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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-19
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1t is not usual to think of the Negro
as having contributed much to the
wisdom literature of the world, but
the following proverbial expressions
are enough to show that he has not
been altogether lacking in this re-
spect:
Not to aid one in distress is to kill
him in your heart.
Birth does not differ from birth; as
the free man was born so was the
slave.
Much gesticulation does not prove
courage.
Do not repair another mans fence
until you have seen to your own.
You cannot kill game by looking at
It.
Familiarity induces contempt, but
distance secures respect.
Faults are like a hill, you stand on
your own and you talk about those
of other people.
To love the king is not bad. but a
king who loves you is better.
The day on which one starts is not
the time to commence ones prepare
ton.
He who forgives ends the quarrel.
The sieve neve Sits meal by it.
self.
The dawn does not come twice to
wake a man.
Il have forgotten thy name" is bet
ten than Il know thee not"
The fugitive never stops to pick the
thorn from his foot.
The elephant does not find his trunk
heavy.
But the outstanding feature of a
new magazine is just the fact of it's
appearance. Launched at Chicago by
a new organization, the Association
for the Study of Negro Life and His
tory, it does not intend Ito drift into
the discussion of the Negro problem, %
but rather to "popularize the move
ment of unearthing the Negro and his
contributions to civilization be-
lieving that facts properly set forth
will speak for themselves" This is a
e and stirring tote in the advance
of the black man. Comparatively few
of any rae have a broad or accurate
knowledge of its past. 1t would be
absurd to expect that the Negro will
carry about in his head many details
of a history from which he is sepa-
rated by a tremendous break. 1t is
not absurd to expect that he will
gradually learn that he, too, has a
heritage of something beside shame
and wrong. By that knowledge he
may be uplifted as he goes about his
task of building from the bottom
New York Evening Post.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-19

Everybody that is young enough,
and some persons who are not, APP
pear TO have adopted one of those
many styles in hairdressing patterned
after the Bobby" couture. The Gas
tie bob" made popular by the famous
dancer, requires a bare forehead with
the hair drawn back and a bob at each
side.
The Bobby couture is youthful look
ing but sometimes unbecoming. Only
the possessor of a beautiful brow
looks well with it entirely uncovered
To get over this difficulty the wearing
of a narrow band of velvet or other
ribbon bound about the forehead has
come into vogue. Although not much
may be said in favor of this particular
style of hairdress so far as becoming
ness is concerned, We may thank 1t
for compelling a beautiful finish and
neatness In other styles.
The hair may be waved or curled,
or 1t may be dressed without either.
but whatever else it is, fashion re-
quires that the couture shall be beau
tifully done, and finished looking.
For the more dignified styles in
hairdressing, the French twist, rolled
softly and close to the head, as shown
in the picture given here, is used
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-19
Supper Dish.

A novel and tasty way of serving
frankfurts and tomatoes for either a
p p or luncheon dish is as follows:
Put about a tablespoonful of butter
in a frying pan. and when melted
slice in a large onion and fry brown.
Add one a of tomatoes, one-half tea
spoonful of salt, a small amount of
red pepper and one whole Glove. Take
one pound of frankfurts and remove
the skin and slice lengthwise into
halves. and remove and cook ten min
utes. Serve with baked potatoes.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-19
Beef Essence.

Remove the fat from a slice of steak
from the top of the round, cut three
quarters inch thick, broil over a clear
fire three or four minutes, turning
often; heat the broiler to prevent the
steak from adhering, as any sugges-
tion of grease must be avoided; re-
move to a warm plate, cut into 1h-
inch squares, cash on both sides, and
with a lemon squeezer extract the
juices; season with salt. This is nu-
tritious and extremely palatable. Often
desirable, given in small quantities.
where a condensed form of food is de-
sired.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-19
Economical War Cake.

A fruit cake without eggs was much
used in England during the holidays
and further p~opularized by being
called a war cake" 1t is really very
good and undoubtedly economical.
1t requires one-half pound of -four,
two ounces of sultana raisins, one
ounce of currants, n of but
ter, one-half pound of brown sugar,
one teaspoonful of carbonate of soda,
one tablespoonful molasses, one-fourth
teaspoonful cinnamon or mixed spices.
one-fourth te~aspoonful Of ground gin
ger, one teaspoonful vinegar. Mix the
ingredients after Dreaming the sugar
and butter, in a half-cup of milk. Put
the vinegar in last and very carefully
a drop at a time lest it curdle the
mixture. Bake in a moderate oven for
an hour and do not cut for a week.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-19
To Mend Buttons.

