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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-01
PAPER is EXCLUSIVE
The Chronicle Of New York Probes
ones Family History Before TAX
ing Subscription Money.

Every once in a while somebody
thought of doing, and puts 1t over. All
of which leads us to the Chronicle,
the latest magazine published in New
York, which has been called "of, for
and by society"
The publishers won't admit this
phrase is the proper one to apply to
1t, but the fact has leaked out that
certain persons who sought to become
subscribers were turned down because
their family histories would not stand
the close scrutiny of the social mi
croscope.
The Chronicle is published monthly,
at the rate of So a year, and is not
on public sale. Just who the hackers
of the project are no one seems to
know. 1t has been said that a certain
group of well known women got to-
gether and said, isn't it about time
that something be done to kill the idea
that society does nothing but engage
in butterfly balls monkey dinners
all night bathing parties and the
like? Let's get out a magazine that
will show we have real thoughts and
are doing real things. And let's keep
it a secret"
And here enters James w. Pennock,
Jr., formerly of Syracuse, N. Y, q
dapper little man who talks high-brow-
fish and wears suits, ties and hose of
the same shade of green, brown, VIC
let Or grey. He Is the nan you are
referred to when you call at the Chron'
icle Office at Fifth avenue. Eyes, I'm
in charge here" he drawls.
"It's immaterial who the publishers
of the Chronicle are" he answer t.
the direct question.
sob, no. 1t would be impossible fol
you to see a copy. They're for oul
subscribers only, and, you know, oul
subscribers are invited to subscribe
Our contributors? Well, they're oul
subscribers. That is one Of the basiC
ideas concerning the Chronicle. Thu
terms contributors and subscribers ar,
synonymous"
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here and there small patches of stunt.
ed growth which rise only a few feet
above the ground. The brownish APP
pearance of the landscape is uninvit-
ing but when the undulating hills and
valleys are reached the travellers in
terest quickens and he beholds the
"sheep upon a thousand hills" The
animals appear to be in fair order, but
how they thrive upon such a meager
supply of grass and sprouts is past
understanding. Yet there are nearly
a million sheep on the islands and
each sheep is supposed to require a
pasturage of several acres Every
year the old animals are slaughtered
for the tallOw, or, to use the local
term "tried down." the returns from
the wool, the tallow and the hides In
a recent year amounting to more than
$1,OOO,0OO.
"Stone Rivers" Of o~uartzite.
Farther inland we catch our first
glimpses of what appear to be glisten-
ing streams. but on closer inspection
are found to be quartzite. This sub
| stance, the particles somewhat resem-
bling crude diamonds in shape, lies
in long rows, to which the natives
have given the name of 'stone river"
Scientists say that these so-called 'riv-
ers" are a kind of glacier and that
they are slowly moving toward the
sea.
what becomes of your students
after they leave school?" n inqui-Sd
of the English master of the only
place of learning in the islands. "Al-
most without exception" he replied,
they go out to become herders of
sheep or to some employment in con-
nection with the sheep industry"
"You see, sir. there is little for our
boys to do outside of this one calling,
yet few of them leave their island
home for the great outer world" Then
the master pointed out from among
his brightest pupils n little fellow
perhaps fifteen years Of age. "That
boy" said he, 'has completed the
work of the school, but he is so am,
bilious that for two additional years
he has been going over the same
course. We have no advanced classes
so this little fellow-and there are
several others like him-are denied
the advantages of a training which
to my regret, we are unable to give
them"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-01
THI FALKLANo5 ONLY SEIT 5F LE1RNNo

