16 sp.
Fifth row-15 sp, 2 blk, 5 sp, 2 Blk.
3 sp
Sixth ROW. sp, Q blk, Z sp, 2 blk,
IA sp.
Seventh row-14 sp, 1 blk, 9 sp. 1 blk,
2 sp.
Eighth row. sp. 1 blk, 6 sp, 1 blk.
l sp, 2 blk, IA sp.
Ninth row-15 SD, 2 blk, z sp, Q blk,
/ sp.
Tenth row. sp, 2 blk, "a sp.
Eleventh row-19 sp, 4 blk, 1 sp, 2
blk, l sp.
Twelfth row. sp, 0 blk, II sp.
Thirteenth row-15 sp, IL blk, 1 sp.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25

The term Negro" OF 'colored peo-
pie" has nc definite meaning. Meth
er discloses nationality. These terms
have no place in the science of an
thropology. But their persistent use
with reference to persons Of African
descent invites attention. The white
man tried to make a brute out of the
black mar. To this end the slave
power put the cause of slavery in the
slave himself. THE cause, dear
Brutus. that we are underlings, is not
in our stars but in ourselves" Ev-
eryth1ng was done to destroy the ma
ttonality and hinder the growth of in
~dividuality in the captive African. He
was called Negro" to characterize his
kind and condition. The word NE
gro then became the trade mark of
slavery. 1t is now a term of contempt.
1t is so written and spoken. This op-
probrious epithet should have been ia
Ken away with the bondage and not
allowed to remain the deadly weapon
of the sycophant and the exploiter.
1t is the strongest barrier to the in
vestiture with citizenship of the Afri.
can dwelling in America, whose long
domicile. fidelity and toll have given
him an incontestable title to the most
honorable distinction of American citi-
zenship, writes Charles Hatfield Dick.
erson in the Chicago News.
Also "colored people" in the public
mind are n~ondescripts. None of these
names is respectable. Let them be
abhorred. Let us all have the good
and proper name and patronymic "Af-
rican,' of African descent" and
black" if you please. For l behold
the time when black skin will be as
fashionable as black cloth and as val
liable as sable. There are those
whose ignorance of the glory and
grandeur of Africa makes them
ashamed of their mother country.
But have sought and found her the
workshop of nature, the cradle of
man, the %undoubted source of the civ
ilization of the whole world. OF this
l am confident.
Plato thanked God that he was a
man; that he was a citizen of Athens;
lived in the age of Pericles; had the
friendship of Socrates. So do l thank
God that l am a man, conscious of the
high destiny of man, clambering with
my fellows up the cloudy SUBMITS Of
our times; am a citizen of this great
republic; live in the world of Chicago;
in the reign of Woodrow Wilson, a
man of philosophic mind, who has lin
gered with the muses., learned and
written the grand march of the Amer
lean people and presides over their
destiny with dignity and grace. And l
am proud to live in the era of Theo-
dore Roosevelt, a mar of great ampli-
tude of mind and vigor of body, who
has ~traversed the globe, enlarged our
Intellectual empire and has now be-
come the ubiquitous political genius
Of tie republic.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25
New Yellow Eroeks.

One of the most charming of the
new frocks in cotton wolfe is a soft
yellow tone dotted in black and white
and decorated with a black and white
checked silk sash. This was worn the
other day by a fair haired young girl,
and a hat of white chip, wreathed
with white and yellow daisies, com
pleted the costume. Another yellow
frock in the wardrobe Of the same girl
is a maize tinted crepe de chine, the
Leghorn hat that is generally worn
with it being covered with silk roses
toning from maize to scarlet,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25

