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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-25
The Sacrifice
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BY GoPDoN Amy
BY GORDON Amy
&ANANANNA

Copyright. 1916. by w. g. Chapman.)
Miss Flora Johnson. % Walden
avenue" read the line in the city d.
rectory, indicating that the owner Of
the name was a business woman.
which. in her small way, she indeed
was.
The little chonicle savored of COM
mercial establishment and independ.
ence, but in reality it covered the
drama Of grim and sorrowful expert
ence At the address noted Flora
Johnson lived in two poor rooms with
her mother, an invalid. her father
dead and memories of a life Of COM
fort and contentment before Mr.. John
son had failed in business.
The old friends of Mr.. Johnson al
lowed his daughter to refer to them,
but o n of them offered a position.
She struggled through the initiation as
a typist and s~tenographer and secured
a good position, but the house EN-
ploying her went out of business. She
had to take a poorer place, and. then
misfortune seemed to pursue her. Her
wages became smaller and smaller,
Jne of her employers abandoned his
office, a whole months salary in ar
rears, and at last Flora was forced to
take up rapid-ffre envelope address
ing at a nero pittance. Her ward
robe was becoming shabby. but she
had no means of replenishing it. She
was indeed deiected at times alwava
however, seeing that her mother was
provided for. Flora went hungry
more than once at the mandates of a
sordid necessity.
The heart of the mother was
cheered, as just after six o'clock had
struck, she heard the quick step OF
her daughter coming up the stairs
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-25

Gently tor the garden club work done last sum-
mer. There were five prizes of 500 in gold each,
one awarded to that school in eacll of the five
divisions which stood first in the progress it had
made in agricultural education and in the re-
suits of its agricultural work. This money will
be spent in the purchase of an agricultural IL
brary, a Babcock tester, a vegetable canning out
ht, or some other agricultural apparatus which
is to become a part of the permanent equipment
of the school.
There were also awarded five silver cups, one
for the pupil. boy or girl. in each of the five di-
visions who secured the best and biggest results
in the actual agricultural work undertaken as
part of the school course. 1t is a striking evil
dence of the cosmopolitan character of the popu-
lation of Chicago and Cook county that the indi-
vidual prize winners among the rural school pu-
pills for the year 1915 should be, respectively, of
German. Italian, Dutch, and Hungarian parent
age. There is not a Yankee among the lot.
The prize rural school of the whole county is
undoubtedly that in Niles township. Every pupil
in this school, which was taught by Seth Shep-
herd, individually planted and took care of a
garden or raised a field crop of some kind. Each
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-25

She fancied that she caught the echo
OF a glad. joyful laugh. All excite
ment, her usually pale cheeks red as
a rose. Flora burst into the rooE
gayly waving a letter.
"Oh. motherl" she cried; what do
you think? My luck has changed at
last. | just got this letter in the hall
mail box. It's for me and it's from a
firm called Andre Fairfax & Co. |
must have answered some advertise
ment of theirs for a stenographer, for
they say that l can report at ten to-
morrow morning, that my application
is accepted and that the salary is
oh, mother. dear, guess! guess!" 1ut-
tered Flora breathlessly.
Surely not $50?"
"No-$75i"
What a babbling and almost hys-
terical delight there was all through
their frugal meal! What hopes they
built on this sudden and unexpected
fortune. Flora sat up until midnight
mending gloves. doing up her hair,
starching and ironing her best waist.
You pretty picture!" enthused the
fond mother, as Flora kissed her
good-by. I've put a poor lunch in your
handbag. but it was all there is I'M
TIL"
my first weeks great, grand sal
ary!" cried Flora. with shining eye
''Then-oh, then, won't we luxuriate!"
Flora reached the office OF Fairfax
& Co. She told her business to the
information clerk, who went into a
private Office, and. returning. stated
that Mr.. Fairfax wished to see her.
Flora was impressed with the kindly
face of the young man, who, it seemed,
was the head of the business. He
nodded i~ntelligently as he read the
letter and wrote a line on a card.
Take that to Mr.. Doane. the Office
manager" he said. "He will assign
you to your work at once / hope
you will like your tasks here. Your
references were excellent"
My ~references?" repeated Flora. in
a puzzled way. why. sir, | sent
none-but | have them with me-"
> That is strange" observed Mr..
Fairfax. md he reached over and
lifted a large envelope from a little
tray. 81 thought / was right. Yes.
here they are"
In wonder. and hen in sickening
despair, Flora glanced over the recon-
mendation of Miss Flora Johnson, but
another Miss Johnson, at entirely diff
ferent address. She felt faint as the
truth dawned upon her: Whoever had
sent the letter had looked at the d.
rectory and had addressed the letter
to the wrong Flora Johnson.
There were tears in her eyes as she
faltered out an explanation. Blindly
she tottered from the room, reached
the outer office and then all became
blank.
Poor little SOUL" we're tho words
that greeted her as she opened her
eyes, and two typist girls were bend
ing over her as she lay ON a settee
in one OF the inner rooms of the suite.
"Mr. Fairfax is quite interested. 1t
seems this girl had her hopes raised
by receiving a letter intended for an
other Of her name. That poor lunch
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-25