most prominent buildings in Stanley
are the governors quarters, the bar
racks, which shelter a small English
garrison, a cathedral, a new school
building, a number of warehouses, a
few stores and several hotels. The
stores and hotels are about the only
business concerns excepting the
houses of the English company, which
practically monopolizes the great in
dustry of the islands-that of sheep
raising and the industries resulting
therefrom.
Not Much to See in Stanley.
A short time is sufficient to see all
that Stanley has to offer. A visit to
the stores, as in other lands, reveals
to some extent the needs and occupa-
tons of the people; and this fact is
especially emphasized in the town of
Stanley. The articles offered for sale
are of the most substantial kind, such
as coarse clothing, heavy boots, tin
and earthenware, ships stores, medl-
cal supplies, and in fact everything
required in q sheep-raising commu-
nifty where the winters are long and
eve and the summers short and
cool.
The average temperature Of the
islands is Al degrees Fahrenheit. The
cool and constant winds from the
southwest send q chill through the
stranger and urge him to physical ex
ercise. In fact, the very isolation of
ones surroundings kindles the wan
derlust and If he is at all inclined to
pedestrianism here Is an excellent
place to crafty his inclination.
An overland tramp Is most pleasant
and i~nvigorating. The country rises
gradually from the little bay, and
after one walks a few miles he looks
back upon n of the worlds most
isolated towns. Proceeding, the wan.
derer is impressed with the awful
loneliness. Few people are seen and
not a tree breaks the horizon, save
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-01
Donkey Engine Crosses Slough.

A donkey engine employed in clear
ing land on the lower Columbia river,
Oregon, made a record for itself by
crossing a deep slough under Its own
steam not long ago, when no scow was
available for its transportation to a
new setting. The feat is described in
Popular Mechanics Magazine. The
slough was 160 feet across, several
feet deep, and had rather steep banks
and a soft bottom, but the engine ford
ed it safely, although the water at
one point reached the crown sheet of
the frebox. The steam gauge showed
$50 pounds pressure when the engine
was fired up for the trip, and Is
pounds of steam was left when 1t land
ed on the opposite bank.
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Keen Your Pluck,

One gets rather tired of hearing
about girls who perform some heroic
action, and then faint away or go into
Mysteries. 1t would seem that if one
has pluck enough for a courageous
deed, 1t ought to be equal to the Sc
quel. Sometimes, it is true, the tax
upon the strength is so great that a
reaction is inevitable, but more often
the breaking down Of the girls self
control is due to the fact that she no
longer thinks it is necessary to make
an effort TO control herself, when once
the emergency has passed.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-01
Zoe Makes
a Wager
q
=. By George Haskell
1Cnnrrirht- 1a1I. IN IN. q. Chapmanl

Copyright. 1917, by w. C. Chapman.)
Zoe Straith jumped from her horse,
scattering the ring around two small
boys who were INDUCING in d smuggling
match in front of Bells grocery. She
shook the larger boy, who had been
getting the best of it very vigorously,
and used some strong language to the
other, whose bleeding nose and dam
aged eye did not seem to call for any
further punishment. Next she told
the men and youths who had formed
the ring what she thought of men who
could stand around and watch a big
boy pummel a smaller one.
For this and similar "unladylike'
performances Miss Straith was not ex-
actly popular in the town of Hazel
wood. She had, too, the reputation of
having a bad temper, and of leading
her sister something of a dance since
she had come to live with her. She
Certainly did not have extreme youth
to excuse her escapades, so said the
neighbors, for she was older than her
sister, Mrs. Cole, who had come there
q bride some two years before, so Zoe
Straith, they avered, must be all of
twenty-seven or eight. Helen Cole,
quiet, conventional, and agreeable,
found herself quite powerless to effect
a change in her sisters disposition,
and tried to make the best of the stu
alton. When the father died there
seemed to be nothing else to do but
to ask Zoe to come and live with her.
But HazelwOod had not taken kindly
to the unconventionalities of Miss
Straith, and Helen saw that she, her
self, was beginning to be left out OF
some social gatherings on this account
Naturally, she encouraged the atten.
lions of Donald Brooke to Zoe, in the
hope that her undesirable sister might
be taken off her hands. Donald
Brooke was a very eligible bachelor
of thirty-five, owning a fine place in
the town, and being cashier of the
bank. Most of Hazelwood wondered
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-01
Fish Had Four Feet.

