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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20
When should You EnroIll

When Should You Enrollf
TODAY
Nurses are needed now. Five thou
sand are wanted between o and
June l, and approximately $4,000 will
be needed before the end of the year.
What Are the Requirements for the
Red Cross Nursing Service?
TO be eligible for enrolment a nurse
must be a graduate of "A recognized
school for nurses, giving at least two
years curse of training in Il general
hospital. In states where registration
is provided for by law an applicant,
to be eligible for enrolment, III be
registered. She must be at least TWEEN.
ty-one years of age.
What are the Physical Standards?
During the period of the war a phys
zeal examination certificate should be
filed with other application papers at
the time of enrolment.
Where do Red Cross Nurses Server
Their service may be in this coun'
guaranteed.
What Is the Length OF Service!
Red Cross nurses appointed for
service in the military establishment
during war are expected to remain as
long as the emergency lasts, unless the
need of their services ceases to exist.
They may, however, be relieved from
duty at any time in case of miscon-
duct, or should their services prove un-
satisfactory. The same ruling con
corning length of service and reslgna-
ton applies also to nurses serving else
where with the Red Cross.
Must Nurses Pay Travelling Ex-
penses?
Travelling expenses are paid for
nurses travelling under orders from the
wal and navy departments or the
American Red Cross.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20

PajamaS. worn instead of night
dresses, have proved so sensible and
so fetching that they have become an
established Institution in the realm of
lingerie. Tow we accept them as a
matter of course. 1t was because
they proved pretty and fascinating
that they were followed by n~egligees
that scorned skirts and reveled In
trousers. inviting all sorts of gorgeous
oriental silks and furbelOws, to come
and be at home with them. japan,
China, Persia, Turkey and heaven only
knows what other lands, have been
~ransacked for inspirations.
r. The designers, once having landed
an idea, exploit it TO suit themselves.
In the picture a lovely negligee Is
shown with Powered satin trousers,
or pantalettes, that are gathered in
about the ankle. over an ivory sur
face, or on any good color background,
bouquets of flowers In several col
Ors are printed m silks that make
these neither garments things of
beauty. Worn over these there are
luuDlGla VI JNNhtAE Vi uiuPCllCo VI
g%eorgette or silk, usually in a plain
color. In the pictur the Over-garment
is r~ose-colored crepe georgette and 1t
fastens with silk cord and tassels in
the same color.
Bright green, OF black and gold
made up With straight trousers and
short jackets in the fashion of Chinese
costumes, we may pass by. but not
without casting one lingering, longing
look behind. Black satin ousers and
jacket, bordered with gold satin and
embroidered in gold cOlored silk make
negllgees that one win never tire of.
Vivid and %audacious shades of green
with touches Of brilliant colors in
embroidered decorations are wonder
full in georgette or in satin. Turquoise
| and blueblrd are good choices in color,
and then there is gold color and paler
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20

in the northwest section. 1t was an apartment house. The boy rang the bell
in the downstairs hall, but receiving 10 answer, mounted the steps % the
apartment in question.
Still n o answer So the boy rang the bell in the next apartment, and
when a woman answered the bell he asked if she would take the letter for
the absentee.
"Why you had better take that letter down to Mr.. soandsos Office"
said the woman.
Eyes, man," said the boy, and departed.
When he can to the ROY of mail boxes, he stopped, looked around, and
acted. He did not hesitate in the least His power of decision vas very
good. Power Of decision is q fine thing, too.
He calmly toret the special delivery stamp off the letter, and dropped the
missive into the proper mail box, making it appear as If the regular mailman
had delivered it.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20
Rides Well at Ninetx.6ve.

