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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-13
100 coLoRED GIRLS TO WORK IN
FACTORY.

Colored girls OF Omaha wifi be in
troduced into new field of work
with the opening of the branch fac
tory of NJ. e. Smith e Co., wholesale
dry goods, at Twenty-fourth and Bur-
uette streets. Seventy-five to 100
Colored girls will be employed in max
ing boys shirts, at the same wages
received by girl workers in other fac,
tories.
"ColCred girls will no longer be
limited to housework, laundry work
and other menial work." said f. w
Cornell, superintendent of the NJ E
Smith factory. There is no reason
why they cannot do needlework as
well as white girls, although but few
factories in the country employ them.
The factory is expected to be in
operation within a week.
The Rev. William C. Williams, pas
tor of st. Johns African Methodist
church, suggested this factory as d
means of securing more labor.
I'VE have a waiting list of over 25C
names" said the Rev. Mr.. Williams
Omaha Daily News.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-13
BLUE TRIANGLE LEAGUE.

Pledges to the Blue Triangle League
of the Y. w. c. A., may be paid al
headquarters, Paseo Y. NJ. c. A, 1924
Paseo. Payment of same will be very
much appreciated
The Girl Reserve Activities were in.
terfered with last week on account of
the fuel ban. However, the spirit of
the Girl Reserves was shown in the
following way: Two of the Girl Re-
serves from the Douglass came over
to the Y. M. C. A, with the anticipa-
tion of having a meeting; the Girl
Reserves of the Booker T. Washington
planned to continue their meeting lat
the home of one of the members and
to meet at an earlier hour if school
remained closed; five girls of Junior
class of the Lincoln high school met
at the Y. NJ C. A, on Friday and held
business meeting;, they also decided
to continue their meeting; on the same
day three of the Girl Reserves of the
Wendell Phillips School came to the
Y. M. c. A., desiring to have a meet
ing; Saturday, seven of the Girl Re-
serves of the Attucks school came to
the Y. M. C. A, and had discussional
meeting, and expressed a desire to
continue their meetings.
Vesper Services for Sunday are sus.
pended on account of indefiniteness OF
the fuel shortage
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-13
A SENSIBLE VIEW.

DR.. Burrs Jenkins Points the Way
For Cooperation and Service With
the Street Railway Company.
The recent experience of Toledo, o.,
in attempting to do without its street
railway system ought to teach us a
lesson of cooperation in Kansas City.
The fares are going up but so is
eevrything else.
1t is idle to be forever knocking
the street railway officials. 1t is worse
than idhe. 1t is dangerous to take a
position Of open hostility against the
street railway system in any city.
Toledo found that automobiles and
jitneys were a broken reed on which
to lean. They did not enjoy walking
for three weeks. And they finally had
to restore their street railway system.
What is needed is for everybody,
railway officials and the public in gen
eral. 10 work together in sympathy
and understanding and try to solve
perhaps the knottiest problem in mum
icipal life today.--Wednesda Post.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-13
WILSON'S MISSILES"
BY ona b. wilson.

The betterment of social conditions
our ship toward pointed goal. New
er in history has the door of oppor-
tunity stood ajar mores prominently
than now. The non-visioned man or
woman of today is the neer-do-wells
Of tomorrow. What matters if | am
so far along in years that | may never
see a Negro president of the United
States? What matters that l have no
posterity's future to plan? Are we not
our brothers keeper and the welfare
OF ones all? Social conditions then
are to be met from my narrow point
of view by well beginning. We re,
alize that in bad beginning, a bad
ending, there are some exceptions
where the spiritual Cvercomes the
physical but there is always the re-
gret of wasted energy. 1t is a great
point for young men and women to be
gin well; for it is in the beginning OF
life that, that system of conduct is
adopted which soon coalesces into q
force of habit. Begin well and the hab
it of doing we'll will become quite
as easy as the habit of doing badly
Pitch upon that course of life which is
the most excellent and habit will ren
der it the most delightful. well be
gun is half ended" says the proverbs
and a good beginning is half the bat
tie. Many promising persons have ir
retrievably injured themselves by {
first false step at the commencement
of life while others of less promising
talents have succeeded by beginning
well, and going onward. There arr
many now crawling through life
wretched and the cause of sorrow t
others who might have succeeded i
instead of satisfying himself with reso
lutions of well doing, he had actually
gone to work and made a good prac
tical beginning; with no thouht of ora
tory or eloquence are these thoughts
given, but if they will serve to awak
en- the genius within the race of to
morrow it shall suffice.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-13

