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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01
TO MATE WITH AMERICANS
Probable That a Part Of the Surplus
European Women viii Come TO
This Country.

For every man that has fallen in the
European war a somewhere
has lost a sweetheart or a husband.
The final figures which death, the
reaper, will write red at the bottom of
his record will correspond with just
so many minated women, minated
with small possibility of marrying
while they live in their native lands.
The women of the man-reduced ma
lions must either face lives of ce-
Hbacy or go elsewhere for their hus-
bands. 1t is therefore predicted that
a vast influx of woman immigrants to
America will be witnessed as soon as
peace is established.
The question of handling this posi-
BILE influx is already being discussed
and a large philanthropic land develop
ment concern has been suggested to
form colonies where the immigrant
war widows and others may own and
operate farms.
But a woman without a man on a
farm would not be a very safe invest
ment even for a philanthropist. S. the
question of finding husbands for the
various nationalities of Europe is one
that must be seriously met and solved.
The great percentage of our W
women live in the East. And in the
middle West and Southwest there are
hundreds of thousands of ranch own
ers, cowboys and miners who have few
opportunities for marriage.
But suppose a shipload of fascinat.
Ing foreign women were transported
to the center of the cowboy region
all desiring to make some lonely,
healthy and handsome "puncher" a
helpful wife. What would be the effect
on those sturdy Americans on the
range? Suppose another shipload
were carried to a prosperous mining
town, where thousands OF lonely men
live in barren boarding houses, or keep
bachelor cabins among the hills.
Would the cowboys stampede and
would the mines drop their muck
sticks to marry the transplanted fe-
male species?
Both the owners of mines and
ranches prefer to have their men mar.
ried, because in that state they don't
drift around from camp to camp Sc
much. They would therefore give such
a matrimonial propaganda sufficient
and encouraging backing. And as for
the bachelors, who among them would
not feel the call of man offered in
such a way?
French, Russian, Viennese, English
and Italian, with a corresponding Ian
guage and ann to each. The only
needs would be a ~hyphenated diction
airy and a hurrying clergyman. Does
romance eve need a language wher
mating does the talking?
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01

puted its possession. In one Of its
many changes alone. more than so, 0
of it's people were put to the sword. So
heavy has been the toll that wal has
levied upon it hat where once it was
larger than the capital of the United
States, today less than 10000 people
dwell there.
The city is rich in remnants of its
former greatness. Old Jacobite, Greek
and Armenian churches raise their
spires to heaven along with the nina
rets of a host of Mohammedan
mosques.
Silk raising is a principal industry,
and the sheaves that the inhabitants
bring in there are sheaves of mulberry
leaves which serve as fodder for the
hungry silkworm. Lettuce is a favor
lite article of diet, and the Turks eat it
all day long.
Strange Craft on the Tieris.
Strangest of all the kinds of float.
ing equipment is the kelek, seen on
the Tigris. The kelek is probably one
of the earliest forms of water trans
p%ortation used by our ancestors in
Asia. 1t consists of goatskins inflated
with air, tied beneath a framework of
light poles. Often as many as 800 such
skins are used to give the boat the
desired buoyancy.
The cargo is loaded onto the kelek
just as though it were a f%lat-bottomed
barge, after which the craft begins it's
journey down the Tjgris or the Eu-
pirates propelled or guided by oars.
When it reaches its journeys end it is
broken up and sold as skins and tim
Der.
The two great rivers of Mesopo-
tamia are very crooked and very irreg.
ular in their depths. The airline dis
lance between Diarbekir and Bagdad
is 400 miles, while the water route via
the Tigris is about 1000 miles. At
many places the river is deep enough
to accommodate boats of considerable
draft, but at others it is so shallow
that a man has difficulty in swimming.
But even over shadows where a man
cannot go as a swimmer, a well-laden
kelek will float without accident. For
thousands of years this buoyant boat
has helped the people of Mesopotamia
to o their commerce over the
shoals and shadows of two of the
earth's modest rivers.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01
SOME NATURAL SOAP PLANTS
Produce a Copious
Lather.

