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The Negro Conciousness And Democracy THE TRUE DOCTRINE OR TEACHING OF BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. IN RELATION TO THE NATIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE. AN ABLE ARTICLE FROM THE PEN OF LLEWELLYN JONES. REPRODUCED FROM THE "PUBLIC" OF CHICAGO, BY SPECIAL REQUEST. Vol. XVII. The Negro C And De THE TRUE DOCTRINE OR TEACH IN RELATION TO THE NATION AN ABLE ARTICLE FROM THE REPRODUCED FROM THE "PUBL The thirteenth annual session of the National Negro Business League, held under the presidency and chairmanship of Booker T. Washington, has just ad- journed. The meetings were held in Chicago in a Negro church building, before practically exclusively Colored audiences, only a few months after a very different series of meetings had been held in the same city for the same purpose—the uplifting of the race. This other series of meetings was, of course, the convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The one convention reminds the observer irresistibly of the other; the success of either movement depends upon the success of the other. The gospel preached by Mr. Washington to his Colored business men will yield fruits to be sure, but bitter ones, if the gospel preached by Burghardt Du Bois and Oswald Garrison Villard is ignored by either Negroes or whites. Lest this observation be taken as an adverse criticism of the National Negro Business League, let us hasten to indicate the admirable work it is doing. The league is the offspring of Tuskegee and Mr. Washington's practical mind. In nearly every city throughout the country—North and South—where the number of Negroes in business is sufficient to form a nucleus, a business league is formed. Its primary function is in each case inspirational, and in many cases it acts secondarily as a chamber of commerce for the Colored people. In connection with these leagues other and more directly practical organizations, the Negro Bar Association, the Negro Press Association, the Negro Bankers' Association, and the Negro Funeral Directors' Association have sprung. The purpose of the parent organization in its national aspect is easily gathered from such an annual meeting as has just been held in Chicago. Before a large audience of Colored people the more successful business men of their race stand up and testify to the worth of their business experiences. As one of the delegates expressed it to the writer it is an "experience meeting." Then the experiences and their meaning are driven home by Booker T. Washington in his annual address. See, he tells his audience, what your brothers are doing. Do not, he urges revile the white man because he denies you equal rights and privileges but learn from him that Business is the avenue through which your limitations may be transcended. When you graduate from college do not clamor for further recognition, but follow the example of Mr. X., who has so convincingly told us of his success, and start a brick yard in the South. Or if you of the other sex feel cramped and limited, follow the example of Mrs. Y. and start a national business in toilet preparations. But don't quarrel with wealth or with the status quo. This address with its cheerful optimism, its comparison of the Negro race's wonderful progress in fifty years with the "noble" Indian's retrogression and helplessness in the same time, and its sturdy note of self-sufficiency, being ended, there are more business experiences. Then there are reports from the other organizations. The bankers, for instance, tell how the number of Negro banks has increased from two in 1900 to about fifty-seven at the present time, and how those of them enrolled in the Negro Bankers' Association are planning a strong central bank to handle the reserve funds of its members and to exercise mutual control and support and to organize the Negro credit on a systematic basis. Then State reports are read showing how the State organizations—of which there are ever thirty HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY have used their opportunities for work and propaganda during the year. Much of the propaganda work is done through the Negro churches, and it has been one of the tasks of Mr. Washington to rescue these institutions from their other-worldliness, and guide them into those channels of social outlook where they can render a maximum amount of service to the members who hold them in such high esteem and give them such a relatively greater part in their lives than the members of the dominant race give their churches. Such, in brief, is what you may see and hear at an annual meeting of the National Negro Business League. What are we to think of it as a factor in the spread of fundamental democracy? No two persons would think alike in the matter, of course. The individualist democrat and the social democrat would view the influence of this League from very different standpoints. The writer's idea of democracy would lead him to view the work of the League with only qualified assurance and hope, if it were alone in the field and if there were no Burghardt Du Bois to balance its tendencies. To take the positive aspects of the matter first, however, the work of the League, as far as it goes, is a triumphant answer to the people who talk the usual nonsense about the inferiority of the Negro. The Negro is different from the white man, they say, and must remain so. To the older answer—"Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? Fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer as a Christian is?!"—to this the Negro business man adds, "Hath not a Negro business ability, hath he not established banks, printing works, newspapers, publishing houses, missionary enterprises in Liberia, Negro communities with lighting and water plants, and are they not all flourishing and paying dividends; and are not the Negro lawyers making good in the courts?" But this very success will bring its own limitations to the Negro consciousness. We whites who have had banks and business enterprises and fortunes for many years are beginning to get rather disillusioned about them. At the very time when we see that they are destroying even white equality (not using that last word, however, in its mechanical sense)—the Colored man, apparently oblivious of the meaning of our Socialism, Singletax, or the more spontaneous and naive invocation of dynamite, the Colored man in the person of Mr. Washington and his disciples, unknowing the meaning of the word "villainy" in the quotation, and meaning its very opposite, gleefully exclaim: "The villainy you teach me I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction." The white man who claims that the Negro cannot and should not try to imitate the white civilization, and who says that the Negro consciousness is a different consciousness from ours, is simply making the claim that the Negro is slightly different from human. For what are the distinctively white qualities and virtues if they are not those very qualities which we call human? A friend in discussing the matter with the writer said that what was wanted to solve the problem was a psychological inquiry into the Negro consciousness, and that all action in the premises should await and be based on that. This is a promising theory, but a little reflection shows that its promise is altogether false. The people Negro consciousness that CHIPS. The prominent and successful wholesale coal merchant; former vice president of the City Fuel Company, feels more than positive, that, Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall will be elected president and vice president of the United States. has value for democracy is the Negro self-consciousness. And the moment you present the Negro with a chart of his consciousness, he takes up a certain attitude toward it which is unpredictable—which was necessarily not in the consciousness as originally analyzed—and your labor is in vain as far as its original intention was concerned. But if you could reduce the Negro to an analyzable resultant of hereditary and social forces you are using a method which is just as valid if applied to the white man. In your reduction of the Negro to the sub-spiritual, you reduce the white to the sub-spiritual; you place both races on the plane of what is philosophically known as naturalism, on the plane where efficiency, survival, and not love, is the final road. be employed in other and more ideally fruitful ways. The white unions, for instance, must cease their suicidal and immoral policy of discouraging or excluding Negro members. The Negroes must not meet such exclusion with a self-sufficient, "Well, I shall achieve in some other way." They must insist on achieving in that particular—by insisting on admission to every union that claims to be Labor. To achieve the proper solution of this problem, in short, simply means that whites as well as Negroes shall be guided by ideals as well as by opportunism, shall have the courage of their lip-service to spiritual realities, shall either admit that they do not believe in democracy at all but only in the struggle for existence, or else The Negro answer to such a reduction is Mr. Washington's doctrine of laissez faire democracy, the piling up of Negro fortunes, the aggressive business enterprise of Negro business men, the creation of Negro capitalist and Negro proletariat, and the duplication in Negro circles of our own whole round of industrial troubles. That this is no idle fancy would be evident to anyone who spoke to some of the Negro delegates to the recent conference. One prominent Southern Colored man denounced the unions to the writer. Because they excluded Negroes! No, but because they put a buffer between the worker and the stimulus of straight competition, so that the worker was not spurred to "do his damnedest." But must we not admit that real democracy requires two conditions for its ideal success? The first of these is that every man is an end in himself—not a means merely to your end or mine. And the second and just as important condition is that all truly human ends are reconcilable and