100 Year Old Weblog: organizations

Showing posts with label organizations. Show all posts

May 21, 2025 ~ JESUS NOT "SISSY," SAYS BILLY SUNDAY.

May 21, 2025

JESUS NOT "SISSY," SAYS BILLY SUNDAY.

Evangelist Declares Christ Was Vigorous Preacher, After His Own Heart.

A new Jesus -- a Christ militant -- was preached by Billy Sunday at the tabernacle last night.

"Away with those effeminate pictures of bowed humility and those stories of a sissy Messiah -- Christ was a man," Sunday declared. "When He stood in the presence of hypocrisy He bawled it out with a tongue that cut their thick hides like a lash.

"Jesus shot His preaching into the biggest guns of the synagogue of His day. When you read what He said in the Bible you read it in a sanctimonious tone that takes all the fire out of it.

"There's a lesson for the preachers in the way He preached. He said, 'Oh you scribes of Pharisees! You lobsters, you false alarms, you folly-flushers, you excess baggage, you vipers! You are little white sepulchers, all nice without but all rottenness and dead men's bones within. You're a fine bunch of guys! You rob the widows and the orphans and the whole bunch of you ought to be in jail.'

"Every Inch a Man," He Says.

"That's the way Jesus preached, declared Sunday, shooting out his clenched fist over teh audience. "Don't you think He was a sissy, because some old granny of a religious pussy-foot told you He was. He was a man, every inch of Him, and you will recall how He stood with dauntless face when the mob crowned Him with thorns and spat in His face."

In spite of the rain, which fell continuously through the evening, 16,000 persons attended the night services. There were several hundred members of the Association of Post Office Employees and about 4,000 members of the Patriotic and Protective Order of Stags. Other delegations were from the Cochrane Packing Company, Social Outlook Club, Gillpatrick's laundry and the St. James hotel.

The Stags brought a brass band, which formed near the platform and played "Brighten Up the Corner" and other hymns.

"I am glad to welcome you Stags. I understand that you have the only club in town that won't allow a bar in your club house. I hope you will establish a second, too, in all coming to Christ at this meeting."

"We will!" shouted a member. And when the invitation was extended, 100 members of the Stags marched down the aisles.

May 21, 2025 ~ SUNDAY BATS .500 AND STEALS BASE.

May 21, 2025

SUNDAY BATS .500 AND STEALS BASE.

Billy Also Umpires Part of Time in Rotary Clubs' Game for Charity.

Beaten by Billy Sunday. That was the only consolation the baseball team representing the Rotary Club of Kansas City, Kas., took home with them after the game yesterday afternoon at Association park with the Rotarians of Kansas City, Mo., and it was considerable consolation after all. As to the regular team of the Rotarians on this side of the Kaw the Kansas men expressed their sentiments thus: "They never saw the day they could beat us."

But to get back to the most interesting part of the game. It was in the last half of the sixth inning with the score of 9 to 7 in favor of the men from across the Kaw, a safe enough margin, they reasoned. Craddock of the Kansas City, Kas., team had just been given his base on balls, and there were two men "down," as the sporting reporter would say.

Then the big event happened. Three thousand people cheered when Billy Sunday came to the plate, bat in hand, and took his position on the "port" side. He fouled the first ball pitched, a good one. The next one he caught squarely, a stinging hit to right field that landed him on second. On the throw to catch Sunday Craddock scored. Just as Craddock crossed the late, Sunday stole third, with the crowd still cheering. Riddle was walked. Then Pierce hit past second base and Sunday came in with a run. The fireworks did not end until seven runs had been scored and the hopes of the visitors were completely ruined.

May 17, 2025 ~ DANCED AS STEAMER CRASHED INTO BARGE.

May 17, 2025

DANCED AS STEAMER CRASHED INTO BARGE.

Druggists' Outing on the River Narrowly Missed Disastrous Accident.

The festivities of the Kansas Pharmaceutical Association's outing on the Missouri river had just started at 9 o'clock last night. The band was playing and 450 men, women and children, guests of the Parke-Davis Drug Company, were aboard the steamboat Chester.

