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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

may possibly need n little help or sup
port. They are equal to giving assist
nnce in the arduous climbs she may
encounter on Fifth avenue or Michi-
gan boulevard and show further will
ingness to be useful and helpful by
supporting little vanity bags OF rib
bon.
These new swagger sticks are made
to match up with street and sports
suits and hats. And the vanity bag,
carrying first aid to beauty, must also
carry out the matching up in color and
style.
Some of these sticks are satin-cov-
cred, but most of them are enameled.
Black and white and emerald and
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

ment service. Also, it provides for the cooperation of the Federation OF
Women's clubs this being the first organization of women which has received
federal recognition. Mrs. Frederick II. Cole, chairman of the civil service
reform committee of the federation, hes charge of the club side of the new
movement
Mrs. Barrett has made a thorough study of the condition of girls in
America and in Europe and is satisfied that lack of employment is the cause of
a bulk of the delinquency found among women in America. She has tabulated
records regarding 10000 girls who have "gOne wrong" with a general view to
family ties and trends She has concluded from a careful study of all facts
home ties from the moral sense of responsibility and from old and respected
associations, lies an economic condition, particularly in the cases of unframed
girls 1t is to correct this evil that the department of labor has organized the
new bureau.
Two years ago Mrs. Barrett went to Europe and there studied the immi-
grant problem in the homes of the girls who come to America. This served 20
strengthen her belief that if the government would take careo of immigrant girls
and keep them from the hands of employment agencies and the influence of
ment problems with which American women must deal
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

pointed panel at the front of the
bodice provided with buttons in black
and white composition. The button
holes + let in on both sides. The
bodice is cut with short kimono
sleeves lined with the striped satin,
and a border of 1t outlines the W
shaped neck. The skirt is open at the
sides in a slit that is rounded at the
bottom. 1t is finished with a cord COW
cred with the plain satin and reaches
a little below fhe knees.
The stockings are of black silk with
pin stripes in white, and the shoes of
black cloth are finished with white.
When the maid is fully equipped for
her plunge she will don a close-fitting
satin cap of black or black-and-white
satin and it is likely to be provided
with a visor or something in the way
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

of a little shade for the eyes. Under
1t she may wear a close cap of rub
Der cloth or she may select one of
the many rubberized caps or hats
which the season provides.
Certainly nc girl really needs a
"swagger stick" and just as certainly
every girl wants one-or will as soon
as she sees them. These breezy little
accessories have no excuse for being
in u midst at all except that they are
pretty and o that their youth
full wearers are out for a walk and
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15
Musical canarIes.

In this country a few experiment.
ers have been successful in training
their canaries to carry simple tunes,
and in some instances even to articu-
late one or more ineligible words.
Shortly after the battle OF Manila bay
a Philadelphia woman succeeded in
making her canary say Dewey
Dewey! Dewey" 80 Enthusiastically
that everybody marveled At 1t. The
admiral himself was much impressed
and wrote her q letter expressing his
appreciation OF the compliment thus
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15
Velvet Ribbon.

Velvet ribbon, which has not been
used to any extent on dresses for some
years past, is evidently coming into its
own again. One of the newest models
is an afternoon frock of taffeta
trimmed with vertical bands of narrow
velvet ribbon, placed both on bodice
and skirt in graduated lengths. The
skirt was very full and hung In four
deep points, the velvet ribbon being
~zig-zagged accordingly. The waist,
which was cut surplice effect and
formed a pointed bodice In front, was
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

trimmed with strips of the velvet rib
bon In such a way to give the effect
OF a double-pointed girdle. A gradu-
ated founce rufie. just below the
dropped shoulder, carried out the popu-
lar cape effect. The frock was a soft
grayish beige in color, the velvet rib
bon a delicate pastel blue.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

a wagon" Another woman, who lives in Iowa, says she understands rags re
in great demand. and wants to know If two bushels of them viii "fetch enough
to buy n new outfit for myself and the children" In the event that hey VII
may put the children to bed and have their clothes ready for him.
1t all cam about through a bulletin issued several weeks ago by me
department of commerce advising housewives throughout the country TO save
their rags, as the shortage in ray material for paper manufactur mad them
valuable. The bulletin, which was circulated broadcast throughout the coun-
try, advised those having rags to sell to apply to their local chamber of COM
merce for information regarding disposal The bulletin bore a Washington
date line, and, Judging from the number of letters Secretary Grant has received,
people in the rural districts think there is only N chamber OF commerce IN
the United States, and that that one is located in the capital
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