Jockeys, no matter what their age,
are generally referred to by those not
closely in touch with racing as "the
boy on So-and-So," but a stable 'lad'
still going we'll at ninety-fve is GER
tainly hard to beat. There is one, as
shown by the following clipping from
the London Sportsman of recent date /:
zone of the brightest and most alert
of the lads riding horses around the
paddock at Windsor prior to their
races was old Faulkner, the grandpa
Their of the steeplechase Jockey of that
name. He is n~inety-five years old. His
memory is of the best and so is his
hearing. He has been connected with
horses all his life and many a tale of
the turf he can tell"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20
rises Are Needed for Immediate

"Nurses Are Needed for Immediate
Service
The American Red Cross has issued
several flyers and, booklets in n cam
paign to enlist trained nurses for an
increasing army and under the head
ing quoted above has this to say
The enemy thinks he can win before
the United States mobilizes all it's re-
sources for making war-and among
these resources nurses are vital, Ask
yourself this heart-searching question {:
as our incomplete mobilization due in
part to my holding back?'
Trained nurses are needed today
needed in the training camps at home
and desperately needed in the hos
pitfalls in France, where there are hun
dreds of wounded daily.
The American Red Cross does not
pretend that you can serve your
try without sacrifice. You will receive
less compensation in war work, meas
ured in dollars; but you will receive
infinitely larger compensation. meas
ured in self-respect, patriotism and IN
Selnsn deNoton 70 your country IN the
hour of its greatest need.
LOngfellow said;
Trust no future, howe'er pleasant
Let the dead past bury it's dead /;
Act! Act! in the living present,
Heart within and God o~'erhead."
Nurses, II YOU fail, HE dies!
In a small booklet issued by the
Red Cross various questions are an
swered. For the benefit of trained
nurses who may wish to enlist some
of these questions are repeated here
with their Nurses desiring
general information, or young women
who wish to he trained for nurses
should write to the Red Cross address,
ing: Department of Nursing, Ameri-
can Red Cross, Washington. d. c."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20
gA@2mmA
Wear White o

Release shoe leather for service by
wearing white shoes! That's the lat
est patriotic slogan of fashion and bids
fair to rival the demand that we sub
stitute silk and calico for WOOL. White
buckskin, canvas and duck and white
washable kid for evening are the Slip
pers and shoes recommended for fash
ion patriots. White shoes are essential
to smartness for completing the sum-
mer costume Of organdie and light
silks. For cool evening smart white
CATERS are made to accompany white
slippers.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20
one Of the Smart New Wells.

1t was a rather wide veil of a pref
ty. silky hexagonal mesh, black, and
1t was being draped around a small
fiower-wreathed turban. The interest
ing thing about 1t was the border; that
was composed of silyery gray coin
spots-the size of a 5-cent piece--a
single row on the long edge of the veil.
and a double row across each end. 1t
was a simple decoration, but, as the
skIllful milliner caught up the folds OF
the veil and fastened them at the back,
it hung In graceful drapery.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20

Three feeta away. 7 sueca can tell you
about that apartment" said Mrs. Smith, failing utterly to SCI the agent
And, what was worse, it wouldn't have made any difference if she had seen
that gentleman, because it happened that she had never laid eyes O said
agent in all her life. She always paid by check.
"My dearS" breathed Mrs. Smith, don't you let the agent fool you O
that apartment. Ask him about the sink that stops up and"
Then came a whHlwfnd of advice, which the two prospective tenants
took in eagerLy-as did the agent
That worthy began 10 blush, it must be confessed, and the two women
began to blush a little themselves, but innocent Mrs Smith kept right on.
"You know" she continued, "that apartment is exactly like mine. What
is he going to charge you or it'
"Slxty dollars" said n of the two ladies.
81 pay $50 for mine" said the aLrevealng Mrs. Smith.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20

presents at the paymasters Office in cae he should not be in when the pay
master visits the station. Our four heroes were not in.
central bureau. When he went off watch he turned them over to Lieut. Johr
Meehan. Now, in the interim, the slips we're in the leutenants Office as
safely protected from the sick-fngered dip" or bold robber, one might say
as though in a safe deposit vault, mghtnt one?
One mightnt, because when the four coppers visited the Office for the
slips they were missing-four slips, each calling for a check for $6O9+-
total, $24376.
"Wen, it all right. anyway. a bit inconvenient that's all; winds blown
them out the window or something" explained Messrs. Burke, OBrien, No
land and ODOnnel one to the other.
Certainly. Who would dare brook the majesty of the law?
That's what the four coppers want to know, for when they visited the
paymasers office in the city hall bright and early the next morning they
signed and cashed and everything.
Wen say a poicemans life is not a happy one.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20

