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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-17
NANCY Was ARMED
Demure Little Goat There With
the Hatpin.
AZ a Result a Very Surprised and Dis.
consulate Dog "Stood Not Upon
the Order Of His Going" but
Fled Hastily.

My Nancy Is as trim and charming
a little goat as you ever wish to see.
She wears a f~awn-colored coat with
cream trimmings, has confding ways,
and yet a gentle dignity, withal, which
should protect her. Since she dedicat-
ed herself to tending the yearling colts
In the %barnyard she has seen little of
he outside world. Indeed she Is one
of the least sophisticated of her kind.
I had a right to be alarmed when
a dissolute vagabond of a dog leaped
over the fence and began marrying the
colts; much nor was l troubled when
Nancy arose from a siesta In the hay
loft and lightly dropped from the hay
door to the ground. For that degen-
crate collie fastened upon her q lust
full eye; the twitch of his postril BODIED
Ill from the start. And yet he should
have misdoubted a creature of such
gymnastic ability, however much she
smelled like a simple sheep.
He boldly approached her; she tried
TO discourage his attentions and set a
good example to the colts by main
tanning a cold and unseeing gaze. He
came the closer. Now she stepped
away, stif1y, very much on her dignity.
He followed up. She stood still, OBJ
trusively turning her back to his atten-
lions. This disconnected him he had
planned to catch her by the throat.
Cautiously he edged over to the side;
she let him come. He gathered him.
self to leap upon her. Then as he
arose, she flashed about; he landed
with his diaphragm poised on her slen-
der horns.
A fatal injury was not within her
power, but it was not needed. He
sprawled to earth with an anguished
yelp, lit running, and cleared the gate
at his second leap. That was no gay
d%eceiver, no masterful betrayer, self
confident of his allure, that fleeing
form which spurted gravel behind each
eager stride.
Nancy watched 1t go. There seemed
almost an expression of regret In her
amber eyes; she twiddled an impatient
tail, then, prlmmer than ever, went to
finish her nap. But a diversion had
been welcome in the virtuous monotony
of her days-aad the good old hatpin
trick worked again.-John Brock in De-
troit Free Press.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-17

the iron ross of Kaiser Bill he sees! So he just sat right down and took
his pen in hand and wrote Mr.. Hoover a letter telling all about the German
emblem which adorned the advertising matter of the ChiSa lunch room.
Mr.. Hoover writes back to the local food administrators and asked ZEN
how about it. The matter "a referred to Bert Parker as chairman of the
Hotel and Restaurant Keepers association, with instructions to censure the
Chisca for being 81 unpatroHc.
Bert writ a letter, also, to Mr. Hoover and explained huccum the cat was
wearing a Maltese cross-the sam antedatng Kaiser Bills bit Of tinkery
by several centuries
But-yesterday nw menus appeared upon the scene and the nocturnal
prowIer of inky hue o adOrns its neck with a great bow of green ribbon.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-17

a specially fitted with mooring chains, her associates told Gwenddyn good
by warned her to be careful of fresh drummers and her complexion, and to
be sure to tip the porter, and then tearfuIy tramped back to the park.
GWendolyn was led aboard the car by her trainer and submitted to being
tied FAST Then the door was closed and the trainer fled, pursued by indlg-
nant trumpehng.
A telephone call reached the park before he did, and he retraced his
steps to se GwendOIyn standing beside the ruins of the box "a witt an
Tm-nOtgOng to-WiscOnsin" expression o N her face.
She rubbed the tip end Of her snout o the trainers arm and seemed glad
TO see him, Ter eyes roEed W to where q group Of rough railroad men
were standing and she gave them a naughty "Tm-alady" stare. There was
nothing else to do. so the trainer led her back to her companions and then
went owe to drink his breakfast.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-17
Where He Got the Other.

A Boer who fought with the Brit
ish forces in the East African cam
paign was recently operated on for ex-
traction of a bullet. Shortly afterward
an English surgeon remarked to him:
"By the by. we took two bullets out
of you. Did you know there were
two?" "Oh, yes" replied the Boer;
zone I got from the Germans and the
other from you beggars at Colenso."-
Manchester Guardian.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-17

range to get a tidy sum for of your smaller mes in case you don. feel
Ike parting with either of your grownup toes. Before choppng any Of them
vi, however, it might be we'll to submit them to the supreme court Jury of 10
good men and true-or n much so as Brooklyn men can be-who decided
that the Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad company ought ito a S175OO
to Miss Fannie G. Cfamerile for removing the big toe Of her left foot without
first having obtained her permission.
Miss CamernHe IA greatly attached TO the big toe until July 81, 1917.
when she alleges, she was permanently separated from it by being thrown
&Om n open car.
Immediately following the verdict those in the courtroom began specu-
lsting o now many toes they could spare and keep from tipping over. More
than N nan was heard to observe he would be willing to have n of his
toes ut off close to his knee for half the amount.
Nothing in he evidence disclosed that Miss Ciamernles big toe ws other
than he ordinary matterOffact werlbehaved big toe. No superior inteni-
gence was claimed for it. There was n o suggestion If it having been trained
for any special purpose. In short it was just a plain, homes, more-orless
blunt big toe, a toe that minded it's own business and did not interfere with
other toes. The fact that such a toe could earn that much money was WIN
started the spectators figuring out how much income tax they would have %
pay on certain amounts.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-17