In western Nebraska and Kansas, in
Colorado, New Mexico and parts of
Utah, Arizona, Texas and Mexico,
grow the plants commonly known as
Spanish bayonet, bear grass or soap
weed, the Philadelphia Inquirer OBJ
serves.
The first name is suggested by the
stiff, sharp-pointed leaves that stand
like a cluster of bayonets round the
crown of the plant, as If to protect the
tall spike of large, greenish-white flow
ers that shoots up during the early
summer. The last named comes from
the use that the native peoples of
these regions have long made of the
plant, for 1t contains a substance
known as saponin, which forms a lath-
err in water much like that of soap The
material can be used to wash articles
that would be injured by the alkalis
of ordinary soaps. The roots of the
plant, which contain most of the soap
like substances, are generally used.
The Indians bruise these roots be-
tween two stones and put them into
cold water to steep for a few minutes.
Then they stir the mixture vigorously
and rub 1t between their hands, an
operation that o produces a copi-
Gus lather. Then they throw away the
root ibers and use the suds they have
produced.
Soap manufacturers have begun to
use soap weed in making a mild soap
for the toilet and for washing deli
cate fabrics. Ranchmen, on whose
land the soap weed is a nuisance, can
often sell it for enough to pay for
clearing the land. The weed can be
dug at any time. dried, baled and sent
by rail to the soap factories. The spe-
cies Of soap weed most commonly en-
ployed is the large fruited Spanish
bayonet, Yucca baccata, the fruits Of
which were formerly eaten, when
dried, by the Indians. Another COM
non species, Yucca glauca, is also en-
ployed as a source If the vegetable
soap.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01
His Father S
House
BY
HAROLD CARTER
lCopyright. lgl6. BIZ w. 9. Chapmanl

copyright, 1916. by w. q. Chapman.)
ut has always been my practice"
said the dean, ito baptize a child on
Easter / ask the members of my
congregation to help me to continue
this practice"
Everybody knew the deans love of
children. He had had three of his
own, one, a girl, had died, another girl
was married and living in the West;
and of the deans son only a few peo-
pie knew anything. After a wild col
lege career he had disappeared abrupt
ly from his fathers house. The cause
of the quarrel nobody knew, but all
knew that the fault lay with the son.
Since that day father and son had
never communicated with each other.
1t lacked five days of Easter, and,
prolific in births though Madsbury
was, no child had been born lately that
had not been baptized, except the oc-
casional child that was not destined to
be baptized. In vain the good-hearted
women of the congregation hunted
through the lists of the parishioners.
There's Mrs. Martins baby" said
n to another, as the news came of
the tenth child of the bakers wife.
But you can't take a baby six days old
to be chrftened in weather like this"
We've got to get somebody" said
Mrs. Latour. Have you tried the hos
pitfalls, dear?"
They hunted through the hospitals,
and at last their quest was rewarded.
There was a colored baby, two and
a half weeks old, in perfect health.
But the parents belonged to an OBJ
scure sect which insisted on baptism
by it's own ministers.
IF you'll help us not disappoint the
dean, Mrs. Washington, I'll give you
ten dollars" said Mrs. Latour. And
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01
penles Hs Mas Eaten hx El.b

George H. Baldwin positively de-
MED that he had been eaten by a
shark, despite seemingly overwhelm-
ing evidence to the contrary.
Recently a man-eating shark was
killed off Catalina island, and when
its interior was examined fragments
of a mans Goa were found, to which
was attached a pin of the American
Society of Civil Engineers bearing
Baldwih's name. His demise was an
nounced in Los Angeles newspapers,
and his wife began to receive scores
of kilograms and letters of condo
lence.
Mrs. Baldwin some months ago gave
away n of Baldwin's old coats, from
which she forgot to remove the pin
Berkeley (Cal.) Dispatch to San Fran.
cisco Chronicle.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01
A Crabs INGENIOUS DISGUISE.

