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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22

you know how girls change their
minds. There's a rich young fellow at
Rosedale caught her fancy, and 1
recon she's forgotten you. Sorry, but
it's the way of the world, hey?"
Denzll could have kicked this rude
mauler of his tender emotions into
the street, but repressed the inclina-
ton for acute bitterness succeeded to
soul pain, as, judging from what the
lad said, Nellie had simply played with
his affections and was a heartless,
cruel jade For a month Denzil mourn
ed and suffered. Then he got down
to work and tried to forget Nellie, en-
crossed in trying to make a lawyer of
himself.
my first lady love-" he soliloquized.
"She shall be the last" and he be-
lieved it.
Time had somewhat healed the
wounds of the past, but had made him
cynical. Upon this present day of
his life, as his eye rooved across the
court between the building he was in
n the n opposite. Denzil half
smiled as his glance rested on a par
ticular window. It's low sash was raised
and upon a little stand just beyond it
was a lady's hat.
"The unknown" he spoke slowly
and with a whimsical twinkle in his
eyes. His heart was not as dead to
nan as he had fancied, or feigned.
Amid his solitude and unsociableness,
a score of times before he had noted
that hat. In idle Imagination he had
woven a sort of mystical thread of
romance about 1t. The window APP
parently let into a small anteroom to
the apartment beyond. Every morning
a gracefully formed girl had come to
work and had placed her hat aside for
the day.
He had neve seen her face. Once
he had caught sight of a wealth of
shining golden t~resses, of a dainty, I'M
ringed hand. He had found it enter
tanning to fancy the features of the
girl. 1t pleased him, 1t distracted his
gloomy thoughts. The hat was very
pretty, neat and modest, hence its
owner must be possessed of good taste.
1t had a veil. there was spangle of
~well-matched ribbons at one side. He
would be able to recognize that hat
among a thousand.
"My unknown is going nome earlier
than usual" suddenly exclaimed Dem
I'll. and he started up from his chair.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22

also reside in the greatest sheep-raising zones.
In fact, sheep are raised in every region where
wool is In demand, save in the polar regions. 1t
is natural that the wooden industry should spring
up in primitive communities and among people
who are too poor to afford purchased material
for clothing. Therefore, wool growing and manu-
featuring as an industry has a place in practically
all countries. AS a country increases in popula-
ton, however, the lands must be utilized for in
tensive agricultural purposes and the range for
sheep is reduced in more recent years as a con-
sequence. In our own West this is very apparent.
The wool-growing industry in Europe and
America has not kept pace with that in newer
countries. Nearly one-half of the worlds present
commercial supply Of wool is produced in Aus
tralia, New Zealand and Argentina. Notwith-
standing the fact that the production in the Unit
ed States is not increasing materially, wool is
produced in every state of the Union. The varied
and wide adaptation of sheep in the United States
Is one of the promising features Of the future, If
farmers will but appreciate the wonderful fea-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22

'hNublly IDNl tdSlup
demand for wool and NUT
ton, the same area can
boast of less than GO
sheep. The decline in
numbers during this pe-
Rod has amounted to
something like 100000
sheep, although our popu-
lation during the same
period has increased 49,
100000 souls. Last season
we clipped slightly over
42'OOO,OO feeces, ms
against 44,O0O,O 900 for 1899
or a reduction of 2.OOOOOO
In 10 years. Our populo-
ton then was calculated
to be rs, 1894, 575. whereas
1t stands today far above
the 100, 00O,O 900 mark, or .
gain of about 90 per cent
In the past 10 years the
wool production has do
creased 4 per cent, TINS
leaving a difference he
tween production and in
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22
self.pefense.