The strains of a hesitation waltz came floating over the waters and the steamer was aglow with hundreds of electric lights. The capricious dance hall was the biggest attraction to the young druggists, their wives and sweethearts. The floor had only recently been waxed and the dancers glided across the decks to the tune of "Cecile."

At the same time the chairs in the front end of the boat were occupied by those who preferred the moonlit waters of the river to the dance.

Suddenly, without warning, the steamer struck a sand dredge. Those in the dance hall noticed it but continued dancing. On the forward deck a panic was narrowly averted by Captain McCaffrey, who cooled down the passengers by showing that the dredge was a small one and that no damage was done. The dredge, cut loose from its moorings, floated in the middle of the river.

In lurching away from the sand barge the Chester nearly swerved into one of the piers of the Armour-Burlington-Swift bridge. A woman screamed and many others held their breaths. But within a few seconds the Chester continued on its trip down the river.

All of the time the passengers in the dance hall were unaware that their friends in the bow feared a tragedy. The fiddle and the horn and the flute kept on playing without any knowledge of trouble. The rest of the journey down stream and return was made without any further incident.

May 17, 2025 ~ SCANDINAVIAN CLUB FORMED.

May 17, 2025

SCANDINAVIAN CLUB FORMED.

Organization Outgrowth of Recent Bethany College Campaign.

Fifty residents of Kansas City of Scandinavian origin have organized the Scandinavian Business Men's Club. The organization is the outgrowth of the recent campaign for endowment funds for Bethany college. The promoters hope soon to have a membership of several hundred. The purposes are to promote the social and business interests of Scandinavian people in Kansas City, of whom it is estimated there are 8,000 to 10,000.

The officers are: President, Godfrey Swanson; vice president, Ernest O. Brostrum; secretary, N. A. Johnson; treasurer, Olaf Mattson.

May 14, 2025 ~ INDIAN RELICS TO BE ON EXHIBITION.

May 14, 2025

INDIAN RELICS TO BE ON EXHIBITION.

Mo. Valley Historical Society's Celebration Begins This Week.

Silver shoe buckles worn by Pocahontas and the great seal of William Walker, the first governor of the territory of Nebraska, will be on view at the rooms of the Missouri Valley Historical Society all week, beginning on Tuesday evening.

The exhibit, which will include many other Indian relics, is in celebration of "American Indian week." There will be address on Tuesday evening by Mrs. John A. Hale, a member of the Great Turtle clan of the Wyandottes, and by Mrs. Madeline M. Garrettson, a member of the Pottawatomie tribe. Mrs. Hale is a niece of governor Walker and Mrs. Garrettson is the granddaughter of the commissioner appointed by the Canadian government to move the Pottawatomies to the northern part of the United States. Her father was appointed by the federal authorities to move the tribe to the reservation near St. Mary's, Kas.

The public is invited to view the exhibit. No admission will be charged.

May 9, 2025 "OLD TIMERS" GIVE EARLY DAY HISTORY.

May 9, 2025

"OLD TIMERS" GIVE EARLY DAY HISTORY.

Meeting of Old Men's Association Is Like Story Book of Youth.

Yesterday was "old times" day with a score or more members of the Old Men's Association at the Y. M. C. A. building. The Kansas City of today was forgotten while pioneers sat and spoke of times when they were boys. It hardly seems possible that there was ever a time when Kansas was not Kansas and there was not even a Ninth street in Kansas City, Mo., and people crossed the Missouri river in boats and the boat landing was the busiest place in town. But this was all so and to hear these white-haired historians to reminisce brings it all down to the modern crowd in the year of our Lord 1916 -- and Billy Sunday.

To these pioneers any man who is under 40 is a child and any one between that age and 60 is in his prime. People are just beginning to "get on a little bit" when they get old enough to become members of the Old Men's Association. And when they are that old, they are qualified to discuss old times and tare then doubly eligible.