While fishing in the Iowa river Ray.
mond Peterson caught a strange thing.
Local scientists have pronounced it a
Observation-Disclosures" but some Of
our best-posted nimrods say 1t Is a
mud puppy. Anyway, 1t was a strange
looking creature with a body shaped
like an eel. 1t was 241s inches long.
1t had a head like a fish with the ex-
ception that instead of gills it had
a collar Of fur just back of the head.
1t bad four legs and in some respects
resembled a baby alligator. The little
animal put up a pretty game fight for
u while, but 1t soon died when exposed
to the air. 1t was sent to a large
museum in New York city.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-01
Made for ConceaIment,

Stick insects, which are so called
oecaus of their resemblance to dry
sticks, have two forelegs, which they
,old over thier eyes when disturbed
and evidently think that in SO doing
they are lost to view.
The eggs of these insects take over
six months to hatch, They are only
one-tenth of an inch In their widest
part, yet an insect which at Matching
Is three-quarters Of an inch In length
Is packed into them.
The stick insects destroy the weak
lings soon after they are Matched by
eating their legs.-Exchange.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-01

TAR out in southern seas, a thou
II sand miles from Montevideo and
several hundred miles eastward
from the "land of fire." TERRA
del Fuego, lie the lonely, dreary,
barren Falkland islands. Ceaseless
surges from Antarctic wastes dash
upon the rocky headlands to the dis
turbance CT only the wild and stately
penguin; the mighty roar of the
breakers wasting their beauty, far
from the haunts of artist or photog-
rapher, is lost in the dismal fog.
A land far away from the busy
world a land without a tree, without
a newspaper, without a cable to the
outer world, with few land birds, be-
yond the course of the average steam
err; indeed, a land without sunshine,
it might be said, for the sky is usually
overcast, producing annually 250 days
of cloudy or rainy weather.
Despite weather conditions, how.
ever, the Falklands present interest
ing sights and afford the traveller ex-
periences not met with elsewhere,
writes William A. Reid in the Los An
geles Times. There live and move
and have their being 1000 hardy and
Industrious people, whose remoteness
denies them the pleasures of modern
life. They extend the hand of vel
come to the visitor and he is enter
tanned with stories of those South Sea
islands and the part they play, insig-
nifcant though it may be, in the world
and its progress.
Almost exactly 100 years after Co
lumbus sighted San Salvador, John
Davis discovered the Falklands ; a cen
fury later one Strong visited the
islands and gave them their name
From that time onward they have
been the scene of conflict and disputed
ownership. The French planted theil
flag there in 1865, and very shortly
thereafter the British arrived and es
tablished Port Egmond, 100 niles OIL
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-01
"Don, What If | Tell You | Don't Love
YOU"

how he could be attracted to the girl.
Zoe did not return the feeling he plain
ly felt for her, and one day painfully
surprised her sister by telling her this.
She ~skillfully warded off all at
tempts of the young man to propose,
but kept him banging in worried per-
plexity. One day 1t came to her ears
that his family was greatly opposed to
her, and were moving heaven and
earth to make him see the error of his
ways. Whereupon Zoe, true to her ma
ture of contrariness, took a sudden re-
solve. When Brooke came that ave-
ming, she made it easy for him to ask
the important question. Then she
looked him squarely in the eye and
said: Don, what If 1 tell you 1 don't
love you-as a wife should. 1 think
you are the finest, truest man 1 ever
knew, but that isn't what love ought
to mean, is 1t? Perhaps I don't know
but that is how it seems to me-"
81 don't care" he broke out pas
sionately. 81 love you so, 1 can afford
to waIt-if you will marry me-and let
me try to win you'll believe l cam"
81 am not easy to get on with, you
know. You are taking a large con-
tract"
81 know what 1 am taking" he said,
"and l am very humble in the ask
ing"
"Your people do not like me-" she
added.
my people are not marrying you.
We car do without them"
"Don, it is a great adventure. Well"
she said softly, "we will take it to-
gether."
After he had gone she told her sis
ter, who received the joyful news in
high citation, and began at once to plan
for the wedding. Zoe seemed to take
no interest in the trousseau, but sat
deeply thinking. Suddenly she said:
"Helen, 1 begin to think I'm q GRIM
lnali"
Criminal" echoed her sister in
mystified stupefaction.
Eyes. / don't love this man. 1 just
made up my mind to marry him be-
cause his people are all down on me.
Just In defiance, / said to myself, I'll
show themi What right had 1 to
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-01

