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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03

wear, gives the hat its character and
signifies its purpose, so that the hat
may be all black, all white, or black
and white combined. The white fac
ing is very becoming and is a feature of
many Grape hats. The hat pictured is
entirely plain except for the ornament
at the front. This consists of a small
pair of wings, made of Grape, set to
the center of a big, fiat rosette. also
made of Grape. At the center there
is Il single big dull-jet bead.
The turban at the left is covered
with narrow folds of Grape, and the
fan-shaped ornament at the side is
made in the same way, with strands
of small dull-jet beads at the center.
At the right a narrOw-brimmed hat of
black silk has a collar of the same
material, but the crown is draped with
puffs of Grape, and a pair of Grape
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03
CUSTOMS IN WEST INDIES
Theodore Roosevelt Writes Entertain
inely Of Life "Where the Steady
Trade.Winds Blow"

When the ship was coaled. the work.
ers were sometimes men, sometimes
strapping women as strong as the men,
who chartered and sang as they toiled,
while their White teeth flashed In their
dark faces. Queer fishing craft, m
times with russell sails, danced over
the foaming combers which broke the
azure Of the deep. Rows of tall, slen-
der-stemmed palms stood back Of the
shining beaches, their fronded tops
threshing endlessly in the trade-wind.
On the edge of the blue ocean,, at the
foot of brilliant green mountains, half
hidden in the tropic vegetation, stood
red houses. After nightfall the town
gallants sat at small tables on the side
walks outside the taverns or under the
trees In the open squares. Powerful,
finely built black women and 1.-the,
comely brown women strobe along the
paths and highrOads, erect and supple,
all their burdens, great Or small, poised
on their heads. Sometimes these bur-
dens were extraordinary because of
their bulk or weight, at other times
they were comic because il seemed in
credible that such small or peculiar OBJ
jects should not be carried in the
hand: once, for instance, we saw a
woman carrying on her head a soli-
tary white shoe, and another time, Of
all things, a single egg.
In all the islands legal and political
determinations based on color have
been done away. In some the social
determinations are giving way. In
others sharp social lines are drawn
not only between white and colored-
as all shades of cross-blood are called
but between colored and black. The
whites everywhere composed most OF
the upper class, although it also in
cluded many of the cOlored the col
ored folk made up most of the middle
class. and just as they extended into
h class above them so their class
was entered by the blacks below them !;
and the bulk of the laborers, in the
towns and especially in the country,
were blacks, although many were
browns.-From "Where the Steady
Trade-Winds Blow" by Theodore
Roosevelt, in the February Scribner.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03

Grape, of all fabrics, lends itself
most perfectly to fine work in the max
ing of hats and their trimmings. In
the best mourning hats almost no 9th
err materials are used, and the correct
hat for first mourning employs this
fabric for covering the shape and for
making its trimmings.
The hat at the center of the group
is one of many models for deep
ing that are faced with white Grape.
This fabric, used only for mourning
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03
"One by OneD

Little Mollie was seated at the tea
table with a plate of cakes opposite
her. She was waiting impatiently for
the meal to commence, and ventured
to touch me Of the cakes with her fore
finger.
"You must eat that cake now, Mol
lie !" said her mother, severely. mo
body will want it after you have
touched It'll"
Mollie looked the cake and placed
1t on her plate. A few minutes later
she said, p%laintively:
"oh, mummie, I've touched another
onel"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03

Negroes in Texas have been called
to meet towards the end of February,
for the purpose of comforting and dis
cusslng industrial, economical, frater-
nal, educational, political and sanitary
subjects or problems affecting the Ne
gro race. The restless and migratory
sentiments among Negroes must be
studied and an honest, patriotic lead
iershlp be asserted and a selfish, immor-
al and corrupt leadership, wherever
such is found, must be weeded out
and put into the background If the
Negro ace Is to become a factor in
the righteous uplift of humanity In
the future.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03
New Method for Removing Rust.

