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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17
Two Bold
Buccaneers
*
By Hi AKERS
(Copyright. 1gl7, BIZ w. g. chapman.l

Copyright. 1917. by w. G. Chapman.)
Jerry Parks had taken notice of
Vera. He liked her voice, the way she
spoke, her firm, swinging walk, and
the straight gaze of her gray eyes. But
things had not gone much further than
a few words between them, which anne
about through his helping her to res
cue a floating oar. Talk about Amer
lean democracy! Well, at a summer re-
sort it's about as easy to establish So
cial relations between the cottagers
and a clearinghouse keeper as it is
to get a lady's maid on the calling list
of the duchess of Parchester. Nera's
mother took summer boarders in or
der to be able to live through the win
ter when there were not any. She
had 'seen better days" and the re-
membrance of them had made her
careful to instill into the mind of her
daughter the fact that she was not
to allow herself to be patronized by
the cottage set" The bitterness of
her own ostracism caused her to lay
rather an undue stress on her advice.
But Vera did not seem to even have
to repel patronage, she was simply ig-
nOred by the social leaders. Still this
did not in the least trouble her. The
social swim was not with her a burn
ing ambition, and she was too busy
helping to run the house, and keep
track of a Teddy, a particularly adven-
turous, small brother to have time to
be unhappy.
When Jerry preached the subject of
Vera's attractions to his mother, a
fashionable matron of the exclusive
set, she gave him such a hard, cold,
emphatic settler on any attempt at
social recognition in that quarter that
the young man went off by himself to
ponder over the prose and IONS of the
situation, and whether after all the
so-called best society was not in
need of hurry call" treatment, and If
TRANSMISSION of blood were not neces.
sary for it's continued existence. Re.
bellion was rising in his soul, but his
mothers teaching from the time he
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17

was a little lad was not without it's
influence. Perhaps after all this girl
was not well-bred enough to fit in with
his people. r.
Small boys as a general thing are
exceedingly democratic. A common
object brings them together on the
same footing. True there are some
times small snObs who are the fruit
of the training of the big snobs; but
no wholesome, ordinary boy is born
snobbish. Birch Parks, and Jay Ben
son were of the latter class. They af-
filiated cordially with Teddy Carr
whose adventurous spirit not only at
tracted them, but made him a kind of
leader.
1t was through the small boys that
Vera came to know more of Jerry
Parks. He was especially popular
with them all, and some of the stories
about him that came 20 her ears made
her think she would really like to
know him better, even If he did be-
long to the cottage set"
Teddy Carr was always promptly on
hand for luncheon, so one day when
he did not appear 1t was opined that
something rather unusual was detain-
ing him. Vera took the small row
boat. and started out to search. A
slightly spralned wrist made the han
ding of an a rather painful, but she
was not the sort to be kept back by a
personal hurt, so she went on. She
was making for one of the little Is
lands in the bay when she heard the
chug, chug of a motor boat. 1t was
Jerry Parks launch, and the next
moment he was beside her.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17

an electric light for that purpose.
"By the time you get down around
ninety feet the oxygen supplied
through your air hose gets in its work,
and you feel wonderfully exhilarated
its almost like having a jag on.
You descend gradually, and the feel
ing Of e%xhilaration wears off a bit,
and then you begin to realize the dan
gers about you.
"There are all kinds of dangers.
First there is the danger of carbon di-
oxide poisoning, which hits a man If
he doesn't regulate his air supply prop
erly and breathes vitiated air over
again. It's just like being in a closed
room without any ventilation. The
air pressure is regulated to some ex-
tent from above, but you have got to
do most of the regulating yourself by
means of the valve in your diving suit.
Then, at great depths, when the pres
sure is half a dozen or more at
m~ospheres, there is danger from oxy-
gen poisoning, and this is extremely
hard to overcome.
Contrary to the general belief, there
is little danger from the sharks or other
big dwellers down in deep water, fol-
they are afraid of divers. You see, the
air rushes out of the divers suit witt
IA shrill, whistling sound he carries
an electric light, and his looks are
enough to brighten off worse thing:
than sharks.
"A diver stays down from twenty t.
twenty-five minutes, on an average. l
would be dangerous to stay down to-
long, for in addition to the chance o
being poisoned, there is the cold to b
reckoned with, to say nothing of tn
tremendous pressure"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17
Bits of Science.