When the little cloth enter or In
e side of buttons has either pulled
out. or worn, make a net work by
criss-crossing your threads, in inner
part where cloth was, to make that
part solid; from here then catch
threads out to edge of button, COM
pletely hiding tin part. and sort of
forming a spiders web. Thus one can
use buttons that might otherwise be
thrown away.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-19
Cream MInce.

Chop, not too fine, four large cold
potatoes, about three-Quarters that
quantity of cold beets. and one-third
onion. Mix all together and dust with
flour, salt and pepper. Pick up one
eupful Of salt fish. Put water over
the fish to soften. Make a cream with
two tablespoonfuls of butter and one
of -four and one-half cupful of hot wa
ter and same of milk. Drain water of
the fish and add the cream with the
vegetables. Heat and serve.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-19
Oatmeal Bread.

Pour owe one cupful of rolled oats
two cupfuls boiling water and let
stand for one hour. Then add one
third cupful of molasses, one-halt
tablespoonful salt, n tablespoonful
butter, one-half yeast cake dissolved
in one-half cupful of luke-warm water.
Then add four and a half cupfuls of
bread flour. Let raise in the morning,
u down and beat thoroughly when
light enough, and put into buttered
bread pans and let raise again. then
bake. This makes two loaves.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-19

Joined with a ieweled clasp or orna-
ment.
Sometimes a single strand of bril-.
iiants' pearls or gold beads are used
for the purpose. Any ambitious girl
a make such a strand for herself.
All she need do is take three mar.
row ribbons OF the length required to
form the INLET and on these string the
beads. Attach the three strands to
a nat disk an inch in diameter. formed
OF buckram covered solidly with
beads Finish the other side In a sim,
liar manner.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-19
COTTAGE saxory of Ham.

Place in a chopping bowl three
ounce of cooked, lean ham and chop
for ten minutes until it is a smooth
pulp. Then add half a tablespoonful
of good butter, two tablespoonfuls of
Worcestershire sauce. half a %saltspoon-
full of cayenne pepper and half a tea
spoonful of mustard. Chop the whole
well together for five minutes more
and place this paste on a plate. Pre-
pare six small round pieces of toast.
Divide the ham preparation evenly on
the toast and serve Immediately.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-19

In Chicago a movement is afoot to
erect a memorial to The late Booker
Washington and a large sum of
money has already been collected for
this scheme, which is to be entirely
local, and to express for all time the
sympathy and admiration of Chicago
people for the great Negro educator.
1t will not be a statute or a symbolic
temple of ornate architecture, but it
will take the practical form of an in
dustrial training school for Negro
Children of the city. The Chicago
Herald infers that If Booker Wash
ington had been asked what sort of
a monument he would desire to per-
petuate his memory he would have an
swered: "A school for my people,"
Chicago's example is good and well
worth following.
A number Of such memorial schools
in various parts of the country, for
the industrial education of the col
ored race, would serve to keep his
memory green and go far toward the
solution of the racial problem. To
make his people self-supporting and
self-reliant was the object of his life.
No better monument to him could be
thought of than a school to continue
his mission.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-19

with many variations in little details
OF finishing. The hair is trimmed in
a light. curving Rang. and a short
strand is turned forward in a fat ring
let on the cheek. in one style. In an
other the hair is waved and parted at
n side. 1t is brought down on the
forehead, as in the couture pictured
here, but is coiled in a moderately
high coil at the top of the head. This
is particularly effective with the tall
turbans which are to be worn.
She is a wise woman who remains
faithful to a style of hairdress that
she finds more becoming than any
other. The charm that belongs to q
well-groomed appearance is within ev-
cry woman's reach and it is unfailing.
In the matter of the couture, at least,
she can afford to be independent OF
fashion and to cultivate individuality.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-19
Fairy Ginger Cake.

One cupful of molasses. one-half cup
full of sugar. one heaping tablespoon
full lard, n egg, n cupful sour milk
with one t~easpoonful soda stirred in
until 1t begins to foam over top of
cup, one teaspoonful ginger. About
a pint of sifted -four, making a rather
thin light dough. 1t will be light like
a sponge II not mixed too stif. Can
omit ginger and use spices and raisins
II desired.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-19
DECORATION FOB THE HAIR
Attractive 6andeau That May Be Eas-
lily Fashioned by Any Woman
With Eye to Distinction.