retes have been o. the verge of lighting up when a waiter has sped
them n passed them the tip that the rules prohibit women doing such
things.
You know" said the proprietor. "t wouldn't just look right to see women
sitting here at or tables in this fashionable cafe smoking cigarettes With
men it is different But if the women started it, our place would be tabooed
by the majority of u present lass of patrons"
ID the women smoke much" a maid who serves IS an attendant in
ne ladies Longing room Of of the popular cafes was asked.
"Ihere are plenty of them who smoke" she replied. And they carry
their smokes around with them all the time. But n o one would know it,.
There cigarette cases look just like vanity cases. You can't tell them apart
m the outside. Why, just a few days ago a pretty young girl who had been
dining in the cafe stopped in here to adjust her hair and powder her nose.
She had OIL her wrist what thought "a a silver vanity case supported by
a silver chain. But when she opened it, instead of taking out a powder puff,
she extracted a godtipped cigarette and thrust it in her mouth. She offered
the se to her young girl friend, and she took one, too. Then they both
lighted up. Rather queer. wasn't it? But say after all "a you tell me
what is the diferenc between a woman smoking and a man smoktng?"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25

who had them projected as al informative interlude between shows of ON
edy and tragedy.
Since then the display of weather information o. screens has spread
to Is cities and 81 theaers. Though the theaters do not open until six
OF seven o'clock in the evening, after the afternoon papers containing
weather forecasts have been issued, it is believed that the information
reaches many persons who would not otherwise receive it,
Entirely independent of the movie weather reports wireless is coming
into use for spreading weather news o land after having already proved
itself to be invaluable on water. Arrangements have been made to have
forecasts for Illinois distributed by wireless from Iuhopols, in that state, to
points within a radius of 1875 miles that are equipped with the necessary
receiving apparatus. 1t is proposed to send the messages at a slow rate
in order that amateurs may take them, as most of the operators ii reach
of the sending station will be of this class.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25
TOWELS FOR THE DISHES
crinkled Crepe Makes the Ideal Ma
terial That Can Be Employed
In This Respect.

The best dish towels for polishing
glasses are not of checked linen towel
ing, as most people take for granted,
but of ordinary thin seersucker, or
crinkled crepe, as it is called in the
shops. This material makes ideal
glass towels, for it will not shed lint
and absorbs moisture raYidly. New
and perfectly clean cross-barred linen
toweling is fairly satisfactory, but the
moment such a towel is past its first
youth, OF if it has been used more
than once before laundering, glasses
begin to show the annoying specks of
lint that are fatal to a brilliant polish.
Dish towels should be rinsed after
each use, and once a week they should
be boiled ten minutes in water soft
ened with sal soda or some good wash
ing powder. 1t is not necessary to
rub them-after the boiling, rinse in
several waters and hang up to dry in
the sun. Just before they are quite
dry fold them, pressing smoothly with
the hands, and hang up the folded
towels again to dry thoroughly before
putting away. They will not require
ironing if thus treated.
The woman who hesitates at using
washing powder or sal soda to wash
her dish towels should consider
whether it is easier to scrub out
grease by main strength in order to
make dish towels last a little longer
or to relieve herself of unpleasant la.
Dor, and, if need be, hem half a dozen
new towels a little oftener. There are
articles which pay for dainty and care
full laundering in order to preserve fine
fabric and costly handiwork-but dish
towels cannot be included under this
| hand
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25
White Wolfe Athletic Costume.

One dress which has been especially
designed for an athletic maiden is Of
white wolfe. The top of the skirt is
laid in plaits. The bottom is finished
with a wide band of blue linen. The
bodice fits snugly, and yet is made so
that the arms can move freely. as it
is fastened by means of a blue LAGER
which is run through embroidered eye
let's. A small blue sailor collar, bear.
ing emblems of white braid, is the
only thing which stamps the frock as
a sports garment.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25

plain tailored suits this I'll will be
more popular than ever in its long and
useful career. 1t, too. will be con.
sentative.
THE suit jacket will vary in length
from 2S up to S2 inches. but 1t may
vary according to the height and fig.
ure of the woman who wears 1t. This
will help to blot out from our mem.
DRY the fat woman in the short belted
and faring coat"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25
The Poet Escapes.