O. P. Allen, who came to Kansas City in 1850, told of crossing the Missouri river in a boat. There was no bridge. In fact there wasn't much else here but the boat landing and a few log cabins. He has literally seen the city grow from a log settlement to a metropolis. Mr. Allen is 74 years old.

Worked in Levee Stores

An interesting speaker was J. A. Bachman, retired merchant, who came to Kansas City in 1857. He was a clerk on the levee and intimately connected with the enormous river trade the little settlement carried on then. He daily checked in and assigned sixty-five boats that touched at the Kansas City wharf. The only way to northern markets for Mexican products was through Kansas City.

In those days, murder was not the strictly unlawful and rapidly punished crime that it is now. Of course, it depended on who was being murdered. But the Rev. John Arthur, chaplain, told his audience yesterday that Kansas City was no exception in the matter of possessing bad men. The main thing was not to get these same bad men unduly interested in one's self. And the safest way to accomplish this was to let them strictly alone. When they commenced to shine up their gun barrels and look surly, they were given wide berth and when a murder up country was reported there were no questions asked. Dr. Arthur is 90 years old and was born in Clay county.

Kansas Was Not Kansas.

"And out of the state of Missouri was out of the United States for us then," said W. M. Johnson, president of the association. "It literally was in a sense, as there was no Kansas then. It was Indian Territory. I can not register in my association as being born in Kansas although I was born in Wyandotte county 71 years ago. My father came to Kansas in 1828."

The meeting June 12 will be given to discussing plans for the July rally in Excelsior Springs. John Emmke, proprietor of the Elms hotel in Excelsior Springs, has invited the entire association to be his guests on July 10. They will make it a picnic affair if the weather permits.

April 30, 2025 ~ TWO PORTRAITS ARE ADDED.

April 30, 2025

TWO PORTRAITS ARE ADDED.

Pictures of Judge Gage and Father Dalton Given M. V. H. S.

Three new directors have been added to the board of the Missouri Valley Historical Society, making a directorate of twelve. The new ones elected yesterday are Purd B. Wright, public librarian, Ford F. Harvey and J. M. Coburn.

John B. White, president of the society, on yesterday presented the organization with an enlarged portrait of the Rev. Father William J. Dalton, which was hung in the rooms at the Westport library branch. A portrait of the late Judge John C. Gage was also presented to the society by Mrs. Gage.

April 26, 2025 ~ SMALLER ICE CREAM SODAS.

April 26, 2025

SMALLER ICE CREAM SODAS.

Makers Raise Price and Druggists Will Reduce Portions.

Less ice cream in the sundae or the ice cream soda served at Kansas City drug stores is the prospect as the summer season approaches. The wholesale ice cream makers have raised the price, and the druggists declare they must either cut down on the amount they serve to their customers or conduct the fountain business at a loss.

This matter was discussed last night at a meeting of the Kansas City Drug Club at the Coates House. The ice cream men were present to present their side of the case. They all indulged in a banquet and were entertained by a cabaret. The druggists also discussed the amount of money they would raise for the G.A.R. entertainment fund. W. C. Brown talked about the clean-up campaign.

April 21, 2025 LONGER 31st STREET SOUGHT.

April 21, 2025

LONGER 31st STREET SOUGHT.

Property Owners Outside City to Meet With Improvement Body.

The South Side Improvement Association will meet tonight at 3035 Main street to take up matters of importance to the district. Property owners from outside the city at the eastern end of Thirty-first street will meet with the Sough Side association in an attempt to extend Thirty-first street from its eastern terminus into the county. These farmers are also seeking the cooperation of the East Thirty-first Street Improvement Association.

Another matter which will come up will be the problem of of the Main street cut from Twenty-fourth to Twenty-seventh street. This has been opened and car tracks have been laid, but traffic is rendered dangerous because of the overhanging banks of earth at each side of the gulch. A committee from the association will appear before the board of public works this afternoon.

The association also will ask that action be taken on the item in the bond budget providing for a viaduct on Thirty-first street over Wyandotte street, which is necessary to complete the extension of Thirty-first street west from Main street.

