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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30
- Our Opportunity In Latin America = !

all, they spread over nearly 100000 square miles,
or three times the connected area of the United
States! They contain mountains higher, rivers
longer and more n~avigable, valleys wider and
more fertile, and climates more varied than those
of the United States.
Noting the population, we find that Costa RIGA
starts the small end of the list with 100000 in
habitants, and Brazil tops it with 20,000,000 All
Latin America supports today approximately a
population of 100000 which is increasing by
reproduction faster than is the population of the
United States. When the new emigration from
Europe starts in after the war, and when the
Panama canal is in full use by the shipping of a
peaceful Europe, this total may soon overtake and
pass that of the big sister nation of North Amer
lea.
We are almost astonished by the figures of
Latin-American commerce. They make us respects
many of the southern republics and peoples, even
If some other influences may not be so favorable.
Last year the twenty southern neighbors of the
United States, through sheer strength and capac-
ity, pushed up the total of their foreign trade to
the huge sum of nearly $4,000, 0 10000. This was
divided almost equally between exports and i'm
ports, with the actual balance of trade in their
favor. Argentina, for example, with an ambitious.
vigorous and prosperous people numbering about
nine millions of souls, conducted a foreign C)m-
merce valued at the surprising total of 5000, OOO,-
900, which makes an average of about 500 per
head. Chile, a land of achievement and promise,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30
Toun
|THelpST Y.
THE VALUE OF PRETTY W
Make Plans Now TO Beautify Grounds
Around Your Home in Spring
PergoIa Very Ornamental.

Landscape gardening and architecture
must properly include all forms of dec
grafton that will increase the attrac-
t~iveness Of the lawn, and such as will
add at the same time a monetary value.
to the home. It is not desired to have
simply a pretty lawn, but one that Will
enhance the value of the property it,
self, says House and Garden.
There are many things that will ma
terially increase the value of the lawn
from an artistic standpoint. Among
these may be mentioned the pergOla. 1t
is one of the newer forms of lawn dec
Grafton in this country, but deserves
encouragement on the part Of the real
home lovers, whose desire is to add to
the home plan.
One should understand, however, that
the pergola is not simply a decoration.
1t possesses useful features In addition
to its attraction as an ornament, and
wherever erected increases the charm
Of the setting.
1t serve as a bower, q retreat, and q
nook. 1t may be covered with vines,
and serve as a refuge from inclcment
weather. Frequently it leads off into
the lawn and sometimes to the garage,
or terminates at a pond or miniature
garden. At other times it win serve as
"A bridge, with columns at either end,
in this way spanning an otherwise
open ravine and adding to the archi-
tectural effects of the home. In Il
try homes it has a special place, be-
Il of the expanse that many Of the
country abOdes possess, thereby max
ing its necessity more keenly felt.
Thus we see that the pergola is in
reality a useful ornament, and one that
is finding more general favor as home
builders come to realize its need. 1t
should be given a fair share Of the
construction mans consideration. The
study of the varying materials with
which it is built and the effects of the
different types Of architectural varia-
tions are widespread. It's very popu-
larity has been the fundamental Ten-
son why there are today a larger
number of the structural materials
used in its manufacture.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30
Sat Bolt Upright.