ed States were being Influenced against US By
evidence provided by ourselves.
They are not averse to their government
bringing pressure to bear upon Great Britain
in regard to the blockade and all the questions
involved IN it; but wal against Great Britain has
never been in their minds, while at the same
time there were circumstances which might very
easily have drawn them into war with Germany
after the sinking of the Lusitania. They have
not forgotten Manila and what the British fleet
did there, in aid of Admiral Dewey. to defeat
German purposes against the United States.
II think the governments Of both countries
have preserved the very highest traditions of di.
plomacy. Never has diplomatic correspondence
been maintained on a higher level, and never
the firm thing said with greater good feeling on
both sides.
I'VE have tried our friends in the United
States greatly; we have tested their confidence
in us to the full.
I'VE shall do well to remembe that the people
of the United States must, sooner or later, be
a vast controlling factor in the destinies of mod.
ern nations. There is the population; there ia
the wealth; there is the character. The Civil
war showed what that character is; when an
occasion again sets the test, it will employ itself
to the supreme advantage of the world. 1t will
be we'll for us, while preserving principle, to
remember that friendship with the United States
is one of the greatest assets in this time of our
trouble and poignant endeavor."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-25
Women More Religious Than Men.

"OlIlCu ANS'S ~
The real reason why women are
more religion. than men todas is be-
carse they are more human than men.
1t is not by nature that they are so.
Social conditions have made them so.
AS we have divided the labor of the
world between the SEXES, the WORK of
men is almost entirely concerned with
t. production and distribution OF
things; the work of women almost en-.
tirely with the production and sus-
tanance of persons. We all or Us at
times notice me 81 eat throngs of men
who go, at the call of the whistle, in
and cut of our great factories. To the
average mans mind, these hundreds
of men are "hands" and the purpose
of the factories where they are en-
ployed j, to produce goods" but to
the average woman's mind, these hun
dreds of laborers are HUMAN beings,
and the purpose of the factories Is to
furnish s~ustenance, through pay en-
Yelopes, to men and women and boys
and girls and babies yet unborn. IN
most of our homes the man leaves hui
man interests early n the morning
devotes the best hours cf his day to
the welfare of things, and returns to
persons again only for the evenings
relaxation. His vife, meanwhile, has
hardly done an act of labor all the
day, has hardly made a plan or had a
thought, which IS not with consider
able intimacy related to human be-
ings-her husband, her children, her
Northumberland l. Bell, in the At
lantic.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-25
War Medal Hats CaIumnv

A recent copy Of the Paris Journal Omcel contained the lame of
vedrfnes. the aviator. in a list of men awarded the military medal which
ranks IS high in France a $ the Victoria Cross in England. The nomination
said that Jules Vedrines had volunteered for seven special missions which
involved the most absolute contempt Of danger and remarkable GOODNESS
and skill"
Vednnes for some reason has been the victim OF calumny on two oeca-
sons during the war Rumors declared that he had been a traitor" in some
unspecihed way, and It wal also stated that he had been shot These
reports werer revived later, and we're believed by many His military medal
will dispose of them forever.
An evening paper having printed his citation and added q few lines OF
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-25
Spiteful.