For removing rust from iron or
steel. Pascal Marine of London has
patented a method in which the metal
is made the cathode In a p%hosphoric
acid electrolyte. 1t is claimed that
this acid, unlike others, dlssolves away
the rust without attacking the solid
metal and also tends to prevent subse-
quent rusting. The electrolyte may be
"a 10 per cent solution of phosphoric
acid in water or a 10 per cent solu-
ton of sodium phosphate with 10 per
cent of the acid added.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03
SUGAR From Wood.

Now they're making sugar out of
wood. Chemists have found that they
can take a ton Of sawdust and get a
quarter Of a ton of sugar out of 1t.
The process consists Of putting the
sawdust into a closed retort and sub
tecting 1t to digestion with a weak so
luton of sulphurous acid under a pres
sure of from ninety to one hundred
pounds to the square inch. Eighty per
cent Of the sugar thus obtained is fer
mentable. The product is called "sac-
chulose."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03
Ohat.Uell Dressed \
U6men U1n UeaT1W

Now that Lent is here, the family
may settle down to quiet days of devo-
ton to spring sewing. The bulk of
this work may be out of the way when
Easter arrives and out-of-doors calls to
everyone who has eyes and n heart for
spring. Styles for spring and summer,
especially those to govern in the realm
of sports clothes, are established, and
there is no guesswork about them.
Separate skirts and blouses of wash
fabrics are among the things that are
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03
Her Hat Merely Accessory.

"You are going outT" exclaim the
friends Of a French actress who ap-
pears hated. "Oh, no. but my gown
is so much more becoming with the
hat" she quietly r~ejolns.
The gown is of an ivory white silk
crepe, very short wasted, with a
bright poinsettia red japanese collar
and embroideries Of a repetition Of
zigzag lines in the same red across
the front and back of the blouse and
covering the side panels which have a
3-inch border of red at the bottom, red
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03

skirt fastens with bone buttons at one
side of the front panel. A dickey for
the neck and a smart f~our-in-hand tie
furnish the equipment of this practical
dress.
For the daily wear of the schoolgirl
it would be difficult TO find a model bet
ter than this, with which we are all
familiar. There is no question as to
its good style, for it is always good
style.
Some OF the new shapes for spring
seem to be particularly well adapted to
hats made of Grape. The shapes, to
begin with, are graceful and unusual,
and the trend Of fashion IL set strongly
toward fine and intricate work In mil
linery. Ornaments made by hand, and
showing the most careful workman
ship, are favored above all other trim
mlngs, for all sorts of hats.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03
Fire E~xtinguisher.

According to an American technical
journal aqua ammonia. e.. the COM
mon liquid ammonia-forms a most eff
fcient fire ~extlnguisher, and several
instances are given of Its power to
arrest l%ncipient conflngratiOn. In one
ease the yapor from a tank of benzo-
line caught fire in a laundry, the room
being filled with fame. The lire was
ut once annihilated by throwing into
the room a bottle containing u gallon
and a half of ammonia, procured from
a chemists shop which happily was
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03
To kesn Baby Quiet.

To keep an e~ver-restless youngster
quiet and from crawling away all the
time, get a large soft, gray blanket
and cut gay designs from the nursey
books and sew on the blanket, the pic
lures to be Of linen cut from chlldren's
.lineh-books sold In all the shops. The
bright pictures attract the child's at
tention, and he Will sit for hours look
Ing and picking at them. A baby fence
around it completes the OUTFIT
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03

tary McAdoo as custodian of the gov
eminent funds and recites that the
slaves were held in involuntary servl-
tude and forced to gather the southern
states. crops. They received no return
for their labor, while the government
collected the $6S,OOO,0O0 in taxes on
raw cotton. An accounting for the Ia
Dor performed and a pro rata distri-
button OF the money among those en-
titled to remuneration for the labor are
asked.
The District of Columbia courts dis
missed the suit.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03

situated next door. The chemist, In
reporting the matter, stated that the
effect was instantaneous, the flames
giving place to torrents OF black
smoke, and In a moment every trace
of fire was gone. The most surpris-
ing feature Of the occurrence is that
the tank of benzollne remained intact.
although the vapor from II was the
initial cause of the outbreak.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03