a better reason, could you, seeing that pomeo neither looks tastes Like
a grape2
If you notice, few discoveries get the Immortality due them in the matter
or names, whether it be a Columbus, who founded a continent II a Pomelo
who provided it with something ley in fut-but don't worry. 1t is just
one Of the little kinks in human nature that will be Strengthened u a O
IS the wel-known millennium comes u way.
Mrs. Frank Leslie, formerly of New York and now Of heaven, was a
prominent promoter of the popularity of pomelo in the North, and frankly
conceded her share in remaining the fruit for the reason, a. she explained
"the big balls grow in clusters like grapes"
In the present wisdom to which she has attained, Mrs. Leslie doubtless
realizes the entire fooishness of robbng a man Of what you might literally
call the fruit Of his labor-we have to go to heaven to see things like that
Also, grapefruit tastes better when you call it pomlo. Try it once
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-17

GwendOlyn, one of the largest
elephants of the herd, believes most
firmly that her place is in the home.
That is why she didn't start for Wis
consin the other day. That is also
why she will probably not go at all
until the railroad builds an elephant
proof box car.
Trunk to tail, with G~wendolyn
leading, the Richards herd lurched
down to the railroad yard the other
morning. and there hefnre q hnX
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-17

you will. The car vas n of these
middoor affairs in which innocent pas
sengers are packed to the tune of
PLENTY Of DON up front"
He was an Notwithstanding
man with a large bundle in his arms.
The bundle, wrapped in paper and tied
with string, had all the seeming Of n
windmill. In reality it was an electric
fan, as was apparent to prying eyes
from the fact that a bit of the brass
blade had penetrated the wrapper.
NoU nm alantrio fon &c n,ottv
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-17

HICe, It q lHt WUIldn u Dag OF
fruit the other day.
1t was a bulgy bag filed with yell
low balls that the woman accepted as
grapefruit. But it wasn't grapefruit.
The man said so, and he knew.
"Down home, where this fruit
grows, we call it pomelo, in honor Of
the man who introduced it into this
country from the far East. We have
always called 1t pomelo, and we al
ways shall, because pomelo Is its
nrnner naman And unu col,ldn,t ask
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-17
When He Got Practice.

Flatbush-They say our neighbor
who has gone to the war Is wonderful
in jumping over wire-entanglements
and other distractions. re
Bensonhurst-Well, he ought to be
expert at It. You know, his wife used
to do hou~secleaning stunts four times
q year.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-17
"Reminiscences.

do you remember" said Farmer
Corntossel, show you used to scold
Josh for not comm home to his meals
regularT
"Yes." replied his wife. "Josh IL
hayin' his own way. Since he went
across, all we kin do is to keep the
old farm busy and send his meals over
to him."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-17

wiser, knew better. "Betcher he stuck 1t there to make her believe his other
girl ave it to him. He knows how 10 make em Jealous, all right. oh, say,
ole man. did 1 show you the postcard Lii sent m lie from Colonial BeachP It's
a dandy"
The other responded with a suddenness which implied his right to be
considered when LIS favors yer being passed around.
Lets look"
The younger fellow fumbled in his pockets and then remarked with mad
dening nonchalance that he must have left it in his other coat
"Your other coat-huh"
That was every word he uttered, but-take it from dear Mercudo-
enough is always enough. There was 10 other coat.
The two foolish youngsters, Lord love them, grinned over the show down,
and that was all there was to it, unhss-unless you have a memory of your
W fol goldenrod all frnged around a cool spring, with big trees overhead,
the old Chesapeake swishing in and out across the beach-and dear live
things flashing in the air-and chrpng in the bushes-and crawling under
roots and-everything.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-17

Her Short Suit His Long One.
Mrs Styles-Isn't her dress apoem7
Mr.. Styles-Yes, dear, and 1t has a
characteristic that I enjoy In poems.
"What is that. prayf"
@It's short"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-17

as ne Dreezed MS car toward the capl-
toll the other afternoon.
The yellow of it caught the inter-
est of an oldish couple, who smiled at
each other, the way comrades do when
some trifle recalls associations that
belong to both. Also, the sprig passed
its talk-value on to a couple of young
fellows, one of whom must have had
experiences to go by:
'Iis girl gave him that"
His companion, being a trifle
younger and therefore a whole lot
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-17