Ion lived. 1t ran: "NIust see you
on urgent business. VIII be with you
at s p. m"
And at s p. m, promptly in his
handsome bachelor apartments the
Judge sat at q grooming table await
ing his guest. Everything he could
think of from favorite cigars to odd
dishes he recalled Overton used to like
was on the table. There was n ring
Mt the door. The Judge fairly Rugged
the thin, haggard man who was shown
into the room. Then he regarded him
more closely and his face fell a tritle.
If he had spoken out his real mind he
would have said, "Overton, you make
lie feel old" for his guest seemed
tc have advanced years since last he
had seen him.
He vas reserved and his lips
twitched when the Judge asked him
about his family. The Judge did not
pursue the subject, but with n sup
pressed sigh decided that Mrs. Over
ion had not improved in her ways
with the years. OvertOn threw off his
shell Of WEAKNESS as the meal pro-
crossed, however. No one could be long
with jovial Judge Hampden without
feeling the influence of his bright hui
NOR.
"You spoke about business, Over
ton" observed the Judge finally.
Eyes" nodded his guest. 81 want
you to loan mt $4,000"
Certainly" bowed the Judge. He
was somewhat surprised at the large
ness of the amount, but he instantly
drew out his check book and fountain
pen. 'There you are, Overflow" he
added lightly, "Now to have an old
time friendly talk with you"
A spasm indefinable crossed Over
toms face. The devotion, the confidence
expressed in the act of the Judge
seemed to touch him deeply. Not a
reference did his considerate friend
rake to the use intended for the
money, to security, repayment. Abso-
lutte trust was indicated.
81 want to arrange for your room,
Overton," spoke Hampden, as, after
an hours chat, he arose from the
table.
He led 0verton into his little library
and saw him ensconced in its easiest
chair. 81 shan't be gone long. Mean
time, entertain yourself. There's the
magazines and-see here, did l ever
show you my record book? All the
cases on which / have passed. There
are some famous ones there. Sort of
a fad of mine to keep full particulars"
The Judge placed a heavy thick
book on a little stand before his guest.
The latter turned over its pages In
differently at first. Then his interest
awakened. AS the Judge had said, the
book contained the photographs, the
criminal record and the life history
Of those who from time to time had
come before him on trial.
Overton turned over the pages cas-
udlly. Some of the cases were noted
ones and he recalled their newspaper
publicity in the past. Suppressed
read a sheet lightly laid over a heavier
one. As he removed the first he sat
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30
WE WANT REAL HOMES AGAIN
Americans More and More Understand
Value of Having Residence With
Some Land Around X.

We are today, for the second time in
America, reaching the homestead PEE
riod. We had it back in the old Colo
NAL days, when we built substantially.
Then came the second generation of
our foreign-born population, and their
spirit vas expressed in elaborate and
futile limitations of homes unsuited
TO American lives.
More leisure has come to us, a more
settled spirit of patriotism that breeds
sympathy with all national achieve
ment, and the time now seems ripe
for the building of homes suited TO the
American spirit, substantial, comfort
able, facing the servant problem frank
ly, realizing a growing interest in beau
~, expressing, too, the keynote of u
civilization - individually, says the
Craftsman.
Because we are demanding homes of
the type that we want to live in, home
building has become the most absorb
ing topic of this generation. Whereas
even a few years ago the difficulty was
to keep the country boy and girl in
any way attached to the land, the city
holding the lure that unbalanced all
youth, today the world is reaching
back to home life, gardening, farming
you find boys who work in the city tell
ing you frankly that they travel mauy9
miles a day rather than give up coun-
try life. You find young women plan
ming from the day of their marriage to
have a home of their own, built to
their needs, furnished as they like it.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30

of nectar from which to make honey, but all I'M
consciously she brushes the pollen from one flower
and carries it along to another, thus carrying on
her part of natures plan. The value derived from
the cross fertilization of blossoms in this way is
probably much greater than that of all the honey
and wax made by the sum total Of all the bees in
the country.
1t is practically impossible to grow cucumbers
in the greenhouse unless bees are depended upon
TO fertilize the blossoms, and so the market gar
deners are obliged to yield tribute to this useful
insect. Even in the dead of winter, with snow
drifts six feet high outside, thousands of bees are
to be found flying around in the great glass houses
where %cucumbers are produced for the exclusive
winter trade. 1t is true that the bees get but lit
tie nectar from the blossoms and have to be fed
on sugar strip, but they accomplish the purpose
of transferring pollen from one flower to another.
OF course this work might be done artifcially.
That is, a man might go from one blossom to an
other with a small brush and transfer the pollen,
but the process would be tedious and too expen-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30
TheAbuss
II
BY C T REDCLlFFE
lCopyright. 19l6. BIZ wv. q. Chapmanl