April 15, 2025 ~ COMMUNITY BUILDING PLANNED BY HEBREWS.

April 15, 2025

COMMUNITY BUILDING PLANNED BY HEBREWS.

Jacob Billikopf May Forego Intention to Resign From Educational Institute.

A community building to cost possibly $100,000 and to be for the use of the Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Associations, is assured as the result of a meeting of representative Hebrews of Kansas City Thursday night at a dinner at the Hotel Baltimore. It was unanimously decided by those at the dinner that Jacob Billikopf should be retained, if possible, as superintendent of the Jewish Educational Institute.

Although Mr. Billikopf has received several offers from Jewish charitable societies in other cities, he has declared that he would stay in Kansas City and continue his present work, providing the scope of his labors was enlarged by the provision of more money and additional facilities.

The eighty men present at the dinner were enthusiastically in favor of the retention of Mr. Billikopf, and increased their annual subscriptions of $24,600 by more than $5,000. Twenty-five thousand dollars also was subscribed by about twenty men for a fund for the construction of a community house.

NEGRO ORATOR PRESIDENT. ~ Down Town Kyle-for-Mayor Club Is Return for Advice Given.

February 2, 2026

NEGRO ORATOR PRESIDENT.

Down Town Kyle-for-Mayor Club Is

Return for Advice Given.

C. H. Calloway, one of the best known negro orators in Republican ranks, has become president of a Kyle-for-Mayor club with headquarters at 815 McGee street. Dr. E. C. Bunch is secretary of the club.

The negroes reside in various wards, but opened a down-town workshop patterned after "Shootin' Gallery" Bill Green's work for Darius A. Brown in the Eighth ward, where the white Republicans have a down-town office, a permanent headquarters and an auditorium for blow-outs in the Spiritualistic church farther east in the ward.

The negroes formed a club to work for Judge Kyle in return for advice he has given them that the way to elevate their race is by patronizing negro businesses and professional men.

DISLIKES TO HANDLE BONES OF QUANTRELL. ~ Historical Society Clerks at Topeka Not So Enthusiastic About Grewsome Relic.

January 24, 2026

DISLIKES TO HANDLE

BONES OF QUANTRELL.

Historical Society Clerks at Topeka

Not So Enthusiastic About

Grewsome Relic.

TOPEKA, Jan. 23. -- If some person, in some manner, could slip into the relic vault of the State Historical Society and steal the old, dry bones of Quantrell, the famous guerrilla, he would confer a great favor upon the clerks of the historical society, even though he riled the temper of George W. Martin, the boss of the shop.

"Oh, how I hate to rattle those old, dry bones," said one of the clerks, as he exhibited them for the nineteenth time today to visitors. "Why, I pull them out, shake them around and tell about them so much that I actually detest the things."

Everybody who goes to the historical rooms wants to see Quantrell's bones. Secretary Martin says they are a great drawing card, and that they are one of the chief relics of his department. But he doesn't have to handle them or exhibit them. The clerks must do that.

For fear they will be stolen, Mr. Martin keeps them in the vault, and a special trip must be made to see them, the medal which Victor Hugo, the Frenchman, gave Mrs. John Brown and the Ford theater program which contains some splotches of Lincoln's blood. Officials around the state house know how the clerks detest handling the bones and always tell visitors to be sure to ask to see them.

The clerks do not handle the bones as tenderly as Secretary Martin does. They yak them around, shake them together, hoping, no doubt, they will fall to pieces.

"I guess the only way to get rid of them is to wear them out," said a clerk, "and they don't seem to wear very fast. I believe they will be here when Gabriel blows his trumpet the last time unless someone should carry them off."

When the bones were first donated to the historical society a great howl went up from some of the old free state men. They declared that it was an insult to exhibit the bones of the old guerrilla who sacked Lawrence and killed so many people. But Secretary Martin held on to them with a strong grip and finally beat down public criticism. Still he can't subdue his own clerks. They are still in rebellion.

GREETERS' CARDS FOR GUESTS. ~ Hotel Patrons Will Be Given List of Best Business Places.

