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

street and Tracy avenue Undoubtedly
a civic building of importance) look
ing east on Nineteenth right in it's
swing stands the newly constructed
Y. NJ. C. A. building, with some pre-
tensions to the artistic and certainly
has an unquestioned recognition under
the term civic righteousness" Right
in the next street running parallel is
the City Fire Department No. IL
whose very building would suggest
preservation of civic beauty while two
blocks farther east still on Nineteenth
street we have the modernly con
structed Attacks School. These build
ings are in a naturally beautiful swing,
important because of their public
utility; and deserving of all of the
Identification that we may see fit to
clothe them with.
Speaking of improvement we may
add that the now highly important
1900" block has undergone some
wonderful changes in the last few
months, the buildings on the north
side were pushed back 10 feet as
quietly and swiftly as a ghost at
night. New concerted sidewalks have
been laid and a set of electric clus-
tiers have been attached on each troll
ley post giving that side of the street
the appearance of the white way"
Perhaps the Autumn Leaf Club has
made the most extensive alterations
and improvements which are nc
doubt appreciated by the public.
AS a greater improvement and n
other step toward public decency we
ask the management to so curtain
the front view that the passerby will
not be compelled to see the drink
serving process. While we are OF
this subject we might further observe
that there is an essential difference
in the White and Colored s%aloonist.
The Colored %saloonist usually makes
some effort at decency and seldom, if
ever loses his racial consciousness.
Whilst the White s~aloonist is invari-
ably an impossible blank when it
comes down to anything decent for
those who make him rich. They are
generally the riffraff of the Anglo
Saxon who are too low-lifed to make a
living with their own people, dump
themselves Upon our communities to
corrupt and defile us. But what makes
it possible for them to succeed? An
swer: The miserable ignorant people
who haven't either sense, pride, or
! decency, these, unfortunately, are
but the name is too good for such.
numbered among "colored' people,
After all we haven't strayed far from
the subject of Civic Righteousness"
in fact we haven't strayed at all as
the subject is of hat comprehensive
scope that it n multitude of
defects as we'll as pointing out num-
erous virtues.
This will be a fine street after it
is finished" is a general observation
heard every day. The moving back
of buildings seems to have been the
) sounding of the gong for interior i'm
: provements and decorations for all
business places in the block under
2 discussion. o. X. Cleaners have a
) nice stand with entire new front. And
Jones pool hall and barber shop fair
= ly eclipses anything in the west in
style and appointment with luxuriant
e furnishings. The Delmonico Cafe has
e made some wonderful changes which
e affords a larger dining room, spacious
r and rich, including even a private
n room for exclusive parties. The
Weaver Floral Establishment has
been thoroughly renovated whilst the
Peoples Drug Store still Eliminates
t the corne with a well-kept, well-pa
tronized place. Thus individually anC
collectively the spirit of civic right
e%ousness goes marching II.