kill the kaiser. But no, I pick that out of the ether-the spirits say the
kaiser will be kiled-but first he will be whipped. All, and for you, it says
for you, you will meet a very pretty, darkeyed French girl. You will marry
her. Now, are therea any questions you would like to ask?'
"When-when-wfl l marry this Frenchy?'
"Ah, l al see two spirits-two airy spirits to tell me. I see them gently
approaching-'
But Nine. Byrnes didn't Zee the two policemen that can to arrest her
till they we're in her house, 1904 MCGEE street The soldier wih no clair
voyant training, vas more observant. He saw the officers, and made up his
mind. He left
81 was born with the art" Nine. Byrnes said before Judge John NJ.
Kennedy, in the North side court, "and I will die with it,"
You'll pay 500 first" said the judge.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20

80 days. You needn't exercise at all if it is disagreeabe, or if you haven't
the time, though 1 should advise plenty of fresh air and a walk every day.
Will you do what I tell youY"
The other agreed to do a IS told. Every we'll" said the trainer; "drnk one
tall glass OF fresh milk with a raw egg n it four times a day. That will be
enough food and drink. If you find yourself getting a little bilious, take a
SMALL quantity OF orange juice now and then. I'll drop in and look you over
ia 80 days."
At the end of the trial period the trainer called on his friend and found
that the patient had lOst3 80 pounds. Eat sparngy now" he told him, land
drink orange juice. Very SOC you will forget you have such a thing as the
liver"
A simpler or more effective regimen for keeping down the weight has
been devised.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20

Little boys must know arithmetic, and I want to see If you've bene-
flied in the little time you've been allowed to go to school, Start your multi.
pHcahon table" the court ordered.
Contemptuously running through the tables of twos tours and fves Eddie
branched into troubles. He ratified off six times" the "sevens" and started
N the "eights" With a good deal of headscratching, shutting of feet. and
other muscular efforts, he reached nine times nne-eroness
"Ftnd that answer and your lesson ends for today" the court promised.
Eddie eventually got out his answer.
sect Eddie a pair of Shoes" the court ordered, handing a bill to a
patrOman.
EddIes father was placed On probation for a year.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20
~JournaIistlc pllettante.

whats the matter with the city
editor? Two members of the staff are
holding him and he looks as If he were
about to have a fit"
ITS the fault of that wealthy cub
reporter hired last week. The C. e.
told him to cover a Red Cross meeting
this afternoon and he said 1t would
interfere with his game of golf."-
Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20

city, like little Red Riding Hoods
to be preyed upon by every wolf in
strangers clothing who prowls our
streets.
But let us have at the why and
wherefore of how Coppers Michael
Burke, Thomas Nolan, Lewis O'Brien
and Walter ODonnell did not get their
semimonthly pay checks of $60.94
each. 1t is necessary to explain that
the mode of paying off in the Chicago
police department is to give each men,
Der an Identification slim. which he
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20
COLLAR and cuffs Of searIet.

A blouse of white silk poplin has
tiny collar and cuffs of scarlet, from
which flare plated rufies Of white.
A satin blouse has extra piece at
front in simulated button effect. and a
touch of blue embroidery.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20

there they were, being shown around
by the real estate man himself.
AS the trio passed up the steps
who should issue forth from an apart
ment but Mrs. Smith, friend of the two
ladies.
"Oh, Mrs. Smith, so glad to see
you" said one lady. "You can tell US
about this apartment we are going to
rent"
The real estate agent had stopped.
waiting for the women. He was about
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20

scanning a line on his palm. II can
tell that by looking here-see, those
are two planets, Mars and Venus"
"They amt planets; them's cal
louses," said the prosaic soldier.
mo, they're not" the medium said
sweetly, yet with the practiced air of
n who will not be denied, they're
two mounts, at the base Of your fin
gers, and II is love and the others
war. You will be very brave, you will
win the Crux de Gerry-let me see
no-I thought it said here YOU would
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20