CdI Iunch room at h Chisca-had a
maltese cross, symbol of We ancient
crusader, suspended about its neck
with "a ribbon.
Upon the menus of the restau-
rant the black cat, bearing her deco
ration, appeared. Thus has it been
since the time the Chisca opened for
business.
Comes then a travelling man from
Chicago and gaZes upon the portrait
OF the aforesaid feline. Does he see
n Maltese cross? Heyings, no lis
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-17
And the Women Simply Couldn't See Him at All

RE washington women ganant2 Now, I don't propose to answer hat
n question. All 1 want to do is set forth something I saw happen @ a
street ar the other afternoon. and leave it to YOU to answer the question a 8
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-17
Read This and Learn Proper Name for Grapefruit

TIE is a nice man from way down south in Dixie. And he has a o in
III the home Of an equally nice woman, who is helping to win the war.
With a kindly thoughhulnes which is of the reasons that make people
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-17

are IN need Of money to exchange toes
for cash. Nearly everyone could get
along with fewer toes, especially in
these parts, where the car straps are
hung so low one doesn't need toes to
stand On. Another thing about cashing
in a few toes is that it will make no
difference in your appearance. No one
need know that your sudden prosperity
is due to your having obtained an alb
solute divorce from them.
While the Brooklyn price referred
TO q big toe. no doubt Won could ar
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-17
Proving That When an Elephant Won't, She Won't

NEW YORK-There is nothing more exasperating-unhss it be a hang
= haH- mar a hom@lck elephant. To this statement yardmeno of the Long
Island railroad and employees of the Richards circus If Coney Island will
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-17
Memphis "Tabby'' Is Stripped of Its Iron Cross

MEMPHIs-GIory he! The fair nam of Memphis is saved from utter
black cat-the god Of luck that presides yer and lends dignity to the Black
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-17
Motorman's GoIdenrod Almost Caused Trouble

VVAsHTNGToN-It is right early in the season for goldenrod, but there
w are always pioneers. One blossom, anyhow, must have started in to
bloom ahead of official fall weddings, for a motorman had it stuck in his cap
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-17
Zeal May Be O%verdone, but the World Needs 1t

r Wo woman clerks started to walk to work in the early days of cal brushes
Il M have kept it up ever since-gOng and coming without missing a day.
Also they have developed the crusading zeal II the reformer and with the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-17

io1tiest Intentions In the world are
making life raspy for friends who pre-
fer to ride.
sit is so much healthier, don't you
know, and look at what we save. If
you would only take the trouble to rise
a bit earlier--all 1t requires Is will
power and-all that and more.
But there are always others. One
of them is a man In the same Office,
whom the crusaders have known years
enough to nag into salvation, regard
less of the world-old fact that people
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-17

good honest everyday people-object to being made over by patterns not of
heir W choosing. For days and weeks growing into months he has cheer
tany accepted their reformatory raids. but-you know about that last straw
te other morning he settled them with a masculine protest which he doubt
considered original, but which Socrates got in ahead of him. and M tell
ing how many others in IONS gone before. KY
That's the worst of you good women. You never know when to let go"
For that time, anyway. the crusaders went down in defeat but all the
same, brothers, what sort O. a world would this be FOL yu and for III Of us II
good women should learn to let GOT
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-17
Jury Sets Fancy Price on Young Lady's Big Toe

NEW YoRK-Brooklyn is offering $175OO for big toes. This is believed to
II be the record price for such articles. AS there is n present indication
the offer will be increased, it looks like a good time for those persons who
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-17

silhn said the poodle was hers and that It had been bought and paid for.
The magistrate looked at Beauty and Beauty looked back at the mags-
tate. The court ws clearly in a qunndary, when Mrs. Kalmans dearest
friend" entered court leading Beautys mother.
Miss Beauty rushed joyously W. to Mrs. Beauty who regarded her with
a look more of sorrow than of anger which plainly conveyed the message:
my daughter, what brings you into this placer"
Magistrate Ten Eyck told Mrs. Kalman to take Beauty home.
There Is unmstakable proof that by instinct al animal knows its
moaher. said the court
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-17

later Mrs. kalman saw the dog being
chaperoned by Mrs. Louis Silin of 421
East Ninth street. Mrs. Silfn refused
to surrender the poodle, so Mrs. Kali
man summoned her before Magistrate
Ten Eyck in the Essex Market court.
That put 1t up to Beauty, but the
pup was not playing any ~favorites.
She looked as Mrs. Kalman and then
at Mrs. Silfn as much as to say.
Eight it out between you!"
Mrs. Kalman said the pup was a
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-17
Matter of Pups Ownership Is Quickly Settled

