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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
TIED SLED TO TROLLEY CAR
Three Indiana Youths With Bobsled
Guido Peer Gynt's Sensational
Ride on a Deer.

Elkhart, Ind.-Peer Gynt's sensa-
tional ride on a mountain deer was
a Pullman coach trip compared with
the ride of three Elkhart lads on a
bobsled which they attached to a
southbound i%nterurban car the other
evening. The rope caught and they
could not unfasten it. The car gained
speed and the boys accumulated chills
as they passed Prairie street and In
diana avenue and some other things
they could not describe. Near sta
ton No. 10, and after a wild ride of a
mile, the sled upset and the boys were
skidded over the Recovered ground.
Marion Schooley, son of j. w.
Schooley, of No. 222 Hickory street,
was injured, the ligaments OF his
right shoulder being badly torn. His
companions escaped serious injury.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
Most Brilliant of Planets.

Venus is the most brilliant of all the
planets. When east of the sun she
appears in the west after sunset, but
when near the western elongation
she gives only matinee performances
before sunrise. Through the telescope
she presents much the appearance of
FURNISHED silver without spot or blem.
tsh. So dazzling is she that astron-
omers have been able to discover lit
tie concerning our neighbor. except
that she is surrounded by an atmos.
phere filled with clouds, making it
doubtful whether any view Of the solid
body OF the planet can aver be OBJ
tanned. Even through that veil she is
sometimes so bright as to cast a dis.
tinct shadow.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
SERBS HIDE MONEY
Most Travelled Places Chosen in
Some Instances.
Fleeing Serbians Plant Valuables in
Cemeteries and Most Unexpected
Places-BuIears Are Wild
Beasts, Say FugitiVes.

Milan, Italy.-There is pathetic faith
in the thousands of Serbian refugees
who are pouring into Italy seeking
work and bread.
I'VE shall be home again next
April they say simply; what is
more, they believe it. Most have
come without a cent. Their pos
sessions they left at home-hidden.
You would be astonished to hear
where they lie-away from the gaze
of Bulgar or German. They tell you,
in that simple way they have, of huge
pieces of bacon they have buried I'M
derneath ''middens." Their most pre-
cious things-money, for instance
they have hidden way in the Gene
%teries, between graves.
The Bulgars are afraid to touch the
dead" they explain.
In general, they fear the Bulgars
more than they do the Germans.
The Germans are calculating; the
Bulgars are wild beasts" they say.
All along that Calvary between Bel
grade and Monastir are hidden the
earthly possessions of these people
money boxes, sailed meat, barrels of
strip, coal and -four. They have
chosen the beaten track On purpose,
because the more frequented a road
is the less likely are the invaders to
search the earth under it; and such
hiding places are easily found-next
April. With their peasants memo
ries, they will remember the exact
spot. They have not hidden a single
treasure under their homes or
churches. Some have chosen the mid
do of the desolate market place, be-
tween two trees or the very edge
of the muddy, unpaved street, or near
a horse pond, because all who enter
that village or town will use that
pond, and not one man will think to
dig the trodden soil around it for hid
den treasures, be it francs or flour.
More often they chose open country,
on their own little farms, in some
ditch, marked by a big stone or on
which the shadow falls first at sun
down.
Now the snow has come and COW
cred it all up. But in April the snow
will melt and we shall find our things
again." they say with the quiet cheer
fulness of the Slav.
Many families have left some men,
Der behind to let the invaders sweep
over them like waves of a tempestu-
Gus sea, leaving them where they
found them And most of those who
have stopped behind are m The
men will be wanted to rejoin that
army that is gathering again in AL
bania. Women keep the secret of this
hidden treasure and may be trusted
not to touch it till the family comes
back. And a Serb leaves his wife be.
hind in preference to his mother or
daughter; the last two might be i'll.
treated by the enemy; but the wife,
after twenty, is like another man, fit
for the camp and ready to fight, too.
So, few Of the Serbian refugees now
in Italy have brought their wives.
They are watching things at home"
they tell you confidently.
And the husband knows that the
wife will set to and till the soil the
moment it is free of the invader.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11