The makers Of epigrams. OF phrases,
OF pages-of all more or less brief
judgments-assuredly waste their time
when they sum up any one of all man
kind, and how do they squander II
when their subject is a poetl They
may hardly describe him. nor shall
any students care, or psychologists
formula. or mar Of letters summary.
or wits sentence define him. Dehni-
lions, because they would not be in
exact or incomprehensive. sweep too
wide. and the poet is not held within
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25
Worth Knowing.

A handy laundry bag is made by
leaving the bottom open and sewing
on a narrow strip on the under side.
Bring this strip over and have 1t but
ton to the top side. To leave the
laundry out just unbutton it and the
laundry will come out through the
opening.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25

] beg leave to suggest herewith that
colored men be utilized to help man
the navy. The Negro has proved him
self loyal to "Old Glory" if anyone has,
and he should be represented in the
navy as well as in the army.
If white sailors and marines should
object to their company on board ship,
why not allot certain ships to them as
certain barracks are allotted to them
in the army?
The plan of nomenclature in the
navy is to name battleships after
states, cruisers after cities and gun
boats after famous battle fields, but
with the colored units a new system
could be used. Forinstance, the gov
eminent might turn over to the col
ored sailors such battleships as the
Alabama and Mississippi or such
cruisers as the Suwanee and the Dixie.
Among the Negroes may be found
plenty of good loyal material and l
will wager that if they are called upon
no n need ever blush for the record
their ships may make.-H. T. Hughes,
in the Chicago News.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25
eest Mans ADVICE.

The Bridegroom (just before the
ceremony)--"l must take a bracer.
but | don't want to overdo It. How
much ought | to take. old fellow? 2"
Best Maxwell, should keep on
taking IN TIL / didn't care whether
, a married or not."-Life
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25

rights s 10 that If this phase Of the work were expedited the actual construc
ton work could be completed probably n three or four years.
The army engineers, who undoubtedly will be intrusted with the lob
will be able to draw upon much valuable experience in their corps, fr the
ucaly the san a that of the Gatun spflway dam in the Canal zone.
Like the ishmian prototype the Potomac dam will sweep across the
space ito be filled in a arr of a circle and will be surmounted by IS gates
which car be opened in time Of food. These gates will be designed 81 as
to allow the passage ofa all surplus water even in such volumes as In 1889
when the highest known point was reached. Provision will also be made
for the passage OF ice through the gates a problem which a not encoun.
tered in the Panama canal work
In addition to the main dam which will keep the lake at the 115foot
level there win be a intake dam l19 feet high protecting the power house
which viii lie within the District on the north side of the river.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25

The balance wheel of a watch vi
brates 300 times a minute. 432, 900
times a day, or 157 $50, 900 times a
years. AS each vibration covers about
n and one-half revolutions, the shaft
on which the balance wheel is
mounted makes 236,52o.0OO revolutions
in its bearings each year.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25

Fourteenth row. sp, IA blk, II sp.
Fifteenth row-11 sp, 10 blk, / 81.
Sixteenth row. sp, l blk, 1 sp, IA
blk, 10 sp.
Seventeenth row-9 sp, IA blk, 2 sp,
1 blk, l sp.
Eighteenth row. sp, 1 blk, 3 sp, Fl
blk, l sp.
Nineteenth ROW. sp, Is blk, 1 sp.
2 blk, 5 sp, 1 blk, i SIP.
Twentieth row. sp, l blk, II sp, 10
blk, l sp, 2 blk, l sp.
Twenty-frst row. sp, 20 blk, 6 sp.
Twenty-second row. sp, rs blk,
l sp.
Twenty-third row. sp, 3 blk, 4 sp,
6 blk, II sp, 1 blk, 1 ST.
Twenty-fourth and twenty-ffth rows
-27 sp each.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25
eeIts and sasbea.

