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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-04-27

England, accepting men of nineteen
to f~orty-one, inclusive. has 100000
soldiers in the field. Germany, accept
ing men Of eighteen and forty-ive, In
elusive, has 100000. Germany's per-
manent disablements are said to be
100000. or at the rate of 100000 a
year.
King George rules over more Mo-
hammedans than the sultan of Turkey,
owe more Jews than there are In
Palestine and owe more negroes than
any other sovereign who is not a ma
tive of Africa
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-04-27
TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES

Owing to difficulties in transporta-
ton from India, Great Britain is suf-
fering from shortage of c~ottonseed, and
oil cake for dairy COWS is steadily
rising in price.
The large sugar estate owned and
managed for some years at Calamba
by the Dominican friars has been pur-
chased for 100000 for Japanese SUI
gar capitalists. This is the largest
project yet undertaken in the island by
japanese business men
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-04-27

blouses' for a thirteeu-year-old young
man when the young man wanted
Hcord'rOys." smacks of that ~fictional
hero's most abandoned crimes.
Tommie is in Jail in Toledo, and
locked up with him is the queerest col
lection of clothes that a Detroit news
boy ever had the patience to gather
and the consummate nerve to- wear.
He appeared In a ravishing gown Of
rustling silk, neatly pointed low shoes,
with high French heels, silken hose,
a hower-pot hat that, apparently, had
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-04-27

down on the prohibition issue. She demanded that George c. Brown, who
bosses everything around the place, be called. She laid the case before him.
Brown took a peep at the uniform and sustained the waiter.
women have the same privileges n the sal responsibilities that men
have now" he said. "The government doesn't know the difference between a
warrior in khaki and a warroress, and they'd send m ove for a year for
gratifying the most beautiful thirst in America If it wore uniform"
At dinner that night a perfectly cool lady in khaki as waiting calmly
according to a late report went to his room via a fire escape.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-04-27

railing with q companion who had kept loving step with her womanhood until
they came to a cemetery gate. Then she began to recall past pictures.
Here's one: A blue sea bnowfng into a beach, with two soldiers drawing
straight lines On the sand to let the waves know how far they may roll in.
His Royal Fooishness, inside the lines, sits in his throne chair to see tat
the seao beys his orders, and while he does it the breakers crash in-and in
and in; ove the lines, up ito the throne chair-as If any Canute that ever
lived can hope to own a world that belongs to the people thereof
Here's a better one: A park in Syracuse, with Archimedes on a bench
drawing mathematical circles N the sand. You cal see that the Roman
invader rushing toward him is about to cut him down, and that Archtmedes
knows it. But there are more important things to be considered.
Don't spoil the circe!'
You can hear his warning cry as his blood soaks intot the sand, but you
know hat Archimedes did not die, because he Is living now. And Will keep
OF living so long as there is a earth and men o. It, with stars above and
waters beneath, and
This is the best ne Of all:
Another place of sand-with q whiterobed Figure STOPPING to write a
sentence->
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-04-27

c~ocEtalIs Tor the party. II am sorry,
madam" said the waiter, but I cannot
serve you" "Why nOt?" Because
you wear the army uniform"
The I'll, handsome woman wore the
khaki of the Medical corps, and was
for%ooJh an officer in the corps, a sur
Ccon bent on going abroad to serve
with the Pershing forces. Her blouse
was cut English fashion, revealing a
tie that sported the golden serpent
that is the emblem of the corps. The
Indy in Khaki refused to be turned
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-04-27

dreamiy along in your open barouche ma Sunday afternoon with a occa-
sional nod to a passing cabinet officer Dr. congressman; now 1t is a North sea.
where on a splendid spring Sabbath is modified a fleet Of allied "jy wag-
os" that strive constantly Tor the ian privilege of pursuing the even tenor
of their way unmolested.
If the city If Washington is ever threatened by a unexpected invasion,
as was Paris in the early days Of the war, tn secretary of war has only to
commander the motorcars in the District of Columbia IS Ganieni mobIlzed
and Camp Meigs and marines from Quanhco Va, to a the day.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-04-27

shops, the marble statuary and he
creeping trolleys. It still has the same
old shooting galleries, and the "rooms
for so cents" and the hand-painted
Martha Washington china plates and
the miniature Washington monu-
ments, with thermometers attached, In
the shop windows, but Pennsylvania
today is an Applan way along which
surges constantly a continual stream
of elbowing, energetic, endless human
ity and vehicles. Potomac park used
to be q place where you could ride
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-04-27