so from the French. The latter coded
their claim to the Spaniards, who drove
away the English in ITO. Later the
islands were abandoned Bueros Aires
founded a colony in 1928, but in con-
sequence of a dispute the colony was
destroyed by a United States man-of-
war (1S31). Shortly afterward the
British again gained possession, which
continues to the present time, although
1T is said that Argentina claims the
islands as her right and lawful pos
session.
Two Large Islands in the Group.
The Falkland group comprises two
large islands, known as East and West
Falkland, respectively, and more than
d hundred smaller ones, with a total
area of nearly 1000 square miles, al
most as large as the state of New
Jersey. East Falkland is the larger
of the two and they are separated by
a narrow strait.
When we sailed into Port Stanley,
the capital of the little colony and the
largest of the twenty or more settle
ments, the usual cloudy weather pre-
vailed several days of ocean-buffeting
had been followed by calmer seas and
the entrance to the small bay, known
as Port William inlet, was a pleasant
diversion. The low, brownish hills,
barren and somber looking, presented
little to attract the business traveller
yet, to the lover of nature who de-
lights to wander far from beaten paths
there are always sights to please.
Comparatively few ships make the
port of Stanley; other than the coming
traffic with the outside world, and as
a consequence the arrival of G pas
senger ship Is a matter of some inter
est to the people. The day of ouI
coming was not an exception, an6
both old and young zane to meet us
and it might be said that we received
a cordial reception. Once upon terri
firma the hardy appearance of the in
habitants and the weather-beaten bu
clean and neatly kept homes are es
pecially noticeable. The Thousand
persons composing Stanley's popula
ton have not troubled themselvei
with street making; 1t is a kind Of go
as-you-please town. very much resem
bling the French-C canadian settlement
along the New Brunswick coast.
The people Of the Falklands ar
largely of Scotch descent they hav
a strong Scotch brogue and a Scotch
mans knack for doing things. Tn
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still, she ought to have peaches. And IS she turned a corner she bumped into
a n old, old woman who was carrying a basket and talking to herself, as old
women will. Also, old men. Naturally, the plain soul apologized, and, equally
natural, the old woman was only too thankful to be joshed for the sake Of
voicing her wall
She had taken home the clean wash, all tucked under olcoth to keep 1t
dry, and the lady said she couldn't break a bill tonight, and being as 1t val
Sc far to come, she had better take the soled clothes back with her and she
would pay for both washes next week.
"She always does m that way-and I told her my daughter was Ill in her
bed and that I had to buy milk for her baby. But she wouldn't give me my
money. And I said my beads all the way going, and the Blessed Mother
she didn't help me either"
basket, 81 that al all there wa to that, but
As the plain soul went back to where she belonged-amost forgetting to
go to the stand around the corner to buy four peaches for ten cents-she said
to herself:
81 wonder If I was sent out to helpf
81 wonder who sem me?'
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-01
Had an Alias.

In order to save his dogs life How
ard s. Lewis of Hutchinson made public
announcement last week that he had
changed the animals name from Kais-
er to Dennis. 81 really was afraid
someone would take a shot at him.
Judge Lewis explained, land, besides,
the kaiser's names Dennis, anyway
Kansas City Star.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-01