There is a species of small crab
found upon the English coast that is
so afraid of it's enemies that it has
found out, or perhaps been taught, a
clever way to hide itself. An English
man had one of these crabs as a pet,
and he was lucky enough to visit the
creature when it was in the very act
Of making his wig" The crab first
tore off a piece of green, ribbonlike
seaweed with his pincers and placed
one end in his mouth. This, he sucked
and nibbled and moistened with some
secretion of the nature of glue, that
nardens under water, and then he
pressed the sticky end upon his back.
By and by his back was covered with
a regular green and waving wig, so
that, as he crawled about, he looked
like a bunch of seaweed in gentle
motion. 1t is to be presumed that
such a crab makes a sweet mouthful
for a hungry fish, and that he makes
the wig to prevent his being gobbled
up. From time to time, of course, tho
wig requires repairing.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01
Il won't, then" answered the dean.

Il won't, then" answered the dean.
Half an hour later he stood before
the christening font, looking thought
fully into the face of the girl-mother.
who was opposite him. Beside her
stood Mrs. Latour. holding a baby that
behaved with all a baby's traditional
goodness at baptism. 1t neither stirred
nor cried, but lay in Mrs. Latour's
arms with its blue eyes wide open, and
fixed on the Deans face.
The service proceeded, and all the
time he was speaking the Dean was
thinking of his own lost child. His
son had lain in his arms in the same
tranquil way, and he had never guessed
what trouble was to come after.
But there was trouble now. There
was trouble on the young mothers
face. Timid and shy, she seemed I'M
able to conceal her grief. The Dean
saw the tears we'll into her eyes and
roll down her cheeks as he took the
infant into his arms and asked it's
name.
After a slight pause Mrs. Latour
stepped forward and whispered it. And
the Dean stared into the face of the
child he held. 1t was his own name
that she had spoken.
One little hand clutched at his sur
plice. The face, upturned to his, the
eyes that looked gravely, almost ques-
tioningly, into his own, told him the
secret. 1t was his W grandson that
he was holding. He traced his sons
features, as a child's, in this child's
face; it might have been his WI boy
that he held in his arms again. His
prayer had been answered, although
not as he had asked it.
He felt that as he poured the water
over the head of the babe. Then the
ceremony vas over. The mother held
the babe in her arms again and the
register had been signed. Mrs. Latour
and her husband had slipped away.
The mother had gone, and Dean Far
rell stood alone in the vestry.
Only a minute, but in that minute he
summed up an eternity. Then he went
through the church. At the door he
came upon the young mother. She
was just leaving, and at her side, be-
hind the pillar, where he had stood
throughout the ceremony, he saw his
son.
For just one instant the two men
hesitated. Then the Deans arms were
about the grown man, as if he were
the little boy whom he had lost.
You must come home" he said.
This day l have taken two children
into my Fathers house."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01

"But I've Never Seen Dean Farrell"
a silk dress. And a new suit of clothes
for your husband. And a job in our
garden"
do you think Aim going to sell
nah baby's soul for silk and gold?"
demanded the indignant Mrs. Washing
ton, sitting up fiercely among her pill
lows.
The ONE beat a hasty retreat. The
last hope seemed gone. And then it
was that the great discovery was
made.
There was a baby-and Mrs. Latour
found 1t. 1t had been born three weeks
before, in a rooming house at the other
end of the town. The mother, a
delicate, frail young thing, listened in
W as Mrs. Latour told her of the
deans wish.
But I've e seen Dean Farrell"
she whispered.
That makes no difference" an
swered Mrs. Latour. Now don't be
a foolish girl, but do just as l tell
you. I'm going to let the dean know
an hour or so before the christening"
She did not tell any of the other
women Of the congregation, and MAIDS
bury was agog to know whether or not
Dean Farrell would be able to carry
out his long-cherished custom. And,
as the days went by, and the scramble
to find a baby became more and more
acute, without visible result, it was
confidently anticipated that the dean
would not.
Dean Farrell was greatly distressed.
He had kept to his custom for more
than thirty years. In fact, the first
baby that he had ever baptized had
been his Owl hayward son, of whom
he thought constantly. Like every
father, he saw him, not as the grown
man who had defied him, but as the lit
tie child whom he had held in his arms
and yearned over. Where was he
now?
His heart vas very heavy. The boy
might be dead. Worse things than
death might have befallen him. Some
where On the broad face of the earth
was NHO m0 hOhA hO haA hCAA ~ hlb
arms at the baptismal. font and who
had filed all his life.
1t was at the eleventh hour that Mrs.
Latour came to the deanery. when the
dean had long given up hope. Her
face was alight with triumph.
I've found him!" she cried happily.
Him" said the dean vaguely. He
had been seated in his Office, thinking
of his son at the time when she was
announced. The words seemed like an
answer to his prayer, and he con-
nected them with him.
THE dearest little boy baby. And
he'll be here with his mother in half
an hour. She's a girl from the
other end of the town, and l found her
by accident. I'm going to be god.
mother. my husband will be one god
father. and the verger has Just said
he'll be the other"
but the father?" queried the dean.
Dean Farrell" said Mrs. Latour
seriously, you know you said that you
would give anything to have a baby to
baptize. and it was pretty dihicult to
get one for you, This is a Ease OF pri-
vate troubles. and-you mustn't com
plicate matters by asking questions.
please
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01

