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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-31

Mr.. B. Mansfield of Huntsville, Mo,
is in the city visiting his mother,
Mrs. Williams, of 1904 East 18th
street.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-31

caddy's Beauty Shop has removed to
23o5 e. 18th. Bell Phone Melrose
do25-W.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-31

Mr.. Fan Dement, of st. Louis, Mo-
spent Tuesday night and Wednesday
with his sister, Mrs. Dougherty, 1915
East 14th.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-31

For fancy hair dressing, manieuring
and scientific scalp treatment, cal
LaRellc College, Melrose 25osW.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-31

Mrs. Myrtle Franklin, 2121 Flora
avenue, will leave the city in a few
weeks for Denver and Chicago.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-31
Y. W. c. A. NOTES.

Will no some of the clubs or So
cieties rally to the support of the
piano fund? Are we so little concern
ed in the welfare of our girls?
Sustaining memberships are in
creasing. The Advisory Committee is
proving an asset to the ~ w. c. A.
Sustaining memberships Of $500 for
ome will be spurred this week.
All girls who wish to enroll in the
Choral Club, meet Mrs. Shannon at
the Center next Sunday at 5 o'clock.
The piano class of Mrs. Shannon
netted $500 for the piano fund in
their recital.
A Task Party was given at the
Center Tuesday night by the B. Y.
P. U. of the Second Baptist Church,
under the direction Of Miss Melcenia
Williams.
An Association Party will be given
at the Center, Thursday, August 5
from 4 to 8, for the Girl Reserves and
other girls. Come and plan TO elect
your delegates to the Y. W. c. A
Camp Conference at st. Louis. Re
freshments served free.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-31

Mrs. Howard NJ. Smith, wife of Doc
tor Smith, superintendent of the
Jackson County Home for Negroes,
left for 81. Louis, Idlewild, Mich, and
Chicago for a months visit. We
know she will miss with much regret
the Kansas iCty-Chicago baseball
clash.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-31

For artistic hair dressing, marcel
waves and curIs for special occasions,
call Nine. Laing, Melrose 25o8W.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-31

Csddy's Beauty Shop has removed to
23o5 {. 18th. Bell Phone Melrose
.4o25-W.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-31

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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-31

EINo NEEU WOHE OOW
We take the opportunity of thanking
the citizens of Kansas City who have
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-31

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JEFF'S LUNCH-19OO VINE ST.

Mr.. H. L. Kinsler, the hustling real
estate agent of 91S East Twenty-first
street, reports the sale of the follow
ing properties: 2210 Flora to Lean
der Williams; 914 Garfield to William
Thornton; 2210 Tracy to John John
son. Whenever you have made up
your mind to buy a home and want
terms to suit, see Kinsler.
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SIXTH CHURCH OF CHRIST
SCIENTIST

1921 Garfield Avenue
Sunday, II a. m. and 8 p. m.
Wednesday, Testimonial, 8 p. m.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-31
CARD OF THANKS.

EFFS ~LUNCH-19OO VINE ST.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-31

The piano class of Mrs. Shannon
netted $500 for the piano fund in
their recital.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-01
Precious Volumes on View
The Public Permitted to See the British Mu-
seurn's Treasures

he was also doctor, and a doctor with
enough technical knowledge and enough
experience to make him thoroughly un-
derstand the problems of hygiene. The
doctor side Of Wood helped him i'm
mensely in his great work Of extirpating
yellow fever in Cuba, the islands worst
curse, and also in putting the Moro
Province of the Philippines TO rights.
THE man with these three sides 10
him, statesman, soldier and hygienist,
who was also a sympathetic admnistra-
tor Of the natives, would have been ad-
mirably equipped to deal with the great
problems now waiting solution by Amer
lca. Once more we say that the Repub-
ican convention made q great blunder
when it refused TO give its mandate to
General Wood
AS we have remarked before in
these columns, no one must think that
we regard General Wood with special
sympathy because we believe he would
have been President friendly to
Britain. We are well aware that he
never could nor would have shown any
favors to this country, nor should we
have desired any. We wanted to see
General Wood become President be-
cause we believe him capable of serv-
ing his country as she deserves TO be
served.'
New-York tribune., 1920-08-01
Defoe's Journal
New Light on Famous Rec
ord of London Plague