Sixteen to eighteen a minute should
be the regular number of inspirations
in a healthy adult.
In the near future wireless apparatus
will be installed in all important po-
lice stations.
That there are %airquakes, caused
by the explosion of meteors in the
atmosphere and entirely independent
of earthquakes, is a theory advanced
by an eminent English astronomer.
Milk has been found to be q better
cutting lubricant than oil in a Chi
cago gear factory that is manufacture
ing blind nuts out of a soft machine
steel.
A centrifugal pump directly connect
ed with an electric motor that runs
equally we'll either in or out of water
has been invented by an Englishman.
To protect the contents of store win
dows from burglars, a Chicago In
ventor has patented a metal curtain
which drops simultaneously with the
breaking of the glass.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17
Divers Who Work on Bottom
Of the Sea Must Be Willing
To Confront Many Dangers

Arthur P. Mayfeld of the United
States navy was honor man Of the
first class to be graduated" by the
deep sea diving school started by the
navy department. Here is how 1t feels
to go down to the floor of the ocean
with life dependent on a slender hose,
as related by Mr.. Mayield, according
to the Kansas City Times:
"When they let you down from the
side of a boat into deep water, the first
impression is like going out of a bril-
llantly lighted room into a dark one,
for your eyes are slow in getting ac-
customed to the gloom. After a while
you begin to see the phosphorus In the
water, and that helps a bit, and later
when you are used to the difference,
you find that you can see things dim
ly by means of the light that has FL
tered down from above. However, that
is not enough to work by. You take
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17

graces of the mothers. There are house
hold warfares where the half-dozen
girls refuse bitterly to be kept back to
give the eldest daughter a chance.
Secret warfares go on against the in
nocent widows who are willing to
marry the other woman's rich brother
or uncle who is doing his best toward
sister or niece to help bring up her
family. There's warfare on the stage
when the public sees more talent and
beauty in one star than the other. You
didn't suppose the defeated candidate
for stage honors was joyous over the
others success, did you? Thus 1t is
through every walk in life; in every
community there are women who are
at secret warfare over n thing or
another. More often than not, it's war
between husband and wife over money
matters. Jealousy is not lacking as a
| favorite cause. 1t will therefore be
seen that women are well up in every
stage of warfare. They have been all
through it's skirmishes, its defeats and
it's victories. They are natural-born
warriors.
Once in a while we hear of a valiant,
feminine soldier cutting and flashing
with her tongue, if she has no other
weapon. Women are the first, however,
to sue for peace and appreciate it. Let
no one worry hereafter as to what
women would do in case of war. Trust
them to grope their way to victory.
Bless their dear hearts, they're used
to ID They don't have much to say
about it, but if occasion demands
they'll defend those they love at all
hazards.
Copyright, 1870
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17

longest legs, those of the first and
fourth pairs, move along lines of their
own direction by vertical bending of
the joints; the shorter legs of the Sec
ond and third pairs o forward by
rotation from the coxae-at right an
giles to their own directions. 2, First
near leg moves with fourth off leg /;
second near leg moves with third OF
leg third near leg moves with second
off leg; fourth near leg moves with
first OF leg.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17
Europe asticks to Its KNITTING"

One of the singular conditions but
of the many arising from the war in
Europe is that for some reason not
clearly explained the efficient German
is the only person now extant who
knows how to make a really first-class
knitting needle. There exists already
In the United States a famine which
knitting needles made in Germany"
alone can assuage. Numbers of tex
tile manufacturers in this country
have been forced to limit the output
of their knitted goods. and hundreds
of thousand of workmen and their
families have been affected by the
necessity, because of the knitting nee
die shortage.-St, Louis Times,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17
POSTSCRlPTS