manifest themselves in crime, society
pays the policeman and the
~penitentiary by which legal expiration
Is made. And when the wretched
parents die, society pays for the fu-
nerals and supports the orphans. This
is not 70 mention the moral and physi-
cal menace to the community which
such an u%ncared-for family may be-
come.
Count these public charities" and II
becomes clear that the 1850 which New
York saves on each Of the laborers Is
taken out of New York city's treasury
and orderliness and health-and more
too.
Laws of society are like any other
laws of the material universe; they are
i%nviolable, Society cannot break them.
but society can bruise itself against
them And that is what society has
been doing. With this consolation.
however, that every bruise society in
ficts upon itself awakens its intelli-
gence and concern in that particular
direction.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01

ward, with the elevator boy praying at every jump that the passenger
wouldn't ride to the top floor
However, that is what Ward did. He landed on the fifth floor and
carried his treasure into of the Offices
"Suingbeans" announced Ward, calmly. They're three feet long, too"
There wa n o question about it. The sringbeans were measured, and
one of them vas 80 and a fraction. of inches in length. Ward claims that
one strngbean. upon which he lavished particular attention, reached the
length of A inches, which he states is a stunning recordbreaker for this
part of the country. Six of Wards stnngbeans will provide 1. sufficient
supply for a small famly-providng the family isn't overload of string
beans.
The butt ed If these mammoth beans is strongly reminiscent of the
head of a reptile.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01

The longest beard referred to in
European history is that which
adorned the person of John Mayo,
painter to Emperor Charles V. 1t is
said of him that though he was very
tall his beard was so long that he
could tread upon it. Naturally he was
very proud of his possession, and took
such great care of it that he usually
went about with 1t carefully gathered
up in festoons, the points of the hair
being looped up and tied with ribbon
to a ~buttonhole of his coat. But some
times, by the express desire of the
emperor, Mayo would unite his beard
to its full length, w%hereupon his mai
esty would command the windows to
be opened so that the beard might
have full play. The emperor" we
are informed. took great sport in
watching the wind blow this long
beard in the faces of his courtiers."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01
Satisfied.

Returning home from a scientific
meeting II night, a college profess
sor, who was noted for his c~oncentra-
ton of thought, was still bordering
deeply on the subject that had been
under discussion. Upon entering his
room he heard a noise that appeared
to come from under the bed.
rs anyone there?" he asked, abb
sently.
NO, professor" answered the in
truder, knowing his peculiarities.
That's strange" murmured the
professor. 81 was almost sure | heard
someone under the bed."-Harper's
Magazine.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01
HIS HEART is IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

Among the soldiers in a London military hospital was a roughlooktnx
fellow with the physiognomy of a pizefghter, and apparently a complas
stranger to the tender and sentimental feeling.
In the same ward lay a drummer boy concerning whom 40 hope Of recovery
was entertained. The man puzzled the doctors and nurses. His recovery ws
strangely delayed, though there was no apparent reason, except his W dian-
cinaton, why he should not admit that he was all right and TT to be discharged
from the hospital
A watch was set upon him, and 1t was then discovered that he was In the
habit Of making his way to the side of the Lad, smoothing his pillow, watching
over him, and generally performing the duty of a watchul and an@ionatS
nurse 1t was this devotion to the boy which held him to the hospital
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01
PLENTY of RIund.rs