co-ordinate, so that—as a recent writer, Professor Warner Fite, has pointed out, in a remarkable book—in a fully conscious society, conflict and personal sacrifice are eliminated by that mutual recognition and intelligence which sees to it that while I gain my ends through your instrumentality, I shall do it in such a way that my doing so enables you to gain your ends while working for mine. Right here is where Dr. Du Bois and his school supplement the work of Dr. Washington. They see that the Negro cannot gain anything more than a material and partial victory by becoming more and more self-sufficing. Two camps of self-sufficing and self-regarding peoples will never constitute a democracy. Every white advance in the conception of social justice must be shared with the Negro. The Negro who is graduated from a college must not be allowed to take Dr. Washington's advice to go South and start a brick yard, if he has academic abilities that can be employed in other and more ideally fruitful ways. The white unions, for instance, must cease their suicidal and immoral policy of discouraging or excluding Negro members. The Negroes must not meet such exclusion with a self-sufficient, 'Well, I shall achieve in some other way.' They must insist on achieving in that particular—by insisting on admission to every union that claims to be Labor. To achieve the proper solution of this problem, in short, simply means that whites as well as Negroes shall be guided by ideals as well as by opportunism, shall have the courage of their lip-service to spiritual realities, shall either admit that they do not believe in democracy at all but only in the struggle for existence, or else pursue their achievement of democracy in the only way possible; by the frank recognition of and action upon the spiritual implications of democracy and self-consciousness. DEATH OF SAMUEL COLERIDGE TAYLOR, THE FAMOUS NEGEC COMPOSER. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, the greatest and most famous Negro composer in the world; died in London, England, last Sunday. He was only 37 years old, being born August 15, 1875 in London. All of his educational, including his musical advantages, were imparted to him in the city of his birth and it has been well said, by, Booker T. Washington, "That: 'It is given to few men in so short a time to win for themselves a position of such prominence on two continents as fell to the lot of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. "Mr. Coleridge-Taylor early gave evidence of powers of a high order, and at the time of his death ranked as one of the most interesting and remarkable of British conductors and composers. His sympathetic setting in cantata of portions of Longfellow's 'Hiawatha' did much to make him known in England and America. "Mr. Coleridge-Taylor had written much, had achieved much. His work, moreover, possesses not only charm and power, but distinction, the individual note." In the death of Coleridge-Taylor, the Colored race throughout the world, has lost its greatest musical composer. Solomon Livingston, who was well known among the real estate dealers of the south side, his office being located at 4711 South State street, died very suddenly Wednesday morning from heart failure. He was on his way from his home at 5818 Calmatt ave, riding in his auto, when he was stricken down. He leaves a bereaved widow and one son and hosts of friends to mourn his death. The State Street Fair and Carnival Bears Fruit REV. W. S. BRADDAN, PASTOR OF BEREAN BAPTIST CHURCH SOUNDS THE PRAISE OF BANKER JESSE BINGA. FOR MORE THAN SUCCESSFULLY BRINGING FORWARD AND CONDUCTING THE CARNIVAL. The following letter speaks for itself: Chicago, Ills. Aug. 31, 1912. 5008 5th Ave. To Mr. Jesse Binga, 36th Place and State St. Dear Mr. Binga:— A grateful church and pastor would thus express their thanks to you and your associates for the courtesy accorded them during the Carnival. It was indeed noble of you and your committee to freely give churches and charitable Organizations permits to sell and collect money for their Institutions during the Carnival. I have always held you in high esteem, because of your business accuracy, but now more so because of your manifest interest in Churches and Charity, irrespective of Creed. During the Carnival the church of which I am the proud pastor of, these twelve years gained upward of a hundred and fifty dollars, in the gross. But I expect what we accomplished was or could have been accomplished by others had they entered the enterprise with the same spirit that characterized Berean Baptist Church. To my mind, the Carnival afforded our visitors, who have just left our doors, an opportunity to see what our merchants and business men are doing on State street, the glengonic center of our people and trade. Hitherto we have been compelled to entertain them by taking them to the "Grand or for a Moonlight ride across the lake." But this year we were enabled to show them an enterprise launched and pushed to fruition by men of our own race. State street blazed with lights, mirth and laughter was indeed a beautiful sight, and evidently relished by our guests, as I saw many of them pass and repass. E. EARL WARD, A LEADING AFRO- AMERICAN TEAMING CON- TRACTOR OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, LOST HIS LIFE IN LAKE MICHIGAN. The Afro-American population of Chicago and of Columbus, Ohio, were horrified and shocked on Wednesday morning to learn that the body of E. Earl Ward, the leading and the wealthy teaming contractor of Columbus, Ohio, was found floating in Lake Michigan, near the south end of Jackson Park, and one will ever be able to tell whether he committed suicide by drowning himself in the lake or whether some one murdered him and threw his body in it. It is claimed that four or five days before his body was discovered in the lake, that he sent two diamond rings and 34 in money to his partner, S. W. Byrd, at Columbus, Ohio, at the same time forwarding him a short letter which seemed to indicate that it was his intention to end his life in some manner. Mr. Ward came to Chicago little after the middle of August to attend the sessions of the National Negro Business League, and he was on its program as one of the speakers, and he had not departed for his home since the adjournment of the league. He was well known in this city and was extremely popular with the ladies. He attended the reception and grand ball at the 7th Regiment^Armory at the close of the sessions of the league and, being very affable, he was surrounded all the time by a number of the most beautiful ladies who attended that fashionable social function. Mr. Charles Smith, 5363 Dearborn street, arrived home Tuesday, from a three weeks vacation trip to Washington, D. C., and Baltimore, Md., where he attended the sessions of the Knight No. 49 I was on the street every night until 11 P. M., and aside from a few instances of youthful exuberance that annoyed the choleric and dyspeptic everybody seemed happy. Chicago Negroes, owes to you and your Committee, a debt of thanks for promoting and carrying out the State street Carnival, and if they are slow in expressing their thanks, remember that yours was a pioneer effort and as such will be appreciated in the future more than at the present. Negro history and tradition will refer to your committee, as not only one who said "I will" but really did. Thanking you again I beg to remain W. S. BRADDAN, D. D. Minister 'at Berean, 4838 Dearborn St., City. Rev. Father J. B. Massiah, of St. Thomas church and many other citizens, have written similar letters like the above to Mr. Binga, highly praising and commending him for the great amount of race enterprise which he displayed in conceiving and launching, the State street Fair and Carnival, which was never attempted before by Colored people residing in any part of this country. It was the first time, that, the authorities of any city large or small in any part of the United States, ever gave 6 or 7 blocks of its main thoroughfare over to Colored people to be used for such purposes, and it speaks volumes for them, and for manager Binga of the Carnival, that he, and they did not abuse in any manner, the confidence imposed in him, and the Colored citizens in general by the city council of Chicago and Mayor Carter H. Harrison. OLD LAND MARK REMOVED BY DEATH. End came quietly while surrounded by members of his family at the home on Lauderdale Street--was known far and wide as a benefactor of his race. Col. R. R. Church is dead. In the death of Col. Robert R. Church who departed this life Thursday, August 29, 1912, at his late home, 384 Lauderdale street, the community loses one of its most prominent and substantial citizens and the race sustains a heavy loss of one of its most practical and thorough business men, who by pluck and economy worked his way up from the bottom to the very top. The funeral of the deceased was held Monday from Emanuel Episcopal Church, of which he was a loyal member. Col. Church, who was a Mason of Mt. Nebo lodge No. 8, passed from the labor to reward in his 78th year, surrounded by friends and relatives. Col. Church, who had been ill for over 18 months, retired from active business pursuits October last, and consigned his business to the hands of his youngest son, who has had the management of the Church estate ever since. Col. Church's holdings were variously estimated at from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 with a rental of more than $50,000 a month. Col. Church had property scattered all over Memphis. He owned 100 houses, a park and auditorium and was the first president of the Solvent Savings Bank and Trust Company. He was noted for his charitable inclinations. He donated $1,000 several years ago to the Confederate reunion at Memphis. He gave to several local institutions. Col. Church leaves behind mourn his wife a wife, Mrs. Annis Church, two sons, Ayers and Robert Church, Jr., two daughters, Miss Arnette and Mrs. Mary Church-Terrell—The Tribune, Nashville, Tenn. Aug. 31, '12. