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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07

proaches me. ~ - rbo+ +bera
,odr. ,+,S ooin orders She sets there and writes
and there amt no one to disturb her.
".Rut, 7 began. Friend dog barked, my lady
looked across at us. and l could hear her laugh
".Did you want to speak to me| she called out
"'Every wan wants to speak TO en- salu le
departing and disguised Jimmy legs,
I'VE were friends before l had sat down under
her tree. and. would you believe it, I'd known her
all my life because she wrote 'Denlse ana Neu
Toodles' in St. Nicholas, and l think that maAes
her partly belong to me.
"'Have you any childrenT I asked.
ayes, my dear she replied crisply, 'one daugh-
ter and about 900 sons in uniform
$50, here was the mother of midshipmen, a
tiny, alert figure, young eyes, face lined by years
of physical pain and the heart and soul of her
in every tone of voice and expression of her
screwed-up forehead.
THAT was the beginning. Since then, all down
the years l have been Gabrielle Jackson's honOred
friend and watched her work for her boys against
the odds of delicate health, constant physical
suffering and slender means. Her little sitting
room in Carval hall, dubbed Sky parlor in its
early days, is the meeting place for all her sons,
plebeS and f~rst-claSs men alike. There are no
rates there, and all she asks is that they shall
come to her and let her be their little mother
There is an open fire TO stoke, big chairs, a
tea table to mess with a warmth of love no
boy should ever miss, no matter how good for him
tHS ulsClpHne all through ne week may De. MID
shipmen of the first class have only 20 hours of
liberty in a whole week and a plebe but five and
a half. What wonder that they long for a home
place in which to spend the precious hours.
For nine years Sky parlor has been a home to
all who wish to come, with or without introduce
ton or invitation, and only three times has Mrs.
Jackson been forced to say, son, l am sorry, but
remember the open sesame to Sky parlor must
be clean liking and high standards, and having
forgotten this think, for the sake of those who
have not forgotten, it would be wiser for you to
give up your visits here
"Commandant and officers are glad of her CO.
operation, for discipline and drills, strict orders
and hard work may turn out many a fine officer.
but 1t does not always reach and help a naturally
fine but hiGh-strung nature.
'"This is Gabrielle Jackson's work"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07
Wordless Traffic Slams.

Unlettered road signs are being
used to regulate motor-car traffic on
the driveways of a Fargo, n. D., park
Although they do not give a motorist
a single word of instruction or warn
ing, they have served their purposes
efficiently. At best, road signs detract
more or less from the appearance OF
a parkway or boulevard, especially
when they are literally s~ignboards.
While those used in Fargo are only a
small Improvement in this respect,
they hold a good suggestion. One Of
these signs was recently erected to de
rect traffic into a new artery branch
ing from an old and much-trayeled
one. 1t consists of a white post, at
the top of which are two arms, the
right n pointing in the direction to
be pursued, while the other hangs
down. Although this means a reversal
of the accustomed direction of travel,
from the beginning motorists turned
in to the new road without hesitation.
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07

brated in her own neighborhood for
her physical strength. Without being
bulky or awkward, she had the power
The strongest man in the village was
as an infant in her hands when, to lend
interest to the evening sports, she con-
scented to demonstrate her strength.
So Henri married this lovely and at
tractive girl, and they went to house
keeping, and for a while the husband
was a success. He worked diligently,
and spent his evenings at home, and
his wife managed SO successfully that
money was being saved. But all the
time the young man hungered and
thirsted for the bright lights in the
tavern windows. And before long he
began making frequent trips to the
grog bazaar, and when he returned
home his breath spoke volumes. 1t
went from worse 10 worse, as it usu-
ally does In such cases, and in n few
months Madame Henri had to spend
her evenings alone. The husband was
holding high wassail at the Horn of
Plenty inn.
1t was breaking her heart, and she
pleaded and argued with him, and even
threatened, and all to no avail. Henri
came Keeling home nearly every night,
a spectacle for the gods.
Then a relative of hers died and left
her a comfortable legacy. She had
long known that this money would
come to her, and when she was mar
ried she and her husband had made
beautiful plans as to what they would
do with 1t. They'd buy a little farm
and live happy ever after. And now that
the legacy was hers, Madame Henri
made one last effort to arouse a sane
ambition In her husband. She implored
him to quit his foollshness and help
her carry out the original plans. He
seemed to be reused by her entreaties,
and promised her to refrain from the
flowing bowl forever. He had sown his
last wild oat. She believed him, and
negotiated for a farm she had had her
eyes on for a long time. Then one day
she handed him some money to take to
the notary who was conducting the
negotiation.
He didn't take the money to the no
tary. He took 1t to the Horn of Plen-
ty. Late at night he returned to
his abode in merry humor. He opened
the door and entered, wearing a C
u grin. Madame Henri rose from
her chair and faced him.. and a hot
wave of anger swept over her. She
forgot her phenomenal strength when
The struck him. He fell to the foor
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07