Copyright. 1916. by w. G.. Chapman.)
Judge John Hampden, portly, pleas
Lnt-faced, great-hearted, pointed his
finger at a select corner of the cigar
case.
Fish out those three for fifty" he
ordered in his genial expansive way.
"DO up a couple of DOZEN"
birthday anniversary, Judge?" in
situated a legal acquaintance.
Nothing of the sort-just going to
meet an old friend"
"Must be a favored one"
"He is. l never married and he
did. Sorry for him, but he's true blue.
That's why 1 love him. Nothing too
good for him. Twenty years square
rs n sentry to Il faded, dictatorial
scold. l fancy my twenty on the
bench has been less irksome. All. me!
81 it goes, but 1 respect him for his
fidelity"
Judge Hampden was speaking of
an old and dear friend, indeed-Martin
OvertOn. They had been schoolbOys
together. Both had fallen in love with
the same girl. Neither had got her.
The Judge had never married. Over
ton had welded n spoiled beauty.
Within a year he had learned his mis-
take. Hers was a cross, grabbed ma
ture. She became n tyrO. For five
years regularly OvertOn had come to
the Judge to relate his troubles. Dur
ing fifteen years, however, they had
drifted apart. Now a telegram had
com from a distant city where Over
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30
BY JOHN BARRETT, in the Review of Reviews.

These are the times when everybody should
be studying the twenty American republics lying
south of the United States. These are the days
of Unprecedented and legitimate opportunity in
Latin America for the commercial and financial
interests of this country. This present year
should be the beginning of a new epoch in the
material, social and political relations of North
and South America.
The next ten years are going to be "all Ameri-
cam years. All America is to attract the atten-
ton of all Americans. This new development is
inevitable. The cause is found in the natural
wealth, resources and potentialities of Central
and South America, their actual commerce and
trade, their remarkable progress during recent
years, together with the unceasing propaganda
of the Pan-American union, which was at first
even ridiculed and little appreciated, but is now
generally valued and recognized. The occasion
of this new interest at this moment is the Euro
pean war and the emphasis 1t has placed upon
the geographical segregation and commercial soi-
darity of the nations of the western hemisphere.
Consider Latin America in any phase one pre-
fers, and 1t is worthy of keen interest. Let us
first look at 1t geographically and physically. We
see twenty countries ranging In area from little
Salvador, with less than 5000 square miles, or
smaller than Vermont, up to mighty Brazil, with
100000 square miles, or greater than the United
States proper with Great Britain thrown inl In
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30

taking honey out is no trouble at all, when a bee
escape is used, for the bees do not even know
what is going on.
The best way to begin Bookkeeping is to buy a
colony or two from some up-tO-date apiarist in the
neighborhood, but a hive full Of bees can be
shipped by express or the insects may be bought
by the pound If one already has an empty hive.
Indeed, this is q practice which is becoming very
common, for even experienced beekeepers often
Invest in one, two or three-pound packages of
bees in order to build up weak colonies. 1t is not
an unusual thing for bees 10 be shipped all the
way from Texas TO Canada.
Sometimes wild bees may be captured in the
woods and brought home. Although called wild
bees, these honey makers which are found in logs
and hollow trees have escaped from captivity at
some time, for there were no honey bees in this
country until they were brought here by the Pill
grim Fathers.
If the farmer owns more than half a dozen colo
MES of bees'it will pay him to get an extractor.
This is a simple device for separating the honey
from the combs, the latter being placed in a
frame which revolves at a high rate of speed,
the liquid honey being thrown out of the wax cells
by centrifugal force, just as cream is separated
from milk, Then the combs may be put back in
the hives for the bees to fill again. The farmer
can usually get more honey this way and will
have less ~swarming.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30
ADVANTAGES of the Telephone.

