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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10
BACK TO ORIGIN OF SLANG
Words That Are Considered staid and
Dienified Have a Meaning Known
Only to a Few Users.

Original slang is often poetic. Per-
haps the best way to prove this to the
professors will be to remind them that
some Of their own worthiest and most
classic and respectable words are
themselves, If we 20 back to their
origin, just the same slangy vagabonds
as these. Examine, for instance, the
word inveigh, Max Eastman writes in
the New Republic. There is n staid
and dignified term, fit to be Incorporate
ed in a presidents inaugural: 81 will
not at this time inveigh against the
custom prevalent among my contem-
poraries." You can imagine how it
would sound. And yet, POLITICALLY, what
does that word mean? In means into"
Vehi means to sail. ~ will not at this
time sail into my contemporaries ~
Here is another Latin word-insult.
In It's origin it means to jump on-ex-
actly what is said everywhere by the
schoolchildren of America when the
appropriate situation arises.
Diatribe is a pretentious term. II
implies something more thorough than
an insult, Il more lasting denunciation.
You not only lump on" somebody, but
you rub it in We used to say of a
crazy person that he was "off his troll
ley" And the word delirious meant
substantially the same thing in an
earlier stage of civilization. 1t came
from the Latin words de and Ira,
which mean off or out of your fur
row The word precocious means pre-
cooked, or, as we say, half baked.
CapriciOus means like n goat, and the
slang correlatives here are innumer-
able.
Imagine some worthy, refined and
graduated soul being offended by a
young upstart and responding some
what as follows: at seems to me you
are a trifle capricious. l would hard
ly expect any one to inveigh against
me in this deliriOus manner deliver
ing such a diatribe. Is it essential to
your p%recocity to insult your elders?"
And then suppose we translated this
somewhat according to the etymologic-
al dictionary: You goat! You must
be off your trolley to sail into me like
that and then rub it I'M Just because
you're h~alf-baked you needn't think
you can jump on your elders!'
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

Crossbar taffetas, in soft weaves,
made up in simple designs, are among
the un%pretentious afternoon gowns that
make an instant appeal to most wom-
en-. There are several models of this
character among almost every repre-
sentative showing of spring styles. The
silks appear in all the colOrs used this
season, with crossbars in fine lines of
white. They look like fine ginghams
translated into silk. Designers take
their cue from this suggested likeness
and n sort of playful resemblance to
an apron is evident in some of the new
dress models.
A typical frock of crossbar taffetas
is shown in the accompanying picture.
1t is one piece, but has the effect of
an overdress and skirt. There is Il
panel extending the length of the dress
from neck to hem at the front and one
at the back. In the skirt portion, the
panels have a plait at each side, but
in the bodice this is omitted. At each
side of the skirt larger pockets pro-
claim the frock as mindful of fash
ions requirements. They are gathered
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10
SOME REMARKS FROM AUNTY
Inquiries and Philosophical Reflections
Show Deep Thought Has Been
Given to Them.

A couple of decades hence, should
there by any pedestrians left to dodge
automobiles, they will no doubt have a
string Of eyes all around their heads.
What has become of the old-fash-
Toned woma who used to start grind
ing coffee at 3 80 a. IN.
We have looked in vain for the old
gentleman with the goat whiskers,
who used to eat peppermints in church.
A dog is known by the fights he's
been In.
What's become of the old-fashioned
man that used to polish his shoes with
stove backing just before church OF
Sunday mornings?
Keep your credit good with your
grocer-he also sells gasoline.
What's going to become Of the livery
stable loafer? There's no room for
him in the garages.
A gallon in the tank beats two in
the garage.
A writer of an article on how to
avoid hurry and worry advises us never
to start u second task till we have
finished the first. Very helpful to the
farmers wife with six children, for
instance
A large part of the heartache and
disappointment connected with parent
hood comes from regarding a child not
as an individual with a right to live
his wi life, make his mistakes and
profit by them, but as a choice personal
possession, whose chief duty is to ire
fleet credit" on his parents.
Services done out of a hard sense Of
duty are not likely to benefit either the
| giver or the receiver.-Farm Life.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10
NOVELTIES IN PETTIcoATs.