A London cat, officially know as the
"King's cat" is the only n In the
Kingdom to receive an allowance from
the treasury. He inhabits the Record
office and 13 cents a week 10 spent for
his meat.
For the unit of woman telephone OPP
orators to be sent to France a dis
tinctive uniform is being provided.
Salaries range from $50 to $125 a
month, with allowance for rations and
quarters. Successful applicants must
speak both French and English with
cas-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-04-27

IN COuTL as "A customary part OF Il
wOman's upkeep." The decision was
handed down by a village police judge
here after weighing every side of the
question. And, take it from Louis J..
Whelan, who must pay an additional
dollar each week to his wife because
of it, the judicial finding is one hat is
attracting considerable interest in this
village.
Whelan, who Is a foreman gardener
on an estate near here, was summoned
into court by his wife, who declared
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-04-27

that the 50 weekly he was paying for her support was insufficient in thess
pancky times If war and costly living to keep her in the necessities of life
But she spends it all on trash-fancy soap, face powder, and all that
trash" began Whelan.
Just then the judge cleared his throat, frowned down upon him and
brought the complaining husband to a sudden stop.
Eyes, they're trash, but they're a customary part of a womans upkeepr
Whelan agreed that he would pay the sum, although the decision had
not changed his opinion in the least
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-04-27

Llat, al she did was TO Claim that no
painter ever made better pictures than
the ones she saw on the beach at At
lantic City.
There are times when argument is
so much language gone to waste, and
this seemed to be one of the times, be-
sides: The woman who had backed An
gelo knew that the patron of sand art
was v%isioning with memory-eyes, some
dabber under the board walk, who was
doing fat angels and things to the fall
of nickelS. while she leaned oYer the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-04-27

public institution. Not a sword at a mans side-not a gun on a mans
shouderl Gold lace conspicuous by its absence-from soldiers, though
be sure, the admirals ire still permitted to veal It. All the people busting
madly about like a lot of bank messengers or parcel boys, intent upon moth
ing but business. Instead of soldiers bvouacked n vacant lots, al in the
Civil war, Washington is full of great barracknke, temporary buildings
mostly made OF some kind of stucco, though SOM are of wood, within which
hundreds of women are writing in a whhnng fashion IN typewriters. Mixed
up with these women re mn in these drb SUITS either experimenting or
with their operations. This war, 10 far s the casual visitor
Washington can observe, is being fought by a woman with a typewriter.
All the space that "a occupied during the Civil war by the war depart
ment and all it's officers clerks and servants would scarcely suffice today for
one of the umerou bureaus Of the department which were entirely undis-
covered in 1865. And consider that in 1Se165 the typewriter did not exist,
and that every letter, order memorandum, record and reference vas written
by hand
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-04-27
Couldn't Get Cocktail Because of Her Uniform

EW YORK-A tall, dgmfed woman, of what might be termed the inter
~ estng ae to avoid trouble, walked into the Park Avenue hotels dining
room with a couple of friends. and by way Of nM0ducLng luncheon ordered
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-04-27
Court Rules Woman'S Toilet Trash" Is Necessary

p ECHFoRD N. Young men call them foolish frils. Husbands call them
~ trash. Women call them makeup. But, hereafter soap and perfume
tLmt are to be found OF mLlady-s dressing table are to have legal standing
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-04-27
What She Thought About the Early Spring Hal

G HE looked as If she had stepped out of a fashion sheet Into the ar BENZ
rppled down to boot tops of gray kid with a hat of glazed gray straw guarded
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-04-27
Patron of Sand Art Reminds of Other Pictures