"Going to take a vacation this yearf'
81 guess so. l can't afford to, but I think I'd
better knock off work for a week just to get rid
of the people who insist on asking me when I'm
going to, and where I'm going, and If not, whyT'
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22

years longer there will not be enough cloth to
make a respectable breechcloth per capita.
Such was the declaration of a speaker before
the recent wool and textile conference, held in
Philadelphia. In a short paragraph this sums
up not alone the situation which we as Americans
face, but which the whole civilized world is fac
Ing. The impending shortage of clothing is at
hand.
For every 100000 acres of land in the United
States In 1900 there were 81 sheep. while today,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22

f ALL the wool grown in the United
States last year were made into
pure, all-wool cloth, and the cloth
we're cut and divided equally among
the men and women of the country,
there would be about Al square
inches of such cloth allotted to each
person; and if the present decline in
wool production continues for n few
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22
fUSZ2ALLAN EREHoE HLlH

lures of these historic
animals.
Not only are wool val
ues certain to increase,
but maintain q steady
and heavy market de-
mand from all sides for
a generation to come.
The reasons are very APP
parent. namely First,
the wool-using pOpula-
ton of the world has OF
late increased more rap
idly than wool produc-
ton. Second. woods
greatest competitor, cot
ton, has been in short
supply relatively dearer
than wool, especially
coarse wool. Third, en-
ployment at high wages
has been so plentiful
that the masses have
been in q position to buy
clothes. and clothes
made mostly of wool in
stead of cotton and
shOddy.
There are nearly 90
600, 900 fewer sheep in
the world today than Is
years ago, and more than
100 OOO.O 600 more people
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-11
Montgomery Women Want to Turn City Auditorium
 Into a Canning Factory

Montgomery, May 1O.-(Special)
 Five Montgomery club women Wednes- day joined the Feed the United States
 and Her Allies" movement. but by do-
 ing so the commissioners of the city
 were placed in position that would
 result in criticism regardless of their
 decision in a matter that was brought
 to their attention at the ragular week
 ly meeting. The Montgomery women
 wishing to do their bit.' asked the
 officials to allow them to install d
 modern canning factory in the city au-
 ditorium. which connects with the city hall and which is the only public meet ing place in the city.
 'We are for the canning factory" said the mayor, but we would be much better satisfied if the ladies would put the plant somewhere else.'' Realizing the seriousness of the oc- casion, but wishing not to turn the city hall into canning factory, the commissioners instructed the city clerk 1 to write "denied' across the face of the petition A request for an appro- priation of $100 which was to act as l a beginner for the factory, also was | denied.
 ] Montgomery people, because there 1 Is war, think the city should stop 1 taking in money.' was the comment oi l the mayor War or no war, Mont 1 gomerp must have money
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-11

followed mine, those purporting to be able to teach child within a few weeks, to play marvelously and all that sort Of thing, which is perfectly absurd; nobody
 knows that better than the average music teacher. The Fletcher Music Method makes no such claim but 1t does make a claim to thorough instruction, to pleasant occupation to the child, and in due course of time to have the funda-
 mental principles of music take their place by the side of the principles laid down in every day education. In other words, the same effect is produced as that produced by teaching a child to read in the proper way; when he gets
 home from school he sees beautiful fairy book; he does not have to be made to read it; he desires to do so because it Is a pleasure and not a bore.
 TT studied music abroad, and intended
 to be a concert violinist," Mrs Copp
 said. ''but later diverted my attention to the piano and began to evolve what has since become known as the Fletcher Music Method. At an enormous expense I planned the apparatus which we use and for which I have been offered thou sands of dollars, but which have never yet commercialized. Why? Because there are many people who do not appreciate it.; who can't appreciate. A teacher before she can teach my method must be my pupil; she must learn from me; today
 there are over 800 teachers of the Fletcher Music Method in the United States; 40 in England and four in Aus tralia- In the Fletcher Music Method we take the ground that music is lan- guage. and that we can have no better guide as to the way of teaching 1t than the natural course we ourselves have fol- lowed in learning our own mother tongue"
 Instead of taking one lonely and oft times rebellious child to the piano and forcing him to follow from a printed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-11
ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Jocrofters' club will meet this aft ernoon at 2:3O o'clock with Mrs R. IT. Webb, 1221 North Thirty-first street.
 The W. M. Y. of the Hamilton Memo rial Baptist church will hold an all-day box social today at the church. A mu- scal programme will be given and all la dies are requested to bring box lunches. The hours are from 10 to 2:30 o'clock
 Miss Louise Walton will present her pupils in recital at the South Highlands School for Girls this afternoon at 3 o'clock Friends and patrons of the school are invited to be present.
 The Caxton club will meet this after noon at o'clock with Mrs. Goodloe Me- Gahey at West End
 The Shakespeare club will meet this afternoon at o'clock with Mrs. John Wills.
 Red Cross Unit No. 3 will meet this morning at 10 o'clock with Mrs W. A. Porter
 The Clionian club will meet this aft ernoon at o'clock with Mrs c. C. Sni- der at her home on South Twenty-irst street.
 