Leading colored men and women
from all parts of the country are eX-
pected in Washington early in March
to attend the celebration of the fit
tietb anniversary of the incorporation
of Howard university, for which elab-
crate plans are being made. The ami
versary of the incorporation of the in
stitutiol by congress, alumni asso-
ciatiOnS of the university from New
York to Texas and from the District
of Columbia to California will hold ex-
ercises simultaneously with the big
celebration in that city.
A feature of the celebration will be
the presentation of a fund of $4,000
to the university by the alumni. The
fund is being raised by having each
alumnuS contribute 81 for every year
he has been away from the institution,
up to ten years, and 81 for every five
years thereafter. These contributions
are expected from old students
throughout the country.
The tentative plan is to have the
celebration open with a big public
meeting in Convention hall. Historical
night will be observed in the First Con
gregational church, when the history
of the institution from its organization
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03
From Green to Blue.

Blue is rapidly becoming the color
for evening gowns-electric blue, mid
night blue, dark blue, bright blue, ev-
erything but pale blue. Black gowns
use this bright blue color for decora-
ton sometimes, and a dress made en-
tlrely Of it, or else trimmed up a bit
with a starry silver stuff, is wonder
fully attractive. And any evening gown
is apt to have mallnes wound the length
Of the arm.-New York Evening Post.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03

The advance now being made by the
Spanish language in the commercial
world. brought to notice through pro-
pagandas and other forms of publicity,
is indicated in the large enrolment
for this course at American untversi-
ties. At the University Of, illinois
chose registering in Spanish inIs yea
numbered 600. as compared with 80.
in 1915-16.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03

pompons, placed at either side of the
blouse at the waistllne give the effect
of almost a child's model. The hat
which was inseparable from this frock
was a little affair of white straw. round
and coming close over the head, faced
with red, a curved turned-back brim
of the straw caught over the ears at
either side with bright red cherries.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03

Establishment of an international
park embracing both banks of the Nj
agara river at Niagara Falls, with the
organization of an international com
mittee to regulate the use of the wa
ters and banks of the fall and the
river, was advocated at n meeting held
here by the Niagara state reservation
commission.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03

The National League on Urban Con-
ditiOns Among Negroes offers fellow.
ships of $50 a month for ten months
and tuition of 500 at the New YORK
School of Philanthropy, New York city.
and also fellowships of $3.50 at Fisk
university, Nashville, Tenn. These
fellowships are open to those who pro-
pose to engage in social work.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03
rhs commonest eenerosltx.

Some men are not only eager to give
the devil his due, but they insist on
adding a fat bonus. 1t is the Lord
who usually finds collections poor
Houston Post.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03

Cotton cloth is produced in Mica
ragua only in small quantities, and the
amount imported practically repre-
sents all that is used in the country.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03

as a theological seminary in 1886 down
to the present day will be related by
speakers.
March 3 will be Almuni day, when
the various classes will hold reunions.
In the afternoon there Will be a gen
eral alumni rally.
The celebration ends on the evening
of March 3 with a reception rendered
by the university.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03

The Supreme court has been asked
to decide whether the federal govern
ment shall pay $6S,0OO,00O to former
slaves and their heirs for cotton picked
in slavery times. Their claims are pre-
sented in an appeal by H. n. Johnson
of Muskogee, Okla, and other former
slaves and their heirs and "all others
similarly situated."N
The suit is directed against Secre-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03

The message Of the Tuskegee Negro
conference to the black men of the
South is that fright here in the South
are great and permanent opportunities
for the masses of u people. This
section, we feel, is just entering upon
its greatest era of development. Here
your labor in the future is going to be
in still greater demand" But there
will still be many Negroes who leave
the South to go to the cold northern
states OF the promise of better wages
and n fancied equality with white peo-
pie which will never exist in any sec
ton of this country. The Negro who
stays in the South and secures for him
self a home will be far on the road to
prosperity and to the respect of his
neighbors-both white and black-and
he will not have to worry yer $12-coal
when winter comes around.-HoustOR
(TeX.) Post.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03

wings, set in a cabOchOn of Grape and
dull-jet beads is used for trimming.
English Grape is waterproof, and there
fore n Of the most durable OF fab
RIGS.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03

China annua. imports from 5.O00.-
600 to 100000 eggs, nearly all of them
from the United States.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03

Few men are reformed by marriage,
although many are regulated.-Milwau-
kee News.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03

Using benzine for fuel, a new ciga.
rette lighter Is a close fac-simile of a
cigarette.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03
NOR NORTHUMBERLAND.