Grace seems to take a deep inter-
est in yachting, doesn't she?"
Yes; she is quite carried away win
it."
And she knows all those nautSezK
terms, too
We'll, why shouldn't she? Her n
Their started Inc as deckhand. yuR
know"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-25
Would Obey Orders.

The foreman swore at Cassidy for
not fully loading up his hod. The hod,
he said. would hold so many bricks.
and Cassidy must take a full load up
the ladder every trip.
One morning the supply of bricks
ran out and Cassidy, after gathering
every brick in sight, found he was
still short of the proper number. He
yelled up to a workman on the fifth
story.
What do you want?" asked the
workman.
Throw me down al brick" shout
ed Cassidy. ito make good me load"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-25
No Joke.

What do you think OF Chinas turas,
ing its president into an emperors~
Il think 1t Is q browning nsniazn~
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-25

sympathy or who had been so baSay malgned, Vedrnes wrote a few
words of thanks to the editor;
Thank you above all for the honor of my four children For the love
of my country and mine. have always done my duty. do 1t a s others do
it, and shall always do it when and how am wanted. You may be sure
that those who are pleased tc tarnish m have never faced danger"
Although his domain, which consists or two separate portions. lying 80
miles apart in northern Germany. and having an area of only 43s square
miles. Prince Frederic of waldeckPyrmont rules with all the pomp and
ceremony which characterzes the courts Of the great powers
The king Of Italy always carries his crown with him wherever h goes
and frequently dons 1T when he reviews his troops Oh ceremonial parades
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-25

Every man thinks he's a student OF
human nature. but few would be able
to pass al examination on the sub
ject.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-09-09
res .1NExtz5oD


'They sold me like slave" said
iris Speaker, the poor slave Of base.
ball, when the Boston Red SOX sold
him to the Cleveland Indians for the
pifiiing price Of $4,000, with a couple
Of players thrown in for good measure.
Speaker wouldn't sign with Boston for
$1,000 a season. He Is reported to be
getting $4,000 ut Cleveland.
"What do the players Go with their
money!" They invest 1t, they buy
good clothes with It.; those without
business interests find plenty Of time
to spend 1t for entertainment during
the winter months. and then OF course
there IL the ''missus." Many OF the
players are married and SO have the
problem Of getting rid Of their coin
solved for them.
Ty Cobb. the Georgia peach, who
has been dragging down fat stipend
from Detroit for ten years, owns sO
much property ut Augusta, Ga. that
sOOn nc will be between the devil and
the deep blue sea. He won't know
whether to play or stay home and
tend to his knitting. But Cobb likes
the game us well as the salary and
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-09-09
RUPPERT'S HOT REPLY
Answer to Minor Leagues Who
Protest Recall Of Players.
Action Not Taken Until Every Other
Means Had FaiIed-Presldent Co.
risksy Of Chicago White Cox
Would Not Assist.