More than 100000 bushels of fax
seed were grown last year in the Ar
gentine.
A combined dishpan and draining
board for dishes is covered by a recent
patent.
In proportion to it's size a fly walks
Is times as fast as a man can run.
A rough estimate of the power that
a be developed from the rivers OF
Alabama places the total at 1,S7s,OOO-
horse power,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17
Brackets for window shades, adjust

Brackets for window shades, adjust
able horizontally, have been patented.
German inventors have succeeded in
making artificial feathers from paper
pulp that closely initiate the genuine
and are as soft and pliable.
A medicine bottle and dropper have
been combined by an inventor, the out
let being at n size and a rubber bulb
covering an opening on top.
To enable an automobilist to signal
to following vehicles at night a glove
with an incandescent lamp and dry
battery in its back has been invented.
Two Kansas City men have patented
a saddle to be strapped to u fireman's
back to help him carry persons from
burning buildings.
An Indiana man is the inventor of a
simple device to enable tailors to in
stantly measure the angles at which
mems shoulders slope.s
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17
Evolution Of Windows.

Toward the twelfth and thirteenth
centuries the mullloned windows, made
up of small elliptical OF diamond
shaped pieces of glass. were used for
ordinary dwelling houses, remaining
in vogue, more or less, until In the
eighteenth century we reached the
style of window familiar to us in the
early Victorian era-the rectangular
Opening fitted with wooden frame
~ss~k and squares. fitted in with glass
panes and depending for their archif
tectural effect on the nodded jambs
and the Intel friezes and cornices over
the window top-many examples Of
which are still TO be found in the old
quarters of New York.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17
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POULTRY POINTERS

Geese wash their food down
with lots of water. Give them
plenty, and have it always good
and fresh.
Folks use onions to ward off
} colds. Just exactly as good for
, hens. Chop them fine and mix
) with other feed.
, Take a bit of time and wipe
) off the windows of the houses.
, Hens like a nice light home as
!, well as you do.
Some of the commercial egg
) producers are fine, but with the
, best of them must go good care
, and kindly treatment.
, Remember that the turkey Is
? n great meat eater, and keep
, that part of the food supply up.
, Fancy fixings add nothing to
!, efficiency. Good, substantial
, things are all the hens demand
> for the furnishings of their
, houses.
, Have you ever thought that
, hens prefer dark nests in which
, to do their laying? 1t is so.
, Hot food should never be
} given the fowls, though warn
, food is appetizing and some
; times helpful during cold
, weather.
, We do not advise the use of
, pepper and other spices in poul-
, try foods, for they are likely to
; injure the digestive organs of
) the fowls.
) During cold weather, fowls
; can eat more corn with advan-
, tage than they a during warm
, er weather, because corr fur
!, nishes considerable of the heat
, making elements of food.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17

Why, there isn't
n of We s
d a g h t ers who
isn't engaged In
S e ct warfare
from the cradle to
the grave. Widows
are. generals in
loves W a e;
maidens are vol
unteers married
women are life en-
listers. From the
time they wore
pin es, they
have battled with
each other over
their %playthings.
Soon as { h e ! r
dresses e let
down ankle-length
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17
ASKING Too Much.

"The right sort of man takes pride
in being the b~readwinner of a family"
said the student of economic prob
lens.
"Of course" replied the impecunious
toiler. He would be proud and happy
to provide the bread, and even the
meat and a reasonable supply of wear
ing apparel. It's when he's called on
to win talking machines, imported
inery, motorcars and trips to Palm
Beach that he gets grumpy"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17

get none l have raised five idiot
children, and think l oughtter have a
pension. Please send one at once"
And here is another, which Rep
resentative JncowLy Of Arkansas
found in his mail:
'Plez send me a pensun by return
mail. / wuzent in the army, but my
father wuz. And l could prove it,
but the captain lost the mustard role"
This is an extract from an aft
davit submitted TO a Missouri con-
gresham by a country doctor, who
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17