Man used to have a hobby. Now II
he has a hobby, It Is a bug.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03

Chicago is to have n stringent law
to prevent ley sidewalks.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03

John d. Rockefeller has subscribed
$4,000 toward the Robert 9. Ogden
memorial building which is being
erected at Hampton institute, Hamp-
ton, Va. This makes a total Of S140,-
600 subscribed toward the necessary
fund of 100000. Among the other
large contributions are the following:
Miss Harriet Blanchard, $4,000; ST.
mon Guggenhelm and brothers, $10,-
600; Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Harknesss
$1,000; e. II. Van Ingen, $500;
George F. Baker, $1,000; Mrs. Edward
Box, $4,000; Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Car
negie, $1,000; Arthur Curtiss James.
$4,000; Mrs. Willis D. James, $4,000;
V. Everit Macy, $1,000, and Mrs. Rus
sell Sage, $4,000. Ground was broken
on the memorial site in November.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03

Linen Pumps for Spring.
Shoes and pumps for the spring Will
be Of linen, If those being worn at
Palm Beach are an indication.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03

North Carolina has three Negro nor
NAL schools.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03

Four conferences of the Colored
Methodist Episcopal church in Amer
lea united in celebrating the fifty-ninth
birthday anniversary of Bishop
Charles Henry Phillips of Nashville,
Tenn, at Miles Memorial church.
Louisville, Ky. In May Bishop Phillips
will have served 16 years as bishop
in the Tennessee conference, nine
years in the California mission con
ference and eight years in the two
Kentucky conferences. He was born
at Milledgevllle, Ga, January II, 1858,
and was licensed to preach at Barnes
vile, Ca, in 1878. He was a pastor
in Louisville from 1891 to 1893. He
has held many offices of distinction,
one of them being the secretaryshlp of
the Ecumenical conference held at
Toronto, Can, in 1911, being the
first and only Negro who was ever so
hOnored.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-31
No Change in Our Liberal Credit Policy
During This Sale

Even though the prices throughout many departments
will be radically essened during this event. shall continue
extend credit accommodation and those who
prefer for the payment of their purchases upon
monthly plan may do request to Credit Depart
ment You need hesitate to accept this privilege which
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-12-19

kamersd-G German for oomrade. The
Germans ] surrender
kl7-A kilogramme, 220 pounds
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-12-19
SUFFRAGE SUPPORT
Defeated BY GAG"
State Grange Turns Down
Resolution for First Time
in Ten Years
VETERAN IN CAUSE
CENSURES BODY

For the nrst time in ten years. the
Delaware Stale Grange. at its oonven-
ton. fast week, omitted 10 pass a reso-
luton favoring Woman Suffrage. Mrs.
Martha s. CranstoD. Of Newport, for
many years the most honored or Deia-
ware workers in the Equal Suffrage
cause, ccnsures the Strange for its omis-
sion IN an Interview with a reporter
FOR THE EVENING JOURNAL, Mrs.
Crsnsion said.
During the sessions OF the Delaware
state Grange held at Newark last week.
looked anxously for a report Of a
resolution in favor Of Woman Suffrage.
10 your valuable paper which resolu-
ton the Delaware Grange has passed
for the last ten years.
u received a letter today from a
member OF the Grange in Kent County.
explaining the omission Of theaaclion
OF The State Grange upon the question
This member offered the resolution but
was requested to withdraw it. explana-
flon being made that certain members
Of state Grange had been requested not
10 have Woman Suffrage mentioned at
this session Of the state Grange. The
momber from Kent County declined 10
Withdraw the resolution. declaring that
she would rather the resolution would
he defeated than not 10 offer Il and
express her opinion upon the question.
The resolution was defeated, but after
the closing session, the member from
Kent County found there had been a
gag law in operation. which caused the
resolution TO he lost so that she be-
lleves the Suffragists had gained a vic
tory rather than met with defeat in
the Grange.
These Changers who were lukewarm
IN regard to the Woman Suffrage ques-
ii0n. could not have known how strong
n resolution was passed by the Nd
tional Grange at its annual meeting at
st. Louis. Not only was the Woman
suffrage resolution passed unanimous
lv. but the Federal Amendment was
passed without an adverse vote"
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-12-19