Waller Barrett of Alexandria, Va,
president of the Florence Crittenton
mission and former president of the
Nation Council of Women. With her
is associated Mrs. Grace Porter Hop
kins of Washington, long recognized as
n of the leading women in the ma
ton in problems relating to the en-
ployment of women.
The department proposes TO estab-
fish an interchange of information be-
tween the states and labor zones and
Offices of the United States employ
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

engaged in debate on the floor of the
house, he gestures always with his
fist, never with his open hand, and
visitors in the gallery are frequently
appalled, at the number of members
who have the temerity to sit close to
him. Yet with all his terrifying man
ner, Gordon is in reality as gentle as
an ordinary Maltese kitten. One can
walk right up to him and stroke him
with impunity. He is one of the most
conservative members of the house
committee on military affairs, opposed
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

to to- elaborate a preparedness program, simply because he is not waHke at
heart and does not grow alarmed over a talk.
One day Gordon and a member from South Carolina exchanged comments
n 70 another In te course If a debate. Gordon spoke ito him omte unkdndy
"Step outside and tell me that" suggested the South Carolina man
Members area always asking one another to step outside, but nothing ever
comes of it.
do you think that I'm going outside" inquired Gordon brusouelv "iust
because I'm asked to by a crazy zap from South CarounaYp
And he proceeded calmly with his speech. without further Interruption.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

paid him. Besides this little yellow
phenomenon she had two other cana,
ries, n OF which could sing the first
line of Yankee Doodle" and the other
a small part of Onward, Christian
Soldiers Her method was extreme
ly simply, requiring an elastic store OF
patience for everybody concerned-in.
Guiding the canary. She played the
melody several hours a day on the par
Tor organ.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

DR.. Eben S. Johnson of Sioux City,
Ia, was elected a missionary bishop at
the Methodist convention held at Sara
toga Springs, and will be assigned to
Africa. DR.. Alexander P. Camphor, a
Negro of Birmingham, Ala, was also
elected a missionary bishop and will
be assigned to Liberia, the African re-
public.
A resolution indorsing oma suf-
frage vas adopted with only half a
dozen in opposition, following an ear
nest plea last night by William j. Bryan
for votes for His assertion
that the movement would greatly aid
the temperance cause had an effect on
the action of the conference.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

1t is said that in the far North of
the Russian empire there is a race of
people who do not know that there is a
war. At that they have nothing on
some Of our American congressman.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15
Uncle Sam Finding Jobs for Unemployed Girls

r HE department of labor has organized a women's and girls division If the
] new federal employment bureau with a view off finding employment for girls
not Younger than l6 years of nge.~The work is in charge of Mrs: Kate
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15
TANNING MINK is LARGE UNDERTAKING.

The United States department Of agriculture is making experiments in
demonstrating the mink. Well, here's luck to its enots-but heaven helm the
pouitryman who tries t. ra his chickens near that experimental farm. The
mink has fur IS fine as the most exncung lady could desire, but his disnostHon
is as bad as that of a Vlhsta bandit and he has 1t least IS much crnnpg
He can dig his way into any Enclosure not made of brick stone or concreta. he
loves blood as well as a weasel; he has a perfect genius fr evadnp trns amd
he cn conduct his depredqhons so skilfuly that for month"; n aver yeotss
they will be laid to other marauders and only closesto observer win know mat
there is a mink in the neghborhood. The man--or the N"vhIch
undertakes to tame such q creature has a large sefconhdence.
1t IS hoped In France that this years Increases wheat ,ea m, = -.
xthth a necessity Il imnordna uhenta M Tho tla. -. snu "n W Way
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

be most sedate and buslnessllke In ap-
pearance.
Those sticks which are furnished
with vanity bags to put them In coun-
tenance promise to be the most ia
vored. For, whatever else her girl
ship may consent to do without In this
ungenerous world, she simply viii
have a vanity bag.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15
Freneh knots for lnItlaIa.

A Turkish towel a initiated In a
way that was greatly admired. The
letter was formed by using two or
three rows of heavy French knots.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

Chinese custom Of burning small
pieces of gold leaf or various anniver-
saries sacrifices several million dol
lars worth Of the metal annually.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

Partly mechanical and partly cleo
trical is a Chicago inventors alarm
that fires five blank cartridges In sue
cession If a burglar enters or tries to
Wander around a building.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

member o the band shall be permitted to leave his post to fill any engagement
to play when he might compete with civilian musical organizations.
The result OF this new law, which is nOw vim effect, is % keep members of
the band from giving music lessons, from appearing in private concerts n a
sobsts att receptions or other social affairs. 1t also prevents the band from
holding its annual concert tour, which has been a national musical event for
years.
The law does not prevent the appearance of the band at White House
receptions o. park concerts, as orders for appearance a such events are given
as a part of their duties.
In the recent preparedness parade it was necessary to obtain a special
order from the secretary of the navy for participation Of the band.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