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. ere prttcipiee olf Demeerscys at ‘Catholics, t See “mo Eee oat rages aaa iite elles te Gap Seles pens Gubseriptions must be paid In advance, ee te eiamertatns eaten made known oa applt ‘Address all communications te THE BROAD AX sen ARMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO, IIT. PRONE DEBXEL ov, vuLrus F. SAYLOR, Eéitor and Publisher SEER met WE SUFFER FROM LACK OF FRESH Arg. ‘Mot one tm hundred gets enough, sys eee a “Probably not more than one person im every hundred, taking the country as a whole, gets enough fresh air to ward off the ordinary attacks of dan gerous infectious and contagious dis- eases,’? says Dr. Livingston Farrand, Bevcutive Secretary of The National Amociation for the Study and Pre vention of Tuberculosis, in a state. ment issued today from the associa. tion’s headquarters in New York. “<People,”? continues Dr. Farrand, {fail to get enough fresh air either Desause their lungs, or other respira: tory organs are affected, or, more gen- erally, simply because they do not open the windows and doors. For the form- class & physician is needed, but for the latter, plain directions on how to live, work, play and sleep in the open siz will do more than hospitals and drugs. “(To moct the- need of this latter group,—not especially those who are sick but those who are seemingly well, —the National Association bas pre- pared a handbook on ‘Fresh Air and Hew to Use it,’’ written by our ex- pert Dr. Thomas Spees’ Cerrington. ‘This book is designed to prevent tuber- culosis by showing those people whe have no trace of the disease how to ward off the attack of consumption by living and sleeping in the open air. Failure to get enough fresh air by working and sleeping in poorly venti Isted, overerowed rooms is one of the most prolific causes of tuberculosis and also of @ host of other infectious di senses. Thig free gift of nature is probably the world’s best medicine not ‘nly in the treatment, but also in the Prevention of disease. #*Our new handbook on this subject, tells bow anyone can obtain fresh sit im the home, the shop, or the school mom at a cost ranging anywhere from $1.00 to $1,000 or more, according tc ‘the elaboratensss of the equipment de sized.”? While we cannot afford to distribute the book itself free of charge, we wil send to anyone an illustrated synopsis F summary of it, entitled ‘‘ Directions fer Living and Sleeping in the Opex Air,’ on request at our office, 10! ‘East 22nd Street, New York City. WATCH JOHNNY AND SUSIE. Don’t think that because Johnny and Sngic are old enough to go.to school they are old engugh to take care of themselves. True, they can dress theni- solves, wash their bands and faces and they algo know enough to come home when they get hungry. ‘But there are so many things they do not know that affect not only theit hesith but their growth and develop. Hines that parents should keep a most watebfol eye on the youngsters all the time. Especially is it of importance te look after their dict. Bee to. it that their food is taken at bome rather than from the corner school store, with its plentifel supply of cheap candies ‘and sweetmeats that take sway theit ‘appetite for wholesome food, and worse yet, ruin their digestion. Ghildrey should heve plenty of fresh ‘air, good food, exercise, rest and sleep. ‘They should sleep in bedrooms with the Wipdows open both summer and win- fat. And no child under twelve years @f age shogld have less than nine bonrs eof sound, refreshing sleep. Children should be taught to be regular in their habits of eating, sleeping and exercise. ‘They should also be tanght habits of Persona] neainess gad cleanliness. Us- Jess carefully watched they will not wash their face, comb their hair or Drogh their teeth. School children need careful atten- tion t their eyes. A child's poor prog- ‘nage in its studies is often due to de- fashive vision and not because of its ‘Dataral dullness. Some schooi rooms wp net propesly lighted; and oct <i ‘ways are the eoats so arranged as to ‘ring the Jight in the sight way on ‘the pupil’s work. Eye strain causes hepdisches 2s dees sisc bad air in the school room. When children come home sep onrnne ete headaiohe, it is certain ‘that either their eyes ars Gefective or the air in the classroom is Qed. In suck eases parents would do walt to have their childrens’ eyes examined by a oculist am@-ah the same time find out what kind of sir they are getting in ‘their clasarooms. YOUTH AND CRIME ‘Pony Brang,'s 16 yeay old murderer, fe Sree to ee Se Ser SS playwate, Soloman Golep, at the Me- Laren playgrounds, Lowell place snd West Pork street, last night—Tribune, Aug. 31. Lillian Evers, who is 15 years old and lives at 2609 Ogden avenne, was ar- rested last night in Garfield Park. ‘The girl was charged with intoxica- tion, and made some disconnected statements about having drank liquor at s saloon near the park and about being drugged Gy boys. The police started a search for the boys supposed to have accompanied the girl—Tribune, ‘Sept. 4. | Florence Wodicka, 18 years old, an employe of a commission house at 732 ‘West Randolph street, was thoked and robbed of 2 satchel containing money and checks to the amount of $325 by two boys who attacked her at West Randolph and North Elizabeth streets ‘in daring fashion shortly after 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon.—News, Bept. 5. : <The most dangerous person in any city is the boy between the ages of 15 and 18 years. The average ‘holdup man’ is 17 years old.’’—Municipal Judge W. N. Gemmill. Hardly « day passes that the news: papers of any American city do not publish = report of some crime done by mere boys. This is s terrible fect which we must face. Happily the cause is mot obscure end the cure is known, by some at least. The eause is the discharge of thou sands of boys and girls from the dis cipline and restraint and wholesome interests of the school at 14, in the midst of the critieal period of adoles cence. These boys and girls are a large majority, and they are launched inte the shop, the factory, and the street, deprived of friendly surveillance and direction when of all periods of life they need them most. The cure is the continuation schoo ‘or part time school, with an extensior ‘of compulsory attendance up to 18, a! least. ‘The linois Bankers’ Associatior has manifested an enlightened interes in voeational education. It should joiz the Commercial Club, which bas -beer studying the problem, with Mr. Edwit G. Cooley as their expert, in concentrat ing upon the continuation school—Th ‘Tribune, Sept. 6, 1912. One of the strongest factors so man} children to go astray or to turn ou! bad both boys and girls, is that thei parents never attempt to impart t ‘the the proper home training, and per mitting them to grow up like so man} wild and rank weeds; it is no wonde that they become -condidates at a1 early age for the various penal insti tutions in this state, and turn out t become eriminals of the worst kind— Editor. DR. GEORGE ©. HALL, THE HON- ORED GUEST OF THE INDIANA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. ‘The 4th annual session of the Indi. ‘ana Association of Negro Physicians, Dentists and Pharmacists. was held in Indianapolis, the first three days of ‘the present ‘week, and Dr. George C. Hall, left this city Monday morning in order to attend its sessions as he was the guest of honor of the association the opening session was held Mon ay evening at Bethel A. ME Choreh, the other sessions were held at the Colored Y. M. C. A. Building and the following program was render ed at the opening session: Music, Invoeation, Music, Introdue tion of president by J. 0. Puryear, M D, Ph. G. president of the local Med ieal society. ‘Welcome address by H. L. Hummons ‘M.D, president of State Medical As sociation. ‘Music, Address by Geo. C. Hall, Mf D., Chicago, I. Music, On Wednesday afternoon, Dr. Hall very ably conducted s Clinic at th ‘Charity Hoppital. ‘The sessions were largely attende: ‘by M. D.’s from all parts of th Boosier State and much interest wa ‘manifested by them in the more thai slinies] work performed b; ‘Dr. Hall. i SPECIAL NOTICE. ‘To Ovlored Newspapers and Magazine ‘Publishers ‘Throughout the ‘United States. i their edvapicing ata to mail at ones, special discounts, commission and of -their publications, se. [companied by copy of same for the pur pepe Sagithch nee aah ah 7 [vertising Agency, 115-115 Mase, Me New York City. é = ats soa sistance in piecing © lange Smough of business im Colored publicagions his agency. The publications listed will also appear in their eataleg, which will be mailed to many of the big advertisers and all the agencies in ‘the cowntey. This is an opportunity ‘that no live publisher should mina, 4s ‘it is the only aystem that will place ‘hin paper or magazine diregtly before the big edvertisers and the large ad vertising agencies, an opportunity that ‘bas neyer before been offered to the Negro publisher. Other papers please copy. THE INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH. 3825 Dearborn Bt. ‘Rev. A. J. Carey, D. D. P. D., Minister. | ‘The Ministry of Merey—The Mis sion of the Church’” was the subject of the Pastor’s last Sabbath’s very in- structive and helpful discourse. "To-morrow and all next week will be interesting and profitable to all who worship or attend the Institutional Chareh. |, Tae cle wi reveek Sh got 8 p.m ‘The Rev. Dr. Scott, the stirring preacher of St. Paul’s O. M. E. Chureh, will preach st 3 p.m. At 8 p. m. the Ladies’ Temples of the L B. P. O. of Biks will attend » special sermon. _ ‘The following inspiring program bas been arranged for the next week: Monday, ae 8 p. m—Walters A. M. E. Zion. “Rev. H. J, Callis, D. D., will preach, his choir sing and Zion's officers and members will have complete control. Tuesday, Sep: 10tb, 8 p. m—The sinking of the Titanie—An evening on the sea. Wednesday, Sep. llth, 8 p. m—‘St. Mack's Night’’—Rev. J. W. Robinson, D. D., St. Mark’s popular pastor, will preach, -St. Mark’s famous choir will sing and St. Mark’s officers will have charge. Thursday, Sep. 12th, 8 p. m—‘St. Paul's Night’’—Rev. Dr. Scott, Som of ‘Thunder, pastor of St. Paul's C. M. E. Chureh, will preach a special sermon to Stewardesses