u RooKLYN-Desirng to learn more about the great world in which she
- lived, Beauty, a French poodle pup wandered from the home of Mrs.
Hsrry kaIman at 31 East TENTH street M morning last week: A few DAYS
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-04-26
VERSAILLES CITY RICH
IN HISTORIC EVENTS

vASulEGToN April 80 yers9i'-
ias chosen AS the meeting place Of the
Allied war conferences which is 90
Wild The armies aud nayles OF the
nations. arrayed. against the Central
Powers, into compact fighting bodies,
is a spot rich in historic events.
Through its lights and shadows
the vast halls of the stately palace of
Louis XIV have walked men aud We
men whose names WIN live as long rs
history itself. Here have been held
solemn conferences at which great
wars have boon ended and the very
fate OF nations and states determined
There in 1879 Marie Antonette faced
the wild mobs of The French Revolu.
ton. there in 1871 the father Of I'm
por William was crowned German En-
perGr and here France was lorted ID
sign the capitulation of Paris.
Significant too is the recollection
that the site where American repl4-
seutaitves are now cooperating with
England and France there was signed
in 1882 the preliminary treaty ending
the American Revolution.
In the magnificent palace erected at
an estimated cost of 5000 100000. Their
were born Louis XIV. Louis XVI. and
Louis XVII. as well as several %
Frances ablest military leaders.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-04-26
CREEK INDIAN HAS
LARGEST INCOME
HALFBREED BREED PRIVATE is
RICHEST MAN IN HIS DIVISION

Rockford. nl.,April, 25.-One dollar
and ten cents a day, the pay of a bu-
gler in the 350th machine gun battal-
ion at Camp Grant, is barely Gig
arctic" money for Sidney Kernel, a
halfbreed Creek Indian from Musco-
zee oklahoma, who at the end of
zach "a hours adds $177 to his bank
account as income from oil land roy
altes. He is the richest man in his
'atVision.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-04-26
CHINESE SILK
MAKING SUFFERS
SAID TO BE IN NEED or GOVERN
MENT CONTROL

SHANGHAI, Mars Correspond
ence q. the Associated Press THAT
the silk industry Of China is suffering
for want Of governmental direction
and assistance and that such should
be forthcoming at an early date, is
the substance of a resolution adopted
/ bv members Of the Foreign silk Assoc
citation at recent general meeting
in Shanghai.
In view Of the large amount ccntri-
butcd by the silk industry in taxes,
guch aid should be of substantial
character, ia the opinion Of silk deal
ora, and the government is being az
pealed to in that sense
f. c. Byrne, Chairman of the For
o,cu SIN, Association presided and
was supported by N. pnisht The
French commercial attache; Jul3an
Arnold American commercial attache;
NJ. Muller; NJ Nader president OF
the French Chamber CT Commerce
and others The commercial at
tacbes and representatives OF the Chr
nese silk guilds promised co-opera-
ton
The chairman in his address cited
figures to illustrate the value Of gov
eminent supervision of the industry
90 projected in Japan During the
eeaaon 1903, he said Japan exported
9g11O bales against 57,553 bales ex-
uorted from Shanghai For the season
1867 Japan'a export was 226.569
balas against G5,S47 from Shanghai,
"prom these figures" said Mr. Byr-
re, you will see that we have made
but little Roadway while Japan on the
ether hand has gone forward enormous
~, md am not including silk piece
Goods of which China's export il neg
.lieible. in comparison with Japan,
MOT only Japan, but practically all
other silk producing nations" he con
t;nred, "have their governments as
Guiding hands in sericuture. Natur-
ally il will occur to us all, why should
we foreigners and Chinese put our
hands in our pockets to find funds
that the Chinese government provide%'
Oltlining plans for the coming year
for Improvement of the industry the
speaker said:
Gla schemes we have in Wow nat
ofu,y depend on the funds provided
but thcy viii follow GA the lines that
ha9a hogu successful in other coun-
tries. This year we propose to assist
and advise those experimental stations
that are Already in existence, and to
huv coccons and examine the eggs
ON the Pasteur system by which in
1919 we shall have a supply that can
he guaranteed to be healthy and pro
vide worms that will not die in the
third or fourth stage, but live to pro
dute cocoons OF good size and quality.
TITO committee in charge consists oil
representatives of the CHINESE, the
French chamber of Commerce and the
SILK Association and you may depend
no effort will be spared to make the
initial attempt uc,2sa and set an
example for the future.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-04-26
lNCEDlARY FIRES IN
BIG RAIR0AD SHOPS

LIMA OHIO. ApriV 25.-Federal
sseus today are investigating three
AIe which broke out simultaneously
in the Lake Erie and western rail
road shops last night and practically
destroyed the plant valued at half a
million VIII Pantius, employee OF
one of the shops was arrested. Other
arrests are likely during the day