idea, for example. For years and years postal savings bank bills we're in
troduced in senate and house before the present system ws sanctioned by
a Republican administration. And after a few years of trying out, not
entirely free Of encouragement, the European val has brought a impetus
to that kind of banking here, and postoffce officials are ready to say the
is proving a great success.
Penny postage, which mean onecent postage for frstclass mail, is a
fRvorte reform topic. AT a recent count there we're twentyodd of these
bills in the house, and they carried many varieties of proposals. The best
authorities seem to believe that the government cannot afford yet to author.
ize a reduction ain the rate on frstclass mail, but that does not check the
popular demand. Consequently senators and representatives are willing to
capitalize this in their political business. OF course, many of them are
sincere advocates of the reform.
One could mention such topics by the score, but ne of the newer items
in that line is a sweeping demand for the characterization of the arm and
the navy. In other terms, it is proposed to make the commissions of oBcera
in those branches easier for the average man.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11

Marie, who, now sixteen, still dressed
in a boys furs, and wore her short.
cropped, flaxen hair about her ears.
Old Andrew thumped his fist upon
the table.
HVe brought her up as a boy" he
said. She's been a son to me-. That's
enough. I'm o open to argument. %
MacFarlane thought it a shame. He
began to pass that way more often.
Each time it was clearer that An.
drew could not live very long.
Il haven't long to live, Robert" he
said. I've been thinking over what
you said to me, and guess you're
right, Bob. But she don't need no
schooling. Books she's had a-plenty.
l guess she could hold her own with
any of them so far as schooling's con-
cerned. But whatn come to her af-
ter I'm gomez"
you ought to take her South" said
MacFarlane.
She wouldn't want to go South"
answered the old man. 1T may be |
made a mistake in bringing her up in
the wilds, But it's become nature now.
and it's her life, Bob, | want to get
her married to a good man. You're
only forty, Bob. You never married.
What would you think Of Marie for a
wife,"
AS he finished speaking the girl
came. She was dressed as a woman
now, and she blushed shyly when Bob
looked at her. The officer had never
thought of her in that way, His heart
leaped.
Think it over, Bob" said old An
drew when they parted. There's
plenty of time. Let me know when
you come back next year. | won't be
dead by then"
When he had gone Andrew asked
Marie:
How would you like to marry
Bob"
The girl looked at him drearily. 81
e. thought of marrying, father"
she answered.
The following spring Bob came back.
With him was a young man of TWEEN
ty-two, whom he introduced to the
old trapper. He did not think it
necessary to introduce him to Marie.
This is Mr., Milvaine, an English.
man." he said. He takes the fac.
tors place at the Fort next month.
I'm showing him the country"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
SAVES A RARE OLD VIOLIN
Washington Girl Digs Relic from a
Trunks as the House Burns
to the Ground.

Tacoma.-A ARE old violin valued
at $500 and owned by Miss Marian
Beecher of Puyallup was all that was
saved when the little house adjoining
the home of John S. Ellegood or South
Hill burned to the ground. AS Miss
Beecher opened the door to enter her
room she was met by a cloud OF
smoke. Her first thought was of the
old violin stored in a small iron trunk
which had been given to her by her
father and which was priced as an
heirloom of the family.
Rushing into the smoke she grabbed
the trunk, but found 1t was too heavy
to drag out. She lifted the lid. how
ever. lifted out the violin and carried
1t to safety.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
THE SUPpLANTER
BY II. NJ. EosERr.


Marie Renfrew had thought she was
a boy until she was nine years old.
Then she learned the truth about her
fathers obsession.
Ten years before Andrew Renfrew,
tired of the struggle for life in the
cities of eastern Canada. had taken
his wife and household goods and
moved to the north of Saskatchewan.
There he had become a trapper.
They lived entirely alone in the
wilderness. Their little sod cabin held
a good deal of happiness, none the
less. Both were satisfied, the woman,
because she loved her husband, the
man, because some primitive strain
In him came out and answered to the
call of the far North. Fesides, there
was Marie, their only child.
Then Maggie Renfrew closed her
eyes for ever upon the earthly scene
leaving the desolate man alone with
the child. And because he had always
longed for a son, he brought her W
as a boy.
Her only companions were the In
dians who came, rarely enough, to
the little place to offer furs-for An
drew had started a small trading post
now that he was getting too weak to
trap, Once in a great while, too
some officer of the police would off
saddle at the little cabin for a day or
SO and bring news of the outside
world.
You ought to send that girl South
to school, said Robert MacFarlane,
the second time he came, looking at
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
CUTS OFF HAIR IN SLEEP
High School Girl While Dreaming
Uses Shears on Her
Own Locks.