and Deaconesses. This ‘will be Woman’s Night. Mrs. Leab Woodard, president of the Stewardesses Union, and Mrs. Belle Hall, president of the Deaconesses Union, will con- uet the praise meeting preceding the preaching service. Friday, Sep. 13th, 8 p. m—'‘Insti tutions! Night’’—Reunion of all the old and new members of the chureb. ‘Mesdames C. L. Burgess, Mattie Martin and J. R. Manfin will conduct praise meeting. Officers—Wilson Jones and FP. B Starks, assisted by Bros. Geo. Alex ander, W. 8. Dinglesful, C. L. Burgess ‘and John Van Camp will conduct General Class. Every member of the Chureh expected to sit down to dinner together at 7:30 p. m. Visitors and friends invited. ‘The sev. Dr. Scott, ‘pastor of the St. Paul’s C. M. E. Chureb, will preach ‘a special sermon at the Institutional Church, Sunday, at 3 p. m. a ‘Madison Davis Carey, son of the pastor of the Institutional Church, will leave for Ohio next week, where he will enter Wilbeforce University. WALTERS A. M. E. ZION CHURCH. Cor $8th and Dearborn Sts. Rev. H. J. Callis, D. D,, Pastor. ‘The defmite presence of the Holy Spirit im the commemoration of the Lord’s Supper at our church on last Sunday morning will never be forgot- ten by those present. It was surely a refreshing from the presence of the ‘Lord; three persons joined the chufeh. "The members are-urged to keep up their attendance st the Friday night lass. We are having splendid class ‘meeting, but the attendance should be fa little better; the class meeting ia the life of the Methodist Church. ‘The Sunbeap: Club wish to thank al ‘who assisted them in making their en- tertainment st the American Giante ball park a financial success. ‘The Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society are arranging 1 program for Woman's Day ix chureh, Sunday, Sept. 22. Persona jimvitations are being sent to all the [Missionary Societies of other churches them to be represented at thé jafternoon service on that day. “Our services on Sanday wil be a Rev. Calis will preach ai 11:0¢ mon ‘The Strongest Element is i Seeate s 2O Ie will be an edveational rally girls’ dormitory at Livingston % and the W. P. Rumell Indus is Se eis mania, Russia, will qpeak, algo eT oo te be ct at te a Sica jgrand Piagrated Lecture subject, The Megro ip Africa and America, by Pref. B. D. Hunt. This ig giyen under the fsuspiees of the trustees, assisted by ithe Willing Workere Club. ‘The admis- oe Come and bring yon “Rn SP MARY'S 4. MB CHURCH. Deazbam St. Rev. Jas. Higgins, Pastor. Serviees 10:45 3:15. 7:45. CE64H 88 145 At 10:45 preaching by the pastor. ‘At 3:15, Prof. 0. H. Johnson. ‘The Laymen’s Evangelist, will: speak in behalf of the Laymen. ‘At 7:45, preaching by the pastor. Monday, Sept. 9, Baby Contest. ‘Thursday, Sept. 12, The Men’s Ab nual Dinner and Musical. ‘The Pastor is asking all the members to pay their Dollar Money. CHIPS. ‘Mrs. Hattie Arrant, 3635 Vernon ‘avenue, is again on the sick list, but ‘at this writing she is improving and ‘expects to be out again this coming week. ‘Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Cross, 6418 Cham: plain avenue, left Saturday morning for St. Joseph, Mich., where she will spend several weeks for the benefit lof her health. ‘Mra, Grant Gardner, of Grand Haven, Mich., returned to her home last Sat- urdsy morning, after spending one week im visiting with her friends in Chicago. Frenchie Coleman, well known in the sporting circles in the second ward and lone of its leading Colored Democrats, jdied very suddenly Thursday afternoon. ‘Miss Bertha Williams, of St. Louis, Mo. who has been visiting her old friend Mrs, Lottie Carter, 3613 Dear- born street, returned to her home Sat urday morning. : ‘Templars. ‘Miss Victoria Elizabeth Bonds, 6652 Wabash avenue, will on Wednesday jevening September 11, at 7 P. M, at ber residence, become united in mar- ringe to Mr. Dudley Eugene Goodwin. They be at home to their friends at ithe above address after October 1. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Jordan, ac- companied by Mr. and Mrs. McAfee, left im their motor car last Saturday morning, for their home in Louisville, Ky. Word has been received here of their safe arrival. Dr. J. A. C. Lattimore and his sis- ter, Miss Georgia Lattimore, of Louis- ville, Ky., have been the guest of Mr. Chas, Jordan 3205 Rhodes Ave., and ‘Mrs. Henry 8. Anderson, 6450 Cham- plain Ave. The doctor left for his fhome last Monday morning. His sis- ter left Thursday night. ‘Mr. H. 8. Anderson had as his guests for dinner at Foreman’s last Sunday, ithe following: Mr. and Mrs. H. Jor- dan, Dr. and Miss Lattimore of Louis- ville, and Mrs, H. S, Anderson. After ithe dinner, the party attended an At Home given by Mrs. Sonnie Balay in honor of Miss Retta Moss of Indian- apolis. ‘Mr. Jesse Goode, who was here to visit the Business League, left the city last Sunday for his home in Boston. 'While- here, he was’the guest of. his jaunt, Mrs, Fannie Brown, 342 W. 58th Street. ‘Miss Lillie Smith, 3616 Dearborn street, sinter of Jennie Eldridge, the songstress, is employed in the box office at the Pekin Theatre, apd” as sho is fall of business and bright, she is ‘The. Pekin Theatre continues to Jaraw the public to its doors; good shows “are being staged right slong with a change in bills Thursday snd ‘Monday evenings, and jest as soon as ithe weather cools down a little the Pekin will be playing to full houses. ‘Mrs. John BR. Marshall, and Mis: Estelle Louise Arnold, 3630 Calumet avenue, gave a reception last evening from 6 to 8 o’clock, in honor of Mrs yh J. Pickette, Mrs. Henry. Lewis sd Miss Mamic Lewis, of Washington BS coh Hee Tepe Batts, « “The house was beautifully decorate: for ia fhe many ‘were fashion ‘osttme. Ib was ane of the mee Sage or Neal ager, which threw. —— o the public, Saturgpy evening, August 11th, is ® flourishing business, To esablihment, i Stted up fea end to end in the mgst lnyiqh maw = Fi enn eek ere = ; ” hand a asia. "A toe baby Saad piano is used to furnish the delightful ‘music. “beat ote Seat MOT $5,960 ine cet Goo youceclt £100 worth of funny clothes and save the rest of the col.”—Laulaville Courier- ‘Journal. 4t doesn’t help us any ‘as we sit to have him jerk * ‘To think the careful dentist ‘Bpareth no pains in his work. ‘St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Detective—Hey, you. eh don't zou speak gs you go by? ‘Crook—Well, “searg.” on the level, Tm honest now, an" I'm beginnin’ to git some self respect!—Lifa, “Oldboy doesn't appear to have & care in the world.” “Why should he have? He ts not going away to spond his vacation.”— Buffalo Bxpress. “Do you mean to say that you flirted with your wife all the evening at the masked ball and didn't kpow ber?” “That's right. But she was so deuced agreeable—how was I to know ber?”— London Tit-Bita. “How did you \ke the actor who Dlayed the king?” “Byer since | saw bim I've been in favor of a republic."—Fllegende Blat- we. rae ‘The herring is a funny fish. Of that be well assured. ' Tages pay Met Up SA fore It can be cul Satire. “How quickly Mrs. D. bas worked ber way into your circle. Is she inter esting to talk to?” “No, but to talk about”—Boston ‘Transcript. “Are you in favor of the recall.of the Judges?” “No,” answered the man who is in politics for himself. “There'd be no chance of my getting a judge's job, even if it were declared vacant”— ‘Washington Star. Knicker — Our fathers didn't know deans, Bocker—They didn’t have to; they had beef.—New York Sun. “The course of civilization is west- ward.” mused the philosopher. “Yes. there appears to be little left in New York.” assented the cynle.— Buffalo Express. Children, if you meet a cricket Please remember not to kick it Ne'er youth whose nature sweet'll Kick « lady bug or beetle. . —London Globe Howell—What sort of a fellow Is he? Powell—He cav make two lemons grow where only one grew before and, then hand them both to you when you are not looking.—Judge. > “Nomads seem so enthusiastic about their way of Uring”” “Of course. Aren't thelr lives in teuts?"—Baitimore ‘American. 4 “Our cat appears to he quite fond of you,” said the rich lady condescending- ly to the quiet indy next door. “Yes. I fed tt all throngh July while you were away.”—Lonisville CourierJouroal. “How did he zet his title of colonel?” “Well. son see. after he raised a goatee it just came naturally to im.” —Detroit Free Press, If a daddy longiegs passes ene ee Who deegrve thp soundest birehin’s —Tit-Bits. Sunday Schoo! Teacher—Yes. John- ay, Absalom was caught by bis hair. Tommy — Same way ma finds out when I've been In swimming —New York Sun. Son-Oh. papa. I've broken a win- dow! Father—Well. fm busy uow. Re mind me about it later and 1'U give you a whipping. —Fliegende Blatter. He—What makes yoo think she Is not ¢ girl to mane tricode? ‘She—Becaure I never hear any scan- 4a] about her.—London Opinion. ‘The iceman is a happy eit whe celles ates ‘And now and then» chunk to spare (Washington Star~ FLATS TO RENT. _, 1240-1248 Wentworth Ave., first Sat, 7 Rooms and Bath, $20.00. Second fiat Z Detter seven rooms and. bath ‘Rens 422.00. 5754 Wentworth Are., 5 Rooms snd Beth front Sats $18.00 four Foom rear fats, Rent $10.00 Stone front House 6521 Shields Ave. 5 Rooms and #18.00 dent resident district [sa Roig Any ay oe erg PEM GAM Mid Lo fll Aine, HW bes, dome 805 Thom a" Phone 83-80. 2 “SIRES AND sons Policeman Jobo McSwiccen of Pkg. Adelphia bas Just Inberiica an temp fortune of $590,000. Marshall, the Demoere HE Fee president. isnene Gf the First Presbyterian ehareh, Indianapolis. and teachay elasg tn tte Sunday schoo! fey James Veitch. on whom og Poel men BOF of knighthood. 