The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-08
HELENA,
By ]. E. w. Clarke.

By j. E.. w. Clarke.
"Our bad actions expose us not to
so much persecution and hatred as
our good qualities" ..... The Royal
Grand Patron, George w. X. Love
and Royal Grand Matron, Mrs. Vir-
gle L. Walden, of the Grand Chapter,
o. e. S. of Missouri and Jurisdiction
will visit Bathsheba Chapter next
I week. Bathsheba Chapter was orga-
nized under California Grand Chapter
by R. j. Fletcher, then Grand Pa
iron. Later it's members sought and
obtained entrance into the Grand
Jurisdiction of Missouri, and only
during these later years have they
had the honor of entertaining and re-
ceiving the benefits of visits of Grand
officers B. F. and Mrs. Hooper have
both been on the sick list since our
last writing $50. Lees orchestra is
working overtime these nights. They
played for the Country Club opening
last week. The Busy Bee dinner and
entertainment given on the 29th net
tide the club something more than
800. Miss Ruby Pettiford, reader,
and principal attraction of the even
ing, while not reaching the high ped
estal upon which we climbed to greet
her, vas pleasing and captivating.
Especially was she enjoyed in Rosa.
lind's Surrender" which number
brought forth a storm of applause
from her audience. The piano num-
bers by Miss Carlotta Ford and Miss
Carolyn Dorsey were enthusiastically
received, as was also the vocal num-
bers rendered by MI. Edward Miller.
Miss Pettiford left on the 30th for
Anaconda and Butte -. Miss Carlotta
Ford is visiting for a few days in
Butte. ...... Mrs. William Green was
called from her home in Anaconda
to the bedside of her sister, Mrs.
Pearl Rodgers, who was quite i'll last
week. Mrs. A. H. Young, who has
been living in the state of Washing
ton for several months, returned 10
Helena and was taken to st. Johns
hospital and operated on for appen-
dicitis. o.. Mrs. Julian Anderson has
recovered from a severe spell of sick
ASoo VI OSNClal nCCho uul dllOu. . . . .
The Grand Lodge of the G. U. o. of
o. F. of Colorado and Jurisdiction
will meet in Helena during the month
of September. ..Messrs. Robert Bur
ton and r p. Ford of Chicago were
Helena visitors on the 29th. Whoa"
said a prominent Steward of st. James
church as he stepped on the accele-
rator and pulled with might and main
at the steering wheel of his "gas
wagon" which he was trying to bring
under subsection. But the harder he
pulled the faster the dad-busted thing
went, and after missing several tele-
graph poles, fire plugs, cats, dogs and
"Lizzy" came to a dead stop. Our
friend, the Steward, VOWS he has a
new idea-all his own-for straight
ening hair. Demonstrations will be
given doubters in his new automobile.
Patent applied for ..... The manage
ment of the NARROW theatre is deal
ing from a Jim crow" deck in pass
ing the pasteboards to Colored pat
rons these days. ITO the balcony"
says he. Are we going to sit quies-
cent, twirling our thumbs, and not
seek to counter against this latest at
tack at u liberties? We are grad
ually letting slip from us every privi-
lege once upon a time enjoyed by
Colored citizens of Helena. Why? A
lack of cooperation and combination
for the best interest of all. Let's
have a s~tick-together meeting. Do it
now.