In across the top with two rows of
shirrings.
The very wide belt is finished with,
a narrow cording at the edge and is
loosely adjusted in the most approved
style. 1t fastens' with buttons in the
color of the frock and white. The
bodice fastens under the panel and on
the shoulder.
A small sailor collar and narrow
cuffs are of white satin and there Is
just the merest bit of embroidery on
them. The white silk cord and tassels
make just the right finish for the neck.
Any frock that carries a suggestion
of youth and refinement about 1t is
sure to create an enthusiasm for itself,
especially when it manages at the same
time to be so u~nassuming.
Gay stripes In cotton goods are used
for %petticoats this spring along with
others less gay. Some of them, nota-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10
AFRO-AMER|CAN CULL|NCS

tegrity and independence of their land
is assured. There will be no difficulty
about reforms If the threats of parti-
ton could be offset by one little prom
Use that the mother country would see
them through as in the case of China
and Cuba"
All things considered, Liberia has
not been a failure, from the point of
view of civilization. The c%olonists
and their descendants have not revert
ed to savagery and black superstition.
AS a matter of fact, they are fairly
educated, with more than a hundred
government schools, a national col
lege, and ST mission schools main
tanned by American b~enevolence.
These schools are turning from scho-
lastic teaching to industrial training.
Never a Revolution.
The people have far outdone Haiti
and Santo Domingo, and under worse
difficulties. Information about Libe-
ria Is not to be trusted, if it comes
from European sources. News Of riot
ing which is occasionally cabled to
AihNilNbh HSN0pdptlS HAS bttu AOuhh
without foundation. There is no
turbulent element; there never has
been a revolution, the British consul
general to the contrary. Traders and
missionaries go everywhere in safety.
Shortly before the opening of this
century the republic fell into precari-
Gus financial condition. H~umbugged
by foreign loans and pressed by Euro
pean powers with colonies adjacent,
the only experiment in democracy / n
Africa was threatened.
An attack on a German subject in
1898 brought a gunboat to MOnrovia
with a demand for $4,000 indemnity.
The threat of force was met by the
presidents statement that the matter
was one for the local courts to decide.
He showed great ability and courage
in resisting the demands Of the Ger
man consular official, who suggested
n p~rotectorate. Reports Of rioting
sent another German cruiser to PRO
tect German interests in 1912.
But on the whole relations with
Germany have been fairly friendly,
when the actions of France and Eng
land are taken into consideration.
France, the neighbor on the north and
east, has robbed Liberia of vast terri
tory known as the Ivory Coast, and
has Topped off further parts on the
north.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

"A Negro living near Montgomery
made five more bales of cotton per
horse last year than he did in 1915"
said J. Z. Forney of Montgomery, in an
interview ut Washington. And he did
this in the face Of the boil weevil. He
is m intelligent Negro and had $50
acres in cotton last season. He studied
out "A simple method and after two
years tryout is convinced it is Il win
ner. His plan is to run the weevils out
of the fields, not 10 kill them.
This Negro, whose name is Nc
Duttie, takes crude oil, tar and cam
phOr gum, puts them all in a pot and
boils them. There is sufficient oil in
the mixture to make it liquid. He dips
a crocus sack in the pot, then squeezes
it as dry rs he thinks necessary. If
too wet the mixture will kill the young
cotton plants.
'"Ihe wet sacks are fastened to the
pillow beam, and each week the crop Is
plowed and dragged over with these
sacks, both sides of the cotton getting
a touch of the fumes of the mixture.
This method costs 10 cents an acre.
IF it is n success, and it seems it is,
this Negro has solved a great problem
and deserves national credit"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

cotton is selected to match the color
of the stripe. Flounces in silk petit
coats are cut in small scallops and
buttonhole-stitched with heavy silk
thread.
For silk p%etticoats iounces cut in
deep points are most successfully fin
ished with the picot edge. Since the
flare has vanished from p~etticoats so
completely that it hardly fingers in
the memory, the picot edge has come
to the front as the best for straight
hanging skirts and iounces.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10
Great Oil Fire Put Out Chemically.