do this to so good a man as Don Isl"
Her sister, fearful lest she should
change her mind, began to use the usu-
al arguments as to honor in keeping
her word, and the like.
ooh, I'll do what I promised. I'll not
back out" she said.
And so they were married.
They came back from the wedding
Journey, and went to live in the pretty
home that Don had renovated and
made beautiful for his bride. Contrary
to the expectations of the townspeo-
pie things seemed to be running very
smoothly in the Brooke family. The
two servants employed there helped to
substantiate this impression, and de-
clared they couldn't wish a better mis-
tress than Mrs. Brooke.
81 declare" exclaimed Helen me
day to Zoe, about six months after her
marriage, 81 never thought you could
be made over like thisl How did Don
do it? He has got you so you'll jump
through a hoop and feed from his
hand. I'd like to know how he tanned
your
"He didn't. If there has been any
tanning, I've done it myself"
Helen looked simply mystified.
"His people have come around beau
tifully, haven't they?' laughed Zoe.
"Sister-in-law Gertrude told Mrs.
Duncan I was simply a model wife,
and Mamma Brooke cried on my Shout
der, and said she couldn't imagine how
those dreadful lies ever got around
about me. They were all true, you
know. Good joke, isn't it?'
Again Helen looked mysriied. She
never could understand her sister, and
now she seemed more enigmatical than
ever.
"You remember" said Zoe, II told
you 1 would show them. Well, l meant
to show them 1 could make as good a
wife as any woman living, If I gave
my whole mind to 1t. 1 have been CIV
ing my mind to it. And people seem
to think 1 have succeeded
"And Don?" queried Helen.
"He never lets me know-if !
haven't. He Is very kind and dear"
Helen wanted to ask If she had real
ly learned to love him, but she did
not dare.
One day Don came In when Zoe was
giving a carpenter a rather fOrcible
expression of opinion as to some bad
work he had done. A surprised smile
came upon his face, and when the man
was out of hearing, he said: well
we'll the old spirit broken out again =
And he playfully pinched her cheek.
do you want it back agalnT" she
laughed.
Dear" he said, taking her in his
arms, you are more adorable every
day, a kind of miracle. l never ex'
pected it to happen. l knew 1 loved 20,
but"
"But someone has said love is
miracle" she said softly. SIT has hap
pened to me-"
do you mean" He could no
trust himself to go further.
81 mean, dear, you have wrought tn
miracle. You have won. l am q gam
loser, you seel" she laughed in her oil
whimsical way, but such as it is, thi
love of mine you have 1t all. I shall
never ask 1t back"
His heart seemed too full for speech
He held her close, and a tear fell upol
her shining hair.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-01

to get the job. Here is the story:
Bill has been secretary to Repre-
sentative Samuel e. Winslow of Mas
sachusetts we since Winslow came to
congress. In addition to doing his con-
gr~essional work thoroughly and well,
looking out for constituents by the
dozen, answering letters, landing jobs
for Massachusetts, college men, and all
that, he has been quietly writing a lot
of interesting magazine stuff. So you
see Pershing's new secretary isn't a
loafer. When the war broke out, Bill
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-01

ment of more lucrative character than the government afforded them has
suddenly been thrown open to them. Men have been going into the army,
into the reserve camps into the navy, into other occupations directly related
to "a activities. Their places must be filled. The civil service examine
tons have been taken by hosts of American women here and elsewhere by
many women who never cared to be called into service at least by very many
who never expected to be called into competition with the best talent in their
respective cities. But now the call is n o longer only for the best. The
demand for clerks typewTiters and stenogaphers Is so great that those who
pass with a fair average are certain to be invited to take posidons-no
longer at $500 or 500 a year entrance salary but at $1,000. Where formerly
the bureau chiefs would accept only those who passed with something over
90, they are satisfied with those who go to so, and they are no adamant In
that particular, either.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-01
Difference In Talk.

'The English and the Americans
peak the same language"
mot always. In discussing grain
the English call everything corn ex-
:ept corr and they call that maize"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-01

good many of the thousands of clerks
who make their way homewards at
that time are required to come back
after supper-beg pardon, after din
ner. For Uncle Sam is working them
hard these days. In spite of the addi-
tons, there is yet too much work to go
around.
There's another thing that has
been in evidence ever since the boom
began. OF the residence contingent,
men are beginning to disappear from
their usual haunts. Private employ
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-01

made In heaven. Still, the cheapest
blue head carries its hidden soul Of
fire, which compensates.
The other evening, for n time,
she had come out Of an all-day storm
into the friendliness of a lamp that
she lighting. with every ems of be-
ing in for the night, when it suddenly
occurred to her that she had forgotten
to buy peaches for her breakfast and
must go out at once and get them.
Not after a while. Now. She didn't
want to go hack In all that weather.
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Power.

do you believe in the power of
~oratory2"
"Yes," replied Senator Sorghum /;
'but too often it's merely power of
endurance"
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Surely There Is a Destiny That Rules Our Ends

THERE have always been women and women. There always will be- One,
u for this. instance, is a plain soul, a like Is a match to all the other plain
souls you see going around alOne-not being the sort Of matches that are
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Goats Calmly Browse on Streets Of the Capital

r. OATS still Craze in Washington, and for many days this summer two
" species of the family Capra hrous-that being the highly proper family
name for plain goat-haye been ENJOYING the herbage o a green plot o. upper