9@@AS
o~~WS~S
BAD HOUSING CAUSES MISERY
New York Tenement Expert Describes
Evil conditions-Living in Small
Place Best After All.

The three great scourges of man
kind, disease, poverty and crime, are
largely due to bad housing, accord
ing to John j. Murphy, New York's
tenement house commissioner, whose
official task it is to study and remedy
as far as possible improper housing
conditions in New York city. Mr..
Murphy, who is the only tenement
house commissioner in the United
States, recently had published an ar
ticle on housing conditions, based on
his investigations in large centers OF
population, in which he said:
There can be no question that the
three great scourges of mankind, dis
ease, poverty and crime, are in IA large
measure due to bad housing, in it's
broadcast sCnse. Intemperance i'm many
OF its most repugnant forms may be
traced to the fact that so many citi-
zens are obliged to live in homes in
which they can take neither pride o
comfort and which make the saloon
seem desirable by contrast.
bad housing is especially detri-
mental in its consequences to the chill
dred reared under its influence. In
many cases the evil influences of en-
vironment can never be eradicated.
The need for the erection of institu-
lions for the blind ana hospitals for
the child victims of tuberculosis, spinal
meningitis and other diseases of like
character is greatly intensified by bad
home conditions. The employee liv-
ing in a house inadequately lighted and
ventilated is unable tO perform his
task with proper energy and intelli-
gence. Women compelled to live in
such houses develop tendencies to irri-
liability, which frequently lead to FAM
lily disruption.
bad housing tends to increase the
tax burdens of a community by requir-
ing larger expenditures for remedial
service, which might otherwise be elm
mated. The lack of proper cleanliness
and decency in the exterior and inte-
riOr of houses tends to reduce the self
respect of the occupants. Note how
eagerly the family which has even
slightly improved its financial stand
ing seeks buildings with more attrac-
tive exteriors and better decorated
rooms. 1t will also be found that as
families descend in the social scale
n of the pangs most keenly felt is
the necessity for the occupancy of
quarters in buildings whose general ap-
pearance indicates that they are Occu-
pied by the miserably poor"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07
WATCH THE PAINTER AT WORK
Poor Economy in Using shoddy Mate
rial and Cheap Labor Where Looks
of Home Are Concerned.

In no branch of the building game is
poor material and workmanship so
common as in exterior painting, says
q writer in Popular Mechanics Maya
zine. The architects specifications for
painting generally set forth that
the painting contractor must pro-
vide all the materials of every Gescrip-
ton, including ladders, scaffolding,
ropes, brushes, etc, for the proper per-
Torrance of the work in a substantial
and workmanlike manner; all the ma
terials to be Of tle best of their re-
spective kinds, and all woodwork to
be thoroughly cleaned before being
painted all nail holes, joints, cracks
and defects in materials TO be filed
with putty all %jointed work to be sand
ed smooth before applying the second
coat.
The specifications then itemize what
work is to be done, and how, as fol-
lows: All outside woodwork to be
given n certain number of coats Of
good white lead and linseed oil paint,
mixed to correspond with the color Sc
lected by the owner on outside blinds
or shutters, exterior of sash, window
screens, door screens, outside doors,
tin and galvanized ironwork, ironwork,,
roofs and cement work.
The homebuilder should know wheth-
err his specifications are rightly drawn
and whether they are being followed
by the painting contractor.
Undoubtedly the best way of know
ing if the work is being rightly done,
is to know how to do it.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07
M. HENRI QUITS DRINKING.