 The Cadmean circle will meet this aft ernoon at 3 o'clock with Mrs. Sterling Wood at Red Mount cottage.
 The Friday Evening Bible class will meet this evening at 7:30 o'clock instead of the regular hour, o'clock, at the First Methodist church.
 The Fenelon club will meet this after noon at 2:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. R. c. White, 1216 Twenty-ninth street. north.
 Miss Beatrice Shipp will deliver lec- ture on cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economies at the Methodist church in Central park Con North Bessemer car line; get off at West leigh station), at o'clock this afternoon The public is urged to be present. Miss Shipp will tell you something in regards to canning clubs, poultry clubs, etc. Her motto is Ito make the best better'' A . .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-11
r WONDER how many households ir

| 97 WONDER how many households in the United States could be found to- S day which are not familiar with the name of Evelyn F1etcher-Copp, or the child of her brain, the Fletcher Music Method
 Very few, I'm sure. for where there are children there also Is Evelyn Fletch- er-Copp, enshrined In loving remem- brance, for it is she who has made the study of music a pleasure to children and not bore; it is she who has fash
 toned and evolved from her tremendous
 brain method of music which enter tains and amuses and at the same time instructs thoroughly in the fundamen- tals.
 Mrs. Copp, who Is touring the south featuring and presenting her famous music method, Is an honored guest of Birmingham for a few days.
 Her charming hostess, Mrs. w. c. Vail, one of three prominent musicians of Bir-
 mingham (Mrs. E. T. Rice and Miss Pearl Rosenfeld being the other two), who teaches the Fletcher Music Method, !" has arranged a most delightful pro- | here and many will be given the pleas urable opportunity of meeting face to face this accomplished woman, who have been reading about her and hearing about her
 for the past 15 years.
 Mrs. Copp is a most interesting woman
 to talk to. Vital vivid, personality
 stands pre-eminent in her makeup.
 Earnest, sincere, absolutely engrossed in
 the subject of 'the child and musc,'
 and with fund of knowledge that is tre-
 mendous, she increases your faith in her
 work and makes you eager and anxious
 to know more of her wonderful achieve
 ment which in her study of the child
 mind makes her the music Montessori of
 America, or better still, the "Froebel'' of music.
 In a most agreeable little chat I had with Mrs. Copp yesterday afternoon, she
 told me some very important things re-
 garding her work among the number be-
 ing the fact that so many people ask just
 what the Fletcher Music Method" is.
 "The first three processes of the
 Fletcher Music Method are hearing
 music, thinking music and expressing
 music, physically and vocally,'' Mrs.
 Copp said. My chief concern with music
 Is the effect of the character and the
 mind of the child which music shall have,
 not what the child shall do for music.
 It is not the many compositions that a
 pupil can faithfully reproduce on the in-
 strument which make music worth while,
 but the effect of these compositions on
 the child; how much the study of them
 has made him think and develop and feel.
 'sThis is the day of preparedness in everything Mrs. Copp said. ''We want to prepare our children today for the fu- ture; to not only play the music of the future but to write it; the war is car rying our musicians to the front, and they are being swept away with the tide, and who is to take their place? The children of today; none other. We have been mesmerized into thinking that music is a mysterious art and only for the in1- l tiated whereas, 1t is the simplest of lam guages and the common speech of all people: we. by our monstrous methods, I however, have made it well nigh unn- tellgible. Many methods of music have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-11