vote in 1920 for the Republican candi.
date for President and elect a Repub
lcan governor and state ticket, to-
gether with Republican delegation in
Congress.
While optimistic in this regard, we
also feel that we would be derelict in
our duty If we failed to point out, in
time to remove it, a danger apparent
at the threshold of success, that in
our opinion may impair complete vic
tory. A coterie or so-called slate max.
ers are holding conferences to select
a ticket for the Republican primary,
and according to statements made by
them, the question of who will be the
office holders has been determined
except, Of course, the unimportant de-
tail of approval by the voters of the
Party.
The Colored voters of the city have
a representative on the Republican
State Committee, from the 18th Dis
trict, who has not participated in any
of these conferences, nor as far as we
have been informed, has any Colored
man been invited to participate, who
might speak and reflect the sentiment
of the Colored voters on the questions
of vital importance to the Republican
Party of the State, regardless of the
fact that the candidacy of some indi-
viduals, of the personnel of the ticket,
may be Objectionable to the Colored
voters of the district aud State. The
Colored vote of Missouri at the next
election will number more than 10000
and without the aid of this support the
Republican Party will be hopelessly
defeated.
We feel, therefore, that it is our
duty to warn the responsible party
leaders that If Republican victory in
Missouri Is to be achieved next year,
the candidates on the ticket must be
of type to insure the confidence and
respect of the Colored voters, and that
the plea of Party harmony will no
longer be needed to obtain continued
subseryiency to ward and district
bosses, (whose only political asset in
the past has been their so-called abii-
ity to exploit the Colored vote.) No
mans or set of men. controls the Negro
vote
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-13
ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY
MEET,

The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, the
Oldest organization in existence and
the only international Collegiate Insti-
tuition of Colored men in the world is
completing its plans for the great gen
eral convention that it has ever held.
This gathering will be its twelfth an
nual assemblage and will take place
in the city of Chicago under the aus
pices of Theta Chapter, two sessions
being held daily from December 81
to 81 inclusive. The evenings during
the convention will be given over to
entertainments informal and formal
receptions and an annual banquet.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-13
COL. YOUNG TO LIBERIA.

Washington, d. c., Dec. 10,-Col.
Charles Young, U. S. A, retired, has
been appointed as military attache for
the Republic of Liberia, upon the re-
quest of that government. Col. Young
was formerly in Liberia, where he
made an enviable record in behalf OF
military training.
During the World War, he was sta
toned at Camp Grant, near Rockford
ILL.,, where he played an important
part in training. There are many OF
his best friends who believe he should
be promoted to Brigader General.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-13
MAJ. NJ. CLARK SMITH GIVEN
GREAT OVATION AT WHITE
SPARROW.
Musical Numbers Highly Entertaining

Musical Numbers Highly Entertaining.
A concert of unusual attractiveness
was given under the auspices of the
White Sparrows on last Sunday after
noon at the University church auditor.
ium.
The whole program was given by
Colored people and they again demon.
strated the ability of their race along
musical lines.
Maj. y. Clark Smith, musical direc-
tor of the Lincoln High school of Kan
sas City and bandmaster and song
leader of the high school cadets, L. S.
A. gave a very interesting address on
the Elements OF Negro Melody
Major Smith has travelled extensively
in Africa and his address was listened
to with great pleasure by the large
audience of more than 5000.
"steal Away" Charms.
The first musical number was an
arrangement of STEAL Away" by Major
Smith, sung by an octet composed of
Ethel Bowmer and Aurora Brooks, So
prano; Colleen Jones and Matte
Woods, altos; Shelton and Ernest
Knox, tenors; George Mason and EN-.
NETT Burger bassos. This number was
given a beautifully artistic rendition,
the voices blending we'll and while We
expect this particular song to be well
sung by Colored people, the reading of
it yesterday afternoon was unusually
good and brought forth much applause
Later in the program they sang two
other great favorites Il Couldn't Hear
Nobody Pray" and 'Suwanee River
The former made fitting close to the
afternoon program.
Piansts Pleasing.
Two pianists appeared, Clyde lie Roy
I Glass. a former West High graduate
of the New England conservatory of
music now instructor in Western uni.
versity of Kansas City, Kan. Mr.. Glass
played a funeral march composed by
Major Smith. displaying a fine music
intelligence and an excellent technique.
The march was played with much dig
nifty. Malcolm Griffith a student at
Drake conservatory, besides playing
the accompaniments, played the
Scenes From an Imaginary Ballet,
by the celebrated Negro composer
Coleridge-Taylor. He gave a good ac
count of himself and received liberal
applause.
Prof. Clyde L. Glass pianist, demon
strated the various themes discussed
by Major Smith. An offering was TAX
en- for the memorial to the late Fred
erick Douglas, who Major Smith says
/, gave him his first inspiration to make
a scientific study of Negro folk music
This affair was arranged by Mrs. S
) Joe Brown a trustee of the Frederick
Douglass memorial committee t
which the proceeds from this went
II DeS MOineS Register
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-13
BUY A BROWN SKIN DOLL.