Hiawatha, Kan.-Miss Winifred Lon
neberger, a seventeen-year-old high
school girl of this city, while dreaming
that someone was trying to cut off her
hair, got up in her sleep one night
recently and went into the dining
room of her home, whee she got the
scissors and cut off her hair. Two
years ago Miss Lonneberger did the
same thing. At that time her hair
was in a long braid, and she cut it off.
Her hair has not grown long since
then, but in her last walking in her
sleep she cut Off all there was.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
The Commercial Test

There are thousands OF persons in
our own society who think 1t essential
to teach their children arithmetic, but
pernicious to instill into their minds
o love OF poetry or art. They Judge
of education by the test-wm II pay9
Can this attainment be turned into
money? The other question-WnI It
enrich the nature of the child and of
man? is not asked.-Marcus Dods.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11

greater degree, perhaps, than it did for coaltar dyes. and III innortss onnoS
almost Immediately after the va started. Stocks in possession nj tha b.
reau Of standards o the commerce department-one of te proot o.a~
menting investigating agencies of the government-beean IN dr.JH
and TO a while the situation looked grave. Experiment. in tn nroductton
reaus specialists, and the filling of all needs has now beer nractcama
assured by the production of the essential supplies in tbe brraarss 81
laboratories. WI
Som of thu problems solved related to the toughening nj H. tbr 49,
ingly fragile glass used in the manufacture If beakers he Co., o, seem,
a auslaCory wMte cruclole glaze mi thu manufacture of the atresis M
pyrometer tubes that Ire immersed in molten metals as uotda" n
instruments when it is desired to ascertain the temperature os tha ro 10 20
material The data gained In the production of the laboratory material 49,
been put by the bureau at the disposal of manufacturers in a postior 70 .re
out such supplies, and 1t is believed that a good opnortunitv 81. l"h
result for the creation offs several new American industries ' as d
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
public Expenditure in Boston

You get a n everywhere in Bos.
ton that they spend money upon pub.
lie enterprises like statehouses. opera
houses, art museums and SO forth be-
cause there is a need to have such
things and the money can be found,
not because the money is there and
taere is need to find some way to
spend 1.-THE latter being a much more
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11

to the crank class, but by no
all of them. Some of both kinds of
measures emanate from the brains Of
senators and representatives, while
others of them are urged by outsiders,
eager for congressional champions and
generally very grateful for such help.
Now ard then a good idea, or the
germ Of one, is embodied even in bills
that are so radical as to be introduced
by request" The gain of some in
favor can be noted session by session.
There was the postal savings bank
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
Bride Finds Wealth in Attic.

Point Pleasant. Va.-While rummag-
ing in the attic Of her home the day
following her recent marriage at
Evans, near here. Mrs. John Board
found $500 in gold and many thou.
sands in currency. The paper was
folded together SO the bills could not
be separated. They were sent to the
United States treasury department to
be counted. The hoard was con.
cealed under the floor of the attic.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
undyed Hats for sprlnu.