Many belts and sashes are now used
for children. says the Dry Goods ! con
omist. The belts are frequently OF
self material. or OF the same fabric as
the collars and cuffs Black or colorod
leather belts are also employed to
some extent.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25
Had Use for Many.

What's this?" asked the automo
bile owner. as the deputy sheriff
thrust a folded paper into his hand
That" said the deputy. lis a new
attachment for your car. I'm putting
them on a great many of finest ma
chimes this summer. New York
World.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25

ouTprlsed! Wen, It Is not ASTON
ishing. For, you know, they don't
smoke on F street and they don't open
their cigarette cases in the full glare
Of the sunlight while the throngs are
looking on. But they smoke Just the
same.
Proprietors of cafes will tell you
they have a hard task preventing
women from smoking in public. A
proprietor said recently that more
than once respectable-looking woman
patrons have taken out their ciga.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25
Chime and chimes.

1t is not positively Incorrect" TO
use the word chimes. I'VE have heard
the chimes at midnight. Master Shal.
low" excIain ed Falstaf; and the
Chimes OF Bruges" is an expression
that has been used correctly" enough.
too, a thousand times.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25

the wireless.
An enterprising proprietor of a
motion picture theater in Birming-
ham, Ala, was the first to see the pos
sibilities of weather by movie" and
he found Uncle Sans weather bureau
ready to cooperate with him. The
forecasts were printed by the local Of
fetal in charge Of weather matters on
celluloid films from which the emul-
sion had been removed, and were
turned over TO the theater authorities.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25
Wolfe Hem on Net.

The fashion of combining two fab
RIGS in ones frocks is lot new with
the midsummer frock. but 1t is still
prevalent. One pretty frock is made
of white net, with a deep hem OF white
wolfe applied in an irregular top out.
line. This is the only touch of wolfe
on the frock.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25

o Oldest inhabitants of the District of Columbia to please tell it of the exist
ence Of such a house, and in the letter the society mentions that it has heard
n such a ghost rendezvous exists in a house lin Georgetown" and of
another near the navy yard"
The country negroes of Georgetown and those who live near the navy
yard have not been especially glad to hear this. They are digging up rabbit
feeta and rubbing them, they are burying newly pulled teeth with incanta-
tons, and, in short, using every ghost layer they know anything about If
this pychical research society wants ghosts, emphatcaTy the Ethiopian
Society of Pork Chop Destroyers doesn't want EN-.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25

Names elude us SO easily. Who
was the clever fellow who described
a male quartet as a musica organiza-
tion composed of three men and a
tenor?
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25

A good many men work hard and
unremittingly and achieve no distinc-
ton other than that of living to be
more than seventy years old.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25

Because of the scarcity of clocks in
West Africa, events are timed by the
regular daily occurrences For exam
pie, a native wrote that she had re
ceived news of her sisters illness "a
little while before the guinea fowl
talk" that is, about five o'clock in
the morning.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25

Of kilowatts of current in its various
activities and a large surplus will be
available for sale to the public.
This fve-year estimate was given
as conservative by Colonel Langftt,
who made the most recent survey of
the power possibilities, and ID is
thought that under present conditions
the work could be completed in a less
period of time.
This estimate also took into ac-
count necessary delays in obtaining
title to overflow lands and other
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25

them. and out of the DISORDERS range
and capture he escapes by as many
doors as there are outlets from a for.
est.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25

The most remarkable relief map in
the world is in a public park in Guate-
mala City. 1t is of immense proper
tons and represents with minute de-
tails all the physical characteristics
of the republic. Tiny steel bands rep
resent the railroad systems, and water
can be turned into all the river beds.
The maker died Of brain fever not
long ago, after completing his work
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25
Weather Forecasts by the "Movie" and Wireless