THERE is woman in this town for whom Michael Angelo lived in vain.
! You couldn't call 1t a personal grudge seeing she had ever heard tell
Of him until another woman happened to say things about his art-and at
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-04-27

duIHITHIS OH the Blreels IN IooI-OU lHH
there are today, writes "Nomad" in the
Boston Transcript. Uniforms are as
numerous on Connecticut avenue as
civilian suits. The atmosphere of the
place is military. But the Civil war
veteran, suddenly dropped down in
Washington now, would not know the
city for a war city nevertheless. This
drab dress, this intensely neutral cloth,
would not represent soldering to him
at all. 1t would seem to betoken some
sort of cn~stodianship at q club or o
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-04-27
Detroit Tommy's Revenge on His DOting Mother

TOLEDO-There ire n o grounds 70 believe that Tommie McDuHe of Detroit
i ever read The adventures If that juvenile philosopher "Penrod ScoheId"
and yet the completeness # his revenge o n a mother who favored MILDLY"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-04-27
Changes Wrought in Washington by the War

d ENNsYLvANA avenue used to be a stately thoroughfare on which you
/ could promenade nonchalanly from the capitol to the White House, view
Ing at! leisure the massive government BUILDINGS, the souvenirs in the euno
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-04-27

play a trick that will reap him a good laugh and perhaps a chase by til
unfortunate victim of the trick.
A Sixtyfrst street car was merrny bowling along the street. The motor
man had a wide grin N his face. The conductor was checking up his book
preparatory to a quick leave when the car reached the barn. With the RICH
of way clear the popular automobile of the poor people was insured a fs
voyage.
But alas! A barrel of apples stood innocenty in front of a corner gre
Gerry. Along came a small boy. In N instant the barrel was overturned ant
hundreds of apples rolled into the street The moOrmans grin changed t
sardonic laughter. Passengers silently cursed and the conductor knew hn
be late at home. There were cold suppers that night The motorman cul
not start the car until the apples were gathered.
In spnngume a young boys fancy lightly turns to thoughts of mischief!
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-04-27

OWN at the Coast Artillery
school at Fort Monroe, Va,
Uncle Sam is turning out
the latest pattern of mod
ern heavy artillery officers.
The National Guard coast
artillery officers and such
of the regular establish
ment as have not yet been
through this school have
been ordered down in two
sections. the first of which
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-04-27

a joyful mood and the spring sunshine
brings out their good nature. They
are not harassed by heavy clothing.
The green grass peeping through the
earth cheers them up and they murmul
This is the life"
With the coming of the warm days
the street car chauffeur sees a better
world. No more wagons on the tracks,
no breakdowns, doors that open easily
and everything so happy and gay. But,
nlns he hns NOT rarknneh with the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-04-27
Nlna0NAL Chlql5tld90
AE1EMIIRS cA1e5&& 49,
Capital City Full Of Uniforms Without Glitter
Without Glitter

VIZ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in a few central respects, must in these days
the soldiers of the Union. There were certainly eve more generals and
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-04-27
Barrel of Apples Makes One Peck of Trouble

CHICAGO-The motormans life is full Of vexng problems After a long
~ hard winter, full of difficulties, delays cold hands and feet and petty
quarres with passengers, he looks forward to the balmy spring days. Then
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-26
Wilson'S Unhappy Choice.

President Wilson is by no means
uniformly happy in his choice OF men
for places OF power and responsibility.
The public has great confidence in him.
II admires him. In the great work OF
statecraft during the war 1t feels that
he had no equal. Thru the exercise OF
his sheer moral power and force OF
presentation in declaring national
policies and the aims Of the war he
has risen to leadership among the
statesmen Of the allied powers. That
is freely Acknowledged in the countries
Of our allies. the people Of the United
states are proud Of their president. But
they feel that somehow he is too much
disinciined to have big men about him.
that either thru errors OF judgment or
some strange prediction he has too
often called to his aid men not equal
to their tasks, men not Of sufficient
amplitude TO be the advisers and coad-
tutors of tho head OF the nation In time
OF war The peril Of reliance upon
mediocrity Ia evident, it, deplorable
consequences have become known to
the people. and they are disturbed IN
mind about II.
Confidence In Mr.. Wilson as sreas
national leader they will continue 70
feel. but they prayerfnlly hope that ne
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-26
WILL LESSONS IN THRIFT LAST?