A new mutfier to lessen the noise
of a motor-boat exhaust permits the
waste gases to expand considerably
and cool before reaching the air.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

While the present army law Is by
far the best congress ever gave the
country in time of peace, it has glar-
ing defects, n of which is found in
the fact no provision was made for in
creasing the number of colored regi.
ments in either the regular or militia
forces.
There is not a single rational excuse
for the omission.
There are a score of excellent rea-
sons why such a provision should have
been added.
Southern statesmen, so-called, In
congress, shook their heads and said
The communication of Charles N.
Swift in the Times has attracted my
attention, and just a word, If l may,
to indOrse his every word concerning
the admission of a colored regiment
into the New York National Guard.
After their record in the Civil war,
especially with 99,337 colored soldiers
therein, why can there be any doubt
about them? As an officer of both
white and colored regiments, wounded
twice in different engagements in the
aforementioned service, and having
had some part in the organization of
the Corps d'Afrique in Louisiana I'M
der General Banks in 1864, / have
wondered why there were none in the
state service, The Eighty-first U. s
c. T. in Louisiana, commanded by Col
Charles B. Gaskill, now of Niagara
Falls, challenged any regiment, white
or black, in the Gulf department tC
make as good a showing in regimen,
tai or company drill, but none &C
cepted the challenge of the Eighty,
tirst.-George B. Loud, in a commune
cation to the New York Times.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

To assert in Oklahoma that an In
durable disease can be cured makes a
physician liable to the revocation Of
his license.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15
Bill Gordon Is Not So FerociOus as He Looks

r HE most ferodous looking member of congress is Mr.. Bill Gordon of Cleve-
! land. He has the bury build Of n Of the large. sizes of prizefghter and
a voice like four or five big. bosterous lions all going at onee. When Gordon is
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

"There are those who would cite
the lazy, shiftless and indolent rs typ
ical Of the Negro race, but II the same
yardstick were applied other branches
Of the human family might have rea-
son to complain bitterly" wrote a
prominent Negro educator recently.
Experience has shown that when
given the opportunity for gainful m
ployment under just and fair condi-
lions, the Negro not only proves In
every way his value as a workman,
often most skilled, but, above all,
there is cultivated in his mind and
heart that now too rare feeling of
deep interest and loyalty to his en-
ployer. When the southern Negro
works for a corporation, he calls it
my company and never has n bomb
been found in his hand nor has he
been branded as an anarchist. Under
fair treatment his loyalty becomes
deep and ~unchanging, and the sower
of the seeds of discord finds little re-
Spouse to his beguiling or impassiOned
stories of greener fields to be had for
the asking or taking.
"a few years ago in his summer
home in the East there passed away
an eminent captain of industry who
had spent forty years in the South
building up a great commercial organ
ization and community. OF master
mind, yet with heart of a child, he
had met and conquered many prob
lens, all the while dealing with EN-
ployees, both white and colored, so
justly as to win their unfailing 10y
atty and even love.
when the news of his death was
flashed back to that southern commu-
nifty deep sorrow prevailed, but it re-
mained for n old colored man, who
had grown gray in the service of that
organization, to take a part of his
savings, board a train, and make the
thOusand-mile journey to be present
when his friend was returned to earth.
As the cortege was preparing to move
this old Negro mounted the funeral
car, completed the journey, and re-
manned with the family to the end to
drop a last tear. This is but typical
of the response of the southern Negro
to the helping hand
"ln advance of the Negroes indus
trial progress has gone very naturally
his moral and educational develop
ment, and the eagerness with which
many are Selling every advantage Of
fered by their institutions plainly fore
shadows a still more wonderful de-
velopment in all those attributes
which go to make up citizens of whom
we will have no reason to feel
ashamed.
I'm the light of these conditions is
there not good reason, then, to con-
slider this southern Negro as one of
the SOuth's greatest industrial assets,
and does it not behoove southern in
dustry to deal with him so fairly, so
honestly, so uprightly as to maintain
u%nimpaired that loyalty and strong
feeling of common interest found in
the heart of this plain, straightfor-
ward workingman?"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

Cotton is becoming so scarce in Eu-
rope that cellulose from wood fiber is
being used as a substitute in surgical
dressings.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

The worlds highest powered motor
ship has been built In Italy for the
Brazilian navy, its oil motors develop
Ing 6,400 horse power.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

Producers of aniline dyes in Japan
have formed a trust to control the
market.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

Rust is a compound of oxygen ant
iron that forms only in the presence o
water.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15
Members of Marine Band Wall Over Lost Revenue

IA EMBERs of the Marine band, the nations crack musical organization. are
II up in arms ove the provisions of the new army reorganization law which
cuts them off entirely from outside emplOyment and eOmpels them to rely
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