federal government itself is making a large and increasing Use of these
otherwise fully warranted, the officials of the geological survey think, only
as the public uses the maps. To promote this use, the survey has recently
given nor attention to the wider distribution of the maps.
According to those who have been ut work IN this plan and are most in
teresed in its success the distribution of a government map is largely a
problem of publicity, though the necessity of adopting commercial business
not overlooked. In informing the public of the existence of authoritative
maps published by the government a special effort is now made to reach the
communities in each area covered by the map, and to this end every map as
issued, is brought to the attention of the local and state press Is well as %
postmasters and srhnoteachers
other methods Of promoting wider distribution involve The cooperation
If Boy Scout masters, schoolboys and hotel managers, as well as Of a large
number of book stores a local agents.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17

the young women were engaged in po-
lite warfare over their beaux. Moth
ers skirmished valiantly, engaging in
royal secret battles to best each other
in securing the man so many coveted
for a son-in-law. A secret battle has
waged among the social climbers. They
employ every known tactic to further
their interest.
There are secret and bitter wars 60
ing on between mothers and girls who
want to marry their ons Other wars
are going on to keep daughters from
marrying men who haven't been able
to wedge their way into the good
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17
penmarkIs SoNereinns.

Denmark has had a most curious ar
ray of ~sovereigns, the Blue Tooth,
Forked Beard, Simple, Hungry, Hare
foot, Lamb, Plus and Cruel being
among them. This latter, who was
Christian II, belied his real name by
gaining the additional title of the
Nero of the North. There was prob,
ably little happiness in Denmark when
he sat upon the throne.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17

Glass is now made so as to be prac-
tically unbreakable.
More than 10000 government civil
employees are paid less than $500 a
year each.
Pension funds for municipal en-
ployees have been established In 159
cities in this country.
A Hungarian inventor has succeed
ed in perfecting a wooden-soled shoe
that is flexible.
Before the war Germany's annual
production Of matches was valued at
S32.OOO.0O0.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17

during the last 4S years, and by other
experiments, it has been decided that
the falls are about $1,000 years old,
and the Niagara river $1,000 years
Of age, and hat the Huron drainage
was turned into the Erie less than g.
600 years ago.
According to an authority, the lake
epoch began $4,000 or 10000 years
ago, and the falls will last about 5000
years longer.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17

City. The o~ne-legged men will be
mostly statesmen for artificial limb
firms in the United States. They pro-
pose to organize socially and to dis
cuss ways and means of increasing
their firms business with European
countries.
Gustav Gumpert will bid them
welcome. Gumpert is prominently
counted on to become president of
the One-Legged Mems Association of
America" He lost his limb ten years
ago in the service of his country.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17
SPIDERS Method Of LooomotIon.

The way a spider moves its eight
legs In walking is Interestingly de-
scribed by a great authority on natn-
raj life. In order to observe this
movement at his lelsure-for 1t Is usu-
ally too rapid to be followed by the
human eye-he tired the spiders by
making them swim, and then let them
walk slowly over a smooth surface.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17
Simple Operation.

as there really such a thing as
thought transferencef"
"Oh, yes" replied the literary per-
son.
could you give me a convincing
demonstratiOn?"
Certainly. Drop in to see me some
time and l will sit at my typewriter
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17

tries to create the
impression h t
she Is Il most re-
fined and cultured
woman"
1--WE noticed
Whenever
Mrs. w OpSley
makes use of her
favorite express
sion, 'Butting in
she doesn't say
'Buttin' in as COM
mon persons do,
but sounds the fl
nal e quite dis
tinctly."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17

when he was gunners mate aboard ne of Uncle Sans batteshps. A bland
smile curled the lips of Mr. Gumpert when he told of plans TO. this odd On
VenuOn.
you bet Wen have a bully time, the bunch of us" he said. ever notice
that onelegged men are the best fellows in the world?
"Were going to organize n association that every mothers sn of us
will be proud to be q member of. And you can see we're going to be some
exclusive.
Anybody that's a good fellow "a be a member, but they've got to
measure up to pretty rigid standards. No ordinary bpeds can belong to our
clan"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17

of the geological survey. 1t is said
that the standards of accuracy and
refinement in this work have been
constantly raised by the engineers
carrying it II, with the view of meet
ing adequately every use to which the
resulting maps can be put. The law
provides for the sale of these maps by
the survey at the cost of printing.
which is interesting when it is taken
into account that this cost is only a
small percentage of the cost of sur
veying the area it represents. The
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17
Some Smiles
How 1t Is Done.