A recent oil fire, which threatened
great quantities of gasoline on the
premises of a big refining company in
Port Arthur, Tex, was extinguished
within 80 minutes by using carbon-di-
oxide foam, according to Popular Me
chanics Magazine. This is said to
be the first working demonstration in
this part of the country in which this
foam was used to put out oil fires.
The fire was started by a stroke of
lightning which struck one of the oil
tanks. An explosion followed and pres
emily three tanks, containing lore
than 100000 gallons of refined gaso-
line and gasoline distillate, were
ablaze. All the pipes, tanks and cor
Quits on the place had been equipped
with foam-making apparatus and the
flames were out in less than half an
hour. In many, if not in a majority,
of oil fires, the loss is 80 per cent or
more, while here it was less than one
half of n per cent of the value in
VOlvel.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10
Women Who Smoke.

Smoking by ONE of the educated
class in America is so recent a habit
that we are rather apt to forget that,
taking the sex all the world over. prob
ably the majority smoke, and of those
who do the pipe is the form of In
diligence generally favored. In Japan,
for example, woman has smoked ever
since tobacco was introduced, and in
variably used the pipe of metal with
the tiny bowl holding only sufficient
tobacco to provide half a dozen whiffs,
which was In universal use until the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10
Kings Blue Is Worn.

Kings blue, that beautiful color one
sees In pansies and bachelors buttons,
is used in the new evening dresses.
It is so becoming to some women that
1t is a pity not to take advantage of
II, for all ONE do not look well In
light evening gowns.
A very amusing new fashion, decid-
eddy extreme. is to have the lower
half of a skirt or coat attached to
the upper part by enormous cartridge
plaits. In a light beige coat of velour
dc laine this effect was achieved by
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

China still leads in silk production,
although the actual amount is IN
known, with Japan second. France is
the greatest silk producing center of
Europe. In America the industry is
largely conferred in Patterson, N. j.,
where silk mills give employment to
a large proportion of the city's inhab.
itants.-New York World.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10
Birds Have REGULAR Routes.

Migratory birds are said to cross the
North sea by well-defined tracks. The
autumn immigrants fly from east to
west and northwest, their return in
spring being conducted over the same
lines in a contrary direction. The
first flights occur regularly about the
middle of October and the second a
month later.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10
Frankly Selfish,

We know one thoughtful grandmoth-
err who frankly admits that she spoils
the baby at every possible opportu-
nifty, explaining in her philosophical
way that she knows perfectly well
she'll get the blame for it anyway and
might as well have the fun of doing it.
Columbus (OhiO) Journal
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10
To Remove the Mote.

When travelling one should always
bear in mind that clnders are apt to
find their way into the eyes. An eye
cup, a lotion for bathing and a few
flaxseed should be included In your
package. A boracic acid solution will
be found soothing for eyes that are In
famed from dust, wind or foreign mat
fer
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10
Hint That Succeeded.

She was inclined to be sentimental.
He was nothing If not practical.
"Would that you could tell me how to
mend a broken heart" she said. 81
have known Of cases where 1t has
been done by splicing" he replied.
That was the remedy tried in this
casa.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

taking a band Of fur and attaching 1t
to the coat in these standout loops.
On a brown velvet dress the seal-fur
band was attached in these huge semi
cylinders just at finger-tip depth.
Though these folds stand out from the
dress, they are not %stiffened, and end
by falling irregularly into negligens
folds.
Among the new pockets that deco
rate the sides of skirts and coats, one
of the most original is a new moon
shape, outlined by narrow bands Of
brown fur material.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10
Daily Thought.