day. Educators have a theory thai
badness" is often a species of pent-
up energy, and that the same talent for
mischief shown by many boys, if
turned to good channels, is the very
talent that will make the boy sue
cessful in after life.
Remember that in considering the
following: !
This young fellow delivered a spe-
cial delivery letter, with the familiar
blue stamp showing a boy riding on
a bicycle on it, to a certain residence
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20

of shoes. Louis Gilchrist, Eddie's par
ent. was in court charged with falling
to send his ~ten-year-old son to school.
The boy told the judge he wanted to
see his father before the latter went
to jail.
HE owes me 20 cents 1 made
selling papers," he explained. you
see 1 want to get some Shoes" The
boy displayed a shoe, the sole of
which weeks ago had worn through.
II can get a first-rate pair of tennis
slippers for SO cents I'm a good coun-
A.. and LIZ ann,roT Ia ali nn4n
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20
Extravaqance Of Economy

There's n form of extravaganza
I'll tolerate"
"What is it?'
III don't care how much money my
wife spends for thrift stamps"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20

and no need to- starve oneself. A man
who trains prize fighters heard an old
friend complaining of his fairness and
his inability to reduce even by a
strenuous system of exercise.
How much do you want to take
OFF, asked the trainer.
"Oh, about 30 pounds" said the
friend.
'All right" said the fight manager,
cheerfully, "if you will follow my in
structions I will guarantee that you
take off one pound a day for the next
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20

take more than any little old measy million to keep him from helping to get
the best paper ever out on tme-a statement Endorsed by applause.
All day Exception had shipped fimsies with the "reminiscences of that
other fate who does business with shears. And now he was scanning a first
issue, hotcaked from the press-which was what the others were doing also,
because-conhdenHany-f your own stuff gets by all right it doesn't matter
about the rest of the paper-reany.
And, Is Exception read, it needed no seventh daughter of a seventh
daughter to diagnose the lines in his face and the good things mentally and
humanely they stood for.
For that matter, even the one insignificant side comb in the crowd whose
Imagination wasn't elastic enough to picture a raise in salary and who didn't
know Exceptions everyday name could have predicted, without cards or
crystal ball, that the big half of any fortune that should ever come his way
would go toward the hottest helping of that universal relative, our brother
man-and while she a considering Exception had already gone on record.
If he had a million dollars he would buy a bean orchard and hoard It
for soup like his landady used to make.
Which shows that it is always desirable to be prepared for the best
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20
Real Estate Man Thinks Women Talk Too Much

r Wo women were being shown a apartment by n agent Sure, 1t is
the trouble, knowing where they are. These women knew, evidently, because
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20

owner of the store, always ready to
please a customer, considered the case
apart from its financial aspect:
"Come back later, colonel, and
I'll see If 1 can't find a talker for you"
So the colonel man went off and
returned at the time set. to find a
knowing green polly posed near the
counter on a perch. And of course
the IA extended social greetings.
"Hello, Pollyr
The parrot responded with the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20
CIairvOyant Could See Spirits, but Not Coppers

K ANSAs CITY. and you will marry a very pretty French girl"
~ Nine. Lou Byrnes cairvoyant and medium, said, looking soufuly and
skllfuHy into the soldiers eyes. "You will be, oh, 81 brave" she SAID,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20
Simple and Pleasant Method of Reducing Flesh

NEW York; persons who are carrying around too much avoirdupos
Az would pay attention to the methods pursued by prize fighters when they
want to get themselves in trim there would be n % excuse for taking drugs
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20
Boy Did His 'Rthmetic and Won a Pair of Shoes

D Observation-Disclosures Eddie scratched his head. mine times
L nine ts-89T The guess instantly a perceived to be the wrong one.
"ts 81, isn't I" Eddie hastily corrected himself Thus Eddie won a pair
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20

yeIlows that tighten up IA room like
sunlight. These new negligees invite
us to explore the world of color and
to become as brilliant as tropical birds
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20
No Long Journey Downtown for This YOungster

THERE is a special delivery boy lin this town who lis going to turn out to be
but you may form your W opinion after 1 tell you what he did the other
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20
Pet Polly Went to GLADDEN. More Lonesome Person