~ EFOE'S classic, his journal Of
4 y the Plague Year has been
held to be pure flight of i'm
aginative writing, with a thread of
historical truth woven into its fabric
We must amend this view, for Watson
Nicholson, Phi. D., in The Historical
Sources of Defoe's Journal of the
Plague Year" (The Stratford Com
pany), proves conclusively that Defoe
was writing authentic history when he
penned his terrible account Of Lon
don's death dealing disease of the sew
enteenth century.
DR.. Watson examined original docu-
ments in the Burney collection and
manuscript room in the British Mu-
scum. He has proved that Defoe, who
derived much material at first hand
from survivors Of the plague, also went
straight to printed records, as found
in Hodge, Kemp, Vincent, Thomson and
other writer's who lived during the
years of the plague. The newspapers
Of the time furnished him with weekly
bills of mortality and a vast store
of valuable information By quoting
from the above sources and comparing
the results with certain pages in De-
foes book DR. Nicholson easily builds
up an argument for the authenticity
of the journal of the Plague Year.
that defes dispute
New-York tribune., 1920-08-01

Chinese patients consists of earth
worms rolled in honey and swallowed
alive. This dose is recommended for
digestive troubles.
The author travelled extensively over
execrable roads in springless, joltinr
carts. She does not paint China as an
earthly paradise; and the Oriental
standards of sanitation, housin. and
pure food often impress her as decided
ly low. Yet the ancient cities and
temples, the monuments Of the Oldest
civilization in the world preserved
through centuries, possess an irresist-
ible fascination. The following pas
sage expresses the marvellous charm of
color which is to be found in everv
Chinese town:
"The busy thoroughfares are glori
fed by rich splashes of color against
a background of dark woodwork and
gllded shop signs, the cornfower and
periwinkle blue Of the mems garments
with sometimes gay addition in the
shape of leggings of apple green or
saffron yellow, the poppy red or
petunia pink Of some small child's
gala attire, the crimson lanterns
swinging above the open-fronted shops.
the carts with hoods of royal blue and
vivid green, the piles of oranges, the
scarlet persimmons, the red chillies,
the porcelain vases and jade orna-
ments, and other curios spread out
upon the ground-all add touches Of
rich color to the scene"
Along with the ancient rites and
customs, which have still retained
much of their old vitality, the Chinese
within recent years have developed a
marked spirit of imitation, They are
enthusiastic over everything Ameri-
can. The author tells an amusing
story OF how aome wealthy youn.
Chinese, whose teeth were perfectly
sound, purchased gold crowns and
slipped them over their teeth for orna.
mental effect
stayat-home travellers should derivs
considerable enjoyment from "Chancs
and Change in China The author
does not discuss vexing and compli-
Gated political problems; but confines
herself to a description Of the in.
numerabe quaint and interesting fea-
tures Of Chinese daily life.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-01

'Barent Creighton Was
Written Only to Anuse

\ IS relief to find that stories
are still written neither to IN
struct nor uplift, but only to amuse
"Barent Creighton" "a. A. Knopf) is Of
that type Of swashbuckling romance
that critics try to tell US is dead, but
whose appeal seems not whit dimin-
ished.
Don Cameron Shafer has taken old
New York for the background Of his
story "Barent Creighton" The hero,
a reckless young spendthrift Of the type
dear to the hearts of romancers. finds
himself in dire straits, the heir to a
legacy consisting of four keys, an old
sea chart and seven miniature Inca gods
The possibilities for adventure that
these articles give suggestion to are
immense, and Mr.. Shafer leaps high
spiritedly into the thick of the mos.
eXhilarating episodes. There are in
trigue and buried treasure In the offing.
there is a spirited, vixenish heroine,
innumerable odd characters and as
much action as can be crowded between
two covers. Mr. Shafer has more than
a common gift for sketching odd and
delightful characters.
"Barent Crei ghton" is light and di-
verting, and has beside that the ines
Unable charm OF not pretending to be
any better than it is.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-01
Tercentenary Books

THE tercentenary of the sailing Of
the Pilgrims offers an occasion
for the publication of g variety Of
pamphlets and books. Among these is
The p grim Fathers" Their story
and their connection with southamp-
ton which serves to recall the fact
that the Mayflower sailed from South
ampton, Plymouth being her last port
Of call. Professor Lyttel has written
a short account of the Pilgrim Fathers
and there is also a description Of
Southampton as it was in 1920. South
ampton will hold festival in August
in commemoration of the historic
event
New-York tribune., 1920-08-01
Up the Seine
A Trip Rich in Historical
Memories