January 16, 2026

GREETERS' CARDS FOR GUESTS.

Hotel Patrons Will Be Given List of

Best Business Places.

Members of the Kansas City Greeters' Association, comprising hotel clerks, will be supplied today with cards of introduction which are to be given to guests who ask for information as to the best places in which to make purchases, theaters and offices of various sorts. The cards are intended as an assistance to the hotel guests and also to indicate to the merchant or the person to whom they are addressed that there is such an organization as the Kansas City's Greeters' Association, and that it is through one of the members that the customer or client is sent there. The cards contain the names of the officers of the association.

EQUAL SHARE FOR ALL. ~ United Order of Enoch to Have Communistic Settlement.

January 14, 2026

EQUAL SHARE FOR ALL.

United Order of Enoch to Have

Communistic Settlement.

A communistic settlement, following in general the ideas of the late Henry George, is planned by the Reorganized Church of the Latter Day Saints at Independence, in articles of association filed in the circuit court. The United Order of Enoch is the name chosen.

The purpose of this association, says the petition, is for a "Benevolent society to work in the interest of the poor and needy; to supply work for the unemployed; to build homes and furnish social entertainment for its members." There is to be a common store house. At the annual meeting last April, at Lamoni, Ia., the local members of the Latter Day Saints' church were instructed to organize an association of this kind.

In addition to securing homes for the poor and equal opportunities for the needy, financial, educational and social, the association is to promote temperance, morality and the equality of the members. It is "To provide against selfishness and covetousness," and there is to be a "voluntary co-operation in the use, application and distribution of wealth." It is not to be run for individual pecuniary profit. All property is to be held in common and the debts of members are to be paid by the association. The boys and girls are to be educated in the public schools and later sent to college.

The petition provides for an annual settlement of the "stewardships." All surplus in worldly goods is to be turned into the common treasury, and an itemized account of what is needed for the coming year filed with the officers and directors. In case of a shortage, after a "faithful performance of duty," the member is to be supplied from the common treasury. "Each one is to seek to the interest and good of his neighbor. the annual meeting of the officers and directors is to be held the first Monday in April.

The officers are: E. L. Kelley, president, F. M. Smith, secretary, Ellis Short, treasurer.

ICE FLOES WRECK SHIPPING ON BLUE. ~ Pleasure Craft Smashed and Swept Away by the Grinding Cakes.

January 13, 2026

ICE FLOES WRECK

SHIPPING ON BLUE.

Pleasure Craft Smashed and

Swept Away by the

Grinding Cakes.

Great havoc among the shipping in the Blue river was wrought by a sudden break-up of ice on that stream yesterday afternoon. Several costly houseboats and launches were crushed, or their moorings snapped and carried away down the river. In all the damage amounts to several thousand dollars.

At the Kansas City Boat Club's moorings, Fifteenth street and Blue river, Harvey H. Espenship's thousand-dollar houseboat, fully furnished, was swept from its berth by the ice and carried down the river. Marion Bolinger, a boatman at Independence avenue and the Blue, saw it being carried by. It was crushed, and floating on his side. The boat contained several hundred dollars' worth of furniture, including a piano.

HOUSEBOAT AND LAUNCHES.

Mr. Espenship lost two launches, also the Iona I and the Iona II. These boats were valued at $600. both were carried down the Missouri river, one of them smashed in a jam of ice as it passed Independence avenue.

Bert Claflin of Centropolis lost a houseboat and a launch. More than twenty small boats were swept away or crushed in the ice at Fifteenth street.

Charles Demaree's houseboat and launch broke their cables. The houseboat was secured, but the launch was lost.

A lighter belonging to Harry Harris, son of Postmaster J. H. Harris, was crushed. Mr. Harris intended to build a house on the lighter next spring. A houseboat, the owner of which is not known, was crushed as it passed Independence avenue. The riven timbers were scattered among the ice cakes along the shore.

SEVEN-FOOT RISE.