Maidens are loath Il part with the
bandeau to contine the hair. They
realize that 1t adds an indetinable
something which makes them appear
to better advantage. Some fair maid
ems choose the simple bandeau Of q
strip of gold OF silver braid. The band
is worn low on the forehead and il
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-19

Indians dying everywhere; maybe
no more big talk" was what Chief
Black Horse of the South Dakota
Sioux said recently when arranging a
big council Of aborigines from that
region at Deadwood. The subject of
this, possibly the last of the pow
vows, will be the right of the Sioux
to the Black hills, on which they insist
in the face of numerous adverse court
decisions.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-19

ent opinion concerning the kind OF
education which should be impaired
to him. AS a consequence of this at
titude, that type of education which
fits him for his accustomed sphere
and place has found ready apprecia-
ton and favor; he is to be educated
for his work, rather than for him
self. AS a matter of fact. the great
bulk of this race must devote Its
chief energies to the cruder and coars-
er grades of service which fall to its
lot as far in the future as u present
vision can penetrate. The industrial
education of the masses, therefore,
becomes a matter of the highest con-
Germ to the practical statesmen and
philanthropist. d. Booker t. Wash
ington, in his moments of greatest
enthusiasm, never o~verstated the i'm
portance of industrial training as an
essential agency of the general social
uplift. But at the same time, it should
be forgotten that the Negro is
a human being as well as a utensil OF
service. A wise educational economy
will seek to make him a man working,
rather than a working man. Fortu-
nately, however. the saner sense OF
the people is now r~easserting itself.
The two types Of education are no
longer contrasted as a~ntagonistic and
inconsistent, but compared IS COM
mon factors of a joint product. Their
relative claims should never have been
made a matter of essential contro-
versy, but merely a question of ratio
and proportion. Negro colleges, fol-
lowing the lead of white prototypes,
are adjusting their curricula to the
demands of the age"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-19
h Maxine Cake.

Never beat eggs for a cake. Drop
the unbeaten whites in the last thing.
and stir just enough to mix well with
the butter. This is against all Gus
tomary rules for cake making. but af-
ter n trial you doubt no more. Soft,
moist, light fluffy cakes are the happy
result.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-19

B. C. How accurate this claim is.
only experts can tell. and probably
they will wrangle about 1t for half a
generation before deciding. If es-
tablished, it will be the oldest date In
the history of the western continent
but how modern compared TO the rec
ords of the lands by the Euphrates
and the Nilel
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-19
Why Shafts Arc Hollow.

By careful experiments it has been
proved that a solid column subject to
bending strains is nj stronger than a
hollow one Consequently all iron
shafts which drive the screws of
steamships have a hole bored down
the center so that weight may be re-
dueed.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-19

Carefully pick over and wash two
tablespoonful of whole fiaxseed, add
three cupfuls boiling water. let cook
for two hours, keeping below the boil
ing point, strain, add sugar and lemon
Juice to taste. OF great value in
throat and lung troubles.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-19
When Roastinn a Huxley

The turkey need not be sewed after
the dressing has been put in. Insert
t~oothpicks on either side and string
back and forth over the picks. This
is easily removed after the bird 10
cooked.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-19

Workmen on the Rouge river (Ore.)
canal set off a blast and thereby I'M
covered a buried treasure. The coins
were of the mintage of the ffties, and
there were some Spanish coins among
them. How the money came to be
buried or when or why is unknown.
According to some accounts, there was
about $500 and to others about $4,000.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-19

According to an English scientists
estimate the worlds total annual rain.
fall amounts to 29.347.4 cubic miles, of
which less than o~ne-fourth drains
through rivers into the ocean
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-19

Tommaso Salvini, the world-famous
italian actor, who died the other day,
forbade his sons acting in Italy during
the years of his W activity on the
stage, although three of them, Gusta-
vo, Alexander and Tommaso, were
thespians. The fathers namesake is
said to be the most talented of the
trio.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-19

A screwless corkscrew has been in
vented, a pointed shaft carrying a
piece of metal OF a pivot so that it
falls at right angles beneath a cork
that It has been thrust through.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-19

To make a child maintain an erect
position while writing at a school
desk a German has invented a rod to
be attached to a deck. terminating In
a cup against the child's chin.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-19

Opportunities are very sensitive
things; If you slight them on their
FIRST visit. you seldom see them again.
-Ruskin.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-19
Not Really Ancient.

The claim is made that a Maya In
scription in Yucatan fixes the date of
a building in that region at 200 years
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-19