's one of the Most prominent men In the worig horticulture. His preeminence get obtained by exploration ant scientige ae feller recently cay ‘brated his eighty-second birthday g his home in Denver. He was Uaiteg States senator five times from Colp rado and once secretary of tle Interg under President Arthur. lie was bors in New York. W. T. Vernon, a negro lawyer ang educator of Kansas City, lias received notice of bis appointment »s president Campbell college of Jackson, Mie was register of the United ites treasury under the [oosereit administration. Gordon Strong, 2 wealthy Chicags el cata dation, bas rorded for five little boys to whom be will give every advantace of uray and education. He desired to rellew hs lonely hours by the chatter of the ehildren. The boys come from fami fes of good stock but of limited meana ‘They are chosen for the making of ‘men, not dependents. Sporting Notes. Hampden park, Glaszow, has 2 we cer field which will accommodate a erowd of 150,009 spectators. John L. Sullivan is reported to hve aid Al Palzer can win the beavy- Weight pugilistic title from Champica ‘Jack Johnson. Dudie Archdale (2:06%) bas the dis tinction of never being unplaced ina Deat of a trotting race. Sbe bes start ed in sixty-five beats and never fo Isbed back of fourth position. Boston has a municipal athletic ase lation whose aim is to wake use of municipal gymnasiums, public parks play groun:is and other means for ott door and indoor activities so that these features of city life may be utilized by still greater numbers of young people uring the entire twelve months of the year. Church and School. Chicago's summer schools bave 11,000 pupils. ‘There are now Bfteen Episcopal thedrals tn Africa and twelve Roman Catholic. ‘The First Reformed church of Brook lyn celebrated recently the two hoy @red and fiftieth anniversary of tt founding. The congregation first met ‘tm a barp near the site of the preseat city hall ip 1661, when Brooklyn was’ small village ‘The board of education in Denver bas ‘established 2 course to it girls above the age of twelve for motherbood and #e duties of the housewife. The course ‘dudes cooking. sewing. laundry work eral bouse management and the >of children. Fashion Frills. ; The bigh waisted beltless Sit shows where some of the pins Detroit News. Does a girl take a stitch io time when she meds the clocks 10 be stockings ?—Chicago News ‘The textile fabric men complain that ‘the marrow skirts are ruining them So does father.—Clereland |aler. “If be's wearing a silk shirt its ® safe bet e's married.” observes te Baltimore Sup. This siipstod pak Joaophy {s evidently from a bechelot ‘Who doesn't know that if married map had a silk sbirt bis wife would take i for a imono.— Washingt Post. - New York’s Scandal. ‘The New York police situation \s the ost scandalous affair In receut bie nee ‘Star. imaginary desperadoes of dime movele were pillars of respecttill beside the real assassins of New Yor’. —New York American. If the police of New York are t0 0 ‘restored to good standing ther 2% ‘roof out the sore spots and sce ‘0 ‘that justice txjumpbs, no matter > ‘may sper. Washington Post. Bunched Hits. eee. 2 champion baseball ©C? ‘come back. and sometimes it ca @aly slip back.—Cleveland Leader. es ‘moa are born great.” mae Se sen on the tr “and some make a bome fe rum with the bases full Goes without saying that summer T= sort bece frst baseball tickets st issued call on popularity- Foreign Affairs. ote asem to be boris Gying to take thelr repar Off the Bre before it is dooe—Car ‘Parks have hit upoo the ot ‘ trical ‘agency of war making Tet <<. | bat Russian ‘propose! that the 7207 end the by dividing ‘onepiogks tbe fc} ea recs : te Dr. S. P. W. Drew, Who Conducted One of Washington's Greatest Rescue Washington.—No spectacle in human history is more dramatic than that of a man who stands single handed and alone against a machine or combination. Hannibal, the Carthaginian general, by the sheer force of his transcendent genius crushed and annihilated one Roman army after another and almost humbled the pride and broke the strength of Rome, the one imperial city in the annals of history. Demosthenes by his tongue alone for seventeen years held at bay one of the greatest generals Greece ever produced. Napoleon Bonaparte, a foreigner and a soldier of fortune, at the head of the army of France changed the map of Europe, made and unmade kings and for years successfully defied the combined strength of Europe and only met his Waterloo through the failure of one of his generals to appear at the crucial moment. In our own day we have the spectacle of Foraker, single handed and alone in the face of a hostile administration and an indifferent senate and country, winning a great victory for the discharged colored soldiers. These thoughts occurred to the writer recently as he sat in the pulpit of the great Cosmopolitan Temple Baptist church in Washington. Packed from the altar to the door, it reflected that it was the personality of Dr. S. P. W. Drew, the colored Gypsy Smith, which drew the crowd together. Dr. Drew came to this city about eight years ago, a stranger in this city, and conducted one of the greatest revivals ever known in Washington, where over 670 persons gave their names to join the church in four weeks' time, and the good people gave in return to Dr. Drew as a free will offering $650. Since then he has organized and now pastors one of the largest and most influential congregations in the he a man of faith REV. DR. S. P. W. DREW. city, where senators, representatives and other distinguished citizens have spoken. Among those who have aided Dr. Drew's work might be mentioned the following: Representative William B. McKinley of Illinois, chairman of Taft national bureau: Senator W. Murray Crane of Massachusetts, Senator Henry C. Lodge of Massachusetts, Senator Weldon B. Herburn of Idaho, Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas, Representative Samuel W. McCall of Massachusetts, Representative Frank B. Willis, Representative Edward L. Taylor, General Joseph W. Kiefer of Ohio, Senator Moses E. Clapp of St. Paul, Minn.; former Senator John B. Henderson, author of the Thirteenth amendment to the constitution; Mrs. John Hay, wife of former Secretary Hay; Hon. E. H. Warner and others. SOCIOLOGY FOR TEACHERS. Subject of Summer School Lectures by Dr. R. R. Wright. Sheyney, Pa.—The Institute For Colored Youth at this place is one of the oldest normal schools for our people in the United States. The institution was established through the benevolence of the Quakers of Pennsylvania in 1837. It has accomplished much for intellectual advancement among the people of the state. Professor H. M. Browne, principal of the school, was fortunate this year in having Dr. R. R. Wright, Jr., deliver a series of lectures to the students at the summer school. Dr. Wright's subject was "Sociology For Teachers." The spirit of industry among the colored people of the state was never so widely felt as it has been during the past five years. Dr. Wright's new book on the Pennsylvania Negro-a study in economic history has added new impetus to the already growing spirit of material uplift which seems to pervade every section of the commonwealth. Difficulties must clear the track when the industrial train is driven by the forces of unity, co-operation and self reliance. Missionary Society to Publish Paper. The state board of the New York conference of the Women's Mite Missionary society of the African Methodist Episcopal church at a recent meeting decided to hold its annual state meeting at Bay Shore. N. Y., for two days, beginning on Thursday, Sept. 5. The board also decided to publish a quarterly paper. Mrs. Lydia C. Smith was selected to edit the new publication and Mrs. Mary S. Edwards will set an business manager. DAMES AND DAUGHTERS. Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt has established a home for girls in connection with the Big Sisters society of New York, of which she is the founder and leading spirit. Mrs. William Vaughan Moody has been elected one of the trustees at Cornell. Her predecessor was Miss Ruth Putnam, no woman having been a trustee in the interim. Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker, the newly elected president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, has won a high place for herself as an educator and writer. Mrs. Pennybacker is a Virginian by birth. Her home is at Austin, Tex. Miss Kathryn Ballon, one of the most active members of the brokerage division of the cottonseed product trade, is believed to be the only woman broker in the business. She lives in Memphis, Tenn., and has been unusually successful in the work she has chosen. One of the prettiest and most popular girls at the Italian court, Dona Marcella Glionotti, the daughter of the one time famous American beauty Constance Kinney of New York, now Countess Glionotti, has just been married in Tuin to a young Italian diplomat, Cavalier E. F. Frescot. Pen, Chisel and Brush. The Italian sculptor Monteverde has been commissioned to chisel the monument to Verdi which is to be placed on the Monte Pinco in Rome. It is whispered among close friends of Henri Rochefort, editor of La Patrie, certainly the most picturesque and probably the most famous of living Frenchmen, that he is rapidly going blind. Wynfont fleuwburst, the English artist, has been paid the highest honor possible to a living painter by the French government, which has purchased his "Eifel d'Hiver," which has been on exhibition at the Durand Ruel galleries. Current Comment. It seems to be time to go to selling beef by the ounce.—Omaha World-Herald. The latest Helen Keller prodigy, that of singing, beats Trilby and puts hypnotism in the discard as a wonder worker.—New York World. With the distograph coming into general use the only class whose conversation can be considered safe is that of the deaf mutes.—Pittsburgh Post. There are nearly thirty murders a day in the United States. a greater average than that of any ten civilized nations put together.—New York American. Foreign Affairs. Something better than Esperanto has been discovered in Japan. English is taught in the common schools of the empire—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. China is one of the few countries on the map that have difficulty in securing enough volunteers to fill all the government offices. — Washington Star. The request of the Dominican government for a loan of $1,000,000 with which to fight Haiti has all the charm of the request of a tramp for a dime to get a drink. — New York World. Political Quips. Most of our politicians have the courage of other people's convictions.