Danbury, Conn.-Necessity is the
mother and the manufacturers are
the father Of a new style in hats.
Owing to the great shortage in dyes,
several hat factories are getting out
samples of undyed hats for spring
wear. The undyed hats have been
made in both the stif and soft yari.
eties, and they are trimmed with neat.
ly contrasting bands, which add ma,
terially to their attractiveness.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
The Real Thinn-

i suppose" said the fair maid. az
the curtain was let down on the finish
OF the hrst act. that you have seen a
good many realistic shows?"
That's what" rejoined the young
man who was acting as her escort.
why, | once saw Hamlet plaved hv q
real ham,"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11

when Trtxy "a nearing maturity. Mr.. Huey decided moi IN keer no.
pet about the house any longer, for ear of n oucroppine of somnn
and he sent Ter to the National Zoo Recently Mr. Huey came - w w D"S'
ton to attend the conference Of national forest supervisors am ~ " aonns-
he determined to go to the Eoo to see Trixy, " sunday
He vas greeted noisny Trxy spied him from aar M !.
that started the whole pack AS Mr.. Huey went inot Inc CO. T Tt ot yeps
upon him with loud yeps of Joy the scene attracting many ma "a ieaped-
Trixy was disconsolate when he left S "suors
Visitors to the park we're curious. and Mr. Huey told them ,ho
Gagged. Trxey wa IS tame as could be. and that he had not see NAT though
for months animal
Though familiarity known in her native habitat al a timber wu, ~
strictly speaking is o. the coyote family, and is sc known a. WI, ir1xy.
She BIZ q distinctive dark colo that is almost solid blac[ A' scientiss
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11

characteristic American frame of mind
Reason rather than emotion guides
New England expenditure, and the re-
suit is a cool and restrained distinc.
ton which the wanton cities of the
South and West never quite attain
Harrison Rhodes, in Harper's Maya.
zine.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11

One of the effects of the wal was an
interference with the importation of
laboratory supplies such as glass
beakers and similar utensils, cru.
cibles, tubes and various other CLAW.
porcelain and glass articles indis.
peEsable to the carrying on of chem.
icf' and physical Investigations on
which work OF vital importance to ma.
tion' industries and individuals often
depends.
country depended on Ger
man: for such supplies To an eyor
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
Never Had Love Affair.

Fort Dodge. Ia.-Born during a leap
year, 100 years ago. Abraham Barger
today admitted that he never had a
love affair, but explained that he had
never met the right woman.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
Cured After Fourteen years.

G~reensburg. Pa.-The sudden heal
ing Of Walter McLuchle, for fourteen
years a cripple. declared to be the re-
suit Of his fervent prayers. is regarded
as a miracle.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
Queer Eleotrlo rroubIsa.

The h~igh-tension transmission lines
passing through the interior of islands
of Japan are seriously embarrassed at
times by the short circuits caused by
crows and snakes. The birds alight
on the wires and cross-arms and cause
the trouble by making the contacts
while stretching their wings, and the
snakes crawl up the poles for the pur
pose of summing themselves.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11

uHuBuaI IHleIe5t IIUIH tH6 lOOIOBISt5
because of an unmistakable display
ing of lasting affection and memory
for a former master.
The animal was captured when
two weeks old by Ralph C. Huey. su-
pervisor Of the Arkansas National for
est. He took it to his home. where 1t
was named Trixy. At first shy. the
little animal was trained as a domes-
tic pet and raised In the family. She
was taught canine tricks and canine
discipline. Last September. however,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
Shortest Man Marriea.

Flushing. N. Y.-William By. who
claims he has the shortest name in
the world. has been married to Miss
Mildred NJ. Mitchell.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
New Stvln In Ernnka

Paris. = Barrel shaped evening
frocks now on exhibition at the fash
ion shops are the latest in styles for
women.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
Uncle Sam Makes His Own Laboratory Supplies

ETF YOU want a job done well. do it yourself" is a motto that Uncle Sam
L might very veil adopt after SOL of his experiences growing ot of he
farreaching industrial effect that followed the outbreak If the European var
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11

embassies and legations and four consuIates. These pouches lot only carry
mail for the department, but also for other Offices, especially the department.
of agriculture, which sends much printed matter abroad. Official supplies
ire also forwarded in this manner, and to protect the letter mail the latter
is fnclosed in especially sealed smaller sacks placed within the larger mes.
Each piece of mail is carefully invoiced before it enters its bag. A
double check is made to avoid possible errors and when the bags re
received by the diplomatic officers they are opened and again checked
against the invoice inclosed.
Pouches are of special structure and designed to veal well under all
conditions of i'll usage. They are strapped and double locked, with pecuiar-
ly contrived keys, rephcas of which are carefully kept in the missions
abroad. Before the bags leave the department they undergo a final inspec-
with the lock. The pouches then are hurried by automobile to the post
office, to be sent to the point of sailing
United States dispatch agents receive the pouches at the porsa n see
that they are placed aboard ship Here again a check is made The depart
ment notifies the dispatch agents when the bags leave Washington. and the
agents, in turn promptly report their arrival
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11