Prof. Kelly Miller, dean of the Col.
lege of Arts and Sciences of Howard
university, has contributed an article
to the December number of Educa-
ton, discussing the industrial and the
higher education of Negroes, and TAX
ing the stand that the two are not an
~tagonistic or inconsistent. He says:
The Negroes presence in this country
in the first place, was due to the be-
lief that he was intended by the Gre
ator to be an instrument of crude
service. His traditional function was
mainly mechanical, and scarcely more
human than that of the OK which pulls
the pillow. His personality was at
first denied, and afterwards ignored.
hand Just as they spoke of a good
ak or a good OK. The imputed virtue
had exclusive reference to his utility
as a tool. The traditional bias con-
corning the Negroes ordained place
in the social scheme influences pres
The work that is being done toward
the industrial education of the Negroes
in a dozen schools scattered through
out the South by the American Church
Institute for Negroes was described at
Washington by Rev. Robert w. Pat
ton before 400 women interested in So
cial betterment work.
DR.. David H. Greer, Episcopal
Bishop Of New York and president of
the institute, presided at the meeting,
which was held in the assembly hall
of the Colony club and introduced the
speaker.
Rev. Mr.. Patton said:
1T cost the nation $40, 900 per cap
tia and a million lives besides to eman-
cipate the slaves. But emancipa-
ton is not freedom. And after the
bitterness of the reconstruction period
in the South, which should be called
the redistribution period, a group of
men in the North and South decided
that this was SO. The Church insti-
tute is freeing the slaves at 800 each
by giving the Negro the freedom of
mind. body and soul"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-19

The Negro population of the United
states increased from 757,2OS, or 1913
per CEN of the total population, in
1880, to 9,S27,763 or 1O.7 per cent of
the total in 1910. The increase be-
tween 1900 and 1910 was at the rate
OF liz per cent, while during the same
period the white population increased
22.S per cent. Since 1910 there has
been a continuous decrease in the pro-
portion which Negroes have formed of
the total population, due, at least in
part, to the fact that the white popu-
Iation has been continually augmented
by immigration, while there has been
very little immigration of Negroes dur
ing the last hundred years.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-19

Paul Laurence Dunbar wrote a
memorable sonnet to Booker T. Wash
ington. 1t was read recently at the
memorial exercises held at T~uskegee.
In part it is:
A poor Virginia cabin gave the seed,
And from its dark and lowly door there
came
A peer OF princes in the worlds acclaim,
A master spirit for the nations need,
Strong, silent, purposeful beyond his kind,
kind,
The mark of rugged force on brow and
lip,
Straight on he goes, nor turns to look
behind
Where hot the hounds come baying at
his hip,
With one idea foremost in his mind.
Like the keen PROV of some o~n-forging
ship.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-13
Is n1rraricat.nn

The article on as.ess,n, 49, -,
the Editor Of the Ness ..r..,, p
ing the ability Of he previous
assessors, vile. pr. sumo in.
cludes me, in renlv will saw that
if the Editor Of tile News will
look up the report of the Super.
visor of Assessors he will find
the City of Washburn standing
81 in assessment. next to tie
best IN tne county. The town of
Namakagon standing 100. The
Supervisor also stated that the
city of Washburn was one of the
most difncult in the state TO
assess as TO finding the true
value of property.
Dom thlnk THAI the Editor of
the News was with tile clea, of
calamity how ler>" and il So, ms
strange at tiris time when the
city has steered SAT, ly over the
rocks that he Editor should find
fault:
We all know now that the
value of real estate in the CITY
has come back to it's Normal con.
dition aud much higher value
on property, but that was not
the situation last May when the
assessment was made.
James N. Kinney.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-13

The Glass in history when
| will be conducted in this city
under the direction of the
University of Wisconsin VIII
not start as originally scheduled
on Saturday evening but is
postponed to Saturday OF nex'
week due to the illness OF Prof
Gillette.
The lectures in connection
with this class will be given by
Prof. A. d. S. Gillette of Super
ior. who is one Of the best post
ed historians IN this part OF Che
state. The Course will deal with
parts Of history of importance
which are but little touched
upon in the history course OF
the schools, an outline of which
WAS given In the IaSb ISSUE VI
The Times.
A large Number OF local per
sons are interested IN Tins
course and the class will start
out with a large attendance
The price of the entire course
Of six lecture has been placed
at So 90 and all who are
DESTROYS of taking the course
Should be present on Saturday
evening. The course is open t.
all. Registrations can be MADE
with G. A. Gottschaik, field mai
for the University. who Is now
in the city.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-13
Nor. Luth. Church

Services next Sunday morn
ing at the usual hour with Sum-
day school at n Don. Services at
Four Mile Creek on Sunday
afternoon at 2:30. English song
service Sunday evening. The
Vikings meet at the church next
Wednesday evening. The topic
of discussion will be Thought
and it's Effects" Prayer meet.
ing Thursday evening.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-13
Joint Installation

The Modern Woodmen and
Royal Neighbors will hold a
Joint installation on Friday
evening, January 18th, at the
Odd Fellows hall. There will
be lunch and general good
time for all.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-13
Editor Times:

Editor Times:
The spirit of the above article is
On bitter and antagonistic to the
churches and its ministry that it
would BIO worthy of voltaire. And
II shows such ignorance of the church
and church work that it gives any
tb;,g but honor to the writer.
Who made the City of Washburn