II our nation Of 105 millions Of people
Is to become a nation Of bond holders.
a nation Of investors as the French ma
ton became following the nation wide
sale OF French bonds to raise the
enormous indemnity which France haG
10 pay to Germany at the close of the
war of 1870 there will come great good
from our present day sacrifices OF
materials in this war. That enforced
loan made the French people the thrift
lest nation in the world. Before the
first liberty loan was fioated there
were scarcely 100000 bond buyers in
this country. They were rich men. saw
.ngs banks and trustees Of large
estates, endowment funds, etc. The
average citizen knew nothing about
bonds and his idea Of a bond holder
was obtained from the comic cartoons
OF the day.
in the first Liberty loan there were
more than three million buyers. II
the second more than nine nIiii,oI
buyers. OF the two tissues there were
It lea1t ten million individuals VIII
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-26
TIME TO USE HORSE SENSE.

When the war was first declared !.
will be recalled that Iowa guardsmen
companies were sent here and there
in the state to guard railroad bridges
and important points where German
emissaries might do serious damage.
The preS was urged and even ordered
to make no note of the movements.
Thus II the Sac City company were
sent to Council Bluffs TO guard ter
minal-"wheest, wheest. don't print it.
The Germans will get hold OF 1t thru
the papers, and Heaven knew what
the awful result might be. OF course
the newspapers knew that Germany
war offices had as little trouble tracing
the movements of the guard companies
under the conditions obtaining as the
newspa pers in getting the news thu
their correspondents. but the papers
kept mum tho the whereabouts of the
companies were common knowledge
among thousands and thousands Of
sion had safely arrived in France the
friends and relatives Of the boys knew
only that they were Somewhere in
France"
But the Germans knew all the time.
They knew when the men arrived and
where they went. 1t IS a pretty hard
thing to move a division Of an army
from one hemisphere to another IN
secrecy and especially so when the
most extensive system Of espionage in
the world Is in active operation to find
and observe It.
Golfers tells how well the division
succeeded. A German machine flew
over the camp one day and dropped
messages to the Americans informing
them that they were to be moved from
their present place to another five miles
away and that the movement would
take place that day. And it did.
OF course all and any secrecy that
protects the movements OF our troops
Is imperative. No newspaper nor any
anxious parent but agrees to that.
However, when the Germans know why
shouldn't we know? Why maintain a
useless secrecy upon something that Is
no secret to those from whom We have
endeavured to hide it?
As the war goes on and the dangers
are sifted from the actual necessities
OF a sensible secrecy we shall do as
| England did, use more horse sense and
less arbitrary and incompetent author
| ity with our news.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-26
MoNxEYlNe WITH ALoADEo GUN.

To issue an order and then rescind
1t Is evidence OF the weakness of the
order or of the person in authority who
made the order. Either the order was
right and should have been maintained
or 1t never should have been issued.
In direct connection with these con-
illusions is the order OF Webster which
closed the cities on the west bank OF
the Mississippi one day and recalled the
order when those cities rose in protest.
The order OF the fuel commissioner
as published for all Iowa is another
case IN point In that case the COM
missioner appears 10 have kept an
anchor TO w!ndward by putting up
trouble u local boards. This latest
order should be termed a recommended
ton for its enforcement seems TO be at
the mercy OF local boards and full
power seems granted to modify the
order to completed attenuation-It should
result IN p!ebaId enforcement than
will make conservation as spotted as a
leopard The order will take on the
color of the local committees hair as
the chameleon takes the color OF the
tree Il chances TO rest on.
There should be no playing with au-
thority as with new toy. 1t is SER
ious matter. The gun is loaded and
nobody except those by ability and ex-
perience fitted TO handle firearms
should be allowed TO monkey with it.
A state fuel commissioner should not
only take himself seriously but should
be big enough and strong and able
enough to handle a Yer: serious
matter ably and authoritativeiy. Au-
thorIty whose orders carry possible
disaster and cut both ways is not
child's play or the business of smaller
men,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-26
Topics of the Times