The rise in the river during the afternoon was more than seven feet. At 8:30 o'clock last night the river left its banks at Fifteenth street. Boat owners, alarmed by the residents along the river, hastened to the moorings and secured their craft with chains. the landing stage at the boathouse, Fifteenth street and the Blue, was carried away.

The ice was breaking slowly, or a great deal more damage would have resulted. The ice cakes, being thick and heavy, crushed the small craft as they ground against them. The Kansas City Canoe Club lost many small boats.

HADLEY ADDRESSES K. OF P.'S. ~ Local Lodges Will Celebrate Fortieth Anniversary May 5.

January 11, 2026

HADLEY ADDRESSES K. OF P.'S.

Local Lodges Will Celebrate Fortieth

Anniversary May 5.

Governor Herbert S. Hadley was the principal speaker at the special meeting of the Knights of Pythias in their hall at 1330 Grand avenue last night. The occasion was the merger of Brooklyn Lodge No. 118 with Lodge No. 1 of this city, and over 500 Pythians attended. Senator Solon Gilmore, ex-senator A. L. Cooper and Joseph Hawthorne also gave brief addresses.

Prior to the speaking plans were discussed for the big celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the local lodge to take place May 5, in Convention hall, where it is estimated that at least 20,000 members under the password will assemble in secret session. This will be one of the most brilliant Pythian functions ever attempted in the United States.

SOCIETY'S AIM TO UPLIFT PRISONERS. ~ National Organization to Be Formed During Present Convention.

January 10, 2026

SOCIETY'S AIM TO

UPLIFT PRISONERS.

National Organization to Be

Formed During Present

Convention.

To make good folks out of bad ones is the object of a convention of men and women representing eight states, which began in Kansas City yesterday and will continue until Wednesday.

The meeting is that of the Society of the Friendless, which has for its purpose the uplifting of men, women and children within prison walls and their conversion tion good citizens when they are released. The society was started ten years ago in Kansas and Missouri, but at the present convention a national organization will be perfected.

The opening meeting of the convention was held yesterday in the Institutional church, Admiral boulevard and Holmes street, and the feature was an address by Fred M. Jackson, attorney general of Kansas, who declared that in enforcing prohibition of the liquor traffic Kansas is doing more than probably any other state in the prevention of crime. Other speakers of the afternoon were Henry M. Beardsley of Kansas City and Dr. A. J. Steelman of Seattle, superintendent of the Washington branch of the society.

J. K. Codding, warden of the Kansas state prison at Lansing, was to have spoken, but was unable to attend the meeting yesterday because of injuries received several days ago. He expects to be present at the session today.

Mr. Jackson was assigned the topic of law enforcement as a preventive of crime. He said, in part:

"In Kansas it is figured that one-fifth of the men in prison are there by accident or thorugh the miscarriage of justice, another fifth is a criminal class andd the remaining 60 per cent are men who may either be saved or become criminals.

"We proceed in Kansas the best way to save this 60 per cent, and that is to enforce the law against the organized liquor traffic. The greter per cent of men in prison go there because of the liquor traffic and the state claims the right to oust any business which contributes so largely to the public expense and to public detriment.

"Some people ask why w do not have a local option law or some other measure than prohibition. When you grant licenses in one part of the state, you bot those who do not want liquor as an element of government. When we have prohibition it should be enforced. The state demands it and I do not claim the least bit of credit for my part in enforcing it. An officer who merely does his duty doens't deserve any credit.

"There result where the law ha been enforced is that society and the man have been repaid. Business men realize the poverty which liquor causes and are against it. What is a saloonkeeper? He is a man who wants to share the responsiblilty of government, who helps run the police power, whose consent is necessary to levy taxes and disburse them. By putting him out of the way, more than half hte counties of Kansas have dispensed with their poor houses and in other counties these institutions are but poorly populated.

HAS PAID KANSAS.

"We have decreased crime and criminals. Has it paid Kansas? The results speak for themselves."