—Chicago Record-Herald. Senator Mark Smith wants to abolish the Congressional Record. Why not engage a better lot of contributors?—Chicago News. Some day some smart politician will invent a new "human beings" party, and everybody will be so ashamed to admit that he is not a human being that he will join it.—Washington Post. German Gleanings German towns now keep records of all drunkards. Germany's rescue organization, the Blue Cross league, has 37,876 members. Germany has an employer's organization with branches in 158 cities and 2,500 members. So many streets of Berlin are paved with asphalt and wooden blocks that it has been found necessary to fit the horses with "rope" shoes to prevent slipping. How's Your Roll? Uncle Sam's treasury in running short of one, two and five dollar bills has nothing on the average citizen. Atlanta Constitution. Secretary MacVeagh is still talking of reducing the size of paper money despite the glaring fact that it's plenty hard to gather an impressive roll of one dollar bills as matters stand. Denver Republican. Tales of Cities Ghattanooga, Tenn., is about to establish a zoological garden. Los Angeles plans establishing marine gardens as a feature in Griffith park. Pittsburgh's new city directory shows a population of 615,000, a gain of 8,600 in a year. In the town hall of Kreuzdorf, Switzerland, there is a roomy loft which housewives are allowed to use as a laundry and drying room an payment of a small fee to the caretaker. WORK OF A GREAT SOCIAL ORDER Colored Congressional Candidate In a Missouri District Strongly Supported by His Own Race—Chance For Negro Workmen to Advance Offered by a Street Railway Company. St. Louis.—The Ancient Knights and Daughters of Africa, an organization which is strong among our people in the middle west, of which William Herbert Fields is the grand master, held its grand session recently, with the annual sermon delivered by Dr. W. Sampson Brooks, at St. Paul's chapel. The feature of the occasion was the address of welcome by Judge Hugo Muench of the circuit court, who told the 2,000 persons present that with faith in themselves, co-operative effort in business and the trades, coupled with the imexemplified triumphs of the race in the acquisition of property and education, which the future would see grow and augment, no force of circumstance, no bigotry or prejudice could withstand their onward march to the heights of progress. Young men and women largely make up this order, and the clarion voice of the judge, white haired and venerable, rich in wisdom and experience, was a trumpet call to duty and achievement. Fairness of United Railways Company. The United Railways company, the monster corporation which controls the street railway system of the city, opened the door of opportunity to the colored laborers by offering employment to all who wanted to work at a daily wage of $1.75. The men will be given transportation to and from labor, with chance for advancement to those who proved most efficient. These rifts in the clouds evidence that the sun of favor still shines. Happenings In Political Circles. The failure of Dr. Charles Henry Phillips to secure the nomination to congress from the Twelfth congressional district is what might be termed a fruitful failure—fruitful in that it demonstrated the fact that 2,000 colored men could support a member of the race who sought political preferment through the medium of their support. True, hundreds could not see their duty clear and therefore voted for the successful white man, but it was a notable thing that the young manhood of the race stood to their guns, polling a vote for Phillips that has won the respect of the politicians as never before. OHIOAN FIRST CONTRIBUTOR. Secretary of Freemen's Aid Society Receives Encouraging Letter. The first contribution received by Dr. J. Garland Penn for the work of the Freedmen's Aid society since he became secretary was from a woman in Ohio. The donor expressed the belief that under Dr. Penn's administration the work of the organization would enter upon a new era of prosperity. Certainly the educational institutions under the fostering care of this grand old abolitionist the society should take on new life and vigor by reason of the great good which has come to the race from this source in the past. There are twenty-three schools in the south looking to the Freedmen's society for financial support and administrative guidance. They are located in important centers where the masses of our people live. The young men and women of the race should flock to these schools for instruction, where they may obtain a good education which will fit them for safe and sane leadership. NEW BUSINESS CONCERN. Former Government Employee Starts Enterprise of His Own. Among the most recent business enterprises started by Afro-Americans in St. Louis is the Building Loan and Investment company, of which Charles A. Pittman is the chief promoter. Mr. Pittman recently resigned his position in the government service in order to devote his entire time to his own business. The need of such an enterprise among our people in St. Louis has been long felt. Mr. Pittman is a man of large experience and will no doubt succeed in his new line of work. As an employee of the revenue department of the federal service for many years Mr. Pittman made a splendid record. There is room for scores of men of his type to engage in business in all sections of the country. The movement indicates thrift and self reliance and will do much to encourage other members of the race to launch out for themselves. Rounding Out Fifty Years of Freedom. Judging from the many evidences of thrift and intelligence among Afro-Americans, in all fairness one must conclude that the race is on the up grade. It is rounding out its fifty years of freedom with cheering signs of its ability to conquer the difficulties of the past and the harder problems of the future. Former Kentuckian Erects Magnificent $100,000 Casino in New York, By FRANKLIN P. JOHNSON, New York.—With the opening of the $100,000 Young's casino in West One Hundred and Thirty-fourth street and Park avenue, the largest and most costly building of its kind owned by the race in the east, our people are rejoicing. For years it has been sadly told of New York that there was not a hall owned by the colored people in Greater New York where a convention or other large gathering could be conveniently held. The actual placing at the hands of the colored people of this city of the much needed hall for the accommodation of their various gatherings is due to the foresight and enterprise of Glbeon L. Young. Gibbon L. Young is a patron of Kentucky, but has been in the east for the past seventeen years. He has conducted business places in several New England cities and for the past seven years has conducted a restaurant at 130 West One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street, this city. He has a large circle of friends in various sections of the country. The structure is of colonial design, built of brick with Indiana limestone trimmings. It runs eighty-five feet along Park avenue and 125 feet along One Hundred and Thirty-fourth street. It is fireproof, heated by steam and lighted by electricity. A banquet hall to seat 1,200 persons takes up the basement. The main floor, with gallery, will seat 2,500 persons. A roof garden, on which light vaudeville will be a feature, is also one of the attractions. Two fifteen feet courts are at the northern and western ends of the structure. Though the casino was only formally opened the latter part of July, the various organizations have already booked dates that will keep the hall open nightly until late in the winter. Alexander Rogers, the manager, is well known in the theatrical world, having spent ten years with the old Williams and Walker company. He has written a number of the most popular songs of the day. NEW YORK PHILANTHROPIST LEAVES MANY BEQUESTS Afro-Americans Share Generously by Will of Mrs. Ellen Collins. In her will, which was filed for probate in the surrogate's court in New York, Mrs. Ellen Collins left to Dr. and Mrs. Booker T. Washington of Tuskegee, Ala., $5,000 each. The estate is said to be valued at $185,000. Mrs Collins was much interested in the education of Afro-Americans. Her death occurred in New York the latter part of July. Among the institutions remembered in the will of the deceased are the New York Colored mission, $5,000; the New York yearly meeting of the Society of Friends, over $10,000, and several thousand to the Snow Hill Normal and Industrial institute, Snow Hill, Ala. The other institutions which receive legacies are the Lincoln hospital and home and New York Bible society, $1,000 each; American Seamen's Friend society and Peace Society of New York, $1,500 each, and American endowment fund of Lebanon Hospital For the Insane, Syria, Asia, the sum of $5,000. MISS SIMMONS' ESTATE Relatives and Many Institutions Benefit by Will of Wealthy Woman. It has been learned upon good authority that the late Miss Catherine Simmons of Middletown, Conn., in her will left $500 to St. Monica's Home For Sick Colored Women and Children, $500 to the Home For Aged Colored Women, $500 to St. Augustine's church and $500 to Woodlawn cemetery, in Everett, Mass. The three institutions above mentioned are in Boston. Near relatives of the deceased were also remembered. Miss Simmons was cared for by friends in Boston, with whom she spent her last days. The first report concerning the will of the deceased was to the effect that all of her estate, valued at $10,000, had been left to ex-Governor Frank B. Weeks of Connecticut, to be disposed of as he saw fit. Holy Trinity Episcopal church, in Middletown, Conn., where Miss Simmons lived for many years, was given $500. The rest of the estate is left in trust with the Hon. Frank B. Weeks of Middletown, with the request that the income be devoted to charitable purposes at his discretion. Normal School Plans to Aid Students. The Clifton Forge (Va.) Normal and Industrial institute recently closed a most successful school year. In order to give employment to students who are not able to pay all of their