Miss Irene Gibson, daughter Of
Charles Dana Gibson, the artist. is en-
gagged to George B. Post, Jr., son OF
the late George B. Post, the architect.
Miss Gibson came out this season at a
social affair given by her parents in
New York.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11

CTa1nWeu WIFI OHICIdI WuII tut
lean missions abroad and started on
t. cir long journeys.
Robert Clayton is chief of the
mailroom, and under his direction In
coming and outgoing pouches are
handled expeditiously and without err
ror. Upon his shoulders rests the re-
sponsibility for every piece of mail in
the pouches coming from and going to
all points of the compass.
The state department has diplo-
-na nn,.nh nnrrrinn NTH 81 of its
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
Germs Of Good Ideas Found Among Crank Bills

HE files of every congress comprise a large category of crank bills and
L also a large category of what might be called reform bills. Most of the
crank bills propose radical reforms: some Of the reform bills plainly belong
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
Trixy Is the Newest Pet at the National zoo

u EEPERS at the National Geological park have a nw not
N black wolf. that is as docne and playful IS n domesic mn ru Aans
is a great favorfte with visitors because of its fiepdliness ond pta animal
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11

self-trust is the first secret of sue
cess.4Emerson.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
Pouch Day in Mairoom of State Department

VW AsHINGTON-A beehive is quiet in comparison with the malF0om OF
w the department of state every Friday, which is pouch day, when an
average of fifteen great leather sacks. measuring about 8 by 2a leL ae
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
optImlstle Thouaht.

Not all innovation is progress; but
all progress is innovation.
The Washington herald., 1916-07-30
MOTOR BOATS IN
POTOMAC PARADE
Fifteen of the Washington
Power Fleet Participate in
River Maneuvers.

Fifteen power boats. members Of the
Potomac Division of the United States
Power Boat Squadron, yesterday ma
neuvered In the river, near the War Col
lege, under the direction Of Commander
\. B. Bennett, OF the Cortnthian Yacht
Club.
The naneuvers were guided by signal
nsgs waved from the boat of the COM
mander. The official pilot codes OF the
United States were used
Any owner OF a pilot boat In the city Is
invited to Join the squadron, the require
ment being the passing OF the navigation
rules Of the United States. At present
there are about thirty-one boats in the
local branch.
Every boat is compelled to participate
in at least one OF the drills each year.
Yesterdays drill was the third OF the
present season. Another drill has been
ordered by Commander Bennett, to be
held September g.
The small number OF participants in
the drill yesterday was the result OF sew
eral motor boat trips being taken dur
Potomac division Of the squadron was
organized last season
The United States Power Boat Squadron
Is a volunteer organization, having d.
visions all over the country. The object
IS to prepare the small craft Of speed to
be ready for scout duty, in case Of war.
The small motor propelled boats would
be used to locate mines. for messenger
service, and to scout for the approach
Of vessels Of the enemy.
The Washington herald., 1916-07-30

Wolfe and Organdy
Waists in white and
figured q e ST gn 5,
worth up to 800
oads oads. and SIC
The Washington herald., 1916-07-30

Sometimes these cape-lfke collars are
high in the back, like the collars Of the
Directoire period. You will find these
collars in strong demand this fall. These
gowns are lovely and adapted to a cli-
mate where the mercury is not playing
tag with the hundred mark For those of
US who. perforce, must dwell in semi
tropical heat until the cool winds OF au-
tunn bring relief. recommend some
thing more transparent
In the sktch of the girl wearing a
hat, have shown a very simple method
Of adding cool sleeves to a dress of char
meuse or taffeta- The new material used
here is figured net. but plain chiffon
cloth or Georgette crepe would also be Q