Mr.. Cornelius Rice of Denver,
Colo, arrived few days ago in this
city to take up the study of art with
his brother, Mr.. R. j. Rice, 1915
Tracy avenue, who has the distinc-
tion of being one of Kanas City's
most noted Negro artists.
The Rice brothers are causing
much comment among both white and
black by the work they are now do
ing, putting out Colored dolls called
the Brown Skin Kewpies. You will
find these dolls on display at most
every prominent Negro business
place in the city:
Peoples Drug Co., 18th and Paseo
White-Wood Drug Co., 10th and
Vine.
Dr. Theo. Smiths Drug Store, 18th
and Tracy.
Mrs. Hubbard's Millinery Store
1607A East 18th Street.
The Panama, 17041a East 18th St
And by calling Bell phone Main
2016 you will be able to get in touch
with Mrs. Rice, who will take your
order and deliver promptly at your
door, These dolls can be purchased
at any of the above places at a very
reasonable price.
The Rice Brothers are in hope that
every race loving Negro in Kansas
City will cooperate with them by
having one or more of these beauti.
full dolls in their home and making
their business a wonderful success
Kansas City should indeed be proud
of this commercial art being done by
these young men and let it be proven
by giving them your hearty support
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-13
If DE WETHER DoAN CHANGE
ITS MIND.

De frost am on de punkin
But dat punkins got nothin on me
De snow am on de highway,
An I in nah B. V. D.
De bottom of de coal box
Am de easiest thing to find
An de pore house am guina be busy,
If de wether doan change its mind
Use wearin nah paten lether shoes
But dey's almos got me down;
Dem shoes got lether tops OBJ course,
But nah foots am patten de groun,
De corn meal bin am gittin low,
An de bacon amt nuttin but rind
Use afraid Use guina haff to go to
wuk
If de wether doan change its mind.
A dollah doan linger long wild me,
Dey's always .sayin Good Bye,
An folks puts dey grub in de safe at
night,
An de chickens am roostin so high
Free lunches done follerd de booze
away,
An chime bones am hahd to find;
We all guina git sumpin we doan ex-
pect,
If dis wether doan change it's mind.
Exchange.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-13

Mrs. Daisy McL4ain Bulkley of Cam
den, S. c., Field Secretary of the Wo
mans Home Missionary of the NJ. E
church is in the city visiting her
cousin, DR.. S. E. Johnson, 1901 East
11th street.
Since November Ist Mrs. Bulkley
has been making Thank Offering
addresses in the large white churches
of Chicago, Des Moines, Detroit and
other large towns and cities. She is
leaving Saturday for Springfield, Mo-,
and will go from there to Hot Springs,
Ark, to attend the title Rock annual
conference. after which she goes to
Texas for the winter Mrs. Bulkley
is the only national officer of the So
ciety who attended all of the twenty.
four Regional Conferences held last
winter and spring in centrally located
cities OF the East and Middle West
She would have made addresses at
Centennial and other NJ. f. churcl~-
but for the restrictions due to the fuel
shortage.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-13
CARD OE THANKS.

We are desirous of expressing our
heartfelt appreciation to those who at
tended and cheered our daughter,
Laura Katherine Taylor through her
long siege of illness and death and to
Rev. Osborne for his wonderful ser
mon: the choir for their tender selec'
tions; Rev. Davis for his beautiful re-
marks; Miss Katherine Adams and
Miss Mable Grant for their excellent
solos; for the sympathetic remarks
of Mrs. Christina Redd for the Lincoln
High School Glass '15; Mrs. Maggie
Hopson Sylvester Temple No. "a; the
Neighbors paper by Mrs. Anna Smith !;
and the floral offerings of the many
friends We would love to thank each
personally but that would be impossi'
BILE. God bless each of you for your
deeds.
Mr.. Albert Price,
Mrs. Luvicie Price, parents,
Robert Sidney Price, brother,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-13
NEGRO REPUBLICANS OF ST
LOUIS ADOPT RESOLUTIONS.