expenses in cash the trustees have decided to open a steam laundry. The estimated cost of the plant is $800. Rev. D. W. Hill, president of the school, is spending his vacation in the north raising money for the laundry project. Du Bois' Name Used Without Authority Dr. W. E. Burghardt Du Bols, editor of the Crisis Magazine in New York, declares that in no sense was he a candidate for the presidency of Howard university. He says that the use of his name was unauthorized and that he would not have accepted the position in the improbable event of its having been offered him. "The Plant from which the Creepers Spring" PEKIN THEATRE Week September 9th Two Performances Nightly at 7:30 and 9:30 The Best in Vandeville Feature Motion Pictures 10c. ALL SEATS 10c. 20c. Box and Loge Seats 20c. Reserved one Week in Advance Phone Automatic 73-251 Office Phone: Central 6624. Rea. Phone, Doug. 4397. No. 508 East 36th Street. J. GRAY LUCAS Attorney at Law Suite 405, 145 Clark St. Cor. Randolph St. Tel. Aldine 1820 In Office at Night C. H. KNIGHT, M. D., C.M. (Canada) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Hours: 9 to 11 A.M., 2 to 5 P.M. 3158 State Street, Chicago Office Hours: From 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. from 7 P. M. to 9 P. M. Sunday by appointment. DR. THEO. R. MOZEE DENTIST 4718 SOUTH STATE STREET CHICAGO Phone, Oakland 4662; Automatic 73053 Frank Dunn and J. B. McCahay, Trustees Tel: Oakland 1550-1551-1552 Established 1877 John J. Dunn Coal Wholesale Retail FIFTY-FIRST STREET and ARMOUR AVE. Rallydare: 1st St. and L. S. & M. S. 1st St. and Armour Ave. CHICAGO Residence, 1262 Macallister Place Telephone, Manor 2714 Miles J. Devine Attorney at Law Suite 318-320 Reaper Block Clark and Washington Streets CHICAGO Phone, Central 1249; Auto. 41-913 Tol. Central 3142 Franklin A. Denison Attorney at Law 26 W. RANDOLPH STREET Suite 708 Delaware Building CHICAGO A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 118 North La Salle St. Chicago Suite 615 to 616 Telephone Main 3077 TELEPHONES Oakland 1609 Res. Oakland 1760 Auto. 79156 HENRY C. BOMAR & SON FINE FURNITURE AND PIANO MOVERS, IPACKERS AND SHIPPERS 3.Trips Daily to All Depots 4706 Indiana Ave. CHICAGO The Plant from which PEKIN T Week Sept Two Performances Nig The Best in Feature Mot THE BROAD AX CAN BE FOUND ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING NEWS STANDS: From on and after this date The Broad Ax, can be found on sale at the following news stands: A. F. Tervalon, cigar store and news stand, 5004 Sate street. George I. Martin, maker of fine cigars and news stand, 18 W. 31st St., near State. B. M. Harvey's barber shop and news stand, 3924 State street. Mrs. Nellie Phelps, cigars, notions and news stand, 15 W. 36th St., near Dearborn. W. S. Cole, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 34 W. 31st St., near Dearborn. T. B. Hall, laundry office and news stand, 11 W. 29th St., near State. B. Davis, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 3532 State St. W. M. Maxwell, notions, cigars, tobacco, confections and news stand, 5244 State St. Edward Felix, notions, cigars and news stand, 52 W. 30th St. Sylvestar McGlossin, news stand and laundry office, 4122 State St. William Gaughan, laundry office, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2636 State St. N. T. Chilton, ladies' and gents' shoe shining parlor and news stand 5106 State Street. Harry Shelby, news stand 3308 1-2 State Street. Mrs. L. B. Taylor, notions, cigars and news stand, 15 W. 36th Street, near State. Benjamin Z. Eakin news and advertising agency, 428 Indiana Avenue, indianapolis, Ind. THE AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF ILLINOIS. Bailer State Government Supervision. $100,000 deposited with the state. Policies of all kinds, ranging from five cents to ten thousand dollars. Our industrial Contracts give to the colored policy holder more than any other company for the same weekly premium. Credit Assets to Write and Collect Your Business Information of rates and values at your age will be furnished free, upon your age, name and address to The American Life Insurance Co., of Illinois, Tel. Randolph 5. 72 West Adams Street McCall's Magazine and McCall Patterns For Women Have More Friends than any other magazine or patterns. McCall's is the reliable Fashion Guide monthly in one million one hundred thousand homes. Besides showing all the latest designs of McCall Patterns, each issue is brimful of sparkling short stories and helpful information for women. Save Monster and Keep in Style by subscribing for McCall's Magazine at once. Costs only $6 cents a year, including any one of the celebrated McCall Patterns free. McCall Patterns Lead all others in style, in simplicity, economy and number sold. More dealers sell McCall Patterns than any other two magazines. McCall Patterns than 15 cents a shop from your dealer, or by mail from McCALL'S MAGAZINE 236-246 W. 37th St., New York City News-Sample Copy, Premium Catalogues and Pattern Catalogues 60s, on request Phone Douglas 5520 Rooms by Day or Week Room 25-35-50s The Douglas Hotel For Men Only Baths, Steam Heat, Electric Light 2906 S. State Street. CHICAGO In the Creepers Spring" THEATRE AFRICAN TIMES ON THE PROBLEM If Urges Closer Co-operation Among Darker Races. Militant Journal Edited In London by Duse Mohamed Makes Significant Call to Colored Americans For Mutual Affiliation—Affords Channel For International Exchange of Ideas. The African Times and Orient Review, which is an outgrowth of the universal races congress which met in London in 1911, is a monthly journal devoted to the colored races of the world. It is a thirty-five page magazine, edited with great ability. Duse Mohamed, a Negro born in Egypt and educated in England, is its editor. The Review is to be the mouthpiece of the dark and colored races throughout the world. In the foreword it says, "We feel that for lack of understanding the African and oriental have produced nonappreciation, and nonappreciation has unleashed the hydra headed monster of derision, contempt and repression." Laudable ambitions have but to be voiced to be appreciated, and that touch of nature which makes the whole world kin has only to be brought into operation to establish that bond of universal brotherhood among white, yellow, brown and black. In a "Word to Our Brothers" it says: "As for you, the black race, the brown race and the yellow race, this is your own journal. The more humble you are the more need you have of us and the more readily shall we extend our sympathy and advice. We want to hear from you, the young and budding Sun Yet Sens. "We call on men like Blyden, the Conrad Reeveses, the embryo Frederick Douglasses and Paul Laurence Dunbars. If you have anything to say for the good of your race let us hear it. * * * Your day is coming. Your place in the sun has been and will come again. As darkness overtook you for a space, it must also overtake Europe. The future of Africa, the future of India, will not be decided in the chanceries of Europe, but upon the hills of India and the plains of Africa. "See that your loins are well girded and that you have your staff firmly in your hand when you once more take your place in the sun." The Review is a decided revelation editorially and typographically, while its contributed articles are of a highly meritorious character. It is to be hoped that American Negroes who want to know what is taking place in the darker world and what progress their race is making will subscribe to this excellent magazine. The significance of the Review need not be stated. It must be apparent that the necessity which called it into being is vital to the interests of those whose spokesman it is and that the darker races are beginning to rouse from their lethargy and to draw nearer to one another. Sample copies of the review may be had by addressing the publication office, 131 Finsbury pavement, London. B. C. Our poets and writers have here an opportunity to win international fame, and we hope that many will accept the Review's generous invitation to let it bear from them. We think the subscription price is $1 per year. It is worth every penny of it. EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION. Next Annual Meeting Will Be Held at Claremont, Va. The National Negro Educational association will hold its annual meeting in 1913 at Claremont, Va. The sessions will be held in the new Lincoln Memorial hall, which was dedicated at the recent commencement of the Temperance Industrial and Collegiate institute, of which Lincoln hall is an addition. The honor of vice pre ident at large was given to Dr. John J. Smallwood of the above named school. The other general officers of the association are: J. Silas Harris, Kansas, president; Mrs. Julia Embrey, Colorado, Springs, Colo., recording secretary: H. R. Graham, Kansas City, corresponding secretary; T. H. Lyles, St. Paul, treasurer; Drs. O. D. Howard and Valdo Turner, medical directors; Rev. J. W. Robinson, St Albans, W. Va., statistician. The executive committee is headed by Mr. W. H. Harrison of Oklahoma City; Rev. J. C. Taylor, Toledo, O. musical director; Miss Marie Burgette, Milwaukee, Wis., official stenographer. Prowess of Champion Jack Johnson. The Houston (Tex.) Freeman says: Jack Johnson continues to toy with all the white hopes, just as a cat does with a mouse. Partting them on the back, grinning in their faces, punching and jabbing them when and where he pleases—this is certainly too much Johnson for the would be heavyweight champions of the world. Privileges of House Open to All. The St. David's Fresh Air home in White Plains, N. Y., is one of the best equipped institutions of its kind in the north. It was founded by the Rev. E. G. Clifton, rector of St. David's church, New York city, about ten years ago. The privileges of the home are open to all without regard to color or creed. DAMES AND DAUGHTERS. Mrs. Margaret Kelly is described as Boston's only woman contractor. She has been in the business more than seventeen years and has brought up six children. Miss Flora Dunlap is the first woman to be elected a member of the board of education at