Eighty years ago Madame Henri had
no idea that her fame would extend
from the village of Brittany in which
she lived to all corners of France, or
that her name would ever be spoken
in whispers by a nations story-tellers.
She fully expected to lead q quiet and
useful life, and in the end be buried
with her forbears in the churchyard.
She was a quiet, practical woman, a
fine h~ousekeeper and an excellent man
ager, and everybody respected her.
When she was married most Of the
girls of the village envied her and per-
haps a few hated her for divers dam
capture the young man who became
her husband. M. Henri was extremely
handsome, and had hundred charms
and graces. He was the best singer in
the countryside, he was full of witty
stories, and the way he could dance
was a caution. Everybody admired the
young man. Well, it is true that the
old cure shook his head now and then,
when Henri was mentioned. The young
man was too Eighty, said that reverend
man. But the cure was hopeful when
he heard the name of Henri's bride.
This girl came of a thrifty family,
and she abhorred waste, without being
avaricious. She was distinguished for
her beautiful complexion, which re-
minded people of cream and roses and
her face was framed by masses of
curling brown hair. And she was cele-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07

like a sack of meal, and she realized
that he had taken his last drink.
On succeeding days neighbOrs
paused, as usual, at Madame Henri's
garden gate, to gossip a bit, and she
volunteered the information to all of
them that her husband had quit drink
Ing and was going to settle down. He
had gone away to look at several prop
critics which were for sale, and she
didn't know when he'd be back. After
wards the %neighbors remembered that
she had harped upon this matter in
sistently, bringing it up every time she
talked with them.
A quarter of a mile away from the
Henri cottage there was a stream, and
upon the bank of this stream there
stood a gristmill. One morning as the
miller was going to his daily task, he
observed q queer-looking object on one
of the blades of the waterwheel. With
the help Of n long pole, hooked at the
end, he pulled the thing off the water
wheel and brought it to land. 1t was
a coarse sack, containing something
heavy. He opened the sack and beheld
a part of a human body. With his
dusty hair on end, he went to the vii
lage police station, and the officer In
charge accompanied him to the river
bank and inspected the CHASTITY dlscov-
cry.
"This was done by a woman" said
the village sleuth. "Only a woman
would have used a needle and thread
on n sack. A man would have tied it,"
The alarm was given, and the vii
layers helped TO comb the stream, and
i during the day various similar sacks
were found, all containing fragments
of a human body, and all sewn with
needle and thread. The head alone
couldn't be found, and the head was
necessary to the Identification of the
victim, and the solution of the mys-
terry. The days went by and no prog
ress was made, but the village sleuth
studied and worried over it day and
night, and finally concluded that the alb
sence of NJ. Henri would bear investiga-
ton. SO he disguised himself after the
manner of Vidocq and managed to be-
come well acquainted with Madame
Henri, and soon concluded that her stO-
ries about her husband were false.
Then he accused her of his murder in
so many words.
The madam, strong as she was, fell
in a swoon, and when she recovered
consciousness confessed everything,
After finding that her husband was
dead, she carried his body to the eel
Lar, and there chopped him into con
venient chunks with an AK. The
pieces she sewed up in sacks, and ev.
cry night, until the whole body was dis.
posed of, she carried a bundle to the
river and threw it in.
Even when this was known most OF
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07
Real Education.

Education, if it be worth the name,
is practical. Many a college graduate
has found himself on the verge of
starving to death, because he had not
early learned the force of this truth.
On the other hand, many whose ad-
vantages in life were apparently the
most meager have steadily climbed up
ward, and ultimately reached the goal
OF their desires, by the means of the
useful, common-sense knowledge cir
cumstances had enabled him to obtain.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07
The Law and IN. Fac,

"Your case would have been strong
er, Mr.. MCGUIRE" said a lawyer, 'if
you had acted only on the defensive.
But you struck first. If you had let
him strike you first you would have
had the law on your SIDE" Eyes"
said Mcclure, lord have had the law
on my soide, but Old have had him on
me stomach, pounding the loife out ay
me-"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07

the people sympathized with the wom-
an, knowing how much she had en-
dured. The terrible story was carried
all over Europe, and for weeks to-
gether the newspapers were full of it,
and many years afterwards tourists
went out of their way to visit the cor
ner of Brittany where Madame Henri
Induced her husband to sign the
pledge.
The woman was tried and convicted
in due season, and was sentenced to
twenty years at hard labor.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07
Victims of Communicable Diseases.