At a meeting at Pythian Hail. held
Wednesday night, the committee OF
nine, appointed at previous meeting,
made its report to the Citizens Con-
ference The report was received with
much enthusiasm and was unanimous
ly adopted, which was as follows
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITI.
zENS' CONFERENCE:
Your committee, heretofore appoint
ed to draft plans and policies for the
future action of the Conference, sub
mits the following:
We believe the result of the recent
elections indicate widespread distrust
OF the Democratic Party, and the rapid
growth in Missouri of sentiment hos
tile to the policies of the Wilson ad
ministration. We say with confidence
that Missouri will cast it's electoral
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-13
A aEAurIEuL NEW CAR.

Mr.. Bob Williams, the old reliable
chauffeur has purchased new up-to-
the minute Hudson super-six Sedan,
steam heated and electric lighted from
its own power plant. Bob's car is the
last word in motor excellence. If you
don't believe it, try it for yourself,
Call Bell phones Clifton 26OO or resi-
dence Grand 2S44 and ask for Bob.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-13
A DELIGHTFUL DINNER.

A dainty three-course dinner was
served by Mrs. Sadie Holmes and Mrs.
Wilma Johnson, December 6, at 500
o'clock at the home of their mother,
Mrs. Virginia Armstrong 1905 E. 10th
Street. Their guests were: Mrs. M.
Kennett, Mrs. Emma Keene, Mrs. Cal
lie Lankford, Miss Gonzell White of
Chicago; Mr.. Edward Lankford, Mr..
New Holmes, Mr. Leon H. Talton.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-13
TactfuI Nephew.

Old Aunt tdespondently)-Well, !
shall not he nuisance to you much
longer.
Nephew (reassurlngly) Don't talk
like that, aunt; you know you will.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-13
Entirely ConditinnaI-

He-So you wouldn't marry the best
man living.
She-Well, not unless | was sure IL
would make better man of him.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-13

WANTHD TO FTND-Miss, Inez
Stacks whose last address was 100
Linden Ave. Memphis, Tenn. Wilson
Reynolds, 928 Campbell St., Kansas
City, Mo
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-13
What She Wanted.

IT want pair of the best gloves
you have" said Mrs. Neuritch at the
glove counter.
"Yes, ma'am," replied The polite
salesmal How long do you want
lhem?"
Don't git insultin'. young man! !
want to buy em, not hire en-"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-13

Little L. ]. Blow. 1927 E. Eleventh
street who underwent an operation for
tonsilitis at the Bell Memorial Hospi-
tai November 29, is still confined to
his bed.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-13
EXCEPTIONS.

The Kaiser started well but ended
badly, also John Barleycorn. Now
Carranza seems to be starting well
The next edition viii tell his end.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-13

Ideals add to the beauty OF the com
mOnpace. They make drudgery bear
able. They create world lndepend-
ent of circumstances and obliviOus of
environment.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-13

The many friends Of Mrs. Louella
Bellah will be glad to know that she
is recovering from her illness.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-13
WANTED TO Find.

Would like to find my brother, Clin-
ton Campbell, Come to 1911 e. 16th
Street, upstairs, Kansas City. Mo.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-13

The duty NJ physical health. and the
duty Of spiritual purity and loft'ness
are not tWt duties: they are two parts
of one duty-which Is living the com
pletest life which II is possible for
man TO live.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-13

Our lives are like buildings going uP,
and everyone who comes to US, wheth'
er for prolonged stay or only for
few moments. puts something into
the walls or into the adornment. Our
friends, II they are worthy, exact
neasureless influence over us.-Chicago
Post
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-13

ATTENTION, SU8scRl5ERsl
" you want to take advantage
Of our SPECIAL RATE for 1920,
TO be announced soon, you must be
square with our books. Call up
and square up. Bell phone Cliff
ton 999.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-13

HAVE YOU A ROOM FOR RENT7
Have you an apartment for rent7
Have you house for rent7
Have you anything to sell2
ADVERTISE 1T IN THE
KANSAS CITY SUN.
We reach $1,000 colored People.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-10-09
DEEPER CHANNEL ASKED
st. Helens Chamber Calls on Con-
greSSmen for Relief.