Sioux City lawyers are charging one
third more FOR making collections. Ism
thar war profit and shouldn't 1t be
taxable?
II II were possible 10 put the kaiser
IN the same fiat with the car and put
Otto H. Kahn in the place Of the kaiser
the world would be better of and Ger
many best OF all.
Lose no opportunity TO praise ana
approve the public man who forse's
himself and his personal and party IN
the public service. He deserves H.
Germany has cold deck set up and
ready for any negotiation. This time
the Russians caught a glimpse OF it be-
fore il had been substituted for the
real cards.
So far Col. House has called noboo!
n l!ar-aloud. However. there IS no
evidence that Col. House can speak
above a whisper.
Notice how easily we say "ten BILL
lions" today when it would have chohed
US black In the face last year at this
time?
Those who counsel or expect love and
unity between America and Germany
after the war may prepare to wait a
long while. lie required a generation for
the breach between north and south to
begin 20 heal by FIRST intention and 1t
will take longer for friendship TO cover
the scars prussianism is making on the
welfare Of the world.
"Democra cy," says Count zu Revent-
low, is making rapid strides in Ger
many" Perhaps. but it looks as II II
were In the reverse gear
II was expected that Russia would
make peace with Germany but now II
looks like war instead. The safe way
Is to expect Russia to do one thing
and bet that she Will do the other. AS
Harvey Ingham might say play Russia
coppered."
Mexico Is to charge a fee OF so cents
for each person crossing the border
into that country. Which is yours
Mexico or the circus?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-26

will be persuaded to strengthen HID
administration and fortify the nation
for its part in the war by repairing
ealing to his aid men really qualified.
for wise counsel and efficient direction
In the great business Of the executive
departments. The risk Is not the presi.
dents alone, tho the personal risk to-
him Is obvious. 1t Is the nations. It
Is broader and deeper than that even
for the success OF the cause to which
we have pledged our strength and our
resources II vlsibly ENDANGERED by In
capacity In some Of the high places the
president has filed. The men are not
big enough for the work they arc
called on to do, and the proofs OF their
incompetence are matter Of public
knowledge.
The order Of the fuel administrator Ii
but one instance, Il il q confession of
failure. There has been failure in other
high posts, notably In the supplying of
munitions. clothing, and equipment to
the troops here and abroad. OF the
speech Of men in this country today
these things are the chief theme They
are the cause Of public apprehension
there is fear that we may fail to meet
the just expectation Of our allies, that
the aid We have promised will be de-
ferred, will fall far below what thcy
have right to ask. what this power
fui nation should give. And now. ~.
fore we have become an active narti-
cipant in the war. We are called upon
to put up with privations comparable
to those borne by peoples who wsro
called to arms three ana ons-half
years ago. The American people know
where the fault lies. They expect the
president to find tho remedy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-26

YOU remember in the last story that
Uncle Lucky hit that wicked old Rob
Der Hawk on the hand with Mrs
Bunnys rolling pin. Wei, that ole
hawk thought 1t was night, for he saw
so many stars that he didn't have time
to count them. And then he rubbed his
head with his wing. and after that he
put his cap on. for he had taken It on
to rub his head, you see.
And then before he could hop OF the
little back step. Mrs. Bunny swnng
open the storm door with . bang and
Robber Hawk was brushed OF that
little back step AS nearly as speck OF
dust by an old broom.
II guess I'll be going" he said to
himself, and then he new away for he
didn't know what might happen next.
YOU see.
Well, as soon as he was gone. Billy
Bunny brought in the wood for his
mother. and then he polished the front
door knob and fed the canary and
watered the geraniums In the south
window. and after that he was ready TO
go ckysnowbIling with his dear, old
uncle. Mr.. Lucky Lefthindfoot.
So they started off, and Mrs. Bunny
gave them Thermos Bottle to take
along with them in case they wanted
hot drink of coffee and the strike
was still on at Rabbit childs Restaur-
ants.
Well, after they had gone for mile
or less. they came across the Old Red
Rooster whom Uncle Lucky had hired
many stories ago to rake up the leaves
in his front yard.
Goodness me and bless my neck