Evan B. Stotsenburg, attorney general, tells a
story concerning the early days of the telephone
in New. Albany.
A character of the town, who operated an office
In rooms just above the livery stable, was i'm
pressed with the benefits of the telephone and
had one placed in his office.
Meanwhile the new-fangled instrument also
went into the livery stable. Then the town char
acter sat down and waited for someone to take
advantage of the new instrument. No one did.
One day the telephone bell in the livery stable,
however, rang with all its might.
Hello" yelled the livery stable proprietor.
Hello, YOURSELF" answered the voice Of the
town character, upstairs.
Just pass me the broom up through the front
windows, will your said the voice.-IndIanapolis
News.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30
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sive to he feasible. II has to be done in green
houses where strawberries are grown. for when
bees are used the fruit is always misshapen, but
the winter strawberries sell for Il dollar or two a
pintl
Perhaps it may he said without getting anybody
into trouble that the free use of water by spray
Ing makes possible ONE of the remarkable eX-
hibitions which bees occasionally give. Water is
not always used. by any means. but when it Is the
bees are rendered surprisingly tractable and doc
lie. There are no bee tanners. however, who
are not stung at times. Indeed, they may be
stung very often, but they are Injured to the eXpe-
rience and do not even vince. And, Of course, an
experienced beekeeper learns how to handle bees
without making them angry. Furthermore, some
bees are much gentler than others. Many times
it is a good plan to kill the queen in a cross col
ony and replace her with Il young queen from n
quiet colony. Yet the cross bees are likely to be
among the best honey producers in the apiary.
Many farmers fail to succeed with bees simply
because they neglect to learn anything about their
management. 1t is true that bees do not require
Il great amount of attention and do best when
left alone most of the time. Yet there are GER
tain things which have to be done just at the right
time and in just the right way. These are the few
things that the farmer should know about. In
early spring, for example, the bees may easily
starve to death for lack Of stores, although they
may have come through the winter safely. In that
event they must be fed on sugar strip if no honey
is available. Equal amounts of sugar and water
may be used and it is best to have the water
warmed, but the sugar should never be melted on
the stove, as it is likely to be burned. The strip
may he given in one of several different kinds of
feeders. but few are better than a shallow pan
from the ten-cert store with a little excel
sior in it for the bees. to walk on. If this pan
filed with strip is placed on top of the frames
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30
Thounht That Helms.

In old days there were angels who
came and took men by the hand and
led them away from the city of de-
struction. We see no white-winged an
gels now. But yet men are led away
from threatening destruction; a hand
is put into theirs, which leads them
forth gently toward a calm and bright
land, so that they look no more back
ward, and the hand may be a little
chlld's.-George Eliot.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30
Correct Thought First.

Social reform is not to be secured by
noise and shouting, by complaints and
denunciation, by the formation of par
ties or the making of revolutions, but
by the awakening of thought and the
progress of ideas. Until there be
correct thought, there cannot be right
action and when there is correct
thought right action will follow. Pow
er is in the hands of the masses of
men. What Expresses the masses is
their W ignorance, their W short
sighted selfishness.-Henry George.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30

bees on the ground that they damage the ripe
fruit. The crop so quickly decreased in size, how
ever, that the fruit men were glad enough TO
have the bees back again. There is a well-es-
tablished belief that bees puncture grapes in or
der to extract the sweet juice, but the fallacv of
this belief has been proved beyond a doubt. Ripe
fruit has been placed inside a beehive, with thou
sands of the insects present, but it has not been
molested. 1t is true that if hornets or birds make
holes in grapes, pears or other ripe fruit, the bees
will feed on the juice which is exuded. In point
of fact, the jaws of the honey bee are so made
that 1t would be unable to bite into or otherwise
make holes in fruit, even If it had a will to do so.
Orchards in which bees are present in large
numbers are almost always much more productive
than those in which only a few bees are to be
found and many apple growers 8re now es-
tablishing apiaries in or near their orchards. 1t is
not necessary to have the hives actually under the
trees and it may be better to have them in an adj
joining field if the orchard is to be cultivated: as
otherwise the hives might be in the way and the
horses stung. Bees seem to have an instructive
dislike for horses and will even attack the bee
keeper sometimes if he starts to work in the bee
yard when the odOr of horses is upon his clothing.
Bookkeeping is not to be to hostlers.
To the orchardist the honey and wax which he
gets from his bees are merely by-products. An
extra yield in fruit is what he is after. And he
gets it, as may be judged from an instance cited
by one of the state experiment stations. 1t seems
that two orchards situated In the same part of
the country were cultivated in exactly the same
manner and had the same kinds of trees. Yet one
was prolific and the other a failure. When the
experiment station was appealed to, the trouble
was diagnosed as a lack of bees to pollinate the
flowers. You are wrong the answer was flashed
back, for there are no bees in either orchard"
The inspector was not convinced, however, and
after a search he found a very strong colony of
bees in u fallen log in one corner of the bearing
orchard. Bees were Immediately installed in the
other orchard by the owner, and as q result he
netted nearly $4,000 the next season-pretty good
interest on an investment of SIS or $50 in bees.
Most people do not know that an apple blossom
requires to be fortified several times in order
to produce the best fruit, but this is a fact. More
over, the blossoms of some trees must be pollinized
from another source if fruit is to be set. The
work is done largely by honey bees, although wild
bees and other insects help out to some extent.
Once, as a test case, 1855 apple blossoms were
covered in order to keep the bees away, and only
three apples matured. OF course, the bee does not
pollinize the blossoms purposely. She is in search
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30
Dogs Reared for Human Food.