Des Moines, Ia. She has been engaged in settlement work for several years. Bertha Kruse-Silesius, for many years a member of the National Theater company in Berlin, celebrated her eighteenth birthday a few weeks ago is the enjoyment of perfect health. Mrs. Honora McPherson, who has been elected superintendent of schools at Denver, was for a number of years a teacher in the public schools, then served for seven years as the secretary of the superintendent of schools and recently has been engaged in club and philanthropic work. Miss Frances Perkins of New York executive secretary of the Consumers league, has resigned to accept the position of executive secretary of the committee of safety, succeeding Dr Charles H. Keyes. The committee was formed directly after the Triangle fire its chief alm being the protection of life and property against fire. Facts From France. The sum of 10,000,000 francs is being spent on the improvement of Paris hospitals. In one street of Paris, the Champre Elysees, there have been during the past twelve months 580 accidents, of which thirty have proved fatal. From the state tax on games on chance, including the tax on the total zator, the machine which registers race track bets, the French government receives about $1,500,000 a year. Experiments having demonstrated that the new powders used in the French navy were no better than the old ones, the battleships of the third battleship squadron and the first squadron recently received orders to put them ashore. New York's "System." New York simply couldn't exist without a police scandal.—Schenectady (N. Y.) Union-Star. The query of an ancient Roman, "Who will watch the watchmen?" has become distressingly appropriate to New York.—Philadelphia Ledger. The latest graft scandal in New York city gives a stunning inference as to the defiant power of the criminal classes when in league with the police.—Pittsburgh Dispatch. Many times the public has come to believe that the police of New York were to a certain extent in partnership with the people who make their living by breaking the lawa.—Boston Advertiser. Aviation Notes. By the rules of the air two aircraft meeting each other must steer to the right and must pass at least 110 yards apart. Seventy miles an hour is the probable limit of speed with safety for the aeroplane, according to the belief of Louis Bleriot, the French aviator. The monoplane is not so much in favor in France as formerly. The war office has forbidden its use by military pupils in aviation, declaring the biplane to be preferable on account of its superior stability. Foreign Affairs. China is at any rate getting experience in the fine art of ministerial crises. —New York Tribune. Query—How will the world know when the Turko-Italian war is ended? —New York American. The Portuguese royalists, again reported upon the warpath, get into the headlines about twice a month, but never into Portugal—Louisville Courier-Journal. Olympic Echoes. English sprinters have never shown the form they revealed in the 1776 Olympiad.—Columbia State. Finland is taking advantage of the Olympic games to get temporarily on the map.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Now that the Olympic games are over Europe is satisfied that if you scratch an American you will find an athlete.—New York Tribune. Political Quips. Remorseless time has eliminated the log cabin as a presidential birthplace.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. A man who's a candidate for some office can be nice even to his poor relations.—New York Press. When a man makes politics his profession he begins to cultivate the habit of seeing only one side of a thing.—Chicago Record-Herald. English Etchings. Orchards cover 250,000 acres of land in Great Britain. Bananas recently sold at seven for a penny in London's Covent Garden. Masta used by the British army for anchoring dirigible balloons carry at their tops cones into which the nozzles of the balloons fit THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA GENERAL BANKING 3 per cent allowe Safety Deposit Va REAL ESTATE As agent buy and sell Real Estate on dents, including payment of taxes and on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the pa The Cranfo Building. The finest building ever op Steam heat, electric light, tile b Recent allowed on Savings Acco Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT I sell Real Estate on commission, manages estate payment of taxes and looking after assessments Estate. Specially Invites the patronage of Chicago business. Cranford Apartment Building. 3600 Wabash Ave. building ever opened to Colored tenant electric light, tile baths, marble entrance. J. W. Casey, A. dolph 803 74 W. WASHINGTON GALE PIANO 3159 STATE STREET Organs, Talking Machines and S and String Instruments. Cash or E payments. Open Evenings till 10.30 Phone Doug, 4558. Best Tonic for The Tired Feeling Sites Rest Daily in a Big Tub of Warm 3 per cent allowed on Savings Accounts Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per Year As agent buy and sell Real Estate on commission, manages estates for non-residents, including payment of taxes and looking after assessments. Money to loan on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patronage of Chicago business men. The Cranford Apartment Building. 3600 Wabash Ave. THE NEW YORK MUSEUM The finest building ever opened to Colored tenants in Chicago. Steam heat, electric light, tile baths, marble entrance. J. W. Casey, Agent, Phone Randolph 803 74 W. WASHINGTON STREET. Frank L. Gale THE GALE 3159 STA Pianos, Organs, Talking Brass and String Inst Payments. XOpen Phone N TUNING The Best To Tired Is Ten Minutes Rest Daily Pianos, Organs, Talking Machines and Supplies. Brass and String Instruments. Cash or Easy Payments. Open Evenings till 10.30. Phone Doug. 4558. A man stands in front of a bathtub, steaming with water. The Best Tonic for That Tired Feeling Is Ten Minutes Rest Daily in a Big Tub of Warm Water. Next to a vacation in the woods there is nothing so invigorating or rejuvenating. The daily bath is a refreshing stimulant. It puts vitality in tired brains and bodies. The Doctor says there is nothing to compare with it as a tonic to help us build our constitutions. Unquestionably it is the cheapest of all boons to health and comfort that are available to rich and poor alike. that will provide a tub-full of new for every member of the family any hour of the day or night. The same heater will also provide abundance of hot water for the wubs and kitchen sink. We have installed fifty thousand them in as many homes. Why not make your household present of one of them to-day? Phone: Randolph 4577 and compare with it as a tonic to help us build up our constitutions. Unquestionably it is the cheapest of all boons to health and comfort that are available to rich and poor alike. Here in Chicago it is simply inexcusable folly to live in a house where the lack of hot water ever deprives anybody of a daily bath. Because—for the small sum of $17.00 you can buy a little gas water heater We have installed fifty them in as many homes. Why not make your K present of one of them to do. Phone Randolph 4567 send a salesman to see you, call and inspect the seven heaters at our down-town room—or at any of our brass The Peoples Gas Light & Peoples Gas Building. small sum of $17.00 The Peoples Gas Light C le gas water heater Peoples Gas Building S. E. Cor. State and 36th Place, Chicago Telephone Douglas 1565 Ed on Savings Accounts Vaults, $3.00 per Year STATE DEPARTMENT on commission, manages estates for non- looking after assessments. Money to patronage of Chicago business men. Ord Apartment 3600 Wabash Ave. Opened to Colored tenants in Chicago baths, marble entrance. J. W. Casey, Agent, 74 W. WASHINGTON STREET. Chas. L. Lewis PIANO CO. STATE STREET ing Machines and Supplies. instruments. Cash or Easy on Evenings till 10.30. Doug, 4558. onic for That Feeling in a Big Tub of Warm Water. that will provide a tub-full of new life for every member of the family any hour of the day or night. The same heater will also provide an abundance of hot water for the wash tubs and kitchen sink. We have installed fifty thousand of them in as many homes. Why not make your household a present of one of them to-day? Phone Randolph 4567 and we will send a salesman to see you, or, you can call and inspect the several types of heaters at our down-town exhibition room—or at any of our branch stores. The Peoples Gas Light Coke Co. Peoples Gas Building. REPAIRING "A STORE FOR EVERYBODY" HILLMAN'S STATE & WASHINGTON STS. EVERYTHING TO WEAR, TO EAT AND FOR THE HOME QUALITY CONSIDERED OUR PRICES ARE THE VERY LOWEST. Telephone JOHN J. Rea L Fire and Pla 4709 S. Telephone Yards 693 JOHN J. BRADL Real Estate Loans e and Plate Glass Insuran 4709 S. HALSTED ST CHICAGO Telephone Yards 693 JOHN J. BRADLEY Real Estate Loans Fire and Plate Glass Insurance 4709 S. HALSTED ST CHICAGO Telephone Oakland 1787 The BELLE Buffet FRANK H. 5059 Ar Cor. 51st Phone Douglas 4482 The La Verdo 3100-2 STATE S First Class Chinese and Art High Cla Hotel B Geo. V BUFFET, POOL ELLE MEADE Buffet and Cafe FRANK H. LEWIS, Proprietor 9 Armour R. 51st Street, Chicago 482 Automatic Verdo Cafe and H 0-2 STATE STREET, CHICAGO Chinese and American Restaurant in High Class Entertainers HARRY J. KELLY Phone Aldine 3653 el Brunsw Geo. W. Holt, Prop. Buffet, POOL AND BILLIAR Buffet and C The BELLE MEADE CLUB 5059 Armour Ave Cor. 51st Street, Chicago The La Verdo Cafe and Buffet 3100-2 STATE STREET, CHICAGO First Class Chinese and American Restaurant in Connection High Class Entertainers HARRY J. KELLY, Proprietor. Hotel Brunswick Geo. W. Holt, Prop. BUFFET, POOL AND BILLIARDS. Elite Buff 3030 3030 State Street WIS, Prop. HENRY C. SN Jane Douglas 3309 Automatic 75-173 AL SPRING C E T A N D C 77 S. State Street, CHICAGO INTERTAINERS EVERY WILLIAM LEWIS, Prop. Phone Douglas 330 MINERAL S BUFFET 3517 S. State S HIGH CLASS INTERTAL WILLIAM LEWIS, Prop. HENRY C. SNEED, M'g'r Phone Douglas 3309 Automatic 75-173 THE HOTEL Phone Calumet 2918. 2918. CHICAGO 3004 State Street A. F. 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