Good sense must in many cases de
termine good breeding; because the
same thing that would be civil at one
time, and TO one person, may be quite
otherwise at another time and to an
other person, but there are some gen.
eral rules of good breeding that hold
always true and in all cases.-Chester-
field.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10
Eor Parenta to Rememher

Every man who has ever been a
child should remember what he was
when a child, what he loved. and how
much he understood, and what he did.
and should remember that his child
is just the same sort Of a child Xxx
change.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

The last two years have seer Ameri-
can motion-picture films rise rapidly in
popularity and practically supersede
all other imported films in Japan.
Italian pictures are about the only
other foreign products commonly ex-
hibited in Japan, but they are steadily
losing ground in competition with the
productions of American studios.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

small cakes and cookies may easily
be decorated by using a specially de
signed rolling pin. This roller is six
sided each side containing three dies.
Eighteen small, square cakes are rolled
and decorated by one revolution of the
rolling pin.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

cigarette entered Japan with other
western innovations, in Ireland the
peasant woman is often to be seen with
a pipe in her mouth and it is generally
a clay.-New York Morning Telegraph.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10
RIase.

Minister-of course you would like
to go to heaven. Dorothy7
Small Girl-oh, yes; 1t would at
least be a change.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

The difference in longitude between
washington, d. c., and Paris, is 3
hours, II minutes and 36.653 seconds.
according TO the United States naval
observatory.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

OF English invention is a trumpet
to be attached to a telephone receiver
SO It's sounds can be magniied and
heard without holding 1t to the ear.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

A blade of witchgrass exhibited by
f. L. Yeaton of Belgrade, Me, meas
ured 8 feet 10 inches in length.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

The silk cocoon harvest of 1916 in
France, as estimated by the Lyon
union of silk merchants, is 6,147, 100
pounds, as compared with 9,S0S, 100
pounds In 1915, an increase of CLAP
per cent.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

With ARE there is timber enough in
the United STAKES to last 444 years, ac-
cording to a government expert.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

Within the lid of a new pancake
dish are contained a sirup cup and a
butter plate.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

The Philadelphia Sunday breakfast
association last year gave 80, 1902 free
meals to poor men.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

best influences of Southern civiliza-
ton are ~endeavoring to solve it in a
spirit Of justice, religion, true friend
ship and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

There are 672 volcanoes in the
world, of which go are described as
active.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10
Fashion Is for the Few.

The mere introduction of a new fash
ion does not mean that every woman
In the country al or should wear 1t.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

In the Southern cities the white peo-
pie are taking more and more inter-
est in the welfare of the Negroes,
looking particularly into their condi-
ton of living, their school training and
health. More and more people are
coming to know that conditions which
degrade the Negroes socially and NOR
ally and make them easy prey to ma
lignant diseases are disastrous as well
to the whites.
More and more the economic status
of the Negroes is attracting the atten-
ton of leaders of Southern thought,
and people are coming to know that
the prosperity and wellbeing of the
South depends in a large measure
upon doing those things that will in
crease the Negroes efficiency, stir his
ambition, raise his living standard, and
establish his rights before the law.
Our Northern contemporaries fire.
Quently find occasion to criticize the
attitude of the real South toward the
Negroes. Much of this criticism is
unjust, but it would help in the solu-
ton of the problem if great journals
like the Blade would occasionally
ascertain what the race problem
really is and how earnestly the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-29
SERGEANT EDWARD L. RILEY

When volunteers were asked for
some time ago for the engineers
corps made up largely of Pennsylva-
mia railroad employees, Edward l..
Riley, tinsmith, employed in the
shops at Reilly street, offered his
services and on Monday he went to
Philadelphia and was enlisted in the
Ninth regiment of engineers.
Edward l.. Riley enlisted in the
Governors Troop at the beginning
of the war with Spain in 1898 and
served with the squadron of Penn
sylvania cavalry in that campaign,
going with the expedition to Porto
Rico. After being mustered out at
the end of the war, he enlisted in
the troop in the Pennsylvania Ma
tional Guard service and remained
with the command until 1911, when
he was discharged with the rank of
sergeant after fourteen years serv-
ice. Sergeant Riley's military expert
ence and his known ability as a me-
chanic will fit him for work with this
regiment of engineers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-29
Serve Ham and Egg Supper
to Missionary Society