That Charge of the Light Brigade
was a great poem. What q ringing
refrain-'Someone had blundered.'"
WAS that the idea that inspired the
poem?"
You may say So"
Gee. what a lot of poetry this war
ought to bring orth."-Louisyills
Courier'Journal-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01

aIeu Dy The OfIlcl0Is OF the coast guard,
who consider only efficiency, she was
sold recently for $25,100.
In normal times the Thetis would
have fetched, coast guard officials es~
innate, less than $4,000. The present
scarcity of ships caused many firms
to submit bids for the vessel. Even
at the price S25, 100, however, officials
believe she virtually will pay for her
self on her first commercial trip be-
Of the prevailing high rates of
ocean TRANSPORTATION. 1t was the The
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01
Ancient History.

Jonah had Just been swallowed by
the whale. Gazing about his narrow
quarters, he said; "Oh. well, this isn't
any worse than the fiat I've been liv.
ing in" Whereupon he doubled him.
self aud proceeded to take a nap.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01
VAST CANADIAN MUNIrIoN PLANT.

Scattered over a Ushaped area a mile long, covering 400 acres, a great
powder plant, costing upward of $1,5000O0, was recently completed I'm ave
months at Drummondyile, Quebec, by an American firm of engineers and
constructors. Two acid+making plants added to the original contract have since
been built at an additional cost of 100000. AS described in the current tissue
of the Engineering Record, the work Is a whole required extensive clearing
and grading, the construction of 20 concrete, brick, and timber buildings. and.
a railroad yard, the installation of heavy machinery, and the fitting of n
extraordinary quantity of pipe. 1t will be operated by the Aetna Chemical
company Of Canada for the manufacture OF guncotton and smokeless powder:
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01

ts-a Dundee whaler-that found the explorer Lieut.. A. W. Greedy and his
six surviving companions of the Lady Franklin bay Arctic expedition. with
death only a matter of hours in the frozen North and brought them back to
civilization. This the great and glorious accomplishment of this stanch
ship which successfully batted with Ice, leading the companion ship. the
Bear In this quest while a third ship, the Alert found the way barred to her
utmost endeavors.
This was the feat that brought an undying and unquestoned glory to
her commander, then Commander Winfield Scott SchIey, afterward the hero
of Santiago and the other naval officers and men who accompanied him in
this Greedy relief expedition.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01

doOrkeeper looked at Ward suspI-
ciOusly.
I'm not sure you can bring cells
into this place." he said.
Ward, lightly twirled the three
foot, limp and lifeless things that
dangled from his right hand.
They're not eels," he stated, con-
fdently.
Then the elevator boy saw them.
Snakes :" he exclaimed, with sin
cere emotion. "Oh, my LawdT"
And the elevator bounded sky
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01
Result OF Association.

This ayiator's assistant takes too
readily to the business"
I'm what way?"
HE has been at 1t only a week and
here he wants a raise"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01
ReasonabIe Assumption

What do you think of a scoundrel
who would drive nails through a board
and lay it in the road to puncture au-
tomobile tires?"
IF anyone should play tricks like
that on me-" said the man, who reads
diplomatic notes, 81 would consider
his act deliberately unfriendly."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01
"somethlna Iust Id oood.n

During the prevalence of high prices
for drugs many citizens have taken to
fresh air, sunshine and good foods,
with excellent results.-Chicago News.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01
Neither "EeIs" or Snakes" Merely Stringbeans

VA HEN John S. Ward of Cherrydale Va, sauntered into the District building
w the other day he managed to create a sensation unequaed since that
memorable day when Detective Patrick OBnen shaved off his mustache. Tho
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01
Career Of Historic Coast Guard Cutter Is Ended

r he remarkable and historic career of the coast guard cutter Thets, cover
Il ing a period of 30 years, is done Having "ouuived her usefulness" in tho
cold. materof1act way in which She is thrown into the discard as snnerannn:
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01

A new motor truck for carrying coal
carries the body on a turntable SO hat
1t a be unloaded at any angle.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01
Labor Department to Have Handsome New Building

r. CONTRACTS have been awarded for the construction of a thoroughly
~ modern office building for the department of labor. The new home of the
department of labor is to- include MANY features not often found in evr the