Colonel Rupert of the New York
American League club when asked to
reply to the criticisms emanatng from
minor lengue cities upon the recall Of
players belonging to the New Yorks
from the lower leagues. said:
"'Tle unprecedented number Of acct.
dents to the New York team which in.
jured their six best players. namely,
Baker. Magee. Maisel. Gilhooley. High
and Cullop. coupled with the Illness Of
Fisher and GejeOn. ind the detection
Of Caldwell, put the team in such
crippled condition that there was no
alternative but to recall three of the
New York players loaned to the minor
leagues, viz, Arugon. ShOcker ana
Miller. The recall of these players was
done only as II last resort. We bought
Oldrlng to fiji Gilhooley's place. Mr..
Huston and myself went to Chicago
to meet Connie Mack to try to buy,
borrow or steal Strunk. but Mr.. Mack
would listen to no proposition of any
kind, and perhaps properly SO.
I'VE tried to get one Of COmiskey's
extra outfelders. but he would not
consider n cash purchase. and we
could not spare any player In u trade
that would be acceptable to him. We
made overtures for Tobin, but st.
Louis needed that Outfielder. We ex.
haustcd every effort to get big league
players and In desperation decided
that we could do nothing else but
bring In our players from the minors.
But we tried to make 1t as easy as 1t
was In our power to do so, for the
clubs from which the players were
taken. But bear In mind that we had
a perfect contract right to recall these
players. The optional agreement un.
the minors provided that they may he
returned to us upon short notice. and
that we may In turn recall the players
upon five days notice. The several
minor League clubs were fullyf aware
Of what they were agreeing to because
every one Of them objected to the
recall clause and finally ncquiesced
in 1t when we would have 1t no other
way. We called Mr.. JOhnsOn's atten.
ton to this clause In our optional
agreements.
'The minors have repeatedly taken
OOvantnge Of their right to return to
US our players this year. In one In
stance they have returned n player
with an utter disregard for our inter
ests, and in another case have re-.
turned player on account Of theil
own peculiar financial conditions
Louisville returned Carroll Brown, Co
lumbus sent us back Don Brown, To
rontO left Layton fiat on our hands
Doc Cook was shuntcd back by Oak
lind, and Cy Pieh devolved upon III
from Newark. II IL poor rule that
won't work both ways.
I'VE can't see how the minors chr
object to our exercising our cOntractu
nj rights when they so ruthlessly TAX,
advantage Of their rights. But ever
hnd we no right to recall the play
ers we feel that the minor leagues
should help us out I'm our dire neccs
siry, for we certainly distribute,
among them last year big sum o.
Money which must have helped on
not little In the darkest year base
ball has possibly ever seen."
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-09-09
Y BSizE6%

Sam Crawford does not look to be oil
In Ivy any means.
Ira Thomas has been signed to coach
the Williams College baseball nine.
Fred Beebe has Joined Ban Johnson
In his petition against pinch hitters.
Eddie Plank. the Gettysburg gunner,
Is the gent who put the art In artillery.
Sam Rice, the little right fielder of
the Senators, IL some batting sensa.
ton.
An expert rises to wheeze that the
average sl,Oestring catch IL made of
tight luce.
To be successful on the diamond q
player must not only catch flies but
swat 'em!
Ollie O'AIara, Brooklyn shOrtstOp,
started his career In the Trolley league
Of st. Louis.
Stealing third with the bases full Is
one of the fractures BOnesetter Reese
can't set.
Eddie Plank Is fOrty-One years old
and says he will keep pitching until he
Is fOrty-five.
Larry Lajoie Is playing a good game
ut second for the Mackmen, but Larry
cannot win ball game all alone.
Witt, the young shOrtstOp of the
Athletics, and Pick, the third baseman,
are certainly playing whirlwind field.
ing game.
Although batter of small denOmi-
nations, Workman Is proving regular
gilt edge government bond In the field
for Chicago.
Mel WOlfgang has been pitching
grand ball all year and Is now one OF
the most reliable members Of Row.
lands crew.
Baseball managers might do well ia
sign up Jockey McTaggert for duty on
the coaching lines. As rider he's
second to none.
The Texas league teams are staging
a cOrking good race, with Waco, Hous'
ton and Fort Worth packed In to-
gether ut the top.
John Evers was put Off the field fol
kicking on one of tine umpire's deci
siOns. Mote to make'upman: Keen
this line standingl.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-09-09

probably will be around as long as his
legs are Timber and his batting eye
keen. This spring his arrival In traia-
ing camp was delayed because Of the
fire at Augusta, which destroyed SO
much of his holdings.
J. Franklin Baker, the home run
king, playing third for the Yankees
after a years retirement. has put
much Of his money into good Maryland
farm land and each winter retires to
his own soil.
Christy MathewsOn owns fortune
which makes him independent Of man.
ayers aLd everyone else. 1t has been
amasscd by careful investment OF his
baseball earnings. Then. too, because
Of his baseball fame, he has made
money as Il 'writer."
Frank Chance, the Peerless Lender,
manager Of the Cubs In the days Of
Charles Webb Murphy and later man.
ager Of the Yankees, owns fine fruit
ranch ut GlendOra, Cal. The Gull of
baseball proved too strong, however,
ind this year he Is back In the game
us owner Of the Los Angeles team In
the COast league.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-09-09
MANY HITS WITHOUT SCORING
Pirates Made Three Triples, a Single,
and Two Passes Without Count
Inc q Run.