How IL is pohe.
"What does a man mean when he
says he is tapering OFF," asked Mrs.
TwObble.
He thinks he is slowly overcoming
a bad habit" answered Mr.. Twobble.
Drinking, for ~instance?"
YES. He 'tapers Off by reducing
his allowance one day and making up
for lost time the next"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17
Bostonese.

when the Boston girl wishes her
pet dog to stand on his hind legs"
remarked the Observer of Events and
Things, "she requests him to assume
a rampant attitude"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17
Age of Niagara Falls.

The exact age of the Niagara falls
is important, because they serve as a
kind of standard by which all geologic
time is measured.
BY observing the rate Of recession
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17

more, who said, when he was called
to the executive mansion, "This is my
first misfortune.") It is the most per-
sonal, most picturesque of the govern
ment's possessions. It's history is the
history of many of our American
ideals, says Harrison Rhodes in Har-
per's Magazine.
The White House, as is natural,
Is the constant theater of the conflict
to be observed everywhere in Ameri-
can life between our wish to have an
n%riStncrncu md our wish not To Rmt
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17

examined a third pension applicant: THE soldier IS a result of his active
service in the Civil war has contracted valvular heart disease and there is
a very bad regurgtatOn of the miTal valve giving a loud muTmur IN Oscu-
laton"
A West Virginia congressman has a constituent of venerable age who
is not in sympathy with modern progress. Recently the congressman received
a letter from the old ma and dictated Il courteous reply to his stenOgrapher.
The lawmakers surprise may be imagined when he got this answer:
"You don't need to prnt your - letters TO me l a read writing"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17

Did Miss Grabcoin seem impressed
when you proposed to her, Dubson?"
"Oh, yes. By Jove! 1 don't believe
I W. say a person quite 81 angry be-
fore"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17
Flying HIGH.

you say their honeymoon was a
succeSs?'
Undoubtedly"
"But aren't most honeymoons consld-
cred a s~ucceSs?"
Perhaps so, but this couple had to
wire back home three times Cor more
money"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17

I want to give to others hope and faith,
l want to do all that the Master saith,
i want to live Alright from day to day.;
I'm sure 1 shall not pass again this
way.
Who is 1t that says that women know
little or nothing of the tactics of war;
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17
0ne-Legged Men to Convene in National Capital

e 1FTY onelegged men will arrive in this city next June, will be welcomed
L by a Onelegged hotel man. and will settle down to a threaday organization
convention of the most extraordinaEy character ever started i'm the Capita!
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17

and show you how to transfer a
thought from my mind to a sheet OF
paper"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17
Funny Letters Received by Members of Congress

M EMBERs of congress continue to receive letters in which the writer's dis
M play unconscious humor. Here is ne that reached Representative Rainey
Of Illinois: .L the old wimmn, I know are getting a pension. but I DON'T
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17
Loyalty.

"You say Dib-
ling's allegiance to
his alma mater has
never wayered?"
"Never. Dobling
has been out of
college 20 years
and he still Dor.
rows money from
his college chums
exclusively"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17
Valuable Government Maps Offered at Low Price

r HE project of covering the 100000 square miles of the United States
/ with accurate land surveys "a adopted by the government as far back al
1852. but the work is eyenn less than half comp!eted; according to experts
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17
Tongue Twisted.

Last night Soaksby was telling me
about a visit he once paid to the
Phinks."
"You mean the Sphinx, don't your"
"Of course, but Soaksby had had six
or seven drinks and couldn't say
Sphinx"