ST. Helens, Ore, The St. Helens
chamber of commerce has submitted
a petition 10 Senators Chamberlain
and McNary and Representatives
Hawley, Macarthur and Sinnott, ask
ing their aid in deepening the chan
mel of the Columbia river near ST.
Helens. The petition sets forth that
the lumber manufacturing industries
located here furnish large watcr
borne shipments and that the annual
lumber and piling shipments exceed
60,000,000 feet. With the compile
tion Of the mill of the Island Lum-
Der company, the shipments will be
increased to 100000 feet a year.
The ST. Helens Dock & Terminal
Co., which is building railroad to
connect the several industries with
the S. P. & S. R. r. line, will bring
large shipments of white pine and
cedar for offshore business.
The petition is singed by the 80 tie
mills on Lewis river and many of the
largest exporters and shippers of San
Francisco who send their vessels here
for lumber cargoes.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-10-09
STATE NEWS
WATER PERMITS FILED
6OOO-Acre Project Near Enterprise
to Cost 100000.

Salem, Ore,-Applications for per-
mits to appropriate water have been
filed in the Office of State Engineer
Cupper by Charles Montgomery of
Prineville, covering the appropria-
tion of water from Crooked River
for the irrigation of Isl acres Of
land. This development will cost
approximately $500. An applica-
ton also has been filed by Charles
Hutchinson Of North Powder for the
construction Of reservoir for the
storage Of 10000 acre feet Of the
waters Of Wolf creek, and by Lesia
R. Henry of Langlois, Curry county,
for the appropriation Of water from
Beaver creek for the irrigation Of 70
acres Of land.
An application also has been filed
by John H. Nuxell, E. Y. Haskell and
S. M. Lowell Of Enterprise, covering
the waters Of Little Sheep creek and
its tributaries for the irrigation Of
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-10-09
IllIIlllIIIIIIIlIIInIIIIllnIIIIIIlIlIlIInIIIlIII

about 5000 acres OF land in Wallowa
county. This project. it is estimated,
will cost approximately 100000.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-10-09

zie simply "fickered" out and would
mt pull that hill until cold water was
poured into the radiator. The new
Cyclone pump which gives perfect
circulation in the radiator. prevents
the engine from heating. Its a sim
pie little attachment, easy to put on
and there is no further cost OF opera
tion. The price is small. Get dem
onstration of the Cyclone pump from
La Verne Van Marter, local agent, at
the Cohn Auto Co. garage.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-10-09

Attorney General Brown Is taking
ao active interest in the enforcement
Of the anti-cigarette and prohibition
laws. A conference was held at Sa-
iem Monday at which District Attor-
neg Notson was present. 1t is under
stood that the report of Chas. Bur
den, the State Agent who has been
working in Eastern Oregon, In regard
to the sales of cigarettes and bitters
was under consideration. If any plan
Of action was adopted 1t has not been
made public.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-10-09

W. w. Smead returned Sunday
from Salem where he had gone with
the Morrow county exhibit to the
State Fair. AS usual Mr.. Smead re-
ceived the blue ribbon in the Eastern
Oregon division for this county. The
closest competition was made by
Union county, although Mr.. Smead
says both Sherman and Malhuer coun.
ties had excellent displays.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-10-09
PEAR CROP PROFITABLE
Hood River Yield to Average $1,000
to Each Acre.

Hood River, Ore.-The story OF
high returns for pears this year will
result in a heavier future planting OF
this crop here than of apples. Pear
returns for the acre this season will
average $4,000.
William Swick who has specialized
on pear paintings, now having IT
acres in the bearing stage, will re-
ceive a gross Of more than $4,000
this year. He has harvested 1000
boxes of Bartletts from ~ acres,
1900 boxes of D,Anjous and 500 Win
ter Nellis. Growers will get better
than SO for D'Anjous a box. and
about $3.50 for Bartletts.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-10-09
CAR HIT BY TIDAL WAVE
Former Eugene Man Has Adventure
on Volcanic Isle.

Eugene, Ore.-Carl Smith, for
mer Eugene man, son Of E. c. Smith,
a pioneer resident here, now living
in San Diego, CAL, was injured when
his automobile was swept against the
rocks by tidal wave on the coast of
Hawaii, caused by lava stream
from the volcano Mauna Loa.
According to word received here,
Mrs. Smith, who was with her hus-
band, was swept a quarter of mile
to sea and was rescued with difficulty.