~ HEARD q triangular debate
w years ago on the three great
cities of Europe-Rome, Lon
don and Paris-the three capitals that
have the most romantic and significant
histories. We forget which youngster
won't was a prep school affair-but
we do remember that the debaters over
looked the meaning of the Tiber, the
Thames and the Seine in their argu-
ments. The boy who defended Paris
should have brought the Seine into his
argument, fer it far excels the other
two rivers as a stream with history
Anna Bowman Dodd has written a
travellers guide to the Seine-a book
that emphasizes the romantic past of
the river. It's title, "Up the Seine to
the Battlefelds" (Harper's). is most
on from the days Of early French his
tory at the rivers mouth, through
episodes in the life Of William the Con-
queror and Napoleon III and lesser
lumtnaries Up to the fields Of the late
war. 1t will be well, from the view
point of education, to follow the itin-
erary given in this book if one visits
France TO see the battlefelds
In a series OF graphic pages We see
in Mrs. Dodd's chapters the growth Of
Havre at the expense of Honheur under
the hand of Francis I, the fascinating
development Of the two pleasure towns
-Trouville, whose start to fame and
fortune was caused by Boudin's paint
ing OF her beaches, and Deauville OF
the sand dunes-the figures Of the
Empress Eugenie and her suite fleeing
to Deauville to q yacht and to Eng
land, the shadowy forms of the Hon
Aeur navigators of the early sixteenth
century, the return OF Napoleon's body
from st. Helena and other scenes init
mately connected with the history OF
the French people. And all this, with
much more, Is given to US IN a read
able manner and with singular power
Of photographing places and pcrsonali-
ties on the mind Of the reader.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-01
"a Plans of the Leaders of the Steel Strike

"The Bolshevik Russia" AS far as Is
humanity possible Mr. Postgate takes
an impartial view, but some readers
will question his neutrality, for he says
lone must assume IN dealing with a
large movement the sincerity Of tha
rank and file at least" He says Boa
shevism definitely repudia.es peace.
full revolution and IS impossible with
out the application Of force. As rad
ical a thinker as Professor Bertrand
Russell, who served prison term dur
irg the war, agrees with Mr.. Postgate.
1t is an important point, because rnans
Bolshevik sympathizers outside Of Rus
sia contend that "the dictatorship OF
the proletariat" can be brought about
by peaceful methods; in other words,
by constitutional changes.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-01
To the A. E. F.
A "Y" Girl Catches the
Spirit Of Our Men Abroad
TO PETITE" otherwise known as
] Frances Newbold Noyes.
Dear Sfiss Hpa.i+n,.

Frances NewbOld Noyes.
Dear Miss Petite:
II ever there was book written FROM
full heart and flowing pen it Il
your "My A. Z. F." which has coma
into NY hands by the grace OF the
Frederick "A. Stokes Company. You have
set yourself an almost impossible task,
that Of addressing the A. E. F. as ors
man, yet I think that "the best thing
that ever happened to me In my lifei
viii ike your little volume if only foa
your personihcation OF the doughboy "a
you, with your curly head high" and
with the dreams Of an old world and
the vision OF new behind those shining
eyes Of yourselves that could be as
level as Justice, and as dancing as Folly,
and az tender as Pity" Any veteran
who reads such passages as these will
pause appreciatively and nurmur Lady,
you said mouthfuli" He'll tell EN-.
Your little chat with your pal %
your Y. NJ. c. A. days overseas is an
appealing plea for fair play for his
erstwhlle comrades II the Allied armies
and especially Tor your own maligned
q" But the most interesting thing in
the book is you, Miss Petite" You
gave Everything from Camels and Ice
cream to good advice-snd my heart"
You rode with your soldiers in every
vehicle that the ingenuity born of war
could devise. You shot crsps-and
fancy that you used TO win. And most
charming OF all, you sang Hail, Hal,
the Gangs All Here without substi-
tuting the revised deuce" version for
the authorized text. Making it snappy,
Miss Petite" you were There as well
as Over There, and all that 1 can write
here is that hope that you'll get over,
over here. And I'll say you will
New-York tribune., 1920-08-01
By Arthur S. Draper