Among the Chinese a particular spe,
cies of dog is said to be reared for
the table. 1t is a small dog of a grey
hound shape, with a muzzle much more
elongated than in terriers. The flesh
of black dogs is preferred to that of
animals of any other color on account
of the greater amount Of nutriment
the black dogs are supposed to pos.
Sess.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30

of the hives the bees will
quickly take the liquid down
and be tided over the period
Of famine.
IL is Il mistake for any
farmer to try to keep bees
in the oId-fashioned box hives,
for they cannot be managed
so well and getting the honey
out is likely to be a painful
as well as exciting process.
Likewise, thousands of bees
are needlessly sacrificed, and
the hives are almost sure to
be neglected. Modern hives
cost but little, yet may be
taken entirely to pieces and
the bees looked over without
the loss of a single one. And
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30
She Always cares.

A man gets after a while 81 that he
doesn't care SO very much for appear
'ances, as long as things work all right
and don't bother him, but we don't
suppose a woman eyer reaches the
point where she al be happy unless
all the silver is marked sterling.-
Columbus CO., Journal.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30
Friendly Comment.

Hamlet see by the papers this
morning that our friend Footlits has
shuffled off this mortal coil via the
suicide route.
Eggbert-Bahl I'll bet that is an
other n Of his schemes to secure
a little free advertising.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30

lying on the Pacific coast of South America Qike
the states of California, Oregon and Washington,
on the Pacific slope of the United States), cover
ing an area of nearly 100000 square miles, or more
than that Of Texas, and directly tributary to the
Panama canal, bought and sold in foreign com
merce products valued at nearly 1902, o 10000.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30
Her Wish.

81 wish l were dead" said he, after
the quarrel.
His wife did not join in this melan-
choly yearn.
Il wish you were insured" she die
say.-Kansas City Journal.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30
A BATCH OF SMILES
Objectionable

at was rather impolite for you to
snort when Jobbles pulled out his tin
watch"
"oh, I wasn't expressing contempt
for his umepiece."
"No7"
81 simply don't see any excuse for
pulling out a tin watch with a -four
ish."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30
Counting the Cost.

'"This poet says love is all in all"
"That's the pOetical view of life,"
answered the practical person.
"Yes?'
married life is so per cent love and
90 per cent upkeep."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30
And More Too.

Are you still looking for that hon.
est man% asked the stranger.
II am" replied Diogenes. "Can you
help me find himf"
mo, can't do that, but I can quote
you a very low price on oil for your
lantern, provided you buy 1t in large
quantities. You win probably need at
least ten barrels"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30
Mo- Shoes nr stockInna

when l came over from Ireland to
this country l was a ~barefooted boy"
you don't want me to understand
that you waded over. DO your
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30
unsolyed Mystery.

PA, everybody knows Metbusaleb
wa the Oldest man, don't theyT'
"Yes, my SON.
'"Then who knows who was the OLD
est womanT'
Nobody, my son"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30
His Money Gone.

omar-Did you ever experience
what might be termed. a feeling Of
~"gonenessf"
Heiny-Yes: i once backed a race
horse that ''also ran"