NO long has the world been accus- IN toned to seeing, or hearing Of. " women working in the fields of Eu- rope that the condition has lost much of it's novelty but the day may not be far distance when American women will be found at the same vocation.
 Nor will it be only the women of the number classes thus engaged. Patriot ism permeats all the social strata of this country and the woman in silk is sufti- ciently alive to her sense of duty to be sister in woolen socks and wooden sabots garnering the grain and gathering the faggot for the fire of the daily meal.
 Mrs. Helen D. Longstreet, widow of the Confederate general, Is one of the women who has realized the need Of womans response to the country's need and who has arisen to the occasion. She has readily discerned that with 1,OOo,00O men drafted for the army it will be the the fields to insure an adequate supply of food and she Is urging all women who are willing to cultivate at least a quarter of an acre in foodstuffs to send their names to her.
 In her appeal Mrs. Longstreet says: ITO the Patriotic Women of America:
 T am compiling for the nations fu- ture use. the names of the American women who will volunteer to render their country the most valiant war service given them to arender in the present crisis I desire the name of every Amer ican woman and girl who will agree to cultivate at least one-fourth acre (and more if possible) in foodstuffs this year, and every year thereafter during the con- tinuation of the war.
 If the women of America will respond with the toll of their own hands there can be no food shortage. With 100000 or more men drafted from civil life into the army, their work will have to be done by the women. Everybody will have to work! There will be no room on this continent for the Idle during the long anu bloody war upon which our government is entering.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-11
Some -Copp-isms"

Music is normal faculty of all spontaneously as into speech"
 "A child should burst into song as spontaneously as into speech"
 The child should visualize every thing he plays"
 Like most useful things. music has had to evolve from a purely ornamen- tai stage to a practical and useful one"
 "Dr. Edward Howard Griggs says in his work, Moral Education,' that ed ucation is valuable in proportion as it is pleasurable."
 'Tt is our duty to make the period of childhood as happy as possible
 We all know that one of the great est charms about children Is their originality"
 "The first three processes in the Fletcher Music Method are hearing music, thinking music and expressing music, physically and vocally."
 Melodies, if they are worth any thing, must be spontaneous.
 Tn the Fletcher Music Method we take the ground that music Is lan- guage and we can have no better guide to the best way of teaching it than the natural course we ourselves have followed in learning our own mother tongue"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-11
RANDOM NOTES

pr. and Mrs. Harry Inge of Mobile are the guests of MT. Phares Coleman and Miss Margaret Coleman at their home on Highland avenue.
 MT. and Mrs Robert Meyer are ex- pected to return today from New York, where they spent the past two weeks.
 Mrs. Evans J. Dunn and Miss Fannie Dunn are spending few days in Louis- vile.
 Mrs Sue R. Jolly, who has been the guest of her daughter. Mrs. Alan McRea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-11
New Trial Granted

Montgomery, May 10.-(Special.) licitor as improper, the court of ap- peals has granted new trial to J. A. Wallace. convicted in Jefferson county and given a term in the state prison for vagrancy. In reviewing the case the court says that the solicitor should not have said the defendant was in the "habit of associating with men like Abe Siegel, Frank Moragne and Jim Brannon. and men like these rob and kill" The court also concurs in the statement of the defendant that the state failed to introduce evidence showing that he had no occupation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-11
Judge Screws Joins Army

Montgomery. May 10.-(Special.) ) Judge M. H. Screws. city attorney and candidate for Congress from the Ninth district at the last primary election, will go to Fort McPherson training camp, he having passed the officers reserve corps examination. Judge Screws went to Fort McPherson and took the examination. He has re- signed from the position of city at- torney. and will leave Montgomery for the Georgia camp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-11
F FRECkLES
Don't Hide Them With Veil; Remove Them NSth the Othfne Prescription

IhSm tt4tm tHe
 This prescription for the removal of freckles was written by prominent physician and is usually so successful in removing freckles and giving clear, beautiful complexion that 1t is sold by any druggist under guarantee to refund the money if it fails
 Don't hide your freclles under veil; get an ounce of othine and remove them. Even the first few applications should show wonderful improvement, some of the lighter freckles vanishing en- tirely.
 Be sure to ask the druggist for the double strength othine; 1t is this that is sold on the money-back guarantee.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-05
FIELD MEET FOR
GERMANTOWN HIGH
Athletic Contests and Mill
tary Maneuvers in Inter
est of New Field
TO BE HELD TOMORROW