LONDON, July Is.
LOOMsBURY SQUARE, near
" the Euston Station, contains
~ more Americans at this season
of the year than all the rest Of
London. Every other house is a hotel
and nlne-tenths of the rooms are occu-
pied by Americans who have come here
to study or to poke around among the
old churches, the haunts of johnson.
the bookshoDs and the Libraries. The
greatest Of all Libraries is housed in
the British Museum, the center Of
Bloomsbury Square. At least one COPY
or every book printed finds its way 10
Bloomsbury
A ". Pollard, Keeper OF Printed
Books, has taken this opportunity when
a number of distinguished American
professors and students are in London
to spread out history of English lit
erature, using first editions to form his
exhibition. Some of these volumes are
so old and valuable that Mr.. Pollard.
who loves them with the love of a
mother for child, dares expose them
to the light for only short time.
About 400 books are on exhibition,
ranging from Chaucer in the type of
Caxton and Pynson to Tennyson. Only
one copy of the first edition of "Man-
deville's Travels" exist, and it has q
place in the exhibition. This volume
printed in 1895, has place near the
first book printed in English - a.
Bruges
Naturally, Shakespeare is given
prominence. One Of the two known
first editions of Hamlet is included
IN the wonderful case given to Shake
speare. Floris "Montaigne" is open at
passage which Shakespeare incorpo.
rated in "The Tempest" Tyndale
Surrey, Spencer, Sidney, Browne
Burton, Carey and Dome are repre-
sented.
Mr.. Pollard has opened each book at an
appropriate place, but the visitor must
limit his reading to these pages, for
no one is permitted to touch these price.
less volumes. Milton has a case to him.
self. SO has Marvel Bunyan's Chris
tan Behavior" OF which there is only
one copy, may be seen along with "The
Tatler" and "The Spectator" Swift:
''Iale of q Tub and Goldsmith's "Vica1
Of Wakefield" There are many inter
esting exhibitions, including an aero
nautical show in London this summer
but nothing more fascinating than
visit to this display of samples of Eng
lish literature.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-01
An Englishman on Wood

ER1C FISHER WOODS Leonard
e. Wood, Conservator Of American
ism,' is treated at length by the booI,
reviewer of The Spectator" His COM
ments are particularly interesting now
that the Republican convention has made
its choice. He says:
Leonard Wood was not merely half
soldier and half civilian. By singular
piece of good fortune for man who had
to clean up great tracts of the tropics,
New-York tribune., 1920-08-01

%HINA is now experiencing q
n curious arlalgamation Of mod
a ern ideas with customs that
date back to the days Of
Confucius The processes of transfor-
nation that are going on in thai vast
country are wildly described by A. s.
Roe in "Chance and Change in China"
(Doran). The author, an Fnglishwoman,
who has previously travelled in the
Orient, possesses q remarkable faculty
for entering into the lives Of the
Chinese and ferreting out their Gus
toms and superstitions. Among other
things we learn that the Chinese are
past masters of delicate and crvptic
satire.
In this land, where nothing goes
by its right name, there are many
ways by which illusions are made. TO
which, luckily, we foreigners are often
subllmely unconscious. It would re-
Quire ono well versed in Chinese WAYS
to understand by the words 1T is rain
ing, pronounced aloud on perfectly
fine day, that foreign devils (foreign-
ers) are passing by the idea being that
when it rains devils are apt to come
into the open; hence the initiated real
lze at once the meaning conveyed, and
no otfense is given"
1t would certainly be difficult to col
lect damages for libel in China.
The author gives elaborate accounts
OF Chinese weddings and funerals. Both
ceremonies are somewhat topsy-turvv.
according to Occidental standards, for
the weddings are austerely solemn.
while the funerals are characterized
by spasmodic outbursts of gayety.
The revolution has not yet improved
the status of the majority of Chinese
women. They are condemned to lives
OF drudgery, and subordination, and
they are valued chiefly for their capac-
ity in producing male children. West
ern ideas are making some progress,
however, and an educated girl can hone
to find a suitor without the add;-
tional qualification of bound feet.
The Chinese display little inclination
to accept the principles Of Christian
Science. They are devotees of medj-
cine, although they seem to be more
interested in the quantity than in the
quality of their remedies. One of the
most startling prescriptions offered to
New-York tribune., 1920-08-01
Another Russian Book

a THE moment when the Poles and
the Bolsheviki are occupying the
center of the stage and when the op-
erations in west Russia and the dis
cussions in Spa are having a profound
effect not only on the future of Europe
but on world developments, there is
especial interest in r W. Postgate's
New-York tribune., 1920-08-01