Wholly upon government pay. Several
members of the band have expressed
their intention of leaving the organiza-
ton since their outside pay is cut off.
Thus far there have been no deser-
tons, but marine corps officers believe
that some musicians whose services
have been most in demand will leave
the band.
The provision of the army reorga-
nization bill complained of was in
serted at the instance of the Musicians
nninn. II nroNides that hereafter no
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

wives, letters TON IHTHIVI" DUF'
girls, and letters from the FARMERS
themselves, stating that they have a
fine collection of rags which they are
eager to dispose Of.
One woman in southwestern Mis-
souri,, who evidently thought Secretary
Grant was personally collecting rags,
suggested that he call with a wagon
since she had a supply which had been
accommodating in her attic for the last
30 years. mo living man can tote
'em,r she wrote, $50 you'd better bring
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

An auxiliary control for automobiles
invented by a New Yorker enables q
person in the back seat of a car, by
pressing a button, to stop it in an
emergency.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

A girl likes to be squeezed in a
crowd from force of habit.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

1t is estimated that there are 17O,s
100000 real Negroes in the world.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

A Louisiana inventors automatie
fire alarm calls the nearest firemen,
rings alarms both outside and inside
a building where a fire starts and
lights a red light on the outside.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

Iowa is the first state to officially es-
tablish a library of motion picture
films Of current events for the use OF
future historians.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

Government officials have estimated
that 100000 horse power in the form
of gas alone is wasted every day by the
old-fashioned coke ovens of the United
States.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

Paris has a plan to dam the River
Rhone and obtain 100000 horse power.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

Along the Cornwall coast many min
ers earn a living by washing tin out Of
the sands, the sea SCATTERING the metal
bearing rocks.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15

An automobile coal wagon has been
invented with four separate compart-
ments, sc well balanced that they can
be dumped by hand.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-15
Tom Grant Is DeIuged by Offers of Old Rags

"a AsHINGToN-secretary Tom Grant of the Washington chamber OF - W ,ho
w MERGE is being swamped with letters from people In al ecuons vi -
United States who have rags to SELL Each mail brings letters IRON L m end
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-06-02
ALAM0GORD0 FIRE
NOW UNDER CONTROL


tsrrc,AL .eeaesssonnsacs TO nornINe JOURNAL
Alamogordo, n NJ, June THE
big forest fire which swept over the
southern part of the Alamo national
forest, destroying everything in its
path. is now under control and the
forest rangers expect to have the
flames entirely extinguished with IN
II few days. 1-.
The fire ragged for over week and
destroyed 1900 acres of valuable
timber and grazing lands. During sew
eral days and nights nearly $50 men
were at work fighting the flames. AT
present only a small force is at work
and these are. mainly in the interior
of the burned area. Forest officials
have not yet made an estimate of the
amount of damage done, from finan-
cial standpoint. but the loss VIII be
enormous.
The exact cause of the fire was
never learned, though it is known that
that the blaze was started from an
ineendiary motive.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-06-02
APPROPRIATION MAY
BE SECURED FOR THE
CARLSBAD PROJECT

Santa Fee, June 1.-The announce
ment that the reclamation service Will
expend 100000 more on the Carls7
bad irrigation project, provided the
officials at Washington, y. c.. APP
prove has aroused new interest in the
proposition Of Col Ralph i. witch
ell, who at the irrigation congress at
Albuquerque gave the first impetus to
the construction of the Elephant Butte
dam by the government and the plac-
ing of an embargo on the waters of
the Rio Grande. north of the Elephant
buttes that the land owners under
the irrigation project be relieved of
every charge for the cost of the prof.
ect. The argument is made that since
the federal government takes large
portion of the waters of the Rio
Grande which originate and are stor-
ed within the state of New Mexico,
to pay a national and international
debt to the republic of Mexico, that
New Mexico should be reimbursed by
the United States government by per
hitting its land owners under govern
ment projects in New Mexico to ac-
quire water rights free of cost and
that the land be charged only with
maintenance and not construction
cost A movement is to be started to
send Colonel Twitchell to congress on
this platform.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-06-02

Alamogordo, n. NJ, June l.--Nalu-
able specimens of gold and copper ore
are being found in the mining camp
near La Luz The region has been
mined considerably, but it is only re-
Gently that anything except low
grade ore has been found. The spec
linens found in some cases run as
high as $4,000 a ton in gold, but no
bodies of valuable ore have yet been
struck. Tungsten ore has been found
in places in the camp. though very
rarely. There is quite body of low
grade copper in the neighborhood, but
it is too far from the railroad to pay
to mine with the facilities that are in
use at this time. Nearly all of the
mineral-bearing land has had location
notices posted on 1t within the past
month. The camp lies about nine
miles northeast of Alamogordo.