We are agents for the ia
nous Macy Sectional Book.
cases, which we have in all
designs and finishes, from
S4.05 per section to $15.05.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-12-19
TRENCH DICTIONARY

Fass-cisarettes.

Fags-CigareHes.
Feldwebel or NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
sergeant-major.
Fire Bucket-A sheet iron pail or
hrazier for heating a dugout
ive-Point-Nine--A German gun that
fires a 22O pound she'll
Fokker-A type Of very fast German
alrplane
Fourbi-French slang. meaning any
thing and everything, clothes. pack. the
army or the war.
g. Francine-A Red Cross nurse.
Fritz-Tommy's name Tor a German
soldier.
Funk Hole-A dusout proof against
,t hish explosive shells.
q Gefreiter-A German high private.
8. Gniole-French slang for brandy.
s. Gone West-Killed
Goulash Kitchen-A field kitchen
Green Cross Shels-Gas Smells
Grousing-B soldiers SLAMS for
: grumbling. Corresponds 70 kicking
Hand Grenade-A bomb thrown by
hand
Hauptmann-German captain OF in
I faniry.
(, Heayies-Heavv artillery.
Holy synod-The highest ecclesissi-
cal authority in Russia, the governing
. body Of the orthodox Greek Church.
Huns-Germans
lnvalided--Sent home on account Of
wounds or sickness
Iron Rations-Emergency rations;
bully beef bareback, jam and tea
Jack British soldiers name
b Tor me German seventeen inch shells.
{. Jam Iins-Earliest British bomb. The
Mills bomb is the present British stan
lard
jus 'Tyicel-Conee
X
hamerad-Germsn Tor comrsde. The
Germans ] surrender.
hl7-A kilogramme, 220 pounds.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-12-19
"Pefif Jesu" TO Visit French
Riddles After Three Years

members seeing the Petit Jesu" with
a tinsel halo above his head, lying
there in the manger, just as he did at
Bethlehem.
jeans little brother, Nlarcelle, aged 3
years, does not believe the "Petit
Jesu" will come, Narcotics mother
said he wouldn't But Jeans informa-
tion comes from an American lady
who came today in an automobile and
delivered a brand new bed for the
bare room in which Jean, Marcelle, the
three sisters and mother have slept
since returning from another destroy
ed village where they'd live after the
Germans retreated in March and blew
up Audignicuort
Jean is keeping his knowledge secret.
The American lady told him to-be-
cause even Jeans mother doesn't know.
The village cure-he knows Because
he's been talking TO the American
lady.
Last Christmas the Germans wouldn't
permit the "fete de Ia noel in the
church. They were using the church
for other purposes-and the Germans
ol0n nave iuucu ldllu III tue ftllb
Jesu. They thought only Of their own
German santa Claus, who brought
packages from Germany.
To Jean, Marcelle and the little sis
ters duPonts the German Santa Claus
meant nothing.
But miraculously the plaster Of paris
image Of the Christ child which repre-
senis Christmas TO them has lived
safely through the destruction Of
Audgnicourt, buried away Will the
now faded halo of tinsel.
Therefore the Petit Jesu will again
he in The manger Of Bethlehem on
Christmas Eve. After looking long and
greatly at him and to what
the cure has 10 say about his wonder
Gus birth. The little duPonts viii 20
home and put their wooden shoes be
fore the fireplace. After praying to-
Him to bring back their father from a
German prison camp, they will wake
up to find the American Santa Claus Of
whom they know nothing has depu-
tized the American lady 10 FIJI up the
sabots.