The following people enjoyed a
ham and egg supper yesterday after
noon at PaXtang Jark, with the
Woman's Home Missionary Society
of Ridge Avenue Methodist Church,
in annual picnic:
The Rev. DR.. and Mrs. H. r.
Bender, DR.. and Mrs. C. NJ. Ewing,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer Crow, Mr..
and Mrs. G.. NJ. Harvey, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jacob Kirk, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Stimer, Mr.. and Mrs. S. l..
Meloy, Mrs. Thomas Peifer, Mrs.
Mary Horting Mrs. John Gallagher,
Mrs. Samuel Hertzler Mrs. Mary
Huston, Mrs. Joseph Dintaman, Mrs.
II. A. Toomey, Mrs. Theodore Bow
er, Mrs. Mary McNeal, Mrs. Aaron
Walborn, Mrs. Lewis Johnson, Mrs.
James Kulp, Mrs. Augustus Harr,
Mrs. Ada Kent, of Duncannon; Miss
Florence Bender, Miss Sara Mae
Hart, Miss Blanche Meloy, Miss Olga
Meloy, Miss Rose Santle, Miss Jennie
Porter, Miss Belle Meredith, Miss
Addie Bowers. Miss Annie Wilson,
Miss Rose Santee, Miss Sara Eliza
beth Rohrer, Miss Blanche Secken-
dorf, of Philadelphia; Miss Laura
Sloat, Miss Emma Bower, Miss Maud
Sites, Miss Elizabeth Wilcox, of New
Cumberland; Edwin Crow, Donald
PETER. d
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-29
MISSIONARY FROM
CANTON SPEAKS
Mr.. and Mrs. Weidman Croft
Tell of Their Work in China
at Missionary Social

Last night was missionary night
In the booster program of the Oil
vet Presbyterian Church and was in
charge of the Women,s Missionary
Society. Miss Katherine Huber,
president of the society, presided.
A brief program including devo-
tions by the Rev, A. l.. Taxis; vocal
duet, Miss Mary Huber and Miss
Gertrude Huber; address of well
come, Miss Nettie White, was given
prior to the main address of the
evening by Weidman Croft, a re-
turned missionary from China where
he is working among the natives at
the Canton Christian College. Mr..
Croft is professor in the agricul-
tural department of the school. He
gave an interesting talk on his work
among the natives and brought
greetings from his parents, MIR. and
Mrs. A. L. Croft, and sister, Miss
Elizabeth Croft, all or whom are do
ing missionary work In that coun-
try, to the people of the Olivet
church where the Groffs were for
mer members.
In connection with the talk on
China, Mrs. Groff sang numerous
Chinese songs and Mr.. Croft display
ed various historic and interesting
curtos. AS an outgrowth of the un-
usually stimulating interest of last
nights meeting q mems missionary
auxiliary was organized. A social
time with refreshments closed the
enjoyable evening.
The social this evening at the
church will be in charge of the
Camp Fire Girls and the Boy Scouts
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-29
DIR. F. D. RECORD
TOGIVELECTURE
New Glasses Being Organized
Relative to Red Cross
Work

DIR. F. f. d. Reckord will give
lecture Saturday evening at 8 o'clock
in the John Y. Boyd Memorial Hall
of the Y. w. c. A. His subject will
be ''Dietetics and Food Values" Any
one interested along this line. and
particularly the mem bers of the Red
Cross classes, are invited to attend.
A class in this connection is now
being organized with Miss Mar
garctta Spooner, a graduate of Sim
mons College, in charge. This
course will include twelve lessons.
for a fee of five dollars, to cover
the expenses of the foods used in
demonstration. The classes Will be
held in the Y. w c. A. and registra-
tions for those who desire to join
are being taken now at the Reu
Cross rooms, Walnut street
The class in telegraphy. under the
instruction of Mrs. George Heisey.
will meet Monday afternoon at
O'Clock at the Red Cross headquar-
ters. An evening class for those VINO
cannot attend during the day mas
been organized and will meet Tues
day evenings in the Red Cross rooms
at 7.S0 o'clock. There are no
charges for instruction in these
classes, but anyone wishing to pur-
chase an instrument for this work
can do so for the sum of two dol
lars and seventy-five cents.
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