A MAN in search of congenal companionship went to a bird store to buy
he tackled of in another direction for a specially suggested Polly but dsap-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20
Champion Mean Man Evidently Operating in Chicago

r ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the evidence in the pay roll robbery mystery at
- the central bureau. Capt Stephen B. Wood, commanding, we reach the
conclusion it is no longer safe for our policeman to be left alone in a great
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20

VVTTUTS TITD TTUOH WVUTU JVU ITTV
up In the m%orning?"
The answers we're what dear Mr..
Venus would call "warious."
One big %youngster, who was keep
ing up with the Joneses, admitted that
q sudden million might possibly In
duce him to phone to the chief for a
day off. Another, hobnobbing with a
fellow-suburbanite over the feminine
inconsistencies of hens, stepped out OF
his chicken run long enough to make
IL distinctly understood HAT IL would
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20

m joVal spontaneouSnesS. Hello, colonell' That settled the deal
And for a long time there lived in this town a lonesome ia person and a
knowing parrot who called out to each other at every coming and going:
"Henc, Ponyr
Hello, Colonel"
1t wasn't much, of course. butt was something. And the colonel as old
with the social gifts of his two-worded friend until just a little while ago he
found a lonesomer person than himself, who was blind and wanted a parrot
that could talk. So, after a battle that would have made the Modes and
Persians look silly he turned the bird over TO a new owner-and now IN this
town there is a lonesome old woman who calls out to her competition
"Heno, Polyr"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-20
Would Do Many and Varied Things With a Million

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is lore refreshing than a choice bit of idtocy
w after a days work that requires a double portion of brains. Which
accounts for the hereby quoted proposition: "f somebody gave you a million
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-11-28

IN the Probate Court Of Lewis eoun-
fy. state Of Idaho.
IN the matter 81 the estate Of James
Milner, Deceased.
M r. Emerson, the Administrator of
the estate Of James Miner. having fixed
IN this court his petition duly verified,
praying for an order Of sale Of all of
the real and personal estate 81 said
deeedenf for fhe purposes Therein set
forth.
II Is therefore ordered that all per-
sons interested ~ the said estate Of
said deee,ient appear before this said
Probate Court on the 18th day 81 Dec.
1918, al the hour Of 10 clock A. 81
of said day, al the courtroom Of said
court al he courthouse in the village
Of Nezperee. County Of Lewis, state Of
Idaho. 10 show cause why an order
should not be granted 10 the said ad
ministfafof 70 sell all % the personal
and real estate Of the said decedent
and that a copy Of this order be pub
lisbed al least four successive weeks III
the Nezperce Herald. newspaper print
ed aud published ia said county.
The real estate hereinbefore referred
10 S particularly described as follows.
to-uii. lot rs, block ., in the Original
town OF Nezperee. Idaho. Personal
property: Photographic supplies and
equipment. 5000 Liberty Bsfsd, Per
sonal effects, al miscellaneous property
If deeedeut.
You are further notified 10 show
cause, il amy you have, why the same
should not be- sold az private sale.
Dnfed this l2ih day Of November
1918.
u. W Niles. Probate Judge.
c. H. Augent. Attorney, Sezperce,
Idaho. 24Hs-
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-11-28
Kotoe Of Sale OF Estray By DE Sheriff

i'ltiiic notice 3 hereby given that Ca
Friday fhe @7fh ~ December, 1915. -
sac Apur ~ ciegen o. clock A. 81. a
szid dav 81 ale Clint Clark rsneh fouf
niiee southeast ~ Ae2refce. iu West
NeFT-srce precinct. Lewis rairfy. state
of ldahe, ! niu rel ~ public nneiior.
So She h5ait-st sad i,eti bidder fof cash,
lanfal sleacv ~ ihe Lnited states.
ar f.iienine d.sefil.ed esfray auiu;ll.
H-ifs
f)nr soffei nafe caniug iliree years
ofd aiaehf s.l,aas lpeQ Feunds, 30
hssn1s sisiiie. bald faced rieli hand
faat ehiff 81 heek lefi froat foot Ehitc
ia huisf. ntite e1.af 81 belly.
Dated Aczlsrfef. idaAe. ii.ir l2fA day
~ Auttuia.r. 1884,
A. M Mitchell sheriff ri Lewis
rHaa.sr. Idaho 4sas.