WEATHER forecasts which have been disseminated over the inland states
w of the country fol years by means of the telegraph and the printing
press re beginning to reach the people of this territory through brandnew
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25

crude ideas of what a home should be,
have gradually been led out into a
finer conception of what a home can
be made through persistent thrift and
constant effort to improve the physi,
cal condition of tn, house, the yard
and the fences.
What the Negroes of Titustown
have done so quietly and so effective
ly, with the sympathetic cooperation
of Mr.. Stroud through a long period,
can and should be repeated, with nee
essary notifications, of course, wher-
ever there are large numbers of Ne
groes who should have better hous-
ing.-Southern Workman.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25

ton a house where the ghost is guar
anteed to walk five times a week.
For such a haunted house the So
clety will pay five times its assessed
value, especially if it is inhabited by
a first-class ghost-one of eXcruciat-
ing means and whose chains clank
most dolefully; preferably a ghost
with a CORY history-the ghastlier
the ghost the merrier.
The New York spook-hunting so
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25

There are "a Methodist Episcopal
churches in the United States report
ing a membership of more than 1,50O
each. Calvary church, New York.
leads with 1900 members, and First
church, Los Angeles, is second with a
total membership of 2,400.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25
Great Falls to Be Harnessed for the District

IN less than five years it is not improbable that the District will be using
/ in it's sreetHghung system and in other ways electric energy from Great
Fails while the federal government win at the same time be usmg thonsands
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25
Washington Women Are Very Fond of Cigarettes

MAYBE you didn't know that many a young girl who walks F street in
young dude who fits along at her side with his cane hung upon his arm?
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25

When a man is caught with stolen
fruit the other men stand around and
criticize its quality.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25
Hunting for Real Haunted House in Washington

WI AsHINGToN-Most persons are satisfied if they can locate a place where
w the ghost "a be relied upon to walk one a week. but in New York a
society that is devoted to psychical research is much lore exorbtant in its
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25

Midway between the sandy beach
at Ocean View, on the southern side
of Hampton Roads, and Norfolk, a
rapidly growing southern metropolis,
there has been developed, in the heart
of a rich farm-trucking region, an at
tractive Negro community, called I'll
tustown, in which all of the people
own their own homes and not a single
renter is found.
In Titustown Negroes have had the
opportunity of buying high-class prop
erty at a low price, building comfort
able and attractive individual houses
on easy terms, and living happy lives
in a refined and attractive commu-
nifty.
1t was in 1901 that a commission of
ten or a dozen colored men came to
Augustus T. Stroud, a white lawyer
of Norfolk, who had recently gradu-
ated from college. They asked that
some land should be bought and re-
sold to Negroes for home sites. The
Negroes had heard the summons
Move on" and sought the good offices
of a southern white man whose family
had long had a deep interest in the
welfare of Negroes.
Men who in the beginning had very
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25

Optimistic Thought.
Evil report is easy to lift but dificult
to carry.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25

A commercial wireless service has
been established between stations in
Peru and Brazil.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25

There is a we'll authenticated case
of a Negro who was once as black as
the c of spades but whose skin all
ver his body is now a pinkish white
with the exception of a few pinpoint
specks on his face, and these are dis
appearing also. 1t is one of the rare
cases known to medical science and
dermatology where the affection
known to physicians as "leukoderma"
is universal. The man is Adolphus
Setter, an ex-slave of Newton, N. c.,
where he was born and reared. He
belonged to the large estate of the late
Reuben Setter, who owned much land
and many Negroes before the war be-
tween the states. Up to the time Set
ger was forty years old his skin was
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-25
INTERNATIONAL
SUNDYSGlOOL
LESSON
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER 26
OBEDIENCE AND klNesHIP GRE
VIEW.
CBy o. E. SELLERS, Acting Director OF
the Sunday School Course Of the Moody
Bible Institute)
LESSON TExT-Psalm n.

GOLDEN TExT-The king shall Joy In
thy strength. o Lord; and in thy saliva
ton how greatly shall he rejoice. Ps.
MI.