Eight hundred thousand children
and adults fall fatal victims to COM
municable diseases each year in these
United States. The i'll they did is not
buried with their unhappy bones, be-
cause there are over 100000 others
sick as a result of the typhoid, scar
letina, measles, mumps and other in
fections which those who gave up the
ghost helped to spread.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07
Peculiar Boundary Linz

The strangest of European frontier
lines Is that marking the boundary
between Hanover and Holland, where
it crosses the Rhine. A row Of pon-
ICONS lies across the river, chained
bow and stern. Inasmuch as the d.
viding line runs through from stem to
stern, the eastern halves Of the boats
are painted in German colors, the west
ern in Dutch. The effect is most
striking.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07
Wanted.

"Can you tell me where 1 can buy .
good, healthy ra~ttlesnake?"
what on earth do you want of a rat
tlesnake?"
"My Cousin Bill in Florida just sent
me a pet alligator and ! want to o
c~iprocate."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07

Love lane and watched sec
ton after section march by
to recitation and thanked my
Maker l did not have to
study what they did.
"a nice yellow dog Joined
me and we wandered off to
look at the old statue of Te-
cumseh, god of two-tive, or
passing mark, who must be
kissed by all plebes If they
hope to get through the acad-
envy. There was a flight OF
stone steps leading over the
terrace to the tennis courts
below. Dog and l went
down and there under the
single great willow tree sat
my very tiny lady of the
organ loft. A Waterman APP
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07

in the grounds our navy In embryo KICKS us
heels, pulls down its dress jacket and is generally
uncomfortable.
bright and early of a Monday morning, hat
less and happy, l went exploring. Something
lovely always happens to me when l explore. I've
proved it from Hongkong to the Bahamas and
back to New York.
"First of all l inspected the quarters of the
ranking officers. Some day if my lieutenant ever
reaches the exalted rank of commander we might
live in one of these houses. l sat on the
bench. sacred to frst-class men, where my hus-
band had been as a boy Of nineteen. l gazed
upon the academic building where at that moment
he was engaged in ~subduing 10 plebes. l sat in
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07

cheney of the fleet, but whose lives and traditions
are less understood by the people than almost
any group of men in the country" Thus writes
M. Melton In the New York Sun. She continues:
line American people are unrepresented be-
lore congress by the brains they are taxed IN
tram and upon which they must rely to protect
the national honor.
come with me through the Maryland avenue
gate or the academy, past the midshipmen of the
suaru ana let US look out at the world with the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07
conference continued in PrIvate.

Wilie-Pa, what is a human brute?
Pa--A human brute is a man who won't let his
wife impose on him, my son.
Ma-Wmlle, you go out in the garden and stay
there until you are told to come in-I wish to
speak to your father alone for a few minutes!-
Stray Stories.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07
Popular Tunnels.

~ understand the area of Gibraltar is less than
two square miles" said the young man on the sofa.
"But you must remember, dear, it is nearly all
tunnels" said the sweet young thing. cuddling
up to him,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07
Speeders.

Statistics show that unmarried men. as law
breakers, outnumber married men two to one"
said the married man.
"Of course" replied the bachelor; because
when a mans married his wife insists on driving
the car"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07
Mixed.

"Who won todayf" asked the bookkeeper.
"The allies" replied the clerk from behind his
paper.
who pitchedg" came from the busy bookkeeper,
without taking his eyes of his column of figures.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07

Flatbush-I see there are at least five libraries
IN the world which contain more than 100000.
Bensonhurst-But what good are theyf A fell
lows not allowed to talk or smoke In 'eml
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07

dom from routine discipline
may be had openly and in or
der and with the sanction of
the authorities. Carvel hall,
the one possible hotel, the
Peggy Stewart inn and a few
boarding houses must be the
meeting place for friends and
family, and perched on
chair arms, overlooking into
halls and onto stairs, lining
balconies and filling benches
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07
How He Knew.