The second annual field day events OF the
Germantown High School, which will be
held at the Waterview Recreation Park to-
morrow afternoon, promise TO attract an un-
usually large attendance.
Every effort is being made to bring out
large audience. not only by means Of pre-
senting a most attractive program Of events
but for the reason that the occasion is for
the special purpose Of promoting the enter
prise of securing r. new and adequate ath-
letic field for the institution.
The subject OF a new athletic field has
been uppermost in the minds and hearts OF
the students, graduates, faculty and friends
of the institution for some time past, and II
Is hoped that all interested In the movement
will turn out in the effort to help in the
cause represented.
Military fatures will mark the occasion
as we'll as athletic events. A display of
military knowledge and maneuvers will be
given by both the boys and girls or the
school In unison The general affair is
booked TO start at 1:l5. with the military
and patriotic part of the program.
At o'clock the athletic contests will
begin. The events for the girls consist of
relay races. standing broad dump and
throwing basketball for distance. The
events for boys will comprise relay races
standing broad jump, running high jumr
and the eight-pound shot-put
Other events of the day will be mass
games by the girls and then by the boys
The day will be concluded with a drill ir
calisthenics.
The teams of the boys and girls are both
divided into green and white, the color,
of the school. The captains of the Greer
are: Girls-Miss Esther Johnstone; boys
Ralph McDevitt. The White captains are
Girls Miss Gertrude Sheehan; boys -
Charles White.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-05
NORTHEAST LIFTS
1917 TRACK CUP
First Title Win for Archives
After Many Years of
Hard Competition
WHITAKER A LEADER

Northeast High School. Interscholastic
track and field champions 1t is the FIRST
time in the last eight years that the Red
and Black trackmen have captured this
meet and It was only after a strenuous
campaign which lasted throughout the en-
tire season that the Red and Black sprint
ers and field men trlumphed.
Northeast started the drive early in the
afternoon. Tho sprinters were In fine
shape There was not a single event in
which the Lehigh avenue school did not
score. Captain Rogers won the quarter
mile in the excellent time of 81 as seconds,
leading Youkel, of Germantown, the winner
in the half-mile run, to the tape.
The only near-record achievement was in
the 220-yard dash when Taylor, who tied
with whitaker, of Northeast, for the high
individual honors with IL points. tied the
former time of Bunting and Rogers, the
timers catching him in 23 lis seconds. Cap
tain Barron, Captain Mellnger and Cap
tain Rogers all did excellent work.
Lansdowne High School defeated the
Svarthmore High School nine yesterday in
a baseball game at Lansdowne and not the
Swarthmore Preparatory School, as was
announced. Lansdowne has a strong team
this year and the players are making
good finish.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-05
DENNY LEONARD DIDN'T TRY FOR
KNOCKOUT OVER JOE WELSH UNTIL
THE SIXTH; THEN TWAS TOO LATE
ror Five Rounds Champion Was Content to
Outlook Philadelphia and Wallop Failed
Him in the Last Period
by LOUIS II. JAFFE
LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION

Leonard who was begging for a chance 10
Knock out Freddy Welsh and bring the
worlds lightweight championship back to
America"
Continuing, Benny said:
After the Welsh bout-the Fred welsh
bout-I went home feeling kinda funny and
happy and when l awakened Tuesday
morning yelled to mamma to give me
something; I didn't feel a bit different.
You know when a fellows after something
right hard and won't rest until he gets Il he
sorta feels he should feel like a different
man when he finally lands It. But It isn't
that way at all. I'm Just plain Benny
Leonard, and glad OF II.
When I got home from the fight there
were hundreds of people in front of tho
house. They yelled and yelled until I
stuck my head from the window. They
wanted mo to make a speech, but l couldn't
say anything. 1 Just held up my hands,
yelled, I love yese ALL and ran back"
Leonard was asked what he thinks of
Johnny Kilbane, the man who whipped
Welsh 50 soundly just before Benny won
the title.
Hes a grand fellow" Leonard replied,
but / feel sure I'll stop him when we
meet-and 1t won't be to ask him for the
| time OF tho day. I'll knock Kilbane out
sure. l don't care II It's six rounds here
IN Philly or twenty, just have the feeling
that can do it."
Benny's complete record follows:
- Born April I, 1896, in New York city Weight,
Height. feet inches. -'O''"' o''''' ""''''