trial history. 1t involved a
very large number of workers. even if
the strike leaders claims of $4,000
men out of work are rejected as ex-
aggerated. 1t marked bold and Wig
orous, although unsuccessful, effort to
establish unionism among the employ
ees Of powerful corporation which
has consistently upheld the principle
o. the open shop"
Net the least interesting feature of
;he strike was the personality Of its
chief leader. William z. Foster. Mr..
Foster was generally represented as
ar l. W. ". wolf imperfectly disguised
II trade union Sleeps clothing. EN-
corpts from par, phlet on syndicalisn.
written by Mr.. Foster IN conjunction
with another author several years ago
were widely quoted against him. Dur
ing the strike Mr.. Foster remained
svasive and -committal in the face
g. hostile criticism, refusing either to
avow or 10 retract the revolutionary
theories OF his pamphlet. He has now
seen fit to reveal himself His book.
The Great Steel Strike and It's Les
sens" (Huebsch). is a clear and Wig
orous Interpretation Of the strike from
tie strikers viewpoint. 1t is more
than that. 1t is a frank presentation
O. the authors radical theories of So
cisl reconstruction.
Strike Tactics Criticized
M Foster IS in the position OF =
general who IS attempting TO derive
Useful lessons for the future from past
defeats. The book abounds IN criti-
c:sm Of the tactics employed during
The strike. The author believes that
The effort to unionize the steel mills
vas rot pressed vigorously enough al
.he outset. a resolution in favor o.
Organizing the steel industry on d ma
.ion-vide scale was adopted at the St,
Paul convention OF the American Fed
Grafton OF Labor IN June, 1913. Mr..
Foster believes that the threat Of &
strike \ war time would have COM
pe-.ed Mr Gary to yield.
However, lack Of funds and apathy
en- the part OF certain large unions both
delayed and hampered the preparation
OF the strike The original plan OF the
National Committee for Organizing
ron and Steel Workers, OF which the
author was ecretaYy-treasurer in
volved e Simultaneous drive in steel
producing cea.e-s all over the country
Lack o. money and Of organizers
.hwartcd this ambitious project Tns
committee decided TO concentrate its
energies upon the Chicago district ex-
clus,vely at first ard to extend its &C
-ivities to other fields later. This, II
Mr. Fosters opinion, was distinct de-
partu7e from sound principles. II
gave the steel companies time to pre-
1ere their defense and it lost much
of The enthusiasm that might have been
generated hy simultaneous nation
vide drive
The work OF enrolling men in the
unions progressed rapidly in spite OF
all handicaps The author speaks biz
terly os the hostility displayed toward
the organizers by the Pennsylvania
STEEL town officials. whom he accuses
Of gross partially toward the com
panies. In the summer of 1919 The
committee felt that their york had ad
vanced to the point where test Of
strength was advisable. Consequently
New-York tribune., 1920-08-01
Books Received
Fiction

THE PRAIRIE MOTHER By Arthur
StringeT. Published by the Bobbs- Merrill
Company. Indianapolis
The story of a woman who went
from the comforts and luxuries of the
East to the hardships o. Western
shack.
THE RAPIDS. Bv Alan Sullivan. Pub
lished by D. Appleton & Co. New York.
The romance of a strong man who
satisfies his creative instinct By trans
forming small town into q mighty
city.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-01

Bv HAMILTON DRUMNOND
Author OF The Betrayers."
4 colorlul tale OF great love in
an age Of violence. $50
New-York tribune., 1920-08-01

an English statesman who rose from
tne masses and always displayed a par
llcular interest in the welfare of the
agricultural workers. Mr. Austen Cham
oerlaln writes an introduction to the
book
THE LIFE AND STRUGGLES OF WILL
LIAM LOyETT. With an Introduction
oy y. n Tawney Published by Alfred
A knopf, New York.
A reprint of the autobiography of a
man who was intimately associated
land In the carly part of the last cen
tury.
Miscellaneous
LOOK1NG BACK. BY Captain the Hon.
Sir Seymour Fortescue. Published by
Longmans Green & Co, New York
The recollections of naval officer
who occupied for seventeen years the
post OF eQuerry in waiting to the late
King Edward VII
MASTER AUCTION. By Florence Irwin.
Published by G. p. Putnams Sons, New
York.
A little book of fine points in auc-
ton, expressly designed for experts in
the game.
MOTION STUDY FOR THE HAND1-
CAPPED BY Frank r. Gilbreth and
LILLIAN Moller Gilbreth. Published by
Z P. Dutton & Co, New York.
A study of the best methods Of pre-
pairing cripples for possible forms OF
work.
A RED CROSS CHAPTER AT WORK. BY
Marie Cec!le and Anselm Chouel. Print
ed By the Hollenbeck Press. indianapolis
A survey Of the activities of the Indi-
anapolis Red Cross Chapter.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-01
Tam arisk Town

By SHEILA KAYE-SMITH
Author OF "a Challenge TO
Sirius etc. Tells how man
built a town and broke it for
love. $3.50