Fatbush-You know the French are
natural-born fighters.
Bensonhurst-Yes, / know 1t.
"How do you happen to know itT
"My wife Is French"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07
Looked That Way.

"Pop"
"Yes, my son."
"Who was Demosthenes?"
"oh, he was a great talker, my boy"
"He was? Wasn't there any Mrs. Demosthe-
nes, popT
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07

NhAh owing VI
the service back of
US and through the
eyes of the boys
who are among the
least appreciated of
o re-
sources but who
constitute the back
bone of our poten-
tial preparedness:
for preparedness is
not to bring on war.
not to preserve the
peace; it is for the
purpose of giving
the country a reson-
able surety of Sue
cess in war.
Our first shore
DUTY was at the
naval academy. My
husband, then a lieu
tenant, reDorted +,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07

HERE is no more important unit of
preparedness for our national de-
Tense than the United States Naval
academy. The American people
are today making no better invest
ment for the future, come peace or
war, than in the education and
training of the men whose profess
sional ability and personal integrity
we must one day trust for the efi-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-22
President and Vice President
Unanimous Choice of st.
Louis Convention.
NAMED AFTER SERIES
OF DEMONSTRATIONS
William Jennings Bryan Addresses
Delegates, Praislna Chief Exeeu.
tive-Tieket Named at Night
session-story Of the Big
Political Gathering.

ST. Louis.-In the presence Of a
cheering, song singing crowd Of 1900
that packed the Coliseum to its capac-
fly and left a surglng, tumultuous
mob Of disappointed ticketholders out
side, Woodrow Wilson was renominat.
ed for president Of the United States
by acclamation at IL 80 o'clock, Thurs
day night.
At II: :55 o'clock Vice President
Thomas Riley Marshall was renoml-
mated by acclamatlon.
Thus by five minutes. did the Demo
Gratis escape the dreaded hoodoO Of a
ticket named on Friday.
There followed some speeches. Then
at Il 81 a. m. the convention ad-
journed until eleven o'clock Friday
morning for actiop on the platform.
Give Display Of Unity
II was after series Of demonstra-
tons Of enthusiasm and party amity
lasting nearly three hours and em-
phasized by The appearance Of William
Jennings Bryan on the stand as a
speaker THAT Senator Hughes of New
Jersey, interrupting the speeches sec
ondng the nomination Of President
Wilson, moved that the selection Of
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-22

tied number exist and have been In
stigated for the purpose Of advancing
the interests Of foreign countries to
the prejudice and detriment of our
own country"
Through preparedness on land and
sea against unexpected invasion and
the joining Of the United States with
othre nations to assist the world In
securing settled peace and Justice"
also were urged in other planks adopt
cd.
A suffrage plank similar to that
adopted by the Republican convention,
lndorslng the issue but leaving its
adoption or rejection to the individual
states. was adopted.
1--WE recommend" the plank reads,
"the extension of the franchise to the
women OF the country by the states
upon the same terms as men,"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-22
THOMAS RILEY MARSHALL.

Chairman Glynn called the convention
to order. Permanent Chairman Ollie
James was escorted to the chair and
introduced. He Immediately launched
into his address. lie lauded the presl-
dent and defended his policies, partic-
ularly 10 regard to the controversy
with Germany over the submarine
warfare and our relations with
Mexico. An enthusiastic demonstra
tion greeted his praise Of President
Wilson, which LASTED more than twenty
minutes. At the close Of Chairman
James speech the convention took a
recess until nine o'clock in the eve
ming.
Before the nominating speeches be-
gan al the evening session the Demo
Gratis INDUCED In love feast in which
the advent Of harmony in their ranks
was celebrated. The leader Of this
demonstration Of good will was viii
liam Jennings Bryan.
Wilson Praised by Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan was cheered enthusi-
astlcally as he entered the press sec.
nine o'clock. A few minutes later.
lion with Mrs Bryan shortly after
upon the motion Of Senator Thompson