Dr. Steelman, who talked on the reformatory side of the prison, told of the wonderful progress made in the treatment of prisoners and of modern methods for making them good citizens after their release. The first step in the movement, he said, was saving the services of the prisoners to the state and this was succeeded by the idea of saving the men themselves. Dr. Steelman was formerly warden of the Joliet (Ill.) penitentiary.

Mr. Beardsley devoted his talk to outlining the purposes of the society. He said the work of the society is both preventive and to help the fallen.

"Criminals," said Mr. Beardsley, "ought to be on the credit instead of the debit side of the state's accounts. A small amount invested in reclaiming these men brings big returns to the state."

Mr. Beardsley said the work of the society has been costing about $12,000 a year, but that this year $15,000 will be required.

Warden Codding of Lansing, in a telegram to the society, expressed regret at his inability to be present and conveyed his good wishes.

The Rev. E. A. Fredenhagen of Kansas City, corresponding secretary of the society, presided at the meeting yesterday.

'WORK, NOT CHARITY,' SLOGAN. ~ Men Out of jobs Will Hold Noon Meeting Today.

January 6, 2026

'WORK, NOT CHARITY,' SLOGAN.

Men Out of jobs Will Hold Noon

Meeting Today.

There will be a meeting of the unemployed today noon at 1112 Locust street, and the men out of jobs will endeavor to agree upon some plan that will better their condition. "Work, not charity," is to be the slogan of the assemblage, and several prominent citizens have been petitioned to assist in the cause.

CLOWN BAND AND ORGAN FOR CHILDREN. ~ LOTS OF MUSIC AND FUN AT MAYOR'S CHRISTMAS TREE.

December 18, 2025

CLOWN BAND AND

ORGAN FOR CHILDREN.

LOTS OF MUSIC AND FUN AT

MAYOR'S CHRISTMAS TREE.

A. Judah, Manager of the Grand,

Has a Surprise in Store and It

May Be City's Poor Good Boys

and Girls Will See Theater.

A mammoth organ is to be installed in Convention hall to furnish music for the thousands of little children who will be given presents from the mayor's Christmas tree. The Clown band of the Eagles also will furnish instrumental cheer. The musicians will be dressed in grotesque costumes. A. Judah, manager of the Grand, also has a surprise in the amusement line in store for the tots, and he might repeat this year his generosity of last year by inviting the children who seldom see the inside of a place of amusement to his theater for a performance and a liberal candy distribution.

"I'm always the happiest when I am doing something for girls and boys that the sun of plenty does not shine upon," said Mr. Judah at yesterday's meeting of the Mayor's Christmas Tree Association. Then he chipped in $25 to the fund, which has now reached the encouraging sum of $3,124.10.

"We'll double that amount when we hear from the people we have asked subscriptions from," declared A. E. Hutchings, who, with other warm-hearted and self-sacrificing men and women, are giving their time and means to provide Christmas cheer and joy for the thousands of poor children in Kansas City. And these faithful workers are going right ahead with their commendable work, regardless of envious and malicious ones who belittle the association by referring to it as the "Public Tree."

PROSPERS DESPITE HOODOO. ~ Speakers at Phantom Club Banquet Show Steady Growth.

December 16, 2025

PROSPERS DESPITE HOODOO.

Speakers at Phantom Club Banquet

Show Steady Growth.

Members of the Phantom Club, organized on Friday, the thirteenth of December, four years ago, gave its second annual banquet last night at the Hotel Baltimore. Mayor Crittenden and prominent men about town were the guests of honor. Festus O. Miller was the toastmaster.

After a vocal solo by Lewis H. Scurlock, A. M. Kathrens, the president, reviewed the history of the club. He spoke of its organization and of its steady growth. It now has its own quarters at 1032 Penn street.

Other sentiments were responded to as follows:

"Phantoms in the Future," K. G. Rennic; "Club Fellowship," James West French; "Club Benefits," Estell Scott; "Good of the Order," Samuel Eppstein; "Topics," Clyde Taylor; "Remarks," Thomas R. Marks; "Narratives," Judge Harry G. Kyle.

Mayor Crittenden also spoke.