us It possible" asks a Joliet, ILL.,,
fan, "for team to make three triples,
a single. and get two bases on balls In
one inning and then fail to score a
RUM"
Not only Is 1t possible, but such an
incident actually happened back In
1892.
The Pirates We're playing the Cubs
In Pittsburgh, with Pittsburgh ut bat.
The first three Pirates tripled. Two
died trying to stretch their drives to
hOmers. Then came the two passes,
filling the bases. The next batter
drove the ball along the third base
line. 1t hit the Pirate runner coming
in and he was out under the 'hit-by-
batted-ball" rule. The batter, however,
iOl'iclally was credited with single.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-09-09
KN0TTY POINT AMUSES
Very Serious Situation to Aus.
tralian Baseball Fans.
Clipping From sydney Paper Pub.
ilshed for Benefit Of American
0ues-somebody Pulled an
Awful Bone Play.

Doubtless this will be amusing to
fens in America, but 1t seems to be
a very serious situation to the fans Of
Australia. It is what correspond.
ent from Sydney, Australia, terms n
"knOtty point and he nsks what the
decision would I've in "the American
game" He furnishes clipping from
Sydney newspaper in order that
the problem may be clearly understood
Just as 1t appeared In the Sydney pa.
per, for the benefit Of American fans,
says Sporting News. Whatever the
meeting of umpircs decides, the deci.
sion Of fms In this country will he
that Sellars pulled nm awful bone when
he left his base just because some.
body cried "foul." But who would
have believed the Australians were up
to such tricks-perhaps 1t was a
struy American In the game that did 1t.
But to the "knotty point" Here II
Is as outlined In the Sydney clipping:
~ mild sensation was caused Mt
the decentralization (victOrla)
game. arising out Of the decision Of
the umpire (Afr. w. Bowes) In giving
Sellars (Eawthorn) out. It appears
that the Hawthorn batsman hit the
ball into the left ficld-a runner scOr.
Ing. Sellars crossed first base.
"While he was midway between first
and second base one Of the ficltlsmen
called foul whercupon Sellars i'm
mediately returned home to the bat.
ter's box.
".The bail was returned to the pitch.
er, and Mackay Captain Of Rich
nOnd), running to first base, appealed
to the umpire.
''ThOugh the Hawthorn batter dis.
scnted with the decision. he had no OPP
ton but to retire. However. he asked |:
How was I given OutY and there the
trouble starts, for the umpire ex.
pressed certain amount Of diflidence,
as he was unable to partlcularize the
rule, remarklng: You IRE out; but
Mt the moment I cannot point out the
rule to you
"Sellars. In support Of his argu-
ments, states that the call Of four was
unfair, inasmuch as the ball was not
outside the recognized territory; that
ha was not advised by the umpire or
his coaches us to whether the ball was
foul or not, and that 1t cannot be
shown under what rule he was given
out.
"There il, however, diversity Of
opinion on this matter, and the views
advanced by Sellars IRE by no means
shared by the general body Of play.
ers, who are Of the opinion that the
Hawthorn player was correctly given
out. In view of the dissatisfac tion
expressed the question will be fully
debated Mt the next meeting Of the
Umpires' association"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-09-09

uses to designate third strike Knufr
was on his way to the bench, stepping
along briskly with his bat on his shout
der.
Benny knew Demaree had slipped u
good one over, and he took 1t as Il
break In the game. Instead of trying
to alibi himself before 10000 fans he
'abOut faced" and marched on about
his business. He did not tap the plate
with vengeful force, nor did he stop
to east an Ominous look ut the umpire,
thereby conveying the impression that
he had been cheated.
'The old boy just famed me clean,"
Kauff's attitude seemed to say. II
didn't think he would put the third one
over, but he crossed me and slipped
it In. He famed Benny Kauff, but ev-
cry time Benny Kauff fans he will lay
two hits up against the pitcher. He
famed me, that's ALL